Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1874 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. -TUESDAY SEPTEMBER,!. -1874. .,

TVESDAY, SEPTEMBER I. . .

The movement in preparation for the Imposition are now rapid art. well directed The people no sooner became aware ot the ir-ütv for exertion than thev shook off their apathy and went to work in earnest. In their endeavor to sevure a great Expos! tlon, the managers had bent all their ener jpes to arousiDg tho attention ot the rest of Tb Ut, and had forgotten the fact that the city ttself was more essential to the progress of the affair than any other local ity, Tney have at last realired that fact, and called our people to their assistance. The nswer has been such as to givo them abundanr of assurance for the success of the com ing Exposition. m ' The democrats of Missouri have made a various platform financially considered. Tbe7 Droc4aim in the first place that the 5-20 bonds should bo payable in green backs, and that the act of March 18, 1S6D, making them payable in coin was a usurpation of power on the part of congrefs. In the next place they assert that an irredeemable paper currency is a great evil, and that The only measure necessary to get rid of ,it is to proclaim greenbacks a legal tender for 11 debts public and private and receivable for import duties. Furthermore although not acknowledging the right of .government to maintain a national paper currency, they demand that, so long as the present system continues, greenbacks shall "bo substituted for national bank notes. These propositions are somewhat bewilder wg, and partake considerably of the dingleIonian tinge. If the Missouri democrats &ad their way, they would either restore the finances of the country to a healthy state, or Tuin them beyoud all hope of recovery in a ahort time. They say what they mean, but whether they understand what they say is -another matter. At every important step in the BeecherTilton scandal, the Sentinel has frankly -stated its opinion, aud a few words may be necessary in regard to tho report of the investigating committee. It is a very well written document which maintains strongly -the perfect Innocence of Mr. IJ9echer. The paper contains nothing in the evidence which it presents or in the arguments in review of the testimony that will influence public opinion one way or the other. This is a curious statement to inako, and vet no one will question its truth. Could it ever have been thought possible tkat the deliberate judgment ot such men as Sae,v Ckftlin and their companions would be so lightly re ceived? To believers in the guiltlessness c' Mr. Beech er, the committee has no new proofs to offer; and the skeptical utterly disregard its decision. The reasons for this mistrust -are plain. The members of the committee were chosen by the accused. They are his intimate friends, and some of them are the pillars of his church. They are swayed by -every consideration of affection, interest, and that instinct of self-preservation which is held to disqualify a judge. In addition to thesa grounds of suspicion, the -committee has held all its sessions in secret. Veiled witnesses have been led in and out in a style more suitable to a Venetian council than an American church. The evidence has been given to the public .piecemeal and, as, some of the witnesses claim, in a garbled condition. The examinations of witnesses have be9n conducted in utter disregard of all legal practice. Friendly witnesses have been led along step by step -and unfriendly ones have been brow-beaten and bullied In a way that would not be tolerated in a court of justica. Moreover the treaatious delays of the committee have wearied the public and there has been that ;air of prejudice about their general conduct that precluded all idea of a fair verdict. - "The public anticipated their decision by more than a week and lost all! interest in it. The judgment will be

accepted by Plymouth Church of course as establishing the virtue and purity of the jiaetorleyond all suspicion, and he is now in as .good, il not better, standing officially in the denomination than ever before. While bidding farewell to the subject, the -Sentinel cannot agree with those who think ihe members ot the committee blundered in the management of the case. The result i proves their skilL No more cunningly managed defence was ever conducted. Hundreds of diverse and irrelevant points lave been raised, and attention has been drawa off from the real question at issne. ..At the approach of a crisis, public anxiety i

. lias been let down and disappointed re

-'peaLedly, in such a way as to avert the dan

tigers of immediate judgment. In fact all r through the business the dexterous hand

r-hat iriilfiA,l iha inirhwi of th All.anv

and KnviDhtnna sa- nit liu IwAn vlaihl. - .. Prof. E.T. Cox began Thursday the dii hribntlon of his Fifth Annual Report of the 1 leologieal Survey of Indiana. Thevolqmo contains 4in pages, and as it was issued I lr m the book department of the Sentinel it is .sot necessary to say that the mechanical execution of the work, with iis numerous .elaborate maps and diagrams, is worthy of jthe most valuable official document which -coos out from Indiana to the public The report ia addressed to the State Board of Ag vieulture, at whose instance the thorough survey ot the State in all its resources

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lt ari-ilvtirt tables ana comparisons a nuie ia ....

dry, e-peclal) if 09 not a resident a.V

f the counties which' nave Deen aurveytd v,v ProfH. Bordo. and CVHett during the

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Put it into the hands of the intelligent iron roaster and the European capitalist, and its pages will be more entrancing thr.n the live-; liest romance that was ever w ritten. It contains the demonstration that the State ot Indiana has, or may have, in her immediate future the commandinsc wealth and power of the United States in the manufacture of iron and Bessemer steel. The force of this demonstration will tell on foreign students more effectively than our own people Every man for his trade. 'A tanker may have large capital, yet he is not the man to build' furnaces , and' develop mines. lie can't do it. not ' even with his money. The iron master can do these things, and when he sees the opportunity he knows it. Prof. Cox's report, and the valuable contributions to the volume,

contain jnst the information in the proper form which it is necessary to disseminate to the world, and especially to the old world. The volume opens with a condensed account of the Vienna exposition, to which the an thor was the commissioner from Indiana. Follow ing this are two invaluable papers by Hugh Hartmann, civil engineer one on the iron and steel industries of Germany, and the other on Spiegelcisen manufacturing, which winds op with the following significant paragraph: ' These facts, compared with those related to the above, under Russia. Sweden and Germany. there can be no douot that the pig Iron made of Ijike superior, Indiana aud iron .vounuin ore, with Indiana block coal, will be not only able to compete with English, used now as an admixture by thet Bessemer steel manufacturers, bat that it will be even of a far bettei quality. Those Interested In ihe matter may earn great profits, and the proposed plans to erect liessemer works in Brazil, or Indianapolis, must be considered as enterprises, based upon the most sound ground. The principal part of the general report is appropriately given to the coal and iron information which has been so - largely developed during the past year. The survey of Clark county introduces a clever discussion of the production of hydraulic cement, and for the curious antiquarian there is a pleasant chapter on the mounds and mound builders of Knox county. The remainder of the volume comprises the detailed surveys of Clark and Floyd counties, made under the direction of Prof. Wm. "V. Borden, and of Warren, Lawrence, Knox, and Gib son counties ür I'ror. John tollett. and of De Kalb, Steuben, Lagrange Noble, Elkhart, St. ' Joseph and Luporte counties, by Dr. G. M. Levette. A suitable comment on these excellent reports must be deferred to another occasion. The progress of tho work in the whole ttate made by these three assistants will doubt less be satisfactory to the Board,' as thirteen counties Lave been carefully examined, de scribed and mapped. A paper on tri poll. by Dr. Joseph Gardner, ot Bedford, is a valuable contribution. To the counties described, of course this .report will possess a special interest, showing them valuable facts of which the oldest citizens probably had but imperfect knowledge. The 111 ! CBvcttoa. The Illinois convention marks a new era in politics. It must be set down as the first assemblage of any party, during the present canvass, in which the delegates met with an honest determination to speak out frankly their real opinions on the issues before the country. Whatever other fault the body bad, there was that supreme virtue of sincerity ol purpose to recommend it. The men who gathered at Springfield did not get together to devise any cunning form of worrla to mneeal their Jrtna1 rleaioma ami wishes. They adopted no cot radictory resoluUons; such as have been considered the height of political sagacity in Indiana. They made no such dubious declarations as the financial resolution of the Ohio de mocracy, the interpretation of which is beyond the ingeuuity of man. They did not

cast upon the politics ot the times a shower ine PP19 or Indiana early in the summer of words like wintry snow flakes hidineltnat he was about to lay aside all thoughts

every issue under a mass of aerblage, like the republicans of Michigan Tbev adonted I a clear, definite set of princinles. set forth in language intended to reveal, not hide, the sentiments of the men who tutde use of it. The nature of the nlatform beine such, it was, of course, atural that some stormy discussion should have preceded its adonlion. There . is infinite satisfaction - in mis xaci laat me irienoa and en emies of it in the convention fought their fight out obstinately, instead of com promising ia the committee tooum to save appearanc s. The sort of sham uaanimlty which is obtained by uch -ompreoiises is worthless compared to the hearty union that follows honest debate over differed ee, and the Illinois democracy will ilud it so ventually. The opposition party in tiaat State has now itaVell defined principlea eetabI Hshed.aud those that wish to see the triumph of them should hasten to east In t hair lt with the men who have gone home irom Springfield with the consr Iousneas of a werk ireM done,, while all who onrtraA nnnmjf I " I oninlnr u-ill tamIm rMrfv lmm. In 4Vo tents of the administration. The Dlatform was substantial! v thAt -on. tainArl in th call nf Jnlv 94 H isnn uu.l Im,. J tofore in the Sentinel. The only contest in 1 the convention rose over the first, resolution. which was submitted in different forms to I the majority and minority of the committee. J and the controversy is worth some atten-1

tion. It illustrates, above all thirgs,theJvlew8Wuanad8etfortDeyJieIaltu value of a bold, aggressive policy. The de-1 him out of courtesy? And now the curious J

dded stand taken for sneei Mrmnt. in th I call precluded the proposal of any wild in- I - - - - . T J y I nation thvria and thA nirt armivwM, 1 anything of that kind was a substitute for I me nrsi pari 01 me majoniy report, wmcn, I n . a . . il t. ' t . . I another state, would have been considered I as a hard money resolution. On the choice between these schemes of policy the debate , . ... . I sprang up, ana was pretty cotiy niTr&A rm Thft niiinrJtir' tua lr Arl in I their renort. alone with other eood thintrs: I . . I The restoration of gold and sliver aa the SmÄof sprparaent! ad the iaynent or an national indebtedness iu th inonev recognized bv the civilized worM. the money recognized by the civilized world. The minority submitted instead, the fol lowing: The restoration of gold and silver as the basis of the currency, aid resumption of specie pay ments at tne earuesi moment practicable, without any lDiury to the busines-t and commercial interests of the country, One of the differences between the6c two

essential. It may not be considered of vital importance whether the clause, "without any injury to the business and commercial Interests of the country," is added to the

specie payment' declaration or not. It merely weakens that declaration, without, however, nullifying it. The cardinal point was the omission of -the clause demanding the payment of the debt , of the country in the money of the world. A sharp, intense and earnest discussion followed on this sub ject.' 'And It' is some satisfaction to know that the men who actually considered the faith of the nation, pledged by the legislation of ISC'J, stood to their guns gallantly, and finally triumphed over the argumentative artillery brought against them. This was not done without a compromise, affecting the original declaration slightly. The first step toward a settlement was the motion of Mil ler, of Chicago, to amend the minority re Dort, by adding the words, "by resisting any further inflation, and paying the obligations of the country in money recognized by the . world. Finally, as the debate continued, Gov. Palmer who, in more than one sense, proved the presiding genius of the scene, rose and delivered a fervid appeal tor national honesty in this matter of paying the public debt. His speech settled the question and a substitute offered by Jndge Green was adopted as follows: The restoration of gold and silver as the basis of currency: the resumption of specie payment as soon as possible, without disaster to the business interests of the country, by steadily opposing Inflation, and by the payment or the natloral Indebtedness in the money of the civilized world. In conclusion, the Sentinel is happy to say that the Illinois convention has played a manly and sensible part in the politics of the country, and has, in no sense, disappointed those who' hailed, the ciil Issued .on the 20th of July as the key-note of the campaign. The opposition w ill go into the canvass on a set of principles that they need not be ashamed to fight tor, and even 11 they meet with defeat, which is not impossible, they can have the satisfaction of suffering in a good cause. The words of Gov. Palmer in taking the'ehair should be laid to heart, and the doctrine they teach put into practice. The prophecy with which he closed may not then be amiss : " Let us 'deliberate here to-day, so that we shall leave no heartburnings, no resentment, no 4 ill feeling when we go out. One word more. Don't let U3 go out to defend. Defend uothing. The worst policy for a political party ' is to defend. I think it was Napoleon who said. While the enemy is looking after 'your flanks, let him remember that he has flanks himself. Aggression, agression, agJgreshion; and in ISTGyou will restore this government to the control of the people thenisolves." A Neat Political Strategmi, There are some coquettish beauties who, in their retreating coyness, are particularly destructive to the hearts ot men. Their feigned unwillingness is a sort of dangerous snare. In the same way the Scythian soldier was said to be the most effective, when he turned and fled and discharged his mur derous arrows in the course of his flight. ?so the ret arias, in the Roman arena, ran from his opponent and wound up his net for a more deadly cast. There is a character in modern politics, who pursues the same kind of tactics with admirable success nd may be described as the retreating -or rather resigning statesman. This gentleman.whe contemplating .ome particularly ambitious desi8D w very fond of announcing his Tetirement from the cares ot pwbiW life to the shades of a rural home or to ffceTinreimt - ting labors of his profession. To cover his

machinations be makes proclamation from some extent the cause of much ot thedisorthe Louse tops that he has flung awaj- am- der in nc section of Hhe country. ' People

bit i on. When Dan Voorhees announced to 0-tD civta wreath, and henceforth o vote mmseJr exclQslveIy to tbe stsidy and practlc ol thlU was easy to -surmise that he ot mischief. A few oj the more swuple mltK5ea democrats, who had often hung tention to -caK-h the soand of I a l . . . . . . Dl cloW3ni voice, signed tamey thought lÄax "e -stately form or tfce"Tall Sycamore" would never greet their sight again, and longed for the rustle of his worfe, like the wbVpering of a tboasand leaves in a pleasant wind.. The raore skeptical Merely tefc 4 to see what Mr. Voorhees'' little game was. It is true that he soon after dis tiaguisbed himself at Terrell's trial; yet on Lis way-komeward, by a strange coincidence, 1 he was waylaid by the eorrepondentf the Cincinnati Enquirer, and gave his opinions onin'.Peciao1 ae Pullc&l taelcI u way thlt eutöd rather strange for one who had m ... . - coaeinuea that law was too jealous a mistrees to brook any rivalry. - But. Mtraiurer ,tul in about a wktbe retired politician PP U the state convention, where his former rivals greeted Mm heartily. au in I a . -a . . a . a ... I OOnSamtHin OTI&S tact loai U6 tlk nir I long tore weil of all such cenes of strife and intrigue, gave him his own war as far as possible. It was thoueht well that k should mate hls ex' 'm the stage with all honor, ian therefore the chief work of the day wasjto """"ted to his hands, and the majority of the committee oa resolutions were so compia P8111 lBat lthough they differed from the fact appears, that Mr. Voorhees. after he has 1 succeeded in manipulating the convention, 1 "" . I 8eBi9 unaccountablv to loiter about takincr his final leave." lie don't seem to have quit- J his final leave.- lie don't seem to have quit- j n,l wnl it Ufa a I t mA.fl than Ha .v.t. Yl I "w T v. u in any former year. In fact he ia actually J exerting more Influence and playing a more I important part than he was formerly accusi tr. i.-iji- . .1 I WUMH'UU' " wiuiy cumticu ih imu BSllDSt INlOrtODa ftnd CASt uOWn D&t QHniTGr- I ous opponent In gallant style, showing by his . ., , . I accurate lniormation in regara to recent po-I litlcal discu's,on. that he certainly must be neslectiDg ivent ana iwackstone to some ex- no . . . ,. .... . ... .. tenr. ine wnoie state was soon mieu with i copies of the speech of the retinri statesman, and the administration papers began I fo bristle wilh attacks on a man who had shaken the dost of public life from his I sandals. In fact, it has gradually dawned upon the minds of men that Dan voorhees can't get out of politks if ha would, and

wouldn't if he could; and now, in , a spirit of suspicion, natural upon awakening from the-delusion in regard to his retirement, people begin to ask what has been bis ulterior design all this time in pretending to withdraw from all struggle after place? Is, there any office upen which ho has set his heart, and for which he is arranging his plans? (There are mmors all through the state of compromises with Independent 'candidates for the legislature, that throw a little light upon this question. It is thought by shre d politicians, that the third party, however ephemeral In its char

acter, will at least hold tho balance of power in. the State 'Government this year, and decide who shall be chosen United States Senator. Is It possible that, in foreknowl edge of such a contingency, the democratic platform was so fixed that the man who drew it up would prove an acceptable representative of the granger theories of finance? We shall soon soe the last move in the game, of which Mr. Voorhees' retirement from public life was the first. Ibe Spirit of Lawlesmeas. All honor to the Louisville Courier-Jour nal! In commenting upon the riot at Lancaster it breaks out Into indignant censure of the state of public opinion in Kentucky, which authorizes the settlement of quarrels of every description by personal violence and discountenances an apper.1 to law. "Are we a race of cowards ?" says the CourierJournal, "Who tweaks us by the nose? Who crams the He down our throats? No one; find yet, brutally courageous as we show ourselves when brought , to an individual stand, we have not the moral - courage to protect ourselves as a community from ruffiauisro, and are so tame and cowardly that we see the weak, the lowly, the unarmed, set upon by bullies and desperadoes without experiencing any shock of manly terror at all adequate to redress.' In conclusion an earnest appeal is made for the strict enforcement of the laws. Without stopping to consider whether the. Courier-Journal; is not responsible in some degree for this spirit ot pseudo chivalry which impels ,a man' to avenge his wrongs in person', the people-of the country, owe its editor hearty thanks for the stand which he . has now taken and there is but little doubt that, with his earnest and able advocacy, a better state of public sentiment may prevail over the "dark and bloody ground." The truth is that, although Kentucky otters a good illustration of the spirit of lawlessness that is abroad throughout the whole land, society in the neighboring state is but little more guilty than it is elsewhere. The spirit of the nation, or at least a great portion of it, seems to be one of direct disregard for law. All through the Southern states the courts of justice are a mere mockery. There, laws are made not to protect but to oppress, and Judges are elected or appointed to shield friends and punish enemies rather than to weigh the claim of man against man, or vindicate society against a criminal. In the South, therefore, an old fishloned reverence for law is not to be expected. The people may be reckless and insubordinate by nature, bat at least tbey have the excuse that they have been corrupted rather than purified from above. Where Dnrell and Busteed are the highest types ef judicial ability and Integrity, a4 the lowest i furnished in the person of a justice who can not write and judges a man's guilt by fcls looks instead, of hy evidence, the old Anglo-Saxon trust in law nd its processes can not but be shaken in due time. Consequently it mast be 1 acknowledged that the misgovernment of I the Southern states sheaid be considered to can not bo expected tobe law abiding, when law is a symooi ot oppression and Icftrstice. But even this fact oT tnisgovernmeat, while J It may palliate, can net excuse what may ?be called the Lloodtutrsty disposition -of the white people of the -South. Front Cma Im memorial this same "readiness to appeal 'to the -arbitrament . ef the knife and the '. pistol ' has , been ' one f their haracteristica. The rivalry into which they have "been thrown with ttke negroes, ot late years, has kindled all their passions, and the record of riots and murders has becoaw alarming. To the anntl.warrl IL wn.iM RPAm a If Ä wha I triioir tT nur .rTilirfttirtn WIM nnrlflr-1 eoinir a process ot dilaoidation. faUli stone by stone . into ruin. ' It is useless, -by way of -explanation, to say that tke negroes are responsible. The safety .of the country cannot be held to rest upon their Shoulders. mey nwer Knew waat law cr jtwuce was, "d naturally appeal to brute fopce. The . . .a 1 at a mm day is over wnsn tney were enauiea uy led eral Influence to override the law. Will the time ever come when they can be content to abide by itr la the extreme west there are X 1 a. a, t A. Died WHO W CUl 1UH HIB COUIww III advance oe tne law, so to peak, and they look with a kind of goodnatured tolecance on the later comer. There too the pistol is considered the readiest fc-ey all difficulties betweea man and man, aud even issues between tnan and society ere only submitted to the courts when they , involve no exciting or extraordinary ele ment. When intense prejudice or peculiar atrocity in crime adds interest to a case, the ( ment. When Intense prejudice 6r peculiar 1 mob takes the disposal ot it out of the ! hands of the Judge. - The victims more I 1 hated bv tlieir fellow men. oyer whom the law should be held as a shield, are apt to law should be held as a shield, are apt to ru& t n nan wni i ,m I Arc dafon asao I - i those who 1 are ' len defenseless. The spirit of Justice Is 60 jealous that, J dreading, error, it will not permit a man to a bs tried in a community in which the senti- :.. t 1.. --,..t ,1.. . mem miuujij u mm, uu j, wmr &Dd OT6T SSTäiJl Dl 111 d popular lUTy IS pfnutted to take tne awrui responsibility of . .. . , i : r 1 . i . .i.iit.4 . sacnncing numau hib wimum iu sugmext examination ot evidence, and with areau 01 iiuuisuuicnt. rven in . . . . , tne uean 01 our civilization, in tne our Stato of Indiana, this spirit of law lessness has manifested itself more than once or late with impunity, ana here, too, the same Impatience on the part of an injured man to abide Py the slow remedies of the laws ot his country has been mani fested frequently, and on the last occasion

with the direct approval of the '' Courier-Journal. ' Tb!s tendencv amoDg our people to go armed and depend upon their ownskill for self-defen4, instead of relyicg on the good of ihe. coxnmXi. nity iu which they live, must be checked. -v . ii lias K6ne so far that one-of the judges of New ork carrie a pistol "habitually, and has made an open' boast on the bench iL.t 1 , . . . . . ' mav uo wouia not scrapie to use u in case of necessity. ' ..... . The public sentiment of the whole coiiii try is at fault; and all men anxieirs toi bet ter things should strive to inculcate in their own neighborhood the lesson which the Cour ier-Journal has set about teachirjg the people of, Kentucky. The law may be. full of delays, it may be imperfect In its reme dies and corrupt in its applications. It so, let the evils connected with the administration of justice be reformed. But even be fore euch reform, let the public be taught, at all times and in all places, to abide by the law as it is, to live within its precepts and reverence its authority. Otherwise there is no safety or guarantee for the stability and prosperity of society. Just now it looks as lr we were slipping slowly Into anarchy, Towashlp Graded Schoolf. At a meeting of citizens of Franklin township, held last Friday at the county superintendent's office, in this city, some in teresting questions connected with the school system came up. The purpose of the meeting was to take action on petitions for the location and bu'lding of two new school houses in Franklin township. It seems that a new bouse is required at Acton, and another location is striving for the erection of a graded township :. school, which shall give ' economical facilities to , the entire township for the better education of its advanced scholars. The point is ons of great importanceand deserving the careful study of nearly all townships in the State in which there is no large town supplied with a high school. The idea is not newj. As long ago as 1SG6, the Hon. Newton Bateman, State superintendent of public instruction in Illinois, made an earnest and exhaustive argument in favor of such a system of township schools. Briefly; his .plan was this: To make, large districts, say every congressional township to constitute one district, of where impassable water-courses intervened; to modify the boundaries accordingly for the convenience of the inhabitants. Near the center, or at the best location, establish one school of high crde affording facilities for a fair academic education, to such pupils . as were disposed to pas j beyond the limited range of the common brauche. The other schools of this large district were to be located at such points as to meet tho wants of. the young people and to conduct their education in the common branches to that point where experience proves that a large part ot the children leave the schools finally. These distributed schools to be sufllcient In number to folly accommodate all the families, and to be preparatory for the central school, to which all should have an equal right to send scholars who were prepared to enter its grade. The organization of this system involved a more violent hangeln Illinois than it. would under Indiana law, for there every school district is independent in its government, and the township- cuts no figure in the school affairs. There are several sound arguments in favor of such a scheme, and it is quite practicable in this State under tho law as it stands, whenever a - township can be agreed to adopt it. First, it is ec nomical. If a township contain a hundred students desiring advanced ipstcuctlon in the legal branches, and possibly going a little beyond into higher studies, it is clearly better to put them together under 'one or two competent teachers than to have them divided up in a dozen schools, receiving inadequate instruction, tnd embarrassing the chances of the mass ef children in the lower grades. It is easy te see that this one high school wouüd be -better for the advanced scholars than the mixed schools as they are, while He cost of the H wer grades could be materially redaced. The benefit to a town ship 1 of being able to educate 1 its children fairly at home ia very great. The wov Ui JWLlu l Ple from the parental roof are two very 'üak J"v no uBcummg more I fnmiMihlA vumv Tti-rf yl(on ftia liAat unhnl " b nature M" Windln the homes of poverty and can not be sent to the best schools. What a blessing if a goed high school, free to them, ; is placed within reach of their humble homes. The effect of such a school in a township would be of incalculable value in its influence upon the educational sentiment and to awaken the scholarly ambitions of the young people. The distance of such a central school is not an insurmountable obj ection, because the students wo aid be large enough to walk, and in this t country of horses riding is not uncommon. It is to be aoped that experiments of this sort will be zaae 'or tne demonstration of wb at appears to be a gooa theory. And this is what ranklin township is now striving for, and w&at some of her citizens said in trie meet ing they, will never rest till thry have achieved. . wearly every season a paragraph goes tne round of the newspapers asserting that the movements of a tide have been noticed in the great lakes. It is well known, however that such is not the case., Ia order to escaoiisn tne iact, nowe er, one way or me ... . . A. 1 - AI with the Untied ntatea lake sur-Ter at ue- " ... . . . troit, Mich., lor several seasons carried Out series of observations at several points JP ' if t Ka T - 7a Znri to !,., 4 jjOW of waters existed. The result. nOW6V6ra W&S OStftullSilCd WltnOllt A VWit)t ' that no tide was perceptib!9 at any of the noints. or If so. not to exceed one or two inches, which was practically no tide at alL The new mode of collecting on the Hud son River railroad, which went into force some time ago as far up the road as Spuyten buy val, has been extended to Poughksepsie. Wednesday collectors meet all through trains at tho depot and proceed north and south with them. Conductors on these trains now simply go through the cars and punch the tickecs, while the collector follows and takes them np.

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THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.

Ojttlidned from FirM jw confidence, r(Rard or c O rUU character .nd great feerrlcc-s. vhfen a-e uauaSv conRldered a tower b( at-nstn ai fenc vortex -ot moral deiructi0u t .t? vUn some are uenletl ami clrcnrnstances anri unmistakably to the guilt of the appearance tontiniE a rpvlo f .nth 1 - "iT . coaer. it utterly W louVtam' hrSS 7. ".7.""'.c.Vuence reue1 on by made. witS some rfnr!ien0e.bc!fore tne committee, tiona. important or irrelevest exeer statement of conclusions; First We fln.l from the evidence that the Itev H W lecher Lt?oertTi,n?hetVd J.uE rf Wn T-'B 8tnfen1, nor it any wnrfV06 ,hr P,ace whatever, cond. e Hnd from the evidence that Mr lWh h SreffS V","?. ' Pieper remark'. or ler of auy thla were on ine part of Hxmiun 01 errora of tu.liinwnt Mr. l!mhr f irnnl.l oe easv to erittriw. ... r. Ho-, r.f-. "pwianj in me in.n -l..1 and c.-nanra, we Hie nre ecner. Fourth. We find nothlnz whatever in tha Xk .il1ITU,h.l;hurrh'or ln world, iu p Lhp, btlan. character and integrity of H. W. rSth .n Sno,T,ei lhe P08 of od.ihat Kvonth ?,ehSUn.dlDrest nd biJe with liy. Church and tta beloved and eminent pastor, so mach and so long afflicted. emneaI' Heifrlfw JÜnTy: KÄKe Angrtftns stom, wiipwIkrÄ: 1Ioraoeß-Uaflin-Johtt BrdOklyx, Aug. T, r?thethei?,,of thoniraittee of Investigation, SLh t fh UÜment oI Ihecoaclasions oü lmug if. .,rt,urcü as adopted amid uouu of The lollowina resolutions were also unanimonsiy adontpdI lltesolved. That the evidenoo laid before the examining committee not only does not afford ri- fo?ndhlont for Putt,nS the pastor of h.l8i cllur5n. Her. li. W'T Beecher, upon II .1. "ati on lne contrary, esublishes !iie,perrect Ml faction of the church, hi enUre Innocence and absolute personal purily in respect to all the charges ;now or hereafter made against him by Theodore Tlitoa. Kei-olvedj That oar confidence and love .umiH Pastor so far from beinK dimlcished. are hihtened and deeix-ned by the unmerited niCerings which he has so long borne, and that we welcome him with a sjmphUiy more tender and a trnst more unbounded than we ever feltrbefore to his public labors among as, to our church, our families, our homes and our hearts. . SCENK AFTER THE READING. MOULTON ArPEAES An KICKS VP A KI MPL A I1IWEX1T SHIXDT. During the reading of the report, ire-juent interruptions were caused by applause, which fol lowed the reading of certain passages sustaining Mr. Keecher, aotV outbursts of laujjliter were drawn out by an allusions, tn th nmfnai friend Moulton.and his participation in the matter. The concluding portion of the report, and the summing up of the committee, were received with the waving of handkerchiefs, hats and whatever else came handy, and tne applause which greeted it ending, was almost deafening. At this point Mr. Moulton came Into the Iront portion of the church and took a seat along side the platform and at the repor ter's lame, lie pniied ont a note book and pencil and prepared to take notes. A gentleman rose In the audience and requested permission to address the meeting. He was invited to the platform where he gave the name ot Mr. Blair, he moved that the report ot the commit tee be accepted and the reo&lutlons adopted. He said the committee had rendered their verdict, and it now remained forthepeo pie of Plymouth Church to indorse It. as it was now offlcially laid before them. He wait katisfled that this report would be accepted by all. If not, let any person who was a walnut il apeak or forever hold their tongues. Air. Moulton here made a movement aa if he was going to rise to his feet, but was restrained by noine of those in his Immediate vicinity, a call was now raised for Mr. llossiter V. Raymond, who responded In a short speech. He rvcapiillated some portions of the evidence taken tefore the committee, and in referring to Mr. Moulton's part In tbeaft'air, he said that Mr. 1 rauris D. Moulton had tried to pntpon the minds of men against Mr. lieecher. This seemed to raise Mr. Moulton 's ire, and, standing erect, he glared at the speaker, and exclaimed twice in a loud Voice, You're a liar, sir. You're a liar, -sir." Ins'antly all wai confusion. Men and women rose to their feet, the latter morntIng on the seats and joining In the ry witli a hearty good wi!l of 'Put him out!" "Shame,, sir!" etc., etc mingled with loud and, prolonged hissing in the ' midst of which Mr. Halliday came forwardnd.making himself heard above the din nartiallv reetofd order saying, "Gentlemen, let him sir still and hear the truth." Hut Moulton still remained on, his feet, and saying, "I dare you to put nie out." a couple of police officers put in an. appearance behind Mr. Moulton, and he rjumed his seat. Order being partially restored Mr. liaymond continued, " WeiUnow I want to say something to you about biaekmail Ing." (Cries of "yes, go for the blackmailer.") He claimed that Mr. Tilton did rot know where - the money came from, but It was evident that Mr. Moulton paid him th money out of his own pocket, was It upon his insinuations, garbled language and letters, was It upon thls.he wanted to know, they were to wait and doubt. With rezard to the plstol.lt was not pretended by . Mr. lieecher or advanced by Mr. Moulton that under the lnflu enceof the pistol be was nurreld or Intimidated any actiou. The story or the pistol was just this:. Itwenttoshsw the charac er of a man who went to call upon a minister with his pistol. He concluded his address by ttin that, come what might, they would ail stand by the man who had stood up for nobly for tthena. The chairman then put tho question on receiving the report of the committee and adopting the reaolulious offered. On. motion It was passed by a standing vote with the waving of hats and handkerchlefs,when the ayes were called for, but when the nays were called Moulton only rose, aud was greeted with a perfect storm of hisses, and another uproar succeeded, but was calmed in a alight degree when Mr. Gilbert roaeana onerea a resolution tendering thanks to mlttee me raemoera, or me comfor the faithful and impartial manner in which they had performed theirdutles, and also to the counsel Of the committee for their val nable services This was also adoDted. A motion was made to adjourn, bnt Mr. Halliday announced that t be Droeaedlnm would terminate with the singing of the doxology. At this juncture Moulton arose from his seat and pushed his wavtoward the door through the forging crowd w-hielt blocked the passage. Daring his route he wo luutUed on- everr side, and when ho reached the hall-way many hands were oattitretched as If to wreak vengeance npon him, but the crowd was kept off by police officers, who harried him down the alleyway to - where a. carriage was In waiting" into which he was pushed rather than helped, and with a police officer standing on each step of the vehicle it was driven rapidly away. The audience then quietly dispersed. Advance proof-sheeta of the annual report of the American Silk Manufacturers' Asso ciation give some Interesting statistic. Tbero are 150 firms in the United States engaged in the manufacture of silk, employing 10,051 operatives. The lace mnuracture in the United States, while it orients a ramrrl of losses and failures, yet offers enouragement to hope for the Anal suc3ess of the enterprise. aaaVaaBBBaaaBBBBBaaaaaaaaaB In 1846 the total number of members of religiouä orders In Belgium w as 12.G22, of which 9,917 were nans. In there w-ra 2,333 monks and 12,217 nans. Ten years iater there were 2,VJ1 monks and 15,205 nuns. Since the last official returns in 1SG6, and particularly durine the last 12 months, the number of members ol both orders have very materially increased,

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