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, 1874-09-20

SONS insist on as reproaches to Tilton are TINT he
did not kill Deechez, and that ho forgave the
t wife and again lived with her No person can
read the late statement of Theodore Tilton With
out admiring the manly, chivalrous, and noble
| manner in which Throughout: le protects his un-
| fortunate wife from the bastard blows of those
| who first degraded and have now abandoned her.
| His defense of her from the cowardly allegation
Of Beecher that she had thrust her affections
upon him unsought. is one OF the bfavest and
most magnanimous papers ever written It
stamps its author as man Of honorable inl-
pulses, Drawing all things to defend the mother
OF his children, though she deceived him, coll
spi1cd against him. and hual1y left him to con-
sort with his enemies aud her own betrayers
Tho mon who reproacl him With cowardce in
not shooting Beecher, aud with meanncss in
forgving and takius back the repeutant wife,
arc incapable OF appreciating that higher, noblcr
courage which maintained him through four
years Of dceoIation and poverty to sacrifice every
thing, endure everything, to protect the
seemingly broien-icarted aud sorrowful
wife. he might have assassnatcd Beech
er a. other men have assassinated other
secucers, and theucc{orward. branded with tho
mark Of Cain. pursued by tho tears and sorrows
of two families, have sunk into the contempt Of
mautiui. Ho was too bravo morally aud physi-
call: to murder Dcecher without giving the latter
an opportunity to be heard. He had that cour-
ago which enabled him for four years to accept
the scorn and contempt OF his fellows undesery-
ed}y rather than disclose the shame of his wife,
and teach his children to despise their mother.
Ito had the courage fur greater than That of any
assassin that ever lived. which enabled him to
witness his enemy aud the destroyer Of his once
HAPPY home enjoying all tho glory, and honors.
aud emolunents Of tho world, and to naintain
silence that YRS deemed essential to tho peace
of the stricken, ren!tent and entreating wife.
At last came the hour when, in addition to the
asonics Of four Years. his enemies invaded the |
house which they had previously desolated, |
and carried away, willing captive, tho woman
for whom he had brayed and endured so much |
and then, and not till then, did he strike the |
blow which he did striko-a blow which, like |
tho last agony Of Samson. will pull down q |
mighty temple, even though himself be buried
in its ruins.
, 1874-09-20

IdE GC1EN11E-C 1AGA1MEN4 Ut oIdlAE3s
The British Association for the Advancement
of Science has combined theory and practice in
IN admirable way. It's last meeting, as Our read
era scarcely need be told. was at Belfast. There
vac = strike, seven weeks old, at Belfast. On
Tuesday, Aug. 25, tho Economic Section of the
Association was to discuss the general subject Of
strikes A happy thought Led to the invitation
OF employers and employees to attend the session.
Papers were read on the politico economic laws
affecting the prices Of labor and other commodi-
ties, on the scientific view Of strikes and lock-
outs, and On the economic law Of strikes. Then
the workingnen present were invited to speak.
Two Of them did 80. One employer replied
The speeches showed that each side thor
oughlv misunderstood the other. The work
iugmen claimed that wages wero to be
cut down Ii per cent, that the trou-
ble was lockout rather than \ strike, and
that their efforts to have the question arbitrated
had been in vain. The masters. through their
spokesman, answered that the proposed rcduc-
ton in wages was only per cent, that the quar-
rel WAS strike, and that they would be only too
glad to hnve it settled by arbitration This last
statement must bo put to the credit OF the Asso-
citation, for the mems assertion that the employ
ers had refused to arbitrate was perfectly true
When matters had gone thus far, settlement was
easy. The workipgmens request, that Prof.
Huxley, or Prof. Tyndall, or some othar eminent
man Of science should act as arbitrator, was
negatiyed on the ground that it was better that
masters and men should come to an agreement,
it possible, without the Intervention of
third parties. On Wednesday, COM
mittee Of workingmon met the Coun-
Gil OF the Fla1-Spinners' Association, The
men accepted half OF the proposed reduc-
ton for themselves and their boys, and unsal-
lantly sacrificed the women operatives BY letting
the masters cut down their wages Is much as
they wished. On Thursday morning, thirty-si1
hours after the Association began the discussion
OF the question. the seven weeks STRIKE w1icl,
he'd cost the operatives million dollars, was at
an end, and the iner-rnills of Belfast were At
work again.
This is good way to popularize science. The
suggestion Of the New York Tribune, that the
American Association for the Advancement of
Science should appoint 3 standing committee to
arbitrate Ill strikes submitted to it, ia worthy of
the Associations attention. Arbitration be-
tween masters and men 1s almost un-
known on this side OF tho Allan
tic, while in England the Boards of
Arbitration suggested by Mr.. Antony Aupdela,
II. P, are permanent institutions in many man
ufacturing touns. We have hitherto described
Mr.. Mundella's plan at length. Suffice it to say
that it contemplates standing committee Of
employers and employees in every industrial CEN
tro. to which MI questions OF work and wages
are referred. 1ta deoimons bars only nozal
, 1874-09-20
THE FALL RIVER CALAMITY.

The accounts OF the great fire at Full hTer
Yesterday and of the destruction OF human lie,
will be read with feelings Of unmitigated horror
The Granite A1lll No. 1 took ire shortly after
the 700 operatives had begun work. The fire
sped with such rapidity that all the ordinary
means of eg1ess were cut of, and the only
chance of escape was By leaplng from the
windows. It does seem strange that in build
ing where SO many persons were employed there
wero no adequate means Of egress. IEe con-
st,uction Of stairs on the outside. and communi-
eating with each floor, to be used only in such
emergencies as this, would have been compar-
atircly inexpensive addition to the cost Of the
building, but 1t would hive saved the lives Of al
the inmates At the tims write this, tue e1-
net number Of deaths By burning, OR Of those
killed and fatally injured by jumping from the
upper etories, has not beon ascertalncd,
though the details are most narrowing.
This is another and terrible sacrifice OF human
life resulting from wanton disregard OF all
prudential considerations in the construction OF
buildings It is but few wears since one Of the
Lawrence mills actually fell down, OWN. to its
imperfect construction, burying under its burning
ruins hundreds of operatives. In tile Fall River
case the mill WAS strong enough not to fall
down, but the uears Of exit we're 60 few and
we're 20 situated inside the building that they
we're imm ediately cngulfed in the flames, lcar-
ing the hundreds OF men, women, and children
at work with no means Of escape. Surely, it
will hardly require many more of such calami-
ties to Gatisfy our lawmakers that no man has
& right thus to trife with human life, and that
no building should be used aud occupied until it
has been inspected and found to be provided
with all the cooyeuiences which common pr,1-
dence and ordinary foresight may suggest for
tie safety OF life aud property.
, 1874-09-20
POLITICAL HISTORY OF AMERICA.

| The student OF American politics can lind no
! guide through the labyrinth IN which he becomes
! involved. The eo-called political histories are
| mere campaign compendiunls. Bentons
'.Thirty Years in the United States Senate f" fur
Dshes maas OF materials for the future histo-
ran Ct our politics, just as Summers His
tory Of American Currency" furnishes the
raw material for the future writer Of our real
financial history. Yet Bcnton's thinly disguised
autobiography ii really the best book political
history which wo have. There are many biogra-
phies OF prominent politicians. but very, very
few of them can be read with -imp1cit trust.
Too many biographers belong to the Parton-Ab-
bott school, which regards telling portraituro
u something much better than d truthful one.
Others are peryaded with euch an absorbing ad
miration for their heroes that they can find no
room in their minds for anybody else. The re-
suit is that in their pages the United States, and,
in fact, tho rest Of tue world, revolye around
Adams, or Webster, or Clay, or Jackson, as the
case may be-. Despite all that has been written
and published, the inquirer into any particular
epoch Of our history. al for instance the strus-
gle of Jackson with the United States Bank.
las to read thousands Of pages of speeches, and
construct from them, slowly and laborlous1y.
theory of the subject 4 curious illustration of
this was given by an Eastern university, couple
OF years ago. Its thousand students wore in-
ylted to w1ito for prize Of $3.50 Oh any one OF d
number OF given subjects. One OF these subjects
was 1.-THE History Of the Whig Party in America"
OF tho many who began work upon this fascinat-
ing theme not one finally wrote. None had time
to read and digest the cumbersome Masses Of
material which had to be studied 4 constitu-
tiona1 history Of America would be book OF
absorbing interest,-H there we're but Hallam
or May to write it. Such history is interesting
in proportion to the changes which it chronicles;
and our institutions have been changing
from the start. Tho growth of the
Presidents prerogative is as good theme
as that limitation OF the Kings prerogative of
which May treats 30 well. Tie gradual but
steady. abolition of all restrictions upon man
hood suffrage and the consequences that hnve
flowed from it demand a volume By themselves. |
1t is perhaps too early to write of the War and |
Of Reconstruction but the century between 1760 |
and 1sG0 to which May confined his "Constitu-
tional History OF England" might well be re-
viewed iron IN American standpoint. Our in
stitutions grew into definite shape during that |
century, and the events at it's close marked the |
close of the first era OF our constitutional his
tory. Tho field lies open. Can America find
Hal2m to enter upon it p
, 1874-09-20

Theodore Tilton has shown himself, in the
erful writer's Of our time. The f1ighty brain and
eccentric character commonly escribed to him "a
reputation acquired i'll Part By his alliance with
the Woodruff crowd. and III part by The change
in his religious views) nowhere appear in his
several communications to the public in the
Bcecher case. The circumstances under which
these papers we're produced might we'll haro
shaken strong mans intellect. To q scattered
most sudden and unexpected manner. the nearly
unanimous condemnation Of the press of his
vicinity. Public opinion in New York and Brook
Ign, to which lie looked for support if not for
ton. He vas denounced Us liar, q slaudarer,
a knave, and dog, on tho one hand. and as
cuckold, an unnatural father, and self-de-
stroyer on the o:her. Nevertheless, he has not
only kept mis- mental balance undisturbcd,
but has returned the fire OF lis enemies IRON,
time to time with the n1st point-h1apk and
deadly effect His last effort is the cro1Sning
achievement OF all. For sustained strength,
SARCASM, it challenges comparison with any effort
of Henry Ward Be.cher in the most Dalmy days
of his career. If Mr.. Tilton does not bear tho
sword of truth in his hand he has initiated it
moro wonderfully than any magician OF ancient
or modern times.
Nor can We overlook the fact disclosed by thie
correspondence that Mrs. Tilton is woman OF
more than ordinary Intellectual gifts. Though
her mo,al nature has been so undermined and
eaten away that nobody can believe anything
she says the public cannot have failed to no.
tice in her letters the evidences Of mind well
worthy to be mated to Titon's brilliant parts.
And to this quality Of hers, ag well
as to her moral excellence before she be-
came eusuared by Beecher, does he frequently
bear lively testimony. That they lived har1no-
uiously and happily together down to tho period
OF !ler IA from virtue. is proved by their cor
respondeuce. Tie only criticism passed upon
tLis correspondence relates to its too sugary
charactcr,-its excessive sweetness, but whose
1oye-lettcrs, if genuine ard unreseryed, would
not be liable to the same objection and criticism
in the eyes Of third persons? Il anything were
wanting to establish tho tineness OF Mrs. T,lton's
original mental constitution, it is found in the
extraordinary interest sue excited in Mr.. Beccher,
and her capacity to set that great man bounding
aud rebounding whenever she sent him few
lines Of what be called real inwardness'
Theodore and Elizabeth Tllton, the parents of
four living children and two dead ones, arc now
cstranged in d manner which makes it seemingly
impossible that they should ever be united
again. Nevertheless. Mr. Tuton defends her in
the most cllivalrous manner against the attacks
OF the Plymouth Church Committee and main-
Trims that when she first sinned ehe was not
conscious OF sinDing,-that She was in state Of
color-blindness, unable to distinguish black from
white. II this defense Of her against the attacks
of the Plymouth Church Committee. and of Mr.
Beecher himself, cannot penetrate her soul, and
tell her on which eide her duty lies, then is she
lost indeed.
, 1874-09-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Brookly Argus says that It i &rshcsar ~.
to 4tn:e that Geu. Stewart L. Woodforu u D''
candidate for denomination to Congresa :.
a new York newsboy who said "Inso.' u
to stranger, was rewarded with dou1: 1
now all the boys cay the saue. aoHs'aa3 a3,f
they all fail to get the dollar, thsy aoo'
stingy old CUES, you
At late operatic performance u Pau. .sr.1
"Ernani was performed, the total rece'p1 +,
under II francs; the State claimed ! in Il
tho poor's fund, Verdi received 8, dueo
the prima donna oue-haH Of the balance, -. =.
--Chambord has written TO Carlos aoH .sa
the latter's memorandum to the RTe4t Il,
and il satisfied that God will make DIS ~ IL
torious. II have no need to tell you o. II. Il
.'how happy your aunt and viii BE- rnsa r.aeei:
nows OF tie triumph OF the Lessltmls' '''
Spain reaches us." ,.d 81
Leonardo d. Vinci had been buzz u
years, and when they uncovered biz ~ u ID.
other day they could recognize it from -
traits. and lie Was not embalmed e4A'e4
Bhut in stone coffin. 49,, t;sH
Several offices with high-eounding ~ -
connected with the English Chauoer1 uoer1otGt. CoGt.
to be ebolished- Among these a1e .Cle, .. ~
Petty Bar "PnrBuivant to tho GfeA II
" "Purae-Bearer to tho Lord Chancenmt+ IL.
"Chafe-va1 Sea1er and Deputy" Wh5 n''
ish the ridiculous old Court itself? ..~m
SO strong Ia the hoTTc1 OF sctsh
sala1y-grabbe1s that in one or two cases, J F..s5
At Rochester. Republican candidate 10. .se,a .a
sentative in the recent election 1ho hso T.eds>
the increase Of pay as member OF sne re- ns 1 n
tuIe in 1866, though he did not vote ~ s,hft
defeated On the ground that be wa
grabber. o,ar
The new American chapel in Froees9 kMnbn
struction in the new quarter Of Rome u ~ ~ g.
the present Lombard aud Gothic style: ;n:t6t
terror facings will all be travertine, toS az ~
OF beautiful Aries stone. The toEer, T ~ daxh
peal Of bells, will be 140 feet high. Luz Tbnx;
includes lecture-rooms, school-rooms, m,s1os> s>
and lodgine-rooms for the officiating ee.Giio q:
The land cost 725, 600, and the building s% s.3rsa
SIC, ,010, Of which latter sum 255, GOO ha'o"
been subscribed eas ~
a shoal Of black fish numbering os glb,
driven ashore recently s. North Irate1s T.t
and killed. bringing to their ezPtors ",toe,k4
The captors numbered at least &o men, T.. ~
and children, all Of whom shared IN 80, ~ 81
The fish wore driven into shallow "s..ss:sas
when killed ware lid along tie shore' s.,nTEt
In lins tor half nile. Nos: q III III ~
Largo, Weighing fron 2,ooo 10 atooo pos'
, 1874-09-20

A correspondent OF the Graphic shoraa
the Prince OF Wales received on coming Ct y
ECc0, ,721. He has received twelve yea7s' ne3
come from the Ducby Of Corn wa&1-f724, 900 Il
twenty-five years anuuity from the Ssste-9A
900 q year-Esso, 900. His wife has rtcsa
eleven years. annuity-e110, 600; grand taa!d
s2.310, 721. or 1.55s, $50, in twelve Jeara Il
which has gone ''whcre the woodbine trias&
at the rate OF s3.780 day. and thers rs Es
debts amounting to 95.000.o00 which Psrlhce::
is pressed to pay. 4 curious fact has eo..s
light IN this connection. It appears that cui
the principal creditors is his Own bsother II
Duke of Edinburg, who h.s pench1sE
nEurv. Mr.. Lawson, the chief proprietor en
London Telegraph, has been the Du1e Of Et,'
burg's agent, and has loaned quite freely nts
Prince. and it is chiefly through the joinsrs
sure Of 3lr. Lawson aud the Duse that P1a
ment is OIL the eve Of paying the Princes dtt2
, 1874-09-20

4 ministerial scandal VAS recently setta11
france in very summary manner and *1fa9
the aid Of mutual friend. 4 naarchaos
Chevreuse came home one day and to1nd u
wife in suspicious rotations with pref u
Immediately locked them in. vent for hn .
volver. returned, shot the priest in the neef, u
his wife in the leg. Both recovered, and sn7
brought them before Court, where theT ca7
guilty, and we're sentenced to cir months =
prisonnent each. the merchant was shen ~
for attempting to kill the priest md 'na
charged. This was prompt disposition " =
whole matter, without correspondence sa1
ment or retraction, hypochondr'A o. CIT"
gloom.
, 1874-09-20

Another Weston has appeared to challenge
tie wonder and admiration Of those who think
walking the highest and noblest aim Of fallen
man His name in addition to Weston is George
Washington. In tho fall OF 1872. LII. G. IT.
Weston and family left Brownsville, Neb., for
Texas. When they arrived there they found
that yellow-feTer was prevalent, and made their
Way to New Orleans Life in New Orleans was
no more agreeable there than it is now, and they
determined to return to Brownsville. Possess
ing but few dollars, they were compelled to
admit that ordinary modes Of travel were closed
against them. Mr.. Weston expended his capital
in wheelbarrow, a tent, aud few other arti-
cles, and determined to walk back to Ne
braska- He left New Orleans with his wife, three
children, and wheelbarrow, in February. and has
steadily logged along toward lis destination.
He arrived in St. Louis last week and pitched
his tent in vacant lot, waiting to obtain little
work and recruit his strength and that OF his
wife. St. Louis should not allow thar man to
leave the city. Such sturdy independence aud
enterprise in few OF her leading citizens would
be Of great benefit to Ler. George Washington
Weston should be provided with work in order
to teach St. Louis how pluck and energy may be
e1crted under the most distressing circumstan-
ceS.
, 1874-09-20

English betting men have complained bitterly
OF the temporary e1patriation which the law has
imposed upon them. They have hitherto found
in Paris refuge where book-naking could be
carried On without fear Of moleatation By the
police, and have ayailed themselves of this i'm
nunity from prosecution. Many ngGah1ncn. and
an equal number Of Pa1isiaus, have succeeded in
establishing Offices in the city for the purpose Of
betting, and these are known ''pari-mutuels.' II
Previous to the Franco-Prussian var, the busi-
ness was moderately carried on, but the exi-
gencies Of the case put 4 stop to further trans-
actions. Since then, however, the 'pari-mu-
t,1els" have multiplied exceedingly, until the
police authorities have been forced to take cog
nizanco Of them- Six years ago q test case was
made By the Imperial Prefect Of Police against
the inventor Of the ''par7-znutuel SYSTEM The
decision Of the Court IVES that betting ghs not q
game Of chance, and tho officials were compelled
TO act accordingly. But the last attempt made
to suppress these Offices by law has been more
successful. the Court sustaining the police. The
case will be appealed OF course. II the Court
OF Appeals refuses to oSerru1e the latest deci-
sion, the professional betting men Of France and
England will find no place for the practice Of
their amusement nearer than Belgium.
, 1874-09-20
PERPETUAL. MOTION.

To The Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
SIR :: Will YOU please inform me, through the col
u1Ens OF your piper otherwise, nbout perpetual
motion:
II the magnet is used to overcome gray;ta alton can
The machine be rgttfully called pcrpetuais IL it not
necessary for such machine to have the inherent
quality Of crcating its motivepower, without the
aid of magnets oref grasitation have before nc
small machine which is thus propelled Do you think
it would be called perpetual:
have heard Of rewards offered to the first inventor
Of perpetual motion hence my wish for information
Oh thcse points. veryrespectfuly, 32s. A. 3. Y.
CHICAGO, Sept 16, 1874.
ANSWER.
1. II the magnet could be used SO that it
would 1epetuauy overcome the attraction OF
gravitation lat regular intervals) the machine
could richsfuly be called perpetual" But the
magnet cannot be 20 used. It's power 70 attract
the moving points in the machine Il gradually
lost, when it is THUG employed; tho attractive
force even becoming one Of repulsion, under
certain conditions.
2. Il is scarcely fair to ask us what is neces-
sary to the existence of thing which cannot
possibly exist; but ne may state what are the
conditions imposed at the United States
Patent Office when application ie made for
p.tont on "perpetual notion" Tho applicant
is informed that, il he will send model Of the
machine to the Office, it will be placed under
lock aud key for twelve months, and, IL found
running at the end OF that time, n patent will
be granted II ou- correspondent has 8 ma
chine that will answer this condition, it
matters not whether it be propelled by
magnets or g1avitasion, provided it should
be apparent that the machine WAS not
actually running down at the end Of the
term OF probation. Out Of several scores Of ap-
pIicauts Tor patents not one has yet complied
with these terms and not ,one OF many models
which the writer Of this reply has examined is
capabls Of standing the proposed test, which is
equally fair and simple.
8. We do not think that the machine "to~
, 1874-09-20

At the recent great musical festival at Munich.
attended BY ell the singing societies Of Bavaria,
a speech WAS made By Dr.. Heidenfels, the Vice
President Of the New York Liederkranz, before
al audience of 74,oo0 people, in which he said !:
.sAmong the 100000 Of Germans in Amer1ca,
there is great deal to be improved, They have
greater epemies than the French to contend
with, nanlelr, Yankeeism, Puzitanism, and Tenn
perance fools. who wish to prevent the drinking
OF beer On sundayR" The uugraciousness OF
this sentiment will be apparent to every one. It
ia not only an insult to the American people, bus
\ worse insult to The Germkn people thstaaa1res.
, 1874-09-20

II IN any one respect the City Of Nex r.
enjoys an advantage over Chicago. il !. 49,
freedom OF the atmosphere from soa.s
smoke The purity aud cleanliness Ct tbs =, :.
delicious contrast with the grimy gales of >.
city. The rights OF the people are gua.da :.
only in this respect, but silence is enjonadrn
the stesm-whistle o"ners, who in Chicago =
pear to be commissioned to disturb the re...
the slumberer. The Board Of Health Of r,
York recently ordered that between Grand G.,
trail Depot and Harlem River no loconns.
whistles are to be used except in cases # -
danger: and train-hanas are required to ,~b
and release their brakes without call tr1n !,
engineer. Engineers are required to araa .
plenishlng their furnaces between Grand Der
and One Hundredtb street. The smrts th..ss
the SNOWY ahirt-bosom ali day, and tbs 7en4
locomotive and tug-whistles that starua q.
eleeper at night, and harass the sick st al hp,
OF the day and night, prepare Chicago 7ictirs Il
9 full appreciation Of this bene6ce1t oids,.