Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-06-20

mand, consisting Of 1877, were brutally
butchered by the .Mexicans.. ! saw the
identical port hole through which our gall
liant old Hero was shot. =.
1t is needless for me to go into mi
mute description Of natural as well as ma
nv other curiosities which are to be found
about San Antonio, The great transPa7
rent Fountain which forms San Antonio
River, the old missions. the Alamo. the
different ancient Churches, the motley
populated city. and the beautiful sea>like
prairie dotted with clumps Of Live Oaks
and other trees indeed the whole lands
! scape as far as the eye can reach. being
covered with flowers Of every description
or variety and richest hue; the feathered
tribe, too. with plumage of rarest tint,
filling the air with songs of sweetest note,
which echoes and reverberates upon the
ear. both night and day, are all so won.
derfully beyond my comprehension that
frankly confess my inconpetency for de-
scribing or conveying to your mind or
imagination perfect conception of the ro'
nance which surround this at present
thriving city. It now contains about 12.-
600 inhabitants. who are moralizing at
such ratio that one would suppose that
in few years it would become the most
law abiding and God fearing cities in the
Continent. The merchants here do a
large business by supplying portion of
Mexico with goods. and when she gets
her Railroad facilities which she will
soon, and that to a considerable extent
she will be accessible for all. and is really
worthy Of visit across the Atlantic in
honor Of her antiquity,
shall now attempt to give you brief
sketch of the Geography and Products of
Texas in general. In regard to surface,
the aspect of the whole coast of Texas is
alike level. presenting neither mountain,
hill nor bluff, from one extremity to the
other, which, probably, is 1900 miles in
length. the level lands Of the coast vary
from 10 80 to 80 miles in width. the SUR
face then becomes gently undulating. or
waving. with frequent level tracks OF some
miles in extent, becoming more uneven
towards the interior, yet so gradual shat
there is but little perceptible difference in
An advance Of so miles, continuing east
OF the Brazos until it subsidies at the lands
bordering on the Red River. From the
Brazos west, to the valley of the Bravo
del Norte. the rolling country is termina-
ted on the north by range Of low noun,
1alns, at an average distance Of about 200
miles from the coast. In passing from the
coast to the interior, the country is natu-
rally divided into two regions, the level
and the undulatng; but on preceding
across the country from east to west.
whether even the level lands of the coast,
or the waving lands of the interior, the
traveller is persuaded to make division
of the country into the three parts the
eastern, middle and western, and to char
acterze them rs the wooded, mixed and
prairie regions. This division of the
country is thought TO be the most natural,
as the names alone serve to designate and
nearly define the exact limits Of each to
the eye uI the most superficial observer,
and because there is in the soil and geo.
logical structure much that is peculiar to
each.
The level regions near the coast or a
great portion Of it is covered with heavy
timber. and this alone render the lands
highly valuable. they are for the most
part good and feasible F; they are not.
however, such lands as are looked for in
Texas. The rolling lands have obtained
Il much higher charcter. their surface is
slightly uneven but not billy. After Lrav-
cling one or Two hundred miles into the
rolling country. you will come TO where it
is more broken, rising occasionally into
hills, with some loose rocks near their
surface or SUBMITS; but without lodges,
and always with so gradual rise rs tu
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lies not too steep for the convenient use
OF the plough There are no extensive
bottoms or plains-the streams winding
sheir way between the undulations with
out materially varying the character Of
the soil or surface. these regions are much
admired and sought for, from the fact that
they are SO very healthy, well watered.
aud afording good crops of corn. cotton,
oats. millet. beans. DC. every species of
culinary vegetables that is produced III
any OF the old States. Highly productive
OF fruit OF almost every kinds, whether Of
the temperate or tropicalregions. have
thus briefly attempted a description of
portion of Texas but feeble indeed must
be my effort since the subject is one to
which neither pen nor pencil can do jus.
tice. Nature, in giving so beautiful an
exterior to this highly favored country.
has not withheld from it any of her richer
gifts. The land which surpssses any
have ever seen. both in cultivated and
an uncultivated State. The latter presents
scene OF quiet beauty, to please the
longing eyes OF civilized man. surpasses
them no less in the easy and abundant
naanS II q f. rds fur 'Sn0DlI i0r HE nnna.
rous and daily increasing wants. The
soil over this whole region. with the ex
ception of some tracts in the neighborhood
Of the Trinity river. and some lew grave
l. knolIs Of unfrequent occurrence in the