New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-28

| iustsd auicably with the plaintiffs without Jury
! t,Iai. Some were settied by arbirratieb orr law
giving Ia bOiL plaintiff and defendant tie RI zht to
call in tie ao OF sIhiEa'ors, true saving time aud
| cv-ts to al parties. As tie NewIork law fyes
ECO as .br msSpun to b. pad for lie last by
! rsiITosd casualty, that adopted by the
Csmcen s0d Amboy in settlement OF d,mages
They paid for every OF tie ves, sbou. thirty
sacrificed 10y the accident referred to. One ca.e
only has been delsyec in being settled. that Of Mr.
Gillespie srd his wife Of Mississippi. both OF whom
died Ut Burlington. after unders oIng amputitiOn If
the lower limbs. Previous to his death,
Nr. GiHr-pie executed a will, in which be dis
posed Of more thsn half rlilon Of property. HIS
hsirs. however. resisted all oyertuses from the
Company toward an amicable settlement, aud CON-
nenced euit. VI lille this suit pending. the ter.
r;ble accident occurred % the North Pennsy VAN,
ro.o, by which some sevea'y passengers, on ape
cia excursion train. vera killed under the most
horrible circumstances many of them being roasted
alive by the burliDg Of the cars. One Of these
cases a girl If fourteen. was brought before the
Supreme Court for adjudication on a suit instituted
by the father for damages. The Court laid down
tie law that the measure Of damages must be the
actual o-s suffered by tee tatber in being deprived
Of the services Of his child. Under this ruling the
jury gave him 500 damages. Az this decision
governed the Gillespie cases, the heirs concluded 10
accept the Company standing offer OF $40, 600.
III
given them dollar. IL il believed that this closes
10 the account Of loss from that accident. Since
that event an improved police on the road has
avoided hil expensive disasters, and in spe OF the
hard times the road hos Continued to do 80 proht-
able BURNERS az to brig up It's dividends to neary
the Old point. II is SAID, how truly knoY not,
that a. soon the small hostiDg debt OF the Com
Isny is pair on. they intend converting Amboy into
a ai.st shippiug port for the coal trade. 10 the
IL ,I. tt ~. ,ufr mn he fdeI he
inc of the John Stevens, full Sl4O 600, and the re-
pairing al heavy damages to the Canal and road By
u irerhet in the Delaware.
The science and practice of horticulture is be-
coming inst now OF specially with our c!ti-
zens than ever. One of them, Mr. George II.
Stuart will shortly have an American aloe IN bloom
the plant which flowers only in q century.
1t Is nearly thirty years since such an event has
been witnessed here. at that tine it was the
theme of journalist commendation, and thousands
went out 10 Prat,s celebrated garden 10 enjoy the
splendid sight Since that period horticulture and
the lcye Of flowers has become systematic pursuit
smODg US. Where n hundred saw the aloe III bloom
thirty years ago, thousand viii behold 1t nov.
Taste like most other things, is progressive. The
plant shoots up gigantic flower ia the certer OF
numerous branches pyramidally arranged around it.
These branches al.o produce greealsh yellow flow
ers, The flower stem Of MIR. StuaIts aloe now
reaches q hight of - feet promising most gor-
ceous development of bloom. The plant weighs
nearly ton and half. When Mr. Pratts aloe
was exhibited, contribution was exacted from
each visitor for til benefit Of the Orphan Asylum.
Now. Mr.. Stuart viii display his in ard of the Young
Mems Christian Association, of which he - tho
principsl promoter and friend. Hundreds OF your
readers must be sufficiently interested in the subject
to be anxious 10 know when this tropical wonder
will unfold its elaborate loneliness, and doubtless
will desire to come and enjoy the rare exhibition.
-, hall inE art dc .ata tng mr.
la addition to this floral demonstration, the Penn
sylvania Horticultural Society proposes to establish
a great Botanical Garden and Arboretum. Shchaux,
who il celebrated for his travels in this couttry and
Bis elaborate work on Ameucon forest trees, leit
legacy 10 our Philosophical Society OF Sl2, 600,
when it is proposed to make the nucleus of n iuhd
sufficient to cary this humaDiziug enterprise into
operation. All kindred societies VIII be called on
10 share in tie glory OF undertaking Tor the com
mon good. Although this project has been several
times uusuccessfully preached yet the feeling now
developed in ito favor is stronger aud more general
than On by previous occasion
There Are strange anomalies Observable among us
iust now While some OF our iirc companies are
mere sssoub,Ggcs 1T ruilens who r''h To hres win
pistols in their pockets, and discharge them prons-
,uously INTO the crowd, killing ton.e and clpphng
otherr rs many as nineteen compsnie. have been
brought within the Influence Of the great AWAKEN
inc and now hold rcgiJu meetings III TIER seVefa
engine bouses every sabbath evening. The great
revival of religion hiss by no moons aied 0ut Prayer
meetings are hid in twelve different places dllly.
TIE Tabernacle Tent Of the icnos Men christian
Association holds n sunrise meeting, ana anothor III
the evening The business mems prsyer-meetnS
cort;nucs ~ be held daily at Jeynes Hail. in Chest
nut street 1t is still attended by large audiences
The whirlwiud ana tempest of IL. revival having
passed the stiU, small voice is distinctly audole 10
Ire awakened conscience. Many evidences OF its
rover nieht be related But il needs a personsl
visit to these interesting meetings to Yeaze tae icr
yor OF these who attend, and toe undated zeal .,
these Who conduct them. The unon among Ell
shades Of Christians is 80 perfect as ~ s!moolHe
shat everlasting Sabbath when all disputes SHAH
cease: when every denomination of true Christisns
viii discover that each was but side chapel IN the
same grand cathedral wOfshlp.ng under the same
ROOF, resting On the same floor, chanting tee same
divine hymn. ony in different dialects oil the same
mother tongue: and that instead OF quarrellng as
they now Go, they should have forgiven the smaller
points on which they differed, for the sake al Inc
maenfcoE: and glorious one on when they were all
united.
The Tabernacle Tent, movable pavilion, hiss
proved 20 great an acquisition 10 the cause that an.
other Of these canvas sanctuaries has been ptched
and was open three times Sunday. Alter performing
duty in one destitute locality, the stakes are pulled
UP ind again planted in hes one. Inc tent can
thus be pitched IN the very waste places oil tne CITY,
among population who never enter tho walls OF
popular church. Into this pebeisn structure, how
ever. Inc lalne and the bal. summoned from me
waysidc 10 hear the Word and to pray This flying
sanctuary is happy imitation OF tie Temperance
tents which once induced 20 many 10 abandon their
CUBE.
A novelty in tie way of SKINNER excursions mas
been undertaken ty the Professors ri our Poytecn-
mic College. They mustered the pupils for tramp
over TIE mountains and coal fields, combining seen
tic investigation with pedestrian exercise. Inc
,o,,,hs .ct c;i nr.n.re. Ia rough L M the woods