Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-02-03

/ Day- In his able charge to the jury in the For
rest case, Judge Oakley said "You are called
upon to decide on this case in the midst Of The great
est mass OF PERJURY on one side or he Other that
haze sper before citnsssed OhiLe on The bench or al
| The bar"
nerve contemplate reducing our exchange
list, and shall have to dispense with many ex-
cellent journals, since we cannot read all we
receive If we omit any having claims upon us,
they will please inform us of the fact.
B6s~ When you write private notes, SO endorse
them. A note addressed to a married gentleman
in this city few days since 1--WE will not say by
whom written) caused for moment q decidedly
unpleasant state of feeling in the domestic circle
Memorial Of the citizens of Bladensburg and
vicinity and the city Of Washington, to the
Board Of Directors Of the baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company
Your memorialsts respectfully suggest the
expediency of further reduction in the fare
between Washington and Bladensburg as cal
culated to advance the interests of the Com
pany, while it will confer material benefit
upon the inhabitants Of each of these places
In illustration of this statement, they present
the following facts for your consideration:
Many gentlemen employed in the public Of
fees in Washington, from motives Of economy,
health, or pleasure, would take up their resi-
dence in Bladensburg if they could pass back
and forth on the railroad for about one dollar
per week. At this rate gentlemen with fami-
lies would in many instances reside in Bladens
burg, Tor at the depot, when the contemplated
improvements are made) where house-rent
fuel, and the style of living are cheaper than
in the city Not only Government clerks, but
other citizens, whose means enable them to
live in equal comfort, would take this course.
Single gentlemen, likewise, impelled by love
of rural sports, would find the vicinity of the
depot pleasant retreat, at least during the
summer
A gentleman OF ample means has it in con-
temptation to build commodious and tasteful
boarding-house near the Depot; and although
he now has some hesitation on the subject,
there can be no doubt that the adoption on
your part, of the suggestion which your memo
rialists now respectfully submit, would at once
induce him to commence the enterprise. There
can scarcely be a rational doubt about the
proftableness of the investment; and it may
be calculated with equal certainty that others
of similar kind will follow In this way we
shall in a few years see beautiful village rise
up around the Bladensburg Depot, which will
increase in no inconsiderable degree the bust
ness of the road if we take into view the very
trif1ing effort necessary to accomplish the re-
suit
The vicinity of Bladensburg abounds with
mineral springs. The country around the De-
pot, and north and west of il, possesses great
beauty and fertility, and we know of no more
lovely situation for village The city OF
Washington is rapidly improving and has now,
including Georgetown, more than fifty thou
sand inhabitants; yet it has not in its vicinity
a village affording q pleasant retreat in sum-
mer, from the heat and dust of its streets.
This deficiency constitutes no inconsiderable
| drawback from the attractions of the Metrop-
oils, and causes it to be Stunned at that season
by all who are not drawn to it by business. Its
citizens who have money and leisure, fly away
to the mountains or the sea shore, in search of
health or recreation; and hundreds, who can
II afford to bear any addition to their ordinary
expenses, are tempted to follow their example.
The simple regulation requested by your
lightful retreat to the citizens of Washington
n its immediate vicinity, thereby giving addi-
tonal attractiveness to the city, and at the same
time promote the welfare of the Company.
Your memorialists have suggested the issue
If tickets by the week at one dollar. This is
only eight dollars less per annum than the
present annual tickets; but it has the incom.
parable advantage to the public of being within
the reach of every citizen, while few, if any,
will be induced to avail themselves of the an,
nual ticket even if they are able to advance
the money. The issue of weekly tickets at the
price specified would in few weeks triple the
present number of passengers; and so soon as
houses can be constructed for the accommoda-
ton of boarders, ten or even twenty-fold
increase may be safely counted on. The new
arrangement, we are induced to believe, would
be attended with inconsiderable expense or
trouble to the Company compared with the en-
HANGED profits.
In addition to the weekly tickets, your me-
morialists respectfully request that the daily
tickets at thirty cents may be issued at Bla-
densburg as well as Washington. The present
arrangement affords no sort of convenience to
the citizens of Bladensburg and the surround
ing country, unless their business calls them to
the city daily.
All of which is respectfully submitted
Value OF Life.
1t is remarked in the interesting pamphlet OF
DR.. Buckler, on the sanitory condition Of Bati-
more, that calculations made in England and
Belgium, and other tables relating to vital sta
tistcs" show, that the average life Of man in the
temperate regions is between thirty-two and
| thirty-three years, and that owing to improve
ments in the modes of living clothinp and other