The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-05-20

or two during the present week at Jefferson.
and - usssl were mech plssssd with our
trip. There Is alwaysa spirit Of e"terPri1s
and improv emsn, IN our sister town which
We admire. New buildings are going up,
and bushes. Is ever on the increase. We
found il duller than We have ever known Il
at this season o. IT,. year. owing to the low
water in the Lake. The water WAS rising
very rapidly, however before we len. and
the Cieonn'a whistle resoupdcd In our ears
lust a. We were starting for home.
We indulge the hope that the present rise
in the Lake may last several weeks. so az
to enable our Jefferson friends To &c, oil
thei, cotton of which there are. we under
stand. six or eigh, thousand bags in The Va
rious wmchouses--a to get up the large
stocks Of merchandise and groceries which
they expec, to Introduce into that market.
The merchants and business men seem very
confident that the rise ia the Lake will con-
,inue sufficiently long for their purposes.
There is public meeting to day At Jet
fcrsou, for the purpose Of taking measures
to clean out the Lake A strong feeling
exists there on the subject. The people
we found to be mostly in favor Of 'aising
money by subscriptions. but whether tbs
can be done. remains to he seen. They
RELY. confidently. and we think no, without
reason, upon the assistance OF Harrison
county aud Marshall to assist 10 the work
When we consider the large number ln>
toresled IN the navigation Of the Lake. and
the small amount required to clean It ont,
it is certainly surprising that It has been
neglected so long. Had the work been
don. seven years ago. II would have been
saving to Harrison county alone OF thirty
or forty thousand dollars over aud above
tho cost.
When we consider the large district Of
country dependent upon Jefferson Tor trade
and commercial facilities. : grea, portion
OF which cannot be diverted from /, when
we reflect that no, one acre in five huns
bred Of the land in this large dis.ric, is in
a state Of cultivation, II is evident that our
sister town ia necessarily bound to become
eventually large commercial place. This
territory depcndcn, upon Jefferson reaches
back into the interior two hundred aud fifty
niles, the citizens of which are actively en-
gagged every year in the business Of buying
aud exporting. Jefferson cannot expect
always to hold on to this large territory,
but she oueh, to make Tie mos, OF It while
sh. has it she ough, to do all in her power
to increase the value OF il aud 10 promote
the settlement Of the county. The expen.
ditlre OF five or ten thousand dollars in ms
proving the roads to the p'a,fes, would in
crease the business fifty per cent We are
not certain that the construction of good
plank road over the Sulphur bottom alone
would not, IN two years, produce snch an
increase in her trade. This, we are salts
ncd. ought to be the frs, objec, Of our Jef>
ferson friends AS soon AS they &c, the Lake
cleaned out.
II uas been matter OF surptlse to us tina,
the people Of some portions Of Csss should
entertain feeling Of jealousy towards JET
ferson. It's, in our view. a suicidal course;
for the prosperity Of the count, is intimately
identified with that of Jefferson. Its in
crease in population and wealth will en-
harce the value OF every foot of land within
fhy or sixty miles around.
" hile IN Jefferson We called upon Guy
neighbors Of tho Herald ard found them IN
fine spirits n, the Entering prospects of their
very respectable journal. They have, OF
course, our heat wishes for their prosperity.
We are always pleased with visit to JEFF
fcrson The kindness. socabili,y and lber
atty OF her citizens. renders i, pleasant to
every one who goes there either Tor bust
ness or pleasure.