Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-07-19

Qua CounTRY, As sREN ~ A FoRHieNEs r
II any one wishes 10 be Impressed With The vest
ness aud greatness Of our country and TO know
something about ila teaoo ces aud nature, they
should oonsun come disIbtefestsd tourist who sees
II with en- impartial eye, aud travels ior observe
ton and not for business Such on one q Brniih-
waite Poole, Esq, the well known travelling and
general Agert of the Great Western Railway, Eng
land, who was stopping last night st The Anger
IN half hours conversation with hm We learned
more Of our own couatiy thar could be easily OBJ
tanned from library Of books we mean Of pecu
liar facts aud characteristics. Mr.. PoOLE holds a
commission in the Eugish Navy, aod on the frst
Of June got two months leave Of absence. He
landed at Quebec, went ftom there 70 Montreal
through the whole length Of Canada to Detroit;
from there 10 Gradd Haven and Milwaukee; thence
10 La Crosse aud up 70 st. Paullvisitedlsl the OBJ
ects Of interest about that region and about So.
Anthony, thence down the Mississippi 10 Prairie
Du Chen then back 10 Chicago then out over
the prsries to Fulton and Lyons; then down aud
out to Iowa City, thence TO Peoria; thence down
the river to st Louis; thence back to Detroit and
Saruia; thence away OF Eastward through Cana
da to Montreal again; then back once again thro'
Canada stopping on each trip at oil the principal
places, Hamilton, London, Kingston, Ottawa, &c,
&c, never going over the same route twice; down
to Niagara Falls for the second timei down TO Bun
alo, aud now to Cleveland. From here he goes
this morning to Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Kentucky,
Wheeling Baltimore, New York, Albany, Buffalo,
Dunkirk, Boston aud Portland to see as TO the ac-
commOdatOus Of the steamship Great Eastern
In this short time. from the lst Of june to this
time about six weeks--he has travelled from 10,
900 to 1900 miles in this country, anl he has
kept his eyes open TO learn something of every
place he has visited Such a mammoth trip has
showed to Mr.. Poole and to all who talk with him
the vasiness Of our country. He expresses him
self as amazed.and aslounded at the greatness Of
America II exceeds any thing he ever con.
ceived Of He has taken careful cognzance Of the
growing crops all over the country so far as he has
traveled-through Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota,
aud Canada, and says that the wheat (or corn, ac-
cordibg 10 English pbrase) is full, plump and
plenty, and that over the whole country. He is
no speoulator but being on simple trip OF OBJ
seryation, he represents the prospects just as he
finds them
Mr.: POOLE is delighted with the country. lie
has, he says, never received an uncivil word-has
never found any but obliging aud attentive OIL
cias, on railroads, lakes or at hotels-has seen
hardly a drunken man. has been Hed with. aston
shment and pleasure at The evidence Of thrift, aud
the large scale on which everything is conduct
cd.
Having been a railroad man for over twenty
years he takes special interest in our railroads.
10 England he says all the roads have double
tracks and run at high rate of speed, one.thrd
higher than we do here but there they have new.
er insugurated the system, simple and elective az
it is, of checking baggage. Each passenger must
look out for his own baggage, at the end of his
journey. Mr.. POOLE finds many points in which
our roads are superior to the English, and Others
where they exceed us.
But we cannot particularize further Of his tTav-
els and observations He is thorough man Of
the world as well as a man of letters He is a
prominent man of England and has a vast store
Of general knowledge which he disuenses in &c.
uial. easy way, without the slightest air Of pom
pous cockneyism about IT, He is a thorough geu-
tiemhn and one who will make friends at every
place he visits, which, judging from the almost in
credible speed he has Travelled since June LIST, will
be at every railroad Junction in the country before
the LIST of August We like to have such men
visit our country