Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-06-25
r ash Vile ~ NORTHWESTERN RaiirOat
Excursion. &c.

Nash Vile a. NORTHWESTERN Railroad
Excursion. &C.
Yesterday, few frieuds of the road were
received by the President. Col. V. X. SrE-
vENsON, at the depot on BeIlville Street, and
taken on short excursion to the terminus of
the track. 1t was a pleasing event, to be
remembered by the participants, and record
ed in the history of the enterprise as the first
passenger train over the road from Nashville.
1t was ratification of the work of the direc-
tory. Every one seemed proud Of the occa-
sion, looking to it as the opening, in effect,
of intercourse with the great West, which is
| destined to be of the first importance to our
growing city.
The special train, which left tie depot at
$50 P ~, by mistake of the officer in
charge of the stocking department., had only
| one passenger car it consisted of the loco
| motive, Gen h 6ets0li. and tender, aud pas
senger car of most comfortable construction
for This warm weather, being SO constructed
| that there was a free circulation OF air for
the excursiGniSis.
a good lockout having been placed. rep
| resent, d in the person of Mr.. w. J. HuCKETT,
than whom no one is more careful or polite.
the worthy chief engineer, Mr.. E. F. FALCON
NET, took charge of the locomotive, and drove
the train at q 20-milu rate, tlicuing from the
party exhilerated emarks of applause. All
| concurred in the belief that the road was
| fr>t-class, SO smoothly did the train glide
over the well-laid track The road-bed is
covered six inches with Macadamized stone,
| upon which the track is laid. 1t is the inten-
tention of the Railroad Company to ill the
intersiices of the cross ties with gravel from
| Harpeth river, which will make the running
of the cars nearly noiseless and very comfort
! able
| Upon the arrival of our reporter at the
station on Bellville Street. he found a de-
tacbment of the City Council, under the lead
of oar May or and the Chairmcn OF the
Boards of Council and Aldermen respective
ly, the affable high-Sheriff of the county, the
venerable city treasurer, and tax-collector.
besides the genial City Recorder, and many
citizens invited-alOng with the presto
join in the pleasures OF the occasion. The
whistle gave one long expiration, and we
rolled away into the cool shade OF the forest.
now and then fitting by the Furnishing fields
Of ripening grain, and the open doors aud
windows of the new settlements arising along
the route. From the curiosity and excite
rnent betrayed in the looks of the jewellers of
the little settlement called Clifton, which we
passed, we conclude they were much pleased
at our appearance, but we assure them they
were not more so than We werc--we speak
for the party-wiih them. The excursinnists
amused themselves with the beautiful land
scape of hill and dale, and the luxurious
| crops that fringed the scene. The clear sky
and the cool air lent additional pleasure to
the panorama.
Meanwhile, the Committee of Arrange
ments, which consisted of the redoutable Y.
S. p, and bis colored dttache, with only half
a name DAM, as we heard it-were holding
an informal meeting, which excited the Curl
osily of this reporter much. But our whistle
sounded, aud the party were notified that We
were at Bosley's Spring, where all got off,
and preceded by the aforesaid attaehe, DEM
to whom. by this time some one near this re-
porter had affixed the name Johnson col
lec:ed around the spring. Here, all honor to
our mother Nature, freely and plenteously
flowed the beautiful water, which our party
enjoyed much. from the frequent and repeated
draughts. Lest our old friend Mr.. BosLEY
should be troubled with others, induced by
our praise of his spring, to visit it, We feel it
due to say that our party took along with
them little something which they poured
into their glasses TO prevent any Injury that
might arise from change Of water. After
a short visit TO the Sulphur Spring near By,
| the party, with unanimous voice, voted
success to the Northwestern road, and re-
| turned, having been gone only one hour and
| a half