The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-01-03

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MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN,
December Is, 1851. (
p. c. RICKETTS,, ESQ: Respected Sir,-Ailcr
lon. silence take the liberty Of speaking to
you again, by letter, from this thriving city of
the fan Northwest. The roar of old Michiaan's
mountain waves is falling on my ear, as they
tumble and break along The beach, and the chill
blasts Of winter are signing round my easement.
The leecy snow is drifting along the streets, and
ain sitting cozly by my table, beside warm
stove, thinking Of you, and the many friends 81
left behind me- at the East; but wilhou, any
other regret save that which parted friends al
ways feel.
OH Winter is now upon us here in full blast.
Our first snow storm occurred on the first of
November but the quantity that fell did not
exceed an inch or two in depth Since that time
we enjoyed some very pleasant weather, and the
river did not freeze up, so as to stop navigation;
until last weck;-but last week-ugh! the cold
commenced in earnest Ice formed in the river
three inches in thickness in one night The
weather is somewhat moderated to-day, and
there are n few inches OF snow on the ground.
| Notwithstanding the present ''win1ry wealth
cr'' am informed by old residents that the
quantity snow that falls here is less than that
which falls under The same parallel Of latitude
in the Eastern States.
Autumn was Il most delightful season. The
blandness Of the atmos phcre and the beauty of
the scenery delighted the sense and cha med the
eye. Indeed, to an imaginative mind, the light
that gilds the lovely days ola Wisconsin autumn
seems as if it were akin to the blissiuI beams
that slunber on the perennial groves and m, ads
OF Paradise.
| kossuth and his cCmvatrUls IRE all the rage
here, at present. A few weeks ago a certain
DR.. knklc, lately escaped from German CT
! Austrian prison, arrived here. and had Il rrccp-
ton somewhat similar TO what Lafayette It
celvcd, on his visit to the L. S. when PASSING
through the Eastern cities. Last Friday. cur
cily council appointed committee of prominent
citizens, to extend to KosSuh an invitation to
visit ouI city. We have eight daily newspapers
| in Milwaukee now, and such is the excitement.
that scarcely anything is mentioned in any of all
those papers but Hungary DISQUALIFICATION
to the oppressed and death to the despotS.
verify believe thvrc are thousands of persons
here who would be ready, at a moments notice,
to shoulder their rifles and march away to shoe,
! the CZai Nicholas OF Russia, or Francis Joseph
OF Austria, or any body else that wears a crown ,,
or crosses our path. Great country this, sir,-
:'manifest dcstiny'' lwells with us here, and no
mistake. Why, you at the old East, lhere-you
don't know 'bcans." You can't lift your foot,
nor wag your tongue unless you have authority
from your grandmother. There yon are, as
settled and stationary as the old banks of earth
en- your grandlnther's iarn-roo,ed in the soil
you first looked upon, you think YOU are pru-
dent and wise men, but alas for the world, i'll
wisdom should die with you. We, sir, out here,
would march off and conquer Mexico, invade
Cuba, put Canada in our pocket, and lay plans
TO hang up all the kings of Europe while you,
men of the East, would be rubbing your eyes
open in the morning. Don't blame US, then, if!
we are little excitable.
lou nave Piopdpl! sccl the census returns
for the State of Wisconsin and if so. you have
learned that on the first day OF June 1850, there
were upwards of tuenty.tour thousand more
males in the State than females. Think of that
state OF things, as existing year and half ago,
and say what our condition is now. The men
have come here, since that time, in greater
numbers than the ladies, and have no doubt,
but that, at the lowest estimation, there are now
needed in Wisconsin twenty-five thousand ladies
10 make the sexes equal in numbers. When,
talking with gentleman on this subject to-day,
he remarked that he did not know what we will do
unless we organize society al the East, for the
express purpose of promoting the emigration Of
ladies TO Wisconsin.
l remember, on several occasions on which |
had the pleasure OF visiting Elkton, saw
number oflovey and beautiful girls, and--but
won't say any more. The maidens ofNewark,
Del, might also be mentioned; but what's the
use oflalking at this distance. All will say
now, is, that If any of your pretty Maryland Or
Delaware girls could be caught out here they
would soon be married-that's certain.
Hoping you will excuse this rambling epislle,
remain, respectfully yours. S. Men. =