The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-08-28
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Perils," play founded on incidents connect
ed with the Beecher-Tilton scandal has been
withdrawn from the stage of the Atheneum
in that city. The proprietors were given to
understand that another representation would
cause their license to be revoked.
Lexingtsn's four-mie time has been beaten
by half a second. At Saratoga Aug. goth,
Fellowcraft made the distance in 4:19I the
fastest time on record.
What purports to be an abstract of the
Plymouth Church Investigating Committee
was given to the public through the columns
OF the New York papers of the 23d Of August
The report says that, after close examination
of Rev. Mr.. Beecher. which developed no i'm
portant additional facts, the evidence in the
case closed. The report then briefly and
tersely gives the conclusions of the commit
tee. 1t states that. on one hand they find the
accused person man of well-known character,
against whom during a ministry of % years
and life Of over 60, not a single charge of
lack Of duty much less Of immortality, had ever
been made-a man Of great Christian good
ness and high principle; on the other hand
is the accuser, man Of bad reputation, and
whom the testimony had shown to be per
jurer and an adulterer. His charges are I'M
supported by any distinct evidence or cor
roborative proof. Many of his main state
ments are fatty contradicted by other persons
of better character than the accuser besides
the accused himself. The proof seems al
most all on one side. Mr.. Tilton fails to
pAASe anything except that wrong had been
practiced toward him. Mr.. Beecher manfully
confesses his wrong, and shows by his letters
that he bitterly regretted it. The committee,
therefore comes to the conclusion that Beecher
throughout this painful inquiry has acted in
an open, undertaking manner while his
accuser's course has been subtle and under
handed and the finding is that Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher is entirely guiltless of the ac-
cusations brought againt him. New York
special says that Mr.. Beechers statement was
cut in large part and in important particulars.
II is not all the statement he wrote, nor all
the explanation he gave and it is now as
serted that the rest will be made part of
second statement, to be prepared by his law
yers. 1t is claimed that much manipulation
of Beecher's statement has been done by his
lawyers, who are afraid of saying too much.
Before leaving for the White Mountains,
Mr. Beecher expressed his determination to
bring suits for libel against Moulton and
Tilton because of the publication by the for
mer of his statement.
-Four libel suits are preparing by Mr.. Til
tons counsel against the New York Tribune,
World, and Sun, and the Brooklyn Eagle.
The damages in each case will probably be
placed at between 500 600 and 800, 900.
The Rev. Warrick Martin, who became con
spicuous in New York in the revenue service
Immediately after the fight to South America
OF Joshua r. Bailey, the defaulting Collector
of Internal Revenue, is stated to have filed
his claim for $4,000 900, which, he says, is due
him from the Government for informers
moieties in many costly and frutless prose-
cutions begun by him in New York against dis
tillers.
Specials from the White Mountains of New
Hampshire state that Mr.. Beecher preached
at the Twin Mountain House on Sunday, Au-
gust %, to an immense throng, people flock
ing to the hotel from a radius of twenty-five
miles. The reverend gentleman is reported
as appearing to feel his usual hearty cheerful
ness, but some note in him that which sug
gests the thought that his cheerfulness is now
assumed, and that the brooding which has
been long and deep, over his troubles, has
worn HIM much.
Rev. Mr. Beecher has signed and sworn to.a
paper drawn up by his counsel, Mr.. Shear
30 all 81
in the complaint made against him by Mr..
Tilton. Mr.. Beecher is still at the Twin
Mountain House.
Tho West.
The self-confessed Nathan murderer who
recently gave himself up at Bloomington, H.,
turns out to be fraud. He was aiming to
get dead-head ride to New York.
Austin, Nevada has experienced another
cloud-burst, flooding the town badly. No
lives lost.
The Railroad Commissioners Of Iowa have
written letter to the Illinois Commissioners
explaining the occasion of their absence from
the convention at Dubuque. They give as a
reason pressing business engagements, assert
their sympathy with the objects Of the confer
ence, and say that they will be present at the
next meeting.
Advices from the Custer expedition state
that the hostile Indians will intercept it on
the way back, before reaching the upper Mis-
souri, The hostiles number about $1,000
A rumor comes from the West to the effect
that Gen. Clusters expedition has come to an
engagement with the Indians, and that forty
or fifty white men have been killed. The loss
is much heavier than might have been ex-
pected though the dispatches state that the
Indians were 1000 strong. Further adyices
will be awaited with come anxiety.
On Friday, Aug. 20, Joel Moritz was shot
at indianapolis by Rev. George G. Harding,
editor of the indianapolis Sunday Herald,
under the following circumstances: Harding
had an interesting daughter aged eighteen
years, to whom he was much attached. On
the morning Of the 2Oth she confessed that
she had been seduced by Moritz also that she
had taken laudanum to cover her shame.
Upon receiving this statement Harding rushed
down town, and an hour later came upon the
seducer OF his daughter. Without saving a
word he drew revolver and began firing
upon Moritz, who fled. CRYING murder Two