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Show t::e r::v3 tekveexly ti;',es. tKMT, ruBLiMrFD cvrnr TK5S53AT AS3 cmnni-mTG- hadal, N Exposure of Ilritrj Effchfr. SATURDAY. Hard this tnd by Eev. Henry Ward BeAeher making a full coufession to her hus- Tilton had thus been improperly peras Jier trusted band, so that she would no longer be suaded to make falsely. Beecher, li ing before him a perpetual lie. In prompted thereupon by Moulton, reRELIGIOUS rfttCLFTOIt AXDGClDE. particular she said that she had been turned tbe letter to Tilton, with an ex1'ifUi, that tho pastoral visits made on tho point of making this confession pression of shame and sorrow for by I lev. lleury Ward Beecher during it in the manner he did. The four months previously", during a sethe year IffX, became so frequent as to w as lotter a follow s : feared she she when vere illness might excite 'comments; being in marked Dec. 30, TO. Wearied with imporBeecher also affirmed that She die. contrast w Ith his know n habit of makhad assured her repeatedly that he tunity and weakened by sickness, I ing few pastoral calls on his pari.ffion-erter Letter than ho had eerlood gave a. letter imiilnauing my friend loved which, frequently, in Mrs. Tiltons other woman, and she Henry Ward Beecher, under the assurany (use, is shew n in letters written to her ances that that w ould remove all diffiFELT JUSTIFIED BEFORE COD husband during his ubrenoo In ths culties between me and my husband. Went, thoso letters giving evidence In her intimacy with him, save the That letter now revoke. ' 1 was I perthat during a period of five or six w eeks necessary deceit which accompanied suaded to w hen I was almost forced, it, . twelve different pastoral calls on Mr-- U, and at which she frequently suffered in a very weakened state of mind. I Tilton wore made by Rev. Henry Ward In her mind. e and recall Its statements. I regret Ninth, that after the above named rieccbttrpw hieh e tlb. became noticeably to say explicitly that Mr. Beecher infroquent on his idum to hU home. confession by Mrs. Elizabeth R. Tilton, has never otlored any Improper solicibith, that previous to the aforesaid she returned to the country to await tation, but has always treated me In a criminal intimacy one of tho reasons such action by her husband as he manner becoming a Christian and a whiidi Mrs. Tilton alleged for her might see fit to take, whereupon many gentleman. of such exceptional at- considerations, the chief of whkh was Elizabeth Iff Tiltox." tentions from Rev. Henry Ward that she had not Voluntarily gono Beecher returned the At the lime Beecher was the fact that (die had been astray, but had been artfully miffed above to Tff toii through document, b rumors against through religions reverence for Rev. much Beecher requested Moulton Moulton, Henry Ward Beecher as her spiritual to call at his residence In Columbia HIS JIOBAL PLR1TV . t guide, together also from a de&ire to next day, which ho did in And wished to convince them ehe liis family Irom open shame, street, the protect of January 1st, 71. Along the could rcceii e his kindness and yet re- Tilbro eveninf condoned the wrong, and ho adarid lh.it she crafd interview then ensued iu which sist his s.lK itat dressed to his w ifo such letters of af-- Moo ton great coninspire him by her parity and fidelity, fection, tenderness and as he reqeet and chaste for his previous the trition tor remorse digan increased iwwt felt would restore her wounded spirit, CHIXISA U r Y vv ITU MRS. TILTOS, nity of womanhood. Previous to the and which did partially produce that to shame for having Autumn of 1M8 she maintained with effect; tliot In December TO a difference Taking his sacred ofliee as a clergymisus'd Christian firmness towards her pastor arose between Theodore Tilton and a man to corrupt her mind, expre-sffnthis position of resistance, always reC. Bowqh, w hich was augmentHenry In to case determination of himself kill were amorous which ploao, fusing his ed by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, and strong and oft repeated. In the letter Mrs. Beecher, In consevpaence whereof exposure, and lagging Moulton to take a pen and write from his (Beechers) to her husband, dated February 3rd, and at which Mrs. Elizabeth It. Tdton an apology to be conveyed to To love la 18.18, she wrote as follows: expressed in writing in a paper Jmt in- lips praisew orthy, but to abuse that gift is to tho hands of Francis D. Moulton-wit- li Tilton, in the hope that such an appeal would secure Tiltons forgiveness. Tba a Rln. There I am strong. No a view to procure a harmonious inwhich Beecher dictated to or tscinations could cause me apology terview between Tilton and Beecher. Moulton was as follows: to yield ny womauhood. Such interview was arranged and carIXTERVIKW W ITH F. D. S40ULT0X. Seventh, that the first suspicion ried out Ire Moulton at his then resiw hich c nssed the mind of Theodore My dear frienl Moulton I dence on Clinton street, Beecher and Tilton that Rev. Henry Ward Beecber Tilton through you, Theodore Tiltons forwriting and speaking then and and I humble myself before the affec- there for wasabusmgorniightabu.se the first time since Mrs. Til. giveness, him as I do before my God, He would which Mrs. Tilton tons tion and reveren copfesffon, six months before.' haTe been a better man in any circumbore townnla her pasior, was The paper in Mr. Moulton's hands was 1 have been. I can ask stances than AX IilPROrKR CARKRS a statement by 51 rs. Tilton, the subthat he w ill remember except nothing Given ly Beecher to Mrs. Tilton while stance of tho confession which she had all that would ache. the other breasts scaled by her side on the floor of hi before made, and her wish and w ill not plead for myself, I I really TRATEK FOR REOOXCILIATIOX library, overlooking engrsvines. Mr. w bh that I were dead; but others must Tilton, a few hours afterwards, asked And peace between her pastor and hus. live to suffer, I will die before any one his w ife an explanation of her permis- band. This paper furnished Beecher but myself shall be lncuYjiated. All sion of such liberty, w hereupon she at the first knowledze which he had as are running out toward my thoughts first denied the fact, but then confessed yet received that Mrs. Tilton had made friends and toward tho poor child my it and said she had spoken chldingly auch a confession. At this inten lew lying there and praviug with her foldto Beecher concerning it. On another between Beecher and Tilton permission ed hands. She is guiltless, sinned occasion Tilton, after leaving his house was sought by Beecher to consult with against, bearing the transgression of in the morning, returned to it in the Mrs. Tilton on that same evening. This another. I have humbly prayed to forenoon, and on going to his permission being granted Beecher de- God to put it into tlw heart of her husfound the door locked, and parted from Mr. Moultons house, and band to forghe nie. I have trusted w hen on knocking the door was opened inabout half an hour returned thither, this to Moulton in confidence. by Mrs. Tilton, Beecher was seen with- expressing his remorse and shame, and H. W. Beecher. in, apparently much confused and declaring that his life and work seemed In the above document the last senin tho tence and signature are in the handExiuBrnxa a flushed face. brought to a sudden end. Mrs. Tilton afterwards made a plau- samo evening, Tilton, on returning to writing of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. sible explanation, which from tho con- his house, found his w ife Here we leave out several WEEriXO AX IV IX GREAT DISTRESS, fidence reposed In her by her hu.sLJid, is unimportant of Saying that what she had meant for columas that was by him deemed satisfactory. before the statement Mr. Tiltons Fight, that in the springof 1870, upon pc jee had only given pain andanguish, want of space, and that Beecher had just called on her de- committee for Tilton's return from the Winters ho noticed in his wife such evi- claring that she had slain hiinamd that give the conclusion. Hds Times. dences of absorption of her mind tn ho would probably be tried before a Gentleman of the committee, havBeecher that in a short time an es- 'council of minhsters unless she would ing laid before you tho above .aworn retrangement took place between her give him a written paper for his protect statement, w hich I have purjKi-el- y husband and herself in consequence of tlon, whereupon she said he dictated to stricted to the relations of Mr. Beecher which she went into the country earlier her and she copied in her own hand with Mrs. Tilton, and with no other than usual for her Summer sojourn. writing a suitable paper for him to use person or person, I w i.sh to add an After an absence of several weeks she to clear himself before the council of explanation due to yourselves in the Mrs Tilton having kept no Golden Age, lately edited by me. The voluntarily returned to her home in ministers, of this paper her husband asked suggestion was made, not writh my copy on of the Brooklyn evening July 3rd, her to make a distinct statement in know 70, when then and there within a jew ledge or consent, that your comof her design and meaning in writing hours after her arrival, and after exmittee, in order to bo justly constituted, she wrote as fol- should acting from her husband a solemn giving it, whereupon comprise, in addition to the six lows: members appointed by Mr. Beecher, promise that he would do Rev. Henry Doe. 30 1S70. My dear nusband: I six others appointed by myself. To no Ward Beecher no harm, nor communl- to leave with yon, before going such proposal would I have consented, deffre te to him what she w as about to say, for I have never wanted any tribuual she made a circumstantial confession to bed; a statement that Henry "Ward whatever for an investigation of this to her husban i of the criminal facts Beecher called ujon me this evening subject. Neither your committee as at w Qld. defend him present constituted nor an enlarged hereinbefore stated, accompanied wi;h and asked me if I u sat jpn in a council of committee on the plan just mentioned, acc any against citations from nor any othercommiftee of any .kind, BLLiH Fits A110LMLXT3 A D EtASOX-JXO- S ministers, amll replied solemnly that could in and of its If have persuaded I w ould, in case his accused was any or compelled me to lay before yon the other person than my husband, lie, tacts eontatneil in tho preceding stateWith hep to overcome her long ment. Distinct v" bo it understood that Ward Beecher, dictated a letter, thiv-Henry facts had not been evoked by scruples against yielding to Jus w lffeh I copied as my own, to be used your committee because of any author-r- y desires, and declaring that she bad w hi h I recognize la n J or by him as against any other accuser you as a tribucommitted no wrong to her nal of inquiry, nor would they have her marriage vow, quoting In support except my liuffinnd. Tiffs letter was de- been violat'd up to any other commitof th'H opinion, that her pastor had re- signed to v iudicate Mr. Boecheragainst tee ox board oi refcH nee, however Conall other persons, sate only yourvjf. stituted, except a citurt of law; but on peatedly assured her that she was sjt-1,-- jt I was ready to give him tho letter be- the contrary I have divulged the above and chaste, w hieh she beliov id hercause he said, with pain, that my letter statement solely because openly pubself to lx. She further stated that her in your hands addressed to him, dated lished demands for it was made directeotnmptre with him had never prooeed-t- d ly to me by Itev. JIcnrv W. Beecher, from low or vulgar thonghl. either Dec. 2ft, had struck him dead - and end- aided and allotted by Mrs. Elizabeth R Tilton. These two parties, and these on her part or on his, but always from ed his sinfulness. and not your committee, have alone, I and .You are to do our pledged action prevailed w ith mo, y.o their pure affection and by ltest to avoid publk ity. Hod a oJicr or intiuenees, exerjit grant BEUOIOU3 LOVE. authority ntoll speedy end to all lurU.er anxieties. a court of law, could have been powerSho stated furthermore that ilr. Affectionately, ful enough to extort from me the above disclosures. For the sake of ono of habitually characterized their EuzAmmt. Ihr--s names would I have contho gladly term On the by next diy, namely, Doortnber tinued to hide these arts intimacy in the future she would suffer pa:n and sorrow if 31st, 1870, Jloulton, on being Informed as I have striven to do in incrssenily secret his JiidJqn were ever ma.le by Tilton of the above turned transac- ths psst; bnt by joint ft tion of Beecher and Mrs. Tilton I can withhold the known. She said her mind often tion IJ Beecher, called on him (Beechtruth only at tho price of perpslual deceit the for at his resilience, and told him that necessary bunlenedby er) to liiv nauie, in audun to the her tojpraetiee In order to provmt j V a recnni'iimkvn aeemod suddenly nude penahy which 1 already stiller in tho dea nio kn of a home otii-- as pUiasin; (suery, and that her conscience had im possible by as any in which joursclvtw dwell. BEKCHkRs XEFARtot H ACT. tiumy liiiKW imjx'llcd her to throw otr this bu idea of enforced fidr- - lumd by In procuring Uu letter which Sirs. lUs;cafully, Theodore Tiltox. z. c. n. i. coLrari td I:1:rt G. Clsitcr, ' Cc:ir F. New; LycffJ, York, 21. Mr. Theodore Til ton' after reciting the circum- stances which conroellcd him to 1.1 speak, expressing deepest regret tiiat it was his nainfut dotv to make the grave disclosures which would cause many hearts to ache, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1871. and expressing borrow for Rev. Henry Ward IJoeeher, who h:ul fortssl the facts from him, makes, KKF.CKEIMILTOS SCANDAL. nqder oath, the following We have not the ppaca suf- SADLY INTERESTING STATLMKXT. I lev. Henry Ward Whereas n ficient to publish entire the Beocher has instigated tho apaffair, tut give sufficient pointment of a commiftee, consUt-inthat our readers may understand ofxix meixiixrs of his church the charge's n3aint the pet pastor and society, to inquire into and upon the nllegsl of Plymouth church, who has rejmrt his uon character by Theodore considered lxvn a always very Tilton, and Whereas Mrs, Lliznliefh R, upright and pood man. Tilton, wife of TheMon? Tilton lias deserted her hou.se iu order to jlADhTO.NLS. . with Beecher in a to overthrow the crcdihib The supposed virtues of mad ity and good repute of her lj.tc stone' are discredited tv .scientific buff wind hs h nrin and citirra, men. The only t fiu'uoy, they.. can therefore, Theodore Tilton, 1eing have is that of lieinp imperfect thus authorized, and bya punished demand made upon him by cupping pluses, they being gen- Itev. Henri" Ward Beecher. and erally porous eoralites w liich w ill lieing now and hereafter releasxl adhere to a raw wound. Still, the by tlie act of Mrs. Tilton from further for a conLynchburg, (Ya.) Rspubticwi toils cealment responsibility of truth the touching a story which is important, if her relations with Beeehe.r, therewho-e A name true, Virginian, fore, Theodore Tilton hereby eels H gives, was lately hitten by a forth, under his solemn oath, the niomtin make, and before he following factsonand testimony: the peroral of First, that saiuld get any means of help his iM, at Plymouth Church, bitten leg wits very badly swollen Brooklyn, a tnarriago. ltween and his sufferings wero great, If Theexioro Tilton and Ulizsibeth R. not threatening to tie fatal. A Richards was performed by Itev. Ward Beecher, which marmadstone was applied to .the Henry thirteen years afterwards, riage, wound, and seemed to suck the was dishonored and violated by poison from it; the leg soon re- this clergyman, through sumed its natural size and the THE CRIMINAL PFDITTIOX . uncomfortable symptoms disap- Of this wife and mother, as herepeared. It is curious that the be- inafter set forth. lief in madstones exist in the Second, that for a period of about fifteen extending both beEast Indies as well ns in this fore andyears, after this marriage, an country, and many marvellous intimate friendship existed between Theodore Tilton and Rev. tales are told of its origin. Henry Ward Beecher, to such a that in consequence thereof degree Tuicnuarr again. the subsequent dishonoring by Beecher of his friends wife, was The curious manner in which a crime of uncommon wrongfulthe mperditions of witchcraft ness and perfidy. Third, that about nine years ago ttiil linger in the human mind Is Rev. Ward Beecher began drown by the case of a farmer his Henry with Mrs. Klizaleth friendship named Rubier, living atConnors R. Tilton, for whoso native deliCreek, Michigan, who has led a cacy and extreme religious sensiterrible life during the past five bility he often expressed to her admiration, visiting years, having ben leu itched, as hushandhigh her from time to time for yaarn, he a.erts, by an old woman who until tho year 1S70, w hen for reaonee called at his holise to beg. sons hereinafter stated ho eeased He regarded her as an imposter, such visits, during which period many tokens and attentions he and addressed her in a language by won the affectionate love of Mrs. .which brought down her curses Tilton, whereby, after long moral upon him. Since that time he resistance by her, and after has been afflicted at regular InterREPEATED ASSAULTS BY HIM vals witlp fits of screaming and Upon hermind 'with overmastershouting. The lari one com- ing arguments, accomplished posmenced two weeks ago, and ho session of her person, maintainwith her thenceforward durmade no pause until he was un- ing tlie period hereinafter stated, ing able to open his mouth for weak- the relation called criminal interness, This clear ease of Insanity course, this relation leing regardhis friends persistently attribute ed by her during thut ieriod as not criminal or to witchcraft, and are making such had been themorally wrong, power of his efforts to find the old woman in arguments as a clergyman to satorder to Induce her to remove the isfy her religious scruples against such a violation of virtue and cure. , i T, HcEtm. tom and IToprIi"ors. Betvh-er-Tilto- g te cor.-'pira- cy Oe-toli- er, - honor. , Fourth, that on the evening of BITTED THAN EXPECTED. Oetolier 10th, or thereabouts, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Tilton held an The proof in every pudding Is Interview with Rev Henry Ward ia the eating. The Boston Brah- Reeeher, at ills residence, the be-i- n then in mins, who, a short time ago, so A TENDER STATE OF MIXD, bitterly opposed the appointment of Butlers protege, Simmons, as Owing to the recent death and lmrial Collector of the Port, are becom- of her young child, and during this Snterv icw mi not of criminal interrernnse ing quite soft towards him, it ap- took pine? betw era this pastor and this pears. 'In reforming the Custom g parishoncr, tho motive on her port House, Simmons has unearthed a as hcreinliefore stated, not regarded hit of abuses great and small, and by her at that' time as criminal or, in some ea.es has brought "to rung, w Inch art vv as followed by light things w herein some of the similar aotsof criminality between there old officers aad sinecurians made aame parties at Tiltons residence during a pastoral v isit paid by Beecher to a grKxl deal of money at the cf the government. Instead her on the auhsequent Saturday cven-inof m iking new appointment ho on follow ed o by oilier similar acts occasions, from the Autumn is curtailing the various forces, of various IMS to the Spring of 1870, the doubling up saint of the depart- place being tllo two residences aforement ?, and running the machine-r- y said, and cxv&ffonally other places to with a far few or cogwheels and which her pastor would invite and achands. Butler hinwelf, it is said. company hr, or at which he would Is by no means plcn4ri with tiro meet lier by previous appointment; ability, energy and independence there sets of w rung being on her part bU young soldier1 hn3 tUs-- I from the first to the last, not wanton or consciously w Ickcd, but arising through jed. It is not so eay a matter tho blinding of lu r tin tal jns p. Ions, to insert a Look la. the gills uf a Occasioned by thoowcrlul intimiiee Triton. I evened ov cr la r u to at te-in- - ex-pen- -e g, al-- I nd that thno s, da-sir- ZXOITS 9P OPERATIVE Mercantile Institution, - bLLT 1 Lake city. hi-ns- dpmon-utratin- ns a-- k, The attention of ovr 'pat rot, f called to the following Lcjiart-vien- tt of the Institution and the class of goods dealt in by each. 3 WHOLESALE PRY. GOODS DErARTHEXT.. Dry Goodie, Notions, Hats, Caps, Wad Paper, Curtain Materialt and Chrpcts. WHOLESALE GROCERY AXD HARDWARE DEPARTMENT. Groceries, Hardware, Glass and Wooden Qtteensware, Ware , Powder, Duse, Agricultural lm plements, Dye' Stuffs , Paints, and Oils. lsd-chamb- er r.o-sene-e, main-tuim- sl I o DRUG DEPARTMENT. , Drugs, Medicines, Liguors, Chemicals, Perfumeries, Paints, Oils , and Dye Stuffs. CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. Men's and Roys' Clothing, Underwear, and Gentleman's Furnish' . ing Goods. BOOT AND SHOE DEPARTMENT. Men, Women and Children's Bods and Shoes, Sole and Upper Leather and Shoe Findings of ' eeery description. WAGON AND COJ.V75.S70JV DEPARTMENT. Studcbaker Wagons, all kinds of Agricultural Machinery, Iloon Timber, Steam Engines, Turbine Water Wheels, Ac., dc. The Institution is agent for the ceh Irated S i ngcr Sewing Machine , oicr one million in use in America. hu.-ba- i Been-hc- r nest-hidin- iu-tu- r - . Orders fa injure prompt attention should be addressed to the Superintendent or Secretary. W.H. HOOPER, pt3 -- Supt. . , ' n v J ( |