The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-14
Our Indianapolis Correspondents.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. rs, 1853.
Railroad Specaiations- General LaD and Whole
sois Land Srtudis-Lsgai Fmanciering- Judges
and Judiciary, SC.
Tire effect Of the revusion Of public confidence in
railroads Is every day showing itself in this State
and the parties who heretofore have only swindled
foreign capitalists In such works the Madison aud
Wabash Valley roads, are now turning back upon
each other. The latest dodge H. however, the rich
est and the spols likely to be Of the best. The
Legislature. in February, 1862 passed general rail
road law. In June following they directed the Sccrc
tary Of State to publish it, which being done by him
put the law In force. Under that law the Wabash
Valley Railroad and several others organised, went
on and got subscriptions, and under IL some have
completed their roads and others have partly com.
pleted theirs Al the time Of the passage Of the
general railroad law another was passed, authorizing
railroad companies 10 receive subscriptions payable
in lands, which they have all done TO greater or
less extent.
Now see the beauties Of the judiciary. The
property holders along the line Of the proposed roads
subscrbed and paid in cash but the spectators sub
scribed lands often nj five times their value and took
stock in pay. Now, the stock speculations proving
failures they have gotten one OF the District Attor-
neys 10 bring quo rdrrdafo against a company In
which there is large land subscriptions, (nade by
brothers, partners &C., of our Senators and Gov.
Railroad law declared not In force nj the time OF the
organization Of their companies. and thus get their
lands back without cost, after having had their
taxes paid on them for the last three years.
Wall Street men may come now TO Indiana to learn
fnanciering. There Is nothing like having the right
men at the head Of q State, and Judges At salary
Of 81 200 per annum. With our men, Morgan and
Garrison, and hbuster Walker, must 20 under.
ARREST or womAx m GExEsxE.CouSrytCBta s-
ED WITH Poisoning BER HUsBsSD AND SIX Cum
pRrs.--A correspondent Of the Rochester D,mocrat,
writing from Alabama, Genesee county, N. T., gives
the following account Of the investigation into
horrible poisoning which has Just come to light
in that locality. Some time in July, 1856, Henry
Hoag. respectable citizen OF this town, died quite
suddenly. About six weeks after his death q little
daughter FIVE six years old died after gn illness
Of only twenfy-four hours Suspicious of foul play
were entertained by some at the time, but no acton
was taken in the Gaze. Last spring an infant child
born subsequent TO Mr.. Hoag's death-ded sf,era
short illness. Suspicion was again aroused, but
nothing was done. Last tall another child, some
two years old, died under still more suspicious cir
cumstanccs. A postInortem examination was had,
but the chemist 70 whors the chlds stomach was
sent neglected 10 analyse its contents But the com.
munity had hcrome satisfied that the death OF
so many members Of family, under such crcnti-
stances. required further investigation. and the
bodies Of al of them were exhumed, aud the
somachs Of the three first and portion OF the duo
denum of the last. secured, and upon analysis ar
senic was found in them all. Suspicion at once
pointed Ia The wife and mother "a the person who
administered the poison. and she was arrested aad
is now in our county hil at Batavia, awaiting the
action of the Gland Jury, which sits next week.
Since her husbands death she has been married
again 20 a man by the name of Frisch who lived
with her but short time--some difficulty having
arisen between them. Sone years since, three otter
Of her children died quite suddenly, with symptoms
almost precisely similar TO the last ones. aud IL Is in
ferred that she poisoned them also, from the fact
that she confessed that she did il accidentally aud
through mistake Altogether, this IL one OF the most
horrid cases on record. That woman would poison
her husband may not be incredible, hut that
mother would pois deliberately, one after another
six Of Der own offspring, seems toe inhuman Tor he
lief