The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-10
The News.

announcing the arrival of the Niagara at Halifax
that she reached there Wednesday night--it
should have read that she arrived at ten o'clock or
Thursday morning. She came into Boston about
eleven O'Clock last night anG Ter mails will conse-
quently be received here this afternoon in time to
enable US to spread before our readers to morrow
morning. full details of the progress of the Russo
Turkish war, together with suck other portions of
the news az may be important.
No further news has been re Jeved concerning the
steamship Humboldt, ashore at Halifax than that
already published.
The steamships Star of the Vest and George Law
are doe at this port 10 day, with three millions in
treasure and the details of sixteen days later Cali
forpia and other intelligence from the Pacific SIDE
We expect to publish the news brought by these
vessels tomorrow.
Ntitlsr branch OF Congress being ia session we
have lii.le Of special interest from Washington 10
da5. We gather from our dispatches that great
excite nett is manifested concerning the formation
o the Standing Committees OF the House. and thai all
sorts o. ba<ganng is going for the chief posts of
trust The customary public receptions are to be re
eurnel st the White House next seek. Information
has bsen rsceised a. me War Department that the
bodies Of Capt Gunnisou and his party, who were
ma sacred by the Indians ia New Mexico, were so
nutilated b. the wolves that they could neither be
removed nor buried.
Che report Of the Secretary o. the Interior con
tAniDg much valuable information relative to home
Affairs is piVen at length in another psge. We have
still on hand the reports of the Land and Pension
Offices, the War and Navy Departments. and the
supplementary report Of the Indian Commissioner,
81 Of which we shall pubii,h as az convenient,
very fearfol collision occurred upon the New
York and Erie Railroad, at point between Bsrgen
Cut and Boiling Springs, on Thursday night, by
which brakeman and several other persons were
severely wounded, and from the consequences OF
which tie same brakeman, Fetherton died in the
City Hospital ye,terday morning. An emf grant
train from jersey City, going west, was behind time
at the place. and not being switched of the track
run into by express coming east to the same
dept II will be seen from reporter description
Of the scene of ruin yester5ay, that it is almost
miraculous that all tue persons exposed to the
shock were not killed. The loss of property is very
heavy.
Another of those startling and often fatal railroad
accidents caused by recklessly driving vehicles
across he tracks Immediately in front Of ap-
preaching trains, occurred near Herkimec yesterday
In this instance one of the horses was killed the
wagon was completely demolished, and the driver
was picked up and carried ore hundred yards by
tie COW catcher, without doing him any bodily in
jury. It is not probable that he will ever again
place himself in such perilous position, however
much Others may disregard the lesson Taught by his
unfortunate misbap.
Dispatches from the interior of this State assert
that Thurs day night was the coolest that has been
experienced this season. From Syracuse we learn
Al A.. ..aa 800,
were aoe to pass Till late yesterday afternoon. The
boats generally being laid up for the season,
it is improbable that navigation will remain open
mary days longer.
Via New Orleans we have advi3es from Havana to
the 5h inst, by which we learn that the New Cap
tain-Genersl arrived there on TIE 81. There was
thing new, if we except the indignation caused
among the passengers by the recall and de,en ion
of tie Crescent City after having received penis
sion and gone out Of the harbor the evening OF
the 4th.
The Merlin arrived at this port from Bernudi |
yesterday afternoon, bringing files to the 3Oth Of |
November, with Kingston tJarnaica) papers of the
10Th of the same month. Oar previous advces from |
Jamaica were written upon the sans day, 50 that |
we have nothing interesting from the West Indies
by this mall Some new cases of yellow fever were
reported at Bermuda and the disease existed at Ham
ilton 10 miider form, but had entirely disappeared
from st. Georges A north east gale had been
raging OF the coast for five consecutive daysfr,m
the 25'h to the 10th Of Misunderstanding great d.
mage to the fruit and other crops The new Anne
rican clipper bark Olive Branch, from Baltimore to
San Francisco, completely wrecked upon the ree
called Long Bar, TO the westward owing to the Sc
verify OF the storm on Sunday, the 9th
uli. Her cargo was saved. The Merlin was
forced to lay to, and the passengers have
pr scented Captain Cronin with complimentary
address for his conduct upon TIE occasion A gov
eminent contract for the supply Of -four for gear
had bee taken at the rate Of lssd sterinx per bbl
u. d. M. steamer Devastation arrived from Hail AK
the afternoon Of the oath Ill, with Gov Elliott
en- board. His Excellency, IN company with Com
Il. ney, CT TIC D., landSa G. Sp.n.s. FONT, 4Iar
s.l.e from tie batteries from Ire!srd Is.a.d. He