, 1859-09-03
A TrxveftnE Li1seler.

A correspondent u Inc Cincinnati Comm<r-
cial d4ting from Paris, Edgar Co.. Ill, where
he appears to have settled down for season Of
chicken shooting, writes as follow. concerning
The town Of Chailestou and the County Of Coles,
under the caption of "An Exploration Of
EgIp.-the Country n 1t is:"
"Cbarleston is rugged, shabby looking town.
If some two thnClaAd inhahitanta-a slow. old
fogv to~p, which, until quite recently, has been
sadly in ARREARS ~ regards education, enter
Prise, morality and everything else d.sir.bl i,
but has long enjoyed brilliant reputation for
iuvetesate shiaky drinking, aud profound skill
in poker playing The streets aIe ornamentel
with large groWths Of jamestown weeds, dog
fsnne! md o,hsr rsfs e1oiies. Notwithstanding
the chastening minisirations Of your curres.
ponder. for . term Of 5sar.., the Inhabitants
arr still i set Of pretty bard cases, and, un,
less it be late Importation Of mackeral
caachcrs, and witch burners from the Massa
chnsetts COST. OF chips from the old
Granite State, do not, that I am aware Of,
make any particular pretensIons 10 virtue or
deeency. The principal public buildings are
tolerabty neat Presbyterian Church, Ae,hod-
'st Church, modelled after the old Turner ball
in Cincinnati, tho SeR'narles Of "larpin'," and
awouderful Court House, for = description Of
the Pscsen, appearance If which frar am in
adequate. Ii w4s originally built 10 the shape
Of Chinese pagoda, or Burmese Temple, sur
mounted By cupola looking like IN old indus,
pensabte, or Ut least necessary" clubhouse !;
but the glowing genius Of some nsti7e architect
has since designed IN addition On the north
SIDE which combines all the beauties of the sev~
en- orders Of architecture with some original
conceptions Of his own. At first view Of ia sa-
llent anEles from the road, the traveller il at
loss to know whether it is the picturesque bexu-
ty Of the Pictured Rocks or the awfni trout Of
Mnro Castle that i bursting upon his enrap-
turedvlsion.
Coles county is principally settled with emi-
grants from Kentucky, the most Of whom think
i is glory enough to have been born in "0ld
kaintuck," without feeling called upon to do
any thing worthy Of note tbemselvea- The
citizeus Of the &o*n appear to be principally
engaged in s.ind'ing eirangeFs fos gain, and
s~!ndling each other for practice: They are
fully covered By the Detehm.n's definition Of
New York-enen who 90 about III day cheating,
aud call it business I knoE Of no plaee On
sarth, unless it be Chatauooga, wbere . stran-
ger. il liable to be 20 completely and scienti6
eaiIJ "nkinned." The basis Of Ill busmeas
seems 70 ne-bu, I'll yoa eau on credit, and
avoided. The Sreat commercial sys,em of
the country i r0tteu, and The ipdAioa conse-
quent upon the credit syssem is such th4s it il
almost Impossible to arrive 1t the actual value
of anything. "Cash notes" constitute The sr1n-
c'pal p'rs Of the cirru14tinx medium. and Giye
employ ment to some half do1en brokers, Who
"shsve-0h, Lori, With I terrible shave" such
paper Is may fall in their way. From twenty to
th1tJ per cent. il the ordinary rate Of discount
Taking oae Of ths xllage papers q specimen
Of the literary saate Of the people: NC 6ad +
6lIed with advertisements of Sheriff sales, &C.
noas to Gaseelosa mortgage, And the siekiv seo-
timentalism md dyspepsic fosebodings Of i.ek
leg ls.yer, who strives, in his weak way. TO
keep the country from going to perdisiou. The
natires of the Inferior believe in almanaes,
and plant their crops in the dark Of the noon
usually cont to oan every Saturday (~hich il
= great day with shtna) for the parPose Of doing
up little d ''tradiu'." and :. 6gbun'," Swapping
hor.es, getting drunk. md raising h-l gvner-
ally. l hsve y hsea around" considerably dur
Ing ny life, xnd i is q! deliberate opinion that
more hard lying will be brought oat in the
course Of horse trade between two Co1es Co.
farmers than can be developed IN aay other
tranaacaon on The faee Of the earth.