Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-09-02
A TRIP TO THE VEST.

According TO promise to a few friends, we
Reluctantly sit down to write sketch. land we
promise it shall be as brief as possibIe,) cf our
late trip to the State of Illinois. We left Bed
ford on the 10Th Of Aug, ult., for Hopewell,
10 one of our fr ie I'D Garrison's coaches We
diued at the Bed ford House, as good hotel
as can be scared up, kept by that clever and
accommodating, lantuord, Capt Jas. Beckwith.
At HnTewel, We took passage on the Broadtop
Road to Huntingdon. The Conductor, Mr.
Morrison, is as acco modatiug man as can DO
found. We were accompanied TO Huntingdon
BY COL Eli Slifer, State Treasurer, and Hon
Andrew G. Curtin. he of the most prominent
candidates named for next Governor of this
State, by the Peoples Party, aud who, if be
ee SO fortunate ss to secure the nomination,
wiils.be elected. aud IN axe one of the best Gov
crnors our good OLD tate has ever had. At
Huntingdon, we took he cars on the Pennsyl-
vania Bail Raad for p i,tsburg, The scenery
on this road is among t1e best in the country
The crossing of the Allegheny nountan pre-
sents scenes grand beyond description. The
town of Altoona, is a lsrge place oil some three
thousand inhabitants. a few years ago the
land on which il stands was forest. Johns
town we passed in the night, but frou what W
could observe,it is a large aad business place,
aud contains With the ub urbs a5ont 10000 iu-
habitauts The Iron VI oI.ks there are auioug
the largest 10 the conutr y, and at night present
sublime appearance. Greensburg we also
passed in the night, and rrived at Pttsburg
about l2k O'clock, next MT lrniug. We spent
about 80 hours there
Pittsbure is truly la rge' and magnificent
ciiy,and since the last TIM We were there, some
IL years ago We noticed ny vast changes;
great number of buildings ha We been erected,
and many more are an der pro; yress of erection.
An immense amount of bus ine IS is done on the
Roll Roads there, and iu n an gfacturies, she is
justly entitled TO the appeli ati' ou of the Bir-
wingham of America. Tlka population must
be about 10000. Peuusylya Ira should be
justly proud Of their Western metropolis -
Allegheny city, across the riv er rom Pitsburg.
must have a population of 10000, aud is IA
great manufacturing place. There are many
other large and thriving towns IN the vicinity.
La Pit,sburg we met many old BE dtord friends,
who,we are glad TO state, are IA loing we'll
On Friday morning nc took the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago roatl or Chicago,
on the same train with our old Mexican war
friend, Capt. L. W. Smith, who is conduc,or
on that road
We stopped about FIVE hours IL {Vooster, O.
This IS town of about 3 500 iul ,ab1fa0ts il Is
qnite business place, and situate d in u very
rch country. The wheat crops along this road
throughout Ohio and Indiana, were complete
failure, and fae as the eye could reach on
either side of the road, whole fel, Is OF wheat
could be seen which were not cut. The ex
tent of the injury was couple hut dr. ed miles
IN length, by about forty in bredth. i he corn
aud other crops III this section LOOK middling
we'll. We passed throngh S,lem, Gan ION, u
large town of abont 10 600 inhabitart t., and at
nigh, The ine towns OF MassiIion, .Bucyrus,
Fort Wayne, g.. Tits j. rather Wild look
lug eouatry, aud much Of the land is sw ,mpy.
We here and there noticed the old log hut ot
the hardy pioneer Of former times. We arri-
we'd al Chicago on Saturday morning, an spent
some five hours there.
chicago is "a large city of some l30, 200 10
habtants; some fifteen years ago, The ere nnd
upon which u stands was swsaip. Sew, ,ral
streets 10 1t were formerly covered by tha Ia ke
The streets have been raised from six TO ei is,ht
feet, and the houses, some of them large bloc Ks
OF tour and i've story buildings, have bc.a
raised even With the streets by means OF smali
screws, not as large as mans wrist. We saw
this Interesting process. Some fifteen or tHeD-
y railroads centre there, and with these, nnd
the lake trade, II is Que OF the greatest busi-
ness places IN the country, ard the largest
gsaiu market 10 the world. We stroilcd along
tae wharyes, viewed the shipping, the railroad |
irpor, and Id birds eye view of tho city
iron the cur9la cf The Csust House. Im- |
mense buildings are IN progress of erection, |
aud the mnd .ganders at the idea of the lul- |
niense popalaiiop this young giant city Of the :