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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-11-25
CT. Batlin. Continent. CT. B

BOanAY sHIPNHNra
by special teegi ans from FIblsy, Muir x Co
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-09-24
THE BROOKLYN SCANDAL.
ANOTHER LIBEL SUIT.
THE GRAPHIC COMPANY SUED FOR 100000 by MISS

THE GRAPHIC COMPANY SUED FOR $4,000 by MISS
~. EDNA DEAN PROCTOR.
The Graphic Company were served yesterday
with q summons and complaint, based upon the s6R-
davIt of Miss Edna Dean Proctor. that she had been
ibeed by the publication OF Mr.. Moniton's second state
ment In that paper. For this she states she was in
jured TO the extont OF 100000 which she prays thu
defendants may be compelled to pay her. together with
the costs Of the suit She states that the charges are
untrue and that, having lifelong reputation for chas-
tty and purity she has injured In the estimation
OF all good and pureminded persons by the publication
The complaint substantially the same "a that In the
suit brought by Der against Mr. Mouiton with the ex-
ceptIon that In the former the defendant Is charged
with writing the article complained Of and In the latter
The Graphic Company Is charged with publishing H.
The complaint was served by Messra Tracy. Cat
lin Brodhead, Miss Proctor's attorneys VINO
we're referred by the defendants 10 their counsel.
b. +. Rice OF No. ISL Broadway, in this city. Ho
promptly the Of the papers, and
offered to furnish any amount OF bonds that might DO
deemed necessary This was deemed unnecessary oy
the plaintiffs counsel who at the expiration OF 20 days
will served with the answer, which, Is understood
will be an admission OF the publication OF the article In
good faith did not make any personal reference 70
Miss Proctor, therefore could not have been puo
shed malciousy. As the parties 10 the suit reside In
different States 1t brought 10 the United States Court
which alone has Jurisdiction. Mr.. Mouton attended 70
his business affairs yesterday as usual, and MT Iton
spent day this city, retnr TO ms nome
f Brooklyn about One OF the ruInors OF tne ny
is that the Rev Henry Ward Beecher has retained
William NJ. Evarts as bis senior counsel IN the Procooo
lngs in which he Is involved IN the c0urs'
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AN IMPORTANT LETTER EXPLAINED.
UNDER WHICH MRS. THroNs LET
TER FROM OHIO WAS WRITTEN
Frcr Az ointanas 0as,It, lEdil0rtGl. - ~.

Frcs, Tn. OindaaaH Gas>> tEditortlD. sept 81.
Those wOndrous rejOinders of M0uliOn and
Tton hicn were throw light all dark places aud
coDsign the pastor OF Plymouth Church 10 everlasting
infamy are now before the public Each has said ms
last say and with what RESULT Moulton has been sued
for damages to the amount OF S0oO0by lady whom no
has 10 ali appearance most shamefuy beed: while Til
ton has only letter that has any new sgnn
cance That letter. written by his wife, shows that "
It's writer was guilty OF anything he too was lar from
being a saint a kind husband. He Is CHARGED Win
cruelty, warned against Indulgence In lu,oAcatlnH
drinks, and exhorted TO repentance. We happen 10
know something the circumstances under ~hlch tho
unhappy woman wrote this AFT citing appeal sue wac
visiting a friend In Marietta, 10 wnom sDe haf
told her wrongs and suferings. anu 10 whom
she had once admitted any eiL1
beyond contrasting that her heart was d.
yided between her pastor and her husband Tbs was
at the time when the defenders or Tton assert That MS
feelings toward his wife of very tender hnd
The letter proves that before this his giraffe courses ana
unpleasant peculiarlties OF disposition had brought
trouble into the family circle. .-.-, -,
With the sympathy and cooperation or her riend sue
wrote the letter AS readers have SEEM has the
eoquence the extravaganza II one chooses 80 70 eau b
winch womany feryOr always gives such COMPOSITIONS
To say the least IL deserved kind reply but when the
answer came it brutal that Mrs. Iton tainted on
reading IT, The husband. far from promising anehi
ment, declared his right to do as he pleased
and his full intention o. exercising the rgnt
Such is the history OF the document which lhe
friend OF Clan aid Woodruff plays as his trump card
We have unmpeachable evidence from Que VINO shared
la its composition. that it not designed to express
might feel for mental dlsioyaity TO one who MADE
no concealment OF his derections. Had lltOn not
been desperate, would nave produced letIer
SO full OF specific charges against himself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-09-24
sfR. BEECHER IN VERMONT.

EXTRACTS FROM HIS ADDRESS TO TIE FARMERS AT
ST. JOHNsBURY on TUEsDAY-HIS VIEWS on EN-
TERPRIsE, IMPROVEMENT, AND SOCIAL ADVANCE
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-01
Read This and Make the Usual ReSo.
luton for New Years Day.

The following article, taken from the
Country Gentleman; SO thrillingly, sets
forth the fearful results Of using tobacco
that the most hardened sinner must re-
pentand hasten to be wise after read.
ingit:
First experiment, a hog was shut up In
q tight pen, and his only food was one
half pound 'ot tobacco q day. In one
week he had lost four pounds. Second, a
mule was placed in q stall without food.
Two plugs OF tobacco were placed before
her twice a day. She grew gradually
restive. On the third day, one plug was
forced down her throat, when che tore the
experimenter's ear with her teeth, shoF-
ing the bad effect tobacco has on ones dis:
position. 1t was then found necessary to
muzzle her so that she could not open her
mouth. At the end Of eight days she
died. Third, dog was nailed up in q
tobacco hogshead. At the end OF
four days he was taken out much
reduced. Fourth, another dog was in
closed in tobacco barrel and rolled
down steep hill. Within two years that
dog went mad Truly these are Satan's
nets could cite plenty more OF such
experiments. We all know that a single
drop Of oil Of tobacco Iplaced on the end
Of a dogs tail willkill a man in a minute.
OF four men lately killed on the Erie Rail.
way three were smokers, and the father
OF the other an inveterste chewer OF tohac.
co. On the bodies OF the two men washed
ashore alter the late storm on Lake Mich.
igan papers Of tobacco were found. In
my own neighborhood a very distressing
accident, by which most estimable lady,
the mother Of seven lonely children, broke
her leg, was occasioned BY o pair Of runa.
way horses running into a fence that
surrounded a fold of tobacco. Miss
Chloe Flatfoot recently died in the
county adjoining mine at the age OF 11S
years. She had bQth chewed and
smoked over 100 years, and as'she had
no disease till the time Of her death, It
Is only fair to suppose that II was tobacco
that killed her. For so long q time was
Satan spreading his nets for her; but
think MIR. K. will agree with me that he
must have her sure now. But why null
tply eXamplesV You know how It Ia
yourself, So, Mr.. Editor, do not go on
helping spread these nets, by showing IN
your paper how to grow large crops ol
tobacco any more. Rather interline the
book'oi Proverbs with the remarks Of our
second Solomon. Only let me add q word
OF caution to that gentleman. Does he
let me ask, use, tea or cofteeg These are
other nets Of Satan as much as tobacco
Does he eat minCe pies and use ssleratus |
More nets. Does he indulge In ice creams
or oysters! Let him beware, lest, when
he least expects, Satan, in scooping in hil
tobacco users, fly away with him era
ham bread without salt Is his only salya-
iNon,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-01
SAN FRANCISCO.

BAN FRANCISCO, December 3l.-The
Chamber Of Commerce this evening re-
ceived the report Of the committee ap,
pointed to consider the question Of the reg.
ulation of railroad fares by legislative
enactments. The committee recommends
the creation Of Board Of Transportation
Commissioners, railroad policy, and the
passage. of acts to prevent extortion and
unjust discrimination by railroad com
panies. The report includes several of the
questions propounded TO Stanford and his
answers thereto, wherein he declares gen.
orally the policy and practices of the Cen.
trail Pacific Railroad Company. The re.
port Is very extensive. Stanford denies
that the Company has made unjust dis
elimination against different towns and
cities on this coast. He denies the right
Of the Legislature to limit the right of the
Company, and deprecates the agitation Of
the subject in or out OF the Legislature.
The action proposed by the committee
will be the subject Of further consider.
alton by the Chamber OF Commerce.
The excitement in mining stocks con-
tlnues to increase. There is general ad.
vance in Nevada stocks.
Heavy rain storms are prevailing here
and throughout the greater portion Of the
State. -t'E....0 80
The smallpox is steadily increasing.
scarlettha is very prevalent and fatal.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-01
THE NEW YEAR.

We never could sec why people should
be made melancholy so often by long lee
lures and sermons on the passage Of time
There Is some excuse perhaps for the
preachers making them feel this way
every once and while, but for editors
who generally need such admonitiouE
quite as much as their readers, to attempt
toSpoil peoples New Year epjoyments by
homilies OF such character seems 10 us
as something very unnecessary. Civilized
people, and especially people who have
brains enough TO be invested with any
high degree oI moral responsibility, are
fully aware Of the passage of time, and in
countless instances take 1t to heart in sec.
rel with sufficient regrets. Why add
tOthe heart aches and pangs olsuch people
on a day like this by .reGOunting the
value ot time as the measure Of their lost
opportunities or as the slender thread
upon which hang all their chances for
the future. People who, can read and
think know as much as all this already,
and great deal more. New Years day
is the day for everybody to be glad and
not sorry. None Of us can help the pass
age Of time; neither, even II we had ever
so much OF it before US, can we help our
fair proportion OF mistakes. Mistakes
naturally beget deep reflection in every
capable mind, and deep reflection goes
hand in hand with regrets, and both OF
them together eliminate vast amount of
chatt from hearts and minds that the
world knows not Of.
1t should be the ain Of everybody to
speak word Of cheer on day like this.
Reflections upon the passage Of time come
to all of US unbidden and often enough
throughout the year without investing
them with special distinctness, and, We
nay add, special nnattractiveness on this
day. 1t has been well said that the years
take from us little that they do not leave
IN equivalent for, so, much SO that II we
were to go back TO those years which we
so often thoughtlessly regret we could not
enjoy them again without taking these
equivalents with us, and the two, like
oil and water, would never mix.
There is philosophy and solace for every
body In such rehection' Therefore, in
the spirit, it not in the exact language, Of
the great Apostle to the Gentiles, we can
say to each Of our readers this morning,
art thou called, being old or young? Care
not for 1t, since each has its equivalent,
and one Is the tair and natural offset of
the other. And therefore again, in the Ian.
gusge Of the wellknown song Of the
college boys, when they close one year
to begin another, "Gaudeamus igitur,"
which being interpreted. means $50 let
US be joyful"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-01
FOREIGN
ENGLAND.

LONDON, Dec. 3l'-A special from Ber
In says there Is panic on the bourse il
that city. -
The loss by the burning Of Llovd',
newspaper is estimated at 100000.
Intelligence has been received thai the
steamer Elba bound from London "a
Hamburg was lost at sea, and 80 OF thoeC
on board perished.
The Portuguese government has order.
co all the vessels arriving from the west.
ern coast Of Africa 10 be quarantined.
This order will prevent the landing Al
Medara Of the invAlids oil the Ashsntee
expedition.
A special from Madrid reports the ait.
Sa1ion in that city serious.
o.aSH moNDS''s y, =. nec. Sl.-The INQUIRY in the
du Hayre and Lochearn' UC..s,oJsd @ sS Iie tn
DAY Evidence given as to the lights uIs. In
played on the two vessels and their posi-.
tions. Counsellor Brutt, on behalf OF he
owners OF the Lochearn, cross examined
tho witnesses, endeavoring to Show thst
something was wrong on board the Vile
du Havre. saw
The seamen Of the Lochearn deposed
that the two French boats came along
slde the English ship before the Vile du
HaVre sunk, and that the Frenchmep
came on board and remained and did moi
assist In rescuing their comrades, One
English sailor declared that he touched
capt surmount, whose clothes were dry.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-01
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO. December 8l.-Flour-oujst
and unchanged; light sales; extra spring
s. 76a6 90. Wheat-Active and nd.
Vanced; No. ! Chicago spring 81 2Oai 2s
spot or January; 81 2l4 February; No. 8 do
81 14t; rejected 81 10. Corn-Fair de-
mand and firm; 535s54c spot or January;
55c February. Coru-New No. 2 mixed
SOC; rejected old 52a59ic; new 481a47IC:
Oats-Fair demand and firm; No. 2, 3Stc
cash; Jenuary 39ic. Rye-Fair demand
and firm; No. 3, 77ia7Sc. Barley-Fair
demand and firm; No. 2 fall 81 4OaI As;
No. 8 spring | 10a1 II. Pork-Qulet;
ga IS spot; $14 765 February; $i6 90
March. Lard-Quiet and weak:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-01

TIE Washington PA Reporter of yes.
1erdsy calls attention To- the fact that
$4,000 Of Hempfeld bonds Issued by
Washington Borough in 1866 mature
next May, and asks the people up there to
come to some conclusion what they in.
tend TO do about providing the means to
pay them. It seems that meeting to
take the matter into consideration was
called week ago, but nobody paid any
attention to 1t beyond half dozen
ttizens, and accordingly the Re.
.,orter stirs them up TO remembrance
Of the fact that their town property such
as their Town Hall, their fire engines
and such like public property, is liable
TO be seized and sold to satisfy their
bonds when due. 1t quotes the occur.
renee over at Martins Ferry the other
day by which the Town Hall was levied
on TO satisfy corporation debt due man
named ROBERT HANSON.
We are afraid that the moral status Of
Washington county, Is on lthe decline,
Judging from the account in the Reporter
ota shooting alEray at Cross Creek village
on Christmas day. A young man named
WILLIAM ], PORTER shot another named
GREEa' M. CAMPBELL, slightly wounding
him In the leg, and in the melee pistols
were drawn by several other parties, all
OF whom had been playing a game Of ball
together, and some ol whom had been
drinking quite freely. This sort of a per.
torrance looks as II the Law. abiding repu.
IStion OF that ancient county, where they
used 10 arrest people for travelling or
SUNDAY, and where they kept the blinds
down in their dwellings on that day, had
suffered radical change. Especially dc
We come 10 this conclusion when we read
IN the same number Of the Reporter, from
Which We learn OF this iracas, sundry
other items that seem to indicate thai
ps'y Is not on the increase among oul
neighbors As for iSlIance an. item an
H'OGeiHS that the house oAMiGllsel slush
ei, u Amwell township, yEs robbed O
Ioar hundred dollars on Friday night last
Aad an other recording the TACT ,ha
While At. James Walker and his iamil,
Serc IRON home attending prayer meet
'ns 'Nme 'csmps broke intp his celia. aut
aTAOk aud eAr5:d Oa the greater pArtof
barrel Of cider and Still another anuoanc
'ns that Gh9Fss and saddle belonging t
the County, Treasurer, were stolen iron
rs stGblC. 1 few nights ago.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-01
The Calm After the storm.

The Cincinnati Gazette of yesterday has
an interesting letter from New York
reviewing the effects Of the panic in Ger
tain quarters Qrom which we take an
extract about Commodore VANDERBuT
in another column, and which closes up
by remarking that never has 30 great q
crisis been so speedily and satisfactorily
passed. In regard to the Dry Goods
trade 1t makes the following interesting
remarks:
One thing that has surprised everybody
Is the 6rmness displayed by the dry goods
trade. After the bankers had had their
turn, the dry goods merchants were ex-
pected to tumble, and tumble very badly
withal. They did nothing Of the sort. A
few firms suspended, but most Of those
have since resumed, and the general con-
dition Of the trade ia reported strong and
healthy. The two great houses, A. T.
Stewart & 90. and q. 3. ClaflIn s Co.,
had sagacity enough to meet the storm in
the best nautical fashion. The former,
making 1t q rule to buy for cash, were
well prepared for crisis, Stewart, having
been abroad when the panic began, pur.
chased very largely at very low rates, and
promptly shipped the goods TO this port;
Seeing the inevitable decline, he marked
down his wares, and sold immensely with
a small margin on the whole, thus conf
verting disaster into profit. Claflln s. Co.
had good deal of paper out; but their
creditors, having complete confidence In
them, gave them an extension, and they
too sold largely for cash, avoiding losses
by their discretion, and strengthening
their reputation by commercial wisdom,
The smaller houses followed the example
OF the leaders, and nearly all passed
through the trouble with safety, and
added prestige. For some time the
banks have been in position to aid them,
and the difficulty has been satisfactorily
tided over. .
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-01
Did Commodore vanderbilt Lose OF
Make by the Panic2
From Now York Letter In the Cincinnati
Gazette Of yesterday.

From New York Letter in the Cincinnati
Gazette Of yesterdayl
A conspicuous victim, in popular ap.
prehension, Of the recent dollarous revo-
luton (you may make lt'"dolorous," If
you like has been Cornelius Vanderbilt,
from whose estate the newspapers have
subtracted from $5, ,O0O, 900 to $iO 900 600.
The difference between the quotations of
his stocks-New York Central, western
Union and others-on the first days Of
September and Of October would easily
loot up that amount. But does anybody
imagine that the venerable reypard dis.
posed OF any Of his property OF the great
decline? Has he so marvelously managed
schemed, contrived for half o century
forsooth, to be caught at last IN
so shallow trap. Verify, not he,
On the contrary, he has kept all he had
and purchased more while the marke
was down. He Is carrying a vast deal
now; but he has marked out his program
me, and within few months, he viii turr
what was the general harm 10 his individ
ual benefit. Vanderbilt Is still worth
all ot $4,000, 900, and will doubtless In
crease the sum by 100000 before th(
ist Of the coming June. The panic
frightened him 9 little, for the marke
SWent beyond his control-something hi
was uRaccustomed to-proYlng, 10 hi
surprise, that he can not always play thl
financial Jupiter. The crisis will avail
him IN teaching him prudence, which l
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-01
VIVA. Is 10 Come this Year,

The years have been signalized by re.
msrksble events since we entered the
present decade. In 1870 we had the great
Franco. .Prussian war, in 1871 the Chicago
FIRE, in 1872 the Boston FIRE, and in the
year that has just closed a great psnlc
What great event Is In store for this
country, or some other part of the
world, during 1874, Is not even dimly iudl.
Gated on this first day Of the year. Soon.
log events cast their shadows before"
Perhaps the event, whatever 1t Is 10 be,
Is so far ahead that 1t does not yet cast its
shadow 1t was so in the other years we
have alluded to. The war did not break
out in Europe until midsummer; the
Chicago FIRE did not occur until October /;
nor the Boston fire until November, nor
the panic until the middle Of September
Ia
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700 NorthWaateIn.
New York Marker.

New YORK, Dec. 81.-Cottou-ouiet
and irregular; middling uplands i8lc,
Flour-Quiet and unchanged. Wheat
Less doing and scarcely so firm: white
western 81 7Oa1 90. Rye-Quiet. Barley
Scarce and firm. Corn - Opened 4
shade tirmer and closed dull; western
mixed in store sS1a84c; afloat S4IaS5c
Oats-Firmer and fairly active; mixed
western 59fa6lc; white western ela69c.
Cofee-Steady. Sugar-Quiet and firm.
Eggs - Steady. Wool Dull; domestic
fleece 42a5Oc; unwashed 15A17cI pulled 81
a60c. Butter and Cheese-Unchanged.
Whisky-Dull and wer; 0sc,
METALs.-BIanuEactured copper steady.
1ngot Lake quiet at $25 00a26 90. Pie
ron-Dull; Scotch sac 0Oa47 90; Amer
ican $40 00a37 90. Bar-Quiet. Russian
Sheet - Steady at $l7 0Osl7 so gold,
Nails-Dull.
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HAVANA.
INTERROGATION ORDERED As TO TIE DIS.
APPEARANCE OF A TRIBUNE CoRREs-
PhNHENT

INVESTIGATION ORDERED As TO THE Dis
APPEARANCE OF A TRIBUNE coRRRs-
PoN1RNT. .s..
HAVANA, Dec. 30.-Captain Genera
Jovellar has ordered q strict inquiry intc
the circumstances connected with the dis.
appearance of Ralph Keeler, a Tribune
correspondent.
COMMENT OF HAVANA JOURNALS ON THE
SINKING OF THE vIRoMrus.
HAVANA, Dec. 3l.-The Hoce and Dia.
RIO are bitter in their comments on the
sinking OF the Virginius, and release Of
the prisoners. They charge the Govern.
ment with the sinking Of the Virginius in
order not to be compelled to deliver her
up to Spain, and as guilty of perjury in
releasing the survivors. The former pa
per says for the great wrongs Of the
Spanish nation terrible atonements are
reserved and their hour will come"
In an interview with Captain General
Jovellsr, the latter stated that the news
papers gave their own opinions. The
government neither inspires nor Is re-
sponsible for articles they print. The
government acts independently and ac-
cording to circumstances. It doesn't
follow because articles pass the censure of
the preas that they reflect the opinions of
the government, which deniOS having sr1u
them.
HONG KONG DISPATCHES
Advise dealers here that the Portuguese
government has prohibited the traffic in
American shipment Of Chinese from
MRico.