Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-10-22
WV. Ii. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.

PIEDMONT RAnRoAD.-We were invited q few days
ago to accompany the Gen. r. f. Leo on its trial
trip UD this road. We left town about O'Clock D..
H. aud proceeded cautiously up the road its present
terminus, about thirteen miles The road to be
well constructed ard particularly pleased with
n piece OF irCste work, about 900 feet long,
ravnC the line between Virginia and North Caro-
ma which displays degree of skill highly creditabe
TO Capt. Myers, the accomplished Chief Engineer of
the road As the Gen Lee is the largest engine, by
about ten tons weight that has been in this
region Of country, On reaching the trestlework the
strength OF which had been tested it deemed
prudent for the passengers to aght but it proved to
be unnecessary precauon, as vas seen on our re-
turn as We passed it with scarcely jar, notwith-
standing numbers had been greatly increased by
large company Of ladies and gentlemen who had been
attending a prOracted meeting IN the neighborhood,
and Who upon the conclusion OF the services Joined
party, many of them for the purpose OF
taking their FIRST ride upon railroad. By tie by, if
we were not little past the matrimonial line we should
h tempted 10 say fatteIing things about those
ladies' but, the little boy said upon certain occa-
sion, &" faint no use now"
1t will be remembered that the Robert h. Lee" is a
Yankee engine which was captured by our troops on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1t has undergone
thorough repairs at machine shop, under the super
iutendenCe Of Capt. w Isetts one of the most skul
machniss IN this country and it has been handsomely
painted by Mr.. ohm Synco, whose skill and taste in
that lire cannot be surpassed. Upon the whole this
superior engine is now good as new, is capable OF
drawing about forty heavily laden cars, and, hope it
will soon make its appearance at Greensboro, to The
establishment OF the natives of that region. The work
upon the road progressing rapidly and it is supposed
that passenger train will be able to connect with the
stage line at Reidsvie about the first of ovember anG
that the entire work will be completed in tie beginning
Of the next year.-DanvHe Monitor.
Once in a while Wide Awake of 1860 really gets
his eyes opened, and "sees things The Harrisburg
UnaOH tells the following
AS one OF the drafted men came out of the marsLaS
Office day before yesterday just three hundred dollars
shorter than when he went n be cast his glance around
upon the ugubTlous faces of the expectant throng stand
ing in the hail. whose hour had not yet come and sooth
ed his kindred spirits thus Boys three years ago
was gay Vide Awake, and wore a glazed cap at my
expense but the coal oil said to be free They
settling that coal Gil account I've paid mine
and here's the the receipt in full )" saying which, he
hourishtd his communication receipts. The old bro
verb IS yet true that he gods sell their goods at the
own fair price, including the coal OIL OF course, and
many man now stands as did our friend mentioned
above, thinking of tortchlights and soloquizing t.
himself that thus the Whrigig of Time brings about bis
EeVeDges