The Great Cataract was unchanged in its beauty and grandeur.

The flood from the Lakes was not diminished, and the precipice over which the water plunged was none the less steep.

The opening war had no effect upon this wonder of the New World.
In Chicago, business was prostrated on account of the outbreak of hostilities.

Most of the banks in Illinois had been holding State bonds as securities for the redemption of their circulation.

As these bonds were nearly all of Southern origin, the beginning of the war had materially affected their value.