Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-10
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

substantial reason whatever why there should
not exist in the District of Columbia at least
one full regiment of volunteers equal in all
respects to any other in the country IT is
obvious to all that difficulties among the Of
fcers of the staff Is the cause of the present so
deplorable condition Of the volunteer system
with us-not an indisposition on the par: of
those VINO should form the regiment, 10 become
members OF 1t, and to discharge all their duties
IS volunteer soldiery, properly he only rem
edy Tor the current state Of things in this
connection seems to Us to be the entire dis
oandment of the present regiment, with tie
formation OF new one, embracing an election
OF the officers. from the head, to the corrorals
We do not design to be understood as ad-
vising the displacement of any one of them,
but rather the reorganization of the regiment
upon some basis that nay be satisfactory to the
majority of its compOnents, without thought of
the future position in it of any gentleman. We
have no doubt that were this done, The author
ity under the law to confer volunteer commis-
sions in the District of Columbia would respect
the wishes of regiment thus raised and at
once commission officers chosen by it, as, if we
are net mistaken, by the voluntee rs of nearly
every Stats ID the Union.
A MUD MAcHfSE.-It is long since we have
met with another journal making the slightes.
pretensiOn to character, so vuIgarly abusive as
the Philadelphia Press has become. Its STYLE
Is now that of the Hawk and Buzzard' or
Ned Buntline-ish order That is, towards any
and all Of the prominent public men of the
Democratic party of whom it has occasion to pub
lish augn; Mach of its ''slush" is ssIung'1 over
he mad :. Il n
porting to be W ash!ng.on correspondence The
fhlIadeiphla PeHXSytr0HiGn intimates that
Occasional is no other than Nr. John W For
ney himself, who adopts that mode of escaping
due responsibility for the personal assaults
upon gentlemen, ISLANDERS, de-, he sees fit to
write and publish. re have to remark that
this intimatiOn of the Pennsmra1Fq1 is in ac-
cordance with the opinion prevailing in poIiti
cal circles here. So general is that belief, and
60 convincing are the known facts and circsu-
stances leading to it, as to render us quite surs
of its correctness
To say he least of it, it is a very dirty, I'M
sentlemanly and reprehensible way of con-
quoting a newspaper; embracing satisfactory
proof that one who resorts 70 it is ashamed OF
the work in which he is engaged, and fully ap-
Preclates its want of honesty Of purpose and
oesides, dares not avOw due responsibility for
the manner IN which he prostitutes his pen
We presume that by this time no one fails to
comprehend that Nr. FOrney has deliberately
sold himself-5ody and brceehes-to the Re-
publican party, for Il eOnsideration-on the
best terms he has been able TO make with
them. This fact being now universally appre-
ciated by the Democracy of Pennsylvania we
uueSriOD whether his aboIition
continue much longer to regard their game
with him as their tool, ''worth the candle"
They will doubtless soon turn him adrift. IN.
less he proclaims his journals real character
Its entire identity with the Repu blican party-
at its mast's head.
SUMNER TRAvELrNG.-We are beset on all
sides with questions relative to particulars con-
corning the accommodations for travellers by
the Great Southwestern Route now in operation
between New Orleans and Washington city,
By way Of afording the public in this region
the desired information, we extract the follow
ing letter on the subject from late number of
the Memphis Tenn Appeal:
RorIE FROM WA.arNeroS TO MEMPHIS
OAYoso HOU-E, MEMPHIS, June % I95s
btIleNlhS that an account OF trip 10 this city
over the new line of road through South western
Virg inia and East Tennessee will not he ,ni,tar
ssting to your readers and NAV be OF service 70 |
the travelling public, afo:ding a. il will truth
full account of the advantage in time and comfort
incident To this line, will briefly put il in shape
OF letter for publication in the ppesl
left W ashIngton Friday afternoon about half
past O'Clock (via the Alexandra and O-snIs
and Virginia Central Railrotd) for Richmond
Ieac bling the latter place at halt past ocIock ~
next morning, and breakfasting there Lett at
O'Clock (Via the Danville and South side Rail |
Toad) foi Lynchburg, Virginia, where | arrived |
al quarter before . of the same day The
accommodations on these roads are yeTy fine the
car on the Orange and Alexandra and Central |
hall1ad Tor night travel being of the most ap- |
proved sleeping character The traveller COS
without change
Al ~ neehnuig we partook of an excellent din |
III lett on the Virginia and Tsnn.sses piTos
!oi MS Is one Of IN. finest TaiIr,,ads in
Jobn q "I,h-n - S u Is under the supervision Of /
the by, one Of the most efhcen, 1'Up5n.I LID, w
IN Inc country This road pass, th, S
NE most picturesque portions of VIM enc ne oi
Roanoke Valley, the richest s0tic'T,Slh d Tht
IN the state, stretches along Il To- -, a. III ict
Al night, II the traveller is weary he csny mn s.
al The M"pigcmery White Sulphur nh. AZ ~ over
ny, or The Yellow sulphur springs VIII Sha-
close proximity TO the road, one of ,he,r' I'm IN
montgomery having a branch road of a MT
running 10 ITS doors At WytbeyIiIe w. 80
supper al nine O'clOck at mig ht and , surn,r ,
ehcreded by none Of the city hotels i'm tb. U3it,d
states l 10 not even do your famed hotel III |
Oo'N0N i'"ILNVs any Injustice when /, he
supper at WytEevilIe to that served mn hr 81,
establishment. W. arrived AT Bristol r. |
ahout one o'clock sunday morning, and. iakinS |
the cars of tie East r. nleS>rr and Vitt,s |
Railroad, We proceeded 10 KrryvjII. ,Ii "
breakfast o.; the way, and a goo d brestf,St -
that, AT the hotel in Greenvi!le w. lee, - a.
VIZ. aooul tWeIVe 'ock BY The Fast Tennessee /
and Georgia Railroad aud arrived a. DsIion 80,
I'VE click Ia The ate ICON, d.uiE2 On the Wv
at Athens, Tenn. " "0S
Al Dalton we TO, The We,t,rn and Atlantic
hdlLtOdu and supp. Il q 1Una,.. -
cbant td 10 the Nashville and Chattanooga Rail-
road 10 Stephenson, and thence by yonr orest
ShaIIestoh ara Memphis Railroad to Memphis
breakfasti1g at Decatur Alabama and dinip- =;
CorintL, reaching Memphis at 6 O'Clock Wondsv
AFTERNOON having come through ffom Wasbin1l
Ton 10 MenPhis' dhd Thai, too, lsSurely, not he. |
ne roads are all OF the best character with tho |
most approved rails, subjecting the traveller TO no
fsaf OF snake heads or accidents Of any Kind, ]