The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-04-17
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"WEDNESDAY MISUNDERSTANDING ~, 1850.
ts,.s Enaigratlon and Emigrants. 49,
Many Of our eastern contemporaries, especial
" those professedly devoted to the interests of
foreign emigrants, are turning some attention to
Iowa as place where the homeless may be
sheltered under his own roofand where thewea-
~ wanderer may 1t last find rest. n lsa.atE.
Private individuals, too, are making the neces-
sary enquiries preparatory 10 taking the final
step which would place their future destiny in
the '.far west" as they are pleased to call this
faif portion Of creation. ". y .ls..'.-.t
There is something, however, in the nature
of these enquiries, coming both from individu-
ais and societies which betrays the ignorance of
our eastern neighbors, and proves beyond doubt
that they know little OF nothing about the west,
and that itwere much better they had heard less,
Is the many silly stories that they hear and be.
licye keep them from enjoying the pleasure and
profit ofsecuring q homestead on our beautiful
prairies and under the cheapest political organs
zationin in existence.
Every thing here, is measured by an eastern
standard, our roads, religion, morals, intelli-
gence &C., and eastern people conclude that in
as-much as all these things are perfected only
by time and wealth, we must necessarily rank
lower in the scale Improvement than their stan
dard Of measurement. Thousands Of otherwise
intelligent beings, imagine that our food and clio
thing Is of the coarsest and most uncomfortable
quality; that fat pork and rye bread are our on
~ or chief articles of Diet and of our clothing
They imagine that because the interior of Penn
sylvania, some portions of New York, and 9TH
er old settled States, afford nothing better than
rye bread and corn dodgers, it must follow that
the new settled States can hardly afford that
This is their mode Of reasoning and the con-
clusion would be good if the soil, climate &C.,
of:the two regions would bear strict compare
son; but they cannot. @& s7# ,is.5 --5i".''aT@
In Iowa, and the western or rather northwes-
tern States, the soil is rch fertile and unincum-
bered by forests, except in such positions where
timber is necessary. In these places rich, fer
tile soil is no object. Added to this the land is
cheap. In the eastern States, the soil is neither
fertile nor rich by nature, but must be made So
by great labor and at much expense. Forests
cover the land, and before crop can be plant
ed, .thousa. DIS Of trees must be cut down, leav-
ing their roots and stumps to annoy the progress
ofsthe farmer at every step of his seeding and
harvest. tasss9 tusa@4 ads Us ,e#na1'.s 81
Again the produce Of an acre here, reaches
greater maximum without the appliances Of ar
tifcial culture and consequently with cores
ponding diminution of labor, than the average
best lands of the eastern and middle States, with
extraordinary labor and expense, aided by skill
and science. 1t is not an uncommon thing for
single hand to undertake the preparation of
from SO to 100 acres of land for harvest, but
for want of assistance the same hand looses
much Of the reward of his labor He contents
himself with saving the most part, which is fire.
quently little over half leaving the rest to en-
courage the propagation of field vermin for his
future annoyance. al.+ aan89 .sH.a.z4T Ia eaag
Besides the several advantages Of good soil,
cheapness of land, &C., the west, at least that
portion of it embraced within the limits of Iowa,
has better roads than the old settled States
The roads here, are generally good; they are
formed by nature and need but to be gone over
by a wagon or sled to mark their position, route
&c. Sometimes they are surveyed, but that is
done to fix their locality, rather than by necessi
ty of resorting to McAdamization or other arti-
fetal construction. ] saglss aIa1u $50 IL.
II is true, that in many places, for example in
the neighborhood of Dubuque, the roads need
much improvement, but in this instance, the to-
pography of the mineral region, forms an excep-
ton to the general rule. There are but few 9TH
crpfaces which may not be embraced in the gen
eral rule. g2 t4s n85sp4 g#
As to markets, the large navgable streams
bounding the State on the east and west and
coursing through its centre, afford many facili-
ties for reaching southern market for surplus
produce, and the various lines Of railway, now
in course Of construction through the N. Wes-
tern States will afford another and more profita-
bic outlet for future surplus. We intend to
replysto some Of the questions which we have
heard asked upon the various subjects which an
emigrant would like to have answered, but must
defer till another occasion. "a I48itaagy
1870 Centre Township. @
The Democracy Of Centre Township have eff.
fected thorough organization, and will be rea-
dy. to do good service in the August campaign.
We like to see this buckling on Of the armor in
good season. The following staunch, Democrats
have been appointed Vigilance Committee for
the township, viz: David Haggard, Esq, F. w
Flauherty, Esq, and Patrick Morgan,
Il The organization Of Table Mound is publish
ed upon our outside to-day. When shall we
hear from others.
Distribution OF Arms. a.ss 3sfr
I By an act Of Congress, passed in 1908, arms
have been distributed to the States, in proper
ton 70 the number Of militia reported to the
War Department from each. i aaata
Under this act, allthe States, with the excep-
ton u Iowa, have received their quota Of arms,
but there being no militia organization existing
in this State, no report could be made on which
I distribution Of arms could be based. Under
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