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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
February
Year
1846
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

üi.migronts, it is said, are flowing into Ihb country Trom all paris of ihe Union, and frorn Europe. One ihousand Germans arrived at Gnlveston, on the 25th u!r. Wecopy the folWing extract of a letler from a gentleman in Texas to a friend in Washington, Del., dated Dec. 7, 1815: "Dear Sir: - Our country is going ahead with tremendous strides; what think you of nvo tliousand souls orriving in Tcxas in ono week, maiiy of which are ))lanters, the balance mostly of the workinjgcláss. A Mr. Mercer, a friend of mine wlio resides on Oíd Caney, informed me a few days since, thal he vvopld pack 3J hhdá. of while sugar ol 1000 Ibe. eaeh, from an acre of cane. Thisquality sells for $8 percwt. which will amount to 240 for a single acre of ground, for one year."