, 1869-06-28

hosel-0p the International their admiration
Knew no bounda, NJ ~ exclaimed, fn their own
expressive phrase "this wAs the best thing q The
kind thny bad ever struct." 1t certainly WAS one
Of the greatest tT!umphs Ar. Pullman ever
achttved- Tho party returned By the Valley; Rail-
road, arriving N san Francisco ahout 10 III the
evening. Another excursion and dinner we1e
-R!sen BY Mr.. Pullman to the President
OF the Central Pacific Railway; Governor Stau-
ford Marx Hopkins, Treasurer; john Corning,
A8sstant General Superintendent and other Of
neera VI tie company; Edgar }iIls, Esq, manager
OF the Branch Bank Of California; Mr.1 1Hor1eu, OF
The Union, and other leading citizens OF sAcra-
rnento, and with the came results IL to their ad-
ni1atlon o: the comforts Of the palace cars mnnt-
tested the previous evening bJ our friends from
San Francisco. Expressions, 10 tar Is &c heard
them, were unanimous and emphatic thas =
through line Of Pullunanb caa trum
ocean to ocean ID essential 70 tho
highest SUCCESS OF the PAclac Railway
Al 1t certainly Is to tho pleasure md the comfort
Of the travelling public This fscti patent to ali
tsavetlers-and Who does not traYe. 3-and 1t Is
hoped the officers Of the Central Pacific, the only
parties neeeseArr to complete the arrangement,
will at once honor themselves and largely beueht
their pocket by Uattng 1t.
On eaturday morning ne were all On board for
home. Our kind friends at Sacramento gave us
n'1ny good wishes, and some Of them came with
rs part way up the mountaina Among our
fellow passengers were His Exceilcncy Co..
ernor D1aIsdal1, Of Nevada, and Ills
most excellent wife as far ~ Renn During our
"Trip, Governor Bla!sda1l showed the noble geuer-
ositr Of his nature and appreciation Of what Sir
Pullman had done fer the benc1t ol mankind, by
preseLtlng him With q
E1LrER ERICK,
the product Of the mines Of the Silver State. The
Gift WAS accompanied BY nice little speech Nr.
Pullman replied IN hts peculiarly modest manner,
aud called On one Of the members OF hle party 10
repl' more ut length. A D. Richardson, Esq, Of
the New York Tribune, also referred to
tic new and worldwide CONNER.
cfal prospects opened up by the
Pacific Railway With great force aud ability. |
other gentlemen responded. and the whole thing
7as&ed OF most pleasantly, Mr. Richardson and /
a1s travelling companion Of four years ago.
md Miss Stewart, "the only young lady Of the
7arty," have also special reason to remember the
scbe, generous Governor o! Nevada. May his
hadow never he IeAs!
Much occurred Of Interest On our way home that |
Eant Of space obuges us to omit Air. Pullman
vas 70 careful o1 the wants OF his guests and they
'ere Ill 60 entirely anticipated thnt 40 one
Fcs conscious Of having any. Our GENIAL, witty
Eteud Waite, Of he B1evoort Heu5c, Kew York
epf the entire party In the teat OF spirits. H4
N441 pC AL lutuI14SluIt CIAD-Gl4C& WE0 co0lu get |
be blues when Waite's Jolly face ls arcanL lie
ION golden opinions from every one. Captain g.
I. GRAY, Mr. Pullmau's General Manager, con.
1bufed greatly to the comfort and the pleasure Of
lie raHy. Prof. Miller Of RuAh Medical
oLece, gave bis most valuable services to !
ae tnsalids OF the party when We started,
1t they all escsped nom hIs Jurisdiction before
c returned. The on1cem Of the Northwestern, |
e Union and the Central Paelnc Railways were
ost en1cient In doing all they possibly could to
axe cur Eistt both pleasant and profitable, and ,
behAu O! the party we give them hearty thauka. I
nd 10 all California We cay hearty GOD BLESS
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