Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-06-22
Tho weatorn prairIra.


Extracted from al account Of The celebration ot
the oItuIns Of The RaIItOad uctOSs illinois Itonl
Chicago, on lake Michigan, 10 Burlington OH The
MiSlssippi'
"At an early hour Wednesday morning, The SOtll
May, the SlCeGtS Of Chicago leading 10 The deRot
from which The excursion w0S lu sutl were filled
with gay companies Of invited guests; but, come
in what crowds they might, 50 ample were lie
accommodations provided that in every ease par
lies wctH seated t'eether, aud apparently in tie
very vicinity they would themselves have selected.
1ptomptly al the appointed lime the engine
Slfieked lis wurning and ten amid the clteClS OIL
the crowd, lie waving Of flags, aud The stains OF
national ATS from the accompanying band, The
huge train, numbering some twelve passenger cats,
rOt undet way, and STOOD OUT like ship itonI port,
over the sea Of rtaitie before it. Gradually Tie
great city we had left dipped below The Orizcnj
spires and huge ChimHeyS, like Tie tOp.nlASlS Of
feet al anchor, fingered awhile lOAEcFi mud then
with neither till nor forrest 10 0bsttuCt the view,
nothing save the lone sail Of some occasional farm.
hoiiSe, we ew on, tho Gentle OF broad Citcls Of
Uf green eatlh, which sc scented ever 10 caIty with
us, aS world It's atmosphere.
"Nevet cGhonly on the ocean, scarcely IN Tie
heavens themselves, was The idea VI space so &c.
allied 10 us Us upon llIese bouudlesS plains. The
one VTai1 lUnU Of The landscape was immensely;
an Artist had designed it, and no included feature
but aided 10 The Onv ellecl, LINES Of lIees sent
teletl along the streams, oENI winding away over
the horizon, gave perspective ~ the distance, rs
intervening hiIlt0pS seem 10 Increase The reIlOtC'
ness Of the morning Ot t"elins sun. Iherc weIe
no lrIIceS, no enclosures DurlcNins one with u
sense OF SubjugallUn and limit. Tie tetllers that
held the hOiSeS glazing were all that EtSItuined
lleir wondering 10 The Ohio OF Mississippi. TIE
niOuSIel ilInOws along The way, made IL protect
the tack from fife, reminded us Of another grand
phase llIe region could assume, and that, though
Inc Landscape lacked The plcureslueresS Of mouIl
lain scenery Il had leaiuteS Of lis own That tendet
Cd il not inferior IN 0eauty:scarCely so in Su6lmi.
W
"0ut way was continued ovation. Crowds,
with bands OF music aud 1ngS were gathered along
TIE rVtlIe; crowds Of those who had invested theft
own savings, perhaps IN tie entetptisc, because
they were well.iniOuncl ami wise, aud rightly
recognized in the tailtoad The means VI enliehteu.
meIlt, aud refinement, and material prosperity.
"At MENDOZA, eighty.eisht miIes tom Chicago,
q generously ptOyilled dinner awaited US aud
then, continuing the coutse, 0beyiug always tue
timetable so precisely that one ttqulfed NJ otLet
information as 10 lie names Of villages we passed
than such sour watches and tiine.caId furnished,
we arrived exactly OF six nt East Burlington, OH
The Mississippi, steam feltyJo the JoSrph
Gales conveyed US Gloss 10 Burlington city.
whete we dill meet with reception, indeed, that
reallzed tic Saxon hOspit4lieS OF lyanhOe. The
whole city threw open lis doors and gave US wei.
come. It's resources seemed devoted In toly TO
the convenience and plGLSuIc Of tlesltangcts who
had come, like so MANY ambassadors, from afar 10
negotiate perpetual Treaties Of fellowship and good
feeling. CoUttesies aud kind attentions met US nj
every turn. lheFe was no stint OF limit, or any
such thinl; oil was ruled by btOud. hrattc gene.
osily that could only hnd its fitting couN.elpartin
The ptaitieS we had crossed"