Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-06-13
Resourccx or the Confederate States OF
America.


wheat region, extending from Bell county
North to Red River, and which will. this year,
furnish many hundred thousand barrels Of
-four for export The crop is already made
and harvested In the reports Of the United
States Commissioner Of Patents, at a former
day, the wheat gTain Of Texas was put down
as the very best for cxporlation, owing to The
peculiar dryncss Of the nour. On the other
hand Northern and Nort. Eastern flour, us
well as the flour Of Northern Europe, contains
SO much moisture that it Is always liable TO
sour On long voyages. The carly period al
which Texas whea. comes into market will
enable it TO control the supply Of the West
India and European products, and to furnish
nour in Richmond before cur crop is ready for
the sickle
Next, we have the cotton region. LUX On
the inap, and note the lower valleys OF he Bra.
2os, the Colorado, the Guadalupe, ard Tie
Trinity, also on the Upper Sabine and ON Red
River. There ure cotton lands for the labor Of
two millions Of Slaves. On the Lower Culora.
do and the Brazos, and on Can"y, we have sci.
dom heard Of failure in the cotton crop. In
other parts Of Texas, losscs by drought may
have been sustained but this region is pecn.
LARRY exempt. Tile first bale Of cotton in tho
New Orleans market nearly always comes from
Texas, and is sen. in The mouth Of July.
The sugar region is OF distinctive charac.
ter. These lands lie chiefly in Fort Bond
Wharton, Brazo:ia, ard Matarc:da counties
The iauds are extremely rich, md command
thirty and f,r!y dollars an gcre frequently 60
lrg bcycnG these sums Those Tho nave seen
the crops Of sugar. c.nc in Texas End in Lou.
isiana this season, reoort the former as several
inches taller than the lu,lcr ard The >t.:l
large and thrifty.
Next re have In. pastoral rcripn. This is
me, with mostly wes, or ,he Tr;ni,.. riyer-
The further ". 20 vest the more extensive Tic
prairics. The ccun,ry near the seu.sbprs *
far =. The Rio Grand,. is a1ru;rublv ada,;cJ cor
cattle, and thousands are raised without any
attention. save the lime sprrt in branding thc
calves. Lieut. GOV Iuhtnch ;Yho i. Iar,c
Ranrbero brands ! iI0t) c.lvcs ncr v.,r
lIirhcr nm ,hr copnir,. s,v in Pail por..,, r.,
Nln, Corv.lI. San S.hc N,son 60 tbo
hors..rsS,.r. aro yansr,I.v C,u,d Tho-s ora
,)so 6ne horse ranches q, tho c;hol, ,b,. y,,rss
and III. e,r ,,to,io riv.,s
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,Im 6. sh..n 49,. -,;.o, n ;nr,,o ,,n,,.,,
rbo u.ho,s rnr,,, ,,e., .yto,d;r,, o. ~. p;,
Gr,ndc il. hca,,hru, rcy;o, co, sbrc, Diseases
-, ,o.r..,, Lror,, lC..,,,r, so,a,, ,,a -
,o, h,, ,h. scoh .,d ,h,, !. ...;,v c.,r,1 H..
.i;,,in, tho ,hseu in 7 d.coctiop If tohocc,
; r., ho srcccssrul in thesa ssvcr,, ,,,r.,,;,.
r,i.;r- carr ,yb.a, ro,t,o smear ca,,,s b,rs..
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,r;rioo,;on i, s.,.ct;nc foc,,;,,, r,r IN
t,n,c u.s Inv. hoard [r co,,o, ,l,,,cr. t,;,-
| :, .r,,v;. Ian,
} heard ,r = horse or stock ru;scr n tho sam.
: county. who made u,t. OF ecual industry ,ha,
did not make money. Again, where farmers
: haze fsi;.j to nokc corn th,v have s,,cc.cdr,;
n rsknp s;ytv ard seventy hushc,s or ,.,l.,
70 IN, .c,c ard re,i;srd . dollar ner bus,,.l f.,
,..b
u;,c,,1, 1T,t~-s 6,-pruf,.-,,r n r.
st,uard the STINT, (;,o,o..;st ,,nor,s ,l,c .x
iy;ence Of coal in Young county. This is pesr
the line Of the Pacific railroad. Large amounts
ties. IL Marion county there is an iron fur.
mace, and the iron ore is said by The Gcolo
ris:, to be Of fine grain and eoual to any in
The United States This also is near the linz
of the Pacific railroad. Sal. Springs, CAPABLE
Of producing fine tai,!s salt IN large quantities,
: abound in Sloan county. and in other ,arts q,
tho State. In Cameron county there is a Sal,
Lake, where any amount of salt NAV BE- TO-
.ained with little lubor The Stat. slounds in
minerals, and we hope that the able researches
Of Professor Sbunard will be continued.
The princi,al springs are the suphpr
SPRINGS Of the Ciyoto. which are very powerful,
The Latpposos Sp,ings present \ novel Spreiu
cIp The wafer buiis I'M with s,,h farce
!. that IN. n.bb,e, are thrown nm and the b,;b.r
finds i. d ,fficult tc avojd beinp thrown nm nv
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10 '''en' Ahey are s:''ateu III Aa'hposoS
county, some seventy tn!lss North of Austin.
The Piedmont Springs aud the Kellurn Springs
~ C-;u.r md .,.t, S,,- 1sLo :, I1,ra,,
, - ,.. eN..:,''','' ' ''s o T,', Ai0''
county are 'aVo.''s 'es'f's' lDe ial'er Is sue
cessfully used in dyspsp1ic and liver com.
plants.
TIE Tam, B,;,,oo.3. .s ,,,,r, H.,
'"'' 'ne
+ Prnc'pai 'o"ns' We may enumeFate ua'VeStch,
the chief seaport; Houston, the railroad cen
t,c. Austin the canilal. San Antonio thc dsno,
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