Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-12-24

ciety. He Is q native Oh ssHSAihSham CouhSs
New Hampshire l founA the reverned gen.
tleman busily engaged ins8nstructlng dwell
ing house he was not aboY aiding the mechan-
les with his own hands, Fing just carted IN
load Of lumber; and whek last saw him he
was driving nails as busy and and skilfully
as any Of his carpcnters-
1t is not strange that thsts'ate Of Iowa should
he the fayoritc point towsr} which the endless
tide Of emigration from pess'fo VESTS now
mainly tending. Nor is / strange that New.
England farmers, especially, should prefer its
gentle undulating surfacct the fiat prairies OF
Illinois. 1t is healthier; waters are more
abundant and swceter; it Mounds more in fine
"mill privileges" and in1.esery respect it is
more comformable To thei previous tastes and
feelings This tide Of er,1 sSn, which is al
ready SO deep and s.sn1 akE g iss ss'a,;
faieIeernsnt; a cha.Ms h1ss l1 seH'
tract and rapidly being q Rcted, which VIII
soon enable the traveller s ltss by railroad and
steamboat from the sliad'~s of the White
Mountains in New Hampsife to the northern
limits Of Iowas-ay, even ii the very foam OF
the Falls of ST Anthony
Nor is the Mississippi Rter the end Of this
great chain. rveys are iow being made for
railroads from Keokuk, afhe mouth Of the
Des Moine., and from Dav&port. which faces
the Rock River valley in Iifnos, and from the
growing city of DubuqueI All Of these will
take westerly direction. hnd will converge
and meet at some point tcst, and then the
main trunk will proceed hwarc to Council
Bluffs, and thence, at some future period to the
Pacific Task your imagnhtion, then, to con
ceive the progress and the future prosperity o.
this favored region
left many persons beAnd me who design
to reach this fay ored landat the earliest oppor
tunity. Let me give thens few words OF ad
vice: In the first place, fraad, bring no extr'
baggage. can at this moment buy wearin,
apparel, household furnitue. beds and bedding
nearly as cheap in Dubuque as you can bu.
them at home can't tell tohyit is. but know
the fact. In the nert place start in the Spring
as early as possible, for the Spring is earle
than in the same latitude easterly Thirdly,
you bring your family, make o bee. line to Chi
cago; thence down the lllinois canal and Rive
to the Mississippi and thence up the Missl'
sippi to your stopping place. And, alter WI
iting many of these stopping places on tn
river, 1 should give the pseterence to Dupueu
for reasons which will enpmerate but not an
plify. In the first place, fine road, built by II
, United States and called the military Road
! with excellent bridges, (notrivial convenience
q leads out west, as far as any emigrant can
a sire to 60 Second ,thsse is in thisvicinity pie
n ty Of cheap land. of the beat quality. Thir
there are numerous Saw Mills and Grist- Mil
y. Fourth there isa railppaa AsAnE snkxsx 8
and sure 10 be buiit, swtetef1y dircctft
). which is prolongation oi the double chain
roads which are to meet at the Mississippi I
). posite to or in Dubuque, Is the case may be-
. One of them is the road from Chicago, at viii
!, city all the eastern roads center: and tho 9th
;, is the great Central Illinois Road which is
- 90 at least to the mouth Of the Ohio River
These roads will meet at Dubuque, and so
). proceed westwardly; and U the emigrant con
"a early enough to buy land at the Governms
" price, or near it, upon the line Of this road
\ will find it rise in value three times over,
o.. fore his first Improvements are completed.