Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-09-20


phia, or St. Louis, or to the Depository al
Cincinnati, whose certificate will entitle the
holders to Treasury notes on the terms al
ready stated. The patriotism of the people,
it is not to be doubted, will promptly respond
to the liberal wisdom of their representatives.
.. ...... ....s.ss. - s. p. CHASE.
Terrible Railroad Catastrophe.
FIENDISH OUTRAGE OF A RAILROAD ENGINEER
SEVEN OF THE IRA HARRIS CAVALRY KILLED
AND FIFTEEN WOUNDED.
....- -.-... WASHINGTON, Sept. 0, 1861.
a detachment of the Harris Light Cavalry.
Col. Mansfield, arrived here after sad expert
ences and narrow escapes from the diabolical
treachery offiendish railroad engineers by the
way. The detachment consisted of three
hundred men and fifty -one horses, under CON-
mand of Lieutenant Colonel Kirkpatrick.
The rest Of the regiment was already here.
Colonel Kirkpatrick left New York at four
P. NJ. on Saturday, proceeding by the way of
the New Jersey Central Railroad to Easton,
and the Reading and Lebanon Valley Rail
roads to Harrisburg, where he arrived at six
o'clock on Sunday. Upon the arrival of the
train, the engine was detached, and the pas
sengers were left in the cars upon the track
at the depot. From that hour until eleven
O'Clock, Col. Kirkpatrick was scar ching for
some officers of the road to furnish an engine
to take the train across the river to the depot
of the Northern Central Railroad, leading to
Baltimore. At last he sent party of his
men to the engine house, with orders to fire
up one Of the locomotives of the Pcnnsylva-
mia Railroad, and place it in charge of an en-
gineer, who belonged to one of his companies.
His order was resisted by the railroad en-
ployccs, and he was accosted by the Assis-
tant Superintendent, Samuel l.. Young, who
demanded to know if Col. kirkpatrick in
tended to take the engine by force. He re-
piled that he was under orders to take his
men to Washington, and intended to do so,
for which purpose he must have locomotive
and he intenGed to take one by force if nec-
essary, and that he should take the Assis-
tant Superintendent along with it, tied and
gagged, if such treatment was requisite.
Upon this exhibition Of determination to
90 ahead the Superintendent promised to pro.
vide an engine and engineer.
They proceeded safely, at the rate of about
eight miles an hour, until within four miles
Of Cockeysville, when the engineer put on the
steam, and t::sssn to run the train at fear
full speed. COL Kirkpatrick and his wife,
and most of the officers were in the last car.
The brakesman loft his post and came in the
car declaring that he could not manage the
brake wheel while the train was dashing
along at such speed. In going around a
sharp curve as soon as the engine reached
the straight road, the steam was suddenly
let on, fearfully increasing the rate of speed.
Lieut.. Lyon, nephew of the late Gen. Lyon,
to man the brake of the last car.
Aided by Sergeant Mcdonald and Fuller, and
one of the priyates, he had managed to put
down the brake, when the four cars ilnmedi-
ately in front Of it were violently thrown from
the track, and the breaking of the coupling
Of the last car let it escape the same fate
Lieut.. Lyon and Sergeant Mcdonald and Full
lcr and the private, who were manning the
brakes, were instantly killed. They had gal
lantly exposed themselves to danger and lost
their lives, but saved those Of the occupants
of the last car. @E .s-
AS soon as the cars were thrown off, the
engineer detached the locomotive and tender
from the train and started ahead, exclaiming,
There your Cd ID train is wreck,
and hope the whole party is killed." Col.
promptly gave orders for his ar
rest, and some of the men started after him,
and endeavored by hurting stones to knock
him off the engine. The fireman beside him
Was thnss Lcccccked insensible, and fell from
the car, but the engineer at this time made
his escape.
Finding in the command an expert tele-
graph operator, Colonel kirkpatrick had the
wires cut, and the ends FURNISHED, and a
message sent to General Dix, at Baltimore,
him Of the occurrence, and request
ing aid and the arrest Of the fugitive engineer.
This message of course went in both d.
rections. 1t was promptly responded to by
Gen. Dix. An extra train was sent out from
Baltimore, with orders to arrest the engineer.
When he was met he denied that any acci-
dent had occurred, and professed to be only
in charge of detached engine. He was,
however, arrested He had already cut the
wires, but not until after the message had
been sent. Upon his arrival at CockeysviIle
he had q whispered conversation with the
telegraph operator, from whom he learned
that the message had gone before the wire
was cut.
It is reported that when the intelligence
reached Harrisburg, Assistant Superinten.
ueHt louHB eAPTeSSeu STatllcatiOn at the re-
suit, and hoped that Col. Kirkpatrick wa.
among the killed. He was promptly arrested
In addition to the four killed instantly
three were so badly wounded, that they have
since died. Fifteen others were badly wound
ed, and number received contusions more
or less severe. The affair will be subjected
to legal investigation, and the -blooded
murdercrs who planned and executed this
hellish outrage will be punished.
PRENTICE INsULrED.-On the evening o
the late State Guard muster in Louisville, a!
we were walking in our usual very quie
manner from our home to our Office, musinl
upon the affairs Of State, we passed SOM
four or five very pretty young girls, eight o
ten years old, standing upon the edge Of tn
sidewalk, one of whom waved secession
flag briskly over US, and not being able to at
tract our attention in that way, gave US
smart rap on the forehead with the flagstaff
We bore it like the Christian gentleman W
try to be. The female half Of Young Amer
ica is, we fear, getting to bea littl. the tastes
of the two. Well, If that half is so fast a
never to be caught by the other half, tn
breed may happily become extinct: i',t;