The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-09-05

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| TAI RAILROAD TRAeADY.-In commenting on the
iesbny before the eoronefs jury the Philadelphia North
American says
eve havea word to sdy 81 Dr. Heinekeu. Though be
was indeed but in series of concurrent which
produced the appalling catastrophe "Wednesday last be
was, undoubtedly, the immediate occasion Of the - hole
mischief The testimony including his own eonvcts him
OF the most criminal rashness and Of ercumpection
we haze ever been called upon 70 notice. With five per-
sons IN vehicle rheA he driving, be approached
railway TO cross II within 10 his own knowledge, five or
ten minutes Of the time at which two trnns pass
one going up and the other going down Yet, ii Whist
manner was ne proceedng2 One witness save that when
she haliooei 70 The persons IN the carriage stop they
were far from the rsslrosd as across this roousay
halloo, as thought they sensible Of what
passing before t.er eyes Another witness, Mr.. Antrim,
who was IN the carriage with Dr. Heineken, says We
about twenty-five feet from road and the horses
were going at pretty rapid rate was seated the
front sa With the doctor the side curtains up buf
the back cnrats were closed when the with
in twenty five feet eas he rt time Ind booked out for
ne care third witness says that when about one hum
drcd and fifty yards from the railroad r He6esen was
driving towards the railroad at the rate Of about eight
miles hour. A fourth witness Mrs. Cooe-says:
Heard Mrs Beineken say Immediately after the accident
that she wished she had left home because she WAS
afraid that all the blame would be laid them; she was
the first to the destracba and, claspng her
hands, exclaimed, Only the destruction we have
caused The persons in the carriage must have seen the
approaching train if they had looked OUT
Here, then, is array Of facts which proves that,
whatever may be the culpab of others Dr. Heineken
principal IN the guilt OF that awful disaster which his own
stupid folly and careessnes produced lie only eop
arded the lives OF those who in his immediate
charge but he caused the instant death of twenty
persons, and the dreadful mutilaon OF thirty forty
Others
FIRST APPEARANCE OF MILE RACHEL AMERloA.-Mlle
Rachel made her anxiousy debut at the Metropol
ian Theatre New York. Monday evening last in her
great character of Camille in Corneles tragedy OF Les
Horaces' On the whole the New York critics unani
Pa and
speak of this her first appearance decided success.
The Times thus speaks of the appearance Of the house:
The attendance last evening at the Metropolitan Thea
tire IN the highest degree gratifying not only to Mile
Rachel but to the assembled taste of the cultivated
classes Of New York. The ampbithcatre entirely fill
ed and the upper circles contained numerous and highly
intelligent audience In all sections OF the theatre there
large admixure OF foreigners, amounting TO one
half least of the aggregate attendance Nearly every
had book and every turned over The leaves at
the right places that there succession OF little
empess in nespected places; neat little men, with trim
boards and square bros and gorgeous ladies with bon
like premature eornucopas, and bracelets that re-
minded yo az tie Castle of Udopho Of these were
without books They evidently knew all about the play
and went 10 enjoy their paroxyss Of ppause and pahos
dropping tear or heel in the proper place with Start
ling precision
We extract The following from tie Conriels notice:
She appeared upon The scene che did not seem to
there Eager eyes we're watching for her irst step
but venture to say that she ras ttdl before them at
their first glimpse OF her and that they felt har spell before
he had clearly by what they were bewitched Ste
is like her portrait but looked last evening younger than
in the grand head by Honnet Dupont and must ever ex
press Intelligence than appears in Dubuies three
quarter length. Pae with jet black hair small, regular
nose mouth mobile enough but rather sweet in its ex
preston and tender in lis lines for the heroine of tragedy
and large forehead quite hrotrdng itself over the straight
black brows that shadow her Tnndrons eyes She is the
very Embodiment of feminine ntelec: Her figure IS
slight aud her mental entirely dominates her vital sYs-
ten bu her limbs with all their delicacy have firm look
and she is rather 1.-THE than fragile The fall of her drapey
In hat itspft
il but the reproduction in tissue of lines into which the
Grecan sctilptors wrought their marble.
Her action is more violent than we had been led to ex-
peot or rter il is expressive Of more intense emotion
yet her every attitude Is not only rtauesquc but with all
s beauty and its fitness conveys some idea Of the careful
study which determined IT. and the eTbrpresent conscious
ness which accompanies il"
The Times thus closes its elaborate notice:
aBnt in the fourth act the triumph of genius most
manifest The feminine calnincss prevailed there
ranting incoherence but in their stead asou-
consuming earnestness easerncns echoing OF broken
heart be forgotten The whole rafge ct modern
and ancient tragedy cannot afford spectacle more heart
rendng han the eloquent agony with which Camille us
the OF her lovers deah md then drops
into chair senselcss The sooquy in which she after
wards her wrongs the marvellous changes IN her
voice. ascending from stage to stage of passion the herce
attack her brother and her denunciaon OF Rome
these must be seen, they cannot be described
"The play received with loud applause on ito ter
mnation although il seemed to drag heavily at frsthe
audience missing the accustomed drop between the
acts Mile Rachel called for aud appeared seemingly
in very weak condition The applause was tremendous
her triumph complete We may here add that of the
published portraits do justice to Mile Rachel She is
beautiful
LATER FROM FoRT McErosH.-A letter to the Corpus
Christi Valley and Advertiser dated Fort Mcintosh, Aug
s, says:
awe all right side up with except our COM
manang officer Colonel w. w. Loring who however, has
greatly improved thanks to Assistant Surgeon A. Taylor
United States army 1t is hoped by those less sanguine
than hiatt lf1n hn
his duties cominandant at this post.
aon the 4h instant report brought in to the eff
feet that party Indians had crossed the river TO this
side about nine miles above here, when scouts sent
out aud orders despatched to all the parties the
alert But further intelligence received from them
until yesterday evening when report in that they
had killed Mexican and wounded another, about IL
miles from here the Fort Ewel road where party Of
Mexicans were cutting grass. ] informed that the
side ANA another in bis The troops out but you
might as well look for needle in haystack TO look
for Indians the river.
Last week Captain Henry ranger of renown, crossed
the Rio Grane in command of company of about thirty
young men, all Of seeking 10 better their fortune
BY joining the federal army"
SHOCKING MuaDER Girl IN PENYsyLvAHIA---
We copy the following from the Berks County (Pa)
Journal: X
g a shocking murder occurred at Womelsdorf in this
county, Friday morning last the particulars OF which
are thus given u.s. A named John II. B. Seber |
aged about 25 years. of VIM. Seber of Wonelsdorf
wished to marry young girl of some IL or ID years OF
age named Catharine Bonch, residing with her mother in
adjoining house. and repeatedly heard to declare
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