The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-06-19

dan lefs Fort Laramie this morning fo'
Red Cloud Agency. The las company
of IA. 5,h cavalry, making eight 10 all
arrived today.
CHICAGO. June lin the county
cour, this assernoou. on petition OF IT
Edwards. brother Of Mrs Lincoln. I
jury IA, EN- panelled. and having haArt
Mr.. Edwards statements. 10 the effec'
tha. Mrs.. Lincnln II now in o,ndis,oc
to manage her estate and property. and
that Of NJ. Sweet, On behalf Of Robsr'
Lincoln, to the eHec. that bis client
would b. only too ylsi TO have the de,
cree of the Court reversed Il the testi'
uouy gwen satisfied the jury; there
fore. the jury gave verdict that The
said Mary Lircoln is restored TO rS~s"u
and capable 10 manage and control he'
own es.a,e.
WARRINGTON. June l5- Gen. Bel
kn.p's counsel, after full consul:stion
concluded to decline ptting in any
other plea to the articles Of impssch-
msnt sgrseAbly 10 the order made upon
them ct the last session Of the court.
This will be followed by the further Or
der, already made. requiring them tc
proceed with the trial upon the plea OF
not guilty. which the Senate itsslf will
put in for them. They will. however.
Gle . paper tomorrow. in which thei'
reasons for declining to plead further
are Substantially set forth. They take
the ground thst Belknap is alresdy sub.
s,antially acquitted. inasmuch ~ the
Senate has failed to assert by two
thirds vote that he is improbable the
fact that he is. or was an officer within
the meaning Of the constitution being
denied by more than = third of the
body and that fact being an ESSENTIAL ele.
,nent Of legal conviction. be cannot
be convicted. whatever may be the
opinion OF the Senate, or the other facts
Of the ease Nevertheless. counsel say
they will 10 ready for trial on the 9th
Of July. aud although their client is 81.
ready acquitted and ought to b. dis.
charged. they expect confidently that
he will be acquitted again. They think
he ought to be spared the trouble Of
going through the tedious and expen.
sive form Of another trial on anothe,
branch Of the case. They have takea
out subposnss for one hundred and nine
ty-sevsn witncsscs.~ - ~sm
CINCINNATI, June l5.-Ths follow.
ing is the Platform read by Hawlsy
and adopted by the Convention:
The Representatives Of the Rspubli.
eau party in the National Convention
assembled make the following declare
ton of principles:
l. Tho United States Of America i.
. nation. not league. By the com.
bined working Of the Nstiossl and
State government under their respective
constitutions the rights Of every cities,
are secured at home and protected
abroad, and the common welfare pro.
NOTED
,. The Republican party has pre-.
served those governments to thsi,
hundredth Anniversary at the nation''
birth. aud they are now EN- bodiment,
of the great truths spoken ct its cradle
that all men are created equal; that they
are endowed by their Creator with
certain inAlienabls right, among which
are life. liberty and the pursuit Of hap
pinsss; that for the sttsinment OF these
ends governments have been instituted
among men, deriving their just powers
fromthe consent Of the governed. Un-
til these truths Gre cl,serfully obeysd
or, if needed. 70 bs vigorously enforced,
the work of the Republican party is un
finished.
). Tho permanent psci6cAtion Of
the southern section Of the Union, and
the oomrlste protection Of IL citizens ia
tbs frse enjoyment Of all their rights
are duties IN which the Republican
party atAuds sacredly pledged. Zap
plAuse The power to provide for the
enforcement Of the principle embodied
in the recent constitutional amendments
is vested by these amendments in the
Ccsgrsss Of the United States; and all
declare it to Ls the solemn obligation
of lsgialat and executive dspartmenta
to put into Immediate and vigorous ex-
ercise oil ito constitutional powers for
removing any just causes of disoonten,
on the part Of any elsss and for secur-
ing to every American citizen CON-
plete liberty and exact equality in the
exercise Of bis civil. political aud public
rights. [Applause. To this end We
impssstively dsmsad Congress aad .
Chief Executive whose conrage asd
adelily to those duties shall not hlter
until these results are placed beyond
dispute or ssosll. lApPleose. In the
hrst act of Congress signed by President
Grant. the National government sought
TO remove sny doubt of its duty to dis
charge nil just obligations to public
creditors aud solemnly pledged its faith
Ia make provision at the earliest posi-
eble peries for the rct1en,ptiou Of L. s