The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-25
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FEaesIoSsE, La, November Is, 1879.
To the Editor Of the Herald:
Your correspondent left Dallas on
the night Of the 10th instant, and with
the usual joltings and .iirkings incident
TO railroad travel. ioued himself thu.
next morning in the neiEhborh1o,i Of
Houston, flying through tina, beautiful
stretch OF country alternating with
prairie, pine groves aud oaken glades
After tedious delay OF three hours at
Houston we pushed on to Galveston,
only TO find that the Saturdays steamer
for New Orleans had changed he, trip
10 Monday Thoroughly worn out, a
good room was most agreeable sight
in the evening called at the News of
fee, and had the pleasure Of meeting
our genial friend D. S. Ryan, OF that
paper to whom ! am indebted for
many courtesies. HIS many friends in
your city will be glad to learn that Us.
ear finiay, Esq ,stiii iiourishes as Of yore.
Though eialvestanized, he has not los.
the old Dallas grip
There was, as niay be supposed, much
excitement Saturday evening, at the
conflicting reports which were an
nouneed from the News bulletin board.
4 large crowd collected in front of the
building and remained until late hour
at night
At two =. Nj. The next day, the Whit.
ney. "ith about one hundred and fifty
passengers. showed out 30 sea. The pas
sage was the renghest she had expert
eneed for long time. 1t was amusing
to watch the people, one by one, turn
pale and turn in"--Yerv hastily
What they suffered after that many OF
your readers viii no doubt appreciate
from experience. At four bells We had
supper, | say four bells instead Of six
o clock, for yomr true twenty-four hour
mariner .cor.ls the landnsan's designs,
ton of the honF. He would no more
uSe il than be would fail to criticise
the ship. its management, its officers
and appurteuanees generally, or prophe-
ecy with oracular wisdom concerning
the weather, the probability of rstls.l
and in short. every thing appertaiBinr "a
nautical aiiaifs. One old gentleman al
supper where. by the way. OILY three
Of Es spPesFesl. - iRkf quite an ani-
mated eetiscussiissn MN The Captain az
10 whether all vessels did not regulate,
their time of sailing by Professor Tee,
maintaining IN the Affirmative. The
Captain said hi sailed by Morgan msti.ae
batel, Tee claimed to- know When
storms would appear-for hispHTt he'd
not know how that was, bat he was GER
tain of one thing. be knew when they
did come. The old gentleman ended
the conversation by stating that he had
been in every seaport in the world
which. dear HgRaLn, was q lie. as your
Judgment and little computation wiki
show The next morning we got be-
bind the shoals where it was quito
smooth. aud eyes, dimnea bs hours 81
nausea. frightened as they eliscerneai In
the blue cloud on the horizon the tiis.
tan5 outline of Hoffs Island. Nswere
soon winding between the green shares
of the Atchafalaya Morgan City fft.f-
mesly Brasltear1 is quite n town 1t
owes its prosperity to Mr. Morgan, in
recognition Of which fact it changed its
mans.
] did not go on to New Orleans but
stopped over here in the county. where
find everything activity life and bus
tie for this is the busiest season, the
sugar grinding From now on til
Christmas every sugar house will look
as though it were nfire during The day
and appear to be illuminated, rs for
sonle grand occasion, by night, Tor night
and day the work must go on. Tie
planters on the who e seem pretty web
satisfied the yield IS excellent. the
weather has been favorable 80 far. and
prices have advanced OYER those of last
year.
During and since election the negroes
have been entirely free from undue ex.
element
The Radicals carried this parish by
seven hundred majority. which il con.
siderable Democratic gain, due to the
strenuous exertions of the whites to pur-
suade the negroes to vote right or not at
all. The vote Of the parish Is over four
Thousand, yet not single disturbance
occurred, To which more than three
lines in yonr local columns wonld have
been devoted had il occurred in Dallas.
A very sensible negro, with whom
talked, informed me that every eseyice
was fesorted to for the purpose of ex-
citing them. Tiidcn was rebel Gen
eral lie wanted 10 drive Grant out.
and put thein hack in, slavery" .sThe
whites we're organizing an army to start
aboveand drive them into the gulf etc.
asked What he thonght OF this last.
He pointed to the sugar-honse. where
scores at negroes are at work Whar
would all dat be eff You drive us in the
gulf White folks ain i no 4o0ls. 4 |
tull and complete anarer. g ~
! VIII leave for New ftricans to-mnf
svw, whence ! Mill write again