New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-02-14
THE TRIBUNE
travelling westward te 81. Loufs.
Correspondence OF The Tribune.
OK BOARD STEAMBOAT tMosrG oMERY,'
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has been reduced to mere trihe, compared with
what i, was few years ago. Since the compile
tim of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to Cum
bsrland, the journey from Washington to Wheel
ns can easily be made in thirty-six hours. we
s,srted from Washington at six clock in the morn
;o,. breakfasted at Elicott's Mills, dined at Har
1per's Ferry, and took supper at Cumberland
y From that place VIC took the stage over the noun
,ains and arrived in Uniontown, Pa. the next
morning in season for an early breakfast. From
Uniontown we drove to Washington, Pa. to din
ner, and from thence to Wheeling, where we ar
rived at six o'clock in the evening, and took lodg-
;nss with mine agreeable host Of the Virginia
Hotel The proprietors of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad have adopted a system of swind-
ling passengers unmatched for villany which ought
70 be exposed, and which must disgrace them in
The ewes Of all men. They advertise that they will
take passengers from the Relay House to Wheel
ing for $l3, but they have office there for the
sale Of tickets. Passengers coming from Wash
;Dgtsn inquire in vain for tickets to Wheeling, and
10 they take their in the cars with the expcc
t.tea Of purchasing their tickets Of the conductor.
The conductor has tickets for sale, but enquiries
Of the passengers why they have not purchased
that they could end no place at which they could
purchase them. The conductor then says there
was man on board the Washington cars who had
tickets for sale, (Which man keeps dark with his
,ickets,) and that he is very sorry the passengers
did not purchase their tickets of him; but that
il is they must pay taoo dollars extra! The pas
seneers rcmonsrate but it is of no avail. The
conductor tells them that such are his instruction.
from the prePrieors, and the two dollars extra he
must have Is not this as disgraceful rascali!y a.
vas ever heard Of
From WhceliDg we took the first boat bound
down the Ohio river, and to who has Travelled
much on the Western rivers there is not much Of
interest in this mode of travsling, particularly il
this cold weather. when it is 30 much more com
hrable sitting in an elegantly furnished cabin by
glowing coal fire, than it is parading up and down
the hurricane deck. like, however, to go up into
the wheeLhouse and talk with my friend, the pilot,
an intelligent man and true-souled Wing, who
knows every body and every thing up and down
the long and beautiful Ohio. He pointed out to
me that beautiful Island in the Ohio known ns
Blanne1hassalt's Island, and immortelzed by thc
genius and eoquence of Writ. He showed me
the very spot where the house of oill-ated Blan
1erhssse,t stood, which was decorated by ever,
romantic establishment of fancy" The shrub
berry that Shenstone mig ht have envied blooms no
longer there. :" The music that isht have charmed
Calypso and her nymphs," is heard no more, bur
every thing around looks like desoatiou and ruin.
At length we arrived at Cincinnati, where WE
Ie.ship for St. Louis. The boat we 60 on board
has her fires up, andshe Captain tells US that he
will (" be off at precisely 10 o'clock" How tor
innate, we all say, in finding aaboat going out SO
sson, and so we engage our passage and hurry on
beard with our splunder.' We do not dare to go
II Up town out of sight of the boat for fear she will
Il Be Of without Us. So we wait patiently on board
ill 10 o'clock, but then there is no particular
sign Of her being of, although her fires are
4 sill up, All are pretty patient till twelve
j o'clock, when some one makes the inquiry
J. Of the Captain when he shall go? The Cap
( tain says he shall not start till two o'clock. But
two o'clock comes and there is no sign OF going,
and in answer to the next anxious inquiry, the
Captain says he thinks he will wait and take an
early start in the morning. The steam is up early
the next morning, but hour after hour passes lag
singly away till it is actually two o'clock +. M
before We leave the wharf of the Queen City we
had not proceeded far on way before the wind
began to blow most furiously, and as soon as II
/ was dark we were obliged to haul up to the shore
AID make fast to large tree. Well, how shall
We vile away the time this long dull evening
There is noisy party at cards in one corner OF
the cabin; at table not far off there are three or
four deeply engaged in reading extra New Worlds
and Brother Jonathans containing those uery IN
erestimg stories Of Susan Hopley.' The Bar5er
Of Paris and Sister Anne The stove is sur
rounded by set of goed-looking and lively
young men, who are telling stories and cracking
Jokes. A dance is suggested, and it takes like
wid.hrc. A messenger is despatched to the ladies
lcsbin to see what the ladies say to this matter,
land be soon returns with the word that The ladies'
tsolnfor it.. The cabin is at once cleared OF
eiables and chairs; a fiddler is summoned up from
Hhe deck the parties take their places on the floor
Ehe fiddler begins discoursing his music, and the
Rar,ies commence shaking the light fantastic toe.
hat II o'clock the ladies think they have danced
enough for that evening, and so we adjourned 'll
E2he next. In the morning when we awake we find
sae wind abated and our boat gliding swiftly down
EiAe steam. Such is steamboat travelling
Eonthe western waters: and to me, take 1t all IN
E8ssn tits much the pleasantcst travelling know OF.
M shuddcr when think must soon exchange this
nsde of travelling, where am moving along at
b he rate Of twelve miles an hour and at the same
aae quietly addressing you before comfortable
ne, tor "Trip of FIVE hundred miles in stages be-
efe reach my benny home in the gay and he's
pable lead city in the Northwest Iii! then
snain yours, sc.
~ Doctor LYELL's LECTURES on GEoLoGf.-ihe
e.on OF these celebrated Lectures as reported 'oi
1 BUG Tribune is ready. II contains an Engraved
pieee exhibiting ideasection Of part OF the Eaf.h
wah explanations II will also contain general In
4 Seuoa 70 Geology not before published. LECTURE j.
necss The following subjects: Auyergas, LacuSsrine
MN, Volcanic Period, Eruption of Ccseguina, Mount
s LECTURE H. The Earth's Strata, Marine Strata, Pc
aasstgne District, SUB Appennes, Mount Etna
". III upheava and Subscence of the Earth Ma