New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-17

In the evening we were visited with brief ram
storm, accompanied with vivid lightning, but there
was hardly sufficient water 10 cool the air. The
dog-days are thoroughly upon us Al last.
OpERA-To-night we have at Castle
Garden Roberto DevcreuA, with the full strength
of the company.
We observe that Signor SAW has arrived IN
town. Next week he will appear in " La Sonnam-
bula as El,1no, with Bosio Amina. and Badlali as
the Count This is cast rarely If ever equaled IN
tins country
For EuRopE.-The Africa yesterday
took out 76 passengers, among whom is Rev Ed
ward w Peet OF the Episcopal Church. Railway, as
the bearer of dispatches to Ministers at London
and st. Petersburg. Russia.
CHIvALRy RAMPANr-Not many days
since the passengers on of our fine steamboats,,
while enjoying supper of the varied excellence
which predomlnaes upon those floating palaces, were
treated to a advertisement OF singular interest which
was not among the promises of the bill OF fare 1t
seems that among the persons at the supper table
was a Tennesseean, athorough fire. eater ardent
a southern sun could make him." and as full of fight
as his famous and lamented state-brotheH Davy
independent dignity, until the Steward touched his
shoulder and held out his hand for the ticket Ten
nessee had none, and rendered bill of not especial
" gOod-fas OTed appearance IN payment. The Stew
ard very naturally examined the promise to pay "
with some scrutiny and finally ventured to ask the
owner If il was a bona-hde article. This very limo
cent question construed into direct lnsnuation
and the irritable Southron, without degnlng torerly
lfV hp No n he
sort of play as one may well suppose, was not
especially agreeable 10 the worthy Steward, and he
p oceeded to give Tennessee such pummellng as
he most richly deserved, in consequence Of which
there nigh. have been furious and particular
" unamiable gentleman rushing from the cabin with
disordered toilet. bloody nose, and varegated eyes
and making his half blinded way TO a stateroom, In
vhch ne remained III close affinity with soap, water
and court plaster, until the excitement and his pas
sion had meaSurably subsidized He then stuck sun,
dry pistols and bowie-knives IN his pockets, went 10
the bar and took a stiff horn OF red fire, and proceed
ed 70 promenade the decks in much the sort Of style
III which the duelllst IN Bombastes Furloso' tramps
the woods before hanging his redoubtabe boots in
the tree sThis exhibition OF bloodthrsty vaor af:sr
MS inglOrous logging no less vain than rldicu
lous and ms threats 10 shoot, stab, cut up, scalp
carve and dissect any cussed doefaced Aboltionist
niger who should dare to interfere with him. were
highly amusing 10 those who knew how distant was
the danger against which he clustered.
SAD CArAsTRoPHE ON THE Ngw- HAVEN
RAILRoAD-YeSterday afternoon while the O'Clock
Accommodation Train from New-iork was ap-
preaching New Rochelle, and within about two miles
OF that place, break some say an aYe gave WY IN
one of the last cars of the tram there being five
of ,hatt the first,
before the broken one completely smashed, every
seat being torn up, and the itself thrown bottom
SIDE up against stone wall the second c1 was
much brC ken and thrown halfway against the
first and the third one was wrenched cross~ise Of
the track For few minutes all was IN the most
painful confusion, It being naturally supposed that
MANY of the PASSENGERS were kIAed but much to the
surprise OF those who were at hand, al those who
were IN or had been IN the smashed were alive,
although nearly all Of them very badly injured
As soon a. II was possible 10 do the wou,ded were
get INTO the cars which still OIL the track and
taken forward to New Rochelle, where they we're
provided with beds in hotel, and Drs Smith and
Morton and others called to give them medical a.
slstance. The following liSt embraces AL Who were
seriously bruised. Ear could be 1talned IN the
confusion incident 20 the occasion:
LEROY Taylor, OF NewtOwn, Conn. badly injured oy
a cut IN the head.
H. L. Plumb, stockbridge, Mass, hip tIslocated and
arm broken.
Aaron Curtis elderly man iroa Bristol badly hur'
IL the head and back.
Charles Cooke. Wins.ed. arm ana head bruised. but
not severely
Charles Booth Stamford, hand very badly smashed.
Capt Bassett Bridgeport. hurt. but able 10 go on
smith Booth. Bridgeport, hurt considerably IN the
head.
Son of Isaac Berry OF Philadelphia, badly cut On the
head.
William Br.sting, Gardner Ne, soap torn OF and
otherwise badly injured.
| The brakeman OF the car had his leg broken
A adv from Philadelphia. very badly bruised.
lady name unknown severely cut in the head.
A LADY name unknc~n badly brllSed-nO. dan
| erOns.
gentleman name no. ascertaineJl considerably
| injured
| There we're several other persons more or less