New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-21
TILE GREAT WEST.
Matters and Men in the West, and aud along the
Upper 'iississippi.

UPPER MlssIS sIPPT Wednesday, June I, 1883
have been stay ing for several weeks this month OF
April at Gaena H. and have noticed with good deal
Of interest the character Of the emigration from the
4 New.Fugsnd States, which constantly passing
! through that city the way 10 Minnesota Territory
The grants came in parties of several hundreds we're
/ al Of intelligence, most OF them OF considerable
means and Chiefly on the bright side Of mid
de-ase with wives and children; and seeing this,
thought how may not the arch OF our empire be
Widened By the addition Of another new State ryang
inois, Iowa or Ns,0usD, north Oi tue 4itn parallel VI
/ north latitude
II is problem worth considering. why the very best
elias If e grants nom the East 10 The West seek IONS
ar north Let Us consider 4 While It - not my pur'
pose 70 say aIy,L desry Mimi the advant yes
oilers 10 grants must be allowed . claim a. much
tor al Iowa. Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin Is
there az! QusntJ 81 fertile sou am the lee simple OF H.
"a he hsd ~ Minnesota for dollar ana quarter an acre
The may b. found by thousands aud thousands Of
acres almost part II the STATE OF Iowa aud IN those
portions Of Illinois Wise on-in have named there ara
vide wood aud beautiful prairie and noble tim Der
Still uneLt-TeC, with the adGiOnG advantage that ia no
free last named States the lands much $50 miles
nearer 20 market, Which enables the emigrsnt 20 buy
cheaper anG sell al h-ntr prices Is ire ciuat O 1lh
sctA Leat'y above parallel 50 j, that Of the localities
have FAMED with difference IL mdness IN favor 81 the
latter # al least go months IL the year Does ihe ei
giant hear &c political ady4nt yes in Minnesota Is the
regard for education, Temperance, REFORM law, morals
sld religion eminent and marked grant II. Do.
much justly be claimed Of me moro
southern terrory the merits Of which have brought
forward Are there great lakes wonderful forests aud
fHe End ABUNDANT game uO1n OF l3l ah4 us9h ~
hiruesoisf So i u.ere in Iowa The butLo stu
hauuts urmolesed by Indians large tract IN the north
western portion OF the sae and troops or herds 81 them
lave been eucou aered thu past winter h miles from Font
De, Mc-s on th- Des MONIES River about hundred
ard sixty miles west Of Burlington, Iowa Is for ssh nsre
are not uer and bass % bsfOund IN h whole valley
dian those caught aDundaAty between ne pper al ~"
rr E.Gics r the Mississippi Seuson IS plenty All along the
bes n ts timber that sSrt the numerous rivers that hOG
diaRonss across tie STATE, slutn-easteriy cr-cuOa
az for particular locality, the valley ~ Turkey hiYr IN
north eastern IoHa vii Leaf the "es; for Wild turkeys and
venisOn ard tout and UNIQUE gsoo gcai phenDm-nA
may add Has Minnesota broad ncn ana ierue Pftfs'
are eyss Of - river celebrated r pctlrsq
rs IS well ~ admirably calculated for man1tc urng and
eercuiursl purposes How much more cln Be c.Iin7d
i Tire pra,ries the named; and for rivers the
pes Nru-- ice skunk The e. n TIE aPhn .cIn u7
iIsoueeueta The Tursey and the Little Iowa, in Iowa
To.k River IN Illinois and be Wisconsin aud is troua-
re IN Southern Wisconsin Ih-re i lot 81 the val
v, the rver have recouned but which offer As great
inducements 20 emgraL.s any one IN MlnLssOts But
these facts Tot generally known
an disposed think this wonderful growth OF Mnneso
"a so the great OF the emigration thereto BY the bet
norton II cur clunfymeu j. partly owing 20 the fact that
while All the advantages OF that Territory have Dsen made
knovp 10 the world through the medium Of spirited and
i,dn,friOus Hewspap-r press, those Of Northern II.
Tro southern Wisconsin and Iowa have been
re,lected While the Minnesota presses have tsemed
IN glowing descriptions Of ther own new found home
n. sdh.rn ehbors relying possibly adv4ntag7s
su 10 be mistake have turned their attention 70 politics
ar something else, and new empire has sprung up IN
s3 northern wilderness sna some Il th- 6n-st country
on the face Il this vile world has been overlooked and
russ n feusutrd There IS Al Old fable that Apollo,
bee bl't city O. the sound ~ the Tyre the achieve
,rt. of O. master hand and pen 81 the late Jmes NJ
Coihue II Ite Pi8le,r whs created hunes0a i pay
ALL In modern 60 t.is miracle OF aic II times. Comn11
consent gives him the ofhsvBg laid toe foundation
ofthe Territory ~ VI by BIZ, lad fang able pen.
Aunffer hat trmherr rs reInoteness. and
kLd o. SOid tlAs4cieI, though - sober, New Ia