New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-07

.haricnl in,frumrbt Of Power. IL "f""''' !" '''''
bi, o.. fsfh,r, be mu-t obey or De- sn'' pini1f"
Tu,c. h,s the French Republic been crushed by
R,u.parte,n usurpatjoD-crushd bi the BAY "bet
.f s.opdioe Amy p.,nt-d at the breasts of h-r
s.t,f,J l-y,slators 4 Rrpnbhc whose citiz~ns are
no, ~Dbng TO do their o1D fghtlng-all that is
necessary sDd prcprf-but must h"e Standius
Amy 10 o. it for them, hes at tbe mercy o' a"y
bold unscrupulous adventufer who can WORK bi,
~s, to The command or the favor Of The Army. L
trust our Army is DeaI It's end
After greeting friends and speaking in Topeka,
learned aj,h surpri.e that the si,ee for F,rt
| Riley started at 3 in the morning, lsaung hut
barrow margin for sleep. On rising, bowesef |
learned the bieb VIVID uouId no, ALLOW US 10
crols the river yet, and it was nearly q O'Clock
when ws actually started.
We had now enjoyed three dry, bright warn
dsys, which bad turned most OF the mise Of -
roads 10 sort Of SUD burued brick, though eGOugh
srill remained ID subken boles and brook crossings
10 r, mind us of wbat had been. But the lightning
had flashed aud the couds gathered throughout the
night and as We drove ouL through lodianoia and
took the Military Road westward, the thunder
gave indications Oi the shower which burst upon Us
II little before o'cl.ck and poured I'LL ii, tlrnng
the brick Of the rad 10 mlfe ag-in. Aud, tb,ugh
The rain ceas.d, The day remained suilen and low
cry, with transient gllmpses Of weak sunshine
to the end.
Our route lay for thirty miles through the Pota-
Watamie Reserve, and was no longer encountered
with great Army Supply trains, as they were either
north Of us the California trail to Laramie, or
south on the road crossing at Topeka and leading
to Fort Unlon and Santa Fe. A few Of The wagons
We passed this day mny have been heading for
Forts Riley and Keamey; while Pixies Peakers,"
both gong out and returning dsheartened, were
in considerable. numbers. i do hot how those
returning could well resist the temptation TO bolt
and make claims, as hear many have done gem
orally seekIpg th' m in the south part of the Terri
tory where Speculation has been less ramp ,nt than
in the yiciDit, Of the Kaw. With w,gon-load of
provisions and three or four yoke of oxeu, squat
ter might, even yet, by the help of a 6 .od pow,
get in twenty acres Of sod corn this season, cut
boy for Winter, and break glorious breadth OF
praire before hard frost could stop him next Fall
Whoever does this udiciously AID resolutey will
have reason for gratitude to Pixies Peak, even
though be never see the color Of its gold nor get
ncaIer it than the Big Blue.
We Travelled all day with the timber of the Kaw
yisiblc on the soutb, sometimes quite near Us, then
oDe to t~o or three miles distant. Our road lay
tor cot siderable dis ance aloog the bank of woat
seemed desert. oed the river, which has since
made new and deeper cbaopel more 70 tde south. 4
We tTayeIsed tue prairie Of course, excrptwhere 1,
vas cut b, the ere, ks coming down from the north
TO lose themselves in the X ~. TIE Soldier, the
Red VernllhoD, aud another Rick Geek, We're
the p'incpal OF these streams. Our road passed St
Mary's (Catboc) Mission, where toerc is quite an
Indian village aud very large i,Dprovement
which guess white men We're paid to wake. Yet,
whether 10 their credit or otherwise, believe the
truth caDbOt fairly be disputed, that Catholic Mis-
sions baye been more ssful IN establishing a
pei manent influence over lndions than any others,
except, perhaps, the Mmayians.
At The Red trmlOu-s'iil on the Potawatamie
| Reserve, but Lear It's western edge-we dined-tbe
lsndlady IIalf-Breed-tbe dinner the hardest |
ever paid half dollar for. Doubtless however,
my e,ts will be opened 10 appreciation of cold
hog sDd corn dOdger as delcacies long before they
are b, ssed with sight Of the Sacramento.
| vide marshy bottom which each
cbaroteer seeks an untraversed path since rut
burts him so much deeper into the mue-lies just
west OF the Nermilon w hico With two or three
other steep banked streams, We crossed on ladian
toll-bridg,s, cbesply bunt and very profitable to
tbeir owDers;) Whence the land rises iuto rclliog
sandy lidyrs, some Of them thiuly wondea up tber
sides with W hite and Burr Oak. Thence we strike
| the od-fasbioDtd deep, blsck prairie agao-GOst
inviting to tie cultvator but not er,teal t. the
traveller ju,t after soaking Iain-sDd passing the
stakes aid ruinoas cabin or 60 If one or t W still,
bvIn ties, We reach the Be Blue, which here ias
the Kansas from tue North. 1t s nearly rs elde as
it- Kansas or Kdw at La@iebce, bat of course
neltltr 80 swift deep. ltisiar clearer, even
| just after heavy shower, than the Kansas, as is
strkDgly eyin.sd at and below tbe Junction, where
the two streams run fer dsfapce side by side
in TIE seine channel without miDgling.
The Big Blue rists near The Platte, 10 what is now
Nebra,ks, but which ~ill be included in Kansas if
the Platte is made her northern boundary, as 10
seems likely TO be. l under.taud that there is
coed deal Of settlement aread! along its course AM
on it, Tributaries, though judge from the raatiye
purity If its water that some portion of this region
mus. be less fertile than the portions of Kansas l
bsye seen.
MANHATTAN is an embryo city Of perhaps 100
| houses, Of which several were unroOled and three
or four utterly destroyed by tornado on the wild
night passed at Atcbison (l5th nst.) So yioent
was the tenpest that a large sien-b board was car
! RED across the Blue and thrown do an fully hslfa
/ mile frm the spot al which il WAS taken nm. and