Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1861-08-21
t' Correspondence Of the JoURs AL.
Sketches of a Flying Trip.
CLEVELAND, August 8, 1861


CLEVELAND, August 8, 1861.
Ma. EDIroR Leaving the Junction
City at noon On Monday on the light
draught steamer Key City, after a pleas
ant ride found the train putting impa-
tiently or the voyageurs at Dunleitb.-
Seats were soon exchanged and directly
we were in motion with the dust flying.
I forgot to say that Aubuque looks old.
The steeets are not lighted. The Herald,
the Democratic paper thereof. is an infa-
nous traitor sheet. 1t should be aba
ted as nuisance. Six o'clock next
morning found me at the Garden City,
and from the amount of fruit and veee-
tables on the streets and in the stalls it
seems to be very appropriately named.-
Here we changed seats to the M. 3. and
N. l. R. R. cars and soon was speeding
away at lively rate over q low prairie
and around the south end of Lake Mich
igau, thence through long strip of
stinted pines, thence heavy hard wood
timber, with little farms at short distan-
ces. thence beautiful strips of prairie in
tervening, dotted with cheerful looking
apple orchards, generally loaded down.
This is Indiana. Then with swoop we
passed into the Buckeye State. To this
State the patriot of TO-DAY and in future
times may well look with pride. AL is
stir and hustle for war. Regiments of
infantry, cavalry and artillery are being
formed with rapidly that astonlshes
the old headed -disunion- democratic
fogies. TO the shame of the modern
democratic party the members are in
open rebellion in the slave States. and
the simon pure have held their State
Conventions in New York, Ohio and
Iowa, in each Of which States they have
adopted resolutions censuring the course
of the administration of Mr.. Lincoln,
blaming the Republican party for the
bringing on of tho war, and resolving
further that the government should do
NOTHING, and that peace should be made
at all hazards At the same time they
pretend to be Union mem! yen, just
such Union men as Burnett, Breckin
ridge, VaIlandingham and May. Trai-
tors. Insiduous, deeply dyed, doubly
damned traitors. But thank God. every
democrat that loves and reveres the pat
riot Douglas, will spit upon and crush
such tricksters in scorn ulder their heels.
The American people have too much ut
stake now to be bamboozled by these
cogging, cozening. cowardly knaves.-
These double faces in Ohio say that they
are in favor of the government and the
Union, but democrats must hold the Of
fees That explains the whole thing
That is at the bottom of the rebellion in
tie slave States, and that is whut moves
beings in the free States, who call them
selves democrats, and who let politics
override principle, to sympathize with
the devilish traito $ and rejoice at every
effort made by them to overthrow the
government: simply because they have
no principles themselves but plumber,
and cannot discriminate between the Of
flee and officer.
But the purity of the blue lake stretch
ing TO the line of the horizon to the
north and east and the cool breeze there,
from attracts my attention from the
corruption and dishonesty Of men, and
causes me to look around at what man
has done here in this beautiful CITY,
Cleveland contains, according to the last
census, 10000 souls. 1t is handsomely
located on the south side of Lake Erie,
and is surrounded by timber. The pub
lie square is beautiful place. In the
centre stands the Perry Monument,
about Is feet high, surrounded with a
full life size statue in pure white marble
of the Commodore. On the South of
the monument is an active fountain ever
throwing up the crystal waters, rendering
the air for considerable distance around
it cool and delicious. Large fsundries
are in full blast: immense quantities Of
iron and copper ore is lying in cords on
the wharf ..- ....s
The steamer from City just arrived with
a cargo of 400 tons of copper ore from
Lake Superior, almost pure copper. The
steamer Western Metropolis is the best
furnished and most splendid vessel that l
ever saw afoat. It is truly a floating
palace.
The Post Office buildings of cut lime
stone with marble front is a fine structure,
there are many costly churches, stores
and dwellings that speak for the wealth
and intelligence of the citizens Of this
''black Republican" region. There are
great many contrabands here, who
seem to be industrious and making mon
ey. Oberlin, oh yes, you have all heard
of Oberlin. Well it is about the size of
Hastings Min. near small stream, on
nearly level land and entirely surrounded
by heavy timber. The Oberlin College
is fine brick building. There are sew
eral churches here and white people live
in the houses. / had heard that the in-
habitants were all eontrabands, formerly
called niggers, but I did not see any.
Yours p Y w