The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-12-01

:, ier for the peril it had been in, and Tor the
n nearness that the danger htd brought then
!, unto God. And the holiday next day--wEs
i it not indeed thanksgiving day.
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4 Celebration of the Opening of the Cen-
4 trai Ohio Railroad.
: A committee of the Council, the Mayor OF
e the City, and number 81 the friends Of the
t Central Ohio R,lrood left here, on Tuesday
= morning, in the 10 O'Clock train, to meet the
) Eastern capitllists aud other friends, ho
had stood by the road in its hour of need, who
were expected to arrive at Wheein! in ih.
{ evening to accompany them over the road, and
, to extend to them the hospitalities ofthe city.
, Owing to an unlucky accident occasioned
, by the folly of u bull who vainly attempted
, to butt the cars of the track, the passengers
did not reach their destination until / o.
clock at night, where ample accommodations
had been provided at the Nc Cure House for
their reception, by the City Council of Wheel.
ing At midnight the train from Baltimore
arrived with the invited guests, ucco mpanied
by fine bard of music who, after recev ng
the congratulations of their friends, partook
of bountful slipper, & retired for the night
! At O'Clock the next morning, the cars left
Wheeling for Ball Aire, four miles down the
Ohio river, the eastern terminus of the Gen.
tral Road.
The new city of Bell Aire is located on
the bank OF the Ohio, at the river terminus OF
the Central Road, where transfers of ireigh,
passengers and mails with the Baltimore q
Ohio are made, and on the line ofthe Marietta
and Cincinnati Railroad, where transfers be-
tween the Central Ohio and the Pittsburgh
! Railroads will, doubtless, also be made to Il
considerable extent. 1nexhauS.ible veins of
bitulninens ccal fill the surrounding hills, fur
niahins manufacturing facilities equal to any
other point. City lots have been staked out,
33 by 100 feet, humber of whick are to be
sold on Saturday next, al public sale
At l5 minutes past 10 O'Clock the deep
mouthed cannon poured forth it's thunders
the Band with their silver instruments struck
up the glorious strain of the Star Spanged
Banner. the passengers gave three hearty
che rs Tor the great State Of OliJ, and the
cnrs moved off amid the shouts OF the multi.
Jude, along the rich valley OF the VI Mahons
Creek
On reaching Wrigh'sown, IS miles Els'
OF B II Are, the train was detained enough
to give the passengers tlsle of the hOspi-
talty Of the citizens, wIi1h had been abun-
dainty provided By them in the shape OF bar
rels Of the finest appl-, and crackers, cakes,
pies, ana cheese, in an unlimited quantity,
n! of supcrlatlve quality. TIA, road along
here to Barnsvjile is eH remedy heavy. High
embankments, nni deep cuts, through solid
,ol, IL, n, ti, la ,rn hpp
immense 10 get the proper level. The ralI-
eys that could not be !ilelup with ear.h, were
trusscled with bridges. The hills that
could not be got over were bored through
with tunnels Trees were uprootcd, and
rocks were uptorn by the irdOmiluble will Of
the energetic builders. Therc are no less
than six tunnels within 20 miles. The ven-
) erabe town of BarnsvilIe seen from the cars
ia indeed City set upon hill, for the road
goes directly under it through a deep and
dark tunnel. The train stopped at this place
long enough to take on Mr.. Davanpor', one
) of the Directors, and to give the perple an
opportunity oftearing the sweet music from
the silver horns Of the Baltimore Band.
The road was lined with curious spectators
many of whom avlilcd themselves OF the irst
opportunity they have ever had of seeing how
people ride upon tn, rails" Over and un-
der the hills of Old Guernsey, the cars went
it with rush, unl only stopped at cambridge
fe " minutes, to take Ojk at the good peo-
pie who gave such excellent evidence Of their
sound jud cement, and true appreciation o:
what is right in sending can editor to Con-
gress," and passed on to the classic grounds
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the train arrived at Zlnesvlle, and the VS.
itors were received in fine style, by the Z,ne-
sville Guards, Capt. Graham, the Marion
, Greens, Capt. Hall, and the officers and cit
! izens of the town who were marched in pro-
! cession to the Odd Fellows Hall where a
magnificent entertainment had been provided
for the occasion.
4 salute five guns was fired, one for each
, Of the counties through which the road puss-
es. His Honor, Mayor Culbertson, Welcom-
ed the guests in neat and appropriate speech
and introduced Mr.. G. #. James, who in an
eloquent manner adVerted to the great un-
dertaking that had just been accomplished
r and gratefully acknowledged the OF legations
the Directors Of the road were under to many
of the visitors whom he was happy to see
, present.. Mr.. Sullivan, the President of the
road, and the President of the Baltimore
, Council male briet but effective speeches.
/ u Collins Lee, Esq an eloquent and pop
, ular member of the Il BIltimore Bar, was called
: ont, but in the course of his remarks in refer.
ence to the brief period he was allowed to
T stay in Zanesvi lie, he put his foot in it, by
: saying:-
e "Genllcmen, our y'sii is Lrisf but not SO
t brief as wcman's love" He didn't notice
: the awful mistake until it was too late to
: rectify it, and his modification may be in
d agined, but cannot be described, when he
n found he was compelled to leave GAINESVILLE
!, without an opportunity of explaining his un-
fortunate mistake. At the Columbus sup