New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-06-06

wished their pictures made as good-lookIng as
noss,ble their claim to good looks was 10 part OF
the reason for sitting. Ii was only TO perpef'isle
that which YVES loved and would soon be lost.
PRAY take notice, madam, that we give no
opinion as to the desireb!eness Of the Angi;SI
value Of beauty. Whether beauty anc "o'lo't
profit should be kept separate, Ike cilIcH an
state-wheiher 1t IS dcsecrdted by .aiu'ti9
uses Of anbtion-wflether It should Dc ti'c ''s' -
star of affection or pride-wc leave VIII 5''' a.
an open question. We hare an OPINION en- tue
subject, but we prefer to pronounce !, u "ilisel
to Miss Brown Of the Bcwrry. " T. '"
T,,v Gey.r Wssr.-Passing along the Leyee
d,,. or ,ro since. we were attracted by q lot Of
sour which had iust been landed marked " Dcs
MONIES Cny Mis- On inquiry: We learned
that the -four was actually made atmil!s situated
some distance Up the Des MONIES river. and from
wheat grown in the ncighborhood The fact l.
illustrates the rapid and constant growth and de-
vclopement Of the resources of the country-and
particularly Of the grea. Valley Of the Mississippi
Notwithstanding all the disastrous IeyeTses OF
torture OF the last eight years,
The Des MONIES river Is branch OF the Upper
Mississippi, ernptyng INTO ii IN the Southern part
Of Iowa territory. Previous to 1885 or ~, no
such territory was known, and 1t was Only IN
1885 that civil jurisdiction was first extended
over the country which is now organized uncer
the name of Iowa. In that wear 1t was attached
by act OF Congress TO Michigan Previously
there were but few white people residing IN 1t.
At the Dubuuuc lead mines there was small
iuctuating population, who had buil, village.
and organized themselves ln,oa SIMPLE demccra-
CIV. Among other acts which they did IN the
exercise Of their sovereign powers was to try, by
committee appointed in public meeting and TO
execute. a man who had been guilty ct murder
among them. The circumstance. at the TIME,
VIC remember was paraded IN the papers OF TINS
country and England as d horrd case OF !yhch
law" But 1t did not deserve that na@e. hcfc
was neither law nor law officer il the country,
and it belonged to the community to establish
, rules for It's own government; and lar, open
trial preceded the execution OF the criminal
In 1886 the Territory Of Wisconsin was organ
lied by act of Congress, embracing all tie coun-
try now known by that name. as well as that
which is now Iowa ard on the 4th of July Of
tina. wear. the new Government went INTO opera
ton The day was celebrated with great rclolc-
ing wherever there were any white settlements.
and these had multiplied and grown wonderfully
within wear. particularly on the west side OF the
Mississippi. In MAY of that year also. the first
newspaper ever printed west OF the Mississippi
River. and north of the State of Missouri, was cS-
tablished at Dubuque
The settlers were mostly poor-they came IN
and souatted on the Public lands, built cabins
and began to till the ground. Flour, and provI-
SONS OF every kind were scarce, and high, and
the only export of the territory was lead The
mania to get rich without industry winch spread
over the country in 1885, Is and = reached It's
height in those western wiids in the fall and VIM
ter of 1886. and some men with real capital. and
many with false went INTO the Territory, ana
sprinkled it with towns and cities railroads. turn
pixies and canals III embryo. This for Il while re-
tardcd agriculture, and no one thought that Tor
many years the products of the country would
equal It's consumption- But if 1t retarded tenn
porarily rural pursuits 1t attracted the attention
OF thousands to the growing and promising West,
and brought whole colonies of valuable nhabi-
tants from the Northern and Middle States, so
that when the tide Of speculation which over
flowed and apparently desolaied the country, had
subsidized, it was found to have left Il rich depo
site.
In 1898 or 80, the territory divided, and
Wisconsin, on the east of the Mississippi and
Iowa on the west, organized INTO distinct terrific
rial governments. They are now both flourish
ing mmunites--Wisconsn populated manly
from the New England States, and Iowa from
those farther South and West, including Ohio,
which alrcady-herscf but forty years od-seniis
out annually several thousand cmigrants. From
consumers they have grown in half a dozen years
to be producers and from importers 10 be cNpor-
tiers OF nearly all the neceSsanes OF lite Such
as we have detailed was the beginning OF these
thriving communities, which will presently be
ready to take their places in the constellation OF
the Republic, and such is the progress under the
most adverse circumstances, of the great coun-
try irrigated by mighty river and cherished
by free institutions. \. O. Bulletin