The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-03-16
Going 10 kansas.
Westward Il, ,:ar Of ernPi-esaks. it. way"

There has ncve. been a time within our knowl-
edge when greater disposition was manifest
among the people of Indiana. and especially Of
..0ld WAYNE" to sell on. and move further
Wes. Iowa has long Lad. and still has strong
attraction for our citizens Minnesota, being
LILLE nearer Ire pole. operates Ike magnet, and
Kansas and Nebraska are believed 10 contain
germ which is long 10 burst forth s. the touch
81 civilization. and become the paradise Of far
nleIs. Winter is already over and the first bright
DAYS of spring-time which waken the sleeping
riI!s, SCI the current Of emigration in motion.
The '.iies Of March are looked to with differ
ent kind Q: interest from that which marked their
approach in the days Of the Cesars.
MANY are the motives which induce our peo-
pie TO eu.grae. Some whose means are limited
want 70 go where they get larger farms, and
some where they get better ones Some wish
70 90 where they can obtain farms for their sons.
and not few. it is feared. forsake good homes
and many enjoyments which they will hardly
fad elsewhere dazzleJ with the hope Of becom
ia. rich Some have been unfortunate in bust
ness aud hope TO regain their shattered fortunes;
whiie j. may be safely said that with all or near
~ all who forsahe the haunts OF civilization and
good society, to become pioneers in the wider
ness the desire of gain is the great and moving
cause; unless we should except few who are
Induced 70 settle in the new territories in order,
if possible 10 prevent them from eventually be-
coming Slave States.
While we are glad to know that our Western
forests and praires still being converted into
farms, and the homes of white men, and that
there are still found those amongst who are
willing to go before and redeem the wilderness
from the wolf and the grizzly bear We can
hardly avoid the opinion that some who are selling
their farms to seek for homes beneath the cano-
py Of the broad, the illimisable West" will in
nowise better their condition. To the poor man,
who fears no privations, no hardships, and is
able and willing to convert the wilderness into a
fruitful field, and who has constitution OF iron,
we say 90 But TO him who has snug little
farm in a healthy location. plenty of good neigh
bors, a good market--n short, who is well
fixed" and as the saying goes, is doing well
enough in the way of making money. we would
say do not think of emigra,ing. There
enough who not thus happily situated to PEG
pie the wilderness regions of Kansas, Nebraska.
Minnesota and Oregon.
To those who are bent trying their fortunes
IN some far-o.f and yet uncu.tivated section of
our country, we would DESIRE at the risk of being
called presump tous, to offer few words OF ad-
vice:
Iathe first place. don't think of selling out and
moving to Kansas, or any other place. without
first seeing the country and finding a location. If
YOU 10, two chances to one you will be dissatis-
fed, and heartily repent the day You resolved on
change The representations of others cannot
be relied on. They may be interested in the
matter. and if they not the. with other
eyes than yours.
In the next place. it is important that you have
the consen. of your families, and especially Of
your better halves. 1t is no small sacrifice for
woman who has been reared up in refined socie-
~, to leave comfortable home, and the friends
with whom she has been accustomed TO associ-
ate. perhaps from her girlhood. and for the
ma:nder Of her days to undergo the privations,
tolls and hardships of pioneer life; and if her
consent is no. fully and fairly obtained ere the
first step is taken, it is more than probable she
will be dissatisfied and unhappy in her new home
Far better is it to have but small farm and lin
iteI means. than 10 be possessed Of hundreds Of
acres Of the most fertile SOIL and pining. discon
tented wife.
! The next item Of our advice is. that in seeAin z
fer location. you shall not think of settling
down in any butts healthy Ague and fevers
are common. 10 some extent, in nearly all new
countries, bu. are much worse in some localities
than others. The enjoyment: of health is one Of
the greatest blessings conferred on man, and no
should deliberately take step which Will be
likely to bring sickness or himself family. al
though it be nothing worse than the ague, with
out, at least, having good and substantial cause
for doing.
There are rlany, very many things to be con-
sidered, in deciding on going to new country,
and time would utterly fail us should We attemp,
to enunera.e them here. Let every one before
he attempts to make great change. consider the
matter long and well. And after he has done
this, he viii be likely TO find. when settled IN his
iar-off home, that he has forgons many comforts
and viii have TO endure many privations which
he had Jailed to take into the account.
Grsa; Fire ia the Wood. OF Sonfh Caro:ina a!
a Geographic dispatch from baltimore. dated
the 18Th inst, says:
by mail we learn that the exacsiye fires are
devastating the country il South Carolina and
Georgia. A dispatch from Columbia. South Car
DINA. saws tremendous fires are raging all around