Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 22, 1874, Page 2

Biat tbat sum, with his nrronrs of salary, was {ustly duo him, pnd that ho should bring suit igainat Dowon unless Lio pettlod; and ho gave no an awtborization to sottle nifair with Bowon, vhich paper I gave to Mr. Bowon whon I went lown to troat with bim, rotaluing (his copy. MODLTON'S AUTHONZATION, “BRooKLYN, Jan, 3, 1878, € e n : by sutharizo Mr. Francls D, Monlton to schn nf,"fifi;.. i Tl nottlomont with you of nil my Accotiits growlug out of my coutemct for Rarvice to the Zndependent and the Brooklyn Daily {nfon, Tk, TILTON. Acting fu tha Interoat of Boecher, 1 told Tilion that this controversy with Dowou, it poreible, should be peacofully sottlod, lestit might roopen tho othot matters rolatiog to Beecher's conduct in Tilton's family, and tho charges mnde by Bosron sgniusy Docohor. Wo thin Tilion s souted. THE NRAOTTATIONS DEGUN. At my oarliost oonvenence, T called upon Bawen, at Lis oftice, upon thia business, toliin him thnt I wauted him to sottlo with me, ag wag authorized by Lilton by this totror (banding bim the lotter) to sottle for tho bresking of lis coniract with Tilton es contributor to tho tnde- pandent aud as cditor of the Brookiyn Union. 1 180 handed him sy asticlo writton by Tilton for the fndependent, which hs (Tilton) claimad was 1n part porformancoof his contract, which articlo was uu{moquonlly roturned to Tilton by Bowon through me. Nowen sald that Lo didnotconstder shat lho owed Tilon any money at all for brealiing tho contract; that ho had tormuintod thom. having, in his ovinion, suflicient reasons for 8o doingr. *“Woll” T said, **Mr, Bowen, qur cantracts are apcclflo.“ Ho said he Lnew {lmy wero, but_thoy pravided for arbitration in casp of suy differoncos botwoon the parties, I roplied fn substance that tho srbitration only roferred to difforonces Lotweon tho partlos as to ho articles to bo published as editor and con- tributor by Tilton, aud aa to Dowen's conduct a8 publlsher; aud that thoro wos n fixed 8t ng onalty for bronch of tho contracta, Tho Exturvm\v terminated ' with his rofural to gettla the claim I domanded, which rofusal I ro- orted to Tilton, advising bl still not to wue Bowon, "t following CORRESPONDENCE {8 with roferanca to my mooting with Mr, Bowon on this busiuess, MOULTON TO DOWEN. Brovkwyx, Jen, 9, 1871, Ur, Denry C, Bowen Dian Bin: Nefarring to & recont unterviow with o1 ol stato thwt In consequouceof Uinsen X buvo seen detuftied at bome, and, ns 1dcomod it of groat im- jortsuca fo {ho ifulerests of all concerned n he afairsabout which wo talked that you aud I thoulil meet st an esrly moment, if you will calut my Nouse, No, 143 Clinton street, { alinll be glad to sea rou st auy hour couvenient to yourslf to-morrow., Truly yours, F. D, MovLTox. BOWEN TO MOULTON. No, 00 Willow street, Braoklyn, Jau, 10, 1871, Bm: I wm nob very well, but will ‘try 'to ull at your bouso Thuraday eventngat 8 o'clock, I sm epgaged tonorrow - evening., 1 can go hin eveuing 4f you will inforin mo {hat £ will be couvenicnt for you to gco e, Unless I learn ‘rom you to the contrary, 1 whisea you on Thursduy ivenidg, Very reepectfully, HENNY C. Downy. In pursuanco of this corrospondenco, we mob it my house, and ontered into negotintiony sbout the settlement of tho contractwith Tilton, Atthat time, during the intorviow, I showed Bowon tho lottor of Jazm. 1 of Tilton, which he {Tilton) had placed in my hands, heretoforo pvon. THE WRATH OF BOWES. Bowen, during the rending of the lotter, scem- »d to bo much uXoited, and ab only ono point of tho tetier quostioned thie accuracy of its state- monts, whivh slates as follows: ‘That alluding by name Lo 4 woman, now a widow, whoso husbunds deatl, 10 doubt, waa-hnstened by his Juowledge thut dr, Doteher Lad Duntained with Les {mproper inthnus: - ‘J'o that ho unid{ :' Idon'tmake that allusion ; v, Tilton made it." MI went on to tho elose of thelcttor aud fluishod it, whou Bowon said fo mo: * Has Iilton told Boscher the contonts of this lotter " I replied, “Yep, ho hng." gacl‘:l l:)n.m‘? What shall T do? Wout I snid ab that jutorview was #oid in coulidenco. We struck hands thero, and pledged ourselvey tq God that no ono tlioro prozont would 1eveal syything there spoken.” ihuld tohim: **It would bo au casy mattor 10 confirm whab you Eay or prove that what you oy s false. M. Qliver Johnson was thero, aud T liovo submittod this fottor to Mr. Jolnson in y. Tilton's proseneo, and ho tells mo chat thero wag u0 obligatoty confidence imqauml ou any of the parlivs conceruiug any pledgo mutuaily ivon that nolbing should bo aid coucerning §lx. Baoeehor's demansirationy towaxd Mrs, Til- ton. Mr, Jolnson also eaid and this confirng whot you say in_regard to ono poiul, iz, that tha allusion to the widow was made by Thoodore Tilton. and that you said yon bad no doubt that lier busbaud's death was caused by Lis knowl~ edgo of Lior improper iutimacy with Mr. Beecher) ~—quoting your lanpuage, No EANS that you enid 1 * 1 have no doubt about it whatover.” Alr. Johnuon also says that your stutements in rogard to Doacher werp niot intimations of Lis adulterios, but plain aud stmightforward cuarges of tho samo, IIo says tuat you samd that you knew of four or Hve casen of Mr. Deecher’s adultrous jntorcourse with women. 3lr. John- §on says also that you, at that {nterview, plujuly deolnrad thne Afr, Beocher lad confessod his guilt to you." T also enid to bim; ** Ar, Titton siates that yow emid, 'Icw't staud it auy lorger. YouandIovoan dutyto socioty inthis mattey. That _man ought not to stay xnather week in Lis pulpit. It dsu® safa for our families “to lave o tbis city'” I also eaid to 3y, Johnson aleo states that ut thointorview of Dee. 26, ut yowr house, Willow etraet, you voluntarily pledged your word to Jr. Julnson that yon would ta%e uo further measures in 1e- ard to Mr. Tilton without conoulting with him Mr. Johuson), aud that you had enid substan- Lially the samo thing to Dl proviouely, during private conversntion." 1tben said to Bowen that T thought he was & very _trencherous mau, and for thia reason —that I koow be had a reconciliation with Beecher, or rathor I waa informed of ib, which was porfected in tho houso of God, and that within forty-oight hours from that time ho hed avowed to Mi. Howard that Lo could, if he chose, drivo Beecher out of fown, I wold him furthor that I was also_informed that prior to that reconciliatton ho hnd mado no charge against Deecher's cheracter to Beecher, but only Veliud. his back, and I eaid: “Mr. Bowen, [ have the pomts of eattloment botweon you and Beacher in your own handwriting, and thore is o rerercnco ta any charge of crime of oy kind against Becolie Mr. Bowen made no denial o§ these asscrtions of mine, it scemed, on tho contrary, abashed and’ dcjected, and, in roply {u wy question, *‘Wiat do you say ta theeo oharpes which you have made agzainst Beecher 2" ho declined to suy anything abont thom, bub ropested the question, * What canIdo?" Ianswered : * Ium not your advi er: I cannot dictato to you what coums you ehould puraue, but you have done great injustica toNir. Tilton and to Mr. Beocher,and yonought to talie the earlicst means of rupaiving the injury. 1 should think it would be but justtos for you to testoro Nilton to the Independent, but don't bo- Tiove hie would go back if ‘you shonld offer it ta hum." Il reply was, “ How can Ido that now 2" T told bim I didn't know ; ha must tind & way to sottle bie own dificaltics, Haagain oxprossed his willh\[ihnus to arbitrate the quostion of monoy batwoon bimeelf and Tilton growing outof thooou- tract. 1 told hiwn thut 1 would not arbitrate thab question of money batween Limsolf and Tilton growing out of tho contract, Itold him that I would 1ot arbitrate ; that n plain_provislon of the contract provided that ho should pay what T domanded, and ho must fulfil it, Ar. Bowen rose Lo leave, and #aid before lenving whonover I wanted to sov him ho would ba happy to come to my house and coufor on this subjcet, and he did on severul rubsequent oceavions visit me nt my buuso, whonevor I sont for kim to cousult on this mattar, - “Tho monna I have of giving ko aceuralely the convorsation botweon mveclf and Bowen, ns to the converantion had withL'ilton and Oliver Johine - won, aro that, prior ta my meoting with Bowen, an I told him, I bnd on intorviow with Olivor Jobneon in tho presenco_of Yilton, whero the whole matter was digcuasad, and a memoraudum . of Oliver Johnson's statoment, in which be gavo . his recollection of tho interviow of Deo, 20, when Tilton and Jobugon wore proment, was taken down by Tilton inehorthand in_my pros- enco snd coplod out at tho timo in Johnson's presonca ; which memorandum has beou u my Pposstsrion oversinco, std from which I read each stuloment, ono after tho other, to Mr. Bowun, OLIVER JOUNHON'S HTATEMENT follown 1 h}TlL\u {uterview of Deo. 26, at Willow street, No, 90, v, Tlowen voluntarily pledged Lis word to Mr, Job oo tho he (H, O 13,) would tuka no further nicistres S seuard to bt ‘Tilton without cousultation with Mr, Jobneon, Mr, Bowea lkewise Liad sald_substantially flio eawo thing to Mr, Johuson proviously, durlng Jrivato conversation bubweon thodo tWo' yorsons, Tiiare was no obligatory coufidenco finposed o auy of the pastics concerulug unything seid ot this intor- View, savo an cspeciul pledgo minslly glyen that Sothlug should bo auid concerning v, Ducchery de- Twustration toward Mre, Tilion, ~ M, O. J, oye thut Mr. Bowon's stutements in regard to 3, W, Il wero 20t futimations of 1L, W, I, adultories, but plufn sud Stratniforward chargen of the sume, 1%, U, B, stuted 1bat o knew four or five voscs of Ak, I adultorons intereonrse _ with women, O, J, saya thot oG, B, st ik futerviow, ° plainl doatored that 1T, W, B hud confosed his'gullt o M, y afd: T cannot atand it any Jougor, You sud 1‘«’:}:’3‘.',1-:’” 1o soctety In thin matter, That man Duglit nat to atay another wels 0 hiv puipit, Tis pot aafe for our familivs to bave kim in this ity el D The alluaten fo tho widow wna mada by T, T, aud 1, 0. B, said hohad no doubt that her husband's doath_was entinod by lits knowledga of hor improper {ntinidoy With IL W, 3. 1 Bava uo_ doudt abont. it whstover, TO MARE AN END OF TIE BTATRMENT a8 to tho controversy botween 'Pllton and Bowen, I further stato that varlous negotialions wera hiad betwoon Bowen and mysolf whish rosulied finally in_an arbitration, fu which 1T, B, Clafl, Chailes Btorrs, and Jamen' Frooland wero rof- oroos | that thoro was vory considerablo dalay arlging from my own absence Bouth in enrly spring on acoount of slekucss, M. Howon's ab- sonco during the swmmer, and My, ‘lilton's ab- sonco during the fall and wintor on his locturing lunrl 80 Lhnt tho arbitration did not torminato until tho 20 of April, 1872, This arbitratiou was dotormined ugon by me, and my dstormination waa given Lo Ar, Clafiin fu the following noto: MOULTON TO OLAFLIN, * Brooxryx, April 1,287, My Dian Bt Ouavran : Afier full' cousldorution of Al interosta othor thau Thicodoro's, I Liavo sdvivod im 1o arvitrate, on grounds which bo will explain to you, and which 'T hopo will nccord with yaur judg- ment sud kind wishied towarda all concerned, " Gor- dially yours, Tnancts D. Movrzon, . oAt $7,000. Titon, and Bowon, avd myself appeared boforo tho arbitrators, and nll mndo sintements. Aftor & full hearing, notbing hinving beensnbmitted to tho arbitrators oxcept businea ditferencos of Tilton ond_Howon, the mbitiators made an award that Bowen should pay Tilton 7,000, for ‘whioh Bowon drew hia oheck upon the uxoe, and tho contracts wero given up_to uim, After tho nb!ulvti sottlement, s paper which hng sinco been callod THE TRIPARTITE ' ; agreement was wignod Ly Dowen aud Tilton, ocehor signing it subsoquontly, The induclog onuso to “this arbitration waa tho'fact that Tilton had commonced suit against Bowon, aud grovnrou an article for tho Golden Ago in which e embodicd his lettor lo Bowen aud ntatomont of tho circumatances, Ho subrmittod that sriloio tomo, and I begged him to withhold it from publication, I also brought Boceher sud Thton lornumr, and Boocher added his entrenties to mine to yruvuua its publieation, and closa tho suit which might work lx)]nr{ to Boecher and othais, I agrood to submit Filtou's cinim to ar- bitration, to which I had beon invited boforo by Bowen, but which I had refused ns bofore stated, Inthis interviow botwoon Boector, Lilton, and mysolf satd, porbaps wo can - mot- tio the whole aMer if - wo can seo Mr. Clafiin, for Mr, Clallin kuows Bowen woll, nud understands the importance of all those intorosis. Berchor srid he wonld send Ciaflin to meo, snd 1 might confer with him unon the mattor. At the conctusion of tho arbiiration the pavties SIGNED “THE *TRIPARTITE COVENANT," whicl way dreawn up, as I undorstood, by Samuol Wilkoson, It was first signed by Bowen. In tho form in which it wa9 first drawn Jt bound the partles to aey nothlug of any wrong done ar of- Tougp committed by Bacohor, nnd fuily exoncrat. ed bim therefrom.” After Doweu bad signed 1t, it wna handed to Wilton 1o and ho rofuged ; ke was willing to sign an ngrec- mont nover to repeat ugan tho chnrges of Bowen saying that, if for no other remson, if the mattor should theroalter evor como to light, it would appear that thoro had Leon something betwoen Doooher nnd Mm. ‘Tilton, andit might be used as ovidonca to the injury of himself and family, as woll as of Dewcher, and, therofore, it was not for tho intorest of eithor Tilton or Boechor to slgu i in tho form flrst proposed, No copy of that tripattite covenant was contided to mo, Appendeq to thiscovenant, and mnde o part of it, wna a copy of tho proaf- sheat articla for tho Golden Age, 80 that it might be known exactly to whot seandal it roferrod. How that tripartite coveusnt came to be F\\tr lished I know not, A8 a part of ihat setlo- ment it nas arrangad that 'itlton shonld write » lotter to Bowon, to ba publlshod in the Inde- peadent, with certain comntonts to bo made by Bowen, I'ho original draft of thouwo in full, the rocan~ tation and withdrawat of all chargoes sud mattorn of difference botweon ‘Lilton and Dowon, in hore« with produced : ‘I'nronons T1LtoN : We havo recelved the following note from an old friend 2 QFviox OF TitH GoLbeN Aak (original datoe blatied), Naw Youu, April 3, 1872, Henry (. Dowen, Tag.s MMy Dean 811 ¢ In view of misapprebonsions which wero lutoly found oxtating among or mutisl fcionds at tho Weat touehing the severanceo of our nations in the Dndependent und the Lrooklyn Union, I 1hink it would woll, Lotn for your sako sml mine, if wo ehould pubMely say thsl, whilo our political and thieological diiTeorncos still oxiat, and will probally widen, yet that all other disagreements Sw far 08 wo ever hud any) bavo Leen blotted out In rociprocal friendliness und good will, Truly yours, (Signed) Ti1ZonoRy TriToN, 1t 1y 40 long snee Mr, Tilton's pon Lia3 coutiibuted to the ndependent, thot wo glve to Lig brief nato bis old and fawillar place at the head of thera columns, Wiilo we nover sgreod with some of his radi: cal opiuions, snd quito lkely, 08 ko In- timates, wo mover sball, yot ' wa owe fo his request,as above printed, o hearly responso which fiis houost purposes, his wanly charactor, and L unatuined fategrity Wiclt from all who kuow' him well. e sbuee mid slanders heaped upoa Lim by somo ‘4 fricudly fournnly Live navor been conmitie naneoa wy the Jndercndent. Negreiting bls opposition to tha present mdminletration, wy nevertheleus wish abusdant yrvsperity to tho Gulen 4o and it editr. . C, B, Tho above-praposed card wes subsequontly and voluntarily clianged by Mr. Bowen into a still Btrongor and more friondly noties of Mr. Tiiton, After tho tripartito covensut wag signed, it camo to tho knowledgo of MNr. DBeecler, he informed nio, that Bowen was atill spread- ing sosuaals about him, at which he was sn- gered, and ho propoued to writo Lowen n letter, statiny tho pofuts that had been seitlodin thoir roconcitintion and agreemont, and the roason why 3ir, Boweu's mouth shouid bo closed in re- gord to puch slanders, I find wmong my papera apencil and ink memorandum of statemonts, intauded to be ombodicd in that latter, whish wag submittod to my Judgment by BDoccher, I 14 in hie handwriting, oud rends as follow VEFOHER'A STATEMENT OF BOWLN RRTTL! NT, rrrat—That ho allowed hamself fo Nsten to wufouuds ed rumots, Second~That ho nover brought them eftlier to ma uor {n ny prober psuer to th charel { that ho ouly whispered thotu, und even that only when Le hady businees oud fu Viow, Yiird—Tha$ bo did not himeelf believe that any~ i i ocaitrrod whiah wuiltied imo for tho utmost truet, hown by continuing for tvelva to Aftecn yexran, consgaouon aitondant of Plymouth Church, by cou~ tracts with mo as the cditor of the Tudependent, by continued publicstions of my scrmone, ote,, makini theprivilegool dolng uo eveis as lato us'tho Juterviow at Frecluud’s, Ouo of these points of rottlement wab o recoucllistion whieh wan to fead us to work togatlier, i1 which there was 1ot & singlo liut of suy pecsonsd fmmorality, but every item was Luxinezs, Fuurt—As & rosnit of Bueh agreement’s 1, T waa lo resume myold Familkarity ut s houso,” 2. To write i a letter that_could give his famibly to show that T hnd restored confidence, 8. To endeavor to remova from him tho coldness und frowns of the parish as ouo who had fnjurodmo, 4. A card tobe published, und which was published, giving him fio right to put in tho Independent vermons wik lecture-room talks, ote, 6, 1 was invited to Woodstood, and would bo his gucst, as 1 was ut Grant's reception, Fifth—Of tho settlemont by u commiltes whota record is with Claflin, I inve uothing tosay. I did not sea Mr, B, durtig ths wholo process, nordo I re~ membor to have syolion with hiw siuca, ssicth—Now, e forco of the statoment that he did not btnsclf beliove thit I bnd dono snything funnorl, whfy b should affect iny standing un a i, & citizes, and amitster, llnstrated by tho foregoing ficty, s defions steated by bis conduct, when be dld bulleve that Theou Qoro Thton committed immoraiihios, his dispoescsalon feom tho Judependent, s iguominluia expulsion from 1, Uy, hia refusal to pay i the saiary, and the forflts uro of contract, As o part of this transaction Bodoher sent me the following note 5 VEEUUER TO MOULTON, MonDAY, My Dran Fuseap : I called last ovening, us agread, bul you ud stepped out, On tho way to church Ioet aventug I mot Clafliu,' Ile says B, “douys any such {reacherons whispeings, nud fa inw right stute, I mentoned my proposed fetter, Ho lked tho iden, I ubw tho” draft of it {u thalecturo-room, o drew back, und ald : Detter not send it, I aeked hin if 1, Iyl gver matle him u statement of the vory bottom fuets 3 If tberovwero auy churges Ldld not kuow, 1fo evadod, and fnttmated that it would bardly bo right in X (gl io would bo, righe 1i toling o, He ought fo, 1 huvo not sent auy note snd bave destrosed thot propured, Tho ~resl polut to uyald ts au appeat to tho Church and then u couell. 1t would be s conflugration, and_givo overy poasibla chauco far parlics, foe bidings and ovasious, ‘and fns craaso un hundeed fold his seundal without henling suything, 1shall ves you as soon su I Yeturn, Means {ima I coufide evorything to your wisdom, a8 I always havo, and with wach swceoss” hithorto that T buva full trust'far the future, Dou't fail to sco O and huva afult oud onfidentisl twlk, Your over, From the tine of tho tripartita covennnt, nothing veenrrod to disturb the rolutions botwaon DBaechor, Tliton, and Bowen, or eithor of thom 0 fur us I know, until THE PUBLICATION 1N WOODNULL WEESKLY of nu olaborato Btory concerning the socinl reln- tlons botween Bocchor, Tilton, and My, Tilton. Aftor that publication appenrod it agnin came to tho knowladge of Boochor thut Dowon was mok- ing dectarutions dorogatory to his charnctor ‘I'his was followed by thie publication of tho tripartito covonaut, which Beécchor informed me wns dong by Bamuol Wilkeson, aund aluo that Beeehior was not u putty to its publieation,norknoew ouything about it, There sftarwards appeurad un’aceount of an interview botwoon awen, 1f, B, Clathim and Mrs, Woodtult, I\uhllnhml In"the Drooklyn Zagle, in which an attompt was mado to obtain from hor any lotters which she might bave showing that "Loeeler was gullly “of oriminal conduct, whiol nttompt falled, where. wpon Lisechor addreased ma tha following note: DELQIKI T0 MOULTON, 1 noad ta eao you Lhls oveuing sny thmo to balf past10, Oan you wuko au wppolutment? Wil you 4 OLAVLIN'S . which is of Importanae to this inquiry, THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1874. callat 124, arshall 17 At what honr? T send Claf- s lottor, (8lgnol . W, D, Iapall tako Ma at Howard's, T4 Hicks strect, and, hould you call, It it Yo thero,'or 1 will go _round to your rooms, I 'want to show you a proposed card, I nlso praduco n lottsr of Claflin to Deochor, Juno 28, 1878, which wns fnclosed fu the above ¢ CLAPLIN TO BEEQIER, New Youx, Juns 29, 1873, My Dean Mn, Drromen: I bave yours. oo distinetly understood sl tho " eall ou Woodlitill” was entiely private, snd nol lo bo toported, 1 told Bowen Woodliull find no lotters from youtof tho leasl comsequonco L bim ot anybody clac, and he wax entirely sattatled aftor the lntervisw that lin was entirely right, Iwent there at BowenV car- noat solicitation, knowing that 1 would nob o you, aud might satlafy him, ns I think B dud, b wa in bad faith to' pnblish tho meeling, Al regent muust huve hoon disguated ab the ulter lack of what Wooilhull profassad o have, but conld not produco, Truly sonr friond, 11, B. Cravuy, ' 8.—Wish yoit would call and sea ine, if you pass tho slore, I am nlwoys in st about 11 8. m. Teochor, when we mot i puravance of lin note, prodaced o momorandnm of tho card which 1o proponcd to publish in tho Kagle, and which lio aubmitted to my Judgmont, and gave me loave to alter the kame as I thought b, BEKCHURL'S PRONISED CATD, Bugoxrxy, June, 1673, Thave acen fn the morning ppors tirt application 14 bean maro to Alrs, Victorin Woodtnll for cerlain lolters of mitie, wupposad to contaln fuformution ro- mpeeting corlalt fufamos stories sgainst, mo, Sha Tinw two husinees Jesters s ono doatining .an Invitation 10 4 wuifraga mootingg, and tha other declining ta give Toraralstnco sulleited, Theso aro all the otiers of mine to Mra, Woollll, T2 they iro in tho hands nf. iy ollor pefsonm, Uiey havmy coralalcontent o - lsh, T will only add, In this gonneciian, tlat tho ko= rles and rumora which bava for thing been elreulit- od abont ms uro groealy untrue, and Istomp them fu general and partcular 5 uiterly falno, I saw tho editor of tho Brooklyn Fagle ot his Twuso, aud, aftor consultation with bim, tho card was published, as follows * BERONEN'S OARD TO THIT BROOKLIN EAGLE, Ty fhe Alltor af IAs diraakiyn Ewits: Sin & In n Jong and activo i $n Brooklyn, it hns rarely hupponed fiat tho Zugle. ahd mysolf hivo been {innocord on quostions of rommon colicern to our ful- lowwcitizens, 1am forthls rosson compelied 10 ae- knowledgo the insolieited confidonce and regurd of srhiich (h5 column of the Kaio of late bear testimo oy, 1have Just roturned to s city Lo learn that appl- catlon iny Loen msda to M, Victora Woodhull for lot- fera of mine supposcil to contain Informution reapect~ fug cortain fafamous storlcs agaiuat mo, X have 1o onjeckion to huve the Liaols state, in Lo way it decws At, that Mrs, Wooullll or any otlier poraon or persous ‘lio may huve leiters of ming in thelr possesuton, have iy cordinl cuant to publieh them, Tn thly connoelion 2w at this thme, I will omly sl ihot tho storiea and Tumors which hava for some timo past been clrculatod about mo are unteus, nxd X sismp them In gonoral and fu partieuta s wlerly uslaie, Repocltuly, (Signed) Hexny Wanp Bieoner, In order that tho omondations mado by mysolt and My, Xineolla may e obsorved at & glauco, I Lva closed {u brackata tho words which are not Kocg it,” Ausyeer by elegraph. in tho original. It will bo thus socn how mitch of tins card was the composition of Mr, Beocher, nnd hiow much ho rolied upon_tho judpment of othersn its preparation., [(Note: 'Lha words in tho lottor which are in brackots aro as fol- Tows 441 have no objection to have the Iagle any way It decmns it that Mre. Wood- and, a Httlo lower down, d ot this time,” and tho last word, * Untrae, I weatldd havo submifted this card to Beechor Detore publication, but ho was absent. TFor ob- vivus 1eanons T hold mysolf excopted from this enll for pnblieation, ns was well understood by Beecher, I know nolthing further of tho reln- tious of Bowen and Baooher in this connection Anathor curious complication of the relatious of tho ‘mrtlen aroso from tho publication by M. WVoodlull of tbo story i lher jourual, It i3 o_ matter of public mnotoriety that Mrs, Isnbelia Doccher Hooker, tho pie- ter of _ Boasher, had esponzed tho s canso of Mrs, Woodbull on the question of woman suifrago, and had boen accusod still fur- ther of ndopting hor social teucts. Bocohor's relatious to Mru, Tilton had boen communicated to hor, 'T'his had beon mado o subjoct of com- munication from Mrs, Hooker to her brother, aud, after tho publication by dra. Woodlnll, Myw. Hookor addressed tho following noto to her brothor, which containg so full.and clonr an ex- Yormon oF all thoe fncts and oivonmstaucea that uoed vot add o word of explanntion, I pro- duco Mrs, Hookor's lottor to Deooher, wnder date of Nov. 1, 1672 : 3tng, IOOKER TO DEECUER, Ilanrroxn, Nov, 1, 1812, Dean Brorien: In reply to your woids “1f you still lieliove {n that womau, &o,," lck mo say thit from hor personally I hiave never heard o word on this sub- ect,'and whon nearly n yoar ago I heard that when oré jo this city eho sufd sho had expocted to introducd ber at ielnway Hall, her s most indignont ond rebuking lottor, to which sho roplied fn o manuer that astounded me, by {8 calm wssortion that she consfd- crod you ua trite 8 fricnd to her as Imyself, 1in- closod this Jetter to Mr, Tilton, asking him to shaw it o you If bie thought hest, and to writo mo what ftall meunt, o mever roplicd nor returnod the letter to mo, fs I requested, but I luvo a copy of it st your service, In tho month of Tobrusry, atter {hat, on relurnlug from Vushiugion, T vt to Mt Bjputon (o upoud Sunday. At Jurscy City T met Mra, W, Who hind come on {1 (ko amo L wath e, it soemdd, mud who urged me in & sty way to bring Mrs, Stositon overon Monduy for sullfags conunltation us to & spring conyention, Temeruyortyy lies scelion of tho fuieuably botwgei gousaud of hor Ineting you occaslouully ut Al Laulton's Laure (1 thiuk this Is tho namo), I thoughs T vould put this 1o (o test, und I replied tnt 1€ X could o uura of pecing you at the game time L would come, Bhe yromised to seoiira you if possible, aud I fully mewit tokosp my appointment, bilt 'on Bunday I Tomembotod an appointmont st Now Haven, which T whould inice 5 L atoppod in Now Yark, snd 50 T passod by, dropping hor a loiter by ho'way, Cutlously cibugh, glster Oatlicrine, Who a8 Bta)Ing at your houzo ut thls time, sald to Tne biro casually the mutter of that same wevk: % Dells, Honry went over to Now Yorl to scu you 1ast Mouday, but could not il you,” Of courso my inferonoe’ was that Alrs, W, @libor nd_power over you, OF YOu wero ficerotly friouds, Duriug tiat Suudiy, e, Siautou tokl mo preciicly what Mr. Titon had sud fo her, When In the Tmgo of dficovery lo fled to the houso of Mis, —, aud beforo hem bott nurzated tho ulory of s ovn infidelties, as coufessod to Lis wife, atid of hors as confossod 1 him, Shoadded ihat not long after, sho wout to Mr. Moulton's, aud inct you coming dow the front stojs, and, on enteriug, mot Fillon and Moulton, who eald ¢ 1340 liava juat Lind Flymouth Olurch at ot feet, and hevo ts bis coufesvion” (shuwlng n manuscript), Slio addod that Mrs, Tiiton hind mado similar statoments 10 Mlss Authony i nnd I have alnce receivod from Miss A, corraboratioi of this, aithough eho refutes to givo mo particulars, belg bound in _confidence. Bho ‘thiuks from thaf day to this 1 bavo car- rlod n Leavy load, You may bo snre I could not share it witli my Lisband, bocsuso o was airoady overbirdeticd, nud slarmiugly slfccted brain-wier, Lt 1 reacivod’that 1€ o went abroad, as bo probably must, T would not go with Lim, loavidg you alone, us it wére, 0 bear Whatoves aullt coruo of 1ho sovil~ tions, T withatood tho ontreatios of my lusband to the Tant, aud sent Mary in my olead, siid b tho Iast mo- meilt I coutided to her all thut T know, aud felt and feared, that sho might be propared to sustsin hier fatlier should triul overtako thern, By 1eadiug tha occompanylug Jeltors from them you will percelvo that from outsido ovidonco along be kiad como 1o thy conclusione, which I reached ouly through the mest roliable tcatimiony thut could well Dy furnivhed i any caso, nd agaitat overy predisporiion of iny own soul, Fearlug that thoy would husien homo to sme, i {lus ok ot tho benetit of tho {ourney (for, owlog to this aud other auxietics of Lugltoss, Jobui Iiad grown woree, rather than_ Lotter, up 10 tlal vory thine, though theair of tho Iigh Alps was boghuuing to promote’ sleen and restoration), I telegraphied by cablo * No troublaLore; g0 to Italy s and by receut Ietters T uin rojolced to hoar of 1bom n Milan J com- fortablo health wd spirite, From the day theso lotters camie, tha matter hes not boen out of wy thoughts au liowr, It fcemia Lo Mo 41 jucreaing Nrayor buv ase conded that T ralght bo guidod with wisdom and trufh, Dut what 4 tho trath 1am further from undarstand. Ingg this morning, 'Tho talo 88 publaied 1s cnsentlally 1lio sumo us told {ome, Tu fact, it §8 Smporsivla but that Nr, Tiiton Is tho authoflty for it, wince I recoguizo u verleimilitude, and, us 1 udderstond ity Mra T, was tho tolo 'porson iutonded Tho ‘ouly roply I made to Mrs, Stuntou was (b, i€ tru, you hail 5 philosophy fof the relation of tho sexos 100 far uhoad of tho Uics; thot you daro uot announco It thangh you consented toliva by 1t: thnt {lus wis {n duy Judgnicat wrong, sod God would bring all gocret things to light i s Gwn tisie aud fashiow, and I conld only welt, T added that T liad ovmme 16 dca that Litnan Jaws wavo an imyoriiuonce, but could et 10 furthior, thougls Y could pee glimpscs of a pos- bibl new eclonco of 1o thut nt presont was Te volting to my fecllngs pud my Sudgirent s that X ehould Yoop wyself open o vouvictlon, howoser, and should couverso with men, and ospocially women, o tha whola subjoot § and as T knew tho truth T uhould atand by it, with 10 aMenipt at concealmont, 1 Uink thut Dr, Ohunfig probably wirees with yoi {u theory, but ko bisd tl6 couruga o aungunce hls conviotlonk boforo wong wpon them, o refused Intercourss with an uncongenful wife, aud for o long thue, and then eft Ler and 'morded o wuman whom Lo wiill loves, loaving o darling daugnter with ler anather, ol to-(uy pays photographors to keop hiu siipplied with Lior Dlotires o8 often a8 oy can be provured, Teend you tho artivle Lo wrolo when ubundaned by il their friends, 1o and his wifo wout {0 tuo Weal, und stayed for years crushed by caluniny and ubuso, ' ‘To-day thoy ato esteemed mora hfghly thun sver, ind ho &s in positions of publio trowt i Trovionde, You will yarcalve my wationy wud, by all thot I have snfforad and aw williug to_ sutror 'for your uko, T b you to coutldo to 1o tho whola trutl, Ithen I caiy helpy you a¥ 1o ono ols fu the ‘world cun, “Flae ot that T can know fhls matter, as God o It 1o wit Lelp you il m Lo BV ovurinativg Huad out of thin soeming evil, 31 conld sny truthe Hully that I belfove thiy atory'to Lo n fubrleation of Mr.and Mre, ‘Tfliows fmpored npon & credulous ‘wonay, mere medlum, whods suscoptiblity to e rossiolis to spirit fu tho fesh aud out “of s to b tnken futo weoonut always, tho whola thing Qlos, But if 1t wjosaentially triw hero is bub one honer- sbloway o meat it f0 my Judgient, and tho prach Tuothod ucourcodt to mo it bied thix morning, wud T was abioul writing yout {0 Auggoat 1t when yunr latter catno, Twill welts you & wisterly lotter, oxpresuing my duop bonylction, 1hat Ll wholo NubJout veods thu mat ournest and chuvie disoussion ; st Wy own it hen douieboou oveuplodd with it,” but is utill in Houbi on msny points, Fhst L livs abeerved for Jeuan thut yous reading nd Shiuing bt bos pro- Tound on ths aud kindred subjocts, and now the Hue hius coma for you (u givo the world, througl your own papor, tho concluslosia you havo renched, and tho reasona thoeefor, 1€ you cbonso, X will then Foply to eich lottae, giving Lo wommn's view, for iord ls surcly 6 man's and o woman's aldo to this, boyond ovorytning else, nnd by this momis nttention will b divorted from' peraoialitio and concentrated on #ucinl xvllllumm-f. the ono mubject that now onght to occupy ull thinking minds, Tt seams to me that Qod. han been preparing mo for thin work, and yon alho for years aud yoars, I aend you a roply 1 wrata 1o Dr, Todd loug ago, nnd whlol 1 could “nover gol publistied without my nane, which, for thie anke of my datightern, I wished to withhold, nithongh Godkin, of (ko Nation, Holborook, of tho Herald of Heaith, Ward, of tho Independent, tud overy mothor (o whiom I have read it, all tolil me 1t wan (Lo best thiag over written oo tho subjeot, aud tho men sald thoy would publish 1t ir they dore, While Mrs, —— urged mo to givo iny o and piblish It, and nld sho would rathior have written tha tlan anyihiug clso of, {is longth fn_ tho workd s and, €' were lcs, aha would print 16 with- out heattation, 1 gend ulio o copy of a lelter I wrola Jobn Stunrk Mill on hia nending mo s early copy of hin * Bubjece tlon_of Womun"—and his roply, 1 sm suro fhat nearly all tho thinklug sien and womt ra soniowlicra tear gty and willtally to your afibport If you_nre Lold, feaiik, and_absoltely’ truthful In_etoting your convictions, 3, Burlelgh told Dr, Qhanniug sho wn rendy o avow hor bedof u soclil frecdatn whien tho imo cane, Ble was woary now and_glad of a ro- wriove, bt should stand trug 10 kot conviotions whon sho inmat, My own conviction is that tho ono tadisal nistako yon lsyo ‘mado 8 in supposing (AL you ste sa much aboad of jour time, and in ' daring to attempt to lead \Wiien you have anything to- canceal, do not, I pray yu, decelve yourself witli tho lopo that tho love of your chureh or any other lovo, hunun ot Divine, con compensato tho loks of ubsolute truthfulness to your own moutul convictions, 1havo not told you tha Lall I Lave suffercd since Tebruury, Lub you can inngiic, knowing what my huaband {8 to me, thut it was 10 _comtion love I hove for you and for all mnokind, womon and mep, when X dceldod to uesily break nin hosrt, alrendy Jacorated by tho coursa I Liad Lean camnpolled o purati by send- inghim away 10 o, pesliaps without wio ot his side, Iwish you would ‘como hero In tho oveniug, somo Uy, to tho Burton cattsge, or ‘Twill meet you any- whero in New York you appoint, sud atasy Hme, Ever yonrs, BELLE, Tiead the letters from Jolin and Mery in {ho order I Unvo placed thom, T will, seud thena now, sud tho other doonmepts I bavo montioned another d iug U1l I Ttnow whother yon will meot mo. On tha 3d of -tho samo mouth, Mra. Iooker nddressod ‘n_lotter to hor hmzbur, tho Rov. Thomas XK, Deechor, which I produce, marked “No.G": . B(RS, TUOOKER TO THE NEV, THOMAS X, NELORED, [Vlenzo Teturi thia lotter to’ mo when you huve done with it.] - Hinrron, Bunday, Nov, 5, 1872, DEAR Brotmer Tode: The blow bas fullen, and T Liopo you ura Letter preparad for &t than you might Iovo beon but for our futerview, I wrato i n sluglo lino last week, thua: * Con Lhelp you?” and hero fs his roply: ®If you sifil believe in that womou, you canot belp me, If. you think of hor aa 1 do, you can, perbape; though .I do not need’ much help. 1 tread the falichooda iuto tho dirt from wheneo thoy spring, aud go o Iy way Tejolelng, By peaplo are thus far berolo, nd would give their livea for mo. Thelr love aud couil~ (lence vould mako mo willig 10 boor far more hin T Inye, Moantimo tho Loed has & pavition fn which lio Lides mo until tho storm be over-past, I abido In oco, commitiing myself to Him who gave Himaclf or w0, T truat you givo nefther countonauce nor crodento to the abaminablo cainago bt ling beon put aflont, Thospecks of truth are tnoro spangled Upon & arment of falschood, | Tho truth Jisclf in mado to e. Thank you for love, and truth, and elenco, bt ik of tho Licburity of draggiug A poor, dear ehild of & woman into his slougll, ~ Xours truly, Now, Tom, €0 foxr s I cat scs, it is ho who has dragged tun dear child into the plongh and fueft hor there, ind who {8 now kendwg auother woman o prinoll, who Is funocent of sl crime, but fanaticisim for tho truih s rovosled to hier, and 1 by my sllenco l"l‘un consonting unto her death, Tead the llitle note dio seut 1o lung ago, when in o burst of enthuslasm aver n publio Jetter of hers, Which scemed wondorful 10 1m0, X told Jier how it Alocted e, and mark ila vroplietic words: New Yonr, Aug. 8, 181, My Dean, DEAR Faa 1 wan never mors happy in ol my e then T am thee morning, md s o by you, whom I havo learned to lavo #o mitcl, From . you, fron whom I Liad expectod consure, 1 feceive tho vt deap, pure words of approval sud love, 1 know iy courao has oftou Laon contrary to your wishies, and it hus beon mny greatest grief to know tuat it s beon 80, siuce you have so nobly ween my defender; but all " tho y 1 knew it was not I for whom you spoko, but all womanhood, and T ‘waa tho more proud of you that your love wan gonersl and not porsounl. 1am 0 often compelied to o thinga from which my senvitivo soul shilnks, and for which I endure the cenaure of most of my frieuds, ut Ioboy a power whick knows butter than thoy or I ean can know, nnd which has nover 1oft me stranded and without hope, 1 chould bo a fulthless Bervant judeed ware I {o falter now when required to do what 1 can- not fully underatand, yot i to rsuo of which T have Tuil folth,Nowe of the ucones 11 which I have cuscted & part wero what I wonld have aclfishly chosen for my own happiness, Tlovemy home, my children, my huse band, and conld live a sanctified lfo wifh them, aud nover desfre contob wills tlo wido world; tut such 15 not to bo my misslon, I know what io to come, though I capuot yot divulgait, My daily prayer is that Heaven may vouchsafe me strengih to meet ey- crything which T know must bo eucountered and over- come, My heart is, howover, {00 full to write youall 1 wish, Taco the noar spproach of tho grandest reveln- ton the world hus yet kuown, and for tho part you shall play_tu i thousands will riso up snd eall you blessed, ~ Was it for nothing that you and I met so singularly? Lot un watch and pray that we fajut not Dy the waysido bofors we regel tho consummatiou. Wo shall then Jook buck with gxceeding great joy to all wo huve been called upon to suffer for tho kako of & causo moro hily than b yob como tipon carth. Agaln 1 blesa you for your Jotter, Aeotiouately uud faifli- Tully yours, (Signod) Vioronra €. WoopnoLr, O, my dear hrother, T fesr tho awful strugglo to Iivo decording to Jaw e wrought au absolute dumor- nlization as to truthfulness, aud 60 o ean tallc about **ppanglcs on a garment of falachood,” whon tho gar- smont Ia bruth, aud tho specks aro the’ falschood, Iils firal lotter to Mo was 5o different from! thiT roxl to ‘you, but I will copy it, leat you Linve forgotien ita chars soter, Avnu, 265, 1873, M¥ Deaw Drrte: 1 was sorry when I mef you ab Bridgoport ot to havehad & longer talk with you about the mecting {n My, Tdonot intond fo make any speechios on any tDF\u during Anvlversary week, Indoed, 1 shail ho out of town. 1 donot wantyou to tuke auy graund this year oxcopt upou aufirage. Yo kuow my sympathy §4 with you, Trobably you and T ore nearcr together than any of our family, * I cannot glva the reason now, I am alear, stilf you wiil follow your own judgment, ¥ thauk you fof your leftor of Bomo things, -1 nelther talk nor will T b talked with, Forlova and sympathy Ism dooply theukful, Tho only halp that can Do grateful Lo me, or usefu sllenee, sud silonclug_intuctce on all othore, mny come for couverso, Itisnob now, Livigor dead, wiy dear sistery Ralle, lare me, and’ do ot talk about nio or suffor oflibrs {0 in your jresonce, God love and keop you, God keop us all, Your loy- ing brother, oW B, ‘Thie undorscoring la his ovn, and when I read n thak horrible atory that lio begged u faw hours! wotico ihat ho might Kl himadl, my nud tew back to this seufonce, which suggested snicido to mo, “ho mo- ment T read {t—* Ldvinyg ar dead, dour sfater Delle, Tova me," andl T helioved oven that, ' Now Tom, can't you go' to Drother Edward at oncy, and give him heso~ lefters of mino, and toll' himi whut [ tolil you, uud, when yon have coubselled togethor as brotliers, you should counsel mo also, und coni to mo i€ you cati, It luoks as i€ b hoped (o buy piy ailenca with iy lova. At present, of conrao, T ehiall keop i~ Tonce, bt tuth i deater than wll thiugs olve, aud, It 1o will not speak it i tho same wy, 1 connol alwiye stand a8 consonting toa lle, Cod liolp usall, Yours i love, BRLe, 1t you caw’t come o me, send Edward, Tam uttorly along, and my heart aches for thut waman ovon oy for uy own fiesh and biood, 1 o not understand bier, bt T kuow her {o be puroand unselilah, and buo~ Tutely drivon by somo power faralgn to’ herself to theag strango utforances, which aro always fn belialf of froedam,purity,autd Lruth, as ahe understands it,slways 10 befricud 11 Poor sud’ outesst, ad bing_law only tlio proud, the hypoerites in digh places, ~Tho word about uiceling ot Afrs, Pholpa’ houss I huvo added to tlio copy, 11 yon uoo 1enry, tell bim of thts, The roply tq this letter by tho Rov, Thoman K. Bovchor to his sistor is ag follows: TUR REY, THOMAS K, BEECRER TO I8 SIFTEN. Evsuna, November, 187, Dean Brere: To sllow tho dovll bimaw? toto eruslied for wafiiu\i tha truth is uuspeakally cows ardlyum cotomptiblo, X respeot, ot st prcoout ad- vasa, Mrs, Wooduull vblo sbuct nor pitlosoply, S €ho owly carvles aut Ieney's phllosophy, agalust whieh T Tecorued tuy prolust {venty yoird ugo, sivl purted Jovingly and achingly from him, gz, Y Wo canuot work” fogether,” o haa drifted, wud I bavo hordesed liko & cryetal, il Tum sharp-cornered and exacting. 1 canuok oI, oxcept by prayer, T cxnmot help bt (urongh Edward, “In my fudgment Henky fu foliowlng Wi slippery doctriues of oxjiudivnoy, aud o bia cey o€ progress and tho noblongss of Ll nuttire, has sacriticed (ho clear, oxact, jdead Infexrity, @ ilands off ¥ unti] he 48 dawn, snd Thon my pulpit ty howe, my clurol and 1oy purse and heart ura at hid ‘sorvice, - OF tho two, Woailhull is my liero aud Houry my coward, as at proseutaivisod ; but I profost agituyt tite whiolo batoly, und all te boloigings, 1 wan not Auti-lavery, 1o not suti-family, biit, as 1 wrota years ugo, whenover T asanltod Slivery Looutiso of {iu abomiuatious, I shall il the Ohiral, tho tat, tug famnly, aud all othict lustitutions of melitah neaga. I returd tho popers, Your cannot help Tenry, You nuat ba trus o Woodbull, ¥ am out of the eieclo s vob, andom glad of it. When the sform Hue lu- Cludled me, I shall anfer ny o Curistiun, nylng, % Cenvo o from min,” Bowt write fomo, Vollow lla tritl, and when yoi awedano cry out, - Yorra lovingly, (Blgned) Tow, P, B,—Iam 80 overworked and hurriod that I sco, wpot reviow, thot my letter soltvds bined, brewne o 1t nontyntlousness i bug beheve e, dear Jolle, that I rep and muffor with you, You ure i w tght placy, Ditt, Naviug cbioson Yuur princirios, L ean only counscl youto bo iruo gud bear tho convequonces, Tor yours, you luow, I have lom apurt tfrow il of you exeopt iu love, T thik yauw ull in the {erong sn {o anthropalogy anl souful selonoo, but T honor aud love theso who suffexfor convigtion's aake, My turn to eulicy will como fu duo thne, In thi worid ull Qhirfetisne shall suffor tributution, Bo eat, sleop, pray, take good wim end shuot, sl when tho tha ackio comen, #ay, ** Evon horjuute wore we called,” Iiut, I ropeat, you cau't help Hozey at presont, T 8,—1 wnatal my lotter to inlosed i polnt, and sdd you hiaye o proof ub yob of avy offouso on Heney's part, Your testimony would Ly alowed 11 no const, flton, Wite, Moultou & 0o, aro wilnecses, Eyen 3rv, Stanton’ osn_ouly .doclard huarsny, 8o, I you wiave, remembar that you _wraslauding on wiverfidn information, sud we shall not probably over (jet the freti—and I glad of 1€ Mr, sud Ds, Tillon are culled into court, nothing willbe revealed, Porjucy, for good roason; fn. witn ndvapwd thlnkers, no s, Alstlor vamo into my huuds with the othors from Mr. Hookor to hia wifo, under dato of Floronco, Italy, Nov. 8., 1871, which tenda to ahow tht all this matter kad baen disoussed bo- twoon Mr, Tlaoker aud his wife Jong boforo tho publication by Mrs, Woodhull. oxtract sO mueh from thio lottor ns rofets to Lhis subjoot. Tho remainder {s o ldm!l{ communication of sn absent hushand to a loved wifo, about wholly ine durun(lnufi watters which havo notbing to do i}l ‘é,. I:h!u cantroversy, It iy produced marked MR nl;mlmll‘lu HJNV""'H.N 1672, 'LOURNOE, Hutnda] jov. J, 3 Mr PREGIoUs WIrE: T Ropo'sou webs mot ‘patued by what 1 wrot on ¥Fldny nbout tho Toy, Itenry Ward Decclier matlor, I um getting mucli moro at peaco about the mattor, but I eanuot look upon it In any other ll?hl, and it 1a a relief to mo to apeak my mind right ofit about 4t, nud then fot it reat, I wonld not Liave beon oaey LT hod sworn o litllo, 'Tho only mitigation of {ho thing that I can (hink of Is this, and it- neoma to me (linb #Omo exolisc, oOr b loant oxplanation, may o foundlicre, vint that o consldora- tion of the iappluces of bob Me, T, and his wifs ro- quired §t, or seemicd to, and _{hio vory poasiblo furthor fhet thiat Yo proforrad 1o isclons tre vt 1061k the nie Vico of a fow of his IeadIng frionds in the chrch, and ran overeulot e tiom tiey anreoin 1o taka o To- sponstbility of tho concealinent, Thls would take off momowhiat from tho bypocrisy of the thing, ut leaves the orlginal erimo ns open to condemnation sa over, But enough of this, Ovlylet mo requeat you to keop o Informod of ull that ucours, nid do not zaly upon my gotting tho uows from tho . papers, 1 wee. by sn oxtract from tho Boelon Advertiner ilnt Mra, W, haw employed two Boston inwyors (it giyca thelr names) to Lring suit ngaiust tho Republican and, Woman's_Journal, so that it looks on if tho oxposure fA nearab band. 1 want to sy one Word mure, howaver, Can yoir ol lot he zeport ot Qut, after th IT.matjer becomen public, withont belug exactly esponsibla for it, that you have kept up friend- ghip with Alre, W, in the hope of influencing Lior not to publsb tho story, you Laving foatocd fia tenth (nd {hat {8 substantinily the fact, as 1 havo understond t), and - that you ~gove up golug to Muropa with mo°a0'aa o bs sl homo mud comfort I, when tho truth camo out. a8 you expocted ittada In tha course of tho summerd This will giva b nppenranca of clf-ncrifico {0 your afiliation with lier,aud will explain your not coming abroad with me,— 2 fict which Laa o véry unwifellko look, 1 know tat you will ollierwisa o rogarded sa holiing Mrs, W.'a Hows and it wo shail b regardd n living In darve scord, and probnbly, by miny people, as Brackioln, L ieh Tt would bo s Broat retich 6 mo 18 Bier pritieip groat rellof to mo to lavo your relations to Mra, W, expluned {n this way, %0 g ablo otie heart, There {s not halt the untruth fn ¢ that thero has been el along in my retended approval of Mrs, Wooilhull's course, and yet people thiik mo en honest mat. I havo lied enough about that to ruin & ¥oraga mam, Aud Jiavo probably dumaged myself ¥ it Aftor Becchor had scon theso lotors of his alster, Mru, 1looker, hecamo to mo_in troublo and alarm, and handed mo all tho lottors, to- gothior with ono undor_dato of Nov, £7, nith an inclosurae eut frowm sho Hartford Zimes, to which 1t alluded : M8 HOONER TO BEECHEMN, Hartronn, Wednesday, Nov, 27, 1672, Dran Ditomatin s Head the ducloved, clipped from 4o Timen of this city lust evo, I can endure no fonger, 1 must sco yon i persuado you to wrlte & paper which I will read, golng alons to your pulpit and taling somo chiurgo of the servieen, T shall leavo libro on tho 8 a, m, train Friday morning, and uniess you meot mo nt Forty-second” Strect Stution I_sbell #0 to Mrs, —'a house, opposito_tho Young Men's Cueistlun ‘Ansoclation, No, — Tweuty-third street, I sloll hops fo 'sco’ you ~during ho day, frs, —— g mid o mo when Jant 'in Now York, Ay duughter and Iare now widown living quiolly in onr picassnt homo, and I want you fo come thera without warning whenover youare in New York, unleas you have otlier fricuds liom, yor prefer tavialts? o Xeliall go_ ne i€ ou n shopping rip, and sty aa long ns iLscoms hest, 1 sould prefor going to Mrs, Tilton'a to anvwhero clso, WL T lesitatato ek Lur {0 recelvame, 1 feol sure, However, that words from you to hier should go iuto {hat papor, aud with her consent T could writo s ono commissjoned from on high, Do not foil mo, T pray you_mioet 100 at nuon on Xridny as yon hope to maot your own mother {u Ifeaven, In lier uame I beseech ou, anct T will tsvo nu dental, s yours, f lave unayeakable. (Sigued) PLL The fallowing is tho inclouure mentioned in the nbovo lettor: DEECIER AND 3RS, TILTON, 11l Perking, of tiie New York Commercial, a promi- uent Tepubllcan paper, has tlds to sy : % Nust's vary Lolduose, Iia terriblo’ squensivouons in. what clil: Ienges uddmiration nud makes /arper's Weekly o coss, When Lasked him 1€ ho didu't think 1t undertakiug to attack Mr, Greeloy, ho rafd ; ¢ Yos, but 1 know ha wan an_old humbug, Tkuew I was right, ond 1 know right would win i the oud. I was almost slong, too, Tue peoplo wory fooled with Groee 1oy, ‘o8 thoy nre fooled with Loecher, and Do will tumblo further thun Greoley yet.' Wo had o talk sbout, Teecher und Tiiton, and putting this with ofhier converantions with the frlends of i, Tiiton, nnd with newspaper men in Now York, I otn satisfied that a terriblo downtall surely will como'to tho onu who L errod sud conceals it Beecher thon informed mo of bis apprehen- sion that his slstor, m her anxiety that ho should do hiy duty in presonting shis ‘truth, ag sho undorstood it, and in protocting Mra, Wood- Liull from the conscquonces of having published tho truth, from which sho wag theu sufforing, would go into his mITlL and insist upon declar~ ing that tho Woodhull publicacion was substan- tially true, and ho dosired me {o do what in mo lay to provent such n disastar, I sugizonted to him that he shonld see Mre. Tooker, speak to hoy kindly, and oxtiors hor not 10 take this courso, and thut Tilton should seo Lior nud 8o fur shake Lor gonfidence in the truth of tho story us to inducs her {o doubt whother sho would bo safo in making the atatoment pub- lie. In this course Beecher sgreed, snd such wigumonts sod inducements wors brought to benr upon Mrs. Hooker ag were in ¢ho poywer of nil threo of us to prevent hor from doing that which would have cortainly brought on an ox- posuro of tho whole busivess. During tho vou- sultations botwoen Boecchor aud mysoff as to the means of mco.ivg Mis. Hooker's intentions, no nuggention was evor mado on tho park of Boecher thut lus sistor was then or had boon at any other time insauo, All threo lottors I reccived from Ioechor, hnd thoy aro thoso to which Lo al- Indos, in bis communigation of tho 4ih just,, s the lotters of his .sistor nnd brother, doliver- od to mo, and to which Idid not beliye that I cuumhnuorthg glyo them up, because 1 thought, and Ipsubmit fo the Committee I was right in thinking, that they form & part of thia contro- vorsy, and were not, a4 he thorein nlleged, sim- ply given to my kooping ns part of Lis other pa- pers whioh ho conld not keop saloly, on account of hiy own carclessuess in preserving docu- ments. Bocchor was efcoudingly auxious that Tilton should 1epudiate the statement published by Waadhutl, aud denouace hor for its publica- tion, and he drew up upon my memorandum- ool tho form of & card to bo published by Til- ton over his siguature, aud asked me to submit it to him for tuat purposo. 1t Is as follow: DEEGHEW'S FIOVOIED OARD FOR TILTON, o an unguavded enthusiaam, 1 hoped weli aud myel of ona who s puoved ullerly unpriuciplod. 1 uiill never aguin nolice ler storfes, and now utterly re- ‘pudiato bior atatements concorning me and mino, Toacher told me to eny to Viltonsubstantinlly s “fhigodore muy for hls own purposes, if ho chiposos, eay that all his mislortune Lns come upon bim on account of his dismissal from the futon snd the Independent, ond on account of the offeneo which I committed againgt him. Ho may toke tho posilion aguinst me and Bowen thet ho doos, Yet tho fact iy, that his advocney of Mrs. Woodhull and her thco- rios bas dono him the infury which prevonta his rising, Nowx in ordor 10" got sup- port from me nnd from Flymouth Churel, and u ordor to obtuin the sympathy of the whole comuuaity, e must publish this card, and un- less ho doos it he catnot vise. 1lo also said the vumo thing to Tilton in my pressuce. o this 'Tilton auswerod In substunce to Beechor : “You know why I sought Mrs, Woodhull's nc- quaiutsnce. It was to &uvo my family and yours from tho cousequence of your asty, tho facts about which lind becoms kuown to her. They have uow boen published, and I will not do- nouugo that woman Lo save P’an from’ tha couo- quonocs of what you yourselt havo dono,” After I ud carried to M, Tilton tba paper of apology, which had referonco to Boccher's adul- tory, nud had recelved zssuranges that all bo- twean Tilton nud Boechor should bo kopt quiot, 1 immodiatoly vouveyed that informntion to Beachor, He wnn protusio in his profossious of mnkiulnens sud [mnmuflo to me for whay be auld woro my exortlons In Lis bolialf. Soou afler thut I was tikon sick, and whilo on my alek-bed, on tho 7th of Fobruury, I yocolved a fottor from Ticechor, us follown: UELQUER TO NOULTON. B great 2 Tew. 7, 1670, Ny Dean Friesp Mouwtox ; Tam glid to wond you a book which you whl relish, of which a uun od ® nick-bod ougid to vellsh, X wish T lind woro lko it il fhial T could wond you oo every doy, not us a re~ paymient of your great kiuducss to me, for thot can nuvor bp zopald, not even by lave, which I give’ you frogly, “Many, tuany frionds hus' God rafaod up’ to mc, Tt fo noono of them hus e ever glyen tho op- portunity sud the wwdow to e o, xa you lave. y trust in you 18 dmplicit, You huve ulso proved Theodoie’s friend ond Llzuboth's, Does ol Jouk down from Aouven ou threo uuhnpplor creaturai (hat more need a friond thun thess ? 13t not un utimation of God's fufent of mercy 10 ol thit cach o of thess bnsip you & trlod and proven frlond ¥ But only In you are we tireo ubited, Would to God, who orders oll hearts, that by four kind modiation Thondare, Ellzaboth, und X contit 0 o Iriundy agaln, Fhoodare will haye the husd- cul {aulc i auol A cave, but s bo not proved Winwdt cupblu of the noblust thingu 7T wondor i€ Elizabotly knows how generonsly ho has carrfod klmecit toward mo, OF coursy T cau nover spouk with hor aguln Wit his permi ssion, aud I do ngk kuow that vvon fhou § wonld b best,' By eurncat louging da to weo dtury I tho full sympthy of Lor nature, ut ot fu him, aud {0 e0a Wi anea move trustlug ber und loving her wlth ovon w better (hun tho old love, um alwase iud dneuch thoughis, T theva uny way ont of this night? Muy nol & day-tar arie? Truly yours, slwaya, tud with trust sud love, Muniry' Wanh Beeones, On tho kame duy thora wns convoved to me from Iicochur a Tequost to Tiltun that Beeohor might write to Mry, “Lilton, becanso all parties had thon como to tho couolusion thay thoro should bo no communfoation botwoen Dacokier nnd Mra, Tllton _or Heocher and Tilton, excops with my knowledgo and consont, and I hnd ox- notod & promiga from Beooher that he would not communicate with Mrs, Tilton or allow ler to communicata with him unlesn I saw tho commu- nioation, which promiss I baollove was on g dpm falthfully kopt, and s I moon found was not on the part of Mrs, Tilton, Tormission waa gison to Boochor to writo Mrs. ‘Iilton, and bo thon wroto tho lottar of Tob. 7, 1871, In which ho snvato hor: ** When I saw you Inst, T did not oxpoat evor to ®oo you again or bo nlive many days.” ‘Thin was a lotter of com- mendation, 8o that Mrs. Tilton might trust mo at betweon lor and hor husband, as_fally as Hoochor did in me, Moanwhile, Mr, Bochor's friouds were contlnually annoying him, and writing him about 'L'itton ‘and rumma that woio aflont in regard to both, and on tho 18th of Fobrunry Beeclior recslyad the following lottar from his nephow, F. B. Porking, which ho (Beochior) handed mo mith » draft of tho roply on the 23d of Fabruary, which ho sont without showing mo agoin, aud upon that draft I mado tha following noto : I horowith produco those dosumonts, marked HG," R, aud **8," respactivoly « PEEIINS TO DEECHER, New Yonu, Feb, 1, 1671, My Drar Uxonr: After nome consideration I docide 10 inforut you of a maticr coucerning yott, ‘Uiliou han been Justifylug or oxcusing hie raceit intrigues with women by aleglug thnt you hinve heen delected n tho 1iko dultorios, the sumo hrving been hushod up out of countderntion for the parties. ~This T know. T bave thiought ofher people bass, but Theodora Tiiton hina ity thisnclion dived into tho vory subeallnrof tha very back houss of dufuny, 1u cas yolt should chooso to Jit hlm nowof tifs, L am rospousiblo, aud don’t aeck any con- oealnent, . Very truly yours, {Shmedy “To tho Roy, Henry W, Beacher, L, 8, Tcan't say that Tilton ssfd “auduttery,” 1ig wan reforeing to his Iato intrigien with Mrs, —— and ofhers, ~ However hio may hiavo described them, what T um informed of is {10 oxcuso by jmplicatins Fm n shnilar aflaire. ¥.BP F. B, PERXING, TECONER TO DERKING, n, 22, 1871, My Dean Forn ¢ Whatover Mr, Tilton formerly sald sgoiustine, and I know tho ubatanco of if, ho hos withdrawn, and frankiy confeasod {lat ha lind been misled by tho siatoments of ono who, when cou- fronted, backed down from his charges, In gomo scuso, T am in part to blame for bia indignation, for I lent a credulous ear to reporls sbout Lim, which L have reanon to uellove wero uxuggnmwfl or wholly falw, After a full conferonco ond_explanation, thera remafng between 18 no misunderstanding, but mutual #ood-will aud nud reconclliation have taken tho place of oxasperation, Of course I shall not chaso after ru- mors it will soon run themsolves out of roath iFleft alons. If my friends will put tholr foot elleutly on any coal or hot embers, and crusl them out with- ot Inlklllf tho miserabla licw will bo aa dead In Now York in a l{ttlo timo oa thioy ato {n Brooklyn ; but I do uot any tho less thank you for your affoctionsto Holicitudo, aud for your loyalty to my good name, I shonid Linva roplied carlior, but your letler camo ywhon Iywas out of tawn. 1 hud to go out iguln Immodiatoly, 1t the papers do not meddle, thia slander will full etlll-vorn, dead as Jullus Cesar, 1f a sensntion should be got up, of course thero ore enough bitter cucmies to fan tho ynatter nnd ereato aunoystce, though mo final damage, I am your affectionuct undle, (Slgucd) H, W. B, NOTE T¥ MOULTON IN REGLATION TO THE ANOVE, 11, W. Boechier agraed to hold this lotter over {ar cousidoration, but sout it Laforo scoing mo again, I ot first approved of tho lettor, but 1inally coucluded to consult with T. T., who of- fored a substitute, the substance of which ig in poneil on acopy of If, W, B.'sroply to . The following is a copy of the substituto reforred to: An enemy of mine as I now learn, poisoned tho mind of Theodore Tiltbn by tolling him stories cou- eerning me, T\, T, being sugored ngatust mo boeauss T had guoted miniilar atorica againat bim which 1 hud Deard from tho sama Fay, retalialed, Thcodoro wnd 1, through o mutun signd,” wero brought together, uhd foutid upon mntual oxglanstions {hat both werd tho vietims of tho same alandur, No further corrospondence waa recoivod from Torkiny in thils connection, to my knowledge, except the following noto fo Tutton : PEUKING TO TILTOK, Max 20, 1871, Mg, Tinrox: If thero had not Leen olhiers by, I would have safd to yon at meoling vou thisnoon wliat T sy now. Our acquaintanco fant on ond, and, ¢ wa mect again, you will pleaso not recognize ne, (Bigoad) 5 ¥. 1. Peans, Meanswhilo, Mra, Morse, the mother-in-law of Mr. Tilton, who was_from time to timo an it~ mato of bis family in Liviugston pwrect, baid, as I was informed both by Mr, and My, Tilton, Jearued from her duughter the eriminal relation— ship berotoforo oxisting botwoon Boccher and hersel?, and who could not undoratand why that matter had beon sottled, aud ®who had not” been told how it had boon adjusted, aud who hiad hnd a most bitter quarrel with Tilton, accusing himof not having so carried bis affaws as to koop what fortune ho hiad, aud who ad called upon Jeech- er about tho relations botween Tilton and Mrs, Tilton, and who bud, a8 Beecher had informed me, filled tho minds of Mrs. Basebor and himsolf wath stories of Tilton's infidelicy sud_ improper couduet to his wifo, wrototho following letter to Yocchor, under dato of Jan, 27, 1871, which Lo doliverod to mo tho next day, 88 appoars by my wataorandum thoreon, together with tho draft of annuswor which he ratd e proposed Lo send to Mrs, Morse, Her lotter and Mr. Beochor's draft of roply aro s follows: 31, MORAE TO MR, BELONER, [Recoived Jun, 97, 1871; rocelved from If, W, B, Jup, 28, 1871,} Mat. BEECGHER: A8 yon havo not scen fit to pay any attontion to the request I lcft at_your bouss, 1ow over two weeks sluco, I will take this mothod to fuform you of tho state of things in Livingaton strect, The re- mark you mada to mo at your oiru door wasan enigma at tho time, sud overy dey adda to the myatery. ' Arv, Deocher ~ lus adoptod tho clifid, *What cblld 2" T asked, You roplied, % Ellzabel's,” Now T ask, what carihly acnsa was thioro fu that reniark 7 Nefther 3fra, D,, vourself, nor 1, can havo dote anything to alueliorate Ler condition, Bho hns been for tho last threo weeks with one very Indifferent girl. T. s eent thoe others away, leaving my slck and Qistracted ehld (o care for all four chil= deen uight and day, without firs in the furnace, or anything lko comfort or uourlshment in 'the Touse, She bog not keen any one, Us siys “shio i mourning for her sin.” It (his boso, ono twanty- four boura undor this shiect I think 13 enough 1o ataile for & life-long sin, howevor Leinous, T kuow thut uny change In his affas would bring saoro trouble upon Idid ot {hiuk for a mo- her, nnd moro sufiering, nent wheu I asked Mrx poaing sho knaw it, of course, 8 #he gald you woull mnot go thiers without her, I was funocont (sic) of muklug sny isunderstandivg, i€ thero was ony, - You sy, keep quiet. I bave ' through marrled " 1ife dono 8o, ond wa oW 8c0 0uT orror, (e} Tt has brouglit' him to de- Alruction, made me ulterly miscrable, turned mo from » comforfable liomne, aud brought his own fumlly fo beggary. I don’t beliove, if Lis honest dobts were paid, o would have enough 4o Luy their breakfust (4lc). This sho could endure, snd thrive under, but publiity o hae glvon to ¢hia recent anl mout et~ 2 of all troube 1 whnt Lius tuken tho lifo out of her, 1 know of iwelys persons whom helins told, and they inturn bave told “others, T hud thought ‘we had s 1much a8 wo could live under from his negloct aud un- governablo temper, Dut this is the deathi-blow to us Dol and I doubé not TFlorenco has hers, Do you know when T hear of your cracking your jokes from Hyndsy to Bunday, snd think of tiie misery you have Lrought upon ub, 1 think with tho Peultniit, % Thoro is no'God,” Adwitting all o says to bo tho Invoution of Lis hlf-drupken bruin, still'the offect upon us in the sumo for all. 1o believes it, Now low nothing {0 do, ko wukes o of ler niglt ond day, T awm deiven fn (s extromisy to proy for hor relesea from l suffering, Dby God's taking her to himeelf, for if thero s s Heavert 1 kuow who'll go there, Tho st timo sbo waa in bis houso she said, * horo X feel I huve no homo, but on tho other aido I know I whall bo more welcowe,” , my precions child, how my beart bleods over you it tulnking of your suffering. Cant you do anything in tho matfer 7" Must ahe Liva fn (LiS eufering condicion of wind und body, with 10 allovistion? _Sir, you or any one else who advires her to liva with him when ho 4 dolng all io can ta kill her by slow torture, is any~ thing butafriend, 1 dou't knowif you cun under- stund 2 seutenco Tvo written,” but I'm ro- leved soruowhal by writing, The obildron aro kopt from me, ond I huve mol sccn my dylug (alc) chlld' but once ancy ler return from lilu Loine, 1 thought the least you could do wus {0 put your namne to s paper (0 lelp reiustato my DroLlor jn tho Custor-Honwo, Elzaboth was us dis- sppolntod us mysclf, 1o s slill without employimout, swith » ulok wifd and iva obildron to fued, hehind witl rent, aud averything olso boliind hond, 1f your Wifo has adopted Lib (810), or you sympathize with her, I pray you do samathitg fr ler solle beforo it i too ato, Mo mwears hoeoon aa hor Lroath feaves lor body I will make thls whols thing public, aud thn prospect I think 18 ono thing which keops Bor living. 1knowof 5o other, Blies without nourisiont fslc) for one in hor stute, and fn want, actunl went, Lhey wauld Uotl deny it, no doubt, bul {t's trie, BEECHER 70 M8, MORSE. Mra, Judye Maree : iy Dian Manasts Tehauld be- vory sorpy o hava you thiuk I had no intovest fu your troables, My caureo toward yau ithorto atiould watisfy you that 1 luve n&‘numhlull witls your distress, but Mrs, Beech- ot and Lafter full cansidoration, are of ono miud, that, uuder tho prosont olroumstauces, tho greatest Kladneas to you und to all will be, iu #0 fur sk we aro concerned, 10 leavo o tmo tho recfification of ull tho wrongy, whothor they prove real or Smglusty, Mrs, Movey suyw ‘Lfltoy fws sent —, with tho others, away, I purposcly omit the namo of this young girl, “'ho ransan why It wau desirablo sha should bo away from Brooklyn, ws Fn'nu mo by Mr. aud Mre, ilton, wan this: Bhe had overliond cou- vorsation by than concorning Mrs, ‘Lilton's crimpal intimaocy with Bocokor, and she Lad ro- nortod theso oouversations to several - frionds of }.lxo fumily, Boing young, and uot knowing tho conbequencos of hor prattling, It seomad proper for tha aufoty of the Lo familios thut shoshonld bo sont to s dwtanco to wehool, which way ncoordingly lono, Bho was wont to 6 boarding schvol iy tho West, and tho oxponsos of her wtuy thora waro probably poid through we by Beoohor, to \vlmnh Ind )utrx:lml tho diliculty of having tho gir) romaln in Brooidyn, and ho' agreed whib us Lt it was bont that sha should bo romoved, and offerod to bour tho cost of her sohooling. ~Tho Dills were sout to mo from time to time, na thoy booawe duo, & patt of them through Brs, Ll ton, Provious to hor goiug awsy bho wroto tho following lettor to Mra. Tilton, and they wore gont to mo by Mra, T. a8 part of theso transac- tious: REASIE TO MY, TILTON, IhooxLex, Jan, 19, 1871, My Drzan Mna, Trrzon : 1 wan't o' toll you somes thing, Yourmother Jins ropeatedly attempted to hire Ly offering me monoy aud presents to go to corlain persons and foll thom slorlon injurfous fo tho character of your unband, T havo boan porausded that the i tteniion aliown by Me, Tillol for yenr wero dis- honorabla demonateations, I nevor “at tho time hought that Mr, Tilton's earesses wero for any mich. purpores, I do ol want to Lo madn o of by Are, oran, oF a1y ono clao, o briug tronbla o my Lwo beat Trionds, you snd your husband, Byo-byo, Theso notes aro in Mras, Tilton's handwriting and on tho same paper usod by hor in corro- spoudonco with mo. YHOM TIE BAME TO TIE BAVE. JANDATY 13, My Dean 3, TsLToNt Tho story that Kr, Tilton ongo lifted mo from my bod aud carricd me screaming to his own, and attompted Lo violato iy person, is a wicked Ho, Yours troly, Whilo this young lady was at. achool she did Inform a friond of Mra. Tilton, Mrs. P, of tha storios of the familv rolntivus. Thooo storios | wore writton to Drooklyn, and camo to the Imowlodge of my friends, aroating an improssion upon their minds unfavorablo todir, Tiltan, a might possibly lead to o reopening of the sesudal, I thorofora fook pains to traco thom baok, and found that thoy came from Mrs, P., to whom tha achool-girl had told them. [ thero- foro ealled upon Lilton aud asked if theso storics could not be stopped. _ Boon nftorwards bo pro- duced to mo o lottor dated 8th of Novomber, 1872, written by Mre, Tilton, with o note ‘to me on the back Lhorgof to disabuse Mrs, P.'s 1pind a8 Lo this girl's disclagnre: MIE, TILTOX TO MO, T, Brooiw Ty, Nov. 8, 1673, My Dran Max, .t T come to you in this fearful oxtromify, burdencd by my misfortuncs, to clatm your sympathy and love, + 1 hove mistakonly £l obligod to ducelve Lncea twa years, that uy bustand had -made falso acougations agajnst mo, ‘wiilch ho never hina to ier or any one, in order that bo tnay ot Sxpear an bis defuuse, thus ‘sdding tho torri= blo’ exposuro of a lnweult, Will you implore, sllonca on lior port, againat. any indignition whish fo may fool ngainat himj for tho umly ray of ligbt and hopo in " tufe Alduight gloom s bl ontita sympathy snd co-oporation fn my | bebnlf, A worl from you to M, D, will_elinugo any uofiond: Jy spirit which dear” mather mny havo given Mm vl my buebnd, Yonknow bavouo wotlor's vt that will look chardlably upo all 7 Alfctouniay, yoir i, e Mk s, (8igued Of courso you will dostroy this etter, Mr. TUlton gont mo o yoar afterwards for mon- oy for tho purpose of paying tho young porson’s school exponses, and also n statomout of nc- counts nmi alettor of trausmission, st noto no- knowledging o recoipt for the ttnurm onding June, 1871, rom the Priucipal of that school All theso sums wore paid by Beecher, and I fo }_‘{n‘rdcd the mgnny to m:‘ttlu fihclm through Mrs, “Tilton, or sont monoy directly to tho rincipal of tlio school at hor roquost. ., ! JNE. TILTON To MOULTON, Tyxapax, Jou, 18, 1672, Dean Traxais: o kind chaugh (o sead ma 10 for , . . T want to Incloso it in" to-morrow's mall, Yours grafofully, (Slgned) LuizapeTn, BTATEMENT OF ACCOUNT. Fomslo Sominory, Miva 2 EuizapeT, Eor seat in chutel Amonnt, June, 187] Mns, TyrToy : I send yon with this a statoment of Miw ———a bil {ortho past half achool year, —— i doing very well it her atudios, and 16 quite a favor- it with us; * Bomotinios ho fa tot vory woll, but T think on tbo wholo hor bealth is improving.’ Could you not como and make us & visit, and bring Mr, Til- fon with you, A Litlo rest would do you bots good. Very rcfixmclhllly yours, I i making very good progrees in musle and in somo of Ler columon” Lranchos—3s Arithmtic, geo- graphy, and speliing, . ANOTHLR BOIIOOL LETTER, Braiany, Doo, 18, 1873, F. D. Manllon, Etq. 7 X DeAt Bie: Yours contaiuing check for $200 in full for Alira —'s school Wil s recotvod. 'This pays all lior indobtokness fo this date, Vory truly, yours, (8igaed) % Bocober wos anxions fo aaceriajn-through we tho oxnot condition of Tiltony feclings towards him, and how far reconciline tion was real, and to got a statement in writing that would soom to froe him (Boecher) from imputation thereaftor, I moro than onco ap- pliad to Tilton to got a statement of his feoting towards Beocher, aud recolved from him ou toy ith of February, 1871, lettors stating : TILTON T0 NOULTON. Buaok¥¥, Folu 7, 1871, My Vet Dean FexNn: In soveral conversations with mo you knve asked about my feollngs toward Mr. Beecher, Yesterday, you #ald tho timo hpd comy when you would ke Lo recelve fram ma an expressh. o of them In writing, 1say, therefore, very cheorfully Thiat, motwiibitanding tho great aIToring o bns cans o Elfzabeth ond myself, T bear him no malleo; shall o n uo wrong, shall discountenunce * overy projoct by whomsooyor proposed for any oxpostiro of Liis pecret to the public ; and if T know myself at all sball endeavor 1o et towarda Mr, Boocher s I would have hilin in simlar circumstances acs towards me, T ought toadd that {our own good offices in this caso Ravo led wme 1o higher moral fecling than I might othewlre! buve reachod. (Sigued)’ ‘1EODODE TILTON, From that timo ovorything was quiot, Noth« ing occurred to mar tho barmony oxusting bes tweon Tilton aud DBeocher, or the kindly rolations botwoen Tilton and Mrs. Tilton, Aduring the summor of 1371, except idin gossip which floated about the O tv of Brooklyn, and somotimes weg hinted ot in the nowspapors, bub which received no support inany faots known to the goasips or the writer, or through any come munication of Mr. or Mrs. Yilton or Ar. DBeecher. From that timo ovorything was quiot, and I received no lottera from Boocher alluding fo this subjeet npon any topic until ‘his return on tho 80th of Soptembor from bis vacation, DEECIER TO SIODLTON, BATURDAY, Sept, 30, 1871, Liver Jours affeotiopately, My Dean Friesp: Tfeel bad ot fo mect you, and my beart warms for you, and you might bave known thut I shonld be here, if you loved mo 88 much us I do you, Well, it's an incopsistent world, Eoberly, I should boglad (o have you koo how heartly T am, ready for work, and hoping for o bright year. I have Titerally done nothing for threo months, but have gone {0 graes, Tlungs sevrn alost straugo to couto ack pmong ten sud oy Dusinesy golug on In carn= eat. 1 will be Lers on Mondny ot 10 5, m, Lani, my dear Frauk, traly and gratefully yours, (signed,) Hexne WARD BEEGHER, 1 hod soen and known M, Tilton well and Kindiy on my pare, aud 1 belioved wholly so on hiore, and I had nover kuown or euspectod, or scon, auy exbibition of inbarmony between hor and her *husband, and of courto L had no pus- picion of fidolity upou tho part of olther to- wards tho other. The flrst intimation of it which came to me wns the exhibition of 1R ONIUINAL CONFESSION, tho first commuuieation had from Mre, Tilton after I had read ber confession, on the noxt oorning, $1et Decomboer, 1870, us follows: Mith, TILTON T0 MOULTON, BaTURDAY MORKING, My Dzan Fruesp Franic: 1 want you to dojue the greatost possible favor. My letter, which you hive, aud the one I gave Mr. Ducchor at his dictation lus! ovening, ought both to bo destroyed, Pieass bring Dot to e, oud X whll bura them, Show 1hie note 1o Theodoro and Mr, Doocher, Thoy will sce the pro- prity of this request, Yours, truly, | (8ignod) EJR, Tivton, I could not accedo to this roquest, becauso 1 liad plodged mysol? to Boechor "that hor rotrac- tion on tho ono #dp 8&nd hor confession to Iflton on the other (which aro tho papors sho rofera to ny ¢ my lottor which you buve, and the ano 1 gavo Mr. Boocher ") should not bo given up, but should be hold for tho protection of om\nr o8 agninet the otber. T learned {umy ine torviow with Bascher, on the 1st of January, 1871, ho had been told by Lis wife aud othors thnt Mra. Tilton dosirod o soparation from her Lusband on e ground of his supposed infidetitios to Ler, and that Mrs. Tilton bad apglied to Mrs, Beochor tor ndvice upon the subject. Tlis belng the frat I had heard of any assorted infldelity of Tillon to lis wnrrisgo vows, oithor tue next dny or the sccond doy ofter 1 asked Mrs, ‘lton 4f it was 80, snd {f ehe had ovor desirod n separation from her husband on that or any otger sccount, wishing to ussure mysolt of tho fucts upon wheh T was {0 act a8 medintor and arbitrator botwoon the parties, Hlio stated Lo me that sho had not dostrod » HOIW ration from her lusbaud, but that application hind beon mude to Mr. and Mrs, Beeohior, throngh her motber upon her own responsibility, to bring it abuut, and on the 4th of Juwvary sbe sont mo the followiug lottor, which, although dated Jan, 4, 1870, was acinally written Jnn, 4, 1471, and datod 1870, ns fs common onough mistake by most perdons at tho boglunlag of a new yoar : 311, FILTON TO MOULTON, 174 TAVINGHTON BTRELT, BIOOKLYN, Jun, 4, 1870, r, Fraels b, Woulton My Dran Frankp: In regard to your queation whothor T Luye uver sought a soparation from iy hus- andy T Inetguaitly deny hat such was ever o taol 1 1 have dended 1t d bundred tinies before, The atory thut 1 wanted u soparation was a deliberato fulschood, carrlod Ly my poor muthor, who said sho wonld boar tho _reaponvibility of \uis and ollher statementa sho mipht ke, and commuuiodled to my husband's ey, Mes, LW, Toacker, and by Ler ectutninicated Lo Mir, Bowen, I feel outraged by tho wholo procoed- ——— (Sce Bovontls I'age,)