New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-22
The Northern RaIlrard.

That portion o! the Northern Railrosa winch ex.
teots from Grafton a. Le5snoe H. On IL nectca,
River wss opened viii ~ usasl ceremosie. 90 Wei
nssisy. $685.. :.
very large party Of s,ociholdsrs .d gus.is zen hs
city IN special usa AIT o'closA on wscsssiSy. 20
pnri2s,s In hc festivities OF the opening .Id pss.ns
over the Lowell The Nashoa the Ccecord sad tbs
Northern Railroads. reached Lebanon, stos, Ito m.ss
from the city after DARK having been dsssnsd By
several sigkt accidents which weru sufios-ols n ne
unexpectedly heavy .rsn The eompssy nsnoersd go
perhaps on starting but there 81 every Int on The
ine accumulation nlch sws Led the bed 20 the
Der Of 200 essims,sc, before DE ierninssioe
va reached. Thus bsrdsns5. . usis Of 70 rare ereva
~ locomotives. made the rfst Railroad INVASION Seo
tbs valley Of the Asscoay. literally stos<eicg tAs
Ssrses' of that hitherto slnoss isolatsd rexfcs.
fof come tins the rosd has beer oper. snf The cars
point The tine Of the road ,hroash orssye Csasan.
and Enselo 10 the village OF Lsbsron which 10 within
abou nve miles Of the coanesss River sn1 tho pro-
posed termination OF the the Norshssa rosS who're Of
the mouth OF thu Whit River IA ysruxt A yin con.
rect villa the Vermont Costrh road ana wtn ,hs. md
the Osdensburu rosJ form contSuous lice 10 the ws
tore Of voc Grrat Lskss AZ the trsn msvsa rs,esu.
caly over tho bills and far swsy, tsresdss ts~ A.
eys and scrses and srrmcunnog the sveslsscns hslh
Of New Hampshire the Inhabitants Of the s'lsvss
wsy-se hundreds u wbou ths sssesot railroad usa
VS. q new thing under the sun"-vrrs stsuonod v2sa
the banks Of the rost at the doos OF taer swsliasa
aud al every other pont u vision, TO behold spestsele
which OF them aid they never expecsed 10 I've
painted any hing like true picture. l.. -.
The orangemsn the CsnssD!tss the shsk-rs OF IN
nsid and the csdsrs OF Lebanon, were all Quito sass
upon sod marvel II The scene. The OF h sne ses,
TOO and tho Invites that dwell about Lebanon In untold
nnmocrs we're gathered together 10 copns encrsss ibis
great evrut lie their history. Solomon. we src told IN
the age Of nasniaesncs and Of greet tsmplsS rsssd
levy oi thirty thoessad and seut than up % Lsbe
non. ten thousand month 10 eourses. The kossheru
RA'lrosd In this age Of improvements bed gsshssed 70
se.hs. hos, Ave tsousand m .d.y vytas h ssueess
vita tbs trees Of the forest OF Lebanon Verify greater
than solomon there. Ths unprecedented crowd OF
vsisers 10 tbs place tested very sverly The Hospitality
OF the citizens Of Lebanon Those Who were eaasr u
necessity Of going 10 bed sapperess however had The
ooaaolAion OF knowing hss nssy more were unable 10
20 TO bed AZ all
The rush Of hungry people The plaos where Ne col
stoa had been prepared Tor thu sso< asd sues
rendered Il entirely mpossibs that mcisy OF II
company could ind accommodation hr. Nesmth, he
President OF the Rad prssded 81 tins ssss and spschss
the Mayor OF Boston. C. T. Russell Esq OF this city.
dirscior. TX Gov. Hill and Gov. Colby, Of New. Hsmp
shire, ExGov. Pane OF Vermont :. n VALLEY. Jr- 81
Boston Linus Child, OF Lowell Erastus fairosnss OF
portion OF the company returned far - Concord
the evening Others wsat In different drecs1oas
to neishborins towns TO pass the night largo psrv
having been most Hospitality and sumptaousy sntsrtao
ed by tho shakers q, their seulemsns At Eansld.
The road which has thus been opsnsd nearly con-
peies an important link in OF srestsss Railroad
lnes. The completion Of the road from Lebanon W.
lsge to the White River including tho construction Of
truss bridge some COO feet long tho Coaasstsal
will be effected Ia for the opening Of tho vssnoae
Central Road to Northhe and psrhsps hontPslisr. By
/ the 4th Of July next ri
The line Of thu Northern Road viii b - miss fsoa
the valley OF the Msrrimsck 10 that Of the Cconsccst
IL passes rough and torbiddins country, and
natural obstacles have been overcome In its Coz.
sruction. 1t ast two years sncs the work wss som
msnosd and those who passed over the line On We'd
nesdsy have boon amazed IT the evidence before
them Of what has been 90 speedily comphshsd-. Dis
Mermsct River tssf has yielded 10 the eneryes o. the
enterprise having been 10 one Instance forced Dat N ~
nata raj channel and made sslde tor The s<coar
modation OF the Railroad Hills which seemed insur
msuntsbe hsvs fallen before the demands Of the kosd.
and valleys which thought 70 DO iGpssssev have
been raised to the lsvsl OF the Compsnys desire.
AZ stated by Mr. Russell Ia tbs course OF bis remarks,
than 3354o00 cubic yards Of earth have taen ~
moyed--and ouch earth eerueots6 a. Cre.aoae
dawn, and had apparently been esmen,ips ever since
More than $1,000 cubic yards Of solid rock have hsc
been and 64t pssches Of bridge and olvsrs
Masonry tsd-ip ell which about 0VVOOv doh
lars have been expended The summit OF tho road sin
Orange and 10 about TOO feet above the Mernmsck and
500 above the Connecticut IL 10 overcome By Gtsds
OF so feet and there no higher grade. on The who's
lima m an that fbostou Trav