The Matagorda Gazette. (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 27, 1858 Page: 4 of 4
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THE GRFAT RIVER OF CHINA. :repon indicated by Mr. 3e Cordora.
a\-y, in Hot it is in the sunshine we wiil n.,t ven- of soch g-vdp «ispar Jrmaw choose 'o
Lieut Habersham of the U.S. Navy,
Capí, John S. Foré of this place, w^ihis letters fro China, asserts that the tola to eay ; bat thns t« few IS£iiAMn«a «.ltd ant;
Was recently autborfced by XJor. Rounds Miaeiesippi river, which we call the " Fath* ha¥S sufrí red a summer's ba#É and con-' re
to mailer into service a company of Ran-
gira, for the pnjte** of the frontier, pro-
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ar of Waters," in not to be compared to the: ti nanus iabor, in the fieHi of Texas. Mr
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of " Mother of Waters." In proof
eoapamfa atdthsal voiiae
of the two streams. Tbe Mimrissippi oppo-
se Kew OrieaM, ¡.not quite MO yards
Irié* Witb a aean depth of 106 feet, asd a
ewaa idueiQr of I|b3m per boar* tbne
A body of water I| «¡lee Iong, 660 yards
wide, and 106 feat thick* is driven into the
Iba G^f of Mexico every boar. ▲ little
than 100 wiles from the tnoatb of the
t*eKia*g (the Son of tbs Sea) is lo-
cated the city ef Kiang-Yin, The riser
bere is 1,900 yards wide, baa aa average
depth of 99 feet, sad a mean Telocity of
two miles per boar. Thns we hare, be ta-
a body af water two «ilea
yards wide, and 99 feet tbk*,
abadiato the boeoan of the Yellow Sea.
this TolaawVitb the first, and it
to be almost
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well-known fact that oat of 40,600 Ger-
Mu in Texas, at least liste fuarthe of tbs
number are esgsged is agricaltaral par-
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carried the cultivation of rottos
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Lipsey, E. J. The Matagorda Gazette. (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 27, 1858, newspaper, November 27, 1858; Matagorda, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth179104/m1/4/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.