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r. ronT g, Hunos, MHieh., Aug..l7--Rvanng. .-DowH-
Up-Sehta lcharls, Wtnslow, Sheldon, 1ucarne,
Mary Elizabeth, sasco.
N1isccllnncouu.
-Ths prop Missouri ia ut siuera dry-doch, having
-The Lite Deil Is ca,ktng 1t aIllerss dry-aook.
Tho large stmr jarvis Lord has .boen thoroughly
The sclr Parsons. sunk In Lock Is, wel1and Canal,
Wednesday,, bus been raised, aud towed To Buffalo.
Tho steam barge utlton and scow Neie Church
have been lboled Tor debt at Maniaee, anl Will 10
sold at Marshas sale. They are said 10 bc, heavily
shipping is !. looking up At pelleytllethat y,
MR. p5pg 1 s w 9sss The ssss u
brighten up sttll lnore us tho eeaaon Rdrances.
II q reported that the aater IL the we!land Canal
and 18 it isluw-too low for. hcaryrladen ve4sels-
because of 10 much hepg drawn out for. tina paper
arcd y. these locks, aud thcro Is great complaint
against ts canal authorities bccaEe hcy do not shut
yaes from the s s sss pst Of tue pS
the work Of making good hurbor tor tue protec uon
ut tho shipping during tl:e heavy ta.gae at saugees
| wis DONE ind It III continued tho present eeasou.
Chantry island cs in trout Of tho intended harhoE,
or ueress Ut either onI. rho pers aro built in seuli.
| circle, aud arc vol constructed. :.
Tho :Tocdo Dsmo;fatnays: j" The condition Of
,nariu1 matters {accordtn8 IL all acconna> has i'm
erc uorng tho san.o frs!ss. from here to lower lake
grain shipments from thia port are fully brisk at
ay time betoro this SEASON. The demand Tor Fesaea
sran yessss oharses nj aso sa as u
seasela get i port md not q are cnatefea 'o
THO correspondent Of tha Dsttoit Tribune wrltes
from Sand cach that tho work thu hnrbor 81 rel-
ugo ut Sand Beach, Lake Hnron is making good proG.
well protected against ico.o hlgh gales Within sne
past fp duys two pro srias have beo piants4 inaE,
M y AZ srs Als 5 si'al a s
The crib ia o5 feet long aud 3s foet wiaG sahk ~ -
feet Of water This point will bo QUO oith finest har
| lora OIL tue uorhern hikes Wien completed.
The prop Quebec, said 10 ua tho largcst Canadian
steamer aoat tho lnkes {sn erroneous imprsaso9ns
Of several months. SHE 4 700 TONS bnrden and valued
at scoo0, and elasses heasry; Aeasy Go @ Sse
Gu to- ssrnia ID ai @ 1Eo superior route, ii eonnestion
| With tha others Of that lino.
Tho iron-can buoy on tho White Shoals n Maesi.
1 nav Straits is rep1rtod by tho Captain Of th9 scuf
| Superior out Of position and removed, about hall
me 70 tha sastar an until reaes a nay Sits S;Tts
sS@S shasis 'a,s arc u compesad Il s;se 'rrtsaiaf
reefs s1teSng eat s an /! Trasr wsss aDSas 1s.
fathon,s Of wator. Tho lcust water Oh ting shoai
ss ass Sesth ths1'a;St's S1;t q
K s.. istant !, ms; so'lheast point Of asas's As's
y " dsst y,.,:, x sst o tho ,as The p.
siying them 100 heavy .an4 taat spssa III vasssls
| Wih narrow beam. There aro spycTal reasons why
tia is wroug mud III which, doubtlosB, a ahirnascra
VIII agrco In tho first place, with an ordinary whole
to 10 oycrs.rainca. thereby causing seakage and ~
tla leat place. 1t r1nesB them too crank md Liable -
nay 70 yxsss ysss s soa sssa aa
ti1ao Of serylee Detroit RE- I,ess. ,.uanr c,,sx
nnss Of era ss he a aassE FsssshnE
toss e. sss y Sa
! nf
New-York tribune., 1874-05-21
THE AFTERNOON DISCUSSION.
BY JaJg, Bol, Samuel b. Rggl,s and others
Fdrmers Movement


Farmers Movement
at the close of the reading Of the papers
the Chairman invited discussion Judge Bolles was
first speaker He said that Mr. Flsgg's paper not
sufficiently clear. 1t did not set forth with sufficient
dstncness the grievances OF the farmers Of the West
The farmers must remember that without the railroads
there would be no farms In the West We're there no
railways wheat and other grains could not be
raised at profit. With the old modes Of convey
the Western prairies would never have been
cultivated. The cost or transporting grain from the
West had been found 4l0 cents per 100 pounds
per mile. This cheaper than the ordinary modes
OF conveyance The speaker skeched the induce
which had been held out by the Inhabitants of the
Western States TO Eastern capitalists to build railroads
The towns and counties had issued bonds TO aid the
roads, and then had attempted TO repudate the bonds
Now they claim the right to regulate the freight and
D ,ae abo ncr "ent ON Inc came
tai invested the Middle States about II per cent and
railroads were not making anything like the profits that
had been alleged A very large number had never never
farmers had any serious ground for complaint.
Gamael Bradford discussed at considerable length
the question OF exporting gran the cost OF producon
s b. Ruggles said that the people of len States lying
north of the Ohio River owned In 1885, farm property
valued at ssicSooO The population of these State.
had doubled in the past ten years In 1870 the value or
farm products given 1850 and 1860 but in 1870
IT was shown In these states to be sTS;OoO0oO The
oppress HIM 1t was shown that 95 out OF every 1000
farmers in this section owned their farms. In 20
years they had accumulated $5,OOoy0OO,O0O worth
OF property. The OF 1870 showed that
there were 100000 farmers. This would give
average amount OF s2ioO to each 1t is shown that
they had paid their help less than 10 per cent OF their
income. They had paid s9l,Ooo,ooO Tor help 1t was
shown that each and all of these poverty-strcken
farmers aughter above the age of 10 years in the
receipt Of OF s460 Ia the light of this
progress what would be the result in the 1901 In
is5O there raised 3OoOOOOOo bushels Of grain in
those States; in 1860, 5DO,000,0JO bushels III
1870 6l00OO0O0 bushels, 2l0OO.00O tons OF grain.
OF this amount 100000 bushels must be carried from
the lake ports. He had been canal all his days.
What is needed is that the canal shall be enlarged.
Steam is Triumphant The railroads must disap-
pear and give place TO water transportation. Canada
better governed than the United states, for she has
prOprated Sc 100000 90 facilitate water transportation.
The Canadians will yet grain from Lake
Michigan to Montreal for IS SO per ton 1t costs t6 40
per TO bring IL to this city. We must have more
adequate canal transportation Montreal VIII divert
the trade OF EewYOrk TO the st. Lawrence Away with
paper money! What is wanted Is hard money.
j. b. Wolf also spoke on the subjects which had come
hefo lie meeting
New-York tribune., 1874-05-21
THE FARMERS MOVEMENT.


In attempting to comply with the request
to furnish paper upon the Farmers Movement In the
Western States find labor under the double disad
vantage OF examining a incomplete social phe-
with partial eyes. This, however has de-
TERED adverse crucism from OF presumed culture
tsnd possibly philosophy In leading periodicals Of
Eastern cities am glad therefore, of the opportunity
20 place before Atlantic audience Of thoughtful men
and women the other side of controversy which, what
ever its origin and purpose, believe to end In an
other forward movement OF the masses Of
NJ the democratic idea in Government.
I'm ALL mast ages the agricultural class, like the other in
dusrls classes has by force, fraud cunning been
preyepted from gaining more than subsistence by its
Iabors The robber baron, the medieval merchant the
roval TAX. gatberer and the railway monopoly have
fbryen; Uut the who IN ram ana sun toed early
and late painfully and penurl0nsIy nave seluom al
ali rece yed due reward for their labor Agrcu ture
ias been a system Of spOiatlOn Inc landlord the
transpOrter and the Diddleman rOD the IaImeI' !ne
farmer robs the land and out LANDS renaln 10 tel
he story OF bad husOandry and worse pOtca econony
And vet in the great discussion that mas arisen con
ceTning Labor and Capital, Work and wage,
an these latter days, the men VIM w
,aost OF the labor and constitute more tnan
aif the race by some strange lnadYertehce
irdlv thought OF by labor reiOrmers. lallet, IN
nt ana dI not force himself into notice I'LL 1872 In the
E.rn Iahorers' movement In England aud the Farmers
,aoyement in Onr Western states AS the intelligence
tbe ability aud the viii 90 associate Tor the common
good become developed resistance 10 oppression Dees
snd positive efforts made 10 promote the general
sgelfhre. IL is notable That the FARMERS ana fhm
IabOrers Of the ciyzsd world are among the last 10
IOIoDne-a result duo not 80 mush W ''VA VI ih'o1
New-York tribune., 1874-05-21
OCEAN LANES FOR STEAMSHIPS.


The union of the words ocean and lane in
the title this paper may rather strange 1t
appear speak OF lanes in the pathess ocean,
where there are hedges to bind them. without un-
dertakng to refer the authority which might perhaps
be OF value that Of OF earliest friends. that
venerable siren who used to ull to sleep with the
duet between the OF the woods and Of the
sea- will simply that it is good one, 1t is very
expressive and think that 1t will therefore be adopted
on tho principle which regulates language we'll
a. every other commerce. that Of the law Of supply and
demand
The present paper lays claim 10 originality
to novelty Ii will perform its desired function II IL
should have influence effect organza-
ton OF the paths Of the Atlantic steamers
tho principal source OF the dangers OF collision.
aims TO arouse public attention to the rapidly increas
ing magnitude OF the peril, and induce action before
shall come the Irresistible logic or terrible dsas
tiers folio close upon other disasters have
already occurred, and even at an early period when
the danger was not one-twentieth part what it
is now. When tho number Of steamers shall
be teniold what II 10 to-day WINCH will
New-York tribune., 1874-05-21
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
SECOND DAY OF THE CONVENTION.


r,rVRs by PRESIDENT ID. c. GILMAN, WILLARD C.
rIAGG, d. A. WELLS, GARDINER G. HUBBARD
AND PROF. BENZ. PIERCE
The second DAYS session of the American Social
Science Association began yesterday at Association
Hall. at 8 p. m. ex-President Woolsey presiding.
He announced that. having heard nothing from Will
lard c. Flagg of Mora, ILL.,, who was to read paper
on "The Farmers Movement in the Western
States" the second paper on the programme Dy
President d. G.. Gilman of the University OF Cailior
MA on California and its relations with the otnei
United States" would bo read by the he'' iu
ward W. Gilman brother OF tie au'hoi'
The Secretary read abstract OIL 'no
ronsr nrenared by Mr.. Flagg, which had peen
forwarded by that gentleman. The papers read
,,era discussed by Judge Bolles, 5. b. Kuggies'
and J. b. Wolf The evening session was
much more fully attended than the earlier
one. Among those present were jackson D.
Schultz Charles McCurdy, j. V. X Pruyn,
and others. Isaac Moran presided Papers were
read by ID. A. Wells on National Principles OF Tax
ation." by Prof. Benjamin Peirce of Cambridge on
Ocean Lanes for Steam Navigation" and Gardner
q. Hubbard of Boston on American and European
Railroads" The paper of Mr.. Wells was
discussed by Isaac Moran and j. " r. Prnyn;
that of Prof. Perce by f. A. McCurdy 5. b. Rug
gles and Others, and that of Mr.. Hubbard by s. b.
Rueeles and others. Among the other papers, those
of MI Wells and Mr.. Hubbard will be found below
IN full
New-York tribune., 1874-05-21
RATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION.
BV I,apid H. WeLs of Connecticut


The elements of sovereignty-State or pOGti-
all persons citizens of the State body polite, and
control and jurisdiction all things within the ter
ritory over which sovereignty Is exercised Without
the possession OF these powers there be
pete and independent sovereignty-iD fact no stable
government; ana we may even 10 further and assert
that the difference between different forms OF govern
meDt essentially resolve themselves into the
which these powers arc exercised. Thus a Govern
ment whatever be it's name sdespoticust in proportion
their exercise is arbitrary caprciOus and unlimited;
and the other hand Government truly free lust
IN proportion their exercise Ia restricted from abuse
The history of the rise and growth Of these restrictions
on sovereignty which the thing the history
civil liberty has this curious feature overlooked
seems To a great degree by historians, namely,
that progress the direction OF freedom and nelli
in respect to the manner ana extent IN which the
turisdicon persons and the and In
which IL shall exercise authority and jurisdiction
property things, has not been and Is not now
and coordinate. Thus contrary 10 what might
been expected the struggles for greater freedom
despotlc rulers on the other, during the
sixteenth ana seventeenth centuries wall almost always
committed by the rulers III respect TO property rather
than in respect To persons condition OF things
travestied in the story OF the merchant who, when
stopped upon the highway truthfuly exclaimed In his
fright, spare my money, Mr. good HighwaymaD, but
take my life" For example. TO conhne illustrations
10 English and American history. the people OF England
IN the sixteenth century do not appear to have felt
especially aggrieyed, and certainly manifested
position when Henry VIII, IN the exercise of his des-
pOtc WILL successivey sent his ministers, his nobes
and wives 10 the scaold but without consent
of Parliament he undertook 10 levy tax upon his sub
InsurrecOn with the cry that they "E1glsh aud
moi French. freemen aud not sayes and tho King had
use Of Inc torture and the rack woro regarded
as legitimate functions OF goYornment, aud scores VI
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-21

| One of the grandcst Illustrations of the enter
Prise Of the times is the completion of the great
| iron bridge over the Mississippi Mt Louisiana,
Mo, erected in the short space of five aud half
months from its commencement. Ii was formal
~ opened on Christmas for through trains from
Chicago to Kansas City ria the ChicOgo and AL
ton and St. Louis Kansas City and Northern
Short Line The route Of this line is from Chi.
cago to Kansas City, through Joliet Dwight,
Chcnoa Bloomington, Petersburg, Jacksonville,
Roodhousc, Louisiana, No, Mexico Mo, Mobcr.
Nv. Mo, and over the Missouri river at Kansas
CITY. on the first bridge ever built across the
|" Biz Muddy" This line passes through an eX-
cccdingly prosperous country, Astounding in
splendid views, through succession Of cultiya-
ted farms, and possesses numerous attractive
features to dispel the mOnotony that prctails on
ordinary routes, and makes the trip one of pleas
IRE instead Of a tedious journey. This line has
become proycrbial for the excellence of its equip.
mcnt New Pullman Palace Cars, new Reclining
Chair Cars, elegantly carpeted and fitted with
drrssiuy.rooms with every toilet convenience for
ladies. gentlemen and families travelling with
children, without extra charge; also superb day
coaches, smoking cars, and dining cars, where
one partakcs Of as good meal, while speeding
ON their tourney at the rate of thirty miles an
hour. rs NAV he had at any frst-class hotel ANY
Ticket Agent selling through tickets to the West
will furnish tickets by this excellent route, over
the Chicago and Alton and st. Louis, Kansas CITY
and Northern Short Line, to Kansas, Colorado.
Nebraska, California. and the Great West For
Mar. Circulars and Time Tables, address either
lanes Charlton, Chicago, or p, b. Groat, st.
Louis Md, either of whom will furnish any in
formation desired IT,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-21

The system being put under the influence of
DR.. Picrce's Golden Medical Discovery for 4 few
weeks. the SKIN becomes smooth, clear, soft and
vc,ycty and being Illuminated with the glow of
health from within, true beauty stands forth in
all it, glory, Nothing ever presented to the
public as bcautiicr of the complexion ever gave
such satisfaction for this purpose as the Discov-
crv. The effects Of all medicines which operate
upon thcsystcm through the medium of the blood
are necessarily somewhat slow, no matter how
rood the remedy employed. While one 10 three
bottles clear the skin of pmples, blotches, erup-
tions, yellow spots, comedones, or "grubs," Il
dozen may possibly be required to cure some
cases where the system is rotten with scrorulous
or virulent blood poisons. The cure of all these
diseases, however, from the common pmple TO
potent agent, only matter Of time. Sold by all
drurrsts
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-21
Lord EIdon's Morning Caller.

The Chancellor was seated in his study ov
er pile of papers, when young and lovely
girl, slightly rustic in her attire, slightly EN-
barrasscd by the novelty of her position, but
thoroughly in command Of her wits, entered
the room and walked up to the lawyers
chair.
My dear" said the Chancellor, rising and
bowling with Old World courtesy, who are
YOU"
Lord Eldon" answered the blushing mai
den, II am Bessie Bridge, OF Weobly, the
daughter of the Vicar of Weobly, and papa
has sent me to remind you of IA promise you
made him when | was little baby and you
was Il guest in his house on the occasion OF
your first election rs Member of Parliament
for Weobly"
"A promise, my dear young lady?' inter
posed the Chancellor, trying to recall how he
had pledged himself.
Yes, Lord Eldon, a promise. You were
standing over my cradle when papa said to
YOU, "Mr. Scott, promise me that if eyer you
are Lord Chancellor when my little girl is a
poor clcrgyman's wife, you will give her hus-
band living;' and you answered, Mr.. Bridge,
my promise is not worth half crown, but
give it to you, wishing it were worth great
deal more"
Enthusiastically the Lord Chancellor cN-
claimed:
You arc quite right. admit the obliga
ton, | remember all about it, and then
after pause, archly surveying the damscl,
whose graces were the reverse Of matronly,
he added, But surely the time for keeping
my promise has not yet arrived? on can.
not be any ones wife at prescntE'
For few seconds Bessie hestatcd for an
answer, and then, with blush and ripple
of silver laughter, she replied
NO; butt do wish to be somcjody's wife
am engaged to young clergyman; and
there's Il living in IIcrtordshlre, near my old
home, that has recently fallen vacant, and if
you'll give it to Alfred why then, Lord Eldon,
we shall marry before the end Of the year"
Is there need to say that the Chancellor
summoned his secretary, that the
secretary forthwith made out the presentation
to Bessic's lover, and that, having given the
Chancellor kiss Of gratitude, Bessie made
good speed back to lIcriordshire, hugging
the precious document the whole Of the way
home?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-21

whats in a Nance asks the Boston Tran.
script, and then adds: Mr.. Furtherotf has fled
from his wife, who was far of in the west, and
Mr. Shearman adyerises rs hair cutter, while
Mr. Waite still waits in Ohio, and Mrs. General
Gaines declines to share her gains with her cou''
sellor, Cushing, and serves him with injunction
sauce Just as he would fain HE him to Spain
William Shakespeare Is s. ID. of Monitor Lodge,
Waltham.
New York doctor says that the heart is capa-
bic of beating 3l27 times per hour, but We don't
believe it, Who ever heard it sung in any OF the
songs that this heart, my dear Suss;i, beat al2'
times an hour for thee"
A Detroit policeman, last Saturday according
to the Free Press, abstaned from making an
arrest in the case Of Il man on 18th street VINO he
learned had been badly injured. "lle went To
the house aud found the man lying on the lounge,
his head bound up and his face badly scratched
and he asked what was the matter; dd nc get
run over or fall down stairsg No, not exactly
replied his wife, but he wontcd to run the house
his way, and | wanted to run it my way, ana
there he is
Abiding TO the death Of citizen recently, the
Danbury NeWS remarks: "With the single eN-
cedtion of twenty three years ago when he took
A few lessons on a violin, his life has been
jlamelcss."
A Boston physician, it is said, has operated up /
IN born idiot and made him intelligent.
We should like to see him try his hand on the
,ditor of the Earyllle Transcript
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-21

The cucIio. or tircnv of Brazil is UuitC
nonular among the ladies there ON account o
the neculiar phosphoresccnt LIGHT they pro
! dnce So splendid are these beetles. that the
Ladies are often in the habit of catching them
and trimming their dresses with these living
diamonds taking care to fasten them in such
n yav as NOT to iniure them These insects
are nocturnal in their habits. and upon close
inSncction the whole interior of the BODY
seems ia he incandescent.
Atnirht in the forests, when the air IS fill
cd with myriads of blazing stars crossing and
recrossinr in every direction, making the
Idcepest pIadcs luminous with their flaming
II,mns and annrarinr and vanishing as if
suddenly bronght into existence. and as sud.
denly oHnihilaied they present sirht almost
TOO magnifcent for description. When the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-21
IMPORTANCE OF CORRECT PrScrUArIoN.-

IMPORTANCE OF CORRECT PUNCTUATION
The importance of correct punctuation was
strongly illustrated the other day, at a meet
ing Of the Ways and Means Committee, when
it was shown that Il comma in one place was
worth $2,000,000 In the tariff bill which
went into effect Aug /, 1872, the free list was
extended by the addition of several hundred
articles. Among the number added was
fruit plants, tropical and semtropical," for
the purpose of propagation and cultivation.
In engrossing the bill, or in the process of
copying it for official printing, comma was
inserted after fruit" and all fruit was there
by placed upon the free list. The customs
officers, however, not noticing the change,
continued to collect duties on wheat until the
error was discovered. The Ways and Means
Committee have now agreed to report Il bill
TO remove the comma, in accordance with the
intent of the law of 1872. The amount of tax
illegally collected is not far from S2000,000
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-21
List of Patents.

The following Patents were issued from the
United States Patent Office to citizens of Illinois
for the week ending Jan. 9th, 1874. Reported
for the FREr TRADER by Alexander ~ Mason
Solicitors OF Patents, G05 seventh street, Wash
in-ton, ID. c.:
Pruning lmplemcnts-R. BARLEY, Edgewood.
Earth Augur-T. a. Considine, Chicago.
Tool llandc-lSaac w. Fink, Hillsboro.
Ircadc-A. PrOvancha, Chicago.
SclfClosing IIatchway-J. W. Trip, Chicago
Corn Husking lmpcment-,I. +. Schneider.
Manteno.
MiddlnC, Purifier VI. Sewer, PittSburg.
Preparing Rcnnct for making Cheese, Sc.-M.
a. Widgcr, De Kalb.
Door SPRING.. II. Fitzgerald, Chicago.
Railway Rail--C. Herring, Durand.
Dinner Pail-P. Hen, Rock Island.
Binders Attachment for Haryestcrs-i" King,
Polo.
Agricultural Boiler. q. Smith, Frccport.
Harrow. Van Order and !. ". Dunnccn.
Albany.
REISSUE PATENTS.
Corner Socket for Show Ca>cs-loln W. Tom
hy, Chicago.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-02-21

The threcycarold daughter of Mr. Lomhra,
OF Meriden, Connecticut, some time ago fell
down and broke her arm. II was set, and
she was getting along nicely, when she fell
again and broke il once more. After this
las, fracture was healed she fell down stairs
and broke her leg. Last week she recovered
from this last disaster, and then had the mis-
fortune To fall and break the other arm. The
father thinks this sort Of thing i getting mo-
uutnnolS