Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-09
VOTES BY WAY.

NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y, October 2, 1867.
Editors Memphis Appeal:
Travelling as q guest of railway Off
cials, We c0hatGer-siDce our recent ex.
perience-the perfection Of both comfort
and expedition and in support Of this
opinion we proceed 10 relate a feat we
accomplished Oh the route hither, which
would appear little short of magical to
those Americans who departed this life
only . quarter Of a century since, and
which even nov it is difficult to realize,
by a modern, Unaccust9aed of late years,
70 the wonderful energy and enterprise
snimstinR the people OF he north and
great northwest. Thus at midnight we
were a. Huntsville, KY; breakfasted at
Union, Ind.I dined at Crestline, o;
supped at Erie, Pa; and retired to
bed at twelve o'clock the same
night, at Niagara Falls, n. Y,
having passed over five hundred
and ninety ipe miles in exactly twenty
four hours, and with but one change Of
cars ia the entire d~istaDcei Our party,
consisting Of some dozen Memphians,
were taken in charge by Gen. !. +. Boyd,
general ticket agent OF the Louisville
and Nashville, and Memphis and Louis
vile railroads, and throughout the ex-
cursion were the recipients OF every
imaginable attention and courtesy,
offered, too, without the slightest osten-
tation, and with all the thoughtful care
for the comfort Of guests, which charac-
terizes the thorough gentleman enter
tanning al his own mansion. IL will be
10 impossible for either OF the ladies or gem
t,enen, who composed this very agree
able assembly OF eXcursiDnists, ever to
forget the kindness Of this gentleman, or
tho r~raaNaFuHE ufHanffara Of y
Ford. ESQ, general passenger agent OF
the Eeliefontaine railway.
The track OF the Memphis and Louis
vile railway, for the distance Of
two hundred miles, has been
recently heavily ballAsted with
limestone rock, and the result is
much greater stsadiness in the running
OF the cars n consequently increased
facility for enjoying the embrace of Nor
pheps in the sumptuous sleeping coaches
they baye lately placed on this line.
The R~ellefontsins road, by which we
accomplished the journey from Indian.
apolis to Crestline, Ohio, is IA superior
condition, and We glided by the su0stan-
tisl homesteads Of those portions Of In
diana and Ohio through which it Il locs-
ted, with q degree Of noiseless rspidity,
which afforded brief opportunity for
noting the many pleasing bnu lnflity
features of the country.
Mex, thee. G. G. and Lake Shore rail.
way transported US to Buffalo, and like
all the tracks in this portion OF the
United States, is smooth and free from
steep grades and curves, by which all I'M
pleasant motion is avoided, and a much
higher rate OF speed uniformly main.
tanned. From Buffalo to Niagara Falls, !
q distance Of twenty-five miles, the route
is over the New York Central road.
With no place through which we Jour
MED were we so much struck as Cieve-
land, Ohio, where the coal oil refneries,
many saw mills, grindstOne quarries,
and other manufacturing e~HterPrizes, i'm
psrt %. the city an air Of activity and
prosperity st NICE striking and impress
siye, even TO the least ohservsnt traveller.
The general ticket agents convention
convened at the International hotel, !
Niagara Falls, at 10 o'clock this Am, !
and il very numerOnsiy attended, over
one hundred Of the most important lines
IN al parts Of the country being repre-
sented. Before closing this letter /
should nOt omit mentioning the parehed
Snd sInbakeG condition OF much Of the
country from Kentucky hither, which
We we're informed had not been blessed
with rain but Onee since the fourth Of
July, and the consequence IL that less
than half a crop Of cereals will be real
lied. Very faithfully yours, etc,
DOT.