The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-10-20
ILLINOIS CORRESPONDENCE.
McHExRY, IL, Oct. 9th, 1861


the end. Arriving at Lawrence, we found
that the stage from that place no longer
makes connections with the boats at Lea
and not choosing to lay over
day there and another at st. Joseph, we pro-
ceeded to Lecompton that night, making
ninety miles staging the first day. The Su-
preme Court was in session at the Bogus
Capital, and the Rowena House was full
the landlord asleep, and it was not until near
ly time for the Atchison stage to leave, that
we succeeded in obtaining place wherein
10 lay our weary heads. Between six o'clock
in the morning and five in the afternoon of
Wednesday, we made the journey from Lee
compton to Atchison, distance of forty
FIVE miles, reaching it in time to take the
cars for st. Joseph, where we arrived about
nine o'clock. We obtained rooms at the
Patee House, where we got good nights
rest, and every other accommodation which
can be found at the very best hotel any
where. No hotel equals this west of the
Mississippi. Its cost was $4,000, and
Notwithstanding its immense size, it is con-
stantly full. The number of arrivals that
day was 1876, which the clerk informed me
was about the average. At six the next
morning we took the cars for Quincy. We
dined at Brookfeld, the centre of the road,
and splendid dinner it was. At Palmyra
we '' switched off, striking the Mississippi
directly opposite Quincy. where we were
ferried over and barely given time to get
aboard the cars for ;Ssicase5 which left
about FIVE.
No one need expect any comfort in trav-
cling this route. The passenger is "hus-
tied through without regard TO convenience
in sitting. or necessities of sleeping and ca
ting. The cars were jammed from Atchi-
son through. There was Bell and Everett
meeting coming off at st. Joseph, which
filed the cars to that place; fair at Quin-
CIV, and all east of that the followers of Ali
Douglas were vending their solemn way to
the ''holy city," there to hear the Koran Of
"squatter sovereignty read by theil
prophet.
At Galesburg eighteen cars were coupled
to our train, which we were told would bt
filed with Douglas men, long before reach
ing Chicago. AT the junction of the Gale
ma road, where 1 got off, not one was ye
filed, and only fifty miles further to GO
This one car load Of drunken D IS shout
ed loud enough at every station to wake tn
entire town. Thursday, (the day of til
Douglas meeting at noon, only forty-fv
cars had passed the junction of the Galcn
and Burlington roads, where on the Tuesda
previous 147 passenger caches filed. pass
> ed that point for the great Seward meeting
, A vote was taken on our train comm
: through Missouri, which resulted Lincoln
SO; Douglas, 46; Breckenridge, 10, an
:. Bell, 10. Amusing stories are told of sim
liar results on nearly all the douglas trains
that went into Chicago.
1t This is truly ''wide-awake'' campaign
q The sucker State never was so thorough
e " aroused as now. Flags are floating ov'
5, every town, and at every crossroads. B
5. day and by night, in all directions, the nan
,e of Lincoln peals out clear and loud over a
J. others. Occasionally shout is given fc
Douglas, but il is always accompanied b
hall a dozen for Lincoln. On my arrival
tie depot in this place, on the night of Il
Douglas furore at Chicago, some one of Il
: Dougla. delegation sung out, "Hurrah f
&c Douglas p when small boy on the pla
!, form, in solemn tone. replied Dough
" is dead - .'Fools and children tell Il
!. truth is the saying, and this was said
- such a serious. impressive manner, that Il
Douglases looked around with considered
uneasiness, but their fears were soon
:; layed by hearty laugh from the LINGO
ka folks.
re The extraordinary low price OF fare ole
er ed by the Douglas party. to those wisbi
err to visit Chicago last Friday, was taken a
bo vantage of by thousands of Republicans fro
Ia the interior towns, who had business in.
f. This is proven by the votes taken On the ca
he The great train on the Galena road gave
lie maiority for Lincoln over Douglas. Flo
ke votes were taken by the Douglas men
.ir fore they would give it up. Free tiek'
be through and back were offer ed to any
lie who would go in uniform from the ditfere
Ia towns.
as In regard to the season here | am 81
ey prised to fud it has been unusually dry
at. noticed no change of consequences in
ar appearance of the country along my ro'
lite until some distance this side of Quincy, a
al much less about here than had sxpecte