The New York herald., 1851-08-05

invested With the E(dssary power TO extend the
privileges under said grnt, and his acts were sub;
ssqsatly lsgtmated ny the regularly eonstitute3
said extension fully recognised on divers importaa6
OeSaaons Dy the government under different ID.
nos oxm., no Judicial decision has been given
against the validity Of the sssion, by which,
alone, and not by legislative or executive action,
can the rights accorded under the grant be Ia.
And the said Barnard * SideIl, further protests
ing, say that the survey having been undertakes
on the faith Of the most solemn and public recoR-
milton of the rights under the concession, and wiSh
the especial favor and good will of the government,
and with orders from the said government to the
local authorities to give every aid, protection, and
assstsnce,it it was right to assume that the work
would not be violently interrupted before compile
ton; and acting under this assumption of the good
faith Of the Mexican government, the work wsa
projected and undertaken, but by the recent actiou
Of the said government the projectors have been
disappointed in their reasonable expectations, and
the benefit anticipated cannot be realized; and the
vast expenditure Of time, toll, and anxiety, and the
bility of an adequate return And for these and ALI
other injuries resulting from the action OF The
government, not only to the projectors but to tho
individuals acting under or with them, the said Bar
nard < Sdell, agents as aforesaid, in their own
names, and in the name ofthe company under which
they act enter this their solemn and formal protest.
against the said Government of Mexico and its
they may be acting, the right to claim and receive
from the said Government Of Mexico, its officers
and agents aforesaid, full indemnity for the said
acts Of the said government, its officers and agents.
and for all other and further damages and iDjurys
as may in this matter be made to appear result
ing from the aforesaid unconsttutional unjust, and
injurious conduct of the said Government Of Mexi>
co, its officers and agents aforesaid.
j. G.. BARNARD,
Chief Engineer Tehuantepec r. r. Co. 70
w. III. SIpELL, ..
Associate Engineer Tehuantepec r. r. Co.
Duly attested by the certifcat, and seal of Office
of Charles r. Webster, Esq, U. S. Consul, at the
city of Tehuantepec, on the lth day Of June, 1851
ELoPEMENT-ALMosT.-Th station house, lase
evening, was the scene of highly interesting drs-
matte performance. The striking difference be-
tween this and those to which usually accus-
toned, being that the performers in the presents
case were real and of course acted to the life. An
honest German, returning home last evening, dis
covered with no little anxiety the absence of hia
rrou,D and one of his little ones His psternal and
malevolent feelings were aroused, more especially
as appearances indicated the simultaneous depar1
ture OF young gentleman boarder., He immedi@
couple snugly ensconced in the evening train for
New York. Pen cannot portray the pentup feelS'
ings of the husband and father, as he gazed upon
the, to him, most unlovely scene. Immediate ao-
tion was demanded and taken, and the mother and
child appeared upon the platform in shorter space
Of time than is employed in recording the fact The
feelings of an injured man were now fully aroused>
and directed towards the Of the domestic dis
turbance, who, luckily for himself, had made his
escape from the car. The tragic scene now COM
menced; hither and thither, behind and before tho
train, and back the infuriated husband pur-
sued the disturber of his home Spectators as
sembled, and the destruction of the nice young
man was momentariy expected, as the now mora
thoroughly aroused vengeance oft pursuer seemed
determined on satisfaction Meantime the MAIN
character stood inderently gazing upon the scene.
forming o strong contrast in point of excitemens
with her liege lord When approached and ques-
replied, sob, nothing; think my husband is very
foolish" The writer and the woman here agree
The cars were about starting, and the husbands
blinded by rage and the darkness, thought he dis
covered his object making tracks up the railroads.
tracks made he, but in reality our would-be hero
was cambering into the baggage ear, dexterousiy
assisted by the master ofthe same and sympatheti0
bystanders. can aboard" shouted the conductor,
and the victims ofpetticoated sovereignty were soon
pursuing opposite directions, to the extreme salts.
faction Of ut least one, and the ultimate chagrn OF
the other. How affairs terminated behind the
scene, deponent saith not."-Nao Haren Palaa.
diMp', July 20.