New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-09-23

Agricultural Fair, &c, sec irs'
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on stntc Prison labor, see "N
1 We haze in type sone remarks IN TePiE 10
the article upon our last page an State Prison La
Dor. but hsy are excluded by more pressing mat
ter. They will appear tomorrow
~ We have ia type able article (the first OF
.-;.., in justification of Mr. Webster's course,
which is crowded out by Mr.. BELLS letter. Il
will appear tomorrow.
THs OpxYIsc OF TIE NEw-YoRK ASD ERIE
RAILROAD, Eastern Division, from Piermont TO
Goshen. took place yesterday. At O'Clock, "A.
NJ. abou. 500 izyited citizen,, among whom we
observed Gov Seward, Cos. Pennington OF \. j.,
Mayor Morris, Recorder Iallmadge, Hon. Thos.
But.r King of Ga, llessrs. N. II. Grjnnell,
Aaron Clark, J. =. Phanix, John Duer James
]. Roosevelt, and very large representations from
the Common Council, Clergy Corps Editorial, &c.
&C. Of our City,-asscmbled on board The Steamboat
Utica foot ofCedar-s'reet and were landed At Pier
mont % riles up the River, at halfpast 10 o'clock
Two powerful engines with long trains of cars were
there in readiness, and little before u oceck the
whole moved of to the West, under salute OF ar
rillery and 10 the inspiring notes Of band Of mu-
sic. The cars were 90 heavily loaded with passen-
gers that their springs were pressed down SO that
the bodies bore upon the axes Of the wheels, thus
greaty increasing the friction and retarding the
progress of the tains 1t was therefore fully half
past : clock when the novel procession reached
Goshen, (46 miles where it was welcomed by
discharges Of cannon national airs, and the hearty
greetings of very large concourse of the citizens
of Orange County, who had assembled TO honor
the occasion.
The route from Piernont is some ten miles ".
n. w. over a considerable rise OF ground TO the
valley of the Ramapo, up which it proceeds \. y.
w some twenty miles till i, clears the range of the
Highlands, and energies into the fertile wales OF
Orange Thence It's course is W. n. W some ff-
teen miles tc Goshen.
The thirty miles course through Rockland
County has been work OF considerable difficulty
and expense, though not nearly much SO as we had
anticipated The deep-cuts are few, aud the rock
excavated less tenacious than we expected. Ram
apo Works-the manufacturing establishment of
Jeremiah Person EsG.-is the only considerable
village on the route, though there several small
Ter clusters of houses. There good farms here
ind there, but the principal products of the hills
are trap-rock and cord-wood, of the valleys and
glens, cobble-stones AND children all which appear
often precpous, and the Ramapn has worn but
a narrow and irregular valley among them. But,
on opening into Orange County, the face of Nature
is suddenly and entirely changed. Fertile farms,
spacious dwellings, herds of sleek cattle, and thrift
in every developcment, mark the character of the
new region. Goshen EXHIBITS unmistakcabe evil
dences of wealth, pos periry and comfort.
\ festive entertain ment had been prepared for
the company a, the Railroad House but not
half Of them coald get into the house even. Toass,
brief Speeches. &c, were elected; but as we did
10, happen to be OF the fortunate number we can
give ns account Of them. We spent the time
mainly in rambling over the village, which we had
not before seen 1t is spacious and pleasant
country town, situated in the midst of plain
vale between two hills east and west, and bull;
principally on single street running north AID
south. Its worst feature is church located where
the road ough, 70 be.
AT 5 o'clock the company was mustered for our
return a, q little past 8 were at Piermont, and
at half past 10 Mt home ngan-having been fav-
ored with lovely u,umn day and evening aSd
no shadow of accident having occurred to mar
the pleasure of the "trip and the triumph which il
was designed TO celebrate.
After supper board the boat, Gov. Seward
was called out by sentiment, and in reply, after
htly characterizing the great work whose frs, sec
ton we had been traversing, and remarking that
his own qualification at its success on enlarged
grounds of its public utility was heightened by the
consideration of its benefits already realized to the
County of his youth and his affections, he avowed
himself in favor Of completing this Railroad as
State Work of making the line of Central Rail
roads State Works also, aud reducing the rates OF
travel to two and half cents mile so as to
der them in the strjctest sense works of public
utility and benefit, in which every citizen should
be equally interested. He avowed his decided con-
vic'on tina, at this greatly reduced cost these
works would defray their interes, and charges. and
ultimately refund the capital invested in ,hem.
We are compelled TO break off for TO night.
e Judge UrsHrR, the ucw Secretary of Tie
Navy, is the author of novel published few
years since. entitled The Partisan Leader;
Tale of the FuturS, by Edward William Sidney
Ii purpor,ed 10 be written in 1886, is marked by
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