Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-05-26
Eastern Dispatches.

Eastern Dispatches.
New YORK, May 23.-From the Lon
don telegraph of the 18th of May, 1t APP
pears there is scarcely doubt of the loss,
with all on board, of the African mail
steamer Liberia, which sailed from Liv-
erpool on the 18th of April for MADEIRA
and the west coast of Africa. She should
have arrived at Madeira by the 2Sth ult.
The steamer Volta Of the same line, ar
rived at Liverpool on the 18th of May
and reports having picked up casks and
packages that were undoubtedly on board |
the Liberia, and which are known to |
have been slowed so low in the hold that
they could have only got loose by COM
plete break up of the vessel.
CHICAGO. May %. - In the United |
States Circuit Court at Des Moines,
Iowa, yesterday, Judge Delon rendered
a decision in the case of the United
States, ex-relation of j. L. Hall and
road Company, praying for writ of
mandamus to compel that company to
operate their road from Council Bluffs
westward and to desist from operating
the bridge over the Missouri river at
Council Bluffs rs an independent line.
The opinion sets forth that two leading
,i,1 b,v =
ing the writ. The one relates to juris-
diction of the court, the other to the
form of proceeding. Whether the Cir.
cult Court of Iowa is the proper Circuit
Court to hear and determine the case,
need not be demurred, the Judge says,
and he accordingly reserves his decision
on the question as to the jurisdiction,
until the character OF the service Of the
writ upon it is determined. Now the
! objection is to the form of the proceed
ing, which is that the law officers of the
United States have the sole right to APP
ply to q court for the writ, and that pri-
vate persons can only move for a writ of
| Al
:, dividual right. There is no Legislation
r Of Congress making it the duty of the
Il United States officers to institute pro.
. ceedings like the present, when the duty
!, said to be neglected is one which the
Il company owes to the public; and when
&c individuals who suffer from such neglect
;. complain of it, must the court refuse the
II writ solely because the Attorney Genera
in does not move for it. This question
III must upon principle and authority, thu
court concludes be answered in the neg
~ alive. The Judge cites numerous au
10 thorities in support of his position, an
~ concludes as follows;
o. Reserving as we do all questions whic
~ concern the modes Of controversy, i
" order that the merits may be better I'll
% derstood, we think our discretion will b
W more wisely exercised by awarding tina
" by refusing the alternative, more partit
- ulary as in this way the opinion of tn
" Supreme Court may more certainly
" obtained than if the writ were denied.
Ii BosroN. May ga preliminary heal
VI ing was had to-day in the United State
, ." Court, before Judge Lowell, on the pet
~ ton against the Union Pacific Railroa
40 =, Company, filed by Henry W. Golderin
of New York, to determine whether q
=" order on notice to show cause shs
:" issue. Counsel for the petitioner elaine
~ the road was bankrupt, and the legisl
se' tive enactment under which it sought
wv evade the operation of the bankrupt la,
~ was unconstitutional. The latter poi
w was the question mainly at issue. II
"" Judge reserved his opinion.
New YoRK, May ga large crov
NJ accompanied the Grant bridal party
rad the revenue cutter Grant, on which tn
nm embarked preparatory to taking Il
ybt steamer Baltic for voyage to En-
roa land. The President and Mrs. Graz
:, with about one hundred invit
;or friends, went with them as far
Sandy Hook, when they were tax
aboard the Baltic. As the cutter NOV
In out of the dock crowds cheered hearth
In The steamer Virginia and q Cunart
on fred salutes which the Baltic ackno'
ia edged by dipping her colors.
LITTLE Rock, May 23.-The resoluti
son passed the House to-day requesting CT.
, a ton and Dorsey to resign their positio
in. in the United States Senate. The p
amble sets forth that the said Senate
secured their election by fraud; that th
Tue misrepresented their constituents in 4
.eu kansas; that they conspired with Oh
'n- Justice McLaine and Joseph Brooks
overthrow the State government, th
asst making war against its constituted I
Ade thority. The resolution asks the Sem
IL they refuse to resign, to iuvestig