The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-02

hWuHlpl lnu HMlhlhIon OF Newspaper, Iht
first article Of this kind that was SO uniorlu'
nate ~ 10 BIO made tho victim Of our skirm-
ishes wha known rs The Dallas HERALD.
Some years have elapsed since then, during
which we have witnessed the birth Of this
paper, the growth Of that one, or tho decay
Of another some have arisen MS " by magic
aud been Ms quickly cut down, still We 500
the HERALD unchanged, save that her banner
lloats over territory many times rs broad
that hor voice has grown stronger, her char,
acter has developed, until to-day she stands
10 the foremost rank on the dals Of the Texas
press Having been 80 long acquainted with
| your paper W0 take pleasure
IN sending u few lettings
and then, too, we hail lromA sister county
mot so sistery either forwo nre from 'whoro
the panther lay DOWN. and feel that no
matter what may be the difference of opinion
rs 70 the editing newspapers, constructing
the Cleburnc road or laying the track OF tho
Dallas " Wichita, tho Two counties nre by
nature akin and with regard TO the rest OF
the world bound together by common inter-
ests, But you want TO know of Huntsville,
that borne from which 50 few return-im.
medlately" II Is situated near tho centre of
W Nh'A 'NANNln hAlAN " WI NNNNlNhi INV
ing the Trinity river on tho east and the San
Jacinto on tho south and west, and numerous
creeks and small streams, and has u, abund-
ance of line timber, furnishing plenty Of
ilrst'class lumber and shingles. There aro y
number OF small Villages, Goshen, Dodge,
Wayerly, Phelps, Riverside Newport and
Cincinnati, doing n part Of the commerce Of
the county, but Huntsville, deriving It's name
from Its original settler, is the only town
of note The site was laid of and dona-
ted by two brothers, named Gray,
whose descendants live in California Cen
eral Sam Houston regarded this as his favor
ito place OF residence and home, and selecto
Il for his burial place; and this reminds US
that here too, is his grave unmarked, union
ored aud almost unknown Think of II,
Texans stranger upon reaching this
place, after discovering that, like Kansas
City, 1t is city of bills and hollows, observes
rs the most conspicuous features the State
prison, with its great wall, the two colleges
situated on elevations one mile apart, the
courthouse, n plain brick, and the Gibbs
house, n neat building and the first hotel in
the place. There are three hotels, twenty
four stores having dry goods and groceries
combined, the merchants purchasing from
New York, New Orleans and st Louis, There
are five churches for the whites and three for
the blacks, the Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal,
Christian and Presbyterian denomi-
nations being rcpresented.---Upon
descending to the level Of
humanity mot altogether that ether we are
struck by the number of negroes this place
affords. We have not given thisa conspicuous
position among our observations to follow in
the footsteps Of the silent man." but be-
cause it is noticeable feature. We are told
that the colored population Of this county
equals the whites but we observe, that while
there are so many of this race, they are or
derby, thrifty and enterprising, and have left
much of that old-time politeness, so little of
which is now found in our northern countries
About three hundred exodusted to Kansas, but
some of them are returning, protesting love
for Texas never felt before.--This county
usually ships about ten thousand bales of
cotton, but this years thousand will cover
the entire amount. Business is good for
town of fifteen hundred inhabitants. Satur-
day is the gala day, when the streets are filed
with wagons, and the negroes have almost
undisputed possession of the sidewalks,--
Weare proud to say that our city, with two
or three exceptions, displayed the taste of His
Excellency. and took care of "oficial BUSH
ness" while Galveston and San Antonio
toasted.