We were much interested in Uie account
given ui this morning by Mr. Pliny Al
len, on board the St Louis, of a colon)'"
now on their way to Wisconsin. The
entire colony are composed of the xVllen
family. Thcro are three generations,
numbering in all 112 souls, or whom fif
ty are now on their way, to be followed
hereafter by the remainder, li is a touch
ing picture to see such a multitude all
linked together by blood and affection,
embracing the extremes of old age and
the tenderest infancy, thus journeying a
thousand miles to seek a new dwelling
place. The " patriarch of the family ;
Philip Allen, is with them, aged 88 years,
lie is the father of five sons and three
daughters he was ao!dicr of the revo
lution, and receives a pension from his
country, and has resided in Rochester for
the. last twenty-seven ypars. Though
feeble, he is cheerful and pleased with
the idea of the union of his numerous de
scendants in the far west, going down
with them as Jacob went with his sons
into Egypt, that ho may die in the midst
of his posterity, and be buried whore they
expect to lie until the morning of the res
urrection. The Allen family are located at Wal
worth, Walworth county, Wisconsin Ter
ritory, where they have purchased a largo
tract of land, in the centre of which they
intend to build a village, which is to be
called by the appropriate name of Allen
City.' A large proportion of the family
are communicants in the Presbyterian
church, and expect to form a church on
the spot, for which a Pastor is already
partially engaged. The Bible, Tract and
Sabbath School Societies have supplied
them with books for distribution in the
destitute portions of the country in their
vicinity. Schools will be immediately
established. Such emigrants will give
character to the west, and leave their im
press on unborn generations, and with
the divino blessing, will make tho wilder
ness like 'the Garden of God.'
We learn from Mr. Allen that all the
family are members of the Temperance
Society, and all good looking. Suc-j
cess attend their enterprise. With such
emigrants, we have no reason to fear for
the moral or political influence of the
west upon the destinies of our beloved
country. Buffalo Advertiser.
