The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-03-30

| Casualty on he aaeken,sck n.ilr..A.
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"A casualty, which was fortunately not attend
ed With fatal results, occurred Wednesday even
ing ct the draw bridge Of the New York and
Erie Railroad, which crosses the Hackensack
River. about seven miles from jersey City The
New York and Hackensack train, consisting Of
locomotive, tender5 and very long iron car, in
which were about twenty passengers, including
two ladies, left Jersey City at 6:25 p m. Upon
approaching the Hackensacks BRIDGE the sagi-
neer, Benjamin Carley, observed white lights
standing upon the bridge, but did not see the red
ball which was raised a. signal for the train to
stop. He was not, therefore, aware Of the dam
ger until the locomotive reached the end of the
bridge, when he threw the brakes down, but in
consequence of the snow and lee on the rails,
| the wheels did not take hold, and q moment af.
forwards the locomotive plunged Of, and went
TO the bottom of the river, which, at that point,
Is ~ feet deep. The engineer went down with
1t, and sustained severe bruises He managed
to extricate himself, however, and rising to the
surface, seized hold of some broken timber, and
making his way to pile was Afterwards rescued.
The fireman, Theodore Van Buren,, Jumped
/ from the locomotive into the river, and saved
himeelf by swimming to the shore. ~
The iron car passed over the tender, and
struck against the abutment on the opposite
eide with such force a. TO break in the end. Il
gradually sunk into the water several feet
There were five passengers in the fore part Of
the car, which is partitioned of as smoking car
As the car sank down they were immersed until
the water was to their necks, when they broke
out window and succeeded in saving them,
selves. The passengers in the main part Of the
| car were hurled forward with considerable force,
but it is stated that none Of them were seriously
injured. In short timo they were all rescued
eK At the moment the train ran off schooner
was in the act Of passing through the draw, and
her bowsprit was driven through the fore part
Of the iron car and broken off,
Information Of the accident was Immediately
sent to Jersey City, when the Division Superin7
tendent, Mr.. Taylor, went to the scene of the
accident with locomotive and gang of men,
Precautions were taken to prevent further acct
dent from approaching trains, and after some
delay the passengers were sent on to HackeA.
sack The engineer, CAREY, was taken to the
hospital in Jersey City, where he was attended
to by the City Physician, DR.. Quidor. He is
badly bruised about the hips and body, but it is
thought will recover. The conductor Richard
A. Doremus, received some INJURIES but not Of a
serious nature The distractions in the draw
will not be removed before Friday. The trains,
however, pass Ton another track. The engine
was new one, and cost 8, tO0.-N. Y. Times,
| 22d.
CHARLESTON IrENs.-1he ship Susan G. Owens,
which for several days has been lying on the
breakers at the mouth of the harbor, is likely to
become o total wreck, the tenth victim, be-
live, to the policy Of the rebels in destroying
the landmarks and other guides to nayigators.
There 10 an interesting fact connected with this
ship. She is supposed 20 have on board two
Armstrong rified cannon, imported by order Of
Gov. Pickens, At a large cost They are report
ed to have gone to the bottom, past immediate
| recovery. / state this circumstance on what
believe to be good authority. OF course partic-
ular pains are taken to keep it from the public.
The newspapers here print nothing of SO unplea-
SAINT character, and as they are in the habit Of
denying everything that does not make for rebel
lion, they will deny this.
The Mercury, giving utterance to the current
idea blows up the suggestion that "the military
| authorities of the Black Republican Government
should make ruin of Fort Sumpter," on with
drawing Major Anderson and adds further that
"Our Northern friends may be very sure that
before he is provided with the means of trans
portation from the post with his command, the
condition of the fort will be looked to-" This
| undoubtedly foreshadows to certain extent
the policy Of Gen. Beauregard, and sustains the
| view have taken of the subject.
Notwithstanding the horrid appointments of
war seen at all points, and the threatening state
of affairs, it is pleasant to note that the :" fine
offers of hospitality" are kept up between the
commander Of Fort Sumter and those with whom,
for upward of two months, he has been on the
point of having bloody conflict Col Watts,
Gov. Pickens's Secretary, dined with Major An
derson in Fort Sumter on Sunday last, and it is
stated that "the meeting was very pleasant
one, revivng many "reminiscences OF the past.
Major A. and Col. w. are old acquaintance.
These courtsses are usual in ga state of SIEGE"
in which the Major short time since declared
Fort Sumter to have been in for two months,
and they go far to smooth the " wrinkled front"
of "grim visaged war."-Cor. N J. Trio.
UNCERrAISTY.-Nsverb before, perhaps, in the
| history of this country has such feeling of un
certainty, of alternate hope and fear, prevailed
in the business community. The elements Of
great commercial prosperity exist in such palpa-
BILE form, that the mere novice in business mat
| ters may place his finger on the points, and yet,
with all this mine of wealth. to the man of trade
plainly in sight, not one-not even the most sa
gacious and enterprising-dares to take step
! toward securing share of it. The importer
looking simply to the wants of the country, to
the ordinary laws of supply and demand--sees a
harvest of profits in the future if these laws
allowed to rule, but hesitates when the cry of
disuniOn and civil war threatens him with rude
interference. The manufacturer, with the assu-
rance of good home trade, and remuneratiye
business, even under the old tariff, if the country
can be pacifed, and still better prospect under
the new, feels inclined to put every loom in mo- |
ton and to tax his every ingenuity in pattern |
and fabric but halts and hesitates as the din of
revolution meets his ears Thus in every branch |
Of business the story is the same-the DISPOSE |
ton is to move onward with the natural flow OF |
the tide, but 1t is checked and chilled by vague
apprehensions, which find no relief as yet This |
state of suspense is perhaps the severest trial to
which q business man can be subjected. He
knows not whether to contract or expand; to
tax. credit, or to give it; to buy, or to SELL to
| build ships, to cut lumber, or to mine. Enter |
prise, everywhere ready to leap into activity,
hales at the verge of chasm, which seems to
open before it. 1t would be a relief to know
what is in store for US, that business men may
shape their operations accordingly.
The Flag Of the Southern Confederacy.
| NI RED
IL. Il.