Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-06-10
IOWA NEWS.
DU BUQUE, SATURDAY, JUNE 10.

IUWA NEW
DU BUQUE, SATURDAY, JUNE 10.
An the Iowa District, Chat is, the part of
Wisconsin west of the Mississippi river.) the
Government have yet sold none of the land,
but the inhabitants. numbering more than A.
900, are, according to the old nomenclature,
called sgsatters. Since the LIST day of June,
1893, when the United States first obtained
possession of the lands of this district, which
is commonly known as the Blach Hawk Pur.
chase, every person emigrating to the coun-
try has settled upon and improved any piece
Of land he could find unoccupied, we may well
suppose that, as each newcomer has such
vast field offertile land, from which 70 choose
his farm, he would be somewhat fastidious in
his choice; and such has been the fact. None
but The choicest spots are settled on and inn
proved. So great is the facility of selling his
produce to the ncighboring miners, that the
farmer in the northern part of this district will
undoubtedly be able to realize from his tillage,
with ordinary industry, more than sufficient to
pay for the land when it comes into market.
Of course, land speculation has not affected
the Iowa District which has thus been taken
possession of by the actual sitter, while lands
on the east side of the river have been purchas-
ed during the late mania, in large quantities by
persons whonever intended to live upon or i'm
prove them. In consequence of which, seri-
GUS injury has been done to those parts of the
country where the land is subject to sale and
entry at land Offices. And cmigrants of small
means, driven across the Mississippi where
better land can be obtained by mere occupan
cy and cultivation. This cause alone is suff-
cient to throw the weight of population and
political importance in our territory, upon the
west side Of the Mississippi.
Our exchange papers, this week, contain nc
news of Importance, but we are informed by
private correspondence, that the suspension of
specie payments by the banks, has already
made favorable alteration in the aspect of af.
fairs in the eastern cities. If the trading COM
munity will take lesson from the past, and
by judicious management during the suspen-
sion, put their business upon more solid
foundation than it has heretofore rested, we
may soon hope for more prosperous times.
ExPEDlTlous.--The elegant and fast steam
boat SHELTER, lately made trip from this
place to Cincinnatiin five days--a shorter time
we believe, than any other boat bas ever run
the same distance. Captain S. HARRIS, her
C commander, is we'll known to the public as a
most enterprising individual, and too much
praise cannot be awarded him for his success
ful attempts to navigate with steam the Rock,
Wisconsin, and Great Makoketa rivers, there
by demonstrating to the people of this territo-
~ and state of Illinois, the practicability of
running with steam boats, upon our smallerri-
vers, during considerable part Of the year.
We arc much gratifed to observe at our
wharves this spring, several new and elegant
steam boats, built for the upper Mississippi
trade, the greater part of them at Pittsburgh,
during the last year. Among them, pre-emi-
nent for beauty, speed, and convenience, are
the RoILA, IRENE, and SHELTER, which may
safely challenge competition with any boats
on the western waters.
A quarry of very superior building stone
has recently been discovered at the Horse
Shoe-Bend, on the Fever river, few miles
above Galena. This stone is susceptible of
high polish; the quarry is said to be inexhaus-
tible, and masses sufficiently large for any ar
chitectural uses may easily be obtained.
FOURTH OF JULY.
The attention of our readers is directed to a
notice in another column, calling meeting to
make arrangements to celebrate, the next un-
niversary of our Independence. Let the peo-
pie Du Buque shew, by attending to this mat
ter, that they are not unmindfml Of the day on
which was promulgated the charter Of our Lii
berries.