The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-01-09

A"e'o "oTe 100 many MINOR projects
JH flim. Had this Railroad been asila.
tod three years ago, the cars would now
be running between z nesville and Gin.
cinnal: These two cities are interested
deeply in the ehtefprizs.
ANOTHER PRoJEcTEp RAILROAD
the House Of the Ohio Legislature. bill
has been passed to incorporate the "Cin.
cinnati, Wilmington, aud Hahesfille Rail
road Company"
This is a charter for road direct from
GAINESVILLE to Cincinnati, by way OF Ian.
caster, Wilmington, &c. Ii passes thrBugh
a region oi country. the suil Of which is
unsurpassed in productiveness, and its
inhabitants ale among the weallhiest in
Ohip. This rnule has also, il is said, the
advantage of being some little shorter
than the route constructing between Gin
cinnsli and GAINESVILLE. As this is a high
y important movement to the wealthy
counties through which it viii! pass, there
is fair probability that it will te con
sirucled sooner nr later. This will be a.
mother grand feeder to the line from
Aaresville to Bridgeport opposite the
city of Wheeling.
Pittsburgh having now secured, by her
great western Railroad. connection with
the Eakes; and with Northern Ohio, and
The great North west, as we'll as with the
South. beyond Columbus, the ques
tion arises, how is she To establish imme
diate coiinet:l6h with all that part of the
Stale ofOhio south ofthe Ohio and Penn.
sylvania Railroad. and east Of Columbusl
Thus cun be accomplished by continuing
d Railroad down the Ohio river, from
Beaver To BIidgepott.
This will tap the Beaver and Sandy
Canal; the Welsville and Cleveland Rail.
road, the Sreu6envile and Indiana Rail,
road, and the Central Railr al from
Zanesville to Bridgeport. 1t will in fact
give US every additional advantage we
can ask. for direct trade with every
par, of Ohio. At Bridgeport We Gould
successfully compete with the Baltimore
Railroad for the trade aud travel coming
over the central road fiom the interior ii
Ohio, aud be- able to offer the shortest
and best route to Philadelphia ahd New
York.
1t will mt be difficult to accomplish
this project. The Cleveland aud Pitts
burg RAILROAD Company have charter
from the State of Pennsylvania and Ohio
which allows them to extend their i'm.
provement up bank of the Ohio river
to Beaver, aud down the bank tn Steuben.
vile aud Bridgeport, and the directors
are anxious to make these connections al
as early dav as possible. We under.
stand the project meets with considera
ble favor at Sleuhenvlle-o influential
and wealthy citizen having offered tc
take stock to the amount ut',en thousand
dollars if the work is undertaken. The
work eau be flushed, with good 7. rail
aud stocked, for about $l.200,0 900, or a
bout dne third of what it will cost to build
the Hempfeld road. even provided il
could secure the right of way through
Virginia. which we believe i, can never do
We throw out these suggestions for the
contemplation Of "ur citizens. aud we be
lieve they will be found worthy of fna
adop,ion.- Pittsburgh Gazette. ...
The above article tells the tale. Thi.
Contemplated Road is already awaken
ing a deep interest, lidt only along the
route, but in the East. The Pittsburgh
papgr at Unte appreciates its advantages
and already makes a bold strike TO "tap'
it at the most convenient point. 1t sees
at glance that the great line of trave
and freight from the West will be along
the proposed tou,e, The shortest as we
trust it will be made the best aud mos
substantial, aud hence counsels immedi
ate action to secure to that city, the Penn
sylvania Railroad and Philadelphia. {
portion of it's advantages, all Of which
will otherwise aGCtIe tn Baltimore city
and her great Railway west.
A Com RING IN A TURNIP. Tho fol
lowing singular incident connected will
the subject IF wedding ling, Occurred
a few years ago in England: A woman
acting as cook to lady at NnrthaelUton
in cutting turnip, found in the heart o
it a gold ring. aud Immediately made he
mistress acuuainted with the extranrdin
ary circumstance. The lady sent for tn,
gardeners wife, and asked Ser whethe
The ring tha, she then had upon her finge
was the one she had been married with
The woman replied that it was not. an,
she had unfortunately hist her weddin,
ring about year or two after her mar
risge. from off her finger, whilst weed
ing in the garden. She was then asked
she would know the ring if it was show
to het TJ this she replied that The rim
she lost had particular hiark upon il
which she described. The ring discov
cred in the heart Of then iurnp wa
then produced. and found from tn
marks TO be the identical ring lost b
the gardeners wife, aud Immediately re
stored TO her after i: had been in tn
ground ten or twelve years. -
FaezEN To DEArH. : The mail stag
between Hudson and Albany. N Y, Jus
after it left Hudson on the 25th, over
} took sleigh embedded III snow bank