The New York herald., 1851-10-20

the train of cars rom Philadelphia within about
mile Of the Hackensack IN bridge, II came In cou-
tact With some cattle lying the track. by which the
locomotive thrown of the rails and two or three Of
the cars were smashed One psor fireman lad his leg
broien and was otherwise greatly hurt. The face Of
the engineer considerably damaged but Of the
passengers, believe received any material injury.
Three of the killed and literally mashed 20
jelly by the force OF the locomotive Upon receipt Of
intelligence Of the disastsr train dispatched from
'sTsy any ~ 20 n,hs IN TN, tns pssssnses mai. &c Dns
this morning.
Rur Own nv THE CAns-A man named Michael Ma
her sborer on the railroad At Jersey City, was yes
terday knocked down by train Of cars, severely
injured lie was taken to the hospital where his wounds
were dressed.
FrsrrAL OF Lnvr. DnvnR The funeral Of the late
jose ph A. Diver soennized yesterday afternoon
In credsble to his fiends and the positloa Of
the deceased as military man The post ofhonor
sistiDg cf the hth company OF National Guards, VIM H.
Undss bill, sndsr turned out in uniform, accom-
panied by Sheltons brsss band The difficulty alluded
to in reference to the obtequies was amicaoly ar
ranged, and Saturday evening the body was
moved from No 22l Varck street to the Merooy House
under the military guard OF Lieut. Harrison The thr-
drsgoons who served under deceased in the Mexi
can war were assigned pail bearers The procession
moved about o. ock for Greenwood Cemetery, and
proceeded down Brosdway followed by avery large mum
the majority Of the regiment In citizens dress making
the procession OF great length ana OF Imposing ap
pearapce.
held inquest No $40 Dowsiy the body OF David
Bell sfgar psnufacturer, who kept store at the above
PANIED ~ who TO his death by administer
ing TO himself quantity Of laudanum According to
the evidence Of the deceaseds wife, 1t seems that
Saturday after about o'clock, the deceased
home and had in his pocket two ounce bottle, filled
with laudAnum. The deceased sat himself down and
commenced writing letter Mrs Bell, while he
was thus engaged writing, Eucceeded In taking the
bottle from his pocket, and placed the same on the
msnel piece after she again took the bottle and
empted Its contents into the soppai In thort time
his went the mouse
taking with bm the bottle, although empty, and
ad intended to buy six cents worth more andanum
lie returned again minutes with the bottle nearly
full Of laudanum and his wife endtavored TO gst away
from him, but unable to do SO. He again lc. the
room, and IN about fifteen minutes came back home
and about five O'Clock he became very sleepy Mrs.
Bell believing he had taken lauduaum, sent for medical
aid who and administered all the assistance in
their power but to no effect, he died In about two
hours sfer The deceased thirty four years Of
and torn in New York The jury retpraed a verdict
that the deceased came 10 his death by taking an
dose Of laudnaum, the act OF his own hand"
AccIprNrAL DrArH--A laborng named John
Talbot, who resided at No. IL Moore street accident
ally fell though the hatcbway Of sto,e In South street
on saturday afternoon he was precipated from the
third floor to the ground floor He was taken up and
conveyed to his residence where he after died from
the injuries received.
DrA1H ny Explosion or A CAMrHFsE L.s.-rhe
Coroner held inquest yesterday In the City Hospital
the body Of Anna Powers aged y born in Ire
land who died yesterday morning In the Hospital, In
OF bnrns received the 18th inst
by accidental explosion Of a camphene lamp Verdict
accordingly.
DrA1n ny CHOLERA Monuus--Tbe Coroner yesterday
held inquest at No Oh Gross street the body Of
Ellen LendeD aged 10 born In Ireland, who came
to her death by cholera morbus Verdict accordingly
Darn ny A Fall coroner Geer yesterday held
inquest board ship Mon lying at the foot
of Beekmsn street. the body Of Irish euigrant,
named Michael Cain aged go who came to his death by
falling down the gang way OF said ship while In the act
OF carrying down a chest on his back, when his foot
slipped and he fell the of the chest struck him
the TEN pie and fractured his skull causing death in
stanty The deceased has two and daughter, all
Of age verdict rendered according TO the above
facts.
Nrw YoRK MEDICAL CoLLrGr-The Introductory leo
ture to the wiz be delivered by Professor Barker
at this institution this evening The regular lectures
Will commence tomorrow evening.
EsrERrA,snssr TO THs sr.MKs ADVANCE
RESCUE, IIiER RETURN FROM ARcTIc EXPEDITION.
ON Friday evening last, Mr. Henry Books formerly
bostwau in the United States Navy and boatswan In
the Re,cue during her late Arctic voyage daner
to the Of the Rescue and Advance the occasion
Of their to this port from the brave and perous
und.ttshDg In wiich they had been engaged and In
which they played well their parts. After gnih-
cent entertainment, and the drinking Of appropriate
toas, Mr. Brooks brought them In four coaches to the
Bowery theatre. There Is much credit due to Mr..
Brooks for paying this compliment which ought TO have
bs paid by others The British residents ia this city
feeling that their nation is indebted the humanity
ard bravery of these tars about to give enter
tannsnt TO which they will be invited together with
the tfieers and handsome medal commemorative Of
the 10 TO be struck OF ana presented 10 every
nan connected with the expedition This Is as II
should be-
Acctpisr sos'>,NrViiss About half past Ave
O'Clock yesterday ncrsing German named Joseph
Meyer thrw hlmselfl from tae third story window
81 the hcnse ~hsrv he rvsiicl .. the M rhir
tenth siresi ata Avenue A lie most sytieasy IN
lUENd ~ the fAA although 70 ~ss sore~hai hrasen ey
ssfkts the s~Rirs ~ the sts 10 u the house lie
lEDsiisse,y taken o. the taiy heslitsl.
krsstr "A NEas rrisasiss IN The ranne q Catherine
Hayes nh s,gerA nsn the srs4se a. the scash Ferry
Saturday sNssGoan sci ~&s froNiicniisiS rvssaca
frvsa ssisEy sssw sy sN2s eisissns She ~As hind,
rln-Atss1s evv c'els~S sunday morning o are
Asccy~zea In tas t~s.nsas q Ne 10 iehn strret,
cexuyisA ~ Ns~srs wsl~vfth, MasVn Guild. stc,rs
yipc axrufsctnrvts The NV caught frcm boiler
snd must hsvv turut tr time teforv n discoy.
sres, the tsAm aud neg nearly burnt through
Damage uihns
ASe,n,A Mas n,.,,N AT lat. hour last night, a
German, named I.serh Myers, While passing through
Chatham ttreet VAS Violently assaulted by several
d,ss, Who keockrd hm dcwn aud beat him about the
hssd sud face In moat brutal manner ant then left
hin' in state cf utter iusensi,ity They have not
yet te.n arr'.h-nira The ori.a uf tho iejuf.i man
hcuuh, the rolcs te ha asssases aud hs osnvsysa
Z" the Oity hwrl,s