Demoine courier., 1856-11-20
TRAVEL By MUD AND RA1L---au1cxrRR .

TRAVEL By MUD AND RAIL--QUICK TRIP.
We left home abou, 0 O'Clock Tues,
day morning last for Chicago, and Sun
DAY morning before day were back
home again. spending, Of the 4 days and
10 hours absence, 26 in Chicago, IA In
Burlington and 10 in Mt. Pleasant; dis.
lance abou, $40 miles, 100 Of il buggy
travel through mud six inches and down
wards in depth. This was doing pref.
~ well we think, and we mentioni is TO
show what railroads are doing in the
way Of shortening distance and saving
time. The same journey, before the
advent of railroads, would have con.
sumed probably three times the space
and cos. more tban three times the
money. The moot laborious aud time
consuming par, Of the journey by far lie
the 90 miles between here and Noun
Pleasant. What Il blessing the compile
ton Of The railroad 10 Otiumwa will be I!
We hope every time we have occasion
to make sais journey that il may be the
last until we can take the cars at our
W dour. We hope that time is no,
remote,
The % miles of the b. g. NJ. r.
Railroad completed TO Mount Pleasant
appears TO be doing a large business in
passengers and ireigh s. Every time we
have passed over the road, two passen-
ger cars were well filed. and the depo,s
were crammed with goods for every
place in The interior. The contractors
have the use of the road for some time
10 come. They arc working vigorously
between Mount Pleasant and Skunk
river. no miles, TO which poic, they say
the cars will be running by January Isl,
although the bridge will not probably be
completed SO soon. Il 10 the purpose
Of the company then 10 put the road UNI
der contract to this place, provided JET
fer'on county will in the meantime do
her duty. if no, we suppose not.
The Chicago IL Burlington road is
one of the mos: admirably managed, and
doing about the larges, business of any
western road. We advise oil persona
who can possibly do so, TO lake this
road. Cars in abundance, large and
comfortable, are always provided; they
meet their lime and make connections
punctually. and 4 more courteous and
gsntlemsn)y sci of conduc,os can't be
found on any road. Our friend. II. G.
Liulejohn. especially is a model con
ductor, and we take pleasure in CON
mending him TO Tho travelling public. ss
some small return for the obliging treat
ment we have ms, with a, his hands on
several occasions, On q train conducted
by him, every one may feel assured tina,
oil will 60 right, So far as depends upon
him.
We reached Chicago about dark on
Wednesday evening, and as the ears
moved Al diminished speed along the
iren track which they have laid over the
waiers Of lake Michigan, opposite Mich
igan Park. which 10 near the shore oil
the lake, The booming OF cannon aud The
dancing Of torches, announced
thing unusual eoiIg IN in Tie cry,
which We found 10 he q Buchanan cele-
bralion of the dubious victory in Illinois.
and more decisive else " here. Leaning
that Douglas was expected to speak from
the balcony of The fremont House, and
having q curiosity 10 hear him on such
an occasion, we repaired TO The spo, Just
~ the immense procession Of some i've
hundred Irish Catholics, men and boys,
were coming down Dsirbon 81, and sue
in getting a position near enough
to hear pretty much all the Little Giants
Of ten or fifteen minutes, as much
as the cheering Of the motley crowd in
the wrong place would permit. Like
the big fellow who wac paid TO proven,
one Of GoIdsmilh's playa from being
canned, they seemed 10 think that the
principal part of the performance be-
longed 10 them, and 90 il probably did.
The speech OF the great author of the
Nebraska bill, a. we said, was brief, i'm
fuenced. some surmised. by sorrow for
the defeat Of his lieu.enan, Richardson.
However this may be. he was very brief.
and eoncilia.ary wi,hal, w her Douglas
60, through we squeezed oursslf GU. Of
the crowd and went home to the Ameri.
can. We learned that subsequently, the
Senator seized a torch and headed the
procession 10 the Briggs House, where
he introduced Gen. Shields in a longer
speech: Gen. s. following also al length.
The crowd theE returned TO the Lake
street trent Of the fremont House, and
burned Fremon, in efigy!
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