Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-04-29
Dottings by the Way.
Correspondence Of Keowee Courier.
MATrEsoN, House,
NJ Chicago, ILL.,, April Is. 1870.

| 81, lean S"ohlEh SluCe we WrOtC you tnlS
inornnng, We have had wei, ,celd time. What
we have seep of this city,welGke very much.
we found tfo newspaper Mon, who gave us
much attention and Information. We find
tho Western people SO for, moro kind, obfg
Ing than tlieSregular "down cast yankee"
Eth6uglr3we mast shy, TINT from them, wo had
every $courtesyS desirable OF needed. Purtio.
nlnsly, SO from ] udgc Thomas NJ. Durham,
of Troy, Ms s, and Col G. L.. Crane, (for-
merly Of Conhccticut,) now Of Marshall,
j$Micbigan. IS So aa IL ,4i.s,s,,,ss
Wewent through the tunnel under the
Chicago river, about the center Of The city.
1t has foot way and two ways for vehicles
or stock to pass, and Is about throo hundred
yards across. 1t, spans Two streets, and, was
necessltatcdt from tho great travci blocked
when the boat had to pass the draw bridge
just as New York is making her Broadway
tunnel to avoid those "horrible", coaches.
The finest Park in the West is hers. Nh.
imals and birds Of many kinds pro in it, and
where, with its Lakes and fnc iron bridges
spanning them, its shrubbcry and fine walks
are viewed, al W to inhkoit it ornamental, mid
q decided credit to any city corporation. 1t
has q fine band houee, nnd when the weather
js good the band Isl tlere. She has also q
large covered Skatiug Rink, just near by tho
| Park. t' II
Chicago sells great many. goods to the
Western merchants. Many of them are here
now, but as in every place we have been, the
same cry is heard, s'duff times" Many q
tradesman will go, mcrcahtilcly, where the
"woodbine twineth," ere the crisis has pass
cd, we think The bcautifal Lake Michigan,
that this city borders on, is many miles across
and 80 long tho eye cannot span its length or
breadth.
The fishing business seems to be good
ono here, for as bad MS the day has turned out
you may see the fishermen, and all sizes of
boys, busy on the wharvcs and in their boats
after them.
No sign of vegetation is seen around here
The population of the cify will reach, per-
haps, three hundred thousand souls.
CulcAao, April 16. 1870.
AS we concluded to remain or day or
two, in this city, wo resume on ter, COM
,ncnccd on yesterday. The first thing We
heard under our window this morning was
the shovcls clearing away tho snow from off
the sidewalks. 1t had fallen to tho depth of
three inches during tho night, but at this
writing, 8 o'clock p. NJ, it has pretty we'll
disappeared. The day has been paying one
to the cab and city railroad mca. They have
been crowded with business all day, and uill
be till midnight
We intended to have mentioned yesterday,
while speaking of tunnels, That anothcr un-
der the north branch Of the Chicago river, is
pretty near completed. These rivers branch
in the central part of tho city, and the great
number of boats plying all the timo upon
them, loading aud unloading tho merchun.
disc, &C., make it very incouvenient to wait
for tho draw bridge to accommodate both the
boats and general street travel. The city is
supplied by fresh, clear lake water, from
tunnel under the bottom of the lake, extend
ing sowc three or four miles up the lake, so
that the water and filth from the street sew
ers and the rivers may not effect it, Go.
We spent pleasant hour or two in the
Museum to day, The first thing that met
our view was tho California Department, her
wild animals Of all descriptions, birds, fossils,
rocks, trees, shrubbcry, fish, &C. In her pic.
turc department. was many views, both of the
old, and new country, the Capitol at Wash
ington, and Brooklyn, Long Island, struck
US ms singularly correct, and beautifully dis
played, The water regions were varied, and
full of the living, from crab to an Alligator
pretty full assortment of North American
animals, of the smaller kind, such as raccoons,
squirrels, foxes, muskrats, wolves, 30, &c.
The fowls were nImcrously displayed, and a
fine game cock crowed often ard lustful for
u.s. Now to the Relic department AS you
first enter the room, you see jeff Dayis in q
prison, his old straw hat hung on peg near
him. Under his face is his messages and re.
ports, in his hands his orders, and before his
face few locks of cotton, said to be from his
plantation, made by negroes. The picture
of wax of life, and animated size, md is a
pretty good likeness Of what it is said to rep.
resent, tho rebel President Then you see
broken sword, says broken in the killing of
ono of our men, but the officer was afterwards
killed by one of our solGicrs A Libby pris.
on lock, n slate very much brokcn-said to be
the Libby prison order slate. Many rebel
canteens, captured at various places, and an
old musket captured at Pea Ridge. The
coat that Ellsworth had on when killed at
Alexandria, Va. An 8 per cont. Confcder.
ate Bond, on table with Davis reports, his
sand stand, and various other things too nu.
merous to mention. ThcnSanta Annals sad
die. Tho old gun chat Lord byron shot and
killed his dog with, and if we are not mista.
kon in our muse, he gave him burial and
made him live in song. Thon to the wax
figure department You see Pontius PLATE.
and his wife on her knees, begging him ia
the most earnest manner, to have nothing to
do with this just man. Our Savior is arraien.
ed, and Caiaphns on tho throne, with his
mother and Mary Magdalene just near around
him, all life size and almost as natural as life.
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