The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-12-24
LETTER IRON IOWA.

making one class labor Tor the benefit ot an ;
other, a community Is formed, which being
exempt from toll and privaion. will be in the
highest degree. free, polished and educated
the ignobe and vulgar being confined to the
cnslaved Those who have never lived at
the South, and do not know what there is u,
it, NAV satisfy themselves in relation to this
theory hv travelling through the border free
States and observing what comes "d OF 1t. y
moments thought should convince one IN ,Ec
outset that scrvitude of one class, can never
place the rLoIe of another class in indcrcn-
dence. Only favored few are benefited hy
slave labor. Black slavery VIII never ahol-
i>h white poverty: it only a""ravatc> it
There will be poor men everywhere, and a
poor white man among Shareholders j. poor
indeed. His position is di>reputabie, and Ia
Dor. the only sure means to escape 1t, ji>hon-
cradle. Consequently, those who are poor
Nil remain 50, laLorin@ Only for the pressing
wants of the hour, and a. the th,. south has
no system of General instruction They viii cH-
~ remain ignorant. \ more degraded white
population cannot he found in all Europe.
Guiding from the emi-ran;S already hcrc,)
than that very lar-c rla>> Of poor white men
at the South. The slaves themselves ridicuic
moral, is their superiority shown over the
blacks at their side. Y portion o; these NOR
al and intellectual haIf-hrce,I>-it indeed
they can be rated at 50 high fi.ure-Saiia-
ted with dc>titution at home spread them
selves through the border tree States. They
are >taunch supporters of all the inhumaE
black laws in force. 1t Is mainly through
their votes that those laws are >r>taincd-
another of The many instances where slave
~ ovcr>tcpIinG lis legal boundaries, reacts
upon the people Of the free States. These
white tu"itivc> from slavery attribute all
their ni>tortunrS 10 the hated negro, and
knowing ly their experience the effect OF
black lahn! AT home. :hcv desire To proven;
I. repetition OF ihc same abroad, They thus
charge upon an unfortunate lace. The evils
OF a '!,>ro';c system
At present there i great rivalry lctw,rn
, Gal,na and l'n'rnlac- Zach ha~ In conrynl-
I,lafion RAILWAY to the Pacific with side cuts
rNNrywhcrc- y company from Galcra has
male a preliminary SURVEY Tor road from
thence through tins County Ia the By Bend
III thu ~. Peters. passing through the extern
>i'r coal beds in Hardin County Among
thr"omir.ny were. Capt. Gcar."ncc the prince
90 lyi! miners. Dr h6v oi the. Gal,na ,Jrf1;r-
-"iiiam. hrrir> Temple, Civil Engineer. from
vermont. an Capt par;~ Of tie. steamer
Nominee til" only Ca,f,iu ever heard OF
"a the Mississippi who refused To star, las
boat on sunday The company numbered a
dozen Others, VII" went a> volunteers lore
pared 10 make General time OF it. The,
DESTROYED an immense amount of brandy
not cNlrtly Ia accordance with thu. Mann.
iornUla.--and on their return iclart,J =
magnificent route for a road nothing being
lackln" but money 10 build it. Soon after
Lew blossom \ Go, from Milwaukee. and 4
Hyatt Smith \ Co from GAINESVILLE. came IN
10y way Of Prairie du Chen and >lrvcrrd 4
route from thence westerly. having the sam,
terminus on the -. Peters as the Ga!rna Co
and ma'ic similar report, the only differ
cnrc arising from the fact that AS the amount
OF brandy DESTROYED was much greater than
IN The former instance. the feasibility of the
road was made prop"rtionahly greater The
i'nbnquc people, not 10 be outClone. have or
gained Company TO proceed to st. Paul.
who have not as vet reported progress Du-
buque has the advantage of her nci~hhor in
BEN" situated on the Mississippi, while ga
lena Is on Fever river, a corruption Of the
French L. Err. In point OF beauty neither
can boast Galrna is built upon two side
hills with narrow, dirty puddle running he
tween, the streets rising one above another
like flight of stairs. 1t BEGAN TO attract tb,
attention ct Spectators a> early Is l>lo.
zen Dali Green hcins there at that inn,
VIII" a company prepared to operate in los.
IN that year it received its present name.
''aiena, from Or, Muir Up to that time ii
had been called the Point. This Muir b,J
been Surgeon TO the garrison at Fort Smell
ing and had married an Indian girl. ln;Iu-
cnccd 10y the riaiculc of has brother officers
he determined TO break the alliance. and the
troops being ordered to Bellcfontainc. pos,
near the junction of the Mississippi and Mis-
souri, he left unknown to her, suppo>ing She
would never find his destination, or care TO
follow him if she should. But THE heart
that has fondly loved never forgcts." Alone,
with an infant in her arms, she started in a
canoe from Fort Smelling, and after thread
ing the wlndinss of the Mississippi for more
than thousand miles. She reached Bcllcfon-
tame so weak from toll and priyation as to be
unable to walk. Such heroic devotion was
not lost. DIR. Muir threw up his commission
IN the army and settled in GaIcna. where he
died after a few years practice. His wife
never gave NJ her Indian costume. and on
the death OF her husband she returned Ia her
tribe with her two children where it was as
c'rtancd they soon after died from exposure
and hunger
Winter has set in upon Us in earnest. Oar e