The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-06-28

ollection,) end it is peculiarly pictur
csque BY reason Of the gentle slopes ans
undulutions Of surface which Diversity
and environ il. Il is in the bosom Of q
magnificent farming country, extending
from cast Of Rockford TO the prceipitous
hills in the vicinity Of Gploua. Froepori
was commenced about 1898, and in 1860
had population Of l4oO, which now, !
am eredibly informed, must be, at least
5000 It has several Stores, well supplied
with goods adapted to the business Of the
.pcoplc--sevcral hotels, churches, school.
houses, mills and manufactures. Some
ofthc buildings ore large and well and
tastefOlly constructed. II is really ono
of the most thrifty, cntcrprising aud iE-
viting towns in Northern Illinois.
A1cr passing Galcnu VIC como TO Dun.
leith on the lert bank Of the Mississippi
lSS miles from Chicago. Galcna is in
the midst Of the lead mines, about seven
miles from the Mississippi at the head
of Navigation on Fever or Galcna river
and it Is surrounded and intcrscctcd by
numerous hills sufficiently high to destroy
its beauty and too precipitous to admit ci
convenient intercommunication other.
wise than circui;ously around them. Il
hus ono excellent hotel, the De Soto
House, but it's streets are narrow uut
crooked, and, although It's trade very ccr.
siderable, cannot perceive much mark,
cd accumulation and Improvement. tits
due to truth, however, TO concedc that ]
never did admire Galcua.
Dunlcith is l6 miles from Galcna at
the northern terminus Of the Northern
Branch ofth Illinois Central Railroad.
1t was commenced in 1858 and in 1856
had 700 inhabitantsj but il has not in.
creased much since that time. II has
several large, woll-illcd stores, mostly
brick, and is surrounded by high bluff
which almost oycrhang il. Atthis place
we cross the Mississippi to Dubuque on
is right bank in Iowa, in Ferry Boat.
Dubuque is surrounded by very consider.
able elevation, but they are not sufficient
ly near to mar its beauty or discommode
its business operations. 1t contains some
splendid buildings, in general, tosierully
made, and has much wealth and activity
in trade. But il has not pcrccptibly in
creased in population since the moncyc.
crisis Of 1857 when il contained about
$4,000 Inhabitants. II isin the midst oi
the Iowa lcad mines which are hardly
inferior to those about Galena. The lead
trade has been exceedingly profitable
and some very largo estates have bee
acquired by it. Dubuque has always
been the centre ofan extensive commor-
cial business on the river, audits facilities
are now scnsibly improved by means Of
the Railroad concentrating and tcrmina-
ting thore. 1t has two excellent hotels
the "City House and cullen House,
formerly called the NAPLES House.
In leaving Dubuque we take the "Du-
buquo aud Sioux city Rail Roud" for
the western interior, and 90 half a mile
or thcrcbbouts down the river bank and
then circuitously through bay or open
ing between the hills to point nearly
west Of town whence tho route extends
directly west through several stations,
as yet OF little note, to Independence, the
county scat Of buchanan county 20 miles
from Dubuque. The first fifteen miles
is generally rough, broken land und un-
inviting bat the residue Of the route is
through prairie country, covered with a
fluxuriant growth Of grass, forming excel
lent natural meadows, studded, at this
season Of the year, with flowers and in
tersperscdwith groves Of timber and cul-
tiyat d farms, the singular beauty OF
which must be seen to be uppreciut d.
The Rail Road is now completed to
Cedar Falls, 100 miles from Dubuque
Independence is a well laid oct and a.
trRctiyd town, settled by emigFants from
New York and northern Ohio. Il con-
taiaB nearly or quite aoOO ihhaBRdnts.-
The buildings are tasteiully CONSTRUCTED
and everything assures the stranger that
itsPeoPle lave industry energy and NOR,
al and intellectual culture. An excel
lent bridge crosses the WOpsipinecan
river which runs through the town; and
the native bur.oalSs, now La f grown,
have bcen spared from theyandalism Of
western pioneer life. The "NIontom
House" is one Of the very bCst hotels in
the county, and will compare fayorably
with any in Ohio or the eastern states,
unless a few rare delieaeies be excepted
which, from its isolated locality, cannot
be obtainedga .ef aasm aad
Fanloy junction is % miles from Du-
buquc on this Road where it cppuer.s s
with the Dubuque Western Railway"
which extends thence TO Anamosl, tho
county seat Of Jones couBy-54 miles
from Dubuque and 81 from Fsnlcy staien
This latter road is completed to Spring
vile 0 miles below Anamosa and Is 10
extend to Cedar Rapids and cohDect ther
with the "chieugo, lowe and Nebraska
Railway" whiehis already finished from
Clinton on tho right banE.o the Miasis-
siPPi A miles to Cedar Rap ds, and is to
be constructed onthe AZ parallclof north