Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-19
NORTHWESTERN CONNECTIONS.
New ala slaiI slosste tpes Befwesh the
Lakes nnd the 6sETL

New All Rail at0stte tSpem Befwesti tise
LAKES and the GuTE
The following article frdTn tie Chicago
Rriiwdy Reriep of che Gtii iast will interest
b,lsiners men generally throughout the
S,suili tH .fl.4.--fs "Et
We nolice, with pleasure, the appoint
ment 81 n iAH-ergVr agent ." the Northwest
~ n direct reprrsehtali We of an all rail line
from Chicago 10 Memphis, Vicksburg. Mo
tate, New Orleans, Atlanta aud other South
ira citier, UiG Indianapolis and Louisville
embracing, from Lohisyille 10 the south
wfst, tlie Memphis and Louisville railroad
line. the Misdrsipii and Tennerses, Mobile
aud Ohio, Mississippi Central, and New Or
ieAus, Jaekson at,d GFeat Northwestern
TsilrOaas; Ca tlse south, the Memphis and
Louisville and Mobile and Ohio railroads
20 Mobile, Pensacola and the Tropics (; 10
the aiiheasi tlse ISniiisville and Nashville
snd Nashville and Chattanooga railroads 10
Chattanooga connecting nj the iatitT y ,int
with he w rsieTh ard A tlHHiic AID Eaet Ten
%, sses md ueOTgia RAILROADS. Tor Nil p0ints-ia
Georgia, East Ttainrsses,, Florida, Virginia
aud the CaFalinaH That thrae companies
shunld consider lh,sir NOrIhwestern inter
este Of sufficient impoIiHpee Ia warrant the
appointment Of a representative Of tlleir 10
teT' sis "a Chicago, We hail A. an omen Of
reinrn OF ppoYerily Co the South, and de-
sire on the part of her people tO cultivate
the business relatiOrs aud friendly feeling
of the ROTthwert. We note IA fIrtieT
evidence of this fact, that the tide of pleas
are travel lInm The south has this season
ioWed toward the Northwest 10 far greater
extent than ever bciore Saiut Paul, Min
nrApolir, tho Green Bay region, and all
points 81 intrrest thTOughout the North.
wet, are crowded with the btisinesr com
muniiy aud plrauIre-seekersf from the South.
A glance st Our hotel registers will as-ure
that Chicago hrs not hcen neglected that
every train from the South brings Ms gunner
cur visitors who, escaping Tor a season from
the burning sun and epidemic- Incidental
Co their native cline, breathe for awhile
the pure aud invigorsting air Of oar Lake
Michigan, return home with renewed
health, fully impressed with the greatness
of our city, the West, and imburd with
desire % cultivate the business interests
aud friendly intercourse Of her people.
Aud through no other channel can 80 much
be done 10 cement these relations Al through
our railroads That the interests OF the
south and Northwest and tho great vAlley
Of the Missirsippi were identical was, be-
fore the war, n we'll established fact. That
we should once more attempt TO revive
those interests il evidently the duty Of
every husIns-s man ia our community.
That rival railroads have come into the
field 10 G. mpete fbr our favors, we accept
az evidences that our corporate interests IN
this Respect wilt he carefully guarded, and
ths adacs sf competition is the life Of
trade" we trust will be fully verified.
The CLOSE ~ the late war left all or nearly
ALL ~ the railroads south Of the Ohio river
ia greatly crippled condition. With the
exception of the l. ,uisville and Nashville,
all were according 10 the varying fortunes
Of operated by either the Federal or
Confederate governments, leaving them
ia most instances AZ the cloao destitute of
rolling stock, bridges. or buildings As
nHiaTEl Ftsult Of their Impoverished con-
dition, it hss required long period 20
placo thsm ia a condiiiOn 90 com pete for
t0feigh trsds, aud the energies Of their ex-
tcutiv,s has been taxed 10 its utmost 10
guard their SUEfissrn aud iucAl interests.
IL ~ gratifying to know that all have once
more bscn placed ia hourishing condition.
Thoroughly equipped, with new rolling
stock. new bridges, iuildiugs, etc,-wilh
Ihe'r appointments equal 10 ev,ry respect
60 thsir Slrlur Inns oi the North--they vill
prove thrinsglv,s strong and not UNWORTHY
cand,dntrr for public favor.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad
COMPANY representing pre- eIninenily one
81 the leading railroad liurs 81 the United |
Staies has leased for n term OF wears the |
satire line hetwern the State line Of fennes-
see aud Memphis. bringing under ODE man
agrnitnt the cnure line 81 road between |
Louisville, Kentucky, and Memphia, Ten
ntsser, distance Of S77 miles, running be- |
tween those points without change u either |
day or night coaches. A an evidence of /
the superior condition at their road bed, /
the time consumed in travelling this distance |
is bat twenty -ono hours Deductine "A fair |
allow nee ior stops. would make the actual |
Iunniug time approximate very nearly to |
t~shty miles per hour While the |
lime to L"',Hville rid indianapolis lnls been |
reiuetdte fifteen hours aud Tvs. minutes: to |
Nashville, trnHe's.es' Ia twenty three hour; |
aud o. Nrw OrleRnr, Louisiana, tsa Indian |
sr.alir stsi ikanssillr, Ia iilly-sx haurs
the sItirr distance io New Orleans. nearly /
ure tho,rsaati mites beiag iravrr-ed with |
bat one change at cars, this being Ihad. at |
Isin-giu-.l 81 TIE Traveller, probably, 40 |
rauir 49, AmrTIca u travcrrtsl hy more /
I.an,s lraiight wiih greater NATIONAL ur per
,.onal ini.rr-i Passing Icy the Mammoth |
Gay,., 1T k,arueky, il,s I,s-svpg,.r il privi- |
lrr,d Q" ri,,I, over as long a trim - be NAV 1
desire, aud yirdi he greale,i oinaiure = curl
critics. The hsiIlr tiol,ls 81 X rufuuky, Stone
rivrr. Iuka, Nashville, Nicksbufg. Mi.-i.n
Ridge, Chicksmaugu, l. .okout And Krne
saN Monntaipr, tlse rirgc 1t Atlantis, etc,
rtc. ate all trHYcrsrd by onr or more of
these routes. Puilman's palace aecpiug
cars are run direct from Ch,csgo a. Louis
willie without chAuge, whilst one Of the sl,
CANT new sleeping ears0f the rip Van Wiz.
kle Line leaves i.OniEville every cvrRing for
New Orleans, traveising the entire disianar
without change AZ New Orleans direct
connections are made With the New Orleans,
Opelausas and Great Mosicrn railroad ior
Rraahear City, nius.l v-eight milts At that
laoina Connecting with MOrgMIs line Of
sieamers for Galvesioa snd lndianels, r.
curing bat twenty-one houTs' Time from
New Orleans 10 Galveston. Al 0dveslon
connections are inside with the Houston and
Honduras railroad for Houston. az Hons
Ton with the Honston and Texas central
railroad for all points ip Sonthern aud
CeDlral TexAs. A Dew 0rganiEaiisa has
Effected the purchase Of abe New Orb sHs,
O.,elsnsas and Great Western raiifoad, and
AZ rapidly NJ possible the gap boiwecn Brsa-
shear and Houston Hill be conlplsISd.
This, with the compilation OF the iToa bridge
acr,ss the Ohio river 81 Louisville, nov
iH course Of conatnR,tiOn, will furnish /
an undivided link Of iron rail FROM
Chicago 10 GALVESTON, Texas. distance Of
over Gnesn hundred miles.
I'f
Mira Merritt, who was bat recently Ies-
onsd fron 40 insane asylum. where she
was foroibly lslsced by relative, was as
saulted by two men on Thursday evening,
while going 70 hnr home In Hudson City,
n. j., who attempted 10 force her ints
zach standing near, bat being ssoniiy
Tesialsd. and The citizens coming 20 her
rescaes. the abducsOrs fed in hot haste.