The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-07-17
Letter from "The sprin gs."

INDIAN SPRINGS, July 18th, 1866.
EDITORS JoURNAL.-By your permission,
give such of your readers as may desire to
visit the Springs short description of my
trip to this place. We left Evansville at 81
o'clock on the morning of the 10th, and
reached the crossings at Vincennes at 124
o'clock, where we partook of a very good
dinner for the moderate sum of 25 cents. |
speak of this, because travellers have fire.
quently to pay so cents for worse accommo-
dations.
The towns along the way, Lagrange,
Princeton, and Patoka, all present the APP
pearance of progress. l noticed much i'm
provement since my visit to these places last
year. The crops along the route look very
fine, with the exception of the corn in por-
tions of Vanderburgh, Gibson, and Knox,
which does not look SO well. That, how
ever, on the Wabash and White river bot
toms is very fine, and l have no doubt but
all will eventually turn out an abundant
crop.
We were delayed at Vincenues nearly
two hours waiting for the train going East
We, however, endeavored to pass off the
time as best we could by talking politics,
blackberrying, &c.
We got on board the cars on the o. & NJ
R. R. at 2 o'clock for the Shoals. Fare
81 80. The accommodations on this road
are fne-the cars quite comfortable. They
make very good time. There is a great deal
of travel on this road. We reached the
Shoals at quarter before o'clock, p NJ
some ten miles from the Springs by land.
Here we took passage on the magnificent
steamer (side wheel) e. E. Miles, Capt
Horsey, for Clark's Ferry, a point on TIE
east fork of White River, about four miles
from the Indian Springs. We did not how
ever make very fast time, not having the
right kind of fuel for making sufficient
steam for the power and capacity of the
boat. We made the trip, fifteen miles,
in about three hours, from whence we took
hack to the Springs, where we arrived at
about 9 O'Clock at night Fare, includ-
ing hack hire, Sl-cheap enough. This
is much pleasanter than by hack the en-
tire distance. We thus avoided being
jolted over the long and tedious hills OF
Martin county.
The scenery along White River is very
fine, and in some places quite romautic-
Capt. Horsey certainly deserves much credit
for his enterprise in putting this steamer on
the route. 1t is quite an accommodation
to those visiting the Springs, and then it
will do great deal towards developing the
resources of the White River valley, by
stimulating the farmers to increase their
crops, knowing that they have now superior
facilities for reaching market. Those, how
ever who prefer it, will find a hack at the
Shoals ready TO convey them to the Springs
the entire distance by land, for the same
price. They will thus have an opportunity
of seeing the jug Rock, one of the most
singular natural curiosities have ever wit
messed, and the exquisite pleasure of a ride
over the rocks and hills of Martin county,
and of seeing Dover Hill, the county seat
of Martin county.
There are very few visitors here at
present. The Accommodations are about as
usual. more pleasant place to spend a
few weeks can not be found any where in
the country, and 1 am surprised that so few
of our citizens visit this locality.
There is very little said here about poll
tics. This is a Democratic county, as you
know. Fremont received rs votes in the
county in 1855. This year, l am assured.
Lincoln will receive 500. The " Unterrifed'
are principally in favor of the Little Giant
OF Breckenridge and Bell very little Is hoard
Some of the Douglas Democrats do not like
the idea of Bright that there will be NO
Democratic candidates in Indiana unless
Breckenridge and Lane are run. | heard a
Democrat remark that he would vote 70,
Lincoln, providing such silly remarks were
made.
The announcement of Judge De Bruler
name as the Opposition candidate for Con
gress in this district, is very we'll received
here. He is personally very popular il
this county, and will run ahead of his ticket
He no doubt viii stand very good chance
of being elected.
The anecdote which arose some years age
IN the Indianapolis District, between Wing
and Democratic candidates for Congress
about the Rufae-shirt, fully illustrates thu
iDgratitude of that portion of the so-calIet
National Democratic party whonow NANTES
a disposition to crowd the Little Giant of