New-York tribune., 1842-02-03

whole the hi gheSt form OF morality: the most per
fec, and unbrokcn soci, order, and The largest in
di,idun freedom Having moulded these into one
-vs,em and made them real in Industry, in Science
and in Art. we shall be the pattern nation o: the
world light will 60 forth. and darkness be dissi-
Pa ra,cd-s!aver;= will be abolished and t:ranrv d.
>rovcd, and Man will stand up in the image Of his
Maker, and look forth with JOY upon world made
beautiful bv His love.
DISASTER on THE WESTERN RAILROAD.
Correspondence OF The Tribune.
TUESDAY, Feb. !, Il O'clock. 4 VI.
sit down for 4 moment in q farmhouse, few
miles from Pttsheld. TO inform YOU Of terrible
accident which bcfel the train Of cars which left
Springfield at 20 clock this morning. We left
Pi,siield at hllfpas, o'clock. and in half an hour
after, while posing through deep cut in the rood
the engine ran off the track. followed by the ten
der, and in IN inS,ant they were a heap OF ruins,
entirely demolished. The baggage.car was a vcl7,
long one, and the fore end of it followed the en-
cine and ran into the bank, which broke the force
Of the train and instantly stopped it. Sud to n-
late. the engineer, Mr.. Rice. was killed instantly.
and the fireman most horribly Inangled-his thighs
crushed and sadly torn and the lower part OF the
abdomen laid open. y litter was made OF boards
from the fence and the wounded fireman taken 10
hi. house. attended By DR.. GILMAN, of New
York, who was fortunately among thc passengers;
but nothing could be done, and the man lived but
an hour or
There wore two passcngcr-rars, with some forty
or fifty passengers, among whom were several Ia
dies, and all escaped withoutiniury. Had the acci-
dent occurred while going one of the numerous,
cn,bankmcn,S, great damage and loss OF llte would
have been experienced. While [ am writing an
other engine. which was sent f4r has arrived, and
tho passengcr-cars are about to proceed | ne
cause Of tho accident have rot had time, IN the
confusion, to learn.
ALBANY, ha-pas; :. 7. W
We have jus, arrived in this city, after about
three hours detention By the disaster Rice, the
engineer, resided in Pit,sticd and his appalling
death will carry gloom to his family and friends.
| could not ascertain the flremans namc he was
nn Irishman When the engine ran oi were
going at :. speed of twelve to fifteen miles only,
and the only blame atlachcs#to to the road, which
was here very rough, being alternately sunkcn and
raised up by the fros,s in many places
The opinion as to the cause Of the accident
seems to be, that in turning the curve, the fore
wheel of the engine on the inner sid, was raised
off the rail- and thus prccipitacd off the rail, run
ming up the bank at ang IL of i3 degrees, and
turned over, falling on the tender. and producing
a perfect chaos There is no doubt the engineer
lost his life to save those Of the passengers as he
had ample time to have escaped He gave the
signal to the man ut the brake, which was in
stantly applied, and aided in stopping the ilan
In haste, yours, J.NW
Mn. AUsTISI LECTrRE.-Iho lecture on the
War in China delivered at the Tabernacle last
evening bv Hon. JANEs T. A<SrIS was attended
bv one of the most crowded audiences VIC have
ever seen within its walls The lecturer COM
menccd BY stating that the United States, as 4
and Christian nation, was bound 10
sympathize with the people of China, and to prasy
for the success of the cause in which they en-
gagged. Our judgements on this important subject
should be formed by Just principles. Great Bri-
tainYagcs war upon the people of China-the
most disciplined against the weakest nation the
globc-and for this England, arraycd in all her
greatness and power. stands for judgement before
the Christian world. Her reasons for this warfare
are 10 be found only in recent cvents-rvcnts which
in high-handcd violation Of the known
laws of the Chinese Empire, and in claim for
for the destruction Of $4,000
chests of opium, II drug, introduced into that
country against its laws. morals and Interests
The manners of that people, numbering two-htttlS
of the entire human family are different from ours,
but their commerce is regulated fair principles
and is OF cnorlnou. amount sad towards each
country they have rigidly performed their duties.
But thcv are Pagans and faith cannot be held with
them. If this be an injury to commerce. it mus;
be removed By other than warlike mcans-the mis-
sionarv not the soldier, must he the agent of
formation.
Those most Immediately concerned are but he
agents; the great >mugglcr who blShcS not n her
own disgrace, but rides over the world highway
with reckless etiron,cry, Is England and she has
carried on through the instrumcntality of her sub
ects, trade which she knows TO be contraband
and subvcrsve of the cause OF morality and hu-
mal.itv Capt. Elliott does the bullying business
abroad and Lord Melbourne does the amiublc at
home the one can make no concession, the other
can make no pledge ard both arc free TO pundcr
the ,ctcncclcSS with mpunitv. Here the lecturer
gave graphic sketch OF the progress OF the Brit
ish arms in the East, at MySore, Mahratta and
S.rinconotar,-nf the trnr,lf of the prince. Ot