CONFESSION OF A VICTIM.
BY A
POET.
I am the only son of reputable and wealthy pa
Tents. Early in life, I entered into a mercantile
Jiouse in New York, for the purpose of acquiring a
{knowledge of the business, preparatory to com
mencing, on my own responsibility, a mercantile
career. At this time, I was eighteen, and had
ibut recently returned from my academic studies at
3few-Have"n. My person, at thateaily period, was
«ood
mymind polished by education, and iny man
ners, if not graceful, were easy. 1 was glad of
Jieart and ambitious of distinction—eager lor the
Teputnlioi. of integrity, and an enthusiast in my
Admiration of genius. My associates were reputa
ble and the sons of gentlemen—the prospect before
line
was
excellent, and my life glided onward like a
placid stream.
It was within a few weeksof my nineteenth birt»
day that I became acquainted with Amelia Mont
•fort.' She was a being of perfect virtue, of trans
cendant beauty, and ol uncommon mind—had an
*ye for the spell of poesy. She was three years my
junior
her beauty rather in the blossom than the
bud and her intellect, more remarkable for its gift
Of iinaginatipn, than lor its power. .She had inin
eled little in society—knew less of the hearileusness
•of mankind—and her heart was the temple of en
thusiastic and ardent, but of hallowed feelings.
For myself I had mingled in female society
had pressed many "a thin red lip," and bowed be
fore many a rich dark eye. Hut Amelia was a glad
creature, a "girl in gentleness," high f0UJ"
cd woman" in dignity and when she elected ad
miration, it was ever blended in esteem.—Mingled
in her temperament, also there was a tinge ol ro
mance it was the romance rather of dev rrted feel
ing than of affected sentiment and even when
Jier affections were hoarded up in the sanctuary of
«licr own pure bosom, she acknowledged Ihcii burn
ing intensity, and confessed the idolattv which
would mingle in her love. In brief^ Amelia be
came tho beau ideal of my fancy, and ere I knew
her
many
months, I was her worshipper.
My thoughts were all bound up in the frenzy of
my feelings—affection had imparted to my char
acter a new tinge, and to my habits another current,
l)i my communings with that being, I was supreme
ly happy- There was enchantment in tho very at
mosphere she breathed—my dreams caught their
delirious raptures from hei memory, and iny waking
thoughts dwelt constantly upon Amelia. She was
worthy of all mylrega.d—worthy of all my devotion
—and every hour seemed but to unfold some esti
mable trait in her chriacter.
When I was twenty years of age, wo were mar
"*led. ftly father relinquished his business in my
favor, and life glided on for another year, all sun
shine and happiness.
By this time, I had gone more frequently to min
gle with the world—became interested in politics,
and thirsted for power. I was engaged in a lucra
tive mercantile career—m/ family was influential,
and my aid readily accepted, if not courted, by the
Wilv and perfidious minions ol ofiice. Gradually,
1 became deeply interested in political warfare—
gradually, I lo.got the spell of my wife's virtue and
affections,—air!, gradually, there was a delirium
and joy in tho wiive cup, and 1 became one of the
votaries of Bacchus.
ll'cannot portray how insidiously the clmrni wove
into my senses, and frittered away my faculties.
It now seems as a terrific nil impossible dream—
but the horrors of that dream are imprinted witii
letters ol tire on my brain. The agonies of my re
morse, have been as serpents gnawing tho tender
en vitals of my existenca. I gazed back upon the
past, and would lain b'.ot its hallowed moments
from the pages of iny being.
But to continue. With "stealthy step and
•low," I became tho victim of intemperance—ne
glected my business, and was a bankrupt—was at
.first pointed at and pitied by my friends and rela
tive?, and atJast. shunned and despised as a dis
grace (nfd dishonor.
It wamnaivy months .before my wifo could bring
herself to the con fiction that, tWas a drunkard. 1
that had come to her in hor youth and beauty—1
that had called forth and broken up the deepest re
cesses of
her soul! I that was applauded for my in
tegrity—honored for my virtue—and emulated lor
my character! how could the deem me a drunkard
~a loathsome and contempt.ble sot—a disgrace to
humanity. She closed her eyes for a weary period
Upon a truth so horrible, and endeavored to shutout
frAin her senses, and her understanding the black
tiess of my guilt! Oh God! how that being clung
-to, and worshipped me, even amid tiie abjectcon
ftamely of my degradation. How she clung amid
the wretchness of her despair, to the hope lhat 1
might yet bo retrieved. How she wept, and per
auuded, and endeavored to fascinate me backm my
•domestic enjoyments,and to keep me, even for one
night, from the dens of iniquity and the revelry ol
crima! How she "threw her while arms around
me," and be.iojght me with earnest looks, and pure
caresses, to remember my early vows—to remem
ber iny own happin3S3 -her peace of mind and my
fathered cares lor the sake of his o.ily child, a.ul
the heir to his hitherto unspotted fame. Oh, iny
God! how impossible it se-Jin=, that 1 could have
gone forth after such a scene as this, and bathed
my senses, like a brute, in the debasing influence
mf intoxication. Would to heaven that 1 could
live over again my young life. Would lhat again
I might hear the voice of my Amelia, and bask in
the innocent smiles of her affection! Would I
could call up the shade of my murdered sire, and
weep away my shame and anguish in
tears of blood
But in vain now is the agony of my remorse—in
vain do I repent of my early error, nnd invoke the
past hours.
It was probably three years aftei rny marriage,
that I became a bankrupt,—the progpss of my tie
basement from that period, was rapid. I gavetstiy
self completely up to intemperance.
ny.
The intoxi
cating draught operated upon my mind, like some
bewildering spell of infatuation. I was unable to
Msist its influence. 1 was unable to turn away
iirOm the tide of ignomy, which was hurrying me
to the vortex of destruction. My mind, though it
4id not actually decay, seemed somewhat afiectcd
with my body. My affections were benumbed and
torpid, and the sympathies of my bosom held affi
nity with nothing but drink.
'lAmld the most abject poverty, my wife shared
'$&)[ destiny. Bloated and distorted as were my
Allures, she (till imagined she saw in it, traces of
my early condition. And when, in some fitful mo
ment of remorse and sanity, 1 professed repent-
ering
quiring
joy overspread the features of my poor Amelia— tea plants.
I .- r- f- i-
I had humanity enough left to know the extent was commenced,
il 1 had inflictad—bill in the
—and iny father's dying gioans and malediction,
seemed like AH eternal knell in my ears.
1 have toiled through twenty years more—have
lived a life of the most appalling sufferings and
-misery—and now whilst I totter on the brink of c
ternity, I am still a drunkard!! If a human be
ing has suffered br the crime of drunkenness, lhat
being am I. I have hesitated often as to launch
ing myself into another world, hut resolved to bear
tho agony of my reflections and the horrors of my
condition, as an atonement for my crimes.
lain a murderer! I feel, as I linger on thecon»
fines of this world, that I have murdered the wife
of my bosom—I feel that 1 have sent my father in
his old age with sorrow, to the tomh!—Have I not,
'it of my injured wi fa, and hallowed shadow of
my
murdered father. Angels of heaven, I pray you
forgive me! And ere I die, oh youth! whilst my
soul is lingering in hs mortal tenement, shun, oh
shun, I beseech you, the intoxicating bowl.
EXCURSION TO THE TEA. HILLS IN CHINA.
sion to the tea plantations in the black-tea-district.
A sketch of their observations has been published
by Mr. Gordon.
Tho company having provided themselves with
the neicssaries for fouroi live days absence, com
menced their march. The people gathered around
the strange boat and still stranger visitant?, curious
to divine their motives. The strangers succeeded
in obtaining supplies, and actually found, after
getting out of sight of the inhabitants of the town,
on3 among the suspicious Chinamen to act as a
guide, and lo carry their baggage. Having pro
ceeded for an hour, in a N. E. direction, they came
to a temple where they refreshed themselves with
tea, and the people appeared every vvU«re to treat
them with civility. Thoy suffered much from tho
gieat heat of the day, clothed as they were in wool
len and they were ultimately obliged to halt until
the cool of the evening. Chairs mounted on bam
boo poles and carried -by two Chinamen, were hero
procured for a small sum, and they proceeded on
their journey, but had not gone far before the de
ceptive carriers
demanded an additional fee, which
having been granted, they went on toa town where
another fee was demanded. This was resisted,
•and ihe people who bad gathered arouiid took the
part of the strangers and the extortioners wers
compelled to proceed In passing through another
village, the people thronged around them, insisted
upon the beareis sitting down their strange burdens
that tliay might have a look at them. For this the
egregious fellows demanded one hundred cash, (a
saventh ofaccnteach) for the gratification of their
curiosity. The country through which they passed
was crowded with people, and the soil was fertile,
producing rice, sugar, com, and sweet potatoes.
There v/as not a spot even on the rugged hill, that
was not made to yield to some vegetable produc
tion and every yard of the flat surface was under
cultivation. They arrived at a mountain twelve
hundred feet high, of difficult ascent. Having sur
ino'inted this and descended into a valley, they
halted for the night. Arrived at a river called
"Gnake, or Peaceful stream," they took passage in
Agsiii,and again, I eipped of :is deep ,,,,
A plantation that was visited, exhibited the p'ants
A little longer, and I was a spectacle disgusting 1 about a foot in heignt, and so thickly grown that
to the philanthropist. A beggar and a drunkard, the hands could not be forced through them. They
wandered through the streets of my native city, an were likewise covered with leaves, thice four'hi-of
object of contempt and shame. My father spun- an inch in length. In the same bed were plants
ed me from his door—but alas the old man wag four feet high, less bnnchy, and with leaves two
but a little while for this world.—My infamousca- 1 inches in length. The produce of the great and
reer soon brought his grey hairs with sorrow to tho small plants was nearly equal. From one hill or
grave. He bequeated his fortune toa distant rela- [group of plants to another was four feet, and these
live,
hills were alio it two feet in diameter. The plants
At the time ol his death, I was i tenant of the 1 were cultivated in beds, as in gardens, and each lit
alms house, being a victim of mania potu, and a tie plantation is surrounded by a low stono wall
maniac.
and a trench.—These wero generally selected be-
For a long timo I struggled with death, but I was tween two hills. Some of them were observed se
yet young, and Anally recovered. My form was I yen hundred feet above the plain, butthoso lower
new emaciated, and my countenance ghastly. weie more productive. The best soil is but little
1
anutactureswi'lnot
I nor shut down th
i'his being refused, the boys (relted the boat with I came front, flour was five and six dollars per bar
sods, but tho public men apologised for tho eager rel
curiosity ol the bays. The strangers now began to
look out o.i the black looking hills for the tea plan
tations, and they were assured that they were not
far off.
At Toale, thn residence of their guide, the
were infb.in3(l that the seed was all produced on the
spot, shougli it came originally from Woo-e-shun
and ripened in the tenth month that several were
put into one hole, as the greater part were abortive
that the sprouts appealed in the third month that
the seeds were thrown into a hole four inches deep
that the loaves are plucked from the plant when
three yearsold, and that there are four plucking*
in the year. No manure is needed, nor arc the
plants irrigated, each shrub yields about the twelf not attempting to beat down your price, but was
per picul
dollars per picul of dried lea.—Tho fire place and
utensi&ls are temporary.—The leaves of the teaarc
heated and rolled seven or eight times. The green
leaf yields one fifth its weight of dry tea. The best
tea brings on the spot twenty-three dollars per pi
joy
whi
vtins, as she still hoped to save me
•siThen she would tell
'Sftrieving my fortune
father would rece
fiacnce—that she would
—^-and then, for a moment
"TWouM promise hertoreform
•Oirse was upon me, and in vain I endeavored to culture. No ground is devoted to tea plantations lar per annum—and when they
nd it soon disappears
At last my poor wife grew sick she bore up for twice a year once in the eighth month, and again i of forty yards in length, or a
••..•long saason under her sufferings, but finally her 'n winter, but the latter is abortive. .dotos, to mako lovjsick misses Jartt
Wt broke a«r,bedjel,r The finances^ the strangers becoming low, af-]laugh.
IT ask us to furnisha
naner
he S.—Dont misunderstand me. Recollect, I was
of a pound of tea annually. A HO w of ground con- only suggesting that by so doing, you would recene
per
ance—when, for a moment," I told her that m'y ai-! baskets to Formosa. The prevailing winds aro bread by theswealofhis htow—^ond^r.
fection for her still lived-Oh God! what a flush of N. W., but easterly winds only are injurious to the work for nothing and find ourselves. Lve y body
Here frost iscommon in the
winter
and
what a thrill of rapture seemed tingling through her snowJgJs occasionally, though never over three in- printer dare to petition for any thing ike a fair re I have named be producuyeofsomfi thing
The plant never I muneiation for
IOW11EWS,
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VOL.1. DU BUftUE, UPPER MISSISSIPPI LEAD MINES, WISCONSIN TERRITORY, JUNE 1&7. .NO
Though they had plenty ofgold,
o
i e v e i
of the evil 1 had inflictad—but in tho hoirors of the it was of 110 use lo them, as the people knew not its always something about even the very worst wos- history biography and -belles-letters. His
moment! had but ona resource the bowl the ac- value, nor could it be exchanged for silver at any |tur" paper, to make it of mora importance to him mind •tnred
My mind had somewhat recovered its former ca- better than sand. Each garden had a little nurse
parity, but as my reason floated back, Good God.' ry, where the plants were thickly growing about for two copies—one fur myself, and the other to A bad editor, who flatters the passions, who
what horrid images mingled among my memories, 'four or five inches high, and where the soil isglit- jmy friend in Pennsylvania. We will send them administers inccnso to vicious appetites for
I w a s e u e e o y w i e 1 w a s a a i i e i e o e o i s e e a a n w i n o o U e
otrfat be
jMrea-
cultivated, erelong, in the United States,
dy, indeed, has it been commenced.
EDUCATION IN THE WEST.
MThe
west is a young empire of inind,and pow
er, and wealth, and free institutions, nulling up to
a great manhood, with a rapidity and a power ne
ver before witnessed below the sun.—And if she
carries with hei the elements of hor preservation,
the experiment will b& glorious—the joy of the na
tion."
"But what will become of the west, if her pros
perity rushes up lo such n majesty of power, while
those institutions linger which are necessary to
u i- i-i _• i i form the mind, and the consetiitanco. and the heat
by living in squalid misery, in degradaticm and in
auu un nw
infamy suffered more than a thousand deaths? For-j
give, 1 beseech, thee,
mortal hour of anguish. »vi6nC mc, mh.l™
,! bir'ir.
a
it
It must not bo permitted. And
.,i. ...
shut off the steam
and agriculture, pushed
by millions of freemen on their fertile soil, will
not withhold her corrupting abundance.
"We must educate! We must educate or we
must perish by our own prosperity. if we do not,
short from the cradle to the grave will be our race.
If in our haste to bo rich and mighty, we outrun o.ur
Icterary institutions, thoy will never overtake us
Mr. Gutzlaff, a celebrated missionary in China,
in company with others, recently made an excur- and only come up after tho battle of liberty is fought
and lost, as spoils to grace tho victory, and as re
sources of inexorable despotism for the perpetuity
of our bondage.—And let no man at the cast quiet
himself, and dream of liberty, whatever may be
come of the west. Our alliance of blood, and poli
tical institution?, and common interest, ia such,
lhat we cannot stand aloof in the hour of
calamity,
should it ever come. Iier destiny is our destiny
and the day that her gallant ship goes down, our
little boat sinks in Ihe vortex!'
"I'hewn.stis half as large as all Eurojie, four
times a« large as the Atlantic states, and twenty
times as large as New England. Was thereover
such a spectacle—such a field in which to plant the
seeds of immortal harvest—so vast as lip, so ric'n
ly laden with the world's treasures and riches,
whose helin is offered to the guiding influence of'
early institutions!"—Plea of the West.
OFFICE DIALOGUE.
STRANGE*.—You publish your paper now, do
you
EDITOR.—Yes sir. We fcave commenced op
erations again.
S.— Well, sir, I reside in an an adjoining coun
ty, have lately settled there from the east, and am
anxious to to subscribo fot one of our own nswg
paperfl. What aro your terms?
E.—Tho terms of .subscription are $2 50 if
paid at the time of subscribing, or $3at any time
within ths year.
S.—Not wishing to advise ynu, but you are a
wars that we can get the largest sized papers from
the east, for the saui3, or even less money do you
not think you would do better with your paper, if
you would put it at a lower price?
E.—These are questions we aro allwayn willing
to answer, when we are satisfied that thoy are not
dictated by a spirit of avarice an I so we will pre.
sume your motives to be good, and answer them,
by asking you some others. V\hit is your occu*
pation since you settled here?
S,—Well, I suppose as I began by asking ques
tions, it is nothing mor? than fair that I iho.ild an-
a boat. The shores were aB along lined'with pco- !*wor yours—I am a carpenter by trade, but amset
'ilh* astonishment. The course tied on a farm, where I intend to carry on the bu-
pie gazing at them with'
of the river was N. W. and very shallow though
two hundred yards in width, il was channelled with
great labor to admit the passage of a light boat. At
every village the people poured out as usual and
paid the sirangers marked civilities. From tho
heat of the day they took shelter under an awning
of the boat, when the people wailed into the stream
to gratify their curiosity by a sight of them. Four
hundred "cash" was offered at some of the villa
ges if the boatmen would bring them on shore.
sin ess of both.
J5, What do you ask for a barrel of floui s
y. As 1 have not been here long snough Upraise
any yet, I have none lor sale. 1 expect to have
after next harvest, then, I shall ask the customary
price, which I suppose, will be from ten to twelve
dollars.
E. -What was the price of tho article in the
eait?
though.
•'1 do not recollect having seen you before."
f'Well—'sposo not but what I was a-guin' to
gay, was—haint yon got an eig'-ity acre lot in Wis
consin, county, ehl
''Yes I believe 1 do own a lot there."
"Well now, perhaps you'd like to sell that are
lot How much do you ask for it!"
"Two thousand dollars, sir."
"Ten thou—ten thouoand dollars! no you're jo
king."
'•If you wish to purchase sir, you know my price.
"Well now, would'nt you like to take nineteen
hundred, if you could get it—eh
1Why sir, will you give it?" asked the mer
chant eagerly, (for he had bought it only a friv
months since, at ihe government price.)
"Well, will you take it! thats what I want to
know."
"Yes sir, I will take nineteen hundred."
W -In the eastern part of Peemylvania, where which aro worthy of this kind of research.
E, Well, sir, what do you charge for a days
work at your trade?
S.— When I work by the day, I ask two and a
f, and sometimes three da.hn.
E —What did you ask in Penn:ylv$»iia?
dollar a day, generally, out sometimes a
dollar and hall.
E. Weli now, in your business you ask double
wages for your work, sell a barrel of flour for twic3
the amount you wojld eastward, and yet you^ask
ask us to furnish a paper for the same pric
tains three or four hundred plants. The tax on the a better patronage. been overi ...
land per mow is three hundred "cash" (720 of] E.—But, we can assure you the more or sup (,e
"Make out your papors, than," said the stran- f.lc3
green1un.
"It'll do," said tho buyer.
"What is it worth?" said the seller.
"We.I, I do ill know what it1* worth—hot I've
WKSTEKN ANTIQUITIES.
Everv day we see some account of discov
eries made iti different parts ot the United
lingthe famrid grotto of Antiparos-— petritied
w
nJr»ilv'wUli
We heartily ,m,,lfrai„c It
for the same pncJ. mow containing several muusanu a.. ........
on
longer
tt.^.„
jcjes
w
y
a
which —-1'" #-i.i» tro»in.« oitilmttli. im i rrt.i«r the worse for us. An extenSi \e patron .... ._e .i i
cent, higher
n'equality with ounicighbors. Every body charg-
cul (1334 lbs.)—The principal portion of the pro- according to the rest of the family of Adam,
duce is consumed in the piovince, or exported in With them it is nothing worse than lo earn weir
his
toil,
1
'hilkeitoff i that Is fit for Anything else. The plant besoms ar^they_wo,th?--What do they ne^ redized upto theori^n^p^-ce.
jtersome further intctestingobservations, a rotum 'here?—our
But do they
he is insulted with taunts ,n natural history, or throw so light upon
nav«','c,,,'", ble picture a„d
contain what we want
Lven 'n
l'ie
many spots (,(.
\\'p know the act that, on the Riviere des-
from tlnir length they would seern to be tho
tenements of meh who were far superior in jjvc^
size to those of the present day.
On the shores Merimac river, near the town nuic labor, and for which he can liwP'
ofFenton, there, was an immense cemetcry market, at his own door, among tho multitudes wno
Now containing several thousand graves, all of them are crowding into that section
en put that vmd that together, and see if you can make remarkably small, the largest not exceeding ti.nl I accumulated an ta
gs them jingle.
four feet in length, Tho cemetery is now en- y«"^un»8^h'c"
c|oaetj an(jcultivated,
which were found in the field, having
«u,.h been overturned by the ploughshare. Amongst
art
icle8 were'several pieces of earthen areusuall/large enough thfre for ft
But, we can assure you the more of supn ni»«a r»rth..n u.. i„„„_ thnre for five or six orpina-
a'nd until they are fifty per cent. forty. We were informed that, before the for cash to some mer
higher than they arc at present, we shall not ha on
cemfttery
cou|(j at
es a higher price far every thing, except toe poor |-oot_stone3 with inscription on them which
printer whose doom is threefold worse ihanjih^^^
many of the graves
cQuld undmtan(J
r: a
in the east. Go to the east! Well we want a T_I "L 1 1
carpenter to build us a house— von charge too much '"^spensable-.-but practical good sense and
—WO will go to the east for our workmen. But if we
S.—Enough—here's your mo.ioy. Set me down picion he should be a patriot—a lover of order.
at least O.VE paper lor tho thousands the eastern 'evanescent popularity and who substitutes
presses circulate the west. I am satisfied you
fa
•'"ifrW'c'icafi ."
s e e i u s o o u n o s & e e e i a y i n e a o the human heart: in
taCt*.
na?.e?' of t. '"^R 'i "V!*'"1 ^ndinff. nor rash, virtue as his guide.. His
papoi*. Let them go. Bui when a caadidntc kin u i i* u 11
«fkhcs to address his cmwtituonta-when a politi- ,b,l! should be varied. He should not
cifn wishes to publish a stump speech—when a
c.reJulous'.
fanner wishes to ad.ei'tise his prodrtcc—amechau- miction not irrevocably weddod to:.OIK* set of
ic his work they will plonse recollect they must opinions, but wijling to redress error or an act
go to tho east lo do all this. of injustice—his integrity should be above sus-
ischood
ask too high—if you asked more, I would ,:i
„ivenone
CpZvWf ATION-ZA- FAPT j80
and
a
.v!,u
Hc sl,0,l!d bu a
do, they will come bere and charge us the same consistent—benevolent, yet of moral courngo
price yoj do—and they are right. And so it is to attack vico and folly—opposed to corrup
with newspapers. Eastern newspapers are publish- tion and intrigue, independent—manljr. His
ed fin-eastern people—they are not intended to suit march should be onw ird, and never governed
the west, with the exception of some few, who wish by expediency. He should be able to instruct
to circulate^their sheote.tst and wen, and they suit his lellow-citizens, not too morbid about of-
close observer—firm and
»or self-willed, buttocon-
appetites
licentiousness for truth and vir-
tue, is a reptile, a monster preying on the com-
E.—And we will tell you, as a man of honor, ..... ..
that when we compare the prices of our business IIEMARKS. —After all this berrti ideal we
with every thing else here, there should not bo a paint in the imagination what an edtitor should
paper in the state for a less price than five dollars ibe and what tho adverse of the medal is—it is
per annum.—[C'artnagenian. but too truo that few of us can be measured by
SuaSe
.laiLAlKJ* 'over so pure and spotless, ever so erudite and
A day or tw'O since, a fri?ntdof ours, a merchant
.voolsey—cowhide boots and slouched hat, who ac- j111 *'"s country at least his precious wares have
costed him with— come to a poor market. lie has |jut the sorry
"Hallow there, mister—I say —aint your name task of the
as this' If an pditor were
1
in this city, was hailed in the street by a tall, over so humane and industrious
rough looking fellow, very plainly attired in liiisey- ln ,9
causc
truth ami virtue, he would find
,l
mirror held up to n^tture,' to re-
fleet man as ho is in Ins incongruous and con-
"That is my name sir," replied ths merchant. I tradictory character—the uuman heart with all
"Well, how d'ye do? «pose you dont know me ijl3
no|,|„
qualities and its base alloy of defor-
mity—-lie has to cat^r the dish as it is--»butas
ha3 chief vocation is to think for others, let
him give the ri^ht direction to the food he of
fers, that its digestion may promote the moral
health of his readers.
TIIE F.AND OF PROMISE.
William Gould, formerly of Lorain, feot now of
Greenfield, III. sunds us the following account of the
country of his choice, which may ba interesting to
many of our readers. [Cultivator.
"I have bought *2')0 acres of land hern, on String
Prairie, at $• per acre: 1 GO ac.as prairie, and 40
timber five miles off. Partially improved fa-ms sell
from $iita per acre. I am much pleased with
my situatiod for tho following reasons. 1. The
land is cheaper than at any other plaae I have vis
ited. ii. It is nearly all owned by Individual set
tlers. 3. Il is healthy. reckon, we are 100 feet
higher than the waters of the Illinois rivor. 4. The
0
ger, "I've got tho money—here's witnesses to the every direction, without any labor but travelling
bargain"—and so saying, be draw from his capa- them. 5. Nearly all of our fields, and principle
cious pocket, a large bag, labelled "SHOT from
whic'i hu counted the rino, nnd took his deed, ev
idently well pleased with his bargain.
"You seem pleased with the trade, sir," said
the tncrchant.
'•Well, I guess I might as well," said ^io stran
ger.
"Win1," returned tho merchant, "have you seen
the lot?"
"Well, I guess I have."
"Is the land remarkably good?" continued the
merchant—supposing he hid been trading with a
tho coutry is beautiful. There ar.! roads in
roads, have right angles—a very great convenience
In my opinion. There is but little waste land.—
7. Tho climate is delightful. 8. .Slavery is pro
hibited hare. !. Tho temperance society is flour
ishing. And 10, the soil is rich and productive.
Melons grow enormously largo corn becomes'ike
a forest, 10 lo lJfeet high, wilh cars having 'JO or
•J5 rows oil the cob grapes aro abundant and deli^
ciou", apples line, anil wo abound in wild tuikoys,
prairie hens, rabbits, &c. Our stone is in quar
ries. I can get raw prairie broke up at 42 per
acre. The soil is generally black, and from inch
es to 6 feel deep."
TO N E W YOKK MECHANICS.
MR. EDITO II—I am only a stranger on the Rial-
due about lui'tlinu^nd dollars worth of lead ore to, but sines I have been in this city the past few
o aWV~! can't tell how much more I'll week-s I have usually prov.ded myself w„h the
BU'^and with a broa.1 laugh, he stuffed tho deed New E,a, as a kind ol relish for my breakfast, and
futo his pocket, and left our chop-fallen friend ,o «f wurse been a looker on in Ven ce.
co.isider how much mere Icd'l ore the balance of i Being a thq.ough going wcttain
his "eighty aero lots in Wisconsin might possibly
contain.—[Mic' igan ity paper.
thit some such antioua- architects of a new ecuntry,) arrives at Chicago,
wnuld
'curiosity and that of the public
'county of St. Louis there are
man from the
sucker state, I Invo boon led to compare the rela
tive condition and proqiocts of the same class of
people in Gotham, with tho rtnlly results of my ex
per once in my adopted stale—Illinois.
As to the merchants, 1 know little about the
principles or actions her::, or in the west, being a
But 1 have remarked
ertes made iti ui I •, actical mechanic myself. But 1 have remarked
States. Splendid caverns in Arkansas, rival- 1,
a,(^sloa-(my lk.h
nicr(.ai)lj|e
warriors & dogs amongst the Allegany moun- gmover heated—it must have rest -here.
tains ruins of a magnificient city on the BJUO tno mechanics, who aie full of discontents,
shores of the lakes-and many other wonderful and on whom ihe cumc of high tents, provisions,
things, have been brougt to light by men who and the want of employment, presses most sevore
seums to have devoted "their time and moan) ly, I would address myself.
..,,1, researches- A carpenter or mason (for they aro the leading
,here.
but hei0 ie
world is out of joint—it has o. ertravel-
find to which place he can go when the canal is open
rian spirit would rise am in s for #£4, or any ono of the principal towns in the i
ample materials where with to gramiy its own gro,viiig west, he immediately commences I Woods, and five miles farther up, is ihe new vi
workTng lor ^3 a day, or if he is a first rale work-
ca
sho
0l
Ppres. at the distance of about seven miles e irned wo hundred dollars, besides enough to pay
from the city there are a number of graves, s expensjs, if he is liugal. Withthisitc isena
Which, from all appearances, seem to have e.x- bled to ret.ie to the .try, and purchase lbO a-
isted th re for centuries They are on a higl
blnff, near whose bast the stream passes, and
command more. I,i the course ef a
per,„d, his industry gains him the confidence
fr.ends, and in three or lour months, he has
They are on a hi "It crjs of the bist laud in the world, at ton shillings I
WOi
.^
a ))a
was enclosed and cultivated, there anxious to shelter his goods a id
at many of the graves head a:id may commence his business at
rt of his time at his trade, by
whl( he wiU bt able lo pro( lll
ail( U1
c|earing,
0
so that the graves arc «sljcij8 his laif!'' In that case he takes
visible. We have seen several ar-
family, |bat^ may
hi„
r^a^r,lh^^,
... ...
We recollect to have ceen a statement of as the whole coit him
We recollect to nave seen a staiemem oi as the wnmc 7
.'has his price for what he wants to sell, but nrrtdiiptiv« of RAmfithiniy new Ple independence in threeyears. fitJIVI'KAL JACKSON.
Th(J erf0r 9e
whom none is
.e all the recites
|tivate his prairie, which iireds no
and which yields a bountiful «h
his two hundred dollars aiid
raa'JJ'
of
.Tf^he first
..ir far the first
t',n*e\a() tJ
,he
0
Jd pro-
purchasM
buiJf). an() wiiii iiio
him he
mi.^rials lo
ih the credit his niflustry has won
buys a lot of ground jjl.'' ..
wi get a faif profit in
Win section, and as much for the moiety of his lot
his ere.
u._
This is a statement of etr-
nnri bllt a plain rer.jtaiQf
b"1 expe.i^«' thf Wri,irllVhlC,?"^h««
^ce we chest of tool, only, and the result has been an am-
,ms to be that
l(!
,h
ey
wjt l"tjlC
one vary true, but seldom or
mout(l 0i
dances: For example he should be educated, not a they slay here, under all the dsc«i»l| i jn ^peri
a*, i*»
From the H'c.iicrn Pioneer,
HKAD OF BKJ WOODS,?
Kane county, lm,K,i$, March 14, IS37.
I K.AR Stir:— Vo ir favor of January 25, was rp
ceived some time aftsr it was written. In consi»
queues of absence from horns, and oiheravocalioifc
it has not boon convenient to answer it till nor.
1 ha Fox river rises a considarable distance fA
ihs interior of Wisconsin territory, enters the sta|6
ot Illinois in nearly a southerly direction, and con
tinues the same for about fifty miles, to the /opt
of Big Woods from thence it takej a south-wes
tern coarse, and, in soma places, bears nearly west,
and again south-west, until it falls into the Illi
nois river, at Ottawa, having ranged about nine*
ty miles in this state.
In passing up Fox river from Indian creek, you
meet, 1st, comonauk creek ^d, Rock creek 3^,
Blackberry creek. Those, wilh the first 'lamed,
are severally small mill streams, rise near the wa
ters of tho Kishwaukee that fall* into Rock rivet,
and each Uave sawmills iii operation.—Their ge
neral courst is from noith to south, running nearly
parallel to e*ch other, from about 7 lo 10 miles a
part, and arc from 20 to 30 miles in length, aitti
fall into Fox ri et on the north-west side. They
are usually skirted with pleasant groves of timber,
occasionally interspersed with barrens only. A
large proportion of '.ho country is rich prairie, with
consideiablc deficiency in the amount of timber.
There is, for the most part, contiguous settlements
on these streams, and in tome places, they are quite
com/ a and pleasant.
Aoout three miles above the mouth of Blackbsr-*
ry, asmall mill stream, culled Morgan creek, rises
in Au iSable grove, and lalls into Fox rivor from
the east. About five miles further up on the same
side, comes in tho Wabonsie creek, at the foot the
Big Woods, rising principally in the "Woods."
About eight miles higher up, and on the west side,
Mill creek enters, near tho mouth of which, there
is a saw mill. From thence for ~J'J miles up, no
stream worthy of note, enters Fox river. Then
comes in from the west, the outlet of
lage of Elgin. Here is n dam, and mills are build«t
Eight mrles further, is a flooring mill, nearlyf^
idvlorun. On the whole, Fox river is one of
ready
the best, if not the best stream in the state for ex?"
tensive hydraulic operations. It can easily be ren
de.-ed navigable by slack-water, abounds with es^
cellem quarries of limestone for building purposely
anc
|,0|9 „f coal have alroady
ancl|
|,eds of coal have alroady been discovered
There he can accommodate his neigh- miles above its mouth.
i u u i a s y o u o a a o u n o n s i e a e
the stato of religious society.
You will please to notice, the first white
cabin, was built in the vicinity of Pig W^ods,
on Fox river above, was erected but thiee year*
ga last fall, and the principal settlements and ltk
piovements, have been made within ih#tfc«i tti»
years, and by a population freta most of tht uatM
in the unitfn. The predominant character', honk
er, i« eastern. As'in the countries froi'.t whence
they have emigrated, there is a diversity of religious
sentiment. The Baptist, Presbyterio.n, and Me
thodist are the mo|t prffvajlipg denotp 'uiauop* i prK
bably the former and latter ire the r/iost nnm«rWt v
The Whig otators are men of stomach,
least in the way of eating. They never mtwjr
the chance of it dinner. Witness Messrs. Cby
and Webster, and others, irj all Iheit pgiegitolr
tions. Not with the Djanoefats.
to miss all the chancer Aat are oftred ttaanu
Witness Col. Johnson,{the.
his recent visit to New Or! *n« !l
at both of which p! iceafw
aers:
witness also, Mr W/w WrMrht,
the Vnfk. who has justdecliwe" y
^GW|y^Min^d^ha^^
formly
declm^anm
Th ff
do not go far enough W benefit them- In®
-Bulletin. i«|ve5 if they would, they must go where they are the iDffl
nn .'wanted at high prices, and Where the country is pjeas"^_',"®
—Tho Edit°t r.oi I., that ih«v cannot but advance yiJI ijnior, of May 6th.
•^A'e learn from a gentlem^i
tho Hermitage on Thnra^a^yatG'
son is in the en^oyj#^rtft"
risin" fast. In that case they cannot but advance
country.
interesting column They are wanted in hundreds throughout 1'J1"
a very desira-
1 IICJ 'UV IflllltVM O
nois, fiom Chicago to Rock Island, and from tn
mouth of the Illinois to the line at W i*0"*' '...
tne Illinois we Will
-a
id
V W &
i. i..k:
i
•i
Chrystal lake,'
and higher up from the Wisconsin territory, th#''
ouilot of Geneva lake, from tho west, and some
handsome mill streams, from the cast.
The main Fox river, for about 20 miles in thhi
state, and 30 miles in the torrito'ry, passes through
several small lakes, and is navigable for flat steam
beats.
Tho Big Woods is the largest body of timber, lit
the stats. They lie on the east side, nnd adjoin*
ing Fox river, and are about 10 miles in length
and from two to lour miles wide, cont-iining about
30 sections of good timbsrod land.—This tract,
(provided surveys were run,) would lie mostly in
township 30 and 3d north, range cast from the
third principal meridian. Its timber consists
chief
ly of white, black, yellow, and bur oaks, sugar ina
pla, lynn or bass wood, black nnd white walnut or
butternut, hicko.iy, ash of various species, poplar,
iron wood, &c. The soil is generally n dark san
dy loam, sometimes clay generally a little undu
lating, but sometimes quite level. The "Big
Woods" is thickly settled on all sides, and ihe four
mile prairie, between that and Du Page river, is
all claimed and considerably settled, as is the coun
try opposito, betwixt Fox river, tfntl Blackberry
creek, west.
The "Littlo Woods," is a tract of timber about
four miles north of Big Woods, also, on the east
side adjoining Fox river, divided from Big Woods,
by a gap of prairie, interspersed in places with lit
tle groves of small timber ami barrans.—It is about
half tho size of the latter, its timberand soil, simi
lar, and is surrounded with compact settlements.
This may well be considered a prairie country
of a dark rich soil, though not as sandy as in the
region of Kock river, or in Michigan. From the
preponderance of prairie, they are only named or
called a ter tho rivor-, mill st.eams nnd groves of
which, they are interspersed through thn country,
besides those skirting the principal wat?r comes.
The whole range nf Fox river in this state, to
witnina few miles of its mouth is u.isurvnyed land,
and for nearly iho whole distance is thickly settled.
Towns and villages are springing up as if by magic.
Commencing at the south end of Kane county,
at the mouth of Blackborry creek, they call their
new village Yorkvilla. The Fox river thero, is to
be dammed and a saw mill and grist mill contract
ed to be built this season. Oppo-ite the Big Woodsj
dams are thrown across Fox river in fi-.e places, and
saw mills erected. At the prairie in the vVoods,"
threo miles above the "Foot," at the Galena Stage
ford, is the pleasant village qf Aurora. A flour
ing mill i« here inoperation. Lowell, atthe "ilead"
of Big Woods, and Charleston, at the "Fool" of
L-ttle Woods, are growing business places —have
•aw mills on Fox river, and fkuring mills going up
at
||,e prssant season
oi-f-ox
aiU|Charleston,
goat (,f
Geneva is on the we»t bank
,iver, and nearly equidistant from Lowell-
is a pleasant place, undthecouMft
this county At the "Haatl" of Litlfti^|
K
*1
ionds of this great patriot, or nth*,
n
fthe human race, will read Wtth
articl0 froa
•.hat, like his
and Gen. W
superiteadUg
tfce