Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-11-14
From the Cincinnati Chronicle.


GALVESTON, Sept. 10Th, 1870.
''Galvoson contains upwards of 9 200 inhabitants
and is rapidly increasing. Ii will always be place
OF great trade-we consider it the New Orleans OF
Texas. New houses are sPringirg up like mushrooms
almost every day. the frames all brought from
Maine, ready joned, 80 10 be raised and boarded
in two or three days. They of very uniform size
and appearance; generally two stories high twenty
three TO w enty-tve feet long, and fifteen eighteen
broad, and let readily u! five hundred dollars per
mum in good money They almost invariably
painted white, which gives the beautiful ap-
pearance from the ocean. There is ALWAYS one, and
generally two Steamboats, that ply regularly from Gal
weston the Gulf TO New Orleans, and half
dozen thai up the Trinity Buffalo Bayou the Bras
SOC, and occasionally coastwise to Matagorda. There
are likewise above twenty Packets that run regularly
between Galveston and various parts Of the United
States. u..... .....
| think Maine is more strongly represented here
| than any State in the Union Almost all our house
frames, are brought out in coasters from Maine, and
| good White Pine lumber is about as abundant and
cheap here ms in any ofthe Atlantic cities north of
Portland There is also plenty OF Pitch Pine TIM
Der brought here from Mobile and North Carolina.
When this island, (Which is rather low, and good
deal oft sandy, sdraned, diked and shaded with
reeP, it will be the most beautiful city Texas, and
IN fact, do not know OF any city in the South West
that will surpass it, there unsightly log cab
ms (excuse Inc as you are whig,) old shanees on
| the island Almost every house, have Observed
is good frame building, painted white, built with
good deal Of uniformity, and as the streets are laid
Last year there were but five to be found
| the island. This last spring many hundred fruit
trees were set out--aso many shade trees The win
tiers mild that even the Orange is seldom injured
out of doore, the Fig never, and for the Peach the
climate must be unrlyalled. good many vegetable
gardens have been successfully cultivated the past
summer, and some ornamental ones laid out with great
| tnste back OF the city, surrounded with neat dry
ditch, and bank Of earth four feet high be covered
| with the beautiful Cherokee Rose of the Southern
States. This makes cheap and durable fence, and
keeps out hogs and cattle
One regularity in living here, the at
ention OF the Stranger, strong sea breeze blows
Yer the Island necessarily, and every night are
ued 10 sleep by the everlasting of the Of
"Mexlque Bay" as they roll over the beach on the
south side of the island. But when visited by
NorIher OF three or four days continuance, sumo
times think we have 100 much Of good thing
| forgot to say that had Morus Mutcauus
trees here last spring by ship loads sufficient 10
stock all Texas. A few were sold for a soug, some
| given away, and more dried up on the wharves. |
doubt ii enough realized them to pay prayers,
| We have now five fine Wharves built and budin ,
one otthese is 1910 feet long, and is said he the
longest in North America, not excepting the long
Wharf, Boston, which was built before the Amen-
C in Revolution. .'
There are about half dozen really good schools in
Ga!vestnE; besides one excellent High Scool, which
is kept in two story building in the upper story OF
which is small Presbyterian Society, composed oil
about 90 females, and 90 30 you ng men, regularly
worship twice each Sabbath, under the pastoral care
| Thousand dollars
been subscribed towards erecting a church, and
the Sabbath revereHtly observed as in Cincinnati
all the stores are Ihen Closed and business suspended,
ns II should be. Our city government is composed,
generally OF very efficient sober. minded, Intelligent
young men, who have families and properly here, nd
who iee the responsibility OF their situation, and taxi c
great pride IN the prosperity, appearance, and welfare
| Of the city.
You will recollect tina, our Congress passed law
last winter funding Texas treasury notes; which are
called IN, and certificates Of stock of the amount
ssued bearing interest the rate OF 10 per cent per
annum, payable IN specie, and seml-annually. flour
government should be able TO do this, of Tex
money, will apidy appreciate in value and prince
y fortunes will be made by those who have been buy
ing up large quantities at New Orleans at twenty
cents on the dollar. Jacob Barker of New Orleans,
who is well known TO BIO sagacious operator gener-
aily,is said to have invested a Immense amount in
| Texas money, at80 und even at "a discount Large
quantities are held in sums OF from 900 S20,00
each, by your western traders, who have been here
and taken Il tor Produce and the risk OF its even
lual value The q latest evil Texas has TO contend
with has been It's bad currency, Treasury notes, and
shin pasers oil the City corporations of Houston, Aus
tin, Galveston and Veasco, make up the most OF our
circulating medium. Time greater attention 10 agri.
culture, ana good legislation will remedy all the evils
l. To show that We have SOME refinement and musi-
cal taste here, will just mention that in walking
through TIC streets the other evening, heard no less
than twelve pianos in different parts OF the CITY
Sabbath Schools have been established IN almost all
the large towns IN the Republic, which ara well nj
tended Al sunday School celebration held at us
IN last winter, was much amused by the peculiar
originality OF one OF The speakers, whose style OF il
lustralion would hardly go down in the United States
not IN New Englandat least lie was a travelling
Methodist preacherand faithfully devoted to his pro-
.essiOn. Saye he, "The time will soon come when
the Preacher with the Rifle in hand and the Bible
IN the other will invade and overrun Mckee, and th
Bible without note or comment, viii be read in the
palaces OF Mobtezumnl In matter of style this al.
most equal 70 an accoun, read in some history, OF
the ware Of Ferdinand OF Spain against tho Moors, in
which twas naivey sald that she spord in hand con-
n.y." - t''