The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-09-21
VALLEY or LIE MISSISSIPPI.


A writer IN The National lnleIliErneer.
who has presenied some very interesting
and Imposing views Of the magnitude
and resources Of this vast internal empire.
ihus refers 10 the extent and capacity Of
us narigahle rivers:
/" The Mississippi valley is known By
sneh very crude aud indefinite names IS
The West. the Western country. The lake
county, the SnuthSest, lie Far Wesl;
BY some il is called III Lind Of Pigs. and
since the election in 1910. il 10 some times
81! led the Coon-skin regn rs. lis bounda.
rics on the IVES, are the Rocky Mountains.
Mexico and Texa.; an The South the Gull
OF nj, Sico; on the East TIE Allegheny
noun,a n; aud on lie North the Lakes and
BRUSH Possessions. II cont ius nrarly
az many squale miles a. continental Eo.
ope. aud Is populated az ,ltnsely ss Eng
land, would sustain population Of five
hundred millions Of human beings--more
than half the pressn, population Of The
earth. Stretching from the 29th 10 The
49th degree ol latitude. u possesses great
variety Of climate. 10 richness OF soil
and ex'eni OF tnlatlr land. il Is moi .uro
passed by any country Of the same ex-
tent. lis surface il almost ntbrnken bv
mountain or hill ci stfiicien, size 10 i'm.
pede culayain. Geographically view
ed. IL Is pre- emiHenty a commercial conn-
Try, and is particularly eligible for luregn
commerce. To see, reader, for yourself
what the Mississippi vall,y il, suppose
you GO on hoard Of one Of those stan
boats lying a, the wkarf in New Orleans
and about To start for ,he Upper Missis-
slppi river. Leaving the orange groves
and sugar plantations OF the Sous', IN
about Ten DAYS The boat will lard you al
the Falls Of Saint Anthony. twenty five
hundred miles mp the MISSISSIPPI river: if
YOU think yoa are not lar enough north,
You can walk round the Falls. and TAX
ing another bna,, ascend eight hundred or
a thousand miles further. o, your way
up, you viii have passed through Many
climates. and seen the productions Of each
ind. culuva i'm, and over vas, mining
region ahnun,iing IN ceal. lead. iron, aud
copper. ore, all found in veins OF wonders
iul richness. As you re urn, should ynu
wish to take peep at the West, you will
take a bna, at 81. l.ouis bnDnd up the
Missouri river. After a couple Of weeks
or so of good hard running, she will land
yeu a. the Great Fills IN the country OF
the Is arsinot Indians. about thirty. mine
hundred mills above ST i.uuis, and FIVE
thou, aud IRON New Orleans. Rrmrn-
ing, yon would, Of course, wish to see
some at The tributaries OF the Missouri:
Tor this purpose you WorlI make a iIrlr
excursion OF tlevn hundred miles up The
Yellow Stone, or sixietn kuudu d up the
Platte, and al twelve HUNDRED up the
Kai gas, and so back to ST. Louis on the
Mississipp,,ri,er. Twelve hundred miles
from New Orleans. There YOU take boa,
for the b. auuiul Ohio. and run up ,ha,
stream to Pittsburgh, nne thousand miles
from The onth of The Ohio, and TIVE
thousand from New Orleans. You would
see The flonrisb,ng towns of l.nnlssil!e.
Cincinnati. and Pittsburgh: the mostlux-
urlsn, crops Of all the grams and grasses;
fine and numerous ilurks and HERDS oiev
cry kind; y"u v ould smile 10 see The pri-
m,,ise con,rivancrs waited on the bosom
Of The Ohic. bearing The produces OF the
Ohio valley 10 lis distant marketIn New
Orleans, and, more ii,an all, you would
rejnice IN SIC the healthy, happy, smiling
laces Of the people. Before you again