Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-04-22

Nav for the chase
These three determined men, withou. u
moments delay, put out alter the flying train
-oH foot, amidst shouts oi laughter by the
crowd, who, though lost in alnszsInont st the
uncz pscted ard daring act, could not reprcss
their risieility at seeing three men start after
train on foot, which tncy had just witnessed
depart at lightning spGod. They put on ali
their speed, and ran along the track for lhrGs
miles, when they came across gomc track rails.
ers aho had email truck car, which is showed
along by men so omvloyed OF railroads, On
which to carry tLeir tools. This truck aid
men wcro at opcs impressed" They took it
bv turns OF two at tiu.e to run bshnd this
truck aud push it along sll up grades and level
portions of tho road, and let it drive at will on
all the down grades. a little way further up
the fugitive Adventures had stopped, cut the
telegraph wires, srd torn up the track. Here
the pursuers were thrown of pel nell, truck
and men, upon the side Of lha road Fortu-
nately ''nobody Wss hurt on our side" The
truck was soou. placed on the road again
with sll the power Of determined will and
| muscle, they pnabea cn to Etowao station,
some twenty miles above.
Here, most fortunately Maj'r Cocpers old
coal CD CINE. the "Yonah OF the first en-
gincs on the State Road-was standing out,
frod up This venerable locomotive Ens i'm
uedis,ely turned upon hor OLD truck, ard like
az old racer at the tap Of the drnm, pricEed up
her cars and made fine time to Kingston.
The lugliqcs, not expecting such early pur-
suit, quietly tack in wood and waller st Uass
Staten, and borrowed schedule from the
tank tender upon The plausible ples that they
were running S pressed train, loaded with
powder for Baauregard. The attentive and
patriotic tank tender, Mr.. VIM. Russell, said
be gave them mis- schedule, aud would have
ssnt the shirt GG MS back to Ba6urngsrd, il il
| hud teen asked for. Here the .adearturous
fugitges inquired which end Of the switch they
should go il, on at Kingston When they ar
rived at Kingston, ,-they stopped, went to the
Agent ibsrs, told tho powder story, readily
got tho switch key, went on the upper turn
out, end waited for the down Way freight
train 10 pass To ali Inquiries they replied
with the sams powder story. When the freight
Train had passed, they immediately proceeded
on to The next statlon-Adairsvile-w whore
thsy were TO meet the regular d0aon freight
train. Al some point on the way they lad
taken on some fifty crossties, and before reach.
ing Adairsvile, they stopped on curve, tore
up the rails, and put seven cross.tiss On the
track-no doubt intending TO wreck this down
frer bt train, which would be alJng in few
minutes. They. had out upon the engine
red handkerchief as q knd Of flag or siganl,
which, in ruilroadiOg, means another train Is
blhind-thereb indicating to oil that the re-
cuIar passenger train would be along present
". They stopped moment at Adairsvilc.
and said Fuller, with the regular passenger
train vas behind, aud would wait st Kingston
for The freight train, aud told the conductor
thereon to push ahead and meet him at that
uoin:. Tn.y passed on to Calhoun, where
thew met the GOWN passenger train, due here
at 4 % P. M., Aud without making aIy stop,
thew urocesdcd.-on, oo, and on.
But we must return to Fuller and Ills party
whom ws have unoonsciously left on tic
old "Yorah" making their way to King
stcn.
| Arriving there and learning the adventures
we're but twenty minutes ahead, they left the
" Yonahr to blow of. while they mounted tbs
engine of the Rome Branch Road, which was
rsady fired up and waiting for the arrival o.
,he PASSENGERS nearly due, when it would have
proceeded 10 Rome a large party OF gentle
men volunteered tor tho chase, some ut Ac
worth, Alatoona, KnSton ana other points
, taking such erms as they could lay their hand;
a On AT the moment; and with this fresh engine
thew set out with all speed but with gres