, 1860-11-12

Tho City ~ Seen by the Prince and his
Party.
Especial Correspondence Of the Lonlon Times.1
CurcAao, H., Sept g.
When the Prince quilted Chicago on the I'd
for Ills shooting-box i'll the prairirs had Ut
tic time afforded me to LOOK about this WON
drrfui and btsarrs city, which for marvc1lously
sudden growth and immense prosperity proba.
bly, stanIs unequalled even Ia the hlslury OF
Western enterprise and progress San Fran
cisco and St. Puul in the extreme West are the
only two cities which aiior,lany parallel to the
Fisc of Chicago. In 1t;1 and 1S3;, Chicago was
only IN Indian tradlng-post; IN 1si1 and 1saS
WAS small wooden pr.izie town Of 5,0oo1i,-
hal'itants. 1t IL now an Immense city, with
rows u stately streets, noblc public buildings,
tilB Squares and avenues, The centre OF an lIi-
menst traue with rich and thriving popula-
tlon Of LEO O0o0 people, to which the tide OF en-
lgFation alone adds many thousands every
year. In fact, when one 1ook6 On Its great
lines OF streets and warehouses, its huge ue-
pots for grain aud produce Of all kinds, its
banks, hotels, churches, hospitals, and publie
buildings, it is all but impossible to believe
that this has been the growth of thirty ycars-
that hale and, comparatively speaking, young
men, the owners Of immense fortunes, VINO
were among the first to settle on the present
site OF the city. can rccollect when IT was only
lftf4ES' tHUu Or WHICH liit lIul*lll8 11ul4LNA
buffa1e and deer:
Yet iherc IL something In the rcry aspect Of
the town which bears out the assertion OF its
nos.crn growth. The ti;y, in f=et, Is still
building on every side You can 20 dow none
Of the principal streets without finding ono or
more gigantic blocks Of warehouses, some I'll
massive stone, some even 0f white marble, BE-
lug huilt upon the sites of little wooden shan
ties, from tho trade carried on in which was
realized the fortune that HOW PAYS for tli''
erection Of these palatial warehouses;. II any
one can imagine how Manchester would Ioo1
or red brick aud highly decorated, with bc-
tween each two OF three blocks i little pile o.
wooden Auts, like travelling caravans taken oti
their wheels, hotels erected 10 resemble PAL
aces scattered all among The rows Of buildings
with very wide streets anu wooden Sidewalks.
with rough stumIt5 of pine trees bet along Tie
rolds mall directions to curry tclcgraphic wires
If they can imagine all these things, with all
the uids Of glowing colors ullti active, CONNER
cia busting; city llfe picturin@, too, tfic whole
city On the banks ct IN in.and sta, like Lake
Michigan, with bridges, canals, and wharfs,
form a G.ir idea Of whal Chicago Is, and
all this lit Il little more thai, twenty years! 1t
Is tue most grotesque and Whimsical city that
have ever scen: it is such al extraordinary
! melange of the broadway Of New York and lite
sllanties. of Partisan buildings mixed up in some
Regent 6trrGt will, the best ilo1sc. and terraces
Of Eayswattr were protuseiy 'nter1riyed with
Wottlen shantics, and occulict! by some 1I},
0(0 busy people, ansl j whole army of brick
layers put all rs,u,,d s,icl city to try IL build
1t in with suburbs IF stately siurrS and streets,
larger than nuy yet attempted, 1t would be like
Chicago. Now tu sictaii:-1t is like solutthiu::
that one has seen everywhere, yet, us city, it
is like notiin. else Int itself under the sun.
You pass through streets Of houses bigger and
handsoIncr than the front OF the Great West
cr1l Hotel, and next door 10 icln Is ;.roHp or
little mushroom wooden tenetlrn!s, the dwell
iinys OF the first settlers, which one might
jump over, anu which are regarded H. anlt,n:,,
the antiquities Of Chicago, though scarcely,
even for slight wooden buildings, old even
now. Whether, rs Is too frequently the cast:
in these prccocious western cities, Chicago il
oycr-bnlsding itself or not, I cannot say;
hat ran certainly sec that building il +soin::
on 1T rate that, il it continues for the next u
years, must make the city larger tiSan New
York. This over spccu|ationin land and lous-
Il was one Of the main sources Of injury to
Detroit. It Is said that it cannot have the
same result here, which am quite inclined tu
believe when I think Of the State Of which
Chicago has become the commercial capital.
The State Of Illinois is :: tract ol pr:liric lantt
of alsnost precisely tue same size III England
| and Wales, and which for fertility Of
| snil is not to he cQUallch by any utlicr Stat.:
IA oAAOAS 9-tsNt P~AA.APFp "4"@oA@Aaf
| Or the Territory Of Minnesota. The two lat-
ter, however, nEc yet but poorly settled,
though their natural advantages arc sad to he
equal to those enjoyed by the settlers here.
The State OF ll!int'ls grows cotton, tobacco,
mE.izc and WHEAT Of the tlnrst kind@ Tb,.
whole State, ii, fart, is pr.irie-tl,at Is, level
| meadow land covered with rici. lon:, pr:airi.:
s.riss, with deep, tine soft, black luals.y s,l,
which lies over the gravel in depths ot from
five to six or ten feet. Al! tAst tue settler
here has to lo Is to connc his rattle I'LL they
tat down the long gra>s, then Plough at once,
! and SOW ls corn year after year, without mt-
| nuring. or uften even resting the land in any
way. The fable of Jack and tic Bcanktalk l.;
almost realized lIcrc in the gigantic cruIs If
Indian cr1, where the p!ant, it Is s:itl, In eight
weeks attains hegh: Of lltz:fly ten ir;:f, .,sl
where tie car Of cur1, is IL iuasrive and lvasy
Id roliing-l'in. l have been sl,uwn so.,c
here Of only 4 few weeks growth which were
more like young bambs"1@ tlian plants If
nlaizc For farming aud for dairy and cattle
rearing purlmses, the prairie lln. il said to he
the best in the world, and there are farms not
E.r from Chicagt, which haze tiivir .,,tsN} ul;d
G,000 hca41 Of battle on ihcul. lore to sc;
one Of these before quit Illinois
While driving ro::nh Tire strrets Of Chicago
the Prince saw WOODEN hoHst bciit.. moved
| To lnuye a house may sound tat1cr a!.rlnn..
| i'll England, here nothing Is nlurc common.
Any n,Ie who has bull, 4 woo;fcn lsoi1sr too
near stream too far ttol. il: ar us hc clears
his la.nl and wants lis farmhouse mere in the
centre IF his crops, simply huiS1s the whole
establishment l.y levers into huge wooden roll
css, formed Of trunks uf trees, ind th":. sslll-
dies 1t slowly in wssatcyGs airccl!un liz HAY
wish. WLrn the hall room was being h::i1, 1t
Hamilton, the wooden house uf Dutch
settler was found much in the way, unsl it
WIS proposed tu him to haze 1t InnVctl lach
some twenty feet, To be moved forward when
the Jtte was over: As one not acquainted with
| the peculiar mode Of moving HOUSES ADOPT
Cd lit Upper Cal,aia and ihs country, l
must own was not = littl1 .st,:isl.rti 10 lear
that such Is Wild proposition was ever thought
tIf by the committee lis po-+ihlt. The Duict-
s;lan, however, unless ltraviIy compensated,
| refused to move his dwelling single snrll,
and the consmtt1se thtt,,,en encd tu remove it h,
! turco. But to this GXtTeIllo nIeusl1re uf yiD-
1ently collariny lwclling-housc and u::skia..
it move on, thu authorities fortunately did NIT
prt,ctcl, but compromised matters BY building
The orchestra at the end ur llc lsIruorl,, over
! his roof The Dutchman, wlose only aim +,
| thu matter was t" "rfc.. Al. .Aosmtaat amount
/ Ut compensation from the tity, was enragetl
ut this 1nanuuyer, and rs his chirnneys I'D
right up under t.c nrcs1r. i4t ti.rtaitt11.l to
| light hia tires aud smohe the ballroom ont.
As it was not only quite easy to carry out rLis
amiable intention,. but very likely that
tho Dutchman would try it, the engines were
| kept in waiting the whoic night Of the ball.
! with the hnse SO placed tn seat. !. ti,oa Of
i water uown LIE th.mus:s on tic Inst token of
combustion below appearing tEerrfrufli. For
tunately for hiNascif MynsIrrr did nut :.ttrln,t
I" carry l'ls thrrats 'ls fir as ILLS, 20 thr IT,!
, ,..,..u ou w.tuoul any necessity arising Of
calling in the engines to their aih. Certainly,
| from what have sec1, now CT tlu process ut
| housc-1no;inE as pl:cticcd here, it's staTSe!y
| worth the Dutch,nan' 5 while to make 80 great
a tuss about 50 small \ matter. OF course,
however. like erery obstructive, he conttndcd
that he Wis only turbulent and annoying OIL
| principle.
The rates In Chicago are unusually light
| only :: II per cent. on real property. llonse-
| rent, however, il inoTtliaatciy dear; and j mo-
| deratc little tenement Which might be got in
| the Suburbs Of London for G5 per aunuin
here fctches 93O0. For officials with liked III
| comes this is, Of course, most serious draw
| back. l attended another torchli.ht process
| sion aud political demonstration ns the'Widr
Awakes,'' in favor OF Honest old Alic," tho
Republican, and, us he will almost certainly
| PROVE, the successful candidate ut tho az
] preaching Presidential election. The rroecs-
! sion mustered in great numbers, and with
| their torelrs assembled in front Of tile Trc
| mont House, from the balcony Of w!1ir1t they
| were addressed by many speakers until nearly
| 10 o'clock. The speeches were long a1kl tenn
| rcrate, and sometimes almost fuhuy. But,
whether temperate. Ut intcmper.te, funny or
| nation. They listened, or appeared io listPn,
! ing nu laughter, no funny running cumnleA-
! tlry OF embarrassing remarks, such ms one
| hears on similar occasions from III English
| rrn1r1 All yrsa in f1t. +.Sfrer1ts III