The New York Herald Newspaper, July 30, 1874, Page 3

Progress = Libel Suit. ITs AUTHOR'S ANTECEDENTS. The Separation of Mr. and Mrs. Tilton. Theodore Comments on the Situation. WHAT MUTUAL FRIENDS SAY. Moulton and Beecher to Tes- tify This Week. THE COMBAT THICKENS 4 Chicago Divine on Beecher’s Temptations. Opinions of the Press and People. TILTON IN COURT. A gaping crowd thronged the dingy little police court on Myrtle avenue and Adelphi street yester- day morning at an eariy hour. The hidden mys- teries of the Beecher-Tiiton svandal were to be un- folded, and the morbid curiosity of the assemblage was seemingly beyond control. The sidewalk was crowded and court officers had plenty of exercise. Several women forced their way into the place. Bome of them were sbabbily attired, Prominent objects in"the court room were tuits of unkempt air, and inthe murky sea of faces the same ab- sorbing feeling of eagerness was boldly defined. “WHERE [3 TILTON #1? That was the question. Nobody seemed to pay Sny attention to the details of the minor cases which Justice Riley was quickly disposing ol. Larceny cases and charges of intoxication, which atother times might have called for comment, Were unnoticed. It was altogether a busy scene. Suddenly the hum ceased, to be replaced, how- ever, With @ rush and @ squeeze and a general Stretching of necks. Mr. Theodore Tilton had ap- peared to answer tue charge of libel against flenry Ward Beecher. The crowd surged to and fro to get a glimpse of him; but, as the object of curiosity towered head and shoulders above the sbrong, nobody was disappointed. This was shortly after ten o’clock. Mr. Tilton wore a look of composure, and seemed unconscious that the oyes of all were fastened on him. THE ENTRANCE TO THE COURT. - Two officers ofiiciated as pioneers, and, with his counsel, ex-Judge Morris, in advance of htm, Mr. Tilton proceeded toward the bench, and, looking around him, iound a seat. The regular business of the Vourt proceeded as usual. “This way, Mr. Tilton,” said his counsel, where- upon Mr. Tilton followed him through a passage in the rear of the court. TILTON AND THE COMPLAINANT. Arush was made after them, and about a dozen persons succeeded in obtaining access to the room. While here Mr. Tilton remarked that he did not trow tie party who had made the affidavits against btm and could not understand what right he had todo so. Having finished his morning cal- endar Justice Riley entered the waiting room, and, addressing ex-Judge*Morris, observed that he came to suggest a discontinuance of the case. He did not know what grounds there were ior press- ing it, and he thought the complainant would con- Bent Loa discontinuance. In case, however, that would not do, it wouid be better to agree to an ad- journment oi the case until Monday. Under any tircumstances he thought the case should be Placec before the District Attorney. Alter some lurther conversation Justice Riley stepped out and asked the complainant to enter the waiting room. Some one hinted tat the case would be heard in private, and immediately a grand charge was made for the little room, which tuon became crowded to the door. It having been ttated, however, that the complainant would not | was | consent toa private hearing another rush made, this time to the court room. There was an appearance of worry and hesitation about the Whole affair. THE CASE IN COURT. At this time the auditors were waiting® with bated breath for developments. All sorts of rumors flew round tue court room. Everybody was on the tiptoe of expedtation. Finally, Justice Riley, addressing Mr. ‘t any suggestions to offer. ‘es, sir:”” replied his counsel. Gestion to offer. Ihave spoken to the complain- Bot, here, asking him whether this compiaint was made at the bike bly ol the party alleged to bave been libelled and I am informed that he has Made the aMidavits ou his own responsibility and entirely without the knowledge of the person re- lerred to or by any friend o: his, Now, you are aware that complaints of this kind are usually and pe erly made by the person alleged to have been | belled or by some friend of that person with his knowledge and consent. It is not in harmony with the judicial procedure of this State that a com- plaint such as tois shoula be made by « Mtranger without the Knowledge oi the party Yibelied or of the irienis of the purty, and Mr. Tilton is ready and willing to meet are should not be, called into requisition lor the mere purpose of gratifying idle Curiosity or giving cheap notoriety to any person. I, theretore, sub- mit, in view of the status of this case—Mr, Tilton, be it undersvood, comes jorward ready and wilting fares the charge—i submit, whether in view of the'status of this case the ends of justice woud notbe best served by terminating here. Court entertain a different opinion 1 move the adjournment of the case tili Monday, and in the Meantime | shall see the legal representative of the people ot what should be done.” Justice Riley here observed that he thought It would be a good thing for the complainant to allow the case to discontinue Here, He could not teil what good purpose would be served by tie Deafing of the cuse beiore him. “THE COMPLAINANT DEFINES HIS RIGHTS. At this stage of the proceedings the compiatn- ant, Gaynor, a pale young man, rose and stated that the Court knew, and the counse! knew, and every member of the community knew that when- ever @ violation of fie laws of the State occurred it was at the opuou oi any member of the com- munity to make a complaiit against the violator ofthelaw. He said he came forward simply aya member of the community. yhor went om in this strain:—"If this man is guilty of libel he has violated the laws of the State, and 1 as @ member of the community have a right to come Jorward and bring om to justice. If a man steals a hose, if a man commits a.murder, he violates the laws of the State, and if Iam cognizant of it it ts my duty asa citizen to bring him to justice, aud ua man pespetrares.@ libel ne violates the law of the State, aud itis my duty as a cr’ n to bring him Ito court, as well as the horse thief and the murderer. If may be a little unusual to bring such proceedings in a court of this Kind; it may De unusual to bring it before the Grand Jury, out periect right to have him arrested and brought beiore Your Honor, and it is bis privilege to ask for an examination LU he wishes if; if uot he can waive an examination and go before the Grand Jury.” (Some applause followed this Narangue, which, however, was quickly sup- Pressed.) © AN IMPORTANT QUERY. Mr. Morris intimated that he would like to ask the complainant whether he (Mr. Morris) had re- ported bim correctly when he said complainant informed him that this complaint was made With out the Knowledge or consent of Mr. ‘Iilton. “| stated distinctly,” replied Gaynor, “that I came forward as a member of the community in- terested iu the observance of the laws of the State, and | am here to see that the laws of the State are sustained, 1 am not in collusion with anyvody, L have not consulted anybody. L ama member of this community, and 98 such I have a right to some forward and sce that justice 1s vone.”? THR ALLEGED MOTIVE OF COMPLALY ANT. Mr. Morris denied that the law had been violated oy Mr. Tilton. He would make a suggestion to the Court, namely, that he was glad to observe that the comipiainunt was 80 anxious to see that the laws of the community were upheid; but it must be Wwaullest to the Court, to every one present, as of the Tilton iton, asked whether ne had | | ett & Go. gave him about $2,000 a year. “Thave a sug- Ir thts | this county, and take lis view us to | | have ever entertained and ; ' NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY; JULY 30, 1874.-WITH SUPPLEMENT, | weit as to every person in the entire community, that his motive was simply notoriety, Justice Riley thought thatthe counsel had hardly ‘ the right to question the complainant’s motives at this stage of the proceedings, Mir. Morris submitted that, under the circum- Stances, the course he had suggested ought to be taken, and he would ask the Court to let the mat- ter rest overtill Monday. in the meantime he would consult the District Attorney, “That 1s just what | sitggest,” said Justice Riley, “and | am sorry the complainant has not taken another course than bringing the case here’? Gaynor then remarked thatif an examination Were wished for he would-have Henry Ward Beecher and all the other parties examined as wit- nesses. f THE ADJOURNMENT, “T suggested,” said Mr. Morris, “that the matter a over till Monday.” en,’’ ooserved Judge Riley, with an air of re- lief, “we will let the matter stand over till Mon- day, at ten o'clock.” ‘he crowd slowly dispersed. Mr, Tilton was allowed Lo leave on his own recognizance. Walk- ing mto the private office he remained there until the assemblage had left the court room. MR. TILTON ON THE ARREST, After along conversation which Mr. Tilton had with District Attorney Winslow yesterday after- noon, Mr. Tilton and a reporter of the HERALD discussed the new developments of the Brooklyn agony. Mr. Tilton expresses his great disinclination to appear in the newspapers as the author of little speeches that he has never made, which he says ts the practice of too many journals, ‘To scores of | newspaper men every day he says that his stereo- typed reply is, “I’ve nothing to say.” In connec- tion with this habit adroll incident occurred on the occasion of his arrest. Ali day on Tuesday he had sent word to persons who seemed to be news- paper mep that he had nothing to say. About five o'clock in the evening his housekeeper came ap to him in his private room, and said that a gentle- man was particularly desirous of seeing him, and would not be refused. Mr. Tilton rose from his table and went to the doorway of his room, stand- ing with one hand on each side, and almost shouted to the man in the haliway, ‘1 have noth- ing to say.” The man was in citizen's sti clothes, and Mr. Tilton had not the re- motest idea that he was a policeman. As the man did not seem to com- prehend what was said, Mr. Tilton Tepeated again his message, ‘J have nothing to say.” The man realized then that he was mistaken ior a re- porter, and, throwing aside his coat, revealed a policeman’s shield, and said, ‘’ve come to arrest yon, sir.” ‘Arrest me.” answered Mr. Tilton, in surprise. The policeman showed him the war- rant, and Mr. ‘lilton proceeded at once to make arrangements for complying with its demands, WHO CAUSED THE ARREST ? Mr. Tilton said that he had not the slightest idea that the arrest was contemplated until it was made, He was dispose: vo think it was the work of his enemies. No one triendly toward him would take so foolish a steps He hoped nobody Would suppose Bun so lost ¢o ail sense of propriety as pene that he would be a party to dragging his o7 wile into @ police conrt. His wife would probably have to go into cours m this matter sooner or later, but it would not be a police court if he could prevent it. SHIELDING MRS. TILTON, All who knew him intimately and who knew the motives that had governed his conduct in tits uhhappy matter Knew that the governing motive was a desire to shield his wue. He had been asked why he had condoned the Offence; he repjied,jbecause “I did do it.’ He had also been asked why he spoke so well of such @ woman. {he answer was, because what he said about her he believed. He was also asked why he entrusted his children to ner care. Because he believed she was the proper person to take care ol them, It was uyeless to say that this position was an inconsistent one. Be it inconsistent, He meant to tell the truth, whatever was the result. lie Meant to come out of all this trouble possess- ing his self-respect. He did not charge his wile with Wantonness; she was not AWanton; she was a pure woman, She had her fauits like all haman creatures, put in all the major qualities of life she Was an estimable woman. CALLING TO SEE MBS, TILTON. In reply to the inquiry as to whether he had sought to see Mrs. Tliton since she had ieit her home 1n Livingston street he said that he had. It Was quite true, as the HERALD had said, that he nad called at the Ovingtous’ to try to see her. The object Of the visit was, however, only to say to her thatif sue wabted anything from the house he would send it to her, or i! she desired to go to the house in his absence he would vacate tor a certain specified tine, so thac she might obtain what she required. His visit, ne said, was prompted by the Wish to say that and nothing more. “IT HAVE ACTED LIKE A FOOb,”? As to the coniession in the cross-examination, “I’ve acted like a fool,” Mr. ‘Tilton said be was sur- prised that this exciamation should have excite the comment it had. It was strange that th should not be credit given to a man lor the posses- #10m Of enough Individuality to coniess his mise wakes alter he made them. He had acted like a fool, aud he was candid enough to say so. THE PUBLISHED CROSS-EXAMINATION, In answer to the statement of the committee in reply to the card charging omissions Mr. Tilton sald that the committee was.-quite correct in say- ing that when he made the statements referred to the stenographer was not present. ‘The published cross-eXamination, as it was called, was a record of the two incetings of the four that he had had with the committee. Had all the conversation that had taken place been 2s fully reported as the two meetings, he said, 1t would nave filled a copy of the HERALD, GAYNOR’S ANTECEDENTS. Bogton, July 29, 1874. A reporter called at No.8 Pemberton square this morning to obtain some information about William J. Gaynor, woo caused the arrest of Mr. Tilton, | and ascertained that he was formerly in the em- | ploy of C. W. Everett & Co., proprietors of the Merchants’ Bureau for Coilections, as attorney. I appears that this firm hired Mr. Gaynor in the fall | of 1872, in Uuca, N. Y., Where he was employed Ever- Gaynor remained here until January, 1874, when, failing to give Satisiaction, he was discharged. He next turned up as attorney for another collection firm at No, 22 School street, and immediately com- menced an attempt, so Mr. Everett states, to ruin his (Everett's) business by sending letters to his clients derogatory to him. Mr, Everett says some six hundred such letters were sent out, speci- mens of which he has in his __ pos- session, and ine declares every one of them to be false. Gaynor brought suits against Everett, but did not carry any of them into court. In March last he went to New York or srooklyn. Mr. Everett knew nothiug of his alleged connec- tion with the Brooklyu Argus, except irom hear- say. with General Butler, as has been reported, but as a law clerk on a salary of $10 per week. | knew he was an ardent supporter of that gentie- man. He ts twenty-seven years of age. THE DEED OF SEPARATION. ~ A HERALD reporter yesterday called at the resi- dence of Mrs. Elizabeth R, Tilton’s counsel for in- formation in reference to the legal papers said to be in process of preparation relative to the def- nite suspension of marital relations between that lady and her husband, Theodore Tilton. very peculiar and unusual document is being drawn up, by which Theodore Tiiton, in accord- ance with his own voluntary offer and suggestion, together with ail its furniture, fittings and equip- ments, saving a small number ot which he is peculiarly attached, which he will re- move, with hits writing desk and a very few of nis books. dren, two girls and two boys, thé eldest, Miss Fiorence, being about sixteen years old and the | youngest about five, shat enjoy the home as much | fay named, Oro ae the fate Inembers of tte Nock in’ the manner to which they ave been accustomed as the changed circumstances of the family will permit. He says that a man can ROUGH IT IN THE WORLD WITHOUT A HOME, if need be, but he appreciates the necessity a woman and helpless, innocent: children have for home life, and it ts his wish that his children, who manifested periect filial affection and esteem jor him, shall still have their proper shelter in the family instead of being Scattered, as they are at present, in consequence of this unhappy rupture between their parents. Mr. Tilton severai days since mstructed Miss Florence to prepare bis clothing and have it ail packed ready tor lis departure, so soon as certain requisite arrangements should’ be conciuded. So far as Mrs. Tiiton’s coansel are intormed, Mr. Ttl- ton has no other property except this Livingston Street house and what it contains, therefore MR. TILTON'S OF! is to give substantially all he has, all he has saved | from the results 0: many years’ labor to bis family, aud to go jorth into the World to. make his way with no other capital or resonrces than his person- ality. Mr. Tilton’s wisn to thus so far provide for nis wite and children embrace also a negotiation in refer- ence to Lie encumbrance upon the house, and tt 18 hoped that ail will within a short time be ready for execution, Mr. Tilton also offered, though at destiiute of employment and of any fixed to make @ liberal contribution towards the support of tho children. Mrs, Tilton recentiy tora considerable period earned an in- come by keeping boarders, and probably the pos He did not think Gaynor was at all intimate | In reply | to the reporter’s queries he was informed that a | | with will relinquish to the the ve of Elizabeth ®. Ti- | | ton and of their four chtidren the house No. 174 Livingston street, of which Mr. Tilton is the owner, | paintings to | He has expressed the wish that his chtl- | | Plymouth church to hear Mr. The arrangements requisite to carry out | ) case at once. has till | | session Of the house would enaBle her thus to sus- tain herself and the children without placing them or her in the humthatiog position of cepting aid from friends. ‘his is under- stood to be Mr. ‘filton’s intention in relinquishing to them this house, which 1s his only property, There has never heretofore been any settlement of property upon Mrs Tilton. Their Separation on one former occasion was never con- sidered more than temporary and was entirely in- jormal. This 18 intended to be permanent and Snel ae the present relations of the parties de- MRS. TILTON’S INNOCENCE. Mrs, Tilton’s counsel expressed the firmest con- viction Of that lady's innocence. Long years of in- tinate acquaintance have, he says, Todt to the high- est estimation of her character as a woman of su- perior judgment and of peculiar purity of life and character. She has from childhood been an exam- ple of moral rectitude. Her mother, Mrs. Judge Morse, his always had Elizabeth’s entire confl- dence, though their mutuoal disapproval of Mr. Tilton’s social theories long ago led to a rupture between him and the mother-in-law, Mrs. Morse, though well aware of the peculiarities of Mr. Til- ton’s character, was utterly surprised and shocked as were all who know Mrs, Tiiton best, at the charges of criminaiity which form the essence of his statement to the committee and of his subse- quent testimony. Mrs. Tilton is hospitably enter- tained by her friends, Mr. and Mrs, Ovington, and daily receives many messages of sympathy and confidence trom old friends, but she tecls deeply the Sourisetion of a home and the separation from her children, who are scattered among her rela- tives in Elizabeth and Montclair, N. J. BOWEN AND THE “TRIPARTITE.” MILWAUKEE, July 29, 1874, The Sentinel this morying publishes an inter- view with Mr. @ D. Holton, referred to in the despatches last evening as being present when Mr, Bowen said that the tripartite agreement was no retraction of the charges against Mr. Beecher, So far us he (Bowen) was concerned. Mr. Holton admitted that he was present and that he remem- bered the conversation, but declined to give any details at present. THE SITUATION YESTERDAY. The relations of the parties in the great scandal case remain unchanged. Of course the arrest of Theodore Tilton, én charge of libel against Mr. Beecher, was the chief topic of conversation, and the question was asked upon all sides, “Who 1s this man Gaynor, who prefers the complaint ?” Very few persons were able to answer that co- nundrum. The general sentiment was, however, in strict accord with the HERALD’s opinion—z, e,, that he ts “an unknown man, apparently anxious to lift himselt tom the obscurity in which he has hitherto been compelled to live, and willing to obtain even a questionable notoriety at the ex- Penge of other people’s sins and misfortunes.” While the majority of people of note with whom the reporter conversed yesterday are in favor of having the case ventilated before @ properly conatituted legal tribunal, there was not one man met who approved the first step taken in that direction by an entire stranger to the parties !nvolved in the scandal. The plea that the move is made to gratify prurient curiosity is an inexcusable one in the minds of fairly dis- posed and honorable citizens, and the opinion pre- vailed that the prosecution in its present form would fail. Many expressed the conviction that the arrest was by Mr. Tilton’s procuration. There was a report current to the effect that Mr. Tuton, in an interview with Mr. Winslow, District Attor- ney of Kings county, yesterday, asked that oficial to indict him. This request could not well be com- plied witn, however, for the very excelient reason that there is noGrand Jury in session, nor will there be until the 13th of September. Patience is a virtue, and Mr. Telton will there- fore be compelled to exercise that trait, no matter how averse it may be to his inclination. The statement of Mr. Frank B. Carpenter, the artist, and friend of Messrs. Tilton, Beecher and Moulton, formed a very large share of the subject of conversation upon every side. The interence drawn from the narrative was not tavorable to the Plymouth church side of the question, despite the professed friendship of Mr. carpenter for Mr. Beecher. The more aamacing point of his story dwelt upon was that in which he says that the first absolute conviction he had that Lbere lad been criminal connection between Mrs. Tilton and Mr. Beecher was in December, 1872, or January, 1873, When she wrote “On a cer- tain occasion, Mr. Beecher solicited me to become a wile to him, with all that is implied in this re- lation.” Then, again, he states that he saw Mr. ‘Tilton place the writing in question in Rey. Dr. Storrs’ hands. Dr, Storrs having read the Woou- huil_ story, concluded, upon these proofs, that criminal relations had existed between Mr. Beecher and Mrs, THton. strong point in Tilton’s favor, the assertion that there was no truth in the story of the alleged attempt on Theodore Tilton’s part to blackinail | Mr. Bowen on leaving the Independent, inasmuch as the justice of bis claim for the six months’ salary Was passed upon by highly respectable gen- tlemen and decided in his javor. The statement that Mr, Frank Moulton would scorn to shield Henry Ward Beecher, “mutual friend” though he is, by wronging Tilton, appears to gain credence m certain quarters, whea the matter was dis- cussed in ali its bearings. Mrs. Tilton’s denial of ever having made such @ written acknowledg- ment of any such tmproper overtures as the one cited on the part of Mr. Beecher had the effect of detracting irom the confidence reposed by many in her veracity. It was conceded upon all sides that there was a strong resemblance of reality certainly, to say the least, m the assertion of Mr. Carpenter, that Mr. Beecher, when he demanded so boldly & public investigation, knew tull well that Mrs. Tilton would sustain him in the denial of crimiuat relationship or any improper proposi- | tion on lis part. “No matter what may be said or written on the subject,” saida responsible and respected citizen, “in my view of the’ case, and in justice and equity, Beecher has the winning cards, Sup- pose that the case comes belore the courts; Mrs. ‘Til- ton will take the witness stand and testily that « Mr. Beecher has never made any improper ad- vances to her and there has. been nothing in all their relationship, which has extended over very many years—she having been a Sunday school pupil of his—that ought “not to exist between pastor and parishioner, cuser to do in the premises? Her sworn tes- timony cannot be impeached and who will gain- say her? Beecher and said, [ have and innocence away the matter, has writcen to Frank Moulton, who is stopping at Narragansett Pier, urging him to go before the committee and exhibit all he knows m reierence tothe matter of controversy now pending. Iam of the opinion that it 1s Mr. Tilton who is averse to Moulton’s telling all he knows of this scandal- ous matter.” THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE, Tt_is claimed that the evidence taken before the Plymouth church Tuesday evening about = which contidence of the 80 in mao much 18 the ability to explain as very damaging to Mr. Til- ton, the chiet witaess being a lady, whose name | the committee studiously avoid mentioning. Horace B. Claflin, when questioned as to the in- st gation of the arrest of Tilton, sald that he did ot believe that the triends of Mr. Beechar had anything whatever to do with the arrest of Tilton. The committee would not be influenced in the slightest degree by the matter being brought be- jore the court, but wonta continue their examina- tion of witnesses. No definite iime would be stated for the conclusion of cheir labors, Henry M. Cleveland was very cautious, declining to speak on tue subject. °S. V. White was positive that the committee had no more to «do the arrest of Tilton than had tie “man in the moon.” Henry W. Sage was of the opinion that Mr. Tilton caused the arrest bimself. | The action of the courts would have no effect on the work of the committve one way or the other. ‘Shey would carry on tuetr labors to a satislactory conclusion and report Mr. Augustus Storrs was satisfied that Mr. Beecher’s triends were innocent of collusion in the Gaynor proceedings, Yhe sexton of Plymouth eharch, Mr. H. 8. Weld, said thet 1t was only necessary to compare the lie and character of Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton with the character of Mr, Theodore ‘Tilton, in order to jady named. One of the fair members of the Nock had told ‘hit that she would jor her part come to Beecher preach as Jong as he wight see fit to occupy the pulpii. “Guilty or innocent," said the sexton, “the pastor has done every wue good that has listened to him.” Bets were made in many quarters that Mr. Beecher would never again occupy the pulpit in Plymouth church, and there were a. few takers. The committee held a session tn the forenoon and revised the testimony taken the evening previous, WAS THE ARREST A CONSPIRACY? A reporter conversed with Mr. ‘Tracy yesterday tofching the arrest of Tilton and the possibility of @ conspiracy in the premises, Mr. Tracy said, “It bears on its face EVERY EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION.” Vell, now, in this preliminary examination has not Tilton the rigit to summon Mr. Beecher, Mr. ba and whomsoever he pleases!” “Yea, “And can he not compel their attendance?”’ “That is another thing, J don’t believe Mr. Beecher or anyvody else could be torced to testily in such acase, it is avery strange thing indecd if @ man can complain ot himself and prosecute himseif in this way, and compel the attendance of witnesses,” “ssat suppose the Justice takes the view of the case that there is no coliusion and allows the ex- ainination to proceed “It i8 the business of the Justice to take cog- ni District Attorney or his representative is prosecut- ing ‘Titon or noi.” “Yes, but suppose he says not?” “Then Tilton's place is im jail. Tne Justice has | teenth verse It was regarded as a | | lenged an insinuation did so at his peril, tor tue What, I ask, is bis ac- | As for the letters written by Mr. | Tunderstand that Mr. Beecher | investigating committee on | the result to the church. | Hee of the iact of coliusion aud to dismiss tue | fic is to Know whether or not the no right to take baileven pending a preliminary | examination. He should at least be in charge of aD officer, which he has not been. ‘Tilton mast either waive examination, or, pending examina- | tion, he i not entitied to be baiied.”” | “To get at the final point, suppose, after all, the | Justice does go on with the examination. Is there | no way to stop ft if it should im the accomplish. | ment of the ends of justice be stopped ”’ “There would be no trouble abuut that at all. If this appears to be a case of collusion, a con- spiracy to have Mr. tilton arrest himself to injure ir. Beecher, it would be a very simple matter to procure an order from the Supreme Court to show cause why the thing should not be stopped. But don’t understand me as saying that Mr. Beecher’s friends contemplate any such action. ‘There will be no necessity for it. MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, The Plymouth church investigating committes met again last evening at No. 34 Monroe pla There Was a pretty tull attendance, but thé busi- ness transacted is said to have been of an unim- ortanteharacter. ‘Ine fact of the matter is that ‘rank Moulton, who was on the programme for the night, was not forthcoming, and the committee, having remained in session until past nine o'clock, adjourned. Itis expected that Mr. Moulton will return to Brooklyn to-day, and then he may pos- sibly consent to appear and unlock the mystery which bis persistent silence augments, MR. BEECHER will, it 1s believed, appear and testify pefore the committee the latter part of the week. He has been in Brooklyn since Monday last, and is in ex- cellewt health and spirits. He has irequent inter- views wish his counsel, Messrs. ‘Tracy and Hill, and ig fully advised of the progress of events in his case. Last night Mr. Beecher indulged in an ex- tended, waik about the Heights in company with a personal irfend, who reports that he is very vheer- ful and fully confident of @ thorough vindication when the proper time shali have arrived. ‘TILTON refuses to see any visitors {rom the metropolit jouri Sioagt tre uently called upon pottan seht place Of sojourn, the residence of Mr. wington, Hicks sireet. She bears her trouble well, though she depiores deeply the sad condition in which sue is placed, a8 she clatms through no fault of her own. A CHICAGO DIVINE SPEAKS, Sermon by the Rev. Carthy—The Church H: Meadle in the Matter.’ {From the {nter-Ocean.] Martine’s Hall, on Ada street, between Madison and Washington streets, was crowded yesterday afternoon, the occasion being the delivery of a sermon by the pastor of Amity Baptist church, the Rev. Florence McCarthy, on the subject, “Beecher Florence Me= No Right to Beecher ts just sp'endid. !ge to hear him preach every time I vist; Brook'yn avd he thrills me—be. does indee uch power, such earnestness, svch broad, soul-inspiring hopes Jor poor humanity! pray, Mr. Bditor, don’t think such a man can fall Vo the level of our poor lives; he li/ts himself um. | measurably above us. Tlove him—although he is not my pastor—jiadeed | wish be was, and I should be so happy if [could sit under his divine téach- ings every Sabbath of my Ife. P. 8.—Mr. Moulton has just arrived here. MELISSA. To THE EDITOR OF THK HERALD:— The late account of Mr. Tilton’s interview with | & reporter of the Brooklyn Argus andthe daily unfoldment of the Beecher scandal remind me of an incident in the life of the venerable Dr. Nathan Strong, of Hartford, Conn., of whom Dr. Perkins, of West Hartford, said, im his funeral sermon, “that tbe deceased when out of the pulpit should never enter it, and when in it should never ieave itl”? A tender hearted member of bis charca in- formed him that two worthy members bad scan- dalized the church by visiting often two spspected young ladies, and he thought he should cali them before a meeting ol the brothers anit sisters for un explanation, “Ishali do no such thing,’ said the doctor.” “And why not, sir?’ ‘Why’ not, sir? Because it would not end before half my church would be implicated, and I don’t want such things to be spoken of,” said the doctor. The doctor was a shrewd man, and knew human nature by Teading the Old Testament. AN OLD MAN OVER EIGHTY, Byron’s Shroud For Beecher. To THe Epiror or THE HERALD:— if Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe should have pre- served the shroud she so recentiy removed from the remains of Lord Byron, would it not be an act of sisterly kinduess in her to draw it careiully over her brother, thereby covering up with charitable intent, the unsightly ravages made by “the worm that dieth not,’ and now so mourn- fully exposed to view? It would seem that that garment, made sacred by the accumulated dust and mould of years, might have power to consign to oblivion the greatest wrong of the nimeteenth century. VERITE, A Minister-Pedler on Beecher. To THE Epiror ox THE HeBALD:— 1 ap over sixty years of age and a minister of the Gospel, although now engaged in pedaling ribbons for hand stamps. In my time I have had many temptations, I know how itis myseif. I have had to pray with women of my congregation, so that they might wrestle with the Devil. There is noth- and Others.” ‘The text selected was from the first epistie of Paul to Timothy, ith chapter and nine- “against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesges.”” Mr. McCarthy said:—The text, which implies the peculiar dangers to which ministerial reputa- tion is exposed, and inculcates extreme caution in assailing it, has been chosen, not for formal treatment, but simply as authority for the spirit of much that will be said in a discourse devoted to the recent sad and shameful developments of the great Brooklyn scandal. Mr, McCarthy gave a historical sketch of Mr. Beecher, with a caretully composed estimate Of his life and character, and then proceeded :—A great many years ago—bvefore the war—when he (Mr. McCarthy) lived at the South, and had never seen Mr. Beecher, ne hada thought about him which, in the hght of recent events, seems very strange and very sad. ‘This thought was that Mr. Beecher Inust be the most singularly aud fiercely tempted man in existence. At that time the speaker knew nothing of Beecher’s personal appearance, which was no doubt very attractive, and which was and is yet plainly indicative of strong feeling. He (the speaker) only knew that Beecher was the most brilliant and popular genius in America, the centre and sun of a circle of wealth and fashion such as no prince could draw around him; that he had married un- happily and that his ‘relations with hundreds of fascinated, luxurious women were those of a Chris- tian pastor. This was sufficient to produce the im- pression on the speaker's mind that Satan would sit him as wheat. From the very first, however, he credited Beecher with being & man of heroic purity, and when he had seen him and heard him and made himself iamiliar with his character and history, he was more aud more impressed with tt, and more and more inelined to fegard bim as a person of rare sagacity. When, several months ago, the first charges were brought against Beecher, he was then sure of the result. And when that letter from him, in which he wished he were dead, was read, he was sure he was another David. ‘The speaker entered a protest aguinst a church meddling With a case that 1¢ did not learn of until years aiter, even if it was the fall or sin of amember; and if, in the meantime, the erring one had repen‘ed, it was not the business of the church to enter on his tril. They had a chance to | strike out @ man or Woman’s name irom the church roll. Piymouth church, in view of Beecter’s con- fession of guilt, had no right to appoint a committee to try their D ordare or, investigate the charges against nim. Then, again, he would take Beecher’s part in the face of the demand made on him to “speak out.” The pastor had no right to ao so, ‘ana he would’ take his purt mm that regard. A man was hot under obligation to stand @ trial irom his | charch and the newspapers, too, on a mere rumor, A man, especially a minister, who chal- | men who dealt in insinuations were in the ma- jority of cases those who would not hesitate to prove their case by lies and slander. ‘Thereiore, he who took them at their word also took them at his peril. A few months the pastor of one of the large Baptist churches o1 this city received | several anonymous ietters from a lady member of his church, He was much exercised over th matter. He pondered long snd deeply as to whi he should do in the case. ‘He finaly went to his weekly church prayer meei- ing, an at the conclusion staied some things and asked if any of the ladies had written such letters to him. Of course no one arose. (Sensation.) Now this was only a sample, It may. be that this, or sometning like it, Was the cause of the recent Brooklyn scandal. As to that, however, he, as well as his hearers, did not know. Beecher might have acted as the Baptist preacher did, and What Would have been the result? (Sensatton.) A Chicago public Knows too well this was not the way. ‘Toere is no such a thing as @ sair trialin a case ike that. He found faylt with the Beecher business and bis side of the case, because of the selection of acommittee from the accused's own people. It was not Mr. McCarthy's place nor pur- pose to say Whether or not Beecher was guilt, His plan was to.take irom the sad case what le sons could be I@arned. Mr. Beecher’s fate hangs | ona thread. it was in Beecher’s power to prove | whether or not those letters produced against him were false. There was at the present time a very general assault made by the newspapers of the country on the Christian ministry. ‘This was almost epidemic in its nature. very paper one picks up Contains stories about some preacher or another who has been paragraphed, and the tales about Whom have been scattered abroad turougn- out the land. Was this done to put away or Wipe out priesteraft? Was it done with an idea that the ministry Was immoral? lie would remark that those who Tuade these accusations were themselves guilty of the charges they brought against thelr opponents, It was especially notable iu the Brooklyn scandal. They should not endeavor “to, wipe out that of which they themselves were guilty. He would say that there were two persons who were residents of this city, Who bore upon them the marks of their nusband’s vice, and those husbands had been among the ones who had led in an attack upon the character of a clergyman whom they all knew. ‘The fact seemed to be, said Mr. McCarthy, that the more successful & miuister was the more ready and willing Were some persons to bring charges against him, and throw aspersions upon his air nae and fame. It was likewise, pernaps, in the Brooklyn scandal. ‘the men and women who were presenting these accusations against Beecher were notoriously criminat in the very things with which they charged him. It would ve strange if, in this | investigation which Was going on allover tne land, | some hypocrites were not lound in the cPureh | ranks. These will be brought out, and the wicked | will be cast to the winds. Then tis wil have | brought to light the fact that tue tendeuctes of the present day of some who are demanding social velorm are evil and only evil. Who are these soctal philosophers? They are those who do not believe in the purtty of the love of one man tor woman. And they say that their ideas are spreading allover the country and are militating agaist Christianity, To prove their system 1s jaise it was only necessary to look at this first case and its results, He had heard some peopie remark, “Poor man, no matter how Beecher comes out, he’s ruined!” He would cry out, end wished his votce could reach both oceans, that the black- est ol blackmailing that was done was done by the church. These things were liable to make men humbie, and ue would remark that noone but a | Hibernian or @ tool (sensation) would dare stand | achurch trial. They had heara of ministers who had escaped all their lives withont chureh trials and had gone on in purity and peace. He knew them tuo, and estimated them. In conclusion he would remark that the Bible did not sanction any such thing. Eloquence and nigh ministerial oMice are no indication of a holy heart or life. The fall of Beecher, if he falls, or firty like him, would not cause the downfall of any relizion, ‘The same thing would produce the downtall of Free Masonry. ‘Che Church would be honeycombed with corruption if this were the case. It was so in the dark ages. What was the result? Areiormation. This would surely 1oliow. The Saviour would not desert tia people. If it had been anything but Christianity which had passed through the fire tt could not bave lived and flour- ished. But next winter it would stand out grander and greater than betore, | Mr. McCartay concluded bis sermon by reciting | very effectively the hymn, Jesus shall reign where'er the sun, WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY. Letter from a Young Lady of Boston. To Tne Eprror oF Tan Herarps ing like prayer in such cases. I think Mr. Beecher must have ‘sinned since ‘a very young man; for, judging by myself, @ man is apt to “let passion Walt on judgment” wheu he gets to be tlity-seveu, Mr. Beecher’s age. No, no; Henry has a large heart. It embraces the whole world, and espe- ciaily the female part of it. GRAY HAL The Pistol in the Scandal. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— In the light of your crisp editorials on the Beecher affair your allusion to the “pistoi” part taken by Mr. Moulton, which seems to have passed unnoticed, sheds a new light on at least one of Mr. Beecher’s letters, when he addresses Mrs. Tilton, saying “he did not expect to have been alive many aays,” &c., and we can now see that he expected to have been shot down by either Tilton or Moul- ton for some crime committed by him. But, fur- ther on, he says, ‘‘Moulton’s hand tied up the storm which was ready to burst on their heads.” Whose heads? Why, Beecher’s and Mrs. Tilton’s, We will begin to understand it by and by. Mr. Beecher was notin position to call a policeman, and evidently he expected to have been shot down during the week, as he supposed he was about spending his last Sabbath, &c. The more we get of this the more we see beyond question to what extent Mr, Beecher has*transgressed, [ am sure you will promptly see the drift of this thing. ‘rhe Fomaskeble unanimity of the press in trying to shield Mr. Beecher it is useless to carry on jur- ther, as the facts coming out slowly are telling against Beecher. But it is evident that Tilton is more than abie, as 18 very evident from his “state- ments” to the reporters.in reply to all the garbled accounts which are published, and will be the vic- top. FAIR PLAY. An Actor’s Charity for the Great Preacher. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— by 1 have read communications in your paper of Mr. Sardine and Mr. Crane, I am an actor, and as such regret that any one in my profession should take advantage of Mr. Beecher’s temporary humiliation to revenge, in words, the wrong done the late George Holland. Mr. Holland needed no defence. The voice of the whole country, stimu- lated by its noble press, did ample justice to the occasion, and made it serve as a lesson for all time. Lonly hasten into print to reserve for my proicssion the good opinion of Mr. Beecher. We will not, in any case. make him the victim of the persecutions we have occasionally received from 4n_ overzealous and inistaken clergy. Their errors have come {rom their seclusion and general igno- Tapce Of their subject. The increasing culture and morale of the members of the stage are daily re- ceiving the recognition of the intelligent and reli- gious classes througnous the world. Teirain irom throwing mud at Heury Ward Beecher for his greatness, fearlessness and liber- ality in the past. Better for us had the entire ministry fallen than bim. I sincerely hope he may come out of the tire unhurt and pure, and that husband and wife may again unite in love on the basis that these seemingly strong suspicions were the fst Aael yop) OL a highly, poseg et hab wrougnt and sensitive temperanfent ‘ery yours, GEORGE Ml. C. Beecher Must Not Be Brok: To THE EpiroR oF THE HERALD:— Should Henry Ward Beecher be at last hurled from the exalted pinnacle of fame, what true American heart could afford to exult? or what of the amor patria could see so much of America’s slender stock of great men actually annibtiated without feeling that the integrity of bis rigid prin-* ciples had been ?indicated at a fearful cost ? tienry Ward Beecher ts truly a great man—not as the pastor of ”lymouth charcn alone; his great- ness 18 not bounded by Brooklyn’s limits, New York city, New York State, or the United States. Borne by the breeze and flashed on the wires north, south, east and west to earth’s remotest corne! have gone for over a quarter of a century the almost oracular thoughts ol his eloquent and ap- Parently inexhaustivie mind. Millions have read them and cherished them a$ aphorisms trom which to derive guidance and courage in Itle's great struggles. His name, a fruitiu! theme with his countrymen, i8 never mentioned, even by those who differ with him, without an instinctive feeling of pride, a reluctant concession to his greatness which they Cannot all conceal, And yet his name, so illustrious, so closely and honorably identified with every vital nt, every | epoch in our history for years—this name witich, | linked wnto greatness, promises a rich meed of lame to the future biographer, 18 in imminent dan- ger of being stricken Irom America’s roll oi great men. Wecaanot afford it. It matters not that this creed or that sect may inaiguantly arraign him, or that a local committee may deprive him of the means, through the Church, of increased local usefulness because born in the flesh he may have stooped Irom nis high intellectual estate and sat at the table of those passions which are the indis- soluble concomitants of the flesn. There has walked this eurth bat One to whom trail flesh was but as a garment wluch might be put off or on at wit, And, without passing upon the charges against Mr. Beecher, We do not claim jor him the atgribuces of that precious and exalted One, What 1s alleged may be true; If so, it is but the cover; andgive cannot affurd to lose the book because the cover is stained. COSMOPOLITAN, A Country Subscriber Reviews Mrs. Tilton. To THE EpIToR oF THE HERALD :— May it not be considered as selfish on the part of Mrs. Tiltqn to have unburdened her conscience of “the sin,” as the result of having done so has only been to throw around a feeling of doubt akin to disgust as associated with these social institu- tions, 80 called “houses of worship ?” She stooped to folly, but surely it would have been nobier for her to have carried the consciousness of her guilt (her cross), even if it rankied, in her heart, than to have eased it at the price—a blow to religion, to morality, to innocence and faith, And, again, did she not, in her self-imposed confession to her husbaud, inter that she considered him as one of the most magnanimous of men when he could Usten to this tule of treachery, conquer self, and forbear, suffer and be patient, instead of sending a bullet through the Reart of her “beloved pastor?’ A COUNTRY SUBSCRIBER, Trasty Tompkins On the Scandal. JERSEY CrTy. To THE Epitor or THE HERALD:— Any of your readers who may wish to fully un- Piiton Will perhaps get some light on the reading the strictly Puritan argument of Mr, ‘Trusty Tompkins, in Sir Walter Scott's “Woodstock,” chapter 20:— “Stand up, foolish maiden, and listen,” said the Independent, sternly, ‘and know in one word that sin. jor which tne spirit of man is punished with the vengeance of heaven lieth not in the corporal act, but m the thought of the sinner. Believe, lama young lady from Boston, spending the | and inat sin isin our thought, notin our actio: summer at Narragansett Pier, 1 think you should stop writing about poor Mr. Beecher; it really is too horrible. Idon’t believe a word of it, Mr, lovely Pheebe, that to the pure all things are pare, even as tue radiance of the day is dark to a blind man, but seen and enjoyed by him whose eyes re things of the svirit muck is enjoined, much O. | We should | stern moraust or religtonist possessing the spirit | derstand the general denial letters of Mr, Beecher | ve it, To him who is but@ novice in the is pro- ! hibited, and he ts fed witn milk fit for babes, and conmmatier Mim are ordinances, prohibitio: But tne saint 1s above these ordinances and re. straints. To him, a8 to the chosen child of the house, is given the pass key to open ali loces whieb withhold htm from the enjoyment of hir heart's desire. Into such pleasfnt paths will 7 guide thee, lovely Phoebe, as shall unite in joy, 19 innocent freedom, pleasures, which to the anprivy leged are sinful and prohibited.” How could Saint Beecher and Saint Mrs, T, int THE PRESS ON THE SCANDAL. Skeletons of the Ideal. (From Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.) If the old truism about every man having 8 skele- ton in his closet could be particularly ascribed to men of genius it would receive a new significance. Our best poets, novelists, and even divines, if they have not had a monopoly of the skeleton business, have at least enjoyed the larger share of it. There was Lord Byron, for instance, whose verse was in the main the record of his overpowering passions and his guilty loves. In recent years there was the example of Charles Dickens treating with con- tempt the wife of his youth, Earlier than either of these cases was the marvellous selfishness of Dean Swift, who made the devotion of Stelva and Vanessa the playthings of @ lifetime. Turn where we mi wo find men of genius worshipping the ideals they had setup for themselves or quaking with fear over the skeletons into which their ideals have turned. Both Beecher and Tilton are standing over the grave of a buried ideal, and the great “Brooklyn sorrow” is made hideous by the frantic attempts to bring the skeleton from its grave. ‘The question naturally recurs in such a case as this:—Why ts it that literary men,.and especially the most highly endowed among literary men, so often forsake the wives of their youth for some other ideal or aMnity? The answer seems to bein @ single fact—namely, that the faithful wife seidom shares the intellectuai growth of a gifted husband. She either stands still and worships the mighty man as he grows or she pricks him to the quick with a sharp tongue for no other offence than not ,being as coarse a8 she is hersel}. on the other hand, looks down upon her wit! disdain in either event, and seeks to clothe some physical nature with the ideal charms and graces of a noble womanhood, It is usually @ Very sorry as well as @ very sorrowful business. The man seldom becomes absorbed in his ideal suMiciently to worship itor even to be true to it. ‘The frst sad disappointment of his life in the Woman whose undeveloped girlishness touched his boyish hears clings to him to blast every other aspiration. -It ia easy to tear an uniaithtal wife out of the afece tions, but the image of a poor wronged girl, whose only fault is the incapacity to grow with her lord and to expand before him so as to give constant to nis quickened soul, is not so easily swept into the oblivion of forgetfulness. The ideal, too, becomes a skeleton, and then the poor man cam take up Tilton’s lines and say :-— I now am all berett— As when some tower doth fail, Wi ements and wall And gate and bridge and all— And nothing lett, With woman it is not often so. There are few Hester Prynnes among vhem, wearing the scariet letter on their bosoms and setting it aglow with heroism by the colors of a deft embroidery. ‘The Dimmesdales, we Jear, are-more trequent, hiding their crimes in the heroic suiferings of woman- hood. Catherine Gaunt is the more usual typeof an absorbing love in a woman. Such was Swilt’s Stella. Suc! beget ald to her own showing, is Elizabeth Tilton. To make such a women possk ble, it is necessary that a high intellectual nat either devout or poetic, should captivate mislead them. It is then that the sentiment) of Boucicault’s line exerts its power over them, and they feel, even if they never say, “Lt have another life] long to meet.” There is a struggle, and they fall or they are curea. If they fall, they are ior ever undone, even: though society cannot scourge them, for it is the heart that has yielded, and it breaks when it is tread mn. With men, in such a case, it is the imagina- which misleads, and the search after theideal continues even when the capacity to recognize an ideality is lost, distorted, brutalized, A woman's skeleton of the ideal is pure to the end—the more absorbing the love the holier is the memory of the Passion; but with a man 11 is a feverish sentiment, fitful sympathy and fearful hate. Dimmésdai¢ cannot endure to stand in the piliory, though Brother Leonard may find a religious pleasure im winning the affections of another's wife. Hum bands like Mr. Tilton may learn ——Too late, How mated minds unmate; but ifthe duties of life were more clearly under stood, if men of genius could know that the sec tion of a woman ts one thing and literary sym- pathy another, few poets would sing as Tilton sung: T clasped a woman's breast, As if her heart | knew, Or tancied, would be true, Who proved—alas! she, too, False like the rest. Unfortunately, too, the stern reality is utterly unlike the fiction. In George Eltot’s women there is a glamour of the aspirations which beset the paths of men—ideais like those whica men crea to people their closets with skeletons. Mra. Lewes is not uteerly unworchy of her heroines, for she at least tries to make her husband teel that his 1s not the Inferior genius. Poor Dickens was her opposite—a snob without a heart, vain, remorseless, pitiless. In ‘David Copperfield” he first showed where the shoe began to pinch, but the requirements of his art made tt necessary that the “child wile” of fiction should die. The wile of act was no such delicious picture of simple love and standstill lite, but a woman whose tongue Was suarpened the more she was despised. Aud this man of genius Chafed because she could not appreciate bis fame, and he never tried to make her feel that she still had his love, ven, though she nad no sympathy with his Ife. Dickens’ example is the example of all; but most men go turther, and give themse!ves up to courting ideals, and most women yield to au absorbing love. In common life, where husband and wife are physical snd anintellectual equals, the ideal sei dom becomes distinct. One person or the other seeks some indefinite remedy tor dissatisfaction, But with genius the gulf between the actual and tue ideal is a source of eternal woe. Mrs. Casat- bon, in “Middiemarch,” had an abstract idea, but never an Ideal, until Ladislaw came to her in the bh bhi! flash as one who was not parchment-dried like Cagaudon, and one who was her idea). If ia no crime of the commoner nature that it does not fulfl! the dream oi the higher. Xantippe was not the fault of Xantippe, but the curse of Socrates, It is not every Abelard who may find his Helotse, Genius reads life between the lines; 18 impatient, moody, aspiring; and we trace all the faults of Shakespeare to an attempt to please the smut loving crowd. which gave his family its bread. Wedo not blame genius for its ideals; we, the rather praise it for attempts to ¢o its duty to the actual, sacrificing this bit of human SY; smothering that ache of love after marriage, labor. ing and <_< while carrying its troubles under @ smile, and like Beecher, wishing it were dead. ‘We common people outrage genius more than we know, demanding that it shall Ilve upon us alone, never baving the unhappy sagacity to see that it we cannot get up to its dream and, perhaps, to its practical joy, if we bad only the ability—we are trying to pull tt down. Those who e read “Middlemarch” wil know that Mrs. Casaul with her great possibilities, was either to be pull down to the asien thoaght of Casaubon or tise to the ideal which Ladisiaw filled, Painters have been known to have their wives for models ot the Virgin, and Mrs, Tilton had Toeodore for a likeness of Christ; but how many have failed in this respect, and were sad! ‘The Tilton case ig more remarkable than any tale ever told in ‘fictton—as intense as ‘The Scariet Letter’—put suowing a woman, whatever her sin, as devout a8 Catherine Gaunt; a clergyman hovel ing between the simplicity of Brother Leonard and the painiul reserve of the unfortunate Dimmes- dale. and a husband, not so earnestly jus a8 Gridith Gaunt, but more sternly unforgiving than Roger Chillingworth. It is with all of them the | sacrifice of the ideal and the revelation of the skeleton. The story is the most marvellous com- mentary 1n all history on human passion and sel- fishness, and Whether or not there was sin in the relations of these people, all of them sinned griev- ously in this, that they have roe tnemselves: and wronged humanity by theff folly. Job’s Wish. (From the New York Scotaman.] Job's wish that his enemy had written s book has often been proved avery sensible one. The great peril to Mr. Beecher’s reputation is in the detters ascribed to him. Common, every-d people cannot understand such renowledgivente apart from some great offence sgainst moraltty. At present the great Dreponderancs of popaiar voice 18 in Mr. Beecher’s favor, and if a was to be called tor on the charges as they 4 stand undoubtedly it would be “not proven,’ it for a full acquittal Mr. Beecher mus) give further explanations of his correspondence, Why Nott [From the St. Louis Republican} Why does not the United States Commissioner at New York arrest Mr. Beecher, Mr. Tilton, Mrs. ‘Tilton, the Plymouth church committee and the proprietors of all the newspapers in New York and put them in jail’ Are they not guilty of @ viola. ten of an act of Congress in making public obscene and scurriious matter and sending it through the mails, contrary to the dignity and peace of the United States ? A Cynical View. {From the New York Star.) There is one rather peculiar feature in conne® tion with this matter, that while ali the men inter- viewed believe Mr. Beecher innocent, the women are positive of Mrs, Tilton’s guilt, whith may be considered as another example of woman's dis- trust of woman, and her desire on all occasions to chasten her sex, t would appear tna! n nave more faith in man’s houesty than women bave ‘woman’s virtue,