, 1843-09-16

through many climates. and seen the
nroductions OF each under cultivation,
and over n vast mining region. a.
bounding in coal. lead, iron, and cop
ner ore. all found in veins OF wonder
fuI richness. As you return, should
vou wish to take a peep at the West,
Won will take Il boat aiSt. Louis bound
M the Missouri river.
Alter a couple of weeks or so OF
GOOD hard running. she will land you
at the Great Falls. in the country of
the Blackfoot Indians. about thirty
nine hundrcd miles above s.. LOUIS
and fire Thousand from New Orleans.
Returning, YOU would of course like to
see some of the tributaries of MIssou-
ri: for this purpose vou would make
= little excursion of cLevcn hHnM ed
miles up the Yellow Stone, of Gir'een
kuqdred mp the Platte, and OF t~clre
hundred up the kanza>, and so back
to St. Louis, on the Mississippi river.
hscIre hundred miles fr"m New Or
leans. There you would take a boat
for the beautiful Ohio, aud run up that
stream to Pittsburg, n hoHSdnd
miles from the mouth of The Ohio. Il
fmo Thousand from New Grleans.-
You would see the flourIshIng towns
of Louisville. Cincinnati, and Pitts,
burgh. the most luXurIant crops oil
grains and grasses; fine and numerous
nncks and herds OF every kind; you
would smile TO see the primitive cell
trivanccs waited on the bosom OF the
lOhio, hearing the products oil OHIO
valley To its distant market in New
IOrIeans: and more than all. YOU would
rejoice to see the healthy, happy
smiling faces of the people. Before
Won AGAIN embark on the Mississippi
YOU would no doubt run three or iou'
hundred miles up the Cumberland
SIR or Seren hHRdred up the Tennes'
see river to see WI at were the ilneSi
cotton region of the valley aud now
highlv cultivated aud improved. Once
more on the Mississippi. on YOU
wav downward. YOU would be promP
ted to shoot fttccn huHdred or TIRE
MoHsaRd miles up the Arkansas river
Just to see where all those hides anc
iurs come from. You woul no dOub'
run two or three hundred miles NJ
the YazoO. and two hundred or so W
the Big Black. both in the State o
Mississippi, 10 see the countries tina
send out those %stupendous steamboat.
loads ofcoiton that you meet On YOU
way up, and Just before you reached
New Orleans vcu would be soreIy
| tempted To pop Il thousand or flt,eeI
/, hundred miles mp Red River. 10 Sc,
, the spledid cotton plantations Of Lou
r isiana, and give a finish to your cX
| cursion.
When YOU got back TO New Or
leans, you would have a tolerahIy nc
: curate idea of what the Mississippi
: Valley is, and by putting the dlStan
ces 10 gcther, YOU will find that yoJ
V travelled very comfortably by steam
: boat sixteen thousand miles, and. /;
gong and returning. double that dI:
! lance. Should curiosity lead you Il
investigate. YOU will find that in tn
: Mississippi and its tributaries, tn
5 Mississippi Valley possesses a steam
t boat navigation of from twenty fly
: la thirty thousand miles. Such is
, brief bat true geographical glance a
the valley. To the mind OF an Al
. %laniic or European reader it may ap
pear more of a fancy sketch tina
5 ii true description. Let them no
o suppose that Truth is violated becaus
c our rivers are large; we did not max
e them. and are not responsible for thai
: We have, however. plenty OF sue
. little streams rs the Hudson. the De
aware. the Potomac, the Santee, tn
Thames. the Severn, the MerSev. tn
Humber; but we do not dignity theI
with the Name o! rivers. we Ca
!. thin creeks or bavous. With US
takes 4 river TO make a river"