The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-01-03

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make it, His reply that if il was the will OF the Al
mighty that a communication should he there, he
would have made .sr Sr ana. bs;sbt "c ;r'nies
| " TO make one. daughter Now when we came to
these msuntans had exactly the me
Spanish king wanted. Here were mountains presenting
nsurmo untabe obstacles TO passage. But there was
one place LEFT in the chain, just iae enough as hap
rened and o! the proper elevation II seemed to have
heen made on purpose; and at length we came to
the opinion that the world in general ana the county
| Of Berkshire in particular, were made WIN eN'
press refer, nee the Great Western railway
(Cheers We go, along pretty well through these
mountains; but while going on plain sailing we came
sets and could get no further. The gentleman from
New York, (Col. Webb) has alluded TO what we have
done in witchcrat Now SIR let me tell him that no
witch ever crossed \ running stream don't know
but it is with the Dutch but will say Tor the inior-
nation of the gentleman that though we have DO longer
any old witches, and those have, have given up
brooms,icks and taken to oconotive-st We havesoms
witches ia Massachusetts, that ore said by the pswer OF
their charms BE- able to even aDutchman into
Yankee. q. augh.r) Be thatrs it may-we got into
The and could get no further sowe up,ed our
voices calling to our friends into Macedo
niawor NJ sssachusetts-and help us. A response
made from Albany. They drew us with their bonds and
could not but run after them l'rca' laush.erl m
il said b. wise king OF Israel that good name IL
rather To- be chosen than great riches. Now don't
know that any body knows what kind OF a ph! seal
agent he employed in building the temple; but this
know that in building the western railroad good name
the power OF obtaining greatriches from Others
as my friend of the Mechanics and Farmers Bank
(Mr Olcot) perhaps can testify Cheers ana eushter
WELL sir, at last got these bonds and tn we COM
peted the whole thing over For, az to building his
railroad would say III il not for our epgnecr)
that it vas nothing but Chds play (Laughter) But
done and what TO be the results no tongue can
tell These bars thai extend from one capital TO the
other w in time Of peace transmit the electric spark
good feeling and good from this time forth
and forever And the time should come as may
come when the city OF Boston SHALL she has call for
the aid Of her brethren it Will not be as formerly along
and tedious journey over, requiring the spiN anu
courage Of martyr to undergo There will be none
cxclaimDg then, why tarry the wheels OF the chai.
riets. No. sir before even the power ofsteam coui
rtx. sha' las Nn
| the reveille Of New York-we shall hear cry
from tho Highlands of the Hadson and il will be- SIR
with a like thunder, with celebrity like hSuInmg
that the plains OF Saratoga shall send greeting the
| Heights Of Bunker. Tremendous cheering But SIR
this is railroad occasion AMI as have learned, me
not we may occupy the track when some other loco
motive is on, and then there is apt to be crash
Laughter l-Therefore, wind Oft by grvingyou
7ss States Of NtW York and Massoehuseus-They have
laid their heads together and the result NO man can eN
aggerate. -.
10. TIE triancie-New York, Boston and A ag May
their interests parallel, and their jeaousiea ae
at tangent
Mr.. SEDcwrcx of Massachusetts,, (brolher OF
| late Theodore Sedgwick) rose iii response 10 the
illusions which had been made during the evening,
and especially by the last Speaker, TO the agency
Of the deceased in the accomplishment OF this great
western enterprise
n.-7xe Governor cf the State Of N.w York.
This toast was received with cheers, and Cover
nor Seward spoke briefly, but was not heard by the
Reporter.
II. The Court for tie Correction Of ErrorsThe high
eet Judicial tribunal Of our state
Lieut.. Gov. BRADrsH responded TO this toast.
Liberty and Ia,c-That Liberty which the necessary
Of nw rcaars ana whon
which even Liberty itself wonld soon become ex
tnct.
This toast was drank with three timee three moot
emphatlcally gwen.
49, TIE .amereon Fair-- They both toll and spin, yet
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one Of
these.
VoLuyrEnRs.
| Gen DIX, of Albany, was here called on, by the
| President. and came forward, warmly cheered by
the COMPANY. He addressed the Char as follows !:
Nh PRr,,prSr-nis bu. few days since the descen
dants OF the Pilgrims celebrating the landing Of
their ancestors upon the rock of Plymouth More than
tw hundred have elapsed since these
men planted the STANDARD oil civil and religious liberty
upon the American continent. Is an interesting his
torcol that the vessel which bore them across Ae
Atlantic was destined to the river Hudson; but through
the illwl and ignorance OF the captain (according
TO Bsno the eloquent historian OF the oi
the United States they were conducted to the most bar
rem and nhos pable part Of Massachusetts II they had
reached their intended destination, John Carver and his
ould coopersted with the successors OF
Henry Hudson in laying, upon the banks Of our own
ver the foundations Of that system oil con stitu
tcnal freedom, which their common desc nun.
their lives their fortunes and Their sacred honor to up
hold. But time has accomplished in one sense the orr
cinsl design of the Pilgrims. The descendants Ct the
oonjsts of and New York are now united
upon the banks Of the Hudson they have become near
psrates capitals of the two states Is a. 1t were ami
hilaed the ross and SHOWS Of winter are no impedi
ment to their daily communications; and IN sum IN
has risen above the Atlantic, exchange congra.
tulations midway, and 81. again under Their own
roofs before he has sunk behind the western hills.
We have heard much this evening" with regard to the
difficulties OF in,ercomnunc alton between the inhabi.
tants of the two states in former times Lat me bring
the detail down to a later period. remember Thirty
years ago. when a schoolboy in Boston, how sc.
IiOus an undertaking was to gst TO Albasy, There
their inconv eniences and delays First there was the
voyage TO New York around Cape Cod, By packet then
| then by packet to New York and then voya age by
steam 10, Albsnyfor it was literally aveyage AZ that
early period in the history ofs.sd Navigation The eS
reiiion alog ,ther .rued several days for its accom-
plishss-nr II the more direct and unusual routet had
beenthought would have presented itself under the
aspect of days and nights OF hard riding by stage, with
the discomfcrs incident to that mode Of convey al
most - oisIse at present on the great o.
the country. Now, sir suppose any one AZ 'as,
10 the pr sent and had predicted that IN thirty years the
tourney betw cen the two cities would be comprised IN
eleven hours II he had made such prediction, he
would hsrdly have escaped the imputson of insanity
Certainly would have believed that the proph
10 be accomplished ny human means alone. Ard
yet is accomplished and by the aid OF no other power,
but the apple alton Of scientific principles and
the magic Of New Englands invncibe energy and per
10 the year 1854 the delegates oil the Ame
car coopie. met in this city the purpose OF forming
plan of union The object ia view was 10 concert ne
for their common iesncej II had Ieierenee'o .h'
separation from the mother country which grew out o
causes of discomfort But through the ha
bits OF and consultation, 20 which
led qnestionsoi common interest," nay oe slu y
h,ye ber heyerm ofihe Congress which declared us ia
dependent Of Great Brtan and asserted our righ' 10 b
numbered among the gn nations Of the esfih OH
OF the questions disposed Of this metts was to Fix
place for the future meetings of Congress under The pro
io,cJ plan Of uuon. Whenihis question
zion DR. franklin, who present as delegate Iron
sh al Philadelphia was epfopr
place on accoun Of its central situation with regard
the other colonies; md, among other ming ne sa'
that tho mos, distant delegaeI those from New HanT
shire and south Carolina, would he able TO reach th
place meeting in hiieon or twenty days ., ii,ho
From Portsmouth, Nav Hsnpshire 10 PhiIa ieii ~
these fifteen or twenty days Of travel are now shrank
tho narrow lsse Of thirty hours. What ropay
: | this in The march OF Improvement. what N.'oi
over the combined forces OF distance and time. VIA
triumph by the application OF the powers oiniture owe