The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-21

It is an an actual fact that from m ny very re-
spectacle houses gari age is daily rwn into |
the gutter, and reliance for impunity is placed |
on the negligence or compatibility of the po-
Ecemen. In view Of the approac of cholera
and the terrible dangers to which we or, expo
sed, we can see no practical difference between
these individuals and the assassin who knocks
down his victim with cub in dark street
The motives of the two differ of course. The
one seeks plumber, the other the eradication
of idleness But, in the eyes Of Higher Pow
er, both stand on the same footing. Both, by
an art which their conscience disapproves, and
the law Furnishes, cause, the one directly, the
other indirectly, the death Of their fellow crea-
ture surely the guilt Of the one cannot far
surpass - guilt of the other. If there be
difference in fact, is not he the greater orimi-
nal whose death-dealiag attempts are not con-
fined to one solitary victim, but tell upon
whole families, and entire streets? Can there
be comparison in fact between the moral tur-
pitude OF the highwayman who sheets travel
Ter by the road side, and the lazy wretch who
breeds in a healthy streete frightful disease,
whereof twenty or thirty people die :
THE ATLANTIC AVID PACIFIC RAnro DAD CON-
| PANY-ATTACK AND DERENoE.-There appeared
a. few days ago, in two OF the free soil organs Of
this city, the material portions of pamphlet,
| purpOrting to be disclosure of the alleged
dishonest management of the affairs of the At
antic and Pacific Railroad Company by the
| parties concerned. We received, also, copy
! of this pamphlet at the time but from its vic
lent sectional and personal abuse of some {
the leading men of this railroad company, We
| concluded that the space which the expose }
would occupy could be better appropriated to
other matter. Having now received a reply
to the leading specific allegations of the PAM
phlet-an official statement, in fact of the
actual transactions and existing state of things.
in reference to the management of the COM
pany-we have thought it proper, from a sen
of justice to all parties, and especially to the
public to give the body Of the pamphlet -
the vindication together. "
The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Conn.,. !,
are acting under charter granted by our Stale
Legislature /; and, according to the statement
of Mr. Robert J. Walker and his associates, t. g
affairs Of the company are in strai ghtforward
and prosperous condition, everything being
ranged for breaking ground on the road near
the northeastern corner of Texas on tie
coming 4th of July. The route is from ma +
gable tributary of the Red river, near .
eastern boundary Of Texas, thence westwardiy
across the upper plains Of that State to IL
Rio Grande, thence via Ell Paso del Norte
to the table lands of Northern Mexico, thence
around in the general direction Of Cookies
wagon route to the crossing of the Colorado at
the junction Of the Gila, thence across the
desert beyond, and the foot hills Of the Sierra
Nevada to the Pacific ocean. We have SO fire.
quently detailed the geographical and top :
graphical advantages of this route, that il
unnecessary here to repeat them We presume
he company have not omitted, in their esti-
mates, the drawbacks Of those extensive plains,
SO largely without water, without timber, with
out subsistence and without population, except
wild Indians, for more than u thousand miles Of
their route. In the face OF these formidable
obstacles the company promise to break ground
for the road on the Fourth Of July. We hope
that all concerned may survive till the work is
completed.