Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-11-30
A Californian Eseapads = Marrow escape ol
Gen. Wool, Senator Weller and Lady.

a CauIorniAn Esoapade MARROW escape OIL
Gen. Wool, Senator Weller and Lady.
The New York Herald learns, from q private
letter 10 a gentleman in that city, that Major
General Wool, Senator Weller end his accom-
plished lady, with a party Of friends, met with
an accident lately, in California, which had
very nearly proved fatal to all. They had
been on a pleasure and business tour to the
northern boundary Of the State, "takinG Q
look'' at the mining regions generally. They
stopped day or two at Fort Reading, and en-
gagged a stage 10 take them back 10 Nevada.
The letter says:
1t was about nine O'Clock in the evening"
we had just taken fresh horses-snd we were
descending a mountain over a very dangerous
road, a portion Of which skirred .hs very Brink
of a precipice, but we were hardly o mile
and a half from Nevada, when the driver mis-.
taking a large stump for a shadow, 1.-THE moon
being very BRIGHT drove heedlessly forward,
and striking the obstacle, broke the pole Of
our coach. Immediately the horses began
running at a terrible rate, the driver losing all
control. We braced ourselves as well as we
could, momentnrily anticipating the shock Of
an upset, as soon sS the vehicle should strike
full against ore Of the many stumps which lay
IN our course. One gentlemen jumped from
the stage, and was hurt severely; the resi- OF
us sat as firmly as possible, utlering not . word
but awaiting breathlessly the catastrophe
which we felt must ensue. On w went, hur-
rying toward a frightful precipice, which SOME
OF the party knew was but a few rods in adj
vance of us, when, provide ntially, the horses
swerved suddenly from the road, and dashed
into the woods. The few minutes ''ruuning
time' seemed weeks 10 us, but, at length, two
immense stumps presented themselves the
first was grazed sufficiently 10 tilt the vehicle
uponthe other, where it became wedged, while
the horses, disengaged, dashed headlong for
ward. There we were "fxed p the windows
Of the stage about a foot from the ground, and
we so firmly braced against each other that
the shock of stoppage had been scarcely fell
Gen. Wool scrambled out of the window first
and we followed as speedily as possible. The
poor driver had been thrown twenty feet, and
lay speeches., his collar bone broken. We
apprehended some OF the "insiderS' must be
severely hurt, but happily all escaped with
only a few scratches, save only the gentleman
VINO nau jumped OUT, ana VINO was lou1u
senseless on the road some distance back
Mr.. Weller shouted "help no !" III a STEM
torian voice, which we heard answered imme-
diately, and soon a man on horseback appear
ed approaching us. A physician and carriage
were sent for, and IN two hours more we found
ourselves safe at Nevada, where warm baths
and a good supper made US more comfortable.
Next day we were all laughing at the General,
whose first exclamation upon getting out Of
the stage, and finding himself whole was,
"Where's my haiti" TO which our Senator very
;rreverently responded, "D-n your hal, look
10 the ladie'sP' on expletive which under The
circumstances, was perhaps, pardonabls. But
the Major Gen. is o gallant gentleman, and we
all agreed, at last, that 10 the American flag
over our vehicle We owed our protection from
harm.