The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-04-23
Correspondence Of The Cecil Wing. ]
Letter frCm the west.

WARSAW, ILI", April 9th, So
Mr. EDrOn:-f write you n few lines,
lhi?king they might he acceptable to such Of
your readers as might be turning their
thoughts to the West with the intention of
making it their iutnlc home. To such |
would say come and see i. first, and you
cannot help being pleased with it. Land is
cheaper now than i; wasa year ago on account
Of the heavy pressure in the money market.
but it is confidently expected to 60 up again
rs soon AS that pressure is removed:
The city Of Warsaw formerly known as
Fort Edward, is situated on the great Father
of Waters in Hancock Co., H., opposite the
mouth of the Des Aloines river, and for
healthTuness of situation is equal to any
place East or West. Doctors do not grow fat
here by piacticing The city is built on
bluff about one hundred feet high, which
projects little into the river and from
POINT called the Fort, (thc site Of the old Eort)
the prospect is beautiful and picturesque.
Looking uorthward about five miles you can
see the Gate city in Iowa. Just opposite is the
town Alexandria, which would be place Of
considerable importance wee it not that 1t is
subject to overflow during high water in the
spring. Westward the line Of vision is
bounded by the distant hills of Missouri,
With the yallcy of the Des Moincs between -
To the Soulhward the eye rests on the dense
forests that line both sides of the rigcr until
they are lost in the dim distance. At your
feet rolls the Mississippi, onward, ever on
ward, TO its distant home in the ocean.
u This city like many others in the West is
ago it was only small trading post where
the Indian came to exchange his furs for
blankets and such things as he needed, and,
too often, for bad whisky. NOW it is city
OF more than four thousand inhabitants. -
II contains Some handsome private residences
the abode one would suppose Of case and
plenty. The Churches OF various deuominn-
tons send spires upward like tapcrcd fingers
pointing to that better land and the sound of
the church going bell, is a sound these hills
and valleys hear every Sabbath.
Ample provision has been made for the
education Of the young. The Warsaw PnIlic
school Is u building Of no mean prctvntions
being about 100 feet long by GO wide and
three story high, and is under the manage
mcnt of good and con petent Teachers. The
course Of instruction ranges from the A. L. G.
TO Latin, Greek, aud some u the higher
branches Of Mathematics
We are mixed multitude: persons from
several Of the States of Europe. combine TO
make no our populations and this is true as
1t respects many other places in the West:
and as consequence their sympathy and
feelings do not harmonise on many things so
well as IN older settled places. This is one
reason why many do not like the West.
There has been considerable excitement
here about that prince Of humbugS, Pixies
Peak gold fields: some have left and others
are preparing to follow leaving good, COM
fol table hoincs, wives and children, behind. -
Some travel by public conveyance as far as
that VIII take them and then 60 as best they
cam others take teams of oxen or mules.
and provisions for three months and drag their
weary way through stolns and rain, ford
swollen rivers and risk their lives in various
ways all for gold.
This winter has been moderate there was
but little snow, but plenty Of rain and mud
the river at this place was not frozen over at
any time tins winter. ANONYMOUS.