The Portland daily press., 1871-09-09
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Sept. Six stock cars with n
caooose containing SIX men were left on the
nam track of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
western railroad at Bridgeville OF Wedpes-
Gay, near tne summit of a heavy grade while
the locomotive took coal cars forward The
brakeman who was lett in charge of the sto h
cars loosened the brakes after the locomotive
left and theu deserted his post The cars soon
began to move backward, gathering speed as
they went They passed through a tunnel near
the station and ran with full force into loaded
coal train. The caboose wasishivered intosplin-
ters coal and cattle cars were piled upon one
another. Three occupants in the caboose, all
cattle des lers, were killed outright, and others
were seriously injured. One by one they we're
taken out after the fragments or broken cars
the carcasses of cead cattle, and other debris
mad been dragged away. Jas. Booth of Con-
don, n. T., was wedged between two seats with
MS two arms and several ribs broken. He
was dead. Mr.. Goodrich, also of Condor. was
lying llfeless under W heel of one of the cattle
cars. Hiram NJ Case of Fleningtop. N. J..
was recovered from the ruins terribly mangled
and covered with blood. Henry Walker OF
Bellington, Bucks county, Pa and two men
whose names are unknown, from Condon
were rescued in helpless and one of them in
an insensible condition.
The brakeman whose negligence caused the
terrloie disaster has disappeared and cannot
oe iound Ihe engineer and ffremen of the
other train reversed their engine. sanded the
track and jumped off thereby escaping. They
were prevented from seeing the danger until
TOO late TO prevent the accident by the tunnel
Delng Just In front of them. All tho men in
the caboose were asleep and those killed were
killed instantly.
NaiImakers' Convention.
The nail and spike manufacturers of the
United States, in convention at Philadelphia
yesterday, unanimously decided to advance AZ
once, to % cents to 100 lbs with reduction of
10 cents per 100 lbs. on all sales between two
ana IOO0 Kegs, aud l5 cents per hun 1red lbs on
all over 1000 kegs. No scale of prices is estab-
lished 10. sale south of Baltimore
Gen. Kilpstr.ck on the War Path.
Gen. Judson Fitzpatrick to-day te.egraphed
Cover OF New Jersey as follows:
My friends Will be your friends We will
rally from Carpenters Point to Cape Nav. and
there shall be no Democratic triump oh in New
jersey this fall We begin battle for you here
in Jersey City tonight Come and see che re.
ceptlon we will give you.
"A Repu6ilcan ratification meeting was held
at Jersey City this evening, at which Generals
Fitzpatrick and Van Buren, and q d. Pangbo
were the principal speakers.
Specie.
The specie shipments to morrow will be $178,
900.
Navigation Resumed.
Navigation of Erie canal is resumed, the
gates which gave way yesterday having been
repaired.
Strauge Case of Poisoning.
VIM. H. GARNER, colored, native of Virgin
| Ia, ~ years old, was arrested yesterday on
charge of poisoning his wife residing in Rich
mond, Va, by means of raisins impregnated
with arsenic which he sent by express from this
city, His wife and twenty of her friends with
whom she shared the fruit were taken danger
Ously sick but all recovered.
Farmer, upon whose person the receipt of
| the express company tor the package was
found, was taken to Richmond last evening
upon requisition from Governor Walker of
that State.
COroner's Inquest.
The inquest on the body of Emily A. Post
concluded this morning. Coroner Jones in
charging the jury, forcibly reviewed the evil
dence, and was particularly severe upon the
| treatment of Miss Post by Dr. Berry and Mrs
Van Baskirk, and upon p. r. Post, jr., fol
| placing his sister in the hands OF such persons
| The jury returned a verdict that the death o
Emily A. Post was snperinduced by the bruta
and ,nhuman treatment received at the hand;
of DR.. Perry and Madame Van Buskirk, and
further found that Peter r. Post senoir, Miner
va H. ost and T. x. Post, ir., in placing their
daughter and sister in the care OF known abor.
| honIst, were guilty of an unnatural outrage
4 evincing depraved minds, aud utterly regard.
less of patural duty. Peter X. Post, jr., and
! Peter K. Post, ST., were placed under bonds fol
| their appearance as witnesses. DR.. Perry and
| Mrs. Van Baskirk were held to await the ac
| tion of the grand jury.
| - Nomination.
Friends of O'Donovan Rossa tonight nom
register OF city and county of New York. Rosss
| accented.