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, 1874-02-26

Tho currency debate was on" again in tho
Sonate yesterday. Senator Allison said that he
could not consider tho proposition to increase
the bank-note circulation to s4oo, 100000 as OBJ
jectionablo or ~ conflict with tho bost interests
OF tho country. Sonntor Sherman also
admitted that this plan-which is Morri-
mons, OF North Carolina--waa loss OBJ
jeotionablo than tho other schooner for
imitation. Not much imitation could como
from any such iucrease Of the National Bank
noto circulation. As Senator schurz showed
yesterday. it would cost s1,120 in currency to
get 5000 in currency for the banks. The in-
crease Of 40oo 900 il bnnls circulation, now in
question, would cost trito moro than 0,000,-
900. Another appeal to tho Senate 10 pass the
original bill for tho redistribution Of s25, ,0o0, 900
was made by Senator Sherman, who said ho was
wearied Of the discussion that was current.
, 1874-02-26

Rafferty, ia to be hanged tomorrow with the
rope that was bought for tho previous execution
that would have taken placo but for auperso-
dena. Sheriff Bartlett, Of Lake County, with an
kept tho rope consecratea to ita nrst purpose.
A very atroug appoal for mercy was mado yes
terday to GOV. Beyorldgo by delegation from
this city. A petition With 600 signatures for
tho communication Of tho sentence to imprigon-
dresses mado urging every possible plea for
clemency. The Governor made no answer, OK
copt to promise TINT lie would give his decision
to-day, and would try to shapo it in justice both
to Rafferty, and tLo people.
, 1874-02-26

tax on the aaloa Of manufacturing companies
would produce moro royonuo than can over DO
o1tortod from tllom uulor tho present atrociouB
aystom Of valuation. Telegraph companies, it,
sura1ico companies, horao-ratlway companies,
gaa companies, md oil other corporations which
now practically oscapo taxation, could also bo
roachcd by IN casy process.
Dear in mind that tho ontiro amount required
for State and school purposes is ouly $4,000, 600,
for which nearly $780, 1000 is paid by tho Illinois
Contral Railroad. With tho oxtingutshmont Of the
State dobt ncxt January, tho aggregate amount
will 10 atill further reduced. We ropoas that It
is perfectly possible to rolosso the ianl-tax al
together. and X The farmers and ownora Of town
and city lots are true to themselves thoy will
mako II al issun this coming fall, and compel
tho noxt Legislature to mako tho change.
, 1874-02-26


Ad part Of the burlosque yondetta which tho
oditor OF tie Chicago Times ls waglng against
DR.. Johnson, it is now in order for this Bonn
bastes Furoso to open his battories on Mr. ].
E. Williams, President OF tho Metropolitan Ma
tional Bank, Of New York. hlr. Williams' bank
subscribed $4,000 Of the Bankers Relief
Fund, and has now had the temority
to write q letter to q gentlomau in this city,
printed elsewhere, in which hoaays: Inaamuch
as shero was more than enough to meet tho
wanta Of TINT class bunk officers and clerksl, I
heartily approve Of the appropriation Of $4,000
Of the amount paid by this bank to Dr.. JOHNSON,
who doubtless relieved, without pay many OF
those who wore inteuded to be beno1ciAries OF
our fund" Mr. Williams further Bays that he
submitted 4 final account OF tho distribution Of
the fund to tho New York Committee, WHO gave
0 unanimous sanction to tho whole transaction.
Hencoforth Mr. Williams, and the New York
bankers generally, may look for no mercy.
Whether they will bo able to hold up undor tue
spiritualist fury Of the Times editor aud the
Withdrawal Of Mr.. J. o. Buffers financial sup
port, remains to be seen.
, 1874-02-26
such diseases. No system lcBs rigid Ia worth a

such diaeaAos. No system loss rigid Ia worth a
mo1nent'a confederation on sanitary grounds.
Tho solomo IL prolicatel OIL tho idon Of maxi
Ing tho lowd wotnon pay tho whole cost Of pro-
tootlng tho loud mon from tho consoquencos OF
their joint lowtnosa. Such syetom is not only
grossly unfalr, butt NO hnyo already ro1narkod,
inollioent uillor tho conditions of freedom which
prevail In NIL largo ctics Of heterogeneous pop
ulation. As to tho moral features Of tho liccnK"
Ing Byatom, they aro aitogethor bad. Thoy hold
out l,opo Of immunity from tho consequences
Of vico, which is for tho most part illusory.
Thoy givo quasi public sanction to ono Of tho
worst forinB OF Boolal disorder. To Hay that tho
ovilalwayshas existed and da1wayB will oxist proves
nothing whatever tn tho caBc. Nature has ntfix-
cd . terrible penalty to It, and ono Which tho
ingenuity Of man cannot add to. We would not
say that man should not seok to subtract from
1t. We would provide hospitals for this class Of
patients, though not until tho sufferers from
moro innocent mnladlos arc provided for. But
wo would not employ tho powor OF tho stato to
abatc QUO jot Of tho detorring foroe which these
dlscasos e1orolse not oven to shield yirtuous
wiyos aud unborn children from tho conss-
n,1nnceh
, 1874-02-26

brasB," says tho oditor. II tho subscribers Of
the Interior would hand thor paper to any CONF
petent mora'ist, ho would pronounce It sounding
brass aud tinkliug oymbal.
Tho Publishers Notes in thls paper COM
tlnuo to bo interesting. In tllose notes, for Fob.
25, NO aro aasured tint ''Tho remarkable curos
effected BY Vogetino havo induced many phy~
sloians and apothooarios. whom 'oo know, to p:o"
serbo and uso It In their own families" Which ia
1io-toll for the Hmall sum Of e1.20. Not long
ago an advertisement amounting to $4,000 wae
offered to ua on tho condition that wo should
insert It in tho form in which tho Interior Rulls
its readers On tho aubioot Of Vogotino. and no
refused it.
Wo yesterday called tho attention Of IN agent
Of Mr. Anthony Comatock to certain advortiso-
monts IN tho religious pross. Two Of those ad-
vortfsemonts found In tho columns Of tho Intle-
pendent wore Of such character aa, in lila judg-
mont, to warrant itB exclusion from tho maila.
, 1874-02-26
THE Latest LANO-GRhB,

Our Washington dispatches OF yc8terdhy
brought information Of tho latest Laud-Grab
bill introduced into Congress-. It ia bill to
chartcr tho international Land and Immigra-
ton Company" with tho nameB Of many we'll
known citizcnB Of Chicago, St. Louis, philaacl-
phia, and other citieH rs inoorporators. Tho bill
was Designed months aincc, and recently widonod
in itH provisions to cover certain interests lying
near Chicago, and tho planB Of certain Chicago
gentlemen aud somo Chicago names were In
sorted .ncroly for their influence. Tho roa1 OBJ
ject Of the bill Ia to aocuro lauds belonging to
tho Government at merely nominal priccR, and
then enter them In the Compapy's inventories at
high valuation.
There are many lands in nel1.settlcd statea
which still belong to the Government viz:
Submerged lands now vol drained bit "
lands, or graduated lands "a In Mis-
souri,, Of which tho entries, which wero
fraudulent and void, havo failed to diveat tho
Government Of title; Indian lauds, etc. OF theae
olaases there aro several millions Of acres.
These lands, II secured 1t a nominal price, can
be put in the company's invoices 1t IN hundrod-
fold their cost as the basis Of bonds. 1mmi-
grants will bo mado uso Of to furnish market
for tho bonds aud COLOMBO the lands At o1cea-
siye valuations. 4 corporation with the COM
bined powers OF savings banks, and deposit and
discount banks, Of loan oftlcoa aud Transports
tion companies. composed Of men connected
with the Land Department, md subject only to
the nominal supervision Of tho Secretary Of tho
interior, can procure, In fact, il not by tho
terms Of tue bill, tho absolute control Of ali tho
remnant lands in the United states, and expand
itself after wards.
| 4 peculiar feature Of tho scheme Ia that
necessarily sill but one, Or whatever number oon-
stituto the ring, aro merely catapaws. For
whoever first signs luis name to the subscription
books can, by subscribing s1,00o,ooo and paying
s50, 600, absorb tho ontiro capital nnd mo-
nopoIize tho franchises conferred. II Congress
actually consents to grant national charter to a
concern Of this kind, it will be tho first time in
| the history OF our Government that such general
and comprehensive powers have been coded, aud
tue Forty y-tlird Congress- will earn tho reputa'
tion OF having distancod it's recent predecessors
in tho work Of barteriug away tho rights OF sne
| ucople,
, 1874-02-26
pROF, pR0oroR's LECTURES,

We publish this morning call to tho dIBtin-
guishod astronomer, Richard h. Proctor, F. n.
g., aud Secretary Of the British Royal Astro-
nomical Society," to lecture in this city, with his
formal acceptance OF tho Bame. He will give
courao Of three locturoH In K,ngsbury Hull, dur
ing tho second weok IN March, commencing on
Mondny, tho 9th. Mr. Proctor is wosld-famoua
as IN author Of astronomical works for the past
ton yeara and for two Or three years past ho
Inns been equally famous Is q lecturer; proving
that ho combines III an eminent degree tho two
faculties, which aro 30 seldom found associated
In tho Same individual, tho boing ablo to write
and talll wol.
lccturod in Now York, Brooklyn, Boston, Gin
cinnati, St. Louis, anl several other places,
being received on ovory occasion with genuine
ovation. uo Is fluent speaker, and, OF course,
is at home In every branch Of tho comprehon-
rive subject Oh which 10 talks. But tho at
fractions OF his dAcoursos aro not confined to
mere atatemont. though In eloquent language.
Of Tho newest truths, and tho most audacioua
theories Of the world Of astronomical aoicnco.
Hia lectures arc profuaely illustrated with OK
quiaito viewa OF the most striking cosmical
phenomena as developed by tho latest re-
searches, and disp1nyed before tho audience BY
| tho mid Of the calcium-light. Tho oyo as wcll
/ ns tho ear is thus instructed and the nuditor Is
at onco brought face to face Zen rapport, us tho
spiritualjsts aay) with tho most sublime mys-
tories Of stellar lore, which arc oponed out 30
plainiy TINT ho who runs may road, and the
moat unlearnod may understand.
Chicago ought to oxtend to this distinguished
lecturer 4 welcome NJ hearty as any that marked
his efforts in tho EaBt, whero hundreds woro
turned away because there was not oven ntand.
ing-room. It is only once in q lifotimo that we
arc privileged to listen to such q man and tht
opportunity should not bounimproved. Chicago
should. for once, wake up from hor indifference
to scientific subjects, rest for an hour or tws
from tho pursuit. OF tho Almighty Dollar, ans
testify, en- masse, to hor appreciation Of mai
vito stands in tho first rank Of living astrono
mers-Richard Anthony Proctor.
, 1874-02-26

Tive and shade caaior, closing ut 6>Sc for
shoulders; 7A@79go for nhort ribs; 7]lc for
short cloar, mud 0tG@1o11c for awcot.picklod
llams Drousod hogs woro qutot and unchanged,
ut s0.0o@o.12T por 100 lbs. uighwinos worc
dill and oaatcr, at O9}G G@04o por gallon. Flour
was dull and uuohnngea. Wheat was quiot md
10 lower. closing ut 9l.1011 cash, and SLING
sellcr April. Corn was dull aud ]I@34c lowor,
closing ut 5O55ao cash, and 5so solor April. Oats
woro quiet anl oaaior, closing ut 42o cash, and
4so seller April. 1lyo waa moro aotlvo and firm
or, closing at s311c for regular. Barley waB dull
and 9@5o lower, at $1.48@1.50 for No. 8. Live
hogs woro active mud firm, with sales ut s6.25@
Gao for common to choice. Cattle wero aotivo
and etoady, Sheep ruled quiet mud unchanged.
, 1874-02-26

President Grant urges Congress-. in special
message submitted yesterday, to como to tho
aid Of the Philadelphia Centennial with MI the
legislation necessary to make, it national and
Of the Exposition project. international
E1positions hayo bcen held by three Of tho
Great Powers OF the earth, and now he
thinks it is our turn. Our hundredth ami
verEary ought to bo celebrated in this WY, mud
Phi]aaelpha III it's ltest site, as it was there tho
Declaration Of Independence was promulgated.
His last remark is tho bost: Lot us now while
there is timo take al tho stops that are necessary
to make tlo Exposition complete auccess, or
lot ua abandon 1t declaiyely.
, 1874-02-26

tho middfonon. Tho advocates Of equality
Of the Boxoa aro agitating tho rights Of woman
In tito highost courts Of tho land. a half-dozon
Connecticut COWS havo agitatod tho whole coun-
try, md Abby Smith, tho Glastonbury martyr,
suddenly finds herse1f at tho hoad Of q noble
army Of martyrs, organized together to agitate
tho ta1-oollootors. The boor-sol1ers arc agtating
tho boer-makors, and tho oer-drinkors arc ag-
thting tho bcor-sollerB, md tho womon aro agt-
sating the boor-drinkora. To state tho case III
its general aspcotH, thoso who aro not ngltating
somebody aro beinR agitatod by somebody.
Amidst ali this agitation which is lllIug tho
air with duat aud smoke, 1t Ia oonaoling to know
that tho world still moves, as Prof. Colbert has
juat demonstrated with his pendulum in tho
Exposition Building, aud in this movement Of
tho world ID Tho Boorot Of Ill thla agitation.
It is tho protest Of conservatism against
radicalism. Tho world movoa too fnst.
Thoro is danger Of Its broaking away from
the old moorings entirely. and drifting or
into unknown ether, and so tho thoo1ogianB
aud teaohera Of morals put In their caveats.
How far they will stop II, romans to bo soen.
These agitatlons AFRO nothing now. There havo
boon great roviyala aud groat temperance wavos
beforo. Like tho Rabbi In Uriol Acosta, " We
haye soon all this BEFORE" Aftor thoy hnvo Ind
tLoir day, the world will settlo back again into
it's old ways, and will probably DO about as ready
to cruelty Christ a. 1t WAS boforo but tho gcu-
oral reault ot the agitation will bo productive
Of good. There ire aome mon who will
become temperate and rcmain 40. Their
| aro somo mon WHO will become cody and
| renain 30, Some evila will he corrected aud
remain 80. Thus, betwocn Tho radical posvoFsity
Of tho world to go wrong and tho conservative
| tendency Of the ro:ormors to mako 1t 60 right,
! wa may hope for q compromising system oi
checks md balances which wilt not only keep the
world up to tho avorage STANDARD Of roctltudo,
but givo 1t forward movement, II 1t DO only a
fow inchos, to tho good timo coming.
, 1874-02-26

Prime, tho only wtnoaa in tho printing inyoa-
tigaton ut Springfield who still refuses to tell
what he knows, las been orderod into couane-
mont in tho sangamon County Jail. The vote
Of tho House on commitment stood G5 to Al.
Tho Doorkcoper, while failing him to prison,
was served with writ Of 1abeas corpus
from the Circuit Court. AZ no anBwor
need bo returned for three days, the prisoner
remains iu tho custody Of tho House, and emil
nent counsel on both sideA have been 8et to work
to prepare arguments in regard to the respective
rights Of the Courts aud tho Legislature, In
MnHsnchusotts, tho Courts have repeatedly de-
clled in aleh caucs that tho authority Of tho
Legislature Is sovereign, aud that tho Courts
cannot iutorforo.
, 1874-02-26

Ono would naturally suppose TINT religious
newspaper, when advised Of tho swindlug char
acter OF the advertisements admitted to ita col
llshing thou1, and thuB Turing ita unwary sub
scribors into tho nets spread for them by de-
signing gcoundrelB. Not 30 tho Interior That
brazsn ahoet, in ita issue Of Fob. 25, publishes
letter from q subscriber in Cory, Pa, showing
how his daughter had been deftauded by George
stinson l. Co., Of Portland, he. We copy
tho letter and editorial romark6 from tho IT.
terior:
One Of our subscribers \. CORY, Este County, Pa,
writes as follows:
sfng Rs aHGss s s s1R o
daughter was deceived into sending ten dollars aud
sixty cents for what hc esed an Quilt In je~esy 9e
rngs a. good sanpie of tho wholc also card from
A. s nssa q 1sy ssS S iss t a es
Not until aont this to him, would no aeknoWetgo
1aas son,o Weeks e. NV wsots lin hs would siye s. 10
ahould hayo Ill tho jeweiry. Afterwards wrote him 4
10 would sona few Of hs pictures We woau seaa o.!
wear trash. Thon received tho poasal-cara which
1nclose for your inapectiou. ~ nm
George .. Hodgs'a Furnishing Company. Noa; 1888
and 785 State stroet, have brought tho people hero
down On anything that from Chicago, agen to
newspaper cauVaeserB.
The reply to our subscriber ia as follows:
GEO. s1lNsoN 4 Co., FINE Ant punL1snERs,l
PORTLAND, Me-, Fob. IL. 1874. !
We do not understand you. You lavo received what
YOU oriorel ani, know It to be what wo clam,
It is inaterial to what you arc pleased to Say.
| Respectfully Yours, GEO. sTiRsoH & Co.
| Our aubaop!bor sends uB ring from this "outft 1"
! OF jewolry. We handed It TO teWa!er, who pro-
| nouncsd 1t brass.
Turning to another part Of the same paper, NO
hua two advertisements Of Goo. stinson i Co.,
which road al follows:
S. to so per dayi Agents wantedi all claasss Of
working people, Of other Hsx, young or old, naake
moro money 1t work tor IN their spare moments
a the time, than ut anything ese Particulars free.
| Address @. Rg1NsoN h Co.,
| Portland Mo.
$sto SO pcr day ut home. Torms free. Address
GEO. sr1AsoN l. Co., Portland he.
Tho Aduance has the samo advertisement.
Tho Northwestern OhriaEian Advocate has tho
ea1no advertisement.
Now, it cannot 10 claimed that the Interior
has ainned through Ignorance. Tho evidence OF
the fraudulent character OF Geo. stinhon i Co.'S
business was before tho oyss OF tho editor whon
he scnt out the lAat number Of hia shcot, with
tho allusiug .promlses OF tho Aforesaid stlnson
I'VE handed II to = 1swelsr, who pronounced Il
, 1874-02-26
REGULATING THE SOCIAL EVIL.

A conference WAS held yesterday by tho
Boards Of Health and Police mud suudry Alder
mon relative to proposition to "rogulato the
social evil. The regulating process discussed was
tho liconBiug system in vogue in st, Louis and
in some European cities. Tho meeting was
opened by dispute between tho Health and
Police Boards aa to which Of them WAS RESPONSE
shove tho blanc On the other. Without
settling this question, they listened to paper
from DR.. schlootzer, advocating tho license sys-
tenn, showing how it would lesson those diseases
with which Nature has appropriately Htigmatizod
tue social OWL, and how it would tend to amo-
liorate tho condition Of fallon women. Tho
functionaries present then discovered that they
had no legal power to act,-at all events thore
were grave doubts On that point. Some Of them
wanted to consult tho Corporation Counsel,
others wanted to petition tho LogiBtA-
ture, and finally they dispersed without ieaching
any conclusion, tho only roault Of tho confor-
oncc being tho enlightenment, or otherwise, Of
tho mombers by DR.. sclloetzer.
-A4A0 oANloet Az NA+A AA1t 1soJ ~ Il60uoa III
public, and wo should not soil our columns With
1t but for tho imperative noed, as wo consider,
Of arousipg the moral sentiment OF the COM
muuity to oppose and sumnafily extinguish
the whole movement. The stock argument
Of tho liconEors everywhere Is that their
plan mitigates md provouts disease. 1t
docs not. DR.. Andrews, OF this city, mado
careful personal examination OF tho system iu
Paris, uud proved, in pamphlet published Il
few years ago. that, with all the efficiency Of tue
parisiau police and MI the skill OF PariHan doc.
tors, tile proportion Of this class Of discusses to
all diRoaaea ia tho hospita1B remained as great
thoro rs In citics where no such system exiHtod
Tito barrack towns Of England, whero troops
are congrogaled, afford no just criterion Of tic
workings Of tho Byston In city where
tho froquontors OF such places aro not subject
| to military law. Put tho males aB we'll al tho
| fomales under the ayBtem-mako both partiet
tako out q license, and SEQ to 1t that nobody en-
gagged in thfH vile commerce Ia without llcouat
] then II medical skill Ia regularly invoked
something may be dQuo to mitigate and lssson
, 1874-02-26

It would bo charity to think that S1r. Morton'a
reply to Senator sohurz's ab1e Bpooch on tho
finances was unsupported by tho wiros. Judged
BY tho telegram, Ills rambling remarka wore as
wild aa tho hitting Of q prizo-Aghtor both of
whoBo oyca aro closed. 1lo ACCUSED Mr. 8ohurz
Of having carefully prepared his spccoh,-the
rcgu1ar thing being to mako spocoh without
understanding your subject. Before tho MiB-
souri, Senator could recover from, such a sting
Ing roproaoh, Mr. Morton ind proved TINT tho
currency ought to be inflated by saying that he
had known men who, although ignorant a. d
horao had crammed " three or four old
speeches. and Ind then mado flaming speeches
thomBolyes. Ia Logan, who boastod TINT he
had crammod finance In tho spare hours
Of two woekB, to DO thus stabbed IN
tho house Of his friendB? Tho speaker
went OH to say TINT tho doctrines Of tho ercte
dospotisma Of Europe could not apply in a
young and growing land. whore tho American
eagle, etc., oto. To show that 10 WAS well up in
tho doctrines Of tho ofroto dcspotisms aforesaid,
the oraror remarked that schurz WAS what
"they call in Franco political litteratenr," but
othora had read and studied as much as ho hadl
hfr. Morton then hastonod to show that ho WAS
not ono Of these others, by bringing forward tho
following arguments in favor Of counterfeit
money: schurz knows nothing about Amorica J;
somebody's travels in Ohina havo boon quoted
to show tho OWLS Of paper-curroncy, thero-
foro this country would DO like China, II NO
hud specie payments; tour currency ia
tho best the world ever saw Of its kind "
We have prospered moro undor this currency
than VIC ever did before, ergo, the currency ID
the cause Of our prosperity. This lass is much
like saying that, since tho country rrospored
more during tho year in which Chicago was
burned than over before. tho Grcat Fire WAS tho
cause Of the prosperity.
The Btuff wo havo hore summarized Ia worry
| sad twaddlo for Senator Of tho United Bthtca
to indulge In. AIr. Morton has not made such a
| melancholy exhibition Of hinself ainoe ha took
! tho stump in favor Of paying OF tho bonds in
| groenbacks.
, 1874-02-26

In speaking against tho sonatc bill for tho ap-
pointmont Of a Commission to consider tho regu-
schurz uttered somo thoughts that boar directly
on tho prevailing orusado against snloon-koop-
ors. To attompt to suppress lntomporance BY
such means, ho said, was beginning at tho
wrong cnl. Tho surost way to nlluro
tuto better ones for them. 4 lasting reform
could boat DO reached by the introduction
among tho pcoplo Of wholesome social enjoy
ments. Air. Schurz ridiuulotl tho Commission
suggested, nud proposed tint Congress- should
extend its Investigations to gambling, extraya-
ganco In drosH, and tho effects Of tho conBump-
tiou OF hot soda upon society.
, 1874-02-26

Tho nti-AIonopoliBts OF Iowa met in conven-
lion yesterday at DesAIoines. a permanent Of
ganization was formed, with Senator Mitchell IS
President, md tho usual committees wero ap-
pointed. The number Of delegates in attoud-
ance il very largo, and they soem to bo alive to
the opportunity which is before them, and Do
tormined not to lot tho State slip out OF their
bands again, aB was done at tho last election, for
want Of organization and proper confidence in
their own poweru.
, 1874-02-26

. Senator Cameron has given notice that he will
call up tho Horlse resolution in regard to tno
Centennial to-day. Bomc Of his associates OBJ
jectod, on the ground that, al heavy appro-
priation waB inv',1yel. 1t ought to be considered
with The other appropriation bills. Another
asked that it might be postponed till tho curren-
cy question was settled, but Mr. Cameron re-
fused, Oh tho g:;ound TINT any such conBumma-
ton was too remote to be hoped for.