The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-08-07

declaring in the one case instanced by Mr.
Tilton tat Beecher's house) that it never
occurred and in the other instance, where she
and Mr.. Beecher were found in a sleeping
room, she says that Tilton left them there and
returned in FIVE minutes finding them as when
he went out. In reference to the letters written
by her accusing Mr.. Beecher, she said that all
of them were written by Tilton and copied by
her in bed from severe illness or at his personal
solicitation nearly amounting to violence, on
the pretext that it would help him in the adj
justment of his business troubles. The note
declaring that Mr.. Beecher asked her to be his
wife, with all that it implies" she told him
at the time was false and wrong, but he repre-
sented that it was necessary to help him out of
the Woodruff affair. She says she also went
to DR.. Storrs and told him the letter written to
him was false Tlton was always excited
when he asked for these letters, and usually did
so after consultations with Moulton. She even
declares that when she gave some Of these let
tiers she was unconscious of the act from gre at
sickness, and cannot now recall what took
place. She denies telling Miss Anthony tn at
she had done wrong with Beecher but remem-
bers of telling her as a friend of the unfaithful-
ness OF Mr.. Tilton, who frequently admitted
that during his featuring tours he had commit
ted adultery and did so as often as he desired.
In the course of the cross-examination Mrs,
Illton says that Tilton accused her of criminal
conduct with other men than Mr.. Beecher
Wednesday number of letters passed be-
tween Mr.. Beecher and Mr. Moulton, which
are published elsewhere. Mr.. Mouton is to
testify.
IN GENERAL.
The Empress of Austria is in England
Spain takes no part in the international Cong.
ress because that government is not recog-
nized-The Paris police are searching the
houses of onapartists-The halls of Cong
ress are being Notwithstanding fired
the buildings Sunday in New Haven
Eighteen clerks have been discharged from the
Philadelphia mint and more to go-Congress-
man Foote of Illinois has been renomnated-
The coal business is dull, and Plymouth Pa.
dispatch says 10, 900 miners are out of employ
ment and trouble is feared-The iron business
in Pennsylvania is looking up again-The
two American base ball clubs have arrived in
England, ard are playing for the British
amusemept-The bureau of special treasury
occupation is gone-Mrs. Fowler of New
York claims to have had 100000 worth of
diamonds stolen Saturday night-Gen. Haw-
ley was the third best rifle shot at the national
trial at New York--The centennial of the
discovery of oxygen by Joseph Priestly was
celebrated by large number of scientists by
visiting his grave last Friday at Northumber-
land Pa.-Young Walworth, who shot his
father, has been removed from the Auburn,
N. Y, prison to an insane asylum.--The
grasshopper in Manitoba is not SO bad as at
first stated.--Small thieves are still prowling
about New England cities. - Monday, at
Owensborough, KY, in political quarrel.
State Senator Swopes shot and killed man
named Riley.--Spain is to send $4,000 soldiers
to Cuba.--An extensive sale of cheese took
place in Utica N. Y, Monday. Prices aver
aged Is cents.--A clue to a well organized
band of robbers in Canada and the United
States has been discovered in Quebec.--The
citizens of Hsrtford are preparing to give Min
lister Jewell, the New Postmaster General,
brilliant reception on his return from Russia
The Post Office Department is in controversy
with the Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad
wants more pay. which the Department re-
fuses. The company has threatened to take off
its cars, but it has not done SO as yet.-Rev
Mr.. Boynton of the First Congregational
church in Washington has preached sermon
in favor of license and against prohibition
The Peoples Insurance Company of Phiadel-
phia, has ''gone up and the Safeguard of the
same city is in bad way--Disraeli told the
House of Commons Wednesday, that the relig-
ious conflict in Europe was preparing war
Wednesday the steamer Port Boyer was burn
ed on the Ohio river, and between Is and 20
persons lost their lives-The buildings of the
East Boston Horse Railroad Co., at East Bes-
ton were burned Wednesday night with con-
siderable stock. Damage $16O, OOO--The
Democratic Constitutional Convention of Ar
kansas want to repudiate the state debt.