Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-12

Mallory & Co., who was going cut into
the country for his health, Mrs. Backus
and little son and Miss Wesson. DR.. B.
L. Hester is out in the country on
q sheep rancho, near Boerue and has
in a great degree recovered his health and
strength. The international and Great
Northern railroad will be extended from
Austin to San Antonio before a great
while, and other railroad connections are
expected. 1t will always be the largest
city Of Western Texas, and in time will
be q manufacturing point, The popula-
ton is now about twenty thousand, but
this win no doubt be doubled in the Hext
ten years. The people want no war with
Mexico, aRd the impression received at
General 0rd's headquarters is thai there
is no danger Of 6 war. People who pre-
fer this part Of Texas should not be in
1ueDced by the sensational rumors about
trouble on the Rio Grande. Old Texans
laugh at the ides of a fight with Mexico.
The frontier should be protected against
bands of cattle thieves BY the national
government, but that can be done with
out war or even disturbing the peaceful
relations Of the two governments. The
Mexiesns have been too much abused
and entirely misrepresented. They ar
q qriet, inofensive, hospitable people
when not provoked, and then they are
fierce and war.like. A war with Mexico
would not be the Eice little holiday sport
we might imagine, and at present would
De unjustihsble and cruel. Much Of the
rsscaIity complained of on the border
has been committed by refugees from
Justice in the older States. Still the
government ought to do something at
once to give assurance of protection along
the Rio Grande that this beautiful coun.
try may settle up. A war would make
San Antonio a base Of supplies, and give
the place a fictitious prosperity for a
time, but would set the country back ten
or twenty years. But | will leave this
question to the two excellent daily morn.
ing papers Of San Antonio, the Herald
and the Express, and tS congress and
the President, where it properly belongs.
1t rained the three days was in the city
and they have q peculiar spongy mud
there that sticketh closer than poor
relations. A little norther, a mere
zephyr, it is true, was blowing
most OF the time, making furs
shswls, ovsreoats aud umbrellas q
necessity, 80 hat our stay was
not altogether taken up With car
rage rides up and down the river OF
strolling lszily about the streets. How
ever, il / had to take the Texas fever, lie
it come on me at San Antonio.
Galveston is the New York Of Texas
and the News is justly styled the New
York Herald Of Texas. It's Office is thr
finest south Of Louisville, and it is reall.
a great newspaper to be published in thI
4 South. 1t circulates ell over the State
3 has a splendid job Office, in which
8 found Mr.. Cyrus s. 0berly, formerly O
: Memphis, and the proprietors ar
said to be rich. Colonel A. Il
4 Belo, the senior proprietor, is quit,
. a young man comparatively, 9 native O
North Carolina, who CAM out Of th
!, Confederate army With a crippled arm
BE has made a fortune and positio.
, since by sobriety, sagacity, and striC
attention to business. He was not a
home, but Colonel Jennings, the senio
editor, Mr.. Doremas, the city editor
and other members of the staff gave us
] hearty newspaper welcome. Colonel
Il. Pope, formerly of the Memphis Res
lister, when that paper had an existence,
at the head of the Galveston Military Ii
%stitute, a prosperous and popular schoo
: The Galveston people are proud OF the
, elegant city, and justly 80. 1t has Ii
finest beach in the world, splendid block
: broad streets and sidewalks, wealth
merchants, and will always be an ID
portant sea port and commercial poin
,o From Galveston we came over to Au
=. tin, the we'll built, solid aud elegant ca
n ital of the State, where Colonel Dup
n. edits the Statesman, and takes his otiu
90 cum dignitste with an immunity rare
ew enjoyed by newspaper men. Thence
an Dallas, thence Fort Worth, next to Me
ne phis, feeling that, after all, there is
m place like home.
is. For special facilities afforded Al
courtesies rendered at the hands Of n
Of Spain Jay, general passenger agent
it. the Memphis and Little Rock railroa
~ E. o. Ford, general passenger and ticl
he agent of the Iron Mountain railway; n
10, R. W. Thompson, jr., of the Texas a
les Pacific; ]. d. Page and SuperinteudC
tilt Il, M. Hoxie, Of the International a
~ lraat N avtharn ra;IroaJ C,ro~;nto.I