New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-02
cas - 81 poEs
We ,S1 form some estimate Of Our sb-fy 70 W
th:Ig ~ ,oohinS q, vhs We esye core:
rrlnfv, v,a-,.ls.s. i:osd.

5000 D.. N OF ration ard To- 900 UNDER wsy c)stoS
sbor: $17s 100. OF ;tis auonn, IN 1885, the
etuL.ly sas rd.t.ed ssou. $50 go 90. Toe en'ue
amount Of -.oek and bonds he'd 10 foreign nsois Was
ssl 10000 oniy Il, IN 1856, the country pz. nearly
co rrlfs IN cgsrsion, there rssi be 10 ae;..ncy IN
r,es.d 70 Cur ABILITY oors.Irc: tGring me rs1, two
CT thee years 900 Des, thoug L "a through
Az urse.ei courtry portion Of the way, especially
vixen c,e ttsn hs OF the distance is ssessy Of con-
s,ruc'ior as roads IN Illrs.s ard Wisc)rsi
Tae route from S. Psrl is arsciy urder cons.rde-
:itr company s chartered sni io operation, sided by
lstd grants 20 corsIuct reed fiom s. Paul 10 toe
iurccr Of tie BIS de sov1 win tie Red River Of -as
Nor,h, d:sros toward TIE Pacific Of 237 lee, e.y-
I : .ess thsn ! go iaiiss to he provided fo'.
FAcTLITIrs.
TIE route is Iescled BY raygabe va.e e g: grea,
mary pcil,s-iom the Mi'ais;ipp.-fom the Red
R,ver-frsm ne Missouri Mis, Mccs., AYsis,
Clsrk's ycIk ana the Columbia, sni from Pcgst
Sourd Socr, fpzr ros s5t he corstruc.ei, orsten-
ing cn. re NJ. ss0uri 10 lie nsin ile ten or even
,wer:y !a 81 thus me vhols lie e1uld be ca, mp
il 20 htr ect'ors where supplies could ne rsesivei
No o.ttr roai. las such advantages. Ile Missoun 8
ravcsbe flr steamboats, 70 Fcrt Benton Imost 20 TIE
base Of ZOE orutsls and more thsn hsf ne way 70
Puse. Souri Timber spd ..ore b. resAiy res,hed
THE side OF TIE rnoua.airs, while the wee, s1s Il
s,stds for hell te de snce % the ground. Rails and
el airs rcm t,e forges OF Pittsburgh Gd :. Lou can
be slipped or steamers fcr al the scors .sst Of ls
y u .ars Tls most diff uls ssc,icn can be coz
r,1 ed .;nut3recuiy WITH he oiaer -lC9a, beng
reached ..om both sdes 0y ~.tsr cluisss. Tee de
tsnce fem Ire psy;gsb.e waters Of tae columbia %
TIE rsvi.,s!swaer OF the Mssouri is less than ito
miles
CHARACTER 0F THE CopSTRT.
Evil be seen By sny one vto reads cirefl y he
report Of Gov. S.svens ths. the lete Secretary OF
Usr ace sit lusi Il al tie country through which he
route pss:es i or the most part u tsa5tsoe Ias Is
dore 90, only without fac.s 20 support The assumption,
bu. n oproston TO tie whole tenof Of the report
Much OF the ccu1ry s exceedingly rich sui protuc-
tive well wsered, ard sbgndsrtly supplied with TIM
hr The tributaries Of tie MissoEii se Sll bofdefsd
By fertile valleys i known that MiIreso.i is arabic
quite to ia western bou dsry, and that s through oe
ssoicr 10 the Great Bend snd Fort Benton trcc.lc5a
.inl four CT five ;bCussrt square miles eI:- which
ale Is fertile Iows - which state ths conotTy hsa's
much resenblsncs. There srs 10 finer whea lsrds
in the world than those en- the Mix RIVER. Nssr tie
psssos Of the mountains the surveying party mst
party Of Indians with tbout coo ho:ses v5ica nave
10 s.sbng in Winter. T1iss tho grea. buf1lo region,
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be found in sre.. herds. The region lam d.stsly be-
yeud tie psss is Ike thai OF Vermont, win al'nestoas
Iros.ior. We quote from the report On The route
hcna Hengste Pass 70 The CaIus dA.tns Msaioa
ocr lo-Cornaed IN be vsisy en u''es road lssiirg
hro0sh socds L.Ib and spruce snd nexh 'te p2 oi
rer n eoc3 quantities all tbI-ash the nornars Ds.s-,e
made ie.coy lwi wsson train, r-'.e.r AID hAf niles
There ne need to spesk Of Tie produsiyenesq TIE
timber, TIE water-power Of the C,luDbi,, f0r tDe
rpbie krov that there il DO re ,ion Of tue e)lu.y
which surpssses il. On Plget Sound are iee1osusibe
coal feli.. Al the ccsl consumed 10 California e cert
down from the Sound. Hsrce tne advantage Of The
Strait OF Fue, for beicg icr al tine the pot Of the
Ps<ifc ior seap.vesseis.
| SUMMARY.
Whst, ther, IN bnsf, ere TIE advantages CT tie
route II ls The shor.est easiest and ehespsst ths,
can lie fcu,d. ! connects the Pacific aud the river
sy.sm OF tie Columbia with the grea, river System OF
the MssLsipy, the Lskes and the s.. L.srsrcs. L.
Of cree opetf way 70 tie Northera Atlantic sId the
| Gull OF Mexico. II tiipgs NeSYoik five dsys
ResTer 20 Sharghse ihsa by say other route. L. will
be tie shotsst rou,e between London, Paris, Ham
burg sud Ca1s. Let l. be constructed, snd il wil give
Amelics the carrying trade cf ,he solld. lie. il be
er,ersd upon st oros sid completed before Eng'snd
| Constructs rival line, AID the metropolis Of tse
Nof.h-Wes. viii be cure. There never vas more
golden opportunity than tts. Shall il be los. LIT
the cou1!Iy corsider The question well et the repor.
Of the survey be studied oy WHO have uesrs and
hands ari hearts 20 ergsge il the work, ard they
will wonder G, what rstre hiss done for US il breaking
down re Rocky Mountains rto hillock', that AQet.
ios m,y make the highway Of the worli.
Be',en, Acs. H. C. C. {.
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| To tis Ey.,cr Of Ire " T. T,iBunG
| SE: l. yonr WEEKLY Of Aug. 7 is report Of tas
proceedings Of tbs American Iust.a.e Farmers C.us.
| :or Avg. ., in which ind the following ten:
"Do woIms rain down A per,on a. Argc,s. lid.
xso roiCee tas, talk shout s sors OF niscellane
Gus matters here % ae sossrce OF more n
pcrtsLt questions 90 :sk seCst this. Do nsn wor ns
ard snsl toais such as sie often seen afer saoxer
IL Elsces white u seems ttel mast actusLy have fal
en- sith tie Es.r, actually e0nv ifon tle clouds
Dr. Wsiebury replied, they Do not il "a enc OF the
| popular eTraIs wL.ch a:e sc hard 70 esd cs;e.
Nov sm ore Of ;hose who Dod raa opiGon here g
rsivey ycePt popular eror, and iaa: opinion De
tIIorecus, ] Certainly wan. !. eiaGc.tsd l.o1 ~
nIi.
Ii the D;cio- s1d the lesrrel C1b his sssoci.iss
wi explain the f5nosng spd u.spy similar :a..s ths-
are corstsr;lJ coung &c lie knossise of tie peops
nore co,ss;tnly VIII s1y otrer theory thA he cns
xs s,ave e1bIaoed- vii eheefa'ly sdop ths. theory!
IL JgEe llsi, yeEJ teAyy shower occurred ia TIE
toI:l psT. 0f tie tosn q Lsss, q he County Of
Irshsu, n l.s S.a,e-s pscs IeIG7.e hOn lake aysr
o. IoI1-srd sftsr TIE shower, fsh o dfereD 2rie-
,ies. ard yayrg ho1 oDe = thrse iIchea IN lssgt1,
were euri scattered over re srouni in greet seani
sncs. $ ple-y were tls;e Fandersrs from ,le deep
tls. tso etitIer, n gors ifom tie schoolhOsss TO
/ iier borss hsf ne G.s-s1t picked 1p their dcne-
ral resIly ful acrg TIE road. Oh9rs preserved
| qusr;i,es O. TEN slve Il tsIels OF ss.sr.
Ipss rot sn eyewitness of this strar2e ptsrouen1n n