Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-11-25

ing frightful accident occurred on the Harlem
Railroad in Che vicinity Of Fifiysevenih street
and Fourth avenue, which resulted in many per-
sons being horribly mangled. 1t seems that
freight train of the New Haven Railroad was
some mine hours behind time, and was running at
speed Of only seven miles an hour. The freight
train kept on the track at this slow rate Of mo-
ton, without taking The least precauiion 10 notify
the down trains of the obstruction, This gross
negligence might have resulted In the sacrifice Of
| several hundred lives, but fortunately no person
was killed. Many, however, received most terri
BILE injuries, and several had their legs and arms
| crushed by the collision of Harlem passenger
train with the freight train above alluded to.
There was no signal set TO warn the engineer OF
the danger that awaited him, and his train dashed
along at the usual speed of about forty miles an
hour until il came in contact with the heavy
freight cars, and terrible smash up was the con-
| sequence. The passenger tram IN question was
the regular o'clock train from White Plains, and
consisted of seven large cars, all quite crowded
! with persons residing al the different villages
| along the line of the road between New York and
| White Plains. The number Of passengers is esti-
mated al six hundred.
Three of the cars were literally torn to pieces,
but, strange as il may appear not single passe
ger fcGs killed. There were some twenty or more
| who were extricated from the ruins with their
limbs broken, and other injuries of a serious ma
ture, and most OF them were at once conveyed to
| their homes.
KANsAs.---In regard to the character ofthe i'm
migration which has already reached Kansas, the
Kansas Herald ofthe Goth ult., says /" A majority
Of our population up to this time are from Mis-
souri,, though their preponderence is fast diminish
ing by the arrival Of people from other States.
Pennsylvanians are probably next in numbers.
| MN iCraf Ma arhr. ffa Ne
| Illinois and Iowa, is very great Indiana and
| Ohio are also represented. The population from
| Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and other South
ern States is very limited. few from Arkansas
are settled in the southeastern part Of the Terri
tory"
| VEGETABLE SERpENT-According to some Ital-
ian journals, new organized being has been
discovered in the interior of Africa, which seems
to form an immediate link between vegetable and
animal life. This singular production has the
shape OF spotted serpent. II drags itself along
the ground, instead Of head, has flower shaped
| like bell, which contains viscious liquid. Fles
and other insects, attracted by the smell Of the
Juice, enter into the flower where they are caught
| by the adhesive matter. The flower then closes
and remains shut till all the prisoners are bruised
and transformed into chye. The indgestible por-
tons, such as The head and wings, are thrown out
| by two aspired openings. The vegetable serpent
has skin resembling leaves, white and soft flesh,
and instead of bony skeleton, cartilagnous
frame filed with yellow matter The natives con-
| slider il delicious food
MONKEYS DYING OF THE CHoLERA-The Port of
Spain Gazette, of September 20, reports the fol-
lowing singular fact from dad:-Several hun
| tiers and other persons who have passed through
the woods recently report that they find the mon
keys dead under the trees in all directions They
appear 10 have dropped from the tree overhead,
either dead or in the agonies Of death. During
the small pox epidemic the same thing was OBJ
served, and there be little doubt, in the pres
ent case, they are attacked by the prevailing
epidemic. Surely this is another proof of the
very close resemblance between the physical con-
stituton Of the monkey tribe and theproud genus
homo.
WEARING THE BEARD.-A great reform is going
| on in the matter of wearing the boards; and they
now appear in untrimmed luxurance upon the
faces Of men who stand 1.-THE possible dis
lance from the character offops In all ranks oflfe,
and in every grade of employment, the is, in
measure, eschewed and men are returning 10
reason. Moustaches, even are now as common
/ as few years ago they were rare. The chills Of
i the coming winter will be as potent in starting
/ boards as they will be powerful in blasting vege-
tation. Razors, colds, and bronchitis will be laid
aside together, and flowing beard supersede the
use Of an indefinite list Of patent medicines.
Moore's Rural New Yorker
An ExAMPLE-While taking notes in the crimi-
nal courtroom recently, the editor Of the Wor-
ccaer Transcript was much edited as well as
amused, by seeing one ofthe lady witnesses from
the country, placidly knitting with Industry
worthy of his dear old grandmother's time. The
counsel wrangled and the Judge addressed the
jury with earnest and pathetic eloqucnce, but the
good lady, spectaclss on nose, piled her needle
with benevolent calmness, worthy OF Mrs Par
tington herself, as undisturbcd as IL in her own
| sitting room at Mibury. Success 10 her, We say.
| Herindustry taught good lesson 70 the loafng
| bystanders.
orsTER BusrSFss,-The money invested in the
trade by some hundred to a hundred and fifty
wholesale dealers in this city amounts to over
100000 while the number of individuals directly
employed in il for support will exceed 10000.
| By this we do not include the saloon keepers,
the vendors in the streets, which would swell the
number TO over 40, 000.--N T. MAJ. Democrat.
The BURLINGTON DuEI---It is now stated that
the reported duel near Burlington, New Jersey,
was all sham, got up by merchant, aphyslcian'
and lawyer of Philadelphia. Blank shots were
fred the merchant pretended TO be wounded in
the arm his assumed opponent slammed TO have
received shot in the thigh; and the farce ended
with a pretended reconciliation. The parties
might have been in better business
STEAM K-ENeINE---In Cincinnati, last week,
the new and third steam FIRE engine was tried. ],
appeared 10 play better than the other two, throw
ing very heavy stream OF water TO great height
The horses were taken out, and the engine was
propelled round the square, partly up hill, by
steam.
THE CHRISTIAN PARTIrs ofthe Six Nations have
lately held at council at Onondaga, FOR the purpose
Of electing principal chief Their choice fell on
William Hill, not because Of any hereditary claim
he might have TO the appointment, but because
they deemed him a cunning and eloquent orator
ond a man otherwise fitted for the ofhcen