Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-11-12

son. ana ssoeess 10 their impssvsmeos on stcsh en-
ginss."
The eividss Of tho company 10 tho ci,zSHs Of tho
United States did not stop here" Mr. Robertson said
That We In England, were apt to consider the railroad
which had mat day been opened as the most exraord
nary undertaking Of its kind in the world but IL We
are not greatly misnformed, that noble work was
greatly surpassed by ono, at least in America He was
sure that, in making this observation he could give no
offence TO any Liverpool gentleman or stcr man
-Qaughter)-for no man accustomed 10 commercial
adventures or commercial pursuits could feel otherwise
an grattied by knowing, in this in other respects
me real position in which he Stood He concluded BY
protesting
Success to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- Road, aud q,
the railways OF the u States generally" Drunk with
great applause.
Mr. Ogden then and said that for the public
notice which had been taken of his country ON this oe
casion he felt sincerely grateful and he aid most cord;
ally hope that the two nations would long continue IA
derive great reciprocal advantages their
with each other. (Applaase.) With respect IN the
great work alluded to, concerning which the penem,n
who last spoke had expressed his desire to learn some
particulars, he would gladly communicate SO much
as he knew, which, not icing himself in any way
connected with il, he derived from the public ac-
counts and other communications which he had seen
lite object wa: to connect the Ohio and the "west.
ern waters with the Atlantic, at the distance of be-.
tween two and three hundred miles. TApplau,el
VI ui' between twenty and thirty miles were alre
so%pe,sd; ninety miles NOR. were now in progre. ;ana
" 10 supposed that hree four years would suffice 10
complete the whole He und .rstood that the part that
wac moi he'd was alre ady in profitable opera ion.
In the tsnspo,t Of goods and passengers from which
tue SUB cfisers were d.riviDg advsntage.He was at
present. engaged in Fencing to Louisiana rails Tor
par, OF very extensive line that in con,eu p,son
anu u the gentlemen near him [Me Braithw alt and
CART cs.on 9ads haste 10 perfect their Invention
he .hout be glad to send engines a.o to be ussi
ON That line which 1t was intended carry from New
oeans TO Lake Erie; but he confessed that he did not
lock 10 lis competition for many years 10 come Sig
mics Tor were rot completed, but unsss the several
STATE: would concur, In each undertaking 20 much Of
tue Hoe a. P'sssd through their respective Boundaries
ne ,h'nd despair Of it's being carried to Ito conclusion
{" II could never be render cd a public or national
work.
mt. Edward Bowling .ad. that he dirni6sd tone
Of lee ng and libsrali OF sentiment which actsrzed
the oh'ervsiiors he had 'hs pleasure sf hearing A. that
soe" nesting induced him TO bcps that the toast he
ABOUT to pro- o'e would be favourably received.
In MS intercourse wihsocssy he had generally found
hat men whose ninds had been illuminated nv the raw
Of a'r science" ain ost uniformly the fast iends
aud incorporating a-.ertors OF bci at po,cy-of ga
cred haerty-tApplaus@.J Feeling that ts had the
honour OF Addressing tuch men, he would propose tho
health o tho steady TREND OF hum antyhe pa,rio, of
pom hemspheres-whors heroism defended liberty In
eer infancy and whose gsnious guild the glorious and
successful efforts CT her maurity-L La Faye,te" The
toast was received with enthusiasm, and drunk with
,hJee i'm thrse 49,