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ne kai,in6rc American u Tuesday. q he eecus-
rsnee Of an aeeidsnl 10 = tfain % ne Bai'inofe
ard Oeio Railroad, aecomrssiea with The mflanr
spc'y result Of he dsash &c eight Passepgeis anf
irinFy more or less serious ID nunbet Of cIhefs-
viii Be seen By thesubioinel despzehes that ne
accident occurred on Sunday afternoon. n TaAn
raich len Wheeling on he morning hat day IS
The uames Of the persons killed. As mkniioned p
our second despatch, are-Daniel Holt, Of Balh-
more Aurelins sallie, Of S. Carolina Lewis
Define. from Csliiotnia Richard Ciaysops q
Wellsville. Va; young lady and middle-aged
gsntleman Supposed % " from Keltucky 80
ssuall, step-son Of superyis5f Of she railroad;
and child Of Mr.. Gl-se, 81 81 Louis. Mr.. Holt
has long been known as one or the most enter
pfising Of our citizens, having been very e1ien-
siTely and sntcFsfnIly engaged IN The prosecution
Of the oyster trade with he West we believe
that are qhie correct insaying that this i not
only the rst occurrence Of he kind Which has re-
.all.d fatally bat also lhe istirsm wbish any s.
rious bodily injury has befslien passenger onlhis
road, now 10 operation forspiae tNeH'y q rnoss
years. RI ~
DISTRESSING RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Il
CuMBERLAKp. March, ~ The inieiiigen2c
reached the city this lnorng Of asad spd istaI az
ing yesterday about : z II. "a pOintAon the Bal
tfsnore and Ohio Railroad, 76 miles west oE Gum
befaud, caused bv the fanning OF Of q paH p me
train ara curve on : high smbankmeh1 and ne
precipitation down the dope " the TWO hindmost
cars OF the train. containing majorityof the pas
sengers, about 50 10 nushbef. By this catastrophe,
MIR. Daniel Holt, Of the firm OF Holtg& Maltby,
one OF The most esteemed and enerPrising citizens
Of Baltimore, and four otherpersons were Instant
IL killed, and several others injured-swo or more
| fatally and o.hers seriously The passengers
dead. or probably 80, are Mr.. Holt, Mr.. Lane, Mt.
| Sallie, Mr. Gisl and child, and ayoung lady not
hamed-all but Mr.. Hoii apparently Nrengers-
A Mr. Turner aud family, 81 sIeubenyilie, Ohio,
slightly bu, not seriously injuredi are ne only per-
sons named as injured.
| Alter the best care having been taken of the dead
! and Injured the train came into Cumberland and
/ car was despatched to The scene Of distress with
physician and necessary comforts, BY which all
! will be brought into Cumberland early this even
/ Ing, when We shall have fuller details.
The accident seems, as far as can now be ascer-
| iained to have been caused BY a sndteh checking
oftran Though not going al high speedy al strong
curve, and the disloeaIon, hst Of The font wheels
oflhe second engine from the rails, WHEN The rails
i became deranged, and The cars were thFownSdown
The embankment as previously stated.
/ There were two engines attached 10 The train, ID
4 consequence OF the heavy grade but the former en-
i gne did not gel OF he track So TAT as we are In
II iurmed, we can no reason to believe thai this
A accident, deplora3e as il is, might not have hap
pened on any OF oar gFeatm uniain fodes OF that
IL can BE- considered peculiar 10 any one uf them
SECOND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. PARTICULARS.
Il CUMBERLaND, March II, A.M.-Ths following
are the particulars Of he distressing csdent which
occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yes
lerday afternoon. The train consisted OF a bag
gage car and tkree passenger cars, aud was in
Il charge of the most cautious and skiliful cnndn-er
\ on the Road 10 whom blaine possibly be at
tsehed. The cars were drawn BY ene large aud
one small engine, When passing The So foot filling
E.on Section IS, and descending curved grade "
ll6 feet Cheat river the large engineBstafted the
nails binding the rails to the eaesnut cToss-ies-
All the got safely except the two last pas
senger cars. which by the parting OF the track, were
thrown down The river side. falling distance Of
I over 100 feet and making four somestis in their
fearful descent The heavy trucks df The cars
caused She loss OF life BY crushing the passengers
Oh some forty personsin the two cars the follow
ling were killed Daniel Holt OF the firm Of Holt
& Maliby, Baltimore; Aurelius Saliei supposed
10 be from South Carolina; Louis Define, aFFensh
| emigrant, returning home from California Rich
ard Clayton, pf Wellsvie, Vaj youug lady and
4 middle aged gentleman, supposed 10 be from Ken
| tRcky ;--Smal step son Of Roheft MURRAY, q Su-
/ peryisoF of the n ailr1ad and child Of Mr.; Giese
Of St. Louis Mr.. Giese and lady we're both 81
vergly injured and with three other Of the children
are now here.f
The names .ol ID. Eouniea and further partieu-
vening This Is the hrst instance Ii which 1 pss.
sehyer was ever killed on The Road since id con.
struetion, and great efforts win be made BY the
Company TO prevent the recurrence Of a similar
disaster.
III THIRD DrsPArcH
CuMnERlAND, March23Ihg 2 p. M-The express
train atriEedFabgatRs o'clock bringing the dead and
wounded OF ihsaate disaster The FOLLOWING list Il
the wounded is furnished BIZ Dr. Thos Ia Healv,
who, at the request OF tie abroad lCompanv
promptly repaired to the scene of The accident this
morning IS. +. Glide. severely ini1ted id the
. back Adam Zoll, Of Rockingham Comfy, Va,
I'M
III FauquieT Co. Va, not very seriously; Abner
N Florence, Of Salem, FauQuisr CO. Val slightly /;
II III. A. Turner, with his wife and four children OF
Baltimore bruised and burnt by the falling OF the
i stove upon them-lheY will git we'll; a. A. Tav-
erner OF Alexandria. Va, injured the back. will
IL probably recover Robert Morris htakesuan
slightly injured; Gardiner, ofBaumoreI brakes
/ man, severely injured; G. Sanders OF Shelby Co,
Kentucky severely burnt and CUT Dr. GadwzIla-
der merchant. probably Of Louisville, had his
thigh broken in three places, and is injuted Id she
breast. lie is very dangerously hurt, An OF The
above, with the exec piion OF Garlier and Cadwal-
! lader, HAYS been brought 70 Cumberland, where ey-
cry attention Is being paid them By cur physicians
/ and citizens.
The bodies Of the dead, whose names have al
| ready been. forwarded were also brought down
and will be deposited in the vault here fot remoral
! by their friends.
rprRrn nisrArcn.
CuMBERLANp, March 25th The gentleman and
| lady mentioned 10 the FIRST despatch were DIR Cad.
wallader, mentioned IN the second despatch. lind
| Miss isaacs Of Indiana, on her way to PhilaAel.
| phia To- visit her friends SheIwaskilled instantly
| Or. Cadwallader mey possibly recover.
L fCaptain Rawlins the conductor OF the raiH ar
rived Ia Baiiimnfe last eveningswlh ten o the pas
\ sengen who went down The emhsnkment. Capiain;
RawIns has bis hand rather bsslly cut and & OH.
/ erwisc bruised, hut no homes injured rhf passen.
| gers who came theongh were all moro OF less
bruised or scratched but all seemed In excellent
H spfils. Notwithstanding the mishRp. Mrs Ogle OF
| Philadelphia, states that she was lying nnElhe sofa
IN the ladies' saloon At the lime OF The oyerlurn
and the sofa being fortunately fastened to ihe car,
| she anagei, with the aid Of The sofa pillow 10
l preserve herself from any harm although she fol.
flowed the car In It's four eyolutions down thr en-
bankment alternately on the ceiling side ahd Iocr
H. rive are indebted for The above detaik to The
Kindness NJ Archibald Carey editor OF The Cum
bedand Civilian and Miners Journal
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ANNEXATION or TUE PANHANDLE.
We clip the following curious item BIZ news
from The Philadelphia North American Dir Tues
/ day We trust that our Pennsylvania frients have
no biITgcrant Intentions aud that the annexation
they talk Of win Be attempted By purchase aud no,
| 81 coIsquesr:
/ AksfxAros-Accofdi to the Piitsburg Dis
| patch pubic meeting has been called al Wells
| burg 10 be held this evening for the purpose Of
discussing The feasibility OF annexing = he pan
handle portion Of Virginia 70 The State oi Penn
syIvania. This j. no doubt caused ty the popular
excitement in that region account Of the refusal
! Of he right Of way % the slenbenfille Railroad