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NOTICE TO TRAyELIERs.--NEw ARRANGE

NOTICE TO TRAN NELIIERS.--NEW ARRANGE-
IN MENT, WITH GREATLY IMPROVED SCHEDULE WASH
MGTON DIRECT 10 ALI PARTS OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
POTOMAC STEAMERS AND fEMOND AND POTOMAC RAIL
Two daily lines from Washington for the South
Southwest Boats their bes 9th street at 6
and Passengers by the morning boat obtain fine
breakfast board and enjoy pleasant sail Of 3 hours down the
beautiful Potomac passing full view OF Mount Vernon by the
evening they supper and OF four hours in
comfortable berts and arrive in Richmond In time to
with all the trains for the South and Southwest
The great southern mail conveyed over this route being Al
miles shorter and 100 miles less rroadng than by other route
making certain
fDHacksnRG IhoHnosD, PstsnrRG VIRGINIA WEDoS AND
WILMINGTON, n c. CHARLESTON s. c. AUGUSTA MONTGOMERY
Ap MoiR ALA, NEw ORLEANS sounsRs clrIt
Richmond nanvie Soutbside, Virginia.
Tennessee, and East Tennessee railroads
FOR THE SOUTHWEST TO
hnvtIe, Bristol, Talton
Chattanooga, Huntsville, Memphis, ...
Iynchbug, Knoxville, Atlanta,
Nashville, Grand Junction, Montgomery,
.... and New Orleans.
For through tickets and further Information Of tho route inquire at
the ticket Office No. 372 Pennsylvania avenue door
Browns Hotel board the boats foot OF 9th street
GEO. l.. MAT1TNIY,
August lily Ticket Agent
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New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-04
SOLDIERS ATTACKING A CITIZEN

Tie Dallas Texas Herald has the following letter,
dated Belknap, Nov. s. giving an account Of serious
ARRAY at that place.
zone OF the greatest outrages that has ever ds
grGctd this State the army occurred this afternoon
at this place. In difficulty which occurred between
a citizen Mr. Pettyohn, and a soldier, the soldier was
shot The r lat LITTER taken up to tie gasn an
himself up to the Sheriff. While accompanying the
Sheriff mp to fhe Justices office, party Of soldiers
completely armed belonging 70 Company b OF the "a
Cavalry, who had just arrived from Fort Mason aud
to whom the soldier belorged cane over 10 the town
and commenced firing upon Mr.. T., who, in attempt
ing to escape, ran into Mr.. Fisher Hotel.
"The soldiers, twenty in number, headed by a GER
gesnt named Kosepdoph, followed MP, firing indis-
crimr atey at every they saw running, and then
surrounded the hotel and fired into It until they
stopped by Major Thomas, who came down in haste
accO npaned by several of his officers and a guard of
soldiers. Mr.. T. was literally shot to pieces though
at the present time he is lot dead Those of the sol
diers engaged in the outrage arrested by Com
pany ID, under command Of Capt. Palmer.
"The officers, and particularly Major Thomas,
acted with promptness and good judgment in the
affair. The few citizens who were near were unarned
and taken by surprise, were unable to resist.
There was n difference OF opinion as 10 who was
ip the wrong when the 50 der shot, The soldiers
urge that he was fayorte Of the company and that
they understood he was imposed upon. Tbs, an
| satisfied, is not so. The soldier lAleXandeI) was
drinking to be sure bnt must have been guilty OF
some outrageous G nduct to have ilOuced sober
man. Pettyiohn ut the time, to ave slot him.
"The soldiers engaged in the attsck were pu. under
arrest by the commandant and held subject to arrest
by the civil authority; but strange 10 say, attempt
was made to get out writ notwithstanding there
many eye witnesses to the affair." until afli-
davit made before the Chief Justice, some twenty
or twenty -four hours after the occurrence IL is not
for NE to say where the wrong IT, who in fault.
am hoping much from the District Court, to cure
many of the evils of which citizens complain.
- Bust-Head as usual, ha. hal his due influence
in the above affair, he has in nearly all the diff.
cultiss which have occurred here.
Both the wounded men are doing well, and viii
very likely recover. Nj. Pettyiohn received tSo
shOis in each arm one in the right chest this one
ranging round, in the face, and esh.wound in
thy left shoulder. lie has also wound behind the
tilt ear, but whether it produced by shot, or
piLce of glass, is not known. Alexander received a
wound from si1shOoter, the ball passing through a
his mouth and out at the back Of bis neck"
New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-04

SERIOUS RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
From The chioagO Pren and Tribune.


A collision of most serious nature took place on
the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, at the crossing If
toe Fremont and InjaI a Ralrod on Saturday morn
TO connect Sandusky by nearly airline route south
westerly with the Belefonaine Railroad near the In
diana State line. This latter road crosses the Cleye-
land and Toledo at grade at Fremont station, 80 miles
east of Toledo
The express train which left the city Friday at 10
p M, had reached the Fremont crossing as above at
II Of Saturday, and was running at rapid speed
says our informant, eyewitness of the disaster
when il suddenly struck by Construction train
loaded with rails Fortunately the collision, made at
nearly right angles, was sucn that the engine of the
coldirg tain struck the second-clAss car dashing il
10 fragments and wreckirg both trains, though 1t left
the succeeding and wellhci passenger cars Of the
Toledo train ~ share in a disaster Of less perous
train, were thrown from the track, and, with their
passengers, suddenly much mixed up with tae debris
of the wreck.
Several passeng injured, but 1ne seriously.
Charles Beck, a brakeman, was, il is feared, fatally
wounded. a NJ VIM. Hill OF Foster, X. l., who was
IN the second class car was also iIjured and niraeq-
lously escaped instant death.
Had tae construe ion train been one instant later
and thrown lis !ul force against either of the following
20 the struck, II scarcely possible that
several If not many. among the l50 passengers mus,
have been killed. The locomotive Of the construction
trGn dashed clear across the track and lay overturned
and broken in the ditch.
On bosrd the passenger train was 4. II. Valeutue
Of this city, also T.. x. Warren. From our iniorma-
ton blame seems ~ rest with those in charge Of the
train s. RS il fdenty asserted that neither train
blew is whistle, or otherwise siguaed o. slaCkened
speed rs they reared the crossing.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-04
NORTARA AND CUFFY.
rro. TAe F,tenag', Joyr,al. D.. 4

Every human government has its own peculiar
tfoubes-ts questions of an embarrassing nature
ans seldom il that any interference Of strangers
aid in the beneficial solution of such Internal Ques-
tona What good, for example. could have been
efoced last Winter by the officious meddne of Tho
French and English Ministers at Washington With tIe
Kansas u.s.ion With what temper would we, or
any paI ~ the Amercsn people, have received infor
nation ,ilat Pope Plus IA. had sen. an envoy To Mr.
buchanan, To demonstrate against The bad example
of tical ir,ustce ~ the breach Of public promises
and hcial fahb in the relations of our Government
with any portion Of the people Of the United States
American Minister at Rome 10 eXpostula,e with the
Poptifcsl Government in regard TO the affair Of the
Motara family Gen. tAss has very properly refUsed.
], j. iple.d tue, Dfregn embassies were Bha. they
New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-04
MARINE AFFAIRS.
fAvvcH POSTPONED.

Tie lsunch of the bark Catalina has been postponed
until Tuesday ne1t when will take place at Clock
at Williams yard, foot of Quay street, Greenpont'
MANAGEMENT OF BOATS ~ A BROKEN SEA.
TIE Royal National he-bost Institution has issnsd
the following crc liar TO IL branches IN respect 70 the
proper management Of boats when running 10 the
shore in heavy, broken sea. 1t is hoped that the
boatmen Of our coast and particularly life boat
swsins viii pay particular attention to the practical
remarks contained in the circular;
Although the proper management OF boat when
running before Groken sea 70 the shore is well
derstood at mary pats OF our coast, yet es nisman-
eg.rrent or careessness uuier s1ch circumstances ia
sii the cause of many boats being upset by brosoh
ng 10 the Committed 81 Ale National Life boat Iast
New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-04

A MAs Lyys HALF DAY WITH THE Tor or Hfs
HEAD CUT OrF.-An accident occurred IN pottery
in the lower end Of Fort street in the outskirts OF 'ne
city, some days since, resulting IN the deatn Oh so
employee of the establishment, which furnishes q
most singular instance Of the tenacty with which No
cings at times to the human frame. Tue man, uaose
name We have been unable to ascertain, was engsgN
in the room where the machinery employed In cutting
and pulverzng the clay il situated. This machine n
large wheel, with heavy knives or cutters placed al
equal distance on its circumference Some disarTange-
ment Of the wheel attracted the attention of the un-
fortunate man, who attempted 10 reach into tho
wheel and adjust ii while it was still revolving, IL
this, however he miscalcusted the speed at whica
the machinery was running, and, before he could VIM
draw himself from der tie knife Il struck him on
the back of the head, low down in the neck, COM
pletcly seveTing the upper and back portion o. lI'
skull on lire close 70 the top Of the ears ana cus
ting through aud removing considerable poruon -
the brain. The most singular cir instance was .oei
the man, in this horribly wounded condition, wskes
into an adjoining apartment whore other workm-
were ard sterward walked to a curiage, IN whics
be rode TO bis home, surviving the accident nesiy
hall day. We doubt if another case OF such eI.
trfne teEacity Of lite be found ia the records
accidents but the actual occurrence ot the above cs
cumsthrce il youcbed for by compet,nt aathontsh
and is beyond doubt. Detroit Free Press, Nov -
New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-04

TIE LADIES OF JAPAS N THE sTEREoscort'-
gentleman who returned not long siace from Jspaa
called uEOl us few days since, for the purPo'e y
showing us some sketches OF Japan and Us peoHr,
which he had mounted for the stereoscope aec'fa.se
to the manner described by in the articles on ~
Sang invention. One of ,he sketches gave ID =.
ceeoi1gly pretty view of Nagasaki; but the more
terosting pictures we're those OF group oil Fais.f =
Their face. are very attractive from the expression ~
genlleDes which IL their chief cbaractefisuc.
are sorry, however. TO have % destroy the P'enas
ilnson which exists as 10 their innocence.
Judge them by our STANDARD, they are the most
moral % the lace Of tue earth. Tae gente man ~ y
f.rIed TO, assmes ~ that the women VINO pin? -
q q in II public gaTders which abound are, 49,
any exception whatever, women OF loose ch.s chai -.
AT Nipop il is difficult even to guess st tben nau'us
So numerous are they. This class OF women are
looked upon in Japan WIKI tEs iosaasv sa%g %aks ps
ard ere invariably well and kindly tressefl
and in cases where they have been purchased BY :.
ke.ner a such houses from their parents when ssy
yoprg tLeee men, if the grls give promise Of beauty,
sYnend considerable Gums on their education, an
teaching theEl y0rions aceomp lshnebts. ,,.,,-~x
The Photographs NV
New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-04

NARROW EscAFr.-Yesterday afternoon, ~
Boston express train from Ne1York gas approse -
obtaining two ycung men. ATTEMPTED to eross "
track at a crossing at that point, when tney 49,
struck by the locomotive with Considerable Iosi
The train was stopped as soon es possible, wen
tie track Ara safely lsn;-d " tie road .nI WI 4
wagon contsiniD the two young men, sss ~ ss,.E
the bumper below the bead.ight, in us'rf ~
tion they had been carried for nearly mos,
wagon, Of course was badly damaged, but nssns 80
the uen was seriously hunt. As soon a, the s
stopped one Of them Jumped to the ground wl,nvt "a
scratch, while the other was helped on aod 4.x =.
the station-h -house when il was found that ne nsS
ceiyed only slight injury be forehead oy co ~,
in contact with the headlight, which was hsIae .ss
his head. We are informed that the Two me. -
recirC at the time with another team which was S,x
Of en- and they were go anxioss to come Tbxt
that they forgot about the approaching tram; .sH
GOT of lucky this time, and we hope they WI"
" " " us' "''e' lsew Hsysn yOussi, pse-'
New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-04
FROM CONNEC FICUE.
Of The N. Y. Tribune.

CorfetcnoeDce Of The N Y. Tribune
NEw-HAyCS, Dec. l. 1853
AsAne newspapers have already mf,rmcd you,
our Town election last Monday resulted in the
triumph Of the Democracy represented by four
hundred Americans and fourteen hundred Irish
mem, BY very small majority. Ihe gathering of
the Celtic claus AT the polls unusually strong,
: for these eNes had great stake in the election.
II has for some years been the policy and practice
of the Democratic Town Agent TO feed the Miesan
poor and clothe the Milcsian naked to any extent
demanded by those who cor troll the votes of these
needy citizens. Their demands have Increased
until our tax payers have thought it worth while 10
attempt some change in the Government. In such
an emergency il was to be expected that every
Irishman would COME to the rescue of his beneac-
tors. Ii was beautiful sight
In fact what sublime spectacle is an election in
this enlig ghtened Republic of ours, "the land of
the - and the home OF the brave" Think of
il The deliberate choice hy Intelligent voters Of
rulers selected for their wisdom, virtue and fitness
10 govern. An orderly and hloodlcss revolution in
o DAY, and all accomplished by the simple agency
Of the ballot, which dropping
Yet exc .cutss flccuant VII,
Ashsltuirs does ;he wli. o; G'd-'
An this aud very much more to the same effect oe-
d 10 UpcS III uOt, WHO'D tsiNh "
approaches Tie polls Draw nigh, oh Patrick, and
deposit your vote. You are exercising the sacred
right of a freeman and your intelligent countennce
beams with a Fardonsole pride.
Don't tell me my narrow minded knOw-Nothlng
friend, that twelvemOnth ago Patrick was bog
trotter IN COnayght. How is that - the purpose
Has he no; for years dcvoted his days and nights to
the study of our Institutions
Is he not familiar with tia FedeSalis. and at
home in our Constitution pj he not leave the
inhertances o; his ancestors and the comforts OF
home-a later Pilgrim in brger Mayt)wer-to
find here land of c;Vil and religious freedom
Since bis arrival on our happy and hespttbe shores
have not his associations been with the good and
tle noble
Ii you insst on il, ] am wiling to adIait that
Patrick does occasionally imbibe. But has not
this been weakness of some of oar great de-
parted and are all living statesmen wholly free
from ts Influence I fear YOU will be- absurd
enough Ia ask that the coored man, bora on our
shores, educated IL our schools and iDtellieenty
New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-04

DFATH FRoH AN OVERDOSE or LAUDAsUN.-
Palmer Tic- drJyer r. PoCghkeep.s, found in
bed fricsy morning e. - lodgings No so Wss' street
vial which Lad tned about Of lsatauu
window m Of he sud il apsr-ut
ceth caused By osereos Il atsngm but whether
taken fer the purpose of selfdc-rtct,u otherwise
could be- oeained Coroner lnnefy ted irqoest on
the BODY and the Jury rdered verdict # De ah
Effects Cf of cGnun" Deceased gout
Jcsis o: ese, AID IsYe of pg:ckess County, y. Z
New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-23
THE REVENUE LAWS-CALHOUN.

VI
WAsHIEG1oS, Feb. 81, 1888.
M John Cochranes bill for the coditicaton OF the
revenue laws has been matured by the COMMITTEE on
Commerce and forwarded to the New.l ork Chamber
Of Commerce to be examined and crltlciseo Dy theh.
The Committee will review the bill, and will incor-
porate the views of the merchants in their report
with such changes as may be thought expedent, ana
submit il to the House as soon as possible. Inc bill
has been prepared with great labor and care by Mr..
Cochrane and is one OF very great practical import
ance There are fourteen chapters The existing dl-
vision OF the collection districts Is retained coast
wise district on the Pacific Is added to the Two
great cOa.twise districts on the Atlantic Inc
Custom House districts are CLASSIFIED according 10
the revenue received, and compensation is made to
depend upon that classification The rates OF cOmpen
saton generally remain unchanged, and are according
to the standard established IN F9'. The compensa,
ton of the marine revenue officers is increased. All
the revenue lava which are In very confused ana
unintegible condition from the repeated repeas re-
enaciments and amendments are codihed uhuer APP
proprate heads 80 that the collectors ana merchants
can readily learn and understand what Is and what
not law Laws directly repealed are excluded, and
those repealed by implication are repeated oucn
additions are necessary to gave eihciehcy 70 Ine re-
mainder, are made. Very few ehsnges are INTRO
duCed and those few are to conform the law to the
prevailing commercial practice.
II seems to be decided by the Administration that
Calhoun shall be directed to return the tree-State
Legislature elected. They saw that mere report 10
that effect would not answer ana no more creoit al
tached to Cahouns word than there is faith in the
professions of the Administration. The recent viola
lion of the promises made by the majority of the
Senate Territorial Committee upon their faith ana
honor shows that no reliance can be placed upon any
OF those who are trying to force abomnable meas
ure through Congress by all dishonorable means
When the certificates given to the Free-State
members it will be believed that Kansas has Free
State Legislature and not before. This s the most
nsdious of all the efforts made to undermine the op
position strength. OF course Free-State Senators
would be chosen and all the State offices would be
sl.as& lnttA
asas poor human nature in its weakest paItthat Of
self interest,
New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-23

Tur PopTRAIrs OF WAsHISGToS.-Rembrand
Peale the venerable painter read paper last evening
before the Historical Society the Portraits OF Wash
ington. He exhibited copy of portrait OF Washing
ton painted by his father when Washington was but Al
wears oh-the first portrait for which he ever sat. The
old man subsequently painted three miniatures at d-
feIent times, ard several whole lengths ana ousts
Washington was sitting for OF these miniatures
when he received the news of the surrender OF Bur
goyne. He himself remembered seeing him often in
Philadelphia and oftentimes after he had met MN
once he would run around square to meet him again.
Washington would say to him sometimes, " How Is
your good father" To Houdons cast of his head, q
projection of the chin and an elevation of the head
gave theatrical air. Mr.. Peale exhibited colossal
monochrome of profile which he had corrected from
Houdon, and which certainly expressed something
grander than the portraits OF the portraits by his
father he thought the eyes and nose were too small.
In the portrait painted by Mr.. Pine the head was EVIL
IDENTIFY too small. Mr.. Peale had the opportunity OF
watching Washington when sitting to his iather III
l.Sj. In 1875 Washington sat to him and his iather
at the same time. On the day that lie sat to stuart
set of clumsy ivory teeth had been fitted INTO
his mouth which ultimately rejected, and stuart
said he found him the most difficult he had ever
attempted to engage IN conversation Washlpg'on"a
sitting to him about the time, but he sat with MS
old teeth-a set now in possession of Mr.. Hams o
Baltimore. While he was sitting some forged letters
were published which were alleged to have been taken
from runaway slave of his These, had been gong
the round. for two or three days nobody daring to ask
him about Them To Mr.. Peales CONSERVATION MS
uncle asked Washington about it while ne was sIttins
to him, in this abrupt way;
General did you write those letters
For few seconds Washington was silent wnich
Mr.. PeaIe pterpreted as Just rebuke to his uncle
rudeness At last he said
'Inever ost any letters. No servant OF NINE ever
ran away from me and then be changed the supee''
In two hours this was known all the chy anu 'e
story settled forever. o..
Mr.. Peae then gave account OF the p0'''a''
W Ice subsequently painted. and which ie 'nous Il
spJClca2d G1re uea.y t. the oGyiosl tlAI aI "-1S'
New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-23
A HOPD IN REPLY.
70 TIE Editor Of The ~ T. Tv-5nrs.

To TIE Editor Of The ~ Tr,5ure
Sr: Will you please to sayt to "Olt Knick tbA
be does not tell the truth His statements regarding
me- in your paper of Feb. 10, are not correct. Lucy
Larcom is not a "Mcy0ry htetess." She Is no' " o.
The Home J0ornai." Hannah Binding Shoes w~
not written Sire years, but about jour years
since. have only to blush that wrote it, and that
Gent il TO the editor of The Kniekerbocker.
The latter was done at time when it seemed desra-
BILE for ne to attempt writing for pecuniafy proht-a
very ridiculous idea, of course-and | inclosed the
poem in letter, intimaDg such desire TO that geo.
tlemap, and suppOsing that courtesy would suggest
that the letter should be answered or the poem re-
turned As neither Of these things was done. and a.
have not seen Tie knickerbocker from that day To
this nor heard till Of the publication OF my poem
therein, innocsntly considered 1t my own property
aud cent it to Tie Cr0yon as an original contributions,
where it was published, as such, last December.
| hereby reclaim from cod Knick" my stolen
goods" which he has inadvertently advertised, aaa
desire any editor who considers the poem IN qgeston
worth copying to credit the same to The Croyo~, 70
which magazine il properly belongs.
Yours truly LUCY LAkc0h-
k,,t,o Mas, Feb i3 1852