Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-06-23

ieted doubt among the faithfu, -,
tnen oeheId him for the first TIC; mAo
IL was quickly dispelled by the solemn;t,
OF ms demeanor and the sonorous nnc.;ay
on DIS responses. AS we were freonenvunu
togetner got the credit of being onay
sne Edect also. bore the charge meet
", and looked up my "Gamaliel'' wifi !;
creased reverence. All nIeasrr WIN H.
have an end, however, and we wara Aust
compelled to bid adieu to the pleasant t1 ":
tie CITY, its beautiful and acconr"I;a Ht,
ladies, delightful walks, rides. p;i Iueo
bands, &C., and taking the cars ara ."y
flying along towards Chattanoopa ~ sooh
way to Montgomery. There are savs, ai
points OF natural interest along this ron,a
such as tNickajack Cave" huge snhter'
ranean chamber, extending no one know
nov lar into the bowels of the mountain
an9 "aicn contains, it is said, immepss
OF numerous encounters between the o.'
posing forces during the late war ora W
reliable gentleman" (vtde southern ~
pers generally during the late warl r., r.
sat near us called our attention tn WIZ
tain point We were Passing and ass,sn,
us that there were twenty thousand NJ
of square Yankees, or twenty tboneanJS
Yankees to the square mile, L don'trao
| member which, buried fright tharn
WnAoA E0Au@Oie piece Oh information ey
cited much interest in the mind of ~
bigger half" who immediateIv 10y NY
menced series of investigations ons
questions concerning the prizes of Land =.
that section, &C., at which I marvelled
greatly until he informed me privstal1,
that he intended to buy that particnIa,
spot, if possible, for the purpose ~ oS.an
nshing "Rawbone Phosphate Factora ;,
OF some equally inodorous but useful and
money-making establishment.
From Chattanooga we proceeded to Da).
ton and Caera, where we struck the
"Nort6 and South Road" now ran;aIv
approaching completion, and which = dASs
tined to prove by far the most Important
road In all Alabama, as it opens nm the
whole of the middle and upper portions Of
the State, putting tLom together with West
and North Georgia. West Tennessee and
Northeast Mississippi in direct commun-
cation with the sea, via Montgomery. Mo.
bile and Pensacola. L cannot say much
for the appearance of the crops, for there
have been lncessant rains throughout this
entire section for moro than two weeks,
entirely flooding many portions Of the
country and causing great damage to pro-
perty of every description. The railroads
have suffered considerably, SO that it is
not only tedious bus dangerous travelling
over many of them how. Only few DAYS
ago there were two accidents in one 1sv
on the NJ. & M. K. r., by which several
persons lost their lives. On this occasion
the following incident occurred, highly il.
Illustrative of the times and people Tie
passengers lat least those who were un-
hurt) had hastily scrambled out of the
wreck and were looking on aud rendering
such assistance as was III their power quite
crowd were gathered together. around
the capsized engine and tender, from
which they were trying tn extricate the
bodies of the engineer and one of the fire
men who had been scalded to Death A
Yankee drummer looking on, remar ked as
the two bodies were drawn out and laid
upon the grass: well L guess this little
spirit will be apt to cost something, ell +"
10 which an English gentleman, standing
by, replied /: By G., 1 verify believe that
on judgment day, when you Yankees come
| the first thing that you will say will be
"Well. guess it must have cost
good deal to get this up
There 1s nothing new going on
in this part of the world-every one who
can get away leaving for the Springs those
who cannot cursing those who can. Far
mers looking blue, and cotton men jubi-
liant. Was in the Office of the "Adver-
! tiser" yesterday, and enjoyed the pleas.
ore OF @ long cnat with our good friends.
those sterling gentlemen, Messrs Tyler &
Screws. They inquired most kindly after
THE JOURNAL and its CHIEF, and were kind
and attentive, as they alwaye are. They
have recently consolidated the EMAIL"
with the advertiser" and roW lead the
van. Long may they wave.
We are now rushing about the conntly
at such break-neck speed that we scarcely
have time to "take notes." much less
print en-" but will try and stow away
such items as fall in our way, and wait I'M
til we reach home, first teIegraphing to
our good friend Joe Price, not to eat the
only dinner in KingsviIle). L will try and
condense matters, for your benefit and de-
ieotation. Hope to be with you by 4th
July, until then "adoo Samivel.
Yours truly, Ell YUssA.
P. S.-The Big'un sends his love.