New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-02
FROM CHICAGO.
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CsnespDd.pce 81 Tie y. y. Il1buDs-
CHICAGO, H., May p, lsiS.
In tie cour.e of the remarks made by the Rev.
Jeremiah Porter in tie General Assembly be alluded
to the fact ,hs: twenty-five years ago he preached the
frst sermon ever preached by Presbyterian or Con-
gregstopal clergyman IN Chicsgo. | understood him
70 say that he came on; 10 connection with the troops
ST Fort Dearborn, The place wssthen ssied. Short
" aft.rward lie ogsnzed the fret Presbyterian church
in = little hog scbool house the north side
Of the river, tire main psrt Of the city nov
being on the south side. The population then was
about three hundred people. This statement is point
whence 10 view the growth Of Chicago, and tbs;
growth one can begin TO realize by drvicg slong the
and streets of Chicago as It now is gentle
from Virginia, who has visited this CITY tos the
frs, time ares himself astonshed NOT merely by the
extent Of territory built over, but by the great mag
ncepce and apparent excellence o. whole blocks OF
stores and warehouses, and OF private residences In
tlese respects he thinks Chicago loses nothing oy
comparison with NewYork and that 4 is superior u
Philadelphia, Baltimore aud Boston. Those residences
on Michigan avenue, fronting the AXE, are signs OF
wealth, and i: is almost impossible 10 conceive how so
much material wealth can have been produced IN SO
period of time There are blocks OF stores tor
instance that in which is the bookstore OF Messrs
Greggs L. Co, which are grand enough for Broadway
or Chestnut street. BY the way that bookstore just
Iaued is not h whit inferior even 10 toe Appleton
esta b.ishment.
five glance back moment, We 6nd thai the tract
ef land on which Chicago stands, together with the
"ure unding country, was coded to me United Sates
''by the Potswatauies in 1916. They renamed the
peaceful occupants of il, however, for twenty years
longer. 1t not until 1896 that they were removed
by Government. to lands appropriated for their Use on
the Upper Missouri. In the year isso, the own o.
pointed by the State. At this time me prices 81 lots
| " ranged from ten 10 siEty dollars :"
Mr.. Knzie in her readable book, gives many little
incidents and facts like those Just quoted, which show
what Cfcago was, and she alec Gays that her father
in.law, the late John Knzie whose history is ro-
nance, had always foretold its eventual prosperity
"and Importance And there also was w na,mon
WHO always was resdy to discourse to you on his two
"favorte themes OF horticulture and the certain
Importance Of Chicago That It was destinedto be
"gre at city was his upsltersoe conviction; and 10.
ceed" adds Mrs. H., by this time, al f'rest ana
prairie rs i, wac half begsn TO believe 1t our
| selves.
| If one is curious enough TO gs.ner up statements
like these and add 70 them such az are made 10y W a.
H. Brown ESQ.,, 70 his history Of Presoyteriansm III
| Chicago, published in Tie Alton Pfcs3yfermn Re'
portr you will begin 20 see oto the intense saIsac-
ton with which the comparatively older inhabitants
OF Chicago regard the city which hes grown iron MOTH
irg TO its present greatness Their pride easily par
dtned although thrusts itself on You az every cor
ner AID in the person of every citizen.
| In order to rec what Chicago IL, LEI ne refer 70
1.-THE Sixth Arnus Review OF the Co nmerce, Msou-
features ard the public and private improvements
of Chicago fer the year 1857" which, as suppose,
was compiled by the lively and accurate local edtor OF
| Tie Chicago DAILY Press q gentleman VINO mas lie
| enough even Sr the fast daily newspapers OF New
YWk. gather few facts from this pamphlet at ran
dom. During the last year there were sent east from
this center $1,000 beeves. 10 1896 there were shipped
from Chcago over u 500 600 bushels OF gram and the
last year. spite Of the pressure OF tue tunes, over
| IL co 600 bushels, of which enormous aggregate
O7s3OOO we're of wheat and nearly 900 200 OF corn
The capacity Of Of the storenouses to store and
hardle grain s astonishing. For instance, the store
| house OF Sturges Buckipe ham x Co.. near the depot
of the Illinois Central store 1OOOOO bushels ana
bas facilities for shipping per day nearly onetard OF
that amount. There are three warehouses OF TINS Ca
pacty. The twelve elevstlng warehouses Of Cncago
have storss capacity for over GOO QUO bushels and
shipping capacity for 600 per day In these
great warehouses is invested capital of over IS OO,
eco. In 1867 near 100000 barrels OF -four were
| shipped from Chicago. With no disguised pride the
people of this place declare Chicago to be the greatest
| Urinary grain port THE WORLD and prove their as
| ser IN by figures which never lie.
have not the statistics OF Ohios Queen City, but
tie following fact seems TO indicate that Chicago Is
| running her a tight race in going the whole hog
since she slaughtered last year ia 600 hogs, amount
ing to 10 7O7 600 pounds. Beside these, many thou
sand hogs shipped to the East allye 10 ike man
ner the dstieri-s OF Chicago may begin to compare
| with those of Cincinnati, since the Iast year they
turned out Is, Geo barrels of high vices.
The trade in hidee talow, stone, cheese, WOOL coal,
| lumber, ard other articles has become very large.
Nor il Chicago asleep on the subject OF manufactures
She has water power, but she has cheap steam In
abundance, because abe has Inc xhaustlb.e beds oil
coal az naDc. Let me select lew lleur HUH mnhy'
IN the manufacture of steam engines, IRON stoves, &C.,
there employed last year near 1000 hands, pro-
duciDg articles for market worth over OOO,O0O. In
the manufacture OF agricultural implements were EN-
| ployed SO workmen, producing marketable wares to
| the amount Of 81 100000. the distlery business
srd the planning mills each exceeds million Of dollars
annually. The whole table Of manufactures foots up,
smolg twenty-seven enumerated Kinds oil business,
IN aggregate capital Of Sj9 co., an aggregate num-
Der of workmen of 10 713 and aggregate value OF
manufactured articles of $5 5lj 900 for as. year.
| The following paragraph from the pamphlet before
US will throw light the vastness OF Chicago ou'l-
ress The gentleman called Sturges 10 the article IS
Mr.. Solomon SLurges of Putnam, OAio, one OF tine
greG,et End busiest business men IN this country
who makes the purchase OF township OF land or the
bud.t e such warehouse here described, quite
| mat er Of couree;
9TH. Buildings l03 BY M feet and l9 feet hgn In the
op.sii,r hnery the grain Is e-sHed lS et ne
cos If buildings pete will b. about tfOc earn Inc
nsrhi, - handbag the worked BY four steam "a
giI-. each buidg and part OF Is perfect 10 every
racnsr The walls bound together BY massive bolts
Ter used that nine hposds used dnrns
the s suinusr IN OF the building being
Two hundred and thiityX carloads Of grain were
uLosded By Summer IN day and the
smouut handed between eighty and nnsy thd
huhes IL IL safe that "a b house can handle nun
| dreG the usAle bushels per day"
TIE NEJV SCHOOL PRESBYTERIAN