The New York herald., 1871-02-08


O'Clock, having had to stop when IL came to the
scene where lay the dead and dying.
FIVE VACANT SEATS
were n0'onGcr objects for horrid speculation. But
what or the 0ther-had any person heard from
Jacobs Of Kings county, Bayls and Goodrich. his
colleagues, ran In ana out OF the room every few
minutes each endeavoring TO get some tdings from
Brooklyn. II Jacobs was safe, or II he had not
taken the fatal uain why did he not send
word, knowing as he Old that the House
would be impatient 10 hear from him. Ru-
mors concerning him 1ew thick ana fast, but
nothing pointed TO anything like n certainty until
the receipt OF despatch from the wife Of william
Fowler, OF Brooklyn asking for Information con-
cerninv her husband. VINO had left by tine train OF
deatn. IL believed that Jacobs and Fowler were
10 come up together. and Fowler was not here. Tne
news appeared to eytmgush
LAST HOPE
In the heart OF every member, and The gloom became
general the people IN the galleries, which were
denseiy crowded up TO tho present time, ap-
peared to be In state OF utter bewilder-
ment as to what had caused tho universal
conversation the low whsperlngs among the mem
bers the quiet way eacn one moved from place 10
place, as though there was corpse laid out III their
very midst and the general air OF lear and expecta-
ton that prevailed; but Iontrel finally proclaimed
the reason and startled every one within the sound
OF the Clerks voice by oucrng resolution that
committee o. five should be appointed TO
INyEsriG ATE TUE CAUSE
OF tile accident which had thrown snch a pall over
both houses The following Is the resolution
Whereas frish,n accident has occurred on the
Hudson River Railroad, by which many lives have
been iost therefore 30 n resolved that the Judiciary
Committee be directed to draft hi TO be submitted
10 the House, TO prevent, II possible recurrence
ol saCh horfibS accidents on any Oi the raroaus OK
this State.
But II he startled his fellows by so suddenly doing
what he dill, wha, the enect OF MIR. nus,ed's getting
up and obeciing to the resolution was, leave TO
every individuals OF the p,oprety OF things.
solitary objection, Mr.. Hustled knew right well,
would compel the resolution to be laid over, aud
they were laid over. How well special committee
could have probed the accident to the bottom even
now while the wounded are yet able to tell their
story and the dead lie stlG and stark the leo to
testify 10 lis horror needs 40 argument. The rail-
road company may not be at lault, but Hustled may
be called upon yet 10 tell the public why he placed
himself IN the anomalous position he did the very
moment when the House was excited over the sup
posed loss OF one Of Its MEMBERS nnd the
cries OF anguish from fathers and mothers and
sisters and brothers were stlil echong In their
ears as despatch after despatch flashed over the
wires in the yestipue. Tne momentary excitement
soon subs(ied, however, and again the members
hudded together here ana there about the room
speculating upon lie probability Of
TIE MISSING MAN
being saved. To say that the question Of the poiti
cal change that Il death III the democratic ranks
would make was not touched upon would not be
true for amid the general expression o grief there
loomcd ap more than once the old idea Of what the
oustng OF Carey might have accomplished for one
party or defeated for another. Yet It was
natural to IL certain degree dare say, that u few
OF the political majority should have shown little
anxiety Tor their political fuure even under DIS
tressing circumstances which, In another place than
legislative halls would have rcpeed thoughts far less
selfish. Eut IT proper that the other sid spoke
not rs lid-not Of what 1t might gain by what the
other would lose. Tho end had TO come, however.
It was impossible to so on with the business OF the
House with such dread hanging over 1t, and to MI.
Fields left the task OF moving the adjournment.
In dong so ne spoke lew words as TO the proba-
bility OF the death of OF the Assemblymen, aud
the members went their ways-not bOlsterousy, as
is their usual custom, but quietly and slowly; for
more than one CT the Sew York men, who had in
tended to leave the city by the eight O'Clock train
yesterda, felt tnat he, too might have been Of
the holocaust at New Hamburg.
JACOBS,
here safe and sound this evening. IL appears that
lie and Fowler had nladeup their ..iinds to take the
fatal train, bni that owing what they considered
their bad luck they falled to connect In time.
Jacobs states that he was not aware that the Legis-
ature concerned TO his fate, else he would
have done as the other missing men did--teegraph
That he was safe. He started for the eight o'clock
traiD he says; but when he got 10 The depot he
found that he was Just ten minutes late. 1t
was his intention to have taken berth In the
car thai consumed, ana he had tele-
graphed the conductor to secure him
place. The mere lact OF meeting what he thought
al the time too conyval friend on his way to the
depot was the cause OF his missing the tram.
SENATORS MURpHY AND PIERsoN,
in regard 10 whose safety considerable anxiety had
been expressed also arrived to-night. II is unne.
cessary 10 state that the democrat, in each house
breathe more freely.
TEE tE LING Ill THE CITY.