New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-30
A TRIP TO COLORADO.
IA GLIMPSE OF KANSAS.

miles loar and the trains i a. lLe Ido Oh - Ao' '-
r the latter has length Of 2S3 miles and speed o.
ID miles al hour is attained The former has the ad~an-
slee1iDeca-s l.s palaces believe is the Western
n,t least inadycrtsomCnis the la,teros finer scenery
lI,v.r had dismal experience Of the former road some
- months ago chose the latter and have been well
repaid.
T. true that in our country railroads avoid the finest
,err the best agricultural regions. This is especially
case in tho West. whore settlement followed the rivers
and tic old emf grant roads, forming belts Of olelaby
boor.h cultivation, between which the country-eyeu
IN Indiana and OAos still comparatively rude. It Is
only within fow yeaIs that railroads have begun to isll
instead Of follow settlement, and the line may soon be
drawn beyond which they viii represent the most rapid
growth and the best cultivation
This rejection suggested to while observing the
country opened TO the travellers view by the Pacific Rail-
l between ST. Louis and Jefferson City There are but
tree points which all picturcslue-thc wooded AMI
rocky banks Of the sparkling Aornec, and the mouths Of
The beautiful CasconaIe and Usage Riyers-aud none
which exhibit much more than the primitive stage Of asn
erlaro Yet the upland REGION few miles south Of the
line of the road is am told rich wc-amed aallovely
to look upon.
Eren when or reaches the Missouri there is little in
that uest Of all rivers 20 divert ones attention Asnge
picture of the swift tide of liquid yellow mud with It's dull
green wall Of cottonwood trees beyond is eluiyalcn. TO
ra.orla Of the whole stream For the seventy or eighty
miles during which skrcd it, the tarbid surface
uarioycd b. sail unbrokeu by the paddles Of a single
steamer. Deserted monotonous, hileous treachcrous
with is orever-shifing sands and snag almost seems
tor,peI settlement even il repels poetry and ar.
travelled far as Jefferson City in worslipfu society
five haudcudd burglars three of whom had been Morgaps
raou.ls. One Of them in utter opposition allth.oaes
Of phys osnomy strongly resembed notedreIoraer As
th other passengers in referring TO incidents Of the
always said Rebels instead Of "Confederates" il
for,1 thlf their political condition was healthy. Emsra-
toa sill rapidly pouring into the state and as young
ran from Of the way-stations said: If only
al Black Republicans, we'd have the fr,t State il
tn West"
When DE road leaves the river, it enters Of the
oyci, Ilrons in the United States. The surface is
rolling prairie yet with very different undulaton from
that Of tno rolling prairies of Wisconsin and Northern
Illinois. The swos longer, with deeper and broader
lclous between, and the soil appear. 10 be Of uniform
fertility. On ethes side The range Of vision extends for
ct miles, great fields 81 ;lo gg-encs. grass
and ga- dotted here and there with orchards and crossed
b. long, belts o. timber which mark the of
streams The horizon is % waving purple line never sud-
denly broEen but never monotonous. Ike that o. the
Irines east Of the Mississippi Hedges o. Usage orange
or, frequent Che fields clean and smooth piece Of
broalcoth the houses comfortable and there noingt 10
BE- seen of tha rouchness and shobbnes which usually
marks neulysettled country. Ilavo seen nothing west
Of the All -aauies attractive Us this region, until left
Lsayenw0r.l this morning.
In the ncghboIhoo1 of Selaia four Eve hundred far
,ners mostly from Ohio have settled within the pas year.
Jhe3r M one opinion n regard 90 the country south of
seralrlal extending from the Usage River 20 the Ar
kacsls l1e Climate, soil waterend scencryore described
in te mos. rr.urous terms. One Of ly ielow-passea-
gers pointing u the beautiful Landscapes gradually
rolling Oh either hand. said. This is nothing 10 t."
Ve4 o. u s,t;sGad with what saw and Toasted my
.,o. m t, ,-eo, slo,. and s,rers until they GROW dark
s.. to 18th.
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,,-oreloris c,s,lea 90 ca directly ON board
t,,--o-l no. ,t,s esc,,iry f,e ,oee.tr Of stop
-. tt.h0t1 was vorv grateful for ti lac.. ana
i,go, already seen the forty miles Of cottonwood and
yellow llrI between the two places took my sat,.oom
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