The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-06-05


Our Boat 10 throngedHith passengers
md there are not State rooms and berihs
sufficient to accommodate one-third Of
hem. am one Of tha lucky outsiders
and have sldpl, and slept soundly and (
upon my cot on the Aoor the
last four nights; yet could have con6n-
cd my business 10 the river, might aud !
would, 10 this respect, have somewhat
improved my destiny, But ] have no
reason to complain. Surrounded as am,
In this humble position, by many a dig
nifisd expectaht. Our fare is really good
and entirely satisfactory, having every
thing TO our taste With the exception Of
butter. which now and then Is as froward
and peryerse as some old bachelor. Eve
ry body is going to Kansas and Nebraska.
The tables are no sooner removed and the
deck Of our boat put in order, than map
upon map is spread out and conversation
begins not unfrequently about the supe-
rior advantages Of the locality each pre-
fors. The friend Of Minnesota will tell you
that the olimate there is not only steady
and healthy, bat much mider than 10
low a orevou Ohio Il is useless to remind
him that che thermometer indicates grea
severity for weeks, ranging from thirty
to forty degrees below Zero. he has been
there and, like some blinded lover, sees
everything through false and deceptive
medium. He would make you believ'
that even the cranberry swamps for "hioh
that Territory is proverbial, are furnish
ed by Providence for the especial purpose
Of engendering and difusing warmth
and heat to the happy AID fortunate emf
grants locating there. The pine re-
pions, which elsewhere the world over,
Indicate stsrility aud barreuness of soil,
are imbued with the germinasing ele
menta Of fertility unsurpassed in genial
excellence. Another passenger is Jfr'ng
himself in Missouri and he AYERS it to be
the very center Of all earthly attractions
good land, good water, timber, stone
coal. mountains Of iron and healthy and
charming climate. But he says not a
word about the incubus which enchaini
il and retards its onward progress, H,
can perceive no difference between the
dull and unsightly towns which stud th'
banks of that impetuous and noble river
giving to the State its name, and thos,
Of our own Ohio, frequently less favora
Ibly situated, yet in neatness and activity
Intelligence aud wealth, inlescrbably
their superior. Another fellow passen
ger would have you go, At once, TO Kan
sas, assuring you that there, and ther
only are all the good lauds--a sufficienc.
of timber, aud good Stone Coal an
,en thousand other advantages elsewher
on this terrestrial earth unknown. n
matter il anarchy does reign there
The world came out Of chaos by the 6a
Of the Almighty aud surely we oannc
} distrust the ultimate establishment Of OF
der in country so inviting and lovely
+ He will cell you that little fighting ca
do no harm, bu. will serve 10 mako Il
people bold, quicken their intellect an
givo them spunk besides keeping ther
conscious Of the real value Of their civ
rights. II it does cost more to buy
claim there than good, improved fsrr
in Missouri or Ohio, still It is worth NOR,
L is indeed in Kansas. This latter argu
mAut is irresistabe. The impatient pas
seuger, who until this moment has lii
teaed to thes various opinions aud Il
oogent reasons assigned to sustain then
: but has heard nothing said in behalf
} bis iavorite Nebraska, now iuterleres an
zealously reminds you that there are
rich and fertile lands aud good waite
stone and timber in Nebraska as in an
. State or other Territory in the Unio
. and in addition thereto. it has a settle
government aud is sure of being CROSSE
by at least two or three Railroads to tb
Pacific. It's climate is salubrious and il
9 viyorating, purified as ,is by the ceasele
s breeze Of a western mountain air. Their
fore its advantages are, and must bo alt
a gether paramount TO those Of Kansas, n
e unrr,queutly afflicted with intermittant
a and beset with anarchy aud governmel
I tai misrule; aud far superior to the sal
iy aud marshy aad frozen regions
= Minnesota. These are Of the arg
monts which at times elliott the conHio
Q ling views Of my fellow passengers viii
I killing time on ship board, And the
q Arguments are so ingenious and enforc,
= with so much gusto aud assurance that
o would be the heighlh Of presumptuoJ
: folly to eudeayor 10 o9ntrovert ther
They are not the mere ephemerl Opinion
: Of transient individuals as they, will pos
I.a a 4 4 A.