Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-09-17
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


The MAIL RoBBIRY, Miss Eaton, who was, with her
brother arrested the charge Of being concerned in
plferng from the post Office at Hcndry sbury Ohio has
been honoraby discharged. The Wheeling Gazette saws
that Mr. Eaton the postmaster is in way implicated
FATAL RAILROAD AooIDESr.-The New York train duo
at Philadelphia Friday evening did not arrive until
o'clock Saturday morning having been thrown off the
track near Beverly. The forward brakesman, named
rede, instantly killed, and John Cobson the engi
considerably bruised None Of the passengers were
injured The accident caused by piece Of rail being
placed against the seepers and braced either side in
the position of turnout The jury who investigated the
matter attribute the accident design the part
person recently discharged from the service Of the
company. The company offer reward Of $4,000 for
the arrest and conviction Of the author of the outrage
DrsTREssiNG CALAMIrY.-The house Of Mr.. JAMES
WEIGH at jefferson, Ohio burnt in the night Of the
Goth ultimo whilst Mr. and Mrs Wech were absent from
home Two Of their sons persisted in the flames, one
young about eighteen years old and the other about
six Four other children escaped from whose statement
IT appears that the young man had got them out and
turned to get the younger one but the flames and smoke
had filed the house much that he suocated before he
could return.
Walter d. Haley, who killed John Nelson in drunken
spree Waynesville Ohio has been convicted Of man.
Slaughter in the first degree and sentenced to the State
prison for lfe Daniel Marie under indictment for
der, hung himself in Jail at Salem, Washington county,
Ohio. DR.. Branson Of Mount Carmel Indiana aged thirty
years. esteemed and honorable committed suicide
by taking strychnne-no assigned. At Wayncs-
vile, Ohio David Mason and John Roberts, wealthy
farmers uncle and nephew quarrelled about rail fence
when Mason was MORALLY stabbed Mr. Alexander, the
Kentuckian killed few days ago in Arkansas fight
the person who took the lite Of Mr.. Lougee
broker, in his office at Philadelphia several years ago
Patrick Sneed alias Watson the alleged murderer Of
James e. jones' of Savannah, who arrested at Mia
CARA Falls days since, has been discharged from
custody by Judge Sheldon there being sufficient evil
dence to justify the rendition of the accused.
SINGULAR AND FATAL ExpLosIoN.--A pic mic party of
eight hundred persons, belonging to the First Unyer
salis Society in Newburyport, went to Groycland
wednesday. locomotive with empty train of cars
arrived at the ground about five o'clock take the party
home, and while the engine standing the track
the boiler exploded, completely SCATTERING the machine
and tearing up the track several rods Mr. Spoord
the fireman. thrown four hundred feet through the
air. and breathed but few moments after being taken
up The engineer was for the moment away from his
post and thus escaped similar fate The party were
beginning to assemble, and III few minutes the engine
would have been surrounded with people. Some pieces
of the engine thrown tree-cuarters Of mile The
engineer cannot account for The explosion there was
plenty of water in the boiler
Two officers of Boston, in the endeavor to break up
counterfeng gang assumed the rogue and succeeded in
getting possession of considerable counterfeit money
when the rogues smelt rat got the officers imprisoned
and before explanations could be made the scoundrels
escaped.
Three daughters of Mr.. De Wolf, of Chicago, who
were scalded by the disaster board the Bay
State last week, have died the New York hospital
Mr. WARREN, of Dartmouth, Massachusetts,, has also
died. Mr.. De WoLF and his wife and four daughters at
the time Of the accident their home after
pleasant visit to their relatives Bristol Rhode Island
There three four hundred passengers board
and nearly all asleep when the explosion occurred.
Mr. JAMES c. HALL Of Cincinnati, President of the
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company, has died Of the
wounds which he received at the hands of Mr.. Ames
a few days since
The police Of Cincinnati last week arrested named
Jones' who has been actively engaged in the recent
that have flooded the West with counterfeit money
When first seized by the officers he ran into the Ohio
and before he could lie reached destroyed and sank
quantity of counterfeit notes When arrested hun
dreds of dollars worth still found in his possession
together with coanterfeiting tools, &c.