Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 50, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 July 1874 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. TUESDAY JULY 28 1874.

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V.V i. I. I.ATIIKOl. From The galaxy for August-1 . txv mellowly clow tho lanterns fluui; out id luedwr, dark trees, .v nito 1 sit at her side, and ner faa tuni Tue ruoiM, warm air to a breeze! '.'.-.zbt nierrllv pipes each player. io the shifting swlns or the dance I-i the dazzling parlors: what gayer Could be, or more like a romance? ut I look from her cheek of crimson. And the diamond caught in her hair, V the moon that so silently swinison lürougu gloiious Rloomsof the air. . Zhcn back' to this coquettish presence .My restless regard returns; And itsglittenn glamour lessens. While homcthlug ullenly burn imyliMrt. I know not If any Significance in it ihre be; ut I think of stonn.and the rainy Low light on the line of the sea. GENERAL NOTES. At Wooster College, Ohio, the feminine students, it is said, equal the masculine ones in mathematics as well as m languages, The Wisconsin Norwegian are preparing a statue of Erikson to unveil on the fourth of Tn!y, 1S7G, claiming that be discovered An: erica. 1; baa been concluded to establish tie proposed South-Western University at Jack-on, Tennessee, me Duuuing win ue ueguu in September. The first number ot the San Francisco Cbma Newa has just appeared, printed in the Chinese languaz, under the patronage of six Chinese companies, and devoted to the iulerests of the Chinese of the 1'acific cc.xst. The oet Shelley's "Refutation of Deism," ot which only two copies are known, is now exciting comment in England. Its doctrine is that the beintr of a Gou, Deing only prooaK? from revelation, caunot, theretore, be proved at all, atheism being the true alterna tive to Christianity. Robert Soott and Mr. Galloway, of the London Meterological Society, have been investigating mine explosions. They rind that tlfcy-eight per cent, are due to changes of atmospherical pressure indicated by the barometer; seveuteon pr cent, to great heat of the w eather, and that the remainder have no apparent connection with atmospheric conditions. The Troy Times of the 13th inst. fays: "All the stove foundries in this city are running, some on full time, others under a slight reduction. Trade is fair, and there are no prospects of any of the foundries shutting down this season. Pennsylvania iruii dealers pay that during the past ten days they had more orders for iron than during tho previous six week." ' The Chinese, hitherto rather coy about -adopting the manners and customs of the Americans, once in awhile take kindly to the ways of the "outside barbarians." One Lon KtU, who ran a shoe and slipper factory at Sacramento, has absconded, leaving debts unpaid to the amount of $5,000. (several con li ling Celestial creditors levied attachment ou the concern, but Mr. Fat left a very lean stock. A lem'le slave is still held in Covert, N. Y. She lives in .the Tunison family, and is probably over one hundred years old, although her exact age is not known.. It seems tnat the act emancipating the slaves in that state contained a humane clause providing, in effect, that uo persons above a-cer-tain age, or unable from any cause to maintain themselves, should be liberated and turned out upon the '-cold charities of che unfeeling world." In accordance with this provision the person alluded to was held and is kindly and tenderly cared for in her old Ira lire wer, of Pottstown, Pennslyvania, was for thirty years an "inveterate fisherman. Almost every day found him out anions the trout streams, and he never tired of the sp;rt. His diversion brought ills, however, aui a year ago rheumatism, produced by exrsure in bad weather, laid him up. iiut he is determined to ti-h. He has had a tank built in his yard, into which live tioutare put, and there he sits, every afternoon, propped up io an easy chair, throwing tne tiy, landing the fish, and having a vast amount of exciting sport. October 1,1872, a young lady ot Middleto vn, Conn., set about the collection of one million of postage stamps in two years. Inspired by tho abäurdity of the enterprise, and the impossibility of its accomplishment, her friends promised all sorts of things when she achieved the miliion. This she rather resented, and it set her to work with greater determination that ever. She is now on the three last months ot the alloted time, and has gathered over nine hundred thousand stamps. The friends who promised her gifts when she had gathered a million begin to weaken, and are inquiring about tho probable price ot silks, ponies, pnaetons, diamonds and watches, all of which were named as prizes to be awarded when the teat was accomplished. A mathematical person write to one of the papers to say that "if Columbus when he first came to America had put away 1 cent, and had not disturbed it until to day, it would have amounted to the sum of G37,0SV fl'.76'' If this be true it is a great pity the idea never occurred to Columbus. Ilemight have had a nice little fortune to comfort him in his old age. But is this true? That depends, of course, upon where he would have put it. Old Starbuckle, of Berks County, Pa., several years ago read in an almanac that money would double itself by coinpound interest in eleven years if it were put away and left untcuched, Accordingly Starbuckle put SKH)in a tin-box and hurried it in bis cellar, lie permitted it to rem.tiu there for eleven years, and then dug it out with the confident expectation that the amount in the box would be lSOO. But it wasn't, and Mr. Starbuckle now not only considers the science of arithmetic a transparent fraud, but he don't repose any confidence in the almanac when it savs Sunday comes on the first day of the week. Max Adeler. Alexander Dumas has recently written a letter a3 a perface to a work which had been submitted to blm on "The Return ot Christ an Appeal to Women." The following passages occur in tho letter: "The final triumph of Christ is not a matter of doubt, e.therto tho author or to myself, but I do not believe with him that the triumph and the salvation which will follow will ie the work ot woman and ot Mary. I believe that were it not for Mary, Christianity would triumph much sooner. It is she that embarrasses Christianity in a legend which, though touching and poetical, is narrow, and .better adapted to art than to conscience. 1 see nothing in her beyond a woman, who, with the characteristic curiosity of her sex, wished water to be changed into wine by Jesus as Kve wished o make Adam cat the fruit of the tree ol knowledge and to whom Jesus, penetrated by his mission, replies, Woman, what have I to do with thee?' She shall never be my advocate between my God and myself. All this, however, will not prevent Catholicism from perishing and christiauity fron triumph-

TEMPEST TOSSED TILTON. HIS STATEMENT.

BEECIIF.R AT THE BAR. TILTON AT"USE nisi of seduction and ADULTERY A CLEAR STATEMENT THK LETTERS AND PROOFS A TERRIBLE OUTLOOK. New York, July 21. The following is Mr. Tilton'a statement: Gests of the Committee: In communicating to you the detailed statement of the facts of evidence, which yon have been several days expecting at my hands, let me remind you of the cirenmstancea which call this statement forth. In my recent letter to Dr. Bacon I alluded to an offense and an apology by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. To whomsoever else this allusion seemed indefinite, to Mr. Beecher it was plain. The offense was committed by him, the apology wis made by him. Both acta were his own and were among the most momentous occurrences of.hjs lite. Of all men in Plymouth church or in the world, the Rev. H. W. Beecher was the one man who was beat Informed concerning this offense and apology, and the one man who least needed to io-juire into either. Nevertheless, while possessing perfect knowledge of both these acts done by himself, he has chosen to put on in publican affectation of ignorance and innocence concerning them, and has conspicuously appointed a committee of six of the ablest men of his church, together with two attorneys, to Inquire into what ha leaves you to regard as the unaccountable mysterv of this oflense and apology, as if be hau neither committed the one nor offered the other, but as if both were fragments of adroitlv prompting the public to draw the deduction that I am a person under some hallucination or delu sion, living in a dream and forging a fraud. Furthermore, in order to cast over tnis ex planation the delicate glamour which always lends a charm to the defense of a woman s honor. Mrs. Elizabeth R.Tllton, lately my wife, has been prompted away from ber home to reside among Mr. Beecher's friends, ana to co-operate with him in his ostensibly hon est and lan Jable inquiry into the facts concerning which she, too, as well as be, baa for years past had pertact ana equal Knowledge with herself. This investigation, therefore, has been rruLicLT tressed urox me by Mr. Beecher, seconded by Mrs. Tilton, both of whom in so doing have united in assuming before the -public the non-existence of grave and solemn facts, unto which they have both conspired to investigate lor the purpose, not of eliciting, but of burying the truth. The joint assumtion bv them which has seemed to your committee to be in good faith, has naturally led you into an examination in wb'ch von expect to find on their part nothing but innocence, andon my part nothing but slander. It is now my unhappy duty, from which I have in vain hitherto sought earnestly to be delivered, to give you the facts and evidences for reversing" yoar opinion on this subject. In doing this painful duty, I may say heat trendiog duty, the responsibility for making grave disclosures which I am about to lay iefore you, belongs not to me, but to Mr. Beecher, who bas promoted you to this examination, and next to Mrs. 'lilton, who has joined him in a conspiracy wbic ft can not fail to be full of peril and wretchedness to many hearts. I call yon to witness, that in my tirst brief examination by your commit tee, I begged and implored vou not to in quire into the facts of this case, but rather to seek to bury tnesi bevond all possible revelation. Happy for all concerned had this entreaty been needed. It is now too late. The last opportunity for re conciliation and settlement has past. This investigation, undertaken by you in ignorance of the dangers against which Mr. Beecher should have warned you in ad vance, will shortly prove itself to your sur prise to have been an act ot wanton and wicked folly, for which the Rev. II. W. I leather, as Its originator and puolic eponcer, will hereafter lind no snace fur repentance, though he seek it carefully and with tears. This des perate man must bold Himself only, and not me. accountable for the wretchedness which these declarations will carry to his own home and hearth, as they have already brought to mine. I will add that the original documents reierred to in the ensuing sworn sta'emeut are for the most part in my possession, but that the apology and a tew other papers are in tne nanus oi r rancis D. Moultou. Truly yours, (Signed) ThkodoreTiltox. tilton's sworn statement. Whereas, the R9v. Henry Ward Beecher, has instigated the appointment of a committee consisting of six members of his church and society, to enquire and report upon the alleged aspersions upon bis character bv Theodore Tilton; and, whereas, Mrs. E. R. Tilton, formerly the wife of Mr. Tilton, has openly deserted her home in order to co-operate with Mr. Beecher in a conspiracy to overthrow the credibility and good repute of her late husband as a man and a citizan, therefore. Theodore Tilton, belog thus authorized and required, and by a published demand made upon him by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, and being now and hereafter released by the act of Mrs. Tilton from further responsibility for the concealment of the truth touching her relations with Mr. Beecher, therefore, Theodore Tilton hereby sets forth under a solemn oath the following facts and testimony: First, that on the 2J of Oct., 1S53. at Plymouth Church. Brooklyn, a marriage between Theodore Tilton and Elizabeth M. Richards was performed by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, which marriage thirteen years afterward was dishonored and violated by this clergyman through the criminal seduction of this wite and mother, as hereinafter set forth. Second, that for a period of about fifteen years extending both before and after this marriage an intimate friendship existed between Theodore Tilton and the Rev. II. W. Beecher, which friendship was cemented to such a degree that in consequence thereof, the subsequent dishonoring by Mr. Beecher of his friend's wife, waa a crime of uncommon wrongfulness and perfidty. Third, That about nine years ago the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher began and thereafter continued a friendship with Mrs. E. R. Tilton, for whose native delicacy nd extreme religious sensibility he oiten expressed to her busbaud a high admiration, visiting her from time to time for Jrear until the year 130, when, for reasons lereinafter stated, he ceased such visits, during which period by many tokens and attentions he won the "affectionate love of Mrs. Tilton. whereby, after a long moral resistance by her, and after repeated assaults by him upon her mind with overmastering arguments, accomplished the POSSESSION OF HER PERSON, maintaining with her thenceforward during the period hereinafter stated the relation called crimiual intercourse, this relation being regarded by her during that period a not criminal or morally wrong, such had been the power of his arguments as a clergyman to satisfy her religious scruples against such a violation of virtue and honor ; fourth, that on the evening or October 10, 1803, or thereabout, Mrs. K. R. Tilton held an intercourse with the Rev. II. W. Beech9r at his residence, she being then in a tender state of mind owing to the recent death and burial of a young child; and during this interview an act of criminal commerce took place between this pastor aud this parishioner, the motive on her

part being, as hereinbefore s:ated, not regarded by her at the time criminal or wrong, wnicb act was followed by a similar act ol criminality between the same parties at Tiiton's residence, daring a pastoral visit paid by Bdecher to her on the subsequent Saturday evening, followed al?o by otber similar acts on various occasions, from the autumn of Is'jS to- the spring of 1S70, the places being the two residences atorsaid, and occasionally other places to which her pastor would invite ana accomp.my her, or at whLh he would meet her by previous appointment. These acts of wrong being on her part from first to last not wanton or consciously wicked, but ansing tbrouh a blinding ct her moral perception occasioned by the powerful INFLUENCE EXERTED ON HER MIND at that time to this end by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, as ber trusted relicions preceptor and guide; fifth, that the pastoral visits made by II. W. Beecher to Mrs. Tilton during the year 1S8 became so frequent as to excite comment, being in marked contrast with his known habit of making tew pastoral calls on his parishoners. which frequency in Mrs. Tilton's case is shown in letters written to her husband duriDg his absence in the West, these letters giving evidence that during a period of five or six weeks 12 different pastoral' calls on Mrs. Tilton were made by the Rev. II. W. Beecher, wb:c h calla became noticeably Infrequent on Tilton's return to bis home; sixth, that previous to the aforesaid criminal intimacy, one of the reasons which Mrs. T. alleged for her encouragement of such exceptional attentions from the Rev. H. W. Beecher. was the fact that she had been much distressed with rumors against his moral purity and wished to convince him that she could receive his kindness and yet resist his solicitations, and that she could inspire in him by her purity and fidelity an Increased respect for the chaste dignity of womanhood. Previous to the autumn of 1S0S, she maintained with christian firmness toward her pastor this position of resistance, always refusing bis amorous pleas, which were strong and oft repeated, and in a letter to her husband, dated February 3, 1SG8, she wrote as follows : "To love is praisworthy, but to abuse the gift is sin. Here I am strong. No demonstration or fascinations could cause me to yield my womanhood." Seventh, Jhat the first suspicion which crossed the mind ot Theodore Tilton that the Rev. II. W. Beecher was abusing or might abuse the affection and reverence which Mrs. T bore toward her pastor was AN IMPROPER CARESS given by Mr. Beecher to Mrs. T. while seated by her side on the floor of his library overlooking engravings. Mr. T., a few hours afterward, asked of his wife an explanation of her permission of such liberty, wncreat she at first denied the fact, but then confessed it, and said that sho had spoken chidingly to Mr. Beecher concerning it. On another occasion Tilton, after leaving his house in the early morning, returned to i;

in the forenoon, ana on going to his be j chamber found the door locked, and when on knocking at the door it was opened by Mrs.T. Beecher was seen within apparently much confused and exhibiting a Hushed fa. Mrs. Tilton afterward made a plausible explanation, which from the -confidence reposed in her bv her husband, was by nerueemeo sat isfactory ; eighth, that in the spring of 1870 on Tilton's return from his winter's absence.be noticed in his wife such evidences of absorption of her mind in Beecher that in a short time an estrangement took place between her husband and hersolf, in consequence of which she went into the country earlier than usual for her summer sojourn. After an absence of several weeks she voluutarily returned to her home in Brooklyn. Oil the evening of July ö, 1S70, when then and there, within a few hours after her arrival, and after exacting from her husband a solemn promise that he would do the Rev. H. W. Beecher no harm nor communicate io him what she was about to say, she made a circumstantial coniession tu utr uusunuu ui the criminal facts herein before stated, accompanied with citations from IJeecher's arguments and reasonings with her to overcome her long maintained scruples againät yielding to his desires, and declaring that she had committed no wrong to her husband or her marriage vow, quoting, in support of this opinion, that ner pastor had repeatedly assured her that she was spotless and chaste, which she believed hersell to be. She further stated that her sexual commerce with him bad never proceeded from low or vulgar thoughts either on her part or his, but always from purs aiTction and IIIOH RELIGIOUS LOVE. She stated furthermore that Mr. Beecher habitually characterized their intimacy by the term "nejt hiding," and that he would suffer pain and sorrow if bis hidden secret were ever made know. That her mind was often burdened bv the deceit necessary for her to nrartice in order to prevent oiscoverv. and that ber conscience had many times Impelled her to throw off this burden of enforced falsehood by making a full con fession to ner husband, so .that she would no longer bo living before him a perpetual lie. In particular she said that she had been on the point of making this confession a few months previously during a severe illness, when she feared she might die. She affirmed also that Beecher had assured her repeatedly that be loved her better than he bad ever loved any otber woman, and she felt justified before God in her intimacy with him, save the necessary deceit which accompanied it, and which she frequently suffered in her mind. Ninth, that after the above-named cenfession by Mrs. Elizabeth R. Tilton, she returned to the country to await such action by ber hus band as he might see fit to take. Whereupon, after many considerations, the chief of which was that she had not voluntarily gone astray, but bad been artfully misled through religious reverence for the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, her spiritual guide, and together, also, from a desire to protect his family from open shame, Tilton condoned the wrong, and he addressed to his wife such a letter of affection, tenderness and respect as he felt would restore her wounded spirit, and which did partially produce that result; tenth, that in December, 1870, differences arose between Theodore Tilton and Henry C. Bowen whieh were augmented by Henry W. Beecher and Mrs. Beecher, in consequence whereof and at the wish of Mrs. Elizabeth It. Tilton, expressed in writing in a paper put into the hands of Francis D. Moulton with a view to procure a harmonious interview between Tilton and Bsecher, such an interview wa3 arranged and carried out by Moulton at hi, then, residence on Clinton street, Beecher and Tilton meeting and speaking then and there for the first time since Mrs. Tilton's confession of six months betöre. The paper in Mr. Moulton'a hands r.as a statement by Mrs. Tilton of the substance of the confession which she had before made and of her wish and prayer for a RiXONCILIATIO AND TEACE between her pastor and her husband. This paper furnished to B3echer the first knowl edge which bs had as yet received that Mrs Tilton had made such a confession. At this interview between Beecher and Tilton, permission was sought by Beecher to' consult with Mrs. Tilton. On that same evening, the permission being granted, Beecher departed from Mr. Moulton's house, and in about halt an hour returned thither, expressing his remorse and shame, and declaring that his life and work seemed brought to a sudden end. Later in the same even

ing, Tilton, on returning to bis house, found his wife weeping and in great distress, saying that what she had meant forpaee had only given pain and anguish: that Beecher bad tirst called on her, declaring that she had slain him, and that probably he would be tried before a council of ministers unless she would give him a wriUcn pper for bis protection; whereupon, she said, he dictated to her and she copied in her own handwriting a suitable paper for him to use to clear himself betöre a council of ministers. Mrs. T. having kept no copy of this paper, her husband asked her to make a distinct statement in writing of her design and meaning in giving it, whereupon she wrote as follows: December 30, 1S70, Midnight. My Dear Husiiaxd: I desire to leave with you be :ore going to bed a statement that H. W. Beecher called upon me this evening and asked me it I would defend him against any accusation in a council of ministers, and I replied solemnly that I would in case the accuser was any other person than my husband, he (II. W. B.), dictated a letter which I copied as my own to be used by bim as against any otber accuser, except my husband. This letter was designed to vindicate Mr. Beecher against all other persons save only yourself. I was ready to give him this letter because he said with pain that my letter in your hands addressed to him, dated December 12, bail struck him dead and ended his usefulness. You and I are pledged to do our best to avoid publicity. God grant a speedy end to all further anxieties. Affectionately,. . Elizabeth. Oq the next day, namely, December SI, 1870, Moulton. on being informed by Tilton of the above named transaction by Beecher, called on hini (Beecher) at his residence and told him that a reconciliation seemed suddenly made impossible bv ßeecher's nefarious act in procuring the' letter which Mrs. Tilton had thus been improperly persuaded to make falsely. Beecher promptly, through Moulton, returned the letter to Tilton with an expression of shame and sorrow for having procured it in the manner be did. The letter was as follows : December, 30, 1S70. Wearied by importunity and weakened by sickness, I gave a letter implicating my friend H. W. Beecher, under assurances that that would remove all difficulties between me aud my husband. That letter I now revoke. I was persuaded to it almost forced when I was in a weakened state of mind. I regret and recall all my statements. (Signed) E. R. Tilton. I desire to say th.-t Mr. Beecher has neyer offered any improper solicitation, but has always treated me in a manner becoming a christian and a gentleman. (Signed) Elizabeth R. Tilton. At the time of Beecher's returning the above document to Tilton through Moulton, Eeechei requested Moulton to call at bis residence in Columbia street, on the next day, which be did on the evening ot Jan. 1, 1S71. A long interview then ensued, in which Beecher expressed to Moulton great contrition aud remorss far his previous criminality with Mrs. Tilton, taking to himself the shame for having misused his sacred office to corrupt her mind, expressing a determination to kill himself in case of exposure.

and bogging Moulton to take a pen and receivo from his (Beecher's) lips an apology to le conveyed to Tilton, in the hope that such Ha appeal would secure Tilton's forgiveness. The apology which Beecher dictated to Moulton was as follows: Intrust with F. D. Moulton. My dear friend Moulton. I ask through you Theodore Tilton's forgiveness. I humble myself before him as I do before my (Jod. He would have been a better man in my circumstances than I kave been. I can ask nothing except that he will remember all the other breasts that would ache. I will not plead for myself; I even wish that I were dead. But others must live to suffer. I shall dis before any but myself shall be inculpated. All my thoughts are running out toward my friends and towards the poor child lying there and praying with her folded hands. She is guiltless, sinned againat, bearing the transgression of another. Her forgiveness I have, I humbly pray to God to put into the heart of her husband to forgive me. I have trusted this to Moulton 111 confidence. (Signed,) Henkt Ward Beecher. In the above document the last sentence and signature are in the hand writing of the Rev. H. W. B3echer. Eleventh, that Mrs. Tilton wrote the following letter to a friend : 171 Livinoston St., Brooklyn,) January 5, 1871. j Dear I-riend: A cruel conspiracy has been formed against my hmbancf, in which my mother and Mrs. Beecher have been the chief actors. Yours Truly. Elizabeth Tilton. 12th, that in the following month, Moulton wishing to bind Tilton and Beecher bv mutual expressions of good spirit elicited from them the following correspondence: Brookltn, February 7, 1871. Mr Dear Friend: In several conversations with you, you have asked about my feelings toward Beecher, and yesterday you said the time bad come when you would lik9 to receive from me an expression ol the kind in writing. I say, therefore, very cheerfully, that notwitstanding the great suffering which he has caused to Elizabeth and myself, I bear him no malice, shall do him no wrong, shill discountenance every proiect. bv whomsoever proposed, for anv exposure ol her secret to the public; and, if 1 know myself at all, shall endeavor to act toward Mr. Beecher as I would have him, in similar circumstances, act toward me. I onght to add, that your own good offces in this case have led me to higher moral feelings than I might otherwise have reached. Ever yours aüectionatiately, Theodore Tilton. On ' the same day Bsecher wrote to Moulton the following: February 7, 1S71. My Dear Friend Moulton: I am' glad to Rend you a book, etc. Many, many . friends has God raised up to me, but to no one of them bas be ever given the opportunity and the wisdom to serve me as you have. You have also proved Theodore's friend and Elizabeth's. Does God look down upon three unhappier creatures that more need a friend than these? Is it not an intimation of God's intent of mercy to all that each of one of these has in you a true and proved friend. But only in you are we thus united, would to God, who orders all hearts that by his kind mediation, Theodore, Elizabeth and I could be made friends again. Theodore will have the hardest task in such a case, but bas he not proved himself capable of the noblest things? I wonder if Elizabeth knows how generously he has carried himself toward me. Of course I can never speak with her again without her permission, and I do not know that even then it would.be best. Mr. Moulton on the same day asked Tilton if he would permit Beecher to address a letter to Mrs. Tilton, and Tilton replied in the affirmative. Whereopon Beecher wrote as folio ws : Brooklyn, February 7, 1571. My Dear Mrs. Tilton: When I saw you last 1 did not expect ever to fee you or to be alive many days. God was kinder to me than were my own thoughts. The friend whom God sent to me, Moulton, bas proved, above all friends that I ever had, able and willing to help me In this most terrible emergency of my life. His band it was that tied up the storm that was ready to burst on our heads. You have no friend, Theodore excepted, who has it in his power to serve you so vitally and who will do it with such delicacy and houor. It does my sore heart good to see in Moulton an unfeigned respect and honor for you. It

wonl.l kill me if I thought otherwise. He will be as true a friend to vour honor and happiness as a brother could be to a sister. In him we have a common ground. You and I may meet in him. The past is ended, but is there no future, no wiser, higher, holier future? May not this friend stand as a priest in the new sanctuary of reconciliation, and mediate and bless Tneodore and my most unhappy self? Do not let my earnestness fait of it, you bslieve in my Judgement. I have put myself wholly and gladly in Moulton's hands, and there 1 must meet you. This is sent with Theodore's consent, but he bas not read it. Wilt you return it to me by his own hand. I am very earnest in this work for all our sakes, as such a letter ought not to be subject to even a chance of miscarriage. Your unhr.pny friend, , II. W. Bkkcher. Thirteenth. That about a vear after Mrs.TiIton's confession her mind remained in the fixed opinion that her criminal relations with Bsecher Lad not been morally wrong, so strongly had he impressed bet to the contrary. But at length a change took place in her convictions on the subject, as noted in the following letter addressed by her to her husband: ' Schoharie, June 29, 1871. My Pear Theodore: To-day, throngh he ministry of Catherine Gaunt, a character of fiction, my eyes have been opened for the first time in my experience, so that I see clearly piy sin. It was when I knew that I was loved to suffer it to grow to a passion. A virtuous woman should check instantly an absorbing love. But it appeared to me in such a tales Jisht. That the love I felt and received could barm no one, not even you, I have believed unfalteringly until 4 o'clock this afternoon, when the heavenly vision dawned upon me. I see now, as never before, the wrong I have done you and hasten immediately to ask your pardon with a peniteuce so sincero that henceforth, if reason remains, you may trust me implicitly. Oh. my dear Theodore, though your opinions are not restful or congenial to my soul, yet my own integrity and punty are sacred and holy things to me. Bless God with me for Catherine Gaunt, for all sure leadings of an all-wise and loving providence. Yes, now I feol quite prepared to renew inv marriage vow with you, to keep it as the saviour requireth who leoketh at eye and heart. Never before could I say this when you yearned toward me with true fee'ing. Be assured of the tried, purified and restored love of Elizabeth. Mrs. Tilton followed the above letter with these of July 4, 1S71: O, my dear husband, may you never need the descriptive of beiDg "mislead by good women as 1 was by a good man ! , No date. I would mourn greatly if my life was to be made known to father. His head would be bowed indeed to the grave. No date. Do not think my ill health is on account of my Pin and its 'discovery. My sins and life record I have carried to my Savior. No, my prostration is owing to the suffering I have caused you. Hth. That about a yearafter Mrs. Tilton's confession, and about a year alter Mr. Becber's confirmation of the same, Mrs. V. C. Woodhnll, then a total siraiger to Tilton, save that he had been presented to her in the company of friends a few days previous, wrote in the World ot Monday, May 22 1S71, the following statement, namely: I know ot one man, a public teacher of eminence, who lives in concubinage with the wife of another public teacher of almost equal eminence. All three concur in denouncing offences against morality. I shall make it my business to analyze some of these loves. (Signed) Victoria C. Woodhull. On the day of the publication of the above card in the " World, Tilton received from Mrs. Woodhull a request to call on Imperative business at her otfice. and on going thither a copv of the above card was pat into his hand by Mrs. Woodhull, who said that the parties referred to therein were the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and the wite or Theodore Tilton. Following thic announcement Mrs. Woodhull detailed to Tilton with vehemeut speech the wicked and infamous story which she published in the year following. Meanwhile Tilton, desiring to guard against any temptatio to Mrs. Woodhull to publish the grossly distorted version which she gave to T'lton and which she afterwards attributed to him, sought by many personal services and kind attentions to influence br to such a good

will towards himself and family as would remove all disposition or desire her to afflict him with such a publication. Tilton's efforts and association with Mrs. Woodhnll ceased in April. Ii2, and six months after wards, namely November 21, 1S72, she published tho scandal which he had labored to suppress; 15, thatou the third day thereafter the R9v. Thomas K. Beecher, of Elmira, New Yerk, wrote as follows: Elmira. Novembers, 1S72. . Mrs. Woodhull only carries out Henry's philosophy, against which 1 recorded my protest 20 years ago. 1G. That in May, 1S73, the publication by one of Beecher's partners ol a tripartite cove nant between II. C. Bowen, H. W. Beocher and Theodore Tilton led the press of the country to charge that Tilton had committed against Beecher some heinous wrong which Beecher had pardoned, w hereas the truth was the reverse. To remedy this false impression Mr. Moulton requested Beecher to prepare a suitable card relieving Tilton of this injustice. In answer to this request Beecher pleaded his embarasements. which prevented his saying anything without bringing himsell under suspicion. Tilton then proposed to prepare a eard of his own, containing a few lines from the recently quoted apology for the purpose of showing that Beccber, instead of having had occasion to forgive Tilton, had had occasion to be forgiven bv him. Beecher then wrote a letter to Moulton, which, on being shown, Tilton was successful in appeailingto T'a feeelings. Beecher said in it under date of Sunday morning, June 1, 1S73: My Dear Fraxk : I am determined to make no more resistance. Theodore's tem perament is such that the future, even if tempararily earned, would be absolutely worthless and rendering me liable at any hour of the day to be obliged to stutlify all the devices by which we saved ourselves. It is only fear that bo should know that the publication ot the card which he proposes would leave him worse off than before. The argument, namely the, tripartite covenant, was made after my letter through you to him, viz: the appolcy. was written. He had It a year, lie had condoned his wife's fault. He bad enjoined upon me with the utmost earnestness and solemnity not to betray bis wife nor leaye his children to a blight with such a man as T. T. There is no possible salvation for any that depend upon him. With a strong nature, he does not know how to govern it. There is uo use in trying further. I have a strong feeling upon me, and it brings great peace, that I am spending my last Sunday and preaching my last sermon The hopelessness of the spirit which the foregoing letter portrayed on the art of its writer led Tilton to reconsider the question of defending himself at the cost of producing misery to Beecher, which determination by Tilton to allow the prevailing calumnies against himself tto go unanswered was further strengthened toy the following note received by him two days thereafter from the office of the editor of Beecher's journal: 12S, East 12th, June 4, 1S73. My dear Theodore: May I tell you lrankly that when I saw you last you did

notpeem to me to be the noble yonngman

uueu my warm anection so many years ago. You were yielding to an act Which Icouldnt fcplnthir:Hr.i-r.itM tuiie-

honorablo and perfidious, and a'.thooeh it is easy for me to make every allowance for the circumstances that bad wrought you to such a frenzy I was dreadfullv shocked. My dear Theodore, let me, as an old friend whose heart is wrung by your terrible suffering and sorrow, tell vou that you were then acting ignobly, and that vou can never have true Peace of mind till vou online yoursell and dismiss all purposeänd thought ?fr ,J.UuDff the man who bM wronged you. ur all the promises our lips can frame, cone are so sacred as those we mske to those who have injured us, and whom we have pro j . lo forgive, and they are sacred Just in proportion to their violation, would work injury to those fa whom they are made. You can not paint too blackly thei wrongs you have suffered on that point and make no plea in abatement. But I beg y.01,10 remember than nothing can change iT whlch makes forgiveness noble and ooa like. I Lave prayed for you night and aay with strong cryingand tears, beseeching God to restrain you from wronging yourself by violating 3 our solemn engagements. To-night I am happier in the thought that you have been preserved . frrm commiltlr ; the act w hieb I so m uch dreaded. In a letter written bv Beecher in order to be shown to Tilton, Beecher spoke as follows: 1 "No man can see tbe difficulties that environ me unless be stands where I do. To say that I have a church on my own hands is simple enough, but to have the hundreds and thousands of men pressing me each one with his keen suspicion, or anxiety, or zeal; to see the tendencies which, if not stopped, would break out into a ruinous defense of me; to stop them without seeming to do it; to prevent auy one questioning me; to meet and allay prejudices against T. which had their beginning years before; to keep serene, as if 1 was not alarmed or disturbed; to be cheerfal at home and among friends, when I was suffering the torments of the damned ; to pass sleeolesa nights often and yet to come up fresh and fair for Sunday. All this may be talked about, but the real thing cannot be understood from the outside, nor its wearing and grinding on tho nervous system." In still another letter written for the same purpose as tbe above, Mr. Beecher said: If my destruction would place him (Mr. Tilton) all right, I shall not stand in the way. I am willing to step down and out. No one can offer more than that. That I do offer. Sacrifice me without hesitatation if you can clearly see vour way to his safety and happiness thereby. In one point of view I could desire the sacrifice. On my part nothing can possibly be so bad as the power of tbe great" darkness in which I spend much of the time. J look upon death sweeter far than any friend I have In the world. Life would be pleasant it I could see that rebuilt which is shattered. Buttolive on the sharp and jagged edge ot anxiety, remorse, fear, despair, and yet to put ou an appearance of serenity and happiness, can not be endured much logger. I am WELL NIOH DISCOURAGED. If you cease to trust me, to love me, I am alone. I do not know any person in the world to whom I could go. Mr. Tilton yielded to the above quoted and similar letters, and made no defense of himself against the public odium which attached to him unjustly. Seventeenth, that the marriage union between Mr. and Mrs. Tilton, until broken by Beecher, w j of more than common harmony, affection and mutual respect. Their hou and household were regarded for yea by all their guests as an ideal home- As evidence of the feelin' and plrit which this wile entertained lor ber husband up ' to the ime of her corruption by Beecher, thd following letters by Mrs. Tilton, written only a lew months before her losj of honor, will testily : Tuesday A. M., January 23, 1SCS. My Beloved: Don't you know the peculiar phase of Christ's character a a loer is so precious to me because of n j consecration and devotion to von? I learn to love you from my love to him. I have learned to love him from loving vou. I couple you with him, nor do I feel it one whit irreverent, and every day as I adorn myself consciously as a bride to meet her bridegroom, so in like manner I lift imploring hands that my soul's love may be prepared: I, with tbe little girls, after you left ns with overflowing eyes and heart, consecrated ourselves to our work and to yom. Mv waking thoughts last night were of you. My rising thoughts this morning were of vou. I bless you I honor, I love you. Gd sustain us and help us both to keep ouc V0W3 Saturday Evening, Feb. 1, 1SSS. O well I know as far as I am capabl I love yoü. Now, to keep this fire high and generous is the ideal before me, I am only perfectly contented and restful when yon are with me. These latter months I hive thought, looked, and yearned for the hour when you would be at home with longings. Monday, Feb. 3, 1S63 9 o'clock a. c. What may I bring to my beloved this bright morning? A LARGE, THROBBING HEART full of love, single in its aim and purpose to bless and cheer him. Is it acceptable, sweet one? Monday Morning, February 21, 1SCS. Do you wonder that I couple your lore, your presence aud relation to me with the Savior's? I lift you up sacredly and keep you in that exalted and holy place where I reverence, respect and love with the fervency of my whole being. Whatever capacity I have I offer it to you. . The closing lines ol your letter are these words: "I shall hardly venture again upon a great friendship. Your love shall be enough for remaining days." That word 'enough" seems a stoicism on which you have resolved to live your life. But 1 pray God be will supply vou with friendship pure and with witely love which your great heart demands, withholding not himself as the chief love, which oonsumeth not though it burn, and whose effects are always perfect rest and peace. Again in one of your letters you close with 'faithfully yours." Yes, darling, I believe, trust it, and give you the same surety with regard tomyself. I am faithful to you, have been always, and shall forever be, world without end. Call net this assurance Impious. There are some things we know, blessed 1 God. Home, February 29, 1S73, Saturday eve. Oh, did ever mar ever love so grandly as my beloved? Other friendships, public affairs and all fall to naught when I com to you. Though you are in Dacota h to-n?ghtt yet I bave felt your loe and am very, very grateful for iü I had not received a line since Monday and was , SO HUNGRY AND LONESOME that I took out all your letters and indulged myself as at a feast but without satiety, and now I long to pour out into your heart of my abundance. I am conscious of three jets to the fountain of my sou?, to the great. lover, and yourself, to whom as one I am ternally wedded, my children, and the dear friends who tru?t and love me, I do not