The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1854-02-18
Wmp RAcn or Loconorlyr.-Thc Cincir

WnD RACE or LOCOMOTIVE Cincin.
natl Commcrcida Of tho 3lst uItimo, tells the
following story:
few minutes past 10 o'clock yesterday
morning collision occurred on the Miami
road, mt Milford. There was no loss of fife.
but the circumstances were quite remarkable
Thcrc had been an unusually heavy fall OF
snow the night previous. by which the track
became heavy, and all the trains fell behind
time. The mail train coming into tho city
was some thirty-fivc minutes behind time Mt
the Milford station, where il il due ut 925.
Conductor Osgood was OH tho platform help
ing the ladies to and from the ears, when the
whistle of the llillsboro freight train was
heard, and the locomotive seen coming around
the sharp curve above Milford in full speed
The conductor OF the freight train was on tho
engine, and told his engineer to check up.--
The signal wns given, but the brakes were In.
sufficient to hold the wheels, and the cara
came booming down the slippery track with
aba,cd but dangerous speed The wheels were
reversed, and the conductor and engineer
jumped from the engine. A brakeman on the
mail train shouted to the passengers in the
near car to get out, but before they could cs
cape, the descending locomotive came into the
car with terrible crash, and, ,scnt neariy
Mrongh, splintcrng wood and iron, but--nnd
thcres the marvci--killing not one of tho
got well forward before the iron horse came
laundering over their seats
! When Mr.. Watt, engineer Of the mail train.
heard tho crash Of tho collision, lie supposed
hs own train would be driven over him. and,
with his assistant, sprnng Off The furnace
had just been crammcd with wood and there
] was full head of steam on. The force Of tho
/ blow nncouplcd tho locomotive and tender
/ irom tho baggage chr, mt tho same instant Jerk
/ ing the lever and throwing tho throttle valve
wide open! Away sped tho locomotive like
an arrow, or, If VIC might so say, like fiat of
omnipotcncc, sweeping down the track Mt
seventy miles an hour God help any haplcss
train met or oycrtnken--hclp the city, but full
fourteen miles below, for that distance, will be
dcyourcd in fifteen minutes!
The escaped engine came howling by Plain.
villc--visib'e for an instant 4, The appalled,
vilingers--switched oil into {ie doablc track,
| as lightning from one steel rod to another di.
ycrBcnt, and thundcrcd on to the city, whose
| spires must now have been sccs rom the iron
1 disc OF this fiery comet--but there was none
ITO see, for rider, or driver or living human
soul, iind the engine none. On, straight on.
tho city tho city
ceased, and little way above the upper en-
| ginesiollsc, on heavy M grade, the locomo-
/ tiye's breath was spent: Il enmc to n dead
stand and stood thero silent aud cold. forininc,
!, as nucsa q part Of the still wintry landscnpo
!, !, na the wlitened rock and sliroudcd trees on
Z the hillside above.
You needn't think that because YOU are r;y
: ING yourself alrsf putting forth false prcten-
sion, false show, and false lights, that YOU AFRO
, thereby quilting the public. No, not a bit Of
It; tho public--bless It's Argus eyes !---is not
, ~ great fool as you may take II TO be- You
4 may talk loudly and learnedly--yoa may
i a'iect oeneyoience, and oil the virtues In tho
known worjd--you may put forth n spccious
show Of wealth and importance, or don a gloss
oil seeming afiability and condcscension
unless You really have all Of these things IL II
OF no sort of use. That monster grim. Pub
/ lie Opinion, has seen you through and through
land weighed you in tho balance and found
you wanting, and hcnceforth II IL call day"
with you.
i JcnicIAL DIGSfry.--The following conyer
! sation Is said TO have occurred between a yen
erable old lady, and certain Quoad,,,, pres;,I.
ing judge of this county. The learned disciple
OF binckstonc was supported OH his right and
lett by his worthy associates, when Mrs. u.
!, was called up TO give evidence:
II Take oft your bonnet, madam -
had rather not, SIR
+ But, madam, | insist upon IL; take on
i sour bonnet, ] say"
e#zsS In public assemblies women reueroi,,
/ {ssssef their heads Such is the custom elss.
sid therefore, III not take Off my bon.
Pr xaA lear that, gcnilcmcng Shc pre
ssss ko s,;95f moro about these ulnttars than
tho Jsstz4 i35nself. Had you not, madam. bo,
tes es,,sse take a seat upon tho lcnchsf
thank you, for really think
/ snsfa ,s's ss9 t cueugh there already"
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