Litchfield enquirer., 1864-12-01

refused to have an American flag on the en zine. and the soldiers have stubborn feeling of prejudice on that subject. Notwithstand- ing these slight drawbacks, the train moved off with the good wishes and cheers of all the rebel soldiers in Lees army, all the British aristocrats the pirate Semmes and hts friends. From all that can be learned from the inco- herent talk of the few survivors of the sad ca tastrophe, it appears that there was trouble from the very start. The engineer and his fireman Pendleton, quarrelled all the trip, about the method of firing up, and the con ductors and the fare-taker were constantly gv- ing contradictory orders to the brakeman, and nervous conservative old gentlemen pulled constantly at the bell-rope. giving engineer Mcclellan no end of trouble. Just how the accident happened no one can tell now. but certain it is, that before the train got half way through, there was a shocking smash up. The locomotive exploded, the cars were all piled up in fragments, the track torn up, aud such multitude of passengers fatally injured that it is doubtful if their names can ever be ascer- tained. Some assert that an old Illinois joker, familiarity called Old Abe. caused the disaster by putting rail on the track others, that the fireman Pendleton let too much water out of the peace tank upon the fire in McCiellan's s boiler; others, that Vallandigham ran the train of the track by dropping an 0. A. k.' stick of timber under the wheels; still others, that the engineer was frightened by suddenly discovering a nigger ir his wood pile or the tender,' and overturned the engine by attempt ing to change his base too suddenly. What ever the cause, there is no doubt of the com plete wreck of the whole train, and the sad i fate of the excursionists. There are but slight i of +ho vt1 that are recognizable. Ben Wood is missing altogether, except his A. 4-l1-44 badge, Fernan- do was recogn ized by copy of the statute o limitations in his trousers pocksts; Horatio Seymour and Vallandigham were found locked fast in each others arms and crushed under the weight of certain dry goods boxes that contained bogus soldiers votes; Governor Parker was badly bruised and lost his cyesight so that he can't see it any more Pendletor was pitched headlong into nasty ditch filleo with secession mud, which choked him, and as for the engineer. he was blown So much highe than Glderoy's kite, and was so infinitely pull
 verized that there is no ocular proof that an. sEch man ever existed. The funeral of thes' excursionsts will, very soon, be attended il Richmond, Va, by Jeff Davis and all his cab inet, and it is currently reported U. $. Gran may attend, not however, as a monrner. lher' will be no more trains run on this road, as thu company being made bankrupt by this calam ity, will immediately wind np it's affairs. Th' Union line is, however, in god running or der.
 1 POSTSCRIPT.
 Since our first report. a few additional fact of interest have come to light. Upon clear
 ing away the wreck little, one car marked New Jersey was found partially standing, bu the south end of it was knocked into slnithe reens.' Jim Wall, when taken from un;!er th' platform, was badly injured, but his tongu still running, was heard to mutter that thi was a d-d sight worse than arbitrary arrest Jack Rogers, who got out alive, though La hs hnrt-and was frantically inquiring if Dal Holsman or any other friend had saved his sil yer quarter of dollar for him Friend Mid deton was past all help, though Dr. Newei klHdly offered his services, hut George feebl gasped out, that he had had enough of that
 Every Jerseyman in the South end of the ca had gone crazy from the effect of the concas- sion and raved about seeing Stars lot Governor Seymour's friends from New York wbo had got into the Jersey car, succeeded il pulling General Wright out with comparative ly little injury. A survey of the wreck of thi car SnOWS tiie utteI iutp''esio'iNy oi 'o eSSS being repaired or run again,and the fragments together with a couple of ricke:y old plattort cars, labelled Delaware and Kentucky, whic
 were not much damaged, are all that can b saved. They are to be given to Jim Brook
 who is expected to open political junk sho where he will sell Know Nothing relics. Me
 CIel1an badges, fragments of the platform and such odds and ends for the benefit ot ta
 few survivors. Horatio Seymour fingered il
 very painful agony until last night ant though all the drugs in the World were cram med into him in the hope of saving his life, i was of no use Artemus Ward announces that he wll write A troethful akount ov Seymour's onproftable life, and his ontimel. and striking eend,' for his next show, ant thinks it will dror like a yoke of steers ! w cannot close this brief report without statins that it is said. that when that unfeelihg olt gorilla, : Old Abe,' read our report in Wednes days paper, he said it reminded him of lit tie joke, but when himself reminded that thu funeral wasn't over yet. he said he guessed h. wouldn't tell 1t till the 4th of March next which was likely to be an imposing occasion. l TRUTH. ,4q -. .