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thy PRESIDENT, he, aud IS, hereby a'I'nos'
iz,d To adopt any course which may IN
his Judgment seem most fitting aud exc
pedIent 10 resent and blot out this V'le
charge; and that the whole means OF ihis
company be placed at his control TO ei~
feet that otJect."
On the passage Of this bill Ihe JudgH
lost no time in sending an at'esleo copy
10 Col. Sliyers; Hnd accompanied mo
same BY polite invitation 10 meeting
on Wednesday following al or near mo
iuocIion station, which YOU are aware IS
on the county line marking The divIstoa
between Jackson and Ben.un COUNTIES.
Some Of the ,imd stockholders d friends
of the parties interested made an effort
10 procure the interference Of His Excel
lepcy Governor Yell, but the Governor
replied that he had too much respect ana
personal esteem for both the co8'en1'ng
parties to interfere, aud was specially de-
srous 10 know The exact hour when the
meeting would take place, that he might
satisfy himself as TO the relative powers
of the locomotives end the skill OF 'be
conductors thereof; that IS Governor OK
an independent Stae, independent alike
OF Corporations and all responsibilities,
he cnuid not InteFfeEe further than t0ses
fair play.
As YOU may readily suppose The NOR
ming of The meeting assembled a vass
concourse on both sides. The engineers
Of the respective locomotives, 10 their
honor be it spoken. impored their Fes?ec-
live presidents 10 have the honor OF par
tcipalIng 10 the affair, but this was pos
lively objected to, the presidents ihem'
selves determining alone to settle tho
ma ter with their own locomotives. IL
was arranged that each should start from
his own station, and when they reached
fag holsleJ at five miles distant from
the junction on each side, to put on whas
steam they chose & abide the result.
| A signal gun was statioHed at each
hag 10 announce The assembage al the
junction station the passing OF each To-
cumolive, and so punctdal was each That
we scarcely more than heard The report
of Judge Chapin's gun when that oil Col:
Stivers came booming up 10 US. All
hen was brealhIess anxiety; and /
owe it 10 myself as a native of Arkansas,
10 say, that few, il any, bets were offered
or taken. 10 lass than ten minutes both
engines were in sight, going at the rate
of about lorly miles per hour. Col. Sit
yers let off sleam-some say 1t was an
accltent-but the Judge emitted nothing
bur pine knot smoke, and passed The juno.
ton about fifteen minutes before the col
Iison took place.
You have heard Of earthquakes-pef-
haps also you have heard Of MllIerlsm.
Well, both together are mere elrcum-
stance.
The crowd at the junction station rush'
ed down to The track; but all that was to
be seen was pine smoke, steam Il splIn'
lers. All the rest was crash.
When the log cleared away, II was an.
nounced that Col. StIvers and his Iocom'
olive were no more; 10 fact all that has
vet been found the Col. oprove that
he was there, is a mutiIated boot. known
to have been worn by him, with few
toes in if; The Col. was always known
10 wear tight boots, or perhaps The toes
would have gone oul with The limb.
The judge and his car ran down The
track, aller The collision, about three
miles, & the shouts Of his special friends
shook lhe trees when he was seen fetUr-
ming on The back track; and on reaching
The iunc ion station he sprang eff almost
enllleIv uninjured, and was welcomed by
his lriends-I may say by all, Tor through.
out This whole contest the Judge has
shown himself so much Of The man that
not an objecung voice is heard against
him.
| am happy tn add that The Leglsla-
lure of Arkansas seriously Contemplatss
passing a resolution making the county
lines no obstruction TO one company
directing the whole route, regard
less Of the counly divisions, and lhis
may lead 10 an abrogation of STATE rights
so far ns State lines ciosa the track OF
railroads; aud the time may not be dis
tant when railroad train moving TO Tex.
as will be allowed 10 cross State and
county lines, irrespective Of State rights
aud county rights.
, Our Gov ernor al the dinner on this oc-
casion, gave strong indications oi this,
by giving toast which at once marks
his classical attainmens and patriotism,
as we'll as his orgnaity-which was
"E pIurbus Unum."
This event mean the locomotive con-
,esl) has created, as you may we'll Ima-
CINE. great sensation here. Every body
here Iamenls The end of poor Col. Stlvers'
, who was a gallant man, aud Judge Cha
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