Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-10-21
r5,toriaI correspondence.

lem subjected 10 a severe trial in their
efforts t. reach the Capital. We will give
= description of the perils by rail. by land
AMI sou, that have beset the path OF some
voyaotgs, in their attempts to sail into
barbor We spent Tuesday at Richmond
iutendin4 20 come 10 Montpelier on the eve
min train, but on learning that passengers
would be compelled to be transported
aero the river in row boats, and on a
seow at Ridley's Bridge, in Bolton, we
came to tho conclusion that the naviga-
ton Of the swelling tide would be prefer
bic by dav, than in the midnight dark
ness in tie rain The mail train LETT
Richmond on Wednesday morning, with
three well filed coaches, AMI proceeded
uuin errupt-d until the bridge was
reached. On orr arrival, We learned that
the tre-tle work had been washed away
by the rains Of Sunday night, that had
swollen the Wiuooski (Which at that
poin is quite widr,) to full banks, and
til 1t he rains Of Tuesday night had in
creased the volume Of water, and a swift
current was rushing hoodwood, etc, on
ward towards L1ka Chainpllin. For a
long time 10 oraer7 were gwen - - WA
course WIS to be pursued in transporting
the enc hun tired and fifty, or more pas
sen ters, aud their baggage, around the
break II the meantime, two or three
loI ~; F,r.d tho rnw hnats
? + ehser7 PAU en''''u '''o -"
anu were 'aNeA uo"ii ~ ''l'''n = -
cofteh1 Soi'i' u'S'"1o'' ~
lana q upon '"e ofP'T's' o','.A = ~
river. ny 'h.7 li'il,' mos q .''e p''ss4 ;.
gesS haa come :" Tue 'o',e'.''''.' '''''e
"a5 h'0 '"el' "e7'ie ~ i" -, ~
tHo r'sihS water :" SUI =
',oo"' i''"
'i-' oti9' 500 '''''' ~ NJ
must oe ',.,ii.' ''' :" ne ".''''' -,
't'''e = s''''',
convey -. I'.'s7' i'-''s "i1.''.' ~, :.
I - : is' p'i'" = ''''' 49,. =,
nearly az 81. 'eu ''o"n - '.o o-s =
pa''eh'iy avn '''' "'''''i - 20 -.
aHees' 'oilc' no" W.
ing u, rosPee1 % naEi"s - o'os' '"e
rNef' ha1 r'''fte' on 'oo' 70 !" aseioui > =
distance OF some NE mics "hi'h 'hey
reached af'er q Mu'-y ana weary 't"hp
in the ram, through waters, aha round
about devious paths, g AVOID the water
which Ind commenced ~ THIS t'ihf' 70
rise RAPIDLY an.I d'oa the highway ;.
IhIs was tar rom an Agreeable UP ~
vas ttte-ted by III" expSlaHce Of 'he
he mosrs rios" htthi3h' courtney ana
ha6.AHti In aeoHs an i'''f' me VIZ 'h'
arrived Two t'ar-.''sa and SIX t"o-hof>e
teams. my wer" quickly lad1ea ana
start 4 or their Journey, We were Tor
tanatr 70 securing pass &c n the htsfcaf-
II ge. Ai."F l'f"F' A'a- ai3ae : hii4'' ~
dltFsr d'-lt,d 4 "'r'i'h 81 vac plsseh se''
70 get on and WALK MP steep MI ~ we
Load wt> to" wtl4hty - he drawn up a
II contained some twenty men, some OF
them, as y '>hy would say, OF merry pro-
partien~, as solid tx .uiple the L'ei'eh-
ant dovern"r eject might he el'ta- h'ler
having been again comfortably paeheu'
the ro1d was comparatively gooo io'
nearly hall mile when POM was
reached that hha been washed OUT an"
the water h'd o'"fh wed 'i1e fo'o -
such cePtA that u vas necessary
to axe = aa5"nr '''Fo"sn = o.Asi 7 T. -,
A2a'h we 'i'' - '''S y
through 'Hu'' over ia'i'sa 'u' "''
|hiie rae driver c'rei"iiy p'e"e,i ms ".J
around mo Inc hl@5' F." y a'i'' ie'o ~
TINS t.oin'' an lnei1N.'t 'h''' was up
ant to the iEdlVidui nut amusing = my
specti'''-' ''1''. =
cllmoins oyer i-hce eaus'i' - 49, a.
landed upon descending gf'nnu anu ~ :.
In very 2Gn'iy lii'o "''e"' "''oH :