The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-09-12
Letter from t.ou,.yiIIe,

LOUISVILLE. KY. Sept. 10. 1S95.-Accord.
Ing to promise, | write you a few of the
particulars that came under my observa-
tion whilst on route to this place and af.
ter arriving here. The different Posts of
tho q. A. r. of Delaware left Wilmington
on the B. il o. on Sunday about l.3O. The
party was chaperoned by Comrades Ross.
Byron and Ayres.
Nothing oil interest transpired until
we reached that wonderful tunI el at Bal.
ore, which la about one and half
Iniles long, the lighting being by electric.
ity. 1t is certainly wonderful piece of
mechanism, the cost OF which, l am In.
formed by Agent Miller. who acconpan-
led us to Baltimore was $50, 600 600. The
general expression of all on the ours was
wonderful man ingenuity aurpRsses
all understanding"
just at dawn the Sugar Loaf and Blue
Ridge mountains made their appearance
and we were all enwrapt in admiration
ut their popularity, the Blue Ridge. es-
pecially; there is always about it blue
haze which is not seen In connection with
any olhor mountains. Passing on the
beautiful scenery attracted our attention
the lowing herds, the purllnR brooks
sheep feeding on the mountains, and hun.
dreds ofacres OF corn. which ! am sorry
to say In very many places seemed stun.
tod IN it's growth and considerably burned
up by the extreme hot weather. while In q
few places 1t looked remarkably we'll.
During Sunday night we passed through
no less than twenty.three tunnels and
over hfty-three bridges. The conductors
did everything In their power to make the
trip pleasant and render ue as comforta.
Bile as possible. II was long journey,
balng some 794 miles from Wilmington,
but the tedious hours were enlivened by
Comrades Shortlidge. Ross. Ayres, Moys.
ten, Appleby, Carlisle. and even the ladies'
In the party, Mrs. Ayres, Mrs. Booth,
Mrs. Kane the Misses Brown, Niles
HasseD, Mrs. Z. Brown, Mrs, Moysten, Mrs.
White and Mrs. John Guthrie. did their
share to wards 1t.
ALI In the Pullman Sleeper were using
their best endeavors to get All hour er
two sleep. but found it an utter impossl-
bllity on account OF tue unearthly snoring
OF some persone In one OF the beTths. 1t
was finally discovered that the snoring
was done by that champion snorsr, Wm,
III. Moyston. Wien the discovery was
made IL was decided that he should DO
court -martinled. The court was quickly
formed with James Appleby as Judge Ad.
poeate. Comrade Ross defended Com.
ride Moyston. and the Principal witness
was ComTade Carlisle.
The evidence was very positive. as his
berth was right over That Of Moyston,
who was convicted on all the specification
aud sentenced to pay line OF $85..the
costs OF the prosecution, to pay for the
eatre party at Cincinnati and wai re-.
mandeu into the hands OF the Sheriff until
the senteLce was complied with.
We arrived at ParkersbuTg about six
O'clock on Monday morning and as am
somewhat OF ali enthusiast IN the works
OF nature. l became en- wrapt In the beau.
tiful scenery there, Rocks and trees
mountain spurs. babbling brooks, feed.
ing cove. horses aud sheep. growing crops,
etc. were the prominent things 10 attract
our attention.
Cincinnati was at last reached, ond after
remalEing there about 90 minutes, we at.
tempted to make start. when a draw ber
broke, which delayed Us for some time
longer. The train was very heavy one
and wa could mako headway very slowly
even with two engines, one to pull and
the other to push, when 1t was finally
discovered that the train WAS made up OF
Ii ears, an unlucky number. The thlr.
teenth Gar was taken of aud we went
along all right but rather slow. 1t was
now dark and nothing particular occur.
red until We reached Louisville, about IL
O'Clock, midnight. Quarters had already
been secured for US by Comrades Rose
and Byron, and we retired as soon as en-
tefing the Hotel Denormandy, the pro-
prietors OF which, Messrs. Barlow and
Foley, did all that was necessary for our
comfort and convenience.
Tuesday morning the sun arose bright
and beautsfnl the weather was all thot
could lie wished for ana Grand Army
men were early on tho move, BY ak
O'Clock tic streets were crowded with
them IL belnB estimated that not loss than
one hundred aud nifty thousand are pres
ent. Louisville. north, south, east and
west Is gaily decorated with tie NatiouaI
colors. The citizens are doing their level
best to make our stay hero pleasant eacn
ylelng with the other to make every,
thing agreeable, aud In the future IL will
20 down to posterity that the present en-
campment Will do more to cement the
North aud So nth in the bonds OF fellow.
ship than anything that possibly could
have occurred. As the Courier Journal of
this morning says: Louisville, the Gate.
way To tha Wei IN 1861, ls to the veterans
10 lS95 Tho Gateway 10 Prosperous
6Outh, j. q.