The New York Herald Newspaper, February 24, 1876, Page 3

' toask for guch a council, but that the power does not | be advised so to do. THR GREAT SCANDAL. Olosing Labors of the Ad- visory Council. ——— + -- MOULTON’S NEW STATEMENT | Remarkable Scene at the Session of the Examining Committee. PRISONER. ' | HENRY C. BOWEN A The Press Called Upon to Release Him from Durance ‘The Advisory Council for Plymouth church gath- ered again at half-past nine yesterday morning, with the Assistant Moderator, ex Governor Dingley, in the chair, After the usual devotional exercises tho first of the business proceedings was an effort on the part of | Wdelegate to ascertain by what means the pross was _ pbtaining accurate reports of the proceedings of the Council while in secret session, The delegates expressed themselves variously in relation to the publication of their proceedings, all, however, acknowledging the cor- | rectness of the Heratp’s reports, but finally came tothe eonclusioa that, as they could not prevent the publica- — ton of what they were doing, they should congratulate | themselves on the fact that the reports were so accu” rate and impartial, As president of the special committee of seven to whom was referred the letter of Andover church re- questing Plymouth church to unite in a call for a mu- | sual council to investigate the charges against Henry Ward Beecher, Dr. Bacon for Professor Dwight, Rev. &. D. Spaulding, Dr. Wellman, Dr. Wolcott, Hon. B. R, Wood and Hon. J. B. Grinnell, of the committee, pre- ‘Bente a roport in which the Andover church was com. | Plimented, Then, however, it stated that by the rules governing such cases in the Congregational denomina- tion it was acknowledged that achurch has the power { apply in a sent case, where an investigation has been held. In view of tho tacts under which the letter was written, and the fact that the church had made an Investigation already, the committee favored the be- Ler thi Ley ee we nn in Ca ie with Con- gregational polity, and, therefore, should not be ac- by Plymouth church, ithout action on the above report the Council came again to the consideration of the sixth question, which bad been the burden of the deliberations of the previ- bus day. The third point in the report, already rioted in the HexaLp, was taken up, divided, as it had been, into three parts—iirst, on the approval of Plymouth church's investigation in 1874 and its work; second, on the advisability of further investigation; third, on'the method of such proposed further investigation. ‘The debate on these points occupied the attention of ‘he Council during all of the morning and rly all of the afternoon session, the speakers being, in the main, the same as those of the previous day. Dr. Strong aguin supported the action of the com- mittee in making the report. Presiden: Sturtevent held precisely the same views as belore, claiming that the investigation made by the committee of 1874 was not so searching as it should have been; that more should have been invited to ap- pear than were invited, and that the investigation should have covered all the ground indicated by those who had interest in the case. Rev. Henry M, Storrs defended the action of Plymouth church, but yet did not oppose a renewal of | the investigation. Dr. Parker spoko against it, as also did several others, It was not until near the time for the adjourn- ment of the afternoon session that a definite conclu- Bion was arrived at. Rev. Lyman Abbott moved to refer the whole sub- fect back to the same committee for another report, which motion failed. Then, atlength, followed a mo- tion which met nearly the unanimous favor of the Council, namely :—That inasmuch as Plymouth church has desired to make another and fuller investigation it ‘The Council then took another recess until half-past Beven o’clock. EVENING SESSION, The evening session of the Council, though a very long one, was confined almost exclusively to reading ‘and action on the several reports. There was very Aittle additional discussion of any of them, saving that which bore reference to the andover proposition, aod ‘tbat was finally decided in favor of ' the | } Sdjournment of the Luvestigating NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAT, FEBRUARY 24, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. Meeting between yourself, Mr. Tracy und myself, to which you cate at the solicitation of Mr. Tracy for the purpose of the suppression of Tilton’s statement, which he bad promised to make on the evening of that day to the so-called Investigating Committee, and I shall al- | ways remember the blush 0! SHAME FOR IS DUPLICITY that spread over Tracy’s face when | asked him why he bad not communicated to me the tact that. he had seen you before; nor can I forget, when you asked him why he had not told you at the interview at Boston that an Investigating Committee was proposed or ap- pointed, ‘How he replied:— eral Butler, I confess that, in not telling. you, 1 made the greatest professional blunger of my_ lie."’ You will remember that on Jui 1si4, we 20, went to Tilton’s house, aiter conschation and agree- ment with Tracy, aud counselled him, with ail the foree we could command, not to make a statement to the Investigating Committee charging his and Beecher with adultery, and how, after laboring with him fora long time, we finally succeeded im getting him toe consent that he would not publish the state- ment nor say anything about itif be could procure an Committee, and how, after we got that promise trom him, we went to Tracy’s house, by appointment, and communicated to him the result of our interview, with Tilton. You will remember that Tracy went with us to my house, and, after further consultation, he left us to procure, it possible, the adjournment of the commit- tee, and that he returned, saying tbat he had not seen Mr, Sage, the chairman, but hud left a note for him, and that he had also called on Mr, Cleveland, a mem- ber of the committee, whom he had also failed to meet, You will remember also, that Tracy said he would not attend the meeting in case lis move for an adjournment failed. If ‘il- ton woutd agree not to read or publish his statement in case Tracy absented himself, and that to this we got the consent of Tilton, which you communicated to ‘Tracy, It was agreed that Tilton should go to the com- mittee room, as « formal compliance with his engage- ment, and return as soon as possible to my house. You cannot have forgotten how anxiously we awaited Tilton’s revurn, and how, at last, fearing something wrong, We sent to the committee room to find, in our dismay, that Tracy, notwithstanding his agreement, was there, and Tilton was reading his statement. I ask you also to recall the interview between yourself, ‘Tracy and me at the Fifth Avenue Hotel on the even: ing of August 9, 1874. You will remember how earnest ‘Tracy was that I should not make the statement of facts and the presentation of documents for which Beecher had, with pretence of mnocence, asked, and that ‘Tracy pointed out how a short statement could be made without the stute- ment of Beccher’s adultery and the proofs of it by simply conforming the written request of the committee to present only the documents quoted in part by Mr. Tilton in his statement, and that | it was upon Tracy’s suggestion and solicitation that the consultation took place next day at my house, during which you presented the views of Mr. Tracy,’and in consequence of which what is known as “The Short Statement” was prepar@d and by me read to the com- mittee, instead of the full statement of facts and pre- sentation of documents which Beecher pretended to want, Which Tracy kuew Was prepared and for the ex- clusion of which he labored. You will remember that ‘Tracy came to us on the evening of that day, Acgust 10, 1874, and expressed nig satisfaction and thanks to you, and solicited you to meet him at his house the next day for consultation as to what further was neces- sary to be done, You went to his house with your secretary, Mr. Clancy, and there dictated, 1p conference with Tracy, Beecher’s defence, which, in accordance with bis (fracy’s) request, you had written out apd sont to him, accompanied with a letter, the wisdom of which, in view of Tracy’s action, is not more apparent to you than it will be to those who read it when the time comes for its publication. | It cannot have escaped your notice that apart of your letter and detence was used on the trial POR A PURPOSE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT from that for which it was prepared. You will remem- ver that, believing, alter baving made my short state- ment, | had done What was best for all the interests in- volved and all that 1 could honorably do, I ended, thought, my convection with the case by surrendering all the documents ito your hands, intending that they never should be accessible jor the purposeg of tbe con- troversy; and if in this (as I intended it to be) my last appearance in the tragedy, I erred it was not in lack ot charity toward Beecher and faith in Tracy, but in not properly considering the obligations ot friendship and trath to Theodore Tilton, You will remember that in our interview with Tracy the guilt of Beecher was the expressed and conceded fact upon which we pro- ceeded, and that we labored to save him (believing in his repentance), the sorrowing mother, tae innocent children and society from the publication of his trai ression and its dreadful consequences, As look back and consider my motives and actions, which were open to you in the emergencies of this tragedy, [find nothing to justily the cruel attack and false accusation of echer, and | yet, knowing his agony, and that he was fighting tor more than his hfe, | sometimes almost forgive him. But | have never discovered a reason for deeming Mr. Tracy’s course other than unprofessional 1 shall always consider that poor Beecher committed a greater crime in accepting deliberately, with the necessity of perjury which it entailed, Tracyand Shearmun’s de- fence of him than when, in @ momento! ungoveru- able passion he fell—with Elizabeth Tiltou. You came to be my coansel after Mr, Beecher’s attack upon me. Until that time you had acted as a friend, co-operating with those who meant, as well as with those who pre. tensed to mean, the best for plaintiff, defendant, their families and society. You will remember that, before whatis Known as my “second statement” was published, we gave a 1ull opportunity to Beecher for retraction of his false accusations of blackmail, which he did not with- demand for written specifications of data and names of witnesses, as I thought 1 was on trial Since the re- scelpvol this letter 1 have been busily engaged in pre- paring my statement to be made to the committee, and at the hour specified I, aecompanied by my two elder sons, Henry and Edward, and Dr, Ward, of the Jnde- pendent, progeeded to’ Assistant Pastor Huili- day's house. On entering the room 1 found, to my | aoe chy of the Advisory Council and others, Among those present were Henry Ward Beecher who sat beliind the door; his two sons, Henry aug William Beecher: Oliver Jolinson, son-in-law Scoville and Benjamin F. Tracy. I wag then called upon to present my statement, which I thereupon read, prefacing it by expressing my sur- | prise at such ‘a large audience and asking in- | formation us to who they were, I was told that the committee never objected to my bringing my friends, and Mr. Beecher thought he had the same Tight. The committee stated that the outsiders pres- ent came at Mr. Beecher’s invitation, pot theirs. I Stated that they would be answerable for the publicity which. would be given to the = affuir. read my statement, which occupied about an hour in the delivery, Then Mr. ‘Tilney asked me whetner I had any further tacts to | give.” I replied, “Not to-night,” Mr. Blair then said, Seeing me* about to depart, “I protest against | Mr. “Bowen's leaving.” Mr. Shearman — said, “Mr Bowen, you will not be permitted to leave this room,’’ 1 then moved toward the front par- lor door, when 8. V. Whito a a up, took the key out and put it ito bis pocket, I then looked toward the other door (I know the house well, baying begun housekeeping there), when he called owt, “LOCK THE OTHER DOOR?” A number of persons jumped io obedience to the call, but 1 was too qui and got out of the back parlor door before they reached 1. My son Menry tollowed close behind, and rushing out upon the trout stoop called upon the members of the press) who were in waiting outside to assist him. A number of gentiemen responded, and my son told them of the outrage which had been perpetrated. At this juncture Mr, White released my other son and Dr. Ward. I upbraided Mr, White, | and Dr, Ward said, “Mr. White has made an ass of him- | self and will be sorry tor it” 1 then came home. THE OTHER SIDE, Members of the Examining Committee made the fol- lowing statement:—We met last right to inquire into the fucts alleged to be in Mr. Bowen’s possession. Mr. Bowen came in at eight o’clock and was asked by Mr. Tilney to present any facts he had in relation to Mr. Beecher’s guilt. The committee suggested that be should first state facts within his own knowledge The portion of the story here told corroborates the declarations of Mr, Bowen with respect to the discus- sion as to auditors and the subsequent reading of charges. It then continued:—The paper of Mr. Bowen contained no new facts and no dates or names, excepting those of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph fl. Richards. One of the persons most intimately connected with this scandal said:—Mr, Bowen’s statement was a re- hash of his declarations made durmg the past two years, and was, in fact, a special plea in defence Of his treatment of Plymoath church and its pastor, ‘The principal declaration was that a woman had con. fessed to him that Mr, Beecher had seduced her avd had lived in criminal intercourse with her tor years. It was understood by many of the gentlemen present that he ALLUDED TO WI9 FIRST WIFR. He did not give the name of the lady, nor did he indi- cate when her alleged sedugtion was accomplished, but said that the time was more than ten years ago. Mr. Bowen’s first wife died thirteen years ago, and from circumstances which he mentioned in detailing the e I am convinced that he referred to a period eighteen yoars e members of the committee admitted that Mr. White locked the door, but did it humorously to ir feet in prolong the interview, as he saw Mr, Bowen was: ut to run away after having had his say. Mr. Bowen and the members of the committee are equally emphatic in refusing to answer any ques- tions as to the statement of Mr. Bowen further than that above indicated. Mr. Bowen, alter reading his Statement, protessed his willingness to give names and dates to apy committee sworn to secres; THE HAWTHORNE ABANDONMENT CASE. To Tue Epiron or THe Hera The statements in the morning papers of Monday concerning the “Hawthorne Abandonment Case” do me great injustice. Mrs, Eliza Hawthorne has never been for one hour an inmate of my house, She has never beon received or acknowledged by me as my son's wife, And it Was at the earnest request of her sister and her- selt that I procured ner admittance to the Infant Asylum under the name of Mrs, Horton, As the per- son requesting room for a patient I gave my correct name, residence and occu) JON, a8 a reference to the books of the ii tution will show. 1 did not repre- sent myself nissionary, but 1m conversation with | the matron did speak of having done missionary worl, Mrs, LEE, No. 80 Waverley place, THE COLD. The sudden change for cold yesterday morning was a surprise to every one, as the preceding days had been 80 mild as to give hope of a continuance of pleasant weatber. The change occurred early; at 3A. M. the thermometer stood at 29 degrees Fahrenheit, but at THE CURRENCY QUESTION. RESOLUTIONS IN REGARD TO THB NATIONAL FINANCES WHICH ARE TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. At a special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, to be held this afternoon, the following resolutions on the national finances will be offered by Mr. A. A. Low:— Resolved, That it becomes thi time. to reiterate its fa iu other of the fullow! First—A yonerai indispensebie tot er, at the present ad to declare its belief vin. ecie payments is alike financial affairs acing busis, to the restoration of cont- ud activity imevery branch of industry and to re- newed success in all the pursuits of commerce Seond—For the attainment of this end two things are ful, namely—an unalterable purpose on the part of joneress and the people to abide by the law of 1875, and the requisite ability on the part of the government to redeem its legal tender n0 oin ut the thue appointed in said law, ird—Nhis ability must be nequired in one of two ways— f gold in the public treasury prior to by & matorial decrease in the mean. £ United States notes in circulation, ountry accepted the “legal render” ice to meet the inexorable necessities of wat, and not us the coined money authorized by the constitu: Hh FYth—Congross has not fulfilled its pledgo—first, to fund amd then to redeem its authorized issues of paper, und 1s influence of a Lad example is felt throughout ding to manifold wrongs, which demand con- usequence of this me to be regarded i king system was wisely conceived war and to answer all the nded commerce in time ot es roqui of @ widely pouee. Serenth—Ln order to a successful working of this system the issues of our national banks will continue to be, as here- tofore they huve redeemable in legal tenders, and. the luster, after January i, 1879, will ve redeemable in coin at the United States Treasury Highth—Whenever the United States Treasury i to redeem its notes in coin it will sustain a similar relation s institutions of our country to that which the bears to the other banks of Great Itritain, ortant difference, viz., this:—The bank c rain upon its ‘0 such control over | coffers by raising the rate of interest. | the value of money rests with the Treasury Departwent of thiseountry, and it matters little what pian ot resumption | is adopted, dr what amount of coin ts provided against the | date of resumption. unless some. provision is made against | the onttiow of coin to adjust the balance of trade with foreign nations. Two amenaments to the National Banking Jaw Would seem to be necessary to meet the difficulty sug gested. First—The banks should be required to hold in the Aggregate, and in sust proportion to their respective liabil- fos, from’ one-half to two-thiras of all the “legal tender" notes issued at any time by the Treasury Department. Seond—For the enforcement of such obligation, & needed richt, authority should be given banks to charge sich a rate of interest | ‘ay will enuble them or md thus, by pro bankruptey through | tes, The to time jearing House | as the and to excessive drain inthe rede ower to regulate the rate of interest from might, in this city, be safely lodged with the Or wcommitive of its members, . * * * . Nothing can possibly be gained by deferring to a later period than that now fixed by law the redemption wit coins of its legal tender notes by the Treasury: for s a tistits conciusively show a bilauce of trade ayainst the coun- the war in excess of the aunual product of nder such cixeamstances every attempt “to din the Treasury, or iu the banks, by draining the its seanty supply, will serve to enhunee the price, id by diminishing importations curtail the receipts of the ‘ustom Hou Blecenth—L accelerate our export of coin unl | neutralized, ay in the other case, by wn udvance in the pre- tit of gold, thus affording “protection” In_another form, Twelth—By's timely exercise of the power conferred by the existing law of Congress for resumption of specie pay- ents onthe Ist of January, 187! ot the ¥ nevotlate a suificient amount of bonds abrowd bo ds furexchange to cucck to mi the outtlow of specie perate the national fund oy A temporary ret-ntion at home of the whole product of our mines, Tharteenth—In the meantime it appears to be essential to reduce the volume of legal tenders in ong of two ways— either by funding the excess of $10,000,000 tnt Jour or four and a half per cent bonds, or by the {mposition of « duty on tea una coflee \under a special enactinent for this | special purpose), payable in legal tender notes, which shut be cancelled when r ved, the law to continue in force till all we destroyed. This Chamber would adv the latter mothod as not inereasing the interest bearing debt of the country, or in any way interfering with the financial operations of the Kor Fourteenth—W ith the resumption of specie payments and a Testoration of confidence ut home, m for our Re- miblic would obt. ud the which are now ing returned t veamer will be Leld with un- precedented tonacity. It is for the peoplo to determine this autumn at the polis that their representatives shall be honest and true by a manifestation of their own virtue and wisdom, JOHN HANDRAN’S HEROISM. GALLANT RESCUE OF A SHIPMATE OF THE UNITED STATES STEAMER. FRANKLIN FROM DROWNING IN THE TAGUS AT LISBON. ‘ Lisnox, Feb. 5, 1876, “Man overboard!” This cry, the most startling ever heard on board skip except, perhaps, that of fire, met the ears of the officers am crew of the United States steamer Franklin on tho | to get to WASHINGTON. The ‘Gross Impropriety” of Publishing a Letter of Instructions Explained. ——— | WORK OF GENERAL BABCOCK'S COUNSEL, | 3 tion or tne formal call for the National Convention at St. Louis on the 27th of June, The sabject of amend- apg the two-thirds rule, which was introduced in the National Committee yesterday and referred to the Ex- ecutive Committee, was not discussed or taken up at all, The committee deemed it proper not to consider the matter, as the National Convention is quite ob’ ously the arbiter of its own rales of procedure, The effect of the two-thirds rule has been to nomi- nate comparatively unknown men by way of compro- mise, a8 happened, for instance, 1a the case of Poll and Pierce, and of oversiaughing iidates whe | started with a popularity already well established and ) third ballot, Arraignment of the Administration and | Bugle Call to the Unterrified. | THE CURRENCY QUESTION STILL PENDING. | Wasuixarox, Feb, 23, 1876, WHO CAUSED THE PUBLICATION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL PIEBREPONT’S LETTER?—HOW A CHICAGO CORRESPONDENT OBTAINED INFORM- ATION. To rux Epiror ov Tus HegaLp:— I did not mean to return to the Attorney General’s letter to the Hxraup untess he should oblige me to by a further communication; but since my rejoinder was written last Thursday some circumstances have come fully to my knowledge which I believe ought to be known to you and to the public, Mr. Pierrepont asserted, with some heat, in his letter to you, that his letters to the district attorneys thre: ening, or to use the more precise language of one of Mr. Pierrepont’s ablest predecessors in office, “dis” couraging witnesses” was “‘a purely official letter, con- fidential, as all official letters are, and exposed by gross impropriety.’? 1 showed you, in reply, that it was “ex- posed” first from Washington, and sent from here to Chicago, to be there published in the Zimés of the 1st of February, Tue letter is dated “Department of Jus- tice, January 26." It appears in the Times in a telegraphic despatch from Washington, dated January 91, It had, thereforo barely time the hands of the district attorneys in | St. Lous, Chicago and Milwaukee, by mail, the 30th of January bemg Sunday, when, by what Mr. Pierre-* Pont calls an “act of gross tmpropriety,” it was sent to the Western press from Washington; that is to say, the district attorneys having received their remark- able instructions, it seems to have been feared by somebody in Washington that, in their honest zeal for | justice, they would really consider the letter, as Mr, Pierrepont forcibly puts it, “purely official and conti- dential,” and would carefully conceal it fram the pub- Ne and the witnesses, as, indeed, Mr. Dyer honestly did, as I have ascertained by inquiry at St. Louis, Ac- cordingly, to trace the matter along, somebody in Washington, who may be presumed to havo had an interest in ‘discouraging witnesses,’’ undertook to make it public. Now it concerns Attorney General Pierrepont to dis- cover who this was. For the person who did this not only committed the “gross impropriety” of which he speaks, but he must previously have known or been told that such a letter was ordered by the President; he must have known or been told further that it was written aad sent by the Attorney General; and, finally, he must have had such peculiar retations with those who alone knew these ‘purely official and confidential’’ matters that be was ablo to procure a copy of the actual letter—a correct copy, as the event proved—and put it on its way to the press, 1 do not pretend to know who did this, But it is a fact that the person who gave this letter to the cor- Tespondent uf the Chicago Zimes for publication was Mr. Emory Storrs, then aud since one of General Bab- cock’s counsel, Now, how did Mr, Storrs, being the counsel or advocate of a person under indictment, got acopy of this “purely oltcial and confidential letter,’? written by the Attorney General to the District Attor- ney who was to try Mr, Storrs’ client? How did he or could he even know of its existence? Who enabled him to commit what Mr. Pierrepont justly, but, in my judgment, too mildly calls “a gross impropriety #” Two persons knew of this letter—the President, at whose desire it was written, and Mr. Pierrepont, who wrote it, Of course, po one—least of all, Mr. Pierre- with frequently a majority vote on tho second and The West, it is conjectured, will, in pure suance of its desire to rule everything, make an issue on this matter at the very start of the St. Louis Cone Veution, and possibly precipitate a warm controversy in endeavoring to set aside the precedent of the twor | thirds rule, ‘The time fixed for the meeting of the National Demo- cratic Convention does not give satisfaction to mem- bers of the party im Congress, for the reason thay Congress will not have got through its business and made up its record for the country before the 27th of June, Speaker Kerr says that Congress will hardly be able to adjourn before the middle of July, because the Sen- ate will contest all the reductions in appropriation bills, and there will be no end of conference committees and wrangling between the two houses before the ap. propriations are agreed upon. Again, a short campaign would be better for the democrats, as they have lesa money to spend, and something of popular enthusiasm for the ticket may be lost should the end of the cam- paign be impecuniously conducted. THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS COMMITTEE AND THE CURRENCY QUESTION. The Democratic Caucus Committee beld a session thit morning, but as most of the members were under the necessity of attending at the sessions of the standing committees the meeting was of brief duranon, and an adjournment was taken to Friday. Nothing wag done that promises an agreement on the fluancial question. THE DEBATE IN THE SENATE ON THE INDIAN RESERVATION BILL. In considering Mr, Ingalls’ Indian bill to-day, the dis, cussion drifted on to the Black Hills question and Sen, ator Allison spoke openly against the Indiaus, He said they had broken the treaty in every particular, but when pressed by Edmunds aud Morrill, of Maine, he admitted that the miners now there had violated the law. He said they were not settlers, but roaming mam rauders, and he seemed to overlook the fuct that Custet City is rapidly building and that settlers are pouring into the Black Hills atthe rate of from twenty-five to # hundred a day. THE PINCHBACK CASE TO THE FRONT ONCR MORE. The Pinchback case is expected to come up again im the Senate this week. Sevator Sharon will reach Washington from the Pacific Coast to-morrow and Pinchback says that he will have the benefit of his ine fluence and his yote, A FRESH RUMOR OF GENERAL SCHENCK'S BES IGNATION. The rumor circulates afresh to-night that Minister Schenck has resigned, GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE NATIONAL DEMO« CRATIO COMMITTEE, The National Democratic Committee, prior to its ad- journment yesterday evening, adopted the following resolutions :— Resolved, That the National Democratic Committee be instructed to continue its headquarters at Washing- ton, and take such steps as may be deemed expedient to secure the necessary organization in the several States, and that the ebairmen of the central committees im their respective States be requested to co-operate with it in effecting that end , On Motion, the thanks of the National Democratic Committee were tendered ta Colonel J. F, Cake for the gratuitous use of Willard’s Hail, and other civilities and courtesies extended to the committee during its session. Senator Ransom, of North Carolina, offered tho fol lowing resolution, which was adopted with applause :— Resolved, That the unanimous thanks of the Na- tional Democratic Commitiee are hereby voted to the Hon, Augustus Schell for his able, faithful, and eners ‘committeo’ ech |. {thad sunk to18 At 9A, M. it stood at 15 7 ‘counell sited Nase erence had veon thus ea amnG, the Hunetation ja Bere apace hag pty a ps rees at noon and again sinking aaa. os as dace bpd a Lisbon. i¢ was a | POD!—will for a moment allow the supposition that the [bed rigor of duties as chairman for tho past four decided ‘the reports were taken up seriatim | that he knew thabit was not true when he made it, but | ull at 9 P. M. it stood at 11, Ib continued ut ee ee ee ee President could be guilty of such an act of “gross im- | 716 National Democratic Committee, towhom is and all-of thei ted, Jeaving all the action in favor | {hat bis lawyers compolhwt him to make we | ae figure~ till after one o'clock this Sunday morning, divino service. was 1M progress | yeonriety,”” But who, then, was it? I aceuse no one; | delugated the power of fixing the time and place of batt hes chu: 8 ae I feel con! fs An ee of these nd that not | The strength of the wind made the change ail | and the great ship was as quictas if deserted by all but 1 repeat thet,..a. Emory, OETA, one of | holding the National Democratic Convention of 1876, “ as heretofore published substantially in | far distant, it will be understood everywhere that the | the m@re percepuble, and those whose business did not | gh reader, The yellow watera of the Tagus flowed ° a have appointed Tuesday, the 27th day of June next, the Herp, were then turned over to the committee of gine, which committee is to “harmonize their con- tents” in one statement, which, alter it shall have been adopted by the Council, will stand as the recorded advice of the Counci: on all the questions submitted, The Council then adjourned until ten o’clock this morning, when it is expected the committce of nine will be ready with their harmonized statement, and as soon as it shall have been considered the secret mect- ings of the Council will be at an end and only an open meeting remain to close the Advisory Council, The incil have decided to make their formal deliverance this Pipes and this will be done at a public meeting to be held im Plymouth church, which will be opened, as now expected, at hali-past seven o’clock, and the engrossed report will be read at the convenience of the Council at a later hour. ‘The tollowing preamble and resolutions were adopted by the Viymouth church Advisory Council, in their session of yesterday afternoon, and are ollicially pro- mulgated P Whereas many false and injurious reports of the proceed- Jugs of this Council in its private sessions have been-pab- lished; theretore Resolved, That all public reports of what is said or dove e pri vody are unauthorized and uu- ic confidence. essious of thi 01 solved, That wi fisclaim ali responsibility for any been or may be attributed to us in si JOSEPH B. O} ements that may have uch reports, KK, Scribe of Council, YR. MOULTON’S SUMMARY STATEMENT, Mr. Francis D. Moulton, as supplementary to his note addressed to the Advisory Council, has given to the press the subjoied correspondence between him- self and General Benjamin F. Butler, Its intention is to furnish a full denias to the position of Plymouth church that the charges of criminal immorality made against Mr. Beecher were fully and fairly mvestigatea by the select committee of the church in the summer of 1874, with the earnest endeavor to develop and properly weigh the ‘bottom fucts” in relation to the | moss of nastiness now known the world over as “the Brooklyn Scandal.” As a summary of many state- | ments by the writer, and of his long campaign as a ‘witness in the civil trial a year ago, 1t will be read with | interest. Perhaps it may aid the Advisory Council in its search after trath and its deliberations on the duty | of the church in reference to the grave matters before ue ‘MR. MOULTON’S LETTER. Brookuyy, Jan. 10, 1876. My Dear Guvgrar—My relations to you and y. relations to me in tho Tilton-Beccher controversy ha’ often been referred to publicly and privately, and with frequent misrepresentations, as, for instance, in state- ments like this—that I sought you for the purpose of Boecher’s overthrow, and that you became my counsel wp the beginaing to serve me, and incidentally Tilton, as against Beecher. Nobody knows, as you do, every detail of my effort to save all parties from the divas- trous consequences that have fullowed the publicatio: of the Bacon letter and the appointment of Beech r's Invost: Committee; and, certainly, 1 know that you most faithfully labored and counselled for the of the scandal, and that if your advice had been followed the unhappy con- trovesy would long since have been settied. ‘The may come when I shall want m jd our relations perfectly understood; ana 1, ask from you, over your own signi u Statement of the facts that wil forever show | are, ‘What until Beecher made his treacherous und filse at- | tack upon me before his Investigating Committee tied honestly, believing in bis conirition and repent-— ance for crimes confessed by him, to save him from | Vheir pabtication and consequences. [ have more rea- gon than you tor remembering the facts and dates neces- | Wo such a statement; but I know you will vividly vary recall the “argicony | events | jane 40, 1874, you wrote mo as follows :— Browing out of the publication conceraing Poul ve ind sera ie o to confer with you both at the earlic venience ities will permit, and ve the subject oF con Boston, or at Narragansett if yous or In New York? This request 1s w- club for the season, wade. 4 friend and a lawyer, 1 most earnest “4 be wo more publications or ov tyivin wv The atove letter was, ax you told me, rr! mi ence of aD or interview iu Hoston un the day of | min F. Tracy, «8 counsel of Mr. | Beecher, und soursell, and shows (hat you were sought first by Becener and delioerately tirough his law. | yer, tor | had wever with you, directly or in- | directly, up tothe date of the letter the Triton. Rercher afar, oor did f know, the time on | the mort (riendly terms with ‘her aud Mr Ri Ger pow anit Suty 20, 1876 that we Tracy hg a ni ‘ had “you, and it became bes, tome ava C cqaterrad ith | of his deceased wife. | Besry C. BowEx:— criminai Beecher, and not you nor I, must be held re- sponsible tor the facts aud revolting accusations which T have published against him, I am not wrong as to the facts stated in this letter, and, if they stow any- thing, they show that you and I labored earnestly and unselfishly to do what we belioved the interests of in- dividuals and sobiety demanded, and that Tracy, the counsel of Beecher, and counsel of the lnvestigating Committee also, while professing, in his connection with the committee, to be secking for the truth, was profesgionally laboring for its suppression, and that his treachery to me in his cruel, heartless and uniustiflable denunciation during the trial in the City Court of Brooklyn was only the natural supplement of his imterpretation of what truth and honor required im his relations to Committee as its counsel, in bis relations to Tilton, to whom he pledged his professional in- tegrity in 1872, and to you. It is time, in my opin- jon at least, that that portion of the trath in the Til- ton- Beecher case reterred to in this letter, be known, aud [ask from you, as a personal favor, that you give me a reply ag soon as you can, Which I know you will and thus add another to the many obligations which pall try to discharge by kindness and iriendsbip wher- ver and whenover I can, Faithfully your triend, FRANCIS D. MOULTON. GENERAL BUTLER’S REPLY, Wasuinetow, D, C., February 23, 1876, Fraycts D, Mousrox, No, 49 Remsen street ;— lL acknowledge the receipt of your telegram, asking for a reply to your letter of January 10, ult. Pressing professional engage ments and absence from my docu- ments, especially the telegrams of Mr. Tracy asking tor conlerences to refresh my mind as to dates, Lave pro- vented an earlier reply. In answer to your telegraphic message that you deemed it convenient to you to have a reply at once, I state that the facts, dates and circumstances, as set | forth in your letter, and acts done by me in connection with Mr. Tracy and yourself in regard to the accusa- tions against Mr. Beecher by Mr. Tilton, in what | I then believed was @ joint endeavor on our part as against Mr. Tilton to suppress a revolting scandal, which, irrespective of the guilt or in- nocence of the parties implicated, must work a griev- ous wrong to many innocent persons and to society, | are trac, altpough many details are omitted im your | letter, which, were I answering tt at length, I should give, as aiding the explanation of my connection with the case. y frst applied to. by Mr. Tracy in be. s I was certain), half of Mr. Beecher, and your history of what was done in conjunction with hitn entirely accords with my | memory, and can ve verified in part by documents in my possession. BENJAMIN F. BUTLER. STRANGE SCENE BEFORE THE EXAMINING CoM- MITTEE. Henry C. Bowen, accompanied by two song and Dr. Ward, of the /ndependent, went before the Examining Committee of Plymouth church last evening, in an- swer to the summons of that body, and made & state. ment which cceupicd three-quarters of an hour in reading. He mentioned Me and Mrs. Josep H. Richards as witnesses to having heard Mrs, Tilton confess that she had com- mitted adultery with Henry Ward Beech He aiso intimated that Mr. Beecher nad seduced a lady more than ten years ago, to Mr. Bowen's personal knowledge, From the manner in which he spoke of this lady, and from the circumstances which he de, tailed, every person present understood him to speak At the conclusion of his read- ing Mr. Bowen was about to retire, whea Mr. 5. V. White LOCKED THE DOOR of the room and removed the key. Henry K Bowen, Mr. Boweu’s son, becoming alarmed at this action, tuade lia esexp> through apotber door, and rushing out upon the frout stoop, called aloud, ** Press!” “Press !"” to attract Wve attention of a number of reporters who were awaiting the close of Ube session. The doors were then turown open and Mr. Heary C Bowen aad bis companions made ther exit MR MOWEN'S STATEMENT, Mr. Bowen wa. shortly alter vistied at gis veridence by the writer, to whom he made the follow/ag state- meut:— I received the following letter on the 18th inst. :— THe SUMMONS, Buoogtys, Feb, 1, 1876. ainjng Committee have directed me to are acting Under express instructions embraced ih & resolution, a copy of which Las been transmitted to you. In the Jud; nt ittee there 18 ho ground for your assertion y trial. hey are making ® preimiaury investigation into insinuations aud charges which you Have made agaist a fellow member ot the chnrch, concerning which you bay self ready to give the they deniand, The comu Sin—The KE sential facts. These facts tive therefore renew their | request that you appear attbe time and place specified im tny letter of the 12th lust, for the parpoge therein “a. s) lly, 3. B. HALLIDAY, Clerk. labove, was an answer to my the Investigating | peatedly expressed your: | absolutely compel them to go out of doors naturally refer the warm comforts of bg to the biting lasts outside. Every oue looked cold and miserable, Ked noses and teariul eyes were seen on all <ides. The ladies were wrapped’ in furs, and the gentletnen buttoned up their Ulsters tightly, looking vexed aud surly, as disappointed and chilled men only can look. The peop! re evidently out of humor, or rather they were in bad humor. But among those whuse means will not allow them the luxury of warm cloth- | ing, or whose poverty deprives them of firing enough | to heat their miserable dwellings, the day was one ot | posttive hardship, and doubtless many who aro | affected with lung or throat diseases will find their | filness aggravated by the sudden change. The absence of snow also tended to make the cold all the more yd deprived many of the the snow always enables | cheerless and disagreeable, | pleasurable exerciso which them to take. LAST MONTH'S FIRES. | ‘The following is the record of fires in this city during | the month of January, 1876, as reported by Fire Mar- shal Sheldon to the Fire Commissiovers yesterday :— In which the losses were less than $100, 68 Between $100 and $1,000 4 Between $1,000 and $5,000. . Between $5,000 and $10,000. | _ Total number of fires for month. Dead loss, exclusive of insurance, On stock... Total dead loss. Causes of fire: Carelessness. Defective flues. Foul chimney: | Unknown’ A DESPERATE THIEF. A daring attempt at robbery, resembling in many re- spects the Noe case, bat fortunately having no such tragieal result, occurred yesterday afternoon. A des- perado Wearing a mask gained access to the roof of No. 227 Bast Tweltth street, occupied by Julias Lorine, | Forcing open the scuttle he descended 10 a | bedroom on the top floor, The noise tracted the atiention of Margaret Logan, | servant employed in the family, who went up stairs | to ascertain the cause. On entering she saw the thief | engaged in ransacking the bureaus, and at once seized | him by the neck. A fierce struggle ensued. In a mo- | ment he had knocked her down by a powerful blow in | tne face, She quickly regained her feet, but only to be | again felled, After brutally striking ber several times and threatening to take her iife if she offered further resistance, the thief hurried to the roof and made his | escape. The brave woman at once gave the alarm. At | the ime there were oaly femaies in the house. In- formation was speedily sent to Captain McCullogh, of the Seventeenth precinet, but no trace of the thie! has yet been found. | —— | * BEATEN AND ROBBED. Early on Wednesday morning James McDonald wee Amitted into Bellevue Hospital for treatment, having received a terrible beating atthe hands of three un- keowa men io Chatham square He had been knocked down, kicked jn the face and body onti) he was in- sensiile, and them his overcoat and a smatl sum of | | money were taken from him. yea tel, in the Bowery RECORD OF CRIME. The residence of William H. Jenkins, at No. 676 Madison avenue, was entered by sneak thieves, who stole miverware, valued at $100, McDonald is thirty-two Paul Wannor, living at Xo 0 Wenry street, reports « fobbery comm ed On bis pramitas L.@neak ‘thieves, whe jewelry and clothing worth $265 the Ure at the Aveoue House, Jersey Chy a Tucsdry rw reine, the adjon ¥ a vt clver and god bound spectacles utler articles. ph Favreioth wa rrested in Jersey City yester- ree of embossing the sum of uployer, Adoiph Kahn, proprietor of a agri Px RAPID TRANSIT IN BROOKLYN. The Aldermanic Committee on Railroads met last Night, inthe Common Council Chamber, to hear whe views of the property owners in regard to the running of steam cars on Atlantic avenue. The majority of | those present were of the opintor at the use Of ateam on the avenue would benefit that portion of the cuy and result 1a ao increase Of thre value of real eatatn ' of age, single aad resides at the New England | swiftly by, urged by a strong ebb tide, A fall over. | board into such water means danger to an expert swim- mer—to one unskilled almost certain death. At the call every one sprang to his station. The Chap- lain, flinging a hasty blessing after the last of bis congre- gation as they hurried ap the ladders, followed thom. A sailor, running out on the lower boom, had mis: his footing and disappeared under the dark and treach- erous water. He had just risen to the surface, far | from the ship, aod was vainly endeavoring to keep | humself afloat by grasping at one of the many gratings thrown overboard; it was ovident that he could not swim; the life buoy, drifting faster than the man, was | foating far astern; the wheel boat, cast adrift trom tho boom by the one man in it, was yet afar olf, At this critical moment, when poor Henry O'Neil seemed about | to pay with his life the penalty tor having gone to sea without learning to swim, TWO LUSTY SWOIMERS | were soon in the water making for the spot, One of them, Edward Madden, held a rope’s end The rope proved too short, the icy waters chilled bim, vo let yo | the rope was to lose his own life,and he returned. ‘The other, John Handran, seaman, kept on with vig- ; orous strokes. This was not the first time he | had risked his own life to save a shipmate. As he ap- roached the drowning man with admirable coolness e kept cleur of lus struggling efforts to clutch, swim- | ming round until he could grasp bim with his right | hand just so as to keep bis mouth above water, then | keeping his right arm extended and swimming with the left he turned to breast the current, and succeeded in stemming it until the boat drifted down under the { cool management of Herbert, its one occupant, By the united efforts of Handran in the water and Herbert | in the boat the half drowned O'Neil was | DRAGGED ON ROALD. | Handran followed, and the three dripping subjects | were oon in the hands of busy messmates—none the worse for the adventure, after being well dried without and properly moistened within, The wholé scene was ono that tested the discipiine of the ship's company, and woll did they bear the test— every man im his place, not a sound heard save the cool orders of the officer of the deck and the exceu- nis ts said to be the third time that Haudran has | saved ife by his admirabie self devotion, skill and | coolness Upon the report reaching Washington he | will no doabt be judged worthy of a medal, In the | meantine the officers and crew have subscribed for a | sulid testimonial to him and Madaen, |A LAW THAT NEEDS AMENDMENT. | Jn May, 1874, the Legislature of this State passed an | act entitied, “An act to revise and consolidate the | statutes relating fo the custody cf the insane, the mansgement of the asylums for their treatinent and safe keeping and the duties of the State Commissioner | in Lunacy.”’ This act, as its title suggests, was designed | to comprehend, collate and present in a clear, concise | and convenient form the entire body of the law aifect- } hog insane*persons.and the management of asylums for their treatment, It consists of eleven titles, embracing | with secretary Bristow; also some Maine Congressmen | | have received requests from leading republican politi- | disposal of persons of disordered reason, who go at | | 164 sections, but omits to provide for the arrest avd large im ® Irenzied condition, threatening the commis. ston cf crime, The recent cases of Scannell, Stauder- | mann and Dillon show the need of an amendment com- } pellng the near relatives, under pain of fine and oficer all evidences ot insanity, ‘ pointing to the commission of offences | | dangerous to human tito. | tried, but, secording to established precedents, {he will escape tie gailows, although to all appearanee be murdered a man in cold blood, For 8 long time previous to the bomicide he had been known a8 a dangerous person, and oa his approaching trial learaed counsel will probabiy shuw with suce 6 the (ow ae 0 <6 prisot an ofwnee, # at WIEN BO CFIME Cab Le «0 £ are er General Babcock’s counsel, did somehow know that the letter was written, that he did somewhere obtain a copy of it, and did give that copy to the excellent cor. i a | evhity: (has exeupte as tosabe pe irom line | bility te bated © cm Hom mi for the iwiiris le ( haiaan HA, wo RO Tea snable clizen C. Of Seannell goes foot free, and Staudermann + is saved om the ground that at the time they | killed their vietiing Lney perpetrated no crime, because, nt knowing What they did, they were irresponsible, | FROM OUR REGU , theretore, Bot panishable, The evidences of iu nity existed before the t murder in ca ats they had been heard to utter r yun, Our Legisiature should not aliow the | | session to pass Without xinending the act of ST4 hy « provision proiecting the community from seif- declored lunaues, and preventing the repetition of farcical trials, resulting m the demonstration of two | nconsistemt facts—namely, that somebody was killed | that nobody waa to blame | ine ructioas, ee Tespondence, respondent of the Chicago Times, And turther that Mr, Storrs not only gave him the letter but also | the information on which the correspondent wrote the very remarkable preface, which introduced it in these words :— Wasmincrox, Jan. 31, 1876, Chicago Ring folks have been counting on’ govern- ment lenity in the pending cases. Counting too much noon, 48 the time, and selected St. Louis as the place of holding such convention, Each State will be entitled to a representation equal to double the number of its Senators and Representa« | tives in the Congress of the United States, and the Ter« ritory of Colorado, whose admission in July ada Stave will give it a vote in the next Electoral College, is also. invited to send delegates to the Convention. Democratic, conservative and other citizens of the United States, irrespective of past political association: desiring to co-operate with the democratic party in its present efforts and objects are cordially invited to join } in sending delegates to the National Convention. on this pinned have Doasted that by bearing testimony Co-operation is desired from all persons who would against each other they would escape the penalty of | change an administration that has suffered, their wrong doings, Washington authorities have | the public credit to become and remain infe- been chafing under this condition of things. The Pres- | rior to other and less favored nations; haw ident particularly has given expression to his disgust. He declares that when he directed that no guilty man should escape he meant all guilty men, and not one of ten, Hehas regarded with great displeasure anything like toleration of the wformers. There is evidence } enough against all men without the aid of informers, and he is resolved that no further parleving with in- dicted distillers will be allowed, He has pression to bis indignation lately, and believing, as he does, that his secretary is the victim of guilty men who are conspiring to ruin an innocent man, he has re- solved to push the indicted men to the wall /t was in obedience to this desire of the President that Attorney General Pierrepont on last Friday issued the following decisive order. 1 will add here that I am satisfied the correspondent of the Times did notin the least suspect at the time that he was aiding ina “gross impropriety” or in “dis- couraging witnesses ;”" for he is an bonorable man: Of course the matters { have here stated closely con- cern Mr. Pierrepont’s honor and credit as a lawyer and as the chiet law officer of the government. He chose | to assume the responsibility of his letter to the dis- | trict attorneys, and thereby did himself, as I conceive, @ serious injury among his brethren at the Bar; for a Jawyer is sworn to help and not to hinder justice. He will hardly assume the responsibility of having allowed | his letter und the curious account of its origin to be conveyed to the public so quickly after i was written, and by such hands as those of the counsel of a person under indictment and just then about to be tried on a charge of being concerned in whiskey frauds If, | as I believe, he has been the victim of an unscrupulous intrigue it will be well for him to loge no time in search- ing out and exposing those who have used him and | Diackened him. But Iadvise him, if he moves at all {as he must do), to go to the bottom of the matter. He can as well afford to shoulder the publication of the | letter as the writing of i, CHARLES NORDHOFF. MORE REMONSTRANCES FROM NEW ENGLAND REPUBLICANS AGAINST THE REMOVAL oF | BRISTOW. { More remonstrances have been received to-day by Congressmen from New Hampshire against interference clans in that State against the removal of Mr. Bristow or Solicitor Wilson until after the Mame town elec. tions have been held, These occur late in March and in April. It begins to look as though there would be no con- | prisonment, to report forthwith to some proper | venient time for getting rid of Mr. Bristow until about “emotional” or other. | the time the Cincinnati Convention meets, for after ew Hampshire will come the Maine town elections, | Dillon has not yet been | and then presently will follow Connecticut. tt really @ great inconvenience to the Whiskey roy . THR BABCOCK COURT OF INQUIMY TO BE IN- VESTIGATED, It is mtended by the democrats to enll for ail the papers in the War Departinent and the Attorney Babcock and formed at of the . wand otner | Ofer! papers relating to the court and its proceedings iu both departments, LAR CORRESPONDENT, snc | Wasmivetos, Feb, 23, 1871 ACTION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTRE—-THB TWO-THIRDS RULE-—THE DAY OF MEETING AND THE ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS, The Executive Committee of the Democratic Na- tional Committee confined their labors to the orenara. iven free ex- | permitted commerce to be taken away by foreign Pows ere; has stifled trade by unjust and pernicious legisla« tion; bas imposed unusual taxation and rendered it most | burdensome; has changed growing prosperity to wide- | spread sufforing and want; has squandered the pablia moncys recklessly and deflantly, and shamelessly used the power that should haye be swift to punish crime to protect it, For these and other reasons the national democrati¢ | party deom the public danger imminent, and earnestly desirous of securing to our country the blessing of am economical, pure und free government, cordially ine vite the co-operation of their fellow citizens in th¢ effort to attain this object. Signed by members of the committee. AUGUSTUS SCHELL, Chairman of the National Democratic Committee ©. Prixcr, Secretary. Wasuixaroy, ., Feb, 22, 1876, WESTERN DEMOCRATS ON THE FINANCIAL QUES« TION. It was said by some Western members of the Demo« cratic Committee yesterday that the financial platform which will be prepared by the House Caucus Commit. } tee, based on Ropresentative Payne's bill, will be sucky | that the democracy can safely present it to Westerm voters \ MINISTER SCHENCK, Dayrox, Ohio, Feb, 23, 1876, Minister Schenck writes to his confidential friend, @ near relative, residing in Dayton, that he bas not re signed and does uot contemplate resigning, REVERDY JOHNSON, TRIBUTE TO THE DISTINGUISHED DECEASED I THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, Wasuinetox, D. C,, Feb, 23, 1876, In the United States Supreme Court to-day, in prow senting the proceedings of the Bar in relation to th death of the late Reverdy Johnson, Attorney Gene: | Pierrepont paid an eloquent tribute to the services t¢ | the country and the eminent character of the deceased | The Bar of the Supreme Court, he said, met, to d¢ honor to his name, and passed the resolutions whick | L now have the honor to read. | THE RESOLCTIONS, | _ Resolved, Toat the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States has received, wih deep sorrow, the ine telligence of the death of Reverdy Johnson, for more | than half a century an eminent and honored pette uoner in this court Resolved, That the memory of Mr. Johnson deserve to be cherished by the Bar as most honorable to ¢ profession of which be Was 4 distinguished member, ye dear to the Court, which hae benelited by his grea contributions to the science of jurisprudence, and ag valuable to the tepublic, tu whose service a8 eitizen, | Attorney General, Senator and diplomatist he was wise nda faithtul, | “Kesolved, ‘That the Attorney General be requested to | communicate these resolutions wo the Court, and te | move that they be entered of record; and | Resolved, That they be communicated to the family | of Mr, Johnson, with the expression of the earnest yun- ) General’s office relating to the military court of in- | condolence of the Bar, | 1 ask Your Honors to receive this tribute to the meme | ory of a great lawyer and an eminent public man, ang order these resolutions to be entered im U nt records of this Court, ‘hief Justice Watte, in reply, referred to Mr. John- son's long connection with the Court, and paid a fitt! tribute to hiseminentabilities. In conclusion he said :—- Tho request of the Bar is cheerfully weceded to, The Fesolutions are received in the samme spirit they ha been presented, and the Clerk will cause them to be | entered upon the records of the Court, A SIMULTANEOUS DEATH. Harrrorp, Conn., Feb. 23, 197% Noah Pease and wife, of Ellington, aged eighty-foar and tyoth respectively, died to-day at tne prota ~o lB will be buried together to-morrow.