The Arkansas advocate., 1831-01-12

between la. $ d<. aEd S4 Ie1sl, aIitl is arrs.. k favored s pleasant aid refreshing se;,. esduiing ilic summer moIt,ss. I he eonr4r, | ln5erseeled by four rivers, tistt arc .;,y;oaI' from oe hundred to four hundred mics. fss ,,t tie Nalchez, the Trinity, the Brassos and tbs Colorado, bcsidcs q great number of snallar streams, that atloFd navigation a shorter dis. taee, ard the great ab,iiid5liiec oi it's creekS aaa living springs. taken inconneetion with thcir = pographioal characters, present more cxtensire
 facilities for canalling, than can be found on aS equal surface in any part ot North America
 pexas forms arIiInmense inclined plano K. Iapex of uhichis the highland soutb of tie nad river, wilere its principal rivers have their som. ce from this summit the inclination is toward. the southeast and surprisingly uniform The surface Is beautifully undulating 10 within ahe,s GG miles of the coast, where 1t becomes lexol and some parts of the north-western section |. @Ailly, particularly at the heads of the Gelsi;sia, and G;lndalouPe rivers, though the general .se;s. ture of aninclined plane Is observable thro,lyb. out; for the hills do not form leading ridges so as to impede tie lsoW of water tothe southeast
 ucitherar tEle unaulations greater than are ne. ctssary to render. the country dry, healthy and
 beautiful. The hills gradually lessen till tbev
 lose themselves in sae level strip that borders on
 ihe coast, which Is from forty to eighty niles
 wide.
 The whole of this traetof country Is strange as 1t may appcarin this latitnde)i is, without exe,. ton, free from misrsh or lakes even down to tfe
 sea-bcach.
 The soil on the TiVnlets and creeks ss of tha l first quality of alluyia and heavily tiilbered. betsgacn these, the country IS entirely prsi5ie l though lev q and rich aud of dark colnpIes;ap
 The imbered bottom lands are from tMoto II. teen miles wide, small portion or strip of which ] is subject to inundation III extreme high fresh. lets. but the floods are Lot frequent, ard owng
 to the comparative shortness ot the streams seon
 subside. The undulating country comprises 1 by far the greatest portion of Texas. It tir- l bered aad prairie land, conveniently lnlerspers 1 ed, and abounding ia good springs, and creeks Ioi pure water; ;iDd the same observation :s to the water, applies to theshealtby country on tic Colorado and Gaadaloupe. The level region 1 Is evidently aiiuvai and of recent formation. and the endulating region presents numerous 1 evidences of secondary formation.
 The pasturaee ef Texas is also surprisingly iabundait all over the whole country, aud good
 both summer and winter, and every species of domestic animals incident to the comfort and Heonvenienee af man, are more easily reared a
 Texas tllaii elsewhere, that popalatcdby North
 Americans. There is also positive proof that
 Iexas possesses many beds oi good iiosi
 ore, and t Is said that copper, silver and goA
 have been found n.the hily region of the GolQ. rado in small quantities, but no experiments in mining have IS yet been made by the eolonisik, 1 for two reasons ;oae is that the supposed miiles 1 of the precious metals are in the Indian terrific
 ry,and another, tue principal reason, is tie ssaas
 of capital.
 Nature seems 10 have formed Texas for q
 great agFicuhufal, manufacturing and conner fcial country. Itcombincs man eminent degree
 all tie elements necessary foi those different
 branches of industry. It possesses aboutte, 090 square miles of good sugar lands souhof latitude 30, and coast of the river Nuess, whieA is the presentWcster boundary of Texas. This river is about eighty cast of the Rio Grade or
 Bravo del Norte. The northern and high parts ot .he country are well adapted to the cultiFa. ton Of wheat and small grain, and the strems afford great facilities for water works and irfga ton. The whole country produces eottasG the first quality, acknowledged ln New Orleans tobe equal, andin Liverpool 10 be superiorto Red kiVerand Louisiana cotton. The tobacco ard indigo of Tc,as are also of superior quail ty, the latter of which is a spontaneous growth of the country in the poorest parts and in add- ton to these, the climate and soilare congenid the culture sf the olive, the vine and other fruits and productions of a temperate southern
 latitude.
 The country onfhe Sabine, Natohez and Trin. fly rivers abounds in good pine and some cypress and cedar, though the two latter are not abun' dant; and live and the ether species of oak and North American timber are sufficiently abun' dant in every part of the country, except 'ne southwestern section bordering on the Nuesls' which is not thlekly tmbered.
 Texas possesses three large and important bays, to wit; Galveston, Matagorda and arlar rI,l.. rivers dlT [