Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-11-06
WHOLE NUMBER 46S.
Drrnollr, Oct. ~. ie5e.

DEAR PRo TEn7-Leaving Fond da Lac.
from which my last was dated, at half-past
5, a. m. on Monday, ! arrived az MiIlgau-
kee, little before noon. Milwaukee, We
had heard Of as q notable place. but.a yist
is necessary. for a fall realization of the facf.
Its growth has been rapid, aud its import
ance is cqmmensnyate with its growth.
Business activity and is natural sequence,
aliluence is apparent onievery Laad. Be-
I sides ihe attroctiveuess il derives from its
4 eleanIiness and feshness Of appearances, t
possesses much natural beauty Of location,
which has been enhanced and set OF TO aC-
vantage By tie careful and eyer-restless, and
u1satel sp;ritlo improvement. It's most
striking feature is its archi.cctural elegance
and bcrality. The prevailing material used
I in the cons truotion Of IFS buildings, is that
peculiar article, Milwaukee Brick. + Tie
chaste yellow hue of this article, imparts TO
the city an aspect, not elsewhere to be seen.
A second leading feature Of the place IL,
the incessant din Of glbbling dutch. In
whatever direction you turn your face, this
cultural jargon is eyer-present,. and there
lecti9n naturally arises, how are such, dis
onant intouations prolucoi WITH The orsaus
common to man? aud the conclusion almost
irresistably follows, that their is some pecl-
liariIy Of design, and that their meditation
and capacity, are the emanation Of dis
tinct and separate laboratory from that to
which the rest of mankind we're, indebted
More than one moiety of the population of
Milwaukee, like our neghboring city, Buf-
| alo, is made up Of the foreign clement"
and not less than one-tbrd Of the whole
number is German. The number of daily
journals issued in this gourdgrowth city,
is six, two Of the number being German.
The leading paper Of the city is the. Sen
tiael, RCFUs KIye, Esq. Editor. Itenioys
as it deserves, Statewide circulation. Mr..
KS ability and tact, entitle him to the
popularity and influence with which his
writings are received. His courtesy we have
especial reason to acknowledge -,-;
a train on the Chicago 4 lfilnapkee z.
leaving ot 4.p. m. sat us down in Chicago
about the same evening This Roads
comparatively new. Its regularity and good
time, it rolling eqdipqge, smoothpess and
lightness af grade, together with its compc-
tent management, and the fne district of
country over which it passes, must commend
| it to, the favorable regard of the travelling
public, The attentions Of Mr.. JoHN D.
MooDY Of the freight department, are duly
I appreciated As far on our route as Ke-
nosha, where he had an appointment to Gil
that evening, Senator DooIITrfE, was a
passenger. He is doing good service to the
Republican cause. The pleasures Of this
portion of the route were materially increas-
ed by the meeting of an old Connecticut
friend Of the days when we were young"
who adopted Racine, as his future home,
when, that now beautiful city of II, 900 in
habitents, all told numbered but 500. At
that time, Chicago, whittier he was now 60
ing, could boast only about the present
population ofIitsI Suburban neighbor
After comfortable nights rest and re-
f'eSlniept ipths Metropolis of the Lakes,
we sailed forth in a humid and not over
pleasant atmosphere to take a birds eye
view of the instithtioh.' We soon found that
what was once said Of the Federal Capital,
was eminentg true Of Chicago Its "a city
Of magnificent distances. It's objects Of
interest were found ato be 50 numerous and
distant from each, cther, as render the
task we had undertaken, one Of HercuIean
magnitude. b, For the means Of accomplish
ing it in the most pleaSaDtaand satisfactory
manner, We were indebted to the kindness
of Mf.lS.a M9FAssT;rro5 This gentleman or
dered up his. burephalus and trotting Bug
Fgy, and as the elements became more ausfi-
cious, spent. the morning hour in a drive Of
FpecnliAr enjoyment visiting all the leading
! points Of interest in this teem,ng and mar
: yelous city, No one familiar with the great
cities of n. York, Philadelphia and Boston,
: could be justly ehargRble with, nRhardon-
: able bluudering, iflhe shOnld be siezed with
: THE idea that he was threading some of their
+ most lavislly built business sections, except
perhaps, that western regularity is not a
feature Of the eastern cities referred to.
Scare either Of them, however, can present
more busiliug nctivity, more gorgeous edi-
fees Of trade, OF domestic luxury and com
fort, than are thiekly strewn throughout
this city Of the prairies. Nowhere are tho
shops supplied with richer fabrics, and where
wealth in lbs varied forms is seen in bolder
relief Weoh have heard from the IpsTof
Young America, that this is great
country" but the sober denizen ofthe Back
eye State. piodding his daly round Of viii
lage hfe,s and but seldom travelling sesyAona esAna
the sight of.the smoke of bis sRa eAiauase,Sr, Aius,S
I or pehaps the cog6nes Of the states Is nut