Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-09-08
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The aaeisemens gro#ing oat a th
sacosssfa layiag of the Atlantic sabl
kAa pretty well aisdoat. Yoa mag rass
iasa lhaa with afsy anen during she dAy
not one os whom wiH refer 70 the sab
4 jset. There are ne nine days' wouaer
ID hsw- Eosk. Wa asuAlIy Do up ail oa
amaasmsnt as anything novsl Or afro
eious In twsnty-foaz hours. 4 veE.
hrusai naaraaF will come ti1ass excite a
for eight or sen days. - 3 stssach, i shsr'
ia lauy nyssssy CounsUsed wish H. and !
q our ins1efasigable rsporasrs' tells u
EsvsRy mzorning shAs answ saa aAtoand'
ing developments may be exp octsti short.
", which viii implieats in this bloods
ssagsdy PsEsens Of high sseiAl ssaadingI
&e., &s.;s bat, as gsnsral thing, at
Foeisies doHst frighsen "a. We are IA
milas with shsa, and look fer fresh
b&toh every uaOFuing, jaat ~ na4ur-
ally IS 80 look for our daily paper
and eur cofFse and oar roll. The Allan
tie telegraph sxcitsmsnt, repeat, is
dad In this city, the daily newspapers
20 soatFary notwithstanding. When she
gsAsraI Uslebratieu comes on we viii
rush into 1t mAdly, oucs more, for twelve
hours, and that Will bo the lass Of ii.
Yoa have heard, Of course, thaa our
city hall was partially destroyed By FIRE
ca tbs night after we received the
Qussn's message, when there xas an i'm
pruFissd jubilee In the park. The Fire
Marshal and Committee of the Common
Ceaacu are sndcaVoring 70 ascertain the
cause Of The ere; bat there is no need
Of al Investigation, except it be to give
the investigators an opportunity TO put
few dollars into thair pockets for sup
pressing fsoea that might be unpslatabie
70 certain parties. Every one knows
that che Are was caused by the careless
ness Of the pyroteehnist who managed
the display Of fireworks. An inferior
artist was employed by the Committee of
the Common Council who had the mat
ter in charge, to furnish the fre works
for the occasion. This man was paid a
good round sam, out of which he could
afford 20 DO the handsome thing for each
member Of the Committee. Il was q
scandalous affair, although not much
more SO, after all, than others which
come OF every day. Mr. @. A. Lillien-
dahl, she principal manufacturer Of fire.
works in the city, and man Of wealth
and high social position, had offered to
present the city with 5000 worth Of
IRE works, and to superiutgnd the dis
play himself with an able corps Of assis-
tants but as the Committee could NOS
make anything out of such an arrange
meni, they refused the Offer and paid a
small dealer high price for an inferior
display. The burning of the city ball,
however, has caused the affair TO leak
out, and at the grand celebration Mr..
Lilliendahl will doubtless supeEinsend
the pyrotechniO display.
The friends Of the Sabbath in this city
have, ! think, committed an error which
many of them viii live to regret, in at
tempting TO stop the sale Of newsp apegs
on Sunday, and to close the grocery
stores, in the latter case often dsbarring
those of the lAbering classes who do noG
receive EhaiE weekly wages until late on
Saturday night from purchasing for sua-
aay's use such provisions and fuel as
they may hare forgotten, or not had the
time to lay in the night before. rare
nothing to say IN this connection on the
right or Wrong Of this attempt to ooeEee
men aad women into compliance with
ordinances based on religious sensss. |
refer merely to the patent impraetica.
bilisy and therefore imp0liey Vf the
movement IN tAis city, the vast majority
of whose legal voters Foald, if the qaes-
tion were forced uPen them, decide that
no sueh day IS the Christian Sabbath
should be recognised By law.
Every man IN AeE York, whose tastes
or pursuits have inclined or compelled
him, during the last fifteen years, to as
sociats more or less With all Glasses Of
persons, knows very well that Roman
Catholic aud Jewish citizens, Pros tss-
tants from the continent Of EuEops where
Sunday afternoons are devoted TO rsore-
atoms by Catholics and PrOtsssaata
alike, AmerieAarborn sPiritaaliats, so
eialists, frse-loveFs, jpfdels, keepers.
attaches and fPequenters Of low grog-
shops, professional shoalder histara
gamblers, politicians who always worh
for and 20 with the largest crowd, ed "a
ge1sas 0nasse, constitute 9 large majority
of the legal voters Of Manhattan Island
and that thase men Ara strongly opposes
10 Sunday laws, and have for years beer
kept from making their entire abolition
a party qusstion only by che faes that
they have been practically considered I
dead letter ia the statute books, or hRg
been rarely enforced, and then only nom
iBally or mildly.
1 believe, of course, nay sabbstariai
friends to be insausnced by She best mo
tivsa bias ahgy have allowed their reli
tgioaa fervor 10 6aiad them TO the neces
sity oE employing judgment, taIens an'
tact in sdvaueing what they believe &
be righteous cause, or they would nsy
or have been 30 insane a. 70 oou1msnc
an aggressive warfare on body Of nae
30 numerically strong, and with sue
overwhelming fnauenSe In ths city Gev
ernmens. ! refer 70 this sHbjset 80 paI
tisalarly now, because know that il
destined TO bseoms an Apgls OF disoor
among Us, and question upon whie
politicians viii soon hare 10 sake side
The late deoisisa Of ths Suprsmeoou
Of Oalifornia, whose constitution u idel
tieal with that of New York, shaa .
1 Laws compelling the observance Of Al