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ll YEAR. SEW YORK, THURSDAY, l'EBRUAY9, 1871, - rRICK TffO CMIS.

I iTIHUIORROR DESCRIBED.

ffho Numbor of Livca Lost StillUnknown,

BAST CORPSES STILL C.NDER TUB ICE,

THE GH0UL8 OF THE HUDSON.

A Train Sliding Down an IcyTrack.

! Tho Baglnnlng of the Inquost inPoughkcepslo.

TnniLMQ nrrunEs of tdk slaughter.

RECOGNITION OF THE DEAD.

Bearing Away of the Corpse by

tho Friends.

nOAD TO BE WORKINO Y.

fr'Blitful calamity on tlio HudsonItailroad on Monday nljiht, juit below tin

a'u Ion of New Hamburgh, by which upwardlives art now known to hare been lost,

naturally created the wildest excitementthe entire roid. Yesterday the confusiongnat, end the railroad officitli were to

reticent, that it wai almost impossiblean intelligent reralon of tho disaster.

iTHE a more patient Invciligtlion, andwith all the aurrirora who are accessible,

authentis facts were gathered I

time of the accident it a drawbridge,twenty feet in length, spanning a littleemptying Into the Hudson at a point about11. ile south of New Hamburgh station, andten miles tenth of Poughkcepsie. Tnlsis approached from tho north br a solid

On tho south the road is conon trestle work for a distance of about

hundred feet before reaching an'the trains were wrecked on thisand the casualtica wcro occasioned br

work.of the wreck and the bridge and

Tnt LITIS LOST

those of passengers and employees on thel'acific express, which left Thirtieth

New York, at S o'clock on Monday night,cicordmg to the time card, thould lute

New Hamburgh at 10:09, and nu due. . at 10.35 that night. It was one of theV awlflcsl trains on the road, making do stoppage

bctnern New Yoik tnd IVugliLreiIo. Tblspar- -

I tlcular train was composed of the locotnotire, an1m express car filled with freight and locked, oon--

trdnlng no messenger, a baggage car, Ore sleep- -

II ing car, tnd one ordintrj tnuuenger car at the

fi re"' '''" aleeplng car was bound forI IluOalo, and Mai Cll-- d with pateengers for thatJ point and placet beyond In that direction. Honif many passengers were In it cat not ret been

defiuitt ly tseeitaiiieil ; but it it positively knowna ihtt applicants for berths in it htd been rejected

I on the giouud tLtt all the accommodations had

I beta taken.m tut oiusi or tdi disaitii

baj wa an ac.idcnt to the truck ofa car on an extra9 oil train moving south from I'ougbkceptie. This

n train con.iilcd if from twenty-Qv- e lo thirl cara j

M it has not jet been ascertained defiuiLly what

If the pneite number , Some of these cartJ were ordin. ry box cars tilled with barrels j othert

f were fl, ti carrying bugs links filled with oil luH Vslk. At tlil, train pA'Std tbt Ken Hmnrgh' Ititlon from iquirter to half put 10 o'c'o k.ltstt

noticed tint 'omett Ing wat wrong about tie Wuev

ol ont of tne cert Force rerorit sty a wheel watbroken 1 otheri Cat an axle waebrok n. This car.not be detetmliicd ontll the truck Itf ell Is tithedout of the r Mer ondtr tne ruins of tbt bridge. Batwlitever was Iba nature of lue breakaare, It wat

i dlstovered wi.lle the Irtln waa pitting trie New

HainboMb tlttiou bout, tad tlie engineer begsoIbeckin: t.tt train lit whistled duwa brakes rpeateuir, bat,

T1U TRACK CIMO ICT,tin br let hao but l.ttle eflrcl, and tbt train run onont I It rtrock the drtbrn!ge. litre the absenceof nil ii Le'ween Ibe track allowed the track lofill tLrctiet and lodge, the shuck twitting tbe earnround m.d thro? In itoirr n tbe eastern, or u

trsc. 1 l.e Jerk of thlt nn .tb I roke a eouplli g iuthe oil tislr, and tbe loeomillve and teTeral cf thecan which wtre Intact moved lorard on tbt track,

ire wtcck behind. The eniiueer pallet ud

I lit'4i.to, tnd ,tin; ilic I'iciQc exrrtss coralnr up

lut a tl.t mommi, he leaped Irom the tr lo iud atlenu'ed to f.p the mrtft b) ilgnalllng danger.'J'Le eair'Si engineer taw tbe llznkl, and

IV'IIISTLBD DOWN UBA1H,at tbe Hire time directing his fireman to pot on thep. 'fi t lia cs. 1 lie fireman ut on the brakes on 1

lamped, ckrapln: with tomt bruises. Jnit tben tbeengine, Hi I tp nllrg onward reardlen of tbeIrakis, itubded two shriek', n signal lo takeoff thebrskes. It it supposed t at the engineer taw tbeUipueslblntv of stopping In time U avoid the obetractlun, and thertiure touk ibn alterna'lre o'dathlng thead with allsrted In tbe hope o( break--

leg tliroci" ti It. Hut l ci . the rOfect or either o1j tbee mirceuvree could rt prodrcert He locomotive

rtruck tl.e wreck ot the oil uirt. Inttantlr thelegion wts wrapped Inflame. Tl.e oil, IgniU.t

Ore of tbe engine, wat cttltrtd throughoutiwl.ole o' a hundred ree , communlratlng a quick

tmr con.bui Ible object with which It came

hi tu cuuiti. ai rn inn sthkaus or LtriNO flamidowa the i I it ol the Until work, tod slang tht

M tln.Ur. ol II e IrlJn, enteioplm all la atbeetofOre. It ii cre.l tne exrrett bargace and Ont t'eep

M lc or ot tit tsrrera Irtln, tnd In a twlnkllnctlie Ml.icUt ere a mist of fit me. It ran awarJn rlvirtoi Did uii lb Ice '.iw, an1 flllej thewhole ,c i. r circuit of mora ttian a bnnlredfeel. 'li bllptftlns flime. Tut paasenxert In tne

M atconJ tutting car. tnd those la tht retr ot It,S arr.n riom tl.urrnu. I.ti ami Kped will, tbrleki

ol lorn r, Intei.tllled bi tin f.arful heat to wbtcnM (ber ert luttan'ly txrosen.a mot a am i rtcarto, from the drt rar, wl.lcii, tiun.t vlinuluntoui Willi

the nil lilon, wit covered as with a ie or flstne.II l ujpiiei', buxeter, that the pimngeri In llii

I other era ena id None it ytt areknown to haI l,n hikl. The second and third tlteplac etr, wereI (lulrll on Die at thorooghlt aa the Qrit, but tuu.ev la t'io re. r were onlourltd and puibed back out ofM ds.ui.er, itTorJIngV miLTta roa Tin sirtitobs.

rollcwlni t e flrH collltlou and eommualcatloa o(tl.e flir the oil there was a report hiard like the

1 enpli.ilon o cinnon, tnd the air waa again Oiledwith name. It Is tnppoted tint tills wnt the

eiploa ol a aeron.l oil Uuk. How minjr oil carsren.tlneil on tn I rldce and trestlt at the lime ofWe eoiliUdi. ii j e undetermined, as all wtre burned.Tit) UtaUt klid Wii iot,B becamt o, and

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gate waj with the welcht of the burning wreck.wblchwet all precipitated upon tht Ice and Into tbt waterbenetth. The track at this point was abont twtlvtfcelalote the water. Tbt engine ol the eiptesttram wentdownatlhe Crat collision, carrt tr s wllh It

ii: ntRotc itotMiii, simko',and l is r,icnJ. llr. itarllctt, who was riding withhim. The loeoraotne. of course, tank through theIce tnd went to the bottom, wMch at this point ttabout tenty.flre ftet deep. The express and bag-

gage car,, etlll burning, folluwtd Into the water and(ink. The bigxage master, on tne Grit elgnal ofdanrer. Ihrtw bit door open and looked out. See-

ing the Imminence ot tht dancer, he lesped Irom bitctr la time to site hlerielf. lhe first sleeping car,la which tbt greatest loss of life occurred, wentdown when tbe trestle fell, and pcnrtrtllng partis'through tbe Ice, rested with about one-thir- of Itsa do abott water. Tbo part aboro water was illbnrntd off, leaving tbe wreck partlr lubrnerged,tilted with water, and containing tbo remains o' thtkilled, Tbe two care following It alio fell Into thewater, and were destrored. As soon is the flamesbad subsided sadclentlr to sllow people tospprcac'uthe wreck, tbe lurtiTOrs and some cltltcns of Newlltmburgh who had hastened to tbt spot began

siahcuino roa mi nomas,The first body taken oat was that of Dr. Nin-cred-

which wai fithtd ont of the wreck of thefirst ileeplng car. It waa found In a borrlblj muti-lated condition, the head being burned entlrcl? offand tbt tell arm nearlg contained. Otherwise Itwit not dlifigurcd, the clothing even aol beingturned.

After the reeoreir or this bodr no farther effortsseem lo hsve been made cntlt nearly 4 o'clock In themorning, when a train arrived from roughkccptlew lib nngi of w crimen, an undertaker, and phjl-clans- ,

Tee v-- r vices of the latter were, however, notneeded, is there wen no woonded to be cared (or.

lhe diiatter bad been complete, and merciful In tbtIhorooghness o' Its work. Its victims were allkilled outright, probably Instantly suffocated by Inbslini the fearful, pnetrllag flamt, which Insttntl)fllltj every p rtof tbe fated car. The work U btdone wat wholly that belonglnt to

TUI CMBttTAIlR'i BOMAtie,

and In tbt prosecution of this be wat directed by

tht raBrotd ofaclala to do aitrylhlng necessary andcnirge tbe bill to them.

Oa the other hand, tbe Company'a officers andtbe workmen they oroujlit Irom l'ougaktepsle Im-

mediately benn tbe talk of repalrlnf tht track.AJ In tblt tmoortant work they remained Indus-Irlnnti-

employed op to last evtnlog, giving nowbatever to the search for bodies. To

men In tbe employ of tie Company, bat at Ibc time offdoty, and tarrying In New llamburgb, volunteeredtheir servlcei and went lo work with an earnest-aa- a

deserving til pralseln the huaiant work ofKccovtauo ire a modus.

They continued tbe work Indriatlgably from tbetimi of the tubaldcnct of the Art until late lastevenlrg, and were instrumental In taking oat thereuialm of sixteen or trsenteen corpses. These menworked with long po'es or boat books, with whichthey dag In the Hooded debris of tbe tteeplnr. car,tundlag on the ejge of the wreck. As bodUt wtrebrougnttolbe turface ropes were attached to them

r.d tbey were dragged out upon the Ice and thencataken to tbt embankment and iplaced InaciritaHoned there to receive them. O.ber than tbritlo men, who were volantcut, tbe reicuii.g of thebodlet and taking tl.em to the place o' deposit re-

mained colly with tbe undertaker and tuea alst-anl- s

as be could procure from the brtunden. Intblt work uuny Irreipoi.tlble, and tooie dishonestpeeple found cmtlujment, and to tl.t evirhistlncdUerart of tbt nclghtorboud, tome tconudrcliwete oend to eiigtgt In Ice work onensibs fromhumane motive, but ri ally for tbe opportunity of

iocbixo tui I anions or TUI cxad.It was reported that a deal of this shsmc'ul workwas doue. One Inhuman being was seen to wrencha valuabb diamond ring from the fiuger ot Mrs,Peate, of llafialo, which he secured on hit ownfinaer. It is tald tblt morning mat Ibis wretch hatbeen arrested, bat tbe rumor lacks confirmation

It tceme lo be tttliractorlly ascertained that no

lives were lost lo any of tbe cart back of the firsttleeplog car. How many pasiengera wvro In thefirst ileeplng car It altogether conjecture. 1 be rail-roa-

oEciali aay thai tbey bare found tbe tallrdlstul tht emdector tf that car, bnt do aol produce It.According to their representation of lit contents, atcommunicated to Tux Sex yesterday, tl showedbut fourloen paneugert. Hut to tbow the fallacy

of t ils nor), It Is ouly neceitsr) to ti) thainmiTiix noDias

have already been taken tram the wreck ol that ear.How many more It contains, burled among tiebroken cooches and furniture of the car, and buriedIn tbt Jitnr. rannol even bt surmised, No efforthat yel been made to ralso the wreck out of tbewater, or to glvt tt any further explorations thane ih be done by means ol fishing In it with

tnd poles.Tie Inability of the rrllroad company to tell bow

many Uvea wtre lott tt seen bv tht statement of toeconducturof tbt trtba. He bad collected, he says,tfiV sleeping car paaienger tickets. Alter the accl

dent 43 of too sleeping car pasiengtrt went on withhim to Toushkeeptle ; 3 went bsck to Naw York ; S

went to bed it New Hamburgh, leaving lt.V mln-nt- .

In addl'lon there are five employees ot theOrapmy known to be lost, making 19.V In alt. Thenndeitakerhaa the remilns of Ihree employees andIxleen piticngcrt, snd the engineer tnd hie friend

Itirt'etl are still known to bo In tbs wreck. Ti.enone other vmplojee miket

TWIJlTI-TW- LITtS kXOWX

to bt lost, or i more thsai the Company pretend toacioant for.

'1 lie bodies of llr. Forbush, Ur. Olllrtt, Mr. and

airs. Teaie, allot Itaflalo) Mr. ItMirdlct of Cleroland, and Mr. Germain of llocbester, nrre sentnorth by tbe eatli train this mornloc In dirge of

ti.elr repictltt friends. Mr. Naucrede'a body wittakes to New York Ihla alternoon by his brother.It It pretly definitely ascertained that there were nomailt on tbe train that was destroyed, Hie throughmailt being rent out cn a later tralu, and tne local

mailt leattng New York earlier.coui'sta ik rna i Kruutiita'i daiidi.

Two bodice still remain In tbe custody of lhe un-

dertaker In I'oughkrepsie which have not been fully

identified. One It ttul of a inin about six feel Inmight, rstber light built, dark hair and hlzh ,

dark chin wbUkers ai d mou'tache, He was

apparently about 0 or ii rars old. He wore, when'oui.d, only underclothing. Ilia left side, from theshoulder to tbe hip, was badly burned.

The second Is that of a man about fire feet eightIn height, and weighing full two bundrrd pounds.1 u wore a heavy and full Irua gray beard, but nomoustache ; I, ilr of a darker shade of gray. He hadon only a pair of drawers and a night thirl. Thebud) was not badly bunted, hat bllitered In spoil,especially aboot the brad. 'Dili Is luppoird lo betbt body of W. C. Curry, cashier of the

SICOSD NATIONAL UH ur URIC.

The friends of Mr. Curry are espectrd In I'oueh-keepel-

to Identify It. A coat fished out of tnewreck near to the p'.ice where this holy was foun t,contained a sealed letter of Introduction addressedto Mr. lloMly of 67 Uleeckcr alrect, New York,which reads as follow!

Tim will he hinded yon by the bearer Mr. tt 0C urn, caitiler of the becon.i hatluntl IUnl. I.rlc, l'a.

Signed, B. II. Hr.NisO.V"

Another coat found In the wreck contained a

wa.let. In whlrh as a card, Inscribed:

: ii.'X''i.eiV,r'.V.L,' ':

WITH(iKonGK c. Al.l.R.f, :

: Impoiter and Manurieturer of Jewelry, :

4H lioidny. Sew tork.

Ths willet also contalaed receipts for muskeUfurnished by a maualacturer In Milwaukee, andseveral notes, Ho ttpe. and other artlclea. On o .eof the picture! was a slip of paper, on wblch wiswrilliu "Unit A. I.otcll." Acsid In tbe pockelof tLt coat lead :

; "i. j w'A'.'iiriV.' :: o, irj iruk eirvet, ;! No Vi.rk

Krom all Ihlt It la Inferred Hut II e rott belonnedlo the tin-- described unrecognised body, who w,tlUDiesed tu Im flirt. U. II IsiveU. U. b. A-- Tkt j

followloi Is a correct list of tbt bodies thet barebeen recovered, Identified, and claimed by ttrlrfriends:

Capt Harry Tt. I.ovelb Kew York.Urorge ft. Ilencdlct. Uttf elant, Oalo,A. A.OIIlitr, Uuffalo.A. W.mi, ttuffilo.Mtl. Vtaie. tlulTi.o.A liernia'n. Koc'ie'ter.Ir. Naocredc. New Vopg.TV. A. rorbnih. Itnffito.The ties. Moriill Fowler, wife ant tires cLI'.drtvI ncloi A. Itont, llatTato.Ororge It. Thompson, 47 Wall itrcet. New York.And two nnknon, making

aiXTtXM rAISISGIRS IM ALL atCOTIUF.D.Of tLt cmrloyecs or the Itallroid Company, tbt

fuhowlnrhave been foandl1'ctcr Voiburrh, conductor of the ileeplng eir.be-loccl-

in New Vttk.James Stafford, who ran a dammy engine In Kew

York, and was riding In the baggage ear with Crow,tbe basxage mm, and

Jamei Vosburgb, colored, porter of tbe ileepln; car.TBI tltnniC INC1MIR STILL UllltKO.

Tlit bodies of Edwsrd Blmmons. entlneer, andLawrence Mooney, brakeman on tbe rlecplng car,base not ret been found. It Is disrated thatKirtlell, of tte Oik ceo and Midland Ilallroad, wasriding with bUnmons, but nobody teems able tostate loitihcly. At alt evtnti, Ilartletl Is stUl miss-ing. Tie friend of JKr. Barns of Iluflalo, who wasknown to tskt a berth In tht fatal tlteplng rar InNew York, It still In J'oagbkcepstt, looking for tbebody, which kit not yel been found.

In tddlllon to these mls'lng ones, the Coronerreceived Inquiries yesterday for Mr. Ktntctla,

ITALIAN C0MIL AT UONIIlal,and Dr. I.ncca, atuched to tbe tame consulate, who.Ills feared, were on the train. Nothing has betaseen or heard of them In Poughkecptle up to thistime.

Ill SCIXl AT KW BtkRCtOlt T83TERDATbegcarcl detcrlptlon. The village was crowdedw llh country teams attached to all kinds of convey-ances, and from all directions, loaded wllli enrloaspeople come to gale opou the atful wrc. Thiseager crowd of morbid curto'lty seekers coverrlthe Ire all iroond tbe fiUl spot, and filled tbe em.bankmrntt of tht chasm, Tte railroad compajyhad two large gangs of workmen employed

nxrAikiNO inx trxstli and huidci.These gangs ncmbered at least one hundred men

each. Other ganzs w ere In reierve, and by a stetaof re'lcfs ti e wirk Is kept constantly rolng. Othergan:t of track repairers are at work on tht embankreentt, repairing the track wbero torn np, andpatting In twItcLrs to inn both tracks Uto one locreit this broken place. All these energies ale con-

centrated on retting the western, or river filetrack, In running order, which will probably beaccompllt'ied bv ro thai trains can pas,.The wieck of the fatal train Met half sabrnrr; 1 Intbe water, and Ice betide and Imldeof fie reins ofthe old trrrtle and bridce. The iwrm of railroadworkmen give the wreck no further attention thanto deitror and remove scch portions of It as may

chance to cooie In their wa) In tbt progress of theirwork.

rrroar wntTxvxaIs making to recover anv of the mtitng bo.1le, livea ti e swarm of enrlcus country people poke aboutwith tolci to see wlat they ran stir up. Fragmentso' broken ind aif bun rd trunks and eipreet pack-ages. He scattered about In all direction,, remnaetaof clothing tnd the wrtpplnrs of rasiengort turnedbeyond further nse, coter the Ice broken cars andparts ot eire, wliecl", with bent and twitted axlestorn and ruined, drapery from the aleeplng car,tempt ot gaudily coiorrd van te ring and oil rlotb,lining richly unholttered, seats and coochei black-ened wltn and taturatvj with water, tcraDiof hlihly plated wares snd hand rails, burs andsbapeles masses of sheet Iron once formtnx theroof, or bottles of cars, charred limbers, and everyconceivable lype of destruction Hlltr tht tcene nuildill this wrxck in I ruin. The remains of tho fated ex-

press train re clenly l:iceablr, thouiti tbe portionsof tbe oil train that wr'e dtslrojid art altogetherbeyond recognition, esse In

mssis or oLt iuo.e.The cbsnnel of Wapplngers creek si the point cf

the dlssster rsn beneath the drswbrldge, where athigh tide inert Is between twenty and twenty five

feet of water. At the toutn tnd of tbebrlJgethewtter rapidly thoalt, until It becomes five or tlx feeldeep two hundred feet away. Tblt spare wstcovered by a treitle leading to the tolid embsnk.mrnt bc)ond. The collision tnit caaitd tbe tcrtoasdamage occurred dlrcc'.la on tbe drawbridge, lhelocomotive of eiprcii trala tnd tbt bend of tlistrt a lisvlng eroi'ed tbl Iwo hundred or more feetof trestle, tbe entlne, when It struck the wreck of

Ice capitxed oil car, seems to have beenTHROWN FROM Tilt TRICK OS Till IAST

or Inner tide of the brldcr, end plunged Into tbew tier dlrtctlr against tl.e stone abutment formlrgtbe northern boundt of the bridge, ai d where Ibewater la deepeit. The Irci express car crowdedhard on tbe entlne, and when the latter plnntelInto tbe stream It followed, falling partly on top oftbe engine, aad rolling over ol to ll e Ice beyond orhigher np the creek,

cai'tniNQ Tirnorort tni icitnd slnklnr throuih In a broken condition. Turnfollowed tbe heavy baggact car, finding a temporarylodgment on the wreck of tbe tubnierced engine andexpreit car, where ll wit completely burned, Tbtiwreck filled tht channtt of tbt creek, and the restof t'.o tra In came tu a Hand "till on tbt trittle worktnd embankment at tbt south end,

They do not seem to have been Injured tt all by

tl.e collision, and were cot even thrown 'rum lbtrack. Dot the moment the

evoiwx trucck rui oil cathe air was filled with flame for CO fret In every direr-lion- ,

communteatloi fire to everytblni with which Itcame In contact. Ibis blludlnr, bllitcrl-ig- . Penetrat-ing flame doubtless filled the first sleeping coach

t'mnit Initunttneouily and suffocated Its excuoantaIt cnvtlepedlht second sleeping car it tht tametime thotgh with lets penetrating force, Ibe affright-

ed passengeri escaping by tbt rear door as theftreatrnleg tongnet of fin ibowed tbemttlvesthrough lhe ventilators In the roof end the tbattertdsnndowttt tht tides. From Ihlt car Hit escapingpassengers were compelled to pass through lhethird aleeplng car to retch solid footing which wasonly found al Iht rear of that car. These threesleeping cira were therefore standing on the treitle,Tbt cart In Ibe rear of them, two tleeptra and onecommou passenger coach, wore at once uucoucltdtnd ihoved backdown tht track beyond danger,leatlog tht three sleeping cart at

tui Miner or Tilt rLAUis,which had already taken hold upon tbe third beforeII was wholly empty. Thus tl.oo theie three carstood on the track enveloped In flainoi, tht treitle

eupportliig the track being also furiously burning,and a wild and spreading tea of llarae eoverlni theIce about In all directions, tnd thus they burned an.III the trestle gave way beneath tuem, settling gra-

dually nnd letllug thrm over on their tides on theInner side of ll e track, and In comparatively shoalwater, where the parts of them remaining abovewater continued to burn until tho water's ed.--e waa

reached. And thus to Ibis hrur they remsla, with all

THIlIt UORKIfcU elCaiTSot nntolj and uuiuepectcd doad. Their ponderous,tbtpe est oullli.es are distinctly traceable, filled withwsti r, on which ti nt trmkict of torn and unrecog-nliaui-

garments, tnd the finery with which thtywire orltliiaily rticoratcd. lhe margin of tht l.eup lo tie sery wrecks themtclses w perfectlysecure, giving standing phct to hundreds who oc-

cupy It, u nd amuie thrmtelvea by

risiHNU run lunriiiu on spoilt,and here Ihey will remain probably until tbe Hud-lo-

Itlver Ilallroad Company get their track fully

repaired and In running order, when possibly Iheymay be lifted out and their diead tecreti expoie-l- ,

tiring perhaps tad termination to tht anxloutof lhe friends nf mining ones, or In the deliy

the tide may float tbtlr contend away, and removefrom tench the testimony lh.it might compel therich rorporitlon to

lilSOORIII ITt THIlSCncS IN DAVA0I1

to those who haro thus been bereft of their mainrellnnce In life,

There sre but few Incidents lo tdd to loch as havtL bssa already subllsbtd. MiuUon should bemads

however, of tt.e caio of Mr. D. Van Stcsmbargh, ofFlshklll, who also docs business In New York, IUwis o.mscgtr on the wrecked train bound fromNew York to I'ou;hkeeps:c. He It a frequcat trarellcr on the road, and one accustomed to study bitcomfort. When loivhg Netv York, he sought

In Mr. Vosbunti's car, the flrsl one,bc;au.--e of his scqnalntance with Yosburgb, h

told him he had no plict for him, as hit carwiitull. Thereupon ho went Into the second car,where lit was it the time cf the collision. He bad

thrown off his cost end vest, and was doting at lb

time. He ertapaed, leaving his girmmti behind.His wallet, containing I'M, was In hit coat pocketand was Ijtt. After saving himself,

111 TDOl'OHT Or OTIIItlwho might te In the car, ar.d went back to renderthem arsUtnn-e- . Hi aided In getting Mrs. O. D.

l, of Chicago, out. Mrs. Farwell with heroccupied the foremost atateroom In the

second car. "nt tsenped la her nightdress, losingall t.er apparel. Her hcsbind lost everything outMs pataloons. IU ha f DO when ha started from

New York, nt l a I purcbued through tickets forhimself and wlfo to Chlesgo and teats la the extraclas car. He lost til his remaining money, as wellas bis tickets and clothing.

BApriLT

Ur, Darner, sitcjni.su for Messrs. Dames, l

A Co., of lhllilo, who It was supposed was

lost, telerrsphed to Mr. B. D. Itirnes ot this cityyesterday thai he bad arrived at bis destination andIs snhurt.

A man nsmM II ten'-'ist, a etttle drover, was Utbe first sleeping car, and rscspsd.

Among the passengers who wire on the train oftht Hvdson Itlver IMlrcad that wat wreckel wereex Judge Henry It- - I.oew, Treanrer of the MidlandRatlroad Company, and his brother. They were Ina sleeping coach tbst waa sot burned, and thatescaped Injury.

A LtTTLI COMMON SIXSI.A correpondent asks : " hy not have t system of

colored rocket lights en railroad trains at nlgnl 1

Had a few red rockets been sent up Immediatelytier Ibc accident to th freight train, II might have

prevented the olMioD."TIN 1 DOLLARS LOST.

George Is. I'ot, a trarellng agent for the msnu'a:-tarin- g

Jewelry house of Miller Hrothors at Newark,who s on the wrrckol train, escaped with s ightbrclse. but lost a trunk of simple jewelry worthaboot tlOO.i. The trunk was flihst up. but wistadly amaabed, and Ita contents were missing.

orr.Mtxo Till ROAD." ftfOsoN Kivii Ih rtiefietreel, Nrw Vdtx.

KeS. . -- A bridge titi en,iructad it New Itaiu-bnri-

ami tit trains on the Hudson It ver ttallroail willrun ,.,u.a,l, tga.a to VirVS-SDnnDltT.-

The Inqnesl In I'ouabUespile.rocoutiirsit, Feb. 8. The Coroner's Inqnest

In tbe cato of the recent rallroiJ accident ws commenced here Ufore Coroner Andrus, uponthe body of James Maffar J.

Tho first wltoets called was AttorneyWin, J. 1 bcrue of I'ouzLkrepalc, who leillflcd asfoil :

I wai In tbe reir car or the train and as'eep ; firstheard the ersth; cp-a- l confusion eniUi'd. and I gotout and walked np the outsit! t Ibe car oa theriver side. The entlne of lhe oil carhad paued my train before I went out.fart? of that train wat left on the bridge.There were teveral Link! o'oll on It. I saw nothingbat flames; tney were in every dl ectlon j every-thing teeoicd to be a meet of Ore. There wereturn ctri on tht bridge wolca had not fallen fromtho track. The fire must lave enveloped everythingat once. I directed a man I raw to nncoupie lhenext car to him, which be when we moved twocart back. Ail this occurred on lhe drawbrldae.My luipresnon l l.ai tour can stero destroyed. Itaw p.ierncert retting out of the foiirtli r fromt ie rear. The tire wai very hot; one would beepgtilnz from It id the while. .Ul thai could bo seen

onx caraT voirjMB or rut.There were streaks of smoke with the flames, tbe

Infer snoot. nz up fl'tv or one buudrrd feet Ifiheic had ben half a dixen Cit piled up they couldnut hive, pern seva lor tlie fli'not. It upeiredIcom the pxikt of Ilia ties trial lie car ran oil tooirirk K N w ilanibnrtu ,utian Tlie oil cur was

ci on fire until ttiuck by Iht locom.tlte of the uptram.

rUAM.11 CXUSfK, CONPfCTOB

o' tbe expreet trrla, tworn, tayi : We left NewYork a', six miua'.es past t o'clock Monday eren-lo-

; we should have left at 9 P. M.

Here Tristram Coffin, District Attorney, appearedfor tbe people and coaducled the proceedings,

Witness continuing I was tilting In the rtar endof the teeond tlceptng car with Mr. 8mtt, the con-

tactor: lie beard the flrit whistle that wts blown.1 assed Flsbktll fliteen minutes past leo. The wals-t- :

was probibly bloTO atTwiNiT-fi- i mNCTrs rxsr 10 j

was seventeen minutes behind st Flshklll ; oar limethere I V:'x. I beird the second whletle,tn t went oat on tht plttrorm in I

puttmx on the brakes. Mr, brott(allowed me out, and put on the brake on lhe otherear; us 1 cut my braxe nu and turned lo lake holdof tbe other I felt the enili eer reverse hli entlne.In a short time, two or three second', I fell a ,1 ock,and the car then went on fifteen or twenty feet, andIbeo came to a dead ttaoJ. 'ibcre veie but twosensations. I saw a glare of llirbt. and looking outsaw a in vi of flames. I was on the river tide. Thelettanl the train flopped tin light flashed np likecunpowuer, Tocrc wai ao fire tpl the engine itruck :Ibeod from tne oil c r Inen entered tl.e fire box ofthe engine, and becime ixulitd. ihe line of On, prang cp like a wall of flame. The Tore pari ol myc,r was then lu lhe fire. I heard no explosion. 1

tappottTHE OIL TANKS WBRI Bt'nST

br tbe engine running li.to them. Yoa coald seenothing because of tlie tire. Mr. tfeott and msttlrthen gut til tke pisifngeri oat of tbe car. The c irwnt then til on fire, It t, the second ileeplng nr.There wat onlr one In front of tt. The trtln con-sisted of the loeomotlre, etpre, dr. bitjagii car,five sleeping cars, and one coach. Wlunwewentout of the second ear t thought the flames wouldfollow back. All the ps,engers were then out ofthe third car. and Ihlt pirt of the train waa oncouplrd and slmrod back. Part of the nil train hadbrote loo, and gone south, un1 the other waafurther bick. When I cot to the third car the

v alform was on flie. That was tne rar Ur.had put the crake on. 1 then found wa had

taved all we could; that the three tlrcperancregore. I then went lorward lo tee what as thematter. I could lee nothing all tlie war np to li ebridge for tlie (times, wl leli tiieaied to rise solid yiwenty-fiv- t or t Irty feel, 1 kuow uolhlug moreabout tbt accident except

I HID Till NICESSART TRltOR t MINO.I have no ltwnluta knoletge at to tbe first eargoing off the trick; on'y roiOecltirp. The flrsl ar.dsecond sleepers were ou the bridge, and tho flameswere burning under the bridge on tne Ice. I heardno sound ot an) thing but tht roaring of lhe tlsmes.Peter Vorbarx w conductor of the Urn slveplngear I don't know whether the patent brakes wirenstd. I am certain no lints were behind the firstsleeping car. If tho rooe, had been pmled mvbrake would not have been affected alter I had putlion. The engine was reverted after wu had runtbout ten rods, We were

NOT TITINO TO mil Cr TIMI,In cold weather, our order, are nut lo make uptime. The englnrir wst considered a good man.Then' Is a flag man al the draw, Tne engineer saidhe told him lo put out a red light as he passed. Thefirst sin al we got wit forty yards from the bildge.'li e engineer ol the oil train had Jampvd off tocive a signal. I Ibtnk that tile can fit the oil trainwhich ran off w i ro ralhrr back of tbe centre or thetrain. As a ml , we are on time If we had notbeen behind lime lie teddent would not have oc-curred. The night was perfectly clear. Tnecurve tonth of the bridge would preventan engineer from irelng a car of) thetrack on Ihe lirttge. I nad taken no nilthe t'cketi In Ihe sleeping rar; you conld putthirty passengers lu the sleeping car, but twelvecould occupy the whole; there were two state-rooms In the first sleeping ear. but only one wasoccupied; 1 should Judge there were tlxteen orseventeen In the flrsl sleeper; 1 made the statementwhich appeared In the I'oughaeepile JAigli rulallseto having

SIXTT-rlT- SMiriNO-CA- ticiits;I found one or two more peitent who said theywere in Ihe flr't tlcetr, but wnen I camo lo lifttbem down they could not lell: 1 bad In my cirforty-seve- passengeri who told me they were InIhe sleeper; there were three persons who went lobed tlNiw Htmburgh; Ihatinadt thirteen missing!then was one chi d toniewbere in the ileeplng carthat I got a balf ticket from; I got no tlcketi fromtwo im ill children; I found no one to respond loa half ticket; theio were three brakomeu on tho

'"lore the wlluess described the patent brakes, butcould not uy whether they were applied, Theymight have hern and he not know 11, Tralnt run itfulltpeed over all the bridges.

Tbe Inquest waa then adjourned until t.SO P. M.

BPXINIJ Till arriHNOON SI'SION

Jamei I). Bcolt, the conductor of the sleeping car,testified toapoeltlvu knowledge ot Ihe fact that lhapasiengeri of all the ran, except the Ont ileeplngcar, were lived, end that the train was runnlogabout thirty mllca au boor.

Himmond V. Grout, conductor ofa tlteplng eur,. Uillfitd (tat dlriclli tiler Iks first shock bt saw lha

first sleeping car lying on Its ride, Inclining to theeast, and parallel with the track. It was In flamesand no kelp could ba given thoee latlfie.

The Inquest then adjourned uutll Thursday at 1o'clock In tbe afternoon.

Vp to this tlmo no more bodiot hive been recov-ered j but the grappling still continues. Alt thebodies found thus far have bean Identified. Tuorttre nineteen of them, as follows t

Oee.s Ilsr.Mlct.Clevehndi A. A Olllett, BufTilotArthor W. lytic sad wife, yioffiloi I.nelni A. Itoot.Dntraloi It. Urnittln. the Uov. tlortell Fowler tndwife tnd tnrco chlldron. Dr. Bamnel J. J. Kaarrcde,Itobert Voihurg. porter of the Warner car i JamesPtsfford, hew Vorki vt II. roibash. Untitle i i.eo.It. Tnompsoa, New Yorlci ieier vosburge, sleep-ing our oondncttr i Win. U. Carry, Kris, re. U. It.tavell, Sew York.

Two more bodies are yet to be recovered, that ofBlmmons, the engineer, tad Lawrence .Moony, thebrakeman, whlcti makca

TWBNIT.0.11 TICTIKS l!l ILL.I tm told that a chlld't oadersklrt was found on

tbe Ice marked Ella Shields. I have seen EdgarUnderwood, the conductor of the oil train,He lays tht accident waa caused by a broken axleon aa oil car. It broke oa the switch at Now Ham-burgh station, and at the caboose passed, tomt oneat the station "halloaed.' Everything was donethat wu possible to stop the train. He ssw Ihe oilcsr run on the bridle, and saw It about to cross ontie up track j tnt trait was thea nearly tloppel,when he got off on the np track, aal lilt brother oatte down track, both looking for tbo op train. Iliabrothtr Immediately shouted, "There comes theirsln." F.rery effort was made to stop It, bnt lllooked at If no power oo earth coull do It, He tawtbe locomotive strike the ear, when the flamet burstout in every direction.

niogrnplilcal hUrlchet of Ibe Drnd.Mr. Ilencdlct, who was killed, began llfo as a

printer's boy la the Cleveland 1trulJ office. Dur-

ing tbe progrest of hit career he was at first a news-bo-

of New York, next tries pupil of a farmer'sdtusliler, who taught bin Knzllsh grammar tndmathematics, and .classics and general literatureWltala eight years be acquired the position of

chief and proprietor, whicil he held until hisdeath.

sen. oioroi i. inowrsoN.Another victim Is Mr. Ororge II, Thompson, of 47

Wall itrcet, In this city. Mr. Thompson wis a ris-

ing young lawyer, and Uglily respected by tke NewYork liar. He resided al 10a Adtlpht atreet, Uroot-lyn- ,

and leaves a wife and child. Mr. Thompson lellNew York for Albany on tbo train, expectIng to arrive heme on Tuesday evening, lilt part-ner. Mr. Town, not bearing from him, and learningof the disaster, sent a friend to Fouxhkeepils,who found the remains, and telegraphedto the family. The body will be takento Mcnlptller. Vermont, to Ihe residence ofMr. Thompson a lather Tne bodr was foui.d hairunder a huge beam of lhe bridge, 1'arl of his limnsand trunk were burut away. llr. Tdoaipsan wasUirn at Mimtpelirr. Vermont, and was abont Xyears of age. He studlel law al tbe Montpellor

and practiced lor a II no In bit native pi.ee.About tulrtern )eart ijo he camt to Nr York andwas admitted to the New York liar. .He was orlrl-nall- r

connected with the firm of Andrews, Color &Ihompson but about three years bgo be becuna .1

psrlnerof Mr. Town. Me. Thomphon was a flr.i-h-

iawrir.sad througn bis twelve years' practice In lataells has made hosts of trtend, In his prorotsion.All diy yesterdiy the oBlce was crowded by themaoy Irlendi of tke deceased gmlleman.

Ctrl. UARUT U. L0TILL.One of the three bodies last recovered was IJentl

fled as that of Ctpt Harry It. Lovcll or this city.For many cara Capt Livell was enzazel In busi-ness In and about Wall atreet. He was a

honorable gentleman, and enjoyed there-- t

ectaaJ esteem of a vaat number of raced antshere and abroad. He was a so a member of theMasonic Iraternlir, and wa, rccegnla.'d as a brightand shtulog llxl.t by the brethren of Ihe mystic tielu conversation and business millers he was Iranktnd outspoken, dftfstinjdeje ltlon. Hi was generoustoafaull and very hu.plt.rjle. Copt. Lovellleav a tount wife wno Is nearly enrol at hergrettbereasoment. she was loruierli-- a rosidt-n- 'Providence where herself and liusoand Late manrrelrtives and tnends. Tsrouh the exertion, olMr. It. tl Johnton, a frtsud ol the lainl r tlio rematiisoK'apt I.avrn were broug it to tin, city lalnight, and are to ta lorwardei to t rortdrnce andbailed with Maionlc nonort in the fimily vault.

A New York Mcrrliiim' Death Ynrrnnl-Tlrk- rlfor llrrth No. 10.

Mr. Walter A. I.von of Cincinnati, who, saysILe Ketnwn Ttltjram, lives la New York, hasboarht berth No. Id In a iiuSalo sleeping car. Ilyaccident another goutltuian got this berth, and herot No. 8 in Ihe next cur belunJ Hewas awake at t'-- time of tho collision,and was thrown forward In his berth llosaiv thepeople rushing from tho car lie thi uxi.t theywere foolish, us he pelleted the cr tui naly emooff die track, tod, as It wis fearfully cold, he drtermlned rot to ttlr uutll lbc got on again. T'.cnext thing be nw was the rhee'e ttrlng of the eiron fire tnd dropping to lhe grouud In cinder,. Heinen suapooJ t iat tier Ii id run oil the track iatoa woou 0'i fire. Even theu he did cot ttlr until someone I'muted:

' Ijulck, tne car Is one Ore I"At t le ume time tnlck volumes of b'ack smoke

rushed In ihiough the fir end oi Ibe cir Irom hi r.lie Jumped up In hi, anlrt and panttloons seized icoat and one the, and rushed from I it car. Oo nlsway he manned to pick up his other th ie, an 1 dress-ed lilmsclfon lhe tract outside Ills other clothes andInztage were destroied. Not a moment, he tavi,coul l have elspsed bets sen lhe collision and tnebursting lor. n of tneflm.'S. Tbe grntleintn whooccupied the berth, which he bought, and lor wblchhe tl.oord the reporter a ticket ielerJi, which bee.lls Ids death warrtat, was burned to deata.

A singular Itnllsvny Arcldrut In th llergrnI'ul-Cau- up by a

An expresa train on the New Jersey Hallwaytartr out at 4 o'clock icatcrJa) afternoon. It had

passed hall-wa- throuih the llercen cut, the heavycloud of sniuke borne down by Ihe ruoiti ntmus-phei- e

hIJIng every ofjert on the trick, when Iheentlneer blew Ihe wbtstlo tor turning the brakes.Coulter, lhe o ileal conductor on He mad. who Inssnrvlvedtll iccldents 'or thltl) )eare, made his waj

quick y to the locomotive.'Halloo, Coulter." salt the enelneer, "I giiets

I've struck n man. He mnit be I) log tome four orfive hundred yards bica."

Ittlote reversing the enclne, however, theyJumped out to see how miners stood, nnd foundtbst the victim. Instead of lying a mutilated massbehind the trim, wis tlngulir.y on tbe cowcatcher,dying, but In no w ay mangled He la) on hi, b ick,bavlnz bten c.iujlit up In lint position, and carriedforward until lue train was stopped. Tvo menwere placed In position to hold blm where ho lar,

ml Iho irtln was drlnn on to West End. where theunfortunate nun died. He was a good looking,robust man ol u It rid co npleiion uud broAnuhbalr. He had on two pair of iri't'.,rr.

Two .Hen Killed by it Locomotive,At f 30 last evrnlng l'.tiirk IV, an and .lu:not Tee-di-

were stand ng on the track of the New J rseyltitlvv ay, nrilde an enL'Ine which wai taking wateral the end of lhe bridge across the Itarltjnat New llrtliiswlck. Theniilsent lhe escaping sti ampievenled ttnlr hearing toe apnroac.i of anutnerenelnr, whlrh was ' il.ting" a car into Irtec.ir-hou'e- ,

and they were i.oth run ovur and killed. Trul.m'swile died In child-be- al tl o'clock yesturday atier-uotn- .

Tyron Keatilrt'a t'orgerlei.l'ltlLtPELriiM, Fib, ". An exlensivo senei of

forgeries committed by Trrnu Ilrakirl, of tlie firmsof John Itrakirt .t bon and .l.tn ley. Heiklrl A Co.,wholesale diugglits. have been utirarlhod. Thosodiscovered are over IIUOUiO, and ere scatteredamong various wholesale drug firms He had overa dozen bank accounts, In aif of which he had

l"ans on forgM lleiklrt titsbeen engaged In private stock speculation, nvlngbci'U a large dealer in reading, and he has balancesIn nesrlv all the banks of this cltr, wblch he liadned to In r t tier his operations, but not sufficient tocover tho amount of bla forgeries, llolli the abovonuns ami Iteikirt't fathtr are among the victimsThe banks concerned hive kept Hie inuller secret,lu hotel of hnvuig the losses refunded; but Ihe details have ailasl been divulged.

JIOV1IS Of LKlHVltK.

Mr James Partnn will lecture In Association Hall,Fourth avenue and I'wrnli third street, this evening.

I.aura P. Ilolloony lectures tonight on "Char-lotte Hronte" lu ti e Iwe,fih street liolurinou t'hart'.i,Urooklrn.

J.O.Y ISI.ASI).

Tbecontrsct forcompltling Htewivrt'i railroid vaisigned on baturday, and tho road is expected to benniihcd hy July I.

The Kilt Illter Ferry Company are about lo buildthree new irou holts, slml'sr to tae Boatnatuptoo. andne si summer will run bemeen James slip and Hooter'sl'oiul every la minutes.

V Kit SOX AT. IX rKI.LWKXCr,,

Cbirlet W Joy has left the Trenton Bmtlntl.Kdwln Adams, tht nctor, can turn a ,

and Ittn Hiyanl cm ittod on bit held,Mr. Cbarlea T, McClmichan, chief clerk of tbe

Departmeut ol Public Works, was yesterdiy srpolntedas temporary Collector or Atsestmeats, pending MrHfMire ftlsltweilhse's

xo Tinixas rno3t the tkxxessbb.The F.flrcl of the FiltcReportlnk Trlbnne'e

I.nlrtt Cnnnrd In Vnshlneton-Iluilnr- stIn t'ongrete Hntirnded, nnd Ibe Presi-dent tllvlag at his Dlnaer l'erly.

WxiniNoroN, Feb. 8. This afternoon a rumorspread like a ftuh over Ihe capital that the Tennes-see, nub the Baa Domingo Commission on board,bad keen lost at ess, and all on board psrtshed.When It reacbel the floors of the fltnato tad Housebusiness wss almost saipsnJtd, ln aeats emptied,and small knots of members gathered ovir Ihe Hoosato discuss tho news aod Iti probability, Itartly hasanything produced men a profound aensstlon. TheFiUi RrjortUt Trttnm waa quoted as aathorltvfor the statement, and sooa the wires were broughtInto use to sppsal for light. It soon cams tbst therewas no nsws from tht vsJel slnca she left, and thisonly added to tht suspense which baa dally been lncreating, aa tht facti bars become more generallyknown.

It tt cow twenty-thre- days since she sailed. Thetlms to Samtca Is from Bra to stvtn days, and fromthree to four days from Ham ana to Havana. A

me'saat received from tht litter plica re-

ports no tidings yst received. An order wu givenby the President to Adailrat Poor to aend t de-

spatch bost to Havana at toon aa the Tennesseearrived. This botl should have reported at Havanaover eleven diya azo.

The Tennessee Is really on ber trial trip, havingbeen rebuilt and with new engines, and nit neverbeen on to long or dangerous a Irlo aa tht presentone. It It foared tblt the bit kid trouble with berenglnet, tnd hat been compelled lo retort to canvas,and tomt Intelligence It hourly expected. The Pre-tlde-

and Secretary ot Bute have been worriedtbout It for over a week, and when II was rumoredtl Is afternoon that she was lott It made turn an Im-

pression on tht former thit ha give up hit dinnerptrty and denied himself In visitors.

The wife of lhe commindlnt officer It here at abote) and does not etpreu any alarm for tbe aafelyof Ihe vessel, Her feelings, however, are notshared by otters, rid for once Sin Domingo baa ftwor no friends.

TllV TIU0I11T J. VA.MPHELL HALT..

A Ilarit of Olory, Flutter ef Loveliness,nnd is lllnvr of Dltllngulshed PoliticiansIn Irving IUII.

A brilliant assembly met last night at IrvingHall to do honor to tho popular yoang Assemblyman, Timothy J. Campbell. Ibe ball was tastefullydecorated with red. white, tnd blue streamersfrom tne dome to the gallerie, and the btter wtrefestooned with scores of Amerlcsn flags. Numerous'contains sent forl.i fragrant oJors, and birds of allhues warbled sseellr. A very hanlsoms trans-parency adorned one end oftbe ball, with tbe words," T. J. Campbell Assoclitlon, 1371," while al tbtother was a fine oil painting of the band-som-

Tim. Prominent among Ibe politi-cians were Judges Snar.dley. Trier, Hart-mm- ,

Klvlen. Scott, and Hovllng, Menl.Clen. Wm, M. Tweed, Jr., Aldermen Hill. Miller,Ilraley and tiller the venerable Stew-art, tbe Hon. Micincl J Shindley, the Hon. Napo-leon I. J. Itorart, Jo, in Pleklorit and a delegationfrom tba Oriental Club, the handsome J, W Doyleand a depotattuti 'iom llie Arr.ericus Club, the ubi-quitous Col. Frank Unffy. tne rsllanl MJ JamesDonohue, the cental Capt. .las, K. Doyle, PoliceCapts, ctlechy and Allal-e- . Warden Tracr. tbe Hon.Matthew Patten, President of the Association, Capt,J. It. Lvislcv, and Lcndreds ot others loo nume-rous to mention.

At precl'e'y U o'clock, the Hon. T, J. Campbell,accompanied bv Hiuator ThunJeraoll Norton, theHon Larry O'Brien, and a large deputation fromAlbany, arrived, an I rei elred a tremendous ovationIcm ibe ladles and ge'illemtn present. Danclogwat resumed n.id kept up until dayllrht, and allleft Or inlv Impressed villi the poou'arilv of Askem-blvma- n

Campbell and to dream of bis next annualreception.

TJ1E HM J.Y V1IAXCK.

l'nrlt Lonslnt for Peace The (Itrmana Pre-pori-

lo Overrun France Frofsicdal the Armistice.

Lonpon, Feb. t. Th Timet of In aneditorial upon Iho sltuitlon, tiys that all tbe for-

mation received from Paris Indicate! a lo glng forpeice at any price. Tbe French provincial prestgecertlly urge peace,

Tut qxrmans rnirttiNa to OTiRtr rruNrt.Tne Pally Xtut tiys the ParUlans will vote to

lay in entire dependence utoa the good faith oftne Germans. II Is Impossible lo complete negotia-tions for peace between the meeting of the NationalAssembly and the l?th, when the armlstlei tzpirts,and wlitn fighting mar be returned. It It said, con-

tinues tbe Xttei, that the Oermtii prefiratlom tooverrun tte whole of France, la thai event, era ofthe most formldahle character.

ruorosio extcnsiox or tnt iimmticb.Loniwin, Feb. 8. The Ilrussels correspondent of

the Ttltjram says that Odo Itussell. the lirltlshItepreseatstlre at Versailles, baa been Instructed tosustain the demand made by M, Favre for an exten-sion of tbe armistice. Its prolongation Is expected.

London's cirrs, to pacis.I.ondom, Fib. 7. Fifty rallwai wtgoas. Iiden

with provi'lons, enleted Paris on Ihe SJ, all bcarintlhe iLicrlgtion " London Oifia to Paris. "

Tho London Conference.Lonpov, Feb, 7. Tho Eastern Conference met

again today, with repreteuLitives In sttendancefrom all the consignatory Powers, except France.Upon lue ndjoiir.inient, taiunnees were given outthit a pacific solutlou of the eutlro Bailem quetllouhad bien attained.

Illness of Iho lion, Lisnreoce I). Klrrnna.A run. or was in circulation yesterday afternoon

that the poiular Clerk of Hie Hoard ot Educalloathe lion. Lawrence D. Kletnan wit lying ll thtpoint of death from Uphold fiver, A representa-tive of Till cn cilled al Mr Kiernan't rtsldence.IK) Ym Thirty tlltu itretl, late la,t night, tnd wasIntormed that Mr. Klernan waa pronoui.ced out oldanger by his physicians, Prof, tiara; and Dr. A. hi.U. Purdy.

Tom Allen', t'hnllenge la Joe C'ohiirn.Tom Allen, tbe of America, Ins

crtallenged Joe C.inurn to flant. Alien oilers 3,tJia'iisl Coburu'a ti'.dX). Coburt. Is to tlgbl Mace InAiril.

ri.ASIIKI VliOM TlIK UVKAX CADl.KS,

The war in Ilolltia continues.Hull fights In Lima urt revive 1,

Fxualor aud Colombia lie imrllng tt each other.The appointment of 111 cqiin llev a1urklsh Mia-lite- r

lo Uiecrc cause, a palmul lrapies,lou In Athens.Kwens's extensive thread mills al Manchester,

r.mlAoil. have neon tvirnort Viue huadred opeitllvrsare throan out of vniplo)tnent.

J.USSKS IIY I IUK.

Niithan Card's dwelling In Vnrw ick, Mua., waaburned on Tuesday. Insured ll.ono.

Ilmven A Franklin's Jswelrv maiuctorr In Wsr-re-

Sues , u ai tisrlialiv burtied vettvrday. Lost ttioutI

I)r Joseph Cross's barn lo North Hroid ttreel,riirahetti, N. J via-- . Itmned oo lucdir oigbt. Loa,,15 uoO i iDkUiance ',iO

A lirge four tlory lager beer brewery on Va,ti.tngtuii an Fttrril ,tree'i, Wtiliaiuiburgh, wu burnediciteiday. Loci, .'0.000.

The lost by the burning of the American StwCoiiipaov 's works In Ireaioii Is fully IO two oa mebuilding und IlO.OuOon the stock i tniuraace, t'jo.otn.

The stock of Mr. 0'I)rln, cn, turner, at S53 llow-er-

vvss dninsrd ny Pre lioo yesterday. Orflcer(I'llrlrn, la tttciuptlng lo save the iroptrly, wu badlyburnrd.

BP AUKS MOM 1 1I K TEl.BOItAl'lt.The Potion French It. lief Fund now amounts to

J32.CCD.

The New Jersey House of Ittpresentntlves yetleidsy luliOcd the rlltteuth Auithdment SI to il

In a ltilllmore saloon yesterday Isaac M. Purneltstruck James P Bcsggs on the bead with a pttcuer,and killed turn.

Oor. deary of Pennsvlranla his slzned the hilltneoriiurttlng a steamship company bettveon PbllHel-kbi- t

anl Llvtrpool.A ion of Wm, Cornell of Hirrlnrton, Mas ,

years old, wis drowned In vvirrcu river on lucsdiyoiglit by falling Inrougli the Ice.

A retolutlon censuring Hen flrint for InterferingIn elrrilan,, eireetally In New tork wai deleated luIbe Uhlo Benate eitrdr. Vaai, II ; ni), II.

Tbt Jonfreof Gatitlt of esterday morning tiyttint it Is authorised toronlrsniei lo toio tbe stateniei.itof the Aeie Foil Uttnut with reipect to lhe fisheryquestion.

I,tuc Watt of tttephentown, Ilensselaer roaatv,wtule crosttag lhe railroad with a load of rliarcusi,mi run ik'amsl h trsiu, and fatally Injured, lluhoraet wert insttuUr mini.

Voxel, Poilmnster (leoeral of Ntw Zealiad, leivetbaa iieuk.cofur Ntw Vork. WAMirigton. tnd V.urope

la iddlnoa te itetmaiiiii lubainy nitltert, htchareed wtui I a, atiotliiion of t losa at ttvia sauileeacotiaoa turlite r.w rtitrotai la Ntw f lai.

HB

IS IIB A MURDERER ORNOTl, Itub aTRovnnnvna, rA., uvedbm IK

tlKSVSCITATED, K

Clarhe aid Hmllli Interviewed at Ike Jir" Mey City Centrnl Police htallon-W- ha Wi

Came of llraglng Pipe of Tobisceo-- 'lClarke Telia hie Hlory, end Smith Uealee TKverrihlnir. f

James Huiitb, confined In the Police Central is

Offlce of Jersey City on tatplcloa of hiving bet MImplicated lu tha Btrondsbonrg, Pa., murder, aal X

Clstkt, a wkott Information tht other wai tr Trested, wtre last nlgtit Inierviewed by a Bon rt K1

porter, lliey in eotfincd la separate cells), aal 'Hwere eipirtely broujhl up to bt questloatd. Clark 'fmade hli appearance first. lit tt a abort, well-but- ll

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man, with t very ordlmry face. There la no as Aprestlon In bis face eteept that of Ignorance, and al Ifthis moment nf caullan and timidity. Hi looks Ilk jla tramp or pldcr-n- of odd Jobs. '

At the request of the reporter be took a seat, aal ftold his ttory at his ease, j

"Well, air," be said, " list Monday night I cami A '

here to get a loJgloc. and when 1 got down la U ."a j

todgtrs' room, 1I MIT IktTK,

He Is the rata it nt tro talking of. I htdat sees) jhim afore, jou know, but trier a w Lilt I heard hinta asking a Dutchman as waa bear 'Im for a plpertj 1

o' tobacker. The Dutcbmaa ha woulda't lei 'tat ,fthave il, aad Smith then goes to at tbo A

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Dutchmaa. I then tald lo Smith aa I bad beerd tag ADutch were not wcry liberal, and thai made bla i'V

talk to me, and bo told ma tht story at yon waatt tl fhear."

lteporter Now, suppose yon tell me whit he latb '

to you, and make tt ti nearly like hit words ai yoacan.

Clark WttL, ilr, he laid to me, be did bat thbt (

won't do me aav harm, will it ! .iThe Chief of rollce ad some others who went

pre'tnt, inured him that be had no need of far,ind he thea contluued t I

"All right, sir, If it don't hart me I'll tell rott, 1

but yoa see, if ll would hart me, I know enouzh tekeep ttlll. Well, ilr, he tald as bt had one got Inte it t

afl;Ltltli tome Dutchmen In a store, he tad .1;

comrsld end the Dutchman follerel 'em out and aloni or toi DcrcnntN oor inor. 'H

Cut tfailth atld as he had been shot too, aid he .

showed n.e bis srm, where two buckshot bit bias,He ana till comrade were arretted, but he and Ibrokt out and rtn twiy, but the eomrtde got ilcky 'and they had to lay In a barn. Ha left him after I '

wbl e, because, you see he roulJu't carry till comrade; ion ,ils hack, and he raid as he vvnnld have done lllfhi Jcould ; but he couldn't, and so bo left blm, and hutcomrade was arrested again, and be got lour yetra.Hut he got t way, and they dlJo't get htm since,Thai's all, sir. ,

Iieporlcr Did he tell yon that his comrade ha4 .11,been lunged 1 f

Clark No, air ; he said aa he got fonr years.lteporter What did you do wjeu yoa heard big

ttory I '

Ci irk Well, ilr, I tald as they would irresl hint '

If oa tuld that ttory la Little WaablagUa over ban .or In Siroudihourc. 'i.

Itenorter What made yoa tty that, Mr. Clark I rvClark Well, ilr. 1 saw aa bia lookt waa lust llki i i

thme of t mm aa was arrested over here la Little fWithlnglon li't lammer, aad that 'era man val ofarretted becaa ILta laid )

ut was Tin STRAHDjBocao iicaotnix. Ilteporter Was tlial maa arrested on account of '(

his loons t Did he ana w er lha description ottos V!

mneiterrr f :Clark No, ilr, not as I heerd of. I heerd Ire wai jtfll

arretted becai he tald sometulng about bit rilla p .Inter, and It was a palnttr as wvs the Strands- - tillLourg murderer. Leastwise, to I beerd. AMIIlepor.er Accordlug lo tail, thea, Mr. Clark, Ifffll

thit man's restmalaaee to the m,a trresltl Ik MaliLittle Waihlngton dooa not illocl tat qutsttoa el JrMlbis guilt ?,M

Clark I don't ny as ht it guilty, ilr, or Innocent. ifwfllI oug . t to be a lawyer, I guess, lu talk bore, builth 'imlmay be a president, lor wot I know. 'itIIlteporter I understand, Mr, Clark. ,HIClark - I knows nothing tb ut him. I'm only a , , j Itedin Hmlll.'s tory 1 don't lay his lookt bat tig 'imlnitinlng. I only aay ts be looks like Ibe otaa- - 'ijl I '

man. lAIlieporter Whit did he lay when yon told him ISvBlthit he would be arrested In rjtroudaboarg Lf hi tfMJtol l hts ttori f (Hi

Clirk Well, sir, be tald aathty would havt te VMllei him go again ; but he didn't aay anything more imlthen, and looked at me as If ne wanted to remenv tolloer my far. I waited till I bad a good chance, aalcame up and told tht Captain. I've been la a die VMllerent cell ilact, but !

Tiixr don't triat hi naur, jfllIhey don't. They don't give me half enough lo eat. ', I

Chief ot Police (istontsuej) I jua't know thai. imI'll ,ee to your case to morrow. 191Clarx (Irlgl lened) 1 don't sir is you did It, air J fWl

bdtluev're me as ll here a witness. iillilteporter- - Mr Hark what made roa toil the Ca !'tlllain here ot what Smith ha I told yonf jfllllira1 kurw about lue other atory, sir. I had imlheerd as lo uicu weut Into a Dutchman's atore la ifllbtroadsburx a couple o' years ago, aud rob04 ilflllometllog out. tud they waa tollowed by "IItho Dutchman, and tley thot one ol 'em. JBI

I remembered thai, because It happened illnear when I worked, and 1 eerd as one murderer I galwat caught In a bare, ant tht other hi ran away,and they diln't ketrh him, they didn't. I'mllieporter Did tmlin lay wnere this qairrtt ef '"Ibis nad occurred I VAI

Clark-N- o, tlr; ht didn't say as It was any place HIat til. or any lime. He only said at 11 wat long axe. MlAad that't tl sir, at he tol.I me. iml

Clark having concluded hli tlory retired, maUirlag something tbout ' I gutst latm a gola' le iHLbang tnt afore I know It." (9 1

Tu prisoner, James Smith, seas then called up, jfllHe Is a little aoova lit ordlmry height l.fliind of medium build, with a pile lac, 191tomewhal gaunt, and a tllght goatee of IltUl bios. 'Jflllie bat a slight Indentation near the brldze of bla tfflllnote on the riht elue, but oo the whole baa aol IfflTIhad appearance. Tbe reporter questioned hint, 'fllclosely, but could get llttlt or no tnlormatloa oa ,'fllof blm. I BI

IIB OIXIXIl TDI TtUIII Or CLAkS-'- l ITORT 'tfllfrom beginning to enJ, saving that tht word ill" Dutchmin " Had not occurred between them as HIall. The canveriitlon between tLeui, at eaid, had Jfllsristo with somt rennrk made by Hark aboal tilnls arm. and the tn.ut.lj he bat In keesv. !Ing a swelling in It down, He had thel Ifllshown blm his utvn arm, In which there had beet fllt so buckshot woundi, which be bid received at tbe fllli,ml ul a p. lie officer from whom hi fllwas trying to oscape tu Connecticut. Hli flllory told lo C.iik. he iild. had Pern about hlf 'fllsrrest near llrulgeport for fighting, aod tbout hut iflltwice breaking JalL lie dtnied baviu, said Ihlt hi '.fllbad ever thot an) body or anything, and p islllvely iflland rcpeatodly ne. cried tat he had never III'i.eard or rent of the Htrou.lsbourg mur Ifllner. or ever been in or near btroud,bourg. 1HIlit a Jul It tc that Junes bmlth was mil hit only Iflluime e. ut reused lo glvo his tllaaei. He (flldomed ever having been Imprisoned In any 311thing vvoree thin a county Jill. Ht hid 'IIIwayt lived near North Ca,lle, In Westchester tfltjcounty, tl wotk for a farmer, and Ltd never illeen lurc beiine The eagerness with which he jflldisclaimed all knowledge ol Mtroudsbourg and' ifllof the Hirotidsbourg inurdi r, was pernipt not re- - 4fllmarkable lor t tnan acrtisnl ol murder. ifll

A reply Is bring awaited in Jutey Cllr from the, ifllauthorities In ritroudsbourg. lo whom a telegram, ifll .

had iiiin.cdi.iiely bern seut, atkinz fur partlculart of 'HIlinpoilauce to this case. jflljomxus a im it rotr.T. jfl

Thom't McQuInn, aged M t (11 Downing atreet, 'Id e l suddenly ou luesday n jMary Hocler of llfl and .1 ' Ihnle of W7 Ilarar4

streti wcro lound dead la titti' r spcctlvt retwet yet--tcrtlty. J

The Hoard of Itdurntlon lat evening ssataaa M V3Bthe following new teailiers : Mi,, Wiliielmin, si jur IHsteal, sclmol Nu. Mi Ml .lulls A. Hinllli. No U , SJIM SBAnnie McVey, So 3 and Mr,, haoiy aujho of sauii Uschool. FT

Tit Wet Slds Association of Property Owner IkIssttteuliig revolted tu pitiiion the Leguliture for tIhe lnue of a punlio iiitol or tork. wlih al lead thlrtp IIyear, lo run. to he applied lu tin cuuiplelion of toe IIboulirards, arcn'iti, and pa,k. .Jl

John Kcillr. alias Miller, an old mm without t 'Tjresident r, vent rday inontderel a well clothed do in sis 'JiOr ire In flout ol tw llowery. and wus miking 01 still 'la I

tl a neu t cicrs irreilcu him. He wai locked up, rf

ITASIUXOIVX XOTK.1, jfftmCo'lector Murphy had a long luterv lew with tke .tj

Pretident yesterdat. 'iSecretary Iloutwell claims forty msjority la Iks) (

llouie aziluit the rrpeil ot tne Inei'iio tu .5

The hearing In lhe cue of lhe New York Central 1 V

ltailroad icnp dividend tax has been pvslnoned tall lIhe IHli Inst. X :

The bar of the United Hlatei Supreme Court wO . i

meet on uiornluv; with referi-'uc- t totheprsa,pi.iol ttuey hunt.

It has been deilded bv the Comniltlee of the '' .

Nitlousl re Memorial Association In erect la'

Stone Vlonumenl at ll.e intersection 01 laevenlri ilrett 1.

nd I'enoil.aull aveaut, p I IThe present slate nf nor trtdt with Canada al i J

rtprr, rated ti very iin,tl,lirtiiv a balance kialu 'tnt l otted ntaift ol nearly IH.ii.iO.ooo appearing la tka j mmttlittlct of tbe last bual rear, tfljlA special lo tm Commtrclal tiyt tht PreslJtnt itnfll

Mua lor jeiterdty that a propoililsa a si tlaawJI(rout hiiaUud lor tu Iruiuediat rettie OmmIlntlmateulio AlsUtna etaluu,aud IkatU wm etettyaet tfmm

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