New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-08-02
OF rExAs....For The Tribune


-, pr.,rte-susar District-C climate
tn. Agricultural importance OF Texas u S'''
,.s .oooh attention, and nowhere Is the suoJe c.
,oo,s interesting than in this City, which IS 20 DC
:, .onm.rciAl entfepot Of the produces o. 'N"'
=. 10 ,soioo The writer Of this article having
the opportunity Of making per'o'S' -
n,.ion Of a considerable psrtoi Texas "N'
p.y,ng lis productiveness with tha'o' -,
g. il. enabled 70 furnish some detsl'S '
-, so.h,le.. be interesting % many Inc %
-. 4. the low auvisl prairie extehu'Hs
.lon, the coast Of the Cult from the Sao'ne
49,. II YER aud from the coast ln'o 70 III
d.taDce varying from 50 20 IOO ~ s. 49,,
toIe NJ the prairie being, a. bsuPPo'' =" -
81 formation. IL, with the e1ceP'...." - -
80 -, le,sthau the average Ia hlstssPpl abu
F'OFoi. .o.c.rtible Of cultiysti in and some por'
.,oo.bave depth Of soil aud exnoe'anVo VI ie',''
g., lat IA lrpassed bv the choicest 'AN"s ~ DC
go the .sissippI RIVER Inc WOMEN Opt-
-. on the fivers aud small streams nave thr
,er,.uce from the fact that by frequent Owe no"s
P'..-.,,ono Of vegetable sol % greater than iu
49, EN- prairie Nothing, indeed, can exceed the
49, 81 the forests that skirt the rivers On both
-. .sveral miles Ia breadth, the Ma2uo1a " M
o..cb and Cane being intermineled IN proiusloo,
AID furnishing evidence Of an sAna4stless leftlty
c. ,.oeciayi i the chArsctrrO the forests on the
~ and BrazOs Bot although disc -imina-
80 mso. In favor OF these lands by most lur-
h...r. 90 far As II respects the Price, yet u j.
.,,s,ioosbls vhsfher the prslrle Is not on The
yhols more desirable for agriculture IN me earl
.s,il. paent q the country. TIE depth % sol Is
,pscient--ihe expense az clearing Oh heavy
growth Of timber is avoided and The danger o.
health which exists in every new country, Oh frst
inning up the soil by cultivation, Is much less
The lands in tho vicinity Of GalvestOn Bay nave
been found well adapted 70 the raising 81 Sugar
On one plantsti0n between The Bay aud irlniiy
River, seclndcd piece OF ground IN the open prai
ne ~ hlch bao been cultivated on sn experiment
penduced the last season two hogsheads ~ SUGAR
a tho acre, SIS was credibly informed Kennedy
,tstes in his History Of Texas that $500 lps. o.
saysr 10 the acre had within bis personal know
sdee been raised on Sugar estate.
abatement was recently published IN Caves
ton shown the products. during the last season,
of.x sugar plantations IL the neghb lrhoOd Of the
R,zos River, exhibiting AL average Of one and a
bslfnogohe ads - the acre. estimating 900 los o.
,as hogshead but the proportion IA sofne OF them
Ca, much greater. Indeed, the cultivation OF 81
0,,isyet In too in perfect state 10 admit OF a.
.x,ot estimate OF what the capacity oil the sou vii
no upder a more improved system OF Agriculture,
.ocb a. bss been attained on the best plantations
{, Louisiana Il is fair result from all the stats
,,cs that have seen that under all the present
d.,dvsntsges OF Sugar culture IN Texas, the aver
a.. PRODUCTION OF the lands under cultivation Is
400 BIS. D. the acrc-Whlch, / OclieNe, IS Hredtct
tbaa the ordinary production OF Louisiana estates
The climate Of this part Of Texas has been sup
po,sd 10 he oppressivey warm but TINS Is not the
e.,e The range OF the thermometer Is higher
Than is in this latitude taking the whole season
together bot the heat OF Summer is by no means
% pro.trating as II Is here at the same tempers-
turs Indeed, the summer months are considered
Ia TX. as agreeable, and a residence there du
ring July and August Is recommended 70 lnvalds
a. being more saubrious than during Winter Iols
howing to the constant breeze which comes az
from the southeast, and which is 40 b7aclng that
exercise in the open prairie IS not attended VIII
essme dangerous consequences that IL IS IN ot'l-
rpsts Of tho South in the extreme heat oi ma
Sumner. ANY one whose habits are good VIII mo
tssuse OF enjoyment Ia that climate hardly expe-
nenced edsewhsre-an elasticity OF feeling tha'
aeltes n enterprise and makes lie agreeable
b7t "a order u attain this, temperance IS q r'qn
Iss and il 10 worthy OF remark that the wee
syte-,ve drinking, which formerly prevailed H.
f,y.s, has latterly absted under the influence Of
he Sons of Tenn persnce and the better knowledge
u the meaus Of preserving health, and we may
hope soon to see the same standard OF respectaol
ity In this respect that we are accustomed to al
The North. SANDoVAL'