The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-07-04


1t does seem to US that palmer case of emisbeha
''viour' in Office cannot exist. than is 10 no s,na
III MS "lfu and contumacious disregard of the au-
lhority OF the Court of Appeals. We have already
heard 1t rumored that the Grand Jury DESIGN. AT
'heif present session, to present the entire Crini
mai court as nuisance, which it unquali6edIy is
ana worse. We hope that they will not sion
lhere We hope that they will indict the Judoe
himself for his ''msbehaviour''-for that habit
ua neglect of duty and violation of decorum. If
winch the indignant voice of whole commun itv
has already pronounced him guilty.
If our readers can imagine the Carroll viadnc+
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad swept avov
ana hood OF the depth of twelve feet RUSHING
through the gorge now securely spanned bv that
strong masonry, and one of the great Western ar
oouthern trains of the road plungng into il at fn
sPeeu III the deep gloom of midnight they NAV form
some conception of the scene which occurred nm
Micnigan southern Railroad on the evening of the
zth OF June Into just such chasm, filled nv inst
such torrent, did such train loaded with one HIM
u'eu anu hlty human beings, many of whom were
sieeplng IN their berths, and all unconscious and
ORGANIZES of the fate before them madv lean Alone
the fearful catalogue of railway disasters tborrb
Soe nave been more prolific ofcarnage the eve rosie
on none in which all the proportions of the horrible
are more awfuiy filled out Upon that devoted train
the most potent elements of nature wraatad thai
u'niost rage Fortunate were those struck
| oead by the first shock-nor left to drao tbar
| manned bodies from the wreck to be borne off
snrleking and helpless on the raging food and cast
with the DRIFT on the limbs of overhangipg trees
or buried with the wreck in the ouicksand Not
| even great battles where the dead and wounded
are counted by thousands, appeal fearfully to bu
man sympathies as the thought of that peaceful
train thrown suddenly into peril 50 mucb mora
terrible! We subjoin few particulars:
STATEMENT THOMAS PARDEE.
The tank of the engine, the smoke stack an5 .
lie" spllnters was all that discernable of tho
wreck of the train. A large force of men were en-
gageG IN Pieklns up the bodies and many were ex-
cavatng the debris, but considerable had been cav
RED OH by the torrent The culvert was said 70 he
py those who knew, strong one, but not wide
enough th Tor the purpose, and many had predicted
that 1T would be washed out by the embank,nent
hrst being carried off by the wide and onrood
the case. o. " ~ "een
Some nine ofthe wounded passengers had boor
carried 10 MlshWauka, and were laid out ON pallets
arranged IN large room in the hotel Evnrr coro
was bestowed upon them. The towns people were
particularly asSldu0us in their attentions to the sic
whlle there were some four or five doctors on LonJ
uead Dodes were picked up and laid ont in tho
ears, win Sheets covering their faces. The men
nau Workee TWO hours to get one woman out of the
wafer. she was, OF course, dead when recovered -
The sleepng-car seemed to be uniniured With +bo
exception of few broken windows II Law in .
diagonal direction from the track The enGina shot
some forty ieet distance from the west bank of the
raVine, by which we conclude the train was ooinr
at rapid rate The scene on the hanks of tbo
ravlne, Nr. Pardee says, was truly awfnI nc ono
may well suppose, but he says tie amount orhuman
nf1an, tl,n.,, i
In the Mishwauka hotel he saw a fine little hnr
ABOUT nine years old, with his left leg broken and
almost open through the thigh while the RIGHT leo
IS cut completely OF; The lad failing fast, and
He was one of family of five children. with tbo
mother, who were going to meet the father and the
husband ofthis family. The mother was killed
daughter IS missing and another boy is wounded
put not seriously. lie is in the same room with hi.
wretched brother, while he saw another Of the
young ones, six years old, dead. HAVING had his
face completely cut off: The bodies oft6e females
dead and wounded Mr. Pardee Judges them to have
been mostly second-cIass passengers
One passenger got out Of the sleeping ca into the
current; and was swept along, but in going down
he luckilv clutched hold of a tree and nv that
means effected a landing.
UNEXPECTED RELIEF
one gentleman of Chicago had sent his wife
three children and sister eastward on the fatal
night. lie was early INQUIRER The ohIig
ing operator despatched a messare of inonirT
and he stood by the instrument, picture of
woe, waiting an answer In reply to oues
uon, he SAID that he had put his family in the
forward car. He was told to expect the worst be-
cause the destruction of life in that car was fearful
lie trembled like an aspen leaf, and the sweat of
agony stood like rain drops on his brow. In reply
to another question, he said that his wife was r6
ing only as far as Kalamazoo. He was told fiat
Kalamazoo was on the Michigan Central and that
his precious ones could not be involved in this
catastrophe at all. The relief came too suddenly
q rnv nIsinT fn1ln
happy and thankful man threw himself into chair
ana wept like child. rough-bearded customer
VINO related the incident to us, says that he also
cried as he witnessed the thrilling scene
a woman who was on the train with her husband
and five children ran wildly about all night seek
ing her family, but without success, until morn
ing, when she found them all dead. She then went
to farm house, few yards off where after sitting
some minutes, the wretched wife and mother ex
pired.
Mr.. Rice says that gentleman, with his wife
ana two children, We're on the train pleasure
trip to the East. But in the accident the parties
became separated. The husband found one of his
young ones dead in TIE morning. next he found
his vile, dead, but with her arms closely embra-
ing the other child, who was saved.
The violence Of the shock can beinferred from
the fact that the strong iron safe of the express
man was shattered into fragments. Mr. Heaton.
the express agent at this place. was promptly on
the spot and aided by the express messenger of the
night train from the east saved all of the money
winch had been in charge of the deceased messen-
ger that could be found. As close this letter, the
engineers body has just been found, alongside of
his engine, dead at his post.
From the To'edo BIade, June so1
LATER PARTICULARS.
Passengers of the unfortunate train left the scene
OF disaster at O'Clock last evening and arrived
here at 3 O'Clock this morning From the officers
and passengers of the train we gather great va
riety of facts and Incidents which we Shall rive
with as much order as time will admit
For the Information given below we are much in
debted to Rev. Mr.. Fish, w. f. Calliran Exnress
Messenger and Mr.. Babbington the SURVIVING
6rakesman. The unfortunate train left Chicago at
$50 on Monday evening, and consisted of five pas
senger cars, besides the baggage and express car.
IT arrived at South Bend about IS minutes behind
time, and made the fatal leap at about 1917 O'clock
at night.
The number Of lives lost cannot be given. and
probably never will be. Mr.. Calligan, who left
Mishwauka about ten O'Clock last night tells MS that
thlrty-hve dead bodies had been recovered at that
time. and three or four of the wounded had died
making about forty deaths, far as heard from
But from the strength ofthe current and the fact
that several bodies had already been found scattered
for great distance below the gorge it seems rea-
sonaole to suppose that others vet to be found
there, and perhaps some yet in the mass of ruins
and mud in the chasm
Up to last evening inquests had been held on
thirty-three bodies "
! lady who was carried down by the current and
saved by catching hold of a limb. saws at least a
uohen human bodies, some alive and calling for as
ISSUANCE, and some still and lifeess passed by her
|
me chasm produced by the waters was about one
H Fn 1eet IN width and from twenty to thirty
eet aeep. The depth of water at the time of the
| tIt was ABOUT twelve feet. So nowerfnl WIS
cue current at the time that even masses Of con-
red seVe T9d To and bars of railroad were
the suddenness of this powerful flood I5onerhng OF
Twelve boars we alta, itae that at Yesterday only
little water passing and by evening" not was very
| feet. o'ossihS with dry
fH"eA' oy the Arabia, contains no joke worth 70
Peaung' ihere are two cuts-one of the Loodon
D"4,"' season, =, which, as representation of the
stencil OF the Thames, will arrest the haboIda.,.
breathe and another gives a view of the sooodo 1:n
an artist OF the Royal Academy and pre-. RanbooI
lite IN the foreground-which are models ofdrawing
and wood engraving.
TRIALS OF A TRAVELLER
H.. r,.. GA CAPE MAr June 3Oth, 1859.