Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-18


/ It is to he hoped that the spirit which actu-
atedThe late Con gfess 70 reduce the tax to
~ cents, viii ftnpeF the present Congress
to make further reduction, if not to do
away with It altogether. 1t Is of the high
est importance TO our commerce. that the
growth of c4ttop in this country should be
ncrea to arlte-waf figures, for we have
no other commodtTy, gold excepted, that is
so potent IN keeping down our foreign BAL
ances, matter Just now of paramount i'm
RIralf Rorrtanee.7NeY Ne York Shipping, LIST
yo7ssd blo.i A'G;ood Acr. seii Eoii @ ss9p
ii The Pittsburgh Conference of the NJ. E..
Church, which recently held its session at
Massilon, Ohio, did, one act that ewas high
lyscommendable,in them. and that was the
unanimous expulsion, of the Rev. Isaac All
-kens from the ministry and membership of
that church. for a gross violation OF his
marriage relation The history OF this rev
erend hypocrite, during the past few years.
is somewhat as follows: Some Fix or seven
years since he was, stationed in New Phil
adelpbia, this State, and while living there
made bis thenswife sign q statementy(as Is
now centrally believed to he talse9 that she
had acted in an improper audi ifuprudent
manner with another man. With this state
lment, and such other testimony as he swOre
to himself. lie obtained divorce. Ina short
time he hgEatiated himself into the good
graces of the family of his attorney, Hon.
j. &. Hance, OF that place Zone of the pur-
est and best men within our acquaintance),
and in a few months afterwards was united
IN marriage to one of Mr.. Hance's excellent
and accomplished daughters. He contin-
ued his TegularNR0 i'm the ministry for a
year or two afterwards until he saw an
opportunity to make MOI money by be-
coming al agent for the Freedmeu'S Bu-.
reau. This business IA very proper one
tor such men, as -Aikens) he .eontinued
in until last trspring. when, seeing that was
about played out. he commenced engag-
ing in secular business, and taking the pas
torate charge of a congregation that had
seceded from their regular CHARGE Some
time during last fall he asked his wife. as
we have been informed, If she thought her
father would cash note of his for $4,000.
Sheifeplied that she did not think he would.
From that time until December he began a
system OF torture to his wife, and under the
threat of death, he forced her to sign false
statementlthat she had at some time previ-
Gus to their marriage acted in an improper
manner. Toward the last of December he
told his wife that, as he was going East she
mights If shechoses 90 home TO her fathers.
She went and remained there for consid-
erable length of time, expecting every day
to hear from her husband But no word
came. Her father seeing7the distress OF his
child, naturally inquired the cause, when
she informed him what her brute of hus-
band forced her to sign. Her father made
known to the Methodist minister at New
Philadelphia what his daughter had COM
municated to him, who Immediately went
an preferred charges against Aikensto his
Presiding Elder. Inc charges were brought
to Conference, and after thorough inves-
tigation by a select committee appointed
for that purpose, the unanimous verdict for
bis expulsion was rendered. -Aikens did
not make, his appearance. at Conference,
which was good evidence of his guilt
The Conference did itself credit in their
action. and our only regret is that there
is not civil tribunal that could mete out
to this reverend hypoerite the punish
ment he SO richly deseryes.-S eubenville
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