The Republican journal., 1883-12-06

The NIGHT mail ullHn the nm hprlari, 4
Valley Railroad had reached thr b4avy
up grade a few miles heyond kana,i,
station. when if hecamn a,.idnnt ia tha
passengers that somethino had gone al
cidedIl wrong The sueed of H. tr,in
sensib}y siackened tb4ra r,ma =, sa,i..e
Of tremendous iolts. accomnanicd III >
rn1ous and unnIpas.,nt ubirrinr sn,ind
followed in tuln hy aromnlete sfnnnann'
4 dozen heads vfrn thrIet innI,i.ifi,.[1ly
uut Of tbe ear vindnvs anI III n.n,
voices insisted nnnn know mo Iii .,,nIt i
immediately In rhesa dov, ,t,n,.,g,iti
cant collisions AM h,1ocons+s III ,r,,.nI
lin.e n1I,Gr evhihits ar astnni.binu
amount nj interest in railway cnnnnrnI
IA Ina rrrat scam and indirnati,, M IN
utfiri,ls Connected
rYnr hayn nnthir,r to taarm s,ia ,ho
.rordnrtnr uho ra.snd tbrn,,'rh ,hn ~,
s,me,h i, roll Irftnne and nffi,i,l d;a,,i
r, ava b.,n str1rI. '..,, nm ,,,.a,1,, ,yLaro
I'M niI froin stnnnnt an hni7. ,rn INA
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tIi'se II" ulIueISlo'I SucIl matters ou'
~ ny hlS tAPidhdtIoll was HitIt latG"l'
-AH S"ile""HA Sdt" ol ColeIld-eS com /
IhtnldiA upon ms poem, "NhIlSlaNcI, !
WlShed ne ''W"uIu explain ms eApIdna-
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seemed To nave no dllIIcultN III making
oHt iht Slale "' allalls ne smI!ed ana
NODDED WIN an exceedingly showing
iook, ana was preparing to settle HIM
SIT comfortably N Sseat AGAIN when
tapped IIhl upon the shoulder, ana
said
"tNcaSe me- Sir' out what mas happen
~ lAe cphauctorS explanation !
uihtSe [" me. nay does ne mean 10y
the tracks beng oIIed
he gentleman turned about 50 aS 10
iace me.
1T is simple matter" he said, coHr-
tcnuslN, Ito those who have an idea Of
railroad affairs. The power OF an engine
depends upon Jlie ll1ctlon OF the drivers
on the tracks taking hold, as 1t Is call
eu. II thtle IS OH upon the rails. eSpec-
idiIY upon an up grade, there Is no tic
ti"l, consequently the wheels SIMPLY spun
around upon the tracks without moving
the tram
I'M, aald |, : comprehend.
- C"uIu lilustr le the case oN an event
which occurred to me upon this very
spot some years ago. haze always
thought It rather remarkaole incident,
ami perhaps YOU may tlnd II So lhe
circumstances ! refer TO, he continued,
'took place during the war. | was at the
time an Adjutant upon General Thomas
stan durng the exciting and momen-
f"U0 campaign N the mountains OF Ten
neSsee. II you remember, there were
many times when it was feared that Gun
last hour had come. our communica-
tlons were repeatedly cut off, and our
whole command in danger of instant de-
struction II was AT one Of those times
that the event Nltl relate occurred,
Nv e were at tins time ntrenched up
oh a spur oi the nils around Chattanoo-
ga, whittier We bad been driven by the
desperate courage OF the contederateS.
Our own men had fought bravely and
WcI, but they We're exhausted with long
marches and constant action. Our stores
had run low, and but one line Of commu-
nlcdtlOn was LETT UDCn to uS-that of the