New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-20

New Territory.
aearly equidstant from the Atlantic and Pacific
sepsratea frem both by wilderness and DESERT Il 4
fesso d y mountain and valley forest and meadow,
scenerT iss Nmch, fer climate, soil and
Of the United States. It was uist a tsts ;sa snd
Hntenanted. except by TIE hsss7s In r,s,.atais
sneep, @ inc Beaver and ths grizzly hssr tl1s Ussh
dsputing dominion with Them The sspio, ssisxrss
scarce TIVE years. ago mo- sound bYOSe TIE xSysE
stiffness of the soTnbre pine forest except 49,
whoop of the Indian, the rear of the suffaio err
the splash of tie beaver, Is now Awakening, fSr
the first time since creation, 10 the busy hum cE
civilization, the onward tide OF which IL beatinr
against the Rocky Mountains. Towns arg rising
on the scarce extinct Indian samp-ffre fsud the
busy catter OF mills startfe the bighorn sn the
crag and the spotsed fawn anY antelope Id die
vale while he who looks on ths vast and ifagy
plains, whose open seams are agape for water
sees long trains Of dusty tilted wagons bringing
from the East the comforts which civilized m4fgEe-
qu yes wherever he goes.
4 distance of some six hundred niles of. und<l,~
,sslng ng prarIe separates the eastern base of the
Rocky Mountains frem the western settiements or
aissourL Ine Arkansas. flowing eastward skjrtBs
the loot OF the mountains and receives the ray1v
streams led rom the melting SHOWS on their sum-
1alLs, perennial reservoirs OF pure wster The
plain between the Arkansas and the hiIis varies N
breadth from sixty miles 70 TWO or trre. mi N
covered with the rich grama grass on which csftle
soon recover their flesh and STRENGTH The fravsisy
has here attained, without perceptible asceIlt IN
altitude of over four thousand feet. II lie Il from
southern Missouri, Arkansas Or Texas, and "a Boand
to Utah or California and desires to avoid the de-
tour through South Pass, be WILL after ascending
the Arkansas to Huerfano Creek turn to he left
and strike at once into the mountains. No u1sdu-
fating foothills merge these into the plains they
tower abruptly in frowning majesty. and offer moi
only every variety of rock and cliff but huge round
headed submits clothed with dark forests. The
change to him whose eyes ache with long and
yraa ftitdf fhaf Al
riss lost IN hazy distance, ii magical a new world
opens to him, purling brooks, in silyery cascades
moisten each secluded glen and lonely valley,
which, opening from time TO time seem to invite
the wayfarer to explore their recesses the grass.
so long parched, yellow and gritty with the dry
heat OF the plains, is now green and fresh druid
cal oaks cast their inviting shade over the earth
lakes teeming with trout; valleys free from under
growth and carpeted with sweet and nutritious
grasses, and cool healthladened breezes from iofty
snowclad peaks refresh his heated brow.
The belt Of mountain region is here over three
hundred miles in width. and everywhere inrites
settlement. Keep the Indian in check and extend
the laws of the country over it, and in two years
its people, now feebiy impsoring the poor boon Of
mission into the Union Of sovereign States What
an outlet is this for restless and hardy pio-
neersmen. No part of our domain, SO diversified
IN sod and climate, combines SO many natural gifts
it will ere many years roll over, be the centen
State of the Union, around which the Others Will
radiate.
Providence has allowed its treasures to remain
hidden till the time was ripe for the white man To-
inherit tic Indiars last iooshold. The accidental
discovery of a few grains Of yellow dust was .
| portent of woe to the red man, and he will soon,
| with feeble struggle, seek his fathers on hGp-
pier hunting grounds, where the pale face cannot
follow.
| We have seen what emigration without govern
| ment protection has accomplished; give it that
protection and shortly line Of settlements will
extend from the Missouri to Grand river, to meet
| those that are stretching eastward from the
Pacific, and will do more towards the construction
Of Pacific Railroad than any eRscfment Of Con
| gress.
To give vivid idea Of this country would require
| more space than we have at our disposal We
may, however, be allowed TO say that 1t presents
greater inducements to the settler than either
| Nebraska or Kansas. for he finds here combined
all that he can desire in new country timber,
water, grass arabic and meadow land, a salubrious
climate and game in abundance. The journey t0
reach it. though tedious iii heavily yadened wagons,
is even now made in stage coaches in less than o
week from Independence.
THE CoRRUFrIoN COMMITTEE thief to
catch thief, is a proyerb which the Louisiana
Legislature seems to have understood when ap
pointing Edward Phillips, Of this parish, on ths
committee to examine the affairs Of the Land Oice
The numerous friends Of MIR. HARRISON will hayt
the pleasure of seeing the very nice distinction be
tween right and wrong, which the erudite, humble
and sanctified Senator will draw. They will feel
too, that the Senator's unimpeachable character
purity and magnanmous heart, will secure for his
report the respect, consideration and weight. like
unto holy writ.
But before Mr.. Phillips sets himself up as the
grand inquisitor of the shortcomings in the Land
Office he should remember his own infamous and
pilfering transaction in this line Let him bring Il
mind that brilliant scheme Of his to enter the lans
now occupied as the Catholic grave yard Of thi
parish. Let him remember that his papers, too
may sometime be submitted to public gaze, and
J committee appointed to report upon the mora
| condition Of his financial transactions. He nigh
. find himself in the vocative!
!, [Pointe coupee Echo, 18th inst.
EFFEers OF pEARLAs Asn.-The Philadelphia Ledge
: has the following:
If our Western friends canin any way teach thei
:, wives, daughters, cooks, to keep the pearlas
out of their bread, all the yellow people, especial
the yellow children who are supposed to be turne
yellow by fever and ague, and bilious feyers, vii
soon be turned white. It is great mistake to sup
= pose that the yellow countenances of the Yves
come from bile, when it is the enormous qnantit,
of pearlash eaten in the bread that is refiecte
through the skin. Bread is the staff Of life, it
said-and so it sbut it is the staff of death, TOT
$ in this country. Bad bread kills about as man
y people here as bad rum. So many people ca
poisonous pearlash for bread that they die b
inches. Dyspepsia, that great monster disease
the country, that deranges the liver. brings on Co
5 tveness and thus finally kills the human victim,
4, half the time pearlashn Here, in the East-ol
of New England-we have nearly driven OF Il
pearlash-saleratnsc cooks, but not altogether PeaI
Is ash lives mere YET IN pFeaa uul III cltits Ain W
% we have nearly whipped out the murderers. In Il
!. distant Western towns, beyond the good hotels
= the lakes and rivers, pearlash, under the name
saleratus, is king. 1t is pearlash for breakfai
,e pearlash for dinner, and pearlash for supper. II
:. not any wonder, them that the people of the Ea
| turn yellow West, and sicken, not of fever al
agne bilious and congesye fevers, but of pearlas
II three times day.
10 CARLyLE uPoN CoLERIDGE.-T The following, b
sides being most admirable specimen of Carlyle
y peculiar style, conveys vivid idea of the eonvt
70 sational powers of Coleridge:
still recollect his " object and subject teri
y, of continual recurrence in the Kantean PROVING
It, and how he sung and snuffed them into :. on-
r. miects and ''sum- .mjeet'' with kind of solel
a shake or quiyer as he rolled along. To sit a
y passive bucket and be pumped into, whether J
Mt consent or not can in the long run be exhiarat
to no creature, how eloquent seeyer the flood
utterance that il descending. But if it be withs
re confused unintelligible flood Of uteranee, thrs
ed enng landmarks Of thought and drown the wo
and you!
/ have heard Coleridge talk with eager. musi
ol energy, two stricken hours, his face radiant
a moist, and containing no meaning whntsoere'
all ann iiadiuilual OF his hearers certain OF whit
;th l. for one still kept eagerly listening in hope
- ~ most had long before been given up, ana 10Th
To- (f the rooms were large enongh) seeonnary a u
for ming groups Of their own. He began ahyMne, y,
YOU put some question. made some snggsssas.SS saa.S