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The German Aspect Toward Spain. Official Report of the Beecher Committee. Political Conventions in Illinois, Michigan and Other States. Sixteen Negroes Lynched at Plckettsville, Tenn. Personal Political and General • THE OLD WORLD. According to Bayonne dispatches of the 24th Prince Alfonso, brother of Don Carlos, had issued an order as a retaliatory measure directing the confiscation of the property of Republicans. The Carlists had extinguished all lights on the Spanish coast in the territory under their control. Spanish advices via Paris report that a Ministerial crisis existed in Madrid, and that the inhabitants of that city had refused to submit to a fresh conscription. The recognition of Spain by Sweden had been made public. According to a Madrid telegram of the 26th the Carlists had been defeated in an attempt, on the preceding daj', to carry Puycerda by assault. Three columns had attacked the city in as many diflerent points, but they had been forced to retire with great loss, the Chief of £ Artillery being killed, and more than half of their cannon dismounted. Madrid telegrams of the 29th say the Carlists lost 200 killed and wounded in the assault upon Puycerda. Instructions has been given to the garrison to blow up the place with dynamite if the Carlists succeeded in effecting a lodgment. The French authorities had disarmed a Carlist battalion that had crossed the frontier. It was reported at Madrid on the 30th that the Carlists had suffered reverses at Ripoli. A London telegram of the 25th says Germany has formally notified the powers that she does not intend to interfere in the internal affairs of Spain. A London dispatch of the 26th says Russia had notified Germany that she still adhered to the resolution not to recognize Spain. The London Daily News of the same date announces that the strike of the Belfast weavers had ended, and that they had resumed work at reduced wages. According to a London dispatch of the 31stult. quarantine regulations hud been enforced at Queenstown, Ireland, in respect to vessels from American and West Indian ports, and ports upon the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Late estimates in regard to the Indian famine show that 8,000,000 natives are Mill dependent upon charity for the means of existence. A« order has been issued by the Portuguese Government for the expulsion of Spanish refugees from the Kingdom. THE NEW WORLD. Congressional nominations on the 25th: Republican—Second Michigan. District, H. Waldron, renominated; Third Michigan, Geo. Willard, renominated; Sixth Michigan, Josiah Begole, renominated; Eighth Michigan, N. B. Bradley, renomiahated; Eighth Ohio, Wm. Lawrence, renominated; Eighteenth Ohio, Jas. Monroe, renominated; Sixth Pennsylvania, Washington Townsend, renominated ; Fourteenth Illinois, Joseph G. Cannon, renominated. Democratic and Conservative—First Indiana, Benonis Fuller; Twelfth Illinois. Wm. M. Springer; First Louisiana, Randall Gibson; Second Louisiana, E. J. Ellis; Third Louisiana, J. R. Breaux; Fourth Louisiana, W. M. Levy; Fifth Louisiana, B. F. Spencer; Sixth Louisiana, J. M. Moore. Congressional nominations on the 20th: Republican—Fifth Illinois District, Hon. H. C. Burchard, renominated; Sixteenth Ohio District, Hon. L. Danforth, renominated;' Fifteenth Ohio District, N. H. Van Voorhees. Democratic—Richmond (Va.) District, ex-Gov. 8. C. Walker. Congressional nominations on the27th: Democratic—Eleventh Indiana District, J. D. Cox. Independent Reform—Sixteenth Illinois, Rolla *B. Henry. Anti-Monopoly—Second lowa, J. L. Sheean. Republican—Fourth Ohio, Lewis B. Gunckel, renominated. The Brooklyn Eayle having, on the 22d, published the evidence of Mr. Tilton’s adopted daughter, In which she stated among other things that she once caught Susan B. Anthony sitting in Tilton’s lap, that ancient and injured maiden, on the 24th, rushed into print and indignantly denied the truth of ijmstory, regarding It as too absurd to lie worthy of further notice. Mr. Beecher, on the 24th, at Concord, N. H., signed and swore to an affidavit denyingfthe allegations of the complaint made by Tilton in the civil suit brought agaipst him, except the allegation that he married Tilton to Elizabeth Richards. George C. Harding, editor of the Indianapolis Herald, recently shot Joel Moritz, a merchant of that city, for the alleged betrayal of his daughter, who committed suicide just before the shooting. ” . A Madison (Wis.) dispatch of the 24th says that the decision in the railway-injunction case bj- the Supreme Court of Wisconsin would be made in about ten days. An Omaha.,telegram of the 24th says Gov. Furnas states that the information from various counties in Nebraska warranted the assertion that while the crops are shorter than for several years there Is by nd means a failure. Smail grains show an average; com from one-half to no crop; roots very short; fruit more in quantity and inferior in quality. . No cases of immediate need were reported. At quite a number of points on th£ extreme borders help would soon be required, and must be extended through the winter. ■ The Conservative State Convention of Louisiana concluded its labors on the 25th by the nomination of 3. C. Moncure for State Treasurer. The resolutions adopted deciare that the existing State Government originated in, and has been maintained by, force and fraud, in opposition to the will of a large majority of the voters of the State, in opposition to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of every principle of justice and liberty; that the dominant faction of the Radical party In the State has by false and fraudulent representations inflamed

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the passions and prejudices of the negroes as a race against the whites, and has thereby made it necessary for the white people to unite and act together in self-defense and for the preservation of white civilization; that the rights of all men under the Constitution and laws of the land must be respected and preserved inviolate, irrespective of race, color, or previous condition; that Congress cannot constitutionally enact laws to force the two races into social union or equality; that the white people of Louisiana have no desire to deprive the colored people of any rights to which they are entitled, but that a reform is imperatively demanded, which can be effected only by electing to office white men of known capacity and integrity. Tub Kansas State Republican Convention met at Topeka on the 26th. Gov. Tlios. A. Osborn was renominated, and resolutions adopted—indorsing the policy of free banking and specie resumption whenever consistent with industrial interests; declaring that all railroad corporations of the State are the creatures of its Legislature, and it is the duty of that body to subject them to such wise and impartial enactments as will protect the people of the State from extortion and will secure the transportation of merchandise 'and passengers at reasonable rates; favoring the transferring of the Indian Bureau to the control of the War Department; recommending an amendment to the national Constitution which shall forever prohibit any Congress from settling its own compensation; advocating such legislation, botli general and local, as experience shall show to be most effectual in destroying the evil of intemperance; insistingTliat tHe~ precedent set by Washington to declining a re-election to a third term of the Presidency ought never to be deviated from; that the public lands of the United States be sacredly held for the use and benefit of actual settlers, and condemning and disapproving of any further grants of the public domain to railroad or other corporations. The Opposition State Convention met at Springfiefd, HL, on the 26th and nominated for State Treasurer Charles Carroll; School Superintendent, S. M. Etter. The platform adopted declares in favor of the resumption of specie payments as soon as possible without disaster to the business interests of the country, by steadily opposing inflation and by the payment of the national indebtedness in the money of the civilized world; in favor of free commerce, and no tariff except for revenue ; affirms the right and duty of the State to protect its citizens from extortion and unjust discrimination by chartered monopolies; demands that all the pensions of crippled soldiers shall be so increased as to, shield every one of them from daily want without compelling them to take refuge in a so-called Soldiers’ Home. The Michigan State Republican Convention was held at Lansing on the 26th. John J. Bagley was renominated for Governor and Henry H. Holt for Lieutenant-Governor. E. G. D. Holden was nominated for Secretary of State; Wm. B. MeCrcery for Treasurer; Ralph Ely for Auditor;. D, B. Briggs (present incumbept) for Attorney-General. The resolutions adopted challenge comparison between the financial record of the Republican party and that of any other party which ever held power; demand that In all financial legislation Congress shall keep steadily in view the resumption of specie payment to the end that at the earliest practicable day the paper currency of the country may be at par with coin; declare in favor of free banking under a well-guarded national system; that it Is the high duty of the General Government to protect the colored people of the South in the rights and privileges of their citizenship. According to a Nashville (Tenn,) dispatch of the 26th the negroes at Pickettsville, in Gibson County, had for several days before threatened trouble because of some supposed wrong done them, and had manifested a strong intention to kill two or three citizens and fire and sack the town. On the 25th sixteen of the ringleaders were arrested and placed in Trenton jail for safe keeping. On the morning of the 26th from seventy-five to one hundred masked men entered Trenton, rode up to,the jail and compelled the Sheriff to deliver the keys to them. They then took the sixteen negroes and killed six of them at the edge <*f the town. The masked men then rode off with the other ten, and it was thought at last accounts that they had killed them. Whites and blacks were said to be arming. The Ohio State Democratic Convention met at Columbus on the 26th and placed the following ticket in nomination: For Secretary of State, Win. Bell; School Commissioner, C. S. Smart; Judge of Supreme Court, W. J. Gilmore; Clerk of Supreme Court, Arnold Green; Member of Board of Public Works, Martin Schiller. The platform adopted declares that the Democratic party of Ohio adheres to Its ancient principles of securing equal rights and exact justice to all men, and to all the States and communities of the American people,,and of maintaining the independence of the co-ordinate departments of the Federal Government, the Legislative, the Executive and the Judicial,, and resisting every attempt to usurp any of the powers reserved by the Constitution to the States respectively, and to the people thereof; favors such an increase of the circulating medium as the business interests of the country may from time to time require, and declares that sound policy and justice require that not less than one-half of the customs duties should be payable in the Vgal-tendcr notes of the United States commonly, called greenbacks; favors the abolishing of the franchise of the National Banks to issue a paper currency as soon as the same can safely and prudently be done, and advocates that the notes so withdrawn by the banks be substituted by the Government with a legal-tender currency; declares that the 5-20 bonds, by the letter and spirit of the law and the general understanding of the community, were payable in legaltender notes, and that the act of March, 1869, which pledged the nation to their payment in coin was an unnecessary and wicked sacrifice of the jinterests of the taxpaying laborers for the benefit of the non-tax-paying bondholders; favors a revenue tariff; opposes grants of public lands to railroad corporations, etc., etc. .A New York dispatch of the 27th says that Henry C. Bowen, of the New York Independent, had commenced three libel suits—a criminal suit against the editor of the Brooklyn Aryus, a civil suit against the Eagle for SIOO,000 and a civil suit against the reporter who wrote a bogus “ interview” for $50,000. The New Jersey Republican State Convention met on the 27th and nominated Geo. A. Halsey for Governor. Resolutions were adopted—declaring that they approved and would continue to uphold the principles upon which the Republican party was founded; tiiat Pres-

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ident Grant deserves their unabated confidence; that they are in favor of such national legislation as will maintain inflexibly the faith of the Government to its creditors and secure the speedy resumption of specie payments. The Pennsylvania State Democratic Convention completed its labors on the 27th by the nomination of the following ticket: Warren J. Woodward for Supreme Judge, John Latta for Lieutenant-Governor and J. F. Temple for Auditor. Their resolutions declare opposition to Government grants of public lands to corporations; that a steady effort should be made to bring the Government notes to par with gold, and to secure a return to specie payment at the earliest possi. blc period that resumption can be effected with safety; denounce the CiviLßiglits bill of the last Congress as a gross invasion of the right of tlie States to control their own domestic concerns; declare against the establishing of mixed schools by law, in which white and black children shall be compulsorily educated, as the interests of the two races will be best served by training the children in separate schools. The Missouri State Democratic Convention adjourned on the 27th. The following is the ticket placed in nomination: For Governor, Charles H. Hardin; Lieutenant-Governor, Norman J. Coleman; Secretary of State, M.K. McGrath; Auditor, Thomas Halladay; Treasurer, Joseph W. Mercer; Attorney-General, John A. Hooka way; Register of Lands, George Delgle; Superintendent of Public Instruction, R. D. Shannon; Supreme Judges: W. Hough, for the long term, and William Napton to fill vacancy-. The platform adopted declares that'tlie 5-20 bonds are distinctly, hy their terms, made payable in legal-tender notes or greenbacks; and that the act of March 18, 1869, whereby Congress solemnly pledged the faith of the United States to a coin redemption, was an utterly unjustifiable usurpation of power; favors a itpeal of the National Banking law and the substitution of greenbacks to the extent of the National Bank currency, if the policy of issuing a national paper currency is to be persisted in; that the legal-tender notes should be made receivable for duties on imports; that railroad and all other corporations created for gain or profit should be rendered subservient to the public good by such legislation upon the subject, both State and National, as will effectually secure the industrial and producing interests of the country against all forms of corporate monopoly and taxation, Gen. Sheridan, on the 27th, Issued an order forbidding the organization of private expeditions to the Black Hills, unless prosecuted under authority of Congress or the Secretary of the Interior. A Salt Lake dispatch of the 26th says Brigham Young had recently answered the bill filed by Ann Eliza, his nineteenth wife, in which she demanded an attorney fee of $15,000 and alimony nt the rote of SI,OOO a month during the pendency of her suit for divorce. Brigham admitted the plural marriage, but demurred to the sum demanded. He was willing to give her SIOO a month. He declared he was worth only about $600,000, and as his income is but $6,000 a month, and lie had to support about sixty persons—wives and children—sloo per month would be the fair proportion for Ann Eliza. At a council of Michigan Grangers held at Detroit on the 27th the Chairman stated that there are 500 Granges in the State, with a membership of 40,000. The official canvass of votes cast at the recent Ohio election was made on the 28th. The clause permitting the grant of aid to railroads is defeated by a majority of 251,000; the majority against license is 7,286, and against all other clauses is 147,284. The Secretary of the Treasury has directed the sale of $3,000,000 gold during the mouth of September. A Washington telegram of the 30th ult. says the alleged trouble between the races in the South was _bemg vigorously discussed iu that city. According to the statement of Senator Patterson, of South Carolina, the condition of affaire was very threatening, and .the negroes were in need of governmental protection. A Madison (Wis.) telegram of the 29th says the Wisconsin Supreme Court had adjourned until Sept. 8, thus again postponing the decision in the railway-injunction case. An extra session of the Kansas Legislature has been called to consider the propriety of an appropriation for the relief of the sufferers from the grasshopper raid. Elsewhere appears the report of the Beecher Investigating Committee to Plymouth Church. In the opinion of the committee Mr. Beecher is fully exonerated.

THE MARKETS. AUGUST 29, 1874. Nkw York.— Cotton— l7@l7%c. Flour— Good to choice, [email protected]; white wheat extra, $5.75@ 6.30. WAeat-No. 2 Chicago, [email protected]; lowa spring, [email protected]; No. 2 Milwaukee spring. [email protected]. Pye—Western, 90c@$1.00. Barley —,...@ Corn— Bl@B2c. Onto'— Western, 47@54c. Port—New mess, [email protected]. Lard— l4M@lssac. CAeese—lo@l3>4c. H’ooZ— Domestic fleece, 45@66c. Peerea—[email protected]. Hoqe— Dressed, [email protected], Sheep— Live, $4.25 @6.25. Chicago.— Beeree— Choice, [email protected]; good, [email protected]; tnedinm, $4.25@5.<»; butchers! stock, [email protected]; stock cattle, [email protected]. Wops—Live, good to choice, 8"[email protected]. Sheep— Good to choice, «[email protected]. Butter— Choice yellow, 28@32c. Egqe— Fresh. 12@12‘4c. Pork— Mess, new, «[email protected]. Lard— [email protected]. Cheeee— New York Factory, 13@13>4c; Western Factory, 12%@13c. Ftour— While winter extra, 85.50@’7.50; spring extra. [email protected]. H'Aeat —Spring, No. 2, 92@93c. Corn— No. 2, 65@67c. Oats—No. 2, il@4l!4c. Pye—No. 2, 74@75c. Barley— No. 2, 91@92c. Hoot -Tub-washed, 45@53c; fleece, washed, 40@ 44c; fleece, unwashed, 27@33c; pulled, 37@39c. Lumbei— First clear, [email protected]; second clear, [email protected]; Common Boards, [email protected]; Fencing. [email protected]; “A” Shingles, [email protected]; Lath, 52X»@2.25. Cincinnati.— Flour— [email protected]. Wheat— sl .oo @1.03. Corn— 7O@73c. Pye-82@83c. Oa/e-43@ 48c. Barley— [email protected]. P0rk— [email protected]. Lard— l4@lsc. St. Loins.— Cattle— Fair to choice, [email protected]. Hoge—Live, [email protected]. Flour— XX Fall, S t.25@ 4.75. Wheat-So. 2 Red Fall, [email protected]>4. Corti— No. 2, 67U@68c. OaZe-No. 2. 43>/i@4sc. Bye—--90@93c. Barley [email protected]. Milwaukee.— Flour— Spring . XX, [email protected]. Wheat — Spring, No. 1. >[email protected]; No. 2. 91'4 @9s'4c. Com— No. 2, 67@67Hc. Oate— No. 2. 40@41c. Pye-No. 1, 82@«3c. Parley—No. 2, 90@91c. 4. Cleveland— li'AeaZ—No. 1 Red. 81.1101.12; No. 2 Red. [email protected]. Com-74@75c. Oate— No. 1, +4@4se- ' Detroit? Wheat— No. 1, |[email protected]. Corn — 7ti@73*4c. Oate-44@44%c. Toi.soo.— Wheat— Amber Mich., t1.09@l OBH; No. 2 red, fl [email protected]?. Com—Mixed, 70@70‘ z 4c. Oate— 43@4sc. Buffalo.— Beeree [email protected]. SAeep-Live, |4.40@4 75. East Liberty.— Cattle -s.Be«t, meaium i [email protected]. Poys-Yorkers. 5«.00@7-t»; Philadelphia. |8.25@8.». SAeep-Best,, 85.23@ 5.50; good, »[email protected]. —lt is estimated, taking as a basis the growth of the country, that in 1880 there Will be 100,000 miles of railroad in the Republic. We have already nearly 70,000 miles.

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Report of Plymouth Church Investigating Committee. Plymouth Church was densely packed on the evening of the 28th to listen to the report of the Beecher Investigating Committee, which was read, in substance as follows: In conducting the investigation the committee state that they had faithfully endeavored to make it thorough and impartial, and to obtain such facts as were relevant to the inquiry from all at tainable sources of evidence. For this purpose they requested the attendance of a large number of witnesses, most of whom had testified before the committee, one notable exception being Mr. Francis B. Carpenter. Mr. Moulton had promised to testify fully, but had failed to do so. He had submitted three short statements in writing to the committee, consisting chiefly of the reasons why he declined to testify at the call of the committee. In addition to the evidence of the persons who had testified, they had examined a number of letters and other documentary evidence which were supposed to relate to the subject matter of the inquiry. - The committee state that the offense as alleged by Mr. Tilton during some four years, and until recently, to numerous persons, in writing and otherwise, was an Improper suggestion or solicitation by Mr. Beecher to Mrs. Tilton, but as time passed and purposes matured this charge was enlarged to tfiat of adultery. The committee state that, after having given the evidence the most careful consideration, they find'therefrom that in 1861 Mr. Beecher became editor and Mr. Tilton assistant editor of the Independent, and during this relation were warm and intimate friends, Mr. Tilton urging Mr. Beecher to visit his house. A very friendly relation sprang up between the wife and family of Mr. Tilton and Mr. Beecher, continuing down to December, 1870. These friendly relations were understood and cordially approved of by Mr. Tilton. Some years before any open trouble appeared between Messrs. Beecher and Tilton, the latter’s doctrines as sot forth in the Independent, of which he had become editor, aroused so much indignation and opposition in the West as to lead to the starting of the Advance newspaper in Chicago. He (Tilton) had 'Conic to deny rhe inspiration of the Scriptures, and the divinity of Christ, and his social views had changed in the direction of frgo love, these religious and social changes on the part of her husband being sources of great grief and sorrow to Mrs. Tilton. Mrs. Tilton voluntarily sought her pastor for counsel and sympathy. and set forth iu strong terms the suffering her husband’s course was causing her. It appears that during these years Mrs. T. hadbeeonie strongly attached to Mr. Beecher, and in July, 1870, confessed to her husband an over-shadow-ing affection fur her pastor. On or about the 10th of December, 1870, Mrs. Tilton separated from her husband, going with her children to her mother’s house. .She sent lor Mr. Beecher, and made to him a statement of her sufferings, and the abuse which she had received at the hands of her husband, which greatly shocked Mr. Beecher. He asked and received permission to send to Mrs. Tilton his wife, whose judgment in such matters he considered better than his own. Subsequently he agreed in advising with his wife that it was desirable that Mrs. Tilton should separate from her husband. Mr. Tilton, however, subsequently forced his wife to return to his house hy sending for, and obtaining possession of, t heir youngest child, who was sick with'the cronp, during Mrs. Tilton's temporary absence from her mother’s house. The next day after her return, on the 24th, she suffered a miscarriage, which resulted in a serious illness, continuing until after the Ist of January, her physician being in daily attendance on her from the 24th to the 30th of December inclusive. Early in December, this year, owing to the marked change in Mr. Tilton's religious and social views, Mr. Bowen felt constrained to give him notice that his services as editor of the Independent would terminate at a day named in the notice. Subsequently to this notice, and on or about the 20th of December, Mr. Bowen entered into a contract w ith Mr. Tilton, by which he was to be the editor of the Brooklyn Daily Union and-chief contributor of the Independent for live years; but within a few days after making this contract Mr. Bowen received such information of Tilton’s immorality as alarmed him and led to an interview between himself, Tilton and Oliver Johnson, at the house of Mr. Bowen, <>n the 26th day of December, 1870. At this interview Mr. Tilton sought to retain hie place and Mr. Bowen's confidence by offering to join Bowen in an attack on Mr. Beecher. This interview resulted in the letter written and signed by Mr. Tilton demanding that Mr. Beecher leave Plymouth pulpit and Brooklyn. On reading this letter, which was delivered by Mr. Bowen, Mr. Beecher expressed his astonishment at the receipt of such a letter, and denounced the writer. Mr. Bowen then derided the letter, and gave him some account of the reasons why he had reduced Tilton from the edltorship of the Independent to the subordinate position of contributor, saying that Mr. Tilton’s religious and social views Were ruining the paper, and that he was now considering whether he could consistently retain him as editor of the Brooklyn Union, or chief contributor of the Independent. They conversed for some time, Mr. Bowen wishing Mr. Beecher’s opinion, which was freely given. Mr. Beecher said he did not see how Mr. Bowen could retain his relations with Mr. Tilton. Mr. Beecher spoke strongly of the threatening letter and-the revelation ±c had just had concorning Mr. Tilton's domestic allure. Mr. Bowen read the threatening letter and said he would stand by Mr. Beecher, and he told Mr. Tilton the next day of the conversation he had had with Mr. Beceher and of his (Bowen's) intention to stand by Mr. Beecher. Mr. Beecher, though he had no doubt that Tilton would have lostliis place, saw that Ins influence was decisive and anticipated Tilton's overthrow.

It now appears that on tne 29tn of December, 1870, Mr. Tilton having learned the advice Mr. Beecher gave Mr. Bowen, and which was likely to bring him face to face with loss of place and position, extorted from his wife, then lying ill of miscarriage, a document implicating Mr. Beecher —a document evincing her love for her pastorand accusing. him of having made an improper solicitation. Ou the following day he sent Moulton to Beecher, requesting an interview with Mr. Beecher at Mr. Moulton's house that evening. Mr. Beecher accordingly met Tilton at Moulton s house. Tilton received him with a memorandum in his hand and proceeded to charge Mr. Beecher with being unfriendly to' him, with seeking his downfall, spreading injurious rumors about hint, undermining him, and advising Bowen to dismiss him; injuring him in his family relations, joining his (Tiiton's) mother-in-law in producing discord in the house, advising a separation, alienating his wife’s affection from him, with gaining her love more than any living being, with corrupting her moral virtue, witli teaching her to be insincere, lying and hypocritical, and ending by charging that he had made wicked proposals to her. Tilton then produced a written paper purporting to be a -memorandum of a confession .made in July Srevious to him by his wife of her love for Mr. eecher, and that he had made proposals to her of an Impure nature. — - - The committee sav His clear that on the 29th day of December, when the so-called memorandum of confession was procured from Mrs. Tilton, the chief inciting cause of that step on Tilton's Cart, was his belief that Mr. Beecher ad caused him the loss of place, business and repute. Mr. Beecher 1 says this charge of Impure proposals fell upon him like a thunderbolt. At Mr. Tilton’s request Mr. Beecher repaired with him to his bouse, where Elizabeth was waiting for him, and learned from her lips the truth of the stories so far as they epneerned her. This interview resulted in a written retraction of the chargee by Mrs. Tilton, who. in a sort of a Sostscript to the retraction, denied explicitly that tr. Beecher had ever offered anv improper solicitations to her. The next evening Mr. Moulton called at Mr. Beecher’s house and expostulated with him for having obtained the retraction, saying ■it was an unfriendly act, and that Mrs. T. had already recanted the retraction, and that Mr. T. had destroyed his wife's first paper of confession. Mr. Monlton claimed that all difficulties could bo settled without such papers, and that Mr. Beecher ought to give-up the one he had. He (Mention) made no threats, but displayed a pistol and laid It on the bureau near which be stood. The paper was given up. Mr. Beecher saw the peril of being even falsely accused. While in a morbid state of mind produced by these distressing difficulties Moulton again called on him. and, though his manner was kind*and conciliatory, professed to believe that Mr. Beecher had been seeklngMr. Tilton's downfall; bad leagued with Mr. Bowen against him. Mr. Beecher expressed many regrets at the misfortunes of Mr: Tifton’s family, and Mr. Moulton caught up some of these expressions and wrote them down, saying that if Tilton could see them there would be no trouble in procuring a reconciliation. This paper, which is dated Jau. 1, 1871. was intrusted bv Mr. Blecher to Monlton s keeping without reading it, nor was it read to him. Thin paper. HOinetimeH railed •* the apology a'iid sometime* eonfeshfon**’ 1* in no proper sense Mr. BeCrher’s production or a correct report of what he said No man will believe, for instance, that Beecher said: "I humble mvself before him (Tilton) as I do before rov God. , Another sentence: “Her forgiveness I have " Mr. Beecher states it was not it, nor the semblance of it. - . » . • . The committee now proceed to show from the evidence before them that the,original charge -was improper advances, aud that as time passed

and the conspiracy deepened it was enlarged into adultery. Tne statement that the charge in the first instance was adultery, and that Mrs. Tilton's original confession was to that effect, is denied by Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton. The statement that Mr. Beecher confessed the fact of adultery is also denied, and such alleged confession is inconsistent with Mrs. Tilton’s written retraction given to Mr. Beecher. If ■ Mr. Beecher had already confessed to the charge of adultery, what service could the retraction do him, and why procure one at all ? The retraction procured referred to improper advances and' nothing else. Is it likely, if the main offense had been charged, Mr. Beecher would have been satisfied with anything .short of a retraction of that? The committee say further on this point that Mr. Tilton In the last four years has many times said, verbally and in writing, that the charge was the lesser offense. This is important under the rule that where a complainant has made different and inconsistent statements of an offense which he alleges, his credibility is damaged, and in. most cases destroyed. -In a manuscript prepared by Mr. Tilton, which he called the “true story,” and which he was in the habit of reading to newspaper men, personal friends, and to others, without, it would seem, much discrimination,' considering how anxious he professed himself to be not to make known his secret, the ofl'ense was stated to be improper advances. The further fact that Tilton treated the matter during four years as an ofl’ense which could be properly apologized for and forgiven is wholly inconsistent with the charge in its present form. Mr. Tilton, in his written statement, complains that Mr. Beecher abused his (Tilton’s) forgiveness. It is believed that no case of adultery on record can be produced where an injured husband, upon learning of his wife’s infidelity, kept the fact to himself for six months and then, after private complaint to the offending party, received and accepted an apology for the offense and declared it forgiven, and this followed by a restoration of courtesies and of friendship. That the so-called apology was not for the main offense of adultery the committee say Tilton clearlv proves in his cross-examination when he states that the day after the apology was procured, when he met Mr. Beecher at Mr. Moulton’s room, he (Beecher) “burst out in an expression of great sorrow to inc and said he hoped the communication which he had sent me by Mr. Moulton was satisfactory to me. He then and there told Mr. Moulton he had done wrong, hut not so much as some others had—referring to his wife, who had made statements to Mr. Bowen that ought to be unmade—and he there volunteered to write a letter to Mr, Bowen correcting the facts which he had misstated.” Here, say the committee, is clear light as fit what the apology docs not refer to. It disposes of the apology forever as a paper referring to adultery. It refers to nothing of the-kind. If the wrong done to which Mr. Beecher refers was adultery, how could these words be usedin reference to it: “He had done wrong, not so much as some others ?” Those words and the apology are susceptible of but one construction—they refer, as Mr, Beecher says, to his deep regret for statements which he and his wife Jiad, under certain information, a few days before made to Mr. Bowen which led him toexecute a purpose already entertained of removing Tilton from the Brooklyn Union and the Independent. It appears also that the next day Mr. Beceher did write a letter to Mr. Bowen, which Tilton says he volunteered to write, and which is referred to in Tilton’s business troubles with Bowen. NextconsiderMoulton’s course with a view of still further testing what was iu his mind, as well as in Tilton’s, as to the character of the ofl'ense. If Monlton understood the charge to be adultery, then he is enti--tled to the credit of invention or discovery that this crime could be flic subject of an apology and a ready forgiveness or conciliation on the part of the offender. and the injured husband. That Monlton did not believe or understand that the offense was adultery is shown by the same class of evidence that has been stated in reference to Tilton. In reply to Mr. Beecher's letter of June 1, 1873. in which he says his mind was clear, and that he should write for the public a statement that woftld bear the light ot the judgment day, Mr. Moulton firstovrotethese words: “If the truth must be spoken, let it be. I know you can stand if the whole case was published to-morrow.” Apparently fearing this might rather tend to determine Mr. Beecher to publish the whole case than otherwise, he crossed out these and other lines with a pencil and commenced anew. In this new effort on the same paper these words occur: “ You can stand if the whole case were published to-morrow.” The committee say Moulton was right in this statement, and that the pity is that Mr. Beecher did not publish such statement at once. The committee here state their conclusion that, in view of the facts and circumstances before them, the original charge of impure advances was false, though it had been dropped by the accttsers,and adultery had been substituted as an afterthought. The committee brand this performance as a fraud that ougiit to end all controversy as to the innocence of Mr. Beecher. Mr. Beecher believed that for reasons of malice and revenge Mr. Tilton was preparing to make a deadly assault upon him, and it was his supreme duty to prevent it by all possible honorable means. Moulton professed to deprecate Tilton's purpose, and declared if Mr. Beecher would trust him he could and would prevent it, and so now began a scries of letters and steps, under the direction and advice of the diplomatic and mutual friend, having for their object, as Mr. Beecher believc'd, the suppression or the scandal and the restoration in some measure, if practicable, of Tilton to aposUiwi? bf employment.

Speaking of Mr. Beecher's letters thq,coinmlttee say much has becq, Kfcl. and not without some justieei of their extraordinary words and tenor, but in interpA-ting th’e tetters it must be remembered that Mr. Bcecbet. under the excitement of deep feeling, uses strong words and emotional expressions, and that, in this sore trouble, he was dealing with Mr. Tilton, who had shown himself at times flcklb, malicious, revengeful and mercenary. In the light of these facts there is not a tetter from Mr. Beecher nor an act of his, however ilhjudged, through these four years of anxiety and grief that cannot be accounted for upon the plain theory that he was fighting to suppress an outrageous scandal, which consisted of a false accusation against him, made by a reputable woman; and further, that he was endeavoring to help a man whom he felt he had unduly injured in business matters npou representations which he was made to believe, chiefly by Moulton, were not well founded. The committee 'here alluded, to r the fact that Mrs. Tilton, as her domestic troubles came on, began to look more Ilian ever to her pastor for sympathy and advice, and consider it not unlikely that her feelings toward Mr. Beecher became so strong as to diminish the proper influence that belongs to every good husband. The commljjee express regret at two errors frito which it is apparent Mr. Beecher fell. They feel that in his threatened troubles the pastor should have sought counsel from Christiap men of his own brotherhood rather than rely upon the counsel of a man of whom be knew so little, and whose character, as the sequel proved, he so sadly misjudged. They, .also think that in view of the surrounding circumstances, Mr. Beecher erred in not guarding so closely his relations with the family of Mr. Tilton that there could be no possibility for fear in his own mind even of an undue affection by Mrs. Tilton for him through any heedless friendship or agency of his. The committee allude to Mr. Tiltop’s statement before them that bls home was one of unusual harmony, and say that on his cross-examination it clearly appears that It ■ was anything but a happy or harmonious home. They then cite Mrs. Tilton's evidence on this point, and say her account of the domestic misery in the Tilton family is corroborated by the testimony of several witnesses. and very fully by Miss Elizabeth A. Turner. who is now twenty : three years of age and was an inmate of the family eight years. The committee then ask: Will innocent men, and especially clergymen, fight as for their lives to suppress an injurious scandal, even though it be born of extortion, falsehood and revenge? This question had been too often answered by historv in the aftirtnatiye. It was easy to wonder that Mr. Beecher should trust such men as ’niton and Moulton, now that their characters are . known, and the committee felt like visiting the severest censure upon Mr. Beecher for imperiling the pracious Interests confided tohlm through the confidence reposed In them. The charge made by the accuser la easily pre ferrod and not easily disproved. Itts not enough for the accuser Jo say: "I make this charge: now let It be disproved or’be taken as confessed.” All tribunals have required, in determining the truth or falsitv of such charges, such proof of factsand circumetauces as point unmistakably to the guilt of the accused as are not consistent with any theory of innocence. The committee then ' cite “ Greenleaf on Evidence” to substantiate the proposition, and then go on to sav that there is nothing whatever disclosed by the evidence that proves that the ac‘cused parties have ever been found together under suspicious circumstances, such as in some unusual house or place, or consulting together In some secret way, to avoid exposure and observation. There was no proof (if Caerexpoudencc. Mr. Boocher's wife testified that she openon. arranged and read all letters that came to her husband, except those that came to the ('hristlan Union office and the church, and those were opened by others, and hence cone hide that the usual facts and circumstances- indicative or wrong-doing are utterly wauling in this case. The case then rests upon mere words and assertions .supported bv no circumstances ,w hatever that are the usual indications of adultery. . - Tilton savs he knows the tact from his wife's _ confession and from her subsequent confession to Moulton and htr mother, jfiut Mrs. Tilton s*X», this confession 0 whs extorted from her hy_.an.tin* perions. maljcious Im'ebanjl. and by. fraudulenX

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means, the pretense being that she must say something in order to extricate him from his business perplexities. She was made to believe that there was some conspiracy hatching against her husband. The fact that she withdrew the charge when Mr. Beecher first confronted her, on the evening of Dec. 30, together with the further fact that she has ever since denied the truth of the charge when free from the dominating influence of her husband, was referred to and specially commented upon by the committee. The source of the scandal was the alleged words of Mrs. Tilton, which she explains in such a manner as to deprive the allegation of all force and credit. Then comes Mr. Beecher, who solemnly declares that whatever words, by w hatever means, had been drawn from Mrs. Tilton by her husband, he is innocent of any and all impropriety toward her, w hether relating to improper advances or adultery. The committee did not propose to defend the course of Mrs. Tilton. On any theory of human responsibility it was indefensible. The testimony showed that, under the influence of a designing husband,when in a condition of mental aberration, she had at least made charges of improper advances by Mr. Beecher, but when her attention had been called to the great wroji# she had done she quickly retracted them in sorrow and penitence. Eminent physicians appearing before the committee had testified that such conduct on the part of Mrs. Tilton, being subjected to the influence referred to, was not inconsistent with an honest mind. As illustrative of this latter proposition the committee refer to.the letter published by Mr. Moulton, purporting to have been written by Mrs. Tilton, in which she says she is a perfect coward in Tilton's presence, and that “it is a physical impossibility to tell the truth;" and also to a subsequent letter in which she says: “With all my womans soul 1 am innocent of tjje crime <rf impure conduct alleged against me. In the statement, also, which was prepared under the direction of Mr. Tilton and Mr. Carpenter, and taken to Dr. Storrs in 1872, Mrs. Tilton shows that she was made to believe that a conspiracy had been formed against her husband. Subsequently, in a letter, she is found asking the for giveness of Mr. Beecher for the sufferings she had caused him. The committee had heard much from Tilton of confessions made by his wife to him, but they were obliged to receive his statements on this point without corroboration. On one occasion, according to the testimony of Miss Turner, she told her husband that it was a lie ttiHi she had confessed to him her intimacy with Mr. Beecher. This witness was the same persofiT who, it was said by Tilton and Moulton, was sent to a boarding-school to get rid of~her, because she had heard Tilton make charges against her. Miss Turner and Mrs. Tilton both agree in saying that it was Tilton’s plan to have her go away, because she had stated to her friends that Tilton had twice attempted intimate relations with her during the absence of Mrs. Tilton in the country. Tilton was fast losing place and position because of his social views and practices, and feared the publicity of this girl’s statement. The sum of $2,000 was invested to pay her expenses while at school, bnt the committee say the absurdity of supposing that Mr. Beecher would invest that sum to get persons to leave town, to whom Mr. Tilton had been peddling his scandal, was transparent. Persons to whom Tilton had talked in some form of the scandal were too numerous to Justify an investment of $2,000 on each of them by anybody whose wealth could not be counted by millions, just as Miss Turner was leaving for school Mr. Tilton procured from her, with the aid of his wife, a letter denying the reports of Improper liberties. Here Mr. Tilton shone conspicuously as a manufacturer of evidence. Mr. Tilton, when before the committee, when reference was made to the “ Griffith Gaunt’’ letter, seemed to think that the offense of Griffith Gaunt was adultery, and accordingly relied upon the letter as incontrovertible evidence of his charge. In this he was mistaken. It was a principle of common law that a married woman cannot commit or be held to commit a crime perpetrated in the presence of her husband, and this upon the idea that the presence and influence amount to duress, and that she is, therefore, not responsible, w het her or not it was necessary to invoke this rule of law to excuse Mrs. Tilton, it could be seen in what Mr. Tilton was able to extort from her without her volition or real assent something of the reasons which moved the early expounder of the English common law to assert the doctrine referred to. The committee having reviewed the evidence, proceed to contrast the characters of Mr. Tilton and Mr. Beecher. In respeCt tcr (he former, the committee ask: Who is this accuser that he makes so bold a facet He had lately become a very different man from what he was formerly reported to be. Signs of degeneracy have set in which make him a discredited man in the community. After his espousal of the pew marital philosophy his downfall was rapid and complete. In sketching his career an able writer says: “In process of time he comes before the world as the. indorser of Victoria C. Woodhull, and lends his name to a biography of her which have sunk any man's reputation anywhere for common sense. Such a book is a tomb from which no author rises again." Such is the accuser.

The accnoed is Henrv Ward Beecher, the pastor of Plymouth Church, who has been a clergyman .with‘harness on for forty years. He has been living tn the clear light of noonday, before his people and ail men, a life of great Christian usefulness and incessant work. 'Those who have been most intimate with him, at home and abroad, report nothing of his life or conversation but. what comes of parity of soul. We are asked by Tilton and Moulton to believe that Mr. Beecher, with ills long and useful life and liigh character to sustain him; de unworthy of confidence, regard or respect. Christian character and great services, which are usually considered a tower of atrength and defense, when one is availed. are to go for naught, according to Mr. Tilton. We are invited to give np this man and send him and his good name and family to the vortex of moral destruction. We are to do this upon what? Upon some wild, abHurd and contradictory assertions of Mr. Tilton, who in all th Ik work does not succeed in disguising his malicious and revengeful designs. No tribunal administering justice ever held a charge Of adultery proved by mere alleged words, written or spoken, that are denied and not connected with circumstances and appearances pointing unmistakably to the guilt of the accused. Upon a review of all the evidence relied on by the accuser the committee conclude that he utterly fails to sustain Uie charges made, aud make the following statement of conclusions: 1. We find from tlie evidence that Rev. Henry Ward Beecher did not commit adultery with Mrs. Elizabeth R. Til ton,'cither at, the time or limes, or at the place or places, set forth in the third and fourth subdivislcms of Mr. Tilton's statement. nor at any other time or place whatever. 2. We find from the evidence that Mr. Beecher has never committed any unchaste or improper , act with Mrs. Tilton, nor made anv unchaste or improper remark, proffer, or solicitation to her, of any kind or description whatever. 3. If this were a ouestion of error of judgment on the part of Mr. Beecher, it would be easy to criticise, especially in the light of recent events. In such criticism, even in the extent of regret and censure, we are sure no man would join more sincerely than Mr. Beecher himself, * 4. We find nothing whatever in the evidence that should impair, the perfect-<mnM<ai£fioL Plymouth Church or the world in the Christian character and integrity of Henry Ward Beecher. And now let the peace of God, that passeth all understanding, rest and abide with Plymouth Church and its beloved and eminent pastor, so much and so long afflicted. Henry W. Sack, AcevsTL’S STonua, HeXKY M- CLEVELAND, Hoback B. Claflin, John Winslow, * 8. V. White, Committee of Investigation. Brooklyn, Aug. 27,1874. SUBSEQUENT CHLRCII rBOCBEDIXOS. q The foregoing report upon being read was accepted with shouts of acclamation. The following resolutions were then offered: “ llesolved, That the evidence laid before the Examining Committee hot only does not afford any foundation for putting the pastor of. this church. Rev. Henrv Ward Beecher, upon trial, bnt. onthe contrary, establishes to the perfect satisfaction of this church his entire innocence and absolute personal parity with respect to all charge, now or hereafter made against bun by Theodore Til,O''That our Confidence and love for otif pastor, so far from being diminished, are heightened and deepened by the unmerited sufferings which he baa so long borne, and that we welcome him, with a'svmpathy more tender and a trust more unbounded than we ever felt Before, to W» public labors among us, to our church, our famiiies.pur houwa and our hearts." At this juncture Mr. Moulton entered the church, pulled out his note-book and pencil and S repared to take notes of the proceedings. Adresses were made bv several gentlemen, among others Mr. Rossiter W. Kaymofid, who recapitulated some portions of the evidence, and in referring to Moulton's part in the affair said: "Mr. Francis D. Moulton has tried to poison the minds iff men against Mr. Beecher." This seemed to raise Mr. Moulton's ire, aud, standing erect, he glared at the speaker and exclaimed twice, tn a loud voice: "You're'a liar, sir I you're a liar, sir!" Instantly all was confusion. Men and women rose to- their feet, the latter mounting on seats and joining iu the cry, with a hearty good will, * of -Put him out!” - Shame, .ir,' etc., mingled •.with loud and'prolonged hissitiz. in the midst of ' which Mr. Hallfdav came forward, and, making himself heard, above the din. partially restored

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order, saying: “ Gentlemen, let him sit still and heartbetruth.” But Moulton still remained on his feet, saying; “I dare you .to put me ont.” A couple of police officcnjfpiit in an appearance behind Mr. Moulton, and he resumed his seat. Order being partially restored, Mr. Baymond continued: ‘•Well, now I want to say something to you about blackmailing.” [Cries of "Yes, go forthe blackmailer."! He claimed that Mr. Tilton did not know where the money came from, but it was evident that Mr. Moulton paid him money out of his pocket. Was it upon his insinuations, garbled language and letters? Was it upon this, he wanted to know, they were to wait and doubt? With regard to the pistol, it was not pretended by Mr. Beecher or advanced by Mr. Moulton that, under the influence of the pistol, he was hurried or intimidated into any action. The story of the pistol was just this : It went to show the character of a man who went to call upon a minister with his pistol. He concluded his address by stating that, come what might, they would all standby tbe man who stood up so nobly for them. The Chairman then put the question on receiving the report of the committee and adopting the resolutions offered. On motion, it was passed by a standing vote, with the waving of hats and handkerchiefs when the ayes were called for; but when the noes were railed Frank Moulton only arose, and was greeted with a perfect storm of hisses, aud another uproar succeeded, bnt was calmed in a slight degree when Mr. Gilbert arose and offered resolutions tendering thanks to the members of the committee for the faithful and impartial manner in which they had performed their duties, and also to the counsel of the committee for their valuable services. Thia was also adopted. " A motion was made to adjourn, bnt Mr. Halliday announced that the proceedings would terminate with the singing of the doxology. Mr. Moulton here arose from his seat and pushed his way toward the door through the surging crowd which blocked the passage. During his route he was hustled on every side, and when he reached the hallway many hands were outstretched as if to wreak vengeance upon him; bnt the crowd was kept off ny police officers who hurried him down the alleyway to where a carriage was in waiting, into which he was pushed rather than helped, and, with a police officer standing on each steti of the vehicle, it was drawn rapidly away. The audience then quietly dispersed.

CURRENT ITEMS.

What sublime courage was that displayed by the Nevada woman, who, when the stealthy savage approached her, just pulled off her hair and gave it to him! A Kentucky exchange says: “ With the beginning of the year we will reduce pur business to a cash basis. Cordwood and potatoes taken for subscriptions.” The first piece of artillery was invented by a German, soon after the invention of gunpowder, and was first used by the Moors at Algeziras, in Spain, in the siege 1341. When a horse reaches ten or twelve years of age don’t kill him because he is getting too old. Goldsmith Maid is over seventeen, and is showing considerable activity yet. The Detroit Free Preen anxiously remarks: “Of course, one can more or less contemplate a common rolling-pin, but when they send a cargo into this State with lend run into the ends what is to become of personal liberty?” The Milwaukee Sentinel has the following statement: “The grasshoppers on their way south stopped a railroad train and got copies of the St. Paul papers. When they read that only a small portion of the "crops had been destroyed they started back to finish up the job.” A movement is being made to introduce the prairie-chicken into various waste tracts in Europe and America, and with every prospect _oLsuccess. It is stated that, a few years ago, several pairs were transferred to a district of Maryland, and that, in consequence of proper protection, the progeny already amounts to several thousands.

A Distinguished gentleman, whose nose and chin were both very long, and who had lost his teeth, whereby the nose and chin were brought very near togethr er, was told: “ I am afraid your nose and chin will fight ere long; they approach one another very menacingly.” “I am afraid of it myself,” replied the gentleman, “for a great many words have passed between them already.” A bequest of $150,000, intended by Dr. E. R. Johnson, who died in New Bedford two years ago, to establish a charitable institution for colored jicople in that city, has failed in its purpose from a singular fact. The will, written by the Doctor himself, provided that the above bequest should be available on condition that his daughter should leave no “heirs.” He probably meant, on condition that she left no issue. Although the daughter died without children, her mother was her legal “heir,”.and the bulk of the property now goes to the latter’s relations. The finest specimen of silver ore ever produced in Colorado is now being carefully detached from its position in one of the Caribou mines. It is eight feet long, four feet wide, and fifteen inches ,in thickness; its weight is estimated at four tons at least, and it is covered with nuggets and scales of pure native silver, some of which, -as an eye-witness observes, are large enough sot door-plates. The proprietors intend to exhibit their specimen at the coming Territorial fairs, after which they, will ship it to New York, where it will • remain until.lß76, when it will be taken to Philadelphia, to be bn exhibition at the celebration of the centennial.— Denier Tribune-. While W. Reeder and other gentlemen were fishing in Green River, Ky., recently, they were thrown into the utmost consternation by ® appearance of a dreadful monster, in the shape of a fish, moving slowly up the river, its hack fins protruding some six feet out of the water. Mustering up courage, Mr. R. and his friends got in a skill and pulled out near the monster, and when within a. hundred feet of it the creature sank. They moved forward to see if it could be observed beneath the surface, as the water was'very clear. In a few moments it arose within forty feet of them and they could see its full gigantic form, which was about fifteen feet long and three feet in diameter at the middle, with large fins on its back and side, six or seven feet long; its head was fully one-third of its entire length; one prong of its tail was about four feet wide and six feet long.—'■ LouitrnUe Commercial. Two years ago, Joel H. Mansfield, of San Francisco. Cal., having become enamored of Miss Mary Hein, and having failed to impress? that young lady as favorably as he desired, met her on the street one afternoon and blazed away at her with a pistol. She was with another young man at the time. Mansfield fired three times at her. Two of the shots took effect, and for some time Miss Hein's life was-in danger. Mansfield was tried two or three times for the assault, but each time the jury disagreed, and finally, the patience of the prosecuting oflicers being exhausted, a nolle prosequi was entered. The sequel to this romantic affair is that a few. days ago the County Clerk issued a marriage license * to Mr. Mansfield and Miss Hein, and during the week they were made one: flesh. ‘No place in the world can beat California tor romance. , ,