The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-01-22

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give we're absent last week on n visit TO
Wheeling on the occasion OF the opening Of the |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and while away
wIole home two. OF three hnsiy letters, two Of
which were printed week ago. The one below
TcnGbcl here,t too uc for the la>i paper, and not
having been able 10 re-wrile il will, more care,
on account of absence from home hi. week un-
til yesterday, we print il a. il came to lani.
Correspondence Of The Cecil Wh,g.
... WHEELING, Va, JAN. 18th p. NJ.
!, is bad weather here to-day -snowins and
raining by turns. The streets arc muddy and
the walking dsagreeable. All thought of 90
ing down the river is abandoned, and there is a
general anxiety 10 cross the mountains again
Iomeward, lest a snow storm give us trouble.
The visitors TO Wheeling had public rccep-
tim in the city Court House to-day. Addresses
were made BY the, Mayor, Mr.. Swan, Ptesi-
den, of the r. r. Co., and by Gov Johnson OF
Va, and Gov. Lowe OF Md. The Importance
OF the Railroad, not only 10 III" States through
which it passes. but to the general country was
tlwelt upon by all the spcahers-morc parlicu-
Iarly by Nj. Lowe. g, t. &C.,.
The grand, banquet given by the rity of
Wheeling 20 its guests, takes place AT O'Clock
This evening. 1t is gotten up on very extern
sivr aud expensive scale; probably nothing in
any1fesree To- compare to il ha. before occurred
30: inlhe West. There will no doubt b" much
d !sreecfityinc' on the occasion, particularly az
Ter The wine begins to flow freely. But oft,
more again. -. : BE-"
l crossed the Ohio to-day. b"cansc ! wished
once TO have set foot on thr soil OF the Burkeye
Statc--passing over TO dowhch the celebrated
Wheeling suspension bridge. declared to he an
obstruction TO the NAVIGATION and nnsnncc
by the, U. S. Supreme Court, but afterwards
legalized by CONGRESS as a post ronI.
1t. had last night been Illuminated ly 1910
lanterns so says the morning papers. presenting
brilliant bow OF light. hut the accident allud-
ed to in our last, prevented MS from seeing this
md all the other ragcnn,s attendant on the time
of our expected arrival.
1t is now supposed we will start hone TO-
morrow morning. PER.
.,'-' - 10 O'clock p. NJ.
Between and 7 o'clock 1000 per.
sons sat down in the largest hall in the
western country, 10 snmptuous dinner
prepared by the authorities of Wheel
ing under direction of Mr. GUY of Bal
timore, for the guests Of the city. Such
company at dinn"r at once, is an I'm.
: posing sight. Tie dishes. are removed,
and toasts and responses are the order
the hour.
p, Mr.. Swami, President of the road
gave IA most interesting history Of the
road from its commencement on the 4th
. of July 1923 until the first locomotive
crossed to the Ohio. He produced the
tlowel with which Charles Carroll of
Carrollton laid the first stone in its cree
, ton; and stated that that venerable man
then said, that next to the signing of the
Declaration Of Independence, he looked
upon it as the proude<t hour Of his life.
1t is probable that the crowd will not
seperate until late hour.
The snow is falling rapidly, but melt
ing nearly as fast as it falls. The ex.
s,Hrsionists ars growing tired of the mud
and ssin, and arc anxious lest their way
home I've impeded by snow in the noun
tains. We expect to start home TO-
morrow m0raias. Pc. R.
Q-We shalt take OCCASION TO refer
more particularly again TO this excur-
sion, and to the Bait. s. Ohio Raj road
generally and have only time now to
say that owing to land slide on th'
new part of the road, the excursion
trans did not start harne Hatii Friday
the 18th, and reached Baltimore at five
O'Clock on Sunday moruissg last. There
were several causes for the DELAY on the
'hom.ward trip, the principal one. that, all
the coal and cattle trains SC which had
been kept out Of the way on Thursday,
being unadvised as to the cause. of the
delay, had taken the track again, and we
had to proceed with greet caution to a
. void collision. AL the crowd were
brought back in entire safety.
The PHIL, Will. & BAIT. RAILROAD.
1t has happened to us, last week and
this, to have had occasion to travel fit.
teen hundred miles by railroad, and in
no place did We find the cars TO run SO
weas-so smoothly and fa,t-as on our
own railroad at home. Nor did we any,