New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-11
rYprprrIoN TO PUGET SOUND.

ssnisable activity and perseverance,, here Inc hesa
sf the Corps Of Civil Engineers has been oug ..sSv
NAL point for q week past, and hsd as IePo -
-. ne arrival of the Governor Mr. Lenders says, 70
Ar A. the country has beer gone ever, inclus
crossing of the Mississippi shst Nature aPPsa
made the country expressly for tne 10 me
A. least, such was the language OF 'ne o'''''''
without nv readnf the report s;.l ..,.rt
IN snox;ns il the substance Of an unshcia report
a. nc %~,n;s.on made up from details given By
person vao has for years tra ,"as.. I'D
sopptrs. over and over, IN the lndiAn uA"e
n ne sss Yhs i3ois Brult River empties into Ike
ss,erior ON the south shore, about eigniy NUE. "a
"a Lac i 80 oSst ssnt and dangerous to navigate
go In canoe Nothing larger can pass 'is .en
rs srtr, me length Of the nyeI Is nod ~ nlacss acme
Ies rap,os 1890 ,rao dykes very iumaltuous
~ Po s,ruIe 70 the 81 Louis adance o. aeary
20 niles there are no oa sa lac is mario " but su
., A. a. bosts Of large sizei seldom s. u An seven
Ssf .stsr q the channel up TO me ftsIron - W ~
nhss. ass sde short distance up the river, and
-. ,hs liver seems 20 cut through lays concealed
s.sssons and beautiful Bay which m connection WHO lne
x r.vigation may come 10 be OF immense importance,
stsl,ss for vessels from the storms which late In the
IN .resp the Lake with dest uctive violence
she south shore OF the Lake deficient 10 ssie nsoos
49, N the stretches from hsrbor hsrbor from one
Z two hundred miles. The La Pointe harbor IS IS sur
,,ssnsy beautiful cspscious and safe Not less thaa
Is lss in length With an average width Of miles from
~ mt H. nor there shelters at the foot OF the Lake 10
~ y.Hed on 90 safely the small Bay, above mentioned
vain the mouth Of the 81 Loais o,o,e
1.-THE mountainous ridges the north side are IN close
srsrmity with the Lake shore about $50 feet N night On
- souff side the hills lay off at miles distance not
ever 200 feet high At the 81 Louis s on ,b
Grsrd Rapids but this is rather outcrspping OF the
plateau In the than an actual ridge Inc river PUSHES
Erereh AZ this point with great velocity but by the time
n has reached the Fox and Sac villages, IT meanders
throsgh the smooth valley without obstruction.
Ir<o These twenty eve miles OF river navigation ap
SA esnnct he tsksr into the account in survey for
railroad route Ice forms here Of immense thickness
and hangs about the river and small bays TIL very late
S,v In the spring In the spring Of 1852 vessel appeared
!. he mouth Of the river late the 5h day Of June,
and vss unable ascend till the 25h the ice o6strucons
were 90 great making the river navigation almost Two
rasptbs later than tbs Lake which usually opsos about
De lat of May should add that in SO long succession
Of ttery winds prevailed and prevented the escape OF
he ire that finally disappeared as annually does IN
NE fine hsrbors Isle Royal by the tedious process OF
melting. .,.-... IT..
distance short and the grad ual decent ron the plateau
epes made thsre will be further road distractions 10
NE Lake shore"
appears from all we can learn at this early stage of
operations that there will be serious distractions TO
road being from the lake to the upands back OF
the Grand Rapids Once above the falls, come on
the bread sweep Of level land alluded TO In Mr. Lanaers
report This leads US from Lake Superior to the cross
ng Of the Mississippi From the Mississippi TO the "a
tssu des Prares know from Ncoet and others that
most uniformly Plenty Of timber water and pasturage
We have nov made between 300 and 400 miles OF the
seute.
The barometrcal measurements, carefully noted by
Ecoet show US that the elevations OF the Cateau are
tFifinenothing worthy of this ascent made,
The smooth plain sweeps off, with but little variation, TO
the foot OF the mountains IL the Creator has lett us
Fcod pass through these immense BARRIERS all the north
srn states should ever after bold the day Ots discovery
% q religious anniversary
look upop the movements of government, in sending
out this expedition as kndng Ito actual existence the
meat glorious enterprise that has ever honored our col
try You may rely upon ii, this is not childs play NO
national plaything vain amusement, such as despots
At times invent to divert the attention of the To
the immense importance Of this northern water and land
route through the continent our eyes are but Just open
ing In q short time, the canal around the fh at Saut
STE Marie will be completed, and vessels OF any tunnage,
feched at the outlet OF Lake Erie, sweep through
% within 90 miles Of the navigate waters of the Mssis
sippi, 2i00 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. Think OF
shst Goods shipped in NewYork may be put all rat on
the Mississippi with but 80 miles land carriage, and be
anded1uthe warehouses at Dubuque Gsena, st Louis,
and u New Orleans, running dOon instead OF up
NE stream, a. now.
Then the road ontinued in almost an air line across
Ninucsoa from Lake Superior TO the high waters OF the
Missouri This commands all that vast and beautiful
country the great territory of Nebraska Look the
map; follow the route with the pencil keeping in mind
the 1900 miles of water navigation on the lakes the ia
eility with which railroad be constructed Through
Annesota and the magnfcence Of the project win open
before you In all its real glory
In all our railroad movements New has direct
and vital interest. A railway from Fon da Lac TO ST.
Paul by the completion Of the Saul Ste Marie Canal
wsud not be more beneficial TO Minnesota than to New
York city The whole channel of trade TO the Misss
sppi towns far below St Louis would pass this road
It would cost much less both in time and money TO send
the freight 10 Fon du Lac run over to the Mississippi
thence 900 miles dozen to ST. Louis than TO send 1t by
sea TO New-Orleans to be reshipped 1900 miles up
stream.
The natural advantages are here and all the contend
ing factions conflicting interests, and elements Of sell
hshness can neither divert them prevent their deye
spment In short time there will be one grand broad
unobstructed highway from the waters of the Atlantic
TO Fon du Lac from FOn du Lac TO ST. Paul TO the Great
Bend Of the Missouri while these two magnificent riv
ers the Mississippi and Missouri will convey on their
rolling floods, supplies TO country as immense as 1t is
beautiful and fertile
know write strongly, but t is not idle prophecy.
The real facts are before us, and We can grasp with
certainty We can count upon seven months navigation
on the lakes more than this ON the rivers with ex
pense OF but 90 miles railroad without river TO bridge
or tunnel to cut-not mountain single bad hill
NewYork has her lake connexions complete, aud when
this road Is finished in Minnesota, abe will have seized
the Mississippi and chained il to the metropolis at the
highest navigable point
Let this communication stand as a record for or against
my Judgment but mark that before fifteen years Fon
Sn-Iac now bouseless wilderness unceded terri
tory-the property of the Chippewa Indans-will be
second Chicago, even without the Puget Sound Rail
road, where vessels Of heavy tunnage will disembark
their cargoes Of emgrants in countless thousands and
the merchandise for States TO be distributed along
the banks Of the Mississippi Boxes and bales will be
warehoused for towns below St Louis laying alongside
of good markets for Nebraska aud territories not We
called into existence.
The country possessing all the elements of future
greatness Is here soil as fertile heart could wish
climate a far superior 20 the lower States in saubrity