American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1862-10-24


bein IS who. but few hours before.
we're bnoy ant with healtl,.-rho had
tprevicusly laced the enemies of aheir
Country GA the battlefield without fear.
and were again on their way To rnee. the
foe. Strangers as they were. their mel
arfholy fate caused tears 70 f1vw from
many Is SHAT then and there for The
FIRST time bfheid such fearful slaughter
One gentleman. DECEASED, was r+eag-
nizrd by = faithful servant. to BE-. Mr..
Clifford Thrailkiif.f Of French. Camps.
Chociaw county. Mississippi, and his
body was taken chargesoT BY Major
Daniels. Secretary Of the Grand Lodge
ef F. and A. NJ of Mississippi. and
brought to this city !" for more decent
interment.".
+ We were unable to obtain "a complete
list Of the wounded. Several had bee
! removed before we reached. the scene.
whose remains were unknown. OF those.
Fremaining. severely wounded.s we; OBJ,
! tanned the names of the following
IS VIM. Reynolds 42l Tennessee, shout.
der diSlocated j w Hardin, Q2I Mis-
Ssisippi. Slight y p Henderson. Sd Ar
kansas cavalry. arm fractured w w
Stevens, 1st Arkansas, shoulder dislo-
Gated j. A. Simpson, 1st Arkansas bat
talon. slight in The back Mr.. Gerard.
1st Texas legion. Slight; Lieut. Noval
LIST Texas legion. seriously ]. Ives. Cd
Texas regiment, seriously r. L. Bar
nett. 81 Texas cavalry, seriously w.
Roberts, company F. fsi Arkansas bait
tallion, slightly p l.. Simpson. 18Th
Arkansas, company I'll, seriously !; E.
Roberts, 81 Arkansas. company F.. seri-
ously M Faulkner. lst Arkansas, com
pany A. seriously l.. G. TaAset- 10Th
Arkansas. company F. slightly j. It'd
well, 18th alabama. company x. slightly;
S. Cook. 33th Mississippi company, A.
slightly j Nj Stanley. 37th Alabama.
company F. slightly j w Barnes. Sd
Texas. company f. slightly; w. H.
Polk, 37th Alabama, company G. seri-
ously :; Lieutenant ]. V. PERUVIAN, 37th
Alabama. company A. slightly; w,
Kelly. 2ist Arkansas, company G. seri~
ously !; w H. Abrams. 4th Missouri cav
airy. seriously j A earn, LIST Arkan-
sas. left arm off. j S. Walser, Ssh Mis-.
sissippi company c. slightly L Benson.
fifer ed Arkansas battalion. seriously ).
II. Arnold. 9th Missouri cavalry. com
pany I. slightly IT Glisham. 10Th Ten
nessee. company +. seriously S. Ard.
ner, 10th Tennessee. campany Fl. slight
"; Dabney, servant of W Cross, arm
off Bill, servant of MRS. Bird, hurt in
side.
Too much praise. cannot be awarded
to our medical friends. railroad officers.
and citizens. who so cheerfully volun-
teered to repair TO the scene of the acct
dent on first receiving Intelligence of It's
Occurrences Superintendent Jones, of
the Memphis and Ohio road who hap q
pened to be in the city promptly tend
cred one of his engines, and. 10 short
time a train from the Mississippi and
Tennessee road, well loaded, was on its
way.
The Officers of the latter road, Super
intendent Livefmore. Mr. Murphy. and
others. whowere present. commanded the
approbations of all by their activity and
zeal throughout the day. Drs Williams.
Gillespie. Hughes, Drane. Hodges. and
perhaps others. were on the train. but
their Isbors had been anticipated to a
great extent by she physicians who were
present when the accident ACQUIRED -
We regret we were unable TO obtain the
names of the latter, who gave every at
tention to the wounded and dying that
was possible, Immediately after .tbe oc.
currence of the accident. As early as
possible a train arrived at Duck Hill. /
Bringing President Goodman and a mum
Der Of his attaches, who at once proceeds
etlsfo render every assistance possible.
aud repair he road. II was expected
new track around he wrecked sengines
would be. finished last night. SO that
trains will not be delayed o-day from
rNnning on their regular time.
There was various opinions as to the |
parties who should be blamed for this
fearful accident. We Investigated the
causes as thoroughly as was possible in |
ahe midst of the confusion that prevailed. |
bat will forbear thesexpression of our
own opinion, as the matter will undoubt- :
edly undergo an early and severe inves-
tiga,ion BY the officers of the Mississippi I
Central. The conductor and engineer of
the down train returned with the train to F
this CITY. The same officers on the up
train were seen hut few moments after
lie COLLISION No one noticed their de T
been heard 81 thseHHf 9gRttffllRags has
An awful responsibility rests somewhere.
and Il behooves- the company to ascertain
where and punish the Offenders. We are|
informed that this isthe first collision that
has ever happened on the road, and It's
serious results will, no doubt. attract the
earnest attention of the ruling powers,
in order that a similar occurrence. may
be prevented.
Hoe CIloLERA-Hs Cure----.This dis
.trucsive .plague % hogs preys upon our
army and households. Il has appeared
With a esolating force. taking from one
farmer in Alabamazi 600 OF 1900 Head $
also ins L ouisiana it israsing
Cuyc-- fred Fure--Poke root.
broken up and boiled tender. and put in