The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-09-25
Horace Greeley's Ride.

powerful leaders in the TrituNe in
favor OF the Pacific Railroad which
had greatly cndcared him to the
citizens CT the Golden State. And,
therefore, they made SO much Of
him when he went to see them.
1T one town, the enthusiastic
populacc tore bis celebrated white
coat to pieces: and carried the
peices home to remember him
by.
The citizens Of Placervii!c pre-
pared to tcte the great Journalist,
and an extra coach, with extra
RELAYS of horses. was chartered Of
the California Stage Company to
carry him from Folsom 70 Placer
viIic. distance forty miles. The
extra was on account delayed and
lid not leave Folsom uEti! late in
the afternoon. Mr.. Greeley was
to be teted at I o'clock, that even
ing, by the citizens Of PlacervilIe,
and it was altogether necessary
that he should be there by that hour.
So the stage company said to
Henry Monk, the driver of the
extra: "ucnry, this great man
must be there by Z o'clock, to-
night" And Henry answered,
"The great man shall be there
The roads were in an awful
state, aud during the first few
miles out Of Folsom slow progress
was made.
Sir" said Mr.. Greeley, "you
are aware that | must be at Placer
vile at I o'clock, tonight ?"
''l've got my ORDERS ~ laconically
returned Henry Monk.
Still the coack dragged slowly
forward.
"Sir," said Mr.. Greeley, "this is
not a tr;ding matter. I must be
there at ~
Again came the answer: "I've
got my orders.''
But the speed was not increased,
and Mr.. Greeley chafed away
another half hour, when, as he was
again about to demonstrate with
the driver, the horses suddenly
started into q furious run, and all
sorts Of encouraging yells filed
the air from the throat Of Henry
Monk.
That is right my good fellow"
| said Mr. Greeley. II will give
you ten dollars when We get to
Piarcerville. Now we are going"
They were, indeed. and at ter
rible speed.
Crack crack went the whip,
and again that voice split the air
"Git up! hi vi! g'iong! yip-yip!'
And on they tore, over ruts and
stones, up and down, at rate Of
speed never before achieved by
stage horses.
Mr.. Greeley, who had been
bouncing from one end Of the
coach to the other, like an India
rubber ball, managed to get his
head out Of the window, and
said:
"D-n't-on't- you-u-u-
think-e-e shall yet there by
if we d-n't 60 so fast?"
live got my orders" That
was all Henry Monk said. Anc
on tore the coach.
1t was becoming serious. AL
ready the journalist was becoming
extremely sore from the jolting
and again his head might have
been seen at the window.
Sir" he said, II don't care-art
arc if we don't get there a
T."
':l've got my orders"
Fresh horses-forward again
faster than before over rocks anC
:, stumps, on one Of which the coach
narrowly escaped turning a sum
mersault.
"Scc here" said Mr.. Greeley
II don't care if we can't ge
there at ALL"
"I've got my orders. I worl
for the California Stage Company
l do; that's wot work for. The,
said "Git this man through b.
!; T. and this mans goin' through
, you bet! Gerlong! whoop"
Another frightful jolt, and Nj
Gree!ey's bald head suddenly foun
it's way through the roof of tn
coach, amid the crash Of timber
: and the ripping of strong canva!
Stop, you maniac :" he roareG
Again answered Henry Monk
"I;ve got my orders. Keep you
5 seat: Horace y
At Mud Springs, q village a fe'
. miles from PIacerville, they met
c large delegation Of citizens {
: Placerville, who had come out t
: meet the celebrated editor az
t and escort him into town. Their
5 was a military company, . bras
: band. and a six-horse wagon loa
\ of beautiful damscls IN milk-whit
$ dresses. representing all,the State
! in the Union. It was really dar
< now, but the delegation was an
e ply provided with torches an
l. hOn-firns oil aionr The road {