Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-11-05
A LETTER FROM A GERMAN TO HIS
FATHER LAND.

The Milwaukee (4Visconsln) paper publish
es the following translation OF letter IN the.
| Schnell Post, from German IN that Territory
to his friends in Germany. 1t breathes the
true German heart, and will be read with m
ierest. The whole letter is replete with IN
struction, as it manifests how much our prvl-
leges are priced by those who never previous
| ly enjoyed them The deep enthusiasm of
the patient German character. and the sense
of past wrongs, breaks out in every line =
ENew Bedford Mercury
"Dear Friends-We arrived at America in
good health. We reached Milwaukee on the
9th of July, and hope that this letter will find
you in good health We have all been sea-
sick, but nobody died The Sd of July we
took the ST amboat TO Albany, and there took
the rail road for Milwaukee. We then bought
Hand of the State. |. John -, bought me
80 acres, Chat is, in German, 120 morgen. y
Then we went by wagon to place sc miles
from Milwaukee, where we could feast our
eyes on trees. There built me house of
trees 38 feet long and 8 feet wide, and have
bought stove for s12, upon which we can
cook and bake bread too We have bought a
cow with calf for SIS. which could not be
bought in Germany for $40.
"They think, in Germany, it is all wild in
America no, the wild part is in Germany.
The cities are pretter here than there, and we
have all kinds of trees, which they have not
got in Germany. | have on my land many
trees, oak, beech, linden, sugar cane, (maple,
and citron CEDAR trees. We are two miles
=, from church. We have mass every month
After New Year we have it every Sunday
, Here we live Cathoic-here we can nightly
p pray. The very poorest is as good as tht
. richest. One can every day and year go t.
the highest officers. We need not touch gu
hats; we can keep our pipe in our mouth
We thank God a thousand times. that he ha
. brought US out of the land of bondage into tn
= promised land for we have here fine lant
. and liberty.
a 81 pay every year 50 taxes for 800 NOR
- gen it is fixed by the United States of Amer
=. lea There is everything enough in America
J. Flour costs 50 a barrel, and there is ever
v thing cheap here.
= Trade is free to all here. wish you woul
u all come to me. You need not be ashamed t
:" come, for people come here who have NOR
!. money than John W, of Berg. Who
~ once in the Kingdom, Omitted States,) he new
~ er goes back 10 Prussia The poorest in A
III merca is more than the very richest in tn
le Grand Duchey of Luxembourg. A day labor
= err earns every day a dollar, and be need ne
IL give any drunken lawyers clerk anything {
e it. All lads and lasses bid come, Here W
le are happy. Here we are happy. He VIII
II serves year, can earn or buy 80 acres {
land, and none of it goes to the officers, as
81 Germany Come all from the slave land
As from the slave land to the free land--for "
III have free land here, and we thank God
H. thousand times that he has bro't US of tt
10 slave land 10 the free land Brothers and si
10 tiers, come all to me-to US. | wrote to yo
s the truth-the whole pure truth--so as &c
eS may help me and his holy gospel. BeheN
y the letter which | write to you. You wou
u thank God if you were here, for think no
. much a free land is better than slave Ian
= Here is no war, and nothing to fear; here e.
'e eryhing is plenty.
u "Ihere are HOW twenty-nne United State
rs The money they coin has on a star for eac
Il This signifies that the United States are free
|, ; the stars Of Heaven. One State is larger thu
D. France. Shall we not rejoice that we are
d. d; this land Yes, we thank God one thousar
ID times, and one thousand times one thousan
d that he has brought us out of the siav Gland
e. the promised land. 1t is calculated that fl
er hundred come every day You must not thir
4 that America is all wild, for there are railroad
ne steamships and manufactures, as in Europ
=, | hope from my heart that this letter may fiji
H. you in good health; and write me each no
PIT it is in Germany-for I have heard that Il
y, hail has done much harm, and that the tax
II, &c become much heavier.
no We have all thought of you much, but v
do not want to be with you; and if Pet
re- W of Berg, would give me his who
us IL property, if would carry back my wife a
a. children, would say no! | wish yet th
lot we could all see each other in America, ,
" shall never see each other till the last day.
l o salute you all. Amen.