Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-06-20

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Slsrvs. RIVER GStyp1 "
,g;;;: g:;;::!l 81: ,;l'|;: 4 :;
Rssk s!aa ! She
wa- -4cns isslSI 8f y u Yards o.
500 persons going OF The trip,-a large
npMbpioG vhop tYprs1 dtps. fTBSll loaJ
passsS iht6tgh ihs finds. prarmie Looln,ry
'4siw-shvw0sifiss ssund~iv UtNf6sd Kcfcaitcr' Z
10 be the hssysSltns dfI axq ssSet& World
Words (sit,me to,desc ribd th s.be sHty ao
] this seqopntsy.GA A, largo ponionui 6fa The
lapL is whatuis called sotiiag pfSiils,
4 which Ia, nsiIsrelBet,er for sgitNl!ure
al purposes Nh . nj ihd.m moro, llau pfsife,
besides ilae much snnre, heSllhy. sSlt'ls
\ impossible 10 Conyinceay oufsslf chat lhis
4 prai,.e! ceunlfy 10 ihewH liIlook Hke
aa UM and. highly cultivateds gfs ziha
land, and ia spart, likesons OF ahs o.S,
magnificent English parks.d The wsn'
j OF houses aad iencess q lone, sh0ws that
the counIry7is,new.l ispldi sd ,iTodH 81'
4 The railroad lis anost asubstan,inaiy y
bulls: 1.-The cars are large and .rcomfora.
bic, ,anI .he time made is a. good as
that made by the Eastern roa ds. We
were eighthPnrs in coming from Ckica.
gosto Rock lsiand. ldOn our arrival, a
large lumber Of persons wereowaiti gao
A eeilhc crowd, fne large steamers were
al The landing. really 10 recsive u.s. Tie
steamers weres The Golden Era, CIV!
Sparhawk,l War Eagle, Galcna. and
Lady franklin. There was no confus.
ion, tho passengers having beeli billet.d
j equally among the severn boats, before
opI arrivalsltln the Golden Era were
ex, President FILLMORE, IN. X. Hall, and
| large number OF New Workers. When
4 i BECAME known thatMr. illmore g was
4 ogIbsdrd,e tho souisiders, Ito the number
Of q thousand. gathered on the landing,
and byr repeated cheering and calls fol
Fillmore, = the ex.President made his
appearance, and as soon as he vas RI.
4 Icognized, the "Sovereigns" OF the land.
ling raised d"thc most sweet voices" in
louilr acc lamalions.0 rIa hna saoa sSil'
4 Mr., Fillmore. after bowing,s lIats in
Ehopd. after the usual styles. on such oc.
casions. made a short speech, in which
he spoke OF the pleasure he Irec civea2 il,
meeting his fellow citizens living here
on tho banks ofiths Upper Mississippi.
He spoke Of the cxcseding beauty and
fertility Of the State, and OF the advance
made in works of Internal Improve.
men,s., When he conclu,le!, !, he wasu.
gain icheered, shortly after which he re-.
tired 10 tho Cable ..,lol a.l. s,siel ell o.
| The town Of Davenport, in Iowa, is
one Of The most, beautiful y loo atsd towns
on the Mississippi and is doing % flour.
ishing business. 1T is only about seven
years old, ami has populatio n now ol
some six thousand. O The Mississippi a,
this point is very ,beautiful-Rock Isl
land, which stands in the middle ofnhe
river, with its high limestone bluff, up.
on which is old Fort Armstrong, 3. forms
a pisaaan, feature in the picture. fa6 81
Il About 2 O'Clock tho boa, crossed the
river TO Davenport where we lay until
ten, when we lookup our line ofimarch
lor the ppper county, On each boat
there is q band oI music, which discours
es most eloquently the popular music ol
| the day, On Rock Island there was a
fine display Of fire works'in the evening.
I'The whole, scene9was of'extreme beauty
The moon shone clearly, ana made visi.
hle the outlines 0; the cenery, aud its
beams danced gaily upon the bosom o.
! the Great Falhsrof Waters.,,oa e.slhe
/ Atten o'clock, amid tho booming ol
cannon. The shouts of tho muftitudes on
the shores, the music Of ,he bands and
I the pulfs Of tho engines (,hc respifat tior
as il were ola strong man at work, w
glidod,0f, andfwere soon bid from sigh
ny the winnings ofIthe river. d-rI $
| lstayed on deck till the frstt shor1
hour Of the N ornipga and then .,camped
on tho cabin floor amid q gorge Of cots
and ma,trcssesylifoso ,bes sssb,o room,
would not begin 10 accommodate. all
those who were Of the party. i ,'gsIt,
iE There is an, indescfibsble beauty IL
this Western land which fills me, wal
Exquisite pleasure. Standing at, sRocl
|lslan,l and looking ocross the, river q
1.-The pleasant town Of Davenport its. gen
! lie slipping hills covered with trees .
Il luxuriant folisge, 7 was reminded of. .tb!
Jold verse Of Watts: sra,osjg ,sl ss,s,;,
i Bright fields beyond The swelling food se
! Stand dressed in living green,bain 20 -
sot> The Jews fair Canaan stood sasil 10 .
i =. WhenJordan rolled bstweeh. 4oe!s'
y We haye arrived "a b G al eha, and as
h must getthis lettcriu the post Office,
!, shalt here closr. a sssndsissBie siSnai
4 1t is PROPOSED no stay ;here severa
D hours and visitlthe load mine s,whichar
some three miles distant. leinyeI ayGe !
+ Thoboat, as they approached Galeha
d were welcomeJsby a lasse aoncoiffse
/, people and o, salute ofar,iifesy.s So "
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