New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-04
Northern Illirois-Wbig Sentiment on Texas
Chicago-If- Growth, Management. dc.

Correspondence Of The Tribune
CHICAGO. Aug IL, lsi5.
Or correspondent says many kind hngs OF he conduct
AMI standing Of The Tribune. Which We cannot give place
20. he continues
I rejoice that The Tribune has had the indepen
depce to speak out on this internal Texas business
and 10 tell the consprators that they not to find
res, and quiet with the accomplishment Of the neia
rious plot and that neither cries Of Abolition, nor
Treason nor Hartford Convention. nor the Last War
will silence the conscience or voice Of men TO whom
Freedom is word that means something, and in
whose eyes slavery is not Divine Institution
What would they say to see a party rising up in a
lew years TO put Texas out again Do they think
il more reasonable 10 divide than 90 add Does not
Florida come into the Union threatening 10 nuliiy
and are our mouths be shut while every sort or
pacitv is justified on The ground OF orying The pc
cnliar institution These men ought 10 know that
Annexation has changed the whole color OF the ques-
on-thai il has made slavery anaiional matter open
10 discussion a. such They have abandoned Their
vantage ground by stepping forth to justify slavery,
and they must not complain now that their efforts
are met with their OWN weapons IL VIII be done
Our CITY affairs wag along in the same old line,
but with some acceleraiiOn We number nor" u i
stpposcd not lar from 1900 inhabitants, and of all the
heterogeneous compounds that agreed TO i've neigh
fors think the Ike cannot be- found this side OF New
York Il s only now and then man, taken as they
come who can talk English without ararr-rF 10 h.
tongue. Yet get along very peaceaDly each man
having enough 10 do to attend 10 his own business
yi,hou, taking upon him the weight Of other mems a.
fairs Rowdysm nevertheless on the increase as we
get bigger and the Caaboose unknown 70 " uhiH this
summer enjoys respectable ~ patronage
We have begun paving upon Lakc-st. with wood, an
the length Of block Is now accomplished Inc "ofN
done after the fashion Of plank roads by spkns down
inch blanks upon srngers and nlng close underneath
l. 81 IL il. fe
answer here as the under soil is qucksand only Two
or three feet above the Level Of the Lake on an average
and when the earth freezes deep rs IN the WINTER Oh
l-42-3 the breaklngup produces one oil tne most ue
ehtfll -lOughs Of DespOnd thatever swapping turtles
and sissiors roced in. The ground IN the spring ioi
lowing he season alluded did not fully settle unill IN
June man might take his stand IN the street ana ny
little jumping ,hake the earth tor several beet about
him II would sound a. earthly crust had BEEN laid
upon the heads Of ranks of subierranean ussers VINO
had taken tribe too much liquor No 10 horses "hoae
weight was too much for the upper crust mere ess
were nowhere and rails sticks Of wood and ropes were
aciivs and useful property. r
A Great improvement Is observable in the style Of
hudinr among US The former mode prHctsed 10 some
veut yer was 10 Law down ss around the outside al
"a ARE piece Of ground the building was to cover,
resting them on blocks either placed hawlse or on emo
a. taste die sed and then 10 erect suitable number OF
inch scantug upon which the boarding was nailed Inc
Ground was thus fenced in over which roof was
thrown and the house ready 70 receive ls internal
finish these were called balloons though for what reason
do know. never knew one 70 Ttst' anu riluun
think they would be- full likely 70 JaN Most OF ihe
dwellings in this metropolis Of Lake Michigan AlluFia
are thus built Brick is now making inroads upon inns
fashion and Stone viii come TO their ad win 'ahAl
completion.
our worthy City Fathers have this season made war
upon the dogs in earnest. The little canine cts, VINO
have been accustomed TO 20 and come al pleasure ana
consider the CITY built more particularly iOr thcH run
against bu cts and budgcons to the most intense damage
Of their life gear. cannot but look upon Otherwise
than as a sort Of semi murder and as hear the muir
3erous lan9" that speeds poor puppy ghost TO the
hades NY feelings Involuntary take side against the
fahhlcr- IN dog death and notice that this = the ihct
with great MAORI of others sui II i not To be de
MED bat that puppies may be too Penty-thoueh
was - he wished that more quiet remedies might De
Tor their radiance. The present mode seems 20
be little TOO much like the Ia dRterne fashion oil
the French Revolution | am not prepared by any means
10 maintsin that dogs have sOuls-that would De wal
Ing too far into metaphysics # not into theoosy-but
they certainly to have sort Oh moonlight rcseih
Llnnce-a shadOw, image of soul, caught BY rehec
ton from those Of their masters Nhols theIe thAi VII
not read good dog story Now have great affection Tor
doss--I always a good word 10 theul-bespeak their
fendship and never found yet more than two or three
ndi-posed 10 treat me ciyy Il - true they Dark ana
make great noise o. nghts-they also get the hydro
uhoba-rhcy also bite people sOmetmes-they also kil
.heep-,hai IL ofthem do. Men also howl II hey
do not bark-and would do the latter II they could Men
also get the MISUNDERSTANDING from dogs OF the
dogs from them not clearly sctted-they also bite
in more ways than one-they also steal sheep But
would YOU pass ordinances 10 Kill them OF indiscrmi
three hundred OF all the Of dogs and whcps who
were with US month ago giving sanctuary TO number
less heas are forciby driven from Dogdom Peace
10 their-whaiever there j. Them.
4 new corps Of Photographers have made their ap-
pcarance here styling Themselves depuiauon from the
daguerrean Art Union who promise to do up the ousi-
ness Of taking miniatures in better style than common
dabbers IN the trade. They certainly succeed better
than many whose work have seen but there IS an
amazingly sombre cast TO all pictures made by this art
They ali look if the originals had been hard al wors
chewing tobacco and studying metaphysics for month
Nor is II By any sure 10 give perfect likeness
AZ il claimed for IL. have numbers SO carcaured
that their scOve considered itself brown ana rotbi
ten as often they thought Of II afterwards and the
ugcst looking in these parts IS Just hung up 10 view
in little twoby three inch frame for the inspection oi
all passcrs by first rate fierce looking ielow-a bet
ter favored chap than he IS VIII be II may
be too early tell what VIII happen but certain Is al
portrait painting j. superseded yet.
wrote you line. one occasion. OF an Association
~ Ladies here for the purpose of aiding the poor with
olt woundins their feelings Of independence The plan
10 raise fund. purchase materials and furnish woI
T. all desiring H. Ii hoped that the fund might by
It's means be kept good but II has not fully answered
the expectation OF ts friends. The managers did not
wish to pay the lowest prices a, which work could be
done-their aim being 10 give labor fair reward Con
scquenty they could sell the work but Al loss Il
being utterly OF their power 10 compete with the
soul grinding labor OF your city By degrees the fund
has thus low II being Of the sort with the boys cake
which could not AT the time be kept and eaten
Whether the scheme will be adhered 20 abandoned Is
At present uncertain This however Is certain that the
event Of a hard Winter would produce no small degree
Of suffering among the poor who throng this city.
Yours truly WEST