Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-09-06
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The following extract ola letter. dated at
RushviIle, IN the M,lnnry Irscl,) Schuyler
county, Illinois. July 3lr, 10 merchant of ".
York. gives an Interesting account nffhe -four.
isbng condition of thai section Of our com.
Try.
l. Are YOU swhre Of The rapid growth Of thi,
country II is surprising all calculation 1;
little towns are sprIrging up IN almost every
quarter, aud the whole country seems TO b.
IN state II the most rapid Improvement Ills
snId bv old settlers IN Ohio that " never i'm
proved so fast rs this. In returning from
Carrolton a few days snce, fell ia company
with gentleman from Burlington, vermont
he had come 10 see the country-he came with
me TO Boards ferry ON Boards town, close on
The east side of the Illinois RIVER, htie above
the base hue (say one mIle) aud would come u
fath.r.--sald with What information had given
him about the Military tract, hnd v hat he had
seen Of the country he was fully satisfied he
would 20 home aud sell his property aud move
immediately He SAID ba should NOT dare to
epesk the truth about this country. when he
got home that the people ia Vermont would
not believe hun # he did, because tn. descrip.
ton would snrpass any thing that would be
credible IN his country. The future growth
aud wealth OF this country is hardly 10 be an
hripned
Considering the extent Of country. the supc,
nof quality OF the sail, the many commercial
snd agricultural advautagrs sur onnded by
n.ViRable streams pr lakes on all sIdes with
The Illinois River Zone OF tue most beautiful
s'le"m' M III" void for naNgaion) rnonine
aim Il dueC'lv through the centre oI iha ; ate
and when the Canal shall be opened, aflordpp
~ all 'm"s choice OF Northern, Eastern on.
,e"hrtn m"rh"tN-i say in considering all
ih"se advantages, the MUD is lost IN wonder
and anaHem"ni at what mus, and will be the
iniufe DESTINY "fib,s country those Who live
10 seq fiiy years will sre splendid cliies in
ll'unw mentioned that ihr gentleman from
Vermont came with M IN B. rdstown thar
town ia November last had ! or CABINS or
i2g honses and one small frame, aud 30 sfnre
now II ras som" hirty or forty houses, mostly
framed one very large Two story brick house
a huge steam merchant mil, four stores (dry
g"n1s) and one book store.-Nlnny other
towns IN IN" State are ,ncitaslnp quite as ran
ldly, and are on tue advance You may think
thu improvements mention ale not very ran
ID, becouNe YOU had a Rochester. a Watc,l loo
avn some DINER town M suHr state, sprmg up
IKE mushrooms a. a nighi-bnt there IL n di.
ference br'weeo TIE couutries-one is almost a
VI deT"ess, (hm 10 the ptauie>) without OF peo.
pie. WITHOUT capilsl, "nhou, enterprise. wi hon,
any advantages but what nature has given.
and Utmost wlihou, any thing 10 improve with
while the other IL an old, settled, aud a
wrahhy country, possessing almost every adj.
VANTAGE that nature and All can bestow.
ave giVeo genetal view Of the present state.
oil 'mpfov meni IN lllInals-the habns and
mofal' OF the people ara improving quite as
last as III" lace Ut the conntry-soCIe'y is un-
de'gons a Y"si change IN the western country