Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-05
NOTES BY THE WAY.

sTEAMING on THE ROAD-PENNED By STEAM
mo. 10.l June 2-6a.m.
Of again The immense hive at the COM
pany's magnificent new hotel at the Grafton
junction Were up and around at break Of day
this morning, and, having breakfasted, are
again on the rail-sbout 400 in number-steam-
ing southwest for Parkersburg on the new road
in new cars, with new (clean) faces all, and ap-
parently as happy as new married folks. In
s.antly after leaving Grafton the scenery
changes, In great measure becoming less Al
pine, and more generally cultivated. know
not yet the name of the tranquil stream down
the banks Of which we are flying at the rate of
80 miles per hour. We are still too high I'D
among the mountain spurs to admit of general
profitable agriculture. laundering evidently
continues to be the main-stay of the commu-
nifty here, though the remains of the deadened
forest tells that the husbandman is already
claiming his right Of ultimate eminent domain
over it.
saw nothing of the dignitaries last night at
Grafton, who had preceded us to that point
Bless their honorable souls their honored
bodies were of course sBugly ensconced in bed
on our arrival at so late an hour. The genus
most of whom are humbugs constitutionalIy,
know well how to take care of No. l, and soon
toek possession of all the soft pillows not occu.
pied by either of the few ladies who are on the
excursion. This morning, ere starting, was
too intent on getting good breakfast tan ami
able weakness-Of mine, l confess,) to look after
them My excuse must be the surfeit and nau-
scum l have had in Washington of the tribe for
afrishtful number of years, when think them
over However, 1T is to be presumed they are
all " aboard" The world, in truth, knows how
to judge all classes of men. Thus, with the ex-
ceptiOn of a single gentleman, Gen Cass, the
observed Of all observers, and the cheerfully re-
ferred TO by all, all the four hundred are upon
a dead level here, including Count Sartiges who
looks and acts as democratieally a. when avail
ing himself Ito the infinite horror Of the late
venerable and peripatetic Hon. John Barney,
1t will be remembered,) of doing as he ID
pleased in the way of shooting cats on the for.
hidden day
VIM Prescott Smith, Esq, assistant master
OF transportation on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, who chaperones the excursion so far
wins golden opinions from all. He seems to be
every where at once, and under his eficisnt
management ali the vast company are evil
IDENTIFY pleased with themselves, with every BODY
else along, and every thing
We must be now near Bridgeport seventeen
miles from Grafton, still in the lap of the noun
tsins, where the hills strike me as being too pre.
cipitous for the most part, for an average profit
vi cultivation Where the soil is worked how
ever one invariably perceives that it is very
fruitful The valleys continue to be but wales
HE region Is quite unsettled; no farm having
been opened for more than dozen years that
Is, along the line Of this railroad route
We are just now passing the village of Bloom
lngton, a scattered affair twenty-five miles be-
low Grafton
As yet the Washingtonians along know no
particulars of our citys sad occurrences Of yes
terday; nor will we be the wiser concerning
them until reaching Marietta at about noon
when We hope to be joined by some persons
who left there at Il p. LII. yesterday
We are just now in the first tunnel going
"est-2,'OO feet lOng-one of the twenty-three
scattered along this line Of 100 miles Of rail
road Ihe TACT that there are so many tunnels
on 90 short line assures me (bred a civil
englneer) that Its location is almost entirely
through precipitous country At two or three
miles from the tunnel just mentioned we strike
a more open country Immediately surrounding
Harrisburg, where We are now watering. The
platform is occupied by some two or three hun
dred villagers and persons from the surround
ing country, many of whom are beautiful Vir
glnia lasses blooming with health youth and
beauty.
The fine band attending the excursion have
just finished astonishing the natives. most Of
whom probably never before heard the notes Of
full and accomplished city band Clarksburg
lays stretched along picturesque little valley.
The railroad depot is half a mile from it. II
was at the latter point that we were greeted as
explain above On passing the village laying
70 charminGly to the left and below u.s. the band
as though by intuition struck up the well known
aria from La SOmnambula As view those
scenes 50 charming "a most appropriate air.
indeed.
Ihe view Of ClaTksburg is, next to the 2 700
feet tunre!, decidedly the feature of this route.
~ iar' Ii Is apparently a thrifty, pleasant,
pushing, and well-to-do town. The Hon! John
n CarlHe met us here, with the news of his
CERTAIN defeat In his race for Congress; by
majority OF some 400 or 500 votes He bears
MS tate as public man thus decided, well. ap-
parenuy.
From: Clarksburg for ten or twelve miles
west, there is little variation in the countr,;
except that it seems to have been somewhat
longer settled than east Of that town.
The cars of this train are model, in their wav
ior comfort and convenience. WD. WI
No. ii. lime asla m
IN CHILLIcOrHE.-We reached this lovely
town about half-past nine, p. m, ON five or six
trains numbering in all perhaps 800 souls,
,D LOT our strength greatly increased by the way.
"na' an avalanche of humanity to be emptied
~ an instant upon a little village of nine or ten
thousand inhabitants by whom to be provided
ior' LOT the time being. Yet so Jealous were
sc generous population, and 50 active and saga
t. u were they as that there was positively less