The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-10
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Jay JOhnSOn----AetiVity Among the
FenlRns---GrOWth OF ChIcaEO.---
ShreWdness and Enterprise OF its
CttiEenS.--.Obstacles Overcome in
Building the tCity+---A Birds Eye
View OF its Commerce and Railroad
uStneSs---ChIcaEO River to be Tun.
neIed.-.-The tsBig BOre'' Under the
Lake Nearly COmpletet..--Art Mat.
ters, Matters lIusIeaI andlDramntIe
'."The BeaSts OF ChlGagos Gamblers
ParndIse''---The City QnIct ON Elec-
tlOn DAy--.A "Corner'' in the Corn
MRrkett.-Dueks ssL.Ames ana Other.
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SI1l4 CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 8, 1866.
Chicago and Illinois, with eleven
other States, have spoken to-day. OF
course nothing can be said OF the rest,
and the telegraph Will beata any prophe-
cy might make, SO leave It the field:
but 1t is pleasant to feel that the same
spirit which caused West virginia to
wheel so nobly into line and place her
self right on the record at the start,
has animated the people of this noble
Western State, and to-day, as the sun
went down, a victory was won for
right, for Justice, for liberty, which will
cansel trnitprs to- Atremble, from, 'tlhe
White, House to Texas y < CEIk I
notice, by the INTELLIGENCER, that
John Jay johnson is dead. Few knew
writings were pleasant and readable:
some of them very fine, but his best
were not published. But the soul.that
burned within him felt what his pen
could mover adequatel express.
Tho Fenians are making preparations
with more energy and magnitude
than ever. The Fenians here are
sound and have spoken to.dIny
too plain to misunderstood. .'7''i7
The more one sees OF Chicago the
more one is snstonishedE. and to glance
over the history of the city Is TO find
cause for wonder and pride. There is,
perhaps, no city in America which so
we'll represents Young America or
the history of which is so olikethe histo
ry of this giant Republic, as this same
northwestern metropolis. It has a sort
of, icosmOpoli litan- metropolitan charac-
ter, like New York or New Orleans,
with n combination of something from
each and every section of tho United
States. Except that it stood at the head
OtFLake Miehigany Chicago; offered dgno
inducements to- the early ssttlefs, but
they, Fortunately, were shrewd enough
to see that its position, with the aid of
railroads, would make it the gateto a
country of inestimable wealth and
boundless territory, and seeing, they
was under laWater.i Turtles, fishes,
snakes and bullfrogs rOamed or darted
among thereeds and rasheS where now
stand the Chamber Of Commerce, the
Court House and the Sherman House,
with the other immense buildings that
fill up the heart of tho city, The same
energy which built the railroads of
Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Virginia,
overcame this "slight obstacle" Tho
ground was made, the wnters were
driven back, nineteen railroads stretch
their iron-fngers IN every direction,
and draw into . this central point
the Immense wealth surrounding it,
and you can SEQ immense freight and
passenger trains bringing in their lfv-
ing freight or the supplies of n nation.
Stand upon the lake shore and you can
see II fleet of lumber vessels or log RATS
coming in to build houses, which are
going up at the rate Of a thousand per
month, or large fleet of steamers,
schooners, ibarques and brigs, sloops
and shallaps, from floating palaces to
fishing smaobs, and nearly all but the
last named carrying out their loads of
flour or grain to feed the wOrld-many
of them going direct to Europe, others
only to Buffalo or Ogdensburglor or Mon
tfeal. Coming into the city from the
lake, one can, if hissense of smell is
not too fine, ride through the city cross
ing all its principal streets without
leaving the steamer. The Chicago
River winds around, with as many
twists as a corkscfew, iand the bridges,
which are constantly being opened for
vessels to pass, are great source OF
annoyance to the people. Having vo-
ted the bridges, as nuisances, they are
going to cut them-also cut under
them-and cross the river by tunnels.
After the grain and pork merchants
cluded that q good drink of water
would be aidelightfn1s change, conse-
qnentlyo they gathered together their
millions, looked over the accounts of
sales and ordered a tunnel to be
dug two or three miles under the lakes,
regardless of expense. Their order has
been so we'll obeyed that three or four
days Will see it completed, and the city
generally is getting ready for a grand
spree-toi drink. anything but water
strictly lYlprohibited-and as the 1oldest
inhabitanto cannot remember how pure
water tastes, they all expect that for a
few days the clty viii be drunk from
the effects. a1h -f7sil1 .ts,ii3t5utslt g. siEaN
Art matters, matters musical and
matters dramatic, are In a high fever as
usual, Mr.. and AIRS. Barney Williams
at MCNicker's, the same old stock at
the ttAir Tight,n and at,thesAFt Gallery
are a dozen new paintings and engTaV-
ings, among them Rariey's great ma
tional painting of s.W Washington Irving
and his friends at Sunnyside,i land
LearCl's "Westwardl Hol" y Yesterday
/ went into the Art Gallery for a glance
at the new arrivals, and stood looking
ut the former picture until tap re-
minded me that must go, as the time
for closing had arrived There was the
genial face of washington Irving, the
thoughtfnl expressive features of HaW-
thotne. the massive head of Gilmore
Simms, looking more like q states
man than q novelist and poet, the
venerable head 10 of William sCul-
len Bryant, tho pleasant, graceful
Iourfeilow, with his rare smile and
kindly look, with Prescott and Pauld-
Ding, Cooper. and Kennedy, nckermRn
and Holmes, the dandy, willis, and the
rest. Some of them / have seen, and
there they stood as HfelflSe as an in
Spired brush conld make them, and
rom khe fidelity wit (which they were
painted, 1 took the balance ON credit.
The picture belong TO the Art Associa-
tion and Is included, in their schedule
\ for distribution. But must cut my art
gossip short. IF / should tell of all the
great paintings to be seen at the gallery
and which belong to the Association,
although It mtght SbesTery Interesting,
| IL vvnnld take nm too much time and