New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-12

80 posn0njt Ana cross. re snow was descend;
11esm ss.cstnfv and dreamhy, but whlrsed ana
ss vd s ssEes rios; and dreadful
whn .;s.h.s den Through such scenes began my
20 .ros he plow showing engine Inc engineers
"a srsmen were coated van spVr arsu h,ushed tSe,
and iooEso ~ nsrstjon. The floor on which We stood
eoen 20. ~ NOV half melted. The wood was coated
~ - The locomotive was frosted all over with
S0x-vbe.s, connecting roos, a19s, ana asnai
Ss.Sovs we're glazed with crusts OF ice, and only
~rsh enc little spot In the window over the boiler
eorld peer out to get sight Of the plo~ Inc track
- ipdistipg There was nothing to the eye
:" rniSe The engine in one way more thansnother IL
sss,ned ss II we were going across fields and pirngng
sS,oueh forests Of random. And this gave no mean
szstsnent to the scene when two ponae,D sd
sSicp But their feet were sure, and unernngy ieit
sr vsy along the iron road, 60 thst We were held IN
ouy courses. :, ;ts ~,
.r"r;zsiiop in the grscefulness with which it fails,
ths curvature Of IFS drift lines and IN the curves
hicb makes when streaming OIL on either SIDE from
she pIow. II was never long the same. IL tho snow
- tbip and Light the plow seemed 70 play tenderly
I'm m ike an artist doing curious things for sport,
shvovipg II in exquisite curves that rose and fell,
0uivered and trembled as they ran. Then suddenly
striking riff that had piled across the track, the
snov sprung out if driven by an explosion, twenty
md Thirty feet n jets and bolts or like long stemned
shesvts Of wheat spread out fsn-ke Instantly,
fbe diff past the seemed by an instinct OF It's
own TO rstrsc and played again 10 eA}oss , ss;
0u" says the engineer p" in that deep cut. we
oeH saw the first DASH f the pillow had struck the
barhs of snow before it could put on t graces, AMI
sbot Il distracted and beadlOng and down on either
side, like fprsy or flying ashes.
II was but second. For the fine snow rose up
round the engine, and covered it like mist, and
SUCKING round poured in upon Us IN sheet. a ap mo
smoke which, from impeded draft, poured out filed
the engine room and il, &c that We could not
zee each other foot distant except az very himy
sp<cfere g1oweripg at each other Our engineers had
on buffalo coats whose natural hlrsuteness vas maze
more shaggy by tags Of snow melted into icic!es. 10
zee such subssn,ial forms changing back aad forth
every few moments from clearly earthly form into
. spectral lgbtness as IL they went back aud fortn
between body and spirit, was no! little exciting TO
the imagination.
When we struck deep bodies Of snow, the engine
plowed through them laboriouAly, quivering and
grooming with the load but shot forth again nmole
q bird, the moment the snow grew light
Nothing seemed wilder than to De IN one OF toose
whirlipg stoims Of smoke, vspor, and snow. Iou on
ponderous monster, and another roaring oose Pc
hind fastened toy ether, and looming up, when the
srow misis opened q little, black and terrible IL
seemed as if YOU were in a battle. There was such
energetic scon, such irresistible power, such dark
and light ssrGOg ana .ucd m.'a n ,h.n
sr dash ness Thus whired on in the bosom Of Storm
you sped across The open fields full Of wild driving
snow, you up TO the opening OF the black pine and
hemlock woOos, and plunged into their somber mouth
. II into cave Of darkness and wrestled your way
along through their dreay recesses, emerging to the
cleared field again, with whistles screaming and an
sweripp each other back and forth from engine to en-
CINE For in the bswilderDg obscurity, we have run
past the station, and must choke down the excited
seeds and rein them back to the depot.
We think Mazeppa's ride. dashed TO wild horse
And rushing through the forests w0lfdrven, to have
been rather exciting. II man In buffalo hunt, by
some strange mishap should find himself thrown
from his horse and mounted on the shaggy back Of
m old, fierce buffalo bull, and 90 oil with rush, in
~ exciting ss Sut TO-.
wild storm, upon scowling day In January, he
rides upon double engine team behind snow-plow,
70 clear the track Of banks and burdens Of snow.
WAITING FOR THE CARS.
About 10 we reached Rome All the trains on the
Central Road were behind time but they were just
about to arrive and they just agong to arrive,
for Eve hours. The room in the station house was
soon filed. Ladies there were, but in proportion
20 the gentlemen. They mare patient-at least,
cutwsrdly; staying in the house natural to
them. But the men were full OF calculatons-how
hong before the train must arrive now when It would
probably be at Syracuse and Buffalo, or Utica and
Albany; what the chances we're for getting to New
York. There seats in the gentlemen's room for
eight and there were from thirty to fifty persons
and sat on them. A roll Of buffalo robes behind the
door was special luxury. Some mounted ON trunks
that had accumulated la one corner Apparently
they were not soft they seemed willing to exchange
for tie buffalo robe whenever II was vacated Others
stood about the tutrsgeously hot stove.
Evsrybod seemed to be seized with desire To put
h stick, and when 1t could hold no more they would
occasionally open the door, look in, poke and kick
With their feet to crowd them closer and so 1t roared
redhot and terrible as red-dragon. But stout full
blsoded men sat about i with great coats and muiers
on, drinking In heat as II they bad salsmander en-
joyment Of It. The only relief was in the frequent
opening Of the door to let IN newcomers They came
pushing In with red faces and white coats powdered
With snow like . confectoners cake. The first busi-
Of every one, entering, was to ask after the
tain to which some quizsical answers, some peevish
and querulous answers, some downright truth; few
we're always hopeful and not few sat silent and
even sullen.
The next resource Of every one seemed to be in
IN attack upon the popcorn and apple.bskets. 1t
seemed to fag, thsy would FIJI up with fresh spec.
mems, and one Of them would come rushing in from
the telegraph Office" Train only gotto Little Falls"
" Little Falls! exclam score Of westw ard. going
hey turned disconsolately to the apples again. By
and by, in lplumps another boy. Express train
sonly just reached Syracuse; just come from tele-
"graph." This was clap upon US eastward going
remarked, and conforted ourselves with-apples
Men gathered into groups and talked, at first pro-
duce, then politics. then they told stories as long as
their memory held OUT and then each would saunter
up and down the room, with hands in pockets, or
behind their back. Newspapers, of which few
were present, were read through--advertisemen
and al. One great comfort was in going to the
ticket Office window and peering in-for questions
were out Of the questionable tcket-maser lying in
corner, snoeziDg At length be got up and shut
would walk up ard look very soennly at II, a. if to
be sure that Il shut and then 90 to the door or
window, 40 determined to look out Of something.
At laAt some one pulled silver from the wood and
hAGan Ia Wbute. n n few rnorneufa anofhar fol.