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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31
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inf believe. Gylr- Ms. oa consider ti!'.
,.o..fb;,i,y Of iir. BearLrT'- innocence.
s,sfti- noticeable that some Of these
same Journals make their hasty iudg-
1Der,t ~ to his guilt a Pr-tcXt for besll-
ming with foul jcer. and epirhets every
thing that il pure or holy in religion Or
morality. These 2entlemane ed.tJrS e:'r
stop 70 consider that they ere admitting
ia evidence against one whose character
has heretofor. been irrrprOachaDle, the
testimony "f one, who. by hir own eyI-
dence. lla, not had the manhood 10 pro
tect or defend his nuptial couch from
r,oilution. and who has used the pre-
tended knowledge Of his wife's unciIaS-
titv a. a sort Of stock in trade with
which 10 advance his own personal ana
pecuniary interest. The whole story a.
to the character Of tbc three principal
persons IN this unfortunate affair, i Iui-
~ set forth in the following extract from
AN editorial in tie HDm07,'S JpHT1tdt by
Henry B. Blackwell. who testiiies that
Ie knows all the parties, and is therefore
fully competent TO Judge Here i the
extract:
Having known them lMr Bcecher
and Mr.. TiltonD both personally for
many Years, we will frankly say that if
they should admit the truth of Mr.. Til
tons statement, we should find IL diff
cult to believe. but until they do so we
it impossible. Knowing Mr.. Tilton. also,
we should require collateral evidence at
every step before accepting any Of his
statements The man and woman who
are accused have behind them the con
sistent record of private and public
worth: the man who accuses them has
no sncn record. What have these three
people been doing during the past seven
wears. Mrs TiltUn has been patient,
loving. devoted wife and mother, endur-
ing nancIcss wrongs in silence. Mr..
Beechcr has been active in good works.
devotin- his leisure hours To writing a
life of Christ Mr.. TiltOn has been ad-
yocating free divorce. and writing the
biography of Victoria Woodruff. The
the contrast is a sharp one, but it tells
whole story.
No impartial jury can convict Henry
Ward Brecher on the umsusfained evil
dence Of such a man as Tilton.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31
CHEAP POSTAGE

We Lave always been opposed to
''dead-Eeading' in any sense of the word.
We believe that all who use ''Cncle
Sans" mails should pay for the privil-
eye, be lie President or constituent. The
editor OF the Bucyrus Journal, in an
article on this subject, gives our views so
fully and fairly that we make the follow
ing extract, which we most heartily en-
dursc:
The JoHg1tai, therefore, is in earnest
in supporting the principal that postage
on paperS be paid at the time of mailing
for several reasons:
!. II J. best for the public service
2. Ii Is best for the newspapers, as it
will tend 10 keep up the price; also, be-
cause il Will tend To require all to adopt
the only true plan Of pay in advance"
3. Nor is this ;ii. tiir JDUrHai advo-
Gates what Mr.. Sherman does not, and
that is a postage rate OF a cent pound
on all papers delivered in the county;
of tlcO cents n pound on all papers de
ivered in the State, and of four CENTS a
pound on papers delivered outside of
the State; and that it be forbidden TO
Express Companies TO carry papers. as
they are ior,ridden to carry letters, eX-
cept the postage be paid at the regular
rates. The Journal advocates this be
cause it thinks the country papers need
protection from the wealthy city press
and that protection will be found in a
fair and Just law, whereas the laws have
all been strongly i'll favor OF the city
press.
Finally. For tie past year, on all
.JoUrHGi, that have Leen paid in ad-
vance. tie writer has been paying tie
Jostagc, at tie cilorHOJLs rate IF tJCeHty
cents gear for papers carried by him
self to the postoiIice and there handed
to citizens through the window, while
papers brought from New York or Ore
gon have paid no more; now that the
law has aEsolved him from this tax on
one half of his circulation, and the tax
on the other half is reduced one half, it
would be singular, indeed, if he did not
approve the law, although he did not
find the old one a severe burthen.
1t is singular that no opposing paper
examines this, in reference TO the public
good; it Is all a purely personal howl
over personal tax. The Journal pro-
poses 10 examine things as they affect
the public good, and not as they benefit
or otherwise the individual interests of
IFS pditprS
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31

The Holy Father, commonly known a.
the Pope of Rome, Is down Oh the press.
In a recent address TO tue delegates from
Venice, PIUs expressed anything but
tiattering opinion Of the press. lie
styled the theater. novels and newspa-
pers a. THE triple moral evil which af-
ticts mankind, and remarked: .. l will
confine myself 70 point out here three
enemies which threaten 70 ensnare youth
and seek with many others 10 depraye
it. that all those who are designed 10 IL
struct may neglect TO fulfill no one Of
their duties This triple moral evil
consists in rOmaEces, theaterS. and the
press. ROmances, after having misled
weak spirits, urge young men 70 excess
es sometimes appalling. Theaters ac-
custom them tot contempt forreligion.
by ri liculing IL mysteries. by setting on
the boards it, ministers and sacred per
sons TO make them the butt Of scornful
laughter and Of hate. The press does
violence 10 the will in pushing it To bru-
talities-
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31


The Pope Expelled fioEa the E7ro1 Eazous.
At thc s-Iui-aunr:nl meeting of the
Grand lodge al Lju~ou+. Scottish Rite
OF tie Orielit oi Palermo. Italy. ou the
21th of March la-f. Pope Plus N was
expelled from tiI- order The decree Of
expulsion waS published in the official
Masonic paper at Cologne. Germany.
and is preceded by the minutes Of the
lodge in which he was initiated. and Is
as follows:
The charges against him were first pre-
ferred AT his lodge az Palermo in 1sGJ.
and notification and copy thereof sent
to him, with request to attend the
lodge for the purpose Of answering the
same. To this he made no reply. and
for divers reasons, the charges were not
pressed until he urged the Bishops Of
Brazil to act agreSsively towards the
Free MasOns. Then they We're pressed.
and after a regular trial. decree of ex-
pulsion was entered and published. the
same being signed by Victor Emanual.
Orient Of Italy.
"A man named Mastai Ferretti, vino
received the baptism Of Free Masonry,
and solemly pledged his love and fellow
ship, and who afterward was crowned
Pope and King, under the title Of Pho
Mono, has now cursed his former breth-
ren and accommodated ali members Of
the Order of Free MasOnS. Therefore.
said Mastai Eerretti i herewith. by de
cree of the Grand Lodge Of the Orient.
Palermo. expelled from the Order for
perjury
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31
Chr geffersulllan.
REPUBLICAN, STATE COEVEN-
TTDW

A call mas been issued for the election
OF delegates 10 the Republican State
Convention, to BE- held September z
1t is recommended that the PRIMARY
meetings be held not later than August
22. The basis Of representation in Tie
convention will be one delegate Tor ever!
four hundred votes cast for Gen. T. r
Noyes for Governor in 1873, and one
additional delegate for any fraction oi
two hundred votes and upwards in each
county. Under this apporuonment,
Hancock county is entitled TO live del
egates
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31

THE Cincinnati Gazette, in a recent is
sue, has the following very sensible ar
ticle with regard TO the BeecherTilton
ease:
What is the use of writing a three or
four column article TO show that BeeclIer
is guilty: People are too ready TO be
Heve ia lis guilt now. People don't
need anv argument OH that side. From
the eager .yay in which Mr.. Beecher is
pursued. one would think that some per-
sons thought that the cause of good
citizenship, honesty and integrity was 10
be a great gamer if Mr.. Beecher could
be proved Il rascal and adulterer. But
Justice consists not iii swifTnesS OF de-
ciSiOn. not in the readiness which pro
claims on a. pQrte evidence that crime
has been committed; but in the sure
ness with which, after the crime has been
proved, punishment is meted oIt. Good
citizenship. too, demands not that every
voice IN the country should be raised
against Mr.. Beecher; but First, that
every means should be exhausted to
prove his guilt or innocence; and then,
if he is proved guilty, that he should be
adequately punished. But evidence Is
in every case to precede argument. And
we submit that attempts in the present
state of the evidence to argue Mr.. Beech
er guilty are III the highest degree unfair,
are contrary to good citizenship. and OPP
posed To justice
Let tie evidence on both sides be
heard: lGen condemn the guilty.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31

a TERRIBLE storm passed over the
e cities OF Pittsburg and Allegheny ON the
Z'th inst. Those who witnessed tbe
storm from outside of its track saw that
large funnel-shaped cloud nasso5 60,
the city. The rain fell in torro,,..
swelling every gulch and rivulet in tI,o
city and vicinity to foaming torran+
The narrow valleys of Butcher and Saw
Mill Runs were swelled to rivers. and
the loss of life and property is fearful
Some twenty-five or thirty slaupbter
houses in the suburbs of ALLEGHENY it,
were swept away. The loss of life :,
simply fearful. Up to "Wednesday sirt,-
one dead bodies had been recovara5
and it was estimated that the missira.
would swell that to $50. 1t is the moSt
terrible catastrophe of which we have
heard for long time, and is onlv
equaled Gf, indeed, it is equaIed, bv
the Mill River disaster.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31
STATE OF NEW YORK,
KINGS COUNTY.

W. J. Gaynor, of No. IS First Place,
deposes and says that on the 20th day
of July. 1874. at the said city of Brook
lyn. in the said county of Kings, TheO-
dore Tiltou did falsely, maliciously and
scandalously frame and make, write.
compose and publish in the Brooklyn
Daily Eagle, newspaper published in
the city of Brooklyn in said county. a
certain false, scandalous and libellOus
writing of. concerning and against Henry
Ward Beecher, of the city of Brooklyn
in said county, of the effect and purport
that said Henry Ward Beecher had con
fessed to him said Tilton) and TO one
Mr.. Moulton that said Beecher had had
criminal intercourse or adultery with
Elizabeth r. Tilton, all with intent TO
scandalize and disgrace said Henry Ward
Beecher.
Whereupon deponent prays that de
fendant may be apprehended and dealt
with accOreing to law. Sworn 10 before
NE this 2Sth day of July. 1874.
THOMAS w. RILEY.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31

If the Republican politicians, who
were in solemn consultation in Column
bus on Tuesday, imagine that by ignoring
the temperance movement this year they
will win back to the support of their
ticket the large German vote of Hamil-
ton county, lost to them at the last
spring election, they are counting with
out their chickens. They must make
up their minds to fight their fight this
year, without any audible report of the
sweet German accent on their line of
conflict. Cincinnati Commercial
Even the Cincinnati Commercial blum
ders on an important truth once in a
while, and we commend the above as a
fair specimen. The Germans refuse to
support the Republican party because
1t Is temperance party, and the Prohi-
oltlonists refuse because it is not a tenn
peranee party. Is there anything to be
gained by pretending to be fish to one
ana hesh to the otherg
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31
TILToN SUED FOR LIBEL.

Theodore TiIton was arrested on two
charges of libelling Henry Ward Beech
er, and brought before Justice Kelly, OF
Brooklyn, at five o'clock this afternoon.
He was seated in his parlor when arrest
ed, and treated the matter with the ut
most composure. His bail was fixed at
-, 500, but upon his giving his word of
honor that lie would appear at ten
o'clock to morrow morning with bonds
men, he was allowed to 90 till that time
on his own recognizance. The prosecu-
tions are based upon his recent state
ment arraigning Mr.. Beecher. He was
arrested at the instance of William j.
Gaynor, recently from Boston, where he
had law office. He is now a member
of the Brooklyn Argus staff. Mr.. Gay
nor says his only object i'll causing the
arrest is to bring out all the facts. Great
excitement prevails in Brooklyn, aud
the matter is discussed in all the leading
New York hotels. The following Is the
warrant of arrest.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31
PUELIC INSTITUTIONS

Article VII. section 3, provides that the
punitive and refornaUOry institutions
''shaIl be a reform school for bows. IA
house of discipline and penitentiary''
tie ''iouse of discipline" being added
to those already existing.
The cost of establishing this-includ-
ing the cost of purchasing site. erecting
buildings, &c. can only be estimated by
comparison with the cost of establishing
and providing buildings for other State
institutions. If its cost be mean be-
tween that Of the penitentiary and the
boys reform school it would amount to
almost 500. 600. The average cost Of
erecting the State asylum. and orphans
home buildings has been about that sum.
~ this i To be one of the fixed public
institutions and its buildings necessarily
constructed with n view to the coniine-
ment of criminals. the structure should
be Of the best material and put ia the
most durable manner.
The cost from first to last Of such "A
building. including Site, necessary GuTni-
turr ana machinery, may be set down
at - 1850 guH.
What might Ee the cost Of Tor gain
Operat!;I,; world be a matter of CON
jecturr almost entirely. and no account
is therefore taken of it. The penitenti-
AIRY is self supporting and more, while on
the other hand the boys reform farm
cost the State about SG0, 900 per annum
RECAPITULATION-J
Annual increase cost of Judiciary.
$50. 900 To which add during the year
to CONE and rs often aS commission J.
created. 50, ,O@0 Legislature. 81. 600
Total. =Il3. .2ua hdd cost Of commis-
sion for three years etc. 81. .OJ1. Total
annual increase with cOmmiS>ionj Sl3S.-
300. Ultimate cost OF establishing house
OF discipline. 81. .OOG. 900.
There iS no account taken in the above
of the cost Of the commission Of three
prov idrj fur. TO revise, re-arrange, sim
plify ai;i abridgr the general laws of the
State.
Tie salaries Of this body, including
contingent expenses. would be about
-, 800 per annum, and il would probably
exist two yearS-maSing total expenses
of this commission. $1,000.
1t viii be seen by the foregoing that
the cost of administering the State gov
ernment during the rrn years 10 come
under the new Constitution. will be
about two aui ha.i million dollars
more t..an under tie present oae.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31
TOPURIFY THE BLOOD,
a.. s.E-NFR L. HEALTH

Tse oue Of HOOFL.A ND'5 PODO1HN LII y
Pills every day f,Ir few days. and Then Ioi-
lo,C WIN HOnFLA ND'S GERMAN BllJ ~.
TI,. PHI will expci all tine foul Huinois 'h't'
y-fftafe me Rto0.I urodCeii Fever. r'ick u AL
ache BacSnche, NAUSEA. L..sthIEY OF FCDu'
OFFENSIVE Breath, unsighuY FruPtlohS On lhe
h4aI aIfby i'm pure secTet / IN = Ihe 1OOs s-
L1SIJ'- GERMAN BIrfEfSs sglll give @ LoLls ~. 20
~ s,n,oarh and restore the digestive Organs ;
-, .3,.-,a..t 5.-.ItII induce tire hecretlOn OF
beaiff,y f,ui,is for thu proper digestion an al
Il iiation Of food tor tiIs making OF r lls DIo,
- - ,,S,,ris5,,n n,,uf Of the nOdy 10 vigorous
bo1I,E srbf. - better than all the SarsapanI
L. - rnrf wing the BIooI for the co nponeht
parf- h:i ~. -Oecific action on ths uise "
,,,t,S ir,tpiicsttet IN this como itiDh- ,,f,o,s
fnH SsICJS holloway & Co. Propflei"iS'
F5I,i...JeI,.hia. sold by all Druggist
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31

y DISPATCH from Springfield, Mass,
gives the following description of the
way the I0lr 05@iHg liquor sellers of
that vicinity conduct themselves:
SPRINGFIELD, July 21.-The consta-
bIes seized about $500 worth of liquor in
Westfield on Saturday. While being
conveyed here three men in the employ
of the owner captured it. but their horse
giving out they were obliged TO abandon
the property. it was again seized by the
constables. but its removal from West
field was prevented by a mob of one
hundred persons. soHe of them armed,
who agreed. however. that the liquor
should remain in the custody of the Off
GERS. During Saturday night the liquor
was stolen and carried into Connecticut
The whole affair causes great excite
ment in Wcstiield. y large force of
State cOnStables appeared here this
morning and arrested Elisha TObey,
owner of the seized liquor, also Jack
Frud. liquor dealer. and ring leader of
Saturdays riot, special officer William
Chapman and Others. Tobey was hand
eufTed and taken before a magistrate.
All the persons thus far arrested have
procured bail Many more arrests will
doubtless be made. The State consta-
bles are followed by a large crowd.
Westtield i in blaze of excitement,
and business Is nearly suspended.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31

TIE deficit in six Democratic counties
IN Ohio, Foot up as follows: Holmes
county, $50, 600; Henry county. $780,
900; Wayne county, S22, 900; Fairfield.
500, COS; Darke, S37, 600; Butler county.
$50, 600; total, S42O, 600 This is as
far as examinations have extended.
Some of the strongest Democratic coun-
ties are yet to be heard from.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31
OPINIONS ABOUT THE NEW CON-
STIUTION.

New Lexington Tribune (Rep.) says:
The proposed new Constitution eIicits
very little attention. There seems to be
Il widespread impression that the dOcu-
ment is Il dead duck''-deader than
Andy Johnson"
The Mt. Vernon Banner has arrived
at the conclusion that the new Consti-
tuition will increase judicial salaries Sl62-
600, and therefore opposes it.
The Cambridge Netcs independently
thinks lawyers as a class will be found
III favor of the change, because their
business would be greatly benefited
thereby"
The Cleveland PlaindeaIer Dem.)
says one flaw i'll the proposed Constitu-
ton is the provision giving the Supreme
Court Judges ten years term, which, the
p. ID. says, violates the theory of our
Government that the people must be
near their servants.
Tine indications all over the State are
that the new Constitution will be de-
feated by the people by an overwhelm-
ing majority. We think in Highland
county it will be defeated five TO one.
1t is class Constitution-that of law
yers- and if adopted will increase large
a
gazette.
One of the Objectionable things in the
new Constitution is the provision for
electing all State and county officers at
the very same time that the members of
Congress are elected. The present ar
rangement serves largely to keep State
and United States politics apart, but the
proposed change would mix up both to-
.aH = lra
The question of the rejection or adOp-
ton of the new Constitution is in no
manner a partizan one; but on the con-
trary Is one which should be considered
apart from all party prejudice and bias.
Many Democrats favor its adoption and
more of them have decided to reject il,
but a majority of the Republican party
we believe will be found voting against
ii. In the first place there is in it, how
ever, the question of economy. and.
''Will the new be less expensive than
the old: will be asked. The answer is
that the new Constitution will entail on
the State AN additional annual exI,endi-
ture of more than a hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, principally under the
new judicial system which i proposed
To be set up.-GUeTHSey JefeFSOHiCH.
ilt DtlsANdit IftItt'l tStllS diItullDii
to the provision that ''all property shall
be taxed at Il uniform rate. according to
its true value in money, TO be ascertained
by such rules of appraisement a. may be-
prescribed by the General Assembly"
and says ''the italicized clause gives the
Legislature the power of denominating
all values. and allows that body 10 make
fish of one class of property and flesh of
another. Tie clause in effect nullilieS
the previous one requiring property to
be taxed at its true value in money, for
if that value i 10 be fixed by the arbitra-
~ rules passed by the G2neraI Assembly,
il really means nothing but such true
value III money as the General Assembly
may determine The design of this see
ton i simply TO give a means by which
the wealth invested in movable property
may escape the weight of taxation, and
the burthen be back upon the country.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31

Squire Carlin, of Findlay. has eight
hundred acres of corn on his farm in
Wood county. We do not think there
is any other nan in the State who has
as much corn planted this year rs this
gentleman.-TIffHA Adrertiser.
You might have added, in the same
connection, that there Is not another
man in the State who is over seventy
years old. as Mr.. CARLIS is, that has
the same energy and spirit of enter
prise. He has many other business mat
tiers to attend 10 besides raising corn,
and gives all his personal attention.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31
AN IMPORTANT PAPER.
The Cost of the New Constitution as
Compared with the New.
Estfmate Made nj f!se Auditor of Sfafe's
OdiPe-Two and a Halt Millions
in Ten Years Added 90
our Taxes.

From the NeuIa GazetJ.
Tuesday last We addressed the follow
ing letter 10 the Auditor:
GAZETTE OFFICE.
NENIA. O., July Z. lo14-
LE,u. .Es. WVirsgs -Ivd'tDr of !S''ts. C"i.'ns-
jys, Ohiy.
DEAR SIR:-Wiil You be- Kind enough 10
send u statement shown" the probable
expense. payable ont of the State Treasury,
Of operating the State Government. under
the proposed Constitution. H. compared with
that under the existing Constitution. and
obligr Respectfully your>
PATTp. N FINrIr.-
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31

Hon. THOMAS BEER, of Bucyrus, has
been appointed Judge of the Common
Pleas Court, TO fill the vacancy occa-
stoned by the resignation of Judge \.
Il JACKSON.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31
}. L. JUNE. D.
D. i. JuLe & Son,
d. Z - NJ

MANUFACTURERS ofand Wholesale and
nj Retail Tealrrs in the Celebrated IRE
IsoE,f waite Lime. the best brands OI Ce-
uent TOR gale Also manufacturers OF Freal
stone of ali kinds shapes and sizes Tor build
nv nuTDIyseS The best Building Material
nOyr t,I ti,s- IJfrfce near l.. - * ". :. r. X -
Erenont tIbio July Fly
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31
LEGISLATURES.

On an average there would be twelve
members of the Legislature more than at
present. The average pay of IA member
of the Legislature Tor some years past
has been 5000. On this account there
fore there would he an increase annually
of S1. 200
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31

ORDERS left with T.. A. Baldwin, corner
I lNIaiu and : Indu4iKy StS., Will TecriVe
prompt attention. Refer to q - M1sher,
lhaac Davis Chas T. Siies. James vii, on
Aaron Blackf0rd and others in this place
who have purchased stone.
Juiy IG 73-tf