Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-05-05

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Thursdays mail. The delegates from
Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana. South
Carolina, Florida, Arkansas, Delaware,
and Texas, Withdrew from the Conven-
lion, willis, the Virginia and Georgia del
egates bad similar movement under con-
,iGcraion These delegates sereeded
from the Convention upon the grounds OF
disagreement, upon The Slavery question:.
The 57th ballot was had on Wednesday
by the remaining delegates, as follows -
Douglas 1915 Guthrie 653 Lane 8 :;
Hunter 2O4 Dickinson 2; Davis /, ne
cessary 10 choice 202.
An adjournment Of the Convention TO
Baltimore on The 25lh of June was strong
Ily spoken Of, and if no nomination is ei
fected to-day MAY p New York will
bring the proposition forward.
The Southern Seceders met to-day.
An effort TO conciliale them will be made.
but if this is not successful they will nom
mate Hon. Jefferson Davis of Mississippi.
AS- A friend of ours writing from Col
lin county Texas, under The dale OF March
lst, 10 q relative in this place, after dis
coursing over matters of domestic char
acier thus gives description of the land,
products, &C., of Texas, which we sub
Join for the benefit Of those who may wish
10 emigraie to that Stale -
"Your natural question is how do you
like The sunny climes oil the SCUM
will say in reply that 1t far surpasseS my
expectations in every respect. /! Is
prairie country, only just sufficiently un'
dulal;ng TO make ii beautiful, Inlerspersed
with islands or clumps of timber, which
gives it romantic appearance. lie soil
is a deep, black loan and the richest by
far have ever seen, producing The finest
crops Of whatever is planted on il. Be-
fore came here Was told | should get
no vegetables 10 eat. That fruit would
not come ~ perfection, and great many
other tales OF si'nll4r import. have
found these accounts entirely void Of truth.
| have seen wheat that was raised here, as
bright if not brighter than have else
where, weighing from sixty five TO seven
ty-lwo POUNDS to the bushel. Corn will
grow Of "a very good season from twelve
TO fifteen barrel, per acre, ordinary and
bad seasons, from five to Ten barrels per
acre. Oats Yield from seventy-hve TO one
hundred bushels per acre. Wheat from
twenty-five TO thirty bushels per acre.
Barley from fifty TO sky bushels per acre.
Cotton about seven hundred and fifty
pounds, thus showing this country 10 be
The finest farming country i'll the United
States.
As TO vegetables, we have here all the
varieties tina, are raised in The North
Lettuce, Beans, Peas, Onions, B els, To-
matoes, Turnps and Parsnips, all are
raised in great abundance. Cabbage does
not always mature here owing to the heat
and drought of the Summer. Irish Pn-
tatoes are the only vegetable that does not
do well, but in their stead, we have the
fines, sweet ones have ever eaten. They
keep sweet potatoes here as you do IRISH
ones. | have seen several fine peach
orchards and but one or two apple orch
ards, and they were 100 young 10 bear,
but they looked thrifty and | lave n"
doub, hut wha, apples will grow here as
a, the North. Raising Stock is the great
business here. Immense herds OF cattle,
sheen and horses roam over the rich pral-
ries, the owners having no'l ing TO do but
brand them and hyrd them. Many OF
our farmers owning as many as three
thousand head, respectively. We have
several kinds Of timber here that does not
grow North.
The Bodark or Usage Orange grows
quite large tree, from one 10 three feet
through the body. 1t is used for posts,
like your locust. The Chllim tree, a.
kind of evergreen, is used for making lur-
ni,ure. The Pecan tee grows here and
the nut is gathered and sent North. We
have plenty of wild fruit, as grapes, wild
plums, &c.
And now as 10 the climate. 1t is the
most delightful I'have ever experienced.
came here in February. and with the
exec lon Of lew mornings and evenings
we have not needed fire; we have no
cloudy, raw weather here. 1t is general
" healthy country cases oil Typhoid
fever sometimes occur, but the cases are
rare. ChIls and fevers are scarcely
kuown. The days may be hot but the