New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-08

with bsr.roon political discussion. in which those Gu
phonious sppestions which 1t i the Is-hlon VI po.
cal parties 10 bear powa-days were rucen'. -
New. York the teemng Mother OF Western states IA
her Uunkers and Bsrnburners here, 1t wss hun
key and .Tsdpoe / asked the politics Of dlstin
guished young friend Of mine DE 5 roarng Iaa
was the response suspect most politicians are roar
era here These prompt, OF hand, energetic Netterf
men do few things by the halves and they love ponac'
as they love the breath Of their nosiFls
AT Janesve we took farewell look 81 the oeanil
fu Rock lie scenery has little Of the wild grandeur
and variety of that Of the wide and winding knine =
or of our own Hudson-but Byrons description OF the
former strongly REQUIRED 10 me as gazed Tor the AS
time on the crystal waters before me
"The river nobly loans aud aows,
Tie charm Of this enchanisd ground,
And all IT, thousand turns disclose
Some re-her beauty varying round
The hsushtio.i breastit- Wish might bound
Through life TO dwell delighted here
Nor could on earth spot be found
To Nature and 10 Nan more dear
The Rock River country has grandeur or sub
Unity farther than these 20 be found in mitles.
plains and u certainly possesses little variety but AZ
ter all there is quiet placid rural beauty ABOUT II
not only soft blending OF natural features D1t my.
tartan beauty speaking Of future happiness and suen
homes-speaking OF bread 10 the hungry, and teemhS
gamers 70 the toer which few other countries which
[ have ever passed over so markedly possess
Wenow turned our horses heads Eastward ana com.
inenccd our return journey, Via Deavan, Geneva ana
Milwaukee short distance from Janesvie We stI leh
Rock Prairie again. and continued Il until within I'VE
% r = miles OF DCllTtu. we hpfINttAtn ishA'int
Grove on the outskirts Of the great prairie N the mel
low gioaminq-fhe scotch name the most euphonious
Of ali others for twiight-and from Inc hlghef Janus
where the road runs, the eye took IN maghineeht
stretch of prairie extending north and east IN the drec
lion of Johnstown The yet unWeathered shingles on
the roofs Of the distant armhOuses, Catching inc
last reelection OF the dying light looked IKE the sails OF
square rgged vessels on the distant sea- ana one cguu
almost fancy the uudua,ons OF the prairie the rolling
pillows of an ocean Nothing wanting but the deep
anthomike voice OF many waters 10 complete the 10
lusion But here regned asepulchra stiffness a. the
ustrous stars began 10 steal up the sky the grandeur
~ the scene filed my mind with train OF serious
meditatons ! thought Of Yesterday, when the VIDE
waste around me knew not civilized man; thought OF
tomorrow when il shall swarm thick ana not win the
llefever the fostering passions and impulses OF hu
manity thought of the mission and destiny OF peo-
pie which after few more waves Of the human sea
have broken On the shore OF deaih-aiier te" NOR,
generations have joined the nnumera6e caravan oi
the dead will outnumber the tribes and tongues oil en-
tire Europe asked myself " neither this great hepub
lie and this conquerng are 10 remain time deiyns
and persistentor whether they too, Ike the Egyptian
the Assyrian the Greek and the Roman, are 10 pas
away, dxindling before some mightier caste as ine
Red Man now dwindles before them-or torn ana
wasted by domestic dissensiOns
Deavan Is stirring little village in Waworth County
twenty miles from Jancsyle The Village and county
are named after two well known individuals IN New
York-both enineniy successful in their CHOSEN pur-
suits both enjoying worldwide reputation Tor pnlan
thropy After crossing Deayan Prairie, on our cruise
10 Geneva the TCuduluti VI lHt ioNl' ~
urs over A rougher faced country than any we nad
before passed west Of Lake Michigan We also began
10 see bOulders and smaller surface stone, az Is com
mon the billy lands Of the East Between Lakes ue
neya and Como. couple Of deer alarmed by horse.
man of on our right galoped elsurey across the roao
lust out Of the reach of guns and plunged INTO tne
latter Geneva and Como Here no irownlng APPS a.
vide them or are rejected from their depths The
names seem to have been selected at random OF merely
from their sound From the low shores OF ths former
g. darkened Jurs, whose capped nights appear
Precpitousy steep,
towers up among engirdling mountains, and the latter
lacks the biurcaton which would give It even an or
binary resemblance 10 its Italian namesake HAD these
lakes and the thousand others at the West no ihdian
designations that Biographies must be pundereo 70
chrisen theml Those noble Indian names, IKE Cayusa
Onoudapa Ontario etc. which roll from the tongue
rich az the blast OF trumpet yet soft as the wa Of
winds through the ancient Indian iorests-now mn
nitely more appropriate We advise our western
friends before il is too late, 10 exhume them ana re-
store them 10 their Babel garnished owners
Geneva small village, lies at the eastern extremity
Of the lake OF that name. Twelve miles iarther on, on
the road 10 Milwaukee il Burlington, on the OK RIVER
Here James j. Strang the Mormon Prophet who sue
ceeds Joe smith. was pointed out TO me; lie was IN
conversation with another individual on the other sde
sscertaining my road Icft half dozen Prs0ns to
make the inquiry strobe close up TO Strang ana we
made a very unccremonious scrutiny oil cnch othet
person. He s youngery mamie does not LOOK over
thirty fvc-shor, and rather slight built, with red
head of hair, a red beard Of modest proportions oe'
pending from his chin and rather oIigh' Ieuuisn ia
Eel eve There was no affected sanctimony ana mite
preicnsion In his look. Win his nat concehllng NE
forehead and the upper portion Of his head there was
certainly nothing Intellectual or commanding IN MS
physiognomy and the other hand there was nothing
stOd, british OF hypocritcal IN us expression IL wa
lust such face as you meet nye times every day ana
not have your notice particularly attracted by H. Our
landlord said he was conioundcd foHShty NNes'cth'
i'm for fHsHO little fellow, and he certainly must pos
MA pD-f
mons have honest and intelligent men among Them
Strang was plainly dressed-with straw nat "hlte
linen irockco and patched pair OF strped pants
Striped pants prophet Shade OF ISAIAH INN" u
that.
We passed the ght al Rochester three or four miles
north of Burlington also the Fox On the east BANK
of the stream numerous large granite and sandstone
boudcrs lay grouped closely about and they continued
more frequent than previously from this place 70 NIL
waukee. Between Rochester and Milwaukee the couh'
try il rough and wooded one. we passed soiellnles
~ OF 30 wagons in string drawn by nom Two 70 nree
woke of oxen each. hauling wheat 10 MNauAec- MaHy
of the team. come ihreedsys journey 70 sell their
wheat at from i've TO seven shiings bushel here IS
a demand for railroads Some main ones viii prooa-
bly, soon be constructed
we were but a few hours in Milwaukee. A part Of
the town lies on low and originally marshy spot and
part OF it on elevated bluffs, beautifully overooAlns
the Lake The same remarks made IN relation 10 the
growth business men, business, stores shops ec' o
Chicago will apply equally TO this place. IS destined
beyond all doubt to be an important city, sending
down our carriage and horses by land, We embarked
aboard the neat and fleet little Louisiana Tor chicago
Racine looks beautiful from the water-not unlike
Cleveland We passed Southport in the night lie
naming dav longer at Chicago again embarked on
the Sam Ward, homeward bound.
Again that awful ride from It Joseph 10 Kalamazoo
must needs be encountered but we were led 70 nope Tor
better things this time the roads had become
thoroughly dried. and were informed mat they
would be entirely free from ruts and onace hoses Ihey
cre but in the place Of these was deep Ded oil sahu
so impapabe that breath would raise II III dense ana
sitting clouds.
"Sng of sand-no such as gloweth
Hot upon The path Of the Tiger and snaAe -
Sing all the varieties given in the six sand OF
FRFfLrcRArH and none of them, make bold 10 say VIII
pour into mouth nostrs and eyes, with the per
feet ooseness with which the feat Is accomplished oy
Michigan sand light west breeze, blowing directly
on our backs gave the f ADVANTAGE OF every parce
of il which we raised while the back OF the stage cut
IS of from every breath of the stirring air IL pehe
rated every pore Of our bodies every thread OF our
garments until we looked like statues Of mud gaVsn
lied into state of semi existence, gazing giimiy az
each other through lurd eyes each Of whicn' Ike
the clowns in tue circus, cOmcay encircled WIN
halo OF deeper black. For sereHtesH mortal hours
3 A NJ 10 10 p M.-we were rolled and roasted and
blinded and stuffed in this ihunderous smother 10 sc
coulpsh precisely fy mis Traveller 20 BY the upper
Lake routc-go by the Northwest passase-go round
Cape Horn but trust yourself not between Kalamazoo
- - Ntrh IN " ury time.