The New York herald., 1863-05-02
NEW YoRK HnRALD, SATURDAY. NAY j iSss

NEW YORK HH6ALD, /
BROADWAY Yesterday was the
day appointed by Governor Seymour TO hear
the arguments of counsel for and against
che signing Of the Broadway railroad bill
4n4s u.a. -. will hardly amount TO mueh. The
matter ia one for the Governors own good
sense to decide. Probably the best course
you'd be to agn the bill, and tss: put an end
to all intrigues and piOttings Since railroad
on Broadway Ia inevitable. public opinion
seems to have settled into the conviction that
all parties should have equal rights in the affair
So, If the Broadway Railroad Company desires
to build road, let them have their bill
As for the Harlem Broadway Railroad, we
understand that the soheming Of certain stock
jobbers connected with the Tribune and Times
and having control over the money columns Of
those papers, is at the bottom Of that move
We heard six weeks age that suoh plan was
In contemplation, and that one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars had been sub
scribed to operate upon the Counciimanic
and Aldermanic .Rings;" but ws thought it
scarcely probable that the impudence Of .
few Stockholders could carry tiem 80 far. It
appears that we were mistaken for = great
deal Of money has been made By the rise in
Harlem stock and It is whispered in we'll in
formed circles that the "Rings' aforesaid have
pocketed a share Of the profits. Aldermen and
Councilmen are so very immaculate that this
runner may perhaps be doubted but the 1Ii
ba.ne and Times operators have probably made
very good thing of the speculation.
The streets Of this city certainly belong to the
public; but if any persons want to run rail-
reads through the streets let them do it by ell
means. Now that the system is fairly inangu-
rated, let us have railroads in every street and
avenue, if any one desires to build them.
After the tracks are laid any citizen may run
hs own private car, after settling such minor
matters as licenses, &C. If Greeley can afford
q special car to carry him and his government
galns, let him have it. II Brother Beecher wants
a car to convey himself and Miss Ann (not
Dan) Dickinson towards the insurrection in
HelFyT let him have it, If George Law and
Commodore Vanderbilt want to run cars, let
them DO it. If somebody wants to invent
coaches and cabs to run on or of the rails at
pleasure; let him do that. Thesooner Governor
Seymour signs the Broadway Railroad bill, the
sooner every one win knew whut gauge to
measure tiieir cars and carriages by; end, there
fore, the Bils should be signeaimmedate3y.
Tue New CAsUs BELA WITH ENaEMsD-The
rebel agents, through their synpathizers q the
English press, are endeavoring' to get up
another excitement against the. North On the
score Of an alleged pass given by our Kinister
at London to- = couple Of American citizens,
permitting them to run cargo os goods con
traband Of wer, and intended for Mexicap use,
through our B9ockading squadrom As tho
vessel in which the goods are embarked h
English, and runs from an English toa Mexican
port, there would seem to be no necessity for
such . projections but the affair Of the Peter
hof had it seems, frightened the-consignors,
and they resortethto this means Of assuring the
safety of the cargo. Now we have seen no
reply, on the part Of Mr.. Adams, to this-ohasge;
bnt we have not the least hesitation in Saying
that this socallsd pass is not a. pass at
all, but simply q certificate from the. Ams-
ricsn Minister chat the goods in qnes-
tion are American property and bona
Jfde intended for Mexican use. In. giving
such document oar Minister violated no prin-
ciple Of international law; for simple attesta-
tion Of fact cannot be regarded in the light of
positive official interference. 1t must be ad-
mitted, however, that the good taste and pelicy
Of the proceeding are exceedingly questionable,
and we could have wished, for his own sake,
that Mr.. Adams had had nothing to do with it.
Such dificulties will, however, be. continually y
arising until the government takes. the proper
steps to prevent the transmission Of supplies to
the rebels by way of Mexico. Lstit fertify the
line of the Rio Grande, and it will do away
with the necessity Of this strict surveillance
over vessels making for Mexican ports
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MATCH FOR PROFESSOR TRAN.-Professor
George Francis Train has just returned to this
city FROM his lecturing tour at the West.
During his absence he has made one hundred
and thirty-fve speeches to large audiences, at
twenty-five cents head. and has Noted be-
tween thirty and fifty Thousand dollars, thus
demonstrating the fact that patriotism of the
right sort pays much better than any attempt
to drive the idea of street railway into the
thick head of John Bull Professor Train will
deliver speech in this city next week, and we
have an opponent for him worthy Of his best
oratoricsl and other powers.
This opponent is no less parsonage thsx
Miss Ann Dickinson, who 10 a young woman
and quite handsome, and who must not be con
founded with Mr.. Dan Dickinson, who IL an OLE
woman, and by no means good looking. AM
mot DAM Dickinson's bottleholder the Rev
Henry Ward Beechsr-there Is, Of course
nothing but water in the bottle-states that sh,
has been refused both the New York and tn
Brooklyn Academies Of Music, and will, there
fore, have to give her next public talk In th