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EOEEIBI.E SUICIDE. immediately after the sounding of the whistle of the 8 o’clock A. M. ex- |)ress train from New York at the New Eochello depot, yesterday, a gentleman, very respectably attired, started up the road with his hands folded and head droopedj as if laboring under a depression of spirits. After he had ijroceeded a short distance, he halted between the tracks of the railroad, and stood as though fie wa^ waiting the ar rival of the train. *The engineer and brakeinen saw him, and presumed he Would keep cleat* of the train; but on its approach, he threw himself right across the track, in front of the loco motive, the whole train passing over iiim, literally smashing him to pieces. A gold watch and chain, also smashed to atoms, were found on his person. In bis pocket was a wallet containing a roll of bank notes, and two business bills made out to F.‘ C. Gray. Coroner Huntington was immediately sent for to hold an inquest. We learn that the unfortunate many's name was Franklin C. Gray, aged about 42 years,' a wealthy merchant of San Francisco^ California, where he was Al derman for two years, and highly re spected. He had an income of $3(5,000 a year, which he received regularly, in monthly remittances of $3,000. He brought letters of credit from Cook, t^almer &'Co., of San Francisco, about 15 months ago. He has since been residing, a portion of the.iime,' in Washington, where he recentlymarried a young, beautiftil, and highly accom plished lady. He had recently purchas ed a house in New York, in the Fifth avenue, which he fitted up -In a mOst magnificent style. Last week, while laboring under an aberration of mind, he disposed of his house and fufniture at a sacrifice of $7,000 to $8,000. He advertised his furniture for sale;'and, on persons going there, they found that he had sent for a furniture broker, anci had it all taken away. Recently, he was introduced to Mr. Foreman, of the Paviilion Hotel, at New Rochelle, at the office of John Cook jr.. No 98 Broadway ; and after some conversation with Mr. F„ talked of visiting the place. Yesterday \he again met Mr. F.. and at once decided to return with him. He came for the purpose of looking at the rooms, and promised to bring his trunks up the fol lowing day. He appeared to enjoy him self during the evening, and partook of a hearty supper. He said he never en joyed a meal better. He was in excel lent spirits, ‘ Mr. Foreman in accord ance with the wishes of Mr^ Cook,, did all he could to occupy his mind, as, for some time past, he had been rathef de^ pressed. In the evening they went to the Neptune House, to have a game, of hijliards, but not finding a table at lib* erty, they returned, and he went to his room immediately. . > * On returning from the Neptune House, it Was agreed upon that they Would proceed on a fishing excursion in .the morning, of-which amusement he said he was remarkably fond. JSTr. Foreman invited a number o f ladies td accompany them, with a view to edify them as much as possible. When ev erything was ready, and he ascertained that ladies were going, he said he: did not feel well and declined ta go.' A short time afterward he went out at the Western gate in the rear of the house, and after going a Short distance, turned and looked as though hh suspected that some one was watching him. Not sup-, posing that he; contemplated^ anything wrong, no one foUowed^or-tOQk further 'notice of him. ■ His wife is expected from Washing ton this morning, to join him. He ap-^ peared to idolize his wife j and only ai. few days ago he made a will, leaving her all his.property unconditionally. We have said that the body was ‘dit-.; ©rally smashed to pieces.” If this state ment be literally understood, it will convey sonie idea of the appearance •which the body presented. Not a piece of the skull could be found larger than a penny t Both arms and Ihe right leg and foot shared a similar fate. ; f h e irextebrae is in several places brokep, and the left foot smashed to pieces.-— The brains, mangled flesh au(i iptestfoes •Were scattered in all directions. Here •was a broken leg, while there was, a part of a hand, or some other portion of that human frame in which life and spirit beamed a minute before. Tfi& hand that writes this description gf ja most horrible death, gathered up the scattered brains and mangled limbs, placed them on a plank \and assisted to carry them to New Rochelle depot.-i— The horrible suicide occurredj about three hundred yards^ northeast of tfig depot. The ^body lies at .the depot awaiting the mquest,, T he “ W hite H ouse .”—4r eprres- pondent of the Christian Mirror, ] who signs himself “ A Pastor,” makes the following statement... which •wilfigratify every pious hearts “ Ir am sure that, many parenta will rejoice to know, on unquestionable au thority, that the j^fesidential Mansion is a'house o f prayer, Paify spcial 4e-: yotions, snfonded on i^abbath morning by all the inmates o f the house, togeth er with the constat recognition of God at table, while they mark the highest household- in onr land as fexempt fodni the malediction pronounced against those fahailiesr 'that Cali not upon the* name of JehpVah, may serve to endoiir- ;^et?hrisfigiis,.and;set a good e?atople €l)c D m ocrat. , R O B E R T E A R L , E di - tok . MEETING o r THE.SEMOCSATlq STATE ( j _ At a m eeting of. the Democratic Republican State Committee, held pursuant to regular notice, at the Astor H o u se, i n the city of New York, on Friday, the 15tb day of July, at 4 o’clock, P . M ., Minor C . Story, o f Dutchess, w a s elected Chairman, and Jam es I. Johnson, of A lbany, elected Secretary.—• On motion, the following resolutions were pted.;ted adop ; W hereas, i t becomes this* S tate 'Com m ittee,' lenting the Democratic party o f N ew ' to declare t o t asioutd'dei the Tfnion, its adhesion, i to the doctrines --------- th e D em id tl as repi York, upon ocracy of>th( its constituents, to th e doctri enunciated at the Baltimore Cbnyehtions o f 1844, ’48 and ’52. to declare its approval o f the seatinl^nts o f the late Inaugural address, and to set forth the view s and p rinciples of its Democratic con stituency upon matters o f State and National importance, Therefore, . Resolved, (1st,) T h a t \v e reiterate our at tachment to , and approval of the Baltimore platform, and heartily congratulate the Democ racy of the TJuion, on thefiocirines avdWed by President Pierce, id lus Inaugural address to his countrymen, believing that the ’doctrines s with the t tn be —and also with the princi- l regard fundamental,lamental, thathat t i o f this ebn- rce or col- de o f the. ocean by any for- pow e r beyond present jurisdiction^” as „ inadmiSsal Resolved,; (3d,) T h a t the Democriiby o f the State o f N e w York reraffirm the doctrine hftho inaugural ------ exists in diffei ;nized 3ns—th a t * ed the * compromise m easures^ are'strictlycoi stitutional, and to be unhyitatihglycarned ii to effect”— that,“ the.conStitptedauthorities o f this republic are bound to regard the rights of, the South in this fespect, as \they would view - any other legal and, cOastitufional right—and that the laws to enforce them should be fespec ed;an<T obeyed, not with- a relactanceencouraj ?6,com ;s,:’are- A c cident from C am p h e n e .— A'.'^O' aian by the name ofi Slocum, in this city, was most homb|y burngd last* bv - ening, by the b|i?gtfog o f a, Gamphene sorial ac adopted ____ members, (hat e^very Jaw by the constituted authorities of the States, including the, F u g itir- - he faithfully enforced Withir ive Slave in thelim-* amendment to the c o S titution, d e si'gilkto pro- vide for the enlargerafent and'completion of tht canals, in accordance w ith the pledges giver canals, in accordanc. ___ _ ___ ^ by the Democratic party to the people liilt m ainly due to the un,j pledges giv en )p le, 0 f the , -a result m ainly due to th e unyielding efforts o f Democratic Senators, Upon Whose Jeno-ocratic F one ( dected a t t ction o f sU JifliES. I. JoHj^soN, Secretary.. MEETING OF STATE Above will bu found the proceedings gratifleatfoa fiy the Ilempcf^pv p.f .thg; $tate.; The Resolutions: > in . refereace to Gen* Pierce and his Inaugural, are identical with those introdifoed into the Assembly by .Hgml). Taylori •which o^ their rfiual passage in ' that body caused such a'stampede among Deflio- crats who had not dourage enough “ to face the -music.” . ' . IS W A T W ' . -d This b od y is stnHngessioli 7 hnd'siil (!6 3 wrote la st, is .pnly on e w eek ^ile,arer its en d . W e w ill b e glad , to ’ ch rou iole its a n d an d •w el^ ra eo u r rejjresentafives hom e from th eir arduous labofs:^ 'i'he supply'bill sd em s to b e \about tb e on ly thfiig left tp talk ^ Ijout/and tfipt w ill fie talked n ear to d eath an d th en w ill doubt* less p ass; •' '' ' Tl,«. bar ji/cbfflpany'i'ob; the construclipn .pf a Ship Ganal arpuud Niagara F a fc has passed-; The Gpurt , for .the . trial of the ImpeacHment has\^ not yet'been-assembled, dlffiob|h Mr. Matfier, the aPcilsed, Is, rda^y and ious^pfitriafi Tins delay is unparaon- able and outrageous; but it Is a part of thesebeme of vengeance which has to be pished out' i Thouknd of husfids oi^ heated (jgrn'havp been shipji^d Troni tlHicago a fef! \yeeks. The Bafalp mar* ket is overrun •with damaged and heat ed corn, .audit is^ being sent to New York ^S; fast a? transportation can be had.' . Theie iti§ used by distillers, who buy St at almost their own price. ^The practice of making ]Vhiskey of heated corn getting to fie quite commQn throughoqt the country. ^ ^ \ ■ I Godey’s LatJ'y% Hobk for August — ....... ......... ^ Is ondur table. The'^Yiflage'Rear^and attendfos physician,J>r. Jennings, that and i f any ot our readers ques- SiEfS i s but little if any hope of her re- tloa the, propriety o f our taste,^ they had iY- Medford Standard,, IMh* ’ ^ fietfor purchase this number,. ■ THE OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE. The Crystal Palace was opened on the \14th instant^ and the ceremonies were grand and, imposing. Thp Presi dent and several members of hia Cabi net were present, and many distin- ^guisfied persons/roiirt^ United l$.tates and Europe. The exhibition of articles; is said to be very interesting. The Palace is not yet entirely completed, and the articles for exhibition have not yet all arrived, ; The New York Uity'papers Have been filled with the reception of the Presi- ' dent,, speeches, &c. But we have no space for extended acepuntsi Suffice it to ■say the grpat exhihitibn i s fairly under way, and the gteat Meti*opoiis is filled with visitors from nearly Cyer^ paTt of the civilized world\. , ~~DESTUCTiyE f T e E. The village of Little: Falls has been visited with quite a destructive fire, the foUowingnccount of which we find in the Mohawk'. U om er of last Thursday; Our village, though seldom thus se- yerely visited, has not wholly escaped the calamity o f late , befalling so, many other places. A quarter before 11 yes terday forenoon, a fire broke Out in the Paper-filill of R ichmonds andPMdE; pn the south side o f the river,* which .wag soon oo:asumed,; with nearly all its val uable contents. Fortunately, there was but little , wind*; but:; the exces^Ye drought soon made the neighboring buildings an easy-prey. Thp large Ma chine shop on the east,.? occupied by L C. C unningham ;, a Furnace, occupied by M> R bdpy ; and the Gfocking-Yarn Factory o f G ay ,& B arber —all owned by the Hon. A. L oomis —were next destroyed ; also, a small Paper Ware house belonging to Mr. P ajge , On the west, a small building used , by E. F. H oyev as a Flax Factory* was totally destroyed; and the Machine Shop known as Reddy & Cunningham’s, was considerably injured. The amount of Loss by this disaster is estimated as follows: Richmonds & Paige, $12,000. In sured |3*0Q0. A. Loumis, estimated loss, $5£OQ0»— No insurance o f consequence. ' Gay k Barber, loss $6,000; insured $3,00p, ■ J. C. Cunningham, loss $900; par tially insured, M. Reddy, ios3,$3J|pO; no insurance. \E. F, Hovey, loss about $500, Ful ly insured; The fire was, doubtless, accidental, but the manner pf its orgin is unknown, ,Our Firemen discharged their duty with their usualfidelity^ notwithstand ing the present disorganized state of their Companies-—an uvil which we Varn our citizens it is high time to rem edy. P„ S, A t the time of writing this, (4 o’clock P. M.,) fire had cojmnunicated, in several pIaces,-.to the waods west of the principal “ Rollway’,» on Fall-Hill, and was rapidly extending, F ather ^ G avazzi ’ s i L ectures and LiFE.-^MebrS, Do Witt and Daven- portfiave just issued a handsome vol ume, containing the lectures of Father GavazziJn New York—the same whose' repetition in Montreal so violently ex cited the ire of the Roman Catholics there .as to lead to riot and bloodshed, Witfiout taking §|d®3 on theiquesUon of Roman Calholicism, ^v’e must, in com mon with every American, wholly con demn the attempt of the Roman Cath olics in Montreal to violently suppress frfedbJU.of* discussion in,the,person of : GavazzL Wo confess also to an intense 1 curiosity to read the Lectures, which have excited'stich gfavfi consequences, and we, find that thgir-. character has nqt bgen overrated. They are exceed ingly pungent, I '> The present volume also-Contains a copious fiifo” dif the Father, ^tpwn to the,moment offi|s departure from New York. Tho workis heautifulIy gOt up, Price, 50 cents, paper ; 75 cents, cloth. A ccident ,—Just as we a^e going to press we |earn that P^atrick Donohue, engaged in Lafiin’s .Paper Mill, got his head in a .belt' at thd mill and was so ; Severely injured that hO survived bqt . a few hours. He is about 30; years old dhd leaves ^ wife, and child. TEBBinLE . A ccident ,-rr-A n Servant girl in the family o f Hon. M. H, Law rence; in Milo, Yates Go., says; the Penn Ya|i Democrat* was so fiadly burned as to ‘cause her dcf^tfi next day. She fiad, it i^ supposed, *iain,d0wm, on the bed, leaving the candlo burning and falling asleep, the bed 'clothes tOqk fire, and ’ thu& cansod her death.,^ . i ppramissioner taOhind, hasbeeh ill for a lew days past from an attack o f ,the cholera morhiis, but is,how recovering. i President Pierce .and . «uite left I l^ew: York on Saturday, on thdr return |a Washington. J i * j W ashington , July iq.--Seyonvlhour ^and dollars. additio,naI was spBsoribed yesterday,* to * the Metropolitan rail- ‘ The Union confirms the report that Buchanan* has xnadc tip‘ his' inuid'to go to Dngland, and also says that Min isters Soule, Gadsden, Borland, Green and Bedinger will leave oil their re spective missions in m few days. ■ Correspoi|dence o f the “ Dem ocrat.” Q uebec , July 4, 1853. M r . E d i t o r ! * We are rjow in the “ Gibralter of America,” aM have already had a stroll about the city. I became considerably fi^igued, and now jv-hHe-resting myself I will take t^e opportunity to write you another letter, which I will commence and perhaps end with an account of Montreal—where I spent a sufficient length of tira^ to visit ifaost o f the places of interest tc a tourisL This city is situated, updn an Island in the St. Lawrence wijich is about twenty-four inilesflohgaud from: eight to ten miles wide. It Lsia great commercial city and has one of the best inland harbors in the world. It is located on the south-easterly side of the Island at the -head of ship navigation, and at the foot of the Lachinerapids. Its harbor is very extensive and conamodious, and has the appearance ojf an ime^nse basin form ed. by the River widening, out at the foot of the rapids. The city is very compactly built and probably there is no city i.n America of the same size which has so many large and handsome buildings; yet it is far. from being a a beautiful city, for the reason that the streets are so very harfow and irregu larly laid out. A stranger visiting this place cannot but admire-the great num ber of magnificent buildings which a- dorn the city. They are all built, as indeed nearly the whole city is, of very handsomely, wrought filue Hme stone, of which there is a great abundance in the immediate vicinity of the city.— This material for building gives the city an appearance of permanancy^nd du rability which eannot fail to arrest the attention of the traveller. About two miles back from the harbor and imme diately in rear of the city is the Mon treal mountain. It is a. very high point of land in the shape of a cone, from which the cit^, harbor and all tlie sur rounding country for many miles 'can be seen. It i^ visited a great deal by travellers. It wag pointed out to us upon the steimboat before we were within fifty maes of the city. So much for the generd features of Montreal, as nay time is limted. The Roman Catholic Cathedrals are generally the most costly and imposing edifices and jpnee travellers do not fail ’ to visit themj' I went into a number of them, one of?which it is said will seat five thousand people. It is a grand structure witk-fwo lofty'Spires, in one of which I -ra^told is-the largest bell upon the American continent. It is used only w|en grand mass is said, the smaller one foing the one used on ordi nary occasiols. While in one of these Cathedrals, Ijwas invited by one o f the faith to visi^a nnnnery. I very readi ly accepted iie invitation and must say that my p^judices against convents were to a cpisiderable extent dissipa ted, when I ;^w the benevolence and kindness wHch are there displayed on the part of the nuns in relieving the distressed a fi administering comfort to the afflicted This institution was un* der the cha je of the Order o f gray nuns and had up mrds of 35(>. patients. My guide cond; cted me through the vari ous apartm nts, and I must say that I was highly fieased w ith the perfect or der rand clrinliness with Which it was kept. Thj first room I was conducted to vvas occupied by aged and infirm men, all of Whom looked cjlean and com fortable, am they were listening to the solemn exlprtations of ode of the nuns. lit the nexfiroom, which was a spacious hall, were |ae aged and infirm women the air o f :<omfart which prevailed in this room »as truly gratifying; all of them seenpd happy and I have no doubt they were,.^for a kind and benev olent looking nun was seated, iu the middle of tie room and administering* fc. spiritual colnfoirt to then!. * I Was next conducted fc the second floor, and fhe first room we entered was. occupied solely by orphan children, who seemed to be under,the charge of three or four nuns \vho dere giving them religious instruction,. In another 'room were nothing but boys and in another exclu- sivelY girls^l The saipe order and si lence prevai'gid in each, and ^ the pieus nuns who hid ehaTge of thCSeJ rooms seemed to dp sQlemrdf engage(i in some religious cemraony calculated to in,stU in their yoilhfui minds a u exclusive re gard for th^ Soman Catholic faith. I was ihforniid that any pefsop in dis tress could |esort tp one , of these nuu- neries and Je would not he turned off, but, would be kindly provided for. Of course it wijuld be necessary for him to eobfornd to, ;'th'eir reguratidns and he ppphably w(itild:he;Ohiiged te.hear more prayers: thai^; lie might think his ease neededJ but there Is hd doubt that i f he werb side and afflicted he would re ceive tke kindesi attention from these pious and d^ypted riunp.,-, - f noticed thal llie ceiling of all the rooms in tMs ihstttution as'fndeedof'all the churchj^t 4aw, were, decorated with ,the portrajt^^f uamesous saints, | and one would suppose from their num ber that the entire catalogue of sa i n t s were exhausted in one room. They were generally very rich paintings, and most likely they were the productions of the best m a s t e r s of the art of p a in t - A stranger visiting Montreal and viewing the magnificent Cathedrals of the Roman Catholics, which are built and maintained at an enormous ex pense, will naturally be led to inquire, whence are the resources obtained to support them? The answer is, in the same way that THnity Church of Nbw York is supported. To These Cathe drals and institutions belong, large es tates, including a large part of the most valuable property in the city, which of course furnish a very extensive revenue applicable to their support, and thepro- mulgatiou of the Roman Catholic faith. But enough'of Montreal until I see you, which I expect -dill be soon, for I am tired of roaming about. We left it in the steamer Quebec, at 7 o’clock P. M. on Saturday and of course our trip do\wn a distance of 180 miles, was mostly performed in the night. Still it was SQ clear and pleasant, that as long as we chose to remain on deck, we could distinctly se'e both shores of the majestic River. The whole distance between Montreal and Quebec, so far as I could^observe, had the appearance of a continuous street, on both sides of the River. The houses are nearly uni form in size ; though not compactly built are still near enough to be near neighbors. The settlements are con fined to the banks of the River, and as it is not the fashion of the lower Cana dians to build villages as we do,-with streets intersecting each other, their houses, which are inferior structures, are strung along One strfee't.' • For fear of being tedious to you, I will here bring my;letter to a close, and in my next, if I shall write one, I will give you an account^ of this place, the impregnable fortress of British Ameri ca. Yours truly, JUNIUS. CASE OF BIGAMY- ^ | S t a t e N ormal S chool . —The next Frederick Freeland was yesterday ar- term of this school will commence on rested, on complaint o f Mrs. Freeland, the 19th day of September next. There charged with the crime of Bigamy. The jg one vacancy for this County, and - - - for m , trave?. ^ ing expenses $2,37. were these: Freeland wfas married at Mhagston in 1840 and afterwards removed to Syra cuse. About ar year since he abandon ed his wife and three children—one an infant 11 months old—went to Roches ter and married a woman by the name left the latter on the .12th, at 81 A. M. FSOM HAVANA, &,c. N ew Y ork , July ifi^ The steamer Black Warrior has arJ rived from Mobile and Havana. She of Caroline A. Parkinson, and with her has since resided at Watertown. A laraentablo accident occurred at Havana on the 10th inst. A horse race was to come oflf on the On the arrest of Freeland, Caroline A. Parkinson, the second wife, was ' military parade ground, just outside the called as-a witness,' and, testified that city. For the accommodation o f spec- she had never been married to Freeland | tutors, temporary seats were erected, and Freeland was discharged. The some of them 20 feet high, former wife being dissatisfied with the Just as the Captain General entered, course of justice, sought satisfaction by and the sports were about to commence, going to the house o f Freeland, and de- j a portion of the platform fell precipitat- stroying the property of Freeland, and ' ing some 500 persons below. About 40 his second wife. In seaiching the house or 50 were, either killed or wounded. she found a certificate of the second marriage, which was given by Dr. Lee, of Rochester, in December last. Free land was again arrested, and under- vvent a thorough examination, the wife was again called to testify, and finally though with much reluctance, admitted the marriage as shown by the certifi cate. Freeland was committed to jail, in default of giving bail. Watertown, July 18,* —Home Sentinel, M r s . H a r r i e t B e e o h e r § t o w e i n P aris — W o r s e , a n d \WoRSE.-^The re fusal of Queen : ^tietdria to admit the authoress of “ Undle Tom's Cabin,” and the idol of the Stafford House, into the royal presence, appears to have been followed up by Loufo Napoleon in true imperial style. A certain Mr. F^—;—, in Paris, thought proper, upon his own responsibility, to lionize Mrs. Stowe at his own jesidence; butDhI the dreadful insecurity of the one man power! Whiles Mr. F. was in the act of taking our abolition heroine out a riding” the police made a descent upon Mr. F. and all the Frenchmen in his house, and sans ceremohie hurried them off to jail. This ought to suggest to the philanthropic lady the propriety a-nd expediency of speedily quitting Europe in disgust. How well it would have been had the Professor fulfilled his protnised return to Boston by the firit of June, brining madam along with him.' Bad business this of lioniz ing, among the socialists ^nd'hloody reds of Paris, in these days. No doubt Mrs. Stowe will learn, notwithstanding the universal disgrace which she has at tempted to east upon the institutions of her own country, that, after all, “ there is noplace like home.” May her ex perience do her good, and all others of the same kidney.-^iY.- F. Herald, Dr. Rufus Griswold, of New York, the father of Miss Emily Gris wold, who was resuscitated from drown ing at the time of the NornMk disaster through the exertions of LinUs Bene dict, a stage driver, has presented to the saviour' of his child, a richly ehased heavy gold leaver watch, with a mag-; sive gold vest chain and key. On the back o f the inner case is beautifully en graved the following inscription: “ Presented to Linus Benedict by Rufus W. Griswold.Tor saving the life: of his daughter, Emily Griswold, at Norwalk, May 7, 1853.”' ng the above gift was a liot, from which we make Accompau letter to Bene this extract V \ I have forwarded to Gen. Guyer, who will^ deliver it to you with thik this npffe, a watch, &c., with an inscrip tion referring to the accident at Nor walk bridge. I beg you to preserve it as a Souvenir of, the gratitude and friendship of my ddughter, my wife and' mj'self, for the extraordinary and judh Clous efforts by w-Mcb you Saved my daughter’s life oh that occasion. We all hope to see much of you and your family hereafter, and that a friendship thus comrhfehced 'Will be as endearir\\ as our lives. Mrs. Griswold and Emily are in Bangor, or they would join in kindliest mess-age for your wife as for yourself; but^ do not doubt that wher ever we ma 5 * be we shall always think of you and yOurs with the sineCrest es teem and affectioh. Y’Our obliged and grateful friend and servant, . R upds -W.' G riswold .” —Hartford Times. T h e P oisoner W oman R oeinson ;-''^ The wMdows of the room occupied by Mrs. Bobinsoh in jail, are decorated with damask and lace curtains. Their appearance from the; outside contrast strangely with the heavy bars that in tervene, as well as with the sombre ap pearance of the tvhole building, Her trial, which is expected to take .piach' some time during the term of court, commenmng on the I5th inst., will uu-' doubtedly create more excitement than any previous case tried in -this county. Troy Times. FATAL STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION- About one o’clock on Saturday morn ing, a sloop run into the steamer Em pire, of Troy, when within a few miles of Poughkeepsie, displacing one of her boilers, and the escaping steam killed two persons and scalded six or eight others. The following is the telegraph despatch: P oughkeepsie , J uly 16, 12 M.—As soon as the boat was struck by the sloop she caught fire, but it was prompt ly extinguished. Her machinery was all disarranged, and much of it thrown overboard. We hear of four now dead, among them is the assistant bar-tender, and two females—names unknown.*-^ Among the wounded are J. D. Scott, book pedlef on board ; E. C. Curtain, second engineer ; Charles Cupman, fire man ; Mary Boeder and Mary Worces ter, squaws from Canada, both mortal ly wounded; R, W. Cuttingham, New Haven; M. S. Eeelett, Washington, D. 0.; James Johnson, Newburgh; Peter Healan, deck hand; and V. L. Parrott, N, J. Besides these, many are badly scalded, but cannot tell how many are fatally. Seven or eight will die of scalds, and iris thought that some were thrown overboard. Two, report says, have been drowned. The wounded are at \Fincent’s Hotel, well taken care of, A later report says seven are dead. A ccidents .— -On Thursday last, a sprightly little girl of eight years old— daughter of Mr. M. S. Van Sljke— w h i l e tu r n i n g th e c r a n k o f a S u g a r Mill in his Grocery Store, had her left hand caught between the cogs; and before assistance could be rendered, the fore-finger was crushed in such a man ner as to require amputation near the second joint. . On the same day, Mr. Benjamin Richards, of Fairfield, was'coming hith er with a wagon load of cheese:’, and when' within one mile qf [ the village, his team (valued at $300') started on the run. Not being able, to stop them he shortly reined up toward a bank, and happily succeeded in leaping clear of the wagon as it upset. In this op eration, however, the cross whiffle*tree came off, and; the horses made, \down the hill and into our Main street so fu riously, that one pitched forward on the curb-stone before Fralick’s store, and broke his neck. The further loss of Mr. Richards was by the damage to his cheese, estimated at $100 .—Mohawh Courier. D ia b o l ica l O utra g e — A t t e m p t to T hrow the H ar L em G ars off the T rack .—For severRl evenings past, the downward Albany Express train, on the Harlem Rail Road, has encountered ob structions laid across the Track at or* near Bearsdale station, 29 miles from this cityj The obstmetioiis consisted of plankSi evidently laid on for the: dev ilish purpose of throwing the train off tlie . track when going &t lightningspeed. Fortuiiatelyj nothing of {he kind has thus far taken place, the cow-catcher, of the, passing locomotive, having pushed off the obstruction without accident.—!• On \Wednesday evening last, the Com pany placed Wafcohmen in the bushes algn^he road near the scene of the previTOS outrages, for the purpose, of; detecting the author. In this they vveret entirely successful. Some time before the downward express train was d u e ^ 9|- P. M.—a fiend in humanforfii.em'erg- ed from the woods, and haying rolled; down a large sleeper upon the, track, commenced to fasten it Jirni% in its place, by means o f stakes, e.vidently de termined that this time there should hO: no escape. But the watchmen sprung upon him and caught him in ,the act.— He was immediately conducted to the, county jail a t White plains, ,yffiere he awaits trial. \V^hen interrogated, he refused to make any rpply whatever.- His name is yet unknown. He was well-dressed^—17. F. or?’ The subject- of poisoning by ira- ter eoDveyed in lead pipes, eontinnes to be agitated in New York. One of the journals in that city publishes a letter, demonstrating irrefragahly, that the Crotoife water sometimes becomes pois-. oned; ,in this v/ay within the .space of twelvo houm. Of course, Hie quantity of poison, -winch is salts of lead, is very small. ’ The water should, in all cases, where it has been permitted to stand for any length of time, be aBpwed to .run before Using it.. comprising all ages and sexes. The actual loss of life had not been fully as certained. The\ ship Lady Suffolk has heretofore been reported as having (after landing a cargo of slaves,) been scuttled and This it now appears, was not the case, as she went to some of the small ports on the south side of the Island, where she was taken possession of by the British man-of-war and brig Bar- ing- The President left this morning for Washington. The Steamship Hermann sailed at noon for Southampton and Bremen, with 112 passengers, and $348,888 in specie. N ew Y ork S tate A gricultral S o - ciETY.-::-An Executive meeting of the New York State Agricultural Society, was held at Saratoga Springs on the 7th inst,, when arrangements were made for the approaching State Fair, A let ter was received from Hon. Wm. C. Rives, of Virgina, announcing his ac ceptance of the invitation to deliver the Annual Address. Prof. John Wilson, of London, one of the Commissioners of Great Britain to this country, was re quested to deliver a lecture, during the Pair, on the culture of Flax, and its preparation for manufacture. The follo'wing gentlemen were elect ed corresponding members of the Soci ety ;— Prof. Leon Fulkersabout, member of Agricultural Society, St. Petersburgh, Russia; Prof. John Wilson, F. R. S., London ; His E.v. Alexander Bodiseo, Minister from Russia, &c, ’Phe following Superintendents for the various Departments of the Fair, were appointed: General Superintendent of Grounds, John A. Corey; Cattle Department, Thbmas B ell; Horses, J. T, Blanchard; Poultry, 0. L. Barbour; Sheep, Charles Morrell; Swine, Joseph Daniels; Flo ral Hall, A. F. Chatfield; Vegetable Department, Robert Harper; D a ir y De partment, Israel Denio; Manufacturers’ H a l l , Lewis E, Smith; Mechanics’ Plall, W i l lia m P l a t t ; Im p l e m e n t D e p a r t m e n t , Moses Fames; Plowing Match, Silas G. Smith. O p e n i n g o f the F ir s t R ailroad in A fr ic a .— A c c o u n t s fr o m A l e x a n d r ia , Egypt, of June 21, state that the Cairo and Alexandria railway had been par tially opened. A letter, dated the 21st, “The first railway ever constructed in Africa, has been for twenty-five miles from Alexandria, traversed this day by locomotives, and in the Pyra mids one more monument has been ad ded to the abiding splendor of the past. There is to be a more formal opening in a few months, when the first section of the Nile is completed.” M asimoth S heep .— The steame'r Princess Royal brought this city on Wed nesday, two of the finest bucks we ev er saw. One of them is probably the largest animal of the kind in this coun try. . His weight is upwards \'of four hundred pounds, which was lessened materially by shearing. The fleece taken from hfs back in May last, meas ured over 13 inches in length. This ram is of the Leicester breed, and ivas imported info Canada, from England, about a’ year since,- and was refeeritly purchased by R. A. Wilber, of-William son, Wayne Co. Mr. W. has alsupur- chased abuek of the same stock, ofimr mense size, which he intends to keept on his farm at Williamson. The mam moth sheep irill be shortly taken to New York and exhibited in the Orystal Palace, where his large size and fine proportions ’will attract the attention of visitors, who admire to gaze upon sjfoh splendid.’specimens of the useful and indisjpeiisnbie, domestic animals.— If tlie animal referred to does not tak,e, the palm, we shajrbVmistaken. ester finion. boring under a temporary aberration o f reason^' We have yet to add another shadeto this sad: picture. His young and de Voted'wife, v\ ho was eneieiilej arrived yesterday at Yale’s Mansibli House, Brooklyn, and engaged rooms,' stating that she expected her husband to meet her there. She soon re'eeiyed ’the distressing news o f his untimely end# —17. Fv Journal of Commerce. [ 1 Jefferson Ubunty, N. Y^, is cefo-' brated as the. father o f Governors; nd less than three Governors from* this County are now presiding over the des tinies of. three sos^reiga States o f Jiii& poafederacy; to wit: Gov. Wp^l, n f 'Ohio {•' GoV.lFarwell, o f Wisconsin, nnd ;Gov. Mattesrfn, of Illinois; all men who have worked their pwn piths tir tho ffistingaished stations tvhichYhey hold, and who are remeiUbeffid by their oM neighbors and friends ivith touch re gard and 'prMe,~^Waiertown Je^ersi-
