Not long since we left the quiet and 'time honored' city of Nacogdoches on a patriotic mission the main object in view being to 'Save the country.'

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At Rusk we met with many valued friends, among the rest Mrs. Bracken and Ed. Who keep one of the vey best Hotels in Eastern Texas. We also visited the Sentinel office and had a social confab with Messrs. Jackson and Lang, the worthy publishers of that paper. Rusk has improved a great deal since our last visit and it exhibits every evidence of prosperity. The Court house, now finished, is quite a handsome building and does credit to the good taste of the citizens of Cherokee county. The new Lodge building (masonic) is also a fine edifice.

The second night we spent at the flourishing town of Jacksonville, sixteen miles north of Rusk. Mr. Turner, the Hotel—keeper, seems to be a very clever gentleman and keeps a very good house.

We passed through Larissa, another flourishing town, and dined at Mr. Dewberry's—The country from Jacksonville to Deberry's is rich and beautiful, and could hardly be surpassed this side of sundown. By night we were in Tyler.

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