The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-08-30
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ainy NIGHT. went 10 get a drink ana some
-iaS f,,5-s the warehouse was n once IN 2
laze. Al length through leaSy servant I
-irl the mistress Oi one OF the lncenaATics,
was obtained upon when the
,ntire gang have been arrested, seven III
M. Philip J. SOulier. = man OF about ieF'N-
hree wears. with wife and seven children,
proprietor or q shoe shOp and foreman OF
Hook and Ladder, was leader Of the con
sniratOrs. three young men employed iu
rs shop "a painter. a Sailler and a saloon
clerk made NJ the whole number IheN
have confessed even 10 the firing oil oul-
iin.-s for which other and innocent persons
were convicted or awaiting triAL Souuer
seems 10 have had the double motive Oh IN
iurinr the id aholitonists, anu oil
showing himself conspicuous al fires. lie
instigaied the firing OF farmers barn by
one OF his gang, whose aged Ialher was IA
the time pensioncr upon the place an |
other Of the gang Who had ireI The ware
house above named received five dollars !
next dav Tor services ia helping 10 rescue |
the safe.
The President seems 10 have taken de
ciled stand In the matter oi pafdonS
70 participants in the Rebellion. lie
to-day instructed the Attorney General :
Office 90 issue no more warrants oi pardon
10 applicants OF The S2o. 900 class, Is none
would receive his attention. Owing to Tie
utter inability of the President to attend 10
the delu-e oi business pOuun. m upon nam
daily. be- has concluded L. establish an
Executive Bureau OF which he has Al
ready appointed John Wilson. Esq. the well
known and able Third Auditor of the Treas
urN. is chiei. Mr.. Wilson, who has been
ordered 10 report ON the first proNmo. VIII
have fun charge Of the ordinary routine ei
bushes. and Will dispose ot all cases par
d0ns included. referring 10 the President
such matters only as are imperatNeA nee
essarv for his action. vast amount ui
unimportaut business is daily crowded upon
the President and The organization az such
"A Bureau viii doubtless prove great relief
To his oyer-strainci capacities.
4 second race between Indians and hor-
/ ses took place al the Chicago Driving Park
on Friday. \ large cOncourse of spectators
/ Witnessed the contest The Indians were
| Deerfoot. retris and Jacobs The horses
! Quaker Boy. Boston. Carrie and Gen Grant.
/ The race was Tor =. 600, and us terms
! horses 20 trot ght miles. mile heats, chan
/ ging each mile; Indians 10 run four miles
| and lltN rods changing each mile. lie
race was won by the Indians who ran Their
course in POGO the horses making the
eight miles I'm 2O.5s - The utmost eN-
element and confusion prevailed al the ter
miuatIon OF the race the whole crowd
rushing around noerioot. who was almost
carried from the course Another race be-
tween the same parties viii come OF on
Wednesday. ON the same ground for purse
of $500. horses 10 run eight miles and In
dams four and quarter.
JAcksaS, MIS-, Monday. Aug q, 1895
The following Constitutional Amendment
has Just passed the Convention 10y vote o
81 Go n:
The institution of Slavery having been
DESTROYED in the Stale of Mississippi. Meth
er slavery nor involuntary scrvitude other
wise than for the punishment of crime
whereof The party shall have been duly con
Yictcd shall hereafter exist In tins Stale
and The legislature al the next session
and thereafter "a, the public welfare may re-
quirc shall provide hy law Tor thc protect
ION and security of the persons and proper
IN of the freedmen of the state, and guar,
them and the State against amy evil thai
may arise from their sudden emancipation.
There Is a project on foot al Niagara Fall
TO make new communication between th'
American and Canadian side of the Magyar.
river, ina the shape of a suspension bridge
for carriages and foot passengers The com
pany owning the bridge two miles below ha'
the exclusive privilege 10 build one at ih'
Falls for fifteen years. That limit has eA
pirei. ami an existing act of the stale leg.
islature authorizes the forming of another
compam. The Canadian ordnance depart
meni has given tho privilege oi landing 81
on the Canadian side. This bridge Will De-
lociia,i just below the Fails There IS rea
son 10 believe that the work viii soon bc
commenced.
The following incident IS given as spec
linen oi the spirit boo which parlons are re
ceyci ami appreciated hy MANY who with
" detected Aaylour oi The li-Age have dai.
IN importunei the President Tor his elem
ency. \ citizen OF Memphis Tenn ha,n.
succeeded in obtaining pardon stepped
into a railroad Office. and walking up Go the
agent with the old-tlme chivalric sWaggef
OF the South, inquired ii Rebels could buy
tickets The same a- Union men. pu being
answered in ihe Affirmative aud reccyiu.
his ticket. he walked away with an AIR OF
triumph. cyciaimug 300 loud tone. Wei.
IA a pdrlOued Rebel. conquered but not
whipped. hy God. The disgust with winch
the President has finally come 90 regard thc
thousands of ,NconhauIc Application ior
pardon is not al an astonishing.
Dics NcCaun lately arrested DO east Ten
ue.see Pos order of Gen. StOnemau. and
who vii shortly bee ried Tor hs life al Knox
willie was Major In Mor.lns command ser
van. throughout the war. lle r. specially
charged with The crime of murder Boo ilp
ca-e- ol jacob llarman and SON, executed
/ bY his order Tor the celebrated bridge-huru-
inc on the Virginia and tennessee Railroad
November l-6I. Mccain Was prominent
cil.zen before the war; and "a Douglas eject
or iu l~6D he resisted secession until The
first call for troops. when he went no On the
wrong side and become an active per.ecu-
tor of Union men. GOV. Bf0Nulow is oi
opinion that be- wall be- hung.
Gen. Howard takes issue directly with
Gen. Cox oi OHIO iu regard 90 tie arbitrary
I separation Oi the race. Ia an address be
fore The Freedmen Relief society 0l Maine
last week, he took occasions 90 speak def
nitely against this attempt 10 revive the eX-
pl0ded folly OF colonization. He sad. " j
think that all We have % do b. % aim al alb
-Olute justice 10 white and black, watching
The signs OF the times. and keeping "a
steady rein. am quite sanguine al the re-
suit In this spirit Gen. Howard II prose-
cutting the best work now being done i'm
this country
Hon. g. &. Cole. a distinguished citizen
of Iowa and formerly. leading member
oi the Democratic party Dob that state. has
written a letter Do favor 81 universal suf-
rage which j. published IN the Iowa state
Register lie considers this lbe true Dem
OCTatlc policy o. the whole country, and a.
applied % the reconstruction question. De-
argues with force. that the Republic has tie