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ism. While in New Bedford just be.
fore the Butler caucusses last year, re.
ceived money from tue hands Of bis
partner to carry the caucuscs there,
and the money was used for that pur-
pose. received money from Usher to
60 to Fall kivcr and pack the caucuses
there for Butler.
ii stand ready as young man, form
crly strong Butler man, to take the
stump in any place between the hills of
Berkshire and the shores of Prov
incetown, to proclaim to the State the
rottenness Of corruption that fills to re-
plction the Butler organization. Iwell
know that I shall be accused Of treach-
cry and falsehood, but stand ready to
meet any Butler man on any platform
in any place in this State, and discuss
the merits of Butlcrism. They will call
me insane, perhaps, but every man who
knows me and knows my record as a
soldier and citizen will say I mean just
what I say, and have the courage ty
back it up at any time and at ano
place.
Il hold myself personally responsible
for every word | utter, and it is my
earnest wish to speak before the people
Of Salem as soon as pos
sible on this matter.
shall be attacked on every side by But.
Ter men who have beep my friends, but
with truth on ny side and possessing
the pluck to.,; speak, I defy them, one
and all, and IS;now throw down my
gage. F. j. SIMMONS.
An inquiry at Boston elicits the fact
that the letter which the Tribune
publishes this morning is not from co.,
lector Simmons, but is from the brother
of that official.
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Ierrlole Powder Explosion in Lon.
don.

OO0s
LoSDox, Oct. AT S o'clock this
morning barge lying in Regents ca
nal near the Geological Gardens, and
loaded with powder, exploded, killing
a number of persons, wounding many.
ana scattering bridges and houses in
the vicinity.
The report of the explosion was heard
distance Of twenty miles from the
place where it occurred. Firemen have
been dragging the canal since morning.
Up to this hour five bodies of victims of
the explosion have been recovered.
Lights in railway stations and other
buildings two miles away were extin-
guished by the conclusion. Many per-
sons had narrow escapes from death,
and number of animals in the Zoo
logical Gardens were killed. The ouan-
tity of powder which exploded was four
tons.
Details Of the occurrence show that
its disastrous effects were widespread.
Many trees were uprootcd and houses
located two miles distant from the
canal were shattered. Seven persons
are yet missing. There was perfect
panic here for hours, and it was not
until the cause Of the terrific report
was learned that the fears of the peo-
pie were allaycd. Several persons died
from fright.
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Tilton and Mo ulton Indicted Tor
Libel.

Tilten and Mo ulton Indicted tor
Henry Ward Beecher was before the
grand jury of New York Saturday an
swering questions from members of
that body in reference to published ar
ticles attacking his character. The in
dictment against Theodore Tilton for
libeling VAS then specified and read to
the latter. who said it was correct The
document sets forth that Theodore TIL
ton wickedly and naliciously, with in
tent to injure and scandalize Rev. H.
w: Beecher in, his good name, fame
and character, sutjecting him: to con-
tempt and disgrace, and to provoke
him and his friends to commit breach
Of the peace, published, on or about
Sept. 18th, OF caused to be published, in
the Daily Graphic, and circulated in
Brooklyn and elsewhere, scandalous
and malicious libels concerning him.
The part Of the article referred to was
the alleged commission Of adultery in
October, 1868, with Mrs. Tilton, and
asserting as to the doubtful paternity
of a child born the same year.
The Grand Jury also read to Beech
er . second indictment against Frank
d. Moulton. It is worded similar to
that fonnd against Tilten, charging him
With libeling Beecher BY causing pub
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Typh0on i'm japan.

News by mail is to the effect that
the typhoon which visited the southern
part of Japan in August was the most
severe ever experienced by foreigners
The steamer Binggaloo and the German
bark Hamburg were driven on rock
at Nagasaki. The iron-clad ram Stone
wall was sunk. Hundreds of Japanese
junks were wrecked and fully two hun
dred lives were lost at Nagaskaki alone
Many stores and houses we're over
thrown. The Governors new houses
are heap of ruins. Kobe also suffered,
and there not less than one thor sand
junks were wrecked. Sosokin cane in
for share Of the typhoon. Six :hou-
sand houses were destroyed, one hun
dred lives lost, and thousands of cattle
on plantations killed.
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The Fall River Disaster,

The coroner's jury in the recent ter
rible disaster at the Granite Mills, Fall
River, Mass, rendered their verdict
Saturday. They found that the fire
department was promptly on hand and
efficient, that the appliances for extin-
gushing fires in all the stories was in
good supply, though for some cause
water was lacking in the upper stories;
that ample means of escape was pro-
vided from all the floors except the at.
tic, and that the large loss of life was in
great part due to neglect in not prompt
ly giving the alarm to those in
the sixth story, as had such
an alarm been given the lives of all in
that story might have been saved. The
jury therefore find that the death Of
James Turner and the twenty-five 9th.
crs was caused by being burned within
the mill or in jumping therefrom, with
out any censure upon the mill owners.
The report concludes as follows: ''Let
the lesson not pass unheeded. either by
millers OF the public in general, that
human life is precious, in all means that
tend to save, particularly or generally.
the precious boon to the poorest mortal
has the sanction of all mankind. and an
example in him who died for all.''
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Iris interesting when editors in ou1
midst are threatened with libel suits to
inquire into the manner Of punishment
4or the terrible crime practiced among
>civilized nations. We find the follow
ing interesting method Of using libel
der, which We give for the benefit Of one
Of our contemporaries:
At Moscow, an author, having been con-
victed OF publishing libel, was condemned
to eat his own words. A scaffold was erect
ed in one Of the most public streets in the
city. The Imperial Provost, the magis-
trates, and the physicians and surgeons ol
the Gar attended. The book was separated
from the binding, tie margin. cut oif, and
every leaf rolled mp like lottery ticket
when til ken out of the wheel. The author
wat then served with them, leaf by Leaf, by
the Provost, who put them into his mouth,
to the no small diversion Of the spectators ;
and he was obliged to swallow this unpalat.
able food, on pain Of the knout, in Russia
more feared than death. a. AS soon as the
medical gentlemen were of thesopinion that
he had received into his stomach as much at
. time as was consistent with his safety. the
business was resumed the two following
days. After three very hearty but unpleas
ant meals, every leaf Of the book was actu-
ally swallowed.
Imagine the editor of the Argq,s
eating . whole edition of that delecta-
Die sheet, while his fellow citizens Of
African. descent stood by, feeding him
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An examination by Scotch natural
ist Of the stomachs of three hundred
and five birds Of prey has revealed that
mice, shrews and insects constitute
nearly the whole of their food. The
naturalist concludes that it is for the
interest Of farmers to protect rather
than destroy these birds. If natural
lists keep on in their Investigations they
will probably prove that there are no
kinds of living creatures which it is pro.
titable for men to destroy.
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HENRY WARD BEEcaER.
--Euthusiastlc Reception by His
Congregation.

Mr.. Beeche, made his first appear
ance before his Plymouth church con.
gregation after his summer vacation,
and since the report of the Investigate
ing Committee, and the later develop.
ments in the great scandal, 1T the Fri.
day evening prayer meeting. The oc-
casion possessed additional significance
from the fact that it was the 9th ami
versary Of Mr.. Beecher's pastor:te
Of the church. The church
was literally packed, as
early as 7 fo'clock all the : available
standing room being occupied. SO
dense was the throng that many ladies
tainted. Of the prominent personages
present were Mrs. Beecher, Charles
Beecher, DR.. E E1ward Beecher. Colonel
Beecher, Mrs. Harriet Beechcr Stowe,
Assistant Pastor Halliday, all the men,
bers Of the late investigation committee,
Prof. Rossiter W. Raymond. and the
trustees of the church. Mr.. Beecher' $
appearance was greeted with loud
storm of applause. The congregation
then sung the doxology:
"Praise God from whom all blessings fow."
Mr.. Beecher following with a brief
prayer, praying that much good might
accrue from his labors, and thanking
God for past blessings. After another
hymn and 4 prayer by Prof. Raymond.
Mr.. Beecher made an ad.
dress in which he alluded
very remotely to the scandal troubles,
which he thought kind Of grindstone
to sharpen their weapons Of spiritual
warfare for the ensuing year.
At the close, the friends Of the pas.
ter closed up around the platform, and
shook hands with and congratulated
him, and it was fully half an hour be-
fore the church was cleared Of the
throng which filled it.
Following came social reception in
the waiting room, at which those pres.
ent exerted themselves in every possi-
bic way to show to Mr.. Becchcr that
he still retained their confidence and
esteem.
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"A FRENCH philosopher and cthnolo.
sist has been studying the compar.
ative development Of intelligence in
children Of different races, and finds no
such difference corresponding to differ
ence of race, though he notices great
difference Of intellectual proficiency.
This difference of intellect depends, as
he shows most satisfactorily, not on
fac difference of race, but on
ahe elevation Of the home
circle, the purity and intellectual ten
tlency of the influences that surround
the child. What an argument in favor
of making our homes places of beauty
and comfort, keeping them filled with
good papers and be oks and keeping our
minds bright "by deep thinking, and
active use!' for, as this philosopher
says, 1.-THE greatest proficiency in learn
ing will ordinarily be among those
parents who live active, intellectual lives
and who arc thus early accustomed to
sec and hear many things
There is no better place than the
farm for the stimulating of this active,
intellectual growth if the wonderful pos.
SCISSOR of nature, the names and growth
Of plants, the wonderful chemistry of
the soil, the language and philosophy of
flowers, shrubbery and trees, and the
names, habits and characters of birds
and animals, arc understood, and talked
and made a part of home life and
thoughts.
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| Blast ut Ben Butler froua = Brotl
er 0f Collector Simmons.

New York, Oct. 2.-The following is
Boston special to the Tribune
BosroS, Oct. 1.-The following ap-
pears in the evening edition Of the
Herald:
Il we'll know the opposition I shall
meet with in giving the following facts
to the public. l and I alone am re-
sponsible for the statement I am about
to make.
=..The question is asked, what
is Butlerism? 1t is chicanery,
fraud, corruption. For three years
as a United States officer, in govern.
ment hours and using government
time, I have done that for the Butler
party which this moment brings a
blush of shame to my face. I.have
gone to New Bedford, Lawrence, Fall
River, Salem, and other places, and
have used the power I possessed as d
United States officer to intimidate men
in the liquor business into working and
voting for BENZ. T. Butler. have,
while an officer. packed the caucuses in
Boston and the other places mentioned
above, in the interest Of Butler.
81 we'll know that Butler. with all the
power he has, will endcavor, as his
leaders have stated, to crush me, but
fearlessly ! give to the public these
facts and hold myself personally
responsible Cor what say.
= have received money from q. S.
Marshal Usher and other Butler men to
carry on the nefarioua work Of Butler.
The Grange advance., 1874-10-07

-Forty.thrcc young Osages have
started out from their homes in south
ern Kansas and gone on a war expedi-
tion west Of the Arkansas river. It is
feared they are meditating an alliance
against the whites, with the Cheyennes
and Comanches.
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q sheet at'a time, With his ebon colorcd
countenance Lighted with such smile
as angels made. and the able attorneys
for the prosecution, Fred and Cole
in the background, holding their clients
garments and valuables, and chanting
the celebrated Shakesperian chant.
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POETRY.
The Blue Coat.

The Blue Coat.
The following ballad is from the pen of the
late Bishop Burgess, of Maine, aid was con-
tributed by him 10 the book published and
sold at the Sanitary Fair in Baltimore, under J.
the sanction of the State Fair Association o
the women of Maryland:
THE BLUE COAT OF THE $ OLDER.
You asked me- little one. why oo %efo,,ao
Though never passed the man peiore'
Because my heart was full anu g,ouu
The nine ereat-coat, the sky-blue coat
The old blue coat the soldier wore.
rLrew mt. I. what weapon he chose,
What chief ne followed, what badge he wore;
Enough that in The front of foes
His country's blue great coat he wore;
The blue great-coat, &c.
Perhaps he was born in forest hut.
Perhaps he had danced on palace floor;
To want or wealth my eyes were shut
only marked the coat he wore;
The blue great coat &c.
1t mattered not much if he drew his line
FROM Shem or Ham in he days of yore;
For surely he was brother of mine,
VINO tor my sake The war coat wore;
The blue great-coat, &c.
He might have no skill to read or write,
Or he might be rich in learned lore;
But knew he could make hi mark in fight,
And nobler gown no scholar wore
Than the blue great-coat, &c.
1t may be he could plumber an prowl,
And PERHAPS In lis mood he scofed ana swore'
But wonld not guess spot so foul
On the hoDored caat he brave wore;
The blue great-coat, &C.
I've had worn It long, and BONE it far;
And perhaps on the red Virgiuian shore,
From aidnight chill till the n orning star
That worn greai-co the sentry wore;
The blue great-coat, &c.
When hardy Butler refined his eed
Through the streets Of proud, proud Baltimore
erhaps behind him at his need,
Marched he who yonder blue coat wore.
The blue great coat, &c.
Perhaps It was seen in Burns:de's ranks.
W zen Rappahannock ran dark With gore;
Perhaps on the ain side with Banks
IN the burning sun no more he wore
The blue great-coat, &c.
Perhaps in the swamps was bed for his form.
From the seven days battling and marching sore,
Or with Kearney and Pore mid the steely suorm
As the night close in that coat he wore;
The blue great-coat, &C.
Or when right over as jackson dashed
That collar or cape some bullet tore;
Or when far ahead Ahtletam flashed,
He flung to the ground the at that lie wore;
The blue great-coat. &c.
Or st 'o1 at Gettysburg where the graves
Rang deep to Howard's cannon roar;
Or saw with Grant the unclaimed waves
Where conquering hosts the blue coat wore.
The clue great-coat. &c,
That garb of honor tells enough,
Though / its story guess no more;
The heart 1t covers is made of such stuff,
That coat IS mail which that soldier wore;
The blue great-coat, &c.
BE may hang it up when the peace shall coma,
And The moths may find it behind the door;
But his children will point when they bear adrum,
To the proud old coat their father wore;
And so, my child. will you and I, KY
For whose fair home their blood, they pour,
Still bow the head, as one goes by
Who wears the coat that soldier wore;
The clue great-coat. the sky-blue coat,
The old blue coat the soldier wore.
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