The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-03-20

nI.IiNIt nl llr I"FnH uiI IHrlNt fNil.
vny no tUlfhunu, u hn4 p0lud NJ.
uY.I enough hy tln sumo mUr flum
southern Arkansas ~ cumpouulu f0r
the lusa. ltHthc natural oulrcpul NJ
the portion NJ Toxins from which wo
wrlic, aud the ties which bind u ~
Marshall more cspociul'y,nrc rllac aud
strong. The river Wus I'M fair bOuiiuW
condition, and some half dozen Hoam.
bouls In port. The streets have been
improved since last summer some
macadnmizcd others plankcd IN the
center, and while all complain ofhard
times, the merchants rcem to carry
heavy stocks Of goods and cotton con-
tinues TO come ia.
Shreveport can boast of II handsome
market house and some very pretty
residences. In the Fairfield addition,
near the place of a. H. Levlsee, United
States commissioner, and special am
bassador TO represent the radicals of
Cnddo near dc .tdciO Kellogg, we saw
the old stars and stripes floating
proudly to the breeze from lofty flag
stun. Underneath, the ground was
dotted with white tents, the sight Of
which brought back the days when we
hung cur harp on the willow tree and
oil to the wars we went. Abstractly
considercd the old flag, ms piece Of
bunting, IL the prettlest that flies on
land or sea. Ii looks something as it
did when we stood in the Peroto bat
terry, near the old light house at Bar
ralcas, and sighted it in Fort Pickens
overthe muHzi Of an hundred poundu;
or later "! en- we watched il wave
over the capitols dome from Munson's
Hill; or still later saw it reel, beaten
back from Marye's Heights mt Fred.
cIicks burg. We now look at it through
different and more kindly glasses
This result has been produced 10y sun
dry operations on the optic nerve at
the hands of different oculists, the
most distinguished of whom was nr.
Ulysses Grant, who put on the finish
ing touches Mt AppomattoX.
Major Lewis Merrill was perched on
the giddy apex of the flagstaff. His
graceful neither limbs were draped
very picturesquely with the flag, and
his spectaclcs gave forth the same
anti-kukluX glare they wore in South
Carolina in days of yore. His mas.
sive brows, ''iike Mars TO threaten and
command" were wreathed with shot
and shell, and II twenty-four pound
brass howitZer was mounted above
each ear and pointed thrcateningly
towards the Times Office. He hailed
us and asked if the country was MOI
safe. We told him we thought she
were, provided we could have another
third term and an inn roved edition oil
the civil rights bill, and handing him
u Shreveport Tines to aid his diges-
ton Of our remarks we glided away
The soldiers and citizens of Shreve.l
port seem to be OH the best of terms,
and when aprivate Of one of the cav.
airy companies was arrested recently
for insulting and knocking down an
old lady in her house, Major Parkel
gave the civil officers every facility |
and the bold dragoon was soon juggeo. |
After leaving our pasteboard at the
Ti.~es office and pleasant chat with !
Major Hearsey, its able and fiery edi
tor, we gave Shreveport Il thorough
canvass for the benefit of The HER
AID, ana met with fair success. Con-
interest ie felt in the move
ments of real estate in Dallas, both IN
Marshall and Shreveport. We will
visit Jefferson and TsXarkana shortly, |
and will endeavor to give you some |
notes by the wayside, and, for the pres,
ent, adieu. CIIAMPE.