Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-12-12
LITTER FROM WIGGIXs.

Mr.. Eiitos:
Q l. Juniper Virgins Hves-sn in
portant announcement, is il nots T,
the undersigned it is, aud TO your gooC
and intelligent readers ! hope it is
However, will not write Of self aol
any other man, but come briefly to th,
point
Perhaps a birds-eye view Of life il
the city Of Indianapolis will not com.
amiss to the good people of the
" Pocket hence it is Of that / write
Wei, this is a city--One Of amusements
one Of fun, one of-well, almost anv.
thing you have a mind TO name: full OF
fashion, fall Of military { D, full OF " sps.
eial orders" fall Of boanty Jumpers. and
iail OF boanty brokers, and, last, bot by
40 means least, full Of ladies' - how
pretty, bow smiling, how very delightful
aud fascinating, how excrueiatingly
heart-oFeaking, and Withal how really
and truly patriotie-time, history, and
q faithful recorder can only tell.
You would imagine yourself in New
York City in It's palmiess days Of eonfu-
SION, or IN sse city Of Washington when
tha Army Of the Potomac was retreat
ing, II you we're here some days-hsre.
taeFs, and everywhere you NEE, the
thronK, and, meeting il, subside to one
side and wait for the throng to pass and
a favorable opportunity fer you 10 pass
on.
Speaking Of special orders" there
are some very funny issued sometimes.
For instance, no barber.shops are Al.
lowed 10 be opened on SUNDAY At this
place, bat there - DO trouble to shna a
liquor saloon open ai AnY hour of the
day. Is not that military for yous II
- not religious 10 shave on Sunday
and lt is not out Of order to take =
driak, yoa see. That, you will observe,
= fJf the special accommodation Of
hose Who like il, being provided for In
special orders
noticed, conied from the Journal Of
your city, IN the Journal Of this citv. a
cut Al The hotels. How dare yoa do IN
What speak Of the hotels in the great
city Of lndianapolisl Come, now. Mr..
Editor, that woR't do All that is essen
hal 10 make money the hotels have
especially. The Bates and Palmer houses.
via Big bills, cold rooms, small
breakfast, warmed for dinner and all
stszed for supper. So you see the close
Of the day furnishes a repass that any
epleure ought 70 feel proud Of 80 yoa see
that you ought 10 take ell back, and
make The t-1asHds honorable. will you ?
Speaking Of Bounty Brokers, General
Pitcher pitched into these lads and made
quite a stampede ia the ranks Of that
sort OF gentry, aud now the mania for
s~indhng substitstes aud volunteers does
no seem 50 great
Oi Bounty Jumpers the stock on hand
Is now exceedingly small Gen. Car
rington'a special drill for the beneft
OF that class Of men, is not the most
popular, Einoe he assigned the command
to big buck negro. The persons engaged
IN that iandabie calling, not being OF
abolition proclivities, have quietly re-
tired, wiser, and, it to be hoped, better
men. These delectable chaps Col War
ner provides, and, when be gets the
chaps, be appropriates their ill-gosten
gain to The use Of that very positive old
gent, Uncle Sam.
Speaking Of " fashions - perhaps
Paris beats us, bat tha. is doubtiul OF
the variety Of bats worn By ladies, I will
not speak but notice with feeling Of
proud satisfaction, that there are a large
number OF ,he fair who have a de-.
cided taste for brass butfons You see
them representing 1ll grades Of life;
and, occasionally there is one With
cluster Of two or three buttons on her
coat, representing, no doubt. that she il
either = brlgadier or Major General
Now, ] notice further, that all those bat
tons are Of the style usually worn by
stat officers, an explanation ofwhich
| am unable 70 give Il will surely bs
great satisfaction TO those who wear the
buttons, 10 the field, to know how ex-
tsnsively the emblems Of their station
are worn ard appreciated By the fair
who make life sweet; or, make 1t most
bitter.
As to the military Of the city, have
no words only, il 10 really amusing to
see from SIX 70 ten guards trudgipv
5hroagh the streets one poor copperhsad
have heard i said that misery loves
company, and for that reason, suppose,
tne poor unioTtunates are p-2yided with
bountiful supply of the sky blaes."
Ihe amusements are various The
Mu cum the Theater, the Masonic Hall,
&C. furnish to the traveller place 10 90;
aud, as 70 TIE Iheater, the truth Is, il is
really FIRST clasa
Now, Mr. Editor, IL yon conclude 10
come to Indianapolis, am sure you win
ind an abundance to look st, mach to
talk about, and, withal, you viii observe
that the war has had the more wonderful
effect on this OF perhaps most places
west The news department is slim.
Respectfully,
Q. / JUxIPER WTGGIss.