New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-09

yuh,pct, which we might quote, select one nom
Jks HoHstoa Telegraph, which the author has used
himself as toil0ws:
era bottles of excellent VINE manufactures iro the
native grape He hss succeeded IN making Thite
wine from the mu-taug grape, which We consider Tar
better than the best samples OF Csta9ba vine that &c
have received from Cincinnati The red vine tnat ne
has made from the same grape is OF an excellent
quality and resembles the best claret. He has also
made wine from the winter grape, which ripens IN
autumn. This wine l. of delicious Favor s of deep
red color and resembles the red Rhenish wine. The
experiments which this enterprising gentleman has
made in the cultivation of the native grapes indc ite
that the wines Of Texas will soon he as much sought
for by the amateurs the best wines manufactured
from the Catawba, ScupperDong or Isabella grapes
We are confident that the vine can be cultivated 70
far grester ad, antaee in the undulatiog region OF
Texas than in any other part OF the Union. me
climate and soil of this region resemble tho'e me
best vine-growing sections Of Europe and Asia~
Soon, therefore, We may expect the cry 20
ascend from all parts of the Union and come 10
Texas: 80.
"oh for besser full Of the warm south"
But this ia not all Though enough has been
sajd of Texas to prove it one Of the most desra-
bic countries in the world, still 1t affords facilities
for another department of industry when opens
out to man Of liuited means more certain and
perhaps more speedy road to wealth than any
other Texas is beyond all comparison the pest
grazing country in the United States 10 stock
raiser in the North his herd are dead expense for
at least one-half of the year. Hay and grain must
be accumulated for their sus.enance, aud stables
more or less expensive must be prepared for their
protection during the winter months. Not so IN
Texas know men whose cattle number thou
sands of head, and yet whose expense for feeding
them is nothing, absolutely nothing, all the year
round. The only expense attending the raising OF
cattle in Texas is that of sailing them occasion
l,air hnan ,iH0f nnx vi
ing them during the season OF branding, and dur
inc the prevalence Of severe "nOrthers." Nature,
all .bountiful and propititiOus, spreads out upon
the praires her carpet OF perennial greenness, and
there Il ey roam lowing and feeding fat and sleek
as the bulls of Bashan. The increase Of stock is
eery rapid, not less than thirty per cent. yearly
| A COW and calf will sell at from : : to SD,
good oxen from $50 TO $50 a pair, and whole
| herd together will average 50 head. 10
man who has but small means, Say from one
/ TO two thousand dollars, and who Is willing 10
| deny himself the pleasures of society for while,
! there can be no more certain road tOIWealth than
/ that of stock raisng in Texas. Before the lapse
! of ten years the increase alone would amount to
/ FIVE hundred head annually, if he had made his
purchases judciOusly at the commencement.
Then Just think of the free aud joyous life that he
leads always in his saddle, the rich prairie ever
stretching out before him, all. smiling, all his OWE,
and as broad as immensely itself Then there are
his dogs, and his gun and no lack OF the nOblest
game the Continent produces. Horses, mules,
sheep and swine are all raised with equal facility.
The average expense of iatting hog till 1t weighs
! from two TO three hundred pounds is about two
bushels of corn, all the rest being effected by
: means of the pecans and other food Whlch tne
country produces spontaneously.
A Young editor Of western Texas, who had be-
come inspired with the thought of the grandeur
and greatness awaiting the country of his sd0p-
ton, and Of the responsibilities OF his situation,
suddenly CALCULATED Ms follow: What IS Texas
"her resources the country at large and The age pe
"Iire in." All agreed that though these questions
opened q rather wider field than any one man
Should propose TO himself at once, still, in the
main the editor was right What is Texas Just
think Of a country so favored by the good Lord as
to produce at once and in the greatest abundance
all the grains of the North the tobacco potatoes,
turnips, &c. Of the West, all the great staples of
the South together with nearly all the fruits OF
| the temperate zones and tropics But this is net
! all. The mineral wealth of the State exists a
scale hardly less wonderful. In some parts of the
State beds of the finest coal come to the very sur
face of the ground. There is found here also a
most beautiful article of building stone which is
peculiar to the State. This stone is white, and
when first quarried so soft 10 be easily cut with
knife or saw, but after being exposed to the at
mosphere becomes hard and very durable. Many
varieties of marble abound, some of them very
fine and susceptible of the highest polish Iron,
copper and silver also are found in many parts of
the State but fortunately for Texas no gold mines
have been discovered whose yield would justify
the labor of mining.
AS it may be interesting to many TO know what is
the real wealth OF Texas and what has been the ratio
of her increase under all these favorable crcum-
stances suboin the following tables which l
have succeeded in obtaining from the Controllers
reports and other public documents of the
State. One of these documents says: "The
taxable property throughout the State has in
creased in value for the last eight years but more
"especilly for the last three years. The increase
d" in this period has been at rate seldom
known, being almost 100 per cent, aforoing
unmstakeable evidence Of the prosperity of the
State"
This table shows the aggregate of taxable prop.
erty of the State, it's real increase, and also the
rate per cent. at which il has increased during the
eight years ending 1853.
Agree Inc. taxable Inc. each year Per
Years. able prop'ty property eomp'd preesa'g. cent