The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-09-03
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! 1hursday lest 90 81 apart for the eslebea'
sion Of tAs speniog ef eur Railsosd 10 he De
holaes y 0ssssa. The facs tlas ours. 81 i
che Reads rnaniag Wsss. vas he arss q %,
} this rich valley. Tho garden of or osase. ~
thought an occasion Of ssiaeieas nasnisude =
justify something Of . dsnens,sA.isn. And III,
people Of ossaswa. and Of wspello Coasty
feeling thst Il vas to them matter Of eree
;. Importance. Sstsruined to celebrate the coca.
sion IN an appropriate manner. Seconded Il
an sxsssnsly liberal md energetic manner B,
the Railroad, very large number Of invitatiso,
vera Issued and nearly all The cars and engine,
upon the Road brought into requisisiea 70 carry
} the sscsrtionisss V 0tsumva ON ThnrsdAy.
} The day proved one Of the pleasansess Of the
} season. A. u o'clock the excursion train, hall
mile long, drawn BY two magnificent arss clasu
locomotives, took iss departure loaded down
with human freight On the cars we're the 10,
Battalion Of Iowa Volunteers, snder command
Of Major Lsunan. including three Companies Of
this City; also the Fire Companies Hook and
Ladder Company, Artillery Company With can
NON, three Bands Of Music and an immense
Number OF citizeas and their ladies, and quite q
number Of invited guests from the East, in
GLIDING reporters for the Chicago press.
Az the train sped on It's Western course with
iss gay and happy company. At every station it,
numbers we're swelsd-mors cars we're added.
At NJ. Pleasant two Military Companies, the
Greys, Captain Garner, Of Columbus City, and
the NJ Pleasant Grsys. with large number Of
citizens. we're added to our numbers, and Eve
cars added 10 our train. So at all the stopping
places. Our numbers grew and our train
Heightened until third locomotive was added.
From two thousand 70 twenty i've. hundred
people we're Get down ct Ossumwa as twelve
eeleek % the great astoaisAnens Of The good
people then aud there assembled.
We learn that Mayor Gillaspis, Of O.sumva,
made reception speech and that Mayor White.
OF Burlington, responded. From our knowledge
OF the two gentlemen ve presume the speeches
ssrs appropriate and BETTING the oecasion.-
But - Ne happened 70 ride On the hind cars and
Of course were put Oh about three quarters Of
mile from the place Of reception, before 10
| could make our way through the immenss
shrong OF spectators and excursionists, it was
ell over. IL fact 10 did not know that any
ceremony Of the kind had taken place until On
the return. So immense was the crowd that
two or three political meetings and % many
camp meetings might have been organised and
gone into operation and vet left enough on the
ground for a Railroad Celebration.
After the ceremony Of reception, the Marshal
and his assistants formed procession. headed
BY the Military and Fire Companies and march.
ed to the grove east of the Depot grounds,
where dinner had been prepored, on large
scale, supposed to be ample for feeding all the
guests. II was not supposed, however, that SO
many would come.
Al the banquet appropriate resolutions we're
adopted and speeches made. But few persons
were near enough to hear, and we are unable to
give any report because We did not happen to
be IN that part Of the enclosure or know of the
proceedings at the time. In fact our opinion 10
that this part Of ahe celebration was not Just
what 1t should have been. Quite q plumber or
gentlemen were full of talk-had addresses in
their pockets all prepared and hoped to be un-
sxpectedly called on, but we're not. This was
. serious disappointment to them. But the
thousands present did not care for speeches.
They were bent on enjoying themselves aud did,
just as they pleased.
The train left the scene Of festivity At At
o'clock 40 advertised, the guests returning, with
the exception Of . few who stayed to dance,
and came through to Burlington, arriving at Q
o'clock. Not a single accident happened during
the dAv either upon the cars or at Ortumwa, 20
far as We could learn. Much credit is due to
the Railroad for it's care Of the excursienists,
and for it's complete arrangements whereby so
many people we're safely and wpon time, carried
to aud from Ottumwa. Much credit is due TO
Mr. Superintendent Reid.
We were glad to see evidences all along the
| Road, that the b. L N. X. r. r. Company are
| determined to make theirs FIRST elias, Road
They are putting up good freight and passenger
depots, water stations, etc. They are getting
out rock and hauling gravel and sand upon
their track for the purpose Of Matchmaking, and
have already the worst places McAdamixed. They
are widening the cuts and sodding the slopes
to prevent wash and dust. Nearly the entire
road ia now handsomely fenced. most excel
lent arrangement, which not only prevents the
killing Of stock and incident litigation and hard
feeling, bat many accidents.
At Ossumwa large aud han dsoms depot build |
inGs have already been erected and nearly com.
pleted-depot grounds have been laid out, Rra. |
dsd aud ~ill be grsvslled, and every thing pre-
pared on large scale. commemorate with the |
business likely - DO done at this important |
point.
Cen. Dodge and the wings.
Gen. Dodge 10 making mos, urgent appeals to
men who were formerly Wings to vote for him, |
Boosting all the time Of his devoted friendship
for Clay aud Webster. This is consistent, very. |
Does Gen. Dodge suppose the old Wings are
set Of nineco'npoops to be caught with any
such chat as thisi Why. the man treats them
as If they had no memories nor ordinary in.
tcl!igence. There B not ten year old citizen |
Of Iowa who does not know that Dodges
whole "stock in trade" during the life time Of
those great Wing chiefs, was Abuse of their
motives and actions. who that lived here ten
years ago has not heard Gen. Dodge grossly
denounce Daniel Webster - q Hartford Con-
vention Federalist, and Henry Clay Is the
enemy and oppressor Of the pioneer settlersi
Gen. Dodge in the hope Of securing few votes
now sheds crocodile tears over the graves Of
men who we're slandered by him when living.
If Gen. Dodge admired and approved the
policy of Henry Clay Why did he assist 20
zealously to destroy the work Of that great
mans hand BY breaking down the Missouri
Compromise? II he believed Daniel Webster
to be theI''gre expoupderiof the Constitution,