Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-10-21
TEXAS EMIGRATION.

rJ,E sulsc rLtI or J.iaf o: the eSfs AsSncia
Inn sD acres ot II.G lie one nOiety OF section,
H. Ia, urycyrL l,y The As,ncistio Cor s. To any family
who may settIr thereon fem any part ul the U Sa"-
or Europe, hy the l.l day 81 July, !ni' after which
time hut 40 acres vii he given 10 ri II family
A tt- [" the land may be- "a ned nj any time amer
settlement from The Texan Government, on condition
Of building II confortabr r;'b allh enclosing anu
cullivaing NIL less Than IS acres for three years
failure Ia tupiy with these conditions VII ott:si"n 4
@ n,r q ,h s # .,,rs e L. . r % %
and his Wifi. a wIdowrr, or widow, ul two rhiIdu u;
~ II single men, each above 81 ventrrn years 81
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The above lands lie On both sides of the Trinity
abovr she mouth or trhaf cr-rk. ahd embrace The
moth q, thr l.os Are or East fork the They
are bounded Wrlt rs The Brazos above the
mouth OF Aluia Creek 10 tir South, by line from
the mouth oi Cedar Creek, The second large cttk he
Inv Rlrlnnd a. the mouth al AGmilL Creek. The East
rru boundary commences 81 miles South of Red river,
AMI runs East Is mlrs from tlr Eastern boundary Of
the prior grant To the Texas Emigration and Land Tom
nany who h .ve already more than live hundred fun
Lies ruoni2cd t r grant, between The country lnha
hcd by the Indians, and the grant TO G Mrfre' and
his associates Mere than Two hundred ana twenty IA
miles have already been Introduced anh settled ny ,hr
.ul crhrr and his assncatrs, on The lands. Five dol
lars in money labor. mirrials. VIII rAartrd here
after ul each family, for the erection {" SCHOOL housss
Ia abstain hich, two sertnns al ahh arr ai'llrh Ia
each settlement n families, out Of III" alternate sec
lions reserved 10 the government OF Texas
Provision is making Tor the erection Of town on TIE
Tny below The East Fork, and one has burn already
-siablished in the Western Colony. 81 Dallas. three
miles below the mouth 81 The West Fork The TRINITY
in expected 10 furnish HE best navigation OF any flver IN
Texas and ts navigation susceptible Of improvement
nj u moderate cost : eamboss now ascend The Inni'y
TO the vicinity of Font iou", and wiii when IT'S com
ne re j. extended, readily pass Above, through TIE
entire grant Ice ncntIoncd-ihc met "hsir'ie"h he
Ing a rnft Immediately below Dallas.
The present. growing crop Of corn whhin me colony,
and iis yriuity now Lr1riy nanrrd, prom srs la be
moi and The late harvest has manifested i.ir
ability OF the soil upon aud near the lilnity, !" produce
abundant crops 81 WHEAT ',r and a', ~ well a. CO"
ION aud tobacco. The tract of land here Offered Tor ST
,lr tucrt Lies between iau1es ~ deg ~ min aud ~
lry 30 nin North: is Iniprsprrseh with prarirs aud
wood land, and Unsurpassed 10 III Capacity f'r grazing
Cattle and sheep need no food az protection rom i
man labor, nj any of the year. Much OF The
above eouatry is well wdiced and cannot fail cpSc-
ally the rolling prarirs. with which u ahonnds, Il"
prove healthy Emigans may reach thr settlements
already formed hy lie Arkansas River. the Land Car
rage from Fart Gibson Ia the Trinity, hrnr about :lO
miles by the Red always havghbi1 To Shier'e
port, within 2O0 miles, and between Inc auninna and
apring rains 10 Fulton within TO, and Piney Bnl with
IN 20 miles. From Galveston, when sframhoat can M
had the voyage the new town oi Frhton "ithin tne
granted lands may be performed ~ less IMAM wv" anu
half days Galveston is lOuIshibg fowl on tr c"ist
If the f:nIf of Mexico. Food for ho'scs ana ratte
abinds the prairies, and may be procure" rec u
cost. -. -, ,,,
Dr. Daniel owlc residing on Red River, East "i llir
T,,nity nj e ynpton near onham, ~ the sub.aatnt o
the Texas Assoration for the lands 'ast "i ihe r,
Is; and Col z. l.. Ripley Wheroek, OF Whrr'ocx, w
Robertson county for The part n The nbovr grant w es
ar that river Tr,r rrspeclvr Post Offices ARE, Bon
ham. in Fannin county and WherlD'h. IN Robertson
county Both have deputies to represent them IN me
settlements now forming, and on application t" them IN
person. by letter, (I't Fad any ih'her ih'e'isec
NAV be had that may he desired. -
80 CHARLES FEST0N MERCER,
Original Grantee and Chief Agent Of tho Texas as
suriltion. .
New Orleans, September &c, lsl5-o5t
IL Til. late ordinance of The reerni Convention nj
viii h, seen by an attentive reader 10 have Sc
- ,,a ,;,l.s OF the Enigrnnt families invited by the
nrrcrdinr notice II 1el- in Texas aud The other
visions OF that act with The cordial appr"haian OF
-y,y faithful colonization contractor, who well knows
that his contract is neither Institutional nor 'rauuu
lent and that all its conditions have been fulfilled
- go a. F. NJ