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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20
The Reeeher Business.

Beecher has made his statement, and we are
unable to make out what the whole business
means We have been prejudiced against Beech
er's side of the case, but nOwswe Legin to have
Some doubts-at least think there i about
as much truth in Beecbfr's story as in Tilton's.
The r.adiest conclusion is, that the whole outfit
have turned lunatics. First, Tilton tells story,
in which he says that he pandered aud toadied
to Mrs. woodhull, in order to prevent her from
telling the same story several years before. Then
B.echer makes his statement, which sounds truth
full aud straightforward, except the reference to
certain admissions which he makes in letters TO
Moultor. and in his account of paying big sums
of money to TiltOn. At one time he paid him
$ 900, morigaging his home 10 raise the money.
This, he says he did, in order to save Tilton
financially, and prevent him from publishing
wild stories, which would plunge his family in
to ruin. IL Beecher innocent, is it reasonable
to suppose that he would have endured a living
death for years, and submitted to being feeced
ont of thousands of dollars, year after year, in
order 10 prevent Tilton from making threatened
revelations Monlton seems to hold the clue to
the whole matter, but claimed to hnld it in con-
fdemcc Beecier released him frum all conf-
dence on his part, and then Monlton claimed that
he could not speak unless Tilton also released
him. Tilton gave him a written release, unre-
servcdy and unequivocally. Then Moulton pre-
pared his statement, and went before the com
mittee; but there he pusillanimously backed
down, refusing to tell what he knew, under the
miserable plea that what he received was in
confidence, and he did not feel justified in be-
traying it, even with the consent of the parties
interestedl About all the points settled are
these that Beeeher has done something to place
him in the power of these men; that Moulton
is a treacherous and hypocritical sneak; and
that Tilton and Moulton Tor maybe Moulton
himself, pretending to be acting on behalf of
Tilton,) using their mysterious influence, have
been mercilessly matchmaking Betcherf"r years.
| Moulton seems to he the active g'-be;ween,
making both Beecher and Tilton believe that he
possesses peculiar influence over the other, and
that be only carry ON the matter between
them in the nice aud delicate manner necessary
for their safety. When the thing comes to a
focus, expect TO this mutual friend"
MoultOu staud forth unveiled as the real scUui-
drel and mischief-makcr.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20
CORRESPONDENCE.
COMMON SCHOOLS.

EDITOR KANSAS cHrEF-Drar Sr:-I hope to find space
in your columns through which to say word in regard
to the common schools Of County, There is q great
deal of gossip about their being unsuecessfuy conducte
the primary cause of which, Is the employ Of nexpe
renced and incompetent teachers Those who employ.
seem to think that through their assistance at least
governing the school they make success; but there
is where the great mistake Is committed The competent
instructor needs outside assistance he only needs the
cooperation of the patrons of his school.
But that all Special qualifications necessary
the successful prosecution Of the teachers business
such diligence energy perseverance, and selfreanee
without diligence steady application to whatever is
undertaken it is vain hope for any decided
Mere tful activity accomplishes little but weldrec
ted and perseverng industry nothing is denied But with
habits Of industry, energy must be linked to give them
complete efficiency Diligence and energy directed by
good sense and persevered in must command success
The last condition is often lacking and failure is the al
most inevitable result The accomplished and elOquen;
William Writ says; The man who is perpretually hest
stng which Of two things he viii do first will do Deitber
The man who resolves but suffers his resolutions be
changed by the first counter suggestion Of fendwhO
uctuates from opinion to opinion from plan to plan and
veers like weathercock every point of the compass
with every breath of caprice that blows
psh any thing great useful II is only the who
carries into his pursuits that great quality which Lncan
ascrbes Cssar-uho first consults wisely then resolves
firmly and then his purposes with inhexible
undismsyed by those petty difficulties which
daunt weaker spirit that advance to eminence in
any live"
Selfreance another requisite qualification be
overlooked Let him who has self reliance enough to
think and for himself take subordinate position
He must never hope to manage school successfully.
will do to be imator Of others He must have
originality-he must know what to do how to do it.
and when do It, and be able strike the blow the
A.
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THE STATES CALAMITY.
a Gard From Geverner Osborn.
Topeka, August I2, 1874


To THE PUBLIC:
1t is useless to deny the fact that a great Gala
nifty has overtaken the people in some parts OF
the State. The corn crop of many OF the coun-
ties has been entirely destroyed by grasshOppers
This is especially true in the west, where the
country has been newly settled, aud where the
people are lily prepared to bear the loss In
most of the State the wheat crop was excellent
but the settlers of the past year have raised no
wheat, and many of them have been relying upon
their corn crop fol subsistence through the COM
ing winter. IL is feared that in some localities,
some of the people will suffer for the want of the
necesSaries of life, unless some means be de-
vised for their relief
The Legislature has placed funds at my
diposal which be used for that purpose, bat
hope to he able to aid in CARRYING out some
plan hereafter to be agr, ed upnn, which will
avert suffering aud W. MT. The first thing TO be
done, however, is tn obtain full and reliable sta
tisties from the localities most severely afflicted
and take this method of suggesting for the con-
venience of the County authorities of these va
riOus counties, as well as for our information,
that the boards of County commissioners take
immediate steps to ascertain the exact condition
of affairs in their respective connties- Every
family in each Of these counties should be visited
aud q careful inventory made Of their cehditioD
and amount Of avsilable effects. A synopsis Of
this should be forwarded to the executive Office,
with such suggestions as the commissioner may
see it to make, as TO the means TO be employed
for obtaining the relief needed
An investigation already made in some Of the
counties, has shown them to be in much better
condition than was ct first supposed, and il is
hoped that like Investigations throughput the
sections affected, will dissipate in great degree
the fears hitherto entertained.
As before intimsted, am not clear ss to the
means which should be employed to secure the
needed relief On one point, however, am clear:
Kansas may be poor, but she can aud will take
care Of her own needy. THOMAS A. OSBORN.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20
Republican State Convention

Delegate Convention Of the Republicans Of the State
f kanszs will be held in Representative Hall In the city
of Topeka on Wednesday the 18th day of August A d.
is7i at the hour of 10 for the purpose Of nominating
candidates for the following ofhces, To wit;
Governor LieutensatovernOr, Secretary Of STATE Au
ator of State Treasurer of State, Attorneyenea o"
terintendent of Public Instruction, one Associate
tf the Supreme Court
All Of the COMMITTEES legally organized at the se % 'n
last Legislature and noue others, shall De ehu'ieu
reseutstiou a. follows TO wit: Two Delegates on e~'
Representative District e., 81.
Il is recommended that the primary meeuns' iol .".
pzrpoSe Of electing Delegates to the s'a'o -.
hstn called be held on Saturday the Eth day OF
is14 at such hours as may be designated py the 'en
ittee of each Representative District or In the
,nst there be no such Committee by the Oen''a N"n'
tee Of the County
that addition 20 the Delegates here
oidd f,r one Ait.rDate be elected for each Deesatr
No person will entitled % seat In the Convention oy
~ Of holding the proxies Of any Of the Delegates elect
ed JUN "o Aih'AiD' N
d B. EsDGETT. Secretary.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

KICKED OuT oF CouRT INTO A HORSE PoSD.-The wretch
ed Tton in his examination sketches himself
full length in the following declaration made in t0
a question by Mr. Tracy:
Zone great grievance of my wife was that was not a
Clergyman: thank God not minister; want 70
put it down, Mr.. Stenographer despise the church,
despise creeds not but that religious man. thOugh
am religious man. love God but despise the church,
the cowarce Of the church in the great anti slavery
fight and has always been false but Elizabeth has had
for the chnrch and she has been greatly dis
turbed because could not receive the doctrine of the d
vnity Of the Lord Jesus Christ ould not receive IT.
had to reject it. and IL disturbed her very much"
Such fellow this the only witness in the prosecution
his own deserves kicked the court into
horse pond-yorfoh Va, Landssayk.
Such thing ~ pssgpsss in the concluding
paragraph Of the above, may have done well
enough in the times when priests dictated reli-
gioD to the Masses and executed the law. But
that day is past. They eau 10 longer force peo-
pie to aeknow ledge a mess of brutalities aud
impossibilities of their own invention as the will
and word of God Almighty, and enforce them
with the rack and fagot. But there are plenty
of men, like the editor of the Norfolk Landmark,
who would try it, if they cond. 1t would require
good many muscular legs, encased in good
many thick-soled boots, TO kick all men who
think for themselves into horse ponds.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20
HALL VALLEY PARK Co. COLORADO july 81, 49,.

HALL VALLEY PARK Co. COLORADO July 81; 1874.
EDITOR Consolidating that many persons hack in
Old DOnphan County might be little interested to learn
how stand in Colorado this year will leave
to occupy a limited space in your columns. have been
in Colorado three months and in the meantime have
travelled portion of the country and and
versed with people from nearly part of the Territory
would say to all parties contemplating coming here this
Stay where you are; least don't come to
Colorado this year. Times duller and money
tighter than they here before Colorado is
you well aware. emphatcally mining country. Upon
the of the mining interests depends the prosperity
NJ branch inf hnsiness ia
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

OVERRIDING IT.-The Kansas City Times ex-
pose of Senator Ingalls, might have bad some
effect, if it had been left where the main article
ended. But the Times has since followed it up
with other articles, in which reporter of that
sheet is represented as having intruded himself
into Ingalls, house, and to have pried into his
family affairs at Atchison. 1t intrudes personal
and private family matters upon the public, in
which il has no interest, and which a newspaper
has no right to meddle with. 1t so clearly savors
of determined effort to blackmail the Senator,
chat it is turDing public sympathy in his favor,
and throwing discredit upon the original expose
of the Times. No newspaper has right to drag
tAe family of any man, public or private, before
she world as the Times has the family of Senator
Ingalls, 1t has already supplied the antidote to
its own sting, and henceforth, we opine, its black
mail piekings in Kansas will be meagre and dry.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

II Beeeher says that the condition of his
health has been such, that for the last twenty
years he has expected to fall down dead at al
most any moment. Mrs. Tilton is represented to
have been for a long time in very delicate health.
Just imagine what the uproar would have been,
had two moderately healthy persons with their
desires got together
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

The IMMACULATE SoI--Sol Miller has always great
his knowledge and ability when tonng his
bazOO and has tried make the people of Kansas believe
that what he didn't know wouldn't make primer would
gladly have said he frames the opinions aud controls the
actions OF the people of Kansas and unless public officer
will solomon bids he Immediately begins tiradr
black kguarsm against him. But he and his like have bern
beautifully played ont till he is scarcely respec
ted at home In recent issue of his paper be asserts that
Alexander Banks, Ward Burlingame and Dave EmmeTt
the only mentiond for Secretary Of State who
competent for holding the position. Now desire in
form Solomon that he does not know thing by long
that he is not acquainted with every person in the
State of Kansas and has right to assert such unmita
ted asehOOd There other candidates who stand equal
with the above gentlemen in point of ability and honesty,
and mistake We assert and knowingly too that NJ.
W Coulter is their equal in every respect-Bartsr Rub
Iioan.
We have never to our recollection, seen acOpy
of the Baxter Republican, but we find the above
copied into the Leavenworth Times. The editor,
whoever he may be, seems To have learned the
trick of pitching into "Sol. Miller" And what
is this dreadful onslaught all about! Why, sew
eral weeks ago, in speaking of candidates for
Secretary of State, remarked that, of all the
names we had heard mentioned in connection
with the office, Banks, Buringame, and Emmert
were the only ones capable of fllingit. The names
We had heard, besides the above were Reasoner
and few other galOots of that stripe. But it
seens that the Baxter RepubliedR has candidate
for Secretary of State, .nan,ed NJ. w Csnlter.
Now, we would inform that rantankeruus sheet,
that we do not know NJ. W. Coulter-we did not
know that he was a candidate for Secretary of
State-in fact, we did not know there was such
man in existence as NJ. W. Coulter. Conse-
quently, he did not come within the scope of our
offensive remark. Wherefore the Baxter RepHb-
IicaH has dirticd itself for nothing.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

A New SToRY.-POmeroy's Democrat, of New
York City, Announces that, with the first issue in
October next, it will commence the publication
of powerfully written and intensely exciting
story of the war of the Rebellion, entitled "The
White Horse Phantom" The author is H. F.
cNesl, Esq, of Texas. It will abound in Incl
Gents Of real life, thrilling adventures, and events
OF history. which will be recognized by thou
SANDS OF Persons living in the South. We take
1t, OF course that the story viii be written from
Southern standpoint; but still, it cannot fail
to be Of interest to Northern readers.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

~ New York Hotel sends us a ten dollar
puff, for the publication of which, it offers us
$3.50 in fare, if We go to New York to get it
just the price for one day in the hotel. Such
generosity is overwhelming If they will send
us pass to New York and return, including
sleeping car, meals on the road, and little
spending money to see the sights in New York,
we'll accept the offer, and just sling ourselves in
that hotel for one day. But if we have to pay
our own way to New York, the $3.50 will be no
object to us.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20
Asour LIsrL.-As tbe time for ..strainiug Over'

ABOUT LIBEL.-As the time for "straining over
approaches. some of us begin to take an interest
in libel snits. The idea that il the editor OF a
newspaper, in the discharge OF n public duty,
publishes statement which proves to be nutnre,
the law presumes malice, may have once passed
for law or comnon sense but of late years, since
Judges have found that they can decide law
without a gown Ur a queue, they have also taken
up some advanced ideas. In a libel case before
Judge Taft, of Cincinnati, within the past year,
he used the following language in his decision ::
Falsehood and malice these publications essential
the plaintiffs But generally where words are
published Of men which belous per against his cha
till the contrary appears by nroo that
the libel il false malicious without any evidence
the part Of him against whom il has been pubshed and
this fair presumption whenever man has volunteered
publish utter words defamaory Of another without
occasion Of self duty IN make
pertinent for him speak Du there is class Of
which form exceptions to the general rule and
essentially different those to which have referred
They in which the language published would be
belous and subject presumption Of fasehOod and
malice but for the occasion which h was used In the
discharge Of public private duty whether legal
moral in the conduct of his Affairs in matters where
his interests is concerned the occasion prevents the
ference Of malice which the lsv draws from unauthorized
communication and affords qualified def DEF ending
on the absence OF actual malice
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

BROWN CoUNTY.-The Republican prospectus
Brown looks cheering. Those who stampeded
away are hocking back At the Republican eau
Gus in Hiawatha, to appoint delegates, B. F. Kill
ley, Esq, presided. He was a leading Greeley
man, two ears ago. Last Fall, the Grange tick
ct carried the County by very large majority.
These are fiocking back by the score. They were
honest their Farmers movement; but seeing
that the design is to hand them over to the DEM
ocratic party, which they did not bargain for,
they are ralying nder the old banner. Thus it
is all over the State
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

" A good deal of stress has been laid on the
assertion that but three papers in the District
support Price for Congress; but the Chief is the
only one of the three that has received any abuse
for it. The Chiefs County has gone solid for
Price. On the other hand, there are the Seneca
Courier and the Sabetha 4draRce, in Nemaha; the
Hiawatha Dispatch, in Brown, and the Wathena
Reporter, in Doniphan, that have been footing
away for Phillips with all the wind that was in
them, and not delegate does he get in the three
Countiesi
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

II The Kansas CHG is intensely refcrmatory that
Tom Osborn is to saint prrer than itself As for
Phillips he is according the uucon parable author
ity, not ut to cary swi to hog.-Kansas City Tines
That's so. man peculiarly fitted to carry
swill to hog, is not the kind the Republicans of
Kansas make Congressman of. Col. Phillips is
not accomplished in that line. But the Times
carries heavy amount Of hog swiIl.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

~ Sol Miller herewith that matters are in
deed in fearful condition and that outbreak Is actually
imminent As for its startling the State Sol Miller
will confess for certain portion of what coming direct
ly interests him. As for he sensation monger shall
see what we shall see-kdnsas City Times.
Whatever you know about US, just launch it
ont, without any delicate scruples. We are anx-
ions to see whether anything worse eau be said
against us than has already been said. When
you get ready, it is needless to make any fam
ing preliminary announcement, but just let it
rip
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

~ Marshal Bazaine has escaped from his isl
and prison, aud is now safely beyond the reach
of France, 1t is a matter of regret that Napoleon
Bonaparte never bad the same opportunity. lie
was called tyraut, but he abul,she, many an
imposition of ages and let daylight into many
dark hole where it never entered before
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

EY Old Rebel whitehouse, the Episcopal Bislr-
op Of Illinois, is dead. He was the man who sus-
pended preachers in his diocese for preaching in
favor of the Union, and who did the praying for
the Democratic Convention at Chicago tina. NOM
mated Mcclellan for President
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

B Now it is the Wyandotte GG-rtte that is
going to ruin the Republican party, if they nom.
mate corrupt men. e., men whom the editor
doesn't like. Put him on the Special Nominat-
ing Committee. We now have Cowhide Griffin,
of the Manhattan Nationalist, who is going to
beat the party if Osborn and Price are nominat-
ed "Hwich" Taylor, of the Wysndotte Gazette,
is going to kick things endways, if Cobb is non-
mated; Spooner, of the Garnett PlaiHdeaier, is
going to let the ticket go to the dogs, if Osborn
is put on it; and even old man Stewart, of the
watheua Reporter, throws out dark intimations
that he may let the old machine go to wreck, if
his views are disregarded. Dark clouds are brew
ing-but, then, a good many dark clouds, this
season, have produced nothing but wind
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

~ The following special dispatches were sent
to the LcavenwOrth Times, by the Right Honor
able Mr.. Stewart, of the Wathena Reporter:
wATHENA KAN, August 15-At the primary election
in the Third Representative District today Smallwood
elected delegate by large majority. SmawoOd will
have five Of the six delegates from Donphan County, and
probably all W. T. SrEwAKT
EDITOR TINES The result the Congressional dele.
gates is close but unknown yet The Central Committee
will hold the ballots till Tuesday. WAYS that are dark
When know definitely, will inform you.
WITS
As an able-bodied liar, W. T. S. bids fair to
prove a success, with a little practice. We won
der if Phillips made this sort of service part of
the qHd pro quo in return for his little eleemosy
nary gratuitiesi In the first place, the result of
the election was known Saturday night; and in
the second place, but two of the delegates to the
State Convention from this County are for Small
wood for Governor If more than these two vote
for him, it will be owing to some circumstance
that may arise hereafter
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

Cooley, FOR SEPrENBER.-Gsdeys Ladv's Book,
for the ensuing month, is already upon our table.
rich 10 illustrations, in Fashion Plates, in Fat
terus, in Music in literary matter, and in useful
household recipes host of Magazines have
risen, fiOurished for season, and died, since
Godey's has heen in existence; and still it -four
ishes the Oldest in years. but the fullest of youth
aud life.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

S-Col. Phillips little gratuities distributed
among the irnpecunious editors of Northern Kan
sas, have not proven profitable investment. He
has not single delegate to bless himself with,
on the line of the Denver Road.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

ES 1t is interesting to hear an editor with SIS
or $50 of Phillips money in his breeches, throw
ing out bis insinuations relative to the Chiet g
support of Price, who is not able to pay any man
q dollar for his support
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-08-20

YThe Courdut, lively and go ahead paper
recently started at Elk City, Montgomery, Coun.
ty, by A. b Steinbarger, throws this at MS:
The KANSAS CHIEF.-we have neglected IN notice the
best and spciest paper exchange list the Kansas
Chief, published at Troy, Kansas, by Sol Miller The
CheJ large twenty eight column paper and is without
any doubt the best family journal in the State II the
Oldest journal in the West being in its 18th volume
and bids fair to many years longer. We would
commend it to any person wishing to subscribe for first
class newspaper.