New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-28
HOMES IN TEXAA

A
cRoPs-TIMBER LANDs-sATURAL iRRIai
TION-PROPUsION OF FRUIrs-THE PLA1
FOR EMIGRANTs AND COLONIES.
LocKHARr, Caldwell Co. Texas, Dec % !
The traveller fresh from tho North, he surveys
country 80 graciously endowed with all that naka<
land desirable. Is at first unable to account for ts ~
barbarc aspect It's lack OF progressive ideas aud Of
refined and nober aspirations that Characterize hos(
north Of Mason and Drons line. Here You may :
Of virgin SOIL apparently "a hmitess In
as it Is evidently inexhsustibe In fertility; park-s
groves Of nve-oak and pecan and elm, with many 90
varieties ntermixed, arranged by an artists hAn
more picturesque In their gnerled trunks and brand
than the old Druid oaks Of Ehgiand-grotesquey soAo
and weird with the long flowing Spanish moss or ber
with which many Southern forests literally fesoo,
These meet the eye almost everywhere Timber, -
for fuel and fencing Is better distributed here and
greater abundance than it is In any other Prairie ssa
Very little fuel Is needed for warming purposo
this accessible 10 nearly every section OF the e0ur
Portions OF eastern Texas are covered by masa,nsi
woods Including oak, ash, hickory, and back-wLD>
Besides Florida Is close at hand and only railroads Il
industry are needed TO afford lumber as abundant
cheap as it can now be obtained in Illinois. Kans.}
already aware Of the timber treasure OF Texas an
making strenuous exertions TO reach these soutefn
Texas is capable Of producing everything that cs,i
hehffui climate tempered alike from Summers heat
winters cold, and withal remarkably healthy j.,
can be truly said that where else in the Republic
there be found as fine climate and soil over an q
even the size OF OF the counties OF Texas No d1
the Pacific slope rivals It in Of its favored valid
but here territory sufficient for five large states
by far the greater portion Of II leaves scarcely anyt
to be desired among the advantages have enumers
When brought in the presence OF all this the qe. IS
srsr g of
all the highest aspirations Of fet Time Tor nPr1
Older than Chicago, and settlements that sntedsH
most fourishing OF the Garden state and they are.
general thing wei located surrounded by fertile
and embosomed In magnificent natural scenery bol
| Slavery was abolished, many people here as vel
the other Cotton States, were wealthy. But their %
| consisted In land and slaves. Cotton was falSd
brought money, but all surpius money was inyesie
more negroes and more land: 1t was raising NOR 81
not more ignored between tbs two races than it ws
tween the whites themselves. Caste was everyss1
founded wholly on the love ot money as a means On
potic power. Elsewhere in osr country where srstos
prevails it can rightfully claim many good - wen
results.
As gross and imperfect as the Southern labor
permanent Improvement been neglected Of htts4
count And herein may be found the true causr OF q
abect condition of the South to-day BY nesiectins3
portant home improvements such as good road. 4
bridges and improved industrial means and methsi
the State has continually wasted at least half OF Ter
plus produce while the other half invested.
ft could be obtained in property which now no lonsd
iss or where 1t Is found Ia rial estate. has greatly
precated IN value.
As general rule the former slave-owners OF this OF
try see and acknowledge the debssiug influences q 4
old system on the whites themselves. stl they M
see clearly the force of the principle They do not ~
their conclusions on the dignity OF labor or the imps
ing Influences arising from 8 refined and cutya tsS
dustry. They only think that somehow they Will IN II
end. get along better without Slavery than With IL
fail to observe that IL Is not the popular s
OF gentleman 70 work. aside from special oceuIsst
ANY sort OF work that has any air Of service a'oaI
that Is thought TO require little ingenuity 10 aocowP
Is STILL ms formerly spurned contemporary, an
over To the freedman. i
foundation of the old aristocracy so there are
who profess to be rorkers, and ready "a engage ~
trial pursuits. where, notice. they inNariaep III I
Texas IA State Of such vast dimensions that 70 81
Ss :" say wSa' s Would nov ns nsass
ton OF the state west Of the Colorado II gcnep ~
ferred. Here Is the home Of the mesquite grass hs "a
pasturage In the world: and the soil II Ms deep sns
as II Is snywhere In the world T,mber and pr~i.e I'll
are fairly mixed while the climate is pr. ball. m's -
bracing and healthf than IL Is nearer tie coass
dcnce here for nearly two years has convinced ne
this portion of Texas Is moro healthy than any ~
Western state. Like Kansas, Western Texas Lt
reputed drousthy but believe mois ure Is s se.ss
supplied here as anywhere else on this i9er.d.ss:
from my own observation, and all the weather IN :,
have secn this Is abundanty proven Cotton an" sl
the principal crops cultivated IN this n gior u
here and in fact Yield just as we'll as IN Kansss
wheat growing State. There are few States tDn
compare In SOIL so rich In limo and other eerr ns,
the black prairies OF Texas. IL Is miNturo ~ a!as
and black ealcareous earth, evidently cont w
ineIhaustSle All through this country bsle % e,Is
per acre can DO grown without manure, or any 9"
There certainly is here else In the RopUhlic
opportunity for Industrious gent, aJ ael'
young men than Texas nov affords. Political 49,
are good and improving eycry day. There j. no G'ss
OF har,n Ia any one here WHO attends % n: pdsi
no viii speedily reap rich rewards la IL p'c.S
Nature. For abort time the loss of the sNn' ,hs
OF Northern life will be regretted and The ~
the civilization left behind. bat In duo seaspn 81
matchless country.
The heat "a mover excessive or troublesome helc,
Is In more Northern ATTITUDES. Tn, Last senfe -
been AS warm the average for Texas. aud theis
not single day OF oppressive heat Ike tnss ~,
cheated terms" at the North: no torgfd einihs a.,
haze, and gmmering air. frequently tcen VIA -
and no cases OF -sroke-an because tGe ar Is ~.
stanty stirred Ivy southery winds, while hrthor 80
opposing currents stop the active circulation OF A
80 produce sultrincss or stagnation The hlShs th"
out the summer are pleasant. and never too snu'
to snakes, eto., have not ono snake her" in
cru Texas. where l should have seen hnnd1Nu Ia I,
North Western state, and tho Sauie may Dc s.ii ~
troublesome insects. The housany, especially hl's
troublesome than at any other place have ever ~
Probably The almost constant snushine and hNer ~
Give US comparative exemt lion Ioni q! me- lnseets-