Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-05-16
EMIGRATION.

/ he tide o. emigration to the West the
present season will be unprecedented, at
least it will be so, if we may Judge from !
the accounts which are met with in almost |
every eastern paper. The great point Of
destination, especially for those coming by
the way Of the Lakes, will doubtless be
Wisconsin. The large and yet unsettled
tracts Of country in this Territory pos
sessing a productive soil, and climate
congenial to health, hold out to em;grants
inducements of no ordinary kind. Those
who design to emigrate to this Territory
will probably never find more favorable
period than the present. There is now an
abundance Of land as rich and productive
as any in the whole west, which may vet
be obtained at the government price often
shillings per acre. At the rapid rate which
this portion Of the West is settling, but
few years will elapse before the most des-
rable government lands, will be taken upb by
on industrious and enterprising population;
and improved lands will be greatly increa-
sed in value. The cost therefore, OF secu-
ring an eligible location for agricultural
purposes, will probobly be much greater
within few years than at present. Far
mers at the east who have come to the res
oution to make Wisconsin their future res
idence, but who are waiting to dispose Of
their possessions at the east, for few dol
lars more than they can at present obtain,
should bear in mind that they will be most
likely to lose more by the delay, than they
will gain even should they realize some
few dollars more on the sale Of their prop
erty by defering the time. The west in
the matter Of Improvements, and the deyel-
opement of resources, is by no means sta
tionary; here every thing is progressive,
and change after change in quick success
sion marks the aspect OF The country. Those
who come carly;--grow up with the country
and identify their interests with its advance
ment from infancy to manhood, viii be
more likely to reap advantages, than those
who come after the country is filled up. In
every new couutry, possessing reasonable
natural advantages, advances in real estate
property may always be looked for, and
those who are among the first permanent
settlers, arc often in faw years from a
small beginning, p laced in atlluont circum-
sances from TIC advantage Of having made
an car.y location.
TIE cscat body Of tie farming porula-
ton at The east, it IS believed, entertain err
roncous IDEAS, with regard to the facilities
Of trade and advantages for marketing the
surplus productions Of the west. A New
Highlander is inclined to believe that coun-
try like Wisconsin, at a distance Of
some fifteen hundred miles from the sea-
board, is shut ont from the general bu-
sincss of the world. Such however. is by
no means the case. Tie towns situated on
the shores If Lake Michigan, have posi-
ton in the commercial world, which IS at
ouco commanding and important. South
port Is ba, six or seveo DAYS distant from
N-v-Terl anil Boston, and fresh goods re-
cetyai a. Now York by British Stoar
Ship from Liverpool, may find their way
to Southport within a space Of time less
than may be required, to transport goods
to many of the interior counties in the state
Of New York. And the period IS not far
distant when the commercial cities and vii
lagos bordering on the western lakes, will
not depend upon the Erie canal for an out
let to the Atlantic. As soon as the public
works in Canada are completed, vessels
will have a full communication between
the Atlantic and the lakes, and no reship-
ments will be required between any Of the
Atlantic cities and the ports on Lake Mich
igan.
1t is common for the inhabitants Of Eas-
tern States to suppose. that merchandise
and the common Injuries OF life can be Al
fordod only at exhorb.tant prices in Wis
cousin. This too, is an erroneous idea
The cost Of transporting merchandise from
Boston or New York to the western shore
OF Lake Michigan, is actually less than
from Boston or New York to very many Of
the interior counties Of the State Of New
York and New England. Immigrants there
fore, need labor under no apprehension
that in coming TO Wisconsin, they viii be
obliged to (orego all the advantages which
the facilities Of commerce confer. In these
remarks we have only spoken Of the COM
mercial advantages Of eastern Wisconsin;