Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-03-26


| was paired with Cameron (Pa.), but that Senator
| had already voted. Mr.. Eaton supposed Cameron
had voted by mistake Mr.. Cameron 1Pa2 said al
he voted intentionally. He was: paired with the
Senator from Connecticut upon the question OF OF
admitting Pinchback, but not upon the question
| Of postponing the resolution.
| DISASTERS have been caused in some por-
tions Of the East by spring foods and ice
gorges. Several bridges on the Susquehanna,
Delaware, and other rivers have been carried
away, and serious damage to property is re-
ported. AT Port Jeryis, N. Y, the lowe. por-
tion-of the city was Inundated to the depth OF
| ten feet, some houses being submerged up to
the second stories No. lives were lost. The
new railroad bridge across the Susquehanna
at Pittston, Pa, was carried away about ten
| minutes after passenger train had passed
over. AT Germantown several small houses
| were destroyed. Danville and Wilkesbarre,
Pa, and other towns in that and adjoining
States suffered severely by the floods. ~ y
THE Judiciary Committee of the New York
| State Assembly reported adversely on the bill
to allow wives to testify against their hus
bands in civil cases, and the report was
| adopted This bill was intended, it is sup
posed, to allow Mr.. Tilton to testify in the
| Beecher suit. f &FFAE8
THE oldsman under arrest in Arizona ad-
mits that he is John Bender, but says he did
not commit the Kansas murders with which
he is charged, but thathis son and daughter,
John and Kate, did.
On the 18th the President withdrew the
nomination of ex-Congressman David P.
Lowe, of Kansas, to be Commissioner of
Pensions and nominated him for Chief-J u.s.
tice of Utah Territory, in place of Isaac q.
Parker, of Missouri, who was subsequently
nominated United States District Judge for
the Western District of Arkansas. Henry
B. Brown was nominated United States
Judge for the Eastern District OF Michigan.
THE evidence of Mr.. Halliday in the Beecher
case was continued on the 18th. He said
Mr. Tilton had stated to him that the Wood
hull scandal was entirely untrue, and
that his wife was as pure as the
light. Mr.. T. spoke of Beechers Of
tense as being quite venial in it's character
Mrs. Lucy W. Mitchell, a nurse, who had been
in attendance upon Mrs. Tilton, testified that
Mr.. Beecher was a frequent visitor at Mr.. Til
toms, and she.had never seen any improprieties
between him and Mrs. T. She was Mrs. T.'s
house attendant at the time of her illness,
when Tilton and Mr.. Moulton were to-
gether in the house about the time the
| alleged letter of confession is supposed to
have been written, and on the evening
when the letter of retraction was furnished
to Mr.. Beecher, and her evidence was that
Mrs. Tilton was very weak and i'll on these
occasions. Mr.. Tilton had always treated his
| wife well SO far as witness knew. Rev. John
L. Gay, of Bloomington, Ind, testified to Til
| toms liberal doctrines on marriage and di-
vorce as promulgated in lecture at the State
University, in that place, in 1862. James
Taylor and Charles Forester, of the New
York Postoffice, testified on the 18th that
Mrs. Woodhulps Steinway Hall lecture in
| 1871 or 1872 was mailed in connection
with copies of the Golden Age. Mr.
| Taylor talked with Mr.. Tilton about it,
| and objected to the mailing of the speech in
| this manner, as it was not supplement to
| the Golden Age, and afterward received note
| from Mr. T., containing 800, to defray the
extra postage. Mr.. Halliday continued his
testimony, and said Mr.. Beecher had nothing
to do with the decision by the church Deacons
in October, 1872, that it was inexpedient to
take any action on the scandal. Bessie
Turner began her evidence on the 10Th. Ac-
cording to her statement Mr.. Tilton was ad-
dicted to sullen moods, during which he
would make himself disagreeable to all in
the house, especially his wife, whom he
would scold for hours at time. She never
saw anything improper between Mr.. Beecher
| and Mrs Tilton, and on his frequent visits to
the house Mrs. Tilton treated him the same
as other gentlemen visitors. Bessie repeated
the story of having awakened one night and
found herself in Mr.. Tilton's bedroom alone
with him, whittier he had carried her while
she was asleep, and she Indignantly left the
| apartment at once. She also repeated con
versations which she alleged Mr.. T. had had
with her regarding affinities. On one occa
! sion, when Mr.. Tilton was shaking his
clenched fist in his wife's face, witness inter
fered in her behalf, and Mr.. T. ordered her
with an oath, to leave the house, which she
refused to do, and he struck her (witness,
with his fist and knocked her down. In the
continuation of her direct examination or
the 22d Bessie Turner corrected some of hel
statements regarding dates, and identified
letters which she had received at different
| times from Mr. Tilton while he was absent
| from home. She said Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton sent
her to bearding-school, but nothing was
eyer said about her going away in connection
with the charges against Mr.. Beecher A
letter was then read, written by witness to
Mrs. Tilton in January, 1871, stating that
Mrs. Morse had endeavored to induce her to
/ circulate stories injuri to Mr.. Tilton, and
laIso a second letter stating that the story
that Mr.. Tilton carried her from her bed
was wicked lie, which second note she said
was written at the urgent solicitation
OF Mrs. Tilton. Witness was cross.
examined as to her statement before the
Church Examining Commlrtee stotos
that she had made some mistakes in her
story there which she herself had subsequent
| ly discovered. She would have then told all
| she had sworn to on the trial had she rcmem
| bered it at the time. She could not be Ger.
| tain as to the exact dates of several occur
rences sworn to. Upto the time she came on
the stand she had told her story substantially
| to a stenographer, Mr.. Shearman and Judge
Porter; this was some time during the week
| of her first evidence on the witness stand
| had previously told some of the particulars
to Mrs. Ovington.
Gen. Sheridan has issued Instructions to
Gen. Terry at st. Paul and Gen. Ord at
Omaha, directing them, in the event of the
mining companies organizing at Sioux City
and Yankton trespassing on the Sioux Indian
reservation, to use the forces at their com
mand to burn the wagon trains, destroy the
outfit and arrest the leaders, confining them
at the nearest military post in the Indian
country. ~
Ar Port Deposit, Nd, on the 10Th, the
water was from five to fifteen feet deep in the
| streets. # st
/ Or the Executive Council in New Hamp.
i shire the Republicans have elected two and