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Iir MICS. WELTIIKA C. I1KA1IAM.
Nr-ulll noon-iliiy Ileum I tlotit ami itreiim
I. niir.il liv tlifi iiimiliiif of tlie stream:
While viiuiio mill tllm tin- while i'IoikIs
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Slinil(iw-llke mi tlie horizon's lint
Ah piinL tlic Hpmy nilst-llke iiikI uruy
Tliu lunii murks iiulu 1 1 urn siiilit uwiiy.
My little bout iilont' nllout
Heurlug tni' on to lands ri'inoti'
Hl'llllH to till! Klllt) Wllllt'O'el' till' l ull.
Dipped 111 tlie wave its loosed will
FIUh with the breeze while from the lees
I seem to ht'iir the singing trees.
An thus I lie 'uenth Ridden sky
Wlilluyouder ultima gllile swiftly by
Tho distant swell llllis full well
Hears me to tlie tinklliiK of bell;
And through uiy tears tliy form appears
.Loved one from out the Irtuice ol years.
Where ntt thou nweet?
I hear thy feet
As once thev sued lull swift liud
lied;
I feel thine eyes with fond surprise
Veilini? that Khince whleli lovers priae;
And 'midst llie dip mid How mid drip
J press tlie seal let of thy lip.
You little bell whose throbs I tell
I'lilse-like within my heiul's lonu cell
Klses and lulls and siully culls
Thy soul from out its casket walls
The while I weep thine early sleep
And dream thou'i t with me on the deep.
The huh dips low tho Rolden clow
Floods with a love light nil below.
My little boat-lllone ii limit -ileurs
me away to hinds remote
To where thine eyes 'neath solter skies
Unveiled lor sun love's paradise.
And like my boat my soul nlloat.
Homo day shall drltt to lands remote
O'er darksome sea to love and thee
I All dim and vague with mystery
Tho where thine eyes lieyoml yon skies
Have opened on God's paradise.
Hon. John H. Coohiian has plnoed
upon our table a copy f the constitu-
tional amendments proposed by the
joint committee of the legislature but
Hot acted upon by either house. After
exifuiiuing them us mere suggestions
we shall give our views freely and
frankly for the consideration of the
people. Speaker Bryan's farewell ad-
dress published yesterday advises the
people "to make haste slowly." Profit-
ing by the advice we shall "make haste
slowly" to show that the fourteenth
legislature has in divers (Rises tram-
pled under foot tlie public will and
fallen far short of the expectations of a
brave long Buffering and fin-bearing
people.
The great misfortune is the proue-
li ess of men when once elected to legis-
lative councils lo forget that they are
mere agents and servants of the peo-
ple by whom they were elected and
not rulers seated upon thrones to dic-
tate their personal will as law.
Tho people will never be content till
we have a convention of their own
selection to form a constitution worthy
a great and growing state never!
On hastily examining the suggested
constitutional amendments reported
but not acted upon by tho late legisla-
ture we find much that is right a
simple reflex of well established prin-
ciples but In several i'iR;cts ambigui-
ties and In others important omissions.
There appears to be lack of complete-
ness. Tho change in regard to infe
rior tribunals for probate business is of
this claws. The election of supremo
judges and the appointment of those
Sot the district bench is a strange freak
of fauoy. The failure to make several
important county offices distinctly con-
stitutional Is unwise and invites freaks
of legislative change ad libitum. There
is an averslou to provide fully for the
power of the people to control vast
monopolies etc. Hut as we navo no
idea the peoplo will ever be satisfied
short of a constitutional convention it
is unnecessary to discuss these matters
now. The legislature on reassembling
next January will doubtless yield to
the publio voice and call such a body.
We are Informed by a gentleman
just from Jacksboro that the line of
ipoaU extending from Fort Bill in the
Indian territory to Fort Concho Texas
.are now fully established with daily
patrols from one post to the other aud
.under the energetic and prompt action
of Generals Buell and Davidson the
frontier we are told is freer from In--diau
depredations than it has been for
several years. Our informant repre-
sentseverythiug very dull at Jacksboro
nothing doing and money scarce; but
the paymaster is expected in the course
of a few days when money will begin
.to circulate more freely.
Thb legislature created a criminal
-district for Waco an d Marl in for which
N. W. Battle of .Waco has been ap-
pointed aud confirmed as judge. He
was district judge for several years be
fore the war and was lieutenant col
onel of Gurley's regiment during the
. struggle. The appointment is a good
one unless the judge has fallen from
grace since the war. of which we
know nothing.
Notwithstanding the active busi-
ness season is about over we bear iu
every direction the saw plane trowel
nd hammer. Queer place this Dallas.
Dull or no dull it won't keep quiet
but moves ahead like a yearling colt at
- the rise of grass. Every day more fat
less old hair and cleaner coat By and
by comes the big hone and then
phew I
SYA I SM I I I S.
i-i-Nsnt Inn of work m
Till
the emu-
pli'tiim of llie (Vnlinl railroad fnW
lowed by a suspension of operations on
Hid Texas ami I'ai'HI'' luul tho ellect to
leave ciingregiited In Dallas without
employment a law nuiiilicr of useful
laboring men. Added to tlitui Is a
large number drawn hither by the
general tide of emigration anil pros-
perity which has poured in upon us.
The trouble now Is to nllonl employ-
ment to such men; and il is a subject
worth of serious consideration by all
of our men of means. Industrious
men with employment ns a class are
men of peaceful habits and a prop to
any community r sink-. Idleness is
not only a misfortune to them Indi-
vidually but a calamity to tlie public.
Tlie man or association who opens to
them the door to remunerative labor
is correspondingly an individual and
nublio benefactor. These truths are
patent to all. The practical question
to Dallas Is how to do this.
Tlie means ure various and may or
may not be practicable. All will ad
mit that one or two well established
factories would go far in this direction.
The erection of a house is a job soon
over but a factory in this climate
would give employment every day in
the year those of cotton yarns and
cloth as well as someothers afford oc-
cupation also to women und children.
Those of heavy woolens mid of all
branches of iron and wood ure confined
to tlie stronger urnis of men. In botli
the latter we ure making encouraging
progress but tho Held is wide nnd af-
fords inviting room for a much larger
investment of capital. There can be
no doubt of the success of a cotton fac-
tory at Dallas if in the hands of men
skilled in the business.
Now that our heaviest financial
men have completed their buildings
anil so greatly aided in fixing the per-
manent growth and prosperity of our
city can they not combine and inaugu-
rate such an establishment so materi-
ally calculated still further to augment
our resources as a good business cen-
ter? Cannot the enterprisinggentlemen
of tlie Building association who have
so skilfully managed their affairs and
added so much to the city by erecting
elegant edifices can they not aid in
this much desired enterprise?
It should be remembered that New
England began manufacturing when
poor and without experience yet they
have had substantially unbroken pros
perity and long since attained a wealth
and power perhaps never before
equalled. Georgia has led the van in
the south and now notwithstanding
tlie destructive simoon of war her lac
tones to-day constitute ut least her
second greatest pillar of safety aud
power. Cannot our enlightened and
public spirited citizens follow in their
tracks profiting by their well testeu
experience? jsreau ine iice.gci inu
little ship once afloat and capital will
pour in to build up others.
Wo daily feel proud to hear the
whistle of our new mills to see the
pioneer tannery to see tlie superior
broomsand mattrusses fabricated here
to see constant shipments to the
country from our planing mills doors
sash blind and moulding factories and
the excellent iron work turned at our
shops and foundries. These urn all
well und steadily gaining ground. Jlut
the country to be supplied is very
large and will afford an ever Increas-
ing market for tho products of a heavy
capital invested in any or all of the
brunches to which wo have referred.
Among other enterprises and ouo that
Is easily within reach is a cotton com-
press the value of which is well
known.
Everything done in this direction
will expand the Held of labor and se-
cure to us permanently a largo and
valuable element or population which
otherwise must seek employment else-
where. The city corporation by judicious im-
provements within its financial reach
can do considerable hereafter in afford-
ing labor. At present much cannot bo
done.
We respectfully ask our follow-citi-
zeus to weigh these considerations.
During the dull season is an auspicious
time for such matters. We beg them
to believe capital aud skilled labor will
come to do the balance.
While upon the general subject we
may express the great importance to
us of early and energetic work on the
Dallas and Wichita railroad. Its value
to this city and all the magnificent
region northwest of us can scarcely be
overestimated. It will be a paying
road from the completion of the first
twenty miles. The moment II strikes
the mineral region the course of Dal
las would be onward to a degree of
which we have not yet had a foretaste.
Idleness is called the pareut of vice.
A more absolute truth was never ut
tered. As industry spreads vice re
tires a truth that should be fully
recognized by every one interested in
the welfare of our town.
Diversify pursuits put money in fac
tories let our sons go more into voca-
tions as mechanics machinists and ar-
tisans and .less into the professions or
idleness and very soon we sba'.l be ten
fold more indeendeiitof other regions.
IIOX. ROtiEU t- mux.
We ore permitted to lay before our
readers tlie following private letter
from our congressman Hon. ISoger Q.
Mills member of congress from Texas
to our fellow-citizen James J. Beemau
Esq. of Scyene Dallas county.
Washikgtoic D. C April 27 Wi.
J. J. Beeman Enq
Dear Sir Your favor of the 22d
instant has just been received. I re-
gret to say that there are no books
here for distribution either to the
granges or to citizens. You ore aware
DALLAS
tliitt fur many years congress has been
priming llie agricultural reports for
distribution among the people and It
has had a very great ellect in advanc-
ing our farming Interests the Improve-
i t of our agriculture improvement
of seeds and all branches of agricul-!
tural Industry. But congress at last
session in obedience lo l lie uemaiKis
of northern newspapers repealed the
franking privilege by which we could
send such tltinirs free through the
mails to our people; and now the post-;
11 LTD Iiiim to be tmid ill advance here on '
everything we send out and eucli copy
of liie agi'ictlltui'ul report would cost
forty-live cents and each member for-
merly had some seven or eight hun-
ilt'cd volumes but now. on nee
(III ill ol
. I 1 .1 I I'llu...! ti 111.1 lit
tl. Lw.U i:ltlf'.' are none i voted
to print them and notwithstanding
t lut mihii'v is reduced. I was willing
even at a loss to send a book that was
so valuable to my people. But now
there Is nothing for distribution. It
seems to nui that you grangers who
have associated yourselves together to
advance the agricultural interextsought
to demand .the restoration of the
franking privilege. Veil sutler und the
whole whole people do by its repeal.
The law simply required tho mail con-
tractors to carry through tho mail free
all matter that members of congress
desired to send out to the people. Its
repeul was solely iu tlie interest of the
mail contractors and against the ijflkv
best interests of all the people !Td
none as much as the farmers.
If 1 can ut nny time get hold of any-
thing that will interest you I will send
it to you und if ut anytime I can serve
you it will always boa pleasure to
me. Very truly yours
KOUKK Q. MII.IJS.
ISIIK.KI JltOWIMJ IS TEXAN AN-
NWKIIN TO qVENTIOXN.
Mr. F. M. Ervay of this city has
placed in our hands a letter from Mr.
G. W. Mayer a friend of his in Mer-
cer county Pennsylvania making in-
quiry in regard to sheep growing In
Texas. We have also lately met sev-
eral gentlemen in Dallas seeking in-
formation on tlie same subject. We
design very brielly to meet such in-
quiries iu a simple statement of dem-
onstrated facts.
The adaptation of southwest Texus
to sheep farming has been fully settled
for many years. A great deal was
written on tlie subject for ten or fif-
teen years before tlie war by men of
experience in tlie business. Among
them most prominently stood the lute
George V. Kendall of the New Or-
leans Picayune tho Hon. Henry S.
Bandall of western New York Cap-
tain Thomas Deetron of Matagorda
bay several intelligent German gen-
tlemen and numerous others all of
whom excepting Mr. liandall wrote
from actual experience in the country
while lie was one of tho largest breed-
ers in tlie north aud was thoroughly
posted In the capacities of Texas.
Without au exception they consid-
ered northwest and southwest Texas
as one of the liuest sheep countries in
the world. The business rapidly grow
into large proportions beforo the war
but during that period it wos muteriully
checked as one of its attending calam
ities. Kince that time It nus greutiy
revived und the present exports of
wool are large.
Strike a lino from Cook county on
Bed river southwesterly tnrougn
Barker Bosque Bell Williamson
Caldwell and Gon.alcs to Goliad near
the coast and seven-tenths of all the
country west of that line may bo classed
as admirably adapted to this business.
Of course some sections are better than
others and soma counties east of the
line are fully us desirable. The striking
advantages ure thai the whole country
remarkably JTJthy for both man
and beast and eiJnT cly free or malarious
Influence Being high undulating
hillv or mountainous iu tlie one purt
or tho other the whole region is free or
swamps and drains itseir admirably.
To a large extent tho short curly mes-
quit gruss succulent ana nutritious
furnishes grazing throughout tue year.
In other places a green winter mesquit
is found while in all sections excellent
iin.shiniL'i! is found from the ilrst of
March or April (as we go north or
south) to tho close of November and
during tho winter months it is abund-
ant in all the pasture regions for sheep
when allowed to run at large. This Is
permissible excepting during the prev
alence of cold north winds autlsieeis
when the sheep should be protected
and fed under sbcltor. The whole of
such time will not average more than
five or six weeks in the year.
Sheep growers meet these two de
mands bv saving prairie Hay iu tue
summer ns winter lorage aud by build
ing a single wull of plank posts or
stone on tue nortn wun a covereu
shed open to the south. They are
usuullv covered with hay. Large
breeders have shepherds always with
the flocks accompanied by trainea
dogs. In bad weather they are grazed
near home but In a large part ol tue
year they are driven more or less over
tlie country stopping at night when
ever chance may dictate. This pro.
motes health and affords a change of
pasturage. Mexicans are model shep-
herds and are very generally employed
at extremely low wages.
There is no difficulty in buying
graded sheep anywhere from Bosque
county south at low figures but there
are also large numbers of all the usual
varieties of thorough breds. I.rge
nuuiliers of such were brought from
England France Vermont New York
and elsewhere prior to the war and
their progeny are now numerous and
widely scattered. The inferior sheep
of northern Mexico on account of
their low price fifty cents to a dollar
a head were introduced in great num-
bers from fifteen to twenty years ago
but have been m long crossed with
pure bloods as to leave slight traces of
their former inferiority. Large flocks
of tbem thus graded are in the south'
west corner of the state.
The only disease that ever became
serious among the flocks was the scab
DALLAS COUNTY
during the war aggravated by unavoid-
able nonuilonllnn and llie illlllciill.y
of getting flu' materials ued as n rem-
edydipping lu a decoction or tobacco
belli:' considered Infallible antidote.
Tlie ewes if allowed will drop lambs
twice a year. Mr. Kendall contended
that it was better lo allow but one drop
annually. Others permitted two at
least until their flocks became numer-
ous. We regard the upper counties of
Jack Archer part of Voting part of
Parker Kastlaud and all the country
west of them as peculiarly desirable
lor sheen farms. On the inner line 01
! this belt tlie danger of Indians has
about passed and the Held of safety is
slenililvexniindlllL' liV settlement. JiC-
sides Indians come down to steal
horses mules and cattle but are not in
tho sheep business.
It should bo understood that sheep
also do well In all the prairie counties
of north Texas such us Dallas Tarrant
Hunt Kaufman etc. but we are speak-
ing of those sections where men.onac-
couut of the cheapness of lands sparse
settlements und peculiar adaptability
can go largely Into the business with
tho certainty of largo profits. In that
region one may us well own thirty
thousand as two or three. A Mexican
mun und a small boy with four or live
dogs can manage from three to four
thousand head. It is better however
to limit each flock to a less number.
In answer to a second question of
Mr. Mayer ubout lumber forests we
have say that east Texas is a vast for-
est of choice pine oak hickory and
other timbers with largo raiiwuy con-
nections and lands so cheap as to sur-
prise all from the old stutes.
Having responded as fully as time
permits to tlie queries of Mr. Muyer
wo will assure him further Unit he nnd
nil his friends will receive a heurty
welcome from the peoplo of Texus.
We want an industrious frugal popu-
lation to make glad our waste places
and erect no shibboleth to demand
whence they came. But if we did tlie
sons of old Pennsylvania would always
be welcome for wo know them well
and prize them much. Wo have
thousands of tnem as fellow-citizens.
One of them David S. Kaufman died
in our service as congressman tit Wash-
ington. Another one D. C. Giddings
now serves us in tlie same capacity.
One M. A. Dooley formerly dispensed
justice as a district judge as another
John T. Otterhart does now. Oliver C.
Hartley a son of old Bedford was the
first to digest our laws twenty-four
years ago and fills an honorable grave.
His brother Uufus adorned our senate
aud now sleeps beside Oliver.
A Susquehanna boy Uev. Mr.
Parks is now president of one
of our best institutions of learning.
Another one Gulusha A. Grow is
president of two or our great railroads.
Still another Bev. John L. Hawley
died a christian's death at New Bruun-
fels in 1850. One who now sleeps on
the Pacific shore in a foreign land
Hew to our rescue lu the time that
tried men's souls. We forget not these
things nor the early friendship of ex-
( iovernor David 11. Porter George M.
Dallas John A. Muhlenberg Charles
J. Ingersoll and other eminent sous of
Pennsylvania for strugglingTexas. As
u class wo like them. Many ure now
prominent und useful citizens of our
young und expandingstate. The more
the better. We have room for many
thousands annually for n generation to
come. Wo have but a million and a
half of souls and have the territory the
soil und the climute to sustain ten
millions und will then have room left
fordeer turkeys bears coons and opos-
sums und grazing grounds for millions
of livo stock. Feur not but come
ahead.
A mkktino of the members of the
Advisory Board of the State Farmers'
Association of Illinois was held at
Bloom! ngton on the sixth. Fifty-two
counties of the one hundred and two
In the state were represented. The ob
ject of the meeting was to decide upon
the advisability of organizing an inde-
pendent political party the matter
having been referred to the last meet-
ingof the state association to this com-
mittee. After a discussion lasting
nearly all day It was decided by nearly
a unanimous vote that a new third
party should be organized; that it shall
include the members of all industrial
organ izations.
Tub pending suit of llev. A. Fitz-
gerald against the Fort Worth Baptist
association for "slander the damages
being laid at a hundred and fifty thou-
sand dollars aud the defendants sixty
in number has beej submitted to the
arbitration of six ministers aud six
lay meubers of the church elsewhere
each party naming half the number.
Very sensible and much better than
such a contest iu thecourts. The cause
was the manner of expelling Mr. Fitz
gerald from the association. In Aaron's
time it was said "Let brethren dwell
together in unity." The advice is
good yet.
Lest some of our qualified criticisms
on the fourteenth legislature may be
misunderstood wewishtostate for once
and all broad and distinctly that in no
roauner.shapeor form do we impute cor-
rupt motives to auy of that body. As
a body we are proud to believe they
are above all sordid meanness. We
criticise only the wisdom of some of
their acta as well of omission as com-
mission. Thb official returns of the special
j election in the Galveston district to
fill the vacancy in the legislature oo-
' u.innul hv tliA rcttlimftt.lnn nf Won f
WOIWWWM " " m
Moody is as follows: M. 8. Munson
807 ; O. T. Ruby Ml. Munson'i (demo-
erat) majority 86-V
TEXAS SATURDAY
pin I lit Bin is r wi it 'it.
i.m vrt:.
Tlie stinly of climatology hn- b. en
grow ilig into a science within I he Inst
few years and now receives liberal
encouragement from the government
of the L ulled States. Its practical re-
sults reduced Into convenient form
accessible to the masses of the people
will become of Incalculable value. By
them the farmer orchardist and gard-
ener will finally he governed in the
management of his crop'. Every
science which tends to improve tho
cultivation of the soil (the basis of eve-
ry other pursuit and upon which life
itself depends In civilized countriesi
should be nourished by men of all avo-
cations. We make no pretensions
whatever to scientific knowlegde (us
such) on any subject but In the sense
tliut science is but a demonstration or
natural laws us ultectiiig cultivation
health longevity etc. we may have
tho benefit of practical sense exercised
by years of observation intensified ut
all times by the desire to learn und lie
useful lu our day und generation. This
by way of prelude to some remurks on
the distinctive peculiarities of the cli-
mate of Texas. Wo purpose in this ar-
ticle to speak especially of the sea
breezes and northers which uro so well
known to all of our peoplo.
It is conceded by nil well Informed
men In this state; (we mean of course
well Informed on this subject) that
the sea breezes of summer and the
northers of winter cover a common
district or belt of country und Indicate
approximately the region subject to
larger or shorter drouths. Those hav-
ing a large geographical acquaintance
know that the center or this belt
strikes the coast or Texas between
Corpus Christ! and the pass of Mata-
gorda bay. Go west from Corpus
Christ! or east from Matagorda puss
and the force of tho norther diminishes
till on the west about Monterey and
on the east at Vermillion buy in
Louisiana it may be said to cease.
Granting these fucts it follows that
there is a grand center current to this
great atmospheric pressure passing
from its source on the great plains or
Rocky mountains as the fact may be
hereafter determined almost due south
till it strikes the gulf of Mexico and
passing over it greatly modified iu
temperature' by eight hundred miles of
warm salt water strikes southern Cuba
and Yucatan at Sisal Celeston Cam-
neche and Champuton with nearly the
same balmy exhilarating softness as
characterizes tlie southern sea breezes
on the coast of Texas. Iu November
and December 1805 and Januury 1800
we were at those place during the prev-
alance of northers which as we after-
wards learned were extremely severe
In Texas; yet there we walked on
the beach in shirt sleeves reeling tlie
precise exhilaration we hud so often
experienced on tho Texus coast at In-
dianolu Corpus Christ! and Galveston
from the southern sea breezes in mid
summer.
The conclusion then seems strong
that the northers of winter and the sea
breezes or summer in Texas are
counter currents covering substantially
the same area or surface and by some
luw or 'nature mutually neutralizing or
canalizing each other.
Bearing iu mind then tho ntct that
the norther belt has its central current
the same as a mighty river we desire
to call attention to a fuct by way or
comnurison which we have no where
seen mentioned but whicli substan-
tiates the theory we have advanced
and a fact which may have practical
value to many hereafter. It Is this:
That while the northers ns experi-
enced on the coast say rroui the mouth
of the Trinity to tho mouth or the Itio
Grande come from a nearly due north
course tlie same winds at the same
time Btrike this part of the stuto (tak-
ing Dallas McKiuney or Sherman as
central points) from a nearly north-
west direction with somewhut the
same but reduced intensity. Wo sim-
ply assert this as a presumed fact after
over thirty years residence in the coast
center or the nortner belt followed by
three winters in Dallas.
Now how does this come? We do
not assert but suggestively ask scien-
tific men to consider this proposition
viz: tho uorther having its central cur-
rent from north to south (or nearly
so) the same as the central curreut of
the Mississippi and the Amazon is not
the northwest wind striking the fron-
tier of the belt at Sherman McKiuney
Dallas and Corsicaiia the same as the
overflowing waters of those streams
seeking outlet whenever depression
exists? The waters of the Mississippi
penned up by high bonks or levees
and driven with great force the mo-
ment a break occurs rush off to the
right or left by lateral outlets from the
irreater volume.
Such Is our explanation of what we
assume as before stated to be the fact
to-wib that while a severe norther
may prevail on Matagorda or Corpus
Cbristi bay the same wiud at Dallas
will flow from about northwest to
southeast; or in other words it is the
overflow of the draft from the grand
central current seeking its equilibrium
whprpver there is vacant space. We
present this as a general proposition
subject to modifications by the inten-
sity nf force and the precise center in
different gales of the klud.
That the heavily timbered country
of east Texas is practically the eastern
boundary of the northern belt we have
no doubt. Going west the opposite
line may be traced by the lofty pines
surmounting the mountains overhang-
ing Monterey the majestic oaks in the
pan of Tula and the stately forests
terminating north of Tsmpico.
Another peculiarity Is this: that
whereas on the coast of Texas rain
rarlyjever cornea. from the west except
MAY 101874.
oiieoi'lWD ruin florin ill llteiuoillll
of March here in norlli Texa half
iiI'imii rains come from the imrlliAi'sl. f
Again on the coast an east wind for j
two or three days never Calls to bring :
rain and IT flir several days a great i
amount ; while here iu north Texus tut j
cast wind Is not as apt to bring II as ;
one from the west. The illll'i iciuo in
latitude averages about two liutidre I
and fifty miles. On the coast uu east
wind curries moisture from llie gulf!
urn! the mouths of the Mississippi. At
I Dallas an east wind comes from Vleks-;
! burg largely over the sandy plney I
i woods ol' north Louisiana ami east
! Texas. But at Dallas tho northwest
! winds coiuo from tlie elevated table
! lands lying Just north of the seini-
l mountainous range of hills extending
I northwest from near Bed river in the
I northeast corner of Jack comity to the
itio Grande at or near Eagle puss. This
high range is covered with a luxuriant
growth of timber which rises material-
ly above the surrounding country eith-
er on the northwest or southwest. Jt
Is Ihe province of science to determine
whether or not this elevated ridge cap-
ped with forest trees does not so af-
reet the clouds floating on tlie sea
breeze from south to north us to pre-
cipitate their moisture aud cause a
rain fall unknown near tho coast. And
If this he so is not nil tho country
north and northwest of the ridge more
seasonable and a better agricultural
country the soil being equal than the
regions between tlie ridge end the
coast? Such is our theory and so be-
lieving we hold that northwestern
Texas willbecomcone of the finest agri-
cultural countries iu tlie United States.
We mean till that scope of country
(where the soil is good) lying west of u
line drawn from the northwest corner
of Wise county southeast to the head
of tho Sun Saba river and the mouth of
Devil's river on tho Bio Grande or
thereabouts.
In tho summer of ISM we served in
command of a company of Texas ran-
gers on tlie northwestern frontier.
During nearly the whole season show-
ers of rain fell every two or three days
resembling the commencement of the
rainy season in the valley of Mexico.
On reaching tlie country below In Mc-
Lennan and Bell no ruin hud fallen iu
all that time. That truly was but a
single season and proved nothing. But
weafterwards met an old pioneer from
Lamar county who told us that for
seven summers ho had gone to that
country to kill buffalo and each time
huil found the same general facts
abundant ruins north of that range of
timber-covered hills while it was more
or less drouthy below.
Again repeating our ignorance of
scientific matters yet believing these
common sense observations of our cli-
matic laws are worthy of consideration
by practical scientists we invito their
attention to them. Science except in
so tar as it benefits mankind is worth-
less. But when it taught the good
housewife how to muke butter cheese
bacon egg corn bread biscuit and pies
and the husbandman how to make
cotton woolen goods plows axes hoes
reapers mowers etc. it conferred a
benefit to mankind. All these sprang
from science common as they uro to-
day. The naked negro of central Africa
to this day understands neither one.
Hence wo invito men of science to
consider the points to which we have
referred nnd see if out of them they
cannot deduce great truths to bring
blessings to our country.
While we expect to recur to this
subject in connection with a review of
the lamented Commodore Maury's
physical geography the best of the
kind ever published we desire to enlist
the atteution of Intelligent farmers
throughout our country. The basis or
all prosperity throughout tho world Is
the production or thesoil. The granger
movement may or may not be wise
butK wise it must avail Itseir or nil
tho natural laws which afreet produ
tlou. They admit no one (as we under-
stand their creed) to membership who
Is not u farmer. If this is true they
are foolish men for tho good reason
that thousands of men are the best
friemlH nf the fiirniiuir Interest who are
not in fact farmers. We claim to be of
that class uud stand ready to compure
fucts with any and all farmers In the
country. Uno lueuti men never inuue i
.... rrir Woll balanced minds tuk
; . "7 ....i.i ... .n:...l
Ing iu a wiue scope oi niiujeim mmiu
tho best average guaranty.
THE ritOXTIF.lt BATTALION.
Governor Coke has issued commis
sions to the following officers to com
pose the battalion for frontier service
authorized by an act of the fourteenth
legislature. The commanding officer
Major John B. Jones we believe was
adjutant general of General Harrison's
Texas troops during the late war out
is at present engaged in mercantile
business in Corsicaua: John It. Waller
of Erath couuty captain of company
A; J. A. Wright of Comanche first
lieutenant; no second lieutenant ap-
pointed. G. W. Stephens of Wise
county captain of company B; B. G.
McGara of Collin county first lieuten-
ant: no second lieutenant appointed.
E. T. Ixard ol Clay county captain of
company O G. W. Capbell of Mon
tague county first lieutenant; u. f.
Beavert of Jack county second lieu-
tenant C B. Perry of Blanco county
captain company D; W. 8. Ledoetter
of San Saba county first lieutenant;
George Freeman of Gillespie couuty
second lieutenant. W. J. Maltby of
Burnet county captain company E; A.
G. Connell of Brown county first
lieutenant; J. M. Elklns of Coleman
county second lieutenant Keill Cald-
well of Kerr county captain company
F; Pat Dolan of Uvalde county first
lieutenant; F. IL Nelson of Kendall
county second lieutenant A. P.
Blocker of Travis county quarter-
master with rank of captain.
TIIK OVERFLOW.
ApuriKlninle Estimates or tlie
Loss It litis CatiM'd.
.SVv culm ii.-. Tltiii's Miiy t.
After the dreud of buttle comes the
fearful reckoning. Il Is then wealluin
tin aiil'eelable idea of the extent of our
loss. Although it can scarcely be said
the floods have legun to abate still I
their destructive paths arc now seen
und we begin lo see tlie ravages In-
flicted upon our iiiit'iirtuiiate and suf-
fering people. War lias its lianlsliips
it is true and to individuals it. often
brings the direst distress and sintering
yet philosophers and statesmen allege
that iu tlie great after progress and de-
velopment of civilization the rending
of I'ossilated prejudices uud obsolete
customs which operate to manacle the
links of progress there Is secured some
compensation. But in a war with the
elements there Is no after compensa-
tion. All Is wreck ruin and waste
which murks tho path of such di-ciid
monsters. Not mil il there has been
a complete subsidence of the waters
can there be a full measurement of the
damages sustained but n survey of the
vast piano of water which stretches
from the bonier of Arkansas lo tlie
gulf with an average width of say
fifty miles we may at leant approxi-
mately estimate the calamity. Predi-
cating our estimates on the best lights
now before us the loss direct and con-
sequential to the people or this state
must largely exceed
IKS MILLIONS OK DOI.I.AHS.
When the Hood shall have entirely
pussed away uud absolute facts are as-
certained tho estimate stilted may lie
largely increased but cannot be di-
minished and not . uutiUtjcn will it be
possible lo deleriuiiie init the indi-
vidual suffering lias been.
The urea now under water is vari-
ously estimated ut from V"uoil0 to
:;00U0(lil ucres. The estimates of dam-
age must include the labor previously
expended in the crops the loss of fen-
ces cattle mules poultry and every
variety nnd kind of chattel property
houses damuged machinery stores of
food und clothing loss of prospective
crops also the prospective damage for
a season of unemployed time until the
sullbrers can again iiud remunerative
employment tin; time labor and ex-
pense of restoring the wasted land fen-
ces and habitations. Involved in all
these estimates is a population fairly
estimated ul
ONK IllTNimKDA.N'imVEXTYTIIIH'SANII
without considering tlie large commer-
cial interests of New Orleans which
are to lie ntl'ei'ted by the overflow not.
only for the present year but until
tliese damages can up repaired.
We have desired to be reasonable iu
these calculations and to find them on
ascertained and appreciable facts for
iu that way only will they nave any
value in the public mind. Suppose we
begin with tlie loss of the
COTTON CHOI".
Ill making these estimates concern
ing cotton we consider the entire pro
duct of Louisiana Arkansas and Mis-
sissippi. Should the flood subside by
llie midlife ol tlie present montli.
there would yet be t ime to obtain some
recompense lor l lie loss in tins crop ;
but it is well known the late planting
of cotton is never sale for any yield
ami can not be counted on under the
most favorable circumstances for more
than hulf u crop. Well in forme J plan-
ters and good judges with whom we
have conversed consider mat mere
will be a loss of VJ0UU bales of cotton
on the crop of this year even uiiderthe
most luvoriime circumstances hiiouiii
the overflow continue longer than the
loth instant the loss win lie largely en-
hanced and exceed .'100000 bales.
run Slid a u i-oss.
The loss iu this commodity is almost
total and absolute not only for the
present year but will attend that in-
dustry for two more years besides the
present. Cune cannot be brought to a
productive capacity under three years
und its restoration will only be accom
plished gradually n win ue tuir to
count In tho loss not only of the pres-
ent year but the consequential loss of
succeeding years. The loss on this
year's crop is variously estimated ul
from booiiu to 4001111 nogsneuiis out. we
are persuaded thut the former figures
30000 hogsheads is within the margin
of certainty. That would be .'jooo000.
Next year )0nn hogsheads &!0000UOO
and the year following that 10000
hogsheads or $100001X1. The sugar
loss then directly ami consequential
must be set down at $0000000.
THIi KICK CHOI'.
Some over-strong estimates have
been made of the loss iu this crop and
we have endeavored to reach indis
putable conclusions. The rice crop or
tlie slate is written down lu the statis-
tics at xl'M barrels ot 2.'i0 pounds each.
The producing parishes ure: St. James
4-l.j barrels not overflowed; St. John
1250 barrels one-quarter overflowed
loss 315 burrcls; St. Churles 5402 bar-
rels loss one-fourth or l.'ioU barrels;
Jefferson 808 barrels not overflowed;
Orleans 12 barrels not overllowed; St.
Bernard 117 barrels not overllowed;
Plaquemines 30254 barrels loss one-
third or 10085 barrels; 'bsu-ebonne 1 1-
741 loss four-lifths or barrels; La-
fourche 1224 barrels Iqtwo-thirds or
810 barrels; Vermillion 884 barrels not
overflowed; Lafayette 570 barrels not
overllowed. We have here a certain
loss of 50.11040 ryiuuds which esti-
mated at 0 l-4c aggregates ..1 1091.
TIIK TOBACCO CROP.
There may be some loss in the crop of
tobacco out onigeni inquiry nus ian-
ed to discover that it is material. Tlie
crop at best Is not large in this state.
A full estimate ot tlie loss and we are
without facts to justify it would be
SI 00.000.
This brings us to the consideration of
the most ditllcult part ol uie sunject
the loss of
CHATTEL PROPERTY.
such as cattle mules hogs poultry
farming tools fences etc. Necessarily
we are much at sea here anu however
objectionnble it may be to present esti-
mates with no better foundation tbau
guessing it is for the present all that is
allowed us. The population as above
stated involved in the overflow Is
about 120000 people white and black
implying from six to ten thousand
plantations large and small llie
MIIestlon )8 now muc ua9 eaou planta-
lion liiHt bv the flood ill cattle mules.
fences and other chattel interests? It
cannot be less than $100 to each place
aud there are many persons who would
unhesitatingly write it down at $200 to
each place and yet others who would
with as little hesitation estimate the
loss at double that amount. We prefer
to take a moderate view and calculate
from the basis of six thousand places
at $200 each which would give a loss
of $1200000. .
unconsidered interests.
There remain manv other matters
which have not yet been considered
VOL. XXI NO. a.)
and which legitinuli-l.v
e-lilllates ll the In--!"
elili-r ill ! o 1 In
lo v liil II llli
le.l bv Ibe H ill
-I ii . .-! i m 1 1 li-:M.'
Inle lias been sllbje
ovi'i Mnw. When the
lo weii'.li Iter mi fortunes il ma; l
; appear lloil our ciili'lllalions are In:- ion
slioi l. When '. unMiliTcd in eoiineclinii
i with our other inisl'orluni's liny niv
l indeed siillieii'iillv iiiiilliii'j. Our pur
pose has been to iiiiili'ri'tiiiiale rnllu r
than overestimate. Whatever iiiav be
our iiiniroxiniatioii to the real facts the
o.M.s are sm li ns call into requisition
whatever of hope and energy remain
to lite iconic of l his slate am id a II I lieu-
stllli rillgs. It is no time lo i in ;ttl;:i
Idle lamentations. We must deal with
facts as tliery are and gird ii r loins
for a stalwart struggle for life. We con-
fess the outlook is gloomy but a reso-
lute people may accomplish astound-
ing results. ' Let us not forget
how bravely Franco overcame
the greater misfortunes of her re-
cent war with Prussia; what an enorm-
ous sum of money was produced iu a
few years through the industry of her
people. She is now iu a most flourish-
ing condition her exports largely in
excess of her imports and every
branch of productive industry .prosper-
ous. The patience and endurance of
our people have been tried in the cru
cible. In every instance they have
proven themselves equal to the emer
gencies presented. Once again we uro
put to the test and we nave every cou:
lideiice that in the future as in tiro
past they will come oft victors. 1'rov-.
idciice lias blessed us with the most
genial clime the most responsive soil
and resolute Hearts. let llie wonis no
forward and onward ns wo grapple
anew with the results of our groat ca-
lamities. one 'o;iti:ssioAi iii.miimt.
The recent law dividing Texas into
six congressional districts places us in
the fourth district ivhich Is composed
of the following counties: Grayson
Collin Kaufman Dallas Kllis John-
son Tarrant Denton Cook Montague
Wise Parker HoodKratli Palo Pinto
Jack Clay Wichita Archer loung
Stephens Shackelford Throckmorton
Baylor Wilbarger Hardeman Knox
Haskell Jones Kastlaud Callahan
Taylor and ltockwull.
'1 his is inmost inn identical district
for which we worked in the last or
thiiioeiilh legislature it is compact
and homogeneous in interest and cuts
us loo.se from old conbinations having
no common sympathy with us. There
is not in tlie district a single man who
litis ever been :t member of congress
from Texas or from any other state so
far iis we now recollect.
Tlie Held is a new one wide open to
all who have aspirations in that direc-
tion or whose friends may wish to
thrust such honors upon them. The
next election for members of congress
will come off in November next and
hence tlie time is near when the peoplo
will bo called upon to make their nom-
inations. A special correspondent of the St.
Louis Globe is traveling through the
overflowed district. Writing from New
Orleans on the 8th he says: "At pres-
ent it is impossible to definitely assess
thedamage resulting from the inunda-
tion but it is said 10000000 will not
be an extravagant estimale. This in-
cludes crops chattels and all losses. It
may be reduced should the water re-
cede in time for a cotton crop but tho
chances for sugar and rice are slim.
Tlie Teehe country rich in sugar gives
no hope for there is no prospect of an
abatement within a month. Louisiana
gives but little promiso of anything
but cotton upon which there will be a
loss of 250000 bales but this will not
so affect the planter as tho consumer
who will bo' compelled to pay higher
prices. Details of human suffering
show that peoplo are living in their
garrets and are subsisting on drowned
uud starved stock. In some Instances
people are living thirty miles from dry
land. The wuter is falling slowly but
until it has gone down nnd a feeling of
safety induce correspondents to lind
out no definite estimate of the loss can
be made."
Influence at Washington is a sweet
boon to any gentleman who knows
how to make a thrifty use of it. Tho
testimony or Mr. Frederick B Stanton
beforo a house committee shows that
Mr. 8. P. Smith of New York had in-
fluence at Washington and that it net
ted to him the snug littlesuiuol 10000
whicli was paid to him by the Colum-
bia bank note company for securing
to it from the treasury department the
contract for priutinga purt of the notes
for circulation.
HoLDEitsor lieadright bounty and
donation warrants far land in Texas
should bear in mind that under the
state constitution unless located and
sun-eyed by the first or January 1875
they are forever barred. The fact has
lieen repeatedly published for four
years but we repent it once more as a
warning to all parties interested.
There seems to be no prospects of a
settlement of the strikes of the colliers
at Durham England. Seventy thotis-
aud miners and laborers are now out
of employment and great distress pre-
vails. Manyarepreparingtoemigrate.
A convention of cotton exchanges
is to meet in Atlanta Georgia on the
13th of June for the purpose of adopt-
ing measures for obtaining prompt
and reliable information upon all
points affecting the cotton interests.
The administration organ at Wash-
ington advises Colfax to rest satisfied
with a back seat assuring him that he
will soon have compauy in that lonely
situation as "the party is purging it-
self and the people are tired of frauds."
As thb crusaders have been so suc-
cessful in "busting" bars would it not
be a good idea for them to tackle the
'bM'-' at the mouth of the Mississippi
which has so long successfully defied
the ingenuity and efforts of all the engineers?
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