The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-08-12
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ON THE ANNOY Avn n. ID -.
accident the result of gross ,,so,,as,rs
occurred tuesday evening within eght ,,,;,es fr,,
Ainooy Inc train from Amboy was .o;,,,, = g,
unusual speed when it encountered s,s, sr,.. d.;
adeiphia The collision, it is said =.
both engines being driven into each o,,,sr
piefeiy smashed. Several cars were - -.
Track, and others broken Four person. No.. -
meoiatey kllled-hfseen to twenty were ser;e,,.,.
| wounded-others but slightly. The killed ,v..~
daughter OF d. II. Duston of New York her nu-.s-
ana herman and an Irishwoman VIM. Ruhv.. :.
uniontown, New York, Jos Davis of Moores,o,,,,
new Jersey, are dangerously, if not fatally. i.
jured ~
Among the Others who have been slightly wouna
| ed, are Rsv. James Purviance, wife and cbaa -
mississippi; John H. Rowland of Norfolk with
some OF his family; Albert Eberman, of ,the U. 8.
Navy; .. Kelley and Thadeous Wentworth, of Phil
adephia; J. Mccormick, wife and daughter of Har.
risourg; Mrs Maynard, child and daughter, Wash
msfon City; besides several others whose names
have not been ascertained. E
The engineers and contractors were arrested and
an indignation meeting of the passengers was bela
The dead and wounded were taken to New YORK.
For tnis gross and fatal negligence, the great New
jersey monopoly ought to be made to pay heavily.
FATAL RESULT OF TERaoR.-As the train of car.
OF the jersey Cfy and Camden railroad was cross
| ing the draw-bridge at Hackehsack, Tuesday.
| false alarm that the draw was open, was oiven
when Mr.. HENRY T. SrErsos of Orange. New Ter.
sey, leaped out of the through fear His head
struck the bridge and he was killed MANY passen.
gers thrust their heads and lost their hats and but
that cooler persons restrained them, others. ii ia
supposed, would have jumped out
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-Tuesday morning, as we
learn from the Lynchburg yirginian, the extensive
wooden factory known as "Good Intent" situated
in the lower end of Roanoke county, near the vir-
ginia and Tennessee railroad, was DESTROYED by
fire, including large amount of material No in
| surance-loss from $4,000 to $4,000. The estab.
| lishment belonged to Jacob Bonsack, was finely
managed, and produced cloths blankets, &c., of su-
perior quality. Mr.. Bonsack had an oil mill near
his factory, which was also destroyed.
Miss Sarah Hudgins, for appearing in mae attire,
with moustache, kids, and walking cane, was
| brought before the Mayor of Norfolk Monday, and
by him made TO give security for good behavior in
the of $500. He also made Sarah pay the costs
of arraignment-$2.50. This is decided infringe
| ment of ''woman's rights"
THE CASE OF KosZTA-A Hungarian publishes
a note in the London News, saying that Captain
koszta the Hungarian refugee who was recently
| taken prisoner at Smyrna, never gave, and as a
subordinate officer could not give the promise not
to return to Turkey 1t is true that during the de-
tention of the Hungarian refugees in Turkey, was
suggested to them that promise never to return
might facilitate their liberation but the condition
was not accepted by them; and Gen. Meszaros, late
Minister of War in Hungary, answered with char
acteristc lnanness, mo conditions but ibertyi"
That liberty given to them without condition
| and Capt koszta, well known in our army as
brave soldier, left Turkey with Gen. Meszaros, and
arrived, with one hundred of his fellow country
| men, on the 5th of June, 1851, at Southampton
THE CHARLESTON DuEL-Two gentlemen of
respectabiity and standing, auihorse the Baltimore
Times to makethe following correction of the arti
Gle in the Washington Star relative the fatal duel
near Charleston:
The duel did not occur about lady; nor did Mr.
Dunoyant ire first; nor was the meeting at three
PAGES. The meeting took place at twelve PAGES
Mr. Legare firing first, at the word Osse Mr.. Duno-
want fred between the words one and two" Mr.
Dunovant acted on the defensive during the whole
of the affair which ended so fatally"
INDIAN BATrLE.-A despatch from Louisville
gives intelligence from Fort Mackey, thst great In
dian battle had been fought between the Sioux and
the CheJennes Indians and that it obstinate
and bloody fight that both tribes were nearly ex-
| tngaished. The Kioaws brought the information.
IapoRrANr Sur IN MoNTREAL.-Thef following
| Ffrom the Montreal Transcript:
1--WE un sherstand that notice of an actionshas been
served on Ehe Mayor by the relations OF Ja1nes Nc
Rea one of the parties who lost his life by the firing
of the troogB of the lower division on the night OF
the 9th june Damages are laid at 91 ,O00 The civil
remedy invoked by this proceeding, is under the
act 10th and 1lth Vict., c. 8, entited-An act for
ceanpensating the faraes of persons killed by ac-
csient' &c. It is said that similar actions about
being instituted by other parties"
l
| The Charleston correspondent of the associated
press publishes the certificate of the operates there
to prove thathis message concerning the fatal duel
did not connect it with the affair between Nessrs
Dwight and Rhett but that mistake OF the north
| ern press gave it that character.
DOUGLAS JEaRoLD, a dramatist, satirist and edi
ton of some celebrity IN England and not unknown
here. intends to visit America ON lecturing tour
early in the fall of the year. Mr.. Jerrod has beer
| associated with Punch almost from its infancy.
The Wheeling Intelligencer, which was started |
year ago. with the commencement OF its secont
volume introduces some improvements which vii
give increased interest and completeness to it.
| Handers tuning fork was sold recently, In Lon
don for sixteen dollars At the same sale violin
of remarkable excellence, brought twelve hundret
dollars
DISTRESSING DEArH-The Staunton Spectator
notices the sudden death of Miss SHIELD. daughfe'
of Mr.. cHARLEs SHIELD of Norfolk, while on mel
way to the White Sulphur Springs. She was u
low state ofhealth, and expired imraediafeiy s1e'
being taken from the stage q. WaynesDorougn-
AUGUSTA SPaINGs-These Sprinss-ooli -.
phur and alum--very good but not widely AnO"
:. s.-have been well attended the present su'ilin'-
DIR, Rufus w. Griswold islying dangerously =. 8
the residence Of bis wifes kindred 10 Bangor, ne
He has the consumption, and MS naed'ea' ~ ga
; pronounce his recovery impossible
Oliver wendell Holmes, the man VINO aal' ~