| From the Wilmington Journal |
| September 10, 1863 |
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| We had the pleasure of passing
the whole of yesterday and of the night before, on the cars of the
Wilmington & Manchester Railroad, the train due here at six
o'clock yesterday morning, having only got here about four o'clock
yesterday afternoon. We are happy in having no accident to report, and
no list of killed and wounded to publish. Our engine neither blew up,
ran off the track, nor collided; it just ??? "give out"
about two miles above Mullins Station, some six or seven miles this
side of Marion Court House. After a pretty long, but unavoidable
delay, a freight engine was brought to our relief, and our hungry and
impatient crowd was trotted along towards Wilmington -- for we could
hardly call it running. And we had a considerable crowd aboard too,
many of them coming to attend the Auction Sale of yesterday. If we
felt impatient, how did they feel. Our readers can "phaizy
their pheelinks" as day broke, and the sun arose, climbing higher
and higher, and then descending lower and lower as the day advanced
and commenced waning, and the Auction went on, and they were not there
and could not get there. It was talked around that one old gentleman
was willing to give five thousand dollars to be put down in Wilmington
in time for the sale; we don't vouch for the truth of the report.
Certainly there were curses not loud but very deep. Some few
took the thing philosophically, and suddenly discovered that they had
other business in Wilmington, and that their coming on at this
particular time had no connection with the blockade sales. Perhaps
so. |
| At Flemington, Mrs. Brothers,
who always has something good, got up hurriedly a very nice snack for
the hungry crowd, the majority of whom had eaten nothing for nearly
twenty-four hours, for few took supper at Florence. Apparently not
many do who can avoid it. What was done with the multitude when they
got here we do not know. As every place was crowded long ago, their
chances for being accommodated with sleeping places must have been
pretty slim. They didn't get single rooms, that's certain. |
| We are glad that the
Manchester Road is about to receive an accession to its machinery and
rolling stock. Both have been unavoidably overtaxed, and show the
effects of hard usage. They want a thorough overhauling. |
| {by the Editor} |
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