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The Steamboat Accident.- - One of the passengers on board the South America, who is suppased to have inhaled some of the steam. died yesterday morning. His name was Garwin, and his residence at Troy. The Evening Journal says that the injury to the engine of the boat is less serious than was apprehended. She will be immediately repaired, and for less than half the expense estimated. Lake Champlain is said that loaded teams were crossing Lake Champlain at Plattsburgh on Friday last. There are three feet of snow only ten or twelve miles west of the Lake. The farmers are nearly all out of hay, and their cattle in a starving condition. IC" Shephen R. Rowan, of Shawneetown, is a volunteer candidate for Congress in the First District of Illinois. He declares that, though he has steadily supported Jackson and Van Buren, yet he will yield a liberal and independent support to the new Administration. if it redeems its pledges.He avows himself in favor of a National Bank. The Day Line of Steamboats between this City and Albany is fully reestablished. A boat leaves the foot of Barclay-street daily at 7 A. M. The St. Lawrence Bank at Ogdensburgh-which suspended its redemption at Albany at the time of the General panic, fully resumes on the 30th. The Exchange Bank of Genesee at Warsaw, has resumed payment and business, after a temporary suspens: Its old President is thrown over. BG The Columbia steamship sails from Boston for Liverpool on Saturday this week. The Great Western sails from this port the same day. Col. Wr. B. Dass, of Mobile. is nominated for Congress by the Whigs of the Fifth District, Ala., in place of Hon. James Dellet, declined. A convention of the Whigs of the Louisville, Ky. District was held at Lagrange on the 4th inst. W. H. FIELD, Esq. was unanimously nominated for Congress. Dr. Henry D. Ely of New Haven, Conn. was married in that city on Tuesday night of last week. and died on the Sunday noon following, aged 23 years. A large mill on Jones's Falls, about two miles from Baltimore, was entirely consumed by fire on the 24th inst. Read. the young man stabbed at Boston some days since, died on Sunday last. The Portland Argus states that Mr. Moses Butterfield murdered his wife and two youngest children in Sumner Co., Me., on Wednesday last. Two others of the family only saved themselves by flight. Mr. B. has been hitherto a highly respectable citizen of that town. but has been subject to fits of insanity. His alleged reason for murdering his family was to save them from eternal ruia at the approaching end of the world. He has been committed to jail in Paris.
