Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-03-23

| NekwisAs aiaa ne efforts Of every
latsls town along the Missouri river, 70
divert emigration % the Gold Ainss,
fron this city, the emigrants are begin
IniRg = RaaE into sas .siAy p laEge nuHn-
lasss. rs sss igsanss new And that our
city and sitiss ns hare been grossly mis-
represented, and, that thsy, through such
misrepresentation have been pat TO use
less expaass aaa tsoabIe.
A company of emigFants from nlinois
arrived hare few dsys since, who, IN
consequence Of representations made TO
them, were induced to buy their out At
81 Gaanssse, in Illinois, ct which place
they paid considerable more than il
would have cosa s0prosurs it in this city.
Others have arrived here BY sseambcss,
who wsEs indnsOd By the steamboat run
ners at Davenport, to take boat down
the Mississippi and thsnss mp the his-
souri, TO thls city. Others have arrived
here, who vent down she Mississippi to
Hannibal, and themes By Railroad to St.
Joaeph, and from thence BY stage TO this
phase. having: traFsisd after all, almost
a. far by stage - shsy would have trav-
clad, had sheg STARTED from lows city, OF
Agency City, for this place.
Thus IL is, thai misrepresentation and
hnmbuggsFy, practices its frauds upon
the smigrants~
Another misrepresentation made use
Of, is the telling Of frightful saos:ss
about the prices Of Corn, Provisions
and Quitting goods. Corn ia cheaper
in Council Bluffs, than in any other city
in Iowa and is from twenty 10 thirty
cents cheaper per bushel here, shaa in
81. Joseph. Almost every day we meet
corn buyers from St. Joseph, trying 30
buy corn 70 ship 70 that point 70 supply
the emigration.
Our merchants viii sell out-ftting
goods as cheap a. they are sold in ST.
Louis, transportation added, and there
is no good reason Why they cannes do so
they purchase their goods al the East,
of the same merchants, and on as good
terms As the 81. Louis meEehan Is, and
rents are not as high here as in St. Lou
is.
There is no sense or reason for the
smigrans to go rwo or three hundred
miles out Of his way in order to buy an
outfit cheap, when he can buy it just as
cheap on tbs direct route, and there is no
use Of his being fooled by those in she
interss: Of paper towns or the Missouri
river, unless he wants to be fooled.
We know of half dozen points, that
are ssading oaG flaming haadbiIls 10 the
Eastern part Of ths Stats, representing
those points as great commercial and
oat-Rtting points, that have not within
theiE bOsdsra cart load Of out astisg
goods,
II smigranss who kaow, or should |
know, that this has been the main start
ing point for Utah and California for
more than ten years, ean be led OF to
little paper towns, which hare sprung |
up during she wild speculation Of the |
last thres years, and now number from
swssty 70 sixty bualdiagss all sold, and |
nos assv one half Of them oecapied, 1t is
well enough that shsy should pay for
their foily, and find themselves grossly
decsiTsds when they arrive st the point
where they expected to and great out
fitting point. @.
If the smigraut desires to come to a
point, where be will be sure TO obtain
everything that be wants in abundance,
and at fair prices, let him come 10
COUNCIL BLUFFS.