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bona fdo shareholders in this road; Of ~
many of its officers rs arc trying to
keep management the
ules D, common honesty and OF le-
gitimate : business morality; Of all
who would not have the name Rock Island
as foul stench in the public nost1ils as the
name E1ia; Of all who would maintain q
good standard of American railroad man-
age1nent abroad, SO as not to close against
American borrowers the hitherto open hand
>of European capitalists, Of all freightera
and travellers over the road, and Of 4he
people Of the State and the country gencr-
ally, TINT this Illegal venture Of the Rock
Island ring should be thwa1ted, dsfeated,
and nnnulled. To do this, there is only
needed bona Jfde holder of Rock Island
shares who has the pluck, the means, and
the determination to stand one OF more law
suits IN vindication of the law and the rights
of the Shareholders and the public, against
this intended outrage There would, pro
bably. be q marvellous rise in the value of
the shares of stock upon which such Hh-
CATION would be founded Whoever had
entered upon such conflict would, proba-
bly,, need to fortify himself in advance
against offeEs Of five, ten. fifteen, or twan-:
ty times the value of: his stock, md costs,
as an inducement to surrender his point.
For the yimdication of the principle in
volved would be worth more than any dnan-
cial inducement that could be offered to one
who appreciated the importance of keeping
our aggressive and unprincip1ed rnilroad
barons under allegiance to the law.
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When the young man Of The daue of
Guppy, accompanied by his mother, went
to the residence Of Esther 6u1nmerson. to
make proposal of marriage. to that young
lady, it is related by the historian that his
offer was politely declined, and that, thero-
upon, Mrs. Guppy exclaimed: ..sWhy don't
you get out, then2"a Miss summerson To-
Piled that, being in her own house, she did
not see my specinl reason why she should
get ont But the good Lady insisted upon
it that ahe should get out, and kept repeat
ing the adjuration until after she had
reached the garden gate. In like nanner,
the Pittsburgh Gazette wants to know why
TEE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, St. Louis :Demoerat,-
Cincinnati Gazettf, and number Of other
papers, that arc in favor of reforming the
tariff, do not get ont of the Republican
party. # they do not like the thrift, saya
the Pittsburgh paper, let them clear out.
The proper answer seems to be that, inas-
much Is these newspapers arc already ht
home, there is no particular reason why
they should leave their own domicile at the
instance Of Mrs. Guppy.
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The Tnnkfon.S1ouxl Indians.

1.,:...< 1s. 49,. u...,
20 .e 1ea1o' 4"s e"'e'!ys =. =, ''',
sR: N Jour assue ol Ine 20 inatan1 you
state, as news from Sioux City, lows, that tho
Yankton Sioux, IL heretofore peaceful, are be-
co1ojnt, .inn,,dent. and hare Killed BONA stock.
to.,, so-srn1,ert and n,;r,ta nrone-tv." This
poIn SWa go -. y. r3.tann 1a,-at 49,, ,,.n-;
- not u1e' Ae tno ue'o. =. "0.o A"pp'-
er md more peacefully inclined than they are
to-day.
:Ihaye been stationed here IS the agent for
H. i = @ V.nltnns ~ s;,co Inv ~: 1aso and dnr;nc
tue 1a's S..Ns1.- | ~ .ae.,a-e
that pe1aoo W nA'e not ~ eiuna4' e'e pt9Pe.9
CT the government, or Large herd OF Indian
cows has been in the slightest degree dis
turbed. One horse, the property OF lieuten-
.nhT. ". Lord, vas taken from the stable and
t51led but recent circumstances point couclu-
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We learn from Toledo paper that Mr.,
Ab1am ". Fox, 80 fuu-b1ooded African of
rare intellect and attainments," has pur-
chased an important interest in the Detroit
Free Press, and will become managing
editor of that Copparhead journal The
stock in trade Of the FTe1 Press has here
tofore been its fear that the negros would
soon get the upper hand Of the white mar,
and We must admit that, in the case of The
Free Press, the result seems to have justs
fed the apprehension. After all, oven the
Democratic Journalists know their own
measure of capacity best; and, if three!
foutths of them should take in colo1ed ed.
itors, it would make vast improvement ID
their matter and manner. Shall We not
have the qualification to announce -that the
Chicago Times, too, is replenishing its staff
through the F1eedmen's Bu1ean2 =
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The farmers Of the Northwest viii re-
joice to learn that the House of Represent
atives has reached the horticultural and
genealogical branch Of the tariff, and, in
compensation for the tax Of 1oo:per cent
On salt, aud Of Is per cent On ali iron or
steel implements, and OF so per cent On
their wool1en clothes and carpets, and of 80
per cent on their printed calicoes and cot
ton dress goods, the American producers Of
cocoanuts and Of dates, pineapples, oranges,
and lemons, are to be protected to the exs-
tent of 10 per cent on the foreign grown
article, The American growers Of 6gs and
raisins are to be protected by o tag. Of 3
cents per pound The House, however,
rejected proposition to protect buckle
berries, black wa1nuts, hickory nuts, and
chestnuts, SO the American producers Of
these are left exposed to the competition Of
the pauper huckleberries Of other 1anda-
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pOg.JTTcdE

A large number OF the Democratic Irish
men OF New York city, disgusted at the cor
Iupton Of Tammany md diHhustful of the
Young Democracy, arc joining the Republican
ward clubs.
\ General Forrest has been making TOM
.pezato speech At d Fifteenth Amendment cele-
braton in Mississippi.
y "A Radical paper in West Virginia, which,
having Joined the " 1et-uppers," 1rges tho re-
'movs1 Of political disabilities, speafs Of itself
as " once proscnptye sheet, which, from an
'ugly, biting, singing, malicious bug, his
Foster Rfodgctt, Chairman Of the Georgia
Republican State Committee, has called 3
State Convention, to meet in Atlanta July q,
to organize Young Mems Republican State
Central Club, and to effect thorough orgsni-
zation Of tho young men Of tho Republican
party throughout the State.
The Connecticut Legislature, on ThurtdAJ,
elected the Hon Thomas 3. Butler, Of Nor
walk, Chief Justice OF th1t Etate, BY unani-
nous rote in both houses. Judge Butler was
appointed 4 Judge Of the Superior Court OF tho
State IN 1855, was appointed an Associate JUS
t1ce Of tho Suprems Court in 1861, and reap
pointed l1st yeAr.
in speech in Richmond, night or two
ago, Ex-Governor Henry A Wise asserted that,
the war being over and he having made an hon
orable capitulation, he would, rather than per-
nit his forefnger and thumb to touch the pen
TO sign the test-oath, have had his night hand
cut from the Wrist-ioint and nailed to s post to
point the way to gibbet.
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Details from tho French Papers,
THE ARREST.
y

TIE Ala AAassf.
ing particulars Of tho at1est (" Wishing doubt
less to receive his Last instructions and to mako
personal observations as to the spirit OF tho
working quarters. BeAury went on Friday
morning early to the .Faubourg St. Antoine
and to Beleville, and returned toENd =
o'clock His c4b drosa fast, but he thought
several by;st!eets.' He It Last stopped It tho
Hue deH Moullns, and, alight1ng, turned his
steps toH Ards house o. 17tame, where ho
passed the preceding night, and latt bus vallse.
Jnst It that moment T. Lagrange. Comm!saa-
~ Of Police. who had driven: after him from
the early morning, descended alone from M
open carriage which hAd followed that Of
Buaury, ordering bis agents not to stl1. bot
to a"Mt pseconcerteu al8naL he then 4eaA
np 70 tne Gonspl1asor, a1d aadIesslnB h4py
bus Chr1stlan name, Camille, said, :. how
DC you DO e do not know you,, said tho
ueavo!ng TO remember the name and face Of
his 1nteriocutor, NJ Lagrange gaye the signal,
and the agents, rushing FORWARD, seized The
nanda OF tho cHpnt and pinloned them behind
hls back, while ID. Lagrange exclaimed: 7
az n. CoInlnlssa1y OF ,fnhce, and arrest you J
fte4oented AZ mat ho1r, they TOOK rom the
pe1sonef me lette1 OF F4ourena, also E1.anot
fesoiset, ana rough d1ais OF note Wnfsen
py t1e m41 n11nss1l, ana Addressed 70 Flo1fens,
r. Nnlcn he ,aaxad 1or money, 4no Aoaea
.Ihe Amputssion VIII take Place On the 18th,
n the evening; ! IN ready The The prisoner
naa' u appean' 'InS fsse1Ted INST 49ot. N Patas'
e9a han aesiwa1ds ts 5s 3oM, to oeaR ha expenses
- Tnx cr1FRr BEAu81.
The P1frie' has the subioiued particulars:
1.-THE PRINCIPAL sgent of lie blot. he iudiy-
jdual entrusted WITH The EXECUTION: Of he
f5ima, i 3 Jonne man of twenty-five, bachelor
eood family. After rbxvinye for snne fime lea
Z iieaipsted 1,fel and nnde9eone ~ = condernna-
ann ka an,;ataa INN sT,n7 and fhen Js..
ssrtsd Ha il fhe = ;5stn7n,ent Htr n of t5a nevo-
fnt;onsry Co1nmittea' 'ir n Tnndou. and mora
k;a Arrest 6a does % notb;,,~ 81 int shed te.,s: ~
nils h;s fsfa and confe sSas avervthiro- w.
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Arc wa to understand that the recent or
der of the Chief Of Police of Cincinnati,
mentioned in telegram yesterday, that the
tshont doors" of the liquor shops be
closed on Sunday, is to be taken as the
measure of the morals of that city? As
the order applies to the front doors only,
it is to be understood that the back doors
are to be left open, and all, therefore, TINT
the Cincinnatians care for, is, not to get
lid of an evil, but only the appearance OF
it. Peter Pindar tells Of q pilgrim who IVES
enjoined to put peas in his shoes, as pen
ance for his sins, in long pilgrimage
to the shrine of saint On his way back,
be met another sinner, toi1iug along with
lacernted feet, whom he ga,ly informed
that he had taken the liberty of boiling his
peaa This pious soul was evidently the
prototype Of Cincinnai. They do homage,
in that city, to abstinence aud sobriety by
closed front door and darkened front
windows to the g1og shops, and insist that
the kin Of sabbath-breahng shall appear
decorous and see1n1y by being tolerated
only in the back bar-1oom- They boil
'penitential pens, in Cincinnati, by takiug
their Liquor On the sly- The outside Of the
sepulehre, at leust, is white and shining.
We are curious to know il this is the
method of their morality in all things in
Cincinnati We knew before TINT she Was
nothing If not respectable, and that she
pzided herself, nbove al things, in putting
on good appearance before men But we
did not know before that she openly COM
promised with the devil by leaving the back
door open, and, provided that he would
agree not to be seen of 1aen ut the front,
he mi ght come and go as he pleased at the
1ear entrance. Cincinnati must be
a charming place for sinners;
for where all can be saints
by only seeming 50, what possible gain is
there in human estimation, in the painful
practice of rigid virtuea At any rate, the
Sabbata1iaus and the total abstinence peo-
pie owe debt Of gratitude to Cincinnati
for having solved difficult problem They
have only to amend their respective plat
forms by declaring, the one, that we must
remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy,
by leaving only the back doors open, and
mixing the front of The house only close
and dark; the other, that we must abstain
from all intodsating drinks, except in the
back ba1-1oom- Good for Cincinnntil
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Thrilling Adventure With q RuFgInrs
! = Fron. lz Boston Tina, Aay 1a

Between l and 2 o'clock last night, Mr.. c.
". Moore, the Well-haown and prominent Free
Mason. who resides at No. lis Concord street,
heard suspicious noise in the hall Of his
honse, up one fight, upon which floor his nbrn-
= ard sleeping apartment are situated. Mr.,
Moore eeized stout stick, and telling his wife
to Light the gas, be caught his visitor by the
collar just as be was entering the chamber.
Astruggle then ensued, in which the thief at
tempted to seize Mr.. Moore by the throat, but
the latter held him at arms length, and ad-
1uinistcred sever1 well-directed blows With his
cane upon the forehead and directly between
tho eyes Of his unceremonious caller.
Those who haro seen Mr.. Moore NAV have
observed that his arms are somewhat longer
thAn the average Of human limbs This fact
proved great disadvantage to tho burglar;
1w be could not 1each his would-be victim, but
alr. Moore pressed him go closely into the
corner and against the side OF the room, Is to
render his night arm useIess. while with his
own be swung the heavy weapon into the air,
and the blowB fell thick and Fast upon the cul-
pitts head.
The blood flowed down tho face and neck
and upon Mr.. Moore'a scant clothing, but still
tia blows fell and the burglar struggled. Miss
Ella Moore csn1e to her fathers. 1ssistance,
and Mra. MOORE opened the window sud shout
cd "Police!" The girl caught the scoEnd1el
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~ ths hair, and assisted in holding him while
Il if,r.shaa nt,nnf htnakiu1 th4 hx1nfstara In

" tho hair, and assisted in holding him wfile
be th1asled about, breaking the b1nnisten In
.hs ednrtatc free him8elf.
:. II Wis af leask' 'fiYe minutes before police
MN ca1no ia The ,heecuo, but to the startled
hof1ehola 1t ssenod N age. The culprit WIS
secured, md led out, but he threw himself up
On he sidewalk and refused to budge- TIE
policeman administered few drops Of hia
EllT. and the fellow ropented and followed
him to the station house.
III the Police Court, this morning. he said
his name was Albert Lavense1er. He waived
m examination and VII receive bis proper
n9Iy-Iookipe customer, about 40 years OF age,
and viii mako an excellent subject for the
Stae Prison. ,,-
In view Of the three seoee and ton years Of
age Of Mr.. Moore and his state OF undress,
tie utter defenceless condition also OF his
household in The presence OF this ful1.slzed
burglar, this act is certain ono Of unparalleled
pluck aud heroism.
, 1870-05-17
Conflict OF Jurisdiction in New Or.
lcsanS-L1eutcnHnt Governor Dufau
and the Police Commissioners Or
dcTed TO BIC Imprisoned.

dGTEu TO BIC Imprisoned
From the 5e.o 0rteans Republican, Xay7-
Judge Cooley, OF New Orleans, recently OF
dered the Metropolitan Polica Commissioners
Of that c1ty and Lieutenant Governor Dunn to
be imprisoned for contempt Of court It
appears that on tho 18th Of October, 1861,
S. N. Burbank obtained IN Injunction from
this court, restraining the Police Board
from electing snccessor to his office Of Treas
u1er. from which he had been dismissed by
resolution of the Board Pending this in
junction, the parties defendant brought suit
in tho Eighth District Court, heretofore re-
ted contempt Of the authority Of the Sixth Dis
tnet Court. Tho parties al appeared m court,
represented by lr- E. C. Billings. After
somewhat lengthy Argument by coun-
sel Judge Cooley said ~ can
not admit : e5sg5e ,sF thst r. tnis ias;s !,
3n excuse, there is no use far courts some
atto1neys are reputable andsume dis1eputable-
8cme viii give Whatever advice nay be wanted.
The matter is plain one. IN my Judgment
The parties have = remedy m the Supreme
Court, and il they consider themselves injured
b . Judgment Of this court they Gan appeal.
TIE idea that the Eighth Court is invested
with exclusive Jurisdiction in these Cases.
may be eorrecs, but do not think 80. Tho
Supreme Court must decide Ny Own hovl
eE1ge Of the disposition Of these men sst,Hfes
me that they Intended contempt Of this
Court, Mr. Fillaurs case is protected By the
law, and the rule Ito hira mnst be discharged.
As to Mr- Robinson, he Was not = member Of
the board when the original suit was brought,
and he is discharged The other parties hare
been guilty Of contempt
s1The Judgment OF the court ia thst Oecar J.
Dunn, Thomas Isabelle, William George, and
tie other PARTIES not specially excepted, saali
ench be imprisoned Eve days md condemned
to pay ina Of 1885, They can relieve them
zelTes from imprisonment by Withdrawing the
nuit IN the Eighth DISTRICT Court"
Before the prisoners could be actually sent
to the lookup writ Of ha6eas corpus was OBJ
tained, and Judge Dibbla released them.
, 1870-05-17

ever, good Indians, aud deserving Of more
consideration than they have received at the
hands OF the government, with the exception
Of the past Ie.s+ = .
within the retaliation ofsfhe oldest among
ths1u th.t the tfihel were eEer attayed Ii hos
ltiEt% to the Fuited Etatek 80
3';You, viii ID m4 1 Kindness By inserting this
II ihe columns M5our papst, in contradiction
tuf IN untzuth. Reepecttnlly, etc, -! =
-. Captzin. .. s.Army; Indian Agent.
a. TAHE1oy lEp11N AGENCY. D. T., May 5, 1s7u-
, 1870-05-17
TIE NORTHWEST.


The Dubudu6 Times Of the 18th Gays: 1.-THE
prospects OF the Dubuque L New York Rail
road continue to brighten Mr. J: 4. Rhom-
berg, one OF the Directors, &C. HeEitt-an
peteI kiene start today for the mouth o. Iur-
key River, Gutenberg, Elkader and lnteEme-
diate points, to look after the interests OF the
road. In all Of the townships the tar move
1nent llas been commenced, and in several 10
calities an election has been ordered. Inc TAI
will be ypted to aid the road. MI, Hewitt Will
proceed from Elkader to the State Line, pro-
curing right Of way and local adSantages.
- WISCONSIN.
nosha County, says: "spring opened early
for this section. Wheat, not much sown; Is
forward; looks first-rate. Oats, a1e1age aoTn.
Barley: about sane; doing well ElnI, rathef
more, than average auwn. Corn mostly plant
ed; ground VAIN aud in frst-rate condiuon.
Grass quite forward for season. Weather.
nights, but no frost Fruit prospects good as
Jet.' 7'.. !,
MICHIGAN. =
The April product Of the Quincy copper mine
was 13O tons 265 pounds.
The Portage Lake g. 50 Gazeae Of the
says: y President Avery writes that wonda1-
ful machinery is making, and part On the Way
hero, for the work, and that prodigious feats
of Labor arc to be performed this summon.
They a1o now shipping two largest-size ex-
caga1sPf = for M use i + The dry diggings which Il.
ing: IN cars $50 cubic yards Of earth
motives viii take the placo OF horses for
moving cars. About the middle Of June the
most powerful dreige in America Is to- be da-
Hvered here and set up on the Lake Suparlor
powder ple-driEers, 1nd machine for saving
on the piles ready for capping, will also bo
hsre soon. Here is certainly over sl0o, 900
worth Of new machinery to complete this
work, already half done. What: pity it is
that it was not provided at first. Mr. Avofy
says they intend to finish the work strictly ac-
cozdiDg to specifications, whether the COM
pany approve Of the same in all 1ltespects or not.
Lastly, Mr. Avery says the entire work is to be
finished By September I! Once before he said
the work WAS to be done in b year, but it
was not Then it was to be done next year,
sure, but lie was mistaken Now he eaTH Sep
tenber l, and again he VIII be mistaken. Nr-
Avery is altogether too snnguino- II the Wa
tcrs Of the two lakes ara united SO that boats
Of mode1ate draught can pass through by Sop
te1nber !, they will have done well, and thepub-
lie will applaud and give the company till Juno
to the specifications: Superintendent Wood
ward will he hero in few days, when the real
work will be actively commenced. Alessrs
Avery and Wild will bo hero in fow weeks.".
MISSOURI
RES"
a" one-asmed soldier,.' who WAS begging in
Columbus, has left for his home ,disgusted st
the iuquisitiveuess OF lady, who had the
curiosity to feel his empty sleeve, and found L
sound arm underneath
An indignant father in Columbus, who at
tempted toItrounce assschool tescher on Wednea-
1N~ Nv &,,u
, 1870-05-17
ALL ABOUT POTATOES,

The State Of Maine has five members of
the House of Representatives and two Sen
ators, and these seven representatives. have,
during the last ten years, voted unanimous
~ for placing such taxes On iron, wood,
coffee, glass, salt, chains, anchors, duck,
cordage, and every other article entering
into ship building, that every ship yard in
the State has practically closed its gates
and discharged its workmen. These same
Representatives and Senators have, at this
session, voted to still further increase
al these taxes, and to further crush ont
the once great and profitable industry of
the Mnine ship-builders.. I. What these
representatives expect to get in return for
this sacrifice Of their ship p-bnilders has been
developed. During the debate on the
Tariff bill, last Friday, the item of potatoes
was reached, on which article the bill pro-
posed to change the tax from Is cents per
bushe1 to 15 cents per bushel Then the
State of Maine was aroused. Her repre-
sentatives gathered as one man to protsct
potatoes- They were bold and eloquent in
defence of "pink-eyes. With more Sic
cess than Leonidas ut Thaunopylm, they
opposed the passage Of the hostile amend
ment- Here IL portion of the debate:
MMr. Pete,a OF Maine, moved toincrease the duty
and regretted that the Committee Of Ways and
Means should resort to this small hus!ness
Of giving Maine s1ap In the face for the benefit Of
the New Brunswick farmers
"ME. Butler, Of Massachusetts, opposed the
amendment Potatoes we're the mainstay Of the
poor man, and he was not for increasing the cost
Of the poor mans food. A duty Of lfIeen cents
rer bushel WIS nearly equal at come times, to 100
.Nr. Fa1nsworth sustained the amendment
The committee had Just raised the duty on oranges
for the benefit Of Florida, and he did not sec why
t1ey Should r not DO he zane Sql for ne potatoes
"Ar. Peter1 argued that to give the British prov.
lnccs advantages from low duties On their chief
Of annexation now SO active there because those
provinces must either be annexed to the American
"M1: Hsie, OF Maine, argued that the present
rite Of duty on potatoes was not too much as CON-
pared With other duties. -
.n hoar opposed me increase OF duty On po
" Mi Peters pointed ont the Inconsistency Of
the Massachusetts members, who, having got ell
as snuiseses sa s anes too &c. &c % now oppssed
the interests Of the farmers OF Maine. Such q
course 1n2 little that OF sueker' The qucs-
state 81 Maine md the Commonwealth OF Nas5a-
chnseta .-.- --..
q The amendment Was agreed to, aud the duty
on potatoes WEE n1sd at Is cent? pet bnsheL"
Massachusetts, wanted cheap potatoes for;
her people, and objected to paying 25 cents,
in gold per bushel more for Maine potatoes!
than they cost in New Brunswick. But
Maine had not voted to ta1 her ship-bui1d-
ing out of existence, without The right to;
demand return, and SO the House voted
to protect potatoes. Perhaps the ship
vnghts in Maine, who have been taxed out
OF employment, Will now diversity their
industry BY plowing up their yards aud
planting them with potatoes,