According to statistics lately publistied, tbe ' riiiiroii'J accidents in the I'm ed S;a:i 3 for ihe list seven years have amonnted to '■■'■, by which 1,109 were killed and 3,611 wounded.— ! The steamboat accidents during tbe same pe riod were2l3, killing 2,304aud woundingoso. "Whilst i lie no in in r of ace.tlcn,.-on water has not been one-lourthof tboseby railroad,and the wounded only about a fourth, thelossof life haa been double by accidents on the water of that of tbe bind conveyance.
Legislature.