, 1862-12-01
Correspondence Chicago Tribune.1

McGnEGoR, Iowa, Nov. a6, 1862
Have Jou ever heard Of McGregor, save By
now and then slancing over the list OF noted !
ar1ivala? Possibly not, and yet it is the con-
1aercial centre around which Northern Iowa |
around that ancient city called Boston. MT |
because McGregor Is q r1odern Athens. The |
fact that it, or rather it's unterifed inhabltants
gave si1sy-three maturity for Mahoay. the
arch traitor and Tory candidate for Congress,
knocks the sand from under that theory; not
because it is q moral and temperate commuri-
~, the aforesaid fact demolishes that theory
aleo; but because it is the out1et, the gate
way to the Mississippi and to the means Of
transpoz.ationE for large part Of the
northern portion Of the Hawkeye stsse, and
Of the southern portion Of 31inne5ota. Il is
an Incorporated city, Of about 800 inhsbtt~
ants, on the Mississippi River, 5a5
niles above St. Louis, and 2Gl miles
below st. Paul. The principal business
is 2 o1uce buying and merchandising. Look
at the figures Of the trade OF 1sG1-those for
this year not being made up yet: Wheat,
1916, $50 bushels; flour. Il 419 barrels; lard,
$3.50 kege; butter, 26S940 pounds; green
| hides, lfS,ol5 pounds; dry hides, $3.50
| pounds: dressed hGgs, l25,928 pounds.
There, If you haven't heard Of McGregor. your
commission merchants have. as for what it
| buys, that will probably never be known; but
it is q vast amount, Que thing, however, is
| we'll ascsrtained, and that is, that notWlth~
Standing the Eixtg:three majority for Mahony,
it takes about 2oo esopiss 81 Of IL tie CntcA6o
the Matopyites are not generally Of the read
| ing class: because even some Of them reEu-
diate the internal teachings Of that shcct whose
| correspondents are SO familiar with pcniten-
| tiarses and guard houses, and because the
| Tn1nrNE is 1oya1, devoted to the cause Of the
Union, to universal freedom, and to the prompt
| dissemination of news among the people, to
rtithtr OF which charges Ycur Randolph street
Tory Il, sghhor pleads guilty, nnless it be the
after, and that on1y By puelishiag extrases
tons Of Gen. Mcclellan By some foreign sprig
OF royalty, bred to fawu upon bis sunerio.s il
poElllo1. only, and who took good care to be
absent from his dear general upon the eve ct a
battle, having suddenly learned that his im-
Vor1ant pe1sonsge and royal highnass was
! learn by the Ners OF this city that tnc 9Th
IowB eave you three rousirg cheers on its way
through your city. Accept them, MessEs.
EGitoze, rs cheers from the throat Of every
[ loyal man, wo1uau and child in Northern Ioga,
for your fearlefsuess in defending the ctuse oil
the Union, ard pioneering the march Of hui,
man progress toward happiness and freedom
Tie long -ta1kel-of-oa- partially built rail.
road from this point vest to Fort Atkinson
and from thence wcstwardly indefinitely;
ssers to have assumed q tangible shape. Ser.
erul prominent capitalists from yo71E city llavs
, bsen here examining the project, and, it il
: Eaid, with hoW much truth Ruo1 not, that
:. loan OF several hundred thousand dollars ha:
l been effected to build the road. Ii there is NJ
= probability Of getting the ship canal throug,
to the mississippi, why could not Chicag<
capitalists do son.alhing toward building
4 road from Wsrren, on the Illinois Genital
r through to this point, and thus secure III
: t,ade Of Northern Io.a Southern Minnesota
:. ard ultimately, Dacotah? The route woul
3 I ley through Giant county,, Wisconsin, one Q
: the largest and best counties in the State,
q greet portion Of the trade OF which goes t.
Milwaukee BY the Milwaukee sud Prasie d.
CHEN railroad. The Inhabitants Of that coar
n II ere anxious to have road built, and hay
3 already subscribed 1ibera!ly. ] do not kno,
x that the project Is feaeible but it is certaiul
| worth looking into. HANKEIE