The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-06-19
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Jlmplctule are ~ opponents, II Il
moving with even stride, slowly hut
surely, to u metropolitan future. II
seems iu keep IN view the motto
'GstiHd hcah," and may yet write on
H. csultcheon, like the liouseoI Derby,
Euticm h'i,iHphiuM. During our visit
II appeared to he struggling with II
plethora of justice, aud the squares adj
Joining the court house resounded with
the musical voices of the different
nyrmidons of the law summonlng
John Smith, Peter SnoJks and other
good citizens into the halls of Justice.
Criminal court, civil court, county
court, Justices court and the lord may
or's court, the last over II livery stable,
were all in session, and the blind god
dess was kept busy with her sword aud
scales. The criminal court, Judge
Camp, meets In Mahone's new opera
house and the temple of the muses.,
which has reechoed the tintinnabula-
ton of the Swiss Bell Ringers, the
merry laugh of "Nan, the Good for
Nothing" the musical vagaries of that
black music box, Blind Tom, and the
inimitahle "Joe Bowers of Harry
Mccarthy, now resouuds with 80, yes!
o, yes! "May it please your honor"
"Gentlemen of the jury" and the other
trimmings with which the pills OF JUS
tice are administered. Since the recent
affirmative answer to the national
conundrum, cam ] not man
and brother?'. and their con-
sequent advancement to all the
rights of the more lucky Caucasian,
Sambo and his Dinah invariably take
all unilagging interest in the admins
tration of justice. In proof of this as
sertion, it is well known Il hanging
will attract ten where n 'camp-meeting
or circus would catch one. Saturday
seems to be gala day for the darkey
in Marshall; il is part of his religion
to work but little on the last of the
week, and then he motNks his faithful
Rosinante and HES to town. There he
can crafty his aristocratic tastes,
plunge into mad revel of ginger
bread, sardines, soda-water, or, may
hap, whisky, while his steed, decorated
with tattered saddle and rope bride, or
perhaps only u blanket, stands with
half-ciosed eyes hitched to the rack
around the square, lulled by the hum
of the industrious blue bottle, or the
clarion notes of some rising young at
torney, who holds II dusky jury spell
bound by his burning eloquence and
legal lore. Dinah, in the meantime, goes
shopping, and becomes a counter-irri-
tant to dry goods clerks, and drives
sharp bargains with the wary Israel
ties, who constitute no small portion
of the merchants of Marshall. The
smaller fry IN the mean time sit
around the store doors, patronage cor
ner cake stands, and discuss the pre-
vailing fashions of Elysian Fields or
Slapfoot. The negro trade In Marshall
is immense, and constitutes no small
portion of its prosperity, as the negroes
seem disposed to remain in the coun-
try and make crops instead of flocking
to the city, as is too often the case.
The burnt district is gradually being
rebuilt. Two handsome stores adjoin-
ing Twyman d Womack's building are
nearly com pleted, and the brick work
of several others on the north and west
sides of the square are nearly finished.
=. ..,tl .of and hh,l .ta.u nj
houses in Dallas might take a lesson
from their neighbors in Marshall.
Here they do not build stores with
slender wooden columns ana liptels to
support towering superintendent
mass of masonry, and walls only sin
gle brick in thickness, buildings simp-
" put up to rent not to live in,) but
they build substantial houses with iron
lintels, and sturdy columns of brick or
iron, high fire walls, and consequently
have reasonable and favorable rates of
insurance, The stores are rented in
advance before completion, and it is
safe to say that the next autumn will
see no traces of the recent conflagra-
ton which destroyed one-half of the
business portion of Marshall, save in
new and handsome brick edilices fill
ed with well assorted stocks of goods.
The crops in Harrison and the adloin-
ing counties, as d matter of course, diff
fer from those of Dallas and the SUR
rounding country Planters IN East
ern Texas cultivate cotton and corn al
most exclusively, and field of wheat
is rarity. This country has not
enjoyed those bountifnl showers which
recently gave the crops n now impetus
in your section, and corn looks parched
and hungry for rain. 1t also lacks
that rich, dark green color and sturdy
growth, which tile most casual OBJ
server might detect in almost every
field along the line Of the Texas and
Pacific from Wills Point westward.
Wheat and corn may divide the
honors of your rich belt with cotton,
but the fleecy monarch Is King here,
without rival or peer.
Thursday next will be field day in
Marshall. The jeff Davis Homestead
association will have grand barbe-
cue, in beautiful grove near the old
Bonfoey place, for the purpose of CIV
ing practical eXpressinn to the feelings
of the people on the subject of giving
Mr.. Davis home in Texas. The
ladies of Marshall have put their hands
to the good work and we all know
they are the most irresistible pleaders
in the world, In any cause. Your cor
respondent arrived here ut an early
hour In the morning and before break
fast fair solicitor approached him to
contribute to the jeff. Davis Home
stead fund. One gentleman, an old
citizen, so we were informed, offered
as a free gift to our ex-president, his
residence, u very handsome one, and
valued at nearly fifteen thousand dol
lars, provided he would consent to
take up his permanent residence in
Marshall. If true, and we dare vouch
that it is, this Is an act Of princely and
shining generosity, worthy of note.
To return TO the barbecue. Lieuten-
ant Governor Hubbard, General a. Il.
Hawthorne, General Walter u. Lane
and other distinguished soldiers and
speakers will be present-among the
number IL. +. Hearsey, of Shreveport,
who will be worthy of the time and oc-
casion, If his tongue bears the same
fire rs his ringing editorials. Govern
or 1hrockmortpn and General w. l..
Cabell, OF our city, are also invited. The
committee of arrangements have the
matter well in hand, and no pains will
be spared TO make it success. The
ladies' will grace the occasion with
their brightest smiles and most brill
liant toilettes, and their presence
should certainly inspire the speakers
of the day to their loftiest flights. We
may be pardoned here for alluding to
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