The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-11-14

UNKNOWN CITIES AND TowNs-Cites and
towns as yet unheard of by the mass of the
public, have been established, and are raising
themselves, as if by magic, into Importance
beyond what was supposed the confines of
Civilization, on our Western borders. DIR.
Hayden, an eminent naturalist, who has spent
the past year in scientific explorations upon
the waters of the Yellow stone, arrived at St
Louis this week with five tons of natural Gu
riositles, which he is taking TO Washington to
be classified and exhibited. He has furnished
the Republican Of that city with many inter-
esting details of the country, and of the In
dams Spd the progress Of settlement along the
Upper Missouri River. The party give the
following account of the new Siour city and
its 1eighnoring towns.
iSioaT city is situated on the very verge of
civilization, two miles below the mouth of the
Big Sioux river, which river marks the boun-
dairy between western Iowa and the Indian
Territory. 1t is but little over a year old yet
it already contains about eighty houses and
five hundred inhabitants, full of enterprise
and industry. There is a steam saw mill in
constant operation in the center of the town,
tut it cannot possioly supply the demand for
lumber, and the people have obtained consid-
cradle from St. Louis the past summer at
cost of one hundred dollars per one thousand
feet. Lots sell from three hundred dollars to
fifteen hundred dollars apiece, and farming
land in the vicinity is valued at from twenty
to forty dollars per acre. Carpenters get four
dollars per day; masOns seven dollars. Money
seems abundant A newspaper is soon to be
started there school house is in process Of
building and the materials for church are
now on the levee. "A new city is about to be
laid off opposite Sioux City, in Nebraska, to
be called Pacific City. Ten miles below this
point is a flourishlng village, Omadi 1t has
about three hundred inhabitants. The other
important places in Nebraska are Florence,
Omaha City and Nebraska City, all of which
are growing very rapidly. Omaha City has
already outstripped its much older nei ,hbour,
Council Bluffs.
At Florence we received large accession
to our list of passengers in the persons of
Mormon Missionaries, who had just arrived at
that point from Salt Lake City, only two days
previous. From them, l was able to CLEAN
some interesting facts. They started from
Salt Lake September 9th, and arrived at
Florence about November lst. They saw a
large party OF nOSIlle NheyenneS, but were
not disturbed by them; but they met with a
large party of emigrant Mormons, on their
way to Salt Lake Valley, who had found a
portion Of the carriage and clothes, identified
as belonging to A. w. BABBITT, Secretary of
Utah, There is now no doubt of his having
been killed. They give somewhat sad &C
count of the prospects of the Mormons, the
coming winter. The grasshoppers again de-
wasted their crops of wheat and other grains,
in the early part of the season, and the drouth
destroyed all the vegetation of the latter part
Their potatoes were much injured by worm
similar to the tobacco worm. Many people
who have emigrated to the promised land, the
past season, are becoming discouraged and are
returning again to the States. These are call
ed the bread and cheese Mormons