New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-14
NOTES PROk WESTERN TEXAS.
FORT DAyIg.

doc seove TIE Is SO feet; and the mouotains,
hsh o. ppietely surround three sides, tower $40
n CO.. fe-t above the parade ground. Toe improve-
-spts excel any Of the poets have previously de-
ssrbeS, eIoepuDg those at Fort CLARK. Thus Is the
krres, ssion the frontier, and there are of course
mere bailor es than OF the posts which are occupied
\, only t~o companies. Our stay wa very brief bat
Ivss rsbed TO walk over the grounds, and make .
eu,sery examination of its coooiron. Tee buildings
are HE the otter poets, siLge story IN light, and
ss,s'ructed tmiisIly. I potcsd, hostyer, tast the
scers generally rad separate qoA,ters in hoases by
nemseves; and the Darred soldiers, Also hsd dis
uist vt spart for them, where they could put 20
s>birs, Asd enjoy ell the privacy of home. Both
sr.ss ana wood are veIy scarce III the vicinity The
ksy contra ted for is brought distance of 90 miles
vas informed. There few colt In.wood trees
shrtpg the Limpa, but the m. dependence for
eitse, fuel or tim is TIE oak soppy Of which is
i.sed seven miles from the Fort. sas-nul of four.
teen borse power supplies the post with sawed lomber
Of any required thickness TIE pos; is commanded by
Col Seu.h Of the Stu Infantry. All supph' Of grain
and PROVISIONS obtained either fro FL Paso San
Antonio. The pnces of provisions at the settlers
ftsres alsfmIgly high, but more than the dig
tABce from the market will warrant. We obtained
supplies Of vegetables Cor table from the garden
attasbed to the Fort and TOR several days lived like
episuTes the snwonted luxuies.
FROM FORT TO TIE RIO GhASDE.
Immediately after leaving the Fort the country
tpely changes Instead of the tortuous road winding
slowly through high mountains and over rocky beds
of . creek, it trsvenes an open country and though
uoun,aDs skirt the landscape either side, The i'm
rsoste vicinity Of the I'D may be described either
lvel OF slightly rolling prairie land. Half mule from
al h. in
Grsbde at Preside Del Nore connects With the road
ever -hich our course lay. / had renamed behind
With friend viii t. train moved on, and had very
cold s1o cable ride before oSertakng IT with
s6eree heAo wilma full in my face all the way. prai
No dog town skirts the road both sides for over
twenty miles, and the dm,nutve inhabitants Of the
populOus city occasionally baked at us az We rode
dong Their bark is very much like the squcakiug
% re made by toe miniature puppets of the canine
spscies in toy shops when the platform on which they
stspd in saue. zed. We occasionally small brown
owls IN their vicinity, with which they seemed 10 be
On EXCELLENT terms. We have made several Intellectual
Efforts TO shoot Of these dogs, but a. they almost
vsrsby sit at the mouth Of their holes when visible,
10 probable they alvey fall into them when wounded
TIE scenery for twenty FIVE or thirty miles after
leaving the Fort was beautiful Part of it We passed
n the night she on forced marches for wate' Scrub
live OAK trees grow in abundance and combined with
The mountain scenery presented many beautiful views
wArhR AND TIMER.
The first water We reached Barrel Spring, %
riles from Fort Davis. THIS spring derives lite name
from very trivial circumstance, being nothing else
sn the az Dg of barrel in the ground for tho satsrs
q the spring % collect 10. Soon after leaving this
spSt timber became scarce, and from Dead Mans
Hole, II miles westward, to toe Rio Grspde, scarcely
. tee Of any description is found. Wood il very
sosree. and had it not been for the dried stalks Of
various plants which only svaiab At this season
Of The year we shond have been greatly strsitened for
fuel
Dssdman's Hole, to which have alluded. is
sprlg in the canon of . mountain not more than 80
n,ses f,o n the Fort. Several year, ago dead man,
stvi ON nothing was known probably victim OF the
Indians. was found in tue bole From this sad event
Ne spring bss derived its name. TALL jagged rocks
tsvertd above he hole, around which lowered large
6ock Of qua There but two 'ther water STATIONS
.. III drsary route neither of which are worth de-
,rbipg being merely holes cut the ground for the
,ocuu nlaton of water from the rain, and possessing
SsitAsr beauty nor interest
WILD ANIMALS AND GAME.
We saw several large herds of antelope as we passed
Int il is customary 70 have bemsn With every herd
Il mules. 40 become familiar with the music OF is
JAttsr, sno keep together This annoying accompshi-
nsnt has had The effect of fnghtenif away all game,
svep ,ometines before Wa have noticed It, and we
scarcely deem il prudent to leave the train unproected
yAie ne follow IN pursuit Tous 1t hes heppeued that
We have had little game excepting fowls shot when IN
Gam We have had several nocturnal visits from
wolves who mighty proved round the camp, bet
never a, moved us with bowling, or thefts. In places
he road vas hit.rally covered for m'es WITH fo't
srts Of biz de- and beasts. We dstipg aisned those of
u. wolf deer antelope prairie rat quail aud buzzafd,
Int others We could not tell what had made Flocks
# buzzards are always lowering over the camp when
We depart, ready to fall upon the waste food lying
siosL
HIITING The STAGE.
Three times since sta'tsd from San Antonio nave
We met the mi.montoly stage plying between that
city and Ell Paso, and equal nambor OF times have
We been psssed by the upward-bouod mail. It's oay
fifteen mouths the first through mali by this route
from San Antonio to San Diego, California, was sent
ever TIE hne There is regular stsge coach, with
diver, uc united guards and extra mules for Changing
frequently. Passengers are carried for very remuners-
i've prices, freight together wto extra baggage,
ktsken through at orc dollar per pound' Congress
has liberal appropriations for the expense OF car
yng the mail over this route, and the enterprise has
htt With complete success. The time made averages
fly miles per day, . much plessanter metood OF
travelling than the slow podding pace of al euigrant
tsp AS ell woo travel over road will meet or be
wersksn by the msll four times every mooth, it
.fords AZ opportunity of transmitting letters or mos-
ages TO friends eitner before behind them.
STANDING GUARD.