The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-07-10
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAIL ROAD
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IN search Of pleasure than to cross the Atlantis
for the purpose ofindulging their taste for thu
beautiful and the picturesque, among the high
lands Of Scotland, on the shores of the Rhine
or amidst the mountains of Switzerland, the,
frequently leave behind, unhonored, without
even passing inspection, scenes which onl,
want the mellow ,inge which history and 70
nance always cast around localities, to be re-
] xarded as equal in interest TO any that the
world can afford. Without going further fol
examples than our present design may seem te
warrant, we will simply aIlude TO the magnf
cent scenery scattered with the widest profu
sion, along that whole extent of country which
lies betw cen Long Island Sound and the rive'
81. Lawrence and the Lakes, including the
whole of Western New York, and the larger
portion of the New England States. Lofty
mountains, fertile vallies, superb bays, majestic
rivers, secondary streams Of SURPRISING beau
ty, Erie, Niagara, Ontario and the ct. Law
Fence-these are the natural features Oh inc
land. To the man who takes an interest," IN
human progress, are presented IN the same
space. immense cities, thriving towns, flourish
ing villages, public works Of the most gig ah!'c
proportions, numberless railroads, vast canais'
huge aqueducts, fields teemlng with the pro
ducts of hu sbandry, the whole owned or con-
Quoted by the most energetic, the most ihlei"'
gent, and, because the most energetic and IN
telligent, the most prosperous population uh'
der the sun. Every year ssddiDg to the facii
tiles for visiting these regions, portions O.
which have heretofore been comparatively III
accessible to travellers. Railroads are traver-
sing them in all directions, not marring the
beauties of Nature, but bringing the traveller
from distance to admire them. In future, it
will be disgra ce 10 the tourist from this coun-
try to know more of the localities of France
and Switzerland, than he knows of his own
coun
We make these remarks preparatory TO in
Producing to the notice of our readers, many of
whom we should suppose, will profit by the
advantages which it offers, the "Great Northern
Railroad Route" from the city Of New York to
the White Mountains. 1t will be interesting
to such persons TO know that the New York
and New Haven Railroad Company have
formed connection with the railways through
the valley of the Connecticut river, and the
main railways in Vermont, SO as to secure to
travellers a thorough and unbroken transit,
from the city Of New York to St. Johnsbury,
Ogdensburg and Montreal.
The White Mountains and Willoughby
Lake are the objects Of greatest interest to
travellers upon this route. Visitors to these
points, leave New York, by the Express train,
at o'clock in the morning, and arriving the
same evening at Wells river or ST. Johnsbury,
go by stage to the Lake or Mountains the next
morning /; or if they prefer it, they can take
the Express train at half past three in the eve
ming, and staying all night at Springfield or
Northampton, can 60 through the next day
Taking the Harlem Railroad, they pass the
Harlem river, and, at the distance of ID miles
from the city, cross the Bronx, whose banks
have been rendered classical blythe genius of
Washington Irving. Here commences the
New York aud New Haven Railroad, sixty
one miles in length, and one of the most impOr
tant 10 the whole United States, being, in fact,
as it seems likely to remain, the only direct
land route between the city of New York and
the great valley of the Connecticut. 1t runs
nearly the whole way within few miles o!
Long Island Sound, frequently crossing arms
Of it, at the mouths of its rivers. This railroad
passes through many scenes ofromantic, and
some Of classical interest. One ofits stations
is at New Rochelle, where Thomas Paine
lived several years, where he died, where
he was buried, and where his bones lay in
TERED, until they were taken up tif we re
collect rightly by Goblet, and carried to Eng
land. monument, erected TO his memory
bears the simple inscription, "Thomss Paine
author of Common Sense died June 8, 1909.
At Greenwich the cars pass through Putnam
Hill, or Puts Ridge, 50 called from a DARN
feat Of the old revolutionary General, who
finding himself surrou nded by the British
troops, escaped by riding headlong down
long flight ofstone steps which connected tn
top ola very PERCEPTIONS hill with the ground
at it's base. At Southport, another station
and somewhat in rear OF the town, is the fa
nous Psquot Swamp, where that once power.
full band of savages made their last stant
against the English in 1857. A few miles fur.
ther on is Fairfield, which our readers will re
collect was burnt by the British Governor
Tryon, during the revolutionary war. -Four
miles beyond Fairfield. and near Bridgeport, il
lranistaD, the oriental residence of the re
nowned Phneas I. Barnum. the exhibitor o.
Tom Thumb and Jenny Line, himselfa greater
curiosity than either. Ifthe reader is fond o.
inspecting colleges, which we confess we are
not, he may crafty his taste al New Haven by
athorough examination of Yale. The whole
Of the country traversed by this railroad, is va
riegated by landscapes of surprising beauty
The traveller now enters upon the New Ha
ven, Hartford and Springfield Railroad, an,
begins his NEW route by passing under min,
bridges which carry the streets ofthe city owe
the track. There are many objects of interes
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