Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 3, 1874, Page 5

— e > (=] > = (=3 =~ = i o ;o1 (Continned trom this Piest Pago.) gomotling concorning yoursolf in this scandal mattor,” Mr. Beeoher—Woll, if you want to interviow me you oun, Como aloug hero, if you are nob otherwlso ongagod, and T'il talk to you, Mr. Becchor thon took tho reporter’s arm and ymfi]uodod through the Hoighta to Mr. Bevohor's rosldonco. *Dy tho way," quoerled Mr, Boocher, "'lsn't thoro & commitieo of gowoe kind in sossion somo- whera around horo 7" :‘lhpm tor—You ought to know that bottor than do. Ir, Beochor—Oh, not ab all; for newspapor men kuow almost ovarylbing, or at loust you mako people bollevo so,” I am, you know, somo- thing of a nowspapor mon mysolf. I always like to meot roportors, Tuore aro, to bo sure, somo black slicop amcng thom; but I think they will compara favorably with avy otlior profession in tho world, This busivess of mine, I think, han dono somo of thom good. Toportor—\Vhat do you mean by that ? Me, Docchor—Woll, It bas induced a good many of them to go to churoh,~—Plymouth, of oouryo, I monn,—and that doos thom goud, T know, for they are necossarlly tho most attoutive nud observiug portion of the congregation. ° Reporler~Iayo you tho dotnfled statomont which you. promised xnndf? Mr, ~ Beecher (laughing - hoartily)—~Soveral others would lilko to kuow that, Reporter—Yes, slr; and I agsure you that (¢ ou.tell me many thousands will know it before f -tnorrow night, Mr. Beectior—Can't you got anything out of the Commiites : Ttopoter—Somotimen a littlo, mMr- Boechor—I gucss g0 ; thore's a littls leak oro. Itevortor—Ilave gun Hoen befora the Qommit- teo thiv atterncon Mi, Becchar (facetinusly)—The Committee waa thoro bofuro mo ; thoy gonerally ato. Teporior—Iow long do you think tho members | were thero bafore you to-day 7 Mr. Bonoher—Really, I did not measuro it. Reporter—Did you present thom wish any staioment to-day ? Mr. Beechor—No. T am.freo tosay to you that I have boon, am etill, and_will continue to work at it. Now, how much do fiou tlmk you can ?wutn out of what I Lavo beon saying to ou ¥ Roportor—That dapends upon how muoh mora you may oy sariously, You aro evidently in a Jocose mooil, but I mean business, Mr. Boechier—[-think you ought to sco Mrs. Beecher. Ble'll Lell you a great deal mora than T fael disposod to, wou't alio, Iaary 7. (addvoss- fug Ll son, who walked the ‘olhor side of Lith). oury gave an allirmalive nod. Roporter—But for tio latonoss of the hour I would lke to adopt your suggostions, and see Afra, Bacchor. - Mr, Boecoor—I confido overything to her, and sho can, and I thisk will, anawer sattsfactorily any quostion you put to ber. - I know, too, that she would bo glad to soe yon. Roportor—When will yon make your atatomont ubtic ¥ ¥ Mr. Baechor—Woll, thero's tho Trusteos of Trinity Church, who are over 8o anxious to havo me go over there, and, attor tho roligions exor- cicos and a tune or two by Brother Morgan on tho orgun, why 1I'll got up and make my stato~ ment, There 1s sure to bo & big crowd, and tha ticlots aro to be 81 each. Roporter—Wuat witl bo done with the pro- ceeds ? Mr. Bocchor—1'll fift 50 por cent, of course, ngd .:].m balance’ will ba given toeomo other charity, ._ At this point Mr, Beechor laughod outright, so did bis son, sud of course the roporter couldn's Lelp it, and laughed beartier than either, “But,” maid Mr. Docohor, continuing, * the trouble about the matter ia that Graco Church is vieing with Trinity, aud want to have me exclu- sivoly, md go I am in & guandary. Can you fnggout auy means by whicli I could got out of it 7" Roporter—Certainly I can ; and, in addition to that, T wonld lend all my influence in thoschemo I aw about to supgest. "I believe tn homr rule, and instesd of goiugto Now York I'd give Brothor ‘Talmage » lift, and daliver the statement in his Tauornacle, Mr. Hocchor—A cnpital ides, Doyou know I think Biother Talmago would liko to capture m%‘ ?unorter—l SR _,?.... =ro groatly bothered by, fpanisiss = <SNOHEOrS "alP"Bdechor—Ol, no. I like to moot them, but I'm casoful now what Iasy to them. I bhave baen a credulous and cuulldm;i sort of a boy, ‘l:u‘ri {)!\link I' soon show that I bave not been s nd boy, * Teporter—You havo beon acensed of bolng & littlo naughty, aud I wish you would eusble ma to prove that you have beon & good boy. Mr. Beocher—And I will soon, Of that you may be certain. Tie newspapors, Lisvo beon go- verely hatsh upon both sides of tliis question, Toportor—May I state that neitler yourself nor any uf your fricnds Liad suy part in"the ar- rest of Mr, Tilton ? Ar. Boeghor—Ah, poor Theodors | You koo 88 woll as I do oll sbout that, * Roporter—But I wonld liko to havean authori- tative deniol from yoursedf, Bir. Locchor—L1l not deny it, for thers fs no pecesuity.- Did the oxamination befors Justico Riley cowno off to-day 7 . Ropurtor—Yes pir; and Is adjourncd till Monday. Mr. Beecher—I think you can make s column out of tins, . -Reporter—Y'd ko to b i A] o Roparter— 6 havo it & littlo more wolid, might wake more than a colump. Todeod, if vou suswor mo two quaations, L'l ‘promiso to eloetrify Bruoklyn with * stick,” My, Boocher—You can **stick® the pouplo g much as you like, but the Committoe, you see, will necessarily Linye the proforeuce a8 to what I hn]\{u to suy n;:d ;:lm s, ;. Reporter—Iy Mr. llonry O. Bowen t \n.llumo ];lm fiomm.if‘“% ? 5 . P r- Boecher—:dr. Bowon is away In Lho conn- try—onjoying himsolf, I hope. And that rominds ::Lns ¢ Alr. Bowen iy & great frlond of mino, you kuo. Reporter—I have heard statemonts to the con- ary. Alr, Boechor—Woll, toll me what yo -b}zlut this vn&y mu%lur’ A o8 0N oporter—Somo folite say Alr, Bowan has b thio Mophistapholen of this whola seander e Mr, oecher (refloctively)—iVall, well. Ihave always tried to bo friondly with hun, aud I'll not hit bim Lebind bis baok now. A AL this point of tho, convorsation Mr, Baeoh. er's runédum:a was reactsod nud tho intorview ter- ated, e =) TILTON AND HIS WIFE, From the New York Tribune, July 30, Edward J, Oviugton wasintorrogated last aven- iny by a Tribune roportor in_rolation to Mr, “Uilton's visit ou Sunday night. He told thastory &8 follows : _““ Last Bunday night Iwcnt ot to rido after dipuor, aud when 1 roturned I learned thut Lo~ odore Tiltou bad taken the occasion of my ab- Benco to call at my house and attempt to sco Alrs, Tilton, Hao rang the door-bell about 7, and wvas shown into thoe purlor, Mre. Ovington wos Yory much surprised at his oall; but ho soemed eutiroly at his case, After somo commou-placs Tewmurks, he eaid that ho wishod to have a talk with Drs, Tiiton,. and askod Mra, Ovington whother sho would not roquaat her ta coma down to the parlor or show him up-siaics to ber room, Mra. Ovington roplied thas if Lo would romuin 1u the parlor she would aee whothor Are, Titton would sea him or nat, . +* Mra, Tilton was considerably agitated by Mr., *rHI' CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1874 N forood her oven to accompany bim to his houss | -o?: Livingaton streeb ngnl?n Mr. Yll:on’s poser over his wifo ia ns groat, 1w her prosunco, to-day as it ovor was, If Lo could soo her, sho would ‘bo othged to oboy him. ‘Lhe childrou are with s, Aorso, in Montclair, N, J, From the New York 'Iviouns, July 31, T.dward J, Ovingioa snld to o 7yfbune rnpnrtnr in his store yostordny alternoon that Mes, Tilton Jott hor houso fo Livingston atreot with linrdly a chango of olothing, Bhd also nd many articles of personal eatato that slio highly prized, bosldes bor wardrobe and silverwaro, ¢ On' Bunday night," smd Mr, Ovington, whon _Mr. Tilton was 8t ' my houso, he told Mru: Ovivgion that M. Titon ocould knve whatover sho wantod from tho houso in Livingston stroot. Mis. Ovington told Mra, Tilton what Mr. Tilton had eaid, and sho made outalist of tho nooossary artlolos of wonrin apparol aud othor things whioh ehe wanted, Thie list sho sont to No. 174 Livingston streot by & mossonger, who went to tho dvor and nsked Mr. Tilton for tho atticlos, Iera Nr. Tillon's mognonimity. and sirong desira to troat his wifa Miudly woro manifestod. o snswered the ro- quost of the messengor by saving: ** Mra, Tilton cant Lako away her olothing if slie wants to, but not nnothor doviwh thing sball ba taken from tho bouse.” Trom the New Forx Herald, Juby 30, Mr. Titton satd [to s rooorter of tho Merald] that ho had uot the slighasf idea that the arrest was contomplated uutil it was made, Ilo wns disposed to think it was tho work of his enomios, No one friondly toward him wonld fake so foolish n stop. Ho hoped nnhml{ would supjose ‘him 8o lost to all menso of propricty ns to think that he would bo o pstly to dragging his own wifa juto a police sourt.” s wile wonld prob- ably bavo to go Iuto court in this.matter soonor or f;tnr, bus 1t would not bo a polics court it ho coutld prevent it. . All who knew him_intimately and who knew tbo motives that lind goveruod his condust in tns unbappy mattor knew that "tho governin, motivo was 8 desiro to ghiold Lis wife. IHo la boen nsked why bo had condoned the offense ; Lo ropliad, bocauso * I did doit.” Ho bad also boon asktod why he spoko so woll of such a womnnn. - The avswor way, hoosuse what ho said about hor Lo bolioved, Ile was also asiked why ho intrusted bis obildron to hor ears. Bacauuo hio belloyed uhe was the proper porson to taito care of thom. It wns uncloss to say that this position was an 1ngonaistont_vuo. Be it incon- sistont. o monnt to tell the,truth, whatever waa the result, o moant to come out of alf this trouble {mssu.’iulng b Bolf-rospoct. 1o did not chargo his wifa with wantounoss ; she was Tob & wanton ; alie was a pure woman, Bhe had hor faults Lk all humnn croaturd, but in all the major qualitics of Jifa she wau an eslimuble wom . In roply to the inquiry as to whothor ho bad Bought to wsoe M, ‘Tilton sinca shehad - loft her In Livingston streot Lo sald bad, It was quito trug, a3 the Zerald hiad enll, that he had callod ab tho Ovingtons’ to tiy to soo her. The object of the visit was, howover, only to say lo hor thot if ehe.wantod anything from the house 10 would sond it £o Ler, or if sho dosired to go tho Liouse 1n hin'absouco ba would vacale for n certain spocifled timo. #o that she might obtain what pho raquired. His visit, ho sald, was prompted by tho wish to say that and nothing 100! b ro, A Iterald Toporter yestorday called at tho resi- donoo of Mrs, Elizabsty R.:Tidton’s counsel for informatlon u roference to tho legal papars said to bo in . process of . proparation ralntive to tho dofloito susponsion of marital relations botwaon that lady aud bor husband, Fnoodore Tilton. In roply Lo tho raportor's quories hio was informed thas a very poewdiar and unususl document ia boing_drawn up, by which ‘L'heodoro Tilton, in accordanco with his own voluntary offer and sug-~ gostion, will relinquish to tho uso of . Ehzaboth 1t Tulton, sud of thdir four clildron, tho house No. 174 Liviugston stroet, of which Mr, ‘Iilton 18 the ownoer, togother with all ita furniture, fit- tings, and oquipments, saviug a small number of palntings to which ha ia pooulinrly attachor which o will romove, with his writing-desk an & vory few of bis books, IIo has expressed tho wish that his ebildrou, $wo girls and two boys, tho oldest, bise Florence, boing abont 10 yoara old and the youungest about 5, shall onjoy tho bomo a8 much in the mannor fo which they have boen aconstomed as the changed ciroumnstancos of the family will pormit. 1Mo says thatn man oan rough it In the world without n homa, if need be. hut ha apprecistos the nogessity n yenman f0d holploss, junocout children havs for Liomo life, and it s is wigh that Lis children, who hava ovor ontortnined and manifestod por- foct filial affoction and estesm for hum, sball still haye thoir propor. sbelter in tho family in~ atoad of boing soattored, as thoy aro at pregent, in consoquonce -of this unbappy ruaturo bo- tween their pavonts, Mr. ‘Titon sovoral days sinco fustructod' Alias TFloranna . to propore Lin olathing, aud bave Ic all packed rondy for his da-~ porture, 80 8oon as certain requisito prrango- ments shonld b conoluded. Bo far as Mg, Til- ton's counsel are nformed, Mr, Tiltow Lins no other property excopt this Livingston stroot Louse and what it contains, thorofore Mr. Til- ton's offor s to ‘gavo subatantinlly ull ho has, all 110 has eavod from tho rosult of many years' la- bar to his family, and go forth into the world to make lus wsy.way witlh-po other capite! or ro- gources thaa bis porsonality. Tue arrange- monts necessars to cmyv out Mr, Tiiton's wish to thus so far provide for bis wifo and children, embraced also a negotiation in referenco to the iucumbranco upon tho house, and it is huped that oll will within a short timo by ready for ex- ecution. Mr. Tilton also offered, thougl at present destitute of smploymont and of auy fixcd ravenue, to mako a liboral contiibu‘ion townrds the suppost of the childron. . Mrs, ‘Vilton bas tiil recenkly for a cousiderablo period earned sn in- come by kesping boarders, aud probably tha pog~ scasion of the house would oneblo her thus to sustuin horsolf aud the cluldron without plucing thein or hor in the humiliating .position of so- copting afd from friends. This iz understood to bo Mr. ilton's intontion in_relinquishing to thom tbiy houso, which is his only proporty. ‘'hero hns nover heretolore boan any settlomont of proporty upon Mra. Tilton, ‘fhoir soparation ou oue former occaslon was mover cousidared moro than tomporary, nnd was aiitiioly informal. This Is intondexd to be permanone and *flual, as the piosent relations of tho parties domand, From the New York Herald, July 3, 1t appears that ohout .threo voain.-ngo the mother-in-iaw of Mr, Tilton, Mrs. Morso, called upon 3r, Alden D, Spooner; lawyer,” and_oon- Enitod bim in referenca to uhm;mnF & divorco for bior daughtor Blizaboth. dMra. 'Milton, how- ever, dochned to sutor into the proposed sut or bavo anything'to do with it, saying. she would atand by dr. Tilton to tho last, and would not Tuten to nuv provoeition to the contrary, *and,” said Jr, Bpoouer, **it ia but just to all partios to Btato thoe firmuess witk whicli sho cling to hor Lusband ngainat her motlier., So the ploa of Givoseo way abandoned, and, 88 far ug L Loow, s nevor sluce beon brenohod.” The genorasity which Mr. Tilton is auppasad 10 have ovineed in giving his ‘wife full possos- klon of is houso and offects, and “ roughing it slona in tha world it need Lo,” appeals Lo bo guestioned as somowhat Insinoors by the more intimato frionds of Alr. Tilton. Il has, it 18 #Ald, vetusad to surrender tho houss until tho cxnau 18 over, as hia domioilo hiad beeamo o noto- rloua one, aud ho would * keop it for his batilg- grouud.” Lrom the Broovtyn Eaal, Qiltris Beecher), oulive vear past, Mis, Tilion has opt boorders, supported tho family, kept open 11080 for Lt Triaiyds, and overy oot of ooy ho bas contributed toward these exponaoa has beon $U60. Had this magununnous nan beon n stmplo boarder ot €75 wuck; o would bave just eaton up ll}g‘nm;l l‘{a contribuiod, i the o York fferal The hos of ru_nn\'tnrs.win’tl:':l# nfi:‘fi'nifv to pro- sont what thoy cnll nawe, Lave wyitten wmany Tilton's presonco in the Louse, Bho positively Tefused to sea bim, and told Alrs, Qvington thiat nothing could chavgo her miud, 8hae hud uoth- ing thnt she wishod o sny to Mr. Wilion, and did ok liko to trast herelf in his presence. 3fre. Ovington retmued to the patlor and in- formed Mr. Tilton that Mre, Tilton was docided in bor detormination not to pormit him to have su [nterviow with her, Mr, Talton stayad in the house until 9, and 1 thal time uont vovoral timos fo urge Mra, Tillon (0 aliey hor dotovminntion and eca him. Bhe romgined firm, hawever, and attorly refused oven to speak to bim down tho atuira, * Alr, Tilton talled very freoly about Lis crse to Mrs, Ovington during bis long esll, Ilo throatoned that ho Liad not yst usod bis greatost and most conviucing proofs, When ho should Lring this evidonco before the public, ha said, it would overwholm and orush hin opponeuts, Ha had talkod in tho eame grand way to Mry, Oring tou Leforo, only ho sogued moro harsh and vo- hiement than usual Just bofore Lo went away Lo mudo anothor attenipt to indiuca Mra, ‘Liltci 10 have an Intorview with him, Whon he found that nothing could induco her to seo Lim, he affocted great magnsubmity, and sont word to ro, Tilton that ns woon ad tho soparation- Eunom woro signed ho would givo up his houso n Livingston sireet to hor and the ohildion, Ho alto snid that I sho sliould wish to got nuy- thing sho now lind fb tho Louwo, sho could sond for it at any timo, and Lo would surrondor the Pproporty {mmodiately. ki * I cannot imugine,” concluded Mr, Ovington, ¢ what wublimo impudonco could huve induoe Mr, Tilton to call upon his wifo at my houso on Bunday, Lbehove that ho had some cunning motlve and somo plen to onrry out. I think that hiu power aver Lls wifo {8 so great that if aho bad peslttod him to see har Le might bave storica, They liuger around the doorways of tho paries implicaled, follow supposed witnoos- o8 and work up tho most seusational ‘4afos s but in tho end it Is discovored that thoir offorts ore without avall and their xesortions unirue, Itis for thiy roason shat wo flud that wo mush that is publisliod in the payois of ono duy Is do- nied in tho next, Itis nuw reportad that wo otgonnl -unkindness whatever exista Lerwoen \Ir. and Mrs, Tilton, and tuat all’ of his ommu- nicatlons aro of the respectful cheractor, Ilg declaos his Intontlon to malntain bix mankbod inall that coucorns the piocoss of separation, Ho will nurrendor evarytling, viold nll that pan afford plusaure so his wifo and elildran, and taka upun e own shouldora tho naw lifa btrug. flo iv which bo ia angaged. Mr, Tiltou declares t to bo far from Lig Surpaan o bring his wife uunecossurily forward asa subject af public camment, ®ud yot foola that it i neceusary to mako ovory reasonablo secrifice in oider to pro- teot his own manhoad nud defond his cause, R s AN INTERVIEW WITH DR, BAOON, New Hoven, Conn, (July 29), Correspondence of the New Yors World, The Rov, Dr, Loanatd Bucon spoke dis- passionatoly of his conucation with the ifair, aud ‘rogretted that by auy words of nin bangs had been brought to thoso whom he had always loved, who bad loved lim in rotura, and for whom, threugh waa or woal, ho should 8teive to autertain foolinga of tender; roxard, 1o ro. forret {0 tho vialt of Theodure ‘lilton to his honse on June 20, in company with Mr, Frank B, Onrpentar, Ifa was not awara they outawpluted 8 vigit till informed by telagraph a faw hours provious. Mr, Tilton, a8 ke entored the room, wau In an excitad atato of mind, Hoomad norv- ous, restloss, an {f some groat neorat was preye log upon Liy thoughts, Dr. Bacon dautmf the statement in the Worla of this morning (Lst be hind not interrupted Mr, Thton dming. tho read- ing, Tiedid Intorrapt -him ' iwloe, unce to nsk bim it the document ho was reading was = tondod sololy for his oar j 1f It wase strictly con- fidontial, aud whethier ha would Le at liborty to wnoak of it publioly—aad, agam, i Le (ki) wan llving with his wife. Mr. Tilton anid ho w ro living, and had baon for soma time, Lia . not tnl.'nJmlllll. Lliowover, to enlarge on hisu -~ awor, and oxprossed no surpriso that the oo tor hind vontured 8o bold a romaric, Mr, Carpou~ tor wald litt's either at the bogmning or the end, and Mr, Tlliton having closed tho ronding, carrlet tho manuscrir:t awav with him. What Me, Tilton rend was simply o rouph draftof a very long dooument. Lhe Doctor thoughe it Mr, I{lton o fact wishod to roposo coufldonce in hiu—really wanted to rotaln bim ag a friond and counselor, Lio would havo allowed thia document to romain 12 Now Havon, Notwithatunding a stiange mothodof procodura by ono. whom ho bnd kuown from earlioat childbood, tho Doctor declared that hig mouth bisd until this momant beon soalod ; thut Lo bad repelled edvances from evesybody wao had nrprnnnund him for tho purpose of heming av opinion. In regaid to Mr. Carpentor's atatos mout publishod {u the World this morning, to the offaat thot Ar. Tiltou had sald, ** Me, Bacok- or hnd laid opon Lin heart und totd ma to smito, s ploading faco is bofors me know. But Dr, Ducon has put o iu the attitudo of a knave and a dog and I must piaco mysoif before the world ;" the Doctor eaid 1t was misinterprotod. Ho nover Baid or conveyed the ides that Lilton - was n dog, and no person kuows it botter thon Tilten, Nor did Lo oven sgom to Lt such thiugs in the direction of Boeoher. o had tho proatest friondship . for both gemilomen, & fiondship which ‘hud been comouted and mado atrong by yanrs of perecual associatton, What tha Doctor dil say ‘l‘n lis nddiess to the diviulty studonts abons Tilton was In reforonco to- tha way in whigh this seandal bad been managed from the bogluning, Ir it was teuo of dir, Deechor and M, ‘Lilton, as allogoed, 1t rhould bave Leen sitt~ ed to tho bottom at tho outsot. Ifnl(-way con- feaslong, euch ns wo had lutcoed to and 1ead tho papors, and thon rotrastious; paidons oral and writton, snd attompts st equivocation to dodga tho truth, {n feor that touchisg the subjoet would causo tho partios Lo fall into dis- roputo, wore all wronr. Homo nowspapers, Le said, biod romaraed chat tho Plymouth Church -Comamittee bad nacmod to- sat oun_the principla of Dogberry in the play. In bis addrees referred 4o hio nad quoted what Dogberey smd, *Let bim ‘go, and thunk God tuat you sro rid of a koave."” fiulu gentlomon know he (tho Dactor) did not: apply tho remork personally, but ouly as illuti- trating A point In question, The quotation ro- minded him furthor that Mr. Beecher soomed to bo Like Lounce, in anothor part of tho play, ‘whoro ho eays of bin dog: I bavo boen beaan for the puddings you hnve stolen, 6lsa -you (the dogz) bad suffered.” Tho whole thing, thus far, Las” tondod to make Alr, Beacher eaotn ridion- }]oluu. llo was shieiding porsuns and bearing amo, Dr. Bacon looked upon Mr, Moulton as havin g compouudod o felony if all along ho had, as it would appesr by reporta and a decidedly painful mlence, knowa of Mr. Bocchor's nlleged orim- inality with Mrs. Tilton and did not disclose it ; and, again, if he bad known Mr. Boecher to be innocent had rofraived from disclosing that, Lo is also c.dmival. Mr, Moulton holds tlho key, apparontly, o o full and complate gloaring-up of tis most uofortunate aftair, and to kim would tho public look for that whion his mouth alone oan wselose and plaoo fn a right light, Adultery is uot a crime agmnst tho laws of New York. It is simply & civil'injury to tho husband. In Cons necticut adultory 18 a penitontiary offenso, aud if Boccker, Tilton, or anybody olso_could bo proven guilty of the alloged crime in tho Stato of Connectiout, hio and thoy would bo scnt for ex~ iation to -Vethersflold, and Moulton, e said, y his courso of couduct, might possibly be sent thoro with thom, Mr., Tilton was on eratio kind of man, but be lind & kind beart, and would not futontionaily in- Juro avotior. He Lad known him from boynood, Lo could bo ensily misled in some mattors, and he could ot consciontioualy agroe with him in all tho npparent basty stateinents mads in ragard toa wife and a lifo-loug friond, Ilo was not pro- pared to denounco Mr. Tilton. Tho Doctor always Liad tho greatest confldence in Mr. Boocher, "Ho coneldored him one of the brightest, if not the brightost l.l')ihz in tha Oliris- tian minstry an this country, Tho brightuoss of lua rays might be oclipsod—darkenod, but tha echipso could not be total; it would bo but tom- porary, Spoaking from thostandpoiutof n olorgy- man hodid not hold that ministers should stand Dby each other whea thero is crimo in question. If Mr. Beochor was guilty he would have him ox- osed, and would go as (ar, notwithstanding his ito-loug frlendship, to sidin the cxposition as auy mom Ou tho couatrary, if found innscaent, oono would bs more prompt aud valisne to datand. Thin mattor onght fo havo boon brooglht boforo o - cours of justicn in tha tirat pluce, on the past of Alr. Tillon, instead of that moat unwiso move of writing and pub- lisbiug o statomont. Heo could not swe the strict proprioty or tho oxped.onvy -of a Ohurch Com- mittoo of Investigation lika that now 1 session, 1n tha strick nousy of Lho torm thore Was no ro- eponsibility about it, Had bo been callad upon to advlea in tho premises, & conre of law would have hod tho ossigumont of the case, and oro tins the doubts and uncortaiutios of the quos- Lious at iusue would hnve beon mified and per- chauce tho wiole matter sutistactorily sotiled. 1la1s anxious ‘for IIr Boechor's stutzment in full, Ho hopes it may throw light snd proposos far tha prescut, or until Mr. Bavcho,'s atatement. is made public, to eny littio, and to hava little sald 03 goming from him. o will evo long hold Limself in roadinoss to make s public eiatoment on such pojnts &y it may ag:posr noed words from him co1endor tuom cleur and explicit. ITa cau- not accope all that Mr, Carpenter claimed as eme anating frow bim. o had respect for Mr, Car- peuter, and would in no souse do Lim an injus- tice. Ha azo00d on tho brosd platform of fairnoss. ‘Ilhis mattor had beoo of & vory painful nature from the outsot, No far ay Lig had woen conoorn= ed ho would lowve nothing undone that coutd va douo to roctify and leal . Ho bad nuthing against Mr. Duacher excapt thoso lotters, If taose letiors ean bo oxplained there {s nothing in the waolo subject wlich caa ba of much ad- auaut, : P —— STATEMENTS BY OLIVER JOENSON. From the New York Tridune, Aug. 1, Olivor Juausun was catlea upou yostordny by a Tribune roportor and mtorrogate: rolative wo bis knowledzoof the quarrals botiveon Mr, Carpentor and Mr. ilton a your o two a7, whon M, Oar- Danter was reported as Judulging in free abuse of Mr, Tilton, and declared, among othor. things, that M. Lilton's bead was turnetd oy his succeds, but r, Julweon would not give any information of tho facte, aaylng that thoy ocourred before he bocame inttmataly acuainted with thoso paoplo, and o couid not époak frowm porsoual knowladge. Mq. Johnson was asked lu refersnce to his note« worthy romark to Me. Qarpentor (reforred to in tho Intter's statemont, published an Wednesday), ** Ay lips ave soalod by & solomn promise, but if 1 should digolose what 1 know, bhe roof of Ply- mouth Chureh would come 1ight oit,"” Mr, John- wou's oxrlnunllon of tho romurit was as follows : ¥ In the omlior period of the seandal, whon I knew notbing oxcaus what dr, Tilton bad told mo, aud which Ithon wassimple enough to think might huve somo trath init, I may bavo made doulo strong ramaric ag to tho etfect which n diselosure Would have in Dlymouth Cbureh, I Lye no racolleation, bowover, of ualog auy suol languago; but 3 T did i¢' was qualified by other romarks, and by oiroumstsnces which put an eubwely diforont meanjng upon it from that which [t wonld suggest srhen taken nakedly by itself, In realty 1 kuew abaolutely nothing of the soandal oxcopt what Mr. ‘Lilton bad told me. Thaero was a timo, 1 fiaukly admit, when 1 credited his story; bub when I found him telling o many eoutraiictory tales, and S:mviu[,' false to hla promises, I lost all fuith in bim, and came, all too slowly, to the conoluslon that Le bnd, acouaod My, Decohor falsely, sud formod a couspiracy to ruln him, Dy lips are no louger seafod by any promise of shionco. I cau houoravly tell all T Xnow, shich in wabstanco ia thist That Mr, Tilton old mo contldonttally, as loug ago ag 1870, of his acous sations againsy Mr. Bocehor, confosslug at ths sumo timo that be kad . himdolf boon guilty of tho samo thiugs, for which he excused himsolf on tho ground thot, as Lo alloged, bis wifo had Drokon thoir maisluge covenuut, so that it was 10 longoer bindiug upou im, I Lopo to be for- given for bey minled as I wag by acousations Which Lnow Loliove to ba atterly falsn," Roportor—*Is it true, as v, .Carpentor says, that you onco preparod w statomont for DIr. ‘Yilton to sign in regard to Mrs. Woodhull A, Jobnsou—* U'iio truth, which Alr, Carpen- tor 1o Lia dantro to sorve Mr. Tiltou, has but pur- tally statod, in this: ALr. Qarpentor came to me longt beforo my ponnoolion with the Chmistian Unfon to ask mo if sometling conld nol be dong to halp Alr, Tilton in his &mvurly by ia- oronsing the cuculation of ihe Gotden Age, I told him I would gladly do anything in my powor to help Mc. ifion, buk thore Was one obatuolo to the auccass af auy uuels oifors, which Le alone could 1omove. It was his ascoolation with Mrs, Woodlult and tus- publio fndorsement of hor that way killing the Golden Age. Mr. Carpontor agreed with ma in this, exprossing ius disgust at the Woodlull memoir. [lo thought ko could peraunda Alr, Tilton to publish a oard ackuowls adging that ha Lad made n great ulstako in writing thut mwewolr and in his Inuhmacy with ity subjects and ba asked mo to write » card which, if accepted by Mr, ‘Diltow, would enswer thd pusposse I did wo, but A, Carpanter ould not gnmmda Ar, Tilton to sign it He arked mo it thought Mr. Bocoher uas rriendly to Tiiton, and-nould be willing to ald Lum, "I tald him that I bnd no suthority to epeak for Mr, Booch- or, but that I folc sute he would bo glad to have \ tha Golden Age sucoecd. Dut I eaid au long na + Mr. Tilfon stands oofure tho publio as tho in- o ser of Mra, Woodhull it will of conrss bo r#1nlo fo1 Mr, Becehor to eny o word pub- Loy inlus benalf, Mr. Corpenter agroed with w0 'in thix, avd seid ho would do his bost to per- susde My, Tilton tu make a public retraciion of Luy foily.” — BEVOHELR'S LETTERS, From the Liveoklyn Kaple, To an Eagle roporter » rolative of Mr, Beeche or, whoso name wo withbold, presentod tho case 1o tho following light to-dsv's Judging trom my pertonal knowledge of oer- taln porsons involved, and from s caroful etudy of tho crosu-examinglion of Mr, Tilton, I Lhini » corroot undermanding of Mr, Beecher's apolu- gotio lettor may bo artived mt. Lot it Lo ro- momberod that Mr. ‘Litton made a coutidant of Nzw, Boechor, rolating all hor sorrows sud hor husvand's fvfidohty to his msrrisge vows snd troatmont of ler; that from tho rocoutailons of his wife, and what be earnod from Mrs. Tilton, Mr. Bocoher ald adviso s separation unlogs sbothought sho conld rofcrm him; thab . Mrs. Becchor, who ls s vo decided coaracter, tovk tha mattor n band. I'trough Lior lnstramentality, aud from mforma- tion coming from hor concorolug Mr. Tiiton and tho opinions of Mr, Boochor, atout the mnttor, Mr. Tilton was dispiaced tcom the Indeoendent oud Brooklyn Daly Union ; that Mr. Tilton was Inghly indlpuant “ut his wifo, who was eallod bomo from the country, Ilis rage aud abuse causod bor slckness and misoairiage. Sho wrote from hor sick bod & note to bir, Bocehog by Mr. Moulton, sccking to ‘teconcilo ‘mattors, This note appears to huve beon lost, Ovorcome with griof aud sorrow at tho family rupturo nvd dis- astor, M. Bocolier spoke burhiug words of sor- 10w ond contrition Lo Mr. Moulton. It was thon dusk, and dr. Moulton took down sonte of thom to give to Mr. Tilton,. In porfoot trust und good fuith, Mr. Boechor signed kis name without road- iog what had been tnkon down, some disiauce anny fiom the clore of the notes tuken by Moul- ton, who took &: to Mr. 'Litou, Nouw, in view of the nbove facts, how easy of explauation is the apology. *' 3y DEAR Friesp Moorroy : I ask, throngh {nu 'hoodore Tilton's forgiveneay, and { Lum- o mysclf botsro bim ss I do boforo my Qod, Ile would have bewu a biottor mpn jn my clroum- stancos than I hove boon. I can ask notning excopt that he would romembor all tho other haurig that wonld ache "—that 1a, if M, Tiiton's family were brokon up by the divorce throatenad agaiogt Lis wifo, at that timo a well-known fact— "sl will not plend for mvaolt; I evon wish I woro dond," that i in viow of the hind na had bad in thio matter, togcthor with M, Becolior in the Buwen difticutsy, which eeomed now about to result in the rufo of Mr. Tilton's family. * But othors must Live to sulfer. Iwill die boforo any ona elso than myself shall be inculpated,” kat ia his wifo aud }Mra, Titon, ** All mv thoughts aro runpivg out taward my friends, sud toward tho poor child lyln% thero, aud vraying with her folded hands, Hho s guiltless, «innad agsinst, bearing tho transgressions of un- othor,” Thay 1s tho intorforence of Mrs, Boach- or and Llmsol?, which reaulted in Mr, Tilton's doposition, tha rupturein his fawmily, aud ler doar friend’s (Mra. ‘U'1lten) sickners unto death, “ Hor forgiveness L bava. I Lumbly pray God to put it into the heart of hor Lusband to furgive mo. S Now, in view of all tle facts in this cago, is thore anything so very xonderful in the flpulofy excopt that 1t Was more than the ocession callad for. * Yot lac it bo romemboied tuat bira. Tilton wag sick unto doath, ani that his Leart bled for tior and lor threatenod family, and that Mr. Doechor had sat himself to bind up and Lea! tao wounda of the broken family. Aud now wo can underatand anothor ronatkablo lottor to Mr. Bloulton desigued to raroncile and hoal tho dis- ;mrqlwhlnh threatoned tho ruin of a dearly-loved amily. “ Mavy friends haas God raised up to mo, but 10 no ovo of thom has Mo ovor given the oppor- tunity and wisdom so > sarve mo us you havo. You havo also proved Lheodose's friond and ELlizabetl's. Doos Godlook down from Heaven on throo unbajpler cratures that more noed & triond than thoso? e it not an lutimntion of God's intont of meroy to all that ench oue of those bas in you a triodand proved friend ? But ouly in you are we thusunited. Would to God, who orders all boarts, that, I:F His king modin- tion, ‘Theodore, Blizabeth, and I conld bo mado {rionds again. Theodora will have the hardest task in auch a casa; but Las he not proved him- Belf capable of thu nobost things? I wonder if Elizaboth knows how gouorously ho has car~ ried himaeif towmdme, Of courae, I can novor speak with bor again, without his (pnrmkssmn. oid I do not know that, oven then, it would be bost,” 1hat s, in order that thera may be no fur- ther complants from My, Tilion cuncerving her husband. In view of tlis, Mr. Tilton wrote to My, Moulton : Ly Dean Friesp: In sovoral conversetions with you, vou have asled sbout my foolings Lo~ watd Mr. Baechor, and yosterday you smd the timo bad come whan yoi would like to recoiva from mo an oxpro:slon'of this kind in writing. I say, theroforo, very cheot fully, notwithstand- ing the groat suffeling which be has caused Etlizabotlh and mysolf, I bear him po maiice, dhall do him no ‘wrong, shall discountonanca overy project (by winmuvever proposod) for auw: exposiice of lus socret to the public, and (it know mysolf at all) shall endoavor to act toward Mr. Boechor a8 I wontd huvo him, 1 similar cir- oumstonces, act towatd me. I ought to add that your good oflices’in this case huve lod mo to a Digher moral feeliug thun I might otherwise lave reached.” ‘That the mettor bad to do with the Bowen troublo and not adultory, a vilo le nfterward trumped up, is ovidont Trom Mr. Tilton's own words fn the cross-examination, Ilo mays, in reforeing to his moeoting Mv. Beecher at tho house of Mr. Moulton, **’ile (Bocohor) burst out 10 an expression of great sor.ow to we, and said that he bopcd the commuoication whicn be had sont to me by Mr, ifoulton was satisfuctory to ma, Ha then aud thera told Alr, Moulton thut e hnd done \\'rung, uot 80 wuch as Bome othera bud (roferring to hig wifo, who bad mado stare- wments to M. Bowen that ought to e unmude) and ho thore yolunteered to write a lotier tu Mr, Dowen coucerning the fucts which ho liad mis- siated.” Lot nny ono read these lettora in view of thareal fucts of the case. snd of Theodore ‘Tilton’s own atatemant, aud ho wiil perceivo that aduitery bad nothing to do with the matter. 1 binve but & word fo eay in clnmnfirre:vding Mr., Moulton. Ho hus declared to Mr, Halliday sud others My, Baeclier's inudcouce of cnimo; and In his presence Alr, Halliday tool down bis alfoations §n writing, “ I know maore of this matter than suy ofhor men. sud I know that Mr; Boechor fs innocont,” This and o graat many other expressious cqually steons Mv, " Hallidav took down in wring, sud thoy will appear fu the avideucs. Now, it Mr. Mouleon, in o:dor to shisld Mr. Tilton, should not teatify or should testify to a lie, it auy combination” has Leen enterod into botweon him aud fr, Tilton to raln Xir. Beccher, he Is tho groater villulu of tho Lwo, and though It would peruaps go hurd with By, Beecher, yet kuow that thiore is evidouco to be produced thoc even 3y, Tilton aud Blr. Moulton com- bined could mot stand agalnst, Thoy would botls be ruiued together. Of cuurse this ducy not “protead to be an explanation of tho whole matter, but uly of a fow palnta trom an outsids viow, —_— BEEOHER TO BE EXONERATED BY THE COMMITTEE. From the New York Times, Aug, 1, Mr, Boocher's frieuds claim that Mr. Tilton has not mado out avy cade, and that it would not Do Iair to oxpeat him td go befora the Commitieo and testify o to lottera which, aa vhoy olaim, do not exiat, and of wlich the Committes have not yet seon tho originaly, It i3 ssserted ou oxcol- out authority that tho Committos sro unanis mous in tho bolis? that up to tho present no case hos boon mudae our agawst Mr, Doocher, and tlat it Mr. Moulton porststs in rofusing to testi- fy, aud Mr. Oarposter and somo othors who cleim & knowledze of the fucts adlers to thelr expressod dotermination not to give evidence ©xcons in & court of law, no courso will be Joft oxcopt to bring in a vordit on tho evidonco be- foro thow, and oxonorata Alr. Bocobor, What trauspires in tho commitie-room ia of course not kuown to the public, but it 13 cortan tbas overybody who ' kuows any- thing of tho oase will be lnvited to give ovidenco Lefora the Committoo coucluden ils scssions, Mr. ‘Tilton com plaine rothor bitterly that ho s allowod no reprosontation boeforo the Committao, MMr, Beechor, it 18 tiyo, la- uot represonted by counnel in tho commitice-room (at loust_go Hay o Commiites, . but 1t is equally truo that tho counsol oniployed by the Comumttcn go almost ovory M'A;h& to'the liouse of Mr, Shesrman, Mr, Beochor's most Intimate friond, M, Bhaarman, 88 Ling boon stated, {8 o lawver, and ia fu con- stant communioation with XMr. Bocolier. My, L. lenwood, tho atonographor, {8 alao in the Lubit of paying nightly visle to Mr, Bhearmao's, and 4t 38 foir to prasume thas My, Booebor fa kept thoroughly informod of all that transpires bu- furo tho Cuimmitton, Moveover, ab leavt ono of the couusel bns {\'e(tuemly visited the house of Mr, Bocchor since the vestigation commonced, 1t {y not genorally bolleved that Mr, Boocher hias writton or 18 engagod ou auy statewment, The ruwor 40 that ofecd provably arues from sho fnot that after hia firat rotura to Brooltlyn ainde the putlication of Mrs, 'ilton's statomont he ro- maiuod soveral days confined to Lis houss, ro~ fusing to seo any visitors, From the New York Ierald, Aug, 1, A membor of that body ([tho lnvua:lgfllng Committeo], whon quostioned yostorduy toucli= ing tho presa eriticlsma upon thoir aatioh, saidt “Tho presn or publio dld not appolnt ths Committoo, and consuquentiy we aro not respon- nlble to them,” This {s Important as showing tho splrit of indifforence to public sontiment whioh animatoa that vody. Thoir verdiot will Lu, it 1a conceded upon all sldos, in faver of tho gontlaman who sppointed thewn to conduct the oxamination, I'ho Rov, Loonard Bacon apoke truly whan he ssid : * The verdiot of tho Committes will nob bo satisfactory to tho {mbllo unlosa the ypublio bLove avidonco that satiafles thom quito {nde~ pendeut of the Committeo. — THE WOODEULL. From the New York Sun. Yestorday Mra. Vicioria U. Woodbull was in gonsultution wita hor counsol. Mr, Charles W, Brooke, Tho published oross-exsminalion of Thoodore ilton was examined by thom. Tho variois motives aseigned o ra, Woodbull by Mr. Tilton 'for the publication of tho scandal woro disoussed. Mrs, Wooahull indifinndy do- nlod that her rolabions with Mp. Thilton,” Mr. Boacher, aud Mr, Moulton and thoir familiss word majutained o conciliate hor, nnd that Mr. Tilton ever roudored Ler suy servics on that score. It in eaid thntz})rocnnfllnn_nm to b instituted agoings Judge Noah Davis,” for. the nirest and fmprisonmont uf s, Woodhnll, aud that it can be shown that he was awaro that thoro woa no Inw for the arrost whon Lo lssued tho warrant, Mra, Woodhmll snys that it ia surprisng that AMte, Elizaboih Cady Stanton or Mixs Susun B, Antoony did novopen ticie m‘s before to tho pablie, " Tio tune was, she added, when they #pokto froely of tho acandal, aud condomned Mr. Beoohor. Sho save that slio slmply aske tuab they will tell the wholo truth, nud thon sbe will be Viudieated, — WEARING OUT fHE PATIENGE. From the New York Tribune, July i1, ‘Tho unwhulesoms soro in tho BLroukliyn body uocial fs 8tbl ruoning, avd, groatly to our owi disatisfuction, wo 1o still compolled to take noto of tho discliarge, idr, Francls D. Moulion scems to bo tho witness for whom tho Court waita, He hia hnd o grent deal n.oro | r iminaneo thus farin this unsavory matter thau s ditigont conrso of mindiug his own businoss would bavo led uim to: and now, whon for tho firat timolt Lecomes Lilg clear sad kmporativo dnty 10 aat, it 10 A pity that for tho first time ho should soom to bave auy hasitation. Meanwlulo Mr. Meechor and his Triends should understand that they aro woariug out the pationco of a community that Lina moane to ba vary elow indeed to think ovit of thom, There stand Mr. Boecher's lottors. We aro told that Lio can explam therm, aud that his statemont isiready. 1o cannot furnish it an bluur too suop, or make it too frank and cum- plote. ‘“NOT SO OLEARLY HOPEFUL.” Zram the Newo York Tribune, Aug, 1. Wo nro cousuraingd to say that at the closo of this woek the case doos not Jook 5o clemly hope~ ful ag it did o week ngo. Tho statoment of Mr, Tiltun, whick foll with stunulug force upon thoe pubhe, had been mdt and nr_uy answorod by the cards of Alr, Boocher aod Mys, lilton, 8o far as Mr. Tilton's own siatomonts wero ooncorned, theso cards woro a complete answer. o hag shown himsolf 80 destituls of any corroot con- coption of truth or mauhood throughont this matter, that his word and his onth are equally worthless when un- supported by otler evidenco, But precious time hns beon loss by Mr. Beecher nund his friends m explaining thie documents printed un- dor his namo, His hne of doieuss was merely indicated in hia card and that of Mre. Tilton; snd, although it seemed naturul aud reasonable, it is imposmble for tho publio to rost content with snch o supgostion of answer. There has not beon » moment since the publication of Mr, ‘Lilton's statoment whon a full explunation of thoso lotters—whiok coustitute, so far, the ouly ovitence in the oaso—was not nbavlntuly B~ sential, Tho delay in this, sud the accumula- tion of overy suri of vile storics, Bown brond- caat by Tilton and his male and fomale gnam}:s for the Jast threo yoars, and now rising to the surface in » mantling voum of uncleanncss, havo begun to rouse in the cvmnulull’{ a fear lost a satisfactory oxplaoation should bo really im- possible, “A full and convinoing statemeut would gtill satisfy the domand of the decont pub~ lio; Lut 1t will now require to be fuller and moze annv{inamg thau would have been nocessary last weal Iut we ropest, it was only Mr. Beecher who could shoke our confidence in him; it is only ho who can ennble us to answer his assailants. ~Wo say to bim aud to bis friouds, that there is no time to Lo lout If this is ever to be done, ydsth g THE TRIAL BY NEWSPAPER. Fyam the Nation, A onrrespondont of tho Eunlnf Poat com- plained Dbittoriy tho other day, {u tho finter- o8t of demestic deconcy, of the publication of tho * statomenta™ and connter-statements of tho partics to the fnquiry now ponuing in Brook- lyn by tho morning pavers. Butit is Liavd to seo what tho papera could do oxcopt what thoy have dong. It _appoared tolacably plain, from tho moment Mr. Tilton published his first lottar, that tue wholo atfair would very soon be made the subject of un appesl to the puvlle, 'Tho re- sult was mude covtaiu by the modo in whicls Alr, Beocher applied for an iuvestigation. A com- mittes nomitatod by hit, and ovmposed of bits own porsonal filonds aod membeis of his con- grogation, although it might salisfy the eaurch ovor which he prosides, was sure nol to gatisfy eithor his opponents or tho publio. It was inovitablo that at soma stage in tho jinquiry Til- ton or his fricnds would, by hook or IJY craok, carry thoir caso befora tuo world outslde, and, this once doue, the Committeo loat sll judicial charactor, and booaine & maro ingtrument, and s very dofoctive one, for taking evidence. Noono will now caro what its tinding is, or_whotner it comes to any conclusion or not, Tho trial is transforred 1o o differont foram, This forum conslsts of tho nowspapsrs and their readors, and o moro uneatisfactory ono, indomo rospects, thora could bardly bo, but itis tho one befora whichn man in My, Boechor's position must pleaa, sooner or later, to any charga brought against him, : From this uitber il nor eedlo- kisstical courts cau gave lam, When the com- muuity exalts o man aa it hoa oxatted Mr, Reech- or it insisls on deciding in the last resort whothor its confidonco s boen misylaced. [t moy bo eaid that this 1a one of tho ponalties of intiuauca and colobrity, but it s also oue of their coaditions, aud one that 18 familiar to averybody who wields the power given bim by enormous popularity: It 18 in somo respects sn awful ode of tylal, one by which the strongest nerves mught woll bo shiakon. Tho court has no rules of evidanco. Boforo it nothlng is frivolous, or irrolevant, or untrustworsuy. It pats rumors, auggestions, thoories, suspicions, romnisconcen, bints, tho {dlo gossip of tho sidewalk, and the solemn nsgeverations of the oye-witness on nbout tho same lovel. Lverything goes o tho jury in one dreadful jumble, and goes piecemoal, day by day, au it comes iu, without arrangoment or sum- ming up, Tlero is not a houso in the country in which the dofoudaut 1s nol, weok aftor woek, pus on his trinl, and in overy one of them on a *differcut fudictment and with difforont testimony; and tho rosult he nevor wholly knowa, us the verdict is never formulat- ed and uttored. Moveover, It would be a great mistako Lo euppose that oven tho larger part of this tribunal is animated by unything that con bo cntled a judicial aplait. £t is” impossiblo not to bo strucis by the tondornoss wich which Mr. Beochor's oasa has beon appronched, by the roluotance displayed on alwont alt sides to bo- lioveill of ki, by the eager Liopetuincas with which bis dofenise hiag boen llstonod to, and by tho hioight and breudth of tho'favorablo pro- Aumptions by which ' Lo has been sucrounded. It s true that much of theso presumptions rest on forty yoais of unblemished character, but much, too, ia nupfl)]hul Dby popular judulg- ence for o man whom tho country has groatly {rusted svd greatly loved, On’tho othor tand, hawovor, a vast amount of tho Interest takon in tho cage uprioge from moivoawith which noither love of hin nor love of justico hug ouything to do. Thousands on thousands gloat over the story simply becauso It I goaudalous; thoussnda moro becuusd tho standard eot up by such a man a8 Boechor seoms o coustant condomnation of their own wava aud aims, The ovorthrow of o fil‘oM moraliut is always a triumpb for thoso swrho ony that thore i auy morality bnt what each man maoutacturos for himsolt, It acta both as a justitication and encouragement fothom. ‘A Lad year for tho rightaous,” ae Dutlor said, ls o good year for those who mako oo prelonse to righteousnogs, It ynisca thom in thelr own osiis mation, puts an.ond to domo priokings of con- scionco, and oponsup now fleldsof sotlvity, ‘Choro {8 no raseat {nn tho country to<day who la nof apouly or soorotly hoping that Boechor may uot suooeod in oxtricating himsolf from tho not iu which hio {8 now entaugled, And tuon thora aro thousauds of mon who aro ranily not rascals, and Dags us very rospectiblo, to whom tha downfull of anything greet or respetablo in humon soci- oty in'somohow a uatisfactlon, though they do uob well know why, aad are ofon ashiamod ‘evon to contess it to themuslvos, Tho souvvo of this feoling iv one of thoso wysteries of iumay na- ture on which usithor tho naturaliste nor the theulogisus have thrown muoh Ughy, mud 1t la ona which nobody iwho wighea to think welt of htakind likea to “oxplore. To aay that it le & form of envy s slnply tv namo without oxntai- Ing it, OF ita wldo ditusion, of ita powarrul - {luonco in our soclal life, onn‘monncmnpnnlivm Iy tele untll ono witnessos tho progross of s #oandal suctina that whiah {sto-day tho talkof tho aaumr{. Tt {1 {ntensiflod towards seliglous pro~ Dl by the nocessary gstentation of thoir profes- slons, aud Ly thoir tondonoy to troat as more temporary lapsos from virlue, which osn be atonad fur sud roformod by tho fechnical procoss at ropentauce, thlugs which mon of bo world, somotimen rightly and somatimes wrongly, a0l down as {rromodisbls dofocts of charastor, ‘Fharo {a, howavar, & far worse souren of fnter- ent lu tha " Tilton-loochor scandal » thing any wa lave anumaraed, aud one which much more cloatly roveals tho barbarlan stran in our blood, Trial by newspapar has dortaln spoctacalar gte tractons to whioh no othior process can loy cluim, In wroceedings, however iragic, botoro caurts of law, the partis are repremontod by piofosaional advocates, who, ovon it thoy lay aslda the cauvantional dezosum of their’ eall- ings avd attempt a display. of athos, ean Lardly rouga tha feslings of the audionce, ' The rataiter takes thio poiot from thoir weapons, and glves & greonroom air to their Loars an. sunplis cations. ‘Lo roal lyluy of passion nowhoro ap- ponrs. Tho plaioulf ‘and dofondant aro pilont spectators of tho gamo of akill and ingonuity on whioh thoir fame aud forina is stakod. Whan thoy appeal to ths publis, howaver, sanooially tn what may be oallod oapifal casss, tho contro- versy hiad all the horrible Intorest of a condlict {n the arona. Surely, no seonein tho amvhitheatro waa over mora shovking than tho assault on ench other in whieh Cilton aud his wite hnve booa en- fi-;od in the nowspapera duriug the past wook. la producion - of her leltors, writion {u moments of lbappy snd confiding if somowhat offusivo touderncss, to {unmv his desporats autack on her ropul ation, and lior bitter and incoliorent fmputation to him of all baso aud malignant passions, of mornuess, falaehoad, treachory, of ouvy, liatrad, and malico —and all this under tho ‘eyos of millious of speotators, fo whom the mmtual iago and dostruction of this uahappy couplo gave butn koenor rollsh for tueir broakfasta—what {8 thoro 8o biorrible ag thia in tho spectucula or tho bull. figlia? Ta it not somowhat dmgracoful to our clvilization that suoh gaarrels shwald have to bo foughit out in this way, that wo ahould have to Prokeb domestic happinosa and purity by inviing ho wholo world to goe the Furlos tesrug & bouschold to pleces? Tho trial of cartain classes of cases by tha nowapapers, if (mwmmlu,l tiowovae, furnishes no oxouse for spiending a *‘seandal * over s wider aren and forcing it moro poruistoutly on tho imhun attention than the ciroamstancas abso- utely requiro, and ws thiuk thero ars numorous signs thas we are to be treatod to moro of this Drooklyn affair than i3 good for eithor our mor- als or our maonors, Wo are suro that tho bulk of Intolligent aud docent paoplo grontly doplora the, necossity of surronderinyg to 1t A3 much |‘mm aud attontion in tho nowspapors as it hus ntroady rocolvod. It 13 & mot “unsevory sub- Ject, avd the moro it {8 dwoussed and tarnod aver the less protitable all discussion of it soems to bn, W now boz to romind tho editors of tho doily papets that iheir solo juatification for serving ua up. ovory day such a quantity of unwholesome gossip avd spoculation lioa in tha fact that tho poreon whose seputation is ase gatlod in i¢ Ia & man of great prominenca and ra- spectability. It {5 only in 8o far na v conoorna Mr. Beocher that this wrotohad businoss lins any olaim on the publis attoution. Wo wvrotost, thoroforo, moat carnestly against the oxcoution of the plan which svems to bo enlortainod ia same quartors of favorivg ua with what thoy oall * turthor oxporure,” in the shapo of addi- tional information about Mr, Tilton's family lifo and bisrelatious with his wife aud with othor women, With thoso things the publio haa noth- ing to do, and wo trust the press will not con- pive at any further fovestigation of thom. It can serve no purpose beyond doopen- ing _the flood of indocenoy which i3 al- resdy flowing over tho country. The publio is not suiliciontly foterested in Mr. Tiltow, sud ho does nat occupy, sud never has occupied, a sufl- clently prominent place in the community, to entitlo him to this spociea of notorioty. Kis do- meatio history ig not & public concera, Lt is ploin that it bas baen unbappy to tho last do- 106, oud that is all we wish or nood to lknow nbout it. We must romind Mr. Boscher's friends, too, in all kindness, of tho faot which thoy seom disposed to forget, that attacks on Mr. Tiltou's reputation aannot possibly nelp Mr. Beecher's case a4 {t now stands, It might be usoful to prove him & bad husband and fathor if tho procoedings mow pending wors an ac- tion for dumsges or a muit for a divorce in o oourt of Jaw. DBut thoy are neithor tho one nor the other. The only veault of proving Mr. Tiltou’s business, under predont circumstances, would Lo eithier 1o doprive him of publio sym- pathy or to fuvalidate his teatimony. Butthe queation botoro' the public 1 not whether Mr, Yilconu is entitled to sympathy; 1t 18 waocthor Mr. Boechor s basn gullty of cortain offensos ; sud tho case szalnst him doos not rest on Mr, Titon's tostimony simply. 1If i¢ did, {t would have boen closad long ago, It rests on cortain lottors purporting to be written by Beechsr him- sel?, of which ho dooa not deny the genuinoucss, Al that the community now wislios to sacortain ia bow be explaius thode lettora, Iteiros uothing and wants to know uothiog about Lilton’s morals or 1eligions opinions, or sbout his relations with @ ndvanced thinkors " of tho fomalo sox. Tho case waa brought on the vory firat day within a vory nairow compass—much narrower than Mr. Boecher limsolf scomed to pesceive whon Lo wrote kis siatement. Had Lo thor- ouglly compreiended the situstion,” ho wonid hnvo Bavod himeselt tho trouble uf traversing ‘Cilton's noked assortions, and have addrossod himsoll st ouce to the task of explaining the ciroumatances undor which ko wrote the letters embodied in Tilton's oimplaint, We trust he will now do this, aud that in the meantime hia {frionds and chanpions will keop silent wath re- gard to ovorything which does nob touch this point, and wo think thoir duty in this rospeot oludes o doosut sesorve in he matter of do- nounclog Tilton. If Mr, Boechor’s explanation {s found suffleiont, n8 we must all hoje it wiil be, the whole matter cen properly be droppad as an ovil droam, GENIUS OF IRISH LIBERTY, Locture of the Itov. Futher Sheehy nt Hooley?s Opera~Ilonses Tho Rev. Bugene BShechy, of Limeriok, Ire- lsud, lectured in Hoo.oy's Opers-Iouse last oveuing, ou “The Goniug of Irish - Liberty.,” "The leciure was under tho ausploos of the Clan- ua-Gaol Aguociation, and the audieuce was larga and approciative. Nr. Fiavk Agnow, in & faw well-choson words, introduced the lecturer, who was grooted with soveral rouu ls of cheering. Father Shoohy i a young man—in the con- fines of 30—of bandsoms Coltic type. His air 1s cleriea), nltlough ho hiag an iutensity of man- ner far moro warliko than spiritual. Liko all tha Rtoman Catholio clergy, he is a man of amplo aducation, in additiea to which e possosses s clear, regonaut, flexible yoice, snd an admirable dollvery, offeotive without Leing thoatrical. Ho would ma¥o a good revivalist in any causo, and Lis inteileot, uuy into tha Itish nutionsl ucale, iu cartain to produce a gront efcot on his coua~ trymen in tho Umiled Statcs, “I'ho lecturer began his discourse by & graceful dissertation on liborty in genoral, aud followed up his &Jroluv.la by assorting that, withot politi- cal and personal liborcy, mau 8 nct o living oreatute, but & disessed wead. A natlon with. out frevdom was doad, and atunk lke sumo putrid corpse o tho nostrils of othos people. Tho land without liborty—tho people rulsd by auother people undor any pretext whatover—~had tho coutempt of tho wotld, and, In nny cases, deservod it. Thia brought him to Iroland. He instanoed muny of tho great achievemonta of hor chiofa tn Day; ages, lnudmfitlme who struck for liberty, as did Hogh O'Noill and hls gallant nophew, Owen Roa, and cansuring those wito fougat for & Kiug or 8 orood rathor than for a lving prin- niglo uud for natioual right. teforring to the Boyno campalj loaturer wisliod thab thot Iaial river oould'bo driod up—ilowing from Ireland's hoart it pois~ oned that heart year by yoar, whou Orange sud Qroen woro pittad auaiuat oach othor in mad anger—those colors that should blond barmouiously for tho common esuso aguinst Englund, tho chief enomy and unsorupulons robber of all. [Aoplause.]” Tho lecturor thau indulged inn moguitlcont phutipplo agsiast big- otry, and uaid thas to that spirit, more, poriaps, then to awy othor, tho subfeciion of Ireland aud the -cousequont dogradation of tho Irish poople were duo, JFathor Bhooby gave 8 passing glanca at tho ‘*L'reaty of Limerleir," which ho chiasuoterized ne o fraud from tho fivat ; at tho volunteor maye- mont of 1783, whioh won & certmn kind of inde- poudenco from erippled Englaud, without bload- shied.—a mode of winning liborty, ssid the rev~ orond sposker, that o in,n novor yot prizod, and whiok was as lightly lcae ns it liad boen oasls Ly gained. o furchier charactorizod tho Catlio- lio Emancipation of 1839 ag a sham, which made tho Cathblio ~ aristoorats tho ailios of In- gland, vitlated cortaln of tho Romoan Catholic ohurchmou, waooconsidorad it thoir duty to prosoh *loyalty" to Great Bricatn, snd loft the wasd of Ao Irlsh poople in a more dosolats coudition, , tho reverand = | booanee nosupported by tho influontial portion than thoy had-been la boforo, Llud nok * Funan gipation,” an-callad, sald the spouker, boen wor {u 1329, tho Iviuh avistoorats and uppor classon Renorally would ot have atood by and roon thol Dooror follow-countrymon ntarvo to doath i hes during tho awtul famino yodr of 8450 and 1847, - noither woal oeriain priosta iave proaatiod English tho slogy totho Iriali masses—toilme tham that L; was noble aud Uhrigsinlike to dio like voriain, 1t a4 and _misory, £22 poigo ea <o, and, thuoagl thole ooflaloss graves, slkule Lu, a8 by o bl door, to Hoavan [applansaani woms son wbon] aud, &b tha s tiwo teach thoun thas £is P fold, maufal rosistangy Lo tho 1orohgh oot aoldioc's gallant doath—ovon though wizh hia fall froadoia, bl )y idy but undishonorod—thnt af thin wusthe wide ronlthst lod to porditton [Seneation. Ho said it a8 an Irlshman, as a pricat, and ng ho hoped, & lovor of Lis countcy, that tho irisl ;mople hsd not ncted manfully dulug thom famine thnes. Thufl ought to have sprung t arms—aush as thoy had—dashied on tho e 88 thoir fathers “and grundfathors hal don boforo thom, and if they had to dio, dio Ik Irishmen “and fike = Cacidtionwed, fo food and froodom, [Veuehiout applause Mok lastod for poveral miuutos, It shls oconnoction ho mautlanod Danie O'Connell, whom he callod the grentost orato &inge Domosthionos, but dououucad ay the wore and most cowardiv politieal loador that Irolas ovor pruduged, ‘The man who proachod A geeatont politieal amalioration {8 wat worth th shodding' of & singlo drop of Luman blood, preachiod blnaphemy, insulted the 1astiuct ot Ith orty plutiiod by G)d 1 overy luman Loars, ang this * noblo iutinet gava tue lis in over truo Irigh hoar; ~ to tmat damnabli and cowardly crood, [Long-continued applsaso, o kuow that a cortuiy clas of tho Iridh paapl did not 1o to hoar 0'Gonaoll #po'ien of in aw othor tormd thau thoss of laudation, out b fl\‘ntlmr Shoohy) was thore to spoak what ho be iavod ta be trua; he dovotod bimself on 1h altar of Irish liborty, snd iutendad to laave noch ing undaid shat be boheved 16 rigat for the Lrist pnu‘plu to haar, [Loud applause. ] T nation, smid tho leoturor, that has not thy Irontu its naturo to fight for frosdom, desaryet tho contomnt of maukind, Lho ourds, th Lrand of slavary, followed tha fallen paople intt overy quarter of the world, It clung to then Uiko loprosy, and Itoland, as shis had not fougly tor her Iiborty sinco Woxford sprang to arms it 1703, was tho last of naions no.w, sad ths wmoal dospised. Bho owod & dobt to herdall an to Lumanity—the Insh rao oved it to to themselves and b thoir doscendants to straggle for an opporta nlty—to worle for no opporzunity—to briug m Irish army faco to fsga with tho Euglsb av Irish ground. [Loud apolouso.] Tuat was thi place to gettle tho quactel batwasn the nations —not oo the flior of that Euglish paased Jucy-box, tho House of Commons, [Raaewo obooring.] Of courss, whea hLa spote of \ar o diil not mean rash, ill-oonadared, unpro pared strife, but dsliberato, woll-acmad, thon ougliy-organizel war, on a soala commansurat( with tho strongth of ths onsmy with winoh Ire. land had to do battlo. 'The Irish in Amariat were poworful in numbors, great in promisos maguificant in Patrick's Day processions, gao geonfl in groen flags aud oookudas; bub were oy in earnost, did chey roally mean busines for Iroland and azainst England, when thoy fol lowod fifa aud drum on S, Patriok’s Dav ? At this point tho Rev. locturor dovoted soma minutes to a criticism of the [rish poopie Iu Amorica, In 6,000000 of peoulo, he said, anywlore on earth, oxeopt amoug tho Irish 1 Auwerica, 50 much obalf aud rotten straw coult uot be found, Thoy mught tio nll tha trua Leish mou fa the Uniled States up into buundles and goud thom over in five or six von sola. [Laughtor and spplause.] The rem wora tho soul of humbug and politica chioanery, ‘Phey woro neither Awericat nor Irisli—but a very bad oross betwoon tho t#a It was atl a mistako to supposo that American or English respeoted Irish oitizons of this coun try who wished to covor up thoir Iriah origin English and Americany #pat upon such dastards Mo, Fothor Sheely, had hoard porsons, wht came from Ireland aud sottiol in America thank God that thoy woro away from their na tivo laud, and that thoy might never goo or bhea otitagamn. Had Lo not the garb of a pries Le wauld have folled to the earth the cowardly wrotch who could thus light Mothor Iroland [Vehomont cheoring.] Roferring again to 8t Patrick's Day proces: slous, Patlor S)mflhfi romarkod that ho entiraly agroed with Mayor Hunter, of Brooklyn, who, of the lagt 17tk of Alarch, when nsked to coms Lo at Tsigh festiyal, said: * You mon aro fraud, Yot are not in enrulonl. As sn Anierionn, I ray o you aro mnos onrnost, and yon ave dsluding your countrvmen across thy ocoan, If “your parades mean anything at all, thoy mean Iroland—Iish revolution Noyw I, a3 Mayor of Brooklyn, roviewed 80,000 o you hero this marniog. Thirty thousand marn marchod {n Now York Oty ; 20,000 in Philadel phis, and soon throughout tho country. Woll 1t you wore men, wits tho iron of men in yon With such gumbers, you would oot bo flaunting your lag under foraign akios—afrald to show © at lhomo. Noj; if you fought as w Amoricans dld with "Washington, Irelant would be yours to, the lust inol of your soll."" [Groat applauss.] Ho agrest with Mayor Huntor—theso processionists. wora for tho moss part, not smvere. They ware efthor too pious or £ao politic to mean Lusiness thot was, revolution, Woll, if thoy did no moan thiat, why not carry an’ exclusively Amerl con flig? If Irish ‘mooictiea carricd [rist llags, they carriod thom fin- an Irist souga a8 opposed to England. For his part it he had the physical etrength & ds i, bo would fear from its staf evory Irish flag Lorne Ly every Irish organiza tion in tho United Statea or elsowhioro timt dif not monn war for Insh liborty, [Long-con tinued applause.] Tbat would ba-the way U stop all this humbng, The Irlsamaa who dii uot mesn to shod his blood in ‘the sesortion of Ircland's rignt to hor owa flag aud ho own Goverument, was scting uader fals pmmnn&—mnklufi emall political capity poerbaps—when he wmade Ircland’s bauns A mera progassional rn$ thae meaus nothing ox- oopu to gratlify o small vauity, and add to the suoposed lustro of an absurd pageaat. (Son sution,] He know that tuis Lind of Ianguag ag not pleasant to wome cars, but semaboly Liad to spouk tho truth, Ho would be that body [apptauso] until others came to hotp hum. o was going brek to Irewand, and ho moani to toll tho poopls thors = tho whols truth about the irish in Amorics. ‘Tho acack in this country wss grafied on the stook iuthe old. Itiwas absurd for tho first or the soound geperation of Irish peoplo fu the United Susteu to sosk co douniionuliza thomsolves, In 8o doiug thoy made themselves ridioulous in hostile oyes, and did not bocomo a particlo more loyal to the' Amorican flag. [Applaude]. Wiso- acres bad ofion told them that tiey should for got thhour history, Thoy could noc afford to da 80, Tlsoy had as good & right to romamber what waa good tn tholr story—to execrats what was bad in {t—as had auy ochor peovle. O oue thiug thoy conld res; assurod, until Ireland was a na= tion, thoy would ba looked upoL as slaves and poltroons. Amorican contempt conld find no lowor synonvin for dogralition thaa an Iriga elavo, tho whito contrabind ot the Euglish Gove arnmont, Low long was this disgravd Lo en« duro? How long wero the Ivish psoplo, all over tno world, to rematu supino to thoir diusrace ? Ob, if tliers woro say who leard hium, and who bolioved in Iriah libeity, lot ‘thom bo orgunizod—let them bo trmnod and weaponed! Tho English Premior, Diarasli, had said, {u bis spoech on Homo-Rule, that a reat ou3ls—nonrer than many puuyh oxpoct— 4 aoprosching in Europe. That will be Ireisnd's opportunity—ihat, or would he kay it, nover. ‘Chls, with the rosorvation that England got en- tanglod in tho strife. Tuen should Iroland, a6 homo aud abroad, mssort Lorself, fake the angiont thief and assassin the throat, and, by tho vohemout uprising of thio Irlals poopls, \wao havo a thousand wrouge to avengo—a thousaud disgraces—worso than any wrougs—lo wash out in twolr own best Lload and the bost vlood of Euglaut, strauglo to death that British Ewmpiro, whivh has cousignod ovory genoision of Irishmen, siuse her rulo bogau, to uoggnr{. slavery, oxilo, tho gallows, aud tho Lulk.. [I'romondous chworing.] ‘Then, aud ouly thon, wivht Irihmon colobiwie & uae tional holiday with fraomvn's prido, “Tho lesturor rotirad from tho niatform amid a storn of plaudite, and about 10) of the Olan Gaal oscorsed lum to tho Bherman adao, e A Tatal Spring. Prom the Coluss (Caly) Indepnient, About one-half & wnlo over s moiatain from Bartlott Bprings thoro i3 whbat 4 callal tho Uay Spiing, Able 1s probably the graatost ourlosiby u} the wouutaing, 'Ino wator Is 1es-cold, but bubbling and foaming as it bolled, aud the rotout wondor i tho Inavitablo deatruction of firu producod by inhaling tho gus., No live tning 18 to bo Tound within & circuit of 100 yards nea this apring. ‘Fhe vory bivds, il thoy mgpup to y over It, drop dead, Wo vxporimontod with a liard on {ts destructive propartiey, by hold.ng It o fow foot aboya the water: 1t strotohed dead in two minates. It will kil a bhuman boing ia twenty minutes, Wo stool over {u sbout fve minutos, when a dull, hoavy, ashiug sousation orept over us, and our eyes bogan togwim, The ¢us whioh osoapos Lore ia tho rankest kind of varbonio, lonca its sure doatruction of lifey uluo, quenching of Osno 5 v