Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-10
On the Wing.

Louisville, Ky, Oct. 5.-Last Monday
morning left this city for Henderson, via the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and arrived
there at Il p NJ remained there several days.
It is one of the dulIc,t towns of lis >z' lG,O0o
inhabitants ever visited This town is noted
Throughout the State ior pretty girls, and We'll
il may be proud 81 them. While there | met
DR.. Goodman, Of Amherst coulty, Va. He :
living near Princeton, Ind, where he emisrat-
ed in 1861 He does not Ike his new home
and thinks he will return to old Nirslnny,
as the Indiana people call it, Mr. G@o. S
Norris, of Prince George uGty, Nd, who Is
engaged in the hardware business, also met.
At a. IL. Saturday embarked on the
racket (simllar to the boat Doc Grimes l.
buildiug) for Evansville, lud., which is twelve
miles above here, where wc arrived at . AIN. [
had one hour 10 spare III this town. The pop
ula,ien is 81 OOU, business seems 10 be gOnt.
and every mau woman and child in the place
are after the almighty dollar At ten clock
our train started iol Terra Hau;e, Indiana. [
went as far as fiHcInnes, the union depot Of
the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad and the +.
&C r. r. Here [ took dinner (belng the din
ner station The fare was passable only. Young
ladies are engaged as walters III the eating Sa-
looms here: in fact | met with none but white
walters 10 the IIo9scr State At this p0ln; We
take the @. IL NJ. cars for Mitchell. There We
change to the Louisville New Albany and
! Chicago Railroad At New Albany VIC change
| into the bridge train. This train crosses the
magnificent irou bridge cover one mile long,
winch has been built recently to form the con
L l<
bridge is noble structure and Is one OF the
principal objects of Interest TO visitors, The
habits Of the Iudianans are very different
from those Of Virginiaus, Judging from the
experience | have had. They must be a
very Ignorant aud imrudcn: set oi beings.
While was waiting at Mitchell for the Louis-
| vile, New Albany and Chicago train by the
way this is the toughest railroad IN the United
States [ was asked ~ man: Whar [ was
FROM i? replied Virginia. On yes YOU be from
that rebel State. Whar you be going? My re-
! ply was, to Blue Mass lulct, on the coast Of
Africa, adjoining Canada. Why you will be a
much travelled man. " hat be your business :?
Well | peddlc jack straws aud corset stays for
living. Just then the train came laundering
up to the station. | went into the car, AMI was
surprised to sec that | was an Object Of special
interest to the inhabitants, who had assembled
on the platform. This 'Ignpramus' had toId
everybody about me being from the rebel State
| suppose | was glad when the train moved
of. The portion Of Indiana through which |
passed is good corn growing section. and |
noticed scvcrai c2ai mines In oppcrat0n. The
| Kentucky and Indiana coal is not good IL
quality as that found in Maryland and West
Virginia 1t is a very free burning coal aud
produces a strong heat but is very offensive IN
| odor.
The yellow fever is spreading in all sec
tions; per Gus who have fed from Memphis to
the country have been stricken down with it,
aud are dying off very rapidly. The following
copy from the Shreveport Times 1--WE are
clad to lcaru that the Telegram force are re-
covering Mr. B. &. White, the business man
ager, will get we'll He has beeo down over
three weeks, aud had the hardest kind Of a
fight for his life His case is one Of the most
remarkable Of the epidemic to recover.
Mr. Chas q. White, who has been residing
in Memphis, has gone to Lii tie Rock, Ark, to
cscapn tnr fever. There has been no quarantine
established here as yet
Money is very tight in this section.
Well, promised to say what the young la
dies looked like out here The majority of them
are handsome; no denying that; but ALA, they
disfgure themselves, and spoil all the ct1rct OF
their pretty faces ard forms by the manner in
which they dress. Why they look more like
ornamented wax figures than human beings, and
their naughty, self e)ncaited pride diSpcS ell
the charms their handsome faces give. Tie
young gents arc inclined to be topplSh.
have already written more than INTENDED to,
and therefore must stop You may hear from
uc at Lexington, Ky, as leave for tia, place
in the morning. W.