Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-03

~ H. s1irm5 . LIga .u1Bs7I TCT 1
-rHrHl Land Offices at bath 5hisandI 0nlar
ha city are dong a geod business in The
way Of entries BY pre-emPfipn, which
shows that Iowa and Nebraska are fass
settling tp with bona iiiidie settlers. UhtlerI
the pre-emption laws, none but actual
settlers. can. enter land. at these offices at
the present time. hence we can know eex-
actiy how fast our coUntryis settling, and
we are happy to be able to announce that
thepanic and pressure IN the money mar
ket has not IN the least retarded the sett-
lement. of cur country by actual settlers
under the pre-emption laws. This speaks
volumes IN favor of the West. Here IN
the West there is a home for every man
who has an hundred dollars, and sufficient
RerUe to asme here and claim it, and we
say that the man In the East who has two
or three hundred dollars can do no better
than to come to Iowa or Nebraska If he
really wants a home for himself and fami-
". All that he wants to make himself
independent, is the resolution TO start for
Iowa and stability of character sufficient
to carry his resolution into effect. We
have been a resident of Iowa for twenty
years and may be presumed to know what
cnn be done here We know thousands
that who came to Iowa without a cent,
who are now worth from $4,000 to
100000 The question may be asked,
allow have they been enabled to amass
/ such fortunes ?I' w e viii answer by say
inc that they. came here with deteFnni-
nation to make money, and their first
move was to squat onya good tract Of
! land, upon which they went to work and
opened a farm, and by the time the land
office. opened for private entry, had made
money enough of of the tract to be able
to buy 1t. They then had h0rne-a farm
| off of which thev were able to clear from
two to twelve hundred dollars per annum;
this money they invested IN lands at 81 %
E per acre, and followed this course from
year to year, until now they are the rich
est men IN Iowa. Wedo not have trees
to fell, logs to roll, stumps to grub and
stones TO gather into piles, before we can
commence planting IN Iowa. All we have
Ito do is to turn the sod over and plant our
corn, SOW our wheat, oats, rye, bUck-whent
H or peas, and we are sure of a better crop
/ the first year, than the farmers IN New
York can raise off of their well titled and
highly manured lands. These are facts
which we know to exist, as we have lived
IN the State of New York. In proof of
our statement as to the productITenesS of
the soil of Western Iowa, we are author
lied by Judge James TO state that he rais-
ed on one and one-fourth aires Of sod
land. KIG4TY-sEvES and half bushels OF
wheat. There IS as good chances foI
making fortunes by coming to Western
1 Iowa. or Nebraska now, as there were
twenty years age. This we also know
1 We know what Iowa was then We know
what Western Iowa and Nebraska are
now, and we know that all that man ha:
todo in this ceuntFy' to become wealthy II
a very few years, IS to settle upon a gooC
tract of land and go to work. The chance
+ for the. actual settler are. better at thl
time, perhaps, than they VIII be after tht
land offices are open for private entry
Now the actual settler can have his picI
! and choice Of the country, whereas afte1
5 the Office IS again opened for private en-
try, all these choice places win be pickle,
: up by the speculator, and the settler VII
have to content himself with a second rat
tract, and although second rate will b
: far superior 10 what is called first rate i
: New York, Pennsylvania, or any Of tn
! Eastern States.
II Under the pre-emption law. the actls