Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-11-24

EDITORIAL EXCURSION.
weaFrived at Cairo about Al P. ", ev-
erybody anxious to behold the most prom
inent city of Egypt and the confluence of
tie Ohio with the great father of rivers,
which takes ploce at this point We all
disenibr ked, as Captain TODD promised
us FIVE hours to " do the city. 1t is
much pleasantef and larger than expect
ed, COZ tuning about 5000 inhabitants.
rIf 1t had high and dry ground for build
ing with ample room, il would seem that
nothing could prevent il from being one
of the largest cities onshe continent. II
is-now surrounded by leyees 10 keep the
waters of.the Ohio and Mississippi from
oyerfowing it. We were al; on board
the Silver Lake a. 8 o'clock, and were
soon steaning down the Mississippi, for
Columbus, where we arrived at A. NJ,
withthree hours to wait for train going
south. Columbus occupies q command
Ing position on the river, and was the last
to DC yielded up by the rebels. II is the
northern terminus Of the Mobile & Ohio
r. r. The town is very poorly built,
with no accommodation for the traveller
Our party posted themselves around as
best they co1ld-some iB ssze little depot
and others on the platform. During the
interval Of waiting, Gen1. Packard, Rev.
Mr.:StoltzSsnd myself rested % ourselves
bv walking about mile to the summit OF
high hill, on which were the remains of
fort, which sras no, tort Pillow, as was
supposed by some adventurers. We re-
turned in time toSxet on board the train
for sCorinth, Miss, which is l43 miles
from Columbus by way of the Mobile s.
Ohio railway. This roSd with the Illinois
Central forms . direct an6 almost straight
railroad tine from Chicago to Mobile ex-
.cept 20 miles by river from Cairo TO Co
9umbus. The r. r. Co. had kept special
cars for our accommodation for three
days, not knowing OF cur deteation on
Ohio by the low water. was agreeably
surprised to find the road in such guod
Condition and at the good time that is
made The road is laid with q heavy
Fish Bar Rail, said to be in every respect
equal to a continuous rail. It has been
re-stocked with new and elegant passen-
ger coaches, constructed with the mocerr
improvements, and is really a pleasant
road 10 ride over. IL officers are Hon.
A. Murdoch, Pres &C. E. Rushing. Vice
Pres, L. j. Fleming, chief engineer, G.
w. N. Curtis, GEN.. Supt. and Ticket
Ag't. The officers ON the train were
courteous, aed have the good wishes of
the excursionist4 We arrived at Cor
inth at l:lo, P. NJ, Sunday Here we
expected 10 find rest and refreshment after |
a week ofconiinuous travelling, but true to
the travellers luck, We found the only no. |
tel in the place filed to OVERLOOKING with |
. travelling circus tr,upe, who were not |
TO Leave until five O'Clock in the evening g.
II was amusing to see ladies making the |
best Of the situation by sitting on sachels,
chairs, in the parlor. on the piazza, wher-
ever a place could be found. Alter a
little delay two rooms were prepared to
fix up" in and get ready for dinner,
which was soon done as the appetite was
ready beforehand. In The meantime the |
first incident occurred. Some Of the ex-
cursiouists from South Bend being anx-
ious to secure comfortable quarters their |
e,sy in the town. went out scouting and |
nnslly succeeded in finding very CON-
Portable place with q widow lady who
was keeping boarders, with twhom they
agreed upon terms OF board, rooms, etc.
They were about to close the contiaciby
paying in advance when it was mentioned
that they belonged to the Northern In
diana Editorial Excursion Party" The
lady of the house politely informed them
If that was the case she couldn't accom-
modate them, whereupon they bid lher
40 farewell F." and returned Dinner being
over each one started out for observation
and information. There are several forts
around the town which were occupied at
different times by Colfederates and en-
ionists. About three fourths of-a mile
west of the town on the summit Of. . high
hill was fort commanding the entire
town. Here we met ConfederatesCapt-,
who explained 10 Us the various battles
the advances and repulses Of the combat
ants, admitted the complete defeat of the
rebellion and accepted the situation with
,smuch grace as the circumstances of the
Gaze would admit, but would have been
better pleased If the Copfederacy" had
been success. After this interview Mrs.
Tnay, and 1 walked over to the national
cemetery. There are buried here about
5000 union soldiers, IN single graves, all
numbered. 1t is well taken care OF By
resident sexton. The rational flag is
kept hsating toahe breeze from the top
of flagstaff near the centre of the GENE
terry. As we we're returning we met
carriage containing several gentlemen OF
our PARTY, who had beer invited by a
prominent lawyer of the town to visit the
cemetery. He proved himself TO be a
very courteous gentleman his converse
ton was quite interesting and agreeable
to all who had the pleasure OF meeting
bin. He had been Confederate Colo
mel, said the southern people were anx-
ious to have northern men come and set
tie up The country, bringing capital, me-
chsaics, &C., hut have 40 love for the
"carpet Dagger" that is as he explained
the men who neYe about from place to
place simply 70 obtain Office BY the ne
gro vote.
The negroes were holding several meet
ings which were largely attended. Our
clerical friend, Rev. Mr. Stoltz, Of Crown
Point and Mr.. sweet, Of EIkhart, attend
ed the evening service They invited
our Rev. gentleman to preach for then !.
bur he declined on account Of not being
c~--~ hook A. IA or,Srif