The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-23

inform tho co,,ntrv that tl,a.a x,,oa = - a.
tho ro,,,t,;o.,, - ..s.I.. .ps ~
offer his services as mediator. He has also
loudly exhorted the President to stand firm
against the radicals, and pledged him the NOR
al support OF two millions OF democrats in
STATES never IN rebellion. t,1, sr yl i...
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8uJ d. Letter from the Great Vast. i. ;y.. Z
10 7ma CrnAR RRAprns Dac I. 100,
iaad .a,l-A 5,ow. l4l'ls-1
To the Editor Of the Press: sgoi--ll- 4
noticed that nv last letter to the Press
was headed .aLetter fron, tbo Eo, Wootn
Really, it was the first time since T crossed
the Mississippi, that it had occurred to me
thai 1 had reached point yerv afar west.n-
Almost every day and hour we hear people
say that they are going or have been @out
west" which is point somewhat farther from
the Atlantic than this. N''-' -i''
t..4.,~a cpNrpAr ,ow.
NV last letter left ua IN the nro,,v ,;,.,s c;tv
of Cedar Ran;l. mat ON the no,n, of stort;na
for Des Moines- - al sa edo 0.
The country along the line of the Cellar
Rapids and Missouri River Railroad which ex-
senus wess rronI sn1'
altogether praine' nor all hlly-it Is rather
cross De1ween tne TWO, with hardly any OF the
requisites OF either. 1t is undulating and in
'o p' S'e so1n"5 = 90 u"e sen - ~ 1'e
-. .,,a =, ao.,,o ...,...ss a.. ~.
-,.,,, -, .ha -. -.
..ho,r -. 49, -. g. - a., =.
noon. ~ ..a.o.. 49, -. - - - ~ 49, ~ 60
Msppp -. -. S...-
600, ~ ,,ooa' o,,.,;,,, 49,. -.
m;nei, 70 some ox,sn.s - - - -Se
Along tho ,;no 80 a., .u...s - ~ :.
THRIVING towns which a.. tha -, - - -
for thisnarticular local;tv 1,,a;s.o,u,, ~.
wav Relic Pla;ns TnLs ona Mauah.,,.,',,
are doing op;ta an axtans;ve hns;nos.
- -
!, :, o..e - 'ne o" sc".s' Last ap,n
s ~ " 's wv '.N''' = 'ne
-. - - :. -. ...,.-s ep.y Ie'.'-
o1 ~ A."A. = 'l.e ..,'.,nus " '',e =. n ~,
e p.,e, ' "" eo1'u ~, De pu'neu
"e'o'' w. -. 1u' A,..e' Ing n's' io's
"o,o 'o'u " INC A'a'ioau ior 20 eacn' 'o7oay
- .ne '"'.o 'oss arc Dnsns Siooo each anu
Dn0 = NO, -1oo A'an'' ".Au anus, NY ooinpaiion
anu ,hyS''' u'u no' however 20 70 BOONE out
ie'' 'ne cars al nevada 'or r -'li74-'.'o'
STAGE RIDE TO DIES MONIES. $500
It was one O'Clock p NJ when we reached
this little mud town-Neya .a--and we search
ed in vain for something to eat. In little
store, labelled Saloon . we found thew did no.
thine Int sell under the nama of svvb;ta
W.T. ), - 49,, - -, a. r
unno.r as hoor, "a s.,noa :. ~ -,
wo loco,oa o,r,o,vo. n ,;.,,a 49,. -. -
al on whosls o.,lad NV ,ho n.,;uss -
which wos or;o;n.,lv ds,,onaa Co. a., ,,osss.s ;
oers with cbanca for sevsn,h u;t, .hs ar;r
or a., the hox h,,t ,oaori,,os. os o,;o;.., Ga.
s;cns tho accent aetns,,v n.ckad - ~. :, =,
in . n,ace too small for The rrn,,hor 81. ,.h;sh
the maker inten,led n n Tbose -, tha sron. 800
seat had to @doye tail. their legs with .hose ON
.ho ,,;.,a,. so.t ,,,,,, -. 4.
in order IN cive nroner oh .,,co Er t,eo ,.;rcn,
lstion of the blood and the nrevent;on of in
evitable cramn Fortunatelv for tbamsalvao
there were no ladie, in the coach esneciallv on
the seats mentioned. The writer had aood
chance behind. where each of ns took turns n
sitting edrewise in order to make room for
the other two. Thus for nine long bours we
sat. OF course stories were told. songs SING.
cigars smoked and eyery thing done to while
awav the time. OF the nine men seven were
from New England and four (thant Heaven
there are such) were from the State Of Maine.
We arrived at l d91nl5 aacsHoil s2-if l-A-
DIES MONIES
about ten o'clock, in the midst of violent
rain which had no cessation from the time we
arrived to the time we left, rendering the mud
actually unnavigable In the streets Of the
capital of Iowa the mud would average four
teen inches deep, the carriages would sink to
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