New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-25
NEW-Y DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1858

toubles. We took our seats comfortably, srd sfsr
vs,trg some time were irflruei By cur couiue.Jr
thst he had oIders from the General Agent not 20 STR
til be came back from hs expIorI tour in the r. sn
we had lust abandoned. Such an order Ess not hops
ful, iIssnuch ss there was possibility that said Gr-
eral Agent nigh, be dumped into some one Of those
tescheIOus cllverts, and never come back. And 30
we waited, hour after hour until O'clock and stiil no
rews from the aforesaid Aeert. At p. M, the Pes
dsDt OF the road being along. il was odad tna. the
order 10 wat oDly tire hours And 30 We started
fJr QoiicJ, the engine movng back 7a-d. lel
reslly 10 motion, We began u feel some assurance
sbou. reaching Quincy bd alas for orr expectations
at Foeer touad another culveIt g1ne sllcs the
train went over in the muning There We were,
eleven miles from Quincy, endn'gat Jdst coming 90.
There Wss 10 wey bat 10 be ps.ient. and wait Tor the
messepeer-Our very active 0nd1..0r, W lnston-t0
tide hsr dear to Quincy for another train Tns we
old with oonsdsraoe good huD,r, for three hours,
when [ e eJpe-ted tran backed up aud gave Us q
cafe passage 10 the City Of Quncy sbyut TO- O'clock
Of the second night
This morning have been driving sbou. tiis city,
and DO OF hesitate to say thai s one OF the os a.
tlsbe localities for residence OF business WIN winch
| an acquainted in the West. OF course do not
mean TO compare j. IS pace OF business VITA Chica
60 st Lcuis Ciocinn si or even with Cleveland ADD
Toledo. IL Is sitused or bluff or series OF bluff,
perhaps feyentJ lee one hundred feet above the
river and is Tchrg as 20 be drained perfectly ~
very hrie exPenie. The grading OF the streets Is
cosiiy requiring toe removal Of nils and t1e hhlg up
CT valleys Tne streets leading to the city have oeen
reduced to very easy grades and the LANDING have
been thoroughly paved. There are some elegant resi-
deDces the .Own and vicinity The p7ohc sqnsre is
gem, bu. il ought % have been much lager 10
the city hni.s les tract Of hlodfed ecd sixty
scres Of the best blildipg lots in toe city As ~
ter Of curiosity, told that this property ID as
fessed at 500 acre and tbs, the snnusl taxes on u
70 the med, 5. sum OF q OtS II Is said to De
at lesst 81 0G0 acre, and large portion oil II
double tn. sun, watch Is p comfortable increase on
the original government price OF twenty se years ago.
The country sbOp. Quincy - msgnuoent IL mas no
superior in the STATE IS 70 fertility beau,y ana health
The enteprisiDg people here ete now building rail-
toe opposite side OF the river, to run 70 Ps-
myrs and there connect with the Hannibal and ST. j.
sephf Railroad; but 20 look a. those rs noS one
would hardly think the project o feasible one Ine
river reaches TO tee highlands, and ia about screen
1Its ri9e. The fats, reaching hall way TO Palmyra
are under water. The Father OF Waters is just nov
particularly magnificent, not having carried matters
With 80 high hand since 1851. Ia f. It, thick il
has not been high since 1911, which is the date Of
the great hcod. IL coming down the river, l sas
amused az the appearance Of the famous Marion Guy
The water flows completely over the ais on which
the city is built The first object ia house deserted
and completely surrounded With water A little fur
Their another house, which has the spoe srance OF
being inhabited. little further on is a church with
ont windows aad in the water. The slogle ware
house with two OF three ether bouses, stands on the
only pon. Of land when is not under water foot
Use In wster would submerse the whole. fe v
cows pigs and horses on that little point seemed to
add dresness to the And this is the glorious
N ion City in whose lots g, many good people at the
Ea. we've Ted by designing knaves-no' d. Ego
buy themselves rich wne eodowing III ,rion Iiiege
The town OF Hannibal is busy and enterP1laias
place II is above the reach of the water, and pat
If it is on e very conspicuous bluff. 10 past years.
very considerable business 10 boat building was ST.
red on here. The forests about the place abound IN
the best timber, and the locality Is suen as - render
oat-buildpg an objsct Tns opening Of railroad and
stage come ctions with St. Joseph Cd the western
border Of Missouri is giving the Own an Impulse,
which viii be still further increased when tha road IL
fnished-an event which is promised by Christmas.
am told by those familiar with the country that this
road passes through magnificent country, which will
be increased in value than the cost OF the road
Ever emigraDts pushing in large numbers into
Missouri.