New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-08-04
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Ioulsy1LIr, July iatsb, 1866 j
f,ss, crescent. Thus far into the bowels of the
and have We been tamied not marched first borne
long s1aethly swiftly and safely LASTS not
he ieast Of the three adjeettVes IL these
occidental tines-by the deserved well known
,6at James one Of tile best on the
itIer for comfort speed oil good eating which
Eli qualification yoslr humble oorresp
himself he some at, particularly he pies ant
things LII it seemed to me we did nothing ese
at Cit and sleep Oh, what relief it was tos
mons tTs,nl the cares and anxieties of business IN
large CITY, ana settle down to- q CAIN, De-
linhtfuI onet ana perfect his q real
ln,nrv Tbe moment the boat leaves the wharf, 10
thrnW back on Ii ofln your face to
breeze ana then pale large dranghts the
soft aiming air that fans cheek and coois your
hot bTow: nothing to- disturb you, nothing to make
vo afraid unless the idea that the boat should beW
orbun IN. 81 something of kind and az my
sateroonl was Taesatefy The boilers, the toor
(which was SO hot you could hardly bear your hahd
omit, ana sundrg strange and horrible noises every
few moments right under me, had rather tendency
that wav. But nut nv trust in Providence, andsa
good deal in the engineer, and felt satisfied. AT anyt
Ite if the worst came to the worst, there was sat
isfactio1f in know it would not last long 8 How
ever no happened, had delightful and
made tie run to Cairo in less than four and half
DAYS from New Orleans The country all the way up
looked very green and beautiful and from the pas
seneegs who came on board ut (nostly
planteTs) we learned that q good dealof rain has
fallen and the crops were fourishng and promised
we'll At Cairo Wetook the cars to Terre Haute, and
here commences the feal difficulty and annoyance Of
atrayeler unless he's pretty well posted. First, the
different statements wont say esof the agents
o the several lines Of road and of the boats to Louis
VILE As to the depth Of water, one set affirming
there was sufficient for their boats; the other (he
raiIroadl people sWaring there wasn't water enough
to drown cat Thee question Of the river being set
tied to the satisfaction Of few the question then
was, which was the best route by land. II would
here remark, however, that large number of our
passengers succeeded in getting up to Louisville on
small boat, and arrived theday after ne that came
by rail-
Here commenced another Wranging--one agent
swearing that the traveller saved 200 miles by taking
his route and the other denying it was sothat his
line was the best-and we had it; even the ticket
seller at the Office was nonconlmittal and Wouldn
state which was the best or nearest route you
| must choose for yourselves, gentlemen" We did
choose and came by way Of Terre Haute and In
dianapolis. Cairo is not the place had reason
to believe it was from the glowing representations
i made from time to time the past few years, In
/ fact, with the exception Of the railroad, saw
but very little difference in it to what it was fif
4 teen years ago-it is the same dull, dirty place
choked up with rank weeds piles ofriubbish, great
fat sleepy hogs, and a few mongrel yeping dogs
(principally yaler) and about fourth class tavern
as far as the one mealI got enabled me to judge-ol
meaner, scantier colder, hafcooked breakfast III il
could be called such) never before had the misfor
tune to sit down to. May the Lord forgive thai
landlord never can. We were galoped overa mos
delightful country leaving Cairo principally rolling
prairie in some places as far as the eye could reach
one vast field Of living greenthat i TO those tina
could see,any thng-for what, with loss OF rest Thu
night before and the delightful motion OF the cars
which jumped ussup and down about two feet ever.
!, pop,I took.a very exeruciatins nap. Wedged IN
4 corner Witllny head against two sharp ends OF tn
car and nyegs over the back Of the seat with ahop
half room enough to stretch out and with the ledg
Of the window, which justf in The small Of my back
had most comfortable ride and was enabled to SCI
~ the country to great advantage We stopped to dine
at half:past eleven, at very fine brick house in
Z very smart looking little town, and after shaking Of
something less than a cart load Of dust and brushing
with whist broom about a peck out of each eNeant
y busheI more or less, from mouth and beard, n 50
down 10 a very excellent country dinner. It's tru
the beef was rather tough, but the waiting-maid
rather pretty and very obliging. s'Want anything
else, sir? Eyes, my dear, Ill takeyon. ooh! SIT!
tsAll aboard \ here sung out the conductor; off "
SO again over the same rolling, beautiful prairie, fo
miles and miles in extent The scene was not nluc
: varied occasionally, some rising, wooded land, 0
some portion Of the prairie under cultivation ; in
nense fields Of yellow wheat just cut and stacked II
in sheayes every few yards for hundreds of acres
OH how beautulit looked rs the God of day shed hi
bright rays upon their golden crowns and cast sacre
halo upon all aroundfor was not the 'tstaf of life!
. without which man would not be as he is-in COZ
\ trast to which, and nte1ningled with, were gres
fields of waving green corn, Or sweet scented Glove
Just ready for the scythe. It formed most beauti
2 picture and greatly relieved the monotony or wear
= ness of the journey. We arrived at about fol
= o'clock at the terminus Of that part of the line an
y changed cars for Tere Haute here the st. Lou
train met us, and here also dinner was pr
y pared for the st. Louis passengers. We were a
: choked with dust and dry as salamanders, but n
d drop of water could we get to cool our parehe
q tongues There was but one small house at this st
- ton; but that we wandered around and aroun
i searching for and looking into all sorts Of pots al
pans for the liquid fluid, but found none. The Ian
lord who had an eye to the main chance, intimat
r. that he thought we wanted to cheat him out of
te rights and if wanted to drink had only to Sc
s. ourselves at the table and we could have as much
i'd we wanted-that is by paying four bits. But,
nc had eaten dinner We did not choose to pay eal
w for the whistle although had to whistle for wal
DIS until we arrived at the next station.
1t The country from this on to Terre Haute improv
re much in appearance. We passed quite q number
fine towns and farms indeed, it is astonishing he
"a fast the farms and villages spring up the line of
10 railroad was informed by some of the reside1
IL, that short time since there were not half doz
~ towns the whole route, where there are now Sol
il sixty or seventy In regard to the crops, farm
speak discouragngly, particularly Of the oat and
crops, owing to the drouth in fact, the oats tina
ne saw looked very poor and scarcely foot high
ID some places. The corn crop promises BETTER AM
Ily pno1 ShnyafS of rain Dyou1d r;r