THE EXCURSION. 9

augmented, and every accession only added to the social enjoy-
ment.

At St. Louis we remained over the Sabbath, (but indeed we
only reached it that morning for a late breakfast,) and on Monday
afternoon, with more cars and more excursionists, we set off for
Kansas, arriving at Leavenworth for breakfast on Tuesday morn-
ing, 805 miles. Here we had a grand reception —a sumptuous
dinner, a ride to Fort Leavenworth, where we were warmly wel-
comed by Generals Hancock and Horrman, and their ladies; then
aride over the charming heights which overlook the city, the
river, and the beautiful and well-cultivated little valleys which
lay beneath. In the evening we ran over to Lawrence, where we
met a similar reception, had a spirited meeting and quite a plea-
sant time. The next day we started up the matchless valley of
the Kansas, dined at Topeka, and slept at Junction City. The fol-
lowing day we ran on, dined at Salina, and arrived at Clear Creek,
a short distance on this side of Fort Harker, then the end of the
finished road. Here the narrative is taken up in the following
letters. But my object in this publication is not so much to give
an account of the trip as to speak of the country and the great
work which we came out to see.

The following is a list of the excursionists who joined the party
east of the Mississippi:

Hon. Simon Cameron and wife, Pa. J. D. Mallery, Philadelphia.
Hon. Benj. H. Brewster, Att’y Gen., Pa. Anthony Taylor, Philadelphia.
Hon. H. A. Risley, Washington. J. Norris Robinson, Philadelphia.
Miss Risley, Washington. Thomas 8. Stewart, Philadelphia.
Hon. A. F. Stevens and wife, N. H. H. C. Thompson, Philadelphia.
Hon. J. A. Nicholson and wife, Del. J. C. Browne, Philadelphia.

Hon. A. H. Laflin, wife and daughter, B. J. Taylor, Philadelphia.
N. Y. Charles H, Rogers, Philadelphia.
Hon. W. E. Chandler, wife and son, Maj. A. R. Calhoun, Philadelphia Press.

Washington. Francis Wells, Philadelphia Bulletin.
Hon. Frank Jordan and wife, Pa. A. K. Pedrick, Philadelphia Inquirer.
Hon. C. H. Van Wyck, N. Y. G. B. Van Wyck, N. Y.

Hon. B. M. Kitchen, West Virginia. John C. Wyman, New York.
Hon. C. D. Hubbard, West Virginia. J. R. Young, New York Tribune.
Hon. J. L. Thomas, Baltimore. J. R. Fitch, New York World.
Hon. G. 8S. Orth, wife and son, Lafayette, N. B. Hogg and wife, Pittsburgh.

Ind. Miss Nellie Hall, Pittsburgh.

Hon. G. W. Julian, Indiana, E. D. Kennedy, Pittsburgh.
Hon. W. E. Niblack, Indiana, Josiah Copley, Pittsburgh.
J. B. Lippincott and wife, Philadelphia. Wm. McManus, Reading.

W. Hinchman, Philadelphia. Miss McManus, Reading.

KE. M. Paxson, Philadelphia. H. E. Steele, Coatesville, Pa.
John Price Wetherill, Philadelphia. Mrs. Burnside, Pa.

Samuel 8. Moon, Philadelphia, Mrs. Dr. Bobbs, Indianapolis.