Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-25
THE MAIL.


a" the mails that wee due have arrlved.--In many
parts OF the country, the were deep az to max
e roads utterly 'mnAssabie tor two three days.
The n. T. Evening Post remarked that thi, had had
Tue effect Of checking tbs OF rumours ADD de.
Pssng tho opposition paperso Of their usual topics Of
ss. ana abuse, Bat one opposition paper. at Last.
converted this very circumstance into shisct Of vi.
euperAion IL found fault with tbs Post Office fo, su
Isr'nE ne mails TO be stopped Such grac gen,I-
men viii quarrel with the elements the and az.
Adeinisra,ion.
MAYER were g'sster ex .rions m rle by the con,rac
tors TO overcome difficulties aud send the mail Tn,
snow has been tho heaviest the North that has
been known sine. 1904 Ia the City OF New Yo,k
somo oil ths narrow business streets filled ur
10 render the passage oil any sort Of ptele almost
tnpAssabic."-Tne Wilmington % ~ Gaz..t saws
that "in many places 10 the roads il fr ,m vey. 10
ni'een Get deep that so, Sunday morning the s,ax-
started tor Phiad-iph but at the distance Of about
mi's from the Borough. tbs sFgs and horses bee me
90 comp etey buried 10 the snow, that the latter ba
. DO dug out, and were brought back. leaving the
stage Ia III, oad-on Monday sleigh with four horse.
started In the same direction, but after having travel
led about the same distance, II wa, found imprac.
Nc,oe 70 proceed further. and |, was brought back
-ihe P.stmaster .nera', and al, his Co ,ctor,,
oushtto bs taken severely TO task for thi, cold ID
smuc,ion" Why did they not bind up tn, louis.
The Baltimore papers state that NJ .ssrs St,rk,oo &
Stokes made every e1r carry On the ais through
tho dritts Of snow-hst they sent horsemen 10 n
down. that the snow in many places entirely cover.
mile,
1.-THE mail could rot, consequently, keep the ioad.
and was carried over Il .lLs an Though the W nd.
the attendants sometimes being 10 break dawn
fences aud make temporary bridge for the carrisse
TO cross upon. Toe guarI cana from p al.dsIphia
with the mail. TIE mail which LETT here on Sunday
Tor the Eis', encountered snow bank mile feo,n
tae city, and was with dill guilty, through the assist
ence oil the persoas in the nshb,hood fore ed tro it,
II was sub'equsniy stopped tim but bv the
exertions OF tn, aeniants, proce "a ID. When seven
teen miiss from Baltimore, il again got ia a snow
bank, asd the horses b-iog almost broken down IL
wa judged most prudent remain ali nigh. Ii vas
- rr u fhA If II h h., 81.
coming 10 Bal imoie. The party OF hor.ein-n which
were mentioned yesterday, having been d-spa ched
th,t morning. by Mesrs. Stockton s. 8 okes w.t.
orders TO pcoc.ed on the EAsarn Mail utr aud h.
down the obstruci~ns that might present. returned
with the mail last nigh They had made a prog e..
Of ~ miss, but TIE results not such es 10 Jus
tty IN -ir excrtou, and tn. .f,t desisted froni
The N. lneliiEencer OF + idav last, SAYS" The
Eastern Mails which have been dersnged by the Snow
Storm all came in yesterday TO our surpr md con.
sdering Tie state OF the road, TO the great credit of
the contractors for carrying fhem"No qusrter ron
which We have heard his been exempt from the visi.
sa''on IL has been the deepest known Tor years
beyond the mountains. The Winch --ter Vipipisn
stNtes that cit had fallen 10 the depth OF about iS
inches. The wind BILE with great vioi-n nee Oh FRIDAY
night, and the next mor,ing found that the snow
had d'ifted 30 much 10 nterpo-e almost insur.
mon'abe barrier to the passage Of wheel.carre. OF
every descriptlon."-rhi5 pon-intercourss between
town and counry bad raised tn price of wood to SO
per cord-In some cities 10 St0--aud the poor al snf
fored greatly in all, for wsnt If iurl aud fuoJ But
charitable efforts making to r.Iiev. them The
Shipping at aocher does not appear have suffered
much from the tremendous gaes OF Friday and Sa,ur
day night; but unpea.snt accounts expe cted from
the Ses-ro. ST.
We have CLEANED ali the ws tn " we can gather
from our Budget Of paTers-bu', with The exception of
the Proceeding Of Congress,we fnd very lite inter-
est eaders The conclusion OF the Fridays ID bat.
90 the Russian Mi'sion ('nciuiing IN. Speeches of
Messr'. Wayne of Georkis, and Cuke of Virginia /.
unsvodabiy postponed 'tili our next.