The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-11-04


nsylvania-The Lakes-New York-Railroad
and Steamboat Travelling, etc.
Ere, Pa, Oct 20. 1913.
Eds. CrsscsRt-Receivng hasty summons to my
home, the 18th at daylight left Springfield in the Mad
River and Lake Erie Railroad cars, bound for Sandusky
City, laying out my track, time and expenses as follows
Miles. Hours. Fare
Railroad fm Springfield to sandusky City.l35 $40
stsa abeat I'm sa9dqsy City to Buffalo 9 Y ~
Steamboat I'm Albany to New York city .l50 5 l %
Total miles hours aud fare........86S 60 s2l 60
It now y-fve hours since Ileft Springfield, and am
only about one-thid Of my way whether the other two
thirds viii be passed proportional length Of time.
cannot But paper, am getting over the ground
too fast, so will back and return more gradually.
With the country through which the railroad passes from
Springfield to Sandusky City, much pleased as its
face diversified with beautiful and furnishing villages,
containing from hundred to fifteen hundred inhabitants
EACH and scattered along the road at distances OF from three
TO miles,
saw some beautiful farms the route the prices Of
which, exclusive of buildings, was told from twelve
10 fifteen dollars Fine wood land sold nine miles
from Kenon the capital of Harding county, four and
half five dollars acre; and wheat is worth, in the
same neghbOrhOod, sixty cents per bushel
Sandusky City situated the Southeast extremity of
small bay which puts of Lake Erie about forty miles
from its western termination at Maumee Bay. 1t place
of very considerable trade and of growing Importance
all towns and places in this part of the world Toledo,
which lies the head of Maumee Bay and at the mouth Of
Maumee River, divides with Sandusky City pretty much all
the carrying trade of Lake Erie in its connection with the
South and great West Toledo, however far does much
the greater business through all the goods dis
patched by the Wabash and Erie Canal which stretches
through the whole length of Indiana to the Ohio River al
Evansville This canal also connects with the Miami Canal
which emptes its eight into the lap Of the Queen City, in
common with that of the Little Miami and Mad Rive
Railroads, from Sandusky City.
At Sapdusky City we found the steamboat Ohio, Capt
Ludlow ready to leave for Buffalo, and at quarter past
O'clock P NJ, showed off from the dock Half an hour
later we crossed the bar at the entrance the bay in
T.,IfG ,n@x. he VIII
arrived during the afternoon could not find water enough to
carry her the and she consequently had to send her
passengers in by small steamboat which went out TO her,
This difficulty in Sandusky that never before heard OIL
and am afraid will be serious drawback on the prosper
y of the place all must conne the navigation
| to the smaller sized steamers.
The Ohio fast boat by any but she seems to
be substantial and in every respect seawohy Her owner
Major Brooks good natured old gentleman
to live board and to maintain supreme control OF her
movements Her officers differ but little from steamboat
officers generally, except, perhaps that the clerk little
more sesufeen than clerks usually are lie IS az least
dsobigng and in one instances have thought him
! insOlent TO passengers.
At haIfpast O'Clock P NJ reached the city Of Cleve
land at which place expected to land and receive lew
Messengers Thus thinking, RETIRED and went 10 sleep IN
the expeetaou of waking up in Erie My disappointment
was upwards of considerable therefore, when arose to
breakfast yesterday morning and found the boat still lying
the Cleveland wharf At about O'Clock we succeeded IN
getting away and three hours alter stopped al te Vge OF
Fairpor at the mouth of Grand River Thence we moved
onward until quarerpa 2 when we ran into port again
at the haIbOr of Ashtabula then again. hour after
wards we stopped the village Of Conneaut, after which
we made the best of way TO Erie, at which place we
arrived last evening about o'clock The wind had been
blowing most of the day from the westward. and although
the weather cloudy there did not to be any reason
why we should not proceed Indeed the captain promised
to start IL o'clock to reach Buffalo IN time Tor the
passengers to take the morning train for Albany On the
streng Of this promise retired TO my bed full of pleasant
anticipation orthe morrow which was to be devoted not 10
the monOOny of Railroad journey, but to an excursion 10
the Fails of Niagara You may judge then how natured
felt when awoke this morning and found myself stu I'm
Erie Harbor. Well here have lain all day. and shall
probably lie here all the coming night and perhaps all day
tomorrow for Mai Brooks Cor General as we have to-day
promoted HIND high regard for the health of his pas
sengers and he afraid OF would be sea-slck he
should out upon the lake when the wind blowing
have taken advantage Of stay 10 stroll through the
town-a rather pretty place, but decidedly ahead OF the
the times as places in parts of the world are behind
them Among the cunoses of the place is hotel about
the size of the ST. Charles in city and white teestone
building made initiate the old u ). Bank OF Philadelphia
somewhat smaller, perhaps bnt the ground upon which
if stands IS too weak support it. and falling to pieces
or at least caving i'm The hotel is called the Reed
House. and ives erected by the whose name bel
who rents gratis, told to the present tenant
He is aO building palace for his own residence, at the
distance of a couple of blocks from the hotel.
One of the passengers the boat is brother Of Doctor
Joshua A. Spauldiag who killed by the guerlas in an
attack on Maj Lalys train, Il Think during the summe
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to me with enquiries of mis- BROTHER from whom he said he
had not received any intelligence during the past eighteen
months could only tell him that his brother had beer
buchered and robbed and that portion of his effects hat
subsequently been recovered could inform him of th
particulars of his DEATH Of the disposition made of hi
.roperty after its recovery If of your New Orean
people who are acquainted with these circumstances viii
write % me on the subject, will take much pleasure in
muncating their information to Mr.. Spauldng, who ha
left his address with me.
ALBANY NJ Y, Oct. 22-Wel, we got away from Fri
few hours after closed the above, which had oppor
tunity to mail that night and reached Buffalo morning
inst in time to take the first train through to this place. Tn
r morning was lowering and chilly and thought visit t.
the falls in such weather gave but little promise of enjoyment
2 so decided to forego the pleasure
When called the railroad Office to tickets
offered in payment bills of the State Bank of Ohio, whc
were refused mot current and was directed to g
and exchange them for current money! exclaimed agans
the imposition of refusing such and the delay
which might lose my but found exposulaon useless
and trotted oft look for money changer dozen step:
however, all that necessary for at that suspicion
proximity hung sign board bearing the words uncuueD
money bought hsre walked in and found the place
be gTogshop but. enquiry, found it to be also
shaving" shop. Well to make short story of it, ha
to submit to the extonOn of three per cent discount
n the money that had Now, if this be not swiuding
must say it feels like very INDEPENDENTLY receive
in return not dollar of bankabe money, but the
description of red-back bills Armed with sufficient
K Der of these returned the Cerberus the Office
II Here upon the payment of sI2 received series ofseve
tickets one for each of the following named railroads.
which it was necessary to pass to reach Albany:
l. Attea and Buffalo railroad 81 miles ong-fare....s q
d Admin land and Rochester Is 3 co