Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1858-11-26
Metropolitan and Pennsylvania Ave.
nue. Railroad

MR. EDIToR'--AIl0W us TO say to the
friends of the Metropolitan Railroad,
who desired last winter to secure the
right of way along Pennsylvania Avenue
from Congress, that it is time for them
to be on the alert.
We learn to-day that the " lobby in
auence" is "laying their wires and set
ting traps" even thus early free din
ners, suppers, liquors and other appli-
ances are ready to be put in active use
as mollifers.
A few diSinterestel gentlemen of lei
sure in New York and Washington are
anxious to confer the great boon of a
railroad along the Avenue on the citi-
zens for the benefit of small company.
Many citizens are opposed to any rail-
road in the Avenues or streets Most
prefer, that, if the power be granted, it
will be given to the corporation of Wash
ington; but if any private company is to
have the charter or right, why, the pre-
ference is quite universal among the own
ers of the property on either side of the
Avenue-that the Metropolitan is the
proper company.
Wake up your Maryland members and
Senators; get them to investigate the
subject when it is brought before them
let them sift it to the bottom, examine
the whole scheme and its projectors and
advocates. If this be done, we hazard
the assertion, it will rebound to the ad-
vantage of the Metropolitan Company
and the interests of the rhole District.
ROCK CREEK.
SENATOR PEARcE, OF MD-We take
the following from late Cincinnati
journal:
The Senator who won the $3.50, 900
at the faro bank of the " distinguished
sportsman" recently deceased, at Wash
ington, is said to be Hon Jas. A. Pcarcc.
of Md.-Cin. Gaz., 18Th.
Hon. JAS. A. PEARCE. Elk Senator
Corwin does an act of simple justice to
Senator Pearce in the following note,
which we find published in the Cincin-
natl Gazette:
Cincinnati, Nor Is, 1853 Editors
Gdgette: In yonr paper of to-day you say
you are informed that the Hon. James
A. Pearce, of Maryland, is the Senator
who won $50, 600 last winter, in gamb-
ling house at Washington. This state
ment cannot be true. | know Mr..
Pearce well; | know he never did play
at any game during my long and init
mate acquaintance with him Mr.. Pearce
is not that style Of man. You will do
him an act of justice by contradeting
your paragraph ofto-day, or inserting this
note in your issue of tomorrow.
Tnos CoRwIN.
Those who know Senator Fearce per-
sonally, need not be assured that the
manly and generous effort of Mr.. Cor
win, in has defence ON this occasion, is
founded on truth and justice. He is no
card player under any circumstances.
THE Coolies IN CUBA.-A Virginia
gentleman, of intelligence, who recently
visited Cuba, gives sad picture of the
tolls and sufferings to which the Coolie
slaves are subjected. They have nothing
like the capacity of the negro for labor
and endurance, and yet the same tasks
are imposed upon them. When not en-
gagged in the field, they herd indiscrim-
inately, men, women and children, in
huts, with no semblance of the family
tie or obligations. Suicide is common
among them, sometimes ten or dozen
hanging themselves at a time. No pro-
vision is made for their return to their
native land, from which they have been
beguiled, and their masters having no
interest in them, except to get the great
est amount of work possible out of them
during their period of apprenticeship,
heap upon them an amount of labor that
soon breaks them down, and often hur-
rics them to the grave.
COMMERCE oP THE UNITED STATES. -
We have before us a semi-oficial state
ment of the Foreign Commerce of the
United States for the past year, of which
the following are the results, ending
June 80, 1858:
IMPORTS.
Dutlablc goods.,.....,....... ......S2O2 293. s15
Free ds............................. GlO44,770
Specie and ulliou................. 1924 49G
Total imports for the ycar.....$2s2, GI3, $50
EXPORTS.
domestic 81 O.'3
Foreign produce and merchandise 20. CGO.24I
Domestic specie and bulion...... AZ. 4O7. 246
rorrigh 10 rs, sol
Total exports for the year....."S32i, GA, 42l
This shows a balance in our favor for
the year, but this year is no criterion of
the general business of the country.
FREE COL0rgD PERSONS. The remoy-
al of the free colored population seems
70 have engaged the attention of the