Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-11-25
Texas CORRESPONDENCE.

, 4 iAo AObtSA
man of Texas, will be interesting to
the great mass of our readers; espe-
eially TO those designing to become
citizens of the whilom Star State
Republic
Taught by my own experience to
know the value of truthful informa-
ton respecting country in which
an emigrant is DESTROYS Of establish
ing final home, feel leisure hour
cannot be misspent by communica-
ting to others, through your truly
valuable and widely circulated paper
that knowledge of Texas which I
have had opportunities of acquiring
by almost constant travelling through
lit during the last two years. AS
many parts of this beautiful country
lhaye been already described by 9th
ers, l shall, in this letter, limit my
account Of it to Bell county, situated
Iabout forty miles northeast of Aus
tin, the capitol Of the State. Very
little, / believe, is comparatively
known Of it in the older States of
the Union, although it possesses ad-
vantages for settlers equal to, if not
surprising any other portion Of Texas
"Belton, the county town, is stu
ated in pretty valley through
Which flows Nowlan's Creek, one Of
those lovely limpid streams which
abound in the county. Indeed, this
stream, with those of the Leon, Lam
pusas and Salado rivers, with the
many cold springs of gushing whter
along their banks, can not be equaled
for their pellucidress and purity in
any other part of Texas. These
rivers are all withiha distance Of ten
miles of the town, and are crossed
BY the mail road, leading through
Bolton to Austin. Tie town, though
not quite two years old, is now of
considerable size, and is daily in
creasing. There are, at this time,
several~large and substantial build
ings being e ected, and various i'm
provement is are daily going on
There are six stores, fully furnished
with merc handise an q provisions of,
ali kinds, which can be had at prices
much lower than in ny other town
at the san be distance from the from
tier.
"The town has been lately incor-
Porated, nd can boast of popula-
ton as orderly and well-conducted
as any other in The State. There is
an excellent hotel, we'll conducted, |
where a better table is always kept
than in any other inland town in |
Texas. There is also a good school
and a ch"rch, free to all dendmina-
.tions Of Christians. 1t enjoys, also,
p most salubrious and pure air, and
lis remarkable for its healthfulness.
This fact is well attested by the I'M
niunity the town and surrounding
country enjoys from sick ness, while
other towns, within fifty miles, are
suffering from some of the prevail
ing diseases of the coun try. An
other, and, as ! deem it no small
of this portion of Texas
is, that those sanguinary t rmentors,
mosquitoes, have no exist
ence here. Reviewing hase facts, I
am iresistibly led to the belief that
Bolton is about to outrun, in the
march of improvement, all other
towns in Texas. Il
"The land in the neighbour God of
the town, and throughout the c unty,
is Of the richest and best kind.
Nothing can be more confrmatory of
this statement, than the i'm ense
crop of Indian corn, wheat, oats, ETC.,
that are egeryw4 here to be seen SPRING
ing with the utmost luzuriance from
this truly prolific soil, am informed,
by those best qualified TO give an
opinion on the subject, that cotton,
and almost every other species Of
crop, flourish equally well, such is