New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-02

FrEspIsH ArTENPT.-As three me6S belonging 20
this city walking on the Morris and Essex Hat
road trsck their way TO Orange, on Saturday night
last about 81 o'clock, one OF them stumbled over an
obstruction which proved 10 be large stone laid d.
ree,ly across the track, which was 20 heavy thath
took all their united strength TO removed 1t A little
further ON they found four more large stones tbs
track, which they slso removed. Preceding on abou
fifty yards they found several seepers, which he'd isin
alcDgtde where another track Is building also Plsoed
directly scross the rails. The place was abort dr.
tsnce below the first road bridge over the rauroed.
Tie freight train from Hackettstown, due at this city
at 10I clock passed directly over the part Of the
road on which the distractions had been placed ct it,
regular Time and had 1t not been for their timely and
trovidental discovery, human lives would h.ye been
sacrificed II is difficult TO conceive how beings In
the shape Of men become 20 utterly dep'ayed -
10 sttf rapt any thing so endish or what possible mo-
tive could have led to it. Newark Daily Adv.
MICRO MURDEREss-PoIsosIsG.- The Columbia
IS. c. Times publishes the following extract from q
letter from perfectly reliable source" ia restioo
to Carssa who is sentenced to lie hung for poisoning
the child OF Col. Wilson:
"YoRKvrLIE, Sept. 20, 1885.
"The negro Clarssa was tired on Tuesday and
found guilty Of the charge Of murder, by poisoning
Col Wilson's child. She confessed that she had als0
loisOned two children of Mr. McCully, and one for
Mr.. Manhsll, Of Newberry, and probably one for Mr..
Berry. She also confessed that she had prepared
poison "a many ~ three times for Mrs. Wilson, her
late mis- She sIso stated that there 10 now
poifoner in Columbia, and that there is an old LADY
tkeIe who che has not named that now kept IN pea
Wy ptlbDI huUDhistefeu ny nef pciSont' opc -
proven herself to be devil on earth. Every day shs
Is mSl.iIg more confessions."
As ABOLTIoSIsI AMONG Us.-Leonard Hipp was
examined yesterday at the First District Court, on
charge preferred against him by John Ernon, who
affirmed that the accused has frequently, within the
last six eight months, held conversation with his
slaves ard other slaves in his employ, in which he
used language tending TO produce discomfort excite
ment and iDsubordinaton among them; in consequenca
of which, affant has since found that the slaves
alluded to have become insolent and dsrespecul In
their conduct toward him. After careful exsmina-
tcn of the above charges the accused was sent before
the First District Court for trial. No bail was Cd
mitted 10 bis case. n. o. Courier, Sept. %.
PoPULATIos OF LOWELL. - The LoreU C0rriey
gives the population Of Lowell uhder the recent Gen.
sus m 81 $50 Of whom "a, 442 are natives and 49, lsI
foreigners. The gain from $50 is 4l7o. The prspoar
derance OF females over males is 1857. The excess q
natives which includes the children Of foreigners est
mated at about 000) IL IL ,29l.
CHARGE OF EoRGERY.-A man nnned Geowv,
Kennedy yesterday arrested for presenting forged peP
purpostns be GzLed BY Mr. John T. Wfsoa Mr. Atxn
der ruiter Of No. 50 whsshsls asking The loan Of e
finding that his rsseslty Uncovered be dsd bet NJ q
: sued, pPtgged, ed oeks1 " tpg sxaunstiae.