The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-15
CORRESPONDENCE. f
[From our own Correspondent
On the WAY.

/ Safely domiciled with that prince
of landlords, Captain Miller, and en-
sconced in cool and airy room, your,
correspondent feels $ himself again. 7
and fully equal to the task Of writing
You letter, brim full of neYs24-iif
there were only any news to tell,,-o., +.
The usual incidents attendantupon
railroad trayeing--crowded cars
dusty roads-hasty meals and sur1y
conductors, have not befallen me This
time, so am even denied the privilege
of grumbling, and must perforce say.
that Dam well eon6eAtgwith Journey
ing so far. 1t really seemed as though
all my lines were destined to, fall
in pleasant places. and So turned
over safely from the hands bof that
capital fellow, Charlie Cochran, Of
the 9 Bob tail, I found myself a
willing captive, held fast qina the
hospitable folds of Mr., Reynolds, of
the 9 Continental at Vincennes,
who, poured not oil upon my wounds,
for had MT any thanks to the ex-
| perience and caution and all other
good qualities of Charlie c., but
that which was equally as soothing,
and inyigorating "a ready and cordial
grasp of the hand, a gehiah smile
and number one Yisupper, to which
he added, while enjoying our cigars,
half "a -dozelis of his inimitable
yarns, that sent me off to the de-
pot with aching sides Let me COM
mend the Continental y to all who
go that way. Mr.. Reynolds keeps a
good house-I mean it in the most
extended sense-and is a perfect
specimen of a jolly landlord p 'z9'i J..
cannot refrain from again refer
ring, for moment, to Charlie c. --444++,, --444++ :
of the Bob-tail.a He very gravelyl
came to us after tea, and invited the
party in to see a very wonderful baby
that he had been talking a good deal
about--swearing, again and again,
that it was the smartest, the pret-
test, the d-dest baby the world ever
saw" Well, itwas fine one, and no
mistake, and your innocent cores
pondent fell to work Ito congratulate
the happy papa upon the possession
of such treasure We praised its
eyes, its little dimpled chin, its chub-
by hands and feet, etc, etc, and fnal-
ly wound up by declaring it was the
perfect image of the delighted father.
| Here, roar of laughter greeted us,
and Charlie, rather abruptly. taking
the little fellow out of our arms, re-
marked, ''That very probably it seas
like its father, but it was not ike
him, certain, for it was a borrowed
6dbyl The laugh turned rather
against yours humbly. r.a S, !
There is nothing heard of, nothing
talked of, save the Convention The
very atmosphere is laden with the
word--and speculation is rife as to
what will be the results attending the
bringing together of this great mass
! of conflicting elements--fo that they
will conflict, and that too with bitter
j hostility, none can doubt, A great
many, some gentlemen immediately
from Philadelphia, say that the prob
abilities are very strong for the whole
/ thing to break up in disgraceful and
dangerous row. There will be men
! present who viii not hesitate to- give
expression to sentiments, the most vi
olent. Men who would to-day gladly
see the great fabric of our Govern
| ment totter and fall, destroyed for
ever, so that in the ruins might be
buried the party whom they SO bitter
ly hate. The leading spirits (?) have.
gone, if we may judge, without actual
knowledge-determined to have it
their os0n way or not at ALL VIII they
! be allowed? Will others, fighting
even in the same ranks as themselves,
yet having the true good of the coun-
try at heart the while, will they be
swept away in the overwhelming tide
urged on by traitors, or will they stand
and battle bravely that all may not
/ be lost? Much, very much, depends
upon these men. @t&a rs -
| ~ The crowd from the West still con-
| tinues pouring towards the great cen
ire of attraction, and 1 should judge,
!, if from all points they concentrate in
like numbers, that the ".GiT of
Brotherly Love = will be very