PRA Ns- ON TINENTAL THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 26. AGAIN WESTWARD. At the depot of the Chicago and North- western railroad, in Chicago, an im- mense crowd was congregated to see our party off, and there, as at other places on our route, we were greeted with hearty and repeated cheers. Our train left by the Galena division of the C. &N.W. R. R., accompanied by George L. Dunlap, Gen’l. Supt., and John C, Gault, Asst. Gen’!]. Superintendent; also E. J. Cuyler, Superintendent of the Ga- | lena Division, Geo. M. Pullman, Presi- | dent of the Pullman Palace Car Co., and Charles W. Angell, Secretary. Gen. Anson Stager, Gen. Superintendent of Western Union Telegraph Co.; 8. H. Me- Crea, President Chicago Board of Trade, and other distinguished guests, accom- panied us as far as Sterling. Here our party assembled on the platform and an address was delivered by Hon. Alex. H. Rice, our chairman, who pictured in exquisite language and with much feel- ing our personal obligation, and the great benefits derived by the traveling community from the invention and in- troduction of Pullman’s Palace Cars, and in the name of the party paid a handsome and well-merited tribute to the genius and ability of Mr. Geo. M. Pullman, the inventor. Cheers were then given for him, the railway and tel- egraph companies, and the ladies of Sterling, who turned out in great num- bers and lined the platform. J. B. Watkins, Asst. Supt. Iowa Division, and J. A. Head, Asst. Supt. of West Iowa Division, also accompanied us. eS ep —Iowa claims to have 410,168 children, good promise of future greatness, Everywhere on our route we seea rich soil and thriving villages, churches, school-houses and happy homes. The West is indeed a glorious opening, and the manifold blessings of nature are bountifully showered on those whom Poor Richard referred to when he said, “He who by the plough would thrive, himself must either hold or drive.” All honor to our Western farmers, the result of whose labors meet our eyes wherever we look, on either side of our train, as we fly through the Prairies of the West. fe a —At Detroit two large boxes of supe- rior fine cut chewing tobacco were sent on board the train as a present from the manufacturers, Messrs. K. C. Barker & Co., to members of this party. —Our friends everywhere, and par- |! ticularly in our own State, will he glad to know of the grand success of the Pullman Palace Car Company. The pioneers of this great enterprise—by which traverers may have all the com- forts and luxuries of a first-class hotel, | while flying through the country at the rate of forty miles per hour—have ral- lied around them the best and most ex- perienced railroad men in the United States. To them this party are indebted for many generous courtesies. Our memorable excursion over the Rocky Mountains, and their princely liberality and watchful care during the entire trip, will never be forgotten. The P. P. Car Company have now over three hun- dred cars on the track, and are building over one hundred more. They are run- ning over twenty thousand miles of rail, and their popularity is constantly expanding. It will not be long before every good road in the country will be equipped with both their sleeping and dining cars, and the traveling public will heartily welcome the extension of their lines in the East as well as the West. It is the general impression of this party that our Eastern roads will hereafter find them a necessity, and they will do all in their power to advo- cate their early introduction in New England railways. op While crossing the beautiful State of Michigan, we passed the farm of Chas. H. White, situated in the town of Marshall. He keeps 120 of the best Ayrshire and Durham cows, and has 800 acres of land under cultivation. He sent us a present of atub of his finest butter, as an ex- pression of the warm interest and friendship he feels towards our party. He also telegraphed, that if we would stop at his farm, on the line of the road, he would have a large pailful of real “cream’’ ready to present us, but as we passed his place at forty miles an hour, it was hardly deemed expedient to “break up,” however pleasant it would have been to have had his generous gift on our Strawberries. et errs —Full market reports received by tel- egraph, with other telegraphic intelli- gence, received too late for insertion, will be found postedon the Bulletin Board. a tt —The running time of our train over the Great Western Railway of Canada was five hours and fifty-three minutes— a distance of 229 miles. a —The barber shop on our train, in the after end of the smoking car, is doing a flourishing business. —Our train left Chicago by the Galena Division of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, hauled by engine “Henry Keep.” This line is the oldest in the West, and was the first road built west of Chicago, and was built fora distance of 20 miles before any Railroad line had reached Chicago from the East. In June, 1864, this line (the Galena & Chica- go Union) was consolidated with the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, form- ing one of the largest railroad corpora- tions at the present time in this country, owning and operating over 1200 miles of railway. We have found this road in admirable order, and have run over 49i milesin 17 hours and ten minutes. —____-~