The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-09-18

In the interior of Texas are to be found no
mountains worthy of consideration, but on and
towards the northwestern boundary of the Re
public, are 10 be found ridges and spurs of some
magnitude
Cities and towns have sprung up throughout
the country as if by magic. Their enumeration
will not be attempted, but they number several
ned by glancing at the growth of Galveston City
Where but some half dozen miserable dwellings
stood in 1887, and now fourishes city boasting
lis five thousand inhabitants.
The face of the territory of Texas is divided
into three classes-the level, the undulating, and
the hilly and mountainous.-Upo leaving the
coast, and passing in a northerly direction, the
country is found level for distance varying
from twenty 10 eighty miles; then succeeds the
nndulating land, and next follows the hilly. Al.
though much of the country is level, 1t is free
from swamps and marshes
CLIMATE AND HEALTH OF TEXAS.
One who has never been in Texas, nor expe-
rienced the balmy breezes of the South, cannot
realize any description which may be given Of
the climate of that beautiful land. In the sum
mer, the Southern States of our confederacy are
oppressed with excessive heat; and it may be
asked, why is not Texas with no less southerly
latitude, similarly affected? The answer is this
During the hot months, from morning until
sundown, there prevails strong souiherly
breeze, sweeping from the gulf, and spreading
over the entire country refreshing and invigo
rating GOODNESS. This breeze is not occasional
but uniform. 1t is produced by the laws of ma
ture, and must continue until those laws are
changed. Other subordinate causes also unite
TO produce this pleasantness Of temperature, and
they are thus summed up by Senator Benton, in
his customary vigorous style: "Texas is, in fact
the North of Italy, the South of France, of NORTH
America; and made so by the same causes which
make northern Italy and southern France the
the paradise of Europe-the proximity of noun
tains covered with snow; elevated surface; clear
shores; due interspersion of hills and valleys, o
woodland aud prairie; and complete openness to
the reception of the sea breeze"
Edecdrds says, on page 81:
SIN Texas, from river to river, we have an o
pen ascending country, wherein pond or pu
trid stream is not TO be found; with clear SCI
breezes, as invigoratng TO the frame as refresh
ing to the spirits. In Louisiana and Missis ppi
\ from river to river, we have compact woods anc
Il level country, wherein are to be found many
a large swamp and stagnant pool, creating mi
asmatlc matter not only disagreeable TO the feel
ngs, but deadly in its effects.--While, therefore
the South midsummer air is encountered witt
moisture and surcharged with noxious miasma
bringing sickness and death, the pure atmos
phere of Texas renewed and refreshed by livel
breezes, rolling over its dry, verdant, and wavn!
surface, imparting health and vigor to all tina
inhale them"
HoUey remarks, on page 80, that
"Wh.le we ella m nothing unreal, no poetic eX
aggeration, or fictitious excellence for this regl
on, we could confidently assert that no State OF
the continent is more emInently favored by ma
ture in fertility of soil and salubrity Of climate
than Texas, or presents like combination @
natural advantages. All who have ever visite
this lovely country concur in ascribing to II on
of the most delightful temperatures in the world
THE climate may be described to be in genera
terms, perpetual summer, and admits of two o
three crops year of almost every variety of We
getables and fruits, in great abundance and per
lection."
Kennedy observes, on pages SO, 3s, g. 10 tha
"It is the rare fecty of this flvored land tc
ItOHuliG WltllIIl iSell lUG advantages UOL.l vi
Northern and Southern climate, evinced in it
serene skies, its branching streams, its fertilzin!
rains and its diversified p oducts. The climate
of Texas, the most Soulherly part of which lie
within two degrees and a half of the tropic, /
as varied as the productive qualities of the soil
and is, perhaps, on the whole, superior TO that @
any other portion of North America. In Texas
proper, it is neither so cold in winter, nor so no
in summer, as in the Northeastern section of thu
= United States The greater portion of this beau
tiful region, which has obtained for Texas th
f name of the "Italy of America" is blessed witt
Temperature delightful to the sense, and favor
7 able to life, and to most Of products which rem
7 der life agreeable. There, the mildness of tn
season enables the planter TO pick all the cottol
} he can raise, 10 grow as much corn as he requi
res, and TO accumulate stock of every descrip
ton almost without trouble or expense. To tn
swarm of medical practitioners that yearly ssu
from the universities and colleges of Europe
: Texas offers little encouragement, as field q
S professional speculation. There is no malad
D that can be properly called endemic, and the fe
brlle diseases which usually afflct early settlers
especially in the Southern lattudes, are of
: mild type, completely within the control of me
d dicine, and generally TO be avoided by the obse
vance of a few simple rules of living"
SOIL OF TEXAS.
In point of richness and fertility of soil, Tex
: as surpasses any of the States of the Union thu
e the writer of this sketch has seen, although h
e has travelled through most Of them. Corn grow
] more abundantly upon the prairies of Texa
. with little or no cultivation, than on the rich DO
# toms of the Scioto valley, which are esteeme
# the best corn lands in Ohio. Seventy bushe
y to the acre is not considered an extraoriinar
crop Neither is this superiority of soil confne
e to the surface, but frequently extends to th
. depth gilmore than ten feet
}, HOlley says, on page al, that