New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-08
THE GREAT RAILROAD CELEBRATION
Iron Our Own Reporter.


Gould, Of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad at tue
BurDet House to party Of seventy to eighty lad =.
and gentlemen The bin q fare Ike ali de of
fare and the dinner KEEP, royalty 10 It's PROMISE Among
many superb pieces OF confectionery was GO affair -
nntronriaie 10 the occasion it was NOE and pleas
ibg. On the removal Of the cloth, it@n.ies Of the
Cincinnati and ~. Louis depOts OF ~ Ohio arb N.Y.
rsipp Railroad were placed q, Zach end OF re upper
table where the host sat and presently i whistle
sounded q bell rang and of went NINA uIe tI"n
ears like a fash down the table amid braves Soo en-
,.. uhicb were repeated until numeer OF tnps aad
l,..., made each way. The locomotive Charles
Gould the tender the cars, the depots everything
hut the track, was Of Confectionery
A, ,lis most agreeable little dDserparty We had no
formal speeches at all but Mr. Could "h9 PRESIDED
eaptally drew from the guests just what every one
wished 10 hear. Tie told ore story aocr' Sow Iom
Corwip. and Mr. COrwin toh one ior fimseh' hEt
,her vc hoard from the venerable CIV. Reynolds of
Illinois who gave a AavoroO the Uniolsaving reif,Tk7
;ndulged in by almost every speake- by aludic; TO
,be ladies' Then we heard from 6udge Lee Of Ba!t''
more Judge Storer Of Cincinnati end Mr. Charles An
seyson Of Cincinnati; who made a capital afterdnner
rpeech full Of fun and earne-s earnest and iun, aud
hearty enthusiasm which as thoroughly Western
as the hospitality we have enjoyed. Ri George
bancroft smoke veil for NeyYOTk. l az enabled TO
give YOU most ef his remarks.
mrs AND GESTLEYE>: Wehaye DHost Of us been
sgnuloviug The day in surveying the ervlrons 81 Cn-
,rnot where the richness OF the soil end the beauti-
fI urdulstots Of the eoIntry, il rises above the
rivers quicken and encourage the genuine love OF
natule and the nnvoryiDg richness OF the sou gen
erously rewards the which it receives. We have
furd that the buckeye leaf is the fit emblem of us
peoAe for is the sembance OF the open hand ready
10 give TO those who Deed-to grasp the nand Of a
friesd-to welcome the stranger to hospitality: Inc
u ,4.eIf He'd -
daring Of its enterprise and unequaled IN the great
ness Of its achievements is yet the child OF the past
Freedom Of industry and reeeom OF mlnd were the
great ideas Of the eighteenth century here you behold
Our course to this city has been by the way of the
thrice admirable Baltimore AID ONO Railroad. lhe
which il MAKES It's way has charac-
Ter of grandeur Of its ard in the wonderful vare-
ties Of forest and lawn OF fveT and mountain, 81 ma
ture in her savage wdness and nature IN her oyeiest
forms presents series OF pictures winch no wei ed
ucated Americen should willingly leave unvisited.
We cross the Atlantic in quest Of attractive scenes
and 10, we have at home, alongside of the great CEN
tra iron pathway, views that excel anything that can
be among the mountains OF ScOuand, OF III Tue
passes of the Appennes.
Then the enterprise which achieved this great re-
cult is so admirable 10 excite our wonder that what
seemed impossible has been finished. This great work
is enphatcally the work of the City of Baltimore, and
il may almost be said of Baltimore alone, for II was
eanied on without much favor from It's own state, aud
sometimes in conflict with the rivalry of IT. ncghbors
Nor is this all the marvel The work IN Its complete
ness has cost than $3l 900 600, and was entered
upon with brave heart and at time when the en-
tire valuation Of the real and personal property OF
Baltimore was less than $27 100000, But Baltimore
was always brave. In the gOomiest hour OF the
American Revolution her voice OF patriotism was
loud and clear--her conduct an example to sister
cities and when has she ever been wanting TO the
cause If civil and religious freedom!
Once more return TO her railroad, and say It IS
unequaled in the difficulties which it has surmounted
When we came TO the foot of the Aleghanies on the
east we all saw the steepness Of the dividing ridge
that seemed impossible But railroad IL work Of
art Michael Angelo used TO say that all the forms OF
beauty lie hidden beneath the surface OF the marble
quarry waiting only for the hands of the sculptor TO
call them into being. The eye of Latrobe saw at
glarce the capacity of the mountain, and, scoinng
at the threatening ravlne and PrecPlces and Iolty
it's safe aud easy pathway in triumph over the noun
tain top and proved the world that there are no
difficulties which true enterprise cannot surmoHnt-
that nature herself is in league with genus
And all this has been achieved by the Cny OF BAL
tnore while she still in the freshness aud intrepid
yigor Of youth. What must be her future, when such
Is her beginnngl She is called the Monumental CITY
Her column rises memorial of the Fa-her o his
Country; but this is her own monument lt spans the
Allies hanies it reaches from the waters OF the Atlantic
10 the bosom of the Ohio; II commands Inc adihira-
Tomorrow and the day after we extend our course
TO the further West celebrate the opening oil the
direct communication between Baltimore, Cincinnati
and St. Louis The occasion is one of national inter-
est The system of roads binds ndissOluby the East
and the West. The triad of cities which are the
fortresses of the UnOnthe breskwaters againt which
tbe angry waves Of sedon shall dash on to be driven
back-are now but one in commerce, iron culture,
in the arts Of life and the enjoyment OF society III
enterprise and love Of country. How would Madison
who loved tie Union with such sngleness OF alice
tiop that after death the word might have been found
imprinted on his heart-how would Madison have been
plhddened could he have lived TO these days And
WashngtOn--whO, when he last came 10 the West,
crossed the mountain by fatigue marches, bvouackng
in the wilderness, and then slowly padding his way on
tbe Oho-hoW wOuldhe ave exulted could he but have
seen his great and cherished idea Of an International
highway carried out with perfection and convenience
which surpassed the power Of his century To imagine
Here Young America is fulfilling that destiny which
her fathers manfesty designed for herr she more and
more subdues nature and gives freedom to men. In,
der her influence the world will be united in peace and
commerce and liberty be owned as the blrthrIght OF
every nation Of the earth.
Early this morning the bells began ringing, and in
almost every street flags were flying from the windows
OF fesoons below them. The Buckeye girls are if not
on the sidewalks at the windows where the stranger
may compare their faces with his recoecons of those
at home. doubt if Sew-York would yield the palm
IN any ones judgment, were it not for ihe spray of
delight through which we all look upon everything
here.
We returned from short drive in Kertucky in
season for the fremens procession.
The City of Cincinnati owns seven steam freen-
gines and pays the men, of whom there hut 10 in
all, by the month. The engines cost from $1,000 to
ssOcO apiece and provided with the finest horses,
ateem being always in harness in each eugire-house.
At the tap of the bell the fire beneath the boiler -
kghted the horses attached and they tear through
the street at full gaop the steam in the case of the
larger ones also supplying proPelling power If the