Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-07-22
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%iutions are many AMI some OF the buildings
spl ndid. The Planters House i one ot the
bet AMI largest hotels IN the United States
~ h not lnicrlpr tn our AstOr House. The
people ac from all the stdtes-somc uI The old
frnch Inhabitants remain. aud many Germans
AMI IRISH ate coming Ia. The majority WILDE
ior igncrs IA q lew yca,s. Tie Indian tribes
col tn, We, make iryqu,nt visits to the city
here II the Grcat depot for buffalo rob,s ami
iurs' ani nom this spot the merchandise ior
thu Sinto Re Trad. makes its way lp the
Missouri mlny hundred miles. AMI there is
transported 10 Ire place OF sale. The Indi,
and aud Chm, trade, through Oregon, will
Centre here within a century.
JptfscH CITY Is the. political capital OF the
state, az 81. Louis IL the commercial. ltisyct
a new and small placc--hayins a splendid
State lloase AMI many large buildings. This
town II some ID miles west on The rialit TANK
al 'he Missouri river. and never can b. very
lsrSr. Se,trat towns above. when. the Co,nI-
Try Is more level AMI soil more terrible, may
out-gruw IL.
Quincy in Illinois, on the left bank of the
Mississippi, l25 miles above St. Louis, has
quite q city like appearance. II stands ON n
high bluil-is hid ott in good lasfe-las a
large park on muo whiclcontrihutcs much
to the hcdlthiulncss of the place. Ni,grow-
ing rapidly, and has now probably 5000 in
habitanis; and over 30 miles higher up the river
ON the same side, is
naupoo, the Mormon city, with 10000
souls.
Jacksonville, H., in the interior. some 90
miles east oi the Illinois river and 10 miles
north oi Alton, II IN the heart of a wide coun-
Try. The site 10 raih,I low, and a creek. slug
Sish aud l%eculent, run nearly aroundit. which
might occasion sickness. Illinois COLLEGE. i
one mile west, Oh a beautiful elevation. and
now ln quite a ilourishing condition. Ii is a
pity, the site for the town had not been select At
west OF the COLLEGE. From Mercdocia via Jack
sonviile Ia Springfield, is a railroad, though
81 much out of order that locomotives do not
run on it-ireight case drawn by oxen or horses
only travel it.
The 1uohS are brag towns-i e. Alton ON
the Mississippi, y miles above ST. Louis. was
Tor 2 while, the formidable rival of the latter
place. IL was expected in the warm days of
lhopc and spccuiatiOn-'36. 81, AMI '3S. that
Alton would oyershadow the other anI be-
come the city ot the far West. The harbori,
bctter--she Is two and a half miles north of
The mouth OF the Missouri, aud II south of
that OF the Hnlnois-las a rich back country
and a good deal of thu Yankee energy abo,i,
her. But the pressure of - and 10 wa, 100
presslngtp her snlvency--many of her NOR
chants tailed, and She has not enlarged her Dor
dcrs much Tor six years. lfshc had a million
or two Of capital she would goaheal lyithmi-
road speed. Halt a mile y. T.. ~ Middleton
and one n half miles still further east. j.
Upper Alton, the location ui ShuriliH CnlIpo,
the buildings of which are equal to ans west al.
the mountains. Thesc two town. or villa, ~.
rather attached tu the town ON the riycr,--be.
ing the places If residence cor the merchants
mechanics and laborers. Thcsc are quite and
desirable spots Ia get away from the hustle and
noisa of busy commercial cities.
Monticello, a FcInalcS minary 4 miles north
OF Alton, should always b. connected with n
description OF that place. for il was founded
ana endowed by Il merchant of Alton. Can't.
Godfrey. IL is a good school, and sends ont
teachers Tor other schools every year. Young
ladies are taught TO perform domestic duties
as well as TO thumb the piano. They do their
own washing, take care of their rooms. set the
tables, sweep the rooms, &c.
Springfield, the capital of Illinois, i, in a
large prairie, and Is frequently inundated by
heavy rains. III lies somc 1 M. south the San
gaino river, not %navigable, and about 10 y.
Alton. The large dom, OF Inc State Housc is
visible some : miles from the South.
GHitDuI6, the county town of ST. Clair CO..
RI III. T.. 81. Louis, has been growing all
through tile embarrassing times. II has now
some 5000 or 1000 inhabitants. many oIthcm
Gcrinan; fine Touring mills, a large disiileru.
as horrible IN IFS effects, probably, a. deacon
TILES before sunhappytronslornation into
something else. St. Clair county is fast be-
coming people with Germans.
Peoria, on the Illinois, is sid to be- the
prettiest town m the world. TIL, land rises
Jpn tables as you reccde from the river. so
that the highest oiic is near 100 feet above the
lowest: and You can look down from one To the
OTHER, and on all below YOU. Near this placc
* Bishop Cllase's Jubilee College. vet quite i'm
It's infancy. IL owns lands in abundance. but
these are 81 cheap. worth say Sl.25 TO 50 per
acre, that they bfcopIh a burden from taxa,ion.
A good farm will housc, &C., can b. had near
any OF the above FOR 500. all ready for %cultiva-
ton. Wildldnd ae worth 81 % per acre. on
which YOU can raise 10 bushels Of corn to the
acre.-N. Y. SIN.
ROBBERY OF PROFESSOR BRONSON
-Siatemeni Of taets. drGgH by a friead Of
Professor bronson Prof. Bronson. the Flo
cutloniSt, while last evening on his way to
Mr. MoTshaifs lecture. fell in with a person
whom, b. iIis familiar manner, he supposed
TO b. a gentleman to whom he had been in