The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 19, Ligonier, Noble County, 3 September 1874 — Page 2

The Patiowal Banney

S SRy ; d J. B.STOLL, ﬁi:litor f;n¢t I‘rop'l'iet;r.’; LIGONIER, IND, SEPT. 84, 1874 Congressional Convention.

To the Democrats, Liberals, and all the Opppuen{;ts of th(':- Repub.licun li’m'ty, of the THirteenth L‘(?u-' gressional District: i g The Democrafic-Liberal Congres- " sionﬂ Committe€; in pursuance of the p«fwlor }"cste&gin “ib by the ‘connglSé sional convention held at Columbia Cityin 1872, hereby gives notice tha‘&a mass convention will be held in the city of Kendallville, on - | J Wednesday, September 9, 1874, _ for the nomination of a candidate for Representative in Congress. L " All the opponents of the party gixl power are cordially invited to I)zu‘tiﬁ:'i”-‘ . pate. ; v By order of the Committee, assembled at Goshen, Aug. 21, 1874, * ; W. S. MARSHALL, Chairman. Tnos. C. MAYS, Secretary. ol : iy ’_,','.Z.A'if A ~f;,';_;, _ ;fr‘_" SENATOR PRATT spoke at Kendallville last Saturday to a very fair aullience. We were enabled to hear orily a portion of his address—that relating to finance, the trzmsportation-questién,' i;’:md the civil rights bill. The speq:%ch 'was by no means a very able one; ton’ the contrary, it is susceptible of eétsy refutation. o - e ee A et - { T CONGRESSIONAL CON\'{QILT‘ION to be held at Kendallville next Wednesday is likely to draw out a large attendance. It being a mass coniéention, the Opponents of the dominant party in surrounding counties shduld " make it a point to turn out in large numbers. A’ good, enthusiastic séndoff will have a marked effect upon| the campaign. L i |

ELKHART now has three small idailies, each of the p\oliticnb '-pupefs._ (Review, Union, and Obsérver) h’a,}"ing ventured upon the field of daily journalism. The latest experiment in {this line is the Dgily Observer, published by Molloy & Brush. It is quite g%ncat litfle sheet; but we cannot forego the observation that money is certain to berlost by this “erowding process)”

JUDGE A. A. HAMMOND, who|was once Governor of this State, died at Denver, Colorado, on the 26th ulfimo, at the age of about sixty years. f Ile was a lawyer by profession, z’mﬁl became Judge of the Cj)urtv of C(mflmon Pleas. In 1856- he was elected Lieu-tenant-Governor, and by the death of Gov. Willard became Governor in 1860, in which eapacity he served for about two months. During his latter years he suffered greatly from rheumatism. ' J o

TaE REV. C. D. BOYNTON, pastar of the First Congregational Chureh in Cincinnati, and @ I'nunr who has bgen a temperance advocate from the beginning, and one of the supporters of, the recent crusade movement in Ohio, . has recently preached a sermon in favor of license. lle thinks that christians must re-argue the whole question. They have been on the trail of false logic in this matter too long.— They should pause long enough to comprehend the necessities and principles of the hour. : : As at present adviseds there. are but three candidates in the field for the nomination for Congress next Wednesday, to wit: Col. Wm. C. Williams, of Noble; Dr. Wash. McConnell, of Steuben; and Freeman Kelly, of DeKalb. There are, however, several other names mentioned in the same connection, as for instance C. A. O. McClellen, of Waterloo; Judge Hiram S. Tousley, of Albion; Judge J. D.. Osberii, of Goshen; W. S. Marshall, of Kosciusko, and Chas. 11. Reeve, ¢f Plymouth. From the best. information obtainable neither of the above named gentlemen have expressed a willingness to acecept a nomination. Tue number of murders, seductions, and lesser crimes reported in the papers leads us to believe that the devil has never before gathered so rich a harvest. © The sickening details .of - man’s deviltries cannot be other than unhealthy food for the mind of the pulfc. Every journalist owes it to his readers, and to the world at large, to make the perpetrators of these outrages stand in the loathesomé light of their deeds. If a man, or rather a brute, destroys the honor of a girl, - for instance, let him be branqlled with the mark of Cain and driven forth an outcast until he is made to feel that the earth has no resting plqce{ for him until he has brought forth meet fruits of repéntance. Hitherto, soiety has ' been too lenient in this matter, though the unfortunate victim of the seducer has been trampled upon without mer- . ¢y. The scoundrel who co‘i:npassed‘ her ruin should be made to feel that he is the responsible party in the case.

JonN GLENDINNING is the name of a long-faced ' Presbyterian devil in sheep’s clothing in Jersey City, who has the hypocricy to prefix to his name the dignified title of “Rev.,” and who, wearing the christian garb of that most strictest sect, has villainously wrought the ruin of one of the choristers in his church, 'a Misg Pomeroy, the ultimate result of which was the death of his unfortunate vietim. Tle was arrested upon charge of having committed the erime and bro_pght before Judge Thomas Aldridge ef that city last Monday, but owing to the death of Miss Pomeroy and the wilJingness of her brother to take care of the child the case was dismissed.— Notwithstanding this actiom, which’ was brought by the local authorities to provide for the maintenance of the child, ‘Glendinning will hereafter be regularly tried for seduction, when it is to be hoped that punmsiﬁ,wh&eh is due to the heinousness of his crime will be speedily meted.out to h’m.' i

| BEECHER-“NOT QUILTY” . - As was very generally expected, the Brooklyn Cemniittee, at the prayer meeting in Plymouth Church last Friday evening, brought in a verdiét’ac: quitting Mr. Beecher of the charge of adultery with Mrs. Tilton. The €om‘mittee found, first, that: Mr. Beécher ‘never was guilty of committing an unchaste act with Mrs, Tilton ; secondly, thathe had at the worst only fallen into értors of judgment; and thirdly, that.there wasnothingdntheevideneewhich should impair the confidence of the chureh “in Mr, Beecher’s iﬁtégrity and saintly character. The “errors of jngmex_it” consisted, first,in his being somewlial unguarded in his relation;s with Mrs. Tilton; he should not have given the poor woman an opportudity to fall in love with him. Secondly, he should not have sought eeuncil of Mr. Moulton, but should have carried his confidences to the good brethren of Plymouth Church. Such is the verdict of an investigating committee which has from the first been almost universally regarded as an unscrupulous set of whitewashing tricksters.— On last Thursday morning this committee called for the evidence of Mr. Carpenter, the artist, as known to the Rev. Dr. Patton. . Dr. Patton presented a written statement to the committee i which was a striking corroboration of Moulton’s testimony. But the/committee gave it no consideration,whatever,and in face of the facts,brought in their verdict proclaiming Mr. Bee¢her’s spotless innocence. - . There was great excitement in. Plymouth Church during the reading of the committee’s report. When Tilton’s or Moulton’s name was mentioned loud hisses were heard, and when Beecher got the benefit of an unusually heavy daub of whitewash, the enthusiasm of the motley crowd knew no bounds,— At the close of the report Mr.-Moulton rose and pronounced the charge againgt him (viz: an attempt to blackmail Beecher) an unequivocal lie. Whereupon the mob that composed Beecher’s ‘friends aud defenders, called for Moulton’s life. Cries of “Put him -out!” “Trample on' him!” “Shoot him!” and so on, reverberated along the walls of Mr. Beecher’s church. The police in force had to surround Mr. Moulton to protect his life from the fury c‘?f the ‘disgraceful commune that had assembled to lend dignity to the report of -Mr. Beecher’s whitewashers. It must be remembered that this brutal and cowardly ‘t'reatlm‘znt ~of Mr. Moulton took place in a prayer meeting, and that, too, at a time when Mr, Moulton’s charges and specifications were unanswered.: It ‘will also be remembered that all the evidence which the committee had in Beecher’s favor; was contained in Deecher’s own weak denial of Tilton’s charges in which his own letters bear witness against him. But Plymeuth Churel cannot—even though with a high hand -they attempt to force a- conviction of Beecher’s innocence—remove from the mind of the public the belief ghat he is guilty. It ig perliaps a ma’tt& to Dbe devoutly grateful for that this farce has ended. And it is now ‘to be hoped that Mr. Tilton will speedily bring these men | before a, legal tribunal where their fraud and falsehood@heir trickery and pitiable subterfuges will be exposed. It is absurd, as the case stands, to suppose IFenry. Ward Beecher—covered with whitewash as he is—anything less than what Tilton’s, Moulton's, Carpenter’s and his own and Mrs. Tilton’s evidence, show him. to be—a f u"wning libertine and selfish miscreant, with a heart too base to be touclied by the stings of remorse. -

&e e e INCONSISTENCY IN JOURNALISM, It is amusing to see with what grace certain slavish republican journals which, in all I'nattek"s of public concern, are governed by party considerations, affect to believe in Mr. Beecher’sinnocence. They suddenly rememberthat Mr. Beecher is a dyed-in-the-wool Radical, whosé eloquence is i)eriodically called into requisition whenever the party finds itself in close quarters. No/ matter, then, what Mr. Beecher does in the way of violating the seventh commandment, it will never do to have such an influential and representative man convicted of being an immoral monster. Like the go?d brethren and sisters of Plymouth Church, , who cannot bear that their “dear old Pastor” should be thought guilty, tﬁey take the first straw in his favor to float them ashore from this sea of corruption. The thing which raised the wind and accomplished this tacking about on their part, was the very windy article which Mr. Beecher, who is both: dramatic and poetic at times, put forth in his own defense.— Long live the afore-mentioned journals that they may not only swear by the party which owns them, body and soul, but also by the great mesmeric sensualist and latitudinarian of Ply¢ mouth Church! Why not? It is but just to say, however, that there are a good many republican papers of the more able and independent sort; which hz%ve not spared Mr. Beecher from the beginning, and which reject with in-' dignation the report of the Byooklyn committee. It is with pleasure that we note the Indianapolis Jowrnal leading off on thig list... . . |

Ir the Era had so desired, it probably would have experienced no difficulty in ascertaining the exact meaning of our suggestion to give the financial records of the county a “thorough overhauling.” Thosenew books were purchased only a few years since, and consequently afford _ne means for detecting possible errors in accounts prior to their purchase. - What the people want to learn is’ the ' exact truth. They were first startled by the Lewis Iddings defalcation, and now,a, year later, comesthe report that Isaac Mendenhall retained $22300 of the people’s money in his possession. Ts this. repoit true or false ?. . If true, is it hot probable that other errors may still remain undiscovered ? ‘Why not institute a thorough “investigation _and probe records to the very core?- Eime us the facts in one lump; instead of 3 fragments, ‘and thereby remove ‘all’ doubts as to the innocence br guilt 6t | guspected ex-’-oﬂi%ms,-, e

~ THE ILLINOIS CONVENTION. = ~ The Demoeratic-Liberal State Convention met ab Springtield, 111., on Wednesday, August 26th, and was ;F"’m'esided over by ex-Govérnor Palmer. ’ﬁhe convention was graced by pergps as large a number of able men 45 ever met together on such an occasion. The platform which was adopted leaves little to be desired. It is the result of a high and careful realization of what the country most needs. “Pranimityor seritiment and an earnest desire for' the' greatest good of the people marked the course of the convention from beginning to end. While other political combinations have met together, to consider their own merits, and to show by their resolutions and’ actions that,they have merely been personally disappointed in their hopes for preferment, this c_onVentiun'met for the sole purpose of instituting a 'movement which, if sucecessfully ear- } ried out, will reflect credit upon the 1 convention and bring lasting benefits to the people.: The following is the official text of the platform: . First. The restoration of gold and silver as the ‘basis of the currency; the resumption of specie payments as soon as possible without disaster to the business of the country, by steadily opposing inflation and by the payment of the national indebtedness in the money of the civilized world. . Second. Free commerce; no tariff for any purpose but for revenue. Third. Individual liberty and opposition to sumptuary laws. Fourth. The right and duty of the | State. to protect its citizens from ex- ' tortion and unjust discrimination by chartered monopolies. | i ' Fifth. Rigid restriction of the Government, both State and National, to ithe legitimate domain of political power hy excluding therefrom all executive and legislative intermeddling with the affairs of society, whereby monopolies are fostered, privileged classes aggrandized, and individual freedom unnecessarily aand oppressively restrained.- Lo, ' It is safe to say that this platform embodies those principles in which not only true Democrats believe, but a large portion of thinking Republicans also. The great number of hitherto prominent Republicans in attendanee at the convention is an earnest of their determination to work for the establishment and success of the great principles embodied in the platform. Obsolete issues are to be cast aside; men are called upon to think of the present situation of affairs, and identify themselves with the party which is pledged to stand by the resolutions quoted above. The people can hardly afford to sacrifice their best interésts longer to the perpetuity of the monopolies and rings of the party which is now in power, and whic,h for years has shown an almost utter disregard for everything except the upholding of the dishonest measures, of unserupulous demagogues. i : 5

There is a growing necessity for a party combination which shall be willing to let the dead past bury its dead, and which shall also be willing to gird up its loins and sthnd ready to fight, not the dead issues of the past, but the living evils of the pPresent. A little too much adlierence to party for the name of the thing has heretofore marked the history of political powers. It is time to stop this nonsense and devote some attention to matters which touch the rights and wants. of the people,’ regardless of what name may be assumed. The idea that men must remain “rockrooted” in certajn party _st-mtj\s‘ is as great a fallacy as that which baches that a man must always wear; a eoat of one pattern, ox his beard of one cut, to be a simon-pure christian. No thoughtful man can really comprehend such a preposterous proposition without being forced to smile at the absurdity of it. The whole order of the world is “change.” “The old order changes, yielHi'rfg place to the new,” wrote the Laureate of Erigland. It is in the nature of t]xings that this sho’d be so.' Social life, even, is constantly undergoing a change, and the only things which remain the same yesterday, to-day, and forever, are the principles: underlying all forms. » Upon these principles, no matter what the forms have been, it behooves the people of this nation to unite. There is no more reason for clinging to an effete form than there would be for keeping a corpse which was once dear ' to. us. Comn}on sense tells us that it should be buried, otherwise the poison which would exhale from it would hreed disease and death to the living. What we want to avoid at present is a political plague arising from the stinking mass of putrifaction known as played-out party forms. _

MR. KERR,the democratic candidate for Congress in the 3d Distriet, is likely to have a hard race of it. His opponent is James A. Cravens, a Demoocrat, who'is supported by Republicans and Democrats. Kerr' was one of the ablest of the Indiana Congressional delegation, but many Democrats have joined the Republicans in the belief that his presence is not essential to the :safety of the country.—Crawfordsvitle Journal. ' “Many Democrats have joined the Republicans” simply to gratify personal ‘hatred and a very contemptible spirit of jealousy. Because Kerr has attained a ‘proud national reputation and refuses to act the role of a demagogue, he has incurred the displeasure of a horde of siall politicians who imagine that his downfall would create a demand for their own services in the councils of the nation. If the Republicans of that District were patriotic citizens who'loved country better than they do low partisan chicanery, they would rally to the support of Mr. Kerr, whose ability is preeminent and 'whose personal and official integrity ' has never been successfully assailed. b o

W= hear it whispered in Democratic cireles that the name of the Hon. J. B. Stoll of the Ligonier BANNER, will come up before the Democratic. Con%ressional Convention of this District. f it were possible for a Democrat to be elected J. B. would do honor to his constituents in Congress.—Butler News, - ; o i While we are duly grateful for the good opinion above expressed, we beg to agssure our contemporary that the editor of the BANNERis not a 'candidaté for Congress tior any other office in the gift of the people. i

~ CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION. '.L‘lte Opposition convention: for the nomination of a candidate for Congress for the Thirteenth, District is called for the 9th inst. (next Wednesday) at Kendallville, and .a,s'&it will be anunusually important gathering, we ‘ﬁ)pe that there will be a proper con_ception of its objegt in the minds of all. Every man in attendance should be prepared for judicious action, and have his eyes clearly open 8 the duties before him. It is of the utmost importance that thé proceedings of the convention be con‘sis'tent]y»‘sm‘ch as will reflect’ the sentiments of the imajority and at.the same time meet the issues of the hour fully. The platform should be carefully constructed,

and sound throughout, so that every inteliigent, independent and patriotic’ voter can pfoum,y stand on it. It will not be a time for the display of secondary materials at this convention. Every minor consideration should be quashed for the general good. With the right kind of a platform and the right kind of a nominee to represent it in Congress, snccess is not utterly hopeless. In the matter of the nomination, a. man of ample ability and unswerving integrity should bekelected. He should not only be agood speaker, but a man who will prove himself a good legislator—one who understands our theory of government sutﬁcien'_tl)) to L\{commit no blunders in grasping the issues which will come up iu Congress. Above all, let us have & man who may be relied upon —stable in his ways—so that there need be no fear that he will not carry out the wishes of his constituents should he be successful at the polls. We want no fickle-minded, many-sided I'ql3l'esent:ltiv.e; nor one who is free to say yea! yea! to everything. Such a man cannot say No when duty demands it; he is therefore untrue to himself and false to his friends. The country has already been cursed with too many legislators of this sort.— There is an earnest denmnd;z;?c present for men who combine “hon\est‘fy and integrity with wisdom and fearlessness. Such a mait would do ‘honor to the Thirteenth District and at the same time afford an avenue of escape from the odium which has been bro't upon it by ineflicient and faithless representatives. . A

! IN A NUT-SHELL, The report of Beecher’s white-wash-ing committee attracts but little attention throughout- the country and has utterly failed te affect public opinion. People who made up their minds in the outset to stand by Beecher are with him yet, and. those who were convinced of his guilt by the testimony adduced have not undergone a change of opinion. The N.Y. Herald, commenting on the report, has put the whole thing in a nut-shell: ' “We recognize the -difficulty of the case the Plymouth Church Committee had to deal with. It had to retain Mr. Beecher in the Plymouth pulpit, because the congregation was ready to condone any offense rather than lose the most eloquent and most popular preacher in America; and it wished to make this course consistent with the defense of the high moral standard of Christianity in the face of grave charges thatit was only possible to deny. It has retained the pastor, but on the other point it is less successful.” s o

SPEAKING of the congressional convention tobe held at Kendallvidle next Wednesday, the Goshen Democrat says: “Tlte prevailing desire is to secure the pomination of a candidate who can unite the elements of opposition to tje republican candidate.— That accomplished we are content. For a platform let us cut loose- from all political heresies and declare for hard money, home rule and free trade, the reduction of salaries and taxation.” LAsT SJLTPIiDAY, as the workingmen were engaged in elevating the immense water-works stand-piﬁe, in Toledo, (the largest in the worid) a certain part of the hoisting apparatus gave .way.é The result wasthe coming down of the immense pipe with a crash. 'The damage is estimated at about $4,000. =

THE STUDEBAKERS have determined upon re-building their extensive works in South Bend. They received some rather enticing proposals to locate_in Chicago or Indianapolis, but upon mature deliberation decided that their interests wereinseparably linked with South Bend. L »—f———-o-—-'-—-—mﬁ THe ELECTION in Vermont, last Tuesday, n[esulted in a republican triumph of lordinary magnitude. The Democrats .made some gains in the election of legiskators; otherwise the result was about the same as heretofore. Light does not dawn in that commonwealth, 1 S & el ¥S —— Tune Onro DEMOCRATS last week met in convention and unfurled the paper money banner. They not only ‘rebudiate their great Senator, Thurman, but also turned their backs upon Jefferson and Jackson. b e y Te J)’IIC]IIGAN REPUBLICANS, in their State platform adopted last week, ‘are about 'alf an’’dlf on the finance question. | A little gold and silver to please Zack Chandler and apile of rag money to appease Ferry. ; )+ — - —lf you have not already prepared something for the County Fair, or determined to do so, you should lose no time in coming to that conclusion,— The Faig is for the benefit of all, and not for a few, and it is by the hearty co-operation of all that it can be made mutually advantageous. The morein= terest manifested in making the Fair a success; the mére likely is each far‘mer to try to excel his neighbor in the raiging of farm products and the improvement of stock. Vißl o

| —Quite a large delegation from!'this ' place, principally members of the Disciple Sabbath - School, attended the union pie-nie at Nine Mile Lake last ‘Baturday. They report an immense gathering (delegati'grghfréﬁl gome nine or ten schools being present), and say that had it not been so warm and dry they would have enjoyed the occasion much more, : A

ALL OVER THE STATE.

l‘{ersomil and Political Paragraphs. 'The Indianapolis Zelegraph stands up manfully for the hard-meney docTrine.. e : The counties'of Allen, Wells, Wabash, Kosciusko, Marshall, Porter, Laporte, Elkhart and Whitley, have nominated People’s tickets. - A ~ Hon..Benoni S. Fuller, of Warrick county, was nominated by the Democrats of the First Congressional District, at the 'convention held a Princeton on the 25t ult. : i " Col. Wm. Steele, of Wabash, has been nominated for State Senator for the counties of Wabash and Huntington. This is a most excellent nomination and oughtto be endorsed at the polls.[ : L ' » The South Bend Courier still needs to miake a few corrections in the ticket at the head of its editorial column. Neff’s initials are .J. E;, not J. C., and _Judge Biddle’s H. P., instead of H. 8., ~as printed by the Courier. ; } The “peoplefs” movement in Allen county is pretty generally estimated a glaring fraud. The fact that the democratic portion of the concern is | eomposed of disappointed oﬁice-gi(j\'-ers land disreputable politicians, iSarot calculated to arouse the enthusiasm of sincere reformers. , e

The Demoerats of the Eleventh District have nomiimted our excellent friend, Jonathan D. Cox, of Miami county, for Congress. X¥r. Cox was formerly a member of the TLegislature, -in which capacity he rendered himself very useful to Lis constituents and to the people of the State generally. S '

! We are héartily Yejoiced' to learn of the renomination of our esteemed friend, E. H. Faut, for the treasuryship of Haneock cannty. Mr. Faut has the reputation of being one of the very best tredsurers in the whole State, and knowing him to be a thoroughly honest man, we anticipate his re-election by a rousing majority.

Andnow comes to us a German campaign document entitled “Speech of the Hon. Jos. B. McDonald, chairman of the ‘:De-nllocratic Central Commltttee.” We'call upon Col. Whittlesey to call at theoffice which “turned out” this job and puil the perpetrator’s ears. 1t is time these diabolical assaunlts up--s_}l men’s names were properly punished. 5

E. Zimmerman, the industricus editor of the Valparaiso 3essenger, hias been honored with the people’s nomination for auditor of Porter county.— We heartily congratulate our contemporary upon this well-earned recognition of his untiring efforts in the direction of political reform in Porter county, and earnestly hope for his triumphant election. v The special object’ of the LaPorte Chronicle appears to be this: (1 )gregularly remind its readers that the Chrenicle editor is a member of Congress; (2) that he has a “heap” of knowledge relative to governmental affairs which no one else can divine; (3) that salary grabbing is a public virtue; and (4) that the Chronicle is an indispensable medium for the dissemination of political wisdom.

- The Plymouth Democrat does not entertain the most exalted opinion of so-called “people’s movements.” In speaking of the combinations made by Democrats in certain counties, it says: “Qur opinion of their action in counties where they have committed harlotry with sorehead Republicans, is pretty much the same as it is of the Republican party in this county, who are guilty of a like offense with Demograts of a like kind. They have destroyed the body of their party, so far as their action can accomplish that result.” [ ;

The Indianapolis Semtinel says the so-called “Independents” have infinite trouble with their ticket. Part of the time their candidates won’t stand the nomination, and again the constituents won’t accept the candidates. In the ninth distriet a formal convention selected Mr. Archibald for the possii ble congressman, but the rank and file kicked out of the traces after he was nominated, and the central committee ousted him from the ticket, ‘and put on Mr. C.J. Bowles, of Montgomery county. IHe is the candidate this week, but there’s noknowing who will be next week. : Fon. William lleilmzin, a wealthy manufacturer in the city of Evansville, and a few years since a member of the Indiana Legislature, is aninounced ‘as an independent candidate for Congress from the First District. e is solidly supported by the Republicans who are just 696 in the minority. The exact reason why Heilman runs .as an independent instead of a repubJican candidate is because Heilman does not want to be burdened with the republican pl:‘}tforin, a portion of which he and his’ German co-laborers emphatically repudiate. As an independent candidate he expects tosecure enough German votes to defeat the democratic nominee. : ; Y O — 15 Auburn’s Prosperity. The Auburn Courier last week contained a long essay on the growth and ) prosperity of that ancient burg;, from the pen of Mr. C. C. Sink, who will be ‘remembered as a Lutheran niinister in ‘charge of the . Albion congregation gome years since. The introductory to this business review holds up. this glowing picture: ‘ ; Few towns in the West have shown during the past three years so rapid a growth upon such a healthy and ‘substantial basis as Auburn, Unimportant as a business point prior to the eonstruction. of railroad connections, it seemed fated to remain so.. B,gt a change has come. She has Dbeen awalicho 48 floth & o, snd Sy o M bl oier i, ot e & FihLl iiTags SF Abbus 700 i ‘habitants in 1870, she now claims a populion. of 200, ind iy o means unfrequent enlargement of waﬁp"‘“ daies, the busy. hundseds who Hixong ; FeeLs,; Ui 4 b A 4458 el e some_bu g: ess blocks, and the convate residence "f Bt perity in no uncertain terms, | |

THE TRUE POLITICAL GOSPEL.' Press Comments on the Platform of the lilinois Opposition Con- i : ” wvention. Eg T f i —— Ry “Bold and Incisive; Pure and Si m" ‘ From the N Y. World (Democraticd £ | - Like theßtica platform of 1%% 1 York Democrats, the Springfield plat- | form of the IHinois Democrats pro=i nounces a Democracy bold and ineisive; pure and sj\rﬁple.‘ "Eike that, it ] establishies the reorganizationof the | democratic party not by scattering and | disbanding its*"%lém‘éﬁyfé‘i‘ﬁﬁ‘f”ﬁyds"‘é‘ig*% cluding foreign elements, & };«c‘tjn | I'IOHIOQROKISIL%JIIG'S Q’zif?ﬁlp&éi;g .fi]}iﬁih% | them into a purer form with a cutting | edge. Like that, it declares the whole - democratic rdoctrine of Free :Trade, Hard Money, and. Home Rule. - Like that, with uncompros nising-: i. leerity: it sets forth the vitalaMrmative i ciples with wihich iﬁ*wgn-%xéet; thetiving issues of “State and Federal poli‘ties, and asks no favorsand no wyotes. of those who do not give to these prin- ‘ ciples their firm and steadfast allegiance. ¥i g 5 ‘s b M NFIHE A MdD’izrfo;“TﬁUgn; ’Ax"g gnizvﬁ?.ﬁ’ J

From the N. Y. Evening Post (Independent.) With one exeeption: tl wpfm‘l / adopted yésterday L‘V bé@hf ies ‘dfl | simply masses of rubbish collected apparently for the pdrpose’of burying beyond discovery the real: intentions of those who constructed them. The one exception is the Demoeratic-Lib-eral platform adopted in Illinois. This platform will bear reading many times, for it is a-model of truth'and brevity. 'BEhe resumption of specie payments, free trade and State-rights, as clearly admitted by the Constitution, furnish a sound foundation for any party that is animated by love of truth. The terseness with which these principles are set forth, shows how much easier it is to express honest convictionss than itis to conceal the tergiversations of political tricksters. | There can be no longer any doubt as to the ' proper course for honest men to take. Both of the old political parties hdve sorecklessly renounced their own theories of administration policy that party allegiance- is no longer obligatory on even the most deveoted follower. This fact should foree all who have honest political convictions to so act as to rebuke the “managers” of both parties. -, :

“THE PEOPLE ARE SURE TO WIN.” From the Springfield (1) Register (Democrat.) “The opponents of the extreme declaration on the financial . question ae= cepted the situation in goed faith and. with a ‘good heart. 'There was no split in the Convention; there was no dissatisfaction with the result; there will be no half-way work in the campaign. The Demoeracy goes into the campaign for the whole State, to elect every Congressman, every . Assemblyman, gvery Senator; there will be no truce,no compromise, no halting until the campaign.is over, next Noyember. The platform declares for hard money, States’ rights, free trade, and personal liberty. The republican party will be forced to defend Congressional money, legisiation for corporations, the Civil Rights bill, a profective tariff, and a centralized governient, ' The Opposition has taken the agegressive in the campaign; the public enemy is on the defensive. Insueh acontest, conducted upon such prineciples, tlie people are sure to win, and to win all. . !

“I'TE BEST DECLARATION OF PRINCIS PLESS S

[From the Quincy (Ill.) Herald (Demccratic.) The platform submitted and aflopted is Democratic in all its parts;and is the best declaration of principles that has emanated from and received the' indorsement: of a great political body for many years. “Hard money, home-rule, and free commerce” are the very vitals of Democracy, and in reafitming our devotion to them at this time we restore the party to the familiar paths through whiech it traveled in ante-war days and upon which it achieved its greatest'trinmphs and established its reputation as the party of the people. The action of the State Convention has made it not only possible for. the Democracy to carry Illinois in the coming election, but.it has made such a consumation a probability that with earnest and determined work from now until November will become an aceomplished fact. 4 e - P— : Secret of the Southern Cutbreaks.

WASHINGTON, August 30.—There is no question of the fact that the Radical politicigns of the South, alar) ?.L at_the Tesult of tlm;eleet%)fﬁ-ggde?t V’i hel@ in North Carolina, Tennésseé and Kentucky, and, fearful of losing the Southern States by the Civil Rights issue, are generally conspiring to obtain Federal interference,. pressure and intimidation. To this end the negroes are stimulated by them to insolence and outbreaks, and when conflicts with the whites follow, as' might be expected, letters of an excited and sensational character are written by those creatures and their agents to the Department of Justice. Numbers of these letters are now coming in from all parts of the South. The AttorneyGeneral accepts these ex parte statements as strictly true, d_egla%‘l%? the: whites’ to'hé “the aggressors; holdiiny’ that the negroes are acting on the defensive merely ;and.-assuming these to be the facts of the case, proceeds next to assign a motive for the alleged outrages and conspiracies—namely, a dispositon on the part of the whites to prevent the negroes: from voting the Republican ticket. So far as Judge Williams is concerned, there is no doubt that he has made-up his mind against the Southern whites in respect to these disturbances. Tt is - asserted by well-informed persons that he will | advise the President to soime form of ‘ Executive action, based on the idea of a conspiracy against the negroes.— Various modes of interference are suggested as possible, First, an Executive proclamation; second, the location of troops at different points in. the’ South where ‘elections are to 'be‘ held; and lastly, an active and coms | prehensive system of prosecutions un.der mﬂ.nf@r}wa ﬁl‘ :ﬁi Courts, similar to i\%gé! ond’g’qg&zi-\ ble raid in North and South Carolina. There is a reason to believe that a strong political “ pressure. Sl Be brought to bear upon President Grant to induce him to pursue the most extréme course, and the Southern Republican politicians, like Spencer and Moses, will clamor for military repression arfd a reigniof ferror as'a preveduisite to Republican successes in. Alabama and North Carolina. It is not possible just now to anticipate the Président’s course; but as he will hear orily one side in the 'ma&f‘g', and thali} adye theSo | régﬁf?g ;%E ﬁ%f“fé%%%‘mrﬁ%f% 16‘1!1» his part to resist the pressure to which he will be subjected. 1t is deemed very obvious that any. assent}zi) Judge Williams’ proposed lan wﬁa},g eét.muf@hz any disposition Qg,Souﬁ ern Conservatives to accept General Grant for a thirdste.rm, e ,_..‘A S Rrie mdaars 1o UK T 8

Qm in thei Stgrmwpediml?& # IRy the Republican papers from this day till after the e‘leqqgﬁy‘g’%be the out‘rages upon the: negroes in the South, Every liftle difliculty between a negro and awhite man ‘will be'duly herald-* ed iihder displayed headings and mag.. nified into a “horrible outrage, whilst a thousand ‘équally bad or worseafs frays can tske place. at the North which ‘are barely noticed ‘as’ news’ item?.'mxﬁnot theught worthy of come BT R T :

. GENERALITEMS. . ; About six hundred Mennonites, from | Russia, have reached New York on'| their way to Dakotah., | ~An official count'of ‘the wvotes east | in the recent Qhip election shows that | the. majeritgagainst the new; Consti- | tution is 147,284; against license, 7, 286 ; against minority representation, 185,800, and against raitroad aid, 251, THE next annual reunion of the So- i will be ‘lield ;&gd ambus,Ohte; on the 16th-and 4ithof September.. /Ehedor ) cal execu’t{i%e'%oln'n§’lt§%e h:{“‘\ie@z lii"zi%%z every 'possibite” preparation to * fiigare’ comfort and pleasure to all ‘who atiwtelid.x All flé{gy%'mn%n:eluj gﬁcelb in | the Army of the Cumberland, together, %vith;the President i;h&‘G-e%é’f%%?éj man, aresexpected to be presente £ai ¢ Saturday - and, Sunday (August 23, and 23d,) the story goes, some negroes. at Pickettsville, Gibson county, Tenn,, threatened. to bumm the town;aar,&?ilh two or three citizens “on account of some supposedswrong done therm.? 50s on the follgwé;agi‘%g?dj%y » xtﬁe of the . ringleaders™ were ' 1"1‘9, ,:?E{d: placed in‘jail at Prenton: Themext’ morning 75 or 100 masked ruflians rode into the village, forced the keys from the sheriff, took the si,x_(trgexl, prisoners from hi§” custody, murdered six of them in the edge of town, and spirited the othets away—killing tlheni at! their leisure.,* LR

__'Theé Lonisiana Massacre. ' ~ The special dispateh from New Or-| leans giving further particularg of the Coushatta massaqreﬂiﬂlg_igh we publish this morning, is from Republican sources. 1t should be reéad witlr sonie allowaneces for the prejudices of tl er. KEven with this correctiong ¥t will® be distressing to honest people of both politieal parties in the North. Thesix murdered men ywere alk otiN grthernbirth, and all officers of the Union army. ¥ Their prineipal -;o&en%sev»»appg‘aﬁ. to be the holding of ofiices to which they were elected after they had bee “requested? to 'y%czttg‘thgmby,a meeting of border ‘raffidn¥. * They were. throwivihto jail'€or* riot,” Whichicons! sisted in acts, selff(}qtfex e, and were: escorted 'ﬂfen"gg ‘out of ’h’eﬁé‘x\ﬁi i’l?fhe dirvection of Shraveport by a‘guard of. their own choosing. Fhere is: reasonto suppose that the guard had agreed: with eertain meir unknown, said to'be Texans, butprobably résidents of Coushatta, to kill the prisoners in ‘s‘ome‘ secluded spot,at a convenient time. 'At least, it .is said.that the journey to. Shreveport was by a roundabout and unfrequented way.rWedepreeatetliese outrages in the South as sihcerely as; any organ of the Administration; but we cannot yield to the logical faculty which argues thhtithe way to suppress’ them is to elect a _certain set 0%" Congressmen from Chicpgo, or to pass. a bill compelling white asd negro children to attend the same schools. Oné. would think, to read the comments of the Republican press, that the Civil-: Rights bill was ariotact, and Congressmen the oflicers chosen te arrest mur--derers in Louisiama.~Chicago Tribune, Septemberg.: 1 ol el g o

. ®4 Sorry, Sickly Pocmment | - [From the Clgveland Herald.] ¢ That a committee of Mr, Beecher’s own seleetion from among his personal *friends: should find Mr. - Beecher guilty of offense, has/ from' the beginning of this bad business been.among the imprcbabilities. But that, in the face of statements which, if not eon~ victing him of adultery, at least left. strong ground for suspicion of improprieties; the committee should beslaver him with sickening adulationand flattery is as surprising as it is in bad taste. . ... Were it not for the ie:

riously deterimentail = effect it ‘will have upon the cause of morality and religion alike, the xeport of the committee” would crﬂfau, general laugh at their expense. 7 is so ridieulous in its assumptions of superior virtue . for Plymouth. Church and its pastor, so. amusing. in its- assertion of :Mury. Beecher's infallibility, and so.sweetly gushing and sloppy generally, as to cause one to smile even while regretting its effects. But it is a sorry, sickly document at best, and its putting forth is most unfortunate. It proves, nothing except thefblind ’\té’ﬂi ship of Mr. Beecher by the Plymouth Chureh, . .. . 'The great Plymouth ITippodrome -will continue to.appear daily with an entire ehange of prooTAINMe. ST L ey S iY e Abai e e G 4 Mg. BEECHER’S PAPER, the Clristian Union, has' printed ait article on the scandal. - Its nibiased vefdict is, that Mr. Beecher has made many mistakes, but never’ eited tenobly : that he has always held himself pure and -upright, the friend of maen andsthe. servant of God: that"ﬁs ‘ministey. te. others -throughows % 590 busmess. has been exalted and hes zg‘m‘M» “his noble wo w@bxv _an : Master will care_ forhrm amdat, and, soorfer- or later, the ‘werld Will know: the truth.” The atticle is a rhetort:* cal masterpiece, but it is not s'tro’ng‘inﬂ‘ nointof ggste:h My, li?mheir' c_grtaij_&iydoes“not lack “defenders among-the" New York. journals;: his:ewn paper would best have consulted his dignity by preserving silence to the end: “But’ the Chuistian Undon,never was nice in jt§ ipsthetics —Ehidagoiil r HanGET

- TuEe teniperance people of Cincinnati- met at Pike’s:opera-house on Thursday evening, to express their satisfaction oyer tlie defeat of the license clause of the censfit“m;ian.: ' They determined upon a Tpoli(;y to direct their future course. They ask that the ¢onventions of both parties s-hall;,a_(%lo- | cate the enactment of a loeal law providing for the total prohibition of the: sale of intoxicatifig liquér; by, failing that, allowing the sale under the: pres--ent restrictions. Inmgg words; they: have adopted thé 16éal 6ption theory.: They proclaim at the same time that,athough PAtERtEq 10Ok T9LERS Jily nor reform at present,they .are aim-ing-at absolute prohibition. ' . s

- WHEN Governor Allen presented himself td the Demoeratic conveution he was receiveh with the greatest enthusiqsm, and;after his spee¢hs thye@ cheers were given for “Allen, the next | Pl‘esi(ilent of the: United States.”- ﬁts the Governor took his seat r this “expressién “from ’,"“th]gelicoiﬁi’é’?ﬁ%ﬂf"ﬂz' said . “I will notwseek and-I willineot: .decling ony duty the people "ﬁwf;g@ upon me to perform.” °Governot Allen seems, taIE mo nﬁi,, an “vl i *tiom)ﬂn iaha \ﬂ’ be'the D ‘ocratic nominee for President in 1876, seven out:of ifelt’ ixilli reply# “Old Bi‘&;&gﬁwf@l&wq Viﬂ}?eﬁgﬁ ity -+ A‘r&ﬁﬁ'iﬁ*ﬁ*bﬁn‘g as fited* At w?{fa cation for a ,chéorce, and thB#Prophet handsomely offers to glléw helst 200 a year for the oﬁ £ hetgll Fangs children. = She thinks :&b ohibe -Eouldu be- about the ieonbentt « Both 0f the parties’ i CHESN AN giculonslgz@ipconsis PHEN iz iidmﬁ?:‘dm‘f *‘lﬂle ﬁi‘ J“'wj gham , n(_)wnlg,‘g)s. previous relations, yet claimsali nysﬁia?armfew 4 gﬁ&ﬂf answers that he was not legally mar- | ried to Am’mma;;yet-@;ﬁm%éﬁﬁo’ a yewmmmﬁmgﬂ:& ogethew: e case is a much &t er one for the Head of Méfrhofy u’ﬁﬁf the_ | lt;uzssl“l’}:{b“";li‘,’!‘l34“,‘!”“”a s

JonnßlE leHEML IR oS One of the Indianapolis brassbands has been en :ge;d, at a cost of about. 1,100, te ‘lﬂag Fg the confihdnfee of the-State;Fairt: s 11« b v - The Colnmissio ners of Marion counfy ot thets. SLLOAIER Lorth SR e over one ltyndred petitions presented, to theni.fgr permits to sell liquor, " -~ A mamnioth iron plate, for casting,, plate glass, was: shipped from %it_ts- . ‘burg on Tuesday of last week for the Hem ¢ . ' ing cost P2,ooosand WPt bEpaToite g’git glass nipe by six and a half feet in Bige, e S e i e _~ The Michigan Central Railroad de‘pot at South Bend was entered ofilast, , Friday morning by burglavs, and -a ‘,¥l*e§pl'oof»sztf€ blown: open. “They got-- | four South:Bend water-works bonds of 8500 eaech, numbered 1150 to 153 in- - clusive, and two, $lOO bonds, . The . ° money was oveplooked.: oo e nito 54

Al e 1 Koo o 7 1y i ' The admission feetothe Indianapolis ekposition for tlhe fifst ' three * weeks widl be-only twenty-five. cents: # For'the last week, which will include the‘live stock exhibition as wellas the = ¢xposition, the admisson will be fifty cents. @'he expositionopens om.the ' ¢ _Tth%f‘ &%teﬁl%%r. 'T)ﬁrgagggérs report the prospeet for,a goed exhibition as yery flattering.” - | The Lafayette Journal has the fol-! Jowing: “Suit has been commenced ‘in the- Circtit Court' against a wellknown, wealthy-and prominent citi’fen,for seduction, the damages being aid at $20,000, "The plaintiff is @'young Jlady-that has been.partially raised in the family of the défendent. The ru- - mor is that the'defendant has jumped *_ the town,” as the Sheriff’s deputies . » swere unable to find-him on last Fri=. ‘day to serve the warrant.” o ey » The Kokomo Democrat says that the * ‘wife of N. J. Dood, living three miles south of Windfall; Tipten éounty, in a fit of insanity, and in the: absence of :her husband, on last Saturday evening, killéd fikw infant ‘child” by éutting its ,Ehront with a razor, then attempted -to ake her own life in the same manner, Failing «n this, she threw. herself in ja well, hut -the water net being deep engugh-to drown her, she 'was discoyieréd{_and taken out alive, and will probably loEgveren = 08l = 5

~ The Elkhart Revéew gives an acconnt of an innocent country girl, of respec--table parentage, coming to that town to workat a dressmaker’s shop, and being accosted on the street by a total stranger, became eventwally enamored of his company, against all better counsels ; finally went home, stole $l7O ‘in mongy, and eloped with her! lpver sto parts unknown. He is represented as a man of the designing sort, and the silly creature has been led captive at his:will and probably will thus add another to thelong list of ruined girls.

+ The Grand Jury in session at Indianapolis, Thursday evening, returned an indictment against P. P. Henderson, ‘ex-County -Treasurer; charging, him ‘with embezzlement, of ‘Public money fo “the. amount of $35,51068. The Grand Jury have been working on the matter for about three weeks. - Great dears were entertained that.owing to -the former position and influence of the accused he would escape indietment. This amount differs but little from the amount charged against him by the accguntnn‘c of the Board of Supervisors.” The _trial will not. take place until January, 1875.

- Eighty-four families; aggregating §OO souls, of Mennonites arrived here on No. 1 yesterday afternoon. These - persons come from Southern Russia to _enjoy liberty-of conseience in the new world. They are at present quartered in cars, but barracks are to be built on Beeson’s addition, near the river,where - they will be.camped during their stay. A few of them expect to proceed west" immediately, but the majority will re- - main here for two or three weeks at least. Their ultimate destination has not been fully. decided upon, their ~choice not being made between Kan- . sas, Dakota and Nebraska. ILarge inumbers of these peculiar people are “about tlie streets to-day attracting a _deal of -attention by their odd ways ‘and appearance.—Hikhart Daily Review, September 1. . L e ~ An atrocious crime is thus reported vgrom Jeffersonville underdate.of Aug. 80! + A«'Frenchman ‘named Angust JGardner, who “sald he was from Seyinour,.lndianjt, ?hi{e wal-kilng on the track of fhie J. M, &1, Railyoad, near ITomyvilld) FHiAaa it 106 dR TRt night, was attacked by three men;— They took his pocket-book and. five. dollars, then tied him on the" track" with ropes over a sniall culvert, and Aeft him. ~ He succeeded in getting the ropes that held his body untied, but before he got: those that held his left foot leosened an. approaching passenger. traju ‘yvas upon him,and in that ' desperate moment he th,‘rew—his body - off theitrack: ¥ Theltrain Padded: over' ?¢ severedshis left leg from his body. “He fell in the culyert, crawled out, lay there all night, and was picked.up at--an--early hour this morning by Cen- *, ductor Waterhouge,of a passinfe/freight. | train, and: brought- to.this city, where - e révived sufficignfly to make the ‘above statement,relapsed and died at 9 o’clock A. 3. No'glue to the perpe-: trators of the heinogys criie. /

"%\{ Tae APIE:ARANCtE of fFl‘)zmcis 1), Moulten at the meéting of Pigmonth. . . Cln%rlch“‘ {33“ Fr’idagf‘ e%ﬁ%ﬁféf%%isﬂ s solitary vote against the report of the | Committee, was an act exhibiting both moral and physical courage in a high _degree. - It requires nerve to stand up -in the presence of 3,000 exasperated * enemies and say No, when the word No is itself a rebuke to every other” ‘man in the assembly. : This is what - -Mu, Moulton did; it 18 what he had ‘a & right to do; it.is what it was his duty, . » as a member of the Plymouth congre- « ' gation, to do.” The riotous behavior * “of the. meeting; on the other hand,. when he rose to speak, and the attempt - ‘to mob him when he went out, Were “demonstrations of moral and physieal. cowardice—moral, in that they dared ‘not 'hear what Moulton had to say; ‘physical, “in that' every: assault 4%? A multitude on one man is cowardly.=Plymouth Church lowered It:qglﬁi’n disgraceful tumult.far more than it.: could-ever be lo’weredulﬁ anyact ofitepastor.—Chicago Tribtine. P S o Cp g e A iR Mrs.. CHRISTINA RHODESs died ats %er home, near Anderson, Inm X “48thy*7d, aged over 77 yeaxs.... 3 ‘ceased “was the motherj(‘g Rev, B¢s Iﬁmdé& of this:city., Rathér Rhiodes, : her<Musband, ‘died in Pecember lass, Jaged over 83 ypars. ,‘,%ﬁter, u.ymwi; gether itsmznf'a%d wife éor over fiftyyears, they have been'laid side byside e ot Vg e g . paratively short space of time.——Gor.: o edqul -;iar’w Hew wg N ¢ | -‘! SRR e £ aad S pmmEads v ’ oyl sssortunBit b Dye Stuft ¢ HAHAR D lgooper Chidister, ORlo..svinssessercsesanen.s2 00 M LN e e ;:ﬁs‘ i : W‘Amg 2L LUO Williain Hillgh e 6000 MMM, 2 bao ¢ ne.Green, Cromwell. .o ... iveevomivmmns SO, >ph B e s S . ey '~ .