The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-02-19

4 1snaskabls Document.
The exceedingly rich letter which We
give below appeared in the Huntington
pa Globe, and was writtsa. IL sppsrs. by
pcdagogue ia lie Claire Township. this
county. who 10 evidently a gentleman o.
strong Democrats psocliviues. Whether
the individual was at the time he produced
this effasion laboring under a severe attack
Of the dyspepsia, or had just been barred out
BY his scholars and nearly frozen to death
in the professor merely laboring under bad
spell Of the blues in their most depressing
iorm-we cannot say; but we are very sure
something has "gone wrong" with him. We
think halt dozen anti b.itoas pills would
make him see things in IN entirely different
Light. His ideas are At least original. He
complains bitterly OF our lows winters. A
lew days age we published the rangings OF
the thermometer at different points East,
by which it appears they have had far cold
er weather there. than we have xperien-
eed in this part Of Iowa. The writer OF this
came to Davenport last fall from a southern
climate, at least many degrees further
south than this, and he is happy to say that
he prefers the cold. dry weather We have
had here the principal part OF this winter, TO
any he ever experienced in more southern
latitude. So much for the weather. II
there is any other Western State offering
better inducements to immigration than
Iowa, we should like to have it pointed out.
Either the capitalist seeking profitable in.
vestments, or the hard working man &C
ausinted with farming or DESTROYS Of per.
forming day labor either for himself or un.
der the employment of others, can find no
better 6eld than Iowa. and right in the re-
gon 80 much slandered by this correspon:
dent. The drenes, ouch as we imagine the
author OF this letter TO be. no doubt had bet
Ter stay away. or If here now, return to
their old homes. They must have hard
time Oft, especially in winter. when some
exer,ion is required to keep warn. But the
letter 10 not worthy OF serious comment
The writer 10 more ignorant than malicious
in some lhings. and more malicious than
ign Grant in others. He 10 malicious in the
quantity Of his remarks, but only ignorant
when he says negroes have the right of suf-
irsge in lows. Do read his letter:
An Interesting Letter from lie Wet
LIZ CLAIRK TowsMIr, Iowa,)
January 6, 1857.
Winter has set 10 like lion, and we are
oil cooPed up like chickens. The weather
is extremely sold, and the winds piercing
It 10 no, in the power Of sny living man to
face the wind for mile, without freezing
his face and nose, and ten chances to one,
If he does not freeze. Il is dangerous, So.
perlstively Z dangerous undertaking, for
prairies. He may reach his place Of destina-
place from which traveller never returns
You may think, sir, Am exaggerating, but
| have no reason to do 30. have prosper.
ed rs well az most Of those who came along
with me; but sir, tell you, ~ friend, it il
not the country 1t is represented to be-fsr
from il. Il 10 one thousandlh per cent. be-
low il. Do not be captivstsd and carried
out Of your senss by the lying tales sowed
broadcast BY (the arch fiends Of the black
regions Of dsspsir) spectators. The climate
is bad, yes, worse than ! have made it,
You would not believe me. If / was to tell
you the hundredlh part that should be told.
Mr.. P has bought a. he stated to you in
his last letter, one hundred and twenty
acres OF prairie land for thirty-6v dollars
per acre, and ten acres of timber for $50
per acre, nevertheless, he intends returning
to your place again next fall, rs well az
your humble servsnt. He bought with thu
intention Of making somewhat ia the sale,
which think he will. All that came from
Huntington, ere talking of going back, or
seeking better climate somewhere else.
The old settlers are beginning to murmur,
You spoke of coming out here to buy land
friend, speculation in land, at the pres
emit, 10 very dangerous operation. The
Land Omces were closed last June, end
will not be opened before the Railroad has
selected their lands, snd that may not be
before another year, 20 that ell the specu-
iasion At present is second handed, and very
little doing At thst would say, az friend
| TO you, pot to risk your money at this time.
Land is on the fall-people know it here,
and take the advantage of strangers II
l am spared TO see you, will tell you as
well as can, about the chicanery OF this
western country. lam teaching school on
the prairie. Yes, am teaching a prairie
school, and hsve prairie boys and girls, too
they look IS fierce and majestic as young
lions; they shut me out. and seemed O.
ferocloas as tigers, and howled like old
lions, hut ~ usual, l succeeded in caQiap
them, and At present have gotten them
iolerably docile; nevertheless. they some.
times manifest the elk disposition. I sold
out In Toledo, last August, and came here;
| got tired living among the Indians, and
seeing war dances and hearing the war.
whoop Travelled over some ten or twelve
| counties, which think will compare favor.
| ably with the rest Of the State, and am ful-
ly convinced BY personal observation and
| practical experience, that lows IL, was and
has been oyerrated. not only in one parti
sular, but in all, and most grossly too. L
feel no hesitation in saying that the time
| will come, when Iowa gill be disp cooled
except the river towns, on accoun, Of the
climate. The advantages and facilities
compared with Pennsylvania, or any of the
| middle States, are few aud fer between.
All that lows can boast Of, il her prairie
| land and rich soil, and even that 10 oyerrs.