The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-03-15

The Senate yesterday, after electing NJ. Rusk, of
Texas, Chairman pro tempore, and passing the
nsHaI complimentary vote of thanks TO the Vice
President, went into executive session, confirmed a
hatch Of appointments, chiefly foreign Consuls, and
then adjourned sine die The names of the sue
seesful candidates for Office, together with some
additional facts respecting the amendments to the
Rsilss treaty, are given in the special despatch
from Washington, under the Geographic head.
The steamship America, with the European mails
- the 2sth ut., arrived at Boston yesterday after
pcon. The mails will reach New York this morning.
Boston paper says the iron steamer Circsssisn,
belonging TO the North Atlantic Steam Navigation
Company, was to have sailed from Liverpool on
Saturday, March Z, for Portland, touching at St..
Johns, N. F., and Halifax. This ship is said to be
. model one, and the owners are confident that she
win make the run to St. Johns, so that her ne VS.
may be telegraphed from that place in one week
From the time she left Liverpool, viz, yesterday.
BeY arrival at ST. Johns has not been announced.
The steamers Ericsson for Liverpool, and the
Edinburg tor Glasgow sailed from this port at noon
yesterday.
Additional particulars OF the lamentab,e railroad
accident in Canada are given in another column.
At last accounts sixty bodies had been recovered
Sron The wreck, and it was feared that all had not
been found.
Another dreadful railroad accident has occurred
u happened on Friday evening, on the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad, at Altoona station. An emigrant
arain Standing the track was run into by heavy
freight train crowding the Car into the one De-
fore t. and causing the instant death Of six Of the
% ssenge-s, and mutilating ten or twelve others
A most melancholy case Of suicide by lsudanum,
in consequence Of disappointment in love, occurred
Gu Friday night at No. 81 Rvington street. The
victim was German GIRL about twenty-five years
OF age named Caroline Guelich. A letter written
nv deceased, explaining her reasons for committing
selfdestruction, was found upon her person. Al
though frequent ausion is made to the fasehearted
lover still has been taken to conceal his name
from the public. Elsewhere will be found full
account Of the melancholy affair.
Resolutions were yesterday presented in the Mas
sschusetts House of Representatives appropriating
she hunered thousand dollars 10 be expended in re-
ieving such settlers in Kansas as have been may
be hereafter despoied by the border rufans and in
defending the legal and constitutional rights of the
settlers before the judicial tribunals. Provision Is
also made for the appointment Of three commits
sioners to dsburse the funds This reads very well;
hut the munifcence Of Massachusetts, in the way Of
resolutions passed into proyerb long ago.
March so far has been a month Of snow storms.
W commenced with a furious storm, which it was
fondy hoped would lie the last. II proved however,
hut the precursor Of series Of wet, muddy, sloppy
slushy scurvy little snow showers, that are sure TO
re-conmcnce when every one reasonably anticipates
dry weather and clean streets Yesterday morning
We had another storm, which extended over large
surface Of country. il was violent as TO impede
the railroad trains Baltimore. 1t did not last
Jonr however, and the sun, on its rising. immedi-
s:ely melted the snow SO completely that by three
O'Clock in the afternoon scarcely vestige of It
was 20 be seen in any part Of the city.
The annexed table shows the temperature Of the
asmOspAev in New York during the past week,
The range Of The barometer, the variaxos Of tAe
wind currents and the state Of the weather at three
psrisds during cash day, viz: at A. NJ and and
o'clock p. N. The highes; range OF the thermo
meter was on yestardsy afternoon, when II reached
Al. The lowest on Saturday 18th, inst. when II
r~Arkel Is derrers above zere.-