The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-04-27
General News.


hitting Outrages. They captured
the mails and mules, and killed one
man, Monday, April 10Th. The
military are in pursuit.
A dispatch from Bombay states
that two field artillery battaliOns and
a division of native infantry, with
field artillery, are under orders for
the Mediterranean.
The entire Roumanian militia has
been called ont. The Russians have
stationed vessels laden with stones
ready again to close the Sulina mouth
of the Danube if necessary.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg
says: There is much discomfort and
uneasiness in this city. 1t is thought
that the situation has improved dur
ing the past twenty -four houIs.
A dispatch from Berlin says:
Prince Bismark is endeavoring to
obtain the simultaneous withdrawal
from Constantinople of both the
Russian armies and the British feet,
preliminary to peace negotiations.
A dispatch fran Vienna says the
Car has promised to extend the ter
ritory of Servia still further if Ser
via will Immediately agree to recog
nize the treaty of San Stefano, aud
that Servia has consented so to do.
The House Committee on Patents
agreed tn report favorably Sayier's
bill for the better security of prop
erty in patterns for metal castings.
1t provides that any person coun.
terfeiting any metal casting, by us
ing it as Il pattern in moulding, ex-
cept with the written consent of the
owner, shall be liable to the latter
in amount of ordinary profits upon
the article produced, and any court
of competent jurisdiction may order
the delivery of such counterfeit cas-
tings to the complainant, OF their
destruction by the marshal.
Waldemarde BOdisco, the Russian
Consul General, denies the truth of
the report that Russian pIivateers
were to be fitted out in this country.
He had read in some of the papers
that society of merchants had been
formed in Russia for the purpose of
purchasing and fitting out fast YES
sells IN the United States in case of
war between Russia aud England,
bnt even in that case it would be
necessary to take them to Russia to
man them with their own sailors.
He believed there was sotue foun-
datiOn for this statement, but he was
certain that no action had been
taken yet.
THE BEECHER SCANDAL AGAIN.
The absorbing topic among all
classes is the confession of Mrs. Til
ton of her intimacy with Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher Since the receipt of
Mrs. Tilton's latest letter, large
numbers of persons, known in con
neetion with the case, have been
seen and questioned. The main
points brought out rest however
with the accuser and accused. 1t
was thought and sincerely hoped
that the great scandal had been bur-
ried never to be resnrrected, and its
sudden revival was looked upon by
the moral class of the community
with disgust.
The expressions of ladies in re-
gard to the confession were those of
contempt for Mrs. Tilton, mot for
the reason that it might reflect upon
Mr.. Beecher, but for the reason that
she has sworn, time and time again,
that there was no truth whatever in
the charge and that this was simply
conspiracy.
The Herald says: Mrs. TiltOn's
statements have been so contradic-
tory that nothing she can say will
be deemed worthy of belief, except
so far as it may be corroborated by
other and better evidence.
The Times says: Mrs. Tilton's
confession is worthless as legal evil
dence, however strongly it may con-
firm the moral presumption of Beech
er's guilt. AS for Beecfer, he re
mains an impure and perjured man,
which any rational construction of
his own letters prove him to be.
The Tribune says: No matter.
who may have been the chief sinner,
Mrs. Triton is the chief victim, and
there is no possible solution of the
case, which can restore her peace.
happiness and good name. Beeeher
had made enough admissions to
damn dozen other preachers, yet
the jury could not convict, and a
congregation would not abandon
him.
The trial of Beecher upon the ac-
ton brought against him by Theo-
dore Tilton to recover S50,G00 dam
ages for criminal connection with
his wife is held to be still in abey-