The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-08


We have elsewhere expressed our views, at con-
siderable length, concerning the horrible disaster on
he New Haven Railroad, of which give the latest
particulars, on the first page. We learn by telegraph
from Hartford, that bill yesterday in
The Connecticut Legislature, providing that railroad
companies shall pay the sum of ten thousand dollars
10 the relatives of every person killed through negl
ssnce on the part of the companies or their en-
ployes. A joint committee was appointed to visit
the scene of the calamity and report all the facts
connected Herewith. The committee will commence
their labors tomorrow, and it is hoped, will
thoroughly sift the matter and take measures to
eject the passage of law that will effectualy tend
10 prevent such occurrences in future.
Another frightful but not fatal railroad accident
occurred on the New Bedford and Taunton road
Yesterday The axletree Of the tender broke and
pred pitated the baggage and passenger car down
an embankment The car was literally smashed to
pieces, but out Of twenty-five passengers not life
was lost, though several were badly injured.
We have little of interest from Washington this
morning. The foreign appointments and remaining
New York post offices underwent discussion in the
cabinet yesterday, but it is understood that no def
mite conclusion was arrived at Secretary Davis is
pronounced better and expects to be able to attend
Ne meeting Of his colleagues on Monday, after which
he foreign missions will probably be soon disposed
q But the contest for the post Offices in the differ
ent towns and cities of this State appears to give Ae
President and his advisers more trouble than any
thing else just at present The conflicting but ur-
xenA claims Of the various applicants render 1t al
most impossible to decide between them. general
sverhauling is going on in the Third Auditors
sfRce-four more clerks were ordered to vscste yes
terday. Isaac V. vanderpool, Of Buffalo, it is said,
win have the Chargeship to the Hague.
Advices from Pernambuco to the Sd ult announce
Mat the cargo Of negroes recently landed and sent
Into the interior Of Brazil had all been recaptured,
and would be placed under the protection of the
government. The fever had disappeared from Per
nambuco, and business was becoming quite active.
Hanodsburg Springs, in Kentucky, have been
selected as the site for the Western Military Asylum.
Many eminent physicians proHsunce the water and
atmosphere in that vicinity to be far more healthful
1haA ut the Blue Lick.
Capt. Ribbons, Of the bark Edna, who arrived
Rom Palermo yesterday, reports that the heavy
gales which prevailed in that quarter between the
81 and 18th Of February had injured fruit to such
N extent that there would not be more than half
crop. On some plantations many Of the trees were
blown down, and nearly all the fruit destroyed
The exceedingly crowded state of our columns
esmpels to be brief as possible. The following
are merely the headings Of portion Of the large
amount Of reading contained in this days iasue:-
Several column, Of additional European intelligence,
Aeluding letter from our London Correspondent;
Tho Officers Of the Late Texas Navy-a Defence of
Com. Moore; Lectures by Father Gavazzi; Speech
Of Hon. Il. H. Howard in the Assembly on the sub
jsct of the New York Fire Department Fund; The
Academy Of Design; Law in Relation to Truant
Children; Important Decision of an Admiralty
Court; Letters from Hartford and Quebec Religious
Information, including the closing proceedings in
he New England Methodist Conference; Michigan
8outhen, Northern Indiana, Michigan Central and
Illinois Central Railroads; Another Chapter Of
the Romance of Crime. Commercial, Sporting, and
Miscellaneous Matter, &c.