New-York daily tribune., 1849-06-08
Northern Wise ensin-Rapid Settlement, &c.


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Gasp csrrz Brown Co VIZ. Nay ~ l.i9
ItDRAc, GREsLEY: De1r Sur You would
confer great favor upon your friends in this qusr
ter. BY inserting in your widey-circalating paper
Ar article calling the attention Of immigrants and
capitalists to this portion Of Northern Wisconsin
In the hope that you viii consen, . DO s.. and in
order that you NAV have data sufficient Tor such IN AZ
toio VIII sise you few fact. which 5rief re-dence
ts part of The State has brought 70 ny knoEleese-
Mature seems 70 have marked or Inc of navlgs-
ton from the mouth Of Wisconsin River 20 that Of tie
Fox. li needs only canal about one mile and Ialf
IN length, and the expend.rsre Of few hundred hCu
sand dollars esch Il those streams, % complete TIE
work winch Nature has 30 5ene.ce-tly commenced
To easols the S.aS % accomplish tais work Cor.re
nss made ample provision 81 - grant d onc halt Of
al the srl within three miles each eide u ;Le Fox
tn0ueh1li r. whole lerEth.
g -lrvcf ol ne Fox River, including ihe route f1r
fle anal connect % win the " scyl-n. made
l4.t al, ~ a. aaie engineer; AMI the wl0ls Wcrk
from fe ~ Nsc0nsin o. Green Bay, with tke exception
o. s5o., lb miles from The outlet " LAKE N.lleyag0
lat NeenaaJ % ihe Grand hakau. . - t1is moment
under contract o. b. completed by tle l-' o. June
4-JJ Earn -lat % l the opinl0n ol the Comm o.
the work gncer cOntrsct next FsI b. the contracts
have tl1s sr been taken a. puces iar oelO" TIE esl
mate.
Everything is propitous. the work is more cheaPly
done and TOE lands 80 apart ior that plfpose are %
much better demand than wa anticipated. 20 taar we
lei confident t1af within three year., 1e shall BE- "a
communication, > water, with New ofk ana 'e''
Orleans. Tie Wlscol-iu Delo" tie canal aL,l'- no
hydraulic privilege does the Io2r gnt4 ~ issues
from lake ".nDeO4g0 at Aeensa- Here commence
series ~ water puFIleges winch terminates IFe ule-
above Green Bay. these water privilege ere ~ Nee
nsh Grand Chute Lutte Chute Grand haEaIil and DE
| o = +
leer and tlink t is 10 e2aseeral0n % say mat me
j. twice large a. he Gencsee River 81 tocn
ester.
his believe. conceded that Wisconsin is destined
~ be the greaest whcsf growing state IN the Union
lt b. xe known that hydraulic privileges are extreme
iy ia tie Eastern southern, western AMI iullle
portions Of the state hence u seems sey-nay, GER
isn-that toe greater portion Of tue Wheat grown 70
tls state and much Of tnat a Iowa must stpP heTe ~
be Toured way % ne Eastern markets beside
Whist will prevent Cotton and Wool from coming mere
% be ~ uiactgTed
Prom Neens6 70 Green Pay, about 81 miles,j the
rgcr runs through tmDcred country, unsurpassed n
heathiu,ness beauty aud fertility the land Is 0eauu-
fully rolling and pienri4y Waiercd with sPnng- rYu-
lets and creeks The timber ls sugarmaplc, oasswood,
oak, a-b elm, cherry, batternut, iron.wood birch,
beech, SC. Ac. No hemlOck except far % the North.
English grass grows here iuxunlnly, which can
iy be said Of say other part o. the STATE the
country is therefore, wen adapted % either gram
growing Or grazing.
Al Neeuah there are mills in operation, and pOpu-
lat0n 0f several hgrraGs where, year or two since
there were scarcely any inhabitants.
At this place. seven miles below Neciish. there wac
not the 18th Oi september last, human helng re-
siding since the let - February, however, there has
been scarcely day but our town has received acccs
si0ns o. its population. We have now township or
gsnzaou officers chosen. and the public business pro
gresses with much regularity though TIE country
had been settled hiiy years
Prom the head % ne foot Of the rapils a. his place
the distance j. nearly two miles and the fall about 90
feet 20 that when the Improvement j. completed the
al ~ al ID IS flf m
Three towns have been laid out here extending along
the banks Oi the uyer-AppietOn, Lawsbursh and
Martini
Martin ia near the head ofthe Rapids and j. adjacent
% the ciufs, which gives 10 the township. The
chute b. perpendicular fall Of about four and half
I -, which extends in scrpenune course entirely
The stream which cannot be lees than cd r0d- 10
width at this point For beauty romance and sublm-
iy, place in the West short Of tie Fails o. - An
tnony, can equal this
Mills are already IN progress Of erection here and
number Of nne buildings are about commencing not.
-andng the eutcrpTsug managers have been here
only about ten days
Other towns are being laid out and commenced be
low here which promise % their propuetors and the
country but little, If any less than those already mon
toned.
The facilities for obtaining Pine lumber for building
are as good NJ could be- desired. On the Wolf River,
branch of the Fox there immense Forests O. pine
la the vicinity OF which are numerous water privileges
sufficient for saw millsso that lumber. already sawed
lOgs Tor the mills here can be brought down an rai
river is improved lumber viii come up from the Dor
dcrs Of Green Bay.
Most Of the lands near this place embraced within
the Reserve, % miles each side Of The nycr) are
under Freempt0n claims. BY complying with the
prccnpti0n laws actual settlers obtap their land az
81 ~ per acre. though y would sell readily az twice
perhaps three times that price II 10 could not be OBJ
tanned for Jess The G0f0HHirHf land is being taken
very rapidly opino that by the setting in OF the next
Winter 10 viii be difficult 10 ind whole quarterscc-
tions that are desirable, within fifteen miles Of the
River.
Nearly all the entries Of Goyernmtnt lsnds are now
made with soldiers land warrants but those who have
purchased 20 sch again. offer their lands 90 % -l %
per acre therefore migrants intending % locate here
should IN a cases bring cash. and p0f land vaaats,
peciAy since warrants, II they should be- wanted, can
be- oufsiued here nearly o. low as 81 the East
TO 10 astonishing that this, now universally con
sdcred the most important part Of Wisconsin should
have been neglected long and IL s almost as aston
i-hing 10 witness the rspdity with which people are
crowdine IN here from the south, that It's impor
tuncc has come 20 De appreciated
Give us call when you next travel Westward. We
are not all Whies here, but We oil Ike The Tribune.
enclose you the cash for twenty copies Tor one year
Remember that we are Just eginniug. send the pa.
pcrs 20 Yours truly, J. =
TINS Fox River must not be coufounded with the FoN
River OF ILLINOIS, which gees Wisconsin, bui IN the
southern part ofiL falling into the Illinois River pa Tb
We omit the particular description Of each village,
only OF local interest I'd