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THE CENTRAL G E ORGIAN.
THB CENTRAL GEORGIAN
SAJl’t B. CRAFTOBf,
COUNTY PRINTER.
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[From the Savannah Courier.]
Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL. OF THE HERMAN.
New York, May 11.—The steamship
Herman has arrived from Southampton,
with Liverpool dates to the 27th uLt.
She brought one hundred and thirty pas
sengers and a fair freight.
She reports that the Liverpool Cotton
maiket closed dull, but without any change,
except in Middling Uplands, which advanced
one-eighth of a penny.
The sales of the three days reached 16,-
000 bales, at the following quotations, viz;
Fair Orleans 6 l-2d.
Middling Orleans 5 7 sd.
Fair Uplands g l-4d.
Middling do 5 3 44.’
Flour had slightly advanced.
STILL LATER.
Arrival of the Cambria.
New Tore, May 11.—The Cambria has
arrived at Halifax, with Liverpool dates to
the 80th ult.
She reports the Cotton market as un
changed, but as having closed with a deci
dedly better feeling.
The sales of the week amounted to 42,-
000 bales. The actual stock is only 770,-
O00 bales, showing a reduction of 65,000.
Of the sales of the week, speculators took
3000 bales, and exporters 5,000.
Breadstuff's were steady, and Consols are
quoted at 100 3-4.
The Atlantic arrived out on the 27th,
Tho Atlantic's news had no effect upon
the Liverpool Cotton market, buyers gener
ally preferring_to wait and take the chances
for reduced prices. Hie quotations are the
same as by the Hermann above.
We report sales of forty casks of Rice at
t24 shillings.
Flour has advanced three pence, and
'Wheat one penny.
THE HAVRE MARKET.
The sales for the week ending on the 26th
-ult at Havre, amounted to 2700 bales—tres
ordinaire 93.
Rice scarce and prices firm.
^ POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.
Kossuth, it seems, was not implicated in
rocket business, but confesses that it is his
design to wage war upon Austria, for the
re-establishment of the rights of Hungary.
Lord Clarendon stated in the House of
Lords that the Government was convinced
that the maintenance of the Turkish Empire
is necessary, but that it sees no cause for
immediate apprehension of a war.
It is believed that the annual Budget will
pass the House of Commons by a moderate
majority.
Another attempt at insurrection had been
-suppressed in Weybourg, Switzerland, but
after considerable loss of life.
The English Commissioners to the
World’s Fair in New York are to cross the
Atlantic in grand style in a frigate and war
steamer.
The rebellion in China is making great
leadway. The rebels have taken Nankin,
and the Government is said to be greatly
alarmed.
STILL LATER.
New York, May 14.
The American steamship Atlantic, Capt.
West, arrived at New York to-day, with
Liverpool dates to the 4th of May, three
-days later than the Canada’s accounts.
Liverpool Cotton Market.—The sales
of cotton for the three days comprise 20,000
bales. Speculators took 3,000, and export
ers 2,000 bales. The quotations are : Fair
Orleans 6 5 8d ; Middling 5 7-8d ; Fair Up
land 6 l-4d, and NIiddlidg 5 3-4d. The
■demand was good and all qualities have
slightly advanced.
The steamship Europa arrived out on the
1st, and the Andes on the 4th.
Spain.—The Diario Espanol says that
Gen. Santa Anna has applied to Spain for
aid against apprehended fillibustering ex
peditions from the United States.
France.—The Empress of France mis
carried on the 29th ult.
Political arrests continue to be made in
Paris.
The cantons of Tessino and Grisons, in
Switzerland, lave positively refused to sur
render fugitives. A federal council had
been summoned.
Late accounts slate that Austria is es
tablisbing military posts near Strabby, in
Swiss territory. Nothing important from
Turkey, the difficult ies between that power
and Russia are about to be amicably adjus
ted.
Washington, May 14.
The evidence in the Gardiner case closed
yesterday. The argument will commence,
on Monday. The defence have filed abill
of exception
{From the Savannah Daily Morning News.]
Arrival of the El Dorado.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
New-York, May 8.
The steamship El Dorado, has arrived
from Aspinwall, bringing San Francisco
dates to the 9th nit. She has a large num
ber of passengers, with §500,000 in gold on
freight, and a large amount in the hands of
the passengers. The steamship Northern
er was to have left San Francisco on the
16th, with a large amount of gold.
The subscriptions for the relief of the
sufferers by the steamship Independence at
Sau Francisco was very large.
Another attempt to burn down the city
of San Francisco had been made on the
3th ult. It w r as believed that the celebra
ted robber Joaquin was ia the city in dis
guise,
The markets were declining under the
heavy stocks lately imported.
SANBEESVILLE, GEORGIA.
TUESDAY MAI I!, IS53.
H. R’s. article in reply to “Piny
Woods Observer” will appear m our next.
$3T The adjourned term of the Superior
Court of Wilkinson county will commence
on Monday next. We shall attend the
Court, and hope that all who are indebted
to us will be prepared to settle their ac
counts.
The Weather, 1 Crops, <fcc.—The pre
sent spring has been decidedly a variable
one, save in its dryness. At one time we
have it hot enough to scortch and wither
growing plants, and then we have a few
days that would do credit to a winter sea
son, so it was the past week. Rain is still
needed, though those planters who have
their crops up, and worked over are not
suffering so severely, yet there are many
whose cotton is not up, while others having
planted their corn without plowing the
land thoroughly, find it now difficult to
manage to keep it in a growing and thriving
condition ; such are in a sad plight, they
can do it no good by work, and every day’s
continuance of the drought, dwarfs the stalk
and dries up the little nutriment that feed
its roots. We have heard of some who are
in this situation, not a great many however,
corn planted under such circumstances
looks desperately bad. Notwithstanding
the adverse and unfavorable season for the
planters we have seen some corn fields in
the county which give a very promising ap
pearance, but the cotton is generally poor,
the season has been entirely too cold for it,
a warm summer will do much towards
bringing it out.
Railroad Disaster.—The reader will
find in another column an account of the
terrible disaster which occurred at Norwalk^
on the New York and New Haven Road on
the 6th inst. The frequency of these acci
dents of late, has naturally turned the pub
lic mind to their cause and loudly demand
that something shall be done to-insure great
er safety to the travelling public. In this
instance the accident occurred from a gross
neglect of duty on the part of the engineer,
and it is charged by those who are conver
sant with the facts, that the company is not
altogether blameless in the matter for re
taining this man in tbeir service, who on a
former occasion had been guilty of a dere
liction of duty which came nigh resulting
as fearfully and calamitously as this. Such
gross negligence in persons entrusted with
so manv lives, should be punished rigorous
ly. ’
Shooting Affair.—On Friday evening
last an affray occurred between W. B.
Warthen, of this county, and Everett H.
Kixchen of Laurens county at this place,
in which the former was shot with a pistol,
the shot taking effect in the lower part of
the abdomen. Mr. Warthen we learn is
recovering, and Kinciien was brought be
fore Justice Haines yesterday, and the case
continued till to-day, in consequence of the
absence of witnesses. Both parties were
intoxicated at the time.
Crops in Florida.— The Savannah
Courier learns from a letter received by a
gentleman in thatcity from Marianna, West th 7 12l h’inst’^spYakingof the Convention
r» n rl rl n tori {ll A lltll 1 net tllflfc tl 16 _ «
Warrenton and Milledgeville Rail
road.—The Angusta. Constitutionalist of
Florida, and dated the 4th inst., that the
farming prospects in that section have never
been considered so poor at this season.—
The drought have continued from 23d of
March, many of the crops were not up at
the date of the letter, and it was then rain
ing for the first time since the commence
ment of the drought, The writer states
that he had been planting in that section
since 1829,but had never known such a
state of things before.
Crops in South-western Georgia—
The following is an extract from a letter,
dated Baker county, Ga., May lltli, 1853 :
“This section at present promises a heavy submitted and by them determined.
We have had in the last few
of the Georgia Railroad Company, says:
The afternoon session was occupied with
an interesting discussion in reference to the
proposed Railroad connection between Mil-
ledgeville and the Georgia Railroad. Del
egations were present from Baldwin. Han
cock and Warren counties. After several
speeches and propositions, Ihe result was
the adoption of a resolution to the effect
that the expediency of the Company’s co
operating in such a road, be referred to the
Board of Directors. In case they came to
the conclusion that such co operation was
expedient, they were then authorized and
requested to convene a meeting of the stock
holders to whom the question should be
The Popular Educator.—We have
from the publisher the 1st no. of a work
bearing this name, and which is designed
as a means of instruction in every depart
ment of knowledge for those who are seek
ing the cultivation of their minds, it is adap
ted to self instruction, and those who have
not access to books will find it a useful and
profitable work. We commend it to the
attention of our readers—Price 12 1-2 per
number or §1 50 per year—address Alex.
Montgomery, 17 Spruce St., New York.
Graham’s Magazine.—We have the
June number of this Book before us. In
its engraving and literature it is not excel
led by any. The reader cannot fail to be
pleased with Graham at any time. Price
$3, address the publisher at 134, Cbesnut
St., Philadelphia.
Destructive Storm at Galveston.—
The Texas papers contains accounts of a
terrible storm which visited the city of
Galveston on the 2nd inst. It is said to
have been the severest storm experienced in
that section since 1846. It commenced at
half past 5 in the evening, the wind spring-
ing up trom the S. W., and gradually
veering around to W. N. W., and N., and
continued in violence for about forty min-
; ui.es. Great damage was done to the
! shipping in port, many of them were driv-
jen out, and the crew of some barely escap
j ed with their lives. The damage to the
.city is considerable, dwelling houses were
I unroofed and blown down, as were some of
j the Churches and other public buildings ;
: the lightning struck a Bakery shattered it
I to pieces, and greatly injured its inmates,
though none were killed. The ram fell
heavily during the time.
&3T Mr. John Hamilton of Thomas
county took from one Sheep, semetime
since, a fleece of wool weighing 11 1-2 lbs.
crop year, we nave nau in
days very fine seasons, and the general
opinion prevails that cotton and corn look
better than usual at this season of the year.
I find from my intercourse with the planters
that there is a much larger proportion j>f
cotton planted throughout the county than
usual, and we may look for a heavier crop
this year in Baker county than ever before
unless the fall disasters overtake it.
Rain, Weaher and Crops.—On Satur
day last we had a very refreshing rain,
which was much needed, in consideration of
the “dry spell” from which our c»ops were
suffering.
Crops of all kinds in this region are, we
believe, unusually backward, and look rath
er unpromising, with the exception of wheat
which is, we understand, looking remarka
bly well generally.—Athens (Ga.) Herald.
Weather and Crops.—The Shreveport
Southwestern, of the 4th inst., says :
It commenced raining Sunday evening,
and continued without intermission to come
down in a torrent until Tuesday morning,
overflowing creeks, bayous, and other small
streams.
The crops in this vicinity, notwithstand
ing the unseasonable weather, look very
promising.
Crops in Texas.—The weather is very
warm at present, with occasional showers
and cold nights. The spring so far has
been very baokward, and we may look for
late crops of corn and cotton, to say nothing
of garden truck.—Huntsville Item, April
3 0}h,
Mr. Bennett’s sugar cane is doing finely
and promises a better yield than in any pre
vious year.
Dr. Thomas R. Cocke also informs us that
his cane crop never looked better at any
previous season than at present.— Victoria
Advocate, April SO.
We Lave had abundant rains since our
last—crops look remarkably well,—ludia-
nola Bulletin, 3d hist.
Gold Dollar Test.—Dr. Gideon 13,
Smith has invented a very ingenious contri.
vanee for detecting spurious coin of the
gold dollar stamp. It is a small box with
a slit in the lid, which will admit the genu
ine coin only. If a spurious coin passes
through the slit, it will uot sink because it
is resisted by a weight inside, superior to
the leverage by which the true coin over
poises the weight. And if the spurious
coin is made so large that its weight equals
the true coin, it will not pass through the
aparture. The article might be made to
sell at alow price, and thus come into gen
eral use.
Sale of Blooded Horses.—The large
stock of blood horses belonging to the es
tate of the late Win. Gibbons, were sold at
auction on the 3d inst., at Madison, N. J.
Among the number sold was the celebrated
racer “Fashion,” now 17 years old, bought
by Mr. Morris, of Morrisiana, for §1,550.
Bonnets o’Blue, mother of Fashion, 26
years old, brought 100. Patsey Anthony,
13 years old, §280. Mariner, 17 years old
§270; and others of lesser note at prices va
rving from §70 up to 8620. This sale at
tracted a large concourse ®f people from
Newark, New York, and other places.
A New County.—It seems that the peo
ple of Baker and Early Counties are deter
mined on having a new county, to be form
ed of parts of Baker and Early. At a meet
ing of delegates from the districts, recently
held in the 4th District of Early, a commit
tee appointed for the purpose reported the
boundaries, <fcc., which were adopted; and
some ten or twelve persons appointed to ob
tain signatures, to be forwarded with a pe-
tion to the Legislature.
^Editorial Change.— The Southern
Banner of Athens has changed hands, Col.
Halsey having sold it to James II. Sledge,
who, with the assistance of some political
friends will conduct it in future. It will
henceforth sustain Gov. Cobb in the attempt
to harmonize the two wings of the democ
racy—Tugaloism is at a sad discount.
A singular insurance case will, it is said ?
soon be reached in one of the Boston courts.
A life insurance company is sued for a pol
icy which they refuse to pay. The person
whose life was insured committed suicide,
and the policy of all life companies contain
a clause that they will not pay in case a
man dies by bis own hand, or while fight
ing a duel. In the present case the claim
ants allege that the suicide was committed
while in a state of mental derangement; and
it will be for the Court to decide whether*
in case there is no other bar to payment’
suicide under such circumstances comes
within the exclusion of the company.
A Prediction.—-The New York Mirror
has the following: “We venture to predict
that in less than four years from this time,
the United States of America will be engag
ed in war with some foreign power, and that
the Hon. Solon Borland, Minister to Cen
tral America, will be the principal cause.”
In view of the above, Solon ought to look
well to the consequences of his Ministry,
and endeavor to avert so great a calamity.
We hope be will keep an eye ou this pre
diction.
The Height of Meanness.—To cheat
a bliud apple seller in making change. To
lick the ’lasses of a blind nigger baby’s bat
ter cake, To put green goggles on a borse
to make him believe that pine shavin’s are
vegetable diet To make sport of a poor
man’s children, or to coax oft’ a sick wo
man’s servant, without asking her leave, or
to subscribe for a newspaper, and run away
or refuse to pay for it.
From Texas.—The accounts which have
reached New Orleans from Texas confirm
the previous report of the discovery of gold
in the region of the Colorado. The Texas
papers which had hitherto been skeptical on
the subject, now give glowing accounts of
the success of the miners. Large lumps have
been found which are valued from §50 to
§175,
fjgr We see a pun going the rounds of
the papers which runs in this wise—“Which
had you rather do, kiss the Pope’s toe. or
Harriet Beecher Stowe ? Harriet of course,
we would be-s'010 on the latter part of that
question certain.
Thirty Thousand Dollars had been
subscribed in Cincinnati, on the 2Stli, to
start a newspaper in opposition to the En
quirer, in consequence of their recent attack
on several prominent Democrats.
Articles for exhibition at the World’s
Fair, are to be received at the Crystal Pal
ace from and after yesterday.
ggt Joseph Ganaiil, of the Savannali
Georgian, was admitted to plead and prac
tice Law in the several courts of Law and
Equity in this State the past week.
R3T John A. Stuart, formerly the pro
prietor and principal editor of the Charles
ton Mercury, died at Beaufort on the 3d
instant.
JC5T The lion. A. Iverson, ofColumbus,
withdraws the use of his name from the
Democratic Gubernatorial Convention.
Gov. Foote is canvassing the State
of Mississippi as a candidate for U. S. Sen
ator.
[For the Central Georgian ]
Mr. Editor:—It is now begining to be
time for us to look out for our Candidates
for the Legislature, not but that we have
aplenty of time, but it does no barm to
show our early preferences ; with no inten
tion of slighting the claims of any, whose
friends may be lookiug forward to their el
evation, permit me to suggest to the nom
inating convention the names of the fol
lowing gentlemen a3 being very capable
Shockingly Romantic.—A man named an( l worthy of the position. For Senate,
Frederick W. Mitchell, in New York, loved
a Miss Magdelene Thompson so hard, that
he undertook to shoot her on Friday, be
cause her parents refused to let him visit
her. He tired a pistol at her, and lodged
the ball in her lejr.
Col. Jas. S. Hook, for the House of Rep
resentatives, Wa. Sneed and Henry Wood.
If such a ticket as this is presented by the
Democratic party of Washington, there will
be no difficulty in its election. They are meu
whom the people can look to with confi-
rr . , , , v ., n dence and esteem, and who will transact
The Tobacco planters of-North Car-1. . .
f , the public business in such a way as to re
olina complain dreadfully of the scarcity of, , ... ... .
... . , . • fleet credit upon their services. Should
lobacco plants; the Milford Chronicle ,1 , . . , T , , .
, ,, . , If .... , I they be nominated I look forward to their
fears that not over a half crop will be plant- , . , . . . ...
. . r ; election by decided majorities,
ed in that region owing to that cause. ;
BUFFALO.
[For the Central Georgian ]
Law and Liquor.
Mr, Editor ;—In resuming the argument
upon the rights to property involved in the
proposed change of the Liquor Law, I must
be pardoned for again setting forth the pray
er of the recent Atlanta Temperance Con
vention. That Convention prays “that the
whole Traffic be restricted by License, that
no one be allowed to sell in any quantity
without license, such license only to be gran
ted upon evidence that a majority of the le
gal voters in the district where it is to be
sold, desire it sold in that district.”
In this prayer the Convention makes no
exception. The law, if obtained, must act
with equal stringency throughout the coun
try and cities. All former law fhusibe re
pealed upon this subject. The whole-sale
merchant is placed upon the same footing
with the grog-shop men or dram-seller —
And now gentleman reformers, let me ask
you in all candor, if the majority in a dis
trict should declare by ballot that no liquor
should, be sold within its limits, and at the
lime such vote is taken, it so happens that
retail or whole-sale merchants of the article
you declare shall not be sold, is located
within the limits of said district, and his
whole property, whether it be great or small
is invested in the very article you declare
shall not be sold Under the operation of
such a law, where is the equity you so much
laud? Where now, is the right which was
perfect and secure under the old law ? Will
you answer, the right is not impaired ! It
is still his property ! In the event you avail
yourselves of this mask or pretext, you are
obliged to admit that the merchant lias no
right whatever to dispose of this property
within the district. Then to repossess him
self of the right which your Liquor Legis
lature has deprived him, he must be driven
to the necessity of transporting or removing
this article into a district tolerating such
sale. Is this even-handed justice or equity ?
Would not such a law be partial in its ef
fects ? Mast certainly it would. But in the
event this law should become general—that
it should be adopted iu every district and
county throughout the State—you not on
ly deprive the merchant of the opportunity
of disposing of his goods within the district
or county where he resides, but also wiihin
the State. Iu this event, you dispossess
him of the right to sell that for which he has
paid the price, and the remaining right is
equivalent to. no right at all. The only
right left, is to drink and get drunk—even
this last vestige of a right you deny upon
the ground that he will demoralize your
children.
I think I have shown conclusively, that
under the proposed change of the Liquor
Law, the merchant in Liquor would be de
prived of his property. And now arises the
question, by whose hand was this property
wrested from the possession of its rightful
owner ? All will agree that it was done by
the Liquor Reformers, Temperance Soci
eties and Sons of Temperance. And are
they willing, have they the magnanimity
about them to indemnify the merchant for
his goods? Since you boldly and openly
dispossess the man of his property, why net
seize and confiscate it to the State ? Oh no,
this, you are ready to exclaim, would never
•Jo • The whole county would rise in arms
against it 1 What! Take a man’s property
and give him nothing in return ? This
would be unjust! Well now gentlemen re
formers, where is the difference ? What
cares the owner of the property, to what
use it is applied after he has no further cou
trol over it—he held the ownership under
the old law and also the right to sell it—
he came by this property honestly—paid*
his money for it when the law recognized it
as property, and now shall a majority of fa
natical legislators deprive him of his hard
earnings without the least show of indem
nity ? Justice cries no !
I hold that such legislation- as that pro
posed, is not only unjust—it not only in
fringes upon the rights of minorities, but “it
strikes at the root of all constitutional liber
ty or the protection to minorities,” and vio
lates with a daring insolence the clauses of
the United State’s Constitution which pro
tects every citizen, without regard his to
position in society, in the possession of his
property unless just compensation is made.
Here are the clauses, and your new lights
had best ponder on them well.
“Nor shall private property be taken for
public use, without just compensation. N01
shall any person be deprived of life, liberty,
or property without du6 process of law.—
The right of the people to be secure in their
effects against unreasonable research and
seizure shall not be violated.”
And now having the lights of that sa
cred old constitution held up to brighten
your path-way, will you still pursue your
course in the midnight darkness of a delu
ded fanaticism—will you still continue to
stir up strife where peace abounds—will you
still continue to disseminate doctrines only
guarantees set forth with so much exactness
by our revolutionary sires—still insist up
on violating^with an impious band the re
straints upon human action against his fel
low man, held dear for seventy seven years
—will you in your madness, check the rap
id growth of the tree of liberty before it
shall spread its wide extending boughs o’er
earth’s remotest bounds, and before Tts wea
ried nations shall lie down and rest u ider its
invigorating shade.
PINY-WOODS OBSERVER.
[for THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN.]
Enigmas.
What is’t that naked in the grave they lay,
Ere death’t has suffered here
There children bears, and care for them display
Till they well clothed appear ?
•piatpw jo uies3 d*ij.
What is’t above that if it weep,
Ttie heart to joy awakes
Again then if it cheerful keep
Us sad and sorrowing makes 1
pOJUUAY SI UIUJ UOtJAY U3AC0IJ
The Railroad Accident at Nor
walk.
es of citizens and most kindly
calculated to beget disaffection with the laws The ladies of Norwalk were moat indefati-
und.ar which we have enjoyed such signal
prosperity—still trample under foot those
FULL PARTICULARS OF THE FRIGHTFUL CA,
LAMITY.
The express train for Boston, on the New
Haven liailioad, left the Canal street sta
tion in New York on Friday morning at 8
o’clock, and at the upper station the lo
comotive was attached, making the train
then to cons st ot two baggage cars and
three first-class passenger cars. The bag
gage cars preceded the passenger cars, and
in the rearmost baggage car was the smo-
Kiug apartment, ihe number of passen
gers in the train was about two hundred.
The train proceeded as usual until it reach
ed Norwalk, forty-five miles distant, at
half-past ten o’clock, where it did not stop
however, but went on at the top of its
speed. Halt a mile to the east of Norwalk
is a bridge across a small stream, having
a draw for the passage of vessels. The
bridge is about 130 feet in length, and erec
ted iu the most substantial manner, with
very heavy abutments and braces of iron,
and immense timbers. The width of tho
bridge is sufficient for trains to pass each
other The draw portion of it is sixty feet
in length. On the easterly 7 side of the
bridge is erected a long pole, some forty
feet high, upon which is placed a large red
ball, with pul lies to hoist and lower, as tho
occasion may require. This is the signal
or all trains to stop when taken down by
the master of the bridge. It can be ob
served for a mile, either on the east or west
side ot the bridge, by the engineer of any
traiu. It is a rule of the road that the
speed of the engine should be slackened as
it approaches this draw. But this rule
does not appear to have been observed.
The signal for safety had been with
drawn full ten minutes before the train ap
proached, but heedless of the warning, the
engineer, Mr. Edward Tucker is said to bo
bis name, dashed on at the rate of nearly!
thirty miles an hoar, until be reached tho
open draw, when such was the momentum
with which the engine sprang across the
chasm ofsixty feet, dashing against the a-
butuaeut on the opposite side bat little be
low the level of the line of rails. The draw
had been opened to permit the steamboat
Pacific from Norwalk foe New York to pass
through* and she had barely passed as the
train dashed in. The engine was followed
by the tender, which rested upon it, the
first baggage car went partly upon the ten
der, and partly alongside ;. the second car,
containing the smoking aqiartment,. went
alongside the first baggage car and, two of
the first class cars were dashed among the
wreck ot those which preceded then*, while
the bottom of the last car was broken iu
two cross-wise, the forward part being drag
ged into the submurged ruins, leaving one
half the bottom end the entire sides and roof
upon the track. Ihe water in the channel
over which the draw is placed is from ten
to twelve feet deep at high water.
THE SUBSEQUENT SOENEj-
The scene that ensued cannot be describ
ed by those who were present, for the ex
citement, the eoulusiomthe-ercesantJ groans
appear to have deprived every, one of his-
consciousness. The cars were- so. broken,
that those who had not sustaimedtany iirjfir-
ry, from the collision, instantly, strove to
escape through the window and:,broken
roofs, and it is wonderful that undibr the
circumstances so many succeeded in tbeim
efforts. It is supposed that all in the laafe
cqr escaped—those who were dragged for*
ward on the broken floor being thrown on»'>
top of the wreck, escaping with a few brui
ses. Those who were in the two cars pre
ceding the Jast, were all immersed in the
water, but as for as can be ascertained,
most of them were rescued’.
The moment the accident occurred, there
were strong and willing hands which
manned small boats fortunately lying near
and by their efforts the rescue of the saved
was effected. Many of those in these cars
sustained contusions of greater or less se
verely. But few of those in the smoking
car escaped, and it js the opinion of Dr.
McLean of Norwalk, who was in attendance
that most of those who lost their lives were
seriously injured by the crushing of the car.
The engineer jumped from the engine
just before reaching the gap; the fireman
leaped off just as the engine was going in
to the river ; both are somewhat injured.
All the citizens of Norwalk were early on
the spot, and were most active in tbeir en
deavors to rescue the unfortunate sufferers.
The sides of the cars were broken in with
axes, and many lives were saved, that, had
not assistance been so promptly rendered,
must have shared the same terrible fate.
The unfortunate sufferers who were not
drowned or killed, were taken to the bous-
cared for-
gable in rendering assistance to the woun*
ded.