Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-11-15

despalrlng men were, with hoarse, faint vol
ces. hating and cheering on the intrepid girl,
and giving what snatches of instruction they
could utter as to means of approaching them.
But alas! the utmost strength of child, for
titled as 1t must have been by powerful feeling
of religious confidence and noble courage.
was insufficient for so severe struggle: and
had the deep anguish of seeing the wreck and
the forlorn brothers who hung upon it with
fierce yet enfeebled grasp, swept by within
a dozen yards of.he ferry boat.
At this moment old Reisacher started up,
and he would have plunged into the merciless
river, had not forcibly held him back, but
screaming louder than the storm, his voice
now reached Susannah, and it seemed at once
to mralyse all her power and skill. She cast
her looks by turns on the wretched objects she
wonld have saved, and on the half-maddened
parent who seemed rushing in frantic effort
to assist her.
At this crisis, Martin Buckholtz, one ofthe
brothers, perceived that their combined hope
of safety depended entirely on the possibility
of his gaining the ferry boat---for his compan.
ion could not swim---he resolved to trust him
self. inexpert. exhausted, and encountered as
he was, to the chances of the torrent. He
Slipped down into the water, struck out his
new nerved arms to bulfed every wave, and
rolling and pluneing with fierce energy ofde-
spair, he little by little approached the skiff.
Susannah regained her presence Of mind, and
she labored at her oar with renewed strength
and redoubled efforts. She soon met the bold
swimmer, he grasped the prow---heaved him
self up the side---caugh! the oar from his pre-.
servers hands---and though now considera-
BILE distance from the heavy rolling wreck, he
came up with 1t just as his brother was faint
ing from exhaustion and terror, and lifted him
safely into the skiff.
And how to describe old RESEARCHERS delight
quick following his despair, as he saw the fer
ry boat bounding triumphantly across the
waves, with its miraculous rescued freight
the tears, the blessings, the thanksgvings,
the love, the pride. the gra,itude!----All fell
down in plenteous showers upon the head Of
his child, or rose up to heaven in fervent but
silent thought.
Susannah, calm, modest, and apparently
UNCONSCIOUS in the midst Of all our united praise
and ad,niraton---was destined to the convic-
ton that she had done vir,uous and heroic
action, with out knowing. at the same time,
its uncommon merit.
The Grand Duke of Baden, on hearing the
circumstances, was pleased to bestow gra-
tuity of two hundred forms on our little hero
inc, together with medal, as special marq
Of distinction, bearing the inscription, "Shd
trusted in God" She was, when last saw
her, year after the adventure, receiving the
full benefit of an excellent education; for some
voluntary subscriptions produced her many adj
ditona advantages; aud she walked at the
head Of her village school-fellows, in their dali
ly pro,nenades, with step as composed, and
look as unassuming, as before the event
which has given her name its local immortali-
ty.
But since the year 1881, friend Reisacher
has lost his old sister and given up the ferry.
But the gratitude of Martin and G. Buck
holtz does not allow him to want the comforts
Of house in his old age; and ] should not
be at all surprised TO hear at any day (for Su.
sannah is now seventeen) that the gratitude Of
Martin, who is still unmarried, was about to
give still more permanent expression of his
attachment to the young remaining member Of
the female branch Of the Reisacher family.
Extract OF a letter from a Surveyor TO the editor
of the New Jersey Journal.
In my professional services as Surveyor o.
Public Lands, have had an opportunity O
acquiring ii very good knowledge of the coun
try, especially that portion Of it lying upon thu
waters Of the Des Moines, Iowa, Red Cedar
Fork Of the Iowa. Wabesapinca, and the tw,
Mequoquetois Rivers; the country lying up
on the Iowa and Red Cedar Fork, think thu
richest, most healthy, and best adapted to a
gricultural and Mechanical purports, Of any
that ever saw. Mill privileges are abundant
AMI in general there are equal proportions o
timber and prairie. The New-England farm
Ter would be astonished. as well as delighte,
to find here, instead Of a dense forest, tina
requires years Of hard labor to subdue, tn
beautiful prairie spread out before him, read,
for the reception Of the plough. and a crop in
sured the first year; reminding him at once o
his own native land, though in country wher
but little more than two years since, the In
dian roved unmolested in pursuit Of the Buffa
10 and Elk. Farmers here are moving an
putting up hay with as much Indifference a
the old settled farmers Of the east; there ar
Thousands Of acres Of grass, Of better qnalit
and heavier burden, than is generally cut z
| the east, burnt up every season by the annua
sfires on the pralries: stock is becoming yer
plenty; rye. oats, wheat and corn grow wei
and from the present appearance Of the bucl
wheat fields, ] should judge there would be n
lack Of buckwheat cakes the coming winter.
Wild hay is very plenty; deer. and 9th,
game, is abundant, and wild fruits there al
great quantities. especially strawberries an
wild plums. Mills Of various kinds are b.
coming quito numerous, but not sufficient
supply the great and increasing demands
this rich and fourishing country.
/ Bituminous Coal Of an excellent quality
found in various parts Of the country, especia
ly in the bloffs on tho Mississippi River, bac
Of Rockingham, few miles below Rock Is
and; but the chief mineral wealth of Wiscor
sin, consists in the Lead Mines Of Dr. Buqus