| From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph |
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| December 4, 1861 |
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| Outrage on the Central {(of
Georgia)} Rail Road |
| The Central train due
yesterday morning at nine o'clock, did not arrive until one o'clock in
the afternoon. We learn that the cause of the detention was the
tearing up of the track about sixty miles from Savannah, for the space
of about twenty yards. The rails were raised from the stringers, and
pine saplings put under them. The night was pitch dark, and a furious
rain pouring down, The train was fortunately running at slow speed
when it came up to the mutilated track, but all of it was thrown off,
from the tender to the rearward car. Two or three box cars were badly
smashed, but fortunately no one was seriously hurt, either among
passengers or train hands. The scene of the mishap was level ground,
and this fact makes it more difficult to explain the motives of the
villains who removed the rails. Foot marks of four persons concerned
in this felony were discovered, and efforts were being made to follow
their trail. We devoutly trust they may be brought to justice, and
meanwhile the affair should excite all our rail road to increased
vigilance against the designs of the evil disposed. |
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