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COMMERCIAL and FINANCIAL.
Wheeling wholesale Market.

APPLEs--The arrivals continue light, but they
are Sufdclsnt to keep up the supply, as the do.
mRnd 10 meaRre and restricted entirely to sup.
plying immediate wants, while as regards prices
there has been no QuotIble change. We con.
hnue to quote Gt 81 25oS 90 per bbl.
BuTTHR-The arrivals have been fair during
the past week, although not any more 20 than
was aut1cient 70 keep up tho supply, and while
the market Is possibly shade easier, prices are
stu sustained; quotations maybe fairly given At
SOc for medium to good; SOC for prime to choice.
BAKING PoWDm-S503sc per pound.
BRoONs-Faucy, Is 25, Is 70 and 81 Is; plain,
q 950S 76.
CHEEsR-Ths market continues very GuR,
especially for the beSt grades; prime Ohio Fac.
tory, tic; Now York, Isc.
CANNED 9ooDs-The market for goods Of this
character continues dull. We quote: PEaGkSS-
5 D cans, 50 60pes dozen; D cans. q 20. Zona.
tosI-S D cans, 81 80; 2 y cans, 81 90. Corn
WInslow, IS 90; other Sweet Corn, 81 rs; com.
mon Corn, S225. AISeSllaHSoRS Strawberries,
q 90; Pine apples, S975; Lima Beams, s. 90;
String Beans, 81 %; Peas, 81 f61275
RaGs-The market is Stlll weak and uuchAuG.
Cd; fresh, l7c.
FpH-white fsh 81 20; No. . mAckarel, bar
rels, Sl5 00i No. 8 do. SIS 0O No. >, half barrels
Is %; No. !, do. large 81 80; No. ), do. medium
81 90. Goldfish IS so.
FLouR-Trade has been rather quiet during
tho past week, and II anything. tho market is
weaker, slthouEh prices have undergone but lit.
Tia ehanUa We continue TO quote:
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Dad.

New ORLEANS, Feb. 1s.-A. W. Mer.
RAM, an enterprising citizen, Vice Presi-
dent Of the Agricultural Fair Association,
and for many years the leading spirit In
the Mystic Krew celebrations, partlcipat.
ing in yesterdays festivities until half. past
three this morning, died at $50 this
morning.
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We, Judge that the Weston Democrat
is a highly orthodox paper when 1t places
the word advertisement" over the COM
munIcatlon Of some unfortunate writer
on UnlversalIsm" in its columns. We
should really like to know how much the
poor man paid for the privilege OF being
heard In It's columns.
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CLEVELAND, February 1s.-Whest--
Dull but unchanged; No. l red, 81 Goa
/ 81; No. 9 do. 81 45. Corn-Quiet; old
mixed, 89a70c; new, 05a6Gc mixed, eTc.
oats-stesdy; No l State, 4sc; No. 3
do, 46c, PetroIeum-steady and un,
changed,
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AN enterprising member Of the Ohio
Legislature has introduced a bill in tho
House to authorize the appointment OF a
commissioner to compile and prepare a
series Of text books for use in the common
schools of Ohio. We wonder what school
book publishing company has persuaded
this verdant Representative to father the
Inh9
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WEsT ALEXANDRIA; Pa, Feb. II, 1874.
Quite a conflict has been going on be-
tween the Board Of Education Of Done
gal township and that Of this borough,
about q lot at this place which the town
ship board sold short time before the
incorporation Of the town, Since being
elected, the borough board claim thew haa
no right to do this, because Of the Tronnd nn
being donated to the town for school pur.
poses. The matter will como before the
court.
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THE editor of the UpSsur County Della
makes this important announcement in
his last issue: ,s.
Butter this week 1sc per pound and
eggs 12ic per Dozen"
We also read in the same paper that
"the roads throughout the county are al.
most impossible"
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We beg to inform the Washington
Adpaacs that there is no Temperance
crusade raging" in this, or any other, part
OF West Virginia, that any body knows Of.
ION the contrary, quite the reverse" Is
the case,
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WASHINGTON.


NOTHING HEARD FROM THE DICTATOR.
WARRINGTON, February ls.-Up 10
one o'clock this afternoon nothing
had been received at the Navy Depart.
ment concerning the Dictator, but naval
officers generally believe that she iS safe,
KILLED AND CAPTURED.
The War Department has advices from
Texas that Lieutenant Colonel Buel with
q command consisting Of parts Of compa.
nisS D and 9 and fifteen Tonka sootts.
struck small camp Of Comanches on the
Double Mountain Fork on the 9th inStI
and killed ten Indians and captured all
their stock, consisting Of o. horses.
OBJECTIONS WITHDRAWN.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has In.
structed the Collector Of Customs Of Bal.
tlmore to interpose no further objections
to the trial trip Of the steamer Edgar
Stuart, provided an officer Of the revenue
accompany the steamer.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON.
The Subcommittee on Banking and
Currency will begin next week an exam.
ihation into the affairs Of the First Ma.
tional Bank Of Washington. They will
propose certain written interTogatlols 10
be answered by the Secretary Of the
Treasury, Comptroller Of the Currency
and Receiver Of the Bank before sum
moHing witnesses.
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NAns-lOd TO cod, u l3X; Cd TO sd, a ok

W. y vVut o NM 0u % W. u dIE
Cd to "a, q sax; "a to "a, o. SIX; Sd, % 09X.
orIS, &o-LArd OIL, extra No, winter strained
csc. Carbon OIL, jobbIng lots tic, no charge for
packages. LInsOed OIL, 81 oS. TuFpentins 7Se.
PRoyIsIoNS-Mess Pork-$i0 90 for now. Ra.
eon-HGms isc; clear sides OH99Nc; shoulders
Sei sugar cured breakfast bacon llKc. New bulk
shoulders, &c. LArd-In kegs lie; choice Leaf
in uSrceH lOc; prime 9Xe.
FofAfoEs AN increased demand for pot Atoe.
= noticed. Prime Peach blows arc quoted ii
3 2s9l 80 per bushel In JobbIuR way II
6 2sS3 S0peF barrel.
RloE-oholee Carolina, DC; new crop PAlna
&c; RAugoou, 7X9se.
sNuFP-70e; do In boxes Of six dozen, Bs w
WooL-1n fair demand al 47aSOC.
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HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. 1s-John D,
Patterson, Republican, has been elected
Mayor Of this city By about 1876 majority,
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SPAIN.

MADRID, Feb. lS.-Geps. MatIanez and
Primo Dereverd have Joined the torces
near ParLugslet. u.
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Plttsburgh Petroleum market.

PTTpuReH, Pa, Feb. 1s,-Peroleum
Crude Armer; 81 s5a1 90. Refined
Quoted OF 14sc; March 15c; April Ice,
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DRIED FRuIT-The mGgket has been co mpGra.
lively quiet during the past week. Apples quo.
table RtsK9iOc PeachcS, i6e; ml1ed, IRc.
6RArN-The market has been rather quiet dur.
ing the past week. RhSat is sull quoted at
81 450l 20 for red, and O. SOL IS for white.
Oats arc higher, at 41o5Oc, Corn 10 in good de.
mAnd, At 6o0G5c There is some inquiry for
Rye, which 10 quoted At SOC.
GRocERES-Syr1pS- Common, 4SaSSc; primo,
GOOSE; choice, 7O976c; fancy, SIC; New Orleans
moGSSeS, primo old CSC; prime new zoe.
Su0GrS- Refined HArds, Crushed, Powdered and
GranulHtsd, like; A Coffee, lOHe; Coffee, i0He;
Extra Coffee lo%e; Commercial A sugar lOJ4e;
Yellow Nl0c; stock Of Cuba and Porto Rico
exhausted. New Orleans Sugar, fair To fully
fRir sSGsKe; prime to choice 9X@iOe. DemarA
ra, none In market.
Ce1ts-Good Rio Sl0S2c; prime 10 choice do
Ss1stc; Old Yellow fancy Sse; Java 4Oe; best
Roasted SIC. ..
HET-ThO arrivals Of baIed hAVO been TAthsr
light during the past week, but with no quoA'
ble change In prices. which ranges ftou $50 10
S2S per ion; loose, ta00GS.
sTRW-wheat Straw bAlodr Si0oiii oAt
Straw baled Si5
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STocKs-Opened strong and continued
to advance until the Second Board. Dur.
ing the afternoon a reaction Of faa per
cent occurred, but in the final dealings
the market was strong and the prices
generally at the highest point Of the day.
The advance was from ta2s per cent,
Harlem making the greatest advance, and
next followed Western Union and Wa
bash. The other Vsnderbilt's, st. Paul
and Union Pacific, were also strong. The
stockholders Of the Columbus, Chicago &
Indiana Central railroad have been notO-
fled to be particular not to assign or dis.
pose Of their proxies without 6rst know.
Ing the directory for which they are to
vote. The sales between 10 and 2 o'clock
were 10000 shares, OF which $1,000
were Western Union, $4,000 Union Pa.
ciAc, 10000 Lake Shore, 10000 North.
western, and $500 Harlem. The Gov
erning Committee Of the Stock Exchange
are still in session on the forgery buKl-
ness. Nothing definite has been made
public, A pamphlet has been circulated
by foreign banking firm addressed to
the first mortgage bondholders Of the New
York g. Oswego Midland Railroad, pro.
posing the foreclosure and reorganization
of the company under The first mortgage.
The firm represents two million OF bonds
held by foreigners, and the American
boDdholders, holding million and quar-.
ter, have united.
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BOSTON,.
BOSTON APPEALS To THE ransIDEsr.

BOSTON APPEALS TO THE PREsIDRNE
BOSTON, Feb. 1s.-At a largely attend
ed meeting Of the Board OF Trade and
merchants to-day, 1t was unanimously
voted to appeal 10 President Grant TO re-
appoint Collector Russell, who lt.is IN.
derstood consents to the arrangement.
Resolutions and petitions againt the con-
frmation oI Simmons were agreed upon
and forwarded 10 President Grant and
the Massachusetts, delegation in Congress.
MURDERER ARRESTED.
VIM. Z. Sturtevant has been arrested
for the murder, ct Halifax, Mass, Of his
uncle and, Miss Buckley, and committed
to Jail. His oVercoat, which he said was
lost, has been found in the dwelling Of the
murdered family.
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by TELEc RAP'H
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT

(By tho Western Union Limo.
J Nee Northwest cor. VI kAin and AOuroe stsI
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For aGaiRonag Aarktts ~ FaurA Fags.
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EVENING REssIoN,

Mr.. Holman offered resolution direct.
lug the Secretary OF the Treasury to in.
form the House the amount paid since
the first Of January, 1865, for the trans.
portatlon OF troops and property of the
United States on each ol the several rail-
roads that have been constructed In whole
or In part by aid OF lands granted by the
United States on condition that such rail.
roads should be and remain public high
ways for the use Of the government free
OF toll and other charges. Adopted.
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weather Report.
PRopABILrrIRg.

wAR DHrAnTxHHT, /
OPTION or THE CRIEF St0RAL OFFFuER,
WAaHNuTON, D, O.. Feb, iey-EO0P. n.
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Warnings to the West.

tFEom the money article of Tuesdays N. Y.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s.-Mr. Sawyer
asked leave TO report, IRON the Commit.
tee on Commerce, a bill TO extend until
April, 1879, the time for the completion
OF the Green Bay, Sturgeon Bay and
Lake Michigan Ship Canal
Mr.. Storm objected.
Mr.. Holman offered q resolution direct.
Ing the Secretary Of the Treasury TO In.
form the House tho amount paid since
January 1st, 1866, for the transportation
o. troops and property OF the United
states on each Of the several railroads
that have been constructed In whole or in
, 1874-11-04
MARINE DISASTERS.

stormy nnd F0KEY Weather on Lutra
Iaric-sto.t1tt aud Sntl Voxscis Ashore.
1sUte'at Dispatch 70 TAs Chicaan Tribune.
BUFFALO, Nov. IA largo number Of yossola
lavo gono ashore to-day On the lake, In ennanz
quenco OF foesy aud thuk, hoavy uoatl,or. Tho
propeller New York and nor consorts, til. bareea
Kotchan. Ryan, Orton. srcGlIvsry. and DotroIt
arc atl ashore ut Point Abino. Thoy o,oaroa ,0ht
yesterday. aud sSoro ondoayoring to roturn Ia
port ut the time OF the accidopt.
Ths schooner Twin Sisters, which loft mr..
yostorday, laden with Htono, wont aalora thia
morning oil Tocu,nsoh Roof. mlteu above part
Maitland.
Tho schooner Osborne, oroladen, bount, ,ox
this port, got ashore about noon On = roef be,nr
Port Coabornc, and is full OF water.
Tho schooner John Webber, laden with oor,,
and wlaeat, aud boa,lid Tor BnNe1o. In hnl,nro -. ~
Point Abino. Tho Captain arrived hors tbia
aftornoon for assistance. 'A
The schooner Uncle Tom, latlon with stsyaa
ran ashore At Tint's farm, south Of tho break.
WhtDr.
Two schoonors, namos unknown, arc reuortea
On On a'!oro coao by tho Twin sfstera, nhove Port
Iho tug d1buoy run faat ashore on Rose Reef,
9Hd ls full of water. The oraw escaped to tlln
, Uanausan shore on pieces Of tic tugs cabin.
| nho upper worka wore washed away. Tic tug
llea III about feet Of water, and tito sea la run.
| ming ovor har. - "1A'
an tia riycr tuga In tho harbor havo boon al
! work wrecklng. ="
Tho stoam barges pittaburg, Concord. and
Allegheny, with their tows and the stcnn1barco
Wostiord, which cloarod yesterday, returned to
| port this toronoon reporting tho woathor haayy
and worry thick and foggy. -~N'"''
, 1874-11-04
THE NEW CITY CHARTER,

Tho Citizens Association sono time Ago pro-
pared petitions praying the Common Council to
submit to tho vote Of the people the question
whether Chicago shall become incorporated un-
der tho General Incorporation act Those peti-
tions have already obtained 5000 signatures,
being moro than ss necessary under tho Ian to
require tho Common Council to take tho action
demanded. Should the poople At the special
election vote for tho incorporation under tho
General aot, II becomes 30 Incorporated, aud tho
existing city officers hold over until their auo-
coaBors are elected In April. The changes be-
tween tho present aud tho proposed now charter
arc demanded for the protection Of tho public.
Some Of tho more important Of theso chaugoa
aro as follows:
Tho powers Of tho Mayor arc enlarged, and he
ia made, in faet as woll III In theory, tho real
Executive Of tho city. Ho ia authorized to pre-
aldo Ut aIl meetings Of tho Common Council; !;
can ronovo all appointed ofticess has power to
inspect all tho books Of Ill tho departmental Of
the City Government, and to tAko whatever 4otlon
may 10 necessary.
oAooA tnc no" uuAatetb tAo dJhtotA VI ooh@A1
may bo abolished, md iu place thereof tho yari-
oua branches Of tho public service may be oom-
n1itted TO ono rosponsb!o officer. subordinate to
tho Mayor, and removable for my dorollctiun Of
duty. This change will simplify tho atlmiulstra-
ton Of affairs worry muoh, save large annual
expenditure now waited, and generally avoid tho
oonfusloo, irrdgularltJ. sna neglect, which &ss
, 1874-11-04

Ono Of tho corporal's guard Of negrooa whom
tito manufacturers OF Southern outrages war.
ranted to keop until aftor tho election havo left
alive, hAa invented wonderful machine. He
Las solved tho prob'em Of perpetual motion.
Tho machine consists of thrco wllocls. scat, aud
ba!anco-woight. When the weight Ia tippod
forward. tho centre Of gravity is thrown in front
Of tho centro Of MOTION and the machino haB to
chaso itBolf. A sud accidont attended, itH first
public triaL There was to DO n fair at Franklin.
Ky, uoar which town tho colored inventor lived.
Flo decided to exhibit hia hauaiwork. Ono wook
boforo the opening he mounted the seat, pushed
forward the weight, aud started OF at Ii mtlos
an hour uo meant to viait tho Secretary Of tho
Fair Association aud havo lla marvel duly Gu
tered on tho books. Aa no spod out Of his nativo
village, tho Coroner hired fast horse aud gal
fopod after him. All tho inhabitants to whom
the fees for sitting on Coronor's jury wore an
object followed. Their hopes proved to bo well
founded. At turn in tho road, tho driving
whool Of tho machine struck log. The rebound
sent tho aged Ethiopian flying toward tue stars.
When ho came down, Ln1f milo farther on, tho
malicious machine had caught up with him. uo
lit Oh tho rapidly-rovolviug wboel and spun off
again into space. Three several ti,nes WAS
this repeated. Tho Coroner spurred hts
horse on madly. He saw tho whole performance
mud ho roalized that tho victim waH nearing tho
noighboring county. His hopes Of fcos wore
fading when he cav The antique African rise
grandly into air for tho fourth time, whirl
moment, and then como tumbling to tho ground.
A resident by tie road had mistaken him. AZ lie
flew through tho air, for new spootcs Of tur-
koY-buzzard and had fred fatal shot. The
rcsidont. becoming aware Of the mistake, lied.
Tho machine. having slain ita mastor, dashed
forward at q terrible rate Of speed. Whom last
soen, it Was headed due west and was gaining
In velocity every moment. Attempts to tole-
graph warning Of Its coming proved to bo In
vain, for it distancod tho lightning. Unless tho
mississippi or tho Rocky Mountains stopped 1t,
it has doubtlcas GRO now plunged into tho
Pacific.
, 1874-11-04

Tfloy arc going to try aud put stop IN Cor
many to tho sale Of Ho-oalioa soothing syrnpa"
Tor infants Physicians assort that moro babies
arc killed by thoao concoctluns than BY disease.
Corruption in pruHaia alaol Gen. Moltko's
accounts were recently found to be wrong. He
had drawn during tho war Qua wig and enc paper
of amoking-tobacco for which ho had never
accounted to the proper authorities. pomaud
for remuneration haH boou mado
Tho Imperial Memorial Otlce in Pekin has
rocoiyod tic following verbal deoree from tho
Emperor; " In honor Of the birthday OF Her
Majesty, tho EmprcsH, lot dragon clothes bo
worn tor threo days, beginning from tho 2sth
--MosbyB guorrillas bad a reunion In Balti-
mora tho otler tlav. It trnnspIred in the con-
versntions that ono OF the most popular Mothod-
list preachers now III Baltimore Was among tho
most daring of Alosby's mon.
-Funny decision In Trance On IN Insurance.
case. II 4 house IL insured for the total value,
tho value Of the land must bo includod In tho
sum, and may 10 deducted by the company from
tho payment Of the Ioss. So that one muat Yay
premiums for the insurance OF that which can-
not bo destroyed, though lie eaunot haso tue
bnno1t Of that Insurance.
In Belgium 4 frult-groWer has bad great
euccega In communicating artificial mayors 10
natural fruit. lie pnncturos tue fru!t anu Ieepa
It 4 few gocouda in 4 solution Of tho HavorlnI
substance, aud permits It to ripen subsequently,:
in Franco farmer found llttto gypsy CIR! OF
II years in tho road. She snid her sister aad de.
sertol her, Out Of plty, he took her homo. and
two weeks later si!o ran a"Sy With MS oany' u
months old. ,.
Tho Lewiston (nto.) Journal Gays. An
eldorly gentleman recently ensered boot and
ahoo a.ero in Lewiston, aud purchased . pair Of
number twolyo boota. He remarked TINT no hat
had Lis old onoA eightaon years. IN 9o1nS
cali boots wear 80 long, ho replied that lo had
always kept lorae."
, 1874-11-04

TIE CHICAGO TMlHUNE Is unQuestloHahly oNe OF
the ablest Of American newspapers. For many years
past has boom characterized by v1gor Of thought
aud general ability Of management not oxceled by my
other papor III tlB country. ToTurds the
close Of President Grants lrst Administration its
course was changed owing, Is believed to private
political dlaappointmouts OF is o1ttor.-Indsanapos
tausnaL
Altar thanking the indianapolis Journal for
hs compliment, the editor referred to embraces
this opportunity to say that President Grant
,mado tho only appointment which Dir. Horace
White ever as4ed him 10 mako, to-wlt, that Of
The Hon. Thomas Drummond to be Circuit Judge
uf tho United States. lii. WAlta may hayo
signed the applications Of a few candidates Tor
public poaition at their solicitation, as such
paposs aro commonly Signed, without caring
Particularly whothor they we're successful or not.
The only case In which lie felt real interest was
that OF Judge Drummond, and that war 9 public
and not private intarest.
Mr. White has noYor, directly or Indirectly, in
writing Of verbally, asked President Grant, OF
anybody connected With Lis Administration, for
my ofnce for himself. It any person has any
evidence, documentary or oral, conflicting With
thaa statement, he la respectfully invited to bring
II forwardi md the indianapolis Journal IL re-
qoeated to give place to this paragraph in Ito
columns to tho end that 1t may DO aeon by the
person or persons who haye mlsinforued IT. In
the pf41aIAaa.
, 1874-11-04

per ID cash, and l19to aollcr tho yoAr. High
wiuos wero caslor at oG@oo>1c. Wlleat was
woak, c1oH1ng n! $40 CASH, aud 1870 for Dcecm-
ber. Corn advanced 91c, closing ut 7so for
November, aud CSC sollcr tho year. Data woro
10 higher. oloaing at ITO sollor November. On
Saturday eyontn8 last thore waH In store n this
city 1926 o02o bu whoat, ss2 104 bu corn. 41o, 457
bu oats. 4o070 bu ryo. and 25O.s40 bu barley.
Hogs woro in fair demnnd and closed firm.
salos as $500@0.25. Cattle and suoop MORO
moderately active and trtn.
, 1874-11-04

Another remarkable medium has malo her ap-
pcarauoe in England, who su1nmona up spirit
that plays most cLarmingly upon tue piano ia a
lighted parlor. The medium is IL young lady Of
about II years, and Of excellont family, bo;ng
the daughter Of Col. Showers, Of tho British
Army in India. and niece to Gen. Showers, ono
Of the heroes in tie Iudian rebellion. She calls
the spirit "F1o1once." but from the fact tlat,
after one OF his, her, Or its piano aolos. tue
Bpirit mado tour OF tho roon and, tasting
somo tea which stood upou tho sido table, pro-
nounced 1t nasty. thoro can DO little doubt that
It Ia the spirit Of tho lamented Eccles.
, 1874-11-04
TIE HHOAIBERG CASE.
FIr. Khomhcrg prcpasing to Dofend
EAtnsHr1f-4lo Clftitns 1t to He q Cnsu
OF 1slADf1 Mailing,

MR. NhomhcrE prepntinC to oofenh
FliiisHuff--4He Claims 1t to He a ons.,
OF 1slnDtz mailing.
slteriai Dispatch to The CHICAGO Tribune.
DUBUQUE. H., Nov. 3.-Alr. Rhou,hsrc nm
whom q dema'.d has boon made BY thu Intnrnn,
Revenue. officers for s75o, 600 tares alleged tn
DO due tho Government for spirits distilled bv
him during tho yoara 1866, 1866, aud 1867 saya
that thia claim, once abandoned by tho Govern
mont, after it Iad beau beaten In several suits.
~ revived against him, becatHo Of hB refusal to
DO blackmailcd by poraun III his employ aa
bpokkeupor ut tho tifno his dlHtillery was IN
operation. Another allegation Of his IL that his
refusal to support GrAngor, tho Republican
candidate for Congress III this district ia ono OF
tho motsveH Of tho Government soflicors In re-
hewing mud rowling thta old claitu. Ho appears
to DO very indifferent. The Government will
mike nothing Of it, but 1t will give him groa4
dea1 Of annoyance aud injustice to his business.
as well rs Bomo outer business with which ho ia
actively interested, d,-naturally ao,--tho Iowa ~
ciAa Railroad, Rhombergs attorneys arc pro-
pairing the papers for tho defense to means Ia
make, but There appears no way to prevent u
seizure OF his property II no does not comply
with tho demand mndo on him. This seizure
will sako place on Monday noxr, unless In tho
meantime tho Government changes itB works Or
Rhomborg pays $780, which ha ia not likely
to do.
, 1874-11-04

It ID not much Of compliment to tho Amor
lean people to say that tho elections yeaterday
passed OF quietly. Tho implication Of such a
,xemark is that yesterday was m exception
= good deal Of bloodlottiug oyory timo the FREQ
and independent voter exercises his prerogative.
Enerybouy knows that tho reyotso Of this is true,
yot thofo Il no end Of congratulations overy timo
the elections pass of quietly. Much enthusiaam
Ii wasted In this direction.