The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-17
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LATEST NAIL NEWS
TsRnirLE ACCIDENT ON rHx Jsrrrnsosvrrrx
RAmnoap.--7ne Cincinnati Times elyss an &C
count Of the explosion on the railroad, published
byus day or two since ltsays:
The locomotive Bartholomew. 10 which was NJ,
tsched the freight train on the Jtffsrsonvtife Rail-
road blew up on Wednesday evening. afew mile.
beyond Hearyville. by which accident the eneis
neer, Critic Harrie. and the fireman, Thomas Cor
melt were iae,antly killed, and . brakeman mo-.
name we did not learn wac seriously u NOT d.
yero1siy wounded 80 -
Toe accident wss caused by want of water IN
the boiler aud was the result Of either gross igno
rance or culpsbie carelessness.
The pumps were known to be out OF order and
uuservsceable; and, under these eircums.ances. II
Ia matter of surprise to us that the engineer was
allowed 10 use the engine.
The force OF the explosion was terrific The
engineer Was blown one hundred and seventy
PAGES from the train, through the thick branches
of the trees, upon which were scattered rem :
nsnss of his mutiased body and torn clothing.
The fireman was horribly mAnsied; his entraiis
torn out portion Of his liver was found 10 one
place, az arm 10 another his 1ega Ia another
Tue spectacie was shocking to look upon. Mr.
bursh. aad . member Of the Masonic Lodge Of
that place. Mr.. Harris the engineer was also
Young man. OF high respectability, and of sober,
steady habits - =
Wf6ck
We have ever seen, and portions of Il were thrown
several hundred feet Several of the freight cars
we're badly smashed up. The loss which the
dent viii not fall short of 10000 4 -
EuaorKAN ExfeRANTs RxruaNrxa Honr.-1hs
packet ship Daniel Webster, which called from,
Boston for Liverpool Friday, took about 100 steer
age passengers of whom the greater part were
retarnirg Europeans. who thought they could do
better in their own country. -
Cror vnA ArxptyYa Ia.,ar
received In this city yesterday, dated at memphis,
Tennessee, May 9Th, which states that the cholera
10 raging there and that on Tuesday, thirty cases
had bsen reported. 80 -srs . :. $40 - "a
cut on her way to New York Wednesday evening,
broke her walking beam, causing damage 10 the
amount OF S15 600 .gees -F1- -
SHOE FArLuREs--A number OF shoe merchants
have Jailed in Worcester county. Mass. - 3 r
srRAnEn rHaocoH THE $500" CAsAI.-The
Cleveland Herald, of Saturday, announces the fact
thai the steamer lllinois wil her next trip pass
through the Sault ST. Marie canal Into Lake Su
pertor. s.-5
ExrLosIos.-Th powder mills of D. &C. Rand,
nsar Middietown, CT, blew up on the 7th inst but
caused no loss of life. ~ .31
MAcIisR SHoP BUAsT.-The extensive mschine
mandatory of j. e. E. Ryan, at Norwalk CT,
was burnt on Thursday last Loss $4,000.
PHI ANTHRoFY AT the recent meeting of the
Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance in sa-
lishuent there belonging TO Capt. Nhslan, and
ihenpoured it all out on the ground.
NAvIGATIos.-The frst boat through from Ro.
chester to Albany. New York, arrived Gu Sunday
night a@. ~<s+
DRIvgN AWAY FROM Kansas The Rochester
Dsmoers, says: Rev. F. Starr, jr., Presbyterian
clergyman. for three years past settled at Weston,
Platte county, Missouri has arrived at Rochester
having been expelled from Weston by the same
gang of Pro-.lavery rufiaus who threw the types
and presses OF the Park vile Luneery into the RI
They gave him notice to quit within two
days, under the penalty of being lyuched, and he
deemed il prudent to leave. Itdoes not appear
that he had preached against slavery but only
that he was clergyman of Northern origin.
AMERICAN SUNDAY school UNIoN-The Amer
lean Sunday School Union met in Philadelphia,
Tuesday evsning to celebrate their Anniversary
Gov. Pollock presiding. Addresses were delivered
by the Rev. VIM Cuthbert of South Carolina and
DIR Johns, of Baltimore. The total receipts of the
year amounted to S24e, eco. Balance on hand
$500. 81 80
Wan Ruaoa IN NEW YohK-There has been for
several days rumor in New York that our Go.
vernment at Washington received some special
European advices by the last steamer not general
ly made public. This rumor has now put on tan.
eible shape, and the news is reported to contain
the announcement that the Allies had assaulted
Sabastopol. and been repussed with loss of 40 900
men.
aURpER.-An Iriahman was waylaid on the 9Th
instant, near Lyons Falls, Macs, by two fellow
lsborers He tried to escape by making entrance
but before Mir. Post could get up and reach the
door where be was crying for admittance, the yil
Hans seized and dispatched him with their cudgels
Mir. Post saw them retreating from the yard, az he
looked through the window, and when he arrived
outside iourl Cooper in the agoni "a Of DEATH The
muiderers tn the meantime, easily effected their
escape, unAer cover of the adjacent woodlands
aud the ID kness of the night, to the east side of
tn, the river, Fhere they had wider margin for 'kuk
PENNSYLVANIA APrRoPRTArIoNs.-The general
hill hrrf nrs~t
Pennsylvania, at Its late session. contained Ia the
aggregate appropriations amounting to 81 600 09i
45 Of whichlamount So 900 was for interest on
the funded debt Sl25 900 for the expenses of the
Legislature. $3.50 600 for the support of Common
Schools. $277, 730 for the completion of Portage
Railroad, and S250000 for relaying the south track
OF the Columbia Railroad.
Capt Henry Coppee LIST Artillery, Assistant Pro-.
lessor OF Ethics at the United Stetes Military Acad,
emv having accepted the appointment of Professor
of English Literature at the University of Pennsyl-
vsna vice Professor Henry Reen, N the Arctic,
has rendered the resignation OF his commission In
the u. 8. Army.
The WYANDoTrK INDIANs-By treaty be-
tween the United States and the Wyandotte In
dams, ratified on the 1st of March last the Wyan.
dotte Indians are declared to be citizens of the
United States, to all intents and purposes, and en-
titled to all the rights, privileges and mmunities
of such citizens, subject to the laws of the United
States and of the Territory of Kansas
CANDIDATES For THE LEGIsLAruRE.-Col. N.
French and Messrs R. Garretson, Smith, and Yer
million ara the candidates In Mercer county. Col.
Tyres, Know Nothing, and Col. Stockton, Dem,
are the candidates 10 Fayette and Raleigh.
THE ST. MARY's CELEBRATIoN.-The 22lst an
nivsrsary of the landing of the Maryland Pilgrims,
celebrated 10 the ancient city of 81. Marys, on
Tuesday. The large assembly present were adj
dressed by Hon. jos r. Chandler.
BAKER, tried at Orange C. H., for the murder .
two men, has been sentenced to six months impris
onnent In the county jail.
FALEp-The motion for change of venue in
the case of Fox, In Monroe county, charged with
passing counterfeit money. has been overruled,
and he will be tried on the 22d ult
PRIZE FOR AN AMRa1cAs.-Mrs. Brainard, of
Boston, has drawn the highest prizs-S1 ,250-in
the London Art Union. ~
CoNvrcTED.-JonnB Bouts has been convicted of
barn burning In Rockingham, and sentenced 10