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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-25
Affidavit from Mrs. TiItou.

New YORK, June 25.-The Herald
of this morning having published the
attidavits Of Messrs. Legs, Laden y Price,
corroborating the stories published some
days. siuce and on account of which
Mr.. Beach attempted to have
the case reopened, Mrs. Tilton
will tomorrow publish an affidavit
in her own vindication, in which she says
that no person was employed in laying car
pets ut the time specified in the attidavts,
nor to the best Of her knowledge and
belief were Roi,i and Loader ever in her
house at any time; that the narrative so
far rs it relates in any
manner to herself or Mr.
Bcecher is wholly and utterly false. The
occurrence described never took place.
either in Oct. 1869 or at any time what
soever. She saws there never was any
improperly of conduct or any improper
relation between Henry Ward Beecher
and myself, and all charges Of adultery or
improper conduct, or of any attempt on
his part or mine to have or solicit any
improper or indecorous relation or acts
are utterly and absolutely false. Nor
did any act or word ever pass between
Mr.. Beecher and myself which
could, with equal propricty,
have not passed between father and
his daughter. In conclusion Mrs. Tilton
said, | declare in the presence of AL
mighty God that am innocent of all the
otienSes charged against me with relation
to Henry Ward Beecher, except only
that under the influence of my husband,
which found it impossible to resist so
long as persisted in living with him, !
have made charges against Mr.. Beecher,
which were false and entirely unfounded,
and which my husband knew to be false,
and l declare that left my husband vol
UNFAIRLY and without any soliclta-
tion or inducement from any person, and
especially without any solicitation or
suggestion Of Mr.. Beecher, but SO far rs
| have any knowledge or information of
his views contrary to the desire of Mr.
Beechcr, did so because had found by
sad experience, that the only result Of my
long endeavor 10 serve my husband was
that kept myself in his power and that
it was impossible for me so long as |
lived with him to resist his demands or
speak the truth when be required me TO
deny it ELIZABETH K. TUToS.
Sworn to before Judge McCue Of the
City Court, Brooklyn.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
RAILROAD BONDS-Firm.
STATE BoNDs-Moderately active and

strong.
Wilson x Wheeler, wooden
manufacturers, are reported rs having
suspended payment. The stock market
opened active and excited, and general
improvement of /, to I per cent in prices
took place, as compared with the quota
tions yesterday. The transactions in
Pacific Mail, and Lake Shore were espec.
tally large. The former advanced to
40I, and the latter rising to 62I. At the
second call Pacific Mail declined to 3SI
and Lake Shore to Gig the remainder Of
the list showing a decline of to per
cent from the highest point. At the
final close the market was firm nj a re.
covery in prices cf ! to per cent from
the afternoon decline. Pacific Mail Was
the most prominent stock and closed at
39639t, after selling at 40! and 3S!.
Lake Shore recovered from 81; 10 6l I,
and Western Union from al to 74B. The
other changes were generally slight.
Investment snsres were strong, with
only small offerings. Delaware, Lacks
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
New York Money and stock
Market.

NEW YORK, June 24.-MoNEY-Easy
at = per cent. Prime mercantile paper
3I@5 per cent. Sterling quiet at 4S6!Ca
1860 for sixty days, and 489i@49O for
sight. Customs receipts $4,000.
GoLD-Firm at ll7!@ll7t. Borrow
ing rates l, , and l-G4 per cent. Loans
were also made fiat. The Assistant
Treasurer disbursed $4,000. Cleariags
S3l, 100000
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wanna and Western rose to l2Os; Pitts.
gurgh TO 903, and Michigan Central to
69 The transactions on the Stock Ex-
change were $4,000 shares, of which
S5 1000 were Pacific Mail $1,000 Western
Union. 5000 Erie. and AZ 900 Lake Shore
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NO. 9.
Cleveland Market.

CLEVELAND, June 24.-Whest-
Weak and unchanged. Corn-Lower
at 72@73c; ears 69970c. Osts-Weak;
No. l state offered at 60c; No. 2 do 6sc;
white 63c. Petroleum-Quiet; standard
white, car lots, l0c; Ohio state test llci
small lots l62c higher.
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Pittsburgh Market.

PITTsBURGH, June "A. Wheat-Un-
changed. Corn-Dull and dropping; ear
73G,75c ON track: shelled 76(d1Sc free IN
elevator. Petroleum-Dulli crude 81 80
at Parkers; refined l2@l2!c for Phila-
delphia delivery
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DIED.

BLAIR--On Thursday, June a, 1915, al
Ska o'clock, p. NJ, John DUBOIS BLAZE,
aged p years 10 months and ls days.
Funeral from the residence of his father
Thomas J. Blair, No. 70 Zane street Island }
al 10 o'clock, Saturday morning.
Interment at Union Cemetery, 81. Clalrs-
Vile, Ohio.
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Lady Franklin HopeIessIyIlI.

LONDON, June 24.-Lady Franklin is
hopelcssly i'll. She bid farewell yester-
day to the commander of the Pandora,
which went in search of relics of the
Franklin expedition and other exploring
voyages.
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Gentlemen, the Case is now Submit
ted 10 you.

1t is of nature to call forth the exer-
else of your highest intelligence and
most scrupulous care. You will retire to
your deliberations with an impartial and
an earnest purpose to be just to the wit
nesses, Just to the parties, and to render u
verdict which you may think of hereafter
with satisfaction, as duty honestly per
formed, in the presence Of God and man.
At 10 o'clock nothing having been
heard from the jury, Judge Nelson ad-
journed Court till 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
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The Question Of Damages

was next considered. The Judge calling
the attention of the jury to the large
amount of evidence, including the PLAIN
tif-s alleged misconduct at home and
abroad, peculiar to this mere question OF
damage; such misconduct may reduce the
amount of recovery, but it is no defence
TO the action. Some other features of the
case remain to be noticed upon princl-
pie and authority, and also with reference
to our accepted rules OF social order The
intimacy and intercourse which is allow
ed between married woman and her
legal adviser, physician or pastor
is greater than that which would be con-
sidered proper or becoming between a
a woman and a man holding no such
special relation. That principle applies
here, and defendant is entitled to the
benefit of it. We are wonted to say that
all suitors are treated alike, and in most
respects they are; but yet in case
of this character, man who grows old
in prayer and pious service, has
prinld faeie the benefit OF presumption
which the mere man of the world has
not. Mr.. Beecher's advances of money
which through Moulton wentto the bene-
fit of Tilton and his family appear to
have been acts of generosity. That
money was not extorted by Moulton nor
does it appear to have been the fruit of
any improper articles although it is not
of any special moment. | think it pro-.
per to say that uncontradicted evidence
shows that Titon did not know
that he was benefited by Beecher. We
have before us no evidence which could
support charges of conspiracy and black
mail. and if we have, the defendant :
position would remain the same, if inno-
cent, to be declared so, independently Of
snrh articles
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as arbltrators. were men of character and
integrity, and found that $1,000 was due,
and that was paid. No special purpose
could have led such men to that deter
mination, if the money in their judg-
ment had not been actually due. 1t
seems proper to refer to
Two Subjects of Considerable I'm
pOrtanee
which, to some extent, have been brought
in to the case-one the proceedings and
report of the Investigating Committee
appointed by Mr.. Beecher after the
plaintiffs letter to DR.. Bacon had
been published. That wis II matter
which concerned Plymouth Church and
the defendant as its pastor. The report
of the committee after such investigation
ss they thought proper was in favor OF
the defendant. ! have simply to remind
you that that determination should not
have any weight or influence
with you here. The other sub.
ject is the advisory convention
held at the instance of two Of our princi-
pal churches. The question presented
here had no relation 10 the SUBJECT tnere
opened. The West charges which are
ia evidence before you, not having been
prosecuted by the Plymouth church, and
Mr.. Tllton's name having been dropped
as member without censure, nOtwith-
standing the charge of slandering the
pastor had been made by Mr.. West
The Advisory Council had cog
nizance of that us question o!
discipline and church polity, and you will
readily perceive that that proceeding did
not effect or assume to reach Mr.. Beecher
You are not to accept the notion that
these two powerful churches were pursu'
ing Mr. Beecher. l simply call your at
tention to this subject, that the defendant
may not suffer from any misconception on
that ground on which that council wa:
convened.
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The Nenre.t Approach TO BInckmaiI

would seem 10 have arisen between Ill
ton and Bowen, if the former did threaten
to publish card injurious to the latter,
unless the money was paid, but we have
no interest in that question. Moreover
he did not publish the card nor was he
paid until after due course of investiga-
ton. 1t seems that the covenant of
Bowen and Tilton in respect
to compensation for service on two papers,
provided for certain payments on n ter
mlnstion of employment before the end
of the term, and that the claims or dis
putes should be determined by arbitra-
tion. In the notices Of dismissal put in
evidence, MIR. Bowen proposed that mode
OF adjustment, and he had legal right
to stand on that he did SO, and the srbi-
tration was had. The gentlemen acting
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This Man IN Crazy.


1t is for you to consider whether that
remark was or was not in the nature OF
suggestion; that. there was no sensible
reason for making that demand, and
whether in conversation or in manner
the defendant betrayed any conscious
ness of guilt.
The Judge next referred 10 the policy
of silence, and said that Beecher's course
throughout was to be carefully scrutlnlz-
ed. You will inquire whether attentions
were paid to Mrs. Woodhull to cOnclllate
her at the instance or with the appro-
baton OF the defendant; whether before
Miss Turner was sent of to school he
favored that as precautionary measure
or contributed in that view, and whether
he repressed the " West charges.
If YOU find that Mr.. Beecher
did not thus act, those questions
will give YOU no trouble, but If you find
that he took such part in these transac-
tions. or any of them, then you will in
quire whether he did so in apprehension
that his sexual intercourse with Mrs.
Tilton might not be exposed, or from
some other and independent cause. You
will also inquire whether the defendant
refrained from publishing the denial as II
refutatlon of the allegations contained IN
the paper known as the "Woodhull
scandal" from answering the partic-
ular inquiry made by Mrs. Brad
shaw, in her letter, to which he
sent a reply, or was held in bondage to
sense of fear or guilt as now charged. In
any view of the case you may be dispos-
ed to ask why Mr.. Beecher, If innocent,
should have been garnered up in
All that Pain and Fear
so long, when he might have made
proclamation to the world and tramped
out the scandal as with iron boots. The
question upon all proofs is whether the
defendant understood that he was
charged with adultery, and spoke, wrote,
acted and suffered from and in conse-
ouence. or that whether laying
that out of view, he understood
charges to be that he had made impro
per proposals or advances and robbed the
plaintiff of rich inheritance in the love
of mis- wife, and whether coupled with
these charges he believed that he had
wronged the plaintiff by favoring
family separation and the dismissal by
Mr.. Bowen, and for these reasons he
spoke, wrote, acted and suffered as des-
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-15
In Supreme Oourt at Jackson.

b.. NJ. Ycrger ct al. vs. -. E. G. Akin.
DY VIRTUE OF A DECREE pRO.
ID nounced by the Supreme Court Of Ten
nessee at Jackson on the 9Th Of jane, 1874, in
this cause, l will. on
Saturday, 9th Of February, 1875,
offor for sale to the highest bidder. IN frs,t AZ
the ONCE Of the Sheriff Of shelby county. In
the city of Memphis. the interest Of defsad.
ant, y. E.C. Akin Ut being an undivided
one third INTEREST,", in and to a certain tract
or parcel OF land lying and being in Shelby
county, Tennessee, containing 6l0 acres, more
or less, being a portion OF a 640-acre tract en-
tered by James P. Taylor on December Is.
1920, in the Eleventh Civil District, range I.
section 2, beginning on the east BOUNDARY
line Of James M, Lewis, entry No. AZ. 10
swest-gum marked ] PT. holly and sweet
gum pointers ; thence east SO chains, 50 links
to a line OF the Thomas Estelle entry No. In.
a white'oak marked 7. poplar. black-Eum
and dogWood pointers; thence so1th With
hstelle's line 81 chains, 40 links PAST Estelle's
land south rs chains, S3links to q stake, from
which north 31' west 10 links stands a dog
wood marked j. black oak, post oak and dog
wood pointers; thence west "A chains and Il
linksto a blackjack marked A ID in said line,
which Is n corner Of a tract of land contain
ing iI1324 acres. sold by Lucy T.. Temple to
Charles X. Gillespie; thence north 7 chains,
SIS links to a stake, 3 blackjack and maple
pointers: thence west 80 chains, so links to a
stake, hickory, black, oak and dogwood
pointers, which stake stands on the western
line Of said 640.acre tract; thence north with
said line to the beginning.
Terms of Sale-said land will be sold on q
credit Of seven months, purchaser executing
note with approved security, and a lien re-
tanned on the land until said note Is paid.
Equity Of redemption barred.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
ALEX W. CAMPBELL, Solicitor.
January q, 1875. 127-l55
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Trustees Sale.

ON FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1875, IN FRONT
~ Of house No. SO Madison street, l will OK
pose to public cutlery, and sell to the highest
bidder for cash, the following described prop
erty. te-wit: Part Of lot No. 26i on the Ram
dolph road. west side, in what is known as
Chelsea, commencing on the west side OF said
road at its intersection with first alley north
Of LoOney street; thence southwardly with
said road IA feet and back between parallel
lines one hundred and thirty-two feet, being
same lot sold to D g James by decd, in book
n, page 1888; by said james conveyed in trust
to W b Battle, trustee, TO- secure an indebted
ness which has been paid, and by said u
James and V B James, his wife, and said w
b Battle. trustee, conveyed to me on the
llth day of April, 1874. in trust to secure the
Indebtedness In their deed mentioned; to sat
isfy which this notice Of sale is made in pur-
suance Of the terms Of said deed and by diroc-
ton Of the beneficiary therein. The equity Of
redemption Is waived by said deed, and ii Is
believed the purchaser will get a good title to
the lot, but i sell only as Trustee.
l32-xx.5 W, W. GOODWIN, Trustee.
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LEGAL.
Trustees Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF A TRUST DEED MADE
ID 10 me as Trustee, by Enoch Taylor, on
December -, 1873, and recorded in Record
istsr's y oeic 60 az pSbeIby1 Sonntt ~ TTsn Ts@v nG esr
the purpose Of securing certain indebtedness
therein named, | will, on Saturday,
February 81, 1875, within legal hours,
and In front Of the Memphis City Fire and
General Insurance Company, on Madison
street. Memphis, Tenn, sell for cash, the fol-
lowing described property, viz: Beginning
on the south side Of Mosby street at a point
25% feet east Of the northeast corner Of j. @.
Grifin's homestead running thence east with
the south line Of Mosby street 2h feet to a
stake; thence south 1851 feet to a contem-
plated l6-feet alley; thence west on said
alley 25h feet; thence north 14SH feet to the
beginning; being the east half Of Lot No. /
and in the city Of Memphis. Equity Of re-
demption waived. Title believed to be good,
but | only convey as Trustee.
HENRY >, LYNN, Trustee.
X. Q. WILLIAMSON, Attorney. l25-l5)
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T2o4s A. d.
Attachment Notice.

In the First Circuit Court Of Shelby County.
Tennessee-T. B. billiard vs.. Ad Rajeskey.
TN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENTHAV.
i ing been sued out under section 34s5 Of the
Code of Tennessee and returned into court,
levied upon the real estate of the de.
PENDANT, and affidavit having been made that
the defendant is justly indebted TO the plain
tiff in the sum Of one hundred and thirty-nine
dollars and ffty-nine cents by note. and that be
is a nonresident Of the State ST Tennessee; il is
therefore ordered that the defendant, A. Ra-
jeskey, make his personal appearance herein,
before the Judge Of the First Circuit Court Of
Shelby county, at the court house In the city
Of Memphis. on the third Monday in May
next, and defend said attachment suit
within the time prescribed by law OF the same
will be proceeded with ex parte; and that a
copy Of this order be published once a week
for four consecutive weeks in the Memphis
Ledger.
This 10Th day Of January, 1875.
A true copy-Attest;
B. +. COLEMAN, Clerk.
By B. II. COLEMAN, Deputy Clerk.
GEO. CAN'T. Attorney for Plaintiff.
l2i-130-l36- l42
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Trustees Sale.


DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST EX-
ID ecuted and delivered to me as Trustee. on
the 2lst day Of Augutt. 1874, and registered in
the Registers office Of Shelby county, Ten
nessee, on the 9th day Of October, 1874. in
chattle book No. 4, page Glib, for the purpose
Of securing certain indebtedness therein men
toned, / will. on saturday, February
26, 1875, within legal hours, soil the prep
erty hereinafter described for cash. Of. public
cutlery, to tho highest bidder, the following
personal property, to-wit; The leasehold OF
the stock yard situated on Second street in
Chelsea, and knswn as the Memphis Stock
Yard;" also FIVE horses. one mule, one wooden
she'd, now in said stock yard. Also the fol-
lowing property in the tw0-story brick hOuss
adjoining said stock yard: All the household
and kitchen furniture, consisting of beds.
bedsteads. bedding, chairs. tables, wash-
stands, bureaus, crookery. china ware and
table waro; also two billiard tables, cues. etc.,
one kitchen range. together with all Appa-
ratus belonging TO samO; also two buggies,
one with top and one open buggy, bar and bar
fixtures, including stock on hand Of l-uorf,
cigars, etc.; In Short everything now in said
house or stock yard. being the same lately
occupied by h.. LaOroix. Sale of the above
described property to take place on the prem
ises In Chelsea. sell as Trustee.
JOHN CUBBINS. Trustee.
o.. w. MILLER. Attorney. l2l.154
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Saturday, March G, 1875,

between the hours Of II am. and l o'clock
PM. the following described real egtate, stu
ated in shelby county. State Of Tennessee.
and DeSoto county. Stat Of Mississippi. to-
wit: That certain tract Of land beeinninR
at the southeast corner Of section thirteen, OF
township one, Of range eight, west Of the basis
meridian, and running thence westtwo hun
bred and thirty-ive poles with the southern
boundary line Of said section; thence north
one hundred and thirty-fve poles; thence east
one hundred and twenty-five poles; thence
north one hundred and twelve and one-half
poles; thence east one hundred and ten poles
TO the eastern boundary line of said section;
thence south with said boundary line two
hundred and forty-seven and one-half poles
to the beginning, containing by estimation
two hundred and seventy acres; being the
same tract conveyed by James b. Morgan to
said James II. Edmondsen By deed, Septem-
Der q. 1859, recorded in book No. u, PIP. 62T
and 62S, Of the Reg steg's Office of shelby
county, Tennessee together with all the i'm
PROPONENTS thereon and all the rights, priyi-
leges and franchises thereto belonging. The
right Of redemption Is waived, and this title
believed to be perfect, but / sell and convey
only as Trustee. w. L. nLAPP,
Trustee, Is Union street.
MEMPHIS, February 2, 1875. lS-Vx-6
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Trustees Sale.

pY VIRTUE OF THE TERMS OF A DEED
~ in trust to me, executed by Thomas Leon
ard and wife. dated 9th Of February, 1874,
and resistered in the Register 8 off CO of shelby
county. Tennessee. in Deed Book No. 100.
page l66, / viii, on
Saturday, 27th Of February, 1875,
at the southeast corner Of Court Square, in
the city OF Memphis, Tennessee, sell at public
auction to the highest bidder, for cash, the
property set out and described in said trust
deed as follows: known as the east half OF
lot eight of block thirty-one Of John Over
tons subdivision Of his ,1S1-acre tract. front
and running back one hundred and seventy
feet to an alley. said lot being in Memphis,
Shelby county, Tennessee Equity Of redemp-
ton barred. Title believed TO be good, but l
iSs-iI5S B.. Ii. POSITION. Trustee.
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LEGAL.


w. G. Kendall OF al. vs.. Frazier Titus OF al.
Qf VIRTUE OF A DECREE PRO-
~ nouncea by the SUPREME Court Of Ten
on
Saturday, 9th Of February, 1875,
in front of the Office Of the Sheriff Of Shelby
county. In the city Of Memphis. offer for sale
to the highest bidder. the real estate men
toned and described in said decree as follows:
A lot or parcel Of ground situated and being
In the city of Memphis. county Of Shelby,
and state OF Tennessee. DESIGNATED on WI
Of Memphis as lot No, 400 described, how
eyer, by miftake in the proceedings In the
Shelby County Court in ex-parte. j, Y. Glib
son. adm'T, etc., OF N.D. Barry, deceased,
ct al; petition, indefinitely as lots 404 and 4O6).
said lot No. 402. being bounded as follows:
beginning at the intersection Of the south
side of Market street with the east side of
Third street; thence southwarely and with
hnlrd street. one hundred and f0rty-eight
uasl feet and six l6) inches to a stake; thence
eastweraly one hundred and forty-eight and
4 nan u,io<1 feet to Market street; thence
Westwardly. with Market street one hundred
ana Iorty-eignt and a half u481a) feet TO the
point OF beginning, saving and excepting,
IN lot No. 2, Of a subdivision Of lot No. s0i,
made September. 1883. in said ex-psrte peti-
ton Of JIG. Gibson, adm'r Of V.D. Bsrry.
deceased, ct al. In the County Court Of shelby
county. Tennessee, which by the deeres en-
tered in this cause by this Court OF 97th June.
1877, belongs to Eudora Miller, and the ksirs
Ct law Of Martha A. Il. Kendall, uJon the
falling in Of the dover estate OF Mrs. v d
Barry, widow Of v ID Barry. deceased; ssid
lot MOI Of the said subdivision Of lot No Ke.
being AT the southeast corner Of tie intsrsee-
ton Of Market and Third streets. fronting
63R feet on Market street and 80 feet on Third
street.
Terms Of Sale-Said property win be sold
upon a credit Of seven months, purchaser 10
execute note with approved security, and a
lien retained upon the property until said
note is paid. Equity of redemption barred.
JOHN II. FREEMAN, Clerk.
T.. l.. BELCHER, Solicitor.
January 25, 1875. lnT.fS