Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-01-04

CUrriNe AFrAlB.-A sad affair took place
on the evening Of the 9th ult About IL
O clock, P. NJ several young men were
standing on the side walk, on the north side
OF Mengels Hotel two colored boys passed
them, and in passing one ofthem named Cali
han, run against George Mcdaniel. Me
Daniel became indignant at being jostled in
such a manner by a colored individual, and
expressed his determination to resentit. Sew
cral persons, who were the companions Of
McDaniel started with him TO over-take the
oolored boys who had passed on mp the street.
The boys were oyertakeu few steps west Of
the Office of Mann & Spang, and CaIihan
was chastised by Mcdaniel striking him and
1 knocking him down Callihan hourished a
razor and assumed the offensive, but his com
panion led him off, and Mcdaniel and his
party again followed and while advancing
upon Callihan a second time, MCDANIEL dis
covered that his left arm was so Sc yerely cut
/ that be could not use it; a large cash was also
discovered in the front of his coat. MeDan-
iei is under the impression that the cutting
was done at the time Callihan iostled him ON
| the street. while Callihan alleges that the
cut was inflicted after Mcdaniel struck him
and when he saw that he must 90 down. He
alleges further that he was simply taking the
razor home having received it from another
party. The cut was inflicted in the left arm,
severing large artery DR.. Reamer was
called in and dressed it. The wound, though
severe, is healing up rapidly.
PITrsBURGH AND CoNNELLsvILtE RAILROAD.
The Sand Patch Tunnel, in Somerset
county, on the line of this road, is so nearly
completed, that it can easily be made ready
| for the transit of cars by the time the rest Of
the road can be finished. On no other part
of the line south of ConneIlsville, except
this great tunnel, has any work been prosecu-
ted since the company was divested, by a
most unrighteous act Of legislation, Of their
franchises on the southern division of their
road
This tunnel runs under the summit Of the
Allegheny mountain, just as does the great
tunnel Of the Pennsylvania Central few
miles west of Altoona. It's length is 4, roo
feet, and the altitude of its floor, above tide
water, is ,, ,4s6 feet, and above low water at
Pittsburgh, !, 1876 feet. The work upon it was
commenced in 1856. AS it was necessarily a
long job the company did well, and manifest
ed a commeudable confidence in the ultimate
Justice of the Legislature of their own State,
by prosecuting the work during the suspen-
sion Of their chartered rights. We say slSs-
pension; for it is impossible that the repeal
OF their charter-so far as it was repealed by
the act of April, l864-could work anything
more than a vexatious and injurious delay in
the completion of their enterprise.
In June last, as is well known, the issue
was tried in the District Court Of the United
States at WilIiamsport, Pennsylvania, vhelh-
er the company had forfeited its charter by
abuse or misuse. The verdict Of the jury
was that It had not. The agreement Of The
jury on this verdict was prompt, and arrived
at without difficulty. The Court then made
the injunction, which had been granted the
| year before, restraining the ConneIIsyiIle and
\ Southern Pennsylvania Railroad Company
/ from interfering with the raute or franchises
of the Pittsburgh and ConneIlsyiue Railroad
| Company perpetual, on the ground that the
lac Of Pennsylvania, repeating the charter Of
| the last named company south and east Of
CoaneIlsCiHe leas imperative and coid.
| Had the matter been permitted to rest
there, that verdict Of Pennsylvania jury, and
that decree of the Court, would have restored
to this deeply wronged Company Us f-ancLis-
es, and the work upon this important road, so
greatly needed by the people Of these cities
| and still more by those Of the popul3us and
wealthy counties through which It passes,
would have been in state of vigorous prose
cution. But the unsuccessful wrong doing
party in the controversy although it had no
| prospect Of ultimate success-had still the
power to cause further delay and to effect
this it has taken an appeal from the decree Of
the Circuit Court to the Supreme Court Of the
United States.
Such is The attitude in which these great
parties stand before the country and the
r.srl5, and mHHons are looking on to see If
the State Of Pennsylvania viii persist in the
/ face Of this decree and in violation Of what
all impartial men feel to be common Justice,
1 '4A ttAC pei PCbLabioH VI q great "LplGs Ipt 10
these corporators merely, but to hundreds Of
thousands of its own people to the damage
Of its interests, and to the diminuGon Of its
population, wealth, resources and revenues,
until the unrighteous statute shall be sticken,
by higher and juster authority, and by "a
final decree from its book Of laws This de-
cree-unless averted by repeal Of the OBJ
/ noxious statute-wil assurcdly come sooner
or later. What a disgrace What blot
upon the fair fame Of our good old Common
wealth would such decree be To be com
| PEELED, by an extraneous aud constitutionaly
superior authority, to do justice TO its own
citizens Think oft We beg our friends
in the Legislature to save the State from this
/ dishonor, and to honor themselves by doing
right, by a prompt repeal of the repeating
act. Honor, justice, common honesty and
/ true expedincy all demand that this be done,
and done quickly There should be no hesi-
tatiou at all for the law and the facts are
now patent to them and to the world
We ask in all earnestness, is this time to
strike down the arm Of enterprise, and throw
Instructions in the way ofprogress Is this
time to Say that the great natural treasures
of our State, locked up in those mountains
and valleys, shall not be developed Is this
time-when enterprisiugm some ofthem
our own citizens, are pushing parallel lines of
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