Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 24, 1874, Page 1

VOLUME 27. COAL. LACEAWANNA C0AL I am nowprcnnra—d to supply all Denlora and_Oonsumors, in oity or country, with "LAOKAWANNA OOAL, of all nios, oithor by Oargo or Rotnll, at the LOWEST markot ARG olinlions o 2,508, R MAL (olten fagturing and’domostio purposos than sny wothor Goal mined, OFIFICES: 280 Madison-st. (af lh¢ Bridge), 126 South Market-st., 800 Lumber-st. (Eighteenli-st. Bridge), And at North Pier. LBRIGH, BLOSSBURG, BRLE, or BRIAR - HILL COAL always on hand, ROBERT LAW, AGENT FOR MINERS. ' Kelley, Horley & Co, Shippers and Wholesalo Dealers in WILKES-BARRE, LACKAWANNA; ' LEHIGH, ° LUMP LEHIGH, i AND BLOSSBURG COAL. "OEFICE. o, 97 Washingtonst, Chiago 1. REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE. Gor, of Indlana-v, and Twenty-sixth-st,, Is offerod for saloat a very low price, and on favorablo “terms. Full partioulars may bo obtained by osiling on eithor of the Trustecs as follows ; P. L. UNDERWOOD, 170 Washington-st, B. B. GOOKINS, 83 Washington.at. B,0,COOK, 0. & N, W, R. R, Office, GEG. 0. OAMPBELY, Ashland Block. Q. 8. HOUGH, N. W, cor, LaSallo & Washington-sts. 0. H. BAKER, Mothodlst Church Blook, 1,200,000 ACRES Missouri Lands. The Atlantio & Pactfic Railroad offor for sale, on long “timo aud low pricos, eplondld farming lands in South. wostern Missousl, which possess all the requiromonts of igood and healthy climate, plonty of timbor and pure ‘wator, long and cool summers, and short and mild win. Hor., TFreo transporiation from 5t. Louls for land-buyers and thelr families, Clrculars contalning map and guides freo to anyad-" dross. Sootional maps, showing land sold and unsold, ‘Ziconta, . For full particulars, and tasoonre all bonofits, csll at -our Ohicago office, 13 Randolphst., ‘W. I, WISNER, Gon, Agt., Or addrass A. L. Deane, Land Commissloner, 25 South Fourth-st., St. Louls, Ma, FOR SALE. Teu acros adjolning city, yory low, subdividod, stroots fradod, wator, eto. ; is nohr to busiheas, of oasy scooss, .":.:“““fi%.‘.‘:.“ gat ot feo imite, and wirth atlontion ot rtlen w 0 . Ad- e A iRD e Co0 PAslng proporty BASE BALL: BASE BALI. ATLANTIOS WHITE STOCKINGS, SATURDAY, JULY 25, AT 3:40 P, M., Tickets for oalo at Kolley Bros',, 8 Madlsonst., and als0 at 117 Twonty-sccond-at, I zaln should lutecfore the gamo will be played on the day following, and no vostors will bo on tho streot cars. BASE BALL. Great Charity Game FOR THE BENEFIT OF HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS. White Stockings vs, Franklins, Friday, July 24, at 3:30 p, m,, On grounda corner State and Twonty-second-ata, - Ad- subssion, £0 oonts. -Grand Staud, 75 oonts, 1 ratn should luterfera ths gamia will bo plavad noxt Tugsdayatternamm, TO RENT. For Rent, The building now occupied by Stettauer Bros. & Co., 246 & 248 Madison-st. Possession given at onoo. Inguire on the premisos, LUMBER OR OQATL DOCK TO RENT OR FOR SATE, 150 foet front on Twelfth-st., running baok 1 fho Jmpire Belaanai Sy, anrond | soonogtions, nowr 103 Washington st.. Bagemont. > TO RENT. A dosirable COORNRR OFFIOR, for Bank- ln‘firnumunnl. with flxtures complate, Ine quirc of A GHR, . A, MU. 8 Motropolitan Bloglk. ARTISTIO TAILORING. 10 PER CENT DISCOUNT ©n all Garments ordercd of us durlog JULY and AT- GUST, 181, WEDDING GARMENTS ASPEOIALLY. BERVANTS' LIVERY MADE TO MEASURK, ELY & CO., Importing Tailors, or. Moenroe-st., Chicngo, ‘Wnabash-nv. ALIFORNIA PEARS, NOTICH:. C. E. WEBBER, Buacessur to WEBBER, SOUTHWIOK & CO,, Qor, South Water and Dearborn-sts., Will receive, on Num(lfil.S th lcn' first car of Lusk & CALIFORNIA BARTLETT PEARS. Oxdors propptly stendud o, FIRE INSURANOE. PLANTERY' (FIRE AND MARINE) INSURANCE COMPANY, " OF MEMPHIS, TENN. Office in the Company’s Building, Assets. - $304,600.26. D.T, PORTER, Pres', D, M, TOWNSEND, Vice Pres't, . A COODMAN, Sec'y. 1.0, LUNSDAL_E,_JI'., Ass't See'y, WALKER & LOWELL, GENERAL AGENTS FOR Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnosota, : BEECHER'S DEFENSE. Mrs. Tilton Comes to His Assistance. She Avers that She Has Beon Calumniated, Tilton’s Motives Were an -Tn- sane Hatred and Jeal- ousy of -Beecher, The Atmosphere of Wer Home Was Godless and Im- pures Ofice, 110 LaSallest, Chicago. - P. S, Mrwmputs, Tenn., July 16, 1874, WALKER & LOWELL, Genaral Agents, adjust our losaes promptly, and draw on tho , Company at mg)%)hvtu 8. . A, ODMAN, Soo'y Pinnters’ Lus, Co. KANSAS INSURANCE COMPANY, OF LEAVENWORTE, Assets, - $285,047.76, OFFICERS:' Beecher Purified It Like .a Stroke of Lightning, Mrs, Tilton Denies that She Mas Committed Adultery in Word or Deeds Pettifogging .Spirit in Whicfi the s Defonse Is Conducted, Mr. Beecher Talks of Setflng up- an + . . Alibi---Discrepancies in Tilton's . IENSLEY, Prest. JOIN A, TALDERMAN, Ve Prest, - Statement, ‘ ©. D. FARR, ey, B = : Tilton’s Cross-Examination-.-His Relation to Public Women. WALKER &LOWELL, GENERAL AGENTS FOR Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wiscon- sin, Iowa, and Minnesota, Office No.110 LaSalle-st,. UNION BUILDING, OHICAGO. P. S, ] Omicaco, Jaly19, 187, nmfi]{flflmfi fflll(g W lEoLL' Ganarn'} Agents, 5 ur losses promptly., 3 HBNgLEf, Pres't, ALEENIARNIA . FIR® Insurance Company, . PITTSBURG, PERN. ASSETS OVER $500,000.00. H. 8. TIFFANY & (0, Ho Despises tho Church, and Thanks K God He Was Never a Minister, Commenis of the Press on tho Scandal, MRS. TILTON’S STATEMENT, New York, July 23.—The following is the statement of Mis. Elizabeth R, Titton: To pick up anew the sorrows of the last ton years, the stings aud paina I had datly schooled yself to bury and forgive, make thisimporative duty, ss called forth by tho malicious statement of my husband, the saddest act of my life. Bo-~ sido, my thought of following the Mastor con- tradicts this act, of my pen, and a sonso of por- version of my lifo faith almost compels mo now to stand asido till God Himselt dolivors. - Yot I seo in this wanton act an urgent call and privi- lego, from which I shrink not. . To roply in do- tail to twonty-two articles of arraignmont I ahall not attempt at prosont ; yet if callod upon to {ostify to each and all of them, I ehall not hosi- :ah:'io do so. Buflice it for my purpose uow 8 5 5 REPLY TO ONE OB MORE OF THE MOST GLOWING CRANGES, : Touchlng the feigned sorrow of my husbaud's compulsory rovelations,I solemuly ayow that long beforo tho-Woodhull publication I knew him, by Insinuation and direct s'atemo nt,to hinve repoat- ed to my very noar relative and friend the sub- GENERAL AGENTS, stanco ‘of theso scousations which shock the flarll afinae of g.xe entire mnt‘l‘:“tm“y :hils day. any timos, when hearing that certain per- Ofioe, 166 ¢ 158 LaSalle-sh, sons had speken 11 of hita, ho has sant mia 12 COEIC.AGO. ohido them for 8o doing; and thon and there I learned ho had boen bofore moe with his calum- nies against myself, so that I was speechloss. Tho reitoration in his scatemont that ho lLad ** poraistontly striven to hido” these so-callod facts is utterly falso, ng I8 HATRED TO MR, DEECHER has existed thoso many yoars, and determination :!o ruin Mr. Boechier has boen tho one aun of his fo, ) Again; tho perfidy with which tho holicst love a wifa ever offerod has been recklossly dig- coverod in this publication renchos well-nigh to eacrilege; aud added to this the endoavor, like tho early scandal of Mrs. Woodhaull, to make my own words condomn mo, has no paraliol. Most conspicuously, my letter quoting the reading of “ Griftith Gaunt."” Had Mr. Tilton read the pure character of Catharine, he would have scen that I liftod mysolf baealdo . it'na near ae any human may affoot an 1deal, . But it was her charactor, and not the incidents of fiction surronnding it, to which I roforred, Hers was no ein of crimi~ pol act or_thought, A like *confesslon" with hera I had mads to Mr, Tilton, u telling of MY LOVE TO MY PRIEND AND PASTOR one yoar bofore ; and I now add that, notwith- standing all misroprosentations and anguish of soul, I owe to my acquaintanco aad frlendship with Mr. Boochor, as to no other human inatru- moutnlity, that encouragement in my montal lifa and thiat growth toward Divinenature which on- ables me to walk daily in a livoly hops of tho lifo boyond. All Losses Promptly Adjusted and Paid. The ALLEMANNIA, of PITTS- BURG, Pennsylvania, is perfectly sound and reliable, and is paying its losses promptly. The public are cautioned not to confound this sterling Company with a Company of similar name that was located at Cleveland, Ohio. = MILLVILLE MARINH AND FIRH INSURANCE CONPANY, OF MILLVILLE, N. J. Assets, $1,188,942.68. H.S. TIFFANY & C0,, GENERAL AGENTS, Office, 166 & 168 LaSalle-st., o, B, TiFraNy, OHICAGO. J. W, J. Ouvnrox, All losses promptly adjusted and paid. Parties who have not pre- sented their claims for adjustment will please do 8o at once. LAKE NAVIGATION. GOODRICE'S STEAMERS, For Raclne, Milwaukoe, Bheboygan, Mantto- Woo, ota., daily (Bundsys excopted) B2 “Baturday’s boat don'tleaveuntil 8 p, m. For Grand Haven, Muskegon, Traverse Oity, Backiuac, oto,, daily (Buadays excepted; For#t, Joseph (Sunday exceptod). . Baturday's Boat don't leave until 11:00 p, m. For Manbteo and Ludington, Tucsday and ‘Thursda) R R Tor Groon Bay and Intormodiate ports, Tuasday and Fridey. THE BUAMELESS OHARGES in Arts. 7, 8, and 9 aro fearfully falso in each and evory partioular, “The letter referred to in Mr, Tilto.'s tonth paragraph was_ obtained from me by importunity, and by ropresontations thac was nocessai for him to uso _in his then ponding difficultios with MMr, Dowon, I was then sick nigh unto death, having sufferod a.miscarriage only four days before. 1 sigued whatever ho raquired, without knmflni\ or understanding its import. Tho paper 1 havo never scon, and do not know what stacomonts it contained, - IN CHARGE EIGHTEEN, a lotter of mine, addressed to Mr. Francis Moul- ton, quoted to ‘prove that I never desirod a soparation, or was advised by Mr. or Mis. Beechor to loave my husband, Ireply tho lottor waa of Mr,-Tilton'a own concooting, which ho induced me to copy and eign as my owu; an act which, in my weaknoss and mistakon thought to help him, Ihave dono too often during theso unhappy years, Tho fmplication that tho harmony of home ‘was unbroken till Mr. Bocoher ontered it asa froquent guest and friond is a lamentablo satire upon a household where HE MINSELY YEARS LEFORE LAID THE CORNER- BTONE OF FREE-LOYE, and doseorated its altars up to the time of my departure; o that the atmosphoro waa not only Godless, but impure for my children. And in this offort and throe of agony I would faiu lift my daugbtor's and all womanhood from in- nlilonx and diabolical toachings of these latter days., Hin froquent offorts to prove me inssne, work-minded, insignificant, of mean proscuce,— all rank fn tho catogory of heartlousness, solfiéte nees, and faleehood, having its climax in hig prosont endeavor to convico the;world that I am, or ever have beon, unable to distinguish botweon aa fnnocent or a guilty lovo. IN BUMMING UP TIE WHOLE MATTER, I affim mjaolf before Qod to be funoceut of the crimos lald upon mo ; that nover have I beon ilty of adultery with Honry Ward Bescher in Fl‘n‘oughu or dood; nor has he over offered to me an_indecorous or improper proposal, To tho forthor nhnriu that I was lod away from my homo by Mr. Boachior's friends, and by advice of lawyer whom Mr, Becchor Lad sont to me, and who, in advauce of my sppenring boforo the Committes, arranged with mo the questions and answors whioh were to conatitato my testimony in Mr, Beechor's bohalf, I answor that this is again untruo, having never secn tho lawyor until introduced to him a faw momonty bofors tho arrival of the Committes, by my #stop-fatlior, Judge Morso; and in turther roply I submit tho 7 p.m. 102, m, Oam. poma, BRIOK MANUFACTURERS, S AN AOTURERS, FRONT BRICK. THR EXOELSIOR lr BRIOK MFG. 0O, can aupply tho bieat Briok for Fronts and Tuckiug in the mar- Xet, No. 77 Dearborn.st. THOMAS M, THORNTOX, T, TIONNTON, . (8on of Judga Thornton,) W. F. TETIORNTON & SO, Bankers and Brokers, Sholbyvllle, Iil. Fstablishod 1859, Colleotions inade In Skiolby aud aijoining_ocuuntios, s todqn day of paymont. Chicago corros. iatloun) Ban DISSOLUTION NOTIOE., - R S R DISSOLUTION. Notlos La Lisyoby givon to al poreuns {uterastad that the | follSming (aoty el S sl et el | TR o sy somon anvonn s e Uit iR DAl ot lndw sl | Roitam g s Cliloaka, 18 disvolvad, loh: . and soparation from my husband s - The publica« ) LARLES 1y FLELY . BB l“‘:,"“};,_,""k,n_ Wk ClAnL et I tion of Mr, Tilton's lotter w answor to' Lir, I Dacon T hnd not known nor suspeotad, when, Wednosdny ovoning, ho braugl‘:l homo _the Golden Age, handing It to mo to road, Looking down its columus, 1 snw, woll-nigh with blinding you, that ho had put into oxocution tho almost throat of bia lifo,—** that ho lived to crush vut Mr. Boochor; that the god of battlon was in bim; ho hnd always beon K, Boochor'a supe- -tior,and all that lay in his path—swifo, childron, or roputation, if uoed bo,—shonld fall bofors thia purposo.” I did not road it. I saw onough withon$ reading, My spirit roso within mo as nevor be- fore. ** Thoodore,” Lnaid, * toll me what monng this quotation from Mr. Bocchor? Two yoarg 280 you camo to mo at midnight, snylng, * Eliza- beth, all lotters aud papors concorning my difi- culties with Mr. Bocchor and Mr. Bowen aro burned, destroyad ; now don't you betray mo, for 1 havonothing to defond mynolf with, * “Did you! beliove that 2 eald ho, I cortainly, did, inplicitly,” Tanid, * Woll, lot mo tell you they all livo ; not ono iy to intimidato mo, it had quite tha contrary pffect, Ihad never boen 80 foarloas nor seon 8o olearly boforo with whom I was dealing, Coming to mo alittlo lator, ho maid: “I want you. to road it; you will fiud i¢ o vindication of yourself ; you have not stood bofora the commubity for iive yonrs as you now do.” Roused atill furthor by tho wickedness hid bobind so falao a mask, I ropliod : * Theodoro, undorstand ma ; this'is tho last timo you call me publicly to walle through this flith, My charactor neods no vindication at this Iato hour from you, Thero was n timo, bad you spokon ont cloarly, truthfully, and manfully formo, I Liad boen gratoful, but now I shail spoak and ack for mysolf... Know, also, that it in the future I 806 & Berap of papor roferring to any human boing, howover romote, which it secms to mo you might uso or pervort for your own eud, I will destroy it."” +1T'hia means battle on rnnr part, then,” gnid he, *‘Just so far,” I replied. I writo this bocauso theso words of wine he hias sinco used to my hartn, BEFONE THE QOMMITTEE. . - Tho next morning I wont to my brothor and. told him that now I'had decided to nct, in this matter; that I hed been treated by my husband 28 & nonentity from boginning to end; a play- thiug, to bo used or lot alono at. will; that it had always soomed to me I waa 8 paity not s little concorned, I thon showed him a onrd Ihad mado for Snbucnuon. Hoe respected tho mottvo, but still advisod silorico on my part.. I ylolded to him thus far as to npfleurlng in tho public Frlulu 3 but counseling with mysolf and no othor, it ocourred to mo that among brethren of my own communion I might bo heard. Notxnowing of an church committeo, 1askod tho _priviloge of oul an intorviow in tho pmilors, of thoss who hiad nlways been our mutual frionds. .. Mr. and Mrs, *Ovington then hoard for the first timo thab the Committoo would moot that nignt, and .advised me to soo thoso gontlomen, a8 _ perhapa the god- liest persons I could seloct. This T saccordingly did. "Thoro alone I pleaded tho cause of my Lusband aud my children; the result being that thoir hearts were moved in Bympllh{ for my family, a fooling thoir pastor bad shared for years, aod for which be was now nuflnrlufi On going home I found my husband roading in b I TOLD HIM WMERE X HAD BKEN, and that I did not conceal anything from him, a8 his habit was, from me. Io asked who the fiem.lumon woro ; eald no moro; rose, drossed imsolf, and bade mo good byo. foravor. The midnight following I was awakened by my hus- baud standing by my bed. In & vory tonder, Lind voico, ho snid ho wished to seo nio, I rose instantly, followed him into his room, and, sit tiug on tho bed-side, he drow mo iuto his'lap, enid: Tlo was proud of me, loved mo; thal nothing ever Exwo him such roal peace and satia~ faction as to Lioar mo well spokon of ; that, meet~ ing a membor of the Committoe, ho had learned that ho bad beon mistaken a8 to my mo- £1vo in scoiug tho Committeo, and had hastoned to nesuro mnio that'he Lad been thoroughly wrotched sinco his rash treatment of mo tho night before, oto. Then and thero wo covenantod sacrodly our hearts aud lives; Imdst uttorl renowing my trust in the one human heart loved, The mnoxt day how happy wo werol Thoodore wroto o statoment to picsont to the Committoo whon they should call upon him, to all of which I henttily acceded. This dooument, God knows, was a true history of this-affair, completoly vindicating my honor and_the honor . of my pastor. In the affornoou he left mo to 8low it to his frionds. Ho roturned home early in’ tho ovening, passing. the happlost hours bad known for years; ronowedly assuring me rflm thméa ;ma 4D | Toat for him away from me, n gratefal fome is tha danr F‘:Lfiur, 1 slont. u’Oh. b the ond .hnd. {hon come! I would not then yocoive tha cruel blow * which mado a woman mad outright.” The noxt morning he called qun our friends, Mr, and Mrs' Ovinglon, and thero, with a shotking Lravado, bogon o wicked tirade, adding with an oath and violonce THE SITAMELESS SLANDER sgainst Mr. Beocher, of which I now believe him to be the author, This fearful scono L learncd noxt dey, , In tho attornood ho showed o bis invitation’ from thp Committoe to meet thom that evening. I did not then show my hurt, but carriod it beavily within, calm- ly without all nignt = il “carly morning. fiufleut&on upon - this mcene at Alr. Qvington's convinced “me that, mot- withstanding my husband's recent professions to mo, his formor apirit was unchanged ; that his declarations of ropentance and adeotion wero only for tho purpose of GAINING MY ABSISTANCE TO, ACCOMPLISI I8 ENDB iu bis warfare upon Mr. Beachor. Inthe lighs of theso conclusions, my duty appoarod plaiu. I rose quiotly, and, having drossed, roused him, only to say, ** Thoodore, I will nover take anoth~ er ‘stop by your ' gido; tho oud has indeed comol” "He folloved mo to Mis. Ovington's to broakfast, saying I was unuuli oxcitod, and that ho had boon misropresente porhaps, but loaving mo dotormined as bo- fore, Ilow to account for the change which twonty-four hours havé boen capablo of working in his mind, then many years past, I loave for otornitios with thoir mystories to roveal. That he is an unrelinble and unsafe o whoso idea of truth-loving is self-loving, it is ‘my misfor- tune at thia Iate sad hour to discovor, = - (Bigned) Euizapers R, Tirzox, July 25, 1874, —t BEFOEER’'S DEFENSE. &Special Disvateh to The Chicago Tribune, MRS, TILTON'S BTATEMENT, < New Yok, July 22.—Mrs, Tilton, in horstate- mont telegraphed you to-night, rofers:to the fact that, the dny aftor sho appeared hoforo the Committeo, Tilton stated that he was prepared to justify Beochor and herself, and thus oud the seandal, and that ho would go boforo the Com- mittoo and do bis duty. Itisnow known that whon he appeared before the Committes tho first timo, he madon proposition to the effeot that, it Becoher would loave tho pulpit, he (Til- ton) would prepare a card which would justity . Beccher, and romove from him all suspiclon, 0f coureo the Comuaittoo laughed at tho propo- sition, whioh so provoked Tilton that he pas- elonately oxclaimed that DEEOUEI WAS AN OLD COWARD ; thereupon Mr. Sago, Ohsirman of the Com- mittoo, roplied thatft did not matter what Alr, Beochor might bo, tho Committea wero not cowards, and that they intended to go to tho bottom of this matter ‘without any compromise whatsoover, and that somebody must suffer. Aftor this, Tillon seoms to havo abandoned all intentions of reconciliation, and then wrate o lettor, in which he promised lo tell the whola story. DEECHER WILL PROVE AN ALIDL InTilton's statement,Oct. 10,1868,1s mentioned A8 tho date of the firat commisaion of adultery Ly Mrs, ‘liton and Mr, Beochor, at Boocher's house. Mr, Beechor has been vory busy sinco his acouser's work was made publio, in establisiug whoro hie was on_the day nbovo- named, and has discovered that he wag not only out of the city, boing at Pookekill, but that his ‘Wwife oud Hoveral servants wero ongaged at that tino, and for sovoral days proviously, in cloan- in us Brooklyu rosidenco, whoro it was_slleged tho oflouse Was committed. Mra. Boecher doos not hesitate to deolare thut, oven if Lo wero thon {u tho houso, such sot would lave been impossiblo, as tho lhouse was thrown open, aud _setvants moving through it constantly, It Is underatood that this attempt 10 prove nn ahbi will be olaboratod In the state- wmont which My, Beechor Is now preparing. ANOTILER DISCREPANCY will bo shown in 'Lilton's statement, where Lo svouks of Mra, ‘Til{on as sufforing thon montally bocauve of tno death of a young obild, T'ho death took place subsequently. ‘Ihe Comumitteo stato that the exsmination of Loecher will ba much_more complote than that of uuy other person who has beon called. He will o required to give tho fullest explanation to overy circumstunco, 10 the dswciated Prus) New Yonk, July 23,—1'ko Duechor Tnvesti- cating Committes mot this evoming ab the rosis dostroyod.” If thiu was said s denon of Augustus Storrs, DBrooklyn, It was stated by ono of the membors of tha Gommition that no witnossos woro oxamined, but thut tho origlual lottors copiod iu Tilton's statomont woro submitted to tho Committon for oxamination, Tho Committeo will meat again to-morrow ovon. ing, whon it Is bolioved that Honry Ward Boechor and Ary, Tilton will submit thoir full stato- mounts, - s FRANK MOULTON would not say whothor ho had preparod any statomont for Euhllcnunn. An intimate friond aud advisor of Bocclior said that thoro woro sov- oral parties who had soen and road the original statement mado by Tliton exeulpating Beachor from all ohargea lattorly profocrod ngainst him by Tilton, and that_they waro propared, if sim- }nnaucl boforo the Committeo, to awear to thut ac TILTON : BEFORE THE COMMNITTER, : Special Dispateh to The Chicago L'rionne, .* New Yonx, July 28.—The" oxamination of Til- ton hina boon condluded, and many. of tho facts devoloped' By bis' oral testimony have bocomo known to tho publio hore. Tho most important and'intorosting are as follows, “Doubtloss many of theso emotions-ivould be oxcludod at a trial fn court ag'irrolevant: Gen, B: T. Tracy, couneol of Mr, Booohor and the Committos, nsked Mr, Tilton' about his ~ %y B RELATIONS TO VIOTORIA WOODIULL, .. . Had he not, st cortain mpocified times and placen, committed.with her tho offenso of which bo alloged Mr. Boochor and Mra. Tilton aro guilty ?* Mr, Tilton was intoneoly indignant at tle question, and donouncod the implication it .contained in 4 hanted spooch. Gon. Tracy then nskod of ‘Mr. Tilton's privata rolations with an~ othor woman whom ko named, - Acalmbut positive dooinl waa mado, Ho was- asked if ho was in impropor rolations with & third- woman, whoso namo waa given, Again be becamo Infilgnmxe, ond doprocatod tho course of oxamiuation. Counsel thon askod if be hind baen on torms of improper Intimuoy with sl another woman, who 8 n sister of the one last montioned sboyo; 1f he did not take hor with him on a certain oo~ casion to Winsted, Conn., when ho dolivosed a ecturo thoro, and if thoy did not ocoupy the 8amo _room. Mr, - Tracy .indicated = that tho . quostion .was .founded nupon_chargos. to that offcot mado by tho clork and propriotor of tho hotel, in which - Mr. Tilton and the are slloged. to have stayed. All the women ra- .forred to above aro undoratood to be public Teoturers of tho genus Reform. Mr. Tilton was now fairly infariated, aud doolarod that if names yore {o bo called In that way ho should mon- tion some. SaE i, Mr. ‘Lracy—Mr, Tilton, do yon know that' | intimncy with public women lLas made Tilton’s lifo unhappy? Mr, Tilton—What do you mesn, talk to mo about publio omen ? A mombor of .Commitiee—Mr. Tracy doos not mean public women in an odious sonse, 'He means Roformors, ? ) -+ Mr. Tilton—0, you. Elizabeth was vory much nnoyed that X slionld associate with such ‘per-; aons. Bho said they woro not sound iu theology. Thoy wore horatics and oxercisod a bad iufluen on me. Bho-talked vory-muoh .about If, and slwaye opposod it. . Ble hated, .eho said,: such women 8s' Elizaboth Ondy Btanton and Mra, Woodbull. Blio anid they wore on tho wraug ék%e'nlwnys. Bho feared I was going to be le astray, 'DESPISES TIIE CHUROR, In another connoction, Mr, Tilton eaid : One greab grievanco of my ‘wifo waa that I was uot a clergyman. hank ‘God ‘I am ‘not o minister. 1 waot you to' put it down, Mr. Stonographor, I despiso the Church; I despise tho creods, Not but that I am a religious man, though. Iam a religious man, Ilove God, but I desplso tho Church. I eaw tho cowardice of tho OKl’mrnh in the gront anti-slavery fight, and it bas always boon false, DBut Elizaboth hus always had a rovoronco for the Church, and sho has beon groatly disturbed bacause I could not xocoive tho doctrine of ..the . diinity of -the Yord: Jesus-.Chrlst. .- -I could not raceive it I bad to . reject-'it, and it disturbed her very much: It*is a sort of koystono to bor whole faith, that Christ ia di- yine, and ray refusal to boliove it, has been the subject of many conversations and many of ner rayors. Sho spends whole hours on-hier kuoes * or, A whiter-sonled woman does not o ROding than ot omper Milton - In auothor connoction ho admitted that his Iottor to ** My Complaining Friond * Was moroly & dovico to quiet the scandal. Xt was addrossed to an imaginary individual, 4 During tho oxamination on Tuesdny ho stated facts which prove inconsistently that HE WAS MIMSELF TIE S0LE INSPINATION OF THE . WOODHULL BOANDAL, and that he gavo Mra. Woodhull sl the alloged facts on which her exposure was founded. It also.0ame to light that Tilton did his bost to in- duco Bneuhurwgmaidu over Mre, Woodhull's meoting, and used as one inducemont tho neces- sity of conciliating Mrs. Woodhull, who, ho eaid, was in possossion of damaging rumors con- cerning him, and would possibly use thom. Tho following question was put to Tilfon by Mr. Tracy: * Have-yon any ovidence of Alr, Boochor's adultery, oxcopt what you say your wifo told you? . Tilton—I bave none whatever. ——— i FACTS AND GOSSIP, Bpectal Dispateh to 'ha Chicago Tribuns, NOTES IN NEW YORK. New Yong, July 23,—Aftor the cross-oxamina~ tlon of Mr. Tilton this afternoon, Gen, Tracy £aid.to a roportor that it would bo his judgment, in which he thought the Committeo would con- cur, that all the ovidence and cross-oxamination should be published when the Committeo work is dome. e eald that tho statomont which Mrs, Titon referred to in hor lettor of denial as lhaving beon prepared by Mr. Tilton for presontation to the Committoe, and es vindicating the honor of his wife and cloarly oxonerating Mr. Beecher, would soon bs placod bofore tho Commmitten, IMo thought it was in Mr. Tilton's hands. Ho also stated that only threo witnossos ‘remain to' be examined, Mrs, Tilton, Mr. Beecher, and Frank Aoulton. Mr, Traoy deolared that Mrs, Tilton had not scen MMr. Becohor for two years, ¥ FUIENDS OF MR, TILTON do not appear much disturbod by the proolama- tion of ionocouce on tho pi of tho accused, Tt g uardodly hinted that still stronger evidence of guilt can be pracured. Loy hopo that tho caso will bo carried to o ocourt of law, 1f tho deoision of tho Committeo sbould be adverse to him, whon they say Lo will have nothing to fear. Frank Moulton, who bhay, from the first, claimod to be n friend to both parties, aund has goughy to bring aboubt s reconailiation and wishod to bo woil advisod in the matter that he should make no mistako for this reason, hav~ ing knowledgo of all the evidonce of Mr. Tilton, consulted with his own counsel in other mattors, Qen. B, T, Butler, and placed before him all tho facta in ovidence, which the latter examined. Mr. Butler told him that Mr. Tilton had & *‘oaso" which COULD NOT EABILY IE DROREN DOWN, and that ho (Mr, Moulton) should do nl in hia power to provent tho presentation of the facts to any falr committes or tribunalif ho was intereat- ed’iu saving Bocohor. Mr, Moulton,it {salsosald, upon receiving this statomont from Mr. Butlor, asked him to soe tho counsel of Mr. Boooker or the Committee, and toll thom kis opiuion. Thin Gon. Butlor did, advising that If Mr, Tilton was propared to mako tho statement thero should bo no quorum presont at the moeting, and thut mosns should ba taken to sottle the mattor privatoly. Ho also re- marked, afcor tho statomont lind boen made, be- foro it was modo publio, that ko bolioved the Commltteo much loss dosirous to continue tho investigation than on the precoding day. 170 the Asseciated Press.) TILTON'S BTATESIENT, Nzw Yonk, July 23,—Tilton sent the folloming noto to Maveriok, editor of the Brooklyn Argus, rogarding the unauthorized publication of hls (Lilton's) statoment ¢ P # WepNEapAY, July 22, 4 My Dear Navarlck : e it Ierom no other porson savo elthor yoursolf, ns my copyist, or from tho Qomunittos’s ahorihand witer, or from wonio mombor of the Coummittes, conld my awory atatoment Lisve got futo print, My hoart fs bowed and bleediug at seolng theso faota spread beforo the world, ‘Tell mo how could you have taken such a fearful, dreadful, lorriblo rosponuibility witkiout consuliing muco? There now remains no possibility of P08 0% KianesOINg Dhg. SYoHREHNE. Wats Tea Dlain yourself, * You must do {t, both (0 me and'to th publio, Yours, fu griof, ‘THEODRORE TILTON," MAVERICK'S EXPLANATION, Blaveriok publishes thls note, nud adds, in the course of his sliort explanation addressed to Tilton aud the publio ’ As one of his (TUtox’s) stanch Lriends, loving and @he Chicago Daily Teibune, knawing im to ba n long-abusod man, and that he 2l alrunk from hurling othiora fu ordor o shield imeof, I rosolyed that thia dofonna should bo pibe lished, aud T published 1k, T 0d #o without his Jinowledgo ur consent, nd I aid right, and stand by tho ;x.?‘co o,an netof fisilvo o o man’ who hoa been ominuf fronged. y that lina a right to know all LOVE-LETTERS T0 DEECHER, A goutloman' whoso ofliotal businces has lod hin to recolvo and open much of Mr, Doochor's correspondenco, said, lnst ovening ¢ v In Mr. Boccher's love-letiors you would bo suzy to kinow How foolislly omo. otmen. wris” tr paed Every onco fn awiilo & wounn gota o Nitla crazy ani Aerites to Bicochor to leil Lim how much lio ndores b, Theo lotters used to go tp the Iudependent offco, and Tilton, under ordors from Tcectior, opened fhein: and uauy of them ho mado coples of, aud to-lay han e, menncripts - aud uaes aid - cojies of ctiors, nll ~ connocted i respectablo Indles who " iave foolialy wrilten (9. Dyerhes Uit na lls wifo takes caro’of il tho lotlars that comes 1o Im, plio roxds tho love-lottors beforo ho ces them, Mea. Tiltou’s Jotters to Becchier wero vory afloctionato and onthustastio, and oxpressod a deep, porvading love for him, Alrs, Beocher read {hom all bofore ho snw them, and thoy ‘aro all in hor Jouossion now. When iho scandal wan nofsod nbout, Mra, Heechor looked Wp the lotters, nud, ot Mrs, Tiltoh) o lottarn, 8, THltow's request, Las presorved TS, DEEOILEN'S POSITION, “You can't convinco Mrs, Beocher thal her husband {nguilly of anything that'Tillon chargos, Sl nays that If ‘all tho woman in creation wors to Bwear thiat Mr'.nn(li‘nullnr had Loon unfalthful she would not Yo ov0 them,” iy PRESS COMMENTS ON TILTON'S i STATEMENTS. A FRIGNTFUL EXPOSITION, ZFrom ihe New York Tribune, . On Monday nfgut Mr, Tilton read ta tho Committes ® full and unresorved statemont, Wo print it this morning. .Wo havo no right nor inclination to do otliorwiso, This caso now tramsconda the powor of eccloslnstical conforonces, or of well-meaning mar- plots, o seltlo or conceal it, Unlons thfs frightul oz position {8 answered {n‘omplly and fully, the moat fomoun pulpit, tho world lna ever soon, ‘ince Faul reactiod on the Hill of Mars, ta allenced,—hs lifo of 0 groatest proaclior n the world s ended; Tt is wso less to fall back upon the rocord of a spotless and glorious carcer, Thero 48 no louger safcty or dignit; in. tho. proud” sllenco which would havo sowell becomo tho great pastor if thoto wore no words of ‘his own to Le explamed, No man living, least of all his currish assalants, would have thie right to meke him open lifs lips in contradiction 3¢ bis own liand waa uot thero to boar witncss agatust :_ Even yot, tho thousands who for o many years bave kuown and Lionored him, and the vaster consitie ey to wiiom, ovar ths wliolo bontlgent, his nme lis stood as a symbol of genius, plety,Zand overy Hberal sepiration, will walt for his word'fo give thom leave to trust himas of old, It will bo nn easy task, if ho sould undortake it, If thero be an. oxplanation, sir, to talk to | apart from tho rovolting omo givon ¥ Mr. Tilton, Whirh will olther wnalio alcar 1l falaity of theso lottors or futerpret their humiliation and remorse, {he botios sort f}n‘;‘“"“" In this country will hail it na tidings of great joy,- The commanding persannlity nf Mr. B dwarfs overy othior gura 1 thin molugehaly Aria that it is hardly worth while to waate time in dwelling uyon the pecullsritios of Mr, Tiltow's oxtraordinary statoment, Tho faverlsh and unwholoaomo atmos. phioro of emotion In which the lesacr personagoes live and move rondors their written and thefr arni‘ RAROT tions equally doubtful and untrustworthy, Upon any theory of tlie mattor it {s inoxpresaibly mournful to fico nmid what a polwonous cloud of imesn passions, temptations, jealousies, aud oven devotions as injuri- ous a8 hatreds, this great orator and toacher habituslly walked, ‘Iu 'a fow daya we shall learn whnt snawor he Las to mako to thoso gravo aceusations. If heean disprove then, his position will be strongor than ever for this trialand triumph, If ho fails, it {s not toomuch to aay that all Christendom will doploro & losa hardly to bo measurcd by words, and In our own cauntry ifw lapso will bo regardod na &' wall-nigh irro arbl disastor. It s mot only his eloquoiico, hia ame, hin Christian charactor, and exsmplo that aro Beronienniled. Wo shiou!d loso in Lim fthe eminont preacher whom overy ono knows and admires, and the rlyia aud liberal thinkor, whoso valuo s onty just be- ginuuif to bo recognizol by cultivated nnd thoughtful mou, 1f he should como aliva out of.this ordeal, ho will be Eflm(l nore than ever, If nol, tho pistoi-shot of liootl caused a national sorrow no'deoper and mot 80 Liopeless, ‘' A FEROOIOUS ASBAULT UPON TILTON, . From ihe New York World, 1t grioves us to coupls fn ono sontonco two auch “matues au thoss of Mrs, Victaria Woodhull and of Dr, Leonurd Dacon, But it {8 tho ploasurs of Mr, Thoo- dore Tilton that wo _stould Lo compelied to do so, Two yeata ago, Mrs, Woodhull publlsied Mr, Tilton totho world ah a cuckold. ' Two months ago, Dr. Bucon, as Mr. Tliton can never have done with tolling 1, publishod AMr, Tilton to the world as “a dog and o kuave.” Aud now comos Ar. Tilton Limsolf before o0 iLvestiizating committeo in Brooklyn to prove Lifn- nelf a cuckold, with tho shamelesaness of a dog, and with the cunnlng of o knave, Theso aro plain words, Daan Rwift would lhave used them in & Joss im. perative case, ut no caso . more Imperative over passed. boueath the remorseless BCOuTgo of that “storn executloner, Tho sistomont now mado publio by Mr. Tilon of his dormeatly lifo aud troubles i simply an. outrago uot 1tpon bia own howmo only, but upon the very -ides of hiomo iteelf uot wpon” his own wife only, bt upon woaenhood and tho marringo-bond, Plafn men read iug it will be fompted to estcom Duntol E, Sickles in the comparison with this inan o gentleman and a man of honor, and to rogard adultery as a venisl offenss In comparison with this man's loprous and loathsomo vindleation of Lis conjugal rights, - With tho nominal subject matter of this rovolting aper wodo not proposo Just now o concern ourselves, lia question of Mrs, Tilton’s guilt or fnuocence and of Alr, Booohor's guilt or lunoceuco bave now for tho tho firat time been distinctly rased by this statomont in such wiso ns to male it jmperativeo that they ahould bosettled, DBut this, not because Mr, Tilton now for the first thue, after mouths and years of dark innuendo and molignant insluuition, plafaly charges Mr. Deochier with fhe seduction of hik wifo. First-hand witnoss to the chary though ho claling to bo, Mr, Tilton is a worthless witnoss, for Mr, ‘Lllton Lias writton himsolf down ndog, Nothing can bo oulertained, nothiug can bo belived, nothing can Lo afiriucd or deuled on tho ovidence of o man who exults to aliow that with him nothing is sacred, neither Lin plighted word, nor Lis professcd religion, nor his aclf-reapect as & mou, nor the nuptinl chamber ot his wuddod wife, Ho claime, indeed, iiko AIr, Sickles, to Biayo wrung from his wifo'a confekelon of her guilt—a cluim which his wifo, bo it remembered, most stren= ‘uously robuts and repols, * But it ia not Focorded that Mr, 8lckies, after oxtracting o coufession {rom bis wifo, foll upon thoneck of hor soducer, and, with Christian teary aud tendernos, forgave aud embraced him ns a preliminary to pistolivg him suddonly to death In the publio streots on the Sabbath afternoon, ‘Tho cinrgo now mado against Afr, Deacher Touts, 50 far 15 Mr. ‘Iilion’s statemant onobles us £o assign to it auy foundation at all, upan tho allcged knowledgo Liad of this clinrge and tlio alleged action aken In conso- Quenco of it by certaln third partice, and notably by M. Moulton, Alr, Carponter, sud Mr, Olivor Jolson, 1t is but commonly just, by the way, to say that a lot- ter given In_this statotiont as writlen by Mr, Oliver Jolinson o Nr, Tilton on this subject ia_nbsolntoly tho ouo ossla of manlincss and. right feoling which ro- frostica this clse desort wasto' of sentimontaliam, prurienoy, cowardice, and filth, When Mr, leccood shall have boen coufrontud with theso third parties, snd Mr, Deocher’s testimouy can bo welghod with or sgunet (heirs, it Wil bo o order to form & ‘final judgincnt as tho truth or falichood of tho churge which, so far a3 it reats on anything now witbin tho rarige of Viston of the public, resta alono upon them and upon thelr tese timony, Dut s to Mr, Tilton wo need no further ovi- denca than his own, o stands before us now by his own act, nked, shamcless, aud unaboslied, OF rathior he does not stand, for that is the characteristio attitude of manhood; but squats boforo us, o looring, obacono shupe, Koprophagous and foul, beslobbering with toars of drainatio self-adulation the lotters of the wo- man ho bad sworn to love, honor, and cherish, and spolling out with gleoful, gloating cmphiaals o thie Tl bald crowd tho syllables of & woman's whispored ten dezesy, o anlinaco tho plcture Lo would it of iy own mugnanimous moral beauty and of that woman’s Jostctiod Japio feom loyalty i lum sud bls great beart, It {s elmply borrible, “THE GUEAT AND NODLE S0UL WIIO I8 THE ILLUS= TUIOUS ACQUBED, " From () ‘awn Yurk llerald, Br. Tillon lias aaked Us to boliavo that in the coursa of Iifo hie hina recoived an_injury from Beocher, Tuo nntura of this injury was cortulnly sufficlent to load Mr, Ycecher to'dictato a lettor ‘whick iu very dif~ fleult of explanution, Euoh s lottor from n col- blooded. man of tho world 4 ono thing; from Ar, Tieeckor it {8 anothor, for ho i & man of Gonorous nu- ture, of oxuberant rlotoric, dfsposed to exagerution ‘ho’ ordinury sins of man of the world, tho vonia sins which are committed aud forgivon overy duy, would in tho caso of o man lka Mr, Boockor, ca~ pociaily when ho was in & mood of contrition or ro. Droacl, becomo tho gravest offonsos lu_tlo decalogue, Aud ws aro bounid, Licrefors, t conslder his doclira. ons {n this splrif, 2 O ey o _exprosned offonso ngatast b Tilton ¥ Lot helook at tho “lettor of contrition® about which 80 much has beon ald, which was dio- tatod 10 Mr, Mouiton undor such extraordinary ofr- cumstancos, aud which is really the keyatono of tho cuto, Wo sko cortafuly bound (o welgh overy this Tetter, and Lo romombor, o8 our reporlera recito elsewhoro, thut thoy aro tho ' hurried_soltloquice, nat the mensuired atatoincnts, of Houry Ward Doocliof, # 1 ask, througl you, Theodoro Tiltoi'a forgiveness, and I hitmble myself befors him, 08 I do Lofore my God.” "his ia o strong sentence, but it reads like the opoutig of tho average morning prayer of Plymoutli Ghured, and might rofor to au error i paying a bill, or tho ro- poatioy of wome Liusty ill-conaldered “weandil that oe iears {n tho best-governed churchos, * 1o would Lave boon a batter wun fn my clrcumstances than I Liavo beon,” 'This ix simply an appeal to thie moroy of @ young man ot fres from vanity, aud, it i Lojed open to morey, T can nek nothiig xcopt that he will remomber all'tho othor huarts that will achie,” whicl i only auother phirase of Leochor rhotorle, Buch also, in & highly oxaggorated form, aro the following sen< “Ewill aiat pload for myself: I evon wish that I wore dead,” At this point tho letter as orlginal- 1y quoted by Mr, Tiiton eudod, Now, wo come to the suppressid sentouces, which aro bofore us for the first tisnu, - @ But olicr must live to sulier, 1 will dlo bo- foroany one but yself hall beinculpalod Thero s a pathos {u theso oxproselous which grows strougor veuces : NUMBER 335 . ! FOREIGN. Defeat of Perier’s Bill by the French Assembly. A Motion for a Dissolution Rejected--- The Government’s Message, The Prorogation of the Asgorbly Likely to Be Made To-Day, v E e Furthe = vidence of Barbari- ti < racticed by the Ed Carlists, 1 The n”.i__ ommons Vote Prince Leo- ‘& 4 His Allowance. & Minor items of Foreign News, FRANCE, Tantg, July 23.—In tho Assombly to-dny, Casimir Vorior'a bill was rojeoted—333 yeas to 874 nays. Immedintely after tho vote, Leon de Mallvillo, Bloderate Republican, submitted a motion for a dissolution of tho Ohamber, sup- ported by the signaturoes of 300 members, ZLoxnoy, July 24.—~Tho Times' correspondent tolographa fiom Tarls that tho Marquis of Castolline will move the prorogation of tha Asgombly to-day, and that molion will probably bo carried, as the Govornment will necept it. T'ho Assembly rojeoted M. DoMallovilie's ma- tion by & voto of 840 yens, 570 uays, A long and exoited debato proceded the divig- fon on M, Gaslmir Borier's blil. - M. Lambact. g L. Orolx uppuned tho bill, and advocated his own countor project. M. Porior spoke in BUp~ ort of his measuro, doclaring that it was the uly of all good citizens to mfir to the Repub- lio, 'which was tho ouly possihla govarnmont. for Franco. Ile said tho present systom combined tho woaknous of a provisional stato of alfairs and tho evils of o Dictatorship, Tho Duo de Broglio roplied to M., Porier, Ha aritiolied tho Republican institutions, which he declared did not guarantoo the country against Bonopartism. _ Ho eaid thero was no fear of Prosidont 3acDlalion oxecuting a coup @' elat, Both M, Porier and the Dne” do Broglio wera viglently cliecored sud froquontly interrupted, M. Jules Dufauro eaid tho bill wonld ICreAsa the power of tho Prosidont, MacMahon'sloyalty was woll known, but the stroncth of tho nation should dopond upon ita institutions, and not on & tingle man, Gon, de Clssey rond a communication an- nouncing the opposition of the Governmont to tho bitl.” It sot forth that tho only object of the bill was tho proclamation of a Dofinitive Re- ]mblln, which wag inoxpodiont, na it wonld sat- 8ly only ono party. The Governmont expocts tho ndoption of laws demanded by tho presont condltion of affairs, leaving the conntry fres to dotermino its own destiuy at tho expiration of tho soven years of Prosident MnoMahon's ad- ministration, —————, SPAIN. Mapnip, July 28.—The Profect of Cuonca an. nouncos that thirty-four bodlos of Ropublioans, murdered by Carlists, havo beon found in a houso in thal town, mutilated so horribly.ss to be unrecognizablo. Tho Epoca sinys that Don Carlos invited Cae- brara to aocept & position in hia _army, and shat Cabrers repliod tint he would ‘ nover make commeon causs with canoibals and fanatics,” The Imparcial says that Sonor Camacheo, Ministor of Fiuanco, ‘has informed the Counoif of Ministers that ho hag sufficiont funds on hand £0 arm 125,000 resorvos, aud to mook the ordinary - requirements of Btato until Septombor next. e GREAT BRITAIN. - New Yonx, July 23.—A Loudou lotter states that Rochefort is still in London, and that he has nevor quitted that city sinco bhis first arrival thera. Tha atory of his going to Goneva. Swit« zerland, was sot afloat to mislond tho onemy. " LoNpoy, July 23.—In the House of Commons, this, evenivg, Disracli moved for tho annual grant to Prince Leopold of $75,000. Ho culo- g1zod tho Intellectual and scientific attainmonts of the Princo, whose Loalth, ho said, preventod him from adoptiug a profession. Gladstono soconded Disracli’s motion, Taylor, member for Leicoster, made a brief spocch, (,uatouting against the grant. o Disracli's motion was then adopted almost ‘unanimously. g GERMANY. Benuiy, July 23.—Tho North German Gazelte mayy, in referonce to the recont outroges by tho Oarliats: * Gormany, in_bolnlt of oatrage Europoan civilzation, will seek sud find mains to teach tho Carlists that tho murder of o oap= turod Gorman shall not romain unpuoishod,” LoNDoN, July 23,—A special from Borlin to the Times says tho Prussinn Govornment bas nont oight detoctivos to Iissingon to protect Prince Bismarck. ——— : TURKEY, Lowpoy, July 23.—The Daily News reports that tho Sublime Porte has ordered 230 Krupp cannon, SPRINGF(ELD, Arrest for Violntion of the Revonne Revenue Laws—Judicial Resignas tion. Special Dispatch to The Chicago T'ribune, Brmfin:flw—n."lll». July 23.—Uncle Sam's de- teotives caught another unfortunate man, D. L. McGenniss, of Murfinn County, yostorday, sell- ing tobacco and whisky without paying revenue, and ho wag brought here and placed under $500 bonds for his appearance at tha next term of tha United Statos Court. Bylvanus 8. Wilcox, of Elgin, RKane County, Judge of tha Fourth Judiclal Cirouit, tendered hls resignation this morniug to Goy. Baveridye, assgning os a reason for bis action his ill health. ‘Tho Govornor hae ordored & special olection to olact his succossor, to bo held on the 8th of Bep- tombor noxt. —_— THE WEATHER. ‘WasnivatoN, D. 0., July 29.—For the Lake Rogion, incroasing cloudiness, enst or south winds, rising tomporature, and falling baromo- tor, For tho Northwest, partially cloudy sud de- cidedly warm weather, with southwest or norlhe west winds, and continuod low barometer. LOOAL OUSERVATIONS, - Oniosao, July 23, 1874, Hour of o . | Direction ang urua%n._ H g orce of wind,| 'Teathen #3zaaz|- = 2 20.79] Moximum'thermomoter, 80, Minimuia therometer, 74, QENERAL OBSERVATIONS. Cu10a00, July 24—1 8, m, ‘Station. Wind, | Rawn] Weathe Brock'ridgo |2 Calm Glioyenue Cicar, 'thresten'g, Fort Glbuon Lair, Keokuk ... LaCrosa, Loaveuw if