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CON1tGV3DNN OE zkk1ei1EtAANs5AVN%
The Atlaatie -Noath7y thus tcrscly states
the Congressional plan Of reconstruction,
which johnson and the Coppcrhcads so bit
terly oppose and lnisrerrcscnt. If the cx-
rebels reject It, they will never get anything
better. II is the easiest and best terms that
ever will be offered to them:
''Thcsc conditions, as embodied In the ConFtl-
tUtinnal Amendment which has passed bolll
houses By such overwhelming n,aioritlc., are the
m,Idest e.er cxaCtctl OF defeated enemies by
victorious na.ion. There Is ITO. > distinctly
1,aaical> idea In Inc whole misunderstanding
That President johnson has mol hfua:clf, wlth[n
comparatively recent period, stamped with hsH
high appreciation. Docs 1t orlatn universal sui.
fracc: No. Docs 1t o1laia impartial suffrage
40. Docs 1t rrosc!Ihe, GE.ff8nchsse or cxpatrtltc
the recent armed enemies of the country. or con-
Gscatc their property? No. 1t simply ordatns
That the national debt shall bo paid and the rebel
t'cb fcrNdiated that the civil rights Of all per-
| tons stall be maintained; that tile rebels who
I,ave added perjury to treason shsil be dts1nall-
it'd Tor office; aad that the rescl States shall not
tnsc their political power in tho Union increased
ty thr presence on thelr soil Of persons to whom
they lenv political rights, Int hat thc feprescu
tnt,on eha.l he based throughout Tho Republic OF
voters, and mol on population. The ptsh OF tlas
whole amendment is IN the last clause; and l.
there anything IN that 10 which reasonable oh
lection can be made: Would ii not be a curion
lc.ult Of tho war against cbelllon that 1t shouIs
end in comforting on rebel voter in soutl
Carolina power equal. In national affairs, l,
that Of two loyal voters Ii New York: Can an
Democrat have the faec to assert that tho Soul
should have, through its disftanchised negro free
men alouc, power In the Electoral College All
In the national House Of Representatives cqual I
TINT Of the States Of Ohio and Indiana CON
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them" The electors arc sometimes called
" bees" and tho money Is called "honoy."
~ knew" says one Titness, "that there
vas honey IN the re tasre tns. Tss 50 5;;. nnSa
his vote. But for liberal expenditure Totnes
beats ont any Of the horoughs whose corrup-
ton has been hitherto revealed. Totncs
ia borough with population OF 1000
and a constituency of 3B electors. It re-.
Duke Of Somerset, late first Lord Of the Ad-
mIralty, has great influence In the borough
which he uses In this way: Some time before
an election he gives notice Of ejcctment to
nll doubtful tenants, that is to say, to all
those who he thinks may not vote according
is not enforced; II wrong, 1t Is. Mr. Harris,
the conservative agent, says It was a rare
thing to get the Duke into the borough in
! fatt he was afraid to show there. TIE last
| time he was there was on Sunday, and he
walked oyer the town like man tall
10 slippery Jack" bnt "he WIS beyoud
that-" Mr. Pinder, who was returned, hut
unscated for bribery, offered, according to
the same witness, E:0, coo 10 Colonel Daw.
kins to stop the petition. Robert Roamer,
tlsh.merchant Of Yarmouth ASKED forty Of
wanted "twcnties." The son of the late Mr,
Rumbold, who represented Yarmouth fol
several years In Paris, has written q letter
to the papers to deny q statement that hts
father had spent e7O,0oo In bribery and cor
ISnSid HSn@Soid, tfn sse st{s tEousGs GGasaie iee reh
to give your readers this specimen Of ths
Kind Of Representation We have At pzesen1
in England. Out Of about 6, OK, 600 aduli
males, Loo, 600 or so haye tho franchise, nut
doubt whether of the voters there art
100000 who are not under the influence 0
either intimidation or bribery. This is sub
stantially the state of things at present CT
listing. We arc neither Monarchy, nor a
Ar'stocracy, nor m Oligarchy. We arc
Plutoctucy-''the wealthlest man amongs
us is The best"
!. One word in conclusion as to the pros
poets Of Europe. Peace Is made, but no on
believes In 1t. Count Bismark las recently de
clared to The Committee on the Prussian Al
ncxation Bill that 1t was ycry probable Prn!
sin would yet have to defend the tcrritoT
Incorporated, as she had formerly to dcfca
tho incorporation Of Silcsfa. The Mosco
Gazette intimates that be Is cndearoring
rcconst tute the alliance between AustIll
! Prussia anl, Russia, with view to defent
against France, whilst on its side, tue Size
Vi this day terminates nm article signed b
Louis Jourdan, "a follows: flt Is enough
J cast onc's eye over the present state OF E
, rope, to see how far we are from IN assure
| peace. No, no :; the sky Is dark, the horizt
Is charged let us at least have the fraul
ntss to admit that storm may burst fort
| aud let 1Is mako ready to meet 1t,
, 1866-09-20
FlKEMEN'S RIOTS,
Shocking Murder In Philadelphia.
fFtom the PhiIadelphta North American, ,17th Inst

SAUGkklUG AAA = NAASAANA eAAA*~7
tFtom the Phi1adelphta North American, 18th inst1
morning an old house, located on the south
side Of Greenwich street, below Aoyamen+
sing avenue, vas discovered to be on fire.
The place was not tcnanted. The kitchen
was entirely destroyed. The loss tnconstd-
erable. A few members Of the snimer Hose
hose to The FIRE, and promptly, applied the
water. The flames were checked, aud tne
fire wos fast being extiuEuished. The alarm
having, been communicated by Telegraph,
other fife companies ware speedily on the
ground. A plug located at the northwest
Corner Of Greenwich street and Moynmen-
sing avenue was wrapped with hose. bnt It
was surrendered to steam engine that
speedily arrived.
Upto this time there was no rioting- Pre-
sently some one In the crowd saio, GaFc
the house shot" In moment there were
discharges Of firearms, about twenty IN
number. One ball passed through the top
rail- Of the door Of the public house Of Mrs:
Bowler, on the opposite corner. and lodEe0
or passed through Partition. Anothss ! pa.
etory. rnd*one or two others struck the front
| Of tkc house, Tho family were thrown into
4 state Of great alarm, as might be supposed,
nt this unprovoked outrage upon private
property. ..,...
| or two more reports heard. man WHO was
standing on Greenwich street, about thirty
| feet caEt Of the avenue, was seen 10 tall- he
was Immediately picked up and conveyed
into the public house aforesaid. He was
dead. This young man was Immediately
recognized as Henry Clay Walters, Lged TWEEN
ty-thrce xears, who resided. at 12o Prime
| street. He was married, and was soldier Of
the Union army during the rebellion
Mr.. Walter Was an active member ot tue
shitiler Hose company he bore IN excel.
lent character, and was universally esteemed
| bv his fellow members aud all who knew him.
lie was industrious, sober, aud full Of good
nature. At the time he received his death
wound he was Standing on the pavement,
facing southwa7a, and looking a. the fire.
The bali entered hi right. breast near h!s ths
third rib, passed through both lungs and
lodged Just beneath the skin on the lcit side
In It's course the ball passed through enc
aorta, very near the heart. Death, OF course
was almost instantaneous.
In a few minutes after this there Was an
other discharge Of firearms, and 1t Is tasd
TINT four persons were wounded. one o. t"e
.. Of them badly 1t Is stated that thcst
Tounaea men belonged 70 ths ths cosano MessaSos
was passing up Moy amcnsiug avenue, at th'
intersection Of Dfckcrson street. some one 1t
the crowd discharged pistol down thu
avenue towards Greenwich street. Whethe
} the ball took effect could not be learned
There xns NO more disehargtng Of firc.asm
I'll The ID? diver zero Of the weccacoe Steam Engin,
] arrested In fhe vicinity Of the Southwark
Hall, on the charge Of shooting Mr.. Walters
{ He wns locked up for herring. It Is r.
! ported that at least two persons observe
: film rs he fired pistol, aud one saw hi1
take deliberate aim At Walters. ING prs
, 1866-09-20


The second day OF the Semi-Annua1 Session Of
The Chicago rJesbyterv IN. S.), commenced at
nina o.efec1- T,es,,v msrnfnr IN ,hc ,cctorc
Toom o. uo secona shnscn, " ~ sae eo'nes VI
abnsh hstnus HaG fass Pa, + ~
alter lae nsuat uese'TnnI sr y;;i+
Mniihe"s Was eaosen .Aoue'asoss ano 6' - iA4s,
eiG5S. ,1,o.,;oo ,daf,o,,1 ac,eoo,ca .rcrc n,ea-
tce 'oalo"ns "o"'~e"1' N'4eso'~o wa" f'~@
ents a.,,,,,, rhn-c,, I'll, c,orc-Rev d :,
rs1f rsSonEtssa'oH'a eAuA~A' A1'> Wv - 49,
A1Hnss.eRl Hasss eRl,o.rr+c,,., rhr,rb ch1c,,o-ncv ? M
r1;,,n,,itcr y T. Kr1,daIi' ''' ''
Ei-plt !rn-ccn;,onot ~ 1:Mmrci,. Jo1fc.-N. A.
p!,,HE., Hss ''1'NA ~
ha go1oF,rr additional ae,ec,tes were prcscut
r,nn, c1,.,Icha. Ienrcsrnted on Iionday evening:
, 1866-09-20

been published In the Newspapers, In Raymond's,
Holand's, OF othsz liyts Of Ms. lincoln, need rot
be seut, a. thcy can be had without the tronb1e Of
copying. All others moi pnbllshod are wanted.
Tboso vho hare lc,tcrs from Mr.. Lincoln to them.
selves or 10 Others, will please copy and send To
Mr. Hcrndou. directed to him In tho city OF
Springfield, NJ.
Ihpe.s tn Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, New
Yotl. Phi]adclphia, Doslon, ctc.. will con.
ier favor on Ar. Herndon By publishing the
ahovt. -
, 1866-09-20
THE PLATTE CITY OUTRAGE.
Three men Killed and SIX or Seven
Eoundc1l-HT strdcrous Attnck upon
Radical Union men-Greas Excttc-
u1cnt in Plnttc County.

Woundcd-m urdcrous Attack upon
Radical Onion men-Ereas Excite
n1cnt In Platte County.
Especial Despatch to the Missouri Denocrat.1
LEAvESwon1u, September l7.-On Sat-
urday, tie 18th instant, the Platte County
Radical Convention met at Platte City to
nominate candidates for county officers. The
Convention proceedings were harmonious
and quiet. Alter the adjournment, and most
Of tho delegates had lett for home, man
nemcd Donneg1n, veteran Union Soldier,
much under thu influence Of fliquor, pistol in
hand, said be could whip any man who was
not his friend. Sheriff Ogden told him to
give up his arms and keep quiet, which he
did. A few minutes Afterwards Donnegan
Was approached By H, T. Callahan, returned
posse Of men, demanding his surrender A
scufllc took place in which mnny shots were
fred and number wounded. Donnegnn was
shot In the groin and is in dangerous con-
ditlon; Sheriff Ogden was shot ID the wrist;
Sanders McComas. returned Union soldier,
Union soldier, killed John FOLEY, slightly
wounded In the arm Richard Burk, severely
In the thigh Jonathan Todd, dangerously
In the thigh; Frank Gates, slightly in the
arm E. j. Phillips, severely In the arm
Henry Todd, slightiy In the thigh.
Many statements concur that DonneEan
was unarmed Ut the time Callahan and his
men set upon him, having giyen hts pistol to
| Sheriff Ogden. When shot he fell, saying,
:. 1 die Radical nu shot while unaTmed.n
| A party Of scvcn delegates, whose namcs
! staI not mention now, when q short dis
taucc from town on their way home, heard
tie firing, and knowing that there were only
| few Radicals in the town, started back to
save them ii possible. Upon reaching town
tic firing had ceased. They saw four men
living In the street, aud Sheriff Ogden on the
tooF Of his ollice- They rode mp IN front OF
the Virginia Hotel, when Marion Todd
rushed out brandishing revolver, and ex-
claiming to his friends, "Here they are
give them hel1m Upon which they were
fired upon from windows and doors.
Twoof the party had their horses shot
under themt ono OF the horses FILLING upon
his rider in such q way as to prevent bis
! rising. While IN this position, Callahan,
previously mentioned, tired Two shots at llis
head. but without effect, both bullets stzik
ipE the ground near his head, when he sue
ceeded "a getting at his revolver, which ht
. used, Callahan falling dead; the party ther
made their escape. One Of those men, NJ
old soldier who has seen service, says hi
never htard bullets whistle in such numbers
Latest accounts from Platte City state tha
there arc several hundred men under arm
! for the purpose, they say, Of repcl1ing jay
hawking raid from Kansas.
! Donnernn, brother OF the one who noz
lies nt Flntte City badly wounded, went owe
there to get his brother. His request va
denied, and he WIS ordered to quit the tow
: ! iustantcr, somebody giving him pass to Ct
able him to get through the picket line'
Great excitement In Platte County.
, 1866-09-20
THE REASONS WHY.

The President, In ewingiu. round the cir
Gle, discovered thnt Ne. Z. A. Couuor, the
Postmaster al North Vernon, Jennings Coun-
ty, Indiana, had been soldier wounded In
the service of his country, and who had suf
fercd long Imprisonment in the rebel pest
houses. Regarding such q man as merely
changing on the verge Of the Government"
Lc displaced him and put peace supporter
Of "n,y policy in bis place. Nr. Coauor,
In letter 10 friend, gives long list ofrca~
sous why he was removed, toa few Of which,
specimens Of tho whole, We invite the atten-
tion Of the boys in blue:
.6. l am removed because do not suppor the
infamously rebel Democratic patty, which sys.c.
mn1icn11y ttied to mn1der nc for fifteen long
d'casy months, b starvation and exposure. -.
Democratic party which starved nc, GlFtc days
md night. nj florence, South Carolina, for rcfus
ins 10 poiDt 10 them the modes Of o~cape Of some
as. an removed because do not support tho
Democratic parry who caused ME to Iu shot ut
5hicanlansa, a,'a becausc I shot come Of said
VI GU removed pccansc do no. support The
Democratic parry whlcb robbed mc 1t Richmond.
s'io i am removed because do not support The
nenoc.atit- johnson party, whose znenhc.s ehos
| al and starved lsse at Belle Isle.
| Democratic party, one oi wiom tllcd q second
lime 10 shoot nc III Smiths hailllng at Rich
utond. -
Democratic rstty which cnEeavn.Id 10 s.eczs NE
e. tcath during Tho winter Of 'd;-I At DahTt;c,
..i3 an sc,no:cd because do not support the
irfernaf a1,t reasonable Democratic ra1ty, which
game near starving me at Charleston, south Caro-
! III. ssn removed because do not endorse thu
hcilfsh party which TORTURED nc With hanger fol
six months al A,,dcrsoavslle. Georgia
J%t&FA
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ncwal of civil war. All this the
historian will write Of Andrew johnson.
Shall VIC look further and say that the his
torfau will record that the closc Of Andrew
Johnsou's administration wnS marked With
bloodshed! That, defyiug the expressed
wilt Of the majority Of the people, Andrew
johnson endcayorcd to force his policy upon
TINT majority with tho bayonct and cannon,
and lost bis own life in the reasonable at
tempt? Nc hope not We trust that the
thousands and tens Of thousands Of ballots,
during The next two months, though falling
lightly rs snow tlakcs-thc unspoken
thoughts Of firm, determined people-may
hc warning to him not TO arouse those
thoughts into action. In that day It were
better he had never been born. Let him be
content with the blood he hns already shed.
, 1866-09-20
TERRIBLE TORNADO.
A Destructive Storm TN New jersey

From the New York Times, September H.
4 terrible and destructive tornado occurred
near Mount Holly on Friday evening last
The Mirror says Il commenced about mile
and half frum Duldtown, uproottnE trees
lively no other dama.c until it reached tho
residence Of Hannah Afcott aud sister, on the
north road from Mount Holly to Pemherton,
mile and q half from the inter place:
As it ncarcd the residence OF the Misses
Allcott, 1t prostsatcd everything before It !;
forest trees were torn up. or twisted OF, as
though they were sapl1ngs-fenccs laid low
and ofsixtccn apple trees In the rear of the
premises, fourteen were up'rooted, and some
Of them moved distance Of eight or Ten
feet. .-..... .....
The l,op*e, barn. wagon-house and pigpen,
| were directly in its track and they were all
entirely destroyed and thrown together, a
| perfect mass Of debris. Such utter destruc-
lion we never before witnessed.
| One Of the sisters vas absent OF the TIME,
Hannah only being ut home. Shc had re-
tired Tor the night before the storm came on,
aud when found was on her bed. which had
been forced aSainst and among the branches
Of one ofthc large trees prostratcd near the
fence. 4 heavy limb wus directly over
her, serving Us protection from the broken
timbers, furniture, &c. She was rescued
from her rcsilous situation as soon as posi-
ble-probably having been lying there fol
half m hour-ana taken to a friends house
In Pc1uberton, when 1t was asccrlasned that
her leg was broken In two places, beside be
ing dreadfulls marglc1. and her head severe
" cut and bruised. Her injuries arc Of sucs
recovery.
The house .7as lifted from Its foundations
moved five feet from The road, aud dashed 4
atoms, hrccking into pieces e7erything IL i
the oEtbuildings sharing the same fate. Th
hay and stray and broeeu furniture wer
, 1866-09-20

THE CLEVELAND CONVENTION.
The Cleveland Soldiers Convention il the \
greatest political farte Of the campaign. Tho |
word failure or lzklc does not express the fact |
ofthc casc. It is true that 1t was shocking |
failure In point of numbers. Whom It was |
devised at Washington by Doolittlc, Weed,
johnson and Blair, and endorsed by Stead
man, Ewing, Custer aud Low. Campbell, the |
Intention and expectation was to make 1t |
gigantic national mass meeting Of soldiers |
aud sailors who endorsed the st Mosaic" poll
cy and dispensatlon. Fifty thousand soldiers
were the vcry least number tllat would be
present. 4 p,rt Of the object. OF Johnson's
grand "swing around the circle" WIS to
beat up delegations and recruits for TINT
gathering.
Cleveland is splcndidly located for having
vast meeting. Tcus Of thousands eau be
conveyed by iiect Of steamers At nominal
price, bringing delegates from Michigan, IN
diana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and
Canada. A half dozen Great Trunk lines
Of Hallway offered to bring passengers at
Aalf fare from the East, West and South.
But TO make long story short, the boys
in blue" so imploringly invited did not
come. They stubbornly staid away. At no
time was the mcnagerie tent half full OF
"eoldicrs." Not because they arc scarce
product. The county is full OF them. They
arc ne plenty as leaves. You cannot " shake
a bush - but q dLzcn or more Will step out.
60 where you will, from the st. Croix to the
Sacramento, md you eau hear theNi singing
| in lord chorus, Down with the traitor and
| up with the flas.''
But the failure In point Of numbcls at the
Cleveland meeting was s1'sall matter In
comparison with the failure Of sincerity and
| ;aitl in the Mosaic plan Of national saliva
ton. II is q moderate estimate to say that
| ninc-tcuths Of the soldiers present believed in
..Moscs md his profits" but not in tMoscs"
and .'my policy" There were 4 lew Cop
rcrhcads and ncgrophebists among them,
like poor old surcrannuatcl Wool, New
Ncs;co Este, aristoeratic Ewing, bully Kous.
sta,t, and tceotnlcr Lew. Campbell, who ac-
;,;liy hate colorcd people ard syupa.hf.e
With ,l.c dcposcd chiva!ry. But this feeling
was confined 10 comparatively few The
actua,iny motive that l'crvaaca tho conyen-
,ion was 10 s,oop to Moses just low enough
to ret the Offices at his disposal, but not IN
Inch lower.
The reasoning seems to be that If they
do not secure The bread and butter, the Cop.
prrlleads will get IL. The tancncss Of the
proceedings shows very plainly that they
bad no stomach, ii,r any more dirt than could
!, | rossibly be avoided. Where their heart.
arc was manifested almost too psain1y fol
| prudence by the resistance which met tht
| resolution ngalnst the. Grand Army Of th'
| Isepublic, an organization known to cordially
. late and dcspisc "Moscs" and his *'policy.'
The real sentiments OF tue meeting were sill
: moSc ulainlv exhibited in tho war Of onpo
, 1866-09-20

Editors Chicago Tribune:
The railroads eenie1ing here, haze agreed to
carry passengers to aud ffnm the Hosse Show
commtnttng October 61h and couun ulnE through
tIip. Tickets not good 10 return un1css stamped
hy the Secretary On the grounds. Stock Will be
conveyed tot one fnl rato one wa5 and return Tree
by nLiainlug certificate ron the Association.
The preparations that are being 11adc, warrant
tie belief thst grand tiue will be had, and Hnm
the energetic and practical manner IN which tho
doubt of the entire suecesa Of tue eShow.' ID.
, 1866-09-20
Church nj Salt Lake C1sy.
Il

NAlltCA III %&A4A AuAt N4A19
Our readers may remember that it was
stated in cur correspondence from the Col
fax party, last summer, that Congrcga-
tional Church, under the pastoral care Of
Ncv. Norman Mcleod, had been organized
and WIS doing great and good work iu Salt
Lake City. The writer while there attended
that church, and was most asrccably sur
ptiscl at Its great success and usefulness.
AT the tisno VIC were there they were
worehipring III a hall rented for an-
other purpose from o Mormon, nnd
It was doubtful what could be done when
that lease expired. Bnt Q gentleman, while
Mormon, had purchased real estate, and
having renowned Mor1nonlsm, he has placed
largc and most desirable lot, right in the
heart Of the city, ut the disposal Of the
church. The pressing need Of that church,
nul of the cause Of truth aud righteousness
in that city, is the means 10 erect
building there, md thus to cstab-
lf&h the institutions Of the Cos
pei on n firm basis. The entire
Scientific" population-all who arc not Nor
.Nuns are classed as Genti1cs-nrr united In
sustaining this church, and 1t has been max
ing large and constant iuroads upon Brigham
Young's dcludcd disciples. Not only is this
church essential to the Gentle residents Of
Salt Lake but large numbers OF miners from
! Idaho, Montana and the mining districts OF
Ctah srend their winters at Salt Lake City,
and large church should at once be
built for their benefit II for no other
rcason. Salt Lake City will In from
three to five years he connected with
Chicago by the Pacific Railroad. 1t
is already a city Of twenty thousand in'abi-
taDts and one OF the most beautiful upon
the continent. With the exception Of this
single congregation, all are under tic dark
pail Of Mormon superstition and all our
Christian denominations, without disttuc-
tion Of sect, should contribute gladly and
most literally 10 build this church. Our
people should esteem it = privilege to place
stone or drive nail in that holy temple
Our wives and daughters who sympathtxt
with and would redeem their sisters In Sail
Lake cit y from thu degradation and the curst
OF pol lysa,ny might better sell some Of thci
supeftuous jcwclry, If that were necessary
10 help to build up and to sustain thi
church. But 1t Is not, Let the rich con
tribute Of their abundance, an1 the poo
their mites, and Mr.. Mcleod will so bacl
TO Salt Lake with the means to carry on
his most laudablc enterprise. lie Is gen
t,cman Of high character, and in al
respects seems exactly fitted for tn
noble work IN which he is engaged. Hc
now in the city aud will call On US many {
our citizens Us he can; hut contribution
may liz sent TO his address from city or cou1
, try, III care of the TR,nESE Office. We hop
: this appeal TO thc patriotism and Christie
, | principle of our readers will meet IN fmm
| date au,l most liberal response.