Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-06-13
nditorial correspondenoe.

The trains are provided With the latest improved
sleeping sars. and one eau lie down comfortably as
IL he were at home and in his own ted. breakfast
time found at Canton, Mss.. considerable place,
where we had good breakfast and were al owed suf-
hclent time to cd, H. although some Of our passengers
hurried through and did no, ca, hall, what they
wanted. took my time. being Determined to get my
.our bits worth. rhirh fdfd'
During Tuesday. we passed number Of towns
along the road some Of which were old and well i'm
proved places. while the most Of them seemed TO be
new ones brought into existence by the railroad and
exhibiting all that life aud rapid progress that is usu
ally shown by railroad towns Among the important
places, l win mention Holly Springs, (well known. |
OF the Oldest towns In the State, and having we'll
built appearance. The depot is half mile from the
town. so that could not see much Of Il. Here wo
obtained dinner which reshed. wonderfully All
that one could wish. was spread before us, In album
dance. and we were allowed plenty of time in which
to eat II but still afterwards heard some Of the
passengees complaining I arose from the tabe per-
fectly satisfied, and believe am about as hard to
please as any one.
We passed through tho outskirts Of jackson. (the
Capital Of the Staie) but only got glimpse Of the
State House and few other public buildings l
should have liked to stop there few hours but
was anxious to get through and not miss any
TONS We reached Grand Junction, Tenn, whore
the Memphis and Charleston road crcsscs,) about q
O'Clock end here we parted with number Of our
cpuIany ho were destined for various pa;es on the
above oad and among the number was sorry to
lose srus friend who had Travelled all the way IRON
oplyeasn lth mo. and fol. whom had formed quite
IA atttchme I. They wcrc compelled to remain at
tue Junction until 10 o'clock before they could con-
i.iue thcir journey. We pressed forward by the
Mississippi itral Railroad, (which, by the way, we
bad gotten II Jackson on to Jackson, Tennessee,
Rle,e VIC took hc Mobile and Ohio Railroad, for Col
hmbus, KY wnich latter place we reached just be-
cre daylight ID Wednesday, and there took the
bgaatiful steamcrtB F. Cheney, for Cairo. Our riv-
al TIN was ofily of two hours duration and while
on hoard, we haa Almost excellent breakfast, which,
Though II was yirher early one, we reished huge
ly, i5~e Ind not fisted supper the night before.
IA, Cairo took he Illinois Central Railroad, to
Niattpcn, the junction of the above road with tho
tos osdiunera good one thence. by the latterrond,
d Telre Iautc-5i miles thence by the Tcrre Haute
aaa RicIhmond road, 73 miles, to Indianapolis. (the
CIpitat tI9-s.'1lanay aTHrge anu MISUNDERSTANDING
cy. we reached there about supper lime but not
iSsls1g Il jtngry, and only stopping few moments,
ettered fhe ears ior tis place, by the Dayton Ae-
MA, LRtSI Mmin ana Columbus road. TOOK oefth
The slee Nng cars apd laid down, about O'clock
ard soon ppa myaeli - the land Of Dreams not
wasipg 'uni sboH' 2 o'clock the next (Ihursday)
ulo.lag wien found nyself quietly resting in the
dep at this place. s#,&
AtIhaye Meet alitte pprtsu in this account of
ny trip asiIydeen t.wbat may be called fast travel-
ins Yoii MIN peFceiyethatI left New Orleans at 8
os,lOek en No hlaS night, md reached this city at
o,cjdok IA Th,lsiay lnornihg,--just Sc hours and
anotser ~ MI w0uld have placed me in New York,
or So 6opis Sg. New Orleans to New, York. inclu-
ding aoppaaesS Sk.s days and s hours What speed, |
competed toonlY aIew years ago.. And this, you
must know X |. no means fqig guing. The sleeping
cars, witch are fted upiu tie handsomest and most
confortah q naanher, affori abualant rest All this
route Is made by rail except the 20 miles between
Columbus Ky., rrd Cairo III which will soon he
complet, d. and seseral hours saved then and it !
will not be long until faster time will be made by
some of the roads hereby still more shortening the
trim The rorte r. me from Cairo il only one of a
.h,t ~. .n a,o, ,,,, or,ooso from, 81, making
,,o,. tho oo,ro +i,,,I,, .he Fostoco cities On INV
return intend tahnA the route through Louisville,
III a cho.,n ,ro sb.u 90 hence n Wash
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