New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-07

ears ar, total wrek Fortunately no lives weT. losl
nof ws- here any person seriously wounded. The
engineer and conductor repcrtedto have performed
iheir duty couragrousy. The former - reported to
have remained a, his post until the engine had run
bait way down an embsnknen of fourteen fee, high.
lis name = Nat. Carter. The conductor = VIM.
Brosins. Ore car loaded with stoves consgned,
VIA Ch'cago 70 Michigan. Most Of the other cars
were empty: Total loss 20 the Company between
SN,Wo arc s-o,"", the whole being an utter wreck.
FRoN BR,zII.-A fearful storm swept the Southern
cnas; Of Brazil on the 18Th Of April. The coss. from
Bahia. southwark, was the Of many wrecks The
damage aas enormous; the loss of life frigh.fu. A
Brazilian ffigs.e went down with 400 souls n
bosrd only ~ were saved
The yellow fever is worse in Rio than it has ever
been known.
In Pernambuco. on the Both Of April. busine.s was
dul. The rainy season had commenced. There had
been of yellow fever.
About the middle OF April. the American whaling
bark 0sceos, OF New-lIsven Capt. Isaac I. Webb,
went ashore - miles north Of Perusmbaco. She ws
gotten of, brought into pert discharged hove down,
and Bosrd Of Survey recommended her condemEa-
tion. The vessel was to be sold al public auction on
account Of whom may concern, and her cargo OF oil
sent home
BATTLE WITH rHy CoN,NCHEs.-As has already
been mentioned troops in Texas under Major Van
Dom have made another very successful scout and
gained complete and decisive victory over the Co
marche Indians We have been perm;ei 10 copy
rom a private letter of officer Of Major Van Doras
regiment I'd cavalry and participant IN the scout,
the following interesting particulars. The letter is
dated in Camp on Big Turtle Creek, May II:
" After travelling about 200 miles We have az last
come mn with the Comanches, and Yesterday evening
We attacked them in camp. Toe light lasted about an
hour, and was severe one. We found the Indians
ercsmped in thick and almost mpenetrable jungle,
that compelled 10 attack them AZ gres, us
advantage. on foot. sEUs
4" There were eighty FIVE Indians in the band. Three
only escaped unhurt. Forty nine were Killed, and
thirythree captured, several of whom are woanded.
We regretted that eight women and children were
among the killed and wounded. This happened IN
consequence of the underground being 81 thick that
was impossible 10 distinguish the squaws nom the
men. Lieut.. lee was badly wounded, but Il y hoped
that he will soon recover. Capt. SUlth also was
severely but not dangerously wounded. One man WAS
killed instantly and ten others more or less severely
wounded, one or two of whom | think VIII dle. IL ~
The most extensive scout that has been made IN Texas,
and il will no doubt prove more efectusl in lu,iml-
dating the Comancbe than Maj. Van Dorns previous
successful fight. Il will teach them that a hundred
miles or so beyond the usual limits of scouts fom Texas
viii not prove a sanctuary Boston Io0rier.
AsorHER kiss,SE AsrArR.-A bold attemp' 20 de-
fraud Insurance Companies is noticed in The " q.
Data. 4 person named :. Carroll, of Cincinnati,
shipped from there six supposed 10 containcgsr,
on the steamer Susquehanna and coDsigncdto John T..
HYDE, of this city, and three eases OF slnnir knd
consigned To Fennel Power Il Co, also OF ths city.
He Carroll, shipping the cases. wrote to his con
sguees here, giving peremptory instructions To them,
Ia insure them the amount at thousand dollars.
On the steamer reaching NewAbany, indications OF
fire were discovered the boat by those ON shore AMI
the alarm given, which resulted IN aIestng wha might
have been fire that would have destroyed the boat
and cargo On an examination of the boat was found
that combustbe train had been carefully laid Ia con-
meet with the cases in question This led To suspicion,
which suspicion was confirmed by the fact tha ths
shipper, Carroll, who was a passenger on The ooat,
according the statement ot the clerk and Others lett
the boat a few minutes before the alarm oi nfe was
given. The were, after the hrc, examined ana
found to contain, not cigars, but shavngs and other
yalueless combustible matter.
Nor IMPROVED BY SL,vERY.-Presdent Benson OF
Liberia in his last message, thus eSplodes notion
which has been loudly maintained and quite extern
sively believed in this country:
NV fears and anxietes for the last five or sN years
have been that the moral, ntelec ual and industrial
training Of majority of the immigrants who may ar
rive here from the Unit ID States, well a. thai Of our
postery bred and born in this country, VIII not keep
pace with the advance ment of the aborgnes in those
elements of indI dual and national greatness In or
der To show that these fears and anxees not nn
founded, have only to state what Is pretty genoray
known in Liberia that there are Thousand. OF natives
living within the jurisdiction Of this Republic who are
Intellectually in advance II at least one hah ~ the
immigrants That arrive here annually from IN" '"-'
States"
AWARD or CosrRAcrs-Contraets for engraving
and printing the illustrations intended 10 accompany
Gov. j. J. Steyenss Supplemental Pacific Railroad
Report have been awarded by the Superintendent ol
Public Printing a. follows
To Juus Bien Of New.Yors for drawing In cnyon aud print
Ing black and two uis seventy qasro views Of scenery ke
f. Ieiine Hn.el Of Philadelphia, for engraving
at so cents 100 eoPs or $50 50 ior the whole nameer
printing map Of Mh River At per 100 copies or f3if
To G B. Graham Of ws.binston D. c. r engraving on .on.
aud printing othensl chart lin colopl aud .he. of pro
files eli Is pr 100 copies ofeseb slSo IS for the whole
number
The MORRISON MURDER-A Curious LETTER
We have been furnished, says Tie Troy Times, with
the following letter which Mr.. Grattan the Postmaster
at West Troy says he received by post at his office
Yesterday The letter mailed at the Troy Post
Office, and dropped in the office here 1t an early
hour yesterday morning;
Mr. Parl Gr.on yoa give any information ,h,. ,ud. %
mp The prisoner Brd IN the msrder Of Robert Morrison
Vol viii die did Take warning and don't yoa
P'"o" The stand '''" a" you" y SG.ns s"s Of surdl
and Her Of Sheriff. Bardles did not tn RoSsr.
MARRYIsG YoUsG.-A couple married In Paw
tucket last week of whom, the girl, was less than
thirteen years old. The bridegroom was a lew years
older. II was a runaway match, and took place in
the absence from home OF the father who respect.
able farmer in North Providence. The bride absented
bersef from school preense of ilness, but ap-
pears she recovered sufficiently ~ leave home without
her mothers knowledge, and return wife.
Two BOYS BCRSED TO DEArB.-The residence OF
Mr. Levi PenDyfed, in Montgomery County, Mary
land was destroyed by fire on the night OF Friday last
Two promising lads, sons Of Mr.. Pennyheld, who were
asleep the time the fire broke out and could not be
reached were burned To death. One OF the lads was
i3 and the other years old
The foundery and machine shop Of Messrs. Bowman
& Manifold, and the mandatory of the Car Wheel
Company at Rutland, W., were destroyed by fire on
the Cd met. The loss Of the Car Wheel Companys
supposed TO be about $4,000 and that Of Bowman a.
Mansfield about $1,000.
CRISoLSE sOT FoR NgGRoEs.-At the late term Of
the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, Ms-issippi,
Edward LaDgsford was indicted for selling hoop
skirt to a Legro, without permission, aud iaei 600
ard coats Of suit.