New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-10

Mr. TgscKEsAY will give his interesting Lecture UPON
"steele and the Times of Queen Anne, at the usaa
place.
Mrs Anna Cora MowATTs Benefit tonight at IN. Broad
way where she viii repeat her successful chsr.,tsr Of
Same Blake" and will also play "Martha Gibbs in the
excellent comedy All is not Gold that Guer.- The M
merous friends Of Mrs NJ. viii make this bsno one of
substantial nature Mr.. Conway, Mrs Vernon and Others
assist in both pieces.
Madame THrLLoS and Mr. HUDSON, at Niblos present
Bales romantic Opera The Ench.ntress"
AtWaiscS's the sterling gold Of comedy The Rivals
will be given-Mis KEESE as Lydia Langush:" BLAZE
LESTER, BRouGHAN, WALcor Co in other parts; con-
Guiding with Born to Good Luck
BURTON and his company "turn up" in David Copper
field" and the " thousand Milliners"
At the Museum Amphitheater, &C. the usual variety
See advertisements on First Psge.
Y The weather yesterday morning was
surprisingly splendid, but; with linda we may say,
~ knew, knew. it could not last
Twas bright, twas heaveSJy-but It's past"
And instead thereof we had last night sloppy muddy
and showery relapse that painful to endure OF
such nights, we may say may your shadows always
be less"
II The Senior Democratic General Com
n;ittee did not have meeting as was expected last
evening, in consequence OF the illness of the Chair
man, Augustus 5che, Esq., who has not yet recovered
from the severe injuries which were inflicted upon
him in the riot the other night by gang Of hrengs
employed to break into the Committeeman, and to
personally assault the large majority OF that body.
The Young Mems Democratic General Committee
met Hon. John Wheeler the Chairman presiding
After the preliminary business had been disposed of
and the Committee balanced its for the year
III Il
General Committee, in reference to the appointment
of inspectors, somewhat called In question. A
spirited debate occurred, after which the whole sub
ject laid upon the table thereby virtually endors
ing the action of the majority Of the General Commit
tee, which will probably appoint the Inspectors.
they did on the 9Th of August last
The Committee then adjoarned, after passing a
unanimous vote Of thanks to their Chairman, Hon.
John Wheeler, for the able and impartial in
which he had presided during the past year
The FAIR IN AID oY THE SHIRr-SEwERs.-
The attendance was even larger than ever last even
ing and, in consequence Of the liberal donations
tnuely received from the friends of the Seamstress
the Committee have concluded to hold their Fair
through to-day and to dispose Of their stock by
ton in the evening In this they will be aided by the
continued berality Of the lessee of Metropolitan Hail.
Mr.. Harding During the evening Hoods pathetic
songs of The Shirt and 1.-THE Bridge OF Signs were
eloqueutly rected By Prof Hows, after which Mr..
Greeley made few remarks, urging upon working
the duty and necessity of aiding and pstronzing
such Unions The friends of the Seamstress who have
visited the Fair should embrace this day and even
ing to visit it, No better mart offers in the City in
which TO purchase holiday presents the Fair abounlJ
in every variety of Books, Toys Fancy Articles etc
Give them generous countenance at parting.
~ Our neighbor OF Tie Home Journal has
correspondent who seeks gratuitously to enlghten
the world with the of the authors of certain quo
ta,ions which happen to be running around without the
knowledge of their parents. He says: g There are
some men, and women, too, who frequently display
their learning at our expense, by quoting certain lines
In common use and rejoicing in ignorance EITHER
authorship" And straightwsy he tells us that the ex
camation Lord, Lord, how this world is given to
lying,"is from play by Nathaniel Lee called Tae
Princess of Ceves' The exclamation is apty verified
in this wiseacrc of The Home Journal the friends Of
Jack Fataf and the readers of Shaksperes Henry w.
cen testify.
RAILROAD AcCIDEsTs.-A man ed Col
ns in the employ of Mr.. Marsh at Ezabethpor while
attempting to get upon the train Of the Central Road
in front Of Keloggs Mills, thrown under the cars
and Instantly killed.
man was accidentally killed "Wednesday night
while walking the track between Elizabethtown and
the tollgate by the engine OF the Philadelphia train
II appeared that The man had come from NewYor in
the NJ. train, intending to have stopped at Newark
Not getting out of the train at the latter place ne IN
sisted on being LEI out Of the on his way TO Eliza
bethtown, which allowed, though he was urged to
90 on The train being stopped, the man got out ana
walked back on the track to Newark and the Phiadel
pha train coming about half an hour aiterward in
the dark no, seeing him, run him down and instantly
killed him. The deceased had Temperance Pledge
of the odd Brewery" in his pocket and also book OF
cake receipts 1t is presumed he was baker The
name ia the pledge Daniel Stevens, and he aq'
peGred to be from 35 to 3s years OF age.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT or THE HARLEY RAIL
RoAp-TuRrE MEN INJURrD.-About 81 o'clock last
evening an accident of very serious nature occurred
on the Harlem Railroad Forty-seconds in conse'
ouence of which three men, named Michael Connolly,
Edward Morrison and Michael Cayan, in the employ oil
the Company terribly injured. 1t appears that
Connolly and Morrison were engaged in spiking down
rails on the side track which were then ex
pected and as is said had no business, when an up
train unexpectedly came upon them they were
caught by the cowcatcher attached to the locomotive
tossed in the air, and fell with great violence among
pile Of rubbish some twelve feet from where they
were standing Connelly had one leg badly fractured
and sustained other and bruises of serious char
acter Morrison received compound fracture OF the
night arm above the elbow the bones of which are SO
mach shattered tina, amputaon, it is thought, will be
necessary
After this accident the engineer discovered that he
was on the wrong track, and Immediately used every
effort stop the progress OF the train but before he
could do so effectuay the locomotive came in collision
with three cars standing the track shor distance
ahead In the last Of these Cayan was at work,
snd was thrown from his position with so much vio-
lence ha, he received severe scalp wound and It Is
r.orad coccuss;on of the bran will ensue All the in