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the negotiations, correspondence and
actions, which are woven into Tilton's
statement and there made to appear as
confirmation Of guilt which
Beccher did not until very lately even
know he was accused of.
From the whole story it appears that
Mr.. Beecher, believing that he had un-
consciously and without intention won
Mrs. Tilton' love and so caused all of
Tilton's family troubless, and that he
had by Misrepresentation Of
Tilton's character, caused his loss
of the profitable place he
held in Bowen's employ-was earnestly
desirous Of doing all he could to restore
him to happiness and prosperity. In
this Moulton was his sole contidant and
adviser. His rnmorseful expressions,
quoted by Tilton, had no further mean
ing than this. His long silence had no
other purpose than this, save to avoid
opening scandal which was likely to
draw other scandals to it. for Mr..
Beecher is not the only one whom Til
ton has accused of criminal intimacy
with his wife. More than this Mr..
beecher solennly and repeatedly de-
| MES.
He is yet in doubt whether Mr..
Moulton played him false or not, but
he challenges the production of all
evidence Moulton may hold, and COM
plains of the latter's withholding the
letters and papers in his possession.
Here the affair seems to rest, and un-
less Mr.. Moulton responds to Mr..
Beecher's challenge or Tilton, as he
still intimates he will, carries the affair
into the courts, Mr.. Beccher is, at the
least, entitled to popular verdict Of
mot proven and will likely he gener-
ally sympathized with as one, generous.
sympathetic and afectionate, who has
been greatly imposed upon and abused
for many years, and who has been most
terribly slandered.
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The States of Kentucky and Tennes-
see have just been carried by immense
majorities by the Democrats and Con-
servatives. The struggle has been a
very bitter one, and may possibly have
inaugurated the long talked of war of
races, for under whatever names the
contendins parties may have entered
the field they were really a White
Mans party and Black Mans party.
The former left the field overwhelming
ly victorious. What will be the issue
Of this warfare between the races, God
only knows. At present the prospect
is exceedingly foreboding. Riots have
occurred at various places in Mississ-
ippi and it seems now as if the issue be-
tween the whites and blacks was about
to absorb all other questions in the
South. To say the least, this is a very
dangerous situation, and liable to result
in riot and bloodshed at almost any
time or place. May the God of nations
spare the poor South another deluge OF
blood, and may the bright bow of prom.
lse and peace soon arise in. the now
hackening and foreboding sky.
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Tilton or MoSlton or both together will
speak tomorrow, but their Immediate
friends doubt it.
MIR. Beecher is on his farm near
Peekskill, Mr.. Tilton is at home. Mr..
Moulton is Buffers guest at Gloucester.
Mass, and Mrs. Tilton in some bscur;-
ty known only to Mr.. Ovington.
BOWEN SAILS.
On the list Of passengers for Europe
by the Brittiania on Saturday. apperrs
the name Henry c. Bowen, Of the IN
dependent.
Mr.. Tilton says be will have another
statement to make, but after Moulton
speaks. If Mr.. Moulton speaks it will
probably be to tell the whole truth and
nothing but the truth, which is said to
embrace the
BOWEN FEATURE OF THE SCANDAL,
and the papers which are in his possess
sion. The investigating committee
seems to have sunk out of sight and but
little Importance is attached to the re-
port they may make.
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servat!cn that nothing tends SO strongly
to change and confusion in the laws as
the system of electing legislators so
frequently as we do. We do
not expect any reformation in this mat
ter until We elect for longer terms.
Senators arc elected for two years and
Representatives for one year. A ses-
sion Of the Legislature lasts thirty
days. A man must be far more than
mortal if he can do much more t han
get familiar with the mere routine of
legislative duties in that time. It is Ut
terly impossible for him, in that short
time, to find out wha: has been done
by preceding Legislatures, or what the
actual condition Of the statute law is.
How, then, is he capable Of changing,
amending or repeating that of which he
knows nothing about? If he was elect
ed for four or five years, he could so ia.
miiarize himself with the law that he
would know just wherein it was defect
i've and what remedy was required.
He would know what he was about
when he voted to change, amend or re-
peal law. He would also get over the
notion that he was sent to the Legisla-
ture for the purpose of tearing every.
thing to pieces, and to play smash gen.
orally.
Besides this man would study up
and try to post himself on the duties
of his Office if he was elected for term
of years, but he thinks it hardly worth
his while making any great effort TO
qualify himself for term of thirty
days. 1t is generally thought ncces.
sary for man to spend years in fitting
himself for any trade or profession.
But for the high and grave duties Of a
law maker he is supposed to come per-
fectly finished and qualified from the
hand Of nature. What folly!
We constantly hear men denouncing
VAC Ia ", UCCtAOSC VI ltS Dlll1uucSS anu
obscurity, its twists, and it's quirks,
and its technicalities. The only won
der is that it is not thousand times
worse than it is, when we consider the
way in which it is made.
Let us act like reasonable beings in
this matter. Let us not only see that
we elect goo,t men, but give them an
opportunity of making good laws and
rendering good service by keeping them
long enough to give them some expert
ence. If we elect man for number
Of years We shall be more particular
about who we elect, and we shan't send
every Tom, Dick and Harry who con.
siders himself born to give laws to the
world.
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the DEGENERATION SCANDAL,
Mr.. Beecher's Statement Of Its ORR
gin and History.

Henry Ward Beecher appeared be-
fore the Plymouth Church committee
Wednesday last and submitted his
statement; in making which he was as
sisted by notes he had beforehand pre-
pared. A part Of his statement and
cross-examination appears to have been
suppressed by the committee, on ac-
count of its having included other mat
ters and involved other persons besides
those known to the public in connec-
ton with the scandal, but what is pub
lished forms connected story yet is
so long that We are compelled to pre-
sent it in condensed form.
Theodore Tilton, Mr.. Beecher says
first became known to him as report
er of his sermons. Tilton was then q
youth, just from school. Subsequent
ly, when Beecher became editor Of the
Independent, in 1851, Tilton was his
assistant and Beecher became much at
tached to and intimate with him, and,
through much urging, became a fre-
quent and familiar visitor at the home
Of Tilton. In 1853 Beecher aided to
make Tilton editor Of the Independent,
and their very friendly relations con-
tinued unchanged till 1866, when Tilton
assailed Beecher's position as taken in
his Cleveland letter, after which their
political sympathies were sundered,
but their personal and social
relations were scarcely disturbed. AS
late as 1859, at Tilton's request, Mr..
Beecher sat to Page for his portrait for
Tilton and it was at Pages
studio MIR. Beecher first met
Frank D. Moulton. During his three
years intimacy in Tilton's family Mr..
Beecher was treated there as father or
elder brother. The children loved him
and he them and for Mrs. Tilton he had
true and honest regard. She seemed
to him an affectionate mother and de.
voted wife-a woman of child-like ma
ture whose affection for him was like
that other little girl.
His last interview (before the trouble
broke out) with Mrs. Tilton was in
July, 1870. Neither at this nor any
other interview, he solemnly declares,
did anything occur which might not
with propriety have occurred between
brother and sister or father and child.
Nor did she give him hint even that
there was any trouble between her and
her husband on his account.
In December, 1870, a young girl
adopted by Mrs. Tilton, came to Mr..
Beechcr from Mrs. Tilton asking him to
call on her at her mothers. The girl
said Mrs. Tilton had left her husband
because of his ill-treatment of her, and
went on to describe it. In the course
Of her narrative she told of Tilton's
having visited ker >(the girl's) chambe,
at night. The result Of this interview,
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ONE Of the most unm;tigated evils of
the day is the practice Of continually
changing the laws. What we make
this year We unmake next year. We
scarcely learn Of the existence of law
before it is amended, changed or en-
tirely repealed. Like the Irishman's
flea, if you attempt to put your finger
upon it, you will generally strike where
it recently was. The average legisla-
tor conceives it to be his duty to tear
everything to pieces that has been done,
and to reconstruct according to his pri-
vatc notions. He starts for the Capt.
tol with blood in his eye and destruc-
ton in his heart. Old things are to be
done away and all things to become
new. Solon and Blackstone and men
of that ilk are to be thrown in the
shade. With a hundred such men as
this in the Legislature, is there any
wonder that the professional lawyer
can scarcely give an opinion upon any
question Of statute law? He never
ventures beyond guess at it.
Blackstone said that bad law which
is certain is letter than good law
which is uncertain. The laws Of the Medes
and Persians which were absolutely un-
changable, were infinitely preferable to
those that are unstable as water. Per-
Petually changing laws discourage busi-
ness and trade of every kind; increase
the necessity for non-producing profess
slonal lawyers, and bring discredit upon
and disrespect for, the majesty of the
law.
But how are we to prevent it! As
we'll attempt to change the leopard's
spots as to change the nature of the
average legislator. Like all evils it ney.
>er can be wholly prevented, but We are
satisfied from experience aud close OBJ
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TIE GRANGE ADVANCE is furnished ia clubs
OF ten for $3.50 per year, and will be furnished
for the next thirty days to single subscribers
for three months, and to clubs Of ten or mora
for four months at 81 cents each on trial. We
want five thousand new subscribers in the next
thirty days, snd can have them if every one Of
our friends will 90 to work in earnest.
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Latest Reports.

New YORK, Aug. 17.-Rcv. c. +.
Robinson. who has been occupying the
Plymouth pulpit for some time past,
ventilated himself yesterday in refer
ence to the star actor of that establi
ment, whom he endcavored, like the
committee, to whitewash or entirely alb.
solve. He prayed fervently for Beech
er, whom he eulogized as demigod and
gave it as his conviction that were even
Saviour of mankind to return to earth
he would be likewise harasscd. The
pastor of Plymouth church, he admitted.
had been extraordinarily weak
but that was easily Rexplained by his
munificence Of soul and his incessant
watchfulness of his congregation. Mr..
Robinson broke down, being entirely
unable to proceed in his eulogy of
Beecher for whom he is mere hire
ling) and for an unusual period he
stood before his audience transfxed.
On recovering his senses he suddenly
made his exit, apparently dissatisfied
with himself and his hearers. for it was
pretty we'll understood that Robinson
had recei, ed instructions from Beecher
to make the scandal special feature of
his sermon on which he and the pastor
labored all the week, aiming at vindi-
cation in the Sunday sermon. His
theories throughout were bad and
most miserable failure was the result.
PLYMOUTH CONGREGATION Is DIVIDED,
and notwithstanding the statement Of
Shearman to the contrary large num-
Der Of pews in Plymouth church have
been made vacant.
Sunday afternoon had conversa-
ton with one of our leading dry goods
merchants here, and who has for over
20 years occupied family pew under
THE STAR ACTOR.
This gentleman expressed his ideas
without reserve, and stated that he
knew at least 20 families who had
already notified Mr.. Shearman Of their
determination to no longer occupy
pews in the church, inasmuch as it
was no longer place wherein, under
the pastorate Of Beecher, the Word of
God should be preached.
You say, said the writer, that twenty
parishioners have already withdrawn
from Plymouth Church, notwithstand-
ing that on Friday night there was a
general jubilee in favor of Beecher.
So | do, and I further state that in
side Of another month Plymouth Church
will be deserted by many more of it's
most Jealous members and supporters !;
and furthermore, let me tell you, there
has already been started a movement
for the organization Of a
new independent Congregations al Church
in Brooklyn, which has caused eonsid-
cradle CONSERVATION among Beecher's
friends, who in this move see that Ply
mouth church, after all, is a frail
structure, and is gradually crumbling.
Tilton this afternoon is, reported to
have received
TELEGRAM FROM nOCLTON,
in which Moulton states, that, by the
latest, bis extended statement will be
ready on Tuesday. He is more than
explicit on the matter of blackmail, and
it is stated threatens unless Beechex
withdraws his statement to
HORSEWHR HIN.
The cooler comsels of Ben. Butler
however, keep him somewhat quiet,
nasmuch as that old warrior
advises Moulton to 60 slow for the
present and as he graphically puts it
tsC0rE IN: AT rHB DEArH.',
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SAuK CENTRE is having glorious
temperance reformation, starting from
circulation Of the pledge and resulting
in most Of the habitual drinkers of the
place renouncing the habit.
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DoS'r box your threshing-machinc
tnmbling-rods or employ cautious men,
farmers, for, if you do, accidents, which
help to fill up the local columns ofyour
county papers, will be few.
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Disinfectants and DeOdOrizers.

To deodoriZe an ill-smeling room or To-
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but if the decomposition continues to go
on, other odoriferous particles begin to
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the only rational method is either to re-
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If the material both arrests tue decay and
DESTROYS or absorbs the ill-smell, then it is
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| and in arresting both auimal and vegetable
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own: for disinfecting purposes, mix one
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water.
There are three powerful disinfeetan;s
carbolic acid, but its smell is objections
bic; chlorine and permanganate OF potash;
these diSinfectants act by combining with
deEeteriOus substances and rendering them
harmless, while antiseptics prevent and
! arrest the decomposition of animal sub
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THE only perfect disinfectant is habitual
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The most common and availing disinfee-
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one pondto two gallons of water, to be
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infectant, and ifzinstal1tly thrown over
what passes from the body in cholera, is
one of the cheapest and best means known
for preventing its communication to
others. -.rit .lE G ..'- -.f .gl a..
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A~Black.mailer Trapped.


In the Criminal Court of Washington,
ID. c., Samuel B. Murdoch, young man,
was recently arraigned on charge of hav-
ing, on the 18th of June. sent threatening
letter TO Hon. Fernando w God for the pur-
pose of extOrting money from him. Mr..
wood testified at that time that two color
ed boys who came ito-his lhense brought
him the following letter: -.
SrR.-I am satisfied as to your guilt. have one
reason for not shooting you.s i will settle for
$50, 900, you to take the, woman and keep her.
The alternative-I will empty seven chambers of
Colts revolver into You on the fret opportun=
ity. Answer Immediately in writing to messen-
If you do not comply with these terms ms will
publish you IN all the New 19rk papers, and
write 10 yo'TNnsaAAC AEll - 49, u NJ
The two colored boys testified Murdoch
empieyed them to carry the letter, and 9TH
er evidence was given damaging to the ae-
cused. Counsel for the prisoner moved to,
'quash the Indictment, claiming 1t was not
ar indictable offense. The District Attor-
ney said this point had been decided in a
Delaware case fifteen years ago. 1t had
been decided that the sending of threat
enfng letter was a. high misdemeanor. The
Judge overruled the motion, and the jnry,
after an absence of five minutes, returned
verdict of guilty. 1t will be recollected
that in June woman, in collision with
Murdoch, visited Mr.. Woods residence,
professionally to procure his influence in
obtaining her an office but, as facts subse-
quently showed. she was concerned in an
effort to black mail him BY a scheme chars-
Ing criminal conduct on his part. Mr..
Wood promptly resented the assault. and
had the parties arrested for the purpose
acters. .. -,
So. - ..,sa =.
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Best Organs. on Most Favorable Terms.

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The Horse.

| study my horse, and my. horse studies
me. If | am a coward, he is one IF lam
lazy, he is lazy; if | am impatient, he is
impetuOuS; if | am lost in thought, how
dreamily he pursues his way J But cat
is cat the world over, let the mistress !be
what she may. A dog is dog, in season
and out Of season, whether he follows a
beggar or a prince, a sheep is sheep,
and no circumstances can, modify its
sheepiShness. A COW is a COW, no matter
who the milkmaId--tle. same senseless,
broad faced, panicky beast, the same indo-
lent machine, the same placid lump of
aWkwardneSS. the same matter-ot-tact ag-
ricultural fixture. Hence l have always
imagined could read in the conduct of
the horse a certain measure of the charac-
ter of the owner, as you can see the man
in the empty hat which sits upon the Ia
bic, you cannot tel why. When was
boy | used to estimate the condition of my
neighbOrs by the Hooks and, conduct of
their horses. When | saw a venerable
pair seated in a rickety wagon, drawn by a
low-head, ewe-neeked,s rihg-boned mare,
by jerks along the road, always pictured
to myself the establishment from which
that venerable pair came out. When |
saw the village doctor jogging about with
rusty harness and dlapidated vehicle and
melancholy horse, drew my own infer
ence, and instituted comparison. at once
between this man and his rival, who, withs
out cstentation, kept his equipage in or
der, and drove well the-ho which he
had selected Upon the box of a
market wagon, drawn by a well-matehed,
even-working pair of solid bays, always
found seated a contented and thriving
firmer. The minister of my native town,
a large-hearted, kindly, sympathizing pas
tor, and a sensible preacher of the Gospel
of Christ, always drove an elegant horst
and drove hm well; so that IN his two
wheeled elfaise tleast. or when mounted
erect in the saddle, the>people respected
him, and did not forget their respect when
he had diSmOunted. And never shall l
forget the chagrin and dismay, and dis
mai doubts" which filled my mind as |
found myself and. my beloved .Jernsha,
now my wife, seated in her father'sancient
chaise, behind her fathers ancient steed
doth borrowed by me for the occasion),
and subjected tofhe sly gibes of thesmart
young people who drove their smart
equipages on that memorable drive to the
seaside. l pitied EJerusha, and Jerusha
pitied me. But, fortunately for us both,
that horse Vas tRe only fault she or the
family had.-Dr. Loring, in Massachusetts,
PIouOhDldn : 10. u =
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