Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-03-25
The Exodu. oeis57.

Every note from the East brings intelligence
of wonderful movement westward-of sci.
ling Of homsteads and conversion of worldly
effects into land warrants and gold, preparatory
to journeying towards the setting sun. In
fac. the movement is so general as almost to
create panic in the older States and even
here in Iowa, were it not for great deal
larger influx, the emigration to Kansas and Ne
braska would seriously embarrass us.
The Cleveland Herald says:
The man who stays at home this season will
be the exception, for the people are ioeoaotireiy
mad. Westward! is the cry and the rush has
| already commenced. Not from the older States,
| where the surplus population are treading upon
each others heels, but from the Eastern border
of the West itself, where broad acres are yet
tenantless, and where nearest neighbors are half
| mile off. 4asszE
The St. Louis Democrat says that every boat,
either from the Upper or Lower Mississippi, is
| crowded with emigrants, two-thirds of whom
are bound for Kansas. A few days since boat
| arrived at St. Louis from above, loaded to her
entire capacity with emisrants from Minnesota,
Iowa and Wisconsin rushing Kansas-ward.
In TrHmbul county, the Warren Chronicle
says, the young and mddle.aged are raving un-
der the influence of Western Land Fever: Dor
rowing money at 10 per cent, buying up land
warrants, selling their homes, abandoning lucra-
tive situations. That paper says seven the old
and grey headed, in some cases give up the
quiet comfortable homes" to launch upon the
uncertain sea of speculation. To the people of
healthy, [happy, fertile Trumbull county, the
Chronicle administers sound advice and the
same is applicable to this meridian. That paper
says:
Is ii because this vicinity is crowded with in
habitants, that SO many desire to leave? Ger
tanly not, for it is plain that it could sustain
tenfold its present population 1t has ample
school facilities for every child within its bor-
ders churches sufficient to accommodate every
man, woman and child who wish to avail
themselves of religious privileges; healthy
climate, free from all prevailing epidemics /;
and soil whose productive powers if properly
developed, would be sufficient to feed an army.
We are told that the West offers great pecu-
| mary inducements to settlers. We hear of for
tunes realized in year, &c. But who tells of
the losses. of broken health, of exposure, dis
ease and death? None; not lisp even reach
es US, Of the other side of the story. Those
who are there, long for the society of. their
relatives and friends, and letters are sent home,
| painting the West in all the gorgeous colors of
the rainbow, and urging others to come and be-
| come rich, and happy. -. ,.- ....
| PREsENTATIoN.-Lord Napier. the new British
Minister, was introduced to the President yes
terday, the 10th, by Gen. Cass, and presented
his credentials. His expressions of congratula-
ton, and his desires to preserve the peace of the
two countries, were cordially reciprocated by
the President. Lord Napier was in court dress.
Many visitors at the White House desired to
witness the ceremony, but it being of private
character they were excluded from the audience
chamber ~ .r.t -..