The New York Herald Newspaper, November 29, 1854, Page 2

ties Siac at NEWS BY THE MAILS. Further Particulars of the Collision tin Boston Harbor. VAN'S STATEMENT. n Donnovan, of the Ocean, is as | hour (5 o’elock) and | Augusta, Hallowell, c, having on beard from ows We left our wharf at the usual Proceeded on our cour r Bad other es on the Ken: as the list and time just before © approach of the | t on her course she ly strike us; but our lighta were up, | blowing, we were confident that she y and would turn from her course; the her boats—the steamer Boston, Forest | n State, aud'a ship and brig—quite near pass to the right, but the ( la | we perceiv 4nd continued a 2 The Forest City and Ocean were | e by side; perhaps the former might have been | 4 mile off. Finding that the Canada was fast nus, and must soon strike us, we liailed her wossible, calling upon them to pat their helm | If they had complied, we should have Bone clear, and the collision could not have occurred. —_| The lights of the Canada were displayed, but on she | fame, and those of the crew and passengers who. were | @ware of the perilous condition we were in manifested Greatest consternation. ‘ie Canada seemed to stop | joment before the collision, or at any rate to lessen Sher speed. I was in the wheel house with the pilots, Bad my mate was probes, below when the shock took | — It was, it , @wiul; the bows of the uritish teamer struck us just abaft the inrboard wheel, cut. Ging a fearful chasm fm our side and admitting the water in torrents; ey Tan below to ascertain the @xtent of the damage, to my utter horror perceived that the steamer was sinking, and that she was onfre. hurried upon deck to give the necessary direction: When the most appalling spectacle met my eyes. Men’ omen and o were running in all directions, , aging for aid, and many threw themselves into the ‘The flames had ine few momeuts made such a fearfal | headway, that there was no hope or possibility of @hecking their ; and as everything was Combustible, the fire spread with 4 | ver the deck. The flames burned t f | ‘he boat, drapery—overything, heet of fre | grall but a Portion of the deck forward. I saw the rilous condition, and endeavored, to the extent | my ability, to restore and preserve order, and with | wonable success; I ordered the passengers ail forward, | that was the only point of sufety, and ordered the | its to be lowered instantly, with a view of saving the | asengers and crew. Before the flames had male such | pid headway, the British steamer was able to back | Water and detatch itself from our side. | Lendeavored to assist the women into the boats first, Dut in some cases the flames prevented for a few me gents, but all who remained, not having leaped over- , Were taken off. Igot the starboard lifeboat down ‘with great difficulty, but the wooden cover fell upon me, Beverely bruising my leg and side. I got as many people fn board as I possibly could, but im doing so it was with @ifficulty that I could keep the boat alongside, for some pf those first in, being apprehensive that we were over- @rowding it, attempted to off, but I retained my Bhold to the utmost of my strength, having my coat torn wil in the attempt. Finally, when as many as could with Pafety go in the boat were on board, it left us. I jump: @4 into another boat, and we exerted ourselves to the ut- most in picking up the poor beings who were struggling Jn the water. We filled our boat and put them safely on Poard a steamer, then returned and resumed our work ff picking up others; this we continued till our boat had Poeen filled three times. All this time other boats were as busy as our own in icking up persons from the water; and when we had ied our boat for the third time, there was not another Jhuman being to be seen, We believed that all had been thus rescued who had not been drowned in leaping over- Board at first, and then got on board the Forest City. lieve that the three dead bodies taken up are all who ve perished; but it is impossible at this time to say ith any degree of certainty. The cause of peaple rushing aft and jumping overboard, at first, was proba- Diy because the steamer struck us about the after gang- ‘way. I launched the life-boat from the starboard quar- fer. Among the last of the persons picked up was Mr, imball, clerk of the boat, Several of those rescued life-preservers on. ‘The last person rescued from the wreck was a man fwho hung in the rigging, or clung to the woodwork on he bows, while the flames rolled all around him. He ‘was taken off safely. Had there been perfect order after ithe collision took place, it is quite probable that there ‘was time enough te have taken off every soul with Safety. There were probably as many as twenty small Poats engaged in the rescue of persons from the water gand wreck. Charles Pope, a colored passenger, who was ved, was so badly injured that his recovery is ex- fremely doubtfal. His wife was very badly bruised. In less than an hour from the time the fire broke out, fhe Ocean was burned to the water’s edge. The hull of Bhe wrecked steamer was grounded on the flats at Deer Ysland. About thirty men and boys were employed on Board the Ocean as her crew. I have sailed nineteen ze and this is the first accident I ever met with. The nada stopped evidently before the collision, but did wot sheer out of her course; had she done so, the acci- @ent would not have occurred. MR. MILLIKEN’S STATEMENT. Mr. C. Milliken, first mate of the Forest ated the account given by Captain Donova: collision, and promptly despatched boats to th fof the sufferers. He took command of one boat. 1e BeR Was pretty ro! sald he, “we took into our t about twent; when we were capsized, and ere all in imminent r, but we got hold of the Bottom of the boa: jus sustained ourselves until ther boat come to our relief. We then proceeded in, in pursuance of the same purpose, to pick up the Burvivors, filled our boat with persons, and was again Believed of our company by putting them on board the Bteamer. Tt was now so dark that we were utterly unable to @istinguish one boat from another. We took up two ead bodies, a man and a woman, and subsequently the Body of a little child, all of which we now have on Doard. Two boats were sent out by the Forest City ; I jhad charge of one, and the second mate, William Lee, Jhad charge of the other. The passengers were generally Srescued as fast as they jumped overboard. ‘The names of the two boys saved are Edward Proctor, Bged17, and John Cole, aged 16, and Peng, to Bath, @nd were on their way to that place toghip for {Noung Proctor says that he twice clutched at a little iid floating by him, but in consequence of a man jumping from the Ocean immediately upon him, he was le to retain his hold. A little child, three y nada, a ew that if ‘Would inev @nd our whis Bnd heard u old, whore ‘parents could got be found, was also brought to the city, and carried Bo the New England House. child was found float- in the water, crying for its mother. parents of the above child, immediately after the Bollision, and acting under the then prevailing panic and @onsternation which had seized upon all, were seen to Kiss each other, embrace, and leap into the water, where they undonbtedly perished. ‘A Mr. Bartholomew Grady, passenger on the Ocean, Boon after the collision leaped into a boat with his child, @ little girl, in his arms, but the boat was turned over wice before it was righted, and his child, in all proba Piility, was drowned. Mr. Kennedy, @ wer in the Ocean, was picked up Susensible, but was resuscitated after being brought on Poard the Forest City. ‘The Neptune arrived at her dock at about 12 o'clock, erith the mails from the Canada. She also brings a and le boy, survivors of the ill-fated steamer. The Title boy above-mentioned is about four years old, Bnd attributes his preservation to the that he was a = boy, and God took care of him 0 young ladies, each about 18 years of age, were greacued by the Quarantine boat and brought to this city, placed in the New England House. ‘The ladies at the New England House turned out en ‘Bmasse, gave up their rooms, clothes and took charge of ¢ two unfortunates, and reniered every assistance in their power, which ladies, under such circumstances, Know #0 well how to bestow. At last accounts they ‘wrere doing well, snd had nearly recovered from their ight consequent upon their exposure Ma Hussey, af the ship Westward Ho, had just @ropped his anchor at Quarantine, about one-quarter of ‘mile from the Ocean, when he heard the crash of the two steamers. He immediately put off with his best at, and on reaching the scene was instrumental in oval ‘agreat many lives. Capt IH. is at the New Kog- Mand House. . ‘The Ocean wasa staunch boat, six years old, built in "gew York, of 660 tons burthen, and valued at $60,000. ‘here is no insurance on the vessel. Her freight co sted of oil, dry goods, and a large amount of other perchandise, and was destined and owned principally in th. othe following is @ list of the officers of the Ocean:— <tichard Donovan, Captain; Charles Kincade, first mat Fred. Kimball, clerk; John Jewett, second clerk; Ge Btilfen, first pilot; James Collins, second pilot; James inera, first engineer; Eugene Good, second engineer; Sr Kelly, steward. Captain Hussey asserts that he observed several small tg about the wreck of the Ocean, picking up trunks, and such freight as floated, yithout any appa- reat inte: ion of restoring it tothe proper quarter, but wvidently acting as wreckers. CAPT. STONE’s STATEMENT. Capt. Stone, of the Canada, has furnished us with the | statement in regard to the collision :— ‘At about 5.30P.M., the Canada, coming up the harbor gat half speed, with’ the tide Toning 1trong eb; and about four knots an hour, myself and the Boston ilot on the starboard ilebox, four steam- State, the Ocean, the n and the ‘Horest City—hove in sight at the same time. The posi- Bion of the Ocean, when we first saw her, was rather on wu bow. The other steamers were on our ort bow, and therefore we could not starboard our Brim. ‘The Ocean altered her course so as to bring her «lirectly across our bows. As soon this movement -was perceived on board the Canada, our helm was put Third aport ; the ‘were stopped and backed, and ithe wheels made revolutions back, before the “vessels struck. Had the Ocean kept on her course in- tead of running directly across our bows when quite 3 fas, ud, ealuistog Would have been urolded, The Fpced of the Ocean did not appear to be slackened in the st. ‘At the instant of the collision, the Ocean burst out in wne sheet of fiames from stem to stern. The Ca: s backed away to avoid the flames of the bes nen jeamer, and our boats were immediate! ee. and t to rescue rs on voard the Ocean. As Mafge numer of the p ‘ing up a num @cern’s Pessengeit, Toe i vnveot wits were injured— man has ‘arin broken in two places, and ano- ‘one of his ribs broken. The rescued passen- were on Board the Canada, and those who Ee injured reveived the attention of on eee Bian, wird the Cansis.. The other vere deas tT morn Bm Boston Courier, Nov. 27.] j 4 the Boston came up on umber of passengers and reve. possible, and ‘on board ralbf those rescued by the Canada's | few who took ral of the crew saved from the Occam. whole aum- ber ascertained to have been saved is 84, h, with the pumber known to have been drowned; must be nearly if not quite the whole number of passengers and crew on board. Mr. Wing, of Carpenter's Expreas, died at the hospital on Saturday afternoon, the physician believing his death to have been caused by the inhalation of steam rather than the outward injuries received by him Charles Pope and his wife, at the hospital, it is believed will recover. ‘Two of the dead bodies have been identified. The man ; it is impossible | Wasdabex Robertson, belonging in Maine, about twenty- | them —the seven years old. The remains will be taken charge of by his friends in Malden. The child was Clara miley, having no mother, as has already been stated, her father, Amos Smiley, being in California. The remains have been sent to her relatives in Bath, The woman has Not yet been ident She was of light complexion, long features, and was dvessed in black alpacca, Boats were engaged on Saturday and yesterday in search- ing for other bodies, but none bey sig discovered. It is hoped that some persons, supposed to have been ng, were taken by the Eastern State, which did not, return. Among the missing is a Miss Holman of this city, about twelve years old. The child of Mr. O'Grady, which was taken care of at the New England House on Friday night, was restored to its distracted father on Saturday afternoon, Many of the incidents which occurred in the endeavors to rescue the passengers and crew of the Ocean were highly ereditable to the humanity and presence of mind of those who were actors on the ion, and deserve honorable mention, ton, succeeded in getting to the Ocean immediately after the collision, and with a boat and crew of the Boston saved soine twenty persons, many of whom were in the Water at the time. Michael Driscoll, boatman, who was alongide of the ship Northern Engle "at, quarantine, and the boats of the Eagle picked up from fifteen to twenty persons, who were among those brought up by the Qua- Fantine. “Capt, Andrew Manning, of the yacht Anne, went down in the evening in the hope of picking up auch survivors as might have into shoal water, but did not succeed in discovering any. A fishing schooner near by is said also to have rende Mr. Constantine Dickman, No. 1 Commerce street, was among the last to leave the wreck, and did much to sus- tain the courage of his fellow-sufferers, afetting slightly burnt in his eflorts to save others. Dickman, in hanging to the bow of the boat for a time, was able to see some distance, and is of opinion there were but very to the water who were not saved. It is related by Capt. Hussey, of the Westward Ho, as one of the discreditable incidents, that he observed severa! small boats about the wreck of the Ocean, picking up trunks, Iuggage, and such freight as floated, without any apparent intention of restoring it to the proper quarter, but evidently acting as wreckers, Mr. Dickman, above mentioned, thinks the men having tho manage- ment of the Canada’s boats exhibited a culpable coward- ice in keeping at such a distance from the disabled wreck that other boats and the disabled steamer in order to reach the perishing Passengers. The first mate of the Ocean states that he faw a Vout approach him, and begged them to save female peris! “Damn the woman, we are going to save their tranks;”? alluding to several trunks of the passengers floating b Edward Proctor, seventeen twice clutched at a young child floating by him, but in consequence of a ian jumping from the Ocean upon him, he was unable to retain his hold. Captain Bean states as his belief that one woman other than the one ught up by the Forest City, and two or three chil- were drowned. A little boy, of four years, who was found floating on the water, and was brought up by the steamer Neptune on Friday night, without any knowledge to whom he be. longed, attributed his rvation tothe fact that he “was a good boy, and God took care of him.” Many persons narrowly escaped drowning. Robert | Thompson of Gardner was knocked into the water, stun- ned, and injured by the throwing of a box overboard, and managed, with one hand, to hold on to the rowlock of a boat, till he was towed to another boat and rescued. A young woman, who had in charge the child that was drowned, was rescued after she had sank twice. One woman threw overboard an egg box, to which she con- signed herself, and paddled about until she was taken up. A passenger, who was rescued by the Forest City’s boats, states that he lost $350 while in the water. Mr. Moore, a merchant of Hallowell, who had goods of the value of $400, which he declined obtaining insurance upon, on the ground that he never got insured, when he supposed all he had was lost, found that his friends, of whom he purchased, had obtained an insurance for im. At the first information of the sad accident, 8. S. Tewis, Bsq., the agent of the Cunard steamships, in- stantly gave orders for the most efficient relief. The pow- erful and awift steamer Neptune was despatched for the scene of conflagration and distress, and for the purpose of bringing up the foreign malls. ‘A messenger was sent to summon the attendance of the resident surgeon, Hinckley, who happened to beat the Boston theatre, where the intelligence caused great excitement. Omni- buses were in readiness to carry the passengers to the hotels, and money was given those who were in need to reach their homes, at the expense of the Cunard Compa: ny. The steamer Canada’s surgeon, James Drinkwate: was remarkably prompt and skilful on board the ship in his treatment of the sufferers. ‘The forward saloon was arranged for the hospital for the gentlemen and the ladies’ saloon for the accommo- dation of the ladies. About fifty gentlemen, eight ladies and one child received medical attendance for broken limbs, burns and bruises. Dr. Drinkwater was ably as- sisted by Mr. Henry Christie, chief steward, and Mrs. Jane Dunean, chief stewardess. Dr. Drinkwater accompanied Mrs. Dupine, of Bath, Me., who was severely injured, to the residence of her relatives in Charlestown, in a private carriage. ‘The Ocean lies on the flats, near where she was burnt. It is supposed she is past repairs. An effort will bemade to get out her machinery and the safe. The Canada re- ceived no'other damage by the collision than the oss of her jibboom, and slight injury to the copper on her bows. The Post Office Robbery in Baltimore. ‘From the Baltimore American, Noy. 27.] The charge against William H. Martin, for purloining letters from the Post Office, containing money, was fur- ther examined into on Saturday morning, by United States Commissioner Hanan, and result in’ his com- mittal to prison for trial in default of $5,000 bail. Col James L. Maguire was present, and testified to the ma- terial facts nx published in the American of Saturday morning. He testified that he was informed especially of the loss of a letter containing $43, sent by Mr. Joshua Cockey, from Cockeysville, to Mr. Reese at Westminster, and he therefore determined to test the route between those points by way of Baltimore. On Saturday he proceeled to Cockeysville, and requested the assistant postmaster at that place to remit twenty bills on the ‘old Patapsco Savings Fund, together with two Fold coins, which were marked, of the denomination of $23 $3 respectively to Mr. Reese, at Westminister, He then took the precaution to see the letter put into the pouch. | He also had another package directed to Pi Mass., and put into the bank for Finksburg, Md., know- ing that when it arrived at the latter place. the mistake of carriage would be discovered. After the pouches were put upon the bag at Cockeyaville he entered the | mail car and requested the agent fo open them, that he might be sure the packages were there, upon examina- tion he found they were theee, and endorsed “Money,”? as he had seen them at the Cockeysville Post Office. ‘The package for Pittsfield contained two $10 and one $5 bill and a $5 gold piece. He saw the mail agent lock the pouches and start for the Post Office. On Sunday night he called at the Post Office in this city, and exam- | ined the pouches for the places to which the letters were directed, and discovered that they were missed. He then examined the boxes where the matter is always put before mailing, and did not succeed in finding them. On Sunday night, after the pouches were given to the stage driver, to be certain that the missed packages were not in them, they were taken into the private: office of the Postmaster, the contents thrown upon the floor and care- fully re-examined, ‘ On Monday morning he communicated to Col. Snyder, the Assistant Postmaster, that the robberies were com: mitted m the Baltimore office, Having taken a descrip- tion of the marks on the coin and the contents of the letter, he gave a duplicate to Col. Snyder, intending to go to Norfolk on Post Office business. He’ waited, how- ever, and again on Monday night examined the mail Doxes without suceess. On Tuesday morning, suspicions having rested upen Mr. Flynn, the assistant in the dis- tributing department, ho was requested to go into the office of the Postmaster, when the suspicions were com- municated to him, and he was asked to submit to a search of his ‘person and premises, which were | readily assented to and done, Martin was, on | Wednesday morning, called and told of the’ sus- | picion which rested against him, and a like request to search made of him. He made no objection, and | gave up his keys, stating which was the key to the front door, and which the key to the drawer where he kept his money; told him that it was necessary to search his premises, ihat he must go along, and, to avoid sus- picion in the office, ke (Col. M.) would meet him at the corner of Gay and Second streets. When they reached Martin’s house, he showed the drawer which contained the money. There was a small box in ore end of the drawer, containing half and quarter dollars in silver coin; asked bim it he had any gold, to which he reptind that'he had, and produced it from another box under that containing the silver. In this box found the marked pieces which had been deposited in the letter for Cockeys- ville. Asked him where he got the $3 piece, to which he | | replied that he got it from the Chesapeake Bank. He | said that he bad seen some of them at the Post Ofice; did not say where he got the $234 piece. The pieces were here produced, with the paper impressions which carrdiponded. There was a mark across the centre of the date, and another reaching down to the edge of the coin. Had given Col. Snyder a description and paper im- pressions before the money was found. Col. Henry Snyder testified that the first intimation he had of the suspicions of Col. Maguire was on Monday morning, and corroborated the conversation as detailed by the first witness, tle examination of the mail boxes, and the examination of the pouches in the Postmaster’s rivate room. His suspicion first rested upon Flynn; old that gentleman of iS Glardiwd his person and premises without finding anything. | the Post ‘Ottiee on Tuesday afternoon, but it was ned until Wednesday morning in consequence of Hed of Martin. He fully corroborated the statements | of Col. M., as to whint passed on Wednesday morning, the searching of the person of Martin and the departure from the office for the residence of the accused party In a half hour from the time of the departure, Col. M. re- turned to the Post Office with Martin and the missing coins, and Martin was placed in the custody of the \ to search Martin, and went to | Morshal 8 | There were no questions asked for the defence, nor were any witnesses examined, whereupon the Commis- | sioner fixed the bail at $5,000, in default of which he | was returned to prison. The sister of the aceusid was with him during the examination, both of whom were in another room, and she seamed deeply grieved at the | situation in which he was Naced. ‘The family of the acen: knew nothing of the cha: against him until after his committal:to prison on Wed- nesday afternoon, when, at hic own request, the fact was communicated to them by Col. Watkins, the Marshal. ‘The ream te ced the text astonishment, which was au by sorrow truly pitiable to behold. The accused has a wife and three interesting children, besides whom his mother and sister reside in his family, and to the aged parent the shock was « wevere one, Capt. Bean, second pilot of the Bos- | red some assistance. | were compelled to pass between them | | | | hing, to which those on board replied, | | | or read of but one case of idiopathi years of age, states that he | la, | ' was false; Col. Sproul is suspicion on Tucaday morn- | te | the | le ‘Trials for Murder. » surrou neighbors who respected her for her good! TRIAL OF DR. PSON FOR THE OF MISS | ness of heart and correct de] . Foster, however, ‘ead ee | e ve h um sgl our Bs ‘ five amd ney Huns evideaie le outed, ‘tnrow Tnucndoes comeerning the conduct |'ta bt sustained by Atectlonste ¥ Dr. James R. Jordan, sworn—Was present at the of his wife whife absent. ‘They finally succeeded, fiends | was ‘The Clerk continued, the mortem examination, ‘July 20; Major Gilliam, V. M. 1, | 8 they are, in poisoning his cup of domestic W nasngg “How Ff sone Mndisted oRer Guilty of p yet | And Dre. Woodson and Estill, were present with ‘me; after | making him jer wot nis vite ae most trit a ae ng onal or not guilty?” The result | i urrendered body took stance, under it devilish uation stated; ‘RO sconer i fine’ he seheet ‘houses Meares caret t o grave trimer of the first magnitude, and the result ‘been | man, red by his gs, ma down into the clothes, and took notes of the same—witneas described | the innocent wile has been coldly murdered and Se ig OR a affectionate wife. hes Beareely knowing “ retully bandaged : = : ‘almost beside herself (aypeaauna a yethal «chest, ote eee taotlary fore ie pei for life. The men whom ‘and over again; and, as if this EE | ange, and the external appearance of the body indented | thete meddling fols hare implicated with the alleged | rushed forward, and salting the handa of the counsel ble te ti above rej 5 a | dark colored and co ceed tar ance” pieces ahanment-tbear to give his tame to the’ worl, Ow last Monday’ | of the bywtanders_among whom were stern os | mould; the whole surface was unbroken; we opened the Foster, exofted by the stories which his neigh- | whose hance, had wot been “wet with tears | abdomen from the sternum to the pubis;’ the museles of | bors have been ‘torturing him with, boldly ac- forth Fer ire tribute; the abdomen were strong and covered with much freah: | cused his wife of guilt. threats and menaces became | and as the prisoner andhis wife left the court-1 : looking fat; at first discovered ‘a foetus, with the head’ | 80 frightful that she left the house to go to a nearneigh- | rounded by their frienda, thetr “4 downward and resting on the pelvis: on attempting to | bor’s to escape from his wrath. seized a for their hitaerpey m3 ‘do not | take itoutfound it partially decayed, thongs the bones | bowie-knife, pursued and overtook her. Herudely seised | think there was one presen ed m ines- | — entire and connected; put the foetus brandyfor | her, and anges her refu: to return, he ne aan rn ag of woman’s undying love.—Bal&more | Invalroa uate Sf preserttion after removing the wg’ | Ber, ag¢ kil har invent TN Gann he surrendered | geicroa Ov A saAceoy | mach, found two damson seeds in it, besides a himself to the deputy sl and was taken to Pontiac, the Baltimore Sun, Nov. * | of dark colored mucus; Major Gilliata took pod aneng there ho in now conbued fo awalt his tial-—Detrowt 4d: Our will remember gree months | and hermetically sealed it in a tincan; the womb was | vertiser, Nov. 22. since, we gave an account of the murder of Mrs. Noble, | galas wed, and there was no water in the uterus; think | sHoCKING MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BUFFALO—A Baltimore county, about six miles from the city on alas ap aet oe Tie borate ree ieentree to | “MEXICAN VOLUNTEER MURDERED HIS -WIFE AND ae tense, alias | the fetus was ove twelte inches longs and'waseatiy | COMMIFEED Pings dove? bnd'ca the op plank The. chuvder ‘ y the Buffalo Republic, Nov. 27. *, Heri, a ee Re rime SB Meal | a om mnaeeeed cin OO fe a te Re te terns es ‘aterical—they were tetanic; though particulars we teria pH bh aoe: @ tetanic form, it’ tm derive from Mr. C, 8. Rathbone, ‘one ofthe. ofthe | ble, os Sie, mruieees, Sete efforts were oy for Be | in’ death, except. when a "sapervenes, "when Boies, 4 mam by anceene a Peele an | Parent) on account of his absence from his farm, where a new train of tyasptoma folloes no apmipennaot Tetahman and soldier in the late war with Mezico, | Freer iotae “was, left in, contusiga. The. Governor ie wReq | came to the Poor House the present fall, with his ~wite | Cray thing was plexy have been described; hysteria, the disease Jane and child, about four years old. ‘Kane had but of Btate was Sete’ tub crete the ‘age tine ‘one arm, having lot the other by & premature dlschaage for here a ees and a parti ) BB | Years; the symptoms of tetanus brought on by ofa and last svectog CE bd ; become Jealous of, bis | "eo matters | nine are, tremulouaness with sudden starts alent | wile ad ar ening (antag), thee a each | asother oreible soene porn enitian; Se, beaks Sate heel i & of the her and drew a razor across her throat, severing one of | Upon wi cul murderer, wild, starring expression ‘of thetsyes, frothing at |, 8° Principal arteries. She escaped trom his grasp and | climbed uj | the ‘mouth, sometimes «clenching of the teeth, and | [e3, down riaine, crying, 0k ae ae | oftentimes a profuse perspiration; the spasms are | roome in the. t, when she either from the | of ‘wheat. Here, with a new razor, which or shortei, according to thelr violence, and are followed | “oomt \n the basement, when aie fe arm, The | tightly bou by intervals of paasiveness and co ens; after an | ier onved aroused the iamaton “althowek sostenty tee | rom | interval of generally afew minutes, the spasms return, | Sinutes had. elapsed before ir. Rathbone ressned the | te wi and are frequently repeated until death, or, if the dose | Keene, he found her. dead, and the brutal husband. was | Be 8 | is light, till signs of recovery a ir; from all my know- nitting by her side bleeding, having also cut his own him: with some | pe Dee) ‘ie ibe patient dia not the ot pot throat in a dreadful manner. Seetie venttleen oes oO was plexy, nor of epilepy, nor of hysteria, but of tetauic | , Bt terete Mescription’ Seems helt ae ePinte * | side and on spaskis produced by some cause, whether idiopathic or | hi hand’ and would draw it his thront, then Lise | Dew venkat from strychnin., am not preparcdto say; thesymptom: | hit wife, who lay dead by his side. An attemgt was en Zbere, "ere appearances that, previous to committing y 6 gone: 's grave, who from the two causen aro siniller, difecing only, 90 far as my knowledge goes in duration; (teaumatic tetanus Produces rame symptoms as idiopathic, but results external wounds—idiopathic tetanus from inter- nal causes;) there were no external causes in this case; in the absence of cause for idiopathic or teaumatic te- tanus, would say this was from nine; never knew or teaumatic teta- nus terminating in two hours. (The witness here read an account of an experiment on two cats, deta peculiar symptoms of death from strychnine, and al ing strong similarity to those seen in the death of Pharr.) “As _s medical man, Iam constrained to say I believe that Miss Pharr came to her death from strych- nine. Matthew M. Pendall, sworn—Was in town the day Miss Pharr died; went a fishing with Dr. Thompson that af- ternoon; he didn’t seem much affected at Miss Pharr’s death; lie was silent somewhat; people usually are who go a fishing and expect any luck. Dr. Coleman’s evidence, read by consent of counsel— A gentleman, understood to be Mr. James Burk, called at my house in February, and asked for a bottle of strychnine, for Dr. Thompson, of Covington; sent it as lnbelled by’ the apothecary—about ten grains; heard the evidence of Dr. McDonald, Mrs. Pitzer, &c., and concur that the spasms described were tetanic; do not think the death was from apoplexy; heard the measurement of the feetua, and think it was from five to six months old. Mrs. Pharr recalled—Agnes had received no cut or bruise before her death; she had not latterly been suf- fering from any cold, or anything of that sort; sent for Dr. Thompson to remove something from Agnes’s ear, after she got back from Buebanan, and he said he had removed something from her ear; Agnes had the mumps after she came back from Buel , still complained, and that might have caused the pain; some of my other children had pain in their ears after having the mumps; Dr. T. never in any way denied his engagement with Agnes: never saw Agnes have any such symptoms as those she died with; my daughter was with me always while on my visit down the country, while at the Sweet Springs, and always slept in my room; for the six months preceding her death she slept in my room or with me constantly, except when at Gen. Layne’s or Mr. Allen’s. Rey. D. C. Pharr’s evidence, by consent.—After Agnes’ death was in Bath and met Dr. Goode; expressed my gladness to see him; wanted to talk to him about Agnes’ death, which desire grew out of a rumor that she came to her death by strychnine; gave him the detail of the symptoms of her death as sent to me by Dr. Thom} son, forI was not at home when she died; Dr. as if she had any uterine derangement; told him there was; he then explained the different effects that a derangement of the uterus had on the system, and said that a great number that die with that disease died in the manner described; told him (Dr. G.) that I would like to goto Covington to-morrow to inform my fami of the information received, in order to correct public opinion. [Let it be remembered that this conversation was predicated on Thompson's statements in a letter to Mr. Pharr.] Dr. Goode expressed no unfavorable opin- ion of Dr. Thompson’s mode of treatment; that Agnes was not safe at any moment with her disease, and that most patients dying with her disease dic with spasmodic convulsions; he said one dose of strychnine would not kill any one; (he may have said quinine;) Dr. T. was en- gaged to my daughter; had’asked my ‘consent; Dr. T. always, so far as my knowledge goes, conducted ‘himself with propriety: had. tio \dea Agnes dled. enciente: so far from it, when Mr. William Skeen called on me and stated these reports, told him they were fulse, and that sofar as those of pregnancy was concerned, we had evidence a few days before her death that they were untrue; he fits Sheen) aaked and obtained from me some pills that had been called ergot by a Lynchburg publication; told him I did not know how ‘the pills came into the house, or that Dr. T. had ever seen them; that they were found in my bookcase after Agnes’ death; that my friends were in the habit of giving me pills when travelling about, and as I forgot who gave was afraid to take any; he (Mr. Skeen) replied none of your frlends would give you ngot at he would send two to Drs. Creigh and Hunter and two to Drs. Luckett, Strother and McChesly, and if they say they are ergot, i will have Thompson arrested; on the morning that Agnes started down country, I went suddenly into a room, and found Dr. T. and Agnes standing in the middle of the floor the iOow- Miss Agne: weeping; wheeled about, and retired, thinking the tears were caused at the thoughts of separation; (this was doubtless the time when Agnes communicated her con- dition;) since Dr. T.’s arrest many efforts have been made to induce me to employ counsel to nid the a tion; Rev. Mr. Hogsett tried several times, saying they inteniied to attack Agnes’ character, by which I under- stood that they intended to show that she was a common prostitute; this roused me, but I declined upon as- surances from Mr. Miller cohnsdl for Thom that it be post ¢, and said we are going to employ Mr. Terrell anyhew, (nd want your con- sent, which was given; if I had intended to employ counsel, would have gotten Mr. Terrell. The Rev. Mr. Pharr died during the sof the trial, from sickness said to be occasi the disgrace | and misfortune brought upon his filly by this unfor- tunate affair. TRIAL AND ACQUITTAL OF MRS. BAKER, AT ST. LOUIS, ‘The testimony in this egxe mainly went to, prove the killing of Hoftman by Mrs. Baker; but the following will go to show the good character of Mrs, Baker, and the cause of her animosity towards Hoflm: Testimony of A. H. Co: hysician, and have resided. in St. Louis two years;1 kuew Win. 0. Hoffman in Sheboygan, Wis.; I have secn him write, and think I would know his handwriting; I would judge this letter, which is shown me, to be his handwriting; cannot swear positively, but believe it to be. ‘The witness is’ shown several letters, which he is re- quested to examine, and state if he can identify the handwriting of Hofman. The two following letters are proved by this and other witnesses to bein his hand- writing: — To Witsox ©. BAKER, $t. Lovrs,Mo.—It would be best for you to inquyre of your friends in reference to the charac- ter of your wife. “They will act, if you insist on it, de- ny that she has the very worst teputation; that it’is a known fact of her having lived in criminal intercourse | with Dr. Mitchell, Samuel Landermer, Cornelius Price, | and with Hoffman and others. Ladies’ and gentlemen of the first standing are ready to testify to her bad charac- ter in all the public houses where you have been living. ‘The neighbors of the private houses where you lived, es: | pecially during the time of your residence on. Myrtle street, illing to testify to the same purport—tike- | wise persons who knew Ler at Manchester. She has | been passing here as Holiman’s wife. and been dotn | things of similar disgrace. People are more exasperat against her and her shameful deception than they are | egainst you. ‘On the envelope of this letter was endorsed, ‘Deliver. ed from P, 0. St, Louis, March 25, 1854. HENRY McKEE, Clerk.”” | _ To. W. C, Baxen, Esq.—Bill Catherwood says that he | has had eriminal connection with Mrs. Baker, when she boarded at the Pacific Hotel, two years ago, and he paid her board at several places.’ A man who will tell any- | thing about a lady, true or false, that would injure her, ought to reccive a severe punishment, March 15, 1854, A SILENT FRIEND. A number of other letters, of similar purport, ad- dressed to various friends and relatives of Mrs. Baker, | were ruled out, becouse tho writing could not be proven to be in the hand of Hoffman, Testimony ot Edward FE, Brooke—A year last Au- frat I came to St. Lonis; I am acquainted with Mrs. baker; we were raised in the same town, Morgantown, Va.; her character was of the best for mildness and gen- tleness of disposition; I have never known or heard anything against her: Lsaw Mrs, Baker at my mother’s in this city in March Inst; she liveson Market street, pearly opposite the Beverly House; Mrs. liaker was a boarder there: she was ina great deal of trouble; she was very Fad and gloomy, and had but little to say; she remained at my mother’s about a: week or ten days; she went from there to,the Seward House a day or two be- fore she killed Hofiman; I ot a@great change in her; 1 observed her to be more sad than at any previous time; there was no time there she a cheer- ful; Inever saw her smile; I did not know an; Mrs. Baker came to my mother’s from Alton. The counsel liere read the déponition cf twenty-six persons from different places as to the charneter of the defendant. All were to the same it, that she was re- marked for the amiability and gentleness of her disposi- tion, and the correctness of her ment. A number of witnesses were also examined, who had boarded at vorions places at the same time as Mrs. Baker, and they all testified to t ame facta, ‘The jury, after being out about two hours, rendered a verdict of not guilty, as charged in the indictment. A CALIFORNIAN MURDERED BIS IN MICHIGAN, Gn, Monday Inst a most brutal murder was com- mitted in the town of Kose, Oakland county, by a man named Foster, It appears that Foster bas returned from California after a eojourn of about two years. While he * was absent his wife remained at his res dence in Rose made to take it from him, but hé seemed frantic, fi ing the instrument of death about andaround asif he ‘ould cut all within his reach. He would'again dra the razor across his throat and repeat the kiss, until it was finally knocked from his hand by a blow gives bj in the hanks of the keeper. about three quarters of an hour after this horrid affair took place. Mrs. Kane is represented as a kind-hearted, modest and unassuming woman, who at the time, had charge of ward in the hospital. Both the husband and wife were placed under the supervision of the Coro- ner. The following is the statement of Dr. Colegrove, the home physician, who was on the spot, as given before Coroner Morse:—“I was standing Fy 4 a CG, iprrzesing medicine. having just completed the last | round, when two women |, screamin; Mrs. Kane is killed.” I immediately ran down stairs, followed by Mr. Howard and Mr. Deihl. ‘When we reached the iter’s room, I beheld Pa: Kane sitting upon the floor by his wife, the blood hay- ing cor across, standing in a pool. Kane was just completing the operation on hfs own throat, while his whole body was covered with blood. I immediately grasped his hand and the razor, but he wrested it from me, at the same time brandishing it around my head, and uttering the most deathly sounds. I saw that at this time the trachea and a@sophagus were severed, In a moment, Mr. Rathbone, the keeper, and others, tered the room, when ‘the razor was knocked out of Kane’s hand. We pulled the man away, and [examined the unfor. tunate woman, to seeif life remained, but it had depart- ed. ‘The right carotid was about two-thiras severed, also the trachea and ke 8. I then examined Kane to see if anything could be done, but instantly made w roy mind thot it was utterly useless, as it was impossi- ble for him to breathe more than a few moments. ‘The question has been asked if Kane was not insane. So far as my observation goes, I have not seen any indi- cations ‘of insanity, and I may add that all who have seen him about the house as tothis.”” God grant that the inmates of the House may be spared , “Doctor, in my Office,” says Dr. | another such scene. The bodies lie near the place where | , awaiting the action of the THE LYNOHBURG MURDER CASE. beh Meret ie oer sone Roe his ramour, in Lync afew days ago, n €x- Smiined fn the Magers urt, and sent on for further examination in the pigher courts. He shot her witha pistol. Dr, ford, the physician who was called in, states that she was bg Bela he reached her. The wound was made with a in the right breast. She lived about fifteen minutes after the occurence. Hill Brown, a witness, testified as follows—I was walking the canal with murder occurred, when two women ran out and called to me to “‘run in and save Mrs. Marshall’s life’ (she was called both Jane North and Mrs. Marshall); went in the house and found the prisoner and Mrs. M. both on the floor, he with one arm around her neck and a pistolin the other hand, and said to her, ‘Kiss me, my dear, for the inst time, for I know I have killed you:’? asked him what he was killing that woman for, to which he replied, “What have you gat to do with it?” I then struck him with a stick across the head, and snatched the pistol from his hand; there were some women in the room; came with the ptisoner to town; he did not act, as if he was drunk; think it was about 4 o’clock in the evening; I had no ac- quaintance with Mr. M.;had seen him before; Mrs, M. made no remark; there was no one in the room when I t in; some women went in as I did; did‘not know them. 'o other witnesses he stated that he ‘‘killed her because Ls loved toed ree of her. ai bi pom Aad large genteel, lool man, apparently ry or forty years old, add seemed low’ ‘pitited and depressed. The prisoner proved & Py eae character. He was a superintendent on the inia and Tennessee railroad. HORRIBLE first seen by Dr. Colegrove, Coroner. oe \TMENT AND MURDER OF A SLAVE IN NEW ORLEANS. [From the New Orleans sei PAG 21.) . Clark, near the house at which the | | The unf ) tern on Saturday evening, and crodéd tochis recent residence, where cm, | the act of suicide. He leaves three children, a boy aged it a mumber of ecei an axe, and struck her on the back of the neck, ki her. He let her Le aoe two hours, when he gota ben rel, into which he thrust the pote and sunk it in the und, and covered it with anot barrel, to prevent ery. The Teter further states that he came to the city on the next poratng se the murder at five o'clock, and left the city in nine o’clock tram for the West. His ‘Western visit extended as far as Cleveland, and di the time he went to work on a railroad, where there were some three or four hundred. hands employed. Among them was man who knew him, and he made sundry inquiries, which was the hardest time he had. He states it he came here to go to the gallows. fortunate man arrived in the city on the Wes- immediately pro- he consummated 14 years, a boy aged 3 years, and a baby. Tuntios Froskisberges held sa log went on the body and a verdict was rendered of “suicide.” A circumstance ike this rarely occurs; indeed we do_ not remembar its parallel, A tourderer after being absent, and having escaped for two months, voluntarily returning to the grave of his murdered wife, and there, as it were appeas- ing her manes by committing suicide upon it. Accident to the Spanish Minister at Wash- ington. The ee eee on Wednesday last by the Spanish » Don L. A. de Cueto, was very re- rious, producing much solicitade in his bebalf his numerous in Washington. We take from the Intelligencer the following the acci- dent by which he was injured:— An accident occurred on the 22d inst. which placed in cat jeopardy the life of the esteemed Minister from Shain.” As Mr’ De Cueto was driving a pair of fine and irited horses, attached to a light vel , they became unmanageable, and dashed wit speed down the avenue, from the direction of Thirteenth street. On nearing Eleventh street they encountered a, furniture car, which Shey. wiped without ceremony, and. on re- covering from the shock,"by which one of Mr, de Cueto’s horses was thrown violent’ fed the ground, they again rushed forward with fearful velocity. Mr. de Cueto still held on manfully, though his servant either fell or jumped from the carriage, without, however, being in- ured. The horses turned down Tenth street, and, near its intersection with Louisiana avenue, Mr. de Cueto was thrown violently from the vehicle, which was carried by the terrified animals to the market-house, at which point their course was impeded by a wagon, and they were finally stopped. Mr. de Cueto was injured in the head and neck, but whether dangerously s0 or not was, not ascertained on the spot. He was able-to walk to a car- riage, in which he was conveyed to his residence. It is somewhat singular that. the horses were not hurt, gor was the carriage broken, with the exception of a Swin- gletree. During his brief residence in this country, Mr. de Cueto bas won the esteem of all who have had the pleasure of bein; An inquest was heki yesterda; e Coroner on the | body of @ little slave ‘gil po a Leda, aged thirteen | , We sincerely trust that Mr. de Cueto may recover ears, the of Mr. Lachaumette, found dead ina | from this it. He is watched by oure on Rampart strect, between Ursalines and Hospital | Mr. Msgallon, first of the Lage streets. After # post mortem examination, and on hear- | tion, and is attended Hall May. ing Peers mists several Red cosy the jury earied Foca President of the United has called in on wi vi a came | ri Justo’ - death by eruel fa inhuman punishment indicted upon | eee = 0, SxErees, Bis PORiey Gace Kstike peach ie iam hte ne gd ae testis before the showed that the little girl had ““ Hey etn eet ids Dimlry clowt thoes fcntint | blood waa taken from iis head with leeches. “He during which time she and her mother had been in the | had previeusly bled considerably from theears. Up constant habit of beating and her. The | to the hour at which we go to press, there had been body of the jchild was cut and scarred from head to | no change in his condition. foot ina ‘most horrible manner—four days ago she secon laggiieemetiinenitetninnetic ¢ her last whipping, and was put to very sick | The Fire in New Orieans. with the wor Ds, Tarpin was: sent for, who treated PLAGIDE’S VARIETIES THEATRE DESTROYED. her for worms, but she on Sunday morning. After | ‘om the New Orleans Delta, Nov. 21 4 the jury had given their verdict ©. De Valletti, About ten minutes past 3 o'clock this mornings fire Charles Tarpin, Charles and Mercier gave scertifi: | broke out in the rear portion of the Varieties theatre, cate in whch ther tate “Mint tredeathotahesiayemase | Dick ont In the rear portion, of x ‘wrapped in flames. be attributed to the of worms, but think that | The fue nect coueht weet 4 the ill-treatment, whieh may be seen from the numerous | Qelonting ta Mer Wei be Teste eee ea ioining, and deep sears se bears on her body, has produced that | belonging to Mz. 8. T. sand a tailor’s shop, which, to- Ler cehs Gaedl We Sees dition as to render | Fether with. the theatie, were, in lees shanen Hour, provoked by worms.” It was in evidehce before the jury, also, that the child had been half-starved all the ‘time she was with Mre, Dimi- try; that so ravenous was her appetite, owing to the | quantity of worms in her stomach, that she would eat crerything lio could steal or find and this stealing o vietuals was, doubtless, the cause of her being so. fre- quently whipped. An affidavit was made before Re- corder Ramos charging Mrs’ Dimitry; and her mother, Mrs. Deitz, with murder. They were arrested, and drought before the Recorder, but, on the request of counsel, were committed for trial before the First Dis- trict Court. ANOTHER PROBABLE MURDER IN NEW ORLEANS. On Saturday night last, a young man named John Con. nolly, a native of New York, about eighteen years of age, went into an oyster saloon at the corner of Mande. | fareau streets, Third district, kept by a Span- | ville and Me jard named Antonio Rivas. He called for oysters, after cating which be attempted to back into the kitchen. He was opposed by Rivas, who ordered him out. Connolly then went Lehind the bar and was knocking things about tt «re, undet pretence of looking for a omer. Rivas took | of him foy the purpose of putting unolly orew'e clasp knife and stabbed im ide, watchman was near at hand, who arrested Con- nolly and took him to the Third district guardhouse. Rivas accompanied them, and while in the guardhouse suddenly fel eg oe on on be oo 5 > wax conveyed to the Charity and Connolly was jocked to await the pegs id are no hapes of the recovery of the wounded man, the wound being in the region of the heart. bed only arrived in the city t two weeks since from Chicago, and had shipped as a deck hand on board of a vessel bound for Liyerpool.— New Orleans , Nov, 20, THH SLAVE MURDER. Joxeph Jerry Taylor, the free colored beats Bo sows arrest we noticed was examined yesterday on the charge of a Nes thy the slave Henry Cruse, belonging to Mr. Moore, by striking him on the head with a brickbat, on the of the 8th instant. if same as we have already:stated, and the Recorder committed the ac- cused before the First District Court for trial ona charge of murder,—New Orleans Picayane, Nov 20. A FATHER CONVICTED OF THE MURDER OF DAUGHTER. Alfred. Artis, of. Shelby county, Ohio, was tried Inst weck, and eonvieted of murder in'the firit degree. The charge against him was that, about a vearago, he caused the death! of his own daughter, quite a young girl, murdering, Ker by the slow Hager of ‘starvation, ex- posure, and the most disgusting and fiendish cruelties. Another daughter, older than the deceased, was witness against him. 3 evenin, j MURDER TRIAL. . The Circuit Court of Frederick county, Maryland, holds a special term on the. second Monday of for the trinl of Basil Eves, against whom the found an indictment a day or two before # ‘were dis- charged. Eves was arraigned upon the yore het last Tuesday, and plead not guilty, He is ch the murder of his wiie, Sarat. Jane Eves, on the 27th da; of last March, near the town of Lil , in Frederic! county. There will not be leas thaw seventy-five wit nesees @pmmoncd. A SCENE IN COURT, On Saturday last, the Dist Inatant, the jury in the ease of Frederick. by the murder of Mathias Smith, came 4 owt eenree ered a ior q will not soon titer ot a viaeea it The faithful, affectionate ho ife of th Po par W) out the trial has never foe ‘mon al led herself, stood weeping by the side of her hw to hear the result—to her, as to bim, an announcement of fearful mportance. A breath | Fst ebb Spee 3 De it, e contents of the theatre, wardrobe and all, were completely assistance of the firemen, however, the horses and car- riogee of Mr. Bennett were saved from his stablas. The building of the Waterworks Company was at one time on fire, and the rear portion was partly destroyed, but it ‘was coon extinguished through the exertions of the fire- men. The rear staircase of Mr. McDonald’s restaurant was destroyed, and the building otherwise injured, The extent of the conflagration is very great, as the theatre and stables covered at least one-fourth of a block. The loss by the conflagration cannot fall short of $100,000, and the only insurance we can hear of is $3,000 in the Crescent, on the wardrobe, and $7,500 on the stables, in the Sun Mutual, This was all we could learn about the insurance, There was some difficulty about insuring, owing to the fact of its being owned by stockholders, and there were a great many shares. The only person injured was a young fireman named Toby Hart, who was working on one of the breaks of one of the engines when the front wall of the theatre fell out, burying him beneath the ruins, and crushing him ina most horrible manner. He was conveyed home in a dying condition, The carpenter of the theatre was sleeping in the bailding when the fire broke out. Mr. Placide himself was obliged to eseape through one of ‘the second story windows from his sleeping apartment, by means of a sheet, one end of which was attached to a piece of timber in the window. ‘he origin of the fire is a matter of doubt and mys. tery—seme attributing it to i iarism, while others think it the result of accident. The Ravels Inst night played their scenic piece entitled ‘ Asphodel,’”’ in which a good deal of fire is used—and it is proba- bfe a spark may have ignited iy own ae slowly ond gradually till the fire was and the alarm given. The scene was grand and imposing—in fact, it was the most magnificent, by far, ever repre: on stage, and at the same time the most solema, when tf! en was at its zenith. When the flames caught. newly painted scenery and interior of the beautiful edi they. like wildfire around the dress circle, and, through every cutlet, suddenly enveloped ‘the in a sheet of flame. This is, indeed, a , andone that will be severely felt e tl ‘people ‘fi der] wy season. The falls pon Mr. Placide his talented pomeeny « with whom we sincerely — pts in their me We hope, however, the spiri people not allow the phoenix like, the Varieties will soon rise and its new born form be more beautiful arrangement had been made by Mr. Placide: and successful engagement—a ny had been enga, the services of a host of secured. building was painted seats cushioned, and fortune for once did seem to mile ‘upon the destinies of the Varities, when this sudden ke pare and vanished all the bright prospects into in air, Seniors Fine rv Barpameort, Be nem 4 ‘Sue- day night, the large building corner of Beaver and Mid- die streets, te , occupied by the Malleable Irom Company, Shove! pany, F, Barnes’ shirt factory, and Mr. Wilcox’s ry store, took fire and was burn- ed down. It was 100 by 125 feet, and four stories high. Loss from $50,000 to 000. ¢ Malleable Iron Com- any are the heaviest losers, but are insured Cg he |. The Shovet beng «2 is insured for $21,000, celsior Company, Which was just moving into the building, lose $1,000 or thereabouts, Some seventy-five or one hundred hands are throwa out of employment — New Haren Journal, Nov. 2. Railways im Canada. We have received'a schedule of the several companios incorporated for the ¢onstraction of railways in Canada, from the date of the first charter (25th of February, 1832,) to the close of the session of 1852. We make the following abstract therefrom :-— A No. No. - mount et 0. of Name of Yy I y der cont’t. comp'd. 1. Champlain & St. Lawrenge 000 —- pete eee $00/000 charter expired is ,000 cl x 55 240 40 at - harter el expired charter expired charter expired 4 3 el Townships...... 600,000 charter expired 14. St. Lawrence and Atlantic 2,400,000 —_ 130 Branch lines of do...... — 5 — %. Branch of 12) salloa SOT a Stale 1% Montreal and on,, 4,000,000 not commenced fe Island, . 2. es 4,000, bi expired 19. Hamilton and Toron! 1, Simeoe & Hi = 29. St. Lawrence: 000, 52. Cul ui Pet 500,000 not 58. Port Dalhousie and Thor. old...... 800,000 5 54. 55. Fhe bate Kemntaiiie 56. Prince Edward....... 1,400,000 not commenced From these statistics the following summary appears : —Total number of charters granted to railroad compa- nies, 56; number of companies whose charters have ex- pired from non user, 10; number of companies which have not as yet commenced laying down their roads, 14 ; number of roads now in the course of construction in the province, 32, Belonging to the latter class, 1,193 miles have been completed, and 2,022 are more or lesa advanced, besides a vast number of miles of road which have not yet been commenced. o ‘The Catholic Church, Again, [From the Hartford Times, Nov. 27.] It ap oy the following p1 that there was iiectlog of the congregation. of St. Patrick's Church tterday afternoon, at which the resolutions here pub- were passed. We pu the proceedings as sent ‘to us, merely remarking that they do us injustice in say- ing that our statements were “made with the of deceiving the public.” We stated the facts as they oc- curred, and all that is important, as asserted by us, was strictly true. Some unimportant detaila, heretofore ex- by us, may have been incorrect. But the princi- Peainet Father ads aserak_pep fer Tooling caused 's fun pu cat it to be opened, as i cap a f the grave which “Ww a ty jean a portant f a Bis are pleas arn the im} it fact that 0 Hie"conceded tthe peopl tus prog their own'financial affatra.-We are told that the congregation now have a financial committee, who take charge of all the revenues of the church, pay the amount allowed to priests, and other necessary expenses, and Tender proper vouchers and ample statements, ‘This 1s an important matter so far as the members of the church are concerned. Here.are the proceedings of yeaterday’s meeting:— Hantyorp, Nov. 26. 1854. Ata mestte of the co: ion of St. Patrick’s * hurch held this afternoon at 4 o’cloek, atthe callof the ommittee of said church, at the request of a large num- er of its members, the following gentlemen were ap- pointed officers of the meeting:— in, John Clarke; Assistant James McManus; John McManus and Michael Moloney. preamble and resolutions were unani- sri ‘The statements made in the Daily Times and Courant. of this city, which purport to be the trath, the funeral and burial of the late Rev. Mr. I rady, were, in our opinion, made with the of de- to the course rey by disre; & duty incum- real truth, so that the in bom- Resolved, secondly, That since the Right Rev. Bishop O°Reilly has come among us, we have not seen ai in his acts which should cause our disrespect; but om _ the contrary, we have every reason to be thankful for the tial pains he has taken in promoting, not only the spiritual interests cop ey tion, but also the temporal reform he has. in having a committee pd grmndy Le cinpae: , to whom he has confided fina affairs of the church, so that thi tion.are always able to ant how and where so we have Teason a) this time, and we doa afi and shall sustain: as long as he continues it, and no. 5 _ Resolved, thirdly, That the above resolutions be lished in the Daily Times and Courant of this city, vidence Journat and New Haven Register; can ‘these papers will send bills to the undersigned. MICHAEL MOLONY, Secretary. nw? Sstesed to say 0 word in relation to the ‘meet 2” w these resolutions and its the following communication does it all, part not necessary for us to saya word more. THE “MEETING” A" THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mr. Eprron—I attended a meeting in the basement the Catholic church yesterday oon. 1 did mot know that any such meeting was to be held until noon cf yesterday. There were not over two hundred persons n the room, and certainly one-half of them did not ap- aapegench Sy beckoned cot by Oe tameuan sae any were cal out by the course no one felt like making any dleturbenge OF pak 4 an angry discussion in the church upon the ith. There were, ps, twenty Colyton ‘I think more than that. Obed are directed. We un- that; I to caution the public resolutions, which do not express the sen- the four thousand Catholics of Hartford. A CATHOLIC. Arrest of Kidnappers in Kentucky. iments thereby boldly evil. » heretofore unknown i the this comm unity was apprised of of colored that the statements of the ne- ridence fa Kentucky,) hat 8 i public. . Young openly boast of their determi city. ey confess it to be their bet Ne decoy our slaves and wand property, for within Ree days iy, for had been fired in various ’ portions of ten tone, o rig Rn ropes oe the a seven or ves were 4 A ti sie over a ed of vigilance 27. 3 city of by the heige was ms were adopted and committees appointed. Startling disclosures have been made regard- the late terrible powder explosions, with other acta ing violence, known in the ¢ Maryeville ‘in the calendar of vohappy events tn ‘