The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-19 00:00:00

THE POPE ON THE AMERICAN WAR.

The New York papers received by the Africa
publish a letter a ldreased by the rope to Archbishop
Hughes cu the subject of the Ametican difficulties. The
Ni ir York Table, the catholic organ, which publishes the
communication in the original Latin, states that it is the
duplicate of a letter sent to the same prolate, under date
October IS. 18412, but which never reached its destination.
As is customary with all documents emanating from the
same source, the letter is rather wordy. It commences
"To our Venerable Brother John, Archbishop of New

York.

" Venerable Brother, Health and Apostolic Benediction,
—Among the various and most oppi °naive cares which
weigh on us in these turbulent and perilous times, we are
greatly affected by the truly lamentable state in which the
Christian people of the United States of America are pieced
by the destructive civil war broken out amongst them.. For,
venerable brother, we cannot but be overwhelmed with the
deepest sorrow while we recapitulate, with painful feelings,
the slaughter, ruin, destruction, devastation, and the other
innumerable nudever.to-be.deplored calamities by which the
people themselves ere most miserably harassed and dilece-
rated. Hence we have not ceased to offer up, in the humility
of our hearts, our most fervent prayers to God that He
would deliver them from so many and so greet evils. And
we are fully assured that you also, venerable brother, pray
and implore, without ceasing, the Lord of Mercies to grant
solid peace and prosperity to that oountry. But since we,
by virtue of the office of our apostolic ministry, embrace,
with the deepest sentiments of charity, all the nations of
the Christian world, arid, though unworthy, administer
here on earth the viongerent work of Him whe is the author
of peace and the lover of charity, we cannot refrain from
inculcating, again and again, on the minds of the people
themselves and their chief rulers, mutual charity and
peace."
The Pope then proceeds to urge on his venerable brother
to stir up his people to prayer, and to use every exertion to
promote pesos sod charity. He states that of the same date
he has forwarded a similar missive to the Archbishop of
New Orleans.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREENOCK
RAILWAY.

A melancholy and fatal accident took place at the
railway statics at Greenock on Monday morning, arising
out of the prohibited and yet common practice of leaping
on to a train when in motion, by which Captain Francis
Harvey, shipmaater, aged about fifty years, residing at
20, West Stewart-street, Greenock, and connected with the
well-known shipping firm of Messrs. Handysideand Henderson,
Glasgow, lost his life in a very shocking manner. The 8.45 ex-
press up-train is always heavy on Monday mornings at ibis part
of the sesaon,and on Monday it wunousually so. It wu several
minutes behind time in starting, sod Captain Harvey had
arrived among the last comers to go by it, and having • re-
turn firat-clus ticket. The train was quite full, and Cap-
tain Hervey being anxious to get by it, made several in.
effe:tual attempta to get a seat, and it is said that be was
twice told to desist by an official The train started, and
the deceased, wise was a stout heavy man, made the last
attempt to get on, and while on the foot-board, and en-
deavouring to get into a oompartment, one of the pillars
which support. the roof of the station struck him,
causing him to lose his balance. He was thrown down,
his legs going in between the edge of the platform and the
footboard, and thus he was dragged • dozen yards, his legs
and lower part of his body being crashed, twisted, and
mangled in a shocking manner, part of the intestines and
the broken bones of the legs being exposed to view. Death
must Oulu been instantaneoca. The body in fragments
was gathered up and conveyed into the waiting-room. and the
melancholy news was coeveyed to the wife and
family of the lamented deceased, whom he had
quitted half an hour before full of health and
Captain Harvey, who thus lost his life,sailed
a ship named the Mardis oat of Port Glasgow for some
time. He was for some years • member of the firm of
Harvey and Watson, ship chandlery and ironmongers, 65,
Rue End-street. He lately sailed the iron ship Dalhousie,
and he was master of the as. Dom Pedro, which only
arrived here on Friday last from Palermo. He was • mem-
ber of George-square U. P. Church (Rev. Mr. Sinclair's),
end was in church at both diets on Sabbath. He wsa
hurrying to his vessel, which was lying at Glas-
gow, when cut short in his career, leaving •
widow and five of • family to mourn hi la-
mented and premature death. It is rather • remark-
able coincidence that Captain Harvey's father-in-law,
Mr. Watson, accountant, lost his life nearly zo years ago by
• fall down the stair issuing from the railway platform, and
that father and eon-in-law are the only two pauengen who
have accidentally lost their lives at the railway-station here,
so far as we can remember. Deceased was • native of
Alloa, in which place his father was long known as a most
respectable shipowner and shipmaster. His brother, who
only arrived from America on Friday, sad had passed the
Sunday with him after • separation, parted with him on the
street at the Greenock station immediately prior to the
x.urretice, intending to meet him in Glasgow in the course
of the day.—North British Mail.