The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-23

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THROUGH OHIO, INDIANA AND ILLINOIS.
Bot let us hurry We will stop 70 talk ABOUT the
beauty Of Cincinnati the Queen City Of the wes or OF
the fertility Of the scasent country We dash along the
vDs regions and wish the grape gathere overflow
ing vintage Through Indiana and Southern Illinois
Egg p, as called for reprcach to its back wardness-
you speed along admitting here the primitive forest where
in the thckepns settlers begin to make gaps, there
praue stretching far along in mess fields or corn, end
In another place rivera darkened BY the overhangng
trees, rushing 70 pay their tribute to the mighty Ms
sssirri These fresh Of nature ike delightful
imrs the minds OF those who Thorn for the
nrss time and would Of themselves amply repay trip 10
s. Lous.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
on again from that busting, thriving city, with les
piers backeued thousands Of tunnels, and sin
gle sad to be upon It's watersoG the great
Pac c Railroad tc the capital Of tho State Of Missouri
Jefferson Oty-passiDg the town Of Hermann, with 10
population Of German vinegrowers, and crossing the
Usage by thai fatal bridge which gave way under the
tram OF excursionists who celebrating the opening OF
the road, and occAsioned such terrible loss Of life
jefferson City the present. terminus OF the road but
the grading ss going on, and will probably be con
tnued siocg the Valley Kansas, 10 - to
oSvste for intending settlers the necessity Of ascending
the Missouri river In the meantime, however, we must
avail ourselves Of the facilities offered
UP rHE MISSOURI.
10, the big thunder that steadily breasts tho
Missouri
As LougfeIow in his Hswasha describes those huge
triple dscked hatboats that up the muddy fats Of
eccentric vers waiting as the pier take on board
ths passengers o., tho Pasdc Railroad All rush on board
without regard 70 poteness. each bent being among
the frss II the little window whersAs captains clerk
rues tickets for sssterooms; for the rule Is here, t
Niblos-"drs: como first served, and consequently he
who PUSHES over women ana children aud renorse-
leasy elbows his way through the crowd surround.
ing the ticket oilce, is TO get . berth, while
the modest umid thai does not wish t, have
his slices stove in his pockets picked, has the
Consolation Of knowing In the OF
hour that all the state occupied but thk
he cao have . mattress deck.
For the three four days which takes the " Big
Thunder Canoe 10 get far up LeAvenworth City,
the tourist has plenty Of lesure to recall the past
which be whired in the railroad Toe scenery
Of the river Itself becomes monotonous It's banks
either side low and posed OF frsbe mud large
cakes Of which, with the standing upon them
sarty taking off, the progress Of tho boat dspiaces
and sgtats the water and adding to the abundant
ply Of suAes and swye, and SAID bars which test the
skill, Ingenuity, and pstieuce Of the two pilots
in the whselnouse Sometimes the plots icy
side Of the river, or one Shannel between
nAgs, marshaed, II were, to bar further progress,
they find that the last trip tns channel has been
filled up with the falling mud, and that there is
thoroughfare there Then the appliances that they have
rg the boat such Obstacles pu, nto rsqu
sition. mast, co,2le Of masts suspended 10 the
forward part Of the vessel, Is unsung snd opa
rating them in toe manner Of pair Of crusches, BY
placing weight Of the boat partly upon them
10 applied the wheels revoive, and the drsugnt bong
somewhat Iessened, the boa. is driven the mud
bank amid the cheers OF the passengers aud hands who
are amused the fruitiess efforts OF half
boats get the same impeachment to navigation
This, and woodrg every two three hours q, desoate
looking points along the river and calling at asiona
stopping places, where every masculine thing 10 toe vii
lAgs oct and gazss lstessly at the boat, while
keeps its two hands rcsolutely buried 10 ts oreeches
pocksts as II the hands at to be
any work do, constitute the deck incidents o. the
day within knots passengers gathered tbs
tables play ing poker, sletse, vngtun and variety
other games, until the prepar atoms Of the walters for
meals deprive them Of the tables and send them
deck.
FEATURES OF TEE RIVER
But though the Missouri river and lie shall
low And muddy those lines Of caseated walls far away
back either side with their faces he'd or iurrowed
or worn into fantastic shaees by the aston OF
water carry the mind away back into the far
ages a the past, and speak to IL OF a mighty river
OF which thoee towering walls Of limestone the
banks and the surface Of whch-k those walls not
since uphsaved by volcanic other agsncy-must hare
been hundred feet elevated th.a that vhcn
we are nos borne And then follows smother sugg
or the nnd-thss The rvsr had nowed in suca
a.u tAose parallel lines Of rock evidence the whole
valley Of the Mississippi must have been suomsrged and
rolling prsiries Of Kansas tina, inviting the
settler BY their nexhsustse fertility, have
ocean Of which tie Rocky Mountains the coast sucb
specuA,o1s Afford ample material for mind OF
tocrst and aided rather than disturbed By The
APPEARANCE Of troops Of -adng gannes along the shoals
by fights wnd ducks, by the dvng OF dppers aai by
Tie ocoationa bounding Of deer through tue woods
These are general characteristics OF the Missouri aud
though he TIP may at first appear monosonous aud lisa
gresste It's "reminiscences come back 10 the mind With
pleazure ard qualification
LEAvEswoRTH CITY.
Paasirg by Glasgow and Independence AMI Kansas
Ctyae o7y towrs Of any importsscs the line OF ,ae
rivsr-we arrive at Lesvenworin. rnree years ago u
was n Indian reservation 10 day an a0oitous
city where town lots sell st from three 70 six thousand
dollars Tho Planters Hotels large snd ordinarily
fair house-com nds The leVee, and . few hundred
yards north Of the sprag, By the rivers SIDE where,
Aboa, year ago, stranger Was entced, robbed, mar
der.d and thrown into the nissour-ihe tragedy wadss
up By The hanging Of his murderers BY citizens
are We breaking up Of den Of coupserfesers and
RAIDERS. Higher up The road 70 Lecom2ton Ia tae
house n which Phillips shot By the Kickspoo range
for darlag 70 back 10 his home aiser they mad
feahsred him removed him from the Territory
ana warned him 10 return other traces and re nj
nsce1oes ef the Kansas may be had In and around
Lecompsoa. But all changed fne excite neni has
subsictd. PoEsrs are Of . discount Trading and lAad
speoussns supply their place. The city gro ~ng at .
wo1dsrful pscs-s Ctncrns Chicago and St Locis grew
and geaersrou hence may nos BE- inferior 70 any Of
them.
PRAIRIE ST. NICHOLAS.
wkohever you take from savea ~orth, southwark
o. westward, hes N charms Lecomp,on, the former !
capssA o< The Territory, and famous The place
shs cossttutios Of which have neard VA \
framed lies some thirty miles southwest OF H. ride