The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-10-13
Indiana-Politiog-1adies, etc.

INDIANoPoLIs September 10, IS4S.
Eds Crescent While you are steaming away with fever
boat and dust we are in this delightful town, cool and
comfortable -,
Politics run high but as you do not dabbe IN that line
will not trouble you much with them AS promised you
however a passing notice OF mates anu tbihs De 'ies
move along shall nole few of the signs OF the tmes'
Coming up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers the towns on 'he
roue were perfectly alive and seemed that me SCENES VI
1910 were to be renacted Poles are every where eec
with floating remnants inscribed with the names Oh
and Fillmore and votes taken on each steamer d @
touch At the landings On the AbatrOss for Cincinnati e
vote was as follows: for Taylor &c., Cas- 17 Van Buren,
Clay l. We had board some rabid Mississippi ana en-
nessee Taylor men, who will not hear to anything out ta
old lack will carry every Southern State. The contest
udeng from the canvass going in this State viii De
close The Wings held tremendous gathering at Fort mar
rson and the stump mounted by the big guns OF I
nos Indiana Ohio and Kentucky 1t is thought that at
least ten thousand persons present from the above
States The Quaker vote is worth looking to here ana
from my information, am led to think Taylor VIII get IL
Gov Ietcher of KY, will attend meeting here TO-
morrow. shall go to hear him.
On my way up while at Louisville, called on Prentice Of
the Journal He giving the Democrats perfect gOss about
the ISLANDERS which have been seeOped and sent all over
this country charging Cen Taylor with cruelty to the vol
untee and his reports concerning the I'd Indiana regiment
From the conversations have had with some OF the most H.
egent persons here do not learn that the volunteers sus-
tain the party statements, do they WAIVER IN the least IN
Their avOwa of their support of Old Rough and Ready The
political position of the General has made him more rancor
enemies among certain class of politicians than had
supposed possible when he first spoken OF by both parties
as candidate. The country will doubtless be safe with
either Taylor Cass let the go on the winning nag
| takes the purse
Business this section of Indiana is good Wheat
is coming in and the grain generally are fine The
railroad connecting this place with Madison the Ono,
fifty miles from Louisville and one hundred from Cncn-
natl good road and passes through rich country The
scenery the Ohio ver grand. After leaving the town
of Madison you by this road parallel with the river for
short distance when you suddenly and enter Of
the mountain which has been far excayaed as to give an
ascent of about fOy-ve degreeshe locomotive drawing
up the During this passage of three miles,
ravines, which, to look down. nghtfu Returning,
the train detached from the engine and gradually low
cred down the inclined plane. The passenger cars are
magnificent and the distance ninety miles, Though,
| with several stOppages in five hours.
The general appearance of this town pretty The State
Library which visited valuable The Vater
International Exchanges have been received and
| and useful
The Societies of the town are fourishng-I o. o. F. and
Sons of which latter there three Divisions They have
fine hail. and number full well for such place. Temper
ance hotels are this State the houses which the
first the list The noisy Bachanaan reve not heard
except in low drinking house, and the hotels like
private dwellings than public inns The best houses here
the Palmer House andW ashngon Hotel both Main street
Now, tell you little of the society and gayetes OF the
Hooser Capital stranger go much farther and fare
wore the old saying u.s. for candid opinion is that the
| fair ones of this city, than passing fair
By invitation of the Count (whO is connOsseur in
such matters) attended a sOree the Washington last
evening Miss S. the belle OF the place. certainly para
gon of all that ovey-n feature, form and expression
She the daughter of ex-senator s. Miss H., who
visit to New Orleans last winter pretty and agreeable
Miss A. is of ideal The gentle expression OF he
countenance and extremely winning Manners left US hal
inclined forget pretty creole girls and think about
ming the risk of freezing to death here this winter Mrs d.
a native of the Bay State, a queen of stately bearing
Some of the gallant beaux of present. and KEEP
b--I
ainy in his element and had not him doing the
agreeable the ladies' for several thought he hat
lost of that grace which always prominent char
acerstc. Mr. w. too the life of the party, with Mr.
Co. and whole body of galants who left nothing 10 be de
sired but that time, whose wheels to womb
stop while for pleasure. On the whole, the society of hi
place indeed very agreeable and much at is thu
stranger that he feels old acquaintance. During thu
of the Legislature. the very gay. We leav
tomorrow for the Queen City, Cincinnati, from which vii
write you. Yours truly, HENRY.