Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-02-24
Crossing tae Allegheny---A Funeral. Fro
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Crossing tae Allegheny---A funeral Fro
cession.
q, a gentleman, who few week since crossed The
allegheny Mountains by railway thus details his
experiences: - ii = $50 ~
As the powerful might Of our gigantic iron steed
rat ed. us U from the gentle valley, and bore
among the Wild deiIes aud of the moun-
tains, higher and higherWe Iose, atthe average of
hundred and sixteen feet grade 10 themlle, until
ours~earedS coutser was oblidged to call aid to
accomplish the further ascent AT a notch in the
mountain tremendous locomotive, styled the
Camel" rushed 10 our assistance, and fairly
lliting US ttom the ground, Garfield us along at "a
7rale chseemed to challenge the lightnings plpy-
il'g among the distant peaks NV we rushed
through "a tunnel, now tottered on the brink OF u
raylde. now flew across an apparently trail bridge
over some yawning chasm. In crossing the noun
talns we passed through fourteen tunnels, The
most remarkable of which is five Thousand feet
long. All n; once we lost sight ofthewid scenery
around us, thenythe ALPHABETICALLY disappeared,
ana the sl1fid blaze of lemps shone on the damp
'wallswhicli envirouedus. So low down IN
the earth we've we that the thunder rolling above
our heads, leaping from cloud to. cloud, echoed
from crag To crag, f heard at all, was lost in tile
low rumble of tile train.
One ofithe most frightful bridges we crossed
spans 9; tFlghttul in the Alleghen,es. To gaze
upon it II seemed but ;airaii network of IRON,
hounu with ropes and pms, (ltbeing tiiiunhniSh-
esL stretching across chasm eight hundred and
ninety test from the rocks below. As.we steadily
gazed omit the Few moments 1t could be discerned,
itseemed amere spiders web linked to The ribbon
IKE rails, which extended from height to height.
a moment more, aud the peculiar euhoGof the car
wheels told us we were tempting its, strength, "A
shndder Tor a moment passed over us as we slirank
back; then, as we felt no iatring, no swaytng OF
The pillars which supported us, we found courage
to lean5ou OF the windows and gaze dos n eisnt
hundred feet, upoh5the waving tree tops and con-
fused mass OF rocks below, with nougnt to inter-
rupt our view, not even the bridge itself. Very
easy was it to fancy ourselves gliding through, The
air, and very difficult appreciate the reality Of
safe bridge below u.s. sst ris- - 1t-sgz es,lsr
During the storm, we saw, at a great distance.
funeral train winding up one oil the mountain
paths, II you have read Madame de Stael,s "Gcr-
l1ni," you may remember the sonbre thoughts OF
Oswald, when on his return ftom Italy, while
crossing the AIRS, a similar cortege, attended
by blacS-robed priests, suddenly appeared. With
him II was the preSage of grief aud sorrow; and
SO recalling his emotions, this scene so familiar
among the wild path Of our Alps inspired sorrow-
iul thoughts OF death aud tonibs. How eckessly
we live; how lightly do we meet and part with
those we love, as though the grave was but nm
IDLE inncy, forgetting that life hangs Tut on q
"Slken cord ?' As gazel with painful memory
upon that sad procession, and thought of the panss
winch must yet be mine when inexorable death
will claim my dearest friend, nor say one little
hour Tor all my tears aud prayers, my heart echoed
the inquiry of the poet 1888
'.Tell me, we winged winds, y,l
That round my pathway roar, ~
Do re not know some spot
Where mortals weepIIo more?
f'l Some lone and pieasant.deii,
Some valley In the wesI a..5 ~
Where tree IRON, toll and care, :.
The weary soul may rest"
And as the winds and waves have sighed from the
fall OF our FIRST parents until now, their answer
sill w"s "No" But we are not all pershabe
MOTOR when the pulse is STILL and the heart
cease to beat, then shall our dlsembodied spirits
soor upward, TO roam among the stars, TO JON in.
the eternal anthems of the angels, and To live
forever in the presence Of our God. Wlll'not Ills
lie then seem 10 Us but weary nighto OF watching
Tor the morning, or at best sleep2 8 u g-, =
9 CLAlRvoYANcE.-A week or iwo back, Miss Ag-
mes Comstock, of Shurburne, Vermont, visited a
Mrs. Mettler, accompanied by her mother. tThir-
teen " ars ago, bone displaced III the should
CT oil Miss Comstock, and she had suffered much
from 1t. Several distinguished surgeons had been
called to attend the case, and they did all the
could for it, surprising that the bone had been
properly set. Still she could not use her arm, and
so intense was the suffering that something like an
abSceSS was formed below the joint and the phys
lcIanS had decided 10 cut OF her arm. As n last
resort before consentingto amputaton, she came 10
Mrs. Mettler, to ascertain the condition OF the
bones III her shoulder. She entered Mrs. Mettlcts
dweillngan entire stranger, Mrs. Al. not knowing
that such person was about TO visit her. She did
not even hint at her difficulty, hut submitted TO AN
examination Airs. MetlIer's hand, as she was in
the clairvoyant state, rested for moment on Miss
0SGiSSoSh . iISdds anu Iueu SLOWLY passed 10 her
shoulder. tE-
After some little preparation, with directions as
10 position, and assistance in holding Miss Com
Stock, Mrs Nletter wrenched the shoulder, prolll-
eng loud CRACK, which was heard in the adiolil-
ing room. The patient screamed with pain, but
It was all over. The young lady for the first time
IN thirteen years PLACID her hand on the back of
her h ad. The shoulder was bathed, and thc.next
day Miss Comstock returned home, abe to use her
arm. nothing remaining of her long seated dlilicnll
ly save n soreness about the Shoulder, which was
last dSa ppearing at last accounts from her
w hen Mrs Metter came out of the clalrvoyaut
state, she did not know That Shr had touched Miss
Constock. This rs wonderful case. First Mrs
Netter found the precise difficulty ut once, with.
out asking any questions. She seemed 10 see it,
and 10 comprehend the precise movement that
would place the dlslocated bone where it belong
ed, and this by The power of ciarvoyance. This
Is rcarka Die iact, show ing that acre is such
principle as clalryoyance, aud that the person
possessing I, as Mis-. Mettler does, can see and
comprehend that which cannot be seen. Lr COM
prshend by the ordinary powers of vision. TIE
iacts IN the Interesting case we have here narrated
can be established TO the conviction OF the most.
eptical.-fiartford Times.
GOING BuL.-Lawyers frequently object to per-
sons VINO offer Themselves for bail 10 unnecessary
badgering. A case OF this kind occurred in the
Superior Court Chambers, N. Y, not lorg ago.
Old Mr.. Jacob Abrams. man worth q1arter.of
milllou OF money, offered himself bail for u Jew
FUR dealer, who had been arrested under The SILL
well ACT. The amount of bail required was s4,-
500. =.
;, counse': .eN hat does your property consist Of,
Mr.. Abrams?''
Abrams: t.sir, Unwilling to swear that am
worth more than 81, 800, over, and above all.
think his honor the udge,w tell you that that
is smtheis nj; without going into particulars
COUNSEL: f'No, it is not sufficient. We have
Alright TO know what this property is"
Abrams: Every well, sir, Pve got your o,cn S
bond andmortgage on the house yon iiDe in, for
eight thousand dollars, and consider it worth full
anount of the ball. No -
Much laughter, in which Counsel joined. i