The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-30


occurred on the various railroads ia this couatry
daring tie year just closing, coupled VITA tie NUN
bar Of persons kied and wounoed; The accidents
Wbich have occurred TO ste m vessels, with the
rumber Of victims the fires which have been at
tsscee with loss of life; together with the rames OF
toose revolutionary fathers who have ceased during
tee year to show their young American progeny
how fe6s were won in tines that tried mems souls
W. sko give the names of the ut.narsns ana the
a,str guished persons who have been gathered to
their latbefs during the preceding twelve month";;
and the number Of executions which have
taken place in the United States. All these
events were carefully noted rs they occur
RID, ard may be regarded as correct In the
neurological list viii be found the names of men
eminent il every department Of life, TIE bar the
pulpit, the bsttlefsl5 the marship and the counting
houe. BY our tables il will be seen that one hua-
dred anS thir'yege. accidents, which we're attended
with loss of hfe manning OF person and destruction
OF properly, have occurred railroads within the
boun dates of the Uned States, which DE orivsd two
hupdrtd sne thirty -four persons Of life, ana wound.
ed, i'll every imaginable man0er, four hundred AID
Bnety-six oth-r rs. We OF help bu. ask whether
this fact is not really too fearful conte npate Or
dwell upon? teamboat scci6ents have bsen less
numerous, but, as appears, more destructive Of hui
man life, which is owing to the gest nunber,
Cone hundred ard tweniyD who lost their lives
no February last, by the burning Of the
steamer Independence on the shores of
The Pacific; the whole number Tho have
TINS been hurried into the spin. land is three hun
dred sid nineteen, and one hancred and fifty eight
persons have suffered lries by those catatrophes.
Fires en- lard have had their share Of victims.
Dur re tie year there have been sixty Ores :. which
persons to Tire number o. hundred aAd fourteen
lost lher lives TIE tables wil be found Interesting,
AID worthy Of preservation.
In addition 70 the matter alluded TO in the precei-
lag paragraph we give tables sho wing the exact
tire made By the Collins and Cgnard steamers run
Ling between this city and Liverpool, together With
tie avera se OF each trip the different steamers BE-
longing to the rival lines. IS almost every person
If deeply interested in this ereat national, scieetdc
AID eommercisl coz, est, these tables vii be found
Invaluable for future reference
The heavy fall Of snow IN this part OF tne COM
try Oh Wednesday light, followed as It was by The
intense cold OF yesterday. which completely so!idGed
nearly everything of liquid nature, had tee effect
Of bringing most eheelsd vehicles to stand still
Tue railroad tracks Being coated eith both and
ice Ill ~ was pUsSiolc
the trains 70 move, consequently passengers we're
sorey troubled, and the few mails that arrived here
we're generally behind hand. The failure OF the
mails nowadays, however, il matter OF bat trivial
importance. The telegraphc 1iEss always keep US
posted up concerning the leading events in differ
ent parts Of the country, hour, days, and some
tines seesE, il advance o. the post. From Boston
we learn ihst the snow vas about eighteen inches
deep, and still falling at seven O'Clock las. eyeaing.
Tie railroad tracks we're blocked up, and no steam
boa; train had arrived from &c pared for this city
during tie cay. IL short, we hear Of nothing but
cold weather aod snox from Portland, Me-, to MI.
waukie, Wisconsin.
The Upited States Senate had only been in
session ABOUT twenty nIicutes yesterday when it
ras found that no quorum was preseGs, and the
boCy w9s compelled 70 acj urn. Daring the cit
ting, resolution directing inquiry into the
expectancy q establishing ali arnory a. Hsmi
ton, lnd ana vas agreed to; a petition, urgil.
sTbi' ration il the settlement Of international
disputes, from The American Peace Society vas pre-
scented; also, petition for d renewal Of tue patent
Of Cyius NJ Cormick's rsaping machines bill
granting land BY tie Wholesale for railroad purposes
In Chic, Ibaiana, illinois AID Missouri presented
resolution provioiDg srord for the nearest male
relative Of the gallen. Nei0r Ripggoli. TIE House
was not IN session., that BODY having Adjourned from
"wednesday till 20 morrow.
See the last page for Geographic and other in.er
tssins ms'terl from Washington.
The state Convention OF Re cheers, at Albany ad
jourred yesterday, sf,er having adopted series of
resolutions in which, among other matters, they OPP
pose division OF the school moneys for se,tiriln
teaching, and recommend a separation Of the oi;s
Of Secretary OF State rom that Of Superintendent ~
Common Schools.
DR.. Mott, ths President Of Union College, last
Wednesday paid upwards Of six bundled thousand
dollars TO the trustees OF ,has Institution
BY telesrag n we learn that the tizcns Of Cncin-
natl sssnbed In large numbers last aing for the
purpose OF giving expression TO their indig patton
against the railroad roters. Conspicuous among tue
gpea Yers qas Hon. Thos. Crsip, Ia,e Secretary OF
the Treasury. Strong resolutions we're adopted cen
surrp toe Erie ps0pIe for their unlawful proceed
tDgs, AID conGensDg the Governor Of Penosylvanis
for path ziug h and eocoura sDg the rioters 10
their defiance OF the DEGREES OF the couf.s.
State Railroad Cohvl uton ne d ia jackson,
Michigan, 90 "Wednesday. Among the resol ton
adopted was one proposugt TO IL reese the capital
lie Pot Huron aud Micaigat Ra,lr1sl - eight
nllf rs 81 dollars, and auoihtr Iecommeniiegt
Ji0g II 40 extra session of zoe Legislature, Tor the
purpo { of 'abin- into cluslcenuao a., inportll
a. inc,rpor ing oopl41tes 80 locate fI i4aIl 81
Ulat-sSygr lari Of tso 5 ate Ii, y a3 cc.rc = d
ytst ii,ir { liat
tba. beeo ss .utsbea tbst Er Altcrs Ful'c,
q, together 9Th "a tho cn e 500 lro !. pet.a.
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