The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-06-09
CINCINNATI. June 4, 1857.


in the late Fugitive Slave case, referred to in
my last, encroached upon the rights of the
Federal government and virtually nullihed
the national laws. The cause has been par
tally heard in the United States District
Court, and the testimony ofwitnesses on eth
or side, established conclusivcly the Illegal
proceedings of the several county authorities
involved in wrestling prisoners from the U.
S. Marshal. The writ of habeas corpus I'M
der which the Sheriff proceeded, is believed
to have been illegal, our statute requiring
that an affidavit be made 'that the prisoners
are Illegally detained in custody" The only
document exhibited in the case was a mere
petition, void of legal prerequisites. Each
party involved, however, acted ridiculously,
and deserve the severest reprobation for their
inconsiderate demeanor-simply the result of
carelessness of public sentiment on the part
of the Federal officers, and of excitement and
political prejudice on the part of the Sheriffs
and the people OF the district where the ar
rests were made. The case stands over until
next Thursday.
Four conflicts of jurisdiction are pending
in the United States. Each involves impor-
tant principles and upon the settlement ofall,
the people will have a justcr notion of their
political rights. One controversy is in Utah
The Mormons organized us L. 5. Territory,
set mp q peculiar semi-religious belief utterly
at war with our customs, education, notions
of right, etc., against the laws of the United
States. The question involved, says the n.
Y. Herald, is, show far does territory en-
joy the right oflegislating on social questions
in opposition to the principles Of the com
mon law of the land.'' We are about to set
tie the dispute-if any reliance is to be piae-
ed in signs-by bullets and bayonets.
In Kansas the contest is complicated by
division among the local authorities; but tho
main conflict has been and is likely to be
gain. between the Legislature cnacting GER
tain laws, and Congress opposing them. Bull
lets and bayouets have been tried there, but
the people viii settle that difficulty.
In New York city there is conflict be-
tween the Legislature and Governor on ont
side, and the the corporate Representatives o
New York City on the other. The question
there is, can a Legislature deprive charter
ed city of its municipal rights and usurp then
for itself. No blood will be shed there, ant
that case IS not, therefore, very interesting Il
young America"
The fourth imhrogIio is now disturbing ou
own political elements. The question to b.
decided il:
Where State and Federal laws clash, which
shall prevail. Mem coa--much may be sale
on both sides. South Carolina to the rescue
Ohio needs your assistance. y pretty ''ket
tie Of fish" this, truly. And the consequence
will be-what! Some agitation--which i
as necessary to our great American people a
niggers are to the Abolitionists-an then
something else. Time viii sweep over thes
disturbing agencies ruthlessly, and engul
them in common devastations, and the Amer
lean Eagle will continue to ''spread himself
regardless of expense.
''Turned up again. it is said. Who! Ok
Peg-lcr, Santa Anna. 1t appears that III
recently hobbled out of a cockpit into hu
NOR for resuming authority in Mexico. Ac
cording to late advices lac has been attempt
ing moves on the political chess board tina
| viii, If successful, enable him again to check
mate his old enemies. He imagines that tn
Mexican people love him so dearly, that it
only necessary for him to show himsel
among them to be again proclaimed hi
High Mightiness.n The game afoot is nc
succ,netly described. We are only told tina
he wants to get back to his old country
Perhaps the news is a mere invention of tn
New York Herald, which at the time ma
have been in want of sensation article. OIL
Peg-leg is now in Jamaica, cock-fghting.
Washington correspondents report a far
up between Hon. John Kelly and Hon. Sec
retary Toncey about appointments in til
Brooklyn Navy Yard. The former charge
the latter with violating certain pledges, an
the distinguished gentlemen are said to hav
: complimented each other vehemently. BY ii
/, by, liked the tone of your article the otht
: day, upon the subject of the President an
S Cabinet interesting themselves in the up
! pointment of petty officers of customs 81
A more humiliating fact never was conteIr
plated by proud and intelligent people.
Since my letter of the 9th ult., anothC
clothing house has let down-for only ST.
: 600 however. But this was merely by wa
S Of variety. They viii drop like paw-pav
5 after sharp frost, before September. \
: business stagnates, produce increases in prie
r and Subsistence promises to get beyond IL
reach of moderate incomes. a man is eS
travagant who lives to eat nowadays; it
/ expensive enough to be compelled to seat
G live" w. d. Il.
= ~ The two Justices of Peace in Chicag
who were discovered to have been for yea
o levying black mail on the frail women of Il
=. city. by issuing ILLEGAL PROCESSES against then