Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-05-15
TEXAS NOT A PARADISE.

NPTcsIffs+ and dissatisfied; YOU who are
disposed TO ahahdon your peasnn! and
pIo.pp ous homos, in the vain hope OF
iindiug in an uatird wilderness, an earth.
ly patudise; whohtve heard OF the n5wer>,
but not OF he }horas; who have cen told
OF the balmy hreezp-, tut not OF the iteez-
ing sirorcos of 1tXas, read aud ponder
We the sad revelations OF the uuadornsd
ruth, briefly -hldowcd forth in the toI-
lowing from all Intelligent aud well in.
SOrmed source; WhccliHg Times.
From Me Chmirsion EreniDg .Nfus.
CcRIrs CHRISTI, (Texas,) Jan. 25.
The people Of the United States have
been, aud still are egregiJusIy gulIed b.
ScriphoIders and edit lrs respecting tn"
character Of this country. | should he a.
unused in reading the rUlog ste descrp.
lions which are to e lou I'd ia ahuosl eve
Iy newspaper respecting the climate, lhp
prdiuclioUs, aud the general capablljles
ot Texa', were il not lor the Indignation
which feel in rejecting on the very na-
ny worthy families that will be ruined hy
such bufriaced msrepresentations. Their
Is no district IN all Texas, from the Sabine
10 the Rio Graudc, with TIE general cha.
Tacter OF which have made myself prpt'y
well acquainted. This ldrd by umkWg 4
q business to ctO-s.pXaniup mgpIlgeui
persons whO had visited one or more Of all
those Districts. One ot the conclusion,
4iwhich arrive from my Inquiries il, that
1ukng Texas in its tolaItIy, there Is no re-
gion in the Uniied States, confirming the
tame number OF square mjIes, rhut ia not
intrnsiray much more valuable. Anoth-
cr Is, that no district OF ten miles square
can he found within the widest limits OF
Texas Which combines The advaptaeps o.
good land, good water, good timber good
health, and good navigation. NIUe.tentls
ot the whole country Cat the lowest calcu-
lttionl consist o: pfurlr wustrs, which
tur many substantial reasons, must remain
for centuries to come. Il not iOrever, nm ~,
suivated wilderness, fit ouIy for 0ninmls
10 nhatlt. 1t Is 8lmust exclusively ON the
banks OF few paIuy riveis, which are
slId to Ie navgatIe, that good timtcr is I,
be found; and even on them only in nar
Tow strips, Whch do rot 9 'ucrNIly average
ovrr three hundred yards in br adlh. The
lands Oh the margins OF those rivers ar
generally very rich, but aImort every YEA
they are extensively overflow ed. nnd sub
Frquently Vetrd with ipvers Of mos
dendly typr. In addition TO al Ihis, tho
SEASONS N Texas are unqucstiornl !, worse
1han those Of any country IN llr United
States. The rolay seuson prevails here
dulug the wjnle. months. when rams ~,
not wanted, nu6 ircm April tr.l Scprpmntr
there pretty regularly prevails nh uuIe,
hitting drought The toufequ nee is
that experienced planters do not calculate
OH making more Ohau n % out of Dhrcc Crnrs
aud II is not HlW1ys that lhry cHn nHke 80
large plopo,tnu. | was lo.d tho ioI'ow.
ibg Rnecdoc ycstesdny hV n gentleman
who attempted during four years 70 -us.
I ~ h'msttll ly planting on the bank Of he
aniHonre, rear Victoria y which is one
III lp richest, the best lnraled and most
IaHdtd ru hio'a. IA a Texas. T." told me
h. pa ted on hieh ground, which WIS
very rlt Il. lhr first year; and that his crol
WIS prtrry turn. M " the drouaht--
Tie rprond yrur he planted on The low ri.
Ner bottom laudr. aud succeeded In MAX
ihg Il crop. The third and fourth ye, T.,
he plmlpdi IN tie sane land and each year
his rrop was total!y destroyed ~ the floods
lila 4ad, moreover, that the only tror
which uevpr tRAcd WIS bilious rover. and
tht this iloutished ahuudanlyin his fam.
lily every wear ~ regularly IA July came. -
The climate Of TeXns; Ike every thing
.sler. has been greatly misrcprcepnted -
The tfF1ne nd0ue "northcrs" which prcvaiI
every few DAYS during the Writer months
and whrh sweep uubi okrn ftnm the Roe
Ky Mountains, over he prhlu" regior4 q
sir wilderness county, Frequently rtduc
bug ths Iercury 10 twenty degrees. CIV,
ans n strange idea of '1ropiraI" Texas =
Three. toEeJhc with eold lnf r.ins
Aensp thea, rellaved by a itw scattering
fsir dAys, present .hp trHe hill OF fare o
the winter sesabns m the r,oe, rupica
rDr.ion Of TeAl! J sgnu t'f"re Pr"
sails dread.ul d1onRhis, Wh re Crno'nit
commence ~ April ind 70 %. t' nnre'
mttiaglg til EerlerhssJ Thee drouphtS
are acrrmaantei, tour days ont OF five,
,,,th biuslrriBg. parching tirocco winds.
Vbich occasion such excessive evapora-
iiona ~ TO destroy any species OF young
sree; and il is prnhob'y To This cifcnm-
stance that Texas swPs its prairie rh1rar-
ser have seen several attempts nafe
10 IAiss sugar cane ia this part Oi tie sonn-