MOORE’S BUBAL NEW-YORKER. 
AU8, 4 
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Ityros of tire ‘SStcelt. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
Tilton-Beecher. 
Mr. TnEOnoRE Tteton’s statement of his 
charges and proof against Mr. Beecher, as read 
to the Committee on Monday night, is pub¬ 
lished. It is, in terms, a specific allegation of 
adultery, committed by Mr. Beecher with Mrs. 
Tilton, first at Mr. Beecher's own house on the 
evening of Oct. 10, 1808, and frequently there¬ 
after at the residences of both, and elsewhere, 
until the Spring of 1870. It alleges Mr. Tilton’s 
discovery of Mr. Beecher locked up with Mrs. 
Tilton In her bedroom: his seeing Improper 
liberties taken with her hv Mr. Beecher in hla 
library; Mrs. Ti/ton’s own confession to him of 
her guilt, and her explanations of it, on July 0, 
1870; that this confession was subsequently put 
in writing by her, and was shown by Mr. F. D. 
Moulton to Mr. Beecher; that Mr. Beecher first 
procured from Mrs. Tilton a written retraction 
of the whole story, and then confessed to Mr. 
Moulton Ills own guilt, returned to the latter 
Mrs. Tilton’s retraction and threat cried suicide 
In case of exposure. Tim full t*-xfc of Mr. 
Beecher's apology is given with parts of several 
other let ters by him, addressed, like it, to Mr. 
Moulton, all expressing remorse and contrition 
for some great but unnamed wrong done Mr. 
and Mrs. Tilton. A letter from Mr. Beecher to 
Mrs. Tilton eulogizes Moulton as the friend who 
had tied up the storm ready to burst, on tlielr 
heads. A letter from Mrs. Tilton to her hus¬ 
band, naming no one, says she, first saw that 
the love she felt and received was sinful on 
reading Griffith Gaunt,and assures her husband 
now of a purified and restored love whenever 
he yearns towards her with true feeling. The 
rest of tho statement deals with the provoca¬ 
tion given for this exposure by both Mr. Beecher 
and Mrs. Tilton ; and with tho happy character 
of the family life thus destroyed. 
Henry Ward Beecher In response to Mr. Til¬ 
ton’s statement has published a card explicitly 
denying every allegation of Mr. Tilton’s con¬ 
necting his name dishonorably with that of 
Mrs. Tilton, and defending that lady’s charac¬ 
ter. He denounces Mr. Tilton's statements con¬ 
cerning the two Improprieties of which he de¬ 
clared himself an eye-witness, as utter and ab¬ 
solute falsehoods. He explains the contrition 
and remorse expressed ir. Ids letters as arising 
from the discovery that both he and Mrs. 
Beecher, in endeavoring to prevent scandal In 
Mr. Tilton’s family, growing out or Mr. Tilton’s 
own conduct, had unwittingly Increased Instead 
of allaying the unhappiness. All l ire circum¬ 
stances connected with it he purposes to detail 
In full In a statement to he forthwith furnished 
the Commit fen and to be by them disposed of as 
they may Judge proper. The closing paragraph 
of this card is in tho following words:—'“To 
every statement which connects me dishonor¬ 
ably with Mrs. Elizabeth It. Tilton, or which in 
anywise would impugn tho honor and purity 
of this beloved Christian woman, T give the 
most explicit, comprehensive, and solemn 
denial.” _ 
A Syracuse Child stolen. 
The Syracuse Journal, July 15, says :—Last 
night, bet ween bight and nine o’clock, a little 
girl named Eva Jane Whaley, aged about nine 
years, residing with her parents near Whisky 
Island, was kidnapped from her home by some 
unknown parties, since which time no trace has 
been seen of her. She bad been left at home 
by her mother while she was away at Green- 
way’s hop-yards at work, and on her return she 
heard the child screaming for her mother to 
come. Mrs. Whaley hurried to the bouse, but. 
no trace could bo found. The child has light 
blue eyes, light brown hair, light complexion, 
is very tall and slim. She wore a hull and black 
rufllod dress, pink waist and sleeves, and a 
little straw hat trimmed with green ribbon. 
The screams of the child were hoard by the 
neighbors, but no trace can be found of ber. 
Doubtless she has been stolen for some pur¬ 
poses unknown. Any Information concerning 
the whereabouts of the girl will be thankfully 
received by a poor and distracted mother, and 
may be left at the police office. 
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HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
No particular design for the new postal card 
has yet been adopted by the Post-office Depart¬ 
ment, although it is probable that the new 
card will be lighter in color and generally 
plainer and neater in appearance than the one 
at present in use. No additional expense will 
be involved In the change, as the materia) used 
will be the same as at present. When the new 
cards are ready circulars will be sent to every 
postmaster in the Union notifying him of the 
change, and to sell all old cards before ordering 
new,'and the manufacturei-5 intend to have 20,- 
000,000 cards ready for the first rush of orders. 
The contest between General Spinner and t he 
Treasury Department over the right of the for¬ 
mer to exclusively manage the new Redemption 
Bureau of his office, created by special act of 
Congress, promises to result in his resignation. 
As the law Is const rued, it makes the Secretary 
responsible, at least so far as appointments and 
promotions are concerned, in the Trersurer’s 
office. On the other hand, General Spinner 
iusists that as a bonded officer be is responsible 
for the public funds, and ought to have the 
right to designate those who handle the money. 
One of the ladles employed as a counter in the 
national bank redemption division of the 
Treasury Department, discovered among the 
notes sent for redemption one of the counter¬ 
feit five hundred dollar bills originally dis¬ 
covered at. the Treasury Department Rbout a 
year ago. It was bo perfect that several of the 
most experienced clerks in the Treasurer's 
office thought It was genuine, but upon refer¬ 
ence to the engraving and printing division, it 
was after an examination pronounced a count¬ 
erfeit. The note will he branded and returned 
to the national bank from which it was re¬ 
ceived. 
The Beerotary of the Treasury has deter¬ 
mined that there shall be no deficiency bill re¬ 
ported to Congress from his department, and 
has given notice to all officers of the depart¬ 
ment that a strict observance of the law pro¬ 
hibiting expenditures in excess of appropria¬ 
tions will be required by all officers and em¬ 
ployes of the department. He informs ail un¬ 
der him that Congress has determined what 
amounts of money may be expended, and in no 
case will the use of an amount in excess of this 
sum be sanctioned, 
Hep >rts from all parts of California represent, 
the harvest as progressing. The yield of grain 
is abundant and much larger than that of last 
season. 
Iowa lias found a way t .0 fight the grasshop¬ 
pers. It consists in firing all tho old straw, 
sticks and stubble at hand, on a day when the 
wind will drive the smoke through fields infes¬ 
ted by them. Crops have boon saved this way, 
and it may be the relief so long looked for. 
Twelve of the pastors of Jacksonville, Ill., 
churches have united in a pastoral letter con¬ 
demning theaters, circuses, horse-racing, danc¬ 
ing, indulging in strong drink, and Sabbath 
desecration, and entreating the members of 
their respective churches to have nothing to do 
with these institutions. 
The Washington Monument Association has 
decided to appeal to all organized societies in 
tho country for contingent, subscriptions for 
finishing the monument. None of the sums 
pledged are to bo called for until tho full 
amount necessary to complete it is subscribed. 
Genera! Sheridan asks to be allowed to use 
the Sixth Cavalry for offensive operations 
against the Indians, and advocates generally 
nn offensive policy. 
The question is now under discussion of the 
admission of female students to the Andover 
Theological Seminary. 
A petition to President Grant asking for the 
removal of United States District-Attorney 
Bliss, has been signed by Messrs, Gibson. Pierce, 
and Haws. The petition charges Mr. Bliss with 
unreasonably delaying, and finally adjourning, 
the investigation of a case of mall robbery 
hoforo the Grand Jury in June. 
An ent ire family wasktlled by t he same stroke 
of lightning, in Trumbull, Conn. In their case, 
the feather bed protective theory comes to 
naught. 
The Delaware Republicans will hold their 
State Convention at Georgetown on July 28. 
The Louisiana Republican State Convention 
(Marshal Packard’s) is called at New Orleans 
August 6. 
The New London Telegram says the Massa¬ 
chusetts delegation in the next Congress will 
be as thin as ordinary hotel soup. 
Oliver P. Frakes, a notorious desperado, was 
hanged by vigllants near Nevada City, Mo., on 
Saturday' last. 
The International Working-men’s Protective 
Association Is holding a general convention in 
Baltimore. The proceedings are secret. Philip 
J. Montheit.il of Chicago is President, of the 
Convention; J. W. Cunningham of New Vork 
Secretary ; and George Hill of Portland Ga., 
Treasurer. 
Near Delhi, Ill., on Friday, a child of Mrs. 
Fred. Chapman wasrun over by a railroad train 
and cut in two. The mother, upon viewing 
the mutilated body, became a raving manic. 
A IVashington special to The Boston Herald 
contains this Information“ The vacant Rus¬ 
sian mission will be filled on the President's re¬ 
turn to Washington by the appointment of a 
distinguished ex-Confederate general, whose 
name is as yet withheld. Ex-Senator Nye is a 
candidate for the place, with Senator Jones 
pressing his name. 
The Aurorajll.) Herald says“ A gentleman 
came into this office the other day with one 
side of his face badly swollen and one eye 
greatly inflamed, caused by the poison of a po¬ 
tato-bug. He struck a bug with a piece of lath, 
and some of the ‘juice ‘ struok his face need' his 
eyelid. Physicians consider the bug more 
powerful as a blistering agent than Spanish 
flies.” 
Ex-Attorney-General Clarke of Manitoba was 
assaulted with a slung-shot and severely beaten 
in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday and Monday, by a 
orowd of roughs headed by Mike Hay, Chief of 
Police of Minneapolis. Hay was arrested. 
Experienced frontiersmen express the opin¬ 
ion that the late Indian raid Into Fort Steele 
indicates the approach of a general Indian war. 
Ex-Congressman Herrick of Maine is lying In 
a critical condition at his residence In Alfred. 
A Roston dispatch says it Is probable that 
ex-Gov. Washburn will be appointed on the 
HoQsac Tunnel Commission in place of ex- 
Gov. Bullock, who declines to serve. 
The law by which expiring patents may be 
extended by the Commissioner of Patents will 
expire on the 2d of March next, after which 
the life of all patents will be limited to seven¬ 
teen years. As notice of application is required 
to be published ninety days prior to a bearing, 
the time in which the applications can be filed 
will consequently expire on the 2d of Decem¬ 
ber of the present year. 
It is stated that Mr. James Gordon Bennett 
of the New York Herald and the proprietors of 
tho London Dally Telegraph have united to lit 
out an African expedition, for the purpose of 
completing the work of the late Dr. Living¬ 
stone. The expedition )b to go out. under com¬ 
mand of Mr. Henry M. Stanley, the discoverer 
of the great discoverer. 
Mr. McMullen Is to walk for a silver medal 
and the championship of the United Btates at 
Bridgeport, Conn., on the 12th proximo. 
The Secretary’of tho Kansas Board of Agri¬ 
culture indignantly denies in print, that chinch 
bugs are there doing any damage worthy of 
note. 
To portions of Maine the caterpillars travel 
in an army, forming battalions about eight 
feet wide, so that the ground la black with 
them. 
Mi . Anna Jefferson of Fonda, N. Y., fifteen 
years of age, committed suicide on Tuesday 
night by taking arsenic. The cause of the act 
was domestic troubles. 
Missouri has coal in 43 counties, iron In 48, 
lead in 54, zinc in 10, tin in 6, copper in 21, mar¬ 
ble In 0, kaolin in 11, nickel in 13, and other 
minerals and clays distributed throughout the 
Stato. 
Barbara Winburger, wife of Casper Wlnliur- 
ger, a farmer In the town of Wosterloo, N. Y., 
committed suic’de on Tuesday by hanging. 
The Mayor of Philadelphia has offered a re¬ 
ward of $20,000 for fhe recovery of the kid¬ 
napped child Hess. 
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FOREIGN NOTES. 
MAROARETnA Wtn,r, the well-known Sles- 
wig-Holstein authoress of various talcs for 
young persons, died recently at. Blcswig at the 
advanced age of eigbty-flve. Frau Wulf was 
perhaps tost known under her nom do plume 
of “ Anna Stein.” 
Mr. Disraeli said Wednesday, July 22, at a 
banquet at the Mansion House, that no one Is 
able t.o view t he slate of Europe with compla¬ 
cency, that the leading powers of Europe and 
America are seeking the friendship of England 
and that England must exercise her influence 
in t he interests of peace, and regain her ancient 
prestige. 
As many as 500.000 goats have perished in the 
districts of Angora, Castamboul, and Tehangrl, 
from a fatal disease, and this year's snearing 
of "tiflik " wool will show a large reduction. 
President Tejada of Mexico has refused the 
application of Santa Anna to be restored to the 
rank and pay of General of the Mexican Army. 
The Hon. Marshall Jewell,' the newly-ap¬ 
pointed Postmaster-General of the United 
States, has arrived at Berlin from 8t. Peters¬ 
burg on his way home. He is engaged in In¬ 
specting the German postal service, and says 
he finds some arrangements which may be ap¬ 
plied with advantage to the American postal 
system. 
Three hundred and thirty Mennonites have 
arrived at Toronto on their way to Manitoba. 
The Cubun General Quesada and staff have 
arrived at Kingston, Jamaica. Their destina¬ 
tion is uuknown. 
Advices from Santo Domingo City of the 13th 
ut July state that several persons had been ar¬ 
rested lit Santiago charged with intending to 
excite a revolt at the instigation and In the 
interest of Baez. The plot was discovered by 
the authorities In time to prevent any dis¬ 
turbance of the public tranquility. 
Don Carlos lias issued a manifesto guaran¬ 
teeing religions toleration, engaging not. to 
disturb the sales of church property at present 
completed, promising a representative but not 
a revolutionary government, undertaking to 
restore the finances of the country, and insur¬ 
ing liberty so far as It la consistent with order. 
Tiie manifesto concludes as follows:—“If the 
rebellion continues we shall stifle it with can¬ 
non. Those who reject our proffers of concilia¬ 
tion to-day will be compelled to submit to the 
law of the conqueror lo-morrow." 
In the Assembly the Duke Deoazes, Mlnister 
of Foreign Affairs, stated that it was impossi¬ 
ble for France to hold aloof from the Brussels 
Congress; but the Government would under¬ 
take nothing In connection with It without the 
consent of the Assembly. Tbo Government 
will insist on the exclusion of naval questions, 
in accordance with the example of England. 
Preaching at Westminster Abbey, the Bishop 
of Lincoln said be could conceive nothing 
more barbarous or unnatural than to relight 
those funeral fires that had been extinguished 
fourteen centuries ago by the silent influence 
of Christianity. Cremation would, he believed, 
imperil the doctrine of the resurreotion, and 
so produce the most disastrous consequences. 
According to reports from Panama to July 
11 there were fears of oomiug revolutions aris¬ 
ing, apparently, from the expected return of 
Senators and Representatives from Bogota. 
The Government Issued a fly-sheet, assuring 
the people that there was no foundation for 
alarm, that the country needs peace, and that 
measures had been taken for its preservation. 
Count Sehouvaloff has been appointed Em¬ 
bassador of Russia to England. 
Queen Victoria has sent a message to Parlia¬ 
ment, asking for a grant for Prince Leopold, 
who attained his majority on the 7th of April 
last. 
Mr. Froude is about to leave England for a 
year or tw r o. He starts in August on a tour of 
inspection, visiting all the English colonies, 
beginning with the Cape and ending with Can¬ 
ada. 
Jules Favre haa married an Alsacian refugee. 
Prince Jerome Napoleon has arrived in Paris. 
A telegram from Calcutta says that the rivers 
from Assam to Oude, In India, have overflowed 
their banks, and the country is flooded. The 
damage is very great. 
Tho British Secretary of State for the Colo¬ 
nies stated in the House of Lords that the 
Government Is ready to accept the cession of 
tho Fiji Islands if it is made unconditional,but 
tho sixteen conditions proposed by Fiji are not 
acceptable. 
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THE SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
Brldgevllle, Sussex Co., Dei., July 23,—This 
has been not only a singular but disastrous 
season to farmers. We do not recollect one 
like it in twenty-five years. Winter in April, 
which made it Impossible to havo early vegeta¬ 
bles or plants. It destroyed peaches, except¬ 
ing about a fourth crop of Hale's Earlies; they 
were subsequently stung so as to drop prema¬ 
turely, those left not ripening till July 20. In 
1871 we shipped fine ripe Hale’s to New York 
on July 4, which incident will explain our pres¬ 
ent change of season. Strawberries were al¬ 
most a failure; red raspberries paid nicely; 
blackberries very low in city, scarcely worth 
shipping. Wheat was unusually promising, 
but there came a storm when just In bloom, 
damaging It terribly, rt Is being thrashed 
now, disappointing growers by Its small, shriv¬ 
eled appearance; it has fallen in price from $2 
to $1.25. Oats are very short and turning out 
badly. The Colorado potato beetle has made 
its appearance, mostly in stiff, ri'*h, clay soils; 
Paris green seems the only remedy. The old 
large tobacco worm has attacked the tips of 
Irish potatoes for two years past. We go along 
with a slender switch and give them a sharp 
cut, which not only dislodges bill, cuts them in 
two. Sweet potatoes are very promising. Ap¬ 
ples are about half crop and are falling prema¬ 
turely. The corn crop, on upland, looks fine; 
shelled corn is retailing at HikJJiBOo. per bushel. 
Wages are high—$1 per day for ordinary farm 
hands, which plays havoc with profits.— K. J. 
Heinpslend, queen* Co., L. I., July 23.—We 
are having it quite dry at. the present time; 
had fine weather for haying and harvesting, 
which is about till taken care of, except oats. 
Hay and grain good ; corn looks promising, but 
needs rain. Market gardeners complain of low 
prices aud large manure bills. The western 
portion of Queens Cminty Is mostly devoted to 
market gardening, tho eastern part to hay and 
grain, while the center, on the north side, as it 
is called, is engaged in raising milk for t he city 
of Brooklyn. The largest landholder and 
farmer In this town Is A. T. Stewart, the dry 
goods merchant of New York. He owns a 
tract, of nearly eight thousand acres, on a part, 
of which he is building his garden city. He 
cultivates a porlion of it in corn, grass, rye and 
oats.—w. t.. r. 
Ml. l’lea»unf, Jefferson Co., Ohio, July 20.— 
Wo have had a very dry summer so far, there 
being no rain from May 1 until July 4, when we 
had a light shower, and one or t wo since, con¬ 
sequently oat and grass crops are very short, 
less than one-half the average yield. Wheat is 
good, having passed through the winter with¬ 
out Injury. Corn looks well fur the season, 
though some of the late planting will be light, 
not, having come up well. Harvesting Is about 
done. Hav is worth $30; corn, $1; wheat, 
$1.25 ; oats, 75c.; wool all sold at 4(X&50c. Farm¬ 
ers will l»e very short ol rough food the coming 
winter. Live stock Is selling very low, except 
such as is fit for the butcher. Hogs, 5^c.; cat¬ 
tle, 5o. Apples aud peaches about two-thirds 
of a crop.— b. C. C. 
Alum City, Waaecn Co., Minn., July 15.— 
Crops arc a full average; corn above an aver¬ 
age; grass light: wheat on new breaking very 
heavy. May was hot and dry ; two light show¬ 
ers; thermometer for the mouth stood at sun¬ 
rise, average, 46°; at noon, average, 75°; nine 
cloudy days and twenty-two clear ones. In 
Jane it rained on ten days (no heavy raini- 
enough for the crops; thermometer at sunrise 
averaged for tha month, 53 11-15°; at noon, 
80 5-6°; highest point reached, 09°; twelve 
cloudy days and eighteen clear ones.— d. p. 
Filmore, Utah, July 19.—The harvesting of 
small grain has commenced here; crops rather 
light. Com and potatoes look well, and the 
prospect i6 a more than average crop. Fruit 
also looks much better than usual, and no 
bugs or moth of any kind have appeared yet to 
destroy it. Times are dull and money scarce. 
No markets at all for cattle.— e. p. m. 
SEMI-BUSINESS PARAGRAPHS. 
The “Wiroer” Self-Operating Hay Rake,— 
This celebrated rake, which took the first pre¬ 
mium at Elmira, also first premium at Mary¬ 
land State Fair at Baltimore last fall, has now 
taken both the gold and silver medals at the 
grand national field trial at Chester, Pa., which 
commenced June 30th and lasted several days. 
One agent sold over 500 in one of the river 
counties this season. Parties wishing to nego- 
ciate for territory in wbtcli to sell this rake, 
Bhould apply' early to either John Dodds & Co., 
Dayton, Ohio; Jos. Hall Mande’o Co., Osh- 
awa, Canada, or J. E. Wisjser, Friendship, N. Y. 
