Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-17

f~latiOnists and four notninally advo-
Gates OF hard money. The five iDfia-
tionists are in favor of the repeal OF the
act of 1875, '.Requiring the resumption
of specie payments OH January LIST,
1879, and nothing more" They be-
lieve in actual initiation, they say, and
if they are willing tn tOrego any
attempt to pass a positive initiation bill,
the hard.money Democrats ought to
accede to them and not attempt to force
through any measure looking to actu-
al resumption.
The Defense of BnbcOck-Sophistry
Of Gen.. Williams.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. is.
In the u. s. Circuit Court this morn
ing ex-Attorney General Williams adj
dressed the july in defense of Babcock.
He devoted considerable time to the
argument Of the probabilities in the
case and to u criticism of the evidence
for the Government, assuming that
what the Government had presented
was competent evidence which was by
no means admitted. Gen. Williams
said the case mig Int present some us
| picious circumstances but by no means
furnished ground on which to base a
conviction. He then proceeded with
some explanations which would throw
a different light on the communication
between Babcock and the ring. Az
that time. he said. Joyce and Mcdonald
were trusted officials, men of influ-
ence and possessing confidence with
good people. Babcoek, on the other
hand. WAS a warm hearted, conf1ding,
generous man, who did not give up a
friendship once cemented for the wills
perS Of ca jimmy. ything pre-
scented by the prosecution was incom-
plete and could not but leave Il painful
uncertainty in every mind as to
whether it was to convey a proper
suspicion or simply indicate weakness
of judgment to which every one was
liable. The quantity of this kind of
evidence, said Williams, avails moth
ing. He then traced Rabcock's mill
tary career from West Point, which he
eulogiZed as a place where honor and
honesty were inculcaied and where
thieves and robbers were not educated.
He told of his seryic in the late war
and how he rose to he chief of en-.
ginecrs in the Ninth army corps and
afterwards to be aid 10 Lieut.. Gen.
Grant with the rank of Brevet Briga-
der General. A good deal of attention
was given to his relations to the PresI-
dent and tho confidence reposed in
him as private secretary to the Presi-
dent. In one sense, Williams said, he
became a part of the Executive; his
official d~elinquencies would more or
less reflect upon and degrade the Chief
Executive of the nation. No ingrati-
tude would he so black as his if he
would bring dishonor on one who had
n,tf un.f, ..npElanr. in hin,
Reduction i'm Teie.rnphic Rates.
NEW YORK, Feb. Is.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. following the lead OF the Atlantic
and Pacific Company, reduced its rates
from 20 to 30 per cent.
Tho Advisory Council.
When DR.. Bacon, the moderator,
called the Advisory Council to Il
this morning, not more than half the
members vera present in heir seats
and the galleries only half filled. The
exercises began by singing II love thy
Church, D God" Delegates and
church members were arriving freely
now. and when the business hour ar
rived there was u good attendance OF
both.
lssv. DR.. Bell, of Mansfield, Ohio,
OIL. red these resolutions:
Resolved. That it is our firm belief
tina: Rev. IL. w. Beeclitr is innocent
OF sins and crimes laid to his charge.
Resolved. That We regard with pro-
found admiration and gratitude the
mistaken and loving faith, trust and
devotion of the members oil Plymouth
Church of Brooklyn To- their pastor,
especially becauSa by these we have
been enabled to arrive at all the facts
nv which ~e know he is innocent, and
especially So because thus they have
exeinpIitied the beauty, fidelity and
glory of the faith rs it is in Christ
Jesus our Savior and our Lord.
Dir. Bell. attempting to speak on the
resolution, began by saving that man
kind were waiting To know the opin-
ion of The council in regard to this mat
ter, when he vas interrupted by a
point of order that the subject of the
resolutions was not german to the
business of the council. The moder-
ator decided the point well taken and
his decision was sustained on an APP
peal by DIR. Bell, who alone voted in
the negative.
Mr.. Sherman protested against he
ing called on To present the ease OF
Plymouth Church in the absence OF
the committee, and then was read ex-
Deacon Vests protest, presented yes
:erday against the Submission to the
council of any other questions than
the guilt or Innocence of Beecher, and
asserting that the whole cause il con
tanned in the extraordinary conduct al
Plymouth Church in dropping from
its roster the names of Theodore Til
ton and Mrs. Moulton. The protest
vas referred to the special committee
previously appointed. Bcecher an
nounced that Shearman presented the
case for the church, and said, "He, oI
/, or either of US, Will he subject tC
such inquiries AZ may suggest them
selves To the mind Of the council
Sherman made an exhaustive state.
ment of the ease of Plymouth Church,
lraversing all the ground gone over by
the pastor and DIR. i.dvard Beecher,
and taking up in addition h subject
of the mutual council, n arraigning
Mrs. Moulton for her action. A re-
cess was taken to give the committees
an opportunity OF getting through
with a vast amount of work on hand