The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-08-22
Fron the Chicago Tribune Correspondsnce.
= essssse OMAHA, Neb., August IA.

Michigan to the Missouri River, Is 5O0
miles, and. leaving on the night train,
one reaches Council Blnffs in ti1irtytwo
hours and half To look at the case
from culinary point of view. supped
on Sunday night at Chicago, and break
tasted at Omaha or. Tuesday morning.
To man who is interested in farming.
or to any of the unfortunate mernbersiof
the Board of Trade, the trip would be =
very pleasant one. Tney are just harv-
esting, and all along the line of the road
the fields are yellow with abundantcrops
Of wheat. The corn, too, is looking
very finely, and only needs a little rain
to be almost safe. From the Mississip-i
pi to the Des sloines it is hard to find .
bit of g.ound along the line Of the road
that is not under cultivation, and the
country west Of the last mentioned river
and on the bottoms of the Boyer is fill
ing up rapidly. .l.es
The most wearisome part of this whole
journey begins when one leaves the cars
at the North western Depot, near the
river, and is packed into dirty stage
coach which drags along over a dusty
plain or over a raised uneven road,
through the swampy land near the bank.
The stage comes to halt on the shore
and there is delay of half an hour un-
til the rickety, uncertain ferry boat can
cross over. The roofs and spires Of
Omaha shine in the sunlight, but the
broad, muddy, rapid river cuts off the
traveller. There is more vexation, more
annoyance, IN the last hour than in the
thirty two which have preceded it, even
though one has spent all the night on
the cars between there and Boone and
has made various attempts to accommo-
date himself TO the forty nine various
angles of a car seat, attempts at sleep
rendered useless by the fact that there is
always one man on board who will snore
one man child who will cry, one woman
who will talk, and one newly-married
couple who will look singularly and prod
igiously happy. To obviate the evils of
VIC PiSSChe II Cl ~ StCul, IuCi Sutull
of course, be a bridge, bat whether that
costly structure will be built, is very un-
certain. assa5 2sse -
The city of Omaha. which is. now
claimed to have between eleven and
twelve thousand people. is, notwith-
standing Indian troubles and the conse-
quent interference with certain branches
of trade, in Il tolerably flourishing con-
dtion. The price Of real estate keeps
up well, and SO do rents. There are al
so great, numbers of buildings being
erected, both in brick and wood, and
among them four or five churches. One
Of the new hotels--Cozzens-is just be-
ing opened, and the other, imm ediately
opposite the Herndon, will soon be CON-
pleted. The last mentioned house has
to the great relief of travellers. some
what improved within the last two
months -aassn8@ - azzs1 saokE
The Indian question is naturally y tile
one which absorbs the most attention.
There is here, however, but one side to
it. If person is not in favor Of eardi-
cation, to use a gentle sounding word,
he is of very little account, and had bet
ter go back to the States. The feeling
is perfectly natural, and has been inten-
sified, if possible, since the train was
thrown off the track last week, and the
Indians went merrily southwark with
copper ;oed shoes for ear ornaments and
the best of CATERS for their squaws.
These occasional scalpings do discour-
age. young man down East, recently
wrote to a gentleman here, stating that
he was good telegraph operator, and
asking whether there were any vacancies
on the Union Pacific Road The gentle
man replied that there were, three hiv-
ing just been killed by the Indians The
young man has not replied, and appar-
emily does not think much of the pros
pect. The place is full of Indian ru-
moIs. and every passenger on lhe down
train considers it his duty to have one
With the majority, after they have been
thoroughly sifted, the residuum of trati.
is very small No trains sre, however,
now run by night over the dangerous
part of the track. People pass over it
With fear and trembling, as during the
war they did over that portion OF the
Baltimore & Onio Road between Cum.
berland and Harper's Ferry. f.s.y
Quite number of miners got down
the river, yesterday, from Montana.
They say that they have taken out good
deal of gold, and that others have done
quite we'll. The surface mines in that
territory are exceedin ely productive and
do not yet show signs of exhaustion.
The Commissioners for the inspection
of the Union Pacific Road, who got back
from the end of the track iasf ni,ybf ra