Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-04-13
THE HAND OF JUSTICE.

From the Philadelphia correspondence Of the New
York Tribune, we extract the following interesting
facts:
The ayenging hand Of criminal justice has at last
fallen on the men through whom the Bank of Penn
sylvana Ia believed to have been prostrated Alli.
hone, aud his bosom friend and fellow Director,
Thomas A. Newhall, have been indicted by the
Grand Jury for their conduct in the premises, and
we eha now have the veil lifted tor the fret time
from long catalogue OF offences which have here.
tofore been shrouded in impenetra6le mystery. Ire
District Attorney went quietly before the Grand
Jury with his witnesses, procured the finding OF
true bills without difficulty, and then struck the
parties dumb with confusion by an unheraded war.
rant of arrest. II is chaaged that these parties
conspred together to cheat and deraud the Bank of
soms s24O.OOO 1t is charged that Newball owed
the Bank Sl26,0OO on his simple checks, which Al
lbone counted as cash, and that 10 pay this in.
dab.edness Newhall drew bill Of exchange on Rns.-
teia & Co. of Manchester for G50,0UD, which Ali
bone received on behalf of the bank at the same time
paying to Newhall the supus Of Sll4 ,0Oo The .l!e
CATION also is that at the time this bill of exchange
was given TO Allibone. Newhall had no funds III :he
hands of Rossein a. Co., and that Alibone knew II
The bill was accepted, but came back protestef' and
the bank is now sued for the amount Albone, hap.
pening to be In the city on Saturday, Oh visit from
his quiet cottage farm in New Jersey, was promptly
arrested, and contrived to find bail. Newhali sued
out writ of ha6eas corpus, on which nearing VIII De
had on Saturday. Some humliatlng disclosures may
be looked for when the two eaaes come before the
jury. The same expectation will probably be grahed
when the case comes up OF the bank agalns John
Miller, late Postmaster here, to recover back that
S23 QUO paid the latter for causing the Government
to fork up the money for the old banking house.
Two bills are now before our Legislature deserving
of especial MENTION The first is that for selling the
whole of the remaining canals belonging to the State.
This bill has passed the House, and thence gone
through its several stages in the Senate by decided
msioriles, indicating its inal passage. This bill will
thus cut the State loose from her gigantic system ol
public improvements, by which she has oeen 20
ahamelessy plundered since the system was in.
sugurated. Our example should be warning 20 all
other States owning canals or rail roads. when the
statistics of these great works are investigated the
results are almost Incredible The North Branch
Canal has involved an expenditure IN the last nine
wears of 81 900, 900 more than its income, with no
hone of improvement, as the tolls in 1897 were
ss7 600 less than in 1885, The reduction of tolls on
rail roads has almost destroyed the canals. as new
roads competing with them and with each other have
been opened in various directions Even the coal
trade is leaving the canals. The Delaware ana
Lackawsns Rail Road in 1884 carried l33,964 tons;
in 1855 it carried s65 tons; in 1856 it swerd to
2y6 232 tons. and in 1857 TO 49DG23 fons. having
nearly quadrupled in four years. At all me Coh.c'
tors Office. the canal tolls have been steadliy diHn
ishine. Even on the Delaware DivisIon from Easfon
TO Bristol, the only canal which ever showed The
sast ability to pay its way, the freight has been
growing lrss from year TO year. Ihe tonnage N
1850 was SOP SAG, yet in 1857 1t was only 3309l
having gradually declined from the highest point IL
1852 of 77446O tons. The coal trade is thus leaving
this canal and finding market over two new outlets
the North Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley
Roads-which opened the opposition ball last year
taking l65 600 tons to market. The coal trade on
these new roads is rapidly increasing at the eI2.Isr
of the canal. Last year the State Iosl st4 4os % o
owning and working her canals She oon ssn o no"
for 3d. 500 600 what cost her about II -.
the certainty tina, If the sale is delayed mucn 1rIg
she will hardly be able to give tneu, a n"hIi"
ntsrss, on the cost e,ns .s sdasd 5 to the year. nj
expenses, amounted n lS51 5 - o. "hie I sns
aso1 .ss "a ,sr apnum, TO which must be added
sros ann for deterioration. Yet in the face of the
..,ound;np revelations there is a strong party who
onnoss The sale, in hopes of being able stIl urthe
to plunder the State by means Of salaries and pick
;ngs generally.