The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-12-03
Tcxas--General Character of the Country

IcXaS--.GeneraiC character OF the Country
We copy the following extract from letter.
by Gen. d. w. G.. Clark, TO the New York
Times 1t gives n graphic description of our
country, and will be read with interest
repeat that this is the most superb country
on the face Of the globc---thc most aillucnt in
NIL the elements of wealth, power and prosper
ity--thc most genial in climate, tho most com
prchcnsive in capacity of the agricultural pro.
duc,ion, the most abundant in mineral resour-
ces. All il needs is the stimulus TO production,
or, in other words, facilities for reaching the
market. Give railroads to Texas, and tho
work is accomplished. You will see single
State Of the American Union, so favored by the
good Lord, as to bc able to produce enough to
supply the necessities aud most of the luxurics
of the world Just think Of State that.pro-
duccs, with equal generosity, tho sugar and
cotton of tho extreme south--tho tobacco and
other staples of tho middics sStates--thc corn,
wheat and all the cereal grains, the potatoes,
Urisl0 &C., OF the North and East, and SO adj
iuiraby laid down on the face Of tho earth,
that railroads can traverse its prodigious ex-
tent from East to West without solitary Oh
.icctionabc grade, and scarcely with dcioc-
ton from given parallel sufficient to bo called
q curvc Tho very best crops of corn and
cotton that have yet seen In Texas, arc on
bottotn.land, two miles south of Waco, and
between The parallels Of 81 and 3a .. These
crops stand side by side covering l2o acres OF
ii;=s;.l [,in caehl and will Weld this Fall. the
cotton nearly, il not quite, two bales, aud the
corn, 1o TO 100 bushels 10 the acre Two
nils north of Col. Burton, and immediately
opposite Waco, ia the plantation Of Mr. Ar
mold, which must tell YOU about lie bough,
!, n year ago last spring. paying $4,000 for
66o acrcs, Ills first crop Is now coming OF,
aud see what |, H. lie has 100 acres of cot.
ton. aud 100 acres of corn, both looking nearly
as we'll as Col. Bur,oa's. The result will be
this
nr. Cost of land .,,,..., $4,000
CIR. loo bales cotton,
NJ Sth -, SH,brb
aono bn. corn at Doc, a,5oo- q, 500
Corn AID cotton are 10th higher than have
put ,hom. and have placed the crops at fair
estimate, This Is paving for hts farm morc
than twice by the produce OF less than third
ef Il lor Que year Ilesidcs all this /, eosts
han not iar,hine To keep his cattle the year
rennd, tho praiTio grass keeping them sleek
sad Cat, a. welt A., tho horses aud swine
Chs genial fertility of the soil Is 40 great.
tla, human labor K net ,askea for bountiinl
results, a. IL i at the Narih-~prohahly less
thar half the field labor being ryauirei here
Mt1i - lnttf~fNnslhfH w 'nV NV fsNEiakl
Stases, so svSare eood crops Indeed very
gcsl erep> sfv ob,sincsi With no labor further
than planting the sessl
wish yen could lsvc been with me ia
Some ef Gar riics setos& the mseaiiscen,
rfsirss& The "Eellins rraifics, ~ they ssv
cNlicsl, h>sk Ike tsanSsSVas cultivated afns.
s,rvsefsDg eSsT great swelling hills, whose
,isl-s age SsSs. sp,l whNss surface = hrsASp
hy csysssNesl patches of csN ssialsyy, with ne
susi.scs .,faxh, assl, IN the distances. rvr,s0d
ysa 81 cace ~ The clsi .arassai desaasRs W
hsys Rad ef. sgal sssAks yoa usoassntafsiy es.
rees 50 sstels ssss ~ eaae tissse- -lssss,sssi ~
si.lssee, with fum ttesissS. osiSses. AMI ssvty.
ihsRg hsheakss9 ,hsrpte th that ~ friaav.l
4 fsncV saa the plss 20 eSasese The .teezns
,ke hsusos weaA ss.oa sf9ssf 40 ore sinae.
freFa ,hs sefnsass a UaF ~ thess rci'sss. SO
ss~ ylsssh .rtst herbs e catiA, " dssseFrfsl
s13rxSstsas, ur 30 shsif it,sss n tho T$ce~ss
ess~1. sat ssa gt,eSs ~ tl,s sNyts a ltashsa
pres@sly eefv. nd nealsgsog sresn 500 81
issss Is each teNi Ftsy ts>s. iisssr n~u-ss
absolutely aeshtes asl eoessisasl watching,
spd tessvass Nah great fsphlty. \ rew snss
ssH sca 81 ssSsa ssas - sis~-axse &c fsNsa
see q 40 > ffss ssts0 siseaNae stst