Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-03-18

Is bound to keep up lis reputation as iuely town,
If they have to kill man every days" remarked |
town, do not fully coincide with mine.
Now If anything Is said In Northern paper
In regard TO crime and lawlessness In Texas, Is
put down as lie; but when the facts are FUR
nished by the people Of Texas themselves, they
should not complain II correspondents make use
OF these facts, as news Items. Like criminals In
Delaware, they should be the dashed (lashD ones
| TO complain. / propose to send you list OIL
| murders committed within the FIRST two months
of the present year, soon, giving names and
dates, then "let the CALLED jade VINCE"
| The San Marcos is n beautiful stream, nearly
as large as the Brnndywine, and has Its source In
q magnificent spring some fifteen miles west OF
| Lockhart. The spring gushes forth from beneath
a rocky cliff, sparkling, clear and cold, and with
on immensely Of volume quite startling, IL Is
said to flow at the rate of $4,000 gallons per
minute.
shall visit Comal county and Bexar, coon,
and will visit springs In those localities said to
excel in volume those of San Marcos. Comai
county was settled prior to the war by nuiner-
GUS German colony, which suffered greatly during
the rebellion, by reason of steadlast loyalty to
the Union. Many were killed by the rebels. and
Others driven away; but the colonists arc now
prospecting, and their success in planting and
manufacturing is exciting much comment even
among Texans, whom nothing seems TO rouse
, to action save whisky and "six-shooers. l
found the valley OF the San Marcos fertile and
} healthy but not to be compared in poirt OF Ter
, tity, value of timber, or hcathfulness, TO that
of the Colorado, which consider as the finest
within the borders of Texas, and this opinion
l founded upon observations have made aftei
riding nearly four thousand miles In various por-
, lions of the State.
:. Gonzales is an old town, situated near the juno
ton OF the San Marcos and the Guadalupe. IL i
n town of something less than thousand inhabi
tants, and has quite an extensive trade with thu
surrounding country, which produces cotton
C ccpt on the line of the San Marcos, and the Qua
= dalupc, is pos-oak and mesqult prairic-dry, bu
valuable Tor grazing, being for the most par
y clothed with the soft, beautiful and nutrition
e mesquite grass, on which cattle thrive, and say
= In the winter season, keep quite fat. To the ia
westward -on the border, this grass grows wit
y such uxuriancc, thai the cattle arc found In fin
Is condition throughout the year. for even the dr.
and withercd grass is far more nutritious than th
II beet cured northern hay.
J. find few bridges In this country, and const
qucDtly, in The wet season. there are periods whe
travel is almost suspended but generally, con
: muneation between all portions of the country
u easy, ronds being oil natures own making
trail" being "struck out" by each traveller iC
s. his own peculiar benefit Nearly all freight
l. hauled by OK and mule tcams-railroads being,a
ID yet, almost non est incentus
If have generally found Texans improyidcnl-
have nerer as yet known one TO have enough iii
u wood ahead to last week they generally CT
al enough to build n fire for the nouce, and the
e quit operations until the fire goes OUT after whic
m occurrence there is a remarkable stirring arouu
n until few " chunks" again shoulder In the lc
IS Fireplace, and then men, women, children, Gol
&c and ilcas crowd the hearth, and remain
II Your KALEIDOSCOPE.