Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1853-01-19
TIlE MAIL MoAp eELEpnAIIOs.

We accepted lie kind invitation OF me ffs'
jdenf an,l Directors Of The Baltimore and On
Rail Road Company 70 accompany them O
thu occasion Of opening The Road from Dai''
more to Wheeling On Monday Of last week
Two trains cmposed Of six passenger ears each
and each train crawa BY TWO locomotives let
Baltimore al 9 O'Clock. A. NJ and reached
this place about O'Clock. u. NJ. where we,
in company with ANDREW HusrER. Esq, II.
N. GAILABsR, OF the free Press" JAMES
w. BsLLEa. OF the spirit 0 Jefferson" and
DR. A. C. HANMoSp, Of this County, joined
the exclrsiol,ts. numbering about five
hundred persons, including The Governor OF
Virginia. the mrlnbers of fle Maryland Legs
lature. about fly members Of the Virginia
Legislature. aad other dizaiiarcs. We passed
very pleasantly to Cumberland, where we ar
rived about o'clock, p. M.--Asre was provi,
ded a most excfIyn sepper, ofwl,ich we par.
took viii relish. wiia our old friend. Wash
IsGrov Evans. Esq, Of the u. s. Hotel Call
en- him wuen you go To Comfortably Here
we spent four hours MS bsst we could--ii being
very dark, saw nothing Of particular interest
Except some "Ir:ends Of other days." aud al
lOo'clock were By tn, the shI III whistle. som
naonsd to our places in the cars. and were soon
on our vending WHY TO the mountains -
which as we approached we found 10 be splen
didy Illuminated by large bonfles half a
mile apart. which renlercd,ihe mountain see.
merry. The widest. the most sublimely grand in
the world. peculiarly wild and grand-li.us
wspassed ln blaze Of triumph up and down,
over, under. through and around the lofty All.
isghanirs. and about S O'Clock on Tuesday
morning reached Farmont. where hr>i.rale
breakfast had been prepared for the Company
we took our share al KEARsLgY's IIo.cl,
(don'i forget the name when you 60 there. y
NJ o'clock we again marched 10 the cars rs
corird By the Blues Band Of Baltimore. and
amid the cheers OF the people. the music Of the
tSand. and the thunder OF the train. were soon
on our way along the hank OF the beautiful
Monongahell. About II O'CLOCK on The banks
OF Buffalo, ouI ifasn WAS gradually stopped.
without the slishtest jar Or evidence OF acct
dent, when after few minutes OF utter uncon-
Germ. we heard that an axle or the forward
tender had broken, aal the second locorio,ye
was OF The iraek--noi as the result OF any Il.
fec; IN Tie road ortrac.--but was one of those
events which caano, be avoided, bur very sci.
dom happen. Here we were joined BY the
Governor Of Maryland. who had been accisIen
tally leii on Monday. but zane up in thu reg
nh nail A Il,
few hours, and pariaklng Of a mos, sumpiuous
repasi, in The erteriuinMeni car. (syery thing
had been provided by the Company with a
lavish hand, which could contribute 10 the
comfort and pleasure OF ally we again nlovcd
OF IN gallant style. and about 6 O'Clock. we
reached one Of the most interesting points on
whole line, Petybone funnel the tunnel moi
beirg finished we were Obliged to pass over
the Board Tree Mountain ..Tns poinl was
passed in the night, and the passage over was
at once wonderful in its performance. and The
scenes singularly picturesque and beautiful
When the cars arrived, all The laborers al this
point turned oul with torch and lanterns 10 as
sis 10 the operation, Tue whole OF the noun
tain gared a, the ears mounted upwards, with
the bursting flames oil The engines. while he
sparkling lights carried up and down the de-
cvlties looked as II the stars had fallen from
The skies, aud were sporting upon ne vesges
Of the precipces Nothing could exceed The
beauty Of The sublime spectacle; aud the ex
cursionists, perehed like eagles upon The side
Of the mountain, gave vent to sheir admiration
and delight by repeated cheers, winch were
echoed aad reechoed from she depths OF the
gorge 10 the lois summit.
''The passage over The mountain is effected
by series Of slopes cut OH. Of the sides, terni
mating in VIVA, are technically known as VS.
The slopes have an inclination generally O
about four hundred fee, TO the mite. Eech en-
CINE pulls its load Of two cars up slope, and
when i, reaches the switch at the end. pushes
them up The second aud again pulls them vi
the third. and so on until il REACHES the sum
mil from which The descent is effected IN To,
same manner. There are five slopes on til,
Western side and two on the Eastern. tle lat
ter being Of course, much longer.'
Thr passage over lha mountain having beer
effected in perfect safety, ana all thing, bein;
ready, we were again on ouf way to Wheeling
which the first tram. conducted b. Capr.i,
Ovens, reached about O'Clock, and the sec
ond train. conducted by Capt. Rawns; abou
O'Clock on "Wednesday morning. Here w
found members of the Committee OF Recep
ton, and Carriages TO take US 10 the MIcClur