Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-02-14
Ricbmond and Danville Railroad.


W. A., M, know what amount Of travel is usual
,pou this road, but presume that pair OF coach
~ ia unite suisoisut to accommodate it generally.
We never passed over the road upon any occasion
wben there were not at least two coaches in the
train and il seemed very strange and unaceoun'-
able to u.s. that the idea Of making extra provision
for an extraordinary occasion did not suggest 70
the fogies having the management OF TINS roao'
the propriety Of making necessary provision TOT
the unusual number Of persons who were known
to be in Richmond at the late Wing Convention
and Who a. matter Of course, wanted to start home
after the adjournment, that they might I've on
hand to vote against Honest john Perhaps
however, the fogies aforementioned, Imagined Ike
acme members of the Dem ocra,ic Press. That the
Convention would be composed OF ghosts -
ETHEREAL, shadowy. unsubstant'al things that
would scarcely take corporal shape or space
and could be spirited away without the aid OF the
great Richmond and Dau,ille Railroad. but
there have been terminated ghosts like those
seen in Ezekies vision, that from dry bones, scat
tered over the plains have each sought It's fellow
and stood up IAN exceeding great army
We would chsritaby hopo, therefore that the
officers of this road mich surprised IN
this matter as many others who predicted that
the late Convention would be failure. BE this
as it may however. on Saturday last a large com
pany wero returning from the ConscnI'on. and
though we with other gentlemen, arrived ut the
depot some fifteen minutes before the departure
of the train, we found the coaches .iainmed and
packed 80 that there not even standing room
for small man. In this emergency, we
promptly informed the ticket agent OF the
condition Of affairs, and were told that an ex-
ira coach would be hitched when the train
reached Manchester. Cuntentlng ourselves there
fore with n hope of better times and an improve
ment in our condition, We, i'll company with two
other gentlemen mounted the platlorm, in viola
ton of the rule that obtains on all well-rcgu-
lated roads Manchester was passed however,
and the promise upon which We had relied was
un redeemed whilst VIC found ourselves exposed !
in outer Darkness to the dampucss. cold, aud il [
imminent peril of life and limb.
After riding several miles in this way, we were
at last able, by the efforts of the passengers with
in, who were iammcd against the door, to find /
standing room inside. Upon inquring OF the !
Captain AS to the reasons that induced this strange
ne elect for tho comfort OF passengers 'we were
cody told that there were other coaches Mt Man
G hester but he had not time to couple thrn OIL
though he had delayed starting at least ten, prob I
ably fifteen minutes, longer than the advertised ,
time. The passengers considered the pretext for |
this neglect frivlous; and the conduct of the Off
GERS Of the Company, an outrage upon them
We he'd the big Wing on loard; who, poor old
fellow, had we'll nigh furnished for want of water,
for which he hallosd Justify before he got it. We
hope our friends on the Danville Road. will have
mo regard in future for the comfort Of their pas
sengers.
We are happy to say that after arriving at
Burksville, the South Side Company had an extra
car attached to their train, md we were made
very comfortable. The conduct of tho officers on
the latter road in striking contrast with that OF
the former, rs the South-Side Company could pro-
cure an extra car in the woods, for the comfort OF
their passengers, whilst their connecting route
would not do it at Richmond, when manifestly
necessary.