LATER ©OM CALIFORNIA.
Intnl of the frometbcns.—Particulars of
the Loss of the Jrnny Lind.
New York, Hay 12.—Tho steamship
Prometheus, from San Junn, arrived this
morning, having loft there on the 4th inst.
She brings 400 passengers and 817,000
in specie, on freight, besides n largo
amount in the hands of passengers.
The passage of the Prometheus occupi
ed 7 days and 22 hours.
Tho Brother Jonathan, nt S/m Juan
from San Francisco, Imd on board 8200,.
000 in gold, for New York and New Or
leans.
The Isthmus is reported healthy.
The United Stales Sloop-of-wnr Cyane,
"as ut Sen Juan de Nicaragua, when tho
Prometheus left.
The more important and interesting fea
ture* of the California news have been al:
ready received from New Orleans.
Thp steamer Golden Guto, from Pana
mu, arrived nt Sun Francisco, on the 15th
of April with 700 passengers. '
Tho steamer Jenny Lind, the accounts
of which huve already been received, was'
a new steamer, and was considered per
fectly safo. She had on board nt the time
of the accident, 150 passengers. The ex- 1
plosion occurred just about dinner time,
and nearly all the pussengers in the cabin
were sculded to death.
Geo. Gulliver, a passenger, was acci
dentfy killed by a fall on board tho Pro
piotheus, in the harbor of San Juan.
Explosion of tlic Jcuny Lind
From ifiu San Francisco Times of tho ITth
The city, yesterday, was thrown into
ronslernntion at intelligence received fronri
San Mnler, by express, of the dreadful dis-1
aster which occurred on the bnv, opposite;
Pulgas Rnnche.
Yesterday morning the Jenny Lind
took about one hundred and twenty-five
passengers on board at Alviso, and siurted
on her trip to this city. A: about half:
past twelve, when nearly opposite Pulgns ,
Ranche, and the company on board were,
just about being seated nt dinner in the ttf- \
ter cabin, tho steamer proceeding at nj
moderate rate of speed, tho back portion
of the connecting pipe was blown asunder,
and the steam swept into the crowded cnb- j
in, dealing death and destruction around.
Tho scene baffles all description and al-.
most surpasses power of concept ion. Those j
in the forward part of the boat, with tho j
exception of the fireman, who was stand-j
ing in front of tho furnace door, escaped.
Tho latter wns a powerful man, and was;
struck on the head by the flying open of
the furnace door. Ilis skull was laid open,
and the brain exposed. Several persons
came lo his assistance, but he motioned
them to go away, saying—"No ; I’m not
a dead man: go help othcrsl" Soon af
ter he breathed his last.
In the after part of the boat but few cs.
caped unhurt. Many who were standing
near tho guards were blown overboard, or
leaped into tho water in thoir sudden
alarm. Of these but one wns picked up
tho rest meeting a watery grave. Imme
diately upon the occurrence of the disas
ter, the anchor was let go, and Peter
Bmith, who swain ashore in the marsh,
gave information of the calamity.
Shortly afterwards, a schooner, and one j
nr two small craft, came out from Pulgas
Raoche, but before any use could be made |
of them, the steamer Union, Capt. Mas
tern, came out from Almeida Creek, Bnd l
observing tho steamer nnchored with a
signal of distress, made for her and took
off the passengers.
Upon receiving intelligenc of the disas
ter Mayor Brenham immediately set about
making preparations for the relief of the
sufferers.
Tho Jenny Lind wns on her way from
Alvieo to this city, end had on board about
160 passengers. She was passed at IVJ |
o’clock precisely ofl'Puisne Knncbe by the
steamer Express going the other way ; ; t
10 minutes past 12, the boat being then
about four miles from tho West shore of
the bay, a violent tremor was felt through
out the boat, like a concussion produced by
U»e firing of a cannon, and in a second af
ter a tremendous report was henrd, and
the whole vessel enveloped in a dense cloud
of scalding steam.
The plate on the nfler-hend of 'he boil
er had been blown out, and the steam mid
boiling water rushed out with fearful vio
lence.
The bulk head, separating the boiler
from the cabin, which was alt, was shiv
ered into a thousand fragments by tho
force of the shock.
The cabin was a closely confined room,
16 by P feet, with small windows looking I
out upon a sort of gang-way thut interven
ed between it and the tnilings. It wasj
j'ust about dinner time; the table was i
spread, nntj a lew minutes before the la-i
dies ond children, and gentlemen in charge j
pf ladius, hud been introduced into the;
cabin, 60 that they might not be incommo-j
ded by tho rush to the dinner table when'
the bell should ring, and were about sent-j
ing themselves at tho table when tho ex
plosion took place, and a dense volume of
steam rushed into the cabin. All in the
room were otrickcn as if melted by heat.
.'J’hey were scalded frightfully externally,
.and nil inhaled the fearful stenm. Not
one escaped. All were either killed in-
Slant!}’., .or hnvo since died. Many of them
their clothes torn from them, and tho
skin entirely burned off their faces and
bodies.
The. sight presented was horrible be- 1 Further From Texas, Jit
yond description. Not simply the scald, j Bai.timoue, May 14.—The New Or
cd, but all we’re more or less mangled by|| ea ns papers ofSuturduy last are at hand,
jhe fragments of the boiler and bulk head, j They contain Texas, nows to the 3d inst.,
npd streams of blood flowed from tho mu. Uvith details of ihcf'destruclive storm at
dilated bodies. {Galveston oh tho 2d inst., in which great
”• gome few of the gentlemen managed to ( damage the shipping in port,
grope their way out of the cabin, crying and to houses, mnpy of which Were blown
piteously to those above to save their wives j down.'
nnd chtdren. When some of the passen-j Tho minors at tho gold diggings on t|>o
cers who wgfo unhurt rushed below, n Upper Colorudo were averaging five dol
bight presented itself which staggered |ars u day. Tho telegraphic accounts of
them, and some became faini; {the abundance of goldaro fully confirmed;
They foupil the dead and dying lying by the detailed statements given. '
v >
it) n confused mass upon the floor, with |
fragments ofchdirs, tables,*furniture and:
timber, und horrible to relate, wore writh.
ingin the scalding water six inches deepj
on tho floor. Poor littlo children were
crying pi'eouslv for their mothers, who
could hear, but blinded, could not sco.— ;
Mothers shrieking in agony, and calling
upon some ono to save their children. —-
The picturo even in our recollection, is
heart-rending. Such wns the scene in
the rnbin.
Thu violence of tho stoam struck, ns
wo have said, against tho bulk-head in the
ronrof the boiler, and tho greater portion
burst through tho cabin in its mission of
death ; while another portion recoiled, and
rushed to the forward part, killing instant
ly ono of the firemen, who wns stnndig in
front of tho furnace doors, mortally scald
ing another on tho forward deck, and kill
ing severnl of the passengers who were
standing on the forward part of the lower
dock.
Those of the passengers standing on the
forward port/ifthc upper deck,were nearly
all saved, a lew only were scalded, apd
those not dengerousty. Thosd about rfiid
ship, right over the boiler wero untirely
uninjured.
But the most terrible destruction was on
the ufter-part of the upper deck, just over
tho cabin. Here a largo number of pass
engors were congregated. After the steam
had done its work of destruction in the
cabin, it burst up the companion wav, and
in an instant swept those in its way to
the deck. Not a mun around stoed. Fifty
lay prostrate, sculded and wounded, shriek
ing in agony and moaning out their last
moments of life.
As soon as tho consternation had sub
sided, those who had escaped rushed to
the assistance of the sufferers, who were
brought upon deck and laid out, some of
them on mattresses, and others on the
bare planks, with the carcases of a num
ber of hogs rnngcd on the decks ns pillows.
The cries of pain wero fearful. Some
' lost their senses, and raved madly ; others
! wore seen staggering blindly about,tho skin
hnni'in" in threads from their bodies and
1 from llic-ir hands, like gloves turned inside
out. „
Many had their clothes literally lorn off
them, und shivered in the cold while burn
ing internally and crying for water. Many
were literally scalped, their hair melted
off, os it were, by the steam.
ANOTHER AWFUL DISASTER.
Two hundred lives lost—Loss of the ship
William and Mary.
New York, May 16.
Tho brig Reuben Carver, arrived this
morning, from Sngun La Grande, reports
falling in on the 13th inst., in Int. 27, long.
79, with a bout belonging to the ship W il
linm and Mary, Capt. Seuton or Bath, Mo.,
bound from Liverpool to New Orleans,
and took from her the captain, mate and
six of the crew of tho William and Mary.
The ship, which Imd a cargo of railroad
iron, and 208 passengers, on the 3d of
May, whenoffthc Isaacs, (Bermudn,)struck
on a ledge of sunken rocks, and shortly
afterwards drifted and went down, carry
ing with her over two hundred passengers.
Three of tho crew and a few of tho pas
sengers got into the life-boat, and wore
|afterwards taken on board a barque.
The names of tho unfortunate passen
jgers are all unknown —the list having
l been loft behind, or lost in the general
consternation.
The Captain (Stenson) of tho ill-fated
vessol, the mate, second mate, nnd six of
the crew, it is thought are all that were so
ved. They came passengers in the Reu
ben Graver—which picked them up in a
boat, atseo, on tho 3d instant. The fol
lowing is
THE captain’s STATEMENT.
The following is Captain Sienson’s re'
ports—At 7A.M. on the 3d of May.
strong breeze from S. E., and cloudy :
passed the Hole in the Wull. At 12 M.
Stirrup Key, boro south, 10 miles distant
after.wbich the weather became thicker
und wind increased, with a heavy sea. At
sunset saw nothing of the keys, supposed
we wero well to the not after
steering W. by N. from mer. At 8 P. M.,
judging ourselves to tho northward nnd
westward of Great Isaacs, kept the ship
i VV. bv S., and commenced heaving the
lead ; 8. 15. the same. At 8. 3U struck
on a sunken rock nnd hung about midships,
with l(Uulhom3 of water all around.—
After pounding heavily about 15 minutes,
she went off, nnd struck nnothcr rock,
within a few rods of the first, when she
pounded a few times nnd went off. We
then let go tho anchors, and commenced
getting out the boats.
Tho passengers were all at the pumps,
but could not keep her free. At 12 mid
night found four feet water in her hold.—
At 4A, M., weather blncjt and squally,
With heavy sea, cjght feet water in the
I hold—both pumps going ; WA. M., ten feet
| water, nnd tho ship going down ; mates
land crow in tho bouts, together with n's
j mnny passengers ns could be stowed in tho
long boat and lifu-boat, ibc two other boats
having been stove after launching.—At 8
A. M., loft her, and in a few minutes s)io
went down, the Great Isaacs beuripg E.
iS. E. seven miles djstant.
After leaving the ship some hours, saw
•a bark, apparently bound to Europe, hove
j too in the direction of tho long boat nnd
j life bent, and (Supposed She wuS engaged
j in picking them up.
the republican*
CLEARFIELD Pa,, May 21, »85R.
dfmocratic nominations.
Canal Commissioner,
THOMAS H. FORSYTH,
Of Philadelphia County,
Auditor General,
E P II R AIM BANKS,
Of Mifflin County.
Surveyor General,
J. POUTER BRAWLEY,
Of Crawford County.
Admitted to Practice. —On motion of
J. B. M’Ennlly, Esq., J. Biddle Gordon,
Esq., Into Riding, Pa., wus admitted to
practice in the several Courts of Clearfield
county.
G. W. Ziegler , Esq., of Brookville,
was also admitted in like manner.
•Henry Souther, Esq., of Elk county,
was also admitted to practice.
OirThe present court was attended by
a very largo number of our citizens, al
though but comparatively little business
was transacted —so many parties nnd im
portant witnesses being obsen*.
Judge Burnside. —Ilis Honor presided
at our present court, nnd in thus doing has
won the approbation of our citizens ns a
Judge to the same extent that he has al
ways been helJ as a gentleman nnd a law
yer.
Judge Knox. —Tho appointment of the
lion. J. C. Knox, President Judge of the
Clarion district, to the Supreme Bench in
the place of Judgo Gibson, is another
strong evidence of the discriminating judg
ment of Gov. Bigler, Judge Knox will
be tho youngest Judge on the Bench ; but
we arc quite sure that in übility.'and - use
fulness he will rank with the most emi
nenf.
seems to be the district to pre
pare Common Please Judges for the Su
premo Bench. For thirty years it has
been represented in that important depart
ment of Government. First Houston, then
Burnside —and now \\ oodwnrd and Knox.
frtrßy reference to our advertisement
columns, it will be seen that Irwin & Smith,
have just received a new and splendid as
sortment of goods, adapted to tho season
which they propose lo sell on reasonable
terms —and that Powell, Reed Weuver,
have just opened a new store in the buil
ding two door north ol the Court House,
where they have u large nnd splendid as
sortment of goods of every description
VVm. A. Mason, of Curwensville, notifies'
iho public, that ho has just received u fresh |
recruit, which he will sell nt the lowest
rules, for cosh. Mrs. E. A. Morris of Cur
wensville,*hos replenished her stock of
Millinery goods, and is prepared to furn-
ish any nnd every article in her lino of bu
siness. John Russell & Co., also adver-
tise their Tannery nt Pennsvillo, by which
it will be seen that they are determined to
do business in the proper manner. There
is also a vulunblofarm in Brady township,
udvertised for sale, nnd various other no
tices inserted this week, to which we would
direct the attention of the reader.
Brow-beating a man out of a Horse.
Wc have all heard of lawyers brow
beating the truth, nnd sometimes more
than the truth, out of witnesses ; but we
presume few have ever heard of a lawyer
brow-beating a man out of a horse. Yet
such a circumstance occurred the other!
day at Caledonia, ns n certain lawyer of
Elk county, was on his way to this place.
A very suspicious looking man rods up to
the door and called for breakfast. He had
a sheep skin for a saddle, nnd a haltor
strap fora bridle. S. fixed his eyes upon
him saying, “Mr. that looks like a stolen
horse, and you look like a horso thief, and
I’ll bo d—d if you ain’t a horse thief.” —
The fellow became very indignant and
made loud threats. But S. saw that he
had him nailed, and after a few moments
parleying, nnd whilst S. was about getting
ready to take the fellow before a neighbor
ing Justico of the Peace, ho vamoosed into
the woods, minus the horse, and when last
seen was making a straight coat tail for
the horse thief district.
When S. reached this pluco ho learned
that one of our honest farmers, living
some six miles from town, had. sold a
horse tho day before for some pO,dollars
counterfeit money, on the hlute'Bank of
Indiana.
(KrWhy don’t our young Democracy
get up such a Band os this one that has
just visited us from Brookville? They
have the material to make one of tho best
Bands in the State, and if they would only
go at it ns they ore in the habit of going at
other duties of the party, it would bo done
. in short order.
-IL- 2 " »Jvi.l nf thft Sfanmtr Ullnoli, wltli. Over, cESTBit BOETE TO THE PACIFIC. M
OUB MUSICAL VISITEBS. _ . Two and a Quarter Millions In Gold. | The country will wntch wiih n greet
The visit of the Sag-horn Band of York, May 15.—The steamship II- deul o) i nlere3 i the enterpriaeof Mr. Beule,
Brookville, to this place,nndrtheir Concert', ino ; 8 Lieutenant H. J. Harlstine, U. S. g gpi . r j n teiideni of :he Indian Affairs for
on Tuesday evonipg-rto say noting of N., commanding, arrived at her dock ot n Cu iif Qm iu, who stuns out fromourwestern M
after-lops—was, successful and pleasant late hour last night. She left Aspinwt.il at bordl , r3 with u view il possible, to>rem;h the ■
alter Uops waa, . m on , h slh j nstunf „nd reach- p nc jfi c by the great Central.route propos. ■
in every respect. This Band cons.sts of 7J P| Ja> at 0i P . M ., on lho 7th, £ nnd gained by Col. Benton, ns the ■
14 members—all Democrats—nnd havo , bav ; ng mado the run in forty-seven hours. bMt fnjiroud route to the Pacific. The St.' ■
pnlv been in existence since the last elec- gbe ga ;| ed f rom Kingston nt 6A. M., on Louis Democrat , of this morning, says: ■
tioii Thev havo been under the tuition t he 9th, nnd was off Sandy Hook, at Si g uPEBiriT ENDKNTBEAtK 1 htsgenlle- ■
of Mr Eyth a eentleman who appears to'o’clock, last evening. . I man left for his supermtendency on Sot. ■
of Mr. Eyth, a gentleman w pp The brings , he San Francisco rfn nnd w j|j proceed on the route mdf. ■
be a perfect master of his profession. The ljh 17th> in treasure cated b Fremo nt nnd Lerouj. Leaving ■
Band paid us this visit for the purpose ot f re jg bt( and 419 passengers. j tbe frontier of the State at the mouth of ■
recreation and exercise, only expecting to j n j be |j gt 0 f passengers we notice the, tbo Kansas, he will proceed rapidly over ■
realize sufficient to defray part of the ex- names of Edward Conner, Esq., editor of, the brpnd plain, between the Arkansas and ■
nenses In this we believe they succeed- the Alta California , W. D. M. Howard he KnnßaB t 0 lhe mouth of the Huerfano ■
penses. in tins we oei. v X Esq., one of California’s oldest sons, andJ.j above Bc pt’s Fpr t, thence up that nv- ■
ed in a great measure, as they aj M 4 p Gamej Esq ( Americon Consul at ,O , itB hend t 0 the Pass El Strange do
full house. They certainly play Guayaquil. . I Christo into the valley of San Luis at tha .
and besides that, their conduct was such The Panama Herald of the 3d instant bead oj (he De | Norte. He will then be
as to" win the good will and approbation or states that on Sunday evening previous, the nl)out halfway, and go out by the Pal*
r 11 Carthageninn charged with setting fire to,™ Puerto, described by Lerottx, and
our citizens of all parties. Gorgono, was brought into town by the !(hence acrogg , ho vn | ley of the Upper Col
police, and lodged in the carcel. His ac- , orndo (the unexplored part) to Lat Vegat
'complice, it seems, wus wounded whilst Santa Clara, when he will feel at home,
being arrested, and not being able to trnv Jt ifl thjg par!i (f rom the head of the Del'
el was left behind in charge of the author- to las Vegas,) which will give inter
itics at Gorgona. est to*his movemeni, the two ends of th*
route being well known. He goes unen
'cumbered with provisions or baggage,and
his no useless company. Two trained
Frenchmen, who know how to live without '
a commissariat either in plain or moun
tain, nnd Mr. Harris Heap, who has hod
some experience in wild travelling, both,
in California and Asia Minor, will be hi*
only compnnionstothe Valley of Sun Luts,
where some additional men will be obtain-
ed from lhe Mexican settlement ni that j
pluce. They carry no cooking utensil*, j
nnd relv upon ‘pinole, (pounded corn, to bo
mixed with water and drank raw,) pemi • '
can, (pulverized dry moat,) nnd beef (lodg
ers, (culled meat biscuit,) to supply thedo
ficiencies when the rifles do not find guine.
A blanket apiece will be their sleeping es
tablishment, the earth for bedstead, nnd
the skies (or canopy. ..... , ~
The superintendent nnd his ujend, Mr.
Heap, will look at the ground n* they go
over it, nnd take note of what they see,
and sketches also—Mr. Heap having a
pencil, nnd both having pens; and will
make observations to show theirluugitudea,
latitudes arid nltitudes; and both being
practised travellers, will work us they go,
and go us they work. The night will bring
up the labors of the day. They travel on
mules, three to a man : and if successful,
will establish for ull future travellers the
shortest and struightest route to San Fran
cisco, on the line of the best soil, the best
gruss, the most water,most wood and few.
est obstructions of any kind, and all s.,i .h
of the temperate lulitude ol thirty - ui
grees.
Mr. Beale is not now in the nn\
inn resigned his commission for
nciive life than that which the nif
He does not command a survey .
and is no way employed under in .-e-aa!
of Congress authorizing surveys. He is
simply returning to his superinlendeucy,
and chooses to go through the woods, and
show the best route to California, thus
“killing two birds with one stone.”
Col. Benton went up with the superin
tendent, and will speak to the people of
lho western counties on Saturday, the ith
instant.
The party went from this place on board
the now and swift steamboat Clara, Capt.
Cheover, on Suturday lust. Success to
him j— 10 thu brave und generous Beale,
and his few but trained comrades. The
ludies of his fumily return to their home
near Philadelphia—hjs vming ami beauti
ful wife, ilnuigh so anxious 10 go', yielding
to the apprehensions ol delaying the rupid
movements ol her husband.
IMFORTANT FROM MEXICO.
Inauguration of Santa Anna — The Sloo
Contract Confirmed— Tehuantepec Neu
.trality Treaty Ratified— Arbitrary
Press Law, cj-c.
New Orleans, May 12th, 1852. The
stenmor Texas arrived to day from \era
Cruz. Gen. Uraga, who is going to Prus
sin ns Mexican Minister, camo passenger
on ' ier - -.r
Gen. Arista suiled from Vera Cruz on
tho Oth inst., in the British mail steamer
Avon, for St. Thomas.
City of Mexico dates are to the 4lh inst.
The pnpers contain full particulars of the
inauguration of Santa Anna, and of the
formation ofn new Cabinet.
Tho contract had been confirmed by
tho government, and tho treaty in regard
to neutrality concerning the Tehuantepec
route also confirmed.
Santa Athad proclaimed a new nr- 1
bitrary law with regard to tho press, re
quiring all the papers to bo licensed by |
government, and the proprietors to deposit!
largo sums ns securities, and copies ofj
every articlo to govenment officers before;
publication, to abstain entirely from discus-
sing political matters. Severe penalties
attend the infringement of these rules, nnd
ulso ns to publishing matter denominated
subversive, seditious, libellous, immoral
and calumnious.
In consequence of this law severnl of
tho most prominent Mexican journals,, in
cluding tho Monitor, has been discontinu
ed.
Another Dreadful Calamity—Fall of a Bnlld- j
lag and great Lou of Life.
Buffalo, May 14.—A terrible calamity i<
occurred in this city yesterday. The build
ing on Main street, occupied as a .banking j
house by Messrs. Robinson & Co., and
Robert Codd, while undergoing repairs,
suddenly caved in, the roof nnd every
story being carried to the ground.
It is feared that 15 or 20 workmen, nnd
some persons occupying the upper stories
are beneath the ruins.
The utmost excitement prevails and the
'fire Department nnd u large number ol
citizens are clearing the ruins.
| The front of the shops had been taken
out lor repairs, nnd the building was left
! without proper-support.
I The building was five stories high, and
! the entire inside and back wull fell into
the seller, carrying the men who were at
! work on each story down with it.
An immense pile of lumber has been
got out, nud five men have been rescued
alive —ono with his leg bndly crushed nnd
tho others seriously injured.
Three dead bodies have been recover
; c d—one that of John Hufl'ord, master car
' penter, whusc head was completely crush
ed.
While dicing in the rear, a man felt*
his hand ligluly'grasped by ono beneath,
the ruins and clearing away, u boy wusj
discovered who had been jammed in be- j
tween the timbers for upwards of an hour.'
The men worked hard to rescue him, the I
little fellow bearing up'bravely, though,
much crushed and exhausted. Me was
at length restored to the arms of his father,
who stood by in speechless agony wutch- ,
ing the efforts of tho men. The boy’s 1
muno is George Kinskey ; he is much im i
ijured internully, but hopes are interlnined
; for his recovery. Tho fire department is-
I now organized to work during the night.
I It is supposed that fifieen persons are
i still beneath tho ruins, all of whom are
doubtless dead, as tho ruins are piled up
in a thick solid mass from tho cellar to
the second story.
Muclt excitement prevails throughout
the city. ;
No moro bodies are yet in sight.
Buffalo, May 14. —-The loss to the own- \
ers of the building is between Blo,oouand
$15,000.
The search at the fallen building was con
tinued all night by torch-light.
About 5 o’clock this morning, three
moro dead bodies wero discovered. One
was grasping a plane lightly, as though
struck down while in the act of using it.
It is supposed that five or six are still
beneath tho ruins not yet cleared out.
Railroad Intelligence—Horrible Affair Ac.
BALmioc, May 13, —New Orleans pa
pers ofSaturday uro nl hand.
A Convention of tho Georgia Railroad
Stockholders met at Ataiantn, on tho 19th
inst., the question proposed being the con
nection between the Georgia and Milledge
villa road. It was referred to the Board of
Directors.
A horrible affair occurred at Bubington,
S. C., on Saturday last. A man named'
John Sims had a difficulty with the over-!
seer, when his wifo presented a pistol at'
Sims and threatened to shoot him. Sims
immediately shot her, and afterwards her
husband, killing him !
The entire stock 0p51,000,000 of the hew
Babkin New Otwnn was' subscribed in
'four days. \
Bobbery of the Foreign Bail
Important Arrest.— -New 1 ork t May
12,1853.—The author of the many rob
beries of foreign letters passing through
the New York post office, wus this morn
ing detected and arrested by the special
agent of the Post Office Department, Mr.
Holbrook, who was sent here to ferret out,
the mat<cr. i
The rogue turns out to be Theodore A.
Rossie, a clerk in the foroign letter de
partment. The agent, we understand,
having suspected him, laid his plans ac
cordingly, and was eye witness to the rep
etition of lhe>depredations this morning.
1 Rossie was nt once put in custody of.
'the U. S. Marshal, and will havo his e.x
lumination to-morrow. This detection is;
a very important one, and reflects crediti
'on the IT.l T . S. Post Office Department.
5 Rossie, it appears has been in the habit j
'of breaking open letters, containing gold
German letters, mainly, but he was
1 particular.
I '-'orcign governments have been com-
I plaining of those robberies for some months
ipast, and it wn9 not believed at first that
the robberies were committed here, on this
side.
Rossie is a young man of nbout 21 or
22 years old, with a wife and family. —
Hjs fiubits arc supposed to be bud.
KURMR IS WASBHiUTUN. <
Robert A*Hawke, Messenger of the |
General Post Office, cut his wife’s throat ,
on Saturday night, an hour after they re- i
tired, completely severing the wind-pipe
and arteries. He then made to cut his
own throat, but was, as he says, prevent
ed from killing himself by his wife knock
ing the razor out of his hand. Their
daughter, thirteen years of age, occupy
ing the adjoining room, was awakened by
the screams of her mother, who jumped
out of bed and ran down stairs, while
Hawke raised the front window, loudly
exclakuDg; “l have cut my wife’s throat,
and my own, and intend to cut my child’s.”
The wife, in the mean lime, reached the
front door, and attemped to speak, but
was unable. The neighbors alarmed, go
ing in, found heron the floor, in a dying
condition, the husband standing over her, i
with arms extended, exclaiming : “Oh,
my wife, my wife, I have cut her throat.” j
The child was screaming on the steps. —
The wife expired in about twenty minutes.
An inquest was held Sunday morning, and
the jury returned a verdict of “death
bv the hands of her husband, he being in
ja dernnged state of mind.'’ Hawke bus
been arrested and committed. He. was
j honest and inoffensive ordinarily, hut for
I some time pust has been in nil extremely
| depressed state of mind. Intending suicide
he had written a letier, saying “the world
! Was against him, und os ho cotild not live
'happily here, he wunted all his family to
| go to heaven.”— Daily News.
PREVENTING RAILROAD ACCIDETS.
In his message to the -luiure of
Connecticut, sent in on Tuesday last, tho
day only before ihe n.ivnl dreadful cuius,
thrope at Norwalk, Governor td'-ymour
makes the !*»!l«>win»* suggestions, which g
possesesu sud pertinence and interest :
“A law is wanted to brimi our railroad
companies under the immediate super
vision of the State. It must be conceded,
l think, that we ought not to trust altogether
to the prudence auu skill ol the manugers
of the roads, or their.,ugonts. As theao
means of comunication are multiplied, ob
. ligation to exercise due care and diligence
, may, under somecircumslnnces,bo lessen
edor impaired. It therefore becomes a
! matter of signal importance to create a
: necessity for tho exercise or constunt vig
' ilenco, by the enactment of laws which
will simply provide, as far ns human fore
sight and sagacity can do, against theso
frightful accidents which have so often left
1 dismay and ruin in their path. Many af
these accidents are the direct consequence
1 of defective locomotives, badly constructed
j railroads, inattention to the requisite rq»
; pairs, improper signals, and other cuusoa
I which might be enumerated, and which
jean only beguarded against, tothe greatest
{extent by subjecting the companies to the
Singular Case. — Washington , May {scrutiny of otficersdoriving their authority
12.1853. —A singular case has urisen ini from the legislature,
connection with the Department of the In-{ The appointment of general railroad
terior. Robert B. Williumson, formerly j commissioners, to be composed in whole,
a clerk in the department, having charge jor in part, men, with power to'
of the disbursement on account of the, visit several railroads from lime to time,
Censbs fund/wis're moved by Secretary I for the purposeof inquiring into und report-
Stuart. Upon an examination of hia ac-|iug abuses, if any shall be found to exist,
counts it appears he has retained in his;and with further.power to requirencotppli
hands six thousand dollars of the Govern- once with such rules as it may bo fouqd
ment money, on tho plea that he had a necessary to adopt in regard to this matter,
right to charge .commission on his dis- would be an important step towards increas.
bursements. Of course such a position is ing the public confidence in the system.-*-
perlectly ridiculous in n clerk. We un- Ejirect interference with Ihe affairs of rail
derstnnd Governor M’Cleilund has deter- 1 road companies!* not asked for, but onjy
mined, if the money is not paid at once to {such general supervision nf the r<mils I nnd
: the Treasury, to cause Williamson to be the meuns of conveyance upon them, qs
crimipnily prosecuted, undor the provis-. circumstances imperatively require. Tho
ions of the sub-treasury luw? / dictates of wisdom- no less thun tjiuse of
j The oath of office wob administered yes* j humanity, cleurly point to the necessity
Iterday, to several clerks recently appoint-: for legislative aciioa upon this subject.’’
ed—among them Edward H. Fuller, whoi. ' .■' > ■■ '' - ...
was shot by Lieut. Schaumberg, and who I should bo feared when ow*
appeared to hare folly recovered hia health, j und braved when present.
I- The Rhode Island L gislatukk, which ,
has just been in sessional Newport,ndjourn- 1 1
et) on Friday evening last, after u season j
;of lour days. According to party usages, 1
, all the Whig State office holders were dis-1
pluced, and Democrats chosen to succeed
them. An act was passed calling a con- 1
vention to frame a new constitution forthe
Stute ; also one providing that the property !
of married women, wives of uliens. shull;
descend to theircbildren: one making New-;
port a city ; charters were granted for,
seven bunks, one savings bank, and various
manufacturing and other corporations; the
issue of fractional bills by banks was pro
hibited. The Whigs, being in the minori
ty, mado no useless opposition, and the
1 Democrats, therefore, passed everything
I with railroad speed. Governor Allen, the
new U. S. Senator, was an anii-Dorrite
during the troublous times of 1842, and
fitted out a company of carbineers to fight
the rebeU. —North American.
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