Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 23, 1874, Page 1

VOLUMI 7. e Chicago Daily Teibune, CHICAGO, THURSDAY, JULY 93, 1874. NUMBER 334, JEWELRY, “WEW STLES JEWELRY! We aro daily adding to our Ele- gant Stook New and Beautiful De- gigns in Btone, Oameo, Ooral, Pearl, Diamond and Gold Jewelry of every desoription, Sterling Silver and 8il- ver Plate, Fronch Clocks, Opera Glassos, otc., to which we solicit attontion. HAMILTON, ROWE & 00, 99 STATE-ST. Southeast Corner Washington. REMOVALS, THE STATE-ST. SAVINGS BANK HAS REMOVED TO THE FIRE-PROOF PALMER HOUSE BUILDING, 181 STATE-ST,, ‘Where business will be conducted the same as usual. J. B. SABINE, Cashier. We have removed to 68 St » Where wo shall bo glad to sco onr friouds, uud are pre- pared to recelve orders us usuul, “SPENCERY,” Cutlery & Guna, 58 Stnte.at., near Randolph, TO RENT. CHEAP RENTS! " Those flne Brick Stores, with Plate Glass Fronts, on north side of Van Buren-st., between Clinton and Canal-sts., will be . rented till May 1, 1875, at rate. of $300 per annum. Apply to MATTOCKS & HEASON, 623 Wabash-av. For Rent, The building now occupied by Stgtttmor Bros. & Co., 246 & 248 Madison-st. Possossion givenat once. Inquire on the premises. LUMBER OR COAT, DOCK TO RENT ORFOR SALE, 160 on Twelfth-st,, running back to m?%n%% LN N 105 Wanhington at.. Bisoment, - - TEIEs e e e et e CARPETS, 3 A AR AN A A AN S A A AN AN AR CARPETS ENGLISH BRUSSELS, $1.25 per yard. G.W. & B Pardrides & Co, 118 & 120 State-sb. REAL ESTATE, BURNED QUT lo, and all oth Inhifi o thy Lurby b e o o o Sgb? frowm Vs to FIRE, - Bhould investigate the beautles of LA GRANGE. Houscs and Lot at your own torma. COSSITT. ¥ LAY, e 102 Michigarav. FINANCYAL, ZOOMAS AL THOUNTON, WAL, T, THOINTON, (Son of Judiro Thoriiten.) W. F. TETORNTON & SOIN, Bankers and Brokers, Bhelbyville, 111, Vatablished 180, Wollootlons made (n Bhelby aud adjoinlug_countics, and prucouds rumitied o day v pllmnm. Chlcugo vosrvs- poudent—Trads nal Dank, ROBERT WINTHROP & CO. BANKHERS AND BROKERS, Fo. 18 Waltat,, Naw York, escoute ordors for STOCKS, BONDS, AND GOLD), aifow 4 o ogut ntorant o iz K aud (zansaot a gunvral Buukiog sud Brokorago 'WANTED, artner {a s rapldly.fy 1 Ilubl- holt aafs ERCIRRGA TSR tcrenthun and profable whols: ital now iavosted is #40, (00, which yinlds a profit of 40 por ‘ouat. por sunum, Yot #40,000 10 §50,000 turo de doe Siren "o Uxtand tho b fncans & Rerua," Ko Wy Tailigs oAy etlve portavs pre- FIRE INSURANCE, Statement of Condition OF THRH NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL [nsurance Gompany, (FIRE AND MARINE, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIY, JUNE 30, 1874, 8600,000.00 Oash Cantta), patd f Surplus... 2130,090.39 $8830,006,39 ASSETS. E20%ol'65.8 30,150.25 's '8l 85,675.00 noyi's 101,800.00 'aof's7, 20,601,235 o4 Mg 16,200,00 153,600.00 122,713.02 87,760.00 €8,100.73 8. )uenre searaenres 0$,570.60 Prems. fn course of gol- lootion, . 58,233.44 Due from Inenrance Cos, 11,501,04 Balvaga Olalmson Losres d 6,650.00 2,500. - 2:800.90 4 53000030 Unadjustod Losses, and other alaimy ... 818,600.00 BRANCH OFFICE, 108 LA SALLE-ST. ALFRED JAMES, MANAGER. BASE BALL. BASE BALL, ATLANTIOS WHITE STOCKINGS, SATURDAY, JULY 25, AT 3:40 P. M, Tlekots for sate at Kolloy Broa'., 8 Madison.sh., and ls0 at 117 Twentysecond-ste 1f rain should intorfers the game will bs played on the dny following, and no nosters will bo on tho strect cars. e e e e WINES, SEASONABLE GOODS! NATHANIEL JONNGON & SONS' 8t, Estepho Claret. BARTON & GURSTIER, Claret and Sauterne Wines, DILTARY, SAUL & CO., Tlock Wines, Delfost Ginger Ale, Rtacahout des Aralies Tyon's Sausagre, Westphalin S:Ausuge. Westohalia Hams, California Frait, Apricots, Pears, Grapes, Plums, FOR SALE BY CL.TATTTOR, 1468 BAST MADISON-ST. DAMAGED MILLINERY, SLIGHTLY. DAWAGED MILLINERY. A portien of our fine stock was slightly damaged b, g, Je vl wall Fopay uvery ady o htond ke i Faip s AR Syt . = 270 & K72 \Wabash-av, SAFES. i S. H.HARRIS’ SAFES In the late Chicago Fire all saved their contonts. The Safos may bo soen at the Manufactory, 23 & 25 EAST RANDOLPH-ST. ARTISTIC TAILORING, 10 PER CENT DISCOUNT On all Garmonts ordered of us JULY and AT- GUST, 151, WEDDING OAlk;ll'.nr\'r'(r,;I“ASl'l! TALIY, BERVANTS' LIVERY MADE TO MEASURE, ELY & CO., Importing Tailors, ‘Wabnshenv. cor. Monraq Cliiengo. CALIFORNIA FEARS, TN OTICE: C. E. WEBBER, Bucoensor to WERRER, BOUTHWIOK & CO., Cor, South Water and Dearborn-sts,, ‘Will zosuive, on Blonday, tho 21th, first car of Lusk & Co.'s choleo CALIFORNIA BARTLETT PEARS, Ordurs prony THE PXORISIOR PRESS BRICK MFQ. €O, can supply tho biost Brick for Fronts and Tocklng in the miar- kot, aud at tha fuwoat pir Qttice, No, 77 Donrborist, Dr. G. D. BEEBE, Having resumed praotico, may bo consulted o TR ofie, 7. Diavic-ate during tho hours xom 10 to 1 o'alock, BEECHER-TILTON. A General and Sweep- ing Denial of Til- ton’s Charges. Mz, Beecher Rejects the Tm- _ putations on His Honor and Mus, Tilton's, Hig Offense Was the Giving of Unadvised Counsel. A More Detailed Statement in Course of Preparations Mrs, Tilton Joins in This Gen: eral Denial. She' Has Begun Proccedings for a Divorce. Two Intorviews with My Tilten Yesterday, He Says that the Publication of His Statement Was a Surprise. Gossip of the Streets. BEECHER'S STATEMENT. 4 NEw Yonk, July 22.—This avening sovoral of the Dencons of Plymouth Church, with Mr. Bhoarman, Mr. Ross, and Gon, Tracy, mot at Mr. Beochor's residenco, and, after a counsel lasting sbout threa hours, drew up the following stato- ment of Mr. Boechor's for publication : Ido not propare at this time & delailed oxam- ination of the ramarkable statomeut of.I'hcodoro {Lilton, made boforo tho Committee of Iuvosti- ation, and which appeared in print July 21, 874, I recoguizo the mnany reasons which make it of transcondent importanco to mynclf, tho church, and causo of public morality, that 1 SHALL OIVE A PULL ANBWER to tho charges against me, but having requosted the Comuittco of !nvasu%nllon to soarch this matter to tho bottom, it isto thom that I must look for my vindication. But I cannot delay for an hour to defond tho reputation of Mra. Eliza~ Leth I3, Tilton, upon whose name, in connection with mino, "Lor busband las attompt- ed to pour shame. Ono less deserving of such disgraco I nevor know, From childhood sho bas beou under my oye, and since ranching womanhood 2 BIE IIAS 1AD MY BINCERE ADMIBATION AND Am- ¥EOTION, I chorigh for hor a pure feeling, such ns 8 gon- tleman might honorably offer to s Christinn woman, sad which- Bho might receive aud reciprocato without moral ecruple. I rejeot with indignation overy imputation which retlocts upon hor-honor or my own, My regard for Mrs, Tilton was perfectly well known to my family, When serious dilioultics sprang up in hor household it was to my wife that she resort- «od for counsel, and both of us, acting from sym- pathy, and, s it subsoquontly appearod, without 1all Ymowledgo, govo the advived counsel which teudod to harm. I have no doubt that BIr, Til- ton found that 1118 WIPS'S CONFIDENCR AND RFLIANCE UPON MY JUDGMENT hnd groatly inorensed, while his influence had diminished in consequence of 8 marked change in hs roligious and sooial views, which wore tukiug placo durlug thuse yoors, ler mind was greatly oxorclued lest her children should bo harmed by views . which she decmed virtually falso and dangorous. I was suddenly and rudely aroused to the remlity of impouding danger by the disclosure of domestic distroes, of sickness, porhaps unto doath, of the likelibood of soparation and Beattering of a family, evory mombor of swhich I had tonderly loved.” Tho offcct on mo of discovery of the stato of Mr. Tilton's feehng and condition of his family surpassod in eorrow and oxcitomout any- thiug that Thad ever experionced in my life, ‘That my presonce, influence, and counsc] had brought to a beloved family sorrow and alienn~ tion gavo'in my then state of mind a preguancy to my suffering which I hopo no othor man may ovor fool. EYEN TO BE SUSPECTED of having offered, under privilogos of a pecnlinr- 1y sacrod rolation, au indecorum to a wife and mother, could 'not but deeply wound sany ono who is sonsitive to tho houor of womanhood. Thore were peculiar ren- sous for alarm 1n this osso on other grounds, inasmuch as I was then subject to cor-~ tpin malipnant rumory, and & flagrant outbrenk in this fomily would briug upon them an added infamy dorived from those shameloss falsohoods, Bolioving, at the timo, that my prosenco and counsels had tended, howaver unconscionsly, to pioduce s social catastropho, Teprosonted a8 imminont, I gave exprassion tomy feolings in an juterview with s mutual frioud, not in cold and cautious self-dofonding words, ' but ongorly sking blamo upon m{snll, and pouring out my heart to my friend in the strongest langungo, overburdoned with the oxaggerations of im- passioned worrow. Iad I been tho evil maon Mr, Tilton now ropresents, I should have been calmer and more prudent. It was my horror of this evil imputed that filled mo with morbid intensity at tho vory shadow of it, Not only was friond affested gener- ously, but lo asssured mo that such expressions, if conveyed to Alr. Tilton, wonld soothe tho wounded feclings, sllay angor, aud heal tho whole trouble. I TOOK DOWN SENTENOES AND FRAGMENTS of what I had been eaying, to uso them asa mediator. A full statoment of tho ciroumstancos under which this memorandum was mado I sball givo to tho Investigating Committeo., That theso apologies were moro than ample to meot the facts of tho case is ovident in that thoy woro acceptod ; that our 1uteroonrao rosumed ity Triendlinoss ; that Mr. Hilton subsoquontly rati- fled in writing, and that lo has con- tinued for four vears, and until within two weoks to live witiihis wifo, Is it concoivablo that, had the original churgo beon what i now nlleged, ho would have condonod the of- fenee, not only with the mother of his children, but with him whom o helieved to bave wronged them? The absurdity as woll as tho falumty of this story, is spparent whan it 14 considored that Mr. Tilton now alleges that hio carried tho guilty socrot of his wife's infi- dolity for six months locked up In his own breast, and that then he divniged 1t to me onl[vI that there might be & rcconoilintion witl mo, Mr. Tilton has since, - in everv form of languago, and to a multitude of wit- nossos, ornlly, in writton atatemonts, and in pr!utmi dooutmonts, * DECLARED 18 FAITIL IN I WIFE'S PURITY. After tho roconcilintion of 3ir, Tilton with mi considorations of propriety and honor domange that the fumwmily troulle should be kept in that seclusion which domestic affairs have n right to eluim as a sanctuary, and to that seclu~ sion it was dotermined that it should bo con- tined, Ivory line and: word of my pri- vato and_coufidentisl lottors which® hayve buen publishod j8 in harmony with tho utatemonts which I now make, My publish- od correspondence on this subjeck comprisos but two elomonts, viz, : tho oxpression of my griof, and of my desiro to ehiold tha honor of & puro and fnnocent woman, Idonot proposo to wualyza or contesy nt this time £ THE EXTHAONDINALY PARLL OF MR, TILTON, but thers are two allogations whioh I cannot perinit to pass without specint notice. Thoy refer to tho only two incldonts which Mr, ‘Tilton protondn to have witnonsed porsonally, the one su allogod uoono In my house while looking ovor engravings, and' tho other ‘a chambor scenoe in Lis own houso. 3 118 BTATEMENTS CONOERNING THESE ARE ADSO- LUTELY FALSE. Nothing of the kiud ever oceurred, nor any noembinnce of any euch thing, Thoy nre now bLrought to my notico for tho firat time. To ovory statomont which conneots mo dis- Thonorably with Mrs, Ellzabath R, Tilton, or which in any wise would imougn the honor and purity of this boloved Obristian woman, I give tho most explivit, oompmlmunlvnvnml solomn do- nial. (Bigned) Hexny WArD Beecnem. BnooxLry, July 12, 1674, Mr. Beechior will proparo a more fall and con- cino roply, to bo submitted to the Investigating Cowmittoe at ns oa dato a8 posyib] ———— MRS, TILTON’S STATEMENT, Kpectal Dispateh to The Chicaao Trilbune, Nrw Yony, July 22,—Mra. Tiltou's sintemont is not yet finished, and cannod bo submitted untit to-morrow, It will bo & gonoral donial of the charges, and an array of evidonco of Til- ton's Infidolitios with various persons, lecturers aud others, on which . SIE WILL DRING A BUIT FOR DIVONOE, and which I8 now intendod o brenk down Til- ton's clnraotor. It will not pretond to answer his statomont in detsll. Among othor docu-. monts which she will produce arg Boecher's lot- ters to hor,all of a deeply spiritual charuoter, and oxpresyive only of tho most platonic aiection, and nothing moro. TAIE BTATEMENT OF TILTON WAS NEAD TO HER ° by Ovington, with whom sho still rosides, aud sho was unmoved, ealm, and dignified, She emphntically denled its lruth, conld not recall tho letters, and wes Indizuant at Tilton’s use of thom. Sno sayeit will bo impossible to live with 'lilton after such an outrago. —_—— TILTON INTEEVIEWED, « Spectal Dispateh to The Chieago Trivune. WIO PUNLISHED TILTON'S STATEMENT. New Yous, July 22.—The cross-oxumination of Lilton by the Committoo was resumed thiy Aternoon, and will bo concluded to-dny. Ho ro- fused to furnish tho originals of many of tho lottera or statoments. The oxamination basbeon very thorough, and no point of the slatomont will ba overlooked. T'ho counsel for Deecher declinod to givo any idea of the questions put to Tilton, Your correspondent callod on Tilton this aftornoon, He still occupios his houso, not hav- ing given it up to hiswife, Ho was nsked about the oross-examination, but auswered: ' Whilo T would bo glad to accedo to your vequoat, I hardly think it would bo proper. It Is woll under- stood that the proceedings of tho Comuwitico will be kopt seorot, snd I roally must refuso to toll what I was osked, Ican ngsure you, how- over, that it was not of much importanco,” e added that io was going before tho Commtttes aguin lo-morrow afteraobn, Ho was sskod if 16 way true, as stated, that ho ‘was . DINING AT DELMONICO'S with John Russell Young, Frank Moulton, and Don Butlor Ilnst ovening, nnd while thore first learned that his statomont had Loon publinbed, at which he was much overcome and fainted, He roplied : 5 ‘“Yes, that is truo, in ovory particular, T dido't know it was to bo published. Mr., Maverick, managing ecditor of tho Argus, ox- Elniuud inn card in his papor this aftcrnoon 0w ho obtained tho statomont. I had no fokling that it wonld como befora tho oyes of the world, and when I learnod that it hnd beon, I wus profoundly grieved and somowhat overcoma, I hind hopod and beliovod that the Committeo would recognize their ability to gottio our troubles among themsolves; would do so, return their verdict to Plymouth Olmrcly, ane Teop forever vecurely locked within their D¥essts ali acts thoy learned. Thero wos NONEED OF MAKING IT PUBLIO, and it must mako many hearta ache, I knew nothing of ittill T was told while at dinner.” Tho trath is that tho Argus copy of tho etato- ment nas shown Tilton about 4 o'clock Tuerdny, threo hours beforo the publication, by Damas Barnes, editor, who took a \\"tnnw along who hoard Tilton attost that' it was & eorroct copy. 1t in assurtod by some that Tillon rnnlls ?“ a large sum for tho copy. Ha was auked It bo bad auything to say to tho remarks of Mr, Bhcarman, in the morning payor, in which the vital points of Mis, Tillon's slatemont were discusaed, which it was supposed srould’ bo tho goneral tono of Mr. Boechor’s statement, 1o answered: **Ihavo nothing to aay toit. Irost on my statoment to tho Committen.” Your cor- rospoudont asked if he hed heard that tho Beechor party proposed to atrengthen thoir cass by nesailing his_(Lilton's) choracter he said: “Ohl { dow't knosr about that. Y'vo hoard nothing of it ; in fact Tdon't think theycan, I haven't (umiling) a character to attavk,” \To the Asacciated Ireas.] ANOTHER INTERIEW. New Yorg, July 22.—Mr. Tilion, in sponking with a reporter, donied that ho suthorized tho anent publication of the siatoment, and snid’ hint 1t must have como from tho Committee, ‘“Thoy will rue the duy,” Mr. ‘T'iltod said, ** whon they now ft to give those facts to the publio. Thero wero only two copics’ of my stale- mont in existonce, Ono I gave to the Committes, ond tho other I kept myself, I went beforo tho Committeo $his aftornoon, and ina freo and kindly intorchapge with them, I bad not a suspicion that the publication of my statemont was to bo mado, eitlior in whole or in part, It was a cruelty in Mr, Boocher, it was a crime ngainat buman natare, to havo summoned 1ne bya publio praclumation, signed by his uame, in his authorization of a committos of six, to di- vulgo tue secrots containod in that statement, — TILTON’S LETTER TO BOWEN. The following is Tilton's letter to Bowen, given in Wilkeson's statemont botore the Boccher In- vostigating Comumittee : Buooxrxv, Jan, 1, 1678, e, Henry €, T en: i L roceived Jast ovoniug your sudden notfoes yreuking my two contracts, ous with the Inpevendent, tho othor with the Brooklyn Union. With reforencs to this act of sours, I will maken plain_atatemont of facts, Itwaa during tho enrly part of tho Tebcition, i€ 1 rocollect nright, when you first fntimuted to mo that the Rav, lonry Ward® Beecher tad commltted scts of adultery, for which, if you should oxpose him, bowould bo_drlyen from tho pulplt, From that timd ouward your reforencus to the mubjéct wero freqont, and alwaya accompanied with tle exhibitlon of doop: scated fujury to your beort, Ina fotier which you sd- dressed to mo from Woodstock, June 10, 1833, refer- sing (o thih subloot, you aaid: * I sometitues feal that I must break silence’ that I must no lougor suffer as a dumb man, und be made to boar a load of grief most unjuslly, Ono word from mo would makio—a robol- Hon throughout Christendom, I hud almost ssid ; and you Imowit, You bave juuta little of tho evidence Trom the graat volumo in'your possession, 1 ani not purauing n_ phentom, but solemnly brooding over an owfal zoality,” Subsequont to this lolter, nnd on frequent 1ntervals from then till now, you have repeated tho statoment that fiull could at any moment expel Heary Ward Beochor fram Draokiyn, Yon havo roitorated the kame thing, not only to me, but to otherd, Boreover, duriug the year fust closed, your letters ou the sub- Jeet wero murkod with wmore feoling. than herutofore, und wors not unfroquontly coupied with your emn- phutio doclaration thub M, Deecher ought not to ba allowed fo aceupy o publio’ position us o Christtau teacher and preachor, On the5th of Docember, 1870, at a inforviow in your house, at which Mr, Oliver Johmon aud 2 wore: present, you spolio Imulf' and ndiguantly agalust Mr, eccher au o1 unsafo visitor {u the Taullies of Lls con. gregation, You allnded Ly sramo 10 8 Woman, now a widow, whose husbund’ “death you did not doubt was bastonied by Dis knowledgs that Bie, Doecher bad " maintained with her - improper ‘intimacy, As_if to leave no doubt on the mindd of efthor Mr. Joliuson or mysult, you fnformed ua that Mr, Beechor Lad mudoto you a oonfession of guilt, and had with teara huplorad your forgivouom, After Mr, Joliwon rotired from this futorviow, you related 10 ™o tho cast of n womn, of whom you said (ss nourlyua T ean rucollect your words) that *¢ Br. Hooch ar took hr in Lis avm by force, {hror hoe dow upon 1o tiofa, accomplislied upon hor bts deviltry, sud Jeft hertt Durfug your recitsl of this’ tale you wero filed With anger toward Mr. Beccher, ¥ou suld, with terriblo emphbasls, that ¢ He ouglt not to remuln o weok longor ju bis pulplt,” You fimmediate. 1y suggestod that o denpa should bo made upon Lifm 1o quit his snered oftico, Tou vulunteorod ta bewr to i) such o dumand §n the form of an opan letter, which you wuuld presont Lo Ll with your own bund, and yon pledged yoursulf to sustal the domand which thia lotter should” muke, viz, : #That ho should, for reasous which ho explicitly koow, lmmediatel: coauo from his mivfsiry at Plymoutli Ohure ond rative from Drookiyn,” T'he firsb draft of this lotter did not contain the pliraap * for reasons that ha ofilllclluly kuew,” and theso words, of Worda to this effoct, woro lucorporated iu o zecoud 4% your motion, You urged, furthierniory, very bmpllnllmlly,' that the letter should demand not ouly Br, Beocher's ubdicss tion ot s pulplt, but tho cesation of bis wntlng for thia Christians Unton,—a point on which you were bvor- suled, This letter you prosented to Mr, Deockierat Mr, Freal liies, Bhorlly sfior lts Drsoutation you xought an luterviow with iue in thu editoriol oica of e Drookiyn Unfon, durlug which, with unao. countabla cmotion dn your waunor, your face Jvid with rugo, you throstened with loud volos that, if I ever should inform Mr. Doecher of tho statements whictyou mads cosaoralig is aduitorporalould come pol you to adduce the ovidenceon which you agread 1o stintaln the demand for Mr, Beecher's withdrawal from Brooklyn, you would fimmediately daprivo me of my ongagement. to writo for the Indenendent and to edit the Brooklyn Union; snd that, fii cese I should over attampt to entor the ofiices of those Jonroal, you wonld hiavo mo ejested by foron. I told you that 1 shonld inform Dr, Becclior or anybody 140 according 10 the dictates of my judgmont, uuinilnenced by any aulhority from my employers, 'You then axoitadly re. tirad from . my -presence, - Hnrdli: bad your violont wards ceased rinning in my oars wilen I recelved ypur Aitinmary noticos braaking my contract with tho Ind. pendent and tho Trookiyn Uik To o foregoing narrativo of fact-I have ouly to add my surpriss and regret at tho sudden fulerruption -y your own act of hiat haw been on my part o faithiful nervice of fiftoon . Lruly yours, Tuzoponk TILTON, ——— PUBLIC OPINION. 4 IN NEW YORE. Epectal Dispateh to 2'he Chieaao Trbune, Nrw Yong, July 23.—1It is dificult to toll from indlvidial oxprossions’ tho improssion mndo on the public of this city and Brooklyn. Your correspondont hns yot to soo tho first man who commendy the publication, or sympathizes with Tilton, - Instoad of ecreating sympathy for bhim, ridicule or contompt is expressed. ‘Tho fact that any mao should, fn order to roliove him- solf of tho suspicion of provarlcation and scandal-mongoring, choose tho altornative of proving tho faisily of his wifo, is looked upon 28 somothing monstrous, Tho fact that ho has ropentedly deolared hor innoconco berotofore lends to his condemnation for untruths, and if she statoment deponded upon his word, it would not bo' erodited, Divestod of Iicechor's lotter, the story is lookod upon as without strength or value, and tho public are content to wnlt for Bocoher's promised oxplauation, But fow aro dlsposed to look with patience on the defenso put forward v tho frionda of Boccler, as telegraphod you Inte Inat night, that tho affoction of Beochor aud Mrs. ‘Tiiton was purely platonio. This theory appnars wholly incousistent with his romoraoful Iotters, 1t doos not oxplain his strong terms and his enfferings. Tho dofenso put forward is not to Dbo sccopted absolutely as Hecchor's, Bhearman, Clotk of tho Ohurch, its suthor, is an oliclous busybodyzwho has boon the cause of much miachief by nm‘alnlemgmslp on; the gubject, and le has put tho thoory forward in all the morning papers, simultaneously with T'liton’s story,to break the forco of it. Tilton has been annin undor cross-oxamination, and Mrs. Tilton's statement will bo submitted to-night. IN WASILINGTON,. Epeclal Dispateh to I'he Chicuao Tridune. ‘WasuiNoton, D, O., July 22.—Thore has been but one topio of conversation in placos of y\;hho resort Loro to-dny and night, the Beochor-Lilton scandal, The oxcitemont hag run vory high, and thore is nothing but rogret and korrow expresssd ot what {s univorenlly regarded as tho dirastrous end to a long lifo appnrently full of good worke,—an end hastened, according to the pop- ular vordict, by tbe dopruvity of ono who used the cloak of raligion to ehiold him in his wick- edness, . ' — PRESS-COMMENTS ON THE TILTON STATEMENT. From the St. Louis Irpubliean, ‘Tho story we print this morning from the pen | and lips of Theodore Tilton is not for the poru- eal of young girla, Wo wich our duty to tho public would allow us to omit it altogether, It forms an cpisodo in domestio lifo which it were botter to hide entirely from contomplation, conld that bo dono. [t destroys faith in great repute~ tions, It tears off mavks of sham and deceif and discovers o hidoous mnes of foulnoss s corruption. It shows thonost crainont clergy- man, porhaps, of Awmorien to bo certainly tho mont arront hypocrite. It exhibits Heory Ward Docchor as being, 4ustead of a pious toscher of God's rohgion and o mon whoss sxamplo ghould. be a shining light, a betrayor of his friend’s con- fidence nufi o aystematio seducer of woman’s honor. 'f'ho story speaks for itself, Its proofu aro apparontly irrofragablo. There i nothing further to be said. Hrom the St, Loufs Democrat. Mr. Tilton's statomont has been mado, and is to-day befure the world, 1t will be read with a shudder of horeor in thousands of familics, aud the Infinito alono can measure the harm which it will do to tho causo of which Mr. Boccher has been so conspicuous an advocato, No man can guess in how many mindy it will sow tho sceds of ovil, or in how many hoarts it will shake o sacred conlidenco. Wo cannot lolp :foeling that, in MR long ntmg{gle to koop back this ecandal, Mr, Beocher might well have been actuated by wmotives ligher thinn any which talke rootin seliishness. But hora it in, ant the world must Judgo it fearlowsly oud Jwpartially, = Ste. "Lillon's accuantion” fs almost iucredible in its nnture. It charges not a momentary offenso, which sudden passion might havo prompted, bu s long-continued effort to corrupt the mind of » patishioner, followed by long-continued erim- innl conduet, and {hat Dby o porsistent endoavor to suppress the trath at the oxpense of Tilton. It will bo said, at ouce, such accusations agaiust Buch a man requito tho most conclusive evi- denco that can be imaginod. And, if Mr. Tilton produces the original documents from which ho quotes, and is sustained by tho evidence of Mr. Moulten and_other frisnds of boih parties who becamo coguizaut of tie facty, it must bo admit~ tod that tho evidonce ia irrosiatible. It ‘is but ‘just, howover, to walt until it appears what an- Bwor Mr. Boocher cau malte to this ol ox- traordinary statemont, and how far cither the aconsation or the dofonse are supported by evi- denco. From the Louisville Courier-Journal, Tho dreadful, dismal, vasly, snd rovolting do- ‘mestic rovelation, which is Juul beforo the rond- ora of the Courier-Journal this morning, culls for no particular comment, Evory resder will Judgo it, and the partios to 1t, for himsalf, Tho maus of ovideneo, positivo and circumatantial, is overwhelming against tho pastor of Plymouth Church, For weoka it hay boen evident that ex- traordinary offorts to shieki him from a groat impending shamo were being made by tho lond- ors of his congregation, Lad lo been funocent, thore would have beon no shuffling, 1lnd Lo beon innacent, o aud his frionds wonld bave ‘mado po tight for timo. o and they would have been prompt, eager, to throw opon the doora aud to dofy the world, the ilesb, and tho dovil, no ntter what shapo they might - assumo, There way no oscapo, and tho crash is ol tho worse for thelr tactics, Thera aro those who will plead for the groat preacher by that groat law of charity which bids un forgive tho infirmitios of human nature, Theso do cortainly overloap the bounds sot upou rational justice wnd sixed by tho intereats of a sound gocial code, A poor young gir), imexperi- euced and ignoraat, obeenvo and fricndloss, come mits a singlo act of adultery and is epurncd Into s life of shame, Thero js no pity for. hor. *Shuuned by hor own sex, outwitted by the sox on whoso manhood God tnuiht hor_toroly, sho stalka through the world a blighted ruin, Yob tha very peoplo who would visit hor with a pun- iohmont worss thun dosth lift uptneir hands and urgo mercy in the namo of Christ, whoso tench- jngs they duily discredit, for the mnn of the world, the mau of Yculna. who bas usoed tho sa- crod oflice and ministry of heavon to corrupt tho moraly of his flock, to dostroy his own and his neighbor's fireside, to dragreligion into tho mire, ond to abusa the trust of tho closcst porsonal friondship. ‘Wo bavo it not in onx heart to invoigh against Mr. Bogohior, 1fo atands boforo the world as a dung-hill covered with tlowors, from which the soonor tlie public eyo is romoved the beltor, It is besido tho purposo that other men are no purer than he, " If wo are not to give over tho schemo of morality under which wo live, und oatabligh oponly tho doctrino_that men mav violnte tho Soventh Commaudmont with im. [mnlty, there should be l!ls!uluyofl in tha csuo of his falso shophord the most cortain and unoquiv- ooal tostimony that wa aro not roady to bocome s natlon of ‘ouclolds aud strumpets, taking licenge for ourselves by the ofonses of slnnors more mischievous, brilliant, and conspleuous. From the sfilwaukes Sentinel, 1t ia o sickening rocital that finds o place else- whora in this issuo,—sickening at oncs, and stariling in & degres equaled by no provious doc- umont of the deeado. The contral fact which it disclovos may bo briefly told: Rey. Honsy Ward Beechor, pustor of Plymoth Ohroh, dul'\l‘mmmy, and with dovilish art, soduocd Mrs. Theodoro Tilton, tho wife of his most trustful friend, aud mufutaived sdultorous relations with hor for a porlod extonding ovor a year sud & balf, Thero 18 no rejocting the ovidenos. Itis the statomang of the wronged husband, based on tho confos- slon of hia wife, sud supportod by othor testi- mony that leaves no hook to bang a dvubt upon, Moreavar, tha narzative tolves all the porplexi- tics of tho soports, and moro thau ro- ports, that bave como to the publio Ifl plocomeal for the pest $wo, Joars, is no common man whoss charactor I8 thus destroyod ; it is the foromoat proachor of the mnotaonth contury. Tho blow in the shattering of an idol that Lins boon worshiped ns it is nover safo to worship & human idol. Bocchor is not only proved to be a wily, heartless profligate, when thio oxposure bad come, whon tho injures husband had learned of his wrong, and was coveriug Boechor with a forbearanco that was rathor more than could be domand of o human Loing, Boeoher oxprossod gront contrition, it is true, and usod langungo which was manifestly intouded to convoy the idea that ho contem: platod suleide ; but _all the while ho secmed willing that evorybody ehould suffer rathor than himself. An ingrate, a perfidious friend, a selfish man of the world, & cool and unlnnhun% libortino and aduiterer—it i in no other ligh! than this that the man who has boon regarded s the oxomplar rnd most ecloquont sdvocata of modora Chrintianity stands before the world. SHORT HORNS. Gront Snle nt Lexington, Ky.—A Five Months? Culf Brings 81,005-Eighty~ eight Mead Realizo $51,800. speciul Dispateh to T'he Chicago Tridune, LuxiNatow, Xy, July 22,~To-day occurred the gront sale of Hughes & Richardson, of this place, the rosult of which will Lo 80 eagerly looked for, although no such extraordinary prices woro realized for singlo animals ns at the Dextor Park salo, Tho average was good, and is looked upon by breeders Liore as ono of tho gmndeut‘ successos over made [n Kontucky, con- sidoring*tho large number sold. Bolow wo give o roport of sl apimala sold for aver §500, with tho prico, namo of purchaser, oto: Bouan, of Elkulll, $1,025; L. Combe, Loxington, Yiounn 6th, of Eibil, $1,100; 3, I Tissengor, Mig ourd, ( Sotan T,of EIL, 88703 Jobn Durgess, Koo ucky, Hosn 4th, of EIXNUL $1,100; Willism OMt, Kone uclty. . m.’mm, of EXkil, $1,625; Johi Nicols, Dlooming- on, 11, S0cond Mazurks, of ENkhill, $0:0: F. B, Bedford, ris, Ky, ‘Treblo Duke, €676 ¢ Dedmon Bros,, Winclieater, Ky, Mnzurka Belle 34, $1,000 ; T, Bates, Wolliugton, Ao, Muznrka Bello, $650 ; @, 'A; (fano, Kontucky, Woodbiue 2d, $576 3 W, Handy, Kentucky. - Lady Newhall 10th,'$105 : F, Bates, Missourd, Tady Newhull 11th, $1,100; T, Bates, Lady Newhall 6ih, $850; B, B, Groom, Winchea- ter, Ky, Candidate Duchom, $1,425; Gen, Meredith, Cam- ridge City, In. Candldsto Duchess 8d, $725; Mr, Hamilton, Tn- dians, i Sodonla 2d, $780; D. Konnard, Lexington. Sedonis 41, £728 s D, ¥ Doracy, Ky, Bedonta Bth; €600} Frank Beliatd, Purls, Kentucky, Goody Two’ Shoes, $1,110; unpostod ; Aold to Ar, @illam, Logan County, Til. ; Granid Commander,'$660 ; L. Daveson, Springfold, A Tortln, $1,010, A, IT. Humpton, Winchoster, Xy, * Moy Cosn, 3828'; Gano & I1ill, Kentucky, Wieda, $1,200 ; Gen. Mereditll, Csmbridito City. Tied Ditchiess, . Willfamaoe, Thornton, Ind, Lady Oxford, $610 B. T. Dogsey, Kentucky, Tady Bates 3d, §2,150 ; L. P, Muir, Paris, Ky, YLady Dell, 1,625 ¢ L. I, Bluir, Parls, Ky. Genova Gwynne, 1,075 3 L, P, Moors, Parls, Ky, Qxforid Gyymne, 1,000 D. 0. Groom, Mincrva 3d, $900; Dr, Whitnoy, Loxington, Ky, Minervs, of Elkuill, s 5 monthe' calf, $1,003; to ‘William Vanmeitor, Winchester, Ky, Veatriw, 3325 ; Williun Lowry, Keutucky, Juliclts, $800'; Gano 1), Ky, Moss Rose 3d, $010; James Kennard, Lexington, Ry, o Tioso 24, $810; T., Combs, Laxington, Ky.. mhdly B{.xllmm, of Elkhill, $500; Thomas Wendell, neoin, 1, '+ Thexo wers all that sold over 8500, X large number of young bulls, aud a fow agod cows sold at differont pricos ranging from $200 to 8600, making the average on fifty-six females §727, and tho averago on twenty-four bulls §220, making nn agrrogate of £51,800 for oighty- gight head, which was disposed of in the short space of five houra by the popular suctioncor, apt. P, O. Kidd, of .Lexington, Ky. 'This salo is looked upon as ono of the moat successful ovor bold fu Ko"&‘.unkv. ) To-morrow ocSurs the groat joink sale of Will- iam Wartlold & Co., of Lexington, Ky. Upwards of 600 Shorthorn breeders nre hare from all parts of the Unitod States and Conada. ISR CAPITAL AND LABOR. ‘The NMiners? Strilkoes in the Superior Reglon. Special Duspatch to T'he Chicago Tribune, Escawans, DMioh, July 22 — DBut little change can ho roporled es occurring to- day in tho Ishpenning iron district. The minors in tho othor mines hava been notified to- dny to quit work, and probably bave dono so. ‘Business on the two railroads is nearly ab a stand-still, avd vessols aro lnying idle ‘at tho docks awaiting loada. Nothing definito can s yot bo given respecting the probable duration of tho striko, or as to what ench succeeding day may bring forth, No damago hns as yet boen done to propetty or porsons. The Cincinnati Times Otfico Desorted by Union Compositors. CinorNyatr, 0., Julf 22.—Ths Union compoe-~ itors of the Cincionatl Timed, honring thoy woro to be dismissod on Saturdny, and their places filted with non-Union men, loft thoir cases in & body this morning. The Adjutant-Gencral at Braidwood. . Correapundence of The Chicuyo Tribune, Braipwoon, Iil, July 21.—Hns Gov, Bev- eridgo sont the Adjutant-Genoral to Braid- wood? If 8o, for what purpose hsa he boen gont? Wo have a sirike here, certainly; Lot nothing has oceurred, or 18 lilml]y ta ocenr, domanding the prosonce of this ofiicial. Our city and county authoritiva sssort that they are fully prapared and able to moat any omargency that in hikely to arise. If wo, why Leep their officiel here doing nothing for ‘the Btate? Yot ho is lrept horo asIf his presence was nocessary ; aud, sinco ho has boew here, ho has busied him- sielf in tho work (o all appearance) of procur jug mon to_{lll tho places of tho etrikers, The citizens of Draidweod look upon tho action of this official hora as being altogother uncalled for, nnd would bo plensed if Gov. Boveridgo would inquire nmonyst the citizens hero, outsido tho coal companies’ ofticers, how this servant of the peoplo is acting. His conduct here, since his firat appesranco iu this piaco, has boen much more lifio that of an agent of the coal companies than of an ofiicor of the Stato of Illinoin, Tho Printers? Strifce in Cincinnati. OINCINNATE, O., July 22,—Tho strike in the Eumin¥ T'imes offico to-day did not provont the insue of thopapor inthe aftornoon. Ths Typo- graphical Union depracated the uso of violonce toward mon who tako tho plnces they have va- cated, Inn ciroular to tho peopls, printed, and distributod on tho stroot, thos style tho new :um‘hlp‘ the Gazetle oflica *imported vage- onda. POLITICAL. Nominnting Conven- tionw, Sneeial Dispateh to I'he Chicayo T'ribune, AMamsoy, Wis,, July 23,—A cundidate for Rep- Toseniative to Congross is to ba nominatod by the Republicans of- thoe Second Distriot in their Convontion called ‘to moot here Bept. 1, Thoro sooms to be but two candidatos thus far, G. W, Hozolton aud L, B, Caswell, of Jellforson, Democratic Convention, Seventh Ohlo s Dintricts Cixcinnaat, O, July 23,—The Hoan, L, T, Nonl was renowinated for Congress on the Dewmacratio tickot, at the Hillsboro Convention, un: rized Signatures BoxtoN, Mass., July 22,—Kenry L. Plorce au- thorizos dm_ntnlomnm that his” signoture was attached to "tho ConEroauivmul Ropublican ad- dress without his authority, CASUALTIES, Congressionul Freight Oars Demolivhed and Tricolk ‘Torn up on the Boston, KMartlord & Erie ond, New Yonu, July 93,~By an_acoldent to tho froiglit-tinin on tho Boston, lartford & Erio Ttailroad, on Monday night, 100 feat of tho track wora torn up, and twwelva oars wera domolished, “Yho damnge Lo tao bincl is sbont 810,000, but thint to tho froight 1s not yot known, Two Deaths from Polsonings New Yonx, Jaly 23, —John Powers and sistor had a dinnor together yestorday, In the louso whoro thie Iatior \as gorvant. John diod yos- torday and his slutor to-dny, it is supposod from | the effoots of polson contalnod in chow-aliow, FOREIGN. President MacMahon on the Situation in France. He Was Not Given Power to Ald the Monarchy or the Empire, i Nor W o Assist to Establish a . iufinite Republio, Signi: -"at Speech of the ~me Minister of England. girpar . SERE (T He Wi~ Have His Country Take a Place Among the Great Powers of Europe. Castelar and His Party Declars for a Conscrvative Le. publie, Minor Foreign News. FRANOE. Loxvox, July 22.—A Paris spocial says : **The Comm Ittes of Thirty have agreed to the Eloct~ oral bill fixing the ago of votera at 25, providing for clectionn by arrondissements, instoad of de- partments, aud giving an additional member to avery 60,000 inhsbitants,” . #D ants, July 22.~Tho Deputies of the Loft are nctively circulating for signntures potitions for a disnolution of the Assombly, to be pro- sontod in the ovent of tho dofeat of Casimer Pereiro’s bill. Tanm, July 22.~President MaoMshon, in re- 8pouso to a doputation of members of the As- sombly, who waited upon him to-duy, said bo was not summoned to power in ordor to restors citlier tho Monarchy or the Empire. His ncts proved that he would mot participato in such entorprises, The law which oreated tho Soptonnate &till loss imposed upon him the task of constituting a definito Re- public. M, Poreiro’s bill offered him nothing, but by isolating hiw from tho Consorvatives, by whose ‘aid he wished to govern, wonld deprive him of much, Conmoquently tho Ministera would declare in his name that he rejoctea the project. In conolusion, he oxprossed tho opin- 1on that tho proclamation of tho Ropublic might dlutarb nnf;’ar and ponce, but if the lawa ho aslied for were voted, tho Soptonnate would becomo & movement calculatad to inspire conti~ dencoand respoct. It is now undorstood that the Government to- morrow will demand of tho Assombly the adoption of the laws referred to by tho Prosi~ dent, viz.: The conatitutional bill drawn up by the Committeo of Thirty, togethor with threo additional moasuros proposcd by the Minister of the Interior to that Committes on tho 10th inst. The Left havo agrocd, it L. Pereiro’s bill is offecc: “That the Assombly, rogarding tho present atate of parties an insurmountable ob- siaclo to tho covstitution of n detinite Govorn- meont, bo dissolved on tho 20tk of August : that a gonoral olection for mombers of the Assombly ‘be'leld on the Gih of Ssptombor, and tuat tho xlmw ’:&Bfiemhly meot on the 28th of September, 74, 1t Is belioved that this motion already has the support of 400 Depntios, « 4 ‘f‘]m Bonapartists are undecided whother to vote for it or not. P GREAT BRITAIN. LoxpoN, July 22.—The Lord Mayor gave & bauquet to-mght to Her Majeaty's Ministers ab the Mansion Houso, Disracli, in answeriug to the tonst to the Ministry, said that mo ono was able to view the sinte of Enrope with complacency. Iivery one mwst doplore the anarobicul conditivn of some of tho most favored countrins. Tho friendship of England was nover moro songht for by tho loading powers of i Europe and Amorica, England would use hor ioflnence in the interosls of poace. Disrneli repudiated the principle: that the cotntry was not to be hold responsitlo in many questiona whick might arise abroad allecting tho fortunos of tho world, Ho believed tho influonce of England might now be most offectively oxer~ cised to rocoucile discordant and distrustfnl interests. Sho might asstat distracted countries wilh sympathy and cowngel, and rosuma a posi tiou worthy her furmor preatigo. il S ‘WEST INDIES. Yiavara, July 23.—The agonts of tho differont atenmship linos havo received a commuuication from the postal autliorities notifying thom that in future all lettors for foreign ports must pass through the Contral Posi-Ofice, and not bo recoived, an heratofore, st the counting-rooms of tho eonsignecs. Manuel Calvo telographs from Spain that troops will bo sont to Quba to fill up her originol quota, ———— SPAIN. Mapgin, July 22.—Gen. Zabala has sont elsht battations to roinforca the Ropublicans in tho Proviuce of Cuouca. The Carlists are in strong force in the Prov- ince of Alava, Mavnip, July 22.—DBrig.-Gen, Pioto haa de- foated a dotachmont of Don Alfonso's army at Salvanote, in the Province of Cuouca, doliver~ ing 700 of the prisoners takon by the Carlists at Cuenca, and oupturing eight oflicers of’ Al- fonso'a’ stafl, with a conslderablo quantity of arms and baggngo, Tho Carlist loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners was Loavy. 0[’ e Carlists shot 160 Ropublican prisoncra a¢ Tho Government haa orderod contributions to be lovied on tho partisans of Don Carlos, The proporty of Carlists resident in Cuenca bos been goized to indemnify the relatives of Ttopublicans killed during the sioge. Maprip, July 23.—Senor Castolar delivered a spooch yestorday in whioh he declared tho pro- grammo of his “party dsmoanded the establish- mont of o Covuorvative Iln‘mblia Extrome Topublican theorios only divided thom from Liberals, who wera their beat allics. Sonor Sanz hag beou appointed Minfater of Bpain to Mexico, ‘I'he Carlists shot ovory tenth man of the vol- unteoer battalions captured at Cuenoa. Qon, Dominiguez is in command of the Re- publican army in Catalonis. Gon, Pavia will soon tako tho flold in Central Spain, with 14,000 men and 80 guns, —— GERMANY. Denras, July 23.—The Provinolal Cor- respondense, soml-oflicial organ, congratulates King Louis on tho, establishment of “the most confial relations bol veen Biavaria and tho otler States of the German Enpire. ———— ALGIERS, LoNDON, Julfi 22,—Algorian papors fear Qhu troubla with the nntives is Impending. Thoy Tiave hoard that 10,09 musketa aud 500 owt. of powdor are importe3 "across the Tuniscan frone tior weokly. - et TURKEY. T.onpox, July 32,—A special from Vienna re. horty that Sorvin bag,sent conciliatory proposals ln Coustautinople, 14 s uaid thut the Torte ja negotiating with tho Khedive of Egypt for aux- aliary troups in case of au emorgenoy, ——— INDIA. Lonnax, July 22.—Advices from Indis repro. sont that thers are fears -that tho cholera sy brokon out among the T0,000 pllgrims who ara assomblod {u ooro for the Juggernaut fostival, T'hie floods in the north have wubendod, The southern distriots nre still without rain, or tiy littlo nan hug fallon in some seotions hiwa dow no good, rojeated, to introduco o motion to the following * | |