New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-02-20
THE TRIBUNE.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1876.
our E.nre.. from HnIifnx.

Our Express from Halifax.
We were beaten with the News yesterday morn
ing owing 10 circumstances which no human energy
could overcome. In spite OF the great Snow Storm,
which covered Nova-Scotia with drifts several feet
high. impeding and often over,urnng our Express
Sleish-in defiance of hard ice in the Bay OF Fundy
snd this side often Is inches thick through which
Steamboat had TO plow her wsy-we brought the
news through 10 Boston in thirty-one hours nom
Halifax several hours ahead OF the CaInbris herself
Thence il ought to have reached this city by o'clock
Yesterday morning, in ample season to have gone
South il the regular Mail Train. Il was delayed,
however, by unforeseen and unavoidable disasters
and only reached New. Haven after ii should have
been in this city From New Haven /, was brought
hi,her in four hours and half by our ever trUssy
rider, ESoca WARD. who never lets the grass
grow 10 the heels OF has horses. He came in lille
after II o'clock, but the rival Express had got IN
over two hours earlier having made the shortest run
from Boston on record.
We bow 10 Fate and the Elements, not needing
even the explanation afforded by the leading article
Of Yesterdays Herald, which asserts that e" In the
DAYS OF Stock Speculation, the derA is powerful
auxiliary" We have no experience TO oppose to
tina, of the Herald and its Stockjobons allies on
this point, so we defer to its apophthesm but we
can account for our defeat without resortins to the
hypothesis of superhuman agency. We did our best
to serve our patrons and the pubc-the advantage
would have been theirs the cost Is ours
II will be easy for the noisy brsggart whom We
beat so utterly with the news by the last preceding
Steamer tha; his paper OF Saturday morning came
out minus the Foreign News though we mad II by
10 O'Clock on Friday evening and published IL IN
full next morning, TO invegh against the wisdom OF
our extending our Express line 10 Halifax we
were perfectly aware, when we resolved to do So
thai; at this season OF the year, the elements might
defeat US But the Long Island Railroad was mo-
nopoized against us-we could not reasonably cal
culae on its blockade second time by snow-dritis
and we could not hope to beat it by horse-powe
in an even race from Boston. Our only chance was
to lengthen our line to Halifax, and, though the at
tempt has not succeeded we do not lameutii. Our
readers will appreciate the spirit which dictated it,
As il is we were not beaten Oh single Mail,
though our antagonist was on nearly all the last
/ time.
But SAYS a we'll meaning friend, Why incur this
heavy expense merely to obtain the News few
hours earlier7 You might have laid out the money
far more prohtably for yourselves and your readers
Under favor, Sir, we think We understand our own
business as well as you do. We never run Ex-
presses for the mere sake of running or making q
noise about them But the News by this Steamer was
sure to be, not merely month later, but immense
" important. The reception OF Mr.. Folks Mes
sage by the British Parliament and French Cham.
IL 90, ,a
! Oregon Question-Peace or War trembling in the
balance-Cotton, Grain and Trade anxlously await
ing advices-our Merchants and shippers looking
abroad 10 know if they might go on with their ven
lures and voyagesit would not do 10 be slow about
news at such a time. Ten thousand dollars day is
low estimate of the value of the Cambria advices
to the Business OF our City, and il became us to see
that those who were looking to Us for the news
should not look in vain through any want OF enter
prise on our part Having done our whole duty, we
are content.
We will here say that our associates IN this TX
| press enterprise-unparalleed on this Continent
were the Sun and Journal 0f Commerce OF thi:
| City, with the North american and Pabi'c Ledger
OF Philadelphia No broker. stock operator or any
person whatever but these journals, had one particle
ofshare in the enterprise or in derayng the expense
We hope our patrons do not need even this retuta
ton of the base and reckless calumnles by which
we have been assaed in regard to the undertaking
Time of the Express from Halifax TO Boston
The Express from Halifax to Annapolis was run with
horse and sleigh in 1910 including soppages and chang
ing horees-dstsnce l32 miles The sleigh was numbe
of times upset. owing the heavy drifts Of From
Annapolis TO Portland was run by the steamer kennebec
Left Annapolis Tuesday, Feb. II, OLA P NJ, arrived n
Portland wednesday, 18th, at l2;ls-tme 1890 Stopped
40 minutes to make fires The kcnnebec obliged Il
make her way through ice is inches thick and was sew
eral times compelled TO stop. The Express from Hans
TO Boston 81 hours including stoppsges From New
| Haven to New FORK 430.
THE SHAMEFUL CASE OF LEGISLATIVE BRIDE
RY AT HARRIsBURG.-A letter from regular
correspondent (which the Foreign News crowds
out and variety of private and public advices
leave no room for doubt that the lobby agent
McCook actually offered TO bribe Mr.. Y. f Poe,t.
! Representative of Bradford Co and n Member of
the Bank Committee by the paynentot $500 tounite
in reporting favoraby TO the Lehigh Bank at Allen
town-that, in pursuance Of bargain between them,
McCook paid down 500 and was 10 pay the SlOO
more when the Report appeared-and that he urged
all manner OF corrupt and shameful arguments to
induce Pioett 10 comply with his proposal. Mr. P.'s
/ statement is corroborated by the cash which