Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 31, 1874, Page 8

~ Thlinols River near Stavved Rock, Saturd THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY. AUGUST 81, 1874 CRIME. A Hen Robhed and Tied fo a Railvoad- Track—Ho Is Run Over and Killed, & Other Criminal Nows.. A Man fRohbed and Ticd on nRaoilrond Track—Unable to Boleiso Rlimuoll, o In JRun Over by o ‘Lrain nnd D13 ©f D2in Kngurics. JrvrengoNviLe, Tod., Aug. 80,—A Fronohs man, namod August Gurdnor, who sald lio was from Soymonr, Ind., whilo walking on tha track of tho Jofforsonvillo, Madison & Indisunpolis Ballroad, noar Henryvillo, Ind,, abont 10 oclock fsst night, was attacked by throe mon. Thoy took hia packat-baok snd £, and thon tied him on tho track with arope, ovor A small oulvort, ana left him. Ifo swccoodod {n gotting the rapon that held hls ba(l{ untied, but before Lig Rt tho ropo that bound his loft foot looscnad an o) mnnclllnlng passanger train was upon him, IMe, in that dosporatc inomont, throw his body off tho track, ‘Tho train pussed over and sov- erod his leg from tho body. Mo foll in tbo eculvert, bub ocrawled out, snd Iy there all night, ITo was picked up at an cesrly hour thia morning by tho conduetor of a poasing freight-{raiv nrd brought to this city, whero ho rovived sufficiontly to malo the ahove ptatowont. Ho attorwards relaprod, sud diod ab 9o'clock n, m. Therois no clow to tho perpo- trators of tho erime. Sheoting Atfray—T'wo Mon Wounded. Sneciul Dispateh to The Chicago Tribine. TnoaNa, O., Aug. 30.—A shooting affray took placo Inat night at Welel & Murray's wholosalo liquor houso, in thin city, in which ouo Hugeno Brown, n colorad waitor at tho Woaver Honso, wou ghot in thoright sido and serjonsly wotndod, nnd Jo Jatnos, of Dayton, slightly {n the foot, Tha shooting was dono by o young man namod Aloxondor Kissonger, who came up with tho Dayton Bage Ball Club, The disturbanca orig- insted in_the Weaver Ilouro at ten. Drown stabbed Kissonger in tha face with a fork, Tha latter drow a revolver, but was provonted from using it by thoso preeont. Later in the evening the parties et with the sbove result. ‘e McWhorter MNurder—illeld for Trinde Sueelal Dispateh to The Chieage Tribune, Atuens, 0., Aug, 29.—Considorable excite- ment was manifested to-day ot tho proliminary examination of tho partios to the murder of Me- ‘Whorter on tho night of the 37th. Tho result of the trinl was the committing of Wilson, Kincead, and Drew in $1,000 bonds each for trial at the noxt Bossion of tho Criminal Court, ‘Tho Intter gave bail, but tho two former, in default,were re- manded to nwait trinl, Tho only fresh vidouso adduced was 1 tho enso of Kincead, which war- ranted his boing hold in equal bouds with Wil- BoD. THE NORTHWESTERN STATES. Nows Items Telegrupbhed to the Ohi- cage Tribhues LLINOIS, A very ead nccidout happoned at Ottawa on 8nturday, reculting in the drowning of two little girle, At 2 o'clock ihis aftornoon Mrs. Detor Bkuse, living near the Fox River, in that city, sont her little girls, ono nged 12 yoars and tho othor 4, to got » pail of water. Tlio emnller ono ‘by accidont fell iuto the river, and the oldor ono went to her rescue, and both wero drowned bo- foro holp came. Tho Lodies wers soou recav- ered, but all oflorts to rosuscitato thom failed. —A. M. Chafios, & civilengincer of Detrait, Dlich., camo to Rtock Island a week ago, hoping to jgiu somo purvoying party under Col f’ N. Maf nb, Engincer Corps, U. 8. A. _On failing, ho wdenmo grontly discowtaged, aad drank to ox- coss for sovoral dnys, On Bnturday avening the night clerk of the Dellowa Houso, ascertaining that he had not been seen all dey, went 10 his room, nnd found bim dead, o bad tnkon a numbor of morphine yills during tho provious night. 1o had no mouey left, save » fow conts in change. —1'ho second avnual fair of the Morgan Conn- - Horticaltural Hocloly closed on Saturday. o woro 160 ontries, aud u splendid exbibi- - fruits, flowers, and vegotables, ~ry singulsr and no doubt futal nceidont Hout 12 miles sonthosst of Momonce, *agt. John Buain, about 21 yeara of ~ parents reside in tho villige, was vliug in his baging, Ou Tuos- it § o'elock,” the bauds camo wd of biny for the season. “0load.” Eome ouo of tha tk, tinos down, ngninst not_kuowing tho forl Yido down from tho the handle of tho bady aud paesed of 16 inohes, g RN WAl & The. tion 0. —A o occurred &, on Tuouday « ago, and whioa,- helping D. 8. Co. dny attornoon, tby up with the last L Young Bauin wus on t. Lanas leaned o pitchie tho lond of huy, Barm, 10 bo thiero, undortoolt 10 b Joad, and camo_ directly upon fork, ‘ho handlo cutercd hls up to the dinphrogm, o distance i The yon. frighttally injuring him, S e i Eatardny, but thoro is » '© Hope of ‘his recovery. an —A vory serious stabbing affray ocenrr a Broadway strees in Joliat on Saturday night, 4 which Manry Schwarlz, » young married mut, b 1ho employ of Whittier & Co., limo-dealors, was gtabbed on the left sido of the abdomou by Con- nd Biodermann, o molder 1n tho employ of I Sundoford, Behwartz is conidorod dangorously wounded, Biedermann has uucceedéd in olud- ing the ofticors o far. . —J. Reily, » farmer of tho Townsblip of Deor Park, La Salle County, in attempting to fqrdr :no aftor- Tigon, fell from his buggy and was drovwned. ‘—Tho third sunual fair of the Avon Agrieul- tural Socioty will bo hold at Avon, Sept. 8, 9, 10, wad 11, —The largo building lnown as the Prairio State Mills, awned by O, Davideon, snd locntad in Clintoaville, is Yecolving oxtensive repirs. o mills will bo put in operation again ere loug. 3 U8 ho Fox River Valloy Fair commences in Toigin Sept. 1, tnd lusts fonr days, Tho pros- ‘pect ia good for a first-rate fair, —Mr, 1., M. Pntierson, nenr Baldwin, had o chiild of 4 yeats burnod fo death, o faw days a0 i n Atraw-pen which somo othor children bu ignited by playing with mutehies, S —TFeed ig vory searca iu St, Cinir and Woshing- ton Countics. MINNEAOTA. At Point Douglan, on Friday; Richard Qesaart, of §t. I'aul, iu n whisky-shop fight sniong rafts- mon, was atabbed fataily by another Prenchmon, nnmied Seausicns, who, chused by tho rartsmen, fled to tho river, Jumued i, swam over to Hantings and might Jinve encaped, but that ho got into another ynarrel there, and was srsentod, hoon nfter which o was talion by the Sheriff for murder, and has boon jajled at Stiliwater, —3r» Donnelly, of Winona, hns beon arrest- od, chargod with tho seduction of his stop- danghter, 35_yenrs oid, vho is about to bocomo o mother, 116 denies the erime, The ovideuce is slrong agaiust m, INDIANA. Tho *imit for eutries ot the Northern Indinna fair aud Soptorabor races, st Fors Wayne, has ‘been extondod until fl(-&)r.v bat6p. m. —The rumor that thd#len. Isnac Jenkinsou would koon tnke oditorial control of tho Fort Wayno Gazelte, i donied by that gontloman. Nir. Cochrrne, the prosent editor, sovered bis connetion with that paper on Saturday. —Iys fair of tho Tippecanoo County Agricul- tural Ausnciation, which begine to-day, promisos to b the largost and most suceesstul ovor hold in tho Blate. 1ntrien to duto aro Iar in excedd of nny provious yenr, ovoral flua herdd of catilo aro nlrondy on the grounds, including thouse of Gen, Bol Moredith, Boveral fine studs of horscs hwve also airived, among thom five Normandy atallions, imported last Hprings from Irauco, by Motzger & Lymon, of Ilinels. ‘The 1,000 purso Jor fast trotiing during tho fair will be con- iondod for by some of tho bost horses in the Htato of Iudiona. WIACONAIN, f'lio Wicconsin Supromo Court hns adjonrned mls;-p:.s, which postpones tho ducision of tho xuilrond injunctiouy cavo tilf that timo nt lonst, oo, - he Athens County Pioncor Asgociation held a co’flxty pienie on Bulurduy, which was lurgoly attended. 3 " Yentorday morning 8 man named Andrew Hipburn, residing nonr Milbuty, about 8 wiles Trom ‘Tolodo, was shot through tho hreast by o Tevolver in tho hands of omun in his omploy, ' shooting is supposed to lave been purely necidental, tho man huving taken ony tha ro- ~alvar to shioot Koma cets, Ihipburelived ubout sivo minutes, e loavey a wifo aud ehild 1 year 5 m“l"n.;"olm‘ 8, B B, lucated E -mill of Jostma 8, Ktovons, lucale ne‘n‘\‘tmtflll:mln.lan; 1, 3L, Dnilroad brudgo, in Linst Ragleaw, taok ro ou Saturduy morning, aud S rotally destroyed, Fho oss will probubly it excaed $20,000, No hnsurauco. ‘lig orlgin I e firo s wnkuown, About 200,000 sbingles asre b Division Huperintondoat of the in Chicago & Lako Fnron Nailroad, hias rotired, and in Ruccooded by E, I Roborts, who hos boon Goneral Froight Agont. Tho ohango Lakes placa Hapt, 1. Tho oflica will bo continned In Battla Orook. TOWA, W. D, Allen'awholasnlo drug establlshmont at Dubtque waa antered by butglara Friday night and valuables to tho amount of 9200 atolon. Thora was & #afo n the store, whioh contatned s large smount of monoy, but asit was an old- foshioned vao tho robbors did not suacood in opoaing it Thoy loft no cluo, P —3Miolinal Beoté st2bbed and Lilled John Cot- ton, on Baturdny, on the steamer Rock Island, while sho was wooding nonr Bollovuo, Soait jsa whinor on tho steamer, Cotton was about to strlko Beott, or Bcott thonght he was, whon tho Iatter, who was sitting on the guards, soouringa Iargo carving-knifo at tho timo, rushed npoun him, and stabbed him to the heart, Scott waa arrested, and will bo hotd for trinl. —Tle Lao County Normal Tustituto closod on Saturday ovenlng with a rounion of all tho toachors, hold at’ the Fort Bladison Aendomy. Bixty tenchiers hiave attended regularly during tha entire sossion of four wooks, and all ngroo thnt the oxorclaes have beon bonofllal, Leoturoa wora doliverod during tho past wook by W. O. Hobbs, Dr. J. J. M, Angoar, sud A, O, Willlama, WASILINGTON, New Counterfe States Statutes—Elown —Snlo of Gold—Appointn Speciat Dimpatch to The Chicaao Trivime. Wasuarox, D, 0, Aug, 30.—A countorfeit $20 noto of tho Morchunte' National Bank, of Now York, was discovored at the Ureasury De- partment yostordny, anong some National Bank ourreney sent for rodomption. Thia conntorfeit I8 ro woll oxecuted that it possod undiscovered through tho handsa of soveral conutors, but whon it ronched the Division of Tissncs it was detectod by n lady counter. Tue Comptrollor of the Curroncy will add this sorios to tho alrendy longthy list of Notional Bauk notes to be callod in for cancellation, thie rula being to cnll in and abolish by eancollution the wholo issno of each donominntion of o bauk thut is succossfully counterfeitod TUE BEVIRED UXITED STATES STATUTRS can't bo dellvored from tho printors bill atler'the 1st of Docombor. T'ho indexing is now beiug dono, but is & work of groat labor, consuming much thno. As it stands, tho Ubited Statod Courts will soon conveno for the foll torm, and will be compollod to nct almost totally in tho dark. It wns not proposed to radicalfy chango tho [nw in moking the revielon, but such hasty oxummation 28 has already boen had of the work shows that very fmportant altorn- tions hnve boen mado. How the Courts will truusact busivess under theso difioultios re- maws to bo seon. HOWARD UNIVENSITY. The friends of tho Howard Uviversity indig- nnutly deny that tho ingtitution is financinlly ecrippled, ny has boen reprosouted by recont dis- patches, 'They pointto the fact that last year thero wero 843 siudonts in tho institution,” of which number twenty gradustod. Tlhoy | do- uy _that the Univenuty haa ever been sued by nnybody, and elaiur that it is worth, over and sbove oll Habilities, at Jonst $500,008, and that (¢ nover waa in a bottor condition. Mr. Wilson, Soliciter of tho T'roasury, returned from Now York yosterdny moruivg, and bad & long necrot conforonco With the Secrotary of the Treuury rolativo to his invostigations of tho So- crot-Sorvico Dureau and tho safe-burglary. 1o i not,_axpected to romnin_any longth of timo, but will continue his mvestigations in the West. THE BEICPLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTER wont into working ordor £wo or three wecks ngo, and ara conducting operatious quile vigorgualy. 170 the Awavciatel Press,) -4 BALE OF 00LD Wasmixatox, D, O, Aug, 30.—Tho Secratary of tho Lreaenry has dircted the Assistant Y'rons- ucer at Now York to soll gold during the iuonth of Soptomber ns followa: $1,000,000 on tho tirst and second Thursdays, and 6600,000 on the third apd fourth Thursdays, respectively, making i all $9,000,000, ATTOINTMENT. The Rov. J. @, Ames, of Ohio, has been ap- polnted Suporinteudeut of Docnments and Li- brarian of the Interior Dopartmont, in the place of O, C. Adams, resigned. MNEW YORS. Railroad IRecccivers Romoved-The Frecdments Savingy Lunsc—Plysie oeuth Claue New Yonx, Aug. 80.—Justice Bradley, of the United States Supromo Court, irsued yesterdny an order removing tho present Receivers, Murdoch and A. Postor Elliott, and vizing the Trustees of the Lrst mortgago bonds af tho Alabama & Chattanooga Railrond Compauy to take possossion immcdiately; also, to soll the railroad for the benefit of its creditors, subjeet to court cortilleatos aud charges, and enid Trustees aro authorized to recvive bouds for thut purposo. TIE FREEDMEN'S SBAVING B. Tho sixty doys' uotice at Lrocdmen's Saving Bank oxpired yostorday, but ity slfuws romain unchunged, and business is st susponded. The Commissiohors appointed to wind up ity affaiss are busily sngagad coilecting tho assots and loans of the bank, ~ ‘Floy declaro " that when 20 per cont s collocted a dividend will bo paid Lo de- positors. TLYMOGTIC CHURCH. Berricos wore beld in Plymouth Church this moruing ondevoniug. Ko reforonco wi made at octher sorvico to the Boecher-Tilton mutter. At tho ovoning sorvico Mrs. Boeclior had an at- tack of hoart-dizenso, Lo which she is subject, and kad to bo faken from tho church to her howme. BUFFALG, N. Y. SHOCKING TRAGEDY. A Man Found at Blue Island with His Iead Blown Off. Ho Xa Roported to Have Beon Murderod-- Arrost of Six Men. Tho Town of Dlno Island fnrninhed n sensa- tlon vesterdny which thoroughly arounod its denizens and bronght the Coronor and Dotootive Morgan to tho placo. A tolegram was rocsived ot noon from J, I'. Ianzon, one of thn Trustees of tho town, staking that A MURDER IIAD DEEX COMMITTED, and an investigation was immedintoly nocossary, Tho two officorn above mentioned started at 1 o'olock p. m,, and shortly afterwnard arrived at Rocho's Grovo, 19 milos from tho oity, sud a milo from Bluo Island, whore the supposed mur- dured man was found. Tho Coronor found the body of Karl Thoodoro Yotars with tho hoad rnrl.h\L',v blown off, the faco Iacoratod in a shook- ug manner, and thobraius scatierad a diatance of G0 Toot, JInquiry rovealed tho faot that decossed wns one of a barty of four mon who loft thin cily last Friay to work on the Chicago Southorn Tuilwoy. Tne names of the threo otliors aro homas Weorcgofsly, Frederick Schilling, and Mnrtin Guth, “‘Fhore wore about 100 mon om- ploved on the work. Tho partics abova namod woro furnlshed from the Young Mon's Christian Arsocintion Employme:it Bureau, and commencod Iabor Baturday moraing. In the aftoruoon , DROEASED WAS MISSED, ond yesterday moruing his doad body was fornd Ly John Schultx, s dwtanco of ahout 600 frot from tho construction train, whore the railrond Inborors lodged. 'ho fact wns roported to tha ‘mon, and {n less than an hour 560 people from tho fown and farms gatherod about the remsins, wild with oxcitomont. y GUTIE WAS 21K COMPANION OF PETERH, and slated that ho bad loft a largo horse-pistol and somo powder and bullots on his bod in the moming. Thoe Coronor questioned Bchultz ro- garding tho Onding of n woupon nosr deconsod, und, owiug to his innbility to understand the English language, it was some time boforo ho told the Corgner e had found o Lorss-pistol by the sido of decnsad, AND PIODUCED THE WEAPOX, It wea o duplicatn of that lefi by Petors amon his offects, and had boon lately discharges This informaticn indieated wsuiclde, ond it ia tho boliof of thoss acquainted with tbo facts that Veters, who is a cigar-maker, aod unused to Inborors” work, becsnio_dojected nud_honio- sicle, ho having; lofs his native place, Magdeburg, in Prussis, as lato ns tho 2d ult. Ono man heard the discharge of a ghuo or pisiol ot 4 -él'ulgck Saturday sftarnoon,. and it is bolioved 10 PETERS KILLED TINSELY AT THAT TIMR. Tho Coroner impancled a jury, and placed Schultz, Woorogofsky, Scliilling, Guth, and John and Poter Shorman undor arreat, to awalt the ro- L ault of tho irevestigation, whion will be beld to- ! doy at Blue Isdand, —_— SOLIDIERS’ REUNIONS. Grand Presidentiot Tournninent at ©aldwen, O, Oamnrinaz, Q., Aug, 27, 1874, To the Editor o* Th e Chicupo Tribune 8w : Tho approsching Soldiors’ National Te- union at Calélwell, 0., Sept. 15, will bo addressed by five distinguished aspirants for tho Preai- dency, namely : Ar. Speaker Blaine, Senntor Thurnan, Gon. Sherman, Gov. Allen, and Gov. Heudricks, Ono of thoso gontlemon i8 Absolito- ly cortain to be Presidout Grants successor; two aira suro to Lo nowminated, ono by sither political party, snd four aro doowmed to porpetual disap. powitmont, Thelr speeches at the reunion will talio o wido .and liberal rungo, and possibly aim, #o fur ns 12av bo, to keop outside of more party politics. 1t tho utterancos of such prominent wman, at 8 2ot nion whero all parties and every Stal aro rep rosonted, must attiact nnusual jo- torost, Blaitio may avoid proasng his claims and Thurmaz . may prefer to talk of matiers an things in gou orat; but, depond on it, that bold eud origiunl ‘thinker, Gen. Shorman ; that stern sud indepon dont_old Allen, and the polished and far-scolng Hondricks, will not leave tho sponkers’ stand till they, cach in his own woy, have doliver ed their views on thosa great public questions waich most intorest the mnases. A vout orowd "will ussemblo to witness the tourna- ment of Presidential nspirants, gnud whoover uhall best acquit himsolf shall wenftho victor's wreath. “Cours, Aaros WeLTS. ¥cunion ut Pontinc, 11, |, Tothe Edi'tor of The Chicaqo Tribunas: sm : Tho roldiors of the Ono Hundred and Twenty-uinth, Twentiotl, nnd Thirty-ninth I~ noig Infantry, aud tho Third Iilincis Cavairy, 1Yold their reunion at tho Fair-Grounds at Pontine «pn the Sth and 0th of Septembor. Maj.-Gen. W. 1. Ward, of Kentucky, Gens. Logan and Stann, and Col. Cropany, of Nebrasks, ara ox- pectod to bo presont, Tho ladies of Livingston + County ure proparing food for soldiers coming 1’rom a distanco, The rouuion promises to bo 4 gaite & succoss. e i S THE WEATHER. ‘Wamitioroy, D. G, Aug. 20.—Over the T_pper Lako region, high baromotor, stationary ot falling temperature, winds vooriug to norch- en st and southoust, sud genernlly eloar weath- er, Over tho Upper Mississippi and Lowsr Misysouri Valloys and tho Northweat, winda voor- ing to northeast and southonst, slight changes in womporature, genvrally loar weather, folloswed by fhlling baromwolor, aud, in northern portions, possibly rain areos, Sad Accident—Loctnres Special Dispatel to The Chicavo Lrivuns, Burearo, N, Y., Aug. 80.—dlr. Artlur W. Fos, ono of our most brominont and succoseful bus- inoss men, wns Killed Ssturday evouing, whilo attempting to cross & railroad track on Mun slreet. Iils buggy was struck by a locomotive, and bo was thrown nbout-40 feet, breaking his neck matavtly. o was roipected and ovad by evorybody who know him, ila was o metaber of the woll-known fitm of Fox & Whilinms, brewers, Bishop Wiltiasm H. Grosa, of Envauuab, Gu., lecturod hero to-mght on homnn Cntheticiam, 1o hind & very largo congrazaion. FILRES, Losses by the Newbury, ©., Tires Ouevenasy, O,, Aug. 30.—1ho los:es by the firo ut Nowburg lnst night aro layger than pro- viously reposted, ‘Llo following i3 a corrected ostimnte : Morgan Jones—Loas, § 15,000 ; insured for £0,000 in Sun, of Cloveland; Maubattun, of Now York; and Imperiol, of Tindoh. Johm Burns—Loss, £4005 no lusuranco; Georgo Lucng — fioss, §4,5005 no insurauce; Mrs. ¥, T, Dean — Loy, $11,0000; insured for €2,000 in Sun, of ' Cloviand; and 1,500 in Atnn, of Hartford. Elias: Shoplerd— T.oan, 59,0003 Insured for £2,600 in Commoree, of Albuny ; 91,600 in Mercluuts', of Now York; 5,000 in tho North Britinh, of Londow. Goorgo R."Thomns—Tous, £16,000; fully ineured jn the Ifibernis, of Cloveland, Nowburg Twdgo, F & A. M—T.oas, £100; no inpurance, 11, Rooves— Toons, 9003 no ineuranco, 1. J. Froomau— Tosa, $1,000 3 fully insured., Rugples Drothers— Lioss, £8,000; insured for $1,500 in the Bun, of Cloveinnd. A §20,000 Blaze in Sun Franciico, Bax Fraxowco, Cal,, Ang. 30.—T, ll:arzog & Company's Euraku hniv works, on Fifteenth stret, wore dostroyed by fro this mornivg, Liosa over $20,000, —————— TEMPERANCE L&?TURE.fl Kpeetal Dopatots to 2he Chfeano Tribune, Duianit, Wy Aug, 39— dew, 1. U. K, doft, of Philudolphiy, dulivored a lcturs this evouing in he Mothodint Church upon tomporauce, RMru. Guff wa self-possencd, digniftad, cloar, and ncourato. apentier. iTor’ wubjuct wan, ~* Why, e ahg fo What oo W the Women's Crusado Bnd.” The house ving _ orowded to overflowiug, aud My, Goff wan listoued to for an hour with deop ntiontion, The facts sho pxesentod seomod to 1nuko & deep impression uporf tho audionce, Alrs, Goft had great faith in the nltimate success of tho woman's erusado, and bolieved that through that instrumentality the et trace of intonper- ance will ho bamished from tho laud, Hhe oxpooty _that the I:ren.t tomporauce tattla will be fought in the ity of Philadelphla, whero the quostion of nllowing beer to bo Auld upon the Sabbath {8 naw batug wgrkuted with great ouorgy, afrs, Gofl thowght 1t was & preat wistuke LAt the idea should bo so opulir thas becr was not so bad ns whinky. Elm quoted Judge Ploreo, of I’h{lndul}lhh, who ptntod to her thab tho grostest pm{)ofl. jon of dis- orderly casos which came boforelim wore enwiod Dy drinking beox, v LOCAL ODSERVATIONG. Cmioaao, Aug. 30, Hour of ob-| servation. Direction and| force of witd.) Weather, B & g wapuoary oo, + 79 W, genllo, .. Clondy, 164 N., fresh Fulr, 179 1N 0 7 8 |08 10:18 1, m.. |20, 62 [N, L Aaximin thormot noter, 71 Minfimutn thermon icter, o GENER AL OUSERVATIONS, Otitoauo, Au Find, 9 W, . Station, sontlo) SUICIDE. Special Dispateh to Ihe_Chicans Tribwne, Avaoy, 1il, Ang. S0 —Tost night ahout 12 o'¢locl o mun named Jamos Curponter, living at Clifton, s sinall town 3 miles_sbovo thin city, on the river, commitsed smucido by shoo ting hitwsolf thwough the boad, tho ball entoring s Torohond and coming ont on tho back, Ile has boen an inyntidl for voveral yeurs, eatsed by wounds roe colved whilo in tho nemy, Doapondency in sup- posied to hnve beon the eaure of tho rash aot, pifetidn kg i el OCEAN STEAMSHIF NEWS, New Yonky Aug. 30-—Arrived—Eiteamera Re- ' pubiig iao Guson, Bty of Rlimond, and Giraoee, from Liverpool; rinferia, from Geaon, Sax Inancisco, Cal, Aug. 80.—Thio Dritish steamor Mikado, from Sidunoy, srrived this morn- ' ing. . Livenroor, Aug. 30.—S8toamship Hermuun, from Now York, hus arrived onit. < % ‘The Patorson Locomotiven, 3 * Tho Taterson (N. J.) (/uardian says that 850 smen are iudustriously wugigod st the Graut Locomotive Works, upou tho speedy and thor- ougl oxocution of the uror of u Hussiun raile rond company for the construction of the fitty- fiva locomotives thoy now hnve under con. teact, Tho othor "two great locomotive works aro 8till runuing will loks forco, thongh tho Togors and Danforth Works, and the savoral silk nnd other fubrle manufuc. tavies in the city, aro already in possossion af Duslnoss overtures looking to such an ingronso in the industrial aotivity as will nasuredly Jead to o yestoration of the thrifty times antocodont ta tho {ulul day lust Soptember, At tho Grant Works ovory one of ihe bun- drade ot men thera owployod are not anly S“puiting fn full time,”” but puiting in that Hme with tho utmost porvo and forco to exccuto contracta spoedily and well, to givo room for tho spoody commoncoment of the othor ordora from homne constantly boing ro- colveil. Wo witnossed with spocinl Intercat tho process of forging tho aovoral parta of the Rua- slan locomotivo, In contradistinclion to those nsod in this country, which, oxcapt as ta tha tire, aro of cast Iron, Mr, Fortune, Buporintondent of tho Forging Dapartmont, snid this innoyation apon the manufacture of locomotive wheols is, upon this ordor, first introduced in this country and ho aitributed ita requinition to tho fact ihn{ tho sovoror winter weatbor in Russin probably d?u;nm:od this groator socurity sgatusttho action of frost. tenslon ot the oxluting ————— LATE LOCAL ITEMS. Jnmes Ryan 18 acousad of climbing over the tronsom of Blaylon's grocery ‘storo, No, 121 Monroo street, Inst ovening, and stealing some olgarn and $240 in monoy. o wns lockel up n tho Armary, Ofticor Brouton nrrestod him, and a % Jimmy® in his posscssion. # Ono of the prrtios to the robbery of s young man at No. 122 Randolph stroet, was arrosted youtorday by Oflicor Swanson, and looked up in tho Armory. Tho prisoner gavo his name as Jamoy MeCarthy. Tho alarm from Box 704 at 8:30 Jast ovening was coused by & slight firo In a rollof shianty on .Vodder atroet, occupiedi by Margarot Iirsch, Damago, 85, The osuuo Is attributed to incon- diarism. Abant 10 o'clock Inst evoning, Martin Iogan, Barnoy Gillan, and Jamos Gillan had s fight in Gillan's snloon, corner of Thirty- ffth and Hnlsted sirects. In tho meleo logan was considerahly bruised, although not dangoronsly. e was found in front of Gillan’s saloon in en insoneible condi- tion and was taken to lis rosidence, 622 Douglas stroot, Tha two Gillans wero arrostod. NOTEL ARRIVALS, Grand Pacific Lotel—M. Salisbury, Woshing- ton ; . McGrath, San Francieco; Jamos Farrar, Boston; M. Kirkpatrick, 8nalt Lnkeo; G. I Qlark, Brovidonco, . 1 A. Tohany, Natahor; Watson, Bt. Lonins A. K. Soymour, Now Y. ity; G. G don: 5. ogans- Pdimer g R L. V. Morso, Knnsan Dayton; E. C. Gray, Loudon; Goge, ' Lownville; 4. A. CGroow, pork: J. ¥, Faxon, Dotroit, . . . Houso—Col, J. 'N. Mncomb, U, 8. H, M. Guild, Cinoinnati; F. A. Lloyd, Londo Courtiand E. Hastiugs, Alexander 0. Bodley, F. W. Baynum, A, AL Garduor, Now York; W I. McOlollan, U. 8, A.; Dr. H. Hoffman, 8t Loulns G, “Baillio, Eugluds doorgg 0, Tangdon, Defroit; ' O. A, DoLisly, Mon- tronl; W. W. O'Brien, Poorin. . . . Sher- man ' House—D. M. Dauforth, = Daveupo D. C. Murr, Boalon ; Jamen 1T, Contos, 8. D. N. Day, New York; C. @ [finckloy, Bymeuso; J.'H. Coopor, Jr., Rochicstor; If. f. Morgan, Now Orlonns's O, M. Vietson, Rew York: Mo), H. W. Roberts, Wapacen, Wis. . . . Tremond House—A. G Mason and family, Philadolphin ; Allea Jordsn, Otinwa: E. L. Jones, Milwatkoo; Goorpe 11, Fox, Now Orlawns ; C. H, Ball, Quin- v 3 W. W. Hortor, Now York; L. Triend, Now otk ; B, 1L, Grifilh, Now Yorl CHARTER OAK PARK. 3 Corrospondence of The Chizano Tribune, HauTronn, Cont., Aug. 28, 1874, Thin week has witnessed the inauguration of Churtor Oalk Park, which hias beon two yesrs or mora in tho works, and is st length so far com- pleted 88 to be available for tho races. Tho suc- cess which bas nttonded the first meoting, o8 woll as the beauty and permanency of all tho ar- rangemonts in and about tho park, make it worthy of a brief notice, It was started as a privato enterprino, and tho managers dotormined to produce tae haudeomest paek in New England, and a track which could not be excolled in the country for speed. It is distant from the city a plesant drivo of fifteon minutes, les adjncent to two railroads, and is renched by speciol traing overy ten minutes dur- ing the raccs. Tho original purchase was 130 acres. Tho ous- tomary board-fouco bins given placo to one of more ornomental doeign, which iucloscs 60 acros in the park proper. 1t is ontered by s spacious drivewny, the gate being n brown stone baso surmounted by ornamental woodwork. Opposito tho gateway, ak_the fartier ond of the track, ataud tho stables,—box-stulls to mccommodate 100 or moro horsow. Tho stablos Atand on an olevation, alry aud dry, aud overlook tho entiro arlr, 80 that” owners of horses, siauding at tho nrns, can watch their sloeds che entire distanco, whettior in oxerciso or in tho raco, Tho grand stand i built of hienvy timber, in ths most sub- stantisl mannor, handaomely’ painied sud orua- wented, and witl cusily seat 4,000 persons, Under- neuth this are two largo balls for ngricultnral oxhi- bitious,und,in conuection therewith,refreslment- rooms, and emple closcts und_dressiug-rooms for both lndios aud goutlemon. Ovor tho Judgos’ staud aro tho telograph-ofiice and roportors’ quartors,—the lactar baing firted up under tho superviston of My, Burr, of the Hartford Times, and vory convoniontly arranged. The Associas tiou Lave laid over 2,000 feot of water-pipe, Le- sides what tho city have laid, srhich supplies to overy soction of the grounds an abundanco of 5‘“” wpring-water from tho mountains back. usy outside the inclosuro is an osk-grove, wheoroe tho Association purpose sponding a con- giderable sum of money in ornamentation, A fountain will be placed in the centre, and drive~ ways, wolls, sottces, sud all the embollishments which tend to mako such s placo uttractive, will bo ndded without regard to tho expenss, *Tho design is to make Charter Oak Park u place of public rosort at all sonsong of tho yoar, nud ono of the attractions of the city. It i the track to which eapecial attontion hna hoon given. The managers wore detormined to produco o * tast” tinck, sud the mattor of ox- penge wyd no item in tho sccount, ‘Tho survoy wan conducted by Mr. Timothy Drako, of Hart- ford, soting under the direction of the horsemen of this vicinity, who have used and aro familiar with nll the noted trotting coursos. Tho dis- tauce betwaon tho homo nud back stroteh iy 357 fovs ; the width of tho track ig GO feot, aud it is dividod into_four nearly agual parts,—tho two eurves aud tho home and biek-rireichios being a quartor of a mile onch. It is s lovol us n floor, excopt on the curvey, whore it risoa from tho in- eido ont to nusiat tho wagoos iu the turn, Tho hed {8 lnid with a mixturo of gravel and loam, thoroughly packed sud rolled, DIr. Seth Girif- fin, of Ilyrin, 0., who hae had churgo of tho track the Pm wook, has put Iis now “land-levolor” into’ oporation, and_overy night puts tho track in_oxcollont condition” for the next day’s work, The drivors are all ploasod with the course, and the unaui- mous vordict 6, that, aftor the Improvemont of two or three years' wear, it will be o vory fast one. One hundred and ten thousand dollnrs has al- ready been oxpended ou tho grounds, and tho worlc is far from done. Tho viow from the grand stand s really ploluresque, Tho tasty buildivgs erecled on the groundy, (ho troos senttored about wherever thoy will not ebstruct tho view, the largo grovo outside, a wido stretch of groen mendow-land, and the mountaing 2 or 9 miles distunt, mako Ju visit to Chartor Oak Park anjoyablo, even though ono it not interest- o0 In the racos, From provont apponravcos, it witl goon be ona of the famous parks ofglio country. MR, OLIVER DALRYMPLE'S WHEAT. GraNT FAuy, Minn,, Aug, 29, 1674, v the Kditor of The Chicugo Trivune: Sm: 1 obsorve that Jounatuan Beswlek, of Vormillion, Minn,, writes you that tho Ilastings Union haoa published that 400 acres of my wheat was worthless and loft unbarvested. Permit mo to say that tho above statoment of the Union, reiterated in your paper by M, B,, wud unsuthorized by me, and ungrounded in fuct, I haveharvestod, threshod, and marketod snid 400 nexos, and all of my whont ; and got yiolds, from diiforent flolda and variotios, ranging from 14 to 36 bushels per sora, Yours, &e,, . OLIVER DALIYMPLE, Prince Napolzon und the Cersicnns. Prince Napoleou's term of oflico us & membor of tho General Council of Corsica will oxpire ihiis yoar, end, according ton letter in tho Zemps, ho has uob the slighiest chance of re-nloction, - o will not recoive tho support of the Ropublie- anw, whilo the Bonupattists, who originally eloctad him to the Presidoney, ave wo incoused witli him that they absonted thomeolvos from tho April session, and s r&unmm could not, con- soquontly, Lo obtuined, Thoy intond to homis usta in opposition. to him Princo Charles of Canino, whoso father, ns a metnbor of the Tto- nan Constituent Assembly fu 1849, votod for the depouttion of tho T'ope, and thoro fs some idon of chunging the heteditary order of tho Bonn- mite family in Princo Charles’ fuvor, *Thero P00 dlviston, tho writar say, * in tho party, Priuca Naoloon Las wimply bocn cut off sud o3« communionted.” BEECHER--TILTON. (Continued trom the First Pnae.) of ascortainiug tho truth, And the conolusion rosched will be gonorally Indorsed by all nlr- minded porsons “who have given the ovidonco n:ut» far adduced a carofal nmf impartial connid- oration. v * nEvED 10 PAITIL From the Mlflieatkee Timen, The Committos, i their roport, go biatantly into ecrlasics o tho many-sided virtues of their many-slded pastor, and sofuse to crodit any tou- tmony that would {mpeash tha first apoktolio minister of the nincteonth contury. ’I'L,nlr no- Uon in nMogothor ono of nreelx\ plonding ; they simply pin theic faith to the nlkitts of Decchor'’s Tiymouth pontificial robo, aud freoly grant him absolulion of the committal of real and imputed delinquoncies. Thaey ovidontly rovel in ln!!h,—- tho faith that ovorcomoth monntains of ovidonco, The report of this friondly Committoo ts almost too spocious to call for critfclem. An ardont de- tira pormentes the docnisent o save Boocher at nuy cost, and to cotrurve and proserve from utter annibilation the manifold colossal interosts of Plymouth Church, ** INGENIOUS AND MEMARKADLE," Tyom the Indianapotin Journal, This businees has boen somewhal prolifle n romorkablo documents, and tho report published this morniug s certainly not tha Jonst ingouious and remarkable of the lot. _ ' oLEAR AND BTROND," ” From the Cincinnald Gazelte, It ia o cloar and strong stutement. ' OULD COME TO O OTHEL DEOIAION." - lirom the Milwcauked Wikconain, Tho judgmant of tho Committoo was not unox- peoted, not only-beeause they wers personally aftachied frionds of Mr. Becclior's, who lnd an whiding faitls w Wis Ghristion {ntogrity, but also becauso the evidonce produced way of g0 incon- clusivo a chintactor that thoy could come to no other decision, “OTIE VERDICT OF THR CONONESATION.” From the Cincinnali Commeretal, 1t Ia a long and able documont, evidontly pre- pared by Inwyers who know tha value of wenks ouning tho forco of adverso testimony and Atrunptheniog tho case of acliont. . . . The vordict of tho congrogation bad boen mado up the dny that Mr, Beeclier's dofonss was pube lished. Indced, it is donbtful whether clronm- stantial evidenco of any sort would have had auy effect upon their conolusions, *‘CONBIDER 1IN DLACKMAILED AND LET NI ¥rom the Lnisviile Conrier~Journal, 3Ir. Beechor's Committoo has done its work ns woll an he could hiave expectod under the cir- cumelancos, and Moniton hos_the polico to thank for gotiing away from tho Plymonth mob with a wholo #kin. Horaeafter, whonever a gront man gets into troublo, it will bo just as wall, {:I’;}‘:r‘& to conalder him blackwailod and leb 50 “{'THLS PIYMOUTI CHIUROH MOCKEZIY. JFrom the Cincinnald Enyuieer. Doocher's Jurymon have found n_verdict, Thoy wora a littlo lato, for o larger and au im- {mrm\l jury found & vordict seversl days ago; but weithor tho Intoness of the vordict nor tho vordict itealf Is of nuy consequence. ‘Iheve nevor was a_greater farco of a trial than this Plymouth Chiurch mockory. The jury _find Baoechior not guilty, ‘Uhoy eay thot ‘be didn’t commit adultery with Mra. Tilton at tho timesand placos alleged, nor at nny thnes and placea 1ot alleged, Thoy ovidently meant to do their duty by their emploser, Thoy not only ind 08 above, but, in order to cover tho whols ground snd savo themasclves furthor tronblo, thoy find {hat ho fen't guilty of any of the ofonsos charged by Thoodore Tilton, * now or horeafter, to uko the oxquisitely suggeativa phrase of the tolegraphio roport. That ought to bo conclusive. But thoy go further than this. Thoy wolcomo Boccher to their hearts and confidonce and affcctions and soma other things, but unbappily omit to welcome him to theit wives. Tho Committes alung ta tho rales of evidence when it suited tho purposo for which thoy wore selocted, and de- parted from them whon to do 80 favored tho de- fondant who owployed thom. Tho roport of tho Committeo roads as though it were mado up from Boochor's privato atatements to tho Com- mitteo, and not from tho testimony, for the letters whoso authonticity is not denied remorso~ teasly upgot tho opinious of the packed jury. —_—— PLYMOUTH OHURCH---A POPULAR FUND FOR TILTON. o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : TFour or five woolks ago, in o communication to your columns, T eaid, in rogard to the Dlyw- outh Church Tuvestigating Commitieo : 1 ilfevo there 8 now being lotted and carried out in yonder Cily of Brooklyn, fi tho circles of Viymouth Churell, in that committoc-room, o conspiracy against Justico ‘whiel, v {ta heinous enormity, will shock fa. tnro uges o it goes down {o thew In bistory, ~ Men of tho noxt contury will stand nghmsd sa they rend how capable of wickednoas so-callad Chrintlans of this con- tury were, T Uellove those men are convineed of thelr pustor's gulll; bt to savo thelr clwrel thoy aro willing to finorw evidence, to distort teatimony, to rida roughisliod over public opinlon, and to place, if in tholr power, tho confeased Libortine upon his throno ngain, oven though that throne ehould rest upon the jecding soul of Lis appenling yictim, Though 1t requirod no gift of prophocy to mnko a correct prediction of this kind, yetits porfact confirmation, so far au tho report of that Committeo I8 concerned, is, after all, quite startling, in ita revelation of tho utter disregard of tho fitst prineiples of truthfulnoss by those so-called investigators, Tho shamaful position that Plymonth Church i8 to occupy haa now beon takou. . Ib will huve somo sporodic symputhios smong Phuriseos oul- sido of Brooklyn ; but it will be virtunlly Piym- onth Church for Beechior, and 8gainst Jum' all tho world beside, PTlymouth Church coutrols woveral of the leading pupers of Now York, and wields n vost socisl influcuce there, This will all bo bronght to bear ayainst Tilton and Moul- tonin the lnwsuits that have beou begun aud will bo started pertaining to these issucs, Now, will the peoplo allow 'l‘ilmuY poor a3 ho is, to fight thev butlles alone? 'Ihe causo of W'ruth is ut stako, It is now a quostion whothor & DO 10a1s, With trutl on his uido, and wrongod, Deyond power of words tv deseribe, by the fuvor- ite of a rich Junto, shnll bo utlowed to bo stricken down in his appeal to the courts of tho land, for want of friuds to prosecuie theso wen. 0- iiove thers shonld bo o call made for all who feel like it to sond contributions—snall sums, large aums, any sums, o_ponny coutribution 1f you like, just ny esch onc fludy couvenioni—to hoodoro 'lilton, Brooklyn, for defraying Iaw-oxponses againgt Beechor and lis accossarion nfter the fact. A froo-will olfering, I believe, if such an appeal is made, and in such a way thnt tho puople fecl it tobe in eamest, thero will roll into ‘Theodore Tilton's oxchequer » responss that will malko Plymouthh Chuxeh groun throngh all ity vaulted nistes, H. T bW L GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Ex-Gov. Abram A. Hammond, of Indiana, who died at Denver on tha 26th, had about roachoed hig GUth year, A lawyer by profession, ho afterward Doceamo Judge ot tho Court of Common Plens, and wos afiorward olected Lioutonant-Governor. By the death of Gov. Willard, with whom ho was agsocinted, in 1860 ho bocamo Governor, holding theofiice for about twe monthe. During his Inttor yoars ho oufferod groutly from rhouma- 1is o, —Simon Willard, of Boston, the woll-known dealor in chronometers and watchos, died Mon- day night, last wook, sgod 80 years. 1o gradu- ated at West Point in 1816, and after ono year's gervico as Lhird Lioutonant rosigned, —It is gaid that tha Towa Anti-bMonopoly Btato Contral Committee nro iu corrospondence Wwith Cov. Booth, of Californin, who will soon be on s way Last, to buvo him lay over as ho pnsson through Iowa, and mako & fow sposcliea nt sume of Lthe mnrurrnmmnnz pots in tho Stato, —Dubugque Herald, - D. 0. Woed, of {Tancock, N. I, died recoutly of voluntary starvation whilo laboring under the olusion that ho was Mling up and could not eat. 1iis Inst neal wos eaton July 1, —Hop-picldug in this vicinity was commenced, in muny ysrds, sbout tho middle of tue weelk, and noxt ‘weol tho operations will be goneral. 'he yield is quite light, us o rulo, but wo Liear of oo yards thut are excellent. Thoro havo been no hop-lice or othor’ encumy of tho crop this year, and the “““l“f will bo suporior, Growers aro expecting thut tho market will start nt about 95 couts o paitd.—Lorlga ( Wis.) Tegiste —Tho Toxas enttle Tover is raging in somo rmlu of Cags County, Ill., and sovern! fiimuru ! uvo Jost nenrly ull of thoir eatlle, Tho%htro- duction of tha diseuso, sayn the Olnudiétvillo Era, is uscribed to aomo Texas cattlo Lrought to the connty by Ar. Market, and pastured upon tho promises of Judge Plastors, —Mry, Calln Burlelgh, s widoly-known speaker and writer in reform circloy, and widow of the Iato Willimm 1L, Burleigh, tho Connceticut pool, b recontly gono to tho Oity Houl)ltnlilllluuhnn- tor, N. Y., probably to npond ber Jast woeks, sho Dioing far advanced n cousumption, 5ho hns re~ sided for u your past al a water-cure in Now York Stato, but recoived no permnncut boneflt, Bhio hag 10 home or auy immediato riotds, Bho is & woman of watv oulture, who hay fought tho bisttlo of lifo nobly, and her sottmg sun of life should bo as goldon and peacelul an the twilight of » June evening,—Hariford (Ct) Post, —Tho wwrringa of O. O, Beainn, L., of New York, m.umwlz of tho Genoya Commine slon, and Mattlo Shermnn, eldent duughtor of Wililam DL Evarts, Enq., wasrocontly celobiatod m Bt Paul's Churol, Windsor, V& The chnucel ‘was adorned with s profusion of exquisite fto ers. Among tho ghosta wore Onlof Justioo ‘Walte and Judgo Honr, —Thirtyof tho stndonta of Bates Collego, of Lewlston, Me,, have boen omploying tholr vacs— tion a4 waitors ot the Glon liouso, N, H. 'ho oung gontlomon hinve filvun ontira satisfaction. no gontloman, & woalthy soa-captain of Salom, Mnas,, sojourning at tho Glon Ioueo, gave tho stadonty 8300,—&10 oach, This gontloman, it i undorntood, ia Capt. John Botram. °Anothor goutloman from Now York gavo the student who waitod on bis tablo G0, A woalthy lady from tho Weas gave hor sindont walter $20. ‘Lhis Indy e skllng wlx young mon 1n obialnlog sa oducation iu'n Westorn colloge, —A suit under the Adair law has boon proso- outed at Woostor, O, h{ Mru, Marparet Iodle or solling liquor. n,nlunL‘ eq‘ m%umt, = Sho clnimod &1 ngos, sud obial diot for ’59.174-’ gos, nod o verdicl —Thicro are twonty-threo conntien in Virginia that grant o liconso 1o mell liquor, Iarrison coun| { s had no licouss for fourtoon years, —Bishop John Lamy, Catholio Disbop of Now Moxico, Lassecured s Government patent 40 10,- 000 acro in Bantn Fo County, —A mnjority of the Town™ Trustees of Town of Griggsvillo, Iil, have put thowmnelves on rocord as agninst the Indios’ tomporanco erusado. ‘Fhoy havo passed an ordinanco probibitiug tha Tioldiug of public meotings ou tha publio atreats, It onforced, this ordinance will causs lively $imes in that quiot town, L Gaiifornin hna n papor currroncy on a gold bawis ¥ which i8 08 rood, if not botter, than tho gold. When you go to n California bouk snd Wwant §4,000 or 85,000 in " gold back " papoer monoy, you must puy for it in gold, with n slight promium, thongh in” small r&uuumlu tha fl“ i i iemvtod for gold, dollar for dollar, ke United Btates has & ourrency which is worth'about 90 cents on tho dollar—gold bearing & prominm from 10 to 13 cents, And yot thore ara somo peaple in the world who any thoy don't want thoir papor monoy Lo bo on & * gold baais." SUNDAY’S NEWS. Locat. Tho_ County-Board investigation into tho allogod frauds in the grocory-supply contraot was rosumod Saturday. A furthior comparison of tho pricos named in tho contruct with the nnounts pmd revealed n Inrge number of dis- ceropancios, which wore almost uniformly in favor of the contractor. Ceutral Park, in a comploted stato so far oa tlio Jabors of tlie Wost Park Commissioners go, srus formnlly thrown opon to the public Sati- day, A fino musical concort undor tho diroction o{ Lnns Balatkn was tho only dadicatory exer- cise, The Polico Board has ordored an investigation of the supposed abduction of Lilliclteese, andtho cuso will be talion up to-day. Up to lata hour Haturday night the girl had uot been found. In tho rosi-ostate articls in Bunday's TninuNe was continued a,lisb of tho building-projects now uuder woy or moturing, Tho list i ro- ‘macably Iarge. ‘Tha White Stockings beat tho Daltimores Sat~ urday afternocn by o scoro of 4 to 0. Sorfous clinrges havo been proforred against United States Commissioner Hoyne aud District- Attornoy Glover, of whow it is alloged that thoy lisvo carried on o systematic_rchomo of arrests for violation of tho Intornal Rovonuo law maml; for tho purposo of obtaining ' tho ‘*costs, smounting in oach caso o ovor $20. Tho mattor s boon roported to H, C. Rogers, acting Com- miesionor vf Intornal Rovenue, who hins orderod D, W, Muun, of Cairo, to make a thorough iu- vestigation, MBcechor=Tilton, All tho Now York morning papers rocognize thio wenknoss of tho Committco's roport. 1ho Times, Herald, aud Tribune, ufiaak out in open pliraso and declnre that Mr. Boechor is not yot vindiented, and that the Comnittee, however mnch thoy may bave dosired to do 8o, did not go to the bottom of tho case, bocanse tho prosecu- tors dared not trust thom. Tho Swm hints all this, but plays cautiously, Tho Worid acknowl- odges that the repost adds but littlo to what tho publio nlrosdy kuow of the ecandal, buc surns, and twists, and pulls out this into o3 much se possiblo ina_column leader. Tho Times justly roprohends the Comumittoo for ta irrelovant abuse of Tilton and Moulton. Tho tostimony takon by the Commities will probably be giveil to tho publio soon, Mr. Tilton's now Matemont is oxpected noxt weelk. Francis D. Moulton has issuod tho following coard To the Publfe 3 1 will explain the reason of my attondanceat Plymonth Church last oveninig, Immediately after tho publicu~ tion of my oxtended statemeut in tho Graphtc of Aug. a1, T left tho clty to atiend to some busiuoes affsirs New Lugtwnd, not roturning untll yustordsy morning. During my absonce I heard, to my surprise, through tho publio prints, that 1'ud retused to submit 10 cross-exsmination by tho Committeo, and thnt the Gommitiew's forthcomitig ruport would atato this for a fnot, Iimmodintely sent Ly tolograph the following ‘message to tho Comimitteo: Towgsir, Mass,, Aug, 3T To Jeremiah P, Toblnaon, or Frankiin Woodrug, Vo, # Montaireet, New York ¢ T find In tho Loston Globe the following: * Thoy (tho Committco) hnvo askod him (Mouon) thireo timea §o submilt to eross-ozumination, and he Ly as_often jignored {lio requust,” 1 liave neither recoived sich Tequest nor mudv such declination, bt Liuvo lickd my- solt tendy to appear on notics, Inform Lenry Wi Hugo, the Chialrmuly, of tnisat oo, Faraxoss D, MovzTon, Taviug mout tho nbove mesmage, and tiot wishing to delay tho Comumilteo, 1 took tho first train homo, lu order tomect tho Qonnmitivo bofora this ime sppolzited for tho presenistion of {lelr rojort to tie " churel; On reaching Brooklyn, yesterday morning, T loarned thiat my telegromn liad been promprly comminiicated on tlia provious day to MIr. Sago by Mr, Woodruif in per- son. I wltod for i meseagy froiu tho Commiltee, but non came. At longth, thio hour having for the pitblic Teading of tho Comitice's raport 1 went to the church {0 liear it My right (o speak was tho samo aa that ‘possessed by sny otlior person preacnt, for T havo boen & mombor of the congregation for mny yeart, and my wifoa member of tho clhurel, Durjug the roading of ths report, 1 was pained to Lear its mistopresentations of me, and I folt it my duty, na it certainly wad my right, Lo ank for the correction of theso befora the ro- TOEL was put to vato. 1 order thnd T might_treat tho npatiug with ontire courley, I wrote to tho Clatrman u brief note, n» follows : #n, Mobznaton: Iam hero, and wantto say & word, Titaxcis D, MouLon.* Nofwitstauding this reaueet, and nolwithstauding e, Bluirs spocels, adjiring any meinber of the churci or cougregation Who Lnd sught to ay aigalust tho ro- port to speak then and theso or evor atter hold his Jauco, aud noiwithstuading my caual st with Mr. iiadr himself, T was not_permitted to Lo heard, Dur- ing the procecdings o youug man,—Mr, kaymond,— ehiom Atr, Beeeher had ouce brotght fo aie, saying that T could confer with fm in Lis (3lr. I.%) absence, chiose {0 filug down upon me somu fulso and ofousivo Sordn 1o my- dishonor, i reply to which I folt it {ue cumbent o mo to ebaracterizo bim in langugo ape ropriate to the provocalinn, and for which I know of o Enghish eaulvalent, Mr, Raymond vaunted himsolt it tho nuly momibor of tho conjgregation whoy with tho oxception af Mir, Beechor'a lowyers, kuow oll the facts of thig case, Mr, Kaymond will be chugrined to learn Thot T huve deutor from Mr, Dooeher, in which the \wrifer anya Lo (AIr, 1t knows nothiug ‘shatover of the Tuets of tio cnic. T willadd that (ho huating, which wha Tast nlygl¢ donded (0 mo i tho Placo whero T hind s right to demand nud expeet it, T sball sk for from tho iiblio ot largodn u fow duys. Tho only delsy in tha Pubileation will ariso from the projuration of fac- Himilo coplon. of letters aud papory, fucluding Mr, Ticechior’s writton certificuto of Mr, 'Raymoud's safa and trustworlly fguorance of the case, 1 have sought for tour years, for tho paka of the itnocont children of Lo farufiics, fy ateld Me, Biechor from tho oxpounre of hiu crimo’ of adultcry, but Mr, Boecher, his- Come mitteo, und hia ehwrell, have united to dompel mo, for wmy owu solt-profcition, to' ruveal Lim to thy world, 58 1 shull shortly do’na o bt 1 which he now I{’m(h. et (Slgned) Fuaxois D, Movrox, BuooKLYN, Aug, 29, The South, "Tologrnms received from Shrovoport, La., bring tho siartling intelligouco thet u budy of 803 armod negroes Lns pssembled at Coushatta, nmd that the greatest nlarm and excitemont prevails throughont tho whole Upper Red Rivor country. The uuncdinte. objoot of this gathering is not stated, Lator dispntches roport that all 14 quiot, fl‘h? {Iugloudm‘u hiave been arrested and rro pow iu jail, e S . A SHght Dlistaties Fichy Corrcapondence of the Awerfean Regioter o’ (Larta). The following amusing story ia tho most re- cont gowsip ourrent: A, X——, tho hotol- keopor, was recontly informed of tho intendod arnival of the Marquiso do C—, nud by tho same post came snother lotter to secure rooms for n famous rival of Coras Pemtl. M, X—\ being dotetnined to recolve ouly respoctablo people in his establishmiont, made up his mind to refuse the Inst-montioned visitor, sud to pro- puro for the firut his best auito of rooms. A fow duys afterwards n post-chaiso droyo up to the door of tho hotel, and fro it alighted a small but corqueltish lndy, arrayed in & bright.cotored cos- tumo, and with'n Piorrot bounot perchod on tho summit of a huge chignon, Judging of tho Indy by her dross, tho hotol-keepor, withont ulo\)plng t0 nquire the namo of his visitor, asserted that alt his rooms wore oceuplod, but soltonod Lis re- fusnl by giving the addross of tho worst hotol of tho town. 1o saw o pout-chniso quit bls door with undisguivod satisfaction aud contratulntions on s own clevornoss, A fuw hours aftorwarda howasall bowsand smiles bofora o hanghty lonk- ing lady who took possossion of thoapaitmont ho bad so carofully proparod, Iut ulas, tho poor hotol-kooper soon discoversd that lio hadmake & #ad blundsr. On the lndy glving hor nuue, ho found, ta s horror, that" ho had dismissod tho Marquise do C—, and roccived onoof thomost colobrated Indies of the Parls demi-mondo; and, what I still worso, Lhis porson hing mndo herself Ahito at Liowo, aud cantiot ;be induced to leavo o Lolel. 'Ihe story, of courso, roncied tba o8 of tha Marquine do G— who had heard it with balt a pinilo and half s binsh, but i# whl not, 1 am nfrald, caro her ponchnat' for gay dressing, I mnst, howovor, jn fairnosd nc- knowlodgo that alic bas planly of rivala in this ronpoct amoug tho elegantes of Vichy. DBATHS, VAN WAGENRR-On M, oy Gloadty HATaed 5 Aug. 14, nt Georga- i 'an Wagoner, of Now Yurk MURPHY—On tho 8th fnat., Morage Norton, enls gl of Juhe B, ot ‘Nurtoh Murphy, sged ) Joet pianoral Tucadsy, It s m., from 130 Indisnaav., to Fi7-1tdoino, Wis,, snd Hartford, Conn, papore ploass DY SPECIAL NOTICES, Centaur Linimonts sllay poln, wubduo swellings, hoa burns, and will euro rheamatism, _fi? spavin, and any flosh, bono or musats 4= Liment. Tho White Wrappor s for KEMTAYPSE pumytiy s, o Yollow Wrapper be far aujmal Prioo 50 conts; Jargo hottles 81, “Gbildren Cry for Cnatorin.~Ploasaat to ko, pertoot substituto for Castor Oll, bub moro efiosclous ta souniating tho stamach and howols, By GEO. P. GORE & CO., 08 & 70 Wabash-nv, DRY GOODS. GREAT AUCTION HALE OF DRY GOODS, BY CATALOGUSB, TUESDAY, Sopt. 1, at D) o’clock 8. m. FuIl Hina Cloths, Cassim Chin ctining, Gantiar e G hoan Roavors, DRESS G-OOCIDS, Tadtea and Gontat St O Jocomcese, Ladio, ol Sk Hats and Capa, Trimened Tats, Umbrellas, oto. Whito Wool Blankots, Ded Quills, ote. p¥hita Goods, Humliroldorles,” Lingns, Fkfs., Tomale, s, cio. Ladios" Rliawls, Notions, and Fanoy Gaods, CARPHTS. FULL LINE AT 11 0'0L00K~--200 ROLLS. Cataloguos ready Monday Moentng, sl GIO. PYGoRE & co, 68and 70 Wabashear, OUR TUESDAYS SALES Open and Top Buogles and Hamess Wil b rasumed Sapt. 1, at 11 &, m, prampt, whan som "DrinG work wil bo sold IAcIadIog o & Brewster 4-wheel Dog Cart, bt litte used, GIUORGE P, GORE & CO., G sud 70 Wabnshear, No. 297 Blue Island-av. AT AUTCTIOIN, GENTEEL HOOSEHOLD FURNITORE, On Tuesday, Sept. 1, at 10 o'clock, Parlor, Chambor, Dialng-Ttoom, and Kitohon Furnitare, G hond Cinsevraro, Darlorand Gogk Stovs, Jruseols e e, ey ing by Carrions: ™ figbt Sow Crno, n % ks 6. HORE & COu Ructivniora. COUNTRY MERCHANTS “Will find our Auction Sales of BOOTS & SHOES Aro now mora full and completo thon nuy over boafore oponed in this city, and our salo of Wednesdsy, Sopt. 2, 0t 0% 4. m., Will Gompring, in Safplos nnd Dupligatos, 1,000 Onsos ot Modium and Extra_grade_of 500dd, jnoluding a full ino of the CELEBRATED SUCKXER BOOTS. GEO. P. GORF & 0O, &'and 70 Wabasik.ov, Thursday, SopPt. 3, AUCTION SALR O¥ DRY GOODS, Dross Goods, Pleco Goods, Noifons, Tloslory, Undorwosr, Whito Goads, Embroldory, Linons, Ladios' Folt Skirts, Sbawls, Unibrollas, £o. : Tats, Caps, Clothing, and Parnishisig Goods, Also full line Carpata, oo full tine Gatpe: Gro. p. aon & co,, 63and 70 Wabash. By HODGES & CO., 28 and 628 Wost Lako-st., Marble-Front Auction Rooms. Vo _shall soll at the privat il on TURSDA’ SORNTAT St (rapgiratg, ldocce, oa TUBSDAY No. 468 WEST JACKSON-ST., A vory fine assortmont of hausokiold goods, consiating of Lioioos Sty s Lneatn Carnota, Sine Farior and Bia= ingeltoom Yaralture, Marblo-top Clininber Sots, Tables, ., do.,'Fine Chiua, Crockery, Glasswarn, Tinted Ware, and fitchon and faundry Utensils, Salo posilive and fuast by satd, an thaownors ara going Abroad. WAL ¥, HODGES & CO., Auctlongors, 636 and K3 Wenl Lakost, AT THE PRIVATE RESIDENCE, No. 911 West Lake-st., Between Leavitt and Onkloy, this (Monday) morning, 810 a. m., W shall noll the catiro contents, canslsting of French, 3-Ply, and Ingrain Carpots, Parlor, Dinlng, Klichon,and Clianiver-Room Furnituro, Crockery, Glass, and Itodgera® A No,1 Silvor-Plsted Waro. Salo positiso and must be sold, HODGES & 00., Avctlonoers, 635 and 638 Lake-st. Also, on MONDAY A}‘fi}RfiOON, at 2p.m, Woshall soll the entiro contents of tho nost eottago, | 606 Hubbard-st., Between Lincoln and Wood-sts., Conslsting of Fine Drussola Carpots, Ingruln, Parlor, Sitting-Room, and Kitchen Furnlture, firat-closs Cook Btoso (Oliva Dranch), and oo Tin Ware, COrookers, Glasawnro, &c. Bnlo poaitivo and without roscrvo. ___HODGES & CO., Auctionoers, 530 and 63 Ls At.Qur Warorooms, Wednesday, ot7 D, s + Sapt. 2, ‘Wo will soll a large amount of HOUSEHOLD G0O0DS, Gompeiing overy(blng I e bowsakospln lno. Groed Cuspegtad S A R ODGES & 00, ¢ 638 and 623 Lok Also, on SATURDAY, Sept. b, TIIK OONTENTS O Thirteen Rooms Furnitare, Nonly naw and ln usa bat s short tio, Pacties uing ta Tourakeapiag will do woll to attend this salo nt 6 sud 8 laka-st, HOE WAL A, BUTTE AUCTIONEERS, 108 BAST MADISON-ST. _TRRTANLISHED 1856). BOOTS & SEIOES. TUNSDAY MONNING, Bupt, I, at 10 o'clock, at oas o Macionzat, o saluacoauud, WG R B e ks & 0., Auctionsors. Genteel Furniture, At Dwelling 543 State-st., NEAR LWARMON-OURT, Tuesday Morning, Sept. 3, at 10 o’clook, WM, A BUTTERS & CO., Auctioucers. CARRIAGES, FURNITURE, CARPEIS, Groskory, el Gutlory, &0, da., Wednosday Moming, Boph 3, at vf%"‘;'(vc'ée"',"..«‘n'}.r-n'im‘mfiu"""né' Teast Mudie i " AR U O Metieer DY GOODY, CLOTHING, 0TIoNS, BOOTS, SHOLS, M TS i G-, Anotloncors, HUFTERS & C0S,REQULAR SATURDAY SALE, New and titod loichold Gouds, Garote, Phuuos, Mirro d fore] Ino, SATURDAY HORTNN o fo e Haat Madisonat Sale of New Miscollanoous Books, MONDAY AFTKRNOON, Hept, 7, atdo'clook, st out lesroots, I8 Kant Madison-N WAL A, BUTTEIE & C0., Auctionoses, By ELISON, POMEQZOY & CO. Tuosday Morning, Sept. 1,4t 10 o'clock, ‘Womaku tho positive and tinal clostug’sale, at Austionyed Splendid Marble, Slats, axd Iron MANTLES, Al No, 10 aud 53 Olark-nt, by Rotao, \ Blores Lot skt ygoidor Sborman Rouao s Avotionpacs,