The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-10
THE DAILY DISPATCH
lie CATASTROPHE AT NoKwALh'
ppNARKABLE ESCAPE.

REMARKABLE EsCAPks r -,
lon.,han Trotter, Esq, President Of .ne
~ If Assistant Aidermea, in COMPANY,
with g. Film, Spear and James Bisnosp, -
New Jersey, and DR.. Person OF Salem, m ,ls.
.aehusetts, together with several other 49, 80
men. left the Union Place Hotel, new o 10
after breakfasting together, and "eIe an Mr..
first passenger car that went ascaned
Spear Mr.. rrotter and Mr; blsnJ Jpws while
E,II ~ water. and have Teturneo
70 tho ITnion Place Hotel badly inJu'eu. ~
p;s,son &C SALEM was killed. oe0iEe
pnn,s,oy of New York, placed his WE eno
I;,,l. how in charge OF Mr. Spear al weny
seventh street, just as tne cars 49,
Sn..r s,cceeaed by almost superhunah eAef-
- - saving the boy, but Mrs. Pomeroy
~ t;iIed. Mr.. Spear returned several times
,,ndsr The water TO the cars, but wac unable 10
. her he, however, succeeded in saving
two other boys.
rxTRIcrs OF LETTERS FROM PASSENGERS,
The dead Law in ranks,
their faces cleaning horribly, as lamps were
carried along TO enable the newly arrived
strangers TO discover whether their wives and
children, or parents, or brothers, or sisters,
were among them. | have very frequently
seen dead men and women, but never before
so frightfal an exhibition. The males were in
one large and rude apartment, aud the females
in another; and both were dark, except as
lighted fitiuIly and imperfectly by candles and
lamps, of which the rays could scarcely pene.
trate more than an arms length from the hold.
er. Every house in the village is hospital.
Every family is devoted to the care of the suf
feriDg and dying.
THE SCENE AT THE STATION HOUSE.
The scene at the railroad station house in
NorwalS, yesterday afternoon, was appalling.
In one small apartment were twenty-eight
CHASTITY corpses, rigid in death; and in anoth.
ntnLl,
Among them, numerous surviving friends were
eagerly scrutinzng each countenance, with
mingled hope and fear, searching tor the lost.
AS one after another was identified, the scene
was often painfully affecting. Infancy, youth
and old age were all represented among the
dead. The body of beautiful female child,
seeming to be almost animated with life, eli
cited EXPLANATIONS from many. Almost all
the bodies were greatly disfgured with bruises
and cuts, and probrbly in q majority of instan-
ces, injuries of this kind were sufficient cause
of death. few evidently died of strangula-
ton by water. Before dark nearly all the DO.
dies were Invested Of their clothing, put in neat
collins OF black walnut, and forwarded to their
friends.
HOW SOME ESCAPED.
The cars were so broken that those who had
not sustained any injury from the collision in.
stantly strove 10 escape through the windows
and broken roots, and 1t is wonderful, that un
DER the circumstances, so many succeeded in
their etorts. 1t Is supposed that all in lhe
last Ger escaped-those who were drag ged for
ward on the broken floor being thrown on top
OF the wreck, escaping with few bruises
L hose who were in the two csrs preceding the
last, were all immersed in the wafer, but as far
as can be ascertained, most of them were res
cued. The moment the accident Oc CURED,
there were strong and willing hands which
manned small boats, fortunately laying near,
and by their Efforts, the rescue of the save Was
affected Many of those in these cars sus-
tanned Commissions of greater or less Sc, Gritty.
The Rio GRAsDE.-rhe New Orleans Pi
cayune has letter from Brownsville, under
date 25th April, which complains bitterly of
the neglect OF the Government. The writer
says the Deputy Marshal for that part of the
county has never received farthing for his
services, and tnat but for some money advanc-
ed by civil officer Of the government On his
own responsibility, Carvaja, Norton and
Roundtree could rot have been detained in
custody. as there would have been no way
disappearing them.
The same writer says the fragments of Nor
toms band are still committing ravages be,
tween Brownsville and Ringgold.
MExICo.-We have some items via the Rio
Grande:
The Governor of Zqcatecas has refused to
obey the order of the General Government to
give the command of the National Guard to the
military 2ommandant.
Papers from the city Of Mexico state that
oil the hundreds of hatterers who went out to
congratulate Santa Anna, he received only
ten with any thing like kindness The papers
say that this shows he has learned something
during his exile.
Letters from Mier state that party of In
dams had come in very near TO that town and
committed MANY ravages.
Letters received in Matamoros state that
some silver mines had been discovered be.
Tween Parras and Durango.
u BURNING OF FAUeUIER Court HOUSE.
The Warrenton Wing states that the Court
House of Fauquier County which was burnt
on Sunday week, was built in 1878 at an origi.
nal cost of about $4,000. and that several
thousands have since been expended upon it.
committee OF citizens was organized imme
stately after the fire and made a most patient
investigation 10 ascertain the cause of il; but
could find out nothing satisfactory. The
Wing says that there were many rumors and
suspicious started Immediately after the fire,
which all turned out groundless,
e Al new bank is about going into opera
ton in South Caro!ine-called; the Bank of
Chester" 1t is to be located al ChesteryilIe
in Chester District, with capital Of $500. 900
IMPROVEMENTS IN 0EoRGIA.-A proposition ia
on foo. in Georgia, which meets with very general
favor, for constructing a Railroad from Mlledee.
vile 10 Warrenton, Ga. This road woald effect
direct connection between Miiedgeville ,nd go
towards Strengthening the great Northern and
Southern Piedmont line, of which the DanviIle
road is to form q link. II will carry on the route
e'recsly TO connect with the Central line that will
pass through Alabama and Mississippi ultimately
to New Orleans
MississiPPI.-The Carroilton Democrat saws
tnai a difficulty occurred near Greenwood in