The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-14


rtory." Such contingency is not even po,sibl,.
Tho weakness Of Mexico, her Boosting and vain
glory, and the popular discontents and suffsnngs,
nave long since changed the feelings Of the Amer.
can people from those Of indignation or cont.mpt
lnlo emotions OF honest pity; and with such
country would be regarded by every individual of
common sense as the effort Of a strong and healthy
man against the fury OF maniac whose phrenzy has
ea nun mo conflict which his inpolen struggles
oouiu NOT sustain, and every one Of whose ill-di-
reetea blows would reeoil upon himself The only
sereus aspect Ia all the news from Mexico is the
hsihuauon mat England Is plotting in that ouarter
IN the hope, possibly, of adding Texas and Nsxico ~
the Oregon difference, and Of having US enyironed
with difficulties, that force NAV be iyd,d and
oar troubles increased. One rumor has n that Eng-
land and France had combined secretly 10 nlacss
monarch OF their own making upon the Mexican
throne, but It's hardly 10 be supposed that Ioui.
Philippe, who is anxious to perpetuate his power
in his family, and who well knows thathe viii have
difficulty IN efecting that darling design, will unite
with any movement like this, even 10 secure that
balance Of power" Of which his friends were in
discreet enough to talk few months ago. The
Piagmaneai interference Of foreign powers in Mex
can concerns Ia however past all doubt and il is 10
DC leaeu ,nat under these malicious and designing
eounsels, Paredes may be betrayed into such pol
ICY as VIII compel US to resort 10 force To punish
her impudence.
Barring and Brother, the great London bankers.
have addressed letter to the governor OF pennsvl,
yania, complaining Of the funding Of the unpaid IN
terest on the State debt by which that sum Of mo-
ney, amounting, | think, to nearly one million of
dollars, became incorporated with The principal and
upon Which interest Is now paid IL seems to me
that these famous hDaneiers should rest SATISFIED
with what has been done, considering the numerous
obstacles an the way Of the measures looking TO the
maintenance Of our State faith.
The late decision in the Virginia legislator,
against granting the right OF way" to Psrsers-
~ hat t.lz A. . -. m ~
ROAD Company, viii have most signal influence
upon the C. ntest now wsging in our legislature on
mo SUBJECT OF granting the same privilege IN this
Common wealth 10 the same incorporation. The fact
that all ths oilers Of compromise by tho company
house OF representatives, In the former slste, rem
ders II certain that the right Of extend NO the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to Parkersbure
Virginia, will never be granted, and il
also apparent that the project Of extending the
same road 10 Wheeling never can be contaminated
owing TO the insurmountablo obstacles IN the way
Mr. Crabb, from this city, stated on Tuesday in State
Senate, on authority based upon tho published optn-
Ions OF Hon Louie McLane, president OF the Bal
uu,ore ana ,, ono Hallway Company, that 10 the
| route via Wheeling, there would have 10 be seven
| mountains tunnolled in the course OF thirty-one
mlles! There will now be comparatively little oppo-
| ston TO the continuous railroad from Philadelpha
TO Pittsburgh; for sure, after the strong exam
pie OF Virginia, our own representatives, as well as
seem. to be the only wise and saving policy.
Judge Parsons, in our court OF quarter sessions
yesterday, delivered an opinion which will have
very important bearing upon the selling Of lottery
policies, and viii 60 far in the opinion OF some 10
prevent the detection and severe punishment Of all
offenders under the act Of 1893, which imposed
some very heavy lines and penalties upon all cases OF
| the kind. The decision in the present case grew
out Of the refusal of exJudgc Dorm to answer GER
tain questions propounded to him by The grand
i -. L. II. ~
Of lottery tickets. Judge Doran gave bis reasons
for this refusal that his might subject him
| degradation, and that 1t might also subject him to
a criminal prosecution, II given IN the affirmative.
The first objection answered by the court, that
when witness is not material 10 the issue, the wit
may refuse to answer for the urged; but
| IL his answer was material 10 the issue, he must
answer, no matter what its effect may he upon his
| character. The next objection, that the purchase
Of a lottery ticket may subject the witness to a
criminal prosecution was then decided after care
full examination Of the acts Of assembly, in favor OF
the ground taken by Judge Doran. II was shown
that the clause in the act Of l762, imposing penal
ty Of go upon the buyer OF lottery ticket, has
never been repealed, either expressly or implicitly;
and consequently no person was compelled to give
an answer TO question which might subiec rim
to its provisions. Under this decision, no lol;ery
dealer be convicted unless some of the pur-
| ehasers choose to pay the penalty Of go and come
forward to testify against him. The results which
may flow from this decision are neither few nor
trivial, unless, indeed, the legislature should Gee
about curing the defect in the law Of 1882
There was slight increase in State 6yes yester-
day, and an advance in the shares of the Schuyl-
kin Bank from 50 to a. The rise in the latter
grows out of the announcement, which seems to be
true, that the bank has the power of appeal from
the late decision Of Judge King, and that the case
will be carried to the higher courts-a law having
reference to this very contingency having passed.
is said, through the late legislature.