The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-11-14
RAILWAY RESPONSIBILITY.

Two jurics Of inquest have rendered vcrdicts
in two cases Of murder by rail which directly
and crinna!y inpeach not only the subordi-
mates actually in charge Of the trains Oh which
these murders were done, but the superior cfi-
Gals Of the roads on which they occurred.
In the case Of the Oil Greek "disaster," the
jury being vested with power under the Law of
Pennsy lvania to do, have followed up their
verdict of inquest by demand upon the coro-
ner to issue his warrant for the arrest OF the
PRESIDENT directors, and managers of the Oil
Greek Railway, we'll as Of the engineer aad
conductor of the train by the destruction of
which the action Of the jury was made necessa-
ry. Ia the case Of the Long Island "disas:er,"
the jury having fixed gross careessness and ir-
regularity in the discharge of their duties upon
Mr. Oliver Charlick, the president of the Long
Island Railroad, and upon two of his subordi-
mates, leave the matter Herewith in the hands
Of the prosecuting attorney, whose duty it now
becomes to bring these persons before the grand
jury for manslaughter 1t is not less impor-
tant to the officials of our railways themselves
than to the public that this should be done
That things should go they have for some
time past been going upon our railways, is clear
ly impossible People will not talnely submit
forever to be robbed every day and murdered
once week by persons. whose business it is to
carry the public from place to place, and who
get well paid for doing that business. Ameli-
cans, a rule, can be easily swinded and
more safely knocked on the head, it would
seem, than men of any other civilized nation;
but even Americans will not put up with every
thing and forever. If the law is potent to pun
ish dishonesty and scandalous dereliction of
duty in the managers and directors of railways,
and if this chasisiug power of the law can be
4oSr 4 Ga l,y
as these which have just come before the pub
lie, the else inevitable application. of Judge
Lynch's summary code to the PARTIES whom the
people may choose to regard as responsible will
be averted by the becoming chastisenent of
those whom the law shall pronounce really to
be responsible. ~ Y World.
LOOK OUT FOR CoUsTERFEITs-Ther is now
in circulation an imitation of the 500 notes, well
executed, and calculated to deceive any but the
most experienced. This is the IT, S. compound
interest note.
U. S. Treasury note, $5Os, well executed; ap-
pear to he from plate.
Legal tender notes, (greenbacks) s2Os, have
made their appearance. They are an exact im-
tation of the genuine. sos and zoos the same.
IS photographed sitter than the genuine,
and not good. They have blurred appear
snce, while the signatures show through more
plainly than on the good note. los altered from
IS; vignette upper left oval portrait of Chase,
II below it; 10 on upper right; the signature of
both Register and Treasurer are on the lower
right corner; they are well done and calculated
to deceive the unwary, although nothing like the
genuine, which have for a vignette spread eagle
with 10 each side; on the left side is the portrait
of President Lincoln, .ou the right end a full
length female figure; the signature of the Regis
ter is on the lower left and that of the Treasurer
on the lower right. SOS altered from Is; in the
genuine SOS the signature of the Register is on
the left, and that OF the Treasurer on the right;
in the altered note they are both on the right
end with two stripes of lath between them. Is,
imitation of genuine; the green ink is somewhat
lighter than the genuine; some parts of the note
are scratched; the head of Chase is darker; the
bill has coarse appearance. Is altered from Is;
portrait of Chase on upper left corner.
United States legal tender notes-5s, imitation:
the portrait on the right and the figure of liberty
on the left are rather coarse.
The business community cannot use too much
! circumspection.