This was about 4 o’clock, p. tn. From
ih;<t time until yesterday afternoon,
about twenty-four hours,.the passen
gei*s remained there blockaded with
out any thing like luxurious living. '
For that twenty-fours if they ha I 1
prayed as zealously as they faithfully i
fasted, they might beset down among
latter day religious devotees. During
Saiurda night, to make the situa
tion still more interesting, the supply
of wood became exhausted, and the
cheerful fires turned to discouraging
ashes too much like the surrounding
-now. Then the fasting was altogeth
er disproportionate to the praters.
Yesterday, the railroad company af
ter several ineffectual efforts to reach
the blocked* tl (rain by reinforcements
of snow ploughs and engines from
here, sent out a number of wagons,
hacks and carriages, which suc
ceeded in releasing the passengers and
landing them here al about 7 o’clock,
p. m. A number of locomotives ami 1
shovelers were sent out this morning I
lo clear the road, and it is expected
the Hain will arrive this evening.
WEST
of this ctity the storm was probably
mure severe than to the eastward.
