The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-03
TELEGRAPHTC.
More of Tilton's PaIaver.
He Roosts Lower.
Delirium Tremens or Hv.
drophobia?
A Soaked Drunkard who
Didn't like Water.
the Runored Reduc-
ton of Transportation
Rates.
Defunct Banks.
Arkansas Election.
transportation Rates in
minnesota.
The CRASH opper Scourge.
A Crusader Detective De-
tected in Stealing.
Accidents. Hangings, Etc.

New York, July 2.-The Golden Age
ot Saturday next will contain the valedic-
tory of Theodore Tilton, who resigns the
editorial charge III favor of Mr.. W. II.
Clarke. 1t Will also contain further arti,
Gle on the lliton- Beecher scandal, which
those who have seen it interpret as quite a
letting down on Titon's part The follow
ing are the important parts of this second
remarkable paper, which the Golden Age
says is written to correct the misapprehen-
sions created by the letter to DR.. Bacon :;
He had been assailed by DIR. Bacon, who
was led to believe that he was a scandal
monger and falsifier who had tried to ruin
the most beloved of ministers. Tilton s
character and standing as man among
men was involved and silence on his part
| was to acknowledge the justice of DR.. Ba-
| cons asperations and the correctness Of
the erroneous statements by which they
| were supported. One sentence from
Beechers 5 lips or pen would have drawn
the poisoned arrow and healed the smart,
Mr., 1llton called Mr.. Beecher's attention
10 the offensive statements and in the pres
enee ot two witnesses, told him that unless
he corrected the mlsrepreeon,a,iona in I;s
way, it would be necessary for him to cor
rect them in his own way, which would be
severe. Weeks passed and no correction
was made. Longer silence on his part was
impossible. Mr. Tilton is accused of in
tending to strike Mr.. Beecher a stagger
ing if not a fatal blow, Whoever reads
his letter with care will see that he studi-
ously retrained from striking any blow at
all, save at the thick network of calumny
and misrepresentation that had been
ad1oitly woven for his own ENHANCEMENT
and ultimate destruction. His sole pur-
pose was to save himself, after years of 81.
lence and endurance, when longer silence |
and endurance would have been fatal, and |
he refrained from mentioning Mr.. Beecher |
at all, except as it was necessary to do Sc in |
order to set himself right His reticence |
in this respect deserves commendatiOn. IfI
it were necessary to lift the curtain and
expose series of disingenious and excusa-
bic transactions in order to vindicate him
self he was not to blame. The way is open
if Plymouth Church and Mr.. Beecher wish
to yindicate themselves. Mr.. Titon does
not wish to iniure Mr.. Beecher and hence
fetrains from the publication of that letter.
He would not rise by Mr. Beechers ruin
Il He COulu he Te4Tetteu having been
orccd 70 say anything about the matter,
out Mr.. Beecher's friends were to blame
.or the blow he gave. With the scandal
tseIf we have nothing to do. That is
natter for Plymouth church and its pastor }
o deal with. Ii there is IA skeleton in
heir closet they will probably hasten to
through its dark places. Webster said
hat suicide under the weight of an accusa.
ion was a confession Of guilt There arc
in which silence is suicide. ?
nut one thing in this whole matter is so 0
onspicuous and grand that it deserves no. 3
ICE it has not received. We refer to the
oleration, sympathy aud solicitude of the 1
American people for the great and useful
lan under cloud Of suspicious, thick and ,
eavy enough to crush an ordinary charac-
er beyond recovery. A quarter of cen
ury ago Mr. Beecher would have been Il
rled before an ecclesiastical tribunal i'm Ct
lediately, and if he attempted to preach ~
'ould have been mobbed. Today all ~
america wishes his acquittal and believes Ol
i'm true in spite Of the evidence. Fifteen =
lillion people refuse to condemn him even
under impulse he did what was wrong.
hat may have been done in fit of fren- T
: does not counterbalance a whole life of !,
urity and service He is only blamable he
II not acknowledging squarely what he Of
PES not deny, and for allowing suspicion II. H.
rest in the wrong place For himself ca
r. 1iltOn asks only justice. lie has been ie
lilty only Of too great confidence in un- -
orthy persons. afi
Dr. Hammond, after a careful and thor ,n, ai
Ugh investigation of the changes in the sp
sc of EntWistle, the ebmpositor, who was III,
tten by dog two weeks ago and died yes -
rday, says no peculiarlties could be found
II were there any changes that would not
observed after death from delrium tre-
ems except the thickening of the blood !
ssels, which had probably had been go j.
2 on for years. The cause of Entwistle's 10
ath had been hard drinking. The pa
mt had fears of bydrOphobia before him. T,
lueed, perhaps, by the bite Of the dog
le fear of water had been very prominent, FIJI
lile in true hydrOphObia one does not fear
but cannot drink it. Entwistle could and ~
| drink when he really tried to do so. III
1t is now stated that representatives of u
ding railroads have only discussed the
estion of new schedule of freight
argos, and thus far show disposition 10 r
yer freight snueNildL All railway lines X
the Pacific have reduced through from u
w York to San Francisco ON the same
sses very heavily.
Jeo. Ellis, President of the defunct -.
nix Of the Commonwealth, has been "a
"a in $4,000 bail on an indictment char =
q him with misapplying the funds of the
ak II
NAsHINGToN, July 2.-Numbers of de-
Iitors, principally colored, attempted to
hdraw their deposits from the Freed
ms Bank to-day, but we're met by inva-
bic answers that the bank bad gone into g.
lidation and that the instructions were 81
pay out no money. s'-s
LITTLE Rock, Ark, July The off On