Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-24

The Colt cXcursionists, agreeably TO previ-
GUS announcement, left this city for Boston
yesterday morning for their annual trip, with
lively anticipatons Of pleasure, but their bright
hopes were doomed to sad disappointment, and
most of the party returned home on the after
noon trains. They seemed to have learned by
dearly bought experience, to 'bear grief with a
SMILE" and received the congratulations of
their friends upon their safe return with calm
tranquility. The band returned on the o clock
train, and played "Home, Sweet Home" in
wonderfully suggestive manner while entering
the depot. The causes which led to this abrupt
termination OF the trip are fully explained in the
following letter from the president of the asso-
citation:
Mr. Editor! In order that all may fully I'M
dcrStand the full particulars of the sad disap-
pointment of the party who left this city yester
day morning for a pleasant excursion, as they
thought, of eleven days, allow me to state the
facts, and also answer some of the many inquiries
of those who are anxious about the matter. As
is well known by most of your readers, the
cause of all this disappointment was in conse-
qucnce of the loss of the steamer New England
belonging to the International steamboat
company, whose headquarters were in
Portland, Me. The news of the wreck
reached Boston on the evening of
Monday. The agent, IMr. Kilby, who resides in
the remote part of the city, did not get his tcle
gram until Tuesday morning about o'clock
We left Worcester before telegram could pos
sby reach us. We therefore knew nothing of
the change to be made until we arrived in Bos
ton. We were met at the depot by Capt. Pike
and other representatives of the boat, and told
that the company must have the steamer we
had engaged for their regular route, in conse-
quence of the destruction of the steamer New
England. The officers of our party requested
them to remain in the depot while he went to
the agent, Mr.. Kilby, to see if he could not
take part of the trip contemplated by us; or if
there was possibility of our engaging another
steamer. We found to our sorrow that we
could do neither.
We do not, neither can we blame the steam
boat company. They had no steamer to take
the place of their lost one, but the one we had
engaged; they had a large amount of freight,
some of which was perishable, that must be
shipped; they had also contract for carrying
the mails; they had also large number of pas
sengers booked; taking all these things into
account, we had no words of censure for the
company. We were told by the agent that we
need have no fears but that the company would
do what was right in our pecuniary loss. The
steamboat company feel as bad over the loss as
the Colt company. They now make this gener-
ous offer to all who hold Colt tickets-that they
shall be carried from Boston to st. John, N. B.,
ana returned for the small sum of five dollars
and fifty cents.
In addition, the managers of the Colt excur
sion party propose to pay back the money to
each ticket holder. This is all that can reason
ably be expected by any one. The managers
have always done the work in the interest of the
Colt party, without wishing or expecting any
pecunary reward. We return our thanks to the
very interesting party who yesterday went with
us to Boston, and so bravely met the disap-
pointmcnt. The company parted with tue best
of feeling, and wendell their way to different
points and made the best of the misfortune
The ties of this party are too strong to be easily
broken. w. MEooRNEY, for the managerial