| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| December 23, 1861 |
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| Another attempt at bridge burning |
| Augusta, Dec. 21. |
| The Rome (Ga.) Southerner, of the 19th
inst., says that an attempt was made to burn the State railroad
{Western & Atlantic RR} bridge over Petit's
creek on Monday night. The incendiary was caught, and he was sentenced
to be hung, at Cartersville, (a village in Cass county, and on the line
of the State road,) on Friday last. |
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