The New York Herald Newspaper, August 16, 1874, Page 3

VIVISE ——_—_+——— ‘The Plymouth Dominie Criti- | cally Cut Up Alive. ——_---——_——— Bad Ap Cl Protestant and Catholic Clergymen Kind | to Their Brother. —_——+— — Reesreersmaredimeetiatiae A Mysterious Element Beecher’s Nature. CTION. HIS STATEMENT ANALYZED, — THB SCANDAL A D THE GOSPEL in WHO ARE THE CONSPIRATORS? er eereeenge What Is the Mental State of Mrs. Tilton ? —————-_—__— Mr. Peekskill Farm. eee HIDE AND SEE DID “THE LADY PROTEST TOO MUCH?” | be agonized and miserabie, and, with a strange conjusion of ideas, which seemed to reverse their Beecher Retires to His KK. | condescension, treated and r: Moulton and Elizabeth Anxiously Sought For. eee! PRESS COMMENTS ON THR STATEMINT. Theodore Tilton has written a letter to Mr. F. D. Moulton asking him to produce his statement; that now is the time, and that the vindica- tion of bis own character demands it. Mr. Tilton himself remains in an atmos- phere of frigid silence, and has not even @letter to produce. When the HERALD reporter made his usual call upon him yesterday afternoon Mr, lilton seemed to have very much changed his usua] bearing, and refased to answer any ques- tions. He simply says that Mr, Moulton’s turn has come to speak. He evaded a question as to whether be thought Mr. Moujton could say any- thing that would change the present aspect of Affairs, and would not make any answer, simply Saying it was Mr. Moulton’s turn to speuk, He feels very bitter about the manner in which he is spoken of by the press, and, if ope might judge by hia expression and demeanor, looks like a man who is disappointed; one who has played a game he was confident of winning and bas lost. He was at home nearly all the day yesterday, bus was called upon by very few. Mr. Beecher went to Peekskill yesterday morn- ing for his vacation, which has been go long inter- " gupted, and will not return until Octoner. A HERALD reporter called at the residence of Mr. Ovington, with whom Mrs. Tiiton has been s0- ‘ning, and was informed by Mrs. Ovington that . Tito was not there, but out of town; but “that for any further information he nad better call Bpon Mr. Ovington at his place of business, which the reporter uid, and found the gentleman at tie Place designated, Mr. Ovington sald that two or three persons had called upon him to inquire as to Mrs, Tuton’s pres- ent place of sojourn, “It is very singular for me,” sald Mr. Ovington, “to be placed in the position I am. It was my qguty as a gentieman and as a friend to receive a wue who knocked at nis door for admission.” Mr. Ovington expressed his amusement at the role he piayed in the Brooklyn drama—that of knowing ‘where this husoand’s wife was when tne husband himself did not know it, However, he was bound $0 silence, and therelore could tell no one where - Mrs. Tilton was at present sojourning. She was not fo the bumor juat now to be seen by any one about a painful matter, and her motives for this would readily understood vy every vody, for Mrs. TiJton, above all, suffered geeply, and with a sensitive ones. “What will be,” asked the reporter, “Mrs. Til- ton’s future course as regards her husband 7” “I velieve sne has made up her mind concerning Bom, Which is not to return to him, but to remain away from bim, come What may, The separation she now considers accomplished,” jo you think ber resolution a wise one?” {ga question upon which I should rather not ex- Shee) myself, particularly as 1 have never advised er in the matter, This is a question which she can only decide for herself. Iam, of course, not of r. Tilton’s way Of thinking in the whole matter, rom tue first, Beecher has been a maligned and Mnnocent man, im my opinion, and fam happy to y lam not alone of my Pen but had you een the ovation which was given nim by the mem- NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET, clear to us the missing motive the prosecution failed to show. We understood the case now cleanly, It. was @ cold-blooded, premeditated murder, instigated by black-hearted diabolical re- venge, and we were compelied to render a verdict accordingly. ‘Tne man was afterwards executed, 1 was lorcibly reminded of this case a few days ago on reading the testimony or statement or whatever it may be called of Mrs. Elizabeta R. Tilton be.ore the committee appointed by Mr. Beecher to investigate the alleged slanders con- cerning bimseif and Plymouth church. 1% seemed to me as if the same legal views of the defence I have reierre’ io were adopted with almost equal succc.s in the Present instance. Of course, I am nota lawyer, and donot understand fine drawn legal distinc- tions and complicated theories, I belleve every eriminal case ust have @ theory, whether con- sistent wit the evidence or not, and { am sure that it must pe very scientific and talented and all thas sors of thing; but it appeared to me as if the woole object of her production ana testimony was to show such 4 state of feeling between her husband and hersell for years a3 Would render ber fail rom virtue not only possivle, but the most probable oc- currence in tie world. Harsh treatragnt, neglect, contempt, insult, starvation, false accusation, contumely and indignity of every conceivable Kind this Jady averred she eudured at the bands of Theodore Milton. She had uo pride of appear- ance. She “knew her presence was always mean," and conscious Of this devect, if it may be so culled, with 4 Woman’s tact and discrimination she sought not to render attractive wnat she could not prove, but, turnipg her attention in another dire: Mon, endeavored to compensate tor the Lice aah tions of her personal appearance by cuitivatin; her mental faculties, and herein she attaiue a marked success, She onstdered _ herseif high: possessed, and was proportionately proud thereof. Perhaps it is not too much to say that if sue Was vain of anything It was ol her men- tai endowments; and a8 this Was @ vanity, 90 it Was « Weakness, She was anxious to display her abilities and observe what recognition or apprecia- tion the exhibitton would evoke from others. Her husband, however, coldly criticised her language, slighted her efforts; sie “elt inferior in iis Presence,” and was thus cruelly wounded ip 1 own esteem. Instead o: regarding ber with pride | he was asbamed of her; her life was @ failure, her | In & word she home Was unbappy. ‘as not ap- preciated. She was wrapt in hopelessness and pom her heart was full of rebei- jon, bitterness and despair, In sullen sor- row, despondent and almost demented, iorgetiul of the Almigaty mercy which leit her living chil. dren to love and cherish, she sought out and wandered to the graves of little ones long since passed away, a8 @ new incentive to ber weeping Qnd melancholy maduess, She was determined to relative positions, looked upon ber husband as a fitter tnmate of a lunatic agyium than a mate ior her. Yet she was seusib.e tuat there was another Much greater than her pusband—one wiose lame | stand | very heavenly and all that sort of thing. ture like hers the suderings were no ordinary | rs at his house alter the prayer meeting on Fri- | gay, it would have shown you how unaaimously loving the members of the church are to their pastor. it was @ sight I shal never forget.” * MRS, TILTON'S MENTAL STATE. pales Yo rag Epitor or THB HERALD:— Once, and but once, during a period of forty years, I served asa juror io a criminal court, it- was the Oyer and Terminer, and I was impan- elled, with eleven others, to try aman who was ander indictment for murder in the first degree. ‘There was but one degree of murder at that time. Since, | understand, the Iaw has been changed, * gnd there are now two; stall events, murder, at the time I speak of, was punishable wito death, nd the case of the man charged before us took ‘Dut a short time to try; the proof, on the part of ‘the State, was clear snd conclustve as to the Killing, and was not substantially disputed, so that the jury were readily convinced upon this potnt, but, just here a diificulty arose, we could not understand why the pris- ner killed the deceased, there was no motive shown; no reason for the act; it was not to rob him; the deceased was poor; it was not for revenge; the dead man had never injured or offended the prisoner so far as the evidence went; there was no fight, altercation or provocation; , both parties were sober and insanity was not even Buegested; the prisoner's life was involved in the verdict, and had the case been submitted to us at this stage, from the pecaliar circumstances sur- rounding the killing and the absence of all proof ‘81 Motive, we could not and would not have found that the prisoner intenaed to kill the deceased, and hence, as the existence of such an intent was ne- cessary to constitute murder, the prisoner would mot nave bean convicted capttally, bat of an inferior degree of manslaughter, involving fine or imprisonment; but an agency from 'waleh the accused had no’ reason to appre- hend danger chai the aspect of the case and »gent him to an ignominious grave. His counsel, ‘who Was reputed to be an able and zealous map, enxious for the safety of his client and his own fessional success, was revolnte to defeat the rosecuuon, and called a number of witnesses for we nae ths eeoretee ny age a ree before 9 er mi ject juar- ied over cards, and the dece! being she rger man of the two, Assaulted tue prisoner upon being accused by him of lying and cheating, and threatened to repeat the coastisement i the pris- ner should ever speak to him again. Upon cross- examination these witnosses stated that when beaten the prisoner declared he would not die ‘till be got even with the deceased, and ne subse- quently irequently said, speaking of the deceased, nat he ‘would fix nim yet,” and “would have na se.” This was tne only Pagel given by the de- fence. Lhave never been je to comprehend why it Was offered at all. Areason was given at the time, but it seemed to ts laymen to be bitterly ab- ward, and the Judge seemed to think 0 too, The | kod | pose | aminer kad @ complete Knowledge in aavance o! | sink beneath an ordeal reached toroughout the land and far beyond the sea—whose judgment ud opinion, whose taste and delicacy, whose position and surroundings were mr superior to those o: Theodore Tiltong and in the society of this one she was burdened with no humulating sense of inleriority, and was, without offensive mized a8 au equal in mind, was lifted vo his altitude, and was in this Piace, and not elsewhere, happy. This woman Was nervous, sensitive and proud; emotional, ro- Mantic, educated in a strange ‘svhool and con- stantiy Inhaled a fetid and enervating atmosphere. Sue read novels, and was evidently in tue habit of identifying herself with the last new heroine who challenged her attention. Gifted Witi a keen perceptiuL in some respects, she bad delicacy and refinement sufficient to comprenen: and was sensitive enough to recognize an quickly appropriate as a slight anything however Snail that might by possioluty be so construed, although not 60 intended, and having once taken her aflection and Contidence from her husbaad, she Was not slow to Magnily Into colossal propor- tions every trifing word and deed, however inuo- cently meant, as a Wrong and outrage offered to herseu, Every indifferent word and look to her jad a meaning and was pregfant with snspicion and contempt, While her letters breathing love and taith are contradicted by and utterly at war with ler verbal statement, bota cannot be true, und Whichever is adopted necessarily {yisifles the other, the sentiments which fill ner published letters were sincere her statement must as certainly be untrue; if insincere they are wodels of deceit and hypocrisy, | and couid have been written Jor no better purpose taan to mislead her husband by inspiring bim with contidence in an affection whieh did not exist. It is not too much to say that this is the condl- tion in which the testimony of Mrs, Tilton leaves the case. Do not understand me to intimate an opinion of ner guilt or innocence, or that her hus- vand is immaculate, or better or worse than sho’ | Lieave those questions un- | declares him to be, touched and desire to consider only the judgment, riety and effect of the course pursued én by her examination, And tor this pur- assuming ner story, as toid to the committee to be true, She must have been thor- oughly disgusted with and must have heartily despised Theodore Tilton. No maa or woman in ine world wil believe different if—1 say i—ber statement be true. Hatred may be too strong a word to use, but the feeiiags eutertained by her for him, if they did not attain that bad dignity, mast have Leeu so neariy akia thatthe auference woald be in shade and color only. Now, it ty untversully believed that the best sale- guard of a husband's hovor regts im the affection Of bis wife, It is oquailly true “where afiection and confidence do not exiat, Where estrangement, distrust and distike prevail, nothing remains to protect him, opportunity aod inciina- tion serving, Wien, im addition to the wile frankly admits un attraction toward another nan, let him be saint or sinner, it adds po new security to the safety of her own fair ame. We are often told of attachments be- tween persons of opposite sexes of @ purely pla- tonic and spiritual character, so fur above the sensual and grosser feelings of this dull, unap- preciative eartn that we poor walls of humanity, frail and fallible, cursed with an inneritance of primal sin, forgetful of the world vo come, and only. intent to enjoy the world we live In—we, who are aftlicted like Hamlet, with more faults upon our heads than we have words at our command to Lumber them—canpot even arrogate to ourselves the supposition that we under- them. Of course such attachments are I do not mean to speak irreverently, but there is @ prevail: ing Opinion in all well regulated respectabie com- munities that an indulgence in such sentiments has a bad and demoralizing tendency, and gen- erally results in demonstrating that the name of iratity 1s nan a6 well as Woman—they are both irail togesher. We have therefore no coniidence in the sanctity or divinity of such attachments, and look | upon them, however innocent, especially be- tween @ marited man and a married woman— | neither of whom, however, is married to ibe other—as an immumently slippery and dan- gerous relationship. Nor does it matter any that the woman is enthusiastic to lanaticism—delirious or hysterical, | think some one calls it—on the sabject of religion, 16 a devotee SO Diind and so ybsorbed that she sees an angel in every professor, and is 80 far under the tafluence of darkness and delusion as to belleve that a homan soul can be white and pure belore its God aed its dwelling place is foul and polluted with lultery, Understand, I do not say Mrs. Tilton 18 gutit God forbid 1 should judge her, I am meresy dis- cussing an abstract theory that bas s connection with the case and am endeavoring to show where the lawyers have left it, whatever the facts may be. | It i# all the more wonderiul to me that the state- Ment should have been made when | discover from the questions put to the lady and her faye thereto that @ periect understanding as it story existed betweeu the LSA de and hergeif. Her questions, too, were #0 Iramed and tho answers <0 connected that tt must be obvious to every person the statem@nt had been rehearsed and her ex. ir what she would The witness was nervous, as might be naturally expected. Her position was novel and _ terrible. The strongest and most resolute mature could not db 80 fearful, a tes! so anequal and disproportionate to mortal strength. Yet she came to this task, Lhe geste perhaps, but far from strong. She was weak, dazed and tottering, sustained only by a beliei— true or fallacious it matters not, it was a belief, that her position had around it all ‘the halo and glitter of @ Martyr's doom tor a woman's faith. Poor Elizabeth! That hour of bitter anguish was expia- tion enough for all your faults, whatever those isults may be, and the condemnation of mankind before the extended pardon of your God in that suffering moment will melt and dissipate hke snow beneath 4 — tropic sun. How was she placed? On the one side was the reputation, nay the very life oi her pastor and her dearest iriend; on the other, the church and creed she loved so well. Behind her were her pleading children, on bended knees, with up- wrned faces and stregming eyes, straining for every word that shouid fail from the hallowed lips of “inother ;” before her was the cruel, the cynical, Ube critical and pitiless world, and, in the dim die- tance, lost to ner forever, was the shadowy form of Theodore Tilton, desolate, but still erect among the smouldering ruins of @ once bright and happy shome—a very Eden before the fall. 1s was & cruel place to put a Woman, & Wile and mother in, I criticise her not. 1 but criticize those who red ber on the stand to snow distrost and ed between her husband and herself tor years, and mauve ber tel that piteous story, Of course, the tale was long. It could not be supposed that her mind would be entirely clear and tranquil, and I recognize the apsoluté neceasity which si gested & prompter to recall her when she shou! wander or forget. But bave they not rather suc- ceeded by her production and tescimony in show- ing @ motive for the offence where betore no mo- tive appeared? And herein is the anai tween this case and thas which I commenced by relating. ‘Theodore Tilton had said his wife loved him to adoration, and produced her letters vo prove nis assertion. Would iv not have been better to nave let it rest at that, or go further even and confirm it more strongly by her assurance before the com- Mittee thatit was soy Had this been done the world would have believed that the wife of Theo- dore joved him #o well that the idea of criminality with another man was @ monstrous absurdity, ana the charge thereof the very mutcering and incipi- ent development of insanity, The world would have believed that the bonor of the husband nad always been well guarded and preserved by tne unparalleled affection of his wile, and that the crime waa simply impossisie. Instead of this, however, they have lavored to show @ #oli ripe and ready jor adnitery, and have oe, HOWSVES, BEYVEd ODE Durpose, It Made | Mung to tho winds a4 worthiess tne best defence this, | help the | that ever man or womar had to repel, and renaer ipiamous lorever ciarge of marital infl‘elity. To-day it 18 sald “t.e woman lied,” and tus, too, by those who first invoked her statement, woo produced and accredited her to tne world a3 a witness worthy of beliel, Too late, too late. They cannot now retrace their steps, destroy her as a witness, and render her testimony valueless in the tucure as they probably cau and will; but this last selfish id wogenerous error is meanest, worst of all, ests the question, if she hed, as you her, Knowing, as you must, her story in advance And the answer comes back in thuuder toues trom the voice Oj the peopie, None le or avail them- selves Of lying but to conceal the truth, BROOKLYN, August 15, 1874. KOPPEDAAR. MOULTON’S MOVEMENTS. ae eieaeeas PORTLAND, Me., August 15, 1874, Falmouth Hote}. A Search in Vain at Narragansett Pier. NARRAGANSETT PIER, August 15, 1874, A correspondent of the HERALD, Who thought rived this evening at the pier, Knowing the aristocratic proclivities of the “mutual friend,” he sought him at the Mount Hope Hotel, where he generally stops, and where the miliionnatres and belies of New York congregate. But the ‘mutual friend” was not among the guests, nor was ke at his modest little cottage in Wakefeld, which ts five miles from the jler. The reporter then looked jor him among the crowds of vathers on the beach, but there was no sign of Moulton. His family were unable to state where he was, but from good authority the correspondent learned that he was somewnere in tie vicinity of New York—exactly where 18 not known—where he is | Awalting further developments in the great Brooklyn scandal. . an WHAT THE CLERGY SAY. A HERALD representative wandered for hours yesterday in search of the giited pulpit orators or our sister city. Rev. Dre. Cuyler and Bud- ington are in England; Rev, Dr. Storra, the conére of ‘he last in the summoning of the great Congregational Council of last March, ig rusticating. So are Rev. Drs, Scudder, of the Central Congregational church, the Han- cock street Iron pagoda; Noah Schenck, of St Ann’s Protestant Episcopsl; Mr. Paddock, of st. Peter's, in State street; Justin Fulton and Paul Haynes of Baptist and Methodist renown in Hao- son place, and a multitude of others among Prot estant Obristians. THE CATHOLICS face the summer weather and “live Jaborious days,’ but it was a singularly unfortunate time to secure them for interviewing tortures yesterday. To-day ig the Feast of the Assumption, and the reverend fathers were, one and all, a3 Rev. Father Freel, of St. Charies Borromeo, in Sydney place, informed the HERALD representative, deeply en- gaged in the solemn preparations for the day, and nad to receive, ia anticipation of it, scores on scores of penitents at the cunfeasional. THE SUMMBR SUBSTITUTES. The visiting clergymen irom Europe and the pro- vVincial towns and villages of this and other States were very hard to catch. VIEWS OF DR. DURYEA, The Rey. Joseph T. Duryea, D, D., of the Classon avenue Presbyterian church, the St, Chrysostom of Brooklyn, was found at his home, tu Fulton street, Tus church ts closed for repairs, and accordingly, for the first time in many years, he has been forced to interrupt nis preaching. An average of Bix funerals a week and general missionary work koep him tully employed, however, ana he says he feels when Sunday comes that tue rest is very welcome. HERALD KEPRESENTATIVE~I suppose, Doctor, you know Wuat interviewing 18? 1 have come to ask you to tell me what you think of the great subject now, Rev. Dr. DunYEA—I have just been reading Mr. Beecher’s statement, 1t scéms to me that 1 read o! very little eise but this matter now. I am heartily sick and tired of it, aud would be very glad Of its coming vo ap end; but there 13 an irre- sistible fascinacton about it, ‘aud L read on and on, with more thau the zest to be afforded by the most exciting novel. ae REPRESENTATIVE—It Would make a good hovel. Kev. Dr. Durygs—Indeed, nothing,could be more dramatic. The contagion of attitudinizing seems Ww have afflicted all parties, They are ail posing before the puotic, alanine at an. ever-feeing dénouement, ali faking and writing in & style very puzzling to plain Anglo-Saxon _ people. ‘There never Was @ more close-open set of people in the world tnan this committee, They are mnys- teriously secret and yet extremely leaky, Notuing Seems to come out that basn’t come out before. MBRALD REPRESENTATIVE—Then you don’t think Mr. Beecher’s statement throws any new light on tie trouble. Rev. Dr. DoRyzA—There’s nothing in it that has hot been foreshadowed for months; even in detail | tus thing has beea known widely among his Iriends, and out of the imurtediate circle of Plym- | outh church, too, I tave read the editoriais an the dally papers very careinily, to try and find | out whal the punlic teeling realiy 13. HERALD KePRESKNTATIVE—Everybody seems pugzied. What is your opinion, Doctor t | _ Rev. Dr. Duryes—I[ think Mr. Beecher, like the | rest, is @ great deal too rhetorical, There 13 | NO PROOF, | I do not value Tilton’s testimony a rush, nor | Moulton’s, nor Mrs, Tilton’s, Tne only thing in | the way is the letters, Tucy are not explained. Ahetoric makes them Incomprenensibie. | believed possible sor Beecher to be guilty. He had every- eating, drinking and sleeping; friends, wealth, a Proud position before men, the most intoxicating joy of all, the gift of pubtic Legroom and sympa- thetic audiences crowaing to hear him, He bas been sometimes on the unpopular side of ques- tions, Would common sonse allow such ® man to ruin himself, his Jamily, other iamiites, ali who looked up to him for the very inadequate temptation ne is charged with? His course in the matter is up- , accountable, I believe there jg in bis nature | A MYSTBRIOUS ELEMENT, | to which there is no analogy in the natures of any great man oO! history, something wholly peculiar to himseli, His letters prove this, They do not prove | him guilty. HERALD RePRESENTATIVE—A Certain portion of the public, presumably represented by papers sup- posed to reflect thelr views, seem tu Mr. Beechey'e guilt, and indeed to triumph over it. Rev, Dr, DuRyga—No One “but a very bad man would rejoice in Mr. Beecher’s fal Were pe and any man said tt ny house he ; Was glad of if would eject bim. Sinners want company in their shame. It would not heip taem beiore God if Mr. Beecher, distinguished as he 1: were gulity, Such diabolism is worthy of the firs’ French Revolation, when the ‘oddess of Reason’ ‘was worsbipped on the ‘8 of Notre Dame. Such must be protested jst. I would ot leave my cnidren in aiand debauched by such doctrines. As to this matter, I hope it will go Jurther, thi tt is | theronghly settled, If te A DRRADPUL DANGER | as long as tt remains undetermined, I belleve | that, great as is the present interest, it will come | to be considered tn fiity years the greatest social | disturbance that ever occurred among mankind. HeRaLD RerResentaTIve—Do you think rrotes- tantism is jeopardized by the trouble? Rev. Or. DuRYBA—Not @ particle. As to the Catholics, Idon’t believe their attitude toward Protestantism to-day is one of hostility, certainly not of persecution. Mr. Beecher has always said— and here | haye thorougnly been in accord with nim—that a Catholic is a8 good a8 a Protestant. To iter convert one is wasting ammunition, If you succeed It is merely like pulling a dollar out of ‘one pocket and putting it in another and thinking yourself richer by the operation. All are in the burch, going the same way, It is @ matter of perfect indifference which side of tne road they take, No! & -don’t think the Catholics have any reagon to be Mr. Beecher’s enemies, or that they are. Some Protestants think him too liberal. yy cannot forget the Inquisition and other arrangements of centuries ago. This Is the nineteenth century. pon my word, if I had lived in those old days, I think I'd have burnt heretics myaelt with pious enjoyment. The monks who did it were good men, They really thought, and acted on their be- a that it was better to burn a few heretics’ ies than to peril their soula and the souls of the rest of mankind. lt was unpleasant, no Goabt, for the burnt or tortured, Dut it was done with the vest intentions, Mr. Beecher has said, and so have |, thatthe Bibie should not be forced on the chtidren at the publio schools. There is no reagon Why it should not be Tead a quarter of an hour before sohool opens, #0 that those with a conscientious prejudice against it peed not be annoyed. BRRALD REPRESENTATIVR—Thavs the principle of a | adie saphtehanr en with the public scpooils in in The conversation seemed to have drifted a Mttle from the immediate question, und the HeRaLD Tepresentative bade Dr, Daryea farewell, and Marched down the hill through bis beantafal | ana and ptaying children to the downward | Interview with a Catholic Clergym: In the course of bis peregrinations while sonad- ing the religions sentiment touching the effect of the vindicatory statement of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, which was made public yesterday, a re Porter of the AzRaLD met a Catpolio clergyman ‘and had the following conversation upon the issue of thin scandal upon religion and morality. The id but fogs Bay she did, why did she do it, and why «id you let | Frank D. Moulton, of New York, arrived bere | by the midnight train, and is stopping at the | he was on toe track of Mouiton, the mvisibie, ar- | wuen | first heard of this scandal that it was im- | tuing ue wanted—heaith, the fullest enjoyment of | and hag the memory ol victory to cheer him. | assume | name of the clergyman is withheld out of respect Jor his natural repugnance to publicity. “What think you, sir, may 1 ask, of the state- Ment or Mr. Beecher? “Well, really, that is a serious question to an- swer upon brief deliberatioa. As a literary pro- duction [ will say, however, that it isa very forcible | and able paper.’ “Woatdo you say as to its force in refuting the gross accusations that have been made against bim *” “It should be suMicient for the reason that Mr. Beecher, who 18 now an old man, solemnly asserts his entire innocence, and certaialy to a charitable mind there is vo reason why it should not be ace cepted with credence. I have always admired Mr. Beecher for his talents and ability as an | orator, lie 18 & Wonderul man, and no good citi- zen can feci aught else than sorrow because of this | scandal, which i8 breaking bum down from the pedestal wiich he has occupied jor 60 many years.” “By the by, the Cathole press has been silent Upon ts scandai.’? “Yes, I ain pleased to say that the Catholic newspapers of the country, with, I beiteve, two or | tree exceptions, have been silent upon the sub- ject, They have left tne question to the monopoly Ot their sepurated brethren, and were I disposed to criticise their course 1 should indeed say the | Protestant press have been most vitver in their | expression aud treatment of Mr. Beecuer. Lne case 18 really, in my opmion, unfit for publication. Silence io such @ case 18 charity which bespeaks tne most powerful filustration of the exe cise of thas virtue which the Oburch inculcate: in ber memberg,’? . “Woud you suppose that Mr, Beecher would continue to exercise the junctions of the minietry in Plymouth church alter this avalanche of vituper- ation and calumny that bas fallen upon wim “1 cannot judge on that point. henry Ward Beecher is @ Bingular man in very many respects, and what other men in similar circumstances might do or would he would not do, He may re- main there and try to live down tue present ‘nue and cry’ that the scandal has raised, Curiosity would lead crowds still jo hear him. I am really sorry because of this affair, which must be a great biow, meGtally and otherwise, to Mr. Beecuer.”’ Tus termimated the interview with the priest, and the writer went on his way impressed with Co that he had meta truly charitable shep- \ What a Methodist Clergyman Says. Arepresentative of the H#&aLp called at the Parsonage of the Sands atreet Methodist Episcopal church and had a brief interview witn the Rey. George Taylor, the pastor, who had just returned to the city, having been on his vacation. The reverend gentleman very courteously invited the representative into tne parlor. He spoke upon the subject of the scandal with an apparent feel- ing of desicacy, as the clergy generally expressed a reluctance to converse upon the painful subject, Bwrorrer—I have called, Mr. Taylor, to ascer- tain your opinion in regard to the effect of the Rev. Mr. Beecher’s statement upon Christendom a8 viewed from the pulpit standpoint, Your views will ,be valuable in measuring the depth of feeling existing upon the subject of the scanual. Mr, 1aYLoR—I[ have just returned to the city, being on my vacation, and have not yet had time | to read the statement of Mr. Beecher. Therelore am not able to form avy opinion in re- gard to the jorce of bis vilidication, Beiore forming any opinion I should preier to Walt | until al the jacts are fully brought out on both sides. I suppose this statement of Mr. Beecher wilt be takeu by Mr, Tilton and analyzed. 1 luok upon it at present as an unfortunate attair. ReroRrkR—Youu think this will have a very detri- meatal effect upon the Onristian religion? Mr. TaYLOR—[ think these statements should never have been published. Ali these ecciesias- tical dimMeuities should be examined privately and contined strictly to the Church. REPORTER—YOU are of she opinion they should not be leit to the judgment of the public, who will, | of course, form a judgement in regard to the mat- hs whatever may v@ tue Verdict of the commit- ee Mr. TaAyLoR—Well, [ do not know. But my idea is, that the pudlication, whether true or false, 13 demoralizing to the public consctence, It encour- ages bad men and shocks gvod men, K&PORTER—Will Mr, Beecher, in your opinion, ; continue to occupy the pulpit in Plymoatn couren? | Mr. TaYLOR—As to Air. Beecner’s continuing to | occupy the pulpit, I should say that will depend altogether upon sho issue of the inatter now under investigation. REPORTER—Let the verdict be what it may, do you not think there will be @ strong leeling on the part of those woo siand outside the pale of that church against Mr. Beecher ? Mr. TAYLOR—I think there would be many wicked | en Who would rejuice in seeing him jail, Whatl Tuean by that is that there ure many men of sen- | suai minds who would take advantage of every- thing he would say. Good people, however, wiil, oi course, be swayed by the Verdict of the commit- tee, Good men are governed by their iove tor virtue, and bad men by their love fur evil. An honorable man would be delighted in his popu- Jarity and useialyees; bat all men, 1 sm sorry Ww Bay, Are not honorable. ORTER—What do you think of the statement a8 a literary production f Mr. !ayYLoR—I have not analyzed it, I have not had time to do 80, but from wnat I nave read Avis like everything else he does, It appears to be @ very strong document, I saw the H&RALD’s account and intend to read it carelully. \ | Rev. Dr. Freeman on the Statement. ‘Yhe pastor of the Siloam Presbyterian cnurch, in | | Prince street, near Myrtle avenue, u colored minis- | ter of much celebrity and a very intelligent man, | was visited by a representative of the HERALD | yesterday afternoon. He found the reverena gen- | tleman seated in his study in the cosey church, | and was courteously received. | RevorrRR—I have catied, Mr. Freeman, for the purpose of obtaining your views as a minister of the gospel upon the statement made by the pastor | of Plymouth cuurch im his defence. What effect Will it have upon the religious mind of the com munity? Mr, FRESMAN—I was just looking over the HRALD, and Lam anxious to finish the production | before I will be abie to give any serious opinion upon this grave question. | REPogTreR—What do you think will be the effect | of the document? Do you think the vindication | will be compiete in the eyes of the world ? Mr. FREEMAN (slowly and cautiousiy)—Before answering | should like to read and carefully weigh the whole of this mat er. Alter reading the | Temainder of the document ‘I might bave a dul. ferent view upon the case, RevoRTEB—How Will religion and morality ve efected vy this scandal, Doctor ¥ Mr. FREsMAN—So far as I am able to judge tt } will have @ very bad and detrimental effect upon | { religion ana morality, ior the ume being at ail events. What] mean to have you understand by “the time being” {s, that these things whicn are | ringing in the popular ear and blurring moral sus- ceptibilities, as it were, will wear away, and in ears to come the injurious effect will have passed to oblivion, RgPORTEX—Well, you are inclined, Mr. Freeman, | to the belief, from wua' = Bay aud from wuat | you have read, that Mr. Beecher will be able to | establish his innocence beiore the world? | Mr. FRERMAN—I hope he may, sir, Yet I cannot say that { believe he will, forl.am not sufictently conversant With the evidence to form an opinion— that is 5 RO end decided opinion. The case will, to all probability, be conciuaed in the courts, and that proceeding might change te whole com- Plexion of tae affair, RerorTen—Do you think Mr. Beecher will court gn open investigation in the courts in order that | he may satisty those who may question the thor- Oughneass of the investigation beiore the commit- ? Mr. PrRegMAN—I don't suppose he will want to have the case go besore the oourts, It would do him no good, bor Would it advance the cause of | | } | | ligion. | FeRaronran—Do yon opine that the amount of | Mr, Beecher bas accompiisned in his ministry Will be suMcient to obliterate the evil which bas been iaid at nis door by nis enemies? Mr. PREBMAN—It 18 a hard question for me to answer, If there should be no further develop- ments from what! have seer [ think that tne good which he has done wiil greatly overbalance ail thus evil, uf 1 may a0 express it. R&PORTRB—YOU belteve, then, that Mr. Beecher, @itnough advanced in years and in the autumn of life, be) id down this aMiction which has be- jen him! 3 Paseman—Yes, sir, I am of that opinion. Rerostes—He Aen rs your opinion, continue to | oooapy the pulpit of Plymouth cnarch t Mr. 1EMAN—ON, yes; Ieee nothing at present to prevent him from going on with his work. oRTEB—AA & Christian minister and a teacher of extensive experience, do you advise such a reef ir Paemcax—t dont know what would be best, fir, it seems to me, however, that if Mr. Beecher came to me and asked me for my advice, and it was to be decided by me, I would yy Mr Beecher, hold on.” There may come up something more besides What I have seen that may change ‘opinion, and I might say otherwise. PORTER—Fromm What you have seen, heard and read you think, Linfer, that the case bas not been fuliy explained? Mr. yeeuad-—Wel, I think the evidence ts not ail in yew Rapostss—Now, what wonld be the effect of the committee's verdict of “Not guilty?’ Would that satiaty padlic expectation? ‘Mr. ¥RREMAN—As the cage stands I think such a Gecision irom the committee would not suMice. There will be neral desire to bring out the facts that may not have come out before the com- mitves, 1 do nos think the public have the facts aa they demand them, Rurograke—tis is voor opinioa that Mr. Beecher. i \ } } Maail wii De Drought out, | g°t money from him on the plea of sending Tilton being Innocent, should cours the orvau stl gation possible? pre heny 1, FRREMAN—I Go not think it should be t inte Se nan. No govd could come of it, ae » ReroRreR—Che colored people are iri they nut, to Mr, Beecher in this case na Ae Mr. FREEMAN—Yes, they are. I am personally acquainted witn Mr, Beecher. and have long been on terme of Iriendsnip with Theodore Tiiton, Mr. Tiiton has spoken tn this church, and | deprecate very much the unlortunate controversy that in- Tilton has been @ stanch iriend of our race, and 80 has Mr, Beecher, anu it therefore makes it dim. cult ior us to take sides, Untill have the evi- dence in full before me { shall Not take sides. 1 do Bvt wish to sacrifice my Iriends. Rerorrer—As a literary composition, so far as you have read, what 18 your oyinion ? Mr. FReEMAN-—I” struck me, sir, that it was not quite upto whatl expected. It lacked a good deai ol that vigor and jorce Which Mr. Beecher has always displayed in his writings. I look for anytuing from him as being strong and uil, think this production in some respects la ne. Position in which he bas been placed, | am of the Opinion that this afMfur will have @ tendency to lessen his influence in ihe Christian ministry. ReronreR—Do you think the scandal will iessen the attendance at Plymouth Church? ‘3! /Wds as ever he did—possibly larger as- Bewbii.%s Jf he were to preach next Sunday there w Bat cnriosity ia be an uuusaal sarong. be more 'h urehgious desire would tot) i attendance, Should he ask the attendants to jo... iu Church they might hesitate to do so. The r orter withdrew irom the portals of the Stloon saureh meditating upon the effect of the avvve punlication. Rev. Dr. W. C. Steels Views. Fleet atreet Methodist Episcopal church, late of Beekman Hiil, N. ¥., and prominent as a temper- ance advocate, was visited last evening, at his residence adjoining the church in Fleet street, by & HERALD reporter, who eolicited nis views upon the popular bearings of sentiment regarding the Beecher statement. The reverend gentleman said he was glad to have an opportunity to give public expreasion to his views upon the case, Rerortse—What will be the effect of the pul- lished defence of Mr. Beecher? Mr. Steei—Well, you will find the Brookiyn clergymen are all in favor of Mr. Beecher, I have only been in this city since last spring, bat I find during this period of excitement that the general Opinion of the Christian people hag been favorabie to him, believing him to be entirely innocent. Mr. feeling against them I find ts very strong. Ihave have heard this matter discussed; and the unani- mous opinion upon all sides is that the statement of Mr. Beecher 1s full aud explicit and a complete vindication. ards, who was formeriy pr Independent, before Mr. Bowen purchased ty, was at ope time Sunday School Superintendent in my church, He {ts bow living In Montclair, N. J. Lremember Mrs, Tilton as @ oright-eyed little girl, who used to be an as- tendant at the Sands street Methodist Episcopal Sunday school. She was a she grew up and married Mr. Tilton sue was very proud of her choice, and she shared in his hope of future success in le. She lacked decision of character, however, but was loving, gentie, affectionate, iull of honest sympathy—just such @ woman a8 you would finagine her’ to be, She had @ great ad- miration for her pastor, Mr. Beecher, There are many members of bis church wuo how attend mine, and are very sensitive about everything that ts said on the subject of the scandal, feeling weful for any expression 1p bis javor. I prayed jor Mr. Beecher bigut when geveral of his parishioners were pres- ent. I think his statement is a very clear one and has the ring of an honest, noble man aboutit. 1 was over at the Independent oMce just before Til- son left, At that time it was just like the firing of musketry. Letiers came 7 in- top my paper, stop my paper.” Tasked Mr. Eggleston, Who Was then Connected with the paper, 1b regard to Mr. Tilton’s moral character, he hud 80 fallen off In orthodoxy. Eggleston said he would not like lo say anytning about lt. Eggleston suortly alter took Titon’s place, a8 lis heterodox articles had brought tue paper into disiavor, especially in the West. ‘Lilton Would not accede to the request of Mr, Bowen and his associates, and, having sn- preme control of the paper, wroie whatever be chose. ReEPORTER—What do you think will be the effect of the report of the commitive when Made public— will it amply justity him? Mr, Srexi-~{ think it will be accepted by Mr. Beecher’s irlends, and there are a large number who count Mr. Beecher innocent. The pubile gen- erally will be very lenient toward bim, There Wii, of course, be & strong anti-Beecher party—a party who will.Javor Titton and Moulton, They will be iu the Minority, though. blackmail allusions ‘oprietor of the REPORTER—Do you chink toe Mu the defence published are true? Mr. STEBL—Yes. Mr. Iilton received $6,000 on the Union and $5,000 on tue Jndepen and he aiso wrote articles for the Revolution woich made | his income about $12,000, Now, take this from him suddenly, and where does it leave the man? Tilton was an elegant writer, and when he started tue Golden Age it seemed to have a good circula- tion. 1 took it, but 1 s00n gave it up. Rerortsk—Think you Tilton end Moulton will Tetaiate upon this blackmuiling charge? Mr. STEEL—({ suppose they will, but the sympa- thy is with Mr. Beecher, and his statement will be accepted, Mr. Beecher says he mortgaged bis House at $5,000, and that is rather hard, you huow, and excites sympathy for him. Wey, Carpenter tried to to Europe. The very idea ol it ts abburreut, ‘This is one of the strongest Methodist churches in the Last Sunday night I preached a sermon, taking ior ny text Galatians vi, 1:—‘Brethren, if aman be overtaken in a fault ye which are spiritual restore such & One in the spirit of meekness, consideriug thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” I read the editorial in the HERALD on the "Gathering of the Ravens,” and } consider it one of the beet articies tuat bas been written upon the subject. A Colored Presbyterian Clergyman. A representative of the HERALD last evening well known eloquent and popular colored Presby- terian minister, at the latter's residence on Amity street, near Sulltvan, in relation to the Beecher- Tilton controversy, The folowing conversation ensued :— ReporTeR—Have you read Mr. Beecher’s recent statement ? Mr. GaRNETT—I have read everything that re- lutea to the matter, to me as @ man and a Christian minister, for | was a Iriend.so both parties, lor they have been friends to me and my people. Lam not biased, for in my view of the case { have endeavored to be abi it the concluston of the testimony, to form & correct | opinion as to the merits, REPORTER—Do you think Mr, Beecher gulity ? oped, judging {rom ali the testimony, 1 am unable to see anything that could convince me of Mr. Beecher’s guilt RERPORTER—You have not allowed any of the de- velopmente to prejudice your mind in favor of Mr. Beecher, have you? Mr. GARNETT—NO, Of course not, I do not wish honest belief in Mr. Beecher’s innoeence. Both Mr, Tilton and Mr. Beecher, for many, many years, have been my friends and friends of my race. ‘Their service in the anti-slavery cause is too well known, and cannot be disregarded or torgotten. But tooking without prejudice at Mr. Beecher’s statement | must say I think it furnishes A COMPLETB VINDICATION, an entire refuta'ion of the charges brought ayainst bim, RePORTER—It would seem natural for one to condemn Mr. Tiiton if he velleved him guilty of fame of Mr. Beecher, would it notf What can excuse his course? Mr, Gaknprt—1 believe Mr. Tilton & mistaken. There is A HIDDEN HAND SOMEWHERE, and he has been instigated—perhaps driven—by @ secret party to accuse Mr. Beecher. That hidden hand has fanned the fame in secret and arged him on in secret, aud now is awaiting the result of the bitter war, on think is possible that your ean theory 1a corre Mr. GARNETT—I do believe {t to be eo. It is quite possible that Tilton has not been himsell. He ia an ardent, poetical individual—takes a florid view of aimost every taing ne looks at, I judge from hin writings, hia puotic discourses, and his connection with the class of io he late years associated with that his ideas, to spe: plainly, bave been corrupted. Mr. iilton was not the Tilton of otner toa when he wrote that flaming biography of Victoria Woodnull He oss acemod to iné a changed man ever since. RerorTsn—Wohat do you think of Mr. Moutton? also conceal’ | perhaps aa ve {| more than rejoice No mao of his stading conld tail to ieel acarely the | Mr. Freeman—Ob, I tnink he will draw just as | the Incentive | The Rev. Dr. William 0. Steel, the pastor of the | Moulton and Mr. Tilton have ased him, and the | been about the town considerable to-day, and | The brother of Mra, Tilton, Mr. Rich- reat pet, aud when | He was young and ambitious, | jast Sunday | The black. | city, and the peopie stand firmly ior Mr. Beecner. . interviewed Rev. Henry Highland Garuett, the | It has had a painiul interest | Mr. GaRNETT—As fur as thé case has been devel- | to condemn Mr. Tilton exactly when Lafirm my | such gross slanders against the fair name and | Mr. GARNETT—I was at first inciined to ook upon w | nent from God’ i: ia an aw! 3 & man, under stmmr circumstances, could pe in- duced to pay money to keep the scandal trom break ing out; bat [ woula never have done so, { | wonld fe had my accuser arrested. You remem- | ber the cage of Rey. Dr, Carter, an Episcopal min- | ister of this city, who some time ago was black- | matied by & young woman. He simply wen’ had her arrested and convicted, and thus | hus reputation as well as his money. Revortsa—Do you think Mr, Beecher will take the case to courv? volves both gentlemen and has been | Mr. Gannerr—I all alo: eted the occasion for thi investigation. Both | on the MOOAATS od rage ee Tmagasainous pendesan. have the warm sympathy of | enough to forgive, © people of my congregation aud of | Rxr You said a colored toika geuerally, 1118 Well known that Mr. alton race anid» walle age tae en sheaans Mr. Tilton must have been urged oR by o Parties. Can you give names ? Mr. GaxNerr—I would rather not. There are | meu who were jealous of Mr. Beecher’s high fame and reputation, It is aimost natural tat they should be ot the sianding of the moat popular minister of modern times—who controlled the | Wealtaiest and moss powerlul church in the land, Even miuisters can be 1ound who are capable of petly meaunesses and weaknesses, of jealousies nnd deceit, And 1 think there are those who preaen tue Gospel, or pr nd w do 60, who would at Beecher's downfall I can etve how @ man can become a violent euemy of another when the least act. is done or committed to disrupts a domestic union, Mr. Beecuer adwits having done an injury. but his apology, it seems to me, should have settled this difference long ago. But, as | said before, | do not bedeve Mr. Tilton 1s pressing these charges against Mr, Beecher goiely of uis OWN accord. There is @ power behind him q ™ haa Baan’ AND HE tet 4 TOOL, ere has been some hidden power dest; is of both Beecher and Tilton. ePnE She KPORTBR—ADG you wiil not give me an im! is of what that hidden power is? ibid Mr. Gannatr—I do not wish to go ont tothe world as a contributor to this scandal. But this much I do say, that if there is @ legal investiga- | tion the hidden hand will be revealed. Almost | every party concerned in this matter, 1 am sure, | dreads a legal investigation more than ". Beecher does. And ithink Mr. Beecher should demand one. Justice to himself and his millions of friends requires tt. Alter some further conversation beartng upon the case Rev. Mr. Garnett said there was another point he would like to make—“People are suppos- ing that this case will be very injurious to tue in- terests of It My, Beecher shail proved guilty of the ares brought against him, andI believe he will ‘not, then it will only prove that ots life has not. been in conformity with the principles of evangel- ical religion, and therefore his conduct must With the conduct o! those who do not profess 6 be Christiana, as all men agree that conduct of that Kind is contrary, to the precepts of the Chria~ tian religion. Ii inn&cent, and I believe he haw proved himself to be so, another evidence will be furnished that persecution ts inseparable from an exalted useiui Christian lie, and he will come out better than ever, as gold tried in the fire, aud | better prepared ior the work of lus Master." ir | readily cones EVANGELICAL RELIGION. THE PRESS ON THE DEFENCE. ‘There can be no doubt that the defence of Mr. Beecher has aroused @ strong ieeling in favor of his probable innocence ; but most of our exchanges receive tt with caution, and either avoid any ex~- preasion of opinion for or against him or demand | toast Mr, Moulton shall be forced to tell all ha | knows in a court of law, We append a Jew ex- tracts from our exchanges. To Mr. Moulton It Is Destruction. (From the Tribane of yesterday.) The blackmail feature is the really destructive | matter. It scarcely belps Mr. Beecher, but it falig like the lightning upon his assailants. It shows Mr, Tilton’s attitude in the business as touching, vhe depth of infamy. To Mr. Moulton it ts destruc- tion, Mr. Carpenter only escapes on the ground that he knew no better, Uniess they can promptiy break the force of this revelation or disprove Mr, Beecher’s explicit (and, in the cross-examination, detailed) averment, the whole pack oO! his pur- guers are placed by it beside Woodhull, and need occupy the thoughts of decent men or women no more jorever, Beecher’s Quondam Friends. (From the Times of yesterday.) Whatever Mr. Beecher's statement may do for | bis own-character, it certainly places the charac~ | ter of some of bis quondam friends and confi- | dante m @ most unenviable light. * * * We | do not hike to impugn Mr. Moulton's Knowledge or | application of the Scriptures, but 1t really looks as | ihe bad got bis beatisudes o little mixed, and had | pursued: his tortuous way under the impression | that “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they suall inherit the earth.” ‘The worst feature of tiie case is that the discomforts of these gentlemen may Iu- duce them to afflict the public with more of this | interminable tangle, | “Greatly to the Credit of Mr. Beecher,” &e. j (From tne World of yesterday.) Wis greatly to the credit of Mr. Beecher, and 1s will go not little way with decent people towards redeeming the deplorable weakness of which he bas now so manfully confessed himself guilty, that, | while he was the last o/ al the persons involved in this wretched Brooklyn history to open hie lips on the subject, he 1s the only one of them ail who bas had the coorage and honesty, when at last he broke silence, to say all that he had to say with- out reservation or subtertuge. * * ™* Social degradation can have but small terrors for @ man | hke Tilton, who has made himself tne biograpner | of @ biatant bawd, or jor a man like Moutvon, of | whom it now appears tiat this blatant bawd has | been a welcome guest under his roof. Lt the law | could do ail that the law ought perhaps to be able to do for the vindication of the moral interests of | the community, here would be @ notable case, in- deed, /or tue unbridiing of all its terrors, No Progress Made. {From the Dally Graphic.) ‘To any one who looks at the matter with impar- tality, tt 16 plain that no real progress in the tn- vestigation has been made by Mr. Beecher’s testi- mony. Mr. Tilton charged under oath that Mr, Beecher had been gniliy of adultery. Mr. Beecher | answers—not, however, under oath—that he is in- nocent, The letters whicn formed the evidence ) udauced by Mr. Tilton—for his wife’s testimony may be considered whoily unworthy of attenttion— are not explained by Mr. Beecher in @ way that | will inily satisfy che public at large. Practicaliy, | the case stands to-day just where it did a week ago. No Matter What Moulton Says. (From last night's Brooklyn Eagie.) In oor opinion 1t does not now make any differ ence what Moulton says or testifies. To say now tat Mr, Beecher did not admit aduitery to him Ia to coniess that he was o party to the plunder of a clergyman by imposing on his weaknesses. Jn asserting that Mr. Beecher did make such @ confes- sion Mr. Moulton my confess that he 1s a an who believes that bis end’? can forgive his wife’s aduitery, providing the man who is @ partner In the crime pays roundly as an extepuation of the offence. in either case Frank Moulton has no | standing in @ court of justice or betore that wider twibunal in which the tssue is decided by the com- won tesi Of ordinary manhood, After a More Carefal Reading. {From the Mail of last evening.) A more careful reading of Mr. Beecher’s defence | than we were able to give to it yoaterday morning doepens our conviction of its ingenuousness, while heightening our admiration for its masterly re- view of the most pitiavle entangiement In which @ great, generous, unsuspecting and much-lorgiving map ever found himself. | A Hurried Verdict. [From Jast evening’s Express.) If pndiic opinion, a8 we seo 1t and read it among decent people, means anything, it ts the acquittal | of Mr, Beecher of all wrong done or intended to ra Mra. Tilton, The whole thing bas been a piracy, and 4 very base one, and @ conspiracy py | go well designed, continued and consummated a to entrap # too credulous man. Moulton Must Speak. {From jast evening’s Commercial Advertiser.) Mr. Frank D. Moulton {is reported to have pre- pared @ statement which covers the entire record | of the scandal, and which 1s said by his friends to | che accusers of Mr. Beecher of every charge { Waren has been made against them, This state~ ment ts of right the property of the public, which has been waypingy, and, a8 we believe, u: necessarily made jadge in this tremendous scandal. privilege of person, no private right, can entitle Mr. Mouiton 0 withhold this statemens jonger from the light Mr. and Mre. Tilton a F. D. Moulton. {From the sun of yesterday. If Mr. Beecher can be crushed by Mr. and Mrs, Tuton and FB. D, Moulton, then may not any cler- gyman in this country oe ruined by one bad man d one Weak or Wicked Woman, with one Cunning cam ale ily, perievtly mnocent thoug! The Penitentiary or the Insane Asylam, {From the Springfeld (Mags,) Republican.) If Mr. Beecher is indeed the victim which he Claims to have been, the penitentiary or the insane him aga Nigh-toned gentioman. 1am rather per- | agyiom ts the only proper retreat for the authors plexed at bis course of late, t Iocan readily | of the moustrock Fraud, If the whole thing bas erceive how Mr, Beecher and . Tilton were | been trumped up out of the dotings and vee From the first inclined to keep seoret or away from | ca weak woman, the morbid onafing of & sonra pavilo notice their Aimcuities, Many a person 4 licentions man and the officious ansistance r| placed in Mr, Hers position wourd ha e, | @ business man” aitempting the réie ol « “srteus tal warning.