, 1865-05-29


Illinois and the Lake Superior country with the
coal OF LaSale and other parts Of Illinois, tends
equslly to deEelop.ouf home market for p.oducs.
and by 1ncreasing the prodts to add 70 the pro-
uc1yeocss Of our Illinois farms. Instead Of be-
Ing confined to cropp such ns WHEAT, which conld
bo sent from Two to four thousand miles without
being wholly eAtsn mp by freight, he could ra1sa
with ps1At essry crop the soil would produee.
Instead Of being compelled to convert his more
bulky crops tucn n corn, potatoes. and hay, into
beef, pork End mutton. to save freight, he could
scl the food At home fer twice Whist he now sells
the istted animal. One Of the objects Of the
scte!ou Of tho Iron and Steel Association In
Chicago wne to demonstrate that the time had nor
come when iron and steel manufactures could be
prnsccuted as successfully In Illinois u, In Penn
eylvnpll, md that with proper encouragement to
manufacturers generally, Illinois mast become
great manufacturing State. While 1tis conceded
that the Goals OF Illinois have heretofore been
somewhat inferior to those OF Pennsylrantn, this
dif1crlty Il ofset bJ their lever price and the
lower cost OF food.
But especially il this neutra'ized by the progress
making in the Sieman Invention heretofore dis
cus'cd by Us, which, when FULLY perfected, will
enable the manufacturers Of iron and
s4etl 10 use the Goals OF Illinois as readily thofe
Of Penntylyanl4. The visit Of the Iron and Steel
Association TO the LaSalle mines Was therefore
mainly for the purpose Of ascertalninG their e1-
tent and ease Of working. A,1lvld At LaSalle,
winch beaya unmistakable evidence in it's rows Of
di1aptdsted buildings OF having been disappointed
IN come former expectation Of business proaperi-
~, the visitors were politely received BY the May
or and severa1 mining pfoplietost OF LsSnle, and
bxyiug part1ken at tho hotel Of IN excellent din
ner, the entire party proceeded !mmediately to
the shaft OF the Northern Illinois Coal md Iron
Company.
VISIT TO FLrfo.
While 10 the Iron and Steel gentlemen present
descent from the broad Hight Of day into the
Plutoni.n ehadee IL an ordinary cTent, to certain
Of the geptl.men present a. well Is to the 1sdies
It wzs ! decidedly porel sensation. #
shall describe it, not scientifically. but II up
peayed to verdnu: man OF Daylight, The shat
copeifts Of hole in the ground. perhaps eight By
twenty feet. and three hundred and seventy feet
deep, running through the three layess Of coal.
The shaft contains tn ascending md descending
platform. worked by q ete.m engine Stepping
npon ono Of these plslorms We descend %
smoothly. a. We would 60 mp 10 bsd In modern tix
story hotel and hy about the eame apparatus. We
land nj The 1econd tier Of coal, shout two hundred
and seventy feet be'oF the surce. and are greeted
ut the bottom By dusky, eoot.. children Of Fnlcau
each with fs1ing lamp In his hat bind dashing
shout Ike one OF the apocalyptlc human canaIe-
eticks eeen hy St. John, The Revelator, after
he had been removed from his plApe
aud Eeus ~ his nnat 4Cxount-
These gentlemen, By long practice, had learned
The art Of ktAnctng erect under ceiling four OF
,.et. tha t1sme az Tho lft,le 1smn ia thefr h1.-
hands 1rou1d sn,rad ont aeatpst The ceiling ike
thc x,trd sun4rnatt,,al enlsy -faot or rome Ghost
~ ener,er ,r.ft,nr w,th fwn feat oF f,r,, IN the
-ror,a and onc ~ t1,n,e nm thr cci,fnc Bvthe
,,cht of tbaye 1smn. We saw oureeiyes In
..etr..,,, ..,on, tan faet fda and Are feet hJoh
viii fvo fark,ssrs far locomotives. caeh httched
IN a train Of two box-ca,s. ready 10 cs5,y us on.
r,-d ,nto 4br n1artne.s nj aarkneas--nnt ~ren
tha t,ck 1nows vhcre. Ne 1umngd In a, We
.snrid tn,o an Indian rsnoe v1,hout ,ha slightest
ov,,rsh.ns,on fh.t onr re,snn.l welfare aenended
~ +ha ,7,l,+v vth ,zhtcb We r,n oh-v t,e 5vve,,.
r-onr.t tn ii, dnvn.
Meantime The ,.ck,ss a. II na1fcinpe1y e,n.e,aua
oyonr interforItv In him. .nd fhe professoy. In
nnnr,.dce M tbe ,ocaI,tv r.rrs . sta,t. nnd "a
.-s uh,cf.d m ,he hsck ~ the herd nv tbo cet,-
tn, rhich the profeesor sc.entfncai]v remsrf. i.
.hsta :, tn,s,.h1r ND <,h.t,,ca Tns-srnon 90
tncnn.,nen.iy AZ aovn IN !. hurry. Evcrvhodv
f1e1us,. ~. ;,a,s. =, ~ tottor ~ ,b- 49, ~.
M sonsttaa - n 7s,rt 1.rn ,', =, hsna tha n-dcr
uh,os. ,ns,5s~, =. n,~.n - .rotd r,nsr-x.,-cv.
,cn.s ~ sm,ut.tsnn, ~ ~ 49, 1atn ,r,,t ~.
ismn IN ~. hst t,res hi, seat IN t-ont rbs
1srL.ss honnd. forr,rs tn4o the :. h1.rlne,a -
,r,h+w -th r-,,s..f,1 +.1sn+ ~ sa,r, ~. +h,,..
~. ,n~f..h,. nt,sn ~ r.,I,1 to1rta. ~
H..t M T.. .,tc. .forr, rfFe m ove,rrnun vrooa.
shn.s< ,s,,-4,,r ~ ,d.v'scbno3 ~ nt,f..,h.
49, ,aa.a sr.r. ta,o ~ bn,e ~ ,,tnr. ~.
sr,,e.,a,,
0rrcs,onaf,y mt of The gloom, and close beside
y. ~ .oa = t,mn lin read att,ch.d tn n. Tho
rrs+ !. inv,s,h1e Sn nm we m a onartcr Of a mile
N ,ha Tr,narr a nrrn,i.r,1 rn,r,nie anertar1a.
~. Nv ~ ert,,,te IN, ,n,re ans indeed r,r,tin~
sas " ~ -,-s ~ ..rt,so. h.ys n
- M M ~ eh.rr 1he ina r., r,Is;ny RI these
t,c.rx ~ r.pxrss enrt.,n.. as we r,.,s throurh. /.
~.ssts.ss - .on+.ct T,,h ,+n rsrs-ncer. be,a.
r~o,s1. - ~ ,n,n,th m 1,diee. hnnn.ts and
- shs..t,.n.,.-t,I,v.n .n1;verfrn ~.
.~.ns ~ o,,S1tc =. ~ n d. ,hat lad,rs viii,
~. s...h =. -1+,e,, on;o,-riv. ~ 1.noh bc,,.t,
f., s;ss -, r..-,~ . vii. orer ,h,a !. nnder,
rro,nd -s,,rosd,, 1,r;rc, ma IN 1he Ioon, whcIe
,he ,utnnr. nrr ~ wnrt u1fb nick and dr3l1 hast
tnr out the rna1. They work one or Two In
no ~ -, ss.s.as,a ~ ~ ~. Nv
sbnrt mr. hnna,cd and afty sre noK ernp!oved
IN the Yninr. They Eork about eIRht hpurs
~ M csr t,cf mt frnm tTo 10 four tons dsy
snd s7e n,,a saa per Ion. 20 that with
s,asav Sro,F Tho r.o., vron,d seem Ia he ennr.
.,o1. NJ. ~ninc "a "a drv a. drst At al, ttn,ep
.,a .n,r, n tbe vererrt ventilation snd ordinary
49,. n snnnortinr the r..I1tnra. no accidents
49,. ovs~ n.rr1ref They work In s.rects ls1d
-,-t we ~. .treet. oY a civ. With GENITAL are
80 .,s a,,s-nl,, s,re+t. AZ rJrht an1lea: IL Ii
ronsacred sac to t.honcycomb' The mine to
The extent Of taking nine4enths and leaving but
ope-teuth between the etreets - support to the
ron.
Hay1nr seen the entire elephant In Terdaut
xsy. We 4rtnru NJ We cau1e, 10 tho ehnst. and
f,aF