The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-18

scraps from sne Northwest
The railroad spirit is carrying all before it in the
northwest. Wisconsin exchanges apprize us Of
contracts and the rapid progress Of works in that
State, and Iowa is fully alive to the need OF similar
undertakings. The line connecting Chicago and
Rock Island (Illinois) is under contract, with
reasonable certainty Of being completed long be-
fore the time allowed in the charter has expiredj
and then Iowa and central Illinois will have full
advantage of eastern markets. Stimulated by
competition, the directors of the Galena and Chi
cago road are advertising for further contracts,
and seem likely-the Galena advertiser observes
TO do more in two years, dating from January lst,
1851, than during the previous ten years.
Concerning land sales in Illinois, we have the
following statement of business transacted at the
Springfield land Office during the quarter ending
the 30th ultimo;
1920 acres for Mexican land warrants;
10000 az for the new issue of warrants, and
5,22S " for cash.
33,l4S
AT this rate the public lands in that district will
soon be in private hands
The editor of the Galena Advertiser has been on a
trip TO northern Iowa. and he records his impress
sons in the following paragraph:
awe lately visited portion of the north OF Iowa,
and surprised at the rapidity with which it
filling up with intelligent and cnterprising
population. We refer particularly now TO the
counties of Alamakee and Winnishiek, which are
destined, unless our judgment deceives us, TO be-
come the weattrest in the State. Good health, q
rich soil, timber and prairie convenient to each
other, ine springs, and abundance of the best wa
ter power Tor driving machinery, are among the
advantages that invite to such result. Extensive
farms are being opened in every direction. One
man has broken up two hundred acres of prairie
this year Tor his own use, one hundred and nifty OF
which he has sown in wheat Judge Tophfi, OF
Mai kpa hnC % q
Bushels OF small grain and has forty acres OF corn
not yet harvested. Some of the corn, planted on
the sod in the spring, yIeds, we were told, fifty
bushels TO the acre."
Minnesota thrivcs apacc, but with rather more
than pleasant proportion of belgerent spirit. 1t
promises to be giant before long. In talent and
vivacity, its newspapers are far ahead of their
aeighbors, but they are horribly pugnacious. They
will perhaps grow wiser as they grow older.
Descending to Missouri, we have the Hannibal
Messenger chucking over the great influx ofstran-
gers and settlers, and the prospect of yet greater
increase:
''From the kentucky papers, and private nfor-
snation received by some of citizens, there ID
doubt the emigration from Kentucky to Mis-
souri, will be larger this fall than before. Ma
any from the odd Dominion too, looking west
ward for new homes, to say nothing OF those from
several other States"
To determine the wavering and inspire the timid,
the Messenger proceeds in this fashion:
'tCome along, all you who want to live in a
country flowing with milk and honey II your
object is wealth. this is the place for you. If it is
to live easy on little means and less work, come to
Missouri. She, of all others, is the place for you.
Ii you are rich enough, and q sportsman de come,
for here game abounds, and fish by myriads.
"Why will you remain on the poor, old, worn
out, worthless bills, where you count nubbins to
your horses, and measures Cornmeal by the pint
Why will you scuife through life, live poor and
entail the curse OF spot OF poor land your chill
dren, when there is much rich land i'll the great
West easily procured? Leave your broom sedge
fields to the crows and foxes, and come to Mis-
souri,, come to a rich country, come to new ooun-
try, come to country where you can make a
garden Of Eden, compared with your present
homes''
Tho appeal is almost irresistible; but in another
column we have stray item from a neighboring
Mercury that makes pause. 1t refers to Monroe
county, Missouri
GAS far our information reaches there prevails
unusual amount of sickness through the Coun-
try The prevailing disease is fever, most gen
orally preceded by chill. In some nei g hborhoods
we learn of whole families being Frustrated with
sickness And what is still worse, our physicians
have exhausted their supplies of quinnes the prn
cipal medicine used in the treatment of the disease
and cannot procure the article-the demand being
80 great as to have used up the usual supplies kept
ON hand by our druggists and northumberland
can be procured in Hannibal, and it is said TO
be very scarce and not to be had in st. Louis"
Hardly like Eden, after all