New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-05


and thus enable the Engineer TO stop the tram
himself BY motion of the hand, snd thus ooVlate
the delay rregularity and misunderstanding no"
encountered or hazarded, as well as the disagree.
able and dangerous motion now encountered III
the process of breaking up train part of the
cars being held more tightly than others, The
plan contemplates the arrangement Of Galysnic
Battery on the Locomotive, under the eye and
hand Of the Engineer, with rodrunning thence to
each wheel in the train connected with the differ
ent clogs or brakes and to be connected with the
battery by a touch, go az to apply simultaneously
and instantly any desirable amount of pressure to
every clog 1t is computed that a train may be
stopped in half the time now required, aud with
far less jarring, jerking wrenching of the cars
Scientific men who have exsmned the plan have
certified that it is entirely feasible. Those inter
ested in Railroads are invited to examine it.
FlREs-Dec. 4, Il A. M.-Grocery store i29
Pittst. Quickly extinguished. Damage mostly
by water.
Dec. 4, A A,M,-Tomlinson' block and pump
shop corner of Lewis and Fitth-ss, Damage
triiing.
Dec. 4, Il M-Fire discovered IN the store
of Chamberlain, Robinson & Co. lo3 Front-st.
Extinguished, with very little damage.
Dec. 4, Il P. MA fire was discovered in the
basement of the extensive Wholesale Drug Store
of Corlier, Haydock Il Co. la8 Pearl-st. Extin.
guished before any material damage had been
done.
l.. o. O. F.-The Grand Lodge of Southern
New York is now in session. Two Lodges
were chartered on Tuesday night, viz: Spring
Valley Lodge, No. AIS, Hastings, Westchester
County; New Lebanon Lodde, No. 49, New
Lebanon, Columbia County. Nothing else of i'm
portance done The Report of James w. Hale
ESQ, r. w e. r to r. w. g. L. U. S., de-
velops very prosperous condition Of the Order
~ DR.. A. B. ELLIOTT. formerly of Ohio, who
has spoken for Temperance in most of the Free
States for ten years past and has recently spent
two months on duty in Northern Wisconsin,
passed through our City Tuesday on his way to
Pittsburgh, Pa whence he will probably speak his
way into Ohio The friends of Temperance on
that route will find him ready and able to render
reason for his faith.
Dreadful Steamboat Disnster-Twenty.ive or
Thirty Lives Lost.
From the Mobile Herald, Nov. a.
The steamboat Arkansas No. 5, which arrived last
evening from Montgomery, brought the sad intel
ligence of the explosion of the bollerot the steam
boat Antoinette Douglass, at Tates Shoals, yes
terday morning, between 4 and O'CLOCK IRE
vous to the occurrence the Douglass was lying
aground on Tate's Shoals, and while her Captain
was making every effort to get her over It, she
burst one Of her boilers with terrific explosion.
! At the time the greater part OF the passengers
| numbering some 1851 were asleep. The noise IN
| stantly woke them and those who were unhurt
fled to the deck in the greatest terror The scald'
ing steam rushed through and enyeloped all parts
Of The boat With great difficulty number OF the
passengers, with several Of the wounded, He'd IN
| their night clothes to barge laden with cotton,
| which the Douglass had in tow. This was cut
| loose from the wreck and went drifting down the
| stream.
| was living about mile above the scene OF the
| disaster. She soon reached the burning ruin lad
took off those OF the passengers who were on II
thus, in all probability, saving numbers OF them
from watery gave, or more terrible death by
fire. She lay alongside TIL the hurrlcane,rooi OF
the Douglass was enveoped in flames, at the I'M
minent hazard, it is said, of her own safety. She
then dritted down and took oft those who were on
the barge which was cut loose.
| Shortly after the steamboat VIM. Bradstreet
came alongside and offered. every assistance IN
aid of the survivors, many of whom took passage
| on board OF her
| Ii is stated that there were about one hundred
| and twenty.fiv passengers on board OF the Dou-
| glass. OF these we have accounts oil some nine
| y-tiye.
The cotton destroyed is reported at about 500
| bales.
PRosPEcr OF A WAR BETWEEN Brazil AND
BuENos AYREs-A Rio Grande Correspondent of
the Courier and Enquirer says: "Troopa are arrl-
| wing in large numbers from the Northern Proyln-
ces, and everything denotes preparation for war,
which it is thought will soon be declared against
Buenos Ayres. The Brazilians have five vessels
of war in readiness, lying in the harbor OF Mon
| teyideo.
1.-THE Baron de Jacqui, who, few months
| since. at the head of an armed force, committed
many depredations in the Banda Oriental and
| carried of many horses and cattle, has Just re-
| turned from Rio de Janeiro, whittier he had gone
to present himself to the Government. He now
comes loaded with honors, having received the
| anDointment of COMMANDMENT Chietot the Guar
| da Naciona" of the Province OF Bio Grande.--
| MANY are of the opinion that Brazil Will lose this
Province as nothing can prevent the troops oil ITO
| sas from coming in on the frontiers and he VIII
| commence by declaring the freedom OF the slaves,
| and thus enlist them in his cause. Brazil doubt
less expects assistance from Paraguay and per
haps from the French who now occupy and gar
| rison Montevideo.
~ Butter and Cheese will not be received for
exhibition at the Worlds Fair at London, be
cause they are considered perishable articles.
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GREAT STATE CONVENTION UPON THE FUGITIVE
| SLAVE BILL At SYRACUsE.-There will be State
Convention at the city of Syracuse, the 7th 9Th
and 9th OF January next to consider the Fugitive
Slave Bill, recently enacted by Congress Let
there be previous meetings in all the Assembly
districts in the State and let at least as many
delegates be sent, to the proposed Convention, as
| there are members sent TO the Assembly. SINH.
lar Conventions are to be held in other States,
and we trust before the close of January, there
will be a Convention Of the Free States, TO with
stand this whelming tide of oppression.
FLoR1DA.-THe Legislature-The FT0ridtan
ard Journal says Z" In the Senate there is
Loco-Foco majority Of one-the House, as things
now stand, is tied-there being twenty from each
political party returned Several seats are con