Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-04-06
Compounded y Tia Chade,foa Eesniag .Nties.
1tAAs.
toapss CnRIsri. Jan. ..

1tAAS.
1oaPss CHRISTI, Jan. ..
The people Of The Uoiied Sai.. have been. and It'll
are egrsgieusy guild by scrphadefs and edtlors
speclIaa the rhafaettr OF hts county. Sliuuid Jr
nused f,ading tie eu gisuc descriptions winch an
be iound IN auios, every Newspaper respecting The
eln,aie he productions. aud ihe gcaefsl caFsbfs 81
f.Ass; w,fe II mol iaf THE iadgnstJn which feel h.
ufleclag tho very worthy ismIrs thai viii be 10
iard b, such batefaeed misrepresentation 1hcre
district IA all Irxas from the Sabine the Rio GtaBde
alih the general character U Which hsve & mad
my sell pfsfiy vel aeq aHnird. THIS did by uHkHg
business 10 sress '1an1iHe intelligent pes.n- g ho
had slsti.d mote II all those disltels One ul
The conclusions eich derive from ny Inquiries Is.
that taxing Ir1as IN Us foidit there gion IN
The Inled Sales, containing tue same Number ui rqaafe
nes. that IL not infiuslray much valuable
Anuih.t is. that no district VI ulrs square be-
tiuhd. within the widest llults of Texas. which rum
blnes tie adsansg. oi good lind, good ssef good
Der. good health. aud good navigation Nne lenlhs al
The ~hoe country. (at the loaes caenlaiun consists
VI prairie aasles-whieh or naay substantial f"asons
must remain, iuf eeniunes To come, II MI pfever. an
unculivaltd Wilderness fl only If animals to inhab
IL IL almost exclusively On the banks oi few paluy
MYERS. which SAID 10 be navgable, that supd nbrr
Ia To be luund, and even ea uniy Ia slnps.
which do MI generally average over three hundred
yards IN breadth The lands ou HE margins of lluse
tiyes ao centrally very rich, but almus every year
lhey excessively ovrlnYw ed. and subsequently ,s>
ed by iey,rs oil nsi deadly type. In addition all
this, the SEASONS IN ltAas are uhqneslanaby Han
lhus o any VtheT county IN tue uuaa Alfs The
fany sensans prevail here dunn, The WINTER months
-lehen r'as mol rafitd-- aud from April nh sep
len'pet There pretty regularly prevails unfcrnng
drought The const quencs is. That fIptrienced plant
efs de- not raieulate making lhan one ii
lhfee crops aud 1t Is not always that they make
large nufIl1n. WAS told the hllIvlng shecd1o yes.
to-day, by & ntlrman who attempted, dung loor
years, sustain hins, by planting The tank # The
t,uad, y M
esi The b,si lucaled. aid mast anded potlloua in NIL
eNas. iielald me Il" planted on k,gh ground, Which
WAS very 80" HE hfsl jea and thsi his crop en-.
lifely butto ~ by HE dnught. The second year he
Tiauitd the ow tsrr boom lands. atd succeeded in
making crop. The Mpd and toWh year lie planted
10 the land and each year crop was totally des,
ryed by The floods lie said, moreover thai The only
fap winch Heetr tailed WA Bilious lestf-and that this
D nrlshfd ahondany IN his family, every ycaf, as regu
afy as July cane
TIE climate Of Texas. like every thing Else. la, been
lttatly msfeufesentd. The tremendous "Nuuhers"
which prevailed every few days. durug The winter
n"nlhs aud which swept unbr'ktn lrun the Rocky
N'nnains. uvef the palre rg1nB oil this wiid.Gn 81
bunlfy. frequently reducing the mercury To 20 degtees,
gave "ac strange idea oi "impical" leXad These,
ogrIher with cold peliug as. drnse lnus iryrd by
lew scattering iaf days, present The hHc bill ui t
e winter season IA HE nnst tropical pulon ol IeAa.
In summer there prevail dreadful drouahis, Which zen
eially enm'nencc IN Aprl aud continue unremltngly
nl September. These druughis accompanied hnr
Day onl 81 five, wh clustering patchlng sfuoco lnds
hlc occasion such extensive esapurailn destroy
any speces ut young uee; aud II probably to this
circumstance that Texas oHts It's ptalfle character
have seen several atiempa mndc sugar cane ~
this pat oi HE country, hnl they all signal fail
at's. The eane, Though pautej In The richest land
VAS 81 stuueday the powerful eyaporaling WINDS as IL
have acquitted Ohe-idt HE re of ordinary canr NV lL
2Slh November, when II was Uit,tly Destroyed by
inst, Which reduced the mercury 10 % dpptees J. Is
SAID that s"ne good sugar eups have been made on the
Bmzis, and on the tivet north and east OF this, but
would take occuat demonstration convince me Ihn
fuI sugar eTop ever has ueeu will be .. IN
ny porn"n u ihe country between The Sabine and The
H." oande. need scar ely nlurm You that uranp,
trees and oihtr Topical productions viii never be see,
Except as cufiusilios) III country whuse climate
Is 81 Indictment Md baehj jack tree ddns mol si,nu n,
head Bdi surprising that The unavailable prairie.
"hi'h huns hemiy te rioie al suuihrrn and we.t,r
Texas (aIas Tropical ''leNas'D were rrh. well timber
ed' vii "slefed lands with eWd navigation and sea
eouabe rmat, INSTEAD al bcug rs the, are lin,her.
less, nh"nerfd nud locked deserts, subject Ia ifrrgu
lar and most lhclemtnt stasons, would II even then
an be advisable of southern planters cniarr hare.
Mpsl nsSuftdly n"luness they wished to lose all hpl
b'gfaes. and ihr cultivate by ifso Labor lands whicl
lhty would have prvcarluus titles. The ns curily u
Save property Is NJ great. 10 The soulhrn aud wesrr
tteHs OF itNas, that H5uln ms senses would rsk
a Large gaog of negrues south oi the Colorado even
dld he mud htlf labor pflablr which be ms assured.
~ would not. II Is only necessary for negro ~ hi
rgun al country, In niuGnl al the Mostanps which
ave sl"ays and every where AT hand aud IN less than
tyseght hours he is tevocably lost TO his owner. t
he has only 10 cross the RIO 6ande IN order 10 bp
'ceman aud and On Pegeo equality with his ad pied
eOUtfymen
have space 10 say half what wish to saw about
eAas aud must therefore conclude here for The pres
tn' aud may probably renew The subject in another