Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-06-18
TIE TRIr ovxR TO BALTIMORE

Editorial Corrsspondsnes Of The Star.l
LETT Washington on the : 40 a. m. train to day,
accompanying a heavy load Of Democratic poll
tcians, and leaving perhaps twice as many more
to follow by the train for their especial accommo-
dalton, to start at a m The probable action of
the Convention was, Of course the theme Of uni
versal conversation upon the cars the uninitiated
having each hts own theory concerning It, The
initiated, however, Of whom many were along,
evidently regarded the development Of the two or
three facts that has been made within the last
forty-eight hours as having settled the question
that the friends Of Douglas who are at the same
time acting in good faith to the Democratic
party, will surely consent to give him up.
These facts are: first, the publication Of leader
In the Richmond Examiner, the organ of the
majority of the Virginia delegation, in which 1t
is announced that in case Of the exclusion of the
seeding delegations, or any of them that may
present themselves at Baltimore, Virginia would
certainly 90 out with them; the second fact Is
that at an informal meeting Of the Tennessee del
egation in Washington, on Saturday night last, 1t
was clearly ascertained that all but three if not
but two, Of that delegation would also leave the
Convention under similar circumstances. II wss
further well known to the initiated that North
Carolina and Kentucky will not remain in the
Convention IL Virginia and Tennessee go out !;
and we may further add that II was also known
that President Cushing had decided to issue
tickets of admission to the regular (seceding) del
egations, and to refuse them to the bogus claim
ants Of their seats making it necessary for the
Douglas interest 10 be able to turn them out Of
the body, neck and heels as IL WERE to succeed
IN nominating their man. AS that is impossible
of accomplishment, 1t was regarded as clear that
all will abandon Douglas at Baltimore, except
those who have, in the end, made up their minds
to abandon the Democratic party with him
On the train are not few of his % blowing
suPPorters-windy fellows, without character at
home, bent on anything that may pOssib result
In change by which they may become office
holders favored In the distri button of other
fat things from the Federal kitchen The CHATTER
Of their tongues fairly rivals the rattle of the cars
as we whirl along at the rate of more than twenty
miles Per hour
Yearly, as pass at this over this railroad
am struck with the great improvement of the
country it raverses twenty ave years ago as neg
Iected and unproductive as any In the Union.
Now, however, 1t smiles with diversified boun-
tful crops that would do no discredit to any
f'mous agricultural section of the Confederacy.
So much the more do the people cultivating
the soil here deserve credit for turning their
originally poor and neglected fields into fruitful
ones Thrift and care is now evident on both
sides Of the road. The fields, true, are but
patches, when compared to what they were
twenty-five wears ago, when the land was worth
Out from i've to ten dollars per acre, instead of
forty or FIFTY, now. But the subdivision of
estates here has perhaps done most to accomplish
this so fortunate ehange-as it has had the same
effect elsewhere w W.