New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-13
FROM TIE MISSOURI TO THE PACIFICnL
Disbandip she Armies-A Migration West
ward-sohuylcr CoifaxS Party--WhGs
IL Proposed-Kansns-Ci Civilization and
Rafu-A Tornado.
FROM Our Special correspondent.
FogT KFARyRY Nebraska MAY Is lfHs


FROM Our Special Correspondent
FORT KrARyEY. Ncbrasks May e. leHs
The dissolving of our armies will return
nearly ha a million If young men TO civil l;fe After
their experience In camp aud field. few will be able to
run contentedy in the old. monotonous grooves They
will seek new excitements. homes. and new Tor
tunes Some will go South but most will obey that
mysterious law of Nature. which impcls migration
Westward Men move toward The setting sun surely
m the apple falls the ground water seeks its level
| To the coming Migration-which will eclipse oil we
havo seen in The past-the West holds ont her hospa'
BILE arms Here is ample room and verge enough
Here are the measureless praries Of Kansas and Ne
braska Minnesota and Dakota. Washington and Ore
goD where earth rich that If you tickle ho- with
a hoe she laughs with a harvest" Here aye tho
guches and cahons OF New Mexico. Colorado Utah.
Nevada Idaho and Mcn.aua the largest the richest,
the most varied mineral region of the whole world:
region which is 10 pay the National Debit to establish
nc empire to astonish America and mankind by its
incalculablc wealth and TO hasten forward thai most
stupendous and mngnf Of all material enterprises
ever accomplished by man-he great Pacific Railroad
of the future.
To regain health and to learn more mnutey the re-
sources development ard prospects Of the new Terri
tories hope spend the coming season ut leading
points OF interest between the Missouri River and tho
Pacific. Last Monday. party, consisting Of Messrs
Schuyler COnx Speaker Of tho House of Representa-
tiyes William Bross OF The Ca.-ago Tribune Licu'en'
ant Governor Of Illinois, and Samuel Eowics of TIE
Springfield (Mass) Republican, left Atcbison. Kansas.
| by the Overland mail.
| The las. coach from the mountains had a running
fight with the Indians in this vicnity few days
earlier captured and all It's passengers killed and
| scalped But the telegraph and tie promise II an
escort when needed made trip promise comparative
safety. Beside we had board General Conner
commanding this military distrct--a sort Of hostage
for the safety OF the rest Punch suggested that tho
President Of n railway Astounding IN fatal accidents
should be compelled to ride upon tho locomotive OF each
passenger train.
! wonder il the Almighty ever made more beautiful
country than Kansas Those green prairies. rolling
like gentle swels Of the ocean. starred and gonmei
with flowers and threaded 10y dark bells Of timber
which mark tho winding streams. are joy forever.
The jet black soil appears athomiess. Where the rrin
has cut rynes twenty feet deep the same rich loan Is
found nj the bottom. In the valleys have seen the
grass = high that riding upon tall horses were
quite hidden from Wow the distance Of few yards.
In the wooded East. the pioneer found clearing away
the forest and making farm the labor Of two genera
corn upon IL the same day that raises partial
crop and tie produces from 0to io) bushels 20
the acre.
During the four years since saw them last thousands
Of acre Of the prarcs have been oved aud cultivated
and the farm houses have assumed older lcasanter
and more hoinelike air STILL the absence Of trees pains
the eye There Is no excuse for il in region where
the cottonwood in five years from tie seed. viii sI,w
tn NJ FIVE lutlss and The lDculf
as fast.
There is n curious logical connection between Civil
zstiou and Rain. Indians sny that abe whit, man In
,arAby brings rain with him. Thirty ycars ago. TIC
Missourians living the bank Of the rye IN ,sAt of
what 10 now Kansas. deemed II uniahabii,be on &c
count the drou,h aud those who ,, survive declare
that II was then almost rainlcss climate. All f'mcia-
Der the Great Kansas drout Of Eve ysHIS ago snd the
general fccr then prevailing that The new State was too
dry Tor successful farming The great crop, aud In
crcasng rain Of the Intervening seasons have quite ds
PEELED that apprehension among the siIers themse'e
AZ tho Big Sandy We reached the region II the In
dian depredaops. Last August every house and barn
along the road for nearly three hundred miles west
from that point bafned. the stock stolen and
about eighty whites Killed. Tho reccu: hostile
demonstrations have driven Oh hll the women and
children; and a few soldiers aFo on duty a, each
mail hhllon J'uT tifhIlhNh Ai'' 'N'''N'' '"'
coach for the last twenty four hours ba, the noble
savage has given us Il wide berth.
This morning a tornado struck o. on the prairie.
almost OyeTiurnng vehicle. 1t c1is1od cmigran'
wagons threw up vast sheets Of water and spray um
the Platte blew or five teamsters into that broad
shallow river and nbsolnel, iroye them quite across
IL We hid barely time 20 lonp to tue ground when
hail stones as large minnie bucts began to pcit Us
like DO: Gre Of Inusketry. Ios they stug our faced
and bands a. We louchci ard covered 10 the ground
to keep from blowing away. Our hores plunged
reared and ron, bui Capt. Jeweit Of Gen. Corners
staff cling ike cath tie biz 81 oil the leaders
and after being dragged hundred yorii sucooeded in
checking them. We o-cafed with more serious con
sequence than thorough drcncbing and peitnp. and
The most wicked Of all concoh able puhs. terrified
mule which mad thrown IT. rider. stood VIII ~iPn
dcular ears. expanded noalFs aAd bTnccd iT idclng
the fierce tornado the yely embodiment Of nu'inh OBJ
stinaoy lie appeared b. say " Not II hundred siorms
like this could move me single inch Di1 you
o,or asked Nr. George X. OTIS 81 the Overland Line.
noddng toward tho onun in AIttle lul of Sue bass-
did you ever see q more pcr.ocs picture OF woe
(rhoaI AWAY, wondered before who originated TIE
conundrum which kcns The roof II house 10 n Lame
dog ''b,cause il is n slope mp" Glow pup. bu' nav
know Only one Ian in the world cond hrve beenthe
father Of that hngual inonsiiosty. olisJ'"
We acconplia bed The distance from Aicison 10 ths
point, 30 miles, in 10 houIs. u J"