Nebraska advertiser., 1858-06-24
FHEzADFfRTISER.
R.w.F URNAs. EDIToR.
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE q. 1855.


The present humber collplete9 rs
Second Volume Of the Nebr "a Advst-
User. 4 IS customary, in TIE newspaper
world, on such occasidhs, % AXE some.
thing Of a retrospective view. Notwith-
standing the usually conceived notion that
a glance at the past is unpleasant and
sad, we do so Al present with rathel
cheerful and satisfactory emotions. When
we look back two years, to thk period
Whenwe first set foot upon Nebraska soil
when we humbly sent forth the first num-
Der OF q paper-then The third in the
Territay-from c~omparatiYely an I'M
known ps;Ak a small village iii the Far
West, consisting 81 less Than a dozen log
cabins surrounded BY neaes, hazel, &c.,
and population to correspondence was
such a condition Of affairs coafned 40 our
own locality, but was genera rolghoui
Nebraska-we say when look back
hus-and it seems but yesterday because
Of the rapid fight Of time-ard compare
with the present condition or state Of af-
fairs, we feel to .~reiOice with Soy IN
speakable and full Of glory almost In
this ebert period Of time ihe Iog cabins
have given place to stately mansions and
elegant business houses; the netles and
hazel have disappeared, and IN their place
highly cultivated and Ornamental grounds
and clean, neat graded streets and alleys;
where was not 70 be heard the sound, but
seldom, Of the Gospel, now His word is
regularly dispensed BY the followers of
those who in Olden days went forth BY
Divine command to preach to every nation,
tongue and kindred, with the comforting
assurance that 81 am with you even to
the ends Of the EARTH and where the
handmade Of this religion, Education, had
not yet taken hold, now the obstructive
tongue and the attentive ear are busy
"frOm Monday morn till Saturday event.
and the two move hand in hand to en-
Tighten and evangelize this portion Of
Gods foOtstoOl. Where on U beautiful
and fertile prairies nought was to be
seen but the waving green of natures
planting, nov the labors of the husband
man speak; thousands of acres of cultiv-
ated fields where natures sod has been
disturbed, are now TO be seen the luxu-
rant corn and golden smaller grains
where the whoOp of the untutored savage
alone was heard, as with bow and arrow
he chased the feet deer, now is to be
heard the tinkling beH of grazing herds
and the merry song Of the plow-boy. This
is not a change pictured by fancied ina
ginatiOn, but is reals the 'change
wrought in a few moments"
We never write or talk on the progress
thus far of Nebraska, Nemaha county
and Brownville, but that we-naturally
enough to-be-sure-fnd ourself peering
into the future, and being impressed, as
we think no reasoning or observing mind
can fail TO be, with this fact: that that
portion of the country, say between the
mouth of the Platte river in Nebraska
and the Kansas river in Kansas, and be-
tween the Missouri river and the Rocky
Mountains, must in a short time become
more densely populated and valuable than
any other portion of the United States
Nature appears to have done more for
this country-indeed, we think, has been
particularly partial-than for other.
The millions of acres of land lying within
the boundaries mentioned, in another gen.
Grafton will be peopled, for it has attrac-
tons and capacities to contain and support
whole nations. Another writer saws:
Looking back towards the East we see
a country which, in two generations. has
been won from the wild man and buffalo.
and now contains hundreds of THRIVING
cities, thousands of towns, and millions Of
people. Is not the future as fraueht with
progress as the past? Will not two more
generations find the A~nglo-Saxon herdino
his cattle and watching his sheep on the
slopes of the Rocky Mountains And
viii not the Iron horse, with its lirhtnino
speed, rs it rushes over Its iron track. he
laden with the manufactures made on the
Missouri river, and return with the beef.
the wool, and the golden coin 90
All along the Missouri river, the great
thorOughfare Of the West, within the limits
spoken Of, must be numbers of large
hOurishing cities. "The laundering din
of a thousand workshops, and the chimes
Of an hundred church bells will a~lterna-
sely break upon the ear, and wealth be.
come concentrated, 2 and there will be no
end to advancement and prosperity.
May not BrOwnville, as a young grow
ing, and thus far exceedingly prosperous
city, expect to become in time one Of
those Emporiums? Surely she can T.
Everything points to her as such. Her
location, in n of the best counties in the
richest country in the world, already more
doneo1u nonuIotod H. .L