Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 8, 1875, Page 3

e vor admitted, with or without qualifieation, any of T elipaen Uzcin coutainal 7. A.—I never i e = af theag s d et e ok e T ey ‘annery shape, fori, w4reo; verily, P THE TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT, N DEECHEN'S CONNECTION WITiL 1T, Q.~Now, Mz, Jioecher, how much knowlodga pre- liminary did you havo of Lho srbiiration, the tripor- Yt covenant, or oftlement with Titon? A~Very lit:le, atr, Quo\¥ill you narrate to ua what you hail to da with Hewith any of Ita preliminnrier? A,—1 had some- \ling to do with ft, Moulton had talked with me wLout whother thoro could mob Lo an arbitration ind » quict sottlement of il the diMicultios, inclnding tho payment of the debt owel Tihon by Dowen, snd tho burying of A1l dicultios out of sight, ITe wanted to know ifit would not ba 8 good thing to ssk somo of my infus tial friends in (Lo cburch to aslat in matlers—a con- sulting cowmittes, aa T undoratood, T sad I thought ftwonld bo very good, if I could manage it, 1fe mea- Honed names, i Well,” mald 1,3r.Jomes Freeland o friend of Tilton, aud Claflin 18 a friend of Juwen, aud § would trust thom boih, 4o far as T wre concarsied Isuypose 1 had no doubt thoy wore, and thlfll ('" 0 tirst davwn, T thing, of thio maitor on nig mind. After. ward, whol the maticr {nok some more form, I theu e fom oo &--From Moulton, 1 lesrued taf thora had Leen = BOME PRELININARY )l)’.-‘ 3 n.lllr‘ll shonld t 1o draw up oricles wi T ey mea e e ectiToment. 1 kiiow 1o miore, that T recollect, till T wan eall i to uign it, Q=\¥hat, twas Lrought to you, and by waom, for oitr_siguature? A ruppost, from what 1 has Tionta Tucto on 1t rial, f wan 1l firct draft that wan Lrought tomo; (bat I8 to say, tho draft unchanged i tha artlclo concerntng Tilln, It I rocolleet, I read that distinctly, end [ vaa Inquirod of if I wodld iyt thiat, and T said T would, Aftervards the draft wan Lrought to ma again Uy Claftin, who aikl— Sir, Heash-Onio uginunt, X abject to what paased otween Clafiln and litrvoif, = B Evatnes ozt 10 7o with what 7 A—With referinco to_mumo Gmenditiona on Bowen's part, to which I corented. It waw then, oftor a (me, brought to e for kiguature with the cunee fntroduced Iy Til- tone purt of it, snd T pigned 1t. That fn, I think, about T blatory fn dontcetion Wit Hiats i.~Personally, then, yon tcok no fartber part m the matier than you have now stated 2 A.—No, sir, T Cidu'ty I wan nierely 3 eaiplent und obediont setor tu it I¥ wasmanzged whotly by othe et TIT FOR TAT. Ti{IE WOODNULL HEVLLATION. Q.—Yow, do30u remember wuything arising and Uraglit 10 your notice fn referenco ta whit has beon spolien of 2y tho it for Tal Purticls proveedltg from the Woodhull & Cladin pross? AI nover sawit, I noard it spoken of, Q.—Wan anything sald aboat ft—about s character or the purposo of s publication, of tho intontion of its publication, the Intent that It should bo publisbed by Moulton or Tilton? A.—I con't think that the—1 think an allusion was mado to 14 by Tilton, but not andor that deelgmtion, I never hoard of that dosignation until I sat in the Court hore, KQ—Mowwasit? A.—T simply heard him give slatement of an articlo which tho Woodbully, o8 Lun- dorstood, propocod o publish, Lut which was going atout fu slips, and included in it tho naimes of & reat many respectablo men and women agalut whom chnrgesywera mado, and that, on seolng that, bo had gous down fu grest indignation, and IROKE 1113 CONNECTION WITII NER n¢ glorfously as ho had formeg t, Q.~Did Lio stato tht to you'? A.~It wan reprodent- ed to mo ua tho broaking of §4 with great diguity, uir, of ciroumstance, . Q.—About whon was that statement to you by Til ton? A—I don't know. I csuuot tall you,sir. I ouuid find ont, but 1 don't recall It now, > Q,—Now, aif, when Tilton was nubing any parrative 1o you akout this artlcle, and_cors:quent tormiustion of is ralations with Mis, Wooduill, did you. say {o bun you * thougt Bo lnd dona an ‘uuwito thing to ‘roalk his scquaintanco with tho woman ; that sbo bad oen suticfontly daugerous even wheil we were on friendls terins with Lior, oud there was no telllng wbat alie might 0o If wo beeatno onoumies "—1id you say any- thing fo Lim of that kind 2 A,—DIJ Lia say anythiug tomo? QDI you say anytaing of that kind to him during st nterviow when, Lo s telling you of tho becak ? A~ldidnot. I tuought hedid Wellto bredk the esanection, Q.—Dia ‘you urse him fa continue with Moulton fhesa sorvices {n_order o preservon friendsbip with Jir. Woodliull? A~It was just the other way, I Jiever uacod them tall, Ty perpotualy praised Lier to mie, but X never urged thom at al), Q.—Not, Jr. Tilton hus sald this: thol %30y re- lation withi ‘3¥s, Woodbull wa3 o fooltsh onc, and wroug, Tdonotask auyone topaillste ft, but I Koy Yoloro Gou that Mr, Beocher bnas muck responsible for 1t 88 T om.” A—T say befuro God 1 i Lot respiote alblo for it atall, - . Q.—For nuy connection with hor? ATt was a suzpirine to me 44 it beginniug, Q.~Naw, Mr. Beocher, In refereace fo the occur- zeuco Ia tho eud of Octoher or tho begiunlug of Na- vewler, 1872, tho publication 1 the Woudliull & Claflin apor of wiiat has Loen known ra tho 4 Woodhull jcandal,” prior 1o the upipearance of the paper Lzd you luarued I any way or form that there was to sppear sny such publication? A—T bad, 3r, Evarte—What wan Your first knowledge of 7 A=y Grat? T canuab give It czcept 1het 1 havon ‘ngue_ jmprosslon, st from what eource derived, T cwar't w0y that ho fizat knowledgo was o visitation at wy howsa of & TALL, LANK OLD GENTLEVAN abont 60 yearn of ags, who came to Ll 1a thero wan 1 awful thing golng 1o be pubiialied, e, Evarti—Woll sir, what was the— To the Courl 2r. Tillon {niroduces tho subjost, 1€ your Monor I in uis tostnony, (Quotinyr.) " DI you soo ar eatuf that Piibileation o uny portlon of 11, or Lave oy cousuation I which it Wt propesed (@ publisl it, beforo it wan publisliod 7 A—eNo, sir; not & word, Tho firet I hoard on that subject wae when 1 camo Lack hiero frou Leecher, who aid it was prosentad 1o im nnd epoke of its publication, uud 1 nudertood uo blackunadl had Leen lovied upon him," (o tho witness—Now, Mr, Tieccher, did $ou tell Til- ton what lind taken place on that anbject? A,—-Very Likoly: T dowt remomter, i sou Ll vy tint sny blackmall bad boen > ou? A—No, clr; upver, Q—Weil, 1ir, now did tils'eall, or tbla advertisoment of tho Intediad publication forim tho subject of any communieation betwoen Aoulion 1nd you?. Am1 to hearsed 1t to Moulton, Q.—Whiat did you el hi about (hat? A,—T merely desceibed the ali geutlenian, ond told. bz’ tuat I saw from Hiat {hoco waw woinelhiug coming; that ho scomied 10 Le greatly distreescd, amd kakl ho cams over to soa i, tho thing could not b3 siopped 1n Romo wa Q.—Wun this cananuudeated to him? A—Yor, folid him thar I hiad toid th messenger 1 4t aeo sy way taatop it Iuhad botter comy out, Moulton told mo that 1o 1aan had COME OVER FOI RLACRMAIL, and T at last sdoptod that view of it 3 tuat o had come 10 find out whether I ws ditpoed fo sampromise, lan't—Alt. Ay rato that was the result of tho traeso- N1 A~—Yon, Qu~Now, when the fnterviow first took placo, how i it bruty b €3 yeur notlee? A.—T thiuk tao tirat 1 Thoard of this nciual vecurronco Wwas frow Alr, Mo- Kelwag, who cae from tho Fudie ollice, Q.—{beruaflor what dil you Lava s how did you coiio fnto knowledge or nctfon xbout 167 A1 ro- Faired to Xr. Kinsella, and wa Lnd & conferon, Qe=WWas tho wrticlo thury? A.—1 du:s kiaw; T 't rou It T undonstoad it to Lo In tho atfice, —Dut you dlun'taco 1t 7~ A—No, —Aud'kera you_ ndvisud of ite geuseal uataro and purjoa? A—Ves, ulr, Qe=By theso gentliuon 7 ¥.— wes, I askod Afo~ Kedway 10 givome tha wubetaicw of It, Q.~Aud by didao T 'A,—1Yo ald v, Q. —Now, whicre dld yuu first. sca or read the artielo llscitr A~T nevor have yeh I awm welect L my reading, Q.—Now, when a1d any matter of confercnco como p suleuquiently t0'thai? A—Purlas I ought to Tuake, & corraction by sayiiag, dr, Evarts, that after thin trial hud been Legun, and I 'was nuiructed by wuneel to read overytulng about i, T undertook to Fol it ono dlay, sud got wloig a lttls ways I, but Lava fargottan'tt, sud never reaunod it Alr, Tino:bisr, coutinnlug, suid that bo went tn_ coni by it My, MeKelway o M, Moulion'y ofhce, 1 w Yark, Monlton advised bim (livechiod) (o ya nuthing wbont tho scandal, wud io s0 told AI7, AfcKel, wav, A, Moullow's advite decldod his (Liochiers) fllay on s subleck, Mo had a loug futoeylow with louiton ot hiu bouve, ot which Theodors Tilton ‘was vrowent, Moulton waa from tirat tu last fn favor of silouco. 1o thoughit it shiould Lo troated with cone Lowptuous ailence, TUR PINST INTERVIRW WITH NMOULTON on tho wnbjoct ocourred on his return from Now awpahire, sl it took plce in Moultow' wtudy, Miton wan Yory mueh oxcliedy and dsnousoed e lutlor, and doclared that by would, whenover ho fould, duny £ o Yofawous and strocious, Iis touk witnes (liccobr) by both heudie i suilior 304 ani onjonid bim dn 1de (Tike.d) Uauio t doty 14 a8 wj dufunous talechood, MF, Dok g wan fu avor of & publio dawal, 10 be xigned by bisy Zilow, 20d Maulivh, bt tho. (stfes Farored st aud uilanco wau agroad tor Q.—Now, sir, “at efibor of theso lutervisws, when o D, was prerent, did his occur, os stated by Tiltan il the wubject i put T thiss Ul 1 any deniel wis it would o), S Wie Aue ‘::: "n;um\u . the ~ Woeodbully n ‘sima otber- foris, b0, tehore othorfor Tolter- 8 donkal would niot quell 1t} that i s o o et : 16 WUk buva 0 L el Unjony ey oo S :}nm.. :Lfll’mnm::m"' Do you’ remeniber wiyabiug Saitiane ‘Hfi‘{‘":."—hu. argd remcmber ~low 6o Suu undirstan = oy ead thlewe T rocai 43t S 4% T, At ponr mlude, 5ot on a, kinglo fa Lt 1f we weut 10 (Lo newspapers e et we woull Lava Lo ot b cht o {bing a8 thet we woul b iohid bo tatun i Swhlamas (ol 16, sud plley, ot sluiply of 1hls uue butof of payc 6 Q.=Xow, ur, do you remomler vy, coalug 190 ‘at oo Gf theva confurviscon ag o Letor thet you waid you Lad changed ) azd Lo Jukoy of linving 4 you sald You thougut ' Bugin Tu.m.‘um‘«‘ll:t ¢ ru{xwu A 0ARD? Tunewler #tage ol fautd =1 al- s b from Lo thred: thot, 1t mym'Z'Jufi'u’-.‘n’z 343 ol fur we tu do i alons ; that 1t was ullsrly Biyfasiy et Tiltou showd puliieh 108 dulease o Qu=Nais, s, 8o you semember any cousldoration of ate 1t dony uewpapcr for, Biviug tagun THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE DAY, APRIL 8, 1875, bfert et o anverning tho Woollull Arandal wi o Phiers wag 20 muicls elamor on the part of {he Thatiin, ne manitcated in tho prea s ea mitch inquiry hurch and covgregstion; o demandy ::nn‘!g‘:u:nn,uu Ly sour frlouds, that tho Felting o bo uneadurablo, and then y Aeliomie of this kind, Nuw, supposs wo atvdlid apy to tbot sontiment the communlly; w, o scntiment that whero there much smoko thero must bo somo fiee, statcd In {4y connwtion, _Bnppose, for instanc, that rom repulable paper, sposking ecmb-ofletally, 48 autborlrod by partivs {n sojanc,—say tho Nuw York “Iyrbune,—shonld publish an editarial o s effect that there waa voine graund for Mrs, Woodhull's publica- tians, ot the gronnd whick alis staten, but that ground oxisted fu the atoriea which Henry C, Bowen had told 3, yoar or two previont agalu Bowen limeett had, in » ment, v montin \efore, namely, April 9, 14, getracted, Now, 'sald b, sipose wo et domo nerl.editorful’ ttarauces not stgnod Ly our own names, to that efect ; that there wan (hin ground for tiodo wtorles, Tad fat bo siated, and lot ita cut from the {elpariite covenant the soction wisich Tawen a'gniod, eetructing thess atorion, and et us put that fnta” the' nawapaper, It whil satisfy the publio cuclosity, Dooplo will ssy, ¢ Woll, we always knew thera miint bo something in_ the Wondhuil iory, aul nuw wo kuow what it £, 1tin a collection of atori which lowen hns 10ld and which Bowen bas refracted,’ ™ Mr, Tilton glves the turratl and cloves ft by aprrking of yuu as bave Ing rugnestod thut s device i the middioof tho winter of 1+7d'to weot il countoract tho Woodlull tale, Now, sir, did_anylhing of that kind occur on your part in tho sungastion, or propositin, of statement, o conversalion 7 A.—Not one aolilafy schtonce, ur thought, or suggestion 3 not one, It is absolulely fictiou A far a8 1 am condorned. 1 lieard nome parts of that sugkested, but I wau uot the mau that spoxe of I3 et ploposivg tho reaunclation of Mrs. Woodinilf Ly Tilton was tiauded withiese,) TILTON'S CAKD RENOUNCING WOODHULL, Mr, Evaris—1 vall your attention ta it, aml then T will avk you u question, Do you reraomber about that B8 ComIBGUNT AcmYH, HIF, Q.— A propoaiiion for conldoration at some ono of thodc fnlorviows? A—Not this card, but I remembor thocards, Q.—Woro thete varians cards? A.~Yes, air; that s to kuy, cutvervation aroso fn Moulton's tooui, aud L think Tilton was not, yrescut aud X sald fo Stouiton, #1¢ mccme to me Tiiton wlil nover got quit of this matter, #o long a3 ko has, among good Dopics te Teputation of Lelloiuy th thoro wouwes, aud fu their doctrines, and my ‘ides of deilvemnco 1a 10 0 géneroun_and manly act to cut hduself Jooo fron taenw.” Mouliou szomed {0 Lo struck witle Ity and eald, **Woil, entpposo yai draw up something sucl as you wmean, | scratchied iwo or thro fOPmA—tonta. s forina—ind ouo that 1 thought was preity good, Dut that s not ks one, Q.—1a that _your ekctch or not (banding o paver) A—laan't sy, 1 made thres or four litlo begine hitgs, and thay wero unestisfying, aud I fnally fell o & 'forw of statoment that L liked Lotter, aud that wzs proposed ond declined, i riu—Well, boro {4 the orlgiual exhibit (handig papee to witnesn), ‘That will ahow you whethor it 14 your handwriting or not. A.—I thiuk this way tle ires nttompt—tha first idos whicn It ocenrrod to me, Q.—Well, that s your liandwrithig 2 A.—Yea, air. T thivk that T wrote It in o blak books, and_toro out tho leaf and went to Maulton with it, and that gave rise to something more, till sowcthing grw outof it, o ivaris—Now, 1his Matemans, * 1o an unguarded eo- tivuslsam, 1 hopet woll and wtich of ono who has elico proved thorouthly waprineipiod, § sball never again notlee hier, and now ustcrly Fer.wdiato Lor stories malo ‘coneernijr o and mine.” That was jroposad (o' nignad by Tilton, 1 auppote? A—~Yos, wle, Q.—Now, did Tillor, in roferanco to'that eard, and 1 un objodtion to s belng publised by him, say to you that you Enetit was not un unguarded enthustaaur that Ied im (Tiltow) to Woodhull; bus that La went for tlio purpasa of nroteoting ia family and himself aud Bocher from the reanit of 3 stary waa nots Q.~Anytling of tho kind? A.—XNolhing of the lud, Tois wa not desigued, you' kuow, to boa card of denfal of tho story, Q.—Well, {t speaks for Msclf, fhat card doce, atuny of fucan interviown ditl ycu say to after tho yublication of tho Woodbull scawlal, that you had comw 10 cousult with Lim (Moulton) a8 to WILAT IT \AS BEST 10 DO with eforence to tho publication ; what reply could Lo made, {f auy regly could Lo made DI sou,tn thut cons neelion, oF in auy other sy, Kay 1o hiim that you maw nflhlltllllm fx :«i‘unu}{ sizco that etory Lad lewn pub- loied? A.—No, bir. Qe—DIdyou sy atything fn conmoction with that aubjeot, or Low did Jou oxpres youmelf, 15 oy ll 2 A,—1 don't remawber, T only Temomber whiat 1 didu't Q.—Notling of that kind was said by you in regard to yourzoif 7 A,—No, sir, TALLIDAY AXD MOULTON. Evarts—Now, sir, plasso laok of that unto: and recalt 10 your 1mud that period. I you can, Kt rofers o an‘interviow Lotweus Lhllidsy and SToultun 43 Laving taken plice, doos it not? A.—Yes wir, Q.—Moulton roported toyou fhat interviow, didu't Lo? A.~—Ves, 1 believe Lo dkd Q.—1In connectlon witls doulton's reporting to you that futerview, orany refereuce to thre intervivus taking placa beforo 1t took place, did auything of thin Xind “oceur Letween you and Moalten that Sfoulton was 00t 10 tell Halllday the facts? A.—No ulr : 10 ulr, Uo diun’t want to to.l him avy wore than 1 did, A NOTE OF HYJMPATUY, Tivarts—Lookk at that letter, Mir. Deacher, which i without dato, and sy how soon after tlus Woodkul scandal was taado publio that lotter wan writieu by ou to Mrs, Tilton, A.—Withiu three or fonr weeks, Q.—Was that wriiten fn pursuaica of avy coufer: oued, or Inany way? Ac—It jwas upon—no, ot n couférence, 1t was writion upon & suggestion, not n confrence, Lrarts—iVell, from whom did sy sggeation came? AT tiink MWwilton sald that §t wontil to agrecablo to Tilton 11,1 would address to by Wifo o nots of syme ou adiress it, ond st thaf timo? A.—Tfo id that, ff I wroto o mote of sympathy to her Loy g thot 1 Lelleved in tha wattors, o thauymt it woull Do vgroealily Lotk to Tiltkn and Mra, Tiiton, sud 1 wrotu thin lotter and handed it to Sloulton, who was not satiafied ith it 1o told mo afterward that bo bad sxpluined to Tiltun (ko point of viaw fiow whici 1 1iad written it, oo T bad explained it to bim, I found after T ad left i with Iim, and when T aav bim agat, that they had oxpected flint 1 would write a letter of dendal 10 Mrd, Thton, and I wroto that, e THE TRUE STORY. MR, BEECHER'S YERSION OFIT. Q.—)Ir, Tilton has spoken, 3Mr, Becclier, of 2n fu- terviow toward thoe clows of Docember, Ho givos it 1872, the perfod that wo aro uaw at. Now, toward tho end of this month of Dacember, orduring this month of Docember, 1872, or November and Docombar, 1 do sou remombor auy conforenca hotween loulton, Tilton, sud yoursalf st which the matter of somo publio dental in somo form was conslitered, and sny paper producad, or read, or examined?- A.—Nothing in Novembler, Thero was a coufereuce the last of Docemiber, , Q.—Whero did that oscur? A.—At Moulton's Louse. Q.—~Aud who were the partics Lo that conversation 7 Wha wero prosent 7 A.—Well, Mr, Tilton, Mcs, Ti- ton, and myeclf, in fmmediato conwultation, and, I tho preparatory atago of it, Moulton, Mr. Moulton maid to e, that Tilton had s plan he thought by which ho could make some form of ctatement that would elear him of tho inputations that were resting wpon him, and, at tho samo timo, that tho whole nate ter could bo aot n such & way Lefore tha publio as would Le for tho furtherance of ntercat all aronnd, Q—Yes; very well, Now at this imo, when Mrs, ‘Tilton was precent, Mr, Beocher, thero wers somo lete term, wero {hero not? A.—Yes; ws had—l bad boetl renquestod to preymra - A LLTTER OF DENIA) to necompany a kiatemont, 1f such mado, and Mrs, Tilton was o make teiant alio I deninl, aud Br. 'Lilton waa Lo mako a statomeut, or rathor o denfal, 0 go into somo sort cf statement, ~Lut {t was waen som letters of thiat kiud were t Mrs, ‘THIOR Wit prevont 7 A.—Yex,sir, Q.—Now, prioz {0 that, was ikiero an inferview bee tween youraell, Moulton, and Tilton, at which tbe pae per or documout that has been calicd TUE TRUS GTOBY .~ Wl ra did tlie mooling takeplsce? A,—In Moul. tonys bedruom. Now, niato what {00k place there, A,—Moulton o tlat Titon would come around and rogd statenient thuj bo bad prepared, 1 ud heard nojhin of 1t excopt that Lie wue proparing something, 1 ulos Maulton what 1t was,~ He xtd he didn't know; ho Badn't rod it hiweelf, buk Tiltongras going 1o read it ta lim sudimo that uiglit, o I went liere to read Jt, and Tiltou=—sliall T give you tho Intorview ¢ Q,—Yew, just statait, * A.—Tilton bogan, tting on tho wofs, $0 tix hiv papers, aud oponed the matis 1o T by aaylu that tbeze was oue sinula scatenca tlat 5¢ 1 couldstaud, he lhflhk 1 should ba abla Lo stand the wholo_ docuuient, then lio commeucad reading, 11 did 1ot el the scuteuca, 1o began reading wias wis callyd afterward the true s ory, sud read on_ watll camo o tuab. pussds b which 1 was clargod with saklug M, Tilton to Lo » wifo to wo with all that b fwyiod {n that term, aud Lo looked up aud sakd, # That is tho sentence ; that £ you can utand that, tho rest of the document wou't 'huft you 1 1uda no toply, 1 was lying on the ted, I think, Ile went ou readingi futtlug tuddor ‘aud ' maddor, and, whon e sround oe o G4 ol Setnieh +anety o goou, wid sald uothing, buf L thauk e or "Sloulton, asked me what'} Ead osy, (Murmurs of applause.) “ Mr, Tilton, it 18 uot foz e 10 84y What you abiali oF what yau alall ot say, but § yeanst you €0'underatand that 1f” you publiah that states went aud thad seutence ju it, 1 WILL NOT BTAND IT NORl AQBEX TO ,',f'"f, ‘l: .|: n‘f-'m"‘ 3 wu& uot mu‘ by such fl,‘?} o 4 0ut, and uot woed 18 perenplortly, At that ke Jatierod Tt up, Mou-like, B thushed, and ba begsn Lo siorm very loud o the aube Joct, aud Moultow took bim fu baud instautly, sud T drow Lack out of 16, und the Hou sud the Hyer bad the tlght by thewsclyes. 14 wan a good, lively discussion, Al i fowtadd ie the atriciuss of” tbe Yol D redpeot o the rtlon of that. Purt uf the tma Moulton was ju ude sucy, nd part of tho Uiwe I thought Tilton bad ths beat of 13 and it weut ouso for & very couslderubly po- stod, snd ended unsstitustorily to all of us, I am versuaded List was the sutatauce of that intervisw, Q—Aud wus thet all that wapsald duriug hat fufer- ¥ you ou- Ll subloet¥ “A.—Tuat waa the auh- Atauce of WLAL was uald by wo dilriug tust futersiaw, My romarks weo ol many, .—Aud you on 7 A,~eNoj 3 s dipdouatiso fur wotle Wi, gt Tict, "7 nuq—m.:-;u ,\“"r..‘:l:fl" ,Illwdmuuuuux ey dis i P s : and bomporuic, aad §lcgy, 0 DOCOe fur miore quiet or hear road { A you ever ver, Q.—Was It aver hrouyht bofors you or to your natice by Titon or Sfoultow &8 a yrapoged yublication? A Nover, — COMPARING NOTES. AN INUABMONIOUH MEETING, Q.—Now, wo will take the occasion, Mr. Beschier, nt which Mrs, Tliton was prencnt & part of e tiao, Ac— ‘That was precnding this, vir, Q.—Yen; awl when was that? A.—At the end of December. Q.—Whora wan this interviaw held? A.—~The back chamter of Mr. Moulton's house, socund atory, Q.—Was an appolutment—bad an appointment boen made for that mieeting? A,—Yes, #ir; thero liad, Q.—And by whom, and in what manner had tha ap- ointment been inade? A~I don't kuow in what mauier ; Moultan ruade It A—Well, mado it with you? A.—Had made it with o and Tilton, e T undorstood, bul 1 canuot xsy any- thing about that, Q.=Well, made 1t with you, had hie? A.—I went to ausgreed appolutment st Monttan% houw, fur the purpose of oxclanglug, or ratlur comparicg aud ad- Justtng, letters, Q.—For publication? A,—For publieation, if it ahould 8o6t tho beat, Q.—Now, whal occurred thnze, niid who wers pres- ent At tus firat ocourrenes? Al canninb rweall whether Moulton was praant et fist of Bab, i wam, B LTt oo, 0t T wd 1 waro f6F 1 Mis, oulton also belug in sudwont 3 and T thiuk ft was do- virad Lo MAVE MRS, TILTON PREITNT, and Frank Carpentor, the nrtist, coming in alont that Ui, ho was' scat sround to briug ke —to brhig Mee, Tilton; and I think that soms convergiton followed, ' rather from ‘ffiton to me, There wero komo rewarks made on tho proporod documene, or soma atitement that ho waa deawing up, which L did not ultogether undorstand, £or it was Lot rod to wo or AowD 160, Q—At thiatimo? A,—Atthis tinio's nor was it in s stato of culiroty, 1 racolleot of his wpesking of 1t as sumething that 'wan fu_frocess of forrution, and when 3re, Tilton came, T then drew fram my i 8 futler that Thad prepared in cansonance wil azTzuenent with Moullon, Evarts (showing [ottor lo witness]—Do you rocog- izothat an L7 Aot tLial that fa i1, sic, Q.—No, wan thire any othier lotter praduced thore, and, it_ro,' by whom, and under what form? A. When Mrw, Tilton eaino sho eamno up 130 tho rootn, and Ihink Usrpenier retired_modeatly, and Se, Til: tou w3t down at n Witlo writing-lhle o o sido of tho rooin, aid Tillon brought her s paper written in Lis Lanlwrittng, 1 dfd ot reod tho paper, but Xrw, Til- ton titene - aud Jooked up b me, and watd: ity friend, ought T (o verite thin?". 1 suld to her: * Ellzie betl, if that oxprustea your seniiments, 1 dont Luow what fa fn it, Lut, §f it exprowes sour views, T don't know’ any ‘rzeon why you shiould 1ot e3py 13" and with that ho wat_and copied the let terout from tho japer i Tilton's handwriting, aud siqued it u my praionce, Then T asked Tilton for his lottor, The uiderdanding had been that (here waa to Lo letter all round, and fie k240 that bo hea not yet drawn up auy: (et bo bad ot maio up hie tubi Tacu I euld, pitting toy Juitor back fn my pocket, © will st for furtlier developments;” and that eded 1o Interviow autszntially, Q.—Dil you at tist time read tho lotter of Ars, Til- ton? A.—No, bir, T i not resd it Q.~Now, at tht {uterviow, at which Mrz. Tilton was presont, dill you may unyUiing of thly kind (o Thiton sAud M, Bee herdiadd thut, 1f T would nover tnrn back o i, bo wonld foin with Mra, Titon in making & denlal,” Tt §t wiil be 4o for o o deny tils story, Jeaving you at Hberds at any thine to pubilsl my letter t0 you through Moulton, Dut i£ yen will give na your e af onor Hhat vou il nevar, wndor uny ciréu: stances, ako e daniul o no elleet, 1 will join in suchncard"? A—=No, +lr; nothibg of th3 sort— nothin Now. did yon, then and there, wrils a exe Mouitun's tabley—is it a letter uf yorre,—did yom y itthoze? A.—1 brought it down thoro to thu how.o in 13y pocket, written, ANOTHER QUISTION OF YRRACITY, Afr, Evarte~Now, i this lutter of yours, to which T Tave’ Just asked Your aHentlon—tuo Jetier Lrouglit thoro Uy you—uecars this seatences My acipaint- atico with Mra, Tilton had fuspired” 1o with tho * hiubest eaecms for her mioicat $ropriuty ol womanly graces, Mr, Tilton, spoak- ing of thut letier, mwa: % Mr,' Deecher Jut fna phraw about Air3, Tilion at my reest, aiid was tho author of that' sentence.” in tuat trio? A—T put that gentenco in frow my own part, aud Mr, Tilton had 10 moro to do with 1t than he he'had with the formation of sugals, Tt is absolutoly my awn, * QzAnd 1t was o "tho letter a6 you_ Lrovgkt it on, A, kel b an 3z, Beaw ta 2ioit'ton was on the 83ma Tioce of paper 7 10 Witnesa=1t wne, Evarti—Tuls §s tho papor—{Showiog wiincay o aper, \ P Morrta—yéilt yon tes un havo tho otter ltter, carman—>rs, Tilton's letter 7 hought thiat thia letter was n rewrit- I of ouo that I Lrought down flicro from ty Liouee, Qu neelug this theea Was & canferenco betwoen Soulton and e, ua 1o tho substence of the letter that should Da weltfen aud tha purport of it, what It was to cover, aud I drew one up, aud wait down thare, and, i 1 recolleet right, read §L o Mouiton bofory be went aut, and I thijk that thera wan fome ntugzention made (At it should bo addressed to L, or that thora HIOULD DR SOME OHANGE MADE, gmd that T went into it stidy aed copied of my own Iatter—iny own latter, with 1his cliango suugestd by Liza, Tt 8 10y prosent fpzosslon, ‘Tuat fs, Wil thia nota? A.—Yes, nir. Alr., Beach—Yon think now you ald write it thero— that Partioular paper? A.~I think I wrote tho paper in tho houre, bt not In tho preacnice of Tilton, uor under any Buggeation, L recollect sitting on the ‘sida of tho bed. snd reading {ho Totter to him, wuilohio took shiort notea on his Linoe, nitting cn th other a1do of the bad, of the latter, and fhat I took it because I would not. suier that lote ter to go into hia band, Lvarte—Yow, was there any conyeraution of this Ktud, Mr, Buoclier, at this Intervlew in reference to your ewd or {ta' publlcation? I_read mow from ‘Tilten's ovldunca: “ Nir, Dooeler aaid to ma, in golug awy, thut thero wea onty ono danger §u publlahitg his curd (wble § suypote mean f.8 paper), which vaa tust, on soma future _oceasion, ha aud [ should ba et disigrcemont, ond 1 honld publish hiw loer to me turadgh duolten, that biv card would put him ut o diendvane Lefore tho yublic,becanine it would conviet bim pnt of origiaal erlue, 'hut of 8 subsequcut e to 1 No, 8lr ; ney sir; thers wasnt a word of that kind wor AR o4 & ast of that consersalion, did any. of "thls kimd ocour on Tiltun's part s WL tolil Mr, Boechier that the ouly fosathili Lis ever coming into colliafon with me, or of 1y cver conbng 10t collislon wiily him, would be in chumequonce o somo injusiice: that 1 lold uover Lft tay band against him except I nolf-lofen: nd, if he “should Fteanny from striblng m 1 abiou) e do bl ony 2 3.~No, sir; uothing of the kind, Adpurned, e THE PRESS. ' AN ALIDI WILL XOT ANSWER. New York Times, * Weall of us somember the groat falth which Mr, Waller, Qo cder, had {n the virtuo ofan siibl, Who Indeod forgots Lit touctiing oxclimation s tha dofoate od r,Piowick rotires fram the eourt-room {n company with his falthful sttendant, * Ol 1 Samlvel, vy worn't thoro s iallold 7% We foar, from cortain Indications, {hat somo of Mr, Beocher's advisers have amost s much eonfidenco fn on alib for Lim as 3r, Wellor had 1o ono for Ar, Pickwick, Now, in trutb, tho plas, evon it tho fact wero well estallished, wonld havo abont ss mucl valuo {n one cass as it would have had in the other, Wo ars nol speaking of ita valua before tho jury, who sro wworn {0 Lying in a verdict scoord- 1ug tothialaw oud tho evidence, But theleast impiortant verdict to Mr, Beecher will bo (hat which they wiil bringu, For there are two trials golng on now, One 18, Whother Theodare Tilton has recelved auch wroug aud injury from Henry Ward Deecher, fn lfu sacecd farully relatioun, and by the destruction of by urice- leay wiatHal Lappinces, that ho, the sald Deecher, whafl 1ay to nim, the said Tilton, the sum of $100,000 by woy of reparation, Dut this, although 1t touchos s oodly swn of woney, 48 comparatively s xmall mat tor, Thio real quostion 1s whethor, {u tho caln judg- mentof an unprefudiced and tmpartial world, tho great proscher hus fallon into grave error with the Wifo of Lis friend, and haa afuce been led futo » course of conduct which biackens that dark bus not inhuman aib, oz whetlier ha has boon miado tho viotin of & do- lborate conapiracs—a couspiracy which, if 1t id salal vy omoof ke mout during wud Uigenious,os woll i ons of Wa mmost. tondh, that could Le found Tecorded in leyul annale, Tuls question cannot ba tried upon technicalitica Bor ks 1t o bo dotersnitiod by the etting up of unta Portant descreranclon sveu of fuct, fn tho ovidence on tither sldu. Now, the'ra is reason (0 beilovo that Mr, Buechor's ndvlsora are inclind to rent tlclr defonss Tory moch wpou srguriente foumuded ypon avldenco of Abut sort, Thiero (s ald (0 bo expoctation of & grout potut in favor of Mr, Deachar, by wowing that, as_ho was sliewhro on {ho 44 day of June, 1673, he could mot Liave beon with Mrs, Moulton on that day, whon 8is Loatiflod that Lo made eortaln _confeastons o ber, Tal, aT coure, U clear anough. 1f M. Usuchr wens a4 Peckakill or 1o ottice of (o Chriatian Union all that day, tho intorviow as allegedteould net Liave token blaco, *J3ut ua far a8 tho publis Sadgrasnt ook, this s 8 cowparatively gmall ruatier, “Tho yubatanco of that Allegation, tho graveman of that evideuce,wau not that Intsrview buppened ou thy 24 of Juus, but ihat Mr, Bgoober muado about (hat timo certain_adwiuaions 10 M, Moulton. Kow, wo all know that 8 mistake in & dote ia tho ousicet uf all mislakes to waks, auwd such » Dlatake doed ot &t all invalldate, t tho genoral judg- mant, the lestimony of an otherwise teuthfulsoming Wineis who wmakes il In cascs of munder, rablicry, aasault, greon, aud the ke, tho date ds ized, 1t (s an Absoluto fecto Ln 1he prublem, We know tliat ateuch 1 Liour, or within & very fow houry, the bian way killed, the rolbery coummitted, the Lowss fred, ' Tn Such cascs, loahow matisfactorlly that s mau chiaryed Wikl &t Wi erluie wak {1 anotlier flace, aliul, than that in which was committed, at tho thme within which it mitst liave Ycen comunittod, (s sn all-suficiant defenve, LBut thia docs uot apply fu comuon seuse, bowover i iy fu law, to un ferview Wit i Womsh Whlch Wape ned uearly two yoary ago, For ho sbsolu setor iu the provlom 1w wanting, It 13 qui imposaitle, justance, that Ars, Aoul a8 to the nature of a aliegey she had o tha sulslavce of what she T, O alicges that ha lhtn’ sald to Ler—quito impossible, Yithout deliberate perfury on ber s posaiLls thar n"n?-n ight nilatake the dute of thiat tibei View by souia days—uoibing, bardly, mare Jiopable fhan that sho ahould o 6, afler such 3 B of thno, even with the bost efort of pecclloc- art, But nothing Ihie 1o o, Mrs. Mouls of e dolng Thin all reasonstls men anid womnen we tioy will not La ready to bLolieya th tun dovented that remstkslie intorsiew which she deacribed #o clearly, And yet with such mndoat re surve, mieraly becsusa whe ‘msy have been wromg thiouyh | ontiive, as 10 8 date, They wil Le far readicr 10 hoftava that stin might forget whether u certain day g iimbered (Invielely) 1, 2, 8, or 4, than that sha ot nvont ek s Tlewcherlun sl il 00 yppropie ato 0 thie alleged aituation, a8 the styling of the day cf fudgraent.” Mr, Drecher's advisera Duust ot leadd bt o toat 00 atrongly on Mn altb, NOT KATIAFIED WITH MERK DEXIALS, New York Sun, Mr, Deecher hag now been on the stand twn days, bt a0 far Le hoa contributed nothing now to the solu. tiou of the great mystery of hia case, If ha bacamne & wituees ou Lin own behalf st all, ft wan glaln fromn the wart that oven for conslstency's aaks be unt deny tho «harge of Titon without finching. 1f ho hud nub done 1hat, he would have falnified the sasevervationg of hisststement bofardihe Tovestigatiug Comnittee, on which wainly bts defeuse must rely for fte theory aul Ma axplanation of bis srtoulshing couduct with refcz- chee in Tilfon's refeated doclerations that ho hail comntuittod sidultery with thie Latter's wife, Tut 3r. Iice:ier would s eomporo hia dental (it ita cffect Vi exceedingly dramatic, wan siw tn Lo syyucts 11613 & maater of sucli plfects, an artist, in fact, whio kiinwa how to_produce” them' without <raggers. tion, hint tn n way simple and intenre, Lt bis bare deuta, esen uider uaih, wa are posry 10 gay, In not now enduab, OF LOAT eucigl, 1o ot th publie, They dewaud an cxplauation uot only of hix stranirs Ictters, but Rl miora of hiu remarkable wonren during the years when the acandal wis unt. yet tie propery of tho public, Lut was kuown unly to lita, o slosilton, to Bowen, and wucli other perdnin o “Tiltsn hd characteriatieally taken matn s ronfidento and It muat Lo an explanation which will sstisfy reanon aud not fusult common senno, Now, as tLe ststomont of last summer did not re- lieve fhe minds of the publio or ro-edabiisly Mr, iechier fn thelr confidence, nefther dnoy Lix tuatle mony in the trial so far aord'them any adequate rolution of his conduct duriny thuro Lilter 3y His loug suguish and foarfdl ~ antteipdiong ro no more cleared up by what he waye the sland, than what o 3id In it commuittce-room, ‘Thero fn the same discrepancy botween caitse and of- foct, We do not Lalieve that Mr, Decclier's two daya’ testimony, eveu including Lia soleton aud reiterated dloufals of any eriminal copnection with Mes, Tilton, Lna changat the opinion of asingle Jermon e ty his smilt ur fuuoceuce, who had before given anytiing 1k carcful attention to the case, This may hoem o Lurd thing to say, but It 1s true, and Mr, Docclicr's friends may o3 well know 1t ‘Tho public domand upon the defendant now fa for mora thay deulsl, and for something more conciaive {han auy former ptatements, Detiial mipht have been cuough when Tilton tirat throw $he charge af Lim, it it Lo Loen mado boldly aud muarely from bis own Vuipit, whenes, If bo was ab {nnocent ‘1nan, he shonld forthwith hava Lrsnded as faise 80 (ufsmous an accu. astion muado egeiust him by ome mcmixr of the ehurch, and carried to 1fin Ly auother, in a letter Which raquired s reatimation of bus partorate and exllo from Drooklyn, Tue charge fuferrod in that et~ ter,'which ho deufd Wit 80 snuch deamatic effees {1 tho Brooklyn Court Jast Friday, was ouo which le might have strangled from Flymouth pulpit four yearn &¢0, that §s, if It ws false, Why ho delayed o long, g with the dreadful rccumation, trying 1o sup- and faliing to fling lta untruk and diaboljcal suggestion Lack at 1alton whion the latter explicitiyars. ed the pustor, at that famous ehurch-meating, If e b suy cliarge 0 moko againat bim, and Alr. Leechor naid No=thieso nre myitorics of Lia conduct which make tho publiostilt unconvinced, 1 iste of ks rolemn catn, Dt Mr. Deccher is et on the stand, and perbaps ba il explsin all these sstoundiug things to the satisfzc. tion of iatelligent peot lo befars be steps down andout. THE DIFFICULTY OF THE CASE. New York Graphie, Thers 8 no disgulsing tho fact that there hes been a marked clhiange of public fecling fn the defendant's tuver, The developments of the defenso have been mate or lean dlacreditable to tho plaintif, Thoy have predaced the fmpression that his conduct was erratic sud characterized by duplicity; that while conspiring to keop o grest and fatal wecret he was constantly letting It out, and while pretanditg to heal the wound kept rubing and squeezing it 10 eeo how beautifully §t would bleed ; that he was an uncomfortable paron fu bis own houne, if not s good deal worse, du thy caso stands to-day, the plaiutiT's plumage fs badly rofiled to siy the ot Lut at the outiet of the trfal Tilton said that & woull result in threo funerals, it uot more, 1lis afncomfture doew mot acquit 'Mr, Beecdor, snd frovioe tat ho wis o {rcachorous frisnd and s torment 1o htn household does not criablish the dsfendan:’s {unocones, 3r, Iicocher mustgo » lung way beyond I3 prescut point Lefors e reschies the gost of vablic expectation, Heally, tho d.flculty fu betiev.ng that be iv gullty,grows aut of the enoriuity of kis gaut if ho iy not absofutely {nnocent. For it {4 nol mraly the or- dirinz] erimo with which he stands charged that bein responsible for. Tho beat man in the world miglt nossihily bo terpted beyoud bis strevgth {n somie un- guarded moment, and Jo what he would condemu more soverely than any onoeise, The ditficulty {n ilir cavo is in” belleving thot the defendant {s as bud 0 ha must ba if ha is guilty, Fortheu bo is tha be- teayor of bin frlend, tho despoller of s liome, tho con- suninmat falsifier, the persistent Aypocrite, the fagrant perjurer, Then he bus broken almost every commnnd- meit {3 tho Decalogue but one, nnd hid the bluckent of hearte and the falset of charsctorn nunder th it robes of religion, aud perforued in nd confercucy mefoly'as an actor ou tho tien he liae stolen the Livory of heaven to hihilo blv depravity, whilo bo has acled the partof n And ull ths, too, without the chivalnc excuse of thie Irluco of Wales fu tho Lady Mordauat eaee, for it was not to abickl o womun from sutforing for hits offcure, but to sive himself regardicss of hor yrouge, Poploare sypiled by the m cnormily of wickeduess an 1 involved o tho ae- knowledgment of the defendant’s quilt, and eling 1o tho pussibility that he will establish Lis fnnoceuce for tha credit of bumun nture, Aud this makes it il the mare ueceauary that his defenss shall not rest on uerely lechulcal grounds, Lut mcet tho really easential polntwof thacare, Tho pullic will not Lo satfaded with quitibics about dates and legal dust thrown in thy Jurura' cyce. It 18 to Le hored that bath tha defendant and bis counsel appreciato tho magnitude of the Lsno and the personal Interests invoived in it OKE OF MH. DLECHER'S RRLAXATIONH. New York Uerald, Among tho latest revelutions of the Boecher care s o siguiticant ono In regard to the private—and one anight almont say recret—penchants of tle Plymouth stor, Mr, Jomes Redpeth found him Iying on the Bad after diuner (the dinuer having boen Immodiutely 1reecdod by an nffecting sceno of Plymouth tear-shed- ding), cousoling himself by tho rerusal of one of Du- niaa’ noveln, and, with *Iaughing eyes ™ aud charnoter- stlo frauktiess, ho 10ld 3Ir, Hadpatl that this was & £av0rito way of diverting ia aind, Now, wo adinit that Dame I a brilliaut and fascinating writor, bt Dty tales aro open to this trifling objoctian, e light vouding for tho ciergy, that they alwayw turn, Nke ul. moat all French novels, on sdultery, aud that they atound i sttructive, highlyezolorad, Voluptious, delicately touched, delinowionn of fmpuro love, Tan't this & sfymiticant und curious taste for a traclor of that Chulatiatilty whoss (ouder and teschar rayu that o who Lakeths upon & woman to luss ufter hee hath com- witted ndultery with bor airesdy™ 7 A uuy rate, this iw an exun ke which, hke dome uther esvherian ex+ amples (let aliua tho question of guilt or tnoceice), W0 would not adviss #IL W, 11" brethren of tha evangolical clergy {0 follow, ‘Thcre 19 reason o bo- Have that miniaters, after al), are human, and a8 wo kuow too much failiarity with vice, or with plotures of i, leails un mot only fo * Lty " (which fu the pre. dominant stnthment yunorally taught i that regard by Mr, Leecher), ut alao, oa @ next step,—uot. abways o lung'ono.—to % emmbruee,” Atsny rate, If tho clergy are o inwiat, 88 De, John finll bias fately doclurad fu & public lectitro tat they ouglit o do, on their Labits of private interviews witl Iadivw, one 'st & titas, for pur~ oas of religglons cousolation, the cautious and warld. Foivivo layman will ot Tesat prefer. that e shietieni guido of hie wifo aud daughters should uot Nuva bis mind oo decply hnbued with Dumas® Lrilltant and vivhl peturcs of tho defights of the gay and sparkling {umorality of tho Fronch wouds or demi-monds. 173 VILWS RESPECTING DEEOHER'S TESTIMONY, incinuatl Commyroial, Theo power of Ioury Ward Becclier was exhitited fn a reniarkable manner on the witnoas-sland yesterday, and niade an fmmenso fmpression, 1o asld the wholo story that ho and Tilton had had a consultation about tho paternity of Tiiton' lttle boy was & monstrons sud absoluts falschiood, When questioned as to usiig some vile vxpression about Mre, Tilton, he aald : Before Almighty God, thie whola alfegation fs absolutely fal The dirvet exniination by Evart penstraiing aud exacting that It would scetn Litt 4 for the sitor- neys of the plinti, Aud we presume tho majority of those who aro following the hixlory of this straugo trlal agroo with o grave and saturiino® luwyer, who fa reportod . the Lerald 10 Lava said on Hatuinisy t: “If 1 were 0 tho plaintif’s cava T would w crous-examination, ard let tha caso ga to the ju abrief speech, X crows-examination will baip mora thun 8 will ijure Neocker, Ha fasman af great wiontil Fadourecs and muasiery of langusys, A Erowse graaiustion will only give hizt an opyoriutity lo vu ity own conatruction befors the Jury of thrso letters he has wrilten, 'The jury oan construs mow duly as 30 wholo world construce tiem, “The otfoct of Beechar's iwwtlinony thus far is over- whelning, aud wodo ot dcs any yrolalility that it will be imaired, CLIMAX Q¥ TNE TRIAL, Troy (N, 1) I'res. AT, Docchor’s autobiography is baiog resd with tho Lulenscut futorest, 1t scams to be the climax of the trial, aud marks the great crisis in Mr, Beccer's Lo, Much of tha defondant's teutimany is wide of (be central queation, and elicited only (o give complote- noes Lo Lis case, 7o the muln chargos sud the damp- tug slogatlons of the witussses for tha plainiff bes Laen rendercd & square and general deufsl. Whother the pautor of Piymouth wil hipwelf utter anytbing more thau this Uegative testmony does ni b yeb apposr, Veelaje Le will wely o thia sud the dategs which TiMon's characlor Las sutferod, sod tis Ui which Laa Leaw teatified o Dy beveral pervous, Ie was expectoc to deny tho statemsnts of tho allier lde, a2 & yatter of eourss, wheiber fuuocent or guilty, Dy ruvly dojug Liat Lo docs ot clour away tho doubts Trun tho wmindu of any excopt thosa who ars bonnd Lo keliove bim gulltless in auy svuut. A8 the cave now slandy assertion claakes Whi negutlon, aud the isaue of relative veracily s ratsed, Tiiton voems Lo have boew badly impesched by Leaslo ‘Turuer sud othery, but he may bitng rebutiing testi- mony which abail’nok oniy show him o in a better Hght, but sleo disprove Mz, loccher's alild and clear Mrs,'Maulton from Use twputation of perjury, honeatly tzust Mr, Doecher can koop hiv bLannors stlaat, aud that naither (e crose-viminination por the robutial will Lring thews into tho dust, Dut it is dr- siLio to deny that thera are grave fucts aud sirange ters whlch ‘Wil not be quauched by the miost sulonin of dsulals L Lo wmoat 1ugoutuus of ez lsa- ona, ought of cuch " ith WASHINGTO The Government the Gainer by tho Itecently Discovered Postal Frauds. Judiclal Decision that a Pardoned Tobel Has No Right to Confiscated Proporty. Propostticn from the Britlsh Astrononiers to * Whack Up* ou the Yeuus Observations, THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT, TUE ¥HAUDS LATELY LINCOVERL: Swecial Dispateh o The £)deass Teibuns, Wasninarox, I, C, April 7,—Thosa who shauld kuow way that the frauds, which beve Just beew als- covered at tho Post-Office Department £r0 not tiew that they have been practiced undor all Admintstea- tlone mince tho Governiment was formed, ted that they had been discovoret before, but that such publiclty baa mover befaro bren glven {0 tho discovery, The Department oficets #ay tia: they ara couviuced tuat othier elerks Lesides thuas Co tocled havo been eugaged in ko transuctions vl oflier partles, Tt fa now the ntention of tho Fust- Offico authoritios to prosseuto Ifitds, ons of the out- sido partles, und Clanul, ono of tho clerks, Tho otbers arc 10 la uwd for Buate's cvidence, Tho inveatiiation fa not yut closed, and mew nud vory kmportant facts which have Lean developed to- day arc withbeld il tho whole truth fa arrived at, It appears that Chamncl bud o duplicate Ley to the room whors o bids wero degorlted, sad foat 4t was hin custom lo fake tho bldu from this roum to Kettle at the hotol of the Tat- ter, whero they could be oxamined, ‘Thiv waa dono on Saturdays, and thoy wore raturued ou Mondava befura 9 & m, ofter they bad buen thcrouglly cane vamed, ~There §s alio evidente that, In sonmie fustances bids were alstractdethat s, naver ent Lack from Kettlc hot:] fo tie Daparts ent, Uu cue ocensfon, when Channe! went tu tuko the DLidn out he wus greutly surpri they bud beew removed by reme ouy eloe, = They turned up, Uowever, next morn- ing I tbele proor place. This as tbe fnt tutimatfon that the Channol-Eettln ring Lz of the ex- irlouco of anuther mmilar ring. Tue 1 ostmiaricr.Gen. urzl 2 manguine that he will catel il tle rascalr, Tho dlicovery " of tuese frauds hus Il ta tho luvostigition of the ruliciency of tho londs of Postmanicra all over tho countsy, oud the reault fa tliat weveral bave beer notind to iile new Youdn o tho sccaitauce of the Depurimont, Among thora thun wotitied to-dxy wan Jurgy Martin, Auditor of tLe Treanury, recently uppvinted I terat Moutgomers, Aln, It i farther jropused to overhaul the bonds givets by matl-conirs Wasittxuzonw, D, C,, Aprd 3, eral {n deternfued uof to let go unpasied the e sons whoare vngaged fn prectiel fraud wton the Derartment i counoction wiih LIds for carrying tie 1nalls by meaus of falfe yagern substitated sujony tho regular propossls, Quite & numnber of clerks ury i plicated, ond ik, together with the prine pals outeide of tho Department, il crimiually prosecuted, Al the guilty clerkn will Lo divmissed, and tho. centracts which biave becn given out gu subetétated bidw witl bo revoked, The Departmunt han lost uothing by theco tranvactions, but laa sctuully saved ey, the Bite stitutod Lid, tu all cakes, Ining lower than thows made regularly, Tt i tho opiudun of an oflicer of tho De- partwent that this system han been carried on for Fome tim, and that the whole of tho rascality kaa pot yet becn ubzovered, e, PATENTS. DECISION IN THE DUPLEX-TLLEONAPRING CASE, Speeial Dispazeh to The CAicazo Tribune, WASILNGTON, ApH] 7.—The toxt of tho decislon of the Commlscloner of Patentsin the very finrortant :acof the valuable atent in duplez telegrarhing has Just boen pubilisku:l, This dectafon cotabiishes & preco- doot an to tho question of title befcre the Patent Oilice, The followlng is & synopsis of *ho leading polnts of the decinion ; In determining to whont A yatent shall Isrue, where asslgumonts Lave bogn made, tho Commiseioner of Patenta must bo goverued by the record, 1o cannot regard mero cquitallu cizims, Lut muet fusue the nat- 10 tho peraun of perions taving tho legal tils, the requirements of he oifloo hnviny been cowy lled with, An fustrument purportivg to couvey wveations not et in eanc ds not an wssirnment, but o'y au exesutory ccntract, An appligant in estoppod from contradicting hir deed of emsignmdne, but sn eatoprel by deed arines alonn 3 ‘of o particular fact, It would weem that where, in onforeing spectflo per- formance of a contract (0 sewlgn an interved in a future fuveution, equlty may (aftur the juvention has bwen perfected nud patented) carve out an undisided ine fereat {n tho yatent, a valid assignument 10 8 tLird paris Wil attorsard take'oifect upan tse inturcst somulning 1u the patentoe, s gy NOTES AND NEWS, TUE THANSIF OF VLHDA. Speeial Dupatento Ihe Clivwo Tritune. WisnixotoN, D, C,, April 7,—Trof. Newcomb, of (he Government Naral Olwervatury bero, rorcived to-day s letter from Prof, Atry, of tlia Royal Observ— atary ot Greenwicl, fropsing ibal the obeervers of all the countrica {hat reat out expeditions #hall fnterckonge oll results of thelr obcrrationw of the tramdt of Venus ws soou an they enalt bo altainol, It In belicved that auch futerchauge willtend to mako tha goneral reaults of to entire ob- servation more harmonlous, and that they will conse guently bo cf much more houent {0 aclenco and con- merce, The proposition of Prof, Alry in well re celved Zut tho Obsorvatory, It wil le mada toall tho countries that scnt out expeditions. Prof, Nowcom has commenced arranging tho results of the obscrvations taken Ly tho American astronomers, Al of the American parties have boen heand from, Sov- eral yoars will Lie required to complsto the compute tous, Congress failed to appropriate the sum nocos- sary to fully cominonce the wuik, Newconth asked for 30,000 and recolved $3,(00, Thisis only enough to commenca the wrork, THE NEW ORLEANS TOST-OFFICE. Tho Prestdont to-day suspendod W, tiugy.id, Post- master at New Oleans, under the Teuurs of 0% act, end oppolnted Jobn M. G, Parker fu M3 plac Hinggold wan, {t tu said, the only Foderal appointmeut u) of Honalor] West in Loulsane, Kome of tue Benutors wlho aro horo' w3y that this removal is mnother incideut of tho Pardce Aght fu’ the Renato, sud {hat Woet can be expected under tho circumstances to mako n elmitar fight on Parker, nomfuated to sucoeed Ringeold, Parker is » Lrother-in-law of Ien Butler, and has becn Burveyor of the Part of New Orloane for many yeurs, : JUDOE LORING, one of thio oldest Juldges of o Uaiirt of Clatnue, con- templuten xeuigulng this summer, o wus Juuge la tba famivus Authony Burns case, TIE SYNDICATE, ‘Tho tnformation from the Byndicate fs that the salo of tho S-per cents fs fmproving, Tho new uplion of tuo Syndicate explres July 41, NO APPHGPRIATIONS, The Aloeks Fur Boul Commibasioners, who wero exe nacting to viult Alaaks fn June, will te duaprofuted, Congruss, although b paswed 8 law suthorizfoi ihe appuintinent of thy Cownmissioners, futled to make any -rpmprhuon. “The agents wiil, therciore, not Ly pormitiad to gu, ax thoe law forhids any. departmont ofi- <er {rou tncurring auy oxpense bosond appropriutions, For a like reason, the Department. canuof appoint any Huperiutendouts of the life-taving statiuns on tho uurthweslery lakes, The ottice wes creatd, bul no appropriations were maue, (U the dswclated Prea,) CONFIBCATED PLOPENTY DECISIO! Wiarmvaron, D, 0, Apnl To=in the nrt of Clain duhu Knatt sued fur $i1,00, thal Lelug the yroceeds of tho wal of bis property tu Wost Virgiuty confiscated during the War for alleged trenson sud bullion, Hu clafined the Presidential pardou refus wlated biw fu all bis righta of property, sud, conse- quently, ha was entitlod to tho above o, Judgo Loriny dalivered Lhe opinlo of the Gourt adversa vo thuaclahn, a8 Congreew expressly providos tuss no money shall bo drawn from the Treasury by sppropriation, comsequently ko 1o 7 poeitivdy’ escluded from a0y coutrol of the nuiions! propurly, The power vealod fa the Freaident o pordon eritnes Jows LoL su~ thorize Lim (o restoro furfelted property, aml the proclaation of Deo, 42, 1864, under woich 'the claime sut waa pundoued, docs uot Testore coutiscated grup. orty. potition was dismised, LBEVENUB APPOINTMENTS, Heary A, Darnes and Solowon Solonion wero ap~ poibted Tuterual Revouus Btorpkevpors fur the Beventh latrict of Kenlucky, DIVIDEND, ‘The Comptroller of thu Currency bas derlared a dvidend of 1) por ceut, payable on " the 1t fu o e wreditars of the Fikat Katlonal 1aak of Waalifig- ou, -~ A BIG TAX CASE. Cincpiniazs, O., Apeil T~Tho suit Lrought by W, i, Apt, Altoruoy o the Blato of Olto,ayulnat Iamiiton County, for taxes withield alnco 1663, was to-day do- cided by peforoeln favor of tho Gtale, The entire clata was sllowsd, excephiug intereat, = Tho aumount of Judgmient was $47,16.24, -~ FREIGHY AGENTS' CONVENTION. Bpecial Dlapalch (o The CAtcaze Tvibune. Tuoiaarowsy, Ind, April T—A moating of {he Gevorul Freight Ageuts of the Woutern 1oads wus held boso lo-day, 10 couslder tha subject of rutes Letweon thielr road and tho Fastern truuk luce, Twenty-two liies of roads were ropresvuted in the mecting, The genUenion present wero unsble ko Breive 8 suy definita undepstsuding respetung East-bound ratos, but an assoclation of Weatorn roads Wad fusad yuder the Prasideusy of Alr, Bmith, of the ' Alton, far the sofo purpose of regnlating tis charges 1 d bumluess, The Intiucnce f fact frolght leen on tho busne:s of Al West. ru vortr wan informaily dfscused in o i b very comng limertary to the spacial enrpo- H I et on, Osiginally wiatted e aids o the | readu nver “wiiicy they ron, thett endosal proportions osvr-idow the tudividusiities of the rafiroalr, tne atig ten eiin ts dictale rates of transperintisu Trinona (o the p . The ineet i touk a v Interference wwith the el 5 4 Bukinees, wo Th: trink ifucn protertion. s ttied to ublait a o nigliee throah 1 2at months, crousiy divtasbed of the xolfs A e Woitern frofghit acents, and Buate uf jro-rating on o rater it Ui West i ten olaimn ‘that, wliat woukl'ho fun Trrs road Laving o haul of 0} tidlay would b et tn o haviug Wit a haul ¢ f & il tes aro frialy romved 1o matitadn fho Gty thiey have arsumed, STOP THE THIEVES, Indignation Meeting of Northe- Siders at Turncr Hall, Thoy Will Fight That Appropriation of $16,000., \¥hat {he Connty Clerk Wil Do, THE NORTH SIDE. INDIOFATION MELTING AT TURNER-HALL A rdfulnary mediog of North Bide tax-p-yers, foe tereated 1 yreventing the carrsing into eflect of the $18,000 krab voted Ly the ** Town Mecting " last Ter da; bold i the waluou wndor tho North bide Turmer-Mall laat evening, Mr. John B, Walsh pre- sided. Among thone present wero Ald. Lynch and Dickiueau, M. A, Devine, Thoman Mackin, Willlam Devine, Jusn If. Donlin, 1, J. Gallery, dobn Ragiio, Dr. O'Ryan, Potur Cunninghatn, and niany others. Ob motiou of Mr, Donlin, 8 comumiitee of five wan appofuted by the Clialr to ripart the facts in the case tos fature seeting. Tue fullowiuy geuitlomen were o appofnted : Messre, Jolin 1t Devhn, Abl, Lynch, Ald, Dickineon, 3, AL Davine, tind Capt, Doyle, Mr. Gail £ ton question, safd that the lcd town neating were must ular wud Unwarraniatle. it THUMAY MACKI: atsted thiat ho got to the polling place st thres minuten bagur 8 o'closs, ud foutd taut the meciig wan ule ready over, U'called Supervieor Keuney's auteution to tho mutter, bt Le “pobd mo attention, awd il it He (Mr. Mackit) Lind pone o the Lo vole for un appropria. ton of ¢ wonld benmpie fur cverstitug, A for §izn), the s van extortionately outrigeoue, Jr, T, Lenor said that he iade o wiotion to lay Keiie nes's vesolution for §1K,00) on tho tabic, and that it T falny careled, M, Wacr atund w ¢ bubind him e tbang cccirrod, Thers was o paie, after h Kenwey gt thes oty sgaiy, and, although de- feated, e declaerd it carried. 3Mr. Mackiu Kald (hut THE TOWN EXPE: 8o loyitimately conaidered, woald bo a9 follow Tows Cullictor..., Town Avsem Town Bupe: Town Clerk. Otlice expeuyoa, b 700,00 ALL Dickinton moved that the Comrmittes apponted L ula0 fotricied to fugatize fnto the walars-giab of Jast yiar, 1 to conwnit with Tawyers relattve to both suattere, ' Ao, that ey Gnd out and vepsrt the aes tusl volie ul town ordeis du carii, Carried, 8tr, Doultn Tinved that the town oficsrs be allowed 50, nore, b the law allowed thein, whicl was alout ; Carried, Dr, O'ityen_ald that the whole tronble iy fn tho cloztion of men to ohice who wero not £t tu be reive There waa Lo ure 1 makiog dous 6ot of see, There wers many honwster men in the Delboutars to-day thau many of Wase now bobliug otiee ju Caicago, If o stop was not put to such wuri, they would so0n find themselves without houses over their beads, Tiais thizys must bo put down, The Chalrman, fa tejly to sn {noniry, said that town orders wero very much d preciyed, and yery litie could Le collected foF them, Tuje w the reson why ro little wak actually realized by the men eclocted 1o office, no matter bow extortionte the sppropristious wery made tosppesr, . N5 Diiin rerrarked thst if the town offcers di ot tiink their pay sulicient they should nut louk for thootticen, FRATD, The Chvafrman eald that after e cicetfon wan deslared in faver of Kenney, 58 Mugervieo ber of tckets wero fonnd under Capt, Gund's bod change the dveue of the eluction, Tue ballotk were carried from - tho Turner-Hall to the Police Btation and tkere seattered around, s0 that Kennies's elaction wan sctually fliegal, Fewer Mabr, tho former Super- wisor, claiied ‘tho books, aud then Keuney com. proitaei by allowing bin (Mabr) to draw $1,200 for ikie sear's sulary, When Kenney ot poescadun of the Looks, hie called n meeting of 1ho Town Hoara and had $1207 voted 10 hiwaclt, moikiug o toial ot $2400 for Tt year, 'z Nr. Ld Kehos corroborated ihie’ foregoing states nirat. Mr. Donlin asked f Mr, Kenney was drawing any Nobody ect, 40 13 was drog ped, iu f tho pame other aalaris from the 1uriiculurly posted on thls The 1roring adjourned, to Plucoat 8 o'elock niext Weddnesdsy eve attias s el GEN, LIEB'S OPINION. TUL WHOLE TUING ILLEAAL. County Clerk Leb fa reported to have satd seaterday that lio woald mot recogufze tho town mectings of the day previons, and to Lave explained why thoso of the Sureh and South Towus Jad no rights which tha ple were bound o rerpect, Satd he, seecrdiug 1 Pare %guuph 74 of the statutes on townsbip orgsulzation, a nujurity of thove preecutand vodug at a meeting wan odoERATy 10 enrTy s measnre, and the Moderator waa Tequired to declare the vole 00 each question, Lo the Syuth Town the Clerk put o taotinny, oud fn the North “Town tle Supervieor, whlch {nvalidsted all that was doue, 1o sud ho wonll secury atiiduvity of rewpactabl 8 whose mutioun were disrequrd- el at tha South meetiny, o whick e would refuss £ sxtund more than $,00, He ctel Para gr ctiority for hix proposed uctlon, which enys il when tho seunlt of the vo'e ts quosoned by one or were electary, the voto aball ho mado certain by the usual means, Whicli was entirely disregarded. Tho teveral furiber pronounced ko meetiug fliegal und vold under Jaragraph 41, i1 which town meetings within the Jimita of ® corporation were dunoeway with, 11 Gen, Leib adiorca $o bis duclston, therods troubls abead for somebody " FOREIGN. GREAT BRITAIN, WOMAN BUPFIAGE, - Lownoy, Aprll eonsilderallo porlton of fos day's sesslon uf the Houwe of Commona wax conmuraed i1 & dobatoon the bill fatroduced by Fawcott to en able nnmarriod women to vote at eloction, for metne bers of Varlament, Hmallott said tho agitation emangted fram 3 numter of turbulent wowen i Amerles, The bill, if passed, wonld eufeaiit wowen who gained ‘thelr lveitliood by huwior Tho Mousr, upon distsfon, refused to order the Dl arecoud riadiug, by s vole of 183 to 187, Diararls Votod with tho minont A GOOD WORD FON JONATIIA! Taxpaw, April 86 3, m—Tho 1{mes, 0 an arhicls b (L Unilod States Government, tefors to Gov, Til. 1'% niereago concerning tho canal drauds, and kays : all kuow that at Luart the American nation fa a0 o g o o, ud ciualy cavable of notla pubies, Tho malpractices thun exposed. ar fosen e bt o corrupion tn ol deevacated, wid by 50 wieuns characteristio of the Amerlcan pedpit,” —— BELGIUM, TUE DUCHESNE PLOT. - Bnussrxs, April 7,~The public prosecutors at Licge oponed an investigation to-day into the Duckesus plob for the aasamdnation of Prico Dlwmarck. This action war taken 0 consequencs of the German ote (0 Bel- ghuu, —_—— GERMANY, TITB CORBL NDENCE WITN NRLGITA, Loxuox, April T—~The Paris correrpomtuut of the Trmes wiutes that Prussis has sent potes to the olber European powers on the subject of the corresponidenca with Helquum, and declared that she wouhl await the result of tie' Duchueto Investigutivn, 'Tha corre- spoudeni’s informgtion {s probubly incomplete, s the triviality of the Gebnan complaints do ube séem to Juatify the subwsquent siyuiticant expresvions, The Franduat feature of Pruvsis's notes 1. (3t 6 cours Jiaints aro dirscted agalnst Bolglans genorully, whoss MARTIAL LAW. War Declared in tho Mining Bes gion of Peunsylvanin. Troops on their Way to tflo Mines from tho Whole State, The Sltuatlon tho (iravest Evor Lnown In the Reglon. Inglorious Campoign of & Squad of Quaker Gity Police, =y THE SEAT OF Wan, £s4ctal Dispateh 6 The Chicazn Tritune, Tazrerox, Pa. Aprll T.~Agaln, s fn 1870, the Penussivanta autbracita ficldn have been mado the 1€ nn of war betwren miners and tho milltary, snd the o1 @ ry will be regeated, In the Lackawsnna reglon the 00 men atuated fu ln Varder are mpidly rolling under the bhanner af the Na- Honal Tulon, and from privato nformatin yonr correspon lent bun obdatned tosloy 1t Las becu deters mined to striko on the toth, Thls will give tho strike 3 nuw phare, and will sidd degpes significanen to it Yesterday afleraoon a deputation of miners walted on tho ol of the Delaware, Lackawsnna & Wemtern Company st S.ranton, and made a tormal dewand for to advance of 0 per cent, This was refuzed, ond it fa utderstood {hat at amceting Lield tn that reglon 1t waa determined to strike witlin a fow daye, Yestenday a colllery stritck sbova Dittaton, and to- day another, and to-morrow anntuer wil sz, The excltement over the minfcg dificnltins among the peoplo i fotense, and tie budest sympathy 1 exe presved for tha Behuytkiil men, Thinafternoon Goni, Osborne, fommandant ‘of this Military District, telegraphied to. varlous regiments fn Iife Jurisdiction to embark at once for thia paint, and framportation was furnisbel, It morma o squad of Thfladelpbls pollcemen, whish waw placed on guard at the yulnes in this vicinity,wa attacked last night by abatd of rough men and boys at Audeareld, and driven off with rtonca, At au early hour this morntuy they made fhetr appearanco in Hazlelon and created the gresteat excitement with thelr sorfen, Tha eutite hand then packed of for Thiladelphia, footing it, netwithetanding treneportation was offered, Afler leaving Penn Haven Junetlon, one of then atfemtied to board a frelght. train, emt wan Kilied Matters sre rerfons at Duck Sfowntain, and the TP ata stonred, the frcnen and. wigineers having fult work, Tulswill Sood the mine, Theso peor's baveall susponded work througlout the region, aud grust damaye Lo mnlng § roj erty must cusne, To-night at 11 o'clock the First Reginient from Philadelphils ereived fn o special traio, and will be quartered here to-uight, To-morrow sarions comps- nles weill be distributed at exposod points to puard properts, 1alf an havr [ster another train ardved with reseralecmpanies. £:orn tho Leckawanna and Wyom- Ing regious, Two companies were left at liazel Creek, and were marched to Duck Mountain, 8 dis- 160c3 of ¢ uiles from that po Larly in the morning martral law will Ve enforced, Theso liave Leen no disturbances. hieve to-day, and tho, Trescave of th militis will Liova & wholesomie effect ont the turbulent miners, The militery compsales fromy the upper region are compesed nowrly allof miners;, ond these men declaro they wiil not fight breshron’ hers, if fighting becomes a noscaslty, Thoro will be wmore developments to-murror, [7s the dvsaciated Proas.] Hazatox, Pa,, Artll T—A fire broke out aceldents iv 0 0ac of the maines at Slocktoy to-dsy, and e >, at o meeting espechally called o consider the Auention, at.solately ofured to asaist in patting it out, mithoush Suh o action an Cielr part § i difot anzeaiiion to thelr intercst, A ‘measenger from Hiocks 100 AFTiVid fur weeibtines 10 put out 1ho ire,snd 8 Figitad of jectz} yoites bow been detatled for that purs poan, Linderman, propristor of the locklon Company, telegraphed licrs offeriug fhe atcam fro-engiue oone Pany #10,000 §f they vl yuened the Bre, (Ll i st Luek Sowutain ore il {dlo, aud » raldt 4 fooked for at that place to-night, all SCRANTON, T4, April 5—Tho miners at Minooka #tzick to-dzy {77 0 10 per cent advauco, snd othur strfica sre expected, TROOPS CALLED OUT, Speshal Divsatel in Tie Coniva m Trihume. WILKESDARRE, P, A) The ontlosk 46 deeteds Iy gloamy for & Leaseful setiioment of the laber troublen in tho Hazleton region, sud o colilsion bo- twecn tho maleantent tilners aud the wfiftary heetns {mmineut, Sherf Rukindall beivg advised by Lis dojuty st tho mxno of disturbances thst Pose commitatus and fhe forcos of speclal policemen were fusuflicient to protect life and proper- 1y, aud tiaving been fuvested with power by Gov, ILirtranft, dsaued orders to-dzy calling ont the entl Third Division of the National Guard, Maf,-Gen, Ostorns fmmedtutely dnstructed tho oficers of b eta¥ o get fthe troops in roulacss with ol possible dispateh, Two epecial tralns foft for Hazlcton this afternoen with troops and a Luttory of four pieces of ordnauce, in command of Gels, Osborne, 'This force, with the tronps that will arrive from Pifladelphis, will un. doubtedly Le aufident o maiutatn order smong the turlulent clunses, Maj, Eepay, nide-de-camp to Gen, Osborue, {nforms me to-nlght that several com- panies will arrive here to-morrow from Scranton, Ler- wick, Sasquchanus, snd other places, en route for Hazleton, Press, Lhat it wal useless | Tder - tho el re 4 sud called for troopm. G oure wrdered tie Nl cut of Iufantzy_aud Wyondug artillers of thiv ity with a Lattery of four gins 1o proceed to Mazleton, Tho General aud bia 81417 Lft Lera on tho 2 p. 2, (ralu for tho seene of disurder, aztzToN, Pa,, April T.—~Two roghments of infuntry and one of srtllery ore onlered und experted to-day, About” fifty of the epocial polica who arrived lust night lefe early s morutng for Pliladelphia from tulimidation, The pueidalpalley of ti men 1 aloping ihio Putara may ba readily understood whien the fuct fs atated that, if 3 conpronitie ubould be fmmediately effected, & will taku from four fo ive mouths Lo pump thess mines ey, st Whil thue tho taluvrd must Nocessasly r~ it fto, PHILADELPUIA, Pa., April 7.—~The wiren bolug occu. pied with o:liciud Tniviieas, 10 news bas been recelved from Havleton, outof 1hie citic THE BLACK HILLS, COLD WATER. Foesiul Dispated ba The Chiea: K100 Crry, Apeil T—1t b sald the story te'egraped from 8 ringfield sl Yunkton in regard to tho Owens brethiers having eou to the Black 1ills uud returned 148 fabirieation, aud gotten up In. tho fuborest of tlioss towas lo iuflucore Immigration, Tho Mobraria Po- necr natioes the Owonu In 3 personal the day before they arrived n Spriugfeld, aud they then statod ticy hiad enly boeu to Plum Crevk trapping, Somo of thu gold claimed to have been Lrought from the Disck 1ills was oxuibited bore by wome Yaukton people yesterdsy, and waa (0-day examined by old miuers who #ay that (his gold bux buen dug soveral yosrs at lawl, aud sliows nnmislakable sigus of wear from much landling, The vsposure caised conderubie excile. ment simong citlzens aud others, and the wanagurs of thu uhow took thelr specimens aud Joft on the fArut train for howe, loward, un f{inerant newspaper cors respondent, wlio has ben hera voveral daye, starie for il Black 1i{lls thin wock aftor Lia pile, is quite enthilpatio, burie Trlhr THE GOVERNMENT. ‘Waninnazoy, . 0., April 7,~Tbo Commisstoner of Tndiau Affalrs to-day recelved o tolegram from Agent Linglam, sk Chieyenne Miver Ageucy, stating that La can bring to Waslington nine Siouz Chicfs, including thtes or four prominent In the Biack Hills, whenover ueeded for the contemplated uegotiations to purchiase that rescrvation, The Comnmisstoner willnot direct thow ltitude is cousidered hostilo toward Germany, AN IMPERIAL TRIP ABANDONED, Deauaw, April 7.—liy advico of hiy 1hisulclana the veror Willlam Has abandoned Bla proposed jouruey to Italy to vislt King Victos Fmanuel, The Crow Prince’and Crown L'riucess will go fustead, A CHAMPAIGN ENTERTAINMENT. Speetal Dispateh to The Chicugo Tribune, Citaxvaton, 1L, Aprl 5,~A Lady Washington ve- coption was ylveu Lore (o-ulght by (ks Presbytortiu Bocloty and jt proved (0 be a grand affale fu uvery way, Washiuglon ond bis Cabiuct sud Court wero drensed {n u coutly costuime, They wero conibosed of the prominent gentlemen and ladics of Uio place, Atel Harwood, Euq., ropresented Gen, Washiugion, Tuomost styllils aid wealihy peopls of the place crawled laeret ltail, | o proceuly ato ot Knows ut aro supposed 10 Lo large, uind e for (ro Bilfrnco-soom of the beastirul house Lubi by Houlety, _ Walworth, The condition of Frauk IL, Walwortk, the pa ricnle, who fa in the Aubuen Insanc-Asylum, i &3id to Lo so bad that bis fricnds despair of hin hta, “'l'o the casunl observer,” the Lroy Timen oy, ““ha aprears 10 ba slowly wasting away, ana bis healtls cortaluly is rapldly decliviug, pifepy i un aguravatod form io Bls principal silcirns. Mo mother, who visits him at iuter- vals, 18 weiknod dowu with grief at his depicras ba eonditiun, and hor iuterviews wiih bLor wrotched son ere decchibed s most toudusly yatbode™ 10 cono untll bo recelves roports from two other Agents 10 the 8luix country, 50 s 10 have all proper represes. tativea uf (ha triby hore st tho aame Ling, FIRES, AT LAFAYETTE, Bpectal Divpateh 10 The Chicigo Tribun LAyt Ty, ADFLT.~-At toon to-day fire wie discovervd fu & Larn of the Ciubnnsti House, on Homly uireet, Lelongiug (0 Mr, Dollg, aud spresd to the allofulug barus of K. A. Howoll aud Ed Wolfe, and slio dsmogiug considerybly (he resldence of Mr, MoHeeno, The barus were coumplotely destroyed, Lows on all about $LOW; no {nsursnce, Itls supposed & negro memed Chatley Toylzuet o fire fo got roveugs foF staistence. thy neighbors Fendered his wifo when bo was Leallng Lieg unuiereifully » fow days vinze, 1o was tracked 10 the uuction, where Lo s safd to bavo kv & train t Ine agolls, Bleps have buen taken for bis arreat, AT ERIE, PA, Speelal DOpstch (o Pha Chicago’ Tylbune, Fafy, Pa, April T—~The plniog-mill of Mugh Jouww, the resideuce of Willlsm Malloy, sud thres sta- Lics wero Lusued (Llp morulug, Threo Lorses perlabed Su the lames, 1ugl Jouck, I, slecping i the plau-t fug-tolll, Larsly vscapod with'his life, Totad loss about $16,0, Judy ""n"ln{.mw'n'::flnx‘;"ncm':"um mrhiy 1ho cf 8 Fight L0 tax the sharve Baoeellesla ia e Matiesal Lge doclded tha of boih residents and Banks of We clg, W