The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-08-01
NEWS SUMMARY
Personal AND POLITICAL.


PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Ex-Governor Shepherd has made apphea-
ton to the Grand Jury of the Districtfor an
Indictment against Charles a. Dana, of the
New York Sun, for libel Should the bill be
found, it is understood that Mr.. Dana WILDE
taken to Washingt for trial under the law
passed at the last session, known as the Po-
land bill.
. Lieutenant-C Colonel Myers; Deputy Quar-
termaster General US. As diedsae Santa Re,
New Mexico, on the 7th. ..s k.. azs ssw
An investigation into the Beecher-Tilton
scandal, in accordance with the request cor
tanned in the following letter from Mr.. Beech
er, was commenced on Junef26,. the day sub
sequent to the date of the request. The in
quiry has been conducted in private. and up
to the 18th inst, the. date atswhieh the fact of
an investigation was first made Known to the
public, was still in progress. Mr.. Beecher's
request is as follows:
'BnooKLYN, June a27.-Gentlemen 80 In the
present state of public feeling, owe it to my
friends, and to theChurch, and the society over
which am pastor, to have seTae proper lnyestl-
CATION made of the sTuInorS, ln5lnuati0BS or
charges respecting my conduct as compromised
by the late publications made by MIR. @l1lton.s
have thought that both the Church and the society
should be represented, and take the liberty OF
asking the following gentlemen to serve
in this inquiry, and to DO tnat
beg that each of the gentlemen named viii con-
slider this as if it had been separately and per-
sonaly sent to him today; fsom ton the H ennTchT
Cleveland; from the s0ciety-Horaee u, Claflin,
Jno. Winslow, s. q. White Idesire you, when
you have satisfied yourselves by an an Impartial
evidence, to communicate to the examination
committee, or to the Church, such action as may
then f yon right and wiSe WARD
Gen. William S. Hillyer, u. s. A., died at
Washington on the 18th. s.ss-zs
Governor Caldwell of North Carolina died
at Hillsboro in that State, on the 11th, of
cholera-morbus. s @ aas s@ &
| Theodore Tilton has notified the Commit
| tee of Investigation assembled at the request
of Mr.. Beecher to inquire into the charges
and insinuations affecting hims( Beecher) that
he (Tilton) will in few days present to the
committee full and explicit statement of the
whole matter at issue between Mr.. Beeeher
and himself, each and every charge of which
will be duly and legally substantiated before
magistrate.
The official returns from the election in Ar
kansas foot up as follows: For convention
S0,259; against, SCOT. of the ninety-one del
egates elected, over seventy are Democrats
and Conservatives.
John Mitchell, the famous exile of Erin, is
about to return to his native country, to be
come a candidate for the British Parliament
Nearly $4,000 has been collected in thi'
country and Ireland to defray his expenses.
President Grant, accompanied by Mrs
Grant and Viee-President Wilson, left Long
1 Branch for Saratoga on the 13th.
The Brooklyn Argus is authority for the
statement that Mrs. Tilton has left her home
and family and is sojourning with family o
Mr.. Beecher's friends. 1t also states that thu
cause of her abandoning her home is the fac
that she had appeared before the Investigating
Committee and made statement eontradic
tory to her husbands version of the affair
and without his knowledge. The same pape
saws that Mr.. Beecher's friends have mad
overtures for the settlement of the affai
without further publicity, but that the com
mittee declare the whole truth must now b
made public. 9 IS sss@ #ta
The Arkansas Constitutional Convention
assembled at Little Rock on the 14th. Gen
Grandson D. Royston was chosen .Presiden
of the Convention by a nearly unaniuou
vote.