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Show t BY TEtBGltAPU . 'F. D , "Brooklyn, Aug. 4.'. Moulton, Eq. . "Sir Your letter bearing date of Aug. 4th, 874, is this moment received. AlAMERICAN. low me to express my regret and astonCincinnati, ft. ishment that you refuse me permission 'Pat Rogers." . while even to see certain letters and Tbe eteanjor papers in t liis morning, wns burned your possession relating to ms and the Aurora, ber entire cargo of cotton. It is charges made against me by Theodore 1!0 lives were lost. The Tilton, add at the i repotted Utat given for rethe lost, so far as fcuown, are fusal In your solemn and repealed asie8 of R- Stuart ami Mrs. Smith surances of personal friendship and in ns follows: J. lud-- . W. C. Biowh, the unquestioning confidence with which of Ma'lisJD, ton of 11. V. Brown, of Union you inspired me with your honor and Line Transportation Company, Charles fidelity, I placed in y:ur hands for haft: H. pittiuftu, Pilot Shirley Snider, ond keeping, various let.ers addressed to Jacob light, of the crew. The boat was me from a brother and sister, and varivalued at $00,000; insurance $37,000. ous other parties; also a memoranda of affairs not immediately connected with Value of cargo unknown. Engineer Holmes give9 the following Mr. Tilton's matters. I also from time nccount of the burning of the "Pat to time adJressed to you confidential Kogers" to day. It was uboutti o'clock, notes relating to myself ns one friend when just opposite Long Henry Creek, would write to another. These papers which flows into the Ohio, two miles were never placed in your hands to i below Aurora. I noticed a bright light held for two parties, nor to be used in cotton in the after uny way. They were to be held for me. along some bales of of the boat. I hastened to the spot I did not wish them to be subject to pirt found them Hud burning rapidiy and risk, loss or scattering from any careless of being imme- habits in matters of preserving docuthe possibility beyond Then I hastened ments. They were lo be held for me. diately extinguished. to the hurricane deck and gave the In so far as these papers were concernalarm to the pilot that the boat was ed, you were only a frindly trustee, burning, axd told him to run ashore. holding the papers subject to my wishes. He attempted to do so, but the boat re- Mr. Tilton made a deadly assault upon me, and has used letters and fragments fused totibey the helm, hence it is the tiller rope was cut and the fire of letters purporting to be copies of these papers. Are these extracts genuwas iBeendiary work. Another theory is that a passcBger ine? Are they garbled! What are their dropped a spark from a pipe on the cot- dates? What, if anything, has been left You refuse my ton bale. The boat became unmanagea- out, and what put in ! ble and drifted on ft saud bar, and the demand for these papers on various pleas. Humes, instead of spreading along the That if I speak the truth in ray statelower deck, shot up the cabin and pilot- ment I do not need th cm; that if I make use of them it will be injurious to Tilten, house, and then swept across the hurricane deck. The passengers were all and that you, as a friend of both pararoused, and the boats lowered, .and ties, are bound not to aid cither in any many were carried ashore; but others single act that shall injure the other. I in their fright, jumped into the water. do not desire to injure any one, but to Those who were not drowned reached a repel the injury attempted upon me by safe lauding place, after drifting a long the use of papers committed sacredly to time with the current. There were your care. These documents have beeu They have been nearly a hundred people on board, but a seen and copied. fma)l proportion of the number are hawked for sale in New York in newspaper offices. What purported to be my aotually lost. The casualties by the burning of the confidential notes to you are on the but when I demand a sight at bo far as ascer- market, "Pat Rogers," tained, are: missing, 16; known to be the original papers, of which you are lost, 8; believed to be doomed, 18. A the only trustee, that I may defend myUrge number are seriously injured by self, you refuse; because you are a friend the burning. The boat burned near the of both parties. Mr. Tilton has access shore, the names enveloping the whole to your depository for materials with side of tho vesssel. The passengers who which to strike me, but I am not permitjumped out on that side were nearly all ted to use them in dctending myself. I lost or badly turned. None who used do not ask you to place before the comlife preservers were lost.. Two ladies mittee any papers which Mr. Tilton were saved without using them. Many may have given you, but I do demand e sank by clingingHo each other in water. that you forthwith place before the ' The scene of the wreck is thirty miles every paper which I have written from here by the river, and a mile and or deposited with you. Yours t'uly, II. W. Boecher." a half below Aurera, ' Indiana.' Heart-- , Moulton says he has answered the lessness and heroism were displayed in officers exerted above letters, and expresses surprise awful i contrast. themselves nobly lo save the passengers. that his answer is not given to the pub- A man who claims to be the last to leave 110 as well as the letter of Mr. Beecher, the boat says' the last object he saw was Moulton stated this 'afternoon that he a child three years eld beyond Ms reach, would go before the committee this evenalone, naked dancing wjth. paie, crying ing.. Uen. Butler has been telegraphed or and shouting. The flames burned it. Not one of eix small children aboard and .will be in Brooklyn to night. He was saved. Oue young man,' ,Robt J. will probably act us Tilton's counsel. Muore, says a woman came to him with ' Moulton s second Jetter to Beecher, : ' ' . ' i.. .''-,; . a child and begged him to save them. reads: He threw a mattrass Into the river and "My Dear Sir: In our acquaintance told her to jump to it, when half a doien and friendship' I have never received tuca seiied the mut trass and the woman from you a letter of the tone of yours of rushed away half frantic and bewildered. August 4th. It seems unlike yourself It is thought she was burned. t and to have been inspired by the same 111 advisers who had so lamentably ... s Omaha, 5. carried your private affairs before The Government directors ef the U. 1 and railroad left here for the West to a committee of your church In: reply, make the annual inspection of the roads. thence before the. public. St Paul, 6. i let me remind you that during' the of the past ; four years all A desirnctive: hailstorm visited the whole the documents, notes and memoranda northwestern partof the State yester whichyeu ond Mr. Tilton have' enIs dayMpch damage to crops reported.' The mayor of Laramie City, Wy., tele- trusted to me, have been so, entrusted reference to your graphs to General Ord for cavalry to because they had a hold : uo papers I. mutual differences. and stock raisers protect the eitiiens his or except such as lean there from Indians,' who begin to show either o. yours of a memoranda You this on case. speak themselves there. , . . t 1 connected with affairs not of : r immediately A . NewOr!cani,s5.v The Republican State Convention, to the" Tilton matter.'; You probably allude to the memoranda of your difhcul day, elected D. Young, a colored man, here ties with Mr. Bowen, bqt, these have president pro tern; and after appointing reference to your preseut case direct a conlmittee on credentials, adjourned and were deposited with me with Tilton, until of such reference. ' You because by you 5. .Cincinnati, or two from your a of also letter The Republicans of the Fourth Indi- speak I am sure you and aud. brother sister, i W. J. ana) District, to day, 'nominated we Robinseu, a farmer, of Decatur County have not forgotten the apprehensiou fulshould Hooker Mrs. " ' lest entertained ' ' for Congress. fil a design which she :; foreshadowed, to 'v iult fiaynor's lftcl against Tilton was evade your pulpit and read to your conwitharawn to day. The complainant, in gregation a confession of .your intimacy conclusion, said, vl have, heard the case with Mrs. Tilton. You. spcak-oother i to lbe taken before a higher court. which subject to your lliold papers law of wishes. I hold none such, nor dor do I Truth, justice and a our common wealth were my only mo- hold any subject to Mr. Tilton's w ishes. tives fof bringing it to-- trial, as full sat- The which,! hold, both yours and isfaction can be obtained before a higher his, papers were not given to, be subject to tribunal. I therefore withdraw the com- either of the parties, but the very object plaint." The case was then dismissed. of my holding them has been, ami still is The following are the letters written to prevent the 'wish of one party being by Beecher to Moulton: injuriously exercised against the ether, you are ineerrect in. saying thai Mr l. :' ::!i'jBro.klyn; has had access 19 my d jp s t ry "My Dear Friend The committee of Tilten On' tb'e contrary 1 have of materials. investigation "are waiting aniieusly for refused Mr, ".Tilton such access during .""jsti before closing their labors. I. Ihe preparation of his sworn statement. wish that you would come and clear vour mind and memory of every - He came to fne and said his case sou!d X gave the use of thing that can bear on my case, il pray be incomplete unless refused I him and all but all documents, yon alsj to bring ajl letters and papers were notea" as such he"could rely upon, to it which will throw any light relating , he had made from time to 'time from ; .upon: it,; and briny; lo a result' (Ms; pro-"f yours, which you lad" Writ-te"ratted case. I l. trust that Ms! M 'has writing to b read lo him, and ptwdlges me to need ber and that bad .whioh.4 vcaujth.t from my Hpst jin fyour care will boC be 's6' great as te; short detain you. r. ( jseto only . a partof the. papers Jn .Miiy possession and vrmfld brmoro learn I the entire facts of hV feisVitatf 3$pu . 1 ... ea-o- ns - Cincin-cinnti- i, b-- be-live- d to-da- Vhat idle Tumors may can poseitJy be have existed in newspaper offices I know not, but they have not cme rrbnime. In closing your letter you fay; ,. 'I,do not ask you to place before the committee any papers which Mr. Tilton may have given you, but I do demand, etc.,' In reply I can only say 1 can not justly place before the committee the papers of one party without doing the same with the papers ef the other, on4 I cannot d this honorttbly except either by legal process compelling me, or else by the consent in writing not only of yourself, but Mr. Tilten, with whom I shall r on the subject, as speedily as possible. You will, I trust, se a greater spirit tsf justice in this reply than you huve infused into your unusual letter of August 4th. "Very respectfully, Francis D. Moulton." Mrs. Woodhull. in her Weekly says Mr. Kinsella, editor o( the Brooklyn tkiglc, told her he 'knew all the facts iu the Beecher case before she published them, and tli'at Beecher had come to him aud implored hint not to make any This statement of Mrs. exposure. Woodhull was brought to the aitention of Mr. Kinsella ond he said if it had been made by a man he would pronounce it a lie, but being made by a woman he would simply declare it conspicuously inexact. Mrs Woodhull declares that she was always treated in a kiiidly manner by Mrs. Tilton, especially so in the last cull she made. . , to-da- y gan Branch Caroccries, ' ' V . i s t Ii AND ' RETAIL WHOLESALE Dry Ooodft. . 't S con-fe- " f 4 Hardware, lloot.s mid Slioes, JIatM and Caps, Crockery, GlasMinro, AoUous, Ac, A c,m NIovoH and TIiMvarr, Iruj;s aVIedii liK H Gents' and Boy's Heady Made ClotJiing, IN GREAT VARIETY. CELEBBATED to-da- y, SINGER SEWING MACHINES, Wood's Champion and Excelsior Mowers and Reapers, Bulu, and Whitewater lVagons, WOOL WANTED. Wliickcstcr and Democrat Uglil Spring 1Vagon, AND EVERY DESCRIPTION OF .: WOOLEN MILLS OGDEN, ' Farming Unties ' Art now LSO,- -A- THE EXCLESIOJl Implements. lo OrdeF on Short Notice. turning ut In ruiraiBg order and California and Concord Harness and Harness CXOTIK, Trimmings. WHICH WILL BE Leather niul Shoo Finding;. EXCHANGED FOR WOOL IIItST-CLAS- S . ! r&Ui. tf A. HANOI LI.. II. JWGPim, Superintendent. TV. 1 NOTICE. ..; w ' : . Z. G. M;; I. j E, THE TJNDERSIGJfED.nAVKTHIS BAY by BiutUiU conut, diMolvttl )irtnrhij. I FAK5K3 t.MITII, 'Loeau City, litaii. April 8th, 1S74. I ud fmith, HAVE THIS DAT BOtGHT THE Br;PINE?S promisM formerly known at Variifi A Mi l wil! rtcriv money auil ny ull l:litio of flrui, from Nov. 7th 1S7Z, to April 11. U. i'ARN'KS, Stli, 1S71. : City. April Sth.lST 6ir lrn ' ;"! . VE GUARANTEE WAGONS & MACHINERY tht. polnti m Mng (U 'Itit, tJlor much itmly ud xiorlcuc,KQtl know Uiat on tbit TecomnicndutloD. . t . i . . H .- SnppUoit to ESTEY ORGAN. . - " C 'Age'nt' for Northern Vlah, - - JOHN FOWLElt, : -':- - ; WAGONS, IX . rurdiuwr . . ,: ' ""( ! JIAYE OPENED IN.LOOAN OGDEN, BRANCHES OF OUR WAGON WE ami MACHINE DEPARTMENT, so Jhat thei'peop! of the 'orthrn Counties c&n purehase without coming to Salt Lake Ciljr. tan rtly THE BKST JJADB AN-- FOREST-TONE' STRCMENT MANUFACTURED. Nolii-e- . All Orders Sent to M. THATCHER, Lo(ant will Kcceive 'Prompt Attention. Wool "Wanted Immediately. -- . All Kinds of Produce Forwarded to Any Point ; on tho Shortest f at re&iouable com-mite- he LiO IIAMriOX, WOODS, KXCKLSIOH and WOItM ' SfOXVr.StS, lroipcrs or1 Adlf Rakers. ' OODEX. .. i TIIHESIIIXG MACIIIXES ajifi (TlJLliY HAKES, - . . ' lft-t- f . . , ."A . t 9-- ; A3t l ,j j , ' . , n tn '."'.5. Mocwos, Eeq." 'rpned'' t V' OUDEN. i U, VlSITlSd WOOtlWANTED.f' & rniiR : L . .., - .. i ' i ; ca iix Id xp exa jiiXE ,J - U ' Bri,W'atcbiwkw,'J i . I i ,i . ' ix rnr. Jnwitur iy IIk IU WK, woni,t);-pr.RrEr- iFD of tli wiug Juu. , Au IIOXIvSTllACIIIi: and not 'subject lo FITS. POIHTS 0FSUPERI0RITY: , PiTion t iir.PT Ll.IAa DO KLTTliR TlfAN TO ' SMUT HOWE BALI LAKE C1TT, YoUmOT ' OppoiW WI1KKL? W. H. HOOPER SuperiatenJent. . Agent for PateBt Altiniiqous JSulld- - fr4 1 4 SEWING-MACHINE- . , fur LOUAN.. u PEOPLE COXFECTIOKERY, d Jiil. ' j. 20tf j . , f well-define- TIIATCIIKn,.AOKNT, ,t Unt Kurnwro jel !,! ,vi TtltniNK rwlv onW n. .IIAB.VIKD W1I1TE,,A015XT, REED. ::ii't ..!: , ; J- MOS12H .1 : gmin, corn or Klatp, , v 4,. MACUl.NlUC18TMd8AHkMlLl,protbtrrtkliiutliiUUkHMtu ! J. to n,.V. th. HABfllWwrrHt invcucd. Our K.MOOTIIIXti fni)rmnllon Instructions givoo by lha quarter. : " Tt W.brto4 THOMAS j ! tw t tli bil cnltivatur tor Kraiw, Bod attindtd 'to. cB Mrtrraw on trial. , k I)Hiii-mwll- l TU rHr Orders by letter promptly Simplicity ami Perfection of JIechaitiHin , 'dlCIIK COVXTX. LO(JA, 'iatf - , ' " :H DurabUltyjTvtvlU .last a , , A'? ; '.Lifetime, TT Range of )fork without p:aoi)ucE.;.sTORR Perfection -- IU ' ' 'JV J't n ,TXVT for OiB purcliitKa &n Kale of GArtUn.and.draMH Ai m aIV'soeoi? TRJCCT, j btid, t ftt'ftRl; Vdioinlnlr i . ki W .. . ot FURNITTJEE ! ti Ct)-o- pi Clock n.l'urallft. of Stitch and ;'' ' MniKHcmcnt. Take-u- p. AdJUHtable .tX?.Jt'T.n&n. our ?tl 1 2 Iliad, nj PHrn ri .MXtoiYx.Xi. k,C3,i ,i jf,r-- v r. f Hit j,. Self A d1hint in g RenioTfd'froiii'Main iSlrcct U lialf-block-rf- i? i Ease of Operation and ilTALL PAPEK laid FEAT1I EJUS. . . 'f M I. V". SAMUEL MILLER. JUN., Kv.i.t Alio tl flUM ' Hoamm, a ff vt went C Z.Ck M...I.. Salt lake city it ; tfiiy |