Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 30, 1874, Page 2

2 ~ BEECHER---TILTON. A Drooklyn Paper’s Deseription -of tho Alleged ¢ Offense” The ~ Triparlite Agreement Between Boccher, Tilton, and Bowen. Oards Published by Beecher a Year Ago. More Comments of the Press. 'The Okfonnce ? From the rookiyn Lanle, Now it only remaina to tall briotly what is that offense which Mz 'tilton will *ncithor chinrac- torizo nor nume.” 1t wna rocltod at large ia tho atatomont which Alr, Tilton mado to a handful of friohds, nud, a8 we boliove, compotontly procured IUIUCLCH Uy WIS W miie Lt S s e o cuives fiprovslons snddenty, to tho ostont of ropeatin #hem, guardedly, however, and within Minitatiots, au not for the purpose of Jujuring Ui, but siriely tn tho cnnflJcm:B of consultution, now feel that thercln T did him wrong; thercfore, I disavow all thu charges aud hmputations that huvo been attributed to me o8 haying been by me wada agaiuat Henry Ward Beecher, 1 declare, fully nud witbout reecrve, that T kuow nothing which should prevent mo from extend« ing bim my most cordial friendslilp, contldeuce, and Clivlstiau tollowship, aud I @x})mluly withdraw all tho charges, {mputatious, oud junuendoes imputed o8 baving been uttered by monnd sot forlh fu o letler written to mo by Theodoro Tilton, on the 1st day of Junuury, 1871 (& capy of which letter is hercunto” au- nexed), nud 1 siucerely regrot huving made nuy {impu. tatiuns, charges, or sunucudoes uufavorabld to thoe Chrlstiuu character of Mr, Boocher; and I covenant and promiso that for all futurs time I will nuever by ward or deed recur to, repeat, or alludo to any or eltlier of suld charges, im_atations, or funuendoes, Secona~And I, Theodore Cllton, do with my frea will end Iriendly spirit toward enry G, Bowen and Honr, Wurd Beeelier, beyoby covensut and ugree that X wil never ugum ropeat, by word -of mouth or otharwlse, any of tho allegations, or dmputatious, or Junuendocs coittnined i lotter' hereunto annoxed, or aby other injurious fmpittations or allegationy suggeuted by or fimwlm( out of these, and thut I will never agnin rhig up or hint al uny causy or diffcrence or ground of complajut beretofors existing botween wald 1L, 0. Bowen and myself, or the suid 11, W. Beechier, Phird—1, lenry Ward Beecher, put tho past for- over out of sight aud wmenwry, Idveply tegret the causcs for suspicion, jealotiby, aud cstrangument which Lavo como botween wi, 1tfan joy tomo to havo my old regard for Jenry O, Bowen sud Theodoro ‘Tiitun Festored, und o hapy incsy to mo to resume tho aid relations of love, renpect, aud rellinco to ench and Dot of them, 17 1 havo aufd_snything injurfous to the reputation of clther, or have detructed from thelr stanciing and fume n8 Olirlstian gontlemen and mom- bers of my churels, 1 revoke it all sud heartlly cove~ naut to repulr sud relostato them 1o the extent of my power, . G, Bowex, ‘Turovonk TiLToN, 1, W, Brrouen, Drooreyy, Aprii 3, 1872, 1f Me. Bowen had aseorted, as reported, that o bad nover disnvowed his chovgos against dic, Beeclier, that publication of the covenant was sutiicient to fix bis repatation for veraoity, for no more complote atd oxplicit recuntation” could have been mado by any livingman. While it cortuinly siloncod Bowen's tongic, it iad the of- fuct of fookening othors, and Ttlton was made to suiTor so un\'crnfy that Becchor himself, ou the 4d of Juno of Inst year, sent tho followlng card to tho Brooklyn Eagle's Deaw 8ia 1 1 have maintalued silence respecting the slanders which Juve for some time past followed me, T should not kpeak now hut for tho uake of rolfoving snother of unjust Imputation, The document which s recently published, boaring my namo with others, wus publislicd without cousnitatinn elther with mo or with Mr, Tllton, nor with nn‘y authorization from us, 11 thut documiciit ahould lead tho publio to regard Mr. “Lilton s the nuthior of tho ealuminies to which ho ule Tudcw, it will do Lim grout injustico, 1 am unwitling Lt e should oven scem to hé reaponslblo for injurious siaenicuts whows forco wus derlved wholly from olbiers, TLENRY WAUD BEECHER, As Bowen was silencod aud Tilton oxoulpated a3 culummator by the publieation of tho cov- eunant and eard, thero was retura to the dis- cussion of the Woodhull disclosure, and thero was s genorul domund from thoso who admured end revered thoe pustor of Plymouth that ho should depart from his doterwination to pro- gerve sllonce touching the scaudnl, and ‘sny eomcthing that would put n quiotus to tho dig- reputnblo gossip with which the lund waa flled. Thiy o finully consonted to do, snd o the S0th of tho sumo month ho sont the folowiug Lo tho Drooklyn papers, and it wny telegruphed to the proxs of tho country, 1t was roceived with lively sntisfuction by all but the wmalevolently lyporod 3 or of the Tiraokiyn Fayle: v 1o oy Drockiyi it haa paely Bajipenod that the Zagle or myeelf havo boen in ao~ cord ot qucations of comumon “couceru to our fulluw- civizen, T un for this reason impelled to ackowledge tho unsolieited contidonco und regard of which thio columns of tho Eagle of Iate boar testimony, I huve st roturned (o tho city, and learn thut application n4 oun 1o to Mrw, Viciorka Woodhuli for letiers of autio, nuppotiod 10 contain informution Tespoctivg cer= tain infamons storjes sgaiust me, 1 tinve uo objection 10 ayn the Fuphs state, i uny wiy it dosms dt, that Mie, Wou Wiy OF any olher Person or |enous who 2045 tiuyo testora of mino i thelr possesslon, huve my cordinl wnnan“.n}mhlllh them, In this conneotion, oud ot thiin time, T wilt only Add that fhe sfories and rimora ichich for some time past have becn cireitlated abohit e ure prossiy untruo; and I stvmy them, in g‘em‘.m( amd in partleular, ar utterly fulee, Respocl. ully, Hekny Wanp Brioagn, The expliclt at A emphntia denunciation of tha timors and stowes in circulation ns uttorly falda ln gonoral aud particular was all that tha frionds of Mr, Boocher domandod of him, And thero the wholo unsavory mass of scandal would bayo drapped out of alght sud boyond smoll, hiad not & fow zonlona orsons folt it 'a nolamn duty thoy owed the Chutch to jusist upon s point of dinolpline, and to eall a Congrogationnl counail to datormine it ‘I'nis proved unaatisfaotory, and the Rov. TLeonard Baoon, tho grent light of Now Evgland Cougrogntionaliam, eat to work with his prollitic pen to demolisl Tilton, whom ho manifestly thought to bo an noregonerato son of Adsm, aua & very malovolent and mischiovous ous at that, And o tho wholo moys of soandal contos to tho surfaco agnin, thus timo with o nioro sine 1ntor aspeot than evor, £ All along sho pross lina abstained from glving any prowminonco to tho soandal, Boarooly » ro: sponsible nowapaper alinded to the Woodlull disclosure, and thon only to disoredit and con- domn it 1n omphatic Janguaga, Buch doons ments a8 appeared, from timo to timo, tolograph- ienlly, in connootion with tho business, wore dis- missed with s word of _A'ornrqx:gg: ;rho pross of 5 OF ot iy e ‘Wora tiia loudest denouncors of that unforiunato goutloman, and tho most ardont dofeuders of the 1aluo priost. From the Toledo Blade, Tha goneral soutimont of the pross I that Mr. Boacher cannot afford to treat ‘(ilton’s charges with mlent contompt—that homus: meot and mlu[lu tho accusations, or sufler eovorely iu rop- wtation. From the Fart Wayne (fnd.) Guzette, ‘Wo hope that Tilton's sensitive nature has only magmilied ome trivial broach of sociul etiquotte, m\& that his langnage doed not veil an immoral act, T'he fall of Boecher would not aaly be damaging to tho Congrogational saot, but to tho whole sisterhood ot Christian churches. It would wark a wide-snraad demoralization, aad the dovil’s stock would goup. Tho Congrogas tiopal Church should insist upon both Beecher and Tilin tolilug all they kuow of this biack business, and rid tho Church and the scandal- movgers of susponso, That Church owos it to its own houor to do so. From the Iuffaio Express, If Mr, Boceher it tho wolf in sheop's clothing that Tilton would have us Lolieve bim to be, and ho has tho fuets to prove him to be ko, ho ought to stato them frooly and frankiv, iustend of slntking bohind columns of uncertain insinua~ tions. _ In failing to pursue an opon, honorablo courso, Mr. Tilton only increases the lond of con- tempt undor whiok lio bas boen smothering for & fow yours past, Noverthaloss, wo rogrot that r, Boechor persoverca in s dotermination not to * brealt tho silonce be hias hitherto observed,” Tt will bo hard to roconcile this courss with n belief in Lis entire innoconce in the public mind. Yrom tha Waskington Chronicle, ‘Wo havo no doubt dr, Beacher aud Mr, Tilton aro both guilty, and the soouer the partioulurs are given, and all that eithor of those gentlomen kuow ls known by overybouy, tho sooner will this flhgnuml contost rotiro from before the pub- 0. From the Kunsaa Cily Times, Wa submit that, i€ it is ugu(’uut ool morals fo namo this wrong and desoribo It ng it way, it is sgalnst good morals to keop it constantly bofora the publle in such awo-smothored whisperings that overybody shudders in auticipation of the houriblo revelation which must some day come out, And yet whou it comes ont it may amount to nothing, Beechor moy have luadvertoutly appropristed & manuscript sormon lent him by ‘Ciiton, or may havo chonted th lattor in & gama of cmlluun or cribbago, or something of that sort, 1f tho romantio and gushing Theodores of tho smbrosfal locks could ouly bo Mduced to o~ Mver his tidings like o man of this world, o great many peoplo would bo eruclly disnppolated, From ths Omaha Republiean, Tt the chargos aro true, what n comment are they on poor human nature, o weak, so frafl, #o prone to orr, und whatn load the grout man must havo carrfed with him In his daily wotrk and public and private Hle—mors torriblo than tho flery charactor thas Iinwthorne makos his vietim wear in his Heavlet Lotter that burned iu deop to the flosh, with its uncensing, torribie burnings, ‘fhe will thut oould carry him through must have beon unconquorable in s powor und determination. From the hmlmm{mlll Netea, Doocher may Luve sinnod, but if he has, his grontost sin has boon in tho stendfust concea!- wment of his guilt,' Ila may have siuned, but it hio hos, it by no moans follows thut his uscful- noss {8 at an end. Mo has (mrlluYn muny Kuum of lifo betore him in whioh Jt will be possible to live in & way that will conltrm tho truth of his lifo-lung touchings, Duta courso of hypoorisy and deceit will not do ft, and, in the prosent Junoturo, silenco looks like bach; From the Salt Lake Herald, It the Rev, Houry was befors bespatterod with slimo, ho Is now besmeared with corrup- tlony. bo hns gortalnly beon guilly of somo vory m\ug}:t)’ aotions. Poor Bogoker! Injured Tilkon I Triumphant Woodhuill Lrom the Richmonil (Va.) "'A/r{‘ fo_plonds tho dograded, hypooritical Honry Ward Boecbor to protest his diabollsm from exposute, 1o oven wishea ho wore dead;” and woll e might, sinco lio professos to bollevo that thoro will be universal snh'nt(uus a0, évon for such — dosorving scoundrols na tobo, . . . for tho morality of acity tint worships ne a domi-god and w lenchor of morals au adultoror and soducor of tho funocont lawbs of Ins fold, From the Uttea (N, ¥.) Observer., Alrandy the hot-headed advocntos of Doechar aro donouncing ‘Liiton with ndiscimihate wonl, Wo cannot join in thls crusndo against him, Thivk what o has saffored! Four yours ngo ho wns the editor of the Independent, tho most intiuentinl_religious wookly in tho world, and was also oditor of tho Brooklyn Union—a strovg and successful vpolitical deily, Honors wero heaped upon him, and in tho ortly suininer of his manhood tho promiso of tho harvest was glorions, But the blighting frosb of this ong seandal, which involved Tilton's namo, killed all tho blossoms In the garden of his lifo und loft bim o vory Job among mon ; beroft of lis os- tates, shorn of his lionors, coverod with tho sores of slandor, robed in the garments of disgraco, Iy callm'lnl trusts were ravoled. Mou who had knowa Lim and respected Lim turned awny from_ him aod left bim. Ouly a coarso and vulgar curosity led any one to look upon lis facd, o printed A pnrer which found fow renders, alboit it was ably conducted, Ho was charged ' with stabbing agood mnu's roputation, and tho ourse of Cain wag 1ald upon him, ‘Ihe Ernuhu lio tiliod yleld- ed not henceforth to him bor streugth, In tho menntime, how fared it with tho othor party to the seandal? It fa tho boast of Plym- outli Church- that ils seats ronted for moro .| monoy this year than evor bofore. ¥nlo Colloge flung wida tho doors of 18 Thcological Bchool o 3Mr. Bovohor, commendiug bim to hor divinity studonts a8 tho best living exponout of the moraly and othics of their chosen ecalling, 1o made a leoturing tour to the West, and whoro tho prico of admission was flxed at &1 the nudionco was limited only by tho capacity of the hall, ~ Plymoush Church grow too small {o accommodats tho crowds wlsich thronged it Money was wauted for o now church, and tho mondy was raisod in o day without an offort. lr. Beoclior nccopted tho oditorship of o weokly paper, and the paper im= mediately acqulred o ciroulation uuprecedentod in tho listory of religlous journalism. Dr. Bncon, ealled as Modorator of a Gouncll con- vonod to criticlso Plymouth Churoly, could not withbold, In his subsoquont commonts on tha proceedings, n glowing eulogy upon tho charactor of Mr. Bocehor. Ho magniticd Beogher's mag- nanimity, whilo Jikening ‘tilton to a dog. It np- pears thon that Becohor's fame fattoned on Tils ton's disgrace, Who thon sball blame this mau for breaking s long, pninful, sclf-imposcd silenco? Who sball criticiaa him, whon in ono mlgutioflorb to froe himsolf from false acciso- tions, ho ifts up histwo arms ngainst the middle pillars of the tomple aud burios all tho Philistines of Plymouth in the great grave ol his own misery ? % From the Erie (Pa.) Dispatch, Aside from thoso facts, we bhave ronsons, based on private information, for bolieving that My, Beeohier was gmhy of o mosk grievous offonso against Mr. Tilton’s domostic peaco, al- though tho offonse was not ag bad as_many pea- plo imagino, since it mvolved Mr. Boechor al- most exclusively. 'Cosuch sn eoxtoul hos this misreprosentation boon carried in ordor to brenk down the injured Tilton aud bwld up thooffond- ing Boochor that tho former now comos forward. after four years of rotigonco as creditable au magnanimous as it is oxtraordinary, sud bronks thesilonco to vindicate his good name. And wo will vonturo to #ny that no uno oan read this vi dieatlon carofully withont being impressed with tho vigorous mnnlinoss of its nuchor, aud by tho | fact thing Lio la much_injurad man-—not to sny tho intonded viotim of & bnsa conspiracy on tho “l‘.\“ ‘l‘al some of the mansgors of Ilymouth urch, ZL'rom the Rochester (Y. Y.} Democrat, Mr. Boochor eannok, it sooms, if ko has & truo regard for tho Church, for the moralitics, or for lumself, continue to romain silont, The Amor- ican poople is au” intelligont community, It is accustomod to weigh evidouco, It is nut onsily deluded. Itwill bolicve that Mr. Deecher hng committod somo heinous offense which should unfroek him, and make his precepts of no efect, 04 {llustrated by his life, unicss ho proffors somo creditablo explanation of tue damuatory lettor of Jao, 11871, Ao N pgm tha v, Joneh (315 Gasctte, Tho sanctimonious, bypocritical mantlo which s covered tho sins of Henry Ward Boechor in the post, in its full exposos a skeleton of cussed- ness equal only to the ideality of Brtan's worst {fenture, The religious world would be bettor off with lum rotten and forgotton, From the St, Paul Preas, Plymouth Church can scorcely rotaln Mr. Bocchor as its pastor in faco of this public chargo ngainst him, uuloss Mr. Beechor shinll as publicly dony the charge and proceod to demand & comploto investigation of tha facts. From the Worcester (Mass,) Gazette, While the supersorvicoablo zeal of Dr. Bacon 1n to bo doplored, and tho lnck of manliness and foolish vawmty of Mr. Tiltoa are to bo1eprehiond- ed, it sooms ovidout that Mr. Beochor can only extricate himself from his prosent unforfunato position_by n complato and impartial public in- vestigation of tho whole matter. It is of no uso to suy that ho etands as ho aid bofore, or that every man must be considered fnnocont until he iv provod guilty. That moy bo & maxim of law, but it is not of human nature. From the Bujfalo Commercial. If thero iy nnf suppressed story m this, Mr, Becehor knows it, and would 1t not bo for Lis in- torost to come out with a full manly canfession ? It ho has siuned lot him say so, aud it will not be for wonk humanity to refuse to forgive Lim, If Lo has not sinned, and 8 the pationt, much- abuscd man that ho is bolioved to bo by his {rionds, hio will vindicate the nobility of hin'man- hiood and tho sacred character of his calling, by domanding a fall publication of any charges that any wny have to mako azainst bim, Lot us hoar from him no moro allusions “to mattors that woro sottlod Jong ago.” What arothoso mattess? From the A(bany Evening Journal, Tt doos not soom essoutinl that this unploas- ant seundal should ba onco moro paraded bofora the publio in its cutircty, aud we are not sure but Mr. Beacher will bo wise if, as is intimatod, Tio simpiy makes o statoment which will placs Mr. Tilton right beforo tho public, firmly rofas. ing to entor upon a disonusion of the original and long sinco forgiven causo of the difliculty. ‘Funt Mr. Boochor has beon guilty of s sorious fauly, which falls considorably short of tho crimo originally tmputed to him, many will still be- heve. ut tho sin, if it wore commited, is surely not ono that 10 anpardonable, or one which shouid suflico to wipo out the remombrance of tho vast gaod M. Bocolior bas_sccomplished, or goprivu the world of his splondid abilities in the utute. Froms the Hartford (Conn,) Thnes, Mr. Boocher soys Le will hot, even now, break tho long silonco wiieh ho log observed in rogard to this prinful sean- del, It may Ube that this coursa will moro oasily tida him over the sandbur upon which he is fixod than any other method he could adopt, The publio is inclined to stand by him; but_ ovidently thore would bea more uni- vousal aud gonerous forgivoness of all errors on his part, 1f he would only make o frank ac- Luowlodgmont of what overybody focls is trua, From the Albuny Arpus. In consldering Tilton’s letter to Dr. Bacon, 1t must bo borne I nund that ko nowhere makes any spociflo charge agntust Honry Ward Boochior, and J:u ho ecarsfully suppressos tho only por~ t1on ot Ale, Boachor's *confeusion ™ which uck- nowledges any grave wroug, if, indoed, the lottor contalnod any sush mkuuw(ndgm«nm llum‘ then, Mr, Ilton indulges in ** the tic innuondo,” « o« Mr, Boscher con explan the natwe of Mr, Tilton's grievance agalust him, for which Lo {4 suid to bave apologized, Probavly tho letter Mr, Tilton has garblod contalng thia explana~ tion; and, if so, publio morality would Lo ad- vancod by its publication, As tho cuso now stands, Mr. Beochior is hold by tho average pub- 1ie to Have beon gmity of an offusa of which it wonld sooin ho 8 o 1tirely innocent, #o far as the praof is ooncernod 5 uud tho scandalous Lilton, With consummato but unsorupulous cuuning, conflrmy that improssion, From the New Haven (Conn.) Palladium, Undor ths eiroumstancos it 18 not dutloult to undorstand why Mr, Tilton should reopen a puiu- ful subjeot that It wa4 hoped had boon finally closod, Wa refuse to boliove thut s motlve was tho lovo of gousation, or that Lo was actuated by mulice, 1t ho s wafforing under somo strungo delumon bo Is deserving of pity, but even in thut evont an lionest iuvestigation would soem to Lo nocossury, how that the muttor hus gono ®o far. From the Brookiyn Argus, M, Tliton asks for symputhy, nud may bavo toofs to ostablish hls right to it; but ho fuils 0 produce thom, Publishing his own lotter to 10 apponrs’ Mr, Bocclier as an oyldenoo that Mr. Dooohor de« sired him to_lonvo tho country, will not bo ao- coptod as evidsnco by InFnI minda, aud will dams aga rathor thanbolp Mr, ilton's cause, A shrowd Inwyer wiil immodiately say ho ml[zhh sond n comimunication to any pérson accusiug him of an intentlon of murdor, 11 our own ncousntions bo admittod ag testimony, no man's churnotor or lite 18 safo, Agaln,” tho lotior from Mr, Beochor, dated Janunry, 1871, may, and will, be rond by manv with a dlfferont consttuotion from that pinced vupon it by Mr, Tilfon and bis trionds, No balf-wayv presentntion of » case will avall Litm, o aithor has ovidenco or o has not. Tho oxtact of that lotier, na ntng(iurllm a8 iL 18 to somo, and na convinoing na 1t s to othors, will datnngo Mr, Tilton's cnwo s it now roads, Notliing but tho full toxt of that lettor—bit whom {t may-—will henolit his ense, lthotigh it may damuge Mr, Bocchor's, From the Memphis Appeal, Trom prosout indications, Mr. Beechor f8 irre- doomably, inoxtrienbly, so totally fost that tho world will rofor to him only to oxprass rogtet for 6o _congpicuously torriblo a fall. A maii of high reputo lmour all mon, nud worshiped by many, a pattern politician, tho exemplar of Sun- dny~sehopls, the erluu of " the loyal, nristocratio Prymouth Church, drops in an Instant from his frosplondont elninonco, changges from a ** bright, particulsr star” toalump of putrid, phiospho- roscant parbage! It romnins to bo soon whather Mr, Beoohor's_ohurch wiil mistain bim. We bo- llova tb wiil, In tho estimation of his aatollitos, ho cati do no wrong. Boouhor is tho goi of their mmntrfiv. 'Thov havo loretaforo ospoused or oxs oused his folliea or abmnmlnn, and thuy will ind some polliation for what Lilton proves and DBogehor daro ot deny, 1o who aids and abets & folony’ls, in tho eyes of law, us dorelict ns tho folon; nnd If the Puritans of Plymouth refnse to go Into o trinl of the ohargoes agaiat tho idol they worship, thoy at once acknowledgo and pare take of thotr wrotehed proncher's guilt, A WATER-SPOUT. Fiftcon to X'wo ar Inoh or five Minutcse=Two » \Wrooked, o Fires man Killed, nud an Enginvor Bndly Anjured, £rom the Austin (Minn.) Reglster, Juna 25, A groat fall of raiu, extending over a vompars ativoly small extont of conntry, took place enat of Brownsdale ou Saturday last, about 11 o, m, Tho storm camo from tlio soutlionst, Aiapnranfr 1y, and stiuck tho Bouthiorn Minnesota Rallroad four milos oast of this piaco. Tho cloud was not Iargs, but donso, and tho condittons necessary to it condensation wero fultilled so suddenly a8 to precipitato its contonts to tho oarth in an inerodibly shoxt spaco of timo. In fact, such o rapid fall of wator was it tnat by mlm(y t wns called & voritablo wator- spout. (Yo have no monue of detormining how mich foll, but it is computed that at lenst 15 inchos of water (somo eay ¢ feot) foll in oue- third a8 many minutes, Evon the ridges for o 1moment woro covered with a ahicot of wator Bov- ornl inches doep. Had the rain-fail oxtended over a great oxtent of country, the consnquoncos must have been torrible. Ae it was thoy woro bnd enongh. About fonr miles oast of thin placo the Sonthorn Minnosota Itailrand crossoy & slough, the distance from ridge to ridge on onoh side being porhaps onoc-half a mile, Tho ombankment whoro it crossos tho channol is obout 14 foot high, avd has n culvort 8 feot wida by 6 foet high, to discharge the surplug water of tho "'“"f“' which ig dry, how- over, most of the time, Tho basin diained by it fo thio plnco whro t grossea. Lo ruilroad bins an area of abone five-cighihis of a square mile, and yot, small o5 the aren wag, tho culvert, though probably discharging at tho rata af moro than 2,000 cubio feet per minute, did not suflico to carry off tho water, and in a short timo a lake of soversl nores In extont and renching to within only 8 or 4 feot of tho top of tho em- bankmout was formed, aud the pent-up watora were rushing ont at such a furious rate that the culvert was turned out and a gap 20 or 80 foot wido n tho ombankment spocdily followed. PTho rails and ties held together 80 that tho break could not be discovered by an approachng train until withina fow foot, “Tho ‘ passengor-irain bound wost and duo hero at 11:17, camo in durmg the storm, luckily osenp- ing tho torriblo ealanuty vhiclt must lavo bo- fellon it had it beon an'hiour later. An oastorn- bound freight-trein due hore at 2:07, was more unfortunate, Tho sugineer discoverad the broak ouly in tino to put on sceam in the vain effoit to make lua ongina clear the break. The frail support sank beuouth itand it plunged madly iuta tha opposita bauk, half-burying itself it tho solid carth, Iive empty cord crashod into the chasm, formiung, with the ongine, o bridga ovor which two mors empty cars, drivan by the momontum gained by tho pravious steep doscont, passod, and, loaving thoir trucks with thoe genoral wregi, rolled down tho émbank- ment on tho further mwe. The oighth car, londed with wheat, stoppod with one end resting ou tho bank and tho forward end resting on the rear of tho now thoroughly domolishod ensrine, “Ihio rommniug cars, with tho cabooso, in whioh wors some fliteon or twenty porsons, remained on the track. But what of tho two doomed mon on thefengine? 'I'ho cab was crushoed to atoms, oud tho wholo of the upper part of tho botler was Zstrippod,—smoko-atack, hoad~ Tight, bell, whistlo,—all gwept off by tho ents which passcd over ; and tho dobris of the tendor, flve cars, and the trucks of three niore, was piled whero tho fiteman and ongineer woub down, ‘Then, too, & protruding rail had beon driyen through the engino from front to furunce aunda flood of boiling water was uomm; ount, addiug to the agony aud dauger of the unfortns oate men. It scomed n miracle thot efthor should uuca{m Instout death, nnd yot the en- gucor, with broken log aud shoutdar, aud fenr- fully sealded, managod to erawl from the wrecl aud {s now undor treatmont a this place with o prospect of rcovery. “Lho sealded and mangled body of tho firemon was not found until the noxs morning when the clearing of the wrock began. ‘I'ho computation ebove made of 44,000 cubic faot por minute a8 the digoharge from the 6x8 foot culvert was on the supposition of a ten- mije-an-hour curront, But whon the dam was formed and tho watar was 12 foot doop tho curront mus: have attained a volocity of at loast tweuty miles au hour, aud the volume of nearly 100,000 cubic foet per minutel What wondor thon thnt the stout, 12x12 solid timbors, 40 feot long, with Lo vast suporincumbent woight of ontlh, should be ewept sway? But aftor the gap 20 or 30 faot wido bod boou formed, tho wator gouk but little for sovoral hours, and when tho fated tram wont_down still retained o depth of 10 foot, and the discharge muat have boon 160,000 to 200,000 eubio foot por minutel In the sloughs and orecks below where tho raiu foll the flood did not ries by degreos, but cume rolling down * with tho noise of mauy waters " in 8 grent tido from 3 to 8 feot high, nccording to the width botwoen the banks, 'I'ie roar of the spout,and oven the crash of the train a8 it wont down was henrd for a distance of five or six miles, Tha dsmago to the road has boon ropairad, and tralus are running as usunl, ——— Obitunry=—Josceph S, Wilson, Fram the Washington Lepublican, Juns 21, The Ifon, Joseph Shields Wilson, late Com- ‘missionor of tho Goneral Land Ollice, died in this city on Lucsday night last, aftor an illness of & fow duy, In bis GBth yeur, Mr. Wilsoa, the son of purenta who, with five grown childron, emigrated to thus city from_tho County Autrim, Irclaud, about tho yonrs 1804, was bom near tho fowor bridgo,” on ltgck Crool, nt this sido of Goorgotown, about tho yoar 1800, His futher (a curporter by trado) oceupied the position of mossouger in the Gen- oral Land ONlco for many yours hoforo ho died; and as lus doath happoned sooun aftor tho incoming administeation of Gen. A, Jackson, aud at a time whon bis mother's brath- ov, James Shields, was a Iiepresentativo in Cou- grous from the A“Qllliiollwly_fll!n'lfll' 1m Obio, his unote procured him the position mnde yacunt by the denth of bis fathor, which he filied so much to tho satisfnetion of the head of the buronn that he wassoon promoted to s nlerkamp, AN luw brother Jolin buceeoded to tho place, Thoey wore both, like their father awl very popular brother, the late Ald, Thomas Wilson, catpon- tora by trado, but hoing studious aud onergotio men, ond of indomitablo will, they fiily l(:)eglnmu Commissiouers of the Goneral Luand Mlico. Joseph B. Wilson was an indofatigabla studont and bookworm, and, ovon whon ho worited ut his trado as a carpenter, he dovoted much of lus sparo_time to the aequisition of Fronch, Bpan- ish, Lutin, anod mathematios, undor tho lnte flenrfis Hill and other compotont tonohers, o= fore ho receivod his appointment ay messongor, homade o tour to (reat Britain and France on a onpital of 600, und, being ont of monoy when e lunded In Boston, watked the greator part of tho way fron that place to thi city, o loaven s wifo (his second) und four sons and ouo duughtor, all woll provided for, Ratlhwiy«Accident 00 Insioners, ‘I'io Quaen of Eugland * has boen ploasod to appoiut tho Duke of Buclingham sud Chsudos, thio Larl of Aborduon, tho Earl Do La_Warr, the Luit ot Bolinoro, 8ir Willium I, 8. V, Fitzgoluld, Mr, Acton Smeo Ayrton, Licut,-Gcen. Bie John Lintorn Arabiu Simmons, Thomas Lliott Hurri- son, Presidont of the Tnstitution of Oivil Bugi- noors, and William Qalt, as Commlusionors to mquiro futo tho causes of ncoldonts on railways aml juto tho possibility of removing auy sucl onusos by furthor loglulation,” Appropriations for Four Years. A Gomparative Statement—The E: poryes of tho Present Yenr Less ‘Than "hoso of Ttx Lmmediato Prodecessor ~Incrense Over Previous Years, From the Jortheoming !nn'n,m: of Sir, MePherson's Politiea i FONTY-FIIAT CONUTRARL Paymont o invalld and uthor ponsione A e o2y ibloiatls sipoiss Lagislntiva isvoutir it it Rutiil Unospand CABULY. 200, 000,00 Torathiorsa i 20,0000 24,101,773.86 Dotiolanclas tor tho yonr onding Juino b, 1870 and 1871, and for ormice yonrs, and fae utioe wurpuses, in which aro Ine clndod the futlowlisg approprlatious, Histlons toms o en: : atd aud Houto ol 1L 8 10,m2.00 B it kit bufidiin o York LostsOMo0ss.ice SUL00.00 Boston dl’l)lbo;h[fl:{‘n“ o ‘fil}'- ided npprubtintian tunpe Frouiatoh, i fadona] Lt nppeonriated ORur pablio il nituro, otes, L’i’l‘l'l'rfldlllb Ligiitiuiso dstabilsnment, Puulio pifuting. 78,918,175 atorioE . Dopn lurioton for 1o yuare ond- 3 15712223 ingg J1ino B0, 1871, and 18 Post-Ullioy Dopattmon ho i froim 0o royout 10,620.01 1818, ™ 240,000,00 Mxpouson of “sofiobting Fave ‘oiio trom customs for oach alC vour from and sttor tto Wth of Juse, 1670,vv,ee 9,760,000~ 14,029 Ay, Wi, Nayy. l’llrll .. Indinti Dopact Paost-Utlico Doparts N 4. L) Fortiticsttous. .. 1,61 Bt Mircellanouusiirivaio adta, 1 2’ 208,80 Total for third sesston Vorty.thied Cone EUBAL o eaorinaes suesonsibe B 174, 835,06,05 ATPUHOPTATIONA AMADE DULING THE FIUAT ALSION OF TIE FORTY-AKCOND CONUIKBE, Far llflllul?nu‘ua for tho sutvica of the scar euding Juno P 1811, aud addittonat ap. gjru;ulnuum for tho yoar oudiog Juue L5 a and for ottior puspusos 1,0,2.11 Mieollstoousaybropeiationbepersats, o ol Total appropiatans mado durln flscn yune onding dnio B0, 6. o 8178,110, 188,40 BTATEMENT OF AUPHOPRIATIONS MADE DURING 111k ¥is. AL TUAIL ENDING JUNE B, 16, GEOOND RESRION, Les 8 50,480,000,00 iclal 18,671,785.74 S310OnsR, For d siictoncics for tho orr criding B0, 1873, sud for furmer yours, lows, viz, @ = Howwo I Tortiticatiop: Poat-Othoo Depariniont. 3 g dsn 6,83 54582, 00,0 Sundry ciyll oxpon Jifa saving statipns 3 Ttavenuo Outtor Sarvico,., Muriuo Hospital Sorvl National ourronos Detoction and pu of U100 618,017,189 Public buildinga. 8,050,000,00 Ll,;:nlmlnum. bua 70,585.c0 o B1R0ALL Lo oo vven 65 K ieo stabiSHIGRT. 105, (g0 Bublio lands. o 10,510 Tatent Ollico,. B0, (Wt 00 Motropolitan Bl 207, Govoriimont Hospital i Tusnn,.... 178,800.00 ‘Doat and Pumb Institution, 134,000.00 Columbia Iuapital, H0, 500,00 Hmitnsonian Washington Aquo Buroau of Refuye ica, and abandor 154,000.00 Sigual.lico,.. 0.0 Mficolianoous obicat 11,97 Navy Yardy, Departmont. ‘Award by Claim ‘Miscollanogus—Privatoaots, 178,405, 015,58 DUNING THE ) 18, THID BESSION, 880, 480,000.00 “YEAR ENDING JUNE FOITYBECOND CONONESS, oneions Dotlcloncios £0F s Yoar ending Jinw 80, 1813, and for othar purpo: 1: Post-Uilice Dopartimant, L Burvo) 1,609,8%3,R3 b,bi1, 118,00 17,120,496.60 Sundr Public i'rlll!l Lifasaving sistion Itovenuo cuttar sorvice, Mariua Hospitul sorei National curron Judiclary. Miscollanen ‘Publlo Iund Motropatitan polics. Governmont Hospital A0 . Deatand Vb Tnstitation Qulumbia Howpllal withsonian it apitol oston Botauioal Ui uevoy of tho' voust: Light-houso ostaulishimnoi Ligght-honses, b 051,500.00 B DT eI d . 2 d o nd \Vfl‘lll ton, 3, ) 10 B0~ 120,00 Yur dolicjonciea for tho ftscal yoar onding B Juno 3, 1673, aud for othor purposes, Vin: Bonato .8 17,60.00 ovartinant of SEat 116,23, Trousuty Depmetmont. vevriee 10, 00,00 Mine, Branchas, und ‘Assny Uitioc .. onveens | ORERIL Tutocual T < Lot Congt, Susvay, PRI X T Ligut-1louse Ksinblisbniont, 100,200.00 “Hatritorinl Guverumouts and renvury miscollunoous.,,.. . 147,201,01 War Dopatmon 2,652,000 Pay Dupartno 169, 15, g’}u:lnlnl Houvieo, - BB 00,00 oal i nstiont 100000 20,100.00 0,00 3t 0,581 Dopartment oo 11.978,831.78 mflg 27,80 S, et 00 Aruy: 81,704, e, KL Poaiise Hepaetinint 00 W Gitblar s dioniatia L rd by "”"{'.'.“;#" & A i gy Biseollukiua—privat xots, ol 4,865,000 Total appropriations made uri: nlmlk ynullzunlhuu ‘Juno 80, 1870, 4 197, 20,997,88 STATEMERT OF AVRRORIUATIONY LURING 1111 Vise ‘OALL YEAN ENUING SUNE 80, 1874~ FLIST BEBKION FOLLX- T CONNESH, Yor tue Indian Depnritmont (of which wmupunt 165,000 s 10 be roturnod to i Mcnsury” trom tho wlos of Indlan 3 8 BEsLI ‘aind " Juiiclal S 20,613,850, 27,784, 500, 00 pr Hagauiive, nnds. . p Tor Leglslstivo, 0x(\0lihs. For (o nring, For _toretitieat| ), Tor Cundalar sorvics.... 0,403, 401,00 Y KB, BTS00 T Eive b.ul?. X ‘e rivora sl barburs, Yor duticlonclos for tlio'Your onding ‘173 And ", and tor GthorF pucnosos, as ol h < o of tato, 50, (61,03 Todoyendout. Eromtey: 0478 Uinlobi Biatos Binta ad A "y ol B2,008.11 Borclorle B, K, P 7, 24,01 B350 i Luurio; toe Lopartmon Tadlw Dopactment, (ut iloh st B840 10 fo'bu roturnod to tho Trous: vy from salos of ludian ula), Publig land Wiscallunoot Pust-Utiicn pusy | Ropre . Capltol geounds, o, 108,090,0t-= ¢, 083,014,268 For uhud‘s myl "'%"‘i e the Haosl yoar ondiux Junu 0, 1813, aud tor ullior hurpoace, ka lullows, vixt Publio pridting sud bludiog. 81, 676,707,600 Survoying yubilic Tniids: ., txpanio<ol colluotivn of Fav. uup {rom salos of publls s ... 74,040, Qnnitol Gxignsinm, ot. L1090 Moteopolitan otiéa . 10630 Govoenmont-Tlospltal “Inn 20,741.00 7,000 00,000.00 B, (400,00 AN 1} i 1,760 g iont 1,365,630 Liiitoisen, i signate, A heacon 1,185, 800,00 Armurios hn i 60,577.00 {ivnal-Onica, v 830,243.00 Nurthorn and Noglbiwastorn | £ vy Yoion.0 Missotlaiidotia Gbjsol oL 519, 433.8) Buildings and_wrounis "1 and aconnd Waanitiglo 817,730, Navy-Yards agd sin 10 ) Doparimont of Agrlonltaro, . bl il ings anor Avohe ftactof Tronviey (incluging ammount for roliof of parsous Biforti from ovaring of iio Mishlsslnbl, 1100, 0000 For ottraoedinary oxjiolse aorvice,s, Forpoyhis il itowai by o Gon sloners of Ulating, as ful- o bl 48,05 rv.w.w 74, 190,48 o oftfzens of Viru 0 o altizons of Wost Virgiiia B~ 033, 708.81 BI182, 124, 026,43 Privato aots, oto. {estimated), but not ox- cooding , Vi 200,000.00 $1a3,43,086, 43 176,110, 159.49 195, (116,564 IEOAPITULAT! In tho flaen} yoar onitfu fun3 In tho sluen] year sudini duno in tiio tincat your i ‘Jubo o, 1 1o tha fiscal soaronulog Juno 3, THE INDIAN HOSTILITIES, Dispatch of Troops-=Tho Outrages at Medicine Lodge, From the Le.ventoorth (Ran.) Pimes, June 28, Sovon compruies of tho Ninoteonth Infantry came up last night on o specinl train from 8¢, Louis. Threo companios left Kauns Citv for Forts Wallace and Lyon, on tho Xausna Paoifle, Tho others will go”to tho seat of the Indinn troublea via the Atchlson, Topokn & Banta Fo Tond, and nro detailed as follows: Two compa- nics to Fort Larned, two to Port Dodgo, and threo to Camp Supply. This regiment relieves tho Third, and comes from Louwiana, Col Smith is in command, Theso men aro all in good spirits, and will give the radskins lively game should thoy run acrous them, The following particulnrs in regard to tho ro- cont Indian outrages st Medicine Lodge, in Barbour County, cane to Liand by mnil yestor- doy. Mr. A. D. Buelton, & morchant of that plice, gives the following particulars : On the 1Gth iust. a buud of Cheyonne Indians mndo araid on Kiowa, in Barbour County, and cuptured throo horses, Ovor forty shots ware oxchnnged botweon the Indinus and the owners of the stuck, After lonving Klowa thoy orossed over to tho wost side of Medicine Lodre, whero thoy camo upon My, J. Martin and & Mr. Cauala, who wore cliopping codar posts. The Indiany eamo up in their roar whilo at work, and cropt stonithily wpon thom from the sido of the blufr, and fired, the firat shot taking offact in Martin's land, and paused through the back of his hand, ax-handle, and fingers. o socond shot aatered iri back and prswed through Lis brenst, Klling him, 16 1 supposed, fustanily, as he Toll noar the spot whera ho was chopping. Tt seoms that Mr. Cavaln was st work on the top of the samo Lres when the Indiavs fived, and not knowing their position, and being no doubt terribly frightoned, unfortunntely raun toward them, s shot through tho head, and fell ahout thirty feot from whera bie was chopping. Both Muxtin and Canala wore found scalped two days Inter, Tho samo day Mr. Mimes, who held a claim on Littlo Mule Creck, was golng ont from town, whoro hie ind loft his family, aud way sur- qriucd Ly the Indians, who were lylng in ambush. Mrs. Gnrlanhouse enw Himes killed, and snys &avon sliots woro firad, two of which took offect, ono pussing through the shiouldor-blado and tho other struck the collar-bone and ranged down- wards, Mr, Himes wans sonlpod, his horsos and o portion of his clothing takon, and hiarness cut to pieces, Our nformant, Mr, Sheldon, and othors left the Eceno of these outrages on Satur- day last, and all are of the opinion that other purtics who aro now missing have fallon victims 1o thess butchors. | 5 The elevon Indians who porpotrated thesootit~ rnfiou wero seon’'nt liown, sna the ton sottlors followed thom to a westerly direction, and wero Inat heard from-at the head of Bear Creok, — In- tongo excitoment prevaily, and it is reported thag soveral citizous of Sun City are missing, Sovoral tamilics have been brought to Hutchison for protection, fourtoou families in alt bnving lett Medicine Lndgn within four days’ time. Martin aud Himes both bave small families, and ono of tho grlof-stricken wives, Mra, Himoy, is do- ranged, Doth arrived hero Monday. Wo algo learn from Mis, J, D, Miles (wifa of Indinn Agont Miles at Choyoune Agency) that tho Arrapakioes bavoe forsome timo been peacen- Dly disponed, thint they hnve their lqu all arouud tho Agency, and that Powder-Faco him-~ 8olr told Mrs, Milos a fow days ngo to toll the whito pooplo cast that tho white poople at the Agoney belonged to him, and that Lie wonld seo that thoy wero protested. On tho other band, tho Cheyennes nave been assuming a throntou— lug attitudo, 8o much at last a8 to cruso alarm ou tho part of Mr. Miles, tho Agent at Choy- cnno, who wroto . fow waoks ago to Suporin- tendent 1ong, at Lawrence, and also to tho In- dian Commizeionor at Washiugton, informing theun of tho truecondition of affuirs, and asking for more troops for protection, sull s request was unhecded, Mys. Miles {hinks that all tho present difienlty can bo traced to the presonco of whisky-smugglors and horsc-thieves in tho natton, and to the fact that a son of Little Rove, tho Atrapahoo Chicf, was shot and his body mutilated, somo time last spring. —— e Phelps, Dodge & Cos in fRoply to Gen. Butlers Zo Our Frienda and the Pubiic: Attor the Jull statoment heretoforo publishod of the diflleultics of our firm with tho cuutoms authoritios, and tho sibyoquont exhaustive ox- numination of the wholo muttar by the Commttee of Ways sud Meons, which resulted in the ontire romodeling of the *‘moioty” and *svizuro nots,” wo hind not supposed if would bo neceskary to udd snytlhiug further in tho way of oxplunn- nation, DBut in the brutal and cowardly sttack wade upon us during the closivg hours of Con- gress by Gen. Butlor, cortuln ohargos woro pra- forred by bint 1 his charaoier us a Representa- tive, upon tho floor of tha Louso, against our flomy, 80 definito and with so much of npparent authority, thav wo feel called unon, in justico to ourselves nud the publio, to muke once more o brief statemont. ’.l;ha chargon specifieally preferrod were in tho main: First—That wohad a8 a firm attomptod to do- fraud the Government and evade the revenue by importiug motals in the form ot works of art and statuary. 1o roply to this, it 18 ouly necossary to tay that tho importstions to which Gon, Butlor roforred wore mudo boforo the firm of DPhelps, Dodge & Co. eame into cxistonco, and beforo any oue of tho prasout or lute wembers of the firm beeama conncoted with tho motal (m- portlug busluess tho semor momber of tho firm, Wiliam 1, bmlgu, botng at tho time on~ gugffl in tho dry-goads businesy, cond—"That (1 the Tacll net of April, 1804, whieh tomporurily Increnscd tho 1ates of duties on imports 60 per cout, ** Mr, Dodge weut to tho Troasury sud had a commn taken out of ono pl. © und ‘mt in auothor, and thereby oloared 2,260,000." The exuct faots (u rospoct to this chargo aro g follows: In the very full rovision of tho tunff, s ombodied in the act of Juune, 1864 (and not the net of April, 1804, s0 specitla- ully mentioned by Gen. Butlor), 1t was declded by both Hotwos of Cougross, afior full disoussiow, that an inerenso of dutics ou bin and torug piatos would imporil the large industrios alroudy tuxod under tho juternal revanue, ln which tin wasused for the puckiug of fiuits, fish, vogo:ablos, meats, und tho like, und tend to reduce, rathor thun fn- crease, tho recoipts of tho Wyemsury, At the snmo timo it was decided to inerowsd tho duty on shoeot-iron, galveuized with nu admixture ot tin—which article has beon importod under tio namo of *iiu plates walvanized,” and so dofin- itely and distinctly namod in connootion with dud at the #nmo rato a gulvanizod ion In every suceossivo tarfit since 1807, Tho bill wus pussed on the 80th of Juno sud wont to oporation immodincoly. On examining its provisions, wo found that, whilo the duty on *tin aud terno plates ® somained unohanged at 25 por cont ad valorom, tho addition of “n commn aiter tho word “ plates,” in tho olauso “tin platos golvan- ized," rendored tho whole paragraph ambiguous, if not abuurd, and apparently imposed o now duty of 2}¢ cents por pound, an inoroase of 100 por cont ol oxisting dutios, Boging how impos- slblo it would bo to entor our luvolces abtwo conflioting rates for ouo and the same articlo, we appliod at onco to the Colloctor furw devislon in rospect to tho conrso to bo followed, 'ha Collgotor saw tho diflienlty, and rotorred us to Ay, I'essondon, thon in New Yorlk, and just ap- poluted Bocrotary of the ‘reasury, Wo called | upon -him, and he [mmedintoly siated us und to tha Collector, thut fim Tind l)n:: Chnleman of the Sonato Committeo, and also of the Conforanco Committeo which hnd charge of the Tarift bill in quontion ; that ho fully rememe borad the discussion as to tin-plntos, v which ha had talon patt; that thoe full sonse of both Com- mittocs had boon that tin plates should romain at 23 por cant ad valorom ; that tho ' commn " lind ovidently boon added by mistake in the Lgto of eugrossing, and could nat bo considored A the trid interprotation of tha lnw, Ho aes cordingly ordered the Colleator to pass tha {mndu ot 26 por cont, and statod that on bis re« i to Washington ho would fssue o spocial otder making tho donstruction oflcnl, And thia ho did under date of July 23, aftet taking full timo for coneldoratlon and_ consultation with hia formor collengues in Congross and tho oxperts of tho Trensuty Dopatrtment. As finally ine torprotod by Mr, Foekouden, morcovor, tho law was not 1 our diveck favor ; but, on tho one trary, bod the teohnion! orror boon allowved toy wtand and to entall & vory oxoossive Inoréans of' dubios, tho advance in tho prico of stock on hand Wwould hiave -yleldod to us, iu common with all other {mportors aud donlers, n vory considorablo proft. The faots, thorefots, wors oxactly tho toyarso of thoss stated by Gen. Dutlor, Third—Gou, Dutlor states that, io onr large and complicated businoss, ovory invoice hroughb duy by day by us to tho Custoin-liouso waa wrongly slnted, ‘aud that we woto donsolously and soutiuually’ guiliy of frand, Gon, Buklor ietiows thiu to bo untitio, 110 knowe, on Lo cons traty (for, n the pald sttoruey of the wuformar, lio Lia given attontivn to thoe subjoot), that aftor a most caroful and morclloss oxniniuntion of toma thousauds of aur uvoless by Jayid thd bis oxport, aided by our own olork bribed th boe tray thoir ouplovors, wilh tuo full veg of oue books nud papors, thoro wero found only somo figty that could in nny way bo made the subjeok of couttrovorsy; and tliat in the oneo of soms of those, of from 220,000 to 310,000 each, tho utinosk Pmsnbln loss to the Govornmout ' could not inve boon in excess of fromn 80 conts to 81 pae Invoico. And, furthormioro, that tho total loss clainied by tho Qovornmeut on all thoe involoos was only about $1,600 out of #n importation of sonie $40,000,000, and covering the spago of fivoe yoors. Waebaliove G, Butlor furthor knows, but willfully oonoenls tho fact, that tho sama exror and misundorstanding of the intriests law which compelled us, undor” sovero petalties, to invoico our goorls, both at oost price and at mar- Kot prico, loll us, in the onse of & grent numibior of importntions, to invoigo their value above cost, Atd 50 rosult it o grin to the revenne and loss to ourselvos immonxoly groater than the Govornment claims to havo loat, Tiually, looking at all (he oircumstances and the eharacter of this apocch, its covstant falsitl- cntions aud porversions of truth, and its brutal personahities, wo are quito willng to leave tha vordict, o8 to its offect, to any who have farly looked juto thoe mattors of whlch it troats, Pugrrs, Dopok: & Co, New Yonr, Juno 20, 1874, —_—— FORGERY, ARREST, AND SUICIDE, Tlow X Bowers Underwooed Cheated Justicy aud Squuarcd His Own Ace connts. Hyom the Cincinnati Commerelal, June 27, Near Osford, Butler Couuty, Obib, on Ihurss day oveuing, ah old mau named 3. Bowors Under- wood, upon being arrestod by United Ntules Deputy Muarshuls, on the chnrgo of forgery, fired o pistol ball futo Nis hond, and died o fow hours aftarward from tho offects of the wound, Undorwood was for muny yoars a rosidont of Waverly, Pike County, Obio, Ha was held in good cafoom for honesty and corroct businoss practies, o attained the titlo of Judge, from being Probate Judgo of tha couuty, wo ara told, and wag slso o Justice of tho Pence and Mayor of the town at ona timo. BSubsequently to tha ‘War ho becnmo n. Ponslon Agont ot tuo Govern= ment, and colloated & good deal of monoy for those entitled to it. Provious to tho dbange in tho Inw relativo to the sonding of checks and woney to soldiers and childron entitled to pone sions Jnrge sums wero_frequently sout to Mr, Underwood from the desighatod depository in this city, and by bim distributed to the pension. ors. 'I'ne Penslon Agont bero and the ponsion= ora at Waverly had Ltho utmont confidonco tu kr. Underwood, “But it scoms that the oconfidence reposed in the man tempted him to its botrayal Suddenly, sometimo in 1873, the ogont, afier car= rying on business iu {ho peusion liuo for aboub lalf o dozen years, disappearod for parts uns Lknown, Phon it was that people euepeoted something wrong, It wag found that numnore ous sums of monoy sent from tho doposie tory in Underwood’s cave, hod nover been turned over to the proper partics, Pene sionors who had boen put off from timo to time Dy tho agont’s explauation that there were uns avoldable delnys, t@xrnuxéh red-tape and oihere wise, in the collection of the mouuy, discovered to their dismay that they had been dupeds Cosh had found ita way fato Undorwood's pockot, not only through ombezzlomont, buk ulso_ throngh forgery. The Pousion law 1s a0 nicoly arranged to provont dishonosty by ageuta aud othors, that rascalities in the ponsion lino are without number. Oneof Underwood’s plang wns to do tho collacting tor bis clionts, aud keop tho money, as is froquently done, in legal prace tice, Auobher bolder ono ws, hy som meung to got posucssion of the chocks seut to the pone wionors for Indorsoment, foigo tho indorsomont ond got tho greonbacks. It in said that in thig way ho obtained, through a long sorios of rag- calitios, $10,000 or 216,000—thon he sloped, Aftor somo investigation into his rascalitios had been mado the facts wero brought to the atlention of the United States Graud Jury, who, in Ocuobar last, found two indictmants agnins the man for forgery. The iudictments were all right, but tho ng- cused was not on hand to answer to them, Ou Thursday Marshal Thrall, of {his city, was informed that Uuderwood was living nenr Oxe ford, Butler County, O. Doputies Kiefor, of Cincinnati, and Mednkin,.of Homilton, wero ap ouco dispatched to mako the srrest. At Oxford the oflicers mado tnquirles as to the acoused man's abode, and, proouring a earringo, drove out to 1t. 1t was found to bo a modes farm-house on the piko, about throe miles weut from tho town, Thu‘y drove up iu frout of the house at sbout & o'clock p. m., helted, aud Tiofor alightad, whon & lnrge, gray-laired old man, i bis sbirt-slooves, Wlio Lad oon them, camo dawn to tho fouco to meet thom. Kiefor nsked the old man if his namo was Joseph B, Underwood, and was answered that it was, I'ho ofticor then told the niu that ho might cons sider himscl! undor nrrest, and was avont gots ting out lus caping, when Undorwood remarked that that was unnecessary, as Lo know exactly what they had como for, Tho olllcors war@ asked If they couldn’t remain at the house over night, but thoy rephiod that it was inposmble, o prisoner then very elvilly requosted thom not to Inform his family of tho object.of tholr errand, and askod that ho might huvo tho privi lege of drossing himself, which was readily grantod. Kiofor nccompanied the old man up to the house, and remnined at the front door until tha Intter went in around tho back way and unlocked it, Then ho was invited into the parlor aud givon o chair. Littlo wau enid on ofther sido, and tho business of arresting anu boiug nrrest~ od was conducted in tho most civil and gentles mouly manner, Undorwood oponod tho door that lod from the parlor to n bed-room, entored, closad tho door aftor him, and thon was heard tho roport of o piatol, scarcely louder than tho sonppivg of a gnu-cap. Kiefor fult that somoe thlag wroog hud happenod, called the ofticor from tho carringe in tho rond, and procooeded to opon tho bod-room door, 1t fitted rathor tight= ly In tho framo, and was otherwise difiloult to opoit, from an obstruction aguinst 1t lnside, With the wmted strongth of tho two men it wag pushed fi, and, lying insousible on tho floor, with bis gray hoad agatast tho door, was the Lovenlean form of the old man, A small pistol, with ono lond disohargad, wos fouud on s sofa nenr by, whilo bobind the oar of the groaning, heavily-broathlug man, was n emall bllot-hole, from which the blood tricklod. T'he wounde man_wue piacod inas comfortablo position ng possiblo, and Modakin started out to obtain age sistance from the noighbors. Undorwood's wifo, who had henrd the commotiun, came runuing ne to tho room in groat alarm. 8ho appoared to undersiand from tho tese that tho straugors had not committed the deod, but thut it wuu a case of suleido,s and duml% her lamentations wonld froquently oxolaim, “Ob, I expooted it would ooms to this{" In about Lalf-an-honr MoMalkin returnod with four or fivo neighboring farmers, and sftor a sull axplanation of the taso bud boon given ta tho wifo, tho ofcora returnod to Oxford and no. tifled Dr. Gilohrist, who, with an asslstant, im« mediately wont ont to Underwood's houso, At iho Nrst oxamination tho physicinns saw that the' wound “mfl ;lun]ul. and lar‘har Mlfl‘m‘(mg lll;(num agony untl 2 o'lock yestorday morning, Undere Wood brantiod s Jas, 4 b Our informution ne to Underwood, aftor he toft Wavorly, Is mongro, It sooms thaj bo hag boon In tho vloluity of Oxford for two years, Wo there, in Fobrnary, 187, murried Mra. Haye don, 8 widow, aud by hor has had one child, Undorwood was abunt 65 yenrs of ago, o large, portly man, who would welgh about &:0 pouuds, —_— —An Tudisna looturer bogau by sayin ' Wives, obey your husbands,” wlm!x Ih’lrt;’: clght womon ‘gat up and loft the room, After they had gono ho rosumed: * Wives, obey your husbandy, fs an old enying whioh is only cullod up for the purpose,” oto,