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The New York herald., 1874-07-26
Those Telltale Letters.

Is Mr.. Beecher guilty And to settle this CUES.
tion most persons will only ask are the letters
purporting to be written by Mir. Beecher and Mrs.
Tilton, as published in TIltons sworn statement
genuine II they are genulne-were written By
tnem-nO subsequent explanation or devices or
denials can cnange the conclusion to which they
unerringly point.
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
Keeping UP a Bold Front,

lFrOm the Louisville COurlcr-JOurnaLI
Mr.. Beecher's friends appear to be trying to
keep up bold 'front.' and they will do the best
they can for him. Mr. Titon talks strangely, If he
is correctly reported, and the end is not yet. Mr.
Beechers statement, given TINS morning, Is in
keeping with the mysterious manner III which he
and his friends have heretofore treated the charges
against nim
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
THE PRESS ON THE DEFENCE.

Too Many Admissions from Mrs. Tilton.
From the Wheeling Intelligencerl
The lady's reply to her husband Will be read
with general interest this morning. 1t Is not
likely, however, to be considered a reutation of
his statement. Unfortunately she has to make
too many admissions. Pleas OF confession nd
avoidance DO better in courts OF law than In the
court OF public Judgment.
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
Amdavits Are Wanted
From the Newark Journal.

lFrom the Newark JOurnal,I
II Is painful 10 have to say it, but we do net
think Mrs. Tlton's statement has bettered the
case as 1t stands, for either herself or Mr. Beecher.
simple afndavit OF q few dozen lines con aiming
iew particles Of evidence would have been WORTH
uozen such statements Why did she not pre-
pare such an instruments She had two days to
'hinA over the matter and hosts OF advisers.
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
Let MoultOn speak.

There Is yet important evidence TO be neaEd.
Mr.. Beecher promises iuler statement. But the
one whose words are now looked lor with most
anxiety - Mr.. Francis ID. Moulton. lf he confirms
Mr.. iilton's AFFIDAVIT, and II Is apprenended NJ
VIII. Mt. Beeches Is s.icuced.
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
MIR. Beecher's Henchman.

lKT"Hf tu0
What surprises us most In this matter is this -
Mr.. Beecher be so guilty as Mr.. Tilton believes
why should Mr. Beecher permit, we may say, his
henchman and his own newspaper to be cOntinu-
ally harrying MIR. Flit0n, ana thereby forcing him
INTO puDlc revelations which be mantlestly did
not desire to make
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
There Is No Ha ste.
IRON the Worcester Gaze tie. I

The time Tor declaring Mr. Beecher's entire 40
qulttal seems to not yet to have arrived. There
is no haste; the truth Will come out in the end,
and MT. Beecher's character will shine thrice
more brightly than ever before Il the SANDER can
Ue proved against his accuser We snail rejoice
all men worthy the name will rejOiCe-il such shall
prove the result
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
This Blasphemous Man.

From the Montgomery tAia.) News.J
The telegraph brings the news OF the fact Of Til
ton having at last published, openly and specid-
cay, his charges OF crime against Henry Ward
Beecher. We Will hereafter give particulars. 1t
Is tue deserved do0m OF this blasphemOus man.
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
In Charity Hear Beecher.

From the Burlington Qowa) Hawkeye.
On the other hand we must remember that Mr..
Beecher has not yet been heard. We must suspend
Judgment until the evidence on both sides OF the
matter Is all In And while Tllton's clear, circum-
Staniia, logical statement seems scarcely 10 leave
any possibility OF contradiction disprOOf in
charity we must hear Mr.. Beecher before we con.
demn him.
The New York herald., 1874-07-26

Ttlton's charges ana after they have been re-
ceved by the committee all Of them viii be given
TO the puolio Until the evidence is all In 1t Will,
OF course, be impossible to render verdict, bue
Mr.. Beecher has already expressed himself In such
manner as to lead to the anticipation OF an ac-
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
ssHe Ought To BE Tied to the Tail OF a


From the Norfolk Landmarkl.
We shall not attempt, with the present lights
before us, to discuss the question OF the guilt
nOcence OF those implicated in Mr.. Tlltons
aDominable story, but wait the finding OF the COM
mittee, or the reply OF the accused. And now, one
word about TitOn. Whether the accused are
guilty or innocent, he ought to be tied to the tail
OF q cart and iashed from the Battery to the Park
In open day, and then branded, as the basest OF
his kind, with red hot iron.
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
The Assa uIt Met Promptly.
fFrom the Ba

VT0W 1Hc bdHRUr WHIB HHu CUUTICT.T
Mr. Beecher has spoken, and his utterance Is an
absolute and unequivocai denial of the charges
preferred He has met the assault promptly, as
his friends and the friends OF morality hoped he
OF THtons accusations declares hls purpose TO re-
fute In detail the whole m0nstr0us indictment
AGAINST HIM.
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
The AcguittaI ed.

tFrom the Newark Couricrl
Mr.. Beecher. Mrs. Tllton and Mr. Moulton are all
30 present statements to the committee. The two
first named viii cover every SPECIFICATION ia Mr.
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
An Explicit Denial.

lFrom the New London Telegram.|
MIS- Ihton's statement follows ciose upon that
Oh Mr. Beecher, and Is an explicit denial OF all the
charges preferred against her by her husband. II
the statement De true Theodore Titon is o man
utterly lost to all sense OF honor and decency and
devoid or anything that resembles principle.
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
UnmIstaknble Language.
From the Washington Chronicle.

The Rev. Henry Ward Beechcr has made q
sweeping denial of the charges made by Theodore
TtOn In his statement. lie procaims his own
innocence and that OF Mrs. Tiiton In unm,staKabIe
language, though not dealing IN detail with tho
specific charges made by Mr. IltOn.
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
Beecher Has Not shown Alacrity i'm
Clearing His Character.
fFrom the st. Louis Globe.l

From the st. Louis Globel
Mr.. Beecher has not shown any alscrity in clear
ing mis- character but he has shown that he felt 1t
necessary to say something, and, by defending
himself as nadequately as lie has done, he mas left
room for the inference that he did not attempt a
compete defence because 1T was hopeless. Whlle
MI Dcecher assumed an ATTITUDE o. lofty lndltier.
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
II Not True TiltOn the Vilest Wretch
Unhanged.

FROM the Atlanta UOnstitutlOn.l
Titons vague threats have al last been exc
cuted. II his revelations be true then Is the crime
of Beecher most shocking one. If not true Til
ton ls the vilest wretch unhanged And here we
warn our reauers tnat the headings OF the de-
spatches give iull notice OF the contents, which
they can read or not, as they see proper.
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
A Striking Reason.

From the Louisville Courer-Journa]
correspondent asks, "Why don't you pitch
into Henry Ward BeecherY" Because, .when the
Almighty lays His hand upon we take ours
off,
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
Is Beecher the Fell Necrom ancer
from the St. Paul Press. |

Is Beecher the fell necromancer who has spread
this a haze OF moral insensiDility over the par
ties 70 the plot, or Is Tton the enehanter who has
conjured these mad phant0ms from the dreams OF
Q disordered brainS We shall soon see.
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
Beecher May Preserve His influence


From the Savannah Advertiser.l
Only Beecher could have 80 far withstood
triumphantly the pressure brought to bear within
the last year; but, unless his congregation Is a
body OF ultra fanatics, there can be no successful
resistance his part hereafter II Tiltons charges
are iDdeliDly fixed Dy proof. he may preserve his
influence within the portals of Plymouth church; I;
but his name Will become the property OF the
world at large, as the synonyme OF hypocrisy and
cruel, eowardy RIGHTEOUSNESS.
The New York herald., 1874-07-26
"I4apsc of Memory"
From the Chicago TribuneJ

ITIUUUe.J
1t Will be strange indeed IL this Beecher scandal
is ended without the discovery of some astonisfl-
ing apses Of memory by the principal actors. The
upshot of 1t all will probably be to prove that
somebody. like one OF Byron's trail and famous
herOineS
forgot
Just at the moment she lheI should not
Great men and women have forgotten before
Beecher or Tilton. There's the Cfedlt MoOIier
congressman. Reflect what powerful faculty OF
forgetluness one OF chem posse sessed.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-16
TOBACCO.

Market active for ali grades, thoughthere
was no notable advance. Sales at the
Cumberland warehouse for the week end
ing to-day Of 1874 hhds. as follows:
10 hhds. Cumberland county, KY, good
to low leaf, 1915, S.25. SEQ, 100, 7.75,
TO, 7.G0, f.25, $50, f,60, 100, f.25, 100.
6.75,. TO, $50, $50, Clio, 500, 500. $40.
5 hhds. Russell county, KY, medium to
low leaf, S7.10, 100, 100, TOO. $50,
bids. Marion county, Ny, medium TO
low leaf, $s.25, $50, 40, $50, TO, 100,
100, 6.10.
I hhds. Clay county, Tenn, good to low
leaf, SS.75, 500, TO, TO, $50, 600,
$50.
Is hhds. Jackson county, Tenn. good TO
low Leaf, S9.10, SIS, $50, 100, 100, us,
7.75, 80, $50, 40, 40, $50, $50,
$40, 500.
hhds. Crittenden county, KY, good to
low lead, SS.25, $50, 40, $50, 7.1O0, 100,
100, 6.10.
hhds. Smith county, Tenn, medium
leaf, $I.20. 100, 100, 8.A5, $50, 100,
5 hhds. Trousdale county, Tenn, fuedi-
um to low leaf, $3.50, 7.75, $50, 100, SIG.
hhds. Sumner county, Tenn, $3.50,
40, $50, $50, $50.
bids. Robertson county, Tenn, medi-
um and common, $500, $50, $50, 7.25,
$40, $50.
hhds. Obion county, Tenn, medium
and pow leaf, S7.60, $50, 7.25, 7.40, $50
go, 500, $50.
hhds. weakley County, Tenn, medium
leaf, $3.50, 40, 100, 100.
5 hhds. Overton county, Tenn, medium
1 and low leaf, $50, 7.40fT.OO, $50, $50.
81 hhds lugs from $500 to $500.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-16
An AMERICAS CARDINAL
New York Herald.

The Cincinnati Commercial takes up
the argument adduced in these columns
in favor of bestowing Cardinals hat
upon an American prelate as a compi-
ment to the Catholic Church, and sug-
gests that the honor be conferred on
Archbishop Purcell, not only on ac-
count of his qualifications, but of his
seniority. IF we are not mistaken, }"
says the Commercial, "he IS now the
Oldest Bishop in the Church, certainly
the Oldest IN America; and his steadfast
support of the most extreme ultramon-
tame views entities him to as much Of
the confidence of the Pope as is given
to any of the prelates." We have no
doubt Archbishop Purcell would do
honor to the Church as Cardinal, for
he has certainly honored it as an Arch
bishop. But our concern is not with
men. We do not care especially what
prelate receives this honor, so long as
America is unworthy to have a repre-
sentative in the Sacred College. II His
Holiness could appoint young man of
forty TO be Cardinal, merely because he
was cousin of the Emperor Napoleon,
why not confer the honor upon some of
the venerable prelates who adorn the
Church by their piety and virtues?
America is one of the great Powers of
the World. The Catholic Church en-
joys here unusual prosperity and free
DOM Why is it, then, that this dig
nifty is not conferred upon an American
prelate:
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-16
DOWN SOUTH.

Port Royal, S. c., had a very damaging
frost on the night of the 29th Of April.
mine turkey goblers" is the song of an
Albanian who has diminished the wild
gangs Of his hunting ground to that num-
Der.
On the night Of the 18th inst, Milledee-
vile had S100, 900 conflagration. About
ten business houses, built of wood, were
destroyed.
A Thomas county correspondent Of the
Savannah NelrS writes; "We have had
some of the hardest rains, with winds, for
the last two weeks ever seen in this or any
country" Let him stake his money.
Selma, Ala, had a splendid regatta on
the 18th. Five boats were entered and the
race was fascination to the Selma people
who are as completely engrOssed with that
amusementas the Spanish ever we're with the
bull fight.
\ Southern scribbler who has no regard
for the physical comfort of his fellow
creatures, speaks of ''lovely spring EXCEPT
for the cool wcatherof the past two weeks. !"
Cool weather in these parts would be the
loyeliest thing within the scope of prayer.
The Alabama editors are all drawing TO
a focus to receive the New York editors.
II will be a matter of universal felicitatiUn
if the press of the country will keepsilence
about "bloody chasm," forgiveness, .
'charity," tears and all that sort of thing.
Somebody in Chatham county has issued
bull stating that he has forty acres of cot
ton averaging fifteen inches in height. An
idiOcratic fellow-citizen of his, remember
ing the freeze of the two last nights OF
april, wants to know where that cotton
patch is situated, and evinces no hesitation
10 bet wild turkey or an opossum that it
don't exist.
The Savannah Nelcs with something
like perception of the eternal fitness Of
things, asks: ''Isn't 1t about time for Joe
Brown to come GU, and say something
about the part lie took in running the Con.
| federacy-as for instance, the statesman
| like manner in which he stuffed the peck.
cts of army oyercoats intended for the
Georgia troops full of eloquent argument:
against CONSUMPTION and the like? jos
could write a good deal of unwritten his
| tory"
Sam. Bard, who recently got possession
/ of the Atlanta Post-office, publishes a card,
| in which the following ludicrous observa
tiOns occur: cannot be induced by any ap-
| peals from creditors, or from those who
| daily solicit contributions, to overdraw my
salary or to appropriate in any way money
which | may not legally and legitimately
use. He who would appropriate public
| funds 10 his own private use, is, il
my opinion, utterly unworthy the conf
dence of our noble Government or of the
| people.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-16
fRSsEssER NEWS.

Murfreesboro has hire saloons.
Ecnis squirrels are plentiful in Bedford
county.
The wheat in Bedford county is very
Wheat looks well and prcinisihg III Mon
roe. eeuns- = ~
4 mad dog was killed near Bellbuekle
in Bedford county few days ago.
Gen. Burnside writes that he expects to
visit Knoxville on the 4th of July.
A Knoxville dentist pulled fourteen teeth
out of one lady's mouth on the 18Th inst.
The Stdbzttiie Commercial reports the
merchants of that town enjoying brisk
trade.
4 considerable amount OF Hour is being
shipped from Shelbyville to the Southern
markets. q Efs-s
Wheat looks well in Blount county, but
the farmers are very backward with their
corn crop.
There are twenty-seven Oranges in Ruth
eTford county with an average membership
of forty
The wheat in Rcane county looks re-
markably well, and was but little injured
BY the late rains and overflow.
The members OF the Christian Church at
Lebanon propose erecting a new church
building at probable cost of 5000. The
foundation has already been laid.
Col. w. Y. KercheEal, of Fayetteville,
and Col. w. p. Tolley, Of Lynshburg, are
candidates for Congress in the Fifth dis
ttict.
The friends of w. III. Wisener, Of Shell
byville, have forwarded request to the
President recommending his appointment
as successor Of Judge Milligan.
A negro named Pryor Harms, while ats
tempting to rob country wagon in liy-
cry stable in Knoxville, on the morning of
the 18th inst, was shot and badly
wounded.
The Mudreesboro Nelrs states that all
the candidates selected at the primary cleo
ton for county Offices I'm Rutherford, with
the exception of two, are one legged. This
will not hinder them from running well in
August.
The MtrfreesbOro NescS states that a
milk and cider branch of the Grangers' So
ciety is to be established for the benefit of
those farmers who cultivate garden with
hired labor in the city, aud desire to run
for the Legislature as the farmers friend.
The KROIUdle Press and Herald says:
Mr.. Jos. Thompson, of Rogersville, sold a
ten months heifer calf to a butcher, few
dsys ago, that made $40 pounds of net beef.
The calf was of the common stock of the
country, aud had been well taken care of
and highly fed.
Superintendent German, OF Rutherford
county, expresses the opinion that the pas
sage of the civil rights bill with the mixed
school feature in it, will be the death OF
the free school system in Tennessee. And
a member of the County Court informs
the MtuJreeSbOr0 NelcS that in the event
the civil rights bill is passed by Congress,
with the school clause in il, that the court
will not levy three mills on the million
dollars for school purposes hereafter.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-16
PRESIDENTIAL SNGBBERY.
The New Style of Cards Issued from
MT. Grants Residence.
Chicago Times

Mr.. Grant has daughter who is go
ing to get married, on the slst inst, to
an EngGshman of the name of Sartoris
Cards Of invitation to the performance
have been issued, in the following
words:
The President and Mrs. Grant re-
quest the pleasure of your company at
the marriage of their daughter, at the
executive mansion, on Thursday, May
81, at IL O'Clock A. NJ.
1t is to be hoped that the style of
this invitation to wedding guests will
not be regarded as precedent which
all our public servants will feel them
selves authorized to follow when their
daughters get married. If it should
be, we shall speedily have two separate
and distinct fashions of the thing-one
for the office-holding caste, and one for
the Notwithstanding caste. The
former, following the analogy of the
official invitation "by the President"
IN Miss Grants case, will run this
wise: "The treasurer and Mrs. Smith
invite you to the wedding of their
daughter" 'The sheriff and Mrs.
Jones will be happy to see
you at their daughters we'd
ding" "Ihe constable and Mrs.
O'Flaheriy request the pleasure of
your presence at their daughters mar
riage;" and so on through the whole
range Of ofice-holders.
Seriously. the official style of this in
vitation to the wedding of Mr. and Mrs.
Grants daughter is in extremely bad
taste. 1t reads like an official procla-
nation from the public functionary,
called President; whereas in fact it is
a matter having no possible or con-
ceivsble relation to ''the President; "
it is simply private note from the
citizen, Mr.. Grant, and his wife, invi-
ting theperson addressed to attend the
wedding of a young lady not known as
Miss President Grant, butas Miss Grant,
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Grant
''The President" is creation of law,
nothing more. Until some one shall
discover and point out how a written
statute or constitution can be made to
produce offspring, the Presidential
Office can have attached to it neither
daughters or sons. 1t is one of the
merits of our political system that the
election of Smith or Jones or Grant to
the Office of President, does not trans
form Smith or Jones or Grant from a
citizen to sovereign, but leaves them
for unofficial purposes as they were,
plain Mr.. Smith, Mr.. Jones, and Mr.
Grant; and their daughters, instead OF
becoming the daughters of rulers. re-
main still the daughters of simple
American citizens, whose good names,
and not the offices they hold, are their
true badge of honor.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-16
mo. e,Sss-l
SHERIEES SIZE.

DY VIRTUE OE A WRIT OF VEND. sEx-
ID to me directed. and delivered from the Hon
Orable Chaneery Court of Davidson county. Tenn
at its April Term, 1874, / viii expose TO
public sale, 20 the highest bidder. for cash, at
the Courthouse door, in the city of NaShyilie. ON
Saturday, the sd day Of May, 1874, the fol-
lowing described real estate, tO-wit: piece or
parcel Of land situated in the city Of Nashville,
Davidson county, Tenn, beginning at the south
west cOraer OF Tho Walkers lot on South Mar
ket street, said Walkers lot being on the south
side of Mallory street; thence from said Wal
kcr's corner along the east line OF arket street
sOuthwardly 100 feet 70 a stake; thence east
wardIv ls5 feet, more or less, TO an alley half
way between Market and Maple streets, thence
1orthwardly along said alley 100 feet 10 the
southeast corner OF said walkers LOT; thence
along hi south line is5 feet more less, 70 The
beginning. being the same lot conveyed to ID.
Z. Wlkin by " P. Corbitt by deed OF record in
book As. page 124. X. O. ID. G. Also another lot
situated in said city, beginning at point or the
east line OF South Market street f00 feet south
OF the southwest corner OF Tho. Walkers lot
running thence southwardly along the line OF
Market street 100 feet TO a stake; thence at right
angles eastwardly 1e5 feet, more or less, to an
alley; thence along the line OF said alley north
wartily 100 feet Ia stone; thence westUardly
is5 feet, more or less, to the beginning, being
the same lot conveyed by y. p. C0rbitt toni. b.
Howell BY deed or record in book 4s, page 22S,
r. o. D. C., levied on as the property Of n. p.
in favor OF David Hughes for S7,g96 efl0o, be-
sides interest and costs
Dated this 18th day Of April, 1S74-
r. ID. WHITWORTH, Sheriff.
By T. NJ WOODALL, Deputy.
anT0 p,vQe-fS
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-16
CROP PROSPECTS AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
New York Bullet

The reports from Austria are not so
favorable to the crops, and only the
most propitious weather can preserve
certain districts from partial failure.
The crisis from which Austria still suf-
fers so severely would have been check
ed in great measure if che crops last
year had been good. Should second
poor harvest follow this year, it will be
difficult to over estimate the disaster
which must ensue. Abundant crops
here, in conjunction with the active
demand from Europe for our varied
products, have played a more impor-
tant part than is generally supposed
in rebutting the effect of last years
panic upon the commercial system of
the country. With exceptionally good
prospects for the crops here and an av-
erage demand from Europe for our sur
plus, there is no reason why our indus
tries should not rapidly recover. If
European countries are still IN the
slough of despond, some Of them have
good reasons for it.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-16

which, if cotton or iron, would betaken
for one dollar. Here Is more room for
progress and reform.
The time ia near BY when; rs one
may nov order a newspaper ffoin New
York at no great expense for transror-
tatioa, so ne may command fresh and
pure tea from China or Japan, through
an agent of the National Grange, there
direct from the predpce.s obtain his
coffee land siAgaf, If need be, from
Brazil q; the same way; and all goods
Hom England and Europe, without the
intervention of any merchant. Indus
trial cooperation is not myth, nor q
waking dream, but living and most
fruitful germ. Neither free trade nor
free discussion can be turned back by
any political or money power. All spe-
uial privileges or monopolies are to be
weighed in an even balance, to de-
terInine how much the art of producing
nothing and consuming much, is worth
to the countay.
Planters and farmers have generally
worked hard, lived plainly and often
grown poor under this Unequal and I'M
Just arrangement; and it is natural and
unavoidable that they should dislike
it. The Grange movement condemns
a defective system which operates bad
ly; not merchants as class of citizens,
Let every adult fairly produce as much
as every one consumes, and it will
double the compensation that falls TO
the lot of ali labor, whether OF mans
brain or his muscle. Adopt a scheme
like a lottery that keeps half of the
hands unproductive that should be
creating wealth, not gathering it where
others have sown, and, sooner or later,
the working producers VIII become the
slaves of accumulated and Unsuitable
capital. AVIATOR.