, 1872-12-27
NOTES AND OPINION.

| tuo uo'ornorsMp OF Nassacl,usctta W ~ en~s
next fall. ~ oe n1eo
ho rhea1y, -1ae Judge Durcll, Of 1opis;an, ro,,,1
IL and i,h ~ nons IN Nussa some other desnot-
and as Circuit Judge His Last erni";+ 11ea ?sates
SUPPRESSION OF the New Orleans T;,nes 20 ~, une
H!nsy pre:ext, tru1nped up for the occas;on 'n r.
49, ean1e IL 1he supreme Court intorfered in Ion;es
now 1itt1n ai coollaon OF that miserable State ia
Philadelphia Press. oA1aese province
| .. y nua 10 sessions Of 'the Court Room ro,;e1o
49, tulo VI ALABAMA would be discontinued h2 tha
oayonet-argument were its members Damoy,r.te s.te
mo1 n Liberals instead of Radicals Tie A1ahama
mise proposed by Attorney General W;1l;o-app
soou 1alth but the Radicals finding that tle ar. -
| tHn6enen1 Goes not. as was eynected n1sco
tnGm IN command Of the situation, insist nnon
utat1s atta1s Legislature Of their own. Now let
A:tto1ney General Williams duplca.a J;a Tn,iss ;ss
iana telegram By ordering tie Cnitea Sto,ea
troops to dsperse these RaIicaI rehaIs ~ fa.;s
| oaAe Cour1er-J0urnal 0osS'S~
tile Commercial Eulctin. in view of tbe
1nclGne , oss,ona1 $40" OF indignation over the
~ 44IIehIne Up OF few millions Of currency. and
cue penalty proposed for such an oifcnce. pro-
pounds tie following conuudrum: ..Tf II ho so
g1ea, aod crime for bank to cid in locking m
Sa,ooo,ogo OF money, what is it for the Govern
ata ~ ~ locE up S1oo ?" The Bulletin for
Eets mat stealing on large scale is not SO Grim
lnal as steaAng on small wsy.-Ciucinnott
Commercial. A>'
BY the Hubbard Postal Telegraph bill tbe
Government grants national ckarter and cre-
s1s ean he a aelegsaph monopoly with which thcro
cau DC no successful competition. The present
companies would be compelled to cell their l;ne.
70 the Postal Telegraph COMPANY, upon snch
terms as tho latter may prescribe. Or loso
their @ property At all Post Offices in lie Uuited
states whero tho receipts are five hundred
dollars in gross, Offices are to be furnished rho
empioJes OF tue company. its business and its
machinery, free Of cost. Think of that. The
western Union Telegraph Company requires ct
nearly ell its offices, about 1nuca rom as is
needed for tho mail service This is to be nra.
Vlded Tor the proposed Postal Telegraph Com
pany ut the expense Of the Government. In ad-
dlt1on, the Postmaster General Is to provide
stamps, blanks, and envelopes and employ
agents to sell them. Ho is to provide carriers
al tn1s-1or offices, rent, the cost Of preparing
and selling stamps, and for delivering ,ucssageS.
no is to receive f1re cents for each message, e1-
cept!ng press despatehes, upon which he is to
m6aye uaree cents. We have head Of good
the co6ol propositions in our day, hut this is
| In return which We have any recollection.
| spectators prJl this, Hubbarl's compa,r Of
graphing. We shouldo reduce che cost Of tele-
| do so. If the Governmalnoso it could afford to
| to print newspaper in this i1giye US the right
rent, exempt us from taxation, l,raay onr otfico
to deliver our paper, and collect ell Ia carriers
us over tho money, we will reduce the paying
the Gazette largely. This is about what E OF
Gazette.
AS for the Niagara Falls canal, there is a
canal on the Canada side, 10 feet wide and as
deep as any Of tho st. Lawrence canuls. The
cost Of this canal, Only &c miles long, was
$1,000, 600, and the American article, it is said,
will cost twelve or fifteen millions, the first an
propriation asked for being six It IS afest that
it Is the true policy Of Canada and of tho United
States to enlarge this canal and set it apart as
neutral territory. There is no probability of war
between US, and the srrest way to prevent it is
unite our international interests by a reciprocity
That will make it impossible. .-Sprinqfeu Repuj.-
Hcan.
Some OF tho Eastern papers speak of an
effort to defeat Mr. Blaine for tho SEcaAership
OF tho next House, and mention several can
didates who likely to givo him contest.
We doubt if the subject has been discussed yet
among those WHO will laye the decision to make.
The new Congress will not meet until Decem-
ber, and none of the new members have been
canvassed or consulted about the Speakorship,
Speaker, and if he lad remained IN the House
he would probably occupy that position now.
Mr. Blaine iH now serving his second term in tho
chair. and he is confessedly one Of the best
presiding officers the House has over had. It is
not an easy matter to get good Speaker, as tho
old members very we'll know, and Blaine has
given such general satisfaction that it will bo
difficult to make it appear tina. any party pub
lie good can be accomplished By supereediug
him.-St. Louis Democrat.
Judge Durell, of New Orleans, the servicea~
bio tool Of the Custom House faction, took tho
oath Of allegiance to the Confederate Govern
this signature, well as TINT appended to tte
order overthrowing the Warmoth State Govern
ment. Durell seems to be jewel Of rascal
Cincinnati Commercial.
Wildcat States in the West hnve been created
for the seeming purpose of giving two ambitious
politicians seats in the Senate. They have
been endued with the sovereignty of States
when their entire population is not that Of
any one Of hundreds Of Eastern counties. TIE
disorganized condition of the South has given
occasion for mediocre and scheming mon to slip
into tie Senate, and crafty politicians lifted up
BY railroad and land jobs and Ill eorts OF rings,
have been able to control Legislatures in other
States until the United States Senate has be-
come what it is today. The deterioration is as
marked as it is alarming. So frequent has be-
come the charge that the election Of Senators
has been procured By corrupt means that it has
almost ceased to attract special comment. And
Southern States. We hear of large sums OF
money spent at Albany, Harrisburg, and other
capitals, in connection with the election Of Sem
ators. tits common to hoar the remark that
such man has not money enough to be SEN
ator, or that anothers chances are good because
10 is rich.-Hartfors! Courant.
Water communication between the Atlantic
and the Mississippi ie, no doubt, greatly needed.
Valley it is almost necessity, since it costs two
bushels OF wheat to transport one from 1l1iuoiH
or Wisconsin to the seaboard. Whether the
Government should mid the various projects
seeking to accomplish this object, is serious
question. A number Of bills are now pending
in Congress for various projects, an, While there
is no danger Of any one OF them eo4., through
singly, there is danger that they may be COM
bined, and the whole lot succeed. Thirteen Of
these bills for granting subsidies for the I'M
proyement Of various rivers and canals between
the great river and the Atlantic foot up the
enormous sum OF three hundred and
sece'teen million fre hundred thousand
dollarg. By uniting these measures, and
consolidating the Congressional Tota
favorable to each separate bill, and the powerful
lobby BY which each one is backed, it is not in-
possible that just this amount may be appro~
priated out Of the National Treasury. To the6a
1'ater bills add oyer one hundred million acres Of
land proposed to be given to nav railroad pro-
lects. none Of thom begun, ind the people can
then judge Of the reid which it is proposed to
make upon the Government. Is tho present not
q good time to stop2 The s1m total Of thesa
subsidy bills is astounding, and the sooner they
are indefinitely postponed" the safer it will
be for the National credit, and the more salts.
factory for the people. Let private capital and
private enterprise construct these water routes.