Juliet signal., 1848-04-18
Texas Emigration s Land Company.

Texas Emigration s Land company.
sae .Gsres Of land for saO.-l6OA .aefA 5ql
iGnd for SO!
s1,. r,,,,.E,,os i, ,.n eo,yl.r e.
I having Derived sher Gfant fronisne ip,e
lsepublIc ol fsxas. BIZ contra. DatIe win Che
Psssideel tfseso under authority Ofs the speeia
acts Of Congress. approved 4,S February, 20!
shasI sI6th Janodsy, I543, gsaOtlI9 lands to EInl-
nIanas will continue 90 give go acres" "1 'and %
iarntIie,',an I6a scrss Of Fiant 90 single men
over II reaTs Of aga, untfl tie ist day OF July,
J5d3; condhtoneds that Gtle G'gIiy snail pay Gen,
anl the single man $40. for the surveying fees =
4 family, as defnedin Our contracts, mast eoa-
slst of O. M aaE - Ea
'sN man an his wife, with, without children >,
u "a ewIdower with two or anofe children, il
males under I7yeals, Of age, il females ua@ar-
ried."
I lftsA widow with Vwo or move childted IL males
under Il years Of age,if females, unmarried >. ,,
"Iwo aingle men orer che age nf seventeen
yeais, each olle being Antited}to l6I acres ,,
Y -onhis arrival ia Ihe Golopy,, the ErnIgr1ni
slouid GnrIhwiili apply 10 me agent ofthe Com
pepy. Mrg Henry o .iIedgcoxs, residing at Stew
astsvile in Denton county ,@%6o will al all times
be ready 70 assst.him in the selection of his land
and enter the same on books kept for that pur.
a,ose, and give lhima cestifica o. therefor; which
5cersihclMe will beeyidence of his having settled
il tae Colony ia due Time.
Our Grant ilesinthe NorIh-Eastern part OF
,Eex,s, .leiXesn che 32nd and 31ih degrees Of
Latitnds North, and 10 aud ;! dag1oes Of Lon
gituds Wssl, from Washington; bssnn ing on the
south side Of Red River, at point t3miIes cast
Of the False Qua :hitts, running thence due
South 100 miles. thence East l64 miles, thence
North iUD miles. thenro West t64 nliIei 60 The
beginning, having front on the neanderings of
Red River of nearly 800 miles; and includes
~ithin'its limits The upper and lower Gross Tim
hers. and tIe Jead waters OF Ile l}rasassahd rrn.
ity Rivers, the trinity bcing navIga6Ie for Steam
Boats ofiight dTauglE, from the Interior Of the
Gloomy 10 the Gulf Of Texico into whoh il emp.
iiss, some 35 miles from Galveston, and Red Ri7-
err to the 1issssip1, Affordihg an outlet for the
"uEplus productions OF the country. Thisportion'
OF Texas is pecyhellgs aaapted 80 the growth OF
WheGi, experience within tne Ist Iw0 years hay-
Ins testei the fnct Ihai l. will produce 40 bashets
20 the acre, weighing 65 TO 10 pounds on the
bushel. Indian corr, rye. barley, oats, sweet
and Irish pntssoes, peas. hans, IN lions garden
vagetabIH OF all kInls, ootIon, hemp and tobacco,
md Ihe celebrated lnlsbeRt grass which covers
the pgsines and Ipm which cattle sIbsisi, and
keep faI during the winter, and re luirr only 10
~ ccAaionally saltei aud kept TO 1ether, to rea
Ihpin IN great numbers. ......----
sSfhap plantna season cdinmsaees in Februarys
'nd continues until July; but the early crops
The moss prodLoIl"e. -EmizranIs should 60 On in
The tall or winter, SO as ~ be ready TO put IN an
ssrly crop, Those >lng from Nlssouri,, Iowa,
Wisconsin, and northern parts # Llino aud In.
llama, snould go through Missouri or Arkansas
10 V"n Buren, Fort Smith, Fort Fowson. o1ffse's
SiatioI Pine Bluff, thence into the settlements
in 'he direction ofthe forks oftho Friaity. These
going from other sections ofthe Union, sout,,
Siiuu.d go to Helena or Columbia, AK, Mem
ohis, Tenn, or NaIchez, Miss, ,and thence across
by land or 10 New Orleans al d thence by Ste am
Boat up He'd River % Shreveport, Lnuisisn4, at
which place an agent will be stationed, wn" will
give onisranIs directions as their route by land
10 Dallas AMI Stswartsville, a distance of som
400 miles
Our colony is rapidly 6lling up with an indus
t:ious, intelligent AMI moral people and mus
soon become Ene most populous part of Texas
Fhe goTeZnmeut has recently forne1 fhe countle,
nf GrOysnn, Dallas, Denton, Collin and a par,
of Robertson aud Navarro within the Grant. Il
is deGhedly the most healthy uarL of the state,the
"nis having having gentle unlulatng surface ::
IheTe are no ponds, swamps nr mar hes, and no
local cause ior disease. The atmosphere j. pure
and pleasant. During the Warmest months of
summer there isa constlnt breeze playing over
;he pTasies, and ,he nIgnts are invariably cool:
lhe I1esmom-iJr never rises above S5 10 80, aud
renheit IL aboTnds in springs, aud at The depth
oil hsteea oP twenty feet, in the midst uf the pTai
re, TIE bess water can be had; al d small
streams are peculiarly clear, and crystal like -
Colouel William Myers who removed from Gar
rar'' county, Ky, last fall, says ,> letter dated
5th NAV, AS4T-"I will not venture to tell my
friends in Kentucky that che land here was Deter
rhan Ite best land in Kentucky, because they
would not believe it; but now | assert il, for the
l1.Il hr.rN
and Ihe Sndess land 10 work ever put a plough
~. verify believe Ihat around the forks of she
Trinity. lice Ihe largest IIody OF frsi-rate land in
Amanca." From the forks of she Trinity to
tania Re, ~ only 60J miles by the old Spanish
tFNtlg the newspapers in Texas are nov advo-
eating Ihe route up Ihe TRiniy ,and from its forks
by land, as Ia every rosV preferable 90 the one
by Independence, No. Why should emigrants
think qfgoingto Oregon or California when they
can obtHiii better land for nothing, so much near
er hOne!g vFyA Fersg 4-g--
This is, perhaps. theta opportunity that will
ever Offer OIL the continent OF Americas Of getting
,uad Cor the mere cost Of surveys, and cost Of
iced Our Colony is emphatically the place
tor M pOuT IN MS home: :here he does not have
40 te6 .lIs cnttls for SIX or seven mon:hs in the
wear: ileEe he will have home market for all
the surplus he can produce for years TO come ,snd
with inhustfV and economy, speedily become rich
Let no Fsniigrnnt lase sight Of the important "a
,hat0jIr cd.i'-acts with me Government of TeKas
sxpire on tt,- st day Of July, 1918, and that he
hds noto, be III the Colony, but that he must
lave selected his land, +, buiii house or cabin
heTeon, and be residing therein with his family
~ Ihst day y;-onr day after that date, and the
opportunity Of getting lands for nothing is, per
'ps, lost for ever. Persons de -ifins additional
.''naslon. by addressing the Undersigned Tru.
o. u either OF them, post paid, shall receive
s0mDs siFentiOn. 'sz ss'e. = sAa - se ass. 81
Willis sTEwART,L sTfustees IF The
JJHS SMITH, Ter0s Emigration
- ~ q. PErERs. y aud Land Company
L 'sVille, Sept Isl Ie47 8 e.
Sr. e. & aud N 4. Rum, Holland Gin, NAL
~ ,ag. Vipe, aud q little OF Georges Best, at !,
-ss..st - .WOODRuEF'S. East Joliet