New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-02
NEWJERSEY ITEMS.

W. W-ULNOE xx1AAO.
A FATAL FIsHlxa ExcURsIoS-DEATH or oa1
MAN FROM IsroxIcArIoS AND ENPosvRr. AND raos-
ABLE DEArs OF AsoruER.-Hoboken was the scees
Of Sad affair on Saturday afternoon. party Of i've
mer, named Hirsm Myers Benjamin Parseli Thcoas
Goodwin. james Murray and VIM. H. s. Smith, vese
from New York in boat to raft Of timber lying ae9
| the Eysan Fields for the purpose Of fshiDg, sa6
while there became intoxicated that they were an
conscious, and three of them laid down upon the rs
Que side Of the raft rested upon the beach In such
maprer tina, it would not host and while they were
lying there 80 by their frequent ibs,isas
that they were in ensible of anything the tide ross
ard their persons became nearly submerged In wss>s
In this condition they found about o'clock %
Saturday evening, and removed TO the lIoboksa Sta
ton House Physicians were a. once called TO thsar
aid AZ after the application Of restorstives two %
them revived bu. smith was found to be beyoni To
possibility of recovery ard he died durirgshe evening
Ju,tice Morris X. Crane OF Hoboten, yesterday
forenoon announced Jury and held IN inquest spss
the body, then lying at the S,ston-House. The foa
| lowing is the substance Of the testimony:
Hiram Myers testified that be lived at No. iis Hem
mond street New York; that bisef Psrsel murray, DE
win and deceased from Nswfot. IN Doe, TO ss ron
raft 1s sSv G . ri :' u snsS s.d
Geld snd another man csme on the ran with bottle escs
asked them drink the contents Of the bottle being drss
they they had gallon that they had LETT IN dse
store in Hotoken; Smith Psrses and MsDshelds freud u0
snins the other gallon which they continued dalns
and ,hDg the last witness ccoects o. deees.ed he vas COS
dorsby intoxicated and sitting IN TOE boat wnich hsd ee.s
pulled up the raft witness objected nothing more aste
he himself In the Station House where he had been
vcyed deceased sasy effected by liquor aud that which
drama very strong.
Benjamin Parsells testified that deceased drsnh
twice out Of the bottle and tour tines out OF ths demoss
O'Clock witness noticed that the tide sins and
that the vat We; Souns up on the ran. witness; su 3
ahead Of Myers and se when no looked srnd md
ley AFT. saw deceased LAYING his head down on the rs:
going on the raft foil overheard and got ashore after which
cave end from there to the fcrrI when wen, New
York ibe next saw Of deceased was when he was yins dssa
John Lemair-one of tree men who were working
the raft during the dsytefed that be saw the 6shi.s
liquor ba. them st.oGp, get Of aud that
then ucceeded about O'Clock witns and the two men Who
I've ~Si sa Sn AVN TO .ss .
The binder the i and gyer. SITTING the bot',
w'. found deceased lying 'nsthwss Of toe log. With ~
10 nearly dead and Maos cid and Myers cold sad In
sensible aId unable to help theneyss put them al sos
Mansfield to their seriousness but deceased sPpssredts
be lead.
James Webb, Of No. GAL Hudson street, New-Yorh,
testified to having the pstie. on the raft sboot oset
tie sernoep that he assisted Murray 10 Now York ts
Myers Msnsod and dscessd lying tho rs stated By ~
lax witness except the tide had not over bod
Romeo Cbabet, ID. d., testified that he had. h
:. mps1y with Dr. J9 .9 mad Sc % ,S,,
sscd and especially the braD isa. death wa. produced -
After . bIitf del Iteration, the Jury returned "
following vsrdic.:
We the Juiy 6nd that the deceased 20 his d~sA
from on. produced by excessive drinking Of hqs's -
sIppars"
A permit was given 10 the friends Of the decreased
by the Coroner and the body removed to bis IAss
reederce In Grove street, New York.
It. was stated in Hoboken yesterday that Murray
who bad been removed ~ the residence Of sone rslar
tive in Ne~-York, had been given up by his phys
crane as beyond the hope Of recovery bu. oar rcposs
could nos ascertain whether net he was yet alive.
AccIpEsrs rIY R,tLso.D collision eccu,r.d bctvvs
OF Isrs running each o,r nssr The Bastes.s
Icar zee week ssu~ = ne n =, va. s s,s 80 -
the END erterne tho o;hsf made large 70. W ne 80
ard 'Egktly injured passenger iNe~nsk Adsertisss-
To the Editor " TIE " T. TribHae
The above notice OF On accident on the Esw-Jesssy
Raiosd zoh srd pabsh.d In THg TRIsusE OF Tn 49,
TO have been written 70 cover vits netis.t Of -
Coz by Assigning the collision 70 fase IL -
owrs sinking Of the tracks hut ~ the fact hst the two
rsets laid .se ether ia. BY The SIMPLE .wsyg
whenever trains tbs they bsbs -
strike and this has ocosIed several ocosons has ssa
Sars,Snt vet DO sttsp,ion Wa paid to it. nor any sas
made the tack The splinter ard forese
iObg and inches WIDE which torn Oh tho dves
tbroush TIE slice sinking aud severely D0rns two
p,t.so of ore that they narrowly escspod With shs hvs~
usy emerging at tbs opposite side tearing away the hessy
al stsnettBs With il.
You VII see that this scis.nt deserving Of syesv
reprobsD the pe.s n,,es Of being suppressed y. hAvs
reason The Company desired shsoid BE- os vss
the repetition Of collision a. spot where TIE on sn on -
roed KARI they pbs the Lives OF their PsssoesfS
Ions a. they omitted 10 apply tis Dropf rereay'
To quiet the fears Of the thousands pas'ins oyst nn -
dsDy should b. that ths Cor1ps hs snce this 400
dent" sad ard increased Ls d4nee bet seen the esoxN
thus virtually admitting the us cause 70 Be na 90, ~ .ess
here sssixpeI. A PASSENGER On THE TRAIN
UuDso, CousTy NosISATIoss.-The election ssf
shs AID rnbers Of Assembly takes place Ia Hoa
~ ,n,x tom orow There but two tic tsts IN ths ~
M Rsoubdcans ard Americans having united upos - a
.ada,es Excepting under the of Psess
Nomination.. The .ickets follows:
DxaocRAIIc TICKET.
70, S2e,if-H. u. Beatty.
Coyonr,-Be.rard GcAnnsly of Jersey City Samuel Whh
psy OF HoboSsr anu Matthew u Cormett Of Harrison
5sse-blym,s-I ss District Robert G. Bscot: I'D Dissssd
VIM. vooIhes; lid District. Jacob -, 'reeiaad.
OPPOSITION TICKET. ......-.f
SheTis-FpbIs!u Pray. .
Cotcss-s-Anesear Daniel L. Reeves q Jersey GUY. As-
han Spo.r Of BerfD ard BelGe. Crane Of Hoboses
publis Benny Be-. q Jersey City, Joba korp~
Eobosen. sno Henry Std of Bergen. .
Aseablgneslst Disssiet, Bszston Wstley; ud psss>~
Matthew Insin, lid District, JsrTet Van horn
ByYIIBo IN BrHkLF OF THx ERIE RaLsoss.
meeting of TIE soek and bosdo.aess Of toe kfss
sisrs IN Jsssey City. srd ,h9 pUperty ~
Sustaining tle read ts &c he bss Jtrsey Cry NAs ~
fo tse psrose de,isiss seus a ssssas> ~ -
sfosstsas set sarosnas6 n ~ q 49, y.