Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-09-03

course in the whole matter are sure
ly easy to comprehend. Mr.. Beecher's
we'll known old and long affection for
Tilton, strengthened as he has graphi-
cally told by great service which Til
ton had done him; his profund desire
springing from the sentiment which is
deepest in his life, to reclaim and save
one who had erred /; the stern reckon
ing to which he held himself for err
rors that had aggravated the trouble !;
that utter forgiveness which he gave
to oflenses against himself; the dread
of disaster, not to himself only, but to
Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton, and to public
morality and decency in the storm
of vile scandal which has at last
been let loose; the weariness of
of life at times under the burden, the
exalted and heroic ministry to others,
never once interrupted by his own
troubles, all these things, though they
may be forgotten or misunderstood in
the tumult Of the present, will one
day shine out clear and enobling Gin
the eyes of the world man who
made many mistakes but never erred
ignobly, who held himself through all
sure and upright, and the friend of
man. and the servant of God.
In note to friend just after the
Woodruff attack, Mr.. Beecher wrote,
''living or dying am the Lords. He
knows it and know it; after that ii
matters little what happens" Indeed
his noble work will go on, and his
master will care for him and for it,
and sooner or later the world will
know the truth but each of us it con-
Germs deeply that we do not wrong
ourselves by misjudging in this issue
between true man and lie.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 1.-The Gov
ernor has called out an extra regiment
of State militia to be composed of
picked white men. These orders were
issued some days ago in view of the
apprehended white league disturbance
and the entire absence of United States
troops from the State. Recruiting has
been quietly going on, and it is stated
armies have volunteered. This regi-
ment will be added to the Longstreet
brigade, and used mainly to keep down
disturbances in and around the city.
Dispatches received by State Senator
Tritchell, brother of one of the victims
of the Conshatta outrage, state explic-
lily that the only cause of the occur
ence was the white league movement
to run out of the State or kill all the
white republican leaders in the parish
of Red River, which by the returns OF
all the returning boards went largely
republican at the last election, and this
to prevent the organization of Repnb-
lican voters in that Parish for the com.
ing campaign.
SHREVEPORT, Sept. Major A. F.
Stephenson, of De Soto parish, arrived
here to- day. He gives an account OF
the Conshatta troubles, from which il
appears that they originally grew out
of an attack on q white man by a
couple of negroes, who were after
wards killed by posse of whites who
went to their cabin to arrest them and
were fired on and one of their number
killed.
The white office-holders of the par
ish were accused of melting the ne
gr0es to commit outrages on the whites
and were arrested and forced to re-
sign. They then agreed to leave the
State and not return, if they were fur
nished escort to Shreveport. This was
agreed to, and they started in charge
of guard. Their subsequent rescue
and murder by band, supposed to be
Texans, was telegraphed last night.
BURLINGTON, Sept. 1.-The result of
the election in this city is badly mix.
ed. The city gives the republican
State ticket 50 majority and a plurali-
ty for the republican ticket for State
senator, but elects Smalley, son of u.
s. Judge Smallcy, democrat, as repre-
sentative in the Legislature, by SO ma
jority. This is the first time demo-
crat has been elected representative
from Burlington since 1853. The reg
ular republican ticket for county off.
GERS is probably elected in Chittendcn
county, though there was heavy tenn.
perance bolt on a portion of the ticket
RUTLAND, Sept. Returns of the
election come in slowly but indications
are falling off of the republican ma.
jority from the vote of 1872. 1t will
be light on the State ticket, though
several of the larger towns have elect
ed democratic representatives. Rut.
land elects democratic representative
by "a majority. Brandon and Bur.
lington also elect democratic repre-.
sentatives.
80 Ne Ill
election in the second district. Joyce
rep, is elected by very large major.
ity in the first district, and Pendee
rep, is reelected by large majority
from the third district.
The bolt in the second COMPRESSION.
al district is serious one, and has
probably resulted in no choice. The
candidates are: l.. p. Poland, present
republican incumbent and regular
nominee, ID. C. Dennison, boiling re.
publican, and o. N. Davenport, DEM
ocrat. Besides these, T.. B. Mead,
Granger, has something of a vote.
Thirty towns give Poland 3,156; Dem
nison, 3,49l Davenport and scattering
1908.
There are l52 towns in the District,
and there is still room for the election
of Poland, but the indications are
against him. The same refractory
spirit mas been manifested to consid-
cradle extent in counties, and even
towns.
CLINTON, Sept. 1.-The Republican
Congressional Convention for the Sec
ond Iowa District, at De Witt, to-day.
nominated 10. Tufts, of Cedar county.
Courier Special
OsKALoosA, Sept. 3-The Nineteenth
Annual Exhibition of the Mahaska
County Agricultural Society COM
menced yesterday, and will continue
until the Cd inst Tho Chicann Tim On