Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-04-25

ANNAAAAlNN W ANo isiHN"iN N'"HN
ment took place this afternoon in
front of the City Hall, The mon
nment consists OF a ruria pillar 50
feet high surmounled by a colossal
statue OF Lincoln, OF white marble,
all Of which was procured by vol
untfrS contributions from citizens
of Washington, costing sIO,iuO,
Thousands of spectators were pres
ent, including tho masonic order,
sons OF temperance, and other civil
organizations. On the stand,
among others were tho President,
Gen. Hancock and Ewing, and 9th
or military and naval officers con-
nected with the Executive depart
ment, members OF Congress, and u
large representation OF foreign
countries. Gen. Grant aud Gen,
Howard were near, but not ON the
stand, During tho proceedings
there was alternate rain and sun
shine. Ailer prayer and the play
ing OF u dirge by tho bands, Major
French delivered an address on the
life aud services of Lincoln, At
the conclusion n band played the
sans deS rGches, and Col. Olmstcad
recited poem, when the President
of the United States was conducted
TO the front .: the platform, and
,Lern nu,,;nr at tho halliards, un..
vciied the statue. Shout after shout
was given by the dense assembly,
the band meantime playing, while
the Star Spanglcd Banner was
waved on tho platform. Allcr the
Inauguration and pronouncing tho
bcncdiction the services ended.
WASHINGTON, April lG.-Thc i'm
parchment court yesterday, again
refused to alter the rule for two con-
cluding arguments on each side in
the trial. The day was devoted to
the receipt ofdocumentary evidence,
including that of Col, Moore, the
Presidents Private Secretary, which
proved that the President sent the
nomination OF the commanding sue
cessor to the Senate, February 22d,
Immediately following Stanton S re-
moval The Senate was not in ses-
sion at the time, however, and the
session did not reach it till Fcbru-
airy 9th. Documents were intro
duccd relating principally to the
tenure of office bill, Government
officers, and to the removal Of many,
which were made by the different
Presidents without advising the
Senate. Oral testimony will be Of
fered to-day.
TERRIBLE RAILROAD DISASTER.
New York, April 16.-The train
on the Eric road, which left Buffalo
at twenty minutes past 2 O'Clock 2.
NJ, Yesterday. in charge of conduc-
tor Judd and Charles Douglass, su-
poratcndcnt of the division, on the
engine tendcr, with three sleeping
cars. two first-class and one second
class; two baggagc-cars and one
postal car, proceeded on time, ma
king the usual stoppages until iii
the evening, when the passengers
turned into the sleeping cars for the
night. About ? o'clock this morn
ing, Mr.. Ames and Mr.. Horton OF
the General Postoffice, in charge OF
the postal car, saw the bell rope
break in two; when Mr.. Judd i'm
mediately remarked to one of the
officers That lie had lost his rear
cars. They ran to the platform OF
the rear car, when four cars were
seen running down prcc:pice sew
enty.fve to one hundred feet high.
The scene Of the accident is thir-
teen miles beyond Port Jcrvis, on
the Delaware division Of the road.
The sides of the precipice are form
cd of Jagged rocks.
In the descent the cars were bro
ken to pieces. AT the bottom is a
culvert through which flows a
stream of water emptying into the
Delaware. The impression prevails
that the disaster was caused by q
broken rail, which threw the rear
car off the track. This displaced
three cars Immediately in front, and
the connections breaking the whole
were precipitatcd down tho en-
bankment. Conductor Judd and
Superintendent Douglass wore
sli ightly injured. The cars in COM
ing down the embankmcnt turned
several times before the bottom was
reached, and were nearly demol.
ished. The sleeping car was en-
tirely consumed by fire.
The passengers in the cars left
standing on the track went immc
diately to the rescue of the wound
ed and removed the bodies of the
killed. Many bodies could not bC
recognized. Seven persons wore
burned to death, and six others kill
ed by coming in contact with jag
ged rocks.
lHc WOuuucu pSi SOiio WIZ P'uSSN
on the train and brought TO Port
Jcrvis, which place was reached al
9 o'clock.
It. II. Phillips, President of tho
Michigan Southern Railroad, and
Chas. NJ Gray, general fire G h
agen. of the same road, were on the
fatal train yesterday, but escaped
with severe bruises.
Among the wounded are Gurney
Tappom, editor of th Syracuse
Standard, and James r Heenan, oi
Louisville.
WASHINGTON. April l6.-Presi-
dent johnson unveiled the stature
on the Lincoln monument. Grant
was on the sidewalk, having declin.
ed to appear on the stand.
Chase ruled out the President
message of the oath February. The
managers objected to il on general
grounds, but Chase rejected it on
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