Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-16

osf Wen ON subject; let then remember that good
water - m invaluable blessing; that q cheap and
constant s~PPly Of il 10 - necessary TO life and
health a. the air, san and sky above us and, above
all, let one and all that it is not made with N
natter Of trade and speculation.
IMPORTANT News FOR THE New YoRK PUBLIC.
Just four weeks since we published valuable ar
tice on the Croton Water Works, showing the folly
OF not beginning the Harlem Bridge two years ago,
ana the consequences thereof. On Tuesday the
"Hudson River Chronicle" copied these points from
US, ana yesterday the "Courier and Enquirer and
"Commercial' copied them from the "Hudson River
Chronicle" This is the way with all their aeros,
ELECTIONS. We have not any inte lligence from
Tennessee to change the aspect of affairs Polk con-
TIMES far ahead ct Cannon, and will be elected Go.
vernon without doubt Probably Of the ID MEM
bers to Congress will be Administration men.
In Indiana, political affairs have wholly changed.
The delegation tins year to Congress will be six loco
focos and whig In the last Congress there were
six wings and only one loco. A complete reverse.
Graves has been reelected to Congress from Ken
lucky. Southgate has been defeated. Carrot Davis,
(whig,) has been elected over Slack, (locofoco)
Richard Halves, (whig,) has also been elected to
Congress; John Pope is returned by majority Of
200 votes Triplett, (whig) is elected from the Hem
derson district.
RAILWAY CAsUALTIEs-CULPABLE Conquer OF
CoNpucToRs AND BUILDERs.-On Wednesday an
accident happened between AID street and Yerkville
which reflects great discredit on the part of some
employees Of the Harlem Railway Company 1t
seems that drove Of cews, nearly twenty in num-
ber srayed from their pastures, and got the road
near the place where the up and down trains usually
pass each other. The conductor did not slack the
speed OF the engines, and the consequence that
the poor animals were either crushed under the
wheels ammed to death beneath the ponderous and
rapidly moving masses of matter The passengers,
of course, were in high state of alarm, as the oc-
currence happened near high embankmen and it
was owing only to some merciful dispcnsation Of
Providence that the slaughter Of the cows was not
accompanied with the sacrifice of some hundred Of
humanbeings.
Yesterday another frightful, though, fortunately,
not fatal accident, happened at the of Pearl
and Centre streets. Here, as every body knows, a
new building is going up; and the builders, not
satisfied with occupying all the side walks, have
taken the liberty Of laying immense of brick
and stone half acrsss the road. OF course, no car
riage get along whilst a railway car is APP
preaching. About A o'clock, a wagon with two men
and two barrels Of whiskey was ressing slowly
along by this erection, when one Of the long cars
past, caught the wheel of the wagon and upset
the tive men in fearful contguity to the car. The
spectators were horror struck for they fully expect
ed to the mems heads rolling down the street
The horse disengaged from the wagon, and
at the top Of his speed into Chatham street, where
he knocked down a child, which was taken into a
doctors lifeess. In the mean time, the passengers
got out of the car and picked up the two men, who
were carried into neighboring shop, and found to
be moro frightened than hurt.
We hope, sincerely that the street inspector will
do his duty, and punish the rascally builders, and
that the other sufferers will forget make the
railway company suffer some fer the misconduct Of
their employees in destroying the cows
0J- Ii is now supposed that the Chancellor will
decide in favor Of Mrs Barry, in the Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John A. Barry. She will consequently keep
the child.