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o l uo individual —ihetiiend ol Jackson.
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EXEL’UT ‘RS UN’D \ ‘MINIS I'tfATORS’ DUTY
Notice to Debtorsand Creditors to be published
six weeks. Prince’s ‘igest. page 157.
A I intended 'il'S oi hi is and chattel belonging
(otestators or intestates goods and chalt< Is. shall le
published nt t vnor .iioi'e public places in tin- parish
where such effects are to be sold, and in the
gazette, at east t.irtv days before the day oi such in
tended s.' e —ibid 151.
AHsa'esto be between the hours of ten andfour
o’clock, and il coii'inueri liom day to day. notice to
be given thereof on the fust day oi sale— ibid 167
rial-s ol real properly t >be on the first Tuesday in
(he n -Mill, at the place of public sales,after sixty days
publication.— ibid 171
Xp dieiti u betters >f Dismission published six
months. — ibid 168
ESTR \YS
To tic advertised by the (Jerk of the Inferior Court j
Ln // Notice. !
OUR Cep..it i. ip i ■ . ay ,by .mi 'a! <on ,
b il'»E p .
A J- iI.VN-.i EL. |
Attorneys at law. i
Dahloliiiega, 15th Oct. IS3G.
— -
B shall conti tie he practice in the (Jhen.kee, and t
y toe tt dj <• nt Cl. ti. -of the Western Circuit.—
Addie.-s, u.AHLOH.n LGA, Ltunpkin County, Ga.
AND’ A. J. 11 \N ELL. I
O.i 1.5, 1836. 23tf.
Tie !>. publican Savannah ReCorde 51 illedgeville,
Senti id Au. ust i, w ill giv. . lie above lime moot dy
nserti ii-uini 10. w aid ar< 0U..1H A. J. 11.
cuss .nasionrjas
Neff -hC.aui.i, 4m corgi a.
July 15m, 1837.
ALL persons having claims against individual
persons of the tl> r lie. .alien, (who have not
c.mgi ded west) for <l. bts < mdi.iCli <1 pr> vions to ibe
23 day of May 1836, »i be ehy notified, that it they
am Hot pl. se..u d a 'HI-Olli, eon i bet. r. the I -I
liny of 'ci her ne.vl, s eh ciotns will not (lie <• Itei
b. rei eiv .1 in the <'• mini -ion rs for a judication.
And ill p. rs. >ns . nti I ' to N dive rig is as Ch r
kees, li .II .ve clnmi- of my disc ili hi. provided for
by the Ch r k. lie >ty oi Deceinb. r 1 35 c-pei nllv
lor -p nbi i iis oid l{ -erva ions are h ebv ear t -II .
mju st. U(o pi esc nt 111 < i i c ■* im - wit turt n.r de lay .
11l ><>N I’M. KIN,
JOII.N Ki N <1 DY.
Com ms d triers.
July 29.- 51 ’’ill Is 0< t.
I’KO j ,, ’.( TUS
ui the
77// HD i ULI/. 1/ /•?, ( \ etc Series.)
liei . ted io i o.it t.ilcraiuic, siuit n > .Moral
and Sent.menial iul<s Humorous and
amusing .Miscellany, .hiecd-de >, Poetrij,
&.C. Blc.
d v .turd..y the 7(h of Noven.her. 1835. will he
'tie m I n .mi., r ol tile 1 ntr<: I oimni oi tl,e
bl ! l, l> ok. ol till! 11. W st llt S.
O i issni ig proposals I-•i the I'lnr.l \ olnine i t the
Si. ip no. k, to pu.di-hi r ui.i.cis his nio-i son-, n
til ii,hi li .K.in. loti- |..tiou- tor the v ly ib rat
Support Hu i li >* i , ih.is l.iu, give . him i . tin pub ,c -
tioi. o| ios ap Y, and hop. s th H tils constant and
Until i g i lint- i<> please may <oi.ti.ue to him that
pa r nag’ im which tie is trulv tlm klul. .Any new
u suranie 0.. the pint I the pubhstii i Unit h m ends
inipr oi ig uis piip. r, hi co i*t <rs as . tireiv us, icss
ttie public tn ii.g «el swart tn.it his vole uim is to
pl« ,ist , and to phase, u u.-t <on mu. io imp me.
<'l • N 11| I'll >.N S' —I he -< lap link will be p bis lied
ever. Si< ur.ia von a fill' <pi .utv ■ t pa, it. 11 th i| 11 to
tor., i a .d will C" nt ni i> lit I » two lluimn i -of • tgilt p«_> s
eave willi a otle page auu ind. xio tile v. u a I
Wlil be printed in ia ids m< style, mui wi.l m.'Ki’ at
the end o II o' i tv .u.itui vomille, co aai..;i g
in., t <pi I (trv ;i. Msa'.d duodrci <io pagi >.
Hu'. - ■ ii.- t Hie Scrap B'.ok will tn- a-
hi . i , v7.« i.m pi •'annum, jay nbo i- aii < o.i < .
—no sub-v ri, limire. el>cd lor ii s>U .u ot y < a., aim
no , apc i s |. ii w a d < <1 on iil Ih e tn ■ a'y is ri ci ik • d.
Na <s.s- b-c die -wiia be amo .nl ol s.b.-r ip
tiotis be sent uv h. 7>u ol November, or as soon
after as p-.s-iult u» im - puoiisiiei.
G. \\ KAPPEL.
llarffoki' Conn. 183.5.
N li \sit \v i ■i.jll ra 11 i' <' It) o i., 11 ■llt>li av ,
th I subs. i.ti. I- a I 111 - < .1 IX . lit lubl - i I w . I g> V e t
th s. w 11,1 - nisi I I.H in . Il He < tn <■ ' > III' 10l lilt
Tlu.'l' daioe all'll nun er-ot im- st <o..ii vvUmm
w i. ’; ill.vbe|" li is , d alter the . < ■ _ oi I■ f sub
.dosL- rjtwe sled D act .m ./’r>ifs
NOTH E,
1’ ns T or MK' \’D a nit in promisory Nate.
J moi. bv Row latrn Bearxit n. and pay able to Jo n
T i.ls.n. Jr .in i e M>d by said R i'l-tmi t t
Ulb-t rth r In tin tv doM.irs bearing date the Ibl
USX ot Ma t’ l I - li al. till t e 4< i day ot
(!>• reafl. r T»■ r»..t»'ic ii e : t-r. bx rant r i .iag n-'
tra.h K for- ii’ N le. .nd th ri'ket n p n l ..
to < v ne It . pimnysc v. as lam hr legal tv ■ o
the »a ne.
JAMES H WORLEY
Dec. 24th, IbJG 2rtl.
•‘let THE Rl' BE HARMONY INrH tN G S ESSE■. FI A L —.. IBERAi. 1<" r IN f H 1N G 3 N1 T ESSENTIA L—CHA H1 I Y IN AL L.”
b.mLOiVNEG.A, LVAA’KIX C vVA’i'V, uLUiUU, UC VO -ER 7, mi.
dilor.ey and (. 'oiutcelor at Lcia\
I * oca ’ tt * himseif at Spring Place, Moray
H R Ci, i.ty, and will punctually intend to at.y
bu.-iii'-ss e trusted to his care, in his profession, tn
tiie Cherokee < ircuit.
Sept. 9 h. 1837. -stf.
Executor’s sale.
A GRELABLE to an omer . f h ilonnrtible th
_Z~jL Inferior Court of Gilmer County, there v ill b
sold on Thursday the 19th of t'ctolie. next, at the
r sidi riee of Robert Kincaid, all the perso a p of t rtv
of James Kincaid, late of said county di < ease.l,---
> consisting of Waggons, Horst s, (iattle, lious<l A
' Kt’chen Furniture. Sale to continue fr m day to d y
: until ail ire Sold. Sol.i for bm b m-fit of the h n
ami creditors of said deceas'd . erms . .ad< km wn
ou tae day of safe
VVf LI AM KI 7< Y. ) r
Ri‘:’.i UT K N'CAID. ) Lxe<,lt rs ‘
Sept 9, 1837 -—5- 40d.
GEOHGI V, HALL COU\ I Y.
S, T II ER EAS HENRY ill ARDS applies to
V V me lor Leit r- ot Ad inis ration, on the E--
tale ol J ,'in By r i -• ti. late of sa d c tunt y d. ceas d—
tins is to rite an !ad mo .i-h ai < a d si gnlar the k .ndr. d
i and ciedi ors .f-aid de< eased, to ire ami app ar at my
ofliee wit .in the time preperibed by law, to shew
tai se if any exist, why said Lett, is should not be
g a n'ed
Given under my hand, this 6th day of Tue, 1837.
'.. M JOHNSON, C. C. O,
Sept. 9. 1837.—5 —3ud.
Administrator’s Sale.
'f 4^ 7 1!.L be sold at the Cmnt-I! >use in Lumpkin
If V C'.'iinty. on the first Tuesday i [),■< mber n xt
’by ord if <4 me Comt of Ordinary ot la< ksou e un
ty. a so ty acre Lot No. 246, in the 13th District ami
I Ist Sec ion oi Cii rok.-e, now I urn, ki . count v. Sold
iin or et f>t a division the Estate of the late John;
> er? n < f Jacrmson county d reused
T. HU. Ca-!i. JOIE. R L -V. V. .r’rn’r,
with trie Will annexed
Sept. 2d, 1857. 3-- ids.
I
New Stage Liue,
/• roni Greenville, by Pickens court
house and Clarksville, to
Dahlohnega, (ia.
1,-. . JTJ-. ■
rawi suhsc.iber informs the public, that be hn-
E just turni h d his i n (w inhis mi v '»• n
<> er'itm i ale .• rn .ntlis) w t > a s I. ; did 1
STAG'S Wh h o. t , r th rood H r s
all’ ntive Driv r, pns i 1 n in c e p'- ’e rlr t r
Travell-rs Fre« on my, n • eliv, and a. oinmo I.i
n rn, tins route cann ,t i>e exr He.l — Fart th dida ict
;-Jt) inilfs thralls'll in less than TVV O D >, wilhotil
; tr ireliii/' at night
Ici v < (I eenv ilh- evt rv Monday at one o’clm kP.
.’I un i arrive at Dalilohnega (he next \\cdne.-.:ay at
12, M.
I . ave [‘ah' hnci’a i vry We.l ■ sil iv at 1 ..’< I .<l
- M aid arrive ut Grieuvife tne n. x Friday at
12. M.
No pa: sor expen j c w ill t.e sp red t<> rend' r tlrn.-e
* com ortnblr vv no travel t sli t .
Ll.'i.N \RI) CAITIII ART.
Contractor.
( I’ickcn C IE S. C )
I Ai.g 5. 1837. \ 1-3 t.
\\ ALKER SI PI.RI R ( OCR I.
Rule \ isi.
I aYid Mt ( oiiuin,
rs. | />/// (or
\\ illiam B Mid i/ie
i I liompson (Jardcuhire I //<//•<>•-
i lodge Rabun j inunce.
. Robert v tepbens. J
»* T•* , ing to ihe Const that the def ■ -
II) ni s.a G irdenhb. \\ iliia. . B i.it ~n > (
St. pu <i mice not be< n se xe l i>y t e s ,11 i h a
cope t tli. above Bill, an tlia t -id I! 4. I, ir-
dn . ir. o 3 St. pen- ri - id' ou of | < < .mi y , .!
live -ml <ic! nd.mt- B ,mt and - t he nt from
! ti.i- >t . e r< ,i not he lom.d tiler in On rn t." it
i- io <i.tl th i tile —Hui del ti ,i t-, \\ i i in |{ i,j
I’lio p-o . l.uulei.ilire and iv.> I t Slept: .il'pmi-
a <1 a -w< tnt th. lux' term t ns C u I <i th .'
s rvii e• I said bill lie < rle< ! e bv <,!/<., , |
‘ i. i- Hue thi< e .Mo iths i< o , < t hic N. ■.< - «
f t-rsol this State, pr.'viou to (hat ti ..
James tip* p on.
, Sol. pm. compt.
GEORGI W alker county.
11 alker St p run ( \mrt,
A' CH erm, 1-37.
I I ho Cxldwell. rte'k ot 'he -u n rCo it f
s < • t\ d ■c: i 'ii-t th b v' r « n t ,>
■• otn from tm Minutes <4 i t (’oort. t i- i-t ,Ov of
j \p.il 1'37.
JOHN CAI DWELL. Ci’k.
41 "rn.
Guardian’s
A GRI E\Bl F. to n r • of t e In -mr C u •
.< •
tl , • -e. «il be s id o t t:e nr- T i - .v t - N v i-
1 >ei it Al tiie t <»art Ho . ih I >a!.. ii. g.i. I , >
I . La N - ’.ii.
iI - '•' ■< .t m f oi .. r'y t 'lt r.e ow I nipki .
I c .tintv. r.r stnid . w vo' «a
.'I AR 1i t A Mi ,«Il K, Uuaruian.
| August 12;h, 1'37,—1 tds.
Three oa’i s after dafr I promise to pay John i
B. Chast.'in or ben er, one hunhred Lmllarr, so vaitn
receceivcd. December 1836
his (
JOHN SATERFiEi D, '
Witness mark.
sAM LEL LOUDERM ILK.
GEORGIA. p (
Lumpkin ( (unity ’
SUPERIOR COURT OF S \ID COUNTY, |
September Term, iS-TZ.
pET appering to the Court that •> e ori. i te. ot
a v. icfs 'he :ib )Ve I- a true copy, has b< - n losi, it i
: her fore >rcl rd that -ai e py fie estabiis ed in
lieu .J s.: origin . I N te, at Ihe next t< rm ol ths!
Ci. ..t ti I ■ cause he sh-... nto t e cont rar . and t hat !
a c py .1 (hi- rule be published m ti e Miner's : < cor- ;
'!• r once a mouth, for three iu »mhs pr.oi io s.iu j
Court j
A true copv from the minutes of this Court, 8 h i
Si I'te nber, 1837.
M. P. QUILLIAN Cl’k.
S- pt. 23, 1837. 7--3 m.
JS he.
public ate tier, by < ai>iionot! agains
-R- r'ditig fur th'te proinn-ory notes, or
either of them, drawn payable t'» Abraham I
Seabolt, of Lumpkin county, Ga., one for
di r v dollars, with a credit of twenty two d"l-
I n.-, due the first of this ms iiiii ; one f“r
seventy dollars, due 'he 25th of I) cembet
uex ; the other h r one hundred arid fif'v d"l
lars, due tiie 25 h of Derembt r IS3B, ah
du id the 12 h <>f 'anuuiv lasi, and signed
by Ute subsfrib< r. A- the < onsideration li i
which said no'c- wen given has etiiir' lv ' nl-'d
i I im determined md to oay ilhmd, or a.ty p m
theicoi unless compel.rd bv Iw.
JOSEPH ETRIS.
Sept. IG. 1837 —6 -3t
GEGJ.GIA, CHEiIoKI.E COU.NiY
ffcNOLLED before me, by J .Im Sultv in, a
-ti- bay horse, taken up as a stray, tour feet
ten inches high, t ight years old, weh shoes on
his fore feet, appraised to seventy five dollars
Also, a dark brown horse, four teei eleven
incites high, five years old, with a blaze face,
wt li a wiitie mink on both -ides of Ins neck
some saddle marks on his back, both hind feet
whi'e, with black spots tu 'lie while, right fur'
luui win e, appraised <> eigti y ti ve d"llai s, i »
i< F. Ddtnel a.id liter Matld >x, 9.1 i >ept.
1837. Al. W ii! l AKEit, J P.
GEORGIA, | A true extract from
(■lierukee County I the record ot Esttaysof
- i I i iHHitt, tin- tiie ILn day ol Bep:einoer, j
1837. —6 —3od.
gi.i.i \ .1 G USII \ \I, t). Cl’k.
- i
FKOPGSALB
ror uj Subscription.
A BOOK TO BE ENTITLED
■ I
THE
BY JAMES F SMITH,
■ /-’ om a .Manuscript copy recently compiltd by
hiinst tj.
FipilE p' ibi s ier a-sijres the citizens of
i- (it "rgt i. w|,o may mu k piojier to sub
■s* rthi to the work, th it e will use every e.xcr
i tion to rend.■ t it a iisetul velitele <4 such tn!oi ■
! m i ion as m iy he ■ I in portaiii e to them
IHE (’ll EEROKEi, LAND • O'L
: I l.i«Y "ill con am me iiarms <»l all th-
Hmtiiii . e ilriiwi rs m the L n;d L It. rv, and
their restd' m e, with a notice oi all In s v.licit
may have been gr mid, op la (he fir- < I
J i marv, 1 S3B, w t';; an e<>giav< u irmp "! <ir h
l.nd Di-iii in i.e (. t>< r ikee <• unl\ t -ime
diately pre< edmg the ti no s in on 4i <a-tri'•(.
■ ihe ( In ri'kei l.md l.nttei v will imti am
iboii Ik# iiiiiiGrcil to' ()<
( Wi l .e putt'd tl good paper, neatly bound,
i .md d iiver«d to -mi-, runts by the Jiisi '•!
M.. t• '■ 18’8 . t i. pi iciip \.
(t.Z* i’"' m . and miiei s, wim will mi
I *
. .» t s loi he | uliii'her m procutrng
'< ribt t- a' (J w ah ih p ■ U! ,. an j ( ~r tll ]
to 'Ke p.iio.-m r, in Alllb g» vine, t< ti t» n-
, -lid' - :'.>s<-|i i< sli ill receive i copv n. it"
W I k g tils.
i A i Eiitiers of newspapers m tii sS: t,. ~;
wnl give the above a lew sti nl te
i et'e a « pv of (he work.
8. p 12,1837.-3
IVof ice.
pulil.r ar> oer bv cautioned .i_- n
i id tig for two f’( m -or; N .' - d iwn
p v i'le ■■ Rat.-nm I coder, ol I! u- f oihhv .
Ge> r_i i. one <4 them lor ih“ sum of I < r v
Dollars, dat d 7'h Much 183:;, nn ,j due 12'
nii s ti * tr> J hat G » 4* ati«l ihe <»* *• r (» <
dr •* n ind ited 7th M reti 1833 and I
n."th afier tiie dale thereof, and a~-'_: . wi..
mr names. Sa.4 notes were tr i mo nlv o -
timed md we lire determined rut <• pav ' e
- rue o* an* pari ' leieot, t.mie.-s con <, > j v
tine tom se t law .
NCI."ON Ci O.’.ER ON
C W. JACK'ON.
Dec. i J'vh. 1835. 36 •'
From the Texas Telegraph.
GEOGRAPHY" GF TEXAS.
i County (if Bexar. — This county is
; a portion oi the former jut i diction of
i Bexitr —its bounthirit’s mtA’c not yet:
lijuci) deimctl. i Ins ciecriptiGii will.
■be confined to tae seciion of the
! county c•dihprUud between tne val-l
1 , ». .
. tev oi iiiu iiio>i<rio an t tne eastern I
[border oi the vahey oi’ the Sibdo,
embracing tiie vaik.A s of tiie Medina,,
the . aii Antonio the Sibolo, which!
for fertility of soil, salubrity of cli
mate and beautiful scenery, may be (
considered the garden of i’exas.
. c^a./ace. — ine \v..ok' sectetion is J
a (ontHmotis series o. undulations J
iormiiig what is called tiie rolling
prarie, except a s.nali portion at the
north a few times ai.oYe Bexar,
v> m i'u a / iaiigc of hiH.-s extend from
iiorlh-e<i:-t to soutn-west across the
counti y, formi g a tiivkiiiig ridge be
!tween the Gauuaio e, and
file streams <.re generally lined with!
narrow borders of forest. The re- j
maiirtlur of the comitry isopen, and
decorated with numerous 'ca‘tered{
Mcscpiite trees a : .J po?t ■ak groves!
which generally mown the summits|
ol the roiling swells.
. TRf.AMS,-L’he gan Antonio, Me
dina, Sibolo, ami Salodo a e the l
prim ipal struams. Ihe s n Automo
is formed from four springs, which
from the foot of a small eminence
four or hve miles o'nove Bexar, ami
uniting their waters about a mile
above this city, from a river, fi.iy
yards wide ami four feet deep i his
stresm is very rapid: it flow s over a
pebbly bed ami it- waters are re
markably pure ati.i wholesome; sueh
is their trasparency that small fish
may be seen distinctly at the depth
ol ten feet. Ihe .Medina is about a
hundred miles I mger tuan the san
Antonio; above its jun< tioii with this
J stream, it is however quite narrow,
i being generally for a hundred miles
! above its mouth only a fuw yards
w ide; it is a sluggisii stream flowing
over a marbly bed. The Sobolo re
sembles the .M< (litia, but is consid
erably smafer; it flows over a rocky
bed, and its walers are rema;'.ably
( lear and wholesome. The Soiado
is a short rapid stream; its waters
like all tile "treams oi’ this section,
aru sweet, ch ar, ami wholesome.
, <ii eral il 'itter^.— Near the A’ibo
lo, about thirty miles from Bexar, is
a mineral spring, its waters have for
ages been held in high estimation by
the aborigines lor their medical qual
ities.
.Minerals. Great quantities o'
limesio..e arc found in ail parts o!
this section; flint and several varie
ties of ."am I "tom’ abound on tiie "an
Antonio and iboio. Here are also
numerous buds ol a i atitra! c< rm i; + ,
resembling'lacked ; ;wh nio. Di-
ed into mortar, < -mes hard as
stone, and is mm-ii a.'d as a building
mate rial.
Soil an ! Productions.— The soil
i o i t> •_ i orally oi a dark sandy
ioam, • A• ■ udi 1 ..i\ rich ami produc
tive. ><>im o. ms has been cultiva
teii m ». i• .han li.ty sum essiAe Years,
am! \t t 'cum' to have lost none of
its ch m.d fertility. The facilities
• t, li t t .mm itre smdi in tiie va’lit's of
th( - * streams that itmir waters may
casih be in cited oveT a sur aue ol
one mill.ou of sq iaru acres, capable l
of producing the most ab miaul
i rops oi corn, cotlo.i, tabacc >, i.t li
g >, sugar, rye, oats, millet, and van
> s culinary vt w m it also
wa" formerh raisi d in considcf able
piautitics. Ihe Mesquil grass car
pi Is the whole suction an i uuiitkiues;
gi.’iii li,. omdarit ii. : whoh year.
iur.!i>hi:ig a new er failing pa. turaji.
The IXopal or I rickly id ar
abounds in this section, and often
forms dense impentrable hedges,
eight or ten feet high, and covering
whole acres of ground. Its fruit at
tains an extraordinary size, and pos-
1 sesses an excellent flavor.
Forest 'Trees.— There are few va-
I rieties of forest Trees; the live oak
' predominates the peccan also is
'abundant, am! its fruit exceedingly
! large; cypress is found on the Medi
! na; the Mesquite trees is thinly scat
tered over the whole country —this
'is “a species of the locust” generally*
about the size of a peach tree and
! bearing a long slender pod, sweet
[to the taste, ami often used by the
Indians for food; this tree also yileds
excellent gum, like gum arabac.
Besides these there are the red oak
and post oak.
'Town. Bexar,* the county seat,
is the only town. It is situated on
both sides of the San Antonio, about
twenty miles above its junction with
the Medina, and is one of the oldest
towns in North America, containing
! many ancient structures w hich call
to mind its former greatness, and the
j many vicissitudes of fortune which
have characterised its singular and
interesting history. It. contained a
ft w years since eight or ten thousand
inhabitants—the present population
is only about one thousand. Nature
seems to have destined it to become
oiiC of the first cities of America.
The /\Luno is situated at the north
east part ol the town, on the left bank
, of the river, it is a large oblong
wailed enclosure containing an acre
ofground; the wall is about eight or
, ten feet high and three feet thick,
since the fall of Travis and his hero
ic band it has been dismantled; and
no longer a fortress, it remains to
designate the Thermopylae of Texas:
Below Bexar, scattered along the
banks of the river, arc many large
ami beautiful edifices, built of mass
ive stone. They are sipled Mis
sions, and generally’ consist of a for
tress and a church. In the pious fa
thers of former days with the sword
in one hand and the bible in the oth
er, gathered the wild bands of the
prarie to bend the knee at the shrine
of the Holy Virgin.
Most, of the inhabitants of this
country are of Mexican descent.
Emigrants from the eastern part oi
I exasand the United states are now
continually arriving with their fami
lies, and there is every reason to be
lieve that in a few years the country
wiii contain a more dense popula
tion thanany other portion of Texas,
( Uniate. The climate of this re-
gion is delightful, and probably not
surpassed by that of any* portion of
the Globe. I lie summers are nev
er oppressively warm, but arc admi
rably tempered by cool refreshing
st a bieuzes which prevail during the
warm season; the winters are excee
dingly plea" .mt & comfortable; snow
scarcely ever falls even to the depth
of an inch, and although most of the
laiuy weather occurs during winter,
there are but very few cloudy days.
Indeed such is the salubraty of the
climate that previous tothc war there
many Mexicans who had resided in
the \irmity of Bexar for more than a
( eiitury, and still enjoyed excellent
health.
' !'(’< r> i- j u (j '.' -ri prevalent in Texas that
I ‘ X .! (Lt'vhs: its name from the Spanish word
in j i, and that it whs applied fothis town in
c. .< q <_ h< ‘- (>[ ,j swarm of bees having fertn
< <1 it'>-ir h -.e tn th»- steeple of the great church
.i 'he preii-e prrtod that the first Anglo-
A tri'-; H-.'tis ’h d r: T»*xas. The ’radciot’
■ it > s' i Ih" m had nevor been seen in
’>■ * i i vtti s ♦<» this identical period.
■ -> : <‘>!y ir. tie ;>i romance than (ruth
• •ns » trtiusrtfhnitic urchetypo
- * ■ • f nr c?n?ur ; e .
.NO. 9.