Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-05-02
ANNOY. LEE Co, Ill,
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Z3d April, loCO
Messrs. ELtors:-Plattville, Grant Co.
Wisconsin, whence 1 last wrote you is quite
a Furnishing village, contains some 1900
inhabitants in the heart Ct the lead re-
gion, and in the midst of a beautiful, fer
tile region, II miles from the Mississippi
River. 1t is a depot of trade for a large
part of Grant, Lafayette and Iowa coun-
ties, and its mercantile. manufacturing and
Mechanical business is large, exclusive of a
large manufacture of lead. There is an
abundance of water power near the village.
Quite a number of citizens reside here who
formerly lived in old Trumbull, amongst
whom is Mr.. Lane. Mr.. Chase, and young
Mr. Bushnell, quite a prominent Republican
lawyer, and who ~ the by, the very day
L got there. was elected chairman of the
boards of Supervise $. over no less a per-
Sonags han Er Governor Del1ey. one of
the Democratic lights of the land, and that
by a large majority of two to one. The
town has an Academy of the highest or
der, attended by a large number Of stu
dents from different sta.es, its common
schools are also said to be excellent. 1t
has seven Protestant and one Catholic
church. The county of Grant contains
quite a numb r of citizens from old Trum-
bull-but enough of this. After leaving
there l passed throug.r the fOurishing min
eral towns. Potosi. Bectom1. anl Clssville.
thence by the Mississippi to MeGregor, in
Iowa. This is another of the go ahead
towns of the west, 1t is the outlet of rich
farmina lands for from 60 to loo miles
back in Iowa, and being opposite to Prai-
RE Du Chen, the terminus vff the Milwau
kee & Mississippi Rail Road, it affords IA
%cilities for shipping grain either East by
that road, or South by the river; hence its
advantages as a grain market. There are
some six or eight large warehouses Literally
GRAINED full of wheat, and no chance to get
it to market until the large lots accumula-
ted at the different markets above. over
the river, arc sent away. l was told that
as many as 6 to 10000 bushels per day
have been taken in at this place. The
town contains some 5000 inhabitants, is
built in the mouth of a r%avinue. scarcely
wide enough for a street and a row Of hou-
ses on each side. and it is thus built up for
a mile or 50 back, and now like Galena
are building on the sides of the bluffs.
There are many fine buildings here, and
yet not a man has a title to an inch ofland
he occupies, as it remains in the heirs of
the McGregor's. Prairie DuChien to use
a western expression, (although one of fhe
oldest towns in the country has gavc up
There are extensive stone Notifications,
erected by Sam in an early day, but now
in a state of dilapidation and decay-in-
habited in part by poor Irish families, with
their windows supplied with rag bags and
old hats, instead of glass, many large no.
tells as we'll as other splendid buildings are
standing tendntkSs, monuments of the ex-
travagance and folly Of the age in which
they we're built Grant. Iowa, and Rich
counties. in Wisconsin, and Living
ston, Ogle, Whiteside and Lee Counties in
state, arc all rich in minerals, or agri-
cultural wealth, some in both-thc mines
producing more mineral now. than ever
before. and the farmers have put in larger
of grain than ever before, which are
very Gne. This town is situated
on the Great Illinois Central Rail Road, in
the midst of a vast fertile Prairie, some
S40 miles from CARR. Here the company
have large work ships which no doubt have
helped to build up the place; it is only five
years old, and now contains some 3o00in m
habitants. This is the place where the
day Saints or Mormons held their
late grand Conference, and at which time
Joe Smith Jr. made his great speech. stating
that he Qike his father.) had been called
Of God to take charge Of the church and
bring them back into the path of rectitude
and virtue. The late spring elections, both
in this State and Wisconsin, show a large
increased Republican vote. True a Demo
crat was elected as Supreme Judge, in the
State-but owing to local causes
be was supported in many places as the
candidate; hence his election by a
very meager majority. 1 understand the
Republicans of Chicago have erected a
large wigVQ1n in which to hold the Re-
publican Convention in May, sufficiently
sapacious to hold 10000 persons. They
also say the latch string shall be out, as
the good old days of TIppecanoe. The
Of Chicago, formerly from Ohio, New
York, and ether states, have had meetings
and made arrangements to receive the del
in a proper manner from their sew
sral native States, and there is no doubt