, 1865-01-10


eccessiorists, and in that tendency :hey were
emincntly successful. We can only wonder
at the long forbearance Of the government In
allowing tlA6utrase to continue.
Mr.. Flint, per Sc, is Of little account. Heis
q vain, sclfconccitca, inflated parsonage, with
as little principle ns ability, itching for No.
toricty and willing to serve the world, the
flesh or tlc devil, as may best suit lis spend.
th:ift needs. lie is Of no more account. per
sonally than was Jo. Howard Of the bogus
proclamation. But Mr.. Flint as *'Druid'
and t1aitor is another parsonage, and the
government must yinlicate ITSELF maint.in
tho authority Of the law and rurgc tho land
Of such pes,ilcnt nulsauces. We trust the
examination In his case viii be rigid, and the
punishment rigid also. We are not In the
labit Of prcjudging any mans case, but in
this instance the evidence was before the
whole country ut the Instance Of the dcfen-
dunt long before the military commission
could take coEntzancc Of it, and the whole
people will approve their verdict as do we
after weighing The evidence, whatcycrlnay be
the finding of the court.
EXTEND THE GRAND TRUNK
Ik1xLV1l.
Whoever glanccs ut the map Of the territory
trayersel by the Grand Trunk Railway, from
Portland 10 Montreal, from Montreal to To
1octo, from Toronto to Sarnia at the outlet
Of Lake Huron, will be struck with the fact
that very great enterprise, involving an out
lay, we believe, Of some sixty millions Of dol
lars, has stopped just short Of success, and
come to very" lame and impotent con1'u-
sion.n Easnia Is merc point for shipment to
Chicago. and terminating there, the Grand
Trunk, after running 7s5 miles, really ends
so lnilcs short of its true terminus, trusting
to lake navigation and to tic lumoss Of
rival railroads for permission TO deliver
Its freight and passengers at their
ultimate destination. While lake and
river navigation is open, no railroads can maize
any considerable profits, being compelled to
compete with fur cheaper modes Of transpor-
tation. When lake navigation hes closed, tie
Grand Trunk is left without q terminus, and
is obliged to submit to the dictA,ion Of roads
with which it has BEEN competing during the
summer, or it can neither obtain nor deliver
its freight. Under these circumstances 1t is
Impossible that the Grand Trunk should be
able to compete, except in thernnst insisn:a-
cant and improbable manner, with the roads
with which it should stand in rivalry. The
public have really little or no advantage from
its competition, as it only carries in the main
what the other roads do not want, and that
by their permission. So vast an outlay Of
money should produce some more consequent
tial and beneficial results. So much for the
interests Of the Grand Trunk Railway. Il,
on the other hand, this line were extended to
Chicago, It would strike in direct line 10
miles to Lansing, the capital Of Michigan,
now connected with the Michigan Central
only by small branch road, thence in au
equally direct line, subject to the bead caused
by Lake Michigan, to Chicago.
From sarnia to Michigan City would be
nearly an air line. The entire distance from
sarnia to Chicago would be $50 miles, = saw
Ing Of Sc miles on the present distance by
rail over the Central and Southern. The
Grand Trunk would then have terminus
worthy Of It's present outlay, and wou!d a1d
a fourth to the three great opposition rail.
road lines which now secure the prosperity ol
the West, by connecting the West at usually
modc1ate rat es of freight and fare, with the
seaboard. The people Of tho most central,
growing and populous section Of Michigan,
would be largely benefited by 1t, and their
substantial aid in carrying forward the work
might safely be counted upon. To carry :he
work through to mutual advantage, the
Grand Trunk would need q healthy infusion
Of the Yankee element into its Board of Di.
rcctors, to represent the Yankee capital
which should enter into tho enterprise, and to
dispcl some Ct the slumberous Rip-Van-Nin.
klc-ism that has heretofore pcrvaded its man
'ogcment. It is safe to state that the present
rolling stock Of the Grand Trunk wou1d, In
the hands Of American railroad mcu, selected
solely for their qualifications and skill. do
fifty pr cent more business than 1t is now do.
ing.
The legislatures Of the three States through
which the route lies, are now In session. The
great public utility Of such an improvement
is too eelf-evident for argument Let It be
pushed through. It will give us wide track
five and a half feet gauge, from Chicago to
Portland, end open up new, independent,
direct and important means:. Of communities
tion between the great Northwest and the
Atlantic seabcard.
B Many friends in this vicinity will bt
pained to learn Of the Death Of Hon. Benja
| min Follett, at Ypsilanti, Michigan. For