Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-01-16
Later from Texas.

The steam ship Charles Morgan, Capt: Place. ar.
rived at New Orleans last Saturday evening, bring
ing Galveston dates to the 30th ult.
Mr.. VIM. Blake. one of the oldest inhabitants Of
usiVeston died in that city on the 30th ult at the
advanced age of SO years.
Inc barques Magnolia and Norumbega, from New
YORK. arrived at Galveston on the 18th ult
Al inc municipal election in San Antonio on The
by 126 majority. '0'
The Cirilian of the 3oth uIt. SAYS:
The emigration to Texas by sea this season is yerv
tattering Every steamer from New Orleans !,
crowded with emgrants. including many slave,
When the Berwick's line shall be in successful on.rs
ton, the number of emgrants will be greatly in.
creased-the sea voyage and entire trip to New Or.
| leans being made in about 26 hours. The D W.h.
ster 10 to commence her trip on the LIST of lamar
The emigration to this port from Germany ha, been
LIBERAL consisting generally of farmers and mecbon
! les, who pass on to the interior
The land emigration, as stated in our last is said
| TO be large.
The statistics of the State as compiled by the State
Gazette show that we entitled to ve instead of
two representatives in Congress, By 1860 wa shaII
be entitled 10 n, under the present apportion.
ment basis but under reduced ratio, we shall pro.
baby only get SIX.
Cloth IN Te1as.-lt is known that for some months
cotton and wollen fabrics have been manufactured in
our State Penltentlary It is gratifying to know that
the enterprise is abundanty successful and beyond
all contingency of failure. A letter to US from Gen
Besser, the Superintendent of the institution sneak,
in high terms of the success of the scheme and al.
serts, also learn from other sources that cot
tons and wooiens of a superior quality are turned
out, such as 10 supply considerable demand. The
supply of cotton is abundant in the vicinity of the
penitentaTy that of the wool is not so good but
there is ample supply within reach, and the pro
duct is rapidly increasing
Already, this effort of the State has had good eff.
feet Private enterprise is establishing two or three
factories within our borders, and we confidently ex.
pect at early day 10 all our osnaburgs, domes-
tics and coarser wooden cloths made at home. The
people should make it cardinal point to patronize
( and sustain every enterprise of the kind In this
way, step by step, we shall become independent
The Brazoria Planter says that, from the best in.
formation command, the sugar this year, in Brazo.
ria county, will exceed 100 hogsheads 1t is proba-
BILE that this amount will be made, and the greater
portion of it in Gulf Prairie. The estimated crop Of
last year was 1000 hogsheads of sugar and Is 900
barrels of molasses.
The Corsicana Intelligencer says that pork is sci.
ling In Navarro county al 81 cents per pound; the
fatest beef be purchased at from to cents per
pound and corn al from Sc to IS cents per bushel.
The editor of the Henderson Democrat has just
made tour through the counties Of Cherokee, An.
derson, Freestone, Limestone, Falls, Bell and Will
I hanson. In Cherokee he found that the yield OF
corn last season, thirty bushels to the
and in many cases fifty bushels. In Anderson he
found abundant at fom forty to fifty cents pei
bushel fine fat hogs in abundance, lots of them
weighing from 200 to 800 pounds, fattened the
mast, with but little corn; meet worth from q to 3
cents per 10. net
In half of Freestone crops equally good, but in
the Western porto short from drouth. In Lime
stone the crops are very short. Corn is worth one
dollar per bushel meat from four to five cents,
which is about the average price as far West as he
went. Owing to the extreme dry season just passed
there is but little winter range for cattle, and the
stock Of all kinds must suffer, and much of it must
die for want of food this winter. The crops last
year, except the wheat were very short.