The New York Herald Newspaper, July 18, 1858, Page 1

} TH WHOLE NO. 7988. Tally 7, Wrateta then depeeed =k wat im the train that accident cast of this }; Thad ‘on the same train ™E omer, | Eanes cts tiie eet ey uae, CORONER'S INQ’ ST. reside at 299 Ninth New Torts they conceal cnlld was killed; I have seen ary 9 lying a: the Fowler fun ad ae i as ar tae rd acd THE TESTIMONY IN FULL. face nveltaly iain | ee Heres he peel me after that the Yr my Sy jar and then F THE J UBY, | fomemyre'estne'potom of te euantment, under bo VERDICT 0 * | car; 1 cannot judge of the speed; 1 hat a of which spits ta "Sa Saat Sat Appearance of the Killed and Wounded--The | WeeuTwaut ito ig by tho Treated. side of the child dead; saw Ke. ke &e lying in I saw, ? i ‘ excepting the : seg t bp | ‘When the terrible accident ooourred on the Erie Rall | ing several minutes; the Arst, maokhe ead, and the rumor of it spread, the most intense excite | wrong was a vi in uc- rounding the scene of the occurrence. Am express was pa Ape Me y ing the’ two immediately despatched to Port Jervis for assistance, me | seats and bet har eo; ical and otherwise, and such as could be procured being | Mrs. poo edb boy Dastily coliected, were at once conveyed to the scene of en « Bie’ . disaster. In the meantime those on the spot were ex- Now Sank; 2 ee erting themselves to do all that the circumstances per- occur! mitted, removing the dead to the train and aasisting those ranaere Row lies af the Fow- who were wounded im every possible manner. When | them lying in name ‘the aid arrived from Port Jervis all the wounded were eae Ay A, placed in the cers, after being assisted or carried up the Gemany lessees 4 h.. kJ embankment to the i track. The dead were also placed in the} cars, and when everything 4 pe lpoes wea ready, the train moved towards the town ata | BY wile; think that railroad mea would agent funeral pace. All ingide the cars was one scene of mourn- Peay ally 3 Syren shai: <, Wseeaent img, lamentation and suffering, and the scene presented there is sald to have been horrifying in a most impressive degree. When the train arrived at Port Jervis, the dead and wounded were removed to temporary accommoda- tions in the station house, the Fowler House (hotel) and several other places in the village. The condition of the wounded, however, was extremely wretched in very many instances, owing to the scanty accommodations which could'be afforded in so small a place. The morning after the accident, at three o’clock, a locomotive was de spatched from Port Jervis to Otisville for Coroner Hard- , they deen wreck ; I proceeded to assist what I could; I alsoexamined the broken rail with Mr. Thompson; his testimony corres- leould see nothing other with examination ; fog,end at five o’closk he was already among the dead. than fn boted ra io cnuwe soc an int Some delay necessarily took place before a jury could be | lying here are the same | saw accident; G . T. Robinson’s death ‘empannelied, and also before they were ready to proceed the faa of George W. Eo nage noe Comare intie Deere owe oppoot the rand san, ai | feronsupponed oe Shana tae cage Bs dats ws im the Delaware House, opposite station, reOD BU) 4 nine o’clock on Friday morning, four hours after the ar- Byars pon Faget we and Lege pa pe! groin and an im- rival of the Coroner in Port Jervis. poe —, bese of his death was ‘The names of the jurors who were empannelied on the inquest are as follows:— Dr. Jobn Conklin, FE. H. Peck, Benjamin V. Bayard, Bamue! H. Mills, Joseph Gibson, Francie W. Lockwood, Henry Newne, Oliver E. Wheat, Cornell B, Travis, J. J. ‘Van Deren, Philip Lee, Francis Martin. ‘The {iret witness examined was Phineas 8. Thompson, the conductor of the train to which the accident occurred, and he deposed as follows:—I am condustor of the New York and Erie Railroad between Otiavilie and this place; ‘we ran over & breken rail, and two cars were thrown from the track; it happened about baif » mile east of Shin Hol- Jow; the two rear cars went off; it was at 8:56 or 8:66 P, attended several who injured; I had been in this village yesterday, and was on my return to Otisville, the stock express train; I left bere about nine 0% P, M.; T think M.; I abould think that the perpendicular height of the | tained from the train last evening; the rail broken had the embankment where the cars wontover is as mach as | Sinetboicriure lhe iron; [think he chair of ie Fa was ‘twenty Sve feet; the cars rolled as much as sixty to seventy five feet from the track; my trai was about pine minutes bebind time; we were travelling somewhere sbout thirty miles an hour; the first indication of an acci- dent was feeling a jerk at the same time that I hearda signal to brake; 1 went on the brake of the baggage car; I thought the forward truck of the baggage car was off the track; about half a minote afterwards I feit a bard jerk, and the train then went smootbiy til! it there was an engine standin ral when I saw it, whtch nad arrived from t iD exprese train; the ground 1s steep oppoatte the p.ace of the accident, aad tn the inside of the track; I think there ig an embankment on both sides of the track. three men, two children and one women dead; of the bodies placed on the cars, and recogniz since they arrived - this village; I ba ered no fractare; I boy, supposed to be named Brown—bisdeatn was caused by avery extensive fracture of theskall; I did not examine ihe track at the place of theaccktent;( turned my Attention to the care of the injured; { have attended several who were lnjared; all those lying at the Fowler House died in consequeace of injuries rece'ved last n! on the train; the after oar I thought bad turned com- ‘wack where | saw the four; the bodies of those Tying mm | pletely over and was lying bottom up—tneotber was lying aide. we ; on ite their eames; | got the dead bodies wgether—four Charles Harceaburgh—I am a practising real. were ali | saw—and brought wem to Port Jer. | dent in this village ; 1 was bere waoen the were vis; the bodies of the three men now at the station | taken from the train; | haveexamined the bodies of Sarah house are all | saw at the wreck; Iwish w cor- | App Ray and ail boy ; the woman, I deom, had re- rect the statement that I saw four at the wreck: | ceived some injury about the stomach and bowels, which the fourth | saw after arriving at PortJervis; a broken rall | caused her death ; the child was injured on its o the cause of the accident; | judge so from the fact | as to cause its death. ‘On motion of one of the jurors, the coroner and jury proceeded to the piace where the duuaster ocourred Droken on the west side of the track, outside; there is E. D. G. Prime testified—I reside in New York ; I was double track along there; our table calls for = speed of | upon the train last evening to which the accident hap- ‘Uurty miles there at which speed, about, we were runaing; | pened , as we were descending the mounwlo and about sf anything we bad lost half a minute ora minuie (rom | five minutes before the accident occurred, | became con- Ouisville; we were not running to make up lost time: we | scious that we were going at 4 fearful rate ; I started ooce left OUsville eight minutes late; we have twenty five min. | or twice with apprehension that some accident migbt oc- utes to ran twelve anda three quarter mi Otis- | cur; I then felt a jar like something upon the rail, and wae ‘ville t Port Jervis; we haye twelve minutes to Shin Hol- | pure that with an obstacle ; [ was in tus fourth Jow, and thirteen minutes from Shin Hollow to PortJervis. | car from the j after feeling this I was appreheasive To a Juror—I think the rear car went down » | for my im the after part of tne tram; ‘that is, parallel with the track ; the other had swung some, | poon as the od was plackened 1 looked from ‘To the Coroper—The after oar, I think, had ran off the | the window and found two of the after cars missing; track fifty feot; I think the rear oar wont olf rst, and run | were threo distinct rignals with the whistle; the cars then along the track as much as me tee oy pulled the second | ran back, and as they stopped near the piss of acoident I car off when it left the bank; the cars lay near one hundred | burried on; when | reached the place | saw the two cars ee ee ee al oees te emt: oe demolished; calied out the names of some [riends ou any die-connexion of time previous to the accident; the | board; found Professor Peet and his wife injured; then road was in good order at that point; I examined the rail; search for the rest of his company; assisted it wae a new fracture, and the iron looked strong ana | from that time im carrying the wounded; I ‘DOt pee way good; I do not think the second car turned over, bat the | of the dead to examine them; I came down with two said rear one might have tarned over twice; we lost six | to be dead; I think | may say that! have an ides of specd ‘minutes or our time at Middletown and two at Otivilie; | and time on railroads, and from my knowledge can speak we had a warm journal at (tsville, and at Ous- | with confidence; that in opinion we were going at the ville to fx it; [have been conductor on this road ton | time of the accident at forty miles an hour, the only years last January; we had seven cars im the train—five | jolt or jar I experienced was the (fest and only one spoken | cars; I have seen similar { of; there was no demonswation of fear prior to the acci- en rT at 6:43; the soon Seal ds cae oin of nieaaanigeat 5 ‘We were g 7 ja ato be modified by Heofict too f miges have misjudged the rate in consequence of the grade being steep and descend PD pape below Turner's that we pat ap TT gba between Chester and Go shen the rate was greater, either of which was exceoded after leaving 0 iaville. train. By a Juror—Dic not take observation aa to the place at and . ax A age = See Be ete cameo Oey eer Ho coeieys one body bered Yi were versa, Jar or concussion, the whistle gave signal in a short Won & moment prior to the accident; I do not recol time; there was en interval, bat e short one | think; we lent the incidents got out of the the place of the sc. car, 8 wes ; who was une quarter ; Tbave travelled on Body brought great as at this time, § i ef g fmote jon ro contrary, jured by jroat-—om the good time on epeed they were : was thought that concursion I saw two doavor to pall th won ted and dying arm among Dbouies. the car, and John Me. Edward W. the night field county, ‘th car from im the afte) oar ame from there track, and ran some distance before it turned over; I to the train up to was lying down at the time; I got up and called out that tained by a the oar was off | beard no remark among the passengors five to ten min that the speed was unusual, but | thought we were minute or two ; fast; 1 do not know the cause of the accident, except we came along at the hearsay: I do not think the train was ranning faster than about Shin Hollow previously; I felt the jar or concussion; | do not think vie; Waa part, ‘the oar bad a chaoce to ren more than ono handred yaris inquired ant before turning, | cannot say whother the oar varned over then found that « pert more than ove. ‘who informed me Tanne Lewia Peet thus—My residence is at the out and wont Instivution for the Deaf and Damb, in New York; I was upon the train last night, the accident occarred near thin Village; I wae io the afer car; there were ight persons slowly to seo to the mineit i my charge, | felt. jar, and then perceived that the car up slowly baif te three quar! was failing a6 if down an ombankment; I foand my- Or three times; when the train slopped, I seit at bottom of ihe bank; | was sitting one say the cars were down the bank; I ) and jon the let side of tho car; | judg. went afoot; when Icame Insight, the after car wasdowa | a the moment that the obstruction was id | apparently on the outer side of the track, | took no pains to the foot of the bank: the second one was thiok, {ity feet from it, both lying on their ai | think, had gone down the bank o! after part swinging out from the track, | (lo not think the Orst x. ex Over; the second car lay neariy pa lel with the track at the foot of the hill; by I think it had turned; the bot- tom of tbe car wae towards the track; 1 made Bo examination of the track, but went {mmodi- ately to help the dead and wounded; | saw revora! dead have not reen the dead this morning: saw them last night; correct idea as to the speod, ; [thought we were coming down the speed, but have come dowa fa-ter; | ret © aecortain the cause of the disaster, except ordivary in- juiry, it seemed to me thatthe specd of the train waa }, Mach more rapid than previously; Iam nota competent judge of railway speed, but judgiog as I do, the rate waa aa mich as forty miles per hour, observed so. thing unosual in the ranning of tho train from Jersey City to Otiaville; one of the mutes under my charge was s0- verely out about the head, but is not in danger; they all, a | one, Were more oF less injured. William Meexon testified thus—I was the enginesr upon the ex Jaat night: L left Jersey City oa time and ran through as near aa I coald on it; I failed in time at Mid- dietown; I waa detained by a hot wheel, we wore de- tained some five minutes: on leaving Otisvillo we were tome eight or nine minutes late. we wore dotaine! oy ox. amining the wheel: after leaving there and coming dowa the mountain, sill half’ mile above shin Hollow station, | felt an obstruction aq ib L bad strack a tie, | whintiod to back, and then 1 Another to jerk as down upon ine, ae, dowa by tho engine, then looked et my wail ‘sui found ib three minutes to nine o'clock; we had or nine minutes after the time, which ‘96; it is about or time before onr arrival at the = the mowntain, | rix to the place of accident from Ovevilio; after ville; at an cansual speed. impression was that track; at the second signal | thought Jervis; Tam socustomed to riling that We were running down the faster and ‘three quarters of & milo wort of Oris’ in backing the | looking at my engine | found two cars minsing from my train alter the accident it went slow and rome trains | Dacked up tll signa'led to stop by Mr. Thomp- juvle distance from the wreck; there was a light of | son; | found the two care down the bank; I felt the jar, some kind on the after car, but none at the second car; it 1; after tant the ro ved; butt had geemed like & good while before a light came; | saw pF mad ad ~. | AA diacovered something wrong efore the rope parted: we novhing Nke astone or other obstruction on tho track from arter to a half mile after dimoovering that afer the sociient; the train stopped west of tue spet somone Vas ‘Wrong; at the ome of the rreMeainy was where tg aoguions oovarred, NO EXcecding Wilrty milet ao hour; | have beea au engi. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1858. ERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. FE HH i 3 i illite eseeeee es a i 1 i i ee Had He Lt eluate UC a8 i ti Heit a Hgitt bate eile Gfiitics! Fi Hat eeneeBetie 5 : i of s 3 it wilh the conductor's; it varied his a nef miaute, which I allowed in my calculations; it is unusual for rails i it i i g g F (3 8 3 fs H & z 8& 2. H Ez 2 it # 35 = i ef i if iar i ‘ F i i i iE 5E ] 3 g $ § 5 Ly : 5 i i Hi i 4 4 % 3 i 3 j ; E J H H E ; f 2 i I jumped off and ran back as fast as I conld, and found two cars off the track ; ran down the embankment to leara the cause of the accident; I saw io ail¢our dead bodies— three men and one child; Jam constantly oa tne trains; at no time after leaving Middietowa did we rua to exceed tweaty five or thirty miles an hour; I thought before the accident that we were not mak: time; I was aware tha: we had lost time at Middiewwn in consequence of # bot journal; | heard no instructions from. the conductor to the engimeer to make up any lost time after leaving Middletown; we usually make up lost time Renaneet I have been on the road eight years next y a Jaror—TI do not think we made time from Otisville to the place of the accident; | have a good opportunity of forming a judgment on the matter; my atiention to speed is usual on al! occasions; we do not often arrive a this place ahead of time, bat ususliy upon time; I do not know the time we left Ollsyiile, sor J mee the eng meer and conductor compare watches, | remained upoa we brake and came to Port Jervis in the train; | applied tue brake to the baggage car; I think with taai wraia three brake men were suilicient; one maa can brake two cars, ‘This closed the investigstion on Friday evening, and the Jury separated at ten o'clock, to meet next morning at eight. CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED—WHAT WAS DONE WITH THE DBAD. The hotels in Port Jervis still contain a large number of the wounded. Many, however, baye been removed by their friends, and those at present remaising bere num- ber about sixteen or twenty. All are doing weil, with the exception of Charles Barrett, of Cleveland, Onio, who had his thigh broken, and is otherwise badly injured. His medical attendants have not much bope that be will sur- vive his injuries, If he ives the injured limb will have tw undergo amputation, It is shocking to witness the ap- ora of many of the wounded, even now, Their eak bandaged in some cases, and in all they are wi i and emaciated. Some of them, however, wil be abie to leave their present quarters in a day or two, and others io the severity of their Of the wounded it be added that Mr. A. }, Of New York, is doing ai the Fowler House, Mr. who was reported injared, is also very favorad! are do! a Mr. and Mrs. Lay, of New: ed last night easy. Mr. Haas ws attended 0; own phy- sician from New York, and is doing 5 . Nera Sawen, of New York, is also doing favorably, bay. ing passed last night most iy. All the other might be spoken of in much the «ame ianguage, ‘with the sings exception of the one aiready mentioned. CONTINUATION AND CONCLUSION OF THE INQUEST— VERDICT OF THE JURY—DESCRIPTION OF THR BM- BANKMENT WHERE THE CALAMITY OCCU RRRD— PRESENT CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED, ETC., ETC. Yesterday morning at § o'clock the inquest on the Dodies of the passengers killed by the recent accitent wae centinved. The trunk of theunknown man, whose body ‘still les in the station house at Port Jervis, was opened in books, names of Goorge Shultz and John Shultz, written on the title page, Letters written in German, to and from Buffalo, were also some of the contents of the trimk, and most of these letters were signed John Shultz, and jdentified the writer of them ae being ® tinsmith. Other letters and papers which were foun! on the person of deceased, afer he met with nis death, went to show that hia name was Joha Souits, and that bis residence waa Buffalo. Hlugh Riddle, the Division Supertmtendent of the New York and frie Railroad at Port Jervis, was then sworn and teati(ied thus:—I am aware that the body of « man who was killed by the sccident on Thursday evening is Jy ing at the station house; I have found it impossible to ascertain bis name; some books and pa, in his tronk and oa bis 6 bis name to be John Shultz, of Buffaio; | identify now before me the papers aod other articles found on his person there was 00 watch taken from the person of deooased to my knowledge; the accident by whicw he was killed took place about six miles from Ousvilie; the line of the railrosd i straight where th sident 0¢ curred; the embankment over which the cars tumbled We forty feet in perpendicular height; the track i# con sidered good onough there; there laa man who has special charge of that part of the road: he looks after three or four miles of it and superintends three others who pry attention to avd look after the track to seo that all is right he directs the othors as to their duties; there is a man de- tailed for walking ovor the road three or four times @ tay; T underricod that the track hai been examined the even ing the avciicattonk piace; before it took place; twenty five mina! e running time bet ween Ouisville and Port Jor- Cetance twelveanda ancl went down to the scene in the pastenger train from Port Jervis; the two last care seem to hare been thrown off the track by @ broken rail; when I examined the broken rail the morn ng after tho acc} © ‘lowe im it; I think the quality ot the fron wae fale rail was broken in seven pieces: tho number killed by the accident was six, and thirty wore wounded James Cris was Cho pert withers, Me depoced aa follows 1 am in the employ of the Now York sad Frie Railron’d Company, i am employed as foreman on the Foad, and had charge of thet part of the road whore the accion, °F pipe; at tho time i OecurFed-—Abous tremty minues 1% six o’clook, + ~ after the freight train bai wrong with the rails, thoug a was three o'clock when they retired to om- sider the evidence. After being locked up for rather more than two hours they returned the following VSRDICT OF THE JURY. State of New York, County of Orasge, ss.—The in- quisition indented and taken for the people of the State of New York at the Delaware House in Port Jervis, tm said county, on the 16th and 17th days of July, 1858, Defore Libus L. Harding, one of the Coroners in and for said county, upon the view of the bodies of George W. J. Robingon, of the body of an unknown mao, aud supposed to be that of one John Shultz, of Harvey Wood, of Mar- garet Jane Turver, sn infant, of Sara Ann Rye, a colored woman, and of a small boy named Brown, then and there lying dead, upon the oaths of John Conklin, Cornwall Travis, Philip Lee, John J, Van Dusen, Samuel H. Mills, Augustos H. Peck, Joseph Gibeon, Francis W. Lockwood, Henry Nooney, Benjamin V. Band, Oliver E. Wight and Francis Marvin, tbe jurors, good and lawful men of the said county, who, being duly swortt to inquire on the part of the pedple of the Stare of New York: into all the circum- stances attending the death of the aforesaid George W. J. Robinson, the unknown man supposed to be Joho Schultz, Harvey Wood, Margaret Jane Turner, Sara Ann Rye, the colored woman, and of a small boy named —— Brows, and by whdm the same was produced and in what manner and when and where tho aferceaid per- sons came to their death, do say upon their oaths as aforesaid, that by mjuries received in the after car of the night express train of the New York and Erie Railroad, which ran off the track, and was precipitated down a high embankment on the evening of the 16th of July in- stant, at about the hour of 8:53, six miles east of the vil- lage of Port vervis, the said George W. J. Robinson (the unknown man supposed to be John Shultz), Harvey Wood, Margaret Jane Turner, Sara Ann Rye, the colored wo- map, and the small boy named Brown, in the manner and by the means aforesaid, casually, accidentally and by misfortune, came to their death, and not otherwise; and further, from all the testimony before us, and from a per- onal inspection of the ground, it is our belief that the cars were thrown from the track in consequence of a broken rail, against which ordinary care and foresight on the part of these in charge of the train could not guard. In witness whereof, as well the Coroner as the jurors, have to this set their bands and seals, on this 17th day of July, 1858. LEBUS 8. HARDING, Coroner. Jouw Coxkun, Foreman. When the verdict became known through the village the anxiety that was previously manifested to know the result turned into a general sensation. THE FATAL PRECIPICE. The embankment where the care tumbled over is wor- thy of a noteortwo, Its perpendicular height, we judged, could not be less than fifty feet. The base of the mound or embankment, at its extreme edge, is some fifteen or tweaty feet further to the north than the extreme edge of the summit over which the cars rolled. The number of feet, consequently, from the one angle of the embank- ment spoken of to the other, over the surface of the grade of descent, is about sixty or sixty-two. lt was over this distance and on this incline the cars rolled from the track to the meadow beneath, where they were shatterod to fragments. The mound seems to be built almost exclu- sively of earth aad small stones, aud the grade of ite sidea is therefore, in moet , anil at the one where the cars tumbled, smooth. ‘jewug the ground where some of the shattered and blood stained remains or the {1! fated cars still lie to mark the scene of the catastrophe, one could not help that circamsisoves little short of being miraclulous could have sayed the life of a single inmate of the detached cars. LATEST CONOBRNING THE CONDITION OF THE WOUND- BD—THS BODY OF THE UNKNOWN MAN. We have not yet beard that the body of the unknown man who was lying st the station house in Port Jervis bad been identified. It is probable that the body was buried last might at Port Jervis, by the railway authori- lies, permission to that eifect having been given by the Coroner. A despath had been forwarded to Buffalo con- cerning him, and by the last advices {t was published in the Buffalo papers, but no claimant for the remains has yet appeared. Proteenor Peet bir wife and ohild, aad the Under Die care are all getsing on favorably at the Dela- ware Houre, ihe Professor bimself seems to have been slightly injured, and is now nearly as well as ever. He eaid, in reference to the accident, that he bad not time to think of anytaing before ne found himeelf—airange to say—on the top of @ precipitated down the embankment. which he rode, and aS Mae we creat g $ Bess versation on Friday evening, in Gansevoort street, John fans. came along, and, as is alleged, without any provoca: jt ene term in State prison, aod been a frequent visitant to Biackwell's Isiand, Irvin bears a character but little better. Bractanme.—As detective officer Dixon, formerly Ser- geant of the Sixth ward, was passing through Cow Bay, on the Five Points, yorterday morning, he discovered Wm. Pheeny, a noted thief, carrying a largo basket over hia shoulder. The fellow dropped his basket on seeing the officer, and attempted to dodge down an alley way ‘but the officer was too quick, and grabbed him by the coat collar, The basket was filed with linen, marked “L. @. Tilton, No, 6 Bond street." The house of Mr. Tilton wed to have been broken into, Mr. Tilton and his fami- ly being in the country, and the linen stolen. it is not Known yet what other articies have been . The pri- soner, who has been but ten days off Blackwell's [siand, was taken Dofore Justice Connolly, and locked up to ans wer the charge of burglary. Yesterday morning two young fellows were detected ‘out of the dwelling house of Mr. James No 582 Third avenue, Officer well su0- Cveded in arresting one of them. He gave his name a Patrick Griftin, He was commitied to prison in defauit of $1,000 bai Stammve Arrnay —Two boys, seamed ugh Henry ead Herbert Mason, each about seventeen years of age, got Into an altercation yewterday at the corner of Fourth are ‘DuS and Twenty eighth street, about a dog which one of them was taking to the dog pound. Henry at length drow & jackkn{’e and stabbed Mason twice with it, the biaae taking ¢‘Tect in his right arm and left site. An officer ar- rested Henry, and he was locked up by Justice Quak ah to ang wer & charge of felonious assault, , Chance or Lim.— Alderman Tuomey preferred a charge Of libel yeaterday at the Lower Police Court agaist Frank Leslie, The charge is the eame as that preferred by Al- derman Reed, which bas already been roported, and is based upon 4 wood! cut in the last oumber of Frank Leslie. The accused bas not been yet. Personal Intelligence, The steam revenue ocuwer Harriet Lane, Capt. Faunce, from New York via Washington City, arrived at Norfoik on the 14%h inst., with the Hon. Howell Jobo, Se cretary of the Treasury, and the following distingu'shed per ef, on & ploasure party:—Sir W. Gore Vusley, lady Onsiey, Mise Oasley, Count Sartives, Fon, A Schell, Collector of New York; Hon. Elisha Ward, of New York; R. W. Haghes and iady, the editor of the Washing ton Union; Mr. P. Clayton, Assistant Secretaty of the Treasury, lady and daughter; Major Rameay, U.S. A, Mr. Bon. Ogle Taylor, of Washingtom City; Movers. Ma- graw, Scharit, Sandricge, and MoAllistor; Mise [arriet Lane, niece of President Buchanan; two Misses Lright, deurhters of the Hon. Senator Hright. The party remiin- ed until Baif past two o'clook yesterday, and took a ride throvgh the city. The company then departed for Old Point and dined at the Hygeta. From thence they go to Avnepoils, They have « splendid band of music with them. ARRIVALS. At the New Yor’ Hotei—ueneral Angelo T Lerrann, Uaptaia ¥ 3 ne rine, Admiral THE ATLANTIC CABLE, Additional News from the Tele- graph Fleet. Statements of the Captain and Mate of the Alice Munroe, LETTER FROM MR. FIELD. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE AGAMEMNON, Two Unsnecessful “Attempts to Lay the Wire. A THIRD EXPERIMENT TO BE MADE, Be, Rey ke, The Boston Courier of yesterday says the ship Alice Munroe, Captain Comings, from Liverpool June 12, arrived at the Boston Quarantine on Fri day afternoon with important intelligence from the Atlantic telegraph fleet. He fell in with two of the ships in mid-ocean on Sunday, June 27, and learned from the lieutenant of the Niagara and Mr. Cyrus W. Field, who boarded his ship, that two unsuccess- ful attempta had been made to submerge the cable, and that the fleet were about to enter upon a third experiment. We give Capt. Comings re- port, as follows:— At sea, Sunday, June 27, lat. 52 deg.5 min. north, lon. 33 deg. 15 min. west; wind west, light; weather hazy; saw two ships heading to the eastward; on looking with a glass found them to be the United States steam frigate Niagara and her Britannic Ma- jesty’s steamship Gorgon, of the telegraphic squad- ron, and as they were lying still I at once tacked ship and stood towards them. At 11 A.M. was boarded by Cyrus W. Field, Esq., and a lieutenant from the Niagara, from whom we received a letter bag and the following communication: — MR. FIBLD’S COMMUNICATION. Tho equadron had experienced very bad westher since leaving port, and were sixteen days reaching their destination ;that wey bad made two uasuccessful attempts to lay the cable. On the 26th, whon they made the se- cond attempt, they succeeded in laying upwards of forty miles, and were going along flocly, when the communica- tion suddenly ceased at 12:65 Sunday morning, June 27. ‘The ships then returned to the starting point (accor Jing to agreement), and were waiting for the Agamemnon and ‘Valorous to return. As soon as they ahould do s9,a new ice would be made and another attempt ,made to lay cable. We lost sight of the Niagara at 3.30 P. M., 27th. The Agamemnon and Valorous were not then in sight, and as it set in foggy soon after, I do not think the squadron joined before the next day. Mr. Field seemed in good spirits, and thought they should yet succeed in laying the cable. No cause could be assigned by those on board the Niagara for the breaking of the cable the second time, as it did not break near the ship. The weather was fine and the sea smooth at the time. The stormy weather had caused much delay and some slight injury to the squadron. One ship hada coal bunker break loose, and broke the leg of one sailor and the arm of another. They were all well on board the Niagara; the machinery worked finely, and the ship performed well in all respects. The weather has been very stormy and unsettled ever since parting, sometimes blowing a gule from the westward. J. 8. COMINGS, Master ship Alice Munroe, Jury 3, 1858—Lat. 47:30 N., lon. 47:80 W. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The above is the statement of Captain Comings Our own reporter visited the Alice Manroe at Quar antine—six miles down the harbor, last night—re- tarning to the city at an early hour this morning, bringing the following information procured from the first mate, Mr. John Richards:— The Alice Munroe left Liverpool on the 15th of June, three days later than the date of the sailing of the telegraph fleet from Plymouth. She experienced almost constant southerly gales, and was forced to take a much more northerly course than she otherwise would have done. On the morning of the 27th, about eight o'clock, saw the frigate Niagara lying to in lat 52.05, long. 33.16, and was shortly boarded by a boat from her, containing Mr. Cyrus W. Field, of New York, and a lieutenant of the Niagara, It was then foggy, but the weather was very calm. Mr. Field and the lieutenant desired Capt. Comings to take certain letters and papers relating to the telegraph expedition to the United States, and wrote one or two letters on board the Alice Munroe daring the hour or more they remained on board of ber. They also communicated to Captain Co- mings and Mr. Richards a statement of their doings for the past fortnight. They stated that both ves sels—the Niagara and Agamemnon—experienced the most violent southerly gales from the day they left Plymouth, and were driven ak far north as lati- tude 54—much higher than the rendexvous—thas delaying their operations for several days. The Ni- agara behaved in all respects like a thorough sea- going vessel, and was none the worse for the storms. The Agamemnon, on the con- trary, suffered severely. At one time the commander of the Agamemnon informed his first officer that they might as well prepare for a watery grave—he had no hopes of saving his vessel two hours longer, #0 great was her straining. Bat the storm subsided at last, and the Agamemnon rode out the gale. A most unfortunate accident occurred on board, however, caueed by the breaking loose of the “cone” which held the cable in its position on the gun deck. The cable “ got adrift,” and was pitched about the deck, undoubtedly much to its damage. Two hundred tons of coal also “got adrift” on the same deck, and caused infinite trouble. Two seamen were injured by these acci- dents—one of them having an arm broken, and the other a leg. ‘The two vessels and their tenders finally arrived on the ground, and on the morning of the 26tha connection of the cable was effected—the weather then being sufficiently calm. The paying out of the cable had scarcely commenced before the wire snapped. After a few hours detention another splice was made, and the steamers started—the Agamem- non and her consort for Ireland, and the Niagara and her companion for the American coast. Signals were kept up between the two fleets constantly—a message being transmitted every fifteen minutes. and all was going on wel! till about forty miles had heen paid ont, when the electricians on board the Niagara discovered that the current was brokea. This was aot half-past twelve o'clock A.M. of the 27th. The Niagara was immediately put about, and she had already reached the mid-ocean rendoa yous, at eight o'clock, when she was first seen by the Alice Munroe. Tt was believed on board the Niagara that the caase of the second breaking was a kink in the Agamem- non’s wire, caused by its disarrangement during the gale; bot of thi there is no certainty. Nothing was said to Mr. Richards about the working of the new brakes—probably there had been no occasion to put them in use. Mr. Field could not onceal his evident downheart- ednes: ne certainly had occasion for much forbo: ding. The theory that Jane was the most propitious month for carrying out the enterprise was entirely destroyed; the vaunting boasta of the Loudon Times as to the superior capacities of the Agamempon was put to rest by the narrow escape of that vessel from going to pieces without the aid of rocks or icebergs; and the two breakings of the wire at the very be- ginning of the trial—these were certainly enoughta dismay the stoutest confidence. Such is the account procured by our reporter from Mr. Richards, mate of the Alice Munroe. The Alice Munroe parted from the company of the Niagara shortly after noon of the 27th, and lost sight of her about four o’clock. The Agamem- non bad not then come in sight. The Niagara had hoped that her consort would arrive in season to make anot.ser trial that day; but as the weather waa foggy,though calm, it is hardly probable that any- thing was done on the 27th. For two days subse- quently th > weather was quite calm and favorable ; but after that there was another succession of heavy southerly gales,and the weather on the Banks, as experienced by the Alice Munroe, was exceeding- ly rough. Sr. Jonys, N. F., Jnly 17, 1958. ‘The weather is dull amd quite warm, and not un- favorable for the telegraph fleet. DISTRESSING CASUALTY. Ftve Young Women from the House of Merey Drowned in the North River. THE BODIES NOT RECOVERED, Friday evening avout seven o'clock five young women, named Asjaval Van Gilder, aged 14 years; Hannan H. Bryan, 15 years of age; Ellen Smith, 15; Margaret Flynn, 16, and Louisa Ever, aged 19 years, all inmates of the House of Mercy, under the care of Miss Richmond, im Highty-sixth street, noar the North river, proceeded to tha river for the purpose of bathing. After making the ne- cessary preparations all the girls joined hands and went some distance into the water, but being unacquainted with the presence of afew deep holes near ths Fighty-sixth street dock, they unfortunately got beyond their depth, and being unable to swim sank tothe bottom. Their situ- ation was witnessed by several persons on shore, who immediately used every possible effort to rescue the girls, but without effect, as they were all drowned. Not one of the bodies was seen after first disappearing under the water. The probability is, there- fore, that the unfortunate girla remained locked im each other’s embrace, and will be found in that condition. The facts of the occurrence soon became known to Sergeant Slott, of the Twenty-second precinct police, who called eix officers, procured boats, grappling irons and made & thorough search for the bodies till midnight, but without avail, owing probably to the strong tide which prevailed at tho time. At daylight yesterday morn- ing Inspector Coulter, of the Twenty-secand precinct, re- newed the search, but up to seven o’clock A. M. none of ‘the missing bodies bad been recovered. It is feared that. the tid® has carried the bodies further out into the river. ‘The search, however, will be vigcrously continued as long as there is any hopes of success. HELD IN BOSTON ON MONDAY NEXT—RECEPTION OF THE NEW ENGLAND DELEGATSS IN THIS CITY ‘YESTERDAY. ‘The ‘Sons of Malta’’ is a fraternity that has sprung in- to existence within the last seven years, and now numbers ‘The deiegetes from the New England lodges arrived in this city yesterday, aud put ap at the Astor House. An- nexed are their names Grand Loige—Ourtis Gaild, J. R. Glen, ©. F. Davenport W. HL Bowditch. . e Z a8 son, F. 8. Hill, Geo. 0, Braston, j(oue vee) Me ) N. H—Granite Lodge No. 1—Nathaniel ie vie May. fontatives of the solid andl liquid The convention w'li probally #i 0 days. The objects for which this Order has been instituted are not very cleariy defined; but it is understood that who- ever them will make the acquaintance of an ¢ie- phans of gigantic proportions. Superior Court—Spectal Term. Before Hon. Judge Bosworth. POINT OF PRACTICR— 1 ACHES—SURPRISE. ‘a ate Sra Instead of aiet unth a tral of lke claim in ment. In this case, after the surprise of the party he could have moved at once and obtained a stay. the ver- diet In the recond action been against him he would ast, probably, bave moved at all. Tne motion must be de- ied, with $7 costes, MOTION TO VACATE ORDER OF ARREST FOR THRRATS OF PER~ SONAL VIOLENCE , ray vs. Lenton and others —The Cotrndnate seve Vern held to bail in the sum of $600 on so a Assgulted the plaintiff and threatarfe! him with Perevecl violevee. They now move to vacste the order of arrest on aMdavits denyiwg the aswauit avd threats. To grant the motion it must be decided on aif savite tnat the piain- Wi Ras no Cause of action be tried in thet way When the cauire of acti the right a0 Superior Court—Spectal Terms Hefore How, Judge Ingraham. Jory 11. —The Aretye Fire Insurance Company of the City of Neo York ot. John S. Hickt—Motion granted by de- that the defendant be committed to the custody of the Sheriff, or that the piaintits have leave to proseoate the bond taken in this eare ¥ In the Matter of John G. Giraut, a Suppoeadl Lamatic— Injunction confirmed, and order granted sppoiniing @ committee, ORDER OF ARREST FOR RMBRZZE MENT. Jonathan Peel, Principal Secretary of Sinte for the War Department of Great Britain, ve James Sutton Ellistt— ‘This wae a civil sult brought by her Britaanic Majesty's Secretary of State against the defendant, in which ag or- der for arrest was granted for Mr. Elliot. The sais ts for $10,800, alleged to bave been embezzled by the de fondant. Feanret Mowraniry.— Died, in Abingdon coun- ty, Va., of diarrbeea, on the 22d ult., Susan B., aged T years; on the 26th, Campbell J., aged 12; on the 28th, Lydia E., aged 5, and Levi.C., aged 2;'and on the 6th’ instant, ry C., aged 10—all children of Gaspar Fleenor. On the 19th ult., Mrs. Mary Flee- nor die’! at an advance’ ome; on the 5th instant, Mr. Her Teonor, aq bent 70 years; ond on the 3d, Wiliiew L., sor ‘leenor, aged 4 yout