Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-09-11

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE GAZETTE.
AiCiers, opposite New Orleans.
Aug. o7th, 1850
Messrs. Sanders s. Davis:

Gen,lemen:-I have just returned from
nv first adventure to a place where have
some lani In Grimes Co.. Texas. | vii
eudeavor to civ, a sketch OF some Incl
dents 0 { nv tour through nine counties.
left New. Orleans on the morning Of the
i5,h July on steamship Parsssersnes and
arrived at Galveston on the l7th. re-
manned in that city about thirty hours, and
had chance 10 see aud BE- seen, in tbe
! principal parts Of the Island City, You
are aware ,hasG slvaston son an Isl nd Of
/ thatnamc which is about two miles wide and
thirty 10 length. ana formerly was the grand
rendezvous Of Lafitte the pirate, and the
buccaneers at America. The city Is plant
ed on i bed OF gray sad, OF was going TO
/ saw, sand bar, aud IS handsomely laid out
/ with wide streets. which are mostly adora-
ed with shade trees, otherwise It would ap-
pear desolate,l, as there is no speutan eous
growth on the Island. had formerly
i wondered why an epidemic could exist -
bad as i, did here last year on 50 small an
Island, and smrounledby the sea. but the
mystery is no doubt explained by the exist
ence Of sediment dseomposing that is de-,
pasi,ed IN hollow places during high tides
and storms f;om the Gulf. Tae city mum
beers about 1--WE thousaai Inhabitants, AL /
think the majority OF the population are
Germans. A gceatinnigration is expeet.
eain two moath, from Hamllrg, iaeen
thousand VIII land al Inlian2,i. the next
seapor, town ia Texas, SO that eventually
this mammoth or empire State the South
perhaps may BE- called New Germany.
On leaving Galveston took passage on
a small schooner and sailed up the bay
thirty miles, ani thaaee 10 Ch1caiale
Bayou fiiteen miles ID settlement. There
parehassi Tor fetty-fve dollars snug
mustang Poay. az thea staEssi On my Jour
ney across large prairie u the B,azos tim
ber roal Taa dies and musq Itos wstea
great pest to my PJay. patup thlt night
with cotton planter, and was wei treated,
They lived in style with their liver plate
AMI chai ware on the table, All cool
things 10 N ,tea. Al bel tl.na taey siow.
ell ms room s,.h nsa: bal,&e. o. co4-sa
an:ic pated 4 god nights rest, but about
midnight was aroassl D. lgatnins and
thunder vita Il Tremendous shower beating
against The roof and all at onca a heavy
stream came pouring upon me; i was 50
uaerpeeteI that I bad to retreat. Tas be
was large, 50 | cragled q onl SIDE AMI
snoozed away I'LL morning The good peo-
pie OF the house were surprised 10 learn Of
the extra acco nmodatioHs had, il was a
complete shower bath. have experienc-
ed several showers since in Texas, the r4in
comes down not in drops but in streams.
At this place traded nv pony for nice
fat mule thinking il would stand the JAR
ney better; 50 Of started. congratuIatinr
myself on The good trade had made. At.
ter travelling about FIVE miles. my pretty
fat rsule alIat once begin to spin Ike
warIwind, and mg self and ca-p,. big, 81.
we're saon iandeiia the lauI. All th9 way
she streaked It was IS mi7!ake. THINKS !,
this IS onlY the beginning of M adventure,
Taere was large herd VI horses ubou,
two miles OF. she mlia for them, tie
herismen put after her, and after running
SIX or eight N les, caaght and brought her
to ms. for which was thfnkral and paid
them for theirtroubla then fixed ~ and
started az ain, and had NJ further d;tii saty.
The country is dat aul generally wet, in
this section, and houses 8 or ID miles from
each other, SO the third nigh, was late
getting place 70 stop at. / had ridden
abolt thirty lige miles on bal roads aud
called at house, the man 81 which with
gun in hand, rouga boxing genius, a2-
pearad frightened. | told him not 70 be
alarmed. He said d2z n Indians wouldn't
scare him. | made knoa1 my business,
aud was properly cared fyr. The next
morning had a chicken breakfast, men.
ton the chicken, because the Texans gena-
! rally live on cora bread aud bacon, anI sell
( dom any vegetables. There is oert4jnly
great lack Of Industry among the people;
they might have vegetables Of all kinds,
aud also fruits, but most OF them are too III.
dolent to raise them. Indeed | saw deer
in abundance every day, but was seldom |
1 tasted ssnisoa. The people are too lazy to
/ 70 out after them. told two men ifthey
would 60 andshoot one you'd zee that il