NP, ASG 5/16/1861

From the Austin (Texas) State Gazette
 
May 16, 1861
 
Hempstead, May 16, 1861
   The trip from Austin to Houston, threatens to be come a tedious and protracted one.  I left Austin on Sunday, 11th inst., and did not reach LaGrange until one o'clock on Monday evening.  This is a distance of only 80 miles and should be traveled in 13 hours. We had, however, severe rains and very bad roads.  Here, at LaGrange, I was detained until Tuesday night at eight o'clock, in consequence of the non-arrival of the Brenham stage.  The passengers by Monday's stage at Austin, reach here before those who came down on the previous Sunday stage depart.  And there is no better connection with the Columbus Railroad {the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado RR}.  I should have had to remain still a day longer to have gone by way of Columbus to Houston. And now here is Wednesday, and I am only in Hempstead, and have again to lie over a day for the Houston cars {on the Houston & Texas Central RR} — the latter only now running tri-weekly.  It is to be hoped that closer connections will be made by the Stage and Railroad lines.  The present delays are an abuse which severely falls upon the purse and patience of the traveling public, while our State mails are all chaos.

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