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rEE STORM ANp Irs rrrEcrs.

The additional particulars which we
give to-day Of the deluge which recent
ly struck Allegheny City and vicinity
with such fearful violence viii be resd
with deep sorrow by the people of Men,
phis. Considering the space inundated
and the character Of the people who suf-
fsred most by it, it is the most fearful
disaster Of the century, taking prece-
denee over the James river food
Of years ago, the milldsm accidents in
New England, the inundations in Aus
tria and Hungary by the overflow Of
the Danube, the foundations in Italy by
the overflow Of the Po, the breaking OF
the canadian in England, and even
the widespread destruction Of life and
property by the overflow Of the Missis-
sippi early this year. The sufferers by
this deluge are many In number, and
are poor. We need not say anything
more to Menphians, so fapsiliar with
death and suffering in its woset form, TO
move them to speedy relief for those
who in one fell swoop have lost their all
and are destitute. 1t is q case calling
Tor immediate sction and the most gen.
erOus outlay.
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aF.LsEnnop NAILED.

Some Of the speakers or strikers OF the
Radical offiee-holdiBg ring, who seek to
control the affairs Of Shelby county, have
recently circulated q statement wholly
at variance with the facts, and coupled
with it the name Of the governor Of the
\, ate. Ii is q statement that none
bu, those utterly lost to truth would
circulate, calculated as it is to
induce a collision at the ballOt-box
that could not fail to prove unfavorsble
10 the interests Of the Conservative peO-
ple Of the county. An invitation to at
tend aad speak at the Eighth ward
N Getting, held last night, furnished his ex-
cgh ency an opportunity for prompt and
posit i've denial conveyed in the follow
ing ex tract, which We are permitted to
make a ON bis letter to Colonel Bar
biere. OF, ,sident Of The eighth ward Bart
lett club L,iving the reasons for his de-
clinati,n on that gentleman's hearty in
vitstion:
I should have been pleased 10 close
TINS here. bur ] learn that / am reported
among the coI,0red people (for what pur-
nose YOU can diN'ineJ as having said IN
iav remarks ct Bartlett some days ago
chat every Democrat ought to go to the
p1lls armed on the day OF the cleo
ti1u.n 1 therefore take this opPor-
tunity 70 contradict the statsment. Ii
Is a gross fslsehoOd in every particular
and % far from having made any such
statement, If ] had have touched the
subject at all, l should have said "Obey
the laws, and If you have any arms
leave them at home"
Governor Brown, as the executive OF
the state, has always set an example Of
obedience to Isv, and in giving the
above advice, he but obeys the prompt
ings cf the distinguished soldier and cit
izen, who has always been on that side
in every contest Of his life.
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by Hail.
WCATHERTNE GAuNT. p

That Is a weird. singular, significant
letter which Mrs. TiltOn wrote 10 her
husband; "My dear Theodore, to-day,
through the ministry OF Catherine Gaunt,.
a character Of fietiOn, my eyes have been
opened for the first time in my expert
ence, so that l clearly see my sin. 1t
was when l knew that / was loved to
suffer it to grow to passion. A virtuous
woman should check instantly an ab-
sOTbing lOve.n There is something peni-
tent and noble in these words, but wiJhal
something so maWkishly sentimental
that we look for the explanation, not to
the woman who uttered them, but TO
the philosophy that was taught her and
the atmosphere OF her daily life. 1t Is
plain that she is no Hester PrynIe, car
rying in her breast a secret which the
flaming scarlet letter on her bosom only
helped to conceal. Neither is she a
Catherine Gaunt, resolute, wroDg-head-
ed, fanatieal, but pure. She is simply
an emotional woman, given to rhspsO-
dies, who fell in love with q great
preacher, to whom husbands alousy
imputed tie Ohense Of a Dimmesdale or
a Brother Leonard. And yet, much as
it grieves US 10 say this, she is the feeble
counterpart Of both these uUfortunate
herOines, and stands to-day the justifiea.
tion Of iictiOns which well nigh
drove the world mad with their unreali-
ties. A study OF Charles Resde's novel
reveals the dual life of the dey0ut wo-
man, fi0undering between her strong
love of her church and her UNCONSCIOUS
love of her priest. II Is a siDgularly
well-drawn pic ure which the novelist
paints. Father FTaacis, g coarse aud
5urly ecclesiastie, yielded place to Broth
er Leonard, who "looked and moved
like being who had come down from
some higher sphere to pay the world
little visit" Mrs. Gaunt at first could
make nothing Of him, and complained
/ TO her husband that he was a ''spiritual
machine;" when that genial gentleman
/ ans Eered, "Wel, | am OF your mind:
/ he IS very poor company compared with
that Jovisl old blade, Francis. But WHY
so many words, Kate? You don't use
TO bite twice at cherry; if the milksop
( is not 70 your taste, give him the sack.
and be damned to him." But Brother
Leonard was really a great preacher
and the first time she heard him. Mrs
Gsunt sat thrilled, enraptured, MELT
ed" She soon became the priestis ma.
donna, filing his rooms with flowers
when he was absent, and caring for him
in secret. And he, in turn, preached onlv
for her. She could not only understand
bis sermons, bat the occult sympathy be-
tween them told her he was preach
Ing 10 her, aud that she was part OF
bis inspiration. But all the time some-
thing whispered to her heart that per
hRps Leonard admired her more than
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ADDITIONAL RIVER news.
BY TELEGRAPH.


VrGasBURa, July 29-Weather warm and
clear. River falling slowly. No boah up or
down to-day.
CINCINNATI, July 2g.-River feet inches
and falling. Weather clear and cool. De-
parted: James d. Parker, Memphis.
PIrrsBUKe, July 29.-River feet II inches
aud rising. Weather clear and cool. No ar
rivals or departures except local packets.
NASHVILLE, July 2s.-River rose incnes,
with feet inches on Harpeth shoals.
No arrivals or departures except local pack
ass-
NEW ORLEANS, July 29.-weather cloudy.
Arrived. Tom Jasper, st. Louis. Departed /:
Mary Alice and barges, and John F. TOlle,
ST. Louis.
EVANSVILLE, July 29.- River has risen y
inches, with "a feet 10 Cairo. Weather clear.
Mercury Sc TO so. Business very thin. No
arrivals or departures except local packets.
Sr Louis, July 29.-River falffHz slowly.
Weather clear aud pleasant. Arrived /:
Future City, New Orleans; Julia, YicksbuTg.
departed: Henry Ames, New Orleans; Grand
Tower, Men phis; city OF Helena, Vicksburg.
LoUIsvlLLs, July 29.-River railing slowly
all day and is now On a stand. with 8 feet 8
tncnes in the canal and 4 feet inches in the
Indiana ohOte by the mark. Wea her clear
and pleasant. No arrivals or departures ex-
cept local packets.
CAIRo, July 29-Noon Weather clear and
cool. arrived: Belle Memphis, Memphis, S
gon, New Orleans, am; Bels Memphis,
st. Louis. am. ..--..-N isht-- Departed: Bee,
New Orieans,l pm. River 10 feet 10 inches
and fam az. Weather clear aud cool.
Weather Report.
WAsHINGToN, July 20, / a.m.-FOr New
England and the Middle states, clear or
clearing weather viii prevail, with low tenn
perature, north or wesJ winds and rising pa
rom ter.
For the South Atlantic States clear weather
in the interior and light rains near lhe coas.,
with southwest or northwest Wines, , s-lsns
changes in the temperature and risins DHtoin-
eter.
For the Gulf States, generally cieat NesLn- lr
er, north or east winds, no decided ehhnsoo oA
temperature and rising oarometsI. -, A, :.
For renness,-e the Ohio valley ana tne
lower 9sEe region, clear or fair weather,
northeast or southeast Wlndss sllsas : clS,IIses 1,Is
For the upper lake region and the north
,-,ast nartlv cloudy and warmer weather, rain
49, 49, si-e Superior and in Minnesota, south
sssf or southwest winds and falling barome-
TER
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INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS.
The Projects Advanced by Prussia--The
Customs aud Rules of wsr-PrO-
Jeeiiies, Populations. Cities,
and Prisoners.

New YORK, July GA Berlin letter
on the international congress, which be-
gan its session at Brussels yesterday,
says the Prussian project which ii pro-
pose TO discuss Is an international con-
ventiOn concerning the laws and Gus
toms of war; and after laying down GER
tain general principles as to what war
is, q struggle between two nations and
their armies, and not between the sub
iects, contains eighty-one sections de-
voted TO a detailed statement Of what
should or should not be permitted in
war. With regard to military authority
on the territory of the hostile State, the
doctrine is deeisively laid down, and
will probably provoke great opposition,
that the occupation of a portion of the
territory of a State completely suspends
the legal authority of that state, and
substitutes that OF the enemy, so that if
any Of the population are subsequently
found in arms they will not be treated
as prisoners OF war. At the same time
the army OF occupation has no right to
seize churches, establishments ofcharity,
and institutions; and the seizure of
monuments, works of arts, or museums,
Il severely reprehended. Among the
means of war which are forbidden are
the use Of poison, treachery, murder,
murder of prisoners and refusal to give
quarter, threats of determination
toward garrison that obstinaiely de-
tends fortress, the employ ment OF
arms causing useless suffering, such as
projsetiles filled with powdered d g ass, or
balls of less than four hundred srammes
in weight; none but fortified cities can
be beseiged; an open city which Is
not defended by loops can Deither be be-
seiged n, T bonn barded, spd no city can be
bornbarded without notice, nor can It
be pillaged after its capture; persons
captured in balloons are not spies; cor
respondents and other persons who ac-
company an army, although nOn-com-
batants, can be made prisoners Of war,
and are not criminals but legal enemies,
aud must, therefore, be exposed to no
violence or iil-tieatment; they can be
condemned 20 city, fortress or locality
but cannot be imprisoned like criminals
a prisoner Of war may be killed while
trying TO escape at when reeaptured
he cannot be pun ed for bis attempt,
though serveillsn can be increased
prisoners of war can be employed OF
certain public works which are not IA
tigueing or humiliating, considering
their grade and the position they oeeu
py In their own country, provided thes'
works have no relation TO the operations
of war.
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there. Returns received, at the county
commissioners Office, show that twenty
bridges were swept away by the food in
the county, entailiDg 3 loss OF about
forty thousand dollars. In Butchers
run district alone, it is said that more
than twenty million cubic feet Of water
fell in the space of one hour and half.
OLD PROB. INTERVIEWED.
The United States signal observer at
this poiut says that there were no indl-
cations of q storm on Sunday night, ex-
cept a slight change in the barometer.
II appeared to come from the north west,
and passed over the city westward. The
disasters in Charities valley were, per-
baps, half an hour later than those ct
Butchers Run and Woods Run. The
weather observer rejects the theory Of a
waterproof, and thinks that, owing to
the peculiar geographical formOtiOn Of
the section Of country, such a disaster
could be caused st any time IN these sec.
tons by what he terms an extraordinary
rainfall
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THE EEEcHER SCANDAL.

Th,s great case drags its slow length
along, every day bringing only some
thing more and more cOnfirmatOry of
the statement Of Tilton, which yet re-
mains to be disprOved by Beecher and
Mrs. Tilton. Mr. Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton, one Of the great refsrmers, s woman
W hose purity is above question, has
civ en- her quota substantiating and con-
Il mi ng what Tilton has said; and Car
psnter, the artist, a gentleman who
holds a very high position in the social
circles of New York, has delivered him
self Of much that is equally confirms-
tory q the story of the wronged hus-
band. Aud yet Beecher and his friends
are silent. The most We get from them
being promise that when sH the evil
.dence on Tfton's eide is in the fallen
D.-eacher will give to the committee a
ful. statement TO rebut it. Meantime
he. challenges MoultOn to tell what he
knows. Before this comes, perhaps,
Raecb,r himself will be forced in a court
of law 10 tell all Jhat ne nlm-eH Knows
Tnton has already been in court, prose-
cuted bv one Gaynor, who declares it
his fixed purpose to pursue the case IN
til it results in an aequittsl or eOndemna-
ton Of Bescber. Mrs. Tilton is silent,
awaiting, like her seducer, the fullest
development Of the case before she
speaks again. So far We see no occasion
for q reversal Of the verdict already de-
livered. We see no open, cleared way
for Beecher to escape, and We regret
that the case is not more vigorously
prosecuted to a close, that the public
mind may be relieved, and the newspa-
nars Of the b1-den Of a scandal the most
offensive, gross and hurtful of the cen
rurE~
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DIED

the ibth year OF hls age.
Funeral from the residence 0f a. N
hitchie, No 81 kcaois street, Gnis THf
'LAfl afternoon, JAY sstH. at 4 o'eiock. -ae
1hir0 anu slith Confederate regiments. and
friends OF ne family, are invited
taW taWARRIAGTON--A haifpast one o.e- -.-
thia morning, LUELlA r., infant dane i -.
OF William H. and The taie IneII-
" arlington, aged one year, four months AMI.
seven days. Due notice Of the fuuerai ,g.l.
De given.
lAueFieen Miss paper please copy.
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Memphis TrOtiiug Park Association.

FRIDAY. July Stat. TssE2T WILL
~ be TWO SrA EE RACES over Mems ans
Trotting Park.
First-For horses that have never beeu2 80
in pubac. Race mile heats. best three in five,
10 rule and harness, four 70 enter ana three TO
start. Entrance SIS, 20 which the AssOcl alton
will add S5O Pool and pune to 20 to the first
horsa. second horse to save his stake
Second-Wtti be a stake race, free for all
Mile heats. best three IN i've, to rule and har-
ness. ave 10 enter and three 10 start. entrance
So 10 which the Association will a 4 SllQ.
Pool and purse to 20 70 nrst horse second
horse 10 save his stake. In case OF distance in
either race, second money viii revert 70 the
Association.
Horses in first race to start promptly at four
o'clock. Omnibuses viii leave Court squara
Tor the Park at and 81 pm.
iyO B. BALL, Secretary,
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MASONIC NOTICE.

A SPECIAL communication Of De- .
u Soto Lodge, No ~, viii be held ~
this THU hSDAIl leFeuiEg. ! July 58tL. az ~
O'Clock, fgr work in the VI. NJ. degree.
All ~. 81 = are fraterualiy invited
BY order. Bun. +. PRICE. ". ~.
r W. SHELTON, Secretary. fv9
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ARKANSAS.
So. GOuteated-EIectiOn Case Baxter
the Biggest Liar in American
HaW - Thar

ITr-L E Rock, July 29.-The constitu-
iiOnal convention to-day decided the
contested election case Of Fl0urnoy US.
pusuev. from Lincoln county, in favor
ofrb,, sitting member, Putney. Messrs.
Ward sad SaylOr, OF the subcommittee
appoiut,d 20 investigate Arkansas af-
fair. left Cor home this evening.
AsPBcrAI. CORRESPONDENT On BAXTER.
ST. LOUIS, .Tuly 29.-The Democrats
Little Rock spe cisl says that Governor
Baxter went vol ,Intarily before the COM
Inittee Yesterday and swore that before
the meeting Of the supreme court at
which the quo 1UdTTdnt0 case WAS dis
uosei OF, he wrote a proclamation Of
martial law, and would have used il
had the court decided its jurisdiction in
the case. aud would have dispersed the
court by force Of arms had II gone into
the nerits Of the case. In reply to the
questions asked by Senator Clayton, be
said CLAYTON had never made q dlshon-
ora.le proposition to him, and declared
that the charges he made against the
s.natof in the New York Herald were
untrue. The dispatch further states that
fbe Democrats ray since This eXamina'
ION that Baxter Is the olggesl
lisr in America. That he has
seen telling them one thing, sno
sEben put fzce-tO-face with persons n'
accused, he tells quite different story
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Negotiations for the remainder OF the
eve per cent. funded loan were COM
1i,ied Tuesday by the secretary OF the
ireaeury with August Belmont d Co., on
hebslf Of n. NJ. Rothschild q sons OF
London, and J. & w. Seligmsn & Sons,
on behalf Of themselves and their asso'
ciates. These parties msde an absolute
,,,,I,sorintion FOR forty-five million dOllars
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ewing 1eAna sufaEvs vs a.ssasy asees,,
le Mosaic law should be proclaimed,
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NFrs Amanda COrby, pr prietor Of the
81 Ioseph MOI Gazette, was called
mon M Tuesday by c. b Wilkerson, in
,Irnal is5 revenue collector, ia reference to
-, alleged libelOus article In the Gazette
Lsaring upon The latter, demanding re-
frsctio1 of the aEti Gle. Mrs. Amanda,
ike 4 true journalistic heroine, promise 4
fhst tod sy's Issue OF the Gdsette sholia
coutai1 an unqualified retractoh Si Tue
Cd .nsgye remarks, aud the oHeb9e9 ulg-
- ~ Internal -ReVeIae-COllectOr
lVilkersoB vas moliined.
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farce that debArsad nom the !lsin, as
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fsufgsa,ssstssas Saasays4 sss..,s.se-
resolutions reported this mOrnine By the
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-eanfess it when the avoWal costs him 30
much. as this did Tilton, that he shows
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THE GREAT SIN.
Additional Testimony from Car
penter in the Beecher Hilton
Adultery Case" Worse
and MOre of It."

Johnson, the "Swift Witness and
Sure" for Beecher, Anything
but ReIiabie-The Proofs
in his Own Words.
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and viii leave on the through express
this morning for the east. She favored
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psnies to the government imposed by
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= Sd srss- 4 Co s1e res-
" fors; Agnes Cell, Bridget oil,
lil aud aa gaEet Crii, are resi-
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Subscriptions to the relief fund are
pouring in rapidly, and up to this time
over thirty Thousand dollars has been
raised.
Three bodies were found to-day: The
resa ConleD, John Rogers and q little
girl Of Mr.. Forden's. All the bodies of
the entire Forden family have been re-
covered. There is but one missing at
Woods run, child Of Mr.. Gorman's.
The body of little child four years old
was found at East Liverpool Monday
evening, making two children found
there. In an opening made in sewer to
drain Voightley's meadow, in Butchers
run, this afternoon, some shawls, ETC.,
were found indicating that bodies are
National Republican., 1874-05-08
THE VELOCLPEDE.
PROF. HENRY BROWN MAKES WONDER
ELI. SPEED nRIWINl IT

PROF. HENRY BROWN MAKES WONDER
Full SPEED DRIVING IT.
Yesterday morning Prof Henry Brown, OF the
Brown Velocipede Combination, attached to Schu.
mann's transatlantic Pantomime and Comedy
Troupe, now performing In Baltimore, Md,
created considerable attention BY the exhibition
he gave on Pennsylvania avenue of the ease with
which that machine could be managed and pro-
pellcd. Tho bycIclo was entirely different In
style from any Of those velocipedss which hsHe
been seen in this city The front or driving wheel
is much the largest, standing ifty- eight inches
high, while the one In the rear is only two feet.
1t is made Of the finest quality Of steel. and
weighs only thirty-sIx pounds. The riders seat
Is directly the front wheel. The Professor is
a spare-bullt man, weighs one hundred and eighty.
two pounds, and can drive his vehicle with aston
ishing rapidlty. having made his milo in two and
half minutes. He travelled tho Avenue yester
day In the presence Of many spectators, who
watched him from the sidewalks, Q distance Of q
mile, in four minutes; and later In the day. In
front Of the Arlington hotel, gave an exhibition
OF the ease with which It could be handled, max
ing short and difficult turns and eYolutions, quick
and without any apparent effort on his part. Be-
sidcs himself there are eight others. five of them
females, all skIllful riders, wko perform with the
company, and will be here next week at Wallis
opera house.
National Republican., 1874-05-08
J.R4ySFEPS OE RFaL FgTITF

Margaret A. Kirkland to Alexander V. Grimes
part Of lot Is in old Georgetown, r. 90: Christian
Kruger to W. A. Bartlett ct al, lot %, square
l,OI3, sa,OO)i Thomas Berry ct al. trustees, to
Philip Phillips, part OF lot 2, subdivision Of
square l21, 81; @. NJ. Watkins to Lydia Weaver.
lot 90, Chapman's subdivision square 354, 5000;
Mary @. Mitchell to Ema K. Lundy, part of lot
Is, square 5lS, $4,000; Anna r. Bell to Enoch G.
Bell, lot SO, section s, Howard University estate
IS; Charles q. Callau to Joha 7. Layton, part Of
lot %, square 1oT, $3.50; Hugh F. Downey ct al.
to John 3. Henstreet, part OF los S, square 7si,
sl.oSO; I. NJ. Brannan and wife to Joseph N. Du-
Barry, square $50, sI,ols.4I; William l.. Wall and
wifo to Thomas Galllgan, part Of lot 7, square
os4 $50: Mary Z. Shoemaker 10 Jane Ann Jones'
part Of lot lS4 Beatty and hawkins addition to
Georgetown, $1,000; Henry Kuhn and wife to
Emeline LusbN part Of lot 2 square s75, 81, 200;
Samuel II. Howell and wife to Catherine Leon
ard, part Of lots and S, square Tsi, sl76; Cathe
Tne Leonard to John B. Hemstreet, part Of lot s,
squsre 754, alo; Anne Z. Harlan to George Ban
croft lot and part OF lot s. square 15s, sis 900;
Anna NJ. Dean to Edw. O. Gutter, lots sad 8,
square 24S, sl24i7, S. ]. Denhsm to Z. W. Den
ham, part Of square SIS, q, 500; John Payne and
others to S. Lane, situate in the county, $3.50;
Charles HUNT to John f. Murray, part Of lot T.
square l23, 81, ,S54; Joseph E. Snodgrass and wife
to Julia Eberly, lot s4 square 2Sl 500; John L.
Waters to Louis Gundling, lot q subdivision
square S29, e. 900; Susannsh q. Sheriff to John T.
Given ct al, trustees, square south OF square
1,05g, 81