Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-10-23
Texas Correspondence.
Hickory HILL, TEXAS,
October 7th, 1873:

, = .O1RsANGEBoRG IRA TINES Enclosed find
$500 for another years subscription, as
see by aS on the margin of wrapper,
which lr reminds me that my subscription
is out. Orangeburg District was once
my home, but now / live in the Lone
StaF State where [ have been since 1856.
Well do 1 recollect the cold frosty
morning lor1ng in Feb. that babe good bye to-
the friends and acquaintance of my
schsool.days in the old village, and took
my course westward with an old friend
as tarias Blackvillc, where 1 took the
cars for Montgomery, Ala, thence by
/ steamboat to New Orleans. thence ND tie
Mississippi and Red River to Shreveport
La, then stage, OK wagon and afoot, to
within l ! miles to where now reside.
Three years after 1 came to Texas, 1
bought the place an now living on.
improved it, and notwithstanding the
war and a few Texas drouths, 1 have sue
fceeded in making good living, and
have gathered around me enough to sat
lsfy me that if those young men in South
carolina (and know there are good
many of them) could be induced to come
out to Texas, and use even ordinary in
dustry, they would, in a few years, he
comparatively Independent and prosper
GUS Texas offers inducements to every
class OF immigration, and of every protes-
sion. We have rich lands, both tim
bered and Praire. Towns and cities
springiEg up all over the State, and Rail
roads being constructed now more rapid
~ than in any other Southern State, and
Will soon be connected with the other
States by several Railroads. We have
q majority of white people in this State,
anu The most OF them are Democrats, and
we will soon get clear of the last vestice
hbeanisn,iu-tb bis St,ste.; w, haze
10000 majority in the State, and at the
next election, on the I'd December next,
we will rid ourselves of Radicals, carpct-
baggers. scalawags, ,.!scvcs, rascals and
dctaulters. This Is IL white mans State,
a poor mans State, a young mans State;
and here would say, that girls stand
the best chance to get married out here
of any place know. AS this is a grow
ing and prosperous state, everything
partakes of that disposition, and all are
moving on together i'll II happy style to
that great destination that seems to await
the people Of this State. There is one
thing that mar: our happiness, however;
l mean those of us from the old Palmct.
to State, and there are good many of
us out hare-and that is, the sorrow we
feel when we think Of our old State
being ruled by negroes, thieves, Radicals
and rascals, and some of them, too, to
the manor born; poor South Carolina is
ruined, manacled, trodden downsin the
dust, bound hama and foot, and straneu-
lated by the grasp of the oppressor and
desecrator. When think Of my happy
boyhood days, and view the State Of at-
fairs that exist there now, turn away
with heavy, sorrowful heart, and deeply
sympathize with NIL the good people in
my native State. How much better off
would a great many of the white people
be, if they would come out to Texas,
where there is plenty of good rich land,
good health, fat beef, II plenty of deer,
turkey, fish, and plenty of everything
that makes man happy and comfortable,
and above all, good State government,
good laws, and the banner State Of the
South and South West. Democratic to
the core. Young and old men think of
these things and come along, there is
plenty for you to do here. You can get
into employment anywhere at good wa
ges, say from - to 25 dollars gold per
month, owing to the business you may
follow. | know you hate to leave our
old State, but she cannot help you now,
and the time has come when you must
look to your own interest, and my word
for it, there is &c hetter place or country
to make n good living, and purhaps n
fortune, if you will use the necessary ex-