The Arkansas banner., 1845-03-05
EsTzEGR. .FT'HG.v.
TO TfTE TRINITY IND RED Rfr-ER cOLOs

TEXAS.
 fa'fE parties to the contract with thg Governnen. A oi Texas for eolonizing the vacant lands of the Republic. lying on and between the Brazos and Rsd afeI5 and comprising the celebrated Cross Timbcrs, oSether %tth tho upper Trinity river and its fribu taFies, having formed themselves into an gstcaficn or company called The Texian Emigratjon af,d Land Company, have appointed the undersigned as isussees and vested in then full powers and autho- nty to carry oct and fnlfl the ofiacfs and ;tot;o oi the parties to the contract We vyould resnert iuiy give notice 10 all those who may ;Fish t axaI t9eseixes oi the very liberal ts4Yrrs md crndtiora now offered by the company to settlers on their rant that we have despatched an iiaenf and cS Ss, agent to the colony preside therein ,obo y;ii ,, hnes, be prepared without the least delay o recsiv and settle 10 their satisfaction, all who shall 20 inio the colony 7 t''''
 To all emigrants who shall go into the colony and settle on the grant of the company on or before ba lst day of July, 1915, we shall give h each and every iany 320 acres of land and to each and every single mum over the age of seventeen wears tG0 arrs of land, to be selected by them in any nart of inc grant they may desire, by paying reasonable charge to eur agent for the surveys of the lands upon which they shall settle. By family is to be understood q man and his Wife, with or without children widow CT widower. with two or more children under the age o seventeen years; maes the age of seven teen years shall be each entitled to Isg acres Of land III their own right, beside the 32o acres given 10 tie family oi which they are members Tie lands arc ali exceedingly rich; but those who % on first will o course have the best chance fer enod selection For the information of those unacqaainted with the inducements and advantages of settling in our colony We would represent that the settlement now contains about six hundred families and late aayices from there show that large numbers are eoiDr in winch must insure the entire settlement of the g ant anu ID snort ume render the lands of the cngfan.s very variable. ONr grant lies in the counties of i FanBtn, Sacogdoches, Milan and Robertson extepd- Ing 6l mites On Red river thence 10 the beginning on Red river l09 miles, and contains for ifs gimen1 sohs perhaps the largest body of inc richest and most ieftiie lands Of any portion of Texas or North America, ne lands are pretty equally divided between woodland and prairie with gently andu- iasing surface, and is intespefscd with rivers ryu lets and fine sprngs which afford at all seasons of the year, T suPefabundance of the purest aud most wholesome water. The forest trees consist nriuci- paily o white, post, and Spanish oak pecan cctton- wood, ash, elm, black walnut, and hoiy alIording an abundant supply of timber for fuel building, ana all agqeuitHal purposes. This portion Of Tex- a3 IS considered the finest grain growing country in me world and has ample range Of nutrieious pasoage and every facility for rearing cattle al the cheapest rates. The extensive river bottoms ard beautiful praires are not surpassed h. any lands on taiS continent Tor richness and fertility and wiii pro- dnce as abnadaaty, and with as little labor To the lenilydoF all the great staple articles grown within the United etates, such the finest cotton tobacco, oats wheat, rye, barley. indian corn liotatoes end grass, together with all other productions of the | soil.
 Persons wishing to emigrate to our colony iron, the States of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri or Arkan. sas, may proceed by land by the way of Fort Smith to Fort Io~son, thence to Englishs Fort and to HAe Trinity settlement. These hyiag II other set demehts ei the country would do better to proceed directly te New Orleans where they wfll find no difficulty in procuring d conveyance hv steamboat up Red river 10 Fort Inwson or higher up to with m hity miles, ria Galveston and up the Trinity river to within twenty to forty mics of the settle ment. Messrs. Martin, Owen, $; Co, No 10, Iehoupitoulas street, or Mir. Edward Hull. of tha feNian consulate, No. 2. Lower Levee, New Cr- leans, will be able to gse to emigrants all the ne eessary information as to the best and cheapest route to the colony, at the time of their arrival
 Emigfants should all take with them reasonable supply of provisions; less supplies of meat than ether articles, aa wild game ahaands in the country. but to procure t they should take with them guns and ammunition. Planting season commences in February, and may be continued to the first of Ju- y, but, as in every other country, early planting } gives the best yield.
 All communications relating 10 the business of the company, addressed, post paid, to the under. signed Trustees, or either of them, at Louisville, Kentucky, will be promptly attended to-
 WILLIS STEWART, Trustees of tho
 JOHN J. SMITH. Tex'n emigra-
 VIM. c. PETERS. ton & Land Co
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