Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 26, 1875, Page 3

[ o St i H THE CHICAGO TKIBUNE: MONDAY APRIL 20, 1875. THE BLACK HILLS. The Treaty by Which the Sioux old That Section of Qountry. —_— Waa Mado to Beouro the Un_ion Pa- & ciflo Railrond from Iolostation, Tho Indians Now Tteady {o Treat for the Cesslon of the Territory. CUonnoils with tho Rod Mon—Hpecolies by fipottod Tall, Red Dog, and Red Oloud. What the Harney's Poak Miners Bay, “THE TREATY WITH THE SIOUX. Special Correayomilence of The Chicaso Tribune, Oarans, April 43,—Tho treaty by which tho Bioux now hold posrossion of the Black Hills wan mado with them by Clone. Bherman, Harney, Terry, and Augnr, and Meesra, J. 1, Henderaon, Notbaniol G. Taylor, Jobn 1), Bauborn, nud Hamuol F. Tappan, Commisstoners on tho part of the United States, at Fort Laramlo, Wyoming Torritary, on the 20th and following dage of April, 1868 ; was Tatified by tho Bouate of the Unitad Staten Feb, 16, 1860 ; and waa proclaimed Ly tho Prosidont on thio 244h of Fobruary, 1860, ART 1L of this treaty reads; P Tlhe United States agreea that the following diatzict of country, to wit, viz.t Commoncinig on the eact bank af the Migsourd Itiver, whiero te 46tn puralle] of north Jutitudo crosses the semes theuco alung low-wator marl, down Bkt east hank, (o5 point_opposite. where tiso northern {fuo of the Btate of Nebraska strilss tho xiver ; thenee woat acrog sald river, along tho northe otn IHio of Nebrarka, to tho 10ith degren of fongltude weat fram Grconwivlis thenco nortl, oo ssid meridian, fo 0 pelnt whero tho (6l parailel of nocth latitudo - torcopts thosame ; thinca dun cast, along sald 1 aralicl, £2 tho place of beglnnings md, i sddition theroto, ol extsting reservatious i the eant bank of rald river, suall be, and the samo i3, rel npust for the abwo- Ite ond undisturbed | use and occupation of ho Indfans horoln unmed, and for such ‘other friendly tribea or individunl Indiann as, from timo to time, they may bo willing, withtlic consent of {ho United States, to odmit smongst them; and ibe Unfted Btates now solemnly ngreca that 1o persons excopt thoso herein desiuated ond suthorized so to o, nrd oxcopt mich offie.rs, agents nul employea of tho Goverument na may bo nuthorized tn enter upon Indian reservations {n dirchargo of dutles enjoined by 1aw, sball over Lic ermitte: {0 pang over, gottlo upon, or teside u, tho territory described i tho article, ar in such territory na may be ndded to thie reservation for tho uko of sald Indfans ; aud bonceforth they will, 121 do lierobg, rolinguial g1l clatnin or right n aud to uny portion of the United States or_ Terriiorles, cxeopt Fuch an {3 embraced within the Nimits aforesaid, sud exrept 8y herelnafter providel, A glance ot tho map will BUOW TIE RITUATION, Tlarney's Peak oud tho groator portion of the Diuck IMilla lio north of the Nobraska line and casl of tho 104th meridian, and ato consoquontly locked in the farbidden fand of tho Blanx Resor- vation, Tho Government maps ropresont tho reglon immodintaly northwest of Harnoy's Pealc asuncsplored territory ; aud, indeed, it is doubt- ful whother any winte man, other than'tho trapper of the past, has over boon through it, Tho writor harcof, in journoying by steamor from Omaln to Bt, Louis, in t'ha summoar of 1857, with tho boats’ cabin crowdod with trappors, voyngours, pluinsmen, lormony, freighiters, and land-gpecu- Intors, wan told by o fellow-passenger, who claimod to beou for yoars in tha cmploymont of tho American Fur Campany,on the Upper Missou- 7i, that ho bad found gold in quantities in o cortaln section of country west of the Missouri River, and north of the Caltforuia trail; that it was impossiblo to avail himeolf of the discovery, <onaccount of the bostility and jealousy of the Indiana: and that, lu the far-off future, when tha country should como to bo oponed, it wonld Lo found to rival tho mining districts of Call- fornin, This conversation oceurred just boforo {ho Piko's Peak oxcitemont, and at_a timo when the existeneo of gold betwoen tho Missouri River onud the Pacific Const had not beon droamed of. 1t is possiblo that this trn{:per hod oven thon, with his own oyes, bolield tho idontical localities which now claim our attention sa the now Rldorado. THE ODIECTA to bo gained by tho Unitod States In effocting this Sioux troaty of 1868 appoar in tho pledges givon by the indiany, as set forth in the dacu- ment, &y follows - Ant, XI In_consldoration of the sdvantages and henctiin conferrod by thia treaty, and thie many plsdges of triendalip by Lo Uniled States tho tribes who uro particn to {hin agrecment hercby atipulato that they will rolinquish all right jo occupy perinanently tho territory outs{do tlelr rorervation ua lieroln dolined, ut yet roserve the gt to hnnk on any Lnds uorth of Norih talte, and on thio_ Republican Forl of the Smoky Itlll Rivor, 50 long sa tho Luflalo mny rango thiercon in such nuinbers an to justify tho chase, And thiey, the nuld Indians, furthor dxproaly agree : First—Thint they will withdraw ull opposition to (e gomniruction of tho rallroads sow belug built on tha 5, Second—That they will pernalt the peaceful conatrito- tion of any rallroad not passing ovor thelr zesorvation »s Jorcin detied, gt Third—That they not aitaok any persons, at omo o traveling, Mot mOICRt OF AIRIUKL. by waon tralns, coachies, mitles, or caitle, belonglig to tho pro- blo of the Unitel Klaws, oF to yoruone {rieudly thore- with, Fourth—That thiey will nover captnre, or carry off £rom tho ettlemonts, wiiite women o cilidran, Fifth—Tliey will uover kill or scalp white wen, nor attenmpt to do them harm, Stxth—Thoy withidraw sl pretonso of oppoaition to tho conrtruction of {ho railroad now being huilt along thio Piatto Itiver and weatward fo tho Laclfiu Ocean ; snd they will not in futuro objact to tho construction of rciironds, wagon-roaus, muilstations, or othar works of utility or nccessity which muy Lo ordered or permlttod by Tho Jaws of tho United Biaten. Hint, #hiould such Toads or other works be constructod on tholands of thelr reservation, the Gaverumont will pay tho tribo whatrver amoutt of damago moy bo nse sescd by thrco disiutercited Commissioners £ Tio ay poluted by the Uresident for hiat purgaso; ons of sald Comnlsnlon 4 to bo a chlef or head-man of the tribe, Serenth—Thoy agres 1o willdraw all opposition to 4l military noata or roads now ustablisbid wouth of o Nom Patfo River, or ot oy bo ealabliniod, not olation of treaties hieretoforo mnde, or hercaftor o made, with any of the Indian tribes, » THE GREAT OBJECT succossfully attaingd, thou, by tho aid of this treaty, was tho unmolosted construction and Lappy completion of the Union Pacifle Railrond, and its subsequant immunity from sttack by the lIudians of our Plains, Art. XIT, of thiy treaty provides that “No treaty for thoe cossion of any portion or part of tho resorvation horeln doseribod, which moy bo Lold i common, shall ba of soy validity or g)rcu a7 againat tho rald Indiane, noless excentod and signod by &t loast threo-fourtha of all tho adult znnl‘z; "lndlnnl oceupying or lutoreated in the Aud tho treaty goos on o place furlhor ree etrictions npon the white mln,ll‘m follows : M ART, XVL Th Unitod Blates atipulates thiat the country narth nx'l‘fi\::yrflfx': Subees ad east of tho summite of the By Horn Mounlajns’ siall bo_ Lield and coualderad to be nncedod Indiay terrilory ; and alao atipulatod anu agrocu that no white Ferion o' persons shall ba periuitted to. nethln tpon o occupy uny portion of the s, or, wilkoat bt bon. sent of o Ludiank, first had'aud obiained, to paws thrauph tho samo; and it fa further wgreed' by the United ftates, that, within ninoly duys afier the cor clusion of peuoo with all the hamls of the Rioux pa tlon, tho military posti now eatablivhod Ju tha. terrls tory iu thin urticle namod aliall bo sbandoned, apd thatthio sosd leadlug to them, and by ‘thom 1 the Silumenta {n tho "urritory of Mositans, ahall e 1t waa fn accordance with the requiremo, the concluding paragraph of this articlo lh::‘fl?; ‘m\l(‘tn{ymswuuu of Lorts Rteno, Pl Koarnoy, aud :J‘.J F. Smith, in tho Powder Iver country, were 'sudonad by tho troops 10 tho sunimor of 1848, of {ho I8 THEATY NRALS THE HIONATULES o mn Comumiseloners of the United Htatos, and, “! elr marky, of Iron Bhell, Bpotted Lall, and e clllun:l mou of tho Lenlons of Man-Afmid-of- Yauctouala; of Liltlo Chiof and the head m :‘!n\l:x: ;\quhnu; of Ned Cloud and tho chlinl Dopati mhllld band of Ogulialahs and Droles; Mttt St hstnnar 1o Lot Bantee bauds of Gioux 'l':dfi:‘lth’ sy At ment i no i Gavale v bolding & regiment s aud womething mors than A regimat ot r‘“{;:o 13, ou tho North P'latto Liv- 8 on the Missouri Rivor, ::3"3_ e nebraaks ling, to control tho Tudiand, op) vation wgul-l thuy lbecomw panal; cenk 4 ‘lnuuu‘ er y ‘o altogethor, Bal 8 NOT 70 DE EXPECY $a0aus0 tlo soldiesa of our day leob‘nnxiarlar [TTY [ clans to thowo of the old army bofore the War of the Ieboliion, and beeauso tho ponalty for do- gcrtion, ar now establiehed by law, ls enflicicntly savero to hold the averaga woldier tiil hin ean galn honorable dischiarga by expiracion of hinon- lstment. [N THE HARNEY'S PEAK MINERS, Specral Carrespondence of The Chicago Tribune, Os1auA, Apnil 24,—A gentloman of this city, who is thoroughly roliable, has juat come in from Bpolted Tail's Agency and Camp Bheridan. At tho laltor ptaco ho mot and talked with tho 1iarnoy's Poak minors brought In by Capt, Mix's troops, Tho miners have specimons of botl gold and rilvor ore, found by them in tha Biack Hilln, T'ho leador of the party—no old Colorado minor—raid that tho winter lind boon too cold for oty oxtonded oxamination of tho eountry ¢ but that tho small smount of prospecting dono by his poople Lad dovelopal the FIISTENCE OF DOTI GULD AXD SILVER In the Blnck Hilla. Mo is of tho opiunion that sllver nbonnds in greater quantitiea than gold, Imt that both can bo profitably mined there, Tho miners cached Lhe greater part of thete equip- mont {n therr corral, with tho iutentlon of ro. turning there whon tho country shall Lave bean openad to the whites ; and camo out with liltle olse than their livo stock. ‘o Miuneconjons, or Dadfacos,—the most warliio and unoivilized of tho various Siuux bands,—were enrouta to stinok the miners In their corral at the Limo they were reached by the United States troops. These Minucconjoux are bud-tempered and ugly ol the invaeion of their reservation, aurd throaton te wreak ven- geanco upon auy white peoplo that thoy way find north of the North Dlatto Tiver. As yot they rofueo to pond Commirsioners fram their Land to Waskiogton to trent for (ho coesion of their country. Hopresentativos from all tho othor bands of tho Sloux ARE MEADY KOW TA a0 OX for this-purporo, and are only waiting for the Minnaconjoux to yicld, and to” appoist soma of tholr hond-mon Lo accompany thow, led Cloud nnys ho hopes yot to induce tho Minueconjoux to consont to tho ralo of the reservation, aud to sond men on to Washington to represent thom (n making tho now treaty dealred by oll tho other banda of tho Sioux nation, ‘I'no employment of Lifty Indian roouts wag authorized #oing time sinco by the Governmont, to patiol the North Platte Itiver, and to teail trespassora npon tho resorvation, These men were to bo cnlistod ns roldicre, aud o bo placad under commanud of & youug, prominent, and capable army ollieer 3 but now (he Indiana pori- tivoly tefuge to enter the eorviee, andl tlio project of nsing them to nasist the white iroops i ta bo a failuro, The wminors brought in from the Dlack Hills wero oightoen in humber,—sixteen wmon, one woman, sud oua boy. ‘Llioy wore in good hoattl, but short of ratiova, Tho Government will ro- lenra thom on thoir promise not to re-entor the Bleek Illla until suthorized to do so by the Uovernmont authoiitios. They aro 1o good spirity, and UAVE GREAT FAITIC in the futuro of tho Black Hills. Mr. Jenuey, the Uovernment Goologiat, will bo ot Fort Laramio by tho middle of May, aud will then start, with ‘an oscort of cavalry aud infeniry, and some practical miners, to sxamine the country in and sround the Ilack Hills. The roturned miners report {hat thero is abll Iargo quantitica of snow in the country, ond that prospecting cannot bo, ndvantageonsly carriod on for somo weeka yot.” Tha winter has boen an nnsually sovero oup thero, aud tho eprivg s vory backward, COUNCILS WITH THE INDIANS, Special Correapondence of I'he Cinteagn Tribune. Fonr Lanamie, Wyoming, April 22.~—There are no now dovelopments of * rich discoveries " inthe Black Hille. Ou the contrary, tho rich ailver oro brousht in by Warrons, and of which Whitnoy writes from tho stockade, proves to have NOT EVEN A TRACE of gold or silvor. Itistho samo old story of tho en- thusinsm which each new nuning district oreatea, If thoso who aro o positive iu prospectivo for- tunes would look over tho long lat of now dis- coverlos and total failures, giving o cool, deliber- ato attontlon, thoro woutd bo many a ono savod from beggary and starvation. There is mno neceseity of naming tho varlous oxclte- ments on this Contincut which have stired tho gambler nature in our pooplo to play the gamo of chanco with Portuno, 'T'o begin would necossitate going through the wholo list, It will bo easior, and sound as'woll, to make a olean swoop AND BAY ALL {rom Californin until the time of Utah. This is no bare ascortion, Lot any ono follow tho ad- vico givon, aud lio will bo convinced ; then ap- ply that kuowledgo to tho Dlack Ilills oxcite- mont, and s folly will bo proven. It ianow coucedod that thoro may ho gold in tho Hills; so thore was in California, in quanti- ties, and with an auriferons arca unequalod ; and yot tho facts ahow that of tho original minors niuoty-nine starvod and tho ono got rich. T'ho Chorry Crock excitoment, botter known now as that of Qulorada, 18 perhaps & more terrible ox- ampio of how thousands must sufer iu follow- ing ont what may be tormed tho suld-humlng {xl:lnmmy. XNo one had amore vivid exporionce an MM, CIARLEA COLLINS, of tho Sionx City Times, of thoso carly daya, Ta liellovo his own words, ha ran for his lifo to oscapo the fury of thoss who belioved thom- selves doluded into ruin by his docldedly facile writings, **Yos, vir,” anid ho to the writer, * the d—A fools Lelieved I was rosponsivle for gga finding gold by tho shbovolful.” Now we Mm = bending hig forty-horso-power onergy on anotber gold-washing schome, It bo said that ho s tho may hend and front of thia offending, Qoorge Francls Taaln ol him onco' 1o takia the basis off e hiead, and it Is just pousiblo lie has dolayod the oporation uutil' now, Your yeors ugo Lo wus Lrevidont of n Dlnck ills ‘expedition sehomo, Tt was on organization yo far porfocted ay an actual start, but $10 WWar Dopartment stopped it, and Charloy furnished columns of mattor in furious ouslaughis and slaghing critiquo on military satrops, snd all tho - % rist ov thim follers,” ‘I'wo yoars later ho #alds “Jiut walt tll I'vo” got 'om, and 800 It T dow't raiso such n row as 'l atirr 'em out ov that. I hava tho press, mo boy, and my timo's comiu’, and Bioux City will rise Uke a Phnyoix.” M, T, K. COLLIXK, OF OMATIA, sppolnted Bpecial Commixsioner to asoertnin what tho Indisnd would do sbout nelling their country, s tho trader ut tho pogt, llo ia gentloman of long experience in he Wost, oud ot woll-known business capacity and integ- rity. Homo timo sinoe, recognizing tho nocosss ity that somothing whould ba done, and {muwe. dintely, nl,)mll tho Black LIillv, ko 1nado o roport to the DLrosidout of certain focts within bis knowlodgo. No one was moro natonished than himgell to reccive, ' & short time alter, an appointment s Npecisl Come mivelover to go to tho Agencics, soe (he Indinus, and “rcport thelr wiales, Tids ho accomplishied in & mannor valuabla to the Prosident, and with credit to himsolf, Some of the particulara wero telographod to T ‘Luin- uNi, Tho special itowm af intorost was tinding the Indisng DESIROUN OF BELLING THE MILLS COUNTRY, and that they wanted t0 o 10 Washington, T'wo Contells woro held at Tod Cloud and Bpotted ‘f'ail Agoncies, ot which tho followiny, boad Indinus wero pressnt: Bgnnnd Tail, Bwift Dear, 'Iwo-Btrike, Klack Crow, Littla Tleasant, Hlanding ik, Rod Eaglo, No Plewd, Whiatling Bk, Minneconyin. ‘The speccliss maaa were fow, the bost, thoss of Red Dog, Rpotted Xall, snd Hed Cloud, They contained much for Comnune sioners and whito men to read thinkingly, The following aro extructs t 3 HPOTTED TAIL, You called thia moeting Lo bave s emall tulk, You, 3nd the ouca that comn bero to briug pows from “{ho Great Futher, want gather. oucy for yourselvew. Wu were looking for tha tuo when you would cowe here, tiat wy country wiyht get larjtor instead of rmaller,’ 1 Litya been $o %80 thu Great Father, nud bo vald we would succesd in Al we undortook, 1 the Cummlssioners don't bel; M toda that, You misy he onoof the wame king Thuy Jook to their own good, kot uur, 1f tley oniy sa1ne hure ta gather money fora short I and i Uitlo bity, wood; mt they take 1 all st oue time, uhen Juakes ud poarer and [0or, sud Row our chils Binco lait fall onr Gireat Fathior hua sent ous of hix oll rmen {0 hurangue in all biv villages, aud o oad a big counell of lis head' mea K‘W“l“‘“]a ®ad I Luve cxpected bud uows ;wr-luuu and you have brought it tows to-~day, A riend, YUl conio from the Groat Fether o talk, and {t 'X‘-ghl‘x‘n;:‘l:]:fl..lx‘l.x:hllxl‘un't know what to make of i, ! aud o Y 1 beulna, T kmow Where feuge, "0 1 a8t tell whiere Ttioy Keap tolling me tho small,” 1wa to. oy are Lanss songh it 0t g 10 ue eitliout wolng Ihvongh va imany. All kave ocks eta, 1t woaldn't bo wo bag if sowe of onr 1<ople were {ho Commiwdoners and Aguity s ‘them uaye pocie funt s wil s Mkt Wallt £ (0 10 Was ’ Lot o 60 t0 Wasklagias, o alk for myselt about BED DOG, You so¢ all thesd Iulflfl Some Are cbiafs, some arn beadesoldfers, They are all folbers, snd they think for thcle children, Tho Urest Fatlier governa thia whuie world, sud ho onght to glve us % picco of qround to ralso our chitdren ou, T want to take lots of our people to Wanhingrion, and kome of the old whito T I L country, § went o Washington twice. 1 had only two interproters and a fow yeople, and _we have boen quarreling over alnco over (ha treaty, This time ‘wa will take euvugh, RED cLOG T think the whita men are Legiuntng to know me, T am nodog, Iam s man, This s my ground, nnd { am siiting on it, Tho Groat Fatlior has troopa ull over tho world and 1e can Koop the whito mon out of my country, | ‘The Oreat Father sends Gommisclouces ont hero o fell the {ruth, ‘and they pray God to heip them tell the trnth ¢ but thiey all Jlo and peal, T don't un- derstand it, When 1 fo to o my Great Fatler T woe Ioud feneartn, "X don'l paes through it, or taknsuy- thing from it. 1 w!ll‘“t tugota Washington to settle this malter for myself, 7 e wnAck mus sxeeviTION. Tho movement of troops into the 11iiln seems o settled thing. It scoms to Lo the only foasible plan of guarding the country frotn troupassors. Tho border, oxtending from the Uppor Missourt round to the Big florn' Mountaing, i somowliat beyond tho capacily of tho limitod numler of traops that can bo spared, It 18 oven doubtiulif thowholo of ourlinmonsoarmy [asifictent to oven establish camps ot long distances on this outer elrelo. But a comparatively amell force ean oo~ cupy and protect Lho oeutre of it. This. i bolluved to g tho puicyoso o tho expeition. Aceompanying tho eolumn will bo o peoloyiat, Mr. Jannoy of Califoruis, [isduty will bo to exumine aid report on the minoial resources of the Dinck Il ‘Tho preeiso good such a roport will do i8 a mntter of doubt. Ko far ng rostraining the peoplo from enteriug thol conntry is concerned, no edverso acconnts, however ominent the authority, will doit, 'heronro justn cortain number of bard-headed 1ools who will go any how, if permitied, and I suppose tha Govern- ment daes not intend to decide in nccordanco with Mr, J’s. opinfon, whether to buy that conn- try or not from the Indians. CRIME. Particulars of tho Latest Crimi- nnl Sensation. Tho Now Hudson (N.Y.) Suicide and His Horrible Deeds. A QUADRUPLE TRAGEDY, Vinvateh to Sew York Herald, Cuna, N, Y., April 23.—On Weduesday, toward aventoy, this place was thrown into great excite- mont by o man from New Hudson dashing inlo townon horsoback aftern doctor, and announcing that James La(forty, n somawhat notorioua char- actor inthls part of tho county, had murdored his grondmothor, su aged lady with whom Lo lived, shot tho wifo and daughter of a farmer namod Gaorge Vannoy, sud then Lilled bimself. A physiclan sud n nomber of citizons accompanied tho messonger back to Vanuoy's, who lives about & miles from Cuba, near the road leading to Nockville, Arriving thote, o sickening sight was presonted. In tho door-yard, near the house, lay the dead body of nmavabout 20 years of age, Iy faco wae tursod upward, and from a wound on the sldo of the head his brains were ooziug out. Thin was tho body of Lnfferty. By his side, and moar Lis hand. lay = rovotver. In tho house, vn & bed, with blood pouring from wonnds in their faces, lay Mra, Vannoy, a fine- lookiug woman of about 45 or 40, aod her daugh- tor, o haudsowno girl of 18, T'hoy wera both con- scloug, but vory woak from losa of blood. Tho phesiclan, Dr,” Carper, examined the wounds, aud succeoded in oxtracting a pistol-ball from Ars. Vonuoy. It had outered hor Lead near tho tomplo and lodged back of the car, Mies Vauuoy wan ahat in_tho right choeok, tho ball passing through and lodging in the opposite side of her Liead. Tha surgeon was usatlo to extract the Dball, Although in n very critical conaition, the young girl rolated the ecircumstances of tho shooting. . Lafferty camo to the houso in the afternoon.’ Mr. Vanuoy way in tho barn at _work, sud Mrs, Vonnoy was in tho uitchon. Lafferty entorod thio room and commencod talking with tho youoeg lnd‘r. o Lind formerly worked for hor father, and had for a year professod to ho in love with her and wauted hor o warry i, 8lo had iu- variably repulsed Lis offor, ond had told bim sovoral times that ho must not apeak to her further in the matter, He had olten talked of committing suicide, or of dolng something olso terriblo, but' uhe bhad slhways laughed at him. When ho came on Wednesday ha renowed his’propoasl, ssying that his grand- mothier had given Lim ® lot of mouey, and o wounld give it all 10 Miss Vannoy If sho would marry ilm, She told bim that slie did not wish to have any ansoctation with. him, as Liy charac~ tor waa not what it ebould be. 1o said lio would ba o botter man if sho woro his wifo. Bho then roso o leave tiie room, when ho handed her o newepapor and told her to read a paragraph ho inted out, It was lieadod *Murdered for ove,” Bho lad turued her faco away from him iu looking at the paper, and hnad fnm. glancod at the heading of the article, whon ho drow a rovolver and flrod, Suo ran, shrioking aud bleeding, toward tho door, wion her mother ruslied into the room, Lafforty then shot hor, and ran hurrledly out of the bouse. Mr. Veu- noy, hoaring tho firing, left the barn, and was Tastening to the houso whon he saw Lafferty leaving, withs his pintol In his hand, and & wild look iu bis faco, ‘The farmer shouted to hin, and asked ltm, * What, in the name of (od, is tho matter?” Laflerty wheoled and fired at the farmar, but misked him, Withont waiting to see tho effect of his Jaet shot ho placed tho revolver against his own hend and blew out his bralns, 3r, Vannot enterod the honse and found his wife and doughter lying ou the flpor welteriug in thair blood, Ho liftod thow fo tho bod and was about to dash on his lorso to Cuba for a surgeon, whau o man rode up to the houso ovidently in great oxcitament, ‘*llavo you reen anythivg of Jim Lafferty " ho asked, ‘as Vannoy started onartun to'the bam, #1is old grandmotlier hus been fonnd doad iu hor bod at Rockvillo, and hea Loon stran- gled oud beaton o doath, Tho house Liaa beeu ransackod, and #8 Jim has lud plonty of money lately tho folks thini he kiliod the old woman, aud I'm looking tor hiw with & warrent,” In o yery sbort spaco of timo tho officor was mado acquniited with the dotails of the tragedy at the farm-honse, and ho galloped to Cuba, got & physiclan, snd geve tho alarm, Coroner Young wns notitied of t] tragedv, and tool charge of the Iddics of the murdoror aud bia grandmother. ‘Lho formor was buried in a pasturo wot far from Vaunoy's. At an myuest held on the body of Mra, Lafferty it wan olicited that her granddon had baon sech lounging around bher bouwe on Saturdsy, and had not boen thero for eome time Loforo. 1l was scen to leave on Satar- day night, which was tue Isst scen of him vutil be appoared at Vaunoy's. Tho do- ceaged old lady way kuown to have about £160 in her houso, “which plie had saved from hor earnings, anl whiok eho lad Iafu by for her funeral exponves, Nous of this monoy could ba fouud ot tho houso, but nothing which could bo idontlfied was discovorad on the body of James Lnrrert{. 3y, ’nmm{ and her daughter sro quite com- fortablo, nud tho doctor thinks thoy may both recaver, The famlily ia a highly-respoctablo ane, and Laffarty, it scoms, had presumad upon theic Jinduous anid gonorous treatmont of biw wbilo iu their omploy in misking his overturcs to Miss Vannoy, who ridicutod Lis protonstons. @ quadruplo A MYSTERIOUS MURDER. Avoos, 1n, April 24.~Our town was throwa into o great state of uxoltement this morniug ou $ho discovery of the dead body of & man in West Botany River, near a railroad bridge, sbouts milo wost of hore, by a farmer by the name of D, N, Yolsom, 1o notifled tho City Marehal and saveral citizons at once. 'They wout to the {)Ilu aud drew the man out of tho water, and lio Coroner summoncd & jury. e wasfoundto bave been shot turough the templn with & gun loaded with whot, and, either before or after- ward, struck woven timew with & hatohet on the head, aud thon dragged through tho bushes and uud ta the wator aud_ thrown in to conceal tho dood, The Jury renderod & verdict of murder lu accordanco with tho sbove. In the pockot of tho dead man was found two deeds for Iand in this soction, and from what information we can gathor at provent his nwno i James Lolan, ap- Fnrcntly of Liish birth, e i about 6 feot 7 uchies in halghl. medium build, with Dlack ehin nbuskers, uud wears dask clothies. Bupjosod to have coms from Oglo County, liliuois. Ainan who gives bia namo na Jamos I', Crawford Laa boon arreatod aud lodged in jall on suspiclon of belug tho murderer, and so” far the evideuce Is vory &trang agalvst him, LAWRENCE. THE SMUGQLER," Bpecutt Drspatch to e Chicago Iribune, New Yons, April 25.—Chsrles L. Lawrence, fugltive smugglor and Sccrotary of the Americus Ctub, {5 expected here from England next week, in custody of the ofticcr who bas followed him sinca tha Gth of July, The value of the siiks #pd Iacos which Lawzence ltflwrlulwiwouz o went of duty s now estimated at 83,000,600, ‘?K. frands bognn four or flve yoars ago, uudorn Deputy_Coilector {n tho Custom llonse, now dond, *Lawrenco is sald to be worth Lalt s mil- lion, mostly in bouds, What real eatato he Las 18 1n bis wifo'a name, and caunot b attached, DECISION IN A FORGERY CASE. NEw Youx, April 24,—Tho euit of tho Nation- 8l Trust Company agaluat thoe Roborts-Gleason wang of forgors rosulted in & verdict in favor of tho plalutia for €33,600, the full amonnit elamed, Tho jury recently disagrood in the criminal nunu{qlnnl Roborta and Gleason, but it is expected that, with tho ovidenco Lrought out on tho civil auit Just decided, their prosecn- tinn will bs apecdily Tenewed on ono of the 100 ifudiotmonts pendiug sgainat them. TOO LIBERAL, Spestal Dispateh to The Chioans Tribine, Laroute, 1ud,, Avril 24—A young printer named Fiteh, jo tho omployof L. K. Taylor & ‘0., of thincity, hired & loras and buggy of Myera & Itic, liverymen. and started fot Miehi- gan City. On the rond Le traded Tuggics, ro- colving #8 in nuoncy, At dlictigan City lie sold the hores and buggy, recetvity: £15 cash, Heo was ruspectod and arrested, and now lics in jail i this city. A SUSPECTED CHARACTER, Aneerat Diepaleh to The Clieass Tribuns, Brovsuserox, Til, Aprl 25.—Tho polico to- day srreatod one Thomaa Ranco, who came horo from Chicago Baturdsy, and had with him car- pot-sack coutaining four shawls, four watches, a lot of silvor-plated knives, forke, and spoons, A MILWAUKEE INCENDIARY. Spesial Digpateh to The Clicago Tribune, MiLwaurre, Wis, Aptil 25.—Samuel Welrs, & Broadway snloon-koeper, waa arrested this morn- ing eliarged with setting Oro to hir ealaon. The alarm was _givon s holf-honr atter midnicht. Whon tho depastmont arrived the ktocit had dis- appeared, and keroseno appearad to have been rrecly used to assist tho flamen, Tho fire won put out with unoxpected prowptitude, aud thess tacts discovered. 1AYSTERIOUS AFFAIR, Cixeisnary, April 25,—John (h Lineser was found doad fn Lis room this worung, and his pocket turned wrong eide out, Lis wateh-chmn wrenchod off, and an empty pocket-book on a chair. Thera wora no marks of vivluneo abons hin poraon, exeept blood aozing from hix month. ‘Whethier it was murder or natural death will e determined by au Inquest to-morrow, The deceaued wae o widower, living aicno, Ho has children llving in Richmond, Virgin putsiiedsnss bl RAILROAD SECURITIES, The oficora of the Toledo, Proria & Warsaw Raliroad Company have issued tho foilowing cir- culsr from their Now York oftice, 5 Ta the Fondholders and Stoekholders of the Taledo, Peonia & Warsaw Ratiroad Comyany: 'ILe officers of this Company dcsire to submit the followiug prog tions to the holders of {ts securitica and rlack, w) view to relieve tho road of its prescat crbarrasmenty, aod lo put again ita securition o marketabié hasis, It lisa boen tha expectation of the Company thot §t would bo unnecossary to call upen the irat worts ago bondholders for any indulgence; Lut the fatture of the last crop aloug the Line of the raad, tha continued gencral stagnation of all busincss, as wels 5@ tha fact that tho last winter hon been & dfsastrous onn wpon theiron of inis as woll av other rosds, re- quiring extrsordinary expenditurer, renilera it ncces- wary 10 sk from them also o concewrion fns doferriug’ ibo'psyment of their fnterest for o short tims, The Coupauy proposs aa follows ; First—To fund the coupons on {lie firet mortgago Eantern snd Westorn Divis{on bonds for ouo and otie- hnlf years from Juno 1, 1675, or with those past duc, five couvons, Bocond—To fund thu coupous ou Rocond morigazo bonds threo and one-balf 5 aps from April 4, 1816, or with thoso past due, bl cittpons, Third— To fund the coupons on the consolidited mortguge bonds tlirce years, from May 2 1875, or vith thore fiast e, niue coupons, Fourth—Ta fund he coupons e the Burlington Division bouds thrcy years yfrom Juno 1, 1835, or with (huso past diie, uine couponts, Filth— Ih conmderation of the foresoing, stockliolders to Submit to an asscsment of §10 per abare, All thin net earning® of tho roud duriint the time for which the coupons are asked fu Lo funded, and siro auy cash that 1nay bo recelved on account of tho us- sesstaent of tho tockiiolders, shall be nsed in putting the road in Arst-class order, oud for thu jurchase, on satisfactory torms, of 1,000 Loz frelnht cars, now fn uee on the rosd but belomgiug to other parties wha 1OW Tecelve the revenu frow them, %0 to bo fund #ald coupa Aug, 1, 18i5, cent wili bo payable u gold semi-annually, and the prineipsl payable In ten years in curretcy. For tho seourity this bond, ond for the main- tenanco of thelr proper ' priority, the funds od coupons will be deposited 1o’ 'tho Farmers' Loan and Trust Compaty, or ofher haak or trust company, In the City of New York, su that ih caso of auy future default fn tho payment of eithier th inter- est or principal of said uterest Lond, tho bolder fharo- of eball have tho right to drmand of 'kald “Trusteo the origiual coupou 80 dupozited, which ehall attach amuin 10 the bonds and becomo lien according ta theirorig- inal priority, ond a8 additional sectrity for eaid Suter- et Londy, The sasessments upon tho wtockholdcrs shiall bo_pagablo in cash or in the loating slebt of the Company ot ono year from the time ilst’ this opree meut alisll be siued Ly o majority of the bovdholders and stockhiolders, The Conipany +hall nlso take fu yment of asid sssessment tho first. preferrod scrip, ut thoy except from the losting debt the Judgment obtained in the Pulrbury fire cases, excopt such as shalf be properly examinod iuto, aud ‘only to suck an smount as mny bo Justly due, Any necuritics tliat bave been Iivpothecated for finat- 10g debt as collatera! kocurlly abiall Lo roturned to the Company whenover rald debt shall bo received by the Company in payment of any sock assewsiucnt, - Safd stockbolilers sliall pluce flelr stock in the handa of & trustee, to bo selectod by volo of tho bondbolders, aa & gquarautoo that the stockholders will pay thio a'seuse anent sa provided for, unil ull stock ko deposited, upau ‘which the pavcpement shall not bo prid within thotime epecitiod, shioll bo forfeited (o the Compavy, For the amount ‘paid on sald niassement. ny well an for the bulauce of owwtauding floating debt and wcrip, new werip will be fwued, iutorcst paysble o when earnod, sud which’ serip i to bo pab off o fouded’ Into bouds of the Company befora aap disidoud sball bo peld on tho atock, A inojort of the Board of Dircctors aliall b chosess by the Loud- Holdora until tho resumption of the reguiar payment of 1ts coupous by tho Colnyany, cach clus of bonils to choonn auo Directar, tho Lalatice 1o be elected by the stockhiolders subsciibing to thiv agreamncut, As a question as ariven whethier, fu tho tlato of Tlinol, tho roliing-stock and pernonsl property of a raflroad ocompauy iaheld under thu o Teabeatato mort- &age, tho Compduy propaes to excenly oud record a chintiel-mortgage coveriog all tho rolting-stock and rvansl groperty of the Compeuy, to secure all the Tonholdurs secordinig to their hreatut priarity of icg, and thus place the matier of it socucity to the boud « holitors Loyoud question. The advantages of this plan toall concerned soems to us {0 bo apparentss ‘Flest—Thot fusload of being deprived of 1oy dncomms frow e boude durlng o o wid expeunivo Uiigation tlat would probably eusuo wilh tho jumior securitios in caso of a foreclosuro of tho prior mortgages, the Rolders of the bonds would bo placed In possersion of au intorest-band for (heir coupous with {utareat po Lor the able ou St from dle date, sdditionally secured by the rolllug-stock #0 {0 bo purcbssal, Which could by sold ‘&t once, wud this an lased, the Londholders could really et Aivir noowna iF (hey shonld o deatro, Hocon any quostion 84 to the lla of the bondhoklers upon o persoual property of the Quupany would by st {led Lesond dispute, Third—That {hn fnterest-bonds wonld fiave the &3io lien a4 the orlginal bonds, and in addition wonld have the further seourity of the snew rolling-atock 8o to be purchaved. Under i plan all nterests recelve consldcration, and ueitlier 0uo ot tho expetvy of the other, and the suboquent interesta will elther com to the atd of the [roreriy or walo {hole rigtis and folerena pesevably u “favor of the prior insumbrances, - tizv revenue of the Toad 4 dovoted tu furniabing sl- ditfound security to_the boudboldurw, sud nok one dol= lar {a divurtad toward payingauy foating debi or otlics subsequent labllity s Las been awked for o many of tlio defuulied roads, Also the bondholders arg fuvest- ed witlitho right t0 eloot a majority of tho Boasd of Dircetors up fo the lme the Company #ball sssuie tha requler poymeut of ita coupous, thus virtuslly juasaiug the control of tho corporatiun Intu thelr bauds. ‘Two othier coniderations must alvo ba harne i miud, of which tho Londhoklers aro probably not siow sd- vised: ¥lrut, When auy sala is reached, after protract- «d iitigation, no immediate conveyauco ez be mada to any purchaser, 'the title must renuln iu abeyance, sud subjoct to'redemption by paytent of the Lid for ffieen months after tho coufirmation of the aale, Encoud, ‘This railroad has, in Tilinais, & srecisl charier of yory'great value and absolutely heyoud legislative coutrdl, with full power to Jevy ratev of farennd relgbty Ay ualeand convesauco of tho railway will destroy theso moat valyalils righty, Third, Thero fa 10 law {n Jitinoly whick will authorize tha piircluscs toorgsnizas new corporution s eujoy the wpocial franchises of this raflway, ‘The purchascrs must elther ruu tho property sa conyon puctuess, libls 1o thels pervoual capacition, for ull its debls, or cleo or- gunizounder the goneraflaws of the Btate, sud sub- Joot 10 81 thie chancea of hostils lvgislatiou, e Fhe Seventvonth of June, Foslon 7 ranscrivt, Now the glorious Niucteouth bas passed, at- toution will turn ta the 17th of Juuo. Appesr~ svcoa Indicato, that with tho city aud Btate com- bined, the battlo of Bunker Hill he commomo- ratod io & very expensive and complete mauner. ‘The military parado will comprise all tho volun. teer soldicrs of the Commonwealth oruersd out by the Govornor. In addition, many military organisations from oihor Btatos mro ox- l;ecud. Tho Hoventh Regiment and 14 Guard of® Now Yok will wiit the city on the occasion, the Boventh prob- ably encampivg in their own lents on the Com- monn. Pbifadelphia is to bo reproseutod by the Artillery and Grays of that city, The Masonio part of the procosaion will exceod any display of that order ever hold {n New LEugland, as grest intarest Is folt in tho festivitios iuall parisof the country. ides thiy, tho turnout of other associations of differont kinds promisos & demou- stration of imposing wagulitude, The sugges- tion bas been mads of a genoral {lumination of Boatom on the night of the 17th. BEECHER. The Correspondence Between Beecher and Mrs, Woodhull, Mr. The Afghan Alibl--Coincidences in the Scandal, Sam DBowles on Beecher’s Evldences-- Kate Stanton on Beecher’s Course {o Mrs, Tilion, BEECOEN AND WONDIULL. New York Sun. Mr, Beocher, Iu bis croes-examinstion, said that his aoqusintance with Mrs. Woodhull began in 1871, after hor published intimation that ebu wae {n poesesuion of tha facts of the keandal. Later in tho vamo year ha reeeived the followlng lottor, which has nat beforo boen in prant No, 15 EAST Timtt-Eiaie S1areT, Nov, 10, 1871, ~'he Jtec. Il W, Diereher—Dran Ein? For reasous in wlilels you aro decply Intercsted 2s well nn wnyaelf in the catise of {rath, I dertre to hava an interview with you withunt fsil at_eome hour toorrow, Two of your sistern have goue out of thelr way to aaeafl my character and Jurpose, boths by the meatn of the pube Lo pressaud by means of ninmesous juivats letters written to variaua perrons, with whowm they srek to infure me, and thus & difeat the pelitical ends at swlich 1 aim, You doultlesn kuow that it §4 i my pawer fo ntrike Lack, and fn ways moro disatrovs ihan anything that conld coms fo e, but I do not de~ alre o do thix ; I slmpiy dosire asaistance from thosw from whom I have a right tn expect it ; and a reavon. ablo courro on your pars will axeiat mofoit, Irpeak auardedly but 1 4ldnk you will understand me. 1 re~ peat that T must bave an fnterview to-morrow since 1 m {0 speak to-mnortuw eventng st Steinway lal), and whint Laball or sliall not way wilt depcnd largoly upon thie roenHt of the interview, Yours, very truiy, Victorsa €, WoubHULL, T. 8,—Please return nuswer Ly lwarer, Mr, Beecher tcetified that ho ehowed the let- fer to Mr. Mouitos, who dissnadad him from susworing it, The next day hio Lad ab juterviow ith Mrs, Woodbull at Mr, Moulton's houto, ag dercribed in Ins direct testimony. in which ho deciued to preside st tho Steinway Hall meet- ing. Auother letter wiitten to him by Mrs, Woodhull was the following: 41 Bnoap HTREET, er, M, 1671,—r Dran Mn, Bizcnrn: Mrw, Kadten sna 1 bave Just hud 8 cous ference abont whio vughit 10 be procured to epeak at the Woman’ Suffrezo Convention at Wasbington, to 10 Lield ut Washineiou, dau. 11 ond 12, You ‘sra aware that we inteud Lo 1ss every effort to persuade Congresa to paes tho il fust introduced by Butler, aud \we havo conalnded that there i no ooe that coul e wu great u intlucuce o Cougrers a8 yourself, and we liojie you msy deem {ho occazion worthy of 'your presouce und attendanee, We will leave it to yon to arrange motters o8 you may destre, Plear repis s unt in the uegative, Let mo assurn sou * yon will nover forget it Yours, VieTonia WoubieLL, It was, Mr. Beocher eaid. with referonce to this second letter that be wrote to Mr. Moulton, 86 followa ¢ Terspax EVeNtxa, Jat, 2, 18523+ Dian FRAK 1 rend you Vietoris Woudhold s Jetler 16 e ud my ree phy, whitch T subuit to your judgraent, ‘Tell mo bt You think of 1€, 13 1t 100 loig—will sbio use it for Pibe lshing? T wouldu't wish to buve it ao wsed, 1 do not mean {0 Bpeals upan the: platform upon wither oe- calon, What futlueuce 1 joeress 1 fntend 1o use on my own lonk, do uot mean to train withs eifher parts, and §i i not fuir o presw me whou T Awnot wiling 'to go. 1 leava fi o xuu, sud you Indge for me, 1 hiave leaned upon you Lithério, aud 1 Lave uever heen vorry for it, Do you thivk I Gught to Eeep n copy of my letters to V. W.t Do you thiuk 1t would be better o write it agaiti, and uii sy eonuch? Will you keep the later t0.mne, and kend the other If you Judge It wise? Wil yon vend 2 im0 to my howseln the morning say- Ing wliat sou conelude? Souru truly und otfectioi ately u, Fullerton drove r. Beecher into s quali- flod admiesion thut his aim in consultiog with Mr, Moulton oo the subject of Mrs, Woodhull's fotter wao to devieo a way of plicating ber, end #0 proventing Ler from publishing the kcandal, o wonld only answer, * It is quito possible, but 1 don’t recollect that it outered inta roy thoughts ot tho time." 'The reply to Alrs, Woodlnlt's let- tor Inst quoted was submitted to Mr. Moukton for rovieion, and reachied Mrs, Woodbull in this furm: DBROOKLYS, ~—317 DEAR JMaDANE: Yorr Tettar of D after o conference With {0 take part in the Washe duglon Couveinou fuleislf of wouwsn wirge, b dutly reeelved, T atm ony of ilio Convesition with,} Maie, I canuot say 1 am o sanguite of tho im- medfate or nenr adinisslon of wonien to the rights of suffrage, DBut of ita ukimale sccompliashment 1 lave not a doubt, Mince juktice oud exiediency comiblnoIn requiring it. That mauhood in on the whole, wuade better aud stronger by o direct partiel- pation in the dutienand responaibilitics of active citi- zeuehip, notwithstanding inedental evls, o Lecoming tlio sentinent of the civilized world; nor zeason to doubt that, §n spito of temporary dental evils, tho rimo adventagn woul wonsnbood. I every wize and Chiristlsy Goveruinent for the education and enfranchisement of womsen, 1 Lope alwayn to ba {n symgpathy, 1Irsny Wanp Drecurs, TIE AFOIAN ALIDL Caictiinati Thmen, Leeclier's attempt to prove on alibi as to tho afghau interviow with Mrs. Bloultou is a com- plate failure, and has rexulted in corroborating er testimony, ‘The occasiou, mocording to ber ovidonco, was a call on the morning of don- day, Juno 2, lantivg, 28 she cstimated it in gemeral torms, for “threes or four bours.” With great nssurance and posi tivencss Mr, Tracy, in his opening epccch, auuotruced that tho " defonse would conclusive- Iy prove that Alr. Reocher waa at this vory timo on bie way to Poeckukill, {n company with his wife, and that, therefore, no such intoriew, or any intorviow at all, botweon tho dofendant and Mrw, Moulton, conld have occurred on that day. Now, let us sco how tho defenso has ro- desmed this promise, By tho evidence of telegraph operators, tole- grapbis files, and Mr, Boecher's hirod men on his farny, it wos shown that the detendant and his wifa loft tho dopot in Now York at 2 o'clock in the alternoon for Peokskili. 1o sent a dispatch to the man in charge of his country-pluce, sn- nouncing hia comivg, alittle after 8 o'clock in tho forenoon, It would tako him about an hour, littlo moroe, to reach tho Now York . Up to this point in the progress of the teslimony, tho time from, say, 8¢ to 1914 o'clock, romaing unaccounted for, Thoro was nothing but Mr, Beecher's own denial to prove that it was not all epant at the house of Mr. Moulton, Hut wo wore told that thiy inter- modiato time would be sccounted for by Mr. Cleavelaud. Well, yesterdsy that gentlomau, a faet fricud of Mr, Beecber, gavo Lis testimony. Here it I8, ns given in our Associsted Press diy- patclies yorterday ¢ % On Juno 3, 1874, Mr, Ieccher ealiod ‘on him tn the Chrustian Usiion ottlve, between 11 aud 123 oclock, sud remalied abont forty 'minutes, and ordered that hin muall hoecnt 10 Bostou: thot' Mr, Beechor did ot preach In Lis church on the following Sunilay, but wan Prencnt ot the Friday prayer.mecting, su s that ou the 30ib of June, 167, : This gives amplo tima for tho (nterview eworn to by Mra, Moulton. The failuro to prove a1 alibi could not bo more complote. ‘Thero is avother circumstance In conpeo- tion with thot intorviw which Lbas nal oscaped goneral obaervation, While s, Moulton ~ was under croes-examination, r, Doecher's Jconunel asked tho wituess if, on that occasion, eho kissed Leecler, to which shorapliod afirmatively, as will be remembered. ‘This quostiou, and its motivo, wero wuch com~ wented on gt the time, and uvfavorably to Mr. Beocher, who was bolieved to have siggested the question to his counsel, On his own cross-oxamination, Mr, Bocchor sdnuttod that thoe question was asked ot his sug- geutlon, o did, therefore, ** recolloct” that in- terviow unquestionably; and this impulis 10 compromise Mru. Moulton with tho osculatory Plymouthitea proved a most effoctive cliucher, to tho discomitura of the defondant, Springreld (Manv,) {tegmbtioan, Alr, Clovoland would seomt ast unfortunate wit- ness to gupport tho ‘“‘alivi™ theory for Mr, Beochor, ospecially when hia tostimony (s reliod upou tb break down that of a laly whom the JLlymouth pastor hes charaotorizod as yemarkue blo for * cloar truthfulnoes,” Certainly, it is & fact that no other witnoss In this casd has ins volved himeolf in so many incousistencios and oontradiotions in eo short a thne. COINCIDENCEM IN THE HUANDAL. ’ lirnokiyn Arqu Thero bave been sovoral remarkablo coinel- dences doveloped iu this scandal Lusinows. Although Mr.and 3Mrs, Tilton bad spent un unusually sgreeablo day on tho 10tk of last July, sud there was uo appesrunce of fui- pamfln;‘1 disaster when thoy retired at mid- uight, the uext morning at 6 o'clock shio stood by uly bodeids, with bor bat o, aud usids *“Hencoforth our paths are apart,” and loft her husband's homie forever. Inlooking at tho Now York pa of the samo moruing, July 11, wo fiud [n atl of them tho it reference to “tho fu- vestigatiog Comumlittee, fn & notice that §t had been appolutod June 27. Agaiy, on Deo. 14, 1870, Lessie Turnor loft tho presonce of Afrs, Blorso uud found fiva pors sony, some of them {n New York, and somo of them in Drookiyn, to whown eho unfolded thu socroty which bad beon smothered for two YeArH, Al tho eamo dsto it appears tuat Mry, Monio was consulting an_sttoruoy, and socking a_justiflca—- tion for having her daughiter, bire. Tilton, pro- oule a separation from ber husbaud. Again, on the 25th of Decombor, 1870, 3Mr. Deecher waw of tho oplulon that Mr, ‘Niton wos a vory bad man—that ho had fulien from graco, et —————————————————e e was recreant to his marital vows, and was not a 1.ropor peraan to odit tho Brooklsn Uninn, Four dars thereafter, Mr. Doccher had mn apatust Sloulton, and his opinlon eutirely cianzed i re- nard Lo Theodore, o becamo convineed that Thnadore would have Leon & botler man in his place than himnelf, Agait, by a tantalizing coincidence, Mr, Tilton mado an aflidavit in theso procecdings, charging Mr. Beechor with criminality in tho rurl; vart of October, 163, and in {ho Court-room onTueaday thero waa read an oxtract from sermon proach- ed by 3r. Beecher un Oct. 4, 1869, in tho follow- ing wordu ¢ Tdomnot think wo are hound to confess crinien In such 8 way that they will orertako us and 01l na with isnay, and confurton, and desteuction ; and not oul e, bt thore who are roctally conneeted with us, 10 JONF consdenco fa arouecd, 8nd you bave committerd slasary, and the Paculty, foaring that “this oz~ citement wonld distract the attention of the atu= deuts from thoir studies, if nat rend tho achool . by its violence. forbado - the furihor agitation of the pubject. Tho stndents resisted this inter- forenco, and, learning that I'residont Mahan, who strougly sympathizod with their viows, wos coming ta Oberlin, determined to follow him, and mado thelr way to tho -backwooda matitn- tlon, umppm.f at varions towns on the way to deliver anti-slavery locturos, Thero wera theo- loguies ready to iand, and the dopartment wan 60on formed, Tho slavery question had not Den taken into account in tho formation of tha iustitution, but tho oxpectation of tha arrival of theao students opened the quostion, aud thocom- munity nnhnhnlmll(y agrocd on this much-dis- puted aubject. This sentiment *was ctrapgthe @ erlme, youz fiest stefs 1yt cleaiies your bands and feet from all particintion fn auy wrong, And before confe:king the et srf, you wlionld taks counel, and tind out w Couhe] 1t ia often better that past erimon sheatld slumber, a0 far us the community n coucerned, HAM EOWLLY OX BELCHER'S EVIDENUE. Springield (Mare,) Tonnbican. My, Boecher leit tlin witness-ntand yesterday, bin testimony biaving ocentied o littlo” over ten days. Ad we predicted, ho has horno lutaself proudly, and made 8 most gallant fight for life, It bna gertalnly dove a8 well aa eould Lo expect- cd.—better than could hava been expeetod of any other man than Honry Ward Beecher, envi- roned with sich a ter1ible cordon of fata} ovi- deuce, Ilo hns denfod impreasivoly, and ox- plained with all the plausibility that Lis utmost eloquenca could command, Yot wo think it iy the verdict of the areat majority of impnrtial cheervers, aud will Le the yerdict of history, that Mr. Beecher bas failed tn the effort to raconcite himaelf with himwelf, As tho Republican said when ho took the stand, lie bas heen thio chief architect of tho case rgainst bimsalf, and Lie has not beon able to do- 3 stroy his own work, Accopting his teatimony a8 ogainet all other wit- neasrs for {lile procecution, ho has failed to Lreok down the two worst witneaucs agaluet bim—Henry Ward Beechier and Elizn- Leth R, Tilton,—and the fatal evidenoe of th:r acknowledgzed acts and words, JIr, Icecher's ln'h Lan proved ituelf mightier than Lis tongue. "lausible a3 somn of his explanationsappear, his prescnt theory of s conditet and letters during the past four yeors does nol, a8 a whole, ahuke thio couviction of his gnilt which that enmiduct and thowo letters originally made upon the pub- lie mind. . EATE ATANTON ON THE DEOORLIN BEVELATIONA, Provivryce. I L, April 22.—To the Editor of the Springfcld (Mass.) Repulilican : The great trin) Lo reachied that ktage whera it i3 no longer fmproper to utter au opiniou repording tho Beccher-Tilton contest, My sympathics aro with Elizabeth Tilton in any evont : for, if tho chargo of her husbaod bo true, we Lave Mr, Becclier's azsurance that sho was more rinned againkt than einning—which, 88 & confession, or nsa deolaration, {2 subiciontly nutbontic in my Judgmout; besides, wo cannot demand improbae bilities, even *junocenco of olfenso™ of any, especially impotent natures. But Mr, Beocher s kpoken emphaticaliy t last, Of course, wo expected bim to deny the charges one and all; and for irs, Tilton's sake wo trusted that e «aned by the arrival of number of Hudeon Atne douts, who hal enterad hnartily into the contro- vorey and_ left the College, which was far too conservative to gult their onthusiastic spirt. Tho anticipatod arrivel of tho Lauo Semiuaty students had opened alwo tho qqueytion of tho ADSISKION OF rO1ONPY PERONA to the privileges of thniustitntion, A meeting of tho Trustecs was hold toaecids the matter which waaeelting much diacussion among those {ntore esled fv tho prosperity of tho educational eutor- princ. Theiden of nuch n thing sasnonew that half of the collewe authorities wernstronnously oppos- ed (o the measure, and o etubbonr debato took vlace. Waen tho division was Siually taken, tha Yote waga tie. The Ilev. Johin Keep, battar known fu tho community as her oop,™ ocerpied the chair, gave the casting vote in favar of the pdmission of the colored madenty, awl Olerlin was faitly comaitted to the polioy which kho firmly maintained. In the year of the arrivil of Prosident Malinn camo tuo Rev, Charles G, Finnoy, who was sont by tho well-known Arthur Tacpan to prench and instruet tho members of the Theologieal Doparts ment. A largo canvesg tent was went for his use, and 1t bocwno an fmportant part of Oberlin’a equipment, 1t waw designed for holling pros tracted meetivgs, Tat, i the rieid economy of thoso early days, it wes nlso used os s clurch awd Commencement Hall, The rtand taken by Oberlin on the question of admitting colored atndents iinmediately brotight tho sichool into a promiuence to which itu real importance did not ln tho loast entitlo1t, A PERPECT HTORY OF DERISION aud contompt was directed against tho npatart littla achoot which prosumed 10 introduce #o un~ henrd-of an fnnovation, To illustsate tho ne- verao apirit which prevailed even In tho most onlightenod communition of the North, tt suflices to remarks that it wos about this time tho citizens of Now Haven passed a rokolntion that il would resist any attompt 10 establish & colors} kchool in their city. Bo strong wew tho fueling agaiuat Oberlin that the students who left tha town to teach for ghort periody regarded it pru. dent not to mention tho schaol where thew had received their education. Tven the anti-slavers men wera hardly piepared for the ‘co-education of tho races. THE ¥EROCITY OF TIIE ROUTAENNERS Is well illustrated by tho treatment of a Dible agont who was travaling in Tenncsace. Whita in NatLvillo ha chanced to recslve a letter from au Oberlin friond which contalned anti-slavery sontimente, Throngh some mirchanca this com- would ho able to deny them in such & manner na to lenve no questionof horinuocence. Hisinno. ¢enco Jer sc wad a matier of comparatively little hoportauce ; for men are forgiven their offeuscs agafust pusity, and * no questions asked.,” Bo- cluty is woodl, indecd over-kind, toward erring men. It not only gives them one opportunity for repentance, but indatgently multiplics their oprartunities (o vepent, sl letionsly expungos ail their staing, whetber thoy repent or not. Lt biss Mr. Beecher done bis duty to Mrs. Til- ton? Lot nesee, Stohadaright. and we, her female frionda, had a right, to expect him to do that hie undertook. I funocent, it was Lis duty not only to deny the charied, but to ko explain the test of hin aponizing letters af to leave no room to donbt his rendering, RDut Lo has wofully failed za & ** commentator "—failed to such o dezreo a6 to cast donp shiadows upon lii# general moral aud intellectual character, an well oy fmply confeesion of the chargo in quen tion—if {nuoeent, If gty and a perjurer, e has disclosed sorrowfulincompetenco to simulata the neceerary truthfuluess, bad acting, and un- ingenuous explication. . . . I'he authorof a *‘Lifa of Christ" ought, it rozma to me, {o have learnrd betier how to de- fend “‘miracles,” As @ *commentator” upon miraculous affoirs, Mr, Baccher weads not to + gtep down and out,” for be has heen sllowed exit by tha antelligont pnblie already, Were I on Tilton's jcounsel (would it oot Lo wies to huve women councel on both sides of such a case, ns well aa women jurors in parl?), 1 ghould have acornfally deched to cross-exawminn JMr. Boecher, and go to tho jury and the world with the aoalytic scalpel of common reoee ouly, a8 touchiug thoso Iotters and the author's ypresent commentaries mnpon them, Jtut euch & courso Lna uot boon taken, and I trust that, by an unsparivg ordeal, dr, Deceher will be aroneed to such intellectoal ef- forta as may prove protective of poor Mra, Til- ton. 1f aho ever loved him, she must in ber ro- cret heoart deepise him now, aud curso the Lour when futo led her within the dazzling sunshine of his dangerous friendehip! Qud deliver all our sox from tlio Upas-trec-like **protoction ” of all such Leechers, Better a Tidton with bis gallant~ ry, and with all the perfidics, tyrannles, and dis- gusting cgotisma with which ho is cbarged, than o Hooiy Ward Boccher with his gushing slime aud sickening weaknesded, Tho jury will, I enppoee, rouder a verdict for tho defondaut, and that may sid somowhat in patcbivg up Mr, Beochiar's slovenly work, The iury ought, in duts ta Mrs, Tilton, to confirm 1ho teatimouy of Mr, Beecher by a judgment in hin favor; for the question of her guilt onght not to ba cast again npon the pubiic with oaly Mr. Beeclior's negation and negative tostimony in her behaif. KaTe BTANTON, A YLUCTUATING BTATE OF JUND. New York Nun, Ar. Beochor's testimony in regard o his pay- ment of money to Mr, Moulton for Mr, Tilton's benofit reveals n very flucluativg state of mind. Tart of tho time be thouglt ho had beou biack- mailed, and part of the timo that bo had not. When he listencd to his lnwyers, and when he wroto out lus defeuso last summor, ho was of one opivion; but when ho was loft to him- Bolf ho was of another. He reminds us of the darky who Lad tken o &10 bill which his employer pronounced a countorfelt. A few wocks afterward Lo was{asked what had becomo of it. **Why, yon eco, masxa, I nover was quite clar {o my mind sbout dst aro bill. Bome days I tought luim bad, aud somo days I tonght bim good: and ons of dem dn(vu dat I tought him good I jis' paesod him away.” OBERLIN 'fhhe Enarly Abolitlon Collcge — Ats Stroug Eiwht for Liberty. Spertal Correspondence of ‘The Chicage Tribune, Osentay, O., April 22.—The stranger who hos occaslon to etop &t Oberlin notlces littlo that is peculiar in the appearunce of tho place, Per- Lapa the absouco of the signs of saloons eo con- spicuous in most towns of Ity size s the only featuto that i calcolated to attract the atton- tion of tha travolor. Yet though its outlook is inno way etriking, this littlo community hag passed through & most remarkablo oxperience. It bins, porhaps, wielded ay great an influsuco during tho past forly years as any place of Its ulze and pretouslons thronghout tho natlon. At » tino fraught with Interuat to every Amerlcau cltizen, Oberlin was & comfort (o its fricnds and a by-word to 1ta opponents of overy class in the laud. A short sketch of its Listory will servo to® recall mauy & thrilllng jucldont to the formor studonts, and indood to all thoso wha onco boasted of tho opprobrious titlo of ** Abolition- inta." T8 FOUNDATION, The Ttev. John Shipherd and P, P, 8, Btewart, tho uated stove manufacturor, both rosidonts of Elyris, 8 miles northeast of tho prosent sito of Oberlin, convoived und matured a project for tho gducation of indigent young men and wom- on. Accordingly, having securod & grant of land for the purposo,thoy started asetilomont in 1834, Tho tand was thou in & state of primoval wild- nesa, and the students had sbundance of oppor- tunity far tho study of naturs) bistory, The first calloge building waa atwo-story-and-a-alf frame struciuze, which was mado to apuwor s varicty of purposes. Tho basoment was used for recitutiou- rootns, tho tiret toor served the purposos of din. iug-room and kitchen, the wocoud toor consistod of a chiapel, whilo the attiv was dovoted to utus dants’ rooms, 1n 5 year somo dozon Luuses had bean erocted. 1n 1836 Asa Alahan arrived frome Oincinnati to take tho P'roiident'’s ohair, 1fe way Leartily welcomed, and ssvigned & log mavsion for bis residence, An suspicious opening for o calicge, truly | Oboriin has boon peculiur In many thiugs, but pothing in it lustory has occasioned more wonder thau tho very yeaissisg oy irs canfen, It had beon lutended simply to forin & Prepara- tory Departmont, und add the Collego and afier- ward tho Cheological Sominary whon tho stu- deuts should sttuin the roquisite stagos of ad- vancement ; but unexpocted dovelopients en- ablod tho Trustoes to carry out this plan much soonier than they bad expected. At this time the students of Laue Thoological Semiuary, near Cincinuatl, wore Lotly debating the queation of wunication fell into the Lands of a citizen. sud the mora fact that he was eorresponding with oue of tho hated Abolitioninta heing thonht kuf. ficient avidence against him he undorwens a pub- lic whipping. t was not elmply on aczount of fts posi- tion on tho slavery aquestion that Oberiin was execrated. Its theolowy was ns hateful to the churches as it abolitiomsm to tha Sonth. Romewhnt likersl in fta statements, of doctrine, but stern in its hearing upon prac- tical life, it was characterized evon fu assemblies of Congrogational ministera by such tender epitlieta as the * 2lmoxt dnmnable theolopy of Oberlin,” 'I'hrougliout tho land the school was Lnown and almost a8 universally hated. This projudice has dlnuplponn-d in most quurters, but Oberlin students whe have occasion to gojourn tu conuervative localitics ofton observe a bitter rancor againat tho place. In tho early days its rigid morality and etern performance of did- agrecable duts had o attraction for the world, aud theso various infinences combined to bring it jnto genornl dinfavor. Obarlin on its pido was an hitle disposed to compromiso asits dotractors, and the coutest was emrriod on with oxireme bittervess, Moantime tuo schiool wont on_ine cressing In numbers, and periodically sending out graduates to meintain it principlés, The peculiar reputation of the colleps at~ tracted men of all claszen of ideas, and B nny Yo questioned if any reform (propatly or faluely *0 culled) failed to receive earnost attoution ab the vory beginuing. TUE ** QULRLIN COVENANT™ was formod, one of tho pravisions of which was that tes und coffeo should farever be banished from the community. These were regorded with the same abliorronce with which prohibi- tioniata look upon whisky, This was but tho opening of a reriea of mmilar custores, some of which almost surpass hellef. Tuo question of entiug moat was hotly dikcuseed, and half tha students beeamo Graliamites. At tho same timo butter was condemucd. The reformers wero not content to stop hore, but proceeded to wage war on tho uso of popper and salt, This wax Lardly palntable to the majority of the paople, and oven oneof tho Professors who ridiculed these oxtromo viows carried o popper-box fn his pocket, and with great politencss offered it to thoso whosat near him st table. President Fiuney, who wigjded an intiueuce in the com- munity snpetior oven to that of Deechor in Plymouth Church, advocuted all these notions, and was only convinced of the usefnlness of salt by obaerving that cattle required tho article, trom which ho argued that it must bo usoful to man. Sneh was the emaciating effect of this rigid dict that one of the pioncers of tho town who bad wpent & year in Eusopo. declared that he should not kavo recoynized biy osrn wife had ho mot her in the strects of Lon- don. Tho quention of food was not niore vio- lently sgitated thsn that of . DRE. Erersthing In tho way of porsonal ornamentation was slernly condomnod, Jowelrs was an aboin- ination. Of whatueeisit? was tho lovarisble inquiry; aud auvthing which could not eatwsfac- tonally auswer this question was savarely cene sured, At ano time, under the influonco of ons of thoravivals (or which Oberlin {4 famous, tha young Indics mot and burned all tho ombroidery In their possession. Tho houscs corresponded to the diet and apparel. Some of tho studonts” rooms wero in the uppor story of Jog mansions, ‘These aro scarcely moro than spocimens of po- culiar enstoms which obtaiued in Oberlin's early days. Tho list might bo almost indetinitoly cx- tonded wero thore spaco, but we can ouly re- mark that ADECIDED CIANGE lias heen wrangbt in the spirit of the peoplaand college during tho lust thirty years. “Tho wmflux of n class of etudents differcnt from thoeo who h-rmorlf; obtaiuod thoir odacation Lere has al- tored tho aspact of things, and the school ia wnuch moro niodorn in ita tendencies, ‘Iharo i4 still o clase of consorvative citizens known ay *Perfoctionists,” who bawail what they regard 23 aflood of lnlt}nhy coming upon us, sud mourn the departure of thio old times; but theso have no longer tho controlling influence in the com- mumty. 'Tho theology, oveu, is advavcing. The papor read by Prosident Falrchild before the Nas Lot Conmall, itk ita divappeoval of worely emotional roliglon, and its calt fors system that eball meet the demsuds of the lighest intellectuslity of tho sge, has called forth depreca= tory erlticism from tho more rigidly orthadox, lu soems strange to read in the rovinwy printed ia tho Now York Obserter that tho position takon by mz Oberhin Irofeesor roliuquishes *thowo phases of Clmetianity which we have been ac- customod to tiold mout dear.” The papor is but an indication of an onwanl movemont, and’ whilo In viatters of practical reform Oberlin 14 a8 earnest an over, (W iy instanco tho entlu. niasm displayed in the tomperance rovival), utill thio sebool is yiclding somewbat to (ho spirit ot tho ago, Wlllcil domands that bollof should be guided by resson rather than authority, %, e e A 'Terriblo Boheminn, Tho correspondent of the Paris Lenpa st lhe Spanish eeat of war arrived at Buenta Ia Reyun insore nocd of rast, but fouud the houss at whieh L put unfl:enhn full. “Yhe landlady as. sured Lim bo could liave nothing bhut a maitrose to koep his bones from contact with tho-bare floor, Justthon a friend anpeared upon the ecouo fu (o forin of an Alfousian oficer, whe #ays to tho lsudlady: *“‘Take care of whal you do; tho caballoro with the epurred ts and the curious cap s wolther au oficor por the King's coa vor achaplaing ho la not even a Catholic,' **Holy Virgint what do youesy 7" The Captain taok bewilderod laudl saide and whs. pered fu hor ear, * llo is & Cronista pnum-l. ist) a forcign Crouista—that iv, & sort of idolator worsae thau a Jow, If he doos uot get what lie wanty, he geta intos furlous raye, like adu- won, and formy, aud lfilla. aud bowitches the folk.” A quarter of an hour afterward the ecr. respondent was in possession of & capital bed, with pleuty of shioaty 'MJ‘"O"’ sltof which s, *w iy wero~ “doubtles.” Lo ashod Iu hol water aflor I liad left.* il SERSSEEY As an indication of the mdvaucement that scieuco Lo made recontly, it might bostated whes o gentlojnan &t ono of thn city rarkets, the othor day, saw bslf & bushel of white turcirs ran u.nmur;h a cidenvinill, aud balf su Loy thora. sfter noticed the asme articlo, bottlod, an selo, .‘mu ;;bulsd **Pure Grated Horgecadish,"—Jug on m % \