New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-04

oor-piaeS 3, Of vefy imposing dinens'ocs' sl'h'Hs
srohectursly as plain as bsrn or Qua'~ ms-''
ipghouse u - hallt - toe bssutfal yello~ h'ne
.ore REGULAR &c Ihs p,it Of Illinois. TGe place
r.tr.r blseS ia viiasr, bot aust be breezy aaa
hesitby n sumasl, / st.7ao ms think Il ou Der .
/ more fhsn eisL, huocud thaJit.tU O.e<)a' sse
I Csrut,.'oF1. is about six rares eastTec on Rsk
/ Pivrr ard there is Do ressoE Noy the tao p -css
! f,ould rci Rave bsen oue.
Iva 'sk-1 hack - Pol,, N u face o'snoT 'oi s
rira that ctiird 70 tas mHroT aci by liiie skli-
fu drsng q The psrt Of nv conducts, resceed ne
sros-drfts tour utes rorih of that STAGE. iasr IN
tine 70 get aboard o. baggage car, VIM rs is.rs
Ing for Ffteport with tome OF the Rahrad ofiic's's
o. beard. For distance Of several miles, 10 passed.
through ,1coSssi7e lncs Of drifts. By nsfg,w lanes
cut 10 the closely packed ssc~. Toe sspsrato
qradefa's e piled. o,e upon anolbsr, Ike blocks
of spotssc marble in May place, alm0s. ovtr.-ng-
irg the crrs With their eszzry parsps's. Tsose
who have never fe, the force OF the orare wind a.
rot Understand bow rSpity shy depression ia the sci
r filed 10, ne. now firmly the snow Is packed. Ewes
spow.p )Hs worii nos sufce 10 keep May Of these
'ep cusopeD. Iehoulc think TIC evil might be some
WIS; nitisssd - erecting high, close snce, on the
western side If he road, at eco, cutting AMI thus
Greats an arti6cii cd6y, which would coilsct much
o. he Snow before preached TIE rack.
E~eepor- ia pleasantly siaated orthe bsrse Of the
sn al river PIcetonca n is of c0urse, great aud
growing ri sce"--,7hst Western town lie not 50 :
There e a strol iDfusion Of the GeTT-sn element In
The 20, ration, which has rendered Necessary TIE
erectic- ofs brewery for toe mspufscare Of lager
beer Tn eounty srouti is rollog praIr'e, rlocer-
Aely trseroc fertile end very pleaesl, 70 th, oye,
in comparison 10 the pancake fs'ness OF Central s
nois.
spent Wednesday L light ARD 1nursday a Gs'ers
eta va favored with cleGr SKY auc s'yut nit
G sion Of tbc severe temperature Of the PosSiiu.
week. Ia approaching Gae1s the rolling prcir'e
tuts iles into country OF ate rate mounds Or knobs.
ard broad oips or basins Of bo.rm land l. Is s'lI
quite fertile and tokens of mineral ~eauh begin 20
sppea, Ia the mouths of shsfts The grubbiog traces
Of prospecters END in that red ochreous earth, |
hich denotes H. prese Of esd. 90 Fever RIVER
toe county becomes abrupt. billy and wooded. ani /
the fenc town itself IL = lesoeu home, scsteTed |
o7er seveu OF the s;oepest dill. tha built
upon. | found tbs variety ard abruptness delight !
fu otter the moro-cny of the prairie
On Thurs5sy afternoon, some friends took ne 20
vsit a lesj. nine. They selected "M,rdens Lead" /
about three uies south Of the city, 81 one Of the
iichest and most easy Of sccess. 1t vas discovered
about year sgo, wholly by accident. Mr. Msrs5eo,
having tried in vain to sell bis farm, took up the
dairy business ard digging the foundation OF a
mi k.house over sFriBg neer his dwelling wuen ne
struck upon the "leed," Shich a. once conducted
him 20 q mineral fortune. We eDtered the earth at a
side-sbef', ard by hslfstooping, tsltcrswHng, ez
pcrei the drifts which had been opened, finding
ever, y-here the traces Of lead in the bard sparkling
layeis Of black jack" ard tho clustering cubic
crystals Of the puIer galsns. 1t gave ma resiz'ng
setse Of the hidden wealth Of Nature ~ben TOOK
ri and disOdged q cluster Of beautiful cubes from
the cavity in which they had bloSsomed The leads
ip ihis mine s,is downward well horizontally
ard prcIsse magnificent yie'd
I mus. close ab uply, for the present.. The
weather ia clear aud mild, end thasinS goes on
moderately, but there IS siii muca fross IN the
ground 7.