Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 9, 1875, Page 1

The Chicago Daily Tribune. CHICAGO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1875. VOLUME 28, ee so Le eT COAT.. roposing hereafter to dispose of a portion afihapeoaeot of our Minosin this market,we have ostablishod depots for its storage and sale at 81 WEST TWELFTH-BT, and at the COR. OF ASHLAND AND ARCHER- AVS. Our Coal is vory carefully mined, and prepared for market with special viow to its uso tor DOMESTIC PURPOSES. None bottor is producod in the West. RETALL ORDARS will bo promptly filled with GOOD COAL, in GOOD CONDITION. PHALERS and MANUFACTURERS, tn CITY OR COUNTRY, suppiiod at low rate, Loave orders at * 81 West Twelfth-st., "1 East Washineton-st., on at : Cor. Ashland -*<i Archer-avs. THE EUREKA COAL CO. E, PR ATT, Seoretary. RENT! D 300 Feet River Front, 100 Feet North of West End of Lake-st. Fridge. Bspectally adapted for Coal or Transporta- tion Docks, Railroad tracks connecting with oll principal roads, and Lots in rear if needed. 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Cabin passage, $60. $70, curreucr: stooragd, at greatly tos, ‘Iteturn tickets at lowost ratos. Mpvatie tue cl aid ard, ratte upward. wie oe a = t teandotpFiaByUARSON: ty Jark aod Rani 5 Bhorman House), Cnleago, eo ae oppoute ow OLOAKS, &o, GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY Madison and Peoria-sts, CARSON, PIRIE & CO, In addition to Attractive Bargains offored in their GREAT ANNUAL OLEARING SALE, through the largo reductions thoy have made in pricos of thoir own Mammoth Stock of First-Class Dry Goods, call spocial attention to the BANKRUPT STOCKS Puhiok thoy, havo soured on. seapndingly fe jo torms, nnd are now nelliny ihn 3 OLNTS ON THN DOLLAR, Bankrupt Importer and Manu- facturer’s Stock of CLOAKS & POLONAISE. Thy follow (ag. are only a fow among many ots. Pot (0. Treen ‘Cloth Gloaks, Hned farm " G for ry wor . SrHiot 10---Ohincbitia ‘Beaver Clonks, $4.50, th $10, epee '}L.~BV'k Boavor Cloaks, alll trimmod, 1, Wort $10. 81 eDIk Beaver Cloaks, ombrolderod and bended, $6, worth #16. ot 47.—Plain Reavor Glooks, silk bound and trimmed, 16.50, worth $15. ot 82,—Moscow Beaver Cloaks, all wool, richly trimmed, $8, worth $18. Beavor Cloaka, 2y sites no. ine Esquimaux » Wort ys Ht0.--Hing paaver richly beadod Cloaks, , former! * Se Taemtira rich, bonded and embroid- ored fine Boaver Cloaks, $15, worth $35, ot 02,—Blegant and vory richly embroid’d Cloaks, sold this senson at $00, tor $26, ALSO, Bankrupt Stock FRENCH IMPORTED CORSETS, Ladies’ Cotton Underelothing, HAMBURG ENBROIDERIES, All in the very hest condition, of late and desirable styles, and tho Greatest Bargains Ever Offered ! GENERAL NOTICES. TAX SALE CERTIFICATES, Until February 15,1875, Tax Salo Certifi- cates of 1874, hold by the Comptroller for City Taxes of 1873, aan bo rodeemod at 2 per cent premium, and Cortificates of prior years at 20 percentpromium. On the abovo dato the rates shall bo incronsed to § and 25 por cent premium respectively, and on March 1, 1875, tho former will be incrossed tol0 percent premium, The holdor of said cortiflcates is now entitled to 26 and 75 per cent premium respectively. 8.5. HAYES, Comptroller. TO EXCHANGE. $25,000. ‘Wo hevo two finely improved farmsin Audrain County, Missouri. Also, 800 acros choice unimproved lands in Missouri and Iowa, ALL FREE AND CLEAR, wo will ox- ‘change at fair cash valuation, for COOK COUNTY NATIONAL BROOKLYN. | Continuation of the Oross- Examination of Mr, Tilton, Nothing Whatever of Plain Value to the Defense Elicited. Mr. Evarts Irascible, and Mr. Tilton Acrimonious. A Considerable Portion of the Session Spent Read- ing Letters. Mr. Tilton Volunteers the Assertion that Mr. Beecher Will Bo Driven from Brooklyn. And Again Tells How He Shielded His Wife’s Honor with Masked Calumny. TILTON’S TESTIMONY CONTINUED, TMS ATTENDANCE SMALLER, AND THE AIR DET- Ten. Sheetal Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune, Brooxuyy, N. ¥., Fob. 8.—Thero was a very perceptible falling off in tho attendanco to-day. The woathor bad nothing to do with it, for it was calm, bright, and clement. There was no circus up-town to offer compotition, and there was no fire down-town to cheaply provide outdoor amusoment, ‘The idlora who used to infest the Court-House corridors aud buzz about the door- ways like flies on tho rimof a Lonoy-jar havo all disappeared. Some mysterious compulsion hag swopt them into that undiscovered coun- try from whose bourno they constantly and mysteriously return to plague po- licomen and impedo reportors. -Just as notably as tho fulling-off in tho court-room was tho air respirable, and the dreadful reek of por- spiring humanity which has lately tainted it had conwiderably abatod, TIE APPEARANCE OF ‘TIE JURY. The confinement to which they have been aub- jected so long is tolling on tho jury, and I thought thoy all looked better for their two daya’ reat and ventilation. ‘hero was ono on whoso checks shouc # hectic flush, and in whose eyes glittered a feverish lustre, He was at once identifled as the koystoua of tho atructure which it is contemplated to remove by a sur- geon's certificate, and which will bring down in ruins the structure ao far erected with auparnal- Ioled caro and skillfalocss, . THY BEEOUER ost, The Beecuers, as & matter of course, arrived late. They were reinfor-cd by two members of the notorious Investigating Committes—I. W. Bago, who retained Evarts, nod H. L, Cloveland, whom Beecher omployod sfter the report of tho Committes to deal with Moulton and obtain tho supproesion of his statement, Sage is astern, stout, morose-looking Puritan, with long, gray hair, and board of formal cut, which leaves hia upper lip bare. Ho belongs to tho Bowen genus, and, having made a fortuuo out of lumber, has invested it In church estate on tha sate general principle which led Fisk to specu- Jate in theatres, Baga is one of the mon who are bound to stand by their original Plymouth stock, if to bull tho market becomes oven a la- bor of sacrifico. If Beechor whull be adjudged guilty, Ssgo and Bowen will very proba- bly potition tho Suprome Court for tho appointment of a Heceivor, Sogo is Beecher's principal undorwritor, and, if the Istter is shipwrocked, the former is moro than likely to BANK doporits AT PAR, B. F. 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Drasser retiiing. ui Gave the business, culleot ali bills and pey all dovag Obieago, Feb. 6, Leib. ee PARSE TUST ouT: THE GAS-CONSUMERS' MANUAL, Ebpving how to raed pour MRTRT and how MONEY TO LOAN er cent, Good appli TOUN TY AEN Ee uontions wantod, ag Republic Lito Building, Money to Loan. Th hand f $1,000 to Ir JOHN W, MARSH, No. 125 Clarkeat, INO COMMISSIONS! To Ivan—#20,000 tn sums to eule 3, Fey ace ce gg RAS Woamiets ant 17, of ual FIRM CHANGES, SPECIAL NOTICE. GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL, On and after February 1, SAMUEL Ww, TURNER and TYLER B.'GASKILE aro admitted to an intarest in the buaineas of the Grand Paoific Hotel, and the business here. Sitter will be conduoted in the name of John . Drake & Co. JOUN LB. DRAKE. ashiugtou: MINERAL WATER. PEEL rt rohan tone ae Glen Fi convey Ulnaute Lait peels. Liver Comp ‘for mclu by’ Med tun, 110 Medi andolptat » Bector ion for elseular pink fal far else Riper Aside ball oie OEE BUSINESS CARDS. IRSTABLISHUD 1856. A. H.- MILLER, few iehig aud teathuunials, Waukegao, Ul, tora to Jou by UVERPRESSULE and LILA ioe Sia) alpen h aahansee Peels co De oe 2 Be = 61 Washington-st., betwee State and Dearborn ‘ koop company with ‘The Life of Christ.” Cloveland ia a rampageous poraon, who not only tingtes with a perpotual sonse of bis unworthiness to unlooso tho latchcts of Leecher's shoos, but who would deem himself more than ordinarily blost if he only had a fair chance to black thom in publio and bofore all mep, Onoof theso faithful satellites sat on Beecher’s right, the other on hia loft. Sago is hard, cold, and gioomy. Mis vety nfouth looks iike an ice cave, and bis beard glitters os if with hoar-frost, Ho stared with a truly Puri- tan forocity ot Tilton, aud said nothing all day. Clevolnnd, on tho contrary, is nervous of aepoct and watory of oye. He boguiled himaclt by occasionally sucking his forofinger, as well as frequently pouring suggestions into Beocker's ears, To those suggestions Beccher tisteved with painful indifference, Mrs. Beecher was in Stentor suffering than evor, though she masked her illnoss with o fixed and unmeaning amile, ‘TILTON AND EVARTA. Tilton was in oxcollont humor this moming. Two days of quiet and two nights of sloop had restored tho waste of previous weeks. Hia oye was clear, bis face smooth, and hia step brisk and clastic, Ilis physical condition scems to improvo every day, now that he bas been purged of the torriblo and unwholesome secrets which, until very recently, have oppressed him. When ho took the chair bo sat down a willing, almost choorful, but always grave, confessor, Evarts was aluo in oxcollent form, and, by some legor- domain impo-sible to describe, = barber's razor had dodged in and out of the countless wrinkles which composo his faco, and loft that not expansive torritory cloan shaved. Tho high lights In Evarta' face are yellow; the shadows green, DOMESTIO ECONOMY. The combat of tho day was opened by the reading of more letters by Ey- arts, Tho eplatles smacked diatasteful- ly of la famille Micawber, notably one which purported to be subscribed by * Yours, in dust and ashoa, Theodoro."” ‘Tho burdon of those later compositions waa & protest against domeatic extravagance, ‘Thelr sorrowful pload- ing for calico drosues for the children, and snch- like thrift, moving the audionce to laughter. It iu always the one touch which makes the whole world kia,” and, though Tilton asked for cold mutton and calico dresses in phrasos rank with poetic metaphor, 1t waa nono the leas cold mut. ton and calico, To judge from his pretty chid- ings, bread, and cheoue, and kisses was the ideal diet of his cottage, Evarts road the firsr lottor, and an extract from it shows ite singularity clearly onough : But, if Josus bad taken a wife and fatherod o family, Tbolieve that thie fact would have had so complotcly Lumanized him in the eyes of all tbe world that be never would have been regarded as God, or the only Dogotten Bon of God; and yep, if, a8 the son of Mary, he had become the husband of oGalflean girl, and these twain had dwelt ina cottage by the Lako of Gonesaret, and unto them bad beew born children like thoso of whom be said “Buffer them to como unto me," let me inquire whother or not you would lore the character of Jesus any tees then you love it now? ‘Lho stupendous iusolence of conjecturing there was ono loud murmur ofamazement. The second letter, again read by Evarts, in a solemn, probendato drawl, contained the following ten- der and touching plea for economy : Am I wrong wheu I sey that Icannct look with equanimity on squandering #0 much money in fine Grenson for the children? My heart auffery a pang in maying thin, but I cannot Lelp saylug tt, Woe must either nell our eatatlishment in Hrooklyn, or else man~ age it on a leas expensive scale, I have made s vow {o buy not another picture and not another unnecen- tary articls during the present year, I have auffered for ten daya pant an egony of remorve at the fruitless exertiona I have made by tbrue yesra of spoaking,— fruitless because their harvest has been unprofitably epent. I appeal to you to put a peremptory check upon any and every unnecemary expenlitura which you ses me make, and dress tho children in calico for year, and let me get out of my minery. ‘This pathetically-expresed outcume of pecuni- ary sufforing touched more than one of the numerous gentlemen present who have had oo caaion to press domestic retreuchment Iately, coxTRITION, Then camo a letter from Airs. Tilton, in which sho makes tho following strange confession: 0 Theodore, darling, I am haunted night and day by tho remorse of knowing that, becaure of my hareh- ness aud indifference to you, you were driven to de- spalr, perhaps rin, and thone last years of unhappl- nese, I vometimes feel It to bathe unpardonable: alu. God cannot forgive me, But, if you only may bo restored to your former loveliness, I sholl be content to lve my Ilfe in penance—yea, in dis- grace, Lam the chlef of sinners, I understand per- fectly how your have felt. Tearry in my saul this bur den uf ain, yet appear to my children and friends calm and happy, ‘Woe unto you, whited xepulchre!” 1 Lear perpetually, I will carry these agouica gladly, for I know # life of happiness awaits you, ‘Thia Iettor will be nsed to show that Mra. Til- ton applied to hor harshness and indifference, in terrible exaggeration, the word sin. TILTON'S ANATOMY OF TILTON'H AMBITION, Io reply, Tilton spoke of his ambitious thus: Lately I have been endeavoring to axcertain what are my earthly ambilionsyto struggle with then and conquer them. I have no amblifon to berich, I nover bad sny to be in political oles; none for ao- cial or fashionable promfnence; none that Ican de- tect for oratorical distinction, and not a yreat deal for sliterary reputation. My public noturiety occanlonal- iy flnanes mo with pleasure, but, on the whole, [ bo- eve I can truthfully say thet I have in great moastre put aside the fdols which I uned to worship, I onco bellered, judging by my pervoual experionce, that public life, particularly ‘such a life as that of a young man prematurely famuus, is bad forthe charactor and crippling to the soul, 1 used tofecl this at times in keen self-reproaches, Henceforth I take no patterns after public men, great men, famous mon, They are not no good as my wife and children, Half an hour's talk with Mrs. makes moa better man than a half-dozen eermous could do, Ihave had much sewoet Sabbath-day—one that hos baptized my soul, Shearman jumped up to relieve Evarta when tho latter's voice gavo out in a hoarse, ravenly croak. Ilo recited the remaining otters, Last on tho list camo the oplstlo I eubjoin : TILTON PROTESTS 13 LOVE. I will confees frankly that I have passod the most wretched summer of my life, and no one kuows it but myself, Indeed, noone who hos been with me has seen me other than outwardly gay and cheerful, All the exiibitions which I Lavo mado of myself tomy friouds have been of unusual hilsrity, ‘This has been the utmost shallowness of superficiality, Tho ico has haunted ne that, perhaps, I should never aee you agein, and this has prostratod mo into an agonizing timo, and Jed me through ten thousand solf-reprosches for the past, But I have discovered, by searching my soul, that Tlove you moro tan any human ought to love another, I have soen some noble women this srmmer whom I admire, and whom, in a certain way,I Idve, All my Iking was merely the nature and experience of friendship, From my early years I Lave loved and loved you, but all the past experiences of my hoart's affections have Been na nothing compared wits the unusual solemn seuss which I have had that sbe only human belng who touches my highest nature {s yourself, RESUMPTION OF THE CROSS-EXAMINATION, That painful disclosure of Tilton’s foclings having been accomplished, avd Shearman hay- ing subsided amid the congratulations of waking spectators, Evarts rose and resumed the cross- oxamination in the following pointed manner; Evarts—Mr. Tilton, you have stated some- thing about the publication of theas lettors bav- ing boon arranged to bo made #: a remote point rather than hero? A.—Yoa, sir, Q.—Do you remember making an application to ons of the leading vapors in this city to re- publish them here in New York? A.—-No, sir, T made no auch application. Ono of the leading daily newspapers of Now York made such sn application to mo for pormission to print them, which I refused. Q.—What papor was that? A.—The New York Tribune, ‘ Q.—Do you remember making an application tothe Herald? A,—Atter tho lotters were ro- published in Chicago, it was my wieb, or rathor Indgo Morrla wished, that they might be pub- lished here, and, when Mr. Lefontaine, then the managing or city oditor of the Jerald, told me, ag ho was going to republish half, but not tha whole, of the letters, he requested me to uso my judgment in tho eoloction of such parts as I would prefer to have printed. I mado that se- lection, aud one-half of the lotters were repub- shed in the Now York Herald. The selection was mado by myaalf in connection with Gen, Pryor. i From tho letters, Evarte ted hia victim {oan account of his intimacy with Oliver Johnson: Q.—Mr. Tilton, who was Oliver Jobnson, and what relations had be to you in business and porsonal’ intimacy of family friendship? A.— Oliver Jonnson is an old gentleman living in Now York. He used to be the oditor of the Anti-Slavery Standard, end afterward he became my associate editor in the Independent, and he is the man whom I afterwards put in the Chris- tian Union to holp Mr. Beecher carry his cago, 80 that the public oye could not sea it, Evarta (indignantly)—You told ua that. Tilton—Me. Evarts, if you want to know who Mr. Johngon is, I can give you a written biog- raphy of him, which he has prepared for me to uvo, to be printed after his death. At this dry—almost simplo—responno, which Tilton uttored with childlike innocenco, the au- dienco broke out in a huge gaffaw, Everybody laughed, excopt Evarta, Beecher, aud tue Judge. ‘Thun Evarta renewod the attack: Q,—When did your poreonal intimacy begin ? A.—I should think wheu I was about 21 or 23 years old. 5 Q.--Aud baye you been acquainted with him ever sinco ? Aven, Bir. Q.—And sro you acquainted with him now? A.—I think not, sir, 1 whould not recognize hima in the strect if I mot him. For that rosuou, I say Tain not acquainted with bim now. Q.—You know bis person, do you not? A— You, air, That ta all £ would care to kuow. Q.—How long did the intimacy continua? A.— i continued until after X put him inthe Christian inion, Q.-What was Mr, Johnson's employment in connection with newepapers, and what your association with him during that poried of timo? hen T first became acquaintod with Mr, Johueon he waa thea the editor of tho Anti Slavery Standard in Now York, and ofterwarda he became my associate in the editorebip of tho dndepenient, Q.—What degree of of businoss-rolationa A.—Very great, Q.—low frequont and how accoptable a visitor wat ho in your houge? A.—I always liked bim, but Mrs, ‘Tilton never wishod to have bim como, Q.—Woll, did he come? A.—Ho came very frequently. Q.—Vory frequently? A—Well, I. say vory frequently—vo not eeey frequentiy, fort was away lecturing most of the time. Hoe camo oc- cagioually. She thought he waas herotic in ro-~ orsonal intimacy outside id you have with him? posed of, a trannit was made to the question of ‘Tilton's income and newspaper connections : Q.—In theno lecturing tours of yourn that preceded 1870—that is, preceded tha season of 570 and 1871,—taka the tro last years, 1408~"69 and 1869-'70,—what waa the aggregate of your receipts of emoluments from that source of in- come? A.—Woll. I don't know that I can answor from memory. My improsaion is, in the rough, that for suumberof yeatsin succession I received from my lectures about €3,U00 or €9,000, from which my traveling oxpenses bad to bo deducted. I don't know the net income, AN UNBUCCESSFUL, BERIZS OF QUESTIONS. Q.—When you took ponsession uf the Inde pendent as editor-in-chief and Mr. Deccher left it, what was its strenyth in circulation and its erodit or repute in the country? A.—It hada very good circulation and had a vory fair repate, excopt io orthodox circles. Mr, Beecher had eat ovacit @ reputation for heresy, and I cast upon ite reputation fur oxtrome radicalism in tho anti-slavery contest. Still, as bol those reputations wore, in mv judgment, good, I think L may sey the Independent stood well. # Q.—Can you remembor whiather its cireulation ras increamed under your administration? A.— ‘es, vir. Q.—Wasn't it vary largely incrossod? A.—3Ir. Bowon always said wo, Whether or not that waa oxsctly truc, I don't know. Publishors of newapapers always draw a long bow in making tuolr prospectuses. {Loughter.] Q.—You wero the editor, and you mast tell us, if you can, whethor tho circulation didn't rico vory largely under your odmimtutration from the ~ subscription-liet, as it rtood when Mr. Boecher left it? A.—Why, ar, I think the Jndependent ‘for tho Jast fifteen years, under Mr. Veecher, Dr, ‘Thompson, aud tayeelf, bas bad a steady growth until the time whon the anti-Slavery was settlod and the War was over, After that I don’t know anything about it. .—-But you know it from the time 1863 to 1870, while you wero editor, don’t you ¢ A.—Xes, sir. Q.—That's the very period and thoonly period Tam asking you atout. .\.—I remember this— this I bavo » dintioct recollection of : Just at tho time of my retirement Mr. Bowen published in the Independent a bighly-flattering article con- corning the prosperity of his papor, in which I remember he gave a long list of 10,500 post-of- fices to which 1¢ had gone, and he pointed to this fact as au instance of its unparalleled pros- pority. Q.—Can't tell us whether the papor gained in strength and reputation undor your adminiatra- tion? A.—Yes, sit, I know that it had—from sha souistant proclamations which tho publisher made. Q.—Your own observation and interoat as edi- torof tho paper didn’t lead you to bave any knowladgeon thasnbject ? Q.—I'unquestionably, from time totime, kuew something about the cir- culation of the paper; but it was coustantly fluc- tuationg and, as I have been out of it four yeais, I wouldn't undertake to say whut the circulation was, I havo ao indistinct recollection, when I first went into the Jndependent, that Mr. Bowen told me the circulation was within 17,000. TILTON'S BALARY AB EDITOR. Next, the counsel and witnoss slid into a disv cussion of the natura of Tilton’s contracts with Bowen, Q.—What were your contracts or relations with the Independent?” A,—Woell, sir, I bad s great many contracts with the Independent. I went into the Independent at a salary of $700, and when I left i¢ my salary waa $7,000, Q.—What was your contract with the Inde- pendent, and what your position and emolument from the time that you became chief editor in 63? A.—When I was editor-in-chief in ’63, I don't romomber what my salary was. It was not avery largo onc. From time to time, during the following revon years, my salary was in- creased. I don't remember the guccossive steps. Q.—As editor-in-chief what were your respect- ivo salaries during the seven years of your odi- torabip? A.—'That I don't remember. You will have to refer to Mr. Bowen, when you get him on tho stand. [Laughter.] Q.—Do you mean to say, Mr. Tilton, that you eau give no joformation to us concerning your salary at differont periods during the soveu years of your editorship? A.—Mr, Evarta, I moan to say oxactly that i don't remomber what my sal- ary was on the Independent, Q.—You were editor of the Independent, and also editor of the Brooklyn Union? A,—Yes, sir, but only for a few months. Q.—That was a secular Paper? A.—Yos, alr. Independent also? Q.—And waa not the [Laughter]. No anawer. Q.—When was’ your engagement with the Brooklyo Union? A.—It began May 1, 1870, and torminatod at 9 o'clock at night ou Dec. 31, 1870, Q,—What was sour salary as editor of tha Brooklyn Union? A.—It was $100 » week. Q.—Woll, thon, that was vour salary, with oc- casional engagements as author? A.—No, sir, I bound myrelf not to be an author. ‘Q.—At tho beginuing of Devember, your sal- ary from those tivo newspapers was your sole in- como? A.—Yes, sir, except so far ag I had some little money out ‘at interost. TILTON’S PROPERTY AGATN, Q.—You have spoken of your property, and at this period of timo, Jan. 1, 1871, what property lad you that you drew avy income or emolument from? A.—1 don't think any of it brought any, Q.—You have assigned tho sum of €2,500 ligion aud didn't wish me to bring him there. ‘the object in plying ‘Tilton with these ques tions was to proparo the jury for Johuxon’s own rauce ou the stand. ‘The eniiuus which in- Jesus Christ in marital capacity in plain Eng- Neh dumbfoundered the Court. Buch vast poa- sibilities had never occurred to the majority of the spectators. They were loth to believe their ears, and, when the voice of the resder a spiced .the plaintiff's ailusions to «witness for the defense will be turned to account in proper na tho «value =of ~=syour __house-furni- ture, books, ete. that you — includo in the domestic furniture. — How much of that 62,600 do yon attribute tothe, house, and how much to the furniture, pictures, ofc, ? A. Teupposo my house to bo worth about $17,500, Q Fees was a mortgage of $7,500 on it? ee, wir. Q.—You havo spoken of a share of the Tribune a8 composing 8 part of your property. ‘OH, sir; [also spoke of a part of my property held by my father under power of attorney. Q.—tho nominal value of that was— A.—I ‘was once offered $10,200 for it, Ido not know what it ls worth now, Q.~fHad you any ioterost in that valno—an: interost coming to yoursclf? A.—I nover al- lowed mysolt to take a penny of it. It always wont to my father, Q.—And you didn't got any of the income? A.-—Never—not a cent of it? Q.—You havo spoken of some property of yours, in Liowallyn Park. Do you still own that? A.—Yos, pir. Q.—What value did you assign to that? A,~—About 10,000, 1 “waa told it wae worth $15,000. I tried to got Mr. Monlton tobuy it. Io preferred not to take property of miue, but to loan me mousey, Hecrawded money upon me. Q.—Woas any rato fixed at which you wonld art with it, that be might take it? A.—I told Mr, Moulton, and Mr. Woodruff, both of them, that cither might havo it at whatever they, in their business judgment, might consider it to be worth, Nothing came of it, however, Q.—Do you remember €2,500 being the valus put upon it at that time? A.—No, sir, Q.—Now that Prospect Park lot—you put that at about $10,000? A.—Yes, sir. Q.—Have you it atiil? A.—Yos, unless somo- body has ran off with it for tazos, Ll understand Mr. Shearman bas been hunting it up—that Mr. Buearmen was making inquiry about it, Iwas told it was sold for taxeu—$8 taxes. Q.—Do you know? A.--I don't know, This {y the first time 1 have thought of it for two or three years. I almost forgot it until it was rovived the other day in court. THY LAST CONTIACT WITH ROWEN, The next point to establish was tho change of relationship with Bowen: Q.—Now, Mr. Tilton, at some time in the month of Docember, you coased to bo editor of the Independent and waa put upon somo othor establiaumout with thot Ptper, were you not? A,—Yes, sir; tho other was the Brooklyn Union. Q.—No; somo other establiehmont with the Independent. It was some time in Docomber you conned to be editor of the Independent and had your relations fixed with it upon some other AIS? A—Yos, Q.—What was proposed, if anything, by Mr. Bowen aa to tho termination of your editorship, or substitution, or re-employment ? A,—\Whou Mr. Bowen informed mo that he wanted to be- come editor-lu-chief of the Independent, a tow days afterward I resolved that I would no longer remain in the Brooklyn Union. I wanted to te frea to lecture, and did not want to stay ut home and bind myself to the paper. Ar, Bowen gavo me legal notice some time in December of that year—s legal notice under the existing con- tract—that ho wanted to possoss himuclt ot bis own paper ix moutha hence. That would ave been about June 18, 1872. Tao pursuauce of that notice, or, in ane awer to that notice, 1 told Mr. Bowen that, at ihe came time, 1 would yield up the Brooklyn inion, Q.—Yon each had that right toward the other? A.--Yos, under tho contract, He did not wish ine to give up the Brooklyn Union. I then bad beon only a few months connected with it. He said it wae prospering, and we bad » number of fled we Wi oz Bol we YS) interviews, the purport of which | oom Some arrangement by which I could go on the Brooklyn Union and at the samo time write for tho Independent, no that from both newapa- Pora my forthcoming and expected income would be as inch as I could get by devoting my whole Inbor to the loctare and Isceum platforms. AB the revult of theso couferonces, toward tha end of December! signed a contract with Mfr, Bowen to become the editor of tho Union at a astary of $5,000, and with 10 por cont of the profits, signed also & contract, tho sama cyon- ing, to becoma & special —covtributor to the Independent ‘for term. -? years—I have forgotten how many—for 85,20" year. That arrangement left Mr. Bawen f and clear to be the editor of the Indepenier chisf, and me free and clear to Le a:titor-inec of the Union. Q.—Tho papors were given up, an I v stand? A.—1 gavo up the two papers 7 having written the word “cancelled” upo: tho nipht Mr. Bowen gave to £7,099, Q.—What provision did these contre qa tain in regard to the right 09 ouo sir~ S otbor to terminate them?’ A,~Thene 23> worn writton by me, containing these p> ‘That they might be terminated by th sh of cithor party; they might be terminated by oue varty giving to the other six months’ notice in advance ; or, they might be terminated at ouce by clther party paying to the othor a forfeic one-Lalf of bis income under the cou- .—They were not tied together, so that if ono was terminated the other must be? A.—No, sir. THE RUPTURE WITH BOWEN. At last was reachod tho fruitfal topic of Til- ton's famous difference with Lowen ; Q.—When firet did anything como up betweon you and Mr. Bowen in disturbanco of or in con- nection with tho newly-mado coutracts¢ A. Nothing came up in connection with the nowly- ade contracts until thoy were suddenly broken. Q.—Wheo did first anything come ap betwoon you aud Mr, Lowen in regard to your continuing or ceasing in his emplasment under one or both of those contracts? A.—Nothing; until the con- tracts wero broken, Mr. Beuch—What date? A.—Dee. 31, 1870. Q.—How was that notified to you,—this oc- currence of the 31at of December? A.—1 think Mr. Bowen sont me around 8 little note, Q.—Have you thatnote? A.—I have not been able to find it, and don't know whether that note was surrendered on the night of the tripartite covonsot ornot., I have sn indistinct impression that that noto was surrendered. Mr. Bowen wanted back some of the papers, but I won't be certain whether thia was one of them. Q.—You received it on the dist of December? .—Yew, sir, lato iu tho orening. Perhaps I ought to montion that a fow daya before that I had ® quarrolsomo and angry Interview with Mr. Bowen, iu which he stat that, if everI did a certain thing, ho would drag me whero | am. Q.—Had you, prior to this interview to which you aliuded, any interviow with Mfr. Bowen con- cerning yourself a employed or continued to bo employed on thosecontracts? A.—No, sir, none whatever, Ihadan interviow with Mr. Bowon onthe morning of Dec. 26, but it was not in reference to any termination of any contract, or anything iv the ebape of any business-arrange- mont. it was an intorviow of my own maxing. Q.—Aud did not relate to anything of your personal acceptability or continuance? A.—No, sir. Somebody bad been talking to Mr. Bowen about me, andI went to seo him about it, I thought the frank way was the bost. Q.—Wasa that the first occasion of interviow aftor the signing of the contracta on tho 20th? A.—Was that the first interview I had with Mr, Bowen? Q.—Yes, A.—Tho first ono I remember~I don't know—I think quite likely I may have met hin every day at the ofiice, Q.—But no interviow that was of any signifi- cance, or mado any impression? A.—Porhaps I ought to say this: On Saturday evoniug, which wonld have been the 24th, alr. Johnson came srouud aod took tesa at my house, or, at all events, he cante to my house and told mo that somobody had becn speaking ovil of mo to Mr. wen. Air, Johueon was a warm poraoual friend of mino at that time. I asked him to go down with moto Mr. Bowen's house. We went down early in the afternoon. Mr. Bowon came to tho front door, Izremember ho was wrapped in bis dressing-gown, I asked him what be had been hoaring to my prejndico. Heasaid, “Mr. Tilton, I bave got all my new editora here to-night in a consultation and I don’t want to waste the timo, Monday wil! bea holiday, Won't you come around Monday morn- ing to see me?" I went around Monday morn- ing and auked Mfr. Jounson to bo there, and he was thore. Q.—Was Mr. Jobnson with you during the whole of tho interview? A.—No, sir. Mr, John- son left beforo the interview was ended. The most important part occurred aftor ho left. Q.—Can you tell us what Mr. Bowen sald to youat the outsot? A.—I think ho said Good morning.” Q.—Can yon tell us what Mr. Johneon said at the outeet-—if he said anything? A.—No. Q.—You did have some conversation’ there to- gethor, did you? A.—Ycs, wir, I can tell you tha substance of the conversation. Q. —Did you, or not, inform Mr. Bowen that you had come there for the purpoas of talking with him in regard to any storics that ho lied heard agaiust you? A.—-I don't remember what I told him, but 1 quite likely told bim just that, for that was procieely the object of tho interview, Q—Did he then tell you what tho storles wore? A.—No; he only told mo that thero were storics, and I prosacd him to know what the storica wero, but he wouldn't tell mo. Q.~—Did he tell you what any of tho stories were? A.—Ho told mo the etories wero coming down like an avalaucho, Mr. Bowou is givén to motaphor. [Laughter.] Q.—Tho nature? A.—Threatening to sweop ‘me away—stories of inmorality, stories of atroci- ties, Ie pictured the scoue very vividly, Q.—He did? A,—Yes sir; but ho would not toll me what they were, or who told him, and the substance of tho interview I had with him was thie: Mr. Bowen,” I said, “bring hero tomo, iu your presence, somebody who has anything against me, lot mo have it out faco to faco.” Ho said That ie fair." Then wo went to another topic. Q.—Now was not enough gald there to make you undonitand that the — storles related to immorality or profligacy with women? A,—Storics, sir, concerning: my relationa with women, and my drinkiug, and my brutality, aud other things,—a terrible vol- ume of them,—all that went to make Mr. Bow- on'savalauche, Ife told it came to tim from all quarters of tho world,—all of a sudden, @.—Did ho suggest in avy way, or did it como to boa matter considered then, tust, if these ato~ rie were truo, you would have to leave his om- ployment? A.—No, sir; he aaid that if thouo stories were true, I ought not to live a day longer, and I agreed with bim in that sentence. Q,—Didu’t you undoratand that the reavon for your seoing Mr. Bowen and your frieud (think- ing it proper for you to seo Mr. Bowen), wus that tho storioa which Lad been told te him eon- vorming you wore such that would not tolerate your continuing in bis employ? A.—No. wir: it wad not, for Mr, Bowon had for fifteen years re- tailed just such storics about Mr, Beecher and had been his chief powholdor, and Mr, Beechur had beeu his chief writer, aud no such stories would sifect tum in Mr. Bowen's omploy, wheth- or ad minister or eiitor, Q.—Ho was abave projadicos of that kind? A.—Yeu, sir, entiraly; 80 ho abolished them all in tho house of God. Tho sarcasm, shich put Beecher down ag a More employe of Bowen, bit into the former's senuibility, for he winced at tho thrust. ‘Tho audience Jaughed, but chiefly at tho uotion of Bowen shedding his projudices in the house of God, Lvarta resumed : Q.—Now, were you avare, at that time, of the particulars of avy injurious stories respecting yourself in this direction? A.—No, air. ‘Tho horror of tha wholo businoss waa that it was ull unknown, An avalanche coming upon me in the dark, I did not know what to do; but I felt my firet duty ass gontioman was to go and seo Mr, Bowen fave to face. Q.—My queetion now ia whethor you were not yourgolf aware of tho alleged circumstances of vrotligacy, or immorality, that wore told to your Prejudice? A.—No, sir, I didn't know till a fow days afterward—until ir. Beecher way cor- tifled—that bo had become my standby. Q.—And you had never beard auy of these ru- mors concerning your couduct in this relation projudicial to you until Mr. Bowen told you thore was an ayalanchs? A.—lu what relation ? Q—In relation to womeu? A.—No, sir, There wae, somo timo bofore, a littio evening newspapor published iu New York, which scan- dazed the community with a story that I was going to Europa to elope witha lady. She bad already gous rome monthy before. ‘That was tho oniy thing I learned. . After invoutinating the story of Tilton’s be- havior to a lady in Winsted, Cono,, and smving at no result, the ext subject taken up was the “wUReORED CAUSE OF DISAGREEMENT Witt Bowzn.” Qu—At this Interview between Mr, Bowen aud Wel NUMBER 170, ee ‘ou, Waa any reference made fo @ charge that ‘ad been made againat you to Mr, Bower on the part of a lady that was connected in some way aa contributor or otherwise with the paper of which you wero the editor? A.—No; not to m: knowlodge, Nothing of that sort was mentioned, QETTING DowN AND oUt. Q.—You have stated that, at that interview, « Mr. Bowon mado charges against Mr. Beecher. What led to that? A.—Bowen said toma that, in view of my recently-formed coutracts-to write for the Independent, to becomo oditor of the Brooklys “Union, that be hoped would put my whole life’ and ro into the Brooklyn Union, that I would treat allthe Brooklyn topica with great particularity, and that L would make among them ono conspice nous addition, namoly : Plymouti Church and all its affairs; for he said that charch hada larga congregation, Many of the readora of the Union were thers. And he then said: ‘J notico thas you have not given particular attention to tho chureb for somo months, and your absence has been noticed by mo.” f told him that I never, ee phauld crous the threshold of Plsmoutls burch. Q.—Mr. Johneon was prosont at this part of tho convoreation, wasn't he? A.—I think lo waa, and thon, in some anch remark as, * Por- haps Mr. Tilton has somo rergon for not oi ng to Plymouth Church "—at all eventa Mr, Some ron mado ome remarks about reasons which I. might possibly have for not going to Plymoutt, Shel a .—Nor, did the matter go on then on Bir. Bowen's part after that obsorvation of ee A.—I don't think very much waa said uniil Mr. Jobnson Jott, hen Mr. Lowen put some quess jon toma to kuow why it waa I didn’ Plymouth Church, i et goto .Q.--When did Mr. Bowen, commencing, state his accusations or imputations against Mr. Beecher. A.—i can't remember exactly at what bart of the converaation he did. Some of thom wore atated before Mr. Johnson want aivay, others wero atated after. Q.--What did you say after he hat completed hia accusations pgainst Mr. Beecher? A,—L don't think he completed them. I think he kept reitoruting them. Q.—Whon he had got through with thom for the Arst timo, what did you say? A.—You moan, what said at ony particular moment. f[ don’s identify what I said st apy particular momont, Q.—What was said at any time by you? A.— Ar. Bowen was very solicitous to ‘know of ma what Mr. Beecher’s relations had been to Mra ‘Tilton, snd asked: Q.—Aftor Mr. Johnson had gone away? A.— Yeu, sir, after Mr. Johnson had gone sway. I had asid before Bir. Johnson went away that Mr, Beecher had beon guilty of dishonorable behavior bee aiat airs: Tilton, ieaok .—Whon did the suggestion the prepara- tion of this letter of demand on Mr, Bobeher comp up ? think that camo up in Mr. Bowen's private conversation with mo at the close of that interview, Q.—Which suggested it, heoryou? A.—Borw on suggested it, Q.—He suggested it? A.—Yes; he said Mr. Beeatier ought not to be allowed to preach in hia urch. Q.—What did he say? A.—Mr. Bowen eald, in aubatance, that Mr. Beocher ought not to be allowed to remain in tho pulpit, or io this city, He ought to bo driven out of it, Mr. Bowon then said that ho could take no steps to wards. the sccomplishment of any such an object as tbat, becauso bo had in the previous February received from ir. Beecher 8 humilisting confession of hia guilt and that Mr. Bowen had given bim pardon, Mr, Lowen liad atated that if I would mae the. demand he would substantiate it, and wonid bring a volume of evidence with which he pro- Posed to eee 1t carried into execution, Q.—Now, ho having #0 stated, how did you ive your consent to acting in the manner which 8 BUggested? A.—I ‘said, “Give mo = pen and ® sheot of paper, and I will write it.” Q.—Waa tho’ original draft, including the amendniont, in your handwriting? A.—Yes, sit ; every bit of it. i Q.—When yon gave this letter to Bowen, waa the envelope closed or sealed? A.—I think i¢ waa open. Fi Q.—It was givon to him, was it not, by you, and taken by him to be carried aa an open letter to Mr, Beochor? A.—That is my recollection, Mr. Evarta reed: : . Dec, 26, 1870, Buooxnye—Hexry Warp Beecnrn Sim: I demand that, for reawoua which you ex plcitly understand, you’ immediately ceave from the Tointetry of the Pyinouth Church, and that you quit the City of Brooklyn ax a rosidence. (Signed) ‘Turoponx Tr.rox, Q.—You signed it jointly? A.—Yes, sir. LOWEN's CHANGE OF MIND, With roferance to s subsequent toterview with Bowen the following tostimony was extracted : Q.—Toll ua the firat word of that intarviow, AL —I don't know tho first thing. Q.—Do you know who spoke first? A—No, I don't. Mr, Bowen was in a great state of excites ment. His face was white as a wall, Q. -Do you mean to way, on reflection, that not Q Word was suid about the delivery to Afr. or and hus reception of this note? A.—I remem- ber tho substance of it was, thatif I devulged to Mr. Leocher anything that Mr. Bowen Lad against Mr. Boocher he (Bowen) would closo all his relations with mo, ond that { never again should cross the threshold of the oflice or his house, He said it with great emphasis, Q.—And he left without giving you an oppor- tunity to ssy anything? A.—l think the sub- stance of it was to return pride for pride, scorn for scoru—that I would not be dotorred by his threat from telling Mr. Boocher, or any other person, by the fear of tha denunciation of auy man. ; Q.—And yon had no curiosity about the de- livery of the note or its reception? A.—I hada good deal, Q.—-Why did you not ask Mr. Bowen? A.— Becauso be waa not the man to ask questions of at thattime, Hoe went out of tho office and slammed the door. . Q.—When you wrote this demand on Mr.’ Beecher, and sent Mr. Bowen to aeliver it to Beccher, what wag your object in sending it, and what result did you oxpect from sending it > Aue object was to strike him right to the joart. Q.—What result did you expect? A,—That it would prick and wound him as he haa beon. Q.—You did not expoct that ho would be driven. trom the pulpit or trom Brooklyn? A,—Yes, I did; aud he will be. THY EFYECT OF THIS ANSWER. ‘The witness ultore] this grave prediction with the volemmity of & propuet. Boeoher and his wife laughed outright, and when the audience had dono staring at the peopie most interestod, tho audicnoe laughod too, Evarts proceeded to ask: Q.—You thought that, from dolivery of that mosaage to him, he would be driven from the pulpit, and trom Brooklyn? A.—Mr, Bowen eaid ho could be drivon ont of his pulpit in twolve hours, - Q.—You beliaved, then, he would doit? A— T thought Mr, Bowen would do it. Q.—By this method ? A.—f did think by this, Mr, Bowon sald, ho would drivo him out of Lis pulpit in twelvo hours, Q.—Aud you bolioved It? A.—Yes, sir. Q.—And you together sont as your joint act this lettor? A.—Yes, sir, wo did. Q,—Anf@ you expocted that result from it? A, —You, sir, I did. Q.—Whon you returned to your honse that day, did you oxnilie excitement? (I leave oat all reforonco now to any interview or intercourse with your wife.) A.—I don't renembor that, air, Q,—You don’t remomber being excited in con- sequence of this intorview with Bowen? A. 1don't remombor of being in my house, Q.—Did you, at your house on that day, after thin intorviow with Bowen, say to the nurse and othors than your wife, that you were ruined ? A.—{eharply] No, wir; I did not, Q.—Nothing of that kind? A.—No, sir, I was not rumed, + Q.—-I did not ask whether you wero ruined. I sakod you whether you told the uursa end other persona flan your wile that you were ruined? A,—Well, I answer you Ko, I was not in the habit of talking of my business affairs with tho nurua, Q.—-Don't you remember being in suy excite- mont aud having au impression that the result of this attempt upon Afr, Boocher was going ta be disastrous to you? A.—Not at all, sir, How could it have been diexstroua? «.—I won't reason, I only ask Fouts fact A—I did whether you bad thet impression ou remembor of opming Sto your nat. Ge Donthy house on that day, after this luterview with Bowen, and pacing up and down aud exhibiting grou oxcitement, and immediately going to work proparing papers conuocted with tho wauject ? A.—No, sir; [have no such recollection. 'Q.—Did you inform Mr. Moulton of this angry interview with Mr. Bowen? A.—I think I Sid Q.—Did you plou auy step then in connection with Mr, Beocher? A.—No, sir. Q—You kuvw of the Oiristan Union ap the