The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-11
IMPORTATION.

INFORMATION.
Our friends rs well as ourselves arc often
receiving letters from outside the State,
wanting information Of this section, its eli
mate, soil, productions, society, schools,
etc. The inquiries are sometimes Of the
most varied and particular character, which
would require more time and more general
knowledge than ourselves or the most Of our
friends have to bestow TO answer at all sat
isfactorily. The best way would be for our
correspondents to write to old and well in
formed land agencies, such as De Cordova
& Withers. 9. r. Johns & Co, j. Z. Rec
torand J. w. Lawrence. These agencies
make II their special business and may be
relied on fully. Besides, they win take a
pleasure in giving all the information
they may have te people abroad, who may
think Of coming to our favored State, now
the great object Of attraction to emigrants
There is another means Of getting infor-
nation. Let all those who wish to get it
from any particular locality ascertain what
newspaper is published there, and subscribe
for il for a year or six months, and they
viii be sure to learn great deal about the
country, its climate, crops and particular
advantages. We have often dwolt upon
the great desirability Of that portion Of
Texas lying west of the Brazos. Perhaps,
having lived in this section the greater part
OF the time we have been in this State, we
may not be altogether an unprejudiced wit
ness, but we conscientiously believe we are,
as we have no material interests to serve by
representing things in false or distorted
light. And when we use the term 1--WE"
we mean the writer Of this article, who has
neither lands nor houses west of the
Brazos, or anywhere else. We have been
through Eastern Texas, and lived for
more than a year in Northern Texas,
in the midst Of its richest portion, the
county and city of Dallas, and we know
pretty well all the particular advantages and
attractions Of the whole of this broad en-
pire In the South are the sugar and sea
island cotton lands, with much that can be
used for grazing purposes, though ulti-
mately the most of IT will be put under cul
tiyation. This portion in regard to health
is superior, we think, to the same ATTITUDES
in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and
Florida, but not greatly so. Eastern Texas
has pretty much the soil and climate of
Northern Louisiana and Mississippi, but in
both respects a little superior to either, and
it Is the best watered and best timbered part |
Of Texas. Northern Texas, by which we
mean the three or four tier of counties
running from Red River west, until
you strike the high table and dry
lands towards the Rio Grande, has
undoubtedly the largest body Of rich land
to be found anywhere in the State. But
this portion, like most very rich and pro
ductive regions, is not remarkable for its
health, though it viii compare in this re-
spect, with any part of the South in the
same latitude. We come now to speak of
that portion Of the State lying west of the
Brazos, which is usually denominated West
ern Texas, though much of it lies in the
very center Of this great sovereignty, and
includes its capital, the lovely and admired
City Of the Hills Here you have section
unrivaled for climate and health, springs
and streams of crystal water, furnishing
immense and unfailing water power, with
plenty of rich land along the rivers and
valleys and rolling prairies to produce
cotton, wheat, corn and all kinds Of grain
and fruits in abundance. In no part of the
State, for the last fifteen years, have the crops
been more certain, or yielded better profit
on the Investment The country, from the
Brazos at Waco, running south along the
little ridge of hills on the west, down to
the city of San Antonio, is, we believe, one
of the most beautiful and desirable to live
in, all things considered, in the world. The
large and unfailing springs of pure water,
the clear rivulets and rivers which flow from
them, the undulating face of the country,
with its bright skies, soft brcezes and invig-
Grating air, all tend to make it the paradise
Of the husbandman or invalid. II the cot
ton crops arc not as large as they are some
NAiAtca On AOWCA hAtA1ocf NOApA0NN oAAO
Old Caney, they are more certain, and
through a series of years win yield greater
profit. That is our opinion, made up from
observation and the experience and state
ments Of reliable gentlemen, who are well
acquainted with both sections
But We have already made this article
sufficiently long, and we conclude with the
promise that we shall, from time to time,
renew il, and we beg our country friends
throughout Western Texas to aid us with
all the information they may possess of their
respective localities Short descriptions of
the different counties, their curiosities, adj
vantages, population, resources, etc, we
shall be glad to receive and publish. We
have said nothing Of the immense stock
raising capabilities of the western portion
OF what IS usually called Western Texas, for
lack Of presenS time and space. This must
be left for future notice.
GENERAL AMNESTY.