Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 August 1874 — Page 2

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. TUESDAY. AUGUST 11. 1874.

HUSBAND AND WIFE. THE OLD STORY.

TILTON GOES FOR THE COMMITTEK PR. STORKS WILL KOT ArrBAB HB OXCE SVW SOMETHING THE COMMITTEE WA5TS THE LEiriRS-BCT TILTO WON'T HAVE AXTTHIO MORS TO PO WITH IT HK 19 G INQ TO LAW FBAK MOULTON ARRIVE HB HAS KOT BKEJ ASKKD BY BEECHtB. Nbw Yobk, Aug. 4. At a meeting of the Plymouth Church investigating committee last eveniDg, a letter wa presented from the He v. Dr. Storrs, in which be stated that he had no personal knowledge of the matters which came before the conmittee; that be had seen a statement signed by Mr. Tilton, and referred to in Mr. Carpenter's statements, and in ' Mrs. Tilton's testimony of Friday eveniDg, which contained a charge expressed in these words: "On a certain occasion Mr. Beecber solicited me to become a wife to bim w;th all that is implied in this relation. Tun proposition I communicated to my husband." But on account of lack of personal knowledge. Dr. Storrs expressed the opinion it would not be necessary for him to appear before the committee. The Brooklyn Argas says that the following inteicounge of letters took place yeattrdiy between Mr. Sage, chairman oi the Brecher investigating committee, and Theodoro Tilton: . Brooklyn, July 31. Pear Sir: I am Instructed imttee to state tbat the documents rc-.'crrtd to statement presented to by the letters in us comand your have your not been delivered, notwitbs'anding several promises to furnish them. As your &tat eu.eat lit tLc absence- of these docunients is deprived of its greatest force, we thiak you should desire U place them in our possession, and I desire to impress on you the importance cf delivering them t Ü at your earliest convenience. Very truly yours, 11. W. Sage, Chairman, .174 Livingstone Street, BaooKLYN, Aua. 3, 1874. Mr. Henry W.&toc, Chairman cf the. ComDear Sir: I hae just received your note of July 31, four days alter date. Unless you accidentally misdated it. The cominu-fiH-ation should have come to me several days H0. This leads me to recall the similar dilatoriness of the delivery of your orignil uote,fiist summoning mii to your cmmi tee, which I received only four hours Ittor I was to appear, and yet the summons bore the date of tho day previous. But let these tritt pas'. Your note just received surprises me by its eoutf-nt, lor you seem t have forgotten'that on t he last day ol my appearance before your committee, I carried to your meetiug not only all the documents which I quoted in my sworn statement, save thoe In Moulton's possession, out many more besides, making a double handful of interesting and important papers, vital to my interests and destructive to yours. All these papers I purged to lay before yoa, but' to sooner hud I hogun to read them aloud in your presence, than one of your attorneys stepped me iu reading, and "proposed that I should sav3 the committee time by referring those papers to one of your members, tbe Hon. John Winslow. I acquiesced in this suggestion, and retir3d fr.m 3-cur committee with the exportation of a sperdy conference with Mr. Winslow. Perhaps it was my 4 roper duty to have called on Mr. Wiuslow, nit as the whole committee had previous sc. the example of calling in a body on one of tbe other parlies to thi controversy, J took i? for granted that Mr. Win low would rcjeat this precedent by doing me the honor to call at my house, at which h would Lave been a welcome gust. But while waiting lor bia coming I was called upon instead by a gentleman who arrtsted me and carried me at thirty minut s ' notice before Justice lteilja poliee cc-urt to answer to tho charge of libeling tho Kev. Henry Ward B'fi'heT, r.mmsü whom I h spoken not a 1H;1, but the truth. Up to the time of this arrest, I had employed no lawyer, not needin cr any. But on finding myself before a police "court, and not understanding the motive of my arrest, nor the methods of c.mrs, I requested my friend Judge S.D. Morris to answer for me in TECHNICAL PROCEEDING in whioh I knew not how to answer properly for myself. Twice already. I have bsen before tms unexpected tribunal, and may be called before i; a third time on Wednesday next. Meantime, my counsel, to whom I have just shown your note;instructs meto lay no documents, papers or remaining testimony bef re your committee, nor to hold any further commnnicition with you in any form except to send you this pres -nt and linal letter containing the reasons for this step. These reasons are the following: First, you are a committee of Mr. Beecher's friends.wppointed by himself, esnected to act in his behalf, assisted by attorneys employed expressly , for his vindication, holding secret sessions inaccessablo to the pulic, having no pow er to compel witnesses giving no opportunity lor the opposite side to crot-s-examine such as voluntarily appear, publishing or suppressing their testimony as you see lit, and, fco far as my own experience goe9, asking mo no questions save such as were irrelevant to the case, and omitting to publish in your imperfect and upjus-: report of my testimony all that was inoHt pertinent to my own side of tbe controversy. Second," the daily papers ot Brooklyn and New York have been artlully fed day by day with crumbs of fictitious evidence against mv own character, as if not Mr. Beecher but I alone were the man on trial, and though I have little right, perhaps, to bold your committee responsible for this daily mis representation, which may come through tne mauce ot otnera, yet tee retult is the same to me as if you had deliberately de signed it. and thai result is this, namely, I exrc -t no justice einher from your tribunal since you can nit compel witnesses to testi fy, nor from yenr reporters, since they do nut give impartial- reports. Tnird, I can not resist the conviction, though I mean no of fense in expressing it, that your committee has come at last to bo as little satisfactory to itxe public as t myseir.and that your ver die:, il you render one, could not possibly be based ou the fall facta, since you have no powirto compel witnoes, nor to verify their testimony by oa;b, nor to sift it by cross examination. For these reasons which ought to hive moved me earlier, I have at la&t instructed my counsel to proceed at once at his discretion to carry mv esse Iroui your iarisdictlon toa court of law and in view ol this instruction from me, he has In turn instrucied me to hold no further communi ta-ion with your committeo, except this present letter o; courtesy, in which 1 have the honor to bid you farewell, in doing which allow me to add that the respect which I am ucable to entertain for yonr committee, as a inouuai. l can not help ex preying foryou, eachand all, as individuals liuiy yours, Thkodork tilton. Frtnk Moulton arrived in Brooklyn, this morning nesiiu thai an invitation bad been sent to him to apcK-ar before tbe inves tigating commit. He declared that he was rcAdy and willing to go before tbe com mute it both pariies requested it. 11a bald that he bad not received a letter from Mr, . Beecher, asking him to go before the com mittee and testify. Moulton said with great sincerity that be still adhered to tbe opinion expressed to the committee that the matter should have b;ea compromised. lie regretted that

the lnvetlgation had been commenced. He said that the committee wa an exparte affair, and never should hate actpd, except witha,view to eflect a compromise. But, continued Mr. Moulton.it happens that I am here in time to testify, If my evidence shall be requested in writing by both Beecber and Tilton. expressed regret at the present situation, but said that tbe afTair had now reached such a pass that all the facts must come out.-

MRS. TILTONS TESTIMONY. A CUB IOCS STATEMENT HOW SHE EXPLAINS HEB LETTERS A COSFESSIOX THAT SHE HAS LIED FIRST OB LAST. New York, Aug. 3. Mrs, Tilton's testimony before the Plymouth Church lnve tigattng committee will be published to-morrow. Tbe following Is a synopsis embracing all that is of Interest and not heretofore published. The examination begins with an apparent purpose to show that Tilton neglected his wife from a very early period ot their married life. Mr. Tilton stated that she was frequently sick, and her physician said that there was cirs and trouble on her mind which he could not cure with medicine. - . Question. What was the trouble In point of fact? - A. Well, any one of you gentlemen, I think, would have cared for my family as much as Theodore did. I was felt entirely with my servants, and they were very poor servants. I could not have my mother witn mo, because it was impossible for her to live with us on account of a disagreement with Mr. Ttlton, Tilton was dissatisfied with his home, and with his life's management, and was harsh in his criticisms. Q. When did he begin to talk to you, if at all, in regard to your association and friendship for Mr. Beecher? A. I think X bad no visits from Mr. Beecher before l?m. That is the first that I remember seeing him very much. . What was tbe crlttcisru in regard to Beecher and yourself which Tilton made? A. As early as 1S(35 Mr. Tilton's mind was tainted with suspicions ot Mr. Beeohe r, and he . used to talk with me continually about his wrong doing with ladies, stories of which were told him by Mr. (name not given.) When Beecber came to boo me, Mr. Tilton began to be suspicious, and that it might be perfectly transparent to my husband with respe-t io my interviews with Beccter alone, I used to charge my mind with our conversations and repeat them to Mr. Tilton. Mrs. Tiltou . contiuued; She ; said that she was continually questioned by Tilton concerning these conversations in a most jealous manner. She was often told with anger that she concealed something that she did not mean to tell, and that she lied. For three years she tried to repeat everything that wa3 said, but found Tilton more suspicious than ever. .. He had no con fidence in her and she m tiered a great deal. This state ot things last' d to the present day, although stje bad not felt so b3dly for the last two rears. Tilton's criticisms upon her ook the form of accusations. In the winter of 180U, when he begun to assume that she had done a criminal wrong with Beecher, she met the charges sometimes with anger, sometimes with cttlmness or silence, but invariably denied a criminal intimacy. She had denied it in letters to Tilton, but these letters were lost. He seemed to use all his influence to make her acknowledge a wrong, and talked so much of it that she thought him morbid. He told her once be saw her sittiug in Beecher's Ian In tho;r parlor, and . she . replied: 'You did ' not' This morbid ealou3y bad a wearing and sickening effect' on her. He never named any deli nite time or place of any criminil act with Beecher. He never pretended that she was gulltv of any impropriety at Beecher's houe. She went i hero twicoor thrice to consult with Beecher about a sick person. She never met hi in at any other place by appointment. Tilton never accused her of criminality based upon any admUsion by her. It was not true that he confessed in July. 1?70, any act cf impropriety with Beecher. The story of Catherine Gannt she had not read through when Bbe wrote her Schoharie lf-tter. Being impressed with the story at a certain point, sha wrote the letter to her husband. She had no reference to adultery, or thought of it in that letter. Mis. Tilton was asked what she did refer to, and replied:. "I will try to answer that question. The one absorbing feeling of my whole life has been Theodore Tilton. Mvither Mr. Beecher, I ass re you, nor auy immaa being has ever taken away from mo that one fact of my love for himbut I must say that I felt a very great helpfulness in ray own soul from having had the friendship ot Mr. Beecper ana lso of other people, h tmny women as men. On the subject of the alleged coniehsion by comparison with the character of Catherine Gunt, Mrs. Tilton said that this confession was made in tbe Rummer of 1S70, but not at any one time. Mr. Tilton gatoereu iroin ail their talks that summer that she really found in Mr. Beecher what she did not nnd in ber husband, she gave him that impression, but she told bim that it be would give to her what he gave to others, she would probably find in him what neiounamMr. tseecher. W hen she spoke of her sin in the Schoharie letter, she meant that she had done Tilton a wrong by taking anyone eise in his place in any w av, though he did not Know out that she would do tbe same tmog again, because it had been so much help to ber soul. il. Taking any one else in whnt respect? A. luo not think, it l had Known as much as I do now of Tilton, that I should ever have encouraged Mr. Beecher's ac quaintance. I think I did wrong in doing it, inasmuch as it hurt Theodore. I dj not know as I can make myself understoodbut do you know what 1 mean when I say thit was aroused in myself, that I had a self . assertion which I . never knew oeiore witn Theoaorei There was always a damper between me and Theo dore, but there never was between me and Mr. issecner. witn Mr. Beecber I bad a sort of coQSciousDCss of being more. lie ap preciated me as Iheodore did not. I felt mvsclf another woman. I fait that be re spected me. I ttiink Thexlore never saw io me what Mr. Beecher did. Mr. Sage. Do you mean to say that Theodore put down $ elf respect in you, while Mr. Be?cher lilted it up? A. Ye3. I never folt a bit of embarrass ment with Mr. Beecher, but to this day I never could sit down with Theodore without being self conscious and feeliug his sense of my inequality with bim. The witness said the sin she spoke of was nothing more than giving to another what was due to her hus band, that which be did not bring out, how ever. Siie did not feel now that there was any great sin about it. Tue sin was that she hurt her husband's firide by allowing any one else to enter into i3r life at all. The wifely feeling she gave to her husband was pnre. She gave Mr. Beecher nothing more than confidence and respect. She taught her daughters that if they gave their husbands what she had given to hers thev would do 6iiough. Tilion frequently talked to her accusingly of the senuaMtnect of her presence upon gentlemen. Iii- Accusat iocs were hard to live under. He seeded to be ashamed of ber appearance, dittfs and bearing. On one occasion, in a company of his friends, ha told her that ha would give (500 If she was not at his side. In hotels and public places, on festival occasions, he would say to her. "I wfeh you would not keep near me." It was evident to her that h did not want comparisons made between them. It hurt ber very much. In 1870 she had a conversation with Tilton regarding his own habits and associations, in which he confessed crimin ality . with other women. She did not confess adultery to him. It was the ther way. lie confessed to improper re lations with several women and told her he

wished her to understand that when he was away rorn home, lecturing or visiting, if b desired to gratily himself be would do it. The world was filled with slanders about hinx. - II did not neem to know it. He thought everything came from ber and said so. He ' declared that she was the originator 1 of all the talk about - bim, and insisted on her correcting these impressions. He said on one occasion that a certain woman had been talking about bim and he wanted his wife to see her and put an end to it. She went to

tne woman and toiu ner mat sne snouia have avoided adding to the stories already afloat for her sake, when she replied. "Mrs. Tilton, do you know why I didn't? Because the night betöre your cnanana naa toia stories of yourself to sach and such a person. That came to me directly and I was not going to allow an accusation oi that character to stand against you." Wherever she went she found that Tiltoa had not only made these accusations against her, but bad recounted the details which be has now published. Then he would deny to her that he had done so, Mrs. Tilton's attention being called to ber husband's allegation about the improper caress, she said that there was no truth in it. She also denied tbe bedroom story, saying, "Theodore bad been with us that morning. He bad gone out. Mr. Beecher was sitting in . a lrge chair and she bad drawn op a email one. Beecber bad in his band a little manuscript that he was going to read. She didn't remember whit it was. The door from tbe bedroom to the ball was shut and she had shut tbe door leading from the sitting room to the ball, which was usually open. She bad no sooner done that, which was to keep out the noise of the children playing In the hall, and sat down by tbe side of Beecher, when Theodore came to the other dore. Not five minutes had elapsed, since he went out. . There was no hesitation in opening the door. The folding doors were wide open. The door leading to the hall from the bedroom was locked but that was not uncommon. Her closing the other door, which was seldom closed, perhaps made Theodore suspicious. Q. Was Mr. Beecher flushed when Theodore came in? A. Not at all. Being next questioned as to the piper which Tilton said that she wrot e him'on the latter part of 1870, stating that Beecher made improper approaches, tho witness said that the paper she wrote was but a couple of lines, as far as she could remember. It was written at a time when nearly out of her mind, but what Theodore made her write she could not toll to this day. She was conscious of writing many things under his dictation, oi copying them ell" and giving them to him. - Q. Things that were false? A. Oh! Yes. l What benefit did he tell you would come if you would make these statements? A. He'said that this statement was to keep him in the matter with 'Mr. Bowen. I didn't understand how it was, but in stead of eoinz to Mr. Bowen with it, he went to Mr. Moulton, and that quite startled me. . Q. Did Mr. Bcocher make any improper suggestion or request to you? A. "Why, no sir. It was utterly false. I have done many things like signing that paper. There is a certain power Theodore has over me, especially if I am sick, and he hardly ever came to mo wbeu I was in any other condition to do anything of that sort. One or two letters I sent west will liear witness to that. ,1 wrote a letter to Miss in one ten minutes, and in the next ten minutes wrote another letter to her, with a statement contrary to that ot the first. The first was written under Mr. Tilton's Influence. After having written it I said to myself. "Why, I have stabbed Mr. Beecher." And 1 wrote in the second letter. For God's sake don't listen to what I said in ' the first." . I have never written a letter of niv own in rsirawi to this matter, except one very final 1 letter, about which I desire to con'ess. It was with regard to my mother, in that letter I gave ber a very cruel stab. I wrote that, but tho others were entirely ol Mr. Tilton's concerting. Mrs. Tilton admitted that she copied a roll containing tho words Mr. Keecher desirea me to do his wife, with all that that im plies," which note was to be shown to Dr. Storr's. She at first refused, but Tilton said that he needed it because it would be a great deal better than anything be could write, and it was not anything alter all. She replied: "It is not true; and what will Mr. Beecber say?" Frank Carpenter was present but could not hear tbem,as they spoke low. Tilton told her ene naa i.mi 15 minutes, and she sat down and wrote the note. It was absolutely fal- e that she wanted to make a stronger statement. She thought it w ickedly strong as it wa, There was trouble and she thought it would in some way scare Theodore and bring peace, He bad said that tbe whole affair was some scheme to get outofT,he Woodhull trouble Mrs. Tiltou then related how tbe week after the council of churches was held she went to Dr. Storrs and stated to him that the letter was false, and that she was not the author of it, nor had she composed it in any wav. and Dr. Storrs said, "I wish I had known that a week ago, because on that letter alone I believed Mr. lieecher to De a guilty man." Q. Did he inquire how you came to copy such a letter? A. No. O. Did von explain to him? A. No. He wanted to know if I knew of the great sin that I had done. I said I did. He said it was a fearful thing, to which I said. yes. I realized it, I had freauentlv done such thintrs as that. Q. Did you ever see the letter which was published by your husband, in bis state inent, apparently from Mr. Beecher to you? A. No. Bir. 1 never saw it until it Avas printed there. Q. Did you ever hear about it? A. I was never willing to have anything to do with Mr. Moulton. Mr. Tilton told me that whatever communication I had in these matters in regard to Mr. Beecher, and Mrs. Woodhull must come through Mr. Moulton. but I said, "I shall have nothing to do with any third party. I shall bo trusted as hitherto, and it Mr. Beecber or anv one else has anvthinz to say to me it shall not come through Mr. Moulton." Well, there came to me two or three times papers and letters which purported to come from Mr. Beecber. but I did not look at them because they came through Mr. Moulton. I did not tare anything about them. Thus, one dav when I was sitting in the parlor. Mr. Moulton brouzht a letter to me and said that it was very important. refused to receive anv letter from him in that wav.and ho said, "Let mo read it to you. and he did read something, but it went in at one ear and out of the other. So much so that I do not remember what was in it I know there must have oeen a letter, but I did not see the hnd writlrjg or anything about lt. I did not take it in my hands, Afer reading it be carried it away. Q. Can" you recall anything in tbe letter that he read which makes you think that this is the one? A. I remember something of his urging ir9 to havo Mr. Moulton as a conGdent. 'J he onlythlog that impressed Itself upon my mind vai that Mr. Beecher desired nie to accept Frank Moulton in some way, as in him we bad a common ground. I have recollection of some such statement, acainst which I rebelled, in the letter which Mouitoii read to me. Q. Do you recollect a little beginning, "mv dear hujband: I desire to leave with you before going to bed a statement that Mr. Henry Ward Beecher called upon me this evening and asked me if I would defend him against any accusation Ina council

of ministers," and ending affectionately, mizitxthT" A. Yes, sir; but that is not my letter. Q. How was it written? A. Ia tbe same way as those which I have already explained. I have no other, explanation for any of them. That waa written in bed. Mr. Tilton wrote it first and I sat up in my sick bed and copied it. Q. Is that true of all the letters that have that significance? A. Yes sir, so tar as my authorship of Ihcin is concerned. . Q. Was this letter written when you were sick from a miscarriage? A. " es. Q. Do you recollect Mr.B8ccher's calling that evening? A. "i es Q. When? A. But a few hours before I wrote tbat letter. Q. Can yon remember that interview with Mr. Beecher? A. It was a very similar one to tbe other. I was half unconscious and was very ill prepared to see either of them. My room was all darkened ami 'be nurse had gone to hers. She opened the door and said that Mr. Beecher wanted to see me. I certainly do not know what to tell you about that either. (J. Do you remember writing some paper for Mr. Beecher? A. Yes. (I. Can you recall the con-eats of that paper? A. No, I can not. I think it was to do something for hi in because Theodore had done something a.iinst him. Q. Is it true that he said anything to you about a council of ministers? A. I do not remember anything about it. I have tried very hard, dear friends, to get into my mind these scenes, but they are utteily gone out of my brain Witness never told Miss Anthony that she had com

mitted adultery, or done wrong with Mr. Beecheror anything to that effect. Q. Did you ever tell any human leing tbat you bad been guilty, of wrong doing with "Mr. Beecher? A. I never volutarily did so. Once my husband took me in a carriage to the bouse of a lady to whom he bad been telling stories about me and Mr. Beecher. I went acainst my will, and when we got there he said "Ihave brought Klizabeth to Rpeak for herself, whether I have slandered her," and I did not deny him. It was the same thing as when I copied and signed the letters which Theodore bad prefared, and I am reminded of this, do not know whether It was treachery, but many times he .has said. You have gone to Dr. Storrs,"and now he knows that you are guilty." He found out that I had been to Dr. Storrs, and he was very -angry. The witness here recounted the scene at her house when Susan B. Authsuy was present mu?b,as heretofore presented, except that sbe told Miss Authnny that Tilton net-used her ot adultfry with Boecber, not tbt she had cominii ted it. She told Miss Anthony that Tilton had charged her with infidelity with one and another, and tbat when he sat at bis table many times he had said that he did not know who his children belonged to. She had spoken of it to another person besides Miss Anthony. She was aroused by Mrs. WoodhulTs "presence at her bonse and by a visit from two of Mr. Wttodbull'a sisteis, whom she called the police to take away. But sbe had told the persons nothing more than what unjust accusations had been put upon her by her husband. Q. Did you in each instance with hor and Miss Anthonv take the trouble to ay that the accusal ions were falst? A. No; it never oceurr;l to mc to do it. took them to be reasonable persons and 1 never thought of them ever wondering if it was so. Mrs. Tiltou was aked if sne had written out a confession of guilt w ith Mr Beecher and had intended tobend it through her step-miner io tne cnurco, ana sam that she never beard of it belore. Iu reference to Mr. lieecbur's cill on her, she Raid that she did cot thiok be called more than once in two or-three wetks. Before she webt West in tbe fall of 1S70 she had a conversation with' her husband in . regard to another woman. He said tbat on one or two oc casioos when he solicited berste utterly re fused bim, and he siid that he had not found it so with other women. Mrs. Tilton saw this woman whan she was West, and sbe said she had tried to think that Tilton was a father to her and did not mean anything wrong, and con cluded not to tell m. ben the witness returned from tbe West ber hntband had taken into tbe bouse a middle-aged maiden lady, who had entire possession and ministered to him in every way, crimioally as well as otherwise. Tbe testlmoby con tains a good deal of this matter, but it is not particularly pertinent to the issue. As to the character of her private discussions with i Tilton, the witness said tbat he would take ' her into a room and lock the door. He bad kept her locked up all day long innumerable times. He always bore down upon her heavily in tbe way of accusations, and she sometimes felt that his mind was unsettled. Beine asked about an interview with Mr. Beecher, during the latter part of 1870, about the time of Tilton's valedictory in the Independent. Mrs. Tilton said that she told him sbe wanted to talk with him about difficulties at nome. ne almost instantly said, "I will send Mrs. Beecber to j our She will be a mother to you. reu her an you would like to say." He seemed to prefer that Mis. Beecher should be. tho - advisor, so he brought Mrs. Beecber to her mother's house, introduced the witness to her and left. Mrs. Beecher asked for the story .of the witness' troubles, and . Invuired why she thought of a separation. The witness told Mrs. Beecher a good deal ol her troubles. and Mrs. Beecher said that, did she know her husband had been faulty in tbat manner, she would not live with hiin'a day. The witness always felt uncomfortable talking to Mrs. Beecher, because she was much prejudiced against Theodore, and was not greatly helped In mind by that interview. She o ly saw her twice, and thought she bad better make up mind for herself, and finally concluded to live with her husband, thinking it was a morbid state be was in and would soon get out of. Her talks with Mrs. Brecher were long and painful, and 6he could not recall all tbat was said. As to the woman who was before noticed as occupying her house, Mrs. Tilton said: "She huri me more than any one in the vrorld. She was more severe and teased me with greater contempt than anv body else ever did. and to such an extent that I couid not speak of it to my husband, so he never took mv side. Nor could I tell mother about it, I did not feel like revealing to her all this trouble and embarrassment and humiliatitn. 1 did not feel tbat there was a place for my s head to lay down on in that house, and frequently I went out wandering ou the streets. Night after night I walked with my water proof cloak on, and would go back and creep into the basement and lie down anywhere, feeling utterly wretched. OnceI'Vunt away from home, thinking that I woulc? not coma back, but I found that I had Iff my pursa at home and I had to return. Mr. Tilton owns a lot in Greenwood, and there I have two babies. I went there with my water-proof cloak on. and with a hood over my bead, and la 'i down on the two graves and felt peace, had been there bat a little while before keeper of the grounds ordered me I paid no attention to him. I not regard his order until oame again in a fow minutes and said, the off. did he "I ordor you off thess grounds. Doyen hear me?" I rotse on my feet and said, "If there is one spot on earth that ia taint, it

Is these two eraves." and he actually bowed down before me in an apology ,tbouph be was a common workman. It was very heavy and it was very grateful to me. He said. "I did not know tbat these were yours," and be left me, and I stayed there on the little graves the rest of the day. After Tilton left tbe Independent, tbe witness said she suffored much from want. Sometime she hsd no fire and many a time no food, and Theodore was utterly Indifferent to it. She concludes with the remark that she has not one pang of conscience; that she has done everything she could as a good wile snd good mother to her children, and feels that sbe has borne and suffered tor her husband's sake, and that be alone is responsible for the disruption of the family. The committee met again this evening. It was expected tbat Henry Ward Beecher or Moulton would testify, but neither put in an appearance. The committee examined two witnesses, a lady and a gentleman, but their names could not bo ascertained. Mr. Cleveland, a member of the committee, stated that Beecher has sent another communication to Moulton, asking him to appear before the committee, and another letter ofjinvitation has also been sent from tbe latter body Inviting him to appear before them with the documents and letters in his possession and furnish whatever te&timony he bad to give in the matter. It is believed that either Moulton or Beecher will be before the committee , to-morrow evening. If either of them should appear the session of committee will be prolonged, and will probably extend over until next week, so tbat the rejort of that body will not be submitted to the examining commit

tee c-l rlymoutb Church before the latter part ot the coming week. SOM11 INTERESTING EPISTLES. BEECHER AND MOULTOS OOXBIDER LETTING IN LIGHT ON THE DOCUMENT STARTLING DISCLOSURES EVERYTHING TO COME OCT. N'EwYonk, Aug. 5. The following correspondence between Mr. Beecher, Mr. Moulton and Mr. Tilton shows that all the facts in Mr. Moulton's pes s w to be given to the investigating committee, at the united request expressed in writing of Dom Air. lieecher and Mr. "lilton: MR. BEECHER TO tLR. M0CLT0N. July 24. My Dear Mr. Moulton: I am making out a ttattnient, and I need tbe letters and pa pers in your nanus. v ill you send me by Tracy all tbe originals of my papers? Let them be numbered and an inventory taken. ana l wm return them to you as soon as I can see them and compare. get dates, make extracts or copies, as the case may )m. Will j-ou also send me Bowen's bead3 ol thedifiiculty and all the letters ol my sister, il any are with you. H. W. Beecher. Brooklyn, July 23. My Dear Friend : Tbe committee of in vestigatiou are waiting mainly for you be fore closing their labors. I, toa, earnestfy wish tbat you would come and clear your mind and memcry of everything that can bear on my case. I pray you, also, to bring all the letters and papers relating to it which will throw any light upon it, and bnnz to a result this protracted case. trust that Mrs. M. has been invigorated, and that her need of jur caie will not be so great as to detain you. Truly yours, II. W. Beecher. F. D. Moulton, Esq. MR. MOULTON TO MR. BEECHER! My Dear Mr. Beecher: Your note of July 24 is received. I will accordingly bold all the papers and information I have until both parlies shall request me to make them public or to deliver them into the bands of either or both, or to lay them before the committee, or I am compelled in a court of ju -tice to produce them, if I can he so compelled. Mv rtgret tbat lam com pelled to tnis course is softened by my belief that you will not be substantially injured by it in this regard, for all tbe facts are, of course, known to you, and I am liound to believe and assume that in tbe statement von are preparing you will only set forth the exact facta, and. if so, the documents when produced will onlv confirm, and can not contradict, what you may state, so that yon will suffer no loss, if, on the contrary, which l can not presume, you desire the possession of the documents in order that you may prove your statement in a manner not to be contravened by the facts et forth in them, to tbe disadvange of Mr. Tilton, I should be then aiding you in doing that which I cannot believe the strictest and firmest friendship for yon calls upon me to do. with grateful recollections oi your kind confidence and trust in me, I am, very truly yours, Jr. Moulton. A SECOND APPEAL. Brooklyn, Aug. 4. To F. D. Moulton, Esq., Sir: Your letter bearing date of Aug. 4, 1S74, is at this moment received.- Al low me to express my regret and astonishment that you refuse me permission even to see certain letters and papers in jour possession relating to the charges made against me by Theodor Tilton, and at tbe reasons given for the refusal. On your solemn and repeated assurances of personal friendship, and in the unquestioning confidence with which you inspired me of your honor and fidelity, I placed in your hands for safe keeping various letters addressed to me from my brother, my sister, and various other parties; also memoranda of affairs not immediately connected with Mr. Tilton's matters. I also from time to time addressed to you conti dential notes relating to my own self as one friend would write to another. These papers were never placed in your hand to be held for two partie, nor to be used in any way. They were to be held for me I did not wish them to be subject to the risk of loss or of scattering from my careless habits in the matter of preserving documents. Tbey were to be held for me in. so far as theje papers are concerned. You were odIv a friendly trustee, holding tbe papers subject to my" wishes. Mr. Tilton has made a deadly assault upon me, ar.d has used letters and fragments of letters purpotting to be copies of these papers. Are these extracts genuine?' Are they garbled? What are these dates? What, it anything, ba been left out, and what put in ? You refuse my demand for these papers on various pleas, that If I speak the truth in my statement I do not need them; that if I make a successful use ot them it will be an injury to Mr. Tilton, and t hat you, as a lrlendot both parties, are bound not to aid either in any act that shall - injure the other. But I do not desire to injure any one, but to repel an injury attempted upon me by the use of papers committed sacredly to your care. These documents have b?en seen and copied. Tbey have been hawked for sala in New York newspaper offices. What puiported to be my confidential notes to you are on tbe market, but when I demand a sight ot the originals of papers of which you are only a trustee, that I may defend myself, you refuse because vou are a friend of both parties. Mr. Til'xm has access to your depository for materials with which to strike me, but I . am not permitted to use them in defending myself. I do not ask you to place before tbe committee any papers which Mr. Tilton may have given

Dk r.forVd.enJan thaty" forthwit E-hEi.fl w h-a 001111111119 every paps hich I have written or deposited with yia Yours truly, above ÄrS ihat he has He anove letter and expresses surprise that hi.

tm? letter or Air. Beecher. Moulton stated this afternoon tbat he wom committee this evenln ,irD?in' been telegraphed for and wi 1 be To BrcZiT lyn to-night. He w-ill r,rn ton's counsel. ' 'J " " MR. MOULTON TO MB. BEECHER. My Dear Sir: In all ouracnnaint, friendship I have never received from yoa ' a letter ofthe tone of youra of August 4th. It seems unlike yourself, and to have been inspired by the same ill advisers who bad so lamentably carried yonr private affair. wiore a committee of vonr chnh thence before thepnblic. In reply, let me remind you that dnring the whole past fonr years all the documents notes and memoranda which you and Mr. Tilton have entrusted to me have been so entrusted because tneynaa a reierecce to vour mntn.u;;. ences. I hold nopanpn ;tv his, except such as bear on 1 1.; xspeak of a memoranda of affairs not immediately connected with th . ton matter. You probablv a memoranda of xnnr liimAnitt r. Bowen, but those have a rfi enceto your present case with Mr. Tilton and were deposited with me by you, becans of such reference. You speak also of a ktter or two from your brother and sister, and I am sure .you have not forgotten tbo apprehension which we entertained, lest Mrs. Hooker should fullfil a design which Bhe foreshadowed to invade vourpulpit, and read to your congregation a confession of your intimacy with Mrs. Tillen. You speak of other papers which I hold sublet to your wishes. I hold none such, nor do I hold any subject to Mr. Tilton's wUbes. The papers which I hold, both yours and his, were not given to be subject tr th wwhes of either of ti,A .u. but the very object of my holding them has been and still is to prevent the wish ot injuriously exercised against the other. lou are Incorrect in sayiDg that Mr. Tilton baBbad accessio mv denositorv of iatHai Oa the coLtrsry, I have refused Mr. Til ton sucn act-ess during tbe preparation of his sworn starement. He came to me and said that his esse would be incomplete unless I permitted him to use all the documents, but I refusod, and all he could rely upon were such notes as be had made from time to time from the writings of yours, which yon had written io me to be read to him, and paseeges of whlcL he caught from my lips in short Land. Mr Tilton has seen only a part of the papers in my possesj-ion and would be more surprised to learn tbe entire facts of the case than you can Jpos-si-bly lie. What idle rumor may have exited in newspapers ofnees, I know not, but tbey have not come from me. In closing your letter yon say -I do not ask you to place before tbe committee any papers which Mr. Tilton may have given you, but I do demand that you fort hw ith place before the committee every paper which I have written or deposited w ith you." In reply I can only say that I can not justly place betöre the committee the papers of one of the parties without doing the same with the papers of the other, and I can not do this honestly, except en ber by legal process comptllingme, or else by tbe coiisent in writing, not only of yourself, but of Mr. Tilton, with whom I shall confer on the subject as speedily as possible. You will, I tru-t. Bee a (creater spirit of justice in tbis reply than you have infused into your nnusual letter of Aueust 4. Very respectfully, Francis D Moulton. MR. MOULTON TO MR. TILTON. August5. Theodore Tlllo,Esq.; My Dear Sir: I have received, under date of July 2S, a letter rroni Mr. Beecher, in which he expresses the wish that I would go before tbe investigating committee and clear my mind aud memory of everything that can bear on this case referring oi course to the controversy between yoa and bim. I can not in v)9v of my confidential relations with you make any statement before the investigating committee, unlessyou release, as Mr.Beecbcr has done explicitly from my obligation to maintain your confidence. If you will express to me clearly a request that I should go before tbe committee and state any and all facts within my knowledge concerning yonr case with Mr. Beecber, and exhibit to them any or all documents in my possession relating thereto, I shall, in view of Mr. Beecher's letter, consider mv8elf at liberty to accede to the request of the committee to state such facts and exhibit such documents. Very respectfully, Francis D. Mocxton. MR. TILTON TO MR. MOULTON. August 5, 1874. Francis D. Moulton, Esq; My Dear Sir: In response to your note this ,day mentioning, Mr. Beecher's request tbat you should exhibit to the committee the facts and documents hitherto held in confidence by vou touching his difference with me. I hereby give you notice that you have my consent and request to do the same. Yours truly, Th eodore" Ti LT0X. Just prior to adjournment Congre3s passed a law for the sale of the lands of the Kansas tribe of Indians in Kansas, which will enable persons of limited means to establish themselves in that State. Tbe law gives every bona fide settler, heretofore reported as such, on any of the trust lands of these Indians, the privilege of making payment pf the appraise value of their lands at the local land office in Topeka in six asnual installments, the firt-t payable January 1, 1875, and tbe remaining installments to be paid annually with six per cent interest. Provision is made io tte second 'section ot the sc, that the remainder of tbe trust lands and the undisposed portion of the diminished reserve shall be subject to entry at Topeka in tracts not exceeding 160 acres, by ac ual settlers; tbe one-fourth of tbe appraised value thereof to bspaid at ' the time of entry, and the remainder in three annual installments with 6ix t er cent interest. All tbe lands not taken within twelvo months are to be sold at their appraised value. Rules and regulations for the disposition of thee lands, amounting to 215,774 acres, will be scon issued by the commissioner of the general land office. At the Washington-Lee UniveMty, at Lexington, Va., tays the Savannah Advertiser, a student is each day detained to watcn beside the tomb of Gen. Lee. Every morning one ofthe students is posted at the tomb in the memorialroom ofthe cbapel.bnUt under the supervision of Lee. He Is styled a "watcher," and bis duty is to remain there during the day and receive visitors, shov ing; them the proper cojrtesy and attention.. Aa there are nearly three hundred and fifty students, no one is on duty more than once a year. Thus the entire Southern people, through their representatives in the university, are watching at the tomb of Lee, and their sons improved in manner and bearing by the sacred duty they perform, and their mindi and hearts "benefited by thoughts of the noble dead,

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