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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES.

On motion Of Hon. Reverdy johnson, William Tracy,
esq, of New York. admitted an attorney and coun
sellor of this court
No 46. Enoch McCarty, plaintiff In error, Guernsey
Roots a. In to the circuit court United States
for the district Of Indiana. Mr. Justice Mclean deiiv
cred the opinion of the court affirmed the judgment Of
be said circuit court in this with costs and in
terest.
No "a Lloyd N. Bogers, administrator Of Silva Park
Custs deceased II al, appellants ps Henry May, I'D
minastFator of Edmund and Ihos. Law, deceased al
and
No 81 Lloyd N. Rogers, administrator OF Eliza Park
Custs deceased q a., appellants, Joseph j. law, by
Mary Robinson his next friend. The motion to dismiss
these causes was argued by Mr. Brent IN support thereof
and by Mr.. Coke in opposition thereto.
No rs. The Western Telegraph Company, appellants,
%. George G. Pennman a a. This cause argued by
Mr. C. Mclean for the appellant.
No 10. Jas. G. Converse, administrator Of Philip
Greeley IT, deceased plaintiff in error, The United
States This cause was argued by Messrs Russell and
Cushing for the plaintiff in error and submitted by Mfr
r. AZ Stanton ON the brief of Mr.. Attorney General
Black for The defendant in
Adjourned until Monday II o'clock
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UNITED srsrss LoAS--It recently stated by
Washington correspondent that Messrs Sweeny. Rit
tenhou O. FAINT ~ Co., successful bidders for three mil
lions Of dollars of the late loan had asked AN extension
OF time This is entirely erroneous, and we see BY the
money articles in the New York papers Of Yesterday morn
ing that the money has been provided subject 70 the IN
stan call of the Secretary Of the Teay and that ths
bonds will be kept out Of market for twelve months
The rsmappg seven millions Of the last loan is nearly
ali out Of 6rss hands
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TINE hIonr way ANp raE wloso WAY


d~sti and SO there is right way and wrong " y
in discharging public duties. The right way is TIE
legal way. Every officer OF the executive govern
nlent discharges the duties Of an agent nndsc spe.
cihc Instructions He may be called upon 10 en-
force unjust rule 10 contend with obvious de-
fees aud he is often compelled 10 beas the oiium
Of The law with no more responsibility for lis exist
enee than for the incarceration Of Paul and Silas on
the abdicaton OF Napoleon. There two Ways Of
making a law-by legislation and by custom and
they are equally binding. That which is made By
custom results from the application Of the principles
Of the written law to great variety Of cases, de-
terminate aud indeterminae. The latter is embraced
in the employment Of men in the wax .Dns depart
ments of the public service, which extends over a
great variety of interests, and 10 conducted under
elaborate regulations which prescribed by The
| executive government 8 a satalfaI
We thus analyze in word the nature of our in
sttutions for the purpose of bringing distinctly
before the country some faint conception of the
duties which devolved upon the heads Of the
departments.
To illustrate what say, in this respect
readers should reflect that the Department of the
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not that the senate shall elect them II this country
TALL % decay and the constitution 70 be stag
gered By attacks upon IT, the historian who should cron
ice the history Of this country would not put this down
the st revolutionary act bat would say that this
senate which full Of Indignation 20 day had set q
vastly more evil example than that.
AIR. DOUGLAS was SONY 10 appropriation bills de
feacd Question Of the panotio between the Senate
and House OF Representatives The constitution had
osgod vital stab simply because resolution had passed
the House which lac thought In bad taste and the
Senate responded TO IL With perhaps full as much ndig
nation requisite He thought il would be better
10 act upon the merits of bill rather than upon point
dignity involved He did not believe the dignity OF
the Senate the United States 10 be impaired by
resolution passed by the House Ut Representatives, nor
should the Senate be sensitive at the pbraseoogy Of
the House obstsuct the public business mere
point OF etiquette.
Mr. TooaiBs replied that this was not a question Of
dignity question Of punctilio bat IL great ques
ton Of constitutional right which senator cannot
ing his trust. The senator from New Hampshire had
the auacity stand up here and call that act eyolu
tionary which legtimatc done by the very parties
10 whom the constitution gives the right To decide such
questions The Supreme Court OF the United states had
decided against that gcntlenans ideas Of constitutional
law and lao doubtless considered that revolutionary too
Every doctrine which did not square with that senator's
ideas of the constitution revolutionary but he could
accept that definition Of what revolutionary and
what not Mr. T. proceeded to speak on the merits
of the question but In the midst OF his remarks the
clock indicated the hour OF twelve.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The hour having arrived for
the expiration this Congress declare the Senate adj
joarbed d.s. eco N
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TRANSPORTATION AND coMMrssARY ExpENpI

A
TRANSPORTATION AND coMMIssARY ExpENDI,
TuREs. RS q
II will not be difficult in the fullness of time to
indicate the present administration from the charge
of extravagant expenditure II will be most appro-
priatc however, to make this vindication towards
the end of its term. But the opposition despe-
rate for issue, and raised the charge of exirava-
gance before the occupants of the chief Offices of
government fairly had time to organize their policy
of administration. R
II would have been prudent for the opposition to
suspend their assault upon the administration this
for decent period longer for The effect of their
raising the charge ofextrayagance prematurey can of
only be to put the assaulted their guard and
to produce retrenchment where they might, if they
had remained quiet, have found in the end an infla
ton. The opposition, however, prone to blum
der in their party policy. @ SID
The best defence Of the administration against all
charges of extravaganza is full exposition in all
Of the facts Of the subjecto which the charges
have reference. As the chief brunt Of assault, 30
far, has been directed at the army expenditures of
the administration we publish to-day an official
statement of the expenditures OF that branch of the
service in the two most important bureaus-that of
the ouartcrmaster General and of the Cornmissary
General of Subsistence The statement commences
with the facal year 1886, and concludes with the
fiscal year 1889 GO. II gives the appropriations
made for the two last years of the period as the ac-
tual expenditures are not yet actually made though
unless there be some unforeseen extraordinary calls
upon the service. these last will fall short of rather
than exceed the appropriations
un,;, s,ur wears hack a very small NORTON IF The
army WAS Stationed frther tban few hnndred niles
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Mr. BnIonr and Mr.. CoLLAAER were appointed
ON motion by Mr. MASON,

Rssord That the several standing committees existed Tho
Of the Senate BIO reapponled with the
by the fact OF
said comees having ceased 10 be momber Of thu
p.iS1
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-01-29

In trying to excuse Mr.. SIBLLEY's ineficien-
cy in New York, as the agent of the Bond
holders-an inefficiency which has compelled
Ed. RICE to now take hold of the matter for
his own particular road-the Pioneer again re-
peats its allegation that what overthrow Mr..
SIBLEY was copy of the M1NNEsoT1ANl
But why does the Pioneer not tell its read
ers that the copy of the MINNEsorIAN which
DUNCAN, SHERMAN & Co., threw in the face Of
the Great Moccasin, was copy dated March
10, 1858, printed before the Loan Election,
and containing the Address Of the Sixty "
members of the Legislature ITO THE PUBLIC, y
pledging to vote against State taxation to pay
interest on the Bonds, lat the adjourned or any
other session of the Legislalure!''
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-01-29
A Republican Measure !

The N. Y. Tribune of the Goth inst, says:
"Mr. Grow, yesterday moved to bring his
proprosition to allow Actual Settlers ten years
presumption in the purchase of any Public
Lands hereafter put in market before they
shall be open to SPECTATORS is the SUBJ
stance and effect of his measure-before the
House in such manner that direct vote upon
it can hardly be evaded. We trust every
friend of the Actual Settlers. and of just
and benefcent policy with regard to the Pub
lie Lands, will take care to be present when
this proposition is to be sustained or rejected.
Ii it is to be voted down, let the country see
by whom. But we have strong hopes that it
is destined to prevail" So 80
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-01-29
Retiring into their Holes.

The Times has at last discovered, that the
characters of its conductors will not bear it to
continue the war of personalities which they
provoked. We could have told them as much
before they commenced.
Mr.. Owens retires, as he has always done
from every contest, whipped and beaten and
whining: and Mr.. NEwsoN intimates that
the mendacious and cowardly fellow intends
to seek redress in "Court of Justice!"
JOHN P. OwEN's character under investga-
ton before Court of Justice, would be the
richest banquet ever spread before laughing
crowd!
Perhaps Mr.. NEwsoN, also, can find cause
for suit in Court against us, in answer to
the charge, which we distinctly make, that he,
as we'll as Owens, sold out the Republican
Party by taking consideration" to sup
press comment against and to defend the
Fort Smelling Swindle!
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-01-29
The Taxes COming!

The Pioneer of Saturday this throws out
as "feeler" about taxing the People to pay
the interest on the Railroad bonds:
at is not improbable that exigencies may
arise in the affairs of the companies in the
course of years, which will make resort to
taxation necessary to relieve, at least, a tenn
porary inability on their part to meet the OBJ
legations guaranteed by the State"
Why say Gin the course of years?" II
the companies can 60 on for "years," their
financial condition, according to the argu-
ments of the Loan advocates, with net profits,
&C.; must put them beyond the Inability on
their part to meet the obligations of the
State" The "exigency" spoke of is now-
and the present, is to be the year of taxation!
Watch, good people, and see if the maneuver-
in do not come round to this position yet
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-01-29

w The Pioneer of yesterday takes up the
cue given it by Times, and gnaws away at
Gov. RAMSEY as freely as its fellow viper has
been doing. 1t quotes that portion of the
Times article which alleges that Mr.. RAMSEY
wont spend money enough to suit the gaping
pockets of its editors. The Pioneer evidently
from fellow-feeling, approves the point made
by the Times, but can't imagine what ex-
tremely liberal person the Republican organ
Of the Democratic party" has in its eye as the
"leader" it would impose upon the poor, des-
titute Republican organization (! Pooh!-th
Pioneer is dull its "friend," Judge Good
RICH, is the liberal and generous-hearted indi-
viduall
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-01-29

az One reason-in addition to his unfor-
tunate mendacity,-why JOHN P. Owens was
cashiered year ago as an editor of the Re-
publican organ at the capital, was his well
known craven and cur-like coaoard;ce, which
allowed without resistance Capt. DoDD, Capt.
WILKN, Mr.. LOTT, Mr.. EMERSON and
others to kick and whip him about the
streets; tweak his nose and run him hall
scared to death into the first hole that offered
to shelter his trembling limbsl A great,
brave and manly party likes not the disgrace
of taking the word of command from a cow
ardly paltroon, who serves as a post that
every dog in the streets vents himself upon
with impunity.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-01-29

There is curious article in the Times of
yesterday, in which it is alleged, that the rea-
son why the Railroad Companies did not
buy up the M1NNEsorIAN as well as the Times
and Pioneer, was, that the Senior Editor of
this paper, chad no press to selp'-could not
give clear title to the concern, as those pres
es did, especially the Times.
See what it is to be poor! $4,000 paid-up
stock in the Root River Railroad-lost !
5000 pickings out of the taxpayers of Ram
sey County for a superAuous delinquent tax
list-lost Brides from Frank Steele to
suppress comment on the Fort Smelling swim
dle,-lost. Various other nice douceurs
from SIBLEY, NED RICE and others, all lost,
lost
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Apples In Minnesota.

GEoRGErowN, D. c., Jan. IA, 1859.
To tho Editors efthe MSnnesotian:
During the recent convocation Of agricultu-
ralists in Washington City, 1 enquired of
many as to the methods of raising apples in
high northern latitude and find the various
attempts, such as we have generally made in
Minnesota, entirely futile.
DR.. Holmes of Maine, gave history of the
introduction Of the apple culture in that State,
which has filed that country with an abund-
ance of fruit for use and expectation.
They procured seeds from the Oldest good
varieties of apples, planted large number,
out of which some few will invariably turn out
to be very excellent, the remainder make good
cider apples. From the choicest trees they
then propagate by gratis, and meet with no
difficulty in that severe latitude in producing
as much fruit as they desire.
1t was the general opinion that this meth
cd, and this method alone must be adopted
to perfect the growth of apples in our State.
Yours, &c., T. T. MANN.
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"Light in the Horizon 80

The creditors of Mr. JOHN P. OWENS, at
present sub-editor of the Times, will be de-
lighted to learn, that which he gratuitously
informs them yesterday, that the senior editor
of this paper is so unfortunate as to "still owe
him for the half of the M1NNEsoT1AN office"
and that the judgment against certain parties
which he maliciously parades out at length,
belongs to him.!
If this last statement be indeed the fact, it
is suggested that Mr.. Owens will greatly &C
commodate the M1NNEsor1AN Office, and do
himself much honor, by assigning over the
amount of the entire judgment as in part set
Element of the balance standing against his
individual account on the old books of OWENS
& MooRE-an account over-drawn by him to
the amount of about $500 or $4,000! 1t is
trusted he will Immediately attend to fixing
up this little matter on the score of sheer JUS
tice, and before his numerous other creditors
get grab upon the assets
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-01-29

1t is but fair to Mr.. SIBLEY, to state as
among the excuses for his failure to negotiate
the Railroad Bonds in New York, that it is
not altogether chargeable to his want of intel
lectual force and tact, but that his name be-
ing signed to the Bonds, had also something
to do with the refusal of the capitalists to fork
over. They well understood in New York
the surreptitious and disgraceful manner in
which he became the acting Governor of the
State: and they correctly guess, likewise, that
as soon as the Republicans get the opportunity
If it is ten years to come-an opportunity
untrammeled by partizan State Officers and
by a partizan Court they will rip up the
whole rascality, and show that he was not
Governor, and that his signature perhaps gave
them no validity! There may be nothing in
this objection really; but as the Pioneer and
Times both remark, capitalists are timid men,
and the least sign Of a flaw in bond scares
them away!
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-01-29

~ We are informed, that yesterday
morning when Mr.. WHEELocK. the literary
editor of the Pioneer, saw given in the MIN
NEsor1AN, the date of the Westminster Re-
view and the number of the page in it, from
which he had cribbed the thoughts contained
in his article of August 10, 1853, he vehe-
mently threw the paper down in furious
rage, and exclaimed to friend present:
"Confound it! I cant do ana thing but
those Reviews are flung in my face"
"But," replied his friend, softly but ins'n
uatingly, "could you do anything eithout
hhem?"
WHEELock at this cool reply seized his
largest dictionary, and would have hurled it
sav.gely at his friends head, if he had not
hurriedly lodged out of the door!
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-01-29
still q Little Hope for the Bonds

The Pioneer of yesterday morning craw-
fishes a little on its proclamation Of Thurs
day for universal smash-up Of everything,
and now let's us know, that there is still
a little hope left that the bond negotiations
may yet succeed. We extract the following:
LIGHT IN THE HoRIzoN.-We are not sure that the
announcement which we made yesterday OF the en-
tire failure of the negotiations for the sale OF our
bonds, was not premature. The negotatons WIN
Duncan 4 Sherman, which embraced the whole nve
million loan it Is true unsuccessful, but Ia
ter advices lead to believe that negotiations lo5
the bonds of the Minnesota and Pacific Railroad
Company are in progress, with fair prospect OF AZ
least partial success. Ea.. b.
The inference we would draw from the
above is, that Ed. RICE had become disguised
with S1BLEY's ineficiency as the general agent
for all the bond-holders and had himself
gone to work, independently and exclusively
for the Minnesota and Pacific Company
The st. Paul Times is, however, the leading
SHELLEY organ nowadays, and it insists that
the Great Moccasin is not cashiered as the
agent of the Roads.
The RAILROAD BONDS NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL.
The origin of the rumor yesterday, that our Kali
road Bonds had not been negotiated and could no.
be, arose from the negative answer of Duncan
Sherman l. Co., of New York, to the proposition
| to take the bonds.
| We are glad to be able to state that all hope o
negotiating the bonds has not yet left the earnes
friends of Minnesota now in New York A lettel
| from the President of the Minnesota and Pacih'
| Company, states that it is true the bonds canno
be negotiated with Duncan, Sherman Co., to-
the reason already alleged, but that other nego
tiations are now pending, and Gov. Sibley has no
yet given up all hope Of success.
We will therefore still live in hopes it'll
while longer: and the officers of the Minnesot
and Pacific Company will also postpone for
season, their blowing-up of the M1NNEso
TAN Office and their killing of its editor, whicl
they have so vigorously been threatening!
If we do 90 to the Spirit-land, we calculat
to take two or three of them along with us,
there is any virtue in revolvers!
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-01-29


The Times of Sunday, notices the presence
in st. Paul of Senator LINDsLEY of Olmstead
county: of Mr.. SouLE, the editor Of the Ro-
chester Free Press: and of Mr.. EvENs, the
the present Register of Deeds of that county.
The intent of this notice, Of course, is to in
jure the standing Of these gentlemen in the
opinion Of Republicans, by intimating that
they are in sympathy with the traitorous press
which is in the pay of the Democratic party,
and which in order to aid that party is daily
abusing different leading Republicans, and do
ing its best, though vainly, to disorganize the
party. -. .r
To prevent the Pioneer from following suit,
as usual, after the Times, and also damaging
them by its praise, we assure the Republican
party that the gentlemen named are true grit
Republicans, who have no sympathy with the
traitorous course of the Republican organ of
the Democratic party" .
1t is true, they differ with US, and no doubt
honestly, on the Railroad Loan question; as
have Governor RAMSEY, Mr.. NouRsE, and
other prominent Republicans whom we regard
as friends; but that question is no party test;
and until this notice of our Olmstead county
friends by the leprous Times, no shadow has
ever been cast upon the purity Of their Re-
publican principles, or upon their steady,
straightforward devotion to the integrity and
success of their party.
The secret of this effort by the Times to
infect these gentlemen with its own leprosy,
| is, that Senator L1NDsLEY has been favorably
spoken of for one of the candidates for Con-
gress on the Republican ticket: for which Pc.
sition it is not to be doubted that he presents
strong claims by his local position, his talents
his oratorical abilities, his general force o.
character and his sound Republican prin
ciples.
The secret of the Times damaging notice
we say is-that anybody mentioned for Con
gress might interfere with the "friend" o
the Times and sour friend Judge GooDR1cH
as he is styled in the Pioneer.
This is why it tries to destroy by direc
abuse or suspicious praise every man VIII
might possibly be candidate on the Stat
ticketl
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-01-29

"Why!" said q gentleman not favor
able to the M1NNEsoT1AN's views-"why, l
thought the Times was a-going to be better
when Owens got into it; but it seems to me,
its aoorss" Unsophistcated individual
How could the accession to its force of a moral
political and physical kper be expected to add
anything good to its columns!