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44,3" Proposals for lighting the Street Lamps, &c., by J.
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The Denicratic State Convention
Judging from the tone of our exchanges,
we have now no doubt but that the ensuing
Democratic State Convention will be entirely
harmonious in its action, and, hence, that
its nomination will command the cordial sup
port of the party, and will be elected.
For Surveyor General, we believe there
are no candidates excepting the present
worthy and popular officer, Maj. John Rowe.
For Auditor General, lion. Richardson L.
Wright, of Philadelphia, and Maj. Jacob
Zeigler, of Butler, are the only candidates
soliciting the nomination. Judge Strickland,
of Chester, and 11. L. Diffenbaeh, of Clinton,
and others have been named by some of their
friends, but neither are candidates, and we
presume their names will not be presented
to the Convention. The office of Auditor
General—truly remarks a cotemporary—is
now one of the most important in the State,
and one in which the tax-payers are proba
bly more directly interested than in any other.
None but an able, vigilant, honest, firm man
ought to be entrusted with this important
position, and we do not believe that any oth
er can be elected. We trust, therefore, that
the Convention will be extremely cautious
in its nomination, for this is a very impor
tant post.
With harmonious action in the Convention,
and nominees in idiom the people have en
tire confidence, we have not the least doubt
of the triumph of the party at the next elec
tion. Indeed, the principal cause of our' de
feat last fall was the refusal of Democrats to
attend the election. But few voted against
the Democratic nominees. Whatever reasons
influenced the Democratic voters to stay at
home then, will be more than over-balanced
now, by the desire to restore the prestige of
their prostrate party. They will never agree
to a second defeat. It is not characteristic
of the Democracy of Pennsylvania to sufrer
two sucees:4ve defeats. It is not palatable to
them to endure it, and they will not submit
to it, unless, indeed, thdy arc driven to it by
absolutely insane action of the Convention,
and of this we entertain no fear. We say
then to the Convention, your duty. is a plain
one. Give us nominees in whom the people
have confidence, and pass none but old-fash
ioned Democratic resolutions, and the victory
is already gained. '
Publication. of the Laws
We have never known a bill introduced in
to a legislative body that has been received
with more universal favor than that of Mr.
Zoller, for the publication of the laws of the
State. Mr. Z. may congratulate himself; his
name is already a house hold word through
out the State ; and whether or not be accom
plishes the noble object with all parties seem
to have so much at heart, he has indelibly
stamped his name in the affections of the peo
ple. The .Altoona Tribune, speaking upon
this subject, says :—We have often wonder
ed why it was that the general laws passed
by the Legislature of our State were not pub
lished in at least one paper in each county
in the State, as they are in many other States,
when it is known that nine-tenths of the peo
ple are in favor of such publication. We
venture to say that there are few persons
who would refuse to pay a small extra tax,
were it necessary to obtain such information.
As the law now stands, only a limited number
of copies of the laws are printeti u for the use
of Justice of the Peace, Prothonotaries and
other offices, and very often the first intima
tion a man has of the existence of a law is a
summons to appear and answer for its viola
tion. Ignorance of the law is no excuse, and
the result is that many good law-abiding cit
izens often-get into difficulty and are compel
led to pay fines which would all have been
avoided had they understood the law.
We are glad to perceive that Mr.- Zoller,
member from Allegheny county, has read a
bill in place providing for the publication of
all general laws in one or more newspapers
in the various counties of the Commomwealth
and the publication of all local laws in the
counties directly affected thereby ; and we
hope that the bill may pass at the present
session wi thou topposi tion. This measure has
frequently been advocated by the press of the
State, and ought to have been adopted long
•
since.
The Doings of Congress
The following are the most important, meas
ures acted upon during the Second Session of
the Thirty-Fifth Congress. 4 bill providing
for a Railroad to the Pacific, was introduced
by Senator GIVIN, of California, debated at
great length; and finally killed by striking
out all between the enacting clause and the
final section. In this mutilated condition the
bill was suffered to remain for the balance
of the session. The bill granting pensions
to the officers and soldiers of the War of 1812,
was passed by the House but defeated in the
Senate. The French Spoliation bill was de
feated in the House. The bill to admit Ore
gon into the Union was passed. A resolu
tion requesting the President to take such
steps as he thought necessary to abrogate the
Clayton-Bulwar treaty, svgs defeated in the
Senate. A bill appropriating thirty millions
to facilitate the acquisition of Cuba, after
having been endorsed by a test vote in the
Senate, was suffered to go over until the next
session. The Homestead bill passed the
House, but the Senate refused to consider the
subject, and thus the bill failed. A bill do
nating some six millions acres of the public
lands to the States and Territories, for the
purpose of establishing Agricultural Colleges
passed both houses, and was vetoed by the
President. The proposition to revise the
Tari? act of 1857, so as to put it upon a foot
ing that would produce more revenue, was not
acted upon favorably. These are the promi
nent measures of the session, and the discus
sion upon some of them was protracted and
pointed. In addition to these bills, some
one hundred private bills were considered
and acted upon by the two Houses of Congress
and a large number of joint resolutions dis
posed of under the rules of the Houses.
Douglas in the South
Since the manly and resolute manner in
which 'Mr. Douglas 'throttled the fire-eaters
of the South, in the memorable debate in the
Senate, on Porur,An SOVEREIGNTY on the 23d
ult., a new light seems to have broken upon
the minds of the Democracy of that region,
and they begin to discover that their only
salvation rests in giving to his interpretation
of the Cincinnati platform, an earnest and
hearty endorsement. This, if we may credit
the able Correspondent of Forney's Press,
"Occasional," is about to be done. In a
letter to that paper, under date of 2d inst.,
"Occasional" says :
"I understand that certain leading states
men of the South will take an early occasion
to declare that the interpretation given by
Judge Douglas to the Kansas-Nebraska bill,
and to the Cincinnati platform, is correct.—
So irresistible was his argument in the late
debate—so unanswerable his points—so con
vincing his historical retrospect—that men
of all• parties have congratulated him upon
what was neither more nor less than a tri
umphant vindication of himself, and triumph
ant vindication of the principle."
Pennsylvania, Legislature.
[Cerre,pondenee of The Globe.]
MONDAV, Feb. 28d1.---SENATE.—The com
mittee appointed to examine into the alleged
abuse of the fraarking privilege by the mem
bers and officers of the Legislature made a re
port in - which they exonerated the clerks of
the two houses from all censure. Bills read
in place : relative to the publication of the
opinions of the Supreme Court in certain
cases ; relative to the election of District At
torneys ; relative to challenging jurors in
civil cases; supplement to the Common School
law.
HousE.—Petitions &c.: For the new coun
ties of Ligonier and Marion ; for a law to pro
hibit the entrance of free negroes into the
Commonwealth ; four remonstrances from
Cromwell township, lluntingdon county,
against the proposed change in the method
of collecting taxes in said county ; a petition
from Alexandria in said county fur the re
peal of the 5300 exemption law ; nine from
the counties of Luzerne, Northumberland,
Wyoming, Lawrence, Mercer and Westmore
land, for the abolition of the office of County
Superintendent. A bill was reported to re
peal the road laws in Jackson township,
Huntingdon county. Mr. Wigton, read a
bill to prevent the killing of wild turkeys in
Huntingdon county. A bill was read to abol
ish the taco of County Superintendent for
the county ag York. The resolution fixing
the time for a final adjournment of the Leg
islature was reconsidered.
TUESDAY. SENATE.—Prayer by Rev. De
Witt. Petitions and remonstrances : four
from Huntingdon county against any change
in the method of collecting taxes in said
county, and one for any such change ; one for
the running and marking of the line between
the counties of Huntingdon and Mifflin ; one
from said county for the passage of a law to
prohibit the killing of wild turkies at certain
seasons ; four from Westmoreland county
against the abolition of the office of County
Superintendent; one for the new county of
Ligonier. Mr. Schell read in place a bill
authorizing the keepers of prisons to let the
labor of convicts by contract. A bill relative
to banks and to prevent frauds by bank offi
cers came up, was considered, and :tiler
being variously amended was laid over.
Houst o —Prayer by Rev. Hay. The corn
mitte appointed to attend the funeral of Geo.
W. Wood, late a member from the city of
Philadelphia made a report that they had at
tended to the duty assigned them. A. bill
for - $437 75 for expenses of the joint commit
tee and fur draping the Hall of the House in
mourning, was presented and a resolution au
thorizing the State ,Treasurer to pay that
amount was adopted. A proposed supple
ment to the present license laws was consid
ered and postponed. The bill chartering the
Mifflin County Bank passed finally.
WEDNESDAY. SENATE.—Prayer by Rev.
Colder. Bills reported : A supplement to the
$3OO exemption law; relative to public offi
cers and their sureties ; supplement to an act
establishing a land office ; supplement to the
general act regulating boroughs; supplement
to the Common School Law ; relative to the
claim of Jackson Pee, of Huntingdon county.
A long memorial from Gen. Duff Green, rel
ative to and explanatory of his bill, charter
ing the American Improvement and Loan
Association, was presented. The bill relative
to banks and. to prevent frauds by. bank offi
cers, and the bill requiring railroad compa-
Dies to make uniform annual reports passed
fin ally.
liousE.—The general appropriation bill
was called up, and in the consideration of its
numerous sections, the whole day was con
sumed.
Tunas - DAY. SENATE.—Prayer by Rev. B ar
tine. The postage bill of the Senate, for the
month of February, amounting to $1,642 32
was presented. Bills were read in place to
equalize taxation on corporations, and rela
tive to unadjusted claims against the public
works. The bill increasing the salaries of
the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, of
Philadelphia, as amended ; increasing the
salaries of the Supreme and President Judges,
came up. The amendment increasing the
salary , of the Judges of the Supreme Court
to $4,000 was defeated. The bill was laid
over for the present. The afternoon session
was devoted to the consideration of private
bills.
Horss.—Petitions &c For the new coun
ty of Ligonier; and several against the same;
six of citizens of Huntingdon county against
any change in the manner of collecting taxes
in said county ; several for the abolition of
the office of County Superintendent; for and
against the repeal of the tonnage tax ; for the
new county of Monongahela. Bills reported :
relative to recorder's of deeds ; for the preser
vation of growing timber; relative to the set
tlement of registers, recorders, prothonotaries
and clerks of courts with the state treasurer ;
for the better preservation of birds and game;
relative to Orphan's Courts ; relative to sher
iff's fees in conveying convicts to the peniten
tiary ; for the better security of titles to real
estate ; to protect the wages of labor. The
postage bill for the House for the month of
February, amounted to $3,037 20, for which
a warrant on the State Treasurer WtlB , drawn.
Bills read in place: relating to boroughs; rel
ative to the sinking fund ; by Mr. Wigtem,
for the payment of S. Miles Green of Hun
tingdon county ; for the protection of passen
gers on rail roads.
FRIDAY. SENATE.—A petition waspresen
ted from Montgomery for a law requiring the
appointment of Constables as Collectors of
taxes. A long and interesting communica
tion was received from the Auditor General
in answer to a resolution inquiring of him
whether the Pennsylvania and other rail
roads had paid the tonnage tax due the Com
monwealth. The nomination by the Gover
nor, of Charles D. Hineline to be superinten
dent of public printing, was unanimously
confirmed. The bill increasing the salary of
the Judges was again considered. On the
motion to increase the salary of the President
Judges to $2,500, it was adopted and the bill
was laid over. The bills fixing the fees of
County Surveyors; relating to interest on ver
dicts; to prevent the disturbance of public
meetings, and changing the place of holding
elections in Jackson township, Huntingdon
county, passed finally.
Honsz.—The appropriation bill was again
under consideration and occupied almost the
entire day. The effort to obtain an addition
al appropriation to aid in the erection of a
monument to the memory or the Pennsylva
nians who lost their lives in the war with
Mexico, failed, yeas 12, nays 63.
SATURDAY. SENATE.— Prayer by Rev.
Miles. Mr. Schell offered a. resolution pro
posing an amendment to the Constitution, so
as to make the office of State Treasurer elec
tive by the people. The bill for the increase
of the salary of the Judges came up. On
the final passage, the vote was ayes 11, bays
13. A bill relative to the Militia, was con
sidered and negatived.
Ili usc.—Prayer by Rev. Waugh. The
morning session was occupied in the consid
eration and passage of private bills.
JU NI AT A
MO - NDAY EVENING, March 7, 1350.
Educational.—School Visitations
LY THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
lion. Dr. Jno. 11. Wintrodo was deputized
to visit the schools of Penn, Hopewell; Tod
and Cass Districts, and a part of Union.
That duty has been performed, and the Dr.
makes the following return. The County
Superintendent in this county, has had but
little assistance from educational men, in any
way, but Dr. Wintrode's advice and assis
tance has always been at hand in time of
need, and it has been extended in good faith.
If we had a few more such men in that part
of our county, a new day would dawn upon
the educational prospects of it:
TOD Tt)WNSITIP
Paradise Furnace School.—Bonj. F. Houck,
teacher; twenty-five scholars; males 20, fe
males 5 ; average number in attendance 20 ;
studying grammar 3 ; geography 3 ; written
arithmetic 5 ; whole school is exercised in
mental arithmetic ; 13 write ; 3 study algebra
and composition. Osgood's Primary Lessons
and a set of Outline Maps are furnished by
the teacher. Government of school good.
... 7 1 - emburg SclwoZ.—John IL Clark, teacher;
number of scholars 38—males 20, females
18 ; average attendance 33 ; 3 study gram
mar ; 2 geography ; arithmetic 10 ; writing
12. Scholars are v, ell drilled in reading,
and some of them are very good readers.
Chestnut Grove School.—Miss Mary E.
riagey, teacher ; scholars 42—males 15, fe
males 27 ; average number in attendance 36;
6 study grammar; 2 geography; arithmetic
10; 20 write and read. School is supplied
with Osgood's Charts. Government good.
Green School.—E. 11. White, teacher; thir
ty scholars-17 males, 13 females ; G study
grammar; 4 geography; arithmetic 4; 12
write, and as many read; attendance regular.
Much attention is given to oral instruction in
the several branches taught, and the benefi
cial results are apparent.
Cook's JIM Ran.—Elijah Chilcote, teacher;
number of scholars 25—males 10, females
10 ; 2 study grammar ; 7 arithmetic ; S read
and write ; .attendance good.
&Rides School.—Miss Phoebe P. Hudson,
teacher ; number of scholars 16—males 11,
females 5 ; number studying grammar 3 ; ge
ography 1 ; arithmetic 5 ; writing 7 ; atten
dance regular. Teacher deserves a better
house, a larger school and a higher salary.
Pleasant Grove School.—Geo. W. McClain,
teacher ; scholars 44 ; males 20, females 24 ;
13 study grammar ; 5 geography ; written
arithmetic 14; mental arithmetic 7 ; writing
24 ; attendance good.
Bectrertoum School.—Walter R. Whitney,
teacher; 28 scholars ; 12 males, 16 females ;
average attendance 18; 1 is studying gram
mar; geography 2; arithmetic 10; writing 14.
Lillie Valley Seltool.—Not in operation at
the time of visiting.
The school houses of this district, with one
or two exceptions, are pretty good, and fur
nished with good benches and desks. They
are nearly all provided with black boards,
though some of them are of a rather dimin
utive species. Visitation by Directors and
parents is very much neglected, but there are
many healthy and encouraging evidences of
progress in the cause of Common School ed
ucation. Tod is progressive.
lINIOIS TOWN SIIIP.
Bland Chapel School.—Benj. F. Glasgow,
teacher; number of scholars 42; males 18,
females 24 ; 4 study grammar ; 3 geography;
arithmetic 24 ; 30 read and 25 write; aver
age number in attendance 35.
Pine Grove School.—Miss Matilda Wilson,
teacher ; 39 scholars ; males 21, females 18 ;
4 study grammar; 3 geography ; arithmetic
14 ; writing 26 ; average attendance 34.
Teachers report favorably of the visitation
by Directors, especially by Mr. Hazzard, the
President of the Board.
CASS ToWN-z3riir
Locust Grove School.—W. W. French, teach
er; scholars 47; males 28, females 19; 2
study grammar; written arithmetic 10, men
tal 5 ; 17 read and write ; average atten
dance 29.
Curfman's School.—E. G. Heck, teacher;
number of scholars 28—males 14, females 14;
grammar 2 ; geography 2 ; arithmetic 10 ; 12
read and write ; average attendance 19.
Bowman's School.—J.lL. Crownover, teach
er ; twenty-two scholars-12 males, 10 fc..
males ; 2 study grammar ; 7 arithmetic ; 9
write ; the average attendance is 17.
Park's Schoul.—D. 11. Heaton, teacher ;
scholars 31—males IS, females 13 ; 2 are
studying grammar ; 7 arithmetic ; 10 write ;
10 read ; average attendance 17.
Laity Grove School.—J. 11. Gartman, teach
er; number of scholars 2(l—females 13, males
13 ; arithmetic 5 ; 14 write ; 13 tead ; average
attendance 20.
Barneft's &7tmoZ.- 1 ,1 7 . 11. Greene, teacher ;
scholars 28—males 12, females 16 ; 1 studies
grammar ; 4 study arithmetic; 10 read; 10
write ; average attendance 14.
The teachers of this township are, in the
main, well qualified, active and energetic.—
They teach about as well as they can, under
existing circumstances. The school houses
are ordinarily good, but poorly supplied with
school-furniture. No series of books has been
adopted, and the principal reader. in use is
the new testament. Visitation by Directors
is almost wholly neglected. The schools run
but three months, and little interest is mani
fested in their success. Cass must do better.
CASSVILLE BOROUGH
By an arrangement between the Board of
Directors and the Principal of Cassville Sem
inary, this school is now taught in the Sem
inary building, and enjoys superior advan
tages. It is divided into•two departments.—
The more advanced classes are under the
care of Prof. J. IL llughs, and the primary
department under that of Mrs. Darwin, as
sisted by the Misses Walsh and MeVaine—
the whole being under the general supervi
sion of Professor Walsh.
Num`• - er of scholars 91—males 52, females
39 ; 5 study algebra ; 25 grammar ; geogra_
phy 20; arithmetic 33 ; 30 write ; 40 read ;
the average attendance is 78.
The Directors of this district are animated
by the proper spirit. They are punctual in
their visitations, and, generally, manifest a
determination to contribute their mite toward
making the Common School System a " pow
er in the State."
Remarkable Retribution
The Milwaukie Sentinel says that, recent
ly the treasurer of the town of Erin, Wash
ington county, whose name, we believe, was
W heeling was shot dead, while attempting to
rob his own house. It appears that be had
collected some twelve or fifteen hundred dol
lars of the town taxes, and left home in the af
ternoon, telling his wife that he should be
gone all night. Toward evening, a travel
ling peddler applied at the house for a
night's lodging. The wife at first refused to
admit him, but finally yielded with much re
luctance, to his request. Some time in the
night the peddler was awakened by the noise
of men breaking into his room. Taking
them to be robbers, he drew a pistol and
fired at them. One fell and two fled. Lights
being procured, the dead body of a man, with
blackened face and otherwise disguised, was
found upon the floor. Upon further exami
nation, it proved to be the proprietor of the
house himself, who had resorted to this strat
agem, to steal the tax money collected, and
had met with this terrible retribution.
TILE END OP TUE WORLD TO BE TLEIS YEAR.
—The Newark Journal says :—Messrs. Abra
ham Flarell and J. Decker, Second Adven
tists of this city, have issued a circular called
"The Time Messenger," containing twenty
eight columns of arguments and figures to
demonstrate that the second coming of Christ
will be during the Passover of the present
year. Mr. navel( was an ardent Minorite
during the excitement of 1843, when the
" big tent" was erected in the southern part
of this city, and notwithstanding various
disappointments in his calculations since con
cerning the second coming of the Mosiah, he
appears still to cling to his peculiar belief
with remarkable tenacity. It is understood
that in 1843, when the end of the world was
"sure to take place," Mr. Flavell sacrificed
some valuable real estate and a prosperous
baking-business.
par The Star Spangled Banner with thir
ty-three stars, was hoisted on the Capitol sim
ultaneously with the announcement of the
signing of the Oregon bill by the President.
It had been made and was hoisted by order
of Mr: C. S. Jones, Door-keeper of the Sen4te.
The Tonnage Tax
[Prom the Pittsburgh Post.]
M. EDITOR, :-My object in addressing
you, is to direct the attention of the public
to a bill lately introduced into our State Sen
ate by Mr. Schell, the Senator from Bedford
county, for the repeal of the Tonnage Tax on
the Pennsylvania, and Harrisburg and Lan
caster Railroads, on certain conditions. It Is
proper that those who are interested in the
welfare of the State, and especially all who
are engaged - in business and trade, should
examine and determine for themselves, wheth
er the passage of this bill would be beneficial
or not. And if they believe that it would, it
is advisable and necessary they should so ex
press themselves, and use all proper exertions
and influence with the members of the Leg
islature, to have it passed.
This bill provides for the repeal of this tax
on the express condition that those railroads
shall, for all time hereafter, reduce and lessen
their rates and charges, as published in the
year 1858, on all the local freight and ton
nage of and within the State, at least five
mills, or half a cent per mile, on each ton
carried; requires those companies, within
thirty days after its passage, to notify the
Governor whether they accept of, and agree
to, its provisions, or refuse to do so, and is so
drawn, that if they accept, what is proposed
will be effectual, and secure it to the public
and all interested in trade and business.--
This, if passed and accepted, would be a per
manent reduction of the charges for transpor
tation of one dollar and twenty-five cents on
each ton carried over the Pennsylvania Rail
road, and one dollar and forty-three cents on
each ton carried over that road and the Har
risburg and Lancaster railroad.
This bill, it is understood, is introduced
and proposed at the instance and according
to the views of men engaged in the business
and trade of this State, is not advocated by
those Railroad Companies, and, if passed, it
is somewhat doubtful whether they will, or
not, accept of its provisions on the con
dition specified.
There are some who think, or so express
themselves, that the charges on the local
trade and business of this - State should -be
made, graded anti seeled propertioantely to
the charges on the foreign through trade, to
and from distant points in the west. But a
very little retlection will, or ought to satisfy
any common sense, pi actical business man,
that to do this, or ever to get it done, is alto
gether impossible, impracticable; and, wheth
er right or wrong, it never call and never
will be done.
The Pennsylvania Railroad, and those west
ern roads commuting and acting in concert
with it, for the carrying of this foreign trade
through our State to and from distort points
in the we-it, north-west and south-west must
either agree to take what the competing rail
road companies on the north and south of
them, on which is imposed no tonnage tax,
offer to carry it for, or get none of it to carry.
Occasionally, one or other of those compe
ting lines in a desperate effort to eventually
secure for itself the larger portion of this
foreign through trade, have offered, and will of
fer to carry it at prices which will hardly pay
the working expenses on the line. In such
case, what can or ought the line, which in part
passes through our own State, to do, in a
business point of view ? With all the neces
sary stuck provided and on hand, and men
employed to work it, shall those companies
composing the line passing, in fact, through
our own State, refuse to carry any of this
freight unless and until they can get a full
fair price for doing so, and in the meantime
let all their stock and men employed lay idle
and on expense, deteriorating in value nearly,
if not quite, as much as if and when being
actively worked. Or, shall they, in such a
state of things, take what they can get for
carrying their fair proportion of this foreign
trade, thereby keeping their stock in work
ing order, their men employed, and at any
rate paying working expenses, and thereby
benefitting the trade, business and peo
ple within our own State, and wait until the
hallucination of this " insane competition"
shall at least, comparatively, have passed
away ?
In forming an opinion and coming to a
conclusion on this subject, it is to be borne in
mind that the Pennsylvania Railroad forms
but a part of the line of railroads running
through our State from the seaboard to the
great west. It is utterly out of the power of
this one railroad to control or regulate this
question. It gets, and only can get, its pro
portionate part from Pittsburgh eastward, of
what can be got, whatever that may be,
for carrying this foreign through trade from
and to the west. Should this road refuse to
do this—should it decline to do anything but
carrying to and from Pittsburgh eastward, to
the seaboard, and intermediate points—should
it decline any and all connected operation
with those western railroads, with which it
is now operating in connection, the inevita
ble consequence would and must be, that
those western railroads would, and necessari
ly must, form and make connections and ar
rangements with those lines of railroads run
ning to and from the seaboard, outside of the
limits of our State, thus carrying all the busi
ness and trade to and front the west without
the limits of this State, and thus absolutely
preventing the people of our own State en
gaged in business and trade from having any
certain and reliable means, at all times and
in all seasons, of sending anything to, or re
ceiving anything from, the west; or, on any
thing like reasonable and certain terms, at
certain periods in the year. Would such a
state of things be for the benefit and advan
tage of the people, business and trade of this
State ? Or, if it did benefit a few at the ex
pense of the many, at certain times, would
it, on the whole, and in the long run, be to
the ultimate advantage of oven those few
thus benefitted ? Would not such a state of
things be much worse for all the people,
business and trade of this State than the
alleged existing evils, and causes of com
plaint, real or imaginary, now supposed to be
caused by what is called the " insane Compe
tition" of the different lines of railroads for
the trade of the west ?
All that any reasonable and just man, en
gaged in business and trade in this State can,
or ought to ask, is, that the charges, by the
railroads referred to, for carrying the local
freight of the State, should not be more than
what is just and reasonable, and a fair com
pensation for the service rendered. To ask
and insist on more than this is not just, right
or proper. The bill now before our Legisla
ture, introduced by Mr. Schell, it is believed,
if passed and accepted by those railroad
companies, will ensure and secure the people
of this State against any unreasonable charges
for the carrying of their local freight for all
time to come, beyond any doubt or contingen
cy---or as nearly so as it is possible in the
nature of things to do this. .end the greater
probability is, that if the present opportuni
ty to secure this is not embraced, it may not
occur soon if ever again. It being to be
borne in mind that the present charges on
the local freight by those companies, arc
nut now as high or as great as they might
make them under their respective charters.
Of what consequence is it to the just and
right thinking man, or what cause has he to
complain, in ease he is not required to pay
more for service rendered to him than what
is fair and reasonable?----whether there be
others, who by reason of this mad rivalry be
tween those different connected and compe
ting lines of railroads, pay less than what is
fair and reasonable or not? Or, that those
diffcren reompeting railroad companies should
injure themselves by reason of such compe
tition ? PUBLICUS.
The 'Washingtorl Tragedy,
The public have read the main facts con
nected with the terrible tragedy enacted at
Washington on Sunday afternoon, the 27th
ult. The guilt of Mr. Key, confirmed by the
confession wrung from Mrs. Sickles, is un
controverted, and he paid for his offense in a
most terrible death. it is not our purpose to
recapitulate the details of this tragedy, but
to give such light on the previous history of
all the parties as will satisfy the curiosity
aroused by its denouement; and this we find
in the New York Times, which says
The parties involved in this sad story all
lived within the immediate circle of our daily
Washington life ; two, at least, of them being
also as well known in New York as in the
Federal Metropolis. Key was about 42 years
of age, tall in stature, about six feet, with an
easy and fashionable air, but by no means
prepossessing in appearance otherwise. His
thee had t sickly hue, and he had been for
some time suffering from heart-disease, or
imagined be was, which gave him a sour and
discontented look: Otherwise he was ex
tremely popular. His father, Francis S. Key,
was the author of the national song, the "Star-
Spangled Banner." He was a widower with
four children. On his marriage he narrowly
escaped a duel with Colonel May, who con
ceived that he had unfairly ousted hiln from
the affections of the lady who became his
wife, and who was a beautiful and charming
woman.
Mr. Sickles, the member of the Third Dis
trict of New York, is a native of this city and
was originally a printer by occupation. Ire
is a man of nearly lot ty years of age ; of
good presence and graceful manners. As a
member or the State Senate, as well as in the
House of Representatives, he had made him
self remarked by a quite unusual coolness
and self-pcssescion. which gave him great ad
vantages in debate, and had acquired for him
a well-deserved reputation as a rising young
leader of the Democratic party, In 155:3,
Mr. Sickles was married to his wife, now
ruined and heart-broken, then a young girl
fresh from school-life, and remarkable then
as now fin• smoothing especially soft, lovely
and youthful in.the type of her very peculiar
beauty. She is of Italian origin, and posses
ses all the Italian lustre and depth of eye,
united a singular candor and delicacy
of feature.
Mr. Sickles had seen her grow up from
childhood, and was attached to her with an
almost idolatrous affection. Shortly after
their marriage, Mr. Sickles was appointed
Secretary of the American Legation at
London, in the household of Mr. Buchanan,
and his beautiful bride won universal admira
tion abroad, not more by her ccarms of per
son and manner than the gayety and inno
cent joyousness of her character. On their
return to America they resided for some time
on the Bloomingdale 'Road, in a charming
house overlooking the Hudson River; and on
his election to Congress, Mr. Sickles took his
present house on President's Square. It fa
ces directly the Club House, to which was
brought to-day the corpse of the man who
himself had slain all that made the life of
that mansion, but a few days since so gay
among the gayest, and so hospitable among
the most hospitable of the homes of Wash
ington.
Mrs. Sickles may be twenty-two, and has
two children. She is the daughter of Biwa
li, the celebrated music teacher, of Fourteenth
street. Amid the general gloom which this
sad affair has cast over the city, many a sor
rowing thought is cast towards her whose guilty
surrender to the wiles of a villain hasresulted
so tragically. Pew women are better calcu
lated to win their way in polite society, or to
contribute more to its vivacity.
The New York papers of Tuesday, are full
of speculations upon the Key and Sickles af
fair. The poor children of both parties are
most deeply pitied. For the woman—the
survivor of the criminal 'wrong,-doers, little
pity is expressed. The Times says :
Let the early career of Mr. Sickles have
been what it may, the simple fact is here be
fore us, that in a few hours of time, the man,
a husband and a father, striving for useful
ness and success in the world, has been driv
en by the fury of passion into an act which,
whatever in its legal event, may be, has fixed
upon him the shame of a desecrated home,
and the blood of a slaughtered associate, and
has blasted his career in public and in private
forever. In comparison with his present and
his future, how enviable is the grave of Key!
The dead have the living at a terrible advan
tage. Time, which dogs the footsteps of the
survivor with a thousand recurring rancors,
misconceptions, prejudices, smooths steadily
away the sharp outlines of the dead man's
failings and his crimes. Public opinion is
far - more likely to condone too easily that of
fense of the dead which stung the living man
to madness, than to pass lightly over the
frenzy which. laid unholy hands upon the
sanctities of vengeance, and trampled the
law under foot in its hot flight from the hor
ror which winged it first with fire.
The Post of the same city says :
Mrs. Sickles was married to her husband
at a time when she was not yet out of her
girlhood, and she is even now but twenty-twa
years of age. The character of the husband
too often corrupts that of the wife, partial-.
larly at the impressible period of early youth.
"Curses," it is said in the old proverb, "come.
home to roost;" and so, it may be said with.
equal truth, do adulteries. Sickles was ex
cluded from decent society in this city long
ago ; and it would be almost a miracle if in,.
the school to which he took his young wife,
her character yet unformed, she shout.have. ,
preserved her innocence.
,ft President Buchanan has appointed
Robert Ould, Esq., of Georgetolim; Unites;
States District Attorney." 'to fill the position
rendered vacant bythe - decease of Mr. Key.
BchMr. Out(' was a candidate_ for this office at
timethe
Mr. o a f n t a h n.
e reappointment of Mr. Key by
.65. - .v-.See advertisement of Prof. Wood's
Hair Restorative in another column.
DE4l See. advertisement of Dr. Sanford's
Liver Invigorator in another column,