Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-04-03

We extract the following from private
letter from one Of our subscribers.
EVANSVILLE, Wis. March 23d 1857.

oANhsN lllh, W 49,, NulCH -pu l'Oi'
find this an excellent eountry-a great coun-
try too, but not all fenced" as the expression
is, though that operation seems to be going on
rather rapidly Many Vermont boys are here,
and In the main, doing we'll The great majority
Of the American population of this State, is from
New Hampshire, Vermont and New York Ohio,
Pennsylvania and the more Southern New Eng
land States tolerably we'll represented, though
not as fully as the States first named. 1t is
indeed curious to observe how strictly our western
emigration tends to follow the parallels Of latitude,
unless diverted by some extraordinary cause
This tide is now sweeping across Minnesota and
Northern Iowa, with as little idea Of turning out
of its regular Western course as an army Of buff
faloes going to drink.
A branch stream, q large too is setting
towards Kansas but it has been diverted by
extraordinary state of things.
There is in some sections large proportion Of
Pennsylvania Dutch. They and the Irish are
mostly /" Dimmecrats," of course.
The Norwegians, however, who form a large por-
ton of this State, are on the contrary mostly Re-
publican and conservative in their tendencies
generally. They come here, take up land and
settle in communities, retaining Tie dirty habits
flie the language, and the peculiar dress,as well
a. the customs they brought with them. They are in
religion Lutherans. Industrious, frugal and not
deficient in education or intelligence and withal
disposed to throw off the crust of filth and squalor
| with which their hard peasant life in Norway has
encascd them, they give every promise Of founding
one Of the most reliable cngraitcd stocks in our
common wealth.
SNOW is nearly all gone and the frost going rap
idly out Of the ground, Yesterday was the
Equinoctial' storm. Thunder, lightning, rain,
snow, hail, wind and mud, wee in most unsat.
sfactory state of " mixity."
The winter here has been, on the whole, severe
The climate think is not quite cold as that Of
New England, though the difference is much less
than has bcen:represonted. c.
COLONIZATION OF NRcINIA.-llon Eli
Thayer, of Massachusetts, writes to the
New York Herald in exposition of n project
with which he is associated, for the relief
and regeneration of the Old Dominion, in
the free white re-colonzation Of her fallow
eastern lands. wasted and worn out by the
two hundred years exhausting processes Of
slave labor ard tobacco.
The plan is to purchase, in Old Nirginii
proper, large tracts Of her waste lands a
STARE State prices. Secondly--to give away
to actual settlers about ne-fourth Of suci
purchases in small farms, Thlrdly-to sci
another fourth at cost ard fourthly, t
sell the remainder to suit purchasers, ant
at free State prices the company thu
probably doubling their money upon the
whole amount Of each distinct operation.
Mr. Thayer says that the tldewater dis
trict of Old Virginia is the proper field 70
this enterprise, and that those countie
where slavery most abounds are the best o
all where desirable lands Tor free whit
labor, and accessible to good markets, ma.
had for three, four and five dollars an acre
Mr., Thayer further says that very man.
of the people of Virginia desire the propose,
friendly INVASION" and that even " slave
holders in large numbers are in favor o
the scheme.
Tho tone of Mr. Thayer's letter may Leaf
some to doubt whether he is in earnest, o
is only trying to brighten Gov. Wise III
following paragraph from his letter, for in
stance, hardly COMFORTS with the dignit
which should attach to the announcement
of so important PROJECT
There is no use then. in talking abou
hanging or shooting our cUlonists, or tn
members of our company. If half OF u
were hung or shot, the rest would press OF
towards the shining dollars, even thoug
, they should rush
! Into the Jaws of death,
Into the mouth of he'll,
Like the " six hundred.