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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1874.
YOL. XVI.—NO. 176
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July tsth, 1874.
meet her in compauy with her infonnation. out-dour games involving skill and agility
\ou are a tixed star at ouce, while she J in Held or in stream, may not he made
blazes out like a comet—overpowers you j available in the direct accumulation of
with her knowledge of Hction, and dazzles J dollars ; but they develop a physique nnd
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will attruet all by her conversation, while I aught else is dependent—not only the
Young Ladies—As you have left the
selection of a subject to myself, I think I
can occupy the short time in which I will
detain you by pointing out some facts
connected with education, and its objects,
that tuwy have escaped your notice, or to
which your attention may not have been
called.
The popular idea of an education is tho
accumulation of tacts, the acquiring of
acieutiHu or art knowledge, without any
thought as to the manner in which this
information is obtained. Perhaps I will
aturtle you when I sav it is possible fur
one to be well informed, and at the same
time poorly educated, and it is possible
for one to be Huely educated and at the
sume time to be very poorly informed.
As a knowledge of these facts may be of
subsequent advantage, I think it will be
well, as a key to the subject, to define the
terms Information and Education.
INFORMATION,
from the Latin information is the act of
iuformiug or imparling knowledge, intel
ligence, news, or advioe, by word or by
, writing, or by the operation of the senses
and reasoning faculties.
EDUCATION,
from the Latin tiluctre, to draw out, is
the art or uct uf developing the faculties,
•Ueugtinning the intellect aud moulding
•. Dm cliurauter.
\. : ‘\Vitu tiioHo definitions before us tho
jUHideru ion of tho subject becomes
By, und I can point with some certainty
nhd evils olteu produced by mistaking
> one tor the other, while I endeavor
what au education implies. The
lljonty of maukiud, claiming to be iu-
liigeut, are like the Gradgnnd, whom
paean so mercilessly but truthfully
irises. They think the object of the
kouls is to convey facts, which facts
only useiul in proportion to their
■ftiilttbiiity in a monetary sense. The
tfittldren of such parents have up hill
work, for learning, robbed of its beauty
end eunubling influence, degenerates to
the level of a trade, and the scholar be
comes the most mercenary of mechanics,
puch people give their children wings
tu order that luey may the better hunt
the grubs and worms of subsistence ou
*tte surface, instead of training them to
•oar to graud heights, close to the sun
.And nearer to heaven, from which heights
Charity comes to the heart and purity nt-
lends the elevation. I have often felt
-•ad when some foud father and mother,
who deny themselves to “educate their
children,” us they call it, bring them out
line little encyclopedias to display their
•tore of facti, gleaned from the Buper-
•ciai works on some elementary “ology,”
Ike very terms of which the poor child
4jniy kuows like a parrot. How the faces
<0 the parents glow as the child rattles
0t % like a curious talking automaton, its
^flbek of uucomprehended definitions, and
|Dbu the pride with wbioh the father pats
JQ0 boy ou tho head and informs the per*
Mu for whose amazemont the exhibition
If Improvised, that “Johnny takes to ed-
aeetion so naturally, I'm going to learn
him a profession; ho mustn’t have to
work as his father did.” Kind hearted, but
^ppakeu father, your child is not beiug
Educated, but stunted by definitions, by
Informal ion that he cannot comprehend,
wdfile the motive you hold out to him for
*jB)y will dwarf his better nature, aud
Mast all prospects of an elevated future.
Huch hot-house forciug for the sake of
Information gives luxuriance to the very
defects of character which in the end, if
there be uo pruning, no training, no ed
ucation, will overrun the whole. It is in
the early years that educators should be
most watchful.
“Now ’tlB the ftpring, and weeds arc shallow-
routed;
Batter them now, and they'll o'orgrow the
gard n.
And choke the herbs forwent of husbandry.''
Remember, I am not crying out against
facts and technicalities, for they
ooiu of the scholar educated to uso them
.properly. I have seen scholars non
plussed and apparently dwarfed in the
company of a well-informed but unedu
cated man. A little education, like a small
piece of gold, may be beaten so thin by
.the cunning man of travel and general
reading ns to cover his greater preten-
sious with the gildiog so often mistaken
for the genuine artiole, while the solid ore
of the educated man may seem dulled aud
dwarfed in the glare of the well-informed
etender. It is only when you strike
low the surface that you can fiud how
thin, trite and common-place is the one—
how strong, rich aud pure the other. Tho
/fwell-informed man” mistakes the few
boobies he flashes before our eyes for
uine, hard-earned jewels—nay, he
you, conscious of an intellectual superi
ority, sit perplexed, perhnps mortified that
you learned so little of these things in tho
schools. Keep heart, my young friend ;
the comet will dio out, and the light of
the fixed star will burn with a steady but
undiminished spleudor. Remember, ed
ucation should result in information, but
tho educated man or woman obtains the
information iu solving the problem by a
rogulur logical procoss of reasoning, while
those who are only informed simply turn
to tho key for an answer.
It would be easy to multiply examples
to illustrate the point at which I am aim
ing, but they will readily suggest them
selves if I have succeeded so far iu mak
ing myself clear. Knowledge, whioh is
tlie bighost order of iuformution, is not
education. Webster him clearly hit upon
the difference. He says: “Knowledge
does not comprise all that is meant in the
term education. The feelings are to be
disciplined, the passions are to bo re
strained ; true aud worthy motives are to
bo inspired ; a profouud religious feeling
is to bo instilled aud pure morality iucul-
ented under all circumstances. All this is
comprised iu education.” You can then
see how a mau, without beiug educated,
may bavo u vast acquisition of such
knowledge as wo suppose to bo peculiar
to the scholar and the reBultof education.
And now I coiuo to the direct consider
ation of tho important point of my sub
ject,
EDUCATION.
I will first consider the beingsto bo edu
cated; second the manner of education,
aud last tho object of education. Per
haps it would bo better for the harmony
of the treatment, thut I should take the
class before me ns illustrations for the
first head, aud though your characters are
formed aud your principles fixed, to ex
amine tiio ground work of the super
structure thut uow seems so fair, and
which 1 doubt not accords iu every way
with its exterior semblance. It is but a
few years since each of you was a help
less, unthinking child, iu the arms of u
doling mother. Since that day your edu
cation him been growing with the growth
of your powers. Tho frail body has de
veloped into the youthlul beauty by the
observance of the laws of health und
been trained to usefulness and strength
by tho watchful coroof thoao whoweie
preparing you for the great dutios of life.
Your nuture is three-fold and distinct, as
your education should be. You liuve
physical, meutul, aud moral qualities, nnd
for tho proper development of these the
guardian is responsible to God. up to the
time when your reasoning faculties and
physical and moral growth showed you
were ut the threshold of maturity. It is
then tho weak, helpless child, with au im
mortal soul, und u mind unstained by
mark, but a nature capable of receiving
very impression, good aud bad, that is
the subject to be educated, und woo be to
who neglect its guidance, till the
day come when tho child, perfoct in
body, sound iu mind, and pure iu heart
enters the world to leave it better for
having lived.
Aud now ns to
THE MANNER OF EDUCATION.
Lot mo assure you it is a question fraught
with so much importance, and so little
uuder.stood by those who have made it the
ntudy of then- lives, that I—who have not
given it tho consideration it should bavo,
to speak with authority—approach it con
scious of my inability. The ability to
educate is very different from a knowl
edge of wh it should be learned, aud then
tho puzzling question of education is pre
sented whmo chihli on are trained iu bodies
No mutter bow different they may be iu
physical, moral or mental attributes,
they me made to fit the same inflexible
moulds, established in the most arbitrary
way ns the standards of education. With
boys designed by their gunrdiaus, or their
own aptitudes, for particular callings, the
mental education should bo iu tho direc
tion calculated to qualify them for their
misHions; but, up to a certain point '
their training, it is absolutely essential
that they, like girls-, should pass over the
same stern rudimentary course. As tho
world of woman’s labor is at present lim
ited by tho prejudices of society, aud as
they must, uuder any circumstances, be
come tho mothers and teachers of a com
ing generation, their course of education
may bo fixed to a standard ; but it should
be a high one, and every step to its ac
quisition should be made as a great aud
responsible duty.
Let mo take first, because essential to
the otheis,
THE EDUCATION OF THE BODY.
You will perceive at once that I can apply
tho word education here, while the word
information would bo simply ridiculous.
Without a sound body in the child, there
can lie no perfect moral or mental
growth ; and, were it not that 1 desire to
bd brief, I might cito scores of
known instances iu proof of my state
ment. It may bo truthfully said thai
some children ate naturally better devel
oped, physioully, than others. I grant it,
just as sotuo children are stronger, men
tally uud morally, than others. But no
educatiou can bo perfect that does not
consider this, for the true object of edu
cation is to correct the defects. The
body is capable of a wonderful develop
ment in stiength, grate and agility, nnd
there is uo child ho helpless and pun
that, by proper training, if it have u
fatal disease, may not bo made superio
iu physical attributes to its more sturdy,
but untruined, companion. Doctor Win
ship, a deiicato, consumptive little mau
by judicious exorcise, developed hiuisolf
iuto u physical giant with no liviug supe
rior. Iu tho English army they will en
list tho most gawky, slovenly, loose-joint
ed man as a recruit, nnd three years of
their training will change him into a mau
with tho bearing of Mars. If theso
changes can bo wrought in the adult by
physical discipline, how much easier it is
to produce the same result in the growing
child or youth, when the young life is
full of its new-iouud power, and delight-
ho sond their
happiucss, but the succgbh in life, of the
possessor. Kay, more; the retailt of
this physical education goes farther, for
it affects the welfare of children yet un
born. If physical training be essential
to a mau, 1 consider it more ho to a wo
man ; therefore, the eduoation that does
not iuclttde this is dofeotive, aud that it
has been neglected the pale cheeks, hol
low eyeR, and prematnre old age of too
tunny women in our land attest. A young
girl or a mature matron, rosy with health,
with light step, cheery voice and buoyant
spirits is the most beantifol object under
the sun. IIow this physical training ia to
bo obtained must depend on your educa
tors. 1 only consider the result, and I
look upou every means that tend to make
a woutun healthy, strong, and graceful os
legitimate.
THE OBJECT OF MENTAL EDUCATION
should not bo to impart facts, but to ed
ucate the mind to the investigation of
fuots, to train the student to thiuk, to
reason, aud to Hludy. In doing this lan
guages and Hoienoes may be mastered;
but the great end guiued is in the devel
opment of the intellectual and reasoning
faculties, while memory alone has to do
with the retention of mere technical in
formation. Nine men out of ten who
give hix or seveu years of their school
•ife to the study of Latin and Greek nev
er look into a text book after they leave
college, and iu ten yeurs not one in ten
could construe, parse or scan an ordinary
verse. But who will say that it was time
lost, when they seh the superior power of
analysis, and the complete mastery of
heir own language such men evince in
the professions to which they have devo
ted their subsequent yoars? You may not
call to rniud, my young friends, the time
when iu your mental education you blend
ed tho, to you, moaniugless letters of our
dpbabet into the equally meaningless
nllubio combinations of “ab” and “ba.”
Now you understand nnd appreciate the
importance of that preliminary, but irk-
om« training, that gave you the key to
all hutusu knowledge. To-day you are
tudying algebra and geometry; next
year in the senior course you may take
trigonometry, conic Heotious and the cul-
culus ; but tho veriest Gradgriud in the
land does not believe yon will be called
on in after lifo to apply your knowl
edge of the higher mutchemntics direct
ly. But tho traiuing, the close reason
ing required to be successful in this
plendid mental gymnasium, if I may be
illowod tho word, will remain with you
through life, and lead you to accept, what
may be hereafter offered to you as truth,
only alter the closest investigation. Bo-
hevtng as I do iu tho mental equality of
tho Hexes, I cau Bee no reason tor fixing
bound* to woman's intellectual develop
ment, nor do I think her love for the sci-
em-es, nor her life-long cultivation of tho
same indicate what is caro'essly called “a
blue Ktookiug,” since Mrs Somerville
taught the savants of tho old world agron
omy, and at the sutuo time was the most
attentive and lovir g of wives, tho most
devoted of mothers, und the sweetest and
most amiable woman of her day in pri
vate life. One reason for the supposition
that women only develop intellectually to
a certain point, is to be fonnd in tho too
common curolessuess of women them
selves. Men, us a rule, go on reading
aud improving their minds, after they
Icavo college. It is only women who
have “finished” or “completed” their
education by graduating. A young lady
will spetid long years of bard work aud
study to bo able to play well on the piano,
and it may be to sing. This is delight
ful to the young man, who, charmed by
her accomplishments, offers her his hand,
imagining, poor fellow, that his whole life
will l/o a repetition of the happy nightN
when ho listened, entranced to the voice
of the syren; but alas for human hopi
she forgets her accomplishment soon af
ter she changes her name.
Before closing this part of my subject
let uie say, the adornment of the intellect
ual structure should begin after the edi
fice is built in the schools. Then poetry,
fiction aud every department of belles-let
tres should bo explored aud the graces of
culture bo added to tho strength of intel
lectual education.
I have purposely kept back the consid
eration of the still higher aud more im
portant education—
THAT OF THE MORtL NATURE.
Train a man or a woman physical
ly till the one becomes an Apollo in man
ly bearing and the other a breathing Venus
iu her houlth and beauty, and they
best but Hpieudid animals. Educate the
mind till that man uud wornau have mus
tered nil the learning of all the ages, and
they stand before in intellectual Gods
with tbo power of good and evil, danger
ous to tho world in proportion to their
superiority. They are not yet educated;
they still live in the valleys with i
moil mortals, lacking tho culture ne
cessary to raise them to the dignity of the
angels, tho ethical or moral education.
Thanks to our Suuday Schools and
Churches this most esseutiul traiuing is
not neglected, but goes hand in huud
with the growth of mind aud hotly, yet
no coutse of theological traiuing, uo
adherence to creed or sectarian d >gma
will give it. Tho moral education is
trammeled by no fixed rules, limited to
no particular objects. Tho child should
early bo named to understand what right
and wrong are, and it should never be
tempted to do tho one and avoid the
other by the promise of reward or the
fear of punishment. This is certainly
difficult, for the young are apt to bo Hel
lish and prouo to act from impulse. But
the feeling of honor aud self-respect will
gradually develop. As in the mental aud
physical education children are mude to
do many things, the reason of which they
do not clearly understand, so in tho mor
al tduc.ition they should bo taught to do
right until the actiou becomes a habit. I
do not think tho young, who are pictured
as poetically pure, innocent and sweet are
so naturally. It has never been my pleas
ure to meet or know a child that cared
particularly for the truth, nor that hesi
tated to violate it if there was a ghost of
a chance of it not being detected. I know
the good molhors and fathers will Hhake
ture, on which tho happiness of this life
nnd tho hopes of a hereafter are depend
ent, should 1)0 trained und educated with
patient care till it developed iuto that
most perfect of God's creatures—a man
or wouiui who dares to do right because
it is right, uueariug for every considera
tion but duty. Much people have been
the reformers of religion and the pioneers
of the world's progress. With a charity
ho broad ns to include the human race,
and a devotion to right so anchored that
the suoors or hate of the world affected
them not. They have luughod at torture
and dentil, consoled by tho comforting
words of “the ntill Binall voice.”
I have briefly glanced over tho field of
education, ami now before closing let mo
answer tho last question propounded iu
my imperfect analysis, viz:
THE OBJECT OF EDUCATION.
Why these long yoars of watchful care
and patient toil on tho part of parents
and teachers? Why the severe traiuing
&Dd self deuial of tho studeut from the
first dawn of intelligence to the time
when ho or Bhe enters lifo as a worker ?
Some will nay “Oh the otuld can muko a
living any where if it bus a good educa
tion.” This is the answer against which
I have directed whutovei of reason my
remurks may contain. True, the scholar
cau make u living, but judged by such au
object, tho miser who hoards to wealth
the dollars guthered through a long life
is much tho bolter educated mau. No,
ujy young friends, you cau boo how mer
cenary, base and vulgar is such a concep
tion of perfect culture. True, education
opens up now aud never eudiug
vistas of delight. Tho scholar lives not
alone in the present, but iu ull the ugos of
the world of which he is tho heir. Tbo
great mustors of thought are his bosom
friouds, tbo world his home, and all
humanity his neighbors. The flower by
tbe rivet's bum and the golden worlds
swingiug in Hpuce are alike objects of de
light uud open to liis research. He pas
ses through life marking his pathw ay with
blessings, and lifting with modest,
thoughtiul baud his fellow uiortuls to his
own resplendeut elevution. The scholar
may acquire wealth, but he usos it neither
for display which he despises, nor the
gratification of passious of which he is
the master, nor the vulgar boast of being
rich, but to do good on every hand, and
to feel a reward in Hoeing the world bet
tor, when iu ripe old age lie stands by the
edge of the grave aud knows he helped to
produce this result,
I have used the word “bo,” my young
friouds, in a generic sense, for all this
you are capable of, and now I will close
iu tho language of 8hak*peare: “The
hand that hath made you fair, bath made
yon good ; tho goodness that is cheap in
boauty, makes beauty brief in goodness;
but grace beiug the soul of your com-
] flexion should keep the body of it evor
air.”
BEECHER-TILTON SCANDAL.
ALABAMA.
DEMOCRATIC AND CONSERVATIVE
CONVENTION.
Every County Represented—Hon. Jat.
L. Pugh President—Geo. S. Hous
ton for Governor by Accla
mation-Judge Manning
and Brickell Judges of
Supreme Court.
Special to Enquirer-Sun.
Montgomery, Ala., July 29, 1874.
Tbe Democratic and Conservative
State Con veil i ion mot to-day, aud
New York, July 29.—Three hours ses
sion to-day. One witness examined.
Nurne and character of the testimony un
known.
TILTON won’t BE INTERVIEWED.
New York, July 29.—Mr. Tilton was
visited yesterday morning by a number
of the members of the press, but his an
swer to all was, “I have nothing further
to say in regard to the cose, and I deoline
to be interviewed.” The question was
asked as to whether he hod any statement
to make over his own Hignature in refuta
tion to statements published, and hia re
ply was, “I have nothing to say.” It is
suid that the oomplaint for libel is to be
made against him in one the justice
courts, und that he will then briug for
ward witnewiee whom the committee re
fuse to call.
TILTON ARRESTED.
Theodore Tilton was arrested on a civil
action for libel to-day, At suit of one Gay-
nor, taken before Judge Walsh and re
leased ou his own recognizance to appear
to-morrow to answer. Gayuor claims to
be an interested party, and brought suit
to compel the production of all the facts.
His actiou iB rogarded as a movement to
oouipel the bringiug of tbe case iuto the
oourts.
A ROUT THE OMITTED TESTIMONY.
Mr. Sago said yesterday that to tbe best
of his recolleotion nothing was omitted
from Tilton’s testimony in the published
statement; and that he (Sage) did not
hear Tilton testify to BeeoUer aud Mrs.
Tilton’s confession of criminality. He
might huvo said this iu an informal ohat
with sumo member of the ooininittce.
Mr. Claflin says he was not present
wheu the alleged omitted testimony was
given, but understands tbo statements
were made in an informal conversation
ou au afternoon when no testimony was
taken.
Another member of the committee says
that Tilton eame on an afternoon before
them and said he was not well enough to
proceed with the testimony. A desultory
conversation ensued in which he made
tho statement about tbe confessions of
Beecher. No notes were taken of this
as the conversation was informal.
BEECHER won’t BEHION.
The Graphic has interviews with the
several committeemen who say that
Beecher had uo intention of resigning,
nnd the stories to that effeot are mere
gossip.
Home committeemen said the Beecher
examination, when made, will be most
rigid, but whether written or oral oouldn’t
say. #
MRS. TILTON DENIES MRS. STANTON’S STATE
MENT.
Mrs. Tilton will be again called, and
possibly Tilton. Edwurd Oviugton, at
whoso house Mrs. Tilton has been stop
ping, says Hhe is perfectly calm aud
serene. Bbe read the interview with Mrs.
Stanton, and pronounced it utterly false.
She had been advised by friends not to
make any written denial of a statement
from Huch a source.
Mrs. Morso, ber mother, also denies
that Mrs. Tilton con fussed, as Tilton tes
tified criminality to hor.
uow TILTON RETURNED LOVE TO BEECHER.
The following, signed by Theodore
Tilton in 1872, April 2d, four yeurs after
his alleged discovery of Beecher’s guilt,
ia worth reading:
“11. I, Theodore Tilton, returning of
my owu freo will to a man whom I have
revered und loved as a father, thus renew
and confirm my faith ia Henry Ward
Beecher as a grandly good and geuerous
man. I, too, disuvow each and all of tbe
imputations aud chtrges iu said annexed
letter repeated and contained; and any
say; I will toll you, however, that Mr.
Claflin ia one.
Rep.—I sec it stated that the investiga
tion will probably close this week.
Mrs. Woodhull—What (-airprised)!
with only the statements they liuvo already
taken? Tout is decafi-diy unfair. Why
dou’t they cull Mr. Bowen and Mr. Car
penter? Ah, yes ; and u rinzci others who
were visitors at Mr. Tilton’s and Mr.
Beecher’s houses. Lot the trial bo thor
ough aud oonoluHive. •
ltep.—Mr. Moulton’s testimony is Raid
to be important ?
Mrs. Woodhull—Yes ; and when it is
made public you will he surprised. If
Frank Moulton tells nil he knows, he will
swamp Beecher. And Frank is one of
nature’s uohlemen. I am convinced that
he can sustain nil tho allegations in Mr.
Tilton’s statement, aud (significantly)
more too, if he desired.
A JOSE ON THE BEECH Bn AFFAIR.
Memthis, July 27.— Consider Ado ex
citement was created here thi^ afternoon
by the appearance of an extra, purporting
to be a coiifeaaion of Henry Ward Beecher,
admitting hia guilt of chargea made by
Tilton, and attempting to dotting hia ac
tion from a Biblical stand point. Tho
article is well written, nnd thous aids of
extras were sold before the deception was
discovered. A number of newHiaiys were
arrested for selling them, and the police
are trying to fiud the authors.
CAN ONLY BE SETTLED IN THE COURTS.
The leading New York papers intimate
that the affair cau now only bo settled in
the courts.
TILTON H PRELIMINARY HEARING ON
MONDAY.
New Yobk, July 29.—Tilton’s prelimi
nary hearing on the charge of libel has
been postponed to Monday. The actiou
is brought by Mr. G.iyuor upou bin own
respousibihty aB a ciiizen, Tilton having
violated one of the law* of the State.
PAPERS FILLED WITH TUB STUFF.
Loose statements by interviewed parties
oontiuuo to fill the columns of tho papers,
the pros and cons beiug about even.
Race of Itnlloona.
San Francisco, July 29.—Au immense
crowd on Monday morning witnessed the
start of tbe race nt Woodward’s Garden
between the balloon International, man
aged by Professor Martin, and Empyr
by Prof. Kinsley—tho balloon reaching
the farthest poiut to bo tho winner. The
Empyrian took a northeasterly direction,
while the International sailed direct, oast.
Tho balloon race was finished Tuesday
night; both descended safely—the Inter
national at Brooklyn aud the Empyrian
at Paoheao, the latter winuiug the ruce.
Eminent Ballrond Men Iu Connell.
Saratooa, July 29.—A strict y private
meeting of eminent Railroad met
being held here to-day. Commodore
Vanderbilt and Thomas A. Scott are said
to be in conference, and a large number
of railroad nmu ure registered at tho
hotels. Tho uio*t imp »rtunt bittiness is
supposed to be the completion of details
whereby each road can do its own express
business
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
FRANCE.
Action Remrdlnff the Reee—t
Paris, July 29.—In the Auembly te.
day, tbo supplementary report of the
Committee of Parliamentary Initiative ef
M. Duval’s motion for tbe dioaolution was
read. It insists that the powerleeaaeM ef
the prosent AsMcmbly has been repeatedly
shown ou recent occasions.
At a meeting of the Bureau ef ths As
sembly to appoint a committee or hum,
the statement was made on tbe part of tho
Government that it was daairable that tho
recess should be a short one.
Brinson, Radical, aaked if moasiehlotl
intriguea were to be tolerated doriag tho
recess.
Duke d* la Roehefoaeald daolarsd tha
legitimists reserved tha right to promote
the causo of monarchy by all legal meaaa.
Btaband la Tonr, Minister of Interior,
replied evasively to Briason'a inquiry.
The members of the Left ware dissatis
fied, and will reintroduos tbe aubjeet in
the Aasetnbry to-morrow.
Tno committee on MoUteri's motion
for a recess was chosen. It oonaista ef
eleven members of the Right nnd four of
the Left.
B1V«UH».
called to order by tho Chuirmuti of tho nnd other imputations upon his oburacter
Executive Committee. Every county in
the Slate is r« presented.
Over four hundred delegates are pres
ent.
und conduct which have been said to
come from me I disavow and covenant
never to repeat or renew. ”
THE CHILDREN—MRb. TILTON HAS FOUR.
. Children—Floreuce, aged 16; Alice,
Hon. James L. Pngh, of Eufuuia, for- | a g 0( j 14. Carroll, aged 11, aud Frankie,
merly a member of Congress before tho aged o—are to make their homes with
war, wus elected President of tho Couven- • ber. All are bright and beautiful, aud
t - the throe younger childron bear their
father's features.
llon.ton for Uovernor. | Tho Now Yo.k,Sim R»y» the children
Hon. George 8. Houston, of North i j lave gone to Mount Clair to
Alabama, was nominated for Governor ! friends.
by acclamation. Ho is now iu Montgome- iiadgeking tilton.
ry and will accept. For many Hossions Brooklyn Eagle, July 23.J
just preceding tho war he represented ! Tracy said—“You havo charged your
Uis District in Conyress, und was one of j wif e with haviug committed aduliory with
the leading members of that body. He | “£ 2.":,^^"-**"'
will carry North Alabama en masse, and
tho State by a heavy majority.
^pretender. It is only when you Htnke ing in action. People
Below the surface that yon can fiud bow children to Hchool to gather facts that
they can coin iuto money in after life,
may Ray : “Ob, yes! train the body by all
means; but let the training bo in the their head* at this, but I will shock thorn
practical, the utility, line. Let tho girls ; still by saying that nine children in ton,
.gRpuiue, hard-earned jewels—nay, be know how to sew, cook, sweep and wash; yes the whole ton are instinctively cruel, aud
egptivate* the thoughtless by bousting of I and teach the boys to chop, dig, hoe, ! tire nearer savages than thoy will bo in
feow much he kuows, and how little the ! plough aud harvest.” I graut thut, like later yoars. Savages are children devol-
iffort cost him, aud so begets a disgust | all information, a knowledge of thes-j oped physically. You will see, then, that
for the aevero traiuing necessary to pro- i things is most useful, and should be while a child may have a good oonstitu-
<Boe the modest scholar, whose unassum- ; looked upon, like all labor, as dignifying lion and a bright uiiud, its moral nature
flfeg casket is filled with priceless dio- j the worker who does them well; but must be wholly developed by education.
Blonds. 1 think, with all due respect to ! they d'» not educate the body, every mus- Nature has made no provision for its
yon, that young ladies have this tendency cle of which was intended by the All- , growth ; it t* simply the spiritual nature,
to intellectual display more strongly de- ! Wise Crcatejr for a good purpose. As with no innate or instinctive idea of right
veloped than tbe opposite sex. Suppose there is much mental training only uso- apart from its owu comforts and desires,
that while you have been literally grub- { ful as a means for mental development, j This, then, the immortal part of our ue-
Judge* of the Supremo Court.
Hon. T. J. Judge of Butler county,
Manning of Mobile, uud Brickdl of
Madison were nominated for the Supreme
Bench on tho second ballot. During the
war tho first was Supremo Justice of Ala
bama. Hon. Mr. Mauniug is a noted
lawyer, aud louder of tho Democrats in
the Legislature. Judge Jirickell is now
ono of tho Supreme Court Judges, having
boon appointed by Governor Lewis, who
did so because of his great legal ability
He is a strong Democrat. ,
Platform nnd Other NoiulnntionN.
Tho Committee ou Platform will report
to-morrow, when tho rest of the nomina
tions will bo m ule.
Montgomery Alive with Knthiialnani
Tho city is full of people. The nomi
nations thus far give tho fullest gratifici-
tion. A grand victory is predicted, and
tho State will bo redeemed from bluck aud
scalawag rule.
There is the wildest excitement, enthu
siasm and best of feeling.
Reporter.
Kepiibllenn* \oinlimlo May* for
Coil areas.
Washington, July 2'J.—A dispatch from
Unioutown, Ala., received here, says the
Republican Convention for tho Fonr-h
District of thut State nominated Hays for
Congress by acclamation.
Ohio Knee*.
Cleveland, July 28.—Lula won tbo
first; time, 2:22j, 2:00$, 2:03$, 2:04$.
Badin won the first heat and Monarch
the second race.
James Howell, Jr., won tho third;
slow timo.
Cleveland, July 29.—Goldsmith Maid
will be driven to win the extra purse of
$1,000 offered to any horse beating 2:16,
aud it is expected u sharp struggle for tho
second place, free for all, will take place
between Judge Fullerton aud American
I Girl.
Did you ever oommit adultery?
Tilton—(Running his hands through
his looks and straightening them out to
their longest extent)—Sir, talk to
one gentleman talks to another. I decline
to be questioned in that way.
Tracy--I ask you a question squarely.
It is a question easy to be understood,
aud you cuu see that it is a question es
sential to this case. You have stated that
you had a beautiful home until Mr.
Beecher corrupted your wife. The com
mittee w «ut to kuow what sort of a home
you made for your wife, whether or not
you brought other women to your hot]
and hold improper relations there with
You see it is essential to kuow
what sort of a peaceful aud happy home
you iu tdo it for her before Beecher, us
you say, corrupted her and ruiuod thut
homo. Now Tilton. I put the question
squarely to you : Did you ever oommit
adultery ?
Tilton—(Striking a Tiltoniun attitude;
stretching out his finger after the manner
>f Nathan to David)—Tracy did you ever
commit adultery?
Tracy—When I shall have chargod ray
wife with committing adultery it will be
time for you to iiHk that question.
Tilton—Well, sir, I decliue to answer
thut question. It is an insult to me sir.
If I evor had any intimacy with ladies,
1 would be a scoundrel, sir, to cull their
names.
Tracy—Well, under that head we will
suppose that you have already named your
wife.
Tilton again rose to an indignant pitoh
aud refused to answer.
wiiat vio woodhull says.
Hop—What do you think of Mr. Til
ton’s charges of adultery ?
Mrs. Woodhull—I believe them true,
every word. You know what I have suf
fered in this matter. I have not been
spared by Plymouth Church. I have been
hounded down, incarcerated in jnil, my
bondmen worked upon to surrender me,
and all for exposing a hypocrite.
Rep. -Will you uppeur at all before tho
committee ?
Mrs. Woodhull—Of what uho is it?
They are Mr. Beecher’s friends. Three
of them havo sot at my own table. They
know well enough that what I long ago
charged is true.
Hup.—Would you be kind enough to
tell me to which member* of tho Coin-
mitto you refer?
Mrs. Woodhull—Well, I don’t care to
The Chicago Inrcndlerlca.
Chicago, July 29.—Standee, tho al
leged incendiary, in ht-ldiu $14,000 bond,
Two other clearly defined attempts at
iuoendiarisui have boon discovered. Sup
posed oriminals arrest«d.
Bed Exp oalou in Fbl adc'phin,
Coalville, Pa., July 29.— A plumb
seeking gas leek exploded in R*bb, Cox
A Co.’s shoe factory. Ono person doad
and two badly burned.
Pennaylveufte Powder Mi l Explodes
Pottsville, July 29.—A powder mill
explosion killed three, aud hurt ono fa
tally.
Forentn on Eire.
Chicago, July 29.— lho entire horizon
around Grand Ha von, Mich., has foi
erul days been black with smoko from for
est files-
One of the lliuiion* Hurt.
New York, July 29.— Hanlon, the truji
exist, fell tweiity-five feet aud is probably
fatally hurt.
Expert* from Cnlifornin.
Han Francisco, July 29.—I he Alaska
took three hundred and forty-six p>
gers aud a quarter of u million iu treasure
THE WEATHEK.
Department of War, )
Washington, July 29, l«74. /
Probabilities.—For tho South Atlantic
and Gulf Hates rain near tho i
southwest, or northwest winds, stationary
or falling temperature nnd rising barome
ter.
HUH* SEW*.
Savannah, July 29 — Cleared : Carrie
Mollvsion, Index, Eel pse. Sailed: Leo,
Emily Paul, Senvie, Cartis, Title.
New Vubk, July 29.— Tb. BtruUTl
'pocial, da tod London 28th. MJ. : la
tha Xutoruational Ghaau.l natoh jHtlf.
day, trun. Havre to South Baa, tha tout-
an yaolit, Enchantma, oama ia flnt,
Uoriuno boo nd, but totakatha Srat plaao
by tho time allowauoe. Tha Utter lo*t ber
topmaats aud gaff. Ten yaohte atarted.
Heavy Laaa.
Liverpool, July 29. — Loa» uf lho
1'rinota Duoka, *1,000,000.
■PAIN.
Bepuhlleaa Napalaa.
Batohme, July 29.—Two BapubUaaa
uuIuiuuh marching to the relief of 0*Lat
wore repulsed with heavy lose.
UMMANY.
Waralas te fraasi — Hirnaay
Affataet tho Car Hite.
London, July 29.—The Cologne 0s-
trtte says Priuos Hahsula, the Oenua
Emtmaaador nt Faria, hi* unofloieUy
informed the Duke de Coats that If
France fails to act stringently toward tho
Carlists the German squadron will bo aaat
to tha Hpauish coast, and Germany to
resolved to take measures against tha
Carlists.
kCMIA
Wash tho (treat Powers (a ■ssay.
aftaa tha Ipaalsh Hapwhlla.
London, July 29.—The Marninf Past
reports tbe General Government ia as-
ti vidy engaged in aegotiationi aiming at
t l;o anppreaalon of the Oarliat intone*,
tion. It bee exchanged opinions with the
ltushisn Government, but the Osar, baiag
opposed to tbe intervention of l
is uow trying to bring about the
reuce of tbe Great Powers in a reoognittoh
of the Spanish Uepnblio.
MARKETS.
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The Leader!
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Price, $1.38 or *12 00 p<
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Ringing Cli.Sii-l will
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the Leader, which < oiirnu Ufu.l-twtd l.j iu»rr t
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UT TELEQ8APH TO INOVIBBB*
Money nnd Itoek larketa.
London, July 29. — 8tr*et rat* 1$ pot
ouit. Consols 91$ .91$. Erie 80$.
Paris, July 29.—Rentes C2f. 90c.
Nhw York, July 29.—Btookn dlU*
M- ney 2 per cent. Gold 9$. ElobengB—
long 488, short 490$. GoternoneoU
dull. Htate bonds qaiet.
New York, July 29.—Money closed at
2*2$ per cent, on oall. Exchange qaiet;
► hurt 488. Gold 100$. GoverniueaUi
firm. Htuto bonds quiet.
Provlilee Markets.
New York, July 29.—Flour quiet e*4
Moody. Corn quiet and unchanged. Pork
firm—mess $22. L*rd firm—steam i*t-
New York, July 29.— Coffee dull and
unchanged. Huger firm at TlefiUld.
Rice steady; moderate jobbing demini.
Louisville, J uly 29. —Flour unchanged.
Corn quiet aud unchanged, 78*83. Pork
4 noi, lair demand, $24. Bacon firm, fair
iimmiud for shoulders, Uf dear rib, 11)
clear. Hugnr-cured bams 15$al6, plain
14$. Lurd I4$al4|. Whiskey 97.
St. Louis, July 29.—Floor dull
nud unchanged. Corn dull and lower—
No. 2 mixed 59a60 iu elevator. Wiskejr
firm at 98. Pork firm, at $23.25 onah—
$22.75 nil tbo your round. Bacon ntroBf,
.shoulders 9$, cloar rib lUalU, (tear
11$.»12 cash. Lard firm; refined 12$.
Cincinnati, July 29.—Flour dull and
tiu litf ge<l. Corn steady ; mixed 66a<7.
Pork qmet and firm; bold at $23.50n24.
Lird Hf-aroe and higher; summer 12. ket
tle 14jf. Bacon firm—ohoaldarn 8$o8|,
clear nt> 11$, clour 1 1). Wbiakey—good
iluiuuud anil firm, udveaoed to 97.
Vatlua Market*.
Livkhpool, July 29—Noon.— Cotta*
IP in; upland, HjaHJ; Orl.atia 9); aalr*
Itt.llUO ball's, iuUuding 1,000 for apee*.
Utiuu and export.
Halen of uplands, nothing below good
urdina-y, deliverable iu July, 8 8-16; de.,
u 'thing below low middlings, deliverable
iu July, 8 :i ill.
8:811 r. u —Hales of shipment, a*w
ornp, ou baaia uf middling uplaoda, aotb-
ing below good ordinary, 8 5-18. Sato*
8,701) uf American.
New Yohk, July 29.—Cotton doll)
Hale* 719; upland* 17; Orleans 17).
Ful ure* upenud an fullowa; August
1G; hupletnbor 18 7-16al6 15-32.
New Yohk. July 29.—Futures dosed
steady ; a.Jo* 18,000 bales, aa fullowa ■
August 10 3-22.1., September 16 15.39*1,
Octuber 10) tiid, November 16 7-16*15-83,
Di ei'iiiber 16 7-16* 15-32.
Dutton quiet; tales 957 bait*, at 17al7f
fur middling uplands; net reoeipt* 3.
SavBNNAH, July 29.—Cotton nominal—
anking J higher; middling* 16; not re
ceipt* 79; sales 81; stook 9,178.
Kisw Obleans, July 29.—Cotton nn.
changed; net receipts 04; salts 250; steak
23,359.
Momi.it, July 29 —Colton quiet and «A-
oLmnged; net receipts 21; sales 100; stook
6,077.
Boston, July 29.—Demand light; mid
dlings 17); nst receipts 42; Sties 140;
I stock 8,000.