The New York Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1874, Page 4

4 Carpenter, davic: APPIDAVIT OF FP, B. CARPENTER. ito Y., July 18, 1874 On Sunday. June 1. 1873, two te surreptitious publucation of the Lriparite enant ber re 4 wecher, H.C. Bowen aud Theodore Tilton, | walked with Mr. Beecher trom Plymouth church to, resi- dence of Mr. F. D. Moulton, in Remsen street. On th Py, (9. Me, Moutton’s douse coher said to me that af Tilton would ie would Sworn to apa subseried becore me, this Isth day of July, 1x71. ‘ibitam T. Hicox, Notary Publ lic. Mr. Carpenter, ia communicating to Mr. Tilton | the avove alfidavit, says 10 4 letter accompanying at:— I have no hesitation in giving you the statement, as I ‘understood at the ime that it wastor me to re: Substance to you, and | did sorepeatit It was futerview MP Heccher spoke to me of his apology to you. The charge that Mr. Tiiton ever attempted to mm the Mr, Tliton has always resented every | personal friends who knew the facts had, before actempt by Mr, Beecher to put him under pecu- levy blackmail on Mr. Beecner 18 false. contrary, lary obligation, Twentieth—Not long after the scandal became | lay apart, advised him to nd left lowing | and as this accorded with bis own sentiments, he public Mrs. Tilton wrote on a slip of iT, on her Rusbaud’s writing va, he join with you or standing with you. Through the influence of Mr. the vpiion has long been diligently z = ~ Scandal was due to Mr, Tilton, that the and imaginary wrongs done Beecher, to him by Mr. Mr. Beecher, which, through his congregation, pression that Mr. Tilton was Mr. heightened the her relatives have been the chief causes of the EX ditficulty of suppressing the scandal. They We had a habit of saying, “Mr. Tilton belleves suc and such things;” and their naming of ‘these things by way o/ denial has been a mischiev- ous way o! circulating them broadcast. In this way Mr. Tilton has been made to appear a de- tamer, whereas he bas made every effort in his ower to Suppress the injurious tales which he has en charged with propagating. On ali occasions he has systematically reierred to his wife in terms favorable to ner character, Furtier, Mr, Tuton would not bave communi- caved to the committee the facts contained in this giatement except for the perverse course of tae Kev. Henry Ward Beecher and Mra. Elizabeth R. Tilton to degrade and destroy bim in the public estimation. Twen y-first—That one evening, about two weeks afler the publication of Mr. Tiiton’s letter to Dr. Bacon, Mrs. Tilton, on coming home at a late hour, miormed her husband that she had been Visited at a {riend’s house by a committee of inves- tugation, and had given sweeping evidence acquit- ting Mr. Beecher of every charge. This was the first intimation which Mr, Tilton received that any such committee was then in existence. Further- more, Mrs, Tilton stated that she had done this by advice of alawyer, whom Mr. Beecher had sent to her, and who, in advance of her appearing before the commitee, arranged with her the questions and answers which were to constt- tute her testimony in Mr. Beecher’s behalf. On the next day, alter giving this untrue testimony before the committee, she spent many hours of ex- treme suifering frout pangs of conscience at hav- ing testified falsely. She expressed to her hus- band the hope that God would forgive her perjury, Dut that the motive was to save Mr. Beecher and her haspand, and aiso to remove all reproach from the cause of religion. she aiso expressed similar contrition to one o1 her intimate (riends. Twenty-seconi—Finally, that in addition to the | pti al jacts and evideuces other confirmations could be adducsd, if needed, to prove the follow- ing recapitulaced statement, namely, that the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, a3 pustor and iriend of Mr. | Tilton and his lamily, trespassed upon the sancity of trienaship and nospitality in a long endeavor to seduce Mrs, Elizabeth RB. wap iter by the art- Jul use of bis priestly authority with her, she feing bis pupil in religion, he ac- com'yiisned tnis seduction; that for a period of a year and a ball or thereabout he Tuaintained criminal intercourse wit her, over- coming her previous modest scruples inst such conduct by investing it with a false justification as sanctioned by love and religion; that he then par- ticipated in @ conspiracy to degrade Theodore | Tilton before the public, by loss ores business gnd repute; that be abused Mr. iton's forgive- ness and pledge of protection by thereafter author- izing a series of measures by Plymouth church aide | for their object the putting of a stigma upon Mr. Tilton before the church, and also be- fore an ecclesiastical council, insomuch that the Moderator of that Council, interpreting these acts by Mr. Beecher and his cburch, declared publicly that they showed Mr. Beecher to be the most mag- wanimous of men and Mr, Tilton to be a Knave and dog; that when Mr. Tilton therealter, not in malice but jor self-protection, wrote a letter to Dr. Bacon, aliuding therein to an offence and apology by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, he Mr. Beecher) defiantly appointed a committee 1 his church members to inquire into the in- jury done bim by Mr. Tilton by tne aioresaia ‘aliasion, and impiying that he (Mr. Beecher) bad never been the antoor oi such offence and apology, and that Mr. Tilton was a slanderer; that to make this inquiry bear grievously against Mr. Tilton he (Mr. Beecher) previously counived with Mrs. E, R. Tilton to give false testimony in his (Mr. Beech- er’s) benali; that Mr. Beecver’s course toward Mr. Tilton ana family has at last resulted in the open destruction of Mr. Tilton’s household and home, and in the desolation of his heart and life. THEODORE TILTON, Sworn to before me this 20ih day of July, 1874.— | THEO. BURGMYER, NOtary Public. GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE :— Having laid before you the above sworn state- | ment, which I heve purposely restricted to rela- tions of Mr. Beecher with Mrs. Tilton only, and ‘with no otver person or persons, | wish to add an explanation due to your-eives. In the Golden age, lately edited by me, a sug- gestion was made, uot with my knowledge or con- gent, that your committee, in order to be justly constituted, should comprise, in addition to the six members appointed by Mr. Beecher, six others @ppointed by myselt. To no such proposal would I uave consented, for 1 have never wanted aby tribunal whatever for the Investigaiion of this subject. Neither your com- mittee, as at present constituted, nor an enlarged committee on the pian just mentioned, nor any other committee of any kind, the facts contained tn the preceding state- ment. Distinctly be it understood that these facta had not been evoked by your com- mittee because of any authority which I recognize in you a8 a tribunal of inquiry, Nor ‘would they have been yielded up to any other committee or board of reference, nowever consti- tated (except a court of law); but, on the con- trary, I have divuiged the above statement solely Ddecause of tbe openly published demand jor it, made directly to me by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, aided and abetted by Mrs. Elizaveth R. Tilton. These two parties—these alone, and not your commit with me. No other authorities or (except a court of law) could have been power ful enough to have extorted from me the above disclosure. For the sake or one of these parties gladly would [ have continued to nide these facts in the fature, as I have incessantly striven to doin the past. But by the joint action of Mr. Beecher and Mrs, Tilton, I can withhold the truth only at the price of perpetual infamy to my name in addi- tion to the penalty which I already suffer in the destraction of a home once as pleasant as any in which you yourselves dwell. Respectfully, THEODORE TILTON, MRS. TILTONS EVIDENCE. @ correrpondent of the On the 16th Tribune called upon Mr. Tilton. is given below :— At the correspondent’s request Mr, Tilton re. lated how Mrs. Tilton came to give her testimony, as told him by his wife. and warm friends of Mr. Beecher. has been urged frem time to tim scandal at once and forever. Penk 4 of Plymouth church was cudanugered. was ber duty to vindicate him. the injured man, iT WAS HER CHARGES of her busband, the result was that, through a friend, she asked Mr. Beecher what it was pest for her todo, Mr. Beecher announced that it would not be proper for him to see or advise her in the matter, but recommended er to his lawyer, General Benjamin ®. Tracy, one of the most prominent members of the Brooklyn Bar. She wrote to General Tracy, who replied by appointing an interview for last Yhursday evening ut the residence of a mutual Acquaintance, Who, it is needless to say, was one of Beecher’s Iriends. She was at the place at the stated hour, General Tracy promptly. He ADVISED HER TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE COM E d told her what questious she might expecr td be asked. While they were yet couversing all the Members 0! the Investigating Committee came in one by one, without doubt by preconcerted ar- fangement, and some one remarked that the pres. pat was a convenient time for her examination. Everybody thought this was a remarkably apt sug- geation, and it was acted upon. WBS. TILTON WAS ONLY ASKED TWO QUESTIONS :-— First, “Waa there ever any improper intercourse between Mr, Beecher and vourseil ?”’ and, second, a9 will appear irom tne sonowing am- | “Wid Mr. Beecher ever make any improper over- er the surreptitious Mr. Beecher were gi awit itn | i everything he possessed wit we fortune bad eve ryining He CARPENTER. tin | at the exposure has come, my whole nature re- Beecher’s friends — ropagated and alleged facts were malicious inven- tions by bim to revenge himself for supposed Many words were spoken from time to | time by Mrs. Tilton to the praise and eulogy of being extensively quoted im- | Beecher’s sian- | derer, Mra. Tilton being herself the authority for | the statement. In this way Mrs. Tilton and one of vould in and of itsetf have persuaded or compelled me to lay before you | ee—have, by their action, prevailed influences Chicago What transpired Her associates all along against him and that he had declined to answer. have been prominent members of Plymouth charcno. By them she to go forward and tell all she knew of the dificuity, and end the The cause of re- ligion had already been injured by it, and bag a ther pusband had spoken the truth, and was suffering was lovely and ‘the goose hung high. from apprehensions that he had spoken faisely, 1 if her pastor was | DUTY TO REFUTE THE HINTED This advice did its work, and NEW To both these questions she Then the lady le a brief ad- She insisted that both ber husband and t, honorable and worthy men, who were at loggerheads through a singular misapprehension. She dweit on the harm done to the cause of Christianity by the false storied cir- canes snows Mr. Beecher, which put Bim no jad forty years been urging on the people the 4 ase : | Deauty ‘and’ wisdom of a virtuous aud religious | Peared in the New York 7imes of May 30, 1 | lite, inthe light a hypocrite and knave, and | To re Eprrok oF THe New York Truxs:— | oke of the suite! “4 of her husband till nearly | It is high time thac the torrent o/ slander against her hearers were in tears. ‘rhus closed the ex- Henry Ward Beecher be arrested. I have in my amination. “Poor woman,” said Mr. Tilton to | possession a copy of a disavowal of all the cuarges | your correapondent, | and imputations against Mr. Beecher ever made | sree t. mr be iresh in the minds of the public, | ans dN dress. THE COVENANT AS FIRST PUB- LISHED. “SHR MB GUILTY OF DELIBERATE FALSEHOOD by Henry ©. Bowen, which was executed on tne | edge I have held this in my hands trom that ume | to this, and now, Wiasous his knowledge, | give | this document to the world and estop aud convict | the principal owender against truth, public decency and the rights of reputation, | My inducement to do tbis is the fact that Mr. Bowen has of late repeatedly declared that be had never disavowed his charges against Mr. Beecher, but that he yet insisted on their truth, And now the public can understand the brave silence Which the great preacher has kept under this protracted storm of Slander. He had covenanted fo bury the past and to maintain peace and brotherhood. The violation of that peroemans by Henry ©. Bowen unseals my mouth if it does not open tie lips of the pastor of Plymouth church, SUFFOLK. NeW YORK, May 29, 1873, tives im the world.” In response to a question as to his motives for keeping silent so [ong and at last consenting to | Make specific charges, Mr. Tilton said that all his Mrs. Tilton anvounced that henceforth their patng KEEP SILENCE FOR HBR SAKE, had done 80; but now that, by leaving him, she | had withdrawn herself from his protection and, to to @ certain extent, from his pity, he was no longer under obligations to keep silence. His — a that it was lis daty to bent | “THY DISAVOWAL, self and to bis children to make @ statement, and | w, oath prove that he tad not been heediessly or deltber- | ave. mecca ewietiny perieen te red. OF ately swearing away a man’s reputation, a fancied, and to make Uuristian reparation for in- —_— juries done or supposed to be done, and to oiface | the disturbed past ana provide concord, good Wil THE CONTROVERSY. y We can best understand the controversy be- | and love for the future, do declare aud covenant each to the other as iollows:— tween Mr, Beecher and Mr. ‘ilton by recalling some historical points :— | A SKETCH OF 1. 1, Henry C. Bowen, having given credit. per- haps, without due consideration Lo tales and inuu- | endoes affecting Henry Ward Beecher, and, veing — influenced by them, a8 was natural to a mau wo receives impresstous suddenly, to the extent ol re- | MR, BEECHER’S LETTER OF JUNE 3, 1873, ating them (guardedly, however, and within To THE EDITOR OF THK HkRALD:— imitations, and not for the purpose of injuring | I have mwintamed silence respecting the slan- | him, out strictly im the confidence ol ders which have for some ume past ioliowed me. | consultation), now feel that therein I I should not speak now but for the sake of re- did him wrong. Therefore, I disavow lieving another of unjust imputation. The docu- | ment Which was recently published bearing my name with others was published without consulta- ton either with me or with Mr. Tilton, nor with | and without reserve chat 1 know nothing which | any authorization from us, If that document ghould prevent me from extending to him my most should lead the pubuc to regard Mr. Tilton as the , cordial friendship, confidence and Christian iel- author of the calumontes to witich it alludes it will | luwship. And f expressly witndraw all tne do him great injustice. { am unwilling that he | charges, imputations and mnuendoes imputed as | should even seem to bé responsible tor injurious | having been made and uttered by me and set lorth | statements whose forge Was derived wholly from | ina letter written to me by Theodore ‘Tilton on the others. ENRY WARD BEECHER. | first day of January, 1871 (a copy of which ietter 13 MR, BEECHER’S LETTER TO THE BROOKLYN BAGLE, parse apyescd) ‘And I sincerely regret having OF SULY 1, 1873, | Made an: Sipara rons, charges or inuuendoes un- To THE EDITOR OF THE BROOKLYN EaGu | tavorable to the Christian character of Mr. Beecher. | In a long and active Ife in Brookiyn, it has | Andi covenant and promise that tor all tuture Tarely happened that the Zagle and myself have time I will never, by word or deed, recur to, re- been in accord on questions of common concern to peat or allude to any or either of satd charges, 1m- our fellow citizens, 1am for this reason tinpelied | putations and innuendoes, to acknowledge the unsolicitous confidence and 2. And I, Theodore Tilton, do of my free will and regard to which the columns of the Eagle of late ena spirit toward Henry C. Bowen and Heury bear testimony. I have just returned to the city . Ward Beecher, hereby covenant and agree that I | to learn that application has been made to Mrs. Will never again repeat by word of mouth or other- Victoria Wooduuil ior letters of mine, supposed to | Wise aby oi the allegations or impucations or innu- | contain infurmation respecting certain infamous | endoes contained in my letter hereunto annexed, | stories against me. I have no objection to have Or any other imjurtous imputations or allegations | the Zagie state, in any way it deems fit, that Mrs. | suggested by or growing out of these; and that I | Woodhull, or any persoa or persons who may have Will never again bring up or hint at any cause of | letters of mine in their possession, have my coraial | diflerence or ground of complaint heretolore ex- consent to publish them. In this connection and at isting between the said Henry ©. Bowen and my- this time 1 will only add that the stories and ru- | self or the said Heary Ward Beecher, mors which have for some time past been circu- 3. And It, Henry Ward Beecher, put the past lated about me are grossly untrue, and I stamp forever out of sight and out of memory. I deeply the.n in general and in particuiar as utterly lalse. | regret the causes of suspicion, jealousy and es- | Respectiuuy, HENRY WARD BEECHER, | Pe get have Gant vondehinc Be a | joy tome to have my old rega: fe D. ARION OF: FLT MO UNG ORDO ee i Bowen and Theodore Tilten restored, anda hap- On the evening of October 31 the usual Friday piness to me to resume the old relations of love, Drayer meeting was held at Plymouth church. Bdaxp ry ee iy each aed tile tentration Hs have said anything inju: Alter the’ religious ‘exercises & meeting was Bold | oisnar, or nave detracted from their standing and for the admission of members. T. W. Talmadge, | tame a4 Chr iatias igen tte nen sa ae of my Clerk of the Examining Committee, submitted a | church, 1 revoke It all, and heartily covenant to report, which was read. It stated that in answer | seo moiipareroadten a aly tt SiC to certain charges preierred against Mr. Tilton he THEODORE TILTON, had said:—‘I never considered myself a member | BSEOOKLYN, april peer pa, he | of Plymouth church and I do not now, nor does | BROOKLYN, Jan. 1, 1871. | the pastor of this church consider me a member, | Mr. HENRY C. BOWEN:— | and I do not hold myself amenable to tne church,’ | , SIR—I received last evening your sudden no- | The committee therefore recommended that his all the charges and imputations that have been attributed to me as having been by me made | | against Henry Ward Beecher; and [declare ul! | tices breaking my two contracts, one with the | Independent, the other witn tue Brooklyn Union. | | Witn reterence to this act of yours I will make a | plain statement of facts. It was during the early part of the rebellion, i I recollect angbt, when | name be dropped from the roll of members. | Mr. Tilton addressed the meeting at length, say- | ing that he had not attended the church for four | you frat intimated to me that Rev. Henry Ward | years, and during that time a story had been | Beecher had committed acts of adultery lor which, | t | if you should expose him, he would be driven from | Spread broadcast through the land that he had | the pulpit. From that time onward your refer- | slandered Mr. Beecher, his minister. Mr. Beecher | ences to the subject were frequent and always ac- had publisued a disclaimer exempting him from | companied witu deep seateu injury to your heart. y Iu a letter which you addressed to me this injustice. It had been charged against irom Woodstock, June’ 16, 1883, referring to | him thi his claim of non-membership, | tui subject you said:—‘I sometimes teel | that I must break silence; thai I must no 1onger | suffer as & dumb man and ve made to bear a load of grief Most unjustly. Une word irom me would make a rebejlion throughout Christendom, I had almost said, and you Know it. rou bave just a Was made so that he might avoid his responsi- bility to the church. He, theretore, of his own free will, had come to say to Mr. Beecher, surrounded | here by his friends, that i! he had slandered oim he little of the evidence from the great volume in was ready to answer forit. ‘Let him now speak, | i “4 ‘our possession. Iam not pursuing @ phantom, | | and I will answer, as God 1s my judge.” | Gut solemnly brooding over an awful reality.”? aah | Mr. Beecher replied that he had no charge to | Subsequent vo this letter and on frequent tnter- \ make against Mr. Tilton, that whatever difficulties | V4l8 from this till now you have repeated the | statement that you could at any moment expel they might have had were amicably settled and, | Henry Ward Beecher from Brooklyn. You have so far as he was concerned, buried, and so far | reiterated the same thing not only to me, but to | as Mr, Tilton was concerned, buried, His | thers. Moreover, during the year just closed | your letters on the subject were marked with | judgment was against taking up this matter at more feeling than heretofore, and were not unire- | all, as it would only stop the proper business of guene area Siousetmaotsteete tee hat Mr. Beeche: the church. The meeting terminated with the | occupy @ position a8 a Christian teacher and | | adoption of the committee's report. | preacier. Bs | | CONFERENCE DECLINED BY PLYMOUTH . | On the 25tn of December, 1870, at an interview | rae cae in your house, at which Mr. Oliver Johnson and I were present, you spoke freely and indignantly | against Mr. Beecher as aa unsaie visitor in the families of his congregation. You alluded by name Lo & Woman, now a Widow, whose husband’s death you did not doubt was: hastened by his knowledge tnat Mr. Beecter had maintained with her an improper intimacy. Asif to leave no doubt on the minds of either Mr. Johnson or mysell, you and | informed us that Mr. Beecher had made to you a coniesston of guilt, and had with tears implored your Jorgiveness. Aiter Mr. Johnson retired irom this interview you related to me the case o1 a wo- man of whom you said (as nearly as { cap recol- lect your words) that “Mr. Beecher took her in his arms by force, turew her down upon the sota, | accomplished wpon her his deviltry and leit her.” * * * * * * During your recital of this tale you were filled with anger toward Mr. Beecher. You sald, with | terrible emphasis, that he ought not to remain a | week longer in his putpit. You immediately sug- gested that a aemand should be made upon him to quit his sacred office. You volunteered to pear to him such a demand in the form of an open letter, which you would present to him with your own hand, and you pledged yourseli to sustain the de- mand which the letter should make—namely, “that he should, tor reasous which he explicitly knew, immediately cease irom his minisiry at Plymouth churen and retire from Brooklyn.” ‘The first drait Of this letter did not contain the phrase “ior rea- sons that he explicitly knew,” and these words, or words to this effect, were incorporated in @ second, at your motion, You urged, furthermore, very emphatically, that the letter should demand not only Mr. Beecher’s aodication oi his pulpit, but the cessation of bis writing for the Christian Union, & point on which you were overruled. This letter you presented to Mr. Beecher at Mr. Free- jand’s house. Shortly after its representation you a an interview With me at the editorial office of the Brooklyn Union, during whico, with unac- countable emotion in your manner, your face livid with rage, you threatened with loud voice that if ever I should iniorm Mr. Beecher of the statements | On the 26th of November the members of Ply- | mouth churcn met to take action in reference to the letters of Dr. Storrs and Dr. Bucington, taking | exception to the mode in which Mr. Tilton’s name was dropped, and proposing a conference in re- gard to this matter. The meeting passed reso- lutions declining the proposed conierence, asserting their liberty of action. Alter a lengthy speech by vr. Edward Beecher Rev. Henry Ward Beecher aadressed the meeting, ) explaining the broad principles on which member- ship in Plymouth church was founded. He con- cluded by saying that whether they let him go or whether he stayed, he lived for the love of all man- kind and for tne glory of God, and not for quarrels and squavoles, HENRY C. BOWEN’S RETRACTION. On December 5 Mr. Talmadge, Chie! Examining | Clerk, submitted a report on the charge that hienry C. Bowen nad slandered Mr. Beecuer, and aiso @ retracuon of the slanders by Mr. Bowen. On December 12 Mr. Bowen submitted a protest | asking that he be acquitted solely on the ground | of his innocence of the charge. This protest was entered On tne minutes by desire of Mr. Beecher, aud @ resolution passed accordingly, | PROGRESS OF THE CONTROVERSY. | _ at the Friday evening prayer meeting, held on January 2, 1874, the auswer 0! Plymouth church to the letters of Dr. Storrs and Dr. Budington were read maintaining ‘‘the principie of its suiemn and sole responsibility to the Master for the manage- ment of its own afairs.” This led to the Council on church aiscipline, woich was opened March 24, 1874, at Dr. Badington’s church. Wiymouth church declined consistently to take part in the deliberations of the Councii to its great disgust, The sessions of this body were secret and laborious. On the fourth day Mr. Theodore ‘Tilton sent a let- ter to the Council ‘on the subject of his attitude towards Piymouth churen and its astor. He asserted “the free right o! a free man | Which you made concerning his adultery, or | to sever his. connection with the churon | hould compel you to adduce the evidence by his free will,” and deciared that he 8 Which you agreed to sustain the de- mand tor Mr. Beecher’s withdrawal irom would never become a churchman in any charch in which this was not the rule. As to tne state- ment tat he had slandered Mr. Beecher he main- tained that he had never uttered aslander against any human beimg. He quoted Mr. Beecher’s letter to the HERALD Of Juve 3, 1873, exonerating him irom the charge of slander, and also Mr. Beecher's statement oi October 31, 1873, that he did not be- lieve Mr. Tilton had desired in any way whatever to shirk his proper responsibilfty by his four years’ absence irom Plymouth cuurch, and that he had no charges to prefer against Mr. Tilton. In conclusion, be reiterated that bis voluntary retire- mentfrom the church was wholly in acco:dance with its rules, and that his action toward the pas- tor had always been prompted by an honorable Brooklyn, you would immediately deprive me of my engagement to write for the Jn t and fo edit the Brooklyn Union, and that in case I should ever attempt to enter tne offices of those journals you would have me ejected by force. I told you that I should inform Mr. Beecher or any- body else, aoe | to the dictates of my judg- ment, uninfuenced by any authority from my em- ployers. You then excitedly retired irom my presence. Hardly had your violent words ceased ringing in my ears when I received your summary notices breaking my contract with the Independent and the Brookivya Union. To tue foregoing narrative of fact I have only to add my surprise and regret Oy the Sadden iuterruption by one sense of what constitute own act of what bas been on my part a jaithful man and man. veoh tr adientconngaditcht ta} service of fifteen years, Truly yours, On March 29 the last session of the council was ; THEODORE TILTON. held, Another letter from Mr. Wheouore Tilton \ eecormemanl THE CONGREGATIONAL COUNCIL. Was read, protesting against the oMcial record in the journal that gross charges had been made “Gentlemen of the Council, every 1 ot knows that 1 did nut decline to answer’ Me | The culmination, as it at the time appeared, of ‘ilton declares, The final decision of the Counci), the gathering storm clouds which rolled up from rendered on this day, exonerates. both Piymoutii eburch and the other two churches from all biame, but hopes that this case would not be a precedent tor the /utare of Plymouth church. So everything the horizon in this long-vexed controversy about Mr. Beecher seemed to have been reached at the assembly of the great Brooklyn Council on the 2th of last March, | Large in numbers, composed of such distin- guished ministers and laymen among the Congre- gationalists, and convened to lay the ghost, if pos- sible, of a scandal which was rending the Church and actually seemed to threaten Protestant Chris- Uanity in America, its proceedings were watched with intense interest, The private deliberations of the Council were not pablished in full, Report. ers were rigidly excluded, though one of the dele- gates, happening to be an editor, furnished some information to his own journal, The results of those secret caucuses showed, however, how they , MORE LETTERS PRO AND CON. Then followed Theodore Tilton'’s long letter to Dr. bacon, and on June 30 the HERALD publisned a letter trom Mr. Wiiliam F. West to Dr. Bacon, ex piaintog bis interview with Mr, Tilton. He cor- Tects some 0! the statements made {u Mr. ‘lilton's letter. He Said that in consequence of the charges made by Mr, Tilton against Mr. Beecher in the snmmer of 1873 he determined to prefer charges against him for the purpose of purifying the church and putting an end to the scandal. At an interview with Mr. Tilton in August, 1873, he re- iterated that “he had never spoken falsely of Mr. Beecher.” He finally deciares that the charges were intended to secnre the conviction of Mr. Tilton if he were guilty, to remove the stain which rested on the churcn and to vindicate its pastor. ‘Tuey were not (as Mr. Tilton had stated) “an indi. Dd tended, rect and insincere method oi investigating one | The inception of this crisis of the storm was the Man under the false pretence Of investigating an- famous “Letter Missive" despatched jointly on other.’” The day before the publication of this letter a HERALD reporter bad an inverview With Professor Vaio By with Frofessor the Clinton avenue Congregational church. It is ymood, @ leader in Plymouth chureh, in which neeajess ti 0 . he declawed shat their leith in Mr. Beecher was 0 recapitulate this document, or, indeed, | abiding, and that if nis lega/advisers or prominent | the details of the following events, but it may be | executive members of the church were to advise , a8 wel: to review their bearing, with each other, | tee, Geer bis mouth he might be prevatied | and in connection with the present aspect of the ‘This brings tue historical record of this lamenta- | #¢. It will be remembered that Theodore Tilton | bie scandal up to the Ist of this month, What hag the 9th of March by the Church of the Pugrims end on that occasion, but tt was from the best of mo- | 2d of April, 1872. Without Mr. Beecher’s knowl- | | 1873; aw | the Plymouth | ment be traceable , Theodore, I ) der { since passed between the different parties will yet | bership, according to the bylaws of the church and society. The “Letter Missive” controverted the right of the Plymouth brethren to do this, and alter & more or less incisive correspondence with Plymouth church, the two complaining churches addressed their brethren abroad to ovnsider the ueation with them, Plymouth church was noti- d of the action and ninety-three churches in- je The following communications on this subject ap- | vibee to send delegates, A full statement, from their | furnished by a@ joint committee of the summoning Int of view, of the matters of dispute, was churches. HE ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNCIL, with Dr, Stearns, of Amherst, as temporary Chair. man, and Dr. Quint, of New Bedford, as temporary Scribe, and 141 pastors and delegates, the first sea- sion opened on the 24th ol March. Dr, Leonard acon, of Yale, whose recent action has given Ti- ton an excuse to reopen the sore, was elected Mod. | erator, and Hon. Charies J. Walker, of Detroit, Mich., a8 Associate. Dr. Quint and Rev. J. C. Meseroe, of Brooklyn, were elected Scribe and As- sistant Scribe, Other members came in on suc- | ceeding days. The “Letter Missive” was read, and AMONG THE DOCUMBNTS presented as bearing on the supposed contuma- cious position of Plymouth church were :— The Shares preferred in Plymouth church, Octo- | ber 6, 1873, by Mr, West against Theodore Tilton, | with correspondence immediately ensuing; then | the report of the Examining Committee and the acuon of the church upon it, dropping Ti:ton from membership on the 3ist of October, — card to the newspapers from Rev. Mr, Halliday, clerk of Piymouth church explaining the bylaws. Next followed the first | letter of the censorious churches to the offending Plymouth brethren of November 8, 1873, propound- ing hard questions like the Queen of Sheba, with | the Plymouth reply of November 28, 1873, short but hot sweet, covering resolutions to the effect that | ople requested other folks to mind their own business, ‘Then the second letter of the outraged brethren, irate in tone, of the 5th Decem- ber, 1873, and the ‘second letter from Plymouth, dated the day following, very short but nog less in- | dependent, covering another set of resolutions, very emphatically reasserting their determunation | to be captains of their own ship. rd levser was sent to Plymouth on December 15, “more in | sorrow than iu anger” but ploosly hinting, with little circumlocution, at the pains and penalties of | excommunication and the lambs o1 Beecher’s flock | being cut of trom communion. A third reply from Plymouth was sent January 2, 1874, longer than usual, regretting the decision of the accusers, but adhering to their platform of independence, and on the 29th of June, 1873, Mr. Beecher had made a few remarks which were quoted as very offensive. He had said:— | “rhese conventions have no authoriiy; they simply nave influence. We betieve In influence, but not in authority, in such matters.” Three sessions were held on the 25th of March. At the fifth session, On the 26th, the council re- solved itself into secret session. At the thirteenth session, on the 23th of March, the result was an- | nounced, Tue moral hervism of the complainants | was complimented, “even should errors of judg- in some ot the details of their procedure.” While thinking the actions ol Ply- mouth might possibly justily the others in with- drawing from fellowship, they hoped aud advised the others to keep on good terms, and reaffirmed and emphasized their ideas of fellowship and the right to meidle, The accusers formaily sccepted the result, and everybody seemed satisiled and re- Joiced at the cali alter the storm. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKEICH. ae The following singular poem from Mr. Tilton, written at the time of his troubles, has a singular interest now :— SIR MARMADUKE’S MUSINGS. By Theodore Tilton. 1 won a noble fame, But, with @ sudden frown, The people snatched my crown, And in the mire trod down My lofty name. I bore a bounteous purse, And beggars by the way Then blessed me day by day, But I, grown poor as they, Have now their curse, I gained what men call friends, jut now their love is hate, And | have learned too late How mated minds unmate, And friendship ends, I clasped a woman’s breast, As if her heart I knew, Or fancied, wouid be true, Who proved—alas, she wo t— False like the rest. I now am all bereft— As when some tower doth fall, With battlements and wall And gate and bridge and all— And nothing left, But T account it worth All pangs of fair hopes crossed— All loves and nonors lost— To gain the heavens at cost Of losing earth. So, lest I be inclined To render ill for il— Henceiorth in me instu, O God, & sweet good-will To ail mankind. SLEEPY HOLLOW, Nov. 1, 1871, THE FRIENDS BEFORE THE FIGHT. ra Beecher to Theodore Tilton. Lonpon, Sunday, Uct. 18, 1863. My Dzar THEODORE:— You know why I have not written you from Eng- land. Ihave been so Jull of work that | could not. God has been with me and prospered me. I have From Henry W had health and strength and courage, and, what | | sacrifice of himseif rather than to give pain to | is of unspeakably more importance, | have had the sweetest experience of love to God and to men of all my life. I have been enabled to love our ene- mies. All the needless ignorance, the party per- versions, the wilful misrepresentations of many newspapers, the arrogance and oostinacy too olten experienced, and, yet more, the coldness of brethren of our faith and order, and | the poisoned prejudices which have been arrayed against me by the propagation of un- truths or distorted reports, have not prevented my having a love for old England, an appreciation of the good that 1s here, and a hearty desire for her whole welfare. Thisicount a great blessing. God-awakenea in my heart a desire to be a full and true Christian toward England the moment I put my joot on her shores, and He has answered the prayer which He inspired. Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Liverpool, and am now in London, preparing for Exeter Hall on Thursday next, I have been buoyant and happy. have been filled with placards, in black and white letters, full of all lies and bitterness, but they have seemed to me only like the tracery of dreams, For hours I have striven to speak amid interruptions of every kind—yellings, howlings, catcalls, derisive yells, impertinent and insulting questions, and every conceivable annoyance save personal violence. But God kept me in periect peace, I stood in Liverpool and looked on the de- moniac scene almost without a thougnt that it was me that was meant. It seemed rather like a storm raging in the trees of the forest that roared and impeded my progress, but yet bad nothing per- soual or wilful in it against me. You know, dear Theodore, how, when we are lifted by the inspiration of a great subject and by the almost visible presence and vivid sympathy with Christ, the mind forgets the sediment and dregs of trouble and sails serencly tn ao upper Tealm Of peace, as untouched by the noise below ag 18 bird that flies across a battle feld, Juat so 1 had at Liverpool and Glasgow as sweet an inward peace as ever 1 heard tn the loving meetings of dear old Plymouth church, nd again and again, when the uproar raged and I could not speak, my heart seemed to be taking in the infinite pili fs the Saviour’s pity and I dart out upon those ‘poor troubled men. Inever had so much the spirit of continuing @nd unconscious rayer—or, father with communion with Christ. 1 Pave feit that I was his dear chitd and that his arms Were about me continually. And at times that “peace that passeth all understaoding” has descended upon me so that I could not keep tears Oo! gratitude from failing for so much tender good- ness of my God. For whet are outward prosperi- ties compared with these intenor intimacies of God? [tis nos the path to the temple, but the in- terior of the temple that shows the glory aud goodness of God. And I have been able to commit all tO Him—-mysell, my family, my triends—and in an especial manner the cause of my country. Oh, bave felt an inexpressible won- should give it to me _ to for the dear land, When, ldea of my being clothed that God do something sometimes, the with power to stand up in this great kingdom, | against an inconceivabie prefadice of violence ani mistake, and clear the name of my dishonored country and let her brow shine forth crowned with liberty and glowing with Jove to man, I have seemed unable to live almost. It almost took my soul’s breath away! I have not, in a single instance, gone to the speaking halls without ail the way breathing to God unutteradle desires lor inspiration, guidance, | guccess, and I have haa no disturbance of person- ality. Ihave been willing—yea, with eagerness— to be myself contemptible in men’s sight, if only my disgrace might be to the honor of that cause witch 18 intrusted to our thrice dear country, have asked of God nothing but this, Make me worthy to speak for God and man. Inever jeit my ignorance so painfully or the. great want of moral purity and nobility of soni as ‘when approaching my task of defending Liberty in this ber hour of trial. I have an ideai of what a man should be that labors for such @ cause, that had been dropped from tee roll ot Praia } Constantly rebukes my real condition and makes ‘01 outh mem | me teel painfully how little I am, Yet that ia | good pleasure.’ Thave spoken at | The streets of Munchester and Liverpool | YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1874.--TRIPLE SHEET. 1. There passes before me a sense of So pure, serene, uplifted, filing the and more ~and more to be revealed, that [ to lose my own identity, to be like a of dew that fails into the sea and becomes a dro par of that suolime whole that glows under srery = of latttade and sounds on every shore, may be all in all!” That is nota er only, but a personal experience. yun. * And in ali this time { have not had one unkind feeling toward a single human being. Even those who are oppressors | have pitied with undyiny compassion. And enemies around me have see! harmi and objects of charity rather than potent toes to be destroyed. God be thanked, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! My dear Theodore, when I sat down to write I did it under this impulse that I wanted somebody to know the secret of my life. I am in @ nowy spec and seem to thousands as one employ- ing mere! worldly implemenus and acting under secular thotives. But, should | die on sea or lan I wanted to say to you, who have been so near an dear to me, that in God's own very truth, “the life that I have lived in the flesh I have lived by the faith of the Son of God.” I wanted to leave it with some one to say for me, that it was not in patural gifts nor in great opportunities nor in personal ambition that I have (seer able to endure and labor, but that the secret spring of my out- ward lite has been an inw: complete and all- Possessing faith of God’s trath, and God’s own self “working in mé, to will and to do of lis own Monpay, 19. Ido not know, as you will understand, the feel- ing which led to the above outburst. I bad | spoken four times in seven days, to immense audi- euces, under grens excitement and with every effort of Southern sympathies, through news- papers, street placards aud in every otner way, to prevent my being heard. I thought I had been through furnaces betore, but this ordeal surpassed all others. I was quite alone in England. I no one to consult with. I felt tne burden of having to stand for mp countr; in @ half hostile land, And yet, never flinched for a moment nor lost heart. But, alter resting twenty weeks, to begin so suddenly such @ tremendous strain upon my voice has very much affecied it, To-day I am somewhat teariul that I shall be unable to speak to-morrow night in Exeter Hall. 1 want to speak there. Ii the Lord | will only let me I shall be willing to give up all the other openings in the kingdom. I cannot stop to give you any sort of insight into affairs here. One more good victory and kngland will be immovable. The best thinkers will be, at any rate. hope that my people will feel that I have done i ee I know that | have tried. I should be glad to feel that my countrymen approved, but, above all others, I should prize the knowledge that the people of Plymouth church were satisfied with me. When this reaches you I hope to be on the ocean, lam as ever, yours, H. W. BEECHER, THE PRESS ON THE SCANDAL. ot aicabitlined The Jury Out. {From the Springfield Republican.) Of course there are hot partisans on the one side and the other—some sincere and respectable in their partisanship, some others quite the reverse— who have made up their minds and who are prepared to applaud or hiss as the verdict sustains or contradicts their the- ory of the case. There is a section of the public who would go on believing Mr. Beecher an innocent and maligned man in the teeth ofalmost any conceivable evidence to the contrary. There is another section of the public to wnom this scan- dal has been meat and drink, and who will go on believing Mr. Beecher guiity tothe end of the chapter. Browning knew what he was talking about when he wrote of The teeth of the world which, clown-like, loves to chew, Be it but a straw 'twixt work and whistling whule, ‘Taste some vituperation, bite aw: Whether at marjoram-sprig or garlic-clove. Aught 1s maysport with, spoil, and then spit forth. But these are the exceptions to the rule. Tne great aNOHSy: of the people, we repeat, have pre- served throughout this wretched, wretchedl; muddled business the true judicial temper whic! declines to judge until such time as it has the lacts, They desire truth and justice. Now that the affair ne 80 far it is sincerely to be hoped that the gentlemen who at present have It in hand will not disappoint them. There has been @uite enough of muddling and mystifying already without any fresh efforts in that line; moreover, oma rou be almost certain to defeat their own objec! Mr. Beecher Must Speak. {From the Brooklyn Eagle.) Now, for the frst time in all this dreary business, & specific accusation is made against the Rev. Mr. Beecher. Mr. Tilton can no longer fight bis bat- ties in the air, He must stand or tall by the proois he has to offer of the offence through which he Obtained so much cheap notoriety, while on his own admission he was lying all the time. In ad- ing to him that she would not be silent under it, Mrs, Tilton has already given testimony tn defence of her husband’s honor and of her own. Mr. Tilton has seen fit to im- peace it, and for what? To try to prove je was @ cuckold, and to drag down a clergyman, who Is at the same time the foremost man of his century and the most eloquent representative of Protestant Christianity. It 1s now jor Mr, Beecher to speak. Until he does so it is needless to ask a suspension of the world’s Judgment. On the one side are woman’s honor and a clergyman’s fame, and on the other the vindication of aman who cane not be vindicated, tor he is bis own accuser. Eagerly, but patiently, hopeiully and trastingly, the world waits for Mr. Beecher’s version of @ | Story that has wearied the public and cast a shadow | on the Christian Charch, ir the resalt we have no lears, except those which grow out of our knowledge of Mr. Beecher’s character, and that will tend very strongly to induce him to make a others, That the man will vindicate himself we know; that the clergyman will, we believe, unless the spirit of the teachings of the Master. Thanks. {From the Cincinnati Gazette.) If either Theodore Tilton or Mr. Beecher will make a statement to-day that will put an end to this everlasting scandal, of which the public is getting so much, he will be entitled to a vote of thanks all round, “Bat For ‘That Letter.” (From the Chicago Tribune.) If it were not for the remarkable letter written | by Beecher to Tilton, wishing that be (Beecher) were dead, the effect of Mrs. Tilton’s testimony, exonerating Beecher entirely, woula be to acquit , the latter in public estimation. What reason Mr. | Beecher had tor wishing he were dead must soon | be disclosed, and, if it 18 at all compatible with Mr. Tilton’s testimony, it wili at least enable his friends to claim a victory, “Fighting Shy. {From the Pittsburg Dispatcb.] This is the merest trifling. The two men are fighting shy of each other, and each seems to be | afraid of the other. Both are triding with the pub- le and allowing the shadow of suspicion to rest upon innocent and upright people. Mr. Wilkeson’s Explanation, [From the Sun of July 20.) Why, Mr. Wilkeson exulung!, aims th . THe an Fag’ ukewon exultingly proclaims that Mr. Tih him “that the only wrong that Mr. Beecher had ever done him had been to address improper lang: to ni wite”—just us it that statement, unexplained, isnot bad enough} Whatis the matter with Mr. Wilkeson—is he crazy—to suppose that a Christian minister can be sus- ed in the community, at this day, with such a rge as that, taken in its common acceptation, resting inst him, and seemingly tacitly admitted by his de- fender? A wninisier who addresses improper language nember of his churech— Ground that he had done nothing worseh ne eee | Itis pretty rough ona man, my dear editor, to | hastily put @ sentiment or a principle on bis lips | and then bang him for what he has neither said nor thought. What I sought by repeating Tilton’s statement tome that Mr. Beecher’s only offence Was tmproper language to nis wife was to make him contradict in advance the graver allegations he will probably publish on Tuesday—to show that he is wholly untruthful and not to be believed, 1 do not think that Christian ministers may rightfully address improper language to women, and in my testimony there cannot be found the shadow of the thought that they may. Nor have I sald that Mr. Beecher did address improper lan- guage to any woman, nor do I belteve that there is a man on this earth who can testify that he did so Without committing perjury. SAMUEL WILKESON, AN ACTOR'S VIEW. | To THE EDITOR oF THE HERALD:— How is it that your correspondent of this morn- ing, signea “An Episcopalian,” “deptores that one ‘Who has been a shining light to bis fellows for so many years, should at this late day have been placed before the tribunal of censure and critt- ' ¢ism from any real or imaginary acts of his own,” and he closes with this somewhat old and conveni- ent quotation—‘‘To err is human, to forgive di- vine.” How quick they are now to shelter the supposed vices of their Christian leaders behind the cioak of Charity, @n actor or an actress, how nice it would be, now | they would investigate, how they would point to {tas an awiul warning to those who visit places ofamusement. Honest old George Holland—the | pony of whose life was undonbted—lying in j th, was refused the right of Christian burial, not for any crime of his own; no, | wut because ‘he belonged to a vrolession vance of Mr. Tilton’s accusation, and as @ warn- | from the American churches there has departed | mail had been conceded to + Why is this? Now, if it was | which they, in their sanctity, were pronsed 00 out- law; & profession that gave food to your seenveay and clothes to your naked many, many weeks winter; @ profession that wes the Gras rudiments of Christianity to be ‘‘charity to ail.’* Now that disgrace comes near their church doors the: exclaam—‘To err. is human, to. lorgive, divine.’ soonsasente, thou arta jewell” [, for one, say investigate. If there is villainy in the churches, seek it out, bunt it down; purify the Chureh by all means. The churches of City and Brooklyn have now 2 splendid 0} tunity to “practise what they preach.” Let om investigate. In my eyes true Christianity is the most beautifal thing in life, but where shall | seek iu? Can [ receive it Sow: the Rev, Henry Ward Beecher, v4 Benory Fe mar, Mr, man eee 1 Tae, & reply. pect of JOnN A; STEVENS, am Actor.” New Yorg, July 18, 1874. THE STOCK BROKERS’ PICNIC. eee ees Hundreds Made Happy by | Christian Charity—Lite and Laughter on Raritam ch. The thickly-wooded biuffs and groves of Raritan Beach resounded yesterday to the merry laughter and joyous abandon of hundreds of happy chil- dren—happy, at least, for one day. Their times of pleasure are not over frequent. This was the oo- casion of the first of the Stock Excnange picnics, su called from the generous benefaction of those noble- hearted men who haunt the busy turmoil of speculative Wall street, ‘he youthful population of the First, Second and Twenty-seventh precincts were the beneficiaries of this day’s pounty. From the distribution of tickets on the previous after- noon Mr. Williams half, ¢hought the number of young people to come onder his cnarge on this particular expedition would fall very far short of the usyal @mount, but this idea was soon dispelled by the continuous throngs of nondescript candidates for a share in the good time as they focked around the Church street station by eight o’clock A. M. Im honor of the donors the proceasion, headed by the band, playing a stirring march, took a detour on their way to the barge through Broadway, Wall and Broad streets, making these mercantile regions ring with a multitudinous clamor that not often disturbs their absorbing calculations of gold and shares and weighty matters. Early as was the hour several members of ’Change were oa hand to see for themselves the motley concourse on their way, and Y, not @ fe w accompanied the children to the pier, One of these remarked that he never was aware so many children lived near Wall street. The sight of tne long, seemingly never ending line was to mma complete surprise. Another instance of the open- handed, large generosity of the brusque ‘bulls’? | and “dears” was disclosed by alittle vit of infor- | mation given by the same gentleman to Mr. Wik | hams, the manager—in fact, tne life and guiding | star of this most laudaule movement. The bundie | of tickets sent by the Treasurer to the Exchange had been disposed of at auction for a handsome | sum, thereby increasing their already considerapie | subscription to the Children’s Fund. Does not this | speak volumes? Panics, high prices, dulness of | times notwithstanding, the hearts of American | men are still fearless and free. But show those shrewd, active, energetic men, whom J. S. Mill characterized—the most unwise words he ever uttered—as “heartless dollar-hunters,” the way towards properly directed charity, their purses are at once open, their Aympastles aroused. The wealthy merchants, ti proud fathers of tenderly reared families, whom their parental care has at this season removed irom the city’s heat and summer danger far to th coolness of the country shade and the breezy tu- vigoration of wave-washed shores, need no urging word to tell them to draw the contrast betweem | the lot of thelr own beloved little ones and these want-waxed, tiny strugglers on the roug! sea of life. From out of the plentitude of God's gilts to them will, with a liberal nan be given @ portion to solace “God’s poor.” | “He that ves unto the poor lends unto the Lord.” The security is irreproachable, the interest certain. Outside of the directly charitable benefit of these excarstons in bringing a little gleam of sunshine on the dim, dreary existence of the haman swarms that swelter tn our city slums, one | littie morsel of pleasure that will be the whole year a thing of joy to them to think of, the 5 im- portant consideration arises how that fierce en- vious hate engendered by Feehan will be erased by such evidence of tender solicitude for their fortunes and brotherly desire to alleviate | their suffering. The poor remember much. A ; little given them, without lowering their touchy | pride, and they are grateful forever. Communism find the surging danger of social discontent wilt | meet the most effectual blow by the acknowlet ment of universal Kindred, which asserts i in the regard of children, especially the fe Yesterday’s excursion presented no features ditferent to the three preceding ones, unless, haps, that the boys were somewhat less repre: and, if possible, more unfixed in costumes than on other occasions. Their great familiarity with ti police, the officers’ exact knowledge of them | their daring skill in natarory exploits at the beach were the ouly things suggestive of particular com- ment. They had nearly all, without a dount, “a knowing manner,” and seemed ‘to be of the prison prisoners and of the street, streety.” Were any beetle-browed youth brought before the manager or one of the captains, charged with abstracting the cake or ice cream ticket of leas able-bodied excurstonist, ne oy a de- meanor jike the Spartan boy for biting mm, “which,’? as Dickens makes one of his characters say, ‘I hope you'll excuse me for his bringing up, tor of all the tiresome boys that will go tumbling | into Srey sort of company, that boy is the tire- somest.’” When the procession had, after its departure from the station, reacued the wharf, Mr. Wik liams found it in possession of @ mob of big boys, who seemed determined to go on the excur- sion whether the manager willed it or not. With his usual promptitude and decision Mr. Williams | ordered the lice to drive the young rowdies | away, and while they were so employed he securea passages for the little fellows, for whom he seems so anxious to see that first cure be taken. Two | or three times the outsiders made @ rush for the gangway, but they were met by the poitce, whos nade Captains Lowery aud Van Dusen, kept | them off, The Governor’s Isl:nd Band, with Mr. Stigier, and Dr. Thoms, the inseparable medical volunteer ot the excursions, also accompanied the party to the grove, THE DOG WAR | Dogs Destroyed. | Officer Moore, of the Seventh precinct, shot s | mad dog yesterday in front of No. 57 Moutgomery | Street. | A mad dog was killed yesterday by Officer Hirreli, of the Twenty-eighth precinct, at No. 30 Spring street. Ofticer Thomas, of the Eighteenth precinct, kille@ @ Mad dog yesterday at No. 599 Bast Sixteenth | street. | Amad dog was killed yesterday afternoon by | OMicer Taylor, of the Eleventh precinct, at No. 106 Sheriff street. More Dog Catchers. rhe following additional dog catchers were sworn in yesterds y by the Mayor :— | Nineteenth Assembly District—Fredertck See- i bach of East Sixty-second street, and Henry Visner. | ‘Twenty-first Assembly District—Thomas Weich, | of No, 357 East 112th street. Eighteenth Assembly District—John Barringer, No. 618 Second avenue. Thirteenth Assembly District—Barney Tight, No. 421 West Sixteenth street. Third Assembly District—John Charles Herlich, No, 8 Centre Market place. seventeenth Assembly District—James Monahan, | of No, 560 Tenth avenue. | _ Fourteenth Assembly District—Peter McKeon, of | No. 616 East Fourteenth street, and James Trainor, | Of, 525 Hast Thirteenth street. Twellth Assembly District—Francis Destier, of | No. 627 East Fifteenth street. | The Mad Dog Mania in Trenton—Views of a Physician, Trenton has become greatly excited over the in- difference of its City Council in not taking some active measures to prevent the indiscriminate running at large of unmuzzied curs through the streets. Acouple of weeks ago a pound keeper was appointed; but, strange to say, this oficial , has not been provided with a pound for the con- finement of the offending canines. A prominent physician remarked yesterday to a HRRALD re- | porter that “never Was a greater farce perpe- | trated upon the community than the manner in | which the dog ordinance is enforced. It is a down- Tight shame and an insult to our citizens, I con- sider it dangerous to walk the streets, for no mat- | ter which way I go 1 come in contact with an- | muzzled and dangerous dogs. | HEADQUARTERS Fist Division N.G.S.N. New York, July 20, 1874, } Major General Shaler has noticed, with regret, the improper conduct of some of the regiments at Creedmoor. and directs me to call your attention to the importance of exercising the authority of | your oMice when your command visits Ureedmoor, to neutralize, If possible, the damage to the repa- | tation or the National Guard which the disgrace- ful scenes reported by the public press have | caused. The troops are ordered to Ureedmoor by | supertor authority; the law gives to commanding | oflcers the power to prevent the sale of liquors | Within one mile of the grounds, and the best tn- terests of the service demand that commanding officer: juld 80 exercise the discretionary power conterred as to secure the correct deportment of their oficers and men. Very Gespecurally CARL JUSSiN, Lieutenant Colonel and AAeAeGe —_—.