Southport Telegraph

Extensive Emigration from Germany to Texas.—The Harz mountains, in north-western Germany, are well known to be among the richest depositories of mineral wealth in Europe. A letter from this region, published in the Paris Journal des Debats of December 7th, says:

"In our mountains, emigrations to Texas have been for some time past so numerous that several villages have been completely deserted. Agents going through the country, painting the delights of Texas in glowing colors, have so far excited the imaginations of the unfortunate peasants, that the authorities have been obliged to interfere in order to put an end to this traffic in men. In less than three months more than six thousand inhabitants have quitted our mountains, where mines of iron, lead, and mercury abound, to go in search of gold at the distance of four thousand leagues."