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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-17

SAND dollars Is IN sewer DOnQS, AMI ten thousand
dollars or whereabouts In certificates.
@. How long since you got those certihcatesl
A. I got them at different times; last summer.
| @. Have you been making any effort recently
to get the money on these Certificates from the
boardl A. No, sir; have not made any effort
very lately; wanted to get some money and
made application to get It, and was told could
not get IL then, but that there would DO some
thing done directly. finally met Mr.. Magruder
and told him could use FIVE thousand dollars
Of specialimprovement bonds which would
answer my purpose in the way of business. He
told me that he would give me 5000 of the
| bonds whenever could catch him In the office.
! tried to three times, and found he had q large
crowd about his door whenever the office was
open, and finally, afler few days, found him.
| My. Magruder said that he could not give me
| any pecial-improyement bonds, that be would
give mo sewer-bonds as soon as they had time
to Sign them. told him I could not take the
sewer-bonds for they were not what l con-
tracted for, and ] could not use them. he
SAID they were the best bonds they issued, and
told him very likely so, but could not take
them. Well, told him that he had promised
me speciai-improyement bonds, and he denied
having promised me the bonds. I told him
The bad, and told him where he was when he
promised them. He said he could not have done
IL, for the reason that he had not had any for a
long time-for several weeks, naming the time.
I told him knew better; that he had given
SIC, 200 only the week previous to Mr. Zeph.
Jones, and 5000 to Mr.. Foliansbee, subse-
quently, 3 long time, to having promised me
special improvement bonds. Well, he said, be
could not give them to me. Iwentto Governor
Shepherd and told, him at his ofice what Mr..
Magruder had agreed to do, and what be had
refused TO do. Governor Shepherd said for me
TO leave the certificates at his request With his
clerk. The next day or 30 called to see what
success, and the clerk told me would get the
bonds. ! went to the Office and Mr.. Magruder
was about to hand me sewer bonds. I told
him. ], could not take them. At any rate
would not take them for more than they were
worth In the market; that could not use
them. could not take them, and would not.
! He told me that would have to take them OF
take nothing. took five thousand Of The
bonds, protesting against their reception, ex-
cept for what they were worth in the market
That Is the amount that have received to this
| time.
By Mr.. Wilson: Q. What were the bonds
worth in the market at that timei A. Per.
haps 60 cents, or thereabouts.
Q. Have you stated to any person that you
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16
MYSTERIOUS HOLES NEAR ROCKFORD.

Rockford is at present excited over couple
of mysterious holes that have been found on
the banks of Rock river, a few miles from
that city, and which have The appearance Of
having been mining shafts dug hundreds OF
wears ago, probably by the ancient mound
builders or other prehistoric inhabitants of
this coun,ry. The shafts are very much like
those found some years ago at Lake superior,
showing thatthe prehistoric settlers of Amer
lea understood the use of copper and other
metals and how to dig and smell them. The
most remarkable feature about the Rockford
pits, however is the means that led TO their
discovery In the month of JANUARY last a
man named lIerndon, living at Rockford,
purchased the land on which these pits are
located One evening soon afterwards, while
writing a letter to friend, he seemed sud
denly to lose all control Of his hand and pen,
and without his agency or volition, they pro-
cceded to write as follows
If YOU dig into the western cavity on your
farm, you will find that cavity exists below,
cut through the solid rock, and in 1t will be
lOuLII OSSudi Va ohO-pi', any many oticl
relies that will amply repay you for your
trouble"
1t has only been lately that the man was
able to follow the injunction of the myste-
rious writing and dig in the locality indicated,
where, strangely enough, some 0 feet below
the surface, he found these singular shafts or
pits, which are square excavations, some five
feet in diameter, into solid limestone, but now
filled up with debris from the surrounding
soil. The excavation has been re-opened
thus far, only TO depth of 80 feet, and moth
ing has yet been found but Indian relics such
as arrow heads, human bones, sc. The man
has ceased work on account OF sickness in
his family, but the work Of excavation is soon
to be resumed. 1t is to be remarked that
Herndon is no spirltualist and has hitherto
paid no attention to such matters.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16
THE SUNFLOWER.

1t has been claimed for the last few years
that certain vegetables have the power to All
tract from the atmosphere the malaria, or,
in other words, the poison which, when
breathcd causes ague, fevers and the whole
family CT bilious diseases. Malaria itself is
the pollen or life Of vegetable, and when it
enters the lungs reproduces itself, and thus
causes aguc, typhoid fever, biiiou. fever
and every disease of that nature.
Recently experiments have been tried by
many prominent men and scientists, who have
carefully studied the subject, and among
whom we name the Hon. j. d. Cation, OF this
city, who have come to the conclusion thai
the sunfower has the power of either attract
ing or dispeling malaria; so ague or cholera
or other malignant diseases might be almost
driven away by literally raising this plant
1t costs but little to plant rod or two, ana
aside from It's sanitary value the sunilower
has its uses in other respects. We certainly
think the trial will rccompense the labor
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16
FINANCIAL STUDIES.

Few of our ablest statesmen, though they
may have given years Gnstead Of two weeks
! like John A. Logan &c The study of the sub
ject, make any pretense of having mastered
| it, The financial questions which are upper.
most in this country just now were exhaust
lively discussed in Great Britain in 1908 and
1909, during the long suspension of the Bank
Of England, and in 1910 report was made
to parliament by a committee OF the ablest
tinancicrs England ever had, and the prnci.
pies settled by that report, known as the
Bullion Report Of 1870" are regarded as
settled axioms among political economists
and tinanclers Of all nations to this day. The
conclusions of the report are embraced in the
following summary at its close:
l. The value of an inconvertble currency
depends on its amount relatively to the needs
of the country for circulating medium (only
10 very subordinate degree on the security
on which it is based or ihc credit Of the IS
suer).
2. II gold Is at Premium iii paper, the pa.
per is redundant and deprecated. The pre-.
MUM measures the depreciation.
C 3. Tie limit of possible fluctuations in the
| xchanges is the expense of transmitting bull
ion from the one country TO the other
4. If there is drain fthe precious metals,
tits due, aside from expectations to purchase
food or pay armies, etc, to the presence of an
inferior currency of some sort in the country
it leaves.
5. If the inferior currency be removed The
exchanges will be turned, the overflow will
stop, and, if any vacuum is created, gold will
flow in to supply it, Gold will not flow in
while the inferior currency fills the channels
OF circulation.
g. In the presence OF II panic, the duty of
the Bank is to discount freely for all solvent
parties.
The still more fundamental laws involved
are these:
/. The amount OF gold in the world will
suffice to perform the exchanges of the world.
II these be more or less, it will only affect
The average level of prices the world over.
,. Every nation will have that portion of
the stock of gold in the world which is pre-
portioned to its trade. Each nation will have
lust as much as il needs.
3. A better and a worse currency cannot
circulate together. The worse will drive out
he better
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16

So it is settled, Nellie Grant is to be mar,
ried at the White House. in Washington, on
the 2lst of May inst, at II o'clock A. NJ The
happy man is Mr.. Sartorls, young English,
man of blue blood, who can trace his pedi.
gree back to the Norman conquest if rot the
flood Quite an array Of young ladies, en-
bracing the Misses Barnes, Fish, Conkling,
Frelinghuysen, Porter, DreXel, sc, are nam
ed among the bridemaids while Fred is the
only groomsman. The invitation Is couchcd in
the following words
THE President and Mrs. Grant request the
pleasure of your company at the marriage OF
their dau rhter, at the executive mansion, on
Thursday, May 81, at II o'clock A. NJ"
Which the society papers are criticising
with some severity. If this is to be style
hereafter, then, following the analogy lnvi-
tations, say one critic, will hereafter run in
this wise: "7He treasurer and Mrs Smith
invite you to the wedding of their daughter
"7Re sheriff and Mrs Jones will be happy TO
see you at their daughters wedding;" "1he
constable and Mrs. OFlaherty request the
pleasure of your presence at their daughters
marriage;' and so on through the whole
range of ciliceholders. 1850.
The mention of the President at all, in
purely family affair, is regarded as in bad
taste, at least, if not an Impertinence In mon
archca countries, where royal marriages al.
ways have more or less political Significance,
and are made an affair of the state, the men
ton of The "king," emperor or Gear" is
unavoidable, hut in a purely family affair
like this the president cuts no legitimate
| figure whatever.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16
ARKANSAS.

hhhhNoho'
The Arkansas muddlc is drawing TO
close Brooks smashed his own gubcrnatori
al head by talking sauce to President Gran
and offending him, The way of it was this
The Arkansas middle had become as big ;
nuisance to Grant as Louisiana SIX months
ago. So last Saturday he got all the Brooks
and Baxter men in Washington together to fix
up u compromise Terms were arrived at
and Attorney General Williams put them IN
shape. They were, in substance, that the
Baxter legislature, which was called on Mon
day, should adjourn, and that a fun lerisla.
ture should meet on the 4th Monday of May.
That Brooks should be allowed freely to make
his contest before that body, and its decision
should settle the question, Meantime both
Brooks and Baxter should discharge their
troops, all except body guard for each, and
withdraw from Little Rock, the gubcrnatoral
functions to be exercised during the interval
by man recommended by both and to be
appointed by the President.
This arrangement was ..elegraphed from
Washington to both Governors in Arkansas as
meeting the Views OF the President, and both
were reqtested TO return an immediate an.
swer Baxter answered next day, substantial
ly agreeing to the arrangement Brooks de.
layed his answer day longer, and then de-
clined to accede to the arrangement, and
what was worse, he did it in rather insolent
language. He said there was slender pros.
pect of his escaping with whole skin if he
followed President Grants advice; that the
President ought to decide peremptorily for
one side or the other; and that it was time
the agony was over.
This answer, it is believed has settled the
hash. The Baxter legislature, which or Tues.
day had quorum in both houses, will go on
at once TO canvass the returns and declare in
favor of Baxter; upon which President Grant
will be advised of its action and the L. S.
troops will then receive orders from Wash
ington to compel Brooks to vacate the state
house
At present and during the past week,
Little Rock, and indeed most of the state, has
been under rigid martial law. In Little Rock
he lines between the two camps are closely
md rigidly drawn, and peaceable citizens,
Tenturing across either line, are shot down
without scruple. Daily skirmishes occur be
ween the opposing armies" but thus far
happily attended with little bloodshed
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16

change something for it, or even give good
notes for il at low interest. Should the inila-
tionists succeed in getting the government TO
issue 500 100000 more greenbacks, they would
also 90 into the New York, Boston and Phil.
adelphia banks within week after their ISSUE.
Would the "West and South" that want
money so badly, be able to get hold OF them
more easily than they can get these Sl5o,Ooo,-
600 now there waiting to be exchanged for
wheat, corn, or cotton or be borrowed? Most
OF the crack Drained infationists through the
country seem to have an idea that if the gov
eminent should issue few hundred millions
more of greenbacks, she would give them
to the people for nothing.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16
Foreign News.
England.

All England is in tremor of enthusiasm
and excitement over the arrival, on the 13tb
of the Car Of Russia, who comes to see b,s
daughter recently married to one of Victoria,s
younger sons, and who is said to already have
some grievances to settle as to rank. The
Car arrived at Dover late on Wednesday
night, and as the train next morning passed
up to London it was greeted with continuous
cheers ali along the line. London is to be
the scene of continuous festivlty during the
Imperial visit.
The Golden club, on the 4th, passed reso.
luton recording with profound regret the
death OF Charles Sumner, long friend and
correspondent ofthe Golden, and an honorary
member Of the club
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16

The democrats in the Connecticut legisla,
lature held their caucus on Wednesday and
nominated, on the first ballot, the Hon. Vim
". Eaton for the United States Senate. The
nomination is, Of course, equivalent to an
election, which takes place next week. Mr..
Eaton IS said to be a man of very decided
ability, and noted for his liberal views and
scrupulous honesty and integrity of character.
lie succeeds Mr.. Buckingham, very medic
ere sort of man, who has hardly been heard
Of while in the senate.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16

Now, there's another of our idols smashed.
A daughter Of the ancien, bcldame, Mrs. Bar
bara Fritchie, whom Whittier has immortal.
lied in lyric, celebrating her heroic defence
OF the union alag" from Dissertation during
'he rebel invasion Of fredericksburg, says
'AeIe was no flag in the case. All the cid
iaay ana was, when she saw a lot Of rebels
musaiIg up her front porch, TO raise her walk
ing cane over thier heads and tell them to abe
gone and they instantly begoned. 1, vii
'ske pretty much all the starch as well as poe
w outoi tie iiery old quaker's lyric to chang
IL SO as TO conform to the rather prosaic fact.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16

MAD DOG IN ALLEN.-On Thursday morn
ing, the 9TH inst, mad dog entered the sta
bic of j. L. Porter in the town of Allen, ana
bit one of his valuable black mares on die
nose, drawing blood in four places. The
mare is in foal by the thoroughbred horse
"Joe Stoner," (Chas. Bramble) Mr.. Porter,
who was present at the time of the biting, i'm
dog and killed him; and now cries "Woe" to
the entire canine creation, if his pet mare
dies OF hydrophobia.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16

That's about all there is OF II. Says an eN'
change: The inflaiionisls insist that the
country, especially the west wants more
money. OF course the west, and every other
section of the country, wants "more money.
Every man you meet wants more money.
Blu; don't the inilationists know that If man
has got anything to lay down for money and
tha, money wants, he can get all the money he
wants, providing he has something to give in
exchange, whether the government printing
presses are printing it by wagon loads or not .
There are about $3.50, 900, 600 OF idle curren
cy in New York, Boston and Philadelphia
now awaiting somebody TO come and cN
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16

VIC. Flagg, President of the Stale Farmers
Association, is represented as saying in pri
vate conversation at Bloomington, that 50 far
as he Is able to judge from his intercourse
with the farmers of this State a large major
ity of them are in accord with President
Grant on the finance question. Here and
there may be found farmer who would like
to pay debt of 800 with $2j, and who says
he is with Logan and Oglesby for making
currency cheaper; but the bulk of these
cheap money" farmers are in Egypt"
One point the farmers are getting pretty
well posted upon. John A. Logan, Richard
Oglesby and half dozen Of Chicago real
estate gamblers own n town site at the mouth
OF the Calumet, nine miles south of Chicago,
They have got the government to appropriate
about $4,000 thus far to buid a harbor there,
and now, if they can get up an era Of wild
speculation, they think they can sell their
swampy lots at fabulous prices and make i'm
mense fortunes. But the point the farmers
understand as applicable TO such a case is,
that every dollar made by Logan, Oglesby Il
Co., in this way, without being earned By hon
est toll, is dollar which somebody else,
has earned, and that som ebody else TO
the extent of nine to one, is the farmer. There
is no wealth but that which is either dug out
of the ground or fashioned by honest toll out
of material taken from the ground. a mil
lion made by Logan & Co, in a brilliant Cal,
umct speculation, therefore, is a million rob
bed from honest toll The farmer, unless he
is in partnership with the robbers, cannot be
an inhationist
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16

Gov Beveridge has the bad taste to issue a
proclamation, in suJordiaatioa to national
ana departmental orders Of the G.. A. r." re-
questing our citizens to join, on the soh ins,
IN decorating soldiers graves with flowers.
What las the COMMANDMENT. Chief of,bc
army and navy of Illinois to do with mere
civic society known as the G.. A. r.. tha, no
should place himself in subordina,ion TO IS
bebests? We should be pleased to see no,
only cur own Governor, bat every ollie
Governor as well as the President join in ap
pointing decoration" day the same as the,
are wont TO designate day for thanksgiving
what we object TO is this command" to do N,
. decorating Gin accordance with tie rules aac
regulations" of society about the nature o
whose rules anil regulations We are who'll
ignorant
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16

Is THE WEST FOR INITIATION The Chi
assumes that the newspaper press of the west
in the main reflects the sentiments OF the
people, as editors generally strive to meet
the views of their readers A correct count
of the newspapers of the west, therefore, on
the question of imitation, it reasonably inters,
would BET correct index Unpopular sentiment
on that subject Having addressed circu'
lar letter to all the editors in the states nam.
ed below asking how their papers respective
ly should be classified on the Presidents veto
of the currency bill, ii got answers from
nearly all, as follows:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16

As there are not half a dozen papers east
of Ohio that support initiation, and the major
ity of the western press oppose that financial
absurdity, its main support must come from
the bankrupt south, who hope 10 degrade
greenbacks to the wOrthlcsSness of conieder-
ate script that they can pay off their cnor,
nous state debts. If therefore, the initiation
lists desire to make the currency question an
issue in the next congressional elections, it is
plain they can be accommodated to their
hearts content BY December there would
not be grease spot left of them.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16

Pints and quarts of filthy catarrhal discharSes'
Where does it come from? The mucous mem
brane lining the chambers OF the nose, ana i,S
little glands, are diseased, so that they draW
from the blood its liquid and exposure to the air
changes it into corruption. This lifc,liqutd was
to build up the system but It is extracted anH
the system is weakened by the loss. 10 cure,
gain flesh and strength by using Or. Ilerc5S
rectly with DR.. Sace's Catarrh Remedy, with Dr.
Pierce's Nasal Douche, the only method of reach
ing the upper cavities where the discharge ac-
cumulates and comes from.
CATARRH or 20 YEARS STANDING CURED
MONROE, Ouachita Parish, La, sept To- ISL
L. Y. PIERCE, ". d., ,a ,I,,,
Some time about last June colhhci'SC,ii 'i,
usr If vo,rr medicines, and they have enAreiy
cured me of Catsrrh Of 70 years standing; ,s
Respectfully, Mrs. &. +. PHlLLIfS'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16

The Methodist and Congregational Church
es at Peru, we see it stated have yielded TO
the argument of the Rev. Arthur Edwards
and the northeastern Christian Adcocate
against the use offcrmcnted wine at the com
and propose hereafter to use water
or triturated current jelly. The Alliance takes
up the changes which the Adc0cdte has been
ringing on the Greek words oiAOs and dmpe'-
iaoS in this connection, and makes the fol
lowing palpable hit
When the Greeks had learned the art OF
making beer out of barley, not having on hand
a word TO express the new drink, they called
II oiaos krtthiRoS, or wine ofbar!cy. And 50,
in those cases in which there might be a
doubt as TO whether ii was meant TO speak oil
the barley wine orthc original grape wine,
they called the latter OiIloS dnlpelIa0S, TO dis-
,inguish it from "o3R0S kITfhthoS' IT. IN our
day, man speak ting of bottle of VINE were
To say. My friend, this snat current wine, but
grape wine" would he be understood as de
| clarinr that the wine TO which he referred is
uufermen,cd Aud yet his phrase would be
the exact equivalent for aims ompelinos
This word dmpeliHos, upon which the Adto
Ica'c lays SO great stress, means LOT the vine,
or "belonginy to the vine" And that il does
not exclude fermentation sas evident rs any
thing can be in the meaning of words. Among
the Greeks, as in our day, even the old wo
men did some times drink too much. And
! they called such an intoxicated old dame 4
, grous dB,pel'EG that is, IAN old woman OF til,
vine" But if omp,liaos excludes fermenta
|tion. the unfortunate lady must have got drunk
on 'bfermentcd wine. And that would leave
the ldcocI,e as badly mircd in scholarship
, as ever
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-05-16

:" letter in the La Sale Pres We have
details of the shooting, by q boy i9 years Ola,
Of his little brother, years DID, near Troy
Grove on Monday of last week. The name
of the boys is Telo. They were playing IN
the barn when the larger boy took loaded
musket and snapped it at his brother, 1t went
off the charge entering his head behind the
lett ear 4 coroner's jury pronounced it
cnso Of accidental Shooting. --