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Thr Cartersville Express
Mished Semi-Weekly on every TUES
> ,UnAV ’ b}
ir SMITH & Cos., Editor* and Prop’rs.
* tit town of Cartersvilte, Bartow County, On.
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Only Two Dollars a-yr.,
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jH y Morning Edition, one year) 1.50
hi< Utter proposition Is confined to citizens
fßartow county only.
Terms of Advertising:
TriiAient (One Month or fa**.) per square often
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' Insertion.
Annual or Contract, One Hundred and Twenty
, Mars per column, or in that, proportion.
j. FLETCHER LEAK
l. our authorized traveling Agent, amfr-will
n visit every nook and corner of Bartow and
* raining Counties, in behalf of theSKMi-WKKK
( *rtkrsvii.le Express. He isfuliyautbor
.«,) to receive Subscription and receipt for the
iine. and contract for advertising and job work.
(£at?ds.
DR. W. W. LEAK
Ist' DEBS his professional services to the
■7t'ue;n of Cartersville and vicinity. Spe
i .ttention given to Diseases of Women and
i hAdveri May lie found at Best A Kirkpatrick’s
i’nig «ore, and »thi* residence. . jan. 2-1 m
~Jpfa nWTWo Ho rd,
attorney at law.
CAUTMUSYILLt, - GEORGIA.
Office over Pinkerton’s Drug Store. Oct. 17.
W. r. WOFFORD, A. r. WOKKORD.
Wofford A Wofford,
AITORNEYS AT LAW,
CARTKKBVILLK, GEO KOI A.
June 23, 1870,
St. W. Wnrpliey,
ATTTORNEY AT LAW,
CAkTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Will practice in the courts of the Cherokee
ureuit. Particular attention given to the col
• lion of claims. Office with Col. Abda John
,„u. Dot. 1.
John J. Jones,
ATTORNEY IT LAW & REAL ESTATE AGENT,
CtRTERBVILLR GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to all proffessional busi
m*ss entrusted to his care; also, to the buying
„ud selling of Real Estate. Jan 1.
?(pre. A. Howard,
Ordinary of Bartow County.
fIASTKRSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Job 1,1870. . *
A. Iff. Foute,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ARTiIiSVILLB GEORGIA.
( With Col. Warren, A bin,)
Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whitfield and ad
joining eeunties. March 30.
T. W. MU..SBB, O. H. MILNER.
Milner dr Milner,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
CARTERS VII.LB GEORGIA
Will attend promptly to business entrusted to
tbeircare. Jan. 15.
Warren Akin,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Will practice in all the courts of the State.
Sam. H. Palillo,
Fashionable Tailor and Agent
for Sewing Machines,
VETIbL attend promptly to the Cutting, He
? r pairing, and Making Roys’ and Mens’
< tothiuw; also, Agent for the sale of the cele
brated Grover A Baker Sewing Machines. Of
rtcc over stokely & Williams Store. Entrance
from the rear. ‘ fob 17.
John W. Djor,
HOUSE-POINTER.
CARTERSVILLE,. GEORGIA.
Will attend promptly to business in his line.
Jan 19, 1870—wly
W. 11. Moiintca.Mtle,
Jeweler and Watch and Clock
Repairer,
CAP.TERSVILI K„ GEORGIA.
Office in front of A. A. Skimier & Co’s Store.
Kenneiaw House,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA.
18 ! 'till open to the traveliog public as well as
Mourner visitors. Parties desiring to* make
arrangements for the season eau be accommo
dated. Rooms neat and clean and especially
adapted for families. A fine large piazza has
tieeu recently added to the comforts of the estab
hshment FLETCHER & FKEYER,
juuelbwtf Proprietors.
S. O’SHIELDS,
Fashionable Tailor ,
Cartersville, Georgia.
HAVE just received the latest European and
America* styles of Mens’ ana Boys’ Cloth
ing, and is prepared to Cut and Making to or
(|Cr. Office upstairs in Liebman’s store, East
aeofthe Railroad. sept. 29.
Hr. J. A. Jackson,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OFFICE IN THE NE W US UO STORE.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Jau 4th, 187i.
REPAIRER OP
tpSftIEWEIRY, CLOCKS,
I* i«*M AND WATCHES',
yjzjjr 80 keep on hand and for
sa^e the above goods.
Hoom in the store of Simon Liebman
Cartersville, mnh 22,
c L. ATTAWAY,
Plain and Ornamental Painter,
1 ARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA
Will do painting promptly ands: ithtuUy
- dec" 20, 1870. wly
“ GEAR SHOP,” by
■f. C. ©Wilis, Wf
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
of Harness, Bri*
dles> (iear etc*, and Dkalkr in
\TZ Leather.
r.nf P i‘ irtn A rdon ® 0,1 sl,ort “otive. Work war
r,|,ted to stand the test. Hides Wanted. 1
mu. 24,1871. -swly 1
ooti o Rp r . , a Wlt^out Pain, by the use 01 nar
~~— mch 9.
yv Lanta SACE FACTORY.
y\ tiers f,f r re J. ,^ I ?d> at . all seasons, to All or
v?-; 'tualiti? or onn n ™A n ' l i Flour Sacks, of any
(, a . J ’ or quantity at our factory in At
•I”-\ !p;o.u-l j ' A * Mm:nKLl * CO.
S. H. SMITH & CO.,
VOL. 9.
READ
XT Is well known to
Doctors and to Ladies \
that Women are subject I.
to nuiu«rous diseases pe- JTVSr THpaas
culiar to their sex—such *£■•£. ■
as Suppression of the
Menses, Whites, Painful >l#
M'nthly ‘Periods,’ Kheu- lyc-A
matisui of the Back and K
Womb, Irregular Men
struatiou. Hemorrhage.
or Kxeessive ‘Flow,’and Ml
Prolapsus Interior Fall- fe
ing oi the Womb.
These diseases have sel
dom been treated snecessfalty. The profession
has sought dill i gently lor some remedy that wo’ld
enable them to treat these diseases with success.
At last, that remedy bus been discovered bv
one of the most skilful physicians in the State of
Georgia. The remedy is *
Bradfield’s Female Regulator.
It is purely vegetable, and is put up in Atlan
ta, by BRA ft FIELD A CO.
It will purify the blood and strengthen ttie
system, relieve irritation of the kidneys, and is
a perfect specific for all the above diseases; as
certain a cure as Quinine is in Chills and Fevers.
For a history of diseases, and certificates of its
worderlul cures, the reader is referred to the
wrapper around the bottle, Every bottle war
ranted to give satisfaction or money refunded.
LaGkanoe, Ga., March 23,1870.
BRADFIKLD A CO., ATLANTA, GA.:
Dear sirs: I take pleasure in stating that I
have use.d, for the last twenty years, the medi
cine vou are putting up. known a iDR. J. BRAD
FIELD’S FEMALE REGULATOR, and con
sider it the best combination ever gotten to
gether for the diseases for which it is recom
mended. I have been familiar witli the pre
scription both as a practitioner of medicine and
in domestic practice, and can honestly sav that
1 consider it a boon to suffering females, and
can but hope that every lady in our whole land,
who may be suffering in any way peculiar to
their sex. may he able to procure a bottle, that
their sufferings may not onlv be relieved", but
that they may be restored to health A strength.
With mv kindest regards, I am, respectfully,
W. B. FERRELL, M. I).
We, the undersigned Druggists, take pleasure
in commending to the trade. Dr. J. Bradfield’s
Female Regulator—believing it tube a good and
reliable remedy for the diseases for which he
recommends it. W. A. LANSDELL,
PEMBERTON, WILSON, TAYLOR & CO.
RED WINE A FOX,
W. O. LAWS HE, Atlanta, Ga.
W. ROOT A SON, Marietta, Ga.
DR. PROPHITT’S
Celebrated Liver Medioine,
It is purely vegetable, and will act upon the
Liver and Kidneys as promptly as Calomel ami
Buchu, without any danger of salivation or de
struction of the bones. e
Parties taking the medicine need not fear get
ting wet, or any other reasonable exposure.
Symptoms of Liver Disease;
Headache, Dull Feelingorthe Blues, Sour Stom
ach, Sick or Nervous Headache, Heartburn, In
digestion or Dyspepsia, Bad or Bitter Taste in
the Mouth, the skin has a thick, rough feeling,
and is darker than usual, Costivouess, Melan
choly Feelings, Cramps, Cold Feet, Colic, Dys
entery, or Diarrhoea, Chills and Fever, and
Piles. In fact, where, the Liver is out of order,
you are liable to every disease that is uot conta
gious.
l’rophitt’s Liver Medicine, if taken properly,
will prevent and cure any disease resulting from
a deranged liver.
It will regulate its functions and thus cure all
diseases caused by the failure of its healthy ac
tion.
It has been used for a great number of rears,
and has given universal satisfaction.
There is no brother or son claiming to have
the origional recipe. It is put up in both Pow
der anu Fluid form.
Faihbckn, Ga., Sept. 4, 1868.
I>R. O. S. PROPIIITT:
Sir: My wife has been an invalid for fifteen
years. Doctors all agreed she bad “Liver Dis
ease.” In connection with their practice she
used various and noted remedies, none of which
seemed to do any good. Sometime ago 1 o roc ti
red a bottle of vour “Liver Medicine,” of your
agent here, C. A. Harvey, which being given ac
cording to directions, has affected a comulete
cure. Respectfully, Ac., GEO. L. THOMAS.
Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 24,1868.
1 have used Dr. O. S. Prophitt’s Liver Medi
cine as a tonic, and found it to be powerful and
efficacious. It is excellent, for functional de
rangement of the Liver or constipation of the
bowels; in most cases superceding the necessity
of a regular course of medicine.
E. J. MKYNARDIE, Pastor Tryon-str. C’h.
Marion County, Texas, Aug. 1,1869.
DR. O. S. PROPHITT:
Dear Sir: 1 write you this to iuforni vou that
I liave been trouliled a great deal with indiges
tion, hut after using one bottle of your Liver
Medicine, 1 find great relief. I cheerfully re
commend it as a good Family Medicine, and feel
coulldent that It is good for anything for wlf
it claims to be an antidote. Very respectfully,
DICK LOCK ETE*.
Dr, Prophitt’s Dysentery Cordial,
Ts one of the most valuable compounds now put
up for Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera Infantum,
or Cholera Morbus.
This medicine has been in use for rears, and
gives uniuersaj satisfaction.
The most delicate child ntav take it with im
punity.
■ Covington, u a., Nov. 9,1867.
I)R. PROPHITT:
Having a severe attack of Dysentery during
the past summer, I was induced to use! your Dy
sentery Cordial, and derived therefromimmedi
ate and permanent relief. It gives me pleasure
to recommend this remedy to all who may be so
attacked, believing that, should the directions
be followed, relief would surely be obtained.—
Truly, Ac. ‘O. S. PORTER.
Cess at a, Texas, 1569.
DR. PROPHITT:
Dear Sir: Your Liver Medicine ami Pain Kill
It is a complete success. J. L. WHITTLE.
West Point, Ga., Aug. 11,1869.
This is to certify that I have used Dr. O. S.
Prophitt’s Liver Medicine myself and in my
family, for twelve months or more, and l unhes
itatingly sav that I believe it one of the best
Family Medicines in use. M. T. WALKER.
PEOPHITT’S
Pain Kill It.
This is the celebrated medicine that run Perrv
Davis’Pain Killer out of the market, wherever
it was sold. Davis made l’rophitt change’ the
name Iran Pain Killer to PAIN KILL IT?
For Rheumatism, Neuralgia, or pain of any
kind it has no equal.
For Cuts, Bruises, Burns, or old Sores, it is the
best thing you can use as a dressing.
For Snake Bites or Stings of Poisonous Insects,
it is a perfect ANTIDOTE.
It is good tor Colic, Colds, Coughs, or Bowel
Complaints. Its name indicates its nature fully.
It is truly DEATH to pain. *
Manufactured and sold bv UR AD FIELD &
CO., Atlanta, Ga., and for sale by all druggists.
. . . Doolt Bounty, Ga., April, 1867.
This is to certify that I was confined to the
house, and most of the time to ntv bed, and suf
fering the greatest agony imaginable with Rheu
matism, tor five months, and after trying cverv
available remedy, with no relief, I'was cured
with two bottles of Dr. O. S. Prophitt’s Anodyne
Pain Kill It; each costing fifty cents only. It
relieved me almost instantly.' I therefore re
commend it in the highest degree to others suf
fering from similar disease. I can sav that it is
one of the finest Family Medicines now out, Cer
tain. Yours, truly, W. A. FOREHAND.
Dooly County, Ga., Oct. 27,1867
DR, O. S, PROPHITT:
I have, during the last eigeteen months, used
your 1 am Kill It and I consider it uueoualed bv
anything tor pain in the head, breast, back or
aulet C S IC , nothing gives relief half so
if • , F ol,r Anodyne Pain Kill.
theVtVmm s mutth S ood iu the community in o
thei lamilies us well as my own. Yours, &c„
D. T. FOREHAND.
DR. PROrmxT: 0 * FaCTORY ’ Ga - N « v > 1*67.
verely sprained his knee se
twEftte natural «i. Whole , to sweU to about
Kill It thoroughly cured it JNO B DAVIS
STATE OF GEORGIA,! Know all men bv these
... , Fulton County.] presents, That I H
manu facto re and sell my Family
have furbished them with the lull and
have authorized the said BRADFJELD A co
to print, or liave printed, anything they mavsw
proper concerning any and all the above named
€ABTERMVILL£, BARTOW €Ol T VTY, GEORGIA, EEB. 17th. IK7I.
Modicim>s. This 15ch day of June, 187tX
[Signed] ' O. S. PROPHITT,
In presence of Thomas F. Jones, and Robert
Crawford, Notary Public. (l. s.)
Manufactured and for sale by BRADFJELD
A CO., Broad street, Atlanta, Ga., and for sale
by all druggists. iuly2o—wly
CERTIFICATES:
, the undersigned, haved used Dr. Proph
itt s Preparations, and take pleasure in recom
mending them to the public, as being all he
claims for them:
Col. It J Henderson, Covington, Ga.; O T Rog
ers, Covington, Ga.; O 8 Porter, Covington. Ga.;
Prof. J L .Tones. Covington, Ga.; Rev. M W Ar
nold. Georgia Conference; Rev. W W Oslin, Ga.
Conference; F M Swanson, Montieello. Ga.; Ro
bert Barnes, Jasper County, Ga.; A M Robinson,
Montieello, Ga.: James Wright, Putnam county,
Ga.; A Westbrook, Putnam countv. Ga.; JurUe
J J Floyd, Covington, Ga.; W L Bebee, “Cov
ington Enterprise,”; A H Zachrv, Convers, Ga;
George Wallace, Atlanta, G*. ;* Dick* Lockett,
Davis county, Texas; W Hawk Wlutt-lev, Cua
seta. Texas; W C Rolierts, Linden countv, Tex
as; Tommy A Stewart. Atlanta. Ga; W A Lans
dcll, Druggist Atlanta, Ga; R F Maddox A Cos.;
Atlanta, Ga.; Uriah Stephens, Cartersville. Ga.;
A S Louis, TAvvndes county, Ga.; .Joseph Land,
Lowndes county, Ga.; Jas. Jefferson. Carters
villc, Ga.; W L Ellis, Doolv county, Ga.; W A
Forehand. Dooly conntv, Ga.;.John B. Davis
Newton Factory. Ga.; B F Bass, Lowndnes co.
Schedule of* the
Western A; Atlantic R. R.
The Day passenger trains pass Cartersville,
Going Up, at 11.00. a. m.
Going Down, at 11.53, a. m.
The Night passenger trains pass Cartersville,
Going Up, at 12.22. a. m.
Going Down, at 1.37, a. m.
CARTERSVILLE ACCQIYIMOCATIUN,
Leave the passenger Depot, Atlanta. 3.00 p. m.
Arrive at Marietta. 4.27 p. rn.
“ “ Cartersville, 1........ 7.39 p. in.
Leave Cartersville, f.. ? 5.50, a. m.
Arrive at Marietta, ...1. ~,8.36 a. m.
“ “ Atlanta, 10.80 a. m.
jan- 27- A. L. HARRIS, M. T. & S.
Schedule of*tl>e
CARTERSVILLE & VAN-WERT B. [R.
ON and after January 20th, 1871, the trains
will
Leave TAYLORSVILLE, at ...0.30. A. M.
“ STILESRORO’. at .10, A. M.
“ FOR REST 11 ILL, at ...-, 10.25, A. M
Aj-rifing at CARTERSVILLE, at 10.50, A M
Leave CARTERSVILLE, at 1, I\ M.
Arrive at TAYLORSVILLE, at ... 3, P. M.
A Hack will soon be running from Cedartowu
to Taylorsville via. Van Wert, connecting with
the trains. »
An Extra train will be run to Cartersville and
Return to Taylorsville, every Friday evening.
By order of the President.
D. W. K. PEACOCK, Sec’y.
Lawshe & Haynes,
Have on hand and are receiving
the finest stock of the
Very Latest Styles
of Diamond and Gold
JEWELRY,
in upper Georgia, selected, with great care for
the
Fall and Winter Trade,
Watches,
oi the BEST MAKERS, of both Europe and A
meriea;
American and French Clocks;
Sterling and Coin Silver Ware;
and the best quality of
Plated Good?,
at prices to suit the times;
Gold, Silver and Steel
Spectacles,
to suit all ages.
VV atclies and Jewelry
Repairsd by Competent Workmen;
Also Clock and Watch Makers
Tools and Materials.
sept 13.-swly ATLANTA, GA.
W. n. GILBERT. A. BAXTER, TANARUS, W. BAXTER, Jr.
QILBERf* SAXTIB
(SUCCESSORS TO W. H. GILBERT & C 0.,)
Dealers In
HARDWARE,
IRON, STKEI,, MILS,
CLOVER & GRASS SEED,
AGENTS FOR SALE OF
CO AL CREEK COAL.
Guano.
And other Fertilizers.
Agricultural Implements,
Agricultural and Mill Machinery.
ALSO
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
For sale and Purchase of
COTTO#. WHEAT. CORN.
And all other
Country Produce, Cotton, Hay,
AND OTHER PRODUCE SHIPPED ON
liberal terms.
GILBERT & BAXTER,
Cartersville Ga.
Jan. 19, 1871—ly.
JAS. W. STRANGE,
Dealer In, and Manufacturer Os
TO WARE,
House-Furnishing Goods,
ALSO DEALER IN
First-Class Stoves At
The Lowest Cash Prices.
WILL BARTER
FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE, RAGS,&C.
Cartersville, .Tan. 20th, ’7l-iy.
Fresh Garden, Flower,
Fruit, Herb, Tree «fc Shrub,
and Fvergreen Seeds, pre
paid by mail, with direc
tion* for culture. Twenty
five different packets of ei
ther class for SI.OO The six
classes for $5.00.
20,000 lbs. Evergreen and Tree Seeds; Apple,
Pear, Cherry, &c.; Grass Seeds; Beet, Cabbage,
Carrott, Onion, Squash, Turnip, and all Veget
able and Flower Seeds, in small or large quanti
ties; also Small Fruits, Stocks, Bulbs. Shrubs,
Roses, Verbenas, &c., by mail, prepaid. New
Golden Banded Japan Lily, 60c. Priced De
scriptive Catalogues sent to any plain address,
gratis. Agents wanted. Wholesale List to
Agents, Clubs and the Trade. Seeds on commis
sion.
B. M. WATSON, OH Colony Nurseries and
Seed Warehouse, Plymouth. Mass. Established
jan. 31-sw 2m
HE HI-WEEKLY.
GOWER. JONES & CO.,
MiSUFACTCBERSOF
Aad Dealers in
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES,
AND
I, 2 & 4 Horse Wagons.
MATERIALS, *C„
REPAIRING, kinds, DONE
WITH NEA TNESS and DURABILI
TY. '
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
feb. 7, 1871. wly
READ THIS!
I feel grateful to my friends and cus
tomers for their liberal patronage in
the past, and will continue isy
Livery Business
at the old stand, where I propose to
give as NEAT A TURN-OUT as can
be had at any stable in the up-coun
try, and respectfully solicit a continu
ance of their patronage.
In justice to myself, I am compelled
to adopt the cash system, in order to
keep my business in neat style.
Very Respectfullv,
W. W. MILAM.
BOU rODACCO.—Messrs. JOURDAN,
HOW AltD & IIARRALSON, Atlanta, Ga.,
have on hand the following Choice Brands
of manufactured Tobacco, which they offer
to trade as low as the lowest:
Brown’s Log Cabin,
Cabin Home,
Golden Choice, **
Pike’s Peak,
Winfree’s Gold Leaf,
Pranly’s XXX,
Montsicf,
Hyco Belle,
Peach Mountain,
Sunny Side,
Saranac,
McGhee’s 4 A,
Golden Rule,
Rosa Belle,
Globe Twist,
Crown Navy,
May Apple.
And many other desirable brands not men
tioned; together with a fine variety of Smok
ing Tobaccos and Cigars.
•Tolrn T. Owen,
JE WELEK,
Main Street, Cartersville
F totlie wishes and interests
of his patrons. He can be found at his stand
ai all times, with a good stock of
material,
Pr iVe a ke2p t 9 °^good y iot o of belongin « to hii li,ie -
GOLD AND SILVER
IfATCUBS,
JEWELRY,
SILVER-WARE ,
Spectacles, &c., etc.
All of which he will sell as CHEAP as anv one
else CAN afford to sell such.
Satisfaction guaranteed in everv in
stance. Be sure to give me a call.
JOHN T. OWEN,
jan. 9,1871-swly Cartersville, Ga.
» A RBY’S
Prophylactic Fluid.
fjp Medicine,for puri
fy ing, cleaning,
for Erysipelas, rheumatism, and all skin diseas
ggj_for catarrh, sore mouth, sore throat, dinthe
ria; for cholic, diarrhoea, cholera; as a wash to
goftgn_and beautify the skin: to remove ink
s^ots^^mildew^jnrui^jstaijas^takejajEiterMallvas
well as applied externally: sg_hjghlv recom
mended by all who have used it—is for sale by
alj_Drnggists and Country Merchants, and mnv
be_ordereU directly of
DARBY PROPHYLATICCO.,
Dec. 6, w-ly. ltTf William Street. N. Y.
In future the Editorial Rooms ■of the
‘CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS” wRI be in
Col. J. \Y . Harris’ Law Office, where the
business of the office will be transacted, and
wberg subscribers ran get their papers.
The Huibon River Riilroml
Horror.
A freight truiu, mainly made up of
oil cars, started from Albany in the
evening, on the down back. There
were twenty-live cars in this train.—
Before starting they had been duly
inspected, and, so far as human pru
dence could guard against it, accident
seemed impossible. Almost at the end
of the wood en bridge over Wappingers
Creek, at New Hamburg, nn axle
broke, tipping it sideways, and letting
it down upon the ties. For a few j
yards further, to the entrance of the
bridge, it dragged, then, striking a
timber, was tossed over on the up
traok, and instantly all the cars behind
it were piled on it, a mass of wreck.
It was the work of an instant, and
while the echoes were still but half j
awakened by the awful crash, upon
this chaos glared the head-light of a
passenger train —the .Pacific express—
dashing onward with lighning speed
on the up-track. Yards, not even
rods, measured the space which it
devoured in a breath—before there
could be a motion to check its advance,
before even there could be one warn
ing shriek from the locomotive; before
one of the doomed train could
leap into the black uncertainty on
either hand, or even see the horrid
fate ahead. Then, with a terrible
noise, as of an earth-quake, the loco
motive at its furious speed plunged
into the mountain of ruin heaped up
on the track. Down on it came thun
dering all the cats which followed in
itn wake, each with un iufornal crash,
mingled with the wild shrieks of its
terrified inmates. The locomotive had
burst opeu the oil tank of that fatal
tenth car tLe instant of striking it.—
From the fire-box of the locomotive
the flames leaped up to the Heavens.
The oil, dashed high in air by tbo
shock, ignited there, and where it fell
there lay a sea of fire. , Another and
another oil tank exploded and gave
their boiling, flaming contents to feed
the swelling fury of the fire. Up, up,
round the cars, and down over the
timbers of the bridge, lapping ail with
tongues of flame, bin ding the madden
ed ones who strove to escape, shroud
ing the awful death-cells where, from
their sleep, the miserable ones had no
time for any thought but wild affright
and agony, were hurled into eternity.
From the bridge into the waters of
the creek, eighteen feet beneath,
plunged the engine of the express
train, down upon it fell the tender, a
baggage car, and an express car, then
the Buffalo sleeping coach, whence
none escaped alive, and over these
poured the liquid fire rained down
from the bridge, as it, too, fell, with
its load of the remaining cars of both
trains. So fierce was the fire that
nothing could be done to save those
so instantly enveloped by it. It wrap
ped two more cars so quickly that few
escaped from them uninjured by it.—
Down beneath the ice, drowned, lay
some, fortunate that their death had
been leas horrible than that of those
eugulfed by the fire; others, still more
fortunate, had known no pain, but in
the sudden crash had taken, all un
conscious of its cause, the short step
from mortal life to immortality.—
In two of the sleeping cars immediate
ly following the Buffalo coach the loss
of life and injuries were great. From
those behind, most of the passengers
escaped—few without serious injuries
—broken bones, burns and bruises,
but with life, and how fervently they
thanked God for that. Looking before
they saw, wrapped in tire, the chaos
of wreck; in their ears, mingled with
the roaring and cracking of the flames,
resounded the shrieks of the poor
wretches in their death agony, far be
yond i.Il human aid, in that infernal
furnace. They stood upon the ice,
scantily clad, for most of them had
been half undressed, preparing for
sleep when the disaster came, and the
eager wind was down-to zero, but they
forgot these things in their great
thankfulness that they had escaped
with mere life. As the*ice melted, the
cars upon it sank down into the water
beneath, and with them, the burning
timbers of the bridge. This destroyed
all faint hopes, which the more san
guine had cherished, of giving any
s accor to those in the cars which had
been in the flames Nothing could be*
done for even the rescue of their re
mains, thus preserved from total de
struction, until morning light, and
how painfully long the night seemed,
can only be appreciated by those who
waited for the gray dawn to aid them
in that horrid search for the dead.—'
For hours the furious flames revelled
in their work of ruin. Their lurid
glare reddened the skies; the ice and
snow brought out in keen relief the
branches of the tall pines and made
blacker the shadow’s behind them on
the snow-clad sides of this awful gorge
this valley of death. Near the
wreck lay a human body, upon the ice.
Its entrails were torn out, its head
and legs crushed. The ghastly hor
rors of the scene could have had no
mure vivid climax. Such an object in
the foreground made complete a pict
ure which will never fade from the re
memberances of those who gazed upon
morning light-.
only enhanced the awful horror of the
scene. The fire had died out. leaving
all where it had touched chari'ed and
blackened. Haif-buried in the ice and
water of the creek lay the shattered,
partially burned cars, hideous coffins
of an unknown number of the dead.—
On the ice and upon the banks' stood
Editors and Proprietors.
a crowd of rescued passengers, people
who lived near the scene, nnd railroad
employees their faces blanched w ith the
realization of the fearful catastrophe.
Over all this arose the cold, grey light
of dawri, while through the gorge
came the icy w ; nd, keen and strung,
lading its wings with the sickening
odors of the still smouldering embers.
The voices of men were hushed, but
the tall pines sighed mournfully in the
breeze a requiem for the dead. Few
of the passengers remained near the
scene of the catastrophe any longer
than they were enabled to get away.
Few of them had been able to save
anything in their flight from the
burning cars; even their overcoat*
were left behind, and several were in
their stocking feet. As well as possi
ble, UDder the circumstances, their pe
cessitses were supplied by residents of
the neighborhood, and then they hur
ried away, some to Albany and beyond,
others returning by the fiist down train
to the city.
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SEEKING FOE THE DEAD
began with the first clear light of day.
The intense cold made the work very
severe. The.thermometer stood below
zero, and ice was forming rapidly over
the surface of the chasm in the ice
where the cars had gone down. That
removal of the dead from the wreck
was a soul-sickening, horrible work.—
Each corpse brought to light, instead
of inuring the spectators to the ghast
ly bideousness of these poor remnants
of humanity, increased their painful,
sympathetic anguish and filled them
with dread of the possible horrors still
to be encountered. Mangled by the
wreck, mutilated by the fire, their fea
tures, where at all preserved, stamped
with an ineffaceable expression of ago
ny and terror beyond the power of de
piction in words, those ghastly corpses
were tilings of terror iu themselves.—
The charred body of a mother, still
clasping the shrivelled remains of her
two children to her blackened breast,
was drawn forth, and then the headless
body of another woman, the body of a
man with the extremities consumed by
fire, a mangled muss of shapeless, dis
torted fragments of a man, once the
engineer, now so dreadfully disfigured
that its once having been a human be
ing seemed a doubt, then more bodies
with arms, heads, and legs burned off,
frightful things, beyond recognition.—
But why continue here this dreadful
recital; let it be left in part, at least,
to imagination. None can conjure up
in their minds a picture more full of
vivid horrors than this scene presented,
one which will not fall short of the re
ality. The dead, as they were extri
cated from the wreck, were laid upon
th3 floor of a baggage car brought up
for the purpose, and a fire was kept
up near them to thaw out the frozen
garments of those upon whom any
clothing remained, in order to prose
cute the search for means of identifi
cation. Most of those found in the
wreck of the Buffalo coach were in a
mass at the lower end, that plunged
down deep in the mud and water, and
seemed to have been making an effort
to reach the door, to escape when
death seized them. The dead were
G. F. Thompson, of 47 Wall street;
Dr. Nuncrede, and George Stafford;
five railroad employees; Peter Yos
burgh, conductor of the sleeping car;
E. Benedict, editor of the Cleveland
Herald, his w ife, and two children; A. j
A. Gillett, of Buffalo; Rev. Morrell!
Fowler, wife, and three children; L. j
A. Root, David Simmons, engineer;!
Laurence Mooney, brakeman; James j
Yosburgh (colored,) porter of the
Buffalo sleeping car; and the follow- j
ing list of surnames, found in the pock- ;
et book of Vosburgh, the conductor; j
howler, Pease, of Buffalo; Germanuel,,
of Rochester; Sorhis, Curry, Forbach, j
and Rosenthal.
BTARTING FROM THE DEPOT.
The “Pacific express” train had ac
quired a national reputation. It was
started soon after the completion of
the great iron band which binds the
the continent from the Atlantic to the
Pacific coast, and its object was to
convey passengers with the utmost
speed over fcbe first thousand miles of
their journey from the metropolis of
the east to the metropolis of the west.
It surpassed all competitors in the
endevor to carry the busy, impatient
travellers of the country over that dis
tance in the shortest possible time, and
for many months it bore the laurels
for attaining the extraordinary actiiev
meut of conveying passengers from
New York to Chicago in twenty-nine
bou’-s. Hie express left New York
daily at 8 o’clock, p. m., and there are
very few* persons comparatively in the
city who have not seen the long train
of palace cars roll out from tne depot |
at Thirteenth street and disappear on
its long journey to Garden City.—
Each night, previous to the starting of
the train, the scene at the depot was
most intereating. Amid the noise of the
ccaches and carriages bringing in their
conti-ibntions to m*ke up the quota of
passengers, the din of the numerous
railroad men shouting instructions,
and the rattle of trunks over the
plank, friends were taking a long
farewell, some in tears; and
every one who went aboard
the train carried the blessings
of someone dear to tho heart, und
a solemn prayer that no accident
should interfere to make the voyage a
dangerous one. At and then wheu one
looked in and saw the voyagers com
fortably ensconced in their small but
elegant drawing rooms, with a supply
of newspapers, the latest magazines,
Ac., all at hand, one was alwa j s con-
drained to believe that all the annoy
ances of traveling had finally become
i things of the past, and that to ride in
| this manner through a wide and di
versified country was nothiug else
than a luxury.
ON THE ROAD TO DEATH.
j All these scenes were re-enacled on
I Moudy evening last. The Express
train emerged lroin the. loDg dark de
pot, and soon wasspe ding away along
the shore of the rigid Hudson. The
night was clear and intensely cold, as
every one who exposed himself to the
chilliug blast will remember. As the
l assengers Si. fc by the windows and gazed
out across the great river at the bleak
mountains crowned with snow, the
clear sky all studded with stars that
shone like diamonds—for a clearer at
mosphere has seldom been known in
this vicinity—it was probably difficult
to decide whether the majestic stream
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with its towering borders was ever
more charming, even iu the midst ot
blooming spring or green summer.—
The cold moon threw' her cold rays
down slantingly on the sheet of ice,
aud they were reflected on the shining
armors of sleet which clad the side of
every valley on the other side nnd the
top of every anoint bluff. Now and
then the nnuature figure of a cottage,
with its lighted window, could be seen
dotting the snowy field on the opposite
side of the river, each one affording a
subject for thought to the dreamy voy-
agers. Ou, on sped the streaming
train, its wheels grinding the frosty
rails, and its shrill wills'm making
the whole frigid valley resound tbo
echoes for miles around. Cottage,,
hamlet appeared and instanlly receded
from the view of the swift ffyiug trav
ellers. At last weariness overtook the
dreamers gliding past these weird,
arotic scenes, and they begun to turn
their small parlors into snug sleeping
rooms. Meanwhile the never tiling
iron horse drew them on the fieot
ness of wings
INTO THE JAWS OE D^ATH.
A great black shape, with one daz
zling eye, was crawling along the truck
in the opposite direction, miles alove
the point now reached by the expre. s
train. That object was death. It
wound its long form around a curve,
and while passing under a dark bridge,
just after leaving the village af New
Hamburg, it prepured the weapon of
destruction. The black oil-tanks were
partially covered with a sheath of ice„
and all the iron wheels and axles were
brittle with the intense frost. One of
the axles snapped and dropped down,
so that it gruted ou the track, and
dragged aloug over the sleepers
W hen it came to the
over the mouth Os Wrappinger’s Creek,
which runs down from the hills cn the
eastern shore of the Hudson, and
which, at its confluence, becomes so
broad and deep that it lias the appear
ance of an inlet, the broken iron drop
ped down and began to root up the
wood-work. Soon there was a sudden
jeik, for the iron fangs had got a strong
hold. The entire oil train stopped
suddenly, and a portion toppled over
upon the other track.
! THE HORRIBLE COLLISION.
A flash of light danced upon the track,
the shriek of a whistle was heard, and
on came the Pacific express with its
lightning dash. The engineer, peer
ing out behind reflector, saw a mass
of black matter on the track before,
and pulled the lever, sounding the sig
nal for “down breaks.” The breaks
were applied, but not in time to check
the terrible momentum of the train. It
rushed into the face of the wreck, and
the engineer's assistant, seeing death
inevitable, sprung from his post, at the
same time calling upon the engineer
to follow. The engineer replied, “Iff
go with my train.” The locomotive
plunged into the black wreck, tnero
was a tremendous crash, followed by
death-shrieks, and then an explosion
that was heard for miles, and next the
devouring flames. The engine of the
express train was the first to go dowu
and bury itself and driver in tfie swo
len river beneath the ice. Then follow
ed the coal-tender, the baggage-can
with its contents, the heavily-Uden ex
press car, and lastly, the first drawing
room, or sleeping-cur, with its freight
of human lives. To bury them out of
the reach of hope, the ugly oil-trucks,
fell upon them and then a hellish fire
was kindled over the pregnant grave.
if THE FLAMES SHOT UP
as if some devilish power was in them,
| exulting over the victory. The great
I light was seen for miles around. Pres
ently the clear night air W;'.s filled
wi th the dismal pealing of church bells
from the villages far av-ny. A fire en
gine came to the scene with hose to
engage in the useless attempt to ex
tinguish the flames. Hundreds cf
people flocked to the carnage, and the
sight was one that can never be ef
faced from the memory of all who saw
it, and one, the recurrence of which,
all pray may never come.
Last night the scenes in the vicinity
of the sickening disaster was dismal in
the extreme. There was the yawning
gulf which had enveloped the dead,
over it was a frarn of charred timbers,
and half a hundred men carrying
lights were moving about above tfio
wreck. The sound of the axe, saw,
and hammer of the workman’ repair
ing the bridge was heard, Two loco
motives drawing trains, had approach
ed the brink, one on each side and
stood with their great lights glaring
down into the abyss. The night w
dark, and tho scores of people on the
field of ice surrounding the wreck
could just be discerned. All the vil
lagers had been at woik on tho ice
and in the water as long as the ligth of
day lasted, and were nearly frozen.
To keep from perishing, many of them
had resorted to spintous liquor, and in
tlie evening they were half intoxicated.
In carrying the passengers from tho
trains around the wreck on the ice,
they ran, cursed, and shouted at the
very brink of the grave. A few tall
masts, with their crossing spars stood
close by the side of the tomb, 11m
monumental crosses erected lo cum
in t inol’uto* the disaster.