Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-07-01
THE OPENING or TIE C0NNELS-
VILE Il. b. d; o. Il. t.

welcomed the excursion party trou
Baltimorcto Pitt sburg to celebrate tn
grand event in the history Of Railroac
progress. The excursion party wee
welcomed to the mountain city By tht
Orator of the Alleganies, which We
subjoin.
At rittsburg the whole party frou
Baltimore, including Hon. Reverdy
Johnson, John W. Garrett and join
II. b. Latrobe and others, and Mcssrs
]. Baker Kunkel. Henry Williams
ESQ, Hon. John Richie and Others
from Frederick county were received
with open arms by the people Of Pitts
burg. The hospitality of the Iron
CITY were extended to the guests
Messrs. johnson and Garrett made
interesting speeches. This Railroad
connection will largely augment the
trade between Baltimore and Pitts
burg and the great West.
SPEECH or HON. II. W. HOFFMAN.
Soon after the arrival of the train
at Cumberland, the Hon. II. ". Hot,
man addressed the visitors and crowd
surrounding the platform, and said :
Gentlemen Excprs,onists, Reprcsen-
totirrs Of PiHsb,uq and BaA'n'ore:-
In the name Of the corporate anthorl-
| ties of Cumberland, and of the people
whom they represent, ain authorized
and directed to bid you a hearty wei
come to our city. =.
In their name and Oh their behalf,
too extend to YOU our most cordial
greeting on the auspicions ronsumma-
| ton Of the great work which has fur,
nished at once the opportunity ana
the occasion Of this meeting. The
Monumental City, and the Iron
CITY," to-day strike hands and cx-
change rratuIations and celebrate their
iron ~>,1KnQ in this our HILL elnbosom-
ed and mountain girdled city. May
I not say in this the most prosperous
and populous city of Western Mary,
land, because of the long anticipated
and but now happily cons'nnmated
union between Pittsbnrg and Ralti-
more If Cumberland may not claim
to have sprung full armed and fur
! nishcd as she nov il from tn" union
that Won to-day celchra'r--if she may
not claim to he of the full fruit of their
loins-I take it, she may, without
fear Of Reputation on the part OF
either. assert her full claim to be
nearly cou;-dis,ant, and in the direct
line from both; and whether looked
unon rs hid nr more remote conncc-
t;on i. one not at all likely from pres
ont pnpcarancc. to do any dscrrdl'
to either. For more than twenty
wears. the Joining together. at th!'
no;nt, of Baltimore and Pittsbnrg
with bands OF iron and hooks Of steel
had been looked forward to asa result
! that would prove u GROWING event ~
, ,ur local historv--as one that cOrld
not fail TO greatly accelerate our city :
growth in manufactures and trade, II
ronu'pt;on and wealth, And now
that thccnl has been happily reached
.Aat tho last rail has been land and The
las, spike driven, our people aIread,
feel that their most sangnlne hopes
and aoticirq,iona Of good from the
union Thus formed ar" destined to b'
more than realized. For nearly thirty
wears has the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road been tho great channel or man
artery through which tn" long buried
wealth of these. our grand old noun,
tainc has been continuously and Will
steadily increasing volume, rourcc
! into the lap Of tn" city of Baltimore
to he thence distributed for purpose:
Of commerce and trade along the sea
| board. Rv the completion Of the Bal
tilnoro. Washington and Plttsbnr:
Road which YOU formally open to-day
/ which 1raverses a region Of countr,
rich in minerals and agricultural re
sources il is to be the medium through
which tho unlimited treasure and IN
cxhaustible stores of that whole sec
ton i to Ir unlocked and throw
open to reciprocal trade between tn
metropolitan city Of the South, Will
its rapidly expanding manufacturers
commercc, wealth-and that bus
hive and mart of industry, "nterprls
j, and caritnl-the city Of Pittsbnrg.- -
TO tho heads that conceived an
planned and to the hands that cxe2u
ted ia the great business TACT ant
financial and executive ability an
gcniu. which has controlled and man
aged, and which still manages an
controls these great enterprises tina
stretch from the Chesapeake 10 IN
Ohio. and hevond it, Cumberland &c
day makes her rrofoundcst acknowl
Judgments. and pays willing honor
ITO such, Their, as these before me.
take great pleasure in Offering SIN
ccre welcome and the hospitalities {
. the city,
Horace Greeley, Esq, editor of IN
New York Hibunc, is to deliver tn
address at the Frederick County Cat
lie Show next October. The crowd I