New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-20

| commence business. Indeed, this mouse Woelo
do honor to any one Of our Western cities IN
short there are few towns in any country OF more
mature years that have the tidy family residences
the commodious and well arranged public houses,
the sober and industrious communities OF inhs0-
itants that the three towns in Grand Chute can
boast Of There is not liquor establishment
blizzard saloon, nor any other gambling house Ia
any OF them; and drunken man is not seen once
IN six months. There is g large Furnishing Di-
vision OF the Sons of Temperance at Appleton -
The State improvement is located on the opposite
side Of the river at this point and is in progress
OF construction. The country ia simbered With
oak, beach hickory maple &c on both sides OF
the river, and the soil rich and productive 1t is
fast filing up with good citizens from the Eastern
States and different portions Of the West. The
price of land ranges from - to SO per acre.
Leaving these points we descend down the
river three miles. when we arrive at the Cedar
Rapids. Here the State works, consisting of
dam lock and ! Of a mile of Canal, are in a FOX.
ward state Of progress. Half mile further and
we arrive at the nittle Chute where there is a
perpendicular fall Of two feet, and long continu-
ops rsnids which will afford an immense water
power when improved. The State works have
not been put under contract at this point, Here
is a Catholic mission established some twenty
wears ago, Tor the benefit of the indians, around
which has collected large settlement oil French
and Germans. The country IN this vicinity Is good
and affords high Inducements to settlers. Inc
next point in our downward coarse, four miles be-
low, is the Grand Kan. kama. This Ia ro-
mantle spot. The waters OF the noble FOX go
rushing along down descent OF about 20 feet In
three ourths of mile, over s rocky and unevea
bed, like that of mountain brook in New Eng
land The State works here are not under con-
tract nor located There is q town laid out, but
little done in the way OF Improvement yet; The
river has been improved from this point below To
the bay and steamboats, have run between these
nojnts the greater part OF the past season.
Five miles further and we reach the hapids
du Cerosh." where we meet with the hrst state
work completed. Here IS a DAM lock, and snort
canal. There no other Improvement at tins point
worthy OF notice.
Twelve miles further and we are at Depeu.
the FIRST rapids and water power from the mouth
of the river and five miles from Green Bay. inns
is a point that many think IS destined 70 outstrp
ali others in Importance in manufactures and trade.
1t is rapidly improving and filling up l ne waters
of the bay set up TO this place. and afford ample
depth for the largest lake craft. The main town
is on the east side OF the river, where there are
three saw.mills a Hoaring mill, and other MINOR
hydraulic works in operation, On the west BANK
some improvements in the way of town building
have been commenced There is bridge across
the river here and the State works are Completed
consisting OF q lock and dam
Five miles further and we arrive at GTeen % ay'
Fort Howard and the towns OF Aston NaYarho
and Howard. AstOr appears iirst on the east oaiiA
AS we ascend the river, which is distmguishaoie
Mt present Tor nothing more than Its the hotei ana
pleasant Countrywide residences. NaVarIno' lll-
mediatey below and adjoining, is The old town.
better known as Green Bay, which. at prcsent'is
the great depot OF the growing commerce OF the
vssf valley of the Fox. Here nearly all the whole
sale trade Of the country is done, and, II we ms
take not here will grow up the metropolis oil the
North The site for city is grand by nature un-
surpassed On the opposite bank ut the lower
noint of the town, is Fort Howard, which, with
its newly white-washed walls presents neat and
tidy ppearance-immediately above when Is
the new townplat of Howard. where, as yet, not
great deaf has been done. Navarlno and Astor
were mostly built up to their present dimensions
during the specuntions OF 80 and ~, since wnich
time up to 'I5 they were mostly deserted. But
business now is brisk, and prosperity is depicted
in every branch oil trade.
The peculiar advantages oil the Fox Tor manu-
featuring purposes, in addition TO it's perpendlcu-
lar falls and extensive rapids consists in its ample
dimensions, and constancy. Lake w nneoa5o'
containing some 400 square mics acting as
reservoir the river below never rises more than
two feet, and rarely more than one above an oral
nary stage OF water In addition there Is IN the
country great abundance OF all kinds oil nara
and soft timber for it's uses and tor the purposes
of trade for ages to come.
For rapidity of settlement and improvement,
California alone can compete with this region
Hardly OF these upriyer towns could boast
of name, much less house. two years since;
and now they are nourlsbng villages of from 300
to 900 inhabitants, and with fine stately buildings
Two years ago, there was plenty OF Government
land bordering the river subject to entry; now
all the choice selections within from five to ten
miles on either side, arc located, and mostly by
settlers When this country is improved, it viii
be noted for the choice quality of its Wheat the
peculiar excellence of its Butter and Cheese
the extent Of it's Sugar orchards, the number and
dimensions of its manufacturing establishments,
the sobrety and industry of its inhabitants, its
beautiful and romantic river scenery, and the
magnitude of its commercial transactions. l..
All kinds of English Grasses seem peculiarly adapted
to lie soil OF this region