Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-05-05

CHICAGO CORREspONDENCE.

First Cargo OF Ven VIA San RHlhvlhoV--
q Co.s-Laws 81 IiIinois for is6B--
MOney---Trades nshcal sMatters-s
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CHICAGO, April al, 1869. The merchants oi
Chicago, last Saturday, held jubilee over an
oyent--triviaa TO the superficial observer,
but significant as the herald OF an entire
change in the course Of trade and tho frat
installment OF Chinese products from tho
West, viz :, the arrival OF the first shipment
of tea direct from China uia San Francisco
and the Pacific Railroad, instead OF coming
from the East through the New York Custom
House. This Ia the beginning Of q traffic
which is likely to reverse, at no distant day,
silks and spices. .aGosQ .eaaT
THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
The event Of the week, In the literary
world, is the publication, in Chicago, Of q
remarkable 'book-a Western book by West
Icy" by Col. ]. w. Foster, of this city. He
is known to the scientiflc by his report, In
connection with Prof. Whitney, ON the geolo-
KY OF the Lake Superior region, as President
OF the American Association for tho Advance
ment ofScience, and as lecturer on Physical
Geography, &c. in the University OF Ohica-
20. The book comprises AGO pages, illus
trated by maps and sections, and treats of
the Physical Geography Of the Mississippi
Valley, its Topography, Botany, Climate,
Geology, Mineral Resources, and its increase
In wealth and population He divides North
America into five vegetable zones, viz: The
region of mosses and sa1ifrages, In the north,
the densely wooded region, where the rain is
equally distributed, with great variations Of
winter and summer temperature; alternate
wood and prairie, between Lake Michigan
and the eastern slope Of the Missouri basin
in Iowa, awhere rain ID less equally distribu-
ted; the vast plains between the Missouri
River and the Rocky Mountains, where there
ia but little rain, and the arid plains between
the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevadas,
without moisture. The distribution OF mois-
ture, modified by atmospheric currents and
isoth ermal lines, he shows, explains all the
phenomena Of forest, plain and desert. His
chapters on the origin ofthe prairie, and tree
planting, having the uses of trees absorbing
noxious gases promoting health, modifying
climate, preventing drouth and preserving
fruits are peculiarly interesting and instruo-
tive, as are also those portions devoted to
the iron and copper regions OF Lake Superb
or, the lead regions Of Missouri, Illinois and
Wisconsin, and the coal formations OF Illi-
nois, Missouri and Michigan. The work is
written in plain, terse style, Ineligible to
the general reader, and free from the techni-
calities which impair the usefulness Of 80
many scientific works. II contains mass of
facts arranged and digested so as to eluci-
date principles Of the highest Importance 10
the people of the Northwest, and its general
value to the material interests of half the
Union. Embodying the results Of the
observations Of q man Of rare attainments,
whose official position and duties gave him
sing ular opportunities for gathering the ma
terials for such work and for verifying the
he has formed, the book must
have wide circulation, and hold q promi-
nent place among the most valuable and
useful contributions TO science in
our time. II he ''who makes two blades OF
grass 10 grow where but one grew before" is
worthy OF public recognition, COL Foster, by
his book, has made himself public benefac-
tor The mechanical execution OF the work
ia worthy of it's contents, and sulpasses any
thing heretofore produced in the West The
publishers are
s. O, dRGaas CO., 1l7ANn 1l9 STATE ST.,
and retail booksellers and station
ers, whose splendid store of three floors, 80
by $50 feet-equal TO nearly 80 square rods,
or over half an acre-has more room by half
than any other bookstore in tho West The
senior partner, Mr.. Griggs, has been in
the business here twenty years, and his
name is synonym for enterprise, integrity
and fair dealing, both in this country and In
Europe. The other partners, Messrs. JAN
sen, McClurg & Smith, have grown up with
the business, and are familiar with its de-
tails. Their sales are larger than those of
any books tore west Of New York, extending
over all the Northwest to the Rocky Noun
tains. Be side all the standard works and
latest publications, history, biography, fc-
ton, school, medical and scientific books,
and everything the stationery department,
they have aspleendid stock Of English books,
in fine English binding, superior to anything
yet done in this country, and a very large
supply of the finest Art Books in America,
varying in price from $25 to S4O0. They have
fairly won the chief place as book and sta
tionery dealers in the Northwest.
HOW TO GET THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS FOR 1869.
Send loo dollars to MYRA BRADwEI.Y. for the
Chicago Legal NelUs--the only paper publish
ing these laws. II has the confidence of the
legal profession, and is declared, by law, TO
be evidence in court as to these laws. Mrs.
Bradwell, in few days, will also issue these
laws In book form. ..Y..
MoNRY--TRADR
is easier and less scarce than two or three
weeks ago, but there is not plethora OF It
in the hands Of bankers or private individn-
ais. Trade is becoming more actlve and sat
isfactory, and the larger houses are doing
very large business. The retail trade Is also
quite lively, and this beautiful weather after
the severe storm brings out the shoppers in
multitudes.
IN MUSICAL MATTERS,
we have Ole Bull tonight, and the Hutchin-
sons and Hall concert troupe, from Boston,
and Grau's French Opera Company, for next
week.
't. THEATRES.
Kate Reiynolds is playing "Bound"a new
play, Camille is at McVicker's. The Knights
Of the Round Table is on the boards at the
Dearborn. Humpty Dumpty 10 still running
at the Opera House, and Uncle Toms Cabin,
as first played in New York, is meeting with
great success at Woods Museum. b.