Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-07-01
VERMONT PHENIX.
Brattlebero, Thursday, July ], lS47.
The Rivers aud IIarbors Of the West.

The interest eEeiIrd 10 favor Of te improvement Of the
Lake Harbors and The navigation Of the Western Rivers
confined to party and SECTION Of this eaun,ry The
policy Of making easy and open the channels Of eommua
cation Throughout The large territory Of Which boast
comments itself the people Of every State The city Of
Savsnnahass eiiyhas appointed delegates TO the con-
venion to be held at Chicago for the consideration Of this
subject and in every quarter tom Maine 10 Missouri the
people are moving in this matter, and will be represented
at the convention This all without political Influence
Mr. Benton ia well conyneed is Sir Webster OF the
right OF Congress 10 maize appropriations for the Improve
ment OF our inland navigatou As Mf Folk ssad-
date for reelection, his Of The River and sfbor Bill
Of the last Congress will probably be heidiu The face
Of Mr. Calhoun aud Sir Brnlonlo bind the Judgments Of
the democrats party We may therefore trust that this
subject will be eateTiansd with the wisdom and enforced
by the power Of large national eSuyeson unbiased by
party politics.
Is II not strange that steps have been taken TO secure
representation from Vermont in this conyentionl This
is to be regretted when the sph, Of inefns
is so rife in Stale. An immense amount Of Important
and interesting information only about rivers bsrbor
and canals, but about railroads. the whole system Of
communication, will doubtless be ELECTED At h.s az.
semblage Of intelligent from ali parts Of the country
And this information ought 10 be gathered up By some one
from here.
The following article, from the New Yors Courier and
Enquier is interesting in this connection
Chicago is now large city. A, the close OF The
Black Hawk war, not more than II years ago, the
site now covered By city Of many thousand lnhab-
tants. aud with all The arts aud eegancies the sub.
stance and the eomlDrts Of long civilization and
setilements-was frontier military outpost, which
had habitaliop without its picke,s, and Few or
none but for the accommodation of small garri.
son within
IL Is the seaport Of Illinois-tbe point opposite 10
the terminus at St Iosephs, Of The Railroad ACROSS
Michigan, and therefore in direct line, affords The
shortest cut from the Atlantic sea-board Of the
East TO the Mississippi River, in lrsYersipg Lake
Erie, the peninsula Of Michigan, and the fertile
State of Illinois.
The Illinois Canal, which is to connect through
the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, the walers OF
the Lakes with those OF the Gulf of Mexico, will
be finished in the Of another year. and then
an unbroken water communication will exist fiom
the Atlantic off Sandy Hook, 10 the Gulf Of Mexi-
CO off the Balize-oD which line Chicago ID prin-
cipa city.
The town plot is level plain, the prairie pushing
up 10 the Lake; broad belt Of wood runs alono
the margin Of the Lake, and marks the course Of
the Chicago River, as il comes from the interior
The city is handsomely built, with spacious streets,
fine houses aud stores churches. schoobhouses aud
hotels.
For such OF our citizens as have not seen the
new world beyond and around our inland sea, our
own Mederrauean-aay DOsfrum, as Mr. Benton
has 1.-THE growth, progress, aud actual condition
Of such town as Chicago, will be quite a study,
as well as delight TO find iransplan,ed there al.
ready all that ad0rns and re6nes fife, with all the
sturdiness. yigor, aud Independence Of untrammel-
led youth, and to feel that Chicago as she now is,
is but the type Of Western growih-is altogether
such gratifying reality al once and pronise-as of
itself 10 compensate for the lime necessary to make
an excursion thilher. Nor need there be any mis-
giving as TO abundance Of ACCOMMODATION, or hear
tiness Df reception there. Undoubtedly, very
large gathering will be attracted by this Conyen.
lion; but the houses and hearts Of the people are
capacous, and both will be az he service OF those
coming from distaace. upon the invitation of Chi
cago, 10 participate ia deliberations respecting OBJ
jecls in which no ely has deeper interest than
she has.
Moreover, as an assembage Of working men from
different and far dis,aD, paris Of The country, there
will be in that circumstance alone, un interest im-
parted to The Convention, which viii make Il at.
iraciiye over and aboge the public objects which
win be discussed
With so many motives, therefore, 20 attend The
Convention on the 9Th proximo il may be antici-
paled that even al some sacrifice OF personal con
venience. the delegates named from different parts
Of the country viii make il a point 20 be present