Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-05-02
From The Charleaon Evening New,.

CoRPUs CHRIsrI, (Texas,N Jan. 25.
The people Of the United States have BEEN md still are
egregousy sued by scphoders aud editors the
character Of this should be amused IN reading
the eulogstc descriptions which be found in almost
newspaper respecting the climate the productions
and the general capabilities Of Texas were il moi for the in
dgnnDn which feel in rejecting the very many wor
thy families that will be runed by such barefaced msrep-
RESERVATIONS. There IS no district In all Texas from the
Sabine TO the Rio Grande, with the general character OF
which have not made myself pretty well acquainted This
did by msking II business crOsseGam ne Intelligent
persons who had visited or more of all those dcs
One OF the conclusions which derive from my INQUIRIES
s that, taking Texas in its tOtaly there - no region
IN the United States, containing the same number of
square miles, that Is not intnnticay mech valua-
pc An ther H. that no district Of ten miles sqnsre be
found thin the widest limit, OF feKss which combns
tie advantages Of goc0 land good water good timber eod
health, and good nav gaton. Nnet-ntbs OF the whole
country athe lowest cricuision) consist Of pairis ses
which, for many subssnal reasons most rem iin for CEN
tunes TO come II nDtfoever an uncultvaed wild, mess
Int OILY for anmais inhabi. IL IL almost exclusively ON
'hs banks OF iew pal ~ rivers, which sad
gable that good timber be fOund and even on then,
only strips, which do genera L. average over
three hundred yards in breadth. The and on the m rgin
o those nVe's are general very rich, but almost every
year hey extensively overlooked and subsequently wi
ned by fevers Of deadly type. In ADDITION To II
this the IN Texrs unquesonably vs. than
those OF any country in the United States The rainy sea.
son prevails here during he winter months rains are
notwnnied and from Apr m September there pretty reg
uary prevails unremting drought The consequence
Is That experienced planters do calculate making
they can make 30 large proportion was told the fol-
lowing anecdoe yesterday, by gentleman who ATTEMPTED
during Tour years 10 sustain by planting the bank
OF the "Gaudaupe," Victoria, which is one Of the
richest the best located and auded positions in all
Texas lie told me that he planted high ground which
was very ch the hrst years and that his crop entirely
burnt up by the drought The second year he planted on
the low bottom lands and succeeded IN making crop
The third and fourth he planted the same an and
each year bis crop was totally destroyed by the floods
lie said, moreover that the only crop which never
bilious fever and that this ourshed abundany in his
family every yesr as regularly as July came"
The climate Of Texas like every thing else hiss been
greatly misTePesened The tremendous "norihers" which
prevail every few days, during the winter months and
which sweep unbroken from the Rocky Mountsns over
the prairie regions Of hrs wilderness country frequently
reducing the mercury 10 twenty degrees give strange
idea OF tropical" Texas. These, together with cold pei
ting rains. dense fogs, relieved by lev scattering fair
days, present the true bill Of fair Of the winter season in
the most tropical portion Of roxas In there pre-.
walls dreadful dfOug1s, which generally commence IN
April and continue unfemtngly ul September. There
drOuRhs accompanied four days out Of FIVE with bus-
tsrng parchng sitOcco winds, which occasion such
cese evaporation 20 destroy any species Of young tree;
and H probably this circumstance that Texas owes II
prairie character have several attempts made 10
raise sugar IN this part Of country, but they oil prove
signal failures The cane, though planted In the richest
land stunned by the powerful evaporstng winds
not ac1uiro half the size Of ordinary by the
25th November when It utterly destroyed by frost,
which reduced the mercury 20 degrees II safd that
some good sugar crops have been made the BasOs and
the north and Of this bot would take ocular
demonstration that full sugar crop ever
has been Of ever will be made in any portion Of the country
between the Sabine snd the Rio Grsndo need scarcely
inform you that and other tropical productions
will never be seen except ounoses) in country whose
climate s % Indictment that blackjack Tree dafos not
show its head Bat, suppOsng that the unavailable prs.
fies which form nearly the whole of southern and
western Texas alias tropical "Tcxss'D we're rich,
well umbefed well wstered lands, with good navigation
and seasonabe climate, instead Of being they are
umbeoss unwatsrcd, lsn5loeked deserts subject ir.
regular and most inccment seasons would even then,
ask be ad,abe for southern planters omiRra'e here1
Most assufedly not unless they wished lose all their
gross, end hen cultivate by free labor lands which they
would have preosnoos lss The IN ecury OF slave pro
pory il great in the southern snd western portions Of
TeKas that IN his would rick large gang Of
negroes south Of he Colorado did he nd their labor
prohable which ho assuredly would not u is only
necessary for nsgroin this Tegioo Of ME country ouoi
Of the musang-, VII Oh always and every where
hand end IN lees Than Ory.eigh hours he ~ iecoyesby
lost TO h owner oT be bss only cross the Rio Grande
N order 90 be freeman and on aperfeet egHeiv with
| hs adopted eouatymsa.
have space say half hatI wish say about Tex
90, snd must therefore conclude here for the present. and
u In