New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-24
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volutainous, and from the ahstraet o. ii III Az
York Herald We extract the following
Mr. Army testified that previous To The aessFax
Won ss at lawrence Kansas, Of the Press printing
ounce ana Free state H0Sfi, in May. 1856 There va
not single Kansas Aid Ssciety n n
existence In the free States that the 5yst ee,vs
n1ittee wss appointed ID the spriag Of 1864. d
bloomington, Illinois, q of which he was tie secre
tary and agent that about the same time meet
ing was held at Chicago, Illinois, and that q sab
scrption of twenty Thousand dollars u AZ nas5s H.
the citizens, without regard to party 10 aid IL
sufferers In Kansas and to opeu the finfogIFzHrrs
through Missouri to Kansas. which were closed IN
armed MfssouriaHss beth ON the river and inland
In July, 1856, the National Kansas lid COMMITTEE
was organized at Buffalo, New York, with org
member from each free State. Abraham IsneDas
was appointed the member for Illinois, but when
informed by letter of his appointment declined Is
act, as itwould interfere with his political arrange
ments. Mr.. Army was appointed in bis place, and
chosen the general agent Of the committee. Eaeh
State organized a committee auxiliary "a lie Ya-
honal COMMITTEE. except the State Of Massaehas
setts, which had separate organization.
. The substance Of Arny's conversation With
Brown in 1853 In regard % his movements WIS
that Brown proposed II locate somewhere and ran
on say The South IS AZ to make tiiat spr3
q property insectrvs AL, fes5ifes that he OPP
posed this mol .of interference Win slavery
Browh said Re dfsHked The do nothing ciiey Of
tile Aboiisionists East and said they never wiff
elect thing bF their milk -and-wafer prii,epies
~ 70 the Republicans, Brown thought they were og
no account Ter they were opposed to carrying he
with slavery IN the States where Il existed. Brown
said his doctrine WINS to free the slaves 81 the
sword Army wanted to know how lie recnncileii
, .nas VIII Pr Quaker peace principles which he
held when he first knew him, more tLan twenty
years ago. Brown said that the aggression 81 !.
slavery. the murders and robberies perrefrafed
upon himself and members Of bic family, and ~
violation or law by Atehison and others I'd Kansas
from 1853 to that time, lad CONVINCED him thai
peace was but an empty word; and repeated kis
dislike to the Republican party and Aboltionisss,
saying they were cravens- that they had refused
70 assist him. Army testified that he refused to
have anything more to do with his operations
understand that Mr. Army declined aiyjng the
names Of persons in Massachusetts, who are sup
posed TO have had control Of the rifles, he could
not state definitely who purchased Them yyithoHf
referring to his books In Kansas, which the CON
mittee would not give him time to procure Az
Army was in Cincinnati just previous 70 the receipt
OF the letter written to Secretary Floyd, an
nouncing the intention to invade Virginia. IL ii
posed by some persons here that he was the autheS
OF its One thing is considered certain that fzae
persistent representations to President Pierce IN
1856, by Army, HYATT Gen. Pomeroy, and others.
OF the dangers of civil war growing ont of the inya
sion Of Kansas by Missourians which invasion ID
ceived the countenance of the federal authorities
Of the Territory, induced the President to appoint
Governor Geary, who restored peace to d eotlsia-
cradle extent in the West, and saved tiie country
from bloody contest.
RAmRoAD COLLISIONS Loss of Iiife From saS
New York Herald Of the 18th we extract the lsE
lowing:
A serious accident occurred on the Hudson Riyer
Railroad yesterday afternoon, by which one latlx
Mrs. Field, Of Brooklyn-lost her life Mr.. Irving,
of this city, had his leg broken, and his wife was
injured internally; and q dozen others were more
or less injured. The express train ffoxn Albafsy,
due in New York at half-past O'Clock, when about
two miles this side Of Sing Sing, was run into by
the accommodation train from the latter place,
completely smashing up the hindmost passenger
car, and dealing death and destruction to its IN
mates. H appears that the engine of the express
train gave out, and preparations were being made
TO repair it ON the track A flagman was sent back
to warn the approaching train Of the danger; bnt
II Il alleged that from the slippery state oil the
rails the engineer found it impossible to cleck lis
speed in time TO prevent the collision. The Iate-
ness of the hour ct which the news of the accident
reached u.s. renders it impossible to get fuller paf-
heulars. Mrs. Field was brought to Fonkess.
where she died, at the Getty House, at 4 o'claek
p. M. s8 57S'i No
About o'clock on Tuesday morning, as he
train from Harlem for New iark was nassistr
through the tunnel at Ninety-third street, it VIZ
run into by the New Haven down train, which Was
going in the same direction. When the Harlem
train had entered the tunnel the iiagnan took bis
place at the upper entrance to warn the approach
ing New Haven train. His signals were not seem,
or at least not attended to. The consequence WV
that the latter train continued on its war at
great speed. and overlook the Harlem train III
the middle of the tunnel, smashing its rear ear
Mr. William Palmer, Of White Plains, was picked
up insensible. He BOON rallied under proper
treatment, and was sent to bis home Oh The return
train. His injuries are mainly internal. Mrs.
Elijah Bradford, also Of White Plains, had three Of
her ribs broken and was otherwise injured The
collision threw her from her seat into the middle
aisle, when several stepped upon her. Mr.. james
Fox, Of the Manhattan Gas Works, was also
thrown into the aisle, and narrowly escaped the
tate Of Mrs. Bradford. The engine Of the New
Haven train was disabled by The accident Only
the platform Of the rear car of the Harlem train
was demolished
THE PARANA EXPLORING ExPEDITIos5-- Dis
patches have been received at the Navy Depart
ment from Commander Page, who is engaged i'm
surveying and exploring the Parana and It's tFibu-
taries, dated Corrientes, November 9Th, 1859 He
says:
| have the honor to inform the Department tint
since my communication Of July last have aseend-
ed the Paraguay river to the latitude of fifteen de-
grees forty-nine minutes south, about forty miles
above the town of Villa Moria, also the San Ic-
renzo, fifty miles above the confluence OF the
Cuiaba, the Siprotaba branch of the Paraguay
sixty miles from its mouth, and have explored The
lakes of Oberaha, Gaiba and Mondrore, ai of
which communicate with the Paraguay and a
knowledge of them will not only be interesting hi
geographical science, but important in the settle
ment OF the adjacent country and consequent sx-
tension of commerce. shall send the AreenseHa
to Buenos Ayres for provisions and in the mean
time proceed to ascend with the Alpha the rivers
NeTnesS ana Fafana, so Tar as Their navigation yy3k
allow The former river will present an important
outlet for its products for southern Bolivia when
once its navigation shall have been denlonsfraa4d
to be practicable, and open a new channel for the
Of foreign manufactures.
ACCIDENT ON THE ONO AND MlssIsslrps RAN.
RoAp.-The Louisville Courier Of the 2oth relates
the following extraordinary railroad accident
A slecping-car attached to the night express
train, on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad of
Monday evening. when three miles east of 0sgupd
Ind, was preeipitated down an esnbanklnenG ten
feet high The car was full of passengers, three or
four OF whom were women, and strange to say,
it made complete sonersaulf no
one was seriously injured
The cause of the accident is not certainly known.
The track at the place seemed to he in good eDn-
dition and as the car did not capsize until il had
gone forward about twenty feet after learning The
rails it could not have resulted from slight curve
in the road at that point The forward trucks were
found disconnected from the car, after II had
turned over. MIA
Every berth in the car was occupied at the time
and it is almost miraculous that the passengers
should have escaped with such trifing iniuTiss.
Stoves, baggage, bedding and people were tam.
bIed in confused mass, and the car lefI conn
plete wreck.
BLoonY TRAaEDy.A most bloody tragedy was
enacted in Dickinson, Franklin county, n. H., ON
Friday the 18th. Henry Mearhan shot Cllauneey
Wood for being too intimate with his wife. he
then shot his wife and nearly severed her head