THE LEBISH FIEgiSTEB. - ALLEDITOVIN,_PA. WEDNP,SDAY, JULY 23,_1856 C. F. lIAINBS, EDITOR 11G - Erau.ufis oun LAST.—Tho answers to the Enigma's in our last are as follows :—That of " Home Boy"—Annie M. Clark and Lintel I3allict, solved by Miss M. Rosensteil, of Allen town ; to that of " Alpha"-,.The Floral Fair, solved by Miss M. Rosensteil ; to that of "Ida,"—The Maid of Orleans ;" to that of " Jack"—Supremacy of Thought. The laws passed at the last session of the Legislature, published in pamphlet form, have been received at the Prothonotary's office, and are now ready for delivery to those entitled to receive them. Circulate the "Reglster.” We have already been placed' under many obligations to the kind patrons of this paper who have sent us in a number of subscribers, since the establishment passed into our hands. We earnestly appeal to all friends of the paper to aid us in extending its circulation: The prosperity of your local papers reflects great credit upon every citizen of the county, and we have not the least doubt every person who takes a pride in our success, and is pleased to receive weekly a good local and general newspaper, I can at least procure us one additional subscri ber.' No pain nor expense will be spared on our Fart to add interest to our paper. As the business of the paper increases, improvements will be made in its mechanical appearance, and interest added to its several departments. Bor rowers, who have read the `• Register" for years at the expense of your neighbor and the prin ter, be generous for once, and subscribe for the paper and have one in future for your own use. You who think you have no time to read in the summer, don't entertain such nonsense. It is just the time when you need a paper, and now particularly when it is so important for you to be posted up with the, news abroad and at home. And then take a paper for your fam ily and children's sake. Cultivate a taste in your children for reading newspapers. It will give them a knowledge of the world, and fit them for business when they leave the paternal mansion. Don't look upon them as mere ma chines of labor to work and sleep during the summer, and forget all they learned in the win. ter. Give them a little time to read and rest, and the newspaper will be their first and best resort. any attention to family expenses will . have noticed. that the price of sugar has been going up, until it has attained a pretty stiff price, Wo believe our storekeepers do not sell even the coarsest quality of sugar fur lesS than 9orlo cents a pound find such as is usually sold for 5 or G cents a pound ; and it is hinted that this may go up to 12 cents before a, reaction takes place in prices. The present high price of sugar is said to be in consequence of a short crop in Louisiana and the West Indies, whence our supplies of sugar are obtained. When su gar commands the price it does at present, it becomes a matter of economy for a family to set to work to see what can be substituted in its place or how little can be used. A dimin ished consumption of the article may reduce its value. The high price of sugar fulls hard upon those house-wives who had made large calcula tions for preserving fruit, and will make such dainties an expensive luxury. The Kansas Convention. The Kansas ConVention met at Dail° on Wednesday last, ex-Governor Reeder presiding. A committee of thirteen was appointed to re• port a plan for the aid of Kansas. A series of resolutions were adopted, providing for the ap pointment of a National Kansas Committee to be composed of one suitable person from each free State, with five additional members to re- - side permanently tit. Chicago, calling upon the towns and cities to form sub•conimittees; and'. raise funds ; and recommending the lowa route to emigrants denouncing the course of the federal administration—asserting that Kansas must bo free at whatever cost, pledging in creased exertions, and contending for the jus• tice of the Topeka thmstitution. Eli Thayer, i of :Mass:, was appointeil General Agent, a Na tional Committee chosen, and the Convention then adjourned sine die. Erne journeymen carpenters of Philadel• phis intend. to form a secret socioty for the ad vanOement of their interests. Pamphlet Laws. Death of Hon. Washington McCartney. Hon. WASHINGTON MCCAItTNEY, President Judge of this District, died at the Pennsylva nia hospital, Philadelphia, onWcdnesday morn ing last. For the last few months past ho , had been afflicted with a distressing malady, which at times robbed him of his reason, and incapacitated him for the discharge of his judi cial duties. His death, however, 'was quite unexpected, as his condition at times took turns for the better, which caused frequent reports to reach us that he was improving. lk has many warm and devoted friends in this place, who deeply deplore his loss. He was a lawyer of great ability, and regarded as a gentleman in all the Walks of life. He was an able reasoner, and analyzed, compared and distributed facts with great rapidity. His , funeral took place at Easton on Thursday afternoon last, attended by a large concourse of people. The members of the Bar and the officers of the several Courts of this County, also attended in a body. The period between the time of Judge McCartney's death and the next election is one day less than three months. The Amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania, providing for the election of the Judges by the people, still leaves the appointing power in the hands of the Executive in cases of vacancies occurring by deaths, resignation or otherwise. The pro vision is as follows : " Any vacancies happen ing by death or otherwise, in any of the said courts, shall be filled by appointnient by the Governor, to continue till the first Monday of of December succeeding the next general elec tion." The first section of the Act of April 27, 1853, explaining this provision in the amendment, extends the appointing power of the Executive in cases where the vacancy does not occur more than three calendar months be fore the next general election, to one year long-' cr. It is questioned by some of the members of the bar, whether this section of the Act of As sembly, instead of explaining, does not alter the provision in the amendment. At any rate, it has been determined to order an election for Judge at the next general election, when there will be afforded an opportunity to test the Con stitutionality of this law. it is understood, that our County, by way of alternation, is en titled to the successor. We here give the laws appliable to the case AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION.—AIITICLE Ji/dgeS to be elfwed.—'"rhe . judges of the su preme court and of the several courts of com mon pleas, and of such Other courts of record ns are orshall be established by law, shall be elected by the qualified electors of the com mon weal h, in the manner following, to wit : The judges of the supreme court by the qualified electors of the nwealth at large the president judge of •cral courts of common pleas and of such arts of record as are or shall be estab )y law, and all other judges required to be in the law, by the qualified electors of pective districts over which they are to or act as judges; and the associate of the courts of common pleas, by the d electors of the counties respectively. ,CANCIES.—Any vacancies happening by resignation or otherwise in any of the arts, shall be filled by appointment. by •ernor, to continue till the first Monday über succeeding the next general dee- if Assembly of April 27, 1852. Sec. -How vacancies to he filled.—ln the event vacancy occurring in any judgeship in mtnonwealth by death, resignation, re 'rout dike, the failure to elect or other governor shall appoint some suitable to till such vacancy until the first Mon- December following the next general ~ and the qualified electors shall at the l neral election which ' shall happen more I ree calender months after the vacancy :cur. elect in the manner provided by the: .he 15th of April 1851, entitled, '! An provide for the election of judges of the nwealt h. and to regulate certain judicial 5.," a suitable person to fill such office cull term authorized by the constitution ;ommonwealth, and so much of any law rehy altered or supplied; be and the hereby repealed. the above was put in type, Gov. Pollock :ed Ilmatv D. MAxwm.r., Esq., of Easton. :he vacancy until the first Monday or comber next. Philadelphia and Wilke sbarro Telegraph Co. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the " Philadelphia and Wilkesbarre Telegraph Company," was 110 d at their office in Easton,on the Bth inst. An election for officers for the en suing year was held, and resulted as follows ; President and Treasurer.—M. 11. Jones. Secretary.—ll. D. Maxwell. Direct ors.-13enjamin B. Thomas, Philadel phia ; James McKeen, South Easton ; Theo dore R. Sitgleaves, Russell S. Chidsey, Jacob 11. Wilking. _Easton ; William Firmstone, Glen don ; Philip H. Gcepp, Bethlehem ; Henry C. Longnecker, Allentown ; E. A. Douglass, Mauch Chunk ; P. McGilchrist, Wilkesharre.. The line is in good cOnditimi and reliable , working order, having been entirely overhauled since last spring. TIM . total receipts during ,the year, including receipts for other lines, amounted to $10,892 59. 6 The credits claimed by the operators respectively for salaries and other expenses incurred by them, were $6,933 : 68, and the net receipts by the Treasurer have been $3.033 8(1. Two dividends of per cent. each, have been declared during the year, on the capital stock of the company,(l2oo shares,) amounting in total to the sum of $2lOO. • Sunday School CelCbrallon. On next Saturday afternoon a week the Sun day Schools at Roffert*sand at Ritter's, in Salis burg township, will celebrate the day in pie nic style in Eberhard's wobds. Several address es in the English and German language will be delivefed. The public is invited to attend. Celebrations . of this kind tend to good results, and we trust that the citizens in the neighbor hood of the respective schools will by . their pre sence encourage the occasion, and thereby Con vince those who have charge of the schools that their labors are not unappreciated. 11 There are 5.711 paupers in the New York Institutions. THE LEHIGH REGISTER, JULY 23, 1856. The Calamity on the N. Pennsylvania Railroad. How frequently, in this age of Railroads, are we called upon to record casualties often in ,volving a fearful destruction of human life. The ink of one record has scarce dried, when we are obliged to jot down another, and ano ther,—and still they come in numbers and fre quency no way diminished. It is indeed sad dening and gloomy as we view the Steam engine and behold on every hand its marked tendency to progress and general civilization, to think of the untold misery and indescribable woe it has caused ; the numberof hearts and homes it has desolated, and the vast number of bright and glorious minds and beautiful manly forms it has hurried, unwarned, to the final bourne of all relatives and friends. Old and - young, male and female, pure and vile, have gone, pass ed, in a trice, into eternity, unwarned, unpre pared, and what makes this fact sink deep er into our hearts, frequently, alas ! too fre quently, these casualties are the necessary off springs of negligence or gross folly. This train of thought has been superinduced by the sad catastrophe which occurred on the North Penn sylvania Railroad on Thursday morning last, 12 miles this side of Philadelphia, the full' particulars of which wo give in another col umn. Over fifty persons, many of them child ren, were hurried into eternity without a mo ment's warning, and over one hundred horribly mangled and brused taken from the wreck. Some whom the collision spared, were burned to death by the devouring flames. Those that were frightfully wounded, were away from home, destitute of the supporting arm of affec tionate tenderness, the word of consolation, the voice of prayer. Buried beneath the burn ing cars, meeting death in its most awful form, in its swift and certain approaches, no arm to save, no power to deliver, many of the wound ed exchanged beauty for ashes. Imagination itself cannot portray the . horror of the scene. Among the solemn Providences that have fallen so frequently and so stunningly upon the ear within the last two or three years especially, few have, produced such a terrible sensation in the public mind. Those whose recklessness oc casioned this dreadful loss of life have a fearful account to answer. It is to be hoped that they will be held to a strict account, and summarily punished as they deserve. TUE BROOIiS CASE. The motion to expel Brooks from the floor of the House of Congress was taken up on Mon day a week. The vote stood 12L in favor of his expulsion and 95 against. A vote of two thirds being required to expel a number, the resolution was lost. Mr Brooks now rose to a question of privilege, and desired to be heard. Mr. Giddings objected, and an animated dis cussion ensued, which ended in Mr. G. with drawing his objections. Mr. Brooks then de fended his course in the same strain he had used in his trial in Court. In the course of his re flnks, Mr. Brooks said that a blow from him now would be the signal for revolution, but he would refrain. lie could not consent to retain a scat in the Those, which had, through. its majori . ty, expressed the opinion that he was unworthy. After a long and defiant harangue, Brooks amino need that he had placed his resignation in the hands of the Governor of South Caroli na, and was no longer a number of this Con gress. He then lift the Hall amid hisses and cheers. Tribute of licspect. At a meeting; of the members of the Bar and the ()Keen; of the several Courts 'of Lehigh ommty, which was held nt the office of the Hon. Ilenry King—on notice of the death of Judge MeCartue the following preamble and resolu tions were unanimously , adopted : WinglisAS, Itl u ult pleased the Almighty source of ail life, to remove to his eternal home after a most painful illness, our esteemed friend and distinguished fellow citizen, the Hon. Washing ton McCartney, President Judge of this district, and it is due to his position and character ,while among its, as well as to our own feelings that we should give expression to the deep re gret and sympathy which we feel in common with the whole people of this district—There, fore, Rego/red, That we hare heard of this most painful dispensation of Providence with a soy. row that is too :sincere for formal words, and bow in humble submission to it with a grief that is too profound for utterance. Re-saved, That in him we have lost a, man whose honor was unstaineda Judge whose in tegrity was never questioned—a citizen whose Whole life, public and private, was devoted with unwearied singleness of purpose to the faithful discharge of all its varied ditties. Rrso/ved, That in tho grave which is about to close over his earthly remains we will bury everything but the memory of his many yir tues, his kindness of heart, his public spirit. and his devotion to' the public trusts confided to him. Res . ohyd, That we will attend the funeral of Judge McCartney in a body and wear the usual badge of mourning for the space of thirty days, arid that the bell of the Court House in this county he tolled at and during the hour fixed for the funeral ceremonies. Rcso/red. That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the family of the deceased. lIENRY• KING, Chairman. It. E. WRIGHT, Secretary. The annual prodtiction of Indian Corn is 000.000,000 bushels, 'the husking of which is done by hand, at a'cosf of $3,000,000 a year. Inventors wake up. Corn huskers are want ed. Thd patent for a first-rate husking ma chine will he worth a large fortune. 11:7PROSECUTIONS CommaNcED.---The trict Attorney of Philadelphia; on Thursday last, sent four hundred bills to the Grand Jury against persons alleged to have violated the li cense law. ga-A Cuntous FAce.—lt seems of 91 coun ties in Indiana the inhabitants of 80 can leave home in the morning, go to Indianapolis by railroad, attend to business there from two to eight hours, and return home the same evening, [l:7Ripe peaches from North Carolina are offered in the New York market. (Communiented for the Lehigh Register.) DAVID H. MINTER'S DESCRIPTIVE LETTERS OF A WHALING VOYAGE, &c. S.tx FltANcisco, 111nrell, 1858. Upon the 29th of July, 185:5, We left New York in the large and beautiful steamer "Empire State," for I Pall River, Massachusetts. Our little band number ed thirteen, all good-hearted, noble, generous young men, whom stern fate bad garnered from nearly every part of the Union, for their first, never-to-be-forgot ten lesson of experience in a field of the realities of which so little is known by the public generally; an decd no I looked mom them, and reviewed their standing in society, their ethiention end gentlemanly deportment, I could not bring myself to realize the fact that we were about embarking in the most peril ous and dangerous enterprise next to actual war, that is recorded upon the pages of the world's history ;1 however, so it was, end it was with the object of prosecuting this enterprise that we were now ca route for Warren, Rhode Island, from which place we were to embark in the old ship Benjamin Rush, bound to the ley regions of the distant North-west upon icholing voyage ! Upon the third of August, 1852. after having been waiting for some time for the ship to lie got ready, we were shipped, and whet is mottle:illy termed "out fitted," that is, provided with anything they choose to give you, and at any price they ('boom to name; however, hewing packed our clothing and such person- al property or pnraphernalia peculiar to the sailor, we started for the ship in a sloop. We had musie upon the passage and were highly gratified with the honors bestowed upon us by the prude and modest damsels of Warren, who were waiving their handker chiefs on shore, ns expressive of their sorrow at our departure, for be it understood it required but a short time for acquaintance with young men, such as our Party was composed of, and acquaintance, as I hove since learned, ripened into love in.several cases with amazing rapidity. But ns we swept out into the stream, the townwas soon hid from our sight and the black hull of the ship to engross our attention. She was an old-fashioned vessel that had been built before clippers were dreamed of, and was consequently a dull sailer for this modern day. When we reached the vessel we clambered up the sides end in a short time were climbing tho rigging in every part of the ship. As for myself, I was perched upon the main meet head where I could command a splendid view of the smooth,:mirror-like bay around us and the fine a •able land in undulating hills and gradually sloping plains in the distance. I was somewhat seriously disposed at the moment, as I full well knew I IVIIF taking my last long look at the beautiful landscape of my native country, over which nby eye had so often and so fondly roamed, drinking in its beauties with a sort of ecstatic joy. But my reverie was soon broken, for as the sinking sun betokened the hour of I six, the deep mellow tones of the hell pealed forth its sounds. We were called to supper ! What an epoch was this in our new adventures! A first meal on ship board! We hurried to our respective berths. and with tin pans, cups end spoons were soon ready to be initiated into the mysteries of sea-fare. But imagine the ludicrous expressions of countenance, when we, who hail always been so circumspect and partienlar: found that we were to Ile fed, not exactly like horses at a reek, but like pigs, out of a tub, which was carriedd'orward by a dirty, greasy-lookin g PoTtognese I This was spoiling the romance of the thing wonderfully, and although certainly a novelty, w as yet, a very uninteresting cue. but to cap the !climax, we were compelled to wash our own dishes. This, we did, however, and determined . not to be rest down by trifles, we resolved upon having a little time, which we did by spending a few hours on deck in the cool sea breeze, in singingolancing, joking, &c. Abort ten o'clock of the first night o:: ship-board we retired to our "bunks" in the fore-castle, but although a late hour, the welcome nod of Sloop, Morpheus, was not permitted to sway his potent power until an almost endless variety ofjokes and witty passages 'bad been made in qui c k succession, most of which were show ered upon the devoted head of (a Itlarylander.) Here I will take occasion to refer to conduct and de portment as connected With the condition Willa may be held in a crew by an " Batty," while promenading one of the streets of N. Y. City, nnfor tenately got a glimpse of us as we were in the ship ping office, examining marine curiosities, and in eon. sequence, was one of us. lle bed eonie to N. Y., and there ennning in the too pleasant RelllPeleents of the city, Ito bed become penniless, although the owner of four slav6s and some.readestate property in Mary land. He felt foolish as to going home after spending all the ready money he had recently derived from his father's patrimony, and in the Settle stritit as so many others have found •themselves, who were of wealt character, he shipped for a wheling voyage when he had advantages of every kind at home. Ile hail just discovered that he was now worse off in regard to the good things or this world than his own slaves in Maryland ; lie acts upon the impulse of the moment, is quick, hot-Ompered, and remarkably per ilous when enraged. For this reason he was already singled out ns a fair nuirk.for all the wits on board. and of them we had a fair allownuce. After. our amusements had gradually died off, ore endeavored to sleep, but it was impossible to some of us who were unused to such close confinement ; nineteeu human beings being packed in one :apartment 12 by 20 feet. I am very glad to see that proper attention is now bestowed upon this portion of the clippers of our day, for it rendered us very uncomfortable. In the morning owe proceeded to unfurl the sails for the purpose of drying them, niter which owe had brealithst. Coffee was served in n largo dirty-looking bucket, with a little ruin-molasses to sweeten it with. During the day we observed a sloop coming dom. the bay towards us from Warren, which upon coming alongside was found to contain provisions for us, In her came n. gentleman,. who was no sooner upon our dock, than one of our shipmates starting up exclaimed " I'm done for, thnt is my brother !" and sure. enough: so it turned out, for the brother, like a sensible fellow spoke mildly and persuasively to a head end heart fully fortified against force and abuse, and before ten minutes luul elapsed he owns es auxions to get home as ho had been before to got off. After unloading the sloop into our vessel, the rope was cast off and she had proceeded some distance from us, when wo observed a boat putting off from her and coming towards us ; as she neared, lo I wo beheld tho repentant brother, who, rendered heart sick by his brother's graphic description of home, friends and parents, bad endeavored to escape by crawling into the forecastle of the sloop, from whence he was unfortunately dragged and again put on board. In consequence of this nflhir, the ship-keeepors, (men in charge of the vessel in the absence of officers.) kept a sharp watch on us. Two days passed in fishing, dancing, and singing, as a sort of preventative from semi( which with our utmost endeavors we wore bare ly able to stave off. [TO DC CONTINUED.] E7Deaths in Philadelphia last week, 320, of which number 236 were children. o:7Death in New York last week, 382. [From the Philadelphia Deily Sum] FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Terrible Lose of Lifo About nine o'clock on Thursday morning the appalling intelligence startled the city that a frightful disaster had occurred from a collision upon the North Pennsylvania Railroad, be- I tween the regular morning train from Gwynedd,l and an excursion train that left the 'city about 5 o'clock A. M., with a very large party of scholars, their teachers and friends. Our Re porters were immediately despatched to the scene of the fearful occurrence, and gathered the following details : At five o'clock in the morning a special train' of ten cars left the Master street Depot with the schools of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church in Kensington. The excursion party, consisted of between five and six hundred per sons, the sons, the great majority of whom were child ren. They intended proceeding to Fort Wash- I ington, fourteen and a half males from the city, where they were to enjoy a pic•nic. Owing to the number of cars, and the weight of the train, there was some delay, and the conductor. Mr. Alfred F. Iloppel, finding himself behind time, pushed forward with great rapidity when towards the end of his trip. The regular pas senger train for the city left Gwynedd at 6 o'clock, and reached Camp 11111 at 6 o'clock and 18 minutes. Finding the excursion train hail not yet arrived. Mr. Win. Vanstavoren, the con ductort.determined not to wait for it, and his train If as moving along when the expected train I came thundering on around a curve, at the rate lof 35 miles an hour. A collision of course en sued, with the most appalling consequences. The passengers in the down train escaped without serious damage, but the scene presented by the excursion train was fearful. The three forward cars of the train were crushed com pletely to pieces, and the wreck, mingling with that of the locomotive, fire communicated to the other cars of the train. The two next cars after the three that were wrecked outright, took fire and were entirely consumed. The inmates of the three forward cars .were com pletely mixed up with the wreck, and a large 'number of them were killed instantly. There were probably fifty persons in each of the three cars, and the lowest estimate as heard fix the number of killed at fifty, while it was feared the dread aggregate would reach one hundred. As soon as the dreadful intelligence reached the city a car was despatched with all possible speed from the Master street depot, with phy sicians and other assistance. The excitement at the Willow street and Master street Station Houses was most intense. Thousands of excited persons were eagerly in quiring for the latest intelligence from the scene, while those who had children on the ill fated train were in the most dreadful condition of suspense. [Here a list of the names of over a hundred mangled, untitled and bruised, and of Art seven, dead . persons, as taken from the wreck, is given by the paper we extinct from. Many of the unthrtunates were children.] The paper says : Ekren bodies of men and women and two children were binned to death in 0)IC The names are unknown. They WCI*C caught under the side of one of the cars, and roasted alive. The.r relllailln presented a most horrible specta cle. The mutilated remains bur men and women and a child were dug from beneath the engines and tenders. The remains of a small child were found under the ruins of the engine in the ash pan. The remains of six other bodies were raked out of the ashes and placed on the grass opposite to where the accident happened. =I The locomotive Aramingo, under charge of Conductor Win. Vanstavoren, left Fort 'Wash ington station. 1 miles below Gwynedd, at 6 o'clock 14 minutes There were only about twenty passengers on the train, which consist. ed of a locomotive, a tender, a smoking and baggage car, awl one passenger car. When the train was at the station, the con ductor inquired if the excursion train had arrived. A gentleman answered in the nega tive. The conductor said, •• they ought to be up," and immediately gave the word •• right"— the bell was rung, and .the train proceeded down at a slow rate, the engineer constantly sounding his whistle. The collision took place about 100 yards north of Dewey's lane, and 12 , ,, miles from Phi ladelphia. • The up train was drawn by the locomotive, •• Shackamaxon ," Wm. Harris, engineer, who was so dreadfully injured that he soon died. 'l•he train was under the charge of conductor A. Hopple, who had one of his legs broken. They were going at a rapid rate, and as the trains met at a short curve, could not observe the train coming down until they were within a few rods of each other. The up train consisted of twelve passenger cars, a baggage car, a locomotive and tender. It is estimated that there were eleven hundred persons on this train, of whom one half were small children. The next down train left Gwynedd at 7.92. and arrived at the scene of the disaster at 7.4 o—the proper time.. Conductor 11. Keyser, and the engineer' of the locomotive Cohocksink," at once set to work and rendered every assistance that huma nity could dictate. They secured water, set tees, physicians, and did every thing that it was possible for mau to do. The crash of the two trains was distinctly heard at the hotel at Tort Washington. and for a distance of over a mile out Dewey's Lane. All the physicians in the neighboring towns were summoned to the place, and used their' best efforts to relieve the wounded. The most horrible sight of all was that of the bUrning car. A few moments after the collision the fire spread- rapidly through the burning carsroasting to death nineteen men, women and children. The groans and shouts of the wound. ed, and those held by the legs and arms to the burning wreck was of a character to appall the bravest heart. The formers in the vicinity rendered every assistance in their power, except one man, who demanded ten dollars• for a wagon to go for a physician. • The locomotive •Cohocksink, under charge of Air. Wm. Schultz, Superintendent of Motive Power, went up at 10 o'clock and brought down a portion of the dead and wounded. The scene upon the arrival of the cars at the depot, abote Master street, beggars description, the fathers and mothers and other relatives of the excursionists having assembled there to the number of about 2000, to learn the result of the awful catastrophe. THE SCENE IN THE AFTERNOON A train which started from the scene at 2 P. M., brought down about 20 of the wounded. The'bodies of those who had been burned be yond • recognition were gathered together. In .a blacksmith shop near where the accident oc curred were nineteen burned bdthes, three of whom were certainly females. The rest were supposed to be men, but it cannot be told with certainty. Under a temporary shed lay the bo dies of eight other huinan beings so charred as to be utterly unrecognizable. Near where the engineers came in collision portions of human bodies lay among the smoking cinders, the bent•up•iron and displaced rails. Those of the wounded who were. not brought down in the 2 o'clock train were receiving attention at the Fort Washington Hotel and another tavern near the scene. The train at 2 o'clock consisted of three of the cars of the excursion train, (one of which was considerably smashed up,) and one other. The wounded were placed on the seats as corn fortably as circumstances would permit, and every attention possible was shown by the physicians, the employees of the road, the po lice in charge of the train, and by the friends of the victims. Shortly before 3 o'clock. the train moved slowly into the Cohocksink Depot, and it was immediately 'beset by !an anxious, earnest, tearful crowd of men, women and children, who pressed eagerly forward to the doors of tho cars,. and were kept back with great difficulty. The place where the accident occurred is call ed Camp Hill Station. It is 14 miles from Philadelphia. The road curves twice, so that, at say 500 yards, the approaching locomotives could not be seen by their respective engineers. The ground of the road is " made," an embank ment running along for about 100 or 150 yards. The embankment is about 26 feet in height. . The track is single, and when the locomo tives rushed so fatally together they rose on end—their fire boxes nearly touched, the wheels were knocked off, and they turned over, and now lie side by side in the same direction, which is nearly square across the road. Three of the ears of the excursion train caught fire like a flash, and in a very few mo ments nothing was left of them but the wheels, the other iron work, and n few charred timbers and snioublering pieces of the human frame. There arc two hotels, one dwelling house, a bla c k sm ith shop and a small shed, within about 300 yards of the scene, and to these places the ! woinuled were first carried. Not a tree is to be seen for a considerble distance on any side, and the glaring sun bent down upon the dead, the wounded, their rescuers and their half crazed friends who were flocking to the scene, all run ning nn foot, in wagons, and every species of vehicles that could be procured in the city. There were about 18 wounded persons and 30 dead bodies brought down in the last train, towards evening. A number of physicians were present, and kindly ministered to the wounded diming the passage. On the arrival of the train at the outer depot, there were at least twenty thousand persons assembled to witneis it, and a rush was made to see the bo dies, but the car in which they were contained was switched off above the depot. SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF CONDUCTOR VANSTAVOILEN During the afternoon Mr. Wm. Vanstavoren, the conductor of the down train, died at his resi dence, No. 160 Buttonwood street. A rumor gained prevalence that Mr. Vanstavoren poison ed himself, and the report was very generally credited. ARREST OP ENCUSFER LER Mr. Lee, the engineer of the down train on the Pennsylvania Railroad, was arrested Thins dry night, at the instance of the Coroner, and detained at the Fourth Ward Station House, until an investigation can be had into the sad calamity. r7ONLY Kiss.—ThelN° Republic says that a young and genteel looking man nam— ed Cammel was sentto the Penitentiary h that city for six months, on Wednesday, fo• kissing a young Indy in the street on the' night of the• 101, as she was returning from a dispiny of tire-works. She swore that he time rudely up to her and forcibly put his arm around her neck drawing her I on.ards him, and kissing her repeatedly. She was very indignant at this result, and finally broke away from him and escaped to her home. This estahli:dnl Iha value of a kiss—six months in the penitentia ry. fri - A PAYING NKW,PAPEIt. —The profits of the New York Ttibune 11)1• the last six, months were $60,1.00, and the proprietors donated $lOOO to the Kansas aid committee and anoth er thousand to tile Fremont vigilance committee. About half of this sum of profits was devoted to a payment on the purchase of the buildings occupied by the Tribune, which have recently been bought by Greeley & Co., for $130,000. r...tr — A State Convention of Old Line Whigs assembled at Richmond, Va., on Wednesday, to determine their course of action in the pres ent Presidential campaign. Forty-four coun ties were represented by 141 delegates. No fic tion was taken the first day, but strong speech es were made by leading members against Buchanan and in favor of the claims of Millard. Fillmore. The resolutions, passed on the sec ond day, arc also strongly in favor of Fillmore. ri - NRIIItASK A appears to be filling up with, large bodies of emigrants, mostly young men. They go with the plough 'and the axe in hand, and not Sharpe's rifles. This may account for the peaceable and secure settlement of the territory, in such striking contrast to Kansas, which was commenced with swagger and vio lence, and has continued with trouble and out rage ever since. ErTIIE HERBERT CASE.—The jury in th case of Herbert, the California 111. C., charged with the murder of Thomas ICeating, after bay ing been out several days returned into Court on Tuesday morning stating that they could not agree. They stood two for conviction, and ten for acquittal. A second trial is now pregress iug. Itt•The Lancaster folks are in great stmts• for want of water. Their reservoir is nearly dry. Several r: anufacturing establishments have been stopped . ht consequence. 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