New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-02
Acc,prrr ON THE ERIE RAILROAD

Acc,prrr ON THE ERIE RAILROAD
Yesterday morning the Express train on the Ere
Railroad. bound up, ran into cattle train IL miles
from Elmira. Aterrible conclusion took place BON
,,s,rs were much damaged, the forward car IN the
Messenger train being crushed to pieces -Four Oft
Messengers were badly injured. laborer In the
other tram employed in taking charge of the cattle
WAS instantly killed
Tpy ORAToR Ar TAmMANY.-Ihe Sa-
chcms Of the Society OF Tammany have selected
WRlaHr HAWKES., ESQ, TO deliver the oratoh al
Temmany Hall, on the Fourth of July Mr.. II IS
what NAV be called moderate bunker, ana no
doubt will labor jealousy TO bring about cordial
union Of the two factions OF Locoiocoism lie mas
an up. hill job, and we admire the courage ne ais
PLAYS IN making the attempt
COMMENCEMENT OF THE New DIRK Uni
vrRsIrY The Annual Commencement OF the New
York University will be celebrated to-day with APP
pronrjaie exercises in Tripler Hall. 1t VIII be an
interesting occasion.
" Mr.. Kellogg will lecture on Geology
More the Teachers Association this "Wednesday
eYenng in Trustees Hall, corner Grand and BIN
st SPIN The public are invited to attend
SoNyALBULIsM.- A boy Is years OF age,
named Chas B Wills, residing at Asa Hudssn-st,
fell down flight of stairs Monday night while
walking IN his sleep, receiving considerable external
injury.
~ The ROYAL Mail Steamship Niagara,
Cant stone, sails from her dock at Jersey City, at
noon TODAY for Liverpool. She has large number
OF passengers and large amount OF specie en-
gagged.
CoTToN FROM THE LAKES.-Ihere VIII
arrive a, this port IN a few days canal-5oat load
ed with Raw Cotton from Mississippi The Cotton
came I'D the Mississippi and OHIO TO Portsmouth,
thence 10 Cleveland, down Lake Enc TO Buffalo,
through the Ere Canal TO Albany, and down the
Hudson 10 this CITY This Is the first shpmen! OF
| Cotton that has thus passed from the South TO the
| North and the fact is pregnant with interest
THE BERMUDA STEAMER.-lt Is sad that
the Messrs Cunard contemplate putting more pow
| erful steamer on the New-lork, Bermuda and St
| Thomas Line, and transferring the Merlin to the
Halifax and New Foundland route, TO take the place
of the Falcon, lost
" II has been decided in suit brought
| for the recovery of the value of cow manned on
the track of the NewJerSey Railroad Company ana
tried at Newark y j., "That an engineer IN charge
| Of locomotive engine is not liable for accidental
injury 10 a COW which, suffered 10 go at large, had
s,rayed on the Railroad The owner of cattle IS
| bound TO keep them in his own close at his peril
| ~ The new POSTAGE law took effect
| YESTERDAY and we learn that there was.a large IN
crease IN the number of letters which passed through
our Post Office, even on the first day. We heard oil
| one person who had been engaged for week VIII
ting letters to all the auns, uncles cousins ana otheI
relations that he ever heard of which he deposited
IN the office yesterday III one lot-thuS celebrating
the advent OF cheap postage
| COMPLIMENTARY BANQUET TO ARCHBISH-
| or HUGHEs.-We understand 1t is the intention OF
| the friends Of Archbishop Hughes TO get up com
plimentary banquet III his honor on the occasion of
! his return to New-York from Europe. The affair
will take place at the Aston House, II is said on the
! 10th of july when doubtless large number OF the
| intimate friends and admirers of the distinguished
prelatc Will be present.
| An OLD RELIC-Somc of our readers
Will probably recoect the fact that the caps of three
OF the columns that in the rotunda OF the hrs
| Merchants Exchange were saved from the ruins of
the great fire IN 1895 One of these caps passed our
office Yesterday on its way to Greenwood Cemetery.
II has been recut and is to the cap-Stone TO
| "A firelnan's monument
| IMMIGRATION FOR JUNE.-The following
table shows the number OF passengers that have ar
rived at this port during the past month
! British ports2l, 59S Antwerp--..----l247
| FRENCH - 1854 Amsterdam .--.-..- 2lS
| Rremen - 273s Norwegian - 276
| Uamhurph 1909 Rotterdam Gil
| Chapres cg2 Other ports .- 2S2
| Total 80 2g3
| Ofths number 1900 were steerage passengers.