The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-01-20
New York Items.

NEW YORk, January 19.--Christopher P.
Hewell, Teller in tho Market Bank, commit
ted suicide yesterday by taking strychnine
He was twenty-five years old and had been
married about year.
A collision occurred on the Hudson River
Railroad. Express train from Albany and the
Sing Sing train, both going one way. The
near car of the express train was smashed,
Ten oE twelve passengers were moro or less
injured, ana one P''sAneer, Mr.. Thomas H.
Mrs. Field, late Miss Anna Tuttle, I&v. nj;
eipal of one Of the public schools in Brooklyn,
house in Kingston, Ulster County, and mad
just started on her bridal tour to the South.
Mr.. James W. Horton, who was conversing
with Mrs. Field at the moment of the accident
was thrown over the bank into the river, fall
ing on the the ice. He was but slightly in
jured. 9't - '"ai
The accident happened in the same way as
that on the Harlem Road yesterday morning
The express train having been compelled to
stop on the road for some purpose while the
Sing Sing cars were too close behind to be
stopped in season. Bishop MoCl"sky, of Al.
ban J, is among the seriously injured. Eight
Of the injured were left at larry and
the remainder brought to this city. OF the
latter Mrs. Thompson, wife of the publisher OF
the Bank Note List, had both legs broken.
Mrs. Schermer, of Willets, head badly hurt.
MIR. b. L. Irwin, Of Fulton, N. T., badly In
lured, Mrs. Irwin, wife Of the above, slightly
hurt.
The Convention of Manufacturers, held at
Meriden, Conn.,, yesterday, resulted in split
and the organization of two conventions oil
about equal size, one having q Republican
and thA Othnr a narn kso -
party adopted series of resolutions of Union
and conservative character. Mr.. Calhoun, of
Bridgeport, presided over the boilers conven-
tion.
The Washington correspondent Of the Her
aid says: Mr.. Army, of Kansas, was examined
yesterday by the Harper's Ferry Investiga-
tion Committee. The greater part of the tes
timony related TO Kansas affairs during the
Border troubles.
With regard TO Browns movement in 1858,
Mr.. A. testified that Brown proposed to locate
somewhere, and run off slaves from the South
so as to make that kind Of property insecure
Army testified that he opposed their mode Of
interference with slavery. Brown said he dis
liked the do. nothing policy of the Abo'iti
lists East, and said they would never effect
anything by their milk and water course
Republicans, B. thought, were of no account
as they were opposed to carrying the war into
Africa, - ad
They were opposed to meddling with slavery
in the States where 1t existed. Brown said bis
doctrines were to free the slaves by the sword.
Army wanted to know how he reconciled ID
his Quaker peace principles, which he held
when he first knew him, more than twenty
years ago. Brown said that the sggressioni
Of slavery, that the murders and robberie.
psrpetrsted upon himself and members of hii
family, and the violation Of law by Atchison
and others in Kansas, from 1858 to that time
had convinced him that peace was but an
empty word, and he repeated his dislike to the
Republican party and the Abolitionists saying
that. They were oravens, that they had refused
to assist him. Army testified that be declined
to have anything further to do with his opera.
tions. Mr.. Army declined giving the names
Of persons from Massachusetts who were sup.
posed to have had control Of the rifles, as he
could not state definitely who purchased
them without referring to bis books IN Kansas,
which the Committee would not give him time
to prove. a4 t'f IN