New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-25


whea, or -four as the winter grain. understand
that, for the pas: five years, the wheat growers
have leM mere or less troubled from the same
cause. All the other crops look we'll. have
never seen better oats. nor such quantities Of
them, as are now growing in this State. One
would almost suppose that the country was set
tied with Scolchmon, cats are SO abundant.
PIE wheat Of Wisconsin and Michigan IS, |
understand, OF en- inferior quality to that Of
Western Scw-YorA. and VIII not bring within
from 10 to - cents bushel IS much a. Buffalo.
asked every farmer met what lie considered
the cause OF this difference. and strange To say.
Did not meet a man who had anything Ike q
true icea OF the cause. They all gave reasons b.,
western men arc prone TO ask and give areason for
everything but the true reason of this difference
they did not know nor suspect. Some Of
them considered it was owing to the dryness Of the
sol and others to its wemess-some 70 ITS being
new. others TO its being loose. These men want a
teacher having authority The knowledge which
science has discovered for Agriculture during the
past ten or twenty years, they know nothing at all
about The authority which science general
know edge. and actual practice alone can give, are
and such teacher should be heard by the whole
country But this is impossible Allow me, however,
TO suggest to YOU what would come near TO II as
nav be at present practicable II you (or other Jour
uals having large country crculatIon) would OBJ
tain the services Of some eminent man, and give To
Ais cOntfol one or TWO columns OF me weekly Irto-
U1e ard have him these exclusively for the pur
Jose OF giving well digested lessons 70 farmers-es-
sons that shall have nothing bstthe marrowof s,len
lhc ard practical knowledge III them, think the
ffty-tWO lessons Of one year would give ,hem an
amount of knowledge which. If applied, would save
and create for the country millions OF dollars worth
Of property and make many men comfortable, VINO
ale Low In want hope YOU viii give this matter
serious consideration. There can be no doubt OF
the value of this knOwe edge There is no doubt that
the mas. Of our farmers know nothing about II ;
although throughout the West hnd them very
ipQuiring class. The object of The Tribune is the
diffusion Of usefu knowledge. l ash. then, what can
be more in accordance with It's purposes 10 may be
rad there plenty of agricultural papers, ana SO
there are. but presume that 5000 copies would De
large number for any one Of them to circulate,
while | suppose there aIe 100000 readers OF me
Weft'y TrljHnc. Besides the greater part Of these
agricultural periodicals are hlsd with silp-slop ana
speculation, while these lessons should contain nofH-
ing but ,osifire instruction.
The lead region. or more properly the mineral
region OF Wisconsin, extends from the Blue Mouncs
20 the Mississippi, from the Illinois llne 10 the WIS
consin River. Although Galena, IN ILLINOIS, ana Du-
buQue, IN Iowa are better known as Ihe cehtels OF
the business vet by far the largest tract OF lead
arLe country is found in Wisconsin 1t Is found
equally rich 1t the most distant points ana equiAy
uncertain everywhere. Judging from tne numerous
heaps of lgh red almost orange colored earIh con-
tnIally presented to the observation OF the traveller,
one uniformed would suppose the country mad oeen
thoroughly prosDocted, but am toid there is much
uncertainty Ia inc fesuits OF prospecting. Ulc p'l
" vii sink q shaft and find nothing another per
hans not hundred wards distant VIII do the same,
ard find plate of metal several inches thick. Inc
VEINS or plates, the miners call them, usually run
az angles with the surface, and frequently cross
each other 1t often happens that shaft sunk IN
one Of these angles has proved valueless, ana oeei
abandoned, when succeeding operations nave proveo
that these very shafts have approached wltmn lew
feet sometimes a few inches, OF rich veins. 1here
is therefore great uncertainty IN the results OF this
business 4 VEN one inch thick paystwo men mod
crate wages II they work diligently, ana VITA sucn
care as not TO be interrupted by "cavings IN;
plate of two inches, II continuous pays wei H'hey
strike anything letter than that, they LOOK upon
themselves as born TO goodluck.
While as in California, the mass OF the miners 90
not more than subsis by their work. or If they should
styike a good place and make a handsome surplus
they frequently sqauDder much OF IN riotous iiVlng
there are some instances where handsome fortunes
have been obtained, and | am disposed 10 thlhK the
hope Of such result is the reason Why so many con-
tinue at IT, The following instances were related to
me- and think can be depended on as true
An English miner, having q family OF a we anu
children, had for some time been AZ Work WIN very
moor success-so poor indeed that they had to dis
pose OF much OF their furniture TO supply more press.
ing wants. The miner despaIred OF success ana
wished 70 move away. but his wife prevailed on nun
to STAY Again and again did he determine 10 leave,
and again did she prevail. At last he was positive,
bu, with kind of presenument OF tue futlre, WIN
which think the ladies are better endowed IMAM tne
men, his wife was reluctant to go, and at length
told him If he would continue one week longer WITH
on, success. she would cease further oppos'ion'
He worked that week, and during that time dlscov-
cred mine that III short time yielded sky thou'
sand dollars | am todd he died about year after
ard, but Of course left his family IN comparative
aflueBce -
Dubuque with ordinary success for number OF
wears one day he opened a hole IN the SIDE OF ms
shaft and on putting in his arm found that 1t expand
ed eyery way he made the hole larger, and then
put his little boy through giving MN ilgh ana ofu
tTnc him examine II proved 10 be a cave and in
short time the little fellow came running Dack, de-
clarng himself frightened and that he had seen
ever so many ghosts - upon when tne 'a.hea en-
found the ghosts of the boys alarmed VISION TO be
vast columns and masses of cry stazed lead which,
as they reflected the DIM Ugh, and stood IN bold re-
lief from the gloomy background OF the cave, as
NAV be supposed looked white and awful yet,
nevertheless they yielded much more welghty rea'
sons for having an interest taken IN them than do
those much more noisy fellows who have troubled
and puzzled creation so much lately. Inc result
was a large fortune to the dlscoveTer
As body OF men. the miners have TO endure great
hardshlps, sometimes prvatlons TheI WORK must
be yery loborsous. and not healthy. Two or three
the mine digging and filing the bucket and oae a.!
The wInclass (Which is erected over every shaft 10
draw il up &c. They separate the ore from tho
Claw before il leaves the nine and when they have
collected bucket full they send II up. Sometimes
one man hires number OF hands, 20 whom he pays
wages takng to himself the total results OF their
labor ,,,
H. however, the miner. are subject TO hard labor
and prva,ons and KEY, arising from the uncer.
tainty OF their success think they do their best at
endeavorng to ENJOY life IN their hours o. relaxation
They appear 10 be eminen'iy social with generous
onen-hearted expressicH Of countenance and act
Which is the more apparent from the ugh blunt
nos. OF their uncouth manners. do not think
temperance societies have done much among them ;
and although do not remember to have seen one
of them drunk, yet have seldom met parry Of
twenty orthirty together but they have soon inooed
sufficient TO make them ga.rulous and lfeiy.
Such is their l,fe-the pleasant and the severe
mixed well together and although thelrpleasues are
not what many would call the best OF highest. YET
they probably are the bcs, for them-eyery man IN
his sphere-and If laugh. much better things, mere
might he famine OF iead-a state of AFFAIRS ~hicn