New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-10-20
Texas-Its Natural Advantages.


The following letter from q friend in Texas who
fought Annexation fairly till beaten. and then looked
down to see what could be done there gives q very
glowing picture Of the fertility and natural resources
Of the new FL Dorado All il SAYS Of these sdoubi
lea. true vet here il another side the picture
made up Of cvers mortality shallow rivers misera-
bio harbors. &c. &c Yet Texas, redeemed from
slavery, would be a valuable territory cursed with
slavery. il is a. undesirable as the plague What
avails fertility and a genial cline, where Labor is
performed only from fear Of the Whip VIRGINIA
icqs as blest by Nature as Texas IS; so 'rere the
Carolinas but Slavery has desolaied them all. The
-iie Of jamestown is a worn.out and abandoned
red the Railroads traverse the riches, sections OF
the South only TO reveal exhaustion and one de-
caying house surrounded by clusters of negro huts
where Freedom would have planted busy, ihriv
ing village But let our correspondent speak
CORPUS CHRISTI sept. 20 lsi5.
M De0r Str | write you from the seat Of w ar
or rather of Peace-for here there ia neither war
nor the rumor Of war have conversed with more
than twenty Mexicans during the last thirty days
that have been on the frontier from this point 80
miles nand-Mexicans direct from the other
side Of the Rio Grande-and all concur in say
ing that there is no movement, on that side,
that there has been none, and rW be none,
minors to the contrary Notwithstanding. The
Mexican provinces bordering the Rio Grande
desire peace, and would with extreme reuc-
lance, join any military expedition. There VIII
be no war unless our troops ordered 10 pass the
Rio Grande The Army, under Gen. Taylor, makes
q noble appearancc-quiet, orderly, well disciplined
have now finished my travels in Texas and only
wait an opportunity 10 embark from this place to
Galveston, and thence | shall embrace the first OPP
portunily to return to the North have seen nearly
every portion Of this country frontier settlements,
Comanche Indians, and all else worth seeing.
The general feature Of the country ls that OF an
inclined plane slOping gradually toward the South
West including in its breadth from the Sabine to
the Rio Grande, about 400 miles The rivers run
parallel 10 each other from the mountains TO the sea
This general feature of the country naturally divides
the soil into three ds,riets-the mountainOus-the
rolling. and the level, coast The level region
extends along the whole coast Ii is not more than
30 miles wide on the East, but expands 10 near 100
miles on the Colorado and then gradually dimin-
ishes again towards the Nucces. From this region,
the rolling middle district extends back from %
To POO miles The prevailing character OF the coast
region is rch aluvion, often of great depth have
il 30 feet in thickness on the banks OF the
Brazos above Washington. The coast is free from
stagnant water nor have | seen what might be
called a swamp of any injurious extent IN the
country
As one ascends the Brazos, Colorado, Gaudaoupe
and San Antonio the middle region rises in gradual
unduations. above the alluvia region Of the coast
extending IN some places two hundred miles before
il blends with the mountain district On few parts
of the earth did the eye ever rest on more good land
rich rolling prairie interspcrsed 18th woodland and
fine streams of pure water. than Is contained within
HIS middle district OF the spOtcss, pure world OF
flowers may not here speak
OF the mountainous region have seen less, but
still enough 10 FORM trust pretty accurate est
mate OF its capacities. Beginning on the Rio Grande
al the junction of the RIO PuercO spurs of the SerT9
Madrc branch of to the North east skirt tn head
waters of 4he San Saba. the Colorado and
finally melt away in the woodlands of the upper
Brazos-spurs of this range of mountains project
souihwar y down the rivers NcdRa and Gauda-
lope 10 the vicinity of san Antonio - These noun
ains are not usually high abound in groves OF cedar
pine ash oak and other trees The finest valleys OF
alluvia soil lie and wind throughout the whole range
susceptible OF irrigation, aud Of the highest state OF
culture The sides of the mountains. and even many
of their SUBMITS are adapted 10 agriculture. A mil
lion O inhabitants VIII yet hnd Subsistence comfort
wealth IN this upper region of Texas.
Such may be- called an outline OF this country 90
famed of late the seat OF diplomacy, Of revolution
anne ration. war truth and humbug. Beyond all
doubt it is country OF great value-superior on
the whole to any portion OF the Southern States. Ii
similar to portions of Louisiana except that ii has
neither the rank underground nor the putrd
swamps to poisoH the atmosphere and produce sick
ness and death. In the low allavia soil OF Texas,
intermittent icvcrs prevail as they have ever pre-
vailed in all countries where the sun is first ctin
upon the vegetable deposit ofages.
Capital aud Labor find good market in Texas
The cotton planter will possess decided advantages
over his competitor in the States. The soil Is more
chcaply and easily prepared for the plant and will
produce more TO the acre the season Is longer and
early irosis do not prevent the platter from picking
lbs fl..I
Cotton may be cultivated with the creates, facility
The capacities OF Texas for the culture OF the Su
gar Cane can scarcely be overrated-,he BraZOs
river alone and its tributaries afford more and better
Sugar lands than Is watercd by the Mississippi
aud this does not embrace one fifth OF the Sugar
lands OF Texas
All the grains of the North may be grown in this
country. | have seen Sugar cane, Cotton, Wheat
Corn. Rye and Pulse growing in the same locality
in W esicTp Texas and II would seem difficult 10
say to which the soil seemed best adapted Tobac
co and Indigo succeed well and will one day be
come articles of export. The culture OF silk in the
region of San Antonio was successfully tested by
the Spaniards For grazing and stock raising of all
kinds, You can scarcely go amiss-.he whole coun
Try is one perennial self sustaining pasture.
Slavery, except IN name, can never extend 70
Northern and w estern Texas-if for no other
son. because 1t can never become in those parts
profitable investment
ing peaccable, intelligent and hardy You must
not Judge Of them from the turbulent and unworthy
few who came there in earlier limes-many of these
have passed away. Fifty peaceabe citizens come
here and settle no note is made of i-one notorious
scoundrel flies from Justice. takes up his abode here
and every paper IN the Union heraids the fact
From this time forward the trade from Texas will
20 North-to New. Nork and Boston for there will
be the consumption and outlet Of her staple produc
lions, and thence will be mainly derived her sup
plies. Indeed considering the capacities of this
country for the culture of the great staples OF sugar
cotton and wool price could have been too large
for It's acquisition that OF violation Of our Con
siituiion and sacrifice OF our National Honor.
| have filed my sheet and can write no more,
though feel as il had scarcely touched upon any
of the thousand other matters that crowd upon me-
these leave for the social circle when we meet
The Newspaper Press.
Rcr. Dr. SKINNER. OF the Mercer street Presbyte-
rian church in a recent interesting lecture. noticed,
= 81,