Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-05-27


very slightly depressed below the general lev.
Ell OF the adjacent country, and present no
difficulty in the way of the construction of
roads of easy grade, transvsrsely, as well as
IN the line of the water courses. There is al
SO, from this cause. much less to be appre-
hended from the sudden and destructive swell
Of the volume Of water, from copious rains
two considerations, which they know best
how 10 appreciate, who have dwelt where riv-
ers and their branches make their beds in deep
vailies, while the general elevation of the
country Is but succession of intervening
ridges.
Such being a general description Of the sur
face OF Wisconsin, the emigrant will not look
for Alpine Scenery, or the bolder and sublimer
features Of the country, of the high mountain
aud deep valley. But in all that constitutes
the beauty Of the landscape, whether in the
Yestments Of nature, or in those capabilities
which cultivation can alone develope, Wis
consIn Is without a rival. Among her ten
thousand UndulatIons. there Is scarcely one
which lifts It's crown above its fellows. which
does not disclose TO the prophetic eye of taste.
possible Eden-a vision Of loveliness. which
time and the hand Of cultivation viii not fail
to realize and to verify.
The only forests, Of a growth Approximate
ing towards that Ct Western New York and
Northern Pennsylvania aud Ohio, are found
in small portion Of the Rock river valley,
and in narrow border on Lake Michigan,
widening as it is traced Northerly; evergreens
becoming more freely interspersed. and finally
predomlnating. The evergreen growth pre-
walls IN the valiies Of the streams OF the sand
stone districts Of the State. The most extern
slye pIneTy IN the State, Is found on the up
per Wisconsin. The same valuable growth
prevails in the valles Of the Wolf the La
Cross, the Black, the ST. Croix, and other
streams penetrating he sand stone region.
Aside from these localities and the primitive
region OF Lake Superior, the elements of the
Wisconsin landscape are rolling prairie, the
sparse woodland, the opening. the natural
meadow, and the lake. These, in their inf
mite variety Of combination, and their unrIval-
ed lovelIness, make up the natural scenery of
the State. Three hundred and fifty thousand
souls have, IN day, as it were, found a hap
py home IN Wisconsin. But her millions of
acres, equally beautiful, aud all untouched,
are still courting the hand of cultivation, and
the ad0rning art.
EDUCATION.
The bounty Of Congress has set apart the
10th Section Of every township in the State
for the support and maintenance of common
Schools, From this source, nearly 100000
acres will accrue to the State, the proceeds of
the sales Of which are to constitute a perma-
nent fluid, the income Of which is 10 be annu-
ally devoted to the great purpose of the grant.
This magniinent foundation has been wisely
enlarged by Constitutional provisions, giving
the same direction to the donation of soc. 900
acres, under the act of 1871, and the five per
cent. reserved on all sales of Government
fba j
Will accrue from the grant of the Swamp and
overfowed lands, which the settlement Of the
country, the lapse of time, and easy process
of reclamation, will convert into the best
meadow land III the world and a large portion
ultimately, into arabic.
For the support of the State University, 72
sections of land. comprising 46.O80 acres,
have been already granted, and it is not i'm
probable that this provision may also be en-
larged by subsequent grants. Ii these trusts
are administered with ordinary wisdom, the
educational funds of Wisconsin, cannot be
less, ultimately than So O0O, 600, and may
reach $4,000, GOO.
The Univirsity is already chartered and in
successful operation. The school system has
been wisely designed, and the progress of or
ganization, under the law, keeps pace with
the progress Of settlement. There are al
ready not far from two thousand five hundred
school districts in the State. The annual in
come 10 be divided, has already reached So
600, and will greatly increase from year to
year.
The system contempIates. by the introduce
uon Of uuion schools, to extend academic IN
sruction to each town in the State.
In addition to this munifcent public provis-
ion for common and liberal education, there
are, IN different parts Of the Stale, education
al interpretations, both academic and colegi-
ate, founded On private subscription. The
most promising of these are the College at
BeloIt, well endowed. and In successful ope-
ration and similar Institutions al Milwaukee,
Racine and Waukesha, in Eastern Wisconsin,
and at Appleton, in the North
Indeed in none Of the rev States. even in
the Northwest, win the means Of education
be more ample; and in none is there a more
rational appreciation Of the Importance of this
paramount public interest.
In Wisconsin, as in other States Of the I'm
ion, there Is. and ever viii be. an entire free
dom, Of Ecclesiastical organization, and an
equal protection of every religious institution
and arrangement, conservative of good morals
and protective of the highest and most endear-
ing int rests Of man.
In consideration of all these elements of
prosperity, economical and social, such as
nave never, tlll now, gathered around The O.
Penlng career Of a new political community,
there Is little ground for wonder that the ear
iy growth of Wisconsin has been without
parallel in the history of States and it may
be very safely assumed. that the advent Of
men and capital to that favorable portion Of the
Noathwest, will continue, in increasing vol
nme, for many years to come.
MINING.
To the practical miner as capitalist or
operative, the lead region Of tie Upper
o55ers tbs most SUBSTANTIAL IN
aucemejttS TO SeitIemeHt The exceeding
abundance and rich-1ess Of the mineral;
the comparative ease with which it may be
mined; and the high price it commands
the moment it is brought to the surface,
open to the industrious and prudent ope-
rator a highway to wealth.