, 1864-07-07

forward for few feet as II shot from can
non, still, however. remaining upon the
/ track. In less time than It has taken me to
read the last dozen words, We were struck
again.; ana this time our car, with / know
not how many others, was thrown entirely
from the rails. The fearful speed at which
ire had been going In our endeaToT to escape
| the pursuing engine, no" Insured our de-
etruct1on. 4 mad rush onward Of about
twenty feet; q dreadful sound Is We. ripped
| and tore up the rails and ties underneath US;
! tlen tremendous lurch hurling Us With
fearful violence from one side Of the car to
| the other; and the huge boz In which We
were confined Was rolling and tumbllns
down into gorge Of the Cumberland Noun
Trims.
/ cannot even now think without shuddet-
ing OF the state Of intense consciousness III
! which, for.the moHent, seemed to exist It
| certainly could late been but = few seconds
! from the time our car first left the trick un-
| til It rested amongst rocks and trees and
| braD!bles below; but those few seconds
seemed drawn ont into an hour, and thou
| sand ideas went chatiug each other through
| my mind. have sEenI teart1l moments On
| many battle fields, rom PerEyyilte to Eene-
| saw, but never ono 10 franght with unutter-
able horror as was tmt; and feryentl5 pray
| God that may never know such smother.
| The whole dread realty. o&the situatlon stood
like IN asfnl plcttre before my eyes.
,feh pa1pably that tut next Instant should
| probably be mGss If quivering, shlpeleas :
flesh; Jet; strange tosay, while tue car was
tuning oyer and owe, specnlated on my
chances for safet5, ana called to my mind
dozen Instances Of hqr bteadth and almost
mitaculous escapes! + did not as many are
sa'd to do under such circumstances, rec III
NY past Lift, nor did hstow thought upon,
the future :. all the fac11ties ofmT soul Rere
conceptrated in the awtul present. j..
'Tlk ear'stopped in is downward career,
and thought the danger was over; then
crash abole,' and again Fc turned OVER. We
stopped. 6qt taae last tu1a ot oar car raised
IN my mind the idea thtt the whole OF tho
follow Ing 'train, with; Its locomotive, might
come down upon Ut, and grind us all to pow j.
der. Then caIue the burning, hoping, almost
oespairing desire to get outside OF the ruined
car. X: d.; ,,,-.,
+. Whist q moment was that succeeding the
: one in which our downward uotIon ce9sedi
Il WIS mii]n5pht. There was m 1fobt In 4he
car: and ;the nbsolnt. darkness into Whirh
ne were plunged. The Wa1lInp and mnanin9
OF those who were burt. the sickenfnS smel}
of, fresh, ,hunan hloo3 fbt fhnnIht t5at 1ha
lint step yop took you misht st5mbie nnon
the maugled and bleeding .corpse Of your
~ le1u, ne 1eaflol uncertainty as to the fate
sc,onsne IN ts poata "aom you loved me con.
Tanran1f 10 tnat tu1 ne1t lns9ans yoa night
1}ortad ~ q.t tsnea touas-a41 lnese taings
forea fr tea combination 10. oi horrors, to Whlen,
hara heen q 1,ia.sud dus sa1iaT u ne" "ou1o
ne.hin1 nv uts1aen hends ~! tSE,r,,, ,,s. a
nnd Kicking axaYa % paneI % fna1}ET Eass snerne5 aoo5
.av IN tha dorEnssn e nT ~ ~ ~" ,tt "nast Patny
mt f,1lr "o,onreIana ~ ,,nt;i ~ ann, ns, oo1 oio
'T,ho .cc;Jent had tolan 1,1.ns Eooa
nsnas nu e1nanIman+ aeT Tbn p.oce upon IN IN
cars Of our train had rolled down a{1ont nts siEtx
leeI, nnall1 lesunT against the. trees. The
10 on %, ssnecn haI run lnto US nad pass
IL troc Fnr y tha, LIB ~ 6ad mqi 1ea1lng
the the. Gasf 3 cS dS Of n the fen fer
shsaa Of our tG p ea another
1ae car 10 wmGa ;[s M foae, lts wheels thrust r.
~ pot Sa, ~ in.+ la Enn 1r ,Gstlns asa1use tne
gu. an1 thn. aotra1iw t for mn{ oomn ~ oaa
& hridre 1 nner ad1 Wheh man caSid Wa1e nu.
the oc s sPaea Of erty 81 9fy
t and before tgmbling down @ the emeankmeat,
tsfs %a1 ht not spgs 5a' OF tie
for-na4 +ha M ho1,oa a oatin4 r+ha -ooa "en AAu
4oineo tne oa4..7s " 1ne loa1~
NpAsLooAAs IN'ohEo.
AS Boon ns lights could be procured, We
could see, in some measure, who had been
hurt and who had passed tile fearful ordeal
in esfety,
There were.three ladies on board, all in the
hfndrnost car of our tratn--Mrs r. 4. Rishnr.
prop1ietrces Of :hc Cretct1feld house at Chat.
}anoorn: Miss Els Fry, Of Huntsville. AtA-
bama: and Miss Macgie, Woods. Of War
Trace' Tennessee. or fRese. the former fwn
Tere but sliebtlr in;ured: 6nt the be- ft Iatter ,"o
beautiful and interesting Young lady. was
fparfn1ly brnieea. AMI lacerated and fnrn
Iient. U-R, Anstin. 14th II 4 g. r: waa
badly hurt. =.