The Arkansas banner., 1848-01-24
5 --.... s.,,l,m,pts on the IliO Crande.

7xeyv sivnihcaat facts are related
 In' S.,su,orss Flag of the 18th December;
 lS re ...a1,bers of tho Moxicans arc moving from
 6tea. .l. Ts,,s side of tho Rio Grande; such we
 fr v W"d is inc case all along the river. The
 HIT n. .evails with them that the kio trance n
 opa'h pnD, ,hs boundary, and having learned the great
 ..s, ,o be derived from our iaws, shey arc uhAl-
 o. 2. to live under them. The desire 10 puronasc oas ,,, '" i.nds on the Texas side IS becoming 'na " sIn.!,o with the Mexcans improved farms ref. a. .iic heing offered iu exchange for unbroken ca u,I I1s an the other. The recent election In ioes .onn,v evidenced very considerable popu- .n ,ho RIo C;rande borde: of the country, but l'lo" v" inc preJiction that tho next election ~s ,, , i, nearly if not quiie doubled. And t Is VII s,. s" We,;cans, but Americans also are eager " n", s nnrchssc of ands with the full Intention of 1.s.or;nc and settling them. several large tracts n.Fs nF been recently purchased by AmeFicans, with r.vr to opening sugar, cotisn, anu tooacco pian- ". snccess in the cultivation of which they siO"., i,i a.nrnine of Already has their Yankee in
 n,;,y devised the plan by which the lands are to Y r,ga,cd and as it only required the application s .a's such remedy to obriate the injurious ef- S,s of inc long droughis to which the country is ras,,J and make the lands on this river equal if
 ~, .,,sr;or to any in Louisiana or Mississippi we nvs ,.d no rsason to doubt their The plan
 bs,, nroposed is to raise water from the river by .,.on. of wiudmilIs the water to be retained in .s,yors and drawn off to irrigafe the lands as the n.c..sty requires. Other countries, and some sec- ,;on. of Mexico. we believe, have successfully made use of the windmill for raising water for the pur' ".s.. of rrigation and as here the winds are con !,snt throurhout the year, like success must follow tb, adoption of the plan proposed.
 fsw evenings since, we overheard a conversa- ,on in one of our hotels between an old gentleman s. .rpnr planter from Louisiana, we understood L,m to be and several other gentlemen, reativa to Ls .oi on the Rio Grande and it's adaptation to the cultivation of the various products Of eur southern saes particu arly sugar, cotton, and tobacco. The oN gentleman appeared familiar with the country bo,ring on the river, and in answer to assertions tb,t the drouth would prevent she lands growing these articles with any thing like profit in the cnl- ture. he argued, and we think concIusively showed bat very erroneous opinion prevails as tho nature ef the soil and the extent to which 1t is affected by he long seasons of dry weather. The soil he spoke ,f as being superior to the best cotton and sugar ands el our southern states; and that season coud ,ways be hit upon for showing, which woutd al- ow the plant to arrive at maturity before the dry pason set in, or if not natured, 1t would have at- ain ,d such growth as to shade the earth from the avs of the sum- and sufficient moisture would be erived from night dews Co sustain tho plants. One r,at cause of the ill success which the Mexicans neei with in their attempts at raising cotton and urar hs attributed to the natural indoieuce of the eople and the small amount of labor they bcs,ow pon the preparation of land for sowing--holdng 3 the primitive custom of merely scratching the uAsce of the ground with a sharp ended piece of rood After this scratching, the seed is put in the round. and nature is left to produce the crop.- nier such cultivation it is not to be wondered at nal the product of the land is small. With such loughng ami after labor is bestowed upon lands the United States, the result would be entirely 5erent