The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-03-27
The WaIdeHseS.

French Protestant minister, Mr. Lorriaux
secured in July last, the refusal Of about l.,
| 500 acres, from Bronson Murray, Esq, O
Ottawa, for the term Of three years, at al
average price Of 5000 per acre. The prin
cipal to be paid at the end Of five years, ane
the interest semi-annualy at seven per cent
! for the first three years, and ten per cent
| for the other two years. The refusal Of tn,
| land extends till July lst, 1860, and Mr.
LoTriaux has the privilege from time TO tims
Of liking possession of any quarter section
/ tt b,aldcnses may need or desire, and al
land not selected or occupied the 1st o.
july 1860, is freed from the privilege Of the
refusal, and reverts to its owner uutrameled
.I.e location Of this tract is about two
mics Eorth and east of Odell, in this coun-
u. Inc tract touches the st. Louis, Alton
a." Chicago Railroad there, and lies between
the surveyed lines of the two proposed
roads from La Sale and Eennepin to Lafay-
cite, Indiana; while the projected railroad
from Lacon to Fort Wayne, Qor the building
Of w hich we hear strong efforts are now be.
inss made0 runs directly through it. Ii viii
be perceived that more judicious and va
luabs selection could scarcely have been
made, and Mr., LorriauX certainly deserves
great credit for hisjudgmcnt in selecting the
future location for this worthy people, as
well as for his disinterested bene violence in
their behalf
The region is very healthful, the surface
beautifully undulating and attractive, while
the soil is unsurpassed for fertility. We
learn that the preparations for the first de-
tachment Of the expected colony are to be
begun this month. About All hundred acres
were broken up last summer which VIII be
! Z I i
and the work of occupation is now being
commenced by half dOzcn or more good
stout hands and willing hearts Protestant
trench) who have been in this State a year
or so, and have some knowledge of the work
they have undertaken The first detach-
ment Of these welcome emigrants is expected
TO leave Europe some time the present
month. These people We learn are very
poor in this worlds goods although rich in
Christian virtues. In their own country
they have suffered for centuries great aalic-
ton from persecution by Papacy and from
poverty and want Probably from the lat
ter caused thew are reduced in stature below
the average of he surrounding nations
They live chiefly on the sides of tie noun
tainS. frequently in caves or under the shell
ter OF project.n, 10 Ks. Soil for liivaton
i. exceedingly scarce with tacin. 1t is only
with the greatest labor they are able TO Sc
cure the amount needed to support lie.
Il is no uncommon thing, We are told, for
them to prepare smooth surface Of fat
rock, or ledge, by bringing earth from the
valleys in baskets on their backs till the
rock is covered to the depth Of eighteen
inches, on which they then make their little
gardens and plant tn -ir seeds. possession
of forty or fifty feet square, we inform
ed IS quite a farm in their eyes; and well il
may be, fer it costs them labor enough
Their f;u-slity is beyond our C09ception.-
They carry il so far that they bake bread
but once a year. that Il may be hard, and so
las, longer. What NUT be the surprise Of
these honest, worthy and Industrious peo-
pie, when their eyes first light upon our
broad and unoccupied prairies. Used, as
We are 10 proiusi.n ia all that our soil pro-
duceS, il is impossible we can enter into the
feelings with which they sil hail the prai-
res as deiivcrancc from earthly privation
and care, such as no people in America ever
~ allied. Success attend them. We invoke
for them the best syInpatiiies Of our people.
They will prove a valuable acquisition TO the
manual wealth OF our county, and il is our
interest as well as our duty 10 Do then, every
good turn which may be in our power. .
The size of this first attachment appears
TO be uncertain. The poverty Of the people /.
renders the pecuniary assistance of their /.
veil wishers necessary for their removal and 4
settlement II this assistance comes in free 1
v it will be large if not, il Wi! be confined .
70 those who scrape together means to .
icfray their passage. Many hundreds of
amil.es will doubtless come, SO soon as they .
lear the reports from the cmigrants of this .
season; for we are confident the syDPathies
If the Protestant nations in behalf Of the
" aldenses is so great, that the means will .
De furnished as soon as knowledge Of their .
organized emigration is widely difused.- .
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