The North-Carolinian., 1851-09-20
RIDE ON A RAILROAD.
From the warrenton Kepor,

RIDE ON A RAILROAD.
From the warrenton Reporter.
.Oh. what row, what a rumpus and rioting
All those endure, you may be sare"-
who ride on the Raleigh and CASTOR Rail-
road. We are always willing to say good
word for anybody aud anything when we
can consc,entiously do 50, and If we, at
any time. speak .lisparaginsiy Of this road.
we wish it understood that we do not
intend to include any one attached to it in
any capacity, for we believe that no set
Of men ever had harder task to perform,
who performed it SD we'll, than the con-
tractors. engineers and others who manage
its affairs.
We, last week, enjoyed ~ a trip Oh the
CASTOR end Of the road from WarrentOn De-
pot, and as the incidents OF the run we're
little out of the common, we give a short
SIX ketCh OF our ride.
On leaving the Wasren.on Depot few
hundred yards, lady, who was seated not
far off. asked US, with serious alarm de-
picted in her countenance, if there was not
danger of turning over the cars, an anti
cipation which the leaning of the cars TO
one side seemed to Justify. To calm her
apprehension, we replied that we thought
that the extent Of our DANCE, lay in the
probability Of running Of the track which
enough, three miles below Macon Depot.
There were only a few passengers on
board, bat the amount Of maledictiOu in
such cases is not proportiOned to the hum-
Der Of passengers, but to the length Of time
they are detained.
North Carolina, the Raleigh and CASTOR
Railroad, and that portion Of it particular
ly. were separately discussed and consisn-
ell to s'that bourne'' whence no railroad
ever returns.
With all the effort made by the hands
gathered for the purpose Of getting US again
on the track, the work progressed SO
slowly as to warrant the conclusion that
the object would not be effected before
midnight.
We had long poles and short poles,
blocks props aud arrows; we prized and we
propped; We got tired and stopped; we sat
down to rest and consult what was best to
be done in the case and get out of the
place. Night too, was approaching, and
hunger encrOachiDg. on many a NAV, and
sadly they wanted something to chaw, but
where was that something to come from?
That was the question. Finally it was
proposed tsat- some four or five Of us should
8" to Farmhouse about mile ahead and
get suppe. Cor ourselves and have some
sent to the ladies', wh~. with one or two of
the more aged passengers remained on the
car. The proposal was favora&iy received.
SO Oft we set, five of us on boaro a hani
car, to work our passage to where p.ovis-
ions were to be had. Among the numb.~
was big fat Richmond cit, of whom more
anon. We arrived at the Farm house
where we were told by the gcntlemanly
proprietor that We could have supper, but
must wait for it to be prepared. In the
mean time the work ofsetting the .'lron
Horse on the track was going on, and, as
it turned out more successfully than we
had imagined possible; for, just as we had
| sat down to the supper table we heard the
keen whistle and presently the chug chug
Of the eng ne coming on at a snOrting rate.
About that time might have been seen
| some pretty tall eating. Chicken legs
were stripped at bite, while cups Of cot
fee went down at a swig.-Chug, chug.
nearer and nearer; another warning whis-
tie. We could stop no longer, So up we
jumped, and each man gathering a hand
full. of we put to gain the road ahead Of
the car. 10 do this we had to run and
pretty fast at that. We are tOlerabIy fast
on the heels. but this time we chanced to
be in the rear Of the race. While running
through a skirt OF woods we were sudden
iy startled by the elevation Of two black
objects just ahead, which as suddenly de-
| scended, and on nearing the spot, there lay
our Richmond friend, prone upon his
bread basket, with chunk Of bread in one
hand aud the scrag Of a chicken in the other,
which he was endeavoring to keep off the
ground and in his mouth he held a chicken
leg, the bone Of which was proje citing and
had stuck about an inch in the earth. The
skirt Of his coat turned over his shoulders
and lett exposed the seat Of his pants,
which were burst. we guess, about eigh-
| tee inches crosswise. We surveyed the
scene for moment, and finding he was
damaged corporeally, hurried Oh to the
road which we reached just in time to si,e
information of the accident and intereede
with the humane conductor to wa. until
, our unfortunate friend came up. he pres
emily made his appearance,--e jumped
about and reached t:aston bv II O'Clock.
| -toO late Of course for tb' northern tram.
| Consequently we had - Ie over unit!
Sunday evening. We went our trip anu
returned in safety out where we went is
| another matter.
| Ne,D Yoax Democratic Stale Contention.
The Geographic despatch which we publish
in another column brings US the welcome
Intelligence that this body has readoptedl
the sound national re sol lutions Of last yeas
The democracy Of New York now st
in full harmony with the democ ratio
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