The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-12-04

Last Monday evening we made our first
appearance. at Terre Haute, reclining on
the top of an omnibss, with heels sticking
up between railroad director and distin.
guished lawyer, while another lawyer and
two merchants watched the Irish driver over
a pile of baggage. However, as it was dark,
appearances did not matter much, and we
have no doubt the ladies thought so too, who
had to perambulate pretty muddy walk to
reach the sad omnibus, and therefore were
obliged to take care Of their skirts.
q We had often heard Tere Haute spoken
of as beautiful city. and as what we last
Saturday called her, the gem Of the Wabash
Valley. Therefore we were fully prepared
to see a much handsomer place than Evans
vile, and we cannot say disappointment fol-
lowed such expectations. The morning af.
ter our arrival, Mr.. Bowling. who is Canal
Trustee, and an old citizen of Terre Haute,
placed US by his side in buggy, and showed
his city to US from every point and position.
1t is true, the ground was frozen, trees leaf
less and houses tipped with snow, yet with
all its wintry garb, the city stood out bold
and handsome in the regularity Of its plot,
business like in its rows Of brick houses and
in its mills and foundries and other manu-.
featuring establishments, and very beautiful
in it's elegant mansions with their splendid
surroundings of trees and shrubbery. In
the residences, there is much more taste ex-
hibited than we display in our own city.
while nearly every mansion, or neat little
cottage, is planted in large yard, wherein
the owner has an opportunity Of displaying
his love of fruits and flowers. The very
pretty gardens, refreshing shade trees, or.
namental shfubbery, &C., assist more in
lending the word beautiful to Terre Haute'
than all other things combined. We could
only imagine how delightful place Of visit
or residence our sister city must be in the
spring and summer months, by the really
handsome appearance she presents even
among the frosts of winter. But Terre Haute
is"a place Of beauty" at all times. Itisreg.
ularly laid out, has a clean and fresh sp.
pearance, while the public square 10 the
centre, with its Court House, trees ant
grass, surro unded by large and neat stores
lend another charm to that which scarcel,
needed il.
Thus much for mornings drive impress
ions Of the outside appearance of Terri
Haute. This city is situated on high banl
of the Wabash. above overflow, and ffteel
feet at least above the prairie. Its situation
is both delightful and healthy. The yer!
name of the place signifies high land. o.
the East it has rich prairie of fifteen mile
long and three wide. Vigo is rich count.
and we'll cultivated, and situated as Terr
Haute is, even without the aid of public i'm
provements, she must have been place G
considerable business Importance. But sh
has long been realizing the advantages q
the Wabash and Erie Canal, of which sh
was for some time the real business termi
nus. Measures will soon be taken to rende
available the water power Of the canal ,
Terre Haute for manufacturing purposes
She 10 connected with Indianapolis by raj
road, and thus has long realized in q mar
ner ali the railroad connections Of the cal
itol. This road is doing large business
and has added much to the importance of il
Wabash terminus. By this road Teri
Haute is supplied with an excellent qualit
of coal which retails at 9 cents at the pre-
80 t;xca Che b.s coal houovor In her In
mediate vicinity, which has not yet bee
made available. The Terre Haute and A
ton railroad, when completed, will conne'
the Wabash city with the Mississippi rive
and st. Louis. II is an important road
Terre Haute, and will prove its importans
long before completed. 1t is now 10 ruI
ming order to Paris, thirty miles distant.-
Finally, this city is connected with Ii
Ohio river at Evansville by railroad. Her h.
tel keepers at all events, can say that this so'
even in its first weeks operations, has great
added to the travel Of the city. 1t will pro-
no secondary enterprise after while, by q
side of any other which is assisting the pro
perity of Terre Haute. s.
Aided by these improvements, and BY I,
energy and enterprise of her own citizeI
Terre Haute has of late years grown We
fast, and is still making rapid strides towar
a much greater importance Manufactur
have sprung up. and she now boasts Of h
foundries, grist and saw mills, &c, VIII
the establishment of a large rolling mill, g
ing employ eat to probably several hundr
hands, is talked of as a next summers certai
ty. Several 6ne rows of three and four sto
brick business houses have lately been at