one undininishcd current, the roar ofits swelling surges, repeated by each bab- bling echo, Is still waited back 10 us upon every western breeze. Ours is no longer ;szeesters llefEsn children are surrounded hy the comforts, the blessings and the elegancies of life, where their father found only hardship, Priyatioi, and want. Fl hc :. wesiward'' IS onward, still onward-~but where 2-- Even the place that was known as such but yesterday, tomorrow shall be known DO more. The tall forest, the proving beast, and

 " The stoic of the woods-the man without

 tear,

 Are alike borne down, trampled and destroyed by this everlasting scramble for the west. This course of empire ma9-Inust be stayed, when the shore oi the Pacific has been reached and the intermediate distance reclaimed and populated. But before these are etIcc- ted, how mighty must be the growth of the Republici Already the annual tou- rist, who was wont to exhaust all his rambling desiresinreaching athe Falls.'' disdains so slight an excursion: he must visit the uest, and Green Bay or Fort Nlnnebago is now his resting place. Another year, and even these will be left behind, and the ever receding west must be pursued over succeeding rivers, and mountains, and plains, until the < western tstir'' shall terminate, by ile- cesslty, at the mouth Of the Oregon.

 B'sGa3o Journal.