Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-08-26

OOlNpllN lLNhl1Un1, OAl l
rom the Emigrant and Old Coun,ryman
/ MIGRATION TO THE WEST.
Thelollowing communication is from gen.
tiemannf Influence and Eesfec.ahil;.y, whe emf
Igratedto Illinois many years ago and founded
one OF he most fourishing settlements in that
state. His opinions and advice are therefore
entitled to some attention OH the part of those
who initiate an effort TO carve out for them
selves possession and home in the far west.
ALBION, Illinois, June II, 1887.
To the Eitor ofthe En,igrant& OlR Co,1ntry,,,an
Vast Plumbers Of poor emigrants from Eu-
rope, pnring into New York, who have not
the means fgetting into the country immedi-
ately 3aer arrival, bring great distress upon
themselves, and impose an intoerable burthen
upon the inhabitants of the city. a law is
now passed TO prevent their landing in the ci-
ty unless the captain gives security for their
maintenance. The interior of America is as
much in want of agricultural labor as ever.
The port for landing should be changed. New
York has enough of her own poor, and the sd-
jacent country is overdone with laborers. The
The INDECENT laborer is in point Of fact, far,h-
er from Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri, when
at New York than he was in England or Ire
land There are many districts in the interior
of America that can take all the surplus labour
of Europe. The Southern district Of Illinois
alone, can take tens of thousands. 10 get
here they should land at New Orleans, and i'm
mediately proceed BY steamboat to Illinois.
The following estimate of expenses from New
York to Illinois, will at once shew the mis-
take Of any poor man landing it New York,
that intends coming into the interior:
Items ottraveling expenses from N. York
to Illinois,
From n. York TO Albany by steamboat So
Albany to Schenectady, railroad SOC
Schenectady to Buffalo, canal, 1850 sa7,
miles l1-2cts per mile, and mealsS
Buffalo TO Clea veand---deck, not iound 800
Cleaveland 10 Portsmouth OH the Ohio} IN ,n
350mlles 3ctspr mile provisions included} '''
Portsmouth, to Mt Vernon or Shawneetown 4
S2s, s74
When at New Orleans the passenger has
only TO transfer himself from the ship to the
steamboat. The price Of deck passage from
New Orleans to Shawneetown is So. The
passage across the ocean is perhaps little
more to New Orleans than TO New York; if a
ship is chartered the difference is not great. If
possible, when at New Orleans, if the num-
Der Of emigrants are sufficient, hire one Of the
smaller class Of steamboats, and ascend the
Wabash, to Mount Carmel or TO Graysyillc.
This will at once bring the laborers into the
heart Of the country where their services are
required at the least possible expense. The
cheapness of land and provisions, will, at
glance, convince any observer that this is the
country for poor man, poor woman, poor
boy, and a poor girl. 1t is the poor of Eng
land that would be serviceable here, the farm
ing poor. This country is not in a suitable
condition TO receive city poor, or those that
look for employment in large manufactures
for support. Workers in wood, iron, and leath-
or are all wanted. Besides the wants of the
country, the rail road from the falls Of the O.
hio to the Mississippi is to be laid through
Mt. Carmel and Albion, and will give employ
to many thousands of hands. This part Of A.
merica will not be for many years. in COM
mercial point Of view money getting country.
Neither will it., for many yean, be country
in which an Industrious lAborer will ever want
food, fuel, and raiment u abundance -Bene-
VIOLENT associations that aid the INDECENT in
seeking land where their industry will meet
a sure reward; individuals that are putting
their little means together, TO convey them to
t6OIIIS COuUlIys WHttG iuoVi VIII w ooS-
full TO themselves and others, will do we'll TO
unite their efforts and send cmigrants to New
Orleans for the towns Of Graysville and Mount
Carmel on the Wabash. Albion is ten miles
from Graysville and eighteen from Mt. Car
mel. Its vicinity is healthy and pleasant, some
four or five hundred English families have re-
sided in its neighborhood for many years. Ma
nv who were poor, and destitute Of all pecu-
mary means when they came, are in comforta-
BILE and independent circumstances. Here is
an opening for ten thousand farm laborers and
mechanics. The mechanics most wanted are
|wheelrights, rough carpentersa, shoemakers
and blacksmiths. If emigrants come, in par
ties of fifty or even a hundred together, they
will find places in a few days. liza systemat-
ic emigration Of parties Of four or FIVE hundred
together, occupying the whole Of a steamboat,
start for the Wabash, a previous correspon-
dence would be advisable. The emigrants
should arrive in New Orleans some time in
February, March, or April. But any should
be pressed by necessity to come earlier. let
them come. If they arrive in winter, they can
not expect to get more than their support dur.
ing the winter months, but they will be ready
for profitable employ early in the spring. The
distress that exists in some places from toe
great population, and tho Inconvenience
that exist in this country from want ola suf
6cient population induces me to solicit place
for this Communication. first in your journal
and from thence into as many papers In Eng.
land and the eastern cities Of America, as are
friendly to the interests the emigraiing poor
GEORGE FLOWER.
tore Of HEzEkiAH II. LEAR, i'll GaIena. sundry
a,ckages Of Goods, sold for and on account Of
'hom II may concern, being damaged OF tho vov
80 from New York 70 Galena, on board the BRIG
nary Maria, comprising generally the following
riiclos, w An assortment of Hardware, Crock |
~ and Glass Ware; Boots; Shoes: wool. fur and