The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-02-20
Railroad Matters, Interesting Ru.
meTa and EpCCulatiOnB,

Probably some Of our friends will be
disposed to pitch in" for tbat"compen
sation" which the learned Supreme
Court has been talking about. but there is
rumor alluded to by "Plrr" our relia
bic Columbus Correspondent in his last.
which should be investigated before any
actor rs taken This is TO The effect that
the entire machinery, appurtenances,
claims and other assets Of the Road, to-
gether with the Road itself will pass into
the hands Of the mortgagees.or bond h9l-
dcrs in April next. II this is trre all
phi ntiHs against the company will bs
eliectually beaten on ere cmiOn.
Should this rumor prove true, al the
stock Of the company will be swallowed
up by the mortgages, aud every copper Of
il. whe ther belonging to the Stale or to
individuals lost.
But"piTr" says the rumor is that the
entire assets Of the road will fall short Of
satisfying the bonds by the large sum Of
S5UU, 0OO--a half million Of dolarsl-
This opens another train Of enquiry
which viii give an indigo linge to the
counlenanccs Of our unfortunate friends
who have invested. Aie the s'ockhold.
crs not Individually liable for this sum.
Our Plank Road experience Indicates as
much. II they are liable At all, those
Who are responsible men are liable for the
whOle;and the heavier the loss on stocks,
the heavier will be TIE levy on the ucG.
ciency This is. to use the term current
in literature,--"rathcr snlty." We hope
IL may prove false rumor, and the fact
that stocks have been going, not long
since, among men who ought to know,
and probably did know What they were
doing, a. from sixteen to twenty cents. is
evidence that IL is not correct
But again: willauy but the original
mock-holders be liable? Our own opin-
onis that they will, as purchaser Of
stock assumes the position Of an original
stockholder.
The community remember we'll the
Wor Of is55 in this city against tho
Monopoly, " and the long aud strong tug
orr / i G s ha forftts trade On the Ro d
aud u re uotion of the Tariff Mr.. @.
Q. DENNs, the enlightened and intclli-
gout superintendent, now acting, has
abolished the duties" paid at the de.
Pot, and free trade we have. lr Mr.. 4.
r. osnoRSE, instead Of the wrong head.
ed, stubborn aud ;yrenical policy he pur
sued, had complied with this reasonable
and just demand, it would have Jared
better with himself, with the road, aud
with tho people.
TKMrERAScE RE,iyALs, are now IL
progtcss in Mansfield, Fremont and 9th
or cities aud towns in this part Of Ohio
The people appear to have been driven to
resistance by th, destruc,iyeuess Of lraf
tc, of life aud properly. A view Of the
condition Of the business in this place
will lead the humane mau tn serious re
feetien. About sixty rum-shops are in
full opera ion, openly and ayowedly selling
in defiance OF law, but mot il would
seem. in opposition to the popular will
Juries, selected ut random, scQuit, with
scarcely an exception, the few that are
prosecuted, and none are brought to pun
ishment, IL this is not public endorse.
ment of liquor-soling, We know moi |
that would be. The "Lcague' has sunk !
TO utter non.entity,
We hayea few words to say to those
whoHre interested, aud they shall be o.
pen aud candid. There is degree Of
candor aboat the whole system. Tie
retailers are avowed aud conceal nothing.
The people hook on and are equally clear
in their 'aoitarproyal; and we viii be
just as ingenious in stating the truth;
candid on all sides.
Your promising manly little boys are
to run tho gauntlet, aud i, were better be-
tween files of sayages with bludgeons.--
Every second or third one, and perhaps
- greaiorproporlion will be- stricken down
degraded and damned. You will bury
the wrecks of your hopes but not the
dishouol e your household nor the fear.
tai forebodiugs Of their eternal future.
When this is done pray be honest e.
nouga to utter no word Of reproach A.
g'iust the li4 uor seller, for ho acted at
your permission. and by your consan ;he
IS your agent Just lay The guilt to your
own souls snd then seek what oonso a
ton you can.
The people Of Tifin mako their own
bod, let them lie in i,; and when bitten
with the adders aud s,ung with scorpi.
ons, let them carry out the dead aud bury
them. wi'hOet repiuing, Il is their own
doing.