New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-04-20


+ The bill thai has been Tor 50 long q time before
our Legislature g III relation 10 the construction
/ Of the New York and Erie Railrcodo has finally
become law. It's provisions are such that, By
the assistance Of cur citizens 20 limited extent,
In comparison witt: their means. this great work
can be completed III short space Of tune, and an
important avenue &c thereby opened that viii Sc
cure to this city, in all futurlty, that immense
trade Of the West upon which The prosperity OF
It's every interest depends.
1t now remains 70 be seen whether those lnter
ests viii be protected abandoned, whether the
people Of this once tow1shing mart will continue
to gaze in stupid letbargy upon the success that
has attended the liberal and enlightened policy OF
Boston, and while complaining of the deprecia
ton OF property the decline Of business, and the
dcathllke p1os,ration that surrounds them, refuse
to act.
We understand that d, late meeting, the Di-
rcctors Of the Western Rnilrood, governed by the
! liberal willingness Of the Stockholders. decided,
that the interests of the city Of Boston should be
considered by ascrlblng the present paralysis
which affects her entirely to g the times" If
.. the times . be the cause, why do they not affect
Boston in the same caanitous manner that they
have affected this city If there cAlsts doubt
in the minds Of any one as to the relative pros
pcrity of the two cities, say go visit Boston
and Judge for yourselves Stand upon her wharves
and pass through her business streets. Observe
her tenantcd dwellings and stores rented ct prices
Of which neither landlord nor tenant complains.
Note the cheerful countenancss of her citizens,
betokening contcntmcnt that springs from rcnu-
ncratcd industry; inform yourself as TO the RAPID
increase in her population and wealth, and when
you return your heart Will sicken at the contrast.
The investment Of few dollars viii enable us
to change all this, by giving vi the command OF
that trade upon which we arc dependent and ena
bling us TO make useful the immense advantages
granted us by nature in our position on tie sea
board But If we continue to he influenced by the
narrow desire Of reaizirg direct and immediate
interest for our capital, and allow a misery eau
ton 10 clog our foresight and deprive us OF the
benefits the future will yield by liberal and Judi
cious investments, the destiny that awaits our
once prosperous City is bu, lccbly depicted in the
present. We have resources that, If well directed,
will'lcad to great wealth and prosperity; but II
misapplied or left in inactivity, will rapidly dimin-
ish, until the mcans of reganing our superiority,
are lost for ever III.
IL The Loco Foco rulers of BROOKLYN have de
tcrmincd to swindlc the Wings out of Their triumph
at the recent Charter Election. A Special Com
lnittec of the old Common Council have decided
that they cannot tell whether John 4. Cross,
Wing, or Zebulon Chadbournc, Loco, is chosen
Alderman OF ,Ee Seventh Ward. Tho inspect
ors return Az for John A. Cross, AS for b. Chad
bourne, for Chadbourne, for Shaborn,' for
! VIM. Rockwell, and for }. Stagcrs.'--So they
mean to hold a Special Election, and coomzc
IocoFoco into the place All this IS ~ the teeth
of repeated legal decisions, but we shall not be
surprised to see il succeed.
In former paragraph on the Brooklyn Election, We
stated that Of thu Wing papers in BROOKLYN did not
support the Wing tickets the This hut
W. did not ateud 10 he understood arcy supported
the LocoFocos simply kept oiooi the contest, called
the discard parry considerations and eHprcssed
preference .o the Loco Foco Mayer We mentioned the
general TACT express any opinion the premises but
mere, 10 show under what circumstances the Wings had
gained the Council
~ The Pieje,dn tries to pick uut OF c,ir re-
marks on Old Wings communication an ad-
mission that RoBER1 SMITH was not popular with
and warmly supported by the Wing party! Moth.
ing can be farther from the truth, every WAY. \
few nominal Wings withheld their votes from Nlr.
Smith, but he Was most cordially supported BY
the great body OF our party, and obtained quite as
tpou, nrO Eocn nc bc lost NNb,,,
great body of the Wings, Of whatever vocation,
want no better candidate; . very few staid away
from the polls or gave him grudging and grum.
bling support. He poled very full Wing vote
fora Charter Election; and, If the Aristocratic
portion ofthe Wing party TO use The Peheians
phraseotogy, is confined to that portion who OPP
posed Robert Smith, then is our party iyeer from
Arstocracy than any other that ever existed
u The State Prison at Sing Sing drew from
the State Treasury the gross SUN of $500 IS
over the proceeds of It's labor during the three
whole years ii was under Why ,nanaaen,ent.-
Its new lords are talking of Sl4 900 a wear
above ITS receipts See Herald of last sunday
FKEsHsrS.-Ihc Connecticut river has heen
swollen 10 an unprecedented extent by the recen,
freshet 1t rose at least u or - feet above low
water mark. Frontstreet and Wndsor.strcct
covered, and many buildings were completely
surrounded. No great pecmiary damage, how
ever, was done.
The Richmond papers represent the frcshc, IN
James River as very serloas. y large portion OF
the Wheat c.opis destroyed, the dock was injured
and other damage was sustained
A CArrugE.-The Editor oil the Mobile Adver
tiser recently saw, IN letter from Texas, state