New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-04
FROM DELAWARE
TIE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TO sENA.
TOR BATES-AFFRAi.

Our Legs allure, which has for scmc WHO WV
holding its session st Dover, will adjourn on lnurs
dsy next As told you In former etsef' sne
Senate stands 4 Americas to Democrats. Inc
Honse. numbering 81, consists wholly Of Democrats.
The principal business has been the granting oil
,bout tnir,y divorce cases. greater number than
has ever been granted any session before, Gall, how
ever. Of which | believe were necessary, the re-
healing Of the Maine Law, and the granting OF
several railroad charters. There are also two new
lottery bills before our Legislature one apPhed for
by parties in New York, and the other by Mr..
France of Baltimore. We have for several years
been endeayoring TO get rid Of lotteries but IN VAIN
New Castle county which is rich and has no slaves
opnosss these grants The lower counties are
rnnr and though both put together had at the last
censns only fraction more than the PoPuiauou Oh
Nau Castle. and probably at this time have not the
nnnplation of the former county, stu escn mas tue
same representation in the Legislature as InSl
comfy. Consequently wealthy parties from New
York and other States are able 10 give sucn hed'3
INNS Ia The State for lottery grants (and It Is said
siso fee some Of the members heavily that the
moral. Of the NE mbers are not proof against me
nnbEc brihe. This money IL subscribed ny Tue
State TO railroad purposes, and has materially aided
such of these impr0vems hts as eNlst IN TINS S'ate.
IL was from business from the lottery grants tna'
the Delaware Railroad was mainly bulit, ana II Is
an business from the lottery bills now before Tue
Legislature that they rely to build the ralrosd lot
which they are now applying TOR charters
The present Lottery bulls may or MA! not 90
through, ii they do not, thcr defeat Is not owrss
70 the morality Of our Legislature or cI'ifeus Ing
parties who oppose the grant are those VINO ootaneo
The GRANT of the lottery in 1851. They do not wan'
another lottery The New-fork parties do not
want France 10 have his grant. The know-Nothing
members of the Senate, thinking that the opposition
To Frances grant is because he Is hnow- Nothiis
vil not vote for one grant without the other; ana
without their aid neither grant can be carried
Then. sgain, there is dispute AS to when oil tine
Railroad Con panles shall have the money, OF III
What proportion it shall be divided among them
Roth lottery bills are lying until these matters
can no settled We had hopes that II these bills
were granted they would be the last; but an
amendment to our Constitution, lntroduceu INTO
the last Legislature and which this Rad the power
TO pass. "torbiddng the granting Of lottery charters
after 1850" was defeated.
The railroad bills before our Legislature were
the following: First, a road from the Delaware
Railroad TO Lewes, at the Delaware Breakwater,
at the mouth Of the Delaware Bay. This has
passed both Houses. Next, a road from Oxford,
IN Talbot County, Nd, which runs through Caro-
line County in that State, and bsects the Della
ware Railroad at Smyrna, on the Newcastle and
Kent County line. This bill has also passed.
r.. fore the charter was applied for it was
led 10 the Delaware line Next, road
s" q from the Delaware rail, at some POINT
~ .ha neighbOrhOod of Milford, to run near
,ts sant. of the State, through Georgetown and
M;nshoro in Sussex County, to the Maryland line.
tn i onno. ed by the Delaware Railroad. Next,
"a ta run rom the Nanticoke to Lewes, form
inc q line 10 New York by crossing to Cape May.
In is also opuo, ed by the Delaware Railroad.
II ia extremely doub. ttul whether these two last
bills will pass. ,..,e
The onIy other business OF Importance before our
Legislature is one giving SO, 600 year TO Delaware
College, on condition OF her fo. ming Normal
School and educating one student irOWe every schOoi
district in the State.
Our Senator, Martin w. Bates. wh Tie hurrying
on TO take bis seat in Congress few weeks SINCE,
tell in this city and injured himself severely. lie
is an old man--I should think over seventy years.
It is doubtful whether be will be in the Senate for
months, if ever.
On Wednesday night last We had for this city
certainly al extraordinary scene. Dir. John 4.
Patterson, an eminent lawyer of this city, one who
is esteemed and respected by all who know him,
had cause TO suspect the fidelity of his wife. She
ia one Of the most beautiful women in the city.
he placed spies upon her. who found
that she was in the habit OF walking until late at
night in the outskirts of the city with French |
gentleman a resident of New Orleans, who il visit
ing this city for the purpose of having an iron
steamboat built at Messrs. Belts Pussy, Jones u
Co.'S On the night above mentioned her husband. |
after following her in company with has brothers, his
Lieut.. Webster, and others, and |
seeing her enter his back gate, reproached her with
her conducts and seading for Thomas Hawkins,
the High Constable of the city, sent by him for her
parents, and sent her home. Then sallyinS out |
with his friends he attacked the French gentleman
IN the steps Of B. 7. Turner's hotel, striking him, |
TO begin with. dreadful blow in the face with
cowhde. The gentleman being thus suddenly as
sauted ran, shreking for guards and police.
But rows are 60 unirequent IN this city
that all We deem it necessary to keep |
are constable or go, and OF course they
were not there to protect him. He raD, shreAing
murder, down Shipley street, thinking, suppose,
that his assalants intended TO murder him, and |
dashed into the dwelling OF Mr.. Jackson Pusey
gentleman whom he had been in the habit of visit
pg. Mr.. Patterson dashed in after him, accom-
panied by his friends. He ran into the psrlor,
where his friend had been in the habit OF receiving
him. Mr. Patterson followed him, the door Of the /
parlor was Immediately locked and some say Mr.
Patterson alone, and others say others Also as
sauted him. There be was beaten with cowhlde |
for the space of about twenty minutes. In the |
the shrleks of murder attracted the /
crowd who rushed in, and were on the point OF 1
breaking the door open, when it was unlocked, and
the gentleman, dresdiully injured, was carried up
sairs to one Of Mr. Pusey's chambers. cry was |
raised from the crowd Of Lynch hun" lynch him."
meaning Patterson But getting on the top step /
be called Out - am John &. Paterson; you know /
my residences | will answer for the deed.
Knowing from the character Of the man that be /
must have received some great provocaton, the
crowd dispersed. l.
The parior where this desperate conflict occurred
is reduced to perfect wreck. The walls and fur.
niture are stained with blood The furniture rs all
Sr.cLsd and broken The hand-screW mirror 10