New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-09
A TRIP NORTHWE

correspondence OF the ". 7. Tribune.
ST. PAUL Min. Ter J, june 8, 1885,
An ID tho many wonders in these speculative times
st. Paul stands as one, not among the least thinking
to wtnd my way beyond the inces'abt din ofciviI'z'
ten, shipped for the Upper Country hoping to
get peep at Uncle Sans" untr .meled domain and
sitter two weeks scelaneous wandering 4 "a yselfin
the very center of wealth and civilization. am dis
coursged at the dun prospect Of fudiog the end.
Properly. l suppose our North-Western trip CON-
menctd with our embsrkation on the Steamer City
Belle at Dunleth. Dupleith, by the way Is purely q
ruirosd city, pitched into the side Of high overnsqgng
bluff, apparently with scarce enough to do she
FL ormous spount of tfsnssbipment that Its position
demands. Its accees by land is through the bluffs and
rocks the lead region e1tt ndng for 20 or 80 miles
back. These rocky bluffs Along the ne of the rail.
road are more startling in their appearance more rug
ged bold and undesirable than any seeo along the
Mississippi They, with the great mas Of the bluff,
of the Northwest, are composed OF limestone. Their
hight appears about 800 eet and where the rock do =
po2 project are covered with herbage epd trees.
Usually The ir tops sustain growth of trees sDd from
the top descend perpebdicuary in massive cou nos,
water worp, and composed Of continuous layers or
az, afa nf limestone, and extend COTn from 10 TO 30
feet Below this soil is formed and the r,m,ioier Of
the distance down ssopng and many places covered
with massive OeBs. 3,
Upon the Mississippi We find the bluffs of similar
~,
we saw no possible site for great city I'll We Reached
tie fiat ard low site OF PrsIe du Chn But this placs
besis he mold Of ages aud looks .le-s as supr'sn-
nust. let. The prospective rairotd 10 this place,
for which and Others grant Of aud il already ven
ano the usabds of emigrapts estspptd from homes ~
the cloe of the Lauo Offices raises che 1nticptn
of spectators and lots are conseqn otly high Fur
Their Up, we strike La Crosse, m'gn1cent site Tor
n agbitcent city. But cities cannot grow because of
b. autifu sites alone. There must be tue sure wealth
Of agriculture to feed the fame of city excitement
La Crorse reminds Of the ithoersphs OF Sac Fran
CISCO in the first year of gold. Temporary oTriilpgs
unenced and right upon be untr"d prairie, with 40
defntivt marks but the lot stakes these buildings uul
tipy by magic. One street fion the rive-tnd one
tid apparently the buildings of thie Sprog coo
struc,ion. Pine lumber is the building material and
be,e in the very p.ighborhOod of the pnsrs 1t costs
SIC to els per N. by the raft Tue present pooala-
ton is eetisted from eight to ten thousand, aud a.
We left, two days since, counted above senty emf
gran, wagons upon the uorth side of the towo, en-
camped, waiting tor the err ction Of home. Labor
here har been held at q high pr MUM, bat now the
supply is said to be- sufficient. The raPilty Vt ito
grow th and the character Of its population pe7ict
conyusiup in it. monetarJ affairs that will cheok it,
GO tn and iuin msIy credit specuator. The Land
Office is situated here, ana shsi pe are plenty q, hle5
about olasses cesks. claw Office and Land
Agent" sigDs are the mort numerous class that nt'.t
tue air lawyers and judges seek their daily grub
and perform their daily d, ties at the LaadOtice
rather than 10 the forum. From this point We struck
the county to tue sou muc law sank ooD as
VALLEYS and over ridges TO Black River Falls, the
county seat of jackson County, 10 northeast dlrec
top nee in north west direction to the mouth OF
the Chippewa, aid thence up the same to the Falls:
The tier Of counties bordering the Mississippi arc
billy, and to cenap extent untenaoe. To IN
from the Vermont Mountains it may not look rough,
aLo is not comparatively. $500
cousin or Iirois It lie the forbidden laud: And it will
be psssed over by actual set en-, till the distance
beyond to the smooth prairie terh them greater than
the rougbn,ss hire.
br ugh some of the most beautiful valleys have seen
in the Wet. by reference ~ the maps the whole OF
Wtaem Wisconsin is Seen to be covered With net
work Of rivers and creeks. Generally along these
there is valley, terminating in hill, on both sides, OF
from ole half to two miles ia breadth The valley u
prairie, ope npgs With timber up the joining sides
Of the hills. The coil is the usual Prairie loan with
duetious equal to thOse Of 1uois. The garden vege-
tables the end leaves on the trees, we md here
very much larger than biief time before we left 10
Illinois. TIE the redeemng part OF the sOn.
1t seLds forward vegetation in these high lattades
earlier than the clay of Ohio there. The water We
find Of the purrst kind originating from springs, and
cbsttelpR along 10 broOk.ts almost every man
farm. 1t is rolf and pure. The settlers along this
tract are of but ay.ss residence, and account these
valleys the paradise of the West. Pieces are highly
satisfactory to farmers-corn 81 so, oats and potatoes
g. and everything else CORE spending
large PORTION Of the Inhabitants through this sec.
ton src foreigntrs-Geman Irish, and at intervals
Norwegiars Our accommodations ut night would
have been ludcrous to not interested; bat With
us they bore too direct relation foe this consolation
to be hsrbOred. We fDd in new country no regular
hotels, but places where they keep folks" These
copvenencies to travellers duly appreciated, as is
evident by the wonder struck countt nance when the
bill lie announced. ftllOw-ueveer on this SITE Jo'
dan declares the r. gular rule TO be to charge man
uft one half he's got till his pile is gone and then to
hire him for bis bosrd. Passing rudimeDta dwelling
on Cur FIRST day out, sccosted by Lutte girl
fitting on bench uncer plea'snt shade TO have
induced Us to decline the beer but to admire the bus.
turn Of our fair little out doors rh"pkeeper In
the Days that are to come, these hills through La
Crosse. jackson Monroe and Bad Ak Countie, are TO
be the choice pasuage of numerous focks. Aod this
will he when the great Western Worlt shall make up
its own .uppes of woolen which the manufactures Of
the West shall create home market for her Numerous
Productions TIL then the profits must 30 A. tariff.