NP, NOTP 4/10B/1861

From the New Orleans Times Picayune
 
April 10, 1861
 
Texas
   The Galveston News, of the 6th inst. says:
   On Wednesday last, the army worm appeared in such immense numbers on portions of the track of the B. B., B. & C. Railroad {Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado RR}, and such was the resistance they offered to the progress of the cars that the motion of the engine was impeded by them, and the engineers had to resort to various expedients to overcome the difficulty. At intervals the wheels became so slimed and clogged, as to arrest the motion of the train entirely. Imagine the power of a steam engine to be set at defiance by an army of worms.
   The train did not arrive here until nearly three hours after it had become due, in consequence of the delay occasioned at Harrisburg, from the above cause.

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