New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-10-20
The S.eei Scarcely Sown Growing to Gold
What th q Railway People Said OF
the Country.
The first Autumn of Peace on the
Upper Potomac
yrOD Ioui Special Correspondent

BALTIMORE Oct. la. 1865.
The British gentlemen who have been looking
fter their investments in American railways ana
assisted TO see the advantages Of most other ran
ays beside BY vigant presidents and directors made
nm excursion to-day which think very significant
Having explored the East and the West, examined the
Border cities and looked npon both the gregaous ana
the agricultural phases Of civilization they sas
acd therntelves at last upon what is unquesonaby
che most wonderful railway route in the world MOI
Abe Lombardy lines that bore the Apprentices nor the
Austrian lines that pierce the Alps nor the heropoh
Can line TINT bowls under the bowels Of London carry
with their mention half the interest Of the Baltimore ard
Ohio Railroad.
TERRIBLY ExFENsIvE RAILWAY.
whole history lies along it, and every station Is
battle chapter. 1t has been torn TO pieces by rehu
and foe AS many locomotives have been wrecked
apon II as human lives upon most other lines 1t was
great highway Of DEATH and enters the gorge at
Rarpers Ferry 1t is always with an awful conscious
mess Of entering cstaeomb. Its piles and bTldges are
Ssekened by fire; its strong rails have been worn thin
~th the passage Of caravans of armed men, who have
xuade every tie upon it separate tomb stone. Again
and again has swift industry indomtable over switer
destruction laid sOdly its conductors and stesmed Its
bloody rails but the hurricane has returned aud repose
has returned and tie hurricane made agaio yiss-
.tou until TODAY saw the first autumn of peace en-
the wasted hlsides Of the Potomac and people, as OF
gore gathered in their civil gsrb OF the little stopping
places. made an effort to obtain today the eost Of
this railway to the Government daring the past i've
years. In lives and wounds, and dollars its expense
may be barely calculable The three great rivals of the
Baltimore and Ohio Road, 10 the North, have hal 81
wnatc commences all the while bot do not sink that
any of them have Demonstrated the powerful corporate
energy Of American railway people wei es this Oft
battered and oftresusctsted route, which rallied
she first mention of peace and brought hope all the dis
banded armies in fortnight.
TIE BATTLEFIELD EXcURsIoNsTs.
The few gentlemen who were to zee this misuse,
highway have been already sketcbod Beyond III
shrewdness Of their enterprises and the length the
purses they possess little interest to the public rie
man is always man inquired about and these Aay
been more respected / believe, than almost any part.
Of tourists who ever visited u.s. Their exehequers hay
not been dragged to light their estates turned insid
out or their accent burlesqued. No mammas hay
fallen under gossip by matching their daughters for tb
great stockholders. Tie political record OF 10
strangers eases u.s. they have been Obseryant but no
900 inquisitiye, while among u.s. ard personally foun
she very cheerful and companionable gentlemen vii
ing to hear and to TELL and owning M to our America
cleyerness in almost proud terms SIS those whereof
we indicate ourselves.
SKETCH OF A RAILWAY KING. ..
Sir Morton Peto, Of whom the public knew nothin
two months ago is chatty, agreeable person, caref
IA his mien and language and If devotion TO the Bal
fist Church ard to Sunday School establishments is
fair test Of grace, he gansays the automatic hardne
Of a rich man going 70 heaven. he leads the ralwa
enterprise of England and agi!atos that OF Americ
very much AZ present, controlling the employment
one hundred thousand men, which is in ITSELF grea
standing army His speculations embrace the Unite
States, Canada Russia Austria Italy Peru Now -Zea
land aud AVstrla The lsbore1s the lines no regl
lstes, roany ontnnmber the fighting British army He
IS large " concerned ia subtorracean London wher
Bis peop exeavating day and night and his en-
gines VIII sting under mems coal. cellars In the En-
pife Of Austria be has eight Thousand eating hi
bacon ands al things considered is fairly entitled II
tie rSme ~ Railway King Though while here his
habitc have been simple and republican enough Sir
Morton at tSe lead Of railway enterprises, good
man go usthe Baltimore Ohio road which the
greatest of steam. battle highways
RAILWAY PHYsIoeSoMIsT.
yoI get together the OF separate Municipalities
who follow the pursuits ii is stonsing how they
resemble each other We had on the train to-day ser.
sraI Of the best administrative railway Americans
like John W. Garrett and William Prescott Smith;
and as tbese sat side b. side with their English con-
peers it noticeable that expressions akin IF no:
zaeial identifies, were common. The quick steady
lock Of the eye showing facility and dexteriy Of or
OF Tie lips 1n0.cntlug
prompt and resoute Administrations the lues OF calc
Latte in the OEow OF the fee and the elasticity Of tie
.ye,k She's ready for any anIprise wLe.Lor sock
panic collision. marked ia the BrKish
eas in tie American directors.
o. NOTICE o. A STAN HECTOR.
Bot s me the most singular on the train was
not an Lgishman. but American railway character
1aDgde te Gen. AicCuuan Amepg the many honored
Bngader cenerals who have tanned mp during the
K.r one tine or another Ike the revolution Of doni
no ttis name has been seldom mentioned. But Of
sscye field ssryiee have Inuc. lie is tie
ElpertstGndsh Of Military Railways sud has been the
great fsz1ardet expressmsn n the wa lilo has dis
patched columns 10 victory at the rate Of 80 miles
hour aud br0nght home traks Of crippled so fast fiat
between fhe field and their hheshoi5 their gashes had
hardly begun TO smart TO tAis man tho map Of his
country Is oily great faiieae s esgans d. fer the
South. suces ssion of raids aud stations; tho great
rivers Only bdgs the only battles railway accidents
DC only march that cfloconotYes fhe OILY weapons
,!s one and brakes ard pi1e wool to only Generals
,nn1eersj all NE and patriotism and martyrlom only
all bombs, aud batteries, and chainshol
Nd Int and 1Oy1erb bags ald hosp!tanel.cnes with r
hsir awful nd "a 'noHs Of blood and and eosaa
ySpons mere hc. bt gsks ise and spirited old gen. C.