Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-10-24
Matters in Particular.


Since our return from late n the Wabash cur
time has been completely occupied tina, have had
opportunity and but little inclination, to devote much
the paper. We have had desire 10 say something Of
1ae country The towns and business prospects generally
which fell under our observation bet this time it
impraciicab.c 10 do justice 10 the subject account
mainly Of the crowded Of columns Bu,
cannot avoid saying few words TO TerIe Haue, Cow
ing'on, ard especially Lafayette
T1HnE HAurE.-It is needless to describe place
known 10 be Of the mos. delightful in the Western
Couatry and the praise Of which has employed the abes.
Of pens fair business doing among her liberal mer-
chants a few Of when yet suffering from the ef
fect Of the old credit system. But hope, and have
reason to believe that many Of them have become Geas-
eyoie this ground May their
entire. Tie town is improving rapidly and among
the least Of the Improvements is splendid Town
House the Of erection. II on the Court
House square, (as it ough, he) bat lot
# it. Il IS designed to be Gre proof the lower story be-
ing divided into Offices for the Clerk Recorder d.. The
UPPER story is spacious Hail. l6 feet high design
cd for public meetings assemblies for dancing &c the
latter Of which the Terre IIaute people know how to
ENJOY, without thinking an innocent amusement uabe
coming moral aud religious people beautiful Church
Tor the tniver-alisis is nearly compete and tie w. T.
Church viii compare flvoraby with almost any in
the State. Then there is Father Stewart and his fine
hotel aud G c. WEIGH al,cos home except when he
Is q, marSet-we liked not to have go, away
CovINeroN.-Our stay was limited, bu, We were sur
prisod 10 find where expected but a village
And one too where it dd not always seem Ike Sunday"
Business active. The canal is progressing rapidly
and her people have enough perceive the adyan
age that viii its completion. Would that our
people wise in regard to the rail road The canal
is in forward state fr nulaber Of miles below Coying
ton.
LArArErrr-We inclined to stop here, because
although it generally admitted aud well known that
never publish any thing strictly true. yet may be
charged with exaggeration herenot ii Lafayette. All
along the road up tho Wabash nothing was 10 be heard
but Lahyeitc-great business at Lafayette. We were
consequently prepared quite snug little town, with
several wagons in the streets and stores six eight
with small ricayunc signs aud few dandy dressed clerks
standing about the doors while poor lad might be weigh
ing out pound Of coffee and OF tea We enter
od The town little after o'clock, p VI. and raining at
that: AMI a little snu55ed by being told tie
FIRST hotel stopped at that "tls house was fall, and
The floors also. Sorry, sir hut it can't be helped till
houses increased" We got in at the American
House. KEEP, by mine host odd David Runnion Esquire
prince in his way, and Saturday morning we really
thought we Were mar h9ac-Boson we mean. Nothing
hut The little ballast IN orr pocket prevented from
staying time Ten divg during which would have
made trip New England. But the stoFes-ihey were
well fIled-ceFks have no boys play every thing bus
te and life. More than $50 wagons laden with the sur
plus products Of he farmers industry tcatag their
to get discharged having been there night a
IA discharged they reloaded with Dry Goods Grocer
les SAT-. Iron, and such articles they wanted taking
also, q. $ of cash and wcndcd their way homewaris
There wagons fom the soulhernmost counties Of
Indiana and Illinois. They there from aud
wes;yea, from tie centre Of Indiana, And would the
latter be tie If people had their railroad finished
We cannot envy the prosperity of Lafayette 1t is tic
u of enterprise praiseworhy in every respect There
the farmer finds ready market all his surplus produce
There he purchase bis rccc.saes at a reasonable
Price because. in both Instances Of the facility of trans
pouation. And iudher, the Lafayette merchants not
nirsarls in the way Of Gdrcrtsng. They also scatter
their hGnLHs throughout the county, and in this way
they and their business become known. We felt graft
Gc to find our brother typos buy and hope pro-
business lu Lafayette. may mention shat one time
counted twenty canal boats laden. loading
irving and departing; TIE latter with full lrcishs either
way When shall boast Of a daily train Of cars to
Madison
With thanks to frofds in every Place at which We
STOPPED, will conclude this rough aud hasy sketch