The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-09-16

Maid hi. resnects to the land of his birth, -four d
himself one hot morning in August on his way
trom poston to the West, travelling by the
| m ans OF the Railroad leading iiom the Stub
Nest, towards Albany. 80 - { = =
TELEGRAPHINo.
Having seen statement in the newspapers
that passengers found difficulty in obtaining
barths in the sleeping cars from Albany to the
West, it was thought expedent to telegram
rom Framingham Junction for a lower Dertn
or Buffalo. .r.l farI zlaap DaA
I On reaching Albany and the New ork
Central R. R., (by running ia advance Of the
crowd) your correspondent found the car ana
WIS assured that only one berth was left. The
Conductor, in answer to my inquiry whether
ne had received my dispatch, said, it is all a
/ ID humbug to telegraph, he never paid
inv attention to the dispatches. First com e
first serve was his rule q ffgE "a ]
"MAN oyERBoARD..
Soon after leav.Rg Cnesler, .dsss. the tran,
stopped and word qdiA,Sly passed through t. e
,ars. that man had fallen from. the train.
Ne jumped from the car and as quickly
IS possible made our way to the rear. Some
lozen rods behind the train we found the
nangled remains. 1t seems that the man had
osen asleep on the platform Of the baggage
EAR and when the car lurched, he fell between
and the passenger car. A gentleman stand
ng near endeavored to save him. but ineifect-
lally. The entire train Of consisting of six.
passenger cars passed over his body, completely
evering it. Life was extinct The condue
or, directedthat the 'mangled mass be thrown
Up by the side ofthe track and Inotioned fol
The train to proceed With due modesty your
humble servant informed the conductor that
ne passengers characterized his conduct a.
hat of an inhuman wretch, and that ifhe had
my of the feelings usually supposed to nestle
in the human bosom he would take the body
lpon the train as far as the next station and
hen take measures to learn hehome and
riends of the lifeless man. He walked off
without knocking me down, for which I let
grateful. sNgAG3uEf II II
N. Y. G. r. R. co. .,
The New York Central Railroad is as com
oletely Independent of the public, as the New
York city post Office, both of which are nee
essary evil. Minor officials of both seem to
consider that they are comforting a high favor
by receiving the public patronage. The Cen
tral r. r. is the mo direct route fronthe
Cast to the West. 1t is hardly possible to
avoid it. And they have arranged many
shings without any regard whatever to public
convenience, an ''those clothed with little
brief authority" are unaccomadating aud tye
rannicaL have already alluded to the man on
the sleeping car, who had butIittle respect for
kilograms. This man madeup the berths when
ne pleased without regard to the wish
Of the passengers, and took them down in
the morning when he got ready. The yentila
tor near the writer's berth was closed and the
car was very close. / yentured to proffer re-
quest, in my humble manner, that the air
might be admitted, and 1 was informed that
it was none ofmy ID business whether
the air circulated or not. .,,,ss--r s,.s
( During the night heavy shower overlook
the train, and the water alm9stpiefced through
the leaky roof upon the occupants of the
berths nearest the top Of the car, obliging
/ them to decamp, ather unceremoniously, for a
standing place below, and as all the lower
berths were occupied by people not very anx-
ious for strangers to come very near their
watches and wallets, they had neither chance
to lie OF sit in that car, during the H7e-iong
night. Hlti
In the morning, they demanded Of this self
same conductor their extra fare paid for berths
which they were not able to occupy, and they
were informed that 'iie'd see them all sunk
first"
This same railroad, engineered by the IN
scrupulous Dean Richmond, bought up the
New York Legislature last winter and pro-
cured the passage of bill increasing the fare
from Albany to Buffalo and Suspension Bridge !;
bat fortunately for the State and the public,
Gov. Seymour had given place to the incor-
iruptible Fenton, who vetoed the BILL
) : CLEVELAND. b - =
Notwithstanding the poor arrangements for
the. comfort of the passengers on the New
York Central, I have not learned but that safe
ty is as probable there as elsewhere: and The
unhappy mortals who stood the night without
restfor their weary bodies, arrived without
physical harm at Buffalo early on the next
morning. srr~r4w,.9 81 YTnTM III (
( .Bytwo O'Clock we reached Cleveland.
Learning that connections with, the roads
leading to Richmond could not be made by
proceeding Immediately on, l, decided to. rer
main at Cleveland till Q O'Clock, and get a good
sleep on the cars from that place to xl.enia,
where the train was due at 9 o'clock next
morning
2 Proceeding from the depot on foot, in search
of the Weddell House, my eye caught the
words, NeW England House 1t is fine no..
tel in appearance, and without asking ques-
tions, allured by the attractive name, step
ped within. "What's in name2" Itcertain-
" md not furnish good dinner. Enough that
warn nay friends against going to the New
ENGLAND House. -, ...lsse org ss.rsvs
cleveland is certainly beautiful. It, enjoys
the name of the Forest City. / never saw a
city more deserving that sobriouet The resi-
dences on Euclid Avenue are expensive. beau
THU and tasty On one side OF the street, dur
ing walk of not over half an hour, saw no
less than fifteen private fountains, all playing
The gardens are often elegantin the sxtreme,
indicating taste and refinement, the sidewalks
all good and always beautifully shaded. Clcve-
land is regularly laid out andbids fair toybe a.
much larger city than it now is. 1t Is said to,
contain 1000 inhabitants. There is a large
amount of capital employed in iron works. d II
has an extensive trade with a large section of
country and in the summer enjoys the advang
tases Of lake navigation.
one there feels almost at home in Maine,
lea a the signs, @Forest City Bakery, For
~ vity FIGURING Mills, "Forest City Res taur-
sas' foiest City Hotel" etc., etc. 1t was
,rono ~ y notice that nearly all these signs
We as'Acned to business. eonnectad with efhe