The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-07-08
praadful Railroad Aoeident.


and insinuations are wholly false.
Ii. A. Hoop.
Dreadful Railroad Accident.
The most dreadful railway disaster
which ever happened in America took
place night before last, not far from
twelve o'clock about two miles east of
South Bend, Ind. A train consisting of
six cars, was totally demolished, and over
seventy passengers were killed. The
precise number is not known, but no less
than sixty dead bodies had been recover
| ed at the date of the latest intelligence.
/ People were searching for more
1t is stated that there were $50 passen-
gers on the train, only IS of whom arc
| now living. We think the estimate of
whole number is rather small. When
| the train left this city at eight o'clock
! p. Nj, there were two first class cars
crowded to excess, one sleeping car COM
/ lortably full, one second class car full and
one emigrant car empty. The latter was
taken along for the purpose Of carrying
down number of railroad hands, who
were taken on board at Ainsworth, Calu-
met and other stations along the road
Among the passengers were quite num-
Der of Chicago people, Of whom we have
| thenames ONLY of L. p. billiard, + Dick
which appear below. David Runnion,
late proprietor of the Revere House, left
the train at South Bend, two miles this
side of the place of the accident.
During Monday afternoon and night h
heavy rain storm prevailed throughout
the region traversed by the Michigan
Southern Railroad in Indiana. All the
streams were learlully swollen in very
brief space of time. Rivulets were aug
mented to rivers, and fields previously
dry were changed to miniature lakes.
The accident took place at culyert, eros
sing ravine some twenty-five feet in
depth, and about one hundred feet broad
The bottom of the ravine forms, the chan
mel of small brook. which in midsum-
mcr l. usually dry. On the morning be-
fore the accident man stepped across
it without difficulty. The passenger
train which arrived here the same night
crossed the culvert at eight o'clock in
the evening with safety. 1t is thought
that the water way had become choked
up with fioodwood, thus causing the raw
inc above the crossing to fill with water,
the great weight of (which pressing
4 against the embankment caused ID to give
way while the train was crossing. The
entire train was precipitated to the bot
tom of the r.yine, or against Its opposite
side, and every car was broken into frag-
ments. The loss of life was much great
or, however, than it otherwise probably
would have been, on account of the wa
ter which was about fifteen feet deep
!. Many persons were drowned Chicago
Times J'e9 20.
4 Tue DoUGLAs MANIFEsTo.-The Rich
fmond Wing, in the course of lengthy
commentary on the recent popular sover-
eighty manifesto of Mr. Douglas, says.
Our own belief is, that Douglas will be
compelled 10 cooperate with the conser-
yatiye opposition of the country in the
next Presidential election. He has moth
ing to expect either from the so-called
national democracy, or iIom the black
republicans. Heis distrusted, hated and
feared by both, and his only sure hope for
the future is for him and his friends to
support the candidate of the conservative
) opposition party, which will be the sue
cessttll party in the next Presidential con-
test, and which is likely to hold the reins
OF government for years 70 come.
HHAT Is LEGAL TENDER?--The follow
ing are tho provisions of the United
States law prescribing "a legal tender:"--
Gold coins and silver dollars for all sums;
half dollars and smaller silver coins, for
sums not over IS; and three cent pieces
for sums not over 80 cents, No proyis-
ion is made for cents, which may, there
fore, be refused.
j. TINS PopE A PRlsoxER.-The Pope of
Rome is, according to European accounts,
as good as prisoner in the Vatican. He
suggested on one occasion to the French
commander in Rome, the propriety of
Transferring himself for the present to
Venice From this course the man Of
arms gently attempted to dissuade him.
: Subsequently, however, when the Pope
signifed an intention to do so, he was in
!. fonned that his orders from the Emperor
made it his duty to restrain him from
carrying out that intention. SO that, to
/ all intents and purposes, the Pope of
Rome is prisoner of Louis Napoleon.
: HuNG HIN.-We noticed some days
since, that Jackson Lyons had killed
George Williamson in Maury county, on
Monday night last, and had made his es-
cape. The Lewisburg Messenger, Of the
, LIST, learns that Lyons was oVertaken on
Thursday, near the county line between
Maury and Marshall, by four men, who
Immediately arrested him. and hung him
TO the LAB of a tree. and left him there,
J dead.-Nask Meas