Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-15
AHONEYMOON CAR.
A New Route for Bridal PartIe5-A
Trip Across the Plains.

1t is stated that after the completion of
the Pacific railroad honeymoon car will
be placed upon the line for the special
accommodation of blushing brides and
bridegroOms. This scheme should have
q tendency to divert the current of pleas
ure and holiday travel from foreign lands
to the beautiful and varied routes which
abound in our own country, In the
Northern States, east of the Mississippi,
there has always been great deal OF
travel, and the cars of Well-managed rai'-
ways carry an immense number Of pas
senCers The southern railways, and
especially those near the Atlantic coast
being generally imperfectly constructed,
have attracted comparatively little pleas
urc travel to points south of Washington
In the Western States thepublic are more
familiar with northern and southern trips,
partly from the habit of navigating the
Mississippi, and partly from the conve-
nient routes between the lakes and the
| Gulf of Mexico which are furnished by
/ the Illinois Central Railway and its
! southern connections One OF the great
| es: charms Of travel is furnished BY the
change Of latitude and the time may
! come when il Will be scarcely less COM
| mon for luxurious citizens OF the North
to travel or sCjourn in the South during
| the winter months, than it was formerly
/ for southern planters to spend their sum
mers in the north Heretofore American
! travel has been much too closely confined
to the section lying east of the Mississippi
and north of Mason q DixOn's lima re-
| gion which, vast as it is, forms, collective
| ", only the northeast corner Of the re-
| public. After the South is properly re-
| constructed, politically and industrially,
and after free speech can be enjoyed
throughout her entire limits, her many
natural charms of scenery, and, at some
seasons, of climate, will no longer be ig-
| nored by tourists and travellers. The
| great West, lying far beyond the Mis-
| souri,, is now almost completely penetrated
by the national highway across the cor
tinent. The proposed Honeymoon car
will give ample opportunities to its in
mates to improve their leisure moments
by a contemplation Of the vastness of the
! republic, rs they are whirled over the
land of the buffalo and the fierce no.
| madic tribes, across the crest Of the
Rocky Mountains, through the plateau
dominated by Brigham Young, and up
| and down the slopes Of the Sierra Nevada
into the sunny plains of California. In
q week, the journey from the Atlantic to
the Pacific can be completed between
points which interpose three thousand
miles Of land between the greatest waters
of the globe, all under the dominion OF
the youngest of the great nations, and all
tributary to the civilization which less
than q century ago was closely confined
to the Atlantic coast In such journey,
the prairies of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
Iowa, teeming with fertility, dotted all
over with fourishing town, intersected
in every direction with railway tracks,
and polling millions of votes, afford q
marvellous illustration Of American pro-
gress, when it is recollected that the first
white child born in Ohio is still living
Nor is the progress west of the Mis-
souri, less remarkable The foundation
of American empire on the Pacific was
laid since the youngest of American 70,
ters was born, for California was only
acquired a score of years ago, and the
joint occupancy Of Oregon was only ter-
minated during the Administration Of
President Polk. A quarter of a century
since it required heroism of no ordinary
stamp to confront the perils Of the region
whose innermost recesses are now being
laid bare Only wary and dauntles:
hunters and fur-traders, military expe-
ditions armed cap. a-Pie, or adyenturOu:
explorers dared to traverse what Is about
to become a honeymoon route. The many
natural beauties which distinguish the
crest of the continent, the novel scenes &c
be witnessed along the line Of the UniOr
Pacific Railroad, and the dry, bracing
{ peculiar, and health-inspiring climate
which prevails on the Plains and in tIG
mountain regions, will naturally attract
an immense amount Of pleasure travel
The seekers after novelty, in asking them'
selves Where shall we 60? will find the
list Of available American attraction:
greatly extended by the new facilitie:
to penetrate the bowels of the land, and
TO invade the old homes Of the grizzly
bser and rye gentle savage"