New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-13
Cyrioua Rai,rond Adventure.


A COZ cspondent Of the PittsGel Sun relates the
itsuowius singular story Of happy gentlemen
subo attempted 70 use The Honsatomc Rs'lrosd
track as a highway:
When ,de night train from New York was within
l.hree U,s-,ers Of mile Of the Falls Village Depot,
lCapasn Conn, on obstruction was felt By Mr..
IBridgemaa. conductor, who, upon questioning the
lepgneer found that he had discovered an object on
the tract bat was too close upon IT, and under such
lbeadwsy es to be unable 10 escape It. On exam
ming the catcher on the arrival at the depot, the
!irterstices were found filed with the fragments OF
10 wagon body presenting the appearance OF
Icrow's nest. With much anxiety the conductor,
with Attendants and lights, passed back over the
Track. Some eighty rods from the depot, broken
pg was iUund, which sustained the observation OF
lope Of the temperance hands Immediately previous
hat "tbcre was rum somewhere Some dozen rods
farher they discov cred q shirt, without owner aud
will out blood. Soon the broken spokes and hubs,
and tires wrenched aud broken brought them to the
feene OF the disaster.
In a deep excavation adjacent was found valu.
abe horse lying upon bis back Stiff aud with faint
lsens q life In the meantime no human forms
we're discovered, until the loud call Of the con
lsuctor vas heard, when the unsteady voice of en-
equally unsteady man was heard IN the thicket,
rear at Ia end, who soon clambered down the banS,
- directly as circumstances would admit Hc was
sccompa ned by two interesting little boys, one Of
our and tire other Of SIX or eight years vi age.
70 the question Of Mr.. Bridgeman, What are
YOU dOi.e on the track Of the railroad z! the an
syer returned was 10 the memorable style Of the
amy in Flanders, Of which Uncle Toby spoke
some tine ago. 1t seemed that the poor man hs4
| 10 conce pi!on that he had been rode wn By tue
ion horer. or that he was on any Other than .
booking bad public road, of which fact alone he
seemed 10 be fully sensible, Tor the smallest boy
mark {, ct papa said, as they coming along,
nat he stO'ad not ride over he road again TIL they
kad 'eP0i'cd Il.
The ur, bot of the matter is this. The man was
| engaged ia looking up a farm for purchase.
! gentleman in a neighbOriDg town had lent him
| IsluablC ainily horse, with which he had made
| Darne, his former residence. He was his
| rsturn. He had drank something stronger than
water ich confused either bis oyesight or his
| la1gmert that when the public road crossed the
1ilroad instead Of passing directly on, he turned
Upon tie track, the ties of which, good portion Of
| tie way protruded from TO inches above level,
and pas ed no less than five cattle guards, one or
two OF alich were Of double width. The horse
| With The buggy and jugs, &c. safely leaped them
| aD unac a. gutable as it may seem The noise OF
| bis own conveyance was such as TO conceal the
| spproach Of the locomotive in bis rear, which de-
moished the buggy, threw the horse into the ditch
and safely depositing the interesting stranger,
and bis fac boys, upon high bank some "a feet
IN ascent
What Is remarkable is this-the man affirmed
the horse had ran away and smashed the buggy
The horse was turned over and helped 70 rise, and
not a bone or even the skin was found broken. The
persons Of the man and two boys were unmutilat-
ed-no other marks were received than fine coat
stripped IN the back from waist 70 collar, and
somewhat cOmical expression given to the rear oil
his hat pretty good commentary this upon tenn
perate drinking. We ought TO add, further, that
another iua was found in the road safe and sound
md full which was duly smashed by those in at
tendance, to the no small chagrin OF its owner