The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-07-07


sufficiently acquainted with the Importance
Of the measure to give it his entire assent
and to use his influence to convince others,
If any there be, that the vote be unanimous
0sssaport Opinions .: The pisinterss.ed
We more seldom speak Of the details Of
the beauties and advantages presented by
this locality, than We copy remarks Of dis
interested strangers, who having sojourned
awhile in the place. 60 away impressed
with the beauty Of its site, its progress and
prospects Of future greatness, and make their
opinions public through the medium OF the
eastern press.
We make few extracts from papers on
our table containing such correspondence.
A gentleman writing from Peru. III, to the
N. Y. Times, speaks thus Of the Rock Island
and Chicago Rsilroad.-
"The distance across from Rock Island
to this point is about so miles, and from
here to Chicago 100 miles A more FEAST
bic route could not have been selected
The grading is very easy-the country rap
IDLY populating, and the soil inexhaus,ibly
fertile. The vigor and energy with which
the road is being pushed forward is wi,hou,
. parallel in the West. II is said that when
the Charter was granted to this road, it was
laughed At as joke; but, before the wrink-
les 81 the laugh had vanished, the steam
horse was gathering his iron hoots along 100
miles Of the route. The business said road
ID doing between here and Chicago is aston
ishing to its most sanguine friends. From
six 70 eight hundred passengers pass over it
daily, making the gross receipts from 81 500
to $4,000 per day"
The above remarks IN respect TO the pro-
gress Of the road are correct-with regard
TO the receipts per diem we are not advised.
He continues:
The greatexpounder Of the Constitution,
the lamen;ed and illustricus DANIEL WEI
sTIR, owned considerable lands around Peru,
which were specified in his will, and we sup
pose. they are quite valuable
Mr.. Webster, familiar with the typoyra.
Pny OF the western country and with an eye
to future wealth, selected lands where he
deemed the prospects fsirest for the mos,
rapid increase in value. Tha, he was fortu.
nate in this speculation it is needless to a..
sert
The above correspondent concludes hi
observation. a. follows:
"ln summing up our impressions Of tn,
Western country We must cay that Rocl
Island, on the Iowa side of the Mississippi
Is the garden, without exception. Il is tn.
most desirable iooa,e we have seen, present.
ing attraction to the seekers of pleasure
combined with interest"
That is certainly very aattering, Blu, an
other correspondent. writing for the N. Y
Tribune colors his dc scriItion more highly
Read an extract
Davenport and Rock Island are boil
beautifully situated en- the Mississippi at
point having more Advantages to reconmen
IT than any on the whole length of the riy
er; If beauty of location and the charms 0
asuperb climate are allowed to govern tn
choice Of the emigrant. These places ar
filing up rapidly with New England an
Eastern people and bid fair to become pros
porous manufacturing cities. No where il
the West have seen laboring men and me
chanics apparently doing SO well, SO health,
and contented as at this point. The Uppe
Rapids, which lie just above these cities
seem to have a wonderful purifying efec
on the atmosphere, which have been told
isas all seasons Of the pures. and most in
spring character. Indeed, this point seem
to have been chosen by the powers OF tn
meteorological world as a favorite theatre OF
which TO display the most varied, beautiful
and brillian, phenomena Wind, rain, hail
thunder, Lightning, showers, storms, &C., &c
there put On new complexion and char
acter. and suggest the existence of some
thing unusual in exciting causes while tn
clouds, the rainbows, ha!os surrounding til
moon, and dogs following the sun, are see,
in glory and splendor that is as rare as
10 harmless and beautiful
Now we protest against investing our eli
snafe with couleur de rose; it's no better tina
other localities in the same latitude, an
though we have some Of the iorelies, day
with the purest atmosphere man ever iahs
led, they are counterbslanced by as wind
and disagreeable ones ss mortal need wis
to experience. In the following exuac
with which We conclude, our correspondent
is more matteg-of-faet:
within two years the Mississippi will b
bridged, for the first time, al the foot OF tn
Upper Rapids. Then the West will re
move its landmarks beyond them and tn
East spreads it's Empire to the very foe
Ct the Rocky Mountains As noble tel
hit ~, as fit for the residence OF powerfr
and elterprising people, lies 70 the vest {