New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-06


stuck by some speculator COM, md they nigh. better
for stay away they get spa-ed dicontentef and
by their friends do n material jury 70 our country
This Is no fancy picture; can p iit 10 the counres
and name the towns which bul for this dreadful se oil
things, would be the garden OF toe State The pree ~
year has brought orh abundsnty Of all the products OF
the soil; hut the condition If the inhabitants i III IRE
dis e-siDg before every year adds 70 the evI
Every nan who se (at bali pnce) beg or borrow,
(a,d Of the public tuncdDnsies sea leave Tor
better country will qualify the assertion erey 1aa
and say graf numbers.
Another ea,uiei me incorporating hostility felt BY
the peopie toward the nonresident owners, On whom
they lay all thu blame evidenced ny the local bearing o.
many 81 our Legislative enac ments. The action d
our town and country boards OF d imili'ranon, tne
lax admin traiion OF avs against tr1spasses com
ntted on non sdent lands unequal taxation, and tue
thousand and c0nicaHcs 10 compel the owners u
se-,hese measures are impOic as unjust, aud are
Ink ia the chain that gals severely 1t gives US
bad name Tais unfortunate state OF Things Is the natu
raj c>nseq OF e unwise purchase OIArge tracts Vi
land for tie purposes Of speculation II nsy not be un
interesting to n-reident owners 10 know that our new
Constitution cUntemplstes further aggressive measures
Taxation almost uni ned nd where land speculation
bears the harcet, there taxation will be the highest
The limits Of this article will not allow me TO snow
the real bearing OF all the iacts IN the case HOW IN
our sparscy settled townships the inhabitants are fed
by the nonresident Highway tax nor how our tax
agents acqurn. pfincely oruRes oat OF the depre
ciated state OF the country and town credit and the
gullblty OF nonresident owners. These abuses may
II axe the subject Of another chapter.
have no bad motive personal pique to crafty oy
thus speaking plainly of the evils under which this coun
try groons. The truth may better be known to botn
classes Of readers this article is intended Tor
have thus far spoken of only one-hai OF the area IN
cluded within the abovenamed limits. The other haii
remains 10 be spoken Of and claims justice also IL is
Government land subject entry by land warrants OF
otherwise-none of than forty miles disantfrom
steamboat navigation large portion OF IL first quail
ity of farming lands much OF 1t quite as advantageou'y
situated for settlement as any timbered lands bave
ever SEEN have travelled the best porons OF
the tirnbered lands in Wisconsin and believe can
satisfy any that good tmbered lands are more ad-
vantageUus tor the farmer with small means toan eiter
prairie oak opening.
admit they are not SO easily cleared, but the ,il
Is much better adapted all kinds OF grain and grasses
and it does not require so large a capital to COM
mence; and lastly, they more healthy and Inc tim.
bered lands speak Of are better situated than any
know of in the West, because they are in the immed
vicinity of the old settlements where an aoundan
and cheap supply OF provisions stock ana lumber ior
building may be obtained, and they OF easy access
from Detroit by either land or water communication
Neither they obliged to pick up what was lett by
SPECTATORS but may take good as the first cut ana
find il in large bodies SO that we offer within our
limits opportunities Of planting whole townships, and
the settler need not fear any OF the evils above de-
serbed for man will now buy land In a new
country for the purpose of speculation at least to any
great extent would engage 10 locate two thousand
families within forty miles OF this place, each upon
eighty of rstrdte land that cannot De beat In any
country and by the purchase o land warrants the and
need not exceed the expense OF seven York shilngs
per acre.
do not choose to leave the subject till inform ysur
readers whom hope to induce think the Saginaw
country worthy OF their attention. something more par
tcuar of our geographical position general face OF the
county, it, productions, climate, capabilities and pres
ent business.
By Saginaw wish not to be limited TO any one of the
fouishng villages upon the banks OF the river of that
name but the term to denote the country under
stood and known Saginaw in other parts of the State
Going to Saginaw, means to some point on Saginaw
No how Sau ~ D,1r nd
Bangor, and should add Carrolton, on the west bank
carlton, East Saginaw, Portsmouth, Hampton or Lower
SaliLaw the east bank But OF the merits OF these
rival towns it is not my purpose TO speak Suffice II,
when inform you that they are all within sixteen miles
upon the river all have their friends and admirers but
In tact they all have a common interest.
That there will be very large ely at no distant day
upon the banks of Saginaw River have doubt but
at what point do not know. The river Is but little
more than eniy miles long, formed by the Junction OF
the following rivers: Cas-, Flint, Shawassee Swan,
Boa and Thtbowassee, they all unite IN the Saginaw
Marsh which il ten miles long and five miles WIDE and
quite similar in formation and general character to the
M0nteluma Marsh in the State OF New York. Pine tim
Der grows sbundanty all these rivers and Is manu-
featured upon them by water mills but by for the lar
gest quantity of the pine is down in the log and
saw ed by steam mills Saginaw River, OF which we
have fourteen in operation and several more that viii be
completed the present spring. We shall export THIS
wear fony millions Of feet of pine besides considerable
quantities OF black walnut There have been employed
in the pncries the past winter eleven hundred men Ia
getting logs at wages varying from Slo 10 9o PEI
me nth and their board and we shall give employment,
TO as many this summer in the manufacture ana
expectation, at equally good wages
estimate the aggregate population OF our several VII
lapes to be 1000 exclusive OF transient aDoers Our
river is nayisabe for craft drawing Elk feet OF water
There is nearly forty miles OF Pankroad completed 10
ward Detroit via Flint town OF about 1000 inhabit-
ante We have three daily steamboats, that ply on this
river and its tributaries steamboat communication with
Dedroit by Ward's semiweekiy line
THERE'S no pine in Shiswassee or Clinton Couaes but
all the others which have assumed AS WITHIN the limits
of this description have abundance OF timber consttu
ting about onetourh of the whole, leaving the other
threefourths hard-tmbered land and openings Inc
op nncs are confined to the southern portion oil the
limits have assum, d.
The ssln the hardtimbered land Is universally good
In the pine rather sandy The general lace OF the coun
try is unduatng, very little OF it wet or swampy Inc
streams run with quick currents lace OF the country
sbt 90 feet above the bed Of the streams winch oner
excellent drainage and moi announcement to crops
Tmbered with all the varieties of oak, ASH maple BIRCH
hickory black walnut, butternut, elm, and linden
We have healthy and mild climate Weave subject
10 lnterments (iever and ague) but to dangerous
forms OF Congesve or Typhua Our climate offers al
most perfect immunity to Consumption Persons pre-
disposed TO never have II here and bear accimalon
well Winter sets in about the first OF December we
generally get at least two months of seighing and
spring sets in about the LIST of April Vegetation seldom
starts till about that time
In word, Western New York as to sol, climate and
vegetable productions, and capabity for cultivation, is
fair ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS being quite good In Its
natural state as was Western New-iork.
As TO advantages for internal and external commerce.
no country in its natural state is before ours.
have no space for reflections upon the statements
made above but only assert that what have said be-
heve 10 be truth 1t may be thought by some am Sc
we're ON the nonresident owners of Michigan lands l
do not mean to be- | am, to limited extent owner OF
wild lands in another State bought on speculation ana
can sympathize with others VINO may chance To De In
the same bad Tx also actual settler In Mchi-
rap and have suffered as much in the last eight years
as many OF my neghbors from bad roads and the otner
full of sympathy also with my fellow settlers. but can
not wh like MANY of Them to cOrfscate the effects OF
unfortunate spectators or present owners Of l.hls
taken by them in payment OF deo's' but would 'alhsr
thew would look into their affairs, examine their lands
and bring II EN- into market am fully convinced ths1
some different mode must be adopted by them than Is
generally pursued they will soon have to pay Tor tner
land, eyeiy wear in taxes The people have the means
in their own hands, and disposed to use them and
e., haxe a elect your course would venture the sug