New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-15
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gath n uhal Of ovcrgiown dilnebtlODs which he had
,laced TO hi. fpse gursling sound was ard, graft
! fcd smack Of lie lips succeeded and the cere nOay
was over. A tumultuous run was now m4de for the
carriage which proved 70 he Of the large wagons
Of the Adams Express Company, which had been fitted
up for tie occasion under the supervi ion Of Mr.. Hey
The company were soon STATED, when again occurred
CHELRs FROM THE OUTSIDERS.
large crowd cf small boys had c,pgrega'ed
about the back door, aud wheu the party emerged
glorious was the reception thereo At the firing Of
rocket the team -four fact animals who understood the
joke started, allowed by az many Of the boys az
cCud keep up cheering to the last by they
left behind in the dim distance. TIE favOrite
requested ore Of ihese eu,hus astc youngsters to
throw an Old shoe after tie party for luck, which
done with appropriate solemrity.
THE JOLLY COMPANY sPEEDETH TO THE FERRY.
Jebu laid On the string and the equine quartet, did
some smart uevelng, through Caoal street - Broad
way, dewn Broadway TO Courtandt street. and thence
TO the foot Of Co1ril,ndt, the journey being I'D
minated by the blaze Of rockets aud Roman eau
ole.. Here Tie merry crowd embarked on the ferry
boet, ard left the Nev-York shore amid enthusiastic
applause.
IT IS DISCOVERED THAT MANAGER y. HATH DE-
PORTED HIMSELF IN AN UNsEEMLY MANNER.
About this time the discovery made that the
favoTito had forwarc ed all his troupe Of ballet girls by
the afternoon express, and great indignation mi
tested that he had deprived his guests Of the pleasure
Of lemsle society He begged pardon Of the assem-
bed multitude, and the pLia was pissed round and
attontyely regarded by each person Cembemaiic OF
the pipe Of peace, and thus Powh 'tan l. reconcied
his rLeous subjects TO The absence of the squlw..
Rockets were fred from the fery-boat, which we're
answered by similar display ofpyrotechncs ron the
jersey shore. At this juucturc, young man with a
violin struck up the classic and exceedingly sppro-
piate melody known as " Root Hog die.
POwHATAN I. EXECUTETH wAR-DASCE.
At the sound of the exliratiug strains, Manager b.
extempoized a comic hompipe, in which the entire
company participated. Here the crowd began to
feel particularly jolly and the contents Of the overcoa
pockets underwent inspection. The engineer OF the
ftuy-bOat put oil possible steam, very quick passage
was accomplished, and in fe - minutes the crowd
tmidy disembaked the shore Of benighted Jer
sey. They hurried over the ground intervening be
tween the boat and the in the shortest possible
space Of time in tie mid,t Of great variety Of com
pl meIts, courteously extended BY the admrng Jer.
soymen.
TROUBLE IN DEBAGKAT1ON.
An unusual activity manifested by the excur-
ionits in their progress from the Ferry landing to the
Depot. Men who had never been known to accelerate
their speed under any circumstances beyond dog
ro assumed an undiguiGed bound overthe plank way
and soon reached the door they passed which, was
written and audibly announced they must show their
tickets Some couldn ( find their tickets, and
animated by fear Of being left, and encouraged
by the fact Of their being bigger than the
doorkceper rushed through, an the doorkeeper being
probably of Dogberys turn Of min, concluded that
men who would commit such beneath his
contempt, and consequently refused to follow them
All were at length 10 the cars after encouoerng var
Gus mishaps, which had done nobody any injury.
THE START.
At7oclock and 80 minutes the train started amid the
cheers Of the people 10 violation Of the city ordinance
Of Jersey City, which declare it to be misdemeanor
for the Ntw.Jtrsey Roilroad aud Transport alton Com
pany to drve--no to their cars at a fast speed
through the streets of that city, the pass myers soon
found themselves moving at momentum rather tcksh
forpersons of weak nerves TO contemplate when they
ART interested in the result oftbe trip Such running had
never been heard Of in that vicinity from the quiet
homes Of the Commupipaw ia to Uuiou Hill. A few
moments after leaving the writer of this observed that
with the exception of two passengers. all had
enscono Themselves III the second and manifested
n decided aversion to sitting in the first. Many too,
were peering out with anxious looks from the win
dows with but little seemiug satisfdction-though ono
elderly terateur found consolation in the fact that we
were not running so rapidly, but that the moon kept In
sight.
At that moment feeling of general satisfaction was
manifested by the entrance Of gentleman with Ian
tern on his arm who called for tickets. There was
ga conductor on board, and it soon became known
that the gentleman was the Assistant Superintendent
Of the road Mr.. j. W. Woodruff. who oficiated on
this occasion enly But hardly had the passengers
eioved the good feelings suggested by this announce
mont when the train whizzed through Newark and
nsssed the Maike,-street Station at clock aud A
minutes. making the nine miles from jersey Chyin
twelve minutes In seven minutes the
startling announcement was made that the
train was pr ssing the Ezabethtown station-hayng
gone five miles in h7t time. NJ. Woodruff, with an
astonishing sang fO'd even in Ncw-Jersey Railroad
officer said il was peri city safe; I'd thereupon
several interested part ventdred to hope that was,
and were about TO commence investigation into the
contents Of their poCket-pstols when Mr.. Woodruff
announced with an exultart yel that they were
| passing
| THE PASSENGERS WAX AFRAID.
tic Railway station aud had the last five miles r
| six minutes. The Gnorou, passengers then
| coolly determined not TO be c,mfortei. But
| Woodruff cvercame their resolution suh ,entiy
| ~ induce them 10 hear what he had to say
| about the engineer Mr. Alfred Page Wood
ruf enlarged upon his many virtues, his years Of eK
pcrience on this very road bis reliability 10 all eXgen
cies and the precious regard which ne held hs
valuable life A. these arguments failed TO conyincc,
| Mr. Jauitt. late of the. Baltimore Musecm, under
whose auspices the excursion had been planned
and thus far executed, volunteered hi. eonsOtng
Al .t,,ht of