The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1849-09-27
HARRISON cot My

..r stoned ". \. -, from Jasper, Walker
county. Ala. dated August aiih, 1919, request
inr answer. to certain enquiries woPoanded'
regarding generally the professional, agrcal'u-
raj, commercial, and educational prospects oi
Harrison county The letter IS written with
a view to elicit information upon which the
iudpmont = the wricr may be formed as TO
the property Of cmisrating to the county, and
A. /, i. believed tia, the nuswcr- 10 his inqai-
RES will be- interesting to the public generally
gg give u,em In cur paper, and. ts The by, We
s.ll send bin a copy
H. answer 10 the first inquiry. which concerns
the health of the county, we say that HARRISON
has the reputation 81 being as healthy as any
other in the same la'itude There T. very h',lc
local cause Of disease, aui what .Aere Is, gem
orally oNi.t. about the water courses, Of which
there are DO. many n ihe county that are pro
dneiiyr af sickness The diseases of the conn
TN ren.r.l, are not fatal, but readily yield To
medical treatment Compared v 'h other coua-
ties. q d, one 81 the heai'hc,' va the State
and az regard. IT, exemption from disease It
gives genera, satisfaction.
The second inquiry ra,'s 10 the quality Of
land and is eaiuc. IN answer wc say that the
land is generally good The face Of the couH-
try +. high and gently unlula;ug, with suii-
cheney Of water and timber, the latter OF white.
i, chiefly oak hickory, and pune. The soil pro
dnrrs kindly, and is easily cultivated The
prices Of laud IN the county var, from two to
three dollars per acre. Tins difference is
caused more by the locality than the quality OF
the land
Thirdly. what quantity Of corn and cotton Is
produced per acre About thirty bushels Of
rom. and one thousand pounds If cotton, Is
supposed to be- far average Besides THESE,
the country produces abundanlIy Of POTATOES
peas, aud all garden vegetable. that are adapted
To the climate Il j, a>o believed to be suited
to small grain though it ha, not yet been
fully tested
fourthg navigation The county on the
northeast is bounded BY Lake Soda, which 81
present afford, navigation four or iiye months
in the year. II IS susceptible Of Improvement
which Will perhaps render it naYlgable at all
seasons, and which viii be made so soon a
the water fall. 10 low water mark, the contract
being already taken The Sabine river bound
inc the county on the southwest Is about tolng
improved. which Will render il nalgabr about
one-third Of the year Shreveport, on Red
River. about fort, miles from Marshall tour
county site and in the center Of the county,
i, the point Of navigation when the lake does
not serve ia.
Asto the writer's inquiries touchingthe profess
ionM and educational prospects Of the county
We answer them generally. as follows ot the
LEGAL profession there are fifteen or twenty at
and near Marshall many Of whom are evpen-
enced and talented lawyers The amount Of
litigation is not commensurate with the talent
and numbers at the bar nor IA il likely that II
will be- The medical profession compare
pretty well with that Of the legal The county
is tolcrably well supplied with schools an.
academies and the citizens seem to be- iullt
impressed with the great necessity Of odnea
ton. Situation. for competent Instructors ir,-
quentin occur The price for tuition is liberal
ranging from $40 20 $50 per session ~ i've
months. There are but iew counue, - ncn as
this. that provides as we'll for education.
The eighth nnd ninth inquiries concern the
price. Of labor. The taluc of hands in gath
ernr crops ,aflcs a- the priccot the commodity
For picking cotton, per hundred pounds. from
80 to rs cents Negro neu for the farm. bring
from $50 to sl75 year; women from sloo
TO $50,
Lastly, as to the prices Of corn and pork
Corn usually SELLS ut from 80 to u cents per
bu.hel pork at from 81 to 50 per hundred
pounds
We have thus answered the inquiries Of Mr.
" y J. frankly though not as iall> as We
would do if we had more leisure We believe
that ID we have erred in anything II is TO the pre-
jadicc Of the county and not the cmigrani by
supcrnducing him to move by exaggerated
statement We have generally avoided sitting
in Judgment for other. on two SUBJECTS one of
whch is new country, the other a wife or
husband
We viii close this by saying that the best
evidence in FAVOR Of oar county is, that il has
generally met the expectations Of those who
have settled ia il, and given satisfaction as to
health, and IN all the various pursuits of life.
VIRGINIA I.Et.i>LArt RE.
On Friday, August H. the General Assem-
hly Of Virginia adjourned. after long and 10
borlous session The result Of it, labors will
form a new era in the Judicial history Of that
state During this session the statute laws,
which had not been revised for thirty years,
and which formed ,hapecss and homogeneous
mass, have been dig.sled INTO a simple and con.