The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-06

The TEKRiBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT In
E0RaIA-RArLRoAD TRAIN IN FLOOD.
The Columbus. Ga. Timss, Of Saturday, oonsaaas
t,s hrst particulars that have reached =. o. .'s
catastrophe to the passenger train from eo'amos.
{, Haceus The accident occurred about CIV
10 the morhing. The Times says:
The ,we tsins. the one from edumsus ~ a. shs
ether y Macon. had pamed at the staaion sndail's
sbp nss s os.s ,s cs aity when the cut
ysrts gave way, precipitating the whole III. cmse
the swollen, anxry stream below l. was aI rhs
engine immediately sank % the bottom. and one %
Vas thrown upon y In the STR am. .,,,,v The
;. hair ~. 80 a men sse found them
ssives encin*ed within the marrow limits obsthsr
struggling fortheir lives II 10 not KNOWN nor can
tbs We're saved or rescued give any
account Of their manner Of cape, had II snpk,
Ss eshty q s sse b1idss from the 60 ss
,rtinary) was 10 great TO cause tns o ahont "a
,ser In the swollen TRENT Insan and brak men,
| upon the train. Ofthh number, fourteen al
| % have found q watery grave AT. ,axa not vet
Tue PASSENGER car oated down the stream n;s anu
coming In collision win tns ,sT .orcod 10 give
| way and both car and bridge 0 ated-aoou' on0
mile belw the scene Of the disaster. b,s life by
cIns,na 10 t ps hall mile below the bridge
While thss hanging to the tree be nsssd dsa.h hes'
boy ans near MN from on 70 NJ musan Of this
city. also saved the IIfs Of Mr.. araUmell lsus-
posed psmsl,he railroad s sg ssh. " was broken
SIR. Sneil-the Conduc. or-had ms Iose p'oA'O'
the fall of the car. though saving his ne row to
the cSy "a the creeks are 20 olen and the bri es
80 impaired BY the recent heavy rains as ~
the ming of the trains adangerous eA ,imrsd
| . ap ,hars avada ara less
| The ladies were all lost.
| The names of the dead have been pub!ished'-
The train which had just passed the untor'ona'e
| train alIuded to above, also, ran into curve '
| four feet deep, about mile and half from 70
| lumbus with fatal consequences. The Times
says:
| The train was moving slowly at the time, but
the momentum was sufficient to urge tnG
part WAS in the water In the rear CT TINS was sne
tender. in a nearly perpendicular position ana 80
close TO the engine to coDfise between lhe tWo.
| the b1di of two firemen. one a white man by toe
name IF Walker and TIE ther negro VINO, We ".
| presidenf Of the old In this situation they we're
| either crusht d or aided to ca The accIoent
occurred about 51s o'clock Every enort %as msu t
ny the hands and passe' gers to extrc't the sur
| fcrers but without success SIR Walker was prob A.
| bly, killed ny the shock as he never spoke atferc
| IN hour Ms il seemed TO thst tor so Tonga time
| his screams thrilled his sympathiz ng bGt ihipc
tent heaFsr the engiaeer mr. # .en fee. AID
tber by the tall or tho blow which caused Ii, Ead
| the bone of the uDderjaw broken
| ARSON, PERJURY. &c.-Properiy to the amount oil
| $50 600 was destroyed in Akron. Ohio, 1856 Bowen
| L Barter, who had excess of insurance to the
amount of $500 after year had expired, were
| convicted of arson through the evidence OF one
| Matney, who WAS hired By q man named Jones,
| Who acted ~ agent for the business men. Jones
confessed his crime. nolle proseqm was entered
upon the indictment against him, aud he was useo
| as a witness. but he denied everything. and has
| been tried aud convicted Of perjury. The parties
| we're all respectable, and have caused erea' g.
| tress to their families, but for pubic examples
| sake, all sympathy is cut off by the demands oil
| justice,
! VICTIM 70 RuM-On the Goth ult., Charles
Spear, Of Berlugbam, Mass left Woonsockeis
| 4. for home, in a state of intoxcation, aud his
| corpse was fund next morning by the roadside
| His horse returned 10 bis residence 10 such a
| bruised aud msnged condition, that it was found
| necessary to kill him.
| WHAT "A "DuHURTus!"-The charter of Charles
| IL g., under which Rhode Island lived for l1e
years, in giving certain privileges TO such as shall
'sett up the business of taking whales" says 'iti
| shall be lawful flor them, having struck Whale
| Duburtus, or other great fish, to pursue uotC
any parte Of that coaste," &c. The Quiduuncs ST,
| nearly crazy because nobody knows what tht
"Deburtns" was or is. AEassiZ says that he never
heard of it, and cannot find it in the books.
| FIRES IN ARKANSAS AND IILISoIs.-A fire at Cam
| den, Arkansas. on Christmas day, destroyed tn,
| warehouse of Hill Co, in which was stored CO.
| bales of cotton and other merchandise, valued a
| 100000: no insurance.
A FIRE At Decatur, Illinois, Oh Friday morning
destroyed six business houses and $4,000 wortl
Of property, probably insured.
TENNESSEE Hon. Felix K. Zollicoffer has de
! cliDed reelection to Congress in the Eight
| district OF Tenn jaime. NJ. Quarles has an
| nounced himself as the American candidate in th
August election, to succeed Mr. I)iicoffer.
MILITARY FANuY.-Rev. Thomas X. Beecher
| of Elmira, N. Y, has been appointed captain c
militia. Captain B. is quite an original pulpi
orator. though his reputation is not quite so larg
as that of his brother of Brooklyn and Sharpe
rifle notorety
NAVY AND ARaV OF BRAZlL.-Brazil has 60 We.
sells of war, nearly as many as the ULted States
} 50 OF which are fine steamers Her standing al
my is 25,000 men, and her national guard 400
/, 600.
| PRoGREssISG.-The first omnibus was started i
Honolulu, Hawaiian Island, last October. 1t run
, mp the valley" three times day.
|
DEER HUNTING AT STATE CApIToL.-0n Tu esds
. last, deer shot in oEe OF the streets of Au
It,