The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-25

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Lss1s 40 llvss = - Wea.
Il NJ, HEST going 10 Raia --- Cktnso, the
fastest ~ ysays-- Duvsrvrf, the beautiful
rirer eiy-Unsefaa isfansasios TO imni-
oraais--.Prices " real estate - Farmiay
Lasds; hsir ylossrs rdlnss for Efy gears
--Payxr ci.iss dn eastern grreahosns--Pri
css M Dptwgss--- Grsa, mant ~ farmsrs--
Hdy dai spaI Gtaeral style cfHrsag--
Outrn ayaissi restsra qscviltioa--tsood
ersct u a-Realitiss nad prospects IA ioTa.
tCerr..r.ndsnee ci the Rcsscn Post
LIZ cLaIaE IlousE,
DAVENPORT, Iowa, Aug. !.
You may remember that l promised you
a yssnme IL my experience IN this western
country, that You might be able TO tell Your
readers, ION reliable authority whether or
not the bottom had really tumblcd cut, and
everything was ON the high road To rack and
ruin. - ssaac ot our eastern friends are dis
l.,scd e. believe. did not know but that
| " might be "a. We have had runners here
that the Congress sprinr al Saratoga was
giving Out and ! suppose lac SIM and moon
| will grow dim some day--so who could be
surprised if the great west should he de-
clared bankrupt, without assets I
This l. IN, first visit To- the west. have
been At Chicago, which YOU know all about,
and which being now in direct commercial
connection with Liverpool, may be- left Ia
peak for herself She j, heard u in official
reports, and s;akcs noisc In the newspa
| Icrs but ] must say, an psssanf, that !
have ney,s cen, even In New Aerk itself,
such iniis.t.nits IL fast people, aud Of u
! fast h,i>in. IS. The leyccs arr crammcd and
crowded val. nerchandisc and produce, ard
TIA, hotels al, Ill ~ full s6ed rs busy - they
arr IN Washington in spoils time, or ia Bal
timotr al the gathering ofs Democratic colt
vcntinn. Such cunning and going, yeu
never saw IN y.ur lll,--and such hnrrying
AMI scuirying nj the railroad cars, that u
tram never guc- cut without taking = lew
more passenger, than intended t. 70 BY IL.
I.nt here ! am, IN qnscter aud prctticr
place than Chicago, Th,~ little city ri Day-
euppst, on the further hank oi the Mi>>iss-
ippi, opposite Rock Island, and Just al the
ioot Il the rapidS, !, "sH ol the rlcssanicss
spots IL tlc earth, surface that the sun
shine- upon. 4 growing place. t"o, with
some seventeen or eighteen Thousand inhab-
itants, and with q liberal margin f"r further
progress but never Likely a. become such a
Inal,trom Of business n thicag" Is, and ~
Superior j. Louni IT, he. But there will
always H., business enUnsh Ia make II a
thriving and papuloas place-another Gin
cinnati ur 81 lassis, possibly, but nut a New
York ar London. Aud enough there will
always hc % make IL a pleasant place oi resi-
dencc. III | were ia search IT a sls,t where
t. pas the remainder a my days, and obj
gated g. cnniinc nay solf e. oar spot, | think
4 snu, box an the hluif here, with view oi
the M,-.,ssirpa, aud the delightful drives ON
the pralric above, AMI un the Illinois shore. !
tie other -idc II the river, would stit me
oAa ,ily la summer ! should never b. ~ =
iss f,r amusement. n long n ] had my
Lorse az my fishing tackle, and in winter
eau have ali the new isnks aud journals. !
forty eight hours old n, the oldest, and a.
larrc t,rcl. of agreeable lusnplcto visit and |
chat with, n I can lind any where cut IT
Washington. &c the largest of cur Atlantic |
eities.
! mad. inquiries here Touching such mat
i.rs a. might h. useful to emigrating friends,
aud must confess that my information and
observation d. nat warrant the prophecies /
IL ruin with which had lacn many I
weeks familiar. Real estate in the city j. \
IA ilourishlng and improving condition. bat
has nui reached tbs .Ntraafant price We /
hear and read II n peculiar the west, AMI
which, reall, ohiain At only two 81 three
points. lik. t'hrar,, 81. Paul aud l.easen-
worth. N"a IAN buy e,s,d Loas.- lsi .r l
stor,- hi here, AT ma.h easier rates than IN 4
eastern towns IL like population. iooj 4
farming lands. w,ilsiu live miles IL town ~ (
railroad station, You cnn buy nj irom Slo H. 1
>l5 per acre wtth,n twenty five miles II !
the Mississippi river. Further west You can
buy god land al from - a. SlU and Ia
the Council Bluff district | have known IL
to change hand- rccently, BY bundrcds u
acres NJ - 80. Not much, ~ course, could
NOV L. had AZ tie latter rate, and nenc,
probably, unless man wanting 70 bay
should fall III Al the very lucky mpment
with man wanting "a sell Hut such en-
functions viii take place, when buyer and
seller arr On ia. slHt--aad an the spot you /
can buy cheaper than anywhere else. lwas /
told that land within fi,s mile-s IL Gr,nncil, |
onr &c thu most itouIi-hing u the towns On |
railroad, Thai u h u. between Iowa City and /
t"rt D-- Maimes, could he baueht Al a'..as /
III. an acre, la eriancll, tif,,,,gL had npe !
Lard similarly situated, eagerly taken = at /
$40 Ia the city &c Davenport. lfyau want /
Ia make bargains IN iatinin. land, you masl !
bny II the proprietor GA the soil. WLenit /
gets into the hands al the broker and bank.
cr- in the eite-. IL you hny you must pay mn
advance for IL. hut then, sou reflect, what
u SIS nm acre ior the e.,g best land o. NE |
race " TIE sarfh, when 50 situated that it. |
produce nay be- readily rot to market II |
you will look into the history Il prices Tor |
tie last sixty or seventy Year,, you will /
i.ad that lands in iowa, N the present day, I
arr cheaper than they have been al cores
l~pnding stages II growth aud perfection Ia 1
Penny wanna, OHIO, Indiana or kcntncky. |
| have taken the trouble Ia trace tins mat /
ter out from the data in M"r-e's geography /
IA 1875, down through the travellers and |
eiagfaut guide books, f,nciuslins Palmer, |
fear.u, B,rkbeck, and y dozen othcrsD, "a !
the present day And assert without lear
IL successful contradiction, that the prices
sf iir~tratc farming lands in Iowa are les
than they have been nj any time ia any ii
tiio>e states, having regard "a the population,
the home consumption, anil the facilities FIR
setting produce IT, favorable markets.
l had seen in The papers cxtrayagant
statement. with regard tp the manufacture |
&c paper cities in Iowa, and the alleged lay
Ing out 81 the whole state lnto house lots.
70 some extent IL j. true that their have
been speculations ~ town property, and
irsud- have No doubt becn committed On
To bay witllout knowledge. There has been
-osne movement ia real estate At Fulton and
Lyons, on the Mississippi, and when ! ws~
AZ Iowa City 4 Few weeks since there was a
convention of railroad men there who were
.naueurating seLeme f"r lani speculation
all the way frosn Gamanehe On the Mississ-
lppi To- Council Bluff On the Missouri
lLcSe matters ar understood here, and lseo-
PIE take a chance az let IL aluI,. with sosnc
degree &c intelligence aud safety. ! think
prices II landed property arr higher IT Du-
laquc than at any ether point in Iowa On
the river. Her sieinagc {" st. Paul and ST.
intli.ny has probably infected her people
with the fever u speculation that RACES in
those insanity places Hence il j. that
there Is les change II property II Dubuque
than At Davenport AT the former place
prices are - high a. Ia check purchase and
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