All the western states and territories . of the finest edifices inthe country, is located on the college grounds. Steamboats ply be-tween this place and New Orleans. Van Buren is on the N. bank of the Ai-kansas River, five miles fromthe state line dividing it from the Indian Territory. It has a largecommerce with the Indians and the immediate neighborhood. Hot Springs, in Hot Springs county, is a small village 47 miles S. ARKANSAS. 651 W. of Little Eock. It is distinguished as being the seat of a largenumber of hot springs. The temperature of the several springs varyfrom 110° to 150° Fahrenhei
All the western states and territories . of the finest edifices inthe country, is located on the college grounds. Steamboats ply be-tween this place and New Orleans. Van Buren is on the N. bank of the Ai-kansas River, five miles fromthe state line dividing it from the Indian Territory. It has a largecommerce with the Indians and the immediate neighborhood. Hot Springs, in Hot Springs county, is a small village 47 miles S. ARKANSAS. 651 W. of Little Eock. It is distinguished as being the seat of a largenumber of hot springs. The temperature of the several springs varyfrom 110° to 150° Fahrenheit. About three miles N. E. are the chaly-beate springs, the waters of which are cold, and in Montgomerycounty, 50 miles westward, are also sulphur springs. The wholeneighborhood is of volcanic formation, and the scenery sjDrings are a highly popular place of resort for invalids andpleasure seekers. Fayetteville, in the nortliwestern corner of the state, is a beautifultown, long noted for its literary institutions. The signification of the word Texas is unknown. The name, on the firstdiscovery of the country, was that of an Indian town on the Neches. In very early times, Texas was known asthe iVeio Philippines and was soalluded to in Spanish official first landing of any white per-sons on the soil of Texas was madeby La Salle and his companions, , 1685. This adventurer, who wasunder the patronage of Louis XIV,of France, after his discovery of themouth of the Mississippi, in 1682,was sent out on a second expeditionto take possession of the Mississippicountry and that adjacent, in the nameof the king of France, and to securethe same by actual settlement. This ex-pedition consisted of four vessels andabout 300 men. La Salle, by mistak-ing his course, proceeded too far tothe south-west, and made his entrance into Matagorda Bay, which he sup-posed to be one of the mouths or outlets of the Mississippi, which river hehad previously discovered. He
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