The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-25

ent about eighty feet high The side of the embankmen
jagged with rocks and bowder and when the after
rolling over in their fall reached the BOTTOM broken
wreck heap of spnters- tops flooring, seats shat
tered nothing left but mass OF ruins
Mr.. M. A. BLAKEsLEE's Story am resident of
Oean Was passenger on the train and in one of the
precpitated over the embankmen was awakened by
the sudden stopping of the There was wrench as #
the coupling breaking All quiet in the car yet
sprang from my berth to the floor just then the car was
dragged by the other the embankment then threw
myself full length upon the floor and held fast the
and The outer roof torn Off, and the
sides fell outward about to rise when the inner roof
crashing down. and held by broken framework
within three inches of my head Crawling out over dead
and wounded managed to extrcate myself from the wreck
The ladies' fire. and every side OF me sufferers
shrieking and groanng in agony The moan came
when the fire of the went out and the passengers then
began exrcate the dead and wounded helped to clear
away the rubbish of the wreck" Mr. Blakesee declares
the most perfect wreck that could be imagined
nothing but of chips and pnters remaining of three
sleeping and ladies' counted five dead bodies in
the car was in There five six killed, and after
wards burned in the ladies' car, and five dead
bodies upon the railroad track Should judge there
at least fifty badly wounded The wounded brought
down by the Port Jervs told by friend ofmine
Mr. Porter that the train running at the rate OF forty
GRITTY miles hour was told at Salamanca when en-
barked that the train then thirty minutes behind time
in of having been delayed time Cory
Pass in picking up the body of man who had been killed
by the train passing over him We lett the sad spot at
to assistance"
ThePacfc Railroad has climbed the summit oftheRocky
Mountains and begun its descent the Pacific Slope
dispatch from the chief engineer of the work the
laying of the rails the summit with BETTING
the 10th instant
LONDON, April 16-Midnight.
great political meeting of the liberal party was
held at ST. James Hall tonight Every available portion
of the hall crowded to repetion. The platform
occupied by large number of the liberal members OF the
Earl Russell was chairman of the meeting Addresses
made by Mr.. Henry Fawcett, NJ p Sir John Gray,
NJ P, Mr.. Mall and others.
Resolves were proposed declaring that the dsendowment
of all religious Ireland is right and imperatvey
offio ofio thp
of the House of Commons against them violate
constitutional usage and that they should give place to Mr.
Gladstone and the leaders of the majority In Parliament
The resolves adopted by reclamation amidst great
enthusiasm.
The British post office department about to send out to
the United States Mr. Troope to readust the details OF
the postal convention with that country.
LONDON, April Is, 1868.
TheWar Office has received dispatches from Major General
Napier, commanding the army in Abyssnia dated at his
headquarters beyond Lake Ashang dated 23d of March,
The general reports that he would march from Lat that
day the head Of the first column of the army portion of
the troops having started in advance towards Magdala the
day before, 22d utimo.
The army unncumbered by baggage and had already
crossed through mountain pass ranging elevation of
ten thousand feet above the level of the
The second column of the army days march In
the the headquarters force and number of elephants
carrying the cannon, with the last column two days march
behind
General Napier with the extreme advance, sixty miles
distant from the fortress of Magdala.
Reports received by the British officers represent King
Theodous as having become uneasy at the prospect
The British troops were in good health and excellent con-
dton and spirits.
The Prince of Wales appeared Irish course
Dublin and well received by large of
people, Mr. Featherstonhaugh Irish magistrate of great
wealth and large estates, assassnaed in the county
Westmeath. Six prominent Fenans embarked for New
York Baron Budberg Russian Minister in Paris, was
seriously wounded in duel with his predecessor in office
Munich The Gladstone liberals held enthusiastic
meeting in London Earl Russell presided 1t resolved
that Dsae retention of office after the vote of the House
of Commons unconstitutional, and he was called on to
resign
THE MURDER OF DARCY MCGEE THE following
might be true; but it appeared in the New York Herald,
and therefore At Ottawa yesterday the inyesga
ton ourned for day. The correspondence which
has passed between the Fenian Lodges in New York and
Montreal has been seized by the Government and grand
exodus of prominent ishmen from Canada to the United
States has commenced Over four hundred persons inn