Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-01-24
WISCONSIN TERRITORY.
From the Neao ENGLAND WeelLy Rerie,o.

SOUTHPORT, w. II. Dec. ID, 1912.
f.. B. Green, Esq,
Dear Sir-Since my arrival in this place
[ have been favored regularly by a friend
with copies Of the Weekly Review, and
no paper is opened with half the pleasure as
that same sheet. There is some life, ANNA
ton and coloring in your columns-you
tell OF that which is actually Transporting in
your midst, and however distant may be
those who may have been denizens Of old
Connecticut, she still seems to be before us
and we feel as if we we're once more COM
ponent parts of that little sphere in which
Of yore ii was our joy and delight to move.
Tell US then Of your land-reioicing the
exlles in their wanderings-and we will
tell of ours, and perhaps win others to come
with us into the rich fields Of the boundless
West. Though to Yankee eyes its scene
ny is devoid of the great charm of noun
tain, rock, and valley, yet It's glorious
land, and | do not believe the sun shines
upon portion Of American soil that pos
sesses more Of the elements Of wealth, aye,
and OF beauty too, than this-till within a
short time unknown territory Of Wiscon-
sin. To the utmost fertility Of soil she
joins an ineXhaustible store Of min eral
wealth. and saIubrious climate and
though her ncighbors Illinois and Iowa en-
Joy many Of the same advantages, yet the
former is burdened by heavy debt, and
the latter cut off from all direct intercourse
with the markets Of the east, while WIS
consn wholly free from the one, is placed
in a position where she can command both
the south and the east, and urged on by
eastern enterprise, can develope all her re-
sources, and will eventually take her stand
amongst the first Of the Western States.
The present season the tide of emlgra
ton 70 the two territories has been wholly
unprecedented, land though these multtudes
will be followed by double the number ano-
Their year, there is Still room enough and to
spare. Villages spring up as if by magic.
Four years ago there was scarcely house
where Southport now stands. Now they
number nearly fifteen hundred inhabitants.
The unaided enterprise Of the people has
already prepared the best landing place in
the Territory, and from an increasing
knowledge Of Its advantages through the
eastern community, its vicinity to the mi
neral districts, and the efforts now in pro-
gress to secure those advantages, and rem
der them Of enduring and profitable value,
we may safely calculate upon doubling our
population within another year.
Nor of US str p Of heavy timber mum
Der of miles in width, stretches along the
lake, narrowing as it approaches the south
and closing upon the lake Immediately at
Southport. Stepping from town you enter
at once npon prairie land. A new conner
can scarcely divest himself Of the idea that
he is in an old country, and that the hand
Of man in days gone by, had laid out and
arranged the whole face Of the country in
to parks, and groves, and meadows, so
strange has nature made her handiwork.
1t is in fact vast meadow, divided and
subdivided by light belts Of timber, free
from bush or stone, and often reuniting in
parallel lines for miles.
Every thing shows it expressly suited
for an agricultural region. There is no
falling Of trees, no clearing Of under-brush
no long, tedious process Of stump extract
ing. The farmer drives on at once with
his plough, and the first year yields him
the fruits of his labors.
Already the people Of Michigan are be-
ginning to understand that rather than
spend ten years in clearing up their heavy
forests, exposed to fevers, agues, it i. bet
ter TO emigrate yet again, where in the fifth
of the time, and at fifth Of the expense,
they can possess larger, richer and smoo-
ther farm, farm that you can seldom find
exceled even on the banks Of the Connec-
ticut. Winter has this year Sc: in with I'M
usual severity, but the climate is said to be
as general thing, far mlder than the same
latitude east; and what is Of more import
ance to the new conner, ITS salubrity is I'M
questioned. We have neither the con-
symptoms Of the east, the fevers oc the
south, nor even the agues Of the west. |
have neither seen or heard Of single case
Of the ague since my residence in the ter
ritorv, and if the experience Of the last six
years can be taken as proof, this may be
called emphatically, healthy country,
and last Of all, we have population dcci-
dedlv eastern, in habits. associations and
feelings and it needs, | am convinced, but
correct knowledge Of the advantages Of
location. TO bring thousand more of our
sturdy Yankee brethren, consummation
devoutlv to be wished; and therefore, if it
pIesses you, will in some future commu-
nications make it again the subject Of my
story.
Yours truly, b.
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