Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-01-26


of from 1000 to 10000 each, by our
western traders, who have been here and
taken it for produce, and run the risk OF
It's eventual value. The greatest evil Tex
as has to contend with, has been lis bad
currency. Treasury notes, and shin plas-
ters of the City corporation of Houston,
| Austin, Galveston, and Velasco, make up
the most Of our circulating medium. Time,
greater attention to agriculture, and good
legislation, will remedy all the evils.
70 show that we have some refinement
and musical taste here, will just mention
that in walking through the streets the 9TH
er evening. heard no less than twelve p-
amos in different parts of the city.
Sabbath Schools have been established
in almost all the large towns in the Repub-
lie. which are well attended. At a Sun
day School celebration held at Austin, las;
winter, | was much amused by the pecu-
liar originality Of one Of The speakers,
whose style Of Illustration would hardly go
down in the United States-not in n En-
gland at least. He was a travelling Meth
odst preacher and faithfully devoted to
his profession Says he, "The time will
soon come, when the Preacher with the RI
fle in one hand and the Bible in the other,
will invade and overrun Mexico, and the
Bible without note or comment, will be
read in the palaces Of Montezumal' In
matter of style, this is almost equal TO an
account | read in some history of the wars
of Ferdinand in Spain against The Moors,
in which it was naircly, said that g he
sacord in hand, converted in one day, three
thousand Moors TO christianity
We have twelve newspapers in Texas
already, one Of which, at Houston is pub
lished daily. Government has done them
selves honor, and gratifel their constitu-
ents, by the attention they have paid to the
cause Of learning. A College has been in
corporaed at De Kalb, and literally en-
dowed with land (all our Congress has to
live and two high schools at Rutters-
vile, one for young ladies' and the other
for lads Ruttersvilc is one Of the pleas
ATTEST situations in Texas, near the Colo
RADIO river, and the buildings for the schools
are already erected on two eminences and
about mile apart, each in grove Of live
oak trees, where a splendid prospect ex-
tends over hill and dale covered with myr-
lads of cattle, deer and mustangs.
Emigration into the Republic is as great
as ever. We want more farmers. We
have already too many consumers for the
produce. Idlers, smokers andoafers with
out means, had better stay away. When
here, they must either work or starve, or
volunteer for the army or navy. The re-
public is too fun Of traders who live on
each other We have good many Ger
mans and English emigrants. There is
one community between the Grasses and
Colorado, settled wholly by Germans, a
thrifty Industrious set of farmers. We
have had several ship loads Of English
emigrants the past year, and candor COM
pels me TO say, that they are the most val
liable accessions we have had. They are
almost all industrious, intelligent farmers,
who bring their tools, seeds and in some
cases improved breeds Of live stock with
them, and push off at once into the interi-
or. and enter farms, One man with his
family from Yorkshire, brought $4,000
in gold with him. Mechanics also do well
and in fact, every one who is acilltng TO
,0ork, may feel sure of reasonable sue
cess.