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would like to form the acquaintance Of q young
lady. He then puts twenty dollars in his pocket
for the service OF informing ladies' OF the
Methodist Church suffering from miscarriage,
abortion, uterine or yeuereI disease, and
feeble inte1lects lit there be any Bnch), how
they Gun lose their money and still further
undermine their constitutions by inrest~
ing in the FaTorite Prescription. at
is e1asperating that that venaI, consciencelnss
sheet shall preach columns Of public morality On
one page, and then pocket tho profits of such
miscellaneous residing matter "contained by
other pages.'' I'VE repel the insinuation that
the editors are imbecile or inefficient, because
their attention was specially on the subject Of i'm
moral advertisements and q Tortiori Of mineral
reading matter, and because the amount Of 3D.
Tertising and Of paid reading matter coming to
tile Office OF the Adcocate is too Small to justify
the supposition that it got into the paper acci-
dontally.
On the whole, ne think that the Adrocate mxn
is more consummEte ass than the Interior man,
for the latter has published nothing 70 obiec-
tionable as tho former, and has not held himself
QUE SO prominently and porsistently as IN oper-
ator On the NOTES Of other peoples eyes without
first casting out tho boa1n from hia own eye.
, 1874-02-28

Prof. Swing declines to enter DR.. Patton'a
confessional In a letter reprinted elsewhere
from the dliance, be replies to the latter'a srti
clo in the Interior, and plays upon his severe
opponent with Light raillery and good humor
that would have yanquished Torquemada him.
SELF. DR.. Patton may have imagined TINT
he was the assallant, but finds himself
suddenly called uponto take the defensive, and to
show how his Own theory prevents Christianity
from having been conferred on the horse and
the OF, aud how be wiu reconcile his doctrine Of
faith with the Scriptures, and how he will sus-
tain his peculiar views that "repeatedly to re-
pudiata the humanitarian riews Of Christ ="
is proof Of unbelef in His divin-
ity, and that man starting from q
Divine Christ is Nationalist. While waiting
for Dr.. Patton to recover from this unexpected
defeat, which tho later David has administered
with his liberal sling, Prof. Swing comea to the
happy conclusion thai it the Presbyterian
Church can endure Dr.. Patton Is it's editor and
Theological Professor in the Northwest, it can
endure Prof. Swing as private Clergyman.
, 1874-02-28

that ho was obliged to 60 back on Change and
sell his receipts. It is this sort of refusal to
recognize the rights Of tho people, and to g1ve
them fair hearing on any matter in dispute,
which has st last reused them to put an end to
such oppreBsions. They hare borne their
burdens with patience hitherto. They have
yielded one right after another, until at last it
became question Of life or death with thom.
The refusal to even listen to complaint was the
straw which broke the camers back, and now
the people demand that their complaints shall
be heard by their own agents. Through their
Granges, in the courts aud Legislatures, and by
their Boards Of Commissioners, they are making
their protest against tho tyranny OF these cozpo-
ratlons. Whatever may be the issue OF their
complaints they are bound to be heard, and
they are bound to have an answer satisfactory
to reasonable man. In this respect the
suit brought by Measrs. Scudder, Bartlett
d Co. against the Boston Albany Railroad
Company has moro than 4 local Significance. 4
principle OF universal interest hangs upon the
decision, namely, whether great and powerful
railroad corporation has the right to ignore q
merchants lawful claims against it, and then
crush out his business because ho refuses to be
swindled. Tlero are some corporations which
have souls or, at all events, will listen to COM
plants Of injustice, but unfortunately there
are too many like tho Boston l. Albany Com
pauy which refuse to examine claims or listen
to complaints. Against these the people are
fighting, and they will keep on fighting until
is reached tho innocent will suffer with the
guilty.
, 1874-02-28

$14.20@14.25 seller April Lard WAS active and
steady, closing at s8.55@s.60 per 100 lbs cash,
and S8.75@s.7711 seller April. Meats were &C.
tive and unchanged at Sc for shoulders. 7A@7Bc
for short ribs, 756c for short clear, and 974@'
1014c Tor sweet picked hams. Dressed hoga
were quiet and firm at s6.oo@6.4o per 100 lbs.
Highwiues were active and steady st 9So per
gallon. Flour was dull and weak. Wheat was
active and 31c lower, closing at s1.1525 cash,
and s1.1ses seller April. Corn was active and
firm, closing at Sic cash, and 57sc seller March.
Oats we're moro active and steady, closing st
42Ac cash, and 431sc seller April Rye was
quiet and steady at 85@s5119c for freah receipts.
Barley was dull and unchanged at s1.45@1.4s
for No. 8. Live hogs we're dull and lower, clos
ing weak at $a.50@5.85 for poor to extra The
cattle market WIS fairly active and easier. Sheep
we're steady and firm.
, 1874-02-28

Grain Inspector Harper is declared b. the re-
port Of the Railroad and Warehouse Commits
Eioners On his case, made public yesterday, to
bo guiltleas Of the charges made against him.
His drafta On the funda Of the Office are said
to have been made to reimburse himself for
fees werc insufficient. Since the fees were In
creased, the receipts have exceeded the e1-
peuHes. As for the speculation in grain that is
denied, and the apparent deficit in the monthly
account is explained as matter Of bookkeeping
md bank deposits. Finally, his accounts are
10 correct that be has on hand eco more than he
pught to have.
, 1874-02-28

The annual report OF the Chicago. Burlington
Quincy Railroad is printed in another column.
The net earnings for the yea1 wcro 81, $40, ,45s10,
aud the net earnings for the year over every
liability are s26oos2.5s, or 10 7s~10o Per cont on
its total capital stock. The capital stock now
cncunta to SIS, 1881, 900, and, with tnat in the
Burlington l. Missouri Road, s26, ,429, ,5G2. .76
There wks decrease Of operating expenses
during the year, exclusive OF taxes, Of s17s,-
6s2.07. i full statement is made Of the
business on the branch roads both in Illinois
and Icwa, which shows steady increase, and OF
tia operations Of the Land Department. Presi~
dent Walker, in conclusion, refers to the rail-
road legislation Of this State. He does not
tllink stockholders hare anything to fear be-
yond the Inconvenience and expense OF aome
litigation, as it is not likely that the rights Of
railroad owners to manage their own property
will he denied in the end.
, 1874-02-28

The St. Croix land grant was before the Wis
consln Assembly again yesterday, and Was car
ried & days march nearer home. Apropositiou
to confer the grant on the Wisconsin Railway
Was rejected, and the Senate bill, with an amend.
ment, passed to third reading. This bill
confers the grant on the North Wisconsin and
the Chicago i North Pacific Roads, and the
amendment purports to protect settlers By stip-
u!ating that actual settlers before 1871, on sec-
tons oot exceeding 160 acres, may retain their
homesteads by paying s. an acre for them.
, 1874-02-28

4 bill to punish Mermons for polysany, and
free all but first wives from their unnatural
bonds, and to provide for their support and their
childrens out OF tho husbands property, has
been submitted by the House Committee on
Territories. Without conflicting in any way
With the statutes already directed against
polygamy, it provides the machinery by which
the United States District Courts may recover
the jurisdiction in these, and, in fact, all
civil and criminal cases which has been
usurped by the Probate Courts, and limits the
evidence necessary for conviction Of polygamy
to simple proof that tho man an: omen live
together avowedly as husband and Sives. Tho
Illegal conso1ts may get their freedom upon
petition to the United States District Court,
which may also decree them enough OF their
husbands property to support themselves
and their children. The bill also proposes to
annul number OF acts Of ths Legislature,
usurping executive, Judicial, and Legislative
functions which belong to tho United States
Government. as Gov. Wood showed in = recent
very pointed Eeto-messege.
, 1874-02-28
ANOTHER RAILROAD FIGHT.

The case which the firm Of Scudde1, Bartlett
l. Co.. Of Boston, have brought, both in tho
Legislature and in the ceurts, against the Boz
ton d Albany Railroad Company, might not in
aptly be called tho case OF tho People Of tho
United States Us. tho Railroads. It contains tho
very essence Of tho grievance Of the people and
the substance Of their original complaints agninst
monopoly. The firm OF scudder, Bartlett 4 Co.
is one Of the lending grain houses uf Boston,
and exported over half million bushels Of
grain in 1872. Their busineas for 1873 promised
to be still larger, but in the fall OF 1879 it re-
coived sudden check. Tho Boston Albany
Company refused to transport their conaign-
uents from the Vest, and notified all their
Western connections to rstuae to receive any
property consigned to tho firm unleas the
freight through from the point Of shipment to
Boston vas prepaid The excuBe mAdo tor this
discrimination by the Railroad Company is, that
the firm ore them five or six thousand
dollars for freight. These ARREARS, however,
grow out Of the fact that the firm had put in
claims for shortages Of grain in transit from the
West, amounting to from two to sixty bushels
per carload The Railroad Company, they IL
lege, refused to examine the claim at all, where
upon the firm declined to pay ita freight bills
until tho c1nima for shortages were allowed
The points at issue between Mess1s. 6cudder,
Bartlett l. Co. and tho Boston d. Albany Rail
road Company was the point which provoked tho
issue between tho people and the railroad cor
porations all over the country. Tho refusal to
examine the claims Of shippers, or, in other
words, to recognize the rights Of the people, has
blossomed into al organization Of the peo-
pie to rcsist this crushing-out policy. It
has led to the appointment Of Boards OF
Commissioners invested with authority to
lnterposo the strong arm Of the law,
and protect tho people by giving them
at least 3 hearing. The gentleman who
was put Oft the New York g. New Haven train,
and subsequently recited his grievances in the
Atlantic Monthly, is another case in point. When
this gentleman sought redress from the Com
pany, it was not only refused point-blank, but
he was informed that the railroads were going
to teach the travelling public that they could
not question their acts. It is not long since
that 4 miller in this city bought warehouse re-
ceipta for wheat from which peculiar brand
of -four which suited his New Orleans CUSTOM
erB could bo made* When he presented them
at the warehouse, he was informed that he could
70 to the next warehouse and get wheat on
them. He protested that wheat wouldn't suit
his customers, aud was then informed that he
could take that Of nothing, .h4 Easuls hatpt
, 1874-02-28

The case Of the Boston Collector Of Customs
has produced Some disgracoful disclosures. The
members Of Congress opposed to the confrma-
tioa Of Simmons have boen busily engaged in
telegraphing to Ill parts Of the State to send On
renonstrances. This Of itself ia Of no particu-
1e- interest, but copies Of all these private DIS
patches we're furnished to the Butler organ in
Boston and published in that paper. II this
thing can be dona under the present condition OF
affairs, what would be the result il the telegraph
belonged exclusively to the Government Is
the Govern nment already IN possession Of the
wires, and is every private dispatch the property
OF the Government, to be used st its pleasure
, 1874-02-28

Two motions were made yesterday, in tbe
House Of Representatives, to reconsider tho
abuse :was defeated One Of these WAS With
~ a~n By its mover, Mr. TSner, who gave notica
Il 1t next Monday he would attempt to have
passed, under q suspension Of the rules q bill
The onIy motion tor reconsideration lies over
until called up by Mr. Shauks.
, 1874-02-28

The Republicans Of Kansas are commencing
to howl at their defaulting State Treasurer,
Hayes, who has been presented for impeach-
ment, but do not stop to consider how far they
themselves are responsible for bis conduct. In
1871, legislative committee examined the
condition OF the State Tceasury, and reported
that Mr. Hayes was depositing state money in
National Banks, contrary to law. With these
facts before them, the Republican Convention OF
1872 presented bis name to tho voters OF Kansas
fo- reelection, and the Republican voters Of
Kansas reelected him, and thus virtually in
dorsed his couree. With what consistency, then,
can Republicans blame him for doing what they
indorsed? It would be infinitely moro appro-
prate for them to aecept the fruits Of their folly
in 6ilence.
, 1874-02-28
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, 1874-02-28

little force Of character. Her rival is not intel
1ectually worthy to succeed the late King, aud
tho fact that his uustrio1s father e1piated upon
tho galloHs the shocking crime Of numbering his
wife would appear to be triaing disadvantago.
He has had, however, fair common school edu-
cation. Queen Emma claims that it Was the wish
Of tho dead King that she should succeed him.
, 1874-02-28

THO Wisconsin Senate has passed the Potter
bill for the appointment OF Board OF Railroad
Commissioners, and the regulation OF railroad
fnEea and freights. BY an amendment, the
Governor is required to appoint the Commif-
sione1s in thirty days.
, 1874-02-28
RAMPANT REF1RM.

/ Tho Cincinnati Gazette publishes the details o1
the stopping in sabina, Ohio, Of beer-wagoc
By the temperance reforfners, illusions to which
have hitherto been made in the dispatches. It
appears that on last Tuesday brewery firm at
Morrow received m order for twenty-six kegs Of
beer from two saloon-keepera at Washington
Court-House. Fearing to sond tho beer by rail.
AZ the trains are closely watched, the firm dis
patched the beer by wagon, covered with hay and
straw. 1t o'clock On Tuesday evening, when
women and fifteen Or twenty men, armed With
stones, who ordered him to stop, and threatened
him with death it he proceeded any further.
The terrified driver did a. he WAS ordered, and
straw, being vet, wouldn't burn. They then Or
dered him to drive to the Sabina railroad Sta
sion, where tho beer was turned over
to the station~ageut, after the reye-
Tho owners arrived at the station tho next day,
and directed the agent to keep the goods in his
possession until further notification. This,
however, he refused to do, and the beer WAS sent
back to Morrow. Tho brewers then called upon
their lawyers for consultation, but the women
getting wind OF it surrounded the brewery, and
BY their bolBteroua singing and praying broke up
the consultation.
The thoushtless men and women who we're
engaged in this attack upon private Hghts-for
it is nothing moro OK leas than an attack-sre apt
to bring contempt upon the cause in Which they
are engaged. Excellent as their motives may bo,
when they step beyond tho limits Of law, and
when the present excitement dies awny sufd-
GENTLY for Inv to be enforced again,
the aggEevcd parties will not only
demand but obtain damages. Incendi-
arguments in favor Of temperance. Tho sggra-
vated character OF many Of the acts OF the Ohio
reformers has already provoked saloon-keepers
into threats Of violent retaliation, and there is
danger that such operations as that at sabina
may result in resistance as violent as the acts
Of the refo1mers. There is no laW against per-
sonal appeal to saloon-keeper or againss pray
ing and singing for him at proper time and in
4 proper place but when it comes to the wan-
ton destruction Of property and acts Of open
violence, then these reformera arc inaugurating
course Of conduct which will not only work
harm to the very cause in. which they n1e an
gagged, but may provoke retaliation in kind
Within the limits OF the Law. all things are pos
sib1e; outside those limits, reform becomes
persecution.
, 1874-02-28

Charges OF drunkenness in the Senate cham
ber were made bY the Detroit Free Press few
days ago against Senator Chandler. The abste-
uious Senator, whose reputation for sobriety
has long since ceased to be . subject Of sus~
picion, adyeitises the charges and the paper
making them, by suing it for $10o, 900 damages.
, 1874-02-28

The death Of King Lunallo leaves the ques-
lion OF = sovereign Of tho Hawaiian Islands open
once more. There are two candidates for the
succeasion,-the Dowager Queen Emma and
Eatssana. The popularity OF the former is pure-
" parsonal ~ ahs tas no hareditary rank and
, 1874-02-28

TIE Chicago produce markets we're incidentally
actlve yesterday, with few important changes in
prico, except In wheat. Meas pork was aotive
nd easier. closng II els-s5da1s. 80 cash, and
, 1874-02-28

ACADEMY OF MUS1C-Halsted street, eetwee2 Mad
9on and Monroe Engagement OF Oliver Doud bS1on'
"DonAid Mckay" Afternoon and evening.
, 1874-02-28

MYERS OPERA-HOUSE- Monroe street, between
1ea7horn apd Stats. Arlington, Cotton. eud kennblet
Mlus:ses. Mtns.re1sr and coica1ites. CosmoEanicAl
lliusau "Que Great City" Afternoon aud evening.
, 1874-02-28

M'VICKER,s THEATRE-BiAdison street, betseen
Dearborn and State. Engagement Of EdRla Booth.
AsfssEnooa I; Il, - Mqsa Ado About Nothing" Evening
, 1874-02-28

GLOBE THEATRE-Desplataess street, between Mad
t.on and Wxstiuzton Engagement OF Joseph H. Emmst-
Ffitz Our Cousin Gc-nAu-" Afternoon aud evening.
, 1874-02-28

1t Is claimed that the cau6e OF tho present riao
In Havana cigars is owing to = sudden deter
mination on tho part OF Cuban manufacturers to
do business only upon gold basin, and to regn-
late their prices accordingly. The reason for
this concerted action is that the Bank at Spain
in Havana hiss Issued 9104. .00o, 900 in currency,
with only S3, 000, 900 specie reserve, and the ae-
ton OF the Observation-Disclosures Is only the cul-
mi11ating point Of b feeling Of distrust which
has for some tine existed. What effect their
present stand will have upon importation does
not seem to be- clear. It may all be mare
stratagem on the part Of importers to sustain
thu present. rates or toroa fhsn1up high1 adA-
, 1874-02-28

H00LEY'S DECENTRALIZATION street. between
Cl2zk and LASae. Dirorcod." AfernooR aad evening.
, 1874-02-28

The subject OF keepi ng canals open in winter
Is being actively discussed at present, and TWO
or three theories have been presented. One Of
them is credited with degree Of Feasibility.
The protector, in communication to New
York paper, discusses tho Erie Canal, which ho
proposes 10 keep at a proper temperature by
utilizin. the heat wasted in the propulsion Of
steam cana1-boats, through surface -condenBers-
Prof. Thurston has estimated that it would fo-
quire 5000 pounds Of coal per mile for every
tweaty-fou1 hours; aud two-thirds Of this, tho
correspondent argues, could be furnished BY the
eanal-boats The remainder could be supplied
by arteaian wells, whose Temperature, he as
sumes would be high enough to perform their
share In keeping tho canal open for navigation.
, 1874-02-28

| fighting, and they will keep on fighting unit
| thew can bo heard and yerv likely before the an,
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OUACK EDITOR AND D1TACK nncr0R
n..h.t,u 49, o.4 .t,;,,, ,,,>;... ,1.-
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III tnls community, and the one 1ulloss OF deaG
oocate' From recent number VI thAt sheet ws
chppea out IN as'lc1e 1of future reference do
soteo 10 LIE C1ucAoo 1A1buSE, WHICH 1aada II
this way:
A recent fasu, NJ that n.n.r tTur rn,nr,,r, ron.
.,,nai1 - ra-a,n,, ,o.o rr.-r, ia.t.,ors ,r,,, -
dressed to young. pore girl who 1efa sreetcar se
t '.,s y. -. pu'u. eusa an a.
spurutng al Tur Tn1pusE propsietors We ,ayo named
HIS it come to such PISS that young sisters and
n.As nos so ~ scno.. *4noos contacs VIII
nanera. uuhIishod bv ranu,edv Chr,t,an men ,nusi
haua tho se1ucers Invitation in the very faces OF
pase unsS M ~ nome' Aee els1aeon, lne nomo oa1.
Whlte 1rose cowIes. md afe,ll sucb faIlure. th,,
chtcagos social uerntn may essay to crawl safely up
on 10 our WY oteaA1As-l.a'es7
matter; aud II they cannot help us cannot our States
Attorney who has abated many nuisanc, inserceds
iof us BEFORE the Grand jury that
of nnbc 7nora,;tv Nv ons naes ana narsrs ,hs n-o.
OF such advertisements contained by other pager.
Whom that paper pleads accident In such atte1s
1t fasides and 1t knows tt. We Eepal the tns3ouation
that tho editors are tmbect1e or tneaacient.
AoAs 'no 4oi Ao41A O. onaoo 10 o'eeo 1pou
lie can bo easily seen by reading the ADVERTISE
ment referred to, viz:
Madison street cas eastward bound Friday morning.
49, has.d - ,.o..,. sr.,ss,p pp =,
able addreas as, rribuns Office.
Thu onlv thino that annears nnon TIM face of
thus advertisement ,s that tha Young gentleman
won1d liza In firm tbe eacona;ntnnca ~ +he von,o
ladv That he was ss1ecberoua nnDn, :" md a
s.sedncer" ia the co;naco eitber of an imnnre
imaoin,tion or of a ,fa1hersta ,.,aiea- rovar.
the,eea va ahon1d havo erc>ndea tbe .dvar+;aa.
.nent an thu eronnd that there n,icht In j. i7onbt
co,ca,n;n1 r. ;+haa mt oec.;,ad orr not;co r.,
thu ,,,.sa ~ over mn aenar,ta Advertisements
banaea ,n+o onr connt;no.roon, fila aorra dao
Hannen;ne bv .ccdant n tnn ,var +ho
aYoroRa;d c,inninc from thu 1orth,ceste,., fb,;*
Inn 4 dnoc1te va re.a nnon tha h.ck a, TIM
aan,a s1;n IN the ordinary readinp tr7a NJ tina
psper< the following:
INTERESTING TO INVALID LADIES.
HAnL1As111E: Columbia county,l
II, p. Pierce. x.D.;
DEAR SIR: Your favor ia tust received. intended
, 1874-02-28
pbe Obmagp QIibu,1e.

Saturday Morning; February 2B, 1874.
, 1874-02-28

There seems to be some mystery concernln &
the case Of Maj. Merrill, OF the United States
Army. During tho slleged Ku-klux excitement
in South Carolina, Maj. Lewis Merrill WIS sta
toned there, and naado himself active both in
making Ar1esta and prosecuting the persons AZ
rested. Subsequently he lobbied successfully in
having the Legislature OF that State vote 535. 900
as special rewards to those who lsd aidod in
prosecuting the Ku-Hlux- It has been disclosed
that OF this sum Maj. Merrill received s21, 400.
In March, 1878, Senator Dayard offered resolu-
ton in the Senate calling upon the War Depart
mont for infor1nAtion in the case, and whether
the officer had been instrumental in procuring
legislation to compensate him for tho per
fozmanco ct his military duty. This resolution
the majority Of tho Sonato has peraistently re-
fused to pass or consider. How the information
could affect the Republican party, sud who it ia
behind the scenes that forbids the disclosure Of
tho facts, have not been rayea1ed.
The last OF tho desperate Lowery gang, or
'swamp-Angels," has boen sent 10 his account.
4 reward amounting to $4,000 was offered for
his head, and three young men OF North Carolina
are richor by bis demise. Stephen Lowery Was
in his lifetime 80 cruel and cowardly ruf1ian
that the manner Of his taking is or digosted OF
much Of its onensiyoness to healthy
minds. The party OF e1ocutionors had
been hunting for tho outlaw for months,
aud found him in Robeson County, caroustng
nth party Of negroes at whiaky-cam
After drinking with hun awhile, they ratired for
the night took up position behind tree with
in range, &od, waiting their opportunity, delib-
erately shot him. His body Was car.cd away to
tho nearest county seat aud placed on e1hihi-
tion. The outlaw WAS found to hnve been we'll
a1med,-a Henry rife, three revolvers, and
knife being discovered On his person.