Nebraska advertiser., 1857-08-13


floors and no roofs and some with /
neither roofs nor floors. Yet in these
are living highlninded and honorable |
men, some of them graduates from our
eastern colleges and universities. and
refined amiable, and beautiful women,
from the best families In the older
/ States sustained IN their rArnanr.f rrii-
vations by hopes of future good May
their hopes be speedily realized
That portion of Kansas and Ne
braska lying near the Missouri river
and extending back from $50 to 200
miles is BY far the most desirable
4 1t is an important part of the Missouri
valley; slightly undulating, interspers-
ed with abundant wood lands, broad
rivers and streams and provided with
a good supply of excellent Waters.-
Being enriched by the annual wash
ings of the best properties of the soil
! from the western high lands, which ex-
tend back to the summit of the Rocky
Mountains distance of nearly
thousand miles, they are probably the
richest lands in the world.
Their contiguity, on the one hand
the Missouri river which viii always
{ furnish an outlet to their surplus pro
duce, and On the other to the vast
/ western plains which must for many
years make heavy demand On them
fer bread stuff, stamps them with i'm
mense value to the emigrant who seeks
; a home in the West. As you 60 West
: from the Missouri river the climate and
soil become more dry and the rains
less frequent, TIL at distance of 3 or
!. 4 hundred miles the rains fall asseldOm
4 as they do in Egypt; and the soil,
r though very rich, win probably fail to
: yield crop under the hand of ordinary
!, cultivation except of those grains and
: vegetables which mature very early
J; in the season. Il is covered with a
1 rich grass which springs up as soon as
T the snow leaves aud has furnished ex-
: ceIlent pasture for the vast herds Of
: buffalo, on which they have fed and
: fattened from time immemorial These
o have, however, caught the spirit of the
d age and ike the rest of the world are
q moving West.
q The climate varies with both the
5 latitude and longitude and in genera
$ description viii apply to the whole,
S The North is bleak and cold-the West
e is exceedingly variable-the centre
is dry; eastern Kansas and southern
q Nebraska are blessed with the most de-
e sirable climate. They have the lati-
t tude of Maryland and Virginia, but
e they have much more mild, even and
e healthy climate. The heat of summer
and the cold of winter being a number
i of degrees less. The bleak and almos
s constant winds render the winters IN
h pleasant, but they add as much to the
e pleasure of summer as they dininisl
e from that of winter. There is brac
n ing and invigorating element in the
I, atmosphere not surpassed, We think
/ in any part of the United States
IF making this region desirable resOr
II for persons of reduced constitution
# and feeble health.
ie In regard to mineral wealth muci
h of interest might be said Partia
+ geological surveys have been made il
=, eastern Kansas and southern Nebras
g ka, by private individuals and exPlor
IS ing parties, all Of whom rePort Goa
is in great sbundanceand excellent quail
IT inv. Coal has been discovered in man
E. localities and under such circumstance
-ias to reveal a coal field Of vast extent
ID As to its depth and thickness no yer.
ir reliable information has been obtained
is In the absence of this We viii ventur
Id an opinion founded on such obserys
le tions as we were able to make, It
III this: the average depth Of the Goa
to from the surface is about 10 feet, an
as the average thickness Of the princiPl
I'd vane Is about 100 feet. We also thin
DO this vane extends al over easter
w Kansas and southern Nebraska.
rs few years win develope the CORRECTNESS
e. or incorrectness of this opinion
in Nothing equal to 1t has yet been di:
of corerd in the world Here our gres
na on5 hono6ean4 creator has done eyer