The New York Herald Newspaper, August 13, 1853, Page 1

, WHOLE NO. 17537. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. MORE RAILROAD SLAUGHTERING, «Avwfal Collision on the’ Providence and Worcester Road. TWELVE LIVES LOS ‘LARGE NUMBER OF PER30NS BADLY WOUNDED, eee ‘Frightfol but Not Fatal Accident on the Baltimore and Ohio Bailrond. UPSBTTING OF THREE CAR3, CONTAINING ONE HUNDRED PASSENGERS, VERY INTERESTING FROM WASHINGTON. eee ‘The Fishery Question and the Garduer Case. THE POSTAL CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND BREMEN. EXECUTION AT HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA., be, ke, &o. ‘Whe Collision on the Prsvidence and Wor- cester tatlroad. Paovianct, R. I., Friday, August 12—12 M. A frightful railroad collision took place on the Provi- + dence amd Worcester Railroad abeut eight o’clock this morning, near Pawtucket, Jt eccurred between the regular up traia from this city ‘nd am excursion train frou Wieting’s. The excursion train wes out of time, and met the up train at Valley Falls. + The collision was terrific. The train coming down suf- fered most, the cars being drivem together, two of them being completely interlocked. The engines were ‘otally demolished. Z The nusnber of persons Icilled is twelve, as far ¢ ‘ascer- Rained, and probably three times that number are seriously Snjured, Lesides a very large number Druised and slightly aoownded, The up train received but little damage, and Do person in that train was injured to speak of. The excursion train consisted of six long passenger cara, @ensely crowded. ‘The collision occurred at a sharp curve, beyond Centra; Falls ; the down train was behind time, and proceeding ‘at the rate of forty miles an hour, to reach the switch, from which there is » double track to Providence. Ta ene minute the train would have reached the switch, the up train waited the ususl time at Pawtucket, and then, having the right to the road, proceeded ata slow ‘ate sreund the curve. ; The cause of the accident is ssid to have been owing 2o a variation of two minutes in the watches of the “4 , - Ongineers, ‘The greater portion of the killed and wounded bolonged ‘to Uxbridge and Whitensvilie. The following are the names of the KILLED: Rey. Mz. Penny, Episcopai clergyman, officiating at Grace Church, Providence. Mz. Wood, of Northbridge. Johu.H. Porkins, fireman, of Uxbridge. He leaves a vwife and two children. Mrs. Plant, wife of Gee. Plant, of Whitensville. Peter Plant, son of Geo. Plant. Mrs. Mallory, wife of 8, 8. Mallory, ef Central Falls, A. Charlesworth, of Whitemayille, Thomas Brown, of do. William Fullerlove, of do, * Mrs. Caroline Richmond, wife of John Richmond. , Peter Rogers, of Milford. Mr. Rogers, brother of the above. ‘WOUNDED. Francis Reed, of Whitensville, George Plant, of do. Hosea Ballou, of Woonsocket. Edward Green, engineer of the up train, badly—seve- tal ribs broken. Stewart Winslow, of Whitensville, badly. Daniel Ganty, of do,, slightly. + Martia C. Jefferson, brakeman, leg and arm broken. Joha Brown, of Whitensville, four ribs broken. Moses Bolton, badly. Mrs. Gladding, Wife of Charles Gladding, of Pawtucket, Jokm Marshall, ¢f North Uxbridge, leg broken. George Bolton, of Whitensviile, do. John Crane, of do., badly bruised. Schuyler White, of do. , Suuthwick, Sugerintendant of the road. others, whose names have not been ascertained the fevt car of the excursion train was smashed to pieces, the tender having been driven through ft. Most, if not all, of tho passengers in this car wore cither badly wounded or killed. .A large number who escaped serious injury were cut by the splinters. The second car was not much injured, but was driven throvgh imto the third car, about half its leagth; the five rear cara were only partially damaged. In the first pascenger car there were only twelve or fifteen passen- gore, three or four of whom were killed outright, while nearly all the remainder were more or leas injured. In the third car the effects of the collision were fright- ful—some of the passengers were killed instantly, and others received serious, if not fatal injuries, Thecar Joaped over the second, and killed three persons who were attempting to escape by the windows, Mr. J. P. Butta, of Mitvitie, with his grandson, a boy of ton years, wore in thy first car, and escaped most miraculously. The car wss totally demolished, bat he and the boy were thrown, inthe most inexplicable man- ner, out at the side of the car, and rolled down an em- pankmeat. Mr. Butts experienced no injury, but the youth wee severely cut on the head Another passenger was threwn out in the same way, and fortunately es- eaped without injury. Mr. Southwick, Superintendent of the Providence and Worcester roed, waa injured on the head. He jumped from the cars, and waa injared mostly by splinters and Dlocks from the cars. Dr. Mauran dressed bis wounds, and be is Going well. Mr, Toft, the President of the Worooster road, was in the cara at the time of the accident, but escaped with slight injary. ‘The train from Providence consisted of only two cars— * being one first snd one second class car—nearly all the eats in which were broken up. None of the passengers however, wero cangerourly injured, although about hal of them were badly cat and bruised. There were, in all, abont fifty passengers in this train. ‘The dead were horribly mangled. Nine of them were eposited side by side at Valley Falls, and presented s mel anobo!y spectacle. ‘The spectacle was a most horrid one, The broken cars, ) the crushed engine, thedend and dying are said to have furnished s scone sée vofore witnessed in there regions, Mr. Hoppin, s segar maker, of this city, crawled out from beneath the Worcester train, bat little injured, ‘Two men were killed by hin «ide. Mr, Clark, manager of the coal mine at Valley Falls, > ho was on the same reat with Mr. Penny, escaped un” injured. Mrs. Caroline R. FE. Dike, who was taken to the house of Mr, George Jenks, died in about two hours, ia great ogeny. One poor boy had his arm torn out from the socket. The dead and dying were principally conveyed to the ‘Valley Fall, and tho wounded to Pawtucket. The body of Mr. Penpy was taken to the house of Rev, Mr. Taft at Pawtucket. Aneistance was rendered to the sufferers by those on board the 7:30 train for Borton from Providence, which left the latter place after the train which eame in colli- gion with the Uxbridge tain, and arrived at the juno- tion about five minutes after the collision. Those on board this car assisted in placing the wounded in the car which was not injured, and took thom back to Pawtueket, to obtain medical assistance, FURTHER PARTICULARS, Bostox, Aug. 12—3 P. M. ‘We have further details of the disaster to-day on the ‘Worcester road, At last accounts two brothers, namel Biton, were MORNING EDITION---SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1858, eee dying. A Mra. Mallory, and » man named { -gers, both of Whitensville, were dead. The coroner's jury bad adjourned their investigation until to-morrow morning. The dead bodies have all been placed in neat coffins and rent to their various bomes for interment. With the exception of two or three, the killed were all factory operatives. The rest of the wounded, it is thought, will recover, though some of them will lose an arm, or leg, or be otherwise crippled. Thousands of persons virited the scene to day, to see the bedies and the ruins of the cars. The accident occurred near s curve, where the em bankment was thirty feet bigh. Down this embankment an old man and his grazdson were precipitated, but both miraculously escaped injury. The firet passenger car, which was next to the engina, contained about sixty passengers, nearly all from Whi tevaville, and many of whom were either killed or wound- ed. ‘ ‘The third car om the dowaward train was driven over and ixto the one preceding it, some twenty feet, and cru: bing everything buman, and the killed and weunded had to be dragged from beneath it, A Mr, Gouldthyait was taken to the dweiling over the rallread station at Central Falls, where be was cared for, but it is doubtful if he ean long survive. Mr. Buteam, conductor of the downward train, was in the resr car, end escaped unbarmed. The engineer excaped by jumping eff, but the fireman, a already stated, was killed. Very few on the upward train sustained imatorial in- jury. THE LATEST. PRovipencs, August 12—11 P, M. The annexed is the latest and mest complete list of thore who were BADLY WOUNDED, Mr. Goldthwaite, of Uxbridge, has had his arm ampu- tated at the shoulder joint, and his recovery is very Coubtful. His arm was torn off, and he was otherwise badly injured, Mr. Southwick, superintendent of the Providence and Worcester railroad, sustained but very slight injury. A boy, name unknown, about five years old, hed an arm torn from his bedy ; recovery doubtful. Francis Rist, of Whitensville, was badly hurt about the head. Hosea Ballou, of Ballouville, was severely injured in the head. — Stewart, of Whitensville, was dangerously injured about the head, (Martin V. Jefferson, a brakeman, had a leg broken, Daniel Carty, a painter, was slightly injured. John Brown, of Whitensyille, had four ribs broken. Joba Marval, of Northbridge, had a leg broken and hin back hurt. Mores Bolton, was fatally injured. George Bolton, of Whitensville, was eerlously in- jured. J. Crane, of Whitinsville, was badly hurt. Schouler (or Schouler White), of Whitinsville, was badly injured. Ruth 8, Gladding, of Pawtucket, was slightly injured about the head. Mr. Plant, of Whitensville, was severely if not fatally injured. | Francis Gray, had two ribs broken, The Disaster on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. UPSETTING OF THREE CARS, IN WHICH WERE OVER ONE HUNDRED PASSENGERS. Barmuons, Avgust 12—I1 P, M. A passerger train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, while pasring the switch at Cameron, twenty-seven miles enact cf Wheeling, to-cay, ran off the track, and three cars, containing over one hundred passevgers, were upset; but, fortunate to relate, no one was killed or very ae- yerely injured. Thirty or forty uf tue passengers were more or less bruized and scratched. The accident was caused by the turning of a switch, by, it is said, some malicious person. the company’s service, and they are strongly suspected of having wilfully turned off the awitch, for revenge They will, undoubtedly, be arrested to-night. The pas- sengtrs held a meeting, and, after a short while spent in Geliberation, they passed resolations acquittizg the com- pany of all blame. ‘Iwo men were lately discharged from ‘The Southern Elections, TENNESSEE. Loursviiie, August 12, 1853, In the Memphis district, Yerger (whig), is elected to Congress over Stanton (dem ), Thus far three whigsand three democrats are chosen. districts is close. The contest in the other NORTH CAROLINA. Baxtimork, August 12, 1853, 8 Osborne (whig), in the Seventh Craige (dem.), Congressional dietriet by 200 votes. This ensures the election of four democrats and three whigs to Congress, with Cling man’s district to hear from. Death of a Phitadeiphia Merchant, PHILADELFHIA, August 12, 1853, Paul Lajus, » merchant of this city, died at Norfolk on ‘Thursday. ‘The Morris Canal. Parrenson, N. J., August 12, 1863. The water will be let into the Morris Canal on Saturday afternoon, Interesting from Boston. NEWS FROM THE FISHERIES—THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH SQUADRONS—THE TRAINOR AND 0’DONO. HUE DUEL CASE, ETC. Boston, Avg. 12, 1853. ‘The captain of the schooner Arunnah, from the Bay of Chaleur, arrived at Kennebunk, Me, reports that on the 28th July he waa run into by the British steamer Devastation, near St. John’s Island, and thereby sus- tained considerable damage. and will make a statement of his case. He has entered a protest, The United States sloop of war Decatur had boarded several American fishing vessels in the Galf, and inform- ed them of the presence of the squadron, The steamer Princeton arrived at Halifax on the 6th nud was receired with the usual salute by the British flag hip Cumberland. : An American fishing. scheoner was seized by the De- yastation, and taken into Prince Edward Island, but wos afterwards released. Asham-fight took place in the Gut of Canso, N. 8., on board the United States sloop-of-war Decatur, on the 6th instant, in honor of the Earl of Ellesmere. The Halifax papers confirm the statement that the steamer Europa went ashore, last week, after leaving Halifax, and was detained four hours. ‘The Traloor and O’Donohue duel case was called up in court to-day, when,no one appearing’to prosecute, the crse was discharged. Friendly relations have boon established between the two parties, ‘The Execation of James Shirley. Houupaysnvno, Pa., August 12, 1863, James Shirley was executed at this place, this after- noon, for murder, At one oclock, the prisoner, habited in his shroud, accompanied by the Reverends John Stil- lings end Lloyd Knight, deccended from his cell to the jail yard, and walked witha firm step to tho scaffold, which he agcended unassisted, and took his seatona stool. After singing and praying by the clergy, they took leave of him. Thomas C, MeDowell, Esq., the prisoner's eounsel, also took leave of him, when Shirley remarked that if any one elee wished to take leave of him they might do 60. s 1 the prisoners present in the jail yard then shoo! ads with him, after which the sheriff ‘asked him if he ing to say. a DY eenliooat have nothing, exoept that I hope to meet all these gentlemen present io Paradise hereafter. Tdie better than I thought rhould, This is not backing up of tho spirit of the man—It is the spirit of God that enables mo to do 80; I never wasa bad man, na- torally; I wish to gay, the cause of all this was iatem- Pete cap was then drawn over his face, whon he oalled out, ‘Sheriff’? (the rheritf turned to the culprit, when he continued.) ‘I will alvo my that you, sir, are a gentle. Gi ?? Mitte donut beri’ then asked him if he had any oon: fession to make. He replied, ‘No, IT have nothi fay on that subject.”” he twenty sete tminutea' pest one o'clock the drop fell, snd Jamos Shirley wee launched from tine into eternity, fo # aL of life bad ceased at eigtt minutes after the rop fel From Washington City. DESPATCHES FROM THE FISHING REGTt ‘NS. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NEW YORK HRRA, "D. Wastixatox, Augusy 12, 1.753, Tlearn from excellent authority. that the despate hes received last night from Commodors Shubrick, comman’- ing the fisbing squadron, are of the most pacific and sat isfactory character. Ww. THE GARDNER CASE—J. C. GARDNER INDICTED FOR PERJURY. FROM THE REGULAR NEWSPAPER AGENT. ‘Waanrncton, August 12, 1853, The Grand Jury have brought in an indictment against John Charles Gardner for committing perjury aga wit- nese, on the trial of bis brother George A Gardner. After & protracted argument bail was set at $4000. Mr. Bradley renewed his motion for a continuance of the former Gardner case today, The District Attorney objected, stating that intelligence had been recaived {rom the government commission im Mexico, dated July 6th, eoying that the exploration bad been partly comple‘ed, and would probably be finished soon, and 9s their return is daily expected, the motion for s con tinaance was deferred until next wesk. Postal Convention between the United States ana Bremen, “igi “i ADREFIONAL ARTICLES upon Letween the Post Ofice Department of the United States and the Post Office iene ol ri Hanseatic Heniblic of Bremen, modifying the arrangement entered inio by said Post iments im 1847 for the reciprocal receipt and delivery of mails to Ve con by the United States and Bremen line of steamers, direct, betioven New York and Bremenhaven. The Post Ofice of-New Yers stall bo 08 ice of‘New Yor’ shal the United States office of exchange, and Bremen the office of exchange of ‘What republic, for all mails transmitted under this ar- rangement, tthe ietervational oo eee 0 international correspondence conveyed either b; United States or by Bremen steamers, a hereinafter stated, between the United States. or its Territories, and Lo igor, ‘Will be subject to the following postage charges, in Postage on each letter or pscket not exceeding half 9n ounce in weight, seeee 10 conta ounce. .20 cents, Above balfan ounce and Abcve one ounce, but not exceeding two ounces. 40 cents, And the postage will increase ia this scale of progres. sion, to wit : Additioval twenty cents for each tious] cunce or fraction of an ounce, Payment in advance shall be optional in either soun- try. Itahull not, however, be permitted to psy less than the whole rate; and ro account shall be taken of the prepayment of any fraction of that raie. ARTIOLE Il, All the States belonging to the German Austrian Postal Union, rerpectively, are to have the advantage of the rate of ten cents, established by the preceding article, (2d,) whevever their Postage to and from Bremen, for letters to and from the United states, shall be reduced to the nuiform rate of five cents, or les: sll _correspendence for or from such of said States as shall not so reduce their: rates, the charge between the United States and Bremen, by ae peste lines, will Be: fifteen cents the singie rate, nd opt prepayment, progressive scale, &c,, upon the same principles as in article 2d, shall be admitted and observed. > i ARTICLR IV, On all letters or! ting and posted in other countries ond the United States, and mailed to, aad deliverable in Bremen, or originating and in countries beyond Bremen, and mailed to, and deliverable in, the United States, ‘or its territories, the foreign ‘other than that of Bremen, and other than that the United States) is to be added to the. pos! stated in article second or third, as the ease may be. And the two Post Office Uy makes ee are mutually to furnish each other with lists stating the foreign coun- tries, or places in foreign countries, to whieh the foreign Perees: andthe amount thereof, must be abso- Jutely prepaid, or must be left unpaid. And until such lists are duly furpished, neither country ia to mail to the other any letter from foreign countries beyond it, or for foreign countries beyond the country to which the mail ia sent. ARTICLE Y. may be sent by the United States and Bremen steamers when the whole postage of two cents is prepaid thereon at the mailing office. The postage on pamphlets and maga- zines, per ounce, or fraction of an ounce, shall be one cent, prepayment of which shall likewise be required ia both countries. Said newspapers, pamphlets, and maga- ibject to the laws and regulations of each try. respectively, in regara tv thoir lis rated with letter postage when contaluing w: red or for any other cause specified in said laws aud regula: tions. They must be sent in narrow bands, open at the sides or 5 OLE VI. ARTI The postage for which the United States and Bremen post offices shsli reciprocally account to each other upoa letters which shall ve between them, shal! be established, letter by lotter, secording to the scalos of progression determined by the preceding 2d and 3d arti- cles, as follows, vi: , The Bremen office shall pay to the United States office icresch unpaid letter, weighing half an ounce, or less, ori- gioating in the United States and destined for Bremen, as well es for each letter of like weight prepaid in Bremen wnd destined for the United States, whon conveyed, under article 24, by United States steamer, + 9 cents. 4nd when by en steamer. a When conveyed, under artic! States eteamer. And when by Brem The Unites States office shal for each unpaid letter, weighing half an ounce, or less, origineting in Bremea and destined for the United States, as wellas for each letter of like weight paid ia the United States acd destined for Bremen, wien conveyed, under article by United States steamer, ol i. And when by Bremen steamer ................. 9 COMtS, When conveyed, under article dd, by United States steamer........... «1 cent. Seeley Brewen hyeq nat he —_ pecting the postage for newspapers, pamphlets, a1 magasines received in elther country, the whole ia to be ld to the United States office when the same are sent yy United States steamers, and one half to the United States and the other balf to the Bremen office when seat by Bremen eteam It is understood and agreed that, of the portion of the postage for which the Uvited States office is to accouat to Bremen, as well as of what Bremen may collost, all bot cent a single letter {s to go to the benefit of the proprietors of the Bremen lino of steamers. Letter bills and acknowledgments, as well as forms of account, shall be made to conform to these articles, ARTICLE VIL. The accounts between the two departments shall be clos- ed at the expiration of each quarter of the calendar year, by qnarterly statements and accounts prepared by the ( ral Post Office in Washington; and having been examined, compared, and setiled by the post office of Bremen, the balance shail be paid withont delay, by that departinent which shall be found indebted to tho other. If the balanca in in favor of Bremen, it shall be paid over by the Uaited Stetes at Bremen; and if in favor of the United States, it shall be paid over by Bremen at Washington, or to the General Post Office at London, to the credit of the United States, as the Postmaster General of the United States sball direct. Neither office is to charge to the otber any commissions upon any postage it may col- lest. The 20 per cont. commission to the postmaster of Bremen, stipulated in article sixth of the arrange- ment of 1847, is to case from and after the date when these articles take effect ; and Bremen is to ro ceive no other compensation for the services required by the arrangement of 1847, than as provided in arti: cle sixth of present convention, “ARTICLE VII. The steamers of the two lines shall be required to con- vey all desd and returned letters, end tho official comma- nications of the respective post departments of the Unit. ed States and Bremen, free of charge. ARTICLE 1x, This blenny which supersedes the temporary arrangement of Oth July, 1853, is to g) into effect on ths 16th of August, 1853, and it is to be continued in force until annulled mutual consent, or by either post de: par after xXpiration of three months’ previous notice ‘other; and it may aiso cease whenever the Bremen steamers cease running In witnoss whereof, wo have hereto set our names and Sffixed the seals of our res; ective offices, this 4th day of Avgust, one thousand eight hundsed and fifty thiee, at she city of Wachingten. JAME3 CAMPBELL, Postmaster General, RUBOLPH SCHLEIDEN. Minister Resident of the Republic of Bremen, Destruction of Liquor—Persons Injared, Norrmampton, Mass , August 12, 1853, To-day, whilst the officers were in the act of destroying abont 250 gallons of liquor, it was set on fire by some thovghtless boys, and four of the bystanders were badly burnt, one of whom, named Cummings, was #0 severely injured that his recovery is donbtfal. Mins kets. * “Cuauiesten, August 11, 1853, Cotton,—Sales during the week, 1,450 bales, at prices renging from 8%¢, a 11\c,, the market showing no change Receipts of the week, 200 bales; stock on hand, 6.400 bales, The receipts at all Southern ports are now 190,672 bales abead of the came time last yosr. ALDANY, mynd 12, tag ‘Tho reeoipta within the last twenty-four hours have been ne sanexed:-—Flour, 6,(00 bbls. ; wheat, 16,000 bash ele: corn, 13,000 burhein; oats, none, Sales ‘of what, 5,000 bushels Genesee on priva’e terms. Corn in fate re: quest. “Sales mixed Western, unsound, at 709; fetr, Te 4 firm, at 450, eae ee Borravo, August 1889. Tho receipte of produce for the last sweuty-four hours have been as follows:--Dlour, 2600 Bbls.; wheat, 6.000 bushels; corn, 44,000 bushels; outa, nons, Flour dull; if anything a shade firmer, Genesee firm, owing to light reesipte, aales 600 bbls., at $4 81 for Genouse, and $4 75 for State, Not much inquiry for wheat, bu’ prices firm. Sales 8,000 bushels, at 109c, 8 110c., for Ohio. No'smuch doing in corn, with » downward tendency, Mixed Wost- ern, 060, No sales of oats, and but moderace inquiry. Prices steady, at 38¢0, Whiskey. Ohio, 23}¢0. Freights.— Flour, 460,; whos, 12¢,; coen, 9. could net b of preventing the repetition ofa public abuse, I remain yours, Ko, MEETING OF THE NEW YORK YAORT SQUADRON AT days since for Newport, where they have arrived, and have attracted considerable attention, as they served to relieve the interminable dullness of the place. The fol- lowing named vessels were in the harbor en the 9th instant :— Friday, the 12th inst, The race is around Block Island, 60 miles—the prize, the ‘squadron cup’'—value, $350. We have no doubt tlat the yachting gentlemen will have ‘a very good time, and they are entitled to credit for their exertions to amuse the Sir Charles Coldstreams and Lydia Languishes of Newport. communicstion si, queen of trotters her being aged been foaled in Juve, 1826. anything of the history of this unequalled beast, he knows full well that her correct age is twenty-one, past, inetead of twenty-seven, and that she first saw light in 1882 instead of taisstating the age of that dear old creature I cannot di- phaps he deema himeelf entitled toa poot’s i. conve, or manybe be thought BRE Art4 At de dal Jour valuable paper as @ correction of “J. W. B.'s” iuisstatement, you will much oblige many ardent ad- mirersof First List of Subscriptions for the Relief of the Destitute COD AB ocklyn friend, A working man, Per the Committee. ‘Will Mr. Seebach send for the same? which was advertised to ba launched on Thursday after- noon, from Messrs. Weetervelts’ yard, foot of Honston street, is still on the stocks. The attempt to launch her on that day having proved unsucesssful, efforts to nocom- plish the object were renewed yesterday, and continued for some hours; but in spite of the exertions of # large gang of men, with the aid of powerful levers and screws, she refused to budge an ineh. made at high water to-day, which will, no doubt, prove successful, frem the shipyard of Mesars. Capes & Allison, at Hobo ken, this afternoon at three o’clock, a three masted schorner, of sbout 400 tons measurement, called tho Jas, H, Chadbourne, intended for the Wilmington, N.C., trade, will be commanded by propeller, abont 300 tons measurement, intended to ply between New York and New Bedford, to be commanded by Capt. Cuchwan, and owned by Mesers, Whitridge & Co., of New Bedford, known survivors, ten in pumber-—f the Ul fated bark Argyle, from Brictol for Quebec, Jaden with iron, before reported as baving foundered at cea, arrirsd at Qnodec 5th iost. Their sufferings have been dreadful. they were nine days in one of the ship's boats, deifuing about on the ccean, ard that six o of the men in the boat died of exhaustion and hi Of tbe survivors, two aro femalos—one of whom is an old Indy, turned, we should ray of 50, who, to sufferin, man of female is 8 young woman—and strange to say, both these fewales were €x;o-ed to the eame privations that the men were, aod yet they lived turough them. Thore were twenty-five persons on board the Argyle, including three son, ali of whom betook themrelves to two of the ship's boats ; one of whieh has not since bon heard of, and it ia fonved that but nine of the twenty-five have been left tc tell the sad tale, who are Curious in such matters, relative to the saillog qualities of the now ship Guiding Star. recently built at this port by Messrs. W. & R. Wright, andthe Ampbi- trite, anew Americas clipper ship, duilt at Boston by From Albany. THE NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS—CANAL TOLLS, ALBany, August 12 1853, The Comptrol'er gives informstion to the New York Volunteers, that he oan pay no port'on of the State gra tuity notil the first of October, Thon he will pay thirty Aollars to each person who satiefits bim that be is the Jegat surv.'virg bolder of the State certificate, and will surrender same according to the provisonsoef the grant made at the late section. ‘The canal tole for the first week in Auguat were $24 267; in the se.\20n, $1,471, 138—Inorense, $50,784, ‘Tm: Southern Matl, Barrons, Auguat 12, 1853, papers of Saturday are reosived, They New Orleans contain no news Telegraphic Despateiws, TO THE EDITOR OF THE REK@LD. On last Friday, the Sth of August, at 4. M., I called to Morse’s Telegraph Ofiice at Saratoga, to wand a ebort cowmnnication, in baste, to New York, e¥ the same time laying down half dollar piece to pay forit, whvch wae taken up, with the remark that the price was fifty- five cents, but that that would do, and if I woctd wait, he, the operator, would let me know if it had teem ro- coivedix New York. After operatinga few minutes he said it had been, and I left the office satisfied. Cn the followixg Monday I arrived in the city, and asnertatnod that my message bad not been received until the foilo v- ing morning at 9) o’olock, and not at the offics, No. 2: Wall street, until 63 P. M., Friday, inatead of # fow wiputes, as stated. Also, that the party here to whem the meseage wan rent was obliged to pay fifty-five cents. I have called four times, viz : Monda Thuraday, and Friday, to have my money ascertain the reason of the bad management, and my only answer bas been that they had received no aaswer from Saratoga yes! Upon informing the party in Wall street of my departure for home to-day, he told me he p it. Hoping that thie may be the means A H. C. HAWES, Providence, R. I. Sporting Intelligence. NEWPORT—PREPARATIONS FOR THE ANNUAL RE- GATTA—LIST OF THE YACHTS ENTERED. The yachts of the New York Squadron sailed some Maria. sloop, 230 tons, Commodore John C. Stevens. Cornelia, schooner, 170 tous, Vice Commodore Edgar. Una, floop, 90 tons, Mr Defrau. The Hayes, schooner (new), 110 tons, Mr. Duncan, (Dunean, Sherman & Co. Irene, sloop, 80 tons, T. B. Hawking. (The Irene led 0 Faq! coming up the Sound.) Sport. sloop, 82 tons, ris. Norma. 82 tons, Mr. Wheaton. Ultra, Mr. Coles. The annual regatta was to have taken place yesterday, Lady Saffolk. TO THE EDITOR OF THE N. Y. HERALD. New York, Ang. 12. Dean &1r:—I bave noticed in this morning’s Herald a id “J. W. B,” referring to that dy Suffolk. in which he alludes to seven and a score, and also to her having Now if “J. W. B,” knows 1826, ree be the object of “J. W. B.” in 90 grossly ould. By giving the above an insertion in SUFFOLK, Ald to the Celestials. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. New Yorn, Augast 12. 1863, and Unfortunate Chinese Dramatic Company Brooks... $50 George Christ .... 20 + £0 Dunean, sherman &Go., 20 seeeeeeeee Total .. see ee 8210 Buconp List. Received from: $10 A poor young lady,.....° 1 L. Metalic eseecos,sas8lT ‘WM, 8EEBACH, Bookkeeper of the Shakspeare, We have $10 from a subscriber to the Herap. Marine Affairs. Tas Currer Sm KaTnay.—This beautiful clipper ship, A third attempt will be Lavncurs at Hoporry To pay.—There will bo leanchod She is owned by Jobu D. Harris and others, and tain Wainwrigtt. ‘There will also be launched, by the same firm, a steam ‘Tie Horrors or Smpwreck.—Capt Young and the only Tt apposra these passed without food or water—during which tl were val add to hor 8. was doowed to ree her ton, a fine strong young years old, die of hunger by her side. The other pasrougers, viz: the young woman, the old lady and hor Curren Rack —Mush interest is mapifosted among those Mr. Samuel Hail, These fino veouels sailed. from the an- chorage off this herbor, in company, on Sanday, July 31 —the former for Liverpool, and the lstver for Londoa—- and when last heard /rom, on Monday ovening, at sun- sot, were nearly down to Cape Sablo, the Guiding Star about thirteen miles ahead, ond it was thought sho would clear the Cape without tacking, As an instance of the gextlemanly feeling that exists beiween the c manders of the twe ships, wo may state, trat the vos. sels having come in contact in the fog on Sunday after- noon, the Guiding Star had her flying jtb-beom curried away, when the captain of the Amphitrite immedietely rent 6 pitch pine spar on board from his vessel to supply its place —St. John (N. 3.) Courier, Lavxcnmp—On the 6th instant, at Waldoboro, Me., p Vey handsome and well built half clipper brig, of 24% tons, called the H, Drammend, to be comraanded b; Capt. N. Pinkham, She was built of the best matori in the yardef Mossra. Re att & Co., by whom sho ia owned in comnestion with Mr. James Hovey, and Capt. N, Pinkham. TRYACHERY OF THE On10 RivEn.—About a week since the. Obio swelled its bosom to an extent which invited all the larger class boats, which had been laying by for neatly three months, to,come out and join in the activity which was about to take place inconsequonce ; and now, just sy they have commenced dashing the spray from their bows, the water is again receding, and unless its tributa: ries are soon treated with 9, dash of rain, tha pebble stones will sgain shor their white faces. Fre At Avyoy Springs —The barns and stables of the Comstock Howse were burned at 7 o'clock on Wednes: doy evening, 10th inst, The horses, carriages, &c., were oll saved, an’ no interruption will oerur in the regular business of the estavlishmont, The property destroyed was inoured. refiner George @ Mitchell, lishment in Greenwich a1 was admitted into the Hospital at 11 A M., but died in the course of am hour | JosePh W; Lamb, after his admission. Sp Ke, A man, uame unknown was sun struck at the corner | James W., Roser of Vesey and Greenwich streets, and brought to the Hos | Coton B Craig, pital, where he died in the course of twenty minutos afer | Richard Adama mission. Goon Lea the comer of Greenwich and North Moore streets, died ia the cousre of en honr ard s quarter after his admission, Another man, name not known, died io two or threo | Alexander Is winutes after bis admission, Thin latter individual was | Watter Jolos’ by trade a carpenter, a native of England, and had lately | Thomag Ackersom, come to this city from Troy. H6 was married, and leaves | homes 4° Coroner. Cyrus Riel, In addition to the above, whose casos terminated fatal wont tame hospital:— peodamin Mars Jamex Daffy, nun struck in Fulton strest, who ia not Gaal, xpected to live. Peter Carrel ““hwan, awe not known, wav sun struck et the corner | F7éderick German, of Maiden lane and Pesrl street. There are some hopvs | Wishael Near: ofbis recovery. ears, Gey. at n building in the , "de of the city, He was capver ed to Ms feedeeen te Pa th Sixth street, Kg be wae attented to by Dr. Harris, 2° Lecessary remedies, and he recovers % THE INTENSE HEAT, Its Terrible Effects in this City and Vicinity, ke, ke, &, BROOKLYN, A number of persons were affected with the heat yes~ terday in this city, but with no fstel conm duence \ °° fares ascerteined. In the afterroon,s woma* Bat The return of the excessively warm weather with | Mary O'Donnell, residing in Smith street, in the nelg. which we were visited at au earlier period im the sum- | borhcod of Penny Bridge, was prostrated in Jay street, mer, bas been productive of another extraordinary | °PPdsite the Presbyterisn Church. She was perceived by amovat of deaths from sun strokes. During the last | Cflcer Buscell, of the First District Police. who ox ried here ware ad two cays the beat) bes been unusually great although pee et peri ews camobeatiyeo Be a ken Bot quite so intense as in the month of June, when | heme thore were likewire a great many deaths from the sane qwenmess ~ AN INDIAN—PxccuAR EFFRCT OF THE = » cause as at prosent, It wonld, howaver, be difficalt to | WATER ~ Yesterday afternoon, an Indian samed. 3 Indge of the degree of heat from the thermometer, ay | SuDrit® ard who saya bis father’s name was Peter Sam down, was arrested by the police of the Third dt for deporting bimeelt in an uncivilized manner, by di ing himrelf of hie clothes, and carrying them uader hie arm, in which condition he paraded the streets, and, os & nature] consequence, attracted the attention of all'sorte of people. When be found himself pursued he retreated into a house in President street, and, proceeding to the roof, threw glace bottles amd other missiles among the crowd below, which had gathered in large numbers te witpess the fun. He was finelly seoured. and mr. We hails from the vicinity of Buffalo, N. ¥. NEWARK. ‘A man named Bowser, about forty yoars'old, fell this merning in a hoase corner of Lafayette aud Brace and sxptred shortly after, The couse of his death wae evicently the effect of heat ané exertion. He wae } rather corpulent habit, a hatter by trade, working fer Hiverscn & Co. This morning he whéeled s loaded bar- zow some distance, and afterwards complaining of nie bead went home, where he died. Dr. Dod was seat for, but before be arrived the man was dead. Joba Coaly,. tke man whom we mentioned as sum struck yesterday, died last night. Alioree, employed hr carting dirt from a cellar em: this instrument varied very much in different parts of the city, according to ths locality where it was placed. Whilst in one instance it registered 9134 degrees at 3 P. M—as period of the day when the thermoms- ter in generally at its greatest height—in another situation another thermometer showed 95 de- grees at the same hour, a certain proof that even the thermometer will not always bo an unerring guide, Indeed, in excessivey warm weather we may safely conclude thet the thermemeter will be below the actual temperature, for it ia gonerally placed in eituations where it is not exposed to any extransous influence, so that while it registers a certaim umber of degrees, the surroun¢iog atmospltere will bs at @ higher temperature, from the radiation of tho earth’s surface and other concurrent causes. Toling all these facts iato consideration, we may safely conclude that 95 degraes was @ neorer approximation to the actual temperatare of the day than the other. It hay beon, however, some | Orange street dropped dond this moraiag.—Newark £a- degrees warmer than even that during the summer,having | “r‘iser, Aug. 12. attained the height of 97 degrees, if we recollect right, PHILADELPHIA. during the memth of June, As observed before, the rev turn of the excessively warm weather has unfortunately caused a large list of deaths from sum strokes to appear The heat was so intense today that mony outdecr workmen were compelled to desist from labor. We heard of reveral who were taken to their homes overcome Lo Bere excessive heat, but Lave not Irarned’of wi apy casem * in our columns. The follewisg caces occurred on Thurs- h terminated fatally.— Ltening Ang. 12, TELEGRAPHIC. truck wery, rusei and eae cnr bed DEATH FROM SUN STROKE IN BOSTON. the Hospital by officer J. K. Soott, of the Fifteenth ward. Boston, August'12, 1858, Semue! Pendieten, emigrant lately arrived in the ship Constitution, was sun struck, on pier 12 fast river, and attended toby Dr. Van Lier, after which he was taken to the City Hospital by two officers. August Janson, residing at 212 Bleecker street, was pes struck in West street, and taken into am adjoining fore, John Farrelman It has been intensely hot to-day. Two persone fell dead + in the streets this afternoon frorm sun stroke. More Custom. House Appomntments. The Collector hao made the following additional ap was gun struck at pier No, 7 North | Pointments of offiesra of the custoras — river ard died in half au houraiter. | 0 WHIGHERS, hack driver was sun struck at Peck slip ferry, and Gallager. wan placed in bis carriage by officer McGuire, ef the | Ricbard Norris, Soren 3) 4 Richard D. Littell, Melchor B, Maron, Fourth ward, who conveyed him to the City Hospital. MEAS URERS. The following cases were brought to the City Hospital, John D, Farrington, Reve Dennis MoCerthy, : ane a of No. 8 Carlisle street, was sum struck betagisa 5 . ; aus about half past five in the evening, and died absut seven | Wliam P. Holl mmarecrors, ni . Dr. Van Lier, reenwich street, used his : Brown, utmost endeavors, but all assistance was ineffectasl, Serre Waebense, See ttient James Ha: was sun struck at the corner of Wash | Fihanan Martin, |” Homsn Barr, ington and Albany streets, but diol before his admission, | Hain Garthertte, ‘Adam Clark Flanagan, on the way. George Gordon, A man, name unknown, who was stated to have been employed at the Howard Hotel, in the cepacity of fire- man or some similar occupation: likewise died from ths = of a sun stroke, while being conveyed to the sane Place. Thomas Hoit, employed at Stuart’s sugar refinery estab- George Pierson, Stephen D Gardner, James P. Dunn, Charles De Klyn Another man, name unknown. who was sun struck at | James H Brady, Jobn Townrend, # wife and one child, Rider, William Murphy, Teanects will ho held upon the above to-day, by the | William D Scaily, Stophen Kelly, Michael Marouy,, William 8 Teurs, Teaiaht Valleau, Jobn Merrifield, Gideon J. Tucker, Michael 8. Keoler, James B Mulligan, James W. Bennett, Lewis Totor, ann struck, residing at No. 18 Green- wich street, whois not exvected to survive, George Cheereman, No. 152 Cortlandt street. to be out of danger. er Jobn Satis, sun truck in Whitehall street, who it is expected wil’ survive. A man, name unknown, who it is thought will die. DEATHS CAUSED BY THF EXCESSIVE HEAT. Coroner Wilbelm yenterday helt an inquest at No. 15 Chembera street, on the body of Micbacl Curry, aged 40 ears, & native of Ireland, who came to his death by con- Jeation of the brain, prodaced by the excessive heat of the Interesting from Fort Hamtiton, weather. The ased was taken sick atabout 8 o’clock | MOVEMENT OF U. 8. TROOPS TO THE MEXICAN-BOUME on Thurrday et ing, and died the following iat ARY—DEPABTURE OF THE STRAMSHIP LOUISIANA. between 7 and 8 o'clock. A verdict was returned o! Fort Hammtow Hous, August 12) 1868 “Coroner Wilbelu perteay Held an aquert_at the | _TH® steam Loulslana, a new vessel from Now York x Fifth vard police datas ta, the body of @ German | on her first grand exeursion left this place yesterday at emigrant named John Zelier, aged 48 years, who camo | a quarter pact eight in the evening, with. fire companion to bis death under the following circumstances +— | 4. | of United Statos troops on board, direct for the Brazos, ae mtd o’ctonk on Thursday atternoon may | Whence they will probably movo by land to the neighbor- hood of the disputed boundary of the Measilla Valley, One company of these troops was drawn from Newport, he railroad depot in Canal street, corner of Hoboken; he was walking in the sun, near the depot; another from Philadelphia, another from Buffalo, and the last from Fort Hamilton, and I understand thet the Supposed James Fitzgerald, CLERICS, Thomas B. Howard, Charles N. Ror Peter F. Games when I naw that he to look unwell I asked hia phat was the matter; he did not anawer, as I don’t thtak be could then speak; after a mioute he wo ve fallen down if some mon bad not taken hold of him steamor = “cet up ray g ee or tee tried to relieve him, but he foamed at his mo other points on way down = came stiff, and in about twenty minutes he died. Newport company was under the cherge of Capteim Marianna Zeller sworn, eaid—Iam the wife of deceased. | Ayres and Lieutenants Lamfort and eye the pes Weerrived on Wednenigy, trom. Antrery, ia the shin | Bs. Gny nudor Coptain Wooster aed Lloatemeie Howeed ae rece =— Pecame | And Gill, Among the officers who stopped at this house it was said that Santa Anna is concentrating an army of from ten to twelve thousand men near the Mesilla oi sick and died; I bave five chiliren. Dr. Blumenthal made an external examination of the boundary, and that the administration intend to be evem with him. I can only put to yon the question om bedy, and foun’ #1! the symptoms of death caused by ex- this rubjeot—will there be war? Doos 20% this lock like posure to the heat of the sun, which in his opinion was the case. A verdict was rendered accordingly. the movement of the Emperor Nicholas upon Tarkey upon a small scale? Coroner Wilhelm yesterday held an inquest at the cor- We bave wow a gay, intelligent, and agreeable com- ner of Division avd Gouvernaur streets, on the body of William Davis. a laborer, who fell down insensible, from pany within tho walls of this extensive establishment, with a full proosrtion of youth and ynd the sur- the exceseive heat of tho day, and died roon after, whea ho was taken to tho Seventh ward stetioa house, Tho ; roundings of this place were never im more beautiful order; 50 much for the late abundant wuypplies of _ Cecensed was a native of Ireland, aged thirty years. Poniel O'Leary, a "long-shore man, was om Thursday kived by excosure to the oxtreme heat of the weather ‘The daceased was taken to his recidenco at about noon of that day, and died the same evening. Ho was a native of Ireland, ‘about thirty-eight years of age. Verdict— “Death cansed by congastive apoplexy, from exposure to the hent,’? ; Danie! Humphrey, a laborer, aged forty years, @ native of Ireland, died porterday mortiog at his residence, No. 51 Elizsketh street, from the effects of the heat on the day previous. Coroner Hilton held an inquest on the body, and a verdict was rendered of “ Death caused by expo- sure to excessive heat.” x Patvick Harrigan, a yonra, blacksmith Our Elbrkige Correspor dence. Erpamen, N. ¥., August 11, 1868 Murder at Eltridge, Village of Jordays, Onondaga Cowntyt —Fuil Partioulars— The Woather' and the Urops. A murder was committed at Jordax Inat night about 12 o’clock, under the following circus :stances:—Two Irish- mex, being romewhat intoxicated, commenced a dght im the street, and created a great disturbance. Mr. William. native of Ireland, aged twenty five | Main, sn old and esteemed citizem, left his housa for the. by trade, died adddonly yesterday | rooge of parting the Irishmen, ‘and had succeeded tm stopping tho fight betweem them, when onsof them,) named James McLean, suddenly drew a largo knife, and. tabbed Mr. Main in the abdomen, causing » frightful. wound. from the effeota of ‘abich death enszed in about afteraoen, frem the effects of the heat of the weather. A ver- His bedy was conveyed to No. 311 Third avenue, dict was returned nooordingly. five minnter. Mr. Main leaves a wife and Peay The. previous. A verdict was rendered im acoordanee with tho | murderer fled immediately upon ering the fatal blow, above facts. and e Fa yet bee: Laer Chadwick ~ 5 now (Thoreday noon) about one hundred men Meee ete tthe a penne erg na ia searching for the murderer, and he can hardly pe fer Daray, August 12, 185% | gr oscape. ‘Tho Coronoe?s verdiet has not yet been gives. The thunder storm of Monday night han deen succesded | It will be in accordance with the above itatoment. era- ‘The weather 1s extvemely warm. Yesterday was the. Wy very wears wonthes, Cap Tusping; OXb; See tore hottest of the season, Our farmers aro Susily in ture was from 80 to 85 degreos for nine hours. Wednes- | tareshing out their wheat, and harvesting osts late day, from 80 to 90 degrees fox, fifteen hours, attended by Besley. mes ta wot ae ai eae weevil, and. dew. 8 presen’ a! prices: am; recom a thunder. aad Mehtning, and rnoseeded: by 5 henvy Cow. to, coer labor in this imeins Onts aah cocsinevabiy: tae Thurrdoy, the heat was oppressive, snd rose to 91 di grees, nad for filteen consecutive hours averaged 864 denrees. Friday, this day, the tomperature at 8 A, M. rose to 82 dogrees, ardbat 3P, M. to 93 dogroes, and at 6P, M,, the hour of olosing this memoranda, is at 88 de- grees. This extraordinary state of atmosphere is imme- diately connected with a disturbed state of the carth, EM. jured by “blasting.” to use & vulgar expression—‘‘ ax big as it can stand.” E bave been entirely through the State lately, and have ao~ where found a botter looking sgrioultural seotion them, — Accident at Lake George, 10 THD EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD, ‘Unsirep Sra, GRORG, ‘Togas ies. } Will you please notice.for tho bemofit of the deceased COUPS DE SOLEIL. relatives, the following communication, which we extract A groceryman, doing business in Grand street, named | from the Saratoga Daily Whig. We are, of course, nok Nash, was prostratod by the heat of the sun yesterday | particular ss to the voxaificati om of the same, but please afternoca, while attending to some busingys in East | publish the facte:— Brookiga. He was attended by Dr. Brady. Rl bpd dy | Rare Grane A ge tl Patrick O'Donnell was rendered insensible by a sun hathing in Lake Cares. on dundey afternoon last, Fp ‘roke, while at work in the Pennsylvania coal yard, foot | [otters found in his tenn, it ie supporod that, he i of South Righth street, yesterday afternoon. H6 was iH fea conveyed to his reeidonce, at the foot of North Tenth inthe possession of Mesers. etceot, where ho was attended by Dr. Gregory. ty Morvin, Unwed States Hotel, Caldwell, Lake George, mi is rergains were wropatly interted by the pra Adirt carman, named Terrance McGuire, restding in North Fourth street. while driving « loaded cart through prietors 44 tho house, and his faneral attended by mang South Seventh street yesterday afternoon, was prostrated of the g,aents, Will "you ro word this that other Ln gs will copy, ° & M th if the run. ihe, Tovoner yesterday afternoon held an inquest on Boston “papers particularly so, en‘ mua! the body of aman whose name we were unabl: to ascor: teeny, CROSBY + Unitea States Circhit Court, taiv, who was sun struck in First strest, near North, Severth, avd cied in s few minutes after, ‘a> Avavsr 12.—Judge Nelson has appointed « spr~ ding)y. Eee, aamel tebe Tewloss, was gum straek yester WILLIAMSBURG, _ term ven Unit Cage Circuit GSourt, for hear-* ing appeals, arguinenta, equity caures, &,, on M@a- ay, 13th day of September pext, |”