, 1863-06-15
Il TRIP TO CHICAGO.


from the Buffalo Commercial Adycrt1serJ
4 recent trip to the great metropolis Of the
West-the Odessa Of our Northern Mediter.
1ancan scas-has furnished US variety 6t
incident which 1t has occurred to us might be
interesting to our readers. we propose, there,
fore, to giTe to-day those incidents, in lien of
our usual didactic and political Ideas, propos.
ing. however, to speak only Of such things as
VIC saw, without comparison with others,
doubtless equally noteworthy.
And first Of railroads. The Great Western
Railway, oyer which we passed to Detroit,
struck us as being, In many respects, a most
CANT cars, the quiet and uninquisitiTe mir Of
their occupants; ind the kind and respectful
conduct Of the of1lcials-despito their official
cos.ume-inIpressed US with q favorable idea
Of the liberal management OF the road from
the very beginning. The entire freedom from
dust which We experienced, was great relief,
and the solidity Of the track-owing largely
to the new system Of boiling the ends Of the
rails together, aided largely our enjoyment Of
the beautiful landscape through which the
road passes. AS to the Michigan Central Rail
road, words Of praise, as to its equipment and
onogement, are words ef supe5srogation to
mined in passing over 1t, Of Saxe's lines:
ssWhfzzing through the mountains,
B!a,l Blsas nj! 81 , This Fl, / !s pleasant
It WIS pleasant morning Us We entered
Chicago. and us VIC passed through its exten-
siye suburbs, and noticed, tn the distance, its
many spires, the towers Of Its elevators, an1
the torcst Of masts which thronged its inca
pacious harbor, memory carried us back to
our boyhood. We thoug ght Of similar morn
ing, thirty years ago, when we first looked
upon that fa1ne shore. Then, old Fort Dear.
horn with garrison OF couple Of hundred
soldiers, was the landmark, around which
were clustered, as If for protection, the dwell
ipgs Of less than thousand people. All else
was primernl prairie. We remember, ut that
time, to haye witnessed the shooting of
grouse within stones throw Of the present
Court House, and that our plumbers were dis
turbcd at night by the dismal bowling OF the
prailie wolves. The contrast was SO recent,
| aud SO marked that we were startled. A me-
tropolis OF an hundred and fifty thousand peo-
pie had covered the prairie for miles with
edifices, and Streets and granaries, and all the
surroundings Of busthng, struggling, eager,
1.-THE course Of EMPIRE" taking It's way to-
ward the setting sun, had paused here but i
little while, but In that briet pause, it struck
| Its roots deep, and marked 1t as central raj
! lying point, around which the uudeyelopcd
| energies, and unborn riches Of IN empire
should cluster in the future.
| it, made strangely interesting by those early
| "reminiscences, and those Of more recent date,
VIC found much to interest us that would not
| interest the general reader. We shall c0u!1ne
ourselves to those which are Of to.day. =
a visit to the Board Of Trade disclosed q
grand sight, even to the eyes of citizen OF
BufIulo, At least u Thousand pcrsons were
present, all eagerly buying and selling the life.
giving Staples of the Vest Here is 10 be OBJ
TUNED better idea Of the hidden springs of
commercial prosperity. whose fruits are found
| In the busy streets Of Chicago, than anywhere
else. We departed, acknowledging the corn,
and that it was king. 1t was from a member
Of the Board that we heard the profound crit
icism Of Jcnnisop, the jayhawkeF-''tilath he had
lip enough to eat corn cut Of Jug" We
esteem that qualification to be. a Western
characteristic.
Chicago moy well feel honored In being the
esting place of all that was earthly Of the
gifted aud lamented Douglas. Upon the SUM-
NIT of beautiful promontory, overlooking
Lake Michigan, rich in urla&lornmene, the
Stateaman aud Patriot sleeps bis last sleep"
him, and here hundreds come daily, from fur
and near, to pay n tribute Of respect to one
who died too soun for his country's needs.
An association hus been Organized, and Is ac-
lively engaged In procuring suitable monu-
nent ard orna1nenting tie grounds. We
trust that saed bo5s may be speedily and
lie ftupendous system Of grading, recently
adopted III Chicago, which Tor tune made
such havoc with the old levels, and developed
SO many ups md downs in its every day Affairs,
Il being rapidly completed; and the day Is
not fur dstant when It will be Us famed for
beauty as it now is for business enterprise,
rapid growth, and liberal action. Candor and
nodesty conlpels us to say that 1t is now
sncnpH In m Norfhprn NSfy-ereapf Ruf{n1n