Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-06-14

every citizen Of the State The development Of off fsso,..s
calculated to afford matter Of generous exutaon as well
In relation to the future influence Of the State a. ~ b
to become enlarged field for enterprise and
| population. 1850
Texas entitled peculiar attention. in the our,b ..s
from Inc cheapness her lands The statistics Of the ssye
raj States rarely afford information of the price Of their snd
though we hope the results Of the recent census will
these gratifying details II is to be doubted that bey
greatly exceed the price Of the public domain which, for
long period, was sold at ~ per acre but held
In numerous large districts in many States the price Of land
exceeds $50 per acre, while along the Of Texas with
the most luxurious soil devoted to sugar and cotton the ave-
rage price would not exceed for the rst from % 10 IS and
'ne latter from Sl to ~; and in the gran-srowng and
grazing region, embracing fourhs of her territory, the
ce OF improved lands would averages So per acre. and
millions OF acres Of unimproved located lands may be pur-
Of from 90 cents to 81 per acre. and unocad cer
ncas may be had Of the rate Of 10 to Is cents per acrs
ana ne cost OF locating, surveying, and paenng being add
ed would not cause the land exceed 30 per acre. In
no portion OF the globe, and especially in country OF free
institutions are such cheap and rich lands be obtained as
In Texas independent Of all other considerations the rich
ness and eheaness of her lands woud lay deep and broad
the foundations of her prosperity and would render her ct
zenshp object of the first soctue but she has other
magnificent sources Of prosperity, i'm fhy, the high price
Of her agricultural products
Sugar and cotton demand at the COST as much .sa New
Orleans, and many positions of the interior corn brings
from fifty cents to dollar per bushe the price osoats and
vegetables being in the proportion. In the district near
the army kept upon the frontier and troops will not
b withdrawn probably until treaty shall be made with the
Indians assigning 10 them aseparate boEnday which will
require 10 that event large supplies Of provisions for their sup
port We count therefore, upon the products Of ag
culture commanding high and amply remunerang prices for
several years to come, while tho influx Of population
sumers will greatly exceed the number Of producers.
Silly lne aseguate re,oards for labor intimately
ciaea with the vnue Of her agricultural pTodncs Every
where nechapicaf skill commands the best prices opening an
sasy avenue to employment, and ultimate freehold estate
from the profits of labor On the ether hand chespness
labor connected with the management Of live stock as-
ing from the employment of the population Of Mexican de-
SCENT presents paable advantage capitalists who NAV
disposed purchase large Of land with the view to
HE establishment of stock farms
7thy The Uae7 po,e- Of Texas enters largely into the
estimate Of her The undulang regions Of the
New England States scarcely furnish extensive water
than may be found in the rivss of Texas especially
rom the table lands along her large streams up to their
sources in the The upper Brazos with tr-
ouaFes the Colorado with its Beautiful the Concho,
Lano San Saba, and Perdnales the Guadaoups, with it's
San Marcos and Rio 3ianco the San Antonio with It's Sa-
ado Cibolo Leon, and Medina, aud the Leona Of the
Nuece regarded possessing eminent advantages in
heir to prope machinery and to have been pro-
dentay located in the vicinity Of the great staple cotton
manufacturers.
necessity Of imposing high taxes Her burden in this respect
light that she scarcely feels it. Seven the hum
ed dollars worth Of property is in gstng contrast to the
verage tax imposed in the other Staes where pay less
ed dollars In connection with the gratifying fact of her
ght taxes Of State pride able to sayahat
Texas has attained to happy attitude reference her debt
3y the surrender of her claim the upper Rio Grande
which will pepeuate record Of her patriotism in contributing
the preservation Of that richest of national blessings,
rious Union people, she has secured the command of
fund which, in form other must extricae her from
ebt The wisdom of the next Legislature will devisehe
node which the honor and interests of the people well
the wishes Of her creditors shall be satisfied and the State
will then be left the accrng influence of her great
in reaching the summit of the most ambitious prosperity
9hly Texas is capable Of extensive river navigation
the present condition Of her rivers, sna steamboats, may
scend from fifty to hundred miles from the coast, and
when her proposed system of internal improvements shall be
Completed boats may be expected ascend during the great
part OF the upon average OF hundred miles up
the Sabine, the Neches, Bazos Colorado Guadaloupe,
san Antonio and Nueces while the northwestern border
he Red river may be useful the pepexng obstruction
the raft below may permit and for great distance the
outhern border the Rio Grande destined distant day
Texas compare in the length of her rivers with
her sister Stae she has eminent advantages the number
these great arteries of tade by which the products Of the
Interior conveyed to distant lands and foreign goods
Introduced to the homes Of the settler But in her coast
guo and in her eligible seapots she is far in advance Of
il the States in the valley of the Mississippi and will
are favoraby with many of the Atlantic States. Her
cast extends from the mouth Of the Sabine to the mouth OF
than five hundred miles, aodng valuable seaport towns
Sabine bay Galveston bay, Matagorda bay and Arkansas
while Louisiana has only approach to the and
Alabama and Florida the only Southern and Southwestern
fobie and the latter Pensacola When the seaport towns
Texas and the noble bays in which they emboscmed
hall receive doubtless they will their share Of the national
aonage in docks, breakwates and deepened channels her
is destined take rank with the energies and
ources Of the most prosperous States
For the three concluding articles on this subject see
he seuenth page Of this days Weekly National h1egeneer.
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