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SILENCE. The “Mutual Friend” Before the Investigating Committee. THE UNREVEALED REVELATION. Mr. Moulton Declines to Tell All He Knows. BURIAL OF THE SCANDAL. | Interesting Correspondence of the Beecher Family. BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Moulton appeared be- fore the Investigating Committee to make a state- ment in reference to the scandal. The time agrecd pon on Friday last for the committee to receive tim wasthree P, M, At this hour there was a tuil attendance of the members, and considerable anxiety was manifested by vhese gentiemen when ‘hey found the hour speed away and there was no | mdication of Mr. Moulton’s presence or ny messago from him that he had been umexpectedly detained. This anxiety was ‘Qot confined to the committee; it extended to the delegation of the gentlemen of the press who lined the sidewalks and sheltered from the rays of the sun under the trees in the neighborhood. Each avenue that gave an opportunity of the approach 0! the great expected was guarded by the news- paper reporters, and these skirmishing parties were to signal Mr. Moulton’s appearance in the Wistance to the large group of press men who stood in watchful guardianship over the mansion where the committee was assembled. It was a weary wait for more than two hours, and a cor- porai’s guard of reporters was sent to Mr. Moulton’s house, in Remsen street, with orders to capture the enemy and bring him to the Geld of battle. The success that waits on daring deeds fell upon them. At hall-past four Mr. Moulton, accompamed by Mr. Munson, leit his house. As he reached the side- walk the reporters greeted him. Mr. Moulton received them with his characteristic courtesy. They, on their part, were delighted to sce him thus on his way to terminate the suspense that bad nearly drifted into agony. They proceeded to interview him, but Mr. Moulton was not to be interviewed. He tarned away their ques- Moning with the rebuke courteous and the mean- img smile, that gave no light where light was so uch needed. Un the next block to his house ig a drag store. Fertile in expedients, he made this drug store a place of refuge from the persevering press men. He pleaded the need of medicine Jor the body, and, inviting -the accompanying phono- §rapher, stepped into the store, asked the repor- ters to pursue their way to Monroe place, where be would speedily join them. Strong in faith that Mr. Moulton would be true to his word, they went on their way rejoicing, and on their arrival &t the honse of Mr. storrs communicated to their waiting colleagues that Mr. Moulton was on his ‘Way and would speedily be with them. Hope told @ flattering tale. A quarter of an nour elapsed, and the notable witness and mutual friend did not come. Confidence in his word was, however, never shaken, and the men who had seen him were sure he would be there. They soon, how- ever, were the iew faitiful among the faithless, Yhe majority of the press men gave -up all hope of secing him that afternoon. Just when despondency was sitting heaviest on the brows of these, doubtless, the intelligence was waited along the line, ‘‘He is here!” ‘‘There’s Mouiton!” There he was, too, Making ® diagonal crossing {rom Pierrepont street to Monroe place, and presently irom underneath the overhanging branches of the shady trees appeared the two huge forms of Mr. Moulton and Mr. Munson. The former was, of course, smoking a cigar, and ap- parently as indifferent to the business that was ondoubtedly absorbing all his attention as though he had stepped upon a _ base ball flela wo while away a spare hal! hour. At the steps of Mr. Storrs’ house he threw away his cigar, and after a few minutes’ sonversation with several of the reporters, he feached the door, rung the bell and was admitted by Mr. Storrs to the house. This was ata quarter of five P.M. There was a general expectation of enother weary waiting of two hours or more. It was generally understood that the statement would occupy that time to read, and a disposition of the gentlemen connected with the press was made in accordance with that supposition. Ali this, however, proved a delusion. At twenty- five minutes past five Mr. Moulton and his phono- @rapher appeared in the doorway. After the first moment of surprise, and before he had reached the sidewalk, he was asked if he was through with the committee. known by some o/ the reporters that he had two statements to submtt—a short one and a long one. “He had read the short statement, of course?” inquired @ reporter. Mr. Moulton § acqui- esced in that statement. It was the whort one that he had read, Would it be given to the’ press? No, it would not that night; it would be given after eleven to-morrow, ifgiven at all. Would he appear again belore the committee ? -Mr. Moulton was of opinion that he would not. After that remark he walked let- surely along in the direction of his home. It was noticeable that Mr. Moulton’s manner on entering | the house where the committee sat was very different to that which he manifestea when he came away. Everybody said that he had left the Jook of jubilancy behind him, and that he had the appearance of a sadder and @ wiser man. The committee continued in session until six o’clock. They said that they should not meet again that evening and that they had ad- Journed to meet again at the call of the Chair, which would probably be some time to-day (Tues- day), They were as mute to all applications for iniormation as to the character of Mr. Moulton’s statement, put did say that all that Mr. Moulton had said in reference thereto to the reporter when he leit the house was quite correct. THE STATEMENT OF MR. MOULTON. @uch excitement was occasioned in conse- quence of the appearance of Mr. Moulton be- fore the committee of investigation, for it was believed that the public would be afforded through his testimony and the documents in his possession, & key to the scandal that has so long been the sub- lect of public gossip. Uniortunately for the curious, however, much has been held in reserve. Mr, Moulton declined to reveal all the facts in his possession, and it {8 not Probable that they will be made public before any other than a court of justice. Even then it is doubttul, from the present outlook, whether the rat ny truth will be told without mental reserva- jon. The members of the committee present yester- day were Messrs. Winslow, Wright, Cleveland, Storrs, General Tracy and Mr. Sage, tne chairman, Besides these were the oficial reporters, respoc- tively of the committee and of Mr. Moulton. Mr. Moulton appeared before the committee at a quarter to five P. M. His examination lasted about twenty minutes, during which, without being subject to much cross-examination, he made substantially the statement that, while he had promised to give the committee a tnll relation of the facts and to exhibit the many docu- ments committed to his keeping in con- nection with the controversy between Messrs. Beecher and Tilton, subsequent consuita- tion with friends had led to the determination on ala art pelings 09 state the Jacts por He said that he was, It was | any papery, exeept In 0 far a8 might be necessary Wo corrob@ate those already made and presented im the stjtement of Mr. Tilton. And for this Teason—he position was a confidential one. He had been che recipient of communications from bom parties, and @ tuil statement by him vould therefore necessarily involve one or the other, to which he most decidealy dbféctea. Having thus received these coniessiona contidentially and personally, he felt that be cenid not, before that tribunal or any other, no (fatter whom the statements might affect, male aby disclosure. Hence, he woula keep silent, He was intited by the committee, as appeared by correspomence heretofore puplished, simply to present the eriginal documents that were quoted by Mr, Tilton, He, therefore, very justly, in his own opinion, proposed to confine himsel! to the presen- tation of such documents or copies thereof offer- ing to authauti¢ate the same if they shoula be doubted, % Consequently BO new documents were pre- sented to the committee which have not already appeared or @ portion of which have been pub- lished, Mr, Moultom desired it to ve explicitly and plainly understood that if any attack is made upon him which involves the idea of blaccmailing, etther on bis part or om the part of Mr. Tilton, he Will be constraned $0 publish the statement in full, a8 @ measure Of seli-defence. ‘This statement has already becn prepared, and though it may not be forthcoming in the near future, is held by Mr. Moulton for preeautionary purposes. Mr. Moulton, in other words, contended before | the comnfittee that if he ts strack directly or in- directly he will strike back, Meanwhile he has separated himsetf, as he alleges, from the princi- pals who are involved in the controversy, and will hencelorth take care of himself without partisanship. From the present outlook it ts extremely doubt- ful whether Mr. Moulton will yield further than ne has already done to the demands of the commit- tee. His position asa mutual friend of the wo contestants has been thoroughly maintained up to the preseut time, and until a late hour last night there was mo reason to change tne belief that such secrets as he may possess will not be | given to the public. wmless they are required in a court of justice. SUMMING UP IN BROOKLYN. ee Mr. Moulton has made bis statement to the in- vestigating committee. He has made it just as the Hagie, just as everyman who knew Frank Moulton expected he would make it. In the ocean of innuendo, of gabbie and of twaddile, contributed to this case by a set of men and women who have little business of their own to attend to, and so | seek occupation in attending to the most private affairs of others, it iss reiresiing as a breath of mountain air in the summer time to read the statement, in this sad ease, of Francis D. Moulton. | 4s from the beginning we knew he woula, he re- tuses to take any side @r any part whatever im the squabble in which the reputation of a woman and the future good name of her children are at stake, Mr. Moulton was called ppon by the committee to produce documents intrusted to him in confidence; and it was intimated or insinuated by one of the parties to the case, Mr. Beecher, that he should unburden bis mind of all verbal commanications intrnsted to nim im regard to the matter. Mr. Moulton, even at that request, very properly re- fuses to be a party to any such action. Certain documents, or extracts irom documents, fell into the possession of Mr. Tilton, They fell there with the knowledge and consent of Mr. Beecher. Mr. Tilton, in his statement, published them. In justice to Mr. Tilton, Mr, Moulton was bound to contirm their authenticity. He does so by produc- ing the originals thereof, In justice to Mr. Tilton Mr. Moulton could do no less. In justice to Frank Moulton, Mr. Moulton could do no more, But here he stops and leaves the pation exactly in the position in which e found them. The Stantons, Carpenters, Bowens, may take this or that side, bu honor itke Krank Mouiton could afford to tak side in such @ question, He simply leaves it where he found it, no man and no woman the worse for having trusted his honor. As it was said and believed by Mr. Moulton from the beginning, the offence of Mr. Beecher, what- ever it be, was @ wrong @ man could forgive, and it was forgiven. It was a wrong that couid be con- doned, and it was condgned. This, in itself, it it does not indicate what the wrong was, indicates What it was not. From all the other indications that Mr. Tilton bas given, even since he submitted bis statement to the committee it would ap- ar that Mr, Tilton t#-ip @ position lumeelf fo Te-establish his: Aiviged’ fome. At the most, Beecher cannot have more than elght or ten years of useful ‘labor before him, Tne women, the children are deserving of the chief consideration; and now the door can be safely closed in the face of the morbid curiosity of the world as soon as Mr. Beecher shall have told his story. The world, even more than Mr. Tilton, can forgive the offence, whatever it be, into which Mr. Beecher fell. ‘There has been enough of destruc- tion done in this case. ‘The friends of morality and religion, of Mr. Beecher, of Mr. Tilton will be now inchned to build up, jor there has been attempt enough to tear down; and though in the mani: course Mr. Moulton has seen fit to adopt, scandal- mongers and poltroons may find disappointment, everyone else, men of religion, of honor and of the world, will find satisfaction, MOULTON’S STATEMENT AS PROM- The following is the substance of an article pub- | lished in a late Brooklyn extra last evening, pur- porting to represent the views of Mr. Moulton as he intended to state them before the committee. It 1s scarcely necessary to add that there is more of presumption than of fact attached to the report, When the attacks upon Mr. Tilton were made public by Mr. Beecher’s friends Mr. Moulton felt compelled to come to the support of Mr. Tilton, | and approved of the course taken by Mr. Tilton in | self-defence, When Mr. Moulton himeelf felt tree to lay his Own statement of the case before the committee, ; having recetvea in writing the permission of Mr. Tilton ana Mr. Beecher to do so, he found it neces- sary to recur to the beginnings of the controversy. The whole difficulty having originated in the dif- | ferences between Mr. Henry C. Bowen and Mr. Tilton, Mr. Moulton considered it essential to com- mence at that point. He gives the history of Mr. Tilton’s serious complications with Mr. Bowen, and, step by step, traces the progress of the breach between them, leading up to the final com- plication between Mr. Tilton and Mr. Beecher, out | of which grew the tripartite covenant. Mr. Moul- ton makes incidental allusions to some of the im- portant interviews mentioned by mr. Frank B- Carpenter, especially those which related to Mr. Bowen's connéction with the case. Reciting, in chronological order, the circumstances ‘an- tecedent to the publication of Tilton’s sworn statement, Mr, Moniton’s harrative ue course * @ scenes between him- self and Mr. Beechef in the nouse of tne latter, the letters written Lf Mrs. Tilton at the request of her husband and Mr. Beecher, the writing of Mr. Beecher’s apology, the whole text of which has already been made public, and the remarkable letter in which Mr. Beecher describes himself as living “on the sharp and ragged edge of anxiety, remorse, fear, despair.” The last named letter has remained in the custody of Mr. Moulton from the day it was written up to the present time. The small portion of it included in Mr. Tilton’s sworn atatement was all that was then placed by Mr. Moulton at Mr. Tilton’s disposal. The whole leiter occupies two fall pages of foolscap paper, and the intensity of expression revealed in the extract already published is its prevailing tone through- ont. ‘,oll the letters from Mr. Beecher, from which quotations are made in Mr. Tilton’s statement, have been laid in full by Mr. Moulton before the committee. It is established by Mr. Moult evidence that the letter of apology, written by Mr. Beecher on the evening of January 1, 1871, was, as nas aiready been intimated, written by Mr. Moulton, at Mr. | Beecher’s dictation, and that Mr. Beecher himseif wrote the last line, and appended his signavure. ‘The statements made by . Tilton, in ber pab- lished denial and in her cross-examination before the committee, are Not sustained by Mr. Moulton’s evidence. He states that Mra. Tilton communicated with him freely and confidentially in regard to the complications of this scandal—| rding him as alike the friend of herself, r husband and Mr. Beecher. Mrs. Morse, the mother of Mrs. ‘iton, also made @ confidant of Mr. Mouiton, de- positing witn that gentleman some important let- ters bearing on this case. These letters, together with others written to Mr. Tilton, go far toward strengthening Mr. Tilton’s position, The general tenor of Mr. Moulton’s statement is such as to give confirmation of the generally cir- culated report that he was made the custodian of Mr. Beecher’s confidences, and that he appears at the last moment to vindicate Mr. Tilton and him- self, Mr, Mouiton’s statement, it is understood, will be given to the public im complete form, re- vised by that gentleman, FRANK MOULTON’S HOME, It is not pleasant to penetrate the interior of a ¥ | | [From an extra of the Brooklyn Eagle last night.) ; gentleman’s home; and yet when one has become, | agant sentiment. ‘who ws their cynosure. The residence is at No. 49 Remsen street, Brook- lyn, @ comely looking brown stone house in one of those quiet Brooklyn localities near the Wall street ferry, in whicn few sounds disturb the comfort of those who seek retirement and rest. The pariors are spacious, and filled with articles of virtu, indicative of a taste for all that is esthetic and refining in influence. Oil paintings of Messrs, Beecher and Tilton adorn @ portion of the walls; while scat- tered here and there are bright pictures, iliustra- tive of homelike scenes ana incidents; such as cail up long forgotten memories. Wisps of south- ern straw, stray bite of parti colored grasses and other emblems of woman’s grace and woman’s tact peep out hepe and there to show how pleasant is the home in which every hour in the day a re- Porter obtrudes to get his “pomts” for the next edition, With the exception of Mr. Moulton and two or three family servants the mansion is deserted, the ladies of the household having retired to the wel- come shades of a country home at Narragansett, There isa library in every room—a succession of pleasant literary “spells’’—until one reaches the upper floor of the house, where the introduction of the guest is into an apartment suggestive of the Test of @ scholar and a gentleman. Books, mir- rors, azure-colored walls, lotus plants in the corners, statuettes, bits of painting, easy chairs and lounges—all suggest a place of retreat such as appeals to the best nature of a student, and are cal- culated to provoke the best thoughts of even a man of the world, ; _ it is here that Mr, Frank Moulton receives ana entertains his trusted friends; it is here that some of the most distinguished men of the land have met apd cast their shadows long before this greater shadow came to throw its gloom upon a happy household, THE BEECHERS AND MRS. HOOKER, LETTER FROM GEORGE H. BEECHER, TO THE EDITOR OF THE BROOKLYN BEAGLE :— i deem it proper to make the following explana- tion of what you have been pleased to call the “Hooker feature of the scandal’ On the occasion of mrs. Hooker's visit to New York and threatened invasion ot Plymouth pulpit dt was at the time of the funeral ot Horace Gree! Ps Dr. Ed- ward Beecher called to see her in New York, and as he can testify. she did not pretend to have evidence trom Mrs. Tilton, nor from Mr. Beecher except that he refused todeny the charge and talk with her about it (the course which, with few exceptions, he pursued with every one), but her sole reliance was upon the testimony of Mrs. Woodhull, Mrs. nton and Miss An- thony. Upon this testimony, coupled with the refusal ot her brother to discuss the subject with her, she based ber belief of his guilt, and wished to ascend Plymouth pulpit and read acontession which she bad prepared for him oa ie aoe eople, oe coe ets plead in is behalf. she also desired that he w e himselt at the head of Ms 4 NEW WOMAN'S MOVEMENT, and she would stand by and uphold him. Far be it from me to speak oe this loving sister; for her letters, several ot which I have read, breathe the tenderest noblest sympathy and love toward her brother; and Ii ever {hey @re published they will touch the hearts of all in this respect. Her views on riage relation are. somewhat of “Mrs. Woodhull, though not so gr Not believe in promiscuous free love as does Mrs. Wood- hull, but that the Jaw should not bind man and wife to- gether when they have cenged to love one another. Sho also believes that having separated on such grounds they should be at liberty to marry again if they find mates that they truly love, She was devotedly attacned to Mrs. Woodhall, and has never withdrawn trom her. The strange fascination which this remarkable woman poseeines over her {s evinced, among other things, by e letter which she wrote to Mrs. Woodhull about the time of her nomination by the free love wing of the Wo- man’s Suffr: Convention as candidate for the Presi- dency of the United States, commencing as follows :— “My” dai Queen,” and proceeding in the same rhapsodical ma uare, T wish the letter could be repro- duced. If 8 published in the papers Rh time. In her interview with ber brother Kdward she seemed IN A WILD AND RXCITED STATE OF MIND. The interview of Henry with her, as he stated to his brother, was to soothe and quiet her and induce her to ny stories or ecause if he did so it for discussion between Pie say anything about them was we ‘up the whole subject them and shé would bring forward her evidence from these women, which he could not enter into or explain without making her a confidant of the whole matter, and, as she was m constant communication with th women, he did not judge it best for him to do so in any shape or manner. As Mrs. Hooker in her letters made a great point that he did not deny his guilt to hor, itis but just to state the Teasons her-brother gave why he pursued this course with her. It was to draw her mind off this subject and soothe and comfort her. He did tell her that he believed he had the Spirit of God with him and was led by Him in the course he was pursuing, but refused to enter into ith her to prove his innocence. He did because that would not convince the whole subject, she bring- 4 1d evidence, which he could not am pirat Saing, her. dng oe in the whole matter, a Not juage it sate to do. G. H. BEECHER, AB ped hema! og to the statement concerning Mrs. Hooker which i sent to you, I think I should add the following particulars :— There isone letter of Mr. Beecher to her that needs the light of the surrounding circumstances to explain {t. Mr. Beecher’s object 1n the letter was to induce her to quict- ude, to go home and remain there. It was necessary to use motives such as would effect this result, and tuflu- ence her in their state of mind and belief, It was care- fully worded, without any denial or admission of and calculated to influence her, even with her beliettin his guilt, to remain quiet, Dr. Edward Beecher read the letter at the time. Mrs. Hooker read it to him, and he assured her of his belief in his brother's innocence, and urged her to go home and have nothing to do with the at ter, A few daysatter, he sent to her a letter prepared in congultation with’ bis brother Henry and Mra Stowe. Each of the three wrote out notes as to what was desira- ble to say to her, which Dr. E. Beecher took to his home, and prepared and sent to her the following letter, Atter the recespt of tnis letter Mrs, Hooker, although still main. taining the guilt of her brother, yet moved no further in the matter. GEO. H. BEECHER, a EDWARD BRECHER’S LETTER. Brooxtyr, Dec. 16, 1872. My Dear Sistxr:—In your interview with me you stated your belief that Genry ts guilty as to Mrs: Tilton, and that you were endeavoring to inauce him to con: fess the fact as a means of his salvation. To this I reply that if he us pully confession will not save him, He will fallin all the Onristian world, as Lucifer, son of the morning. To hope otherwise is the merest delusion. His own people would not forgive him, and ought not to do it. The Church universal would not forgive him, and ought not to.do it. On what ground you hope otherwise to think it could be over. ruled for good, or be a part of@ great onward move- ment, I cannot conceive. All the churches take Christ as therr la condemns divorce except for one cause, and denounces even looking at a woman to lust after her as advitery. Mrs, Woodhull’s movement will sink in perdituion all who indorse it, and the views stated by you to me a: ‘our own would meet with universal reprobation. There may be now and then an exception, but they will be few. In tact, then, you are laboring with all your might to ruin Henry, and yet you make professions of pacalias love. to him and of hope for him if he will only foliow you. A greater delusion is not possible. It is true that Ir Henry isguilty be ought not to lle by denying As to hyDoci ; but if he were guilty, and if these sins he should confess, it " tall. His only hope of sal tion and influence isin the assurance ‘of the Christian community that he is innocent and pure. Thave carefvily looked into the matter and I fally believe that he is innocent and pure—as he hae explicitly declared to me repeatedly. I have watched his spirit in pra: in preaching and in social life and [ re believe athe God sustains hi it believe that God would thus sustain a liar, a bypocrive and a libertine, and he is all these if he {a guilty. Still further—I have carefully considered what could be done it any attempt were to made to prove him guilty, and i firmly believe he would be fully and thor- oughly vindicated, I know what testimony how it would stan¢, and am sure he would be fully vin- dicated. This is the opinion of an eminent lawyer, who has thoroughly examined the case, and of other compe- tent judges. Thave no time to go into detail, put_you may be sure I do not speak carelessly nor without thor- ous inquiry. therefore think that you not only injure Henry by the course you pursue, but all those who are influenced by you to believe him suilty. And yet you are his sister, end profess peculiarly to love him. Now, you may be sure of this, the universal conviction not only of Chris: tians, but of all men of honor and refinement will be that itit were necessary to bring Henry to trial, or to bring him to confession, itis not @ sister's part to voinn- teer to be the accuser and prosecutor, and you are pre- pa, to come into collision with convictions and emo- ions of which Wod is the life, and before which you can- én iy ive jod and manifest the graces of the Christian character, and to labor for all good things and to produce an absorption of God and heavenly things is iis best defence, and wih cause all slanderous attacks 10 die away. When we parted you askea me to pray over the sub- ject, and I have done so, and I have prayed for you. I do not assume that you mean todo evil, “In your own conception aiming at good. | But it you act in i tit fact against the great laws of God, implatted in the moral nature of men, no sincerity’ nor seeming good intention will save you. If a man throws himeelf into the fire it will burn him, and no sincerity of bellef will avert the consequences. The course you have pursued toward Henry cannot result in good to you, to him, or to any one, and it may be fearfully injurious to yourself. Itis, theretore, because I love you that I have spoken earnestly and plainly, and I hope you will accept it as a Be % rg Rae ee Ido ynif cease to pray Cie you, may deliver you from all error and lead you into all trath. nd Tai ever, your affectionate brother, BDWARD BEECHER. MRS. TILTON’S LETTERS, tFrom the Brooklyn Argus of last night.) In the first column of the first page ofa New York Journal this morning is an allusion to the letters written by Mr. and Mrs. Tilton during the ten years preceding ‘the alleged diecovery by Mr. Til- ton of improper relations existing between his wife and Mr. Beecher. In referring to this corre- spondence the paper says :— Mr. Tilton’s counsel is with Mr. Tilton by hours, and is Teviewing the letters trom Mrs. Tilton to her husband while he was lecturing in the Wes many of which speak her's visits to her, and what comfort he gave . rs contain Di referring to her Browne Giwotion for hey Rasor, & assurances to her bosban ere" are ‘many letiere: from Mi filtoa to Nie wi; tem on the train and at hotels, and all full of extrav- . We pRderaend phat sages Jatarpare writ bered that Mrs, Tilton, m her examination before the committee, declared that ber husband had treated her prusaily jor the past ten years, The letters WRITTEN BY MRS, TILTON during that time do not show any such condition Of things. Mrs. Tiiton’s letters to her husband are fall of tion. She paints Theodore as her ideal man. She incarnates in him all the virtues of hu- manity. She takes upon herself all the blame for any iitute domestic cy pest a iy and de- clares that she knows she is petulant, but will try and not give im occasion to find fuult with her. In the letters written to Mr. Tilton while he was on his lecturimg tour she alludes many times to VISITS FROM MR. BBECHER, ‘She says Mr. Beecher told her that he never experienced such perfect quiet as he did when be visited the house in which she lived. In one of the letters Mra, Tilton tells her husband that Mr. Beecher? called and got the baby to sleep, and told her that when she wanted assistance in car- ing jor the onild to send for him. She says Mr. Beecher always brought her a bouquet when he came, and a, men ‘oid her now much PRESENCE SOOTHED HIM. Mrs. Tilton alludes to the coldness that had grown up between herself and Mrs, Beecher, and mentions that lady as “the Griftin of the Heights.” In another letter, Mrs. Tilton iniorms Theodore that when Mr. Beecher left ber house on one 0oc- casion, he lingered on the stoop, and, after telling her what a pretty house she had, said HB WISHED HE LIVED THERE. The letters (and there are many columns of them) breatne most intense devotion to Theo- dore and extravagant admiration for Henry Ward Beecher. She commences the letters ‘At Your Desk,” or “Sunggery,” or “In Our Room,” or “in the Parlor,’ in nearly every letter addresses Mr, Tilton as “My Beloved.” She uently signs herself ‘Your Own Elizabeth, Wife.” The letters contain many Scriptural quotations, and the anxiety whioh Mrs, Tilton expresses to have her husband home again js pictured in language typi- cal of extreme human adoration and devotion. It is rumored that these letters are soon to ve given to the puoli¢, THE TILTON TIN WEDDING. (From the Brooklyn Argus of last night.) As an illustration of the domestic happiness of the Tilton family, Judge Morne, Theodore Tilton’s counsel, has given the representative of the 4rgus permission to examine the memorials of Mr. and Mrs. [ilton’s Gin wedding, on the celebration of ten years of their married life. The festival was held in Livingaton street, and was attended by a crowd of Brooklyn’s best known citizens, in- cluding the clergy, the press, the Bar, the mer- cantile clas, the politicians and everybody. It was an unexpected success—a voluntary and hearty tribute to the returning popularity of the | husband and to ‘THE GRACES OF THE WIFE. “This silvered card,” said Judge Morris, pointing to the tin wedding invitation, ‘‘ana this handful of letters of good will and congratulation whicn this card elicited, do not look much as if the Tiltons lived in a miserable house, or as if the husband was in the habit of imprisoning, starving and freezing his wile.” Our reporter examined the pretty card, which Was a gem in its way, and seemed to have a lustre 01 old joys gleaming about it still. “Nexs to the bride and 1 aap said Judge Mor- Tis, “celebrating their wedding over again at the end of ten happy years, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, who had performed the original marriage ceremony, was the central figure in this tin wed- ding, acting the part not only of the pastor, bat, I might almost say, the father of the jamily.”” Among the gilts sent to this festival was a beau- tiful piece of peeware from Mr. Ovington, with whose amily Tilton has since taken refuge. Onr reporter did not see it, because it has not been removed to Judge Morris’s office, but the Ju gays that Mr. Ovington little knew, in mak- ing this glase gift, that he would one day assist in breaking to places the family to whom he gave it, as if the household itself were as fragile as glass. “Look at these letters,” saia Judge Morris, ‘See who were the friends of this family—vhey were the highest and the best in the land. Here’s one PROM CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE. f Wasmineron, Oct.g 18, 1863, My Dear Mz. Titrox—Your invitation wa” only ceived last night—too late, except for the heartfelt that your tin may brighten into silver, and your silver into gold, and your gold into diamond, and your Giamond into the everlasung crown. ‘Sincerely, your friend, 8. P. OHASE. “and here,” said Judge Morris, “are more of the letters'?:— FROM L, MARIA CHILD. Waytaxn, Oct. 1, 1365. Farenp Truzon—May you and your mate have & pleas- | antevening to-morrow! May your tan become silver, and your sliver gold! Tam afraid it is ge good deal todo with matrimony. old torms the basis of union, there is the old story of idas over again—starvation in the midst of wealth. anes, caste some marriages are of iron, and some, I ar, Bre O! i But Limagine re guided into wedlock by spirits more othereat tian the underground Gnomes, and” that your silver will be spiritual silver and your. gold spirit- gold, ‘spiritual significance of tin is I know not; bat it ¥% i near by I would, at a ven- ture, send yoo a bright tin pan for each. In lieu thereof accept our best wishes, that as th years your married life pass on they may continual value, Cordially, your friend, L. MARIA U. ie FROM GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS, Noga SHore, Staten Island, Oct 6, 1866. My Dean Tittox—I returned only yesterday, and found your friendly summons to your renéwed marriage feast, for which I heartily thank you. I saw by the papers what a pleasant evening you had. Nobody but you and Mrs. Tilton can Know what a pleasant “tin” reed, you | d, but I and all other friends may wish, witli all | . that the tin may refine to silver, and the Te- of in ver to gold. Long life to you and yours, with every kind wish from your friend, GEHURGE WILLIAM CURTIS, FROM REV. DR. PRIME. New Yore Ossenver Orrice, New York, Oct. 2, 1865. My Deas Trutox—If it were in my power I should cer- be wists von (0, you many decades of married family are alone in the country, and I can- not stay here over night | Wishing you and Yours every blessing, am ever your friend, 3. 1, PRIME, FROM GERRIT SMITH. To Mr. and Mrs. Lilton, on receiving their tin wedding card:— We thank you for your pretty card; We value nighiy your regard. My wite and I, who are but tin, A‘golden wedding hope to win. Aud hence to us it seems a sin ‘That you, who're gold, should sink to tin, A silver wedding God grant you; Aye, and a golden w 5 100, And'then a wedding in the skies, Where neither pase anik iT AND WIFE, Perunsono, Oct. 4, 1865. ¥ PEGE VERY, DR OSG0OD. | Hide inw You! It. Dear Ma. Trton—Heaven and all good, fellowship bless you and your home with tenfold. blessings, and with the tin in all its forms aud. uses material and ‘spir- itusl. Yours taithfully, SAMUEL OSGOOD. Many other letters were sent to this festivai, and a congratulatory poem was written by Phebe Cary. Judge Morris, in collating these letters and others bearing on the character of Mr. and Mrs. Tilton’s domestic life, remarked :— “Almost every statement made by Mrs. Tilton in her crose-examination derogatory to her hus- Pag be disproved by documentary evi- ence. AN INTERVIEW WITH TRACY. General Tracy, the counsel of the investigating committee, has been interviewed in reierence to the rumor of his retirement, The interview was as follows:— “Is it @ fact that you have retired from the case?” asked the reporter, “Not that I am aware of,’ replied General Tracy. «Where did you hear that?” RerorTeR—It has been rumored extensively that you bave, and some of the papers have even pub- lished the statement, General TRacy—Have they? What reason did they assign? REPORTER—Well, one of the leading New York newspapers says that in consequence of your for- mer connection with Mr. Moulton you would not cross-examine that gentleman, | General TRacy—There may be some truth m that. {do not think that I will cross-examine Mr. Moulton; in tact I will not. That gentleman has | formerly been @ client of mine. In lact HE CONSULTED ME on this very business in the commencement, there- fore 1 could not very well examine him. lt does not follow, though, that Ihave retired from the case. RerorTeR-It has been said that Mr. Mouiton’s voice 1s still for peace and that he has even stated | that when he went before the investigating com- mittee he woaid endeavor to bave the matter amicably settled, General TRacy—What does he mean by that? REPORTER—I presume that he will propose some compromise. General TRACY shook his head and said—No com- promise wul be effected, That 18 out of tue questio’ Ny San seen he will be asked to tell ail he nows| General TRACY—Yes, he will be asked to tell all he knows and asked to produce everything con- cerning the cause that ne has in his possession. You may salely state that, Rerortsi—Will Mr, Beecher be examined te- day? “General TRACY—That I do not know. I have not seen Mr. Beecher this morning and I do not know whether he has returned irom Peekakill yet. RerogTenr—Then, | presume, the other counsel in ag will cross-examine Mr. Moulton? | the war of 1812 he worked at the head of his flock REW YORK HERALD; TUKSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEKT. are always impatient in their demands to know | remarkable specimens of epistolary affection that something of the domestic surroundings of him | have evér been made public. It will be remem- “HE REVILED NOT AQAIN.” A Sermon by the Rev. Lyman Abbott, of Cornwall, on the nf Newsurd, N. Y., August 10, 1874, Rev. Lyman Abbott, of Cornwall-on-Hudson, a clergyman and author of some note and a warm personal friend and admirer of Henry Ward Beecher, preached im that place yesterday on the text—Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered he threatened not.” His theme was slander and the Christian treatment of it, and the subject seems to have been suggested by the Brooklyn scandal, though the names of the Parties were Dot non nor was that un- savory afatr pointed! led 3 The speaker maintained that the good and green in ali jands and in ali times had been pec ny misrepresentation and slander. No man had ever Cag io from er ceae a oe ae Saviour of men. Nearly every a8 represented. He ‘was’ sccused of almost ‘ait, crime. From Jesus to Washi » and later still to General Howard, he snowed that the good an reat had been the victims at times of cruel and Beartiess slanders, The Saviour’s mode of dealing with slander and misrepresentation was then dwelt upon. “HB REVILED NOT AGAIN.’? In no instance was He known to turn aside to contradict a slander. The wiserorchensivan. of friends were sometimes corrected; the misrepre- sentations of enemies were passed silently by. Peter, in the chapter in which the text was found, exhorted his fellow Christians to imitate this ex- ample, AN AMERICAN CARDINAL. A Bishop of Boston a Member of the Sacred College—Cardinal Cheverus—A Patriot Prelate During the War of 1812—President Adams Contributes To- ward Building s Catholic Church— Right Reverend Dr. Cheverus a Peer of France. Pending the consideration by the Holy Father of the question of raising an American prelate to the dignity of a Prince of the Church, it is a matter of interest to bring to mind the fact that the Right Rey. Cheverus, the tirst Bishop of Boston, was ap- pointed a cardinal in the year 1836. The high honor, however, was not conferred until after having spent twenty-seven years in the United States he was translated to the See of Montauban, in France, and subsequently elevated to the archbishopric of Bordeaux, The memory of Dr. Cneverus is still venerated in this country. During on the ramparts that were necessary to be built to defend Boston 1n anticipation of an attack on that city by the enemy. His labors among all classes, rich and poor, and in the hospitals and prisons were incessant during his services in elevated ecclesiastical posts in New England, and he was fully as highly esteemed by his Protestant fellow citizens as he was by members of his own iaitn. SKETCH OF CARDINAL CHEVERUS. Jean Louis Charles Uheverus has born in May- ence in 1768. He was of noble family, and in early life was set apart for the Church. He received his classical education at the College of Louis le Grand and his theological training at the seminary Of bt. magliore. He was ordained priest at the last public ordination in Paris before the French Revolution, and was advanced to a benefice in his native city by Monsieur, afterwards Louis XVIII. He had not long resided in Mayence when the persecution of the clergy commenced. He re- paired to Paris, where he was concealed on the 2d and 3a of Septemver—days made memorable by the massacre of ecclesiastics, After this sangul- nary scene he made his escape to Engiand. On ar- riving in Dover he could not speak a word of the language of the country, but in January, 1793, he took up his residence in the house of a Protestant clergyman, who, in addition to his pastoral auties, was preparing tive or six young men for the uni- versity. Dr. Cheverus was employed in giving these scholars lessons in the languages and mathe- Matics, and tound in the conversation 01 his pupils the best instruction in the English tongue. In 1795 he waa invited by Right Rev. Dr. Matignon, i with whom he was slightly acquainted in Paris, | TO JOIN HIM IN BOSTON, where he landed in October, 1796. The Catho- lies were increasing at this time in Boston, and by the well directed efforts of Dr. Cheverus he gathered numerous new adherents, while ls affable, simple and winning maners, his eloquence and inexhaustible benevolence made him exceed. ingly popular with otber religions denominations. From Boston he went, to Newcastle, Me., where he Joanded a church and spent three months in mis- sionary labor among the Indians on the Penobscot River and in the vicinity of Passamaquoddy Bay. He was nee to ROR wire yenny fever was ing, gave renewed eviden courage, Gevowon and benevolence, which extended to “ail persons without distinction of creed, When he opened a subscription in 1802 to build a church he. found liberal assistance irom Protestants, invlud+ ih PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS, who headed the list with a considerable subscrip- tion. Dr. Cheverus continued to visit the Penob- | ‘scot Indians, who are to this day devout Catholics. | His labors among the people of Boston were un- remitting and productive of great benefit. in 1610 | he wae appointed the first bishop of that city. | His literary and scientific acquirements were of | the highest order. He read Greek and Hebrew with wonderful facility and wrote Latin | as. a vernacular tongue. He repestedly declared that if he were to make an argument for his life he should preier, before competent judges, to use Latin, believing that bis thoughts | would fow more readily in that language than in either French or Knglish. Dr. Cheverus was a citizen of his adopted country, and never lost an opportunity of teaching his Nock the biess- ings flowing from the government under which they lived, and kept alive in their bearts A WARM AND CONSTANT PATRIOTISM, In the war of 1812, as stated above, when Boston was threatened with an attack by the English fleet, and voluntary contributions oi labor became necessary for making arrangements for proper de- lence, the Bishop several times went out to work at the head of his flock in building ramparts. He ‘was @ minister of peace, but instructed bis flock that sell-defence was not only a law of nature but @ principle of religion. Dr. Cheverus’ health 2 to give way in 1822, and the Baron de Neuville, who had been residing in the United Staves as Minister of France, on his return to that country reported the fact to Louis XVIII., and his (the | Bishop's) talents being well known, the Kin nominated him to the Pope to be Bishop o Montauban. The Holy Father consented wo his ‘translation from Boston, and on September 23, 1823, he embarked for Havre on the ship Paris. The vessei was wrecked @ month later during 8 violent tempest off the ceast of France, and thus, aiter an absence of thirty years, Dr. Cheverus was thrown on his native shores, where the highest honors awaited him. ‘Three years later he was appointed Archbishop of Bordeaux and created 4A PEBR OF FRANCE. | ‘The National Assembly, after the revolution of 1830, deciarea that all peera created by Charles X. were no longer entitled to hold that rank, and the Archbishop at once published the following state- ment :—“Without approving of the exclusion pro- | vided against the peers named by Onarles X. fam rejoiced to find my political career at an end, and I have taken a firm resolution not again to recon- | sider it, by not accepting of any place or ofmice, I | desire to remain in the middie of my flock and to continue to practise a8 @ minister of charity, of mercy and of peace.. I preach submission to government, I set the example and shall continue to do so, Poy and myself pray with for the prosperity of our dear country. and more attached to the inhabitants of Bordeaux. I am thankful for the friendship they express | toward me. The wish of my heart is te live and | die in the midst of them, but without other titles than that ot “THEIR ARCHBISHOP AND THEIR FRIEND, When Louis Philippe became King of France he requested Dr. Cheverus to receive back the dig- | nity of peer, but the proposal was firmly but respectfully declined, The Known piety, learning, benevolence and dignity of the prelate directed | the eyes of the hation toward him as bein, worthy of the loitiest honors of the Church o1 which he wos a brilltant light. Hus career in the United States was the subject of eulogium in every circle, Cholera raged io Bordeaux, and the | People were led to think that the waters haa been | sere The presence and words of the Arch- ishop allayed the tears that prevailed, In Feb- | roary, 1886, Dr. Cheverus was created a cardinal, | but he died tn July Joliowing, at the age of sixiy- | eight years, having held the office only six montis, It was the general belief tnat had he survived until @ vacancy occurred in the Papal chair he would have been chosen as the successor of the | phen Pope. FROBABLE MURDER Peter Duffy, aged forty-two years, residing at West Farms, was stabbed in the left side last night by John McSorley, of 106th street, near Third ave- Dhe, and is suppoaed fatally injured, The wounded man Was sent to the hospital and McSorley was arrested and jocked up in the Twenty- pre- cinct station house, Pedal ei allt HORSE THIEF OAPTUBED. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Chris, Mtg, collector for Tihg’s mammoth tager beer brewery, left his horses TRacy—Yes, sir, if he be croas-exam- ined at all, Raronren—How long will the investigation last, ao you suppose entree <e Siew —_ yA idea now. Mr. Moul- out and examine other be The reporter thanked O59 Me tnesses, the counsel and with- and wagon on North Second street, Brookiyn, BORELLI’S COMET. Report of the Approximate Ele ments of the Orbit. + A TEMPORARY DISAPPEARANCE, The Interesting Stranger Found Centrally Superimposed Upon a Star. WASHINGTON, August 10, 1874, The following report upon Boreuli’s comet received at the Navy Department to-day from thd Naval Observatory :— UNITED States Eyes, Ran ge gl ugust 10, 1874, Sir—I ‘@ the honor to report to the depart ment that pperozinate, elements of the orbit the comet of Borelli have been completed by fessor Newoomb from his observations, ‘combined with the position telegraphed froin Paris. It aps from these elements that the comet will paae its perihelion about the 26th of August I ‘will be visible with a telescope in the e\ ening till about the end of the month and in the mornin; during the whole of September. It is not ike become brilliant enouch to be seen by ‘he nake eye. No tail had developed at the time of latest observation. The orbit’ determined by Pro« fessor Newcomb indicates that it is a new c since no known comet has been found to move i an orbit anywhere near this, Very respectfully ‘our obedient servant, i , Rear Admiral, Superintendent. Rear Admiral, WILLIAM RBYNOLDS, Acting Seered tary of the Navy. A Curious Phenomenon Reported a Professor Swift, of Rochester—The tonishment of a Comet Seeker. {From the Boston Journal] Rocukstsr, N. Y. August 8, 1874, Aremarkable and unexpected phenomenon curred on the evening of August 3, which, 20 fat as I know, 1s without any previous parallel im cometary astronomy. The comet was lost to tela escopic vision from half-past eight to half-past{ nine, and with the closest scrutiny could not b seen. Just before twilight had ended I repatre with my telescope to my nightly labors—come: seeking. A friend wishing to see the comet, pointed my telescope to that part oi the ak, where [lett it the night before, with the remar! that, SnOwiO te direction and rate of motion, was going to hit it the first time. I failed; trie again, and failed again, ai for fifteen minutes was unable to find it, though there was not cloud visible in tue sky. Never was I more tonished, and not a little bh sion. I thought of that veneravle martyr ot science, Galileo, who, several months after pu! lishing to the world that he ‘saw Saturn triple,” again announced that Saturn was as round Jupiter, and exclatmed, “Has my pas or somi demon been mocking me?” I thought of the prot ability that after all the comet may have been on!: & piece of the tail of the one which-has just left u: which, gathering itself together, had mn givii us Ort Of @ side show, but the Beecher-Tilto scandal being the more attractive subject, had lef! for parts unknown. | then thought of the DISRUPTED COMET OF BIELA j and of its final disappearance, bat it was not satis factory. At last a happy thought struck me ani one that seemed adequate to explain the mystery. It was playing hide and seek with one of the sta! of the opposite sex, and 1 was determined to se just how they did it. There were but five sta that could possibly be guilty, and @ look at the: square in the face seemed to convince me tha‘ they all were innocent. I could almost imagin however, that one, the brightest of the five, hi: ®& guilty, suspicious look. My friend was iu: vited to look, but he could see no evidence o! [eae Again 1 looked closely at each till all bad en examined and cross-examined, but th evidence was circumstantial and unconvincing. The longer I looked at the brightest star (not visi ble to the naked eye, though nearly so) I was mor and more convinced that the comet was central); superimposed upon the star. I tried high an low powers, and I came to the conclusion that m. eye, for many hundred slecpieas nights trained ta viewing faint nebulous objects, could not be de< ceived. l thought of that g:orious and never t forgotten corona around the sun at the total solar ecitpse which | observed in lilinois in 1869. and though that was ten thousand times brighter, yet this phenomenon brought that vividly to m: mund, Watching the star jor some fifteen minute: 1 was gratified to see . THE COMET SLOWLY APPEAR on the right side of the star and slowly move one ward toward another and a fainter star, which 1 also Occultea nearly centrally some two hou: after. Ofcourse the comet was between us an the star, but its brightness overpowered the fain: lignt of the comet. This is the first time I rleor read of comet a ‘orignt enoagh with an opera glass completely lost in @ clear, mooniess night. Durin, the star’s occultation I selected. another star fo: comparison equal to it in brightness, and when the star was free trom all cometary matter | agai compared them, and, strange to say, they we: still sensibly equal. What a wondertul fact is thm for haman stady and how convincingly it teacher us how little we know! ‘This comet is undoubted): 250,000 miles more or less in diameter, and yet tw: thicknesses of glass will bide aa much light 100,000 miles of cometary matter, whatever that may be. The comet is slowly ° INCREASING IN BRILLIANCY, ret it is without a tailor nucleus. it is moving ittie over haifa degree a day toward Alpha Ursu Minoris, Its ition is about midway betwee! the last named star and Iota Draconis. Nothing i known as to its identity with any Froceain comety WIS SWIFT. A HOME OF MISERY. The Moral of the Weehawken Trag< edy—A Boy Bearing Witness Against His Father. The inquest on the body of Mary Lavery, whi was killed by a fall from the third story window od & building at Weehawken, on the 5th inst., was re~ sumed last evening before Coroner Parsiow, aw Hoboken. Dr. Bird, Assistant County Physici: testified that the cause of death was a fracture the neck and a rupture of the vena cava. Hannah Sheehan testified that she saw ceased go into the widow Roche’son Wedn morning, at nine o'clock, and did not afterward see her alive; deceased was @ hard workil woman; she and her children slept one night ii witness’ house, being afraid to go home on account | of her husband. Charles Lavery, a boy ten yetrs old, the el child of deceased, was put on the stand, but was not sworn. He gave the follow. ing statement:—Father and I went to Ne York that morning (6tn), at balf-pas eight o'clock; we went to # pawn office, where. ni got his clothes, and got back to the house about quarter totwelve; when we went in father toi me to go over to Mrs. Roche’s and look lor mother; on my way over mother saw me an: culled me; she was in the cellar, with my tbi little sisters; she asked me if my father wag scold4 ing and I said no; she took me by the hand, cama up stairs and ate two peaches father had brough@ home; she then lay down on the floor and got uns der the bed; she remained there but a short time, when she went over to the window and tried t get ont; she nad one leg out, and I pulled ber in she then lay down on the floor; went out of th room and éhe slut the door; father was all time lying in the entry ; | was not well outside whe! I heard @ scratching noise, and I went ‘in’ the room; mother was hanging out of the windo' holding on by her hands; I could see her head; shouted to father and my mother at once dro) down; father went down stairs, stood her, lifted her head in his hand, “Oh Mary Donnelly, die’ and feave these herey? he told me but when I got cae, are you I four ebildren® orp constabi to go ior a a3 faras the railroad he whis' me back and said, ‘I guess {t is liquor ;” mothe: was patting out her tongue and moving her from side to side (here the boy burst into tears) | often saw father strike motuer with his fist; her say she would pat an end to herself; ot saw father drunk; f never wens to school oni; one month; I left because I had no shoes; nevers went to Sunday school. During the delivery of the testimony the father. a aera eer borty: yearn Oh agar th An b ind at ‘ rrupted [oatedly, but was checked by the Coroner, by ave his testimony with t reluctan The firy had not arrived ata verdict up toa hoar. FATALLY BURNED, Lucy Unhofer, aged seventeen years, of No, 538 Second avenue, was fatally burned last night oy her clothes taxing fire from @ stove at her dence. Barbara Unhofer, the ees mother, OMoer Carney, of the Twenty- precino! also s.ightly burned in attempting to ext the dames, Lucy was sent to Bellevue Hospil STILL DRUNK, Coroner Woltman called at the Park eel last evening to take the ante-mortem stat m the saloon front of fntan’ ne had "st bil in ai gain ‘win’ ‘horse aud ie oul in A OA But, thanks to the promptness wi were gone. fas sound jew hours alterward s the pice, or one George AshOm, who was at- eae ad up to eapinin ROW it Came 1 kis of Aun Comonfora, was thrown out of the window at No, Wo olber street Pg hE fine doctors. at ' that sue ghed she hospieal say before iy Will res