New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-19
The Celebratisn 1T Dunlirk.

psration commenced. Inc rising sun WA "a. a.;
nal for the ringing OF bells and the firing Of e,,.o
A salute Of twenty. four guns vas cred. On. ..
each town in the County, and these were foDox.,
by an indiscriminste discharge Of small srn,,.s
the explosion Of fre-crackers reminding q, of -.
Fourth OF July iubilees. As each gun va, a.,
a locomotive on the track Of the road vonII -
spond with Z whistle, and these note. ~ ~
found thousand echoes in the SURROUNDING ~
until Il seemed as If the whole county Vs.,
vast park Of laundering artillery and $1,000.
locomotives.
THE VILLAGE PREPARATION
The citizens OF DInkirk were untrius IN thai
efforts to make the occasion one Of uu,nov.s
pleasure. All over the village Gags v.,.
streaming from the house tops, aud from N. ~.
umphal arches erected in commemorative ~ a..
completion Of the road. At the terninu, Of -.
road, near Center street. q substantial ~.
was erected on which was placed az old no,
that was quite a curiosity. 1t looked as thoashs
might have been in Csc some une bsE,.
the food. and had been dug up from On. N
the many mountains over which the road para.
Such, however, was not its history. Long yer,
ago, at the commencement OF the work. contra.
tor on the line found that to work through the an
something more substantial than the iron pIovs
turned our by our agricultural wsrehoa.es-.o Ia
fashioned this one from q married. OAK, and ossingit
with steel points. he kept it steadily a. work 10
I'll be bad completed his contract IL had beea
in constant use for years, blowing its xy
from the winding Delaware TO the bns
waters Of Lake Erie. The old beam had zen
treated to q coat Of white paint, on which wa
inscribed the work FINS" Next to this broad
platform had been constructed for the reception Il
the guests, the entrance to which was through.
small arch gracefully festooned with evergreen
Between the platform and the depot house larxs
arch spanned the track of the road over which the
cars were to pass This, also, was trimmed With
evergreeus On one side was the name CT tae
President Of the United States. and on the other
TIE name Of the President of the Erie RailnoaA
Company. Over al was the American flag The
car bouse was beautifully decorated with ever
green's, and from the steeple OF the Church TO the
cupslo Of the Loder House there was suspended
banner on which was the following inscription:
THE NETWORK AND ERIE RAILROAD,
AND THE ERIE CANAL,
MONUMENTS OF rhs ENrtkPMsE AND
ySo. RESOURCES OF THE 49,.
Ao~ EMPIRE STATE. ioois
There were many small banners, with aDpco-
pirate inscriptions displayed from the ,toros and
public houses.
THE GATHERING.
Early in the morning the people from the sur
rounding country cane in vas. multit1dss. Rv.
cry size and style of vehicle was pressed into ser.
vice. Every road leading to the village was
thronged, and every steamboat crowded The
steamer Empire brough. up the Mayor and Com
mon Council of Buffalo, and the Niagara, the En-.
pire State, the Belle, the Louisians, the Queen
City, the Keystone State and the Diamond,
brought large delegation OF the citizens Of that
city. As each OF these steamers arrived silats
was fired from tho shore. AS the U. 3 steamer
MICHIGAN came into the harbcr she fired q nation.
al salute, which was answered from the shore BY
100 guns.
THE BARBECUE.
The preparations for feeding the immense host
which had gathered together were on the broad
gage scale The Barbecue feast. prepared under
the direction OF some gentlemen from Newburgh,
was sufficient for whole city. A table running
the entire length Of the Depot was spread with
ali kinds of estables; and to give some idea d
the supplies furnished, we made a note" Of q
few Of the leading articles. There were ten sheep
rosted whole, each decorated with minis,gre
Gags. On one was beautiful view of the hsrbor
and village OF Dunkirk, with the inscription
New York is welcome to Dunkirk." On an.
other: Science and Art has leyeled the moan.
,ains, filed the valleys, bridged the rivers, and
oired the Lakes and the Ocean with Iron" On
third was e view Of a locomotive passing under
an arch with the names OF Seymour. Swift and
Stanclif," three of the Engineers. Eight large
Hogs, roasted whole, were temptngly displayed
Sixteen Hams having on each the name ola Di'
rector, were arranged in equal distances along
the table; while, to remind oar Yankee friends
nf Eaaf afokf
each containing two bushels OF Baked Beans, Ia
which iiosted small islands Of Pork. Three thOuE
ana Sandwiches one hundred pieces OF ala mode
Beef twenty or thirty mountains OF Bread, Plcklei
Sausages, and Eggs ihnumersbio, one hundred
Turkeys, three hundred Fowls, a dozen hOch OIL
Geese, q CARLOAD Of Beef Tongues and twelve
barrels OF Coffee served to ill up the interstices
between the Sheep, Hogs and Beans. BEHIND
there were two Oxen, weighing 1000 lbs, foailsd
whole, and four Loaves Of Bread, each contain.
ing one and half barrels of Flour In the center
of the table stood the antlers Of q stag, having
span as broad as the track of the Erie Railrosdi
and between, a banner with the inscription I'VE
give way 20 the march of Civilization" The eat
sbles thus spread out were beautifully decorated
with flowers, evergreeBs and ribbons This col
lssion was prepared for the c0ngregated thour
snds, and was free TO all
THE ARRIVAL or THE TRAIHs
ABOUT o CLOCK, the Whntle OF the iocomoh'o
was heard, and amid the ringing Of bells, the roar
OF cannon, and the cheers of the assembled thou
ssnds, the cars came up TO the platform, where
were ccngregated the invited guests from the
surrounding country, and the ladies' Of Dankrk
and It's vicinity. As the President and the mem
bers of the Cabinet stepped upon the platform.
they were severaliy introduced to the peopsT
Hon GFnpaE A oTe.
sented BY e. MULLETT, Esq aud President Lo.
DER and the Board Of Directors by HAS5on A.
RIsLEY, Esq. The distinguished guests bowed
their acknowledgements to the crowd, as they
were il noduced. After this ceremony, Rev. TIM
OTHY STILLMAS, on behalf Of the ladies Of Dun
kirk, addressed the President and Directors az
follows:
The ladies Of Dunkk have ast gned % me The hOnosss
position Of standing representative his go'
rous sno Jo)fol Occsson, tender % the Presto enI, d.