Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-10-17
Tl..NiS EMIGRATION.

Offers, tiitlt W
tnu 10 ,co. u. Land III. one u.o-il Il ! >rcfi'n,
IL be su,y.yrd hy the hssnri itlnI for S I" any family
w,.o may tie thereon f"in ans part -. tiin u states
or Errcps by tb- II day e July, isit after WHICH
| lime hui M acres will be- gvcn 10 ca, i family.
tulc a, the land may be- obtained III any time :irt
s-lrme,t. fou the Texan Government, cnn'''i,'n
If uildir an i; comfortable cabin aud enclosing ana
rrltiyatfr moi less than IL for iircr yeas.
4. lrfr II .omp;y with these cGnd lions VIII occasion
r .!tn- of III. title of r rn:erhnf 10 The government
iimils is required TO cpn-s, 81 not less IMAM man
aud hi, wife; wiinwer, "r "n"w, WIN Two chi'ufeh;
ar Il Two siagc Eien, each above seventeen yeif- c
age.
The ahove lands lie on Lc'h sides of The Trinity
above lr mouth OF CEDAR Creek. ana embrace ihr
mouth of the ois d'irc, East nrk at the river. They
are handed 20 The West by The lIrazOs river, above the
mouiL Of Aqua Creek; TO the sui!h, by line from
The unu of Cedar Greek, The second large creek bs-
low Richiand the mouth 81 Sgnila Cieck Inc East
eru tpndary commences 80 mirs South of Red river.
and r,ur East ~ niles from The Eastern boundary oi
The mr. grant 10 The Texas Emigration and Land CG!i-
nan, win" have already, more than ire hundred am
.s t,nnizcd on thi giant between the country nina
bit.c by The Indians aud the grant 10 = f. Mercer ana
his a.srciaes More than Two hundred and twenty Ia
Mills have already been Introduced and sette ny me
r,iher and his assoCairs The lands. Five dol
lar. IN money labor licrals, will be rxacted. here
a.r of each family for the efrcion 1i school houses
nu,.t,in which, two sections az land are allotted 10
"a settlement uf 100 families ou Of the alternate Sec
ti.,s reserved 10 The government of Texas.
Provision IL making Tor the erection n' town on i:e
T,ini,y eIl The East Fork, aud one has 'fn already
,,h,;sh.d in lie Western cU:uny. IT Dallas. thrce
me- Ic,n,; the n1u; al: The West Fork. The TRINITY
r,pecird 10 furnish the best navigation 81 any river ~
T-xns and H. navigation Is susceptible n Improvement
4 n moderate cot. Steamboats, now ascend the lrhiy
IA ihr vicinity Of Font lluusion 5nh VIII, when us com
mere. is extended, really pass aEo'e, through iGe
entire giant before menonci-e iirst obstruction De
ing n a;; Immediately below Dallas
m. ny.srnt growing crop OF within the colony,
and ~ vicinity now nearly maiGrrd, promises to be
mast ahundant and the aie harvest has manifested r
ability of tlr sol" upon and near the Trinity to- produce
# heal n
Inn nd tnbaccn. The tract al land here oeca Tor set
rment lies between latitudts 81 deg w MN ahn D.
deg - North IL int WIN p.t'.,es anu
wood land and unsurpassed III us cipneiiy r grazing.
C,rr ard sheep need no fnoi or protection from hn-
man lab3r at any season of The year. Much o' me
aboye county is well watered, ana chhio' ial espec-
siJy ,he rolling pia;ries. with lci IL abonnds to
,rovc healthy Emgrants may reach the settlements
already famed by the Arkansas River The Land Gar,
rare from Fart Gibsoa tn the TRINITY, beihs hno Wv
miles ar Nv The Red river, always naviaabc 10 Shreep-
not q ,hia alO miles, ana between The auiunaI ana
sur,nr rairs Fulton, within 6V aud nfy f'hii WIN
in 30 miles From Galveston, wien steaooa. cih "'
d Tho vnyaae To the town oG Fentnn, wllila HE
n,,utrd lands may performed IN less than TWO ana
half days Galveston - foul hing town on the cos'
~ The Gulf Of Mexico. Food Tor horses ana Cate
nhnunds ON the prairies, and may be procured free oil
Dr. Daniel Rowlett residing on Rcd River, Fast Of the
rrinitv al Lexington, near BInha Us Inc suo-aesh on
- Traa Assncatinn for The lands Est of hi Trini-
,nJ Col e. l.. Ripley WErelock, of Whrrlock, IN
Robertson county, for the part Of the ahnve grant W.T.
r that river. Their respective r"'t oscS arc non
han in Flnn,n county; and Whetlock, in Roaer'tr'
en.nty Both have deputies to represent them IN me
forming ana on apra.%I 10 :r
may h. had that may he desired.
may 10 nov CHARLES FENTON MERCER,
o,isnal Grantee and Chief Agent Of The Texas As
", New Orleans, September &c, lsi5-c5t
n The late ordinance Of the recent Convention al
Te,,s ,v he seen Nv attentive reader To have -
cured the titles Of the Eaiierarl iirs invited ny .he
~ ,hn, net meet with The cordial APPRECIATION Of
sv,v faithful colonization contractor. who well Sn"ws
,hat s ron,r.cl is neither uaran' tint'on no. Thu-
w. I'd Ihat All its conditions have beer fulfilled
Oct.9