Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-09-03

ALMA, 1ywA, Aug. 1857.
Mr. EDiToR I'll wish to correct some misstato-
ments in your issue Of July 10th, by Castelanus,"
who as he say5 has been travelling in the West two
years ago The first Is bis railroad view from the
Capitol Of Indiana to Chicago stating that he 6nds
one upbroken view of lat .oyel land without bush
or tree." have travelled some seventy ave miles
OF the route Of that road from indianapolis about Is
years ago. and found most of II almost one un-
broken forest, AMI IL cannot be there ia Of
II left Ia 1855. Your traveller mus. have slept u
hat part OF the route mistUok entire prairie
route for It, mad to impute that Indiana is swampy
country "sbouuding with squiiOesand green heud
cd HES, with scorpions and uther reptiles OF the
largest olns, aud scarcely family in that pnrt Of
the country but what have tho aRue rs regular as
the seasons roll aroundh II he amply IL to some
places In the State 1t would do. but not TO Indiana
as section of tho vest. trlyelor ia your State,
poiug oak hills could call your country stoney,
billy place, or by inqulring of tho health OF some
families in tue vicinity OF some Of tho marshes Of
Chrsteen, (pardon the urthography for tho old
pronunciation brings up nssOsdtOns that still
priced or Nonsuoh where they often have The fever
and aguc, would II be true sly that New Castle
coutty was generally subject to snsh dsease, or one
travelling through parts of your down country in
mosquito time, declare that Delaware was unfit
for man or beast to live in on account Of the
quitoes. What would yon think Of such sketch
| Of your State. think it IL about time that the
West should have justice done It by It's dessribers
the West is beyond tho conception Of porto of
Eastern people. The part Of IL settled is you may
Tue UNIV TlNeT On tue East TO one hundred
miles west Of the Missouri river distance of some
twelve hundred miles from east 20 west and from
The settled regions Of Minnesota to the sunny south .
VI course In that area you may lad country 10 an
sWer all descriptions, healthy and unhealthy; but
far the greatest part fertile beyOnd tue belief Of
Eastern people generally, the climate is different,
We have had two Of the last wnters colder than the
o1lIest ever felt, but arc often pleasant aud dry
with no chattering of the tcuth by being chilled,
now have reference to Iowa, which is high, son,
| orally rolling country
He thinks tho Wost aLounis more in sharpers
than any other portion of the world, We have our
portion but We cannot excel the Eastern cities With
that class they may be up 10 tri,ks that Fast,
| ern men arc not acquainted with, as your sharpers
arc sometimes with us.
AS to morals he select one of tho worst places ns
sample OF Us, and the sample have no doubt are
Foreigners Of class; he speaks &C The condition
| OF the laboriug class 1 understand him TO moan
| that class who hire out by the day or month for
their support; portion Uf that 81 IS docs not 80
well here as with you, because the economical of
that class don't stay In III they nre soon able to do
business for themselves and part Of the res. would
be county charge in your country. Ihave traysl-
cd 10 some of the Eastern States II few yeats ago
anu iound that traveller had to keep on the look
out East as well as West. | wOulI refer you to the
imposition praoticod upon foreign cmigrants in
your seaport towns 1t 10 done account Of th rir
ignorance Of our c1uniry and of what they had best
do so our routes Of travelling is infested by set Of
sc0undrels who are watching tor opportunities to
prey upon tile uuwury, ia tue East us we'll as the
West
Your traveller had aot a very good opportunity to
become posted on the Hospitality of the Western
people, the genuine specimens Of TINT class are
getting scarce in proportion to the populations 80
many are coming from other places aud you can
form 30 idea OF US BY noting the general character
OF those who emisraie 10 this country. You will
give US tho credit of not lacking in cLIorprlse and
We surely have better fold to IL in Than East
Of the mounains Our wheat crop is GENERALLY
good corn SO 10 parts, others are short Oh account
OF dry weaIher-it is raining now finely, with some
appearance of giving US too much
must contrast our kOtes with yours to oar adj
vantage we have no bar in thOm in our region.