Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-07-12
A Letter from TEXAS

a gentleman, formerly citizen Of Lou
doan county, but now resides in Texas,
to The editor of the Lecsburg Washinyto.
nian. will doubtless be pursued by our
readers with pleasure
BooNvILLE, Brazos Co. Texas.
Mr.. LYNCH Soon after my arrival in
Texas. sent you short epistlc CON aim
ing my views in relation to the induce
that this Sta'e then offered to emiyrants
from the older and more thicklv settled
portions of our Union. The numerous
letters that l have since received, all ma
King inquiry concerning the country,
have induced me to believe that consider
able interest is felt by the citizens of Lou
doun in our young but flourishing State.
Then | was compelled 10 draw my views,
and form opinions mainly from the state
meNtS of Others; now, l can write from
an eighteen months experience of my
own and should my communication con-
tam anything that you may consider in
resting to your readers, you are at Ii.
berry to place it before them.
Emigration to this State during the
past fall and winter has been enormous.
beyon precedent. 1t was no unusual
thing to meet. in the eastern counties,
:
with family in pressing forward to find
each their homes within the borders of the
Lone Star State nor will this tide Of
be emigration diminished but every season
increased for years 10 come. No country
upon the face of the globe ever offered
greater inducements to tie industrious
and entt rPriSing cmigrant. n climate
mild 'nnd unusually healthy for so low a la
titude-a soil Of unequalIed fertility. and
adapted in the different latitudes to
the growth Of every product Of the Union
Low down. near the. coast, is one Of the
finest sugar regions in the world. Be-
tween the parallels OF 81 and 33 deg. it
yields corn to match the far Carmed lands
Of Illinois. and cotton in quantities equal
to the Mississippi bottoms. AID in the
length of staple and fncncss of texture
far superior. North Of 33 deg, forty bu-
shells of wheat, weighing seventy lbs. per
bushel, is no unusual yield. while fax.
hemp and. tobacco flourish as though
they were Indigenous plants. For fruit
near the coast we have figs and grapes in
profu<iOn. In the middle regions, peach,
es, plums, grapes, pecars, DC, while fur
ther north. the apples Lhrives in its ut
most perfection. But. the great induce
ment that l would offer to your citizens
to come to Texas. is the eqtreme cheap.
ness IF lands and comparatively small
amount Of labor that is requisite to place
those lands in q state Of cultivation
The new conner here is not like the
early settler of Ohio. compelled to
shoulder his axe every morning month az
month. to chop. roll logs. grab and pick
brush to fit and prepare his little field
for the plow. He can select his
anIhalf timbercd and half prairie
make his rails, enclose as much prai-
rie as he desires, and with turning plOw
and one good yoke of cattle, soon have it
ready for the seed. Good unimproved
upland can still lie bought at from ST tC
So per acre. Now why is it that men o
small means will remain in an old settled
country. where it is utterly impossible foI
them ever to own an acre of land Why
will they pay in rent one half OF all they
can CLEAN from rocky. barren soil 2
Why will they work hard and live hare
all all their lives with ali absolute certain
ty ahead of dying poor at last, when in
dependence and wealth are within lhci
grasp? a capital Of $1,000 we'll invest
ed and properly managed is all that mar
with small family need desire to ensure
him handsome fortune in ten years il
Texas. For instance, four hundred dol
lars will buy him four hundred acres O
land, 81 cows and calves will cos
him $500 more, yoke Of cattle ant
horses $500, for another SIO0, he. cal
build house sufficiently comfortable 70
this climate, and he will then have lef
500 to lay out for hogs. provisions, &c
Now from these thirty cows, he will hav,
in ten years with proper attention, a stoc
= of 1000 Head of cattle, making a fair al
lowance for all ordinary losses which vii
then be worth $4,000. His land wi
be worth $4,000 more, so that the nature
increase of these two articles, will plac
him in possession Of the handsome sum I
$4,000. But these are not all. Hog
do remarkably we'll here. seldom requ
ring an ear" of corn to make them goo
pork. and pork is always ready sale (
fine prices. He can also cultivate hi
farm. and every bushel of corn that h
could have spared this year would hav
brought him 81 in gold at his crib. Ra
sing corn is no bad busincs when 50 bu
.she!S can be raised to the acre. and ever
ouShel sold for ~ dollar But suppose m
imaginary settler should not wish 10 di.
pose VI MS property at the end the te
years why then he can sell from hi
stock Of cattle lUOO beeves per annum g
Is dollars each-yielding him the CON