The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-07-13
THE ENTEitPRISR,.
Sweetwater, Thursdg; joy
The Late RaiIroah hbrr0rR


occurred within our State happened t.
the outwnrd-b bound passenger train on
the Nashville aud Northwestern Rail,
ro'9l' rpltrnG Tom Nashville, Tenn, to
Hickman, Ky. From the Union and
American, We cohfchse a n1H report o.
the terrible dis0atspAi Az tho train was
crossing the bridge over Harpeth river
II miles from Nashville, and just aftel
the passage Of the engineand baggage
Cur, tlehwbers gave, YaJj precipitatiue,
in onesehhOtic mass, the remainder OF
tho traias Consisting ofhthree coaches,
into the dark waters Of Hmpeth.! Tie
train fell q distance, Of "a feet, there be,
inS ten feet otwater below at the time.
The ladies' coaeh aud the sleeping car
jannicdinh euch otBefputIte other car
tmmBling crosSwist, the wreck tdhng in
the river IL the shape qIRT, Th9scene
that followed beggirs description The
screams ofztLh living, the frantic efforts
for life, tie groans ofthe wcmtlcd and
bleeding forms Of the dead u, be rescued
FROM the wreck SO recently full of hope
and life. presented n sgd aud a siekOning
acone, the iko4of which has seldom be-
fore been Witnessed Most of the killed
must have been killed outright, or have
died in few minutes after the crash.
The proportion OF killed to wounded
ismost remarkable disprobably great-
or than M any previous similar disaster,
Below is q list Of the killed and wounded.
and, appalling as it is numerically it is
believed to be incomplete-some pas
HcnSers asserting that others were on
the ill-Gltol train before the accident
who have never been seen since:
Killed Gen. ]. G. Hornberger, John
Marshall, ESD, Alexander Wright,
Charles Campbell, wifesmd child, Jno.
i. Crockett, Wiley c. Howard, VIM.
Crockett, Miss H. Elite Jones, Mrs.
Emma Yeatman, Mrs. T. Dunn, Mr..
lynch and Mr.. Pendergrast IA,
Wounded Thomas Vain, W. W.
Chico, Miss S. Heard, Mr.. Crutchor, Mr..
Brown, WIN. E. Yoatman, V. Haile,
Thos. NJ. Dmnn, Jno. Campbell, Mr..
Wilhoitc, J.. NJ. Thompson, W. Walker,
two brothers named Pegram, SIS Brown,
Robert Daniel, Miss elena Leake and
Conductor Landis-10a eos bns O.
None of the wounded are injured Sc
riously, with the exception of Mr.. Thos.
NJ. Dunn, husband Of the lalnented lady
whose name appears in the list Of KILLED,
whose injuries are of au internal charac-
ter and will probably prove fatal.
Like the shock Of an electric battery
this terrible news falls upon the ears of
the friends and relatives of the urdortu-
nate dead, among whom are embraced
some of the proudest and best of our
own State. The tongues of the noble
IfornbcrSer, and the gifted Marshall are
palsied III death. No more will our Sen
ate Chamber resound tO the learning
of the one, or orr Bar be electrified by
the olOTlcnce of the other. No more
will the sword of truth and justice be
drrMnyhy the one, or jurios hang in
lrcathlcss silence upon the burning
pearls that FIJI from the bps of The other.
Although connected by no ties of con-
~sanguinity with either, when two such
noble spirits, two, such men of public
worth and public renown pass awny in
thi& tragic manner, it is given the whole
State to mourn, Sleep on brave souls,
and though thy missions haze been full
Iilled ON earth, Il briJhtcrown of glory
awaits those who "gathcr ut the river.
close w. tic throne of God" @le
'7's Clap-trap' Stuff. l",? ~.
The Knoxville Ghrpnicle of Tuesday
morning, says: sl ga g,lfFos3 Lsg,
1.-The silly clnp-trap,stuG with which
Democratic editors seelittoiill their col
mnswith reference toll President Grants
absence from Washington end, as acon-
sequence, his inattention to bushes, is
simply contGnptible. The reports from
the Treasury Department show that il
il well managcd-that the public debt
is being steadily retlucod, while the con
eral PROSPERITY of the country gives the
lie to such q charge. There is no reason
why the President ofrthe United States
should not ocGasiohdlyltakea little rec
rcation as we'll AZ other ren, provided
he, in SO doing, sacrifices no public III
terest- President esfaut yaniiotb be .cltars-
Ell with tlls. So isrqhG ,ss,[ IA
We are pablis'mg a dolnocraticii aper
liayencvg rfstblislfcp amy Al q ap-traabi
stuff" III regard TO Gen. 6 rant abseaheec,
from Washiipsst9pn For our own part,
We mould rnther \ elMoulds stay away all
tho-time4 IfheiA at Long Bfandij I'VE
have no obieetionato hiiaIse. He Hi "
and 50 does the Chronicle, bit lie lie u VII
have to stay away ffDqFlal time taoeomq
after the slestion in 1874. Hoismerdly
getting imprnctiee sotiati it will not go
so hard with1hi&Eheh Che time 4 ZONES