The Northern Pacific Railroad Bill

a d tliu Siíiiute, aud il the noue coucurs, that cotnpany whioh li-s already gobbled 47,000,000 uwes of the gorerumeot dotnain will gol another slk-e. It or:Iy has - by the nev btll - the altérnate sectious ín a belt of íroia 80 to 100 tnilea wide. Jt would surpriso tiiü uninitiated that sucli a _'igantic; swiodling monopoly enriohing act oould got tbrough Congrí-es ; but in a body toleruting cadetship saliera it is nat wonderful that "altérnate aeclions" sliould OOmmand votes. At tho rute of progresa now beins; made every aoro of land will bo disponed of - sqnaudered is the word, ani a kuuled arUtoxiracy will bo eatabliebed whioh will crush tbe poople under its beels, If the iqterosts of tho catión dcmand that sid he giveu to anOtber Paoifio Railroad, North or South, let it be gires in nioucy- baid cas'a - and not in land, and then tho peoplo will kuow what they gire, and how it s oxpciulod, per,haps. No moro land approgriations, sy we. The Commomr, a (Jiucinuati journa;, claims for Oliio [;the honor of havinu furuisbed :'the death'a bead aud croesbono'd chairraan of th j Tariff Committce, ' and gnys tho country "need not expect íiuj free Irade report, nor indeed any rdaxation of tho chain of iron that biuds our 2e!d"to other men's factories." It epeake of Colfax us "an intense lobbyist and protectiouist cocdidate for the Preaidenoy," and intimates that "hc knew bis man" when be made Sohbnck chairman of tho ccmmittco rcft-rred to. And then tho Commoner proelaims tl. ut "the 7 estero peoplo will get tbeir eycs open, an(i these nsirants will íind their beads, not in liingly crowos, but in the ugiy busket iicar the scaffold." Kot while tbere i the bonea of a negro lo r&ttle nbout the ear3 of "luil' voters, or the ghost of oDe with which to confront any whó would forget their sllegiance to a pnrty grounded on dead isauus. " Wixat is the pleblacitmn Y' It Is the cal] of the Preneh Emperor npon tlie people to yote on a qnestlou orlglnatlng witfi lilm. in the present case, the votu is i whether ou certa! u constltatlonal cl. uamed by the Emperor, the people sball rote fes or v.o. It Dhey vote yus, well and goQd ; if tUey vote no, matten remaln :is thcy were. The right totake part iu nitiütin. reforros, Is not recognlzed. Whatever the Elhperor tleems safe, he submlts to tiiem, and nothlng elsë and even then he uohlsit in liis bands largeíy to tlichite the result ol tin; vote. - loluio Commercial. Napolioh learned that littie triek of tho Kadieal Congress of the United States. It submita aineudmcntá to the Constitution, wtilo it holds ten or a dtizoü States ly tbe tbroat, and says to them ralify aud you can come ia - when we get ready to let you, and tbat w81 be when yon will insuro peipetual radical Stato "overninenlsi, either carpetbag or black aud tan; refi:se to lutify and remaiu military provinces uutii doom's day. "If thcy voto yes, well acd good ; if they vote no, malters reinain as they are." Napoleon is an apt soholar, and tbero is not the least bis of doubt but hts got this pkliscitum dodge fioin Zack ChahsliB during their recent hobDobbinj; at Paris. At Cincionati, on tbe 24th inst., tbc Rev. Cai-ar II. Bojigess Tff.s couaecratcd as Bishop of Detroit. Tho ceremonial is pronounecd magtificeut, one hundred Ecclesiastics aud four ]3ithops p-.rticipating, inciuding a largo litt of Michigan piiests. The correspondent of the Detroit Tribune thu3 describos tho uew Bishop : "Ile .sslight iu form, with that sligiit ness whtdt iudicates great mental niid physical activity. Largo, quick eyus light up a inlld lae iliat wears a frequent if uot cuustant smile. Born iu the Duehy of OldeUQurg, aiul tmmlKratlng to the Uuited States wlieu a mere cliild, his educatiun la as national as our owu, for lii studies, both secular and theologie, were pursued In Philadelphla and Ciucinnati. On the Sth of December, 1848, he was ordalned prlest and placed in charge of. the congregation of Columbus, where he rematnedten years. The Archbishop neecled him In the catucdral of the diocese, and the appojntmciit to t!iü duties of Chancellor ree:ulled him to the post whlch he now leavcs with episcopal dignity." Ciianijleu bas been at bis old trick again : beardiug tbe 13ritish Lion, not cxactly in bis den, but ia a mucb safer placo - at Washington. His Buil itun experienco taught him lbo comfort of a proper distancc frora tho cnemy. lie now proposes to recognizo the lied River rebels against tho Domiuiou, and take a band in the Wüwipeg war. If he will only como home to liis constitueuts for a few days, and snuff the breczes of Windsor irom bis balcony, he may be put in better bumor, and tho country saved a war - of bloody worda. Tho ancouDcemont beiug made that Fked. Mohlkv, of the Detroit Pott has been appointeJ Register of the Land Office at Detroit, tbo Tribune very unprcttily and witb a great laek of brotherly feelisg remarks : liWo believe in aiding the unfortunate, and, as that gentleman bas been for some years Ktruggling along with a tremendous millstone about his ueck, we hcartily endorso his appjiutment as oue neecssary, if not ii!, to be made." The Seuate aud House nro at loggerhoads on tbe income tax. Meantimo eer tain heavy railroad and other corporations baving their headquirters in that very "loip' city of PhtladfflphU, are refusing to pay the 5 per eeat. on dividenda accruing Kinee the (irst of January, aud tho courls will have a cbanco at construing tbe !aw. Gov. IIopfman, of New York, bas vetoed all tbe bilis giving State aid to railroads. He don't Believo in ! iug a score o-r so of dilapidatcd euter-irises opon tbe treasuty. - Thu New ÜTork city underground railroad büls lailed to get through tlie Legiïlature. Tbcir proinoters hadn't mouey cuougb lo coiumaud success, frorn Washin I ■ -y that tho Ban Domingo kreaty . gaioing giound in the Seaate, and tl,at its rutiiioatioti is fully expeotld. Whaïa glurious additioD to tlio Dtolli'gqpí voters of cur oouutry its morigreJ populalioa ill ruuko. And all t') lx bought ntul pri=l r.r. Well, Sbward bought Alaska why not Gü.v.vr San Domingo ! Thb Dotroit Tiibuneoi Tnesday, nnnouQoea t!;at it h:ts been sued for libol by ClIAS. M. WbICH, of tho X'arictics, tho da ing Iaid at $.10,000.' It a'so declares that "The Tribune will continue to uppear !.. hciütofbrc." Wbat presumptiou. Julián, of Indiana, has faik'd to secure a re-Dominotion for Congross ; nnd now CovODB, üf Peniipylvauia, believing tiiiit "striiws show whicb wny tlie wind blows," proposes to witbdraw fiona tha contest and voluutarily retiro on Lis laurels. Let the good work go ou. JonN Rdsskl ïoüNa, latclj pitched out of tlio mauager' bortli of the N. Y. Tribune - at tho demuud of tha Associated Press - is to stiirt & netv two cent dailj, - Tho Standard- fn Pliiladelphia, May Ist. No SX0ISION lia yet bcon reached in tho Suprema Court upoa tho Salim Railroad c:tse. ïn tho iHeautitne the railroad enterpriiea of tha Stuta are at a stand still. Tuk Stato Treasurer reporta a balance in h;iud, April 20th, of $311,517, au inercaao for tbc wcok of $4.415. The Michigan Central liuilioaj Compauy bas bought and taken possesnioo of tha Grand River Valley Railroad. ' Detroit huid a "Freemeas1 Moeting" on Tuesday, aad voted tases in the suta of $700,680.36. Frtt enough. aar 1 4 4 -m,- - m