Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-04-09


which he signed was written by Mr.. Moulton
when he (witness) was laboring under
great excitement caused by his fear that he
might have been unintentionally led into
doing Mr.. Tilton an injustice by listening
and subscribing to the reports in circulation
against him (Tilton) at the time OF his diff
culties with Mr.. Bowen. He said that Mr..
Moulton suggested to him that Mrs.
Tilton had allowed her affections to
be alienated from her husband and
to center upon witness and it was
this assertion on the part of Mr..
Moulton, together with the fact that Mr.. M.
emphatically pronounced false many of the
scandalous reports ahoat against Mr.. Tilton's
moral character, that led him to express him
self in contrite manner for having contribut-
ed, unintentionally, to Mr.. Tilton's sorrow.
Witness denied reading or having read to him
at that time the memorandum of his remarks
made by Mr.. Moulton, and which he signed
at Mr.. MS request as being the better way of
showing to Mr.. Tilton that he entertained no
unfriendly or hostile feelings toward him.
Henry NJ. Cleveland, formerly manager of
the Christian Union, gave his testimony in
The Beecher case at his residence on the I'd.
It is stated that he testified that Mr.. Beecher
was in the office of the Union on the I'd of
June, 1873, between eleven and twelve o'clock
of that day. That is the date on which Mrs.
Moulton, in her testimony, said Mr.. Beecher
was at her house for three or four
hours, and talked of suicide, and when she
advised him to confess to Plymouth Church.
Mr.. Beecher's examination was continued
on the 5th. He repeated his denial of being
the author of the letter of contrition, or of
the expressions reported by Mr.. Moulton.
He denied the statement Of both Messrs. Til.
ton and Moulton that he had ever confessed
even minor offense in connection with Mrs.
Tilton. In relation to the celebrated inter-
view sworn to by Mr.. Tilton, at which
the paternity of one of Mr.. Tilton's children
was in question, Mr. Beecher denied that any
such interview ever occurred, and pronounced
the story monstrous and absolute false
hood"
THE Rhode Island Prohibition State Con.
vention has renominated the present Gov
ernor and Lieutenant-G Governor. The remain
der of the ticket was made up from the Re-
publican State ticket.
THE Augusta (Ga.) correspondent of the
Louisville Coarier-J Journal says the recent
tornado which passed over parts of Georgia
and South Carolina was the most destructive
ever experienced in the United States. The
number killed in Georgia was not less than
300 and the wounded number 1,500. The
casualties in South Carolina are reported to
have been equally numerous.
A KEROSENE lamp recently exploded and
set on fire the home of farmer named Col
son, twenty-five miles from Wadena, Mimi,
and the flames spread so rapidly that in a
moment the night-clothes of the father,
mother and five children were on fire. Col
son dashed out of window and rescued his
family, but in sad condition. They all
dragged themselves to the nearest neighbors,
a mile distant barefooted and naked, leaving 6
tracks of their progress in the snow. The
father and two children have since died OF
their injuries, and it was thought the mother
and remaining son could not long survive.
THE Ohio Legislature adjourned sine die on
the 30th ult.
AT st. Louis on the Doth ult., in the case OF
A. G. Buell., charged with lbeliMg ex-senator
Chandler of Michigan, in the Detroit FREE
Press, a year ago, appealed by the Govern
ment from the United States District to the
United States Circuit Court, March 9, Judge
Dillon, of the latter court, rendered decision
affirming that of the lower court, and Mr.
| Buell. was discharged.
THE trustees of the Lick fund in San Fran
cisco have held a meeting to discuss Mr.. Lick's
revocation of his will, and express a deter
mination not to resign their trust
THE Postofice at Neuces, Tex, was burned
| by band of armed Mexicans during the
recent raids from over the border. The Post
master himself barely escaped with his life
the robbers believing that he had perished in
the flames of the burning building. A man
named Smith was murdered, and several
| Americans were taken prisoners and subject
| ed to the most cruel treatment. One of the
leaders of the gang was afterward captured
and taken to Corpus Christi, where he was
summarily tried by peoples court and
hanged.
AT Washington on the 31st ult. it was re-
ported that the yellow fever had become
epidemic in Havana.
| On the 31st ult. Gen. Sheridan issued gen
eral order declaring the policy. of the Gov
ernment in reference to the Black Hills re
gion. The order covers a letter from the De
partment of the Interior to the Secretary o
War, dated March %, in which tbs stated
that a competent geologist would be sen
to explore that region, and if it be found tina
the precious metals exist in large quantitie
efforts would be made to extinguish the In
dian title guaranteed by the treaty OF 1868
| Negotiations had already commenced to thi
end, but the presence of trespassers in tha
section was likely to endanger their success
and the Interior Department therefore callet
upon the War Department to remove inter
lopers and furnish military escort for th
geological party.
The following is the statement of the con
dition of the public debt April /:
Six per cent bonds ............ S1,1491 80
Five per cent bonds. ................ 574,252, rs
Total coin bonds. ds............... S., re, 1856
| Lawful money debt ............... 14,67S, 90
| Matnred debt. Observation-Disclosures. 1885
| Legal-tender notes ................ 379.29S,S sc
Certificates of deposit. it............ 43045,00
| Fractional currency. y................. 44343,2 ~
Coin certificates. s................... 9l9 W
| Interest ....................... 29,049,4l
Total debt. :. ....... ...... So, ,2o5, ,96s. n
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Cash in Treasury
Coin ................,... SS4, 55s
Currency ..................... 5,1S2, Al
Special deposits held for the re-
demption of certificates of deposit,
as provided by law.......-- 43,0450C
Total in Treasury. s1s2, ,s3a ss
| 4 {.
Debt less cash in Treasury ...... 81. 133, ,634 z.
Decrease during March. 3,6ol,2l
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