New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-17
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Corrt.rori,roe Of The Y. Y TIibine
CHIcAoo, Feb. 10, 1853.
Those study old Dutchmeu who feno ID out the
wa.er by throwing up their long dikes AMI thus rob
brc tie ocean 0. the soil they lived On, quietly settled
down to raise their babies and baSey beneath the very
edge of the sea- were doubtless good people IN their
vay and with great justice have received the admra
ton and praise of all behoders down to the present time
But the achievements Of a century in the Lowiahds
have well nigh been reproduced in dozen years mere
for within that time men have come together on low
swamp Of the lake, where there was no foundation Tor
houses and from the midst OF a mammoth lnud pudule
have raised up large wealthy, and wicked CITY,. In
n single night u4iion mushrooms have sh?t up iIoh
the damn earth, and in tue morning, 10 they are
changed TO marble palaces and glded Mans ana ntny
hut4 and all the Paraphernaila oi wee anu clvza p
ton. Strangely after the fashion of that other Pan,
demonum the town has " risen Ike an e1naiatlon,
al d il seems now more like vapory phantasn hanging
over bog than like real dwelIng-plnce ior human
beings Evtrything here wears inc ., Ir rJ
utmost instability. The city looks as though horue
of wandering Tartap with movable houses had come
along and s,t them down for the night; ana an sure
no one would be particularly surprised to see every
timber placed on a cames back and carried away at
sunrise In point Cf fact, II is no uncommon occur
renee for houses all finished and furnished to be drawn
from one end If the city to the other, or tilted up INTO
the air to suit the aspirations OF occupants For IN
stance large iour-story brick buCng ON the corner
of Randolph and Dearborn streets has JUS been if.ed
six or seven feet by means OF screws, and several
more of which the fremont House is rumored to be
one are to undergo the same opera. ION soon. Per-
haps this raising up Of all sorts of edices to the level
of the grade will ultimately produce some sort
of iformy in the idewalks, which at present are
COS deny believed TO be the worst on the face OF the
earth. They are of the kind called in this region
four story, inasmuch as they consist OF succes
sion of short patches on each of the three or four
different grades which have at various times been es
tabshed for the street. the last of which is at least
six feet higher than the first walk them cJn-
sists OF little else than continually clamberng up and
down plank steps.
In times hho tho present. when the snow ond leo
render slip at the top almost unailing prelimI-
nary to the passage it can well be imagined 'hai tne
tacs dects as il kind of desceasNs that people do
not discover they bump from ole stair TO another
down the whole series. The process produces very
phenomenon in the way of proianltyi tor each
rin is broken in two In the middle, as the success
sive steps are smten, so that IN the aggregate ust
twice the usual amount of cussin is performed In
given tme don't believe there is another being
Under the that swear equal to citizen oi Chi-
cago when he tumbles down stairs. Alter one expe-
rie nee the wayfarer usually becomes dsgusted with
all sublunary walking, and is fain to exclaim with
| Dominic Sanpsou Il do myself greatly prefer the
| yehicular to the pedestrian mode of travel This
Of going down not without s nna IL the
traveller is of pot atory disposition, the peris of the
journey nIe greatly mtgated by tue delightful GER
tainty of finding lager-beer shop at the bottom
The world at large have but faint idea of the
| extent to which "mat liquors are imbbcd here
abouts. Every second shop one passes Is iu OF lager
beer, and every second person Dutchman in the
same prcdcament. Even white folks do not scruple
10 take little in n while, though their conver
| sion from raw whisky Is by no means complete.
| Every man repeats aud indorses the words OF the
| Kentuckian: Water is very good for the purposes
of navigation, but for steady drink give me whis
"ky." 1t s questionable whether they will not
substitute whisky for water in navigation even or at
least far the manufacture of steam IS concerned
II Is plentiful than water in many places, and il
is thought il may be used adyantagCousy as motive
power AZ any rate il has always proved exceeding
| ly eiiicacous as Locomotive power.
And this reminds me Of politics. The ring leaders
are becoming greatly exercised for early IN March
new Mayer Is TO step into Long John Wentworths
| shoes The Republicans were holding meeting the
other night. when a Geographic dispatch WAS received
announcing the fight in the House, and adding the
significant item that Mr.. Washburne ot Illinois was
Conspicuous among the Republicans dealing heavy
blows" u would have done the soul Of Elihu good
10 hear the three times three that went M 10 his
behalf on that occasion. What glorious trio those
Wsshburrcs are The three Gracchi never served
their country half So well.
The Republicans have made no nominations yet.
They can carry the election by hard work. The un-
terrified held wake the other night, and put DR..
| Biainari on the track. The Doctor has for long
time 10 good acceptaiion IN this community
and IL is deVouiy to he hoped that the profession will
no, be deprived ci his valuable services for one
short year. lie has always been slower-law Douglas
Democrat snd what is much more TO his credit. has
never tried 10 palm himself of fcr anything better.
pilc oi what preachers call dnasS. Perhaps il is bu;
Just tha, the Democrats should possess a large share
o the good things at this world in consideration II
their waving al claim 70 anythirg in the nrNt.
TIE Democratic party has just received a timely
reenrVmcul by the arrival II two ol is mSguAtes
fCm the City B'idewell. Under the old Dyer sd-
mustrat;on these wo-,hits held the Offices II Justice
cf the rosce agd Constable, respectively. wherein
they served thot country .aihtG.ly ,hA, they
forthwith elected 20 pound stoue in The City PrsOa by
the unanimous voice Of twelve Of their fellow
ciigens. The pemccrats complain thsi their ranks
have been sadly thinncd cut by iury verdcis. When
ansjoriiy Of them set into prison they threaten 10
read the outsiders out " the party.
The panic continues 20 keep everything 8: stand
still. II Is earnestly io he hoped that more people
will migrate 70 this part 81 the world in soafch Of
business at present. The farmers grusn sadly be-
csuSe of thes crops bcirs uexi 10 nothing. Some
Kinds of grain however. have advanced chily since
The pvrSSfatic ncnlus,icrS IN consequence u the
ipctsssci consumption q; whisky. BGi srcs; re-
htf csn he expected I'll The Spars isie clcns, when
everybody eSrer;s o. discover the gci time owning
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