Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-12
Editorial Correspondence.
BARNUM's HOTEL. BALTIMORE,


DEAR PATRIOT DO you really want to
hear anything more from the Editorial Ex-
cursion? 1 am growing pretty tired of it
myself, and L would like 10 hope that you
are too. would then spare myself the task
OF chronicling its movements
The Excursion Train reached this city
about o'clock yesterday evening, having
left Cumberland at o'clock in the morning.
1t was understood that the city authorities
here were to give the Excursionists public
reception. Possibly they did; but If they
did, the fact has MT been made public; and
what is still more remarkable, it never will
be. The best of the joke is, at the meeting
the other night in Cumberland, speaker
was appointed to respond to the address OF
tue Mayor of Baltimore, in welcoming the
ExcursiOnists to the inequalities OF the city.
There is probably mayor here; indeed, l
am quite sure there must be mayor here.
1t is quite likely there are also hospitalities
here. The Excursionists, however, have no
personal knowledge of the fact. Up to this
time they have had no use for a speaker. and
if he had as much sense as an editor ought TO
have to pursue his calling succe sSfully, he
would resign the distinguished position in
disgust. / don't know how any body came
TO imagine that these struggling qIill-drivers
were 10 be welcomed to this city by the
Mayor. Something was said at Cumber-
land about telegraphic dispatch conveying
some such intelligence to Col. WILLIAM 2.
SMITH, Master of Transportation, who was on
the train; but could MT help thinking there
must be some mistake about it, for the Ex-
cursionists were invited here. not by the city
authorities Of Baltimore, but by the manage
ment of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
have seen but one editor who is surprised
that no pablic reception was given, and be
it was who was chiefly Instrumental in bav-
ing speaker appointed to talk for thc
crowd in the event of such reception
event which he pr0fesSed 10 know would in
evitably transpire. But it lid MT, aud |
could Mt help giving yOn the Circumstance.
for L really think they constitute a pretty
:air joke. If you find it too dry to laugh at.
telegraph me (at your expense) and I'll send
you better one.
Nothing worth talking about transpired
during the trip from Cumberland TO this
place, with the exception OF one or two little
incidents, and they are not worth writing
abOut when one feels az strong an inclination
to do nothing | do now. At Martnsburg.
(where one halt the train stopped for dinner
The other halt running down TO Harper's
Ferry for that purpose. there being two gaily
decorated locomotives along,) two military
companies, one of artillery from Cbarlest ton,
were out to receive the ExcuT~ioni-ts, which
they did after the usual style of that sort of
thing. Those who went on TO Hdrpcr's Ferry
on the advance bali of the divided train. r.
manned there about an hour and a half and
had ample tIme to look around upon the
battle ground OF the Ossawoitomie The
rest remained there something less than half
that length OF time. i need not say any,
thing about the romantic appearance of the
place-tbe magnificent scenery by which it
Is surrounded. Very few signs of JOHN
BROWN and his seventeen men and cows
are TO be seen. The port holes made in the
wall of the famous engine-bouse Ia one-story
building about twenty by thirty feet in size)
and few bullet-hOles scattered about pro-
miscuously, were all / saw TO remind the
curious traveller that here the "Irreprrssible
Conflict" began. noticed that the wall
against which john Brown fell when pierced
with bayoDets had been pecked away TO the
depth of about TWO inches at the spot where
IL Was despatched with his precious blood
Some OF the Excursionists, Que of them a
Tennessee editor, have small fragments oil
that wall in their pockets now. | didn't in
vest any labor in that sort of mementoes
The Harper's Ferry markets are of no inter
est to you, but you will please permit me to
quote JONI Brown pixies at 81 SO each.
saw but one on sale, bat the supply, wa
told, Is not yet exhausted 1t lie unnecessary
to say that | made no purchase.
There is one editor OF the female persua-
sion nlOng-Mrs. CRoLEY, who conducts q
paper somewhere in Illinois. She is quite
an intelligent looking lady, but fear she
has stronger mind than a woman ought to
have. She went through the train yester-
| day, accompanied by su Ohio editor, and got
snug little sum OF money with which to
| purchase some sort Of testimonial TO be
| presented TO Col SMITH by the ladies who
accompany the excursion.
The streets Of Baltimore are foil Of coun-
try editors, this morning They Ohe I'd
itcrs are running all over town in pursuit OF
the lions. One of them. whom | CHANGED 10
meet in the ball few minutes ago, has
beeu looking up the monuments, of which
there are several here. as You are aware
| He saw two looming up above the house-iop:
about a mile of, and went to them through
sunshine that would NJ be considered COO
in August. One of them turned out to be d
shot-tower and the other the smoke-stack o.
the Gas Works. Whethe be continued hi.
search did Mt stop TO enquire. Some o.
these Western editors have a good deal tc
learn before they will know all that il /.
possible for the human mind to grasp. One
! OF them, who intends To return home by 6
more northern route, lost biz hat while
riding on the platform somewhere beyond
Cincinnati, and one Of his friends. at his
fort to hnd II on the return trip. Let US
ope that the effort will prove successful.
The exearslonists go 10 Washington ia the
Forming. aud will yisis Mount Vernon the
ext day. Ga "Wednesday they Sili begin To
after for their respective hom,s.
Quite a numlrr OF The delegates TO the
lalional Union Convention have already
,ached the city. I had the pleasure this
corning OF meeting i've Of the Tennessee acl-
CATION, Judge joan s BRIEx, Of Nashville,
nd Gen. LecEUs J. Polk Of Aaury eoanty
a il believed thgl every Stale ia the Union