The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-09-25
CRAWFORD CITY, PA Sept. IS. 1856.

CRAWFORD CITY, Pa, Sept. IS, 1856.
DEAR JoURNAL:-I wrote to you from
Cleveland, O., OF the city of noise and confu-
sion, the place where Gen. Cass could not
be heard on the momentous occasion, &C., at
which place l arrived in % hours and Is
minutes from Evansville, Ind. [ was well
pleased with the grand appearance of the city,
and to one like myself who had never before
been on either lake or sea shore, the vessels in
the harbor presented to my view quite spec
tacle, and the blue waters rising like hills in
the distance, were strikingly beautiful. We
Girard, in Pa, then took the stage for the
South, and passing through numerous villages
and towns along the line of the Erie and Pitts
burgh CANA, through densely settled and well
cultivated country to Crawford county. There
l fell into the fond embraces of relative whom
| had not seen for many years, bringing vivid
ly to nay minds view the more halcyon days
of our youth when we were wont to sport
upon the green lawn and pluck flowers from
many shrub and chase the timid butterfly to
our hearts content. | can look from my pres
ent place of writing through the window on
the scenery around me, and behold the lofty
pines with their ever green clad tops stretching
AMI towering towards the heavens presenting
quite a novel sight to a Hoosier But then go
amongst the under brush and view the naolus
operantli of making and tillng farm here.
One may Justly shrink from the undertaking.
Mechanics labor is cheap here. For instance
pine shingles S1,8714 cents per NJ, while
III, &.
per bushel, and here 81. Now permit me to
tell you that | attended Fremont meeting
last night in this village, and listened to
very solid and pointed speech from now Re-
publican, but formerly Democrat He said
his father fought through the Rebellion of Ire
land, and fed his country for freedom, and
acted with the Democratic party until his
DEATH and trained his son the same way, but
when that party adopted slavery extension
and left their old Democratic faith he would
follow them no further. But am aware the
speaker is mistaken in one thing with regard
to the Fillmore party being now oblIterated,
for the ideS Of November will tell very diff
ferent tale. have found as strong and ener-
getic Fillmore men all through my trip as is
the President of your Fillmore Club.
And to prove what | say just look in my
last at the vote taken at Cleveland on the
train where Fillmore was one ahead of Ere
mont. AS one | expect to vote for Fillmore.
am for him first, last and forever, for | verify
believe there is no other man in these United
States so we'll calculated to guide the Ship Of
State safely through the breakers of the pres
ent as is our well known and we'll tried Willard
Fillmore; but at the same time have no war
to make on the Fremont party, for they have
my sympathy, but not enough for Fremont to
get my vote. From the best Information
can get Bu-can in, as he is called here, will
only get about 25 votes while Fremont will
get over 100 votes The people say here the
excitement is about par with 1910 when
Harrison carried this State, so they now in
tend to do for free speech, free Kansas, free
press and Fremont. In 1910 the log cabin
boys raised pole in this village 1l2 feet long
without being splieed, and at 100 feet fioated
the Tip and Tyler flag, and the night before
the election they thought to let it remain, but
the Border Ruffians cut the rope and let the
stars and stripes to the ground where two Of
its friends found it an hour before day, when
one of them seized the rope and in double
quick time was at the dizzy height of 100 feet,
and as day dawned, to the great chagrin of
those Border Buffians there proudly waved in
the breeze the stars and stripes of our glorious
| Union.
Now for fear of wearying your patience
will close by saying to your readers they have
no idea of the circulation of your Journal.
went n W., 500 miles, there l found the
Journal making its weekly visits. Now am
nearly 600 miles East and find it the same,
and OF my desk lies the number containing
the names and occupation of the notorious 20
old liners of your city, which is enough to
strike terror among the faithful here, and
suppose has, for they called meeting a few
nights since to organize, and there were but
five of the faithful out on tho occasion.
Adieu, A. B. w.