The New York herald., 1845-11-06

National Association OF inventors
An idea having gone abroad that this important Socie.
y commenced in hostility to the present popular
Commissioner of Patents it becomes duty to
it, The absurdty Of this notion will appear from the
fact that the first movement in this enterprise com.
menced as long ago lsl0-before Mr.. Burke ap-
pointed AT that time there were gentlemen from eight
different States at meeting at the office of the writer
and he then suggested the establishment OF
association of Inventors number of col.
eced by him. and sent to Professor Espy at Wash.
ngton and amongst others, that OF Professor Morse is
remembered The design to have all inventors Wis.
paentees seemed then not ready to act promptly the
subject After long consideration, however the time at
last appears to have arrived; but the writer judge
of the general feeling at the late Convention of lnven.
tors nothing farther from their thoughts than any
design TO fabricate engine Of destructive character
against Mr. Burke. But there few--and very
few they were-who felt inclined censure the servant
Of the laws, instead of the laws which the majority
thought required amendments The only destructive
cortrivance thought Of hair splitting machine y
AS reported from worthy Doctor Whatever other de.
structve contrivances exhibited they most
evident against the constructive portion OF the assoca
ton who desired to commence Immediately to build np
Inventors Association The destruatves-andt there
were few Of them-belonged to clique who meant to
"rule ruin, /" for no institution calculated to make
Paradise, If possible can be proposed without giving
notice. also to serpent to crawl in and poison the
whole But the creating spirit is in general superior
the destroying; and the strong probability exists
that something eectual will be done in which the pre-
sent honorable Commissioner of Patents will unite as
have indirectly his promise to this effect and so had
before the assembling of the Convention This should
= ''' '''00 CLINTON ROOSEVELT.
DISASTROUS STEAMBOAT CoLLIsIoN-TWENTY
LIVES LosT.-We gave an account Yesterday Of a
disastrous steamboat accident at the South resulting
the loss Of life, and to-day have to record more
melancholy ono on the Western waters. The Louisville
Journal OF Thursday contains the only particulars
which have reached us. From passengers on the steam
boat Mail which arrived here last night we learn that
the steamboat Plymouth, bound to st. Louis, with
large number OF passengers, was into by the Lady
Madison, near ShawneetOwn, on Monday night, which
caused the p to sink Immediately to her boiler deck
None OF the cabin passengers lost but il is sup
posed that twenty deck passengers, II not more
drowned. hole was Immediately cut through the cabin
hoor and several of the passengers who had managed
to keep out Of the water by getting on boxes, &c,
were thus rescued. The boat Il is said will be total
loss Her machinery will probably be saved We also
learn that passenger the Mail, who was insane,
jumped overheard and was drowned
RESISTANCE TO LOCOMOTIVES The most nume-
rous class OF accidents to locomotive trains, are
those which arise from the Intrusion Of cattle on railroads
These are usually this State and should be always
fenced and protected road crossings by cattle guards
These precautions do not eectually protect them at the
streets, where cnte allowed to stray IN the pubc
roads The papers of yesterday relate two accidents OF
this nature. The locomotive on the downward freight
train OF the Western Railroad at Westhed, on Friday
evening last encountered an OK, which was killed and
track and from the embankent and the cars
were much broken. On tho FhchburEh Railroad, AT
Leominster, few days since, large bull observing the
approach OF the passenger train put nimso In an att
ude Of resistance but he speedily overcome ana
crushed by the engine The baggage and one o the
passenger cars were thrown from the track, wNnou'
other inurythan short delay -Bosisn .adc Nov o.