Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 22, 1874, Page 1

- The Chicage Daily TEibune, VOLUME 27, SEEDS, . THE LARGEST DRY GOODS, GREAT Seed Ftalshment DRY GOODS 1IN THE v UNITED STATES. BRIGGS & BRO,, Seadsmen and Flariss, FIRE SALE! CONTINUED TUntil Entire Stock is Sold. Tadios should avail thomselves of this GOLDEN CPPORTUNITY This sale is peremptory, and all goods are-gold af a sacrifico, Growers,u}nmporters. MANDEL DEALERS Flower afi Vegatanle SEEDS, PLANTS AND BULBS, ROCHESTER, N. Y, AND CHICAGO, ITI. Having conduoted the SBeed business for wmore than a quarter of a contury, st Roches- .| ter, N. Y., and finding that our SBouthwest. orn, Western, and Northwestern Trade re- quires shipping facilitics not enjoyed at ‘Rochoester, wo have ESTABLISHED A SEED HOUSE ‘CHICAGO, And have secured the Large Blocis, 184 & 186 WASEINGTON-ST,, A FEW DOORS WEST OF THE BOARD OF TRADE BUILDINGS, As & WHOLESALH DISTRIBUTING POINT for our Wostorn Trado. Inso doing ~ve nre satistled that our Westarn customers will be enabled to recoive their goods with greator promptnoss and dispatch, “We rofer with pride to the fact that 20,000 DEALERS IN THE UNITED STATES aall our Scods, The known reliability of the houso of BRIGGS & BROTHER, and tho fgoilitios enjoyed for producing NONT BUT THE BEST 5 SEEDS, ‘Has heen the means of developing this im- mense trade, which we propo#o to rotain by |, protecting tho intsrests of customers to the fullest extont. Qur QUARTERLY PUBLICATIONS and FLORAL OHROMOS are in possession of thousandsin the land, and are a gulde to the Amatour or Professional Farmer, Gardener, or Horticulturist. % &We wish it understood, that the ‘Wholesale Distribution of Sceds for the WEST will hereafier be made from our CHICAGO HOUSE, where the Wholesale and Retail rade will be sup- plied, while Mail Orders from our Catnlogues will be attended to as well at Chicago, 111, as at Rochester, N. Y. tz-Subscription price for our FOUR IL. LUSTRATED QUARTERLIES, 26 Oonts, ‘whioh is not one-quarter tho cost. OTUR AUTOVN BOULB CATALOGUE QEEH GRAND Hnstrated Floral Work, CATALOGUE OF FLOWER ANDVEGETABLE SEEDS FOR 1676, Will he out about Dee. 1. ADDRESS £LL COMMUNICATIONS, BRIGGS & BROTHER, ROCHESTER, N. Y., ® om CHICAGO, ILL, | lstlionsia SBUTTERFLY OROMIS. *CROWN BOUQUET. “HAWTHORN BLOOM. *MEADOW QUEEN. *TANGLEWOOD BOUQUET. SMATHIOLA. *WILD FLOWRRS OF INDIA. Bample of oach odor open for trial. FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS IN BROTHERS, Mo, 63 & 65 Washington-st, Itetween Stiate and Doarborn, CROWN PERFU MES, &o. THE CROWN PERFUMES. ASK FOR TIIE NEW ODORS, *MIGH LIFE ROUQUET. FINE TOILET ARTIOLES. THOMSON, LANGDON & CO., SOLE IMPORTERS, NOS. 478 & 480 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. GUST, 1674, WE SERVANTS' LIVERY MADE TO MIEEASURE, ELY & C0,, Importing Tailors, NO. XXIX.vinee V1L, Matoriateof the Solonoo of Law. By Prof. Shot- o XIII, Eprror’s TABLE: The Dust of the Universo—The ostavo, lisndsomaly printed ou cloar typo, - Terms, £iv0 Dollurs por annuni; or, 1ifty Ceuts por copy. aubicriptions will rocolta an otea copy wraul, of Avo yoarly subscriptions for 320, A mileacly of mutierly mothods + Bold at Toy, Willow, and Furniturs Stores. 1 s Iy I 3 W s rids Lloth st anywiiogs i Unitort Stalos st iug_osyenss: i0 PER CENT DISCOUNT On all Garmonts ordored of us during JULY aod AT- DING GARMENTS ASPECIALTY. Wabash-nv. cor. Dlanroe-st., Chicngo. PERIODICALS. THiE POPOLAR SCIENCE MONTHLY, CONDUCTED DY E. L. YOUMANS. PRICE, FIFTY OENTS. Contonts of No, 29, for Septomber, 1 Tho Natural listory of Man, V. By Prof. Quatrofngos. (Silustratod,) 1L, The Photosphoro and Sun-Spota. DBy Prof, 8. Langloy, _ (lllustrated.) . Forments, Fermontations, and {Lifo. By Fornand Papition, V. Birde-of-Paradiso, By Jamos IL. Partridgo, (Il- lustratod,) V. Tho Olalu of 8pectos, Dy the Hon. Lawroaca Jotiaon, Part ILL VI The Zuni Indisns of Now Mexico. By Franols Klott, (Illustrated.) V1L Food, and tho Devolopment of Man. By Otto Ule. n Amos. IX. The Allegod Autagontsm hetweon Growth and Ra- suduotion, "1y "tho ltor. Antolnolle Hirawa aralt, X. Tho Nobillty of Knowlodge. By Prof. Jostsh P, Cooke, XU, 8kotch of Dr. J, L, Lo Conte. (Portralt.) XIL Consstoxpexck: Curlous Aotlon of Buoilag ) " Orygen Oentonnial—ie ¥ BHZE tilueacion, oot Browrenslu-tho Lavenany Notices: Balo's Logle, Tnduotivo and ‘Doduativa—tunao’s Aueloat Faiths wmbiodied in Auciont Nay ingaloy’s Hoalth aud Fidu- cation—Catalogus of tho Houth' Alissouri Biate Narwal Sclioal. s Al CometEhIatn, Dovelor: s Aboqly Mast of°Nawural HHato ovanent of Slaring. Nores, The POPULAR RCIENGE MONTRLY fa published innlarge CLUEB TERMS. Any person remitting Twenty Dollars for four yoarly The PoruLAn Boixnox MONTOLY and APPLXTONA' JOURNAL for ono yoar, $3. 1, APPLETON & C0, Pubshers, 549 and 551 Broadway, N. ¥, BABY HOLDER. Marka An D Automntio Holderand i Junpor, 11 pratso i3 thussands Tho [Trade Torlectio) A dothor Inveution, rereat., noxr Prair 118 Wabashiay. 1ingtory, 59 Gauo-si av, and ‘Thl; b, Prioes, $4 uuwal Daroriptiva Clroulars fru DISSOLUTION NOTICES. DISSOLUTION. Tha copsrtuorship horotofora existing botwoen Kianoy & 7nckor 48 huroby distolved by yowur of cuntiaot, G. b £ Eoiluos “atl Gutstasaiu ko A Yy alt Hsbititioe of tho fiewn at fha olg oo Tiaom 0 asd 10 Otts Bulldiug, cormur Htats an '@ ZUOKER" first-class. CANNED GOODS. CANNED GOODN! sas Trophy Tomatoes, Ex. Qual. * 2 and 3-1b. Ponches, Ohoice. “ Trophy Bugar Corn. Harly Gardon Pons. “ ‘White Ox-Hart Chorries, RASPRERRIES, COND. RTI!A“’E}“}R"I ES, BTRING BEANS, OREGON SALMON, SA CHERRYSTONE CLAMS, VCES, COVE OYSTERS. £7- We receivo the product of n nrgo nuimn= ber of Factoriesy nnd nro cnabled to make DEPOT FOR THE SALL OF CRYSTAL LAKE PICKLES AND CANNED GOODS. F, A, WAIDNER, 45 &.4'7 River-st., CHICAGO. MORSE'S LUXURENE, LD AT RETAIL BY MORSE’'S” LOUXURENE For the Hair, &o. VAN SOHAACK, STEVENSON & REID, 189, hy all Wholesals Drugsista, LAKE NAVIGATION, GOODRICH STEAMERS, For Racine, Miliwaukeo, wae, ote., dally(Sundays exceptor WHOLKSALE ] thwoatorn Agents, For Grand Ilavon, Muskegon, Travorso Cily, Mackinac, oto., dally (Suadays oscopted). Fort. Josoph datly Saturday's Boat don't loavo untll ¥or Manlstoo and Ludington, Tu day and Thurnday.... 87" 0fico and Docks FURNITURE. JASHIONABLE EI URNITURE. W. W. STRONG FURNITURE 0, k68 & zagya?fxsh-uv. SAVINGS Charei DY 18\ Exclusively o 106 CLARK-S?, Melldst Churh Bk, nound intorost on doposits, luvasted Lot otitars ou 1 i sums “lm p‘ar n.lmt 1utereat. tor log i oxan odar for abatrastor ok foxamplnation' W, Kpisey Rees Notk~—Doponita ma BANK, Savings Bank, B1x por cont com| o, now draw intorost trom the first ‘DIVIDEND NOTICE, Ghicaen & Alton Railroad Go, SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Ciitoado, Aug. 13, 1874, NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. {von to tho Stackholdors of tho Oht ad Company that tho twonty-third dividond of §ivo pur cont lisa thia day roforsud xnd comuion stock of thio banking hunse of thie Co K. dasup, Lawn & Go., N caga & Alton Ri ¥ tw, Maswra, Al 3 Willinostes Now Yok, on thio ARG day of Hoptom noxt, to the Tholdurs whu nare re uol 1l (urs un the L inst., ab which time the ""t‘;'“:n.é‘::xlq‘l- 2t be aluserl, o bo reaponed foe <t L e 23 A Bidli. Soorstary. __BROPOSALS, INOTTLCIE. dor of Court, thisday entored, 1 el yuroiiuto of Wi stick, 100K &, 1.y 8 Sloro 14 {il-:',omn ravislonal Asslgnos of 4, 1, MOULTON. The First Witness in the Beecher-Tilton Scandal. He Presents the State- ment Originally Pre- pared for the Committee. It Has Not Been Changed a Syllable Since Beech- er Spoke, He Produces the Letters and Documents in the Case. . - i} Me Saw Mrs. Tiltons Com- fession of Adultery. Tle Mas Her Recantation and Iis Revocations He Says Beecher Frequently Confessed His Criminal Intercourse. And This Was the Occasion of Mis Grief and Remorses . ) v & A Mass of Doouments Heretofore Unpublished, Bowen is Deeper in the Scan~ dal Than Ever Before. The ¢ Apology” Referred tnABeecher's Confession of Cilminality. Moulton Sustains Tilton's Charges Generally and Specificaliy. The $2,000 Beecher Gave to Sup- port That Servant Givl, Tilton Never Kfi'ew that Beecher Put $5,000 in the *‘ Golden Age.” The Committes 39 Not Dresent Thelr Report, ps Antlcipated, New Yorz, Aug. Mr. Modlton profacos his statement with the following card : “To tne Pounuig,—I becume a party, almost accldontally, in thp unhappy controversy bo- tweou Mr. Beccher cnd M, Tilton. I had beon a friend of Mcr. ’.l‘il?p sined aiy bayhaoad, and for Mr. Beechor I bad sivaya antertained the warm- ost admiration. In'1870 Ilearned, for the first time, that Mr. Beecher bad given Nr. Titon so gravo a couso of offenso that if tho truth should be made publio & great national calamity would ensuo. Ibelloved that tho scandal would tond to undermino tho vory foundations of sootal or- der, to Iny low a beneficent power for good in our country, and i DLAST THE PROSPEOTS and blight the family of ong of tho mort brill- inut and promistng of the rising mon of tho gen-~ eration. Thus disastrous I deemed it, and atill regard It. I determined totry and avoid it, For noarly four years I havo labored most agsidu- ously to savo both of these men from the conse- quences of thoir-acts, whother of unwisdom or pasgion; sots which have already serfously in- volved thom in a neodlesa and disastrons quar- ral, which is mado the protext of pouring out on the community a flood of impurity and scan- dal deeply affooting thoir own families, and throatoning, liito a whirlpool, if not stilled, to draw into its vortex the peace of mind aud good roputo of s host of others, Aoro than all, I saw that, because of the transgression of aunotler, junocont childron would bo burdoued with a load of obloquy which would weigh most heavily and oruelly on their young lives. All these consid- erations dotermined mo to talke an setive part in {lio transactions which have since DECOME B0 NOTOIJOUS, This declsion juvolved mo in great anxiety and labor, for which the hopes of saving theso intorosta coutd be my only compensation. Even that reward has now falled me, sud, instead of it, an attompt is mado to throw on me a part of tho shamo and disgrace which belongs to tho actors alono. Oune of them, whom I havo zeal- ouely andeavored to gervo, has sccn fit, with all the powor of his vast influonce and matohloss ark ag a writer, to vidlt on me tho TENALTIES OF UIB OWN WRONG-DOING, at tho same time publicly appoalihg to me to mako known the truth, as If it would juatify his attack on me. s 1 fool that tho failuro of my oxortions hins not boon owing to any,fault of mine. I worked faithfully and aincoroly, undor the alinost daily advico and direction of Mr, Beccher, with his fullost approbation, and contidence, aud beam- ing gratitude, untll, as I think, in an ovil hour for him, he took other advico. I have failod, and nov, sirangely ohiough, ho scoms to desiro to puuish me for tho sad consequonces of the folly, fusincerity, and wlckedness of his prosent coungolory, i 3Mr, Boachor, In hig statement, tostifica that ho brought this investigation without myknowledge or advice. Even while mourning what scemed to mo tho uttor unwiadom of this proceading, T haveo done nll I cculd honorably to avert the ea- tastrophe, I have kopt silont, although I eaw with sorrow that this silonco was dooply injuring the friond of my toyhood. TROMPTED Y A HENSE OF DUTY, not to ous only, bit to all the parties invelved, T denied the united and public appeals meda to mo by Br, Beecher and Alr, Tilton to produce the ovidence in my posession—partly beoauso I folt that tho Injury thereby dono to Mr, Lilton wns far lopa calamitous thau the destruotion whicl must come on all' tho intorosts I had for years tried to consorve, sud ESPEOIALLY OY MR, DEEOHUER UTMBELY, i T should comply with ihis roquest; butl rnznm{nmn? CARD. CHICAGO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2?2, 1874—TWELVE PAGES. MARKET. MARKET! The building formerly occupied by us, and Twentieth-sts., will be completed for a FIRST-CLASS MARKET in September. will be of Marble. fixtures and appliances Stalls will be rented verylow. Ap- ply to FIELD, LEITER & Co., Madison and Mar- ket-sts. statod oloarly that in an omergonoy I should sponk, nomely, in dafonge of my own intogrity of aotion, if it should bo wantonly assalled, I loft Mr. Beoclior untrammolod by tho facts in mv hands, to dofend himsolf without tho nccesstty of attnoking mo. THE TRUTH, TRE WIOLE TRUTI, By the publishod aconsation of Mr. Beecher affecting my own self-respoct, the advice of frionds and public justico malko it imporative that **the teuth, tho whols truth, and nothing but tho trath,” should now be fully doolared. I give to the publio, therofore, tho statomont I had propared to bring boforo tho Committeo, without tho altoration or addition of a sontonce, and ecarcoly & word—oeriolnly without tho chango of & single eyllablo—since I road Mr, Deechor's statomont and evidonce, or becauso of it This papor I withheld from tho Committoo when before it, in a Inst deapatring offort for poace, at the earnost golicitation of somo of Mr. Bacoher's frionds, and with the approval, also, of gomo of thé most valued of my own, I do not now give it to tho Committoe, but to tho publle, bocause its production concorns mysel! rathor than the principals in the strife. It Is made for my own proteotion sgainst publio ac- cusations aud NOT T0 AID EITHER PARTY to the controversy. For tho needloss and oruol nocessity that now so imporatively compels its production, I have the most profound grief, for which there 18 but a singlo alloviation, namely, that tho disclosure of the facts, at this time, can scarcoly work moro harm to him whom I at first trled to bofriond by withholding them from tho publio, than they would have caused him, in January, 1871, whon, but for my interforenco, the public would most assuredly have been put in possossion of tho whole truth. This publica- tion, to whkich Mr. Boookor forces me, roudors fruitless four yesrs of constant and sincoro offorts to save ltm. Itlcaves him and Mra. Tilton in almost tho same position in which I found them, oxcepting in 8o far as their own Iate disingontous untruthfalness fu theirsolomn statements may LOWER THEM IN THE ESTIMATION OF THE WOILD, I resorve to myself tho right horeafter to ro- viow the statoments of Mr, Beeober in contrast with the facts as shown by tho documents bore- with subjolucd, and others which I bave atmy hand, the production of «which did not scom to be noocesary, until some portion of the publish~ ed evidenca o€ Mr, Beochor demandad & con- tradiction, (Bigned) Fnawcis D, MouLTox, e . 3 THE STATEMENT. QGrNTLEMEN or TuE Coamnrrexr: I noed not ropeat to you my great, vory great, sorTow to fool obliged to auewer your invitation, and, with the pormiesion of the parties, to put before yont the exaot facts which bave bsen committed to mie, or como to my knowledge, in the unhappy aflair under investigation. In so doing I shall 1Bo no Words of charactorization of avy of thom, or inculpation of tho partios; nor shall I attempt to asoribo motives, save when nocossary tooxagt- ly state the fact, loaving tho aceurroncos, their acts of omission and commission, to bo intor- proted by thomuelves. In giving counvarsations o1 narrafives, I, of course, can in most casos givo only tho substance of the first, and will attempt to give words only when thoy 8o impresuod them- solves upon my mind as to tomain in my mom- ory, and of the Iatter only so much s seams to mo matorial. 1 have known Mr. Theodore Tilton since 1850, futimatoly, in the kindest retations of sovinl ane iwmuuul friondehip. I have kuown tho Rov, Ienry Ward Boochor sinco 1369, and thoncasu- slly o8 an acqunintance, au attendsut upon his ministrations up to the boginning of the oconr- rences of which I shall spoak. HEEING MR, TILTON'S VALEDIGTORY - 8 éditor of tho Independent, on tho 22d of De- cember, 1870, I inferred thero had beon somo differonces botwoen hiimself and Honry O. Bow- on, the proprietor ; but learning that Lilion had beon retained asa contributor to that journal and aditor of tho Brooklyn Union, of which Bowon as alio thd propriotor, I supposed that the difforenocs wems wot porsonal or unkind. U to thut timo, although 1 hnd been frequently a visitor at Tilton's house, and had seon Limself aud Mrs, Tilton under all phases of social inter- courso, I had nover heard orknownof the alight- est disngreemont or unkindness existing botween them, but belioved thoir marital relations wero ahnost oxcoptionally pleasant. On_tho 26tk doy of Decombor, 1870, boing at Ir. Tilton’s houso, 1o came home trom su ju- terview with Bowon, and told me, with some ox- citemont of mannor, that ho had just had a cone foreuca with Bowen, aud that in the iutecview DOWEN JAD MADE CERTALN ACCUSATIONS AGAINST DEEGHER, eud had challanged bhim (‘T4lton), as & matter of duty to the public, to write an open lottor, which Bowon was to take to Beechor, of which }m showedna tho original draft, whiel i as fol- oW 1 + TILTON'S LETTER TO BEEONER. Broowxy, Dec, 36, 1870, Henry Ward Beecher : Stz I domund that, for reasons which you explicit- Iy understund, you immedintely cease from the minin. try of Piymauth Chiureh, and tiat you quit tha City of Brookiyh as » residence, (Blyzed) THEODORE TILTON, Tilton oxplainod that the words, ** for ressons which you explicitly undorstund,” woro inter~ lined at the request of Bowen ; and he further atated that he told Bawen ho was prapaved to beliove bia chinrges, because Beechor had made improper advauces to Mrs. Tilton, Surprised ot thit, 1 asked him, “What?" when bo replicd: **Dow't ask ; I con't totl you." I then said: “Is it possible you binye been o foolish as to mgn that lotter on thoe strougth of Bowen's assertion, aud not have DBowon sign it too, although, ns you sny, be waa to onrry it to Beecher?™® Io an- swerad: *F Mr. Bowen gave ms his word thas he would sustain the ciarges, and adduce evidones to l]mwu them, whenever called upon.” T gnid: T fear that you will find yourself mintaken. Has the Jottor gono?” Io answered: * Bowon eaid that ho would take it immediately.” I aftorward loarned from Mr. Bécchor ihat Bowoen had done g0, bocause, on tho 1st of July foliowing, Boecbor gave mo a copy ho received, as I find by a memoraudum mado at tho time, on s onvolopo, and 1 find by n lator momornns dum on an onvelopo, that the origiund dvaft was glven to we by Ttiton on the Gth of the same month, Linsort hore tho followlng memorandum of tho facts above atated, made ut the time, giving the hour when it wus mado: DuooxLyx, Dec, 26, 1870, Thoodoro Tilton Informed mo {o-doy that' ko bad sout 4 noto to Mr, Beochor, of which Mr, Bowen was tho bearer, demnnding that he (ecchier) should retira from his pulpit, and quit the City of Brooklyn. The lotter was an_opun one,” I, U, Howen kuow thio cou- touts of jt, and euld ihat 'ho (Bowen) would sustain “Tilton {n this demand, Ina day or two aftorthat Mr, Tilton called on mo at my house, and safd that ho #out word to Bowen ho was golng to call on Deeclser, Withiu Lalf an_howr, or shortly sfler that, Bowen camo HH 1nto the oflice with great anger, aud told bim hat (£ ho sould say o Bocctier it L (Howon) bd told bl coucerning his (Beecher's) adultery, he would dlamise Wlm from tho Indepiendent ud tho Union, "Titon told him he had never Lieon fufluenced iy tliroats, and ho would uot bo In tho present cae, aud substquently recolyed BDowen' lotter of dise missal, ‘What those chargos wore, avi the account of the intorviow, will appoar in thie following letter, addressed to Bowon by Tilton, bearing duto the 1st of Jnnuary, 1871, which also gives in sub- atance, and in mora datail, what ‘Ciltou had eaid to mo In the conversntions which I have moutionod, (This lottor was addrossed to Ilenry C. Bowen, ucknowlodgod tho receipt of a suiden notico broaking ixls two oontracts with the Independent and tho Brooklyn Union, awd wont on to state that It wan in tho enrly part of thio Rebollion that TBowon fieat intimated to him that Beochor had committod acts of adultery, for which, if he should expotio him, ho would be driven from the pulpit. At contains the following.—~Ev.] . TILTON TO MOWER. From that time forward your (Bowen's) reforoncos to the aubjoct wero frequetit, On tha 2th of Ducom- Ler, 1870, it an {uterviow In your huuue, at whiel Oil- yor Johnaon woa prerent, you (Buwen) wpoko freely and indiguantly of Nescheras an uusafo miniter i the famllles of his congregations You alluded by a0 {0 & wornai How & widow,whodo busband's duath, rou (lid not du\lh\, was hasteued by his knowledgo that fr, Beocker bud malutained with lior an improper intimacy, You informed s thut Mr. Noschor lad mads {0 you a confuralon of gnilt, sud with tears {o. plored your forgivenves, Afler v, Johuson rotived, on roluted tho ocsse of snother wumun, whon oocher took fn hiw arms by force, ihrow lir down on sofu, sccomplishied upon her lin deviliry, ond loft her, You suggested a domand upon him {o quit i sacred offico, voluntoered to Lear much n do- atid, snq 1o sustain ik, Thin letior you preacnted to Mr, Boechor at Mr, Freoland's hones, Bhoslly aflor- wards you sought an jnterviow with mo, sud, with & face 1ivid with rage, throatenod with a Toud voles that, i T sver sliould fiform Mr, Teochor of tho atatoment you made concorning hin sdultery, or aliould compel you to adduco the qvidenceon witich you ngreod to puntain tho demand ffoc lin wiibdrawaf from Drook- m, you would doprive me of my engagoments with tho' Tridependent and =t ; and I e attemptod to ontor those oftio a would have me forcibly ojocted, X toldyou' (3 1a inform Mr, Beocher, or anybady else, scco: to the dictates of my Judy- ment, Iardly had 3 £ olont words coanad Thiing in my “ears, when! 7’ vod your summary notices bresking my'contrai In this lottor = vo omittod the sontenco anoted a8 the 1 < of Mr. Bowon after the words “as noar’ o 1 can recall your words thal,” simply dor ™ to_any that It contaluod n ulnrq:s of 1apo ¢~ mothing vory noarly lika ravishmont of A~ =~ au othior than Mra, 'Cilton, told in words #1557 ‘o unflt to be sprond upon thorocord; but =< sired, tho original is fortho lmHuunun of t15 & nmittos. n Friday ovv... %, the 30th of Docombor, bo- ing tho night of tho Plymouth Church prayor- mootiog, Tilton camo to mo and eaid, in sub- atnuco, that, by his wif's roquost, hio had dotor- mined to goo Boochor in ordor to show to Beoohor tho confosaion of his wifaof intaraouras botwoon them, which he (Tilton) bad never up to that timo montioned to him (Boecher), and the fact of the confession of which i wifo had told him, that she had nover told Docchor; that, though hor confossion had boon wado in " the July provious, in writing, which writing ho_(Tilton) had aftorwards dogtroyed, ‘but that his wife, foaring that, if Bowon's accu- sations against Beechor wore' mado publie, tho whole mattor would be known snd lier own con- duoct with Boacher becomo exposod, Liad NIENEWED NER CONFESSION IN JMER OWN HAND- WRITING, which ho handad to mo to vead, which was the firat knowledgo I liad of its oxistenco. Tilton did not tell me Liow his wife_came to make tho confession m July, nor did I, at that time, or avar nftor, ask. Indacd, I mny state hors, once for all, that I refrainod from asking for confoy- slons of the acls of all partios, further than thoy choso to muko thom voluutarily for tho pur- poso for whiol I was aoting. TUE MEETING BETWEEN BEECHIER AND TILTOX AT MOULTON'S HOUSE. Tilton wanted mo to go down snd ask Bosehor to como np and sco bim at my houso, whick I did, 1 snid to Beecher: *Mr. Tilton wants you 1o como and see him at my houss immodiataly.” Ho asked mo what for. I'roplied: “Ho wants to mnke somse statoment to you la roforonco | to your relations with his family.” Ho then called to somo oue iu the back room to go down and say that o should not bo at prayer-mesting, and wo wont out togothor, It was storming at tho timo, when ho romarked: *Thero Is an ap- propristoness_in thiy storm,” and asked mo, “What can I do? Whab can Ido?" Isaid: 4 Mr, Beecher, I nm not s Christian, but, if you wish, T will show you how woll s honthon can sorve you,” Wo then wont to my houso, and I showed him into s chamber over tho parlor, whero Mr, Tilton was, and loft thom togother, Iv ubout an_bour Mr. Boocher camo dowo, and asked mo if I ind seon tho confession of Eliza- beth? I said I had. 8aid he, * 'Thie willl kitl me,” and asked me to go walk with him, 1 did .80, and we walked to Mr. Tilton's house to- gother, and ho wont in. On tho way he said: *'This is a torriblo catastropho. It comes upon mo ag 1f struck by lightuing.” DEECHER ASKS MOULTON TO ATAND IY 1M, Ho wont into Tilton's bouse and I returned home. Within an hoor ho roturned to my honso, and wo loft my Louge again togothor, and 1 walked with bim to his honge, Tilton romaincd at my honse whilo Beecher was abeent at Tilton's bousoe, and whon ho roturned there was no con- vor#ation botween thom. When wo arrived ab Beechier’s houso ho wanted mo to stand b‘y him in this omorgoney, sud prooure »_xoconoilintion, it ponsible. L told him I would, bocause the in- torests of womon, children, and familios wero in- volved, if for no othor renson, That endod the intorview that night. During this ovening nothing was said by Beackior us to the truth or fnalvity of Mrs. 'Lilton's confession, nor did e inform ma that ho had obtainad {rom har ANY RECANTATION OF THE CONFERSION, which I afforward loarned bo had done. I roturned to my houso aud had some conver- sation with Tillon, 1n which be told me $hub he had recited ' to Beecher the detnils of tho confossion of I wifo's adultery, and the remark ~which Beechor mado was: * Thinin all o dronin, Thoodore,” and that’ was all the answor Beecher made to him. I thon adyised Tilton that, for -the snke of his wifo and family, sud for the msake of Biccchor's family, tho mattor should bo kopt quiot and hushed up. “Tho noxt morning, a8 T was leaving home for businoes, Tilton eame to* my houee, and, with grest anger, said that Boseher had done » mean act; that e had gone from that intorview of 1ust mght to his houso and procured from Eliza- beth o socantation and yetrnetiun of her con- fesyion. e enid for that act he would ‘*smite Lim;” thab THERE COULD DE: NO PEACE, He snid: * You noo that what I hnve told you of the meunness of that man in now evident.” Til- ton sid thas Leeoher, ab tho interview of last night, had asked his permission to go and seo Llizaboth, and ho told him he might go, which statement was contirmed by Beecher luniself, and Beacher lefthim forthat putpono. Lenid toLliton: % Now, don’t got augry; lot us £oe if ovon this caunot bo arreuged, T will go down and got that rotraction from him.” Iwas thon going tomy business, 80 that I was unablo to go_that morn- g, but went that ovening, saw Mr. Beeclier aud told bim that I thought he had done a moan and troachorous act; troncherous, first, towards me, from whom he wauted help, in that be did not tell mo, on our way to his house, last night, what ho hind procurod from Mrs. Tilfon, aud thal he conld not expect my Crisudship in this mat~ ter, unless he acted truthfully aud houorably to- wards me, I furthor said : # MR, BEECUER, YOU MAVE WAD ORIMINAL IN~ TERCOURME WITH MIS. TILTON. You biave dono great Injury to Tilton otherwiso. Now, whon you nro coufronted with it, you ask poermisgion of (ho man to agnin visic hiy house, and you get from thut woman who hns contessel that'you bave ruined her a recuntation of the truth for Jour mere peruonal safety, LThat won't save you," * At Uint interviow HE ADMITTED, WITIL GRIEF AND B0RNONW, TITE FACT OF 1118 SEXUAT RELATIONS WITIL MU, TILTON, oxpreeeed vomo indignation that sho lind not told him that she bud told her husband, and that, in consequence of being in ignorance of that fuct, bo had been walking upon u voloana. TReforring to what ho had done in connection with Howen, aud with reforence to Uilton's family, ho snid that Lo lnd sympathized with Bowoo and had taken sides with bim as against ‘Tilton, in consoquence of the storles whick were in circilntion in rogard to him, wnd espeoially of ono specifle case where ho lind beon intormed thal ‘Piiton had had hx:})mpor rolations with & woman whont he named, and to whom n lettor from his wife will muke o part of this statoment, and bad 5o stated to Bowen, ang he toid mo that ho .would write to Bowon and withdraw thoso chargos, and gave mo the roush diaft of a Jotter which he wrote und sont to Luwen, which letter is hero produced. BEECHEL T0 JOW Bunoiryw, Jan, 2, 1671, My Dean DoweN: Blnco Lsaw you last Tuesday T hiave rogsou to tirink that the only cases of which spoke 80 you n regard to Mr, Tilion wero exnggorated 10 Lot Fepocted ta we, sud T slwuld be vnwiling to Hawo aigehing T waid, though it wa bt Nitlo, \elgh on your mind i n mittor s fmpottaut to bis wolfare, 1 ain Informed by one in whose judgment and_ integ- Fity X greatly roly, aud who las fle meann of forming ' opinfon better than sny of s, that o knows the Whoto mattor about Aes. Dullurd, s hat tho sturiea A0 1ot true, sud Lt o samo §s o casy with the other slories, I do not wish any roply to thia, I thought 1t only dup to justico that T shonld sy so nueh, Truly, yours, 1. W. Biieouts, TUE DEMAND FOR MRS, TILTON’S NECANTATION, Mu. Boochor told mo that Mry, Beecoor and him- wolf, withoul knowing of tho confession of Mrs, Tilton to bor husband, knd boon exprossing gronk sympnthy toward Mrs, Tilton, and taking an aot- {ivo interest with her ngainst her husbund, Tuaid: *Mr Beochor, I want that recunta- tion, I have come for’ {7 “Woll,” said ho, siwhat snll I do withous it 7" I replied, L don't know s X enn't tell yon what wlh liappen wigh It.” Mo asked, * What will you do, f I filvu it to you " [ answored, ** I will keop 1t ny Leop tha onfassion, [f yon act honorably, I il proteot it with oy lifo,” as I would prococt tho other with my lifo, Me. Lilton saked for that confession this morning, and 1 eaid I will nover give it to yous you shall not havo it from my hands untit T hnve oxhiausted every effort for penco.” THE NECAXTATION GIVEN UP Y BEROIED, Mr. lioosher guve mo buck thegy paper, the original uf whivh I now produce in Alvs, Til- ton's haadwriting, na lollows U0, TILTON'S KEOANTATION, Deorsnxu 30, 1870, Wearled with dmportunity and weuketied by slck- nesw, 1 gavea litter incuipatiog my fiond, lonry Watd Boocher, undor assursnces that that would ro- niove all difioulties betweon mio and my husbaud, Phiut lotier L now revoke, Iwas poreuaddd to it al- NUMBER 364, mout farced, when T was in s s TR0grut o Tocall 1 atatonnanig, "o of A0 Hifrned) ‘TILTON, deeiro to aay oxplleitly, Mr, Deockier has always gfi:‘l‘l‘fi:n’:‘l‘; inw'mapuer becomlug » Chrtstian and'a entlemun, (Siguedy Etazanern R, Tizzow, Attorward Mra, Tilton left with mo anothor lottor, dnted the samo night of tho recantation, Doc. 0, boatlng on_ tho samo toplo {to o kept with the papors), which_was {n his wife's hand- writing. It is horo produced and marked “E,” a2 followa: Mn, TILTON'S RETIAGTION OF IIER RECANTATION, - DEO, 3, 190-MibNtonr. Mz Drar Hysuann: I desiro (0 leave with you bo- fore fioing o aluop n atatomunt thnt Mr, Henry Ward icechier called upon e this ovening, asked me if ¥ would defend him ogalnt an acousation in n council of mialaters, aud Ireplicd solomnly that X would fn case the aceliker was any othor person than my husband, Mr, 1. W, B, dictated a letter, which I copied as my ot 10'bo used by him an agaiiiat auy othier ncouner oxce) my hnsbond, Thin letter was dml:{nud(avflnmm& Mr, Beacher agalust all other persous save only youre self, 1 van realy to give him thfa lotter, bacavso ha said with pain thiat my letter in your hands sddrossed tohim, dated Dee, 29, had atruck Iim dead, and onded s nctuluees, You and T aro bott plodyed to do our p v, God gran poedy oll furlher lu‘xll:flcl. i Afiacllogx\h“:‘, .- avle (Slgned) Erzanert, Whon I wont home with the rocantation, € found ‘Cilton thore and showed 1L to lim, Ho oxprosued hin surpriso sud gratification that I shiould hnvo been ablo to ot it,and 1 thon showed to him how vory foolish it would hayve boon in tho moraing to have procecdod angrily agsinst Teechior. 1'mado another appes! for ponco, any- ing that,notwitbstauding tho groat dil{llonmcu in tho way, if they woro proporly doalt with the would bo boaten out of the way. Ho nxprmuoi Lt willinguoss and desire for ponco. ‘Whon Tsnw Bocohor I made an agrosment_ab his m}mwt to go and wsee him. On Sunday (doan. 1), I went to his house, in accordanco with thoongngomont. He tuok mo into his study aud then told mo l¥n|n of hig groat surpriso that Llizaboth should have made the confession of T118 ORIMINAL COMMERCK WITH LI to Lior busbund without loiting him know sny- thing about it, making his destruction ot any moment possible and without waining to biwm, Ho oxpregsed bis groat priof at this wrong, Which ho had dono ag n mgllu(or and a friond to Thoodore, and at hin roquest X took pen and pa- por and he dictated to me, all of whioh is in my handwriting, oxcopt tho words, “I have truated chis to Moultou in confidence,” and the signature, which latior are in Boecher's, Xt is hora produced, nnd marked 3 MR, DEECHER'S 4 CONPESNION,™ [Made Jan, 1, 1871,) My Dean Faresp Moulzon: I ask, through you, Theodore Tilton's forgiveness, and I butnble myscld befors bim sa I do Letore my' God. Ho woulil have Leen s Deltor man in my circumsiances thun I have been, I can ask nothing, excopt that ho will_remein- Der all o othior breasts’ tat would ache. I will not plend for mysolf, I oven wivh that I wore doad. But others must ko to suffer, Y will die before any oun but nyself shall be inculpated, All my thoughta ate sunning out {owsrd my frlatidn and toward tho poor child lylng thiero, and” praying, with her folded ands, 8o is guiltless, sinned” againat, boaring the trausgression of snothe, Hor forgivotioss 1 javes I humbly pray to God fo put it into the heart of hor husbond to forglvome, I Linve trusted this to Moule tout in coufldenice, Ii. W. Bercues, TIHE LETTER OF APOLOGY, This was_intrusted to mo in_confidence, to bs shown ouly to Titton, which I did. It had rof- exonce to no othor fact oract than the confossion of soclal intorcourss botween Bosohor and Mys, Tilton, which ho ut that interviow confessed, and donied not, but confessod ; that ho also, at other intorviews, held subsoquedtly between ta in ro- Iation to this unfortunate affair, unqualifiedly, CONFESSED THAT I HAD DEEN GUILTY OF ADUL~ TERY WITI MRS, TILTON, aod always in a apirit of deep grief and sorrow at tho onormity of the crimo lie had committed against Mr. Titon's family. At such times ho would speak with much feslivg of the relation which he had sustained toward them as pastor, spiritual ndviser, snd {rusted friend. Iis solf- coudomnation at the rum he had wrought under such ciroumstancos was full snd complote, and st times he was 8o bowed down with griof in consequence of the foul wrong he had dono that lie threatonod to put an end to his life. Ho also gave to mo tha lettoer, the first draft of which is above givon, in referencs to which ho said that Bowen had given it to him; that ho had told Bowen that TILTON MUST DE CRAZY - to writo such o lettor a8 that; that ho did ncl nndorstand it, and that Bowen said to Lim: 1 will bo your friend in this muttor.” He thon mando & statomont which Tilton to mo at my house of tho charge that Bowon had made ta him (filton); and enid that Bowon had boon very treachorons towards Tilton ns well an townrds himsolf, because ho (Boooher) had had & _reconcilistion with Bowen, of whioh he t0ld mo tho torms, and that Bowon had nover in his (Bocchor's) presonce apoken of or referred Lo any allegation of crime or wroug-doing ou his art with any woman whatover. He gavo ma n general tosms o memorandum, which shows > THE TERMB OF THE RECONCILIATION. The first ia in the handwriting of Bowen, con~ tawing five items, which Becchor assurod mo wero the torms which Rowen claimed should bo tho basis of reconciliation. It i ns follows : First—Roport aud publish tho sermous and leoture- room talks, Second—A new odition of the Plymouth eollection and Freelaud's Interest, Plard—An oxplanation to the church, Faurth=—Writo o a_lottor, 11/th—RRotiact in overy quarter what has been sald to my infury, T'hio socond paper is a ponetl memorandum of raconcifiation with Bowen iu Boechor's hand- writingy baving an account of the affair, It ie a8 follows ¢ DEEOHER'S MEMORANDUM (1’!513“ iuterviow of Freclund's, about February, At 2 lang futorviow ot Mr. Freeland’a houee, for the purposo of Laviug a full and final reconciliation, Mr, Bowen stated his griovances, which wero ull oithier of o business nature or of m{ treatment of hiin persons xlly, a8 por memorandums {n his writing, After hours of confercuce, oversthing was adjusted, ~Wo shook Jndn 3 wo plédyed each other fo work henceforth without jar or break, I soid to him, * Alr, Bowen, If you hear suything of mo not in sccordance with this iigreement of harmony, do not It it Test, Coms straight to mo at ance, and I will do tho anme by you,* Tt ugreed, Intho loctureroom I atated that sll our ifterences wors over, and that wo were fricads ngnin, At thls public recognition he was present, aud loard auet oxpressed hivwelf ne greatly plessed withi it, 1§ wag aftor all this that I asked Mr, Iuward to holp me carry oub my reconciialion, and to call on Mr. Nowen ‘snd (o remove the littlo differenices between thom, Mr. Howard callod and expresed his grotitieation, Thion &t was that, without any provocation, bo (Mr, Bowen) told Mry Toward fhi this zecorciliation did not luclude ong mutter, That ho (Bowen) knew that about Mr, Booche or which, it he ahould spesk it, would drive Mr, Beecher ont of Brooklyn, Mr. Howard proteated wifh horror agalust sucl statement, saying : * Mr. Bow- o, thin {x terrible, No wan ahould muke auch a atate- ment unless ho hns {ho most abaolulo ovidonce,” Towen enid, polutedly, that ho (Howard) might go (o Mr, Beecher, and that br, Beeclior would never give ifs consent tuat ho (Bowen) should toll Mr, Howard {ho seeret, 3¢, Bowen, At uo time, ever made mown to Mr, H, whnt this sceret was, and tho hints which Mr, Beocker had leaxd of lod Liim to {hink that {t was anothier matter, snd not tho slandor wilch hie now found it to be, . MOULfON'S BTATEMENT. In the firat part of tho origlual of this momos randum tho words * bolweon Bowen aund Toccher,” which follow the words * full and flnal roconcilintion,” aro erased. BREOHEIVH PROFOSED CABD FOR TILTON, Iu my onthuslosm T hoped woll and much of ons who han proved uterly unprinciplod, I shatt never again notico her stories, and now utterly repudists Jiur siatvments made toncerning mo and mine, In that futerview Bocohor was very oarnont in hin oxpression of regrot at what had been done ngainst Tilton In rolation to his businoss con- nooted with Dowen, and bosought mo to do ovorything Icould to.save him from the do- straction which would come upon him if the atory of his (Beccher's) INTEICOUNSE WITIE MY, TILTON SIQULD DBE DI+ VULAED, L In compliauco with the dirootiona of Boocher, Jau. 1, 1871, I took the paper which ho had dle- tated to me 'ta Tiltan, detaited to him Boocher's oxpressions of vogrot and sorrow, spoko to him of his agony of mind, and again apyioaled to bim to Lwve tha whalo wattor kept ""'"fil it for na ather ronson, for fh‘o sako of the clildron. Lo (hia Tilton nusonted, 1 found him writing tho lotter to Bowen of this dato which I have beforo producod, FHo told mo atwo of "TRE CONTRAOTS HE IAD WITIL JOWEN with n ponslty, when ho left the Independent to be edilor of the Brooklyn Union snd apecinl con- tubutor tothe Independent ut w salary of 3100 por waok, with auother sulary of oqual amount for aditing the Brooktyn Union, and a portion of the prolits, Coplos of these contructs I cannot produce, beeauso both papers wore dolivered to jowen attor tho arbitration of the controvorsy of which I amaboat ta spook, 'Those contracts provided that thoy could bo tormiuated by mutusl consont or mpon six monthe notico, or upon tho denth of elthor party, or ot once by tho party who wished o break or anmul paying fo tho othor tho sum of $2,500, ‘Liiton inamtod