, 1865-07-20

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Edward Bates the high plest- Tucy sec a
In glass, dark1y ever, thing they look up %
Everything Is revolutionary aud outrageous
Life and liberty sze no longer secure. Every
thing Is goitc to ruin. The law Is trnmplei
under iou1 aud general despo.ism Is ahou
10 be inaosuFatcd. In short they are labor
ing u1der 8 severe and continuea a....ee:k
tie political blues" A Democrat is natur
ally and constttutionally opposed to any aut
everything not originated OF advocated b,
himfeit CT bis Eariy. With our Conserva
tiyss, however, Il is different. They profee
TO be the devotecs ofno sect, only advocate!
ofIaw AID der. Thes 8 :e every thing through
judicial spsctacles, blurred and dttumed witt
the accumulated Gust and cobwebs Of half a
century, Modern Rip Van Winkles, they
| haYc Just awakened from sleep Of five years
| only-but into those flTc ye1rs have been
| crowded the events Of how many decadess
1t Is little surprising, however, to notice
the amount of solid comfort they mauage to
take, Notwithstanding the wreck aud ruin
which Is either alreasy about them or I'm.
minentIy impending. They are not known
cigars with undlsturbed equan!mlty, just as
though the world was gong to LAST few
hundred years longer. They take their post
p1andial nap with no thought of waxing
under monarchy or despolism. In fact,
their actlons disproye their words aud lead
not few to believe that their dismal tore
bodlngs are the result Of Indigestion and
nightmare, rather than OF amp conviction In
their own minds.
GOV. Fletcher Is earning the good opinion
Of all classes, By the interest he exhibits In
everything thar has tendency to promote
the growtn and prosperity of the State. He
Is now In the city On business connected with
the extension Of the North Missouri road to
tho Iowa llEe. The lsst Legislature author
lied the issuing of $G,0O0, 600 In 1rst-cIas.
mortgage bonds for completing tha. road.
BUILDING the Western branch, and construct.
Ing bridge across the Missouri river at ST,
Charles. It will require 8, ,000, 600 to COM
amount !s expecttd will be subscribed by St,
Lonts. The Iowa folks promise to complete
their road to The Missouri line, thus opening
up the DeeMoines valley to our trade, and
ultimately giving US railroad communication
with Saint Paul Measures are to bs taken
ceEsful, the work will be pushed to con,ple-
ton as fast as men ind money can DO it.
COY. F1etcher's mission is to consult with the
leading mtu Us to the best means Of accom-
plislipg the desired end, as we'll as 10 fix tae
price at which tho bonds shall be sold.
TIE resnlt Of the Detroit Convention has
not disappointed our merchants, rs they e1.
pecttd nothing from it. They SAW ut once
that it Was only Canadian move toward
the framing Of @ new Reciprocity treaty, for
which we have no particular de:i1e. The old
tleaty bene fitted Canada Mt the expense OF
the United States, and no new treaty that
wou!d not do lhis would be satisfactory to
the Canadians. The general opInion Is, that
II they want to reap the advantage Of onr
prosperity, they must jim themselves unto
us. And If they do not care to do this, they
mtlat cen get along the best way they can.
We can do without them, and Il they cannot
90 without as. they must come to Us.
Some excitement WAS caused On the streets
few days ago by the shooting Of Il guedlla,
who figured quite prominent In Jersey county
of your Slh'e some eight months since. His
name Ia William Moss, md he WAS formerly
prisoner at Alton, having been sent there
as convicted bnshwhaeker. Escaping
therefrum he went to Fidelity in Jersey
county, where he was identified, body OF
citizens turning cut to arrest him, he fired
upcu them, killing three ani escaped. He
was soon nafte1wnds.capluscd, however, and
was committed to the Jerseyyl1le jail on the
cha,ce Of murder. here number Of ut.
trmp,s were made to lynch him, but without
euc.ess the Shorthand others using their infu-
cnce to protect him from mob violence. Two
months ago be made his escape from jail,
eirce remained. until last Thursday, when
he started for st. Louis. Arriving here be
put up at Gnenadous, fashionable restau-
rant on Washington avenue. Soon after he
was recognized on Four h street by a cou-
pie Of citizens from Jerseyyille, who at once
gave the alarm and organized pursuit, AZ
ter an exciting chase he WAS brought down
BY pistol shot In tue hands Of one OF the
policemen who had brought him TO bay, mud
to whom he gave himself up. The Sher.E OF
Jersey county was te1esrapced and lnmedia-
tely came for hts p'isoncr.-slr,ng 500 to
each of the captors.
Two Government beef contsactors--Van-
akin Wunder and John AIken-havc been
aFrtsted charged with heayy frauds. They
pos-d not TO have made their prof. Is In per-
iectly honest and Legitimate manner. Tney
Wc!e at first placed under bond and ordered
to report daily at the Office Of The Provost
Marshal General, but they have been released
On new bond Of $4,000 each aad giving
their parole, conditional that they will with.
ont delay p:oceed to New Orleans, L., and
there report in person to Brig. Gen andrews.
Chief Of Stall, Headquarters Department Of
the Gull, and there walt and abide BY the or
ders OF the Major General commanding that |
Department.
n,drophobia has prevailed TO an alarming
extent during the last SIX weeks, and cur |
City Fathers have at length been stirred Into
doing something to abate 1t, and rid Us Of /
1xes the tax on dogs at 81 per head, author
lies the Msyor to issne his proclamation Of |
derirg all dogs to be confined during the hy- |
jrophob'a season. mud all dogs found on the |
streets arc to be Killed, whether muzzlcd or |
not. md the owre;s dned from $40 to 500
lalf the fine going to the policeman killing
he dog, and the other half in the city treas.
Try. 1t L. also the duty of the police to kill
.uch dogs. With sucl law, properly tn
oIccd. the dog population ought to be ma
.c1ially decre,sed-s'l consummau IN dev 3ut-
> 10 be wisted.'' ".