New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-29
THE NORTH WEST.
. ss.xs rovv shrsssh Northern Ihineis, eea'ner"
WISCONSIN and Central lewe.

SaPS.ticsge albeit in all cassfeations OF America
~eoeraphy ancient and modern, we have ou, rouI hH
dc States AL rea Of PsnnsyteaHa are or az
Es,,u and Southern There Is some va iogg,sm 10
osrsnby which the growing importance OF the West as
he sester or middle Of the nation, Will purge away
Cbjcsgo is now. and probably ever will bs, the gram
o;n, al divergence for the vast mass Of rrave tniI
ff~eepe over the Western World. The long chain oi
Isle from Ogdensburgh, the Csnadss buao
Cleveland and Detroit, terminates here mere aiso,
center five railroads tso from the East one rom nc
.onu 10 be built intenectiDg the Chicago ana Oalena
Railroad Al Beyidere At this point len the cars fr
The more sociable mode Of rave-the stage coach en-
roms for BeoI. and GAINESVILLE, Wis
Reloit /, village Of 800 or 1000 inhabitants, ana
s,bibs the elegance aud thrift Of many New-Engiand
TOW ns eighty or one hundred years old IL is settled
mostly by Eastern people The location is one OF great
advantage and beauty II has the water PoSer OF koch
River large falling stream, and OF Turtle Creek,
which nfeTsecs the river here Both these streams at
Beot and vicinity have good current and pebby 6o's
tom This village has hourishng new college and four
or FIVE churches all VI which have neat aud commodous
houses of worship.
The College Commencement exercises took place at
the time Of my visit there. The Baccaaureate sermon
BY President Chaplin, and the Sermon by MI
Wilson, of Milwaukee, before the Literary Socl-
cites we're each excellent performances. Two points
made BY Mr. Wilson are 30 extraordinary for the schoo
with which he sympathizes On. s. Presbyterian that
deem them worthy Of short notice, one OF the signs
"of the tines First, that the preacher IS to expound
the nature and harmony of four distinct DtrIHe Recea
fions (a) The Revelation Of Nature which Is the out
going Of God () Of Providence which is the energy Of
The Divine Mind in Passing Events (c); OF reason,
which is the nDd intention OF God and his Will (d); OF
Christianity, which lie Gods open Revelation harmon
zinp with, and engbteniLg the other three Sscond,
that DO man is called of God to expound to men these
Revelations who is not gifted with the power Of elo
quence. ..,
The 6rst point makes sorry work with that theology
which dsparages Reason, because utterly repugnant 10
81. nd nrdi ian
multitude of minister's whose happlest faculty 10 10
preaching people to sleep and wakFg them only oy g'u-
ing out a closing hymn
Belot is situated upon rolling oak openings and sur
rounded by rolling praries One Of these stretches the
whole distance TO Jancsvlle-fourteen miles
GAINESVILLE is the County Seat OF Rock Comfy, WIS
cousin 1t is better business point than B'olt, com
mspdnp the trade OF larger section OF country Many
Germans and Norweglans are settled IN THIS vicinity
Lands are worth from So 10 $50 per acre
The crops from Belydere to Janesyle ana hencet 10
Rocktop and Rockford Ills, never better. Wheat
and Corn secure large yield Excessive droutns
have not prevailed here 10 eopardze grass and coarse
erains as in Northern and Western New-f orK, ana
Northern and Central Ohio. ~
Rockford H.. is at present the terminus of the CHI
eago and Galena Railroad. IL Is smart thriving Town
on the Rock river. The Railroad Company contem'
plate opening the Railroad TO Freepor in time for the
heaviest part Of the fall busness OF as eay III oeP'e
Der as possible.
sected By the Central Illinois Railroad and It Is III con
Temptation TO build railroad from this point to Sayan-
nah thirty five miles distant the Mississippi River
Freeport growing rapidly, and must be permanently
good business point even after the Railroad shall nave
been completed TO Galena What was remarked OF
the crops in Wisconsin will also apply 10 this whole sec
ton Of Northern Illinois stretching on to Gaena, the
Metropolis Of the Lead Region. as s Greek name I'M
ports The mineral lands all about Galena reaching TO
the bluffs Of the Mississippi are much broken and rocky
The soil however is rich and productive, and where
haara hat
State better favored with surface Above, and directly
over the richest lead mines, can be seen the largest
Yields of wheat corn, Timothy grass; and whatever Is
entrusted to the soil comes back with large increase
Gaena 10 an old settled town. founded by French and
Dutch settlers from the North before any splrl. OF en-
terprise had penetrated TO It from the East IL has
population of 000 and commands large share OF the
Western Wisconsin and Minnesota trade The annual
revenue from lead mined and smelted at and the vicinity
Of Galena reaches the large sum OF three millions Oh
I dollars The miners are mostly Yorkshlremen Galena
il Oh the Fever River Bayo five miles IRON the MISS
issippi fourteen miles by land from Dubuque us iVal
on the Iowa side of the river and twenty miles by water
All the packets aud eghtboats that penetrate the Up
Der Mississippi touch at Gaena, save the Hndoo which
packet has recently been sold to parties to iavor he
1 Dubuque trade.
Gaena; and at first sight strikes stranger much more
fnyorably II il cleaner, neaer Town. The location
more pleasant Its revenue from the Lead Mnesnear
IL about half million and its location gives itcommand
The corner stone of the Young Ladies' Seminary, at
Dubuque was laid with the usual ceremonies during my
stay there Miss Cstharne Beecher has pledged the
fine sum Of $40 GOO toward It's endowment, ON the most
liberal conditions.
College for Young men is also in contemplation at
Dubuque think they have charter, aud have classes
now on the College course, although the College build
4 ING is to arise out of the promising future
Dubuque is well built mostly OF BRICK the streets are
well cleaned and sprnkled and an inviting city omnibus
after the NewYork plan, runs about two miles up and
down the main street Were the main channel OF the
Mississippi on the Ohio side would be difficult to con-
ceye Of aninand better located for com handing
trade As il s boats touch at Dubuque with less
4 trouble than in reaching Galena-
From Dubuque had the pleasure of riding back into
the country forty miles Delhi the county seat OF Della
ware Co.. Iowa with livery tha' "ouu 10
credit 10 Fiithavenue stable
The countrv for ~ or Is miles west Of Dubuque Is
Aily and some broken mostly mineral land but II sup
ports large population Of weltodo farmers, who IN
many cases reap from the surface OF the land than
do the miners from the bowels Of the earth below them
With the exception of two prares about SIX miles
each from east the country is settled all the way
from Dubuque to Delhi and presents general appear.
ance of Thrift and in cases OF prosperity DEM
was fret settled by NEWCOMERS from town by tast
name in Delaware Co II has two beautiful little lakes
in the immediate vicinity forty TO hundred rods from
the village the water son. and wen stocked
With fish The people here are Intelligent aud enter
4 prisipp OF weekday evening word was gwen out Tor
lecture in the old log Court House had the pleasure
of speakng half an hour well hiled with aften
tive istt ners new Court House is raised and being
nclosed and the village ~ grow TO the dignity oil
ourishpe county seat Land here can be bal at from
ten sbings to dcars per acre, with good SOIL good
water good prairie and good timber near by The Big
Il Has natfh nt tha VII