The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-02-08
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Ceussy, lows. writes the foalsviag hears-rsn
Ing lsster % his old friesds ir Westnorela.
county. Pa. Isaac fesls bad. Hs says:
4 moved iron Dsrfen eevnship, Westnor,
land couaty, ons ysar aGo last Octobar. . nal
sort0ae In The far-famed West-ploughed q
gro1nd in The fall io- wheat, and sowed 8,
noadred bushela Il came up, looking heau
tul, when the rain Get in. Is rained day a.
nighs tor weeks, till the whole country vas OF
VAST sheat Of wAse:. Our prairies--our beae,
iui pssiFies, the wonder aud delight Of all vi
oenoId thsm-were delugcd with water, uni
everything, with the exception Of prairie graz
was ruined. The consequence was there Vi
act % much sheat cut - had been sovu. Oal
we're not out at all; corn NOT one-lifsh Of . croI
potatoes never came mp.
One-half the wheat which was harvested car
not be eaten, and the corn 10 soft and unwhols
some. Yet there ore Hundreds Of families III.
nothing else to eat, and that, too without co,
Zee, tea, sugar, butter, molasses or meat! Far
| cy man sittiDg down in the morning 70 break
| fast ON what be cannot call bread nor cake, bu
an indescribable soft pone, which be washe
down with . substitute for coffee made Of burn
ed wheat, and you have picture which is seel
daily ct many an Iowa breakfast table.
Iowa! the land We have Ill heard stell about
where everything grows Of its own accord
and the pigs run around ready roasted, th The
knife and fork sticking in their crisp sides
sQuealing ''eat! eat!"-and where shirts, pants
boots. and over-coats grow ready made, or the
fences. To man who bad nice snug farm
Out who obtained bis living only by Juggling the
soul out Of, himself by holding the pillow on the
side hills of Pennsyl, ania, what seductive pic.
ture TO be seen, especially when he was assured
that. il be would only cell out and move 70 the
West-to Iowa, If you please-and sit down on
hickory stump and do nothing, be would, in
the course Of two or three years, find himself
independently rich.
humbug, Of verify as many poor men and
women, who have tried the experiment. have
found 70 their sorrow. Many moved out here
and pitched into" speculation, buying on time
ana living on their money till il was all gone,
and then borrowing money at from twenty to
thirty, forty. and even sixty per cent, and mort.
gagng their farms for more money to specu-
late on-the fever ran so highl Then came the
tall ct 1857 with it's partial failure Of crops, and
last year an almost total failure Of every thing.
Many fell from an anticipated afauerce to
present absolute poverty. They expected .
''reverson and got . reverse" have known
horses worth one hundred dollars to be taken
to satisfy ajudgment for twenty or 6fty dollars,
and sold for ten and twenty dollars; oxen worth
one hundred dollars sold for ten. and cows for
three aud four dollars-leaving the debts still
to pay. 1t was shameful on the part Of the
Legislature to refuse our petition for relief law,
under which We asked the appointment OF ap-
praisers on our property, that it might not be
sacrihced for less than twothirds its value. Did
ws get it2 Never q bit, but in its stead school
law-well enough at the proper tme-to add
to the burdens now almost too heavy to be
borne. man coming here, hoping to escape
taxation, will miss it badly.
Is it wonder that there are many families
who would move back to the good old bills of
Pennsylvania, il they had the meanss No work
mo money to pay for work-and young men
working for their board and glad to get it at
that. Here you will find men begging old boots
and tying them on their feet with straps-wo
men and children bsreheaded and barefooted-
without shoes and stockings, wearing ragged
dresses. and without change Of clothing-the
women saying, II have patched and patched
I'LL have no patches--what shall we do -
am sure it is more than can predict.
have spent three hundred dollars in farming
utensils and living during the past year, and
have received but one dollar in money, and that
was for one deer skin and four prairie chickens.
Flour is from six to ten dollars per barrel; oats
one dollar per bushel; potatoes one dollar; corn
'i1ty cents. The prospect for Iowa is not fat
seriDg.
would advise any person contemplating en-
grating to the West in the Spring, to stay
where he is. at least one year. Should We have
mother such failure Of crops as las year, Iowa
will be deserted; for the people, if they have the
strength SO to do, will literally take up their
,eds and walk.
lsaac's lamentation is really affecting, and
he picture he draws of life in Iowa one to
'xcte the sympathy of his old neishbors in
'enusy lvania as well as those of the rest Of
mankind. There is only one drawback to it
md that is that it is very highly colored, not
o say exaggerated. 1t rained no more in Iowa
ast year than elsewhere, and the farmers Of
owa even the present season live better-have
nore provisions and better fare at their tables
ban do those of Pennsylvania even in seasons
{ plenty. Any man who lives upon farm in !
his State and fails Of a comfortable subsistence
Or himself and family is either lazy vagabond
r an incorporate thriftless scamp. We care !
OF whether be is owner or only tenant. Even |
, year Of uncommon hardships like the last, |
MS result Was certain and inevitable. Mr.. Will |
on probably removed to Louisa County expect |
,g 10 become rich in six. months or year with
ut labor or exertion. He is homesick. Let |
i'm 60 back to Westmoreland and try side hill |
lowing one year and in 1850 We shall see him |
gain 10 Iowa prepared to 60 to work and make
good thrifty and contented farmer, content |
D travel towards the goal Of competence by
asy stages in the old way.
IrKMs OF EUROPEAN News BIT THE ARABIA.
The correspondent Of the Lon don Times at |
vlenna says the spirit of the people of Austria |
40 been aroused by the hectoring of Sardinia |
nd the domineering Of France, and that they |
re well pleased with spirit displayed by the |
,mperor. No fewer than ten thousand men |
'ere sent by railway from Vienna, ON Saturday
be 9Th, and by Wednesday seventeen thousand |
lore, including cavalry, were on their way to
italy. Eight batteries, with 100 horses to each |
artery, were sent off on Monday.
The Official Pisdmontese Gazette publishes the |
olowing note 3
The official Gazette Of Vienna having an
lounced the despatch of reinforcements to Italy,
be Pedm0ntese Government has thought it its
Iuty to bring the distant garrison near to the
rontiers Of Lombardy, without, however, cali
Dg out the contingent"
The London Times, in an editorial upon the
louroe doctrine, points out the extraordinary
ibertss taken by America with that document,
nd says
It is rather.too much to say that with half Of
forth America in our lawful possession, We
nust abstain from mcddiing in North American
fairs, and i. 10 still stranger measure to found
uch doctrine on the simple principles Of po-
,ical fraternity propounded by Monroe.
1t was reported that Sir Charles Young had
een recalled from the Commissionership of the
oni.n Islands, and that Mr.. Gladstone would
ucceed him. The London Daily News says that
ir. Young's term has expired. and that NJ.
'lsdstoue will merely conduct affairs until the
ew commission arrives frem England.
The CrowD prosecution At Dublin against |
Ohm Francis Nugent, for publishing seditious