The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-02-02

natural impotence, have been 30 lavish Of their
ceusure OF the Department, deem i, but fair 10
copy a, least some Of these s,alemenlsf As for
Posr OfncE, CoLuaBus, GIoRciA,
January ~, 1914.
STA The mail on Route No. 3l9+, madison TO
Columbus, Georgia. T. l.. Ellsworth, Contractor,
aud which was due here on the 10Th instant failed 10
arrive aud also on the i7,h, 18th. 18th and goth,
during al Of which timo we never had mail from
Madsoa. We sent a mail every day, except on the
18th and alst the horses and coaches all out
ON the road, aud could not get back. On the 2isi
instant, the stage arrived al minutes after p NJ,
bringing up six letter mails from New York, and 10
SOCKS, and about 6 +. NJ, another stage arrived
w,,h 81 sacks and to-day We got up two more
letter mails, with - sacks, which leaves us ono
letter mail due north Of Charleston, South Carolina,
aud there is about rs sacks at Barnsyille that they
have no, been able to bring up yet. These almos,
unprecedented failures we're caused by high water
the s,idse Oh Flint rer partly led eD tina,
they could not cross there for sererai days and the
ockmulgee river which they fat lat crossed in a
fiat, high that they could not cross that, be-
SIDES all Of The smaller streams.
1t was impossible for them to get hroug sooasr, for
am satisfied that the Contractors did every thing in
their po,er TO get through They took Mtir hands
cut and had them work the roads and bridges t,r
tro or three days do recollect to have ever seen
such spsu Of weather aud the roads in bad condi-
ton as they are noic. cannot Me ho,c the stages got
through at all
(Signed,) G. W. F. BlDELL, p. NJ
Here were no less than l07 large bags of
newspapers, damned up at one time and place,
and that inconleslably from high water, heavy
rains for weeks, and bridges carried away
The contractors are experienced men, and most
respectable gentlemen, in attendance in person,
with all their individual forces out TO repair the
public roads,
Then take another link of the Southern
Rail Road. For example, the following letter
received on "Wednesday last:
RlcHnoSD, (VA Jan. 81, 1874
Route No. 2424, (Richnoud TO Petersburg, va)
SIR | have to inform you of three lost nails
One Sunday, January 2lst failed 10 arrive in
Richmond-caused by storm. The train start
ed and proceeded half way, when il was stopped by
snor' We started tain about 8 O'Clock, and ar
rived in Richmond after much exerlion by O'Clock
p NJ.
On Thursday, January IS, when, owing to an en-
gins Of another train having off, during the day,
short delay was unavoidable ia passing it, and chang
ing cars; and as a few minutes delay, at any time,
causes failure this caused arrive in Petersburg
a short time after the mail was due. On account of
storm, (Which added to the delay on this road
aiso,) the train the Petersburg and Roanoke road
did not start that evening and consequently the con-
nect,on would not have been preserved had we been
in, in full time.
On this day, January 81. failure to arrive in Rich
mond, owing to the pumps Of the engine being frozen
up ,ohie running the road The mail in this case
was in from the South when we arted; conse-
quenty, only the Petersburg mail was on the cars
j. w. HOPKINS,
Superintendent r. g. p RR.
Let us next proceed to the stage coach por
ton OF the route, which still reaches orer a line
Of Southern country, natural road. equal in
length TO the distance bei,ceen Wash gton
and Bosfon-or 422 miles:
"PLYAouurH, LowsDEs COUNTY, Miss.
December ii, lS43.
The Of the failures has been the reyy h gh
rise Of the ripe during that time indeed 50 much So
the regular roate Of the mail from Columbus to this
h(Foyrrrxuig (Ala