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.Seareely has the public mind - lift - 010 - recovir
imm the startling iatelir.tet we of some horrid acci
dent,,,wheittil-fliany;huntau i!e,ings-are kilicti and
mangled, hefore Al10:!)..r and none dreadful crowds
ViVll, o 4,Blfe/Fi4l76lflLvorites our sympathy. One
of the•most dreadful rhilload accideitift uliteli has
ever occurred, followed wi h a wholesale serald.ter
of human life, took place on the New Haven Rail
road, on Friday, Gth instant, many sad particulars
driVric r r .l
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The Express train, which" left New York, al 8
A hLconsisting of two baggaoe and !five Nissen
geFears, and filled' whit passerigers, - }tan off the
bride at Norwalk, CI. at 10 o'clrx.k, „snbmerging
in afteen feet depth el water the locomotive, two
of the passenger cats, and a porthn of the thid—r
The draw was open to admit the prtssnge of !de
steamer Pacific, which had just passed throng!!
The sited of the train, at the time of he catastro
phe, waa about 20 miles nn hoe.. The width td
the draw is 60 feet, and such was the rate of speed
and the force that impelled the train, that the en
gine nearly leaned the draw, striking with tremen
dous violence against the wall on the opposite
side.
The Bridge is about 130 410 in lane h, extending
over the Norwalk River, and erec.csi in the most
reabetantial manlier, will very I.eava betterment arid
braces of iron, and immense grrib&l. The width
of the bridge is suflicient for trains to pass each oth
er. The draW piwtion of it is 60 feet iii length
On the•easterly side of the bridge is erected a long
pole, some 40 feet high, np'n which is placed a
large red ball, with pul!ies to hoist and lower, Emilie
occasion may require. • This is the signal for all
trains to stop when taken down by the master of the
bridge. It can be observed for a mile, either on
the East or West side of the bridge, by the engin.
eer of any train. Or this day the master of the
bridge was compelled to remove the draw to allow
'a steamer to go through. He accordingly fixed his
as usual, and then steams off the draw On the
westerly side of the bridee is a short curve, but had
the velocity of the train been less, or had the engrn.
car been attending to his duty, the dreadful calam
ity world have been avoided
The follownig statement, by an eye witness of
the dreadful occurrence, is the most precise and
graphic, of any account we have seen :
I now wish to say I was present at the time of
the catastrophe I was not on board of the ears,'
and I was very near the drawbridge. The draw
was raised when 1 approached the bridge, and the
steamer Pocifx had just passed. through. it was
then I first heard the eniee of the approaching train.
I thought to myself, " Good God, that is :he express
train!" I ran towaids (he bridge, feeling' that no
earthly power could prevent an accident. I looked
up at the signal pole, and the b.ill was ,dorm. The
train dashed passed me like bgheling. lam a tol
erable good judge of railroad speed, and I should
slay the train was going at over thirty-five miles in
hour. It might been more—ii certamly was uo less.
The report m some of die Saturday's papers, that at
was going at the rate of fifty miles an boor is in
correct. The road in most parts, is too heavily
graded for such a rate of speed to be attained
What I felt at that moment I cannot describe.—l
cannot even realize my cwn feelings ' or recall the
horror, that seized me as that train tied by. I was
only one hupdred yards from the bridge, and in a
moment the locomotive had leaped the gulf—that
fact alone is convincing Oise the rate of speed was
not an ordinary one, as the draw 60 feet wide. The
engine arid tender seemed to disappear trreether,
and, meld Rimier,: as thouglit, first the beeeriee car,
then the smoking car, and Men the first passereser
car, then the second, went over the watt of the
draw, a plunge of about twenty feet, into the water,
which was at high tide. i heard the crash of break
ing timbers, and ono scream neereil eimultaneeusty
by many voices Then, fora secoset or two all was
still as death; then 1 beard the gurgling of the wa.
tern, as they rushed into the cars, flora eddies or
little wbirlpoools on the sui face. In :mother mo
ment, shrieks from those in the rear cars, and in
the hind part of the third passenger car, filled the
air, arid in the next instant there was but one scene
of indescribable confusion. 1 should have stated,
what indeed is already well known to :he public,
that die third passenger car Was neatly pulled grit
the wafer. Toere was, however, the restraining
torce of the rear cars, while the weight -of those
which had gone over operated, re front, to drug it
over ihestrall. The consequence was,ehat it snap
ped 'like a match; the flooraig, the rides and the
sorernost end flying thrward, with a jerk, hail ac r os s
the draw.. Many of the seats and the dislodged
window-sashes, with a crowd of timber fragments,
were impelled, some of them fully are On the gull,
and two of the passengers, who were seated just
at the spot where the-car snapped asunder, were
thrown full twenty feet forward, and pitched with
frightful force upon the ruins of the first and second •
cars. The first passenger car was wholly submerg
ed. Only a portion orone end of the second was
visible, and the water sramco'vered that ; I suppose •
by the sinking of the first car, wpm which it had
fallen, deeper into the mud. The baggage car was
submerged, as also was the locomorive and tender.
The smoking car was caught upon the piles of the
bridge, which partly kept it above water. I learn
there were only eight persons in it, and that they
rill escaped.
All that I have taken some space to describe,
transpired in a few seconds. I have recently been
but partially recovered from a severe fit of sick.
fleas, and the horror was too much tor me. Never,
never again could I witness such a sight Instead
of running towards the bridge in such an event, I
should rush from it, that I might be spared the har
rowing spectacle. I felt stunned, almost as ill had
received some severe concussion from a material
object. On hurrying to the beach, I ea* tarty or
fifty persons straggling with the water, crawling np
the end of the secondvassenger car, or catching at
fragments of the floating wreck. •ft is a CllTiCtlik
CIO, that some of the passengrs, who were in the
third car, seated almost at the pint where it broke
asunder, were not' impelled into the water,'while
others, as I have said, were sent flying forward
I may here mention that the sof; mud of the river,
under and near, the bridge, is very deep. I should
fudge, from what I hare seen of it, that it is as much
as 10'or 12'feet deep.
Language fails to depict the scene which follow.
ed. The passengers who were uninjuredy and
those whose bruises, were sufficiently slight to al
low them to exert emseiVes, thronged to the as
sistance of the drowning. The poor creatures were
taken out of the car windows, axes were brought
to break through the sides arid roofs of the cars,
undies fast as any one roe to the surface, en effort
rosiairer them was made by sotne men, Who bad
ptit off in beats, or who had ventured into the wa
fer as tar as:thew oWn safety permitted. The steam
er Pacifr, which bad just passed through the draw
put back, and ropes were thrown out and boats low.
eyed. 'f did not see any one taken board. One
gentlemen, who wait thrown ofl the wall from the
breaking of the third car, escaped by swimming
I see it stated in some of the papenEthat none were
killed out °lithe ibir3,car. I think
,none escaped
out of the Era car, Indeed, it was so deeply em
bedded in the:mtulithat those who were not killed
by the shock of the felt mad have been drowned
almost instantly. •
The following is- a' porlinn• of the leritinn‘y
taken before the Coroner's Vaguest : •
- Eifdrard swintr-411*Ve'
been on the Road about two months the last time ;
lam as familiar with thelioattas I am with my A
t prred iagraetlol fromikprintadvad
, fraigs r onstaTlie rthp htNeiv
lbettevdtheithin lwki; geit)t at .4e rijeat fifielo
miss an tu* past thiktiottiallikpepap-iiiiisifitaf
'fortitakeitiriSp jneOkeettdf thebrit* over the
befo*eominfile detiet; Lim certein
41.6tratt tealnatba-leiteivell I did tat.
10 , k oat through the ttindow-glass, bet entirety Out;
I do not think I could hate mistaken any tin •g for
the carpal? 1 camseaMe.signal Nat before-Lga to
the bridge, above the Depot, f am certain I see the
signal; I am very careful; the brakemen fiscally ,
see the ball, arid I supposed they saw it st that trine
and let up the brakes ; I received no other instruc
tion than to look Out itor the ball et the draw ;
sounded the whistle the mement t!Ve draw
open ; the brakes Were not applied, for if they had
been I think-the.- train .might have been stopped
,before going off the bridge; I gave the whistle be
'lore getting to die Depot ;r the engine might have
"one in, but nor the eats; I had no convetsation
with the conductor-except about a brake on one
end of the car; I never read while on the engine ;
I had to piper yesterday; the fireman jumped ofi
near the I , IIIIIIPM of the bridge ; he is not hurt ; -
1 can stop a train in twice its length ; the trajn yes.
'coley hurl two Inicattge and live passenger cars; I
was I. , ehirld •ime eight minutes when passing Nor
walk ; it is the worst bridge on the route'to scup a
train before coming to the dram after turtling the
curve near the draw, because the distance is leech
shorter than any oilier.
George Psner, Fh,nan, sworn—l was fireman on
the. Irani yesterday I have been on the train about
I 3 torsi Its ; all that I know about it is that the draw
tt as open and we ran off ; I did not look at the sig
nal ; it is not my duty to look for it it wher. we
got to the button factory the engineer hallowed to
me and I saw the draw was off; he whistled near
the bridge ; we were cuing as.slow as we ever do
a•nund that corner ; the engineer blew no whistle
to brake up ; the rare-, was going from 15 to 20
miles per hour; if we had known it al the depot
we could hare stopped ; I was near the abutment
when liiimped ; it takes about one minute and a
halt to go from the depot to the bridge; I heard no
orders given to the engineer by Mr. Comstock ;
Mr. Com-tock is not m the habit of giving order.
ta'the engineer; I did not see the conductor after
we left Stamford : I never fired for Mr. Tucker be•
fore yesterday have seen engineers read on the
train ; I did not see Mr. Tucker read ; I saw him
put his head out of the window just before nearing
the si2,nal and supposed he was looking for it;
I left Norwalk yesterday afternoon: I saw Mr. Com
stock, just after the accident; I have not seen him
since.
Mr Fuller, the Boston baggage maater, says in
his testimony :
We started from Canal street New York, with
tour passenger and two baggage cars, at 8 o'clock,
:and took on a passenger car, at Twenty-seventh
street ; on our arrival at Stanford we were on time
I looked out of the car on our arrival at Norwalk,
to see that everything was all right, and saw the
white 133 ,, 0r -flying, which were exhibited to inform
the eneineers that the ?twitches were preperly plac
ed ; then closed my doors and sat down, and it
was not fire minutes afterwards that I heard the
engineer's 'whistle to put on the brakes; I immedi
ately looked out of the door, and saw th at the draw
bridge was open, and at the same tirrle saw Mr.
Tucker, the engineer, jumped from the engine to
to the ground; I could not get the door of the car
in which I was sufficiently open to get out, and
immediately braced my self to receive the shock;
the engine, tender, and part of the car in which I
was were p - ecipitated.into the water, my car strik•
tog the abutment of the britige, and one end of it
lodged there, the other baggage car following went
through my car about half way, and the other pas
senger cars pressing behind them and the baggage
tiarloff to the left ; at the first shock I was stenned,
aud•being thrown against the trunks my face was
cut. As soon as I recovered, I crawled out through
the top of the car and got into the drawbridge, and
immediately procured boats get the passengers out
of the wreck ; we had to use axes to chop hales in
the care in order to extricate:the passengers. We
worked al out four bouts when we got matters into
sh•rpe. About 3 o'clock the trains passed as usual
over the road. The last two cars were sa%ed in
consequence of the brakes being pm nu at the mo
ment the draw bridge was open. 1 cannot say
whether signal was up or down, for I had no tone
to look. As soon as I got out Ott the b.idge, 1 ask
ed the drawbridge man if the signal was np— he
said •r No, it was down fif een minutes before the
train arrived." The steamer Arc* had jest pass.
e:l through Mr. Tucker told me lie could swear
that the red hall was up I wish to contradict the
report which has appeared some of the newspapers
stating that Mr. Cornstck told the engineer ( fuck
er) " to go to hell." This could not have been so
for Mr Comstock was in conversation with me at
Stamford, the place at which it is alleged such re•
mark had been made.
ACCURATE LIT (IF THE DEAD
Dr Samuel Beach, liiid,report, Conn.; Dr. John
0 Gray, Springfield, Mass.; Waller French. Man
chester, N. li. ; Nairn an Parker. Woodbury Conn
Nalhaniel Ring, Jr , Athens, Ohio; A man not
known. supposed to be Dr. Woodruff, of Middle
town; Mrs. A. L Desogne, Phila.; Francis %V
Style, Boston ; J. M Hutchinson, Boston; Dr'
lVelsti Alexander, Hanlon!, Conn.: An aged lady'
named Ann T Green ;B. W. Openenck, Worester:
t.z. N. Haslrd, N Y ; Female child about eight;
months, not recognised; Olivet Barr, Antioch Cul
lege, Ohio ; W Dimock. Mansfield, Conn. ;
Emelirie Shepherd ; Mrs. Francis Tane; Ellen S
Bacon. Boston : Mr Jacob G Van de Venter; Dr.
D. C Dwight Brooklyn ; Joseph M: Hill, N. Y. ;
Rev. Julin Lnlirs, Williamsburg, L I. ; Mrs. J M
Ficent. Lancaster Pa. : Anna C. Lang, Boston ;
John Moss., Gardiner. Me.; Mrs. Francis Harley,
Baltimore; Beverly Paikess, Yorkville, N. Y. ; —
Mary F. Robins, Lenox, Mass : Dr Smith, Spring
field, ; Robert Steinheimer, Bellows Falls,
Vt.- ; Alice Carrigan ; Mrs. Harms, N. Y : &man
Pommy, Stockbridge, Mass ; Mrs. Maria Robins,
Lenox, Mass ; Mrs. G R. Sparks, Pittsfield, Mass•
Dr. Josiah Bartlett, Concord ; Dr Abiel L. Pierson,
Salem. Mass. ; Isarc C Golbath, Richmond, Maine;
Marlin Tarte, N Y. ; Julia Anderson, four years
old, in charge Ilf Emeline Shepherd ; David B.
Newell, Newpor, R. I ; B. F. Larchter, Drindas,
Canada West.
44 in all, 38 were more-or less injured, some of
them very seriously, probably mortally.
Fi(ty coffins have been purchased by the Rail
road Company, and wrought to the station. The
dead bodies, as they were brought in, were mark
ed and placed in them. Upcn those who were
recognised, the Mottling, on them at the time ol the
disaster was allowed to remain, while those who
were unknown were stripped, their clothes end
valuables placed safely away, and upon their per
sons clean linen shrouds were arranged.
The I,Pg,tslature. at" its session Saturday morning
appointed a special comm committee to investigate the
cause of the late di saster.
A bill w•as also introduced making it a fine of
$lO,OOO for every person killed upon•a railroad and
imposing heavy penalties for injurierron account of
maiming.
At an early hour on 'Saturday morning, the work
men were at their labors at the Drawbridge, in en
deavoring to extricare the remaining smoking and
baggage cars, the lender and locomotive. The ma
chinery and cars are yet completely aebmerged,
and so far stuck into the mud, that it is thought at•
terly impossible to remove them by man-power,
and arrangements , are made to procure Bishop's
Derrick, and lake it op the East River, thence
through the Norwalk River to the fatal bridge.
PUBLIC ArEETTNG AT AORWALIC.
On Monday afternoon a very large meeti ng was
held on a piece of high ground overlooking the fa.
tal drawbridge. Hon Stephen Smith president, and
there were a very large number of Vrce Presidents
and Secretaries. Resolutions were adopted appro
priate to the occasion Speeches were made by
Dr. Hill, Dr. Mead ; D. S Rev. Mr. Bissell and Mr.
Foote. A memorial to the Legislature was adopt.
ed praying for the enactment of a law that may
prevent railroad accidents in tonne.
Vrealfetas . Uoportev.
Free Soli, Free speech, Free Men
Preedsno for Prei rorrtforp.
E. 0. GOODRICH, EDITOR.
Towanda, Saturday s May 14, 1853.
Terms of The Reporter.
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Brat mad 25 cents for each subsequent insertion.
Er Office 1113 the " Union Block," ncinh side of the Public
Aquare,:next door to the Bradford Hotel. Entrance be,wcen
Messrs. Adams and El wellts law offices.
Democratic State Nominationir
CAIAL comxtanomsn.
THOMAS H. FORSYTH, of PHILA. Co
•onrron OrN811•L.
EPIIRAIM BANKS, or MIFFLIN, CO
FOR SOTIVETOII OEN AAAA .
J. PORTER BRAWLEY, or CRAWFORD CO
!Forth Pennsylvania Railroad.
In another column, will be found an advertise
ment of the Engineer of the " Philadelphia, Easton
and Water Gap Rail Road Company," to which
we would call the attention of onr readers. We
understand that this Company is the same as the
" North Pennsylvania Railroad Company" the
name of the corporation !ravine been changed, and
its powers and privileges enlarged at the last seas
ion ofour Legislature.
The uliimate design of the North Pennsylvania
Railroad Company seems to be, to push a direct
North and South road lom Philadelphia ; up the
valley of the Lehigh or the Delaware, and thence
over into Wyoming, or Lackawanna Valley—
thenee by the valley of the North Branch to the State
line, to a connexion with the New York and Erie
Railroad
By reference to the map, it wilt be seen that by
a short road from Waverly to hhaca, and thence
the Lake Ontario, Auburn and New York Railroad,
Lake Ontario would be reached at Sodus Bay, in a
very direct hue.
Already a corps of Engineers have commenced
the surveys at Waverly, and are progressing down
the valley of the North Branch. It is believed that
a favorable route for a railroad can be obtained by
which the distance from this place to Philadelphia
will not much exceed two hundred miles, and citi•
zens of Towanda could pass through Philadelphia
to New York, in nearly the same distance as it is
from hereto New Yotk by the New York and Erie
Road.
The President of this road is the Hon. Morass
FEEINON, who is probably better acquainted with
the resources of the State, and the necessities and
advantages of Railroads, than any man in the Com
monwealth, and who we know, has much at heart
the speedy completion of a road, IA hich will do
much to develops the resources of this region, and
aflord a direct thoroughfare between the interior of
the two most important Sta'es of the union. We
are assured that the Company is composed of the
most substantial merchants and capitalists of Phila.
delphia,,who are determined, if no obstacles are
interposed, to push the enterprise to an early con
summation.
We look upon the project as the most feasible
and advantageous of any of the rail road schemes
of the present day. Starting out from Philadelphia
the road will pass for many miles, through a dense.
ly populated region, striking into the Lehigh Coal
Valley, and passing from thence to the Wyoming,
Coal Valley, it will enter the Towanda Batumin
ous Coal and Iron region, and interlock at Waver
ly with the New York and Erie Road, connecting
with Western and Central New York. Already
charters have been granted, and roads are project.
ed leading north from Waverly to Lake Ontario.—
By this project, the traveller, instead of his present
circuitous route, cab proceed in a direct line from
Philadelphia to the Great Lakes, sweeping in his
progress through two States.
The conception of this Road is due to Wm. B.
FOSTER, JR., and Mr. FERNON, both of whom are
well acquainted with the vast interests to which it
will afford an outlet, and the immense advantage it
must be to Philadelphia, passing as it does, thro'
two of the three anthracite coal fields of the State.
We hope our citizens will afford the Engineer corps
every information and facility, and that if further
action be required to forward a scheme so pregnant
with advantage to the north, it will be accorded.
Wye]ieing Bridge Company
We insert in this week's paper, a notice of Com
missioners for stock of the - Bridge projected at Wy.
eluting, and hope for the good of our county that
it may be successful. The plan, toy:eraser inform
ed, is, to give the western side of the river access
to the Canal at Wyatt:ming, by an open Bridge of
cheap construction like that at Owego, which cost
312,000—both the cheapest and the beat upon the
river. At first thought, it may seem that a section
so thinly peopled, could hardly support the expense,
but, in truth, the sawed lumber of that vicinity alone,
will make a far larger burthen to cross the river
there for shipment on the canal, than will pass it
at any other point. Besidas this, for preient years
the moat important item, the productions and re
ceivals of Asylum, Wilmot and Albany townships
in this, and a considerable portion of Sulivan
Cormr3rorift obtain' their most favorable connexion
with the Canal by this passage.
DLit% Mifflin' or £wrnoa S'Parem—The She
riff of the City and County of Philadelphia has re•
ceived from Governor Bigler the death warrant of
Anhur Spring, convicted 01 the murder of Mrs. El
len Lynch. When it was read ro the doomed man,
he appeared to be very composed, and protested
his entire innocence to the last. The day of exe
cution is flied for Friday, the fifth day ()Mlle, be
tween the hours of I r and To'cloct
INcarasu or Torre.--The amount of tolls entree.
ted during March and April at Beach Haven, Lu
zerneCounty, on the Note Branch Canal, was
816,589 51-an increase of $9030 83.olver the same
period lest year.
OVerielig To7IOillD.. • -
A new tovrnahip Was created at February term
of oRr-Court; out If -pettenf Albany ) Monroe and
FreWilyi:and fienied fArZwroi . t. &act of the Le
gietiouritutherlica an elec:itini to tit held thi.-the
18th°da of hfeich, lOtt s Officeie of ,the ne#,:Aorin
ship; when the following :
Attire 4 the Peace—Jacob ftrniehatinet
Road Commissioners—James Molyneux, William
Luce Thomas McGovern.
.- , Constable--George W. Hottenstine. , -
Judge of Election—John Molyneux.
hupectors—Reoben Rainbolt, Isaac Frier.
Town Clerk—William Waltman.
Auditors—Daniel O'Neal, John Flynn, Abner
.Shoot Directors—Abner 141iteliell, John Moly.
neux, Thos. McGovern, Andrew Wilth, J Strevy.
Treasurer—Edward McGovern. •
Towanda Post Office.
Mr. HENRY CAMPBELL has been appointed Dep
uty Post Master at this place, and the office has been
removed to No. 1 Brick Row.
Col Bailey whi) has been relieved of this office
by the advent of a Democratic Administration, has
discharged its duties for the last seven years, kith
fully, and in such a manner as to secure the ap
protration of the public.
Appointment• by the Governor
Col. Jestes BURNSIDE has been dppoirited Presi
dent Judge of the new Judicial District, composed
of Centro, Clinton and Clearfield counties.
Col. Geo. R. BAaRETT, of Clearfield, to be Presi
dent Judge in the place of Hon. N. B. Eldred,
resigned.
ATHENS INSURANCE COMPANY.—An act incorpo
rating an Insurance Company with the r.bove title,
was passed by the late Legislature, and the Com
pany has been organized by choosing the following
°Oars:
President—FßANClS TILER.
Secretary—J. E. CANFIELD.
Treasurer and ('ice Pre.ident—C F. WELLE:A, Ja.
Board of Directors—W m 11. Overton, James H.
Welles, Wm Scott, Wm B Darlinzon, C.N Ship
man, %Vrri. E. Barton, Addison McKean, Francis
Tyler and George Sanderson.
, DEATH or A PATRIARCH —A lairs number of the
Lycoming Oazette, chronicles the death of Mr. Jas .
McSherry, of Jersey Shore, at the age of 88 years
and 10 months - . The deceased was a native of Ire
land, but emigrated to this country in 1790. He
had resided since 1764 in Lycoming county, where
he was universally respected. He was the fattier
of 22 childred, and his surviving descendants are
as follows : 12 sons and 6 daughters, 83 grand chil
dren and 33 great-grand-children—numbering in
all 138 surviving souls. Ile had been a worthy
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for 33
years before his death.
GOLD IN TlLNAS.—Advicem from G'alves!on con
firm the previous reports of exienaive Gold disco
veries on the Colorado I our hundred persons
were at the digging°, getting from L 5 to SIO per
day. Farmers were leaving their crops, and mer
chants their stores, and great excitement prevailed
The soil for 100 miles along the river is said to be
as rich in gold as CalilorniJ.
THE LATE RAIL ROAD CASUALTY.—The Chicago
Democratic Press says, the number of the ii,jored
by the late railroad collision near that place is mud'
larger than was first supposed. It is now ascer
tained that there are from 40 to 50 more or less in
jured. The number of lives lost was fifteen.
UIRAM A. Bk:EBE, editor of the Owego Ga
:ate, has been appointed Post Master at Owego,N
V. We congratulate Brother B. B. upon his vie
cess. The old adage that " those who win may
lau,gli," will suggest that the lachryniose style o
his editorials lately : should be changed to the jubi
lant.
Twelve nays Later. from California!
STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION & GREAT LOSS OF LIFE
The Steamship Daniel Webster, train San Juan,
California dates to the IG.h of April, reached
her tviprf last evening.
The Daniel Webster connected wi'h and bring,s
the passengers oldie Steamship Brother Jonathan,
which left San Francisco on the 16th.
The Daniel Webster brings about 200 passen
gers, and a considerable amount in gold dust.
The most important news by this arrival is the
intelligetre of the total wreck of the steamship S
S. Lewis, belonging to the Nicaragua line. She ran
ashore in a fog near the same spot where the Ten
nnesee struck, a few weeks ago, and shortly after
became a total wreck. Her passengers, number
ing 382, are all believed to have been saved.
At the time of the accident the S. S. Lewis was
from San Juan to San Francisco, with the passen•
gers by the Prometheus, which left New York on
the 19th of March.
The S. S. Lewis was built at Philadelphia, in
1851 and was valued at 8200,000. There was no
insurance nn her.
Steamship Jenny Lind had exploded her boilers
near San Francisco, terribly scalding from sixty
to seventy, persons, twenty of whom have since
ited.
Among the victims of this terrible disaster was
the whole family ol Mr. Noah Ripley, consisting of
himself, wife and lour children.
The accident occurred just at the head of San
Francisco Bay, and 18 persons were killed instant
ly by the explosion.
The steamer which formerly plied between San
Francisco and Sacramento had just got fairly under
way when the explosion occurred, blowing out the
plate ol her boiler, and scattering death and de
struction among all on board.
Ihe bodies of 18 of the dead have been recov
ered. Thirty or forty others were dreadfully scald
ed, so much so that-not one among them is eXpect
ed to live.
Eight of those killed, and many of the scalded,
were residents of San Francisco.
The steamer was on her return from a trip to
41% iso.
The passage of the bill by the souse of Repre
sentatitos for the extension of the city front, had
caused the most intense excitement among the cit
izens of San Fmneiseo, who being determined to
defeat it if possible in the Senate, drew up a me
morial to that body, numerously signed, protesting
strenooosly against h.
This when presented gate rise to a- warm de
bate, when the tote being taken the bill was re
jected.
At the date of the steamer's departure, it had
been fully ascertained that none of the passengers
on board the steamer S. S. Lewis were lost.
- .
The small pox was prevailing and spreading rap
idly throughout San Francisco. Many fatal cases
ate reported:.
The ainottkit df gctlil deli shipped bq the Mail
Steamer to Panama is computed at over two mil.
lions of dollars.
The intelligence from the reinmg regions is very
Entisfactory.
NEW ORLEANS' Ma) 9
- Proceedlogirin:Coltrti..- -
The May Term and Sessions of the Courts of
1391dIbitirociRly, -- 0 - 00menced at this' pliCei Mon
Jay, 114 n. DAVID WiLaroT,'prealdent;
Myatui . par.r.srp and Haatorlitimeic
Aissocialit Judges.;;;
The day of the Term was principally . occd•
pied in'receiving Ilia returns of Constables; hearing
motions, and Other preliminary business.
The firskeauaa-upoa.whicb a. jury was impan
elled was
Corn vs. Oliver J. Warner and Marcus E War
»cr.—lndicted far assault and battery upon the per
son of Nelson E. Warner, on the lath of April last,
in Orwell township. The Jury found the defen
dants guilty, and the Court sentenced them to pay
the costs — Of prosecution,
Corn. vs. James Brink —The Grand .fury return
a true bill against defendant for uttering counterfeit
money, in paying to Seneca Kendall two 55 bills
on the York Bank, alleged to be counterfeit. Con
tinued until next Term.
Com. vs. Job Morley —Charged with assault and
battery upon the person of Henry Pultz. Grand Ju
ry return the bill irioramus, no witnesses appear
ing.
Coin. vs. Samuel Davis —The defendant, though
only 18 years old, appeared to be a hard customer,
two indictments pending against him, one for steal
ing a'satin vest, the properly of David Ward, of
Wells lwp,.and another for stealing a horse, the
property of Thomas D. Gamin, of Columbia. Oh
the latter indictment the prisoner was arraigned,and
plead guilty, whereupon the Court considering him
a fit subject for the House of Refuge, direct the
Sheiift to escort him to that excellent institution.
Corn. vs. 7almart Beard3ley and (Mum- Vincent.—
Charge of forcible entry in going upon the premises
occupied by David Nye, in the township of Spring
fiekl, on the 4th day of April last, and dispossess
ing him therefrom.; and likewise, widt " stronz
hand," expelling Ahagail Nye, upon the same oc
casion, from said premises. The Grand Jory find
a bill ignoramus as to the expulsion of David Nye,
but indict Talman D. Beardsley upon the second
charge. Continued until next Term.
Corn vs Orange Chase and Frederick Gainans.—
Indicted at February Sessions, for assault and bat.
tery upon the person of Harry Parks, of Ors - el!, on
the 16th day of July, 1852 Defendants being ar.
raigned, plead guilty, and the Court, after hearmg
witnesses, sentence them to pay a fine of '7.'10 each
to the Commonwealth, anl coats 01 prosecution
Cont. vs. Orange Chase —This Wag a separate
indictment Tor the above -mentioned ass - anti. De
fmdant plead guilty, and was sentenced to pay a
fine Of $5, and costs of prosecution. •
Cora. vs. Benj. G. Rice.—lndictment for a..arl'
and battery upon the person:of James Sau-t-r. in
Ath ins twp., on. the 9th of March last. Defendant
pleads guilty, and is sentenced to pay a fine of $5
to the Commonwealth, and costs of prosecuting.
Ccm. vs Laierrnce Conli"ncr —lndicted for se'.
Ling fire to a beildin2 attached to the dwellirr of
John Middan.h in Ridigiery township.. on the 9'h
day of Aprii iart. Trial continued until next Term
and defendant remanded to jail
Cora Jahn Vrotnan, 2 , 1, and .1,1,n I
TI-u.:-
in —lndicted+ for conspiring in defran (),,P Lyon
of Monroe, by deriving \Vondin's m'eres , in a certain
valuable black horse. Said Weodin being indebt
ed to Lynn, an.l a‘ - serting the' Vroman was the'own
er The jit y finds the defendant 6 guilty of an at
tempt to defraud, and the Court sentenced !hem
to pay a fine of SIO each .to the Cornmonweahh,
and coidi of prosecution.'
Corn vs Thomas J Otto son.—.lntlicter! f pas
inc a 3 bill upon the Tremont Bank, allege I to be
countertrit, neon 11. 0. Car.ell. Defendant not
appearing hi- recogninnce was forfeited.
Corn. rs. Andrew J. Smqh.—lndicted at February
Sessions., for setting fire to the barn of Obadiah
Brown. in the township of Armenia on the 22.! :lay
of January lasi. The jury found, the defendant rTny
gtay of the charge, and on applitation of the prcs
e:-ntor, A. J. Brown, he was required to give tail :n
the sum of S-100 to keep the peeve for the space of
one year.
David Palmer a witness in this cave, was sen
tenced to pay a fine of.'s, for neg,leeting to attend.
Adaline Davis, also a ‘vitness ; was sentenced
to pay the emits of the attachment.
The Curt also sentenced Cliatle4 E 'Rathbone,
a witne:s in the case of Cint. vs. Brink to pay a
fine of tiis lor non-at'endance
11 - cre Borough —The petition of sundry inhabi
tants of Colombia Flails : being read and filed, with
a dralt or plot thereto annexed, praying the Court
to take necessary measures undder the Act of Ac
sembly for incorporation of a certain porton of
Columbia township, which is now called Colum
bia Flatts, to be incorporated into a Borou;h to
be called Sylvania, the Court direct the instrument
be laid before the Grand Jury, which body return
that they believe that it is expedient to grant the
prayer of the petitioners, and the Court order the
same to be recorded.
The Grand Jury were discharged on the Wed
nesday, having returned 9 true bills : and as igno
ramus, 3.
SECOND weer.
On Monday, May 9th, the death of the Hon Jowl
BANNISTRA GIBSON, one of the Judges of the Su
preme Court, being armounced to the Conti, as a
mark of respect to the memory of the deceased,the
Court immediately adjourned and a meeting of the
Bench and Bar was had, Hon. DAVID ‘VILMOT
President; Hun. HORACE WILLISTON, ►fun. Iliarty
Ack LEY and DARKS BULLOCK Esq., Vice Presidents;
%Villiam Elwell, Esq, Secretary.
On motion of EDWARD OVERTON,.ESI , a was
Resolved, That this meeting in common with the
Legal profession, are deeply sensible that one of the
great luminaries of the law has faller. in the full ex
ercise of his transcendent abilities, after the longest
and most able Judicial career that has ever distin
guished this or any other state of the
That hia opinions, in the vast variety of decisions
which 611 the reports of the Supreme Court of this
State for thirty-six years, will ever be received as
one of the richest legacies which a Judge could leave
to the members of his profession, being alike distin
guished for the profundity of their legal Tore, And for
the forcible, lucid and beautifully simple, though
highly ornate, language in which they were deliv
ered.
That of him as a jurist, it may be truly said—
" nihil letigit quad non ornatni."
That this meeting deeply sympathise with his af
flicted family in their great loss.
[The Chairman'appointed.EnwAlteovcatox,Wm
WATituis and U. M 6RCUR ) tags., a committee to
communicate this to them, with a copy of these
pioceeding.]
That these proceedings be published in the news
papers-of the County.
But hula jury business was done the second
Week, rattles not being ready, witnesses absent.
and divers other reasons being give n f or
once. Something, was done, ho we ,, e,
clearing tfte,Falender, by variousjudgmec.
rendered folt . wanl of an appearance.
corn .vs. &men/ A Tenant —The defend
ingbeen convicted at February Sessions . ( 4 4
By,. bibcoonsel moved loran arest 0f 7 . 4 . ,
amts rule was granted returrnble at
ions. The motion was argued at length ,
eel, hit the reasons were overruled, and
sentenced Tenant to restore the property
su
the value thereof to the owner, pay a fine
to the Com menwealth, and the cnsh+ of
and undergo an imprisonment of bit
months in the County jail.
Junction Canal Company vs. Win
Itn t
Sheriff's jury was summoned to ass e „, he,l
occasioned by the location an'd cornertc:4l
Junction Canal tlfrough lands of '',, n
Athens township, which on the Ith
returned as their verdict a tare
,l
the
in
damages, in their judgment sus•a..e 5
Whitney, ,
Mr. Overton, on the part of the Cetr,.4-;
ed the Court to grant a rule to show case
inquisition in this case should not h e
Rule granted, and the 20 h day of Jur,e.
pointed !Pr hearing the arg.ument. et
Deputy Constable, —Nelson Adams, ai
ed a Deputy Constable of Trny Bortirga:an,
Coolbaugh, of Monroe townsh.p.
ATTORNEYS ADMITTED-0 :1 motion Of
Sl t
cur, MILES KINNEY and Rd I.PII:TOZER
On motion of Mr. Peck, J , ltt.r,ts H Car,
On motion of Mr Elwell, Hansy
were admnted as Anorneys at Law, to pr3ct
theteveral courts of Bradford County ,
Collision on the N. Y. b: E. Ran,
POUR MEN SERIOUSLY INJURED
We have to clironicie another R.alroal acct.:
—if , indeed, r (ail be appropriate. a- onn
aQply :ere' to the catastrophes loam lacci-,
to tit.lles
Abou' 9 o'cl , sck last evening, it was repo , .
this cry a c..lli.loti of iw`o
ni the reszborhond of Berzon, on he RI,
trakch E-ie Rsillroa,l, about four an ss,
Jes-e);(:. y. (h: proceedhngto !he depot
pa y. we
she report w as true.
T;le emls4rant t ari hum New lol; ha..ak.
f).a Enpre,F.Trno lom Donk is I: hell aa.
of lier4eri junc•lon The locomorive,j,.. :e
each usher, and were comple•e'r !rr7; i . ,
eater Express train \A2+ ttivenb a k
harr'raze car, car ar-I
par•-ers'4eri - ti , "--;2,a2e Itrirred , a e'y v
eer li•emen preceirc ! ;hat a az,
evcaHe, they jumped cad ttie Iran a. e! , r
i•
j .,,y.
F , sur brakemen, h , werrr,
VAN kr.r.r.r. Guir . rts a: (11,,
rusurst l y and two ot !hem i• a:e. 2 ,
suflererest'A T 'y
'who :sad ruht leg srr.a•hed
creel the le_. Tl,e ; dr . % a no<e .• ",,
nokt
WI h I ;1..1( . 4 , M:J,tl .• ti qi.IPCP.
art! t .It•r•.-v C. n.
1e , 4 ;no!: !rite Ile
;1.2 has tyires br
17. , c t•r. I{Er A PTCIi Fa'," cr
frt.;:n the Trenton t 4 .tate P.—
farmer re, zn• ht:n. ••• ~'r
t;lc (art.:yr i d one cf hi• finvtri L.a.!ir
}Inal!) , uceerded 111 i;.r.)v,;nc t t
h rtr CC h a tore. He XV:Ii taker: n.O rL
quarters.
A Submarine Tt . ir2rap':,-1,;.m • :e
arrnss :he Nledireira• V a C .
sica and :S.arti,nia. w d .; r:
the lifi'llol G ,vetrlrretit t u jug:
braneh ft urn Cape
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wards rt t-74
Rock Rose
In the late edition 1.1 Ow l S. Meg .:2 I
ttnry, wr ate tuhi, says w , • r
Rose was hrst ,:tt , rr: -17 7'll
Dr. Eh Ives, of New Ha.. - en. t'• ;oh , r". , .rr'` '
I.ll7‘tilLabte 10 al: scr,
work it th..l . PL
df".phia. has employcl : w.
practice for Fcrolul ;I'vwn t< a'•
made to a work p:,b,:vne,? Iv M.
oC :.S en. Haven, 't., a u.r,u, u.
important . f•
Rock Rose, from Ni r , r.ereTs 117 e,
Extract have taken :Ur ~errit to quote, and ton
the words of Dr. T. .!Inla to 11,t;o
lie the virtues of a piact a , much neglectel
says, ac an older rnemh.r of thy pr. fe‘.lo-, (Off
marked tome. the Rork R •5e poa,es,ol far co-0. ,
tetative pothers than the pepinae sat , aede
VERs• EX FRAC 1" of ROCK RO.SE..r e
by Dr. H. C. POSTER, Tovkanda,
pamphlets may he had gat <.
DIIL D,
In Burlington, April 21, LiniA, wife of Czpt•lm
Long, in the Grad year of her age.
By the death of Nlrs. Lrsc, s..c.ety
prived of a respected an I e•tccmrd meme•
able tn;deportment, kind to tho<e ay.!ers.!%l:
choritable to the poor
who were blessed with 11 , 7 r acqoa stance, 3
deeply larnente,f
In /When-, April `23d, after a^n nd
illness• Em3r..t, d'inghter of Rey. U• S. .k :6 1
the 16th year of her age.
" Friend after friends /era rt•
Who" bath not lost a friend !
There is no union here of heart!,
That bath not here an end.
Were this frail world c•ur only re<
Living or dying, none Were blest. •
"But there's a world above
When parting is unknown -A-
A whole eternity of 10 e'
And blessedness alone ;
And faith beholds the dying her , .
Translated to that happier sphere. "`
Waverly Station,
TIME
R. ,
GOING EAST. 11. N. GOING WENI
•Buffolo Ex. e xl2 20 "Buffalo Ex. • 3 , %.
•Doy Express, AM 10 f)3 'Day Erpress, r 7 . ,
Night Express, At 11 22 Night Express, A 14 7,
Mail, r x 6 431 Mail,
*Cincinnati Ex. ANI 9 03'Emigrant, r 3 4 ',
Freight No. 2, A NI I I 551 Freight No. I. A , A 10 tt '' .
Freight N 0.4, em 4 351 Freight No. 5, A
'Do not stop at Waverly.
COACHES leave Wayer i f f4 ,
-• Athens,Towanda, Tuakhaaacci
and intermediate placea, W I /
morning, after the arrival of the Train. •
Returning, leave Towanda. (after the antra; °/
the Southern stage,) at I:1 o'clock. P. M. revival
Waverly in time fur all the evening ?ram", e 4 t
west. May 6, 1.933.
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