Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-10-30
WHOLE NUMBER 46S.
MnwAoKsn, Oct. 20, 1865.

Dear. Fro Iem:-Havng left Detroit
about 10 a. m, yesterday morning, /
reached NH Point, some mile or so from
Lake Michigan. and f56 miles from the,
place Of embarkation, by the Dstr0it and
ll1il'oaUkes railway, and by boat across the
lake, arrived here little after day light
this a. "a. The rotte through Michigan
for some so miles is uninyiting, the unbfok-
en- soil stubborn and unproductive, level
and monotanous, but interspersed with
some villages Of thrift and promise. The
remaining portion Of the vault is more A.
grceable, somewhat Varied ard uneaveD,
and occasionally billy, with better and more
prod6ctiSeness Of soil. The whole length
Of line is remarkably free from ascending
or descending grade. For considerable
5ortion of tlifs end Of the route, the R.R.
Company are indebted to Grand River
bottom for the evenncss Of. its course
This stream is more majestic one than
had Anticipated It is navigabIe some
40 or so miles to Grand Rapids by stable
boats, and above that point, inclusive,
some rs miles. The DetyOi & 11iiloaakee
Roads open a new route for western travel,
particularly that bearing to the North
west TtisG d ven conducted road under
the control and management Of the Great
Western-z1Canada Co. The time made is
good the Engines Of Eastern Manufacture.
and the cars afording the same degree of
comfort as our best roads. 1t consists at
present with two, very good, chartered
boats, which make the trip in an average
Of eight hours. The line is q very direct
one, and though but recently, opened for
travel, is acquiring a highly satisfactory
degree of popularity. Our experience
would lead as to commend for economy OF
time and money, for varying western
jaunt, and for the evidences Of reliability,
and courteous attentions, and accommoda-
tion. Our feature viii, no doubt, strike
the traveller upon Yankee roads, as it did
us, as little novel. The conductors, and
Station Agents are mostly subjects of Ter
gracious majesty Queen Vic. s oq
As we feared when we left home, and rs
we intimated in our last, theweather which
had been of such rare pIensantness, when I
left home, became drixzly through most of
the day, but still, qpon entering the lake,
indications Of wind were noticed, and we
had as usual, little timidity, but we had
made good part Of our journey over, be-
fore there was much perceptible effect upon'
its surface. Before the morning, however,
the crying of children, the wrenching. and
so much evolutions and gutteral intoaa-
tions to be heard among the passengers,
left no doubt about the turbulance outside.
A very comfortable and refreshing rest fell
to the lot of your correspondent. Though
I experienced some swaying, and undula-
tions, the boat Clereland-behayed we'll
The atmosphere, as we landed upon the
dock, was chill and bracing. and our walk
to the NewhaH House, was after the FASH
ion of winter pedistrianism. aad
This place will bear some notice for va
rious considerations, rome OF which We have
time, at present, to allude to, as we are off
for Fond du Lac at p. M, and the inter-
vening time has most Of it been spent in
PeranIbulations, calling upon the Editorial
fraternity, and hunting up those to whom
I had letters. So no more at present, but
anon. naa r..