The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-04-23

| 10Th inst. on toe Erie Railroad, near Port
Jervis New York. Between three and four
o'clock on that morning. whilst train, con.
sisting OF an engine AID six cars, (three of
which were sleeping cars) Was on the way
from Buffalo to New York, broken rail
caused the train to separate, and four 9th
cars were precipitated down an embarkment
from seventy five TO one hundred feet high.
the sides Of which were formed Of project
ing rocks, and in the fearful descent the cars
we're broken 70 pieces, turning over sever.
al times. The passengers who survived
were terribly bruised. At the foot Of the
embankment ran small stream emptyine
into the Delaware, but whether any Of the
passengers were drowned therein il not sta.
ted. One Of the sleeping cars rolled dis.
tance of one hundred feet from the road, and
In the descent took FIRE from the stove il
contained, and several Of the unfortunate
,..es, women and children IN II we're burned
70 death. The latest dispatches received
say that about twenty nersons were killed
outright, and about fifty wounded--teu "a
tally. We are Of opinion that the loss of
life willt turn out, when the truth 4 known.
10 have been much greater than is now sta.
ted. II is time that some eiEectnal means
! were taken for the protection Of the lives Of
the public on railroads and steamboats,. and
these Wholesale murders prevented. The
above massacre proves to have been to The
lnllest extent ms seriouR n tragedy as the
first accounts seemed to indicate. Twenty.
four persons are known 10 have been killed.
aud several, Of whom nothing Il AZ vel
known, are supposed 10 have been cona,m.
oil with the sleeping ear that was burned.
while others who are placed IN the list of
The seriously injured will probably die. -
Two inquests were held on Tharsday, one
at Port Jeryis and one MT Maiamorns. Penn.
The jury In the first found verdict declar.
ing that the disaster was caused by a broken
rail, and that the train was running too cast
over road in such unsafe condition. The
| corpses Of some Of the victims we're robbed
while lying AMID the ruins OF the cars. A
letter 10 the Tribune from the scene of the
accident says.
/ A freight train ran OF the track At q. 30
Thursday morning, one mile east Of the
point where the accident 10 the express
I train occurred 10 Of the cars we're thrown
doEn an emlarkmeni distance Of 30 feet.
and were very badly broken up. The aeci.
dent was caused By broken rail, The
track for distance Of ~ feet is torn IN. -
No one injured.
Among the Democratic gains in Ohio.
over the vote for Governor last year. he
following are the largest, Cincinnati gains
1905 Toledo, li5i Hamilton, 100; Mans.
held i09i Urlana, 100; Lima, Gl; Della.
ware, 2Voi Sandusky county, 800 y~-lhss the
pen tires TO recapi,ulaie the scores IL other
toms With equal gains. The story Il the
same all through the State. It's nuiicea
bio that Ia the country towns systemasic
circulation Of democratic papers has pro.
dueed this result.
One OF tho seeercst epidcmics Of scarle,
fever ever known In this country has pre
vailed IN the city Of Boston during the past
year, and still continues, though the nun.
bcr OF deaths II gradually diminishing. Tho
whole number Of deaths from searlatiua
from The lat Of January, 1867, 10 the il, OF
The present month has been a2s. There
we're deaths from scarlaiina IN all but one
OF the sixty i've weeks included IN this state
nient The greatest number Ia any ONE
week was 30-~in the geek ending Decemle,
u, 1867. The greatest number IN any
month was 1s-in the four weeks ending
December ~. The epidemic seems 20 bav.,
reached ia height abou. the middle OF DE.
ocmbsr.
A dispatch dated Worcester, Mass. April
l'lh says The Dudley WoolIan comnauy.
at Dudley, Was entirely DESTROYED by fire
last night The Ere originated II the pick.
er.room. Cause unknown, $4,000 in.u.
rance on the MILL Exact loss Is no, a..
cefiaiBed. bat wil exceed the insurmncr. -.
lre broke out in the picker. room, Of the
Lancaster CompahT's quill, mill, AT Cliutan,
at noon to-day, causing 5000 damage.
loulsyiiJ.E, April 1.-THE rrma,ns Of
The date General John II. Morgan, of the
Coniederaie army, uers reintctredF al Len.
ington, Kentucky, this morning. A Large
conconrse 81 citizens fFwn various portions
Of the Stale and the South, including n,any
OF his companions Ia arms, attended tho ia.
neral.
Fifteen hundred tons OF timber were land.
cd at factory ni Rnxford, Mass. iast vim.
Ter, 70 be converted into friction matches. -
Even this large amount " not thought 20 be
sufficient, N last year.
In India, Il Is announced. As M cvidcac.
OF human ability 20 produce line work, that
native has woven a piece Of lace Zen yards
ioi.g and one yard vide, which weighs but n
tribe more than two ounces, aud can easily
be passed through small finger ring.
dispatch from the leland Of Gnndaloupc
saysi A great bore Illcd the hnflor ~ IL
Moulc on the 10th Of March. IL was SINH.
lar 10 the one that rushed into NJ. Thomas
harhor last fall, bu. larger. II lasted for
twenty four hours. The sea reredcsi thirty
miles aud lei. NIL The ships aground, whcn
The gigantic wave returned, threatening gen.
erai destruction. A British vessel, deeply
laden, was smashed 10 pieces.
The Washington correspondent ofihe New
York Commercial Advertiser says that |, i
rumprcd IN Washington that OK Senator ].
A. !. Creswcll will be rendered the posiiion
Of Attorney General in Mr.. wade's Cabinet,
should the President be removed.
The prn,s--...er Genesea CO. val..d a,
1870, and the schooner Ilepui,Iic were
burned 10 the waters edge nj Detroit ON
Wednesday morning. The schooner Hart
zeli was also damaged to the extent of So.
600. The propeller was insured for siS,
600 49,
The Radical candidate Tor Governor Of
Connecticut was nominated because ho had
plenty OF money and was willing 20 spend Il
freely. II estimated that he waa bIod 10 the
extent Of ut least $40, D0O, Tor which he has
nothing 10 show except lot OF Radical
tickets left over, with likeness Of q. IS.
Grant on them. They may be pretty pic.
lures. but were rather dear at $4,000
some of the Republican papers in Illinois
are calling upon Senator Yates (Radical,
Of that State, to rcsign, ON account, as they
allege, Of his incorporate habits. Yates de.
clarcs he will do so, provided that II be re-.
signs, General Grant shall do likewise. -
This would seem 70 be fair propositions. -
Will Grant accept?
The secret diplomatic history Of The Con.
iederaey states that Sir Henry 30 Houghton,
one OF the wealthiest baronets in England,
contributed in all over G2OO, 900 10 the Con.
iederate cause, and that he held ~ the close
not tar from .one-tenth ofthe whole confed.
crate cotton loan.