, 1859-06-06
THE CINCINNATI RAILROAD EX.
CGR8lON.

C1scrsxAzz T1us,day, jule :, sst9
One Of the largest and jolle1t parties that
ever left Chicago on Railroad excursion, af.
rived in nfhs aQueen City" carly this morning,
pia the new route tbroagh Fort Wsyne, Linn
and Dayton. On leaving the Fort Wayne depot
ii fhicago, oor train WITS found to consist Of
eleven passenger cars and 553 excursionlsts, in
cludine the Mayor snd Common Council Of ths
city, most Of the city and county officers nF' N,
bcrs Of the Board Of Trade, representasi~ es a,
1ha Ptsss, and large number Of wsF tno,rr
citizens-she Fhole under the super .i.;on If n
II. Boss, Eaq, Of the Pittsburgh. Fart wnrne
i Chicago Railroad. The u, mt Guard Band
dispensed it, music for rs, .4nd a. the day was
fine, the, company sxeelss ut and the arrapee-
ments perfect, Of course the enjoyment of eyery
one was complete.
At II o'clock this plorning we assembled at
the Merchants Exchange, where the excursion
asta from Chicago. alwaukee, Fort Wayne and
other points on the route were warmly vel
coined BY hr. }. F. Terrence, President Of the
Chamber Of Commerce, and His Honor Mayor
Bishop, both of whom rendered us the hospital
lies Of ths city in cordial terms. Mayor Haines
Of Chicago responded in our behalf, hoping that
1t no distant day it would be our pleasure to
return the kindness Of the Cincinnaians by vel
coming IN equally large delegation from the
Queen City 1t Chicago. Mr.. S. s. L'Homme-
dien, Prcsident Of tho Cincinnati, Hamilton l.
Dayton Railroad, then announced the pro-
gramme Of de day as follows:
Alter leaving the Hall, risit would be paid
to the wine cellars Of Mr. Nicholas Longworth,
who had extended IN invitation 10 all. From
to O'Clock, Pixies 0pera House would be
thrown open for inspection. 1t O'Clock the
fire-engines Of Shavk and Latta lone Of each
Of the inventors) would be exhibited at Fifth
Street market space. At II o'clock omnibuses
would be in readiness to conrey such as desired
to the surrounding hills, and subsequently to
the residence Of r. B. Bowler, Esq, at Cliff.
ton.
Dr. ". D. Egsn then responded in fow
pitby remarks in behalf Of the Chicago Board
Of Tradc, complimenting the CIncinnatians on
the enterprise and magni6cence Of their city;
after which Mr.. LHommedicu read letter
from h. G. Lord, Esq. President Of the Indian-
apolis and Cincinnati Railroad Company, inyit-
ing any or al Of the party Of excursionists to
return home BY way Of his road, and rendering
tickets for that purpose.
The reception ceremonies being concluded,
the whole party, headed by Mayors Bishop and
Haines took up line Of march to Mr. Long
worth's vast Lay Jbrinth Of Catawba." Arrived
al the building each person, Qadies and gentle
mnn} was provided with tallow candle, and all
proceeded Like q company Of Egyptian priests to
traverse the mauso1eum Of "the ruby" Here
we're nearly half a million bottles of sparkling
Cafawba, corded up in damp subte1ranean re-
cesscs, each labelled with the rear Of its yint-
age, aud the whole should say containing
enough " popping" power to storm Sebastopo
with the corks. Only few were insitcd to e1-
anime the inside of tue bottlcs-our engineer
perhaps, deeming it too early in the day to get
on SO big drunk as his magazine afforded ia
cilities for.
The next thing in order was dinner, which
"as sunptuously served at the Burnet House.
After dinner large number Of our party visi-
ted Pike'a new Opera Housc-onc Of the most
beautiful temples of the Muses. in the entire
country. The exhibition Of steam fire enrines
was the next entertainment. The "Citizens
Git, Latta machine. and the 'Niasara," one
OF Shawk's, were selected for the exhibition.
At three o'clock aud fifteen minutes the sisnul
for lighting the fire was giren, and in less than
six minutes both engines were forcing stream
Of water one and half inches in diameter, fifty
feet. The trial was highly satisfactory, the en-
gines performing in an admirable manner.
The feature Of the occasion however, was tue
visit to the beautiful villa Of r. B. Bowler, Esq,
at Clifton, where most tasteful and sumptuous
entertainment had been prepared for the guests
on the green lawn. Tie tables we're covered
with all the delicacics Of the season in the Ut
most profusion, and the Catawba which VIC did |
not get ut Mr. Longworth's here flowed like a
brook. The guests were enthusiastic in their
expressions Of satisfaction, and when the visit
was ended three cheers we're given for our boun-
tiful and gentlemanly host.
We are now distributed among the fine hotels |
and private residences Of the citr for the night.
on the whole it must be said that this is one Of |
the most cordial, muni6cent and satisfactory
entertainments erer extended by one city to the |
representatives Of another.