Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1830-02-09
DOMESTICK NEWS.

DOMESTICK NEWS.
BALTIMORE, Fer. |. Some further
experiments were made on Saturday last
upon the Railroad, which were highly
satisfactory. Although the day was unu-
sually cold, considerable number of Cit
liens and several strangers of distinction
were present, among whom were His Ex-
cellency the Baron de Krudener, Minister
from the Court of St. Petersburg. the
Hon. Mr.Letcher Of Kentucky. member
of the Committee on Internal Improve
ments, and the Hon. Richard Spencer,
member of Congress from the Eastern
Shore Of Maryland. After the return of
the party from the Carrolton Viaduct,
the Russian Minister made an excursion
in the Meteor" Sailing Car, with the
performance of which he expressed him
self highly grati6ed. The car came in 4,
in fine style, gliding beautifully along at
the rate of from fifteen to twenty miles an
hour, and being at this speed so COM
pletely manageable as to remove all APP
prehension of danger. The" Meteor"
made several trips during the afternoon,
affording considerable amusement to the
spectators and qualification to the pas
sengers, all of whom expressed much
surprise at the smooth and equabIe man
ner in which they were so swiftly borne
along.-American.
RAILRoAD. The experiments on the
Railroad continue to afford the highest
satisfaction to the numerous visiters that
daily attend them. Last Saturday, a
number OF carriages were connected, and
filled with about one hundred and fifty
passengers, amounting to at least fifteen
tons in weight, including the carriages !;
and this immense load was drawn by one
horse at the rate ofsix miles an hour. A
number of members of Congress had ar
ived from Washington and witnessed the
experiment. There seems to have been
a judicious propriety in finishing this part
of. the road for the trial of cars, as it will
enable the company when the whole line
is ready, to adopt those Of the best con-
struction without delay or wasteful ex-
pense. As yet, the Winan improvement
appears to be decidedly the best; but ev.
en- that will doubtless undergo many and
great improvements, which these expert
ments will suggest. As to the practicable
ity of railroads to any extent, that is no
longer matter Of doubt-it has been set
tied by test Of unerring certainty, and
no one now, after seeing the experiments,
thinks Of asking the question. All agree
that turnpike roads are not more practica.
bic. And as to the comparative advanta-
ges of railroads and canals, that is ques-
tion equally as deinitively settled in the
minds of all who have witnessed the oper-
alton of both, in favour of railroads. We
have now an illustration of one of the adj
vantages of railroads.&c. a canal occupied
the site of the railroad it would now be
useless-locked up with ice or empty.
Bali. Gaz.
CAUTION. Ore day last week, resident
in County street, who was occupied in plas-
tering an upper room in his house, carried
up pan of Goals to forward the drying.
His son, not long afterward, had occasion to
visit the room, and on entering, the first OBJ
ject that met his eye was his father, lying
insensible upon the floor; snffocated by the
deleterious vapor. Immediate assistance
was procured, and the patient recovered,
but little longer delay would probably
have proved fatal.
It is but a little time since similar accl-
dent occurred in the High School in this
town. The pupils in the French class had
with the instructor in that depart
ment, into small recitation room; and as
the weather was cool. pan of Goals had
been placedin the chimney to render the
room comfortable. 1t happened, however,
unknown to the head Of the School, that the
had been stopped up, and the vapor
spread all over the room, stu
pifying the scholars to such degree that
when the door was opened, (which by a for
.unate accident was before much time had
elapsed) some of them were unable to stand
Ind others reeled to and fro like drunken
men. Fresh air and proper attention soon
recovered them. But, little longer, and
would have been too late.
Salem Gcz. 18th utt.
The United States Telegraph Of Friday,
lfter commenting on Mr.. Webster's re-
marks of the preceding DAY on the para
,raph quoted by him from that paper, re-
publishes the paragraph and says "we
gain re-afirm its truth, in despite of his
as we'll as Of his threat"