The New York Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1874, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, | Of the stenographer’s notes. Mr, Storrs? nouse, when the sbor THE THTOV TURMON, ation Made speecues, Charging the o | the suture he wil be whether the stenographer is. 0 taiks to the committee, Mr, Pt Yesterday's Developments of fi: fiumitt.iroumeut the Brooklyn Scandal. | the other evening, “Gentlemen, | frends; if you were you would a Were two cecasions upon which Hot present, and on eaco of these visits cried and paruea ar ode of proc throughout, and as tor the boasted friendship of the reporters’ ior bin im a. fraternal , he remarked in the presence of the writer Mr. Mouiton, frank said :—‘We have had Plymouth echureh on its knees here.’ Of course, his testi- mony ought to be had, Kerorres—Are you willing to appear before the committee, Mrs. Stanton ¢ Mrs. STaNToN—No, not before that committee. When gentiemen who are in tue confiaence of its proceedings teil me that the integrity of every wit- ness Who appears against Mr. Beecher 18 to be im- peac hed, | have bo Wish to give my testimony. 1 belong tu a family of lawyers, and [ aave great re- spect or the law, When the case comes beiore & ely court 1 SHALL WILLINGLY APPEAR but that there Hitom went to f-hand writer was flence cited. For to ascertain mn hand betore he on expresses lin ling of you are not my interview te. ? Samaer gine? aii 2" | So much tor his opinion of jouraalistic regard for | if summoned, ‘There is uo stronger proof that the 2 aMicted brother, It 18 ior the readers to juc committee have a difficult case iz sustaimmg Mr. whether Mr, ‘Tilton is correet or r wise, Beecher than is understood determination to im- Contemplated Arrest of, "™" SULTUSS ARBEDT. peaci the iuvegrity of every wituess ugalust hit . The hie¢hly virtuous Bostonian recent importa- | and no b PEOnE oF the strength of Mr, rilton tion, Gaynor by name, but not agaimer ti the pres- position than its Subteriuges im trying to unde Conspirators. but ivansietion, came upon the stage on Wednes- nine him by attacking the characters of all the e a justice of the peace 10. ¢ fhe event was regarde: Further Revelations by a time being, and & local tra ica be ashamed ol | SaMevent imp to the tiansuction to strike | be ashamed Mrs. Tilton. | Crao “extra” whieh was cried through SUCH ACQUAINTANCE! streets of Brookiya till past midaight. as Grace Greenwood, Celta Burleigh, Anna Dickin- —_— —_—— low morning M liiton appeared, with von, Lucy Stone, Susan B, Anthony or Paulina counsel, bewre Justice Riley and an effort Davis, who kav Ji besa honored visitors at Lis was made to have the oficious com- house, It ts beweath tue diguity of any man or MRS. STANTON SPEAKS AGAIN, pitnant“Winaraw ihe enarge, as he nad no committee of men to attempt to suadow lives like Witnesses to prove tae complaint, ‘the eflore thes pa eee failed and tae cause Was adjourned until Monday KevorTeR—Do you think Miss Anthony would be (ee orrow). In the meantune the commitree wag D 1e: fiona ore Wwe Committee? h ivil meet each ever y and some days in the alternoon ir. STANCON—I think not; but beiore the civ their arduous lavors, keeping taeir lips closed to KbPORTEN—Mrs, Stanton, do you papers eo) ori nS "4 sites the reporters, or pedestrians of the press, a8 they | doctrine ot tree love, a8 advocated by Mrs, Wood- Tilton on the Woodhull Story Are bow more irequentiy Te.med, in shew noetar> hull? F hal “walk rounds” about tue Heig! 1 Brooklyn. Mrs. Sranton—No; I believe in law. I have ee Be Un Friday evening Mrs. tilton appeared before the | always been in iavor of doing everything tn lar. somimittee and re over tue testmmony t iyi the mony W law. In my address on “Marriage and week pieviows. She also explained several px Divorce,” Walch Was Made ID sUbsiance Deore Lac TILTON’S FAMILY INSANITY. | apou wnicn red 10 be euligitened touca- Legisiature of New York, | gave Inv Views on lig the cuuses Whiel Jed to the anuuus exhibited THE WHOLS SUCLAL QUEST. 3 par, by ber buspand a he pas‘or and iriend Of | The speech 1s pudlisted, Any One caa refer to it. | tes youth and ima the Tre Jopmeuts of KeronreR— ihe Chicugo Mail and Post aurivu ee : . - erday were | reportcd airest lor COD- to Mrs, Jones these words :—*Miss Authouy would The Voice of the People on the cy being the chiles topie of conversation. hot have. revealed a, convession of orimunality a ar THE 8s IN THE CASE made by Mrs. Titon to any one—not Brocklyn Blight. are scattered. Mr. ‘Tilfon remains at nis lonely. Stanion.’? What have you vo say on that ? Labitauon, No. 174 Livingston street; Mrs, ‘t Mrs. SYANTON—Jirs, Jones did not tell to the SoM aud Sadly Siu48 in tu siz: 258 = 205 her Kind friend’s resideace, Mr. ~ _ : see Hicks street; M wih OPINIONS OF THE PRESS, | (liv ana coos wit tow and hustled poor “iempest tossed’? ‘Tiiton olf ladies of bis acquaintance. his circle, boast nobi those Can Mr, Beecher, in trucr, purer women than apswver the charge das @ Sensation journal attached eo Da Matland /ost all that sve might have toi oOvIL, Anthouy and | have beea timate friends ior 0 181 more tun thirty years. When we met tue evening noon Frida, aiter the conlessions, both iresa with astonish | noon for veekski ere he Is enjoying & peace- ment, it Was periectly natural that we should ei Get Ii, quiet Sabbath; | Frank | Mouiton may muiuuily confide, And we did so, 4 at’ Narragansett Pier; Frank Carpenter 18 2 REVORTER—iave you heard trom CONSPIRATORS TO BE ARRESTED. fhomer, 8. ¥.; H. C. bowen is at Wooustock, Coun nis ANTHONY =m | and the ovner cni or bemoaning thei mina ia tue bear of proceedings. themseives Considerable excitement was caused yesterday | thar rau by the circalation of a report to the effect that the This ha, members of the Plymouth Cuurch Investigating Committee were out to take the aggressive against those who would Jain ruin Mr. Beecner by circulating slanderous aud libellous statements concerning him to the world. The rumor was that District Attorney John Winslow was about cause the arrest of 8.x individuals who have be The following has been given o n belore tue comuiuttce of invest a eveniny | arrest ? conspicuous in carrying on the warfare against Teg meacsbur opti Gao: Tee, SvumrCn:Eowee. ty Lovee shat ik wonld Plymouth’s much deiamed and venereble | qne only witness examined by tue Committee | bring the case into the courts, but 1 suppose so me pastor under ihe degenerate banners of | was Mrs. Bizabetn ‘iilton. ‘She tad no writien | Olver means will have to be taken to accomplish Tbeodore Tilton. ‘The charge upon which | Sttement ai ails It was an oral examination: ox: | At the conclusion of the interview, which had these arrests were to made was cou- tremely afeciing aud bore the very stalp ol sautly seasoned with a lunch aud spiced spiracy to deiame and injure Mr. Beecher. | tru. x Feniarks on a varlety o1 topics, rs, | Mr. Winslow disclaimed any Kaowledge of such | _*T% Tilton went on to uncover in detail the sor- | Stanton observed, “1 don’t \ike to be represcnted . rows that had aiiictea her home tor many years — by the pre: ss striking a blow ata Wouan; but intention wheu the subject was broacied to him, | past perforine] her tusk in @ Diaoner tat | When tC to tle WO Ken O the suirage move- moved almost to tears. she had made to restrain and at the same time declined y gpivion bearing upon the scandal He was us | She had tage ready as ever to discuss the planetary system and | ty ner thal he had wholly ch to delve into the thicket Of stars “above the world | had held on the mirage Felatio so high,” but would not breathe a syilabie of infor: Yoo inuch reson 0 | mation touching the Star Chamber sessions at When he prougat Storrs’. nd tuaposed to express 4 igo sters im the afuir are enjoying MRS, TILTON'S EXAMINATION. ae skeleton outline Of the examination of Mrs. Tiron, He phe recoun! men, bUL he Openly anged tie views he | eve that he ouststen ¢ Woounulis vo ber since the publication of your statement ? Plot, u8 best suits Mrs. STANTON—[ have, she las been on a lectur- gs ol tae scandal ing tour, apd bas beeu very UDWiiling tO Bay Quy- | tulng about the matter. She considered 11 Would be a breach of conddence. REPoxreR—id you read Mr. Carpenter’s state- | ment, published in the Argus ? | Mrs. Sranion—1 did, aud io tts confirmation I have to say that during Iny recent visit to Jauling n unoMecially as @ Davis at Providence sie toli me that she had rd this story iroa Ouver Johnson's iamily long before IL knew auything ol it. REPORTER—W hat do you think of Mr, Tilton’s igauon, on Friday | ment ana Mr. Beecher | preier to let him kick the beam, though he may take some oue Woman with bin.” <i the eforis om gomy anuc DUES Is THEODORE. TILTON INSANE? pases ob, and sue bad, Was | with thas | {From the Brooklyn Eagie of yesterday.) ‘This is a questivn that many peopie are asking CRISP CRITICISMS OF A CITIZEN. ‘ i to to-day. It isa question that very intimately con Acitizen who heard the story of the pending ar- | UP0D her she used every means in her power to | to-day. Ut 18 a quostod & ; n s : ih ge se ie induce them to leave, bUt (vey Would not go. She | cerns the happ ness of thousands of others in unts eats for conspiracy said:—‘do not believe that | dnauy, m despair, sent for the police to remove | Gisiracsed community. 1tis aquestion the solu: it is the intention of the committee to do anything | then, ‘aud wien ‘tue Woodhulis heard that they | “isiracte vf i leit. ‘Keierrmg to the scene oi Susan Anthony was there, she sa of the sort. Nothing, in my cpinion, could ve more remote from their intentions on the subject. tion of Which would go far to setcle one of the most perplexing social difMiculties thatever divided this night, when id it Wasa scene They | of great vioie: and excitement. Sue paid Speers flo not want to make an issue before tue courts, as | sabe never suw Theodore so crazed as he | Sud exasperated a people. Itis @ question that was that night. Miss Anthony siept with | possidly involves the personal satety, if not the shey know no good could possibly come of such a proceeding ior their favorite, Mr. Beecher, It may lave to come before the courts eyentally, however, and it will be time enough or them to ‘bid the old voy good morning when they meet him,’ They occupy a position | Hontien wana had 1 similar to that whicn Davis did during the | tuat there was a word ol tratn 1 ‘ate unpieasantoess’—t. ¢., ‘all they want is tobe | no truti iv that statement, letalone.’ Time and quiet is the best cure for ‘a | Sue does Lot believe that mind diseased’ such as is that of the pubilcin ripersh Sas alte this epoch of se They boast about prose- cuting this investigation to the bitter end, ‘with- out fear or favor, probing the matter to the | bottom, no matter who may be hurt,’ and all that ner sud made very free referet eireulacion about Theodore’s lt | solemnly that it was not true she on Lo Susan Anthony 01 auy i her part. All sne sil { ‘iheodure was curculating nd ton, Motion, Wrote a Word, either ina ment, affecting amproperiy b phe answered sue never had; u to her ou that subject was | for u long time, to her prejudice and that of | ta thougny of saying | It Was entirely {uise. | | would say that she ever gave a hint in that direc- Mrs. Lilton Was asked il sue ever, of her own | rseli or Mr. Beecher? ever did Was to copy papers that ‘Iheowore to the stories in = vb t She cud Guoet | UYes of two members of this community, mae any con- | Upon it the £agle attempts to throw some light. Juproper act on | THE CAUSE OF THE INVESTIGATION, It is a matter of public notoriety that a brother of Theodore Tilton was for some time an inmate of the Flatbush Lunatic Asylum, and that he died insane, ‘This fact, the unaccountable perfor- mances of Theodore Tilton in relation to tie all absorbing investigation now going on, and the | following letter, which explains itself ana which Was recentiy received at this office, were the mov- ing causes of the inquiries instituted by the Za; has the moss hug | the results of which are here given. " ” stories, and had | nit. ‘There was letier or a state- ort of talk, It means nothing, however, but — . fads Wek Ge ae aera b pebichiced ESE = RS RES BA rs my 25, 1874 ‘ SADLY SHOOKED sai » | Know the contents oi ~aper. sodore | 70 5am MIRO. OF sim Epo oRree 4 SOP TO SOOTHE THE SADLY SHOCKED SENTIMENT | would make assurances that 1¢ was best | J! the People of your city cannot re und morality of the community. brought by that man Gaynor, of Boston, against | rte peng alerting Tilton for lubel, it 18 simply ridiculous,” said the | ghe was sick in beu, upon tue stro! speaker, “us he can throw no light upon the case | by him that it was for ner best ohe way or the other, and there, can be little doubt | tHe Statement Was prepared for as to the course Justice Riley will pursue on | mis Monday moraiug when the case is brought up fora | was hel ng the thing on, Theod statement and bro nearing. Gaynor, I understand, has no evidence | Word o! aghtivio her to titty, dint Theodere Tilton 4s suilering under strong de- | 41s¢ Churcu end a leader of the choir. Jonathan | 5 Bc ne: c] copy. She copied ik UNUL she gob to the clause Ty 2un! They will teil you that it takes buta litle spark | 8Cttle¢ hear Aiduletown aud never leit that place, | to give in the case other than that which has been | cna that ur, Beecher hud made Mmproper ad- {9 fire the finders of the Miton house. i He 1s au upright man, but has no iorcs of cuaracter. | published already. He has gained hts point in the Mer i to her. She refused to copy it further, and ni rite {inte nerety: in charity, to Eg Tilton, believing Silas ‘iliton, Theodore’s jather, lives in heyport, sceie raul P t0i wiore that it Was laise aud @ ureat Wrong — that ithoursd cectiy upon and in the end will aecount | fe was lor twenty-Lve or. thivly yea kK matter of notoriety, however, iftuat ts Of any Sat | Woon ur, heecuer. Theodore sald, “Never tind; | tor ihe mystery tatnow agitaes wnd divides Your com: feaderin the Duane street Methodvet Epracomnt isfaction or value to him, The complaint is de- | {ys best you should doit 1 have got my true | "unity. In strict confidence, Da rrr te ee fective in itself, We all know that Tilton bad | biatewent of tue story al) written here (showing | ‘#eferences) ee ¥ 3 her a roll of manuscript). as ment of yours ior the story That was | wuntto stow it to Dr. Storrs.) the work of his “aithial irlend’ and groomsman, | Avout four weeks before Augustus Maverick, who wrote a card to the press exonerating Mr, Tilion irom any knowledge of or band in the giving of that statement to the press, nothing to do with the publication of the «worn statement made beiore the committee. called hus him that 1t atieatioa to the sti as false. stick gleefully took all the responaib’ she bad yielded to Lneodore’s ivreible persussions, Bay. It is reached by a delighttul sail of two hours bre tiadl Bleetuliy took all the responsibility J0F | The poctor said to her Le Wisuet he hav KavWD it by steamer {rom New York. Making his head- ab act, 80 that the ground for complaint, i there earlier, and asked her if sme was aware that she nad z i ve uny ‘in that matter, lies agaist tue enter- | committed an enormous sin in charging such a | (uarters at the Pavilion, a seaside hotel kept by ee re ct fai oar te tmits, ere thing on Mr. Beecher. she said **¥ butit was anord resident of Brooklyp, the reporter soon put huving sent tue card sed to In the Other | Theodore’s will aud not mine,’? or words to that 1 c ation with ri ¢ ot | complaint to the newspapers. He did not, he | effect, In reierence to the to in tue formation atid welt to works eo ait noUSSee ECE ela me do any q thar whe has done ihe ton the | secoharie Jetter in connection with STATEMENT OF THE FIRST PARTY. friends of Mi. Beecher take exception tor the GRIFFITH GAUNT, she tiecparty 6 eranunirian were pose of slandering or defaming that genti she had not then read the book through, and her | ay on mud rene rable iohabieane oF tho tawny i: What le has said he etili he can prove, aud | ye as to seler sitaply to the Sin Of alioWing the — genileman oi some scientilic and of good intehece le has been sviciy actuated by the desire to de- | influence of ahusiand to be lessened by her regard | qual acquirements, and reluted, not very distantly, | ivnd lumseul, i ; x for her pastor. But she said inte manuer ty a New York mubic:pal officer of high rauk, The THE PAST SEVEN DAYS toward her Was aoe0—lus Words Of Gisrespec: and “Gesired iniormation Was ircely given, the only have Deen momentous in the extreme to the canse | ine & OL Lis Wish that she Was out ol te cond tion made being the omissiou of the inform. ©. religion, morality and society. Tbe fireside, tue | way and not near him, t she ieit “there Was &® ani's name, a condition m-de in every mstance pulpit, the public streets, ihe railroad cars and ; damper wv een thew. phe said wh Mr. by the kiud hearted people who deprecated equatiy steamboats, the quiet lara: bou the s pus = Beecher met her he was kind, venerous, syma- | public notoriety in ihe Heecher-iiilon case and hails of the fashionavie summ-r retreats, the sea- pathetic, that she feit that in Mis presence she Was any possibly arising differences irom this cause shore and the suady dell, tie mill tops aud depth respected and appreciaied, She said sae feared among thentselves, pig ee have feels nae = ia = same that ieeling had carried Tatas and it was that From this gentleman the following facts were be, and the Keynote thereul Was the scandal of and that aioue, she referred to Wuen she said, “I 1 , iher oL ! Tile the The press of the country has taxed its | now see my sin.’ : Heat geveral ot Rinuucion vena ReTpornaae to tue utinost to make room for the pubiica- | tion Ol everything bearing on the subject upper- | most in the minds of the people. Papers nave beeu m unprececented demand everywhere, and Those now read who t 1 beiore | fe those who alw nave only read the more. | picid The Week bas deen one of longing with the In- | interview with Mrs, E, ©, Stanton, aad im answer js quite weil to do m_ the world, ‘The vostigaling Coluimitiece, to the query Whetuer the previous mierview was | family origiuated near Middictown, @ few 1.08 FOR MUTUAL MOULTON fi ri | miles from Keyport, and was — considered to appear beiore thein and produce those letters, | COFrect she said :— | an old one, ‘The grandiather of ‘Theodore, cn | which he i$ supposed to bave in bis possession. Mrs. STANTON—It was, certainly. The only inac- his fatuer’s side, died many years ago, and noth- Yue padle has shared in We anxiety to have | cnracy Wiicd J recall Was Lue statemeat as tothe ing was known in Keyport, or at least could be Frank demonstrate Wwe dednition of bis cognomen | ime When Mr, ‘ii 3 story to Mrs. Builard learned on orief inquiry, of bis mental pecuilari- by Making ai ire? and irabk staemento! “all andtome. It was not his ‘table talk,” as one of — ties, Of his sons—Theouore’s lather and une he knows,’ as requested to do by Mr. Reeche the papers Made so muco Ol; 1) Was told in the ‘Theodore’s father was considered to be the | But, the dear commitiecmen. and the still dearer | library, alter dinuer. people, were not to be gratiied in their expecta- | was tions. Mr. Moulton, ewing to indisposition on Mrs. Tilton made A CONFESSION a B. Anthony ¢ the part of a tual 10 absent the entire week. mber of 18 faunily, fouyd it imsell at Narragadsett Pier, Coun His OWN indisposition to cor ply with the request of the committee is appar- STANTON—Not the slightes ent It will b membered that when he ap- | thin though 1 had heard ie myseil. pared velo: ommittee upon Lis organization uks the troth. he Made a statement in Which he said, "i hold the KevoRt opinion tha: Mr. Beecher should irankly state t | inalint he had committed wn offence against Mr. Tiltou . STANTON—Yos; Criminal ae for which it Was necessary to apologize, and (or eraily understood, Mrs. Tutou di which he did apologize in the language Of the let- | 1t in that way, ter, part of whico auc 1.” He contender that he “doemed it for Mr. Tilton to Tilton has sinced charged ? have made the delence against Dr. Leonard Bacon Mrs. S¥ANTON—Precise: which he did make, and that Mr. Beecher shouid KePonTER—You know, beyond sning Of this pain- | Theovore filton told to'you and jul case.” The committee were not satisfied with | the stoty of his wiie’s intidenty this statement, and demanded 4 detailed account | Mrs. Srastoy—Uertainly, The 01 @il Moulton Knows of the matier, He positiveiy | case he told us at tne tune i have reused wo accede to this demand, An issue was | incidents relaved in the made betweeu him and the committee, and Mr. | have never heard oj; but the st Moulton stands to-day upon the same negative | frou Bis lips, ground ne oceapied woun be dechued to give that | RePortes deviled stavement. | story did he ever deuy it t CONCERNING TESTIMONY. | “Mrs. StaNTON—Yos. When the The publication of tue examination of Mr, Tilton | derbolt had fallen Mr. Wilkeson in the papers on Monday furnished food tor the rejuse to be a party to the reop ynduigence of the most insatiable scandal joving | any such statement regarding bis wil maw, and was accepied variously, according to | as I Was tniormed of this [said the Views of the reader, for or against Theodore, | ‘I have prool of my #tory, and It was takeu up by tue press, picked to pleces by | straight to Mrs, Bullard’s with editors and subscripers, reproduced with incisive | there; and in an laterview, last comments by tue same papers in piecemeal, and | 1 recalled to Mrs. &: there are lew men or Women to be (ound who igivle otherwise, iM the Case, ior (ue reason that | same occasion Miss Anthouy, they have formed an option which 1 would quire evidence to remove. It must be however, that the wisdom of Vestigaling Committee in OFFSETTING THE DAMAGING STATEMENTS | Chicago paper interview, refer which were being made against their pastor by | Mrs. STaNTON—T'oO making public every word of the testimony tukea KeportsR—What do you think by the stenographer before that body that ieil | credited to her? from the lips of the ex-editor of the Golden age wae generaily indorsed. The committeemen are themselves Well Satisied with their course in this particular at. this siage, though earlier m the re- admitted, the Plymouth Jn- | Mrs. Bula air, Titon, stated t with Elizab same charity toward Mrs. toward meée—helieve that the inte: her words incorrectly. week tuere were afew gentiemen who dissented | undersiand how, not knowing th: from the opinion of the majority, Mr, Titton’s to mak subsequent card, Which appeared on Tuesday in told her the mns of the press, asserting that the tes | That is, in order to hide the trath, tumouy was not given in ertensio; that he did not way he bg no other evidence to produce in FRANK MOULTON rt gg 3 his cha of criminality between | conld render if he wished ? M ton and Mr. her, caused some sur- | Mrs. STaNTON—Nothing more than that he has | rise. it was roved upon inquiry that | been tn the confidence of Mr, Beecher for many testimony Takeo wos ® uaiplete iruuscrivt | vears. Afver a visit which the latter once made to | AS for the suit | to do it for the peace of the Jumily, for her peace , tO help him oui of his business F. B. CARPENTER | i Want that state the counci! sat she Jelt that she had committed a great wrong, and, with- out cousultiug anybody, she went to br. Storrs, tement, and told She expiained to him how MRS. STANTON AGAIN. ‘The Brooklyn Argus of last evening has another Ju otuer respects the report —Yon have no doubt in your mina but | 2R—And that confession was of acrim- | mucy with Henry Ward Beecher Kerokrnk—Bnt it was @ confession of what Mr. Woounull Aiter Mr. Tilton had told you this | ‘Tiiton and the jatver flatly denied having made Bullard Mr, Tiitou’s conversa tion to us om the Beecher matter, and she sully ‘ould be competent to Kerve as jurors, were they | Confirmed my statement to Miss Autuony. On tue message Mr, Wiikeson had communicated eth on that memurabie p Rerortek—To whom does this Mrs. Fernando Jones. Mrs. STANTON-—Perhaps I ought to extend the | Jones that sie has | At the same time J re anything public, Mra, Jones might have | ntory Gt Of simple friendship for me. RegrorrkR—Have you any idea what testimony ities, the te s the cunning, the polish, rent openness, the irankness and the dup. Theodore Tilton, perbaps it you could see Dr. ‘Irenwn, he could tell you something of Mr. Tilion’s & Was done while nest statemencs lly’s mental history. I reter you also to x-Judgo Ne aieatas when: [0 , Who knows the whole of the Tilton. fami trae and can relute incitents of their aberrations ‘1 Dr, Siorrs to see, Knew Theodore Tilton's poor book pedaling orotuer in Keyport. This poor creature had a wanderiag mind that often betrayed itsel'. He died with Joss of tucul: If you yo to Keyport, where Tiiton’s iather now lives, you will tind but one belie! among the people there, an jore wrote every + ON THR WING. On Wednesday last, armed with letters of intro- dnction to responsible parties, the reporter of the Eagle went to Keyport. This place, a beautiful village of three or four thousand inhabitants, is in Monmouth county, and 1s situated on the Raritan to hinge on. 1 | ‘ths was done. ton and several of his uncles ive in Keyport and vicinity, ‘They have “queer” set. shoemaker, and was in the business In Greenwich atree), New York; acquired some means, increased his property by @ life insurance on tue ie of the | lunatic von who was treated at Flatoush, and now ulways been considered @ “soundest” one, neatally, of the number, One of his unces travelled about, shoemaking a litte and playing on the fiddie a great deal. was a carpenter. Another, “/lekel,”’ aa he was samillarly termed, now dead, liad two sons, George and Benjamin, by one wile, aud a daugoter, Mary, dy avother. Benjamin now lives in New York! and is janitor of the Irving Bank Butdig. George now lives in Keyport. Beiore going to New York Benjamin got in a ““jueer way, He went sere at tie instance ot the present castuer of the bank Who took an ioterest in him. The cashier livesin Keyport. It 1s believed that Benjamin's mind 1s right now. George has been ‘in a queer way tor years back.” He was @ carpenter, He would get discouraged and give up business with. it; not any more susan always the word is g id not look upo out assignabie cause, as he was weil to do and bad | all doubt, that to Mra, Bullard 4 nicer or seven lace, His wife gov him off to Virgimia six weeks last winter on accoant of bs mental condition. He 18 sll “in @ queer Way,” tas, apparently, a species of hypochondria, He would’ quis work for no reaton, say nothing jor a jong time, and then aeciare that he was ying to die, His mind is evidently affected. neodore bas not been to see his mother or se eral years, althongh it is ouly two hours irom Brooklyn, by a beautiful ride down the Bay, Which seemed to bean odd way oi loving her, ‘Ziekel? | and another brother, uncies of Pheodore, built two houses. One of the houses was unfinished for fif- teen years. The uncle who was a carpenter was very pecuilar, He woula work at his nouse three or jour days and then neglect tt for a long tume. “Ziekel? would drink whiskey, but never discov- ered anything that would ve termed insanity. Tne | daughter of “Ziekel’ had been tasane ior years, ‘This Was the snbstance of what this intormant knew, communicated without much attempt at (questioning and Without attempt at arrangement. from | This gepteman voluntecred the statement that rd her interview | the {atier and mother ol Theodore were respect nt. avie people, and that the mother had repeatedly unt, in the | expressed ber belief in the innocence of Mrs. Bllza- Leth siltop. His tather, on the contrary, had said that he knew Theodore had beea a wild boy, but that he hardly thought be was so bad as to make such @ charge as he had made anless it was true, ‘The informant said that public opinion in Keyport Was divided on the subject of tue Beecher-Titon affair, but that there was no doubt the Tiltons, a8 & jamily, were “queer.” AUTHORITY NUMDER TWO, The next person to whom the reporter applied | was a jady,a woman o! fine attainments and | highly cuitared. Her residence is a beautiiul one, looking Oul upon the bay, Aud the entire surround- ings were those oi eiegauce, This jady 1s a widow, and she is avery near relative of the New York omcial to whom frelerence jas been made above. Not @ little interest is attached to her narration, from the tact that she knew Theodore Tiiton wuen main facts of the specified. Many Statement 1 ory itssi i heard Woodhull than- called upon Mr. As soon | to Miss Anthony, | I want you to go me.) ‘We went | ing over an hour, | indignant at the of tue statement | rviewer reported | lily | at 2 had decided | lentified with (he var.ous retorm movements | & in this country? ‘Neither Alt, nor Mrs, Viltou necd | Biss | and | Theovore’s ‘ather was originally a | Another | he wus a youth, in New York. She studied the phonograpmic art in the same class with iim, and by chance was throwo into contact with the early bana oF _ iree lovers, who looked to Stephen Pearl Andrews us their high priest, Mrs, —— told many interest- ing meicents of Theodore Tilton’s early career, re soon saw the evil indiuences of the people who surrounded him, He couid date the wreck of his life irom those associations, Mrs. —— became early horrified over the msidious and too olten successiul attempts OL these early tree love disci- | ples to seduce from virtue young people with whom they came in contact, and promptly severed | ail association wita them. A very interesting ace count of these early tree lovers—the forerunners of tne more pronounced sexual reiormers of the Woodhull type—could be written from this lady’s early knowledge of them, But the reporter’s misston referred to the mental history of the Titon tunity and not to the morals of Theodore Tilton's early associates, Mrs. —— confirmed in substance the relation iven by the first formant, George Tiltop, the cousin of Theodore and soa of Ezekiel Tilton, was mien aly delectve. His half sister, Mary, by the same lather, married a gentleman by the name of Carter, This cousin of beodore ‘ame lusane ten years ago on the occasion o! a religious revi- vai, When quire a young woman, She was sent to an Asylum, and was supposed to be cured. She had separated irom her husband, Mr, Carter ingti- tuted proceedings for divorce, Dut was Geteated. They never lived togetuer again, he practically deserting ber, A year ugo iast Winter, at another religious revival, Mary Carter again became 1n- sane, AS she had beeu a schoolmate oi the tn- Jormant, and a8 her insanity appeared to be ofa uid type, Mrs, — provided assistance tor her, and Mary was Jor some time in hrs, —'s iamily. the form of her derangement related to her re- Iugdons Iie, soul when @ girl and had never possessed one on She could not work, she said, on that ace count, Mrs. —— on one occasion said to her, “Mary, YOu Say you have no soul; you have live very Weil for years without une; don’t you think 1018 foolish to talk sur? admitted that it was. Mrs, —— informed the reporter that Theodore ‘Tiiton's_ mother was a ‘Tilton, the relationship be- tween Theodore’s 1atuer and mother vefore mar- riage being that of second cousins, Mrs. —— ex- pressed a belie! that ‘Cueodore fllton's mind was hot right, and ane had thouzat 80 ior a long ume, She uso ‘contirmed she statement that Taeodore ‘Tutoa's mother believed im the innocence of Mrs, Elizaveth Tilton. SVATEM NY OF A MEDICAL AUTHORITY. Dr. —— was the next source of iniormation, This gentieman is a pi ysician of excellent standing and loug practice, a inan of extensive acqaire- Ments abd Cautious judzigent, Dr. —— stared that George filton 18 undouotedly crazy. He vised that George be sent toa lunauc asylum two years ago. Lis iather, Bzektel (ilton, was always: very “queer.” Eagar’ Tilton, Meodore’s vruiher, Who died insane, bad a ile insurauce policy in tac New York Lite jor $4,000 He upplicd to Dr. —— (the informant) to be exumined, and the Dvctor reiused to pass him. Eugar then went to New Yorks, and the examining physician of the company pa-sed him, br, — Could vot pass Aim ou uccdune oO: mental derange- | ment. Only six months’ premium was paid wien Kdgar died. Kugar Was a@ poor bvok pedier, and the money for the first premium was saved in pedaling books about tre couatry. Theodore’s lather (Seyar’s iatier also) was very cross when hy heard Kdgar had taken cut this poltey, but wheu the second quarteriy instalment became due ‘che helpei pay if, as agar could vot do it ‘bheodore’s father was very “queer.” Wen | the company noted him to make out the provis of death in order to re- ceive his money, he took no steps for a long time. “Ibe company seut the pavers tor Lim to sign, but he never scemed to know what to do. or, —— finally did tie buisoess tor hin. ‘the father seemed to be mentuily incapabe of the effort required, and but jor the wing aud the assistance, Would probably never have taken any steps im the matter, pumuel filton, another uncie O01 «tevdore, died tour or tive years ago. He was very “queer.’? Also, Mary Carter, a cousin of Theodore, is now in @ lunaue asylum, Dr, — Was officially engaged in the examination upon Wuich she Was declared a lunatic, ANOTHER OLD CSTIZEN’S STATEMENT. The reporter next called on a geuticinan who has resided at Keyport ior iauny yeurs; 1s a Sab- bata school superintendent, a ciizen in mgh stuniing, bota suciaily and officiaily, the unpor- tance of (his gentieman’s statement will be some- Wilat appreciated by the tac, aa he informed the reporter, that he was then on the point of com- family to tue public through tie newspapers, as having possiviy au importaat bearing in the Beecver-liion case. The reporter of the Lagle saved iim that trouble, Ol tae paternal grandiather Mr. could give no tniormation, ‘tue lamily originated down bear Naversink, in Monmouta county. the sons were Silas (Chevdo-e’s fatuer), bzckiel, Jubn, Horatio, Ashur and Jonathan. Of Ezexiei's cuii- dren three have proved to be insane or very pe liar, George hus been 12 an insane asyinm. so has Mary. Theodore’s brother, edgar, Was 1n an | asylum, | times, Bus Benjainin have excellent Women imsanity of Mrs. arter is of a religious type. Pretty mucn all | of Tueodore were addicted to drink. Joho nas | been dead tor several years. tie Was “very queer,” as they cali it here, Horatio live —nooody kuows Where, He Was @ Sort of a Wunuerer, Without home, lds wile is dead and he @ periect -ot. He | bas two suns, cousius of Theodore, pow living in | Keyport, one a carpenter and the otuer a vlack- suite. B of them 1s rather eccentric. out, He has no along. ana Geo: 40r wives. Tilton very bad the oncies ‘The same trait sucks pacity lor business or tor getting Horatio used tu be a member of the Metho- | | dore’s imbecue brother was always surewd enough | to know wuen people were making fun of him, | and im some respecis he was quite talented, At times he seemed to have 2 mind equal to Theo- | dore. For some reason unknown Theodore's ther, alter his long conection witi the Meinod- st Church, leit and join-d tie Baptises. Notwith- Bianding (48 position in the church, and uotwith- Standing ail Of ihe admonitious o1 his brethren, | | this father of Theodure nas been a persistent orinker. He is, however, regarded as a respect- ane man, and ls wile is an esiimabl: woman, | She was reporvea to have said that it made no dif. ference What theodore suid, Or What Mr. Beecher | Bald, sue Gid NOt beveve ia the gullto: Kuzabeth | Tutoa, Ashur ‘Tiltoa’a waite says the sane thing. | Asuur Tilton has always been a respectable citi- zen, Thevdore’s wile used to Visit but these lam- illes, and where, in bis statement, le speaks of sending his Wile into the country, 1 was to his father’s ond to Ashur fiiton’s. ‘This ended tie inquiry uito the paternal branch ot Theodore Tilton’s faintly. THE MATERNAL BRAN The reporter then proceeded to and caled upon Dr. renton, N. J., . This pentieman’s name, if mentioned, would be recognized far and | wide. He 18 a physician of many years’ standing, | Ol fine reputation, He is the’ President of he | Boara of Health of the city of Trenton, Present- ing bis credentuais and stating his business, the | reporter was cordially received, aud was at once put in possession of the desired injormation. Tne inguwry related to the maternal branch of Tueo- doce Titon’s family. Fron Dr. tue reporter learned the tollow- ing facts The maternal grandfather of Theodore Tilton wasa Tilton, Ths man, William Tilton, leit Mon- mouth county some tuirty years ago, and came to ‘rrenton, where he lived several vears, He was possessed of @ moderate competence and built @ wouse in Hanover street, in Which ne lived. In consequence of some trifing loss = (some $5.0) this maternal = grand. | fatner of fheodore Tilion went insane, He never recovered the use of his faculties, bat died in that condition, Walla Lilton had two wives the flist iad two children; she died in Monmouto connty, and he marriet came to Trenton, ‘the mother of ‘Iheoaore | Titon is the daughter of William Tilton by | Wiiam Titon’s first wife. By the second wile | he bad two sons and’ two daughters. The daughters are both Lying, having married in Yrenton, and are respected inembers of society, Of the sons, One died o1 consumption, and tie other one went deranged several years ago aud W sent 10 the Trenton Lunatic Asylum several tunes, ‘This Fon, Atos Tilton, went crazy Over an invens tion vw carry eggs 10 market withont breaking then. He js pow dead. Wiiliain Tilton was a prise, wits to tie last. According to thia anthority and the statement of one of William Tiiton’s: daughters, | the father and moti ot Thevdore Tilton were dis- tantly related. ‘Tuis closed tue inquity. SATURATED WITH INSANITY, wople Why pruiess to knOW:—On the paternal side of Theodore Tilton’s iamily his uncles have his cousins are, or have been, lunatics. On his mother’s side, his fsrandfatner and tis halt-uncle, the Son Of that grandiacner, were |inatics, There Waa an intermarriage between the Tiltons, Theo- dore’s tather and nother both being ‘iitons; and from that union came war, Theodore’s brother, a lunatic, and theodore himseli—about Whose sun- ity there is at least a grave dont. THEOPOKE'S EROTHBR'S RECORD, Returning to Krooklyn with these acts, the re- porter proceeded to the Fiathush Asylum to obtain whe record ot badgar Uiiton’s treatment there, Dr. McDonald consented to furnish the information with the greatest reluctance, He said that such revords were generally considered sacred, their contents were seldom revealed, Upon ear- nest request and the a®sarance thatthe tact of Kdgar itton’s confinement there was known and would be published, and that dectining to furnish | daves would bot prevent the poblicauon, Dr. Mcvonaid granted the request. hégar Tilton, the younger brother of Theodore, was sent to the Insane asylum at Flatbush in Nos vember, i871. ing January, when he was taken ill with an affec- tion of the bowels, Word was sent to his irtends, in Livingston street, where he died two days after being removed trom the jum. At the time of mms admission into the asylum he was twenty-eight years of age. in appearance he difered very much from his other Theodore, peing about five She beaeved that sue hud iost her | And the lunatic woman | bad ad- | municating the mental pecul.arities of the {iton | Tnis junatic was w dangerous one at | The | jorh Are respectubie men, although one | the second vetore be | Quaker, and is lunacy Was a matter of great sur- | From their quiet habits und equable tem- | pers, Quakers generally retaio possession of their | To recapituiate, (rom the testimony of reputable | been eccentric, and two certaimiy, W not three, of | and | He remained there anti! the foliow- | and he was removed to the residence of Theodore, | | feet im height, wito small, piachgd teatuses. | SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. small head and black curly hatr. His insanity dated from early youth, and took tie form of it~ fo ey induced in part by an attack of scarlatina | When he was about five years of age. His mania | also included a variety of delusions, among Which Was a strong Opposition to Freemasonry, and & belief that every one who approaclied him was & #reemuson. During the time of his insanity in tts earlier years he had maniiesied considerable uginess, @nd at times had attackee his parents or (riends, bape ‘nis insanity was induced in part by the attack of scarlatina in early years, vel, In the opinion ot the physicians who were familar with the ceiails of his case, it should be placed under the head of “hereditary insanity.” In their minds there was no doubt that it was In the blood and | the disease in early childnood only assisted to de- velop the inherited tendency. | 1t was jearned that Theodore Tilton never but | once came to gee huis browber while the treatment | in the asylum continued. Mrs, Tilton came oiten, | and when the dying lunatic was removed, just be- jore his end, Mrs, Tilton came alone in a carriage, and, accompanied by Dr, Mconaid, took him to | SYMPTOMS OF INSANITY IN THEODORE, As it was the purpose of the Zag to lay the | facts of the mental history of Theodore Tilton’s | family before competent medical authority on the subject of insamtty beiore giving them to the | public, the reporter obtarmed trom Mrs, Titov through # third parcy, @ Blatement as to any p culiarities she might have observed touching vis it suould be distinctly understood, liad no knowl- edge for Wat purpose the data were require. | The lollowing pecuidarities bearing on Lis weutal | condition were givea:— | For twelve years he has shown an fnability to | get to siecy without being read to vy the hour or nore. | He would drink ale and porter after retiring, aud then read liimsel: to siesp. He ojten compiuined of distress in the head, and | of heat in the Lop of tis head. He would often get | up and walk the house 12 order to induce sleep, | or be wouid walk tue streets for hours, sometimes | returning as igte as taree or four o'clock in the morning. | He would say all manner of cruel, insniting | things to his wile, and then wonder that she ielt | badly, and wouid express his surprise tuat sae | sould ieel badly. Hie has de oped the pecutiarity of frequently | repeating the same story to the same person, WhO would be supposed to know tie story m tue first | instance, | ‘1o these facts were added others which have ap- peared in the course of the investigation; tne unaccountable eccentricities inaniested; the contradictions apparentiy without motive: the | | Birauge behavior in writing tvo irreconcilable | Statements; his strange conduct in leaving his wile, :eturniny, then leaving her again; bis con- | duct in regard to the proposed transier of the property to bis wile and his subsequent refusal to do 80; fis proifer to permit his wie to take away | her persoual effects anu bis sudden and causeless | reiusal to permit it and the language he then made use of; lis strange and persistent attempts to see | lus wie at Mrs, Ovingtoo’s alter having been re- fused and without apparent motive ior seeing her; Is statement to Mrs, Ovingtou Sunday eved- | ing last that he nad come to see what he coud do jor bis wile, and bis threatening and abuse of her almost in the same breath, and tie tact tuat he has recently asserted that nettuer himself nor Mrs. Tiltou nor Mr, Beecher would live a year; these aud a matutude of strange actions which have deen observed by all WhO have Watched this carefully Were placed together in connection with the jacts of Mr, Tulton’s iamily history and were lai belore three emaneut medical gentie- | men, two of them havmg aad long expericnce in the study and treatment of the insane, and one of them having tue highest reputation in this partic- uuu. UESTIMONY OP EXPERTS INTO THEODORE'S INSANITY. ‘The lirst oi these gentlemen steted in repiy, that the beitet had ior some time been growing upon him, that Theodore Tilton is pot in huis rigut mind, He had felt serious apprehenstons on the subject, aud had privately conversed with re‘erence to it with other gentiemen, The famiy history was a remarkable one; the blood of two jamiiies in which there was tosauity, ubiting in Tiiton. He | believed that Tutou’s acuons could not Le ex- | pained inany other theory. fie believed him to be insane, | The second of these gentiemen said that there Was no douvt the amily “was saturated with in- fanity, Iam of the opidion that Theodore Tilton 1s insane. | Toe third of these gentlemen expressed his Opinion in the most decided terms. Me had been tory of Titon’s family, He veiieved Theodore Til- ton to be amicved with “emotionai msanity, not | yet developed into @ homicidal tendency, but | liable (o be so at any moment.” MR. BEKCHER'S LIVE IN DANGER? as beueving that voth Mr. Beecher aud Mrs, ‘Tile ton were im danger, and that tue greatest care should be exercised, or the end of the Beecner- ‘Tilton case would be a tragedy. He also said that he be.lcved the insanity of ‘Theodore Tilton to be tue true soiution of the Beecher-Tilton case. It snould be Known that both the trends of Mr. Beecher and of Mrs. Tilton have been warned to take Measures Of salety against any possivie out- break on the part oi Mr. Tiston. MR. BEECHER AND MRS, TILTON. are The following \evter, addressed to Mra, Tilton by the publication of the Woodhull scaudal | | My Dear Mus, T1LTON—1 hoped that yon would be shieiued from the Knowledge 0 tue great wrong that hag been Gone to you, aud tarough you to universal Womanhood, | can hardly bear to speak of itor allude to a matter than Which nothing can | be twagined more patuinl to a pure and womanly nature. | pray daily tor you, “that your faith tail noi.’ You yourseli know tue way and the power of prayer, God has deen your reiuge in many sor- rows beiore. He will now tide you in His pavilion | untul the storm be overpast. ibe rain that beats | down tue flower to tae earth will pass at length, aud the stem, bent, but not broken, Will rise again and b.0830m a8 beiore, | Lyerly pure woman on earth will feel that this | Wautoh and unprovoked assault ts almed at you, | but reacties to universal womanhood, | | Meantime your dear children will love you with Gouole tenderness, and TieoJlore, against whom these shaits are huried, Wil hide you in nis heart of hearts. 1 am giad that this revelation from the pit has given vim @ Sight of the danger that was belore hidden by specious appearar and promises of usewiness, May God keep him in courage in the arduous struggle Which ue wages against ad- versity, aud bring him out, though much tried, like gold seven times tired, Thave hot spoken of myself, No word could ex- press the suarphess and aepth of my sorow in your behalf, my dear aud houored friend. God WaikS ib the fire by tue side of those He loves, and in beaveu neituer you nor Theodore nor I shail regret the discipline, how turd soever it may secia now. May He restrain and torn those poor creatures Who have been given over to do all this sorrowiul | harm to those Wo lave deserved no such treat- | ment at their bands! i commend you to my mother’s God, my dear frend! May His smile bring light in darkness and | His jove be @ perpetual summer to you! Very | truly yours, HiNRY WARD BEECHER. WHA? THE PEOPLE SAY. Let There Be Peace Amang Ye. To THe EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— J canna see for the lie o’ me why this bleating ' continues in the flock 0’ Piymouth for ane lost ewe. \ Let her alane; for, in thae words o’ Burns, “We a! | can tell What 1s cnuurea, but know not what's re- | sisted.” “Tiae just inan fa’s seven times a day,” and sac maun tue just woman. Is not that what the kirk foik ha’ been teaching these mony years Noo draw off the dogs and tev the bare sit, Putr, winsome lassie, Way deave Ler wi’ these blether- ins’ An! as tor Beecher, did pa King David o’ glo- rious memory do waur to Uriah’? It’s a lang story | ts so much sinoke, as the fox said, It's a’ like the | mountain in labor, an’ wil bring forth ainly | Mouse; ior is plain that the committee will whitewash all, an’ Tilton says the lassie 18 as waite as suaw. I say, let ihe dead kau thear ead. Nad they never loved sae blindly, Had they never loved sue kindly, Never met or never purted, ‘Vhey haa ne'er been broken hearted. Let ns juin in praying may the Lora break hard fortuoe alore them a’—be not forgetuo’ the pur frightened dove that’s wimost Gead o' a’ this cooing and weorzing. Let | Us sing this praim | May thae hearts of a’ those sinners noo be saftened as An’ the wii aay the ongues of scandal mongers frae this day be siricken aur Who would ina was a crumb: And may the ceverend Beecher be spared unto his flock Ag long as the Atianuic Waves dash over Plymouth Bock. Aud may tho litte stricken ewe bleat still amang the An’ keep clear o' a’ the wethers, sac blatant an’ sae bold; Aud inay the heart o' ‘Iiion, to, be saitened ull he weep, Aud take thae little ewe again frae a’ the blacker sheep. Vin sure that if sie erred ata’, che creature ainly erred, Ju being “shadowed” by the shepherd whtn he came amang the herd, 4 mess o' scandal when there ainly | Then let as go a grazing in the pastures o’ the Lord, And lev th ro’ the Hock be to hls flock res.oved 5 | Xoa wad nae tind thronghout the land, peruaps’ in | Christendie, | A shepherd wi’ « better crook nor « better sling than he. i} An’ ithe find a wayward ewe ‘tis Letter let her stray, | Than that the lambs should a! be lost—i ben, brethren, | Jot us pray. PEACE, | Tilton and Beecher—A Christian’s Let- | ter. To THE Eprron oF THE, HERALD:— Your paper has assumed an attitude in this Beecher-Tilton scandal that must commend itseil 10 all fair and catholic minds as being above vul- Gar prejudice and unchristian bias. No doubé you are in tacaivt of far larger num her house, where he died, | Mental coouition for some years pasi. Mrs, Tito, | Watching the caso with deep interest, having had | beforeband a partial knowledge of the mental his- | 1 ‘This gentleman partictlarly expressed himself | Mr. Beecher, was written to her immediately after | sin syne, Still, there must be some fire where there | ‘her an’ Tilton—and | load a’ sorrow yet Iie lightly on their | bers of articles on the subject than you can notice ’m your valuable paper. Pardon me if { presume too much In asking @ short space in its columns for a few remarks called forth by reading your caustic editorial in this morning’s issue on “The Carrion.” Too true 1s it that the day that found lseecher be- fore a tribunal awaiting the result of an im vestigation of Tilton’s charges was a gala day im the camp of those social pests who long to see 80- ciety upheaved and morality dethroned, These free lovers, woman’s rights advocates, or whatse- ever the name may be that designates persons of the Woodhull and Claflin stamp, deny truth, mock virtue, ridicule chastity, debase and prostl- tute love, Some of this school are not so radical as others, Dot so bestial in their ideas, bat, never- theless, these senumhental differences are silenced before & question threatening the stability of their common platiorm or in any social disturbance at ali likely to add what they deem a lustre to their principies, it is not a matter of surprise that these birds of prey should ravenously lock to where tieir chore | est sustenance is found, to the quagmire of scandal and indecency, | Yoey love to lay bare the family quarrels, to up- | root the tamily altar and drag sacred ties out into she. open arena Of puolic criticism and vulgar curi- osity. | They recogmze no law but the gauge of thelr s, nO faith but the strengen of their In uli their persecutions of Beecher they but ex- | teud tu hin thew fellowship, It matters not to | them wuetuer subordimation is compelied by guilt | or induced by calumuy. ff they cannot secure @ | soul turougi oue they do not hesitate to convey tue impression of lus imitiation by the otner. bo that, ia doing or saying what they can to crimipate Beecher, they but demonstrate the length to whica they are determined to use any Weapons that imay fall into their hands, But apart iroin tats davgerous class ts another, separated Irom them by a wall that grows higher and strouger as time advances. These are the as8 WhOSse Opluions Dught be prized, if they were ot based om jormer ap ‘hies abd sectarian prejudice. 1am astonished to ilad professors of religion— men good and true in muny senses— mei Who stand out from their jellows a3 examples, men who should be the las: to prejudge otuerg, the first to defend tae persecuted, Among these | cuarity should be the maiu spring of all ther aciious; and yet how, when every Christian heart | ahouid extead Lo Beecber that heartfelt sympathy and generous confidence, there are tiose who | seem to exuit in Beecier’s disgrace, as tultiling | some bitter prophecy—who say: “1 told you 403 | he has a Ways been loose; hls life has been a libel | ou Ulristiunity.? “Alas for the rarity o1 Carisnan | charity!” Do any of tiese so-called Christians know anything of beecher’s |ife-work—of toe | church he hos planted aud watered, and whic Goud has graciously and bountilully increased; of | the homes he has vrigatened by tus preseuce and cuunsel; of the relie’ ue has given to the wretched | und sufiering; of the sous he has led into tuat truer and better liie; of ali the cares ald disap- | poiatments and sorrows, the load of responsibill- | ties he was borne and waica have gone to make | up his ministerial career? O that the Christianity of the presont day had more of Christ im its examples! it is a terrible } thought to feel that Coristians caugot depend | upon each other for sapport and conidence whem tie breata of scandai or the powers ol darkness | threaten to engulf their good nume and char | neter in the abyss Of 1 mniiny, Beecher has tae | bored ior Coris:. It maiters not in what torm, He has preached he jias thought for the best; who Sua.) dare to Say that it has not proved to be sot Bul why stand in judgment piassed by orthodox, | or hetefodoxy? Let (he iad voices of the volay tuary and the sceptic rave in their impotent zeal. As & mora! people, a8 a great people, as a virtuous people and a8 a Christan peopie we must extend to Beecver a fraternal support, And while the | evidence is still undisclosed, the verdict smil um- | read, let Christian thought still remember the | good done tor the quarter o/ a century in tue Lords | | service, the genius and enthusiasm he has given to tne cause—the whole life and the whole result o! Beecher’s ministry. Let us pray that be ma: come out of the fire unsio»ed, and that his trinmp! over bis enemies may ve as speedy as complete, CHR.SLLAN, THE PRESS ON THE SCANDAL, An Extravagant View of Tilton. {From the Mohawk Valley Democrat.) As the famed wind of the Arabian desert not only produces death but causes the most rapid decom- | posilion of the body, 80 calumiy affects 1ame, how- ever much integrity, worth or vir(ue may abound. The base, biackhearted, triple-tongued, Janus | faced, cloven-footed calumniator, like the loathe some worm, leaves his path marked with the filth of mdiice aud scum of faisenood, and pollutes | the finest flowers, the cuoicest fruits, the most delicate plants in the’ greenbouse of character, Living, he is a travelling pest house; dying impenitent, nis sonl is too deeply | stained for hell and should be driven to that a | mary elementless blank beyond the conilnes of al worlds, shrouded 1p all darkness of uouentity, there to roam alone tirongh the ceaseless ages of | eternity, without @ pain or pleasure to relieve the awiul monotony of that dreadiul vacuum. 0, reader, hever calumniate the name of auotherl Sooner plunge a dagger through his or her heart, | So deep does the calumuiator sink into the murky waters of degradation and infuiny, that could am | angel apply an archimedian moral lever to him, | witn heaven for a julerum, he cuuld not in @ thou sand years raise him the grade of a convicted jJelou. Sach is Theodore Tilton, | A Rock of Faith to the General Public. {From the Monile Register.) We fear Mr. Beecher’s life and character al preaciing will not prove @ rock of faith to the | general public. It is not everybody that bas be- | lieved that Plymouth crurch and the Piymoute | pulpit have been nursing mothers to the purest godliness, although tie latter has been likened to that of the Apostle Paul in Athens. We do not see why a very pure man of God, wno can give | rifles and Bibles to a band of ruilians to invade | aad convert a distant Territory with five and sword, aud admonish thew that while the Biole | Was a good proselyte tne rifle was a better; and who, in marrying a pair of adulterers, with the | aia ‘of the Rev. Mr. Frothingham, “thanked | Goad for what these two had been to | one another,” should be held to be particuiarly secandaiized were he suspected of jelding to “soit dalliance” with some one ol the | Tnudreds of “erazy Women’ who made love to him, We suppose a good Christian might refrate. | irom inciting bloodshed Jor party purposes and | might possilly abstain troin catling God's biessin | on an adulterous marriage, but we have the test mony ol one of the purest of Bishops in a series Of | lectures on the ‘Ten Commandments of the difl- | culty of Keeping one of tiem. When he came to | the seventh he opened with the remark, “My | friends, this is the hardest of all the laws of the decalogue to keep.” We think it pretty plain that the background of the evidence won’s clear Mr. Beecher ot the last charge. lic has to disprove it ape- | cifically or the St, Paul simule will fai, If he does | not, it will be a fallof the Humpty Dumpty Sort, | and 1 the King’s horses and all the King’s mea,’ | including Piymouth church, will not be able to put him up again. Meanwiile, the New York press continues to be | lenient and merciful to Mr. Beecher. Not 60 to | Theodore Tilton. ‘Shey wait for proof to condemn | Mr. Beecher, bat they have used the rope wit | short shrit on ‘Tilton, and bung him with “dog” | placarded on his carcass. Let the Swill Boy Speak. {From the Springfield (Mass.) Repubitcan.) At last we get something important from Brook. lyn. The livery stable keeper whom the Tiltons | used to patronize has been “interviewed.” He | ©expresses firm belief in Mrs, Tiitoa.” The awit boy is yet to hear from. | ‘fhe Worst from Mr. Heecher’s Side of the Story. | [From the Milwaukee Sentinel] It 13 scarcely just to accuse those who have ex- pres-ed au unfavorable opinion of the present as- | peot of the case of Mr. Beecher of doing: 80 om @ | one-sided, or ex parte, as the law hath it, state- | ment. Mr. Beecher’s case Jooks the worst irom | his own side of the story, It 18 mob what Mr. Tiul- | toa has said so much as what Mr, Beecher bas said | that embarrasses the frienas of the latter. Man: | theories can ve suggested on which what Mr, Til- | ton has said can be explained away or disproved 5 | but the most ingenious person has yet failed to | put forth any theory, compatible with innocence, | on which can be explained what Mr. Beecher Rae waid. Those Wio assume that an ex parte view of the case is being taken should bear this tact im | mind. “Betsey and I Are Out.” {From the Erie Despatch.) Some evil-minded and captious critic once ac cused Kellogg of singing “Home Sweet Home,” as ifsne lived in @ hotely and now Mrs, Tilton has gone still farther into the pathos of the thing and plays it on Mrs. Ovington’s piano like a member of Sorosis, While Theodore lingers under & conve- nient window after having been reiused admit- tance at the door, We would suggest a lituie re- hearsal of *-What is Home Without a Mother,” and that ‘Tilton be engaged to recite at the kip. podrome an amended version of “Betsey and & Are Out.” Fears That Mr. Beecher Will Not Clear Himself. \ {From the Wilmington (Del.) Commerctal.} Mr. Beecher has again—though not now im aay formal manner—asserted his cleanness of the charges against him. But will it be pte Now, under any circumstances to be tm that be ¢an come ont clean and uninjured f We fear not, will never again ve the Koecher that he waa o4