The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-12-09
THE y'ONDERs OF STEAM.

THE WONDERS OF STEAM.
The mosa extraordinary performance
we ever heard al. il Il led In Bells Week
ly Messsnger. I.an,lor,) 81 The 30lh Ull.
with perusal nl whIeh . lIlead has "a
sored Us A person actually travelled on
the Great Western Rsil~.y seven hun.
dred and ihmlesn miles 10 Issnly.lhree
hours snd6fly nine minutes, during which
time he sluppoed four hours and lhmIeen
inmates whilst waiting Tor Tie trains; 60
that the time rPqusd Ia 20 the 7l3
miles sss bur 10 hours and 40 minutes.
THIS 10 Al the roie Of SO miles per hour.
OF 30 miles Ter hour for The whole 20
hours. This vas no extra tlIotl, IL ~ss
merely the ordinary passenger Usins. IN
whirh this wonderful distance was travel |
led. g.. a.s $685.. -sst is
Another perhaps equally Wonderful
tes, was Performed by Col. Ftmo.i,
whilst in California, Allusion having
been made 10 u in The evidence on his
mIal, par,iralar account his been pub.
lishsd.in The N.iIonsl lnlelIiesncer, IS de-
tailed first by GIL. Fremont's servant.
Jacob Dodson, and then by The Colonel
himself. j. is no less than ride. On
horseback. Of eight hundred niles in eight
days! ,...f "A
The Colonel and servant. and HE friend
Don Jesus Pico, siaIhd ton 10 Cuidsd
de los Angeles (,bs Guy Of The Ang-les)
al day light on the morning OF the 22d
March ls47, TO ride TO Monterey, . die.
lance ol 400 miles. The rou'e Was
mountainous, psrt of il Uninhsblled, with
no other rnsd ihsn q tail. They took
nine horses, the six loose horses being
driven belore. and changed al about every
20 miles. The usual gait vas sseeping
gsllop. The first day they ran lbs miles,
aud then slept. The second day they
made ano,he, l25 miles. aud stopped al
0 3, night, mll IL A. NJ. next dsy. Here
they leiI their horses, and tonk eight fresh
tont 8 and boy 10 ASSIST in managing the
horsr.. From II A.. NJ. To 8 p. NJ. they
rode 20 miles. and slept nil half Nay be-
Tween midnight and day, when they we're
] rops.d by the whne hears hirh abound
there. Gel ing their brrsklas,. they ,is,ied
a, day l,gh, and rode 80 miles IN Monte.
rey BY tie sfttrnoon. The next alter.
noon, they set ou, on their return, rode
30 miles and stopped for the night. The
/ nexi day. they rode 100 miles. The first
90 miles Of which Col. Fremont rode on
! single horse, the same which had CARR.
ed hIm 30 mlles on the preceding alter.
moan. HIs companion insisted that. the
horse would carry him lie entire 100
miles, and so said The horse by hrs looks
aud sctious. bot CT. E. would mol, put
hun 10 The trial. Beng turned Loose be
.""k The lead and hep, i, all the way.
They then tuok the FIRST nine horses end
rude The remaining $50 miles as before,
E. Ea"tly al the rate Of 1875 niles a dsy.
o" Ills ride the grass OH the road was
the fuod for the horses. Al Monterey
; They had barley but u esp hor.ts, mt an.
ing those trained and domesncated. eat
almost any 'hu g in the nay Of vegetable
!, fOrd, or even drink, that iIleu master uses,
. by ahom they are pe,iej and csressed
. aud rarely sold. Bread. irU,i., sugar,
coffee, and even wine, luke ,he Persian
horse. they take from the hand OF theil
masl+s snd obey vnh like doc.li,y. his
'hghtsst sntiDat'nn.s A tap Of tie whip
on The saddle sprIhes them into sction:
the check oil thread rein lon the Spani.h
b would STOP them; aud stopped short
s'sI eed they do mt jos,e the rider o,
throw him forward! They leap on eng
lhIng-nsn. beast. or weapon. On which
their master directs them. But this de-
srr,pil"n. SO far as conbuc, and behaviour
are concerned, 81 coutseo only applies 70
tue framed srsd dp"esncs,ed horse. 49,