The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1859-10-06

Q GO 10 Missouri. / spent abou: two months
I'D half in that State. anl my prospects not
nai.g very bright came to Texas. reaching thi.
'oint he last day of June. 7 have been about
ant little since my arrival, butthe little have
'een here, plsases me very veil. Although
some of the settlers gives it as thgr opinion that
the Creator never designed this Stste for any
inhabitants but the ''red men," and buffalo il
IS rapidly settling with white settlers to tho ex-
termination ofthe former The frontier Indian:
are resenting this and think that an Indian
war will shortly be the result.
This part of the country is lightly undula-
ting prairie of rich SOIL covered with a good
natural Eerdure, with occasionally q little semi
tannual creek, skirtcd with timber Il il better
adapted to stock growing and grazing Than
farming purposes, though grain Of fue quality
Is raised. Timber Is scace, of an inferior quail
| ny aud found only along the creeks and on The
river bottoms. The climate is mild and w.t in
the winter and | have not found the heat very
| oppressive in the summer. The summers are
generally very dry. The warm weather ap.
breaches gradually, and then remains hut,so we
become accustomed to it and do not mud it "a
we would if we had an occasional cool day
ihrown III for contrast ard besides, we always
have cool breeze stirring which makes it very
comfortable i'll the shade. The great summer
difficulty is want of water. There are but few
springs. aud lie creeks all dry up during the
dry weather. and lakes, we lave none. Water
can be found by digging from twenty to fly
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source. Cisterns used great deal. 1t is
wisely ordained that it should be dry during The
| summer, Tor a wet season would make it very
Hlck!y. The ague and all bilious diseases are
quite prevalent here, and you can hardly find a
person Who has not chilled" more or less
Stock Craze al winter the prairies, and
! iarners are saved The great labor Of saving fod-
de, and feeding which Is SO great task in
the north. The inhabitants are principally
weil-o-do respectable citizens from the nOu:h~
ern States, of hOspitabe manners, though like
The settlers of all new Countries somewhat I'M
couth and unrefned. There are some ultraists
and Tuifiaas bn' these are exceptions. Want of
means of transports alton is great drawback to
The improvement OF this State. Our only way,
a
of the year is not navigable higher than Shreve-
| port, Louisiana. two hundred miles distant, and
thence by steamboats, !; it costs two dollars per
hundred to get goods from Shreveport here or
cotton there, which makes the cost Of the former
heavy and the profit of the latter light. There
is railroad projected from Memphis. Tenn, 10
Ell paso, in the extreme western part Of this
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State. but whether Il viii ever be built we cam
HoI tell.
! Those persons III favor Of exclusive g hard
cHlIrrcy," will do wei 10 come here. where
| iheJ can nos get paper currency TO send for
| "a newspaper. The Constitution Of the State
| does not allow banking. But little attention
had been paid TO educati on till within q few
ions OF dollars, and large quantity of land, for
a school fund. There are some good private
schools now in the State. The public schools
are not as good principally for want of compe-
,ent teachers. Some Of the surplus teachers at
he North, would do well 10 come here ,as North
ern teachers are better liked than others.
There is not tina regard for tie Sabbath here
some places it can not be said that they have a
Sabbath. There is at present no Sabbath Law,
but there will be an eff ,rt made this next ieris
Iature to pass AS for recent news | have
not much of stock on hand. The weather,
which was very hot nd dry during Juy aud
August. has moderated considerably IN Septem-
Der, and we have had frequent showers, which
have revived the grass, though they have not
started he creeks 10 running. Wells are very
low, and stock waters very scarce, some people
having to drive several miles to water their stock
Last Snnda night We were visited by n
'Noriher, which lasted two days, during which
slime it wa SO cool that We had fires in the sit.
winds that come in spr1pg and fall, aud are sim
liar 10 lie Mackinaws" of Wisconsin.
Threahing is nearly finished which has shown
the grain TO be ola good quality and fair yield.
The is considerable cotton and Chinese sugar
care raised here, and it is busy times with The
planters now. as 1t is picking and rnolassas'
season. These showers are bad tor cotton,
causing il TO take second growh, which rots
rhe first balls" In some future letter | will
describe he cotton plant, mode OF raising it &c
have seen but one sample of molasses and
that wa, of a fair quality. I have Heard of 10
Sugar being made. The common sugar cane is
raised one hundred and fifty miles south of this
During July and August, there was great
deal Of excitement about the State elections,
| principally about the governor. But now we
have pretty full returns which show Houston
was eight thousands ahead of his competitor
the African slave trade. Rnnnais being "pro'
and Houston "con." There is great deal of ex-
citement over Runnals' defeat, Several of the
State papers propose Houston as candidate
in the coming Presidential election. and he
would be popular man here. Douglas, they
are suspicious of, and dare not trust him
/ will occasionally send you paper and you
can read for yourself see by late paper,
hat Texas lost tw elve voters On the last elec-
/ ton day They got into aft avs aud were Kill
ed Two men were shot that day about ten
miles from here, one killed and The Other daI-
gerou>ll wounded Such ecurrence, are quile
freq en-, t"r nesriy ali "a armed, especially OH
sauh Dag and when WHISKY funs pretty freely.
a unan ) iIIe il 40 worth much.
/ Two OF our Paris schools commenced their an
nual session on Monday last. :" The Paris Fe.
male Seminary, with sixty odd pupils, and
The Paris Male Academy" with ten pupils.
The former Is school OF high report, equal to
any in Northern Texas. Paris has five differ
ent schools; two male, two female and one in
FAINT school. They are its pride.
/ l will not weary you in length with my first
letter, for fear that you would not want another.
Yours Respectfully,
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