Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 28, 1874, Page 4

4 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1874. — e TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE T O CIACHATION (uTADL 3 Anvascr, Rareli - S12:00) Shnds- S3:30 Parls of a year at the same rate, ‘To prevent delay and mistakes, be soro and give Post Oftce address in full, including State and County. Remittances may bo mads either ‘bydratt, express, Post DfEce order, or in registered let 78, At onr risk. zuats 1o crry suascamrzs, Pzi)y, deliversd, Sunday exceptea, 25 cente per week. Daily, aslivered, Sunday included, 30 cents per woek. Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner lison and Learbo: Uhicago, Tl TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. M'VICKER'S THEATRE-Madison strest, botween Doarborn and’ State. = Engagemcnt of Edwia Booth. Afternoun, **Much Ado About Nothing." Evealng, ¥ The Apostets.” HOOLEY'S THEATRE—Rsndoloh _street. batween Clark and LaSalle. ** Divorced." Afiernoon and svening. ACADEMY OF MUSIC—Halated strest, batweop Mad- w08 20 Monmoe, | Eagarement.of Ofiver Doud BIron. ** Donald McEAy.” Aftcrnoon and evening. ADELPHI THEATRE-Corer of Wabah svenus Ao by stroet. Varisty antortaiament. - Afterasos sud evening. GLOBE THRATRE—Desplaizes strect, betwoen Mad. {son and Wastiagtan. Engagement of Joseph K, Emmot. **¥ritz, Our Cousin Gorman.” 9 ‘Afteraeon and evening, ZRS' OPERA-HOUSE -Manroe street, betwoen easbora ana Siate. Arlington, Cotton, znd’ Kemble's . " Cosmor i Afistrels, Minstreley and comicalities, {iiian: " Qur Groat Clty." Afternoon and ovening. EXPOSITION _ BUILDING—Lake dams street. Dubufe's Painiing of on.” Aftorncon and eveaing. foat of Sh the " Frodigal BUSINESS NOTICES. FOR THROAT DISEASES AND AFFECTIONS OF tho chost, ** Brown's Bronchial Trocbes ™ “are of valuo. For cunghs, trritziion of the thruat evasod by cold, of ta- szl ezersion of the voeal organs in speaking in pubilc, of singing, thes produco benchoial resvlis. Uhe CGhivagy Tiibune, Ssturdsy Morning; February 28, 1874. Tho Wisconsin Senstc has passed the Potter bill for the appointment of a Board of Railroad Commissioners, and the regulation of rsilroad fares apd freights. By an amendment, the Gevernor is required to appoint the Commie- sionors in thirty days. i Charges of drunkenness in the Senate cham- ber were made by the Detroit Free Press a few dsys ago against Senator Chandler. The abste- mious Senator, whose reputation for sobriety bas long since ceased to be a subject of sus- picion, advertises the charges and the paper making them, by suing it for $100,000 damages. Two motions wero made yesterdsy, in the House of Beprosentatives, to reconsider the vote by which the bill to restore the franking abuse was defeated. Ope of theso was with- \« 8% by its mover, Mr. Tyner, who gave potica that next Mandsy he would attempt to have “passed, under a suspension of the rules, a bill for tho free circulstion of weekly nowspapers. The only motion for reconsideration lies over until called ap by Mr. Shanks. The 8t. Croix land-graut was before the Wis- conem Assembly sgain yesterdsy, snd was car- riod s day’s march nearer home. A proposition to confer the grant on the Wisconsin Railway was rejected, and the Benate bill, with ap amend- ment, psssed to a third reading. This bil) confers the grant on the North Wisconsin and the Chicsgo & North Pacific Rosds, and tho smendment purports to protect ottlers by stip- wlating that sctusl settlers beforo 1871, on Bac- tions Sot exceeding 160 scres, may retain their homesteads by paying §8 an acre for them. Grain Inspector Harper 18 declared by ihe re- port of the Railroad and Warebouse Commis- sionors on his case, mado public yesterday, to bo guiltless of the charges msde aguinst him, His drafta on the funda of the office are said to have been made to reimburse himselt ‘for bis advances to pny its expenses when the fees wero insufficient. Since the fees were in- creesed, the receipts have exceeded the ex- penses. As for the speculation in grain, that is dopied, and the spparent deficit in the monthly account is explained a8 & matter of bookkeeping xnd bank deposite. Finally, his accounts are 30 corract that he has on band $60 more than ke vught to have. The caso of the Boston Collector of Customs lizs produced somo disgraceful disclosures. The members of Congress opposed to the confirma~ tion of Simmons bave been busily engaged in telegraphing to all parts of the State to send on remonstrances. This of itself i& of no particu- lzr interest, but copies of all theso private dis- patches were furnishod to the Butler organ in Boston end published in that paper, If this thing can be dona under the present condition of " affairs, what would be the result if tho telegraph balonged exclusively to the Government? Is the Government slready in possession of the wires, snd is evers private dispatch the property of the Government, to be used st ita ploasure ? The Republicans of Eansss 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 responsiblo for his conduct. In 1871, s legislative committee examined the condition of the State Treasury, and reported that Mr, Hayes was depositing State money in Kational Banks, contrary to law. With these facts bafore them, the Republican Convention of 1872 presented his name to tho voters of Kansas for re-election, and the Republican voters of Eansss re-clected him, and thus virtually in- dorsed his course. With what consistency, then, can Republicans blame him for doing what they indorsed ? It would be infinitely more appro- priste for them to accept the fruits of their folly in silence. The annual report of tho Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railrosd is printed in another column. The net earnings for the year wero §4,970,458.10, and the net earnings for the year over every linbility are $260,082.58, or 10 73-100 per cont on ita total capital stock. The capital stock now cmcanta to $19,897,000, and, with toat in the Burlington & Missouri Road, $26,429,562.76. There wss s decresse of operating expenses furing the year, exclusive of taxes, of $179,- 632.07. 4 full ststement is made of the businegs on the branch roads both in Ilinois and Icwa, which shows a steady increase, and of tha operations of the Land Department. Presi- dent Walker, in conclusion, refers tothe rail rosd legmslation of this State. He does not think stockholders have anything to fear be- yond the inconvenience and expense of some litigation, as it is pot likely that the rights of railrosd owners to manage their own property will be denied in the end. The Chicago produce markets were moderately activo yosterdsy, with few important changes in prico, axcopt in wheat. Mees pork was active $14.20@14.25 soller April. Lard was active aud steady, closing at $8.55@8.60 per 100 1bs cash, and §8.75@8.77¢ sellor April. Meats wero ac- tive and unchanged at 5 for shoulders, TX@73{c for short ribs, 7o for short clear, snd 9@ 10%c for sweet pickled hame. Dressed hogs were quiet and firm at $6.00@6.40 per 100 Ibs, Highwines wero active and stesdy at 93 per gallon, Flour wos dull and weak. Wheat was active and 3(c lower, closing at $1.15% cash, and 91.18% seller April. Corn was activo and firm, closing at 57c cash, and §73o seller March. Osts were moro sctive and steady, closing st 493c casb,and 43%c seller April. Ryo was quiet and steady at 85@8534c for frash roceipts. Barley was dull snd unchanged at $1.45@1.46 for No. 8. Live hogs were dull snd lower, clos- ing weak st £4.60@5.85 for poor to extra. The cattle market was fairly sctive and easier. Sheep were steady and firm. Abili to punish Mermons for polygamy, snd free all but first wives from their unnatural bonds, and to provide for their support and their children’s out of the husband's provarty, has been submitted by the Houso Commiftee on Territories, Without contlicting in sny way with the statntes already directed against polygeamsy, it provides the_mackinery by which the United States District Conrts 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 sn? --omen live together avowedly as husband and wives. Tho illegal consorts may get their freedom upon & petition to the United States District Conrt, which may also decroe them enough of their busband’s property to support themselves and their children. The bill also proposes to aonul s pumber of acts of the Legislatare, usurping executive, judicial, and legislative functions which belong to the United Btates Government, as Gov. Wood: showed in & recent very pointed veto-messege. v Prof. Swing declines to enter Dr. Pation's confessional. Ina lotter reprinted clsewhore from the Alliance, ho roplies to tho latter's arti- clo in the Inferior, and plays wpon his sovers opponent with a light raillery snd good humor that would have vanquished Torquemada him- self, Dr. Patton may bave imagined that he was the sssuilant, but finds himself suddenly called upon to take the defensive, and to show how his own theory prevents Christisnity from huving been conferrod on the horse” and the ox, aud how ke will reconcile his doctrine of faith with the Beriptures, and bow he Wwiil sus- tain his pecaliar views that ‘ ropeatedly tore- pudiate the bumanitarisn views of Christ” is a proof of unbelie? in His divin- ity, snd that s man starting from & Divine Christ is a Ratiopalist. While waiting for Dr. Patton to recover from this unexpected dofeat, which the Jater David has administered with his liberal sling, Prof. Swing comos to the happy conclusion that if the Presbyterisn Church can endure Dr. Patton as its editor and Theological Professor in the Northwest, it can endare Prof. Swing a8 & private clorgyman. THE CONFIRMATION OF SIAIMONS, The confirmation of Simmous as Coliector of the Port of Boston, which wes achieved yester- day by & voto of 27 against 17, has a broader significance than as & mero settloment of & local squabble in the Republican party of Massschu- sctts. ‘The case Lad grown out of the garments with which the Administration thought to clothe it. It bad become of national importance as an incident in the process of disintegra- tion which the Republican party is now under- going. The appointment, sll things considered, was one of peculiar atrocity, since it involved the removal of & competent and worthy man to make room for one of Gen. Butler's retainers. ‘The effect of such a change will be felt by Mas- sachusetts alone, and more especially by the Boston ‘merchants; but the spirit which sug- gested it, and the success that has swaited it, are of natiopal concern. BSimmons confirmation shows where the real strength of the Republicsn party lies. It is with Grant and Butler, and the people they represent, and it i fighting reform with the stubbornncss of desperstion. The most respectsble Bopublican newspapers of Massachuseits proteated against the confirmation. The most prominent business men of Boston sent a 6pecial committeo to Washington to lsbor with the Presi- dent and to resist the confirmation. The Massachusetts Congressmen who dared defy tho party lash remomstrated. And, finally, it appears that not only Mr, Sumner, but the cool and calcalating Boutwell, opposed the confirmation before the vote was taken. That Bimmons was confirmed in spite of all this op- position, is pretty conclusive evidence that the Butler theory of politics is all that is left to the Ropublican party, and that it will pravail from 10w on 88 long 28 the party prevails. ‘Wo expect the Republican newspapers which dread tho result but dare not rebel to answer that Simmons secured his confirmation with the aid of Democratic votes. Such ap answer will be a new confession. The ruling remnants of the Republican party find o ready co-operation in tho inefficient relics of tho Democratic party. This is the source whenco they drew their strength in the last pational contest. Such co-operation is not mew. It was presont in tho Credit Mobilier frauds, in the ealery-grab, in the Fort Snelling swindle. It will bo found from mow on whex ever there i3 a job, & steal, or a national disgrace. It has confirmed Simmons, 2nd thereby confirmed once again the hopeless decay of the party that elected Lincoln and achioved emancipation. Traditions cannot ont~ live such desecrationsss these. Tho pure-mind- ed but wrong-headed members of the party who stfll cling to it are begiuning to recall that Grant snd Butler were original Democrats. This ia nos the truo explanstion of the trouble. Both the old partios have outlived their usefulness, aud they have met onthe common ground of intrigue and corruption, having no other field to work. Itis poseible that Mr. Simmons, as Col- lector of Boston, will belp Gen. Butler forward to the Governorship of Massachusetts, which wss the purposé of his nomination, but he is more likely to help the Republican party onto its. ruin. We had in bis appointment another official expression of the Admimstration notion of Civil-Service Reform: sud now we havein his confirmation the proof that the sentimont of the Administration is tho sentiment of the Re- publican party. — The death of King Lunalilo leaves the ques- ton of » sovereign of tho Hawaiiau Islands open oncemore. There aro two candidates for the succession,—tho Dowsger Queen Emma and Esiskana. The popularity of the former is pure- a4 easier, cloaing b $IA85@US.90 cash, and | Ly parsonal, a9 she bas 20 boreditary rank and Little force of characier. Her rival is not intol- lectually worthy to succeed the lsto King, and tho fact that his illustrions father expiated npon the gallows the shocking crime of murdering his wife would sppear to be s trifling disadvantage. Ho has had, howaver, a fair common school eda~ cation. Queen Emma claims that it was the wish of tho dead King that sho should succeod him. THE LAST OF RAFFERTY. Rafferty has suffered tho extreme penalty which the Iaw attaches to the heinous crime he committed. His sccount with the world is sei- tled. Wo have never been ablo to discovers suspicion of vindictiveness in the long and tedious prosecution which led to his death. Who could cherish hatred or work out revengo against 80 poor a piece of humsnity? The man be murdered left no friends of infinence to sccure the punishment of his murderer. Rafferty himself engaged s partisanship that left no means untried to save his life. Nover was aman more patiently, persistontly, or ably defonded. His counsel fought every inch of the ground. He got his client three trials, He brought out every pointof defense warranted by the facts and the law. He re- mained steadfast to the last, and builded up & sympathy and pressore which it must have been hard for tho Governor to resist. And onlyat the final moment did ho telegraph: * Good- bya; I can do no more.”” In Rafferty’s case, it was simply a desperate struggle between So- ciety and one human life. On the one hand was the sanctity of human Jife in general; on tho other, the continued existence of a single atom in the composition of the world. Christopher Rafferty, standing alone, was not the sort of man to excite any strong personal animosity. Ho was too iusignificant for that. Thbero was a bratishness in lus nature which could not excite any stronger feeling thon contompt, snd was more apt to bring out pity. Low and vicious instinets were born in him, and they were fostered and developed by his rear- ing. He wss surrounded with ignorance and the bratality to which it is kin. Religion to him wes at best o Llind faith which wea esasily over- come by drink and vicious associations. To this extent ho was theoretically irresponsible, pezhaps, when he murdered O'Meara,~2s much 80 a3 any murderer, not insane, conld be,—if wo take his version of the killing. But the welfare of society cannot afford to admit the theory of irresponsibility in the Inws that govern it. Society, it is trae, owes & duty totho class to which Rafferty belonged, which it does not adequately dischargo; but the failure to discharge this duty must not over- ride the first law of soif-preservation. If Socioty neglects to throw about the ignorant and vicions all the deterrent inflnences of educa~ tion which it might snd ought to exorcise, it pays deasly for tho omission in the violenco and crime which it endures. But violence must be resisted snd crime punished none the less, if we would hold Society together. 2 It is in this light wo must regard the execn- tion of Bafferty. It was a vindication of tho law. Afterthe desperate struggle to eave his life, his death must striko a certain terror into the hoarts of men of his class, whish, moro than anythiog else, will restrain them from tho indulgence of their prssions and viciouspess. No one cax gloat over Rafferty’s desth; outside “of his immodiate friends, 1o ong, can very sincerely regret it. 'Thoussuds of men die every year in the courso of nature, each one of whom is worth a thousand times more to the world iban Rafferty. Shall suck lives a8 these be jeopardized to save such ag Rafforty's ? This was the issue, divested of all morbid sentiment. The work of eradicat- ing the viciousness by removiog the ignorance of the lowest clesses in society is a slow ono. Rafferty's crisne is a rominder that we must go st it with renewed vigor, but Bafferty's execution ia also & wamning to these clagses that, while wo are at it, society shal{ be protectod sgainst their sagaults. If the two lessons make the im- pression they onght to make, the two doaths of O'Meara and Rafferty will not havo been alto- gether without compeasation. ANOTHER RATLROAD FIGHT. The case which the firm of Scudder, Bartlett & Co., of Boston, bave brought, both in the Legislature and in the ccurts, against the Bos- ton & Albany Railrond Company, might not in- aptly bo called tho caso of tho People of tho United States vs. the Railroads, It contains the very essence of tho grigvance of the people and the substance of their original complaints against monopoly. The firm of Scudder, Bartlott & Co. iscne of tho leading grain houses wf Boston, and exported over half a million bushels of grain in 1872. Their business for 1873 promised 10 be still larger, but in tha fall of 1872 it re- ccived a sudden chock. The Boston & Albany Company refused to transport their consign- ments from the West, aad notified all their Western connections to rsfuse to receive any property consigned to the Srm unless the freight throagh from the point of ehipment to Boston was prepaid. The excuse mado for this discrimination by the Rsilroad Company is, that the firm owo them five or six thousand dollars for freight. These nrrears, however, grow out of the fact that the firm had putin claims for shortages of grain in transit from the West, amounting to from two to eixty bushels per car-losd. The Railroad Compsny, they al- lege, refused to oxamine the claim at all, where- upon the firm dectined to pay its freight bills until tho claims for shortages were allowed. Theo points at issue between Messrs. Scudder, Bartlett & Co, and the Boston & Albsny Rail- road Company waa the point which provoked tho issue between the peoploand the railroad cor- porations all over the country. Tho refnsal to examine tho clsims of shippers, or, in other words, to recoguize the rights of the people, has blossomed into an organization of the peo- ple to resist this crushing-out policy. It has led to the appointment of Boards of Commissioners invested with suthority to interposo the strong arm of the law, and protect tho people by giving them at loast s hearing, The gentlemsn who ‘was put off the New York & 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 ho was informed that the railroads were going to teach the traveling publio that they could not question their acts. 1t is mot long since that o miller in thia city bought warehouse re ceipts for wheat from which & peculiar brand of flour which suited his New Orleans custom- ers could bo made, When he presented them at the warehouse, he was informed that he conld go to the next warehousd and gét wheat on them. Ho protested that wheat womldn'h snit his customers, and was then informed that he conld fake' ilisi of nothing, the resnlt belng that he was obliged to go back on ‘Change and sell his receipts. It i this sort of refusal to recognize the rights of the poople, and to give them a fair hearing on any matter in dispute, which hsa st last roused them to put sn end to such oppressions. They have borne their burdens with patience bitherto. They bave vielded ome right after another, until at last it became s question of life or death with them, The refusal to even listen fo a complaint wasthe straw which broke the camel’s back, and now the people demsnd that their complaints shall bo heard by their own sgents. Through their Grauges, in the conrts and Legislatures, and by their Boards of Commisaioners, they are making their protest against tho tyranny of these corpo- rations. Whatever may be the issue of their complaints, they are bound to be heard, and they are bound to have an answer satisfactory to & rcasonsble man. In this respect, the suit bronght by Messrs. Scudder, Bartlott & Co. sgeinst the Boston & Albany Railrosd Company has more thsn alocal significance. A principlo of universal interest hangs upon the decision, namely, whether a great and powerful sailroad corporation has the right to ignore & merchant’s lawfal claima agsinst it, and then crush out his business becauso ho refuses to be swindled. Taero are somo corporations which have souls, or, a¢ all -events, will listen to com- plaints of injustice, but unfortunately there are too many like the Boston & Albany Com- pavy which refase to examine claims or listen to complaints. Against theso the people are fighting, aod they will keop on fighting until they can bo heard, and very likely before tho end is reached tho innocent will suffer with the guilty. A QUACK EDITOR AND A QUACK DOCTOR. Probably the most shining whited sopulchre in this community, and the one fullost of dead men's bones, is the Northwestern Christian Ad- vocale. From a recent number of that sheet wo clipped ont an article for future reference de- voted to Tue Cixcaco TRIBUNE, which reads in this way: A rocent {ssue of that paper [THE TRIDUNT] com- talned a personal note from s lecherous puppy ad- dressed to s young, pare girl Who left.s strest-car to enter one of our public schools, Buch an outrage as this is almost enough to justify every clean citizen in spurniog all Tax TRIBUNE proprietors wo iavo named. Has §t come to such & pass thac our young sfsters and daughtors may not go to school without contsct with the human dogs of a city, and that our very morning papers, publishod by reputedly Christian men, must Baunt tho seducer’s invitation in the very faces of our pure ones st home? Are civilization, the homo bar- Tiers, the palice, public deconcy, and the consclence of White, Bross, Cowles, and Medill, such faflures that Chicago's sociul vermin may esssy o crawl safely up- onour very breskfast-plates 2 ‘We call attention of the Board of Education to this matter; and, if they cannot help us, cannot our State's Attorney, who bas abated so many nuisances, iuterceds for us Lefore the Grand Jury? It is exasperating that that venal, consclenceless sheat shall preach columns of public morality on one page, and pocket the profits of such advertisements contsined by other pages. Whon that paper plesds “sccident ¥ in such. matters, it falsifics, and i¢ knows §t, We repel the insinuation that tho editors are imbecile or inefiicient, That the foregoing fanfaronade was based upon 8 lie can bo easily seen by reading the sdvertise-. ment referred to, viz: Madison strect cax eastward bound, Friday morning, Balf-past 8. Young lady stopped at Scammon Kchool 20d bowed to young gentleman standing up; f agree- able, address K 86, Tribune office The only thing that sppears upon tho face of {lus advertisement 18 that the young gentleman would like to form theacquaintance of the young Iady. Thathe was s “lecherous puppy " and & “sgeducer” ia the coinago either of an impure imagination or of & deliberate falsifiar. Nover- theless, we should have excluded the advertise~ ment on the ground that there might bo a doubt concerning it, if it had not escaped our notice in the mags of over 2,000 separate sdvertisements handed into our counting-room the same day. Hoppening by sceident to tum over the aforesaid clipping from the Northweslern Chris- tian Advocale, we read upon the back of tho same elip, in the ordinary readiog type of the paper, the following : INTERESTING TO INVALID LADIES. Hapirsviire, Columbia cmu,} N. Y., July 3, 1873, R. V. Pierce, M. D.: DranSm: Your favor is fust received. I intended to have written to yon several weeks since con- cerning tho improvement in my health, which is now very apparent. I bavo used ome bot tle of Favorito Prescription with the best results, slthough I will admit I was somewhst dis- coursged after ita wse (for » short time omly), I took it under very disadvantageous circumstances, ‘having the supervisfon of the house, and during the season of houso<leaning® I was obliged, through the incompetency of help, to do more thanT ocught, and, of course, suffered dreadfully ; lifted when I ought not to have raised my haod, and did all I could 10 bring “ order out of chuos"-—but upon lzying saide 5l cares and continuing the remedy I find aftar sing 1oas than ome bottle to be so much bon- cfited that I bave discontinucd the use, with 1 refarn of the symptoms of which I wroto you. I have suffered terribly, and what 2dded to my distrees waa the conaciousness of not procuring Telief from or dinary sources ; st times it seemed about impossiblo to stand, s0 great was tho distreas. All of thoss sovare neuralgic pains Lave dissppeared; they where 8o bad at times I could hardly walk without some external pressure. They seem to have left me 1ike magic, sud- denly, and have bad no return; all other symptoms have beon Temaved. Tho sovere weaknoss and faint- ness bve diesppeared, snd I can go up-stairs with cgmparativo ease mow, Iwould have informed you ere tlis of my improvement, for I appreciated it, but T was fearful it was only translent Lenofit Iwasre- ceiving, but I think suflicient. 1imo han elspted to con- sfdor the beneficial resulta permanent, Accept of my ‘best wishes for your future succes3 and your kindness ip advisiog me. Very truly, 3ina, —— —, To the superficial obsorver, this quack nos- trum commended to invalid ladies would sppear to be s remedy for miscarrisge. Bevero weak- ness and faintness, neuralgic pains, inability to go up-stairs, etc., aro the common symptoms of that distrossing malady, whethor produced by natursl or artificial weans. To make sure of the matter, however, we submitted the ** Notice to Invalid Ladies” to & competent medical au- thority, who informs us that tho symptoms de- scribed are those of s variety of uterine and ve- nereal disorders, inclading miscarrisge. That it is this class of disorders that is referred to, ho savs, is made manifest by the fact that tho neuralgic pains are of the kind that yield to ex- ternal pressure, sinco othor neuralgic pains do not yield to external pressuro, but ase rather in- tonsified by it. **Of course,” he added, *‘it is aninfernal swindle.” It is this pasty suggestion and “infernal swindle” thattne Christian Advocale priotson the other side of an mticle berating Tmz Temspye for publishing a four-line advertise- ment of » young gentleman desiring to form the acquaintance of & young lady,—prints it not as sn advertisement, but a8 a notice to invalid ladies, in the customary typo of miscellaneous reading matter—larger type than it devotes to chorch-meeting notices. It will mot be pro- tended, however, tuat tho Adsooats printed it without pay. It probably received as much as €20 forit. Now let nsses how the * social vermin ¥ acticlo firat above quoted applies %o tha editor of the Advocate—whichhis name is Arthur Edwards. This high-toned moraliat calls on the Board of Edueation, tha State’s Attorney, and the Grand Jury to take official notice of an ad- would like to form the acquaintance of & young Iady. He then puts twenty dollars in his pocket for the service of informing ladies of the Mothodist Church snffering from miscarrisge, sbortion, uterine or veuereal disesse, and feeblo intellects (if thero bo any such), bow they can lose their money snd still further undermine their constltntions by invest- ing in the Fayorite Prescription, “It i8 exasperating that that venal, conscienceloss sheot shall preach columbs of public morality on one page, and then pocket the profita of such” miecellaneous resding matter *contained by other pages.” ‘W repel the insinuation that the editors are imbecile or inefficient,” becsuse their attention was specially on the subject of im- moral advertisements and a forfiori of immoral reading matter, and becauso the amount of nd- vertising and of paid reading matter coming to the office of the ddvocate is too small to justity tho supposition that it got into the paper accis dantally. 1 . On the whale, we think that the Adrocate man ia & more consummete ass than tho Inferior man, for the Iatter bss published nothing #0 objoc- tionablo as tho former, and has not held himself out so prominently and porsistently 33 an oper- ator on the motes of other people’s eyes withont first casting out tho boam from his owneye. BAMPANT REFORM. The Cincinnati Gazetfe publishes the detaila of the stopping in Babioa, Ohio, of a beer-wagon by the temperanca reformers, allusions to which have hithorto been madein the dispatches. It appears thit on last Tuesday a brewery firm at Morrow received an order for twenty-six kegs of beer from two saloon-keepers at Washington Court-House. Fearing to sond tho beer by rail, 88 tho traing are closely watched, the firm dia- patched the beer by wagon, covered with hay and straw. At 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening, when near Sabina, the driver was met by a number of women and fifteen or twenty men, armed with stones, who ordercd him to stop, and threatened him with death if he proceeded any farther. The torrified driver did as ho was ordered, and tho mob thea tried to set fire to the load, but the straw, being wot, woulda't burn, They then or- dered bim to drivo to the Sabina railroad sta- tion, where the beer was tarned over to the station-agent, after the reve- nue stamps had been torn from the kegs. Tho owners arrived at the station "the next day, and directed the agent to keop the goods in his poescasion until further notificstion. This, however, be refused to do, and the beer was sent back to Morrow. Tho brewers then called upon their lawyers for consultation, but the women gelting wind of it surrounded the brewery, aud by.their boisterous einging and praying broke np the consultation. The thoughtless men and women who were engaged in this attack upon private righta—for it is nothing moro or less than an attack—aroe apt to bring contempt apon the canse in which they are eugaged. Excellent as their motives may bo, when they step beyond tho limits of law, and when the present excitement dies away sufi- ciently for law to be enforcod sgain, tho aggrieved partis will nob onmly demand but obtain dsmages. Incendi- arism and thrests of murder are PoOr argumenta in favor of temperance, Tho sggra- vated character of many of the acts of the Ohio reformers has slready provoked saloon-keepers into thrests of violent retaliation, and thore is danger tbat such operationa as that at Sabina msy rosult in s resistance as violent as the acts of the reformers. There is po law against per- sonal appeal to a saloon-keoper or againat pray- ing and singing for him at & proper time and in a proper place ; but when it comes to the wan- ton destruction of property and acts of open violenco, then these reformers are inaugurating s courso of conduct which will not only work harm to the very causo in, which thoy are en- goged, butmay provoko retsliation in kind ‘Within the limits of the law, all things are pos- sible; outside thoso limits, reform becomes persecation. Thero seems to be some mystery concerning the case of Maj. Morzill, of the United States Army. Daring tho slleged Ku-Klux excitement in South Carolina, Maj. Lewiy Merrill was sta- tioned there, and mado himself active both in making arrests and prosecutiog the persons ar- rested. Subsequently ho lobbied suceessfully in having the Legialature of that Stato vote £85,000 a5 gpecial Towards to those who hsd mided in pro#ocuting tho Ku-Elux. It has been disclosed that of this som Maj. Merrill receivod $21,400. In March, 1878, Senator Bsyard offered a resolu- tion in the Sonato calling upon the War Dopart- mont for information in tha case, and whether the officer had been instrumental in procuring legislation to compensate him for tha per- formancs of his military daty, This resolution tho majority of tho Sonato Las peraistently ro- fused to pass or consider. How the information could affect the Ropublican party, and who it is behind the scenes that forbids the disclosure of tho facts, bave not been rovealed. The last of tho desperate Lowery gang, or *Swamp-Angels,” has boon sent to his sccount. A roward smounting to £6,200 was offered for his head, and threo young men of North Carolina are richor by his demise. Stephen Lowery was in his lifetimo 8o cruol and cowardly a rufian that the manner of his taking is off divested of much of its offcnsiveness to hoalthy minds. The party of exccationers had been hunting for the outlaw for months, and found him in Robeson County, carousing with a party of negroea at s whisky-camp. After drinking with hum awhile, they retired for the night, took up & position behind & tree with- in range, and, waiting their opportunity, delib- erately shot him. His body was carted away to the nearest county seat snd placed on exhibi- tion, The outlaw was found to bave becn well- armed,—s Henry riflo, threo revolvers, and s knife being discovered on his person. The subject of keepi ng canals open in winter is being actively discussed st present, snd two or three theories have becn presented. One of them is credited with & dogros of fossibility. The projector, in 8 communication to s New York paper, discuasos tho Erie Canal, whichho proposes to keep st & proper temperatare by utilizing the hent wasted in the propulsion of steam canal-boats, throngh surface-condensers. Prof. Thurston bas estimated thet it would ro- quire 6,000 pounds of cosl per mile for every tweaty-four bours; and two-thirds of this, the correspondent argues, conld ba furnished by the canal-boats. The remainder could bo supplied by artesian - wells, whose temperature, ho as- sumes, would be high enough to perform their share in keeping the canal open for navigation. 1t is claimed that the cagse of tho present rito in Havana cigars is owing to s sudden deter- mioation on tho part of Caban manufacturers to do business only upon a gold basis, and to rego~ Inte their prices accordingly. The reason for thig concerted action is that the Bank of Spain in Havans has issued $104,000,000 in currency, with only $3,000,000 specio reserve, and the ac- tion of the cigar-msnnfacturers is only the cul~ miuating point of s feeling of distrust which has for some time existed. What effect tneir present stand will have upon importation does Dot seem to be clear. It mayall be a mere stratagem on the part of importers to sustain wertlsqment (mplying that a young gentleman | the presens rates or £orcs themiup higher atill. M'CARTHY. The Ex-Parte Council Con- vened. After Soms Debate It Is Decided to Have Open Sessions. Mr. McCarthy Submits a Series of Propositions._ After Much Wrangling They Are Referred to a Committee. The Deacons Reject Some and Accept Others, A Basis of Agreement Is Finally Set- tled On. And the Council Adjourns Till Friday. An ex-parte Council of the Baptist churches of Chicago snd vicinitywas held yesterdsy after- noon in the sudience-room of the Union Park Baptist Church to conaider the charges preferred by the Deacons of that socioty against the pas- tor, the Rev. Florenco McCarthy. The church was well filled with spectators, among thema Jarge number of ladics and somo very young girls, who ought to have bsen at school. Mr. McCarthy was present, accompanied by his at- torney, Mr. Beach. The Council was called by the anti-McCarthy faction in the church, and wag, therefora, an ex-parte body, the dale- gatos being, for the most part, ministers and laymen who had already formed a=n opinion s to tne merits of the controversy. The usages of the Baptist Church provide for holding such ex-parte Councils where tho membersof tho church in which s difiicalty arises cannot agree to call a mataal council. Sach was the condi- tion of affaira which led to tho sssombly of yes- terday. Tho meeting was called to order soon after 2 o’clock, by Deacon F. J. Ieed, of tho Union Park Church, who read the letter calling for the Council, and & list of members, 98 1n Dumber, requeating that a Council be called. THE CALL. The lotter addressed by the Board of Descons to the various churches was as followa: Dear Brethren : ‘Charges of & serious natnre are brought against the ministerial and Ciristln character of our psstor, the Rev, Fiorence McCarthy, supported by such evidence that we foel conatrained by & regard for tbe honor of Christ and the character of his 5, to ask that they bo investigated by a Council. For this purpeso we invite you to send your pstar, with two bretlren, tositin ex-parte councll ot the Union Park Baptist Church, on Friday, Feb, 27, at 2 p. m. ‘Tbe follawing churches are fnvited : Firat, Second, Michigan Av- enue, Temple, University Place, North Star, Coventry, Western Avente, Twenty-fth Sirvet, Evanston, Elgin, West Aurors, Marengo, Oak Park, Lswndale, Bock- o, Englowood, Wesuington Heights, and 8t s, Done by order of the Board of Deacons,’s majority of tho Trustees, and & lorgs numur of tue Mmewmbers of the Church, whose names will b laid before you at the Council. Yours in Chriat, F. 3, RxeD, Clerk of the Board of Deacons. ORGANIZATION. The Rov. T. W. Goodspead, of the Second Church, moved that the Rov. Mr. Chappelle, of Evanston. be chose temporary Chauman, sud Mr. 4. O. Brayman . temporary Secretary. The motion prevailed. 3 On taking the chair, Mr. Chappelle ssid it would be proper to ask Divine gudance, snd called upon the Rev. Mr. Eberhiacdt, of the Rorth Star Church, to offer prayer. This was done, tho potitioner praying for wisdom to guide the Coun- cil in its solemn deliberations, giving to the members s spirit of Christisn meskness, affec- tion, truth, bonesty, and candor; that they might guard against prejudice and unboly emotion, aud that their courso might be snch “as God would approve. BOLL OF DELEGATES. The Secretary then calted the roll of delegatos, as follows : First Chureh—The Bev. W. W, Everts and Bros. Garnet and Parker. ‘Becond Chiurch—The Rev. T. W. Goodspeod, Samuel ‘Hoard, and C. N. Holden. Templo Church—The Bcr. A. G, Eberbardt, and Bros. Van Osdel and Randall. North Star Church—The Hev, J. 21, Whitehesd, and ‘Bros, Barry and Bussell Coventry Church—Tna Bov. W. J. Kenfcott, and Bros. Palmer and Linder, Western Avenus Church—The Rev. John Gordon, gerson. Twenty-ffth Strect Cuurch—Tho Bev, L. T. Sush, and Broe, Dowley and Wells, Evuston—Ths Bov. F, L, Chapelle, and Bros, Goo- el and Mosely. Elgin—The Rov. L. M. Woodrufl and Bros. Bos- worth and Gifford. Englewood~Tho Hev. Edward Ellis, and Bros. Thearie and Maplo. There wore no delegates present from the Michigan Ayenue Church, WcstAumr&'Mn;engo, Oak Park, Lawndale, Stock-Yards, Washington Heights, and St. Chetles. PERMANENT OEGANIZATION. Mr. Hoard suggestod the appointment of & Commtteo on Pormanent Organization. A mo- tion to that effect was adopied, sud the Chair appointed Measrs Eberhardt, Gordon. sud White- hoad as such Committeo. During their absence, the hymn commencing * Come, Holy Spirit, Deavenly dove " was sung, and Mr. Ellisled in prayer. y A QUERY. The silence which ensued was broken by the voice of a lady, Mra, Dr. Briggs, who wonld like to bo informed how s Council was whether it was not by the action of the charch in requesting the Uescons to issuo » call. No such action bhad been taken by the societyin this case. She wasnot familiar with Baptist usage,—pérhaps because sbo was & woman,~and would like some ono to tell how this Council was called. Tho Chairman took it upon himself to reply. He said Councils were usnally called by action of the church, but where the church could not agroo an ex-parte Council could bo summoned | by either party to tho dissgreement. This was such & Conneil. % g i Mrs, Briggs said sho belioved this Council was illegal, Agt this point the Committee on Nominations returned sud reportod, recommending that the temuyorary officers be choson to sorve perma- nently. DECLINING AN HONOR. Mr. Chapelle positively declined. Helived out- pide of the city, and would be obliged to go uway before the Couneil Lad finished its session in case the session should bo s protracted one. > Mr. Drayman eaid ho was not % member of tha Council. The Rov. Mr. Gordon thought it vory desirablo 1hat & country minister be elected. MT. Chapello shiould sccept. . : Mr. Chapello once mora positively declined, and suggested Brother Thearle in his stead. Brothar Thearle had had but listle experienge 18 & presiding ofiicer. An older man_should be selectod. Ho suggested Mr. Eberbardt, who bad Luat. ‘moved to tho city, and might bo supposod to o free from prejudice. Mr. Eberhardt sud he was phyically disqusli- fied, He was vory hard of hearing, and must decline. Ar, Gordon insiated upon Mr. Chapelle’s ac- ceptance, and a motion to that effect was put and carried. The Chair inquired what business waa to be brought bafore the Council. THE DOCUMENTS, Deacon Reed camo forward with an _armfal of papers, and laid them on tho table. They con- sisted of corrcspondence, a copy of the charges Slim substance of which was stated in yester- 7’8 TRIDUNE), lettors written by Mr. McCarthy to female members of hia flock, & verbatim re- port of tho celebrated sermon, ‘various newsps- per articlos, including commeats, interviows, etc. CLOSED DOORS. Mr. Gordon moved that the Council hold ita session with closed doors, excluding ail bus members and the Committeo of Recephon. an-j | Eriggs sprang to er feet and said: “X objoct.” Alr. Goodapoed—Tho Iady is ont of order. She is not a delegate and has no right to speak- Mrs. Briggs—1{ you shut mo out Bow, you'll hear.from me through the press. i Alr. Goodspeed then spoko to the motion to excludo all bt mombers of the Council and go into secret sesgion. Ho opposed it 83 unneces- sary. The bnmmesa which brought the Conncil togother was siready known, and until there was some good reason why the procsedings should be conducted in secrecy the doorashould be kept opan. If the Council desired to receive the condemuation of the com- manity, and to make the paator of this church & martyr, et them closo the doors ; if not, they wanted to show o spirit of fair de.ul.}'l'fl everybody seo and hear. [Applsusc.] : Mr. Gordon said that this demonstrotion of applausp waa of itsolf & resson why the Eession should bo secrot. - Thoro wero jn tho charch many persons who were too young to {ists all the details which wera Likely t3 bo “bronght out ; and, 2 for the newspapers, they had 1y misrepreseuted the alfair from beginning to ond, nnd the reporters ought shown the door 4 slong gwilh 7 fl.‘;: others. He would only consent to ap open eession, if Brother McCarthy wan proceedings made public. The world be:g t:: Tight to hear the ovidence; that was for the Conncil. Tho world wanted he verdict only. The Rev. Mr. Woodruff, of Elgin, said that nothing yot had como to pass Which required & session with clpsed doors, and it was ot clear that snythiog of 'the kind would or ought o come. If, in its fuitber progress, it seemed necessary to take tho step, the Council counld do 50; but until then it was Lest to leavo the matter ke ‘Ghaie_pat the molion e Chair put the motion to go into s sezsion, and it was loat—G for, sna S agalnst. ] * Mr. Russell lu&\m‘od whether suy but dolegatea had voted, snd the question was put again with Lh% ;xugn result. 0 Secretary then read the charges sgainst 3r. McCarthy, and it was moved that they be talken up and feted upon one by one. PLEA TO THE JURISDICTION. Mr. McCartliy hero arose iu Lis scat in the rear part of tho church, and inquired if hie would ba aliowed to speak. BMr. Goodspeed moved that permission be granted. g Afr. McCarthy said he desired that himself and his counsel be heard a3 to tho jurisdiction and legaiity of this Council. Mr. Gordon—Yon include your counsel. Is be o member of the Baptist Church ? If not, hs canaot be allowed to apeak. Mr, McCarthy—I am sorry 10say that my counsel is not &8 member of the Baptist Chureh. 3r. Barry—Will Mr. McCarthy agree to abids by the decision of the Couucil, provided ha is :ccmd;d pormission to speak in bis own de- ense Ar. Goodspeed—Ts Brother McCarthy willing to make this a mutualinstead of au ex-parte Council, and, if 8o. upon what conditions? And will he abide by its decision 2 Mr. Gordon—If I understand Baptist usage correctly, no lawyer or other person not a mem- ber of the Baptist Church cau speak or give tes~ tumony before the Council. His evidence canbe presented in & written form, but cannot be res ocived orally. Mr. Goodspeed moved that Mr. McCarthy ba permitted to atate whether he would be a party to the Council, and upon what couditions, and whether he would abide by its decision. There was no occasion for his counsel to be heard now, A personal statement from the* pastar was all that was requirod. Tize motion was gubmitted to the Conncil, and carried almost unanimously, whu:l:xg)on Afr, Me~ Carthy camo forward snd prepared to spoak. He ingnired : * 15 my counsel included in the motion 2" The Chsir—I think not. ACCARTHY'S SPEECH. XIr. McCartby then proceeded to ssy that he wished to present a little argument, to which he knew the Councit would bo kind enough to lListen. Ho would oadeavor to doliver us re- marks in a dwpassionste way. He wished to dispute the formality aud propriety of the man- wer in Which the Couccil was convened. He had the utmost contidence in the piety and - fuirness *of most of the delegates, and was willing to bo . tried by them ; but _ho wished t» be undarstood a8 saying that ho did not regard the Council 88 bsviog been called in accordance with’ Baptist usage. The Baptist maaual (from which ko road) ufmvidcd for the calling of an ex pario Council in cuses whero one of the con- tending parties refused to call a Conncil, and rejocted all overtures for a settlement of Qifi- culties, and a recouciliation. That was tho int. A meeting of the chyrch bad been held 1w the expectation of appointing & commitice to review the chirges understood to have beca prepared, and sce if those churges wero so seris ous as a call for a Council. Tho cbarges wero not_read, and the mesting adjourned withont baving scted upon the question of calling a Councit, - There was no unwillingness on his part to have an investigation. Ho had clamored for & copy of the charges, and for a it upon them. They had not boea furnished him ontil yeaterday, aud he protested that it wos unjust to deny himself and friends a voice 1n the selection of the Council which was to hang him. It was like packing a jury to se- cure conviction. The Council was composed of good men, in whom he Lad perfect confidar but it was au ex parte Council after all. Ho res from Cromwoll's Cburch 21anual to ghow that in cases of difficulty between pastor and Descons, where the Church is unable to adjust them, tha Church may invite others to come in and arbi- wuste, both parties sgreeing to sbide by the decision. He protesied that the proper way was to first present the “charges to the church, 2nd, if they wore fonnd of sufficient gravity, to rummon a Council to dopose the guilty party, in rase the pastor and friends resisted all efforts to e bronght to justice, Dut this wzs not the caso in the present affair. When the Sociaty ad- 3journed, tho question of calling a Counci bad not been decided. Ono part of tho church had ealled tho Council in unsesmly Last 28 it appeared to him. It wi nol properly convened, and he was unwilling to mako it a mutual Council, anless they would agroe upon certain guarsntees which he had drawn up, after having conferred with Inis legsl adviser, If these wern not sgreed to, ho would recode from the Council,;and suamon another. It was, however, his earnest desire to make this Council mutual. * IS CONDITIONS. After having held a wiwspered conference with his attorney for a moment, Mr. McCarthy pre- sonted the guarantcos sod conditions npon which he should demand to ba tried, as followa: 1. The jurisdiction of this Couacil is only M- 2. I(a proceedings shall be public to the mewbers of the Union Park Bsptist Church. 3. Both pastor and Deacons shall have the privilega of preferring charges and baving thew trisd. 4. Nocharge shall be tricd any further than words, scts, prozimate dates, nases, and plices are gived 13 the 8 cation, -5, Neituer party shall bo arrafgned for tris luntfl et lasst threo weeks alier tho dalivery of charges and spe- cations, 6. Tho Council shall not permit any matter to be in- cluded in the specification Wiich hss already been st~ tied and sdjusted, nor_co & which the 82 Chapter of Matthow has not been followed, nof {9 which there 18 ouly ono witness to the samo’ act s provided in 1. Timothy, Chapter 5, verse 19. 7. The Council shail not tranict any business o the absenco of any of 1ts members, & Tho common law shall be fGllowed ss clowly &5 posatble in regard to witnesses and tuatimony. 9, The witnesses ahall Lo solezunly ¥worn o tell tha truth. 10. Fach party shall be permitted to select thres brothren from tha Council, whose duty St slall be L2 adviso. it and advocats §ta cause, Each party shall bave the privilege of calling in snd questioning all needed witnesscs and engaging {reely in debate, Anl employing profesaional legal assistance and connsel Lt the trial. WCARTHY CONTINUES. He added that bo should plead fervently fot these rights, for upon them depended his repata- tio, Lis life, and sounl, They ware accorded to the comwon felon in the dock. Would tho Couucil deny them to him? Theso articles in- volyed the vital question of his guilt or ingo- cence. Thoy woro landmarks as oid and sscred a8 tho Magns Charia itself. If thoy werd adopted, he should go ont of the trial as clead aa tho clesnest among them; if bOk bs should go out snd et them WY him in his sbsence, Ar. McCarthy crew very much oxcited as he exclaimed: * Wi ;nn do 1‘;’: mo what you do for Raflerty? If yoa propose to try mo in three hours, you do b“ in my absence.” Ho explained tbat ove of the Deacons hsd told him thas two hours w38 enang§ Botice for Lim, and thres houra world bo euons: for the wrial ' “T protest,” cricd tbe psston ““againat such a trial. Try mo 08 8 commen Qrunkard is tried, eccording to cstablished raiea of Isw and justico, A mau bas nothing but bis pame. Ihava nothing but my name, which feX thirty-five years I have worked to make. fap plaase.] poct wetd toar i hsso soseemy Mr. Goodspeed wsai at i i demansmtwgs ware ropeated o shunld regret his opposition to secret Bessions, aod ull;nb‘ move that the Council go where it coul secret. = 3r. McCarthy quite agreed with bim, thnug‘z e was sure his friends moant po disrespect tho Council in thus manifesting their foolingds Still, he hoped they would desist for his eake. THE DEACONS. The Chg!ingm !ilnqmred what would be dooé with Mr, McCarthy's propositions, Ar, Goodspeed ifl!fxt P:“ first. neceesary 0 know whetber tho party which called the Coud™ cil would agree to thom as the basia of making this a matual Council. 56 "The Chair suggested the propriety of hearid from tho Dencana on the subject. - Doacon Merrill gaid it was sdmitted thst e Conncil was calied by one party, and oot 0y th wholo church. He was opposed to joining W0, Mr. McCarthy and trying the wholo chascaalod with him. Mr. McCarthy—I don't mesn fo try the. -% charch—only the Descons. The ditficultio? ¥ &0 interblended between the Descons pastor that it will be found impossible to “"i"; ato them. Let the Counail be musual, snd 1647 try oach othess © - e H i §— i