The Richmond Indiana palladium., 1855-03-30
COMMUNICATIONS.
For the Pal.a1iu-a.

BrsL1scroS, Iowa, March 9, 80.
" E9;sor-Dear .Sir:-Thinking that
r,ssi,g notice of the country between CE.csa-
20 and Rock Island, the Chicago and T. |.
railroad, the principal towns along said road,
and brief notice of this place might not be
uninterestitg TO some of your readers, sub
mi. the following hasty sketch.
We left Chicago on Friday, the l6ih, al
O'Clock. A. NJ. The train was very long and
completely filed with travellers and emi5rants
Of all sizes, colors, compl-xions, na.Icns,
tongues and people, Of which no small Par'
were little responsibilities with frizzled lair,
dirtv noses and much tune. without regard 70
time. This tremendous tide OF emigration
seems % have their thoughts and hopes fixed
upon this rising and aourishiny S.ate, Iowa.
which is. beFond doub:, destined to be one oi
tie best Safes in the great valley OF tie Mis-
sissippi-
the metropolis Of the West. that wonderful ci-
ty, Chicago, is fiat, wet prairie. entirely des-
titute OF timber, withou: much Improvement
when we take into consideration It's proximity
10 the lake city. The road runs in south
westerly direction, until it reaches juliet, a
flourishing town Of about 1000 Inhabitants,
situated on Hickory Creek, which appears to
afford good water power. Along this stream
iHGTt Is tO4CIaDl5 3JOI tldlOtI, anu dUutL-
dance Of fine building stone which must be
valuable in that section Of country where 9th
er builIins material is very scarce. Ia the
town, We noticed several large. fne stone
buildings, both business aud mansion houses
The country, in this vicinity, is undula-lng
hence, it Is more pleasant, and not so mo-
notonous and wearlsome to the traveller
The railroad continues down the valley o.
Hickory Greek, to It's confluence with the Lii
nois River. This valley is interspersed witt
groves of tolerable timber, possessed of ricf
soil, and Yields rich reward to the husband
man.
In consequence of the la.e heavy rains th'
Illinois River was entirely out of It's banks
I inundating farms haf mile, or more, from
It's usual channel.
O.,owa is the nexs place OF importance OF
the road, being situated al the confluence o
. tle Fox and Illinois Rivers. |. is said 10 con
. tain about 900 inhabitants. has fiourIshin3
appearance, an1 Is surrounded by goo
country In some places the railroad is con
structei along the bank OF the Illinois Centrs
Canal and 50 close to the steep rocky bluff
:, Of TIE Illinois River, that the cars almost ;ouc
!. the projecting rocks of which those seem
{, be composed.
La Sale is the next place Of note on the roa'
Its situation being very broken and unpleasant
- but still there appears TO be much b isIne
done there from The fact that il is close to Il
crossing OF the Illinois Central, and TIE r
ss railroads From that place the MissIssip
r River, the country is undulating, has rie
soil, and is interspersed with groves OF toler
bic timber.
About O'Clock, on the afternoon OF Frida
l. began to snow heavily. and continued sno,
III ing nearly all night. l. was terrible storr
-
o. the beautiful and spring Ike we had in 20
Wayne" when | left. When we arrived
Rock Island there was two boats ready to {
- South, and such another scramblng for Il
- passengers you never saw. We chose OF
a. that proved to be slow and shure, which lam
: :. ed US AZ this place this morning abou. . cloc
= Leaving the boat, we waded 10 a hotel throu!
snow about ancle deep, and being stranger
~ they took US iii.
Burlington is a lourishing. pleasant bu
', ness place; the site, however, is not very goo
- being very broken, which, however, atfor
dsTr4tIe s1es o 6 uJ h2HTe f9 IS FL
n " increasing Judging from the number
al Churches and Sabbath Schools, | conclu
At that this must be moral place. There 3
re eleven churches and nine Sabbath Scho,
ne here. all IN a llourishing condition. This 81;
of things speaks well for the town L
morning visited one OF the Sabbath Seho
tie which presented a very fine appearance, b.
in rerard To teacher, and scholars. | a
stten led the FIRST Presbyterian Church, Wit
"' | heard an excellent sermon preached, By
i'm Rev s Harris, from Prov. 90, l3. |
la sermon was practical and eloquent,
'" The country around this place, | am 10
Ct Ct is very fine, having good share Of timl
and an excellent soil Iowa scW De a Stote
GDurS truly
sed SuoNRPP