Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-06-26

/ IN H.. OIu,e Ihton, ssq.-Dear SIR: Not being
IN Mr.. Beecher's confidence, 1 have Doubted
| what Ought TO do with your letter written a
1 week ago. was not-and am not-willing 20
demand OF him that he shall admit me 20 his
SonIoence In matter on which he Chooses 70
| De reticent. But as the letter seems 30 have
| been written for him quite as much for me- I
n nave now sent 1t to him without asking or ex-
"fhes for your welfare, l am, yours truly.
M, "LEoNARD BACoNn
1T Is now between two and three months
SINCE received from you the foregoing letter
and as l have not heard that Mr. Beesher has
i naue reply, either 10 you or 70 me, am az
lsst forced to the disagreesble necessity or bor
ro"ing d reply IN his own words, as follows:
ar "BRooKL1N, January ], 1871.
u ask Theodore Tilton's forgiveness ana
Gos myself before him as do before nv
circumstances than 1 have been. \ can ash
h0thing except that he will remember an the
other breasts that would ache. will not plead
,or myself; L even wish that we're dead.
The above brief extract from Mr.. Re.cSe,,.
own testimony will be sufficient without All.
I ths, ,ne remainder OF the document, TO show
tnstl nave just ground to resist the imputs
uon that 1 am the creature OF his magnsnimitv
In conclusion, the common Impression thaf'I
nave M circulated and promoted scandals against
mr.. Beecher is not true. IL the public have
heretofere considered nv silence as inexnIica-
pie, let my sufhclent motive be now seen /, the
J JS Io.oearance which felt morally bound TO
snow 10 man who had sent me Q written and
absolute apology. But the injurious measures
which the author OF this apology has since I.er
, n...eI me- church to take against me without
Protest on LIS part-measures leading To the
Misrepresentation OF my case and Character by
tne church to the council, ana by the council n
.ne general public-inyol7Ing gross injuries to
me which have been greatly aggravated hy
your writings; all these ipdictments, conjoinins
fione end, have put me before my countrymeS
/ actG character OF base and bad mana char
i life. Ulch trust is foreign to nv nature and
l odium, ufr the accommodating weight .. tkis
| patience noray bestowed upon me, neither
i silent. -ity can demand that 1 keen
visiting in Europe, writ. II. Il. Elliott. now
Palladium, giving the foIIto the New Haven
over: 1--WE were in md ocealg the passage
whispered about that one of our hen it ws
nn lady passensermhad cber.sn
news spread, as bad news will, through The
and forecastle, and hush rested on the yesin
which deepened as the hours wore on. The
case was peculiarly sad. The lady, though OF
travel, had ventured the passage alone in order
10 gratify an aged mother VINO wished TO see
neI Daughter before she died. From the start
the lady had been very sick, and this, CON ined
with previous serious III health and imprudent
sef-coctoring on the passage, proved too much
!oI oencate organization. The burial, which
took place on the day following her decease
was strange and impressive occasion. Rev
MIR. Collins, Of Hartford, one OF our number
conducted the services. The engines were
stopped, the vast ship came 10 a stand ssill the
shlp's bell was tolled, and crew and passengers
gathered AFT about the rude coffin heavily load
ed with iron bars, which contained our unfortu-
nate passengers remains. After the solemn
Episcopal service for burial at sea had been
resd, a psalm chanted by a male quartette, and
Few appropriate remarks by Mr.. Collins the
coffin was slowly lowered to the waters edge
ropes were ioOsened. and their harden dissp-
peared beneath the dull waves"
LoCusTs IN ALGRRIA.-An Algerian p,per
says the London Echo, gives an interesting ac-
count Of struggle between the farmers OF the
colony and one Of the most tremeudou. swarms
OF locnsts thateyer descended upon the plains Of
Algeria. AS soon as the distant cloud OF in
vaders was perceived, every effort was mad.
oy the terrified agriculturists TO prevent tie
descent OF the hungry myriads upon their pas
lures, while, on the other hand, the locusts were
equally determined to alieht and take refresh
ment. In order TO keep the insect host in thu
higher strata ct the atmosphere, where a
Change OF wind might at any moment carry them
away, the farmers LIT fires with damp weeds
and by collecting all their kitchen utensils
ringing all the bells, and shouting a. the ton OF
their voices, they produced such a concert OF
hideous sounds that for a time the locusts pre-
feTred famine to the din, and remained In the
air; but at length hunger and fatigue over
powered them, and they decided on Drawing
the worst and falling to the ground, when the
green fields and trees suddenly turned yellow
under the multitudes which instantly covered
them. All through the night was heard one
myriads of invisible jaws engaged in m astica-
uon-and next morning the battle recon-
menced, but the latest advicee are OF discour-
sging nature, as they report that the locusts
are engaged, not only in eating, but in laying
eggs.