The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-08-08
LETTER FROM TEXAS.
The Crop Prospect sple ADA
Railroad Direct from New Orleans WANT
ed-Thc City Of Austin-Her Improvement
and Her Prominence.
AUSTIN, TEXAS, July 80, 1875,

AUSTIN, Texas, July 30, 1875.
Editor New Orleans Bulletin:
| have sojourned long enough in the car
tai city of Texas since my late tour of Il
state Ito recuperate and collect sufficiel
Items In connection with those obtained du
ing my travels, to interest the many reader
OF the BULLETIN before morning meal.
1t is too much of herculean effort to a
tempt to write up Texas in day; it would r
quire more time than I have at present, an
more space than even the BULLETIN woul
like to devote at once. The subject OF
THE CROPS
will not only interest your local readers. br
those of the entire Mississippi Valley Wbe,
has been successfully cut and garnered an
train after train of the Houston Texas Ger
trail, International and Great Northern an
Texas Pacific Roads are laden day and nigh
with it, en- route to New Orleans and Euronf
via Galveston, while ST. Louis, throu Oh he
energetic, wide-awake merchants, and specis
rates by rail obtained by them, are dlyertin
much from its proper seaport outlets. Dat
also are abundant, while corn bids fair, wit
the late rains, to make more than ayerag
crop. The cotton crop, according to report
to the Board of Directors of the G.lyesto,
Cotton Exchange of the Oath inst. shows. i,
response to seven questions, responded to b,
seventy-one counties, embracing the period be
tween June 18th and July 18th, the cotto,
crop to be better than last year,
One hundred and thirty-three replies foo
up, viz: Sixty-one report the weather more
favorable up to this period than during the
same time last year, forty five report less ia
vorable, while twenty-seven say, "about thu
same. The stand is more favorable. The
plant IS forming, blooming and boiling better.
The labor is much more efficient and reliable
than previous years. In all sections of the
State the plant is much smaller and is consid.
cred from one to three weeks later than same
time last season.
There is general complaint of dry wealth
er, only few localities having been visited
with sufficient rain. In some instances the
plant has stopped growing and has COM
menced to shed its bloom. So far there is no
indication Of the caterpillar. In some few
places the boll-worm is reported, but has done
no serious damage. Rain is the one thing
needful to secure good average yield.
The above is summary of the Cotton Ex-
change report, of Galveston, to july Is.
since which time the rains have been pretty
general throughout the State. The Changers
OF Texas have every reason to feel happy and
go "lang" again next season.
RAILROADS,
the other 'thing needful" in Texas, are not
disappointing the hard handed capitalists
that have invested in them in this State. OF
the one thousand miles built in Texas since
1870, every mile is paying, and thousand
miles more would pay, and none better than
q direct line from New Orleans connecting
with the net work of roads at Houston, or in.
tersectiDg the Texas Central at Hampstead,
making q direct line from New Orleans to
Austin, and with the new projected road. from
here to point on the Texas Pacific line,
northwest OF here.
The city of Austin, or "City of the Hills"
presents the liveliest appearance of any city
in the State. Her improvements are not
only rapid but continuous. The Democratic
Statesman. next to the Galveston Ne,os, the
ablest edited paper in the State, a few days
since gave list of houses. amounting to be-
tween one-half to q million of dollars, now
under the "saw and hammer" approaching
completion. With her ice factories, foun-
dries, machine shops, saw and grist mills
and street railways, she bids fair to increase
her fifteen thousand prosperous and happy
inhabitants to twice that number in remark
ably brief space Of tine.
Her buildings are the most substantial as
well as of the most modern style of architec.
ture in the State; in fact, no handsomer resi-.
dences are to be found in the South. The
Governors mansion, fine structure, begins
to present an ancient aspect in contrast with
the modern palatial residences and our ex-
cellent Governor, Richard Coke deserves a
finer residence at the hands OF people he
has so nobly defended on the forum, field, |
and as Chief Executive.
Cne would suppose that Texas, considering
the near approach of the election for con-
stitutional convention, would be in the |
"throes of political revolution" but not SO. |
Even the street corners of the capital city are |
free from politicians, and the wild attempt of |
the John Ireland stripe of politicians has not |
the people. The fact is, they don't |
enthuse every time political e-puller |
touches the key of his own machine. Ireland, |
through the abuse of the Radicals, has been |
able to build up clustering name and obtain
> little brief fame as Charm IN of the Execu-
tive Committee of the State; but the Democ-
racy of Texas find out they have
suited Davis and the RAIDS too we'll in
this selection, and begin to search about
for successor: his anti-railroad, anti
OF modern improvement costs
The young State of Texas too much in
The growth of her great enterprises. The
RAIDS have been able to throw bait at him
several times with success The last, secret
circular, entitled "From the Inner Circle of
he Democracy of Texas"-conidential-
ten up by the Radicals of Austin and sent
,ut to different paris of the State as bur-
esque, was caugnt at Dy Ireland, Cnalrman
Democratic Committee, and answered by him,
much to the chagrin of many of our leading
Democrats and the delight of the RAIDS.
The election takes place August "a. The
Democrats, those that do vote, will vote for
he Convention; the Republicans against
The Democrats being largely in the majority,
he question will be decided in favor of
Convention, which, will meet in Austin in
September, at which time many Of the leading
men of the State will assemble, and Austin AS
ume her usual gay and prosperous look.
OF her leading men must not close before
peaking. G. r. Johns & Co., the leading
bankers Of the State, do an immense business,
combining with their bank land depart
nent Of the legal fraternity, the firm of
Fillmore Woodbridge, although young men,
Ilready rank with the foremost lawyers of
Austin's able and efficient bar, while West &
hancock, Walton and Green, make, perhaps,
he ablest bar in the South, west of the Mis-
issippi.
The hotel accommodations of Austin are
nipple, having four large hotels. The lead
ng, the City Hotel, is kept on the European