New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-28
FROM PHILADELPHIA.
From Our Special Co,ssDsndent
PMLApELPHrA, Tnursdsy, JAY a, 1856.


N PmLADELPBIA Tnursdsy, JAY "a, 1856.
81 on ,be l.st In por,snce 70 every citizen Of the
Republic, IL toe pending e1soinstion befxe the
Coro, er's Jury Of this city on tie lac railroad
,,,ush,tr at once the mott. ex scpsivs, erocious,
aid hideous that the annals Of the red, red rail
sGmd. Whst<ve attention 10 due 10 the radical
Question o. Liberty and Slavery which nov con-
vvke the land there sh, Md be DO me-sre or frso-
81. Mt stiop given to the, awful truth sess
he II e. At patton in tpe wcrld, aod whose busio1ss
yifalites social equalities, and geographical am
phtudes excite the largest travel subh 10 tue
Low est ssvseery a. regards the destruction of HE.
u s III VAN to CRY Peace peace when there
10 DO peace, There lie the war Of the railroad aad
the steamboat, the wild havoc Of hurry conducted
BY brutal presumption, Indifference, aod reckless
hess. Look simply at oar railroads and steam
boats Il Ok, too at the fact that to thus move
nent, OF the twenty ferries and sixty ferry. oosn
plying betwiXt Ne~.York and the circuDJscent
20 Dtp, tbere 10, notwithstanding the tremendous
warnings Of fact aud Of ethics, Notwithstanding
that within few months one ferry boat on IRE
roast s victims who were not drowned, aud other
such boats sbiver.d on the edge ofeternty nOtwith-
standing al this tens Of thousands OF people hourly
by night and by day, dash across the bay nstansa-
DeOukly liable 20 the frigbtfulest of martyrd0ms
through the neglect of the conductor Of those
bosis-ior there Is yet no single case of adequate
efvlmed provision made 10 the premises-and
hence these vessels run as formerly without re-
sources in case Of fire, and any mo Dent through
II cir agency water auto da fe may Grape hun
dr.ds OF awellines in wo Now, unless the publ,
sense, through the wbl-l Of haste and the lust Of
gain has corrod, every impression Of humanity
due such circumstance, there ought TO be. the
Presidential question duly weighed and notwith-
standing, immediate me ans taken to check all
buIbipg promises Of future massmurders on
rsilwa,e steamboats, and ferries, 10 match those
which have scourg' snd desoated the land during
past years The whole system Of travel should be
suhecttd to q common supervision, and the march
of sayagcry arrested 1t is correct to say saw
apery. because barbarirm is too far advanced ID
permit of such things. Turkey, for example, ia
barbsrous country, but che does not allow her SUBJ
ieet. TO he as citizens In this country.
This is simply the truth. 80,
III col ectiOn with tits let US look at tue testt
mopy Of Mr. inslow, very intelligent gentle
man of this city, gwen before the COroners jury,
now setting Oh the railway massacre:
ST. pb.p Winslow sworu-Ms self and family
have OF residng III the county, at Fort ashinRton
sa'p; the zine for toe down tram TO arrive tnere rs
Ocd TO be IS minutes; on that ring think
it was earlier; knew ut that time from common re:
pOri thai there was al excursion tram co mng up;
went on the platform OF the car when 1t arrived, and
sSit To Mr. Vsnstavo that t" be was 5000 IN coming
that morning." h. sad "he thought no.;" raid TO
him tho. I" The excursion train bad not got up yet
tolo N be had better wal; be replied, as near "a
csp recollect that he did not would no. wait for
spybody" he then eDt and sOOke to the other pas
sebp err: they remarked som-thlng about the excaI
ss.p usih could lot hear what; he then gave the
t nal 10 go ahead snd got into the cars a. toe same
i'm. fearful Of collision; heard 10 whistle III n from
the no tram, hut VT always rear the wins lies nom tue
DenJ :, a. ion be"w VII. there any; eneted into
COW, rss ion With Mr. Mccoy in reference to the la
biity to collision, and oOacud TO go TO the rear
end If the car; we Oeard the sigma TO Co5n breaXs,
and got on the p-tfofm and thea jumped just before
tn. rolrrp; when the Train started fun Fort wash
in. ton supposed that re going Gown and going
to back w again tie sidelngi our whistle Sas be
ing continually sounded, and We were going very
slowly. go. =. ~,
have convers. particularly with Mr. Window,
ard he told me the same thing before he gave in
his tettiu opy Here we have the fact Ut the Well
grounded Il srs Of c0iision. entertained by pas.
seprer, and Of his prosisiOn against what ne
de. med impending dar ger-contrasted with the
ss.ursrc e Uf the c0Dd uctOr VanstavoreD, who has
snce the disaster committed suicide. Now sssur-
edb there ought TO be no Discretionary power lett
to tuch men % conductors. The railroad system
should be altered. The law should be uniform TO
prevent collisions, especially liable from extraor-
sry trains There are no collisions in Prussia--
there should be none with us.
Mr.. Hoppe the conductor Of the excursion
train ba. been committed to Jail by Judge omSser
of Monty. merry County, TO answer the charge OF
murder. The examinations in fbiladolphia City
still continue.
d.. mt think the Republicans of New York and
New England are aware Of The necessity OF assist
ing Il cir brethren here with documents and Po-
H,icsl light generally. The slave party is laying
itself out for it's baIdest effort IN Eastern Penn
,,lysnIa; ali the sliurements Of the SO Don, OOO
viii be specially held up and Pennsy lvanla's
favo,ite sen will have the handling thereof.
10 you think Penney lvania worth carrying
Well, of conrse, il must be looked for.
Documents thick as autumnal pigeons must
fc,d it. and naDy public meetings must
be held Here The harvest will soon be coded:
The farmers will have time on their hands, and
then con e. the only opportunity. Gain Penpsyl.
yspia and Kansas will be safe. Ii not not.
Don't 20 20 sleep about tbis business. lllumlna-
tiob mu.t come from States which are certain:
ard n ust cone immediately The great work Is
to be done here the decisive battle OF the he.
publican eaule is to be fought in east
Of the Alleghspies, aud especially in this city.
We don't want Mass Conventions trudging rom
the sIar 9a,t but we need meetings aud the dis
tributi,n Of newspapers and documents Penn
EVIL, ,nia il .hamefuiIy neglected by the sure Re
publican States, and you will 6nd it out too late II
you d. MT discover it Immediately. W. IL. r.
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