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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-01

know It. Heretofore the investigation had
been informal. nov Whitaker demanded
and received formal one, from beard
composed of the officers Of The academy,
guided by the rules of the institution IN
such cases Meanwhile the republican
press HAD opened fire in customary st5Ie
upon SchosieId and his colleagues. and
Whitaker was held up IS . martyr 10
the prejudice Of caste and =
vietina Of ssthe arsstocratie exclRsiTeness
and impudence Of West Point Able
counsel was assigned him by the govern
ment, and nothing omitted which could
assist his cause No cadet ever had such
an extensivs and exhaustive trial before,
and that L ended b. fixing the responsible
ity Of the eaF-euttfng upon Whittaker him
self, was the fault Of the evidence and not
Of the board He should, In accordance
with the Recommendation Of his judges
have been at once dismissed In disgrace
and unauestionabiy would hare been. had
his complexion been light instead of DARK
He vas literally saTed by hzs SKIN and only
temporarily suspended until = court martial
specially summoned could pass anon the
matter The members Of this tribunal
were selected with view Ct Nhittakers
acquittai and Eindication. bat tlae eFidenes
sas too much for them. and after six
months of laborioas Investigation and de-
liberation Their Endorsed the verdict Of tire
academy board TMiSs convicted and con-
demned, II was ordained that Whitaker
should twice owe uudsserved salvation 10
his euticle- An alleged uIegalitF in the
proceedings Of the court-m.Ftial was made
the excuse fer setting aside = most right
eous decision. and the culprit Vas merely
discharged from further attendance at
West Point On account Of deficiency in
scholarship It Is not surprising that. en-
couraged BIZ this shameless lcuiencF, his
friends in the east and south propose petit
tisning the President to give him q com
mission IS second lieutenant IN the army
The wonder Is that they do not ask for
foreign mission When, to save rascal
from richly nlerited punishment, the PFesi
dent Is ready and willing &c allow the false
charges against the military academy and
its management TO stand uncontradicted.
10 virtually sanction the sIanders which
led 10 the removal Of Schof1eId. and ts
virtually brand one or two hundred cadets
as lars-no imaginable tax upon presideu-
tTal generosity can be too great--iSt- L0tads
RSgu5zee.EH
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-01
SATURDAY. April !, 1852
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
A FUNNY PAPEE.

The Js60R Il Is a very funny paper.
excruciatingiy So To be sure il is not
copied and its articles quoted as is the case
with the Brooklyn Ecgze, PcsEs San and
the Moline D54patea, but that is only be-
cause Of its own retiring disposition and
the good nature OF its contemporaries
But It is funny for all of that The tail
gentleman who presides over the local
columns has an appreciation Of what IS
witty that is supernatural He smells it
from afar and when lie gets near enough
SEXES 1t. stamps o. it and its poor man
gied remains are transferred into an item
in such shape that its best friends would
not know It He advances political opin-
ions in the same manner and would be
successful but for The sad fact that his argu-
meEts are % utterly comic that his readers
have 70 hold tae;r sides from laughter and
have no recollection OF aaght but the joke
hence forgetting 10 vote His is massive
intellect ard can discriminate between the
joke Of a typographical error
and the every day English habit OF carry
ing al umbrella under clear sky.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-01

sioners, who are the gyaardisns OF the peo-
pies Interests feliei1ztes itself and
cnnaratuIstes It's yards upon the
srEieyement of these results. ard
when the farmer, with half car
load Of grain 70 sell. must wait upon and
consult tine convenience Of his neIgEEhor. In
order that theY mar jointly load 3 car and
therefore get car load rates. and when these
same farmers would Ike 10 haul home
enough timfser 10 make pig pen Or few
rods Of fence, and they are told that there
Is no lumber yard IN the town which form
srly supported one or two, IL VIII then be
In order for this Industrious trinity Of ex-
perienced railroad regulators 10 again re-
wise their work. and finally revise their re-
vision Even while they have pointed out
the penalty for discrimination, these gen
tlenen have been guilty of gross violations
Of the same time honored principle As TO
price and quantity alluded 70 above For
instance, their own classification fixes -four
in sacks at second class but the same IN
lots OF 9 1ksJ pounds et 81 Class. thus the
dealer whs cannot handle more than ten
sacks at q time must psE much higher
rate than his next door neighb0r, who has
room for ton, and the necessary money
fer its purchase.
Again, single barrel OF kerosene taxes
the rate of third class. but q car load goes
In at class B. Sc Of nails, salt, brick, In
fact almost everything How Is this. gen
tIemen of the boarg17 How dare Eou rec
ognize quantity as q factor in determining
Tust and equitable ratesz l. not this dis
elimination against small dealersz It i
not slightly Inconsistent with the creed b.
which you are houndE The fact Is, this
matter of quantity viii creep into all ques-
tons as TO price, and you cannot fight II
ont We do not doubt that that the gen
tlemen comprising The Illinois board are
very honorable as well as very pleasant
gentlemen. but would they be employee
70 pilot q Mississippi steamboat on that
ACCOUNT or would thorough acquaintance
with afl the bends, bars and banks be re-
quired.
Yet the duty has been assigned them Of
plotting safely millions Of dollars worth
Of railroad property through al the auct-
uating and ever shanging channels Incl
dent TO living and growing country, and
the changes in value.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-01
TIE WHITAKER CASE.

Before the Whitaker case passes entire
I i from the public mind. a brief summary
I aud review OF its distinctive features viii
/ b. in order. The fact that this case is not
/ only remarkable IN itself, but altogether
unprecedented in origin, progress and final
conclusion, renders such notice the more
Z necessary
johnson Whitaker. youth of average
( Intelligence and good character, was ad-
uaitted 20 the United States military acade-
b nv from South Carolina He passed the
/ preliminary examination fairly, and his
/ prospects for completing the course aud
/ graduating respectfully were encouraging
/ His African extraction was, IN one way al
/ least q decided advantage; enlisti3g. as is
Cid Ia bis behalf . strong popular senti-
uent outside, and the active influence OF
the federal administration The academy
was then IN charge Of Maj. Gen John u
SchoaeId, au accomplished scholar. gallant
soldier and spogIcss gentleman, and re-
publican N politics. TIE alleged unpIees
ant experiences OF FIipper, another youth
Of the same extraction. bad been vigorous
II commented upon by the republican press;
and this. together with his natural sense OF
justice. disposition 30 protect the weaker
party. and the demands OF official .duty.
made Gen Schofiefd more than usually al
tentive 10 the colonel cadet. and more
than usually scrupElous In guarding his
rights Il was impossible Of t0urse, 10
compel tie white cadets 10 associate with
him II they did rot so choose, but 50 far
as il Is known hey were Let allowed 10
carry dislike beyond the point 81 nen-in-
teFeouTse and occasional impoliIeness
Whitaker escaped the inifia.o-y hazing and
was simply let severely alone fe master his
studies and attain the required proficiency
n them He was treated BY
the teachers precisely as other
cadets we're, ard received al the induT-
gence they enjoyed More. indeed; for
when 81 the end Of the year he failed in
the regular examination, and thereby be
came candidate for dismissal. the author
IL 81 fhe superintendent aFerted that pen
atty and gave him another chance For
some reGson-probabiy lack Of capacity CT
application did not regain the lost
ground and il became evident that q sec
ond failure was In store for him Then &C.
czIrrcd the mysterious, and now famous.
ear cutting affair the particulars of which
need not be repeated Gen SchofeId, as
sisted by his gabordinates, investigated II
thoroughly and inpartiaIlv- Al the cir
cumstances were closely scrutfnized. and
every white cadet was brought before the
superintendent and questioned-on his
word Of honor Is 70 participation IN, or
previous knowledge Of, the outrage Ev-
err cadet solerunly and eznphatically denz-
ed either participation or knowledge. II
would hare been singular indeed IL such
denial. reinforced By certain suspicious
points I'M the STAIR, had not convinced
Gen Scho1leld Of the innocence of these
young gentlemen; and quite as singular If,
being thus convinced. be had not let them
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-01
no the Edl.or q tie .J,aaraal-J

In the enforcement of The revised scheci
ule of reasonable 60 maximum rates ei
charges for the transportation OF freight on
| ali the railroads in the State OF Illinois
there Is fatal stab at manufacturing in
terests of all kinds The measure viii
tend to drive such industTie. from the
State. and discourage enterprise. il viii be
the death-blow TO business activity in the
country; it win be far-reaching in its
effects, and every farmer will feel it when
he comes TO purchase agricultural nipple
meats; it will discourage trade, because BIZ
its provisions large shipper OF grain, luul-
Der or live stock gets no better rate than
others, and thus Al important incentive TO
labor i banished- Heretofore these deal
ers have been moved TO make their ship
meats reach Gs high q number Of cars as
possible, II order thereby to- secure
given rate of freight, have extend
ed their territory, and in many cases
bought on Tneager margins n order there
BIZ to swell their shipments 10 the number
OF cars in agreement SIS to rate; hence
prices on all farm produce have been kept
Up But these Incentives are obliterated
5y the enactment OF this lAs which forhiGs
discrimination under heavy penalty. and
which law violates common law. common
sense and all the tine-honored principles
which have made up the code of com
MERGE since lis dawn.
III granger is asked TO bring load of
corn 10 town, be viii tell you that he viii
seIi syou forty bushels for certain price,
bat that il you viii take 100 or 500 bush
els he will sell at a lower rate, and the
fact that your property or facilities for
storing that quantity forbid your buying
more than forty bushels at time, will not
weigh anything. and II you get any corn
of him you must pay his price. Thus he
discriainates against ycu, and IN favor Of
yeur more fortunate Reighbors. but dis
elimination on the part Of railroads is q
differeat and much more dangerous thing
There Is no profession, occupation or bus
mess IN the land which ignores the princi-
pie Of lover rates for larger quantities
VI III the printer furnish one hundred cards
or hsnd-bills As cheap in proportion As he
viii FIVE hundred or one thousaEd2 VIII
the physician charge as much per visit for
semi daily as for weekly visafsz How Is it
With the retail merchant How Is it n
the case Of the day laborerg VIII he do
an hours work In your garden for one
tenth Of the price your neighbor pays him
for ten hours work.
Various phases Of the situation which
this law imposes are presenting them
selves daily, and the edicf has gone forth
that the middle man must go. There Is no
the order for his going,
and he reads his fate in the enactment of
the law. Indeed, the Board Of Commits
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-01
TRUTH ATTESTED.


IN order that tie public EssT fully rsaliEe the ge-
Eineress Of tbs statements well the power
and value Of thz srticIs q which they spe2k- EE
publish herewith the q parties
whose sincerity i bevona qTeStSa7- The tFGth Of
these testimonials absolute the facts they
announce be i-Rared-
moline IL JalT II. 1851
z. H THrzzxw E 20. E0csssfsr. n Z
GEST E4Es- 1o1r remedy. the Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure been Used bv both nv wife AID NY
self she Hse1 IS ga general principles - sFs-
fea and liver regulator took the medicine fvF8
gstsztS1iEg kidney trouble. which Ass hee1 the
soarre Of mach fnco1yeaisnee. and which failed
yIzd 10 zhe doctors remedies GET others HHtII
used yoBr safe kidney ard Liver Cure We hsysh
aaife IN pr135zncinE Z be tAs best E1edfcIne
safe rpUe5w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-01

Moline Is agisated about the question
whether they shall get water from an aEte
sian vel, or from the river Looking at
the muddy state Of the father of waters
Is at present Eiled enc is tempted to ssy
get whatever water you can SO it Is only
clear. There Is fun meal IN glass of
river water just now
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-01
CHICAGO. BURLINGTON & QUINCY.
CHICAGO. MILWAUKKE 4 ST. PAUL.
TINE TAsLE M4RrH 20. 1s5sisi

9zAcTxE AND sorgH-EEsTEEx BTTEszoS-}
Leave for Racine ard Milwaukee SIS e. m ara
100 p N
Leave for DEbusze, wFzsnz- 81 Pal and Nfnneap
e1lz. e-eG D.
Leave for AcSfreug. PoETvflle. CzlEsaS. Sagx CTR
and TsnE1ca. 4 % D n
Arrive froza Racine and Milwaukee. sos = m and
sS p IA
Arrive f-oaa NEnns&Pslzs- - Pal. WHO'S and Du
baqae, sIl5 D. En-
Arrive frOzs Ysnkrsn- s5sax CITY. Po-4Tfie and Nc
GrSzor, 5-5 > n
IhFoag1 sleeping ears gre al EIsn4 trains
The Stgnt Express having RcGk Island every sun
day EzEE- ~ Il 30 connects vita the train
rivEnE II Chicago e2T8Y MondAy morning. We Ia
ever checks given "a thro8za tickets fr8En Rock Il
land 20 Chicago Tn-Szgh tickets oT.lF good this
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-01

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-01

Again has the State Board OF Railroad
aud Warehouse Commission revised the
tariff rates. aud this time in new 3irec-
ton They have row, instead Of reducing
the rates, made an entire change in classes.
and the result IS hodge pOdse. Il has had
the effect Of lowering certain rates. but in
al insane sort OF = way. 4 letter recently
written to the Chicago Journal by gentle
man conversant with the railroad situa-
ton IS OF interest 1t IS appended:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-01
NERVOUS DEBILITY
A Cure Guaranteed.

DE- E. C. &ZsT-s : sgyE AND BRAIN TEzATzExT
spacfac Tor HyeEer 8. DIzziaess. ColvEiSsoas
Nervous Headache Mental Depression, Les Of
Memoir SpsFEs 1t0--hsRs, tE1pJ-ency. Involuntary
ElIs-tJz-. Pgetuzta-- Did Age c4asei by ossr-ex-
egffo1. sslf-sbE-e. ar over Indulgence vhch leads
20 misery, decay SD d@zth- one box vii cure re-
ce-s c1zeS Each box eoafailS Que mouths treat
2S1 BEe 1o8fsE 4 . X o. boxes for I've dol
tA-s. seEt Of mai prepaid CT rscSipt o. Price- We
guarantee six BIKE 10 cure aav cas- With each
order received By as for SIX bssxs$. accompanies
Et.h I've Gottsr-. sid send the purchaser or
@rf'fen gaaraaEee 20 ratsEra Ii F1oEsy e the
meet eses sos eSs1t carc. tfz@rfEEtee< 5S~asS
only sE Gea-sEse < HheStsss. 5-zEs.sts Rssrs LII
sri III Ord - uszs1 s-ss s&m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-01

The New York Free Traders are going
70 have mass meeting IN Chickcriug Hall
and Senator Vance, OF North Carolina will
Ike there, and also Prof Sumner It viii
be az Interesting occasion
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-01
A FREE TRADE LETTER-

Mr.. Philpot of the Des Moines Leader,
writes this letter home to his paper:
NV York. March 26.-T met the Rus
siaa Consul General the other day. and
| leaned from him that the Free Traders of
Russia have hard row to hoe Tie dick
ensof il IS that thee are not allowed 10
express their opinions I think Russia
would be good place for those Iowa pol
itieians to go who are trying 70 bun-doze
tIH colleges They would succeed better
there.
I met Er- John Ford, of the TTIaaes al
pleasant little private dinner in Brook
I'm He is quite young looking man
yet he edits the most influential paper in
the city The newspaper work Of the city
Is nearly al done By young men White
Law Reid the Young man in the High
Tower, doesn't stay IN the tower at all,
but remains az home, and edits the Iri5-
altogether satisfactory TO the boys, who
are decidedly inclined 10 kick But they
manage to get up 9 very fair paper. met
Horace White. who used TO make such 9
rating good paper Of the Chicago IrI5sas
He has made fortune since he left the
7Fs5xne- He and Mr. Godbin, and Mr.
Scharz paid 8 fabulous price for the Eren-
ing P6st but il Is said TO be q very paving
piece Of property If / get time viii
visit the HsrGEd some evening AZ the iRvf
tation Of one OF the stan, and see that
wonderful paper printed They SAY It Is
quite sight 70 see
Castle Garden Is s%4rmfng with imui-
grants. coming in TO crowd the protected
American laborer Cur OF the factories. The
manufacturers have their agents down here
waiting 20 give them . warm reception
a Long Island farmer, whom / met n one
Of the old church yards down town, told
me that farmers over there hire these raw
immigrants as low Is S. month
Farming in New England and New
York looks like diseourag1ng business i
isn't exactly an infant industry, but i thiak
L Is In its second childhood II certainly
needs protection against the rich loam
Of the western prairies a good deal Of
the lara that used TO be farmed is desert
ed Mr. Wells tells me that land in New
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-01
Is a Really Reliable Rem
edy for Wasting and
Nervous Diseases.
MALARIA.

Persons living II EAZzr5oas districts E.ay pzosecs
Themselves from g72czso d fever by the ~ II FEI
LoEs CoEFoES3 OF AXF0FElSPEzTzs. TEs s5sce.
in E0sHEg I'd The system enables to ward % e51
tzg10z= Cis@EzeE=- and successfully combat dzexse
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-01

Mr. Beecher IS largely responsible for
this aew enthusiasm His.whole heart Is
IN the movement He made a speech at
the dinner the other night which Is would
have done yen good to hear. It's effect
was quite electric. Perhaps. next to him
and Mr. Wells, the most notable guest at
the dinner was Hon David Dudley Field
the distinguished iurist. Hon. Everett
P Wheeler was another Such men give
strength 10 any cause
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-01

England Is cheaper than It Eas thirty years
ago And Pref Sumner told me that
none OF the farmers are doing anF good
except those who have made m0ney IN
some other way and then bought quite
large tracts Of land
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-22
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.

Pamela Star: "The- whisky war is waxing
warm. Saloons, or no saloons; that is the
| question"
Batesville Guard: prohibition may pro-
hibit during week days, but the evil effect
was discernible on last Sunday by the ex-
hibits made on our streets and alleys. Shame,
shame"
Friars Point Gazette: Buffalo guats are
a pest. Boating in the streets of town is
getting rather monotonous. Our young
ladies can manage a dugout a great deal
better and more gracefully than our young
gentlemen, and it is not uncommon to see
them taking young gentlemen ont riding, or
running races with them. There was a
great deal Of apathy in going u work on the
levees. The labor OF few men for a few
hours in the proper time would have pre-
vented both breaks above Delta and saved
the expenditure OF probably $4,000"
Batesville Panolian: eve want those kinds
of immigrants who can buy their own stock
and run themselves, and we will sell them
lands at prices which they can pay. THE
Faaoiian's remark will do also for Tennessee
We want immigrants, but no effort is made
10 get share of the Russian refugees that
are arriving; they do not buy lands. ......
Six more cases of smallpox are reported in
the eastern portion of this county, and two
deaths .....W VINO is it shouting and yelling
IN town at night, worse than Mexican high
wayman or a Comsnche Indian? Does the
marshal answer? l. is his sworn duty to
keep the peace and quiet of this town.
Winona AdraHce: Every body predicts a
good fruit crop this year A sharper
took in the ladies OF Corinth last week,
selling them fraudulent silverware, knives
and forks ......... There is enough water and
filth under the depot platform to breed and
keep alive a hrst-class epidemic ......... The
dog law was killed in the legislature. Now
let all parties who have sheep kill all the
dogs that they find prowling around. Sheep
and dogs can't live in the same section OF
country. 1t is only a matter now with the
farmers whether they will allow the dogs to
kill all their sheep, or whether they will
protect their hocks by thinning out the dogs.
More mutton and fewer dogs"
Kosciusko Star: an Kinds county swine
and goats will have to be kept inclOsed or
fenced after the 1st OF April, or the owner
will be compelled to pay 81 per head to the
person taking them up. This Is according
to the stock law $4,000. Fifty bushels OF oats
will bring as much money as a bale OF cot
ton in this market. An acre OF land that
will bring bale OF cotton viii produce fifty
bushels OF oats $780,. There is a nearer ap-
proach 10 want and absolute restitution
among many OF the laborers, tenants and
small farmer in this portion OF Mississippi
than there has been for years. Why this i 80
can only be accounted for upon the hypothe-
sis that there Is an immense shortage IN the
grain and meat crops; the cotton crop was
less than fifteen per cent. short
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-22

he had often heard from Garfeld's own lips
regarding the Army OF the Cumberland. the
letter spoke warmly OF RosecranS as Gar
field himself always did in conversation.
Garfield believed that R9secrans was wrong
but honest IN his opinions. Colonel Nichol
continued: soon after the election in 1850
General Garfield gave me a letter = deliver
TO General Grant / called at Grants room
in the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York to
hand him the letter. We had, perhaps, half
an hours conversation about the campaign
generally, and the Morey letter in particular
During the conversation Grant said there
were two men that Garfield could never re-
cognize OF speak to without the entire sacri-
fee Of his own pect-Hewitt and Rose
Grams. He said Hewitt's conduct was out
rageOusly indecent but that ROsecranss was
a great deal worse, for Garfield had been the
best friend he ever had that be had stood
up Tor him, apologized Tor his blunders, ex-
planned and excused them, and defended
him for seventeen years, when II il hadn't
been for Garfield he would long ago have sunk
out OF sight into obsCurity, which was all his
worthlessness entitled him to. He said he
hoped Garfield had found him out at last,
and would let him take care of himself here
after. He was never fit to command an
army; he wouldn't or rather couldn't obey
orders; he was what he Grant called a con-
stitutional lnsubOTdinate, a sort OF pig
headed, obstinate man, who would get a sell
fish PR JUDGE into his head and suck to il
and act on 1t against the judgment and
reason OF everybody, and was absolutely in
capable OF seeing any force in any facts or
arguments in conflict with what was for the
time being his theory. He said Rosecrqns
would have utterly destroyed the Army OF
the Cumberland, or had 1t destroyed, if it
hadn't been for the intelligence of the army
itself, and especially OF such subordinate
officers as Garfield and Thomas
"Do l understand you to say, Mr.. Nichol,
that General Grant expressed that opinion
of Rosecrans to you after Garfeld's election
to the presidency"
ayes, sir; about a week after the election
| have given you exactly his ideas and very
nearly his exact language