New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-18

Correspondence Of The IfiDuhe'
Dy,.v4S. waworth ca. W. 7 Sept 4.
Sov., Aid the eve wander over a more gratifying
snec,acle than was Just now spread beneath my ar
dent gaze. Standing upon an cminencc comP'e
b.nded vast region OF country, every pa't o.
vybcb revealed something to delight, asionish Or
cncban, Here Law the broad prairie teeming WIN
the rich productions Of its own generous soil al
fields of waving corn, wheat unharvesied beside :
immense quantities standing in the shock oats bar
lev and pota,ocs in lavish abundance. while one
hundred stacks of wheat could count from the po-
sition | occupied. a few years since this whole
vas, and now cultivated expanse, exhibited nothing
but n continued waste OF wild grass, where the
timid deer fed in undisiurbcd quiet From lhis
hight. too have distant view OF beautiful Hoci.
River meandcring through country OF unsurpasscd
beauty and fertility, whose primitive solitude j.
now broken by the husbandman's cheerful sonE'
the ploy bow whistle the industrious artisan, wcl1
ing his instrument of toll and the noisy am pust''
and activity of trade Within few SNORT year.
numerous and populous villages have sprunS up
along its pleasant borders aud snort per'on WIZ
sufficiently develop the ample resources OF .n'
vas, regions irrigated by this and other OF the MIS-
.issippis Northern tributaries 10 render II an impor
,an, nb;ec, IN secure commercial connection with
tho cities of The South and then Will these So att ~
abandoned solitndes be broken by the thunderine
sound OF the noble steamboat making its way up
,bese rivers Steamboats, have already navigated
Rock River as far Madison. And az doubtless.
time will show that, with comparatively little eN
pense the rivers Of Rock and w lsconsin can be-
connected with Green Bay by n canal-thus afford
ing the whole contiguous territory an easy access
TO the best markets, both East and South
The agricultural resources Of this vast territory
surpass any country ever saw. Therca are perhaps
isolated parts OF the Northern and Eastern States
equal 10 any part Of this in fertility OF soil But
take il as a whole and ii may boldly challenge com
petition with the world No part Of il, as have
vet discovered, but possesses soil OF the finest
aualty; settlements are rapidly forming mall quar-
iers; and ere long its most distant regions will be
gin 10 bloom under the improving hand OF clvliiza
ton II is gratifying TO observe too, the character
of the settlers thus far, many Of them being from
The hardy and intelligent ycOInanry OF the East ;
they bring with them the elements OF a correct so
ciai organization, and thus gradually unfold the
social germ in accordance with the most cniighten
ed principles udciOus system oil general III
struction would do much towards advancing their
best interests. promoting their prosperity, and se
curing social harmony and it is gratifying to vii
ness the manifestations of the interests felt IN many
places for common schools. ! hope 10 see this IN
iercst spread until il covers the whole Territory
and secures on a strong basis this invaluable lnsti
tuition Nothing equal to the Common Schools ~
enlighicning aud purifying people. II is an insii
tuition that meets their broadcast intellectual wants.
Ii is the only safe medium through which instruction
can be- poured in on the public mind. A people for
tilted by a well regulated system OF Common
Schools need never fear for their liberty for IN then
own hands they hold the means of its pcrpetuity.-
Let the people truly understand this. aud they will
give their whole support To those institutions which
are identified with their liberties and prosperity