Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-01-07

! Again lunch baskets were explored for the
childrej and the faint Again were the
hres kindled TO redress. Again was the
caution repeated CONCERNING too hot 6res,
and the picture of burning cars and free4
ling and frozen freight coniured up to pre-.
vent the tucautiops feeding the stoyes.--
| The .draughts were closed. The women
said, .'yes, let US suffer little cold rather
than incur the danger OF being without
j Shelter. And a man was placed at each
stove 70 watch and feed it as it might. be
safe to do SO !" ''-''- ~
:. The day went out into dusk when he
door OF the second car was thro Rn open
and mnf1ed figure, white with the frost
and snow, entered aud thrilled all present
with the anhouncement-nI am here with
| 9 team and provisions from the city,
There are two more teams coming some
where 90 the prairie, but it is getting dark,
and they cannot find the train in the face
OF this STORM. want men to build fire
tn the rear of the cars, as a beacon and
signal for those teams a half score of.
men volunteered, while exclamations of.
surprlse, admiration and gratitude echoed
! from the heart of every person who had
thonghtfully realized the danger we were
10. The FIRE was lighted, and about eight
| O'Clock another team or two came by its
guidance to the comfort aud relief of the
passengers. The sandwiches, cold chick
en-, turkey duck, &c, &C., were quickly
distributed among the hungry ones, who
ate and wondered, and silently thanked
the men who had thus braVed the storm
to give them aid and cheer We learned
! that Conductor Curtis and a Mr. Barpes
had reached the city aud given ttdings of
our condition; that the former gentleman
was badly, frozen. and the latter bad re.
turned to gnide Messrs. Hopgh and Man
chester, Of the Southern road, aid others
to the train. Several teams had started
put two or three had reached the train;
and how any human being could live to |
ride In such a storm such distance, and
face IL, was matter Of establishment to
ALL The attempt of the teams to return
to the city that night failed, We learned
Saturday morning, and two or three ladies
who started with them, were badly frozen
before reaching shelter. Friday night |
was passed in comparative comfort. But
few slept, L think. The fires we're sufi.i
cient TO warm the:caFs, and closely crowd. |
ed in the seats, on the floor, and ON piles |
OF fuel, we watched over the women and
little ones, and waited for day to dawn.
Toward morning the bowling Of the Wiad |
'oeasedslthe snOW,ceased flteriDg in through
the creHices, and the bright moon told US |
that the storm had spent its anger! There |
was JOY among the ipassengers-a general |
waking up followed. Saturday morning
came, With further distribution iof food. |
and q Vigilant lookout for some signs Of |
help. About eight O'clock an engine was |
seen. approaching us from the east with a |
SNOW plow. Before ten O'Clock it had
reached US and hauled us back to the |
Junction, where We found two or three
9fthsT fwsiSs tra4I1ls r4Il gaiting to go in. .Abou.
we've O'CLOCK 1t was auuUuucru tIIut !
slelghs from the city had arrived, char.
tered oy the railroad company to convey
sucn passengers as did not choose to wait
Ior the road to be broken, to Ulich's Hn.
Tel. these' were soon crowded, and after
tedious, cold 'rids, were sbfely set down |
at ultch's, where the chilled and frozen |
received every attention from the hosnita- |
Ole proprietors, who refused to receive
money for the comforts provided. Such is |
the nasty record of the way the old year |
closed and the new year began with those I
OF as who were ion railroads in this great
storm The record is, imperfect, for all
mat was felt, ,tandisnHered and ex perieuced,
cannot be written. Nor is it possible To
rexptessthe gratitude felt that SO little suf
terlng resulted from this,terribIs exposure. /
IT would be invidious to name any one,I
as meriting especial praise; but it is only
J Jpse to say that every railroad man with
in my observation and kuowledoe. on
both the Michigan Central and Sonthern
trains, did his whole duty. molly and nm
,Ainchinglv s.,r, 80
And am sure that oplv o-.-oo,-o. 80,
dyspeptic too selfish and ;nJSIant A1E 10 4aIa aIu
care of anv hn,Iy hnt L;,,,saIf ~ "a
dnlpefin -! V9uiu IN
tardiness sandiudifference ofrailway man
eeters on the, train. rain S bT, OF tS GSo sucn cnar
expressions ,,f "%oAe ~. ho
sengers, either by word or @ act TSa1 TS ta Se
Ilonged to the class Of men who did not
hel6 the women ASS and = cbTI5.s,I Gd %no a5q not
greediIy enjoyed the fire. soP %bieS aeS tba9 Ta9