The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-05-06
The Amnsnss western Emigratt en-
and It's Cause.


emigration which 10 setting in from the old
States to the new, but unless they have spent
some time on the great thoroughfarcs Of trav-
81, or have constant access to the columns Of
the eastern papers, they can have formed no
adequate idea Of the extent OF this emigra-
ton.
We have had through our exchanges very |
fair opportunity for gathering such infor-
nation Is is contained in the papers, and
have been surprised at the universally and
extent of the emigration. The spirit OF en-
igration extends all lover the old States Of
the Union both North and South, and even
into Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.
We have given occasional notices Of the
emigration heretofore, and We condense
few extracts from papers now beforeus which
give IN inkling Of the extent, character and
motive OF the exodus of polulation from the
old States.
stWEsrsRS EnrcaAros. day. says
the Indianapolis Journal, sand ut al
emigrants can be seen passing through Indi-
annapolis bound for the prairies Of the West.
Some OF the emigrants take with them their
cattle and horses, and portion Of their
household furniture. Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana furnish the greater portion of
this crowd OF migratory people, who arc
leaving old homes, old associations and the
endearments OF friends and kindred TO settle
In Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. small
portion OF those who come through Indian
apolis are bound for Wisconsin and Minnes-
ota. The bulk Of emigration for that por-
ton OF the great West passes to the North
OF Us, via Toledo and Chicago. Our rail
roads, too, are loaded with etnigrants and
their freight on their way to tho occidental
land The three lines leading from Cincin-
natl, Dayton and Clev Gland, daily bring their
loads Of passengers, all anxious to hurry
through TO the places Of their destination.
This emigration is draining the country Of
Nancy, and tends as mach as anything else
to produce the tightness that every man in
business feels at this period. The money
market is daily becoming more stringent
There IS scarcely any specie left in the coun-
try, and not much currency Of any kind
This scarcity OF money will continue until
after the rush OF emigration is over, and the
coming crop harvested and its products
sold.'"
The Charleston Virginia Republican saws:
"Eyery steamboat that goes out of the
kanawha river, Virginia, takes a large num-
Der OF our citizens, mot only from that but
from the adjacent counties, who intend seek
Ing homes in the distant sFar West and the
prospect Is that this tide of emigration will
continue for some time yet. Can nothing
be done to check Pr
The National IAteiligencer admits the
facts of this exodus from Virginia, and re-
marks:
As the State refuses the relief to which
she is entitled, and that too GU, Of a fund
which she herself conferred on the country
for the common benefit, and must conse.
qucniiy get deeper and deeper in debt, il is
not to be wondered at if many Of her citi
zens should seek homes where wiser counsels
prevail, and where the solid interests of the
commonwealth are not sacrificed to ANTIGUA.
ted distractions, obsolete party dogmas, ira.
dictionary party principles, or mere party
names"
The South Side Oemocra. denies the the.
DRY of the Inieliigeneer, and explains the
matter thus
slow, then, do We account for the phe-
nomena of the increased emigration 2 Pre-
clsely Ia the method in which all emigration
IS explained Anew country, the oppor,uni.
~ for enterprise and shrewdncss to make
great profits, room for energy, facilities for
investment-in word, material prosperity
--icmpts the artizan Of Germany, the peas.
antry OF ireland, the woodsman Of Maine.
the trafieker Of Connecticut, and the Virginia
farmer to seek their fortune in land
tseming with nngathered wealth This slim
Iain has all ai.l tai "A al.
creasing facilities of communication are ad
ding new force to its operation with each sue.
ceeing year"
The Baltimore An,srican says:
S'The public journals of the older South.
ern States, Virginia, North and South Caro-
Ina, and Alabama, being special examples,
are occupied, to an unusual extent, with no.
tees OF an emigration that BODIES no good TO
the present or future prospects OF these mem
bers OF the confederacy. The breaking up
OF households, the sale Of plantations, and
the preparations and progress Of an extraor.
binary large number of movers, some seek
ing the far West. and others the extreme
South, portion sending their servants in the
latter direction for sale, while they them.
solves seek home in the new free States,
are the signs Of process Of depopulation
concern. For this tide OF emigration does
not emanate from overfowing population.
Very far from il. Rather il mark AN aban.
donment OF soil which, exhausted by inia.
diclous culture, will no longer repay the Ia
Dor OF ttilace-the result OF "a system Of self
consuming living, which has eaten in upon
itself until there no longer remains the means
or sastenance.o
We have already noticed the still greater
emigration by the northern routes from tina
extreme Eastern States, and We will close
these extracts, for the present, with one from
the Pittsburgh Gazette of late date.
'GorSn Wrsr-Yes, OF course. everybody
Is going Vest We look at no newspaper
nova days, but the columns are oyerrun
with accounts Of this migration. We clip.
ped from the Cincinnati Gazette Of Tuesday
q notice OF the numbers going West through
anu from that city, bat We have mislaid it,
lie account was, however, startling. One /
county 10 Ohio, Belmont, we think, actually \
SHOWS depopuation. We could add similar
items IN reference to this State A steamer
iett our landing yesterday, with a large com.
panF Of leading active men Of the frs, re-
speetabtliiy, from one county, perry in this /
State. They represent large sum Of money
"hiea Is 10 be drawn from circulation here.
ana Invested IN Nebraska, somewhere about
uiA4ha. We were told By a manufacturer in /
siassiiioh, u short time since, that he had /
ionnd II necessary 10 double the wages paid. /
"a order % keep anybody to d. his labor
with dilhculty he succeeded even then Thev
Will ~ West. SO il goes
NOW, we shall be deemed a sorto Of Ca.ap-
ora, prophet Of evil, no doubt; bn, wa
think We see tokens of grand smash an