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THE INDIAKAPOIalS JOURNAL, THURSDAY. MARCH 1 0, 1887.

In total as those of last session, which exceeded the three preceding: years by an average of $45,000.000. and this notwithstanding the failure of the deficiency bill and the river and harbor. Decidedly, if anybody wishes to ho happy over the last Con cress, it cannot be over the House end of it." m . M1NOK MATTKRS.

CnrioHti.v ft Congressmen Over n Recent lr-iim of Comptroller l)ur1im. Special to tli lnJiaaDolii Journal. Washington. Mat U. There is a great deal of cniwsity am on; c tubers of Congress to know how it' ws;t ioat Comptroller Durham reached his decision in the application of Mr. Charles II. Pact1, of Rhode Island, for two years' salary n? Iieprt?e!?tKtiTe from the Second Rhode Islaiid district. In the election of 1684 Mr. William A. Pirce received a plurality of about seventeen hundred, and according to the returns nboat 17 majority over all candidates. Page .jon tested the seat, and the House decided that is the Jaw of Rhode Island requires a majority to tlect, that the scat had cot been filled, and Mr. Page was ousted on the 27th of January last A new election was held, and Page as declared to have been dulv elected. Recently in the case of Mr. Cox, of New York, who was elected to fill out the unexpired terra of Joseph Pulitzer, the Comptroller held that Cox was entitled to pav from the date of the expiration of the term of his predecessor. It was on this decision that Mr. Page claimed the salary ab Representative of the Second Rhode Island district after two years. Tho House held that bis predecessor's terra expired with the Fortyeighth Congress, and although the Constitution gives Congress tho Dower to decide upon the right of each member to hold his seat, the Comptroller has decided that the House has nothing to do but to govern itself according to bia decision. Comptroller Durham holds that there is a decided difference between tweedledum and tweedle dee. Prematnro Kfjolrlng. Washington, March 9. The agricultural colleges the land over are flying their flags, and people who are especially interested in them are rejoicing in consequence of tho passage of the experiment-station bill; but a question has arisen which would appear to indicate that the dem onstrations are premature. Tho fifth section oi tne Dill, toe only one relating to appro priations, saye: "The sum oi $15,000 is here by appropriated to each State, to be epecially provided for by Congress in the appropriations Irom year to year, from the sales of public lattds, the first payment to be made on the 1st of October, 1837." This singular phraseology has been held to be an appropriation clause, but a close inspection of it has given rise to doubts, the weight of unofficial opinion being that no money is appropriated. If this is sustained by the authorities, the beginning of the new work will be delayed until Congress acts further. Talk About an Extra Session. Washington, March 9. Democratic members of Congress, and others who have access to the President, and who have talked to him about the matter, say there i3 no possibility of an extra session of Congress this spring. The impression, however, is growing among them, and -with poms it is a firm belief, that the Fiftieth lOneress win no called together before the reealarly appointed timeof meeting probably early In October in order that some important legislation to come before it may bo matured before the holiday recess. Congress rarely ever passes any laws until after the holidays, and it is thou eh t probable that the President, in view of thfr fact that questions of public iuterest, such as revenue, taxation and fortifications, must receive attention at the next session will call an extra session that will begin in the fall and run along until the regulai session, which begins in December. Th Senate of the Fiftieth Congress. Washington, March 9. The breaking the senatorial deadlock in New Jersey, of reBolting in tho election of Mr. Blodgett, and the appointment of Finlay and Lucas from Florida and West Virginia, completes the Met of United States Senators as it will stand during at least a portion of the Fiftieth Congress. Tne outgoing Senate stood: Republicans, 41; Democrats, 34; Riddleberger, Independent, L Tho Incoming, body will stand: Republicans, 38; Democrats, 37: Independent, 1. The changes result from Democratic gains in four States California, Indiana, New Jersey and Virginia, and a loss in Nevada, where Stewart, Republican, succeeds Fair, Democrat. - Pay of Pension Agents. Washington, March 9. Second Comptroller Maynaid, in disallowing the claim of J. B. Selby for additional compensation for services rendered as pension agent at Milwaukee, Wis., from Aug. 1, 18G3, to June 30, 18G6, lays down tho ceneral principal that, tinder the law, the maximum limit of compensation to pension agents is 12,000 per year, and that the allowance over that amount provided in the act of June 30. 1SC4, towit: $500 to areut3 disbursing over $50,000 annually and $250 for each additional $50,000 disbursed apply only to clerk hire, rent and other necessary expenses. Green Smith for District Attorney. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal, Washington, March 9. Senator Voorhees, x-Senator McDonald, ex-Representative Cobb and James II. Rico called on the President to day, ia reference to the appointment of a United States district attorney to succeed Judge Tuf pie. Mr. Rice s iys they recommended the appointment of S&.to Senator Green Smith, and that he will likely bo appointed. Genernl and Personal. Washington, March 9. The President to day ordered the removal of John Menshaw, supervising inspector of steamboats of the Third district. N. W. Fitzgerald, formerly a pension agent of much notoriety here, has been indicted by a District grand jury for perjury. The Treasury Department is informed that many of tho trade dollars presented for redemp tion at jnow xors navo oeen split ana nuoa so skilfully as. to almost defy detection. ' The Commissioner of Internal Revenue to-day received a telecram announcing the death of W. C Thompson, at Davenport, la. Deputy Collector Dixon has been designated to act as collector until an appoiatment shall have been made. The President to-day appointed It. W. Lough ery, of Texas, to ba United States consul at Acapulco. Mexico. tirigadier-general ureeiy to-aay received nis commission as Chief Signal Officer, to succeed th late General Hazen. The Comptroller of the Currency to-day authorized tho Cedar Rapids National Bank, of Cedar Rapids, la., to begin business with a capital of $100,000. The President to-day signed the commission of Recorder of Deeds James M. Trotter. IT Jlad Married 3,000 Couples. Pittsburg, March 9. Joseph F. Mayes, for twenty-five years justice of the peace at West Alexander, Washington county, Pennsylvania, diad at his residence in that place last night. Before the marriare license law went into effect in Pennsylvania, West Alexander was a favorite place for runaway marriages, and during the Quarter of a century of his official career 'Squire Mayes unitod 3.000 couples In wedlock. His 'ather, Isaac Mayes, and his grand-father, 'Squire Alexander, preceded him in the place, and the three married nearly 5,000 couples. The late justice was born in 1814, and had therefore reached his seventy-third year. A man of wide information, genial disposition, pleasing repartee and an inveterate punster, he was one of the most highly respected and best known men in this section. Couples have frequently come from Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and "ther remote places to have the venerable 6 quire "tie the knot." His "victims" are no oubt scattered from one end ot tho country to iiO other.

PLYMOUTH'S DEAD PASTOE.

The Date of Final Interment of the Remains Postponed Until Saturday. The Boty Will 'Lie in 'State in Plymouth Church, Which Will Be Open to the Public To-morrow General Mourning:. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. Universal AZourniner iu Urooklyn Pinal Interment Postponed Till Saturday. New Yokk, March 9. The arrangements for the funeral ot the late Henry Ward Beecher are not yet completed, but it has been decided that it shall be a publio one, but the services at the bouse will be of a strictly private nature, in compliance with the wishes of the family. The services will be conducted at the house by Dr. C. II. Hall, of the Church of the Trinity, the old friend of the famous preacher. None but the family will be admitted to these services, which will be of the simplest nature. The body will be escorted to Plymouth Church at the close of the family funeral service by the Thirteenth Regiment of Brooklyn, of which Mr. Beecher was chaplain. The regiment will then pass the body, which will be laid in front of the platform. The regiment will be then dismissed, and will leave Company G, which is known as the rivmouth company, and is composed chiefly of members from Mr. Beecher's congregation, to remain on guard while the body is laid in Etate in the church. The church will remain open all day Thursday, and the .friends and members of the congregation will have the first privilege of passing before the body. On Friday the church will be thrown open to the public. This course has been rendered necessary in consequence of the extent of the circle of friends and admirers of the great divine. The citizens' committee, of which ex-Mayor Seth Low is chairman, will have charge of the body until the interment of Saturday. The coffin will be a very plain one, and will be covered with best broadcloth, with plain silver mountings. There is to be no ornamentation except a plain silk fringe. It will rest in the church on a platform raised six inches from the floor of the church. The feet will rest toward the ea3t, so that the people passing up the east aisle and in front of the pulpit will get a full view of the features as they pass along slowly beside the bier. They will turn to the right at the head of the coffin, and then out into Or ange or Cranberry streets. Un Thursday none but those having tickets will be admitted to the church. The tickets will be given to pewholders and others entitled to them. Each pew holds five persons, and only four tickets will be given to the pew-holders, the other ticket being reserved for visiting members of G. A. R. posts, privileged persons and personal friends. It was expected that an overflow service would have been held in the Academy of Music, but that building could not be obtained, as it was en gaged by the Philharmonic Society. The pri vate funeral service will be held on Thursday, and the public services on Friday. tirooklyns buildings to day are draped in mourning. I he municipality buildings and court-honse, public buildings and stores are be ing heavily draped in black. Many private rest dencos are also draped. Nearly every promi nent organization in Brooklyn has met and passed resolutions expressive of grief in the loss of the eminent divine. The -public schools will probably be closed on the day of the funeral, and many merchants intend to close their stores. The aldermen met to-day and appointed a com mittee to wait upon ex-Mayor Low, chairman of the memorial committee. They offered the use of the City Hall to allow the remains to lie in state. They were thanked and told that it had been arranged to have the remains lie in state in Plymouth Church. The Plymouth Chnrch committee accepted the offer of the citizens' committee, headed by ex Mayor Low, to have formal services held in the different churches in the vicinity of Plymouth Church at tho same time that funeral services are held. It would be impossible for the thou sands of people to train admission to the church. The body was embalmed to-day. The face was not pinched, but it had flattened out much. Mrs. Beecher was taken out by a friend for the relief of a drive, this afternoon, but soon re turned thoroughly exhausted. Fears are entertained that she will not long survive her illus trious husband. The following were received to-day: JNEW ilAVSN, Jonn., March u. The New Haven Central Association of Congregational ministers, 'now in session, express to Mrs. Beecher and family thoir deepest sympathy with her and them in the death of the good man. prominent in his age for his devotion to freedom and humanity, and among most of his generation as a preacher of righteousness and love. N. J. SquiBE, Moderator. 1L W. 1IV.NT, Register. St. Lotris, March 9. The Congregation Temple of God. of St. Louis, mourn with you ia your sorrow, ilay the eternal Lord of hosts comfort yon. Isaac Schwab. L. H. Sonnesoheis, Rabbi. Sculptor J. Q. A. Ward made a very satisfactory cast of the face this morning. Action of the New York Senate. Albany, N. Y., March 9. In the Senate yesterday Mr. Griswold offered the following resolution: Whereas. The Senate has received information of the death of on of tho most honored, influential and beloved citizens of this State, and desires to express its appreciation of the man and its sympathy with his family and friends; be it, therefore, Resolved, That the Senate of New York have heard with profound regret of the sudden death of Henry Ward Beecher. His character, genius and eloquence, his ardent patriotism, his constant devotion to the cause of freedom at home and abroad, his love for his whole country and the whole world, his eminent services as a oublio teacher and citizen in the darkest hour of the Republic, and his unflinching courage in the advocraey of what his conscience believed to be right have made his namo honorable and dear as much to those who differed from him as to those who agreed with him, and his fame is one of the brightest possessions of the State. Resolved. That the Senate tender the assurance of their deep svmnathy to the family and personal friends of our departed fellow-citizen, and that the clerk of the Seuv be directed to communicate a copy of these resolutions to tne widow and family ot the deceased. Resolved, That as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, the .senate do now adjourn. The resolutions were adopted unanimously by a rising vote, and the benate adjourned. Action of Terre Haute Congregatlonallsts. Terre Haute, March 9. In the early days of his ministry the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher occupied the pulpit of the First Congregational Church of this city quite frequently. It is one of the oldest Congregational churches in the State. The Rev. J. Leonard Corning is now pas tor. At a meeting to-night the congregation passed resolutions, among which was the follow ing: Resolved. That aa Congregationallsts we disown all emblanew of partnership or sympathy with the spirit of intolerance which refused to the bereaved family of this man of Clod the expression of Christian condolence oy reason oz tneoiogioai non-comormity. Dr. Farker's Tribute. London, March 9. The Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker, pastor of the City Temple, whose guest the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was during his recent visit to London, publishes a tribute, to

Mr. Beecher's memory. He says he does not

hesitate to pronounce Mr. Beecher the greatest preacher who ever lived, and continues: "We who have bowed with him in prayer know 1 with what might of humility, penitence, faitn and love he stormed the kingdom of heaven. His moral fearlessness was consistent through out It was in vain to threaten Mr. Beeeher. Having made up his mind no Luther was bet ter prepared to face loss, infamy or desertion. I never heard him say one unkind word of any enemy. When Mr. Beecher left my house he put his arm around my neck, kissed me, and said: 'Good bye, old fellow: I love von.'. These were the last words I heard from' Mr. Beecher's lips. My house is larger and brighter because Mr. Beecher tarried there. Mr. Beecher and his wife used to call themselves two old folks. Ver ily, they might have been young lovers, so de voted, were they to one another. I wish to be at Mr. Beecher's grave in spirit, to take one short look at the place where his body lies, and thereafter to look steadily upward to the heaven to which he ascended." MR, BEECHER'S PERSONAL, TRAITS. Major Pond's Recollections Sayings and Do ings of the Great Preacher. New York Tribune, . "' Maj. J. B. Pond has traveled with Mr. Beechor for the past ten years, Mr. Beecher doing the lecturing and Major Pond managing their mutual venture. Major Pond was just writing letters to two of Mr. Beecher's old friends, informing them of his fatal illness. To one, Mrs. Drury, of Canandaieua, who was introduced to Mr. Beecher by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Major Pond wrote that on Tuesday last Mr. Beecher was in cheerful mood, and talked animatedly of his "Life of Christ" Another friend was an old lady living in Lawrenceburg, Ind., who was one of the pioneer members of Mr. Beecher's ehurch there, and who came on to Peekskill, summers, to visit her old pastor's home. Major Pond was performing this duty because he knew it would be in accord with Mr. Beecher's wishes. "Mr. Beecher," said Major Pond, "was democratic through and through. No matter what one's position, it was tho man he looked at There was never a more marked exhibition of thi3 trait of his than at the dinner he gave at Indianapolis, last year, to his old friends and parishioners. The old lady friend of whom I have spoken, in poor circumstances though 'she was. sat next to Mr. Beecher in the seat of honor. Rich and poor were intermingled down the table. His poor parishioners and their children and grandchildren were there, and Mr. Beecher's face beamed with happiness. 1 was just writing to the old lady that on Tuesday last Mr. Beecher was in high spirits, and told roe that before he plunged into his work on the 'Life of Christ,' he felt like first 'going on a spree.' Do yon know what 'going on a spree' meant with himf Why, going around town to look at some bric-a-brac, stare in shop-windows, look at pictures and things of that sort "I first came in contact with Mr. Beecher in 1872, when the Redpath Bureau, in which I was a partner, engaged him to deliver seventeen consecutive lectures for $12,000, $6,000 being in advance, he to have expenses paid and a special car. That was $700 a lecture. The bureau cleared $5,000. He went out as far as Chieago. In 1876 I took him personally. For the season 1876-7 he netted for himself $41,530; for 1877-8, $27,200; for 1878-9, $21,200: for 1879-80, when he did Put little lecturing, $8,500, and he has averaged about the same since, making a total of about $240,000 for the ten years for which I have his receipts. He delivered in thaf time over twelve hundred lectures and traveled 400.000 miles. He was a great hand to travel nights. He was never fatigued if he could sleep after noon, and his afternoon nap he always took, if possible, whether traveling or not "I have seen Mr. Beecher under all circumstances, and I never saw him angry but once. The circumstances were most trying. Wn all his traveling Mr. Beecher had one rule from which he refused to deviate he would never go to a private house, unless it might be that of some old friend. He was traveling in Iowa, and a friend of his, an ex-congressman, and then president of a railroad, invited him to stop over at his place and preach on Sunday. .Mji-43eecher consented, provided a Special car shouia be sent to the place where he lectured on Saturday evening, so that he would not have to travel on Sunday, and he should net be obliged to go to a private house. I wrote accordingly. The president came in his own private car and took Mr. and Mrs. Beecher and myself to his town. On our arrival at 2 a. m., he marched us to his own house. Mr. Beecher declined to go in. 'I assured you,' he said to his would-be host, 'that I would not go to a private house.' I went back and tried to find a hotel. I could get into none and so reported to Mr. Beecher and told him the best he could do was to remain at the house. He then turned to the railroad president and said: 'I am very angry, Bir!' Yet he had to stay there and the next morning he was all right He was splendidly entertained. "Mr. Beecher was the best traveler I ever knew after he got started. I had great difficulty in getting him to undertake long journeys, nota bly to California ana to hingiand the second time. I had to urge the desire or the people and his friends to see him and work all possible motives for two or three years before he made up his mind to the California trip. When he was traveling he never complained; he always found diversion. He would eat with the crowd at the poorest tavern, and took what was set before him; he never had a meal in his room. He made himself at home in the cars and it would be only a few minutes after he had stepped into a car full of people before he would be a general favorite, and everybody felt the better for his being there. "Mr. Beecher was wonderfully fond of chil dren, and he always carried oranges and candies n his pockets to helrtf ntertain them on tne cars. If be saw a poor mother, with a baby crying in her arms, he would go and comfort it and make it stop its crying when others failed. In coming up f rcssa Washington onetime, a characteristic incident occurred. There were two little children, boy and gill, eight or nine years old, in the car and they liuddled close up together and -ap peared to be vrv fond or each other. We had breakfast at Wilmington, out tne children did not get off the car and they had evidently travelled all night without anything to eat When Mr. Beecher came back from breakfast his arms were laden with good things for the children. Then he talked to them. He found that they were from the South, that their parents had died and that they were on their way to this city to find an uncle whom they expected to meet them. The train was late, what if the uncle should fail to meet them? When the train arrived in Jersey City, Mr. Beecher got out of the car with the children, walked slowlv along, looking around to see if he could discover anyone looking for the children, and got out between the two ferries and stood there waiting until both boats bad gone. Soon a man came hurrying along in great distress and saw the two chil dren, but as he expected to find them unaccom panied. he stopped in doubt. Mr. Beecher bus pected that he might be the uncle and asKed him what be was looking for. ' 'Two children. "Well,' said Mr. Beecher, I guess they're here. These look like two children, don't theyf "It was the uncle, and he was indeed gratefuL Thanking Mr. Beecher, he said: " 'Will you kindly give me your name!" " 'Mr name is Beecher.' 'Where do you liv6f Tn RnTrlvn ' " 'What! Can you be the Revrlfenry Ward Beecher! " 'I am inclined to think I am.' "Tears came into the man's eyes, and he ex plained to the little ones who it was who had befriended them. The two children soon after were seen in Plymouth Church, and they have since then listened to Air. lieecher s sermons frequently. "In all his lecture tours Mr, Beecher gave only six disappointments, and two of them were at Lebanon, Penn., once because 'Mackev's Guide' got Lebanon, N. J., and Lebanon, Penn., mixed, and once.because of a snow-storm, two years ago. Mr. Beecher might have em there one and a half hours late, but he would never endanger his health or the interests of his church, and he would have been in no condition to speak. The Lebanon Lecture Bureau re cently began suit against Mr. Beecher for dam ages for this. Once he disappointed the Young Men's Christian Association at Utica, and. being Christians, I suppose they will never forgive him. He disappointed tha Boston people last

fall, as the steamer from England arrived only 1 two days before the time setfor the lecture, and he had been sick. "Mr. Beecher has drawn larger audiences with higher prices than any other man in this country. John B. Gough was the next Gough was a professional, but he could not get the price Mr. Beecher did. Mr. Beecher went twice to California and paf sed all over the Pacific railroads. He has lectured in every State and Territory of the Union except Idaho, Arizona and Mississippi, and never was man received with more cordiality than he. Every year he has lectured in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago. He never had a set lecture. He did have a subject which he adapted to the times, and that was: 'Tho Rein of the Common People,' and to this he tacked every theme; it was a sort of advance guard. Money was no temptation to him. It was all I could do to induce him to yo to England again, though he was anxious to see Dr. and Mrs. Tartar. He needed a great deal of money and he spent a great deal. Despite his dislike of long journeys I took him the last time on a circuit of the country from the Northwest by the Northern Pacific to the Pacific slope, thence down and back by the Southern Pacific. We started from Brantford, Ont, on July 9: he traveled and lectured six times a week, and preached on Sundays until Oct. 9, when we reached Charleston, S. C. and we never saw a drop of rain until we got back to New York, and not one hot day until we reached San Antonio, Tex. " 'I had cancelled Mr. Beeeher's lecture engagements for two years, so that he could give his time to his 'Life of Christ.' and his autobiography, which C. L. Webster & Co. were to publish. I think he was revising the 'Life of Christ,' and that this work was very nearly done, so that it will 6oon appear. Nothing had been done on the autobiography. I shall" publish his tour in England in a few days, with the title A Summer in England with Henry Ward Beecher.' Major Pond's attention was called to the statement which has been published, and which has been received with general credence, that Mr. Beecher never wore a silk hat Mr. Beecher's manager smiled, and then qnu'kly exclaimed: "Only once. I must tell you about that. I was at Mr. Beecher's house one afternoon, and we were to leave the house at 4 o'clock in order to catch a train. Mr. Beecher, according to hi3 custom of an afternoon, had lain down for a nap, I was in the library, when, as the hour approached, Mrs. Beecher called my attention to the fact, and asked where Mr. Beecher was. I went up to call him, but he was not in his room. I went down stairs, and thought I would get my hat, which was a silk one. I could not find it where I had left it, in the hallway. Just then Mrs. Beeeher called my attention to the front of the bouse. Mr. Beecher had a cardigan jacket which he used to wear around the house at times, and you can imagine that it was not particularly becoming to his form. I went to where Mrs. Beecher stood and looted out There in the middle of the street, with a lot of children around him, was Mr. Beecher in his cardigan, my silk hat cn hishead, and a stick in hi3 mouth, with strings attached, as children make bits, and he was prancing up and down, and back and forth, and playing horse with tho youngsters. You'd have died a-laughing, seeing that fight. 'Henry,' exclaimed Mrs. Beecher, 'whaton earth are yon doing? Do you know what a eight you are? You will lose the train.' "Mr. Beecher stopped, drew put his watch he always carried a first-class time-keeper and replying, as he put it back, No, I won't; I've got two minutes yet,' off he galloped with the children at his heels in high glee. Ho used up the two minutes, and we just caught the ferry-boat in time. Many a time have we barely caught the last boat; but Mr. Beecher's watch was as true as steel, and he always calculated, apparently, to the second. When he got on the ferryboat he never stopped until he landed in the pilot-house. He had the key to them, and every pilot knew him. and there he would go and stay until the boat had got to her landing."

In Gee Horatio King's collection of autographs is an interesting scrap from Mr. Backer's pen illustrating his manner of work. To it is attached a ticket to the platform of the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, on the occasion of the address of Mr. Beecher on "The Issue ot the Canvass." Friday evening, Oct. 9. 18C8. The scrap of writing contains the headings made by Beecher for Pis address. They are written in a bold hand, apparently with a quill pen, and many of the words are underscored. The headings are as follows: Origin of partr historic losrie of onr history and princixles; II What has it done to deserve well of the people? II I What charges are bronahi ajrabist it? (1) Not restoring the Union delaying for party reasons. (2) Oppressive tases. (3) It is refreshing to hear Mayor Hoffman express his conscience on ex travagance m public moneys (IVI ny whom are tliev acciseil! Who it that proposes to take their place and finish the work of liberty? (1) Their relation to every evnt and step gained by war. (12) Their proposed remedy. Overturn all that Coneress has done. Keverse legislation, lhrow down btato enactments. Send back Senators and Representatives. Remand Southern States to turmoil and con fusion. Upon the platform Mr. Beecher, with these few notes, delivered a splendid address, talking two hours or mora Boston Globe, Monday: Referring to the news of the illness of Henry Ward Beecher, Mr. Munball said in his sermon last evening: "As I stood, just four weeks ago this morning, with his hand in mine, he said to me, with tears in his eves: "I wish that yon. with Mr. and Mrs. Towner, could come down to mv church and have a re vival. I am rejoiced that vou are having such grand success up at Dr. Talraage's tabernacle, but what I long to see is a grand, old-fashioned revival in this church which I have served so on g.' "I have no doubt," said Dr. Munhall, "that if his is the last day of Mr. Beecher's life, he would be glad to have just such services crom on in his church." Ilis I.i fe in a Nutshell. The following private letter, written to E. J. Bok, contains Mr. Beecher's own account of his ife in condensed form: Peekskill, N. Y.. Aug. 18. 18S5. My Dear Mr. Bok. or Boc. or Bock, or Anrtlnnsr but Bock Beer The account you have kindly sent mo of my hrst nermon is mofs nearly true than most sto ries that, are circulated of me. My Brother George wished to ba away a Sundav. and I was requested by him to supply his pulpit. Text. 8ermn ani all at tendant circumstances are gone from my memory ex cept tne ereenness no doubt sthont that. My earliest remembered address was given at Brattleboro. Vt. on temperance, when I was in my junior vear ai Amnersi oiieee. out my earnest remenv bored sermons were delivered at Nort-hbridge. Mass., where 1 taught pchool for three months in 1831. I conducted conference meeting almost every nie;lit. and a temperance address at Upton, Mass., where Old Father Wood ' was pastor, and in his church. In tho winter of 1 833 I taught school in Hopkintnn, Mass., and carried on revival meetings every night and preached on Sundays. The people were pla n and Simple, ana liked the eitusions. During the winter of lsJiJ 1 again taught school ss.t rorthbridre. and lnad5 a formal sermon in a chapel over the new store built by the Messrs. Whitins. Thsnce I Went to Ijane Seminary, near Cincinnati, and preached in email place s. Vben, m ltSdi, I was. ready to leave the seminary I went over to Covington, Ivy., and preached in the Presbyterian Church for several Bnndays, and expected to form a churrh there and remaiu, but a call from Liawrencebnrg, Ind., was made, and I was soon settled there for two years and over ; thence to Indianapolis for eight years, and in October. 1847. 1 came to Urooklyn. 1 hare been preaching oyer fifty years. My next and last call and settlement will probably be in Greenwood. Cordially Yours, Hexry Ward Beschib. To Edward W. Bok, Brooklyn. TDE GREAT SCANDAL A Concise Sketch of a Case That Attracted Vorld-Wlde Attention, In 1851 a bright young Stenographer, only six teen years of age. Theodore Tilton by name. came into Plymouth Church to take down Mr. Beecher s sermons for publication a practice which was then a novelty. He was engaged by nenry G. Bcwen, one of the founders of the church, upon the Independent, of which journal Mr. Bowen was a pioprietor, and In 18G1 he suc ceeded Mr. Beecher as editor-in-chief of the pa per. Ho developed considerable power as a writer and speaker, especially in the anti-slavery contest, and gained the warm friendship of Mr. Beecher, who regarded him as "one of my boys." Toward l&iO some difference arose between Mr. Bowen. then 6ole proprietor of the Independent, and Mr. ueecner. nieanwnue mr. l nion s domestic life was not a happy one. In December, 1870, Mrs. Tilton left her hnsband's house and sought her mother's protection. Mr. Beecher was consulted, and finally counseled a separa tion, and the rupture between '1 iltoa and Mr.

Beecher was complete! Mr. Tilton obtained possession of his infant child in its mother's absence, and then the mother returned to him. At this time Mr. Tilton bad retired from the editorship of the Independent, to which, however, he still continued to contribute, and was editor-in-chief of the Brooklyn Union, of which Mr. Bowen was one of the proprietors. To Mr. Bowen came stories prejudicial toTilton's moral character, and he meditated dismissing him. An interview was held Dec. 26, 1870, in the course of which the conversation passed from the immediate topic to the necessity of frequent notices of Plymouth Church and its pastor in the Brooklyn Union. Tilton objected, and charged Mr. Beecher with "dishonorable conduct toward his wife." Bringing pen and paper, Mr. Bowen invited Tilton to write a letter demanding that Mr. Beecher resign from Plymouth Church and leave the Christian Union. Tilton did so. Mr. Bowed took the letter to Mr. Beecher, who read it and said: "This ia sheer insanity; the man is crazy." Soon afterward Tilton was dismissed from both the positions which he held. It was now -necessary for him to submit evidence against Mr. Beecher or to confess himself a slanderer, lie sought this from his wife. As to what the precise confession then obtained from her was the testimony conflicted. The letter was two years afterward destroyed. The progress of events was not rapid. Mrs. Tilton retracted, in Mr. Beecher's presence, every accusation made against him; Francis D. Moultou appeared as the "mutual friend;" Mr. Beecher made a tnmultuou3 expression of grief and shame, of which Mr. Moulton t'ok down a statement; Mr. Tilton and Mr Beecher met and a reconciliation was

affected. A new paper called the Golden Age was started, with Tilton at its head, for which purpose Mr. Beecher and friends of Mr, Monlton contributed sums of money. April 2, 1872, the "tripartite covenant"between Beecher, Bowen and Tilton was siened, promising silenco as to the past and good will for the future. But ugly rumors began to be heard. Tilton aided their distribution. Mr. Beecher's friends became uneasy, and in 1873 he oke sileuce with a card of denial. Tilton was charged in the church with being a slanderer of his pastor, and his name was stricken from the rolls. But more was demanded. An ecclesiastical council was called nominally in regard to the irregularity of this proceeding, really to make some attempt at an investigation. Its work amounted to nothing except to deepen the uneasy feeling that some great scandal was to be brought to light. Then Tilton, to clear himself, published the Bacon letter, the first of the statements preceding the trial, in which be quoted from Mr. Beecher's alleged confection of Jan. 1, 1871. Mr, Beecher at once took action and de manded an investigation, which sis well-known members of Plymouth Church were appointed to conduct Another effort to compromise the matter was made in vain, and at last in Aucnst, 1874, four years and more after the wrong was charged to have been committed, Tilton brought his suit. The charge of adultery was firvt publicly preferred in July, 1874, and the complaint Ferved in August, when issue was immediately joined. The trial was begun in January, 1875. Subjects were dealt with extending over five or 6ix years. About 250 documents were introduced aud analyzed. More than one hundred different interviews were examined into, and in respect to many of them the sworn testimony of witnesses was in irreconcilable disagreement. Printed in small type, the testimony that was published filled three thousand foolscap paees, and the report of the proceedings would fill four or five large legal volumes. Over 150 distinct rulings on points of law were made by the judge, which were noted by the defendant's counsel, and nearly as many questions were raised and decided during the defendant's presentation of his case. Judge Neilson sat upon the bench. The most eminent counsel were employed on either side. For Tilton appeared Mr. Pryor, a man of wide learning and active mind; Mr. Fullerton, a master of the art of crossquestioning, and Mr. Beach, a sharp, pithy and forcible speaker. Mr. Beecher was represented by Mr. Evarts, who gained new laurels as an advocate before a jury; Austin Aonott, dUtingnished for his legal learning and the publication bearing his name, whose foresight and system were apparent in the presentation of the defendant's case; Mr. Porter, quick to see and decide upon knotty points, and Mr. Tracy, an effective orator. The positions of the persons interested, the differing characteristics of the multitudinous witnesses, the crowds of prominent men from all parts of the country who packed the court room daily, and the wholesale publicity given by the press all conspired to make the trial a striking ana unprecedented event. From January until June the lawyers struggled aud a curiou3 public gloated over tne daily details of the great scandal. Then came the summing up on each side and the judge's chargp. The deliberations of the jury continued for eight days. Fifty-two ballots were taken, the first and last being nine for Mr. Beecher and three for Tilton. On one ballot the jury stood eleven to one, and on auother seven to fivo in favor of Mr. Beecher. After the close of this trial the matter was taken ud by the graiidjury, which called Mr. Beecher as a wituss, and found an indictment against Francis D. Moulton for libel The District-attorney, however, never brought the case to trial, and. after he had officially indicated this decision by entering a nolle prosequi, Moulton brought a suit against Mr. Beecher for malicious prosecution. Mr. Beecher's counsel defended him vigorously, and Moulton abandoned his suit. Another confession was claimed to have been madebv Mrs. Tilton after the trial, which was met by Mr. Beecher with an explicit denial. A great ecclesiastical council was held, which exonerated Mr. Beecher. "flf estern Union Telejrrjpli Company, Nkav Yokk, March 0. 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