Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-18
STATE AFFAIRS.

A New RAILROAD FRoM BALTIMORE TO CUNgER-
LANp-We had visit, on Thursday last, from gen
tleman who Communicated interesting facts as a
groundwork for his belief that arrangements would
7oon be concluded whereby three millions of do1rs
would be raised, pledged for the construction OF
railroad from the Western Maryland Railroad, via
aagcrstown to Cumberland, thereby to open another
outlet from the Maryland coal region to Baltimore.
as an auxnlsry part OF the project, We have ln9r-
NATION that many shares of the Gettysburg Railroad
Gettysburg-have recently changed hands, with
view TO the construction Of new road from Oxford
on its line east to Columbia on the Susquehanna
rIver, there to connect with the Reading and C0lum
bia Railroad and also its elongatOn westward from
tettys5urg to junction with the HaRerstown ex-
4 new road built east from Cumberland would, to
the South Mountain, be the main stem OF line fork
ing thence to, Baltimore via the Western Maryland
Railroad, and to New York via Gettysburg, Column
biG, Heading and Allentown
An examination Of the map will disclose the stra-
getic significance of this route from Maryland to
New York Aud as trains are now run on cOmbi-
nation time table from New York to Columbia, it is
not impossible Especially if the Gettysburg Railroad
be worked into the PLAN chat new links between Co.
lumbia and the Western Maryland Railroad eXten-
sion will be built for if built into Maryland, it will
also be extended hereafter to Washington thus fill
ing out back door Inc yron. WGahia0ton to N.o
York, as well as from Eastern Virginia and Western
MARYLAND to New York. From the Potomac south,
oo the open valleys Of Virginia will invite farther
extensions and more distant connections.
Verify the existing Atlantic trunk lines are being
menaeed on all sides by born rivals animated BY
no mean ambition! And when We review what has
been done, who shall say that this that project
enterprise VIII not be coIsuinateu! The newest
thing under thesUn is the la est railroad scheme born
on paper and swaddled in map-U. s. Il. Il. Regis
ter and Mining Journal.
The DELAWARE RALRoAD-Tho Delaware Rail-
road has extended its line to within two miles Of
Princess Anne, Somerset county, Nd. Il s expected
that the trains can run to that town by New Years
Edst0n Gazette.
The Iibertytown Banner contains the following
items:
ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT.-We are called upon
to announce the death of another young man by ac-
cidental shooting which ii is supposed occurred on
Monday last The facts are these: On Wednesday
morning last. Mr.. Daniel Ecker was going across
the fields from his fathers to a1r. Bohus he discov
cred lying fence the premises Of Mr. Bohu
first hat, and few yards further on human body
ying upon its face the ground: the latter he i'm
medateiy recognized as the body of William H.
Blume, son of Mr.. Michael Blame ESQ. of Mt. p cas-
SAINT District. 4 cOroners inquest was summoned
and, after careful examination, returned verdict
thst the deceased to his death by the accidental
discharge of gun in his own hands.
DEAD-Mr SilaS Rippeon, of this vicinity, who
accidentally shot himself q few weeks ago. died on
he night of the 9th inst He leaves wife and
child to mourn his sudden death.
"WHATs IN A NAME?"-It fell to our lot, on Tues
lay last. TO attend to the firing up of note of hand
iUr coored person, and the act came very near up
setting for this reason When ready to prepare
the note for the mark of the sgner, we askei iOr
the name, and received the following: Minerra Cpn
thia DeuiHd Amanda Fitziing tuesday Ann Lzendedr
tosley Did you ever!