New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-24

deuce Lss spu,ng up among US that the LecOmptOn
uIdle cannot pass the H0use, ana that the peace
full ,etlers in Kansas will be saved from the neces-
sity Of rcsOrtng to open war III resisting It's enforce
mcnt. This hope is founded on public as wei g.
priv ate sdyices from quarters able to give res
bic information Mr. Buchanan's organ The Penn
s,Jraujar grows frantic at the prospect Of defeat
des ounces Bell and Crittenden as superannuated
who gasp ont their asthmatic and faccid oratory"
and calls the South Americans who repudlate Lee
compton, "profigate Know-Nothing politicians,
who will vote on the main question as TO the i'm
" mediate admission of Kansas as they may like.
We do not ask their votes" Here is precious
and significant admission by the Presidential organ
which foreshadOws distinctly lts consciousness OF 40
ipnOminious defeat. The weak twadde of this chat
tering journal s strongly cOntrssted by the yehe-
meLt impetuOsity with which The Press bears down
upon and oyerhaus the whole subject of the Kan
sas sWirdle spsriDg Mr.. Buchanan, however, as the
victim of n delusion instead of denouncing him as
the leading consprator, 30 that hereafter they may
again coalesce close the ugly wound at present ex
istng. by huge plaster rendered unctuOusand heal.
ing by the soft influence Of Treasury pap, and once
more 60 on their way rejoicing The Pennsyira-
nian enjoys the Government advertising and con-
tract for printing 100000 worth of blanks The
Press enjoys literally nothing. What greater griev
ance could be mentioned for OcofOcoism to quarrel
about How much more tender is the pocket than
the conscience.
There il no abatement in the fervor of the great
revival now in progress among the churches III and
all around this city. On the contrary 1t Is evidently
becoming more general and intense. Vast crowds
continue TO assemble daily at Jaynes great Concert
Hall, in Chestnut street, to indulge in prayer, ard
to listen to the numerous preachers OF all denOm-
nstiols. Among these the Rev. Dudley Tying
low-church Episcopalian, is very prominent. These
meetings number z, 500 to 3, eco persons Persons
of all faiths and creeds unite harmOnously by in
prsyer and singing. Teegraphc dispatches pass TO
and fro between the meeting and other assembltgcs IN
yu,r city so that both meetings may unite in stimuli
tane0usy singing the same hymns. The enthusiasm
of the occasion gives even to the teegraphic wires
new and heretofore undiscovered magnetlsm-the
sympathy OF Christian efiOrt-fOr these messages of
eve pass over them free of charge.
At one of these meetings clergyman stated that
fifty members had been added to his church the
previous Sabbath. Daily prayer-meetings are also
prodigiously crowd The same animated exer-
cises and fervor prevail. At st. Pauls Episcopal
Church. a daily prayer-meetng Ii also he'd to
which all denominations OF inqulrIng minds are
publicly invited. At the Nazareth NJ. L. Church,
meetings for prayer and Christian experience are
held every afternoon and are Dumerously attended.
At this church the revival has been five weeks in
progress, and three hundrC have been added to the
fold ole hundred of whom were men. AT st.
Matthew'S Lutheran Church, prayer-meetlngs are
also held every evening In the churches all round
this city the same miraculous awakening seems to
prevail. 1t is by no means limited to those dtnoml-
nations which have aforetlme heen considered as
especially given TO indulge in revival e1cltemeDts
On the contrary, il evidently embraces almost every
form of church organization. In this unexamped
conviction of the public conscience, the clergy are
most laborOusly active. Those who preach extern
poraneously have new and Onerous tasks imposed
upon them, many Of them preaching three times
daily throughout the entire week Yet they taiLt
not but seem to grow stronger day by day All the
newspapers, secular and religious, testify to the
extraordinary number Of pertons added to the
Church in this revival. Hereafter, no doubt, re-
liable statistics will be collected on the subject 1t
will be as interesting TO be- able to measure the
results Of this movement, as to identity It's PRIMARY
causes. The religious revival OF loo5 n SO remark
able for its simultaneous magnitude that 1t VIII be
pointed to hereafter Of the epochs of the CEN
tury. Whether the true measure OF the good it may
accomplish is to be ascertaned by merely counting
noses, is somewhat doubtful. History admonlshe.
us that great national reyiyas have often followed
great national calamties, and that they have
also sometimes preceded them. The careful student
of the signs Of the times will not lose sight OF the
condolences which exist everywhere around us,
moral monetary, but especially those OF political
character.
You doubtless recollect the frightful accident on
the North PENNSYLVANIA Railroad some two years
ago, when long excursion tram, filled win the
children from several schools, was run INTO ny
pnoher train in consequence OF which some seventy
persons were killed, burnt or roasted alive, the
conductor tbereupon committing suicide IL was
the most horrible accident recorded IN the history
of railroads in any country. The Company promptly
settled all claims for damages wherever they fouud
a disposition to compromise existed. One case,
however was bey Ond their reach and has just been
passed on by Jury. The action was brought Dy
parents to recover damages for the loss OF a child
killed on this occasion. Judge Knox charged that
damages must not be speculative or fanciiul' but
that the pecunlaTy value to the parents Oh te chd
life must be- ascertained. None could be gwen Tor
the distress and anguish of the parents In the os' OF
their child. But compensation may be gwen iofahy
expenses attending the death of the child such as
medical attendance and funeral. In this case the
parents received $l06 from the benefc ai fund.
damages NAV also be given for the loss OF service
of the child. On this point the Jury were told 10
apply their own discretion the Judge declining 70
instruct them. The worth OF the child to society
and TO the parents is one of pecuniary interes, but
this is not q case for exemplary damages, as III
case of fraud oppression or malice. Inc Com
pany gave correct and judicous Instructions u
their agents, which if followed would nave pre-
vented this checking calamity but the agents ais
regarded the instructions, hence no sufflcent neg
ligence was shown by the Company to Justify the
imputaton of malice against them: cnueI 'nl'
charge the jury rendered verdict 0f SlOo daiiia'
ges in favor of the parents.
have been twice to the Arch street Theater to
witness the performance cf the greatest HISTORICAL
tumble ever produced at any playhouse, called the
Declaration Of Independence" The scene Is
Philadelphia and the Revolution il the time. But
the author whose name does not as Yet appear
while producing play which attracts large audi