, 1864-11-20
CHEAT RAILROAD UIg.4S
TER.
A Terrible CataAtFoplic-Tho Mont
Awful on Rccord-COnsplo&o List or
tho Sufferers.


Yesterday morning, At an oar!y hn1r, : vpry
larEn E t1sln lcft 0runEe, N. j., onroutu for Tho
White ltoueo, Wa.h!ngt.n, D. G., under thu
II wsa expected tS make thn Trip through in
twelve hours, Thn. train waa yGry hcav!!y Ia.
dan VIII. merchandise shipped ty a Nov FORK
J0w Lose, August bolhlont agent. All tho
Coppetl,ea4ls - tho country rors passengcn.
doiudel lnt0 taking a, uxcnraton. trip by tlsq
o.frr of 1rudtlc.ld tickets. llorulio Seymour, |
n} Nov Ynrk, wax Tho cuntaWetnr, aas!stn3 bi |
n,sspklth l'lerce, Q, !. Va'ls.lK'ialn an'' Jo'l
r@tkcr' Drn. Wool waa nplhlnlod " hold
hsl ban,l, ,,.aik KID c',.ist stiuaon.ly iifii.
For ronvrntunao nIhl. o0llInirl tlia t!as.cn.
asr ts s!.srsa u t.lsss T. WISihtsI, Win a'a "H
siillarl tllliluru,, thn .lnrt hoyh nnief InllIi
t. Ss t"a vi .,ls. ~. ,GssG ~ Gy4G: I'd G.k III ias1. n," No.;
ti G.9s ~ sa'"! ttFt. H. ~ s a~@ tha "s' X. ill., H.
UhAuUcpy iiWrr AID n.j, Van hyks, Thafs
taul'sa to .i'a tlAia tl4t till nat ,aaks ti,s
e0nnnac ian--s,ne tr0nl CanHtla, with Qdnrgd
y. saMnaer conductor, aud y roatny one fran
New York. filled With uoyernor BayHloHr's
s'frienda,"' were both detained by tAo nnwaF.
rantahla interference Of . man named benja'
week 10 s'atop speli." The cara wsru gur.
geously decorated with s,lch elegant Hottos
LIneeln i ge5lila, :aIlttIo Mika's tha ~
ss sst @ss S's s sss sssss taasF 1ipie e e;
"Let us change orr base" Here's your
spaniels fur you htassa Davis"
Tllty moved out of the QrangD depot gally,
to tho tune of Dixie, though thu engineer hes
itatcd when the final moment Of departure
vas 1T last only got o. board By i little expe.
dient Of Fernando Wood, who pulled him 1n-
to the train backwards BIZ bis coat tail. En-
gineer Mcclellan was dressed in the full rig Of
Major General, for which his Uncle Sam
dh hs ios wa ysfx @ad resked
such locomotive. The engine WIS new
one, built ut Chicago last August, but on o
plan designed BY Benedict Arnold, subs.-
Quently improved by Aaron Burr and John
Calhoun. Il WAS built to the order Of JET
sation," which was adopted b slight change
from the original designation Of Secession"
It occaslOned a. good deal Of remark tllnt
hardly any soldiers took passage on the train.
There we're some men named Grant, Sher$-
very ungencrously expressed doubts as to tho
safety Of the track and the ability of the, en-
gineer, and IT Is supposed this prejudiccd the
. blue coat" boys. Besides this the conductor
Of the train refused to have an American flag
on the engine, and the soldiers have a stub
withstanding thcsec, slight drawbacks the
train moved of, with thc good wishes and
cheers Of al the rebel soldiers In Lees army,
nil the British nristocrats, and the pirate
Seln,ncs and bis friends. From ali that can be
learned 1 ,,ts from % the 1nsShcFent sS e5 @ Tux
trophc II appears that there was trouble from
| the very start.
The engineer and his fireman, Pendlctou,
| guarrelcd, nil the trip, about the method Of
| firing up, and the conductors and the fire.
taker were constantly giving contradictory
orders to the orakemen, and nervous conserv.
alive old gentlemen pulled tfrantically at the
KtM.ropc, giving engineer Mcclellan no end
H trouble. Just how tue accident happened
no one can tell now, but certain 1t Is, that
was shocking smash-up; The locomotive
exploded, the cars were Ill piled up In ftag-
1ncnts, the track torn up, and such 0 multi
tudc or passengers fatally injured TINT 1t Is
doubtful II their names Gnu ever be asccr-
ioscr familiarly Called called Old Old A5c, a ca caused % The
disaster by putting raltt OIL thc track others
that the III eman Pcndleton Let too muci. watcr
"st Of tho pence s tSnk rEon t9s Arc r. Nc,
liz tre o te Haetr tsaek ty aroppaE
20. 4. K" slick Of timber r,ntiur Tho wheals
BY suddenly discovering, u n1ggcr IN bis wood
loo suddenly. Whnscvcr DO tllo ca,so. tllcrc
Is Nc doabt Of Tho eo.ntssute w1uvk or Tho
wiolc truin, und Tho .al fs,to Of ulu excursion.
ista. 1hvrc aro bnt slight Fragments If
tl,s more distinguished Inrkona tint nru rrr.
aEMlxahlr. l1tl W0Nl II ,nlsstng altogether,
c%eelA h!aA.lt.At l'aago. Frrtnsltlo ,sns nc:
og,Ilxcl l'y a copy of tho statuto uf lntta.
tlonx III ti!s trolsers la'ckal llornllA Seymour
and vnllantliglan were t;'n,nl loekud hut III
oaeh ethrr'h nr1ns.. and er,ltlscd untler iNs
wafght Of cerhin "lry goo4s lN'xes" that con.
tuincd tngi,a &0ltlItrs' vnsea. Governor Park.
es was bu1Iy bralsed, and tost hls nye.a'ght,
10 thAt lle 'tean't see T." auy lnors panaloton
waa pitched hrAdlong into naHty sllto., llllrsl
with atweas!on mndf. whLel, chok0d him md
q for thu engineer, he was blown SD 'n.scl,
higher than 0tlroy'a kite, and WIS so min,lta.
~ pulveriked, that there Ia no ocalar proof
Tint uny such mum cvor cxlsted. 1Tlp Nlntral
of thess exenrsonlsta will very sool, be Mt,
tended in Richmond. va., by Jetf. Davis tl,.i
all his cablnat, md It ID currently raPortotl
that U. ). tiFart may intend, not, however. ii,
tlls character of snourIar. There will ln i,o
lunrc trailla run on this sontl. US tho company
being nI.de bankrupt by this catn.,ity. wifi
i.nmr rd!atcIy wind up lta affairs. The 'Untun
linz, however. IL iu good running order.