Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 52, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1874 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1871.

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Till' BBKKLYX DISGRACE. n:., w. w. patton, ok chicaoo, iNTi:r.71KWF.D IMPORTANT REVELATION; THE VORK AND OPINIONS OF THE COUNCIL TUE SKCRKT KNOWN FOK A LOS TIM K TOW IT GOT OUT DR. BACON A B KLIEVE 2 IN CEB-UKUS INNOCKS'E OR l:LsE IX iCI.-TheChic-g" Inter-Ocean of the Goth inst contains the following very interesting Ii closure by Dr. Tatton concerning the B- eeher-Tilton scandal: Mr. Llizaietb Cady Stanton's statements, which uniui oally afiirm! that others 1eside herself were in possession of the alleged facts in tlua "miserable cusim-ss." wert, lay before yes terd.iv, supplemental by another chapter in the T,eeher-Tilton -ase. A rumor, which was received with considerable credence. was In circulation throughout tbicity. to tho 'fiVct tbat a prominent clergyman, who rsid- here, eouM say much about the celebrated scandal if ho so desired . It was even averred that the minister referral to wa the custodian rf c-rtain doevne? ts, believed to be :onfessions ma Je by ladies now decease'd. wbicü atliimed buhiautUill that they Rad rem unlawfully intimate with Mr. Beecher during their lifetime. The fumor plainly pointed to the I tev. V . W. I'attton. D.D., who i welt Known as the former pastor ot i ".1-3 l'irst Congregational Church, editor of tho Advance, and the representative of the American Missionary Lnion, Accord m sly Dr. Tatton was waited upon by a reporter t the Inter Ocean, who slated brielly the ot jeet ot th call. Dr. Tatton ieplicl thai the rc-Dor er's ottestioiis was the Hrst intimation nt'th9 existence of such a rumor, and he li.-id ru'ver beard that any sn-b tacts were p )ses:d by any one. There was certainly n p.rson connected with the Union here or in the WVst who krt'W f the matter In point. "The eharacb-r ot thesp parers," pursued the reporter, "is pimply this: It h said that the olrgvman alluded to who has these atlida us, oral Ua-t confessions, of fcidies. now d eisfAl, resirtcs In this city. Do you know of any one hero who lias them, or who would be niosi likely tu have the in, it they exist?" Dr. Patton. So far as my knowledge uoes, .no one in Chicago or -onnected with our I'uiou in the W?st, ha them, or aware there are sneli document,-. Neither do I know or believe there is any groucd tor such affirmation at lea-t prespni. There are few in the W-st who an." aware, dir etly, or indirectly for tha: matter, of the fact, or alleged facts in the Beecher rase, outside of what the newspapers have published, Concerning that, ol course it would not be well to say much while the investigation is pending. Reporter. You were. I believe, a member of the Brooklyn Council. That lody's conference, w hich grew out of theTilton matter, ha-1 considerable bearing on what has since I een developed, had it tiot? Dr. Tatton. Yes; I went ibwn from hero as a representative of the First Churcfi, of this city. The delibendioi s then were not exactly in regard to that, but were, as you may know, as to the authority which Tivinoutli Church had in dropping Tilton's nanic from the roll while charges were hanging ever him. THF.T REFUSED TO INVESTIGATE. 'Jhey 6 en refused to appear and take part id the Brooklyn.CouncH. This course laid Mr. IV ccherand his church open to grave suspicion. Then, Belcher's charges, brought 4air.fc him by Mr?. Wood hull, were spread all ver the land. KeKrter. Were thealleged fails regardit g Beecher's criminality known lefore Mr. Woodhull's statement? 'lhat is, were they known gcneroilv, and were ou aware : tbet.i? Ir. Tatton. I knew lotiir bfore that; thai is. I had heard from friends who reside there of these things. My frit i ids, living near the s-?ne and acquainted more or less with the parties, knew of them and informed me of the facts; that is, the alleged facts. I had the fullest confidence in them (my friends), and felt sure that what they stated to me Hd not come from them alone. Indeed, I may say to you that all that has hitherto been mad public about tLe scaudal has been no news to me. I ws not taitled when these things wre printed. I was in a measure prepared for them, aU though they aiue none the less unsought on my part. Yet what I mean to say i, that from the first, knowing Avhat I knew. I lelt sure thsc tbirgs would all come out. I was fully assured it was only a emi-stion t time. Those stories, these "fcts, had all bsr-n told bj n3' Iriends; and tlhers, as Mr. Woodhull intimates, knew of them a well. From the beginniDg.it had I een recited to Miss Susan B. Anthony, and now I see by the papers that Mrs, Elizabeth Ca Jy Stanton was also in the secret. There were alo 'thers 1 Importer. Well how was it the story . got out beyond the firt circle? Why wss' it not stopped by those interested? Dr. Tatton. "You see it was in this way: It wss told in entire confidence by the first little circle. These who hoard ot it in their turn told it to their confidential circle, and each time it was widened out and was ma Je the property of a great man3' who had it f ni what tiey exnidered good authority. As I sal I, nothing has as yet beer, deve'lopel of which I had not heard before. In reference to that you can understand that the articles published in the papers did not startle me. Had my advii-c been followed, all or most of this would have been averted. THE STATEMENTS Of MKS. WOODHULL would have been per se not altogether sufficient to have warranted an investigation. But you must remember that she called on others to say over their own names whether what she stated was false or not. A remarkable fact was, that none of these replied to the challenge. Keporter. You were then editor of the Advam'e? Dr. Tatton. Yes, and that gave me an opportunity of saving much at the time. I w as in New Ycrk in January of 173. This was alter the first publication of Mrs. Woodhull's side of the scandal in her paper. Tha she ltictureil on the object, "the naked truth.' I would have, in one sense, liked to have gone and heard what she had to say, bu I did not. I made mention d the .matter through the -olunin of the Advance. I was writing editorial correspondence from New York, and, as I ha I teon informed, I felt sure the scandal would on le out sooner or later. o in pacing f mentioned it in mv letter. The letter w published January 'Si, W3. Among olh r iDiDfs rue utter isays: "A new turn aod a greater serioune-s has Uitn given to Mrs. Woodhull's accus itinns ot Mr. Beether by the pul hin d notc.of Theodore Tiitiii, which has ex-,ted no litt comment among the religious public. Many have reatvtted that Mr. fteecoer lid not instantly lay the matter tefore bis church, in view of its publicity, and demand a commit tee of investigation, instead of resting mcurtly on lits'good name." "And it closes," said lr. Patton, "with tLe words : -.-i.d it Is now becoming probable that a investigation will beAviitcl by Mr. J Lecher, rby"Mr. Tilton, or by tome other of the parties mentioned in the astounding state ment or Jira. woounuii, wno certain Iv ought rot to be suffertd irresponsibly to be smirch the fair reputation of a distinguished minister, admired and almo t idolized bv his church and by the wh le nation, and of a pure minded lady .vfco decrvc3 protection

trom such a ruthless and un just assault."

Dr. Tatton went on to state that he was back in C'bi-asro the l.ext week, and wrote an editorl:d for the Advance. Jan. :i0, 172, entitled ''Mistaken Silence," with s-iHl reference to this case. Air. Beech? r did not say a word for months afterward. "The first note I made of the matter," Dr. Tatton said. "was as a grappling to tvhft was to follow But what irritated Mr. Belcher's friends most was the last paragraph in my editorial. Thcv could nave taken the rest, but not that. I said: "In reluc tantly expressing these views of what the case now deman is, we believe we represent what is fast coming to be the unanimous judgment of Mr. Beccher's wannest and lite long friends. ' We have said this much, ot course, on the presumption of Mr. Baecher'siiiBoccnce; but iL the very thought of w hich is intolerable, there should prove to be any real foundation for the accusation in question, the contid'ra tions would le a thousand fold stronger which call for a full investigation of the matter." "When I wrote that editorial," Dr. Tatton proceeded to sav, "I considered my-duty at an end. I had done what I could, and all that 1 could. Of course atterward there was mention ot the matter in the columns of the Advance, but it was only Incidental. I found that Dne of the denomination al papers followed me in urging the investigation, and it was finally dropptd." Keporter. Were these stories against Iteecher of w hich yon speak known by others besides yourself that you know of? Dr. P. Oh! yes. Dr. Bacon knew them that is, he knew them as I knew them, lie knew them as they were known in T.rooklvn. I suppose there were none. except a very few, who actually knew the exact facts in the case. But as I said, it was known, lor my friends informed me of it. which was wiy f alw ays urged tbat Mr. Beecher should court an investigation. Tor, I reasoned, should the church demand an investigation, and should that exonerate him, men would it bo lustityini; one in whom there was the fullest contidence. It was due the huroh, I thought, that this should be done. Well, you know SOMCTUIXd OF THE BROOKLYN COUNCIL, to which wo have referred. I was a member ofthat council. I suppose you read the relort of its committee one of the must labor cd papers I have ever had anything to do with preparing. Reporter. Yes; by the way, have vou that report? I should like to see it. Alter some searching, Dr. Tatton found the number ot the Advance in which it appeared, ami then said: "You will notice the careful wording of the findings of the council of Brooklyn. It was the most difficult part of our work to prepaaethat. You will seo how labored its expression is, and how such matters were mentioned as were aetuallv before the coun cil. Dr. Bacon was chairman of the committee chosen to prepare the re port as well as myself. Dr. Bacon, who wrote those articles on the council for the Independent, was president of the council and chairman of the commi ttc tbat prepared the report. I may sav, also, that the most important portion of tne w rk of that Brooklyn council was transacted while it was in secrtt session. As 1 stated betöre to you. Dr. Bacon was in the possession of the same facts I was. How I came to know this so we!l is because he and Iliad a lotg conversation concerning the matter at that lime; that is. during the sittings of the council. We exchanged views alout it fn-clv. As vou are probably aware. Dr. Bacon is aproftsor in the Yale The .logical Seminary. Mr. Bsecher has l03u delivering series ot lmures before the stu dents and faculty of that institution. That is in New Ilaven. Now Dr. Bacon and in j self took opposite views concerning the case. Dr. Bacon believed Beecher entirely innocent. Dr. Bacon was editor of the Independent for 10 or 12 years when 1 heodore Tilton occupied a subordin ate position on the same paper. Then Dr. lUi-ou had an opportunity of knowing a lit tle about Tilton. He believed him a man of no religion, morals, or standing, and to tally unlit to be a member or a christian chun-h. Then, on the other hand, there was Mr. Bee her. Dr. Ba.'on was associated with Mr. Beecher at New Haven. HeHieard him lecture, and preach, and pray, ud exhort, and talk about high moral character, and so on, and tne old doctor was astound ed. He couldn't believe the accusations brought against Beecher. lie, himself, said in the secret meetings of the council alout the charge: "If that be true this is THE MOST STUPENDOUS 1'IECE OF HYPOCRISY in the w orld's history." Thus, you see it was impossible for Dr. Bacon to take any other view of the case than he did. It was in this regard that Dr. Bacon differed from me. He believed Beecher innocent, or at least guilty or nothing more than a mere imp1urience,.or at the farthest, an indiscretion, of which any clergymaft or anyone, might be guilty. 'This he believed could be shown, and that was what irritated him all the more, when Plvmouth Church wouldn't have an investigation. He was w ell aware that ir it was merely an indiscre tion with which Beecher was charged, ho ould easily bo proven innocent, and the disposition on the part of Mr. Beecher and his church not to Lave an inquiry Into the matter was a source of annoyance to him. A member of the council, when in secret session, suggested tbat, as they could not proceed to investigate the case unlets Tly mouth Churcn responded, thev had bet ter go on and consider the que -t ion of tlropping a member, under charges, Irom the church roll, without trial, as" an abstract question. I made a tpeeeh in which I stated two points. 1 hev were, that no mdge. jury or lawyers assembled in court to discuss and decide abstract questions; tbat they had not been sent there to act in that manner, but that their purpose was to decide Tilton's case; and again, that if John Smith, in a church in tne lumber regions of Michigan, near Saginaw, or in some other obscure place, bad been dropped Irom church jucmnersmp. no council wouta navo ever have been called: but as it was, Tilton in the one case and Tlvmouth Church in the other, then there was an aiw lutc necessity for them to decide the case, not abstractly, but in relation to the church and man in question . TLe members of the council looked at this, and in tbat way it was voted by a large majority. .They saw my point. You can readily perceive how Di. Bacon came to figure afterward "so prominently in the case. Dr. Bacon held Tilton and his views in utter contempt. He commenced the publication of tnose articits, which finally goaded Tilton on to make these charge. As I said before, nothing has como oat in these investigations which has startled ' me. Dr. Bacon and tnyseif lid not agree in the matter. All along I had urged an Investigation. D Bacon took the position that Becc'icr was not guilty, and such was his (Dr. Bacon') view, that he wrote the Independent articles, with the result which you know. His adherence to, and vindication of, Beechsr had Ud him tosay these things wnicn cut luton to tne quick. Dr. isacou unfolded to me his plan, and showed me some of his papers on the subject of the couc-":l. I was sure of what would follow, and it ha since tran-Dired i-h I believed. Dr. Bacon kept on. When the council w as closed, and 1 returned to my -home here. I saw how matters jstood. I could,easily un derstand that -DR. BACOX WAS X0T SATISFIED, and would not be until he knew who was right. In the light of what I then knew, I was confident the scandal could not lie long, It would force it-sif up again, and an iuves

ligation must eventually ensuV. I said to some cler.cal friends in this d'ty that "I believed thero was a Providence Jn it that would not let it rest." I lelieved it was directing Dr. Bacon, although he mig.it not then know it. I felt sure it would, at one time or another, sooner or later, come out. This is what I bad advised long lefore, for I saw plainly that nothing short of this would satisfy the demands in tf;ecase. What has followed the publication of Dr. Bacon' articles is the opposite to that intended by their author. I knew that these facts, the alleged fcts, we're known by others beside myself. Moulton and Carpenter know them, and Mis Anthony and Mrs. Stanton now claims to have heard them from one ot the parties t hcmselves.. I can not tell what the end will bo. We have had the statement ot Mrs. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton. as well as the allidavit of Theodore Tilton. No answer has been made to the documents. Outside of them I suppose it will be necessary, in order to decide the case, to bring in those persons to whom the parties directly interested made their first revelations, and by them prove the guilt or innocence ot Mr. Beecher, Mrs. Tilton, or Theodore Tilton. I was in IndiauapolU, Ind., about a month or six weeks ago, where Mr. Beecher spent the earlier part of his ministry betöre he went to Brooklyn. The people there with whom I talked about the scandal w ere all indignant that even a breath of such a thing should be turned against him. When I endeavored to present the other side they were extremely indignant. They would not listen to anythim; which seemed to iudicat; tbat there was the slightest chance for harluring even a suspicion against him. MISS ANTHONY'S STORY. THE LEAKAGE OF THE SCANDAL MRS. TILTON 's GOOD BESOLITIOS9 FAIL. A special to the Chicago Tribune irom Leaven worth, Kan., of tho 20th inst., gives

Col. Anthony's account of his learning of the scandal: Col. Antliony, Susan B.'s brother, told your correspondent to-day that be first heard the scandal story from the lips of bis sister in Washinzton one year ago. Susan B. then told him that sho was a guest in Tilton's house when a violent domestic fccane occurred. She ret ired to her own room to avoid it, and was presently followed by Mrs. Tilton. 'I he two women bolted the door, placing the bedstead against it, to ke Tilton on the outside. Tilton w used bis wife ot adultery with Deecbcr, and she replied with the accusation that he had procured an abortion lor a young lady in Brooklyn, whom be lud seduced, calling the lady by name. That night Miss Authony and Mrs. Tilton slept together, and, during a conversation, the latter, in seeming mental distress, imparted the secret of a guilty intrigue with Beecher. Mist Anthony asked her how shu came to yield o Bif her8 advances; it ho used force, to which Mrs. -Tilton replied no force was used, she yielding without krowing why she d-d so. She averred that Beecher treated her with the kindness of a cmld. She re solved many timts. to yield no more, but as olten her good resolutions failed. This is the whole substance of Siuan B. Anthony's story, as related to her brother. He is of the opii ion lhat bis sister will not testify in the casa unless compelled to lo so in court. TIIK YJCKsBUBG TROCBLK.. A X'EAV EXPLANATION OF THE CAUSE WHICH LED TO THE CALL FOK TKOOPs THE SOCIAL SCANDAL AND THE POLITICAL EXCITEMENT. A -orrespondent ol the Louisville CourierJournal writes from Yieksburg under date of the 20th inst., giving a new version d the troubles In tbat ily: I desire to make kn ;wn through the columns of your jcjirnal the cause ami the extent of tho trouhl4hefe, upon which Lieut. Gov. Davis has applied for federal troops. A few weeks ao a negro man, w ho was the chief waiter in a small hot-l in Tort tii son. Miss., cloned with the laugbter d the landlord, and came to Vicksburg, where a late marriage was celebrated m one of the neuro churches. The negroes here we re so much elated- that a white woman- should publicly acknowledge one of their race as paramour or husuum mat they commenced spe-ulating upon the probability of all them 1 icing able tog-t white women to degrade themselves by union with them. One neirro named Davenport, the Cham-cry clerk of this nuntv, made a speech at the -ourt-house, in which he an nounced the negro as the coming man ol this country, and that many of the most respectable ladies of Yieksburg would gladly wed with negroes, but that ihcy were air.iid of white men; that if be was a single man. he would win him a white wite dtspiteall the fathers or brothers of the lady he would honor with his addresses. For this and manv other offensive remarks in his speech tho newsiianer.' denounced him, and many gerulemen said on the streets that he ought to be hangtxl to a lamp iost, but no actual demonstaiion of violence was offered or de termined upon by any one. He, how ever, liecanoe very much frightened; had himself locktxl in iail all night, and the next morning left town, under an armed csejrt, for Jackson. The negroes COMMENCED ARMIN THEMSELVES with muskets, drilling in the streets, and marching in column on the sidewalks, to the great discomfort and fear of lady iedestrians. After a tew days they telegraphed to thefagitive negro that he "might return," they "were prepared to protect hiui." Davenport returned next morning, and quar tered üimsel I 111 i lie court house, which became a barrick during the day, as was his house during the nignt. C.angs ol 4i and oo negroes armed vvitli muskets parade! the streets during the night, 6toppiog citizens who were passing, and in one instance a carriage containing a gentleman returning from an evening entertainment. Th people determined to stop this thing, and they did it by arming themselves, and sending out patrols Caring the night. The negroes, finding that these' patient people badreallva limit to tneir ioiDcaraui-e, oecame frightened, and their armed tnops disappeared from our streets; but a lew nights alter, a physician, who was answering a call, was tired upon from K-hind a close fence, and the horse of the messenger who came tr him was killed. .The day fol lowing the negroes were notified that if that occurred tuain it would be a signal for retaliatory measures which might exceed their anticipations. This warning has had the desired effect. Our town is now quiet. N armed men, w hite or black, are to lo seen on the streets night or day. I have tri ven von the ostensible cause ot the Gov ernor's call for troops. The real cause is that the registration now jn.ing on for an election to be held on the Ith proximo indicate tint th9 whites will carry the -itv. The robbers do not willingly give up tneir prey; The fact that Patagonia abounds in rich gold mining districts 'has been known for years; but it has b3en too hazardous an undertaking for miners to go and get it. Information has been received from the party sent out by the Argentine government to explore Tatagonia. They went up the Salinas River about 13 miles and then followed up the Santa Cruz 300 miles to its source a lake 27 miles long and 100 in circumferance. Tho river is navigable its entire length, and at low water is over nino feet in depth. The lake has another outlet tbat empties into the Pacific Ocean, which Is but thirty-two miles distant. They brought back with them rich samples of gold dust and coal, and at last accounts had started oil to explore tho (Jallegos River.

WORDS OF WISDOM. LKtTKR FROM COY. PALM Eli TIIK PARTY IN POWER WHAT KIND OF A PLATFORM IS NEEDED Till-: FINANCES PKOTKCTIOX AFFAIRS IN THE SOUTH. Chicago, July 29. Gov. Palmer, in"a letter to K. L. Mcrrilt, Secretary ( the Democratic Stato Central Committee, "says that though it is impossible for him to be in Chicago on the 29th, he will take the lüVrty to make a few suggestions. He Ba.v3 that the party which now holds possession of the government is so completely under the control of mere political managers and their adherents, that hen-sifter its formal platforms will declare any form of political doctrine to lie Republicanism w hich will catch votes and repudiate the soundest and best established truths whenever and wherever tbey may happen to be unpopular. The letf er continues: It can not aod will neyer again submit to the country an honot, frank and well defined platform of principles. It would h.tvegons to pieces during the last session ot Congress, but for the agreement that everything in in statesmanship and politics should thenceforth be regarded as non essential, audit must bo a p in root that what is known as the opposition have as yet detemiinel upon no common group ds of action. Nor lo I suppose it to be possible now to present to i he country a declaration of principles upon which all "opposed to the party in piwer can agree. It is true that every citizen must perceive in the recklessness and extravagance of CongTess and in the corruptions which lisgrace almost every department of public service, and the encroachments of Congress and the iederal judiciary upon the people, ami their contempt for the limitations of the constitution occasions for alarm. But the difficulty to be surmounted is to f ind some basis of union which will enable the people to cooperate for the public good. In my judgment the end can be secured in but one ways and that is to go before the country upon a declaration of principles that shall be frank, unevasive and true, and rbich shall, by its plainness, carry a proof with which it is presented. As the finances of the country is a subif t of deep interest, let it speak out Irankly'lor an early return tofjiec.e payments, for an honest discharge ot the public debt in coin, and denounce th specious but delusive idea of a discharge of any portion of the obligations of the government in irredeemable promises. The people of the United States are engaged in a contest with the great corporations that have monopolized the carrying trade, and through appropriate agencies the State governments are attempting to compel them to submit to RULES. REASON AND JUSTICE. while the corporators have attempted toesrap- to the jurisdiction of tho United States. Weary of the. restrictions imposed upon them by public law and the charters granted by the states, they asked the intervention of Congress and the federal courts. If Congress can be inuccd under a speioU9 pretext of aiding in the construction of trunk lines to engage in the creation of a railroad coiporation. at no d:stant day Stats charters will be abandoned for an organization unthe federal law, nnd the whole, subject of railroad control will pass leyond the authority of tho States. A platform should re-assert the authority of the states to regulate their own affairs, and the authority of Congress . to interfere with their internal affairs should be denied. Taxa' ion is at once a necessity -and a burden of civilized government. Taxation can only be justified when imposed for a public neceisitv. The people of the United States will no longer submit to burdens imposed ujon them for the sake of what is called protection. It is hardly consistent with what t suppose to be the proper limits of this -ommunication that I should go farther, but I can not forbear saying tbat nearly KK,0(H) colored voters In the South, and inore than an equal number of white voters in the same States, are jealous and distrustful of each other. Fach looks to the entral government for support against tho other, for which support they are readv to pay any price tbat may be demanded of them by the party in power, and neither have confidence in the opposition. The colored voters doubt the inclination, and the whites have no confidence in tbo ability of those opposed to the Republican party to do themselves justice or to protect them, and as a -onsequence, the whole South is at the feet of the administration. It is now demanded, not only by a just regard for the we II fare of the people of the South, but by considerations, that deeply affect the per petuity of free institutions" everywhere, that! the different races in tbo late slave States should be harmonized, and bo taught to look out for themselves and to the inlluence of just laws and their impartial administration for protection and tor the promotion of their ha pplness. It is to be Imped that the opposition by its cantlor and just h-e will le able to win the -onfidcncn of all classes in the South, and by that means to lemovc what seems to ine to be one of the most serious dangers that tluenteu the country. Very truly yours, etc., " John M. Palmer.

ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY". MEETING OF THK STATE COMMITTEE CALL TOR A CONVENTION PRINCIPLES ENUNCIATED FREE TRADE, HARD MONEY AND HOME RULE. Chicago, III., July 29. In pursuance of a call Issued some three weeks since by Cyrus II. McCormick, chairman of the democratic state central committee, that body convened this morning at 10 o'clock at the Sherman Ilouse, Chicago. The attendaiK-e was full. Mr. McCormick delivered an address, in which he stated that in view of the approaching election harmony of action was necessary in order to wrest the government from the present unscrupulous party leaders: lie reviewed the progress made by the party and expresses confidence of the result in the coming contest. The meeting adjourned till 2:-)0, when the following call was presented: To demc-rats, liberals and all other opponents ot the republican party, "Tho democratic state control committee in pursuance ot the power vested in it bv the democratic Hate convention, hereby gives notice tbat the state convention will be lie id in sirlngneid, on Wednesday, the 2(th day ol 'August, 1874 at 12. All the voters of the State are invited to join in sending delegak-s to the convention who desire io pmmoie tne 101 lowing purposes : 1. The restoration of gold and silver as the basis cf the currency of the country, the speedy resumption of specie payments, and the payment of all national indebtedness in tho money re cognized bvtho civilized world; second, free commerce; third, intuviauai lioerty and opposition to preemptuary lands: fourth, rijrid rest net ion ot the Governments both State and na tional, to the legitimate domain of political power by excluding them from all executive and legislature,and intermiddling with afi'airs of societv where inonopolis are fostered and privileged classes aggraudized, . B . and individual ireeuom uune-essaniy and oppressively restrained; fifth, the right and duty of a State to protect its citizens from extortion and unjust discrimination by chartered monopolies. The committee' believing that the opposition to Republican misrule can harmoniously unite upon the foregoing principles, earnestly solicits the tree co-operation

of all men regardless of past itnliticalafiiiliationin an earnest effort to pj e the State and national governments in the hands of men who are actuated by the principles aliove enunciated. Each county, except Cook, in entitled to send one delegate lor every .VXi votes cast in that county for all the presidential candidates at the presidential election, seven to each senatorial district. Cook county will 1 entitled to send 8 delegate- in separate delegations. The call is signed I-y the committee and udorscd by a number who have formerly ated with the Ripon partv, amon'j; whom the names ol A. Chiesihg and Herman Roster. Of tho Illinois Stala 'mfnnrr

and J. K. Doolittle ami A. It. Mattisoc. of uo i imes, aiso appear. ATTFMITOX BISMARCK'S LIFE. THE POPULAR FEELING AFTER THE EVENT THE REJOICINGS OF THE PEOrLE rRINC RISMARCK'S SPEECH. A -orrespondent of the New York Tribnne writing Irom Kissingen under date of the 14th inst. gives the following in onnectlon with the late attempt on the life of Trince Bismarck: I wan retr.rninc from dinner yesterday, when an unusual gather ing oi peopie attracted mv attention, which I ascribed to the probable event of Prince Bismarck's passing en his dally drive, when all eyes is re apt to be strained for a ;od siiht of the greatest man of the age. This time there was more than the ordinary commotion, and I immediately Iearncl that an ttempt hail Ihx-u made and badlv failed ot success to tako the life of the Chancel lor of the Empire, the builet fired wounding the baud at tne it which Bismarck was just lining irom hi head in lam ing to a smaii crowd wimnad halted at hu residence' to see him fret into- his carriage, and who cheered him as uual. At the time when Bismarck entered the carriage a priest Darned Hanthaler c-rosttcd the street right in front of the horse, compelling the driver to pull up the horses which were jus5 starting and bring the roach to a standstill while the shot was lirwl. The commotion which followed being directed against the asR!!vin, who turned out to be Edward Kiilmaniirn illiterate vouocr man from Magdeburg, on whose person no other document was found than a poem praising the pope, the priest gained time to disappear, and hurried across town in au in-rediblv short space of time, catching the 2 o'clock train for Schweinfurt (an hour's ride from here.) But the telegraph was quicker than he, and he was arrested and locked up in Schweinfurt. At first he was called a Trench priest, but it now turns out that he is a Bavarian from Knpstein. (Hnthaler has since been declared innocent. Editor Tribune.) Trince Bismarck, after showing lumsell throughout the town to the enthusiastic pHple, drove tothe jail toquestion his assailant prrsonally. I have learned that the man answerad the prince with great brutality, t bat be regretted HAVING MISSED HIS AIM. as the arch enemy of the pope and the holy Catholic church had no right to live. He added that it was no use asking him about accomplices, for even if he had any he would not be such a fool as to betray them. The town was in great excitement all the afternoon, and a pretty demonstration was hurriedly improvised, w hich turned out much greater in numbers tcau I had thought within the possibilities of so small a place. A torchlight serenade was organized, accompanied by a brass band and a full string orchestra. There were severa hundred torches and Chinese lamps, and several thousand people gathered in the street nnd meadow opposite Trince Bismarck's house just at dark. Bismarck appeared on the balcony, the wounded hand concealed by a cloak, and with his bat in the other, be addressed the crowd almost verbatim as follows : Oentlemen: I thank you for this mark of your sympathy, as I profoundly thank Ood, whose protecting hand has this "day shielded me in imminent danger. To say more on the subject of the attack itself would not be becoming in me, as it has to le dealt with by the judges admin istering the laws of the land. But this I may be permitted to say. tbat I am fully conscious that the attempted crime was not directed against me, but against the cause in whose initiatory steps I have been called upon to take a leadingpart the ran &c of Oermany, united, strong, and free. That cause can no longer le iniuied by snch measures as have been here attempted. It has become the cause of the nation, which is united, strong and free, to carry it to a glorious issue without me. While I live I will work for tbat cause; and whih' I levootjy thank God for having this day interposed His pre totting hand to shield my lite, I am ready for the sacrifice if it shall be tlcmanded.'In what, I ask you, would it exec) that of the thousands of our brothers who three years ago laid down their lives on the plains' of France in the same cause A cause thus scaled by noble blood is hallowed, and Germany, united, strong, and free, will sec to it that it shall suffer no harm by the loss ol a single life. Join me then, gentlemen, in hearty cheers for Germany, united, strong, and free, and for its noble and allied princes! ' This speech was received with loud huzzas, and after some more music and the signing ofaejuartet, the crowd dispersed with renewed cheers for Bimarck and Iiis family, which again brought the prince and his daughter to the balconv-. MR. KERR'S FIRST BROADSIDE. niS SPEECH AT BROWNSTOWN ON SATURDAY. The Sevmore Democrat lias this to say of the first siocch of the Hon. M. C. Kerr in Jackson county: Thhf week he will speak at five other places in the county. The opening meeting of the tlemocratie campaign in this count v, came off at Brownstow n last Satur day. It was a complete success in numbers m. l'.. . u .it.. ... a fair discussion of iicnding issues, and a se vere condemnation and arraignment of the leaders of the republicrn party. Hcelcmonstratcd that in every essential element of statesmanship," 'thev have signally failed from their first entrv into power until the present day, and that thev wore tilnndercrs in war. and in pcu-e. In the settluent of questions arisicg from the war they had not only failed, but had pursued a policy nuke contrary to tne constitution ot the "count ry and the prin ciples of American lil ery, and their "reconstruction" had notonly impoverished, bat robbed the people of the South, until they wcrc almost hopciessiv burdened with debt and taxation; until the sufferings of those people entited them to the sympathy cf mankind. Their administration of the aftahs of. the country had been the most corrupt of any in history. The -orruotion of the government of the District of Columbia was only a sample of that introduced in almost every department of the government, and be denn nsirated tbat the only bope for the country w as to drive the Republican leaders from power. It was nonsense to e-xixvt that men who had stolen millions, or permitted others to steal them, could possibly reform the government.- In administering tho finances of the country they had likewise blnmlered, to USr) no harhc'r term. They had pursued a policy thc direct effect ot w hich was to benefit the wealthy and oppress the por, and to use the language of oli Tom Benton, thy had multiplcd nabobs and paup-rs. The' party was controlled by the money Interests of the country, while the interests of the people were entirely L nored or never thought of. And so also of tho tariff. It had been made, not in tho interests of the people, but ol the manufacturers oi the country. Tlw tariff, under republican administrations, xsls a violation of the constitution, and a robbery of tne people.

I'OLrflCAL NOTES. GENERAL ASPECTS OF STATE JIOVEMEXTS. Two loys arc run.nlng for the ofäeeof Auditor of Tippecanoe county. Frei. S. Williams, sen of Col. .Cohn C. Williams, democrat, and Prime Culver, son of M. C. Culver, republican. Both oi the young mea are lively, nd their "parends" are seeing; them through. In the eleventh listrict it is decided that the democracy oi the district, including all persons opposed to the prewit administration, hold a conention at Peru on Thursday. August 27, at 1 o'clcck r.Mto nominate a candidate for Congress All persons in favor of reform and desirous of a change in the rresent administration of our government, are invited to attend and participate. It la ccwidcred by the Lafayette Dispatch as settled that the Hon. Godlorer . Orth will be the republican candidate for Congress in the-Ninth District, as the Orth rine have all the strings in hand. Judge Tlnton has been favorably spoken of, than whom no beTcr man -ould be found fbr a Congressman, but the present incumbent, the Hon. T. J. Cason, would certainly die of wurroms" if his party throw him overboard at the end of one term. The Lafayette Journal states that Mr. Orth posit ivelv declines to be a candidate. The Hon. John B. Stoll f the Ligoier Banner; is piite pronounced1 in his financial View. The Ban ner says : While the State platforn commits tho party to inflation, we have faith to lielieve tbat in a majority of the Congressional districts an honest eiibrt will be made to rectify the blonder ot the 15tb. Congressional plat for jus are really the place to establish financial platforms. The people there have a I letter opportunity to lie heard than in a State convention, where discussion and deliberation are next to impossibilities. In speaking of the movement of Maj. Cravens to run for Congress as an independent candidate against Mr. Kerr, the !ew Albany Ijcdgcr-Standard says: It is his Privilegs, as it is that of any other roan in the (list rictr to seek the sotTrage of the people. Iut Maj. Cravens is no longer entitbxl to ih su pport of the dmocracy. He sought counsel and advice of the life-long enemies of democracy, and who desire to ose him as a tod to disorganize the party. In this be and they will fail most signally, and then Major Cravens will be deserted by his new found friends. He must henceforth bo recognized as the champion of Iiis Republican confreres, to whose use he has surrendered himself, and we shall s- treat him so long as he remains their candidate. Personally we have regarded him with the highest esteem, but are disposed to say that he has forfeited the confidence of hie Democratic friends, and must eventually loss bis self-respect. Our roads now lie in different directions, and we certainly shall not turn and follow him into the camp of the enemy. The Terre Haute Gazette holds Its independent ba-k np pretty high. It speaks out in this fashion: Nobody -tres what Dr Rice thinks upon the Baxter bill. As congressman. h will have nothing whatever to do with that matter, so tbat hi views on temperance aieof no importance whatever. Nobody cares what be tl inks about abolishing county superintendents, or limiting tbo Dowers of county commissioners and other matters of pureiy local ami State politics. What the people aro iotcre-sted in, is his attitude upon national finances, upon tariff laws, etc. It will sutlice to say tbat his attitude upon some of the questions, especially the- first, is bv no mesns satisfactory to a very large body of voters in this district, thouäh, for tbat matter. Hunter i3 little tetter, if, indeed, be is not worse. It . behooves the friends of honest money to jxmder deeply the rjuestion of whet ber,'in this contingency, they bad nt bettf r put a candidatoin the liekl "who loe lielic7e in the nation paying iis debts honestly, dollar for dollar,, and setii-g its faco in the direction of a return to hard money. John B. Rnger has declined tie democratic nomination for state senator from Tippecanoe county. An attempt to nominate an independent county th-ket in Warrick oonn'y did not prove exactly liar mo Dions. Tbo democratic

members when the saw bow t tings wcrerunn'uig, deliberately got up and walked out of the synagogue. The convention :esiimed business after the Withdrawal of the delegations, and the following ticket is the result of the laliors: For representative, Robert Terigo: for clerk, J. F. White: for auditor. Dexter Gee; lor recorder, j tico wnson; ror treasurer, W. J. llargrave; for assessor. John Irwin; for commissioner, Axley Rice; for prosecuting aivrney, u. it. name id. the Dearborn tonnty demceratic ticket is as follows: for auditor, Myron Haynee; for clerk. John A. Con well: for treasurer. Charles Eods; for sheriff, Louis Weitzell; for recorder, Frank M. Johnson; for cerouer, D. M. Skinner; for real estate appraiser, Nicholas Vogelgesang; for commissioner, third district, Frederick Slater; for representative, Columbus Johnston; for surveyor, Samuel Allen; for state senator, Xoab S. Givan; for prose-uting attorney, seventh judical circuit, George R. Brumblay. A farmers' mass meeting was held in Bloomfield on the IStb, at which it was arranged to hold a delegate convention August 1, whose action will be based on the follow ing statements: Whereas, The issues that have heretofore divided the iieople of this country have eased to exist, and we deem it impolitic to perpetuate the old political parties with a view of seeking reform in the administration of our public affairs; and Whereas, Few and momentous questions have arisen which demand the consideration, of every farmer and laborer of the couutry, lx'lieving the true prim iple to be the sovereignty of the governed, and that legislation, guaranteeing exclusive rights and priyilegea to corporations and moflppolies enabling a few to enrich themselves from the hard earnings of the laboring classes, is in direct opposition to the best interests o the people, having a tendency to degrade labor and en-aurage orruption: and that the triumph of the people in this eontest with monopolies of every form and haraeter is essential to the prosperity and perpetuity of our free institution!", wa therefore demand honesty and efficiency ot our public officers, and an economical administration of our public affairs. Ttattbe burdens wh:eh are now pressing so heavily upon the laboring people may be made as light as will bo consistent with the public interest, and to secure this end we re-ognlze no political party affiliations which do not look to equal legislation to all cissies ot honorable labor. The Fairbanks Scale Company re-elvl an order Irom San Francisco by telegram last week for 75 larse dormant and warehouse) scabs, This order indicates good crops and a prosperous s9ason in California. Tho company also shipped Jf-t.OoO worth of scales to Russia during tLe lait ten days, and 12 o'w-Dusnei nopper scales ior a large eievaior In Yiritn1n Thn nriutncl t;f th tirt. rimonths of scale making for 1S74 footi up 2:,840 scales, with a larger n-r cent, of track and hav scales than ever before. St. Johnsbury (Yt.) Caledonian. Under the laws of last winter's Ohio Legislature, it is impossible to procure sufficient money from the state treasurer for the payment of the bills of the Soldiers' OrphansHome, at Xenla. The institution is falling behind oyer 5-.t,000 a month. t f