January 6, 1846
The this arrival we received the Corpus
Christi Gazette of the 1st inst., a new and spirited paper
just started by Bangs & Fletcher.
We see that a new wagon road has been
opened from Corpus Christi to San Antonio and Castroville, and a regular
line of wagons for the transportation of goods is about to be started.
Hart & Wells are doing an excellent business
at the Union theatre, and another threatre has been constructed by the
officers of the army. In addition, we see that a daguerreo-typist has
arrived, that ten-pin alleys and billiard rooms are in full blast, that a
race course has been made, and that they are shortly expecting the arrival
of acompany of bull-fighters — torrcadores, picadores, matadores,
and all — from Mexico. Of a verity, our Corpus Christi friends will soon
be tolerably well off in the way of amusements.
Source: The Daily Picayune, January
6, 1846, p. 2, col. 3.
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