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l><- found at liis office over
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l’enfield. Ga.,aug 2—17
Memphis &, Charleston R R
Tut ins leave Mcnnqibis as fullo s
Through Ezmess 7:00 am
Through Mail ’ . (!r<o pm
.Somerville Afeomodction 7... 3:40 pm
Through Express —Connetcs at Grand Junction
with afternoon train on Mississippi Central
Railroad lor Jlol.y springs Water Talley,
Grenada, Jackson, Vicksburg, New Or
leans etc.
At Cbrmth for Okolona, Columbus, Miss Mobile,
A'a., etc.
At Decatur tor Columbia, Nashville, Louisville
Cincinnati!, etc.
AtChattanooga (or all places in Eastern Alaisima
Georgia. North and South Carolina, Virgluia,
Washington, Bal'imoi-e. New York, etc.
Through Mail—Counects at G:-. ad Junction with
I rains for Bolivar aud Jackson Tcnn.
At Decatur, for Athens, Pulaski, Alabama,
Columbus. Nashville, etc.
At Chatanooga, trains connect for same points
at. Express T.i ins.
BAGGAGE CHECKED TfIROUGF
For further information, apply at office. It! Court
Street W.J. KOSS, Gen'l Sup’t
A. A. Barnks General Ticket A sett.
tuayl1—ts S. H. Shock Passenger Agent
M, A. STOVALL. H. EDMONDSTON
Stovall & Edinondston
WAREHOUSE AND GENERAL
(fommissioit IHcrcljants
Factors in COTTON Grian, FLOUR,
PROVISIONS &c
NO a Warren Block. Jackson street,
AUGUSTA GA
r attention given to the sule of
Cottou .Large storage accommodation.
AMERICAN FARMER’S IHORSE
BOOK.
BT ROBEIIT STEWART. M. D. V. 3.
THIS work is'printed from a beautiful, clear
new type on tine paper, made exp -essly (or
the work and iscomprised in one large volume ot
f>oo pages, embellished and illustrated with nu
tnc-ro is engravings. It will be furuistied to
subscribers at live dplJArs per e««y pay aide on
delivery. W It. REESE
agt. for Greene, Taliaferro, A tYonrei).
Carriage Shop.
THE fiiiWHiers having permanently located
in ffreeneeboro, Ga., is prepared to do all
"kinds of v
Carriage, Tluggy and Wagon Work,
in the ueatcsl and best stvle. Also all kinds oi
38 L A C i: 8 MI T 1L I X Cr.
/pS'Pn' tiealui attention given to Horse thoeing
rand Repairing old Acs,’
A libttnwl patronage is earnestly solicited.
Wo. 11. Urllttwfc < o.
Jhotogaphic ,
Photographic.
TORGAN A JONES have opened over the
store of Elsas & Adler a
I’lirttogialiic Gallery,
where they are prenared to lake Photographs.
Awbrotypes, Porcelain and Gem Pictures, Ac,
Ac. Picture, taken to lit Lockets, Breastpins, etc
Persons need aos wait lor clear weather to
have their Pictures taken. .
Tinir chemicals arc new and reliable and pic
tures taken by th an will 11 it be soiled by mois
ture aiußO —ts
J. Sibley & 8011s.
WA®3B»BOTB
AND
Gen’ral Commission Merchants
No 6 Warren Block,
AUGUSTA GA.
WILL give their personal attention to the
sale and storage of Cotton and other Mer
chandise. Consignment* solicited.
Cash advances on Cotton or Merchandise in
store
Also keep on hand Bagging. Rope and Nall
Commissioners Sale !
Georgia, Greene County.—
IN pursuance ol eR older of the Superior Court
of siad County, will be sold at public outcry
oc the
Ist Tuesday in October
next before the Court House of said county be
tween the usual hours of sale the tract of land
belonging to the Orphans of Richard S. Park
situated in said couß'y, and adjoining lands of
Seaborn Lawrence, Augustus L. Kimbrough and
otliei s, containing Nine Hundred <fe ninety two
acres, more or less. Sold for partition. Terms
cash on the day of sale.
Jas. L. Brown.
L. B. Jackson.
Jno. E. Walker.
Commissioners.
Bept3—tds
M. P. STOVALL, D. E. BUTLER,
Os Augusta Ga. Os Madison Morgan co
STOVALL & BUTLER,
Cotton Warehouse
—AND GENERAL—
corns si in fi k n ghauts
Augusta, Ga.
HAVE formed a Partnership for the purpose
of conducting the above business, Ts ey
•wiH devote their best energies to advance the
interests of their customers in the
Storage and Sale of Cotton and other
Produce.
M.P. Stovall is well known as having been
Miccvssfully ougaged for many years in this
business.
D. E, Butler is also favorably known as long
connected with the Planting interest and public
enterprise of the State.
Office and Sales Room corner of Jac ksou and
Reynold Streets, now occupied by M. P. Ntovoll.
sept7—tt
CL E wTm 0N S HOUSE
COVfKGTON, GEORGIA.
FTXIIE undersigned takes p'easurc :, i informing
1 the Traveling Public that tyc has furnished
bis Hotel throrghout, and is prepared to accom
modate all -» iib the best the countrv aflords, on
feasoftablc terms. Board and Lodging $2.00
per dav ■'ingle Meab, 50 cenls. Board per
in oath, *12,50.—6m32 W. A. CLEM MONS
THE GREENSBOB O HERALD.
NEW OOODS !
THE subscribers nre constantly receiving fiesh
accessions to their present desirable stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
and the puhlins well as Hi ir friends, areres
pcctlully "uvited to fever them with a call,
Their assortment of
DRESS GOODS,
Hats, Shoe's, School Books, &c.j
are ample, end ere offered at prices that will not
luil votive Kulisi.ictiou.
iuuy3-‘,f lIuWELL .t NEARY.
GREENEST" >llo’ Ml.
. _ riTllEuiulcrsignod lias re opened
A'i. the n, »ove named Hotel, at
fflti:jiffn3f 100 olu stand opposite the Court
House where lie will at all times
Ire measetl to fei his friends and the public gen-
Th< liousebas been renovated, und tbe
table will be li.erallyMipoficd.
Mr W T Doster will be in readiness with good
horses and vehicles to convey passengers to any
desired point.
J- J. DOHEOTY.
Grecnosboro Ga. sept 20—ts
Augusta Hotel.
S. 31. JONES, Proprietor.
rPIIIS Leading, Fa-hionable lintel, has been
JL newly and elegantly furnished, and is now
prepaied to extend a'-Georgia Welcome ”
Col. GEO, 11. JONES, Chief Clerk.
maylß—tf.
~E ATI N G HOUSEr
BERZELIA , G E OllGl .1 R AIL 11 OA D
I PASSENGERS by the Passenger Trains leav
1 ing Augusta, at 0,30 A. M., and Atlanta a
7,15 1". M., also, those leaving Augusta or At
lanta by Freight Trains, can get a GOOD
meaL at this long established and popular
house, 11. A. MERRY & CO.,
4mlß Proprietors.
Georgia Kaiiroail.
Until further notice Trains will run as fol
lows on tlie Georgia Railroad :
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
(Sunday excepted.)
Leave Augusta at G. 30 A. M.
Leavo Atlanta at 5.15 .V. M.
Arrive at Augusta at 6.00 I’. M.
Arrive at Atlanta at 6.10 P. M.
night Passenger train.
Leave Augusta at H. 60 I*. M.
Leave Atlanta at 5 45 P. M.
Arrive at Augusta at 3.15 A. M.
Arrive at Atlanta at 5.00 A. M.J
Passengers fur Mayfield, Washington and
Athens, Ga., must take Day Passenger Train
Passengers for Mobile and New Orleans must
leave Augusta on Night Passenger train at S.UO
p. in. to make close connections.
Passengers for West Point, Montgomery
Nashville, Corinth, Grand Junction, Memphis,
Louisville and St. Loujs, can take either train
and make close connections.
Til IWIUGII TICKETS and Baggage cheeked
tlirough to tbe above places.
Weeping Cars on all Night Passenger Trains
K. W. COLE. Gen’l Sup’t.
SOt-TII ( iR«X.I\A KAII.ItOAI>
The South Carolina Railroad vi’ll run the
following Selsadule until further notice:
CU A LESION TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at 7.60 A NI
Arrive at Charleston 4.00 PM
Arrive at Columbia 5.20 P NI
Leave Charleston at • 8.00 A Nf
Arrive at Augusta 5.00 P NI
11. T. DRAKE, Gen’l Sup’t.
WESTERN & ATLANTIC R. tt.
Day Passenger Train—(Except Sunday.)
Leave Atlanta 8 45 A. M.
Leave lfaltou 2 55 P. M.
Arrive at Chattanooga 5 25 P. M.
Leave Chatianooga 320A. M.
Arrive at Allanta 12 OoP. M.
Night Passenger Train — Daily.
Leave Atlanta 7 00 P. M.
Arrive at Dalton 1 15 A. M
Arrive at Chattanooga 4 10 A. M
Leave Chattanooga 4 10 P- M
Arrive at Atlanta 1 41 A. M
Dutton Accommodation Train—Daily Ex
cept Sunday.
Leave Allanta 3 50 P, M
Arrive at Dalton 12 23 P. M
Leave Dalton 1 25 P. M
Arrive at Atlanta 9 43 A. M
ATLANTA A WEST POINT RAILROAD-
Leave Atlanta 7 00A. M
Arrive at West Point 12 A. M
Leave West Point 12 40.P. M
Arrive at Atlanta 6 801’. M
MACON cfc WESTERN RAILIIOAD.
Day Passenger Train.
Leave Macon 7 45 A. M
Arrive at Atlanta 2 00 P. M
Leave Allanta 7 15 A.M
Airive at Macon 1 30 I*. M
Leave Allanta 8 10 P. M
Arrive at Macon 4 25 A. M
MILLS HOUSE.
orner Oucen and Meeting Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
THIS first class Hotel has been thoroughly
repaired, re-fitted and refurnished through
out, and is now ready for flic accommodation of
the traveling public, whose pci ronage is respect
fully solicited. Coaches always "in readiness to
convey passengers to and from he Hotel.
The Proprietor promises to do a” :u his power
for the comfort of b’« guests
feblfitf JOSEPH PURCELL Prop’r.
American hotel,
ATLANTA, OA.
Y O UNO * DROWNING, Prop’rs.
(Opposite Passenger Depot.)
Having taken charge of, and placed in thor
ough repair the above House, wo hope to merit
a share of patronage.
Cot. Acton Y ov.no, Wm. H. Browning,
Late of Nashville, Tcnn, Late of Columbus, Ga
PLANTERS HOTEL!
AUGUSTA, t j ; t : 1 : ; GEORGIA
Newly Furnished and Refitted
UNSURPASSED BY ANY
hotel south
TS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
T. S. NICKERSON, Prop’r.
Vito of Mills House, Charleston, and Propri.--
of Nickersons’ Hotel, Columbia, S, C, —eato
GREENSBORO, QA., SEPT., 14,1867.
The World world be Better for it.
If men cared less for wealth or fame,
And less for battle field and glory ;
If, writ in liuman hearts, a name
Seemed better than in song and story ;
If men, instead of nursing pride,
Would learn to bate it und abhor it;
If men relied
On love to guide,
The world would Ire the better for it.
If men dealt less in stocks and lands.
And more in bands and deeds fraternal;
If love’s work hud more willing hands
To link tliis world to the supernal;
If men stored up love’s oil and wine.
And on bruised human hearts would
pour it;
If “yours" and “mine”
Would once combine.
The world would be the better for it.
If more would act the play of life,
And fewer spoil it in rehearsal:
If bigotry would shenthe its knife
Till good became more universal;
If custom, grny with ages grown.
Had fewer blind men to adore it ;
If talent shone
In truth alone,
The world would be the better for it.
If men were wise in little things—
Affecti ig less In nil their dealings ;
If hearts had fewer rusted stings
To isolate their kindly feelings ;
If men, when wrong beats down the right.
Would strike together to restore it;
If might made right,
In every fight,
The world would be the better for it.
The Press!—The Pope!
John the Pope, who reigns like a fool in
Dominion Three, grows in growth and in
creases iu strength day l>y day ; turning his
sun-flower face hither and yon to the orb of
Radicalism ! John the Pope is a huge mil*
itary bladder, which time will iftec'ually
prick, lie is a great man, in his. John the
Popes opinion, and in all the land there is
none, no, not one. He must have been in*
tended for a statesman, as be was no milita
ry man, even if bis headquarters were in the
saddle. l»y the way, while in the army it
was proper his headquarters should t e in the
saddle, and the saddle on a fleet horse, for,
behold ! in such an hour as John the Pope
thinks not, the son of Stonewa! l Jackson’s
father eoineth ! Headquarters in the-saddle
was a militaiy neces-ily, and horse’s tail to
tbe enemy was a delight. Selah 1
Then John the Pope came from the smoke
of battle fields, and from straining his eats
to catch She patter of Storu wall’s cavalry, to
the land of the aborigines, about La Cros-e.
lie bad bis saddle in Milwaukee, neatt La
Crosse, for a while to watch this olli.^J,pd
other doings. Then he went with hi* saijy’e
to St. P.itil, in pursuit of Indians,-'-ariß* <*v
thousand ainiy wagons of good and bad re*
pute came and went as freight, sos tbe bene
fit of “loyal” contractors.
John the Pope was a brave man with Ids
saddle. He fought tbe bloody fmDatts a.*
man neVer fought savuges beforo. lie Was'a
strategist! lie opened many bottles of fire
water at bis hotel in St. Paul, in hopes tbe
aroma of bis tanglefoot wottld teach* the nos
trils of the Indians two hundred miles farther
West. But the wind blew South by S ujfth
east, and tbe Indians smelt not their danger*
and came not to the poi'sOn John the J ope
opened lor them with his headquarter*# in the
saddle !
Then he sent his brass bsnYd to tbe bale Oh?
of bis hotel, and for day* bis tffoteff tooted,
and bis cymballers cymbailed, and bis drum
mers pouDded sbeep-kin, playing tune upon
tune in hopes to feach tbe savages and eo<
tice them with sweet sounds to his headquar
terß in the saddle. But the music reached
not, and John (be Pope’s strategy was lost,
’Tis true, CottgreVe said—-
“Music has charms to soothe the WitagC breast*
To soften rocks, and bend the knotted oak I"
but in tb 13 instance, added to John the
Pope*# strategy, it failed. It is said that a
great brave, while one day scalping a victim
at Ifew tJlin, was so struck with John the
Pope*s melody an hundred miles away, that
he stuck his knife in a buffalo chip, wiped
h’s hands cn his leggins, sat himself on a
rock, and in fair English, said—*
“To hear him you’d believe,
An ass was practicing recitative.”
John the Pope waited like a martyr for to*
dians and relief. The Indians came not, but
relief did, and John the Pope, with his sad*
die and army wagons, went hence, no one
knew where. The Indians were great losers
by John the Pope’s strategy—whisky advan
ced a dollar a gallon at St. Paul, their source
of supplies!
At last, John the Pope and his saddle,
blubber like, reach the air through tbe liads
ical scum as KiDg of Pjininion 3, Grand
District of Iluins. Here John the Pope, by
strategy, attempts to conquer the people
cursed with his presence, by lighting against
the press. The pen is mightier than the
sword, even in the hands of John the Pope
iu bis saddle, and the great, it ritant will win
no more victory there than over the Indians.
Jobu the Pope now says that no public ad
vertising in all his dominion shall be given
to any paper that does not bow to the Sher*
man bill, and kiss the hand of tbe fool who
smites with it. He may with bis negro
brothers, his bayonets, saddles and general
orders, control the press there, b«t h« coul|
not in this section, nor can be or his masters
ever 1 All editofs who do not bow to John
the Pope must starve. Talent, energy, love
of country, devotion to States, People and
Constitution, are nothing to John tbe Pope,
who proposo to punish all who do not ad
mit his greatness, who propose to puni»h all
who do not admit his greatness, and the wis
dont of the plotters whose tool John the
I’ope, of Dominion 3, for the time unfortu
nately is.
Let him war upon the press there—there
is one here he dare not touch, and there is
one here who dare in defense of the editors
of the South who are under his bsn, and pow
eiless to speak, denounce him a* a fool and
tyrant—as a narrow minded, despotic tyrant
unmoved by honor, liberality, generosity or
love of great primdpicsi The freedom of
speech, thauk.God U fiui, lit the keeping of
such niinlbtis of radicalism as John Pope,
satiap of No. 3.
“There are, thank Heaven,
A nobler troop to whom this trust is given
M ho, all unbrib’d, on Freedom’s altar stand.
Faithful and firm, bright wardens of the land !
Ry them still lifts the press its arms abroad,
To guide all citriolta men along life’s rood ;
To eheor'young Genius ; I’itty’s tear to start--
In Truth’s bold cilUsc to rouse each feurluss
h eart:
O'er male and female quacks to shake the rod,
And scourge the uusexod thiug that scorns hes
Goif
To hunt corruption from Ids secret den,
And show the monster up, the gaze of wonder
ing men.”
Tell John the I’ape and all other satraps
who War upon the Press and freedom of
speech—there is power behind themf which
all the military of the land, all the despots
of Araerice —all tbv satraps of military Dis
tricts largo or small cannot keep back.—
Prom the first speaking of God to tbe pres
ent, and to tbe end of time, sp'eecb ha!s been
an independent principle—a born child of
|j»ht and genius—lias been protected thus
far on the bristling road, and will be ages
after Pope, Lincoln, Burnsides and all other
tyrants are forgotten.
At times when wU'ching the course of tbe
usurpers and despots of America we are temp*
ted to say that \Tashingtou, whose bust is
just over our desk, I wed and died in vain
Hut is dawning, the dark clouds are
rolling toward the Gulf—the avenging host*
are filling into position—-the people are
swear ng anew their allegiance to Liberty
and tbe dream of the glorious founders of
the R public will yet be realized, despite tbe
Lincoln, i>,antons, Popes, Sickle-’, Sheridans
and other despots of the nge. —La Crosse
DeuVjCn'h
A lying^oyaßst.
“JbH.METTO',” the Washington correspond
ent of the Charleston Mercury, writes to that
pwptrf n* follows
The press of the country has been treated
(ts a report of an interview which one La ng
stoti,- a negro lawyer from Oberlin Ohio, had
with the President a week or more ago.—
It wifi be reiriambWed that in the report al
luded to, it was stated that the President sent
for Langston, expressed the greatest respect
for him, and tendered him the position of
Commissioner of the Freedmeo’* Bureau—
that Langs'on declined the generous offer
Und subserviently talked with General Grant
in regard to the matter, and advised the
General to use his influence with the Presi
dent to prevent the removal of General How
ard. This, of course, was Langstori’s own
Version of the Interview, given out to certain
correspondetls, who being devoid of self
tespeCt, scattered it broadcast throughout
the country: The truth of the matter,
which I have from high authority, is sira-'
ply this: Langston called at the While
House one day, and the President, not being
very bnsy, sent him word to come into his
office. This of course, the conceited negro
did, aad when once io Mr. Johnson’s pres
ence he immediately put in an application
for Howard's place, as chief of the aforesaid
Bureau: The President told him there was
no vacancy, and be Could not say there
would be one during bis administration, and
therefore be could not entertain his applica
tion. Nothing dauntel by this rebuff, the
“loyal" African suggested that inasmuch as
llayti was governed by men of hiv own color,-
and we had entered into diplomatic relations
with that sovereignty, it would be proper to
send a colored man to represent us in a dip
lomatic capacity, and therefore he thought
he ought to receive such an appointment. —
The President told him there was no vacancy,
the position being already filled by a white
man. Foiled in this second effort to secure
official recognition he requested an audience
at some future day. To this the 1 resident
assented, and the interview which this “lying
loyalist” has turned into an advertisement
for himself, was then terminated.
Th" Atlanta New Era is officially in
formed that, as far as heard from, the
number of persons registered in Georgia
is something over one hundred and eighty
three thousand.
A merchant’s advice to his son in scs
lecting a wife, was “to get hold of a
piece of calico that will wash.’’
Troth the Georgia Enterprise.
Mr. Editor!—Uitve received yours of the
t h inst. stating that a letter from Texas, giv*
ing a description of the soil, climate and pto
ducliuns would be interesting to many of
your readers who think of moving to this
State, and requesting me to write such a
one for the Enterprise.
I have been in the Slate but about two
years, and my opportunities for obtaining re*
liable and satisfactory information concrne
ing the whole State have been limited. Your
readers will remember that this is a large
State, having area three or four times as
great as that of Georgia, and that a large
portion of It is sparsely settled, and some
wholly Unsettled, Tnis, together with the
condition of the affairs of the
country generally! since I hate been in the
State, renJers she acquisition of Reliable
knowledge concerning the whole of the State,
and all the su! j ots Upron Which persons who
thiuk of moving would like Id be informed,
more difficult than might appear upon first
thought. Since I came to she State I have
been in about forty counties—as far east as
Sabine county on tbe Louisiana line —-north
as far as liopkins County j north-west as far
as Camanohe county oh the head of the L >on
Kiver—west to Austin—south-west to Goliad
on the San Antonia River, and along the
coast cotuntry from Goliad to Mitagorda.—
I have been on the Trinity, Brazos, and other
rivers in middle Tetas.
In order t> understand tbe following gens
eral description of the Stale, t will remark
that it i* generally divided into three great
divisions—the cotton, wheat and stock re
gions.
The cfottcfn regions embraces’ that portion
of the Stale Ij-ing east and south of a line
drawn from Rid River codnty on Red River,
via Waco on the Drnz >s river, to the mouth
of tbe Guadalupe river, the best portion be
ing those along lied river, Trinity, Braz >s»
the lower Colorado and old Caney. The
soil and (dirrlate of the Cotton region are pe
culiarly adapted to the growth of the cotton
plant. Whert not injured by tbe worm, the
average yield ttfsy ba safely estimated at
1000 lb's, per acre, while on the bottom lands
the yield is from i 590 to 2000 lbs. Tue
bottoms along the rivers and creeks are very
wide, and a large proportion of tbe uplands
yield fine crops; so that the area of tillable
cotton lands in Texas is immense—as great
peliaps as that of ad tbe cotton States east of
the Mississippi ri\\ir taken togethei*. ■ Not a
hundredth pfirtofibose rich cotton latfds has
been brought fnl<y cuhfvatiotf, Lading mil
lions of aores lying as wild and useless as
they wofe a century ago. When it is con*
sidered that th’ls Region i3 one of the finest,
corn sections in the south, and that oats,- rye
barley, and vegetables of all kinds, grow well,
that in the more northern portion of it wheal
may be successfully raised,-that in the great*
er portiou the range for horses, cattle and
hogs is good the year round, when, ( say,
these things tire considered, If is impossible
to calculate the capacity of thi# legion of
for (he pVodu'ction of cotton,-grain, Und
other valuable Zrtictes, under a Well regula
ted ffyster* of labor protected by wise, ju3t,
equal and well executed laws. This region,
especially the eastern' aqd" southern portions,
is well supplied With timber, consisting of
.pine/the Various oaks, hickory,- blackjack,
eirtt, Und fn [daces cedar, Water is general*
ly abundant enough for all ordinary pur
poses except manufacturing. IJunning wa
ter, except tn the larger streams is generally
scarce, Well watCr, some of which is very
good and some not, b’elng used by most fam
ilies; stock water is abundant enough in
nearly eVery neighb jrhoerd. The health of
the cotton legion may be said to be as
healthy as cotton countries generally, fn
eastern along the coast, and Upon the
large water Courjes, LHlious diseases prevail
to a greater or less extent, while the uplands of
the middle and western portions are compara
tively healthy. In eastern Texas, the range
for all kinds of stock, except hogs, is too
mtieh eaten out, to make stock raising as a
business profitable. Tn many counties west
of tbe Trinity, it is real'y as good as it wus
ten or fifteen yetfrs ago. Some of the coun*
ties embraced in the cotton region has as
large stocks of cattle, horses and sheep, as
any in the State.
A line drawn from tbe North east corner
of Red River through Navarro couhty,
t’hence doWn the BVazos Itiver to the upper
line of Milam county, thence west via Aus
tin as far as the settlements extend, thence
north to Red R-iver and down it to the place
of beginning will embrace the principal
Wheat Regioii, anti contains an area of
about 72,000 squale miles. The general
quality of the soil in' this portion of the
State, will equal in. fertility that of almost
any country in the world. The soil, climate
and elevation of the country are well suited
Jo the production of thi* great cereal It
yields large oiops, ripens early, and is of
superior quality. The average yield may be
put at from 15 to 20 bushels per acre, weigh
ing from 60 lo 70 lbs. per' bustel. Entire
VOL. 2, NO 21
crops have been known to average as high
as 90 to 40 bushels to the acre. One great
advantage which this country has over most
new wheat countries is, being mostly operf
prairies, the lands are already cleared, and
nothing required to trial: <2 a crop but to fence
it and goto plowing. The soil is inexhaus-’
table by cultivation, indeed, it is said that in
the better portions U improves with each
successive year of cultivation. Corn can
generally be ra : sed in sufficient quantities in
portion of the \Ybeat Region fur home con*'
sumption, while barley, rye and Huugurian
Grass do well, and also sorghum. It is gen*
erally a poorfrvfit and veritable country. In
places water and timber are scarce, in other*
both abundant enough for farmers. Til*
water of tliis region is generally better for
drinking than it is in the Cotton Region. —
In places tbe range is good for hogs, and
universally good for cattle, sheep and horses
—all the year. It is a Very healthy country
—portions of it being rema r&ably so. The
winters and sumnrers are generally dry. The
most rain usually falls in the spring and falf
seasons.
“The Slock Country” properly is Soutb
western TVtas to the Rio Grande, or in other
words all that portion not embraced in the
two former Regions. But great portions of
both the “Cotton” and “Wheat Regions" ar*
well adapted so the raising of stock of all
kinds as a seperrtte and independent busi*
ness. In South western Tetis the seasons
are too dry for cotton and corn, andjnol be
ing well adapted to the growth of wheat;
and the range being fine, stock raising is aU
most the exclusive business of the people;
and it is to in many of tbe western frontier
counties. The capacity of Texas for ihe
raising of horses, mtffei, cattle and aheep is
incalculable; and no one wh'o' has never seen
the State can form any idea of the numbef
of each, and the smalt amount of labor and
expense that is required to raise fhem. There
is not a county west of Trinity river in which
Ihe people pretend to feed stock of any kind;
at any season of the year, eXcept such as
they are daily using.
“The Slock Region” of Texas is perhaps
better supplied vrith running streams of wa-‘
ter than either of the other two. \Tell wa
ter is easily obtaiaed and generally of good
quality. Tue health of this portion of the
State is as good as any part of the world.—
Rillious diseases are very rare, and consump
tion and otlwr pulmonary diseases almost
unknown.- The health of all that country
around San Antonia hf remarkably—the air
is remarkably dry and prire, and in many ca
ses has been known to cure case* of con
sumption.
If you think this letter worth publishing
and yottr readers desire it I will write an
other, in which I will give more detailed in
formation Upon such subjects as will likely in
terest, those vVho think of coming to tbe State.'
Respectfully,
T. C. MOORE:
August 20, 1847.
Letter #rom Charles Sumner.—lt its
given out that Charles Sumner has address
ed a letter to an important personage here
earnestly warning the Radicals against Grant.
The fetter charges duplioity and conserve
tism upon the Goneral, and hurls several
Latin and Greek denunciations at his head
lor his abetting the displacement of Stanton
by accepting the Secretaryship. Grant i<
said to be exceedingly annoyed at the insin
uations of Sumner and Greeley, and in con
sequence of the Tribune'S impudent assaults
upon him cherishes an antipathy towards alf
newspaper men, which has proved fatal to 1
tbe enterprise of the correspondents who
have within a few days had ocoasron to visit
him.— Wash. Car. Wanton Post.
StfMnmjxo OF-SrußATr.— An exchange
says: Since the trial of Surratt, his quar
ters in the jail have been moved, and he now
has one of the rooms of the second story,
fronting South, which he occupies in cora
i rti'oTi with rfenry Johnson, who is charged
with (he billing of Thomas Smoot, and he
Is much improved in health. Johnson has
a"fso gained in flesh considerably, and ths
two being together, the confmeme n t passes
away more pleasantly than it would do oth
erwise. They are well fixed in this
each having a cot on which they sleep; sotne
books and papers, and when not readings
conversation is engaged in, Surratt alluded"
but seldom to the charge against him; but
speaks of general topics, lie seems to think
much of tbe Zotfsve uniform; and wears ifi
nearly all the time.
At a social gathering of ministers, and
Baptist clergyman objected to the Meth
odist polity because there was “too much
machinery to it.” Johrf Alleh, of camp
meeting celebrity, responded in (his wise:
“kes, there is a good deal of machinery;
but it don't take so much water to run it
as the Baptist does.”
“Tell the truth and shame the devil.”
We know lots of people who can shame
Ihe devil easy enough, but t’other thing
bethers 'em
