Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-06-28

here Is or l6 cents per ID. Georgia up
| land 10 ! 5 cents; cotton like your
sample would bring IS IL cents and
| think an exchange might be made to
advantage with the agents of some of the
manufacturers for some domestics, sc.
having been for several years past in this
trade, have acquired considerable know
ledge 10 the article OF cotton, &C."
When the rage for settling new coun-
tries shall subside, | do not hesitate in
stating that it will be found that the coun-
try situated between the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi, particularly that district en-
braced within the bounds of the state of
Illinois, must become the garden Of
these western regions and although
the first settlement of this country has,
and will be attended with serious difficult
ties on account of sickness, yet every
impeachment will be removed by that ar
dor and enterprise with which the eli
mate and soil must unquestionably
prompt It's inhabitants to manifest. Such
were the evils attending the settlement
OF Ohio, and much worse, outflow speedi-
ly removed
The soil is unquestionably the best in
the world. |, is superior to that Of Ohio,
Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, A laba-
ma, or Missouri The soil of Illinois
is more Uniform than that of any district
ct country OF the same extent. 1t varies
very little from the Wabash to the Mis-
sissippi, is high, and breaking into waves
in every direction, and presenting land
scapes that defy any artist to initiate
The pFaries in spring, summer, and
autumn, are beautiful beyond descrip-
ton: IN winter they are gloomy
So fades the lovely blooming aow'r,
Fral smiling solace of an hours
So soon our transient comforts fly,
And pleasure only blooms to die"
The highlands of the Missouri eleva,es
the wind, and gives stability to the eli
mate, or rather more 50 than is enjoyed
by the other western states +; this is evil
dent, as the grape, May duke, cherry,
and Portugal peach, will flourish here
hat will not grow elsewhere, this side
the mountains. will but add one more
remark in relation 10 the soil, and that is
from its appearance it will never wear
out. The French have tried it for more
than one hundred years, and the land
yields as kindly as ever, and as album
dainty. From two to six feet Sometimes
ten) we have the black mould, from ten
TO fifteen feet of yellow clay, and this ge-
morally founded On strata of stone coal
or blue clay--and under this slate OF
sand rock.
The following are the remarks of
medical gentleman on this subject.
present you with some specimens Of
substance found from the surface of the
earth to the distance of fifteen or twen,y
feet, or more below it, in digging wells
in this country; suppose it to be
sulphate of lime, gypsum, or in other
words, plaster OF paris. Be this as it
may, it is worthy of remark, that on
bank Of earth taken up in digging wells
here, and where the substance abounds,
grass, weeds, and l believe other vege-
tables grow as luxurantIy as in almost
any other place. This substance exists
in small bodies Of from quarter of an
inch to an inch in diameter, very rough,
sometimes branching, and of various
lengths.
The conclusions l draw from these
facts are, that the land here will be al
ways highly productive, and that thou
sand years from now, when the face Of
the land may be much worn, still vege-
tation will go on as kindly as at this time,
the force Of fertilization here being mex
haustable.
Respectfully yours, &c.
E j.
December 18Th, 1892"
A IL of which respectfully submit to