Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-07-15

we copy the following from the Cincinna,
,aepuoilcan, not for the compliment paid us
tDu. 1of the purpose Of showing our people til
light in which our country is looked upop q
broad. 1t seems to strike man .ha u.
no personal knowledge of the country. will
astonlshment to learn how fast the country !,
ming with people---the forest is constant,
changing into gardens, and within the last tw,
OF three years, thousands Of Wigwams hay,
given place to the Mansion.
FROM THE FAR WEST
me lar West is increasing in interest and i'm.
paance every day. Every few weeks we are n
49,. oi new paper, published in some remote
s.s u.c name OF which we have never heard be.
nrst apprized of the existence of such Mac. &c
~ DoouE," aud as for Iowa DlsTR1cT. there
are probably nine of ten in this conn,,v ,yho
Anow mounting OF its Whereabouts, and vet ,be for
mef IS furnishing town of some two ar ,,ras thou,
sand Inhabitants aud the latter, we are informed.
ane contains population Of upwa rds of Ii.
W. nave now before US a very imposing look
ing newspaper, far superior to our own in ,nne.r.
ance, and certainly not inferior in interest cnlsd
me '.io.ca Jsstos,' published at Du Buous. Timer
Mississippi, Wisconsin Territory. Il contains /
price current, steamboat register, and poodlv
n ,m! OF new advertisements. Flour is 3 to y
dollars per barrel, superfne, 81 so fine. Mes,
pork 81, and prime l8 per DBL bacon from to
= cts per ID. and hams IL and IL; butter 81 cts.
lresh, and ~ and Is key. Lumber and building
materials IN great Observation-Disclosures pdch wanted
wages from ~ to rs dollars per mopth. From the
steam boat register we learn that nere were arri-
Vals and departures in one week. Among the ad-
vert'semenis we observe a. CAY for a ssDomocratic
Meetlns,'f and notice of 4 meeting to make mr.
Engagements for the celebrstion of the l,t of July
From the "lowa Nstcs, we also learn that in the
Iowa District (whichia the part of Wisconsin west
OF the Mississippi the Government has yet sold
none OF the land, but the inhabitants now more
han ID 900 are, according to the old
cali.d 'quatters. None but the choicest spots are
settled u,aon and improved. Land speculation has
no, eflecte,', :he sIowa District, which has thus
been taken poss ssiop of by the actual settler while
lands on the east s..G.e have been purchased, du.
ring the la.s mania, II. large quantities, by per-
sons who never intend 10 lie upon Or improve
them. This cause alone is estes'.:ad SUFFICIENT by
the "Nescs," 10 throw the weight Of population
and polis;ca. importance of the west side ii the
Mississippi
Among the items of intelligence, we find the
following sgnincant ne:---Mrs. ORNr, near
Platteville, Iowa co was delivered of FOUR chill
DREN at one birt---two sons and two daughters
If there are many Mrs. Ornts i'll Iowa, we may
expect TO hear he's before the next Congress te,mi
mates, knocking at the doors of Congress- for adj
mission into the Union. Among Other items, of
news is a notice of sale of Lots il, the village
d kE-o-Kuck, (PhGbus what name y which i
shortly to take place. KE-o-KucK is situated OH
the west side of the Mississippi, about two hun
~ mil co1>n, 81
DOT of the lower rapids.'' The landing is sepre-
ented as 'inferior to none Oil the river---,he back
country beautiful and well watered.
The arrival of the steamboat SHELTER in five
lays from Cineinnrti, is noticed as the most expe-
iitious trip ever performed between the two places