, 1859-05-31
Railroad Matters.

the New York Central, to leave the question Of
ire'ght rates to the freight agents Of the four
roads; but this was not adopted. The Erie
would only JON the negotiations on the plat
sidy.
notwithstanding the denials Of certain parties,
the statements NE made yesterday in regard to
the state OF the finances Of the Erie Road were
stf1cuy correct, and to-day VIC hear that that
company have decided to pay nothing for the
present but the running expenses Of the Road
This crisis in tdeir xdairs has been brought
about BY their inability to meet certain mort.
gage coupons which were noted for payment
yesterday and to-day, and the unwilhngness Of
the Dlrecto.s to involve themselves personally
70 relieve the Road from its pressing Iiabillties
The condition to which this corporation has ar
f7Ved IS q striking commentary upon the absolute
necessity of paying $4,000 salaries. We think,
however, the same result could have been ut
tanned upon much smaller expenditure.-4ftw
York Tribune, Eta inst.
CLEVELAND i TOLEDO RA11noap.-The result
OF the year's business is estimated as follows:
Espensss E,Sss xIa'9*s g s:a; s
1ns1sss On bonded dsb siiailas fand and eass ii
Cleveland. Columbus aud Cincinnati Road-.... s54sn
Net ss974ss
for internal and shares on floating debt Of
1856, 900, leaving not very brilliant residuum
for dividends on Il, ,343, 100 of stock.
The net receipts Of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
and Chicdgo Road for the third week of May
aro S27 1859.
Anne1edis IN extract from letter from the
Treasurer Of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Rail-
road:
FISCAL hAorscz-HAsnaAI ASp ST. JoeEruR. r: coz
Bcsros May =, 1859.
DEAa Slh The gross receipts Of the Hanni-
fn} and Ef Nneaph Railroad cir
on the e2d February last to the 18th inst.
amount to SIS, 5,243.15. Although through
train was run on the 22d Of February, the road
could not be considered fairly open for business
until sometime after the lst March, and during
the whole month Ct March and the first part Of
APRIL We had to ctntend with food through
| the whole extent oi the road, which severely
washed the banks # the cuts and Of course url-
settled an entirely new track and materially les
sened our ability to do the business presented
to US. The track isnow in first rate order and
| the trains are making exact time. We are nut
| yet sufficiently provided with locomotives and
cars, but this want IS in tile way Of being very
| shortly supplied, and the prospects Of remu-
nerative business are highly satisfactory.
CHICAGO, Iowa AND NEBRASKA RA,1IoAp-
The Clinton H<raN, of Saturday last, says :;
"This week, some twenty-five car loads of iron
hare been received for the c. I. / n. R. r., and
the track has been pushed beyond Bertram. If
it be possibility, the road will be completed to
Cedar Rapids before our next issue.
Habeas Corpus Case.
Correspondence at tho Cleveland Htsaldl
CoIrxprs, o.. Aay:e.
Mr. Wo'cott resumed his argument this morn
ofit-~the thing within your limits or mice-is
| impossible.
But without attempting condensation may
say, that for legal and historical resenrch, 1oT
close and unnnswer4ble logic, for all the force
and all the influence which belongs to legal
case was never e1eellcd. Well might it be so,
since, in my Judgment, no case Of equal import
ance with this ever came before this or any other
State Court.
With intense attention the audience listened
! to every syllable; so close was the attention
that in the pauses the silence was that Of soil
tude. To use hackneyed phrase, "you might
have heard pin drop"
| incidentally Mr.. .1olcott remarked that the
decisions Of the Supreme Court in tue earlier
and better days Of the Republic" were in favor
Of liberty and sustained the legal proposition lie
had affirmed in this case. But that Court
everybody knows It, and why not mention il
even here-it is in tic mouths Of all, topic ot
talk in all circles, why not speak Of it, the Su-
| prcme Court Of the United States is sectional
Court, constituted for sectional ends, every JUS
tice on that bench selected with reference 10
sectional decision.
In illustration Of this Insertion, he referred tc
the appointment Of Judge to fill tue vacancy
occasioned by the death Of Judgc Smith Thomp
son, Of New York. President Tyler nominated
John C. Spenccr-a juror whose reputation was
as wide Us this continent at least-tha Senate
failed to confirm him. President Tyler nomiu
ated Chancellor WaIworth-a Democrat, and
A-h. A.k1 g.
the Senate. But Chancellor Wa1worth was pre-
aiding officer Of the Court Of Errors, and as suct
had pronounced IN opinion {reported in 14it
Wendell, reversing that Of Judge Nelson, whicl
affirmed the coustitutionality Of the act Of ~;
Walworth was rejected. Then Nelson, whost
opinion on this question had been reversed, wa:
: nominated and confirmed. "Need ask why:'
said the Attorney General.
The close Of the argument was 6ne-logic
ally and rhetoricallv SO. Arraiguing the nc
Of 1850, count BY count, item BY item, he in
sisted:
| lst, That it was unconstitutional, because
Congress had no power to lcgislatc upon thi'
subject.
ID, That conccling the power, this act was it
contrayention Of the Constitution, in placing
judicial power where none could be placed, ii
denying the right Of trialby jury in cases inyols
ing, not twenty dollars, but personal rights
susceptible Of no pecuniary valuation, and
| AHuAE ~ ~ ASA!PeME - s'AsatS ~ NeAAt t4l'
claimed right Of manual and personal reception
Of the man-of any nlan-claimed by any othe
As his fugitive. Such claim was yiolatiy,
Of all personal rights those which th'
Court Of the United States undertook to guar
anty.
In these propositions assert no new doctrine
have shown you the principles Of intcrpreta
ton declared BIZ the Supreme Court Of the Uni
ted States. have shown you that all the al.
torities, unless it be those Of most recent date
sustain these positions. stand snpfr antigua
rids. 1t is no new doctrine, but that of th,
Courts whose uthority is invoked On the otlle
side, which present.
Tie priSg case WAS reviewed, and, will
Difference be it said. us MI authority, riddle.
to pieces. Its history and its law were show,
to be alike false. History was falsitied nnt
| law perverted and misconstrued in its narra
tire.
Towards the close, Mr.. Wolcott said: a
hesitate to refer to single topic Yet hca
it,-you hear it,--eyerybody hears it said upo,
the streets, if this Court shall exercise its un
questionable prerogatiye in the enlargement 0
these prisoners, there will be conflict -;
conflict between State aud Federal authority
What then. Are We children ?-are we old wo
men, to bo frightened from our proprietv b. ,
menace like this! reverence law, but not III,
law Of King Bomba Of Naples. Order,--I stan,
by order, but not the order which reigned i,
Warsaw after massacre. Peace IN most desir
able, but not that peace which survives liberty
and subsists under despotism. If there be
conflict, let it come now, when can meet it.
! ahildren'