Nebraska advertiser., 1857-08-13

eastern or northern men TINS IS q
garden Of the West. The sky is clear
and remarkably brilliant for eight or
Dine months in the year. The rains
fall sparingly, yet in sufficient quanti-
ties, aided BY the heavy dews, To bring
vegetation to perfection. The soil is
surprising rich and productive. The
face Of the country is sufficiently IN
dulating to allow the water which falls
on the surface to form into springs,
brooks, and rivers, and the air is 20
pure hat fresh meat viii dry in the
sun withoutinjury. 1t is highly charged
with electricity which gives a kind of
inspiration to the whole system and
makes old people feel young again
The summers are mild and pleasant,
and the winters just long and cold
enough to give energy to the body and
vigor to the mind. The whole country
for two hundred miles might be made
into one vast corn field yielding, under
the hand of ordinary cultivation, not
less than 100 bushels to the acre; or,
n vast wheat field yielding 40 bushels
to the acre ; and it is so free from
swamps and marsh lands that corn
and wheat would grow on every acre
except in the beds of streams. In
beauty Of scenery, fertility of soil,
richness and variety Of production,
and healthiness of climate we question
whether its equal can be found on the
face Of the globe. Here is a country
equal in extent to the whole State Of
Pennsylvania and capable of sustain
ing four times the number of inhabi-
tants it is now about two years since
its virgin soil was first thrown open to
settlement. Since that time emigrants
have been focking into it by thousands
and wing with each other in their
glowing descriptions of the beauty of
its scenery, richness and fertility of
its soil and healthiness Of its climate.
Kansas valley is the next section. on
the South which demands particular
attention. Here you find the Della
ware, Sawen, 'and Wyandot reserves,
of which so much has been said, writ
ten and printed in the past few months;
beautiful spots in a most beautiful and
lovely country. Kansas valleyproper
embraces all that region drained by
the Kaw river and its tributaries, a ter
about 65 miles wide and 200 long
The length is greater but it is only to
this extent that the same qualities and
varieties Of soil prevail. Too much
cannot be said of the richness and
beauty of this far famed valley. AS
you wonder over these vast meadows
interspersed with occasional woodlands
you will not be surprised at the fierce
conflict which has been going on be-
tween the settlers from the North and
South for the past two years for the
occupancy Of this valley;it is an object
worth ~contending for; long andsevere
will be the conflict before either of the
c%ontending parties will yield.
Arkansas valley is another beautiful
and charming spot, vying with its
northern neighbor in everything which
attracts the settler and gives pleasure
to life. Unlike the other portions we
have noticed this valley increases in
richness and beauty as you go West
revealing a scene of surprising ex.
cellence and beauty near the base o.
the Rocky Mountains.
Between these two %vallies, at abour
equal distance from the Kansas on tht
North and the Arkansas on the Soutl
is some of the most grand and enchant
n gscenery we every beheld. In May
1857, it was one vast ocean of moving
grass, extending in every direction, a
far as the eye could reach, till thi
ocean of beauty was lost in the clea.
blue sky. This is the track of Ere