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mover penetrated TINT country, It ia doubtful II
in fifty yonrB tlloro would have boon huff aa

many souls in that region ~ tl,oro are now: /
know tho oxpanalronoaB Of o,ir pooplo; do
not forgot t!'at thirty yoars ago there wore
5 shS"ss Noas2a f q%a %san nfo 70 ssa ss c Msfsi
all Of Colorado and Wyoming were beloved to
bh worth1eBB sections. limo, and tho indotnit-
ablo pluck oi t'e pioneer hayo shown tho con.
travoraod by tho Northern Pacific Road, hayo
at timeH boom somewhat ortticn1, but novor with
tlohro to in}ure tho proapeots Of the road. rho
truth Is, tho building Of tho Northern raolao
srurENpuous rnAuD
fn tho first place; md tile ,peoplo-the hardy
pioneors who cast their lot with tho succoBA or
failure Of tho ontorpriso-felt i tho heaviest Of
all. But what can thoy do? have names md
Northorn Pacific who tell mo that nothing in
Coda world would keep tliom In TINT country
wero they foot-loose; their little oil iB invested
IN shnnies, lots. stores; they do buBineBs, but
1t ia business which makes ovory mnn nvo of
Of his ncighbor. Once in whlo the Northern
Pacific pay-car comes along, and few more dol
lars arc added to the circulating medium.
My visit to that region was at a time whom, It
sased s ~s Il aa ha s9nian1 o sc% sSa
goldon Soptsmbor,-for Soptombpr in Minnesota
Il ootol,er iu Illinois. 4 boautiful summer was
just folding away, and
Tho lazy haze Of The Adriatio
was aottling down upon tho land If, then, COM
pllininRs were heard on all sides, times wore
dull, and pnop'o diseontepted, why should not
write such tr1tha9 For two years. these people
| HAVE LIVED on HOPE,
1na sh9 .o oxnectaeon sh9s tho reputation and
| Government would furnish tho money to push
| the Northern pactao through to Pugot's Sound.
As for theso pioneers, like al pionoers, thoy
were willing to make q aaorifco. to forego tho
comforts Of civilization, 30 that they could oRrly
DO on tho liuo which WAS to boar from the
! West to tho East tho woalth Of Aaia. 4
| Scandinavian showed mo circular, isaued by
tho Northern pacifc Company, tn hia own lass-
guago, which ho translated into the most gor-
Eoous imagery; tho cold, barron Language Of tho
Northnan Ind been mado to sparkle aud g1iston
with tho Aladdin-l1ko aplondor Of tho "Groat
IBothor1nal" route botwoon Asia and Europe.
To-day, thero ~ charm In so1qo sections Of tho
March, WHOM tho poor sottler or trader haB
Just emerged from bin s Lapland h,1t,"-when,
aftor Smiling off his dormant, Rip-Yan-Winklo
existence, ho looks ont On the barren weate,-
Puget Sound outler7"
RELATIONS OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
| WITH JAY COOKE.
partios claiming to know tho relations be-
| tween Jay C0uko and tho Northern puclo Rail-
road Company any that tho Company do not owe
| him cont that they haye contract with hin,
for tho sale Of q certain amount Of bonds; that
tho contract is not yct fulfilled on hfs part by
| BOHlu E1G,UQU,UU0f tunL, NlbH u0 Cuu4plGlt6 tuo
contract with thon,, they will DO prepared to
Hottle with him; and that, uutil he doca 30, lie
has no claims upon them.
UNPUBLISHED NOTES or THE YELLOWSTONE Ex-
Tho last detachment Of the Yellowstone
Expedition arrived hero yesterday, on
tho steamer Josephine. It comprised
eight compan'oa Of infantry, under
command Of Lieut.. Col. Bradley, Brovot-Major:
General Of Volunteers. This detachment wen.
on board tho Josephine where the Expedition
crosAod tho Yellowstone, aud had very hard
timo Of It before reachng Fort Lincoln. at
G'ond,ve Crock, finding tho steamer overloaded
Gen, Bradley was compellod to cachc sixty tons
for tho Indians who hung on tho Hanks Of tie
Expedition, and who probably dug up tho pro-
visions before tho stcamor WAS out Of sight.
How old Lo revoled in bacon, and young Lo In
they saw the hinge boxes Of hard-tackl But
tlloro wero innu1nerab1o ErosseB Of haking.aoda.
What will they do with that
| Whom the Expedition rendezyouaod at Fort
Rice, both the infantry and cavalry Sut1orH
made cxtonsiyo addition to their stocks. Tie
lattor ad1ed an extra amount Of commiasary
whisky. Aftcr boing aomo days on tho march,
Con: Stanley found that tho sutlor was issning
Lieut.. 1lay, officer of tho day, to hunt up the
whiyky ind destroy 1t, which was DONE. This
circumstance gavo riso to tho sensational para.
graph, sent baek by correspondent. thai
GthliloJ huu LubteE udA u4A HuEu6t Alll
that tho latter bad been sont to the
roar. Con. Custor positively denies any
thing Of tho kind, though he did think that, ii
tho Sutlor was attached to his command, the or
dor for tho spilEing Of the whisky should have
come through him. But the following is ouo O.
tho unpublIBhed notes:
| WITHIN TWELVE HOURS
after the whisky was spilled on the alkali plain
Liout. Fred Grant bocano disgusted and loft tut
| expedition. There arc vindictive opponents o.
"tho Government" who put this and that to
| gethor, and talk sharply. It's mono Of my bust
ness to make deductions. Tho oillcor who tolt
| mo this mid Ae only regretted TINT he himsol
WAS not 80 Hon OF the Government" 90 10 coul,
hnye como back, too.
On the return Of the expedition, Gen. Custer
with his cayairy- command. WAS ordered int
winter-quarters Oh tho bench belnw Fort Lin
coin. At q vast expenditure Of money, tho Gov
ernnlcnt has planned the erection Of spiendit
barracks which will be occupied before cols
weather. Although junior III years, yet Gus
ter outranka Col. Carlin. Tho latter had al
offer from tho War Department OF an independ
ellt command at Fort Wadsw orth, but he hat
comfortably fixed himself at Fort Lincoln all,
declined. Hen. Custer assures Col. Oarliu tina
tho two camps shall DO independent 30 fur a
tho regulations will allow. puoo1oH.