Washington sentinel., 1854-03-25
Boston and Halifax Telegraph.-We cut
the following from the Baltimore Auleriean Of yes

terudy
"We published a despatch yesterday from Bos.
ton stating that petition 10 the legislature of
Maine was being extensively signed in that city,
asking for charter 10 build opposition line
Halifax The New York Tribune says that this
is about the fiftieih time that few ofcious peo-
pie in Boston have attempted TO regulate the tele-
graph business, and break down what they abb
surdy call the monopoly Of the associated press
of New York, Philadelphia, and baltimore The
Tribune adds:
sThus far the efforts OF the parties referred TO
have had no other effect than 10 expose them 10
the ridicule of all sensible people, and we predict
that the present attempt will not be an exception
to those that have preceded IT, Admitting that the
legislature Of Mane should grant TO these parties
the right to construct an opposition line through
that State, still they would be no better of al Ca
Ibis than they are at Portland, as the legislature
of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia have, by a
majority Of re one, refused TO permit opposition
lines 10 be constructed through those provinces,
for the simple reason that there is scarcely busi-
ness enough to sustain the present through line.
g fthe New England press and the mercantile
community of Boston wish to enter into compeii-
ton with the New York associated press, they
have every opportunity 10 crafty their wishes,
and have no occasion 10 wait for The construction
Of an opposition line II is stale but not less
barefaced untruth 10 charge the Maine or any other
line between New York and Halifax with being
party TO any monopoly OF the wires by the
!"
come over first, because they are first placed in
the Halifax office First come first served is
the wholesome rule observed on all well-regulated
telegraph lines, and we have no reason 10 doubt
that all the Halifax lines are governed by this
rule.
We understand that the joint judiciary com
mittees the Maine Legislature have reported ad-
verse TO the petitioners for the opposition line, and
both houses yesterday accepted the report in con-
currence; which, we take il, is the only course
the Legislature could have taken with the least re-
gard to the Just rights OF the Maine company, who
have some seven or eight hundred miles of wire,
every foot Of which is owned by citizens of that
State
Tehuantepec.-We learn says the New Or
leans Delta, that the contractors OF the Sloo CON-
pany rapidly pushing their work on this route,
and that the obstacles thus far 10 building the road
have proved 10 be very slight The following ex
tract from letter Of one of the employees on the
work has been kindly furnished to US:
"SucHIL, February 90, 1854.
Mr.. Wall is going ahead finely with the work;
he has six miles Of the road already open, pre-
pared for grading The work will be pushed on
as fast as possible. Quarters are already prepared
for three hundred men, and all the force will be
employed that can be advantageously worked.
Il have examined the river, and do not find any
trouble in navigating t. II will not be necessary
TO 60 to any expense in clearing it OUT there is
impcdiment TO boats as far up as Brewers, seven
teen miles below Suchl. There are no snags.
Above Brewers, there are two shoals, but they
are not bad ones. This river has more water in
il than the Ohio it rises thirty feet. and there is
no difficulty in navigating it. do not want
better river.
'tThe natives work with zeal, and have great
faith in the enterprise"
From Liberia The Colonization Journal
publishes letters from Liberia, under date of Janu-
ary g. stating that the emigrants by the Isle de
Cnba We're, up to that date, quite well, and much
pleased. A letter from Henry ]. Roberts, Of date
five days later, says: :. A pretty Soodly number
have been attacked by the fever among whom
are Mr.. Washington, Mr.. Deputy, and four Of his
children, three of Atoms chidren and others,
gerously ILL.," The Pennsylvania Company quickly
disposed Of their goods at high prices. They
have examined several streams for a site for
their mill, and have concluded TO put it up on the
Junk river. MIR. Peterson (who has returned in
the Isle de Cuba) was so carried away in his love
for the country and people, that he could not, in
his excessive JOY, speak calmly when in the pull
pit on The Sabbath following his landing on shore.
Mr.. ]. B. Jordan in his letter, further says: Mr..
John Mckay, the delegate sent in the Banshee by
Governor Wright, Of Indiana, is here in fine
health. and is much pleased. He went TO the
Masonic Hail. and worked his way in by the signs
Of the order and as,onished them, and was aston
shed by them loo. His report will have great
weight in the western States, and this Incident
was opportune, as masonry is almost proverbial
in the western States and in New Orleans with
free people Of color"
Miss Della Webster Incarcerated.--On
Wednesday Miss Della Webster, notorious char
acter who resides in this Slate, opposite Madison,
was arraigned before Judge Gray, of Trimble
county, the charge of enticing away slaves from
their owners in that county. There was evidence
that, since her residence in that county, some
twenty slaves had escaped from herneighborhood;
also, that Messrs. Day and Cram who stand in
dicted in that county for entcing away slaves, re-
side on the farm with her, and her friends
and associates also, that she had heretofore been
convicted on the charge OF aiding in the escape of
slaves. II was also shown 10 the court, by a num-
ber of the most respectable citizens of her neigh
borhood, that she was generally suspected OF hav-
ing had something TO do with the recent escape Of
slaves from that vicinity. Upon this evidence
Judge Grey required Miss Webster TO give bond.
with suretes in the sum of SO, ,000that she would
be Of good behavior, or that she would give bond
in the same amount that she would leave the State
and never return to il. In default of giving bail
as required, Miss Webster is now in the Bedford
Courier, March Is.
Arrest of the Murderer AquilIo-Inqucst
on the Body of his Victim.-Mario Arguillo,
the murderer of Franz Goerelly, was arrested
Yesterday morning by officer Marshall, short dis
lance from the police station Of the sscond dis
trict. He stated, when arrested, that he was on
his way TO the police station TO surrender him
self. Be this as it may, he is now in the lookup
awaiting an examination before Recorder Ramos.
Coroner Forshee held an inquest upon the body of
the murdered man yesterday, and the jury re-
turned verdict that the deceased "came 10 his
death by wound on the left side Of the abdomen,
penetrating the spleen and liver, and causing in
ternal hemorrhage, inflicted with a sharp-pointed
instrument in the hands of one Mario .Arguillo,
on the evening Of the 10th instant The crcum-
stances of the murder were fully detailed in our
paper Of yesterday evening, the second version
being the correct one, he having killed Goerelly
for interfering TO restore peace between himself
and wife, while they were engaged in quarrel
about the baptism Of their child
Nerc Orleans Della, nh.
A Gunpowder Plot--Jail Delivery.-We
learn that five of the inmates Of the New Albany
(Ind) Jail, on Tuesday night, blew themselves out
of that stronghold, and escaped. Bill Shockley
and ---- Jones We're two of the party. The
means employed were by undermining portion
-of the wall and then blowing it out with gunpow-
der, and escaping through the hole. ltwas a bold
and successful effort but where did they get the
gunpowder ?-Louispils Courier.