Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-09-19
For the Express
lACKsoNNILLE. Ill Sent. S. 1860


Nh. EDIroR-Dear Sir: If you have
+, corner To spare for me in your paper
? what follGws may be of interest TO some nj
your readers
) On yesterday morning l left our beauti.
full city Tor short trip, having become
) somewhat tired OF Court-ing Justice under
the superintendence of Judge ClaypoOl,
and intending to spend a week or so in
courting health by change of scene and
arr After rather tedious journey arri.
vtd at this place this morning at 5 o'clock
left Terre Haute on the III A. III. train
aud had delightful ride ou the Terre
Hautc Il Alton road to MattooD. where I
took the eastern branch of the Ill. Central
! road and at 3 p. N. arrived at Tolcno,
trail & Great Western roads Here | was
obliged to wait until - o'clock, night, for
a train going West. Now / don't like to
complain, but | must warn unfortunate
fellow pilgrims against stopping at the
Station House Al that place, for of all the
viIlainous places il has ever been my lot
to be caught in l do think that house, con-
sidering it's pretentions. is the most william
Gus. cannot partcularize. Words are
wanting ITO do justice to the subject" OF
the company assembled there, were DR..
Kile and daughter and SIR. Elliot of Edgar
/ Co., the former member of the Safe
Board of Agriculture. ami the latter, be-
lieve General Superintendent of the State
/ Fair which is to be held at this place next
veek. and to which they we're vending
/ lleir way Their agreeable society with
/ that of several other ladies' and gentlemen
took away much of the discomfort of the
zine hours stay st Tolouo. Conversation
and music were the order of Ike day and
evening. We passed through Springfield,
/ the present residences OF Mr.. Lincoln, or, as
he ia universally called in this neighbor-
! hood, Old Abe" about o'clock this
morning. | desired much to call on the
old gentleman but was uncertain whether
or not he retained his old habit of early
Using, aud 50 did not make the attempt
Besides think the train would not have
waited for me
Long before we reached Jacksonville l
heard passengers talking about Republi-
can Gathering 10 be held her. 10 day. and
I il soon became evident from The numerous
accessions to our number at every station
that it would be quite large. n, Decatur
the cars were nearly all filled. Iwas very
tired and sleepy, on having laid down on
the seat did not notice the condition of the
cars nor in fact anything else going on
around me, when suddenly aud to INV
great alarm. lady, weighing should
say near two hundred pounds, deliberately
proceeded 10 seat herself directly on my
tead. Horror of Horrors! descending
avalanche could not have more forcibiy
impressed me with sense OF impending
daDger. believe She was sqaqtter souer
agn, Like the great lesder of that fra,er-
nily lodged the point oi hat Joke. aad 10
harm was done.
At an early hour this morniug the streets
of Jacksonville were thropged with peo-
pie. and it was apparent that large
crowd would be in attendance. But no
one expected anything like The demonstra-
ton that was actually made. Train after
trait of cars arrived loaded with live Re-
publicans. Hundreds, nay, thousands
hocked in by every road, come on foot,
some on horse and spme in wagons, and
by half past ten o'clock, the hour at which
the procession vas formed, there were at
least twenty thousand people in attend
ance. | was astonished at the numbers
and the enthusiasm. The procession was
headed by tastefulIy ornamented trium
phal ear, drawn by ten splendid grey
horses, each one mounted by Wide
Awake in appropriate uniform Then fol
lowed a multitude OF " de Awskes, some
mounted and Others on foot, aud Ill along
through the line were interspersed cars
and wagons elegantly decorated, the occu-
of flags aud banners, each with an appro
pirate motto or device.
l cannot weary your patience by emu.
merslon of the many beautiful features of
this really grand display. The procession
was, should think. some two miles in
length, and was alike crelitable 10 the
origiustors Of the design and the partici-
pants in its completion.
After dinner a crowd to the number of
some ten thousand assembled in the Court
House square to hear Mr. Owen Lov-joy
deliver one of his great speeches Many,
very many went away unable to get near
enough TO the speaker TO hear him, but
speak within bounds when say that an
audience of five or six thousand persons
were held there over two hours in mist
ing rain, enchained and as it were en-
trapced by the eloquence ana power OF
this matchless orator. went there strong
, ly prrjudiced against him, but he uttered
not one word Objectionable and if Lovtloy
is an Abolilionist then don't know what
the word means. why can't We have him
at Terre Haute come day this month";
, know the Democratic taunt, that you dare
not ask him there, but Mr.. Editor, ii is
T, ,, because they fear his coming. He would
do good, ami only good in my opinion, IN
/ cur county or any other.
$ There will be grand Torch Light pa
rade tonight. in which will appear over
thousand Wide Awakes. But my letter il
z already too long. Active preparations arr
:, in progress for the State Fair which prom
rses to be an elegant display in every de-
psrtmeut. willtry to note for you few
of the most interesting features, but lik
:, Pat, may bring my letter home IN m.
. pocket
Yours truly, ID.
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IL DIsunton.
N The Southern C0ntederacy the leadin