New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-16

2 point more remarkable. The blsokly wooded
sorse over which it 10 thrown opens little DO
yond into the Valley Of the su'quehanna' la
ordinary times il would be 90 rapidly crossed "a"
the passengers would be hardly aware OF the
bridge until il was passed. IL is Impossible 70
detail the dimensions OF each par! OF this ssruc'
ture. /, coat about $4,000, and was year aud
half In b1iIdipg-three miles beyond we reach
and cross the Starrucca visduct, 1900 feet long
ITO feet high and Of ls arches, with spans OF 30
'eet.
Over these stupendous works we glided down
TO the susquehsnnah. The view back upon
them is magnificent. The severe simplicity oil
the structure, is well set in that Of Nssure'
which shows the .ssrn lines Of dark hills imne-
diately behind.
The declining day led as along the green level
Of the susquehannsh Valley. 1t is beautifully
cultivated, and the landscape is OF fascinating
loveliDess. The graceful genius Of Mr.. Willis
has not left il quite untouched with poetic asso-
citation, for his Glen Mary nestled in this severe
and seques.ered beauty.
At Biughamton, at o wego and elsewhere, the
President or the Secretaries, some or all, we're
called upon to acknowledge the popular demon
STATIONS, which they did very gracefully and
we'll At Csmpville, Gag was brought In to
the honor of the company who, Gin completing
this road, had made one of the greatest thorough
fares in the boundlefs universep
The train cached Elmira. 273 miles from New
York and the great city Of the road at o'clock -
The military and fire companies were prsded,
and with much music, and the most courteous
ard cordial greetings OF the hospitality of Emrra
whose guests we are, We reached the hosels OF
the town They were brilliantly illuminated for
tire occasion. splendid dinner was served up
at BrainArd's where the President and Sscreta'
ries we're entertained. After dinner, the Presi'
dent held n levee in the parlor and was visited
by hundreds of the citizens, among whom were a
large number Of ladies'.
In answer to the calls Of the multitude, Mr.
Webster appeared on the balcony and made
Short address. He said he was fatigued with the
Journey. having spoken several times n the course
Of the day. He was never zoo fssigued hoEever,
to appreciate the great physical enterprises o
the country and especially this the greatest OF all
which had overcome difficulties deemed almost 10.
surmountsble. To-day the locomotive had scaled
mountain sleeps and walked over the tops o. the
forest trees Tomorrow it would climb other
bills, cross other valleys, and at last rest by ths
waters of Lake Erie, the terminus Of this vast
work Mr.. Webster was cheered to the echo at
the close Of his speech.
Nr. Seward wm then called upon, and at last
came forward, He aPologized forspeaking in his
own house, when be should rather give place TO
its houored guests. When as SUDDEN! he grad
uated in 1920, he wrote an essay on the impossif
biity Of the Erie Canal and the visionary idea o
De Witt Clinton. In eighteen years afterward
be delivered an Address, in this place, in which
he maintained that the Erie Canal was not half
as large as it ought 20 be, and three Railroads
were necessary to complete the plan The coree
ness Of his views at that time were now estab.
ished. The State of New. York was no. only as
sisted by the city in the building of the Erie Ca
nal, but accomplished il in opposition to the mer'
chants Of the Empire City. The FIRST return these
merchants had ever made for the vast benefits
which that Canal conferred upon them was the
building Of the Erie Railroad. The achievement
Of the great work which they had this day met to
celebrate, was eminently due to Benjamin Lo
der; and no man could have prOuder monumen,
than the Erie Railroad. he concluded BY calling
for three cheers for Mr. Loder, and it is needless
to say with what vehemence the cheers were
given.
Alter q quiet temperance dinner, At which there
was no speaking, the citizens were introduced
10 the President and the fire. works Paled in the
foil moonlight, which shines az ths moment with
all the Eoitneas of June.
To morrow morning We are of at 81 for Dan.
kirk. c.