Tor the Wilmingtonian.
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] perceived, in reading in the National
Intelligencer description of the contiagra-
tion at Alexandria, an application of the
word carry, Tor rather its deriatives) which
appears little laughable in this section OF
the Union. The Editors says, "nor were our
Georgetown neighbors bchind-hand: with
great spirit they went down i'll numbers, in
carriages, and on foot carrying also, it is be-
lievcd, their engine" 1t is supposed to be
near ten miles from Georgetown to Alexan-
tlria, no small distance to carry an engine;--
but as there were SO many persons sin car
riages on horseback, and OH foot" the bur-
den could not have been very heavy the
only difficulty would have been to give each
an equal share But all this is trihing,
for we are told in the next sentence that "aN
the MARINES on the station, were carried
down by CAPT. Hogvie, under the orders of
Col. Henderson, ndca,7ying an engine with
them" Now this is as great burden as any
man could carry. IF the Marines had car
rcd Capt. Howle, it would have appeared
more probable, or even if they had placed
him, as kind of branci.-pipe- on the
top of the engine they were carrying with
them, it would have looked more natural.
1t would be good thing if the Wilmington
folks could carry their engines, forthey (the
engines) sometimcs,b s,break down, or stick in
the mud. Carrying would prevent this.


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