Terre Haute Evening Gazette, Volume 6, Number 150, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 December 1875 — Page 1

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M%S M0ULT0 rEKPAI^IXG FGi THE CONTEST iiEFOIlE 1'iiE CUUNC1L.

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New York, Dec. •.—The Sum says that Mrs. Mouiton has addressed a letter to the members vf Plyinoutii clmrcii in reply to the one urkire^d to her, and adopted hy them on Friday evening last. She ays "I do not, believe there was tiny one more faithful to Plymouth church tnan I PP»'un to the time I became acquainted with the wickedness which Mr. Beec'ner had committed in his relations* to Mrs. TiH.on. After that it did not seem possible for me to yo !o church, and hear him preach, or take the sacraoient from his hands, a:,(' stopped doing so. I could not, with any .satisfaction, hear him preach purity and Christian joy while knew of his secret agony and his acknowledged but hi'iden sin. That I did go elsewhere for worship owing to him'. He begged me again atif again to come back, and whin I sail I could not until he acknowledged his sins and atoned for it as far as 1 could, he was sad and depressed even to tears. But if I'went away from Plymouth church to any other, lie was all the time coming to our hous It would of course e::ci:e attention, cause suspicion and embar »ss him very much as well as my husband, wjho was trying hard, under Mr. JJetcher's constant urgency, to keep the awful secret from the public* I should not know what to say if I was asked the reason for it, and it^miglit be the means of doing great injury to them whom I wanted to shield and help. Mr. Beec'ner too had represented to me the christian religion, and to bring reproach upon him seemed an injury to it So abstained, from gong elsewhere lest it should harm him, and indirectly bring things to which he was all the while afraid would become known, and which did not belong to me.to disclose. Sir. Beecher ought, to be the lost man in the world to blame me lor what I did in his behalf. He knows that I could not apeak the truth more perctiy than I have spokeu .iLiscro if I anding before God's throne of judgment. Wheu Mr. Tilton's name as dropped oy you two years agox told Mr. Beecher that I was afraid you would some time ^want to drop mine in the same way, and he then most earnestly assured me that it should never be done that he would see to it himself that I should never be in any way injured by bis church. Really I don't see how Mr. Beecner, knowing as bo does the perfect truth of what I say, knowing how he used to weep at our house and heap shame

himself for his great sin,, and how after he spoke to my husband and myself of the uter despair in which he would be except fo our comforting help-1 cannot see how it was possible for him to stand up and read this letter to me in your presence without his very soul giving way."

Mrs. Moultou refers to other parls of the letter, and says there are a great many things which are incorrect

injurious, some cfjwhich she

mentionns as follows: "You say that as far a«* the church or the committee knew I had never made any statement inpugning the purity of Mr. Beecher, except in a court of justice but in that very court of I state under oatb, and made precisely the statement which I have since made in my protest to you, aaiouj the lpRlinff members andofflcers of your church, telling them Mr. Beecher sin was aduitery, that he and Mis, Tilton had confessed it to mr. It the statement was a slander, I had declared the fact of my uttering the slander to all the world, and mignt, mouths before, have been called to account for it. I never knew before that false swearing in a court or justice was an offense which the church of Christ is unwilling or unable to punish, and if you think that be lied that public manner, and in that solemn hour that I in that

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injure the minister whom I had loved as much as any of you, and whom I had done my very best to uphold ane comfort for three dismal years through the time of anguish which he

carefully hiding from you,

you ought all the more to think to have tried aud condemned me instead of dropping my name."

This letter concludes as follows: "I had a heavy burden to carry, and I am very sorry to say that the first act of christian attention which I have received from tbe church in the five years past was the notifying me that my name was to be dropped from the roll. My proposal to you in my previous letter was that you should unite with me in calling a council of the churches, before which you should state your reasons for your actions and I should state mine, and which should impartially judge between us. That proposal I understand you to have accepted. The questions thus coming up for decision ought' I think, be these:

First—Have my convictions in regard to the guilty conduct of Mr. Beecher been justified by the evidence which I had?

Second If they have been justified, ought still to have tended his ministry and received the sacriment from his while kept by the reasons which I have stated from withdrawing from the church?

Third-When I had stated to the church my reason for being absent from the service and protested against being dropped from its roll, ought I

uvgiu uu muuwftjr uexi. I ernment OWfVW,

Fourth—If I was improperly relO

First—That, irrespective of the contents of letters addressed to it, this church considers the publication of such letters by their authors, in adduce of their actual presentation to the church in meeting assembled, as fijgra.it aud presumptively' intentional insult, and its own self respect wil! not permit this church to consider

any

The reading of these resolutions was followed by prolonged applause, which iucreased when Mr. Beecher took tbe floor. He said he was sorry this church had been the cause of so much excitement through the public journals, but he called every person to witness that this had uot been of the church's own peeking, but was kindled by adversaries outside of it. They had been seekfhg to live in harmony with every person, and their work which they had been enabled to pursue throughout the past two years had abated nothing in its details. They had endeavored to be a home-living, home-stayiug Christian church, and most of their troubles, flashing like Jires from the newspahad been brought upon them.

TERRE HAUTE, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1875.

to have been thus dropped without further trial and without neither censure or recommendation.

moved from Plymouth church, will the couneii give me a certificate of the !act upon which I can enler an-, other church? I am, perfoap?, not well able to judge whether the sis questions which you propose to me to have submitted to the council, cover the same ground as these of mine. Yours appear to me to be less distinct, perhaps, because I do not understand them so well as mine. To take up more directly the points of issue between us, I suppose it is my rightto have. somethin about the question to- be submitted, and accordingly I propose that yours be submitted as you put them, and these of mine be added to them. In this way I think the whole ease between in will come up, and the questions wUich I wisdi to have answered, will have an equal chance with yours. When you notify me of your acception of my proposition, will you please send tns the names of ten

twelve churches which you would wish to invite to the conferences^ wUh two or three experienced and wise ministers, who are not now in fbe pastoral otlice, as I am informed is customary then I will add as many more to the list, of such as may be known to me they to be of good standing in the denomination, and with the Christian public and the letters of Invitation can at once be sent out. Respect fully yours, [•Signed] Emma (J. Mo'ulton."

New York, Dec, At a business meeting of Plymouth church tonight, Shearman said he had received a letter from William F. West, which he presumed all the members of the church had read, as it was published the same day ho had re« ceivedit.

On motion of Beecher, the letter was hiid on the table. V. White offered the following resolutions:

letters thus sent and pub

lished by one of its own members, except tor the purpose of exercising suitable discipline upon the members offending.

Second.—That the contents of the letter now received from Mr. Y/est, unexplained by him, constitute, in the judgement of this, church, an aggravation of his acknowledged off* etise in publishing it advance of its presentation to the church, and that any demand by one member of the church of an investigation into charges against another member, which charges, the member making the demand does not himself vouch for in any way, is deemed by the church a violation of propriety, aud a clear evasion of a just responsibility while the deinaud that such alleged charges shall be submitted in the first instance to a council, before the church has any opportunity to in" vestigate them, and before they have been in fact made to the church, is so plain a violation of the Congregation* al usage and christian decency as fe excite grave doubts of sincerity and good faith of such a request.

Third—That the examining committee are hereby instructed to summon William F. West before them at an early day and seek from him a satisfactory explanation of his conduct in these matters, aad if no explanation is received from him changfng the aspect of his case as presented by his own letters, to advise him to make fortliwsth a full aud ample apology, and in case of his lefusal to comply with the advice of the committee, they are further instructed to take such prompt actiou as the good of the church may require in the premises.

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pers, had been Drought upon There was a saying that when "Plymouth church was assaulted, 6he |j Avery to Follow In th^ JPMh of

showed her fangs." And so it would always be whenever she was assaulted, she would always show her fangs. [Tremendous applause,] They had always as a church endeavored to discharge the duties and trusts imposed on them, and consonant with their ideas of what those duties and trusts consisted, and to believe tenderly ir» and not to act precipitately in their judgments, to cleanse the church of what did not belong to it. While they had been doing this, there had been crouchidg at every step vigilant men who sought out their faults. Not one minister or Christian man had come to him, bearing the fellowship of other/ churches, had asked, "Why was1 this done?" They bad stood amid a1 crowd of watches for a period of years' they had thought that by this means they would drive the church into a srate of isolation, but this could only occur when this church would be put out of fellowship with other churches, and not wheB they went out. They were in favor of the project that each church should govern its own affairs. He desired to say that the time for silence had gene by. [Applause.] That whatever was to.be said, wouljl

Mr. Beecher then took his seat, the end of his remarks being received with hearty applause from the members of thechurch, and Mr. White moved the reference of the resolutions to the examining committee, which which was ca-ried by a standins and unanimous vote.

Mr. Shearman theu stated that he had received a letter from Mrs. Mouiton, but he was informed that it had been circulated around the newspaper offices for publication and he now desired to know what should be done with it. Mr. Reecber moved its reference io the examining committee to report baekjwhat action the church should take in the premises. This motion was adopted, and the letter was not read. After singing and the benediction, the 'meeting adjourned.

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be said, and when the matters of this church were at issue he inteuded to be there. In regard to the case before them, he wished to say he had not any other feeling toward persons brought forward in this controversy than feelings of brotherhood in God. But he thought when the parties were trying to injure thechurch, that churchesshould remove them from fellowship. These resolutions had.his hearty approval, and he was sure they would have the hearty assent of every right-minded man in the church, aud they should be acted on at once, unless brethren wished to give up their organization in thechurch.

Crooked Friends.

St Louis, Dec.3.—-Th# argunfent in the Avery case was beard to-day, and consumed the entire sessiou of tbe court The jury retired about half pastfive, and after 'being out about four hours, returned a verdict of guilty on(oue count of the indictmeut, the other three having been pronouueed bad by the court. Judge Krum, counsel for Avery, gave a notice that be would file a motion for & new trial, and he and Avery left the. court room, it beiag understood no additional bond would be required for the present, at least.

Dec.3.—In the Taft

and Weimercase to-day Judge Hubbell coucluded his argumentfor the defence and was followed by exSen it or Carpenter for the same side. Judge Dixson then closed tbe argumeut for the Government. Judge Dyer charged the jury, wbo went out at

and a little before 11 o'clock

tbe jnry in the Taft-Weimer case returned a verdict of guilty of the in» dictment, which charged them with oonspiray to defraud She revenue.

The bills are on tbe walls announcing Damoa and Pythias. _J5^0JtAND FXTHIAS^

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million a year at retail. Their stock is unusually large this fall, and, owing to the continued warm weather, extra exertion must be made to reduce

3ANCH STORES

in several cities for this purpose. About Wednes*5S, day, the 8th inst.. one large invoice of Clothing for

Men, Touths, Boys and Children

will arrive in Terre Haute, and will be

fine stand next to Hoberg, Root & Co., Hsuse building. These are all fine goods we shall have no shoady to show, we shall sell every dollar of goods we land in this town, at extra vagantlr low prices. We want it distinctly understood that we are not coming here to make money, but in disposing of

$40s000 or $50,000 worth of Goods

below actual cost, for cash. W© shall lose less than in carrying it over. Goods all fresh every piece made up for this Fall and Winte^tr ade-

We invite everybody to come and look over our stock. A corps ofgentlemanly salesmen will.-be attendance who will show goods whether par

Don't forget the place—OPERA HOUSE. Make it a point to come see

(JIUNTETTE CLUB.

Sacred To-3Iori*ow

Onc.^rt Night.

The concert to-morrow night at the Opera House should be well attended. It is wholly re[igious in its character. The progiauime which we print below is fAl of beauty. The encores, if any are made will consist of the most familiar of the sweet old airs which have been handed down to us from preceding ages.

PKOGRAMJIE—PART FIRST.

1. Concert Overture .Nicolai 2. Sacred air. '•'Gratias Agimns Tibi," Clarinette Obligato Gugliclmi.

Miss Fannie Kellogg.

3. Paraphrase, Lorelv ..Nesvadba Arranged by W. Hennig. 4. Solo lor violin, "Legende,"

Wie#iawski

Chas. N. Allen.

5. Quintette in C, op. 29 Beethoven PART SECOND. 6. Air, "Come Unto Me," frorii the

Oratorio of the Messiah Handel Miss Fannie Kellogg. 7. Grand Duo from Les Heugonots, lor violin and violoncello,

Yieuxtemps and Servais

Messrs. Schultze and Hennig. 8. Tema con Variazioni, trom quartette in A, op. 18 Beethoven 9. Serenade, violoncello obligate,

Franz Schubert

Miss Fannie Kellojg..^

10. Overture to Raymond, Ambroise Thomas

Welcome Bark.

Elsewhere will be seen the advertisement ofN. {Katzenbach, who intends to reembark in the retail trade. There is no man in the State wno has a more intimate and thorough knowledge of the tobacco trado in all its ramifications than Mr, K. His ol.d stand on'Main, was for years the headquarters for all who wanted good cigars. The extent of his wholesale and manufacturing trade induced him ^•'tsmporarily relinquish the retail business. Se has now returned to his first love. Mr. K. will continue to manufacture on a scale that will steadily enlarge with the advance oj years.

He gives employment to a large number of operatives and should in consequence and will, We are sure receive a large share of the re'.ail trade.

SocilhrMi

There was a social atUnion church in Otter creek township last night. It was very largely attended. A fine musical programme was rendered. Miss Fannie Muyran sang a, as did also Miss Nannie Kite. Misses Smith and Tuttie gave an instrumental duet Ther was also a duet rendered in pleasing style by Miss a a

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A Poor Man Has All 1t5is ?]EoiisclioId l-Mlscts itnrned. Last night about ten o'clock afire broke out In a house belongine to Mr. Lunday in the souh-western part of Otter Creek township occupied by a poor negro and his family. /Every thing was destroyed, the family narrowly escaping with their lives. Everything belonging to the tenant was destroyed.

In espouse to the earnest solicitation of many friends Miss Fannie J, Kellogg has consented to resume her old place in the choir at the Congregational Church to-morrow morning and sing again "Oh For A Closer Walk With God," which has so often before thrilled the congregation.

Reserved seats $1.0 General admissiou 75 Family circle 50 Gallery 25 at the Opera House, December 9th, to see Damon and Pythias.

That wiil be a crowded house which will greet Damon and Pythias.

Prcltjr Kettle of Fish-.-

New York, Dac. 4.-Charle3 Weston, one of the three negroes to'. be hanged on the 17th, was married to a Catherine Grey, a white woman, Thursdai'. The ceremony was per formed in bis cell, aud Dolan, convicted of the killing of Noe, stood up with him. The bride being Cathot lie, Weston consedted to be baptized and married by a priest, Jacob Standerman, and received a notice of respite.

Something Wrong:.

New York, Dec. 1.—Rev. Justin D. Fulton resigned pastorate of the Hanson Place, Baptistchurcb, Brooklyn, last eveuinjr. About 75 members of the church, including some of the most influential members, then tendered their resignations.

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... ut two thousand hogs ected with tbe Davis" itablishment, waiting, ie weather is too warm ^at present for Killiog*