Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-03-05
From he fredericksburg .zss.s, March .
THE PRESIDENT IN 'Hcr

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Gen. HxRstsoN and suis,, the Vice p,..;a..,
eees and Judge Badger, the newly appointed Ssc.
'o'a'y OF the Navy, arrived in Town ON S.,,,-,..
evening, IN an Extra train from Richmond ~
Ps re- 70 Washington the next morning.
Inc necessity imposed upon General Ha,r;.o.
,oe Iaveihng on the Sabbath was most paiof,,I 80
ns Ieenngs He had made all his arrangemsn,s =;
orpss Ina, he might reach the ssat Of Governm.n,
y" oa'u1uey evening.-These arrangements ,~.rs
defeated, by the cupable nesliyenee' M. were
courtesy, or-as the facts Of the case wonId -. "
worrant the suspicion-the deliberate des;yn n 49,
neen,s oil the Petersburg 4 Richmond r ail Road =,
"a ,o, p place. General Harrison was expect.
ee IN petersburg, by the cas- ffom Civ Point ~,
ppnuay afternoon, IN time for the evening train 10
sNenmono. 10 render HE passage more eer,.;,
.So oil ms friends in Petersburg o6tsned a nlsd..,
DIP M Nc HrTnmond trn'n should not depart until
M.-rhis pledge was violated and m. ,r.;n
ossPa.ehed at 20 minutes to 4. Gen. Harrison az
rNed Ten minutes before 4. He was forced ,h.ra
,ose' 70 wait Tor the morning Mail Train. This
,,h.n ;,'n.a ror me southern Mail until A. nj.
wnen ~ set on without it-leaving but an hour .ud
nan 70 make the run and arrive in Ricbnond hv
'ne latest moment TO which the Frede min
,oulo DC de,ayed--After leaving Petersburg the
NOT ,o;,. unuer The preience that thes could
nos Ia'ss steam-Wh hen before did similar aceiden,
happen on thatroad1 A detention of half an hour
49,. .1usc prevented the train reaching Richmond
unvu me fredericksburg train had departed.
or Er;s' mus minute, because taking the events
VI = riday evening and Saturd, ~ morning in con-
neAon with declarations which were oyerbesrd
that "Gen. Harrison should he comoeII.d IN ,r.m,,
oS sunday We have little doubt that the detention
S,,m,d,, 90 as 20 mss the cars for Washington, on
design. was tue result oil
Notn'ng but sense Of the imperious necessity Of
us. MS iIye'ng IN washington, by Monday morning.
could have induced General Harrison 10 40 Is,
was highly repugnant to his own feelings undss
.nese circumstances, his opponents are welcome 70
all the capital which they can make out of his in;
h o,S"y ana compulsory violation of the Sab
tons. ~ e"s-
To The Editors Of the Whir;
Gentlemen-Above is an extract from, thu E,.
uericksburg Arena Of Tuesday last As m. rh.r.
are calculated to iujnre those against whom
'ney are mace, and non.deral might be consider
co an admission Of their correctness YOU will Ollie.
me ny giving this place in your paper
ne hour Tor leaving Petersburg in the evening
- nan a'.er .. This train meets and passes ano,
re, et tne hsn way station, and must arriv. in
X edmond before the mail and passenee,s fnr, ~.
worm con go on. Ii is therefore necessary IN h. -
punetual as possible in leaving Peter,bYre. tn.
sen.s nave no authority TO detain the trains and A,
'he City Point train not even in sigbt ,bs,,
were right TO start when they did, after 10 mnn,.s
uesy' ~ had come in sight at this time, our trnn
.ouiu not nave started before o'clock ifappliea-
NO, son nao oeen made IN time at the general Office of
,ne company, Tor delay or extra train il mich,
nave been arranged without difficulty; but the r.,
Pos'uVe information OF Gen. Hnrrson's intention ~,
come IN 1t, was brought by this train
+, or me morulying failure to arrive in time n,
richmond on Saturday morning, there is less err
S S while waiting Tor the cars from the south
Heyono me usual time of starting, the FIRE was all
,oweo 10 go down go low, that, efter running mile.
lne tram stopped for want of steam; and when
started again. so much time had been lost as IN nrs.
'eIs connection with the for FREDERICKSBURG.
h9' thete was great negligence in This case. is moi
uenled but that number OF men would CONSUME
Js,.n,in an o.Jeet so absurd, knowing the ri, OF
Ieeeon and It's consequences, is too improbable for
oenei' hope this will meet the eyes Of Gen. Har.
'son ahu ms ielow'travelleIs. The Editor of The
Arena, by hastily publishing il. has given III e
yecl lar more importance than it deserves. and
would not trouble you with il but for the wish 10
satlSiy me gentlemen who were detained, and the
s.ockholders Of this company, that there EXISTS
among us no conspiracy to compel the Presaen, &c
'neSe United States to travel on Sunday.
Respectfully,
JOS. Ii. COATES,
Pres't Richmond and Petersburg r.. r.. Co
Richmond, March !.