Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-06-11
FROM NEW ORLEANS 70 CHICAGO.
tEditorial Correspondence Of The Star.l
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The Congressional excursionists having fin
ished their mission at New Orleans, inspected
the sand bars visited all the cemeteries, shifted
all the diverse smells of the gardens and gut.
tiers of the Crescent city. given an eye to the
bullet holes in the Mechanics Institute, and
an ear to the conflicting stories OF the Kellogg
men and the McEnery men, until life was
dreary, concluded they wanted to 90 home.
special train was provided up river, by
which portion OF the party were returned to
st. Louis, and another portion (switching off at
Cairo) were taken to Chicago. The gain in
time by railroading over steamboating was IL
Illustrated by the fact that the tip from New
Orleans to Chicago was made i'm Al hours; and
from this time should be deducted q wait OF 3x
hours at Cairo, and the time lost in the twenty
miles trip by steamer from Columbus, (Ky..) to
Cairo, as well as in the transfers from the cars
to the steamboat, and from the boat to the cars
again.
PARTING.
At Cairo we parted from Col. Dryer, who
as leader and organizer of the expedition had
safely and tremendously conducted his happy
family Of democrats, republicans, liberals,
ChicagOese, st. LOuisites, CherOkees, and news
paper men through many thousand miles Of
known and unknown country. In all the per-
piexitief Of managing the transportation, COM
missariat, and general comfort Of such a mis-
cellaneous crowd, Dryers sunny face as ne yer
once clouded, and the party unanimously raised
his rank successfully to General by land and
Admiral on the Gulf. More to the purpose
they surprised him ut New Orleans with gem
uinely-f felt token of regard in the shape of
costly silver service and other valuable gifts for
himself and Mrs. Dryer and Master David. At
Cairo we also part from the genial delegation
OF the citizens of St Louis who were on the trip
Among these were number of the active busi-
ress men Of st. Louis Of the new school, who
Lake City has not all the live men of the West.
Of these may be mentioned Congressman Stann-
ard and Wells, and Messrs. Geo. Balm and W.
Z: Buchanan, ard James b. Eads, the accom-
plished engineer, who has solved the problem
OF bridging the Mississippi at st. Louis
The Representatives. OF the press of ST. Louis, the
young knapps, sons of the Knapp proprietors
Democrat, and MIR. McHenry, of the Tiaiss,
struck me as notably unassuming, gentlemanly,
and intelligent young men; speaking well for
the press status of that city.
NEW DAvY CROCKETT.
AT Grand Junction We left the rough dia-
mond Of the Congressional party-the Hon.
VIM. Crutchfeld, the newly elected member
from the Chattanooga district. Since the DAYS
OF Davy Crockett, Tennessee has always man
aged to have at least one mOuntaineer charac-
ter in Congress; and Crutchfield, the latest is
said to resemble Crockett more in originality
and style than any or the intervening line.
He is a sunburnt, wiry little man, with foxy
hair and whiskers, and though, by report, of
considerable means, wears the cheapest of
homespun suits, good deal frayed at the
edges, and with pair of heavy we'll
creased cOwhide brogans that were the per-
petual despair OF the Pullman boot-blacks
He is not only q mighty hunter, like
ness man. He built the "Crutchfield
House" at Chattanooga, which was sold during
the proceeds prudently turned at once into real
estate In the shape OF valuable farming land
In the same prudent way CrQtchfeld invested
Confederate money as fast - 1t came Into his
Union troops be cold at $3.50 per pound in
greenbacks. Knowing the country and the
people thoroughly he was OF great service to
General Sherman as scout When he was
put up for Congress nobody supposed he stood
any chance of being elected, as the District
went democratic at the previous election by
some 5000 majority, but his neighbors took hald
OF him and elected him by about 100 m ajority
I CRUTcHlIILp's SPEECH.
Crutchfeld, by his quaint remarks and racy
narratives of mountaineering experiences, had
made himself vastly popular with the whole
party, and when he left the train, at Grand
junction, it was conceded that We could have
shelter spared a better man" SO there was a
general demand that he should make a parting
speech while the train waited, and he mounted
a platform barrow and proceeded about as fol-
lows: = 80. . =
Gen tel-men:-we air about to part after
having travelled about good deal hyar and
at e nsAi Hyne r
kansasl give me some good advice how to keep
from bein' sea-sick when we war down
f neaa S On the on Gulf to lay my
friends, in these mo-Lt-ler times, that viii
BE good thing to do when get % washing
ton. Tremendous sppiausel Gsn.tel,men;
leon Bony-par truly said, when he threw down
the pen after deciding Louisiana to the Ameri-
cans: 'I,hsr's the heaviest blow Great Britain
you could have gone up home with me. 1 am
smar,est old woman, and the finest brss you
tains, and the best whisky You ever sampled.
tApPlaase.l Thar Is Lookout mountain, from
which You can see four states-Tennessee, Ala
tel7men: If ever you"-here the engine gave
snort and the train moved on, amidst loud
cheers for Crutchfeld. pi
HAS CHICAeo wfLTED?
On this trip We had been largely in the aemos-
phere of st. Louis, and through . country trib-
utary to or allied with that city. St Louis
IL the city Of the future, and even of the
present. Chicago has wifted. Chicago has
gone the length Of its rope and must now stand
still, or 60 back. The Chicago men are a set
of kiters. Sell Chicago out to- morrow and her
assets will not realize i've mills On the dollar
of her Indebtedness. Her Potter Palmers, who
are building the great nashy blocks in Chicago,
are building them on borrowed money Every
thing in Chicago 10 done on borrowed money,
ct ruinous interest. It Is Q bubble. 1t can't
last Chicago Ii away OF to the northwest, out
side Of legitimate business growth. The great
Inevitable business center Of the West, and OF
the nation, Ia st. Louis. Her assets are solid,
dollar for dollar on her ind ebtedness. No kiting
In St eLoaiA Chicago he aaready reaped all
the business to be derived ~ her splurgy efforts
At railroad building ST. L01ts, which has only
just begun to tap The great country behind It,
and to throw out fts railroad tentacles, has ale
readyoyertopped Chicago in population. Who
shall estiAate the extent Of its growth when It
has network Of railroads branching out from
IL after the manner Of Chicago?
This is the talk In and about st. Louis; out
when one gets to Chicago Or thereabout, tho
talk Ii different. This Ii the way 1t runs
CHICAGO ON 81. LOUIS. 49,
St. Louis has been no years reaching the
growth that Chicago has made in forty. What
Chicago hes done in the past she can do in the
future. She can always Keep ahead Of ct.
Louis. It's the old story Of the lazy shilling ANA
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