New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-02
FROM ONO.
CLEVELAND. PAST AND PRESENT.

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New-York and Boston by the New-York Central,
and New-York and Erie Railroads, passe. through
Cleveland Not small portion Of that travel which
goes through Chicago aud further West also passes
through this busy place The Cleveland end of the
Lake Shore Railroad is one of the most busy and
hest-paying thoroughfares / am acquainted with.
II has secured good grades, and is substantially
built. II is so situated that il must always claim
large travel and al certain seasons that travel must
be immense. The dividends paid by the road are
very heavy, and my wonder is that tue owners OF
such thoroughfare, and one paying - well, VIII
content themselves with single track. They might
nav ten PER cent and Yet make the earnings of the
road build another track But however the means
are procured. the double track should be laid with
out delay not waiting for some fatal and expensive
collision to compel the adoption OF the measure.
This road is well Managed and must always continue
10 be good stock.
The Cleveland depot is a very extensive building
in which several roads center. The Cleveland and
Pittsburgh trains. the Buffalo trains, the Columbus
and Cincinnati trains and the Chicago trans issue
from this building. which Is built upon the shOrc ol
the lake For through travellers the arrangements
arc very convenient The connecting trains are
mems can procure them i'll a dinlng-room snder the
same roof The roads from this place to Toledo and
Chicago and to Cincinnati, are among the best M
the " estcru country. The management OF the trains
on the road 10 Cincinnati always strikes me as adj
mirablc The express trains do not rush on al such
brcak-ncck speed as often dlsqulets the nervous on
some railroads. From the engineer to the brakeman
every operation works quietly but promptly and the
trains make excellent time. The grades and curves
on this road are very easy and the whole road Il
now ballasted with gravel until 1t is one Of
the safest and smOOthcst in the West.
The express trains from Toledo do not now follow
the Cincinnati road tor several miles, as formerly.
hut start from Ohio City, to which place passengers
are conveyed by frrry-boat.
In passing from NeW-YOrk to this place, either by
the Erie or the Central road making the distance in
less than thirty hours the traveller recalls the te
dious Journeys of the pioneers over the same route
The hSt family that settled at Cleveland took nine
ty-two days in their journey from Chatham, Conn.
10 Cleveland. At lat0r day the fathcro the Rev.
/ couard Bacon DID, VINO was one of the pioneer
CLERGYMAN on the Western Reserve, had Il very long
and tedious Journey from Connecticut 10 the field of
his labor | have somewhere seen detailed ac-
count of that Journey. In those days Orleans were
thought to be the best adapted all things considered.
10 this journey. II makes one nervous Ia think OF
crawling at such SMALL pace through unUrokcn
wilderucsses 10 distant terminus As WIS Clcyc-
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early settlers Of the Western Reserve were very
great. At that time the chills and fever were Re-
parded as the lghtest of cllames, when c"utrdsed
with tie bilious fever which prevailed extensively.
These diseases run their course III most cases with
out medical aid. because il was impossible Ia get
that aid. The food was of the coarscst kind. so
much So that hog and homiuy' became proyerb.
Our families in this day would consider Themselves
hardly dealt hy to be- compelled Ia live on corn meal
a, liA- II "a, He'd Ia Cp
miles toprocurc this corn making the trips between
The daily tits Of the aguc. Yet, To such extremes
We're the earl, settlers Of Cleveland reduced They
had mo physicians For calome they used an ex-
tract of Luttcrnut bark, and for qulnne they used
bitter made Of dogwood and cherry bark. And now
hat am speaking of the medical comforts OF the
Ohio pioneers | may say that as late as lH2O, DIR.
IIdrcth Of Marietta has frequently rode twenty and
Thirty miles 10 attend the sick, and IN some eases I"
camp cut over night When a physician was not
molc than ten miles away the settler thought HIM.
self quite well of m ease of sickness.
John Barr esq, Of Cleveland, has collected ls'ny
very interesting facts concerning the early settle
Ineit Of the Western Reserve. Large extracts from
this gcutlcmans manuscripts are gwen 10y MI
Howe in his History of Ohio. In November, l19-,
four men started in boat for Walnut Cree \, Ia,
to obtain Winters supply Of flour for the colony.
This boat was wrecked. and the men saved their
lives with difficulty. During the Winter ana Sum
mer following the colony had no flour except some
coarse material ground in coffee aud hadinliis. HE
handmill was Indispensable III the pioneer iaillll
and the labor Of grinding in them was very great.
by i>0l the population Lad increased So 'hat
seems Independence Dav ut that year Witnessed Inc
hrst ball ever attended in Cleveland. l. ms was ia
Aajor Carriers cabin. and was attended toy about
thirty people. The anmating principle e. The da!
was whisky sWeetcned with maple sugar a!d The
historian ui the occasion seems 10 have a smack
tie article from the velincSS ~ ms description;
&c Mr.. Jouc,s proficiency sn the Nl"hi Won nun
g. great favor. Notwithstanding The dancers had
" rough puncheOn moor. and 10 better beverage -
" cnlyen their spirits than whi>h! swet'ehed with
maple sugar. Vet il j. doubtful II the Anniversary
" OF American independence was ever ce4rorl"d ia
a. Cleveland by more JOYOUS aud harnioh''hS com
pauy than those who danced the scanPer-do"n,
- double shufilc wcsteru-swing and han"ol, haf
- century ago in the logcabin 81 Major laser.
Mr. Barr states the singular fact ' % the eighteen
deaths that had taken place among TIE ihhaDilan'S
% Of Cleveland from the inst settlement III ls'n'
- period If twelve wears cevtt had ocen DN hroWn-
ny During this time the nearest settled phl '!caus
Cd were at Hudson twenn-iour miles, ana Austlh,-
- buIeh, fitt miles distant.
In passing up ft,m the spacious depot 20 NE City
of Cleveland aud Ia observing IL ~'e"nuIu Streets,
with So many signs Of wealth and c-tni"rt II : dn-
fcult Ia imagine the difficulties OF the pioneers.
sixty years have Witnessed marvellous changes III
that CITY. 1t received great impulse from the
opening Of the Ohio Canal which made II a great
fTciaLtmg center, but since the railroads, already
spoken o. have gone into operation The cry las re-
ceiy,d a vast impulse. Its one OF the most beauti-
tai spots in Ohio and must continue 10 be place OF
large business and wealth II ma! mol H'di Clncin-
nail but undoubtedly it viii aitaina greatness which
would s,tonish Nathaniel Doane and Major Carter.
could they come 70 life.