Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-06-12

in passing, that, sixty six years
ago, the sloop Detroit, Of seventy tons, plough
ed its lonely way through the waters Of Lake
Erie, the first vessel whence the American
flag flung its shadow upon her bosom that
in 1918, the first steamer, Walk.in. the. water,
was launched that, in 1889. the first steam.
er, the Seldom Thompson, laden with troops.
General Scott and the Asiatic cholera, came
to anchor of cluster Of Eve building, abouts
as temporary as the tents Of the Arabs, bar
racks and lighthouse, oil and singular be.
ing known as Fort Dearborn. @ ~,g&aa-
In ~ the shipping list Of Chicago emu
merated little flock Of nineteen steamers,
seventeen propellers, thirty six brigs and one
hundred and twenty schooners, . total Of one
hundred and ninety-two, and employing
sixteen hundred and twenty EIGHT men,
Last year, focking, like doves to their win
dows," there traded with this port, six steam.
ers, sixty.6ve propellers, sixty.two barks,
fifty-four brigs and ave hundred and fiity.six
schooners, cloud Of eight hundred and four
ty-three sail. Now, the Invincible Armada
Of the Lakes, conquering the hunger of half
the world, numbers sixteen hundred and
forty three vessels, Of . capacity Of 413, ,026
tons, value of twenty millions, annually
floating . commerce Of $45O, ,o0O, 900, and
employing . force Of more than eighteen
thousand strong. We beg you to remember
that poor, lonely little Detroit, on blue Erie,
and then think Of the cloud OF four hundred
steam vessels on the sky, and the wings Of a
thousand schooners dappling oil the sea!
Nine years previous to the Harbor and
River Convention, the first shipment OF grain
was made from Chicago, by Charles Walker,
Esq, Of this city, ard consisted of thirty
nine bags of wheat; DuPage county has the
honor Of producing It, and the steamer
Great Western, Captain A. Walker, of tran.
sporting it. The first cargo was a farmer 8
freight to mill, but unable to get his grist,"
he sold it. That wheat found its way to the
hills Of Otsego, N. Y, was Toured and pur.
chased by Mr.. Walkers old. time neighbors
IA curiosity! Last year there were receiv-
ed in this city more than forty millions OF
bushels CT grain, and more than one and q
half millions Of barrels of -four; and there
were forwarded to the East and the world,
seventeen hundred thousand barrels of -four
and more than forty seven million bushels OF
grain, or to state it with greater accuracy,
AZ ,577. 1865. In 1s47, Chicago exported
proud Of it. Last year it sent forward TWEEN.
ty nine and half millions of bushels, and
said little about it.
In October, 1839-less than eight years
before the "then," Messrs. Newberry and
Dole shipped sixteen hundred and seventy.
eight bushels Of wheat on the brig Osceoia
That wheat was gently carried in pals to the
weighing box, and that, when filed, was
borne like an East Indian, palanquin. wise
and deposited respectfully on ship board
and 1t was only in the year following thu
Convention, that Captain Bristol blessed thu
the west with its first steam elevator. Ant
an elevator rs some lady who bravely ven
lures into this heavy reading may desire tc
know, is only huge house full of . mighty
hand, that tosses whole harvests about, AZ
the husbandman sows his grain; that take,
them up under high roofs as lightly as the
doves fly, and pours them in golden cata
racts into waiting fleets. Those houses, ir
this city, to-day, can store ten millions O
bushels, and can put summarily on boart
ship, every day, almost three millions w,
write it reverently, those warehouse mon
sters are hands of Providence to the grea
| Northwest
Not in ~ had that great artery of ou,
commerce, the Illinois and Michigan Canal
begun to beat, and it was not until '48 tina
its slow pulsation brought us the first carg,
of corn. We take up the faded newspapers
for July, AT; we are astonished at their mar
row scope and verge, but astounded at thci
contents. We read the advertisement of
leading merchant Of the " then" merchant
we may add, In the front rank Of the " now, >
on Convention day, July 5th: ".'
ErREsH HARRIvAL!-JUsr IN TINE Three do.e
Il Parasols. green and fancy, just received.
And this in city that would not thinl
now, of advertising SO few as three dozen o
any thing no larger than elephants. An,
again, in that same month, We read a".
"Market setive-7, 900 bushels Of wheat came In"
and in the marine list for the 9Th of July
'48, in the piping times of peace - and sum
mer, the record Of two arrivals and three de
partures. How can we credit all this, whe1
we remember that the total commerce Q
Chicago, passing over the st. Clair Flats
eight years sgo--the full half of our wonder
ful sixtecn-was valued at one hundred an,
thirteen and half millions Of dollarsl Blu
that will do very well for city that, flv
years before the Convention Of ~, had bu
three dozen brick stores wherewith to bles
itself; q city that erected in SO. at q cost Q
six millions of dollars, moro buildings tha
composed the entire Chicago of ~.
Robert Rantoul of Boston seeking q gran
of land for the Illinois Central railroad, in
speech before the Legislature of Illinois, afte
time had got into the SOS, set forth, in color
50 glowing that his auditors thought ther
was too much paint in the brush, the pros
pective glories Of the harvest fields Of iii
nois. Why, said he, the State Of Illinoi
will, one day, produce thirty-six millions Z
bushels Of corn. Three years ago-in 188
Ito ray nothing Of the twenty -four millio
bushels of wheat and the sixteen millions Z
rye and oats. Illinois husked one hundre
and fifteen and fourth millions Of the graf
that made the theme of Joel Barlow's epic
Hasty Pudding" and half Of the sixtee
1 years have 20 played the mischief and tn
magic with Mr.. Rantoul's magnificent est
mate, that there are four counties in tn
State, any one OF which can make it true, j
Scripture measure, "pressed down and rur
ming overl" oo5
i Let the horizon grow broad until, like
wedding ring, it encircles Illinois, rich ]
Gods clearings," with it's sweep Of 90, 40
square miles, wherein We might pile Swift,
eriand, and have room for Portugal and
margin. When the delegates Of ~ left j
there were within it's borders seven hundre