Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 19, 1874, Page 9

TILTON. . (Contlaned from Yourth Page.) vould naturally (so wo supposad) put the por~ £on who received thom undor'obligation to the doora, ! Lk *In carrying out this polley, Mr, Bacohor jolnod with us and approved our courso. Alo mada Mta, * Woodhull'a porsonal acqunintance, and strove by Dis kindly {ntorost in hor to malutain and in- creato hor qu will. 1o.pays that ha saw bor but thros times! but his** menory of dates aud dotalls is bad ;" and ‘T myself liave beon in her roseiton with lim moro ; times rthanthat.: -Ho ool uncommonh paina to impresa'upon hor his respoctful ' consideration, sud- though I nover v honrd thom disousn oach othor's viows. toi" any i prolongod oxtent, I onno hoard him say to. hor + +thab tho timo might coms 'whou -tha rules: by "y \\llluhlthm'unfihbmd animals ara brought to por- fectlon, would'overn the rolations of tnen and women, ¥ + I'daoiaro explicitly that - MR.'DBECHER FOSTERED THR ACQUAINTANCE -which Mr: Moulton aud I made:with Mra: Wood- bull § he urged us to maintalu it, nnd bogged us. -not to 1oso onr/bold upon hor ¢ ho conatantlyin- quired of us'as to tho ancondanoy whinh we:hold ovor lior;:and alwaya sald thn ha lookod as mich + to-ourinflnence with . Mea: - Woodhull: to <koop batok tho Béandal Trom publication &3 to any other A ¥mlble meang’ of futura! gafoty, both: for .my « tamllyand his, ; ; ?‘Vh%n‘l\iré.“stowe made an elaborato atincl on Mrei Woodifall i theChristian Union, - Mr, . *Baschor; who Liad not scon-thio proof-sheots bo- . -fors publication; was in great dintress. antil - Mr, Muufton‘ and T roported to him thatwe had aeon + Col."Blood-(Mru, Woodmil's husband), ahd-had urged him to pubtisl » kindly, inatond of. a.ro- vongoful,: roply to :Mrn.»Stowa's: attack. . Ar, » Beatherla gratification -which ho exprossed at i thin ovidouce of our powor with .Mre.- Woodbull and her husbaud to provont mischiof, was of no +‘ordlnacy Kind. Mr. Deechor aaid to ma on. that ocenslon thit svery Borvico whith-I could rendor . %o Hor was o sorvicoto him. B 1 '\ Among the servicos ‘which T thus. rondorod— for hig'ealio, becauso for Mrs. Tilton's—was the ‘wrltiug of an elaborate pnmphlat on Woman . Buffrage, which'cost me a week of. hard: labor, + Another sorvioo was the ‘biographical sketoh to + *which T havo alrendy allnddd, and .which, so far, aa I was concerned, wab the - work of . auly. a stn- ' plo doyy for my:tnsl: eonsisted . only in ' the ro-, writing of a‘skatcly'alroady proparod by-lier hus- ‘baud, the “origlial smanuseript of ‘which I utill ossctd, The'thlrd and'lnst publio sorvics which rendered to Lior was to proside at 5 ¥ BTEINWAY- ITALL - on an‘oeension when:I had some expectation that Mr. Becchor uniself would fill the chair, - - -My ontirs “sequaintanos with3frs.: Woodhuil wau comprised between the month of May, 1871, - V'and ¢ho montlval April, 1872,~~loss than & year,— ! ntid during tho- grenter part of that time I-wns - “mbsont from the aity on s lecturing tours During, ‘my'whaloe requaintanco 'with hor, I:nevor:heard from her lips ‘an'unlady-lilke-word, nor: notod It hor'behinyior-sn unchaste act,' » Whatover sho tay have sivico ‘becomo. (dud I knov: nat); - sho svas thon bigli'in th estoem of Lucretia: Alott, ' Elizabatn' Ondy Btanton, Isabella-Boechor Hook- ‘or, and'other persons: whose 'judgment of: what 'adngtitutes a good wonian I took to-be sonndand finali> Tho story: of suy" ill-bolinvior betwesn, Mte, Wogdhull and nip, «hie horself Lins done ma {lié - fustice~unablced by me—to doby 'with tho pr’olm hdignation which belongsto an outraga agatust tho “truth. : ! " I BRORE WITI JIER ‘suddonly, in tho spring of_ 1872, becanso sho \urontoned ~to attack ‘soveral of the lady advo- atos of° the- Woman-Sufirace® canse- whom I *'kndy and ‘hodered. In's'frank:convarsation whiichT had with her 'at' that time, full of ve-, Lionencs on my nast; I-denounced hor proposoed “gourse,'washed my bands of ‘ol rosponsibility :“for it and Aer!and'hinve nover adon hor ainco, * *Duty'in thua yoluitarily breeking my ncqunint- ancé and ¢o-operation “with: Mrs. Woodhull, I did | ‘not’‘have tho -approval bf: Mrs: Tilton or Mr. Doecher, both of whom' felt that'1-had acted 'nawisely in preting from her so suddenty: - Mr. odcher, in particular;. fearéd '{lint the fature ‘tréuld hot ba socnra'if Mre: Woodhnll-wore laft “urirestrainod by Mt Moulton ‘or -mysolf. - Mra. “ Tiltom, thoufh kho'graw to bave ‘a-porsonal -an- i+ lipdthy toward Mra. Woodhull, noverthelers took : “udy Blanton, Jilin Ward Howe, ¢ more soversl occations to ‘vhow friondliness toward her, dind oncoe sent her a gift-book inscribed with -bo words: 3 v+ vTo Y friend, Victoria 0; Woodhull. Erise i ** . "EATZADSTH R, TreToN, 1 Moreover, Mrs, Tilton wrots to'me from Scho- harjo; Jgno 2; 1871, expressing Lor sntisfaction witly au firtiate which I had writton in the Golden Ade, tho--object of Which was: to ‘givo to Alra. + Woodhuil‘an bouorable place'in the.Woman-8uf- i -ftage movemont,. ‘Thia artiose was ontitled **'A 1L.6gend of: Good Woman," and the women whom - - Ynamfed in:it ‘woro Litorotin: Mott, Elizabath Mary A, Livor- ‘Liutey Stono; Prulina Wright Davis, Viclo- ia 'C. Woodlnlly sud Issbolla Beocher -looker. 11 this -articlo T 'spoko:of:all thosa - persons in -puch complimentaty torms as I then.thought -thefr-lives and labors doserved. . * Tho articlo was dated June 20,1871, Mrs, Tiltou’s lotlier, ap- “proving it; contatned thio foilowiug words: "Tho Legend " seemn an $ngenioun atroka of nolicy {h control and hold togeter tho fractious elenicuta of {liat noble band. ; vJu viow of such a lottor, with such o datn,— namely, & yeur after Mrs, Tilton's confeesion 7d o half-vear after Mr. Doechor's apology,—1 noed not commont on tho protense that one of tho’ eauses -of the trouble- which led to the geonea of Decomber; 1870, © ending:: with Mr. “Beechor's apology, was my rolationa with Mrs, Woodbull—whom I.mover eaw tll balf » yonr aftedward, and whom Mrs, Tilton bersclf “was domplimenting nt & still:lator poriod.ns one of A a noble band.” Mr. Beochor’s oxtraordinary statoment that ho beiought mo to part from Mrs, Woodhull is not oty . WIOLLY UNTRUE, but-oven after 1 had partod-from hor, which I.|- 4id in fho*spring’ of 1872, ho wanted mo to re- now ‘my good-wrill tosward hor for tho nake of Mio inflnenco which -he'thought I.could:exort over her''plans and' purposee—an influonce for tho suppression-of tho -scandal, and for his por- “1onal safety. “It'wan not until aftor the.publieation of her maliclous story, Nov.'2; 1872, that Mr.- Boochor besought ma to'print n card - publicly disavowi Mra. Woodbiull; Uul - his solo object in then 1is) ** Ing me fo do-so tean that my disavoweal: would be ‘g denial’of Mrs. Woodhull'scharge incriniinat- Uing s character, - \ T havo {hus'given an’ oxact history of my per- sonal’ relationship with Mrs, Woodhull; and of + 'the motive whicli inspired vmy goryicos * toward i b P ~ Now that I lool back upon thiose duys aud ‘eacrifices, my only marvol.is that 1 did not com- ‘mit‘acts’of groater folly for the sake of provent ing" tho exnosure of’ my family sacret. I ouzhit to'havo known thet: such fforta could not, by their: vory- naturo, o snccesaful “excopt - for a ahort’ timo, © Wo' db not: learn overything in n dhy. But, howover much I'am to -blame for my ansocintion: during a fow: mouths with M, fyoodhull, the Rev, Honry Ward Doccher is " NOT THE AN, TO CRITIOINE'NE FOR IT, thnt his wife was my bitter enemy, casily'baoome hite own,..and begge! might not bo informod of his conduat., (thathobad : ... . ..NEDITATED SUICIDE, . and could pot live to. face oxposure. . 176 im- plored mo to filmhlm my, word that If, oLroums satancos shoul that.ho might, tako - somo, measuro, ; eithi death or mfim to hida;himnalf from tho wi el gazo, Ala said. that sloap, and llkeued Lilmsolf to ono. sitilng dizzy- and distractod.on tho. Gt e S 40> YAWNING XDOE OF NELL, Ho sald that ho would pray night and day for by 4" and would"| ‘blackmai, in st _sho, | by Jlo'mald, g;{u_!:zh_ héi put, forth to sust bho:hind.. swakoned aa f.rom, | Mra, Tilton' DAY, EPTEMBER 19, 187 ydn, llbn%, ‘I‘mnfi ulku apart, phmt 0 Ingenious bus. fallnclons argumen o "aus ‘lxx}_lglg‘.y‘lplugrry'in-. ctmiént. ; -In the firat place, bofors Mr, Boochior vontnrod on ntich an ox¢ravagaut acousatlor, Lio probared ihio way for it by mistobreasnting mio A% & man loca, ovor, compel- mo to diuoloa hil | roditced to sueh povoity and dosparation'tivat I ;scerat, I.would give, Lim -notice, In - sdvanco, #o | would b lilkely toresort o blacluidil, A 4 pro- liminry roqufeite for” i, COMING CrtAnar, was_inatruated to any thatI hmd' doprived ,lm{ of food and {Iro,—a statomekt sliow- ing a conditiou of distress, not only on lor yart, but on mino; s distross so great that (As hungor - is'suig to broak through stouo wnla:f “yould'pro- o | Elizaboth, 'that.hor honrt mlPht not,..bo utterly’ | ‘aymably tempt mo to commib ‘murdor, highway \broken, aud that God would inspiro mo to rostora .her to hor:doat placo in my.liome and estoem... | All thin, and moro liko it, took place in the {n- iorview of; whicluI'spesk, inoluding » hia, volun. :tary proposition ta'mond certain 1l swork. which ho liad dono in-giving to Mr, Bowon .fnlee ro- porla agalnat mo, -+ Bliortly-aftorward I eent for; Mr.. Beochor to como to my housa to hold an .luterview with me onasubject which I shrink from .montioning | hore, yot which the truth compels mo to. siata, In June, 18G9, a child had born bora to Elizaboth R. Tilton.', Id viow of, Alrs, Tilton's subsoquent «disclosures to me, made July 3, 1870,—~namely, Ahat sozunlzolations botwoon Mr. .Boochor and borgolt. hird begux Oct.- 10, (1868,—1 - wished to question:Mr, Baocher ag to.tho nuthoutleity. of thiat dato, in ordor to sottle i + TILE DOUDTYUL PATERNITY OF. TUE OHILD. Thin auterviow bo biold with mo in my atudy, and during a nortion of it Alrs. Tilton .was. prosent. Thoy. ‘both . agreed.. on,tho , dato at which their soxnal commarce had begun—namely,. Oct. 10, | 1808 ; Mra, Tilton liorself being'’:the ., authority, .and reforring again, as.sho has done Dboloro, . to het diary, 2 : s . . Coriain' faots which. Mr, Bocoher gave mo. on that occasion concerning his criminal connoetion \with Mrs, Tilton—tho,tinas, tho placcs, tho fro~ quoncy—togethor with othor particulara which I - facl.a ropugnance to name—1 must, pass. ovor ; . but I cannot forbonr to.mention again, na I have stated horotoforo, that Mr. Boachor slways took : the blams to himaelf, novor impnting it to Eliza~ i beth 3 and nover till he cama bofore tho Invosti- :gating -Committes 4id Lo put forth the unmauly protoxt that Mra. Tilton had . ! thrust hor affec- tions on him ungought.” - - On numorous oceasiony, -from ,the wintor. of 1871 to tho spring of 1874, Mr. Boacher frequont- 1y mado to.me allusions, in. DMr. Moultow’s pros- ‘eneg, to ¢ : ' THE ADIDING GRIEF which, he' said, God would never lift fram his soul for: having -corruptod ap - pure-minded a wamau a8 Elizaboth 'Lilton to hor loss of houor, and’ nlso -for having' violatod the clastity of ll;lcndums toward-mysclf a8 -his early and trust- friond, fiwee ! . %uver linvo I soon such griof and contrition manifested on s human: countonanco as I have ofton seon it on Henry Ward Beocher in his salf- roproaches for having accomplishied Elizaboth’s ruin. ‘Tho fact that hosuffered o greatly from constanb fonr of an expostro of his crime mado o sometimos almont forget tho wrong which he hind'-dono mo, and: fllled my breast with s fervid desiro_to seo’ him rostored again to poaco with himsclf, At ovory effort Which I mado in con- junction with Mr, Moulton to snpprens inguiry into the scandal, Mr. Boschor used to thank me with a gratitude that was burdonsomo to receive, 110 alwags put himsclf boforo me in so dejected, humble,'and conscience-stricken a mood, that if ‘| T'hod boon o tenfold larder man than I was, 1COULD NOT UAVE THE MEART TO STRIKE MIN * When I wroto tho lotter to tho church doclin- ing toappoar for trinl on the ground thal I had not been for four years a'momber, bho met mo tle noxt day at Mr. Monlton's houso, and, catch- ing my rieht hand in both of his, said with great fealing, **Thentlore, God Himself spired you to writo that lotior,” 5 £ ~Whon; at & lator poriod, [n tha same hiouso, ho gnve mo tho firat intimation of the coming Coun- cil, bt ‘snid; “Yhoodore, it you witl'not turn upon me, Dr, Storra canpot harm mo, and I ehsll owe my lifo once sgain to your lkinduess.”, * I'coull rocord many difforont expreasions aud acts of Mr. Boocher liko' thoso which:I have above given, to - sow his porpotualand naver— rohieved diatress of mind through fear of the ox- pusure of his adultery; accompanied by a con- gtant and growing fear that I could not reslly forgivo him, nnd must gooncr or later bring him to punishment. W . % onught to ey that I somelimes half suspected that Mr. Beocher's exhibitions to moof profound dejection and beart-broak wero : NOT REAL, DUT FLIGNED, being of tho nature of appeals to my sympa- thics,, which (ho. know) waora nlwniu roadily aronscd af the sight of distress. Dat Mr. Moui- toh nover adwmitied sny doubt of Mr. Beechor's roal Donitonce, aud thip was onoe of the reanons ‘why e Moulton :an{\;ht 80 zonlously to shield this sorrowful man from tho contequences of | biy sin, ¥ . , “I. closo thia mection by declaring, with a sol- omn sense of the mesniag of my words, that Mr. Becehor's recont donial under’ oaty that Lo com- mitted adultery with ' Mra. ‘Lliltor” in known to “himi, to hor, to Mr. Moulton, to me, and to sev- oral otlor. porsons To L AN ACT OF PERJURY, *XLV.—Perhaps thore is no singlo touch of : ITIOCRISY in BIr. Beecher's statement that oxceeds his fol- \lowing allusion to his domestic happinoss: ! His.(3Ir, Tilton's) aflatra at home," snys Mr. Beocher, *did not promiso, that sympathy and strength which' mnlies one's house, as mine has been, in. times of adversity, n refugo from the storm and a tower of dofonso,” F ..In no ordinary controversy would I bo juati- fled in taking up such an allusion e this of Mr. Doceher Lo Liia own home {n contrnat with miue, . ag'ming onco was, . But tho Lruth conatrains mo to do so now. Mr, Deccher's purposo,’ thus adroitly oxpressed,'is to sot hitnself bofare the Kuhllc 1n the light of a,man whio has, so happy & 0610 of Lis awn that o-does uot need to covet his noighibor's wifo. i But, on {he coutrary, ag Mrs, Tilton hus re- peatedly assured ‘we,'und a4 sho bas nssurod “confidantial friends to whom 2 .t ILEN CONFESSIONS 4 havo been made, Mr. Boecher had a houso ywhich o not u homo—a wifo who was not » mate;. and honce ho sought and _found a moro wifoly companion. 1o often pictured fo Mra. Tilton iho huugry necds ‘of hiw heart, which .he said s, Bocchior didnot supply ; and he mado Lis -.Em-my and barrotinoas at home the ground of is nppligation to Mrs, Tilton to afford him tho solaco ofa'supplomental love. i In tha days when I was contidontial with Mr. Boceher, he used to fiaur. fn my ears UNENDING COMPLAISTS AGAINST HIB WIFE, spoken novor with bittoruess, but alwaya with pain -Ifo faid to-me’ono ‘day, ‘0O, Theodore, Qod might strip all othor giftafrom mo if Ho wouid only glve mo fa wife Jio Elizaboth'and & Lome 1iko, yours,” . One day he: walked the streots with mo aaying, *'I dread to go back to my ownhouse; I wish the oarth would open and enallow mo up.” ilo told me that whon his . doughter was warrlod, Mre, Daccher's boliavior on that occusion was suchi as to wring his heart ; aud when o deseribed : JIER UNWIFELY ACTIONS * for- he participated in-it, urged it forward, was * {he firsl person to oxpross 1o me'his rogret ut it discontinuance, and never’ asked:mo to “disa~ ‘vow™ dhat daugerous woman until aho-published n atory which ho wanted mo to deny for his own. sake. "1 will simply add that my relations with Mrs, Woodhull difrered- i no kind,' slmost in'no do. greo; from Mr. Beechor'd rolations with her, ox-1 copt only that T saw hor moroe froquontly than he, nhd o less smooth-spolen to bev faco, nnd lesy’ Iusulting behiud hor back; nor canMr. Beeche: now throw over mo tuo 'sbadow of Mrs. Wood- hull’s darkened namo, without also cosering his. own with the sama clond, XIIT, In my Sworn Statemont I mado oath to o fact that - It DEECHER CONFESSED TO ME his criminal jutimacy with Mrs, ‘Cllton. I will ‘atalo ‘tho subatanco of thia-confession, which was often renewed and ropeated ¢ o On the'night of Dee, 80, 1870, during my intor- view with him at-Mr: Moulton's houso, he ro- toived my accusation without dontal, and con- fepsbd it by his assonting mauner and grief! « In tho apology writton Jam, 1, 1871, which ho sent’to ma through Mr, Moulton, his contrition wae based on the fact that both Mr. Moulton and I had becomo acquainted with his guilt. Dauring theaubesquent porsonal interviow which took placo betiéon Mr, Beoclior and mysolf ut “3Mr, Moulton’s house a fow mornlngs afterward, * Mr! Beechor in sot torms: epoko to'Mr. Moulton ond myuolf of the szbny -and- remorso whioh ho had sulfered within tho past fow days a having brought rmn und blight upon: Elizabolk aud her family, Is ' ‘'BUNIED N1 FACE IN T8 HANDS AND WEPT, maging'that he'ought to bear tho wholo blame, biecausp from his 1ipo nge ‘and sncrod ofilco ‘ho was unpatdonably oulpablo In 1onding her natray. Mo pasured mo that during the- oarlior - yoars of +++ hig'friendship Inrlfluhbe'fim ho and she ltad no ‘soxual commerce with onol other, ‘and -that tho - “Inttor foaturo of tholr intimacy'had boon main- tained botwoon them not much ovor & yoar, and lega tlinn o g{onr and-a Lalf, s Hosaid £ mo thnt I must do with him whet I arontd,—ho would 1ot rouiat mo,—but- that, i “:dontld poaibly rostoro Llizaboth to my love snd xenpoot, ho wonld feel- tho kaon.oga of his ro- morso dulled & littlo juto lessor pain, 30 saked mo if T would perinit the coming’ paw-renting to prooeed, and said that if 1 fnsiscod,on 4 RIS RENIGNATION <hig srould'wifto 1t forthwith; ' Ilo- pominded mo duing that scono be burst mfo Lears, and olonch- od bis hands in an agony which 1 fearod would take tho fokm of' rovonge. 1ilo has told: mo re- peatodly of acts of cruolty by Alre. Beechor to- s wards his ato youorable” fathor, gaying Lo mo onco that sho had virtually drivon that agod man out of doors, - A cataloguo of the: coinplainte ‘which Tfenry Ward Beocher has mado to me agaiust his wife wonld boa chaptor.of misories such as I will uot depict upon this pago, “Many of “his relatives stand in foar of thia woman, and somo of thom Lave not entored hor - liousa” for years,~ag ono "of Mr, Deechor's brothers lafely testiliod in a publie print. .1 have #o0n from oud of lug eistors a piivato lottor con- corning TIE MARITAL DELATIONS 8 of Mr. and ra. Beechor, which it would he soandalous to reproduco horo, ‘And yot this 1an,.in ordor to give to the ignoranpublio ono of human nature's most plausible reasons why a'man should not invada anotber’s house; painty . a . falso picture of , Lho 8wool refuge of Lis so-called happy homo. + Isknow: that -my llusion to. dlr, -Beochor's. Bome-ifols rougliand barsh, but I know, algo, ‘that ik trie;- for, s I'pen it down, there risos in my mind a. vivid. recolloction. of tha many years of niy daily assocfation with Mr, Doochor, during witich ko taught mo to sympathiza. witl Lim for tho vory reason that bl houss, {ustend of belng what ho now calla it, * a rofuga from tho slorm; ' was moro ofton tho storm itaqlf, from which ho sought rofugo in ming, 08 BLACKMAIL, i Mr, Bosobor has-cinrged mo with blackmai),. ‘Thia chargo woro o oold and kean polnt for a sln- gla morning, but goon molted awuy like an icicle in tho sun. Tho.angry indistmont lad ko brist a vitality that tho lifo ias all gone from it boforo thio Committoo wroto their verdiot, 1In that ver- dict, the: Commutttos did. net ropoat Alr, Boeche or’y chargo,—knowling that . IT COULD NOT BE SUSTAINED, ‘Thoy mado only tho faintest possiblo sllusion to tho subject, by suggosting that “innocent mon had sometimes been blackmailod," but thoy even nogloctod to montion that Mr. Boocchor way ono of these. Now, nlthough tho Commitieo have dismlssed tho Bnfijuapjof bluackmall an too. tenuous to bo made & part of thoeir spooial ploadings, I am not willing thot this outragoous protonso aball bo sllowed to‘pass- into smift and oasy oblivion.. I will'do what the Committos had not the courago $0'do,—I will rovive 'Alr. Boochor's - charge of xobbory, o blackmail. Dut{t so happous that, at the very tima when: (neoording to,tuln doscriptioin) 1'was yithout tho means, to :farnish “food and firo to my family, namoly, ‘ths winter of 1870-7, 1 had scteral : thonsands of dollars in cash to my nccount on'| | 1o books of sn ominont commercinl houso in Lot York,<-n largor pum than I over had'at any a.no timo inlooso Mmooy aven in my moat proti- pyzous daye | And Mr. Beccher knew of this fact al\gha timé, bocauso whon ‘Alra, -Morso wiofo to Lim tho lotkor in whioh eho falsoly snd impudent. Iy anl that if my honost' dobls wora paid I .wonle not bo wgrth A‘cont, Ar. Heccher was then 1nformed by “ono of the custodians ‘of my . mogey . first, that 1 had no debls unpaid, and neathy that 1 had sceeral thousands of dollars in odsks o my decounty - " Wila T distinotly daclare, thoroforo, that the story _puk dnto’ Mra, Tilton’s mouth by the poraons who ‘advived Her to'say that she had* not’ the moans whenowitih to food'and warm horaolf pnd family, waa {25 o pApmtoATED BTATEMENT, pub Vorth £ bo one of tho nocosnary pralimina- | rion to tho stbsoquent ebargo of blackmail, * | - -Afcpr thus (aldoly represcnting mo'as lK:;ulna the wrator of 187071 without food and fire, Mr, Beaclyr's sooond’ pxh\lmlnl? to the' intended charge af blackmall consisted in his aaying that Iutha following wiritor of 1871~72 I was driven In \disgraco .from tho publio platform, and'that my locturing engagetnenta woro brought to nought. In vivid, Janguage, Lo portraya my supposed dis- | troms at {hint tlme Lhaus : G : .+t Tl winter follovving (1871-'72), Mr, Tillon," ho says, ' refurned prom the lecluring field déspair, * Engagements had been canceled, invi- tations withdraion, ano' h ta/mk: of the prejudice and repugnanca, with which he was everywhere met as indeseribable.” - -+ The abovo statoment is not only the direct op- .poeite of tha irutl, but vlen I first came upon £ in Lo midt of 'Alr. Bajechor's.dofeuse, ang boforo I saw the end to which it polnted—name-. ly, that it waa & stop in Lhio mrgument td prove mo a man {n suliclent desparation to Y RESORT TO BLAGKMAIL, ~ I conld not understand tho mystorious purposo of his coining auch an unnccassnry fiction ; but £ soon aftervard snw:thas, aa Mrs. Tilton’s inven- tion of her. privations of food and fuel camo first {v ordoryso noxt camo Mr, Doechor's equally. fanciful invontion of my locturivg losses and disgrace, Both of those ulloged evonty—ono ocourrlng in ono winter, the ' other in the noxt— wora to create tho desporato .dotermination of mind on'my part: which was to turn mo into a binckmaiter. I ‘Mrs. Tilton's falaitios, I call thom hers, always remombering that they wero mot of hor own prompting) have already boen .suliciontly ans awored, I noed only to avswor Mr. Beechor's. And -if be doca 1ot blush.for his statcmeht above-quoted when ho roads tlo:following rof- utation of it, thon ho must Lo Vlost to a proper rogard for that strict truth which ehould form the basis of any and evory sccusation which ops mon brings against anothor: NOTE FROM 3Mit TILTON'S LECTUNE AGENT, | Coore:n INSTITUTE, Nezwy YOIK, siept, 1, 1874, Dean Sin ;. On roforenca to our boake, I find thiat ed more lectira engagomonts during {he nia~ 719, than auy otlior of thie 100 or mora ldc~ turers, readepw, 'ofc., on our list, savo one. " Quly threo'of your engageracnta wora canceled, and: 4wo of thesd were In tha West, where the graat Chlufu. firo nd almost: paralyzod tlie ‘Jactura business, Al lecturers in the West that scvson sutfored from cans celod: engagemonts, In soveia placos yon wero called to ylve a accond lecture, and :\n ono placo a'third, | - Very truly yours, " *E * * " Ainerlean Lvraryr Bureau, Crastrs MusronD, . - 5" Vico-Prosident, Theodors Tilton, Esq, 38, TILTON, who zccompanied mo at mr request, during portion of the above-named leoturlng trip (for I thought that if she wero thns econ’ traveling with mo, tho stories agminst hor would roccive in that way's most affectisal rebufr), wrote home tho following < g ¥ NS, TILTON TO M8, —m, " WatEnTOWIH, M1 Ay SwerT FRigs. o e dore b twenly ongogements romaining, which will bring us ,liome tho last woek i Marcli, ~We bave mot with ox- cesdingly nico poopls, and always T'heodore reiifatates “Iimesly againgt the prejudicrs grown up th past’ year, e CEEE T Yroun Deak-BatzangT, .Jtwillhagoon thua that Mr. Basclier's declaration that I indlost’ my.'lecturing ‘egagomonts and Wail Lioaping up, prajudices “againbt myself yharever 1 went, is flatly cdntralloted by Mg, Mumford, miy lecturlng agent, who' saya that of i his_hiwndred’ Jecturars and roaders I'had mora ongagements than: soy otlior person ‘suve’one; sud Mra. Tilton tostifion that {vatead of my giv- ing rise to projudicea against mysolf; I was ovor - whare clearing thon ayway! ks What becomes of ** - T MR, DEECIER'S CASE, whon ita principal gintements nre thus, one aftor anothor, keon to bo uttorly baucloss, . and there- forautterly busa? - J Mr, Beqchor—n(ter firs instigating Mrs, Tilton to sny.that, in tha winfer of 1870-71, cur Touso Was A Lovel of privations, and shon permitting Limself. to declure that, in tho following wintor of 187172, way hunted from the public ros- irum and deprived of. my livalihood—nad by thoso two misrepresentations plausibly reduced mo, in_bis statomont, to “tho condition of a man whose néxt alternative wanld bo to levy Dblackmail. PRl Y After theso progresnive proparations for his in- tended indictmont, Mr. Boecher, noxy oxhibita’ tho sama cat-footed caro iu, prejsonting his suc- .coesivo aharges, . - Thus ho cautiously ,protonds, bofore directly Prnforriug his main accusation of blackmall, that mado use of him, to cxtort from Alr. Dowesn the sumn ot §7,000. ‘ Thoro {n - . BOMETIHING TO PROVOKI: A BMILE In this fusinuation, tor I have yet to hosr of any man, living or_ dead, who bas beon able 1o px- tort from Atr. Bowén a cent of money not justiy dna, k 5 B 1 ‘What i Lho story of the '$7,000 which I ro- colvod from Mr,” Dowon? 1t 'was s just debt -which Mr, Bowen owed mo,'and paid me;. and that was tho whole mntter; it do did not pay, me through Mr. Beacher's influencs, nor through* any othor influenco snve tho nocesssry obligation dovolving on a man who owes monoy to pay it. Tho'transaction was as follows : According to tho contracts made batwoeen Mr. Bowen and my- self in tho latter part of Decomber, 1870, 1 was to edit the Brooklyn Union-for flve yonrs at an anapal salary of $5,200, together with TEN TER CENT OF TUE VIOFITS; ond I wag. to furnish to the. Jndependent n waekly articlo at an annmel salnry of $5,200, makiug, from thess two .sourcen, a yoarly in- como oatimnted by Mr. Bowon at £§14,000 and up- swards, Thosa two contracts contiined- the fol- - Iowing provisions, namely: They could bé nn- <nullu§hy tho denth of eithor piirty, or “by tho consont - of both parties, or by ono party giving to the other a-hulf-yenr's notico ot intontion to do 4o, or AT oNCE by oithar.party paying to tho other o forfoit'oqual to a Lalf-yoar'n income, sa; -about $7,000, Mr. Bowon, through JMr, Boochior's influonco (as Mr. Deechor admits), choss’ to tor- 1n{uato-thoso contraots AT oXoe, Hp hiad a por- foct right to do this on paying' tho. stlpulatod forfoit of &7,000. \If thoso contracks had boon tarminated in this mannor Ly mo matoad of by. Mr, Bowon, Iwould have boen logally bound to -}myvllr. Bowon & half-yoar's incomo, ‘or $7,000, n ko manner, the contracts having boon ' tor- minated by Mr.Bowen, 1 wag bouud to pay tha #ame amonat to are, ‘ E TIHE CONTIACTS showod on thelr faco ‘oxnotly what thoy mant, nnd woro a4 peromptory as a'nate of and, Tho only poesiblo doubs as’to tho procise amount of mouey due under them was, How much did_10 or cont of the'Union's prollbs amount'to ? - Mr, owen, who lias a clover business faoulty for submitting all money claims o arbluation, on the coonomiosl ground that arbitratora’ usinlly compromiso by outting the disputed dluim in two, —lika @ kulto l.htumih 4, Poach,“~giviny each party balf,—nagaclonaly urged me to arbitrate. This proposition I at ficst daolined, foarinj; 'that 1ny juat olalm would bo out in two like the poaph. “Lhis. declinature ¥ maile by tho . ndvice of Mlr.t Moulton, who wan nob willing-that I shonld loso & ponuy. of- my just duo, - Meatwhile’ Mr' Bowen, who know “somothing, but not' evory- thing, ot Mr. Bocchor's relations with: A, Tile tau, uaturally folt that o 1 WOULD BY, SENSITIVE ABOUT COLLEGTING my olain through a lawyer aud in'n court, from. my unwillmguess to fivojvo Ar. Doochor ‘und theroby compromiso my family, - Aceordingly Dir, Bowon folt srfe in_ dilly=aliylug contorniug thio payment boyoml sy polm of pationce, At leugth I instrudted Mr, I, A Ward, of tho laiv firm of Roynoldé & Ward, of 'Brooklyn, - to shop +Mr, Bowon's sharp practfeo and solloot’ my olain -at. onco. in pourt. - About the samo timo, but wholly unconusoted with thik aftair, I wroto niy artiole for the Golden Age, ‘oorrecting, In Liokal?. - of wy Wostern seadors (amoug Whom I liad just boen travoling as'n lodturer), AOMO “unfounded roportn thas .my .xatirement from.the edltorial chitlr. of. tno Independent hndnot beow (as iMr,’ Tiowon_publioly waid it was in Dagembor, 1870,) “‘to my honor, orablo to mysolf, Tho proof-shent of this ar~ ticlo 1 siowed in advanco +to; Br, Monlton, wha, soeing that 1t dissgreonbly iutroducod the namo of Jr. Boacher, - - BEQGED ME ON THAT ACCOUNT T0 RUPPRESS IT, * ‘o shiowed it to Mr. Boooher, Who shrank from the prospect of 't 'publicatidn beeauso tt con-, Moulson, finding Mr.: Beochor groatly c . and - full .of .. trepidation, ;.confersoq, . eochor's roquest, with. Mr, Jorace I, Glailin, who, linvlig somo ' mysteclous influcnco over +Bir, Bowen (which'I'am not ablo o this day Lo, sumidratand),”'ndvised Mr.' Bowon' 1o seitlo my oliim'at onco, and not pormit mo to .putit into tho « qourts, 'sinco - 1agal -procoodings would re~ floct equally on Mr. Bowen and ,Mr. Boecher by “exhiblting thoir mutual griovanced in a gl \lighit to the publiey* v - . 171¢ woas wholly in M. Beecher's interes!, and 1ol in mine, that Mr, DMouiton and my logal nd< vinors withheld my claim of 87,000 from a publio court and handed it oyor to_ private . arbltratinn, T'he followltig lotters Wil prove this roint to a domonstiations 7 [ e i 5 3, MOULTOR nod Alr, TO 2R, CLAFLIN, My Dear Nr, Claftin: e AT O ) '8 el commldeeation'of 4l Inticits, offer" than Theadares, T huve advisea bim (o arbitzate, ato, v,y - T T A Cordintly yoursy:, _Fratom D, Moutroy, JUDGE NEYNOLDS TO'MR. TILTON, v " rLAW OFrIcEs oF IEYNoLDS & WAz, » iw; . Aprill, 1872, Xy Dear Nr. Tilion 3 . .~ On atrlctly legal grounda T should strentiously ad- viso you against: any’ submitianco: to: arbitration 'of your differences with - Ar, Bowen, I.consider your cads 20 clear In'l that thiere'ls no reason, so far ‘laa s are colcerned, tor ivorting its :prosscution from 0 TeqUIar COU®e, 1. v i ., .oy ) ut thero aro wolghty moral conshisrations arlsing ‘gt of the fuct that other- parties ight be. scrionsly “involved, wiich .-lead Tua to liope you Imay 8o0urs your ighta through the proposed arbitration,. - ,. .. : ; - “You can only o so, howver, by ablaining, nit anly. thio money dus yout, bt & porsonal vandication -at thi hands of Bowen. A trial of ‘the case fn s public court would afford such vindication, snd !f you fareta that, hix condust kiaw caat tpon you, . Youra vary truly, Gionox, R, WADD TO MR TILTG “LAW OF¥1028 0 REYNOLDS & WaRD, T ke e ) ADHL, B2 RRxwoLo, | Tieynolda has expressod, that tuis. macter: shouid be lefi to arbitration, . o @ Yy Tlio eato i na clear a8 daylight ana tho Arbitration i ontiroly i 140 talorest o > third postyy ok your- *"Tam ncling of course a8 yonr legal advisor ; it giau ave ncting as the counsel of & third party I- have noth 2 Lo maY, s G P o + ) Boraoncly 1 wonid not consent ‘(o tho arbitiation ot Jiowen wonld pay the full amonut due’ under {hocontyact ud giveta’ full justification’ bestdes of - your Integrity. .. - PR A e 1n othor words thore Iy o possible objeat fn_arbi- ‘tration, a8 all your rights can bo cleatly_established in acourt'of law," Vory truly yours; "~ F, A, WanD; The “*‘thixd party* montioned In" tho nbn:ro lotters tyas nons otlior than thie =l TEY. HENDY -WARD DEECHER, i It was for' Mr, Boceher's sako—for his alono, not mino~that niy juat clsim against Ar. Bowon ywa Lield in Abeydndo for year atid & ‘hatf; and- ws then finally’ kept ‘out of court and sottled- privately through Mr. Moulton's foar that'a pub- lic Inwwsmit,” which M¢. Dowen scomed at ono timo to invite for the sake of the mischief which: it promised ‘to- disclose ngainst Mr. Beechor, ‘would “yosult in jrrotrievable damage to Mr.- ..| Doecher's name, * Mr, Moulton's ‘special appre- Liouklon wag that Mr, Bowon, cherlshing a sceret " hostility to Liis’ pastor, was tompting mo to'carr; tha enso Into court, for' the purposd of iuvolving Mr. Beechor'fn a public scandal,” * . When, thareforo; ME'*Boechor says that Ii made useof bim to extort $7,000 from Mr. Bowen, bo spoaka what 1s not"trud, The trutly is, that iy st claim of 7,000 would hiavo boon wvaid long before it was except for Mr. Moulton's _rolictanco to‘give M. Iowen an opportunity to uso Jogal prococdings ‘as an indiroct menns of “gratifylug his eupposcd “rovengoful foelings: againat Mr, Boechor. : . ““It \vas M., Claflin who 5 PERSUADED A, BOWEX to withhold tho caso from court and submit it to arbitration, * Tho threo arbitrators wore IHorace .B, Claflin, James Freoland, aud Charlos Storrs.. Thoy. met at the houss of Mr, doulton, who was prosent during tho intorview. ; Alr. Doyen and I appearad before thom. I mado no claim ‘for a specliic’ amount, but simply Inid .my :two con~ tracts on tho table and sujd, ** Hero ara two con- traots which Mr. Bowen and I mutunlly signed. . Road them and judge for yourselves Liow nicl “monoy is duo mo.” ~Mr, Clafliu then tool out his lead pencil, asked how much the, profita .of the ‘Union + woro, footed up the figurey, requested . M, Bowen aud mysolf to rotire into_ tho. frout parlor for a fow minutes, summoned us baclk shortly aftorward, and anuounced that the arbi- trators, aftor laviog road tlio. contracts, had unanimously decided that . . P MR, BOWEN OWED ME SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLATS, }ir. Bowon thoroupon took from his pockot » bisak cl.\‘iwll, filled it out on the spot for $7,000,. aud handed it to mo, saying that the noxt weok’s Independent should contain a handsoma tribute to mo at the head of tha-editorial columas. . Boforo thiy proposed-tributa .wos printed I had meantime saut to dr. Bowen. & note aaking |- him to correct cortain falss reports concerning my retiroment from the Independent. . In. reply to this note hia sent mo privately tho following MM, DOWEN TO Ml TILTON. '« r, Theatlore Tiliun : iy 815 : Isball publish, with grest pleasuro, in the fu- dependent your lotter to me, followed by such editorial '}'g}na‘rlkl a& I'trust will please you and your pumcrous riends, (oG sty b ''7 Wo liave boen bound togothier an co-workers for many years, and I now most salemuly declara to, you tust never for one momout bavo 1 entartaineg a sluglo une frioudly feellng towards you, . . - 4 " To-duy I rejolco that wemzy meet and elasp hands a8 frifends,” -* - .- S a8 £ X If I have done you any wrong in the L T moat sine ceraly regret it, and ank you-Lo ovorlook wnd forget it ‘Hencoforth “let us havo peace il good-will betwor s, each doing his own work In hils owp way &4, seew «tli beot in thostghtof God, . e . We shall meet now us frivnds, and I hopa as Chrls. tiaui frionds ; and noact’ of wifno ehall disturb our friendly rotstions; BEE- 2 6 4 With-many good wislies for you and yours, T am, truly yout frloud, - ¢ + ¢ Lk C, BowrN, { In addition to tho abovoi-etter, Mr, -Bowen Boubmd; within o day o two; the following: it " SIR.'DOWEN 70 ‘M, ‘TILTON: dir, Theodore Tilton: ~ * : ! Iauthorize you tosay st any time, at your discrotton, sud on my authority, that : your ratireimont, from the Independtent sud Darly' Union Was. for, 1o un< Zrieudly reasony, or aily dealrs on my ;part. to roflegt “on your éharacter or atanding ; and farthermoro, thdt' whatover taled or rumors mny exiat: to your njiiry, I most wincercly regret and condemn, * . . 2 “* With a sinceradesira for your bent presont and future welfare and prosperity; and- that. of your respectod family, I rematu your friend, . Hesiy 0, Bown, Dudoswyx, Apfil 3, 1672, . N Simultanoously. with tho receipt of the ahove private letters from Nr, Bowen, camo tho fnde- .pendent, containing ab tho hoad of its oditorinl columus a vory handsoma.personal . tribute to 1ysolf, which, aa' Mr. Moulton quoted it in sub- stance, I need not reproduce hore, In this arti- c¢lo Nr. Bowen reforred to what ho was plonsed tostyle *my long and brillinntsorvices to tho Zn- dependent,” and ho sald in-it: o® ‘Wa have felt too kindly toward him to allow the In- dependent fo countensucs tho shusy hoapod upon him LY 60Ime uthier papors, . + 4 JURTIERMORF, 4 as if oxprossly Lo furnishime in adyance with tho Dbeut possiblo matorial for auswering Mr, Boceh- er'a chargo that I bnd oxtorted money -from AMr. 0 (Mr, Bowon) spoke particularly ns ** Our disagroement with him on some roligiou: snd othor guestions does not: provent our Tocoy: mzinghlg .0 o0 o . . HONEST PURPOSES, and his chivalrous dofonso of what he bollovos to be trie, 09 well as -thoso’ qualities' of hoary Which mako him dear o thoso “who Lnow him oot v S ' 1 havo thus quoted Mr, Dowen's offoctual an. siror (o tho chiarge that T'have wrouged him in any way;-but I am lmR'plly sblo to-quote Mr. Jteecher's own answer’ & 12, whioh- will be:still nioro trinmpliant! Mr, Boochor was so gratiflod % my #ottioment- with "Mr,” Bowen,: aud ab the “encomitw of me-in thoe -Indepenient, that ho " copiod 16 Into tho noxt waol's Ukristian «Union, with au added culogy of his own,-as follows : ' ° MR BEEOUER PRATAES Mi. TILTON, [Trom Mr, Bevshor's articlo Iu-tho Christian Unlon, Aprii 17, 1873), i + ** This honorable testimony from Mr, Bowen," snya Atr, Begehior,. ¢ ought to. clear. away tho tnisgoncop- tioni which’ have whaded tho pall of this Lrilltaut mlul} writer, IFo iave never nurted with’ our fuith | hut tho toaild seconguer for Thealors Dillon the plica i Journalism, Jaleratiere, and Reformie-to which hiy “falents nnd Prad-eervices. entitle hi U, m, e 1oy Upon $his tostimony of tho extimation ju which bis privel- [}, vlea und churactor avo held by, . b A \WISE AND STRONO MAM, 1o wan closoly asssociated witls bl for fifteen yoara ih the conduct of 1ho Jndependant, tho publlo nust noula. put asklo profudico ‘of Sudgmont whichs thoy Iuvo pormitted to clowd this yotug orator_and writer, "Thoss whio know him best aro tlio most sure’ that lio fs Jhonest in hia conviclivns, as Ae iy feurlesa in lns utler ance; and that he s niinly and atrafghlforward in the 10uys 1t tolich ho tourkd for what seeuss bo hink beat for anetn qud Jor society, - - “We lruit tliat tho' old in the Golden Ago will not grow dim, bug that, dropplug it drops fu the refining * ficew, 46 Il shine withy {lo lusize of gold, soven Unus Tofived audpuriiad; <« - Tloava the abovo artlolo Ly Mr, Bosohar, writ- ten two ‘ynm go by hig'own -pen, in-lug. own *.but.was.for somo cauao not hon-, talnod Mr, Bowen's chargea against lim, +-Mr," BinooxwyN; Aprill, 1672, Mr, Howen munt expect to clear you Limacl¢ from tha: n | Hmputations which % Ty Shieo i tho reluctance which T bellévs Judga:|* *{ Mre, Tilton agninst Donsio § and Journal, fouching the seltlement of - this very-dia. puted elatm woflle Aly. Howen concerning the ien- el 87,000 now 1n quesltion—1 loavo this artlcle” by Mr. Begchar Lo R T . ... CONFUTE MIL NEECHER'S NECENT PRETENSR | %mllulnmlhlm to.oxtort thig monoy from Mr, asren b T [} N BREGHER'S KEXT ATEP in Lho nmclle argunent to prove mo i black- mallor {8 ‘his montfon of thie” payment to -Mr. ‘Moulton of ceitain sums of mondy Tnounung to $2,000,, T hnd nothjug td.do with this monoy, or Auy’ patt ot it ; Dut I“hny;go\:\,tp‘lnmy‘thn i weut, either In yholo or.part,'to pay’ ™ ' " oL UTILE GINL, BRSSIE'S BOROOR-MILLE, ' 1 at tho Stoubenville ‘Sominavy, ‘Olilu. (See ros. celnts signed by the Principal.) ! ,Jh\n,c hild camo to my Lowso u dozon years ago a o Walf,’ Bearlug the nume of MeDermott, knowing neithor father nor mother, nor relatives, lor equlnnulnucou'nl hor birth, nor hor ago,— conceruing nllwhomm and which sho romainé fn tolal ignotance for years uilil, aftor wany of- forts, 1 traced hor jinrantigo, and “Icarned” that }:ur‘truu uanio wa3 Turner, which ctio lize ziuce ‘barna, Lt ] * 5 This unfortunate child, when she livod in my famlly,wos afilicted frequently - with_atrango, gloonis,go that e somotimes passsd daya' to- gethier in anllon Mlonico; witliont speaking to any ono in the liouse, thion burating gally’ into an dti- cessdnt noiso; ‘und at oight slio would ofton fall mto & specios of nightmare' whieh -woulil abntrol ‘her 80 powerfully that Lier mostin and-cries iroutd alarm the liouge, " 7 SER . . Mias Authouy, who' knew hor iwell, doscriben ‘liex. (though I'think s, little too: rouglly) as n, “linlf-ldiot, into whono hond it was "iwpoisible to inatill principlenof truth.” B i oy re MY FATHER -AXD MOTHER,H] o in their joint_card, from which Ihnve: aiready quoted, dated Xoyport, N.J., Aug:80; 1874, ro- for to this child as follows: - -+ HES il * Tho girl Deaslo, hofore shio wad sent to boardings achool at tho West, was often an_fimata of our hono, and wowero All ncquattitod witl'hiér character af that time, Wo griovo Lo say that {hin girl was~gullly of aucl fIl conduot in our”family, including falsehuoda and jomults to us, {liat in 1870, ‘Whou sbo went from our Bouso, we forbld hier of entoring ft dgain, <o v MY WIFE'S LETTERS. s uged to contain fraquont aliuaions to her troubles Avith Besaie,: which woro of, R0 voxlng_u.lx}nq thet Mrs, Tilton' often ‘doubtod_tho, rightfulneas of' +{-kooping suclan accontrio; ghild in_the hipuso %ar. For oar of Lier evil influpnco on our, childron. instance, Mrs. Tilton, -in n Jottor. to mo dnted fn]l]: 6,.1807, speaks of, this. troubleaomo girl ne ! ollows ; RN i AL thp only diaturbor of tha penco of ourhiouschold, Bat- urilsy and Sunday, oo Lo tmes usual for her moods, ' .and as.tho iitle girls grow older sho wius them Jens aud lun:ln Dorkelf, owing fo her unforfunaté disposi~- tion,, Thy J wm'porplexed lest my children Der influcneo over thom,? <+ : The nbove ‘expresses o™ froquent complaint of. of, s.my wifo wad o kind-henrted and polf-sacrifloing’ woman— eapocially zealous: to*do, good to lowly and un~ fortnnato persons—sho conld ‘nover permit her- self t6 dismiss Bosslo, 'and sond her forihi holp-. Tous jnto tho-wide world. A thomsand timbs ovor has Bessie exprossed hor gratltudo to Mra; Tilton and moe. for huving rescued hor from some’ horri~ ‘Dblo fato ‘which slio- used to fancy would have beon hers had not onr family given Lior n home. Nor do I beliovo that sho would liave praved an ‘Ingrato:to mo had she-not beon mada a tool in. Brs. Morso's ingenious hands for working out -her schemo of . a divorca for Elizaboth by bresk- ing down my.xeputation. -It will be remembored that Jessto wroto to Mrs. Tilton, Jan, 40, 1870, saying ¢ e 0 . = "t Mrs, Mordo Lias repeatedly attempted fo Tiire me by offering wne dresses and_prewents to go to certain pore sons and tell them aloried jujurious to the churacter of your husband. o & B .Tho -young girl whom Mrs. Moras * bribed,” Mus, Tilton **decoived,” as [s seon by Mre..Til~, {.ou‘u lottor to Alre, 1., dated Nov. 8, 1872, =s fol- owss © .o . b 1 have mistakenly felt oblized o decefve Beasie thess - £160 Years that my Lusband hind nwde falso accusations agafuatmg, which ko nover Lias to Lo, 1ot auy one,: .- “[ho - young:: girl—'"bribod" by. Mrs. Morse, and “docelyed by Mrs. Tilton—and aliways tho .cagy instrumont of eithor—baecamo snddonly ono day the torror of both: for-she.overhioard shy, 4F A CONVERSATION L botweon Mrs. Tillon and.mysolf, in which allu- sion was mado to Mra, Tiltow's sexual intimacy with 3Ir; Hoocher, *'I'ho, Committeo; in their vor- alot, admul that the girl,over. heard, tkis remark, for they quote her us netug tho following worda: - He: (Me. Tilton) anid she (Mrs..'Tilton) had confessed to him thab:she had been criminally sn -timale: with M. -Jeecher.” | Bho,. idontifled the. date -t -which slie overhoard .the romark, The quostion.. was .put fo: her *.whon wag that 7" aud the. Committeo received hor avawor, * Thia | all ocourred ou tha doy- {hat. we wout back in tho fall:of 1870.” S i 3 , After ovorhearing this remark, tho young toll- tale wont to sovoral members of the Tamily and roported it with_her :prattling tonguo, , §ho also WENT TO it BEECHER & 1 and did tho same. ,DMr. Beecher, in his stato- meny; -acknowledges, thal. Bessie came o him ; . but, with that dieregard of tho truth which char- actorizes his cutiro dofouse, he changes iho story. which slie camo to him to tell, aud makea: it appenr that bor digclosuro was, ot what tho Committeo ndmit, xunmcl{, that .she hind heard, of {NIr. Beocher's' criminal ralatious with Mra,. ‘L1lton, but quite another talo, T'he same, roluc- tanco which Mr, Boecher hins rinco had to put tho true story of Bonsio’s errand into Densie's ro- .cont Lostimony, ha long ago mianifested at hav- ing her toll it to our friends and rolatives, Such o toll-tnle tongiio was. daugorous to Mr. Beech- ar's poace, _Accordingly, 1o ‘soonor ‘hiad’ Mr. Moulton undcrtaken the task of arganizing Mr. DBoechor'a snfoly, than one of tho first vecessary #davicos™ to thia end was tho romoval of Bousio do not Jovo her, nor got long plénnantly, housed =t Alri Beechor's oxpouso ina Westorn boarding-gohool for o term of yeara. 3 .Thig monoy which g , M, BEFCHER PAID FOR DESSIE ia all the money which 1 over keard (until re- contly) of his paying.vithor direetly or, mdivectty +in conseqiiencs of uy asoviution with my fawily or-with this seandal.. g = i-- After Begaio was put to seliool ono of her first acty—andd: this wholly destroys tho falso state- ment that T over sought fo injure Hor—way' Lo writo,me, ;¢ 3 R oo .. A LETTER OF KA AXD GRATITUDE for hor school privilegon, on the supposition that I was her bonofactor, "Ihis Jotior € did nof an- swer,, becaiwg, I thought it not, prudent (o un~ _deceive tho ehild.ay to her peduniary rolation- ship to Mr, Bogchor, helioving that lior kuowl. vdge of this fact (il she should learn it) would ouly. iucranse the very mischiof which wo all soughi. 0. hidg, Moreover, I, did not wish to tako to mysolf aw oxpreasion of thanks for bone- (factions. which ianother man had medo, Ae- cordingly, I'sout Bessio no anawer to her lgttor, . . Bome timo, aftorward, howover, s proposition wais mado.to Desslo 'by o Jady in Marlotta, Ohig, ona of Mr, Becclior's frionds, to the offect that 'A YOUNG HUNGUBACK in that town, who had monoy erough to aupport a wifo, but who found it difienlt to tind a girl who would marry hiny, was willing to take Bossio out’of .kchool and marry’ hor. ‘Cho moment I heard of this “dovico” I wroto,to Boasio, glving. hor such good counnel as I'thought tho occasion domauded, warning hor agningt marrying any one whom sho ‘dld uot knos, or respect, or love, In roply to 'this letter,” sho wroto mo soven or oight scliaol-girlin Yngna, whifch I atill possous, dated ** 8toubonville, "Jon,. 13, "1873," Login-, .niug: My, Tilton, my dogr friend,” ‘ncknowl. odging 'my lettor'mid tho admonitiond which it contalned; desckibing to mo hor astonishment .t Mra, ——'8.propotal to ior'to marry tho do- formed ‘strangor; exprogsing hor repugnanca to mury such a disfigurod person ;” ad onding hor long lottor to'mo us followa: W 1 should havo wrilten you many times, sha says, nad told you'low' much I enjoyed and appreciatnd belug horo at school, but as I had writton - you one luts ter and you had not unswered it, I droamod you did «nopeara 1o hioar how I was gowting along: (g In -Bousia's Jotters to my wifo, with whom she corroapondod regularly, siso often addrossed ' to mo kindly moese(:os, and on ono ocenslon apoko* of:gonding one of hor tchoolmalos on purposa to bo iutroduced fo me, - ; -1 montlon thoso triflos to roliove this foollsli Flrl, in - part from the odim which attachos to lor of having spoken with falsehood and ingrats itudo of a man Who never showed hor anythin but, kindnexs, and of whom I know kbo wuulfi nevor have thought of -saying an, ungratoful: word until tauglt, four yonrs ago, to'do ko by o 5 < MR DIORAE, who thon invented for a bad_purpose tho talos which the young tale-bearor bas ginco been in- struolod to ropuat for a worso. This hobit of story-telliug whioh Mra, Morso inotillod into tbis ‘maid's mind is stil further illustrated in tho falso statomont whioh Dossio tmadlo to tho oditor of tho Pittsburg, Leader,—a murked copy of whick journal, of Aug, 81, 1874 a8 beon sonb to me, ~contalning o ntnfnmnuz mada by Dossio in that oity, an follows ¢ 3 *t1ler tuitlon and board,” #he sald, ¥ woro paid out of hor own mouay, aud that Mr, Tuton hold $1,000 ay hor gusrdian.” . < + 1 uover was hor guardian, nor had she ever any mooney of her own, nordid I ever hold auy iy fruat for hor, - 3 ‘I'hls utory—so wholly unnecossary and appor- ently without any purposo—is of 8 plece with tho othor shallow and faluo tales which this payt- ly irrosponsiblo girk has sinco promulgated cons unrul?rg Mra, - Btunton, Mlss Anthony, and wysolf, & Is not strango, howayer, thnt Bosulo, under 2 tho [utlucnce of the flqogpt on Liabitually prace HLibby,” eays Mrs, Tilton, “ continues to Do | Grow Irrithota througs . to » safo distance from DBrooklyn: . 8o she was | - tlced upon her by Mrs. Tilton; and-under tho inw k I?lilr_nl.lnn of hoposwn natlvo and unforlunate - alinst in'the snms diroctibn, dnd having long ago ln\l:p into tho mharo of Mra, Morso; and moro ‘Tocoiitly luto themnttipulation of-Aft, Beeclior' Anwyors,—1t In- not aliatigo, I eny, that zhraufin Bt $hoso'influesicnn mho shonid havo Hoon' easily fashioned into wwilling tool fn-their hauds for Ao »rnfrmluenon"of tho falgo 'teutinony which ‘Mra; Morse Inhglfifl fabrlented, and’ Which Mry, Murse’s own rogrr (ug consistency lny required tlint Tbdslo’ ghonld Yopent afrosly fif tho samo old orm,, 3 My regrot Jathat 'this atiallowsmirided girl, In pnrmlmufi Loreolf to bo naod by these peopls Lo uiy diadredit, fndd her navts brougyt into the ‘:'qnhl;b} rifahi which “thoy’ have“involved thelr " Ilow mueh'of Mr, Toecher's $9,000 han boen . spont on Jesste Turnor, I do not know ; but T do _kriow'that'simiost avery lettar "which llewsfe has writton'to Mrs, 'I'lton "for tho ‘st threo or four yodus i asked for woneys 1 know, also; thint iliia monoy cano throngh Ar. Moutton U U UFROM HENRY WARD DEECHRR; and 1 kuow still fusther that the solgpurpose ot Mr. Boocliot’s phyirig this’monoy, aud tho solo ‘plirposa of 'Mra, “Tilton's keepiug Bessio * de. celved,” wng booauso this' girl aceidentnily over- lieard font yenra ago tho Tomark which &ihe ro- ‘ptiatod to the' Commitico, ned which tho Com. ‘mittoe admit~namely, & disolosro of ‘tho erimi- Hinl- intimaey ‘botween «Mra, Lilton and’ Mr. Toeohory & et ey @ *1 must thercfora put upon Boaste -the 'burden of blackmall, oo far at loast na the Achool-bills -d—sny, ‘the Wholo or a large part of tho 'afore-, aald 92,000, ¢ ¢ e O ~Tha noxt stopin Mr. Bosclior's untruthful in- Aletmont agaiust mo brings mo to coot T s slontdAam, ! On the 1st of Mhy, 1879, Mr. Beechior docelyed htawifo by obtalnlijz hor signature to a mort- di‘o-un-hlu liotwso ; ‘and Lis ling slicy attempted 0'docofvdihio publio Ly'saying that tno 905,000 ‘whioh'ghe thus olpdd hiw raise from'a Brook- Jlyn “bank was -n_extortion by Mr. Moulton for blackmail” fh my bohalfy I Mr, Beccher hnd\ aitcconddd ‘in provifg (which Lo did not) that I “had used him to oxtort '§7,000 from Mr. Bowen, ahd'that I thiou had lovied on'him (as holikewlse chargdll) suctensivo asiesaments’ nmounting -to 82,000, ho'might ronsonably hiave espocted, on ‘the bhais of ‘thess two rabberics of him by me, '»:]{:I%avn wie' ghiilty,' through' Alr, Moulton, of o ‘third, e T b ! *' Bofore'Mr. Boechor mndo this ohdrgo, -Mr. Moulton, with o straightforward honesty whicit +|"doos not bclunF'to ' blackmailer, Lind ‘alréady eob forth'u plain and bitalugsa-1{ks acknowleilgo- 'meht'or receint of §5,000 from’ Mr, Bacchor i Day, 1878,~beibg o' sumcontributed by Mr. Iidacher, unbeknown 16 mo; througli Mr. Mobl- *toft, for-tho'Gotleir Age,’ This -in not' all: tha moéney whieli” M) ‘Moultan contributed: to tho Golden Age, but it is all which he derived in any .way Irom M¢, Becoher for that purpose. T nover kuotv'or dreamed that Mr, Beecher had' mado tntough Mr, Moulton such o cottributlon until 1 first lonmod of it nu: the ‘gonorel publie did, tio ‘months after T had ceasod to bo'tho owne r'of thatournal, ¢ * In Juho lnst, ‘s qitirter of o yoar bofore Mr, Maulton'gaye to mo or to tho public this intolli- geticoof the €6,000, tho Golden:'Age, witls its good wilt, subscription-}ist, " ofico-fixtures, and dobts, " togothor with Mr, Becchor's unknown “slisro of contributed capital, was ‘sold by mo for 't nominal sum, T have thus been savod tho mortification of feeling myuelf at-any ‘time, oven ‘Tor a day or’an Lour, the coniicious possessor of | Mr. Beeeher's monoy.” I huve -prido‘onough to sty “thaty were I clothod in the ragn of beggary and perohing with hunger, I would "not acopt i :ponny from Alr. Boechar for food-or raiment. "1ad'I known of this man's ‘surroptitions gift'to tho Goldén Age; T would hovo rebuined it to him, sy, *Thy monoy porish with theg " ! ' Mr, Beechor triflos with tha truth; and is mere- Iy playing' a bravado’s: part \Lhcu hy says I twkied bis gold {u my pocket, abd sent’ Lim, in toturn o mock R ; 'MESSAGE OF GOOD WILL. L3 T gont him that mekssge, not in mockery, but in earnoat. * Ono doy lnst sumwer, sliortly attar tho publication of ‘tho tripartite covenant, followed “as tlint 'was by the pressing of Mr. West's thrent- ening charges, aud theso in burn'by tlis rumors of a future’ countil, Ar. Boecher -was - roported to'ma to be in a slote of profound dopression, bordoring ou despair, * Mr. Monlton begged mo to apenk some ward to the stricken man, to pro- vent bim from siuking into “hopoless gloom, I remembered a favorita text with. Mr. Beecheor, which I often Neard' him use years'msgo, and I et it to hin 'ono Sundsy morn| serap of puper, thus: ™ {{.h V. B~0race, marey, aud 3 iy '’ . noxttimo Leaw hinx Lo (old 1o that Lhis Itne, grocting bim i his: pulplt, had -shona llke & sublbesn thirough bis: mind durine=all thal moriibg’s servido, and that 1 would ‘never know Low groatly it hud cheorad him. - 1o added also that-Lio'loast word-of kindnosn from nie always ihail "power ‘to" reannnnto him-like wine, ‘Ihis ‘meshags of mine 1o’ MrBoeelior hao- sineo beon “held np to ridioule:-by ‘big“sttorneys; but when L. Beechor thanked mo 'for sonding it, he way i no mood of yidicule, but only of gratitude, I told tho’ Committce that I: hnd sent to him, at other timos'of Liy dos pondency, other meesagos ‘of like import ;'and T liops thit' so-long s T hive I ehall always bo'ablo to'do ihe'sametin similar - clronmitnnces, ovon'to an onemy: * Littlo did 1 suspect’that in gending “eucl a measngo -to Mr, Becoher—like: s ‘straW bo' g -drowning man—I{ was theroby furnishing him With matorials out of which Lo wonld' construet o futuro charzo ‘against mo of blackmatl ! . 0 i must not forbear lo mention that tho sng- gostlon that: Mr. Deechor shonld contrinute, mowoy to the Golden Age-vamo, not from 3iv, Moulton, but from v | ' MR THOMAS KINSELLA, “editor of the Brooklyn Kagle, who, having mads. o similar offer of nlarger Auw to tho husband of- *n-wife whom ko noduced, naturally felt, porhaps, " that all mon who have’ committed similar crimes bave no alternativo of afety except to purchnso with monoy their 6xémption from “oxposure, - I "linve- askad® myself - tho quiestion’ whother 3lr. Beeclior sud Mr. Kivsetla doliberately sought bys sich ‘gifty’ to- entanglems in-their toils; aud ‘perhiaps 1 yould Lé rash if I woro'to nequit thom of such u chargo; for tho appoarauces aro aguinst thow in ouo’ partioular, namoly: both Mr. [Beechor-and * My, Kinsolla ars-'ta’ be' pimulta- ' neonsly e B g ¥ TRIED IN COUET AS SEDUC! and both liave meanwhilo: simultancously ae- - cnsed mo of “hlackmail. T'ho joiut uttack which strains mo to'relate the followingeircumstances : -On tho Snturduy boforo my sworn: ‘statemont Wwas read to tho Committes, snd‘while the pubtie ¥oro oxpooting it With much unxlety; * 3 MR, KINSELLA CALLED AT MY ICOUSE, and in & long and'carnost intorview with mo, in whiclt io oxprossod in warm' tormis his appeecia- tion of what he called my higli intellectual aud ,moral character, bagged mo'to withhold from tho ‘Committse my forthcoming stalomont. Ila unid ‘to me; emplitically: ¢ Mr.' Tilton, I know the Juistico of your caso; Afr. Boechor haw himsolf ‘ADMITTED 90 ME 1S QUILT; B lio hina wrougod you most foully; I actnowledge it all.” But>romombor that ho s an old mau - his coreer is nearly ondod, and yours hes only Just bogun, “If you will wilhliold your forth- coming Btatomont, and spnro this ofd man tho- blow whick yon- are about to' striko him, 1 will 6o that you cud your family - Xy BHALL NEVER WANT for anything in Lhio world,” . * T acelined Mr, Kingollw's polite proposition, A fow wooki' aftorward, while the public wero. similarly oxpocting Mr, ‘Monlton's - ntatcment, Ir, Kivsella's busindss partnor, i Uik, WILLIAM C. KINGSLEY, sought and obtaiucd an Interview with me, in which ho ‘urged mo to use. my influonco with ‘Mr:' Moulton, fo kcoura_tho supprossion of s ‘stutomont, ‘a8 Mr, Kinsella had, sought tho' sup- Drossion of ‘mine, My, Kingaloy frecly ' ADMITTED TO'ME MR. DLEQUER'S GUILT, not from personal knowledge, but obly from as- surod bollef, derived (as I undcratnodg from Mr, inyolla, Alr. Kingsloy's argument with ma was, that 1t Mr, Monlion's statement wore addod to mine, Mr, Beocher, wonld ba “stynck dond,” 44 What, thon,"” asked Mr. Kingaloy, **will hap. peon ta Mr, Moulton and yoursolf ? ' Ba assured,” Lio satd, * the world will nover forgive eithor of you for your agoncy in_ destroying onry Ward Tlocchor.” ~ At tho closo of thls intorview, dr. Kingyjoy oxprossod Lis syimpatly with ‘md fop tho pocuniary lossos which lio safd he lnow I must bave sustained, growing out of the calame ity" which M/ Deachar bad brought upon my! nania and popularity: aftor which, " fooling that I'was porhapd o man to bo doalt with $ CLUCR A MEMDER OF THE LEGISLATURE, Mr. Kingaloy banignantly said to mo—and o ro- poated “Ic“in My, Monlton's prosenco—that ¢ { neodod only to give im (Mr. K.) twonty-four _hours' riotico aud 1o would o happy to mako o & frioudly token of his sppreciation IN THE BHAME OF ¥IVE TIIOUSAND DOLLARS.” ! Now, when it is romembored that M. Kinsolln Alrat suggestod tho idea that Mr. Locolior should contribule monoy to tha Golden Age, and'that Alr, Kingsley, Mr. Kinsolla's co-propriatar af tha Lagle, mado Lo mo divect offpr of mohoy to purchaeo the' suppression of tho truth agningt ,bir. Beeohior, I think tho publio at Targe will put A new conatruction on the jolnt oharge which M, Beochor snd the Eagle iava made against wo of binokmail! 5 4 It it bo thought strango that tho edltor of tho Trooklgn Zagle shoukd_priveloly adunt’ Mr, Boochgt's ndultery (na My, Kinaolla hau often dono ab club-houses and card-tablos), and’ that ho should at tho samo tima .publicly. proglainy in Lly nowspapor Mr, Boeclier's iuncoonco; let it bo tleso two gentlomen tlius made upon'nio con- | remembered that-Mr. Kinsolla {a not ihe oditor In this neighborhood who, on Ll :\\b tow; oxnirddsen ono_épinion ‘in -privage ‘and mne ;-‘»E:{l In I"l‘!!i:"”t:h Mr.dl[(‘lnanll: sharea this-prew satlva- with "tho ~odltor . o 0 E; Pinally," pays Mr. Beochor, addlog'the onj honf to bis argument, *n sqiare dnl:nnv|(l nx{:i threat was.mado toonoof my confidontial frionds that if 85,000 mors waa ot patd, Tiiton's chargen would bo laid beforo the public,” ¢ ALr, Boeclior's weapon, which ho.drawn In theso words, Ju structk ot ono of the most honest and truthful of mon— - - - + MR, PRANCIS 1. CARPENTER, * An agon a3 M. Carponter hoard of thia accusa~ tion fu hia sumwmoer camping-ground fn tho woods of Lowia County, in this Stato, 25 milos from a Poat-Otleo, ho uent to Now York, tho following messago bt 2 el R Thin chiargo againgt 1o fa a lle, concoctod alncs Atr, "Tittou’s atatoment. % * Mr. Boochar, in order to communioato. the im- progsion that Alr, Carponter is n man capabla of wmachinations (though, on tho contiary, hia char- acter s of uncomnion guilelossnesa atd mmplici- ty), made tha. following singular statement con- corning MIr, Carpontor s:vy vue (o o0y - 1 “Irecolloct,” waya 3lr, Bocoher, . * but ono In- torviow with bim that had ony poculine signll- eance,. - Ilo eamo to seo ma once when tho, Coun- ol waa in scesion, .aad..our document was. pub- }lnhud. ‘Thora was o phasa introduced in it that “Lilton thouzht pomted -to_him -aud that;night waa in a bonfire lamo, and walled up and down tho atroot with Moulton. - I wan at. Frooand's, 2ud in comoa Carpentor, with his dark and-mys. torloun oyes.. . 1o ant down on the sofn, and, in & kind of ‘sopmlobral whispor, told ma, of, some mnttors, -Buys.I:That 19..all -nongensa;, that itmernt - *. 7% ¥ pand and Carponter 1wad rojolced to hioar it, and thon-waont ont." ' Mr. Dooclier's bugaboo paragraph -ahaut Mr. Cnr‘pnlnr, with its -ominous- stars and . blanks, \ ;’hal Do oxplainod; and;tho: oxplanation will rave - - Sion (s - LITILE TO TILE CREDIT OF A QLEBGYAAK who condescends to tell not only great falsce hoods, but small:, Lhad rend in that. ovoning's ‘Brooklyn: Union tha documont, sont by Plymoutk Churelito- the Councit. Thero was an gllukion in that decumont,..ns . thero., printed, which prompted mo to. gond to-Mr, Boechor, through Ir. Carpenlor, the follotwing-mensnge - % 30! TILTON 70 MM, CARPENTER, "7 No, 174 Lrvinostoy S7nrrm| Murch 25, 1874, Mr, Eraneis B, Carpanters ., o0y (31t Draw Sin: Anyoit aro s friend both to Mr. Leocher and wyseif, L request you to call his'attention £ thie falloning pnrieans which oocurs ih an offcial papor; ndoptod” by bis church this morning; and ro- portod in the Brooklyn Unifen s ovening s It wad 1ot given to ua always to be judifforcot whon Bsuballat and Lobius mockod,—still Toss whon olir own familiar fefends, in whotm e irusiod, which, did oat - of aur bread, ltted up the becl pgalnat ik -, You will do mo the favor to ask M. Beechér Whothor or not, tho above allusion to Banballat or Tolifss waa oluted directly or ‘Jidireitly ‘At mynclf, Turthor~ maro.pleaso ny to im, in my. helinlf, " thné T will giva Lim tho opportunity o undo’ such :oh" {taprennichi, it 1o wislies (o ombraco it, . If not,, T ghatl foel ab Lberty ta taka auch notles of {t'ais Itttk iy ovn welf-respoce requires. :‘Cruly yours, ... Tio, TeLroN, Mr., Carpenter, on boaring tho. abovo meaunge to Mr. Beechor, recelved from hiw,dnreply, the otatomont.: ¢ No, Ldid not,rofor.to Thoodore § for ?',lnh!“.’lé oud Tobias axo Storrs snd Buding- PG oot e\~ s e L g, Dofors Mr. Carpenter camo away, Mr. Beechor, appareutly forgotting that ho had already made oue answer, wroto suotherto bo sent Lo o, as follows : o nE - - AN, BEEONHER TO MR, CARPLXTER, My Dear My, Carpenter : . Tho parageaph which npposred in the Union zespeeting Sanballat and Tobius was not in tho copy read {0 tho Councll; nor in the printed copy dis- trlbuted, sa'you wil seo by thocoby glven you 'hore- A nnumber of tuings in the originsl dralt were atrickon out 88 heylng too wmuch feeding toward our autagoniste, . This was among thom. . It was directed to Buck and Diotyht Johnsan, Jut I protested gainst it nud thoughl It was struclk out’ bofors going to the printer, “When tho rovisa ™ camo this ioring I had - slruck - out- of- tho- {en or twelve coples—ind tho Tegular odition docs nothuva tty © . e | But nothiug ‘was furlhor from tho mind of the wrlter, and nothing furthor from the thought of the Committes, und cortalnly from.my thought, thau thay Streferced to Alr. ‘Tilton. Yours cordially, " . I W, breopEn, I hevo littia rospect for any mau, and partica- larly for a clorgyman,” who can "tiltle with tho truth in thie mauner liidicated by = ' - " TIIL TWO DIFFERENT ANSWEES which Mr, Beecher gavo-to Mr, Carpontor within the samo Lour. - . s A * Mr. Beechor's whoto chargo ngainst My, Car- petteris ay false na the spirit of the above noto, Nor cun L understand-how . T “ MM MENRY . CLEX who has visited my oflico muuy {imesin company with Mr.:Oarpoutor,'and Lng slways professod to be a warni friend to both I rpentor and my- #olf, could conaent to .bo roforrad to by Mr, Tiecchior ns haviug received from 3Ir.. Beechor a proposition of blackiail.” My " sesociates mn the Golden Age vill tostafy that, durinis tholast yoar or moro, whonever M, Cleavoland has called to #00 mo (as ho hiay frequently done), . he' hing al- wxg'u expressed a cordial intorest’in my welfaro, and evinced an estoum for me of more than or- dinary kind, 1Io bias ropeatedly roforred to tho ploasiize which he professed to tako i my socio- ty ot big country residonce. doreover, only a Tow montha ngo, being ouno of the-propriotors of the Christian Union end finding that that paper was fu noed of §100,000 to_carry it. forward, ho intimated to mo bin intention TO QUIT MR, BELCALR as g ginking ship.” - About the timo of my publishing the Iacon -lettor, Mr, Cleaveland ' {"called ou e, and, talting Lrom his pookat a Totter from his wife,-said that - if- Lo fell at hbouty to ‘réad it to mey which lie did not,. I' would be glad to hoar that that good Iady :gm[mlhizufl with my sito of tho controversy as-thus far dovoloped. During the session of tho..prosont’ Committeo, DMrs. 'Wilton eame homo.on the' night of her first wmeoting with' it, andvquoted 140 me s semark whicl Mr, Cleaveland Lnd mado. to ler in tho vpresouce ‘of tho wholo Commiltee,: in thoso wovda: * Mra,. T'illon, you.don't-know -how mach 1 lote your husband.” ' And yot this ju the.goutles <man who—having a peouninty intereet-in Mr, 4 Beccher ag his businous partner—undertakes, for the farthoranco of a dosperato defensy, to accuse i'intimato friond, Mr. ‘Carpontor, of- hoing a ‘connpirator. with» mo, .anothor frond, in iho lieinous crimo of blackmeill- ‘T do not wondor that noither r. Cloavoland, nor any . of Lis fiva | nesociates in tho.Committeo, hind tho courage, in ‘making up their verdict, to porpotuato achargs of which they grow so ?m’ ckly ashamed, + Lot mo adduce a tow furthee particulars touch- ing this charga of blackmail; for it is nol onongh that tho Cominittoe Leve nbandoned it,—thoy ought nevar te linve entortnined it . My, Boecher, aftor mortgaging bis houso, Alny 1, 1873,-* montioned the fact,” Lo aays, ' ta I . '“orIvER.JOUNBON,". L, This statomont lendu mo to rofor. to a striliing evidenco of the profound offect whioh this {nfor- mation-~namaly, my conepiriug ‘in & acheme of binclanail—must Lave produced on: Mr. John- . son'e mind; . Among my souvenira is a beautiful Littlo book, printod ou tuted papor, ontitled *In | Blomorinm,” containing a funeral tribute spokon by mo at tha bier of Mrs, Alery-A: Johuson, wife of Ollver Johnson, on June 10, 1872, It was about a-year aftorward—>Moy 1, 1878—that Mr, Tloochor mortgaged his house; mnd “ montioned tho matter to Oliver Johnsou." :On'the ensuing Juno 4.0f .thet yonr, whon tho mortzugo. must have boon'a frosh and rocont tn}:l_u‘ of:rellaction by all ivho had'boen informed of it 3. a black- «mailing operation, Mr. Johnson wroto me, an af footionato latter, from which I mako tuo follow- ing quotation : - My Lear Pheoilora 2 @ < oo 1have often thought thuat whori I should bs uad, Tshoul wish you to ajioak worda of comfors to {hi03s whio love ma,. and pay a tribiio'to’ niy memory. .+ » Youra lovingly, © OLIVER JoNNSON, Mr, Johmson' omitted a good ‘opportunity in the aboyo note to sceitss mo of blackmail, if ho theu bolioved mo guilty of it, % Morpoyer, few months afterward, Mr, Becolior neglectod a striking ugportunuy'm oxposo mo‘ whon, on tho 318t of Octobor, 1873, just aboul 8ix moutbs after the mortgago, "I nsconded the platform in"Plymouth Church, ‘aud'asked it tho E“m hiad oy charges to make pgainat mo, and i o roplied in a most conspiouots mauner, as fol- lows : ** Mr. Tlltonaska mo it I haye any charges to mako, I /lavenone.” i 1f Mr, Boochor thon know mo to ba o blaok- mailor, whotiad oxtorted a mortgage from hin of §5,000, < + ‘WY DID MH NOT BRAND ME for it on tho snot, and have me mobbod at once, na the vamo congregation atterward mobbed Ar. Joulton ? ' s .8, d 1t willuot b forgotton that during: the pro- coadings -of tho Congrogationnl Gouncil, hold in tho spring of 1674, & year aftor my slloged ox- | tortion of monoy front Mr. Boschorithrough e, Aoulton,: Mr. Jlacaber; wrote 4 “lotter- to AMr, Moulton, fn_which, whils denonucingso good & mau a4 tho Rey, Dr, Btores, haat the same Lime taok occasion to:pay u tribute to mysolf in those words ¢ - K “ Y'headore, who Aas borne ao much," cle, ‘I'hoso ara Br, Deschor's words, writton a yorr afior tha mortgago ! Againit all Mr. Becclior's preseit pleadings and protondos thosa words, L'heodore, who has borig' 80 ‘much,™ show that, whon Mr, Beachar thought of mo i private, ho thought of my furbearanco,” which givea tha lio to his public pretonse of my oxtortion, It ouly romainy for ma ta say furthor, touch- g tho oharga of blaokmail,—a, charge impossi« ble toattaok for & dny to a man- like Ar. Monle tony whosa Lonor is ‘abovo such - infamy, and 33