Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-12-08
ST. JosEPHs, No., Nov. 20, 1856.
THE "FAR VEST


THE GAR VEST
To tie Editors Of the Wig:
Gentlemen: Having weathered our hte political ship
wreck and as the signs portend that we shall have
breathing SPELL well in Kansas in the political arena
thought would not be uninteresting you and many
OF your readers il we're try to give you description
oil Northwestern Missouri aud its advantages both pecu
niariy and socially to the enerprsing emgrant who
conclude to leave the home Of bis fathers aud cast hi, o
in this land Of smos, fabulous fertility
Taking ST. Joseph the centre you will find town. and
villages, plantations and afms in every direction dottino
the fair face OF the prairie and in every town il 10 be see1
the printing press church and chool-housc
that in the ianess Of their prosperity they do not forget
what they 20 posterity and 10 their God To d.
stranger not accustomed TO the way they do things here
It must be quite novelty 70 witness the large oSeams
some OF them drawn by many eleven and twelve
to team, and the happy and robust though suubunt
countenances OF our farmers who have fear Of rust
smut IN their wheat he soWs aud as winter follow
autumn, reaps bOuntfu return The soil In soe nlaees
IS fourteen feet deep aud capable Of missing every thing
that can be cultivated In Western Virginia aud this Is
undoubtedly the greatest corn wheat and poaoe growing
country that is embraced within the limits OF tho Union
AT present this country is In il natural state with the
exception OF the lands along the river large tracts remain
ing uncutvated there being yet no mode of convey
ance to market except by Steamboats, which charge eI.
orant prices and thus take from the farmer the profits
OF bis labor but this will DO obvated as the 81 Jo
seph aud Hannibal Railroad is under way with fair
prospect Of completion FALL thus rendering IL easy for
the farmers TO send their produce 70 the towns and ellie.
| up aud down the Mississippi.
To give you some idea Of the way they manage thing,
will give you account OF tho rapid growth of this CITY
which being the terminus Of the road from the Mssissipn
and connecting with the leading lines Of railway In the
West is supposed TO be the best place for a man 10 make
an investment Of all his spare change with prospect o
eaping large return. In 1913 the present site OF 81
Joseph was nothing but hempfed and the surrounding
country was in its native purity The plough had no,
turned lie furroNs aud the anlered denzen Of the TO-
rest rOamed unfnoestcd one Of the fares and os
productive regions Of the fertile West over imfneuse he'd
OF coal and minerals Of every kind which seem 70 be almost
bursting from the bosom Of the earth. Well did Bshou
Berkley say
"wesiwsrd The path oismplre take, rs vay;-
for here 10 the States OF Missouri and lows and the Ter
ores OF Kansas and Nebraska will be the most populou.
and thriving portions Of happy Republic Bot nov
IN 1885, what do seei But thirteen years have 0,sd
by and instead Of the tall stalks Of hemp you ace fine
rows Of houses and magnificent stores and In The place n
he hoarse bark Of the prairie wolf Is N be heard the Duff
ing Of steam engines and the lowing Of ,he herds they
Craze upon the neghborng bills The " red man can
scarcely realize A. he returns here dispose Of HE fura
and ponies, that this was once bic "bappy hunting
ground" FF'
To emigrants would say, come here in the spring
SaVe your money this winter and msks break" for the
wet You can get plenty 10 do never fear; Il IL only
we indolent and dsspaed thatfs Mechanics command
/ thc highest wages Carpenters get from 81 90 10 ~;
Dckayes and masons In proportion; aud in fact every
anch oi mcchanicsis wanting from the shoemaker up
Board can be had from si5O per week 10 g.
Yours, &c, J.T.C