Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-08-31

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sIof coarse brown sand Without wood
and nothing but species Of wild sag
growing upon it. For tsc0 hu,sdre1
miles ofdhe Platte, marching up tina
river toward the Rocky Mountains
There was not single stream that emp.
tied into It. July 18th, saw the snow
on the tops Of the mountains: the high.
est peak called Cache de la Pouder
from stream Of that name which rises
there and runs. into the Platte. Ap-
proaehing the mountains the country is
more broken md the banks Of the riv-
Ter timhered and they found a cluster
of beautiful natural springs, the first
they had met with for 500 miles since
leaving the Otto Village. Also immense
plains covered with salt, tno doubt Sa-
lineswhere the buffalo resort lin some
places the salt was several inches deep!
Marched with difficulty through a
drove Of s.or 10000 buffalo! killed
Ia dozen foruse- fine fat delicious beef,
The first range ofmountains appeared
covered with low pines deep valley
divides this range from that above.
The latter rises in awful grandeur to
the clouds. On one day the officers
estimated that they had passed $4,000
buffalo both banks Of the river swarm
ing with them, and the atmosphere clou-
ded with the dust they raised. Timber
on the river, cottonwood and box-el-
der, and good grazing-the country
back a. sandy barren. Passed, ascend
ing the Platte where it issues from the
mountains, the beds Of number Of
dry streams, which, on following up,
contained running water. The water
lis supposed to be absorbed into the
sand. Besides the buffalo and wild
horses, are foundthe elk, hemountain
sheep, antelope, deer and beaver
Leave the Platte, having followed it
600 miles from its mouth on the Mis-
souri,. Deer abound, and buffalo are
scarcerthe nearer you come to the moun-
tains. The mountain scenery is here
compared to Switzerland. The Rocky
Mountains rise up in pointed spires,
steep precipices and sometimes beauti-
full and natural arches. Streams come
tumbling down from the melting the
snow above. The temperature at the
foot of the mountains is near the freez-
ing point all summer Passed, July
Goth, near the ridge which divides the
head waters Of the Platte from those of
the Arkansas, the latter emptying into
the Mississippi, 600 miles below st.
Louis. The space that divides the Ar
kansas and Platte at their rise, is only
fifty yards.-.as.nay and Nlxyy CAron.
FEMvLE SEMINARY. We lately
took occasion to examine the location
and draughts Of the building fora Fe-
male Seminary now being erected by
B. Godfrey, Esq, near Scarritt's Prai-
RE. The location is beautiful one,
on elevated. ground, and sloping away
in every direction. It's about 4 miles
from Alton. The building, the foun-
dation of which is already laid, and the
superstructure rapidly progressing, is
one hundred and ten feet long by forty-
four wide, and four stories high. It's
to be surmounted by handsome dome.
where there will be walk convenient
Of access, for the young ladies'. The
walls arctobe built Of stone. Ii is but
anticipating few years to see it sur
rounded and beautifed by groves and
arbors, and filled by the youthful beau
ty Of the country, in search Of knowi-
edge. The evidences will then. in
more senses than one, .bud and bios
som like the rose" No institution
could be better calculated to elevate the
character Of the state. Let females be
intelligent and high-minded, and the
self-styled sslords Of creation, are sure
to be so; and there is no better place
to give themt this character, than well
conducted Female Seminary. The en-
terprising founder deserves much cred
It for the zeal and energy with which
ne prosecutes theaaEork. 1t is hardly
necessary to say that the whole COM
munity must feel deeply interested in
its complete success.
Alton Spectator.
MARRIED LIFE.-The affection that
keeps together man and wife, is far
holier passion than the enthusiasm Of
young love. It may want its gorgeous
ness--it may wantits imaginative char
acter, but It is far richer in holy and
trusting attributes. Talk not to us Of
the absence Of love in wedlock. WHAT