Glasgow weekly times., 1851-11-13

We have received other and fuller ac-
counts of the Celebration at Hannibal than
will be found on our first page. The good
people of Hannibal, and those more inmc-
datcly interested seem to have been well
pleased with the whole ailair-and manifest
a determination, now that the "wind-work'
is done, to set themselves to work in earnest.
A meeting Of the stockholders in the road,
met on Monday evening and elected the
following Board of Directors for the ensuing
year:
r. M. Stewart, John Corby, T. S. Tai
bot, NJ. Boyd, John Graves, G. A. Short
ridge, u, G.. Draper, L. NJ. Moifett, r. F.
Lakenan.
The Directors met the ensuing day and
reelected the following officers: President
Col. r. NJ. Stewart; Treasurer-E. NJ
Mofiett; Asst ohm Corby; Sec
retary-W. Jones; Asst. Secretary-R. +
Lakenan; Committee on Construction
Corby, Boyd, MolIett and Lakenan.
Among the distinguished strangers" ga.
zetted as being in attendance at the cclebra.
ton, were Hon. James S. Green, Hon. J
B. Bowlin, Hon. w. P. Hall, and Hon. G
Porter, all members of the last or present
Congress; Maj, c. F. jackson and Gen. j
B. Clark, of Howard, Gen. T. L. Price, 1t
Governor Of the Safe, and Mayor Kennett
Of St. Louis.
We annex letters from two other distin-
guished citizens of our State
ST. LOUIS, Oct 81, 1851.
GENrLEMEN.-I am very sorry TO be un-
der the necessity of attending the Supreme
Court, at st. Louis, at the very time that you
are about to strike the first stroke in the
noble enterprise Of the Hannibal and St. Jo-
seph Railroad and consequently, that must
forgo the pleasure of accepting your kind
invitation TO witness the breaking ground at
Hannibal on the first MONDAY in November.
Tome The spectacle will be one of deep
and absorbing interest, awakening the mem
ories Of the past and animating the hopes of
the future. | have stood, with single
companion } on the spot which your flourish
ing young city now occupies, when it,was
in the midst OF lonely forest, with no hu-
man habitation near, and no sight nor sound
to give token of the coming wonders of civil
iization and improvement. All is changed
Even the mighty river that flows by, with
the same safe and gentle current, is changed
Then, its CLASSY surface was unbroken by
keel or oar. Now, it has become thronged
national highway; its placid waters are lashed
into foam, and its very sands are stirred up
by fleets of majestic steamers. And this is
but the beginning of the wonders. There is
no limit to the progressive improvements of
free law-loving people, who proud of their
government and country, go forth with un-
trammeled enterprise, and in the midst Of
their intelligence, to subdivide the wilder
ness and make it fruitful.
You have undertaken a great and good
work, and you will finish it. Your zeal and
energy have already received the co-opera-
tion of the State and the confidence of the
community, and hope there is little reason
to doubt that You will soon receive encour-
agcment and efficient aid from the Federal
Government. In this last particular, new
and better era has dawned upon us. The
qualms offender conscicnces, and the quib-
bes of sharp-sighted ingenuity, have given
way to plain facts and obvious utility. And
now, our Statesmen understand that the best
way to govern the nation is to render the
people intelligent, comfortable and indepen-
dent putting it in the power Of each individ-
ual 10 turn his own labor and enterprise TO
he best account. And it strikes me that
there is no better way to accomplish that
great end than to make cheap roads to mar
kct and short paths to school.
With the greatest respect,
Your obedicnt servant,
EDW. BATES.
To Mcssrs. VIM. NJ. Cook, r. n. Andcr-
son, Jos. P. Ament, J. F. Hawkins and