Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-12-31
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this been appointed uspectOr Martins
Warehouse in place OF Wm. C. Fowler, rcsigred =
This is a good appointment. Col. Hammer knows AS
much nhotit Democracy tthe important poinu and
good deal more about tobacco the unm poftnnt point)
than the majority of his competitors \ private tel
rgraplie despatch from the Executive mansion in.
forms Us strictly confidential way, that the nun.
her OF applicants for the important post now filed by
Col Hammer did not exceed eleven hundred aud tour
Henry adds that he will presently write letter on
this subject recommending il to the neat Electoral
College and giving them tull permission To tear ur
any paper they may fit to sign in regard To it,
Said letter 10 be addressed 10 Hon. r. NJ. T. Hunter
\ ScRiMNAGE occurred on Main Street yesterday
afternoon, participated in by four or fee par
ties IT free lN civ, stand and uncommonlv an
mating we'll 10 those engaged IN il ms TO the look
ers-on. Blows were soundly, fairly received and
promptly returned. No serious damage resulted.
VOLUNTEER COMPANY ~ LYxcnBuae--Time was
when there were four volunteer companies in Lyeh-
burg. For year or two past, there has been
Several sposmoiic attempts have been made to
revive the ancient spir, and get up company; but
every effort has most signaly failed. Why is this
Has the breed of noble blood died out2 Are be-
coming etleminac, s,ekly, unable to shoulder
ket? Have our Young men grown towards and
afraid OF gun powder? Have the old men lost all
memory of the warike days bygone and have they
rebuke to administer to this worthless generation?
In short, what fatal lethargy has crept upon that
we neglected. of what once valued so
highiy-namely life, limb, aud property ? To
every we'll balanced mind it must appear that
have quite as much need now Tor 4 military compa-
ny a had. Nay, the mark would not be
over stepped fit was sud that there is greater
need than before All feel this All say it. Nor
the materials for forming company less album
dant than of yore. The disposition is not wanting
either; only the unanimy and the ateadfastness.--
Last summer, sixty or seventy men were enrolled in
company. They commenced we'll but within three
weeks time, the sixty seventy had dwindled down
to six This looks like ptfu dckenoss.
This speaks badly for our young men. What would
their sW ecthearts shy of them? What will the world
think OF a city of ten thousand Inhabitants without
single military company?
1t is idle to be sarcastic on this point 1t is too
late too. People something in earnest now, and
a military company must have-ayc and good
one Better have good company than half Il
dozen good for nothing Let us have this COM
pany, and that speedily See that the fault, watev-
it may have been, which prevented the formation
of a company heretofore be done away with forever.
Recollcct that many months the militia will be
re-orga nzcd aud the muster fines will have to be
saved or paved in the good old days. Remember,
also, that the Common Council are prepared to help
out a company, to equip them, &c. Remember every
thing and the Black Republicans, and fall into line.
To arms to arms! ye brase
TUT REeENr CoLLlsIoS oS The CENTRAL RAILROAD.
The Richmond Dispaich Oft tn inst, gives, under
its local head. account of the collision which took
place on the Central Railroad upon Christmas day
This account Is. to say the least Of IT, smooth one
1t tames nobody and mpkps little of Il very se?io1s
accident. The damage to life and limb Is stated tnir
", but the damage to cars and engines is not. The
Dispatch rerknns the cost of repairs upon the rolling
stock at : 600. A sponlcnt of the Nirgnian,
who in the IT the tnr Of the collisions es'i-
mates it not less than ta or GfteeH thousand dol
lars. Here Is wide discrepancy.
But the local editor draws it mild' when compar-
ed with the editor proper. This last after plaising
the officers of the road not more perhaps than they
deserve charactcrzcs the collision "aa uifOrtanate
accident 'chi utterly deyond Tie poicer Of human
rigj'aee@ an foresight to prerenL7 Logic more re-
markahle have not met with for many day; fact
more appalling hope never again see. Utter
~ beyond the power of human vigilance and ture-
sight to prerenl in accident by which cars, engines
and negroes are smashed to pieces This is news.
and encouraging news 10 ellers who have hereto
fore preferred the Central and Orange to the Freder
icksburg and Potomac route The Dtp1tca will per
haps allow hlt there degrees of "human vigilance
and foresight and it happens, by ian unfortunate
accident, doubt. that the degree of "human vigil
lance and foresight" possessed by the management
of the Fredericksburg road has been such that gen
era smash mp of cars negroes and engines has NEVER
occurred on that route People journeying North
will note this remarkable, this unaccountabe cir
cumstauce.
The fact 10, this collision on the Central Railroad
not accident in the proper meaning Of the
term; it was undersigned, certainly, but it was not a
chance and uncomfortable event 1t was IL blunder
growing Oul OF acknowledgement somewhere. Either
the engineers and conductors did not obey instruc
tons, else the instructions wrongly framed.
The object of schedule and instructions is to pre-
vent collisions, and if these properly framed and
strictly obeyed, collision never can and never will
But collision has occurred and it is no
bodys fault that dozen not instantly killed in
stead Of halfa dozen being manned
Trains collide either because the schedule is such
that by adherng 20 it Il collision is inevitable
else because the rules Of the schedule not con-
formed 10. In the one case the party or parties who
make the schedule are to blame in the other, those
who break the rules Somebody is aicrays 20 blame
collision occurs by design; but through ig-
norance carelessness or neglect results quite az dis
astrous follow though the collision had been pre-
medita,ed. When so much is at stake, ignorance
neglect carclessness all crimes and deserve to be
treated such.
In the present instance. We not TO be msund r
stood deeming the officers Of the Central road more
culpable than the off GERS any other road upon
which Il collision takes place. We wish merely to
fix in the public mind the fact that blame rests some
where to exculpate nobody, hut to inculpatc some
body. "Ao5oGg' (the Dispatch to the contrary, not
withetandingl is not hame somebody Is. The
public should make the acquaintance of that some
body
Railroad accidents are far too serious in their ma
tnre to he smoothel over Nor is he friend either
to the management or the community who attempts to
apologize for them Least OF all should the press
the great custodian of public interests come forward
as white washer.
In all that W have said we have been actuaed by
personal ill., will either to the management of the
Central road or to the Dispatch. We prefer the Cen
trail and Orange to the Fredericksburg and Potomac
route. This because the officers upon the former
are peculiarly accommodating and gcntlemanly
But if they were Of our own kith aud kin, we won
still hold them up to reprobaton. We would be
willing to Sill fer with them but heY should certainly