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CURRENT TOPICS. 
Order.of Independent Orangers. 
Tins is the name of a now Order organized at 
Albany, N. Y„ Feb. 17. The Now York State 
Council was organized with over fifty members, 
representing ovflr thirty counties, (if course it 
i> a political organization, and Is not to he con¬ 
fused with the order or Patrons of Husbandry, 
with which it lias no connection whatever. Its 
designs are evidently political. Asa matter of 
new* we give its “ Doc la ration of Principles’* 
as follows; 
The undersigned citizens of the State of New 
York, mindful of our obligations In the exor¬ 
cise of political rights, and especially of our 
responsibility for tlie proper discharge of the 
highest prerogative of citizenship the elective 
franchise, and impressed with a deep sense of | 
t he industrial, commercial and corporate abuses 
weighing upon the State, do hereby declare our ) 
purpose to unite, In a lawful and peaceable 
manner, among ourselves, and with those who I 
may hereafter he associated with us, for the 
following objects, viz: 
First. To secure to cultivators of the soil the ( 
r -ward justly due to the first and most vital of 
Industries, lying at the foundation of the pros¬ 
perity of every commonwealth ; nnd to ensure 
such cheap and equitable ratos in the transit 
from the field to the market, as will guarantee 
f dr remuneration to the producer and reason¬ 
able terms to the consumer. 
Second. To prevent unjust discrimination in 
the charges for transporting the products of 
the farm and the factory, and to co-operate In 
e ery well-considered movement whether with¬ 
in the State or among the several States, to 
secure fairness atul equality in the tariffs estab¬ 
lished upon the great channels of internal com¬ 
merce. 
Third. To resist the encroachments of corpo¬ 
rate monopolies upon the rights of the people 
from whom they derive tbelr corporate oxist- 
rence, while at thoaatna time discountenancing 
ill-advised combinations and unjust aggressions 
against, corporate Interests, which would im¬ 
pair their usefulness and enure to the common 
injury. 
Fourth. To aid industry in its unequaled 
struggle against the oppressions and exactions 
of organized capital, to secure equit y and jus¬ 
tice in all the relations between capital and 
labor, and to allay the unfortunate spirit, of 
antagonism between the. two, which cripples 
the energies of both and can result only in 
injury to the m Racial interests of the people. 
Fifth. To obtain are-adjustment of thesystom 
of taxation so that all property ehalI contribute 
its equitable proportion of the expenses of 
government. 
Sixth. To resist t lie demands of bankers and 
money lenders for the repeal or the laws for¬ 
bidding the exaction of oppressive rates of 
interest from borrowers, wisely enacted to pro¬ 
tect the poor and the unfortunate from the 
grasping avarice of hoarded wealth. 
Seventh. To secure the application of the 
strictest principles of economy in the adminis¬ 
tration of government, with just but not exces¬ 
sive compensation for the discharge of official 
duties. 
Eighth. To elevate the standard of political 
parties by educating tbelr members to a full 
appreciation of their responsibilities in refer¬ 
ence to the management of public affairs. And, 
Fnally. To securo better legislation and a 
purer administration of law, by restricting the 
influence of partisanship In both, by seeking 
the nomination of competent, and incorruptible 
candidates forpuhlle office In the conventions 
of all political parties, and by laboring to make 
honesty, capacit y and fidelity the highest stand¬ 
ard of qualifications. 
Ainl tq this end we dq jiqw organize ourselves 
into a body, to be known as the “New York 
State Council of Independent Grangers,” hereby 
voluntarily binding ourselves, so long a* our 
membership shall continue, to obey, promptly 
and cordially, the constitut ions and laws of the 
order, and all constitutional and legal require¬ 
ments made and promulgated by its executive 
authority, _ 
The Destitution In Iowa and Minnesota. 
Gen. Henry H. Sibley of St. Paul, Minn., has 
been vl iting, in company with Gen. Bishop 
and ex-Gov. Miller, the counties in Iowa and 
Minnesota which were devastated by grasshop¬ 
pers last summer. lie aaya the voluntary con¬ 
tributions sent from St. Paul and other cities 
to destitute settlors in the State have very 
much alleviated the general distross. but pro¬ 
visions and fuel are new almost exhausted. 
The gentlemen named met a committee of t he 
Iowa Legislature, the members of which had 
made a thorough investigation Into the situa¬ 
tion of the suffering set tlers In that State. The 
Committee estimates and will report that ao.Ouu 
bushels of wheat, and a proportionate amount 
of the cereals for seed must be provided by the 
State, eit her as a donation or aa a loan, to be 
returned in one. two, and three years in equal 
proportions. Gen. Sibley urged upon the Com¬ 
mittee the expediency of unity of action on the 
part of the two States, and suggested that the 
seed grain he given as an absolute gift. At the 
request of the Committee, he addressed a com¬ 
munication to the Iowa House embodying his 
views on t lie subject. It Is generally estimated 
that nearly or quite 60,000 husbela of seed wheai, 
and a proportionate quantity of oats, corn, 
potatoes, &o., will be needed to meet the wants 
of the destitute Bettlera in Southwestern Min¬ 
nesota. _ 
The Centennial Celebration. 
Failing to obtain State aid to celebrate, and 
it now being doubtful if Congress can be in¬ 
duced to appropriate money to the Centennial 
Exposition, it Is now asserted that the Commis¬ 
sioners propose to go on and build up an ex¬ 
hibition that shall hr a credit to the country, 
without National or State aid. In this we wish 
them success; but that the different State 
Legislatures, a.nd the National Government 
should make appropriations for this purpose, 
is more than the people will sanction. 
The Franking Privilege. 
This subject continues to ugitato Congress. 
It. is asserted that, the new members, especially, 
are eager for its restoration, as they want to 
flood their districts with seeds and public doc¬ 
uments. That there will be some modification 
of the present law so as to relieve the anxieties 
of these politicians seems a foregouo conclu- 
siou. Just In what shape It will he rettleA 
cannot now he foretold : but they should know 
that, it Is regarded by the masses as a fraud 
upon tax payers with no public benefit re¬ 
sulting. _ 
Death of Cen. Louis T. Wtgfall. 
Tnis gentleman died at Galveston, Texas, 
Wednesday, Feb. 18. He was born In one of the 
Carolina*; went to Texas when a young man, 
was elected to the U. R. Senate in 18150, Joined 
tho Confederacy when Texas seceded, Com¬ 
manded a Texas brigade until he was elected 
Senator in the Confederate Congress. After 
the war he went, to Europe, hut returned about 
18 months ago and was admitted to the Mary¬ 
land bar. 
Opposed to Currency Expansion. 
The businoss men of Chicago, including lead¬ 
ing bankers, grain and provision dealers and 
merchants have adopted strong resolutions in 
opposition to any Inflation of the currency and 
have united in petitioning Congress against 
any further Inflation and requesting the with¬ 
drawal of the Legal Tender Reserve. It is said 
three-fourths of the businoss men of the city, 
including its bankers, are opposed to inflation. 
Currency In Congress. 
February 30 the Senate voted on an amend¬ 
ment to the currency bill to in crease the Nation¬ 
al Bank Currency to #400,000,000. It was carried 
by a vote of 38 ayes to 35 nays. This does not 
look like hostility to the present vicious and 
unjust National Bank system. 
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HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
The Wisconsin Senate has adopted the joint 
resolution in favor of a ship canal around Ni¬ 
agara Falls as oue means of solving the trans¬ 
portation question. 
The Counsel for Win. M. Tweed have appeared 
before the Supreme Couit with a bill of five 
hundred exceptions to be argued on the appeal 
in the Tweed case. The bill Is composed of 
10,583 pages of closely written manuscript in 
explanation of these exceptions. This Is what 
money does' 
I Charles ,7. Foote, Professor of French and 
English Literature in the Syracuse High School, 
died in that city Tuesday, Feb. 3, age 47. He 
was formerly Professor in Seton Hall Collegi, 
New Jersey, and was also Private Secretary to 
John Y. .Mason when he wtr- Minister to France. 
The Maine village of Spring vale is paying tho 
penally of having a haunted house. People are 
moving away, many houses are tonalities.*, and 
property is depreciating in value. A man has 
been hired by the authorities to live in the 
spooky dwelling, in the hope that the delusion 
I may tints dispelled. This matt keeps a joaded 
gun by hi* bed, and warns tricksters not to fool 
around the premise*. 
James B. Groome of Cedi was elected Gov¬ 
ernor of Maryland. Feb. 4, by the Legislature in 
joint convention, for the unexpired term of 
Gov. William Pinkney Whyte, who has resigned, 
his resignation to t ike 'effect March 4. Gov. 
Groome will have nearly two years to serve. 
The Democratic Executive committee of Phl!- 
adeiplilalhaA issued an address urging the elec¬ 
tion of Col. McClure for Mayor. 
The Hon. Isaac W. Smith of Manchester has 
been nominated for one of the Judges of the Su¬ 
preme Judicial Court of New Hampshire, to fill 
a vacancy. 
The Newark Register informs tho New Jersey 
Legislature that its surest way to public favor 
Is to make a speedy adjournment, and “ leave 
things pretty generally alone." 
There are indications of serious Indian troub¬ 
les—the Sioux, Cheyennes, Dakotas, Arra- 
pnhoSs and other tribes having combined to | 
make raids upon the white settlements. 
The residence of Mr. McCulistcr, Dover, Pope 
Co., Ark., was attacked by three men, who en¬ 
tered it and killed McCulister, shot his wife In 
the arm (which has since been amputated, and 
attempted to cut McCulistcr’s t hroat after he 
was shot, hut were driven off by two sons aged 
respectively 13 and 15 years, one of whom shot 
and wounded otic of t he assassins. 
Gen. Sherman is convinced that the army is 
more kindly disposed towards the Indians than 
the citizens of the West generally, and expresses 
the opinion that Gen. Canby was the victim of 
t he temporizing Quaker policy applied to the 
Indians. 
Some of the Missouri farmers protest against 
a Constitutional Convention for that State, on 
the ground that It Is an unnecessary expense 
and that the same object can be reached by 
legislative acts and concurrent resolution. 
A wealthy London firm of four brass founders 
ha* just dissolved partnership. Three of them 
could not sign their names, and have always 
put their cross to the firm's documents. “If 
t hey could have used their pens well," remarks 
the Court Journal, “they might have become 
Government clerks at fifteen shill lugs a week.” 
Lieut.-Gen. von Kaufmann, the conqueror of 
Khiva, has, in recognition of his eminent serv¬ 
ices, been raised to the rank of General. 
A London dispatch dated Feb.5. noon, says: 
“ The latest official dispatches from t he Gold 
Coast announce that the King of Ashantoe lias 
unconditionally accepted the terms of peace 
imposed by the British commander." 
It is asserted that the Philadelphia Centennial 
Commission need $1,000,000 more to begin the 
erection of buildings for the Exposition, and it 
is expected this money will be raised In a few 
weeks. 
The South Carolina Legislature has declined 
to Impeach Judge Carpenter for his inuendoee 
against colored clergymen. 
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THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Westport, Conn., Feb. 11.—The weather has 
been quite changeable, cold weather since 
about the middle of November; about one 
inch of snow fell on the night of the 17uItand 
tho rest of the month was fair, mild weather. 
December was unusually mild, with considera¬ 
ble rain and little snow until the 37th, when 
there were eight or nine inches fell making fine 
sleighing, which lasted until t he 3d of January, 
when it was cleaned out by a three days' fog, 
which was followed by four dark days and very 
heavy rain, making the heaviest freshet for SO 
years, doing considerable damage to roads and 
bridges. The frost was all out of the ground at 
this time; the weather continued mild until 
the 14th, when we had another snow storm, on 
the 17th the thermometer marked3 below zero; 
on the 18 it was foggy, and again on tho 33d and 
23d; 38th, rain; 30th, 1 inch of snow. Since 
February commenced we have had pretty good 
winter weather up to yesterday, when wo had . 
more fog and rain; snow about gone; ther¬ 
mometer, to-day, from 30 to 42. Ice crop stored 
from 7 to 10 inches t hick. It must have done 
considerable damage to winter grain and straw¬ 
berries ou low land not heavily mulched. 
Eggs plenty and cheap from 22 to 34c.; corn, old, 
#1; potatoes, #1; turnips, SXOAOc.- A. a. >'. 
Starkey, .V V., Feb. 12. We are now having 
a fine run of sleighing. We have had a very 
remarkable winter, the thermometer lias not 
been below zero this winter; at least mine has 
not. The price of farm produce is gradually 
growing higher and the farmer's prospect la 
brightening- Good red wheat now sells at Si.60# 
1.65 per bushel; barley, $L50@1.7a per bushel; 
oats, 44X2.450. per bushel; corn, new, 75c. for 
sixty pounds; 80c. for old; potatoes, 5GSG5C. 
per bushel; good Timothy hay. $13@,la per ton ; 
clover, #9; beef, $6@7 per hundred, by the 
quarter; dressed poik, $7.50@8 per hundred. 
As to clover seed, there is not at present any 
market. There has been quite a large number 
of sheep fed and sent to market here this win- 
t *r. I do not know at what price they were 
1 sold for. Will your correspondents please give 
their opinion what will be the wages of farm 
help this season in their different localities?— 
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WHAT SOCIETIES ARE DOING. 
jV. V. finite- Dairymen's Association and 
Board of Trade.— The annual meeting of the 
above-named Association was held on Mondav, 
the 16th of February, at the Board of Trade 
Rooms in Little Falls, and much enthusiasm 
prevailed among members pstotho flourishing 
condition of the Society, The report of tb<? 
Treasurer, Mr. D. H. Burrell, shows that the 
receipts for the year just past amount to $1,- 
315.75, and the expenses. #1,057.95. leaving a 
balance in the hands of the Treasurer r.f $257.80. 
The Trade Room is large and well-fitted up, nnd 
Is secured to the Association for a period of 
ten years. All members of the Association are 
allowed the freedom of the room during mar¬ 
ket days. There are two leading objects which 
the Association seek to carry out. The one is 
the establishment of a “Board of Trade,” with 
ample facilities for transactions in dairy pro¬ 
duce. at Little Fall*. Here dairymen and 
dealers f-oin all parts of (he State are invited 
to meet and do business in the Board of Trade 
Rooms, a Committee of Arbitration being ap¬ 
pointed to decide upon differences, should any 
occur between buyer and seller, thus protect¬ 
ing the interests of each, so t hat no undue ad¬ 
vantage may be taken in trade. A large and 
elegant room Is provided, furnished with desks 
and all the conveniences for doing business, 
while all the information concerning tbo st ate 
of the markets in possession of the Association 
Is frcelv given or Interchanged among mem¬ 
bers. The second object is tlie Winter Conven¬ 
tions. which are to no held annually in such 
part of the State as will best, subserve Ibe dairy 
Interest of the State. The last Convention was 
at SinclUrville. Chautauqua Co.. and has been 
regarded as one of the largest and best of the 
Conventions held in the State In this interest. 
The Convention* will be hold In turn In differ¬ 
ent parts of the .State, thus making it a thor¬ 
ough State Institution, uniting the different 
sections so that there shall be co-operation, 
and the dairymen of different sections may 
know more of each other and the needs incl- 
denttoeach section. It is believed that a much 
larger amount of good to the dairy Interest 
and the cause of improved agriculture can be 
reached in this way than by bolding the Con¬ 
ventions at one point. The place for holding 
the next Winter Convention nas not yet been 
determined upon, but Secretary fihiile it In 
correspondence with p intles at several points 
in the State, and the place will be selected and 
announced early in the summer. Tho follow¬ 
ing are the officers of tho Association for the 
coming year. 1874-5: /Tea.—X. A. Willard of 
Little Falls. Viet-P its'I*— William BlandiDg of 
Broome Co., E. .1. Wiekson of Oneida, Hon. 
George Gcdiles of Onondaga, M. Folsom of 
New-York City, Col. Frank 1). Curtis of Sara¬ 
toga. L. It. Arnold of Monroe, John Shattuck 
of Chenango, Dr. D. F, Cole of fit. Lawrence, 
W. F. Teffv, of Oswego, Gerrit. Smith Miller of 
Madison.fi. L. Wattles of Delaware. J-G. Cohoe 
of Chautauqua, J. W.Cronkhlte of Herkimer, 
James McAaam of Otsego. I). V. Berry of Mont¬ 
gomery, Hon. H.T. Brook-- of Wyoming, R. Y 
Miller of Lewis, Atanson Slaughter of Orange 
W, A. Johnson of F.rie, S. A. Farrington of 
Cattaraugus. Or. Sec.—Hon. Joslah Snuie of 
llion. Her. Set — Watts T. Loomis of Little 
Fall*. Trees.- D, U. BUrrell of Little Falls. 
Directors—F. Ives, Salisbury; Harris Lewis, 
Frankfort; C. G. Burke, Little Falls: J. H. 
Smith, Fort. Plain; Hi n. E. C. Rice, Fairfield, 
and K. G. Burrell, Little Falls. 
Northern III. Ilort. Roc.—At the recent meet¬ 
ing of this Society the following officers were 
elected for 1871 : Pres.— Ty leu McWhorter of 
Mercer Co. Vtce-Pres'ts — ft. C- Graves of Do 
Kalb Co.. L. K. Schofield of Stephenson Co., 
E. H. Beeber of Kane C'o„ and D. F. Kenney of 
Rock Island Co. Cor. Sec. —D. Wilmot Scott of 
Galena. Rcr. Sec's Edrnmond Hathaway and 
C. W. Richmond. JVma.—L. Woodard Marengo. 
Staruli ua QotnmfMexA .-Orchards and Vineyards 
- A. Bryant, Sr., S. G. Mlnkler, Dr. L. 8. Pen¬ 
nington. Timber nnd Ornamental Trees—O. 
B. Galuaha, C. G. Austin, Floriculture— Mrs. 
A. Hilles, James W. Scott. Meteorology—fl, 
H. McAffee, Dr. E. N. Hallow. Ornithology— 
A. L.Cummings, Dr. LeBaron and Dr. Sbimer. 
Botany and Vegetable Physiology—Mrs. P. V. 
Hathaway, Mrs. R. C. Harris. Landscape Gar¬ 
dening—J. P. Bryant, E. Hathaway. Timber 
Planting—Robert Douglas, R. Edwards. Mar¬ 
keting and Clilizing Fruit— Jon. Periam. 
'-nngrrflcld nnd Marshall, X. 7'., Vg. Soc.— 
Officers for 1874: Pits .—T. L. Hills, Deansville. 
Viee-Preet’e—D. K. 7’. Camp. Watorville; Myron 
Keith, Deansville. Tim*. Frank Page, Water- 
ville. Sec. —II. M. Rouse, Paris. Ex. Board-- 
Charles H. Curtis, Ciias. I. Peck, China Rmith, 
O. B. Gridley, A. O. Osborn. M. D. Lap ham, 
Charles A. Jewett. Eighteenth Annual Fair on 
Thursday and Friday, Sept . 17 and 16, 1874. 
SEMI-BUSINESS PARAGRAPHS. 
Prenmturo Lo*" of the Hair, which is so com¬ 
mon now-a-doys, may he entirely prevented by 
the use of Bin ntU'e Cocoaine. It has been used 
In thousands of cases w here the hair was com¬ 
ing out in handfuls, and has never failed to 
arrest its decay, and to promote n healthy and 
vigorous growth. It, is at the same time unri¬ 
valed as a dressing for the hair. A single appli¬ 
cation will render It soft and glossy for several 
days. For sale everywhere. 
THE MARKETS, 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York, Monday, Feb. 23,18T4. 
Receipt!*.—'The receipts of the principal kinds of 
produce fur the past week are as follows : 
Cotton, hales. 21,800 Hops, bales. 440 
Dried Fruits, pkgs. 822 fork, bbls. 2.785 
Flour, bbls. 74,500 Beet, pkes. 687 
Wheat, busli.- 675.500 Out meats, pkgs... 15,903 
Coru, bush.. 40-1,200 Lard, tea . 9,850 
Oats, bush. 229,500 Butter, pkors. 13,755 
Grass seed, busn... 3,303 Cheese, pkgs. 14.800 
Rye. bush ., -- 735,300 Peanuts, bags... 672 
Barley, bush. . 31.800 Kirns, bbla. u,185 
Beans, bush. 13,100 Mult, bush. 12 6(10 
Corn mem, bids— X7lX) Dressed Hoss, No.. 16.3(31 
Com meal. bags... 5,500 Wool bales. 472 
Brans and Pen*.—Exports of beans, past week, 
570 bbls,; do. of peas, 8.560 bush. Receipts of beans 
have seldom run so large, but *in active export trade 
ha* kept prices for marrows ftonj shrinking. Me¬ 
diums are weak and a shade lower than at our last. 
Only Jobbing lots will bring our extreme quotations. 
Poa beans are quiet, with few good enough to quote 
full. Kidney beaus arc not sellirg beyond n retail 
ox ent. Canadian peas are in better supply, and onr 
quotations are oxtreme, few lots being outside rate*. 
Southern B. K. peas are not so largely wanted, and 
round lots are now quoted at 88.fid. Green peas un- 
en ringed. 
Tne quotation* are —Por now medium* ?2.05@2.05 
for prime, and #1.7&<i, 1,95 tog othergrades: prlmen’ar- 
rowfuts. t’J.HOilFtO; other grade*, $2792.1(1: prime pea 
bean*, *2,803,2-40: do. fair lots down to ?2.i(Vui2.;n; 
kidney.red.iNi.oO®?,66; kidney white,22.35,82.68, Peas, 
new Canadian, in bbls. $1.25^1.80; do.. In bulk, 
MAVaLltR Green, new. fi.fiOfflil.fiS. Soufuefn B. E, 
1 peas, *is.50@3.55 * 2 push.bag, 
