The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-08-07
Correspondents of the Daily Journal.
COTTAGE HILL, KY"
Friday, August 8, 1856.

DEAR JOURNAL:
1t is certainly one of the char acteristics OF
the good folks of Evansville, that no sooner,
do they leave it, than forthwith they sit
down to trouble you with their whereabouts.
Partly to this custom, and to my own In
clination, you are indebted for this hurried
letter. am fairly domcled in the country,
and as sit here enjoying the most delight
full of all things in August, cool breeze,
truly pity town folks, with their hot pave
ments, and brick walls. The love of city
life is truly American, and now that it is
fashionable to visit watering places in
Summer, we find the city carried into the
country and instead of quiet, and comfort, we
have parade, anxiety and fashion. 1t would
amuse foreigner, could he spend day at
Saratoga, and be assured that twas the head
quarters of health; and that one could live
almost forever, if each days programme was
carefully followed through the Summer
months. The quiet, inseperable from pri-
vate residence even in the noisiest city, is
abandoned for room ten by twelve, in the
fourth story of fashionable hotel Once
fairly settled down, there is nothing left to
do but to eat three fashionable meals for
diem, dance all night, and get up at 10
O'Clock, to enjoy a headache, and guzzIe
down dozen glasses of insipid water.
And speaking of water, is it not queer
Mr. Editor, that Saratoga, Newport and
NahaGt should have been dubbed "Watering
places" You go for the water, and find
that dinner without wine is insipid, and that
somehow or other cobblers are the only an
tidotes for thirst. Isn't it sol don't know
why have gIided off into a criticism upon
Saratoga life, but l truly believe that it is
fortunate for the world of action, of resolve,
and honest endeavor, and it may be for hus-
bands and fathers that the "W Altering
season. comes but once year.
Bless US! how different is Simmer in the
country: The almost oppressive stiffness
that reigns the live-Ioug day. The sur
rounding forests, looming up in all the sulli-
ness Of uiidisturbed nature, rich with every
tree that grows, and echoing the sharpt songs
of it's feathered Inhabitants. How rapidly
are the old forests falling before the march
of Empire, and in how many valleys does
the sharp whistle of the gtoaning engine
now reverberate, where but day ago silence
reigned supreme. We talk of the 'merror.
like surface" Of our la belle riuiere, and in
the midst of these fanciful cogitations we
are disturbed by a mdtter-of-fact steamer
loaded with wealth, and crowded with pas
sengets. Surely the ideal, is giving way tt
stern realities, and the days OF romance are
J cast aside and forgotten in the wOndrou
deeds of our Young America. The pro
gressive tendency of the age, is, sun il
politicks as we'll as in commercial matters.
The parties of half century standing
are laid aside to discuss the question o
, foreign influence. and Poppish aggression
and to contend that America is for Amer
leans.
DIR. Woolley spoke at Brsndehburgl
yesterday. He was frequently interrupted
j by being called "lar," &c. The citizens
: generally treated him with the respect du
> every speaker, no matter what his senti
: tnents. He was answered by Mr.. Rousseau
] of Louisville who speaks with him until tn
s close of the canvass. Meade county vii
D probably give four hundred majority 70
t Morehead, though it is the general opinio
r that Wintersmth, the American canddat
for Congress, will be defeated. -Four coun
I ties in the district are the strongholds @
! Catholics, and in each Fletcher will have
t large malori,y-at least so say the KNOWING
! ones.
t Every where one hears the highest compIi
- ments paid the letter of DR.. Breckenridge. Hi
!, opinions are the more worthy of public atten
d ton, coming as they do from one who believe
i, Slavery to be wrong, but who like all sen
: sible men, is opposed to fanaticism an
d treason. If slavery is a wrong it is a neces
f sary wrong, and it is passing strange tina
men will waste their time and energies en-
deavoring to ameiorate the condition of
race evidently beyond their best efforts.
all the exertion which has been WASTED upo
the darkies, could have been called in pla
= for the civilization OF our own flesh and bloc,
.. mankind would be far happier than the
: are likely to be for m any years. But enohg
: of this. One fault of the age, is that SLAYER
is too much talked Of. The Rainbow
- coming, and want to send this line by her
I will send you the election returns, as 500
as possible. In the meantime I am
Yours, &C., PHI
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