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, 1870-05-03

ton Of railroads m anv cosa rA o4soavsr
at all commensurate With tha d;oo1r.,ta,a.
to the pnb1ic c,nuin, ,rt ~ thoea
c,psol;1a1;ons Va th;n,, - uo,,5 Ia 5;eE
cu1t to find onv o,,tbo,;E =, tha oo1r,o,
law for the consol;dat;on ~ t,yo -.;1r-.ad
comnan;o. vbatha- ~ nar,,,a,.o- oont;n,,
ous lines rba coun,or. ,av11a - that
every cornorat;o, iinust cont,na ;trs,f ;, tha
rozeu and oh1;oat;ona r;onfa-~o,5 =, ~
cba,4o,. and thore nro nrma~ons doa;a;or. ~
:, .ha 1,o,ts 5o.,a-;. ~. A.. -
consolidation c,nn,t ~ o-o~.;.oa f ,,,,,sa,.3.
vas or,o;n,11v ,rantoa - 49, 49, ~
subseonent1v confons5 hr1.~ r. hsnnons
that. il, this State tbera ;s !. lao n.oaad +
1865 antbor;z;na encb con.oi;d.t;ons: ::
The e1istenca % th;, ,a,s ~ana.-a a
constitutional nro1;e;or ,a,.sso,v and tho
cnnrent;o, .r;1, ,on,a far sh,,r+ ~ ,,aat.
inp The nnb,;c ernact,t,ong = +bar do not
etfectna11v nrarer,t sn,1, consultations in
the future.
va +birl - ,ron,a In ,nn;so for fta rim. :,
ventio, +o oa,,,t ,1.n., outtorizino fba
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- 49, ~ - = 49, .a-..t r. 49,
st,,,- 49, - ia co-t,;n11 - -.a-t1, St;1a
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The NOW const;tntion h. NV ~ - aas1.trsa
1aoar;tr R1+ ,rs +,,;n1- 49,, ..s., -:.1,
, 1870-05-03

PDLlTIGALt
Courier, places before 1.-THE people o. Tie
Louisville District for Congress- the name oi
Hon. Humphrey Marshall.
Major Benz. G. Harris, who recently an.
nounced himself az an Independent candidate
for Congress in the Fifth District Of MARYLAND,
has.tbought better Of it, and now withdraw
satisfied that the Democratic party Of the Fifth
District and Of tho State Of Maryland will is.
moro the results Of the late " rlnp1easanmcss,
and fight their battles o'er again npon the good
old platform OF white mans government and
the resolutions Of '93. In his address With
drawing from the CANVASS. he says:
81 have no fear but that your conventions W1l
when they meet, resctnd the resolutions q the
Central Committee, and, In their stead. will lay
down and spike down as the great Is distinctive i
eaied Fifteenth Amendment IA not taae-is us.conat
tutionat in snd,sHtT and ,natttTis peid and of ~
e 91a 3se + 5et f q M 10 oexa M mT rends e tha
this or something Ike It Will be the foundation. .ot
your action, regardless Of consequences, OF your
condition VII be he most an1setr .,,on .ooo,.
etructed, and still unreconstructed State o.
Georgia has elected sepen Senators, no one Of
whom has yet been admitted. First, Alex Il.
Stephens and Hershel Y. johnson were chosen
under tie A. J. regime and they we're denied
admission on account Of their "indiscreet
course during the secession q unpleasantness.'
The State Legislature WIS reconstructed, and
proceeded to elect Messra- Hill and Miller sbui
before they could get into their Beats, the
Legislature elected the colored members
thereof, and, in consequence, the Senate
shut the door in the faces Of Hill and Miller
Then tho Legislature was reconstructed
second time, when it elected three moro sena
Tors, Blodgett, FnrIow and Whitley, who ar
still awaiting admission And finally the eSen2t.
hasdeci1ed that the State shall be remandes
to military rule, and bran-new Legnlatur
be chosen next fall. OF course this new Leg
islature will g grind out couple Of more
and the eigth and ninth United States Senator
frum Georgia Will put in an. appearance
Washington next Ninter. -r.,. .-:-.--.. -
, 1870-05-03

c,9,,s ..fsir. .1hs vsassss ~ highly dsferen=
81, but not - autoustao as.s.itess generally
Are. They lsugh heartily hehind your chair.
iesd Hs to foot cot IS i suze Of thor position, but
.naous .boat yoara Theie arg ,a1 : nnmbsr !, % Of {
he specify Of being home for such
hey hsss 1T New Ss TSsf pssD y S Seem To- to
spend al he morning in going down Broad
wsy, and al the afternoon N going Up bas.-
nees consumes four hours d&Y- The mea
are very well dressed, always I'd glo1ed.
sleepy, md stzze insolently It e!ery5ody- Tho
women curve their chins and look independents
and \ little Ieenious. The children are ep'-
tones of their mothers, and have. the same
swsgger IN their cunning boots sud walking:
dresses. Even the babies ara 50 smothered n
Valenciennes and mall that they look fko hu-
man poodles. But there Is 5 contrasting sids.
for h1ve not moved = block sinca I came
here without hearing some one whine in my
ear, "a penny for the love Of God" The
weather is warm and lovely, and the doors and
windows open oxide,- whilo flowers, flowers,
flowers greet you eve1ywhere-
, 1870-05-03

Of physiology Or rao nas paia attention . ea9 ms
re.div understand ,tnis. Bat, says ouet are Wo
not al be Ened foE our belief ipsnfs 2EnaR1mr1. Pm
our homes I T don't how. Tits i8a good place.
! wouiu IKE to stay herr: would rather not 90 :
have considerable to leave Il we should 60 nom
here . Y
want to 70 70 Jackson County. MayIY ["Yes,r
from he 1et i the P1ass
vii make it SO, and He will bless the soil, the
water, and the atmosphere, and, they VII become
M do he Will of God. and there Is no fear from
any quarter. l IneYer felt ealmeI since have been
in Ills Church. and L have been IN the VETS
have left ny home i've times 9aa - soea 9, hsnd q,
Ike it 11oT, and cannot get the spirit OF It
Il the Cunom bill ever becomes @ Nv law, ne ne
Mormons expect to beat it in the court o.
highest appeal, and their first resistance, At
. Ieaat, vii Be In that appeal By the time it
ahall have been decided, the chapter Of aeci-
dents may have done much for us- hope
enough to preclude the possibility Of any forci-
bic collision. Douu1As-
, 1870-05-03
THE PROTESTING BISHOPS.

The protest of the twenty-eight leading
Roman Catholic Bishops against the intro
duction of the question of Papl infalibil-
ity into the council, is a polite intimation
to the Holy Father that, while the protest
ing Bishops do not question the fact of
Papal infallibility, the dogma is not adapt-
ed to their latitude and climate. All these
Bishops represent the Catholics Of countries
where Professionalism is dominant They
bsse their objection to the discussion of the
question, first, on. the ground that the
council is not united. To this His Hoh-
ness will reply, "We are all united except
you, and if it is union only that you want,
independent Of any particular basis of
union, how much easier is it for you twen-
weight Bishops to agree with the Univer-
sal Church, than TO make the COO Bishops
and our sovereign self agree with you
The second renson for rejecting the dogma
is still more unhappily framed, from Cath
olic point Of view. It is that the announce
1nent Of the dogma would ALLEVIATE the her-
etics whom the Church in England md
America is seeking to convert. .-
We can imagine the bland compla1sal1ce
with which His Holiness would assure the
protesting Bishops that it would ii become
q council Of the Church universal to take
counsel Of unconyerted infde1sa and enemies
of the Church rs to the nature of the faith
| which had been revealed to the Church and
of which the spouse of Christ Was tho sole
| interpreter and guardian
! The third reason is but a repetition Of
the second, that the announcement Of the
dogma would "1aise endless questions y
among those who are not members Of the
! Holy Catholic Church We cannot con-
| ceive OF Protestant church which, in
framing its fnith, would be guided by tie
opinions of adversaries and unbelievers.
The protest itself is so unchurchly and IN.
Catholic, in short, SO essentially Protestant
in it's mode Of putting the case, that ne AT
inclined to doubt whether the document
genuine, or is m invention OF some inge
nious correspondent of the Herald.
# it be genuine, it forms the best proc
of the 1adical influence which competing
religious .sects may exert, over eacl
othes absorbing each etheF's :sfesds
, 1870-05-03
TEE CONVENTION AND THE RAILWAYS.

The Constitutional Convention has not
yet taken up the report Of the Committee
on Railroad Corporations This is, pei
haps, the most important subject that re-
tnains to bo acted o. The report Of the
committee was made early in the session,
and it e,nbraces anumber Of wise andneces-
sa1y reforms. It prohibits the issuing OF
fictitious stock, bonds, or other evidences
of property or Indebtedness, for which no
money has been paid, Of every Kind and
description; thus confning railroad cor
porations strictly to the powers and
functions originally prescribed IN their
charters, and preventing them from cheat
ing the people and the stockholders by the
tsWatering process. It also prohibits the
cnnsoldation of parallel or competing lines
~ railroads. This provision should be
amended by striking out the words "paral'
lei and competing" since no two roads are
e,actly parallol, and 1t would be difficult
for any court to determine whether they
wo1e Is t'competing lines or not There ;s, i&
no advantage to be gained " the eonsopaa
, 1870-05-03
Lcgns Decision Affecting Railroads.

An important decision affecting subsc1p-
tons to railroads by counties and towns has
Just been rendered By the Thirteenth Judicial
Circuit, in tho case uf Hoxoy rs- Chicago &
Rock River Railroad Company; in DeKa1b
County. The company was Incorporated by a
special act of the Legislature, approved March
4, 1869. By the terms OF the act, towns, &C.,
along aud near hs route OF tho railroad we're
authorized to subscribe to the capital stock of
said company, Before such subscription
should be made, however, the question was to
be submitted to the voters OF the torns,
&C., and majority vote cast u ils 1s
1asor. The act provided that noeee ~ ..
such election should be given thirty da{s
before the day of holding the election, non's y
ing the voters to meet at the usual pee ~. =.
holding the meetings in the town, aG. ths ths
town of Somonauk, in Dekalo G9E11sa ;rtn
place where the case arose, was 9ivlsu t: " ~,
two election Districts, the places q soons
ing at the villages Of Sandwich ana soonn; Isa ~
Town meetings were held At tHe Fnla8g " y
Sandwich, 4 special town meeting w. asE aeta
at SandWich. md the vote Tor and aeainst sun,
scrintion WIS had thereat. The vote reaulted
in ! majority Of tvenfy-s'1 IN taVos OK sop-
acfptlepd Hn4er fled his bill to enjoin action under
+1,a rote. The case was fully argued, md the
ronrt decided that the act contemplated an
election, held 81 required bJ the election
laws, and that The vote could not DO taken Ut
.HtqEu '-.:'':. -. =. :,
: ~" - ,-1..: -. l-J<t 80 E-
, 1870-05-03
a LAND OF PROMISE.

There has iust been laid before Congress
and o,dera1 to be nr;ntea a communities.
+,on which hepina.
"1he General Assembly Of the State of Iowa
would state shat;-" .-......, !,
ana tnen 'ne paper soes VI ~ te'a.e !, tss@t
'ne1e Is q DELI u oeautno' eoohuJ noto
tflah one hundred "'les "'oe' e1'enen
t1om the western BOUNDARIES OF Iowa and
Minnesota, by the way OF Inc tslg hofn'
Yellowstone d upper M1SsoaI1 Vaueys,
tn1ouGh 0ahota, Aonttl'l7 Aea11o, auo
Oregon to the faclne ocean and' II 18
added: :,
an, e4esiur a19 feet: ~ Is extremely ric IN
agricultural, mineral, and other resources; best
hoifS,s Th u nS t n, ~ 1oWa ;nform Con-
<uoas ,tto5 +,a 1,on,,er of +he ronth ,..bosa
go go 49, 49,. -, -, M cr,1nnion 1,;1Iu
.,-o 49, 10 - a,.4o-,, .1o.:a ~ snr,e -
a. H., Nro.,nt,;ne = ID ranorfaa bv
a.st sns ~ ~ aaa1on;s,s ~ and othars rast
enaat;.;ae - q antbrac5ta coa1 e1ist y which
4u" s.N.n ~ .-aS.H.,.at;on .annot -
!. - AZ. t;.,1n-5... ,,1a;n. a,.t of
n.y. eaoo1ae;5n - nc ton,o-,n,;-
aa1 T eoo,oGaa1 ena r,oat;e nre117e is that
- e.. d.r,.l &c ~, No,+ha--n
~ a - ~ far no,+h 80 .ba T7n;o,, Pac;t;c Ro;1.
- ..a- ~ " oa;or the ,ar.ntaraa ~ a;ther .
and therefore conmess ahnr,d vote crant
~ lana fo,tv ,n;1as vide from one end ia
tba othsr If the hall to some na1souli not
nane5 Int Who il Wiling to appear. to
hnjld a railroad from the mouth Of the.Nio-
.brara river to Helena, in Montana, thence
+brouc1, The se1mon Fork Pass to the Pacific
ocean
Considerinc that the belt is only 100
miles vide the donation of forty miles of il
is TO saw the least. liberal grant, particu.
1or,v vhen. in addition the railroad com.
panT is entitled to Ill the iron and coal it
NAV find along the route. We are afraid
the nbelt Of beautiful country" will have
10 wait willie. The Northern Pacific
Railway has only started yet, and perhaps
when the company hears the reports which
| ara circulating on the sIopes and spires oi
the Big Horn Mountains, that there are
| vast beds of anthracite conl, it may be in.
dnced to chanee it's route, and pass through
, 1870-05-03
THE CINCINNATI SENSATION.

It is reported that A1r. Wash McLcani
one of the proprietors Of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, il endeavo1ing to bully Mr.. Hal,
stead, of the Commercial, into sending or
accepting challenge, for editorial utter
ancea, evidently aimed against corruption
and plunde1 in the administration of the
city government If this report be tue, the
ranks Of American journalism are disgraced
bv the presence of one would-be assassin,
who has no more calling to stand IN any
responsible relation to the press than a
gambler OF brothel-keeper to be Bishop.
The proprietor Of newspaper, who is sunk
50 low in moral and mental standing as to
desire or dare to institute censorship Of
shooting or prize-1ghting over rival edit
o1s shows, even more painfully, his weak
ness as IN editor, than his inadequate sense
of what is due from him to society, as a
leader of public opinion and gentleman
An editor is the very last pe,son who
should claim to punish the supposed er1ors
OF journalism by killing or manning the
er1ine journalist. He has at command the
same weapon for1eply which Was used in
the attack. To resort 10 any other is to ad-
NIT that he cannot Justify himself by any
thing he can publish IN his own paper.
It is to concede that be has no just ground
Of complaint, and that he seeks to bully his
rival as the only mems Of stopping the e1-
posure Of his own shortcomings IT A1.
Halstead has said anything concerning Nc
Lean which is false, its falsehood can be
shown. If it is true, the shooting Of Hal
stead would only chow that, in addition to
being all that Ne Halstead charged, Mclean
YVES also IN assassin, who had not only COM
nitted acts which deserved exposure, but
who would darken his soul with the deeper
guilt, and damn his name with the grosser
infnmy of taking the life Of one who
brought his conscious infamy to Light. We
are confident that A1r. Halstead will trent
the bluste1 Of all challengets with the con-
tempt they deserve. We doubt whether
there is single human being now living
who believes in the Justice Of duelling, as
it Was believed IN in the ancient and bar
ba1ous days when even civil disputes and
questions of law were submitted to tie
ttwager of battle" In those times, super
sdtious faith prevailed TINT the divine
power guided the bullet or the sword SO as
to make it execute the decree OF the divine
Justice. No human being IN this genera
ton believes IN any such nonsense
Due1ling, in this modern time, is 1nipos-
sihle, except between IN assassin and
coward, The challenger relies solely on
his ovn murderous skill and cold, deadly,
heaztless hate These constitute him an
, 1870-05-03

IL Ii GSl4l4dkElA LkAht 44VuA 6Ae-LEAIA ~ OAc-
fifth Of the travel over our railways is on
free passes or dead-head tickets. Whoever
il employed On one road, and, generally,
mnet of hin .-lnu7es and his W7te's
friends. are free: over every other;
all. shippers of even very
moderate amount of freight; all friends
of ticket agents and conductors; members
Of Congress, Of Legislatures, and City
Councils, and their friends, and prominent.
officers Of State, national and city gov
ernmenta editors, reporters, correspond
ents, and people who hayea u hahdt Of visit
ing newspaper offices; and, finally, Judges
and officers Of courts; hotel proprietors, and
their clerks and families; proptietors
of stage lines and. livery hacks to
say nothing Of people who have
phi1anthropic, charitable, or religious mis-
sions, and who have been so1e,nnly'cal]ed
and ordained to 60 around at other peoples
expense and stir up things. With such an
extensive List Of dead-heads, consuming at
least one-eighth OF the revenues Of, most
railroads, it is impossible, on the one hand,
to get any impartial action relative to mil
roads from a community so universally
bribed, and, On the other, it is not easy for
the railroads themselves to exercise the
economy necessary to reduce fares when
their best cars are full of dead-heads, and
none but poor men pay their fare.
Another 10 per cent is lost in commissions
on all fares sold at Offices, other thnn the
depot, md smnller fee on all tares re-
ceived from passengers who are brought to
depot by l.ackmeu and runners These
expenses of competition burden every rail
road company on competing routes with a
standing army of agents, advertising
strikers, publishers of rnilroad Journals
which have no circulation to make the ad-
vertisements in them of any value, orna-
mental bill manufacturers and posters, the
entire waste Of expense upon which nay be
summed up ut 10 per cent on their gross
fares. These expenses are as idle and use-
less as TIE standing armies of Europe. The
more one competing road wastes upon them,
the more the others must, and the less one
road e1pends, the less the others need.
If 10 per cent be fair allowance for
each Of these sources of waste, then We
have in both combined wnste of one-ffth,
or, in other words, q reduction of one fifth
in fares could easily be made if all roads
would agree to shut off these needless e1-
penses and stand by their agreement.
If, at the same time, the railroads would
boldly reduce the rates of fare below the
present paying point, relying on the large
increase of travel TINT would re-
suit TO mike up the difference; if,
for instance, they would reduce
fares from New York to Chicago from 925
to SIS, one-half Of the reduction would be
made mp BY the cutting of of useless c1-
! penditures, md the other would very soon
be compensated by the enormous increase
Of travel to which such reduction, if SIM
ultaneous and general, over all the roaas,
would give rise. VIII not some of our en-
terprisiug Chicago railway managers take
hold Of this reform energetically, and see
why things that have been done in England
and Belgium, cannot be done on much
grander scale in the United States
, 1870-05-03
lfnoM QUE srtc1A1 coKHEsgo. vpEsE1

has been able to receive, mostly BY Gentiles
and other opposed to tho Ecigning King. The
Mormons have given him cool reception,
probably because they dare not do otherwise
without orders, and the Hing has but Just re-
turned from a Southern progress"
He entered the city week ago Saturday, "a
hiumpha1ly as conquering Roman Consul,
although the ostentation wns OF humility tath-
er than Of triumph He came as near
ca1icaturing Jesus riding into JeE1salem
Do it. he and his nght-bower, Smith, rode in
ehabby, dusty buggy, with the Top thrown
back, drawn by two sedate mu1ea, which the
| King seemed to condesend to drive lfor the
occasion) himself Two squares from his corral
the crowd appeared to be thick enough to Jus
| t. vehicles, vasioua1y {reighted, had gone ont
| to meet him and follow nhis train. The chief
product Of the city WIS ont in Sunday School
array, Tags streamed On the air. music lent its
inspiration to the occasion, the great State
road, which heads in his corral, and on which
he deigned to travel, was lined with people
| for half a mile, who, however, displayed no en-
| ttusiasn, such as freemen might be expected
| to upon the return Of 8 loved chief from 30
long an absence. This royal "progIesa was
long. Tho faithful in Southern Utah
| hive doubtless been admonished to fear: the
| Lord and Brigham, to let tho heathen rage,
and not read the Mormon Tribune Colonel
Wickizer, who has Just returned from that
country, too, says that as he receded from; the
capital lie found the people more liberal and
| sensible, much to his surprise. Four-ffths
Of these folks are here ont Of nero curiosity" )"
Haid Josephite, in my hearing: It isn't
nearly 80 large and spirited q tu1nout aR
usual on such occasions" said q Godbeite.
at j. very gratifying said said 9n % .o1thea1a e x
Eee Brother Brigham 80 enthusiastically we1-
coined just now while the Cu],om bill is pend
| ing and 60 many influences seem combinsr .
araiust us." = The Cullorn bill is va a,
paper" said the Bishop. Others, most, sai
nothing, except what Bcowling brow ), .r,irh
indicate. and whether that was us1aa' IL fo
nine or Br7ghamh benefit, I didn't ssv o 70 il
| terpret.
Next day his sermon in the Table .uac1e va
| not much different from those a has bae
preaching thirty or forty year, He dwej
upon the necessity Of keeping . q Lords CON
mandments. He said:
The Lord hiss commanded us tn buf1d n
Zion Talk ahout polygam5'. There is no I'm
philosopher on the face Of tbe earth. but whist vi
admit that such BJstenI, properly carried out ar
Monofamy tos tho raistrg Of healthy, robust chi
!, ase1i B. peGco Pps33oza'ng moderate knoElcdg
say s,-.,. =
, 1870-05-03


counters are piled with dresses Of ec17t linen,
which is linen as it comes from the manufac-
tori unb1eached- Pocket handkercMefs Of
this linen are sold edged with = thick woven
lace. They are al imported French goods
The snits eel very low, some as low Is SO,
Elaboration is the order OF the day. One
wea1ies and grows sick Of dresa and jswe1ry
bows, and En11s, and gotten-up yelled faces
AL the men in New York stare at the women
all the women sfare into the dry goods win
dows. and Photograph delicious memories
world may bear them, and tu1n round. The
favorite boot here has metallic heel three
inches high, and hsK an inch across. They
click dedantly On the sidewalk as Il stepping
on an enemy's neck. They coat s1'' ana 1f'
Hoops a1c worn close, snd usny 40 ,aos nos
wear them at A1l Volaptuona women w.. Tsa
their FORMS Other women wear rasr ta short-
Ike men. The moro women WI "s"1 n,.nn;sb
taiIel basaues and white vests ana nh,nan An aa
hats, the more do they depal1 ar9t a.H .nns;5s-
TEEN and respect oi T. %sn, dlspe1es thst eoneeal
Nv aat MILES, md leave to the imagination
1t IL 1T. IT, .;rter or sculptor would reveal
VIA s,W tro fhsby;s dress, yesterday, at Lord
Tar5or.. that cost ESQ young man sna @ h1s
Fifs ;rr1 hsd gean + but tho husband tulned away
9e1,1S' 9o,I .sWe cannot Afford it, Neths,"r,. he
AID. sad I did not know to which he referred, tho
5rssa Or HE baby. The Roman gilt and Jet
fevei1y is having a. great run Just now; Al
lie tl1ess windoWs.in the city are fun Of it, IN
elegant designs, but rather cheap and superb
ciai in make
Here, It The St. Nicholas, The toilets s1s,
many Of them. extremely handsome. Rich
BLACK si1k travelling suits, md brown paplin!s,
trimmed with satin, Japanese s1lks; elegantly
skirts, With Roman sash and point
Lace gets, diamonds on eyety angeF e1;
s,ighted, and Ill he beautiful accessories
Of : dne toilet, hair dressed beeorningiy, the
toilet in jewelfy, perfum!e1J, and style, which
people, who DO not eafe fg for dress, and
wear rich plAin goods with ths air Of being At
home in them. Thera arc q great many old
loys here with their girls af forty years ago;
:gsy, staid people, who eat an eggvith the Prs e
pompous beuevoleuce- There is:;as much
srlenaer abept the h9age T! t, e Y i NsEn aone
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