Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-03-10
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tractis from work Of the above title just writ |
ten by FFedricls olmsted.
Austin has fine situation upon the LEFT |
bank Of. the Colorado, Had it not been thcicap.
ital Of the state, and sort of bourne to which |
we had looked forward for a temporary rest, it |
would still have struck us as the pleasentcst
place VIC had seen in Texas. Il reminds one
somewhat OF w ashington; Washington, en- Petft,
seen through reversed glass. The capitol
really imposing building ofsoft cream limestone,
nearly completed ut the time Of our visit, and /
already occupied-stands prominent upon hill,
towards which nolrl y all the town rises. From
it broad avenue stretches to the river, lined
the principal buildigns and stores. These are,oG
various materials and styles from narfied stone
to the logs of the FIRST settlers. OF the avenue
are scattered cottages and one OF two pretty
dwellings. They are altogether smaller in nuln-
Der and meaner in appearance thanR stranger
would anticipate The capital was fixed, in
fact, up on thinly settled frontier, at point
the speculative, rather than the actual centre of
/ the state. There is one little church, with q
pretty German turret another of stone is in
4 process ofierectiop, and n governors mansion is
to be built There is very remarkable NUM-
/ Der of drinking and gambling shops, but not
one bookstore. Asdruggest, who keeps a.small
stock Of books, sold US, at one dollar, giving his
word that its cost was SeVenty-tiye cents tOhim-
fself, copy of Eagle Pass Zone of Pptman'sl
scmi.monthly library the price of which, else
4 where, is forty cents The population, Mt the
census Of $50 Was (l5o.t the estimate when we
were there, 5000; a large one, we thought
The country around the7toWn is rollinEsinf ipie-s
| turet0ue. with many agreeable views Of distant
hills and pleasant sprinkling ofwood over pra.
tirie slopes
"Ne had reckoncd upon getting some change
of diet when wercached the capital ofthe state,
and upon having good materials. not utterly
spoiled by carelessness. ignorance. or nastiness
4 in cooking. We reckoned without orr host
ave arrived in a norther, and .Eere shown.
at the hotel to which We had been recommcn..
lded, into nm exceedingly dirty room, in which
1.-TWO of us slept With another gentleman, who
Informed us that it was the best roonsin the
house. The outside door .onetIine upon the
lgronnd. had no latch. and during the f,iehtit
was blown open by the noftlier, and after We
4 had made two Intellectual attempts to barricade
1t was kept open till morning. Before daylight
a boy came in and threw down nm arnlful of
wood by the Fireplace. He appeared again. an
lho,it or two aIferRayls and made n Are WhaN
1.-THE breakfast bell rnne NE all turned out in,
ibreto tEo5ol 6, I+S l
s.S .s,s' -.
80 ~ - ~
Es ;1,t tI ooS H., o
tI sl5ss II sT
as she ran to the door again 1rtns ~. ~ =
water, and have our boots brought back She
stood half outside the door, and shaking her
got no time master got fires to make, and cherry
ting; and She vanished. ..t=a,sss
q ssXhen finally we got to breakfast. and had
otered-but Twill not again mention the three
s articles; only the "fry" had been changed for
the worse before it Twas iried-we naturally be-
gan. to talk of changing our quarters, and trvS
ing another of the hotels Then nm smoke n
dark, sad man Mt our side-tYou can't do bette,.
than stay here; have tried both the Others. aud
came here yesterday because the one / ,yas NJ
was too 9irtyp And the man said this will, thaf
leopard-skin pattern of a table-clott before him
with those grimy tools in his hands. and with
the llostler in his frocl smelling, stronrlv sSf
the stable, just handing him the no. 81 Never
did sec any wholesome food on Tint table
i TWAS a succession of burnt flesh of swine md
4 bulls, decaying vegetables aud sour and mouldv
farinaeeous CLUES, all peryaded with rancid but
and then. buyinp wheat broad NJ a. .SU,
Il baker and other nrovisioDs ~ or,ool i5
what was necessary for o,rsnlyses tII,
coming bacl, Ia 1corovonyoT;et,
1--WE slept in n large INNER, room, IL,
my of five, with broken window at the head Of
our bed. and another at our side, offering a short
cut to the norther across our heads
i 1--WE were greatly amused to see one Of our
/ bedroom companions gravcly srit in the candle
Ebefore jumping into bed. explaining to some
one who made a remark, that he always did so
lit gave him time to see what he was about
before Invent out.
"The next morning the ground was covered.
with slect, and tho gallo still continued n pretty
steady close-reefing breeze) during the day.
1--WE wishesl to have n horse shofl Tbo
blacksmith, who was a white man, we found in
his shop, cleaning fowling.piece. 1t was too
Id cold to work, he said, and he was going
to shoot some geese; he at length, at our urgent
request, consented to earn dollar; but, after.
getting on his apron, he found TINT Ie lad.Iost
shoe, and took it off again. refusing to make q
shoe while this id northcr lasted, for any
imam. AS he had no shoes ready made. he.nl5.
solutcly turned us out of the shop, aud Obliged
us to 60 seventy-five miles further, a great part
of the way over a pebbly road, by which the
lbeast lost three shoes before he could be shod