| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| January 7, 1862 |
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| Lynchburg, Va. , Jan. 6, 1862 |
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| Huntersville is only thirty or forty miles
from the Virginia Central Railroad, and it is greatly feared that,
without prompt measures, trouble may arise in that quarter. In this
connection, it may not be improper to allude to the threatening aspect
of affairs — the encroachments of the vandals towards the
Virginia
&
Tennessee
road. Already have they been in force within sixty miles of this road,
while they are continually depredating in the counties which have been
evacuated by our forces, carrying destruction wherever they go. A
large quantity of provisions, which was left at Peterstown by Floyd,
it is feared, has fallen into their hands, or has been destroyed, as
from latest accounts from that section they had been within a few
miles of that place. |
| *** Allow me to state, before closing on
this head that from information which reaches as every day from the
section referred to, ten days will not elapse before the Virginia
& Tennessee Railroad is blockaded, if a worse fate does not befall
it. Prompt measures must be adopted by the Government, and what is
done must be done immediately, if we are to be saved not only a vast
deal of trouble, expense, and inconvenience, but suffering as well. It
is true, the "timely warning" has been previously sounded by
the Dispatch and its correspondent from this section, and what I write
on this topic may be stale, but the importance of the subject is so
great that were it a thrice-told tale it-should be repeated again and
again, until heeded by the authorities, and the proper measures
adopted for the defence of this most important line of communication. |
| An accident occurred on the Virginia &
Tennessee Road
last Fridaynight, between 12 and 1 o'clock, occasioned by the removal
of a rail. The train was thrown from the
track, but fortunately no one was injured, and very little damage
resulted to the train, although being at a high rate of speed at the
time of the occurrence. Fortunately for the passengers, the accident
occurred near the residence of Gordon Kent, Esq., who sent conveyances
and an invitation for all of them to make his house their home until
the train was righted up so that they could pursue, their journey. The
invitation, was accepted, and they all speak interims of praise, and
express grateful thanks for the handsome style in which they were so
generously entertained. *** |
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