The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-01-26
Our Express from Boston with the Foreign
News

News.
From the Boston Transcript Jan q.
THE New YORK ExPREssEs.-Quite an excitement
prevailed at the Worcester depot this morning at
locomotives were putting and blowing backing and fill
ing, eager for the start awaiting the arrival Of the Er
press messengers The Herald man was on the ground
first and had five minutes the start The other for the
Tribune, Courier, Express, Sun. and two Philadelphia
papers followed with strict orders not to than
the Herald express will proceed via Norwich and
the Long Island railroad The other will be conveyed
New Haven BY railroad, and from New Haven to New
York by horses As the Long Island road 10 obstructed
ny & bss a. 10 ten hs
were at Westboro' Thirty miles in about hall hour
is pretty fair running.
From the Boston Journal, JAM %
FOREIGN NEws.-Two expresses left here this morn
ing for New York. with the foreign news ono for the
Journal Of Commerce and others, and ono for the NeU
York Herald Both were over the Boston and Wor
cester railroad far Worcester. engine follow
ing close upon the heels Of the other. Al Worcester
the Norwich and Long Island railroad That of the com
bined press" is to be run from Worcester by horses to
Twitcheil : from Hartford 10 New Haven by railroad
and from New Haven to New York by horses again
There is but little doubt Of the horse express reaching
New York hours 10 advance of that by the Long
Island railroad the whole thing is SO admirably ar
ranged that its arrival can be calculated almost to
a minute. We informed by Mr.. Parker, conductor
the Western railroad, to whom indebted for
New York pape that the two expresses were met by
the Western train short distance this side OF Worces
ter, within about 1--WE minutes Of each other
From the Boston Mail, Jan. al
Two expresses left this city for New York. yesterday
the arrival of the Hibernia one for the Ntw York
Herald and the other for several other New York pa
pers. The Herald express was TO 60 by the way
way of Hartford and New Haven The former got the
start the Worcester railroad but learn that on
arriving at Worcester the steamboat train had not az
rived and the superintendent Of the Norwich road
fused to the express that road for fear Of meet
ing the mail train. The associate papers have there
fore probably the this heat. Two expresses
also started for Portland the Eastern and the
other over the Boston and Maine railroad. We shall
probably learn the result Of this trial OF speed day
From the Boston Times, jan 24.1
THE New YORK ExPREssEs.-Quite an excitement pre-
vailed the Worcester Depot yesterday morning at
o'clock says the Transcript to see the start Of the rival
expresses. The two locomotives putting and blow
ing backing and filing eager for the start awaiting the
arrival Of the express messengers. The Herald man
was ground first and had Ave minutes start The
other for the Tribune Courier, EIpress Sum- and two
Philadelphia papers, followed with strict orders not to
nearer than half mile of the Herdids locomotive
From this Boston Mercantile, Jan "a
The two expresses which lett here with the foreign
news arrived safely at Worcester, when the one for
Bennett abandoned its projected route via Long sland
and went on in the regular Western accommodation
train via Springfield and New Haven and probably ar
rived in New York at twelve o'clock last night
The horse express when last heard FROM fully up
to ts time. The Long Island Road seems to be COM
petely blocked up with Passengers by the trains
from New York were obliged to return and come on by
the steamboat.