Litchfield enquirer., 1846-03-05
A MAGNIFICENT PROJECT.

ton Of Q Rail- Road in very nearly a
straigh! line from New York to Boston,
passing through New Haven. Middle
town5 WilIimaniic. W0onsocket a char
ter has already been granted from New
Haven, Westward to the State line, and
an application 10 before the New York
Legislature 10 empower the SAME Com.
pany to extend their Road In the direc.
ton OF this city until il enters the Har.
lem. Authority 70 extend the Road from
New Haven to the East line OF Con.
necticut, aud to construct the section
through Rhode Island to Woonsocket,
will be applied for, we understand, at the
Approaching sessions of those States re-
spectively.
Nearly or quite The whole route has
been surveyed, and il is ascertained that
no gsade will exceed fifty feet to the
mile, with easy curves. The distance.
compared with any Of the existing
routes, will, it Is said, be shortened 80
miles. @' es s"'
1t is designed 70 lay the rails six feet
asunder, and to make them Of such
weight and frmness as will admit of the
greatest speed.
The calculation 10, that The whole dis.
tance between Boston and New York,
can be run in FOUR HOURS and will be
regularly run in not exceeding foe.
Many gentlemen of sound judgment,
including several individuals of great
wealth, have expressed a most decided
opinion Of the feasibility Of the under.
taking, and that the stock will he *.
tremely valuable. 1t 10 plain that If such
road were in existence, it would corn.
mand all the travel in winter, and nearly
all in summer.
Further. it is plain that no Road can
ever be made between the two cities.
which will DO either shorter or quicker.
|: is calculated that the fare may be put
at $S, through, and pay a good profit.
NJ Y. Jour. of Com.
For ORzcoN.-The brig Henry, Capt.
KilburD. called from Newburypor on
Monday, for Oregon, with a number Of
passengers-includiDg women and chit.
iren. The Newbaryport Herald says
that three or four hundred spectators
gathered on the wharf to witness the
briggs departure, and there were many
moist eyes among those who took leave
of their friends. Religious exercises
were had on the occasion, prayer being
offered by the Rev. Mr.. Campbell. and
q brief address offered by DR.. Dana.
Another vessel will sail for Oregon,
about the S0sh of March, from New
York. 80
SNnaa O0~~.~-
FoR.-The London Correspondent Of the
Boston Traveller says: II was for,u.
nate in being able, through the polite
ness OF friend, to obtain an excellent
position in one of the rooms to the House
of Lords, aud through which not only
the Queen. but the Foreign Ambassa.
doris and their suites. in their diplomatic
costumes, Dukes, Earls, Lords, and a
great number Of Peeresses, passed. Il.
was an interesting sight. After the
Queen, no one elected more attention
than the Duke Of Wellington. Thought
he appeared much excited the Queen,
on the cnntrary, wore calm and sfni-
ling countenancc. and walked with her
usual grace and dignity. No one could
fail to observe that she was again in an
" interesting situation !" indeed, It is ex.
pected that in less than three months
there will be an addition TO her happy
family.
SINGULAR AfYAIR.-A man who had
just come to Dixbogo, Mich., with view
of taking up his residence there, has
made a statement to the Magistrate OF
that place that his house has been haunt.
ed by female apparition, who said she
had once lived in that house, had been
murdered for her money. &c. The ear.
mes: manner of the deponent induced an
examination Of the corpse of the person
indicated as having formerly dwell in the
house and the Coroner's jury, after a
careful scrutiny. returned q verdict of
death by poisoning. Were II not for
this circumstance, the statements Of Van
Wart might have been attributed to the
wanderings Of diseased brain.
A MrtLIoNARE UNDER COMBUSTION or
LuNAcY.-A commission 10 now sitting in
New York. to ascertain whether iona.
Hunt. a bachelor Of AZ, worth 1000. GOO,
is sane or not. Messrs. Francis Griffin
and Thedofe Sedgwick, Jr., appear as
Counsel in support Of the charge, and
Messrs. Ogden Hoffman midi. Prescott
Hall. fir Mr.. n. The chief evidence Of
insanity may be thus summed up. He
began fife nj Troy by supporting poor
poor old mother by carrying round can
dies on a shingIe and crying them. AT
IL he hired . shop in q basement. and
went TO keeping shop. Hismother lived
next dor to the shop. He commenced
dealing In almost every thing, and his
apsness for trade was subject Of general
remark!
Every thing seemed to thrive In his
hands. At 81 he was worth $1,000. 10
1870 he went into business in Alabama
where he grew very rich by land
speculatinns. On returnihgto New York
h. settled bis step brothers and sisters
He recently made $4,000
ON n cotton speculatiCns while people.
said he was crazy and would loose el6O.
coo. His recent large purchase of lots
on the Stuyvesant meadows seems likely
10 be a similar crwxy undertaking. Onr
Of the chavgrs against him h. that he
imagines that he can sing and dance.
while neither 10 the case. The Jury,
., ftoe rnnwsaIem ion SasOpn anna h9A IN ..aena