Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-10-18
4it5mono Enquirer.
BY R1TCHIE DUNNAvANT, TYLER &, WISE.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER Is, 1859.
Tie following Card" will attract attention

i.:c following Gard" will attract attention.
Accidents on railroads are some times unavOid-
able, and when every exeriion is made by the
officers 10 ohyiate the Inconvenience occasioncd
hy >lch accidents 1t greatly tends to quiet
murmurs and silence complaints The charge
impicl in the subjciucd Gard against the
/ President "r the Sout!l-Siic Eailroad, that he
accelerated tine movements of delegates 10 q
Convention ia nominate ~ person for Con-
.rcSs. and lid ::ot exert himself for the onward
movement Of the through passengers, We hope
i> unGounlcd We cannot believe that
Mr.. Campbell would 80 lar forget his duties,
anl pay 80 little attention 10 tue wants
Of travellers upon the Souh.Sidc Road.
but suppose that so:uc cause unknown to the
passengers prevented the return Of the
train from FarmvIlr We do not understand
why the passengers wcrc not carried to Farm
vile in tie same train with the delegates,
and despatched to- Lynchburs immediately
The in>inuation made in the card " that del
cgatc> 20 apo!itical Cony ycntion, were expedited
to their destination, while the travelling pub
lie were made TO await unnecessary delay, is
calculated 10 destroy public confidence in the
Rail Roa,l5 ul Virginia. We shall be glad to
hear any explanation the President Of the
Soulh.>de Rail Road may have to make,
and We w0.ilIl recommend that lie rSplana-
ton be made aS soon as possible, Is there are
vrr;. nmny persons from a!l parts oi the conn-
trv =; this line in Richmond.
From the Na,cheA MIS- Daily Co!r,s.i
CARD.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn, sept. ~, lSJH
At a meeting held at the Lamar House this
evening. ro!. Person oi New Orleans, was
called to the chair, and u. ". Canning al Phi
ladrlpha. wa, appointed Secretary.
1t was moved that \ committee ul five be
appointed Tor the purpose cI drafting rcS"u-
,iGn- expressive ol ihrir sentiments relative 10
the treatment received hy the passengers "n
the route between Richmond. Va. and Bristol
On motion, ". !. Glover. J. |. Co"rrt. ".
Minor. Col. Person, VI. ". Canning, be ap-
PORTED a. committee ~ t;c purpose .! daft
In: resolutions.
On "Wednesday morning, >cptcin6cr2l, 1872,
The train LEFT richmond ut ! o'clock II the
mnrnin. A!tcr passing the Junction some
three miles, the locomotive was thrown from
the track: the two baggage cars and one pas
,cn-cr car followed the ears were complete
wreck the lives Of every passenger on the
train was endangered This accident was
caused from negligence III not keeping the track
in proper repair. The President OF the Road, Mr..
Camubc,l was on the train at the time oi the
accident: hc seat Il messenger back To the
junction, for the purpose o tclcgraphlnS to
Farnyir 10 get train I" como to the scene OF
the accident: when the train arrived the Pres
i,lcut cane into the ears and advised ii! the
pasScngclS who were travelling through to re-
main where they were. stating that he had
sent COR the train 10 come from farmvlllc ior
the purpose nt ,akin: a number OF delegates TO
that place, To- = Convention, for the object oil
nominating i person for Congress. The PreSl-
dcnt promised to send for the passengers in
two hours; il was then | O'clock He did not
send, however, until six O'Clock in the evening.
We arrived AZ FarInyllc at Il, where we had
to remain aIl night. We left the next morning
and arrived al l.rncnblr. too late To make the
connection. We had 10 remain at Lynchhurg
until one o clock Friday morning. Aitcr tra-
yclin- about 2UmicS we had another accident,
cndangcring the lives Of all the passengers.
We arrived at WythCvlllc nj which place Il
portion Of the boiler exploded in consequence
0. the ncgilcucc Of the engineer. We then had
another cn"nc placed on our train. Ai;er ira
ycling about 20 miles, this engine gave out,
and We were left on tie road in u position that
a-an endangered the lives fall the pa>sca-
GERS.
We arrived .. length u! Bristol, after travel
;n, - hou,<--tac distance being only 20t
miioS. During this % hours We had 20 put up
with every inc a"cnicnce. \ grca! part Of the
tim. we lad IL, water !" ,rinh, and had but
-, m.ai ,iug:r. the - hours In fact, it Is
lmpos ,li,c 10 here can'acr"!c the many lncon-
ycairncr> tic passengers were compelled 10
pu; up with; /, is hereby
k.s !ycd. Tia. III consequence -. tie above.
stated facts. we deem il orr duty to make it
i;noun to the travelling public, that they may
avoid lie intnnycncncc We have been subjected
Ia.
i;,,o!ycd, That We have no i'll feelings toward
lh.S route or the officers connected with It, but
n.ii desire Is that i; may bc put in safe con
,!.:i1n for the benefit Of the travelling pubic.
Resolved, That 4 copy Of this statement and
resolutions be sent to the Governor oi The
State Of Virginia.
iscSuvcd, hat tHc !"i'oWIhS paper NC ~
qucscd to publish tie statement an" rc>oI"-
tons: montgomery Advertiser and Gazette;
,.ioiile i!eei,,cy; Enquirer and Appeal, Mem
pn!,: Richmond Whi:: New orleans Picayunc;
New Yor. Herald; Philadelphia Public Ledger;
Natcilcz Courier; UaIou an'! American Nash
willie; Nashville i}anncr; Pensacola Observer,
Florida:
The abov" preamble and resolutions were
unanimously .p.ricG. j. !. PERSON.
V. y. GLOVER,
WI. MINOR,
j. |. COVERT.