Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 24, 1874, Page 1

The Thicw VOLUME 28, " DRES3 GOODS. FALL ARRIVALS! FIELD, LEITER & G0, State and Washington-sts, WILL OPEN ON MONDAY, AUG. 24 A fresh line Black and White Stripe Silks and some new im- portations in FASHIONABLE DRESS GQODS, Consisting of Serges, Diagon- als, Camlets, Camels' Hair Serges, Cashmeres, French Pop- Empress Cloths, Merinos, English Prints, &o. &e. New colorings and very beauiful, InspPootion Invitod. ARTISTIC TAILORING, i0 PER CENT DISOOUNT on ALL Garments ordered of ling, us during THI8 MONTH, OUR NEW FALL STOCK 1a now complete, and our FALL and WIN- TER 8TYLES issuod. EDWARD ELY & CO. Wabash-av,, corner Moaroe-5t, Chicazs, ESTABLISHED 1854, Aug_ 2, 1814, LAKE NAVIGATION. GOODRICHS STEAMERS. ¥or Racine, Milwaukes, Sheboygan, Manito- woo, ate., dafly(Sundays excepted t#7-Saturday's hoat don't 1 For Grand Haron, Muskegon, Fraverso Gily, lackina, ota., dally (Sundays oxcontad) or8t. Josops dafly (Sunday exceped Saturday's Boat don't leave nutil ¥or Manistco snd Ludinglon, T Thursdns, . . For Greon Dey aud Intern ¥ and Fuld For X canaba and Lake Superior ports, Bon. day and Thursday.... €7-0ico and Ducks, foot Michigan: .. Da.m, ountil §p.m. BEECHER-TILTON. Synopsis of the Ply- mouth Commit- tee’s Report. Mr, Beecher’sl Tanocence Made a Matter of Course. Wonderful Caution of ITis Law- yors in Giving Out the Statement. They Were in Great Fear of Say- ing Too Much. Mr. Bocchor's Sormon Yostorday af {he White Mouniains. Another Interview of “Gath” with Tilton. Some Documents from Moul- ton’s Statement that Were Omicted in the Tele- graphic Report. Beecher’s Alleged Confession to Hiis Friends---Tilion’s Suit Against Beecher. E : The Suppression of Moulton’s Original Statement. BEECHER'S STATEMENT. Special Disvatch to The Chicaan Jribune. WAS IT YUBLISHED ENTIRE? New Yonx, Aug. 23.—Sitting on tho steps of Tossiter W, Raymond's house, in conversation swith Mz, Beeclior, while tho roporters woro copy- ing Lis statoment, & Journalist mado tho remark to him that he could not undesstand how ho had allowed himuolt £o bo surroundod by such friends, Boocher, thinking that roforonco was had to Moulcon, Tilton, sud Bowou, snswered that lio Dbad not sought them, but thoy bad Impoked themsclves upon him. Tho journalist tried to explpin that he ollnded more particularly to Thomss G. Shearman, his Imwyer, Ray- mond, and othors of his conatant frionds, DIVIDEND NOTICE. Clicagn & Aften Raitroad Co. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, Cuicaco, A 12, 1674, NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. "Aton Hai{zund Company that the twonty.thic: \w dlompany, payabio attho hanking heuso of tha Coni L.‘;“‘.y Ko, D oy & G N, | churgo of tho work to get all 'his slatoment, X " Now Yok, on tho first dag of September | ¢ Mako Shearman hurry up snd give you ull of Dext, tu fioldere whio' aro reglstered as sucli &L tho | {i i wore hig words. Iinally, st 1 o'clock the re- elasg of businoys hours an tho 22d August, iost., at which 0, (P ) Siise fhio traneter Lioks will bo closd, to bo ropponed for | porters loft thie cross-ox: miuation unfinished, the teausfors an the eccan Souteurbar toxt. d day o Wb DANRABIE, S OCEAN NAVIGATION. NEW YORK TO CARDIFE, TheBouth Walea Atlantic Steamahip Uompany's Ne Firstociam,. Vull-powored, Clvdg.onill Steanishiy aafl from Pounsylsania Ralirond Whacl, Jorsoy Cif GLAMORGAN...... Aug 2| PEMBROKE Qarrylag gools and pastengors at throuz! % o United States and Canadn. 0.7 o1 Ciaunol, and ail othor pointa n England. Thoso steamshipa, buill exprossiy fur tho trade, arepe. vided with all tho Iatost improvemcnts for the coinfortan Zoaveusenco of CABIN AND BTEERAGE PASSENGERS. Firt Cablo, 818 aod sb0curroncr. A orsge, 7 SFTONCY s PR o oy cates from Cardl, Drafia tor £1a0d u?wl e it e Dok Chbuhers ¥ icos, No. oc] in} *ORONTBALD BAXTER & UL, Axonts, Ko, 17 liroadieay. STATE LINE. vy LE ol I salf fro) BIATE OF VIRGINIA. BTATE OF INDIANALL! STATI OF GEORGIA Aud overy Wodnenday {hrough tatos y, Aug, axsonors king olenrds Fp frolght G bhasako apbly Wik & 0.7 Aoty toctag Oifice, No. 45 iroadway, Stacragosa o auy otBor RS | Weatorn Agent), 61 Glarkiat., Chicako, i Tow Notige ls bereby giren Lo the Stockliolders of the Chi- annual eash dividend of five por cent bus this day declarod upon the preferred and commun stuck al Bocond Cavln, $55 2, 5. wpply fn Cardif, at the Com- e %ad I Now York to nd. L 10 all parts of Groat Iritalo aud Irelend, Forewsy, Swoden, Donmark, and Gormany, Deatis tor ¢l 0 ap) to AUSTL Fondmar, Now York, s by but & momber of tho Committer, com- ing wp, tutorrupted the fconversation. It appents the inquiry was suggeated to the Journalist by tho EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF RAYMOND, THACY, AND BUEARMAN, in glvlng out Beechor’s atatomont, The stata mott and lotters made 160 pages of manuscript 3 ut, instond of allowing tue copyist to copy from this manuscript, the Jawyers insisted on rending it to tho stenogiaphers, “who resd from their notes to the copylat. Thus dotblo tho work was entailed, and what was threo hours’ work, prop- erly conducted, took until 1 o'clock to fininb, ‘Al the tymo Beechor was urging the raporter in nILY, d goutloman {n chargo vowing ho wouldnot bother further with snch asges as Bhoarmau, Lheir in- oxplicable conduet, their refueal tolot tha state- meat or cross-oxamination pass out of their hands, I8 now explained on the ground that AU, DEECHERS'S WTATEMENT WAB CUT IN LAROE rAUT and in important particnlars. It ia not all the piatomont bo wrote, nor all the explanation ha gave, aud it is now neecrtod that the rest will be mado part of a sccond sintement, to bo propared by his Iawyers, Therois no doubt that much sanipulation of licceliec's statomont hay becn done by his Inwyers, who are afraid of snying too much. d ———y THE INVESTIGATING COMMNITTEE. ALLEGED 8YNOPSIS OF IT8 NEPORT, New Yonx, Aug. 23.—The Herald gives the following 8 a synopais of the forthcoming ro- port of tho Plymouth Cburch Investigativg Committeo, Tho roport is & somewhat leugthy document, givon as it wore iv two parts; onea mora report of the avidence, and tho other giviog the conclusions of the Committce,~ Of course theso all ate in favor of Mr. Beecher, IE BTATEMENT OF TUEODORY, TILTON is first takon up, and gone ovor piccomonl, and eacl main allegatiou sot plainly forth without vorbiage, tho priucipal prominence beiug wiven of course to tho alleged “ criminal commerce™ betweon Mr. Beechor and Tilton's wife. This is compared with statoments madoin the cross- National Line of Steamships. NOTICE. Tnemont southerly route b Ot Dyt BYora. 100 A hoadiand Badll N G LIVERPOOL and QUENS- | swear to iis taking place at auy patticular poriod Begllng from . Vork (o Ladon (o) ovety Sriiby | Ll rogoct thon gooa dn toreviow Tilton's allo- roguced ratos., Hotirn xl::;m ‘st lowest rot Gpward. ralts for 1 ang, B EARSON, Wostorn Aent, hurman Houso), Olicago. " Great Western Steamshi L‘He. |2 York to Bristal (England) dircot, Anuan.""}'n‘nv-"flr,'}«'ffl O asont Waatorn Sate, Bopt. ‘Gorqwall, Saturdas, Bept. 19, g Oibin Pasnie aa&)nz%mnglfi, ursion Loko" o ApH AT as always been adoptod by ortheast cornor Olark and Randofpliats, (ouposiva aaw is; Htearngo, 430, Fai Frengbie Dopot. "GEQ. MoDONALD, Agont, cxnmination aud the tergiversation thero used. Tt is shown that tho atatomonts of what s now known ae the aukle econe are_nat supported by tho evidenco of tho person who clnims to have Deon s wittiess to it, innsmuch as ho could not gations of personal chastity, and claim of high moral oharacter compared with tho ovidenco of other persons as to bis allered corrupt_practices and criminally immoral conduct, notably in tho cago of tho ghl known as Bessle Turner, whose ovidenco 18 given to show that Tilton states bimself to be what he is not, ‘Thorefrom 18 do- duced a charge of perjury, showing that Tilton »tates under oath in obo fnstanco what is datly contradicted fu anothor, tho Committes giving a8 & conclugion to this particular bianch of the subject the rule in Jaw that the entiro testimony 12 FINANCIAL. of ono sbhown to lave committed porjury is ROBERT WINTHROP & CO. BANIERS AND BROKERS, oo, i Wallat, Now Xork exceuto grderstor STOCX! N(INDB, AND GOLD, attow & Tgromnt tntbroat o 1 FUBIIY, and fransaot a gonors ‘Hankiug aud Brokora ultoees worthloss, The report thon goos on to review the testimony of wevoral ununpor:snt witnosscs, aimong thom Mre. Stanton, coming at longth o tho CRQSY-EXAMINATION OP MRS, ELIZARETI B, TILTON, Eh‘ing Tier accusations of brutality against hor usband, and of infidelity, still furthor sbow- ing diatinet contradietions” of Thoodore Tilton's B, MISCELLANEOUS. ONCT SEVEN DATS More. Sco BDWARD ELY & CO.'8 Card on This Page. accusations, Mr. Tireon's evidence ia also quot- od to givo bor danial of having ovor hed crimi- nal rolutions with tho pastor, and her own ex- plauations of soveral of the most prominont portious of her letters, From this the roport proccods to tho short statomont of Frank Moulton, ns given to the Committeo, and disrisses it brielly as having made no charges whatover sgainst anybody, N OTEICE. ourt, this day entored, Twill racely e ebebiaso.ot tho atock, flatuirs, Aud old Intorent of A, Van 1ast., at 10 v'clook 8. Al 18 T4, cialonst Arslguoe of A+ 1, Van Catt, ? Dpro- oano- Catt, deweler, until tho ik o stor 41 ra(aaty Chioaio. Finally THE DEECHER STATEMENT ITEELY in taken up and contrastod with seversl of the moro serious portions of Tilton's, showlng that circumstances in themselves spparontly damag- g wers in roality capablo of explunation. DON'T SPEND A DOLLAR For city or cauntry Nerery Hug with v for prloos, ter authiorizod agonts fur a auadaw, Oftica_corner Dearborn aud Waahington Cbleago._ (Buccossors to Guok, Ouburn & Co.), Adcertiring bolors consu) o, 0, 4. COUK & GO owepatinry in o U, B, and Attor this roviow, glving In_detuil tho more prominent episoden o tho entlro controversy, the report 4UME UP THE WHOLE MATTER, pro and con, showing on the ouo hond a man D nding botoro all tha world with & graat ropu- tation for spotless purity, Chvistian character, and moral worth; on tho ather hand a man of e go Baily Teibumne, CHICAGO, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1874. ffl'“‘ but bad character. The Committes finds at WENNY WARD DEECNER I8 NOT QUILTY of tho cliarges proforred ngsinet lim. It s posvible that n short paragraph may bo added to the roport notieing briefly the_ failuro of Frank Moulton to bring any new owdonco to boar upon tho aubjoct which can in tho slightest aiter the conclusions the Committoe have come to, * ——— BEECHER AT THE WHITE NOUN- . 'AINS, Spectal Dispateh ta The Chieags Tribune IR GENNON AT THE TWIN-MOUNTAIN HOUBE. New Yonk, Aug. 24.—Specinls from tho White Mountains say that the gucats st tho hotols there and tho surrounding country bave boon looking forward with cager anticipation for days to Mr. Beocher's Buuday talk. Mr. Boecch- or is roportod as appenring to fool Lis ususl honrty clieorfulnoss, but womo note in him ibat which suggests the thought that his cheorfulnoes s now as- aumed, and that tho brooding which lias becn long and deep, ovor his troubics, hes worn him much. To the Twin-Mountsin Houso, from s radiua of 26 miles, flocked In the country folka and boarders st the fsrm Lousos from vatlous ports of tho country. Soldom has the plnce soen anch s throng. At 11 o'clook Mr. Boeehier ontered tho Jarxo ball of tho Lotel, and took » chair on a raieed platform whicli had boen oxtomporized, Many who csmo to hoar could not find standing-space within the room. PROFOUND INTEREST WAS NANIFTSTED {u the spontor, Mr. Beachor madna briof prayer, in which ho asked that Divine grace might shine upon tho worshipmg throng away up there in thio Whito Mountaius, 'Lhen he gave out tho lhymn from the Plymoutl Church Colisotion, Mr. Boechor ngaln prayed. His words wero significant. Hoimplored that the dnys of gor- row, oppression,and doop gloom might paas away, and'that the dnys of peaco, rost, sud joy might como. That tho apenker was profoundly earnest iu theso words was very evideut, Tho toxthe spoke from was 8s siguificoot o8 tho prayer. He said: ‘“The words of my toxt may bo found in Fthe 10tk verso, second chapter of IL Timothy: *Novertheloss, tho foundation of God standoth snro ; bavin, tho sonl, tho Lord kuoweth thom that are his. Tho context: ** Who concorniug the iruth have orred, wying that tho resucroction js passed alrendy, and overthrow tho faith of some; novor- iheloss'tho foundation of God standoth suro; lnsing thiy soal, the Lord xnowoth that wo aro i 17 the Associated Prees.) "Pwin-Mousraty Iiousk, N. JL., Aug. 22.~The Rov. Heury Ward Beacherarrivod hero Thursday ovoniug. 'Tho scono of his lrab appearanca on tho pinzza nftor nrriving, was ouo soldom wit- noeted In a far-oif spot like thin, JBverbody hose, men, womon, childron, crowd around him, grosped bim by the band, and showed him by o enthusinam they manifested in their greoting of him tho aympathy they folt, and tho admiration thoy cured not to dessemble. i LETTER FROM ‘GATH Frow Our Qun Correspondsnt, Drooxtyy, Aug. 16, 1874, ‘What is said of TREEQUEWS DLFENSY ? Tho Now York press las lost ita dignitr and gouso in indorsing {t. This presswas in & maud- lin condition, rondy to indorso anything Lo might poy. It has taken him many howrs aad columna to oxplain himeolf, snd thor is nlmost an entira sbaence of thatntrong, consecutive documentary mattar by which Tilton throw socielyinto a panic. It is porsifiago in which Mr. Beochor speakes,— cunping. 1o draws commonplaco drawings. Ho s always in allo relicco. There is art. cheap ait, in what hio has o say,—art without beart, art without candor, art without manhood. What & thing is this High Priost, the shuttle- cock botwoen Bowen, Moulton, and Tilton, He followed the profossion of tellivg us how to live, 5o that, whou onr summons comon to die, wo shall not walk, like the galloy-slave, to the whip; end then he shows us straightway the galloy-slave. o ia not a bold man. He is not a direct man. He submits to the mere butt of & pistol. Ho mortgages his wifo's home to pay & mystorious sum of money. Ilo walke this esrth liko 8 ghadow, not like s man. And yot ho desls in tho Gospel of that God who said: *Let your conversation be ¢ Yen ' ana ‘Nag.'” Why all this concoalment? Ao theso young men, i whose compauy Lo spent niauy years, suddonly bocomo merchants in the roputation of Mr, Boccher? Is ho go rich that ho is miarkot~ ablo with such pawnbrokers ? Nona of theso theorios will stand. Thero must havo come, like the raven over the poet's bust, the bird culled Guilt. NOTHING DUT GUILT has mado this desolation. Nothing less will ao- count for it. Blackmail is a triflo in this action. "That whick desolates the honse, mukes the wife » wrotch in tho husband's sight, makos the hus- band a borror to himslf, makes perpotusl oute break ond wranglo in tho sight of tho children, makes frionds rush into the vortex with compro- misos, makes *covenants” and go-botweous, abseuco aud agony,—that can bo nothing short of Quill. On this theory everything is oxplainsble. On no othor theory ts anylhing consecutive or log- jeal. And comparison of character in tho mat- ter is of no avail; for Beocher's character is ‘merely suppasititious, whiloTilton'sis aqually tho couatruction of outsiders, Tilton bas nover out- roged iy own solf-cstimatior as Mr. Boecher bos, Slothinks the lady doth protost too much. TITON— the unwarldly man of tho world—said to me, spenking togethor candidly as two yonng men, ho aggrieved sud I sympathotio : “[ hopa you will mover bo placed in my position, the targot for overybody, & more foot~ ball of publicity, sud forced to lean upon your- wolt solely, yet full of things neither volitie nor just to_toll. How camo you to take auy ntecost mo P I Fause you are curiosity, purtly,” anid I, T wanted to look iu at your windows, des, X am in dovor of nothing, howover big, which ia pushing the little man to the wall. If thivisa Dics of decoit on your part, you will only ba in- Jurmg the right man snothor time. Now tell 1ne, Mr, Tiiton, as you huve given wa the liberty to usl freoly, whou was Elizaboth seduced 2" WiPLnt T cunnot ey, of my knowledge* he aold. *Rut (think it waa whon hor mind was in o very woek coudition, afior tho loss of & cld, She was then drawn closer to Mr, Toocher as hor spiritual puids. The m_uu\r( of Tior baby's departuro demsudod a closs insight into tho hife beyond. She was in need of couto- Jution. 'Llhen, in that timo of sorrow, Wi WAB TIE PREACHER'S MANDYMAID.” # Do you beliove,” #aid I, * that sho loved Beecher moro than you? " “No, But he was tho s:mruthufla, oyor- prosent triend, In my family Jifo Iconld not give lier n novelty of sympathy. Our loss was cownan, Sha reached for somothing boyond myself ; ho was theprioat, For years she had triod to draw us together, and miske two meq, much unliko, mutual partakers of her enthusi- %m‘:'l | Jeschor was ber Gud. I was hor hus- l""un you suppose he seduced her by long sleg? i by cronding youout; by sdvising agamst o ":No. 1 hava no roason to bellove that ho did his tronchery excopt out of more voliptuous spontancity. But ho loved Lhizaboth, Hhe wes adupted to bim, Thoy woie both acalatio pec- plo. Onco the Loundary pussed, thoir natures atrovo to sock conalsteiiey for it. They grew more religlous in sontiment, moro badily iu ac- Quaintanco. At Inat Guilt wan their protosting goniua, Bhio Iailed to keep up to bis mark., e was oll solf-love. And she was morcly convena~ ble, 1n ono of Mrs, Buecher-5iowe's novels, tho romark 18 made, that n soduosd woman thinky Torselt purest whon shio fs nusrest tho poiut of SCALES. Pioven bad and orimiual ohsractor, tho lattor g B gy -mnklnlgl ncu:;:ntlm:a ug;mult"tho‘o:?rn;zr;t tho one with nothing to prove his story except per- £ Ili'%}}xfinfizxe sonn} allogation proven in park to bo porjury, SCcAT.ES OF ALL BIZLf, FAIRBANLS, MORSE & O 11 AND 13 LAKE-5T sad supported by some lettors whiol masy mosn & dozen things but tho one meaning given to them. This story is denied by all having any conuoction with tho mattor but one, The cir oumstances, a8 well ¢ the burden of proof, all Aro on oRse £idg, tue other uusupparted by any. 1] bojug dobauchod, IInd the dato of that uovel, “ppo Minister's Woolug,' heen uearer our thne, I should haye thought Mre. Stowe drow that point from Elizabeth," W'\Why wro yau, Mr, Tiltou, 80 PLAGID IN TUIS DISTREEE? Tlave you been Lardencd by the tane it haa boon goaning on you ' worst_circumatances, We are 5 injury, I always feol my Loa Tnorve stoadior whon thera is & gro t suffering to to sustain n dobnnohod reputation, I with all the sagacity I can got from myself sud my conasol, Lo keep them flom proying me a fool. A vieimIwas. Ao idiot £ will 1ot be, i€ L can holp it “UAttor your resolvo to hush tho subjoct up. whnt porsons, do you think, begsa to upresd the story of your houschold skoloton ' ol #Tharo ju some mystery thero, 1y crodit tho atory that Jilizaboth sion fo Mirs Anthony, altbough they were inti- mates. I think my ‘mothor-in-law, Mra. Morse, Jenrning of 1ho atory from hor dangliter, appro- hendod that, in tho long result, it would divido my famnily, aud sho bogon to proparo the wny for tho rupuirs and Elizabeth's vindication, 1t #ho worlked upon Mrs. Lionry W. Beochor to holp lLiar. Of courso Mr, Beoclier wanted mo out of tho way. But the den that Elizabrth was not Tioart und soul in tho Woman's Suffrage move- mont is absud, BEE TNESE LETTENS." (Noto from tho corcespondent : Mr, Turnball, an intimate friond of Commodora Vauderbilt, told nio at Saratoga that, when Wooduull ane Qlafin_wora in Ludlow 8treot Jail, Mcs, Eliza- batb Tilton in person applied to Commodoro Vandotbilt to give thom teleaso and como to thelr old, Quory: Did Beecher or did Tilton sond hor, botl mon knowing the womon? Re- motnbor Mr. Tilton says his wifo hatod thoso women aud would not have thom in the housol Conld he, thoreforo, hava mude her go to Van- dorbilt for them ? Was ho ou lilely as Becchior to kuow Vanderbile 7 Did Boechor or Tiltoa havo most solicitudo to closo thoso womon's mouths?) . "Tholottors showod that tho wifo was apparontiy in consonnoco with her husband—enthusi- astio indeed—on the subjoct of woman's omancination.” I took tho hiborty of exprossing tho hopo that 3r. Tilton's snd experionco would make him somowhat more fiigid on theso loose matters of giving to the wifo & _political idoutity scparate from tho family. Mr. Beechor was also Presidont of o Womaw's Bullrago Bocloty, 1 said tbat T lolleved this drama in Brooklyn would nrrest tho tondenoy of tho times toward cortain kinds of progress. Mir. Tilton made no snawer. What sort of ernation might 4 YoURt MOTHEL-IN-LAW bo, Mr, Tilton 2" ‘Horo I atn not aaxo I remembor well.) "Bho isa women Who ron nway from board- ing-sobool and married ot 10. Shio bogan gush- ing, and grow worldly, aud hisd o judicial sopara- tion from ono of hor hushauds. Bho opposod Tior dauglter's marrying me, and wanted hor to sccopt tlio offer of o rich young man from ——, iies. Aftor I got slong proiy rapidly am madoe somo name, sho became very proud of me. Aftor the confession of hor daghier, she began to tuko tho stops I havo intlwated, Bhe led and osiped about me, sud I baw shio wos onty has- fahing tho thing sho feared, aud L told ior to quit tho houo. Now, look' st theso lottors, Sritten by Mrs, Motso: =5 ‘Pho firkt lettor said noarly liko this : %You aro tolling lies when you sny I ever ad- mitted my daughtor's shamo with Mr. Beecher. Wiint T did say was, that I ncoused Elizaboth of adultery with Lim, sud that sho bowad ler hesd.” The second lotter said spproximatively as fol- Tows: “Now I will make this bargnin with you, Thaodora Tilton : 1f you will treat my daughtor a8 you used to do, and nover mention bier ono fightin am doing my best, { can pearce- @atharad up by | of truth to ton clearor and my | on tho papor. ‘mado & confen- | a6 tlie poral who saya rnk | fireworks I thiok I sco ono thin of fletlon wc wid cashior any man One lino of & 8nso to ton. of gas- conndo WAS 6V0D WOrsn. undorgo, It is the temporamott.” '—Kinsolln 18 bia name, The Eagi'e is his "%‘g you_think uupcun vent the power of | papor. Thov caught him in t Ye deod 0! shame, Pigmonth Church ? Tod e kickod up & elimy caper. Ho s pock- % 1 don't know whetber I canornet. Dut I marked. 11is brogue Is thick n 8 An ontit o suit ot sholl lose no puldo, whother ornot. ‘Thoy ara | clothes. Even ho must bo Mr, Boecher® 8 friond. Then pay the reverence of ¢\l days To what wns vogilo 3 Waik hackra with Avertoc gaze, Aud Lush his broguo. —Snya my little girl ¢ + Papa, 18 you roliablo 2" , Bay 1, " My doar, Ldon't kmow. Who can tell what roliablo v if ovorybody is for* Bocel or 2" Brys ghot ¢ Woll, thiara's & ge:attoma n_ down you warmed tho Motro- politan lpru»qs. ‘What i tho Motrop. >litan, pross " “On! that consists of n lot of b va from the count:y, soting nndor tho dolusion t hat th oy were brought up in Now York,” —In tho midet of all this explo don_o? demp + When Mr, Fronk Moulton behiavos n chivali fo, o8 manly, a5 unovanive, a4 hio has dono Lo m » smcar I re~ oated bis conversation, Ido not beliove ho is suybody's blackmailor. #oop sour eya on me," a4 Jack Hum- pihrays sntd,~ Boforo this nonsense s dong, there will be a corpso, aud tho newspe por-presss will have made it. i 1 met Col. Hay yestordsy. 8alil T, * Colonel, what do. you think of sl thig 2" wQl1" eaid e, *that Baech sr atock is so g%% ',.lmt T don't much care b ow it is propa- sated." s Snid I+ *“No nowspaper-man 6 semf to. Your organ, T romembor, thought Rich ardson waa ou- titlod to_McFarland's wife ; and, - whon poor old Ludlow lost his, tho sreat concor a publialied this dotieato rolarenca ta tho boreave: I mau: ‘Loucullus' friendshiip was no whit protontious; 1o loat his lady to bis friend Hor deuaive, Diolicate, wasn'tft ? —Yaid I to Mr. Tillon, last Sat nrday: ¢ What pletres oro thero in your bod-r om? " . “wihat," sald ho, *istho thre e Horntli, swoar- ing‘lo avongo tho Injury to thelr kloswomon.” ‘no pleturo’s relation to tho ¢ ebjeot in lisnd #ave mo o now suporstition, “ What's the other? ” I sald. Bixtus returning homo from the wars to find ik wifo's body just broathloss.” Everything had its droad asso: ¥atlon. Neither adultory nor murder will down, +Com up to tho top of the house,” saift Mr. Tilton, *1'll show you whera I" rruto ‘ Tagapost- ogsod.’ Thia {5 Tlorace «Grooley's dosk. I had it mado for him, 88 lo wiote with his arms up _lngh. He used to xuiy horo many s day. Poor, good. generous spirit] I wish hio could it witl 1 me now a little whilo, to tell mo that ho still be lieved iu mo; for they have srorined at my hoart, wo I da not know whathor I am mysolf ornot, 1'mwed Lo lo down over thero aud sleep, resting o ftor I vvrote.” “Havo you any disposition to hiar what I beard o newspaper-man 8ay about. you tlus morning?” Y Toll me anything.” * Hesaid: *Is Tilton going:to ba fool enough to grive that hiouso to biu wife " ;.l.‘:'w", smd Tilton, *I tiall do just ss I enid, + Hag your mother-in-low 110 monoy 7" ' Nono, excent her iucome from hor hnsband, Judge Morso.” y o, \Vl'\'nc ia your wifo to' do, then, for sup- P2 \Why, T stnll havo to v That is What I menn to do.* 1 thought, looking into his eye, that o was tho most singular binckme Jlor I ever itnow. —Thero aro two witne ssos to tho fact that T was not reliablo in my int erviow with Mr. Moul- tan. One of them is Mo altou's fathior. 1losays ,mnre lior, of courgo. offenso, I will doalt immy power to keap the troublor away, aud to mako Ler a pevitent and davoted wifo.” The third lotter said this precisoly, for I have 2 good memory for good swearing 44 YOU INFEIINAL OLD SCOUNDBEL, you onght to bo in jail,” ote., ote. T ususl mother-in-inw was in the caso. 1aughed, and Mr. Tiltoy, smiled o2 “'hat woman;" Lo soid, beon my deadly enowy ; but sho hag Loen a worse criomy to bor daughtar.” “ Do you not. sn{lpnsfl that Mr. Beochor's wife hias beon very jeslous of him, 3 Hoor, bringivg flowers to_your wife, writing hor ccatatic letters, and all that 2 “Oyes! Isuppose hio has passed throngh tho torments of tho homa as well as of cou- sclenco, Mis wifo is o strange, uncompanion- Shio oreature. | As I told vou hofora, Heechor should have marrid Elizaboth, Mre. Beechar thought a great donl of mo until T became n triflo too important, _Her husbrnd was my alfer ego for yoars, and I would do anything for him, 08 ono chum fn school would do an impotu- ous turn for another. My position lias besa put by a part of tho pross as thot of & childish, erratlc, pootic man, At the time of my counce- tion with tho Indcpendent, 1 waa A MORE WORLDLY PERSONALITY than Mr. Beecher. The_strougest men in tho Governmont wore my friends: Stanton, Colfax, Lincoln, Chingo. Un ono oceaston Mr. Beechor'a son—n volunteor oflicer in & Now York rogimont —Tfoll into some mishap.” \What was tho offause ?" I sald. “Thiat {s not vital to tho subjact,” roplied Mr. Tilton. ** His fathior was in deep trouble. Mo told mo hia story. Snid I, instantly, Give ma your pocket-boole. T tools from it 50, and pro- cocded to Washington. I had that young man rolustated, transforred to -the Rogular Army, and, whon I returned to Brooklyn, Mrs. Becchor was my onemy. BSho thcught I had too wuch influence.” 7o)l me, sir: whero do you think theromeots ings of guilly comminication Lave beow hold ¢/ ¥ Anywhore, winla I was; blind, Mr, Beecher's wifo wis nbsont from his own house, I wna nt- tending to my oftice-work on two journals, Ile camo L0 my liouso, and road all the frmt of his productions: Norwood, Liti sormous, tho Life of Christ,—whnt not. I GANNOT GEOI? ANY 3ONE through this Iabyrinth of g ilt. God forbid thnt T contwmally rotraco the cinso of those yeurs to locate evory epob of guilily intercourso. o+ How conld you worlk wil 1 your mind and pen while _snfloring under mach acute wioutul arouy ' A 1 told you befora: the poople of my fam- ily grow catm undor trouble. I wroto tu,:' hest thing I think I evor did,—my :vovel of ‘’fom= poat-Tossed,'—in those darle §-ers. 1 wos sup- ported by my scuwo of injury, by mv lutonsiliod desiro to redoom myself, and,buy, withont Beechor or Bowen, as much of & mot1 a8 I was with them, My prido carriod mo the o ogh. lack for frionds.” I ing, ‘' 1 THASR GOD that, wheu love Liag becono por i <, lu still tho solace of o men's wron (- atrested for libol, at tho Bar, camo 1 :in My fow great frionts have stood y trosses. ~ 1 uee a now and tonder amongat cartors, and policotnen, tho stroct, ‘The Brooklyn Fag and laborers in §m<t with such an article, 1 n New York, 2m hotod by tho editor of ono J 1 was prossed for hiu place on the deuse incapacity to Il it. Anot hioar on prood suthority, hns Loca Plywmouth Chuweh to auwuumud the urtleles are written by an und to tho editor's houso in’ proof. nouuce_you If you way a word slthonghyou once made thoir oie & week,” Bald T, M, Tilton, givo yourt on that point, It is not in the Greok to burt oither_Romola 1 Jr tho man who gavo him hin jowols, I gavo hin \ his cirelation yoars ago, Let him go.” ARROWS FROM GATI L Pho_mystorions man Burtlelt whom I saw soma tine ago ntSaratogs, brlug ng all bis grand moral influonico to buar on ma - iayor of lug client, Judgo Barnard, s now ref sined by Beoch- er, Barnard, ‘Cwoed, Doeohor,~-positive, com- parative, suporlutivel Woll, ever1 the Foundor ©f our aith bad to go up on U0 monnt with e Dovil; but that Dovil was (oold, pluusiblo, youl. Dartlott I8 no apology for tho Dovil, Ho it a kind of conch-dog. o Now York i¥arid puta farelt the ploasing fletion that it has & corvespondont i pursuit of Moutlon. Ono corrospondent, Jept ab halt vations, would bankrupt that ontirn entabligh- mout, Thoy possons auly ono mahrelln amongut the wholo staff, ond have to bo doud. hendod ncross tho Drooklyn forry to geb Lowe. 'The World snys unly one e in ton in my rovolation of Muilton's stuto of mind is gorrect, Whon I wae making bread nd buttor ground of bis this caso, Afl arling, and soné “Lhoy will Vin wy faver, aulation for $30 ¢lf no_concern ?, #No, My family i3 always coolest in the for the drongs on thut establishment, one line *thivks sbo 88 | REECHER'S ALL EGED CONFESSK yy sitting on your [ Tdid ot “Dd somo stick to you tzee ugh thick -and hin 2" “Trionds! " sald Mr. Tilton, wi%h soma feol- Triondship fen I wos six Jawyors, nre oneG tho bost fah to my how eto volunteor. ame hika but- respoct for mo le nccuved my famly of (usanity. Bofore tho u ticle lpsmnro(l uearly all the boys on that ~ journat, called ou ma to stnie their digs urnal becanso bor journal, I bought up by do-~ awer of Tito the I could not havo boen th st Sunday. At loast thoy sny ho said ko, W ell, tho old mau is cor- rect. 1t wos Saturdayl was thore. Tho othor wuan ia o emppomiition i corrospondout of tho World, who says Moult o deuies 1t. Thero is no sueh porson o8 this corr spondant. It takos onla to feod & correspondont.; nud the TWorkl's onls aro not yot threshed, Dlowevor, thero is a tiue for overytling. ’ Gami. TO HIS FRIENDS. From the New ¥ ork Graphie, Aud. 20, A gentloman arrive d in this city last ¢ vening | who Liay boon summo: sed by ono of tho oupyel in tho coming legal suitof Mr Tilo o gugingt Ar. Beecher, in ordor to scquaint * iy Jawyer with his knowlodge of tho Iacts 7, 10 caso, This gontloman is a momberof 4 prominont business firm in auo thor city. He hog leld inti- mate relations with tihe principals® 4 the uulinppy controvorsy for maryy years, and jy pyoroughly couvorsant with thoreal faolr | and tho socrob ofthoseandal. Hoisope of 1o thras impor. tant witnessos intho ease, 8% 3 1ig tastimony will be imont conclugiro when resonted bef court of rocord. 'Chis gent lupmln.——whnui :r:m: ia withhold from tho Bu! jio for prudontial rea- sons,—{o convorsation ¥ 1 g roprosentative of the Daily Graphio to-ea ¢ gatod Lhat Lo lnow it to bo a fact that ooty “Ward Boecher hind cou- fossed tho truth of ghe alle, i o 3 gotlons against him both to 1a luhye o and to cortalu mombera of tho Qommitéoes £ ia ho was impelted to malie this confeseion By ! (ho publication of tho ecor- rospondence botwie op r, Frank Moulton and hh:uoll\f. :u& K ; conviction that Mr. Moulton was abon 3 knowa to the Committao tho rnctn“iu his foade usion, Ilo alko kaid that thia doailod siateme up by Mr. Monlton way withhiold with the exprwr , yndorstanding Lhat Mr. Beeche er ‘;vou\_;\ pak ;1‘ sy confess whint' ho had privately aclnow M'-::; to hia lowyers und tho Comtittea. 1o lwld aoal & tha artrele in the Daily Grapiio sovernl day | ago with regard to dr, Beccher's confession, und’ tha incidents as reinted wero truo. On gr whout Thursday, Aug. 6, ho sad b Beeck or summonod cortain’ mombors of tho ominily o aud Moscs, ‘Laay, aad Shoarman to b houso, and thon nnd thora confossord his v timaoy with Mrs. ‘Tilton, o folt that e nconlmont was no longer possillo, and had declar g that tho only course lefz him to pursue wast o mako a frank uckuowledgmont to thio pub- lie. Ifim frionds ware witounded and alarmed, }ng il then thoy bad really believed thoir pastor iu* jocent, Thoy consulted and deoidod thist pub- city would b fatal to Mr. Booolior's repu'ation and'n ropronch to Plymouth Church, and im- lored bii to forogo his mtontion at feast for n mie, and trust to- thoin to vindicate bim v {he oyos of tho public. Lt Mr. Bogchor was de- cided. Tho faots would bo mndo kuown by Mr. Moulton, and I not thoy wonld tianuplro whot tho caso wa taken to court by Mr. Tilton, It would bo_inuch botter, Mr, Becchor argned, for him that ho snonld have tho credit of the con- fouslon, Ultimntoly, suld the gontleman, his friends woro conviuced that perhiaps this was tho beat courao, 1u order to gatn time, howover, it wns noces- sary thae tho’ preseutmont of Mr. Moulton's statement bo delayed or provouted, and that Mr. iltoubo {uduced to vofrain from pushing his suit. Among the gontlomen who mannzed this purt_of tho “affair’ woro Mr. Toter Rovinson, “Chomas Kingolln, Walliam O, Kingeloy, and Mr. Bhoarman, Mr. Doechor himself visitod Mrs, Mouiton und bogrod that sho uso her influenco 0 induco hor husband to withhold his sato- mont, r, Moulton rondily consentod whon as- suzod thnt Mr, Bocoher would make amplo ao- Inowlodgment, Tudeed, it wis the very coutso Mr. Maulton had eudesvorad for woeks to in- duco him o tako, knowing that tho trath could no longer bo suppreascd, and o (Moulton) way quick o ayal hitwsolf of the opportunity afford- cd, which wonld procludo tho nacessity forced upon him of making the trath kuown, “Mr, Tile ton also aMlimed nis willingness Lo postpone the furthor prosceution of his unit, 1ls only dosire was that tho trath should como out, and hoeuin- cidod that It would bo much botter for Mr. Boechor to toll 1t himuolf, Mr, Dwight Town- #end was also mentioned by the gentloman as an intercossor for Alr, Boocher. o stated fmthor that towards the closo of tho month of April, at tho timo when Dr, Bacon had cnticlsed dr. ‘Tilton, the latior was so in- flamed ot the fules position in which ko way placad bofare the public that ke avawaed Lis in- tontion of publinhing the truth in his own de- fanso, M. Prank Moulton then—as boforo und sinca—adviscd u poaceful sertlomout of the dif- floulty, and reatruined Mr, Tilton fram pursning tho conrso bo had rosolved wpou. Mr. Frank 1. Carpentor'a ndyico was 1o the onntrary, {ls ad- visad s final public sottlomont of tho seandal, At this opoch My, Boooher is said to Liave met Mr. Oarponiter and said ro him, “Choodore is wo in- flntied ngaingt mo that I foar Prank Moulton will not bo wble to contzol him, Ile throatons to publish my lattor of confossfon, and if he dooa I two years, and lot him take Elizaboth wit' £ . 1 wiil pay all tho exponscn,” ki Ho, It 18 further waid, implored Mr, Co o NUMBER L, But Dowon's sesansinnting dngger drawn against Tecolier bas rovod an imibly ta° gacbeliie 1o tram ol up tho consequonco And the consenquonco is to make thin offer to Tliton, und added - '\% {r [ rifo with atorios agaluat its eliaf clérgsinan, Hot grows Blionrman would arrango tho dolnils, ° r Br- imhjnnlc(um Woodhull scondad merely, bt exhaled pentor immediatoly inforntod Mr. Maz- &= and | Jjih ever fresl fouincen, liky mophitio”vapors, from and othiors of Kl fntorviov and offois did | >Yepis i churges agilut Besther, ok fovont 1t to Mr. Witon Tt the 120 ap of | tanc s iyionutio fa s wild bentt, fLat ng Wd S o Shor Moy, whon Mosnme: Bont” & 1o, | Shist hashond of ot sk pogoliet diso with 2y oW Curpenter, nnd others wore discu - what | Dretty lnmbs, g courro to pursuo in regard to the fue. s Mr, Moulton was advising Tilton to poy no attention to what Dr, Bacon had writton, and, as usual, Mr, Carpeutor was giviug contrary counsol. A discuusion arose, aud ity support of his argr- ment Mr. Carpentor montioned Mr. Bocchor’s offur, Tho offecy of this rovelation unon Mr, Tilton was paluful to witnoss, 1lo sprang from bischair nud paced the room oxcitedly. Said he: *1 huvo buk ong anwor Lo tho muu that would como to mo with such a proposition—and that iy a #lap in tho faco. Twoula rot in tho guitor ll;'u::;; I“ would accopt o dollar of Mr. Booclior's The gentloman who Informed tho writer of the abovo facts said, rogarding the ohargo of biack mall, that it was tnsortad 1n My, Bogchor's stato- ment at the very lnst momout, and wos consid- orad n chef d'Guvre. Aw au ovidonco of Mr. Doochor's weakness and duplicity, ho roferred to Mr, Beooher's statement that two years ago he hind becomo awaro of tha blackmailing intone tions, and had resonted all [utthor attompts to oxtort money from bim through Moulton, * Ho discovered this two yoars aro,” said the gontle- man, “*and yet, on tho Gth of last July, Mr, Booghor met Mosors, Frank Moulton and Poter Rabiuson, Sr., and placing bis band on Moul- ton's shoulder, said to Mr, Robinson : * Frank is ~tho best friond I havein ts world.™ From the New Yark Graphic, dua. 21, Tho inforviow betwoon Mossrs, Motilton, R- inon, and Deechor last July, montloned in b For tho laat fonr or fige weeka, OT over sincs 1 saw thio Woodnnll libel, 1 havo hardly ind amd ¥ fromuoutly it a o wholo i ‘waking the uoxt mort iing unfit for wotk, o TiavG you any conr aptjon of what At is to suffer the keeliaipomllle 1 justico? 1€ mot, como aud osra To sy nothing o’ £ ¢ g and jnsultto my wifoy 10 Whoro SorEoW 1 ks AesHLGE sorTomy X Vo 1o e the additlona) ind* nity of beiny ‘mincontrued by tho publia nud by mauy frleu, For {natanco, it 4 tor's hand i tifa pocent of it aa It §s hinted wirltton by mo Hnampshire) T/ after ft had co ite over 8poll my i then tollfur Then, b gonorator ‘whole againat Mor ather Hfl'l 1 u resiful doy§ ‘over utnighty i - suppore. it T hiod » unholy ¥,usiucss, whe” 9 1 tho M than oul i hat ¥ 45 el . WY coun £ brticle was actually 110 i S ‘octiig in the north of New o e mnow o€ ls xlstoncd il a woek etmod wy own elly nnd fandly, My Aied 44 In lioe letterato molent it shonid l:d 108 publiobpeaking, (Yois know I was 4445 Wnd uight fur Mr, Greeley's sake.) 40, Rt tho suoer of tho elubs that T hava doe F %?;::; Zpontlo of froclov s whoreas tha « ritings slands D n.:::': 'ifi“‘“lm“ u\?nry. i 3 monument " 1t 8 cliargad thint 7 am fn financial and < rellitions with Meo, Woodbull : wherean | bave epdkem o, nor rol, nior soen hor for ueatly a year, bo_ history of my acquaiutance with hor 38 this 3 3 Uio apring of 1871, 0 fow months aftor Dowen ¢l Toecher with, fho most Lideous crimo known o Aiman patiiro, aud_ hud alamimed tho dodr of tha {dependent. in iy fuco, and whou I wan toiling lika foreiles to keep tho echndal from Eho public, then i ‘was it Mra, Woohull, hithorto a total atranger ta mo, suddouly wont for nio and poured_ into my ears3 not the Bowon scanddl, but a now ‘oo of hor own Dadly Graphio sonterdny, is ot wholly da’ tho | nmely, almost tho sttuo idontical (slo whics ha S ol ngo s foslgws Aliod | Prisiod’ o owvecks ogo. ‘Thiuk of 161 Whon 1 waa Moulton's partnor, Mr. Tobinson, ba‘ ¢ Mr | SR I (o snbes oneeartiqunle, Mes, Wor aponding tho Thurth of dulyontor tr 4 bean | on SIS ieiorome bariantols witn otk HhTvgbinadon tho- followiug day—gn oy asd | Keep ek the mow avabancho i conta et B O e o Iin iy 0 T SRAY, Vo | 1 hn orutAL Mtori. "M, ke s b mouhd. i ot Mr, Monlton, thal gentleman, o Dy Mr, Beochor, tarned tho corne gireot into Montaguo torraco, and, to the side of the terrace on win way walking, gre~*tad Lim, M hig hand on Irank Moulton'r withs groat fervor, said: *Afr is the dearest friend God ¢ man. If it had not voon beon doad years ago.” romarkod that all buman that Franl was ** 8 vory tho couversation ondod Mr.B. V. Whito, of ‘. mmittoe, wus aslod w4000 publishod In yoste .y Graphic. 1lo roplic d gy o whon Mr, Beecher g g {euhlu'.:,d and 1\;» 108 uy was made, Ho wax 3 o8 Juring that, ymmm‘;f A, Bocoher's ragidon othor tmo duritg tbi o uot douy or contiria* article in questiow pentor Furopeny story, and Mr. v on that point. £o0tnanil cet +, shoulder, e him £ shonld have DOCUMEN! 3 1y 4 roidones Romaon arassing aver 8l Mr. Beochor Toevcher placed . 8ho and . Rolinson, Frank Lo+ raiced up for @ .. Robinson, in reply, oeugry wern fanity, bt £20d follow," aud there Tovestigating Com- tio kunow of the (uats issne of the Daily the Lo was not prosont ai’ { g0 hiave made the con- aro Lhat any confession esamiostion, and at no s unhappy affair. Ho could tho staremont mado in the As for the ' Frank Cur- Dusiness,” that wss an old achor had given his evidence Linh what, alia 181 t0 me, sid, to provent this catasts . wid, ro- 1lio, I resolvad (snd, a8 tho roylt mm‘,flnks: u foor, sud yet with o fool’a Inocent sad pure mative) to munko her such o friond of mino that sho would nover thiuk of dolng mo muchin Larm. Bo I rendered Liee fome importaiit gorvicea (includiig espoclally somo la- ™ of en and nk), all with a viow to pursad hold Hor under sa obligaticy to mo and miue, cting towards her 1 found to - Driso aunl astoniwlimont tiat aho oso almodt fllllnllufx“lrn my oatimation as sho had dane with Lucrotin Mott Bilsaberl Ouy Suunton, Tagholla Beecher fookor and other exceliont women, Nobody who has not el Mra, Woodhull can Liavonn_ndeqnate Idos of the nd- mirable impression which ahio 4 copable of producing ou werioan potwon, - Morcover, T felt that tho curren dennnclations againat her were outrageously unjust, aud that, liko mysolf, shio Iind licon put in & falso posts tlon bofaro tho public, and 1 aympathized Jkconly with tho npgravation of pirit which this produced, This Tagt lonit & zeal bo nll 1 8ald in bor defenke, Nor was it unill after £ bad known lier fora num- ber of mouths, nnd wheu I discovered her purposo ta libol a dozen of tho represcntative women of the su- frago movemant, then I siddenly opened my oyes ta Lier real tendencies to mischiol ) then It waa that T indignantly repudintod her stquaintanco, and have ugver acou hor since, Henco ler ‘"“‘""fi‘?‘ Gt : ‘ell, it in over, and 7 nm left to be the chis n tho publls estimtion, " ghane Vhat to do in tho emervency (which In not clearin but clonding ltuls daily) { ity Yot decidod, What T eould do wouid ba to taka from my writiog= od co YR, MOULTON'S | desknnd publish to-morrow morning the jnopare: The folty . STATEMENT. STV au VINAGrtion, whlh, wih facls th docue . sing lottor was only partially given | Ments, my logal advisors pronounico complota. in our Xepr b of Alr. Moulton's siatoments This would explain aud clarify overything, both TILTON TO WOWEN. s BrookLyy, Ian, 1, 1671 e €. e ot Tre st oventiig yonr sudden notices Hiotkt g my bwo contracts—ono with the Ludependent, W or with the Drooklyn Union. play B eoforence to (hinact of yoirs 1 will make » T n statoment of fucts, colleet right) wheu you soated Injury to your hoat, Tn a lofter whith you addressed tomo from stock, Juno 16, 1853, rofoiring to (hin suboc ol anads to Lear o load of griof mort unjuatiy. tendor, 1 bud abmost said—nd wou know Rreat” volume i ny posscanion, pursning ful realiry, I am w SlmgeTmully to tho dute of thls fotter, and at subs quent the statemont that you conld atnny moment ox withi your emphatie declaration that Br, ® %hmnnn preachier and teacher, n of nis congregation, You alluded by nume to tlmres, caves of Mr, Beecher's aduliories. implored your forgivencs, your worde) that . towarls Mr, that lio ought not to remain & week longer in_hia ul i You fmmedintely e & immedlatol Claurch und retire from Brooklyn., The firat draft of tho lotter not. only conntablo omotion fu your inanner, your faco 1vi with rage, you threatenod with o loud” voles that §€ iithiirawal from Brooklyn, you would fmmediatol Journals you would huve mo ojscted by foree, I tol according to tho dictate of my judgment, unntuonce retired from mv prosimee, Jiarily bad your wotds ceased ringiug i niy frlendehip of Dftoen years, Truly yours, Shgued) ‘Titroponk TILTON, 0 thikdntter & sentance quoted words, “us nearly ag I con recall simply dowiring to say that it con origluul is for the inspoction of the Committvo, TILTON AND WOODNDLL: graphio roport: TILTON TO A FRIEND IN THE WIBT, 174 Livinasrox BIuErr, Bnum(uu,} nd erumblod, slieo ths world Bausoold 18 b rulus, - And yot 3 fast Iettor—brimful of love and wit, a fountaln fu wldwintor, liardly sce a path ont of it, 1t {8 fust two years ago to-day. last of tha your—that Mr, Bowen Mifted his baiumor, the Brookiyn (nion, hid not ot lis turaed on bls fear ta the catisa. Henry Ward Boecher, Jeek for two yours through un unwillinguess to hurm others even for {uo sako of righting myself beforo the pitblie, 33, having trusted to timo for my vindlcu fon, T fud that tine bas only thickoned iy dinteni- outlon nniat theso now bffol mo liku s aturm, will bo u rulued snan. I must stop down from my puipit in disgrace. T necd your sld. Qo ta Theodorn and te)l bim I am writing to divide withhimu Heslall kavo half wy fortano and my famo, el Dl to g7 rosd~ta Buropo—lor You kuow thut Bawon long ago pald ta o th as- acasad poeunlury dawuagos whivh grew out of his braaklug af tho cantracts, and gave moa wriiton vin- dleation of uty conrss, and somothing like an spology mtfi. This asttlemont, s far a8 Lain concerned, 1% you /Y Sonigtimen teol that T mune break aience, that T muat uo lonuer suffer aa a dumd man, and bs Ono word from mo would make & revulution throughout Chris- You have just a liltle of the evidence frum the 3 plinntous, but sololy broodiug over au aw~ "o widsracorings in this extract aro your own, ntervuls from then till now, you have ro‘mnlm} Houry Ward Boecher from Brooklyn, Yon have re- Iterated the sume thing ot only to me, it to others, AMoreaver, during the year Just clased, your allu- slons to the subject wero utlered with smora feeling {haa hraloforo, aud wera not tfroduolily couple cecher ought not to bo allowed to ocoupy a publlo. position us the 20th of December, 1870, at an interview in your house, at whichs 3Ir, Oliver Solmaon nud I wero jeesenty you_ spoko frecly and indignantly againat Mr, Beechor as nu unsafo visitor among tha families Woman, now 4 widow, whose hushands death you had no doubi was histened by bis Inowledgo that 3Mr, Beechor bad maintaiued with her an improper = Yon avowed your knowledgo of govoral otliur Moreaver, a8 if to Teava o donbt on thie mind of eliher Mr, Jolinuon or 1yacll, you inforimed us that A, Beecher had mada fo you' @ coufession of his guilt, ot had with tears Affer Mr, Johnson re= tired from this Interviow, you related to o the caso of a womnn whom you safd (8 noarly as Ican recall During your recital'of tho tale you worefull of anger Beecher, Yousald, withs terelble etuphasis, eated that o domaud khould be mnde upon lim to quit his sacred_olfico, Yo vol= unteered ta beat to bim auch a dewsnd {n (he form of an oveu letter, which you would present fo him with our own hund und you pledged yourself fo sustaln be demand which {hia Jeiter should nske—namely, that Lie should, for reasons whioh he expllcity knew, Ceaso_ from his miulsiry of Piymouth Wid not contain the urige ¢ for rossona which ho expllcitly kuew,” and heso words (ur words to thls effect) werd incorporated in o vecond, ut your motion, You vrged furthiermors (and very empliatically) that the lotter should domand M. Beecher's nbdieation of his pulpit but cossation of ks wntlng for tho Chpstian Union, o point on which you wars oversaled, This letter you over shobld inform Mr. Boocher of tho statuments which you had mude concerning his adultery, or should compel you 1o adduco the evidenca on whileh yOM agrood to sustain Ihe domand .for Mr, Beccher's deprive me of my engagement to write for the Inde- pendent and to edit the Brovkiyn Union, and that in caso T ehould evor attewmpt to cuter tho officos of these yon that I should inform Mr. Bacchor or anybady elac, by any throut from my employer, ~ You (hon oxcitedly violent 8, whon Feecived your suminary notices breaking my contracts with tho /n- dependent aud t Brooklyn Unfon, ' To tho foregoing nurzative of fucts T have ouly to add my suprive’ and my rogeot at tho wudden intcrruption by your own act, of what has been, ou my part towards you, 8 falehful anid Mr, Afoutton) I havo omitted fho s the words of Mr, Haweu, after the ol words, that "= | fained s chirgo of o | rapo, or nomo bing very ngatly like ravishmeut, of o oo other than Mrs, Tiiton, told i words thut nro 1nfE to bo epreadt upon tho rocord, b, i dosirod, the Tho fallowing lettor did not appoar in tho telo- o, 31, 1672, Mr Drau Friesp: T owo you aloug latfor, I am unwoll and @ rlsotier In the house, loaning back iu toatiior-oushiouod fdicuess, and writing on my chair-board bofore tie firo, Porhiups you wouder that 1 huvea firo, or anything but s heurtkatone hroken w boeu (old that my Is mote liko you' nd spurkilug Hko Neverthuiess sou ur right, T am n troublo; and I o-day—this vory day—tho wnd with ai tnjust blow suoto ssnmder my two cons tracty, ouo with the Independent aud the ‘other with Tho publie llllluLlanoct thiat 1 quonces of hurrlblo cuarges which he mado agatust 1 havo kupt quict on the sub- groat nnd_small, ddeluding tho Woodiull_epinorle {Fiich ia bt n mihor part of the whoto eaao, bt it 1 ptblisb It 1 mitet not only violato @ kind of bonorabla abligation to bo mlcnt, which T had voluutanily fins et upon myselt, bt T st put o, old, Telond u tn o sorlous Tiak of being vy g suitten dead by ow fur Bowon would desorvo his fate T eannot s It T lgiow that afl Piyinouth Ohticeh would. Bt bt & was during_ tho early part of tho Bobellion (I T | ssitrat, rat {ntfwsled to mo that o Rov, Henry Ward flochor liad committod cts of adultory for which, i you slould axposo bim, he would lio drivon from bis pulpit, From that timo on- ward youe refecetices ta thls wubject wete frequout, aud aiwaga accompatied with thio oxhibition of » doop- Well, porhnps tho futuro wilt unravel my skein for me without my own and 3 but whialover hapboos ta my weatlios-lizaten kelf, I Wish o you, O properous comrade, a happy Now Yoar, Fratornafly sours, Turopoite TiLroN, ¥, 8,—Defora aending this long letlor (which payy my debt o sou, 1 pave peid 1t to iy wite, Wi dcairen sunploment € by sendlug hior Jove a {he RS wikocoftege s s St vod cheskar " 10 TUE ALLEGED INSANITY OF TILTON AND HIS wirE Tho tolograph gave only a portion of the docu- ments relative to the alloged statoment of Thomss (. Shearman, Clork of Plymonth Clureh, to s reportor of tha Drooklyn Union, i lh}\t ‘Filtan was insano ; that Mra, Tilten had mediumntic fits, in which sho had stated matters alfecting the charactor of Boochor; and that, to the siatoment of neither of them, for that reason, was any credit to be givon.," Decolior's lotter to Moulton was given, in which he de« nounced the publication an & “ shamoful para- graph,” and said, * I have written strongly ta Bhicarman, aud hopo ho will sond a lettor to 'T. uusalicited.” str. Moulton hon procseded to give an acconut of au iuterviow Lo lud with Shearmanon the subject, and of a subsoquont terviow of Tilton sud himselt with Mr, 8., in which Tilton declared to Shonrman that, if a satisfactory oxplanation was uot mado, he (Til- ton) would hold_him (Shearman) responsivle. Moultou procoeds : ™ Withina few days of thia intorslow Tilt fhe niNduvit of thg reparter of the Union ¢ o he statement that Shoarman had been roportod oy making D did not in fact make. On March 30 Siearman sont to mofor delivery to Tilton » noles of whieh T produced n copy. Theorlginal was dolivéred up to Shearman afterwards, it ut o u BIEARMAN TO TILTON, Brooxuxy, Merch 30, 1874, My attontfon has beon called o & nowapaper paragraph which 1 have not saon, but which, I om told, i8 to tho offoct that T atated to & ro~ orter that yon lind deseribed Mys, Tilton 22 baving, in & mediwnistic or clairvoyant atate, made some jox~ traordlnary statomonts of a palnful nature. T hiave for some yeurs past mads it a rulo nover ta send correctionn to nowapapers of anything relating ta yself, no mattor Low erroucous such staiewncnts Duan S may be. Tut T havo no objection to saying 49 you personally {iat this story, if_correctly quoted licre, appeara to b an_orronoous’ versjon of tho oge and only stitomout which 1 had from you over s yoar ago, viz : that Mra, Woolbull did ezactly tho tong hore sitibuled to Ars, n, I do'not know that T ever ropeated that atory in the presence of any reporter for the paper in queation, buf T havodano 10 {u the presoncs of others, and T may, of E.-,,.L.,,M to O3r. Tioochor at. Mr. Frooluad's | Course, by sn uncomscious mistake, lave usod youe e gortly aftor s prosontation . you | Xife's hanieda tho piaco of another aud wholly diifer- songht sn Snterviow with mo i ihp editorial of. | Gt pordon. If 8o, I beg tht you will assiiro Mra. fice of the Brookiyn Unton, during which, with ugac- | Titon of my groal rowet for such uu oreor. Youra abodlontly, T, G, BUEATMAN, ‘When I fook this note to Tilton Lo refuced to rocoivo It, suylugs I will not recclvoany such noto from Bhearman, He knowa it contains u falsehiood, and T cannot take §t from bim, You mayearry it back tn Tim 1 did so, and statod to im Tiltows sumwor, ‘Afterwarde ho subatituted for that note anotler, under data af Apell 3, 1874, prent a I ly which a hore produced ; BMAN TO TILTON. Brooxwys, April 3, 1874, Dran Sin: Having scen a pnmgrml in the Brook- tyn Unfon of Baturdsy lust, contsining s report of & statemeut nllar:ed to have been mado by me coucern ing your lnml{ and yoursell, I desire to assuro you that tiua report {8 soriously jucorrect, and that I have uover suthorized such a stateraent, 1t is unnccossary to ropeat hero what I have actue ally sald 1pon thexo subjects, because I am now satiss flod that what I did_ssy was erroneous, ond that the rumors to which I gavo somo credit were without foundation, I deoply l’c|(rzt having boen misled futoe an act of uninteutional injustice, and am glad to take tho earliost occusion to rectify it, 1 bog, thorefore, to withdraw all fhat I aald u‘mn tho oecasion referred to as incorroot (aithough then belloved Ly mo), and o repudiato entirely tho wiate- ment fmputed to mo oe untrue aud tnjust to atl par- tic concerncd, Yours, obediently, Theodore Tiiton, Keq. T, G, SUBARMAN, Tu no partof that tiegotlation did ‘Mr, Shosrman auggest to mo (hat there were any doubts a8 to Tilton's sanity, and denfed both o me aid to him that Lie bad over said anythiug to the contrary, or that Mrs, Tilton was in any wuy um!!aflhlm\ from toliing ihe trath Dy ressos of mediumistio fte or ather physival diss- bility, Bhiearman's uction was communicated o Boecher; but mesnwhlle it had como to be apread about that Beocher bail madea similar accusation as to the sanity of Ar, and Alrs, Tilton to At of Bhoare mau, A ‘membor of yonr Gomnittes, 3r. Gloveland, sam~ ‘muicatad tho fact o aechor, (0 which Becchor mads i Inigaont denial, ae appeara Uy Lis noto to Mr, Clevelaty wio conmiunicated a coly of & tomo iu & 10ty wndor dato of Aprl 3, which 1 liero produca, - BEPOIIEN TO OLEVELAND. Ay DiAn GUEVKLAND: You say tust I am aupposed L Mve Foporied to some members of the Gouncil st Mabtislly o sato story thutis attributed to Bheur. au, H{6w cau any human bolng that kuows me bolleva. any ek impjobillty? 1 mever opuiiod my lps to S0y B bting on U subjort | vl duty any'hvan, 15 Fac, 100 audt way that by word, look, or iutimstion, T e haed to h, 1 liavo beoh 08 diimb ns tho dead, Aicyy That daro to say 1 have Apokon of It aro liars, if Ty tnean ta Giemsclves, and tho bearors of les i€ tliey raceivod it from otliofu, 1 h‘:n'u n !B'H;"\B too profoundly n;;n‘:: to make such sacrilege pusaibio, . W, BEzomeR, 'NpeiL 2, 1874, ] OLEVELAND TO MoULTON, g iton Bt eAit Bilt: Horowith you have copy of nota recel tfrom 31, Beosbor respocting Hho Rl apanke, 'Not socing you when I called this oo Eigith Pugo,) d m,, and loaving . vonaplese bin B8 ine