Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-04

All the rest Of the world, care more io'
money and pleasure than for politics
They like good eating, aud will pay wen
for humbug, so il is amusing barnuw
is a philosopher, who has many 'm''a'ors
aud more willing dupes
You win have heard Of the death
of the truly good and patriotic Sterling
Price. He was agrester man than some
who never could see his great abilities
as we'll as better The policy which
he as Il statesman saw, indicated and
advocated during the war, would, il 1t
had been adopted, have changed the for
tunes OF the cause with which he was
identified. But Il was not so ordered,
and we may not know il would have
been better otherwise.
Our route from ST. Louis to this city
was by the Chicago, St Louis and Alton
road, which runs through the richest and
most populous section Of the Prairie
State. Along the line are situated the
thrifty cities of Alton, Springfield and
Bloomington. The former, built upoA
rocky bluff overlooking the Mississippi
river, at point some thirty miles above
St Louis, has population of about ten
thousand inhabitants, and can boast
number of imposing private and public
edifces constructed from the sandstone
quarried in the suburbs of the town. AS
the location of one of the larger Federal
military prisons during the war, it viii
doubtless be recolleeted by many of the
readers Of the LEDGER who fell into the
hands of the enemy on sunny battle
fields and were removed to this frigid |
climate for safe keeping. The old prison
pen still stands, and could be seen
from our car windows as We passed
through the city. Springfield, the
next point Of interest which we
reach on the road is the capital of the
State, and has a population of some
eighteen thousand souls. The town is
built upon level tract, unbroken but by
/ single mound, and the streets are
admirably laid off-being very broad and
each other at right angles
Many of the residences are princely in
appearance and surrounded by spacious
rounds. One Of these, the home of
iov. Mattson-one of the last Demo
ratio Governors of Illinois - can be
,ointed out to the traveller from the cars.
With its lofty shade trees, rare shrubbery
nd hothouses, it presents an air of /
-ealth and aristocracy perhaps nowhere
lse visible along our route. The sub.ma- I
onry for new State house, to cost when a
ompleted half million dollars, is being :
lid in Springfield, and will also, when
ompleted, present an imposing appear u
nee from the cars. The residence and I
,mb of Lincoln, who is buried here, are o
either to be seen by the passer through. II
eaving Springfield, the next town of e
we reached was Blooming a
IN, which is situated in the centre ofthe II
road prairies of the State, and has a C
Dpulation between that of Alton and II
1t is the seat of the educa- u
onal interests of Illinois, and the Nor "
al School and Teachers Institute tt
lildings are its principal objects h
interest. might mention that our Il
ip over this line of travel was in one II
Pullman's new sleeping coaches, h
hich, for the comfort and pleasure of +
cir occupants, offer advantages supe- 3
or to those upon any route by which
ave travelled. By the eight-wheel
ucks on which they are run, the jostle T
I'd jar usually SO annoying, is entirely
,ne away and quite forgotten by the
aveler.
We start again this morning over the
ichigan Central and Great Western
ailroads for Niagara. Overcoats and
lnnel are in demand. Our party are
| in fine health, and anticipating fur.
er pleasures, when, all convened at the
alls. 1t will number a couple of
inbred. T. p'