New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-04-23
ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUMMER
TRAVEL.


The time for the annual stampede North, East anc
to Europe, by many Of the citizens Of New Orleans
and Of the Southern States. Il approaching. Some
have already gone others are preparing to go and
at this date next month the various modes Of con
veyance, steam, rail and sailing vessels. will be put
in active requisition by the imperious demands Of
thousands Of Travellers swarming to this central sec
ton from many points Of the Southern and South
western compass /; and by the middle Of June all the
ayaways will have departed, and none but the per
manent population will remain to enjoy pleasant
summers, surprisingly lovely nights, and those home
amusements and epjoyments which always sought
| 10 vain for elsewhere.
! We wish, as q matter OF course, all travellers a
happy time Of it during their absence but why they
should spend their money prousey seeking pleasures
abroad that are unsttainable, except at home, is
something we are unable to understand. Those who
have business are Obliged 70 go, and many Of them
to onr certain knowledge, go with the determination
to get back as speedily as practicable.
But, as the propensity of our people to travel
northward, and spend their money abroad instead Of
spending it at home, appears to be irrestanabe, a
new route which is about being opened, all through
Southern territory until it strikes the borders of the
free States, we deem entitled to more than ordinary
mention.
We learn from reliable source that arrangements
have recently been contaminated with the New
Orleans, jackson and Great Northern Railroad Com
pany, the Memphis and New Orleans Steam Packet
Company, and Memphis and Charleston Railroad
Company, and their connecting lines north aud east
from Memphis, by which daily line is to be estab-
lished between New Orleans, Washington, New York.
and all Northern and Eastern cities via the Packet
Company to Memphis and thence by railroad also
uia the New Orleans, jackson and Great Northern
Railroad, and Southern Railroad to Vicksburg, and
thence by packet to Memphis and also Uia railroad
to jackson, Canton, ETC., and thence by stages
eightytwo miles to the upper division Of the Mssis
sipp Central Railroad, thence by rail to the grand
junction Of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad,
and thence onward by the same mode of conveyance
to the principal Northern and Eastern points OF
attraction. Travelling over this last named route
consumes less time than on any other, and it is
expected that the transit between New Orleans and
New York will only occupy four and half days.
We are told that the jackson Railroad Company
have agreed to establish central office in this city,
at which be obtained through tickets to all the
celebrated Virginia Springs well to Lynchburg,
Richmond, Petersburg, Washington, Baltimore, Phil
adelphia and New York. Through tickets to all the
above named places, ria the Memphis Packet Com
pany will be sold at the Office under the st. Charles
Hotel, by Capt. ]. H. Freligh, agent, aud baggage
will be checked through from Memphis, il desired,
The last link in the chain of communication be-
tween the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroads
will be completed by the 18th of next month"; in full
time for the great bulk Of summer travel previous to
which period, however, proper arrangements will be
completed for the sale Of through tickets to all
points. The cost will be as little as by any other
route, and the time. less, and the Accommodations
will be equal to any. The schedule time adopted is
we are informed, moderate and uniform, offering
security to life and certainty of connections. On
single ticket, without extra charge, man may visit
the Virginia Springs, Richmond Washington, Balti-
more, Philadelphia and New York, stopping over at
each point as long as he may wish.
The whole line runs through Southern territory |
and consequently will enable our citizens to carry
heir servants along with them without risk or annoy
lnce. The country through which the road passes
North Alabama. East Tennessee and Western vir-
yinia--is unsurpassed by any on the continent for
iealth and beauty OF scenery and it may be set down
IS truly the great central Southern line
We understand arrangements are on foot, with
good prospect success to obtain the transportation
II the great Southern mail for this line. The mails
IAN be transported as cheap by any other mode of
conveyance, and at least day and half quicker,
This is an object Of no small moment to the news.
paper world merchants and business men, and be-
ides the mails cannot be carried more irregularly
han they now are.