Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-17
Communications.
CorrnBus, Texas, July z6tb, 1871.

II Messrs. Editors After son1ewha
| lengthy delay, proceed to comply witt
| the promise made to you in my last
i am sorry to say that business having
called me to this place from Gonzales
l'soon after writing you from that point. ]
have not had the opportunity Of visiting
different sections of the State, as / ther
expected, consequently have but little
| with which to interest you Columbus
is town of twenty-five hundred inhabi.
| tants, is located on the west bank of the
| Colorado River. It is the County Seat Of
Colorado County, and is connected with
Galveston by the Galveston, Houston and
San Antonia r. r., of which it is the
present terminus Colorado County is
one among the richest in the State and
| this town is in the s'creanfn part of the
county, SO you may know that it is only
necessary to drive up or down this river
fora few miles, to look upon some very
| fine farms. In the fall. winter and SPRING
seasons, trade is Every brisk, and mer-
chants and business men generally, reap a
rich harvest of gold for their patient wait
ing during the summer, which is general
ly intolerabiy dull. There are in the
town, about thirty-six mercantile estab-
lishments, Eve Hotels, two Temperance So
Ileieties, one Intemperance Society, ten
| Bar rooms, one meeting house, two Livery
Stables, one newspaper and one Bank
There is also beef packing which ship
ped last year eight thousand head of
beeves. another packery is being erected
nine miles west of this place by Mr..
Bourbon of New York, the cost of which
when completed. it is said, will be one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
Works of this magnitude go very far to-
wards building up the waste places in.
Texas. The population of Columbus and
surrounding country is made up of repre-
sentatives from nearly two thirds of the
States in the Union, besides foreigners of
nearly every cline, it is nothing uncoDl-
mon when passing along the street, to
hear half dozen different tongues spo-
ken. To one like myself, not accustom-
ed to foreigners, it would seem that three
fourths of the inhabitants were imported
from beyond the briny deep. German
Immigration has flowed into the State
freely for the last year or eighteen months.
They are received by the majority of the
Americans with favor, but great many
object to them on account they say of
their being so selfish and miserly They
contend that they are no advantage to the
country, but it is very plain to our unpre-
JUDGED mind that they are an advantage,
as much 80 as any other honest and indus
trious immigrant 1t is true the "Bohe-
mans" as they call them here, settle in
communities to themselves and are in
clined to be clanish, but they put their
inexhaustable energies to work and turn
the turf of the Prairie. and cause thous-
ands ofacpes to yield their products for
the good of man, acres that have hitherto
and perhaps ever would have laid dor
mant. L am sorry to say that our Ameri-
cans here, have but little room to com
plain of the selfshness of their Ireighbers,
the "Bohcmians," for, am sure that a.
great many of item. have their share
[ never have been in a town where there
was apparently so little oordiality from
one neighbor to another, and as for
stranger, why '.thcre isno use in talkin
e's just got TO ''root hog or die social
ly, religiously and financially, but. your
correspondent has been here now, over
three months. long enough to gain and get
use to the blissful feeling of. 81 don't
care for any body and no one cares for
me" With the exception of small
boot black bill. am out of debt. with no
money in my pocket. and consequently
perfectly happy, butI am digressing.-
Before leaving the subject, it is but due to
say that too much credit cannot be award
ed to. some of the enterprising and benev-
olent citizens for theirzeal in raising funds
and procuring house as home for the
immigrant, until he can permentantly 10
cate. i would fain ray tribute to the
fair sexof this town, but deem it inappro-
pirate; suffice it to say that Columbus is
not at all behind in her female adornment.
There are several. East Tennesseeans liv-
ing in this county ], have had the pleas
ure of meeting with Mr.. Gillespie and
Mr.. Stevens, also It. Vaughn, brother to
Gen. Vaughn, commander of Vaughn's
gallent Brigade, during ..the late unpleas-
antness," all East Tennesseeans. We al
so have some boys here from Marion on
the line,' among the number whose ac-
guaintance I have formed is Mrs. Sprinkle
and Cribs. -i.4s'4, - -
=. CAMP MEETINGS.
On last Sunday at daylight we left
Il Il.