The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-02
san,r. Sc VOL. VINO s2-WHoLE No. 2eg.
Letter From Chicago.
CHICAGO, Oct. l4thr l849'

81 Letter From Chicago ,...,.r.-
,.,. al g.. CHICAGO, Oct l4th,- ,-1849.
EDS. DEMOCRAT: Chicago is city of great
uncertainties, When the stranger is taking
his first tramp about the city, he is surprised
at the appearance of the streets be wonders
why they refuse to pursue the even tenor OF
their way. and naturally concludes Chicago;is
a city of t" ups and downs sf. + ~
The city was originally built upon the fiat
prairie ground, but as the city grew larger, it
} was found to be too low and level for either
health or convenience, and for few years past
j the whole city bas been in q process of elerG.
tion to an established height, and at the pres.
ent day, presents q very novel appearance.
! The stranger (when OF how supposed to be
preambulating the streets.) gazes at q splendid
show window, and passes on to the next mum.
Der, and in so doing dives down. four, five, or
six feet by stairway to the apartment below,
and then few steps ahead ascends to the
level established by law. He wonders thereat,
and grumhles but has not half the cause to
indulge, IN that delightful recreation as the
holder of real estate within the corporate linn
Tits, who has an enormous tax bill 10 face au-
nually as the result of these costly improve
ments Each building giftraisedto the required
level and the streets filed up, and as the lat
ter is carried on by the city government, and
is not necessarily regulated in point of time by
the actions of private citizens, the streets is of
one height while the buildings upon either side
4 present every variety of elevation. Buildings
of late erection are built upon high founda-
tions, while the old buildings are either raised
or.eIse fitted up in the style of basement sa-
looms, which. in cases..of dry good stores and
dwelling houses, strike the mind of the be-
holder as very singular, and sometimes lu.
dicrous sight. 81 a7 i.54j ..5 80 ST
ri At present the business community is very
active, and dealers in all kinds of merchandise
are doing a heavy business. The hotels are
{ oiled with customers from abroad--and CON-
mercial affairs are very prosperous. q The
Daily Press and Tribune says it is the hight
Of the Fall trade, and will soon begin to have
a downward tendency into the comparative
; dullness of the close of navigation. saGa2
The great National" Fair held 10 Chicago
SuOTb eCCuIo w nave SitCu 1850 "
considerable dissatisfaction among competit-
|, ors for premiums, and others, and the State
Committee has been reversing some of the de-
cisions of awarding committees. and listening
to the complaints Of interested parties which
seem to be uncommonly numerous. On such
occasions, in spite of all efforts to suppress it.
personal preferences and prejudices will creep
i in and erroneous decisions will Rbe made,
though it must be admitted where there is
composition there will be dissatisfaction at al
most any decision. issasr7 sssse. iFla Isl
There is nothing very exciting in political
J, matters transpiring here at present. though
both parties seem disposed to maintain party
. drill A correspondent of the Chicago Daily
Times, Douglas organ,) specially calls on all
!, the faithful to organize, as. he says. the Re.
? publicans, at this early date are making thor
Il ough preparations throughout the State for
tie great campaign of lS60-and recommends
an early Democratic State Convention to meet
the necessities of the case. - izgg-qsr oz-
i The next Legislature is 10 choose successor
to Lyman; Trumbull, and that gentleman and
every Republican, is well aware that it viii be
necessary to pnt forth every exertion in order
to be successful, on account of the present
unfair apportionment law. The contest will
be close, yet the Republicans. in spite of the
combinations they have to contend with, will
Z stand a good chance, and from the Indications
of the day are nothing 10th to make the at p
tempt. There Uere many men in the Repub-
lican ranks who admired Douglass stout re-
sistance TO the Lecompton scheme. who, now
| that Douglas has been rewarded by re-elee-
ton, viii vote straight ticket. and the :. Ma
tionals." of whom there are quite number
scattered throughout the State. viii go almost
anything in preference to a -Donglas Demo-
crat." sst4 ,lsat'e...'l1 n
4 The5"smalf giants prospects for the Pres
Idency are growing beautifully less especially
!, SO since the Ohio election. Republicans here
are surprised at the heavy majarity for Free.
dom, in Ohio this FALL and Long John, ,sthe
ex-mayor, and editor ofthe Daily Democrat.
has brought out the old rooster that has often
crowed in times gone by, and is now spurred
out, as Wentworth says, to get him in prac-
tice for 1860 !" tsroT.tsHo7s adt 51ai7d si4
/ Another favorable result Of the election is,
that it insures the election of Ohios noble
champion of Liberty, s. P. Chase to the U. ID
s. Senate--a circumstance which strongly en-
hances his value. in the minds of Republicans
in the Northwestern States. as suitable and
fduailuble person for the Presidential nomina-.
! tion ) and his fitness for the Office, and popn-
larity. will rise up stronger than ever, and ii is
to be hoped, the efforts of some of the politi-
cal trimmers to repeat the experiment Of 1856,
OF running off on awild goose chase ih search
of new men on the score Of their availability,
regardless of their principles or antecedents.
i If nominated, he would doubtless carry IL
linois, even if pitted against the dinlinutive
Goliath, as the State is Republican on the
popular vote, and has been for several years.
1If Douglas is nominated at Charleston on 9
i platform acceptable to the South, he would
lose here all he would gain there, and every
other candidate would stand no chance at all
| in this State. a 9''t
People. are chuckling over Douglass foray
into ohio-especially his Wooster speech, as O
it not only awakened the Republicans, but
also brought the digital appendages of + one
Jerry, black man, into the Honorable wool
to the great dismsy of,---- the surrounding
Inhabitants