Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1861-09-28
LOCAL MATTERS.

slock oi nancy anu Slnple Dry Ooous, iiih-
mings, &c. Mr.. s. has also on hand nice
lot of Stationery, to which he calls the at
tention of the public.
Edward w. Hagaman, commission mer-
chant, corner Of Broad and Carpenter streets.
Philadelphia, is disposing of all kinds OF
wooden ware, ropes, brushes, brooms, &C.,
at prices which will most certainly insure |
their sale. See advertisement.
r. II. Robinson IL Co., corner of Fourth
and Market streets, in this city, having been
appointed by the Secretary Of the Treasury
Agents for the Government, have opened
books to receive subscriptions to the Govern
ment Loan Call at once.
i. nj. Rodney, at the Custom House, has
also been appointed an agent for the above
purpose.
Jeremiah Underwood will sell at public
sale, ON Saturday, the 9th of October, nice
farm of 95 acres, in Christiana Hundred, six
miles from Wilmington. This will be chance
for some one, seldom to be met with.
John McNeal, Collector, will sell three lots
on the corner of Eleventh and Lombard ST.,
on the 9TH of October, to pay the taxes against
it.
Capt. Prior. of the steamer Cohansey. was
officially notified at Delaware City, on Friday
week last, that henceforth no boat or person
would be allowed to land at Fort Delaware
The freight for the Fort was put ashore at that
place.
accident on the Fhiladelphid Wilmington and
Baltimore Rdiiroda-Seperdt persons Injured
On Monday morning, as tho express train from
Baltimore, due in Philadelphia, at l2S o'clock,
was approaching Claymont Station, below
Chester it met with an accident which detain-
cd the passengers until three O'Clock p. NJ,
From an attache of the road, who was on the
train at the time, we learned that, q few min
L.. r. Al.
man came to the crossing, little below the
station, having wagon loaded with logs and
in driving across the track, one of the logs.
about two feet in diameter, and over twenty
feet long, fell across the track. The whistle
of the locomotive was heard Immediately af-
terward, and the driver of the wagon ran down
the road towards the train, waving his hat
The train was too close, and coming at too
rapid rate to check it before reaching the
obstruction, but the engineer, Mr. Assn DEMO,
whstled down brakes, reversed his engine and
just before the log was struck, he and the fire
man jumped off, the iremen escaping all iniu-
ry, but the engineer fell heavily bruising him
self, and il is feared receiving internal injuries.
The speed Of the engine at the time was about
thirty miles an hour, and when the log was
struck this speed had been but slightly abatedr
therefore the shock was very great. The log
was pushed ahead about one hundred feet, and
in its passage over the track was split or torn
asnnder The speed of the engine was then
checked, but not until small portion of the
track had been torn up and the front wheels
o. the locomotive broken off. All the wheels
of the tender were broken.
The baggage and mail car which immedi-
ately followed the tender, were thrown from
the track, and they fell upon their sides on a
bank near the road. They were not much
broken, and no one on them received any inju-
| ry. The passenger cars remained on the track
but the two first ones had their platforms bro
| ken By the sudden shock they received. The
passengers inside OF the cars, with the eXcep-
| ton of two men, one of whom had his leg hurt,
and the other his hand, received no injury
Mr.. William Bringhurst of this city who it is
supposed was on the platform or about leaving
the car when the accident happened, had one
| of his legs broken He was removed to II
neighborng house, where his leg was set, after
which he was brought to this city. The bag
gage and passengers were taken to Phiadel-
phia in the train which left for Baltimore at
| III oclock, and a train from this city took the
passengers of the down train on 10 their desti-
nation, The road was cleared of the wreck
during the afternoon
| The First Delawdre Regiments Col, John
w. Andrews received orders to re -organize this
\ regiment, the onlistnonts have been very rapid
Six companies are now at the ehcnnpment,
llares Corner Two companies, under Capts.
| Woodall and Smitners left the city on Friday,
for camp, and four other companies, under
| Capts. Watson, Leonard, Shortledge and Ward,
went out on Monday afternoon. The other
companies are nearly full while the remain
ing two to complete the regiment are rapidly
being augmented. We are informed by Col.
Andrews, that the regiment so far is composed
! nf Nall MI fl1nr ie hnf
when filled up it will be found 10 be made up
wholly of Dcawareans. Its destination as
| soon as it is filed up is Cambridge, Nd. THE
men in camp are ali furnished with new cloth
ing of good quality. Some diilicultyis found
in getting a suiiiciency of blankets, but that
will lie overcome in n few days As soon rs
n man is enlisted, he is examined by Dr. Maull,
| the Surgeon, afterwards his measure is taken
and he is fitted out in i. new rig As the four
companies passed down Market street, preced-
ed by the band, they presented very fine,
healthy appearance. They had not received
their guns and accoutrements, which we pre-
! sumo are at the encampment.
| Lcoi w. LdHomus keeps the hotel at the
| town Of Smyrna. We can bear witness that
he is a gentlemen, well adapted TO the BUSH
ness, and exceedingly obliging in all his bus-
ness connections. An idea struck MS the other
day, while stopping at his house. that Towns
end is the very place to which our sporting
men should resort 1t is located directly in
the middle of the hunting ground. cartridges
and other game is in abundance. The sporting
men of The comfy ali assemble there and make
Mr.. Lattomus' house the starting point for a
few DAYS cunning. Besides. he is n good Union
man, which is a great inducement for sports
men from New Castle County to pay him q
visit. We recommend this part of the county
10 the cunning community as one of the best