Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-01-04
From HiI's Monthlu Tisitor.
D INCREASE OF POPULATION

|
est 10 us, whose inhabitants, bearing the
name Of Christian, are most likened TO our
population-who are ground down by the
most oppressive burdens, and who in the
midst of all the means of living are de-
prived Of their benefits by the grasping av-
arce and ownership of the non-producers
that emigration 10 this country must come
| greatly in aid of the natural increase to fill
up the vast eXpanse of territory that re-
mains 10 be taken up at the West
Since our own remembrance the noble
state of Ohio was a wilderness: in the CEN
sus Of 1910 its human population was L.
,O0O-more than hall of the whole num-
Der of the thirteen united colonies which
afterwards composed the original United
States at the time of the war of the Revo-
luton. The produce Of Ohio, the surplus
produce which she now turns out, is al
most equal 10 that which supports her pre-
sent population. At the close Of the late
war with England the whole extent of
country bordering on the lakes above On
tario, was comparatively Wilderness
| Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wis
! consln presented at that time but few
feeble settlements: indeed that part of the
old states Of New York and Pennsylvania
| bordering the Two lower lakes was but
new country with few improvements. Buff
falo. that now bright city of western New
York, ii will be remembered, was burnt
bown entirely, and with the settlements at
Black Rock and along the American side
of the Niagara, has entirely grown up
| since the year 1916; and since the year
1900, New York west Of the German Flats,
and few sparse settleme nts upon the Mo-
! hawk, in the present county of Oneida,
was almost an entire wilderness.
Within the last ten years the settlements
at the West have been more rapid than
they ever have been before. We have q
railroad reaching nearly all the way from
Boston to Buffalo, so that the extreme
points at the distance Of from four to five
hundred miles will be reached in one year
from this time in less than twenly-four
hours. The facilities Of communication,
the rapidity of heavy transports both sum-
mer and winter, will 6 i've to The produce
tons OF the New England States all the
additional value that can be desired: the
increase of the supply both from the soil
and the workshop will but increase the de-
mand. Every thing will be rapidly car
ried, as by the law Of gravit ton, 10 that
point where it is most wanted, the point of
greatest production. If articles are chea-
pencd whore they are produced, other ar
cles wanted at the same points will bet
chcapened TO bring all 10 a level.
The increased productions Of wheat in
that great world at the West within the
last four years is truly wonderful. Five
years ago bread stufis were carried west
from the lake shores Of Ohio 10 sustain the
emf grating population of Michigan, lndi-
ana and Illinois: three years ago Ohio was
drained Of flour and pork to feed the new
settlers bordering on lake Erie and lake
Michigan.
Michigan city is at that point Of Indiana
which runs down to lake Michigan at the
west Of the PENINSULA it is the port of out
let for the Stale of Indiana through the
northern lake and canal navigation. La
porte, new county north Of Tippecanoe,
is the county which supplies Michigan city
with its principal trade and business. The
Gazette, newspaper printed at that place
OF November 3D. says up to that time, since
the harvest of the present year, there had
been shipped from that port II 900 bush
els of wheat and 1900 barrels Of flour; and
that 900 bushels more of wheat were
IN waiting for vessels 10 transport it TO the
east: and not one half of the surplus Of
Laporte, and but a small portion OF the
wheat from the adjoining counties, was
yet IN The same paper says there are
large quantities Of wheat and corn, and an
immense number Of hogs yet to be saugh-
tered and brought to market; our only
cry Continues the Gazette) is. give US
harbor, and we will aslonish the East with
the immense amount Of produce shipped
from Michigan city"
SO great are the facilities Of communi-
cation that the whole price Of transporting
a barrel Of flour from Chicago or Mchl-
gan city to Boston will not exceed, in the
time OF open lake navigation, dollar and .
halt-a price less than the expense Of
the same bulk and weight twenty five years
ago from any part Of Vermont to Boston.
EXPLORING ExPEDITIoN.-The Peacock
Capt. Hudson, was expected to arrive at
Fort George about July L. The Vincen-
mes, Capt. likes, expected to arrive at
the same place July Is; and the Porpoise,
August l. All these vessels were at the
Northward in pursuance Of the objects OF
the Expedition; they had previously been
at Fort George, at the mouth of Columbia
River, where every attention was pad
them by the Governor and officers OF the
Hudson Bay Company. From For, George
it was believed the Squadron would said for
Singapore, and thence home. The above
information is from an officer who belong
ed to the Squadron, and who remained at
Fort George while the vessels went North
and WalfeG for their return Ihe latest u