Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-11-15
p. POMERoY, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER is, 1859.

, into another deep drift. iaH gll4 was sgair
, forced to get ont and tread slown tie Snow
before them. asked m5 m5Ipassspgerrif h,
would help noe; but he sri hss didn't fee
J very well. and wouldn't % ! worked
J alone, and was al u . qisfFEsr II An houl
IN getting my team ,thslpgh the drift
which was several rods III ztstit. When
| got into the sleigh agar my first i'm
, pulse, after starting up, NJ NJ fe.i for M
. mail bag with my feet, topnd iitw her.
| had lett 1t. but when IatlsMpted to,with
, draw my ioot'l discovered ~ had be.
| come entangled in somstl II ti,ough'
} in the buffaIo4--aad tried ID kick it clear
but tho more Kicked wors closely
was it held! Iireschsd pWn with my
!, hand. and after feelings at j few mo
!. ments found that my loot WAS IN The n,ai
bsg-I felt again, and found my foot il
among the packages Of letters and papers
II ran my fingers over the edge OF the
opening. and became assured That the
stout leather had been cut with knife. 9.
Here WAS discovery! IbegaP to wish
that had taken little more tprethouyht
before leaving Dunbary, but as l knew
that making such wishes was a wasle oI
time, very quickly gave it up, and began
to consider what had best do under the
existing circumstances. l wasn't long in
! making up my mind upon a FEW essential
points: first, the man behind me was a
villain. Second, he had cut open the mail
bag and ,obbed il Of some valuable matter
\ He must have known the money letters by
their size and shape. Third, hesmeant to
leave the stage on the FIRST favorable uppor-
tunity. Fourlhly, he was prepared to
shoot me if | attempted to arrest Or detsirl
him. ',.., ..a,,...., g....
resolved these things over in my
mind, and pretty soon thought ola cou's.
TO pursue. l knew If | could get my
hands safely upon the rascal. 1 must take
him wholely nuawares, and this | could
not do wh,le he WAS behind me, Tor his
eye WAS upon NE all the time, SO mus
resort TO stratagem. Only a little dis
tance ahead WAS a house, where AN old
farmer named Longee lived and directly
before which huge snow bank stretched
across the road, thro' which a tack for
teams had 10 be cleared with shovels. As
we approached the coLl saw light in q g
! front room. rs l felt confident should,
for The old man generally SAL up until the
stage went by. |, drove on, and when
nearly opposite the dwelling stood up AS
| had frequently done when approaching
difficult places. i saw the snow bank
ahead. and could plainly distinguish the
deep cut WHICH had been sl,dyeled through
fig. + urged tIEe horsesee good speed.
and when near the bank ! forced them
into it. Oae of the runners mounted the
edge of the bank after them, while the
other run into the cut, thus throwing the
sleigh over about rs quick Ms il lightning
had struck it. My passenger hadn't
calculated on any euch movement. and
wasn't prepared for il, but had cslculsted
and was prepared. He rolled cut INTO tie
deep snow With heavy buffalo robe srouud
HIM. while sighted upon my feet directly
on top of him. ipunched his head into
the snow, and then sang out for old Lou
gee. ! did hot have to call second time.
Tor the farmer had come 10 The window to
see me pass, and as soon as he SAW my
sleigh overturned, he had lighted his Ian
tern and hurried out. 1l ....,sf.l...
What's TO pay?" asked the old man,
rs he came up. ~ nj s.. ...-. ... ..-.-.
"Lead the horses into the track and then
come here" says b.. .u.,. '.,...~.fy
AS | spoke | had partially ,loosened my
hold upon the villains throat, and he drew
pistol from his bosom; but saw it in
season. and i jammed his head into the
snow again, and got the wespcn away from
him. BY this time Lougee had led the
horses out and came back, and I explained
the matter to him in as few words Ms pos
sibe. We hauled the rascal out into the
road, and upon examination we found
about twenty packages Of letters, which he
had stolen from the mail bag, slowed away
in HIS pockets. n'4s~7S,'.,ss 3
He swore. and threatened, and begged.
and prayed, but we paid no attention to Ills
blarney. Lougee got some stout cord,
pi'u "Iicu VIC ildu scOutNIy OouHu ttie VIZ
lain we tumbled him into the pung. |
asked the old man if lie would accompany
me to Litlleton, and he ssid ''of cource"
So lie got his overcoat and mufller, and
ere long we started on.
reached the end Of my road with my
mail all safe. though not so snug as il
might have been, aud my mail bag little
the worse for. The game that has been played
upon it. However, the mail robber WAS
secure, and within week he WAS identi-
fed by some officers from Concord ss Nh
old offender; and I'm rather Inclined to
the opinion that he's in the State prison
at the present moment. AT any rate, he
was there the last that / heard Of him.
This is the only time that ever had my
mail troubled; snd | think that, under all
the circumstances. ! came out Of it pretty
WELL"
AN INDIAN TEMPERANCE SOCIETY,"
Some of the Indians on Lake Superior.
saws the Detroit .'Free Press.'' have