New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-11
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-. ~TRIrNcE-Tfe RicAmoa9 ErQn'R'r, IN
'ser 10 nauiris e.. neernns ,ne nGaa ~ - rrb
Daniel lie former editor. ~ ~ p,e If his a l.ters
J Eshes M following extracts irV.
efpsf &c core ponoencei -, .-ue thatI have
be- really tno truly home lex for the iast ~ 1ard
. ever was any little gI IN her brst quarter az he -
avg school II you knew how much pea'9n'ei = ''e "a
Yea, -, and study In the United States 'hah tns non
secs,csl travel and dlenes YOU would no DC 20 sCoh
terfed One will only learn by experience however
snd the best tbDe expect to get personally out on as ms
90 IA lust ths-fha will tie satisfied when set 0a *
nsser srsin be hsan,cd by those inolorahc longngs
Erv re- which torfhented me Ia the years gone by.
Of qSs and ssSng snoTS TSe reS eom
ss of Europe don't compare with those OF the Inted
s. everything costs just double what II does at home
- 90 uoEhcre as-gOod a. ours The women
lns ~ mon Iaye fewer ideas intended 70 write
bk aDout al; and thought, when efs the United
ssIss th~t would have TO stretch the blanket good
e.l 40 mske out our superiority But there is need.
The mesnntss the filthy life the supidities OF al tue
counsres have surpassed all expected and oil
1Hers IN Turin which is tho most beautiful city have
ever am busy learning speak French and study
ing Whist IL populary but most fasey formed the great
world snd 'poli'e society have dined with dukes,
;sbbered bad grammar to countesses and an spunged
Ter sests ~ my opera box by counts who stink Of garck
does the whole country. receive visits from other
diplomats with titles os long flag staff and heals as
eppty as their hearts end find the whole
4 tnhy than had ever imagined must, however keep
No btir miserable acquaintance for that the
the elephant Of European LIFE SO dance the dance of
foo he the best of thep. and return their visits
duousiy carrying about great cards Ike that inclOse
a. your Inspection
abe pictures the operas and the balleis Of Europe are
coed things me people, the governments and the society
4 sxsre coDtemptible than be conceived
have yet got altogether well of dreadful at
,sex Of last July. Till shortly after got here was
oubed with chronic irrationthe remains Of the cpl
Snie-which annoyed me excessively. cured Of il
~ pbyscian who is the cverest person have seen
AZ gave decOcon Of tamarnds and ppppcs, tam
Nr p every three hours and hot bath every morning
I, sce things think better Of European medical prac
3ss thsn ] find the doa current among them,
which have often broaGhed to you that chemistry 10 not
eonreent TO extract ali the essential componens OF nau
Il raj productions'
Il WILD RACE or LoooMorTE.--In Tie Cincinnati
cmxsreioL Of Saturday last We find an account Of
cmerha singular collision the Miami Road at Milford.
Tbs engine Of freight train into the Of
passenger train which was standing stll at the depot
q T9< ConmoTcSol says:
sWbep Mr. Watt engineer of the mail train heard the
rash OF The collision he supposed his train would be
diver over him. and with bis assistants, sprang off The
asee had ius been crammed with wood and there
am bead OF steamon The force Of the blow uncouped
de locomotive and tender from the baggage car at the
xne instant jerking the Lrcr and hr0wiag the throttle
scfs ride open Away sped the locomotive like an ar
ps, or, If might say, like fat of nnipotence,
sweeping down the track at seventy mle an hour God
bsp any hapess train met overaken help the city
bni full fourteen miles below for that distance viii be de-
yeured in fifteen minutes The escaped engine
hwhg by Planve visible for instant the appalled,
ysees switched off into the double track as lightning
from steel rod TO another divergent and Numbered
he city whose spires might have been from the
foa disc Of this fiery comet but there was none to Sec
none Hal the furnace door hew open. the draught
ceased. and little way above the upper engine house.
heavy I'd grade, the locomotives breath spent ii
cane to dead stand and stood there silent and cold form
ms ss much part of the still wi1ry landscape the
vkifned rock and shrouded trees on the hillside above
The Dsnisb Legation in the United States has commu
ncsed to the Department OF State at Washington thirty
three certificates of death OF American czens' VINO have
died in the Danish West Indies since August 20, 1852,
lht Of which is suljoined;
Sept II Myer, Of Virginia physician Sept The Rev Edm
Richards Of snis Pastor Of the Ef.f0P' Ham CanG9 sep a
ss OF q Miss MsTy Fq!n1;s Of Boston Nov Tho,
sie Nov a John Penny Of Eas2ers Ne sailor No., %
York sslor Henry Ba Of 8ostOn sailor; Alexander
Letter 'sGi os KIN S0C OF N,yy 0 And o Ms
Mary ousavo Chandler wife of Capt judah Chiuder d
port s.iIsS be- IS fh.de1s ndoi sl2
Dec Js%ts cannon Ct oSa spI Dec s VIM i H
eB Spe sailor De 10 John Hanson OF Psi lp1is 1i9
t tss fS s.. % of A' EaS ff %
Pct: frsn 81 New YOs sa0T b. .'Ss SS0 New
- Dec VIM Beechsr of New-H4von. Conn. Dec O. Wm
cesOt Haven, Conn 2a-SePhon Sos'Fdu"
rTew-fork merchant
Explosion IN FREMONT TEMPLE.-Ye Yesterday afternoon,
out IL O'Clock the smell of escaping gas in fremont
fempefed to search to ascertain the cause and three
men named james Fairfield, Joseph IL Hayes the super
uendent Of the building, and Deacon Drew, In searching
The house entered large ante opposite the entrance
Of the Of the gallery which filled with gas as al
most to prevent respiration One Of the men ncaatously
EzheE metch and that moment an explosion took place,
~ Vhch all of them were much injured, and the hall
somewhat damaged Mr. Fairfield thrown nearly ten
feet his face shOckngy burned and blackened
Mr. Hayes was also burned in the face and hands Dea
con Drew was slightly Injured. Mr. Hayes was conveyed
10 his residence but last evening Mr. FAIRFIELD had
been removed from the building. His suffering are al
most intoleraLle The pastering of the much
damaged, large quantities being thrown down Tue gas
lad escaped from metre in the II is remarkable
hat The building not very seriously damaged or set
on fire Boston Chronicle, 9th.
DEATH OF JAMES CLAPP-We learn with much pain
at James Clapp Esq, old and prominent member OF
me CbenaDeo Bar died suddenly at bis residence in Ok
ford this morning. aged &c years Mr. Clapp native
ofHertford, CT lie pursued his law studies at New York
in the Office OF Aaron Burr, and was Col Burrs conn
dent clerk at the time of his duel with Gen Hamilton In
1908 he established himself with the late VIM Price in
tie Practice Of his profession at Oxford where he ha;
since the character of accomplished
gentleman an able advocate and upright citizen
ALBANY Evening journal, 9tb.