The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-06-11
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+ I. sae tWAsalsoros, June Iii, 1868.
i, Leaving ! Ns Pittsburg at noon on . satur
day, ! reached le'l..Ht Harrisburg at half pas
nipo 1|'!' in the evening, thus enjoyiu, th,
splendid mountain scenery along til,
line line Of + the Pennsylvania Central rail
road road. Cloudy ia II ], morning, the af
te'noon YVES one Of the few bright spot
that bpt.1ltyy.e'. have. appeared in the East thi
/ season. cas- q. The approach to tue. mouutai.
ranges ranges the ascent Of the, sleeps; th,
bold. picturesque scenery that. is pre-
sented ts'1 on on all sides; the famous "horsc
shoe bdl' band At Kittanning Point tht
long tunnel: (almost mile Of darkness,
through the top of the, mountain !; the
J1u'niiata1, seldom out Of sight !; the rich
valleys, With their fields of Aocks; the
farm houses, clinging to the mountain
slrdte's--ffoerm. side a few Of the attractions Of
this route route, and which would we'll repay
all the time and cost of tip, even
were 1t to be performed on road less
excellent than the Central. The ease
and nd comfort info Of the high backed cars !
i and ''i. especially the really luxurious, ft-
Itlngs; :o Of ds tse silver palace cars which rum
through from Chicago to Philadelphia
and l New York without change by no
means mean detract from the enjoyment, Of
the scenery while the; high Fl :rs.e Of
speed maintained presents the varying
views, with celebrating arapidity. I
wenld1 pnqqaIliedly: recommend this
route to all who, in, reaching the East,
desire to combine, pleasure: xlth com.
tort speed with safety, and delightful
scenery: with. the other advantages Of
one Of the best-if not tie gbest-rail.
road lines in the country. -: ...... :.
Sunday in Harrisburg, where
was being held the General Assembly
tor the osUAited States of u the New
School Prssbyter,ans,, and the pulpits
OF the different city churches were .fill.
cd BY IminiseelyiI Of that determination
present a. delegate. b.: Rev. F:g.A. No:
BILE, :tor'aerlyzofa st. Paul., now, Of Pitts.
burg, was IN attendance: :. Harrisburg
Is a clean, pleasant city, ana can boast
asnumber Of handsome churches. MOI
the least worthy Of mention among
these is the First Lutheran church,
where in the. evening, L heard an able
sermon by Rev. A. "A. Wood, Of Gene:
Va, ~. > who has an q unusually rich
and weil-trained yyoicc-unfortunately
too rare a thing in the pulpit. 81, -; .
- fak'ns'the eight o'clock train from
Harrisburg this j morning, I. came over
thessNorthern Central-a we'll managed
road-to Baltimore. This route is very'
favorable tor travellers from the West
who wish to ereaah Baltimore or Wash.
inston :speedily and sxithfthc :fcwest
changes of cars 20ac fcature Iof the
.roads which might we'll bccimitated by
other lines, is, that the tdifferent en-
ptoyrcson the trains, such as conduct
9rrs' brskesmen, sbaggase.nastcrs, &c.,
are Ill in uniform, and are thus readily
distinguished. For a considerable dis
tance the read runs close by. the Sus-
quebanna river, and all the way through
a highly cultivated country. Reached
Baltimore at halfpsst twelve, ard
spent: coup pie of hours in walking
along someIof its clean, shaded streets,
with their handsome buildings and tow
crlns monuments. From tho top of
Washington n Monument, reached by an
interior spiral stone stair case,. a view
Is obtained not cnly Of the city, but Of
the Bay and country for miles around.
J: Soon after reaching this city this
evening met j. G. Burbank, of St.
Paul, who is here endeavcrin, to- get
through Congress a bill for establishing
aline Of fourhorse post coaches between
Fort Abcrcrombie, D. t., and Helena
City, Montana.Ty~-Elc informs me,
that the bill; has, under the manage:
,ment Of Senator Ramsey, already pass.
ed; the Senate and now. lies on the
,spaaker,si desk! in the House, waiting
'aq 1epportanityuto be called up. The
House Committee. on. Post Offices and
Rost Roads has examined the bill, and
1its 'chairman<..,1Hr.a Farnswozth, has.
agreed TO- report EEorubly, as soeni.s it
IS brought up, Eaud. move its, passage
without sitsy being referred 80 the COM
'mistee; as isapeeal,o This;4wi!l aRreatly'
hasten aqtien upon i...j.IMro Donncl'y
is! giving .theablI, 80 Mr.. Burbank in!
forms pe, his earnest support, aud the
prospects are favorable fot its passage.
The sP@tmaster, General has promised
toilet > special, oonts act for the next SIX
months, should tho bill become a law
and then advertise for. bids for the fol-:
lowing four years AS St. Cloud would
'bs2tvirtually the 1 headquarters of the
eastern end ofsthe route, tho impor-
tanceiofthe bill to our locality can
rcadily be seen.:i sas4 '.1.:#
The Richings English Opera Troupe
is in;ts second week here. Tonight
vas given the always sweet and delight
opcra6f 'sMartha," though to a house
by no means ovetf]owing,%5 sd
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