Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-06-05
Fromthe Louisiana Advertiser of April 90.

llMPORIANT TO EMlGRAN1S FOR IEAA0.
sCaveat Emptor
We have received the suboined letter from
a most respectable source-irom an American
who is citizen ofthe Mexican Union. Il may
save many uhsuspecting persons from disap-
Ipointmentlnd loss The gentleman showed
us one of the patents, nicely engraved, nuns
bered. issued, and sold in Neto York (city) in
! 1880 for 25 leagues Of land in Texas 1t
proved bubble of course; aud he has just for
warded the elegant but worthless scrip, to the
purchaser.
| Sal have observed an article in your pa
per respecting Texas. feel 1t my duty to give
y gu farther information respecting that inter
estlng country, that those who design to emf
crate thther may not be imposed on by shar-
pers.
In the first place would advise no man to
purchase any land ia Texas, unless through
he medium of a confidential friend, without
first seeing the land himself
! According to the colonization laws of Texas
every settler on taking the following oath, viz:
you swear to God 10 subject yourself to the
Constitution of the United Mexican States, to
the Constitution of the state of Coahu|la and
Texas, he laws Of the state and nat which
y ou have adopted" if married, is entitled
TO league or 4444 acres and his choice OF any
unocated land, on his paving the following
fees, viz: To The Emprendedor* for the adms-
sion and attending to the business Of the colo
nists, $50; Stamp paper title, Sl2; Comms-
son fees, Sl5; Surveying, sic; Government
fees payable in a, ) and 6 years, $34; making
$3.50 A widow with children is entitled to
he same as married man; and single man
and a single woman without parents, on the
paying sos so cts. I'LL acres; and on the
marriage of man he can obtain 1888 more
but no man can get more than league, unless
by a specia act of the government. In Austin's
upper colony, North Americans are excluded,
but it is expected the present congress will re-
peal that odious law.
As you say in your article, no title can be
be perfected until after years residence in the
country; persons purchasing Of those who have
taken up lands, and are actual residents IN the
country, take an instrument called in TeXas
a title bond promising to give the purchaser a
title when the vender receives his from goye rn-
ment. Although the emigrant is not obliged
to reside on the land taken out by him, yet be
must in the 6 years build habitation and
make some improvements, or his land will be
forfeited. Hundreds have been imposed on by
purchasing scrip rom those who pretend to
have grants from government, and have lost
heir money No foreigner can hold lands in
Texas; he must be an actual resident, and, il
man of character, he can CLAIM as above sta
ted
viii add, that Texas is settled principally
by North Americans. and convention is now
sitting at St. Phillip de Austin, for the purpose
of organizing State Government. From in
formation have received from S. Williams, t
Esq. at he Land Odice. Texas contains trcn
rs to 10000 inhabitants, 5000 Of whom are
native Mexicans.
Austin's colony from to 1900. The man
ners and customs are similar to those in the
western part of the United States. The laws
for the collection OF debts contracted By resi-
dents of Texas are severe; debts can be COL
ected ia halt the time that they can in the state
of New York.
The staple produats of Texas, are cotton,
sugar, neat cattle AMI hogs. Texas contains
every variety of soil. The climate is mild,
and in the upper country they are free from
musquetoes and othe' troublesome insects
The face of the country is gently waving, and
the water good Abot two-thrds of the soil
is rich prairie. Thecountry is probably set
tling faster than any prtion Of the globe.
! Yours truly, CITIZEN OF TEXAS.
~We are not certain of this word in cramp band.
| SAMUEL M. WILLIAMS, formerly OF Baltimore.
The Washington Globe mentious fact,
which we had previously heard, that Governor
Floyd has presented a cudgelt to Mr.. Calhoun,
inscribed -. Floyd, Governor of Virginia,
to j. G. Calhoun"-with the following striking
inscription written on the sde--"N aiification
is the rghttul remedy" This is cheap price
FOR nlre votes as President of the United
States. The Globe also mentions, what we had
not bebre heard, but what we are not surpris.
ed to learn, that, in Carolina, medals are scat
tered f,om the MULTIPLYING mint bearing On them
the following Inscription: "John c. Calhoun,
first President of the Southern Confederacy.'
Dreams, Mr.. Calhoun, idle dreams, depend
upon IL The Hecate who beckons you on,
i, holds up before your eyes dazzling but fatal
light. That Southern Confederacy" of which
fIyou hope to be the ''first President" will moi
spring from the ashes of the Union until the
feverlsh aspirations of an unhallowed ambition
) shall be buried with you in the grave. The
people Of the South, hare Calculated the value
of the Unisn," and they have declared it to be
beyond all prce--a pearl richer than Calhoun
\ nd oil H.. +,;Lo T,m,bI,.x.