The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-06-23
Correspondence ofths Free Trader.
sstou aud It's Enyirous---IsunlSer Hill
'-F.aonument--.C Canal Loan, &C., &c.
BosroS, .Iune /, 1913

ed to mind as we look back upon tho history of
Bostdn! Seatsanpon the dome of the state house.
,hiGh towers high above the city, you see spread
|, ssbeeore you a landscape charming!y diversified.
! llluxurant in the highest degree, appearing
4 vast amphitheatre, the outline of which is
n / ed hy number of hills in the distance, which
sennd sw ell! in waveing lines and form back
ground of uncommon beauty. The eye is enter
aired at once with view of Boston and the sur
toullng villages, which. stretching over hill and
| dale seem the continuation of one mighty city,
cidwover with gardens and fields, meadows and
teams, orchards and woodlands, and pro,ectedly
bay, variegated by islands and alive with busl-
less the fruits of entcrprizing industry: On The
evlton in Charlestown. which has long been
iias sacred, rises the imposing and majestic
a ,nument, towering high towards heaven, as if
rrn,f1 10 commemorate the deeds of the brave men
psrilled their lives there in the defence of
.ncdom. When we look hack to the first settle
,ient of Boston, ON the little band of adventures
.ollcw up the various reycrscs and gradual
,rowlh of the colony, the subsequent scenes of
oppression, the thrilling events Of the first dawn
he spirit of freedom, the deyastaons and horrors
of war, the final glorious achievement of liberty
and the subsequent rapid advances in science and
the arts and general improvement of the country,
il. seems as if wewere reading vast page of his
written upon natures front, by the hand of
4, :,
\ Is oJtravcrse the different streets Of Boston
a are struck with the durable and substantial
| ,e9tance Of the buildings. Nihe churches, the
filings apl the public buildings, all have We
IDLE appearance. The numerous hospitals,
nms, PUBLIC schools, seminarics, and public
.ries evinte The general character Of The in
tants,sas humane, charitable, well educated,
ann public spirited. As you stroll oct to Cam
hriige, you are reminded of Dickens remark about
hheahundadcc Of paint and the extreme whteness
lot the houscs end really admire their ,astr for
/ had much rather see the citizens paint their
honses than their faces as they do in New York.
Did Harvard Iopks like venerable chroniclcr OF
anne For two hundred years ii has been instruct
aig the world aud showering its blessings upon
he public. The new library is most beautiful
Ind chaSte model.-You next arrive at the mourn
i'll, silent home of the dead, Mount Auburn. AS
you traverse its lonely walks among the marble
ombs and monuments Of those who once were
he occupants of the prncely mansions of the gay
korld, you are reminded that the living and the
Dead are only separated by a fail enclosure, and
that the inhabtant of the splendid marble man.
'SsQ& Boston who to-day ezRF all the happl-
ness Of life and health, may to-ilSEow dwell in the
lonely tomb Of Mount Auburn.
~ AS you stroll hey ond this beautiful resting place
\ Nthe dead, you arrive at the grounds of the hos
p\abie, gentemanly, and wealthy Mr.. Gushing,
who mas oyfar the most princely retreat that can
/, be found i the United States. All shows SO
much aste,magnificence,- and splendor, that you
can scarce Jelieve the swner TO once have been 0
poor Yankse boy.
How delightful it wodld be to have time to lin
ger here's ADD visit all the interesting place. tina
Are hnlovcd by the recollection CT the events o
The past.
i Sincelhe completion Of the Western railroad
the business of Boston has been much increased
There is grea, amount of wealth and entetpriz
in Boston,
The commssionersto negotiate the lllinoisnn
y Michigan canal loan, leave here to-day in tn
S.teamer Caledonia. They expect to be back b,
hc first Of September. They succeeded in GET
dng neaay all the bondholdcrs in New York t
Subscribe their proportion 10 the new loan. Th
telling towards Illinois is now very good. A
express the greatest anxiety to have the negotia
lion successful. The Illinois commissioners has
had PROPOSITIONS made to them by some of ID
wealthy citizens Of Boston in relation to the con
pleiionof the canal, but they do not considt
themselves atlberty to entertain them until ili
loan his been offered to the bondhOldJs. Th
shrewl Yankees at once sec the vast impoHanc
to ,her business of this canal, and, when the
Learned the particulars in relation to the impor
ance Il ths,canal and the future greatness of tn
state, Ihey manifest the greatest anxiety foi ii
srcces Of the present effort
!, An the uhfounded rumors put aHoat in Ne
York Vbou. Illinois have been explained, as we
as e~rything else relating to Illinois, and the r
sultaa betu thai Illinois bonds have risen fro
ns. 2lc@o dc. aud, If the present negotiation is 81
cesfl, they win COUP to 75c. Great efforts we
IA mae 10 defeat the objects Of our commissions
\ by ben who wished to buy up the bonds a, Ii
oHe and speculate on them. They left no mca
iutied to. defeat the commissioners, because tn
~ RID nepassist them in depressing the price
+ thsbnds. But the commissioners desired to ?
lorf the duty they owed the state and refused
\ 7edth e spectators Of Wall street. Hence Ii
sPAisiioM The rise n thu. price Of bonds sac
- fsf they havc been successful, sf
Fla Acadia arrived this morning from Iii,
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