Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-12-02

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iFoH THE COUNTRY
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annrm-payable in advance.
ADVENTURES The Hon. Theresa Yever.
tor, Countess Avonmore, found the wintry
winds Of the 70 Semitic more unkind than
mans ingratitude. Tempted By delightful
Autumn day, she recently began a mountain
journey on horseback. while friends accompa-
MED her by stage. Soon after starting, the
weather changed and threatened severe snow
storm. The lady undauntedIy kcp5 her seat,
and hoped by rapid ridiag to catch up with
her escorts-three Englishmen of title, who
had taken her c!oaks and trunks ahead in the
stage. But late in the day the terrified wo.
man found herself nowhere in sight Of her
valiant protectQrs-and the snow pelting down.
In this situation even her horso failed her, and
the unhappy lady was compelled to dismount
and wander on alone. When darkness set 10
she was overcome with exhaustion aud was
forced to seek shelter in a hollow cedar. Sit
ting in this all night, she held her horse and
awaited the morning. With daylight she was
up, and finding her horse absolutely useless,
abandoned him and hurried forward afsot.-
Almost dead with hunger and distress, she
staggered on in search of a house. On the
ran, she almost tainted with JOY at the sound Of
human voice as she supposed, and darting
around a rock whence it seemed to come, she
came iull upon a grizzly bear Happily the
beast was as much surprised "a the lady, aud
she, In her agitation, starting back, lost
her footing, and rolled down the decIivity.
Bruised, bleeding, and almost lifeless she
recovered presently, and found herself in a
dark and gloomy eulch seemingly impenetra.
bic to the outside world. After frantic efforts
she at last found bear-trai leading to the val
ley beneath by u way not less preclpltous than
that which she had just descended so uncere-
monously. The situation was desperate, and
she was forced to attempt the hazardous path.
Unnerved By her peril and continued exertions
she missed her footing and again fell to the
foot of the rocks-ever 40 feet-and lay, sho
does not know how loug. stunned and bleeding,
where she lel Recovering consciousness, she
again started reso!ulely forward, her clothes
frozen stifHy to her limbs, and weak from TWEEN,
ty-tour hours lasting. Wsadering op. she
sgain reached a steep declivity. and, darlDaly
mounting fallen tree which lcanod over the
steep bank, she slid down moro :han fifty feet
and found herself in the valley. tlere, how
ever her strength utterly gave out, and had it
not been for The wonderful! chabce of q hunter
happening to cross her track when she first fell,
the adventurous woman muss have persisted.
The whole calamity is attributed to the co"ar
dice of the three Englishmep. Lord Harvey,
the Hon. Somebody Strut, and on Hon. Flow
ers. M. P.
SCENE ON A SoUTHERNsRAILRoAD. - From
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, Nov 2G. We
have been informed of a sccre which is said
to have occurred on the Augusta ana Savannah
Railroad one day last week. lt appears that
on last Saturday morning Senator Simon talHa
ron, Of Pennsylvania, lett this ci!y Tor Sa'an'
nah President Briigers. Of the Wilmington,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad, had arrived
in Augusta about the same time, on his elegant
special car, on bis way to Atlanta, aud learning
that Senator Cameron was going to Savannah,
courteously placed his car at the disposal OF the
Senator and his family. The offer was accepted,
and the coach attached to the day train On tic
Augusta and Savannah Railroad. AZ luck
would have it, there happened to be q radical
political meeting at Wayuesboro on that day,
and several negroes and few white men were
going down from this city to attend 1t. Cne
of the blacks forgetting that he was 10 Georgia
and not in South Caroline. very coo!ly TOOK a
seat in the ladies' car, instead Of the equally
comfortable coach which the company pre-
vides on all its trains Tor tho accom- undaion OF
coored people.
The conductor requested the sable citizen to
leave the car, and upon his refusing to DO So
elected him, after s stout resistance, from the
coach. Senate: Cameron heard lhe dlsLur-
bance, and discovering the cause, invited the
elected black man to take seat with MIN in
his special car 4 good macy other co?ercd
people were also invited into the car and IL
troduced BY Senator Cameron to his family,
and requested to ride with them down to Nay
nesboro. OF course the c1lo:cd citizens were
too highl; tickci GO: to accept the lnviss!oA
and the Senator his fanliEg and calorod guests
went on until the car, stopped! Il: the - eynrs
boro station:
On the principle that what Is sluca Jr tho
African is sauce for the Caucasian We have A'So
been Informed that, on the ssms da7 aad On
the same train, a white man from this city,
named Stallings was compelled to Leave the
colored peoples car. Stalings is radical
and was on his way down to Waynes5oro 10
attend the poticsl meeting. Tho conductor
decided that as the c0lored people were not
allowed to sit in the white peoples CIR, white
people had no right to SIT in the coored peo-
ples coach.
OPENING LETTERS. Many people seeing
letters advertised are in the habit OF thinking
there must be mistake in the address and call
for and open letters belonging TO other par
ties. There are also letters that occasionally,
through haste or mistake, get into che wrong
boxes and are opened by parties to whom they
do not belong. 1t would he as well to know
that the penalty for any person opening letters
not addressed to bimself varies from fine nos
exceeding $500 to Imprisonment for ten
years.
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