Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-07-23


81 sxxArE. = NJ. Tacss.Ss iEfro auced joint re-
solution, that finding as che late naval boafd q /
tie case 81 Esess Bsrt.stf, xss IN violation Of
the rights guaranteed 20 every citizen by the
constitution. and Is therefore utterly void, asid
OF no effec; Nr. Teensbs said he should call !
up this resolution a, A convenient opportunity.
The Senate then went into executive sessson on
the navy aFPoius Ffients.
= HousE--Tbe House RI assumed the consider
alton of the resolutions of the committee on
elections, declaring Mr. Archer Instead of Ne.
Alien, elected Representative from the Seventh
District of Illinois,
The report of the majority OF the Committee
SAYS that Mr.. Archer WIS elected hy two major
Alien was elected by one majority. The subject
was debated,
I Washington, j. ly is.
The Senate, after RAISING an act 70 repeal the
law authorizing the erection OF an armory in
Washington, proceeded TO the consideration OF
private bills.
A discussion was held without coming to any
conclusion, on the bill extending the patent CT
B. D. Hnssey's reapiog machine.
Mr.. Yulee reported bill providing for the
compulsory prepayment of postage on all tran
sient printed matter.
Adjourned till Monday.
HoUsE.-The Illinois contested election case
was taken up, and Mr.. Archer addressed the
House in his own behalf. IS
The resolution that Mr. Archer was entitled
to a seat was rejected By 50 against 81.
An effort was made to reconsider the last vote
but was lost by majarity.
Resolutions were then passed declaring that
vacancy exists in the Seventh Congressional
District OF Illinois referring the election back to
IT. L. II ,bar
mileage and per diem to date. Adjourned
Philadelphia, July II.
A serious railroad accident occurred this
morning on the Northern Penn. Railroad by the
explosion of the boiler oil an engine. @
The cars were filled with the teachers and
children Of the St. Mchaefs Church Sabbath
school bound on an excursion. The cars were
set on fire and several lives lost The accident
happened near Port Washington. Rumor makes
the killed from 6o to 200. oNo train hps arrived
yet from the scene of disaster.-0lher Compa-
nies have furnished locomotives, and surgeons
have been dispatched to the scene of the aecl-
dent.
A dispatch from Germantown says numbers
Of the wounded have been brought there in prl-
vate cOnveyanccs. @
The scene of the accident is fourteen miles
from this city, near two curves, so that approach
ing trains can't be seen 500 Yards distant, and
the track is a single one--when the locomotives
came together they rose. on end their fire boxes
nearly touched, and scattered. about the wreck.
The first excursion car cai;ght ire, and cominu-
ncated to the others piled nponit The most
extraordinary efforts were made to extricate the
mutiiated beings crushed under the wreck,
many of them sill alive when the flames reached
them The groans and cries that rent the air
were awful. A number of physicians from this
and Germantown were in early attendance. SO
Two engines from Chestnut Hill forced water
through hose to the wreck, and after working for
several hours the human remains were removed
from beneath. - So
Nineteen bodies were removed to black
smith shop, three of them supposed TO be fe-
males. .-... .s., AZ
The body Of Father Sheridan was recovered
and brought to this city.
Immense crowds were attracted to the scene
of the calamity from the surrounding country.
The friends of the dead and wounded, walked
from the city, and every description Of vehicle
was taken and made use of in conveying the
dead and wounded TO the city, Sd SIS
3. 5ege5. SECOND DIsAATCH. mr.,
The excureion train, with LOO children with
their parents and teachers, came in collision with
the down train, on a curve near Fort Washing
ton, while latter was going slowly and the for
mer rapidly, endcavoring to reach the stopping
place. Both locomotives were crushed and
three cars of the excursion train rushing together
caught fire and were consumed Beneath the
ruins were number crushed so that recognition
was impossible. The scene was OF the most
heart-rending and terrible description. The
killed are: DR.. Sheridan, Chorister of the church
body not recovered-Hush Campbell, Mary
Kelley, james McIntire, John Dogan, Edward
Hale, George Rivers, James Hickey, VIM. Me-
nard, Henry Hawes, Mary McGraw, C. McGouk,
Ellen Clark, Catharine McGru1er, Kate McGerr
John Brady, Margaret Marcy, John Mcguire,
James Harvey, Henry Harrison, Engineer Of up
train. In addition TO these, seventeen bodies
were counted beneath the ruins ofthe cars, most
ly consumed. Eleven men and women and two
children were consumed in one car. Total kill
cd, 80 ; wounded, 50. p" go -
LATER.-There were 35 killed and nearly 100
badly injured. Eight hundred persons were on
the train, and six cars were entirely demolished.
Among the Killed is Father Sheridan, ofSt. Mi
chael's Catholic Church. -a -5-Nf
,et e. ~ Fcrr;bgciDiSasfer. @ a.
Steamer Northern Indiana Burnt.-Fstteen or
1iccntg Persons Lost, .Eat g.
leg .a4asa a Detroit, July H.
The steamer Northern Indiana took FIRE about
4 lo'clock this morning on her uassage so Tole.
de, an burned to the waters edge The follow
ing is list OF the passengers and crew saved by
the steamer Mississippi, us carefully takcnby my
self from the passengers. The Clerks list of
passengers On hoard was lost. There were sap
posed to he about l4O or l5U passengers and
crew on board -~rH..r.sE
There are fifteen or twenty known TO have
been on board that are missing. Some d! them
may have been saved by the Propel!or Repair
lie and n schooner that assiSte', in picking up
the passengers. 4 committee of passengers on
board he steamer Mississippi collected between
two and three hundred dollars to ad the suffer-.
ers. 10 .'Era.s aE.. tsa ag ss54 -s1
ats7 Washington. July lalh.
p 4 democratic cancus was held here this p.
NJ, Of which Ar Bright was charm II. 1t was
merely for the purpose Of free interchange OF
opinion concerning the Presidential election,
and comparing notes as TO the relative position,
which those present considered decidedly favor
able for success
Mr.. Houston, correspondent of the New York
Tribune, was assaulted here this evening by
Capt Pate, for refusal 10 retract a statement
made BY him that the latter showed the white
feather, for surrendering his Company Of %
men to Is Free State men in Kansas. The
Washington Correspondent of the Courier and
ENQUIRER of the 10TH says; There was long
secret debate over the Naval Promotions
The preliminary vote taking them up, was
81 to 20, but finally the nomination of Com
Prendergast was confirmed by q vote of 81 TO
49, The nomination .. another Commodore
was confirmed without contest. The remaining
promotions will now be confirmed without de-
bate. a. y5i7i3 5ses IA. Ft.-aa s#st..,-ss
The Democrats are in caucus tonight, DELHI.
Grating on plan for the Presidential campaign.
and whether TO a view to Buchanan's advantage
in towns in the west, it would not be cxuedient
to admit Kansas as a Free State under condition.
Canandaigua, July II.
Ross Winans VS.. \. Y. & T.. r. II The i'm
Portant case upon patent for the Improvement
on 8 wheeled cars, has resulted in a verdict for
Defendants, after trial OF weeks conducted
by c. w. Keller, Bratchford and Seward for
Defendants. The construction of the cilim by
the Court was such that the Plaintiff declined to
proceed and take the case to the Supreme Court
of the o. s..
Washington, July 18th.
The Secretary of Treasury has asked Congress
to amend the act Of 1912, SO that it will addi-
ton to prevention of importation of indecent
prints, paintings, transparencies, embrace stat
utes, and figures of similar tendency.
The Herbert case is progressing slowly Mr.