Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-02-10
VALLEY OF Tnp MI.

:" VINO has presented SON. melllpe0...
" and imposing yicws Of 4. wv oierc,n..
q resources OF this vnq magnitude NY
! has refers to cxtcn, and wal ,mp,y
"c nuvigablo rivers, "l'S ofh..
Tho Mississippi yollev .
he such very crude and dcGaIIc n, @s"N
Ks Wcs', the Western copa,,v "''n''a&
"a country, the Far Wea; by - 49,. no LO
.. led the Land Of Pigs, and . 1O'Os I I'.sI
,e tons Of 1910, il is sometime, S, .,, No OIs
ID Coon-skln regions Its bouod, 'ged NJ
r. west are the Rocky Moun,aia'' @ N
ID co and Texas; on the south INV Aet
i Mexico; on the east the AlIcob w ,a VuIi d
!, !talns; and on the north Tho y Naa
, Br!Ilsh possessions. II COMA; " nd
Ic us many square miles as coa,ne,s e''y
e rope ond populated as denscv IVY,
4 land, would sustain a popula,ioo ~
d hHndred millions Of human bens.
!. man nall OF the present popuIalino n %s
earth. Stretching from Inc qo,h 'u@
! 49lh degree of latitude. il oossas".
variety OF climate. In richness ea
ana extent Of lillaoe land il i NJ, w.
PasSeu oy any country ofthe sams s,,s'
us surface IS almost un5roken bvs a
tam or hill Of sufficient size IL s .''5F
cultivation. Geographically viewed a
pre-emlnently commercial coun,.r
IS Parllcularly eligible Tor toreio, =. 'A
nnefce' 10 see, reader, for yours S ~
the Mississippi is, suppose YOU 90 on %,g
" Que OF those steamboais lyog .%'
wharf N New Orleans ana ab9m ; y" y,
Tor 'oe Upper Mississippi river. Ls,', a..
'l,e grange groves and sugar plan,,,'.
.o' .he South, in about len DAYS tbe H.,
VIII land you al the Falls of Sam, lo,s'
ny t~eHty-hce hundred mile, ~ ina n,
s.lsslppl Ever: il you think Won =. =.
tar enough north. you can walk ronni's.
ralis, end, taking another boat oss n
etgM a"ndred ora M,usand miles G,,,,s,
IN your way up, you will have nas,a
through many climates, and seen ne Om
iVcllons OF each under cultivation a,l
over q vast mlning region, aboundinom
'oa'' lea !, IRON, and copper ore, all (ouoj
" VEINS OF wonderful richness. As ya
etnrn, should you wish to take n peeo 4,
ne west, you Will take boat at ST. Louis
ound up The Missouri river. After A
ouPle OF weeks or 50 Of good hard run.
inS' she will land you at the Gtea, Falls.
Inc CO -ntry Of The Blacklo Indians.
bout th"fg-unc hun1reR miles above 3,
''uis' and E0e thoasaad from New Or.
ans. Returning, you would Of course
lsh TO see some OF the tributaries Of ,bo
Ilssou'l; for this purpose yol would
akea 1T IL excurton Of eiccca hualra
lies up the yellow Stone, or r hnyrd
ths Plaste, and Of twctce huadrsd an the
insas, aud so back 10 St. Lolis on The
lsSlsslppl river hcslee 4uaired mile,
'm New Orleans. There you take
y Tor the beautiful OAa, an! run m
y stream TO P!tisbarg, one THOUSAND
les from the mouth oil the Ohio and
thousand from New Orleans. You
uld sec the Furnishing towns Of Louis
'e' Cincinnati and Pittsburgh; the most
'urant crops ofalI the grains and gns
!; hneaad numerous hocks and herd,
every kind; you would smile 10 see
primitive contr.sances waited on the
ON q the Ohio, bearing the produces
me OHIO valley TO its distant marke,
view Orleans, and more than all. YOU
,la rejoice TO see The healthy, happy
ing faces Of the people. Before YOU
10 embarked on the Mississippi, YOU
I'D no doubt run three or Iouf hundred
Is up The Cumberland, and sir or sersa
afea up The tennessee river, 10 see
! were he first cotton regions Of the
~, and NV highly cultivated and i'm.
ed. Once more on the Mississipp,
our way downward, you would b.
'Piei to shoot fifteen or tw3 thousand
UP the Arkansas river, Just to 500
re all those hides and lurs cone from.
would no doubt run two or three hun
mites up the Yazoo, and two hun.
mics Or SO up The Big Black, 9th in
'aieot Mississippi, to see the coun.
mat send out those stu 1end1us steam.
'oaas q cotton that you met on your
up; aud just before You reached New E
ms you would be sorely tempted to
moasdad or Gflsea hundred miles up h
iver, to see The splendid cotton plant.
OF LOUISIANA, AMI give ialsh TO
excurtion.
en y ~ get back to New Orleans,
ould have tolerabIy accurate idea
~ 'he Mississippi valley is; AMI By
Inc distances together you VIII
ou have travelled very comfortably
ambaat sir cen taoHSand miles, and, Z
ls and returning, double that dis
Should curiosity lead you 10 IN
IT., you will find that in the Missis'
iver and It's tributaries the Mlssls'
ALLEY possesses steamboat naviga'
from TWENTY-FIVE TO Thirty THOU.
lies. Such is brief but true
phlcal glanee at the valley. 10
I'd OF an Atlantic or European res
may aDnanr mora nj a CLANCY