The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-08-26
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in our lat letter from Tcsas we.
upon orr return have undertaken IN
the following brief synopsis 10 give
further Information in rciIcrrcncc "a
the condition If aalirs ~ that por-
ton Of Tcxas that W. visited From
Grocsbcck, the present terminus Of
the Houston & Texas Central l;rail-
road We went by stage through the
counties Of Limestone and frccstonc,
We found the soil different here in
some respects from thu. on the Braz
os-thcrc being less limestone aud
more und. We found the corn
crop in these counties like that o,
other counties north, west and south,
about two thirds OF a crop, cotton
crop about one fifth. The first bale
Of new cotton was received in Ga 70
weston on the 9Th Of August, and the
fields are aud were on the 10th
white with open cotton, and in fact
most ot the hollis were open and the
entire crop will be gathered and put
on the market by the lat OF October.
Fairfield is the county site Of Free
stone and Is about ten miles west of
the Trinity River. The population
of this section is of the very best
kind and as industrious, moral, sober
civil and Intelligent rs that Of our
own county, and you know We claim
10 he tie very cream of the jug in
this county, so that we say n great
deal in saying that they are equal
10 our population in every respect.
We had reliable information of the
character Of the counties north of
these on the head waters of the
Trinity, including Dallas, Collin,
johnson and Others, and they are re,
garded as the finest counties IN the
State, and as the most desirable point
Tor immigration, as the soil Is well
adapted to corn, wheat, cotton aud
all the products incidcrt to the soil
of our best North Mississippi lands,
and besides the drought has mover
injured the crops in this r~ortion Of
Texas TO any great extent, The soil
IN these counties Is rotten limestone,
Land is increasing in value and ram
gcs now from two to five dollars pcr
acre nnimprovod, and improved
land rating at price and character of
improvements. The terms of rates
are from one too two years payment,
The health is aboutthc same rs that
of our county. We attended dcvino
services in Cotton Gin on Sunday
and saw a large congregation of in.
tclligcn', fashionable dressed pcoplc
and had we been suddenly dropped
IN their midst without knowing that
we were three hundred miles in the
interior OF Texas and OF OF the Rail.
road, we would havc thought we
were IN some of our fast nourishinr.
cntcrprising towns Of North Missis.
sipri, and That the Partisan fashions.
chignois, cnrls, furbclows, silk hats
aud gold head canes were quite the
rage. From this point VIC returned
TO Grocsbeek, and from there to
Houston, and at Galveston took
passage ON the steam ship Whitney
morgan line and landed in Now
Orleans on Thursday at noon, ant
after u daysrest reached this poinr
on SATURDAY last at noon. We dc
net pretend To have seen al Java,
as Horace Greeley claims to hav,
done by going to the State Fair a
Houston, nor aie We SO carried ava,
with the people or country, as to for
get facts. We have no idea ofmoy
ing to that State, but we were high
" pleased and could appreciate tn
many advantages Of some portion
OF middle Texas and think il n {
the finest sections Of the country fo
Q young, industrious, e~ntcrprizin
man to immigrate to that VIC hay
ever seen. We mean industrious mo,
but you may say they can do we
here, - they can, but some Of III;
class desire new fields, and to nj
class W refer, because this porto
q Texas y as good country as Ii
the sun eTcr shown on Tor an ;pJr,
irious man to make a good livin
", nd y gather around him prone,
y, 10y the land Is cheaper tia
here and the country is not own,
" laFge property holders who n