The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-11
New York, Wednesday, May II, 1853.
The News.

We publish 20. day the long butexceedingly ina
portant verdict of the Coroners Jury, on the bodies
of the fortyfsur persons who were killed on last Fri
day at the drawbridge of Norwa.k. The intense
anxiety with which the public have watched the
progress of The investigation, and the general in.
dignation prevailing towards the company ard tAe
two responsible officers employed on the i'll ssed
train, will in some degree be relieved and moderated
by the knowledge that the jury have done theil
duty. The meeting which was keld at Norwalk on
Monday, faint expression Of the feeling excited
by the terrible disaster, and the opinion was gene
rally enter aimed that the resolutions too tame
for the occasion. 1t is only proper to state, how
ever that those by whom the meeting was called
did not like to take any step which might appear to
anticipate the verdict of the jury.
We give some additional particulars relative to the
accident on the Paterson Railroad on Monday.
With the exception Of the announcement Of the
total wreck Of the screw steamship s. S. Lewis and
the awful explosion ON board the steamer Jenny
Lind, the weeks later advices from California re-
ceived by ssle2 raph from New Orleans Of little
importance. Twenty persons were killed and some
forty Others severely scalded ny the disaster to the
Jenny LIND. The Legislature hsd passed bill for
the incorporation of railroad comranies also an act
extending the provisions of the fugitive slave law
for another year. The scheme for charging the city
front of San Francisco was rejected by the Senate
The acconnt from the mines were stil very favorable
but trade continued dull and prices for some articles
had undergone further decline. As general thing,
however the saarkets were in much the same condi-
ton as PERI tie previous news brought by the Ell
Dorado.
The s. s. LEXIS was built in PhiIsdelphia in 1851
as;the pioneer a. q screw line of steamers between
Boston and Liverpool. She made one voyage in the
line, but not pncying successful, was withdrawn,
aad was purchased of Messrs. Harnden & Co. by
Mssszs. Coolidge & Osgood, of this city to run
the Pacific in the Vanderbilt line. She was a fine
steamer, Of 2 900 tens burthen. We have been un-
able 70 ascertain whether she was insured or not.
The American screw steamships have been particu-
larly unfortunate the Pacific, the s. S. Lewis
making the third Of large class that has met with
disaster that coast. The other two were the Pho
neer and the City of Pittsburg The former run
ashore, and was abandoned by her crew ans ,passen
gers, and the latter burned up in the harbor Of
Valparaiso. Il is rather singular that all these YES
sells were originally built for the Liverpool trade
the Pioneer to from New York, the City of Pitts
burg from Philadelphia, lin connection " it'll the City
Of Glasgow and the City Of Manchester), aud the g..
s. Lewis from Boston, and all withdrawn as faiuEes
after making one voyage to Europe.
Our special Washington correspondent writes
that Secretary Marcy was completely besieged yes
terday by a concourse Of gentlemen who are ex-
tremey anxious to serve their country in some
foresgn capacity, and who were DESTROYS of having
a wopG with the Premier before the appointments
were definitely fixed As dernier resort the Secre-
tary adopted Gen. Pierces plan, and Avoided giving
offence by tarowinr open the doors and receiving
them all at once. There was no meeting of the
cabinet, and consequently the foreign appointments
are still in the mist.
The preparations for surveying the different rail
road routes to the Pacific are progressing sasfacto
,riIy. Instructions were yesterday given to the
sScond PARTY, which has been placed under the CONS
malM Of Iicut. Williamson. This party will explore
the ex treme Southern route through Walkers pass
and betr cen tte Pacific and the mouth of the ella
river.
The Inspector Geceralship Of the army has been
given to Breyet C,,0nel Mansfield, of the Engineer
corps. -
General Pierce. it il sta ed, deems it advisable to
refrain from harshness fal % possible, In the re-
moval of the remnant of the Semeaoie Indians from
Florida. The survey of the public lans IN that state
will be proceeded with, in order to COZ vince BUY
Bowegs and his adherents that it is essential roc
their welfare to quietly join their brethren west OF
the Mississippi By surveying and selling the lands.
and allowing the whites to settle upon and clear
them the Indians would soon be literally fenced out
of the country.
The supposed organ Of the administration at
Washington thinks the statements with regard to
the encroachments of the French at the Sandwich
Islands true in the principal points, but false SO far
as concerns portions Of the details II declares that
our government will not under any circumstances
suffer the dominion Of the islands to be transferred
TO any ether power.
Sixty thousand dollars worth Of property was
destroyed by the burning of an extensive iron rolling
mill and foundry at Bridgewater Mass, last Monday
night.
From Norfolk we learn that a number Of houses
have been Frustrated, and much other property
destroyed by tornado in Princess Anne county, Va.
-Four persons were deprived of life by the terrible
visitation and several others were seriously injured.
A despatch from New Orleans states that the cot
ton market was very heavy yesterday, only eight
hundred bales having been sold during the forenoon.
The stock on hand in that city is reported to have
down to one hundred and ninety thousand bales.
The pioneer of the new line of steamships between
Liverpool and Montreal, called the Geneva has ar
rived at the latter place, after passage of twenty
days from the former So far news and rapid con-
veyance is concerned the Canadians will continue to
rely upon the Collins and Cunard steamers.
Quite an exciting scene occurred in the Superior
Court in Chambers yesterday morning, in conae-
quence Of the serving Of a writ Of habeas corpus
upon Mrs Porter, who has in her possession a
little negro girl whom certain abotonists are fear
fu her mistress intends TO convey to California and
sell into slavery. Mrs p. showed that the mother
Of the child was owned by her in Mobile that upon
removing to free State she took the child with her.
,hus giving it freedom, and that il had remained