The Empire County argus., 1855-08-18
DOMESTIC NEWS.

At the annual meeting of the Eastern Railroad
Company at Boston on Monday, 10th ult, the Pre-
sident made report to the effect that Mr. Tucker
man, the late Treasurer, has confessed that he has
embezzled the funds of the Road to the amount of
$2O7 900. His defalcations have been going on for
several years He offers all his property amount
ing to but small part of the defalcaton as secu-
rity.
On the 18th ult, fire broke out in Mill No l.
of the Manchester Corporation Manchester, N. H.,
destroying about one-half the building and it's con-
tents The mill was 500 feet long, and the portion
burned was occupied for cotton manufactures The
loss is S250,0OC and 500 persons are thrown out of
employment. The mill was insured for only $780,
600. Another fire broke out between Manchester
and Hanover streets, which destroyed thirty-two
houses, including Putney's block, which was valued
at $4,000.
On Monday afternoon, as the workmen engaged
in the erection of the bridge over Ridlevs Creek
on the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad,
were about commencing work, the temporary fra
ming gave way, and falling, carried away the en-
tire superstructure. Five workmen employed on
the upper chord, and the foreman and two work
men on the lower chord, perceiving something Civ
ing way, sprang for the nearest pier, distance Of
fifteen feet. Three escaped unnured, three were
killed. and two are so badly hurt as to leave no
hope of their recovery. The names of the killed
are-Dixon Dotey, James Russell, and Joseph Stile;
mortally wounded-Joseph Stearns and Theodore
Zeasin.
The persons arrested in Buffalo. on Thursday,
18th ult for recruiting men for the Crimea were
fully committed to Jail, in default of $4,000 bail
each.
Arthur Hughes, a special agent of the Post Office
Department, arrested on the 18th ult., Adams H
Smith: Clerk in the Post Office at Richmond, Pa,
on the charge of robbing the mails. Smith con-
fessed taking one letter containing four hundred
dollars, mailed at Stroudsburg for the Easton Bank
w.
ates, who were taken from the British brig Buffalo
by the cutter James Campbell on the charge of Vi
olatng the Neutrality laws. resulted in their ac-
quital. The testimony failed to impcate them as
being personally engaged in enisting men for for
eign service.
Convention of Railroad men was held in Buff
falo on the 18th and 10Th ult, and all the main
roads were represented. The Erie delegates with
drew, and the rest adopted resolutions, among 9TH
ers, to do away with all runners handbills posters
&C., so as to lessen expenses.
The opening of the Illinois Central Railroad to
Dubuque was celebrated on the 18th ult. Several
thousand people were present. Senators Douglas
and Jones and Governor Dodge were the principal
speakers.
A most horrible calamity occurred in the town of
Brant, Erie County, N. Y. James Thompson, a
farmer in good circumstances, was awakened by an
alarm of fire, and discovered his house to be in
flames, having been fired by an incendiary in three
places. Mr.. Thompson-who is an aged gentle
man-rushed up stairs Immediately on discovering
what was the matter, to alarm his daughters, when
becoming overpowered by the smoke, he was un-
Julia, Mary, and Mrs Elizabeth Carr, with the
two little children of the atter--perished in the
flames.
On the 18th ult., at gainesville, Wis, during the
trial of man named Mayberry, for the murder of
raftsman named Alger, defect in the proceed
ings and the impeachment of the principal Witness
so exasperated crowd of Peek River raftsmen that
they took the prisoner from the Sheriff, and hanged
him. Another account says: 1t appears that the
prisoner had been found guilty by Judge Doottle
but the law only prescrbes imprisonment for life
The Sheriff undertook to remove the prisoner from
the Court House to the JAIL but he with his posse
had scarcely got out of the Court House, when the
cry arose, "Hang him, hang him." The officers
were then completely overpowered by the crowd
the prisoner seized, rope placed around his neck,
and notwithstanding his awful shrieks and prayers,
they dragged him to cluster of trees, and hung
him till dead. A band of three hundred men had
been organized to execute the deed. The greatest
excitement pervaded Rock River for over one hun
dred miles.
The Liquor Law was passed in the New Hamp-
shire House by a vote of 2l3 to So
AS an express train from Baltimore to Phadel-
phia was rounding curve near Staunton, Del. it
ran over and killed a man named Matthew Coch-
ran, of Philadelphia. He was lying across the
track, either by design in state of intoxication.
The deceased was a carpenter by trade about so
years of age, and has family residing in that city
The dwelling-house of Mr.. John Tucker, on the
edge of Providence, was blown up and almost en-
tirely destroyed on the 10Th ult Some person
placed small keg of gunpowder under his bed,
and from train outside it was fired, causing ter
rlhc explosion. No one was seriouly injured, though
the escape from death of Mr.. Tucker and two young
ladies seems little less than miraculous.
highly respectable Quaker in New York, has
IL.