Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-10-15

RIA aAewrK o. IowA.

The love- City kspsA;esa thisks thak IN
all probability nvrc WI BE- y ereat~ &C.
cessioa to the population Of the State during
the present Autumn. than has ever before
taken place s.sAe same lsaesh sf tins
and gives ia support Of the opinion, the fact,
tia, a the time 81 expressing IT. eleven
emigran, wagons were standing IN the
streets Of lowA City, within few rods OF
the Rrpsbiess ONCE. go
II our Cspitolisn brother would make
visit tc Davenport, he would not talk about
the probabilities but the certainty OF the
un precedentedly large increase OF poPaia-
ton which or State is receiving, and Will
coa,inae 70 receive during the present sea-
Goa. B,sh our ferry boats are constantly
busy. and every day, files Of emigrant wa
CONS, numbering from ten 70 twenty pass
our Office on their way TO the interior. Inc
superior advantages of.owa are well kacwn
to the people a, the Ess, who wish to emf
crate. Those who come here are not max
ing any hap-haEard movement, based on
uncertainties and subject Of dlsapPo'nt-
men,s. Hundreds have preceded them on
prospecting tours, and have carried back to
their relations and acquaintances the report
,h,, the country is coed one. Hence, the
immigrants who are continually crowd'ng IN,
know what they are doing and imme iia'e'y
set about the accomplishment OF their
previously matured plans. We know o.
many instances where farmers bought lands
near enough 10 Davenport for eirip 70 De
made ia day, who paid from three to seven
dollars an acre for lands which they pull IN
wheat last spring, who harvested from
twenty i've to thirty bushels per acre. ana
who are now selling their wheat at 81 SOC
s,.ss per bushel. These are instances u
immediate rich returns which We DO not
think can be psralleled BY any similar facts
in the history Of agriculture, and II our
State is being settled with an unexamPied
rapidly. the new settlers eertninsy become
the almost immediate recipients OF an un-
exsmpled prosperity.
IL can perhaps be more truthlolly said oil
lows than OF any other State, tina, Il had
complete successfulness from the com
management. II had not to pass through
the sickly gradations nfinfantile strugghngs'
ba, commenced its career with the strength
OF a grown man. The aecessions which
"a -, ,su,as m receive so
largely. resemble more the increase which
resul,e inn the accretion or attraction oil
similar projections, than the slow develop
men, from q state of infancy and weakness
/, The condition Of matured prosPerousness.
The fsbled perfection with which Palia'
sprung from the head Of her extraordinary
father, has real oountepar, in the COM
plete equipments with which Iowa has pre-
scented herself among the family of States.
Unsurpassed, and but rarely equalledi IN The
fsrtility Of her soil. with climate OF re-
narksbie salubrity. an abundance OF coal
and Of the more valuable metals,-bonnded
on two SIDES BY the two grea, rivers Of the
continent. and having extensive arrange
ments for being thoroughly in,erseeted by
Railroads, it is not surprising that Iowa
should be 30 great favorite among the in
,eIligent and enterprising who are seeking
for new hsbiations in the Northwest. And
large as this immigration has hitherto been,
we expec, 10 see il greatly increased during
the remainder of The travelling season. In
Ohio especially, large number OF persons
who contemplate coming to this State, de-
ferred moving till after the election. Hav-
ing performed that last duty as citizens OF
The old State, they are now ready. and many
of them are on the way to realize the we'll
founded expectations Of prosperity which
awaits them here. We cannot have too
many ofsuch additions to our present pop
ulafion, and we welcome them all TO the
virgin fertility Of our wealthy ielding
prairies.