The New York Herald Newspaper, May 12, 1853, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 7446. MORNING EDITION---THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1853. THE NEW YORK HERALD... NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. ‘Tewararmc Orricms, ConNsR oF HANOVWR AND BXavEs srkgeTs, AND No. 203 Broapwar, THE LATEST FROM WASHINGTON CITY. ‘The Administration and the Foreign Missions, arr DETAILS RELATIVE TO THE PACIFIC RAILROAD EXB.LORATIONS. Highly Interesting from Havana. DISSENSION AMONG THE CUBAN AUTHORITIES, AND DISCONTENT AMONG THE £0LDIERS. Political Items--Murder Trials--The Markets, Bier, Sic Site ‘The Latest, from Washington City, CABINET DISCUSSION BELATIVE TO THE FOREIGN MISSIONS—DEPARTURE OF DISAPPOINTED PLAC SEEKERS—THE PACIFIC RAILROAD SURVEYS—IM- PORTANT DECISION KELATIVE TO A MINING CLAIM—THE BUFFALO POSTMASTER—WATEE FOR WASHINGTON—CURIOUS PROCEEDING OF A LATE CLERK IN THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT, ETO. APECLAL CORRESPONDENCE OP THE NEW YORK HERALD. Wasuinaton, May 11—9 P. M. The foreign appointments yet remain undecided. A protracted cabinet meeting was held to-day, at which we understand the subject was fully discussed and brought somewhat into shape. The cabinet ure to hold an extra ordinary session at ten o’clock to morrow, when, i nothing interferes, the final consideration of the diplo- matic appointments will be brought to a close, and the successful gentlemen determined upon. Whatever ru- ‘mors may be floating about, we have the best reason to ‘now they are wholly unauthorized, as, with the excep- tion of tho three missions telographed you several days since, nothing has yet been definitely fixed, and those now standing at the head of the list may find themselves ‘before to-morrow night at the end of it. The candidates who have honored the city with their presence are al- most driven to desperation. Several have left, disgusted and hopeless, with the prospect of being joined by others in a similar frame of mind ere long. We gave yesterday a general outline of the route to be surveyed and explored by the party under the command of Lieut. Williamson, assisted by Lieut. Parker. This party will sgil from New York on the 20th instant for San Francisco, to commence operations. It will ascend the San Jcaquin to the Twelve Lakes, and explore the var rious passes leading through the Sierra Nevada. Having de- termined the most practicable route. it will return thence to the mouth of the Gila, and proceed to San Francisco. Lieut. Williamson has selected Dr. Herman, of Philadel- phia, as physician and naturalist, and Professor Mather, of Ohio, as geologist and mineralogist of the expedition. The party under Lieut. Whipple, of the Topographical Eogi- neers, is designed to operate on the moat southern route practicable. within our territory, and will proceed from the Mississippi west on about the same parallel that Lieut. Williamson’s party takes from the Pacific coming east. Leaving some point on the Mississippi river near or south of Memphis, a reconnoissance will be conducted to Riodel Norte, in the vicinity of Albuquerque, New Mexico; thence westward a pass will be sought through the Sierra Madre, and the most practicable route across ‘the Colorado and by Walker’s Pass to the Pacific. Licut. ‘Ives, one of the assistants to this party, will proceed at once to Albuquerque to hasten operations in that quarter. This ia the route specified by Mr. R. H. Kera in his letter to Mr. Gwin, last January. The party un- der*the command of Captain Gunnison, of the Topo- graphieal Engineers, will proceed to the Rocky Moun- tains, in the vicinity of latitudes 37 30 and 38 degrees, to exatnine the practicability of tho passes through this range in that region. The Arkansas rivey will be left in the vicinity of the Huerfano, and that stream followed to near its source. Thence the valley of San Luis, near the head of the Rio Grade, will be entered by the most practicable of the three passes found there. The valley of the St. Louis will be followed to its north- ern extremity, whence the waters of Grand River will be struck by passing through the Coo-chu-to pa Pass. The country on the western side of the main river will be the next portion of the route until the old Spanish trail is intersected, Either that or the region lying east of it will give the final portion of the route to the Mohave river, or Walker’s Pass, in the Sierra Nevada. This is ‘the route on which Colonel Fremont met his disaster, in the winter of 1818-49, and recently advocated by Colonel Benton. No atsistants have yet been associated with Captain Gunnison, except Mr. R. H. Keen, whose exten- sive and reliable information in regard to the whole of the country to be traversed, and his various qualifica- tions as engineer, guide, and arist, render him of infi- nite value to the successful prosecution of the survey. We tearn that the following important case has just ‘been decided by the Secretary of the Interior :—Cloment Mareh, as the best fod of two persons to whom mining leases were granted by the Secretary of War, in 1845, claimed the right to purchase certain land in the Lake Superior district, in Michigan, under the provisions of the act of 1847, The case has been be‘ore the Departuent of the Interior for more B year The-e were al-o pending in connection with it the elaims of certain cther rage tothe same lands under the pre-emption law of 1841, which was extended over them by an act of Congress in 1850. The Sesretary has rejected the claim of Mr. March on the ground of non-performance of those acts which thelaw required. It was contended that these lands were not jiable to the operation of the pre-emption laws; but the Secretary, entertaining ne doubt whatever on this point, bas decided that they are, thus recognizing the claims of the actual setlers on the land. Senator ‘Truman Smith was Mr. March’s agent before the depart- ment, The appeintment of Mr. Dickie, as Postmaster at Buf- Talo, has not been reconsidered, as staied in some papers, and that gentleman will at once proceed to enter upoa the duties of his office. Itis seid a difficulty will probably arise in carrying out the law of last Congress, providing for a supply of water for the eity frcm the Potomac, above the Great Falls, in comequence of its interference with the right of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, under their char- ter, to.ull the water of the river. We prosume the com- pany will agree to settle the dificulty upon receiving a proper compensation or equivalent, A sitgular case had arisen in connection with the De- partineat of the Interior. Robert B. Williamsoa, for. merly a clerk in the department, haviog charge of the disbursments on account of the Consus fund, was 1emov ed by Secretary Stuart. Upon aa examination of his accounts it appears he has retained in his hands stx thoussnd dollars of the government money oa the -piea that he i a right to charge commiss'on on Inle disbursement. Of courre snot a position is perfectly ridiculous in a cle . We understand Governor McCtol- land has determined, if the monoy is not repaid at ooce to the treasury, to cause Williamson to be criminally prosecuted, under tho provision of the sub-Troasury lav. The rumor as to the appointment of the Inspector Crneral having been made is we think premature. Mir. Woodbury has mot been aypolaied Postmaster at Forion, a reported in the New York papers. No ap- viwent for that office hey yet been mado. FOOM TH REGULAR NEWSPAPER AGENT, CLERKS SWORN IN—TUE HAGUE CHARGESIIL!, ETC. Wasinxcton, May 11, 1853, ‘The cath of office was administered to-day to several clerks recently appointed, among then Edward H. Fuller, who was shot by Lieut, Schaumberg, who appeared to have fully recovered his health. ‘The three most prominent candidatos for the chargo- ship to the Hague are Messrs. Wall, Stevens, and Vandor- pool, Mr, Stevens is backed by Com, Stockton, and Sona- tors Thompson and Wright, and the whole New Jersey delegation, His friends regard his appointment as core taia. Mr. Wall, however, is a son of an old friend of the President. Vanderpool is the compremise candidate be- tween them. The weekly ontertainment by the Marine Band was ro- sumed at the Capitol routes this evening, and was at- tended by a lage and fashionable concourse, including Presiden Pieree, who appeared to enjoy the musio and balmy breezes, ‘It will be continued at the President's grounds on Saturday evenings, and this time honored and popular diversion be kept up through the season ‘Tie Ciplomatic appointments are not yet sectlod. Col. Dabney &. Carr, of Maryland, will probably be Minister resident ut Constantinople, Tue Union ofticially announces the recognition of John Hitr, 08 Consul General of the Swiss Confederation to reside at Washington. THE GARDNER TRIAL. ‘Waswxatox, May 11, 1863. Ce ptain Barry was recalled and examined with regard ‘to his travels and explorations in the State of Queretaro. ‘The first stream he came to, after passing the southern boundary of Laguinillas, was the Carjasal, which he struck at Vega de los Alamos. This he was positive ‘the only stream of water within twenty miles south of the village of Laguinil Tt ran southeasterly. He followed it down Patt two ues, then left it, went easterly, struck river again where it ran in an ly He dosoribed the valley ion. of the-river ead the adjacent mountain raoges, Frem the summit . of one of the mountains he could see the village of The Carjasal runs entirely in the State Queretaro, ‘from the , zoihe Saree en Te, Hy boundary of Lagu’ atthe nearest point saw a boundary stone near Arrage . another southeast of de ited @ vil- peep re grserr i yrethn Boer 52 " pan, at the distance Laguinillas. Ia- of ‘twent, anicty lege from or ‘The defence objected. "I . same objects, which the witnesses for the detente had dercritea as being within » dozen miles of the village of Lagui- The Court repeated its former decision; the prosecu- tion might prove if they could that there were no talnes where the defence said there were mines, but could not prove there were mines forty or fifty miles ‘The witness then testified he explored the whole coun- try south of the village of Laguinillas, as far as the Car- Jabal river, and beyond it, and was positive there were no mines within fifteen or twenty miles of that a He vas then crras-examined at considerable length with regard to his former testimony. Col. Abbot was called by the United States. He iden- tified copios of a letter he wrote to Isaac G. Seymour, of New Orleans, soon after he visited Garduer’s mines, and which was published in a news} in that clty. No objection being made, iat Proposed to get the original, if possible and read the letter to morrow. The letter was understood to contain some account of the visit of Gardner's party Latest from Havana and Key West TROUBLES IN CUBA—MARINE NEWS. Cwarteston, May 11, 1853. The U. 8. mail steamship Isabel arrived at this port to- dsy from Havana, which port she left on the 8th inst. There had been a disagreement between the authori- ties. Lavalette, the second in command on the island, and another officer high in rank, were going to Spain in disgust. The troops in the interior were showing symptoms of discontent. eal Aas else was quiet. ‘The Key West dates are also of the8th inst. The los0- motive in the brig Cymbrus had been raised, and ap- praised at $5,500 The salvage case of the Cymbrus was 8) ited for the th inst. @ repairs on the British ship iow were progressing, and the salvage on her had been 5 The weather was warm at Key West, and business was dull. Death of Judge Surnet, of Cincinnati, Gworsxatt, May 11, 1953. Judge Burnet died in this city last evening. The bar of Hamilton county met today, ani passed appropriate resolutions relative to the death of Judge Burnet, and determined to attend his funeral in a body. All the law courts will adjourn over on the day of the neral. The heavy columns and portico of the Burnet House are draped with mourning, and flags are displayed on that and other hotels, &c., at half mast. ‘The death of Judge Burnet is deeply lamented by all classes of our citizens. The Liquor Law In Massachusetts. Bosron, May 11, 1853, In the House to-day it was voted not to adopt the amendment to the Liquor law providing for licenses where public opinion is in favor of licensing. The vote stood 111 yeas, 141 nays, So the old license system is re- pudiated. Providence Municipal Election. Proviwexce, May 10, 1853, ‘The whigs have elected the entire Board of Aldermen. ‘Tbe Common Council will stand whigs 20, democrats 4. Walter R. Danforth, democrat, ia probably elected Mayor by a small majority, but the votes in one ward are not counted. Another Railroad Accident, Boston, May 11, 1853, This morning the outward Fall River freight train was thrown off the track at North Braintree, by the mis- placement of a switch, and the Mayflower engine and one of the cars were badly smashed up. No person was injured. ent The Steamship Genova at Montreal, Montuuat, May 11, 1853. The screw steamship Genova, from Liverpool, arrived here this morning. Murder Trial at Pittsburg. Pirrepura, May 10, 1853. The Criminal Court to-day refused to grant a new trial to Mary Delany, for the murder of Shaw, andshe has been sentenced to the penitentiary for three years. The rumor that one Reed had confessed te the perpetration of the crime turns out to be a fabrication, Fire at Hartford. Hanrrorp, May 11, 1853. The Roman Catholic church, in Talcot street, was de- stroyed by fire about one o’clock this morning. The ad- joining dwelling of the priest was much injured. Since the erection of the cathedral this church has been used for occasioncl servicery and the basement as a school- room. Insurance on the church $3,000, on the dwelling $2,000, which more than covers the loss. Interesting from .Tamplico, &c, Baxrimore, May 11, 1853, ‘We have Tampico dates tothe 20th ult. Adecres had been passed declaring the liberal institutions of the State in danger. The fifth article of the decree proposes a coalition between the States of New Leon, Coahuila, Chibuahua, Zacetecas and Tamaulipas, for the defence of their nationality and the indepecdence of the republic in case of invasion by forces organized in the territory of the United States, or by parties of adventurers. The receipts of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for April were $232,747. We have no mail to night south of Wilmington, N.C. From the West. THE MARTHA WASHINGTON CONSPIRATORS—THE CINCINNATI FORGERIES. Ciscixxati, May 11, 1853, The Martha Weshington case has been continued over to the next tern, a part of the defendants not being ready, and the Judge having decided that all should be tried to- . Kissam gave bail to-day in the sum of $10,000 to appear in October and was relensed. He was, however, immediately rearrested on the charge of forgery. A man named Finlay has also been arrested on the same charge, and will have # preliminary trial to-morrow. Departure of the Canada, Bostox, May 11, 1853. ‘The royal mail steamship Canada, Captain Stone, sailed at noon to day, with 9% passengers for Liverpool and 12 for Halifax. She took out $60,000 in American gold coin, ard $107,292 in gold ingots. The Solly Muraer Case. Puitapenrama, May 11, 1868, The jury in the case of O’Niel, for the murder of Soily, retired this aitermoon, but came into court this evening, and stated they would not be able toagice. The Court adjourned till morning. Catholic Clergyman Accidentally Killed, Darnost, May 11, 1853. The Rev. Mr, Shaw, of the Catholic Church, was thrown from his carriage yesterday, and has died from the in- juries sustained. Markets, Cuantmron, May 10, 1858, The sales of colton to-day were 600’ bales, at prices ranging from 8c. a 10/jc. The market shows no change. Rorrato, May 11, 1853, Receipts since our last:—Flour, 1,500 bbls.; wheat, 6,000 bushels; corn, none; oats, none. Flour is firm, with a moderate business; sales 3,000 bbls., at $4 12 0 $4 51 tor Ohio and Michigan, Wheat is quiet,aad easier, 10f¢, a 105e, for Ohio, and 10%c. for Michigan. Corn is easier, with pales of 14,000 bushels, at 52140. for Western mixed. Oats are in demand, but’ they are very scarce; sales at 40c, Ohio whiskey is at 1024¢, Freighti—Flour, 50e,; wheat, Ide, ALBayy, May 11, 1863, The receipts of the past two days have been as fol- lows :—Flour, 15,000 bbls ; wheat, 10,000 bushels; corn, 13,000 bushels: oats, 6,000 bushels; barley, 1,600 bushels, Flour is steady but not active; salos 2,500 bbls, $450 a $4 62 for State, and $462 a $475 for common and mixed Western. Wheat—There is a fair milling demand for prime; sales 700 bushels, at $1 2634 for Genesee, There is ‘no supply of coin, but the demand is good. Cats—Sales 8 500 bushels, at 460. and 471¢¢, for Cana- dian. Ohio whiskey sells at 223¢¢., and prison at 25. U. 8. Commissioner's Court. Before George W. Morton. Esq. CHARGE OF SMUGGLING. May 11,—The United States vs. George W. Gates ~The gd a ‘ae bog § _ has been eae to saps ae al ngth, q way appear' for the United ee and Mr. iotts for the defendant, and was bi it toa close at noon this day by the discharge of the defendant on account of conflic! ag testimony, mI Coroner's Inquest. Faras, Accipuxt.—Coroner Gamble youterday heid inquest on the ag Ad James Dunn, May! neventesa years, who came to bem hg accidentally falling from ioe Srarih eipay eh ervmions Pearl street to the voller pelow. A jot was recorded accordingiy. ern ,of the draw, for which abundant pro: res THE NORWALK BRIDGE DISASTER. errr Death of Another Victim, &c. OUR NORWALK CORRESPONDENCE. Norwaix, Wednesday morning—7 o’clock. Another has been added to the victims of the casualty of Friday. Mra. Harvey, wife of Gen. Harvey, of Lex- ingtom avenue, New York, expired at 6 o'clock this morn- ing. Yesterday moon she was thought out of danger, and her family physician (Dr. Chalmers) returned to the city. Last evening Dr. Alexander H. Stevens, who came upto visit Miss Griswold, incidentally heard of some symptoms which induced doubts of Mrs. Harvey’s re- covery, and with Drs. McLean, Lynes and Sammis, he passed most of the pight in the most sedulous devotion to her ease; but she died, as above stated, at an early hour this morning, surrounded by herfamily. The immediate tause of death was concussion of the chest, which bore no external marks of injury. | Although Miss Emily Griswold has also been thought pretty nearly out of danger, yet apprehensions of a fatal result are still entertained in her case, which wil? be watched with the utmost solicitude. She passed a com- fortable night, but is still only partially in possession of her faculties, This morning she is very restloss. ~ Professor Tenbroeck will probably be able to return to the city this afternoon. Dr. Bemis, in charge of his brother, who arrived last night from Boston, will go at least part way home to-morrow. Mr. Oncken was remore yesterday afternoon to the house of Mr. Woolsey, one of the resident clergymen. Mrs Griswold is not so well as when last mentioned in your despatches. A lergo derrick came up the river to the bridge last night, for raising the engine and tender, so that we shali soon know whether there are any other bodies in the bed of the stream, Bishop O'Reilly Safe, It was feared that Father O'Reilly wan among the vie- tims of the late disaster ; but he could not have been in the cars at the time, for he did not arrive in the Asia on Thureday, as was expected. Insurance Policies. (From the New Haven Courier. May 11. The late Dr. Beach, of Bridgeport, had a life insurance policy of $2,000 in the Connecticut Mutual Insarance Com- pany, apd one of $600 in a Philadelphia Company, ir. Parker, of Woodbury, also had a policy in the Con- necticut Mutual. It is said that these policies will be carers fl irae and that the insurance companies will look to the for compensation. TELEGRAPHIC, PROPOSED RAILROAD LAW IN CONNECTICUT. Harrrorp, May 11, 1853, A bill bas been introduced into the Senate requiring the presidents and majority of the directors of railroads, where @ major part ofthe road is located in this: State,, to be residents thereof, To the Stockholders of the New York and New Haven Railroad Company. It has become the painful duty of the directors to re- port the occurrence of a most appalling catastrophe on the New York and New Haven Railroad, on Friday last, the 8th inst., by which a loss of life almost beyond pre- codent has been occasioned. The overwhelming effect of this disaster, and the sympathy which it is impossible to subdue, have almost entirely absorbed the care and thoughts of the directors and officers, though every effort has been made to relieve the suffering and to provide for the observances due to the dead, and it is hoped that nothing has been omitted which could be done under the eircumstences. The directors do not pretend to offer assurances of deep interest in the sorrows of the friends of the aufferers—not to feel most deeply, and with the most acute psin, would imply a want of the ordinary sympathies of our nature, which familiarity with cala- mity can possibly create. The first intelligence of the disaster to the express teain of Friday, leaving New York at 8 A. M., was prompt- ly communicated by Mz. Swan, Su; t of the Union Telegraph Company, in person, at the office in Hanover street, about thirty minutes past eleven o’clock. Mr. Burrall, the Vice President, being at that moment in the office, immediately proceeded by the. train of half past eleven to Norwalk bridge, and found that the tele- graphic communication had been only too true, and that the loss of life had not been overrated. Every arrange- ment which he deemed necessary and proper was made with energy and despatch, and in the course of a few hours Mr. Whistler was also at Norwalk, with a large force of men, to remove the broken cars, in order to rescue the bodies of thone who had been drowned or otherwise killed. Among the passengers in the train were emi. nent physicians, of whom many lost their lives but from those who escaped every possible care and at- tention which humanity and skill could suggest were ex- tended to the sufierers. ‘The circumstances of this disaster, and many details connected with it, as wellas the long list of the names of those who were #0 suddenly hurried from life. are so well and accurately set forth the verdict of the coroner's inquest, held on the spot, that the directors deem it mere proper ‘to submit that document for your information than any statement which it has been possible for them to prepare under the excitement to which they have been subjected. Tho inquest has been held. amid the natural influences against the company—testimony has been received as it existed at the moment, and yet the facts clearly appear to be already established and fairl, stated, and the community, as well as this company, wil to the verdict of this inquest for the brat and most reliable information as to the fatal catastrophe at the Norwalk drawbridge. ‘The directors nevertheless, deem it due to the adminis- tration of your road to submis to you such statements of the rulés and regulations relating to the drawbridges as will enable you to judge of such as bear upon the case before you. The transportation department, and all peryons em- loyed in it, are governed by “general rules and regala- tions,” of a permanent character, and by special in- structions comninnicated by each’ time table, and appli- cable only to tha; table. The general ‘rules and regulations were adopted in 1849, under the superinten- dence of Mr. Mason, and they are now substantially in force. By there rules the signals for the drawbridges were safety sigoal;—thet is, the signal when in placo denoted that the bridge was in order and might be crossed, but if not seen at masthead, all trains were bound to come toa full stop. This signalis a large red bail, which is Uiluminated at night. It is the duty of the engincer, by the general rules, to look out for this sig- val, and to approach a drawbridge with the greatest possible caution, and unless he can distinctly see the signal in its position at masthead over the draw, to come toa full stop and examine the draw before paasing over it. This rule is perfectly understood on the road by all the engineers, and is fully explained by the Superintendent ia person to each engineer when entering the service of the company. At the same time he specially instructs each engineer of his duty to approach al! drawbridges ata speed which enables him to command the train, so as to bring it to a full stop before reaching the draw should it be ne cessary, That the role, and the signal, ana the points of observation, were all perfectly known to Mr. Tacker, the engineer of the express train on Friday last, is not ques tioned. He admits the fact, and has done so in the most unqualified manner to a special committee of the Board, —Messrs, Boardman, Sturges, and Sandford—who were charged with the duty of investigation. That the ‘en- ginecr did not observe this well-known rule is also ostab lished, and though the impression on his mind appears to be that ke did lork out for the siznal, and saw it at mast head, and accordingly kept on his course, yet the fact is beyond doubt that the signal had been’ lowered at the bridge by the draw-tender in putsuauce of his daty, ‘The general rules make it the duty of the draw-tender to keep the signal at masthead when the bridge and the éraw are in order for trains to pass. but if the bridge is not in order, or the draw is to be removed for the passage of vessels, or for any purpose whatever, the first duty of the tender, acd one he must never omit, is to lower the signal down to the bridge, ani to let it remain down until the draw is replaced and Properly. secured for trains to pass ovemit. The tender at the Norwalk draw per. fectly understands this rule and his duty, and noevidence baw ever been brought forward to show that he has been upmincfol of cither, and the testimony is beyond ques. tion that he did his duty on Friday fast, and that the signal was then in ite proper place. The general regulations were, therefore, well under stood on Fiidey last, and compliance with their require ments was slone nevessary to prevent even the great lnmity of that day. For grea‘er s y, and to call attention to these rales, a notice fs posted in front of the engincer, and duplicates placed in a box at his hand, to “Jook well for the drawbridge signal,” and at or near the point in the road where he shouli look for this signal, a large sign-board is erected, and the words ‘draw. bridge,” with a hand poiating towards the bridge, are painted in large letters. In addition to these general regulations, upon the back ofeach time table are printed opectal instructions ap plicable only to that table. on I'riday last the train was ruaning under Time Table No. 31, which had deen in effect ince February 7, 1853; and by one of the instructions thereon, the engineers wore directed to ran all trains with care in approachiog Notwalk river bridge, and wheu going east fiom Norwalk station to move round the curve with exceeding care; and conductors of traias out of time are cautioned about crossing the bridge—they will be held responsible for the ty of their trains Unusual caution was deemed necessary at this bridge from the frequency with which the draw was removed. and from the curve in the read, which preveated » full view of the bridge. The last provision of this order. how- ever, war not made so much in reference to tho femeval believed, as to the meoting of trains track upon the bridge. If this made, as wae out of time on the ple. hewould }- the road, 718, B. Mason’ He had parture for Russia, was and Superintend- ant of road. The following isa copy of the letter of Major Whistler :— Exaivesn’s Ovrice, W.R. R. Srrincrisip, May 10, 1942. Mr. EW. Tucker has been em; on the Western for wome time, as he is tase Potente ete any of the duties that ® respects a most man, Amost cheerfully recom: him as such, tire sai with the approbation of the Superin- ata ae the occasion of. ween Port- chester wich, in the winter of 1860-51, the cir- cccareal ai allemarcoea in a ola = occurret mi it of a switch, which had puch delayed and tho other trains upon the they were all out of time. The last train out of New York, run by Mr. Tucker, overtook the one next it at New Rochelle or Mum: ) 80 aroneck, luctors had communication with each other. When Mr. Tucker's train had stopped at Portchester sonductar 18 prooood, Ha‘ srpremscd hs envieguces expre: un: 38 to go, for the reason that he otered he would be run- ning on the time of the downward train. The conductor then assured him that he had sent a message by the conductor of ane, prnees train to the conductor of the downward in, that he should follow immediate ly, and x nesting the downward conductor to stop back at Greenw! again directed Mr. Tucker to go on. Ho did then go on, and a collision ensued, by which Mr. Tucker was vory seriously injured. The conductor un- doubtedly attempted to send a message, as he stated, and ‘apy he had, but the bearer did not undorstand it, and did not communicate it. The conductor was discharg- ed as being the cause of the collision, as his a, was merely an attempt to use his own tntgment in violation of the regulations of the superintendent. The engineer, Tucker, was held free from fault, for the reason that the conductor is the responsible party for fers were quate hy the navarancs that's oage had TB Were Qi assurance a “He retained rufeeing foes his being le rel 8 and con- tinued on the pay roll, as is the cas is believed on inost roads where med are injured in disc! of their duty and without fault, October, 1851, when the attention of the company was particularly called to his case by a letter from his brother,» hig! reapectaole gesitleman in Massachusetts, who e: the opinion that his lamenoss, the reault of the injuries received by the collision, was in all probability permanent and woald disable him. from ever again as engineer. The subject was ted by the President to the Board, and the fo xtracts from their record will show what action was taken by them:— Ata meeting of the Board holden 23d October, 1851, “the President reported, that it is represented that Mr. Tucker, an engineer, who was running a locomotive en- gine on the road at the time of the lisfon near Green. wich, is still aufering from the uence of injuries received by hito at the time of saia collision, for which he was not at all in fault. “Wher on motion, Resolved, That the subject be referred to Mocars. Sandford and Sturges, to inquire iato the condition of Mr. Tucker, and the circumstances of his injuries, and recommend to this Board at their next weeting such action on the subject as they think 7 wt ae next meeting ofthe Board, on the 13th Nov., 1851, Mr. Sandford reported that he had had an interview with Mr, Tucker, the engineer who was :njured at the time of the collision near Greenwich last winter, and finds that he was very seriously injured, and that he is still auf tering from that injury, and unable to eee bry by way of au} recommended that a grataity be presented ia Mr. Tucker as an aid in his support during Whereuptn on motion, Resolved, That Mr. Tacker be paid his wages as onginoer, at the rate he was receiving at the time of his injuries, for one year from Ist Decomber, 1801, and that it not at that time able to reaume his duties as He was tion, and left the company’s employment, for tho pur- Pose. an was supposed by the officers, of engaging in some employment for the duties of which his lameness would not incapacitate him; and nothing more was known of him by the officers of the ear uatil some two or three months since he was lentally met in the cars by the Superintendent, who observing to him that he A peared quite well, he replied that he had almost entirely recovered from his lameness, and was thinking of engug- ing again as ronoing engineer. The Superintendent ap- preciated so highly his general character for inte'ligunce, sobriety. carefulness an judgment, that he yolun- teered at onco to say, that if he wished to run an engine, be would be very glad to employ him. as he was about to imerease the number of trains upon the road; and be was then sgain employed. And the Superintendent and Superintendent of Mo'ive Power, who is brought most directly in contsct with the enginemen, and enabled to judge of their capacity, sobriety, care and judgment, hoth say that if previous to this accident they had had occasion to select a man for any difficult and dangerous service as engineman, where peculiar care, discretion and watchfulness were required, this is one of the men whom they would have first selected for such a duty, and yet he has committed the fatal error which has produced such awful results. 4 word in relatiof to the fact that he was not the re- gular en; an of the train. The enginemen on this road m: ‘daily run of about 150 miles, which is more thau is required on the railroad generally, and is too much for a man to do constantly. It is therefore arra that about once a week each one of the regular en; men lies off a cay, andto meet this case théme extra men, who are considered to be equal in all respecte to the best, and are familiar with all the rules and all the trains, are employed, who take in turn the place of either of the re- gular men for a day. ‘Tueker was acting as one of these extra mea, and on this particular day the regular engineman of the train had leave to be off for the day, for the purpose of moviag his family, and Tucker, as a regular extra man, was as signed to his post for this trip, He acknowledges now that he was perfectly familiar with all the rules and regulations of the road, and the bridges and draws; that there was no difficuity whatever in seeing the cignaLif it had beeu up. or in recognizing the fact of its abseuce; that he bad time tables ia his pocket, and others were in a box on th» engina; that he was perfectly familiar with their contents, but by somo strange fathlity he believes,as much as he believed that he was olive, ihat he saw the signal, though he is now forced to the conclusion, by the contrary evidence of such a number of persons, that he must lave been mis: taken, These are the simple facts in regard to Mr. Tucker and his connection with the company, aud with the deplora- ble catastrophe of Friday last. The officers of the com muy feel no disposition to sereen themselves from any responsibility that way justly fall upon them by casting censure upon others. “They feel tco much humiliated by the fact that their system, which they so coud tently believed to be more than ordi rarily safé and safely administered, has proved insuth cient to prevent such w most disastrous and awful result, toset themselves up as judges as to the individuals upon whom the responsibility should fall, They leave that duty to the public and those public anthorities whore province it is to decias. Ip oriler of the Directors, ROBERT SCHUYLER, President. May 11, 1863, New York and New Haven Railroad Company, The annual election for directors of this company, takes place this day, in Canal street, at 11 o'clock, It fs due to the public that a change be made in the direction, and that a President be chosen, who will give his whole time and attention to the road. The public and the stockholders want a President who bas not on his hands such vast undertakings as the New York and Harlem, and the Mlinois Central Railroad Com ranies—the latter road employing seventeen million dol Jars capital, and is seven hundred and thirty miles long, is quite enough for oue person’s attention. Let there be a full attendance and a fuil sweep of the board, The Paterson Railroad Collision, DEATH OF THE TWO BRAKEME! ‘The two brakemen, named Farrell O'Gara and James H, Van Cleet, who were injured at the collision of cars on the Paterson Railroad, on last Monday evening, died yes terday afternoon in the City Hospital. O'Gara had both his legs crushed; the left leg was severed from below the knee, Van Cleet had bis thigh broken, together with severe bodily injuries, O'Gara was a single man, a native of Ireland, and twenty.nine years of age. Ho hay 4 brother residing at the corner of Ninth avenue and ‘Thirty fourth street. The deceased was one of the brake- amen on the Erie express train. Van Cleet wasa brake: man on the Paterson cars. He has left a wife andtwo children, resijing at Newark, New Jersey, to mourn his sudden demise The Coroner has been notified to hold an inquest on the bodies. To Prevent Railroad Accidents. ‘Wo have reetived several communications relative to railroad accidents end their prevention. “We will Gnd oom for them in a day or two, . Speed of the Clippers. SPLENDID AND UNPARALLELED ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE AMERICAN OLIPPER SHIPS. Natiowat Ossmavatory, Wasnincton, May 10, 1853. Sm—The clipper ship Sovereign of the Seas, McKay, has made such an extraordinary rum, that I beg to make it the subject matter of an official report. It is dae to builders, owners, and masters, as well as to navigation, that such an achievement should be made known, This ship is one of the glorious flect of a “thousand sail” that % voluntarily engaged in making observations for the wind and current charts. She it is, it will be re~ collected, who, taking them for her guide, made the ex- traordinary ran of one hundred and three days from New ‘York to San Francisoo, both crossing the equator in the Pacific, and arriving in port on the day predicted. Returning from the Sandwich Islands to New York in the remarkably short ran of cighty-two days, she passed through a part of the “Great South Sea,’”’ which has been seldom traversed by traders—at least I have the records of none such. Little or nothing, except what conjecture suggested, was known as to the winds in this part of theocean. The results of my investigations elsewhere, with regard to winds and the circulation of the atmosphere, had enabled me to announce as a theo: di in the * variables” of ‘the South Pcie toa ptenkt be found to prevail from the westward with a tradewind like ity. Between the parallels of ing agent to intercept the wind in its . here the winds would be found From, the were greater force than from the east in tho: tradew! region, and giving rise to that long rolling swell sostiny to thote regions of the Pacific, they would enable ships steering east to muke the most remarkable runs that have ever been accompli-hed under canvass. ‘The Sovereign of the seas has afforded the most beauti- ful illustration as to the correctness of these theoretical oenaving Oahu for New ¥. » Leaving Oahu for New York, via Cape Horn, 13th Tuary last, she stood to the nouthward through the th both of the northeast and the southeast trades, making & course good on the average through them, a'little to the west of south. me Snally go’ clear of them Macca , after cro: ie parallel of 45 degrees the men ot 1A degree nha degrees south, upon ‘be Sth and 9th she was ia the horse latitude went! of the Southern hemisphere. So far, her caer heal good, but there was nothing remarkuble in it. Having crossed the parallel of 48 degrees south, she found herself on the 10th, fairly within the trade-lika west winds of the Southern ocean; aud here commenced & succession of the most extraordinary days’ runs that haye ever been linbed together across the ocean. From March 9th to March Sst. from the Parallel of 48 pr reve south in the Pacific, to 35 degrees south in the Atlantic. during an interval of twenty-two days, that sbip made 29 degrees of latitude, ani 126 Ae fae Her shortest day’s run during the interval, ‘aed by thin time, taGor recorded one with coetiog ent is ded once with easting in it; steady and fresh from the weatward. wae aim ese twenty-two days, that ship made five'thousand three hundred and ninety.cne nautical miles. But that sous mere bees Peeper eae her performance wil at of railroad cars and river steame her in statute miles, Foe analy, — then, isa ae under re alone as a propelling power, dnd with a crew, too, so short, the captain intorms me, that she was but halt manued, accomplisbing, in twenty-two days, tho enor- mous ran of six thousand two hundred and forty-five miles, (one-fourth the distance round the earth,) and and with the winds making the daily average of two hundred andeighty three stature miles aud nine-tenths (283.9), Darina oleren of these days consecutively, her daily average was three hundred and fifty-four ¢tatute miles; and during four Gaye, also. consecutively, she avera; as high as three hui and ninety-eight and three quarter statute miles. the next day, the From noon of one to the noon of greatest distance made was three hundred and sixty-two knots, or four hundred and nineteen miles, and the great est rate reported by the captain, is eighteon knots, or twenty one statute miles the hour, This is pretty fair rairoad speed, The greatest distance ever before performed from noon to noon on the ocean, wis 374 Ler (83% statute mileg,) by the clipper ship Flying Cloud, in her cslobrated esoge of eighty-pine days and twenty-one hours, to Rin Franetsco: in 1851, and which yet stands unequalled, I pay from noon to noon. because from noon to noon was not, with either of these chips the exact measure of twenty-four hours. The Flying Cloud waa going to the northward and westward, and on the day of her groat run rhe made four degrees forty-six of loagitade —which in time, is nineteen minutes four seconds—that is, her noon to noon for that day was twenty four hours nineteen minutes four eeconds. On the other hand, the Sovereign of the Sens was steering to tho eastward, and onthe day of her great run, she made eight degroes forty-four of longitude—which in time, is thirty-four minutes fifty-six seconds—that is, her noon to noun for that day, was only twenty-three hours twenty-five minutes four seconds log. ‘Tuus the Flying Cloud's ran in twenty-four hours nineteen minutes four ceconds, was 4931; statute miles, and the other, 419 statute miles ia twenty-three hours twenty five minutes four seconds. Reducing these runs each to the performance pro rats, according to the log. for tweaty four hours, we have for the former ship 427.5, against 437.6 by the latter—that is, the best twenty four consecutive hours run by the Sovereign of the Seas, exceeds tho best consecutive twenty-four bours cf the Flying Cloud, only by the one- tenth part of one mile. w These two ships are certainly par nobie—but the great day’s performance of each does not prove the Sovereign of the Seas to be a faster ship than the Flying Cloud. The Sovereign of the Seas had in her favor that long, roliing swell from the westward, that is peculiar to high routhern latitudes, and which helped mightily to heave her along. All seamen who have doubled Uape Horn know what it in; I need not describe it. It is true the Mying Cloud on her great day had, during the latter par:, strong gales and high seas running, still those high seas were not like that long rolling Cape Hora swell that comes from the westward with such a heaving force, and which had been chasing the Sovereign of the Seas stendily for ten days. ‘On the other hand, {t may be urged in favor of the lat- ter, that she was short handed, with foretopmast dis- abled, and jury topgallant mast. Her abstract log, it Should also be mentioned. says nothing as to the fores of the wind, the heave of the sen, or the sails set, while thot of the Flying Cloud is quite full upon these points. ‘Though Iam unwilling, therofore, to decide agaiust the Flying Cloud as to the greatest day’s ran ever teade. it is clear that ber competitor has borne off the palm as to the length of time for which she has kept up her great speed, Her log stops May 30, latitude 33 deg. 16 min. N., 432 pautical miles in a straight line from Sandy Hook. Taking it therefore for the seventy-nine days for which she gives it, aud stating the distance by straight line from her plece at noon of oue duy to the noon of the next, it appears that her daily avorage was 2227 statute miles, making the whole distance sailed during the interval to be 17,597 statute miles, which gives for cinvass the re- markable echiovement of accomplishing a distance moro than two-thirds of that which it requiros to encirele tho earth at the average rate of nine miles and upwards the hour for 1,896 consecutive hours. ‘Aw L write this, the abs sact of another ship, the Comet, BP. C. Gardner, from San Francisco to New York, is re eelved. She too, tas made extraordinary rao. She made the passage iv 835; days, sniling during the inter- val 17.496 statute miles, and averaging 210 miler a dey. She, however, exeopt merely by doubling Cape Horn, did not run through the region of the trade-Wke winds and heaving sqvils of the South Pacifle, wiich favored the Sovereign of the Seas to such an extent; and therefore no fair comparison can ba made as to the relative sailing qualities of these two ships. ‘There is another {eircumstance, however, connected with this voyage of the Sovereign of the Seas, whieh is worthy of attention, for it is significant, anda fact illus trative of the revolution in the ways of business waich are being quietly wrought by the time saving devices of the age. This splendid ship, after untoading ber cargo in California, was cent to glean after our whalemen and she came home with ofl gutheved from them at the Sand- wich Islacds. This adventurous class of our fellow-citizens resort there io such numbers that the fees annually paid by the government for the zalief of the sick and disabled seamen amount to uowards of $50,000, if the Paciie Railway were built, the thonsands of seamen, and the deets of American whale ships y resort to those islands for refreshment and would res s:t to California, There they would be f own country; the oil would probably be sent home on railwsy, instead of by clipper ship, and all the ivantege of reiitting so many ships, of treating aud re. ny men, would inure to the benefit of our a Respectfully, (Signed) AL. F. MAURY, Lieutenant, U. 8. Navy. Secretary of the Navy, Wash- Hon, James C, Dowmix, ington Sa mo Court—Clreult, ® Hefore Hon, Judge Roo-ey It, Way 11.—Catharine W. Bucktee vs. The U.S, Insurance, Annuity and Trust Co—This was: an action for the sum of $1,000, (with interest.) being the amount Of policy of inaurance effected with the defendants by the late hus- \ of the plaintiff for ber bevefit. The claim was re- don the alieged grounds that the policy was not re- newed until come days after it expired, and that at tho time of the renewel Mr. Buckboe was laboring under sick- ness, though he ‘erented himself to be in good health. this was cenied, Verdict for plaintiff $1,087 82, bead SPECIAL TERM. Before Hon. Judge Roosevelt. THK CRYSTAL PALACE. May 11,—Thomas J. Stewart 3 The Association for the Exhibition of the Industry of AN Netions.—This was an ex parte application for a temporary injunction, and anor to show cause why a permanent iojunetion should not be ineued. ‘The Judxe said the party should ply in tl usual form, by notice of motion for an injunction, Ap- plication denied. . of the results of the passage of that law. It Pr —_ — PRICE TWO CENtS, | ANNIVERSARY WEEK. The Proceedings of the American Tract and American Female Guardian Societies, Institution for the Blind, ‘and the Five Points Mission, The Abolition Fanatics at the Chimese Assembly Rooms, de. ke. &. American Anti-Slavery Society—Fanaticionn Ran Mad. SPEECHES OF GARRISON, PHILLIPS, LUCY STONE, ETO. ‘The twenty second anniversary of the American Anti Slevery Society was held yesterday, in the Chinese Rooms, Broadway. The morning session commenced at ten o'clock, the congregation being at that time very umerous; composed principally of ladies, with a slight spripkling of bloomers and niggers, Wx. Liorp Gannon opened the proceedings by calling the meeting to order, and addressing it as follows :—It ie common allegation on the part of the enemies of emam- cipation, that the abolitionists have put back their cause by rashness and violence. The allegation is an ancient one, and is worth now just as much as it wasin ancient times; and in illustration of what it was then worth I will read te you the fifth chapter of Exodus. Mr. Garri- son then read'the whole of the chapter to the congrega- tion, and announced that, according to the usages of the society, an opportunity weuld now be afforded to whom- svever in the assembly might feel moved by the spirit to offer up @ prayer. Areverend gentleman on the platform, Mr. Josmrm A. Dvcvars; of the Society of Friends, not long waitiag tor the visitation of the spirit, knelt down and volunteered a prayer, in which he affirmed his faith that all religion in the world opposed to the royal law of freedom is inf- delity. Mr. Ganson, the Chairman, again addressed the aydi- - enge. He said—By the help of God we continue to this day, The anti-slavery cause, in spite of all the op position that has been arrayed against it—im spite of governmental edicts—in spite of lawless mobocracy—still lives, and is destined to grow, and expand, and conquer, till every chain in the land is broken, and till the Lord gives us the jubilee. For the last two years we haye been compelled, through the lawlessness of this corrupt oity, to shake its dust from our feet as a testimony against it. The year before lést we were rev ceived by the people of Syracuse, and the following year by the people of Rochester. We'did not go there, how- ever, yoluntarily, but we could not get a single room im this city fitted to hold our anniversary, This is no die credit to the Anti-Slavery Society, but wili redound te the eternal infamy of the city of New York. We are here now with the same and with the same glorious ends in view. “Were are those who said we should not open ? Where, now, is the Union Safety Commitee? e find ourselves here, but where they are heaven only knows. We are here, not to browbeat or irritate, but to do our duty to the slave. since we were here last the three great champions of slavery have gone to dust. ‘Lheir bodies are eatombed and their souls gone to God. Where is John C, Calhoun? Whereis Henry Clay? Where: is Daniel Webster? All gone to decay, and we arevhere with our songs of victory. (Applause and hisses.) We have had the Baltimore Convention, but what then ?— “The King of France, with thirty thousand men, Murched up the hili and then marched down agaia.’- We have had the bs ed Slave law cnacted sines we last met here—but what of that? Are the slaves de- terred by it from Geet toescape? It was but day I read, in the Voice of the Slave, 8 paper publ Canada, that twenty nine slaves had arrived there in ona. batch. How has that law been received in the Northerm States? How did we treat Shadrach im Boston? Sims, indeed, was taken away from the city of Boston, not im broad daylight, but smuggled away in the hour of dack- ness. It was the defeat of the government and the over, throw of the Fugitive Slave law forever. And see how they treated it in Syracuse, in the case of Jerry, and how the slaves themselves treated it in Christisna, where the slavebolder was compelied to bite the duat. You ei! — ve us ‘Tom's Cabin (apjlause), and Uncle Tom’s Cabin is mating the tour of the world; and, as the first instalmeat British sympathy on 'behaif of the slave, we lately re- ceived im Boston the petition of the ladies of signed by over half w million of women. Even im the Southern states the feeling against slavery is strong; and, to show you how it is there, I will read you & paragraph from the Charleston Mercury. Mr. G@ read the extract referred to, commenting on the influence of slavery in the South and io the national gorernment. ‘These, he continued, are some of tho cheering circam- stances under which we arc assembled here to day in New York, for she Lord God Omnipotent reigneth, Mr. Epwanp Quincy, of Massachusetts, was’ intre- dnced by the chair to the meeting, and gee lng address the audience:—You, said he, addres- sing thh chair, have been called an infidel, and the movement you originated is also branded infidel movement, but I should like to know by which of the ordinary motives of human action cau your conduct or our conduct be explained if we have not feith io God? Do you delight in being held up to pablic reprobstion aed. scorn? Do American abolitioulsts delight in beiogiin a minerity? If there is a peculiar characteristic of the Americon people it is a delight to swim eith the stream —to go with the multitude, whether for evil or for good. We are no exception to this national trait. We have not unchurched the cfiurch and excommunicated the State merely because we like to be hunted and hooted, and be- cause we delight in the tender mercies of Cap‘ain Ryn- deca. No, sir, itis because we trust in God, that we heve there 1s « higher law than that of Congress, and that there is a magistrate more elevated than President Pierce (Applause ) Here these pigmies—these Lilipa- tians of this remote corner of tho universe—meet together —they say, to repeal the laws of the Great architect of the universe. We meet togethor and repeal laws! Yes, and wotonly that, but the great mass of the Church, and those who stant the head of the Caurch, have en- dor+cd the doctrine, and haye scouted and sneored at the idea that there can be any law higher than that which man can wake. Suppose e@ law should be passed in Con- gress repealing the lawa of gravitation, do you believe there isa priest in the lund, who, relying oa that law, would leap from the top of Bunker Hill! Monument? Wel it is just as absurd to repeal physical as to repeal mo: laws. We would not have stood up before the American people and defied them—trampled their laws under our feet merely because that we liked it; but we didit because we thought it was our duty so todo. Why, sir, why did our fathers come to this land? They were surely 4 fools to leave their comfortable parsonage and farm houses, and trades, to commit themselves to the stormy waves, and to plant themselves on inhospitable shores Why, what fanatics they were! They hadeuly to conform to and obey the laws of the land, and live very comforta- bly, just as we are told now by priests and pouticians we wight do. But that was not the spirit of the men of thoredays. They were Protestants—the flight to Plymouth. was a protes'—but they little thought what the resulte of their institutions wero; thoy little thought that there was to be a Procrustean bed established by law to moas- ure men’s consciences. Now, sir, we took pat- tern by our fathers. It was from those old times that the American Keyolution dates. It was the right of every man to judge whether the laws of mon or those o¢ God should be obeyed; and that was the principle from which the complement of revolu- tion sprung--I mean the Antislavery Soviety. If it fall, the American Revolution was a failure. We have theim~ tand up before Russia and Austria, and Louis d to say to them, ‘stand off—we are holier (Applause ) I protest, that if the anti-slavery inent fail—if, Lray, ourselves and our children are to ho thrails of this bare and contemptible aristocracy of whips and chains—thon,] say, the American Revolution wes failure, and we hed better have remainedas vassala cf Fogiand, If we are to have an aristocracy 1 pre- fer an eristocracy of gentlemen, It is a specios of vermin which I think ought to bo exterminated, bringing to bear on it such a foreo of public senti- itcan exist no longer. (Applause.) Now, that t of the Anti-Slavery Society; and how do we propose to do it? Itis by operating on publie opinion. What oro institutions but the projections of ideas? What is slavery’ Why it isthe shadow. Why does slavery exist in the country ? It is because the American people like it, We wish to change their ideas, Do think that slavery willexist a day after the ‘amorioan people have made up their mind against it? Oh, no; the iooment the American mind is permeated with the leaven of anti-slavery principles the institution will be anntiai- Inted, and then, when this circle of fire shall be drawm wet and closcr around the scorpion of slavery, then, by a glorious and illustrious, aule ate it will drive its sting br its own brain and die, (Applause gh rt remaxkod, that in the year feo the Ame-, yiean Anti-Slavery Society was broken asunder on this single Issue: because a female member of the Societ placed on one of our committees, This Societ; has always Eonesed tots mowers the right to open his oF her lipe shalt of those is. on behalt eyuen woman's heart is bleeding, Sail woman's ylce be uahed ee it apy Indy wishes to speak wo will listen. w ¥ pcos she has tosay. I now introduce ® you Ming Lucy Stone, of Boston. v4 came forward and addressed the meet- gigas there are ten thousand curses