The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-31


The Helena falon.l Iadcpsndent 9, tns
7ash sayss IN fIsaxur KoSse, ntsngen.
ef the Bentnn stags lnes 70 ias a.s.,
last evening. Ar. Rowe iS the m nan wv
found Casey as1d pc g 1usf apons g ss Man
me nrnyen himself. En- the winter OF ists
ssr go,ra grus driving d sixteen passfnger
cnaeA frav, III. psiIs 20 Hastings, and DIS
rrsl las eyer the BiIssissippi river, Is nien.
usss sra.pF,a. He drove over In the epenIHg
"a 4he ia, hut All The mean sstpe = tha# na0.
.as IN III HIS A tempo
sary ferry Wiss WaiIl and at O'Clock 10
.sfn;snnnine~ Mr. Tosye afarted 2orsStsf aah
! I'M drying On. tic ferry boat the Jolt OF Sne
front syheels brSke the rope, and tEe Dosl
was showed into the river with the coach
resfiAg partly alpon 1t. Mr. Rowe IVES
fi1rrryn out and begun swimming. Suus
de,i,y HIS feet4ernek the floating coach. :fie
etaEbered up sand attempted 20 open tle
Iaonr to let cat the passengers, Wnen ms
ira1d came IN contact with MAJOR SuHens1
head, weaknown resident OF Aontapas
and an uncle soi William 3. Gniss, OF tfifs
jsty. He pssled BIN out; anether 'lnan
hurst from The coach, and Mr. KeFpe,-Ierat,-
|pIing him, held him above Waser, Nn le
stili q third made his Appearance HON isae e
INSIDE. wIenRfr. Rowe caught him also, az az 9 2
held him usat.I relief arrived and took tine
passengers 10 the shore, leaving Mr. RoRe
10 swim watch be did, and hsasg to:arock
Tor three bears until rescued.
From the centre OF the plateau IN WBlcn
Mr.. Casey ,ssas lost It is twenty-five miles
IN either direction to timber. Nj ResRe
struck the trail about eight miles vest 1rom
}fhe TYentg-eight- Mile springs, and aoE
lowed it Ia q westerly direction for abatlt
Elk miles. lit was in a zig-zag. nlFchng
eonrse. Arxving at q bottom about three
miles wide be lost the trail, but being an
experienced anonntaineer he marked the
spof. and. INDIAN fashion, began ezr-
| cling for: s;t. After keeping this zap
| for three yiiles he observed carr
on high bridge Some SIX nses
distant, which, he thought, belonged 20
half-breed from Blachoot Agency. ihss
was about sunrise, Mr.. Rowe having peae
about twenty miles before daylight Rowe
galloped towarh the cart, Dat on arriving
at the top OF the next crest he vas
surprised to see it going In another direc-
fion. Three mS.es further he came in sight
Of IL again. This time the horse was fioun-
derine in snow-drift, from which be ex-
tricated himself. When be sighted the cart
and driver again che horse was going direct
toward the snoW-drift from which be had
Just escaped. Mr.. Rowe now recognized the
lost driver Casey was sitting on the seat,
q line in each 1and, and bis head down.
The horse would walk few steps. then
halt, and, turning his head, gaze in helpless
manner at his driver who would raise bis
head, look at the horse moment, and then,
without utterins word, let his head drop
down again. Rowe called to him two or
three times, but received no answer. Sea
sew, for Gods sake, are you aliye?" anx-
iously cried Rowe. Casey slowly raised his
bead, gazed steadily at Rowe for moment,
and then burst into tears. - Where are you
frozen ?" asked Rowe. ~ guess my feet are
frozen," he answered, Ia feeble, careless
tone. Rowe then looked at bis ankles,
and found that they were black and hard.
..Will you have something to eat ~ in
quired Rowe. "Yes," the starving boy
answered, eagerly, 81 am very hungry"
Rowe gave him u rart OF his lunch, and
when he lRowe) began to unhitch the horse
| from the cart Casey insisted upon helping
him, saving that he had been hitching and
unhitching the horse for several days. and
knew how to do it. So TO quiet him. Rowe
told him to hold the starved animal,
but the moment the horses eye caught
sight of a bunch OF grass. he pulled
the rope fgom Casey's feeble hand.
Rowe saddied the horse Casey bad been
driving, helping him into the saddle,
| and having hitcbed his own horse to the
cart, jumped in and started for twenty
mile drive over the trackless desert. After
travelling q few miles Rowe gave Casey
something to eat. He told Rowe that he
| lost his tobacco the first day, and asked for
chew. "Why didn't you unbitch the
horse and try to make one Of the stations?"
inquired Rowe. 81 thought OF that" he
replied; "but again thought il ] got the
horse and the cart separated no. one would
ever find either me or the mail, and by
keeping all together, even IL / die some
body.will find the mail, and Bob Casey
could never be accused of deserving bis
post.'' He was fed sparingly at the station,
and soon the color came back: TO his face.
When found both checks and lips were
black, and he could not close them. MIR.
Casey is twenty years old, about five feet
three inches in height, and weighs one hun
dred and forty-fve pounds. he was ten
days without food.