The New York Herald Newspaper, August 1, 1874, Page 6

TILTONS WARFARE. The Scandal Gatherers Still Busy in Brooklyn. es shaken, that we are content to wait until he ex- Plains bis letters, and tnat our belle! is that such explanation, when it comes, will be satisiactory. PORTER—Then you think ‘hat such explana- tion oi Mr. Beecher’s letters will put an end to the matter. Dr. PorrER—I am not looking at the report the investigating committee may make, nor at any further legal proceedings that may | be taken by either party, but it is clear tome that only inferences have been yet | drawn irem the letters against Mr. Beecher, and inferences, you know, are very deceptive. The main charge needs better support than the two scenes alleged to have been witnessed by Mr. Tilton, with the innocent interpretation of which be himself ‘Was lormeriy satisfied. That I take to be a strong point ip favor of Mr. Beecher. RePoRTER—The course of the Brooklyn Hagle, | the journal 1 represent in this interview, has been The Budget of the “Mutual Friend” | ise ee. oer ce'a hasty condemnation, of Anxiously Looked For. tee greatest man in Brooklyn on the part of the —-—____ WILL MOULTON TESTIFY? | i community, and the Wish, m which every decent member of society must participate, see @ man who has done so much good to | Mr. Beecher, & man, too, whose unsectarian spirit | and magnanimity of sentiment is 80 indisputable, | come out clear of those charges of immorality. Dr. PorTER—His fall would indeed be nothing | jess than a national calamity ; but would, of course, | sn no Way affect the truth and importance of the Sasneceetetietiaaial | religious principles he has advocated, at. 1 POPULAR EXPRESSIONS| VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE. | ‘The Law of the Scandal. Wh: A ‘. | To THe EpIvoR oF THE BERALD:— v the Divorce Suit Would Be | In your columns to-day there is a correspond- a Failure. | ent who earnestly calls upon Mr. Beecher to have Mr. Tilton arrested for libel, Ido not think sach What President Porter, of Yale, Thinks. aint a5 | @ course would be advisable, a8 the issue EROOKLYN THEORIES AND CRITI- | which would be presented to the jury to try in a criminal prosecution for libel CISMS. pie BEE WS The situation in the main remains unchanged. ‘The Scandal 18 discussed as much as ever, and It is surprising to witness the eagerness with which every sentence written upon the subject is de- youred. The long wished for explanatory statement of the Rey, Henry Ward Beecher, which ts expected w clear the atmosphere of the scandal and calumny Which now stifes wholesome moral respiration, | will be lorthcommg next week, and not before. Mr. Beecher finished the important docu- ment, and now jeels much relieved. He regrets, | Would not be the issue which is at present agitating the public mind—viz., whether or not Henry Ward Beecner had crim, con, with Theodore state whether they had @ ressonable doubt as to the falsity of the story, and if they had they might acquit Theodore Tilton, and thus leave the grand question undecided ; for to state that they had a | Teasonable doubt would be simply giving a name to the present public sentiment upon the ques- tion, Now, it would hardiy be advisable to euter upon along and expensive litigation with a fair rospect of ending at precisely the advanced state In which we began. have observed that some suggest to Mr. fulton that he should begin an ac- tion for divorce, but the merest tyro in the law can See that in this he cannot succeed, since he Mt is said by bis intimate friends, the course of yaa condaeed ue staged ag si byork Ue e ce which rsue r | for Mr. Tilton to bring his case betore the Court, silence which be pursued in the past, and now | no ig really in earnest in his published sentiments, breathes more (reely that the worst has been told. | js jor him to bring an action against Henry Ward He is in ex nt health, and a perfect “Mark ue od for ey geo yee oor aie =. Tapiey” Sat keen! | Thus the very issue which is at present filling the Tapiey” in point of Keeping up his spirits under public mind Will be presented tu the jury. Should adverse circumstances, He will go out of town to- lton recover any damages, however smail the day and rest for the Sabbath from the weary | Scene ie en eats lope Cat 3 aaeinues 4 should Mr. Beecher recover, he would establish his labors and anxieties of the week at Peekskill. ‘unocence to his own satistaction and the satisfac- The committee is still waiting for Frank Moulton | tion of his friends. The matter will be decided in to appear before them and testify. Mr. Carpenter, | this form of action by the weight of evidence, and | neither party will receive the benefit of a doubt. has the artist friend, has also been summoned before | | tor the Christian Church and for the country as | Titon’s wife—bdul the jury would be called upon to | the committee to verify, if possible, the publisnea siatements made by him in the case toa reporter at Homer, N. Y, There are in all six witnesses, | Dr. Storrs being among the number yet to be ex- amined, if they will only condescend to appear | before the Investigating Committee. A member of | What body, when questioned yesterday touching the | press criticisms upon their action, said:—“The | press or public did not appoint this committee, | and consequently we are not answerable to them.’’ | This is important as showing the spirit of indiffer- | ence to public sentiment which animates that | body. Their verdict will be, it is conceded upon all | , Miavor of the gentleman who appointed | them to conduct the examination, Ask Th Rey. Leonard Bacon spoke truly when he said :— | “The verdict of the committee will not be satis- | Jactory to the public uniess the public have evi- | dence that satisfies them quite inaepe néent of the | com mittee.”? There was a report current that Mr. Tilton was | engaged in preparing another statement of the case; but that gentleman, when questioned, de- | clined to say whether such Was the case or not. | Yesterday afternoon Rev. Matthew Hale Smith | Visited Mr. Tilton and sympathized with him in his heartburnings. | District Attorney Winslow has declined to say | Whether or not he Will appear against Tilton be- | fore Justice Kiley on Monday next, when Mr. Gaynor will be present to press the charge of libel. | Gaynor says that he mtends to prosecute the case, | aud, if necessary, be will have eminent counsel. ” | CRITICISMS. ‘The host of reporters, in their anxiety to pre- went what they call news, have written many strange stories. They linger around the doorways ofthe parties implicated, follow sfpposed wi nesses and work up the most sensational tales; but in the end it is discovered that their efforts are without ail and their assertions untrue. | it 18 Jor this reason that we find | that so much that is published in the papers of | one day is denied in the next. It 1s now reported | that no personal unkindness whatever exists be- | tween Mr. and Mrs. Tilton, and that allof his | communications are of the respectiui character, He declares his intention to maintain his marhood | in all that concerns the process of separation. He | wil) surrender everything, yield all that can afford pleasure to his wife or cmildren, and take | pon his own shoulders the new life struggle in | Which he isengaged. Mr. Tilton declares it to be | far irom his purpose to bring bis wife anneces- | sarily forward as a subject of public comment, and | yet feels that !t is necessary to make évery reason- | ‘apie sacrifice tn order to protect his own Imanhood abo delend his cause. SILENCR. Aithough both parties received many letters ot eympathy and many calls by Iriends other than those who curiously seek to ebjoy the gossip of tne bour, both are equally reticent, and decline to make any statements whafever that might possibly reach the public ear, Each of the parties are sufficientiy well acquaimted with human nature to be assured that not a few persons are endeavoring to acquire | notoriety a their individual expense, and when | such men as Gaynor and his tik seek to obtrude | into the family quarrel there is no ques- won that a feeling of mutual hosulty asserts itself, and will compel all such in- | teriopers to take a back seat. Mr. Beecher is patiently awaiting the termination of the evi- | dence which Is to precede hisown. Mr. Tilton, With equal patieuce, is awaiting the report of the committee of investigation; and, as we are as- sured, will base his further action thereon. Mr. Frank Moulton, who has in his | possession many of the res geste of | the scandal, nas left the city, presumably | for the purpose of avoiding a revelation of the | facts whico he is known te possess. Mr. Bowen decimes to be interviewed except in a court of Justice. ‘lwo notorious women go to &urope to- | aay, filled, perhaps, with a fund of remarkabie injormation. Other parties to the scandal are | adroitly nding, and hence whatever may be the | resuit of the committee's work, the public are not | likely to be fairly and inily treated to such a reve- lation of incidents as they have been taught to | suspect from the many published scaudalous sag- | gestions, DYING ovT. | Interviews with a ieading member of Plymouth | churct and with leading ciuzens of brooklyn in- dicate @ diminished interest in the entire subject. They mutually confess that tuo much of the scandal | hax already been given vo the public, and that the | only remaining feature of the “sensation” is the statement of the pastor of Plymouth church. The fact is not to be ignored, however, \nat public opin- | jon strongly favors a ireer and more emphatic | expression of sentiment than can possiniy be Bhaped by so smail and 40 secret a committee as | that .o which 18 now confised the care of the | greatest scandal of the generation. It is useless to conceal the impression that Woatever may be the aecision of this committee, it will be 40 u Satisiactory as to compel a more public and com- piete investigation. And no compromise, adjusted either through the agency of money or personal infinence, can suspend judgment. Suen is the prevailing thought. THE PRESIDENT OF YA on being interviewed by a repe rv of the Eagie, spoke substantially as follows:—The general lee). mg among the best people here is one of conti- dence in Mr, Beecher. His last series of lectures, which concluded his course, deeply unpressea— even more than those of the two preceding years—both the prefessors and the stu- dents with the sincerity of Mr. Beecher’s character and as an indication of his » religious tone. ‘The community at large 1 think, tne feeling of deep respect Beecher whieh I reier to, although, of the case is sul judéce, Ouly one side has as been tily heard, and there are differences of | opinion as to the weight of Mr. Tilton’s statement. | ia eve that in the more highly educated circie vere | THE MALIGNITY AND CONTRADICTIONS apparent in Mr. yiton's statement have created a feeling that nothing bur the most inexorable proot can substantiate the charges he has made, Sym- pathy does not go with iim ‘or the reason I have stated. RerortTer—Independentiy of the general feelin, how would you personaly jee! toward that atau ment, putung aside Howledge of or triend- ship for the accuser and accused ¥ | Dr. PorTeR—I snould suspend my judgment for | two reasons. First, because the main churges are Wholly unsupported by otner testunony than that of Mr. 'Tliton; second, there 8 absolutely no evi- agence against Mr, Beecher except own letters and Mrs, Tilton’s alleged coniessiou to ber husband and Miss Anthony. The originais of the jormer are not before the committee, and the latter is denied or explained as being made under aberra tion of mind or coercion irom her husband, by Mrs, ‘Tilton herself. KeronTER—You regard Mr. Beecher, then, at present, precisely as you did before Vilton’s state ment was published’ ir. ER—| speak my own feeling a8 well as | that of the best people here, | believe, when | say Lhe COMBACLCE Ih AU NECKUES Y AL PICHEAL We. couni Ol Lue SeMATKALUY HILOKS COLE | tone continues her} | against her; bat the question of NeEw YORK, July 31, 1874 LEX, Unhappy Mrs. Tilton. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD: If innocent, pure and “white souled,’’ why did Dot Mrs. Tilton concisely and conclusively render a brief, simple dential of the terrible charges made against her in as few words as possible? A decla- ration of innocence needed not a lengthy docu- Ment overlaid with verbiage, only a solemn pro- test declaring the charge made by her husband as wholly and unequivocally false. By this she would have challenged the world and spared herself the bee criticisms which are pouring in from every side. As a woman, ! pity her with all my heart, and Tegret that One who appears by nature, as well as the testimony of her accuser, to have been en- dowea with the loveliest of Christian graces, should by any act have allowed the shadow of sus- picion to fali upon her. There lives bot a woman possessed of either talent, grace or beauty that is not i hourly danger of being assailed at her weak- est point, and it requires ail her strength of will and religious principle to bid the tempter depart, We can find more ready excuse for one who is with- out the pale of daily strengthening influence, but to imagine a fall where the life is overshadowed at, morning, noon and eventide by the holy graces of religion, 1s, indeed, the most diMcult as well as the saddest of any human experience. It ts to be noped that future developments will reveal only | Imconsistencies—not guilt. Very respectfully, K. G. M. Mr. Tilton Not on Trial—The True Ques- tion. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— If so innocent, why does Mr. Beecher employ counsel ¢ And what do we or the world care about Mr. Tilton’s amours, or if ne had a mistress in every town in the country f Can it be, sir, that Mr. Beecher has calied this committee to look into the past life of Mr. Tilton? What we, who have wives and daughters going to his and other churches want to know is, did Mr. Beecher, as a minister of God, under this plea of religion, alienate this ladv? Did he, a man of his great brain and influence, use that power on an ail-believing woman who piaced her very soul in bis keeping? This is the question for this committee to ask—not about Mr. Tilton’s past, present or juture life. Admitung him a tress throughout the country, in every town, can that clear Mr. Beecher? Let him and his friends get rid of their lawyer and look into the case as it stands, We, the public, who trust our families to him and his care Want to know nothing about Mr. Tilton and his other loves. BROOKLYN MARRIED MAN, BROOKLYN, July 31, 1874. Wanted—The Whole Trath. To THE EpiToR oF THE HekaLD:— I say most heartily amen to your editorial sug- gesting that this case go to @ court of justice, there to be thoroughly examined, Nothing short of this will satisty the people. truth, There’s nouse now to attempt to white- wash or conceal. Open the foul tumor and let it all out. The community will be healthier ater- ward. GR New York, July 30, 1874. What Was the Wrong !—The Sin Which Mrs. Tilton Saw on Reading “Griffith Gaunt.” To rae EpiTor oP THE HERALD:— Now that the statements of the accuser and the accused in the Tilton-Beecner scandal are pub- lished, I ask whether it would be proper jor a citi- | zen to give his views, through the press, with no other end but that of justice? If you think it would, please give utterance to mine, which are based principally, if not exclusively, on the letter of Henry Ward Beecher, better known as “the apology,” and on that of Mrs. Tilton, quoting the | Teading of “GriMth Gaunt,” the authenticity of both of which is not deniéd, nor is the free will in writing and delivering the same put in question. Mr. Beecher admits that Mrs. Tilton is the person referred to in his apology, and of whom he says :— “She 18 guiltiess, sinned against, bearing the trans- gression of another.” The words immediately fol- lowing, “her forgiveness I have,” tend to make it appear that he is the man who sinned against her | and whose transgression she is bearing, and the humiliating words which in the same breath are set forth craving the pardon of the husband, would tend to ‘snow that the sin and transgression com- mitted against her affected her husband and re- quired his torgiveness for the calm of conscience of tne writer. IT tear that it requires power- ful relaxation of mind to understand that sueh sin and transgression was an advice given to a wile by bal gg ls to quit the home or her unfaithfl husband ; the more so on consider- ing the subsequent letter of the 7th of February, addressea by Mr. Beecher to Mrs. Tilton, which letter stands uncontradicted, In it the speaking of Mr. Moulton’s trastworth: writes that be (Mr. Moulton) “woul friend to her honor and happiness."’ On the other band, if Mrs. Tilton’s letter of June 29 refers to the same sin alluded to in the apology ibis suil harder for the tmpassionate reader to endorse Mr. Beecher’s explanation of what that sin Was. ton, on reading “Grimth Gaunt,” Saw, she says, “clearly her gin.’’ It consisted in that, sne conduct, suffered jt to grow into @ passion."” She adds that she thought at tne time that “the love she feit and received couid harm no one, not even her husband.’ The reading of Grif fith Gaunt opened her eyes, and in @ repentin, ver, Writing to her husband that she is “prepared to renew her marriage vow and to keep it a8 the Saviour requireth,” and ends her letter by assuring him of a “tried, puri- fied and restored love.” This letter 18 @ conies- sion vy Mrs, Tilton that suggests a great deal ublic interest, methinks, is not whether Mrs. Tilton is guilty 0} adultery, bat whether Henry Ward Beecher 18 gulity of @ sacrilegious abuse of his sacred mtnis- terial capacity in aliowlng @ parishioner of bis to accept his all bsorving love’ for her, and make it a ir to her in such a “false light’ as to disguise to her the wrong she was doing to her husband, If Henry Ward Beecher is the person aliuded to in Mrs, Tilton’s letter there is nO doubt that be snould stand con victed of a gross wrong; but as Mrs, Tilton does not point out to any particular person a conclu. sive inference can only be allowed, and this could be justified irom her comparing herself with Cath- erine Gaunt, who, in the work of fiction, is repre- sented to have peen charged by her husband with | pes ie od intimacy with her pastor, Father Leon- ard, growing from the inflnence the latter had ex- erciged over his partshioner, the more 80 On ac. They want the | jormer, | be a true | “when she knew that she was loved, | | fact admitted that Mr. Tilton, like Griith Gaunt, bad jaid itke charges on Henry Ward Beecher. New You, July 30, 1874, vIVIs. PRESS COMMENTS. “The Shock to Religion.” [From the Richmond Whig.) The American people, especially the northern | Portion of them, are said to be sensational and emotional above all others, and in consequence , thereof to be prone to exaggeration. The beecher- | Tilton scandal has served to illustrate tns trait, | | quality or propensity. Because one hypocrite, who happened to be eloquent, gifted and con- spicuous, hus been exposed, the cry is raised that the Church has received a fatal blow, and that re- | ligion itself will be overthrown, They talk avout | the “snock to Christianity,” and all that. There | have been greater N ghrghons and far worse men than Mr. Beecher in all the ages since the Christian | system was established. There were such right under the eyes of the great Master himself, and He denounced them as hypocrites and “whited sepulcores.”” He was betrayed by one of | the twelve. Yet, the region He founded has gone on “conquering and to conquer.” Those who tear that one man’s hypocrisy can break down & | system which has survived every form of persecu- | ton and abuse must have very littie faith to begin | In their eXaggerated estimate of Beecher | with, | they fancy that he can, by his evil example, break down @ religion founded by the Son of God. The | thing is almost too absurd for comment. | Alter all, the churcn in which Mr. Beecher oMict- ated was oniy Plymouth church, and the reigion he preached was beecherism. If his exposure breaks down that church and that system the | World will be all the better for it, A Suspension of Judgment. | [From the Christian Leader.) The need of the judicial mind in journalism has | been repeatedty illustrated, but rarely, we think, _ if ever, so mournfully a8 in the progress of this most sorrowiul affair, Immediately upon the ap- | pearance of Mr. Tilton’s statement—although its | publication was under such circumstances as pointed very strongly to a violation of faith in the | hope of winning the popular ear by the first word— without waiting a single day for the response of | the man whose whole liie was an overwheiming | contradiction to the hideous charges—there were | Scores of papers in good standing who said, as if doubt were impossible, “This is true; the crea rene pregcher in the world is a villain.” in their Own” Weak phrase (Weak whether their judgments happen te be right or not) they decide trom “‘igternal evidence.” To sum- Marise, they could not think it possible that a | skilled writer, a fictionist of rare power, a man who lf his own story were true was ap adept in “white-lying,” and it it were faise had had several | years wo weave bis web and concoct his Irigntful | mdictment—a man who in any case they them- selves thought guilty of the same crimes with which he charged his enemy—they could not think it possible that this man could tell such @ con- sistent and terrible tale unless it were true, ‘In- ternal evidence”—Theodore Tilton could not tell a lie so monstrous! Is there no ‘uternal evidence” on the other side? How easy is it to velieve that any impure man could live Mr. Beecher’s outward lile, a lie of extraordinary publicity, manifesting its personality in the Ireest possible expression of word and deed, and yet have no trace of impurity come to the surfacey It must be remembered that this 1s no common crime that is charged, but a complication of iniquities that it would seem must go down to the bottom of the soul and poliute every spring of spiritual life. Look at Mr. Beechner’s daily waik; look at ms sermons; look at his freely uttered words taken !reshly as they spraug from his heart to his lips; look at his private let- ters—so utterly “useless” in their purity, uniess Mr. Beecher 18 guilty of lies so black and bias- phemous that the alternative falsehoods of Tilton are miid in comparison. Is it credible? And, upon the other hand, immediately upon the ublication of Mr. Beecher’s and Mrs, Tilton’s pre- liminary responses there were scores of papers which declared, upon “internal evidence,” tuat | these were true, The verdict did credit to their | zeai for morality, but hardly to their judgment. If the accused were guilty, “general denials” were to ve expected in the usual course. All that ‘‘in- ternal evidence,” silted down, really meant, was that the authors could not pen such deliberate falsehoods, But, then, it 18 the characters of the authors that are impeached, Now, why not wait until the evidence is all in ? inadequate to a decision. As the matter stands eitner story is incredible, and the dead tock will continue until the missing blocks in the puzzle are supplied. Plymouth Perfame. {From the New York Freeman’s Journal.) The utterances of Henry Ward Beecher, ever since he loomed on that large and demoralized portion of the community that has supported him, have been for the destruction of the traditions of Christianity. O/ late years, as if prenoting that his personal misdolngs were too flagrant to be long hidden, he has been hewing, with frantic efforts, at the system of morals that, even among Pagans, | it has been considered necessary to maintain in theory, however departed from in tact. He stood, with his brother Frothingham, at the death bed or the unrepentant dédauché, one of them pronounc- ing the ridiculous formula of a marriage ceremony between him anda female who had aduiterously lett her husband, and the other, in a blasphemous | Prayer, thanking God ‘for what these two had | been to each other.”? The outrages of Henry Ward Beecher’s outgiv- ings, on his mountebank’s platiorm in “Plymouth church,” especially during these last years, in which the demands of Tilton, as the price of the latter’s dishonored silence, have been haunting him, have been, studiedly, to make licentiousness and lawless passion appear respectable and manly, and to turn into ridicule all the traditions of rev- | elation. His shameful arguments have been given under the guise Of religious sermons, as the hor- | rible crimes against nature practised by the wives and mothers oi the Romans in the days of Cicero on | the 1east oi Fauna, were called “the chaste and ves- | tal sacrifices of women for the prosperity of Rome,’’ for ihe “purity” of which it was required that no | male should be present. The sworn supporters of | “Plymouth church” have seemed to be delighted | with the worship and to desire to keep ita “sacred secret.” But Tilton has proved the Clodius Pul- er, who, dressed in female garb, has penetrated ‘sacred portals,” and we have Nota Bone secreta Dew! Nor is the “chaste” Pulvia wanting, nor the “chaste” Pompeia. It 18 a tempting theme, to run a long parallel between the old and the new pagan- ism. The matertals and the vccasion invite. But we almost ask our reader’s pardon—and our own, for allusion to what the apostie tells us “it isa shame even to speak 0i’’—viz., the “mysteries” of “Plymouth church” and the “mysteries” of the Bona Dea—which mutually recall each other, The more practical matter is to draw attention to the banded, persistent and impudent atiempt of an indefatigably busy coterie of Puritans, by every means, irom threatening those they can hurt to licking the boots of those that nold them m contempt, to try and stifle the expression of pubiic opinion, especially mm the public press. He that would gloat over tue open shame that has fallen even on 80 vulgar and offensive # char- jatan as Henry Ward Beecher would be a paltry man. But when, in the abused name of religion, it's sought to bolster him ap on a showing that | Ought to overwhelm ooth him and every one that supports him—and to set hum on his legs again to | utter more blasphemies and to work on tor the de- struction Oo! all that remains of Christian traditions | among Protestants—there arises another ques- | tion, Let H. W. Beecher appear next Sunday on his bouncing-board in “Plymouth church’? and take for his text averse from a less disreputable man than he is—viz.: “You know how it ts your- self!” Then, let ali who admire his teachings of | the past, and, like Tilton, think be is yet “a great | God-ike man,” applaud him and stick to him. ‘Then the lines will be drawn, The sham and the | Thask will be dropped—and we can drop Beecher. | Let him cease to pretend to betn any sense & | Christian. Let him invoke Cupid to make him | once more agreeabic to new inends; or, in his meeting house, offer sacrifices to Astaroth, Then | the “waylaring man, though a fool,” will pot mus- | take bin, | But it isa duty we cannot disregard to try and the Save the country we live in and the society from which no citizen can separate himself altogether irom 1t8 most imminent periis, Human s0- | ciety is not the creation of man, It 18 the’ work of God. It is built by God on the tumily. Messrs, Beecher and Tilton, like @ great Many men cleverer than either o! them, have tried to reconstruct the creation of aud to rebulid society, not on the family, but on the brothel. But society not only cannot ve bulit on the brotiiel; but when batit the brothel cannot be substituted for the family wituout just so tar undermining 80- ciety. Messrs. Beecher and Tilton can give up | their own lamilies or swap them off, according to | their socialistic theory of “attractions and deste | nies,’ and can go off Into the other kind of house- | hunting, and society, so far from suffering, will be relieved. There is one thing, however, for the sake of publie morals [ must cease to do—that is, to parade their leagues or their quarrels, or their proposed amicable arrangements, a8 being @ny part of the proceedings of honest society. Let them confine their jutwre quarrels and cooings to | Woodhull & Uiafiin’s bulletins, and let society and | the pabiic be relieved from nearing anything more about them, The Beecher-Tilton ndal, [From the Poiiade|phia Catholic Standard.) For some time the pubiic has been treated to a dubious entertainment—a carnival of what one of | our contemporaries has aptly denominated “inde- cency and gush,” The secular jonrnalists, deeming | it their duty to treat the people to everything im | the way of intelligence good or bad, proper or im- i} | ‘The facts at present given to the public are utterly | | grossly explicit details of the private intrigues and | Outrages on the sanctity of home, marriage and the social system, perpetrated by a clique of people whose notoriety has ever been of dubious merit, Henry Ward Beecher, Theodore Til- ton, Tennie 0. Cladin, Victoria C. Woodhull, etid omne genus, are simply the brilliant fungt springing from the rotten marsies of Prot- estantism, New England transcendentalism, free- lovism and revived paganisw, sysims of religion Whose only basis is gratification oi the passions. We are only surprised that anyboay should be sur- prised at these developments, being, as they are, results so natural, Could any sensible person, re- membering the fact that Mr, Beecher presided at the adulterous marriage of Richardson and Mrs, McFarland, hesitate for an instant in supposing that he sanctioned their act? Can any man who read the account of the marriage performed by this Same “greatest preacher in the world,” as the HERALD terms him, wherein he took the couple out in a garden at sunrise, aud, scattering & few flowers over tiem, declased them wedded by the genius of nature, ever imagine that Mr, Beecher correctly appreciates the sacrea bond of | matrimony, or has any sound Christian ideas of manly honor or womanly purity ? And so of all the Class of people who take part in such cere- monies, for “like master, like disciple.” We are not taking the guilt of any oi these parties ior granted; we are simply adverting to the not-at- all-astonishing probability of such crimes as the | natural results of a system of education, moral and intellectual, which always follows, whenever and wherever men throw off the restraints which Catholicity alone puts upon them, and alone has the supernatural means of enforcing. * * * If this Beecher-Tilton clique were common omhnary people would the press be so lavish of its space and printer’s ink in exposing them to the public gaze? No. Then why glority notoriety? sim- ply for the same reason by which variety theatres are allowed by sanction of authority to flaunt their obscenities before ul and, like brazen poonday devils, to openly become teachers of corruption. For the same reasons ‘ae our genteel (7) first class picture stores ana ar! galleries do not hesitate to make their windows Objects of attraction by filmg them with statues and pictures, Whose sudjects are not even ciothed With the flimsy raiment of a double entendre; tor the reasons that our walking sticks, our meer- schaums, our cigar boxes, our ladies’ toilet arti- cles, and even our articles. of clotning are con- verted into mstruments Of grossest sin; for the | Bame reason that convulsive bursts of laughter from the tiers upon tiers of first cjass ladies and gentiemen fairly shake our respeMabie theatres When any titbit of grossness 1s spewn from the stages, and the crowds of genteel (!) people sit vianaly delighted through tie unmentionaole ob- scenities of the French opera, and that reason 1s that, public virtue being aead, it pays avarice to trade with impunity and in open market in the traflic of shamelessuess, Not Enough, {From the Baltimore Gazette.) If Tilton’s statement had not been fortified with documentary proofs—Beecher’s own letters—the world would have believed Mr. Beecher's simple asseveration of lis innocence as against the affidavit oi Tilton, But his allegations, and the evidence by which he supports them, cannot be disposed of by the mere denials of Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, however solemnly they may be made. The Mystery of Plymouth Church—A State of Morals Deplorable. {From the Raleigh News.) We know not whether these charges are true or false; Dut we do know that the spectacle of a man, in this age and country, voluntarily charging his own wife with infidelity, indicates a state of morals at once unexpected and deplorable. [he reputa- tion of the actors in this unfortunate affair must suffer, and the character of the community in which they live wili likewise receive injury. Impatient of Evasion. {From the Rochester Democrat.] The people are impatient of evasion. When a cherished friend has fallen under condemnation and attempts to justify himself, ghttering gener- alities are out of place and annoying. We frankly coniess that, in our hearts, we have hoped that Mr. Beecher would come out of this fiery trial un- scathed, but our anxiety upon this point has not blinded our eyes to the possibility of bis guilt. Let Mr. B. Explain. (From the Syracuse Courier.] Let Mr. Beecher explain why he wrote such even the slightest incivility, not to say crime, ac- cording to Mrs. Tilton. ‘Will Win Confidence and Sympathy. {From the Providence Journal.) Mrs. Tilton’s story will win confidence and sym- | pathy. Not Satisfactory. [From the Elizabeth (N, J.) Herald.) The denial of Mrs. Tilton o1 the charges made by her husband will not be satisfactory to those whose opinions were not formed in advance. In confess- ing a love tor Mr. Beecher, which she thougit in- nocent, she has confessed to something which the world does not recognize among its list of senti- ments; and jor the encouragement of which Mr. Beecher must de heid responsible. This !ove, pure, innocent, divine, as Mrs. Tilton thinks, was the origin of scandal, the inspiration oi jealousy, and the obstacle to a family union. Beecher’s Word vs. Tilton’s Affidavit. [From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.} With this absolate but general dental the public must be satisfied until the promise of a full excul- pation is redeemed, It will not do to set mr. Beecher’s mere word of denial against Mr. Tilton’s affidavit and his De er ol letters over the sig- natures of his wife and of Mr. Beecher. We are glad that the reverend gentleman is at last per- suaded that he ts bound to render a full defence by every consideration for the dignity of his red callivg and the purity of the holy cause which he serves, Take It Into Court. [From the Worcester Spy.) While the course pursued by Mr. Beecher—that of keeping the case within the jurisdiction of the church—was according to church usage, @ trial of Tilton by jury would have seemed to possess ad- ditional fairness, and to many the verdict would have been much more conciusive. The Mystery About the Whole Thing. [From the Troy Times.) It is difficult, indeed, to conceive of such a char- acter as she describes Tilton to be. What possible object could the latter have in contemplation in seeking to ‘crush out” Mr. Beecher, if the latter ‘was guiltless in their relations with each other ? Their paths in life did not converge and cross in such &@ manner as to give any color of justification for jealousy. The downfall of Mr. Beecher could tn no manner benefit Mr. ‘Tilton. On the other hand, the two as friends could be mutually helpful. There is @ mystery about the whole thing waich may never be fully solved. A Cruel Criticism. {From the Milwaukee News.) There is no redemption nor escape from Henry Wara Beecher’s fail, He cannot lie out of it even with the aid of his paramour. Plymouth church can hardly protect him longer. He is rich; the free love worid will sustain lim; a new church may be built for him; he may ‘brass it out,” sus- tained by the bigotry and fanaticism of a class of his followers, This Unfortunate Woman. (From the Cincinnati Commercial.) We print this morning the statement of this un- fortunate woman—unfortunate however the in- vestigation of Mr. Beecher’s conduct may termi- nate. Itis charitable to assume that this state- ment was made while in a condition of mind very untavorable to clearness or coherency. Beyond an explicit and solemn denial of the onence charged in Mr. Tilton’s indictment of Mr. Beecher there ts little in it that can count for or against either ac- cuser or accused, The Genuineness of the Letters. [From the Harrisburg Telegraph.) We have only this remark to make and then we dismiss the subject, Either Theodore Tilton is a bad man and a perjured villain, or Rev. Henry Wara Beecher and Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton have agreed his nf ed to break the force and conse- quences of damaging charges, irom which there Was no other mode of escape, by a bold front and preconcertea faisetiood, For, be it remembered, the genuineness of the letters and memoranda prone and sworn to by Theodore Tilton has nov een denied or questioned by either Mr. Beecher or Mrs. Tilton—their ay attempt, $0 far, has been to destroy the force of these evidences of guilt by such explanations as thew case required, And these are not given under oath. Washes a Good Deal of Dirty Linen. {From the Cincinnati Enquirer.) Mrs, Elizabeth Tiltoh has the public ear this morning. She is oat in a statement, quite well written ane full of interest, in which, like her be- loved pastor, she unqualifiediy denies every charge made against her by her husband touching her re- lations with Henry Ward Beecher. she washes a good deal of dirty linen, and paints ber husband in colors of the most repnisive character. But she does not “explain” those loving epistles ina manner at all satisfactor: ‘Tilton’s charges are areas and particular, irs. Tilton’s deniais, like | those of her beloved pastor, are sweeping and | general. We are all at sea, however, and can only | PCO As Lhe 1 REVPGL Was APYdCH Up Wath LUC NOBEL TS VOID ABG | HAL IU BOUTON, DUAL Ibgre las Leen more Kune iD |) damaging letters when he bad not been guilty of | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1874—WITH SUPPLEMENT. Christian circles in Brooklyn during the past week than the sim-steeped world has Known since the i =e Ananias came to grief lor inflating te u The Time for Cleri Soreheads, {From the Rochester Express.) Now 18 the time for clerical soreneads. Beecher has for years been “a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence” for this unhappy class of citizens. The admiration for and confidence in him evinced | by the American people, have tormented them | beyond their powers of expression. Mordecat never began to be the eyesore to Haman that Beecher has been to a large number of his pro- fessional “brethren,” who envied iis success and fame, but were as nopelessiy separated from both by reason Of their feeble minds and narrow souls a8 Dives was trom Lazarus when the latter rested in Abraham’s bosom, There are many noble souls | among the clergy, who have generously recognized | Mr, Beecher’s gilts and graces, but it has too often | appeared that there were also some small, mean spirited members of “the cloth” who by carping at the great preacher's theology, and insinuating re- | Specting his lie, evinced their unhappiness at an- | other’s success and uselulness, Three Times Convicted. | {From the Milwaukee Sentinel.) | Convicted first by the confession of the woman | who shared his guilt, convicted also by the testi- mony of an eye-witness to a solus cum sola, he is | convicted again by his subsequent conduct, Not for one Moment has he borne himself like an in- | Nocent man; his conduct has rather been that of | @ man who was conscious of guilt, and who was | ‘Using all the means at his command, reinforced by | owerful influence, to prevent exposure. People ave sought, from the most praiseworthy motives, | to blind ireyes to the fact, but it must have | been obvious <0 the average comprehension for two years past that there was some damaging truth which Henry Ward Beecher and his iriends were seeking to conceal. hat they sneceeded as long as they did is remarkable; but they have fatlea at | last, as it was inevitable from the first that they must fail, Mrs. Tilton’s Sin. {From the Milwaukee Sentinel.) The people of this country will be very willing to Delieve all this, and will do s0 if she will prove that the Schoharie letter from her to her Lusband, | as set lorth in his testimony, was never written by her. If this cannot be made to appear, it is en- tirely pertinent to ask whether she shouid charg, herself with “sin”? because she had been advised | to leave her husband, | THE NEWARK MANTRAPS, | Action and Inaction of the Authorities— | The Aldermen Moving, but the County | Physician Dilatory. | The dreadful fate of the young woman—Miss | Hattie Wyckof!—who was done to death on the | Pennsylvania Railroad, at the Walnut street cross- ing, on Thursday evening, as reported in yester- general feeling of indignation among the pub- degree that excites much unfavorable comment. On Thursday night, alter the “accident” took place—an “accident” which 13 only one of many— the Common Council met, and, after the trans- action of some routine business, Alderman Westervelt offered a resolution requiring a reduc- tion of the rate of speed to six miles an hour on the Pennsyivania Railroad and the removal of cars from side tracks, Dear crossings, where they obstructed @ wiew of the road aud so endangered life, limb and property. In support of his resolu- tion Mr. Wesvervelt enumerated A SERIES OF FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENTS, which had taken structions and other causes. spoke also and declared himself opposed to the resolution, but favored, however, & leasure com- pelling the railroad company to clear their tracks properly and fence them in, Mr. Westerveit said | he was not particalar about his resolution, but he was determined that bis voice and vove should be recorded in favor of protecting the thousands of | people who crossed tne railroad tracks. Tfie up- | shot was that the resolution was referred to | the Committee on Ordinances by a vote of 17 to4, A resolution was passed authorizivg the Street Commissioner to go on with the openings | through the embankment of the Newark aud New | York railroad, Meanwhile, in the case of Miss Wyckoff, the County Physician, Dr. Dodd, delays ordering an inquest. “He admits tliat the time has | arrived when a proper inquiry should be made Alderman Staisby | lic of Newark and @ wholesome activity | on the part of some of the local authori ties, while others are dilatory to a lace In consequence of the ob- | style and arrogance. HOMBURG, Increase of the Number of Visitors Sinee the Close of the Gambling Tables, Pleasant Life—Reading Rooms-—Musie— Theatre—Church—A Forest Festival, HOMBURG, July 13, 1874, An opinion has prevailed that Baden, Wiesbaden and other German watering places had suffered with the closing of the gambling rooms, These conclusions have proved, however, erroneous, especially with regard to Homburg, which enjoys @ greater prosperity than it ever did in the palmy days of M. Blanc and nis croupiers. Iwas speaking with the director of the Homburg Rall- road yesterday and was assured tnat the receipts of the road (trom Frankfort to Homburg) had this year been so far proportionately greater than in | any previous year, even before tie closing of the gambling rooms, While the green tables attracted | good number of wealthy people, especially Russians and the English nobility and the demi- monde, the great mass of respectable peo- ple who annually come to Europe for @ longer or -slorter residence were frightened away from @ place where the temptations to ungodliness were Of more than ordinary attract- iveness, Before the close of the gambling era Villas and town residences could have been pur- chased for & merely nominal sum, Now the price has increased most extravagantly, and people are settling here, some for the summer months and some permanently. BEAUTIES OF HOMBURG, ‘The natural and artificial beauties of Homburg must ever render the city one of the most ate tractive ofGermany. The fresh, gentle breezes com- ing from the summits of the Taunus fan the little city into a delightful temperature, while the resi- dents of neighboring Frankfort are perspiring in @ tropical glow. Then the grounds about Homburg, which, in the course Of many decades, have been transiormed by landgraves and M. Bianc from ordinary rural scenery to au artificial paradise, are now the property, 80 to speak, of the guests, to be enjoyed by them to the fullextent, We can wander anywhere and every- ) where, free and unmoljested—about the gardens of the cagtle and under the lovers’ archways of Joage, ad in the inglish garden, and then in the beautiful park grounds created by the gambling institution in former days. When we look on these beautiful scenes, called up by artificial means, til- | vertheless by, the ruin of hundreds of day’s HERALD, has had the effect of arousing a | Rea es 4 families, We cannot help thanking M. Blanc for some of our preseat enjoyment. Without the gam- bling tables Homburg’s beauties would never have been developed. As somebody niseann tly said that there Is @ concealed beautiful statue in every piece of marble if the sculptor only knows how to remove the superfuous stone, so almost every landscape contains the germs of @ natural paradise if the hand of the artist is per. mitted to remove the offensive and cultivate | the beautiful. True, the means employed to | the beautifying of Homburg were neither moral nor worthy ol general imitation—but then the present generation should not be held responsible for the sins of their predecessors and forefathers. MODERN HOMBURG. With the exception of the loss of the gambling tavles, and in the different class of its visitors, itso has remained in appearance about the same. The Kursaal ts certainly a far more agree- able place than it was; there being less push, and The rooms wherein formerly the green tables were placed are now used as read- | Ing rooms, where Papers and magazines of all countries are iree tothe guests. In this Hom- burg differs agreeably from Ems and some other ex-gambling piaces, where tbe liveried meniais stopevery stranger and demand a tee of five sliver groschen before he is permitted to enter the con- | secrated halls, ‘the concerts and other entertain- ments are the same under the present as the former management. There are concerts three times daily; in tne morning from seven toeight, at the Elizabeth Spring; in the afternoon in the Kur- garden, from turee to four, and evenings in tne Kurgarden, from hali-past seven to half-past nine. Every Friday evening there is a grand concert, With illumination, to which thousands of people come from Franklort and the neighboring places. Up stairs in tne Kursaal are rooms tor BILLIARDS, CHESS, DOMINOES, into the cause of these “ numerous _rail- Toad murders; but nevertheless, for ‘some | cause unexplained, delayed action in the matter, | At the time of the Squiers “‘accident” this official | declared his intentron to have an investigation | made should Mr. Squiers die. The case of Miss | not of @ wealthy jamily is urged by some as the } cause of the official delay, but those who best | know the County Physician place a more gener- AN HONOR TO MR, TUPPER, [From the Liverpool Post.] | Among the pensions granted out of the Civil List | during the past year is one of £120 to Mr. Martin | Farquiar Tupper. This announcement, which 1s contained in a Parliamentary paper published yes- terday, is noteworthy for an unusual omission. It | 1s not stated, as in all the other cases, for what | articular service the pension is granted. As, owever, Mr. Tupper is described as the author of | “Provervial Philosophy,” 1t may be assumed that — it 18 ont of regard to that wonderlul and much | abused book that the pension has been granted. Or is it appreciation of his “Protestant Bafiads” that in the present ecclesiastical crisis has won Mr. Tupper this substantial disunction? In either , case we should think the announcement will be | news to Poet Close, who will now have more to | say and sell in regard to his memorable martyrdom thanever. Distinctions are not always appre- ciable, and why Mr. Martin Tupper should gain what Poet Close was denied will be a puzzle to wil | readers who have made an equal gg 3 of the | “works” of the two great masters. Mr. Tupper’s | pension, it appears, is, with the exception of an | | annuity of £150 granted to Proiessor Sharpey, the | | sargest on the present list, which, notwitustand- ing, contains such names as those of Eliza Mete- yard and Professor Long. | A COMPLICATED BIGAMY CASE IN NEWARK. Yesterday afternoon, upon a charge made by Ludwig Rapp, Louis Zeliar and Elizabeth Rapp | were arrested on a charge of bigamy. The pair | were locked up to await examination. In th meantime Elizabeth declares that she, alter marry- ing Ludwig Rapp, discovered that he had aiready a | wile living. Hence, considering herself no wife at | all, she married Zellar. | KATE SPRAGUE'3 NEW LIFE, | The Milwaukee Sentinel, writing of Mrs. Sprague, daughter of the late Ohief Justice Chase, says:— The sorrows that came to her were felt by all, | and no woman has ever descended so gracefully | trom the dizzy heights of jortune as she; cailed in | the hey-day of her prosperity the Queen of Ameri- | can soctety, she 1s in adversity still a queen. Wnen | the order was issued by the Holt’s, of New York, | for the seizure of Senator Sprague’s property, of | course the family residenve was taken. irs. Sprague, with her charming children, gathered up her personal belongings in the shape of pictures, statuary, &c., and moved to Edgewood, the late residence of her lamented father, and there in eat seclusion she lives. Her luxurious carriage hag given way to a little rockaway, and her retinue ol servants has been reduced to jour. We saw her the other evening at a charitable entertainment. She wore deep mourning; her face was pallid and careworn. but her smile was just as sunny and her voice was just as cheery ‘as when there was nothing but peace and wealth about her. CANINICAL CAPTURES IN NEWARK. Up to yesterday the official lassoers of Newark | roped in about 160 dogs since the opening ot the | og pound on Monday last. Of this number over | one hundred have suffered the extreme penalty of | the law, which is drowning in a box basket, a | score or more at a time, tne piace of execution being the sylvan stream Passaic at its muddiest point, off the city docks. She capturing Of the dogs is the reverse of an easy or | pleasurable task. Nor is it sate, there being nt? bers of disorderly persons always ready to ite. Jere with doggie snatchers, albeit the latter act is strictly In accordance with law. Indeed, one of the | officers has tired of his job ana resigned, THE OLD MAN AT TP" WHEEL, {From the Ponghkeey @) Day after day up and down the + von goes an old man, standing hour after hour b)# he whee! in the pilot house of the steamer Danie. Drew. For nearly forty years bas he studied the tides, the coves, the reefs, the bars and shores of this noblest ofrivers, He 18 the oldest Hadgon River pilot now on active duty, He is the connecting link between the past and the present. We reier to Lewis Ensign, He will go back with you to the days of the steamers Paragon, Lady Richmond ana De- witt Clinton, and yet a little later the Osceola, Emerald, south America and other steamers. His back is now bowed a littie, bis face ts furrowed with wrinkles, and yet woen “old time friends’ Step into his cosey retreat on the hurricane deck of the feet steamer the eye of tne old man giiatens with delight, for he 1s Sure to have ap opportunity of talking over the scenes of by gone days. fe Is greatly respected, he is known from Matne to Cal- Hornia, and none esteem him bigher than those who employ him. When the great Pilotof all rings His beil for him to stop no North River steamboat | man willbe longer or more kindly remembered \ Wan ble “nls ag pt tue Wheel”, | | this point I canno. youch for the truth, Wyckotf is almost identical. The fact that she is | | ous Construction on his inaction. | | and agreeable testivities, ter in and, it is whispered, for real gambling, pnonen on me- where down in the grounds is a fine croquet aeons, and in Homburg there are always nuin- ers of charming ladies ready to participate in a jaine at your invitation. Then, at stated times, here are reunions, bails, lectures, theatre, ballet, | Opera. In opera and ballet Homburg offers great | attractions, securing on certain days of the week | the personnel oi the Darmstadt Court Theatre, one of the best in Germany. The theatre, in one wing | of the Kursaal, is @ pleasant, well ventilated | Structure. For the reltgiously inclined there are | two or three churches, with English speaking preachers, wherein the usual pulpit phuosophy Inay be enjoyed. Last Sunday heard a ‘preacher describe to his congregation the beauties charms of nature, and | then regret that, by reason of sin lying | like @ gloomy mist between us and it, we were | hot capable of its enjoyment, On coming out of the church I gazed on the beautiful stretch of country becween Homburg and the forest-clad lines of the Taunus, on smiling villages and sunlit landscapes, and felt the mountain breeze (anning my cheeks, and gazed on the beautiful features of charming guests—and wondered wheticr { came within the category of sinners, A FETE CHAMPETRE, The director provides for his guests very rational On the 8th of July a fete champétre or Wasdfest had been arranged to take place, and though on a small scale was a very enjoyable affair. The /éte took place in a secluded | meadow opening called the Deer Park, in the midst of the forest that stretches from within two miles of Homburg up the heights of the Taunus range. ‘The park is simply an enclosed part of the forest and 18 well stocked with deer, which are calied upon now and then to satisfy the appetites of Homburg guests. A couple of thousana guests, English, Americans and Germans went forestward, some in carriages and droschkies, others in hunting Wagons and coacues, which the director had pro- vided for @ very mocerate remuneration. One feels the active care which the director gives to his guests everywhere and in everything. it seems as ihe considered the people about him as his specia! guests; as if he tried to make all /-' a8 happy as possible. To me Homberg seem: _ far more attractive place than it was during the gam- biing days. ‘Then-the lackeys hardly condescended to greet you or to take your hat and caua unless you were in the habit of paying handsome fee: Now the porters and lackeys and gardeners pa: their respects to the guests in a pleasag} way, an seem to take as much interest in their wellare and pleasure as is necessary. ‘his gives’ decided home feeling to the place which makes.7))2 ie feel a desire to.rest a while in the city; ;.«and his Tests grow in'sngth as he becomes atiached to | persons and things, and he finally spend. months Biers he had originally allotted himself a lew ays. IN THE FOREST. But I must tell you of the “‘Waldfest.” After a drive of half an hour we come upon the Deer Park and enter the tree-surrounded meadow. On one side are benches and tables ior retreshments; fur- ther down booths tor innocent games ; on the oppo- site side of the meadow grounds laid out for croquet and the dance for children. Through the meadow flows a silvery tree-shaded stream, crossed by rude planks aiid evergreen ornamented bridges. Close beside it, undera clump of trees, the mill- tary band has taken up its position, and from four o’clock until the eud discourses to us irom the realm of music. The sete bears & very simple, senil-family character. There is nothing boister- ous, nothing unpleasant, and we wander about irom group to group and from the restaurant to the shooting galieries, irom the croquet grounds to the charmed circle enclosure for the dance, All our American friends who can put in an earanée. ‘There 1s the ommipres- ent r. Murphy, ex-Consul General of Frankfort, now engaged in depopulating Germany of its emigrants tor the benefit of Arkansas, who possesses a larger circle of acquaintances in Hom- burg than perhaps any other resident guest. Col- onel Mehaiy looks fresh and sunny asever. Mr. Aumired: alk trom group t0 group of acquain- admired, walks from group to g) \* tances—happy on ‘one aide of bis face, sad on the otner; happy in his present enjoyments and sorry to leave Homburg for the more materia) regions of Rock Island next week. Cgptain and Mrs. Symmes, with their blooming childfen, argtved later. Captain looks well and strong, snd is bus patents, and likes to dweil on memories ol West oint and his active naval life. Mrs. Syinmes is a charming lady, of Polish descent. But I must not call over the roll of the American guests until we come to the springs. About eight oral lock the sete 1s concluded by the | edge of the forests being illuminated with Bengal ving the acene a charming fairy charac- fia ever changing shades of color, The music ceases, the little baby dancers cease from their exertions, the booth and restaurant keepers begin to pack up their wares and toys, the guests assemble to see the paper fire balloons start of on «herr aérial voyages, and the deer, whieh are as tame as calves, come out from among tue trees and gaze With their dreamy wt upon acene, wondering, doubtless, why It is that people shouid honor them with visits to their secluded retreats and perhaps @ little mortified to find their charm- ing green meadow trampled upon by ruthiess feet. ‘Then we drive home, under the long avenuesin the OW Spread Over With gioolu, and reach the about nine. But the dav is still not over. guests assemble in the garde.s and on the balcony to listen to the concert and to take other glimpse of the comet, abet which there are Led conjectures offered as %to its size and length o/ tail and whether the earth ts finally to be destroyed by fire. Nearly all the guests can re- member the comet of 1861, but only one lady has somines Ue wlightest acquaintance with the one 2 : lights, \ a