The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-27
, penANCE OF me sOUrnERN
aaron Erlsnger's wife a Daughter Of
John sliden

AUGUSTA Us. Z. hroulclt.
W. have no doub. III, E,lsnger syndicate
will he of enormous yslue to the south. II
will build splendid railways and operate
them for q common good. Along .heir lines
many industries will be developed and pOpu-
lstion flow. There is bit Of romance ~.
tached to this system which Is worthy Of re-
call. When Hon john Slidel Of Louisiaus,
wss appointed along with Hon James NJ.
Mason, commissioner for the confederate
s.stes in Europe, he embarked with his fsmi-
ly on the British steamer Trent As is well
known the Trent was captured on tho high
seas by United States cruiser commanded
by CAPT. Wilkes, and the southern ENJOYS
compelled to return to this country as pris-
oIers of war. How neN this incident csme
TO involving the federal governmen. ia war
with Great Britain is now matter OF his
tory. 1t is also 8 truth Of hiatOry that
daughter Of John Slidell reaonied m imper-
Thence from one Of Wilkes officers by q
sousipg slap upon the fellow face. She wss
n high,toneD, beautiful aud accomplished
girl, and destined for great things, by some
strange freaks Of fortune. when Mr. Mason
and her father we're returned to English Gus
tody, after an Bmple apology Miss Sli1ell
accompanied them abroad. She rapidly be-
came a belle in Paris, snd was the recipient
of many notable offers OF marriage. The
successful sutton wSs Baron Ersnger,
one Of tho richest bankers
in the world, II is said that SITTER
the war, "sho succeeded in enlisting his
sympathies for the upbulldinS of the stricken
and PROSTATE south, and he orgsnizgd a
company for the purpose Of investing capt.
tai in developing the resources of the
southern states. The syndicate has invested
largely in railroads, and they are msking
money largely ard rapidly. It is thus, by
singing the songs Of her Zion IN Il strange
land, that noble southern woman has con~
tributed so largely to the wealth, the pros
perity, and upbuding of her beloved native
land"
Upon the curious contingency of the
Sidel embassy pivoted the now famous
Erlanger syndicate, destined TO promote the
welfare of the south so considerably.
We like the way the Erlanger syndi-
cate came into being, and 1t is refreshing to
hear how confidently the executive and
financial managers of it in this country talk
about the future Of the south. John Scott,
the Enghshmsn, u never weary of sounding
the sSutb'5 praises and inspires substantial
hope, here and abroad, for our unrivsled re-
sources, only needing moneyed development
10 bacOme imperial and opulent Fred
Wolfe, the lsrseite, who administers Huans
cially the millions entrusted him by the Bar
on Erlanger, the husband Of John Sldells
daughter, is eloquent on the same theme
Representing cash capital Of $50 COO 1000,
he says ":he people Of the north hsve
just begun TO realize that tho south
has awakened to her true interests and 81
lowing politics to drop into the grave with
slavery and reconstruction, is Supplying horself
to the Improvement OF her material welfare
with an energy and shrewdness worthy of
new country" Mr. Wolfe says that S2J,-
100000 which the syndicate which he repre-
sents is spending in the south is only one
instance, that not only are many other rail-
roAd lines being built by ADDED capital, but
money in large blocks is being invested in
lands, cotton mills, furnaces, iron works,
lumber mills and various other enter
prises. MIR. Woltfe's conclusion, and
he is shrawd Judge vt men and
things, is that the south is destined to supply
the country and good part of the world,
not with raw cotton, but cotton goods of
every variety, and no thinks that the sooner
the Massachusetts, manufacturer realizes this
new rivalry and goes over to it the better for
him. The south, old as it is, has just started
in Mr.. Wollfe's opinion. new aud splendid
development What Scott and Wolfe, in
oarnatiug foreign capital and development,
declare with emphasis snd.truth their Amer
lean rivals, north and south, join in chorus,
md match in action. The south is indeed on
the high road to prosperity, and this desired
good fortune has been brought about by the
ready money which is Aladn's lamp.