New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-13


Upon reseeiDe Western Texss, our travellers found
Q much brighter prospect, especially among the
German settlements IN that part Of the Sase Ia
tho vaI<y d che Guadalupe they found . thriving
village Ned New BrauDiels extending for mile
along VIDE street, at three times the breadth Of
Broad~sy in New. York II consisted Of row Of
ANAL cotts ees on each sRe Of the street, certainly
with no pre'ensions to elegance, but, In general,
with an air of comfort and nea,ness. Many were
furnished with versndshs and gardens, and the
greater part were either succeed panied There
were many workshops Of mechanics and small
stores with ngns in English and German. Bare
headed women, and men in caps and short jokes,
with pendent pipes were everySbere seen at work
We bad acquaintance in the village, and no me Ans
OF Introduction, but ia hopes thst ve might better sat
isty ourselves of the condition of the people ,red
to sop at an inn and &c. dinner, iDsteed Of eating
cold snack IN the saddle without stopping at noon, as
was cur custsm.
never in nv life, except perhaps in awakening from
dream, net with such sudden and co nplee trans
fer Of associations Instead OF loose bosrded heSn
log walls with crevees stuffed with rags or dsabed
with mortar which We have been accustomed TO see
during The lsst month"; stavng in door, where We
have found any open; nstesd even, OF four bare,
cbeer lees ,des of whtewashed plaster which have
found twice thrice only in more srlstocratc
American residence, We were-in short, We we're In
Germany.
There was nothing wanting; there nothing too
much for one OF those delightful hile inns which the
PEDESTRIAN WHO has tramped through the Rline land
will ever remember gracefully. A loog room extend
Ing across the whole front of the cottage the walls
pink, with stencied panels, Snd scroll ofna nenS in
crnson, and with neatly framed and glszed pretty
photographic prints hang ing on all sdes; long, thick
dark oak table with rounded ends, oak benches at It's
sides ebseed oak chairs; sofa, covered with cheap
pl calico with small yin pattern; s,ove in the
corner little mahogany cupboard IN another corner,
with pitch and glasses upon it; asuoky amosp ere
and finally, four thick bearded men, from whom the
smoke proceeds, who all bow and say I" Good morn
ing" as We lift our hats in the doorway.
The lsniiady enters she does resdly understand
u.s. and Of the snokers1ses Immediately 10 ssslst
us Dinner shall have immediately, aod she s2resds
the hfe cloth at an eI Of the table bofOre she leaves
the room and in two minutes time, by which we hsve
got of our coats and warmed hands at the s'ove
we are asked T. sic down. An excellent coup Get be
fore us and in succession there follow two courses Of
meat neither Of them pork, and neither of them fried,
two dshes Of vegetables salss, compete Of peaches,
coffee with milk wheat bread from the loat and beau
tiful ard sweet butternot only such butter as have
tasted south Of The Potomac before bu, such as
have been told hundred times 1t was Impossible TO
make In a Sou'bern climate. What Is the secret l
suppoee IL lie extreme cleanliness beginning far back
of where cleanliness ally begins at the South, and
CAREFUL and thorough Toyksne.
We then spent an hour IN conversation with the gen
tlemen who were in the room. They wee all edu-
Gated cultivated we'll. bred respectful, kind snd afa-
BILE men. An were natives Of Germany and had been
living seveIal years in Texss. Some Of them we're
Travellers their homes being in other German settle
mente come oil them had resided long at Braunfels.
IL was go very sgreeab'e 10 meet such men again,
and the account they gave OF the Germans IN Texas
was 90 lnteit stDg and gratifying, that we were ua.
Wiling TO Immediately continue oar Journey We vent
out TO look at our horses man IN esp aud scket was
.Ls, thosr tgat a th.ay had VrQ
epch attention In TeIse, except from ourelvea or by
special and costly arrangement with negro. ley
we're pushing their poses INTO racks filled with hne
mesuLt bay-the hrst hey had had in Texas. They
seereo to look at us impIOringly We ought to spend
the pjgb But there is evidently no sleeping room tor
rs in The little inn. They must be foil Bot thsn We
could ses with comfort on the door here, prob.
bly, than we have been accustomed TO OF late We
sopcuded to ssk if they could accommodate for the
night Yes, with pleasure-would We be pleAsed 10
lock at the room they could afford as Doubtless in
the Geek loft No, it WAS in another little cottage 10
the rear. htte loom 1t proved, with blue walls
40 ain and oak fnrntuv. two bees, Of them d
be Tor each of usthe first time we had been offered
the luxury Of sleeping alone in TeIss; two large wn-
dovs With curta'ns and eve green roses hantd over
them Oh the out ide nos pane Of glass missing or
BIZ. ken-the first sleeping rom we have hsd In Texas
where this wss the case; sofa; bureau, on which
we're complete ret OF the Conversations LeI'co"i
Ktpd. lis Santa Fe Expedition; q sfatoette In porce
laiD plants in po'si brass study lamp large yer
ana basin for washing. and couple OF to ~es OF
thick stuff full yard aod quarter oog o, yes, it
will do for us admirably We will spend che night.
In the afternoon, We called upon the German Prot
estan clergyman, who received Us kindly an though
fpeskiIg little English, Wa very ready 10 give all the
Df rnsiion he could about his people and the iermas
in Texas generally. Wevisiied some OF the Tofkshops
and called merch ,Dt 10 ASCERTAIN tho quality and
amount of cotton grown by the Germans 10 the neigh
buhoOd. At supper, We met a dozen or more iDtel.
gent people, and spent the later evening with severs
Others At the residence Of one of our accidental Inn &C
quaintaDcee.
AZ we returning 10 the inn, sbou. 10 O'Clock,
stopped for few moments at the gate Of one Of the
little cottage to listen TO some Of the best singing
have bea d f.r a long time, seseral parts beng sds
taine1 by very eweet and we-trained voices.
in tie day time, / In the public g. Get, at no
gIest distance from school-house, rsne doe with
bond ito neck, 10 disiDku ish Il from the wild deer,
Dest should be shot by sportsmen IL was exceed
pgy besniitul and tame that il allowed me 10 ap-
., oach and hcA ed my hand. In what Texan tOxn,
through which have passed before, could this have
occun.dl
In the morning We fJnnd that our horses had been
beddeo, for the irst time in Texas.
As We rode out Of town. it was delightful to meet
sgsin trc ops Of children with elek aud knsp.acks
OF books, and little kettles Of dinner, all Tlth rudy,
cheerful faces the girls especially 90, With their hair
braided neatly, AID thout caps or bobnets, smiling
ano sslutipg us" g9,en norsen as We met Moth
ing % pleasant as that IL Texas before hs:dy IN The
S0Dth.
The result Of free labor in the production Of cot
ton a. New. Brauntels ss stated BY Mr.. Olmsted is
both suggestive and encouraging.
L. he town. eseb hOuse has iis gardenplot and over
the .shbchooo acst cred hpndreds of mall tarns
OS Dg - the low price of coD ms OF there IA been
tivated partly In cotton during the yer before our
Witt The result WAS total crop Of eight hundred
balls witch, at Galveston, brought from one to tTo
Genie pound more than TIA, produced oy slaves oT
bog to tbe moe careful banding OF white AID person
ally interested aoOr; but the expense Of hauling cnf
.oD 10 tie ooas: prevels any large profits a. this dis
tslce railroad or local msnuiactory must precede
al, extensive cultivation Of cotton, while corn. which