Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-04-06

and five children, who, in the year 1919,
removed from Bridgeport. Connecticut,
to the Marine Settlement, in the state Of
/ Illinois, IN company with about eighty
families. 1t appears thai Mr.. May pur-
chased 500 dollars worth of land, built
hut, &c. upon it, and continued upon il
until lately, when getting tired of his Sic
tuation, he wrote to his friends in Bridge.
port tor some money to enable him 10
get back-the money was sent--Mr.
May sold his five hundred dollars worth
OF land for an old horse and cart, cram.
med his wife and children into his cart,
and started for {" the land of steady ha.
bits, which he reached after divers ac-
cidents by food ard field" As an ex-
| cuse for Mr.. May, it is said that he was
very much pestered in Illinois by large
| flics and mosquitoes, could get no tea,
&c. and that I've was often unwell-she
nature of his illness can be surmlsed,
when il Is known that he was confined to
his bed when the letter arrived from Con-
necilcut which contained The needfuL,
and that he no sooner broke the seal than
be recovered all his health and faculties.
We have no desire to question the
correctness of Mr.. Mays views in re-
gard 10 providing for his family, or the
objects OF those who give currency to
his tale of wo. But it would be fair for
the Illinois printers 10 ask them, how
many OF the 80 families have thought
proper to adopt Mr.. Mays plan. We
know nothing OF Illinois, or the suffer-
logs TO which emigranls are exposed in
that state, but we do know a singular
fact in relation to the effects of The ca
price which sometimes seizes home-
sick emgrants, the recollection of which
will always guard US from forming an
opinion OF country from the description
OF a returned emigrant.
Some time in the summer or fall Of
1922, person from the vicinity OF Sack
ett's Harbor, N Y visited this territory
for the purpose of purchasing land. He
first went into Oakland county, and in
passing through the township of Oakland
he was highly delighted with the tim
Ger, the waters, the soil, and, indeed,
every thing. He was advised to SEQ
more OF the counlry-bui, no--he was
| satlsGcd--lhose who wanted a better
country might seek for ii---he did not
want better. This man purchased
beautiful spot of land, went 10 the state
| Of New York, and iaSf sumwer besagfrt
on his family. He was still pleased with
mis- purchase--but after two or three
months he began TO get "the 6iues"-
his family IN which were two or tbree
fine young men, were in perfect health,
and his wife and children were pleased
with the country--yet the old gentleman
was unhappy-he had lett something, IN
the muddy, frosty, RAINY, and snowy
c country about SackeH'S Har6or, tina, he
sighed for; and, needless OF the remon-
slrances of bis nelghpors and his wife
and children, he las. fall packed up bis
all and went back to his dear old clayey
farm. His experiment, perhaps, cost
aim about SIX or seven hundred dollars.
We should state that this person made
no complaint of being ,ronbed with
flies, or of being sick, or Of the water or
soil-but, as we learn, be stated that he
had ascerlained that there was a vast boz
DIV of gulck sand under the Territory Of
Michigan, and taat il was dangerous Ii
Oing in country thai had so much
quick sand for a foundation.