The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-05-31
Eaitorial Csrrssp1nasnce.


night, ana this morning ] Ind nJself In Du.
buqus. With this, toOn Fsn in Ill Suspects
better pleased thAn I expected % be.
found here decidedly ~ bet levee any
where up the river, with what appeared to
me a good slope, and certainly we'll paved.
The streets are broad, level, and straight
Tie principal badness strsst Il very hsnd-
some one, though the buildings upon it are
only fair. 1t has less Of the wholesale air,
and the buildings are lower and the blocks
contain fewer stores, than our Main strcet,
bot it has busy and stirring appearance
The bluff is the most magnificent that have
yet observed, and it Is 80 high and unbroken
TINT il eannes b i1eradsd, 80 fast which
woald exceedingly rejoice me wsrsI citizen
Of the town, form body Of lofty land il an
ornament and perpetual source of beauty to
any town, at least to one whose feelings and
tastes correspond to mine, and an ornament
which would not wish to spare, for nothing
else can replace it. The Dubuque bluff is
very high,-perhaps three hundred feet or
more,-is TO some extent improved and beau
ti6ed,, in spots rough and jagged, but most
ly remains as it was originally found, COW
cred with the wild forest trees, the salient
points and commanding sites being occupied
with many fine houses. A broad andIbeanti-
full level opening into the bluffs sweeps
around from the northern end, much occu-
pied by dwellings,, and looking in the dis
lance from the opposite shore like scene Of
Arcadian beauty. From the lower end of the
city the Dubuque and Pacific Railroad makes
a run down the shore TO an opening in the
bluffs, where it shoots back into the country.
Looked at from Dunleith, Dubuque really
looks most like q city, and looks the most
extensive, too, of any place on the river up
from st. Louis, not excepting our own city,
"a which am so partial. 1t is narrow, but
it IS long, and shows to great advantage
The houses hang on the bluffs, climb up the
gentle slopes, aud cover the intervale, and all
was before nv eye whore stood and enjoyed
the view
Dunleith, precisely opposite, exactly on
the line which separates Illinois from Wis
consin, has capacious and Substantial depots
and warehouses belonging to the railroad, a
fine commodious hotel, and many good
dwellings AMI descent business houses. 1t
has thrifty and business look, but ! think
i. must nearly all proceed from the railroad,
and do not see how it can do much business
apart from the patronage of that Company
It is Iowa trade that brings any population
to that vicinity, for Galena takes the Illinois
trade of the surrounding region, and Of
course Dubuque is the point which must per-
mancntly command that. Dunleith may
manufacture somewhat, some day, or furnish
residences for Dubuque people, but it canno,
be more than suburb Of Dubuque, under
any circumstances, as conceive.
From Dubuque above, SO far as have ye,
proceeded, there is no bottom land to speak
Of, but the bluffs are high on either side
Generally, even when almost perpendicular
especially on the Iowa side, they arc wooded
down to the very water, and commonly the
trees, instead Of hanging over the water
stand erect, with their heads pointing straight
up to the sky. Not unfrcqucntly on our side
Of the river the bluffs ore solid masses Of
rock, with perpendicular front, Of 800 td
400 feet high. Lofty and solemn they lif,
their grey fronts up almost to the sky, and
one is impressed with sense of power and
grandeur as he passes along under them. Or
the Wisconsin side the bluffs are less precip.
itous, and though commonly wooded they
sometimes are covered with soil 80 poor and
light that there is scarcely any vegetation
and they look brown and bare. In severa
places | have passed strings Of these bare
bluffs that from the river presented very
precise semi-globular appearance, being
joined to each other about half way up from
the base. These attracted my attention, the,
looked SO strange and odd. Almost all tn,
bluffs are lofty, and reminded me OF ths
mountains Of my early home, wild, massive
and sumblime, whore chased squirrels and
hunted chesnuts and blueberries, almost
srcmulous with fear Of meeting some savage
beast or horrid wood gnome.
suppose the river is falling at Keokul
long before this. found it falling wher
wereached Muscatine, and it has fallen more
and more the farther up we proceeded
Here il is not as high as it has been BY from
three to four feet, but still the water is quite
high. The traits are getting very plenty
aud with their red-shirted sailors made quite
picturesque appearance. A great quantity
Of lumber is coming down this season, but
the impression seems to be among lumber
men that prices will be about the same .,
last year.
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