The weekly Placer herald., 1853-06-18
Arrival Of the Pacific.

IN2ne Lays LuteT JTOW We "ies"''ss| ot"'e'
The Pacific arrived at Sah Francisco
on Monday afternoon, June Is. we are
indebted to Adams Il Co, for the early
delivery OF Bay papers containing the
At antic news. The Pacific brings al
large number Of passengers.
i he following dreadful accident occur
red at Newark, Conn. on the New Haven
Railroad, May 9th:
The train on the New Haven Railroad,
which left this city at 8 o'c ock, on Friday
morning, ran into the river off the draw
bridge at Newark about 10 o'c ock, s,1h-
merging in fifteen feet depth Of water the
locomotive and tender, baggage car, smO-
king car, two of the passenger cars, and
Il portion of the third. The draw was
open to admit the passage Of the steamer
Pacific, which had just gone through
IhP speed of the train, at the time OF the
catastrophe, was about 80 miles an hour.
The width of the draw is 60 feet, and
such was the rate of speed aud force that
impelled the train, that the engine nearly
Ieaped the draw, striking with tremen-
dous violence against the wa on the op
po,ite side. Nearly all of the passengers
none escaped without severe and probably
fatal injuries. Three or four persons,
while in the cars under the water, forced
their way out by breaking through the
cars, and rose to the surface and swan
to land.
Two hundred and eighteen passengers
were on board the cars; of these IA were
killed, l46 saved and slightly injured, 26
were seriously injured, and two persons
are yet unaccounled for.
WAsHiNGToN, May 10
The Attorney General having decided
that the contracts for the Capitol Exten-
sion are valid, and Lieut. Meigs having,
after thorough examination, decided
that the foundation walls are substantial
enough to build upon, the marble cutters
resumed their labors yesterday morning,
and other artiZans are to resume shortly.
A destructive tornado swept over Prin-
cess Ann County, Virginia, destroying
much property; also the lives of tour per-
sons.
CHICAGO, May 10.
SALE OF LAND IN ILLINOIS i he sale
of Canal lands commenced yesterday -
Prairie land bringing from 50 to SIS per
acre, and tlnhered rs to SIC, being an
average of 70 per cent. above the APP
praiseInent
The dip omatic departments are not yet
settled. Col. Dabney :. Carr, Of Mary
land, will probably be resident Minister at
Constantnople.
Gov. TrousrAale, of Tennessee. goes
out as Minister DO Brazil.
FOREIGN NEWS.
ENcLHAD.- Lord d. Stewart, in refer
ence' TO the seizures of the ROherhlte,
rs@tF a etter to the House of Commons,
from kos>uth, IN which the writer tltc]ar-
ed he had no store OF war materials in
Eng and, although he possessed saca arti-
cles in other cotnriesy where their pos
session was not a1rawfuI,. and vowed his
intention Of waging war with Austria for
the recovery Of the rights of Hungary.
Kos>lHh has published letter declaring
that hls private residence has been watch
ed by police Spies tibat his %uers have
been tampered with, and that he ives in
daily terror and demands amber what ex-
ceptIonal law these proceedings are per
mitted.
An interesting conversation took place
in the House of Lords on he Goth on the
subject Of Lieut.. Maury's improvements
IN navigation. The Earl of Wriot;eslev
strongly urged it OH the notice of the Gov.
ernnent, to meet the United States in the
matter.
In France alt is tranquil Raspail, the
democratic leader, had been released from
prison on one condition, that he would
leave the country. The Presse newspa-
per had published IA very bold and Bona
partlst artic g, causing il good deal of ex-
cltenent at Paris.
There is little or no news of importance,
except the Emreror's severe ndispositon
SwIrzERLAND.-A dispatch from Fri
burg Of the 22I instant announces that
the city of Frlburg has been invaded by a
troop of peasants, mastering to the
strength Of from 900 to 500, and com
manded hy Col. Perrier, of the Federal
army. The invaders occupied the COL
ege. There was good deal Of fighting,
and some of the con,batants were killed
some were wounded. Col. Perrier is
among the latter. The Civic Guard of
Friburg remained masters of the ground,
aud captured many of the Insurgents
Tranquility is restored.
RUSSIA. Intelligence Of the 10Th inst
from the frontiers of Poland. states thai
during the preceding week, the troops of
the line stationed in the neighborhood of
zensrochaw had broken up their canton
lnents and left by railway for Warsaw
L hrV were to uroceed from Warsaw into