Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-09-19
Night Jessney IL . sleeping g..


at ST. Louis, Al waking Up in tie same
place, we found, that, by gong to bed
n a raj! car, We night breakfast 1t Gin
cinnatti-three hundred and forty miles
on onr journey eastward. This was
tempting, for several reasons; among
which was the fact, that, by expediting
our departure, there would be more Of
us to 60, - the amount OF = savory
stranger, which is infnitesim allied into
mn,qoito-frsb, 10 . single night At St.
LOUIS, is very considerable. And then
tie weather would be hotter 10 the day
time, and there was nothing to see on
| the route.
We crossed the Mississippi - tie fiery
disk Of the sun dropped out Of s'ght in
he other direction aod, with this fer
ry-bost aGieu to Missonr', found the
train waiting for rs on the opposite
shore Of Illinois. The "dollar extra" 70,
place in the sleeping car" introduced
US to tall negro who was to be our To-
connective grand chamberlain, and we
we're showD, at once, to cur privileged
places upon the more spacious settees
which are convertible into couches an
immediateness of frnition which
proved undesirable, however, as we were
obliged to stand up during very te-
d;ous and awkward process Of making
our beds for the night.
But this might accommodation" was
new to me, in some particulars, and .
little description Of it may perhaps be
useful to some of our readers. in the
wav OF preparing them for The likely be-
lallings of Western travel.
The turning back Of every other seat
aud unfolding the framework which the
seat conceals, converts the car, in the
FIRST place, into . double line of square
pews With an aisle between-esch pew
being bed for two persons. Over this
hammock, let down by pulIeys FROM
the roof, accommodates two MORE
Fragmentary cushions, for the gaps be-
tween the seats, aud round sofa bolster
for pillow, constitute the furniture.
But as this slceping-csr has no cur
tains and accommodates both gentle
men and ladies, as do the other cars the
going to bed, and the getting up in the
morning, constitute embarrassing por-
tons of its dormi.ory exper ence. A
very stylish family on their way North,
who came on board from the junction
with the Southern Railway at the Kas-
kaskia River, occupied the pew and
hammock Immediately forward of our
own, and their embarrassments we're
probably as great rs any that could be
selected for description. The arrange.
ments for the night we're already made
when they entered-a fashionable young
mamma with three spoiled children, and
the grandmamma, q belle sin FOSSIL" Ct
perhaps forty years ofage, accompanied
| by the colored nurse-and this one
pew, with its hammock, was all that
remained unoccnpied.
The tired children were easily dis
posed OF, and SO were the bonoets for
the nape OF the neck, and the several
instalments Of false hair and then the
sleepy negress collapsed into the corn
er Of the car ike a carpet.bag-but,
how the "missuses" were to attain aud
main'ain their respective ho,izontals,
with hoped skirts, was the diffi;ulty.-
And, that this article of femme bypocra-
cy should not be worn as part OF trav-
cling costume, is the improvement" Of
THIS, my present discourse. Anything
more needlessly inconvenient than that
mammals tumblisg over into the pew
among her children, and trying to lie
down in her umbrelIaon-edge instead
Of n'ght-gown, could not easily be
coptrived.
One other unitarian suggestion
ladders should be provided in these
sleeping cars, as an article of indispcn-
sable furniture. The still handsome
grandmamms ofour Southern party was
to sleep in the hammock overhead and
how was she to get there! An active
boy in his most wiling pair Of eek-day
pantaIoons would have considered it
qni'e a climb, forit was six or seven feet
from the floor, and nothing to step upon
Dc: the backs of the seats and, crlno
line TO the contrary Notwithstanding, the
as cent was made-how, land how the
descent was made 10 the morning,) !, OF
course, forebore to see.
We were to reach Cincinnati for rath-
err late breakfast and, of course, there
were several unwashed hours, IN our
sleeping-car, tha beds being re-,neta-
'norphosed into seats, and the prone
passengers restored to their upright-ness
soon after sunrise. Really, one gets
startling appreciation, in this way, of
the value Ito ladies especially Of
combs and looking glasses, towels and
water To sec the dear angels" get
up from nights sleep, and sit up,
administered to- IN the betraying day
light, hour after hour, Is lamentable
dis llusionizinn OF ones ideal
POPULATION OF NEW HAMpsHlRE.-
The U. S. Marshal and his assistants
have completed the census Of the State
OF New Hampshire, which shows the
present population to be 326,l75, being
gain Of 8,2ll since 1850. The pop
ulation of the several counties is as fol-
.ows:
hocklnghain, ,IlO
..!A"oru,. ............. ............. ....So,4
nehhnp, ........ ........ -..-.... 1921
arroi'... ................. ~, 20
McrrinaCk. ...-............4l@S $50
uiiis0urough,. ......... ......... 6Z It9
Cheshlrc,. ....2I,4 5S
..r''toh' ..... .......-... .s",.3
Coos, ........ lS,too