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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-12-09

light in supporting what respectable
people oppose.-Rock County Herald.
There it is again. "How we apples
SWIM" The Herald's logic is: ITO A.
gree with US is to be respectable: That
fellow over there doesn't agree with us;
Therefore lie is not respectable.'
Now, there is quite difference of o.
pinion AS who and what are ''respecta-
ble.'' Thus, we do not think that a
Dunnell Republican is any more respec-
table than Ward Republican. We do
not think that an orthodox believer is
auy more respectable than All nnortho-
dox believer or disbeliever. We do not
believe that AGREED bound church men,
Der who believes in Ancient Spiritual
ism, or the Spiritnalism of Christ's
time, is any more respectable than a
believer in Modern Spiritnalism. We
DO not believe that Bishop Simpson is
any more respectable than Dob Inger-
soil. We do not believe that follower
of Mrs. Grundy in social matters is any
more respectable than an independent
person who follows good sense and good
taste. We do not believe that a parti-
Fan in politics or religion is any more
respectable than a free. independent,
thinking man. who can do right wheth-
er his party does or not. We do not
believe jeff Davis was any more respec-
table than Abraham Lincoln, though
respectable" society thought he
was.
And we do, on the other hand, be-
lieye that what is generally called RE-
spectability" in society is only another.
name for shoddy, assumption and NOR
al cowardice.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-24
Springfield Union.]
Assistant FuSiOniStS in Maine.

The adjourned session of the Maine temper
ance convention which met at Augusta in
July, was held at Portland, Thursday. There
were but few real temperance men present,
and they were out-talked and out-voted by
disgruntled prohibitionists and out and out
Fusionists who adopted resolution censuring
Gov. Davis and nominated for governor, j. X.
Osgood of Gardiner, the organizer of temper
ance clubs. Joshua Nye, VIII ose special griev-
ance is that Gov. Davis declined to give him
an office he asked for, presided over and run
the Portland gathering, and when the expedi-
ency of allowing Democrats and Greenbackers
who had never professed to be prohibitionists
or temperance men was questioned he mildly
observed that anybody could come there and
vote. The better class of temperance men
present opposed any independent political &C
ton, on the ground that whatever has been
done for temperance in Maine has been done
by the Republicans and that it is not wise now
to act as assistant Fusionists and try to draw
off votes from the Republican state ticket
But the thing was "set up" in advance and the
Fusion programme of an independent guber-
notorial nomination was carried out and sup
plemented by nominating Col. James M.
Stone of Kennebunk for Congress in the first
district. The same thing was done in the
second district. Thursday, q Greenbackers and
Democrats holding what they called prohibit
tory convention and nominating Henry Tall
man of Bath for Congress. Similar nominal
tions will probably be made in the other con-
gressional districts. 1t does not seem very
probable that this Fusion bait will be swal-
lowed by many temperance men of Republican
procllvities, and the transparency of the whole
thing as nothing more nor less than part of the
Fusion program for the campaign is so appar-
emit that it may after all damage the Fusionists
more than it will help them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-24

write and that wants to send and to receive
letters and information. 1T pays the deficiency
of that service out of the public moneys con-
tributed by the class that cannot read and
write as we'll as those that can. That is class
legislation Will the Labor Tribune insist
that it is wrong?
The helpless poor are provided for by law in
every township and county in the United
States at the expense of all tax-paying citizens
That is class legislation. Will the Labor Trib-
une insist that it is wrong?
The law provides that free public education
at the expense of all the Taxpayers shall be
given to that class of our population that is be-
tween the ages of five and twenty-one That
is class legislation. Will the Labor Tribune
insist that it is wrong?
The law provides that a pension shall be paid
to soldiers wounded or disabled in the war for
the Union, and to the widows and minor chill
dren of soldiers killed in the service. That is
class legislation. Will the Labor Tribune in
sist that it is wrong?
The law provides that the owners of real or
personal property shall pay certain County
State and other taxes. That is class legisa-
ton. Will the Labor Tribune insist that it is
wrong?
The law provides that the class of persons
who commit murder, robbery, arson, rape and
other crimes shall suffer certain punishments.
That is class legislation. Will the Labor
Tribune insist that it is wrong?
Rather will not the Labor Tribune frankly
admit that its talk about class legislation being
| unjust and wrong is mere hipopolorum fustian
aimed to STIR prejudice in heads too empty Of
ideas to think?
The Labor Trbunes second question is: els
not borrowing money and exempting bonds
given for such money from taxation and the
legislation in regard to national banks, class
legislation"
We answer, yes. What then? So-is the law
paying pensions to Union soldiers and the law
sending housebreaker to the penitentiary
and taking care of the INDECENT poor at public
| aXnenSe.-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-24
Chalmers. 4
The Fort Pillow Massacre.

The Peoples Advocate of Damariscotta, has
been following up Chalmers of Mississippi, the
rebel brigadier, who is now stamping Maine,
and calls his attention to little affair at Fort
Pillow in 1868, in which some negroes were
smassacred. An affair with which Chalmers
name has been most unpleasantly connected
The Advocate says:
"In order, however, that our people may I'M
derstand who Chalmers is, we copy the follow
ing abstract from Harper's Pictorial History of
the W ar in regard to what took place at the
Fort Pillow massacre, April f., 1868:
The troops composing the garrison, black
and white, threw down their arms and sought
to escape by running down the steep bluff on
the river side, hiding behind trees, logs, bushes
anything which could afford them cover
against the maddened fends which at that mo-
ment the sun shone. upon. No wonder they
fled, as 1t soon clearly appeared it was not a
contest OF men with men. but of men with bru-
tai, fendish murderers. The captured fort and
its vicinity became at once human SHAMELESS
Without discrimination of age or SEX and
without mercy, men, women and children were
butchered until night put an end to the horri-
Dletragedy, which was again renewed on the
following morning. Not even sleep could
quench the fiery hate of Forests men. Even
the officers, with few exceptions, assisted in
the bloody carnival. IL was exactly three
years to day since the attack on Fort Sumter
had been made, and the same violence which
had melted men to treason against their gov
eminent was perhaps fifty displayed on this
anniversary by the shameless massacre of Unit
ed States soldiers at Fort Pillow"
And also the following from the report of
the committee on the Conduct of the War,
i'll regard to that inhuman, dabolical affair
that appalled, the whole world, from which
Chalmers is left in anything but an enyiable
position:
"Then followed a scene of cruelty and muir
der without parallel in civilized warfare,
which needed but the tomahawk and scalping-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-24
EUROPE.
European Crops,


LONDON, Aug. 23.-Reports from agricultur-
al districts show wheat below the average;
barley average; oats and beans little above
and peas little below. A large crop of pota.
toes is expected. Wheat is considerably af-
fected with blight and mildew. Few sections
declare general state of crops as bad as last
year; but for the country at large the prospects,
though not as bright as some sanguine writer's
reported, are much better than at this time
last year. The French harvest will be above
the average In Belgium and Holland the
harvest is excellent: The rye crop in Saxony,
Pomerania, Bradenburg and Hostein is about
half an average, but in Bavaria, Tasmania
apd Suabia the rye crop is magnificent Wheat
throughout Germany is fairly good, though
there is considerable rust and mildew. Ac-
counts from Austria, Hungary. Spain and Italy
are uniformly good.
Discomfort at Constantinople.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Aug. 23.-The discomfort
outbreak at Aleppo is feared and there is
great agitation at Damascus and Diarbek.
House Of Commons.
In the Commons tonight Mitchell Henry
moved an adjournment for the purpose of rails
ing debate on the use of buckshot by the DO
lice at Dungannon, which he strongly de-
nounced.
Mr.. Forster said the government was respon-
sible for that action. 1t had authorized the
use of buckshot as more humane than ball.
The police only fired upon and charged the
rioters when absolutely necessary. If they
had not done so Dungannon would have been
sacked.
Sir Patrick O'Brien Q4iberaD and Messrs.
Fannigan, O'Donnell and Parnell (Home Rul-
eIs) protested against the use of buckshot
Parnell hoped Forster would rescind the order
which in case of Dungannon had most un-
fortunate result
Details Of the Murder of DR.. Parsons.
LONDON, Aug. 23.-A correspondent at
Bucharest gives the following additional de-
tails of thelmurder of DIR. Parsons, the Anne r
lean missionary:
One of the assassins placed the muzzle of
his rifle close to DIR. Parsons servant and fired
at and killed him instantly DIR. Parsons then
started up, but before he could say or do any
thing bullet pierced his heart. The two Cir
the foot of which they were found after few
days. An American residing at Ismidt tele-
graphed the facts to Goschen, the British am
bassador, who communicated them imme-
diately 10 Heap the American consul general.
A squad OF soldiers was sent to the camp of
the Circassins, and they threatened to shoot
the whole tribe unless the murderers were
surrendered; whereupon the murderers were
delivered TO the authorities The affair caused
great CONSERVATION at Constantinople, and the
people travel armed and if possible with an
armed guard, when riding or driving in the
suburbs.
Foreign Notes.
The Porte has received note from the Rus
sian ambassador insisting on the execution of
Col. Commeroff, the assassin.
The troops in the Kurum Valley will not be
withdrawn for the present.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-24
MINOR KILOGRAMS.

MINOR TELEGRAMS.
Patrick Coyle was drowned at Somerset,
Mass, yesterday.
Chief Ouray of the Utes is dangerously ill
and not expected to recover. II he dies the
treaty will never be signed by the Southern
and White River Utes.
A collision between fast newspaper train
from New York and a train of empty passen-
ger cars, at Long Branch, yesterday, injured
several persons, but none fatally.
Washington Mclean, editor of the Cincin-
natl Commercial, was little better yesterday,
but his condition is still critical.
The Anglo-American Gable Co. has accom-
plished the work of laying their new cable,
which will be known as the cable of 1880, from
Hearts Content to Valentia, in little over
eleven days. The laying commenced on the
10th and was completed on the 21st
The jury which has been investigating the
Mays Landing disaster think the accident
might have been prevented if Engineer Ait
ken and Conductor Hoagland had more care
fully observed the rules and regulations of the
company governing the running of trains.
A special train will leave New Haven at 9
p. m. today for New York, carrying party of
prominent citizens of the State, to meet ex-
Gov. James E. English ON his return from
Saratoga.
Col. James f. Keegan, New York Journal
ist, has been arrested for charging State Sena-
tor Winfield with being the chief conspirator
in the Lewis will case.
The greater part of Miss Nelson's property,
which is estimated at about 94O,Cc0, is left by
will to Rear Admiral Hon Henry Carr Glynn,
c. B. and Edward Compton received legacy
of a1Cc0.
Twenty-Five thousand nail makers in Stat
fordshire and Worcestershire have struck for
advance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-24
Blackburn Again.
New York Tribune.1.

lNeW 1Ofh lTlDuuS.f
The Democrats of the seventh Kentucky
district have renominated Congressman Black
burn unanimously, and have adopted a series
of highly eulogistic resolutions, commencing
him as a "bold, fearless and aggressive leader
of party of reform" That's just what he is.
In the opening fight between Congress and the
President, in the spring of 1879, Blackburn
was notably bold and aggressive. He made
the speech then which earned for him the i'm
perishable title of the "Wiper." In it he
said: "For the first time in eighteen year
the Democracy is back in both branches of
Congress. We propose to celebrate her return
to power by wiping from the statute book
those degrading restrictions on freemen 1.-THE
election laws) and by striking away the shack
les which partisan legislation has imposed
We do not intend to stop until we have strick-
en- the last vestage of your war measures from
the statute book-until we have an untram-
melled election and an unsupervised ballot"
1t must be admitted by Mr. Blackburn that
they have just had that sort of ballot in Ala
bama. This same gifted statesman was also
the author of the observation in reference to
the same fight with the President, that she
who dallies is a bastard, he who doubts is
damned" Subsequently he walked off with
the rest of his party, with the boots of the
whole country behind him TO let him know
that the condemnatory part of the programme
was being carried out.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-24

mitted by savages. The rebels commenced an
indescriminate slaughter, sparing neither age
nor sex, white nor black, soldier nor civilian.
The officers and men seemed to vie with each
other in the devilish work; men, women, and
even children, wherever found, we're deliber-
ately shot down, beaten and hacked with Sa-
bres: some of the children, not more than ten
years old were forced to stand up and face their
murderers while being shot; the sick and
wounded were butchered without mercy, the
rebels even entering the hospital building and
dragging them out to be shot, or killing them
as they lay there unable TO offer the least re-
sistance. All over the hillside the work of
murder was going on; numbers of our men
were collected together in lines or groups and
deliberately shot; same were shot while in the
river, while others on the bank were shot and
their bodies kicked into the water, many of
them still living, but unable to make any ex-
ertions to save themselves from drowning. All
around were heard cries of No quarter!' No
quarter! Kill the damned niggers; shoot
them down All who asked for mercy were
answered by the most cruel taunts and sneers
Some were spared for time only to be muir
dered under circumstances of greater cruelty.
No cruelty which the most fiendish malignity
could devise was omitted by theseDmurderers
One white soldier who was wounded in one leg
so as to be unable to walk, was made to stand
up while his tormentors shot him; others who
were wounded and unable to stand were held
up and again shot. One negro, who had been
was killed by him when he re-
mounted: another, mere child, whom an of
ticer had taken up behind him ON his horse,
was seen by Chalmers, who at once ordered
the officer to put him down and shoot him.
The huts and tents in which many of the
wounded had sought shelter were set on fire,
both that night and the next morning, while
the wounded were still in them-those escap-
ing who were able to get themselves out, or who
could prevail on others less injured than them
selves to help them out; and even some of
those thus seeking to escape the flames were
met by those ruffians and brutally shot down,
or had their brains beaten out. One man was
deliberately fastened down to the floor of a
tent, face upward, by means of nails driven
through his clothing and into the boards under
him, so that he could not possibly escape, and
then the tent set on fire; another was nailed to
the side of building outside of the fort, and
then the building set on fire and burned. The
charred remains of five or six bodies were
afterwards found, all but one so much dis
figured and consumed by the flames that they
could not be identified
Gentlemen of the Fusion party: Keep Chal-
mers speaking and we will help pay the ex-
penses. for, thank Heaven, the spirit of 1861
has not entirely departed from our people.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-24
WASHINGTON.
The Freedmen,s Savings Bank.

The Freedmen's Savings Bank.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-Tne Commissioners
OF the Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company
have declared dividend of 10 per cent, and
Will commence paying it the first OF Septem.
6er The amount required to pay this divi
dend is 1896, S63.29, which, added to the 30 per
cent. heretofore declared and special deposits
paid, aggregate the sum of 81, 25S 1856 AZ which
has been divided among more tn an 81 900 cred
itors of the thirty-three branches of the COM
pany.
The commissioners expect to be able to pay
another dividend of 10 per cent. when the
company's banking house and adjacent proper
ty In this city is sold and other remaining as
sets disposed Of
The New Postmaster General.
Postmaster General Maynard expects to en-
ter upon his duties tomorrow.
The Circulation of Silver Dollars.
The new regulation intended to facilitate
the filling of orders for silver dollars has
been approved by the Treasury and was to-day
issued from the mint bureau.
Killed by.a Fall.
j. G. Miller, one of the proprietors of the
Daily Critic, while adjusting the sash of a
third story window this afternoon lost his
balance and fell to the ground As feet and was
fatally injured.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-24
Mrs. Chisholm's Plea.
A Touching Letter from the Survivor of a
Murdered Family.
[Chieago Inter-Ocean. I

lSHicdSo lHter-Occdu.
We are permitted to make the following ex-
tracts from letter written by Mrs. Chisholm
to friend in Wisconsin. Tho letter has a
special significance just now. 1t is woman's
plea for the election of Garfeld-the plea of
woman who has, through suffering and sor-
row, earned the right to speak. Under date of
Salona, Pa, July 80, Mrs. Chisholm writes
received letter to-day from friend in
the south enjoining me not to fail to keep be-
fore those who will use it the fact that there is
petition prepared and signed by all the Dem
ocrats OF Kemper county to have all concerned
doned without trial. This petition is not to
be presented until winter. Two generals of
the Union army are in the field for election to
the presidency. On one side I, miserable,
lonely woman. without practical friends, how
ever much sympathy may receive, and made
"a wanderer upon the face of the EARTH" with
wrongs unredressed, waiting, praying, and
watching, almost hoping that in the election
of Gen. Garfield may have some hope Of JUS
tice. On the other hand, the murderers of nv
SONNY fair boy. my tender, loving daughter
and my noble husband-with hands red with
blood, and UNPUBLISHED, are laboring to elect
Gen. Hancock and then apply the sponge of
executive pardon. What are you men of the
North going to do? Do you not hear voices of
patriots calling to you from the ground where
sir, can you not arouse the people? They must
be only sleeping.
Are all the sacrifice that have been made
only "a half-forgotten memory" In ceme-
terry near me see white and bronze monu-
ment, on the top of which is the dropping
form of an angel, with head bowed in weeping
over the sleeping dust of dead soldiers who fell
in many battles OF the war, contending for the
same principles for which my husband, son
and daughter were slain SO. many years after.
Nnn, y, 70 CrNnf1t dnar
strangers to the country and the soil, but be-
lieving, as they did, that the United States
was their country, it is fit they should rest
here. AS I sit here breathing the blessed air
that floats above my darlings, would you tell
me to forget all about their cruel butchery by
Kemper county's best citizens? I know 1
should breath prayers for all mankind. 1 do.
with prayers for devils accursed. Oh, how 1
remember the tender love of my husband and
remember his gentle, loving care, the sweet
ness OF my daughter and my brave boy!
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-24
Gen. Myers Dying.
Mr.. Maynard and the Casa IF NSi,r

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23-One of the first
matters to be called to the attention of M;n;s
ter Maynard when he arrives here to ASSUME
the duties of Postmaster General will he the
case OF Miriam, upon whom Minister Mavnard
passed the sentence of deatHsin June last for
the murder of Daham, a Turkish subject
pardon of Miriam. and there are grave don Ito
expressed in the Cabinet, notably by Mr.
Evarts it is said, as to the constitutionaiitv Of
the law which permits one of our consular or
ministerial min ministers to pass sentence of death
without trial by jury. In this case Minister
Maynard sat alone as judge and jury. Mr.
Evarts is also reported as having said that No
one should be hung under like circumstance o
and without jury trial SO long as he was Min
inter OF State and had an influential voice in
the management of foreign affairs. ~
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-24
AFGHANISTAN.

The Situation in the North satisfactory
LONDON, Aug. 23.-News from Cabul is
scanty, chiefly because the tribes have closed
in on the British rear to fight over the stores
left unconsumed in forts and posts. The His
sarkas and Kheijianiso had a severe fight at
Pezwa in which many were killed on both
sides. At last accounts the Ameer was still at
Shirpur. Mushki Alum was daily preaching on
his behalf. On the whole the situation in
northern Afghanistan was satisfactory.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-24
The internal revenue receipts vesterd,v ,,,o,
S749, 946. sc. 'e'toiu"y "er'

S749,946.56. N''oiu'S were
Inc funeral of the late Major Gen. Jose,b
hladoo took place in New York yesterday. pm
simon Bemimerman, German emplove 90
the western Electrical Works of Chicaoo
murdered his wife and then shot himself YES,
The New York police have arrested Mrs
lose S;chierdclar who keeps candy
store IN Chfistle street, and Augusta Wohlrab
midwife, of Ludlow street, CHARGED tr;.3,
burning the body of still-born child wh %nsa
birth was not reported to the health board.
Frank McFadden fell or was thrown down
stairs during drunken brawl and killed at
Philadelphia yesterday. "'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-08-24
Class Legislation.


lKeokuk Gate City.J
The Labor Tribune wants us to answer 'two
plain, simple questions
The first is: SIS class legislation just and
right in a republican government"
The second is: SIS not borrowing money
and exempting bonds given for such money
from taxation, and the legislation in regard to
national banks class legislaion?
To the first question we answer, class legisla-
ton is right if it is inst, and not right if it is
not just
The government maintains postal system
for the benefit of the class that can read and