The New York Herald Newspaper, August 18, 1874, Page 3

AMERICANS ABROAD. @uar Colony of Musical Sta- dents in Europe. Ttaly and France Compared as Schools of Music. cost OF LESSONS. The Advantages of Paris for Ambi- tious Students, Paris, August 4, 1874 «There is quite @ distressing number of young people in America who can play and sing a littie— too little. Perhaps they have a faint spark of talent, or even that feeble, gummering ray of @ gsemething which may be mistaken for genius, but ‘which is sure to be put out by tne rough storms of ‘Mfe and stifled by the dust upon its way. Probably some 01 them can sing a ballad with natural pathos or can fiddle “Yankee Doodle” with considerable vI- vacity; and really, in that case, nine times out of ten, the best thing that could be done for them ‘Would be to bind them over as apprentices to some profitable trade til they had forgotten all about it; for generally it happens | that they become the chief actors in @ Painiul sort of melodrama which lasts all their lives. Good natured friends, who ougnt each and ail to have their ears tweaked, begin to flatter the credujous young things till they are puffed up to the chin with nonsense and vanities. The girl ‘Who can warble “Auld Robin Gray" ina garden ‘upon a summer's evening so as to please her rela- | tives while under the influence of whisky and water, is told that she will excel Patti and Nils- gon. The boy who can fiddle “Yankee Doodle ” Ss assured that he wh) leave Ole Bull far behind him. Then begins a miserable business. Money $8 raked together—heaven knows how—or proba- | Diy all efforts to colicct it come more or less | to a failure, But the young musicians are | Mot discouraged. Why should they be? A | eoncert is got up for them in the little town | ‘Where they were born, and our excellent contem- | porary, the Harbinger af Light, aided by the | Zand’s End Investigator, sets to work printing | laudatory articles touching its distinguished | townspeople. So by and by away they go ona | Cunard steamer, with no luggage but hope anda | bandbox, and a fortnight alterward turn up in Paris with $3 50 American currency—or somewhat | Jess—in their pockets. Ferhaps they have, or per- | haps they have not, a vague idea that their funds | ‘Will not carry them very far; therefore, a day or | two afterwards a keen eyed lad who would have | Made a capital salesman at a store in New York, | or 8 young 1ady whom nature expressiy cut out for | ® bonnet maker, goes sauntering or bounc- ing into the United States Legation, | in the Rue Chaillot, which stands nospitably open to all comers. The young lady usually has Aity cents worth of music under her arm, and she | bobs in the American fashion to a grave, hand- some young min who is seated writing before a | Sabie in tne inner office. That is MR. GRATIOT WASHBURNE, one of the first amateur artists in Europe, and ‘who knows a great deal about music and musi- | She 1s Miss Jemima Somebody, of Chicago | clans. or elsewhere, and she means to sing Marguerite, in “Faust,” the very next day at the Grand Opera. All she considers necessary for the purpose is that Mr. Wasbburne should give her a few lines of in- | troduction, which he, as the servant of all Ameri- ean citizens, is clearly bound to do. She does not Know to whom these magical introductory lines shovla be addressed. She merely takes it for granted that Mr. Gratiot Wasnburne is a necro- mancer made on purpose to bring her out. The boy behind her, who came in five minutes alterwards, is ready jor any oj Mario’s parts on the same con- Gitions; or if he bas brought his fiddle he would Dot object to lead the orchestra at the Paris Opera, considering that he has nad rather a spare diet | wince he left the ship at Liverpool. Nothing else ‘wil sult either of them, for possibly some years Dave clapsed since the one sung her ballads in the gardeu and the other first fiddled onr national air. Bince then they may have been earning a little money by singing in churches or playing in con- certs at home, so that they think they know rather | more than everything that is to be known about | music, The grave young gentleman looks down | upon his writing paper, and there is an expression | of pain on his comely face, for he does not like to say anything that may seem unkind, | however reasonable it may be. But the truth | comes slowly out at last, and the boy and girl go | @way very dejected. May de there Is & sob on the stairs, and the brave young American hearts that | ‘Were 80 valiant and hopefnl are bowed down half | broken. If that is really what chances to them, | nd commonly it is, the wisest course they can both take .s to find their way back to America as B00n as possivie, giving up their goiden dream of | Blory at once and forever; bnt they will very seldom listen to advice. The girl has got it firmly Into her head that she can sing, and so nas the boy; and the next time they present themseives | to Roger—Jemima boldly taking Casta Diva, trom | jorma,” and the mad scene from “Lucia” as the | prootol her vocal powers, while the boy tunes upin one of the most diMcuit parts of Mario—they both Want to begin at the top of the ladder where Patti and Nilsson, Roger and Rubini leit of going up- ward; and there they are all alone in the great City with a music master who does nov object to , fees not wholly disinclined to profit by weir Dlusions. HOW TO BEGIN, “Do you wish to sing im concert, opera or ora- | torio?” asks M. Roger. Well, they had pot made up their minds about that. They want “to try a little and see how it goes.” Jemima will begin at | ence with Lucia or Leonora, in the ‘Trovatore.” The boy will make his bow toa European audience | when he vuinks it worth while in the characier of Poilto. M. Roger smiles. Well, ambition is a magnificent thing, but it kills | too many people; and M. Roger, or some other teacher of the young idea, finding that his visitors Hl do not know the first principles of their art, and | are entirely destitute of money, gets rid of them by | a few well-turned phrases. After a week or two of semt-starvation they ascertain that they will meed several yeurs of intense labor before they can | | aud perfect would be a fit offering to so mnch | | Singer, but that her witty and agreeable writing , high quality. impatient sigh at the result of such folly succeeded by such sortow. AMERICAN MUSICAL STUDENTS IN PATIS, ‘There are between fitty and fity-five Aimerican Musical stadents of both sexes at presert going through theusua! course of education in Paris, MIS8 BLANCHE TUCKER, of Chicago, @ charming young lady of great per- sonal attractions, is one of them. She wag so kind | as to grant me an interview on a card of introduc- tion given t@me by the United states Legation here, and efitered at once with pleasant irankness | into the business of her protession, i will endeavor to record the subjects of our conversation, “Parts,” s@id Miss Tucker, “is tue best place for learning to sing. Italy is best for the language of singing. aor better masters in Paris than | tn Italy, greatest teacher of singing m tie | world is Mme, Viardot Garcia, sister of Malibran. | Her styie ig simply periect. Her terma, however, | are very hig, and she will only give a lesson of | half an bowr toa pupil; for this she charges from fiiteem to twenty francs to professioual | singers and {irom twety-flve to forty france | to amateuf. The money is well spent. Ihave studi¢d with Mme. Viardot Garcta since | ast October and am now going to Italy. J shall | return, hoWever, to Paris. The advantage of | studying under Mme. Garcia is that her pupils ac- | quire an @bsolutely faultless intonation and | method of iration, She isso kind and delight- | ful that we ¢all her ‘the fascinator.’ She gives Jessons to the Countess of Paris. A young musical student cowid not do well in Paris with less than $1,500 a year, and would then have to practise strict economy. Sne could live, however, much cheaper in Itily. The greatest mistake Americans make is that/@f wanting to do everything too much inaburry, [thought I should pave been aimost through with my studies py this time. I find I have only just commence ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES, “The advantages Of a residence In Paris are very many, but thére are disadvantages. One is apt to get a French yatyle, which is not desiradie for Italian singing; and then an American girl has often toleurn two langnages—one for copversation, || the other for music. Stiil, Paris is more cheerful than the Italian cities, and here there js every- thing that cam encourage @ student. it is abso- lutely necessary, however, that she suould study in Italy, if only sor the language. I tind the winters in Paris very damp. Chicago is a very damp place, but in Paris there 13a pecultar sort of humidity which | ie very distressing. I found it also disagreeable not | to hear good Italian opera whiie studying. Last | winter the Italian opera was not fit to goto; Lam afraid tnere were only one or two real Italians in It. Zucchini was alone worthy of note, This is not like hearing amopera always well. The general | characteristic @f French-Italian opera is me | diocrity. There is, however, a very fine orchestra 3 in Paris; tiat of last year was the best I ever heard, and the choruses were particularly good, the singers in them being mostly Italian, Upon the whole, I think I may venture to teil you that Paris is the best school of musical art in the world; and though it 1s dificult to find time for tne study of the two languages requisite here, neither the time nor trouble are thrown away. You ask me what advice I should give a sister of mine who | might be coming to study music In Europe. I will | answer you plainly, I should tell her to go to Italy in the first place and take lessons from Lamperti, \ | Who taught Emma Ajbanl, our American prima donua; she should stay there, Jearn the language thoroughly, study solfeggis for a year or elghtcen months and then come to Paris and finish with a Mme. Garcia, The expense of this course of study would be about $4,000, and the time necessary ior it at least three years. “Success in ainging is purely a matter of the | throat and of time; no talent can aymi. It re- | Guires at least three years to make the throat | Know what it must do. To be a successiul singer | you must know a little harmony and be a good musician. It is not a mere question of using your | voice for two or three hours at a time; it is the | Fegularity of well directed studies and the doing | of a litte caretul work every day which | leads to perfection. No money can be | prudently made by @ student during her masical | studies previous to her début. If she is fit to sing | at ail, she is ready to come out on the stage or in ; concerts, but until she can sing it Is not advisable | for her to try.” |, 1made my bow to Miss Blanche Tucker after re- | ceiving this miormation, and almost felt thatul I | had been five-and-twenty I should have left my heart benind me. But nothing which is not fresh grace and beauty. Iheard after 1 had gone away that Miss Tucker is not only remarkable as a has lately given a charm to the coiumns of a Chi- | cago journal. MISS NITA GAETANO ig@ young lady with a mezzo-soprano voice of She has both a great deai of voice and a great deal of style, and is a great success, Her appearance is pleasing and her manuers de- | ightiul, She has, as I have said, succeeded in her | profession, and 1s now making both fame and money; but she said, “If young women had the faintest idea of the difficulties they would have to encounter to attain any position m the musical | world they never would think of entering on the career, Of all those who started with me to make @ name in the profession I am the only one wno has ever sung upon the stage; and if I had ever | dreamed of what { shonid have to go through I should have reuounced the idea of it.” MISS EMMA ABBOTT, OF OAK CREEK, WIS., isa musical student in Paris, studying with M, Wartel. She has a voice of rare pathos, with a great amount of genius, and is one of the few sure to succeed i her health holds out. Ail she wants is a listle more physical strengih and a few notes in the upper register of her voice. Her operas are “Marguerite,” onnambula” and the ‘Barber.’? MISS ANNICE MONTAGUE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, 1s studying under M. Belari, a Spanish teacher of eminence, She basa remarkably pure and bird- like voice of good Compass and wonderiul agility. She expects to come out early inthe fal. She isa charming singer, but would be even still more de- lightiul if she put more warmth and animation into her art. Her operas are “Lucia,” ‘“Rigo- Jetto,” “Marguerite” and “Dinorah.” MR. LANG is a youog American tenor of the highest promise, with @ voice capable of singing both light and heavy opera. Ihad the honor of dining with him yesterday, and found him 80 courteous, so oblig- ing and £0 well informed that 1 ventured to in- quire into the particulars of his career as a must- cal student in Europe. “The French are sometimes good singers,” said he, “but they.have not oiten fine voices, Mme. do anything, and they write home tor more money. Meantime, as misery likes company, they seek out | other musical students in the same forlorn posi- tion as themselves, and fall to work shrieking or | Adding in their poor Jodgings, till they get notice to quit from the concierge for making a disturbance at unseasonable hours. Having heard that they must work they begin to do it at such a pace that | they soon lose their scrap of a voice, with any ar- | ‘Ustic power that may be within them, altogether. | ‘They forget, or have never learned, that modera, tion 18 necessary in music, and tat ne teacher of eminence will allow tiem to sing or to play more than fiiteen minutes aia time, They have neither Judgment nor common sense, and will have to pro- Vide themselves with both at tne cost of many a sharp pang. All the while that there is so much wretchedness in Paris the good people on the other side of the water are expecting wonders. Every steamer | that comes in from Europe is expected to bring | them some share in those diamond bracelets aud heaps of roubles which are given by the Emperor | of Russia to illustrious foreign artists who trom ‘ime to time honor his capital with their presence, Burely, too, the Emperors of Austria and Germany, ‘with the Prince of Wales, will not be outdone in lib- Grality ; so when new demands are made upon them for the mere preliminary cost of a few lessons and beeisteaks, they pinch and scrape, and borrow with willing hearts, till by and by a pale boy or girl comes home without even the hope and bana- ‘box with which they started, having wasted their youth and utterly disappomted expectation. This ta the caso of hundreds and of thousands, and I have Been 80 many tragedies of the sort that I try to ahake off the very recaliaction of vhem with an_ Carvalho 1s the only French soprano who has made a great reputation, “For some reason or other, whether it depends upon modern habits and customs or any other cause, I do not know, but America and Ger- many are the two countries which pro. duce the greatest number of fine voices. | The French are great instrumentalists, and I must remind you that music is a progressive | art, depending much upon mechanism, A singer Should pertectly understand, for instance, the Mechanism of his own throat, which im some re- Spects resembles that of an Aolian harp, and sound Is produced by two fine ligaments called vocal chords, placed tn the larynx.’ A gentleman, wiio had kindly asked me to meet Mr. Lang, here pointed out that it was eusy to sat- isty one’s seif that music 14 @ progressive art by comparing the songs aud music of civilized na- tions with those of savage trives, and noting the | immense difference between the bagpipe or the tom-tom and modern instruments. Mr. Lang said that nothing could possibly be done tn music with- out hard work and the absolute devotion of a life- time to the science of it, Me sala that study and good health are indispensabie to a musical art- {8t, because the natural voice breaks down at about forty ; whereas the cultivated voice of a strong man remains unimpaired often tll past sixty ; and people cannot adopt @ profession in which their earnings would be likely to cease about midale life. Uniess,’? added Mr, Lang, “a person has a phenomenal voico | he should never look to music a8 & means to earning a lifehood, and not even then unless it is cultivated very near +o periection ; musical incomes are not high, and people who can earn $3,000 a Year by singing are qpite excevwonally sorsapate.’? | Jneliap | capital, < | Voice, but you don’t know how to use tt."? I asked Mr. Lang what advice he would give to a brother of his who was coming to Europe asa musical student, and he replied, “I think I had better give you the expérience of a friend of mine, with the deductions {draw from them.” I relute them a9 they Were narrated to me: BIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN MUSICAL STUDENT. My name is Frank Meanweii, of Cleveland, Onio, and I learned very early in life that 1 had a fine tenor voice, 1 sang from childhood till the natural | change in my votce bappened to me about the aga of fifteen, 2s it happens to most people, Aiter the lapse of @ year br a year and @ naif, the time Which it generally takes jor tie voice to recover its tone, | was admitted into the Cathedral choir, where | sang the masses of Mozart and Haydn suc- eessiully for the space of four years, I was then nineteci. A higher salary called me to the First Presbyterian chureb la Cieveland, where [ sang for two years, receiving the copgratniations of my friends and many praises. A suggesti from a& awwusical /riend o! high standing, to the effect that my Voice Was fiue enough to pay for cultivation, determined me to save money ww procure ior my- seli the advantage of a European education in musicai science, By these means cole ected $1,500, took a passage in the White Star | steamer Republic, on tie 201 Of May, 1872, and ar- rived at Liverpool ten days afterwards. 1 pro- ceeded to London, and, like all Americans, anxious to see sizhts, Ament @ fortnight in the English ‘Thence I went to Stattgard: to optain tn- formation as to the German schoo! of vocalization, 1 should mention that I had peculiar advantages in this and several other respects, because I longed to a family of Alsatian emigrants, and could speak both French and German. it was in the sommer season when I arrived in Stuttgardt, and, therefore, | was unable to commence my studies, because teachers and artists were all tak- ing their bolidays. Tascertained, however, through frends-whom I met there that the German school of vocalization was only fit to train phenomenal voices gnd singers oi very strong constitutions. Moreover, being desirous above ail to acquire ihe Italian style of singing, I resolved to spend the three summer months in recreation preparing jor my coming studies im Italy. ith this object Tengaged an Italian teacher in Stuttgardt, paying him three guldens or $1250 lesson, and studied under iim jor wo months. This teacher was of no use whatever to me; the money was thrown away. On my way to katy stopped in Switzerland and spent seven weeks ai seeing With Iriends at my own charge. arrived at Milan on the 20th September, hav- ing already exhausted $500 of my savings; and I went to the American Consul, who gave me the names of several of the prominent Milan teachers, Upon very strong recommendations I settled to see Signor Corsi, the old and justly celeprated Darytone artist. On entering the studio of ‘that musician 1 was kindly ‘The Signor was in company with his brother, “Are you @ mu:ician ?” said the Signor, “No; I want to commence the HiSBy of Ty art from the beginning. I have sung ail my life, but have never taken a lesson.” Toe Signor then | entered into conversation with his brother in a subdued voice and asked me to give him a spect- men of my vocal powers. Isang with all cona- | dence the aria from “Martha,” peginning “M’ap- pari tu amor.” “What eise do you sing?” said the Signor when Thad finished. “[ have sung ‘Fra Diavolo’ with amateurs.” “Sing me the serenade ‘Young Agues,’"’ said ne. The Signor played the accompaniment in Do, ant I sung the scienade, taxing the high Do tn fine mezzo voce tones, whereupon the Signor’s | brother, the tenor, said, “f would give many thou- sand [rancs for your mezzo voce,”” ‘the Maestro and his brother now again talked apart and then Signor Corsi spoke anew. “1 never take beginners,” said he, “but since I have heard you sing, | will take yon. Of course, with that voice you mean to study for the stage? {rephed that T nad not determined on an artistic career, but ti he thought I should succeed I should be glad to undertake it, provided we could agree upon terms. “T will guarantee that you will be @ good arti: and I wili make my terms to suit you. | sh bring you Out in @ year from this date,” said ' Signor Corsi. DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY. 1 began my iessous upon tiiese conditions, fall of ope, and {tried to Jearn the Italian language. But as J was only a natural singer ! Knew not why or how [suog. Neverthelevs, without putting me through a regular vourse of studies in the mechan- ism of the voice, Signor Corsi made me sing the opera of ‘ifaust.” Singing in a new janguage limmediately found diificuittes in the emission of certain vowel sounds. 1 tried to surmount each «ifliculty by forcing the tones from my throat, and consequently made them guttural, Toe Signor objected to this proceeding Wichout explamng to me how to overcome my de- fect. The more i libored, from day to day, the more I fatieued my throat and the more m lell offin compass and power. Belnz possessed, however, of hope and perseverance, und trusting that all would come right in accordance with the assurances of the Macstro, | went on for three months, at the end of which I began myself to be- lieve that the promises of my voice were illusory. An American lady, however, wno had heard me sing on my arrival in Milan, invited me to an evening party, and there | met anold Spanish tenor, wh» asked me to sing ior him. After. some reluctance | consented, and he then told me I must. change my mode of study and learn, first of all, to pove my voice. “You have a fine natural voice,” he added, “bat youhave many bad habits which must be cured,” “But where,” said I, ‘are the teachers to whom I shall zo for guidan: “I know of none,’ replied he. Thad heard him sing, and thongn he was past sixty, he sung very weil, “Can you give me les- sons ?”? | asked. ne was then without an engagement and said “Yes. I was with him for three weeks, and at the end of that time he signed a contract to sing at Nan- tes, in France. Lasked permtssion to follow him, leeling persuaded that he was the man I wanted, and came op to Paris, where I wired to him jor instructions, fle answered that ne could no longer give me lessons. So that all my time and money was again thrown awa A MONTH WITH NUSSON’S TUTOR, It was in the middle of January, 1873, when I d myself, for tae first time, in Paris, witnout, «is or knowing where to turn. alittle money. 1 then remembered that Nilsson’s teacer was a certain M. Wartel, and going into a music store, I asked his dress. I called upon him and begged bim to hear me sing. ile received me witn some rouginess, but alowed me to sing for him the aria froin “aust,” “Saive dimora.’? When | had tinisned Wartel's accompanyist, who speaks English, alter a few words with the Maestro, turned to me and said, “You have a good The very bluntess with which L was received made me feel that Wartel was great, and I re solved to siudy under lum. As soon as | had mace arrangewents to pay him $50 a month for three lessons & Week he smmediately changed his man- ner and began to pour enthustastic praises on my yoice. He sata to me, that wh has taught me he says to everybody, “You Will be a8 great as Kubiul or Mario if you study Jong enough under me.” I studied with nim for one month, and became satisfied that he might cultivate a soprano voice, but could do nothing with mine. tis ouly just, however, to add that M. Wartel has a which in some respects is equal to the best. mode of respiration and combining bead and chest tones is unequaded; but he is getting into years and is not active, STILL ANOTHER MASTER. Meantime I had heard of @ young Spantsh tenor, Who had set himseli up as teacher alter seven years of study under tourteen ditterent Pari masters, and having spent 2 fortune on them ue had at last been enabled to sing ior tbree years in the Royal Theatre at Madrid. Being, however, of adomestic turn of mind he renounced the stage and took to giving lessons, Under him | once more returned to my studies With renewed energy, and ior the first ume felt that I was making progress, but after two months | of diligenc application f[came to the end of my purse, [ was in Paris, all alone, without money or credit, with my education unfinished, but just beginning to see that | was on the right road to | success at last. Ubad frends in Surope, but they were at a distance, and | was too proud to seck heip from strangers. My relatives tn America had only enough for themselves, The first dawn of hope came to me when my teacher, impressed by the fact that I was a serious student and had nat- ural talent, offered to give me credit for my les- bs and I managed ior the rest to exist as I Six months afterwards, by the most intense de- votion to my proiession, i supposed myself in a position to take an engagement; but my hopes were again ppointed, as from the constant fatigne of unremitting studies, my voice became rebeliious and would not go throagh the hard work of an opera, In this dilemma / was intro- duced to an artist who toid me 1 still had a defect in emitung the voice, and thatl put too much strain on the vocal chords by not combining the head and chest register, and that} required rest. It was now in the height of the season of thts year, and no prospects were open to me of coming ont. After 2 month’s repose Lsoughs a new teacher, M. Fontana; by the advice of the artist above mentioned { renewed my studies with this gentie- man, and discovered that he was the only one of My masters who understood the capacities of my voice and how to train it, the one thing which Is wanted in pupil and teacher being EXPERIENCE, nlanrn mito give to my brother aoe umstances to own when I leit America is this:— mY gies Pirst—-Put your expenses in Europe during three years, with economy, at $1,200 a year in gold. K Jome to Paris and study under M. Fon- tana, Third—Lead a quict life and take care of your | health, As 4 general resait I may state that American girls who come to study music in Kurope are ushamea to go back to their friends unless they succeed, and do worse. Young men put thelr fail. ures in their pocket, say nothing about them and turn to something else, There ts great diticuity in obtaining a first en- feta on the stage, anda competent singer 18 to suffer Most from jealousies, intrigues and slander, An American tenor recently committed suicide from grief and disappointment, he was | treated so unfairiy, Ladios have to smart as much as men from envy and traducers, Any young American artist Who is disposed to uncerrate the diliculties before her should see the ciever play of the “Débutante,” which has been translated into under the title of “First Nugnt,’? and | folce | But Thad stil | li my experience | method | m: His | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. NO BLACKMAIL i Frank Moulton Is Still “On His Honor.” READY FOR THE FRAY. No Prospects of Producing the | Desired Statement. THE SITUATION IN BROOKLYN. While there were really no new developments Worthy of chronichayg in the Beecber-Tilton scan- dal case yesterday, speculation was rife upon every | side as to what a day or two may bring forth. The people generally side with the pastor of Plymouth | | gud treely assert that he has got decidedly the | best of the case; but there exists a strong and un- ‘mistakable desire for more. ‘There are those who | @fe anxious to heur the rebuttal testumony, should | | there be any forthcoming, before the committee | @lse and hand their report to the church com- | Muittee, wtiich will be on Friday next. Everybody | | Wants to hear from Frank Moulton, and peopie | @Ram at his evasive answers and delays. They | Want to learn the contents of that long state- | ment which he withheld at the time of | | Dl appearance belore the committee and | }Romised to hold until such time as | Hite character might be assailed, when he promised #0 use it in bis own vindication before the pwolic. | Mr. Moutton is satisfied that he will be able to | <eear his cuaracter from the stain of blackmat! to ‘the satisiaction of the world, and that he will be | | able to explain all points referring to hin in Mr, | chers statement to his own credit. It was ervained that among the most interesting wit- ses examined before the committee was Mrs, | Henry Ward Beecner, who testified as to circum. | stances concerning Moulton, as the “mutual | ftlend,”? and bis intimacy with her husband, ao | Mtimacy against which she repeatedly warned Mr, | cher, a8 she had no confidence in Frank's | | sincerity in his proiessions of regard, | | | | £x-Judge Samuel B, Morris visited Mr. Tilton at Ms residence in Livingston street yesterday fore- Boon, and had an extended consultation with him touching the pi ration of the summons and Complaint in the case which he is to bring tn the | Courts on behal/ of his client, Mr. Tilton, against | Mr. Beecher as soon as the latter shall have re- rned, recuperated, invigorated, from his | Peekskill farm in mellow October. ' Oue of tue { counsel's clerks will doubtiess be despatched to | fhe farm with the papers during the present week, | jould Moulton make puolic his long statement. | | District Attorney Jonna Winslow ts hard at work ' Upon the preparation of the testimony taken be- fo1e the committee. General Tracy will hoger at | | Rts favorite summer retreat, Oswego, unul Sep- | | tember 1, well content with the result of his labors | | tm behall of Mr. Beecher, \ pecs TILTON’S ANSWER TO BEECHER. | 2 "Mr. Tilton has promised to make a reply to Mr. Beecher after Mr, Motilton has spoxen, {t will be | found, however, that the ouiline of that reply is | given below. It was communicated to a friend of | | Mr, Tilton’s on Sunday for publication, and is in | every line indorsed by Mr. Tilton as his answer to | | Me defence of the Plymouth pastor, It attacks | sbme of the incidental details of Mr. Beecher's | | gtatement, and only renders it more imperative | | that Mr. Moulton suould explain what Mr. Tilton | | alleges he is entirely ignorant of:— | Mrs, THton did not make her confession as Mr. ; Beecher states tt, She made it July 3, 1870, She Was not sick or icebie; she Was in perfect, robust Wealth, She had been five weeks in the country ; | Mo one called her home, no one expected het Within one hour after sie came into the how she entered Mr. Tilton’s room and made a@ fu Clean confession, No couversatiou calied it out; | Bo allusion had been made to the subject of the | @oniession. Up to that hour Mr. Tilton had no sus- | aged of anything wrong between his wife and ir, Beecher, and tuls was six months before the | €ime named by Mr. Beecher. The ground of the | confession was not the sin committed, but the he etchedness and Sogreaation arising from the x tion practised, Ine coniession was repeated | to the mother (Mrs. Morse) and to others whose | names are mentioned, TILTON OUT OF THE INDEPENDENT. Mr. Tilton denies that he went to Mr. Beecher to have him iotercede with Bowen. ‘There was no Need of any intercession. ‘The scene in the locked chamber was on the 30th Decemver. Five days beiore Tilton had made with Bowen two coutracts, each running for five years. By the one he was toedit the Union, by the other be was to cor- respond ior the independent, the salary in each | case to be $5,000 a year. The day alter (Yecember | 8U the apology was given ‘Tilton received trom Bowen a letter breaking his contracts and Mr, Beecher did the deed, \ BLACKMAILING, Mr. Tilton denies that he received any money } from Mr, Beecher, In only two cases could Mr. | Beecher have paid a dollar, If he paid money in eitner case Mr, Tilton knew nothing about it. In the one case a capital was formed jor the Golden Age, Tilton putin some money. Frank Moulton put in trom $5,000 to $3,000. It Mr. Beecher paid im any money ‘Tilton never hoard of it tH Beecher’s | | statement came out. The other case was money | paid for the education of a young girl sent out West, She was a waif—an illegitimate child. She was taken into Mr. ‘titon’s house out of char- ity. She found out the confession. It was thought | best to send her away for an education, Mrs, ‘filton received all the pills and these were paid by Prank Moulton, | ‘THE REMORSE. Tilton pronounces Mr. Beechei’s account of his remorse 2s a simple avsurdity. Mo Mr. Titton | “condoned his wile’s fault” there was a lauit to | be condoned. ‘That word applies to but o1 | wrong, Why should Mr, Beecher live on the ‘ru | ged edge of remorse” tor three and a halt years lor advice given that was not followea? Why | should he have years of sorrow for breaking up a | | home which was not broken up, as dirs, Tilton’s | letters clearly show? , GARBLED LETTERS. The quotations irom Mr. Bee: nowledged to be correct eXtracta, } ariations are pointed out, and the | aterial, Ineach case the whote letrer dves Mr, | Beecher more damage, than the extract. i MRS, TILTON’S LETTERS. The printed letters of Mrs, Suton cover the whole time from 1868 onward, during which Mrs. | ‘Suton was alleged to suifer from the negiect ana cruel sreatinent of her husband. ‘he ietters are | mere specimens of love and artection which Mrs. ‘Tiiton professeu to her husband. They were pre- served by hersell, both thuse sent and those re- cer ‘They are tuil 500 in number, most of them long letters, covering three pages, and occupying a periodgfrom 1866 to the coniession. Those not | printed are equally full and gushing. THE DIVORCE. When Mrs, Morse received her danghter’s con- fession she said, “Elizabeth, now louk out for + divorce.” This idea haunted the mother, emer from that grave attacks were made on Mr. ‘iltoa's character, i or’s letters are But two are iin THE COMMITTER, The trial of Mr. Beecaer by a committee of his own chovsing is simply a farce, The result was fore- shadowed at the start, Not many men would be convicted in our courts if the accused selected his own judge and jury, shut ont the accuser, and made the cross-examination a mere excnse for filling the chinks and siraigutening out the testi- mony. Mr, Tilton’s statement is the compliint, Mr. Beccher’s defenve 1s the answer. Now comes the trial and the proo!. Moulton must now speak. Me must come to the front. He can no longer keep silence. There will be no backward steps taken, Compromise is out of the question. Mr. Beecher’s Ravage attack On the best iriend he ever had makes private settlement impossible. A few days will decide the course of action, INTERVIEWS WITH MOULTON. enactments A gentleman who saw Mr. Moulton at Ipswich, | Mass., yesterday, sent the following despatch tu the Brooklyn argus:— Ipswicn, Mass., August 17, 1874, Frank Moulton has at last spoken tn regard to the siiuation, He boarded the 8:40 train at Salem this morning, The writer had a lengchy conver- sation with him. He is on & business and pleasure trip, and goes to Portland, Me, BRUEFLY SUMMARIZED the {nformation gathered trom the interview ts as follows :—My. Moulton says be is in tnis section to | fii some business jagements, but that he will combine pleasure with his‘commercial transactions. He will return to Brooklyn when his mission | here is completed and not before, At present he | says he can give no opinion as to the probable | ume of his return home. He says he has digested Mr. Beecher’s statement with regard to tite black- mailing charge. He is mueh struck with It and, speaking On this point said, with great emphasis, pe a avout it.” “Bverything in connection with money matters f v c Sous laried y In this case cun SATISPACTORILY TO EVERYBODY." Mr. Moulton stilt declares that his ‘course has been an entirely honorable ove, and he proposes that tf shall continue sotu the end. His attention ‘was called by your correspondent toa portion of Mr. Beecher’s cross-exumination in which he (Mr. Moul- ton) is represented as loving intrigues 2 7a Lady Montague, where Mr. Beecher says, “He would noc carve & cabbage unjeas ho could ‘steal on tt from | connected with the house of } tale unfold more inieresting than ati the re Mr. Moulton smiled and said: “1 will reply to that by withholdmg criticism of nis (mr. Beecher’s) Method of telling tue trath wituout guilt. 1 have decided upon my fature course, aud shall strictly adhere to the pian I have adopted. What that plan is no human being but my- Sell knows, This has teen a very dificult case for me to manage up to the present time, but THE DIFFICULTY [8 NOW ALL OVER”? Mr. Mouiton maintains that he has not a single document in his possession belonging to Mr. Keecher chat has reivrence to this case. With re- rd to making public any fature statement he wheres to bis determination as set forth in his Statement to the Investigating Committee on Monday last. But he adds that any charges that affect his honor will call from him such an ex- Di tion 4s will eifectually wipe out any stain thas anybody iy seck to attach to his name, Mr, Mouiton read MR. HALLIDAY’S STATEMENT, and remarked, “fnat doesn’t show much ant- mosity on my part-towards Mr. Beecher, does tt’? Mr. Moulton closed tne interview by stating thar this was the last time he should speak on this fople wile he remained away trom Brooklyn. “When I get ready to be interviewed,” said Mr. oulton, “che interviewers wili be ousy enough.” While fully appreciaung the serious natare of tuis Matter, Mr. Moulton appears periectiy calm and Sell-possessed, He 18 enjoying excellent health, Moulton in Massachusetts. Boston, August 17, 1874. A reporter, meeting Frank Moulton in Salem to- day, asked him if he had read this morning's papers, He replied that he had not, The substance of the statement in a New York Sunday paper regarding Moulton’s being saved from the informer Jayne's hands by Mr. Beecher’s intervention was related to Mr. Moulton, when ne vouchsafed the reply, “{ look ike @ man thao don’t 1?” He also volunteered the statement that he “had done ouly what any honorable man would do.’” To another reporter who approached him Moul- ton said, “4 promise very well, but I don’t bore wortha damn.” He intimated that he had nothing more to say to the Beecher Investigating Committee. has been saved, How Far the Scandal is # Matter of Of ficial Record in Washington—Beecher as a Mediator for Moulton at the freasury Department—Jayne’s Evi- dence. WASHINGTON, Augnst 17, 1874. The name of Henry Ward Beecher naving been which Mr. Frank Moulton 18 @ partner, in regard to certain alieged irregularities, amounting to a fine of $59,000 for | Temoving bonded goods irom warehouse without fulfilling the Treasury regulations, the ‘Treasury Department authorizes the statement that the offence was so strictly technical as really not to amount to a viglation of the law; but Secretary Richardson having imposed the fine, the law made it imperative to collect it with no power to remin made clear that the fing was imposed on ex parte evidence and the firm wero told to look to Con. gress for relief, Mr. Beecher and Mr. Moalton came to Washington tor the purpose of having the fihe remitted by Congress, ‘Ine moiety business imade Jayne, wu0 is Moulcon’s friend, unpopular, and the Sanborn contract helped to strengtuen the distavor of remission of fines, forieitures and penalties. So Messrs. Beecher aud AMouiion con- cluded co deier pressing the claim unui tho next | session of Cong! While the matter was pending the Treasury oOfiiciais Were acquainted iong belore the pubue with what woulu be the scope of the ‘titien- Beecher scandal. The relations of each member of the Beecher-Moultou-Tilton trinity is a mater of oiicial record in the Treasury Departmeut, and it is awonder, among tuose wio huve known of the expected explosion, that it did not occur long ago. Blackmail, i¢ 18 alleged, sees to have vecu the strong cord whica pound Jayne and Mouiton to- gether, and as the latter Was threatencd wich ex- posure on account of alleged technical vioiation of revenue laws, tha jormer did all m his power to revent the conspirators irom succeeding m thew design, JAYNE'S TESTIMONY OMITTED. It is now said in the lreasury Department that portant Witness in negiccting Jayne. He can a and show he will, to what extent the scandal isa Matter of oficial recor MR. MOULTON’S MODIFIED STATEMENT. PORTLAND, Me., August 17, 1874 Mr. Francis D. Moulton returned to this city to- day. ‘his aiternoon a representative of the argus succeeded in obtaining some information from him which leaves no dount that he has prepared a modified statement in Tegard to (he charges of ditekinalling regard to the aliair, Mr. Mouiton’s steuographer Was witt him until this morging., Mr. Mourton re- turned to Boston to-night im vhe boat on his way to New York. ‘JERSEY CHURCH SCANDAL. eas A New and Painfal Aspect of the Case— Miss Pomeroy Seriously Il—iHer Latest Words. The troubles connected with the Presbyterian serious ending. Miss Pomeroy is lying so lil that It was reported that she was dying at a late hour on Sunday night. No Presbyterian clergyman could be found to attend her, as tney are all rusti- cating, but the Rev. Mr. Tuaison, a Methodist cier- gyman, called on her, The young lady joined in prayer, but as she was very weak she coud utter but few words. On being asxed if she ad anything to say that would reheve ner mind of the burden that seemed to weigh her down, sie said, The Lord has calied mg and L know L must die; £ { want you to take my dying words that the Rev. Joun Nendenning is the Jather of my child." Several members of tie Presbyterian church of Which Mr. Glenadenuing is pastor cailed on her, prayed wnd administered spiritual consolation. dhe is attended vy Dr. Burdett, and she expressed herseli im terms of resigaauon under he ‘rhe child, which 18 now about three weeks old, 1s doing weil, but has not yet been baptized, Justice Aldridge was to decide yestvrday ona day tor the examination, but the new turn of events caused one more postponement. Tne eiders of the church have not taken any action Whatever in this most extraordinary case. A prominent member of the First Presbyiertan church of Jersey City told a HERALD rr yes- terday that he did not think Mr. would return to iis palpit after vai should do 80 the case Wil be brought to the atten- tion of the Presbyterian Synod, Lhe pulpit is now occupied by the Rev. Mr, Wiggins, of New York. He made no allusion whatever to the existing troubies in bis sermon on Sanday. ‘Toe accused pastor has had several interviews with his counsel and has tnformed his iricuds that so far from shrinking from an investigation he ‘Will establish a defence that wlll exonerate him in the eyes of the co: unity. SARATOGA RACES. nen) Fifth Day of the Second Summer Mect- ing—Pool Selling Last Evening. SARATOGA, August 17, 1874, There are, as usual, three events on the card for the fifth day of the second summer racing meeting. The first of these is a sweepstakes for three-ycar. olds, $100 entrance, haif forteit, with $700 added; dash of two miles, Of the eighteeu nominations four will come to the post:— Oden Bowie's b. c. Ficolo, by Concord, dam Man- dina, 110 Ibs. H. Gattney’s b. ¢. Culpepper, by Revolver, dain Gentle Annie, 116 lbs. W. Ootirili’s ch, ¢, Planter, by Planet, cam Lark, b. f Vandalite, dam Vesper Light, 117 Ibs. ‘The second race }s a free handicap for two-year. ed of $500, dash of Gue nile, the starters eng: ). McDaniei's ch. c. by Australian, dam Bettie | Ward, 94 lbs, Owner's cn. ¢, Aristides, by Leamington, dam Seroug, 96 lbs, el Lorillard’s r, c. Risk, by Revolver, dant Syren, M, Belmont’s ch. & Babylon, by Kentucky, Babta, 95 lbs, J. W. Hunt Reynold’s ch, f Antella, by Aus tralian, dam Grande Dachesse, 90 bs, A. B. Lewis & Co.'s & ¢ Victorious, by Vandal, dam Septima, 93 Ids, Oden Bowe’s bv, ¢, Holbrook, by Baywood, dam Gonerti, 90 Ibs, s W. Springfield's g. 0, Enlister, by Enquirer, dam Crownlet, 91 Ibs. Winding up the amusement of the day tsa free handicap, for ali ages, purse of $600, dash of one and one-hail miles. This will bring to,the pest the jollowin, A.M. Burton's ch. 6 Jack Frost, by Jack Mas lone, dam Kitty Puryear, 4 years old, 109 Ibs, T. G. Moore’s gr, h. London, by Lightning, dam Zingara, 5 years old, 106 ibs. D. McDaniel’s ch. ©, Galway, by Concord, dam Mandarin, 4 years oid, 101 tbs. John Coffee’s br. c. B. F. Carver, by Lightning, dam La Victme, 4 years old, 98 Ibs, bebind, and do ps hy device,” When,this wag reed, D. Destnond’s or. f, Mollie Daring, by Revolver, dam BKNDOS, 9.7eArA Old, 80 Iba ( It was subsequently | Piymouth Church nas jailed co summon a most im- | in Mr. Beecher’s published defence, and wil: also | bear out the asseruous heretoiure made by him in | church on Jersey City Heights are likely to have a | but little hopes are entertained of her recovery. | afiliction. | Pools were sold on these events this evening with the anuexed result :— | DASH OF TWO MILES, | Vandalite. Planter. . Aristides .... McDauiel’s Colt. . Amsella reeceee Babylon. $0 Victorious. .... INE AND & HALF MILES, $200 Mollie Darling. . " B. #, Carver. . 7 : 50 Eniister. Galway. .. BEACON PARK. Last Day of the August Meeting—Lady Wilcox the Winner of the Postponed 2:43 Purse, Lady Mac the 2:29 Race and Comee the “Free-for-All’”’ Contest. Boston, August 17, 1874, The August meeting at Beacon Park closed this afternoon in presence of a very large number of Spectarors, The weather was charming and ad- | mirably suited tor such sport. ‘The 2:23 race, postponea from turday, was concluded aud won by Lady Wilcox in 2:37. In the | 2:29 class Lady Mac wax the iavorite and winners | In the race ‘vee for a Commonwealth wad the | favorite, ut Was beaten by the bay gelding Comee. SUMMARY, | BEACON Park, Bostox, Mass., August 17.— Purse of $250, tor horses that never peas iM heats, dest tlirce tn five, in harnes } Robert Jolinson’s vb. m. Lady Mac : o's M. Carrott’s b, g. Dustin Jim 34232 | Dan Begiey’s b. g. Sum Curtis,, 2348 \ H. Brack’s br. g. Honest Billy 4034 Thne, 2:37 2B Samz Day—uise of $400, tree ior all; mile heats, best three in five, in harness, | N..N. Comee’s b, g. Comee. .. al J. R. Farnhain’s b. g. Commonwealth. 1a A. D. Carson’s Cataract 2a Time, 2:27—2:20—. PEDESTRIANISM. The foot race of 100 yards between James Con. nally, of Boston, and Jobn Grayam, of Lawrence, Mass., ior $000, was won by the latter in tem aeconus. CREEDMOOR. The Separate Troop Cavalry and the Thirty-second Regiment, National Guard, at the Rifle Butts. The Separate Troop cavalry, Eieventh brigade, Second division, National Guard, Captain Kreus- cher commanding, went to the Creedmoor ranges | Yesterday lor rifle practice. There were jorty-81x officers, non-commissioned officers and rank and file before the butts. The distances shot at were 100 and 300 yards. Firing at the shorter range commenced 2 little after teno’clock. Of the whole number out twenty-four men, of all ranks, went | back to the 300 yards range. The day was one of | the best this summer for shooting, and if the Sepa- rate Troop do not show a better score they cannot blame adverse circumstances, There appears to be just no disci) line or order in this Troop. While it was filing down from the practice ground to the railroad depot a number of the men were smoking | im the ranks and talking tondty. ‘he Caatam got | under the shade of & jarge umbrella aud yn uhis fashion marched at the bead of his meu to the rail- road station. | SCORK OF THE SEPARATE ‘TROOP, ELEVENTH \ BRIGADE. Rages, Names. Yards —Scores—— Toteate, Captain Kreuscher.... | Private Kramer..... Private Sanerbraun, Private Glen, | Private Gonge!. Lieutenant Behicn.......... Corporal Fries... Private Hoffinan Corporal Ruthman corer Corpora! Bassert. Sergeant Lamley........... { a faa 44 Private Ochs ... é . 9us Private Miche! X 3 rl Mas | Private Falkenmayer. Hes Stas | Color Bearer Boor eet Aas Private Sibert...... ot Shas Sergeant Schuuttmaur......}49) 2 9 Soa Sergeant Nieben... ESE AS. Stn Corporat Heins. ¢ HW ou , § ake | Lieutenant Berts 233 |} ‘Yhe team total of the Separate Troop foots up to | 397 points—one oi the siaailest scores that las Deen | made at Creedmoor this summer. ‘The Thirty-second (Brooklyn) regiment, Eleventix brigade, Second division, National Guard, Colonel Roelr commanding, proceeded yesterday by early | train to the rifle ranges at Crecdioor. The re ; Ment turned out in fatigue dress, W and were provided sith @ day's ra f | teen rounds of bali cartridge per man. This is per- | haps the only regiment that tas remembered to | bring out with the men that very indispensable article of asold&er's equipment in the ficld, his haversack. ‘fhe detail given below shows the Gik- ) trioution of tue me! Company A.. Company B Company © Company D K. a. Company Ht... Total, oMicers and men... : Firing commenced before eleven 0”: | 200 yards butis. After fluishing at this distance 4 | short rest was h and tien the successfal marks- | Inch took their nd at the 500 yards ronges, | scorns or THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT, N. G, | Manges, | Names. Yaris, Licutenant Dillmeter, Co. H. $73 10) | Private Schnoclock, Co. ¥.. $38 Sergt. Petienhausen, Co. G. Private Kansen, Co. C. Co. Private Roch, Co, A Private Bod sD eemsercetc es: Private Klemen, Co, G. geant Otto, Co. A.. Se! | | vate Grange, Co. G ctw: cotensm escete te Sum tocens eens ts toes tetocenegenscsm iste mtg, Sarr) Sergeant Dosch, Co. {32 ee | Colonel Rochr 1 2.3.3 | Sergeant Berls, Co. C AB ae | 200 202 | Lieutenant Coldnet Rueger.. } 53 BO 2 | Licut, Standermann, Co. B.. }29 430 Corporal Kupier, Co, B..... $55 3 ' i E 33 } Captain Ross, Co. A aaa Private Kreiter, Co. A. a3 Private Rub, Co. D.. aes Private Hart, Co, Bes gig Private Pfaff, Co. D.. Pe ee te) The sum of the team total of the regiment ag- gregates 283 points. hile the wen who went back to the 500 yards Tange were engaged in shooting their scores that part of the regiment off duty was jormed up tor battalion drill under Captain Finkelman, A num- ber of movements were executed, such as break- ing into column Of divisions to.the front, mareving: in advance, in retreat and by the fanks. A line of skirmishers was thrown out to protect the irons or flanks, as the case might be. O! course, as might be expected, the men executed, these exercises very poorly. The wheelings were de- cldedly bad; and im rallying the skirmish line by four the men got inextricably mixed in groups together, not knowing where they belonged. ‘The same thing happened tn forming column by divisions. But these mistakes may very well be overlooked, as they are somewhat compensated for by the evident desire of Colone! Roeher and the officers o: tne Thirty-second to muke their regiment somewhat eftictent {n drill, ‘ins isthe only regiment tiat bas thought worth while to profit by their presence on the lovely green sward of Creedmoor to execute @ few useful and instruc- uve manwuvres, , OANADIAN RIFLE MATORES. Orrawa, Ont., August 17, 1874, The counci! of the Domimion Rifle Associanon bas held @ meeting to arrange the programme and designate the prizes for the matches on the 1th of September, The government and other contributions will bring up the money and prizes Ww the value of avout $5,000, SHOOTING FESTIVAL AT BALTIMORE, BaLttwors, Md., Angust 17, 1874. The Grand International Schuetzenfest of the Eastern Sharp Shooters Association was inauge- rated to-day by an immense procession of societies from Newark, Jersey City, Brook!yn, Chicago and @ humber of over cities, with society banners; also the Sixth Maryland Regiment, Colonel Henry Gilmore; the First Battalion of Cavalry, (ne Marine band (rom Washington, the military cand irom Fort McHenr; da 1 y bands irom various cities, The entire ine h, extending several miles, was decorated with , Ganners andovers reens, Thousards lined the sidewalks, |. Rhea cAbe Hresents & Rel holiaay apuearances