Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-03-31

ii think it a libeij
You need but write. in striking hand,
passage from the Bible.
."Thee whom love."-T,anslation.
The Western Editorial Excursion to Wash.
ington and Baltimore.
From the Baltimore Americana
The arrangements for this extensive and liberal
affair are progressing under considerable enthus-
asm and general appreciation expressed in add
vance of the occasion There Is a peculiar fitness
In this excursion in view Of the fact that the Ralt
more and Ohio is the only direct railroad line that
connects Washington city with the w estern States
Although this great road has been working through
from the Ohio river since 1853, it is only within a
few months past that 1t may be said to have be-
come fully completed For long time after its
opening the temporary engineering structures and
the rugged, unfinished tunnels formed serious oh
stacles to the prompt and satisfactory working of
ton to the traveller. Now, however that these
difficulties are removed by a thorough and solid
arching Of every tunnel, and by the erection of
splendid iron bridges and other massive and dura-
Die structures the road presents in addition to its
attractive scenery and careful management eyery
inducement for much-extended travel between
the East and West. AS 1t has been SO fashionable
in the far West and Southwest-especiaIIvf or In
terested agents Of other lines-to dscredit the
character OF the Baltimore and Ohio road II il
hoped that the visit CT our editorial brethren from
tnose regions Will, after their personal INSPECTION
do something towards dissi pating this feeling
we nave learned that some little embarrass-
ment has been felt by the railroad officers here in
getting an entirely reliable list of the newspapers
In actual existence, to enable them to give their
invitations the liberal range which the COMPANY
contemplate With those published in the large
clues, this dlhculty IL of course conn .atiyely
slight, but in the rural districts of most of the
states there are no doubt many excellent sshome,,
journals which even the proverbial industry of
the Baltimore and Ohio Company and its CON
Meeting railroad friends in the West NAV not
succeed In discovering But with this draw
back, we have learned that the list Of invitations
he 11bl
twelve hundred or more veritable and actually
existing newspapers. In our sister State of Ohi0
alone, the number is said to reach two hundred
or more As the time for which the tic ire
valid has the range of two month-from the
18th OF April to the 18th Of June-it is probable
that large number of the Editors will be able to
visit w ashington and enjoy good look upon the
assembled wisdom of the country and the many
otner attractions of that rapidly improving ma
AS Baltimore comes in their way we shall ex
pect to see host Of the fraternity here They
Will be heartily welcomed, and will we are ,ure
nnd great deal to interest them in our Monu,
mental CITY we would suggest to the railroad
oficers that each Of these incoming editors he
furnished In advance with printed memorandum
OF our notable objects in order to facilitate them
In understanding the manifold attractions which
await them here on a careful inspection.
To afford a better idea of the scope of this invi
tation, we append the following extracts from an
ere now about to be issued
SlR;-Recognlzing the services which the
ffess OF the w sstern States has rendered in ad-
vanc1ng the railway interests Of the couutry-and
desiring to enable them to Judge, by personal in
sPection, Of the advantages of this route between
the Last and West, (Which is the only throu b
Ohio Railroad Company and its copnectinU lines
In the West wish you to accept this invitation for
yourself and lady to visit the Capitol of the Union
and the Home and Tomb of Washingt ton, las well
as the city Of Baltimore during the present SEES.
sion of Congress.
~, You will observe that the privilege is good for
land Mount Vernon which is one of the Eas,eyn
termini of this road. The names and termini of
the connecting lines West of us, by whose cour.
tesy we are enabled in part to offer Won this nriv
1lege, may be found on the next page of this cir
cular, and also the back of the ticket enclosed
IT Is proposed that, as far as possible, all who
accept our invitation shall travel over the western
portions Of the Baltimore and Ohio road bv d.
Light, In order that they may more fully realize
tne grandeur OF the country through which it
luns, as Wen as the success with which extraor-
binary natural obstacles have been overcome in
the Alleganies." fo Va
This circular also explains that a special train
Will leave the Ohio river on Friday, Nav 4. for
such OF the guests as can make 1t convenient To
reach wheeling at that time, the Company re-
curing nouce, In advance, from them to that
eject, Inc circular Is signed by John w Gar
Iea, President w. p. Smith, Master of Transpor.
tdtoni l. NJ Cole, General Ticket Agent. and r
;. uher, ueherai western Agent, connected
VIII the through passenger business Of the line
On the back OF the circular is the following
agreement:
JANUARY, 1860.
tive Companies, hereby agree to ioin the RaIti
more ard Ohio Railroad COMPANY in the tenda,
10 western Editors of Complimentary Ticket to
visit w ashington city and Baltimore dnrinT the
present session of Congress, and the circnisr of
Invitation Issued by that Company for its own
line and connections, will be recognised over orr
lines according ee to the plan and the purposes ex-
This is signed by Messrs. Jewett. Wright. Or.
iand, smith, Clement, Lord, Bowler Newman.
Morris, Peck, Griswold Sherlock Dnr,nS en-
thers, Gamble, Arthur, Lilly, Bradley, Gil. ice
Kicker, Cruger, Williams, Jr Blakesley STOCK
well: Jr;, Hayward, Barlow, Moulton, Brandt
IA ,r Mtnissock, Macy, Latmer, Nelson Frost
ana Iats representing nearly forty of the leading
railway connecting lines Of the w est and South.
Mes., ana also the popular mail line of steamers
TO all this is added the signature of los Rt,.n
President OF the Washington and Mount Vernon
:, s'eanooat Company, who has generously offered
10 take The editors to visit the tomb of WashinU-
ton while sojOurning in the National NstronoIis
NotWlthstanding the full list Of important lines
embraced In the above enumeration a note is an
Pehueo 70 THIS agreement to the following effect.
Besides the foregoing il is believed that lev
eral others of important conuectinp lines viii
cordially join In this Invitation and recop nize the
encloseu ucket Owing to the difficulty of our
comforting in person with the Officers of Some ~
the lines not embraced in this list their names
Were not obtained in time for our purpose. .,
To those or our people who have not learned IN
appreciate the vast extent Of the railroad ints,s,
Of the country, or Of our own great line to the
West, this programme will afford some idea of
the extensive ramincatio1s Of the system. "A il
has now become developed. When few of our
own citizens privately convened but one short
generation ago, TO inaugurate the Baltimore and
OHIO road, there was not a mile of railway i'm ex
istence anywhere in the world for general pur-
poses Now it is estimated that In the United
States alone there some TWENTY-FIVE thousand
miles OF completed road in actual USE costing the
ltlg nuul sum Of nearly two hundred million of
W. a public meeting has been lately held in
Vac TEXAS, concerning the suit for the La Vega
Janus. one on tne cases wherein charges are made
to have been exhibited "s appears
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