Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-11-19
FROM SIOUX CITY.


large proportion Of the inhabitants Of that
town As becoming thororghly dishesr,ened
with their future prospects. and that large
numbers Of them are leaving for the more
aosrishing points in Dakota. The bligh.
ting frost which came upon them ere
their grain was matured, aud destroyed in
one night the labor Of an entire season,
together with the fact that the towns on
the Sioux and Missouri are beginning to
take from them the trade which hereto
fore has been their almost entire means Of
support, have been the principal cause Of
the h.gira which has taken place recent
ly. Almost every other house is said TO
be tenan,lpss, end of three hotels, built to
improve surrounding property, not one is
occupied.
The chills and fever, which prevail.
among them very generally, during the
past summer, has somewhat abated since
the commencement If the cool weather,
we are happy to learn; so that at least
one of THAR troubles has partially ceased
for time. We commisera,e the people
in ard about our sister city and hold out
to them the glorious e len Of the Sioux
Valley Is a spot TO which they may fee
from sickness, stagnation and Starvation
. country at once free from masmaiic
Missouri bottoms, or bleak ana sterile
Missouri mountains. Dakota Democrat,
Noe. SM. @n go q. a*T,~ 80 -
Whew What a sensation the above
from the little semi ccasional sheet Of the
bogus Capital creates whom i, reaches the
hannts Of civilization. 1t is sweeper
. regular sockdolagcr. II don't urt
much" to be sure, and did we not give it
an airing in the REGisTER would doubt.
less pass unno'iced, because people are
not in the habit Of credting anonymous
reports, especially when they pnrport to
have come from fictitious locality. We
don't like 10 contradict the intelligent OPT
MON Of cur readers, or seemingly prac-
tice upon their credali;y, but we must say
in soberness that there is place called
Sioar FcHs. We hope no one will be so
presumptuous ~ to ask US where IL is ST.
tuated, or what its importance is. Be
cause an answer il the one case might be.
tray our iynoraace, and in the other case,
subject Us to charge of being jealous,
enrious, and the like. At the expense Of
much time aad labor. by great persever.
ance, and with considerable difficulty we
have ascertained that it is situated some.
where on the road to the North Pole; is
the head quarters Of Boreas, in the midst
Of charming scenery, where prairie and
sky and sky and prairie mingle in endless
rariety. 1t has some natural pecuiari,ies.
We believe that at certain seasons of the
year the days and nights are about equal
at Sioux Falls. Voyageurs say that i, is
on the margin Of o stream which at times
be.rays grea: anxiety to reach warmer
elime-bui nevertheless stops and listens
10 the cold music OF the lever whistlins
wind in the same manner as Fable tells
us Orrheus was accustomed to enchain
The ripling brooks. Report says that the
soil round about 10 fertile. and we'll adapt.
ed to agriculture, and although several ct.
,empts have been made to cultivate corn
and other cereals without success, vet,
justice to this place Of Capital prospects "a
constrains Us to say that the failure was
owing entirely to the absence Of Sum-
ner season and the continual seranadine
Of aforesaid Bo.eas and when they have
season adapted to the growth and ma,u.
rity of agricultural products they will
doubtless produce them. We believe tina,
il is never visited by early or late frosts.-
1t is difficult to say where circle begins
or ends, and when there is continuity Of
frosts it would DO very ungenerous to Dc
nounce any particular frost as too early or
late.
There is no probability of an "hegira"
from Sioux Falls Oh no. Those who
have had most TO do with that Polar city
and profess to know intimate, that .
school boy would readily take its census
upon his fingers. But their representa-
lions should be received with some allow.
ancs. Men when they have been sold
-hpmjugged are sometimes sore, and not
always impartial. Then again, this Polar
city is the sea. of Provisional! Govern
,nent, and the democrat" is the official
paper. Each House has an land Thou
n speaker and a person SPOKEN 30, and the
editor Of the Democrat" is the first per-
son. It may be difficult to say by what
authority these august &odies exist. or
where they cane from, but they arc Gin
full blast,' truly formidable institution
quite as much form as substance. Perhaps
our readers would be interested in an ex-
tract from their proceedings as published
in the Democrat Here it is:
[Rep"rted for the Dcmocrat.l
DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.
The second session of the Legislative
Assembly Of the Territory Of Dakota con.
vened at the Capital House, on the Ind
inst. No quorum being present in either
House, they adjourned until Thursday,
November 5rd.
November 3, 1859.
No quorum. Adjourned.
November 4, 1859.
No quorum. Adjourned.
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