New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-22

city upon the lake shore having passed tbrouehhsSs
furnace Of realess,e speculation Is now 10 coupar
lively healthy condition. Properly is literally rrns "A
Chicago, for the fremont House, and the whole bocS
containing il, has been elevated ak feet within the
past few weeks, without interfering with the trsnsas
ton OF business in it. IIiss part Of the supendous
movement by which nearly the whole city Is bein.
raised, to inangurae good system Of sewerage. This
clevatDg great metropolis Of brick and stone build.
ings ia one of the triumphs of modern mechanism
which leave even geological tradiic ns In the shade.
There great many mysteries in the world but
Western currency is the most inscrutable of them all
Ii Is forcibe illustration Of the mutabty Of human
affairs The notes of mDy of the lnos and Wis.
consin banks, founded mainly on the bonds Of South.
ern States, had been depreciang steadily for several
weeks, until gold and New-York exchange were com.
mandng premium of tcehty per cent 1t was costing
the Michigan Central Railroad Company, alone, for
exchange, between 1000 aud $1,000 per week. For
time the merchants met their Eastern paper by for.
wardng grain; but now that was stopped, for grain
purchased with the deprecated currency, was COM
handing higher prices in Chicago than in New.York.
STILL the hotels and mercantile houses arc receiving
the notes at par How do you stand it y asked
of business friend. Well" wac his reply, after
or past experience we stand anything in Chi
cago." When left Chicago, on Wednesday morning.
took an Illinois bank note which was passing OF par;
when arrived in ST. Louis that evening, it hsd deprS
eated 20 per cent
In coming South through Illinois, the change in the
vegetation is very rapid. Two hundred miles south Of
Chicago the season seems to be at least three weeks
10 advance Of it the gon about that city, The wheat
is very promising and think more corn than usual
being planted.
Illinois has responded nobly to tie countrys call.
Seventeen regiments now nearly ready for service
and the number be increased TO almost any desired
extent The fountains OF the great political deep are
broken up. There is not probably more real feeling
than in New.England and New-York, but the people
of the Northwest are much more demonstrativeihan
their Eastern brethren. Two companies Of soldiers
came on our train to the encampment at CsreyvilleA
miles east of this city, and were greeted all along the
road with vociferous enthusiasm. Cannon were fired
the stations bandkerchiefs futered from the Windows
women and children joined in the plaudits, and men
and boys in the fields, at the plow, huzzahed theme
selves horse the were passing Until this hour
of trial, the loyal people of The Prairie State never
knew Indeed, did any Of us y how much they loved
the old dag.
One fact in the present contest well illustrates what
Freedom can do for State. have it the best an.
thorty that whenever Cairo in danger Of attack the
Superintendent of the Illinois Central Railroad at TED
hours notice. can start from the different points that
line four miles OF cars for the nperled city, capable Of
delivering "a 900 men there as tie locomotives
can carry theml What can any all the rebel States
do to compare with thisl
Secession has received its death-bow in Missouri.
True it dies hard there is wailng and gnnshing o.
teeth among its adherens, and il may show hight sli
but it is fatally wounded for a. that" Frank blsr
and hs stanch coaborers here always understood and
acted upon exactly the right method Of fighting Slavery
aggression They have always taken bold, defiant,
aggressive position. Bluff is the game Of the Props-
gandists and whenever they beaten at It, they are
eiectually beaten, utterly routed. The Union men OF
Missouri instead of hesitsting, and apoogzipg, and
deprecating promptly armed Themselves, and said
ave are for the Union and Govern nent without an Il,
or butt we will fight for to the last drop Of bloodi
and you who propose plunge our State into treason,
can take your choice between yielding, right here az
the beginning, fighting tout with u.s." The wisdom
Of that policy is triumphautly viDdcaied.
Two or three days since, the Republican uai-aSent
on the Pacific Railroad "ducked" in the Osage
River by a company Of State troops. Mr.. p. L. Foy,
the Postmaster or this city, instantly cut OH the mst
on that road. The Secessionists anxiousy inquired
when il would be resumed He replied, "Wbeneyer
the State authorities guarantee the entire personal
safety Of the mail agents without regard to their POI
ltcal opinions" Last night the authorities at Jesr'
son City sent Mr. Foy long telegraPhic dispatch.
He refused to receive it, replying that they might pay
their kilograms. Shortly after the dispatch came
again, prepaid, and brought the required guaranty,
and also assurance that the captain under whose en'
consignment the outrage was committed bad been re-
movedl This morning the mail commenced running
again. Gov jackson and his taitorous associates hss
the Baltimore Plug Uges, have heard from The NORTH
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