I *1 =;K:1 . f El OpeseitizOfttee Prittsvitle new P . .# 4 reitelphtla • • . . I!ailroa . d. ,—;..-----' • 'llti.ls limilookedifor eveet , took s - place on Idol:- -day the 10th hint., I. During-the early part of the morning solace trail ' alien to the depth - of several inches ; but notwi thstanding the inclemency of the weather, at an.tort , hour numbers of our cit izens were seen tending ]heir " way towards the depot et 11latint Cati on, vvherethe - cars where in waiting to receive t em. At day break there was , a salute of 13 ttur,s fired; and the,Nfilitary, pre ceded by the dilTerela bands, marched to the start ing post.: •At g 4lock p l reeiselv, the train, can sittirev ofet3 l cars, left the depot 'amid the cheers e . • , i of thensand.iof citizens assembled to witness its departure. The (+lowing Companies of Volun - -teem were in the 0: 1 National_ Light Infantry, Capt. Bean. Mineraville :Artillery, 1 Capt.. Kamer. Washing - on Ydagere, • Capt. Derllinger, he whit thi r i ' . 11 Toget r wt ot set c German and Eng- Leh and two Port arloor . 3 l ,pand‘, and about 1200 citizens. A locortrotive i preceded the train for ithepurpose of cleiring the track of snow. The passenger *train as drawn by one locomotive, the llitehius & Ftl i rrisori. There was one car loaded with one On of Coal, which at 3 o'clock the same morning was 400 feeNeneath the sur face of the earth,n tho . i mines of Potts & Han nan, a part 'of which was burning in the Ex change and also in the! Washington House in • Philadelphia the same evening. Although the leatheri was severe and the situ ation of many of he passengers was very much ' ',exposed, (being it Lopeni cars) they were. all, ex cept those reservepo take l in the di,Tereai Cam - parries at' echu*zill Haven and Onvigsburg„ , filled with our ciuzens: I At the former place the .train was stoppell, and the Schuylkill Haven' -Greys, commanle by Cript.Dengler,and citizens, 13112Cred4he cars; it then proceeded on to the Or % 2 _wigsburg lanai g , and took -in the National oreYS, COMlllail4 til_:yl Capt, Bickel, and citizens of orwigahurg. 1t all the different towns and Oseping place!a t• d arriVal of the train was hail . ed with the inOst titiiuSia....., cheers. The Tun eel below Port [into:twee , splendidly diuminat ed-with upward °titre thousand lights, which 'made a grand null intimiainviisplay. After leav lig', Mohrsviile tile passenger train was followA . by a train of 511 cars. loaded with Coal, which .... , bad been mineddo , Messrs Potts and Hannan on the! previous Saturday. 1 The two trains strived at Reading slew minutes past eleven o'elock, 4 -- their comingsi t announced by a discharge of artillery ; the trahero was-increased by the ad dition of six' covFred and twenty four open cars, partly filled vett the'iwo Military Companies i v and citizens bel nginftei - that place, making in '• - . all 73 cars dra n tiy ?One locomotive. At this . point the cars we detained upwards of two hours, the cause of whi h' we, ere not able to ascertain. The train stxrte at 2 o'clock" from Reading, and _.„ presented a maghificentappearance as it rounded the curve below [Reading, being upwards of 12E0- feet in leneth, and containing more than two . thousiond people; being, we understand, the long est train and gr ttist number of passengers ever drawn on any R dread, either in this country or in Europe, by a single engine. its arrival was greeted at Pottslown jay a large co ncourse of pen - SC, and at Norristown ' by a discharse of artillery, .',snd it reached the Columbia Bridge at hail past ;$ o ",clock, P. Ml—bare it was detained for some -time and did n 4. arrive at the Company's depot in .BrOad street anti) 7 o'clock, P. M , which .ras:a,grcat disappointment to the Company and - Also to thp _citizen* of Philadelphia, rsaveral thoasandsefi.vhimwelearn,had azsembled to wit ' pass its arrival.' kier*.aProvassion consisting of the military and tit ices of the real_R.egion - ef SchuylkilleuittY, beaded by their several goods, was for ed, and proceeded throufu the 4 . Several streets p. their rout?, to the E ichan7e, Carrying banntrs with the following inscrip '; lions:— E 1 1 , Tho opening ,of the Philaddphia, Reading a.nil Pottiville Railroad. The Philadelphia and Pottaville Railroad Com; ,pony can noier ha 11 f zul —so Lang as they _hare tlaoiicia deposites of the,Schuyl , - kill Cott Region' to draw upon. 'W3 penetrate the lt!Ountains to bring out trea t Aures to add[ t to your comfort and prosperi - ' ity.--On which was, the .‘linzirs' Coat of Arr, the Pick and Shovel. A large conourse of pe opie accompanied the IProcession to the trehringe, where they were ! :Vested bb- aiSembled thonsands, and dismissed, after which they went. in quest of quarters. At 19 o'clock, P. '.lh. a number of invited guests from ithe Coal regin, repaired to the . Washingian f : 1 -House, where 3,, haridsome supper was provided to which the corupanY,nonsisting of :Thom 100 per:. 'sons, eat down. Tlfe evening pasard off to the .enivyment an d , satisfaction, of all who partieipat ed--the proeeldings lof , which trill be found in another eolunin, coiled from the Philadelphia Pnbli: !J.?. age ' I lii::.' ITIININ.1;. ' The train eft the Columbia Bridge- about 9 'O", , lark on. Tiles lay morning, in the infilat of a i snow storm, •Tettieh continued nearly the whorl, day. and one irain r4irei at P Atacitin a l,,, i ji hilt peat fiveVe.lirk, P. M . and the other at h ilf p,at ' * o ven, P. M., whi c h ra arinviineed — hy the tits eh trge Sif 26 - runs. ,Cioaider dd. , disapp 411 in-t e nt ', was felt by t e Conip.oty nn 3CC. , UIt of the late : arrival of the cara,t.partieularly then they wens informed that the several civic asvoci.vion'a under. i the sonini.tritl!,,f R. ii. Parry, E.' q Chief M.tr.tit ii!, and ciitrins to nu Inbar of seveell thoirmit , la had aa. a,-mbied to rest the return of their fuenl,l, and who had di.;p`ersed hefore th•-ir arrival. We reg-et Ithat , nwing to some mi , under.stan-1- tan-l int the Wa)hitigton Yesgers, commanded h:. bop', tin Dortdrnger-; two of the bands of music, ' and a numhe ''of citizens were_left behind at the ' Columbia Willie; thy however arrived on l'hu r a. ' day evening n g 44.1, order and caul:Etat:, ' .ft mast he a Ivor-tie of. pride to, tha conductors of the train, and elt alletion 6 - the Comp any, that not a a: gle accident happened during the *hole pvvovr,e, d.;ivn and up, notwttilJtan tin; ihe untirreetnted nirribe.r . of passen-J,era and the . unfavorable , oather they bad to encounter. TH:', DINNCH.,' : ' : ‘rclo.lt, P. \l., our t;wele, tog.-ther q of Gentlemen, in ell about 30?, to a aumplious dinner. prrivirml intink lig the Pennmylvania -Hall, Awing tifruvre of the' day : PRESITZST. • VANOI D. NICHOLS. Vie •P a n as4tneaTe, dale, . 1 George H. Potts. !Aar, j John Hannan, I . Winknop, Benj. I . 3l!rtirin, ~ ' . Williarsiii Andrew Burge), --...-2. William Haggerty: • ..: After tbo bait aime removed oar Guests ware; vayleorried. in the fol!^wing eloquent addr,..4g, lii ' .;•,;.. !..., rerqnher, Feq. j• i .! . . .It te, Neon ino ordinary emotion, Mr. - G beirm3n; that ors havit wele'dmed our goesta r io - 11 - 6 (Alai. Al lbout with a 111141 sat &wen by Me. with the fill Jaen% Rh Y. taw Col. Gee. Themes MI Region. Their Sant is insuctated With' itsfyitakirs• tercets; and we': bait itatt'the . intspiciottit, carn- . me neement .cif a pew era —;in era; Wlatiftfor a eiti tory to come, may bi referred to ea most prop'i.: tious to Our county. The turnpike and the canal. it de. true. have already given to our products du access to the' greet emporium of Pennsylvania, but the Magnificent work, the consurnmstitm ul which we now celebrate;places us to a mere in timate ,irith an,.uud for the 'advantages el .ples• ure, information, and business , has made us al ' irsost-a subnib of our parent city. If any thing could strengthen. the tics of kindr...l anted=t, and of filial affection which bind us to Philadelphia; it Is this noble achievement •tv Inch has to en eo successfully Occompli.hed. The 4 , atriuti , m and foresight manifested in the conception of this groat Improvement, the skill which directtjtl it, and the sagacious liberality by`which it had been fosterill, immand alike our admiration end regard. 1. - ,‘ hem we refloat upon thimuitiplied Jitlieuttirg that have been encountered ; when we corelder the great natural obstacles that have been stfrinuoit el, that the. stream lhos been arched, the valliY filled ep, and the reeky bees bsea of iho mountain, swept aside -"'";VO areicocapclled to concede enter. prize, energy and ability of the highest order to 'those who have accomplish:4 this most invalaa. hie improvement. : BM they have done. more. They hive, moved 'steadily forward, dispelling prjailices, and triiiinphihg wet conflicting inter— ests, at a peri wNen public cittz.rpriza and male viduel ettots were sinking under the cru-hind cm -s,ttras:setitinta Oethe firma. D ur i ng ' h i , twist in _ p lling crises, when confidence was lust at borne, and credit blasted abroad; when Common .batilte ruptcy seemed likely to involve not only the eiti zena, but the states themselves, . When your Gimer_il Government Wa4 a p.t , tioner in EuMpe fo: 4 loan of a few millions, and had it= petition re joeted. When Co prostrated were our era tutees. thta desii i titt snggeatrd the ili.honeet expedient, that though :t might be ilidieult to pay, it Was eiay t t repudiate. Still with a generous confi dence in their own vesnurees. through evil report anti:vita report, they have prest on, canfili.ms than they were bestowing an inestimale ben, fit \upon the commouity, and that the rewilnl would t.e romine curate with the struggle. They have nit tori , u.iyriecomp!i-hed this g:lorions adventure —vroduchco of irnM ate, an ! pregnant With fu ture advantagee.L' I ais great work i2l It teands a Manunient of the w isduat that eon raved, the genius tit it planned, the energy that .ust4ined, and the. niechaitieal ektll that executed It --the -model rail road of the dry. crob - fully ackno vled.:;e the incalculable advantnes tit it the Coal. Region yeti; derive from thus new avenue market, and while we adind our own p culiar a li t ations, we assign, and wo Itcli..ye pcsteritv ;s k i; assi,zn to the Philadelphia and IL:: C•nnpany a high place among tile hehefae t.os 01 the State. NVe extend to then) the right hand of fellowship, h 'ping that the connection vhich they establish?il this dliy, in iy be as bane fleial to them as it is advantageous to us. Mr. Coairman, in an ag3 -of and men and measures are estimated "yr the ilerlP -5t or injary they cause. This Is thv., result of an inere teed degree or intell4enee, forimit i.. p Inpor. lion 06 IVO become mil , ghteneJ, do -wo reference the reid bmefactors, and condemn the malefactor' , of a wiety. The vulgtr glory of contractors h to had its day, and - the bzittcr informed mind turns with disgust from fields .if carnage. The benevo lent spirit of the ego will tolerate no longer that war +..ll ' o , Ati' e waged for - mere ambition or glory. Its hu tnanity revolt. at stiff ring needle 81y inflicted, At no period, have the arts of pmme been throu4hout thc world so highly' cultivated owl appreciated. k general improvement in'science, and in the cern• forts of , saciat life is the .consequence. The true phitisapher, the pbilanihropi-t will still glow at victorie. won in the great cause of human rights, - thut he has no mpathy fir Mtn , conquerors; no homage fir genius, perverted to cosi tee'or destroy, , Ilc envies neither . Jenglie his pyramids of skulls, nor NapOliams his Illastati Campaign. lie may Atritile the powers of 4 Maehiavel, or a, Slenennich, lett lit will regret that un!;lte Sully - or our owa riaithlih, that a. Mlittes were not directed to benefit their species Living, then, et a period when men and things ire estimated 'by 'the useful and bane... lent purpo ses they aubscrve ; let us t-y by that t st, to what -xt- , -t our guests ate entitled to the grateful con- AirlOrltitlll of our countro. L e t ut , see whet h er their rs !road has added to the value of the State., or the atcidhappiness and c )nof irts of ite citi- CE! A. Pennvylvarlar•s, we may ho forgiven, if we feet art increased enti.faction, th,i the &jet-I of this i•riprovement is to transport Ore mineral and other staples of our ti , tare, to a point within 11, Pate. We may raj nice that 11,1 611 ill-sighted legs no foreign influence, cat) divert the ben efits of this road froin our own emnalierei al mart. In this 'instance, at le-it, the enterprise i an'lcepi tal of OUT citizens will not he expended to aggran dize the rival chiesiif neighboting Stites. la may seem illiberal perhaps to take ma coniraeted p view of our interests; it may be s•dflvh not to consider the interest of CV , T .. part of the union as the in terest of the whole et as we have iivo red art overwhelming State deid to open-on extensive channel nitride, it would he smart , ' polfry to lead it, like some fertilizing sire iin, undiminished ) thraugh our own territory, imparting value and receiving it tram all it approaches,.and at lengA fiudi g an outlet and depositing Ps accu mtilaied riches within our own civil:lnes. We inust view this rail road as the first link in a cm tinned chain of itaiiprovelients. Wilco the corn.' inunication is extended to the Sorqueliannah, it will intercept a large trade which ml de-ecnilsto the Criexopeakia In conjunction witb theconte us ,plated improvements -hi L3%8 Erie} ,it will com mand a fair prOportion of the immense inland hu. sine:s which ill now enriching New York. I feel oratified that the Railroad cannot las tapped, and chit the anthracite coal and iron of this rog,ion will find at least a primary m irkrt is-Plitilade!- Rhta. It is then emphatically a Pennsylvania work, prom Pennsy Ivania interests, and trans p tiling her mineral triasures to her own metro!). ! -olio. We must hear in mind rood that the coat i ntadities to be transported are of ni,Tiestion role value and of indispensable - use—not articles of luxury or even of mere conircniceen, but dins, which a Fidicious pol;cy requires to he supplied as ahead natty and- as ebeip:y as i esible . Let it be. remembered that the great lascend ancy of Britain is owing to 'her coil ana Irm, and that LdepriVied of them, her manufacturca would ce a s e , 1 • I her trade wally perish and he litirself rink into a subordinate grade among the nations. This new avenue will increase the stippty and of course .diminish the priceof that metal, Of such univer sal 'application that society Would be helpless with out it. That metal which either as a tool fabri cator, nr as a On-man-ant p?irt, is fahricat.d to min rider fcr. ail our wants, alithnut which tho sol dier would be harmless, the farmer useless, and the steam poWer itself taut an ingenious sings incapable of extended pr ctical benefit. The completion of this read , will hasten the day ,when Schuvlkill county shall pon her anthracite jinn from her numerous furnaces to increase our :,idarsestic comforts, and protect us from foreign ag. gression. This alone would Connect this work. with riiiwrltiarelit interests. But the more itTIR3O. diate business Of the road well be the transports lien of Coal. !his not our iiyup&ssa hero tO emits Into-the mezed question as traht4silative sidean ages of en - Wand railroad. - and 1111 WM hint du! business wilt increitirti •withithe - tatiqtier? afferded,, and that, with. thir.sid of . ajudicions' tariff we.shallgi'vr stifficiani occupation forl bet& It surncteut beratto say _ that the Weight tof authority. 'supports ilia povition, that i traneattina: a general transportation can.-at least Isuceessfully . compete with a canal. • rke mass of clutcilizenti may be indifferent: whether the •mote inufitable asiness.be effected by the one or the raher:route, but the henevrAent mind must be interested in the fact, that the existence of this road 4 l nsures en a bundant supply of fuel at all periods, and ass con. sequencei.al a fixed Sand reasonable rate: 'There can be n ether a scarcity, nor much fluctuation in price. ,During the inclement season, when our ice wund waters exclude the tranSportation 'of cos! or Wood on boars, the 'railroad will continue its rcgulaeliapply; The poor man's hearth and the . wieeliv ir e stove-will be replenished pt on easy rate, and thrli : alruost proverbial ,phrosi; u a hard winter for the poor," will lose, a part at hast:of its painful 'Significance. The certairoy of the supply at a price sitlT.Xt to, little variation will greatly.enlarge the constilip. tion of coal. There.are a wultitude of furniks in which wood is now exclusively used; bccasse those interested in them are unwilling to 'mike expensive alterations to adapt them to coal; sad then be exposed to the inconvenience . of a line ied supply, and a varying or speculatiieprice. . Vtheit: it is once ascertained that, theAunniity-vvill a; all times equal the demand, our - anti:44'th , in _tlio work•shop, and in the steam-boat, will sop.-riette all other fuel. I ant then. justified in asserting that the necessary tpdeley of this mostintex:at ing improvement is to diminish the suffering'of the poets and largely to diffuse and incieiiyhe consumption of our mineral staples. 'lraditinn tells us. Mr. Chairman, that the old Indian war.p.ih leading from the Dclaware to the ctusquchannah crows the mountains at this place; in some points pet haps striking into the rely ' track now occupied by the rail roa and in our, borough is still shoe n the spot is Lich covers the remains of a settler killed by the Indians iromeili-; ately after the massacre of Wyoming. We ustl;' look' back-but Mile more than half a century, aid in the vertitife of-the railroad, the latest and InltA. piers adapt:Wan of mechanical science to the cenience of man, we can n ith the minds eyo ds corn the ruthless Indian warily threading Lis way to rate his vengeance with the fire-brand and tomahawk. After a short interval we nay descry the hardy settler, exploring the same Oh: and forcing aside the boughs to widen a passage too HMOe (or the pack horses which bear 'its family. He is almost repell , tl by the rude Bad .harren Lida w'iich sdrround him, and hesitates whether- to press on with his n household gods" to a More inviting soil beyond, or to, retrace lie steps to the bet•er country he has past. Ile moves forward, whey celorysis follow, and the Indian war track but a little enlargi if, becotnes fie , roe path of the emigrant. Settlements nail towns,now arise on the fertile b niks of the Su, qnsliannah, the increasing ir.tercourse with than widens the horse track to a wagon road. Tie war-pith has now become a road, and our moun tains ore past and re-past. But few arc tempted to remain in a reg'cin so sterile and repulsite The traveller listen: incrednonsty h, rr br i s k id of the hidden ores. He sees the mountains rite sternly around. encompassing their riches with adarr•amine grasp, and promising at little as tie rock from which the prophet called the water. The aid of science is invoked—she raises her meg ic wand, and strikes the frowning hill. It opens its teeming bosom, and pours fmrth the treasures of the mine. The arts and all the assaciationiof civilized life are now attracted. e the busy him of men is heard in the valley ; the hoatse breath ing of the steam-engine re-echoes ;round, aid canals and railroads effa o the last ves!age of fie Indian war-path. The roads of a nation are in a great degree a standard of tie resources and civilization. Tte forum of ancient Rome was the common centre from which her military reeds diverged to her rc.. motest frontiers. It nos by tilts system that 6he tong retained her conquests. The eubjectii.n of every province was maintained by making it per vious in every ihrectiiin to the march of thelegions Not only were her provinces thug retained, but eey the facility of intercourse they becalie civili ized, and Sp tin, Gaul. arid even the Soutfern part of Britain enjoyed to a high degree the refinements ~f cultivation. The fart that one continantis line of communication extended from the Narthiwrst to the Month-east frontier. from the wullof Antos nine to Jerusalem, a distance meeting 4000 miler, cooreoa a di finite as well as arlimpnsinir idea of the extent and grandeur of the Reman Em pire. But we are indebted to commerce to the origin, nod with the exception of the Boman nod few other military ways, far the preaerbation of a system of intercourse by roads. It is l to trade sz despised by the ignorant and arrogehi. Norman. as to be considered incompatible vqh ti gentle blood," that we owe most-of the refiniMent of PO ciety. The riot of the caravans across the desert to Egypt. is probably at this day the same that was taken by the Ishmaelites in the time of Joseph. They were 0 merchant-men P ne are told in the Scripture, from Gilead, with their camels, beating spicery, halm' and my rrh, going to carry thenatin to Egypt. If the term road he considered:imp plic iblei to the shifting sand of the desert, We*. ply that it is a fixed route, furnished with Wtii° and known stopping places of immemorial antilui ty. In those nations where civilization is it its infancy, end trade mot manufactures negleCed, the necessity of easy and frequent commurici non between distant pniiits is not felt, and the roads are few and of the simplest and rudest On • struction. But as the resources of a country be come. develop , d, facility of intercourse is iti/is pensable, and the roads attest the general imsrpv ment. Permit me hero to borrow an sneclete which is not ineppropri(tte. _ During the epiiim ic of speculation, a company was formed in land to mine the Piccione metals , in, the intiiior of South America. The projectors of the schtihes were told that such work hod hitherto been .10ne in that country by manual labor, and they arilei. pited .large profits by su'istituting machitery. Accordingly, steam engines and ell the necreary apparatus were despatched and landed 'on the coast. It was then discovered that the roac!s of the country were such that the heavy 'ca4flgs must either be transported on the back of inatlea, or remain where landed. They did remain, .and there they will remain until a mere enligltieed policy shall preside over their road=. It it be true that the internal communicainns of a country lire a fair test of its resources aid of its progvse in 'cultivation, does not our own Stile occupy a most enviable positibn ? On theEas.. lean side of the Allegheny 'our waters are Wery where tributary to canals 'and our rail reiedsier rade the country in all directions. In these:im provernenta We are in advance of the age , but our self-congratulation may be checked by.llTe flntion, that in making them we have encttred an enormous debt True it is we have - lie t en 4 lavish, prodigal, perhaps corrupt, in our e?tpitidi tures, bat are we bankrupts, Let . onr irons Fah -4einegndsobm,ooos,o22oo; d oar; 000, u 000 and Our coal between sgricultOre at least double the amount of both the mineral staplisr, answer the question—asi well might adebtor die play a well filled purse and refuse ori the plea of inability to pay a trifling demand, as for Peunayl _ genie to point to,her mountains of mai and iron, her work shops, and hie/tersest fields, her valuta and her rail roads, ind talk of insolvency—tic- MIN $ M r - -'^~",:l:.'w V.• ':~.~;. - - _ ~'~, OM *Wes !Pre: tiot . : eorraidee our state , debt et • • money ltlias'already treatlfheriefitletkind • Will 'continue:it, benefdthetcopntry.: - . ;3arti to ' thetawns - o0 the Susquehanna seiner ten years since, and view. them new! Their : improvement is, an great.iis . altriest to raise a doubt at is their ide'tatity„ • , . Observe the increase the, value of land. Turn to your.e.ins,us,' and;, regard your popula fiat) growing at - ii ratio gieriter than that of any of the old states, excepting New York, which.bris al so an extended system of Improvement. Our debt has been enlarged, it is true. enormously, but our prosperity has advanced still more r apidity,--and that prosperity has been mainly caused by our rail roads and canals.--fa- it, however, a mere question of dollars and cents! Is the benefit to be 'estimated only by 'the money expended ,and the money to be received ! Independent of their business vaVuo, those im provements are a strong bs nil of union among our eitizencfacilitating interconrae, they bring us together, ideas are enterchsnged and ati-increased degrees f intelligence and re finement diffused. It the question were submitted, to retain Penn sylvania as she now is, with all her debt, and with all the advantagei.riceruing from it ; end to retrograde to what she wea,-and what she would now be without her improvements; can any pa triot hesitate as to the answer I No- one who has examined the statistics of our state can doubt that hoe resources, properly husbare!e4, are suffi cient to meet her e ng agements. If they cannot be liquidated by the orilmnry rescoureo, let us re sort to direct taxation fairly nod honestly propor tioned. Schuylkill catnip though Fu.taine.l by im• pavements to which the state d. bt has contribu ted nothing, will cheerrully, bear her qu.ita. We cling last to ihe honor of Pennsylvania--we will pled go our mines, our canals. and our rail roads to preserve it—we will submit to any burden, but the infamy of repudiation. Mr. Chairman—l have ['Tsar:ivied two long upon your attention, I, have been led away from my point ; and return to it with a toast. " The Philadelphia and Reading Rod Road Corn puny-7 hey have won their way into the heart of the coal regio and in its heart shall they be cherished. 4111 MT. Ir. Farvhsr set down, Mr Strong, arose and made a very neat and eloquent reply. We arc sorry it is hat in our power to give his re ' marks, but hope that he tiny be favored with a copy for publication. The following !ricers, received in reply to invi tattons, were then read, and the toasts drunk - with great applause : My Dear Sir :—I have received your friendly invitation attic 4th, to partake of the hospitali ties of the Coal Region of Schuylkill County ; of that ardent and loved region. identified with my recollection of the numberless instances of confidence and of kindness that remain in the retrospect among the few bright spots that have cheered my waywad life, and will so continue under all circumstances, end in all places, that may intervene in the brier steppings that nature yet leaves between me and the grave. Even' imprud••nce and its.consequences benev olently termed misfortune, at no time cast a sha dow on this brightness, and the present kind re membrance of me I Cherish as an evidence that it yet continues; for thisevidence, I beg you and the gentlemen you represent; to accept my re spectful acknowledgments, and to be assured of my regret that circumstances. will prevent the pleasure I should have in mingling with you all, in the joyous affair of brightening the iron links that drag the mountains to the tide. I am, dear rir, yota ob't sers't, J. LYON. By Joseph Lyon. The Iron Links, that drag the Alountaine of Schuylkill county to the Tide of 'Delaware. Dear Sir am honored with yours of the 4th, inviting me to join the citizens of the Coal Region of Schuylkill County at a dinner and a ball on the occasion of opening'the Pottsville, Reading and Philadelphia Railroad; a previous engagement will deprive ma of the pleasure which you have proposed and which I should greatly covet. The successful tnterprize of our follow citizens that dcvelopes the resources of Pennsyl vania andaupplies the means of securing a rea dy market therefor, while it opens a communica tion between residents df different portions of the Commonwealth, is worthy of praise and celebra tion, antk those whose possessions and positions are to be improved by the enterprise are entitled to felicitation. (, As cannot share with you in the festivities of the ay, may I ask that if an opportunity should ccur at the table, you will as a token of my sense of direct interest in the labors you cel ebrate, offer the following sentiment in the name of your Obedient servant, By Jose - ph' R. Chandler. The Philadelphia, Reading and Pottsville Railroad, a valuable addi tion to the motalic basis by which our paper is sues are to obtain extensive and rapid circula tion. PnfLAtyttrnil. Jan. 10, 1842 Office of the Ptiladt4phia & Rending Rad Road Company. Gentlemen—l am prevented by indisposition from c -niplying with your polite invitation to be present at your celehration at lila of the Rail Road Which connects Pottbvin6 with Phila delphia. The completion of this connexion is indeed matter of rcj tieing to all who feel an interest in our common prosperity; and 1 should be truely happy to join the large circle .of our friends Ind prirtake of yotir festivities if it were in my pct." er to do so. beg leave to tender to your acceptsnce on this joyful' occasion, a sentiment which is given with great sincerity. Success l to every improvement which tends to give employment and reward to lionevt lobar ; to extend the circle of tivetul knowledge; to bring in to enjoyment the bounties of Providence, and to promote individa.l provperity and the commo:: goad. I am, Gentlemen, with great respect, Your ob't servant. ELILIU CIIAUNCEY F. B. Dear Sir: I have, for weeks, anticipated the • pleasure of meeting my Pottsville friends, on the. interesting occasion to which • your letter refers ; .and am therefoio much grieved to find that my business will not permit my absence from home On the 11th. I did presume that your festivities would be held on the 15th and had made my ar rangements accordingly. • You have touched a chord of thrilling 'memory in your kind 'letter, when you designate me as an old friend of Pottsville and her interests: My happiest associations, both of youth.and man -hood, have connected with the lovely spot, where art struggles with nature for, the mastery in the sublime 'and beantiful,the useful and picturesque. The;many valued friends who will Surround - yenr festive board, and the many cherished associates, who will mingle, amid mirth and music, in the P:IIL %DELPHI A, Jun, 6, 1812 Office of the U. 3. Gazette, Philr.d. Jan. 7, 1842. JOS. R. CHANDLER Hanniantlno, Jan 8, 1841 'evening, nifty Jasit gai*intylmlrsence,;, - litit. I sots ans you, my dew air;iliaCatOe foam, :of the:- wine cup, and: in the. maitel;4462::-linxioot the BPhil. of at least one canientee:icili tie'ivithion, in .imag ination; and if I can flatter my self; (andcandid— ly. I do) that of your happy . thronf;r. some one may wish that uhe too Were here,' it would be but the re-e.ho of the fervent - wish of him 'who n 4 subscribes himself y our friend and the iiiend of ilesville and her interests, :Would that on Tueselic, I could hold sou all „in the hollow of breaditnd give you a hearty spieme of con gratulation, veil as I feel my heart desires in its Briarean Yours, most truly, ' ,JA MES S. WALLACE. - For fear I ohoula be forgotten, I send you a sentiment. By James B. Waact'. Pottsville—Still on ward ! The indomitable e.erg, of her pioneer, and the untiring industry of successors, have shown that in the Sehu) lkill Coiitegion "roan E S So sren wont) Aa rAtt.!" Str. , tnunr, Jan. 10:'.842 F. 11. Nichols, Chairman, &C. Dear Sir—Permit me, through you, to olb r the most sincere thanks for 3 our kind invitation to participate in celebrating the opening of the Railroad from PhiladeljAlia to Pottsville. This acknowledgment _has been delayed, in the hope that the official business which is now detaining me at this place might be brought to a close in time to admit of my attendance upon the inter esting occasidn. But I now find that it will not be possible to be present. The citizens along the line, and pt each extremity of the toad have, however, my best wishes for the success of this pr.ise-worthy enterprize. And if the occasion would seem tb admit of any manifestation of fa vorable views, in the course of the festivities pro posed, you Will be pleased to present the sub joined. • Yours truly, • ELLIS LEWIS. The Banks and the VaUt's of the Coal Re gion-,- With ! deposiks of exhaustless wealth— with industry and enterprise to direct—and with exchange eilndueled by S'e3lll power, they will he able to redeem the promises of the whole country. Set(ltt7llY, Jan. 10, 1812. F. B. Nicnot.s. Esq.. Chairmen. Dear Sir—Your note of imitation to me, to partake of the festivities ir. celebration of the im• portant era •which has ju,t dawned upon your vicinity,.._-haa been received, and I regret exceed ingly that pruleaamnal crigagemenlB in court w e ll Prevent me front accepting the kindness which you b tend, and from ei•j•tying a pirticipation in the j .your oncastin of y•tur asietublage. Pottsville, to me, possesses peculiar interest. I was am mg its eat - hest inhabitants. On the spot where the splendid hovel, in which your tiviCes are to be celebrated now iitands, Fa ther r.rectell hie unpretending dwelling, bkirtr,l upon the one side try the towering pmes rabic! , the axe of the woodman had spired, and on the qiher, by the bleacCed remnants of thaw which had fihen before his repeated blows. ft stood alone, the first efr..rt towards your present prnA perily and future erentrtess, and the signal for the enterprize that ham followed. The well directed industry and liberality and intelligent enterpriie that has converted the once dead ite spot into the comfortable abode of culti vanel man, and penetrated the bosoms of the bleak and frowning mountains to reach the dia. 4000 d, that, with such swift enchantment has po pulated your county and built your town, has now induced the completion of the magnificent work that crowns your labors, and almost annihi• fates the space bete ern Pottsville and the gent and beautiful commercial metropolis. Such la bar merits such a reward. Al h ugh I cannot be with you in person, be assured I r•ldco in the esm , urnination of the grew enterpr . ze with all 'fervor of on aborigi nal of l'onaville. With many ttanks for Ole kind manner in which you have been to c.invey your in• vitaion, end with sentiment• of great respect, I have tho p'e i.ure to he Your obe Nerv't, C'IIIRLEI G. DONN EL Ptur.i.,Tccsnar MORNING, Jan. 11, 1812,' Gentlemen-1 mo=t sincerely regret that under the advice of my Physician I am prevented limn j ining you on this festive occasion. Be oesured my heart is with you. Very respc,dfully yews, (.EO. W. EDWARDS. As a Isntinit4lt I give yan. The Mining hterest of Pennsylvania ; second to none in real value to the State. REGULAR TOASTS The event we celebrate—Honnrable to the persevering enterprixe of the Company, and cre ditable to-the 4101 and industry of the Engineers, Contractors and Laborers, who completed the work in so shoat a time; and when the whole country was oppressed nub unexampled pecunia. ry einbarrssa-nent, Pentwylvania—Her ebstraetions" are her great minerals—her interior resources for surpass the rich productions of her smiling end beautiful surface—her banks of Coal and Iron will in due time meet all bet drafts, and enable her to satisfy all her creditors, whether,on this or on the other side of the Atlantic. The United States—The firmest bonds of their strength and union are Rail Roads, such EH cure; whlch brings Philadelphia and this Anthracite Regina within jive hours of each other. With' sm.!, roads, radiating over the union from cur Notional Metropolis, we want no expensive forti fications of stone and mortar— Our hardy miners and farmers can °meet the enemy and make them theirs," before they have time to form, "-and the intercourse in peace of our clrize,i.e, whilst it expands their love of a common country, destroys all sect*" jealousy. . The President am! Congress of the Ut,itcd States—Servants of a free and. independent So vereignty, which dates its charter from the hand of man's Creator; and accepts no • , makna charter" from any fellow man. The Peoples' approbation is the sure and certain reward of :heir honest and faithful servant. The Army and Navy of the United .tates— Iltv.ds in their patriotic thermion to their coun try's fame and honor. Their gallantry, bravery and urbanity need no praise,—Theircountry frets it, and is proud of her sons. Agriculture—The Mechanic Arts—and Com merce—This last is the ear which carries the pro ductions of the two former to market ; but that market sill be unsteady and inadequate, unless guarded by Legislative Priteetion from Foreign Policy, and insidious design and rivalry. Philadelphia and Pottville—They now ate really united, and whilst this bosom lass, still in her teens, boasts of our herculean strength of form and constitution, all she asks of her elder sister, "rich in a thousafid charms and accomplishments, is to give her a fair price for her staple—pay for rt punctuallyiand in propierreason. - The governor and Legislature of Pennsylva nis.—Thei represent an honest, industrious and a free people,-who confide in the integrity and honesty of their public servants. The Common wealth expecte-cool, deliberate, wise and patriotic legislation ; from them, 'divested of all party and sinister design and . .object: The State is in di& trese and looks tole, eons to make her as free .....• —,7: :-.. ,-,-.,:,;,:1,-,,,,,.:,ft-z';:::14:-:-..;.:7 ;*; ,4 ... , :; = :. - ..:' ,, ''it: - .L:.:e1f.' ,1 "," 4 , - .g--,7---,-:-...-:-.. .-,..!-4,y,"..,2-:,',..,-i:-1.,,.:1-..4,7,,,;;E:.....,.-:::-.,-.,. ESE 111 . _ of,debtasette bobestly tiebixes,taftvery Ora she _ ' •- . , -The Judiciary of the State ana,.cifStieljnitril States—The best laws miy betAtitf9pittperative or noxious - 14+A edminititration-Ihe -ermine should never come into contact with party politics, at it must be soiled. It should be 85 pure as the Snows on Ida's cap and above suspicion " Our Republican Instituttomf--We envy not the 9 Old %Vert,'" all the pomp. pageantry and circumstance of their monarchies; nor the cost and expense of supporting broodi of royal hant limps. and an unproduc•ive aristocracy, which .boasts of its surpassing Income, whilst the mil lions pine in poverty aid want, worked to *alit to sustain Our invited Guests—Though at this season our Mouutaih gorges pipe with .the rude blasts of Burgas. yet whenever our friends may visit us, they Is ill never meet a cold reception. A i erican and Enterprize.LThey WI under the fostering, wing of our Heaven soar. ing bird, whose piercing eye watches over their intereots, whilst his beak and talons are ever wady , to defend their right!. • The Daughters of America—Named last, the' first in all that is lovely stud adinirstile—Dut fer "Air mothers, our country's , sous had never been wlia's, t h e y were; and her Independence had 'ne ver beevachirved—Cornelir showed her sins as lter onlyj aVC j g , an d Mary's ineornpsrable and •riatchlesa Chnrge will never be estimated until maw ceases to L av e Liberty and to hale °macs- EMI By F. B. Nichols, Pres% Th' n President and Dacctors of the Philadelphia', fittadint, and Potts ville R.ulro,d, their officers and ugente ; their proves thrirsuperior merit. • P. Farquhar, Vice- Presto The Phil.rdel. and Poitsville R iilraad. 4tay they rimer Schuylkill Coal to make their car-go. work E IMIM J. li. Campbell. The union of Phila !clphia with the Schuylkill Coal flegt,, w , w h a tev er t h e ptrsono/ appearance of the Anal' icite Ilrtde•may oe, she will prove . a weallhq and prolific wife. S, Bradford, E-q. The hospitality of Schuyl kill county. it is as unbounded as their coal mines are inexhau,tible. By Lewis'Audenried. The President rind Di rectors of the Philadelphia and _Pottsville fin). road. Ey their colt rprising and Frseverame, vtliiLh lumber obstacles nor opp..sition could check Jr overcome, they have opened for the rich products of Schuylkill ceunty, a great market at ail 501140119 of tho year, by a s peedy and cheap communication. They must shortly renp the re ti,ar,le of their unexampled I .hor. By C. Loeser. The Rail Road, tallich We pent to benefit ua 'greatly, let ua remen.ber th it it has been made with the maory of the aged, the Widow and the orphan. By Lieut. W. A. Ntchola. The Vatznterrz rf Schuytkiii County ; hardy as their Iron lirlls, should occasion otter they +ail make good Use of their steel. By Henry G. Robinson. The Schuy iption and the Philadelphia and Pottsville Nail Road. May they mutual!) beirfit each other and the ecnnmonity at large. By Michael Niurphy. The rottsvifle and Phil.i.lelphiaßailroad.—One of the Qnatier city'. grand arterys ; ith a strong an'a steady encula. lion through it of our life warning commodity., Ise will endeavor to keep her pulse regular . and healthy. .•... Bj M .jar J. If Downing. Cot, Gen Shng maker. limiest, enter-rising and respectable. L -M. S an ilr i nn. R,putiation= A financial anomie, the alternative between - divsnrgeanLl ah. sqn Aulation After our guests had appeased their hunger and had time to dress, they proceeded to the mag nificent Ball Room, prepared for their reception.. in the Town list! ; and we may remark that ii 1 any feelings of disappointment were . experienced 1 by them at the Dinner, they were amply co pensated by the splendor of the arrangements, the beauty, gaity, and universal good fce'ing that greeted their entry into the hall Room. The Managers had procured the a3tendance of the fir and justly celebrated Johnsoris• Bandfrum Phil adelphia, and we may say witli!tirrte,i‘that never in the whole of our life did we llstent& More de. lightful music. The laughing . eotlidon in pa-tic ular, produced an effect truly:. snrPrising --the greater part of the company wee whirling in the giddy maze of the dance-, the rich flow of melo dy, in measured time, was guiding them through its intricacies, when suddenly a burst of mirth broke upon their cars—all was amazement—tile dance ceased for a moment—every one jurned to see from whence the sounds pOCeeded,and fo l it was the inimitable Johnson laughing harmoni nust,; the whole company caught* spirit land if gaity and good humour were prevalent before, they were now increased tenfold. It would be invidious, were we to particularize"the beauty, appearance, or dress, of any of the ladies present ; but we can,without fear of contradiction, state that they could not be excelled in that indiscribable • deportment, the invariable characteristic of ladies, which, unlike their dresses, cannot he put on for the occasion—by those of any other city in the Union. Our guests were surprised and delight ed—surprised because they did not expect tohe hold the magnificence they saw—and delighted with the congregated beauty of-the Coal region among whom they mingled. The dancing was kept up with spirit until Half past three o'clock the following morning, and although our guests and many of our own citizens were fatigued when they arrived herein the evening, they looked re freshed and animated at the conclusion. The ball broke up in the right time before feeling's of lassitude and weariness had time to engender, and every one retired from the scene'well pleas ed and satisfied. Too much praise cannot be allotted to the gentlemen who composed the Ball Committee, f , r the. splendid and tastrful manner in which the room was lighted and decorated. And as far es the Ball we. concerned, it passed off with greater eclat than we anticipated. (r _7- We copy iho following occout4 of the pro cm:logs in Plnladelphia, from the Lecher: Oct:NV:in op TnE PortsTrtLE We yesterday referred to the dinner, to be given at the,‘Vashingten House on the previous even ing to the Committee of Arrangements from the Coal Region, on the opening of the Philadelphia. Reading and Pottsville R a il roa d, William F. Emlen, , President of the Compri'', presided at the table. After the cloth was removed, tbe owing toast was read by the President:- 41 t ur friendalrom Schuylkill County." In responding to this sentiment. Mr. Jmnes ff. Campbell, of Pottsville, on behalf of the don) mittee, said it was with feelings of pleasure that they met their Philo&!phis fritnds on this occa sion, end held an interchange of thought end feeling. The hardy sons of the Schuylkill Coal Region, whom they h a d the honor of reptesent ing, felt the deepest interest in the compl .te success of the Philadelphia, Reading and Pottsville Rail road. Those who had joined in the procession of that evening, were but an earnestof the fading which existed there in relation to this great nil dertaltings feeling that had occasioned en out pouring of their people, ready to welcome the at rival of their Philadelphia friends on the morning. SF/13 , )' , ::•.,:.: 1 ::,.Y--.. - , , ,.:-. - .,.; : - . . -,...-:::::,..-:-:.-...•1,-.: VOLUNTEER TOASTS THE BALL ..%*xfAtit,tim.DAdusgssl Mid This,,tte said; was bo common'',ociasion. In .• the language of the greatest states Min Of the day, ater live in the most extraordinary itikte "—an ago F in which the genius of enterprise —ms to have broodolover this people, end, they w e marched onward with prodigious strides. ' ler° is an in. , tellectual grandeur—an irresistible energy mu 11... rested in the completion of theta great undipik • , ings, which 11.4itIlligh us the more we survey &rm. It must t i ll'rd the company greiit gratification, to men their: thoughts ern the 'eummettrAnient of this undertaking, and looking away4ern the brightness of the present, c o ni sm o kte th'e gloom of the past. Hutv cheerless was the proipett then spread out before them. Pr. plaice wa4te be re. •• moved--enterprise S.tuled w ith-- funds and friondt *ere to he obtained., I.:vcn nature bersillf reemeis• conspiting a; Mist them. Old Sharp'a z Miiuu.- tain " frowned upon their progress; ma oppoitud her rocky barriers to their advancement. , flit- where had prejudiceor native conquered theStriii.g • right arm of indi.stry Mountains had bccn ya : . elled—ravinert third up—and the bonela earth penetrated. The iron hand connecting the, Schuylkill Coal Region with theii. cothme mart, had been completed, and he trusted , tll l 3. band would be long enough and strong.enotkgW bind the full sheaf of our pygpi.rity. All mast see the vext , thport:tnce of this Wo r k % When the Pottsville and Sunbury, and Williams port and Railroada ore completed, we will have a grand internal chain of improvement., con. greeting the I •kt s with the waters of the Delaware, and alt the western and north•western !nide trif poor a rich tide of wealth into this eidertrising • • env. We bring with us, he soi.!, the bucial nnthraei.e of our region to warm our friends. A s few hours since, it was deep beneath the surface, locked up in the embrace of the solid oarth—now it sparkle' in the grhte, an emblem of the wa►mth of your reception• We have brought with us one hur,• died and eighty tons of the.staple of our region.-- portion ot this woo mined this.. morning at 3 o'clock, and is now sending a cheerful via, m s through the room in which we are assembled, Po•nnrrrow it will burn in New York, and on the 101 l .wing day in Boston. In conclusion, said Mr. Campbell, allow me I ;I%e on Ph./rde/phia —She manila tMtvreen the tan great e•immereial arteries, self sustained, upright. May the Schuylkill coal region nerrt fail to send warmth and We throughout her syr tem. By Joseph Ripley. The opening'"of the aidphia, Reading and Pottsville Railroad. The dawn o!" a new era in the prosperity of the Con.. mon wealth. By 1.1.1vy ad Y. Fs , quhar. The Cite .4'1'10.: (I Iphii. The colordes• in the Coal RI glue sa:l proudly recognize her fostering core. By Ntrange N.. Palmer. Philadelphia ad Poltarilie. May the union dila day enmutna. :ed, be enduring as the Coal hills of our on Seim) ki!l county. By B. Batman. The Schuylkill Coal and lrrr Mountains—our jeo but may the I hiledeirri and Pottsville Hothead dragthem all away. By W. F. Emlen. Our Guests. They In Ihrice oeloome—welcome on this glorious ere. I ' sion—welcome as the harbinger of the first COll train—welcome for their ,tood society. By Wirt Robinson. The Iron Link whirS t" c innects Philadelphia with Schuylkill county. kitty it prove an everlasting drain to the treasum of her mountains. ..,,By Henry Biddle. Philadc pbia and Putts : iii") , an increasing coal trade raise their t friendship to a welding heat. • By Geo. NV. Edwards. heiMiniieleurnal, The able advocate of the Coal ittilOiLL By a Guest. I mre ; its first promulgator be endurii 'le Tat of at wretch who burnt the Temple oftEithestr. By S. 13rodford. rbilatlcipliWand Pottsville. Moy their union be es conducive to the hspr. news of their citizens as it must 'be to their pros• IMMEI Anonymous. Love laughs at lailtimiths; road* laugh at lock hui:ders. , By a Gue.t. William F. Ernie!). Mg Le never he in fault." • By' J. M. Sanderson. The bireciors of thr Pottsville Raiir.ed. Like their tr!otitre _power, etary have draggad their Read into existence. ' By A. Ildward.r.' Sooner would we be on t lee shore than under ihe influence of the Lehigh. By A. 13 .Pnn. The Philadelphia, Reading ell Pott:wille R rilrnn.l. The secomi link in the chin which must shortly bind the Lakes of the liens• west With the ocean. ' By a Guest. May we never he rode 0111 worse rail th in that of the 'Philadelphia at.: PottsviEn By George C. Wynkoop. The Directors an( Managers of the Philadelphia and Pottsville IW road. The forgers of the great link which ea• 'wets us with our city friends; inay the - chsin vacs remain unt;roken, end their exertions newt. tl.g. Anonymous. The ddrk holes in Sebnyli..t. CMDity-4 , May their shatiiiwi never be leis.' F . - . By Ottarks T. Stewart. "I'do 641 of Sells , kill Cmanty. M.y it not always be coal ( co:, a but sometimes !W. By a Guest. Philadelphia Metal—may it 1 , ways be reaJy to reward Pottsville etiterpthe. An9oxtriquc S hayl4iill Navigation with' Lift of over air hundred feet. They mai haw better !'fl that, that before the, can eeco Goal Trade. By a Guest—l'hiladclphia BeadMiß; road and Schuylkill Ntivik;ttki . a..ilAifiy. the do tike the hindmost. . Anonymous—The' bank; 10441t:heShvyrA- May they never complain of lita,frie. runs them. - By Francis M. Wynkoopeani generj? from Canal water. It will If arraignd for the crime heforol , Patts \ eilltk. we need not fear the verdict. ; Mr. John M. Crosland, of Pottsville, Lea re marked that he had heard a nuMher of lass's e r.npttrery to the tick') (kill Navigation Grnrn and complimentary of the Phif.ktrelpkia, and Pottsville R dlroad company. In the b•tc.: ,: he was dip ',led to jilt), but must present objections to the former. lap aplain spoken rn% chanie, said he. a boat builth , r, and beg yonritAf . l g enre, Mr. President, ill speak foe plain. Tkir 'i g alion Company aro the mentnt ! ef empirijlog least ono hundred men in our iniinty at hither ness alone, white the Re:1114- Bailrianktla " pang have nn work done thciedhough:lo o : be pleased to have as much-to ray fat thfet r° balance that account. • , It must he evident to all present that kci" the exertions of the Schtivlltill Naviption pang, me should not now enj,y your hospit.P When that Company first undertook the n,,ta of their Canal,they knew nut that they mull" remunerated for their expenditures. They lA" gone on with their improvements, surmaiiiv:r: almost every obstacle, until the Beading Company have been induced to compete for fruits of their enterprise. • As I s tit] before, the Ndvigation Co. could ho" no possible assurance that their expet.ditures ever be repaid when they first broke grenti': their canal. But what has it accomplished us! Why, Mr, President, but for that conv,vol we should not have met yotf In this festival. least for some years to come. 'By moans of th 0 wopany . hundreds of meehanics and labs
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