The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-25
FROM THE MAILS.

WE learn that large amount OF
property changed hands at the Springs
last week, which will be the means OF
bringing about fifteen well-to-do fami-
lies from eastern Texas into this COM
munity. Welcome news. --[Granbury
Vidette.
The people in the Ouachita valley
are truly in a pitiable condition. The
flood has swept away fences, cattle and
all movable things, and totally ruined
the crops. They were poor enough be-
fore, having had bad crops last year,
and this disaster caps the climax.
Twenty prominent merchants of
Boston have been appointed II COM
mittee of citizens to raisecontributions
for the louisiana sufferers. New Eng
land cities are requested to cooperate
in this measure. A dispatch authors
ling draft for $4,000 was at once
sent to New Orleans.
The following Roman Catholic pre-
lates are designated for appointment as
cardinals: Archbishops Manning, De-
champs, Autici, Mattel, DeMerode,
Nitelischi, Nina, Simeoni and Bartou-
lucci Monsignor de Merode is the
great rival of Cardinal Antoneilli, and
was vigorous promoter of the Next
can expedition of Napoleon LII.
There are but four democrats in the
United States senate from the northern
states, and they all voted, we regret to
say, with the money lords and credi-
tors of the north and east against the
producers and toiling masses Of the
west and south on the currency ques-
ton. The democratic senators from
the south, with the execution of one
from Tennessee and one other from
Kentucky, voted in the interest of their
own people and section.
The Woodville Miss. Republican of
the llth reports the appearance in
Wilkinson county, Of a new cotton
pest in the form of o snail without his
shell, They are eating up tho cotton
rapidly Ion several plantations. The
editor remarks that he has noticed
vast numbers Of the little strangers
wandering about in search of what
they may devour. Cut worms are also
reported to be unusually abundant and
active.
Judge Lowe, of Kansas, appeared
before the public lands committee of
the house of representatives, on the
ODD, and made an argument in support
of his bill protecting the rights of set
Tiers against the railroads. II Is some
what similar in details TO C0lonel
Phillips. The committee are decided
ly favorable to some measure of the
kind asked, and they will also urge the
passage of u bill restoring to public do
main ell grants, the terms of which
have not been fulfilled by railroads.
THE six largest steamers in the world
are the Great Eastern, owned by the
International Telegraph Construction
and Maintenance company, 0TS feet
long, II feet broad; the City of Pekin
Pacific Mail Steamship company,
5000 tons, 423 feet long, 4S feet broad;
the Liguria Pacific Steam Navigation
company, 1920 tons, AGO feet long, Is
broad; the Britannia white STAR,
4, 700 tons, ASS feet long, 45 broad; the
City of Richmond (Inman), 1900 tons,
1881 feet long, 43 beam, and the Both
mia (Cunard), 4,500 tons, 425 feet long,
Az broad.
At a meeting in New Orleans, on the
Goth, for the relief of the sufferers by
the overflow, one of the speakers sub
mitted u statement of the exact num-
Der of people rendered homeless by
creyasses rs follows, Black river 5000,
Little river 1000, Lower Tensas 1000,
on Ouachita up to Harrisonburg, in
Guiding bayou Louis 1000; on lower
Beouf river 1900, on Ouchita in Cald-
well parish at Columbia, Bunker Hill
and Carter landing, 5000; at st. Adams
and Cuba landing, including upper
Caldwell and lower part of Ouachita
parish, $500; Monroe 1000; upper Boeuf
river, including Richland and a part of
Franklin $500. Total 1880,
The house committee on railways and
canals have agreed to report in favor of
General Kibley's continental freight
scheme, Mr.. Hurlbut's report was
adoptedon the 22d. The proposed road
Is almost an airline from New York to
Muscatine, Iowa, only ninety.six miles
of curvature being necessary. The
government is to indorse ten millions
of bonds at five per cent, running
thirty years, the bonds to issue for
every hundred miles actually con
structed; the road bed and rolling stock
to he held by the first mortgage; all
stock subscribed to be paid up fully.
The government is to fix the maximum
rates of freight and otherwise superin-
tend the road.
WE are warranted in stating that
we are just on the point of valuable
mining nnouncements-notd discover
ies--in San Diego county, other than
those in Bladen, Julian, Banner and
other recognized districts. The ball
has been set rolling, and the end is by
no means yet. We are speaking. by
the cards when we say that we believe
San Diego county contains the finest
gold and silver mines in the state OF
California. All great developments
have their dates. That for the whole
Pacific coast was 40, and "a will tell
the story of our own section.-lSan
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