Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-21
rAe Malls Il Last.

Iheytght was a gtatilylng one 10 all eyes. Eve.
tyboiY and small, busy and idle, rushed 10
lie POSI- Office, and eagerly awaited The dislEibu.
lion III The mills The crowd awlSel thick and
ImRalieHt, ~ he scene fesembleilgp run on SJs'
pecled hank, the only cause Of gFet, howtyctt
being that lhe deposits were so secure, The bank
onp,ied OF last, and lie letters were passed ont al
rapid rate, each one IN the crowd making OF
Win his hands OF pockets filled with documents
ofYatIous shapes AMI colOTs.
This dtaY load, however,, was oulya first in.'
stalo.ent Of The amount otnail matter due. About
six O'Clock last Gveptg, ttdl arrived oil the OBJ
posIIe slid oftts tlVeh NN5tIe Ohio and MlSslS.
Sinni road, and s0ot alter dark more than two
hiidtel letter Bags Arrived Ut tlU post Office un
der charge VI Alt. q. G, MalSh, 6lefk III the
ChEuaSo post Office. &sl'
Cant, CuW1ins AMI AIF, Eaton, In their recent
visit 10 Tie lEigl Rouc, underwent a series vi
hatlships eQual to Sit John Flankin's Of Dh
.Kanes. WI may DO sure That during all their tS.
element, however, they kent perfectly cool, as
well o. entirely contagious, Nbtef natatlye Of
tlleIr adveuIilTcSt prepared from the loeS which
Can't. COlslNS hos kindly furnished US, may be
interesting,
They len this city last Monday evening, about s
O'clock, in o UaIOuCIle, lUt Alton, They he'd
Alton At l9 O'clock, tho SAME night, aud lmmeLi,
n.ely called upon AE, Moody an pgent 0r the CHI.
Of 70 and Mississippi hVtOnd, and requested Inn
10 send them up 10 Bloomington Immediately, in
q SptGjsl Train, This he told lbcin he could not
no, bit would send them up next nlo1nlng., They
stuffed ne$t morning IN We ears, aFI reached
bloomington about dark, l4ete They found all tile
Eastern bound mali ION ST. Louis, whlGh had
been constantly accommodating tom lie 23d Ol jan.
uaEy till the 9TH IF February, amounting O lOi
boys vi letters and 700 bugs VI newspapers. Here
tic Lats were compelled 10 stop on account OF Ito
tack between bloomington ulld Dwight beng
completely bNtled with snow, In some places
several feet deel. They employed diver Ut
horses aud sleigh, II luke them ~ Dwight, dis.
lance OF 81 miles, over vc'y Tough unI uneven
road, mostly ectOsS the prdiFIe, without any beat
Ell rack UI marx 10 lllJlcaIe lie dangerous pits
aNd hOllows filled with dtllt snow, They pail
500 tot The iOtseS md sleigh.
They loaded Ille sleigh tlle same night They NJ
tiycl aI Bloomington with the letter OAgs Of lmil
uatIer, hound eastward, aud startled lot Dwight,
Mr., John HufIlNI, Of The Springfield Post Office,
Joined them al ills place. they Eepcted le&ilIs'
ton, distance III sixteen miles from Bloomington,
al II o'clock III night, having Suved very scvtle'
y ltUtA lMteHse cold. very strong north winll
swept NClOSS the ptayles, alnH 81 binding The pr-
" with dnlt snow, AltGt watluus themselves
thOt0ughl', they Stated OH their journey at U.
clock. l'lG wind blew still IIatlet than when
they arrived al Lexington aud lie candle III the
lantern went ont, leaving them In almost tOlGl
darkness, III on open paiIH, exposed 10 tho invle'
lncncy VI LIE weather, and unable 10 pEOcrcd, an
they Ind lost lhrir way. They drove FOUND IN
different lliIeGIlnRS lOr nOnul tour hours, when
they found fam house, Mr.. Ddwsol's, Here
ley touk thu geNrs on their HOSES tn feed them,
ami warmed themselves, One Ui the noises blokG
lOpsc, aud was s. on out Of sight, nS lIG ScamptFed
Of towards home, Started NJ daylight Win llfce
l,uTSes, Thu OGSes wouldn't pull together. they
employed fIfmeF to assist them III getting back
to The road, aud lliTet u Nurse from HUI THEY
reached Pontiac "Wednesday evening, at darki
hired fOuf fresh horses, and IOUk on about Hi'y
more bags Of eastern mail, sent T0nl Ills ely
They lOtlk supper AMI 'hclI STATED lot Dwight.
rhey,letl Nj, lIur0up OF Pontiac, and NJ. Filch,
Road agent, went win them. They reached Il
t,ilEOa station house, KEPT by al Individual nam
I'll Mo ialriS at u place about eight miles Tom
Dwight, called 0drll, ut ~ O'clock, Wednesday
ui:li. rhult lantern had ~ I'm been eSIingHlSll'
ri, and They uINIuA LvIprSS, they wrTe so be.
u0m,nrtl will lIu COIL AlOAialllsrrlus 0Oprn
his DIOR, notwithstanding they told him whO they
were, llrir business, mi that hey were N dam
gct Of being frozen 10 death, Oilers 10 pay, IN.
Treaty. pnd sven thTrals all weEe reSorlcl 10, hut
with no avail. They wefe iiNulIy compelled 10
bleak N TIC door O( his kilClrt, aud VAIN them.
selves, without obtaining his consent. Tie aten.
ton oi The Chicago unl AHsNSrp Railroad Is
n,llri 10 this matter, and We lm they will Ut.
Irn,l IN Nj. MnSfnmiJ ease. lie kerpS The sta.
ION Lnuss a, OJell,
TLry s,In sIot,ri, and when wi,hH three miles
or dwight, The lu,,grc Of lIlrll Slrirh h.oke, aud
ile,tl;;Gi arnin went oil Thev band lie I,upuc
tnsn,Ler. mi walked llt nu Nj. snow N advance
If N. Sipivh. IN nrry.nl tIlnnI min SOM, m, Of
dnvvn sam, "'ul,onk,nem,. Abomt daylight Tluts
Jwy "mFn'ny, iLr ,vinJ wos Mnwin. yrTy mtI,
GIiiny IL, ,.vsS y;ih emu II,t IIy wrr, M,
oi,,, Io CO., mn, iI,,m lev t o II NJ ilrln
rh,,v m, ,nin ,I,,, ,iiirI, fIlrI vail, snnw. md
,ysr, nnnhj. IN ,,rIt,cni,, IN, nS.lyrs. Nh Eniou
s,r,I, \" IIv,ST m fnoi, ior helm ~ ri Them
mi If ils SnS% .I,ii, mi Gnnyins ami lhe
'iv., IN IN, nn.,n,I,, . ry ,r"njnl IL uninml Inc
xIsiy an, cn,Fv lin. ,,u nm In. sern hank 10 tho
Ievc, ,yn,ni,
Mr Eoi",, moi n loy MI horseback. and Sent Inn
IN In Slrwl,. INN rnlit. nnrlv linen wen, IN work
Ia sei tho sIs ii, out, 'TLe boy then informed
tLrIn il,al they wrte two miles and half III liz
r1NI Ia dwight. Thcy rnlnloyc,l him 10 show Them
Ih, ,,,J ,i'I,,r ,a,,I.,l D,u,hI Iutin tho tnyn
moon nM1 tmn'l nj lin, nInce pwo r1sSpISrr Trains
bound GuI st, Louis, aud full III passengers, as
well as two cats t1I' OF newspaper, I'N elShl} hnss
eeS ~, "1" '"r" , .I '" "H,
50 inr on to Chicoso, wLivh place hc probably
reached on Friday, Capt. CdusNs snlgd back
a s1, e"Gl,' !" OclnS@' T. NV sVG, "Gss W.
J"Tk ~, IL, Soms Nv MT Fnch stunned b.En
anu t,Osn1p took his place. The diver Etl,.sc, 10
proceed any tuFther, n'l' The pilot OF assistant dfI