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Show Liuon "vfEDSBSDAf mil SATURDAY, vrj0inr: Pubusiuko Compant.. PublUhwt by Hie ( h:irlc W. Penrose, Editor. and Bumnem Manager. OGDE. UTAH. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14th, 1874. VERDICT AGAIXST THE u. s. When do the Acts of Congress actually become law? A provision in the Constitution of the United States requires that within ten days after an Act of Congress shall have been submitted to the President, he sh dl express his approval or disapproval of the measure. Should he disapprove of it, he shall communicate his reasons for Should he fail to do so, at the expiration of the time allowed, the Act takes effect according to its terms and intent, provided however, that Congress shall be in session at the time. Many laws have become operative under such circumstances, although the Kxecutive was known to have been opposed to their enactment. A very important case has just been adjudicated involving the question of the legal effect of an Act of Congress to which the President's signature was attached after its passage and before the lapse of the constitutional limitation. A large commercial firm some days ago instituted proceedings in the U. S. Circuit Court against the Collector of the post of New York. They had imported a quantity of wool, upon which the Collector levied a tax, and an ad valorem duty amounting to 520,000, the Collector alleging that he was authorized to take this course undor a previous Act of Congress. The duty thus imposed was paid under protest, by the members of the firm, who commenced an action against the Government, to recover the amount exacted, maintaining that the Act of Congress under which they were assessed was unconstitutional, on the ground that it was not signed by the President until two days after the importation was made. A deposition of Johnson, was admitted in evidence, showing that although the Act appeared to have been signed by him on the day of its passage, he did not actually sign it until two days afterwards, on the day that Congress adjourned. lie acted in this case in pursuance of a custom then prevailing. . The Court decided in effect, that although Presidents were in the lnbit, when they approved Acts of Congress, to date them back to the timo when they wera passed, the Acts did not, according to tho Constitution, become law until the very dayj when the President really signed them. A verdict was accordingly rendered against the Government lor Pacific, however, refused to with them Jn accepting such rates as would be necessary to maintain the control 6f freight across the continent. The Eastern lines then resolved to dissolve their union with the Union Pacific, and refuse to issue through bills ot lading on California freight. The consequences flowing from this family dispute, are startling, and unless a temporizing policy should be adopted, the rich trade which follows the great trunk Hues, will be directed to routes The further south. Union Pacific forced Company back upon its own resources, has established a line of steamers to ply' between New York and Baltimore, thus cutting off the great central overland lines from the benefits of a large and lucrative business. The Baltimore and Ohio rail road company have agreed to transfer through freight by way of St. Louis and St. Joseph, where direct communication is made with the Uu ion Pacific. The natural effect of this digression is to impair vitally the interests of Chicago, from which an important element of its prosperi ty is withdrawn, while it will corres pondingly enure to the advantages of its great and growing rival on the Mississippi. That this movement is eminently practicable, h demonstrated by the great success which has attended it thus far. It has also established the fact, that the northwestern or lake route is not the most available centre, from which should radiate the numerous lines that form a network of rails. Another important point decided, is that the water interests of the nation are not destroyed, and that the lakes and rivers which afford such marvelous facilities to the purposes of commerce are yet necessary ii If Genet wouldn't come, Devlin must come down with the stamps. I he argument in the case was labored and lengthy, which was all verv0 well,i onlvtf it failed to con- vince the judge, that it was not his fault, but the sheriff was to blame. The Judge held, that though the escape of Genet was through the negligence of the sheriff, it did not impair or affect the obligation of his surety to apprehend and produce'the delinquent on the indictment found against him. As surety, Mr. Devlin took all the risks of the case, and as his friend did not "come to time, he must pay the amount of his bond. Exit Devlin. "THE OXEOIAX POWEU. LEFT IX THE LURCH. Harry Genet, whose escape from the clutches of the officials, has left many mementoes behind him'to keep fresh in the minds of his friend i the recollections of his princely and dashing career. Many of these mementoes d are in the form of attractive billet tZoux, which' are not likely to be produced against him as "tell tales" of his many shortcomings gilt-edge- to the and the made indisputably clear by his official acts. He identifies himself with the conspiracy to .rob us of our rights Mil liberties now operating at Salt Lake and at Washington. He asks, in tones of command, for a change in our statutes, and when such changes as the public welfare, demands are provided for, he scornfully repudiates He joins in accusations them. against the loyalty and good faith of the people, aud wV.cn they deny the charges and ask for au investigation, he opposes all official inquiry. He deplores the obstruction of the courts, in, and which he himself assist turns loose convicted murderers. . our true position, and give us that we suuuuae. wim icbti relief that justice, American liberty, singer, iA ui10 uui' :iu ier mane nn unucu and common humanity alike de pcared in white with red silk 1 mand. swrt ..... . 1 be aud sacqUe" The other two were dressed in black. The lady in white and red very tame ditty, indeed, ia which she informed a waiting world Unit she had never known a joy till she got to be a got to be a Mor m0n Then Sam Gardner, festive and robust a a country colt on town meeting day,t0ok up the refrain, and informed his sympathizing auditors that he was in the same fix. It was carious, not to say startling to notice that the lady in red and white (mostly red) and yam, whom we all knew as the director of Ethiopian min. strelsy, and other diversions, had endured precisely the same experience. But alas! so it is, we learn in sorrow what we teach in song. And then thai lecture, shall we ever forget it, how a little woman iu black stepped forward with a printed political speech in her hand, which somebody in the show business had procured for her, and attempted to read something nbout tbe danger of engrafting something upon the constitution. "I say," said an unsions listener to us, after the lecture was over, "you sat up in front, was that woman trying to preach Mormonism up or down ?" It appeared to us that she was trying to read a printed essay, and that she signally tailed in the effort. Two women in the next seat io ussaid they had lived in Salt lake several ed AXOTIIEIl "ESCAPE" 1 KOJI UTAH. A few days ago the Salt Lake Dirt SUnger announced the departure of a daughter of Brighani Young, on a lecturing tour. On the Cth the subjoined advertisement appeared in the Omaha Herald : Of course the people here know qualifications of, and the mode of selecting aud summoning, Grand and the whole thing to be a swindle, dePetit jurors for District courts;" and signed to deceive the eastern public "An Act in relation to District attor- and make money out of the quibble. From the fact that the Daily Dirt neys." It is evident to the people of Utah Slinger announced the departure of that the object of the Executive is the lecturess, it looks very much as not to assist but to obstruct the Leg- if that disreputable concern was in islative branch of our Territorial the plot. Like the scribes of the the females named in the Working into the D. D. government. hands of the "ring," he joins in the advertisement, are "unknown per- - uothing, through tho wholesale abuse of power foolishly placed in the hands of one individual. We are reminded of the saying, that one fool can destroy that which takes the skill of forty wise men to build up. A great cry has been raised by the "ring" and its satellites about the "one-ma- n power" in Utnh. What about the power given to one man, appoiulcd without regard to the wishes of the people, and that man openly and avowedly hostile to their faith, policy and interests, to render null and void, by a stroke of his pen, the laws enacted by the people's This we are elected representatives? compelled to bear, because it is one of our Republican institutions. That the Governor of this Territory is the enemy of its people is i curtain that had V" eq ueumu Wretched across "one. corue.r of thelrff aud from which audible giggles tioe to the outsiders where the poor del were, and how it shocked their natures to face the public gaze.sensitj, Th bitter end, or until Congress the Belle Union band came in from balcony, and the performance beca country are made to know Three women and Sam Gardner aroeirj he shows but fitness for the cap and bells.' In any other Territory but Utah his official life would be only a We must endure the infliction span. The Mormons hnveconie! Brigham Young's daughter, who is accompanied Yesterday Governor Woods sent by Mrs. Sarah James, the daughter of two more Veto Messages to the Leg- Chas. Stewart who was assassinated in Leonard, the celeislature. The Acts he refused to 1809, aud Miss Grace brated songstress of Zion, will lecture in sign were, "An Act defining the Shoal's Hall, Saturday night, Feb. 7th. cry of "special Congressional legisla-tia- n for Utah," and opposes all home legislation designed to meet the changes of the times, and all government investigation into the condition of our affairs. The gentlemen now laboring patiently and arduously to make such alterations in our statutes, as are rendered necessary by the difference in our circumstances and population, from the position of affairs when most of the old laws were enacted, are meeting the expectations of their in subserving great interests. constituents, and will have the satisTho contest is yet uudecided, bu' faction' which always attends a con the last flank niovemeut and brilliant sciousness of duty faithfully performstrategy of the Union Pacific have ed. But beyond this, and the proof made it master of the situation. offered to the world of the honesty of their intentions, their diligent work of forty days will amount to uearly and peccadilloes. Most likely he has cast into the waters of oblivion, the remembrances ot the halcyon days when he lorded over his little Harlem domain, the fond idol of an adoring populace, while basking in the sunshine of a tropical clime. But, Mr. Charles Devlin is not left "solitary and alone" to deplore the fatuity which led him to place implicit confidence in the honor aud $20,000. friendship of his boon companion of KEVttliUTIOX IX yore. He became surety in the sum TlMfTIC. of '$10,000 for tho appearance of The contest between the Union Prince Hal to answer to another inPacific road and the Eastern trunk dictment besides the one for which was tried and lines, is developing results not antic- the gay "troubadour" But faithful "Hal" was convicted. ipated. To take an intelligent view of the causes of the fight, it is well to non est inventus, the sheriff said, felou's name know, that the Pacific Mail Steam- when the escaped called to say why sentence ship Company determined to compete was with the overland route, and reduced of the Court should not be passed the ocean fright rates between New upon him. Judgment was eutercd Y'.'i-'The Eastirn against the forlorn bondsman, whose and California. lines firming a direct connection with lamentations and gnashing of teeth the North West to prevent a diver-friu- were of no avail, for Hal. wouldn't of traffic which would operate come, nor his ghost either. Mr. fervid appeal to set .severely agaiust their interests, adopt? Devlin made a ed a fchedule of rates corresponding aside iudgment against him, but the with those of the Isthmus line. The bluff and obdurate old Judge was in- k exorall Me-rmo- years, that the lecturer wasns Brigham, Young's daughter, that many things she said were untrue and that they did not believe she ever eame from Utah. A i gentleman who holds a prominent sons. position as the superintendent of an imIn the Omaha Herald of the 8th portant company in Salt Lake was present "at Hall last nigh'. He is inst., appears the following complete known Shoafs by several gentlemen in this city who will vouch for his and expesurse of the He telb us that he entered FR A U D. Brigham Young's office when, he was 12 Our readers must have noticed that of age, that he remained in his years within the last few days our city papers employ as his clerk and clerk of the have contained notices that Miss Angie Mormon church twenty-twyears, that Young, a daughter of Brigham Young, ke is familiar wilbs Brigham Young's would lecture iu this city on Saturday hi children as well as family and knt-wnight on "The Fats of Mormonism." be knows bis wn and that he never The announcement was one calculated to saw tb woman who pretended to attract attention, and would of itself lecture. ch.-.ract- o s be-fr- e have been a sensation had people placed confidence iu the truth of the statement. But they did not, and there was sufficient reasons why they should not. The notice of the arrival of the"advauce agent" of the lecturer which was paraded in all the papers smacked of the show business and indications the whole affort y was spurious, a mere affair, increased as the time drew near. The largest hall in the West was secured for the lecture, a brass band engaged, and huge canvass banner signs as large as barn doors disp'ajed after the manner of the common live snake exhibition and other circus side shows. We had almost forgotten to etate tiat to add a spice to the entertainment Mrs. Sarah James, the daughter of Charles Stewart, who was assassinated in 1849. and Miss Grace Leonard, the celebrated "Songstress of Zion," had consented to accompany the "daughter" aforesaid. Our authority for the statement is a hand hill beaded ''The Mormous have come," and specifying that they would o in hall "lecture" At blanks to night, leaving proper in with t ed chalk, after the manner of cheap shows wherein the towering giant and the learned pig comDCte for praise and wonder with the deformed calf at country cross roads. Like tends to like. Tho law is inexorable and never fails. Of course it did not in this instance and when a Jltrald reporter wandered to Shoafs Hall last night he found Sam Oarlnet the veteran Belle Union aetor and stage manager on the platform with the other show people practicing "Red White and Blue" and other songs of Zion. And with what a healthy guest a he rung out the ckorus. Sam enjoys life as a glance at his jolly face will show but he has not Lad so much fun at any one time since the days when he used to driTe stage and sit on his pie, to keep the passengers from stealing it, as he did last night itfVinging saered songs with that Mormon "daughter" and the ladies who "accompany" the outfit. Seeking a fitting opportunity we the festive Samuel one moment aside, but we regret to add that even ns he talked to us he fixed his eagle eyes one on that "daughter" and the tber on the "sweet singer." "Sam," we said. No answer. "Smu," no sign, Sam "You know these people?" Oh, yes, know the agent, known him catch-penn- for years?" He is in the show business?"' "Yes, of Cdurse?'' "Yon know the women?" "I've seen them?" Salt IaKc C it Election. The municipal election at Salt Lake yesterday was lively aad exciting, but The differorderly aal ent sections of the opposition amalgamated, the jabid totally abandoning their ticket with the object of electing the ticket headed with Hon. Wm. Jennings for Mayor. The People' ticket was victorious by a very large ma jority, as will be seen from the follow ing returns : Wm. For Mayor : D. II. Wells, Jennings, 1,077; scattering, 3. For Aldnuien : Isaac Groo, 3,028;Geo. Crismon, 3,924; Jeter Clintsa 3,895;: John Sliaup, 5477; Alex. C. Pjper,5,482p J. M. Benedict. 1,081; A. Miner, 1.G6G; N. Groesbeck, 1,G42; scattering, 8. For Councilors: Brigham Y'bung, Theodore 3,944; McKean, 3,941; Albert Carrington, 3,945; J. 11. Winder, 3,938; Henry Grw, 3,948; N. II. Fait, 3,941; D. McKenzie, 3,944; Feramor Little, 5.4G1; Thomas Williams, 3,951; Lewis S. Hills, 1,089; P. Pugsley, 1,017; II. P: Kimball, 1,552; Bolivar Roberts, 1.G78; Geo. Crismsn, 1,598; E. I. Mamfoml, 1,622; 11. B. Margctts, 1,015; Le Grande Young. 1.G22; Elliott Hartwell, 47;T. R. Jones, 22;y. Aueiback, 24; A. W. White, 23; W. Fuiler, 85; Adam Spier, 4; I. D. Brown, 43; scattering, 23 For Treasurer : P. A. Schettler, 5,481; geed-humore- d. 3,9. scattering, For Recwder : Robert CampbeM, 5,435; W. P. Appitby, 23; scattering, 4. For Marshal : J. D. T. MeAlister. 3,934; Henry Ilealb, 1.G79. Tiic People's ticket was printed on yellow paper, the opposition on- white. But the "unties" toon noticed the distinction, and substiiued yellow tickets to deceive the unsophisticated. - A number of the oppositit-- gentlemen were invited to be present at the counting of the votes. have succeeded in The making a little division and a trifling excitement, and et they hi not happy. n anti-Mormo- Estrav aSTotice. "She's lirigham's daughter?" "Oh, of course she is. This is lirr HAVE IN M' rOPSKSSION THE FOLLOW- maiden effort and they have just had T dewril!! ntiiiual. which, if not clainn-- 1. 1 lt to tl h hiLhrst rrget her to do it she has been mid tnUerv awav, will he J secreted for weeksPursued, you know, Had to the whole party, dangerous. travel by night only. And she is timid now I don't know ns she will get While ho should' bd tho servant of the people, he seeks to become their through." At this juncture Sam master, and plays the monarch while left us and retir- - sjioiisililp bidder t the lUstrici Stray Pound at lit, ls74, 5orgiui Co., Thuredny, ut 1 ).m. Oik dnrk ret ntfer r!f, ahotit ono y?or "Id, with, a crop otV the left r aud a elit in oscau o. H'omAi:i. liitrii-- IVundkferr. lh. rortcrvillo, Fb9tU,lf7'L Ui It |