New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-10

traveller will ne eect to stop at Spring Cave on his
return and spend there hour or two at least;
nor " in he pass unnotced miniature waterfall oil
perfect LONELINESS, few rods further on the ROAD.
A blight stTesmlst flashes through the deptn o.
narrow deli hslf smothered IN foliage OF VIVA
rteep. and filings itself down the hill IN ihrtsen
successive shoots higher than four r i've iee'
ard ssoh forming basins OF clear deep wit---the
must inviting spots for bathing. curtaned a. they
ere by a thb drap.ry ofwoeds A day might De
fpeIt proftahiy N this green and cool recess.
There are numbers Of water. falls throughout TINS
norton OF country.
II was with much regret ~e babe farewell, Tor
the present 10 Minnesota. Ii - pleasant re-
zion. and pleasant will be our memories Of Il.
tempered With the hope OF another witt At no
distant day. A wear NAV make large difference
in the aspect Of the country DOW so Wild and TO-
mentc. The rush IN ther Is urprecede nted
except by the Cali ornis fever for all see pros
pect Of realizing fortunes by the purchase Of the
lands which must soon come into market. Every
boat brings en- igrants ready 70 secure preenp-
ton right by settlement and cultivation. New
comeTs are Hospitality WELCOMED, and strangers
f, no wish merely TO observe are treated with dis
tineuished attention every facility bring offered
them by residents We noticed only one draw
back. which. indeed, is notiOeculiar TO Ninnesot-
10 wit: the chronicllng in the newspapers If ones
coming and mOvem' nts TINS may do for person
ages OF importal &c, in whose goIngs 10 and fro
the pubic nav be supposed 70 feel interest
but prstes- most earnestly against It ia the case
Of humble and quiet INDIVIDUALS like ourselves
who neither deserve nor desire to be prominent IN
the worlds eye.
The waters had been so long falling that it was
necet sary to 20 down the river some three miles
in a " / inter" into which animate ana inanlmate
freight was tumbled promi-cuously, sheteriess IN
the blaze of sunshine, beneath the gaze OF an I'M
wonted crowd assembled on the nights above the
\ .rba ha hrsf a. Fann ar m
toward riot since the settlement Of the place. On
that day the Name Liquor Law went into oper-
alton and il was known that the authorities we're
about to seize and destroy quantity OF the Ile gal
article, still kept in a store on the edge OF tne
bluff. The people had rushed together, TO rescue
the liquor IN such numbers, ana manifested so
stern determination 20 prevent the sacrifice, that
ii was rumOred the CITY authorizes would pru'
entity forbear to provoke an alteration in which
they were sure TO come off second best. All was
quiet in the assembage as We slowly dropped
down the river IL our primitive barge. In the
space Of an hour and a-halt "e were on b0rd
"The Nominee and plOughlng our way rapIdl'
downward. The NOminee y one Of the line Ow ned
by H. Campbell q Co., and Is the finest boat "a
the Up ,eT Mississippi II has, wthal, an extensive
reputation associated with The popularity OF tne
excellent Capt. Oun Smith, who has long been
its commander. have never seen in any steam
boat or hotel, table where the neatness AMI
comforts of home are so combined with the liberal
luxury of provision for large company and I
believe all Who 60 40 or down the Mississippi IN
these boats carry away most friendly re nem
bfsnce of then captains ana officers
Galena certainly merits a celebrity for the
wtmheartedness and sOclsl qualities of It's Innab-
irauts. Among the visitors VINO have welcomed
us, II will not he impairment 70 mention the name
Of Mrs. Harris, formerly Mrs Coates, lady
whose admirable lectures TO women on Physiology
have been celebrattd in past wears, and VINO -
now residing here. Her graceful peGsOn and man
hers, and her sweet, low, musical voice could not
fail from the first moment 10 charm IA, and would
have gore far to dsafm the most vetefate pre-
ludICe as hInst female tead hers of branches of
Learn ing long exclusively appropriated To mascu-
line investigation. The conversation turning upon
NOman's Rights COngent0ns,' We yentured
frankly 20 express our rooted ayefslOn-consefVa-
tyes as We weGe-tO any tuch thing. and even 10
The name Of them. But when questioned # We
could not that many reforms were necessary
tn place womsn on an equal footing WI h man IN
facilities for earning subsistence; when asked
II W. could not think of maui occupations suited
TO wOman's ability aud retiring mOdesty from
which she Ii DOW excluded aLd forced 70 more
CALLING and III. paid ahors; whsn asked # superior
advantages Of education should not be afforded To
woman IN all classes. and If no necessit, existed
isr her protection from the most cruel and crush
ing wrongs inflicted by domestic tyrannY-then
We were compelled to admit that she mas not her
rights" rs human seing. The lady had ey-
IDENTITY the better OF us, buC she meek in her
triumph sDd only cuunseled us hereafter 10 he
more candid than 10 condemn conventions
laboung to reform the evils Oi the existing state
OF society notwithstanding that there might be
much TO censure IN her proceedings and their
ultra notions on the subject.
We were much erstIhed m attending service at
the Second Presby terian Cnur h IN this city on
Sunday, and hearing MI excellent, scare lDg and
practical sermon rom Rev. Mr.. W. IL was
refreshing to hear sound doctrine explained IN
connect u with the nohle Christian prtcepts bv
which the heart and HE Hre to be regulated.
have frequently had occasion 10 observe how
much more of the great truths OF the Christian
system Is unfoldcd IN the sermons of southern
and Western dNines than in the intellectual ESSAYS
which are too often substituted in our Eas;-rn
cites tor the preaching Of the lIvlng word. This
is not the place 70 sptak this subject rs could
wish II shall be done Else Shere.
The news received this morning OF the ex DO
sion Of the DIR. Franklin No. >, near Cairo, md
the loss of many iIvts has startled eV r, body.
Surely we have disasters On the right hand aud
On the left Il. FL L.
NEWPORT.