The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-07-07
DOMESTIC SUMMARY.

UOMEo11C 81 m MARY.
TERRIBLE RAILROAD AccIDExT.-A terrible
disaster occurred on the Michigan Southern
Railroad, about eighty miles from Chicago, on
the Tuesday night of last week The express
train, with $50 passengers, were precipitated
over an embankment of twenty-five or thirty
feet high, in consequence of the breaking of a
culvert Some forty or fifty lives were lost,
besides some sixty who were wounded.
GREAT AERIAL NoYAGE.--Professors Wise
LA Mountains, and eager, sailed in an immense
balloon, called the Atlantic from ST. Louis, on
Friday night, at 40 minutes past o'clock. Al
20 minutes past o'clock on Saturday they
landed at Henderson, in Jefferson county, New
O,'k the distance travelled being $50 miles
From the States in which the wheat harvest
has commenced, the accounts are favorable
In Maryland and Virginia the farmers are cut
ting their wheat, and there is a good prospect
of fine crop. In Kentucky and Tennessee.
the yield of grain will be large, and the quality
is unsurpassed. Alabama, North Carolina, and
Texas, report favorably. In Southern Illinois
harvesting is going this week in good ear
nest and We are pleased to learn that the yield
is very heavy. No rust.
Mr.. Dodge our late Minister to Spain, cor.
reefs in letter published in the N.lional In
feHtgencer, certain reported statements of his,
concerning the acquisition of Cuba He ad.
mits that he said that the prospect of acquiring
Cuba by purchase, under present circumstan-
ces, was inauspicious, but, he adds, that he
never intimated that the proposition in any
way involved the honor of Sgain, OF that the
purchase might not, a. some future period, be
effected
Mons. Belly "still lives" and on the 18th
ult. arrived at Aspinwal, en- route for France.
1t appears that, finding his drafts we're returned
protested, he determined to pay a visit to
Fringe in person, in order to raise the needful.
1t is generally believed in Nicaragua that he
never will return.
The Now York Istoaae says, that " SO far as
the United States are concerned, it is impossi.
Bile TO speak of the policy Of Lord Derby and
his colleagues IN any terns but those of unquali-
he'd praise. Heyoad any Of their predecessors,
they have showed earnest good will and cor
dial respect for this Republic. Their frank and
and their persevering efforts to adjust the Cen.
trail American difficulty in the same generous
and friendly spirit, cannot be forgotten on this
side of the Atlantic.
Speaking Oft the introdgct,,ol efthe Turcos"
natives of No5,be.n Africa, and other barba-
riapa, into the French army operating in Italy,
the Philadelphia Ledger says, that in case the
present war extends and becomes general, one
of the first probable effects of it will be tAe in
PRODUCTION of all sorts of SAVAGE tyIhes, or at
best Mohammeda9 tG9oaa OF all elimes and
colors Nnaef European officers. This will
tend to civilize them, and to barbarize the
Europeans
DISTRIBUTING BIBLES TO SLAVES ~ KEN
TUcKY.-ln recent report "a A. G, ". Par
ker, colporteNE ha WEites':
have spent eleven days in visiting slave
holding families, for the purpose of giving BIZ
bies to such slaves as could read In &c of
such families l find 507 slayas. and. of that
number, Il can read little. To l8 of the 81
l have given Bibles. Twelve Of these were
men, and six women. All Of the men but one
were protested Christians, and most of them
preachers, and, | think, good men. One of the
six women who received Bibles was professor
In prosecuting my work, receive many cold
looks from the shareholders, who not unfre-
quently put Ola very long faces when | announce.
to them my Grand.
The number of slaves in the families visited
'"''SNN $500 WV W ehicOs IN lWO vi
these families, there are two slaves in each who
can read in none of the others is there more
than one who can read at all, and in many of
them not slave who can spell out a word of
the story of Jesus"
EXPIRATION TO HAYI4.-On the 2lst of June.
two hundred free persons of color set sail in the
schooner A. G. Brewer from New Orleans for
Port au Prince, Hayti. They are voluntary
emigrants who have accepted the general nvi-
tation of President Geffrard to become mem,
bers of the Republic over which he presides.
The STEPHENS OVATION. Augusta, Ca, July
5.-The Stephens ovation yesterday was bril-
liant and great affair. Mr.. Stephens made a
two hours speech. He regarded the long.con-
tinued Slavery agitation as resulting beneficial
ly to the rights Of the South. He favored the
or acquisition of Cuba; advocated
the repeal on suspensions Of the aeStraliy laos
and repudiated the idea Of more Stare States
unless the nuasder Of slares should be greatly
increased upon which latter point he earnest
ly insisted.
Retersbwyh, July h.-Hon w. @, Soode,
member Of tie last Congr2as from the fourth
district, died of consumption Sunday morning,
near Roydsown, Virginia.
Boston, July 4.-The wife of tue Hon. Id
ward Everett died here on Saturday night