New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-13

Cihna, and a mere "trip CT tsrrtDfy between TIE LII
rCii hyCr ard Chcaso, the northern part OF liibhs
ard tie southern part Of Wisconsin. twenty1 years
b. r. re- wc,c dscrsd WHOLLY uniuhabtablr Il inters,
I1dan traders ard occsFionaliy some Government
se mt On tour exporsti n, psssed over this reon
but d . uniform report that it va one vast pral
re .'koui tin Der for fDcire, building or inei, snI
tLer,iore il woud remain az at during the present
cfrufy vitidu inbatiiaRtF The Hitss tass TOR az
ricuhure and civilization vas line drawn from hoek
blind scoss tie country 10 Ottawa and even solow
ths. ire large ects OF prairie must remain ID state
OF nature.
Tie Blsck Hawk War in i532 brought this coan-
T., into notice The Illinois Volunteers followed the
Indians I'D the valley OF Rock River, and across the
Naconfn and scouting par'ies 10 protect the frontier
fnilies made explorations Throughout ""i' unS'F
ted distct containing more than JCvjo square Hrs'
Instead Of one vast prairie ey found gro'es ana sA'
of,n ber enough 10 justify the formation OF settlements
with iieh soil covered with grass and heroage per
enria streams and transparent springs OF pure water
Tie Volunteers, on their return tod u OF al II ~
,odo in the nOrh-a country equal, IT not suPe-
nor 10 any yet Uncovered, ana tie tde OF
in ediately set that way.
Tie sane notions with the same results, pertsined
to the Iowa country, or the " Black Hawk Purchase
on the west Of the Mississippi m
Tie gene al aspect Of the country in northern In
Lois is unduatins in parts especially about GA
lena hilly and occasionally PERCEPTIONS The son on
dry ground is rich sandy loan, deeper than any arn-
or can pow ard easily cultivated There are
tracts and stripes Of wet, sEampy land, ard oc-
cssiopally slakng bogs These tracts will make
fertile meadows Around Chicago, and within
few ms are extensive tracts OF wet prairie, mat du
ring the rainy become inundated Inc slte OF
Chicago j. elevated but few feet above water and us
low, level position il serious objection Tor large
city. though it does not appear TO retard Its RAPID
growth.
Within two weeks past | made tour across the
country from Chicago TO Gaena, rou'c whicn VIII
soon be e cur most extensive hCrougha5es pom
for business and pleasure Tie Chicago and O.alena
Railroad las accommodation trains running TO Rock
ford twice every day the distance beng ~ miles,
This road running over al agricultural country IN
which the uBbrOben sol was hrst turned up WIN me
ployv twenty years, furnishes index u IT'S future
wealth Recently the directors declared dividend OF
otrer per cent fer tie lat SIX months ai'er paying all
exIenfes and laying aside cont neent fund It's pre-
yious fenannua dividend had been equally productive
] cannot account for this, in railroad, extending
partially across agricultural strict with sparse
regulation compared 10 tie old States but was AS
fmed BY those WHO knew that there was no " fancy
WCrk in lie case but fair end honest result OF It's IN
core Tie road viii lie finished 10 freeport - miles
further, in September when the ears will reach that
point At that place it is merged in the west branch
OF tie Illinois Central Railroad the directors having
puIcbafed the charter from freeport 10 Gaena, and
VIII have TIER line through in lcJ4. When il reaches
taleIa and thus 81 ems communication by The Upper
Mississippi, its business VIII he immense.
Crops Of various kinds look very promising along
Ills route Com though not equal in size with that
article in middle and southern Illinois, LOOKS large Tor
Il al latitude, Of deep green color, and promises
large Yield The wheat crop in northern Illinois, Tor
fe,eial years past has been failure. The bleah winds
a. thee rolling prairics blow of the from the
fields leave the earth bare and dry. and the winter
wheat is killed Spring wheat has been partial fail
urc for three years pat until this season, when it nas
produced GOOD crop. Tie fret Of August was the
midst Of aryest for this species OF wheat II makes
inferior four and il quoted in the market prices about
% per cent. below winter wheat. Northern Illinois
gives no promise of producing winter wheat either IN
quantity or quality equal to the middle aud southern
sections of this State. Further north, i'll Wisconsin
and tie new Territory of Minnesota, winter wheat is
mOIe sure crop.
Oats. potatocf beans, butter, poultry and fruit of
all kinds abound in this part Cf tie State. The raising
of sheep and fine wool becoming objects of aten-
ton TO farmers In producing stock, especially horses,
mules cattle and swine, the middle and southern por-
tions of Illinois far exceed the northern.
Elgin is beautiful town on Fox River, ~ miles
from Chicago on the route to Gaena Good water
power exists along this river from OttOwa to Eign.
For most that distance this river beds of
rock, with a rapid descent and admits of mlldams at
short intervals North of Elgn it is a deep sluggish
stream passing through string of little lakes, and is
nayieable to point within fifteen miles OF Milwaukee
Manufacturing towns are rapidly sprngng mp from FL
gin to Ottowa aud railroads about to intersect this
stream 10 various points on the Mississippi river.
perfect network OF railroads las been projected and
commenced in northern Illinois How many will be
completed ard prove sources of income remains to be
tested by experience.
Indications of thrift and industry everywhere to
be seen and ON the reports of intelligent and Observ
ing men, the came characteristics abound IN the ada
cent State of Wisconsin. AN OLD PIONEER.