Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-08-26


land east of the Bazos that is not already
owned by private parties. The state has a
few millions of acres, west Of the Brazos that
could be pro emptet if "grcsnies" were dis.
posed to live among the Camanches. Those
lattcr have had control ofmost of the country
west of the river since tho war. u. S. troops
hayo been posted at tho forts 100 to 15O
miles west of hero for the purpose, SO called,
of protecting the frontier The Indians steal
the horses from the posts and ride them in
this way and steal more. Seven Camanches
were killed in Erath County west, of this, last
fall, they were armed with spencer rifles and
colts pistols. Thcy used their arrows with
better effect in tins engagement than they did
their "iron shooting tools" One young
man of our side was mortally wounded by an
arrow that passed through his chest. Our
Legislature ESQ callcd) has passed an act pro-
vid!ng sor tbs better protection of the frontier
1t authorizes 20 companies of mounted ran.
gers to be well equipped and raised in SO
many frontier counties. Hood, among the
rest, is entitled to one, but the trouble is now
to get radical in the county mean enough
to get tho captaincy from the Governor, so
called, (E. j. Davis.) You didn't know we
had governor too did you? Could you
spare US a radical suitable to commando com.
papy Of rangers. If you can you shalt have
the potatoes promised you, certain, wo need
him right now.
Our governor, Mr. Davis, is quite busy
now in organizing his military, consisting
principally of "all able bodied men in the
state between the ages Of Is and rs, to be
WORKED up into divisions, bridadcs &C., of
militia, State guards and State police Does
this remind you Of those gentlemen that gov
crncd Arkansas and Tennessee with militia Il
year or two ago? Brownlow and Clayton |
believe, were their names. The channel |
am drifting to now might lead to the politics
ofTexas | shall change my steps after tel
ling you that large majority OF the citizens
of Texas arc, in my opinion, bitterly opposed
to the manner in which government machine.
ry runs, are opposed to "lawlcssncss and
crime" and arc in favor Of believing that u
southern white man is as good as any other
man.
| neglected to say any thing about sheep
when speaking of stock. The "shccp fever"
was epidemic in this section about the com
mcnccmcnt of "thc late unplcasantncss. -
Some purchases were made ut So per head
ten years ago. The fever has abatcd SO much
i'll the last decade that no trace of it can be
seen except occasionally dozen old ewes in
lot, close by some farm house. Sheep
when kept IN large herds arc liable to get
disease called "scnh," which soon kills them
out to. so small a bunch that they will not
Justify close attention; then the wolves take
the place of scab, and answer as we'll. ] never
saw sheep sold i'll Texas, but suppose they
could bc bought, whenever found at 81 SO
per head Goats flourish. One of my neigh
bors has been making peculiar efforts to sell
large herd for cow pony. | suppose
hundred head could be bought for pony of
that kind
Pine lumberis worth SG per hundred feet
this ycar-highcr than ever before. Cypress
shingles at Brcmond, $3.50 per thousand,
they are broad and many of them have to be
split in half, so that out of a 900 you would
make about 1850 Of proper width. They
are worth, delivered here, 50 per thousand.
Liverpool salt at Brcmoud, 20 to 81 per
sack Here it is worth ST. Coffee here, rs
cents. Sugar brown 5 to Is cents, crushed
20 cents. Calico, good, 10 to 12A Good
brogan shoes sl.75. Castings about 10 cents.
Other goods in proportion. Specie is always
! meant when currency is not specified. The
latter is as good here as any where, SO far as
it goes, and it goes to over 80 these times.
The prevailing rcligous sects in northwest
Texas are Mcthodists, Baptt and Cumber-
land Presbytc,ians. Schools are numerous,
and we'll attended The Acton Institute is in
II hourshing condition at this time. We
have school here all the time, and preaching
every Sunday. These institutions are not
out of place. The standard Of refined morals
is not so high as desirable. We have, how
ever, a majority Of good men, honest and hos.
pitabc, something on the order of your hardy
mountanccrs. You are familiar with their
pure undcfield hospitality.
The Southern Pacific Railroad, according
to the most approved survey, will run from
Marshall, in Harrison County, through Up.
per, Vanzandt, Kaufman, Dallis, Farrant,
Parker, Palo Pinto, Jack. Young, Throck
morton aud Haskell 1t is to cross the
Saline River, West of Quitmun in Hood
County = the Trinity at Dallas Court House;
West fork Of the Trinity at Fork Worth, 33
miles North Of Acton, and the Brazos proba.
| bly, il Palo Pinto. This compauy has been
Incorporated, am informed, with John G.
Fremont, at the helm. lie may do well as a
| Railroad man, for any other purpose we can
find no use for him. THIS road is completed
| from MARSHALL out to IIallvie, where the
company have shops, and few bands grad
ing, There is no time set for the roa1 to
reach the Brazos. Trains to cross the Brazos
up there now would either get everastingly
lost or run into Buffalo Or Camanche. The
Central Road-the one we look to now most
hopefully, is dscharging freight at Brcmond,
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