New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-17

ard having waded creeks rivers, wsoved throug
swsmps fought alligsiors b.en haii eaten up with res
caIiuypter, cnats and snakeS roasted by OF the
hottest suns in the world and dnay walked four hundred
miles during months am not sorry 10 ind myself on
praying ground in little town, eon'sl one nouse z;
log cabin two negroes horse and mule They call n
Grehsm and Uncle Sam hiss established tcst-omce
hereust forty miles from anywhere, ana Jas SIX miles
from any place. To one who hai osen % on on e.peI'Ss
tour in California these western wilds viii appear very Ia
ninr presenting the same broken surface IS II od u
can had held his principal Forge IN thus vchiy' net
as OF all kind gold. have seen IN tnese M
We came down the White RiveT in canoe sh5nI .ue
that you could hardly in without upsetng our we
had tne view of the country on each sde ihls nset
navigabe some 600 miles through the rich bottomsnds
of Arkansas The whOat lies in stacks two or three years
old, end sells for thirty cents bushe when little eSer
ton would bring it to good market The land cap Aoe
of raising 1000 lbs. cotton 10 bushels corn, to ts
acre and the farmers here scratch little ground ana
call /: farming
The beauty Of the scenery far surpasses Hudson River
after Won leave Baesvile succession Of bluffs
ranging from 300 to 600 feet in hight the submits
crowned with evergreens. Between these bluffs the bot
tom lands covered with the heaviest growth OF paw
psy pecan castne nut sycamore and cotton wood knit
together with the vines OF the usquinatta and
erane which weave the tops in thick net The ground
s covered with the greatest proiuon 1 gorgeOus noTes
yellow lsdys slipper while clnging to the rocks are ihe
cactus bearing flower larger than the hoyhock out OF
beautiful pink and straw color ana the seisltNe pans
with it, gloDe of delicate pink ana little leaves reeon
at the slightest touch. Here are morning glores OF an
sorts lark spur of four FIVE varieties dewdrops ana y
of
and white lilies which so carefully cultivated IN Cie's
land gardens flourish here in countless thousands eOuiu
fill pages with descriptions OF birds and buteres Tor te
amateur while the e-loyng Nimrods OF Ihe nol'n
would reve in these woods and hnd something better
worth a shot than pigeons in the skies. We scacay
take a walk without meeting deer, and | am nearly tired
of yenison. .
TIE river is full of fish and so clear is the water that
thew can be seen twenty feet below the surface. Trout
and salmon weigh 100 pounds also catfish and buffalo fish,
or we have the drawbacks so common IN these
Southern alligator MS smelly
hide along these banks the raesnake moccasn, cotton
mouth wire swell head, and dozen others OF deadly
poisonous nature haunt the unges. Here also /. the
roya hall Of disease. Fever and ague, cholera and bi
GUS fevers of every description atfict the conner
We up part of the way in steamboat. and two OF
the bands taken i'll of cholera The Hoosiers were
frightened and lett them but having been in the hot-bed
of that disease viz Calcutta we took pity on the poor
creatures and tended them with such means as the boat al
forded. They both died however, IN four hours and as
no one would help bury them. gentleman on board
volunteered his services One hour after we hat deceny
put them beneath the sod he was taken with the same
symptoms However laudanum and calomei, with a
rubbing in hot drops brought him round but
up in this heather country with no doctors and every one
hooking with distrust and suspicion on real live an-
"kee such situation found myself plsced in is no
Joke had touch of bilious lever, shortly alter
coming here and but for a few of the brothers of the
'Odd Fellows whom Providence had sent into these
wids must have died
The hTs question the Hoosler asks me Is, Arc you an
answer Until you get rid of your slaves You will be the
"iast State in the Union, when you ought to be the rst
81 good Yankee farmer with his halidozen boys, could
"get rich in few years while you support parcel of
"lazy negroes who eat up more than they can earn.
The Nebraska bill has passed at last, after exhaustng
the time and eoquence OF ITS partsans and opponents
do not apprehend much difficulty on the subject tor while
one Souiherner gets ready tote his traps punder aud
negroes into Nebraska dozen Northerners will be
there ploughing before him. Before thor agricultural
implements after all, Uncle Ned will have TO lay down
the shovel and the hoe destined to become
tquaied as the spinning wheel ana distah