The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-03-22

thought the road to the Missouri will be
finished to that point in two or three years.
Now all the travel west from Dubuque is by
stage; but it is too slow for a people who
have so much enterprise.
Nearly all the public land in the Dubuque
district has been sold; the Office is now closed
and people wishing to enter land now will
be obliged to go farther west. The amount
Of cash received at the land office in Dubuque
in the year 1855 was Si,1lG,55O, which you
see is Il large sum to put into Uncle Sans
pocket in Il year from one land Office. The
largest portion of the buyers are eastern men,
who have come west to settle and find good
home, where land is cheap and money
plenty. The land is not only cheap, but of
the best quality, well watercd and pretty
well tImbcrcd, making Iowa one of the best
farming states in the Union; all that is to be
done is to SOW and with the least trouble an
abundant harvest will be reapcd.
The mineral wealth of Dubuque is unknown
as there are often new lodes discovered, and
lucky is the man who is SO fortunate as to
find good one. There are men now in
Dubuque who few years ago were in in
di.ent circumstances that are now very
wealthy; some toll and work for years, and
ri last in day they become rich, and are in
a short time worth their thousands. There
are now upwards Of 800 men who are work
ing in the mines, most of them as day labor
ers, but very few of the miners find much
lead and some who have worked for years
give up in dspair of ever finding Il s.lnde. >
The ore sells ut the mines for from $50 to
$40 per 1000 lbs. These mines are IL source
OF great wealth to Dubuque. and will continue
to be, suppose, for many years.
There are great many new buildings want
ed in this city, and it is impossible to build
houses, as fast AZ the trade of Dubuque in
crcascs. In consequence ofthe scarcity of
houses in Dubuque, rents are very high, and
a single store room, situated in business
part of the city will command from $1,000 to
$1,000 year. So much has been made by
speculation in land that most of the capital
lists have neglected our city, but now that the
land Office is closed those who have money
will commence building, and next season
there will be hundreds Of houses, more than
in any previous year. Many think that in
ten years the population Of Dubuque will be
IS 900.
A few years ago there were hundreds o I
Indians living in Iowa. now there are but a
remnant Of the Sioux, IN the North western
par: Of the state. Fatal diseases, and to
them as whiskey-havc Trimmed their
ranks. Contrasting their former power with
their present weakness, Byron's description
Of the destruction of the Assyrian hest is
iorcibly broght to mind:
Like the leaves of the forest when Summer
was green;
That host with their banners at su nsct were seem
Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn h rs
blown,
That host on the morrow lay scattered and
strown,'
But they are followed 10y a superior race to
whose energy and enterprise Iowa owes her
present positon-changcd from an unin-
habitatcd wild to enc OF the best states in the
Cnion-already dotted with fourishing cities
and towns. Yours, Ben.