The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-09-04


and With abundant rains produces IL sa' Wen.
The country Is subject however, to bad
droughts,. .,s 3ss y 81 s.Ssss s!,.;t
The range for cattle is nobbing extra, ,but
being Very extensive stock can roam on
until they pick enough. There are not 30
many cattle now as formerly. They have
been driven Off to the Black Hills, to Cox
| orado, and to Kansas. The most Of those;
| that are left are down towards the Rio
Grande. 3.,.f ..,s :. - -si- =
The cowboys, tacetiously called fscew,,
SINNERS" by the ox-driYers, who, in retort,
are dubbed "bull-whackers,1 are . hard
set. Beyond "a chunk OF O pony, !" u SIX
! haven't wish--not n hope. E!S =
The sschunk" is the popular measure.
| You have ga little chunk, Of a fuss" with
man, and he'll pull out big "chunk" OF
pistol and "chunk" ball at YOU. The
cowboys ride with very short stirupss and
in addition to the regular girth have flank
| girth. This Is a precaution again ST pitch
| ing, horses, such as Mark Twain describes.
! They are ugly but magnificent riders, and
with their ponies trained to turn and wheel
in any direction, going at full speed, would,
rve no doubt be able to give Mr.: Bennett
and his companions a few wrinkles in the
game Of polo. Dn5"'a
There are turkeys andmnle.rabbits blythe
hundred, some deer and antelope, and in,thei
winter buffalo,. <aI'"1tN ti:i,t ;
Fruits and vegetables do not thrive well.
| This is lucky, as the people care for nothing
but bread and meat, and a set more utterly
regardless of comfort never saw. Any COM
ment on this is called "style from the old
States" have stayed all night with n man
who had miles OF the most splendid stone
fence but not decent dwelling with
| $50 milch cows and only little sour milk
4 for SUPPER nd -. go. .r:.'.
. The climate Is pure and healthy, and there
! is no local cause for sickness, except the
| abominable water.-ts0 .fl. :3D"r y
The people, thougl anXiously expecting
1 the completion OF the Texas Pacific road,
are becoming rather skeptical in regard to
it, Tom SCOTS efforts and circulars to the
| contrary. T"' .r"',.1t
Texas, I'll venture to say, contains more
bad characters than any State in the Union.
Every man who comes ont is supposed,
whether It be the case or not, to have done
some deyilment somewhere. Nine times
out of ten this inference is correct, too. -
The forts are garrisoncd with negro and
white troops, who hate each other very cor
daily and eXpend all their bravery. in fight
I ing among themselves. ...a. I
The Indians recently stole a herd Of
horses in sight OF Fort Concho, and they
seem to care about as much for the United
States CIRCULARS as an elephant for a
broom-straw, fence. The State, however,:
has several companies Of "rangers," under
Major Jones, an old Indian fighter. They
are ever on the scout, and know every wa.
ter-hole and trail between Red river and
the Rio Grande. They are aImedwith the.
pistol, which is pronounced by them as SUI
pcrior to any made. r. Il ,....t... q
The '"Dick ;Turpin' OF the West, the
"Robbing Hood" OF the Rio Grande, is u
4 desperate rejoicing i'll the. name OF John
Wesley Hardin, from which, it is supposed,
he was born OF pious but poor parents. He
4 and his band are Il terror to the country a
few years ago. as he shot down sheriff, he
exclaimed, g twenty-five years old, and my
ltwcntv-sccond man." Although there is 4
reward Of $4,000 offered for him, dead or
alive, he is still ut large. He is surrounded
by quite little halo of romance. He is
said to wear steel shirt, as he has been shot
at repeatedly and not killed; and it is said
bullets have no effect on HIM. A fine op-
portunity this for the old "slver-button !"
dodger.
All are pleased with Tilden and Hen
bricks, and hope for an able and firm poll
cy that shall convert the frontier forts from
loating-places into strongholds for the pro-
lection OF life and property.
The crops through the South are pretty
fair this year, though the cotton-worm has
lately appeared and is doing considerable
damage. s,f
The people here in Alabama are iubi-
liant over the late Democratic victory in the
State election. Hundreds of colored men
voted with them.
In unison with the spirit OF the recent
order OF 1.-The Grand Mogul," the United
States marshals are, however, beginning
even now to arrest persons and to create
disturbance generally.
The baseball fever is raging fiercely
through the South, and to one who has
been abused for wasting his time on the
game it is indeed gratifying to see the peo-
pie flock for miles and sit patiently in the
broiling sun for hours to witness q match.
The colored people, big and little, have
their clubs, too, and one recently had the
impudence to challenge white nine.
"KEINLAND."