Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-09-21


IN the ether rivers; but, as the water
rose. it forced its way down, bearing |
every thing before it, & breaking loose,
with tremendous crashing, the thick |
ribbed ice ofthe Missouri.
"a great many packs OF Buffalo
Robes were lost by the different ira
ders, and some Of these enterprlsing
men, we are sorry to say, have Ioste
very thing they possessed
White MRntains. We have look
ed with great solicitude for the lasttwo
or three weeks, for some direct iDfor.
maliou relating to the accident reported
TO have happened near the Notch last
week. All we have been able to OBJ
tain, is,the following paragraph, from
the New Hampshire Patriot OF Mon
day.
"Sincc our paper went to press we
have been verbally informed by gen
tleman direct from the White Hills,
that the family OF Capt Samuel Wiley,
who resided at what was called the
Notch house III Bartlett, consisting
of eleven persons, were lost during
the shower Of rain on Monday night
last. The honse wRs found much in
iured by "slide" from the mountain,
and it is supposed the family were a
harmed, and fled for safety, and were
either buried in the earth BIZ some
"slide," or carried away by the waters,
as none OF them have been heard of
since. The clothes ofthe family were
found in the house by their bedsides
aud had they remained there they would
have been preserved.
The house Of Mr.. Wiley was about
two miles below the Notch. The
defile below bis dwelling and thence
up to the Notch, was very NARROW,
and the mountains on either side of
such height, that one could not look
at the tops many seconds without a
painful sensation. The slide which
iell from the mountain on the 26th OF
June lodged within few rods of the
house. The editor passed through the
Notch on the l7ih Of July, and spent
about two hours at MIR. Willey's,
where he dined in company with two
or three friends, and received shelter
from a heavy thunder shower. We
have seldom seen more interesting
family. There were several children,
the eldest Of which was a bow eight or
nine years old ALI appeared remark
ably intelligent, well behaved, con
tented aud happy The mother was
their instructor, as mothers should al
ways BE-. TO our inquiry Wheeler she
was not terrified when the slip came
down, she replied, Yes-and had
caught up two of her children in her
arms to escape do1Un the valley; but she
soon perceived by the direction it took,
that il would not touch their ho1tse.-~
She added that she did not feel that
there was any more danger of their
being buried alive by these slides than
there was of The strangers who passed
through the Notch suffering The same
fate; and expressed a perfect reliance
On the protection OF Providence, and
acquiescence in whatever they might
be ordained to bear. Yirtnous and in
teresting wOmanl IL The fate we fear
has oyertaken thee and thy innocent
babes, we cannot doubt 3hat Provi
dence sustained thee in The last horrible
moment, which nature shudders to an.
ticipate, and has granted the fruition of
thy hopes, seat with thy loved ones,
en- those celestial mountains net subject
to "the wreck Of matter and the crush
of worlds. Boston Courier.
The destruction of M, Wiley's fani
lily by a slide from the White Hills is
confirmed. The family consisting Of
Mr.. w. his wife, FIVE children and
two hired men, were overwhelmed BY
the falling earth. Three of these un.
fortunate persons have since been dug
out from under The earth and rocks
In their eagerness to escape from dan.
ger, they abandoned the only secure
place, as the house was found stand
ing; but ali the out buildings were de
! Iroyed and the horses in the stable
4he oxen were saved-the road is lill
ed up for several miles to that degree
that It IS thought irnpracticable to re.
| pair it or make another. supposed
tna; water spout gathered and burst
/ against the l1Guutains which u-ndured