New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-25
River. In the early port Of the season the cost of
transportation rom st. Louis to Omaha was from

.O IN 80 cents Der hundred weight: but in eonse-
ouence Of II difficulty OF naylea;n during tue faii
n ophs heights rose to 81 and even 80 per 100 lb
and fte Iunbt readily brought from 800 to Sl2t
y, ,hs tb,nsapd. There is o material Of any Kind
m. marie, n present; so that building must. Tor the
ro.t part. cease until Spring There are vas,
.ores,, ofpipe and other timber upon The HpPe
tributaries Of the Missouri. and the time Is not lar
distant when eur ma raet will be supplied irem mar
quarter.
Much has been said in regard to the diheoity o'
navigating the Missouri. But there Is not ID pro-
nort,nn /, ores,er namber of boats DESTROYED upon
n than there is upon the Ohio or the Mississippi
sand bars are numerous in it: but these, though
causing delay seldom injure the steam bost
When We consider that this river Is nayiSabe Tor
1900 miles above this point, and tha; II nows
through immense regions, unsurpassed 10 hrui,y
At soil and variety Of resources, We can Iaa DOUBT
hut that In a few wears II will become
the outlet of an invaluable trade, and one of the
most importsnt thoroughfares of our country.
The stEer seems to pass through rcgalsr series
Of changes every year. During the Fall and VIM
ter months it is usually quite low. Ii remains
thus until June, when the snow melted IN the tar
north reaches Us, causing the June rise: after
which IL gradually subsidies TO its lowest point. IL
il al present so very low that no more boats ave
expected a. Omaha this Fall. Meanwhile, until the
opening Of navigation all our merchandise will be
brought by wagons frtm st. joseph, distance of
ll5 miles.
Cold. piercing winds, with occasionally fake of
snow. admcnish US that Winter cannot be far dis
tant Everything in the shape of a building is
filed to oyerfowipg. Small houses of only TWO
rooms rent for $50 or S35 per month, aud immi-
ersnts e,miDg at this season at the year find It
difficult to obtain accommodations even at those
figures. | would, as friend, advise all who con-
template moving 10 this section with families 10
defer il until Spring.
This is the paradise of mechanics. Common
lshorers get - 80 per day. irst-rale masons and
carpenters, 50 and even - with prompt payment
ever, Saturday night Good board and lodging eau
b. Obtained for 50 per week. never knew place
where so little credit WAS asked or given "a here.
Paw down is the rule; credit the rare exception
This admirable custom. 50 well calculated to pre-
vent future financial troubles, is well worthy of
imitation by older places.
There has been but little rain in this region this
season; vet, with the exception OF late planted
corn. crops have come in well. The turf upon the
praires is very fJm, and in order TO BE- in a good
condition for cultivation, should be hrohen up as
early as July. Land thus prepared becomes
soft and mellow BY the next Spring, so that gram
or vegetables Vt any kind will grow luxurlantly
upon it. Still, even upon newly-plowed turEland
very decent crops of corn aud potatoes are often
| obtained Garden vegetables, melons, Squashes
| onions beans, peas, sweet potatoes, &c., grow
| uarveOusy here and with the least possible care
produce haryests wonderful in quantity and super
excellent in quality.
Our market is at present home one. The
farmer need not fear but that every bushe of grain
aud every vegetable he can raise will find ready
sale at his OvA door. and that, too, at hlgh
fure. 1t will be several years before the settlers
viii Iaise enough to feed themselves together with
the thousands who are yearly coming among us.
| Meanwhile railroads rapidly approaching our
BORDERS and when surplus Is produced the marker
| of the world will be open to us.
Nebraska is healthy region. l have Travelled
much but | have never seen one more so. The
air is as pure and braciDg as is that OF New
England, and so free from vegetable etiluya that
there is not the slightest tendency to those bilious
diseases so prevalent in many of the Western
States Consumption, too is a disorder which Is
and ever will be almost wholly unknown in the
pure dry atmosphere of Nebraska Those troubled
with slight disorders Of the throat and lungs on re-
moving hitler, speedily recover. have seen tnl'
in So MANY cases that am quite certain az to thu
general tendency. Discouraging place for Saw
| bones, This. II. j.