Nebraska advertiser., 1860-04-26
The Press Railroad Excursion.

Our exchanges from the West aud the
Southwest come TO US bearing evidence of
a proper and lively appreciation of the
compliment rendered the fraternity by
our great work Of internal improvement
the BALTIMORE and Ohio railroad, and
the principal leading roads of the West,
and southwest, in so generously afording
them not alone the opportunity-but offer
ing inducements for them to commingle
together in a spirit of fraternity al the
Capital of our Republic, and al The same
time visiting the sacred spot where lies
entombed the honored dust of the immor.
tai Washington.
We congratulate them upon this attes-
tation of the high estimate in which they
are held by the direction of the several
roads who have joined in this novel affair
of bringing together some twelve to if
teen hundred of our brethren of the quill
~(including Mrs. Swishelm) from a terri
tory embracing more han one half of the
entire country, while we cannot but COM
mend the gentleman whose futile brain
~conceised this grand idea-Wm. Pres
colt Smith, the energetic and able Master
of Transportation of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, and under whose personal
direction the multifarious arrangements
therefor have been consummated.
This Editorial excursion may, upon the
first thought, be recognized as alone cal
culated to bring directly to the people of
the West and Southwest, through their
newspaper representatives, who will par
ucipate therein, the magnitude and i'm
porlance of that connecting link between
our National Capital and the Great West
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad-but
it is capable of furthering other import
ant ends, and we trust the opportunity
may be seized upon by our business men
for thereby promoting the interests of
Baltimore, and consequently their own.
This can be done by their taking such &C
ton as will induce our editorial bretheren
who may join in this excursion to visit
this city, and remain here a sufficient
time to acquaiEt themselves with her i'm
portance as a commercial mart, as also a
manufacturing city while the best re-
suits would ensue from their socially COM
municating with our people, and inspect
ing those objects Of naiure and art and
historical interest with which Baltimore
abounds. Will not our business men make
provisions for such a visit, and for the en-
tertainlnent Of the visitors. We are graf.
flied at learning that a movement is on
the tapis with our editorial brethren here
to eensummate such a project.
From some of the notices which have
appeared in our exchanies, we infer that
the IDEA prevails with many that it is nee
essary that they should be in Wheeling
to take the especial excursion train there
the 4th Of May, but this idea is err
.rOneOus, as the tickets sent out provide
for a free transit over The several roads
included, between the 18th of the pres
ent menlh'and the 18th Of June next. so
that persons receiving such tickets can
make the trip q; their leisure, and it
would therefore, perhaps, be more pleas
ant for them to make ii in small parties
from their immediate localities, and make
the general rendezvous in Washington
from the first to the middle of May
which, we believe, is now contemplated
by a large number of those who have re-
celved 'the ticket Before leaving this
subject for the present, we would AGAIN
appeal 10 all our business men, not 10
let pass so excellent an opportunity for
.portraying 10 the great West and South
the importance of our city, in every point
of view, and of reiteraging the paans
that have ever been sung to the proverbi-
al hospitality Of our people.--Bahimore
Patriot.