New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-15
4 RAILROAD TRAIN IN 4 STORM
c.-r,sp rdsrcs Of TIE y. Y T.ibure.


have been ;ahng urii the country ia literally soabel
ard Il odei. Toe Chcsgo Rser ass bsen rnn0iog
Ike slace and the ditcL-s % TIE ely ADD vicinity
ere fall Where tie ana is ye'y or, the water
stsIjs Fsrus.s gsiUre discouraged about 'ra-
planting, Ell sm informed m.oy az prspsrus 10
plant the ausda cru &c order to irsure its rpsring
Vast qusr,,i,s o; lss, Fal did TO, psn % a.
count If tie bsck ward 81 re All the sarly frost.
Tns sore ID +, JARED The pre,en, sessoc Ne.,erday
Icreed some planting tqeif ground wet "a II = oha
eugsged e. i Will !, Vas raining The N.nier
Wheat !. ye'y thi,k sLl lsnk bet INST s'tef even
the UTApcs i.UlD tness rams II tt-y continue mlcA
longer.
Quincy. The Ilute % MenGots - very ice lcdeed,
brrg wei halllsted with gravel; bu. from thst plsce
10 Ga.eblfg TIC ruaa IN the cuttings Is pofroe Ice
col veg p-cuier, ADD eslc'.s,-d e dc eve an
inexperienced IersCn. tor Hetsn3e, ia tie Simal5r
the blsck top soil 81 ant pil.U-, While the en-
deriving c ~ II 20 usrd, Is. 'ne might suppose the
top sol 70 be wfetcsed staff i0r "a Dad track Sni
tina, re ely gould 10 Pcc'i lazy good ilr tta flt
pose but ~ c.eiy t-c cop &c D, t'a-. IT, me r'ep
cute wi ere cbe tracs ca tie clay, 3 IL ..fflly
qnse mIe aLd seems nOt susceptible OF improved mt
except by putting - Nas- Gllut.t ofcJSEse SraNtL
Nlci soaksd he clay j. ike t3.n III 'rtar' Oed ana
uctica re We passed ihs' the men seemed S,ri0st &c
ri-e los tic ,ce Q. the r. j. 20 IlaAs tie dh ulty
still greater, tee grsv.l has . be broren )m Air0'
rs ~ ,re'iy towr sore 'Drfy lee miles .nls sia
OF Chll6EC. NJ afnce- every VNt M were We Nr-
to keep 30 track IN sbspe for ne very so"cst
fpesC of tie train, and YET It se.nel SO II SO were
nang q floating rOsd. Cae M - energetic mesn~
aro .rg u "a Ca PIT OLe road beyond the conGgen-
c.cS II auotLer Ike th., and undoubtedly
i. vii b. accomplished before the Winter sst- IL.
How, Ike magic, tse to"ns sosing up on tne haes
of these Nts.erQ r'iGays. taeseur< - gem set
in the mid Ct tie garden # IlW0's. Perhaps am
urfr in ssy-g So eilce there mauy otter places
in this State escS OF lC0 IA entitled . be called
ssIden Of Iincs ii msy believe those . no reside
at those ls:ss--for usts a, Jacksonville, jersey
vile Urbaua La sale, AMI lfty otl-r points on the
IliIoil CcEtssl, tho Cn,caso, At1a ard s. L0-h, or
this :, ri WHERE 70. ,ow 81. irg.
sui | spoke OF myself 10 tne ~oJd', which IL a
rotsbe circumstance in tsis lard of p-sir'es. Aooat
G. last e., DiDg We exchanged c2rs 2. & leebuyg, IN
order to reach Qn.ncy. FIR several miles We con.
graduated ourselves on an exchange OF ROADS, but
We had soon 10 experience those uud'nCles IN tne
deep cate. 1t had been rsin ing hard - We thought.
end soon after dark tie sOnLd9g 81 The whistle lDdI-
Gated h stop. Just imagine VAe 3 ceilings, 70 such
hight 20 zee The hts ahead 10 exsaae come tickish
bridge or mud hole, while the " 2ter goes gu. hng
w de- you pituy, tho more - be dreaded because
you cannot -, and you viii know hos your servant
the subscriber felt last night. The hsst place we
passed In safety, snd felt relieved but wlhia ieF
miles trc auLtered w1r5e winch, with vast pans
taking our cOrduc or cGrr ard his engineer carried
us over in sfety. T1ey very careful, aud It was
one of " r. G.. ks PateTs u engines thaJ drew u'.
After passing several tuch places, We cams 20 dea
halt having been summoned thereto by tue signal
40 SO ayerse 10 sacrificing 80 many un0cen. lives
that he had gore on. n ina, most fearful eho yer when
il did not much rain ~ pour 20 see whe'hef the
bridges were all safe. Aud sure enough, no found
cuvest washed out, about fifteen feet "ide s9d as
mary deep but on which chasm hung SUI pended tue
IN broken track Had Petrick-gOod fellow fhAf ne
was-not found the place, the engineer might, prooi
by would have been deceived and run bis train into
that fearful chssm. Thsnks 10 God for the mercy
Tie escape was so marked thst the Inconvenience Of
remsirrg in the cars ell night was quite overlooked
and heard no one Oomplalo.
Meanwhile our energetic conductor had got hand
ear, end started for Quincy for help He found fey'
era places in the road Injured, bl. reached the city
about 3 o'clock this morning, and at y la back VITA
the news that 10 a couple Of hours We shall have help,
ard reach Quincy by seasonabe dinner hour.
cannot esk in terms Of sufficient conmendl'iOn
of the very great carefdlness Of the conductors and
engineers on the Chicago Burlington end quincy
Road. -Four years ago, WAS or the road to Bur
lDgtop but then ii as smooth es hoor Inc
rains have d,ue vast mischief 10 tho railroads in thi.
co lDtry especially those which ere no; grsVeied and
otherwise firmly ballssted.
About 6o'clock this morning, as there was no town
we could reach within several miles, the train was
backed hslf mile opposite a substantial farm house
where the people not out of bed yet the LADY OF
the house ssgey saying, "what was the use of being
pDso lorg es il rsns Bat finding We very very IN
cry, having had nothing since yesterday noon, the
GOOD woman and her daughter soon fried for some
delicious nam, and gave Us good coffee, bread an1
butter
| heard little specimen of Western lsrgeness Of
speech last CHIT One red-faced MAJ was talking to
|green one about Missouri, and in describing IT'S
wonderful features told him that sit yielded two
- pounds Of tsllow to every square loot, ana the
COWS come up with butter IN one eide OF the Dsg ana
cheese in the other! The barns were nne in'
" bred feet long, and the principal dfawbsck the
farmers had was TO get rid OF their nanures. aud
so he chartered eway Munchausen never did eppa-
rertly to bis own Amusement and Tat OF mis- nearer
Last nights storm did considerable dsmsge Oh this
road IL rsned 60 fast that many culyert3 were en-
trely too small 10 carry Oft the water In several
case the water accumulated 10 such an extent "a to
sweep out all obsiructione. The difficulties have
been describing are quite general throughout the
West on most if rot all the roads, IL IL curious to
see the locomotives which have been our, spat.ersd
ike common mud wagons.
After again ricrg over these prauies am ready 10
affirm that this il giest ccuntry, aud an proud OIL
it, May lite future be such as 10 warrant the PRIDE oil
every patriotic American.
ARALRoAD TRAIs Ar SEA.-A correspondent oil
The Cincinnati Ga-et,e, writing from on board the
care Of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, west Of
yinoenres. Msy J, gives q desc. pton Of come what
novel kind of rsilroadirg. He Gays:
"On crt ssipg the bridge Of the Ohio end Mississippi
Railroad at Yincennes, the traveller westward VT
nesse. novel eight in rsilroatlDg Before pln 10
lake the Wabash valley oyerfoEedl over FIX miles
wide, and longer thGn the eye csn resch Across Ins
sea the train runs trestle work that STICKS out
iust four inches above the top Of the water Nothing
i, seen On It's broad surface save these TWO IRON ra
around which the waters eddy aud whir, add dasn
madly against the slender fame which seems 70 trem-
bic under their force AL over the lax: are whirng
eddies, carrying big trees abd Diff round AID rounc
III csc soon make your head swi, aud you isel that
,betr,s,Iework l. certainly moyiog the bottom seens
70 &c undermined and is moving; while the top Is
tpprg owe. sgantt the curfent and you expect every
moment to hear toe ,plash Of the tram gong down
into the But il don't 60 aud there IL no danger,
frghtful as il locks.
But now We come to place tina. really seens fear
fI We are 10 the middle OF the lake. Il is Jet twi