Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-04-09

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of criminal conduct they alleged he had
made. He asserted that the letter Of contri-
tion which he signed was written by Mr..
Moulton when he (witness) was laboring un-
der great excitement caused by his feeling
that perhaps he might have been uninten-
tionally led into doing Mr.. Tilton an injustice
by listening and subscribing to the reports in
circulation against him (Tilton) at the time
OF his difficulties with Mr.. Bowen. He fur
ther said that Mr.. Moulton suggested to him
(witness) that Mrs. Tilton had allowed her
affections to be alienated from her
husband and to center upon witness;
and 1t was this assertion on the part Of Mr.
Moulton, together with the fact that Mr.. M.
emphatically pronounced false many Of the
scandalous reports afoat against Mr.. Tilton's
moral character, that led him (witness) to ex-
press himself in a contritc manner for having
unintentionally contributed to Dir. Tilton's
sorrow at that time. Witness denied
reading or having read TO him on that occa-
sion the memorandum OF his remarks made
by Mr.. Moulton, and which he signed at Mr..
Ms request as being ti,v better way of show
ing to Mr.. Tilton that he (witness) entertained
no unfriendly feelings or feelings Of enmity
toward hiDi.
MONDAY, April Sit is reported that
the Carlist Gen. Saballa has had an interview
with Gen. Campas at Olot, under flag Of
truce, with the view of seeking terms for the
transfer of his allegiance from Don Carlos to
King Alphonso. One hundred and eighty
Carlist officers are said to have given in their
adhesion TO the latter, and the Carlist army
has been largely thinned by desertions. "A
Washington dispatch says the Mexican
Government will soon have brought to
its attention by the Department Of State
the enormity OF the oifense recently com
mitted by invading Mexicans on the Texas
border, with such demands for reparation as
will satisfy our national honor. Owing to
the illness of Henry NJ. Cleveland, formerly
manager of the Christian Union, it was nee
essary that his testimony in the Beecher
trial should be taken at his residence, and
his evidence was begun on the second. 1t
is reported that he testified that Mr.. Beecher
was in the Office of the. Union on the I'd Of
June, 1878, between eleven and twelve o'clock
of that day. That is the date on which Mrs.
Moulton, in her testimony, alleges 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
....According to a New Orleans dispatch Of the
4th the Senatorial excursion to Mexico has
broken up, several Of the party having de-
cided at New Orleans to go no further,
while few will proceed to Vera
Cruz by the regular mail steamer and
as private travellers. Advces from Wash
ington, fear of the yellow fever and
| Al.
the causes alleged for a change OF pro-
gramme. =. About 1890 on the morning of
the 4th the Chicago express train collided
with the Pacific express train on the Chicago,
Burlington S Quincy Railroad, near Tyrone,
Iowa. Both engines and several cars were de-
molished. H. L. Miller, conductor; c. NJ
Pickle, fireman, and w. A. Gardner, express
messenger, we're instantly killed, and several
other train employees were injured, some
fatally. One passenger was reported killed
and several wounded. The accident is said
to have been caused by the telegraph operator
at Tyrone neglecting his Instructions to held
the Chicago-bound train until the other train
had passed that point.
TUESDAY, April 6.-Wilson, McLay &
Co., metal merchants London, England, have
suspended, owing, it is stated, to difficulties
arising from their American contracts fol
rails. Their liabilities are estimated at 81,
OO0,0O0 President Grant is reported
as having recently stated, in rela
tion to the lately-reported outrageI
Of bands Of MeXicans in Texas, that
he could see no reason for apprehension o
war between the two countries, but of course
no one could tell what might be in thC
future. Nothing, however, would be done by
this Government to provoke such resul
... Mr.. Beecher's direct examination was con
tinued on the 5th. He reiterated his emphatic
denial of being the author of the letter o
contrition, or of its expressions as reported
by Mr.. Moulton He also denied the severa
asseverations OF both Messrs. Tilton ant
Moulton that he had ever confessed even
minor offense in connection with Mrs. Tiltor
In regard to the celebrated interview swor
to by Mr.. Tilton as having occurred betwee
the witness and Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton, at whicl
the paternity of one of Mr.. Tilton's childre
was in question, Mr.. Beecher denied that an
such interview ever occurred, and dpronounce
the story "monstrous and absolute false
hood". The latest returns from the electio
in Connecticut indicate that Chas r. Ingerso
(Dem) is reelected Governor by about 700
majority. The Congressman elected are
, First District, Geo. NJ Landers, Dem. seconC
: James Phelps, DEM; Third, II. II. Starl
J weather, Rep; Fourth, VIM. II. Barnun
1 Dem. State Legislature Democratic.
Q T. Barnum has been elected Mayo
v of Bridgeport. IA Yankton Cd. T) di
!. patch of the 4th announces the a
b rival there of two men, name
}. Owens, direct from the Black Hills, bringin
|, with them several nuggets and particles
n gold which they took out with an AK. B
t coming satisfied that gold existed in payir
g quantities they left four of their number an
Q returned for provisions and tools. ... twelv
d year-old boy, son of Jacob Welker, of
II Paris, Ohio, was recently fatally burnC
d by the explosion of q coal-oil can while
Ii was attempting to hurry up fire
o pouring oil upon IT,. The case OF Georl
y Q. Cannon, for polygamy, has been a
d pealed by the prosecution to the TC
d ritorial Supreme Court, and bonds
It 5000 given for his appearance. "A
N cording to a Detroit dispatch Of the 5
le the Republican State ticket for suprer
y, Court Judge and Regents of the State u
81 Versity of Michigan had been elected by fro
at 10000 to 1900 majority. The election
IN Cincinnati has resulted in the success of
r Democratic municipal ticket by majorit
ranging from 1000 TO 6,000, johnson,
n Mayor, receiving the heaviest vote.