Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-11-17
NUMBER 3s.

countries.
The first half mile Of the road is ore,
bridges made &c Loose planks laid eros,
two parallel poles, which uli Up as ihs
wheels roll over them, and in the nvcr,
The river has clayey bottom, and is ful
of holes, so that half horse is constantly
disappearing unexpectedly, and cant bc
found again for some time.
Bu, we get past even this, and come TO
the rosd itself, which is series OF alter
nato swamps and gravel-pits. 4 tire.
mendous place is close before Us, tho
black driver rolls his eyes, screws his
mouth up very round, and looks straight
between the two lenders, as if he were
saying to himself, I'VE have done this often
before, bu, now | think we shall have a
crash He takes rein in eacl hand !;
Jerks and pulls at both; and dances on
the splash board with both feet, excepting
bis seat, of course, like the late lamented
Ducrow on two Of his fiery coursers. We
come to the spot, sink down in the mire
nearly To the coach windows, Ill, on one
side at an angle Of for,y.fve degrees,
and stick there. The insldcs scream dis.
mally; the coach stops, the horses foun.
der and all the other six coaches stop,
and their four and twenty horses founder
likewise bu, merely for company, and in
sympathy with ours.
Then the following circumstances &C.
cur:
Black driver Ito the horses Hi!
Nothing happens. lnsides scream a.
gain.
Black driver Ito the horses)--'Hop
Horses plunge, and splash the black
driver.
Gentleman inside, Cooking ou,)-'Why
what on sirth -
Gentleman receives a variety Of splash
rs and draws his hend in again, without
finishing his question or waiting for an an.
swer.
Black driver (still TO the horses) 'Jid-
dy! Jiddy!'
Horses pull violently, drag the coach
ou, Of the hole, and Graw it up bank;
so steep that black drivers legs ny upin.
to tho air, and he goes back among the
luggage on the roof. Bu, he Immediate
y RECEIVERS himself. and cries [stll to the
horses. l-.Plllp
No Effect. On the contrary, the coach
begins 20 roll back upon No. 2, which
rolls back upon No. 3, which rolls upon
No. 4, and so on un,l No. is heard to
curse and swear, nearly a quarter of
mile behind.
Black driver louder than before ]-'Pil!'
Horses make another struggle to &c,
up the bank, and again the coach rolls
backward.
Black driver louder than beforel--
'Pe-e-e.ill.'
Horses make desperate struggle.
Black driver recovering spirits Hi,
Jiddy, Jiddy, Pill
Hors,s make another effort.
Black driver with great vigor -'Al.
" Loo! Iii. Jiddy, Jiddy. Pill. Ally
Loo!'
Horses almost do it.
Black driver with his eyes starting ou,
Of his head]-'Lce, den. Lee, dare. FIJI.
Jidd,, J'ddy. Pill. Ally Loo. Le-e-e!
"They run up the bank, end go down
again on the other side at fearful pace.
1t is impossible to stop them, and at the
bottom there is deep hollow, full Of wn.
ter. The coach rolls frightfully. The
lnsides scream. The mud and water fy
about US. The black driver dances like
mailman Suddenly we are oil right
bv some extraordinary means, and stop
TO breathe.
"a black friend is sitting on the fence.
The black driver recognises him by twir.
ling his head round and round like har.
lequin, rolling his eyes, Struggling his
shoulders, and grlnning from ear 10 ear.
He stops short, and turns to me, and
says:--
awe shul get you through sa, like
fiddle, and hope please you, when va
got you through, sa. Old CONAN at
home, sir : chuckling very much. Out
si'ie gentleman 81, he often remembered
old DOMAINS at home sa, grinning again.
"Ayc, aye; well take care OF the
old woman. Don't be afraid"
"The black driver grins again. hot
there is another hole, ard beyond that
another bank, cl So before US. So he
stops short: cries to the horses again)
Easy Easy den. Easy. Steady. Iii.
J,ddy. Pill. Ally. Loo but never
'Loe !" until we ATE reduce to the very
last extremity, and arr in the midst Of tho
difficulties, extraction from which appears
TO be all but impossible.
"And so we do tho ten miles or there.
about in two hours and half; breaking
no bones, though bruslng great many,
and in short, getting through the distance,
like fiddle.'"
THE FALLS OF NIAGARA.
Between 5 and G o'clock in the morn
ing we arrived at Buffalo where We break.
tasted. and being too near the Great Falls
To wal, pattntly anywhere else, we set
of By the train the same morning at o.
VII, never the train halted listened for
the roar; and was constantly straining
my eyes in The direction where ] knew
the Falls must be, from seeing the river
rolling on towards them, every moment
expecting to behold the spray. Within q
few minutes Of my stopping ! saw two
great white clouds rising up slowly and
mejpslicAlly from the depth OF the earth.
Thar was all At length W. ahQhted