Year: 1859




perhaps the ortieth in succession of the same Sort
| and for the same purpose-has been in session at
| Buffalo, to regulate a scale of freight charges
which should serve the purpose Of harmonizing the
great rival lines east and west. This convention
has at length had the good sense to break up with
out agreeing to anything. In every former case
the convention has agreed to a carefully prepared
schedule of freight charges, and in every former
case the great Corning road through central New
ork, has made haste to violate the agreement, in
both letter and spirit Foremost in negotiating
and binding every other road, and in securely fas-
tening it up that all decided enterprises in the
matter OF its obtaining freight were quite preven-
ted, the willy Corning goes home and secretly puts
his fullest ramifcations of this very machinery so
securely locked upon his rivals part, in the most
active motion, and at the end of a month or two
there is explosion, and perhaps sharp rivalry for
a little time. But soon another convention meets
and another solemn treaty is enacted-this rou-
tine having now been gone over fully dozen
times


The managers of the great roads south of New
York may have reasons for acting otherwise just
now, but the end will be that no bargain will be
made again with Corning's New York Central road
Its management is thoroughly unscrupulous, and its
rivalry is not in the list of honorable and legitimate
contests for business. 1t would ruin every other
road, if the thing possible; and if temporary
advantage accrues to it from any cause, that ad-
vantage Is at once turned into weapon to destroy
any other roads business, in spite of any and all
treaties. Time and money wasted in attending
the conventions which that unscrupulous inter





faith pledged to the parties who attended them
1t has been favorite policy with Corning to pro-
fess great favor to the Pennsylvania and Baltimore
roads, and to use them weapons against the
Erie. Now he comes forward to defend the vio-
latIon OF the last compact made two three
months ago, on the ground that the two Southern
roads are getting more than their due share of
business. He seeks now to make the Erie party
against these roads this ground, and to enact
new rates which shall give everything to the New
York roads. The truth is that the season has
come which permits unlimited expansion of the
freight business of the New York Central, and the
garment put on for winter business must be laid
aside.


The better course is to make no further treaty
with the slippery New York Central. If it is de-
termined to try another runous rivalry, it may as
well exhaust itself now ever. To make bargains
merely holding until rival gains time and finds
opportunity to violate them to his profit, is about
as bad as to live without them.


Love. CoQUErRY AND INsANIrY-A sad case of in
sanity has recently occurred in this city through
the influence of little widow with pretty face
and languishing eyes,


At watering place she made the acquaintance
of DR.. F. A. Noyes, of this city. The doctor was
made captive and drawn into the net which the
widow threw with such consummate skill, and for
while he was happy under the impression that
Emma, the fascinating widow, would soon consent
to change her name. In this hope he was sadly
disappointed, for when he proposed, the widow
wiped her eyes; said that she should always
TEEN him as friend, but she couldn't think
OF marriage. All hope given up, and he
tried to Danish the image of the widow, but she
was determined not to stay banished. She want
ed more amusement at his expense, and she had it.


She reOpened a correspondence visited him at
his office, talked with him, laughed with him, flirt-
ed with him, and a second time refused him. Then
reason began to totter, fickered for while like
expiring lamp, and on Wednesday the last ray of
intelligence left his brain. He became a raving
maniac, fierce and cruel, and not able to contain
his rage at the sight of a females face. His first
attack was upon lady visiter at the house. He
tore her clothes off and trampled them under foot.
The frightened domeScs rushed to the rescue, but
the Doctor demolished all who opposed him. He
dashed his fists through mirrors-swept and
clocks from the l-peces-twisted off gas pipes
broke chairs and tables-dashed through parti-
ton, and was only prevented from doing further
violence by the arrival of two officers from the Sc
cond station, who removed him from the house and
kept him locked up until his friends sent him to an
insane asylum, where he is now confined and con-
sidered incurable.


The feelings of Mrs. Emma have not been ascer-
tanned, but it is certain that she can't boast much
over her rtriumph.-Boston Journal, March q.


CLEVELAND ScHooLs.-The Cleveland Herald of
Saturday, says: On yesterday, Mr.. Ford the
Teacher in the Rockwell street Grammar School,
was waylaid by William Patrick, and shamefully
beaten; beaten even to the danger of his life. The
alleged provocation was the punishment by Mr..
Ford OF pupil the younger brother of the bully
who thus took the law into his own hands 1t is but
a few weeks since Mr.. Ransom, young and mex
perienced teacher compelled to abandon that
Rockwell street School, because he could not gov
ern some Of the boys in that school. The case of
Mr.. lngersoll, in the High School, but lat"ly
matter of investigation before the Board OF Educa-
ton, is fresh in the memory of our readers. We
hope attention will not be drawn from this last
most shameful assault and battery in our open
street until punishment is measured out to the
offender. Let there be no going back to the in
vestigation of the original merits of the matter in
the school room, for first of all must Young Ameri
ca be taught that if parents cannot or will not take
care OF them, the public prosecutor will. When
that lesson is thoroughly taught then the other
matters can be discussed such as the propret of
eorporeai punishment in schools, and when that
question comes up all can discuss it and for our
selves we shall be glad to have word to say.


EXPEDITIoNs.-The Secretary of War has ap-
pointed DR.. j. A. Mullan physician to the expedi-
tlon which has been organized to construct mill
tary wagon road from Fort Benton to Walla
Walla. Lieutenant Muan has appointed all his
assistants, and will sail for California in the next
steamer.


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