The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-10-06
CORRESPONDENCE.
From the West.
GALENA, Ill.,, Sent.

GALENA, Ill.,, Sept. Il, 1865.
@trngcrs, in passing through our
principal streets, of which we boast OF
hut few, would naturally say, what a
great city you havc,-you cannot pos
sihiy contain the number urinhabitants
y"u claim; yet such is fact. AT this
season OF the year, if you take II stroll
out of the city five or six miles, on any
Of the roads leading to the country. YOU
VIII see the threshing machines on al
most every farm at work, and view
cornilclds Of from twenty to n hundred
acres, with their long corn-cuttors TAX
ing down the tall stalks with their
golden cars and stacking them ready
nr 1.-THE husking." The crups-whcat
oats, corn, barley and potatoes, not
excepting the great Dutch staple, cab
bage,-are very fine in this section, farm
crs say what they seldom do saw
crops are very good" and so we are
iii section of plenty, and if we did
not possess the railroad and river fa-
cllltlcs Tor transportation that we do
we might calculate in this north
western country on "chcap living. -
But the cars and steamers come cmDty
ana take away our surplus To feed the
large cities and your eastern manufac-
turing towns, and they, the farmers.
laugh and grow fat.
The wealth ofthis section ofthecoun-
Try does not lie entirely upon the sur
Race. Deep down in the earth lies riches
uideNeloped and untold Often the
question is asked Has not the rich
lodcs OF mineral been worked out in the
ah -, ~
question Is very easy 10 ask, but very
hard to answer; for every wear new
lodcS or "dlggings,' as they are more
generally termed, are being discovered,
ANA Whiic hundreds who are prospect
ing or 'gophing' here and there, grow
poorer and poorer, some poor fellow
suddenly puts on good clothes and is
recognized as the last man who has
struck valuable ludo,n and hence
iolth takes his place among the first
families Ills wife visits the millinery
establishments, and all the clerks. who
few days ago, would hardly show her
last years styles, now step forward with
the very latest from Paris and New
York" and in II very short time she
passes through the streets as the wife of
Mr.. BOraN, who has rich diggings in
Snake Hollow or IIardscrabblcs. In
this, MS in all mining districts, fortunes
are often made in Il day, and sometimes
spent in week.
Hundreds are still digging, and all
that | ever knew expected soon to
reach the opening" where theyare sure
TO find the rich diggings. Almost all,
however, find the opening" filled with
dirt and ochre-no mineral. Such is a
miners life, -eXpeotations and disap-
pointmcnts,-b being n hardy race.
they TRY, try again"
I'm front of meas write, stands upon
IA high hill a plain, two-story brick
house, and upon its roof is Il tall flag
staff, from which constantly floats the
flag of our country" This is the
headquarters of the army of the United
States; and every morning about nine
o'clock may be seen n small sized man.
plain and unpretcnding, Cooking for
all the world like any other man, " COM
ing down the long Sidewalk, +" crossing
over the bridge, and passing up town,
visiting among his friends, old and true.
Here | have no doubt no feels at home,
and here | know all whomeet him love
and honor him. This is the man who
redeemed the nation this is the man
the American people propose to elevate
To the highest honor that this nation
can bestOw, that of Chief Magistrate.
Illinois will give him go, 900 majority in
November. viii old Vermont swell
her splendid majority?
| was never SO proud of my native
state as when she rolled up hersplendid
majority in the last election. May her
record DO brighter in November next.
w.