The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-09-25
The Gomez a. Weld Excursion.
FROM THE SOUTHERN STATES TO NOBTHsR
Giles AND TILE FAIRS.

fboh IHE SOUTHERN STATES To NoBInbhN
CITIES AND THE FAIRS.
Next month will bring 10 New England
its famous Indian summer, at which time
the forest and country OF that section is
radiant with the tinted leaves and the
gaudy'colOred shrubbery, concerning
which so much has been written and said
in correspondence and lectures. IL Is the
best time to see the North; she Is then in
her glory. At Boston two great fairs are
ruDnng-the American Exposition, with
its wealth OF southern exhibits. and the
Foreign Exhibition, with the richest trea-
sures OF Europe, Asia, Africa. the East
Indies. Mexico, and South America. The
weather will be mild for travelling. and a
better time TO 90 North could not be chosen.
An excursion is being organized in New
Orleans and other southern cities to visit
Boston, where the party will be enjoytibly
entertained. The programme is to leave
New Orleans on the morning Of October
18th, stop at Mobile Just long enough TO
receive more excurisionists. At Mont
gomery, Ala, stop-over night will be
made and another party OF ladies and gen.
tlemen added. At Atlanta, Ca. the excur-
sionists will remain over and receive an
additional party from that city and Macon.
At Charlotte. y. c., another stop-over
night will be made, and more excursionists
from there and Augusta, Ga. and Column
bia, $. C., will be received. The party will
arrive ut Richmond Saturday afternoon,
October 20th, and will leave there Sunday
on one OF the elegant Old Dominion steam
ers. The passage down the James river
will be made during the early part OF the
afternoon, and the eXcursionists Will have
an excellent opportunity Of viewing the
interesting battle grounds that lie on both
sides OF the river, passing through Ben
Buffers famous Dutch Gap and over the
very water Champion Roads, where the
Monitor and Merrimac fought their des-
perate duel.
The trip on the way northward has been
arranged so that every inch Of southern
territory from New Orleans to Richmond
and TO Old Point Comfort can be viewed
by daylight. There will be no railway
travelling at night. The trip on the At
lantic Ocean from Norfolk, where the party
will stop for about four hours, will last
only twenty-fOur hours, arriving at New
York at early morning. The party will
have until ) O'Clock IN the evening TO visit
| Central Park and cross the great bridge
into Brooklyn.
The passage to Boston will be made upon
one Of the Long Island Sound floating
palaces, made famous in the buresque
- Fun on the Bristol" BY this programme
| the sOuthcrncrs will arrive in Boston Octo-
ber 9th, and will remain there the 2jth
| 27th. and Sunday the 2Sth. On the 2Gth on
the 27th special excursion will be made
! to the historical town Of Plymouth, where
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sIoniSts will be given an opportunity tC
step upon and walk over the same Ply.
mouth Rock upon which the pilgrim
fathers landed. At Plymouth there ar,
many objects OF interest to be seen.
While in Boston the SOutherners are t
be shown Bunker Hill and its monument
the Art Museum, the Natural History
rooms, and Harvard College; and they vii
be received by benjamin r.. Butler, Gov
ernOr OF Massachusetts,. A harbOr eXcur
sion and treat from the Grand Army or
ganization is hintcd at as some OF the en-
| tcrtainments in store for them.
Mr.. Charles ID. Weld, acting with Mr.
| Gomez, will shortly arrive here TO organic
the party, while Mr.. Gomez will remain il
Boston to prepare for its proper reception
Newport will be visited on the return
trip October 10Th, and the eXcursionist
will arrive in New York next day. The,
can then come direct home or consum
about thirty days in doing so, il the.
choose. The trip is in every way splen
did ono and ought TO be popular. Consid
.erable work was required to perfect al
arrangements. and the tickets are sold by
subscription, so ~ to insure first-clas'
party.
Mr.. Gomez is anxious TO have seventy
five or one hundred persons in his party.