New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-08-04

t4,r,- ~, A,sr,,, T,,x Il TnIv d 1850.
~. EJ;for . III, ~ four 5avs Nv steamship
and STAGE has transferred vour correspondent from
the troubles of the frontier to the Sieties of the
capital of tle State of Texas, and it is really a
| doubtful Question which are the most worried and
/ pernleved at tbe aspeet of affairs those who live
on the Rio rande and fear the loss of their lives
and propertv. or those who live in Austin and fear
for the loss Of their political positions If were
| called upon to express an opiEion, however, l
should say that the Austin folks are the most un-
enyiable for there is a continual apprehension, an
| unceasing dread We on the frontier can provide
AGAINST The attacks of Cortina and his bandits or
we can guard aa ainst any other physical eyil but
what chance has the incumbent of public Office
/ whether NV annoiptment or election to guard
AGAINST the blow which sends his head rolling into
the basket of the decaptated2 The smiles of
friendship and the preferences Of the people are
tickle dependenoies mon which to build the hopes
of life for a single act NAV mar the warmest at.
tachmeut or dissolve the most popular support.
The State of Texas has reason to be proud of
her capital. for more beautiful location was
never selected. IT reminds me of the site of Jeru-
salem. enthroned upon her hundred hills or of inl-
perial Rome, throned upon the mountains of the
Tiber. Austin is located on the Colorado river,
in valley of most SURPRISING loyeliness, and the
charm which nature has lent to the scene has been
wonderfully assisted by the taste Of the people,
who have gradually collected in and around that
4 capital. The city at present presents struggling
appearance as if there was no order in the plan of
its creation but that arises from the fact that the
/ design is as vet undeyeloped by the lines of the
\ houses. Land has been plenty, choice locations
have been abundant and those who have thus far
improyed in the neiehborhood have paid more re-
eard to site than to order. The houses are pretty
built and well located, but they are so scattered
that tits impossble to define the squares or Streets
The same criticism prevails at Washington City, for
stranger entering the federal capital would never
inspeet the man Of the town from the diserderly
arrangements Of the houses. But when the spaces
arc filled in VII n the lines are closely drawn, and
when the centers can be detected at glance the
visitor will wonder at tle elegance of that design
which now, onlv meets with some harsh expression
and oaneraI dsannointment. Cities are not built
in a ilav and hut few generations live to realize
tha schemes which the wise of their own time with
dsr;ro, and npasrience afix to the record Of the
nrascn+ IN attest to fnture generations the penius
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chnned and defaced. butthey are written all owe
/ with the names Of fools who have made themselye
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temntible Signatures upon the marble which con
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/, martyrs who fought the great fight and died witt