New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-22

srl /, APTITUDE iooe Ia 'hc kooAy Mountains anu "'""
than, ner,hwar,l and eastward "a ia outlet "'"""H
,h so,,h rork IN latitude Al aud lone'tudo "" ~
A.. ,.,,,,, ~, ,ho tw, f,rks thc river ~ over "'""
g., -, ...,,h .nJ ,h,n,o onward varies from 'h' w
.a,h II !, 90 shallow aud ~ caPr'c'"us'
:. -, ia ouicksauds that Il may be con
t., =. .,,,., usclc.. fcr purposes of commerce"
wcr, Il. waters confined to " channel oil d" thousand
,.t,n, 1, wc.ld be one Of the modest streams In
an, u,,ld, hut this may be considered impossible
The vale, Is from eight to fifteen and twenty "''''
=, v,I,h. III. generally a dead Hat. elevated only
from eighteen e. twcn'y'siN inches ao"vc me S"''''o
-, ,s, stream and the greater portion liable to 'nun
5s,,n. II IL entirely destitute OF timber out P''
,lu,,s lu,uriaut growth oi the richest grapes
The yclsw Stonc has ia sources III tue ""'"'
Mountains but their exact location mas never Wv"
discovered IL flows ENTHUSIASTICALLY 10 ''s "'".'
II has been ua,igatcd Tor eight, miles oy s's''''
and ma, he rendered usctuy available lot o''', w."
TWO hundred aud 6ty miles. 'ook uP"" ". '"','
tho garden SPOT OF Nebraska. 1t Is hh'H ''"''' iii
w.t,,cd In the future ccunncr'isi h''''""
no carried on between this valley an" '"'' " c..
branch nj the Columbia. Gen ''srhc """' s..
.,on r,sd connecting them IN 'o"o All" ''''
.,.rs has recent, discovered an open gap '"''"A"
y ,,.,n,.;u, These two valleys embracing tue
- :, ,,, two greatest rivers On TIE coi'"'"'
,,ih will bear their products TO Inc TWO greatest
-. i; ,., world. surrounded by other smaller pu' no
r;.h ,,,s will be- the future Switzerland OF Amer
m, s,m.,, If Nebraska has not been accurately dis
.o,,r,a Enough is known, however for Pracuca
,,r,,scs Vegetation in Iowa is some weeks ia'er
,h.n in Missouri In Eastern Nebraska is some weeks
,,cr than in Iowa and in the vicinity OF the mountains
.,u. weeks later still From the city OF 81. LOUIS
travelling either nor,hward or westward lhe cia'o
b,c,mcs colder about in the same d'gree-'he "'noi
once of elevation travelling west being ABOUT equ'an'
:, ;,s effects 10 the difference oi latitude raVeihs
oorh Snow falls at the foot OF the mountains ABOUT
tho Is, septcmb.r and at Council Bluffs about the ISL
November.
Coal has been found in the northwestern counties Oh
Missouri; and il is probable may be found IN the sou'n
ss, norton of Nebraska. Inc limestone. oria'ion u
Atm; and Iowa extends over the first district %
Xohrsska described in this letter. Beyond that dis
,, the formation is sandstone and rocks OF the 'liu-
;n nc,;od-the former south and west OF the Missouri
chiefly. ana the latter north "f IT,
The first district s the only really good agricultural
,.;or ,t presept 1t is rich lcam, finely tm6ered
and wa,ered. The second is strictly pastoral. lhe
,b;rd has soil. but is destitute Of timber and very
spsrsey supplied with springs. The fourth also mas
col; I'm, has the same draw backs. The fifth as al
r.sJv stated is the finest region on the globe ia the
same latitude
few of the farming boys Of Iowa and Missouri nave
heretofore stuck their stakes in the first district
onrosite Kanesyille and above the mouth OF flatte
River. learn that emigrants are now pouring in oy
the thousand and year can eapse before the!
will have appropriated all the good land along the MIS-
souri, River Here the progress Of the Territory WI" De
checked for many years to come and when again com
mences the emgrants will leap over the second district
but leave occasional squstters along the line of the
Missouri 70 the third one-but they will not pause here
long. There is not enough timber and water. III
thirty wears there will be two distinct communities in
Nebraska the one occupying the country directly west
of Iowa and the other the Valley of the Yellow stone
This is the sum of my best information relative TO TINS
new territory. have confined my remarks 10 the
CONVEYANCE of useful practical information and avoid
ali attempts at fine writing. Your readers wish to
know what the country is and how they can 1--we there
have proposed to myself only 10 give them such Facts
as viii enable them TO form correct opinions.