The Grange advance., 1874-08-19

~, had advised his vile to separation and
had finally made dishonorab,e proposals
to her. The last Mr.. Beecher denies. The
trouble was here patched up aud one part
of the settlement was that Tilton received
$1,000 on account of dismissal from Bow
ems papers. But the theory 0, Mr.. Beech
er's defense seems to be Tilton remained
envious and malignant towards Beecher
and Moulton, the "mutual ifriend," was
Beecher s enemy because of his friendship
for Tilton. Beecher was still the pitying
friend of Tilton, anxious to rebuild his for
tunes and to renew his happy hole, and
withal remorsefully regretting his uncon-
scious part in producing the family dis
sensions. So the plot grew and the tolls
were being con inually wove around
Beecher. Until now he had no chance for
denial and explanation. Until lately he
had no comprehension Of rilton's
baseness or Aoulton's falseness. This
is. briefly, the theory of Beecher's ex-
PLANTATION or defense. In full it is a
carefully written narrative, which would
fill ten pages OF this journal -. AT Ire
mont, Ohio, yesterday church was
struck by lightning when people wee
gathering for funeral, and number of
ladies standing in the vestibule, were SER
iously injured. Two or three of them it
is believed cannot recover. The rail-
way commissioners Of the several North
western States are in conference at Du.
uque, having in view the establishing Of
uniform elassifcations o: freight and near
as possible uniform rules and regulations
in all these States.
SATURDAY, August 15.-The cross-ex-
animation Of MIR. Beecher before the Ply
mouth church committee, brings out more
fully the theory Of the defense, and leaves
Moulton, Tilton and others concerned in
this sad business in disgrace from which
they can only recover themselves by sue
oessfuly centroverting Mr.. Beecher's state
ments. While Mr.. Beecher explains his
re'norsef2l expressions and his great de-
sire to make reparatien for having uncon-
sciously won away from linn the love of
Mrs. Tiiton and for having, as he suppos-
ed, heedlessly given evidence to false
stories against Tilton and turned them to
his disalvautage in business affairs, he
further ci1cumstantially details how his
feelings were continually played upon by
Moultol, how he sought to rebuild Tilton's
fortunes, and how he was from tine
time induced by Moulton to give sums of
State line. On the eleventh round the
fight was broke up by the rough specta-
tors and Colly er was withdrawn. Neither
mar was pounded according to his deserts.
...-At the Rochester IN. " driving park
yesterday, in the 2:34 class, Ben. Smith
trotted three successive heats in 2-29,
2:30 81 and 2:3o- In the :22:4 class Lulu
money to keep Tilton in seeming prosper
lty and thus save him the dangerous
moods in which he was likely to ruin his
own wife and family and embarrass Mr..
Beecher by publicly repeating. as he often
had in private, the jealous tancies which
in certain moods possessed him concern
ing the friendship between his wife and
Ar. Beecher. The sums he gave amount
ed in all to about $1,000. Finally Mr..
beecher refused to aocede to demand for
s5,oo, and was resol we'd no longer to be a |
slave to Tilton's vagaries. Incidentally
he charges Moulton with the barest treach-
cry and both him and Tiltou with a con-
spiracy to use Beecher's fame, fortune and
personal influence to build up Tilton,
though the doing 80 should destroy Beech
er. Directly and repeatedly Mr. Beecher
denies every charge Of criminal intimacy
with Mrs. Tilton. So the matter must
rest unless Moulton chooses to return and
defend himself. Wells, Fargo & Co.,
through their California connections, hay-
ing raised a large sum ofmoney for nation
al charitable purposes. have donated $500
OF 1t to Minnesota, for relief of the grass
hopper regions. One hundred families |
OF hennonites passed through Berlin,
Prussia, yesterday, on their way to the
United States.
MONDAY, Aug. IA Paris oorrespon-
dent tells story Of an American named
Jefferson supplying the Carlists of Spain
with = ship load Of arms and ammunition
from Boston, which, if true, may lead to
trouble between our government and that
OF the Spanish Republic. ). The Germans
are forming new Catholic Church which
they call the old Catholic Church, to con-