Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 September 1874 — Page 1

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INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 1874 VOL. XXIY-KQ 7. WHOLE NIBlEEll 1.TG7.

TILTON.

HIS SECOND STATEMENT. THS PLYMOUTH CHURCH SCANDAI REVIVED. Tilton Reviews the Whole Case. HE MAKES IT . READ LIKE A nOYEL. Tho lAi&a of Evidence Fastened Round Boechor Onco Moro. A CLOSINO JUDGMENT. JMSWTATKMEXTS CORRECTED AND FALSITIES irrinviKn A CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF TUB WUOLK FIKI'D. Ttie full text of Mr.Tllton'a supplementary statement app ared in the Chicago Tribune of the IDth Inst., ocoupylng nearly twenty-four colomni of that paper. Below are given the more important portions of the document, espe4b1W thnuA relating to matters of which there has been a great diver-lty 01 statement by diilerdt parties, meiniouucuuu ui uru.cu. u u follows: Throughout toe country, if 1 Titfht'y lhterpret the public press, a majority of und id minds admit the truth of my indictment s Tili tihl Iba Itev. Henry Ward Beecher. but manv f-d'-mtnded persons, animated by a char liable doubt, have asked me f-r some lurLht-r oonllrmatlon of the one chief uo-itt.,n in thin controversy. My aworn statement, published in the Brooklyn Arn. of Jul VA, was not wrlttea io' publica tiou.oiherwl-I would have cited In it a greater numbcrol tacts and proofs, 'theoniy use wmcn i .itoced for that wtateitent wa- simply to read it to the investigating commlt-ee, belorewbom 1 expec ed to couflrro. Its charges by auch additional testimony aa the invetiiators (if auch tüey could be called) should require. IJut the oommi'tee,co!istst.ingof six trusted uiendsof the aoused, appointed by him for the sole purpose, not of discovering his guilt, bat of pro nouncing hUacqulttal, resc-nted my accusation their Dooular favorite, and. to puninn me for making it, converted their tribunal Into a star chamber fo- trving, not him, but me. Iii natations which they askd me were mostly inelevantto thocasti, and the only part of my -testimony mat Dore u recuy on air i'vder' adultery thev canceled from thcr renortof m v examination. Onof ihe commit lee's attorney raid to ine, "if Mr. Beecher is -srulity.I preh-r not to know it " The wno'e ommitte- acted on this predetermined plan. Thchi.f wllnenr(i3 who could testify asaliist Ir. Belcher noUbly Francis L. Moultou, Jiranb. II. Richard. Martha B. Bradshaw, Susan lt. Anihony, Krancia B. Car-int-r. Kmmr Jt. Monltou, Henry C iiow.n. Th .ma Klnscila, a d others wer, e.ther not wlllin to testify, or their tesM xnony was set aside an not being officially before n tribunal that did not wl-h o rec-l ve It. Ac cordingly, m lnd.ct'ment agalnm Mr. Beecher was le't hv tho committee to stand without other proof than that which my statement ol July 2 floid-d, unHSni by other witnesses. When the committee aked me if the sta ement contained ray whole case,! answered no; lor it w,i simply h succinct D.iiraiive, glvlug onlv iich dal- and cocunxnn as I thought sum etent fa.- the comruluee's private inquiry ad yet more than sufficient to put n ImuMrill commlt'eo ' on the ritcbt road tr the wholo tiuth. Sine the date .f Its pub lcat on, several counter Klat-meni- have acD'a'ed.irtO'.i.dlnir Mr. Belcher a denial, cose ly followed bv Mr. Tllton's both of which ere untrue: ih-u by the commit tee' numerous pub Mentions of one .Med testimony, aud last of all bv a eid ct baaed ao elv on ibf?e unlmthiul lenial . to the r ex eel of alt tba native alleStlon on the other hide; so that the commit iee rcepted th0 8ü:y nctiODHOf 15.;.- I Turner, but rucled tha seriou-i facti of Mr. Moultou nor did they even l.ivi'e Mr. Owen to appear betör them; all tf which nufalr pro.xJiu?' and nnciudul puhllcaiions require of me. for Hi üakeof oome iiesttunt mnids, a re ply which the larger portion of the community h;kvo already mad for themselvea. 1 therefore submit f.-e following FACTS AND EVIDENCED, arranged aa far aa convenient In chronological order, and making a narrative which, as it pro grcsaes atep by atep, will aim to correct and counteract, ono by one, the nntruo den als of Mr. Beecher and Mr. Tilton, and the UDjust de duction of the committee. Here follows a full ataiement -t the evidence eoioK to show the warm friendship exlHiinigbe iwan vr. Beecher and Tilton previous to the date of Mrs Tilton 'a confession of criminal In li macy between tbem The aecond division is de voted to ahowlhK the nu usually det-p attach ment existing between Mr. and Mrs. Til ton to July 3, iH7. In proof br.ef ex tracts are here given f om tho letter of Mr. and Mrs. Tl ion he etofore published MR. TILTOS'H C0NFES8I0.V. III. Ilavlnfi tbns (In sect loa 1) disposed of my alleged vlndictiTene toward Mr. Beecher, and ln aetlon II) of my imazlnary brutality towanl Ura-Tlllo. I now eome to Mrs. Tilton 'a snftTirtion, July 3, 170, wherein she narraUd the 4tory of her duc lon by her pastor, the Kov Henry Ward Beecher. It is a rqulreraent of trnth mail nQUa Kiaie etpnclllv the ciicnmstances out of which this confcssiou sprang ana me Kuoaiance 01 trie comession itseir. Dur lni aeveral weck. previous to July 3. 1KTU. Mrs. Tilton had bten in the country, having rone m iner in a apiru or alienation, i una re cectly detreted in her, to mv grief, a tendency to deceit and falsehood foreign to her normal and pure nature. Accordingly, a cloud was on her spirit at parting. But.i neither knew nor awpeted that her depression had its root in hor relations with Mr Beecher. I 'urlnt; her absence 1 wrote to her trai she would lor fell my r oh pec toe moment abe ceased to tell the truth a letter when kh afterwards reminded me of. aying mat "it na pierced ner very aoal. After ner absence bad been protonea nir several weexa, cu ice which only a slight correspondence p&ssea between as, nda came imex P'ectt.Hlly to Brooklyn, l each in? home about c 'clock on the evening of July 3. I exprewed my surprise at seeing ner, fcreeted ner wit a cordiality, and marked her improved health and rosy look. Wtthi an hou. alter her arrival, Fitting in her favorite chamber, where n her infant non Paul had died twoypsrs bef e, she made a tender allusion to hi death, and then said that she bad come to tell me a secret which hehad loon krpt in her heart in connection with that event a secret which he had several months before, white on a slck-bd. resoi ved to teil me. butt eked the courage. Mnce then the tone of her mind, she Raid, had Improved with her health, and, having prayed fwr strength to tell ma the truth, without fear, she had now come on purpose to clear her mliid f t m burden which, if longer concealed, she felt would by-and-by crow too frreat for her to ber. What the secret was she was about to disclose, I could not conjecture, fcefore diRCloa.nK it she extractod from me a sol fmn pledz? that I would not injure the person of whom bo was about to peak nor communicate to him the fact of her making such a revelation, for she wanted to Inform him In her own way that sau bad divulged to me the facts in the ae. After lHClmit 1 bew condltlon, lo which 1 pledged myself, she narra ed, with modesty aud dii&denoe, yet without Khamefacedness or enfie of guilt, a detailed hl-tory of ber long C'iualntancn with Mr. lletroher of a growing friendship bttween Uem-if a passionate: fondnesa which he at length beitan to exhibit towards her of the Inadequaoy of bis home life and his consequent need that some other worn n than Mrs i!cher8hoaldftcttherartofalfeto hira-of the ret treasure which he found iuMrn. Tilton sweet and tebder airectioo oi his protewtaHon of a area. or homage fot her thau lor any other woman of b-r duty to minuter to his mind and body and of the manv specious argunaentsby which he commended Uimo vlwo in her. iu order to overcome her puritan repugnance to them : and khe said tha' finally, in an Interview between herself and Mr. Beecher at bis house, not long after her little Paul's death, and as a r- cornrx-nxe for the sympathy wnich ber lastor had kIiowd her during that I ereav. ment, she then and there yieiueu ner perI0?b,.Taal'mDac,, 'ihisevent.shestaTed, -S entliüe!ber ' V"' during ray . absi nee 1 u SZZ f ?f, . and he hoed me a memoranomii -a57 m"t that date with the word,"Adaor memorable." bho further said

that the next H:turday evening (while i was

still absent) Mr. Beecher visited ner at ber home in Uvlngoton street and consummated with ber another act of sexual intimacy. BUR FCRTHER COSFKKD that at intervals during tho ensuing fall and winter, and in the spring following, she repeated wl hhlra certain ncU of criminal Inter course, yielding to him seldom, though solicited often. Furthermore, with great peculiarity, she mentionod the several places of these interviews, which I c n not bring myself to chronlc'ehere. This confession was made by Mrs. Tilton voluntarily, and not in response to any accusation by me, ror l nad never accuneu u ui euLt, elthT wi.h Mr. Beecher or any other person, nor had I eversuf.pecietl her of such wiongdoit k. Neilher was ber confession made . .. I I. 1 1. I. ir a u Mia free act of a sound mind under an accumulating pressuro of cousclence no longer to be resisted ; r. er in. a neufwnu iv , so much of h r ad Itery as of the UeoeH which she wa-itbmby compel ed to practice toward herhuaband In MraTlliou'S pnoiisneu siaitmentof July 24. 1HTI, sue a tiolts that Khe maa to me. In July, l:u, a -conieaion." Mie say-: a like eonfevHlon with ber (namely. Cath erine tiaunt s) 1 Lad raado to Mr. Tilton In tell ing him ol my love to my inenu anu paiur uuo yeSir before. ,,..", .! 1 here adduce a portion of a letter from Miss rnthonyto Mr. Beecher sis'er, .mis. itfoser. of Hartford. It will be seen from tn uaieuiai the letter was wriiteu ju-ta lorininut. aimr mn pubiicatlon of the WooduuU talo twoyeai-s ago: 8VSAM B. ANTHONY TO MRS. HOOKKK. RocnrsTEK, ov. 16, 1872. The reply of your brother to yon is not more startling, nor so open a falsehood, as that to Mr. Walters (a newspaper reporter): "Of course, Mr. Beecher, this is a fraud frm begin ning to end?" "Entirely." Wouldn't you think, if Clod ever did strike any onedead for telling a lie, He would have struck, then? I feci the deepest sympatny wun all the parties Involved, but most of all for poor, dear, trembling Mrs. Tilton. My heart bleeds for her every hour, l wouiu iaiu taao ur m my arms, with her preclou comforts all she has on earth her children and ulde her away from the wicked gavx) of men. . . . For a cultivated man. at whose feet the whole world of me j as well of women sit in love and reverence, wh se moral, in'ellectna), social re sources are with ut limit for such a man, so hit sn overflowing with soul liKXi: lor mm to asa or accept the body of o;je or a dozen of his reverend and revering devotees. 1 tell you he is the .inner if it be a sin ana w no snau say it is not? . ' Mv pen has faltered and staggered: It would not write you for these three days; and now. 7 p. M. Mitluruay, comes a iciier irutu .-ir. oiuju in reply tomlno asking how Mie could mate that oenlal in the IewUtou Telegram. (Keferringtoa rep -rt of Mrs. H. having denied the Woodnull sl ry.j fcne says: -te;ir nu.Hu, - buipone i you knew uousn oi papers to tiusi, a friend of A) yrars knowledge of them. I never made nor authorlzea the statement In the Lewiston paper. I simply said i never nseu tne language Mrs. Woodhull put in ray inoutn; mat whatever I said was clothed in refined language Hi least, however disgusting the subject. 1 have baid mnny limes since the denouement that if my testimony of what I did know would save V ctoria from prison I 6houl ferl comielIed to s;tve It. Yod do not monopolize, dear eusn, att ihe honor tnerw is among wiiiuauninu. not run before lam seu ,bnt when the time comes 1 soall prove myself as true as you. o. no I i do not propose TO SHELTER A MAM when a woman's liberty is at sUke." Now, my dear Mrs. Hooker, 1 wish you were with me to night to rejoice with me that Mre. Stanton is determined to stand flrmtottuth. loug.tnotto havi believed theTeleersm trite. I feel ashamed or my doubts, or rather of my beliefs. Mrs. Wtauton says her daughter Hattie heard all hhe said to the two clergymen, and raid to hei: "Why mother, y ou mi&ht as well have told them the whole thicg was true. ( o No. Mrs. Hooker ;I can not now, any raoro than hist winter, comply with your request lo reveal Mrs. T.'s wholo story. Vcur brother will yot seo his way out: and let us h"pe he will ht able to prove himself above he willingness that others shall suffer fur weakness op wiekedness of his. If ho has no new theoties, then be will surely be compelled to admit either that he hs failed to live or to prtach these he has; and, whichevi (horn of the dilemma he may choose, will acknowledge eit her weakness or wlcktdness. or bo; h. Yours. ' aCtctlonately, Kl'San B. AstiiosY. The above letter from Miss Anthony not only Indicates that Mrs. Tilton confessed her sex al intimacy with Mr. Beecher, but shows also that this infmacy was brought about. Hot because (aa Mr. Beecher dishonorably charges In his statement), Mrs. Tilton "thrust her affection on him unsought," but because he himself was the aggressor upon hor love, honor, and good name. I know full weil from Mrs. Tilton's f-ulhful a ory told me at a time when she could have had no possible motive to deceivethat Mr. B.echer made the advances, which the for a long time repelled. It was he, not she, who instigated aud achieved the criminally between them. It was he, the revered pastor, who sought out his trustlul parishioner and craftily spread his toils about her, ensnaring ber virtue and accompli-hing her reduction. Mrs. Tiiton was alwaya too much of a lady lo thrust her affection npn Mr. Beecher or any other man "unsought." And yet Mr Beecher, after having po-esM-d lilm-elf f a woman at whose feet he had knelt for years before her surrender, hns finally turned upon her with the false aeusat Ion that 6he was bis tempter, not ho hers; for which act on his part I brand him as a coward of uncommon baseness, whom all manly men, b th fod and bad, should equally despise, shall never permit him to put the blame on this woman. "She is guiltless1," bo said in Lis apology. He stall never take back that word, lie wed knew that the m tlve to guilt did not come frem this gentle ladv'a pure aud cleanly mind. I repeat here what I siid before the committee and what 1 shall believe to the end of my life that Lli7abeth Tilton is a woman of pure heart and mind, sinned against rather than sinning, yielding ouly to a strong maa'a triumph over her conscience and will, and through no antonnea or forwardness of her own. I have been told that 1 endangered my success in the batt:o which I am n w fighting, by making this concession to my wife's goodness of motive. Butl am determined In ail thla controversy to speak the exact truth in all points; and I know that no indelicacy in Airs, niton's behavior ever proceeded from ner own voluntary impulse or suggest Ion; but. that,on the contrary, her highly emotional religious nature was madebv ibe pastor the mans wheteby he accomplished theruinsof his confiding victim. Here follows a minute statement of tacts concerning the clandestine correNpondenc and gifts passing from Mr. Beecher to Mrs. TlMon. Then follows some extracts of what may be called marital Corres oond en co, going to prove the change in Mrs. Tllton's Itelit-ifs after her conf asiou. Then is detailed at great It ngi h the relations of Mrs. Morse to this unhappy affair. In which tte hatred of that lady for Mr. Tilton is shown by extracts from numerous letters. The letter, written by Mrs Tilton from Marietta, t bio, which has already been pubiisaeJ, is omitted. After comparing the letters which werewr'tlen before and aller the alleged confession, Mr. TUton mentions AK INCIDENT. As a further Illustration of Mrs.Tilton'a'rrevai ing state of mind. Induced by her criminal intimacy with Mr. Beecher, by her confession thereof to her hnsband, and by tho shadowy memories that followed these sad facts,! will mention an incident: One day In October, 1M7I, during a wtarlKonie i allroad ride, 1 bejeui ed myelf with the com position of a little poem, which I sent in lead-pencil to the tiolden Age, and which appeared in t'iat paperunder the t, tie of "Sir Marmaduke'a Musings," containing the followingstanza I clasped a woman's breast. As if her heart, I knew. Or fancied, would be true, Who proved alas, shu too! .False like the rest. On rar return home after publishing the above, I was plteously assailed by Mrs.Ti;ton, who, with tears in her eyes, reprochd me, saving: "O, Theodore, yon might aa veil have called me by name." Meanwhile, I bad not been cousci us of an offense against my wife In the above publication, because no public allusion had yet connected Mrs. niton's name with Mr. Brfcher'a. The Woodhull story, which first did this, (JH not ap ear till more than a year afierward, namely, November J, 1871 in still further Illustration of the excitable state of Mrs.

Titton's mind at any public allu.slon, friendly or otherwise, to the scanJal which Mis. Woodhull published, I may mention that, Btiorily after that pntrficatlon, 1 prepared for the press the card known as my letter to "My Complaining Krl end." I rote it In my wlie'a pr aence, and oubmitted it to her Judgment. Hhe approved the card, and seemed pleased and satislied. It wasdesiemd to throw a shletdofproteei lon over her a;c Inst Mrs. Woodhull's attacK Although that card t as been extenxively pub lis tied, I beg the favor rf reproducing It here, li o-der tbut lis kin lly phraseology owards my wife may be carefully weighed, and in order also that Hie'c mment she subsequently raadeuKn it may oe understood. Other letters and extracts are given to show bow heavily Mrs. Tiiton 'a guilty secret pressed ou her and then Mr. Tllton's dealings wrrn bowen are taken op. Tilton denies Beecher'a assertions in relation to the cause of bis leaving the Inoepe dent, quotes frcra a ca-.d of Mr. Eowen, published in lsuO, in which be approves every movement and suggestion of Mr. Tilton and other sentiments of approval, and repudiates th assertion that he "fell" from the editorial chair of trio Independent. He recounts then with great minuteness the facts connected with Bo wen's confession of Beecher'a criminality to him (Tilton) and the vxrlou consequent conversations between Beecher and Tlllou. Here Mr. Tilton lakes up the statement of the committee, upon which aoout one-half of the

committee's verdict is based, that TUB RKAL CHARtlB against Beecher was "improper proposals" and not "adnlteiy," until the Utter accusation was trumped up as a part of a conspiracy. He then quotes from the charge against him on the records of riymoulh Church tha following specification among the others: Third At an Interview with Mrs. Andrew Bradshaw In Thompson's Oinlng-rooms on Clinton street, on or about the ad day of August, 1S70, Theodorr T'lton stated that he had discovered that a criminal Intimacy existed between his wile and Mr. Beecher. Afterward, In November, lUTi, referring to the above conversation, Mr.Tilton s-id to Mrs. Bradshaw thai, he retracted none of the accusations which he had formerly made against Mr. Beecher. Witness: Mrh. axuhew BRADsnAW. The date mentioned in this specification, namelv, the :;d of August. 1S70, was ouly thirty uays after Mrs. Til oa's confession of July 3 ot that yer! What shall be thought of the report of a so-called Investigating com mit tee of Plymouth Cnurch which. In onle- to maintain and uphold the pastor's false denial of m true charge against him, is compelled in bis defense, to lalsify the recoidi of bis own church? The committee's question: "What is the proof tha . the charge in the first Instance was adultery?" meets in the aio e official document by Plymouth Church so point blank an answer that I aji almost tempted to return to these six ;entlemen 'he epithets they have put upon M. Moultou and me, and to say that for their o-rn vtidict, judg d by their own ch rch records, they stand "co i vieted of a vile fra'id." The above church record completely nullifies one-half more than halt of tne committee's report. Mr Tiltoii next asserts that, it was not he. but Mr. Beecver, who lea'ed to tie tried. He theu takes up ngalu, at great length, the statement that tbeorltual charge was Improper advances, a .d elves the following account, of the Htotr's matter: The entire lettc, of which th? above is the fit st sentence, wan coim osoi by Mrs. TUtou. except on y the above sentence, which ws mine. I suegesipd the above lorm of expression to her, because she was at that lime iu a delicate mood of couse'ence, and desired to confess the whole tru'h t Irr. stoirs, in hope thereby o end th t.oubles. She p-ald she bud grown 1 1 red of telling falsehood-, and if Dr. rUorrs was to give wise cunel,he ouht to know tho whole case. It was no unuual thing f.;r her to be In the state of mind w:.ioh she exhibited on that 'Ccaslon. There was always an undercurrent of conscieuca running through ail her thought, and she frequently lamented to me ber sad fate t be c mdemmd to live a He.- Accordingly, th Bought in the above letter to Dr. torrs to tell the whole truth not a part of it. 1 was unwilling that she should make such a damaging coiuVsMloa. .she in luted that she must ceaa her falsch 'Od at some time, and lhatthtt was a proper time. It. was to meet this demaud of her cousclence that I framed for her the sentence above quoted a sentence not inconsistent with the exact truth, becaue the words, "together with all thai this imi'lies," might be as readily tukf n to-Jmply that si e had yielded to Mr. Beecher' solicitation, as that he bad rej cted 1U lr. Storrs, in reading the above letter, seemed to take for granted from iu terms that MKS. TILTON HAD KOT yieldol to this solicitation, and I did not undeceive him. I repeat that the opening sentence of the letter was framed by me expressly to satisfy Mrs. Tllton's desire to confess the whole truth a desire on her part which I contemplated with pain and apprehension, and from which I sought to shield her by the above form of words. The committee are guilty of little less than sharp practice In com me .ling on tho phraseology as they have done in their verdict, for 1 was explicit to give them the exact explanation which I have given here. But no hing is so astounding to me in the committee's report as the following a atement b arlngon the same polut: "The further faei," they Kay, "that Tilton treated ihe matter f r four j ears as an otlenso which could properly be apologized lor and forgiven, is wholly Inconsistent with the charge in its present form." T e committee cipteitu the same idea in a aill more specious pUraseoloyy, as follows: "If Moulton,"say they, "understood thect arge to be adultery, theu he is en tit led to the credit of the invention or diso ivery that this crime cau be the subject of an apology." The above sentiment thus put forth bv the committee, may. pos lbly present the clab house code of morals and of honor; but It seems to me that a church committee is bound to bold tuat no crime or wrong-doing should be beyond the Christian forgiveness o'thOKe against whom it la committed, and, in particular, that the crime In the present cae should have reminded a citurchly tribunal of the Immortal maxim of Him who said of the woman taken in adultery, "Neither do i condemn thee." rlnce, however, the Plymouth Church committee abandons ihe Christian code of morality on this subject, and substitutes a more popular and cruel opinion which I think shou:d be tempered with creator lenity toward women who err I will convict Mr. Beecher by the world's code of honor in such cases. It Is a prime law of conduct among whataie colled men of the world," that if a man has received a lady's extreme gift he is bound to protect her reputation and to shield her against any and every hazard of exposure. What, then. In view of this law, is Ihe Just measure of coloquy which "men of the world," according to their own etiquette of behavior, should visit upon Mr. Beecher. who, after having subdued a lady to his sexual uses for a period of more than a year, at last, inasr.lrltof bravado and desperatloi, publicly appoints a committee of six meu, with two attorneys, to inquire into the facta of her guilt involving her iuevitabio exposure and ruin? Even Mt; Beecher'a worldly-mined champion, Mr. Klneclla. though polity of the same crime of keil ucliun, has proved more iorbvarin to his victim. As regards FREE LOVH, Tilton denies that he ever held any "loose notions' and says that his notions of marriage are those which are common throughout Christeauora, anu retorts upon ueecner by quoting a very severe article on the lUchardson-McFar land marriage, and Beecher'a part therein, which Mr. Uartlett, now Beecher'a chief at torney, wrote for the Sun. lie then details an apparently run and candid otate. ment of his relations to Mrs. Wood' hull, and in conclusion, says: My entire ac quaintance with Mrs. Woodhull was comprised betweeti Ibe month of May, 1371. and the month of April, 1S73 less than a year and during the greater part of that time I was absent irom tho city on a lecturing tour. During my whole acquaintance with ber. I never heard from her ups an unladylike word, nor noted in her behavior eu unchaste act. Whatever she may have since become (audi know not), she was theu h ch In the esteem of Lurretia Mott, Elizabeth Cdy Htauton, Isabella Beecher Hooker, and other persons whoe Judgment of what cons 1tuies a good woman 1 took to be sound and final. The story of any ill-behavior between Mrs. WooduuU and me, she herself has done me the Justice unanfeed by me to deny with the proper Indignation which belongs to an outrage against ihe truth. I broke with her suddeuiy, lu the spring of 1872, because she threatened to attack several of the lady advocates of the woman suffrage cause whom I knew and honored. Iu a frank conversation whit hi bad wl aber at that time, full of veh-mence on my part. 1 denouoced h-r proposed course, washed my hands of all recponsibllity for it and her, and have never seen her since. But, In thus voluntarily breaking my acquaint

ance knd co operation with V. Woodhnll. 1

d d not have ihe approval of .Mrs. Tilton or M B echer, both of wh m felt thnt 1 hn : a ted unwisely in parting from her so suddenly. Mr. Ueecher, in particular, feared that the fu'ure wouid ..ot b secure If Mts. Wood bo 11 werelett nnrm trained by Mr. .xtoulton or mvseif. Mrs. liltOPi lliOOrh xbe !?r tn h,vi l in rtnrnt . rt - tlpa:hy toward Mrs. Wondhuli.nevertht less took seer occasions to show frlndiinrss toward ner, ana once bent her a gin-book inscribed with , the words: To my friend, Victoria Woodhull. KL17-AnKTII.il. TlLTOX. ft'. In the thirteenth division of his subject he states: . ... In my sworn statement 1 made oath to the' fact that . , . , . MR, BEECHER CONFESSED TO MB his criminal intimacy with Mrs. Tlltoa. I will slate the substance of this confession, wLlch ns often reue wed and repeated: On the night of December 3U, 1872, during my Interview with hlra at Mr. Moulton's house, he received my accusation without denial, and confessed it by his asuntiug manner and glef. In the apology written January l, 1S71, which ue sent to me through Mr. Moultou, his contrition was based on the fact that both Mr. Moullon and 1 bud be. oine acquainted with, bis guilt. During thn sub-rqueut personal interview which took p ace between Mr Brecher and myself at Mr. Moulton's hoii-e a fw morning, af.erward, Mr. Beecher la set terms spoke to Mr. Mouiton aud myself of the agony and remo.ae which he hd suffered within the pa t fewdas at ha lug brought rn n and blight upon t-llz-tbcth and her family. He burled his fao In his hands and wept, saying that he out to tesr the whole blame, 'because from his ripe age and sacred office he was nnp;irdonauly culpable In leading her astray. Ho assured n c thnt dnring the earlier yenrs of his friendship for Elizabeth, he and ::ad no sexual commerce with each o'her, and that the latter feature of their intimacy had been maintained between tbem much over a year, and tes than a year and a half. He said to me that 1 must do with him what I would he wou d not resist me, bnt that, if I could powloly restore Klizabeiti to my love ami respect, he would feel the keen fc"!ge of his remorse dulled a little Into lessor patn. He asked mo if 1 would permit tbe coming paw renting to proceed, nd said that If 1 iusls'ed ou his resignation he would write it forthwith. ITo rtraind-.d me that his wife was my bitter enemy, and would ea.l y become hS own. and belied that she ru'ght not. ha informed of hi conduct. He said that he hitd meditated suicide, and could not live to face exposure. He Implored rue to give him my word that If clrcumsianct-s should ever compel meto discloa- his secret, 1 would give ul. ti notice in advance, so tint be might take some ineniqre, either by death or dight, to bide himself from the world's gaze. He said that he had wakened as from sleep, an 1 likened himself 'to ono sitting dizzy and dis raetell on the yawning edge of hell. He said that he would pray night and day lor Kllzabeth. thnt her heart might not be utterly btosen, and that tiod woulo inspire me 'o re store her to her lost place in my home and esteem. All this, aud more like It, took plieo in tlie interview of which 1 speak, inch.dlng bis voluntary proposition to mend certain ill work which be had done In giving to Air. Bowen false report against me. shortly afterward I Kent for Mr. Beffher to come tomv houe to ho'd an I'l'crview with me on a subject which I shrink from mentioning here, yet which tne trutn compels Dip tO sra o. In Juue. 1st?., a child h:l been Elizabeth U1 LX IV H. tilton. in view of Mrs. Titton's subsequent disclosutos ho roe. made July 3, 1"7U namely. that sexual ttlatlons between Mr. Beecher and her rl. had b:un October 1M, IKtf wished to question Mr. iieecher as to the authenticity or that date, in order 10 settle tne aouoitui pater nity of the cnii. iMs mtervirw ne neidwitn me in my study, and during a portion of it Mrs. Tilton wa rresent. They both agreed on the date at will -h the r sexual commerce had begua namelv, Oerober l'J, 1st Mrs. Tilton herself being tho fcuthority, and referring again, as he has tfcuia i-ef rc. tr her diary. Cer tain facta which Mr. Beecher rave mo on that occasion concerning his criminal connection wl h Mrs. Tilton the times,' the places, :ho frequetict together with other particulars which 1 teei ii rcpuguauce to name 1 must pass over: but 1 can not jorbear ; to mention again, as I nave stated heretofore, that Mr. Berber alwavs took the blame to himse f, never lrnpullug It to Elizabeth; and never till he came before the In vestigating commute did he put forth tho un manly pretext that Mrs. Tilton had "thru-ther afftctionson him uuought." On nnmtmuseccasionn, from; the winter of 1871 to the sprlngof 1ST i, Mr. Beecher ireonenilv made tome ailusioui3, in Mr. Moulton's presenc0, to .THE ADIBINO CiP.tEP . ' . which, be said, Ood would never lift from Ms soul for having corrupted so pure minded a woman as Ulzabi h Tllion to her loss of honor, and also for having violated the chastity of friendship toward myself as bis early and trusting friend. Never have I seen such grief and contrition manifested on a human countenance a I have often seen it on Henry Ward Beecher in his self reproaches for having accomplished Eli?nbeih's ruin. The fac. that ho sufiVred so greatly from constant fear of an exposure of his crime luado me some-tlm-s almost forget the rrong which he had done me, and ailed my breas with a tervid desire to see him retoied again to peace with himself At every effort which I made In con1 unction with Mr. Mouiton to suppress inquiry n o the scandal, Mr. Beecher oea to thank me with agfAtitnde that was burdensome to receive, lie always put himself be or me in t-o dejected, humble atid conscience-stricken a mood, that it i had been a tenfold harder mm than 1 was, 1 could not have had the heart to strike blm. When I wrote the letter to the church declining to appear for trial on the ground that I had not been for four y ars a member, he met me the next day at Mr. Moulton's house, and. catching my right toaud in both to his, said with great lecliug, "Theodore. Ood Himself lnpired you to writo that letter." When at a later period in the same bouse, he save me the first intimation of the coming council, he Mild, "Theodore, If youvill not turn upon me, Br. siorr can not harm me, and I shall owe my life once attain to your kindness.". 1 cou.d record many d liferent expressions and acisoi Mr. Beecher like those which I have ab jve given, to hovr his perpetual and never relieved distress of mind through fear of the exposure of. his adultery; accompanied by a constant and growing lear that I could not really forgive him and must sooner or later bring him to punishment. I ou?ht to say that I sometimes haif suspected that Mr. Beecher'a exhibitions to me of profound dejection and heart-break were not real but feigued, btiugof tha mature of appeals to my sympathies, which (he knew) were always readily aroused at the sight of distress. But Mr. Mouiton never admitted anydoubtof Mr. Beecher's real penitence, aud tbi was one of the rexsotis why Mr. Mouiton sought so zealously to shield this sorrowful man from the consequences of hia Mn. 1 close thU afction by uecl.ring with a solemn sense of the meaning of my wora.tnat Mr. B. echei's receul denial un-d-roaih that he committed adultery wl h Mrs, Tilton K known to him, to her, to Mr. Mouiton, to ni". .id to several other persons to be au act of perjury. , Mr. tl ion net refers to Ibe false statements In his (etcher's) own testimony In alluding to his (Tlittu's) domestic happiness. Then he reviews o:her teMlmoiy of rieecber relating to Tillon's asserted failure in the lecture field, and gives documents entlrel disproving this. Then, tie fully reviews the charges of blackmail made by Beecuer, and this he d. tailed at grtat length, ton tiling upon all the fotmer references to Lhe subject. He then gives at mil length thehistoiy of the girl Bessie Ihurner, us connected wlUi the whole nff-Ur, aud thi is followed in turn by a vindication of Mr, Frank Carpenter. Ho then continues his statement of the blackmail c args, as connected with Mr. Cleaveland and Oliver Juhusou. He then turns to the chage of Mr. Beecher that he (Tilton) has farblfd Beecher'a iCttrii, and alms to show that the only garbling which they have suffered Is at the hands of Mr. Beecher, iu bis false interpretation or i hem. On this point be saya in closing: Mr. Beecher 's adroit effort to p rsnade the public to accept a talse interpretation of these letters la vain. They have a plain in-Holiig which no counter-explanation can ever blot out. They sre all based on the central fact, a criminal intimacy between himself aud Mrs. Tilton. which had been coufesAcd by both parties to her husband and to Mr. Mouiton. This simple fact Is the key which unlock? all tho mysteries of these letters if mysteries thev contain. All these letters, notes aud memoranda refer to the crime of .dulteiy, to the fear of ulsclosure, and to the con8equent."devlces" for thesa'ety of the participants. When Mrs. Tilton made to me her confession or July 8, 170, it was a confession of adultery. When In ber bote of Dee. following, he said, "I gave a letter implicating my friend, Henry Ward Beecher," It was an Implication of adultery. hen in her second note of the same eVeuingshe said that Mr. Beecher had visited ber bedside and reproached ht r for having "struck hun dead," it was bec :rsehe had disclosed bis adultery. When Mr. Beecher cast himself upon Mr. Moulton's strong and faithful

protection, It wa because the wretched man had been detected in bis adultery. When, during the our veursthat lol owed the 1st of January, ls71 hardly a month or week passed which did notwttoe Mr. Beecher In some consultation with Mr. Mouiton, either bv letter or In pet son. It u tu lo roi.eoct measures for concealing this aauli ury. When M r. Beecher, conscious of bis guilt and ftaring detection, fell often into hopeless gloom hi the prosper of disclosure, it w as because lie crime to be disclosed was r ADCLTERT. v.'hen from the begiuning to the end of Mr. Moullon'a rela'ionshl with Mr. Beecher, those two men pursued a common plan la rhich I, too, participated this plan was to guard two families of chiliiren from the consequences of this adultery. When Mr. Beecher wrote to me his letter of contritfon, It was because h (00"h t to piaca e me lino forgiveness of hit) adultery. hen he asked me o remember "all the other hearts that won 10 ache," it was because ol the misery which two households aud their wide connection would fuffer by the discovery of hi adultery. When he wrote to Mrs. Tilto i that Mr. Mouiton had -tied up the storm which was ready to burst upon their read.," It was because Mr. Moulion had skillfully held back Mr. Bowen's meditated proceedings against Mr. Keecher for adultery. When Mr. rCeecher wrote that tie would am him if Mr. Mouiton were notairiend to Mrs. Tilton !s honor," he mean that this lady's "honor," like every other "ladv's honor," was her reputation for chastity, and he relied ou Mr. Mouiton to keep the world frm knowing tatthls lady's pastor had soiled her "honor" by adultery. Vheu Mr. B echer requested Mrs. Morse local him her

sou, wnicn sne did, and when she b. gged him to come and see her, pledging himself not to allude to her "daughters secret," U wai because this mother knew that this "son" and daughter imu K-iiiiiniK-u mimiery. nen mis mother ive this "son" the troublesome luiorraation that "twelve persons" had been put In possession of this secret, i was the guilty and perilous secret of aduiU-ry. Whu Mr. Bcochorhudderd at tue niieiioood mat Mr. iviweu hud communicated to Mr. Claflin -the bottom toctH." it uas because the chief fact lying at the bottom of a l was adalterv. When Mr. beecher f aid to Mr. Mouiton, "Can't we hit upon some plan to break the force of my letter to Tilton ?'Mt was beeanse the letter whose force he wished to break was his lctt-rof contrition for his adultery. Wheni- his despair ne wroU: "Would to (Jod, Theodore, Elizabeth and I could oe rrlends again : Theodore wi;nld have the hardest task in such acase," it was beeause ibis "Hardest task" would consist of forgiving a wife and her paramour for their adnltery. When Mrs. Tilton wrote, imploringly b iliitnMr. Mouiton and to Mr. Beecher that "the papers should be destroy od," It was because thos? papers were records or adulury. wnen in brokinness of spirit Mrs 'lilton wrote to ask her se ducers lorglvemss It was because of ner woman y distress at having betrayetl him lor his adultery. When In one oi her clandestine notes to hi - the reiemd to her "nest nt'ün,"it was a meansof mcr ploa-antly reminding him of his own pontic ex-pn-s-ion for their adultery. When her destroyer vT:te to Mr. Mouiton, reb. 6. 18?2, sayt g: "I wou'd not believe that any one could have pase.i through my e.porionce and bj a.iveor haue," lie confessed tho srniy of llvi. g on the verso of pnb ic pnuUhment. or adultery. When he said to Mr. MouBon, -4You are liierally all my star a- d com 'ort it was because thU brave Dil tedner friend was the tarne.- between the public and the knowledge of a clergyman's adultery. When Mr. ieecher, who was never tired of vending to thl friend ntch love letters as a man seldom writes to a man, ait to him: 'I would have fallen on the way but for the courage vith which you inspired iue," It was his evergra'eful acknuw edgment to one who : faviLg him from llie fain whlcn punishes clergymen f ir adultery. When he bcal'ed tue "k(tn suspicious . wi:h ; which he was pressed," these . were - the dangerous suspicions or a ongroga'lon to whom public rumor had carried a- horrible hint ol their pastor's adultery. When he. rrnrtd at. 'apposl to ihe chinch. and then a council," and prognosticated theieby a". ."crnU'i-roilon." it was becaue he foresaw how the "i'U'ulic Wind wouui oe lnrmeuceu. cj lilt knouUgi of his idnltetyi' When h portrayed1 hlinsrlt us land ing iu daily dre.nl ot' tUoo j;fOuh1 frioiids who were making a "ruinoas i etVnsts",. f '.him, it was btciitise he-tea rod thftt'ilulr clrtruoroua statements of hi lunccenee WQvUd bluudAluiy leu to , . .. r, . . . . , - . TlIE BSTECIION OF UM ADULTEJIT. . When he c-ried oat that he was"8aC'cring the torments of the damned," te watt pouting out hl3 heart's anguis-h to tho only man td whom h? had liberty lo uaburden hi reniorso - for his adultery. 'W'hen fee Bald that he c-inld zrorcarry thisburdemo hlswleahd eliilu'rerr, It was because h was attained to acknowled 'e'o them his adultery. Vvheu he wioie . to Moulion, saying: . "Sacrifice me . wiih ut hesitation If you can clearly seo your way to his i Mr. Tilton's) saf-ity and happiness thereby," he alluded to the sacrifice or his good n.me in expiation of his adultery- When he t aid ofhmscli: "I Khonld be destroyed, hut be (Mr. Tilton) would not be saved," it was because til that was needed for his destruction vas simply that the world should bo told of his hdaltery. When he KTild "Kiizbeth and her children would have ihcir ruturec ouded." he saw battging over this ruined mother and her brood the black and awful clond which hangs over every matron guil y of adultery," .When he wrote, "lifo won Vi be p easant Ii I could seo that rebuilt which U statte ed," he referred to (he mo al imps.biiUy o reconstructing a home once broken by adultery. When be romp .red nimcif to"rj-au who told his birlblight. snd fuuud no pi..ee lor repeu -auc, though he sought it; careiady with tears," it was btrjtasGtha ußpardonah e crime which this minister had . ootnmliud v.-v adultery. When he poke In eulogy of Mr. Moultou 's wile as reviving "his waulu,; f ith in womanhood," it was becnu3 blJ thoughts were then of another and w aker W(wu., whtic moral nature he had overcome, and who a:t-rw.ird3 bad betrayed him for his adu'tery. When thj strong woman wiio thus restored ' hU waiiiua faith iu womanhood," counseled hiui to make "a frank, and manly confession of his sin, a.s&ing iaau' forgiveness, as he expected O'Xl s and when ie afterward wrote thaf. "her clear truthfulness laid him flat" ail this shows how he qunlled before a virtuous woman's rebuke lor bis adultery. When he said of me that I "would have been a better man than he in such circumstances," be meant that 1 would have disdained to stoop to the crime of seducing the wife of an intimate friend, or of u4ag the power of a clergyman to corrupt a iru.-.tiDg parishioner into adultery Wheu he said of me that 1 had "condoned my wife's jolt," Pointing me to this condonation as constituting on my partap'edge of forgiveness toward hl;n, he wr telu that word "conoone" the plaluest poaible confession of his adnlu ry. In like manner, ah Mr. Beecher' letters, when read iu view of the one sad and guilty "act which Is the key note to their tragic meaning, constitute a fnur years' bit-lory of a mltd afflicted with "anxiety, remorse, fear and despair" ail In coneeiueuoa of a discovered adultery. . If 1 have been thus explicit In reiterating Mr. Beecher'a crima. It is no:, for the -ake "f proving it from his letters, for I have mfflclently proved it with-uthelp from these, bat only to show that 1 did not gatble these letters when I pointed to them as proofs of adultery, and 1 repeat that, if Betcber'a letters have been (as he 6ays) "wickedly garbled," it is h who has g&tb.'ed them It Is 1 who have restored tbem to ihelx trtM meaning. Mr. Tilton, In his sixteeenth hetd, devote bis attention to a statement of the leason which led him to write the celebrated Bacon lettf r. in speaking of the diyna which Mrs. Tlltoa left him forever, he says: That eventful Hatarday morning, tho llth of July, found me lit the strangest situation ot my vOiol life a situation which lhat not foreseen, and which I could with difficulty realize a situation con&ltting of the- following elements: tlrst, I had been prblicly challenged by Mr. Beecher to dvalge to a church comuiittee the ttory of hlfl crimluKilty with Mrs. TUtou; and. second. Mrs. Tilton heraplf, by ber open desertion to her paramour, bad publicly aecoudetl him tn this audacious lemaad. Wha. should 1 do? After two days of reflection the roost agonizing which lever endured 1 folt it my duty to accept this challenge; and In one week afterward I la d the tacts bef oe the commute In a document now known as my swo; n statement. It will thus be eeen that my swon statement was not given to the committee until the ninth day after Mrs. Titlon's desertion from her husband, and alter; her publicly joinii g his enemies, who were seeklug by their powerful ecclesiastical enginery to crush oat his little remuaut if a broken name. Had Mrs. Tilton ie minedwiih me, my sworn sU' ement would never have ben made; nordld the thought of making such a stat.-ment enter my mind until after ber det-ertl n ; bnt at l-st, when Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton publicly turned npon me and demanded that I should expose them, I had SO COURBB OPS TO MB, . . but to state the plain truth, and to let all the parties abide by the consequences. Mr. Mouiton has shown how great was my desire, daring the.

earlier sessions of the committee, to Fhleid mr wile; in oih r words,h..w ilitle demanded from the committee in my own beba't and how much in hers. My propowd f rni f -r I lielr report taa quo ed by Mr. M out on) concluded a follow: "Tho committee can not forbear to state that the Rev-

Henry Ward Beecher, Mr. Tbodom iiiuai, and Mrs. Tl ton (n In an sn-srial mauner the later) merit and should teoeivetee ayirpathy and respc; of Plymouth Cburrii snd e mgreiistion. It was on the vtrv next morning atter l wrote tie ove r reposed kindly ard charitable report for the commute toadoot.and a owed It o mv wife, who not only approved IC. but expre ed will tears her uiarvel that 1 abomd have demanded more for her good name than I bad done for mine; it was, i say, on th very next ruoinlne after my wri tug tu altov report that Mrs. Tilton. in .bedliiice to Mr. lte iivru utfiuw deserteo the home to which ahe ha never since returned, i repeat, therefore, tha. the exposure which I mad to the committee and to the rtabllo was no sunzwlion of minr. I.nt n l.r,.i.t, ki aboutby Mr. iVecheraod Mts.Tll'Oii.wboBaiietl in demandinz it at mv hands, md who tiw demand, left me no alivrr ative but to comply or - uiji uiapiiiDP did r on tot Dem ; my refusal, ruin to myself, so cc-d to make cho oe betw-n these two alternativ es toti. lilmrwl. equally horrib'e to my :el ngs I at ttit deteriii iite j not. m o t nus irow-baten by t wo perxna wlo, having r eelv.d my past , anion and continuous forbearanceeemeda' last attarklug mr very life. 1 ask the pub c, therefore, to weich the on ifcct which I have Ii.usih t forth. oajuely : lhat the responsibility for the revelations wkica 1 have made rests, not rn me. buton Mr.lWiivr and Mrs. Tilton. I wash my bands of lu Mr. Tilton closes his statement by the Allowing final points: ay i. This ichearsal of events wl'J now enable me to answer two points which hav in na acaiust me. One is i his I am asked frequently: "Mr- Til Ion. how could you. after eoudonlnsyour wife's fault four years ago, pioelalni it at to lato a day?" My answer has been Jcut foreshadowed, and it is this: 1 made tbiaexpoauro i-ui. ui iu y ire win, but IIOIU cuuiposlng; I made It becanso Mr. r-eeher ai.d Mrs. Tiitnn compiled ine io make it. Idld t.otvoionteerlt. I wouiu gladly have continued tosbleid both parties for the sake of one. Hut whn Mr twtur and Mrs. Tiiton made a public league asaitift me, and, intltefaceof the whole defied meto tell the fnc-s. 1 waso th.r toiced to accept their Joint challenge or, by declli log lttoueserve luet-oniempt or mankicd. That U my answer; and cane Id men at d women wilt acknowledge it t be J um, Next.I I avean . naaliy i"1" nuswer m niot-e cit ies coKiDdmo roe for havinir com id It ted. as thev m a tnndv in condoning ray wife's fult at first. And my answer is: 1 am perfectly willing to accept to la coademna'ion from all who cho e o offer It. whether from foes or friends, liefer od, 1 hold tout I d d right and not wron. in forgiving an erring woman who went astray thronen, a powertul temptation. No regret beclouds mr mlnrtfor 'bisforgiv ne-s ot nu wife, whici, I am sure. 1 shall lo.k bck to from my dylne bed with pleasure, not with ram. 1 fo csv mis ccniiewrman because 1 loved her: I rbrK.ove her lor hr children's sake; 1 forgave her tiecause I despise the public sentiment which condones such faults in men and then coujssaiA . . t n . . I . . L . a I I ... meu iw jjuuimi i ue in iu women: ll.ogavoher becanse, even after her grlevi. us error, t-h III remained a woman, ioug right rat ber than wrong, and seeking good ruth-r than evtl; I lorsave h r bf-cause I tenderly rente mbetTil that Christ Himself fo cave u simi ar f.uit in a more wicked woman and alio wm 1 to scorn the law of His greni 3sxam.le? No criticism of my f.ipiv nessof Mr .Tllioaean pri:k me wl h any pang li .11 the acta .f my lire had been as livhteous an this ood deed of charity albeit toward a womtn who luv sluce but loorly nqul ed me for It 1 would tow be a better tuan than i am. XVII.. I have on 1 to add that lknownowoeC. of m. aured mo r nio i in winch lochameteilt filly Mr. ß;?echer'sieccnt treatment of this brc&en-hearted lady, whom HB HAS FLCNO a-ainst the wall of iTjmou'h Church and dashed to pieces. First, he Instituted a pubil cornmitt e to Inquire luto ter adnltery witb. hin., waereaa he ought to Lav protected her against thla exposure; then he beckoned her away from her husband's hocsc, making her Yry flljrbt bear wltnswi ober guilt; then ho ntsrnd her to give fa's. testimony against her l.V:hind. with a view to detov bim liefnretb world: then, with unparalleled baseness ho turned apon Ihe c. mpan on tl ha rlma ml accused her of h-vicr been Uie tempter rather than the tempted declaring . lhat ?he hd thrn,st ber afftc'.i"nR npon him nn onsbt:" thn t e Tarlousiy indicted her for what ne called "her Di-ed-Jn-s treifhcry to her file-id and pastor, ex proMina his doab's whether lo call her Jas he sa sl "ft eaiflt ?r the Cblff of sinners," arguing fas ha 6Ays again 1 that she must be elthar ' corrupted to deceit or so broken In mln1 aa to be irrettponsibie," debating with himself as besav further! whether he should not "poor on: hlslndignstloa upon her and hold her opto contempt;" and then, after raakin; all th se con tempt nous references to her in bis published statement, he prompted his ormmi lee to ren er a Terdlct against ber, In which thi-y declare ber conduct towad Mr. Beecher, even on their own theory of her innocence, to be "utterly Indefensible ; and lat of all. he permitted Ms own journal, the Chri-tlai Union, tostigmatice hfrasa i nor, weak woman," whose tei imony was of no Tain either ior or against the man who l ad IfinNett her to utter ber falsehoods In bis own hehsift All this bue and bruUI conduct by Ur. Keeoker towards Mrs. 'Tlltnu .pmmpta me to speak of him lo fierce and burning words. Put I forbear. "Veng'anoe is mine, and I will ret ay. lthb Lord." 1 r ave become so nsed to -orrows tn Bayown llf, that I can not wish for their n Met Ion upon another man, not 'even on mv worst enemy. I will not ask the puMlo to visit nprnv Mr. Beecher any great r condemnation for Ibe) desolation wnici he ha ironcht onoa those who loved, trus'ed, and wrven Lira, than I have In past times seen hlra softer from hi own seir-lbtlletd tor tor-a in contempts lion of the very crime for which he has now been exposed to the scorn ad pi'y of the wot Id I lrtv wellenongh now bis own thought have bowed ldm tn agony to the dast: and this enoogb. Wherefore, in contemplating ray t-n pty bouse, my scattered children, and my brr ken home. I thank heaven that I am spared the pang of thl uoans remorse for having wrought a rein whlczt no even Almighty iod can lepalr I . A well known manufacturer of tbisctty Yisited his family a few daj s since, at ono o the popular summer resorts, cot a thenaand miles from Falmouth. Happening to bava an unusually well fiMf d pocket took, upon retiring for the night be placed It in one of his booth for eafe keepinor, omittinfr, bowever, to say anything about it to hia wire. Fatigue J with the lone ride, boaoonfell sleep, and upon awakening estly tn tha morning, acugi tin vain f r Ms boots and money. ItousinK hia wife with anxious Inquiries about "tin s toota,' he learned lhat she had found thsm liing around, and had set them outside the door for tho hotel bootblack. A few st conds later, a well developed, manly form, wiih only "one or two clothes on," was noticed making rapid atridea lor the porter'H lodgi, w V h tho 'ragged rHigf.9 ot anxiety, remorse, ruin and dtpair," distinctly mapped nut on hia usually beaming countenam e. Worcester Qaeette. . A curious old relic in the shape of a violin la to bo found in Samraitville, Columbian county, O., in the possession of Mr. P. Tjo gtn. In the inside of the violin is: "ßonamelia, Anno 151d," making it 333 years old. On the back, near the buttom, iu a pearshaped frame, is represented a csstle with high roofs, pointed gables, walls and tow-era. six iiicbea wide by five In che lor g, Inlaid with twelve diflereiit coli.red txJn, and numberlna one hundred and twerty piece. There are seven round towers, pointed, end- -ing in sharp pplie-, wiih streamer llyirg. the crnffr one numouited ith a errs; '2W windows, one-sixn enth t an inch lor p. and no thicker than a pin.of ebony, all lulaia with th greatest piecision; a atream, or moat, with two bridges, making a handsome picture. Iu large lei Urs around tbe aides, lit Latin, is a n.oito, a flne'carvd bead ot an old man, with flowing beaid and long curia, Henry Ward Beecher opens the lecture ; c-inraeat Brattleboro, Vt., Oot ber 6, witlvA ThQ Waste and Burdens oi Lila,"