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Year: 1875

O. WELL hadn't Mr. Tilton already told you that
the charge less than adultery and that 1t Indignantly
rejecedi A lie told first that there nothing
charge whatever.


Q, talking about that evening when you in his
house A. Well, that that evening.


O. Very well; he told you there nothing in ito A. lie
told me there nothing In II.


O. Then be told you the charge less than adultery A.
Then be told a modcum OF truth in It, base
much as grain wheat bushel Of cha and asked him
for the grain OF wheat and then he came up with the charge Of
impure proposals. which reraccd Then the last thing
before my leaving him. about the last thing asked him that
question direct order satisfy myself 10 the truth Of e
charge made against Mr.. Beecher and his wife.


O. Well weren't you satisfied when he told you that the
charge was LEES than adultery and that It Indignantly
jected didn't sasy yous A. 1t satisfied Of the truth
OF that charge.


O. Howf A II satisfied me a. to that charge


@ But you thought there might be anoher' A. No;
didn't


@ Then why did you ask the question: A. never thought
MI Beecher was guilty Of adultery With hrs.--
Year: 1875

@ Now, will you proceed and tell this jury as
wen as you can and as consecuey you can, all that Mr.
Tton read to you that night either from manuscript oi
printed A. All that read at that house that
nght wish to state before doing that the whole time
was not occupied with reading There WAS conversation on
the part OF Mr. Tton and myself and explanation but Mr.
2.llos rcsd % me whs Dafpcred 10 be
Year: 1875

O. Before you went in before the Committee did
you have any talk with anybody about the maes A. Before
went TO the house, do you mean'


@ After you got to the house where the Committee we're at
ting before you before the Committee did you have
any conversation with in regard the maery A
had conversation with Mr.. HILL


q What that conversation did you state to him
what you knew A. had general conversation with him.
Q Well, In that general conversation did you state what
knew shoRt the aaleri A. must have stated some
Year: 1875




Several merchants Of Minden have for
warded to Governor Kellogg q statement
that ono of the engineers Of the levee board
is using State funds to close Mack's Bayou
and Flat river, in Bossier parish, against
which action they strongly protest, claim
ing that if these streams arc closed it will
put an end to the navigation of Lake Bisti-
mean, since these streams are tho principal
feeders of the lake. 1t il shown that
10000 to 10000 bales OF cotton are sent to
this city every year from the Bistineau
country, and corresponding amount of
merchandise shipped back. This has been .
travelled route Of water craft ever since the
country was settled, and . true policy
would dictsto that its navigation should be
improved rather than impeded. Should the
lake bs dried up-which would be the re-
suit, should tho small streams that feed
it be closed the greater portion of the trade
now coming to the city would be lost to US,
as the people would be forced to haul to and
from the railroad depot at Shreveport and
do their trading with St. Lonis.


The only excuse offered to justify the
action Of the State engineer is that few
hundred acres of bottom lands might be
redeemed if the streams were closed up;
but it is shown these lands have never been
worth anything, and no engineering known
in this State will ever make them available.


The Mlnden gentlemen certainly make a
very strong case, and they appeal to Gov
ernor Kellogg to prevent any further mis-
chief being done.
Year: 1875

The members OF the Baptist Church who
met in convention the last few days in this
city are no insignificant body of men, and


weld much power for good in the State


1t was harmonious meeting, and the re-
ports indicated that the Baptist Church is
in tlourishing condition. II one would
learn truly the progress which colored men


have made since released from slavery


through the instrumentality Of the Union


army and the martyred President who
died in the service of freedom, lot him


visit the colored churches. He will


find the most religious and devout congre-


cations in the land composed OF solored


men. Theirs is a simple faith, not disturbed


by abstract questions, pre-Adamite theories
and nice logical points, nor divided by


rtualistic controversy. The colored man


is naturally religious, his creed and faith is


founded on the Bible, and anchored to the
teachings Of Christ. Conversion to him is


an actual reality, because he feels what he


breaches. The church to a colored man,


who by enslavement has been deprived of
education, is his source of light. The preach
ers are the most intelligent men of their
race, knowing tho needs of the people
they address, and they generally advise
them according to their best interests. Ia
their weekly meetings it is not uncommon
to hear important questions Of the day dis
cussed, and extracts read from we'll cor
Quoted journals. Popular instruction
through the means Of the churches and
preachers 10 necessity to men not having
the privileges Of their white brethren and
does much good. In this spirit our Baptist
friends invited Governor Kellogg to address
them yesterday. He did 60 happily. and
something of what he said is reported in
another column. None better than the
congregation he addressed knew the truth
Of tho Governors words. The civil
and religious liberty of the col.
ored man, the privilege of being
a uan. and the opportunity Of educating his
children are things sacred to. him, they
came to him with his new found liberty, at
the cost Of millions of precious lives. and in
the face Of threatened disunion of States.
What has been gained by the sword, and by
the blood Of Republican patriots. muss be
maintained by the ballot and by the stead.
Fast faith of those who were most benefited
by emancipation. by snfranchisement, and
BY Che enactment of laws guaran teeing
Justice to black as we'll as to white men.
While colored men do not forget theft
wrongs Of the past, they are yet Christians
in church relations and forgive their eneA
mics; doing this they will also remember.
those who led them out Of the houes of
bondage. and they will be true to them
selves aud to their friends.
Year: 1875

The Illinois State Journal has On account
of "a splinter from STAR" which fell into a
yard, and was heard and seen by q lady.
When the splinter was picked up it was
found to be unco0fortably warm for the
hand, and all TIE circumstances combined
led irresistibly to the conclusion that the
little body is Q fragment of larger one,
which was q meteor or aerolite. The sides
of the fragment have the appearance Of
having been split from another body, And
present longitudinal stria in the direction of
the fracture. The ends seem to have been
squarely broken off, somewhat like the
fracture made by the breaking of the min
ersl known as galena. This little piece fell
at about three o'clock in the afternoon,
when the sun was shining in . clear sky,
and no doubt the greater body burst in the
extreme upper regions of tie atmosphere in
tho full blaze of sunlight, and 20 escaped
Year: 1875

The grand festival of the Fruit Growers
Association draws to close. This evening
tho roses will be withered, the leaves faded
and tho vegetables decayed, so far a. the
great exposition is concerned. With this
circumstance comes the question. has farm
ing in the Gulf States run to seeds The
flowers breathe out soft denial, and the
fruits groan q fragrant nay. The vegetables
wax wroth, and the budding trees sigh out
q soft disclaimer.


Yesterday marked the second day Of the
fair. The attendance was fully equal to
that of the opening, both as to numbers and
selectness. Some thirty odd entries had been
added to the collection, and the dispute as
to the merits of the different specimens was
great indeed. The award of prizes has not
yet been made, but to-day fun list will be
made out.


This evening the exposition will tetmi
nate with grand concert under the direc-
ton of Professor Angel Castro. Afterward
will be held sale of all the goods on ex-
hibition. Following this will be soiree
dansante.
Year: 1875

The East Boston Mass Advocate pub
fishes the following, under the heading,
ga Heretofore Unpublished Incident of
Half Century Ago." More than fifty
years ago boy of some sixteen or seven-
teen years of age was at work one after
noon on the old "Hingham Station
Packet" which will be remembered by
some of our citizens as for years occupy
ing a berth at the head of the dock
where State Street block now stands. 1t
was an afternoon when there was no
school, and a girl, somewhat younger
than the boy alluded to, was passing the
half holiday in play near the store OF her
father. Venturing too near the edge of
the dock she missed her footing and fell
overheard, and it being high water at
the time, she disappeared. No one saw
her fall, but by accident the lad noticed
some bubbles in the water, and having
just before seen the little Miss on the
wharf, instantly took in the situation.
Springing into the water he succeeded
in bringing her to the surface, and call
ing for aid, she was taken on shore and
restored to her parent.


This act of hcroism saved the life OF
one who has become the most distin-
guished American actress of the age--a
lady as highly respected for her moral
worth and irreproachable private char
acter as she is renowned all over the
world for her eminent histironic achieve
ments. Her rescuer is to-day one of the
most estimable citizens, and less than a
year ago acquainted the lady. with the
circumstances of her deliverance from
watery grave through his instrumentality
"a fact she well remembered, although
till then ignorant of the name of her
preserver. Cornelius Lowell had saved
the life of Charlotte Cushman,
Year: 1875

Some, who have given little attention
to the matter, when they hear instruction
in drawing in the public schools spoken
of, think of nothing else but wild Uto-
plan scheme to make sculptors and paint
ers of halt the population. The buds of
artistic genius in every numskull brain
are to be cultivated until they sprout out
into the foliage, flowers and fruits of a
garden of aesthetic deligts. Young men
will be qualified to leave their shops
when the fancy seizes them, and go
out into the fields and make sketches of
the charming scenes of nature as fine rs
anything left by Claude Lorraine or
Paul Bril-. Such are the sudden conclu-
sions arrived at by those who know little
or nothing about the matter. There is
no more expectation that those who have
received instruction in drawing will be-
come professional artists, than there is
that those who have been taught writing
will be raised to the rank of the histo-
rians and poets of the country. 1t has
been said that it is nearly as easy to
teach drawing as it is to train the young
pupils hand to the acquisition of skill in
chirography; and it is no doubt true.
To know how to dance is considered an
indispensable part of the education of all
who are ever to move in any circle OF
what deserves to be called society. As
we so well know, the object of this art is
to open new source of innocent gayety ;
but more than that, to promote ease OF
movement and soften the hardness Of rus
tic manners. instruction in drawing or
design is to have in another direction, or
upon another class of faculties, similar
influence. While the hand is trained,
the eye is to be educated to discriminate
between the true and the false in orna-
ment; between harmony and deformity
of proportions; between the grace and
true beauty of nature and the ugliness
of barbaric excess.-M Y. Times.
Year: 1875

It is in beautiful, delicate needlework,
and in the making of lace of different
kinds that the Irish sisters excel. There
are several houses in the South, each of
which is famous for some special kind of
manufacture. Persons who are learned
in such matters can tell instantly on
looking at piece of work at what con-
vent It was done. The crochet made
under the superintendence of the
Youghal nuns is exquisite, and so fine
that it has, in many cases, been mistaken
for other kinds of lace. have heard of
lady who purchased quantity of
what she believed to be old Roman point
in Italy at great expense. On bring
ing il home she took it to her dress
maker in Dublin and gave it to her as
trimming for dress, with many eau
tions against waste, and with repeated
orders not to cut IL unnecessarily. The
woman smiled when she heard the dis
colored work called antique point. She
got magnifying glass and showed her
customer that she had really bought
Irish crochet lace, which had been
dipped in some yellow fluid in order to
give It an appearance Of great age.-The
Argoy.
Year: 1875

1t il terrible, this mania. You are
stopped upon the streets and invited to
spell pedler, or pedlar, or peddler, or
some other word. Your wife wakes you
up in the middle Of the night to spell
sarcophagus; your children hasten to the
breakfast table to ask you to spell Co
rymb, and you devote all your spare
time to the dictionary; and your oldest
boy comes home late at night in weep
ing mood, and explains it thus: "I
went to see Mary (his sweetheart) this
evening; she met me at the door with,
spell erysipelas Tomp spelled it
with two is and no y, and she said, Sir
our engagement Is at an end; cannot
love more bad speller.' Her father, on
being appealed to, says, Give Tom one
more trial. Spell consanguineous, sir.
1 spelled it with four ms and two is, and
he bade me leave the house and never
hope to be his son-in.law." This spell of
weather is bad weather to spell surely.
--Boston Traveller.
Year: 1875

common ours and mongrels we're speedi-
ly despatched, while the thoroughbreds,
whose value, living, was higher than
their value dead, were kept to tempt the
purse Of some rich visitor. In this he
found text for a homily. With the
same philosophical arguments which be
has before used in behalf of the poorer
and oppressed classes and against the
ton, he roundly scores the dogs Of high
degree" A "Dandie Dinmont he re-
CARDS with that susperciIious contempt
he does a royal swell; that object Of
female adulation, skye terrier, he des-
cIibes as "hideous little creature"
while he is pleased to call an Italian
grey hound, which is among dogs what
a bird of Paradise is among the feather
ed tribe, a four footed noodle" On
the other hand he says that the mongrel
is, in his judgment, a more intelligent
animal than the thoroughbred. His dis
closures will doubtless have the effect he
intended they should, and the dogs may
expect to be treated with more kindliness
and consideration hereafter. The carry
ing on Of shambles under the ssntimen-
tai guise of charitable instftation is
quite shocking to the English people.
who love their dogs as they DO them
selve. But this is not the only benevo-
lent scheme set on foot in good faith
which the cupidity Of the managers to
whom its working we're entrusted has
perverted from its original aim and end.
Year: 1875

We would warn the boys who are in
the habit of bathing in the Mississippi
that there is a species of fish in that
river known as the alligator gar, which
measure from FIVE to ten feet in length,
and about three feetin circumference.
1t has two rows Of teeth in the upper
jaw, and one row in the lower from one.
half to one inch in length, and very
strong. 1t is supposed that one of these
monsters caused the death of the young
man who was drowned at Wittenberg a
few days ago, as these fish have fre-
quently been seen in that locality. The
young man referred to was a good swim
mer, and when near the shore was seen
to rapidly start out into the river, call
ing for help from his companions, but
suddenly sank and was seen no more,
nor was his body ever recovered.
Year: 1875

Z -
/ Six clerks have already. been dis
charged from the Post Office depart
ment for having been connected with
the mail contract frauds, and, as the
Postmaster General and the Second
Assistant Postmaster are still engaged
in investigating the manner in which
the postal routes in various States
were awarded, it is probable that
many more of the clerks will be simi-
larly dismissed. The case Of these
young men who were led aside from the
path of rectitude is extremely painful.
Henceforth, perhaps for their whole
lives, they will bear about with them
an odor of dishonesty. They will have
to struggle under many an undeserved
sneer of suspicion into watever walk of
suspicion into whatever walk Of life
they may enter. The record they have
made will stand against them at times
and in situations when character of
incorruptabiilty is of extreme value.
People will hesitate to trust them; and
it will require long years of patient ef-
fort to restore their own self-respect
and the respect and confidence Of their
neighbors.


The case Of these young men is full
Of instruction and warning to all in po-
sitions of trust. There was too-pre-
vailing notion few years ago. among
those deceived and glamoured by the
iniquitous rocket like rise of Fisk and
the barbaric splendor of the Tammany
Ring, that all persons in responsible
positions should make every use Of
their situations to make money; and
if person refrained from soiling his
hands with illegitimate gain he was
apt to be sneered at as an imbecile. A
better public sentiment has now begu,
to be manifested. It is seen that :
good name is better than any amour
of money; that the barter of characte,
for cash is but sorry bargain. Twee'
in the penitentiary has preached ser
mon Of vast practical value. 1t ha
shown that money cannot create nobili


ty; that dishonesty cannot create nobi]


ity; that dishonesty can destroy ever


claim to respect, and ruin utterly


mans prospects in life.-Witness.
Year: 1875

"Some are born great, seme &C hieve
greatness, and some have greatness
thrust upon them.' The second of
these ways is the only one open for
Americans. The title to greatn ess
here also is plain. It's to be eminent
ly useful. "Let him who would be
greatest among you be the servant Of
all y is the true motto in these United
States. The mode Of working is to la
Dor diligently in ones vocation, what
ever that is and whenever a place of
usefulness opens up, to work it to the
uttermost. This is the true road to
greatness. 1t is the road that Wash
ington and Franklin, Marshall and Sto-
ry, Morse and Agassiz, Chase and Lin
coin, and all our really great men, have
followed. The most prominet person
on the road to national greatness at the
present time is perhaps Samuel j. TIL
den, and the places he is working the
richest since the times Of Hercules
is clearing out stys of corruption.
With vast ability, perseverance, and la
Dor, he cleaned out Tammany, and
now he is doing the same with the Ca
nal Ring. Bristow and Jewell are at
the same most necessary work, which.
by the way is just what the times call
for; and it is from such men our next
President should come.- Witness.
Year: 1875

Here is tho account of prudent cap
tain at sea;


took passage en- steamship which
sailed from Liverpool to New York In
February last. We had bean twelve
days out and supposed ourselves OF the
coast of Massachusetts,, but no observa.
ton had been secured for several days
and our exact posii ion was unknown.
The winds had been severe for several
DAYS and the water was very rough.
On the night in question, March 4,
there was dense log and it would
have been impossible for the lookout
to see an object twenty yards distant,
while the sounding showed that we
were in shallow water. Under these
circumstances, what was the captains
conduct? He might have gone ahead
taking it forgranttd that he was on the
right course, or thinking that lights
would warn him of dangerous rocks
or that he would soon meet apilot and
his vissel might have been moored to 6
New York pier the next morning. He
did nothing OF the kind, but on the
contrary reversed his course and went
backward until morning. With the
day came the sun, an observation wa:
had, the vessel was put on her proper
course, and we arrived in New York
that night. During the same storm!
several vessels were wrecked not one
hundred miles from where we were


One of them, an Italian bark, had only
one survivor.
Year: 1875

We are glad to hear that the Etna
Iron Works over the river, despite a hard
year in the business, and their first year
too in the trade, succeeded in not only
coming through without loss, but, what
iS better, in showing balance on the
right side Of their ledger, Under the
financial management Of President HOL-
1owAY, and the neutrality-suspicious.
Of Mr.. LEWIS JONES, the stockholders
may reasonably look for still larger
measure Of success in the future. We
wish the new concern u good send off for
the year 1875.
Year: 1875

NEw ORLEANS, January 5,-The Tma
says The farce Of State Government in
Louisiana received another illustration
yesterday that, practically, We have no
Government legal or illegal, and have
not had for the past two years, What Is
the use Of this show OF respect for State
rightsY The rule Is that Of the musket
and sword and central authority, and
everybody knows 1t, ProClamAtions by
the President and appeals for assistance
by Governor Kellogg are fOrmalities
which do cover the real nature Of the
business. There Is no pretence in this
case OF riot or Of an insuFrection for the
seizure Of the State House by United
States troops in time Of peace, the dis
solution Of the Assembly and q torcible
expulsion OF the members.


The. RicaNBe says: For the first time
In the history Of the United States armed
soldiers have invaded legislative hall.
and bayonets have been used to eIpel the
representative Of the people from their
seats. No one ever dreamed that the
President had a right to employ the army
for the purpose Of shaping the oTganita-
ton OF q State Legislature. In this case
there was no emergency such as the
law cOntemplates, and no call was
made upon him through the
channel which the law points
out, there was no insurrection, no inya-
sion, the general assembly was in session
and had not asked him to interfere, simply
because there was an organization In the
house which was not agreeable 10 Rell-
ogg, and upon Kelloggs requisitlOn, he
sent his forces to drag from their seats,
members whom Kellogg asserted were
not properly chosen, and to constitute
an organization under his direction.
There Is no escape from the statement Of
facts.


General De Trobriand announced that
he was instructed to obey Governor
Kelloggs orders, and Kellogg ordered
him 10 break up the organization Of the
house, and with the order he complied,


The Bulletin says when the hour arrived
for the constitutional assembling Of the
Legislature, elected by the people and
absolutely admitted by the Board for
strungllng returns, the army Of the United
States was marshalled, and when the
origination Of the House resolutions
showed the working force against the
Kellogg uSurpatlon, a General Of the
Federal army marched his troops into The
Hall Of the Legislature before the Speak
ers chair and dictated the roll Of mem
bership and the organization Of the
HOUSE.
Year: 1875




An almost interrupted downpour OF rain has
taken place in Bradford and other parts OF York
shire, and the district is now completely flooded.
The houses in the low lying yarts OF the town are
inundated, and the fields In the Keighley district
present the appearance OF sea. Rain is still
falling. The fruit crops are suffering greatly. In
Brunley Water street and court behind were
flooded to the depth OF a yard. In Todmorden
several houses were flooded, and the water spread
over the nay fields.
Year: 1875

The following record will show the changes d
the temperature Tor the past twenty-four hours
in comparison with the corresponding date or last
year. as indicated by ths thermometer AZ Hud.