Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-09-26
TEXAS EMIGRATION.

TIVE subscriber offers on behalf of tlir Texas Asscca
,inn :S.U Of Land, The one moir'y 81 @rc,,
tn b. surveyed by the Association, for 81, Ia any iay
wbomay settle thereon from any part u the =. states
Elrorr by the 1t day nt July, 1870; airr "hich
tine but lOD acres viii he given Ia eat u nanny.
NE Ia The land may be obtained, al any tine a''c'
settlement from the It an Government, on CONDITION
If building on IL comfortable cabin anu rhc'sns h','
rmit..tjny not lee. Ibbn ID acres Tor ihtee yrai''
fi n- IN comuIy " h thrse conditions VIII occasion
frf t,r Of he lille Of thr em:erant TO thr government
family Is required to consist oi not less W an ""
aud Wife, 4 wldowrr, or widow, WIN TWO eh''"e",
~ or W. single men, each above seventeen years %
age. r. r;:,
Tht above lands lie on both sides OF The TRINITY
ahoyr The mouth of cedar Creek, anh embrace inr
mnptl nj IN, tos Arc East fork OF the rISer ihry
arc b. 10 The West by the BfaZos river above 'r
ninu,anf Aquila creek; 10 The s"nih, ny me from
iii- ~ NH Of Cedar Creek, the second large cree W.
lnw E,hIand 10 the mouth IL AQmila Creek ne East
rtu Ln,,nlarv rommrncr- 20 mites Sonh Of Red rt.er,
and rms Eas, a. miles from the Eastern oonnan! "'
the prit rfaut 10 tie Texas Emigration anu Lana 'h
pany. Who have aiicaGy, more Than isr huhoIth ,'
lies eon- on IN. ir Grant between the country inha
bttd b. IN. Indians and the grant TO T. r. hirrcet anu
HI ass4ciatfs M,re than two hundred ah ,"e,V ~
mllirs have already hecn Introduces anu e .! Us
subsc ri rr and his associates, on thc ahus' I've Va"
las in mnnev nhu- materials, VIII be rxacteh mere
afir of zach family, for the c:ee'l"h vi -cho
To sustain hicl, sections OF iann are aateu ="
each ci.ment ii luU families ou oil The alternate zee
tions reserved 10 the government OF i1Aas. !,
Provision Is making tor The errc'ioh "i toh y "n VIC
Tfiny b. low The East Fork and one has been already
r.tabi,led in the Western Gloomy at Dallas, three
miie- below the mouth OF the West FORK ne iIhny
is expected furnish Tic best ha'saton " any river ~
Texas, an lis navigation j. sn-cepbe Oh improvements
al moderate COST = eamboats nov ascend The TRINITY
TO The vicinity az Fort Houston, ana w IL com
uirrce II extended as readily pass above through Tie
entire giant before mentiohrh-the hfst oosfuot"h NC
Ing riit inned lately below liai a..
The pr->tn crown crop OF corn within the colony
and rs vicinity, now Lrir!y mieu, ptohhse5 10 e
most abundant and the late harvest has manifested me
ability ofhr SOIL upon and near the Trinity, ~ p:uchfr
abundant crop, Of heat rye and oats as veil as cot
ton and tuhsccn The of land here offered Tor SET.
Element lies between attitudes II dcS 30 min and g
deg 30 min. North; interspefsed win praiTles and
~rcd lani, aud unsurpassed in IT'S capacity fnr grazing
Caitie and sheep need food protection from hu
man labor, al any season Of the year. Much OF the
above county well wairrrf, aud cannot fail, e>pre
ally the ioline pfalflrs with which i. abounds, Il
Prove healthy. EmgIanIn may reach the settemen NJ,
already formed BY the Arkansas River the Land Car
agc, from f"t Gibson Ia The Trinity being about a(
miles, OF by the Red ryeI always navaabe 10 Shreeve
port, Thin 40 miles and between the Aulumna anc
Spring rains, 10 Fulton, wahln So and P.ney Bluff with
IN so miles From Galveston, when steamboat III
had. the voyage To the town Of fenon, within th,
granted lands may be performed in less than two and
half days Galveston is a houri>hirg the Wee
of the Gulf of MEXICO rund for horses and cait,
sbounds on the prairies, and may be procured free
cost
Dr. Daniel Rowle, residing on Rrd Rirer, East Of III,
Trinity at Lexington, Bonham. IL the suharrnt
The Texas Association for The lands East nf the Ifini
Is; and Col f. l.. Ripley Whee'cck, Of Slrriock. u
Robertson county, for the part ef the above grant r'
NJ that river. Their respective Post Ores are, non
ham. Fannin conniy: and Wheflock, in Robertson
county Both have deputies 10 represent them III h
settlements now ormlng and on Application 10 them
person. or by letter. tros PAID any further intelligence
may be had that may he desired.
CHARLES FESToN MERCER.
Original Grantee and Chief Agent of the Texas As
20, iaton.
New Orleans, septent+ e5, 1856,