Des Arc citizen., 1859-06-29
DES ARG CITIZEN:
FoR THE DEs ARC CITIzEN.]
 A LETTER FROM THE NORTH.
J. c. MoRRII.Is EDITOR.

Rse CHICAGO, ML., June 4, 1859. MR. EpIToR.- Having passed the last month in tour through the North7West- E |ern! States it has. seemed to me ahat it may not be uninterestlng to your readers, Ito learn the result of my investigations in, to the business and political condition of |those States. I will be, as concise in my style as can, to make mymeaning clear
 Imagine yourself. reader, ascending the Mississippi river. The first point we stopped at was Saint Louis, and our most pleasant hours were spent there. in wishing the city parks, German gardens, theatres, and Catholic churches There are more Catholics. there than I Iexpected to find ,; but not enough to alarm our Know Moth. ling brethren, a eA afSs sli asA
 Inpassing Hannibal, Mo, the captain of our steamer took on board number of Ithe Pihe's Peak disappointed gold-hunlers, They were loud in their curses of this Tswinding huinbug. They had endured many hardships, and had not found a par. lticle of gold Their condition can be more easily imagined than described. The cry for s bread, or blood was mo uncomnon thing among them.
 If you will follow me further, reader, I will offer for your enjoyment a sensation as fresh, as vigorous, and asful of life, as this brightvJ une morning.. Arise with the. sua, perform an early ablulion in your. Ewash- bowl, to cool the fever of the brain, and take a look at the beautiful scenery on the border of the river. Thetrees are lone and scruhby, the banks high and rocky, and the river ssadtled with little lislands. Tie water is much clearer than lit IS below the mouth of the Missouri. I saw the cele braled !. Mormon temple, built by :. Joe Smith" and his followers When Smith was driven from Nauvoo, the Temple was set on fire; and nothing now IeHldl1lS1 uut tIc IT Otit WoJio VI 4tHC oiiSc famous edi6ce. The town is now inhab- i,ed by French" Socialisls.' ss t Three hundred and fifty miles above Saint Louis, Rock-Island Bridge spans the channel of the " Father of Waters
 There are one hundred and twenty towns between Saint Louis and Saint Paul ( (Min.s) averaging about three thou sand inhabitants each. lttook our steam boat six days to run the distance between the two ports. The falls of Saint Anthony are worth eeing. | While near Minnehaha- Laughing Wa ter), meeting of the citizens of Dodge county, Minnesota, was held, to relieve some families, who were in danger o starvation, in consequence of the failure of the crops las. year. A Committee was 1appointed, which was instructed 10 apply to adjoining counties for food, as the peo pie of their own county had fed them long enough. The other day, a young mar from Vermont. being out of business. com. Emtted suicide, 10 avoid starvation. I From what I saw while at school II Connecticut, l was satisfied tDat the " do mestcs fthe New England States wer' in worse condition than the negroes O the South. Subsequent observations have confirmed me in that opinion.
 Go with me now, gentle reader, to tn
 Railroad Depot. Let us take a seat ol the shady slde of car, bound for lh
 east, committing the care of our bodies [ the conductor, aud our souls to Providence
 We will start toward the green fields an i. wooded hills of Wisconsin and Illinois The < iron horse has had his feed of fir and water; the conductor cries, A : aboard!" We start with wind like speed
 and the houses, trees. and steeples, seer S to be wa!lzlng around for our amusement r The city IS soon far behind us, and we ar breathing the fresh air of the prairie: : Now we pass d clears tream of water, lha
 goes singing along over the bright pei s bles then, we are whirling by poo ], clear and still, with the depending folag r pictured on it's breast; and anon we glld : near living fountain, that gushes iro
 the hillside. Nowwe sweep past whea
 
 field, and then by one of tue many woode if towns, which have sprung up in nlg Id as il were, looking as gay as whilewa. c can make it, and as thrifty as bee-hiy g We are now within sight of the Lax y The forest-growth in these states resen ,e bIe strikingly the mesquit-trees of Soul
 Western Texas.