The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-10-03
s. RALPH, J
HENRY PACKER. Com
CHESTER HUNT.
G.. c. MUNRO, Secretary


SOME OF THE 10000 CLERoYMEN "-wo fear
that Mr.. Douglas will 90 into paroxysms when
no comes to- read tho r-turns of tho Maine
el, ction. Two of tho o 5000 clergy mon arc
certainly elected tn Congress from that State,
Mr.. Douglas bdlls of excnm
municnion of tho hole clerical order, that
come thuudcring thr ugh tho county, all tho
way from Washing on, Mr.. Krowlton, elected
from tho third district, is Free Will Bapt,t
Elder-o man of fine abilities and a devoted
friend of freedom. When a very young man.
he as Speaker of tho IIpuso of Representa-
tivcs i'm Maina. lIc is now comparatively a
young man. Mr.. Alllikcn clecte'. in the
-ixlh district, is Univcrsalist Clergyman, re-
siding in Columbia Tho Commonwealth says
that few years ago, Mr. Mlliken was prcsi
ding officer of State Convention of tho Unircr-
sal sts at time hen tho Fugitive Slave Law
came up before it and lIrnkcr influences pro-
vailed sufficiently to induce q majority OF the
Convention to vote down proposition to de-
nounee Tho bill, whereupon Mr.. Millikcn re-
signed his place, saying tha, hc supposed he
was in a Christina Convention but found him
self mistaken. 1t will no matter of doubt
whether Mr.. Douglas will be glad to SEQ these
gentlemen at Washington, or Messrs. Peach
am and Sabine elected from Vernon t. who
are also clcrgymcn.-[No Bedford Standard
ODITuARY.-Tho telegraph brings us intclli-
gence of the death of Mrs. Benton, wife of Col.
Benton. She died at her residence in Wash.
ingron city yesterday. She was attended by
her daughter, Mrs. Freomont, but we have
reason to doubt whether her husband was
present. From letter which was published
from one of our Virginia correspondents il
was stated that Mr.. Benton was near tho White
Sulphur Springs on his way TO St Louis
He may have returned to Washington, howev-
er. before her death, il he was within the reach
of telegraph communication. This will prove
severe dispensation 10 Col. Benton, whose
devotion as a conjugal husband has ever been
admired by all who have had the privilege of
being admitted within the domestic circle. In
ono of his speeches, we believe; in 1851 or
| '52, no makes brief allnsion TO his wife.
which is one Of the most eloquo. "louchos OF
heart break we ever read; in his "Thirly
Years in the Senate he dwclls upon General
Jackson's devotion to Mrs. Jackson with u fer
vency OF appreciation which reflected the deep
| sympathy of his own heart with what ho was
describing.
| Mrs. Benton has bcen an invalid for many
years. aud we presume that her life was dcs-
tined to be mnch prolonged. .-s.
e New York Post Sept. 18th.
Tho "Know Nothing" party in New York
| il is sail, wear mark peculiar kind OF
white hat dcnominated "the Wide Awake" IL
the Brooklyn riot last Sunday this fact becom
ing known 10 tho assailants they fell upon ev
cry isolated individual whom they could fine
wearing such hat. In this manner they as
sailed clerk in tho New York Express. ant
a reporter of the Now York Times near th'
South Forty. Tho first had his nosc broker
and an eye damaged by stone. Tho latte
was knocked down and beaten most unmcrci
fully with floaded whiphandle. Neither o
tho persons thus maltroaicd belonged TO thu
Know No,hines, aud ono particularly, tho re
porter, is an Irishmau and n Catholic.
philadelphia North American.
/ ApRorr ScouNDRELTsM. The True Deitt
says two strangers lately called upon mer
chant near Cairo, ILL.,, and desired TO leave
box thcy had with them in his house for th,
night Tho request was denied, but they wer'
permitted to leave tho box in tho store. Th'
next morning he discovered that his store ha'
bcenrobbed during tho night. Of piece OF val
liable goods and five hundred dollars ia money
He obtained assistance, and when tho men call
cd for their box when 10! ont jumped thir,
J man, aud in tho box was fond the missing
J goods and money
}, Hero is another case. Recently a gentle
manly looking stranger called upon sextol
III Louisville Kentucky. and ordered child
, gravo dug, offering ten dollar bill in paymcn
: for the survice. and receiving eight dollars /
return. Nochild's funeral appeared at the ap
pointed time, tho sexton was led 10 examin
his ten dollar bill, when ho found II was coun
J forfeit. if sr.ag tT