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Show . " i a, i -- . - NOTES BY THE WAT. flMToniiL COHg: Sl'OXL'ZXCtJ Fremont, Xeb., Oct. 23, 1S73. The desperate and bad element which rendered the mushroom towns that had their growth during the construction con-struction of the L P. R. R. so notch- ous it might be said, infamous has nearly passed away. Unmarked graves, along the line, received the last human remains of many, as they-were they-were flung in like dogs after having died like wolves. Others fbund temporary tem-porary homes in various prisons, m the west; thence to the street quarrel, I and then a sudden end "with their j boots on.- Some necessitated the formation of vigilante committees m one place or another; and a portion of them sought refuge in the protection protec-tion afiurded by tiie Federal judiciary in Utah to everything not Mormon, no matter how vile or lawless. This may seem strong language to those unacquainted unac-quainted with the history of the past more years in Utah; yet it is really mild when the array of bristling facts is fairly considered and their relative value estimates, n ... lown to a small and quiet railway station. Bear River City remains, in the. shape of one miserably dilapidated log hut; yet here, five years ago.it was dangerous for a peaceable, quiet per-bou per-bou to pass through, especially if he were suspected of having any money in his possession. Bryan, Rawlins, and other places, once wild with drunken and licentious licen-tious frenzy, have donned the dignity dig-nity of respeetibility. Julcsburg is long since gone, as in the case of Boar River city, the very earth being cursed by the enormities perpetrated there: and now comparatively the only place that is entitled to the western apcllation ot "a hard town" is Green River. This change is due to a variety var-iety oE causes the decadence of the excitement which attended the construction con-struction of the line; the absence of the large force of men that formed an object of plunder to the hordes of cutthroats cut-throats and outlaws following them up as the line progressed; the vigilant measures adopted by the U. P. Company Com-pany and its officers; and the increased in-creased efficiency of county and Territorial Ter-ritorial officers in Wyoming. But what a commentary, that this same villanious class could - find, in large degree, shelter and protection from outraged law and justice by sworn conservators of law and justice among the Fuderal officials of Utah! And yet-thaE condition of affairs ! has not entirely ended. I find in the Omaha papers of yestenlay a press telegram which reads as follows: Salt Lake, Oct. 21. In the United States District Court U. S. Attorney Carey challenged tho grand jury, showing practically that under tiie presentlaws a legal grand jury can not be obtained in the Territory. The Court sustained the challenge and discharged the jury. Though willing to acknowledge the ability of the press agent to "economize "econo-mize the truth," I am inclined to accept ac-cept the dispatch here given as correct. cor-rect. This was the point decided by the' Supreme Court Washington branch in the Engelbrecht case, and paraphrased, would read thus: U. S. Attorney Carey challenged the Grand Jury, Liking the position that the Supreme Court of tiie United Suites knew very little about law, and. that he knew a grent deal; which t he-Court he-Court sustained, having held theopin--ion for years that the Washington branch of the Supreme Court was incompetent, in-competent, being too much controlled by law and precedent. The jury was consequently discharged in furtherance further-ance of the missionary objects ol which our Chief Justice never loses sight. If President Grant does not place Judge Mclvean in the chair made vacant va-cant by the death of S. P. Chase, he will be singularly obtuse to the merits of a great missionary jurist. Just here, as one of my "notes by the : wav," I ma- give a scrap of information which appears in my note book, derived from excellent authority that the new U.S. Marshal of Utah has iJrcady called to his aid a number of more deputies, in expectation for the coming session ot Congress passing the desired special legislation for Utah. His forethought is admirable, and his early calculations calcula-tions commend themselves to the ultra-radical as important precautionary pre-cautionary measures. He should raise tho number up to a hundred, so as to have a complete jury list ready of willing henchmen, eager to con" vict, on demand, any person for any alleged crime that might bo desired i always, of course, having it understood under-stood that the accused must be one of the obnoxious Mormons, or a sympathizer sympa-thizer with them. I must revert to U. S. Attorney Carey, and congratulate him on demolishing de-molishing a unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that is, with Judge McKcan's assistance. It is a notable and noteworthy note-worthy effort; and, if I mistake not, this decision of Judge McKcan's lilts the Third District Court of Utah above j even the Tolice Court of Judge Clin-ton, Clin-ton, the proceedings in which, his honor, Chief Justice McKean, once j ruled could not be reviewed by any other court in the Territory, thus giv-t giv-t log it prt eminence ovrr the Territorial Territor-ial Supreme Court ! E. L. S. |