Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-11-16
Texas Emigration 8 Land Compan1
$40 .aeres Of land for SaO!-l6o Acre, Of
land for $40!

NHE Texas EMIcRATioS AND LAND CoxPGxY
Il having derived their Grant from the late
Republic oi Texas, by contracts made with the
Presideri theTof. under authority of the speeiul
acts Of Congrtse, approved 4tA February. lSlf
and 10th January, lS43, granting lands 10 Emil
nian:s, win continue give 32e acres Of land ~
families, and I6I acres Of land 10 single nseu
over IL years Of age, until tie lst day Of July.
I64S, conditioned, that The FIRMLY shall Day e30
and ths0ingle man $40, for ths surveying ices -
A family, as defined in our contracts, mast Goa.
sist Of
"a man an his'wifs .wiih. or wi,hou, ehildrsn.''
"a Widower with two or more childrsn. III
males under IL yssEs Of age, IL females uumas.
ried.',
"a widow with two or mere childred; IL maiss
under IL years Of age, IL females, unmarried %
"Two single men over the age If sevoaason
years, each one being entitled to leo acres.n
On his arrival in the Colony, the EmiRraut
saayd forthwith apply TO the agent Of the Con.
PHpn MT Henry .. HedgcoIs, residing Il Sssw.
aTtsvnle In Denton county, who will at ali eimsa
be ready toassist him in the selse,inn Of his and
and enter the same on books kept for that pur.
pose, and give him q eertjhen.e therefor: which
certificate will be evidences Of his having s.,,lod
ia the Colony in due time
Our Grant lies in tho NOrth-Easssrn part Of
Te.As. between the 32nd and 34ih degrees o6
@sSAs''t osiu 10 uuu 20 degrees OF Ina
gIfude West, from Washington; beginning on me
south side Of Red River. at q poin, I2.mils. ea.,
OF the False Ouashitta, running thencs due
South I0O miles. thence East I64 miles ,henes
North lOO miles, thence West l64 miles 20 chs
beginning, having front ON the meanderinr, AZ
Red River Of nearly 300 miles; and includes
within It's limits the upper and lower Gross Tim.
oers, and tbs head waters Of the Brasas!and Trio.
ny Rivers, the Trinity being nayigable for Steam
Boats of li0hf dPa faohs frnr, he :n,a r.
Colony 10 The Gulf Of Mexico into which il emp.
ties, some 70 miles from Galveston. and Red Riv.
en- TO the Mississippi, afording an outlet fer ths
surplus productions Of the country. This portion
OF Lexas is peculiarly adapted to the growth Of
wheat, experience within the last two Years hav.
ing tested the fact, that is will produce 20 bushels
10 tie acie, weighing IS TO 20 pounds on the
oushe': irLiian eorn, rye, barley, oats, sweet
ana irlsn potatoes, peas, beans, melons gardOA
vegetables OF all kinds, cotton, hemp and tobacco,
and the celebrated Inuskeet grass which covers
the prairles ana upon which cattle subsisi. and
keep fai during the winter, and re Iuirs only 70
be occasionally sailed and kept Together 10 rea,
them in great numbers.
lhe planting season commences in Fsbsuary
and continues until July; but the early crops = r.
the most productive. EmigIants should 20 on 4.
the fail or winter, so as 10 be ready TO pIs in An
early crop. Those going from Missouri, Iow..
wisconsin and northern parts Of Illino . and In.
diana, should 60 through Missouri or Arkanss,
to Van Buren,, Fort Smith, Fort Towson, Coff.e,1
Station or Pine Bluff, thence into the set,lsmsnts
in the direction Of the forks ofths Trinity Those
going from other sections Of the Union, south-
should 60 to Helena Columbia, Arb, Mem
phis. Tenn. or Naiehez, Miss, and thence across
by land; or 90 New Orleans AZ thsnce by Sic am
Boat up Red River 10 Shreveport, LouisiAna, NJ
which place an agent will be stationed, was, will
give eingrants directions their route by land
to Dallas and StewartsviIs, q distance Of som
900 miles
Our colony 10 rapidly filling up with an linda.
t.iou:, intelligent and moral people and MA:
soon become the most populoIs part Of Texas
The Govemmeut has recently forne1 the coun,iss
ut Grsyson, Dallas, Denton, Collin aad parr
Of Robertson and Navarro within the Gram. IL
is decidedly the most healthy par Of the ssaisahs
lands having having gentle unduiating sOrface:
there are no ponds, swamps or mar.hea, and no
local cause for disease. The atmosphsre il pur.
and pleasant. During the Warmss months Of
summer there 10 "a constant breeze playing srss
;he praires, and the nights are Invariably cool;
the thermometer rises above IS IN 90, ana
IN tie winter never falls below 30 degrees Fan.
renhsit. 10 abouBds in springs, aud q she depth
of fifteen oP twenty feet, in she midss uf the urai.
re, tas best water can be had; all lie emaII
streams are peculiarly clear and crystal iike.-
Colonel William Myers who removed from Gas.
~" SounsyS N.Y. tess mlit says IN letter dated
9th May, 1871 viii not venture % tell nv
friends in Kentucky that lhs land here was os,,sr
than the best land in Ken,u-ky, because shsy
would not believe it; but now assert il, fer TIA
soil 10 deeper, being in many places Ave fsvG
and the kindess land 10 work ever put q ploush
in. Iverily believe that around the forks az ne.
Trinity. lies the largest body Of rst-rats land In,
Amenca." From the forks Of the Tsiafsx eos
Santa Fe, is only 600 miles by Ne Ell SbsrSzR
trail aud the newspapers IN Texas are nov advo.
eating she route up the Trinity aud iron Ia fks
BY land, as in every So Get preferable To ,ha 40
BY Independence. No. Why should amlrran,,'
think Of goirg q OrssSR o. California uHsn. aher
can obtain bealss lAaad foE nothing, "a much near.
Or homee
This ia, psrhaps. thel last opportunity sh., win
over oner GA the cantinsna of America. Of Rsssinr
ands iof me mere eoss of saEysys and COS, q
1eede OoF Eelony Is sfnphatieally the place
LOT me poor man's hozle: lhsss 10 does not have
20 iced his cattle iox Sin or seyen months In -
year; ctsre be viii have n home alaTkst &c ell
he surplus he can produce fDs years 10 cosneyAnd
with iIadustTF and economy, speedily become rieh.
Lst no En,gFaDe Isss sight of,he imporiant Ease
hat our contrasts with the Government Of ToRA1
expire ON the Let day Of july l648, and thAa he
mast not only be IN the GALAXY hut thar ha must
have selected his hand, built q house ~ eabiA
thereon, and be residing therein with hla family
By that .lAy ;--ene day afssr that aases aad he
opportunitY Of getting landa Cor aesAins is. psR.
hans, lost for ever. Pernna dasirina adaitinsaf
in!ornaiioA, By addressing the unrisEsigaed fsas>
Ices OF eithss Of them, posi- paid. shall reesisa
prompt attention.
WiLLIs SrxwAaT,1 7sust.es eftAe
Iol.S !. SnlTa, Hzas EmiS.atisA
n, e. Px1xaS. and Lard Csn.PnarA