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VOL. XXIV-NO. 4. INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 3874. WHOLE DUMBER 1.7(4 HERE'S WHITEWASH. IT IS NICELY: LAID ON. And Reflects Credit on the'Artists REPORT- OF THE COMMITTEE. The Finding is that Beecher Did Anything- Wrong. Never A CLEAN CAKD. KE.Di;n:so of the report -toe members OP THE COMMITTEE ALLEGE THAT IT IS ALL A VII.E CONSPIRACY AND "WISH SEECH KR HAD RENT FOR A POLICEMAN AT FIRST THE TRACK OF THK WILY SHEARMAN Is PLAIN. Ni.w York, Ao?. 28. The following Is the rtiort of the Plymouth Churci investigating omniitiee read at the church meeting to-night: To the Examining Committee of Plymouth I'hurcn: Dkap. Ebetiiren: The pastor of Plymouth Church, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, ad dressed to us a letter on June 27, ls7l, of which the following Is a copy : Brooklyn, June 27, 1S7I. Gf.nti.kmex: In th present state of put He leeung i owe n to ray menus ana to ine t-uurcn and society over which I am the pastor to have tome propar investigation made of the rumors, i asinu Jiions or charges made res pectin elm y con duct as compromised by late publications made ry ;ur. mton. l nave thought that both the church and the society should be represented. audi take the liberty or asking toe following ten (lernen to serve la this Inquiry and to tl thai which truti aud Justice may ro- mire. I beg that each of tiie gentlemen im d will consider this as If ii had been "-praTly and personally sent to him, namely: 'rom t!ie church, Henry W. Sage, Augustus jsiorrs Henry M. C eveland: from the society. itorai-e l. ciaain. John vwuslow. s. o. White I desire you, when yoa have satisfied yourselves by an impartial and thorough examination or an the sources of evidences, to communicate to the examining committee or to the church .such action as men may seem to you right and wise. IIeübv Waud üekciikk Tlie committee named having signified their willingness to serve In the grave matters sore "let red :o theru. Mr. Beecher sent the following letter to t!ie examining committee of Plymouth vuurcr:: JCLY 6, 1S7A. Dk.vr Brethren: I enclose to a letter la which I have requested three gentlemen from the church and three from the society of Ply mouth Church, gentlemen of unimpeachable i spute and who have not been Involved in any oi the tri. Is through which we have passed dar in;: the year, to make a thorough und lmpar li:il examination of all the charuesor insinua tions against my g.od name, ami to report the haiiic to you, and I now respectfully request that von will eive to this committee the authority to tctinyour behalf also. It seemed wise tome that the request should proceed Mom me and without your foregoing knowledge, and that you should give to It authority to act in your hehalfinso far as a thorough investigation of the farts should be concerned. Henry Ward Hlher. Thereupon the examining committee duly an tlmrized the committee named in the letter o June J7, to act In their behalf also. Secaud our committee can not here rt-train from re ferring to the inexpressible regret with which they in common with all good men feel, that umontrotable circumstances have made it nec essary to discuss la the most public manner the unhappy scandal which is the subject of the present inquiry. But accepting the situation as we .'ouad it when we entered upon the high and solemn trust thus imposed, we have b.-eu pro foundly impressed from the beginning with the grave importance of the work before us. For a considerable time vague and indefinite ru mors have been in circulation touching In a vi tal manner the Christian integrity cf our eloved patur. But nothing had appeared from a known responsible source in a tangible form uiml a letter of Theodore Tilton's to the Kev. Dr. -Bacon appeared, which wai published on the 3iih day of January, 174. It was theappearant of this letter that moveu Mr. Beecher, two days Afterward, to request an "immediate investi gation." It will be seen by the terms ofthat reft uet that some proper Investigation is asked fur by him of the RUMORS, INSINUATIONS OR CHARGES made respecting his condact, as. compromised by the late publications made by Til ton. We are invited to make an impartial and thorough ex amination of all the Sources of evidence and ad vise such action as might seem rieht Third. In conducting his in vestigatlon we have faithfully endeavored to make it iborouRh and impartial aud to obtain fcuch facts as are revalent to the Inquiry .from all attainable sourcts of evidence. For this purpose we have summoned or requested, the attendance of the follfiwlns persons to testify before the commit tee: Mrs. Elizabeth R. Tiiton, Mrs. It. W. Beech er. Samuel Wtlkeson, J. li. Howard, Theodore Tiiton, Samuel E. Beecher, Mrs. N. E. Morse, Ol iver Johuson, the Rev. R, H. storrs. I. D.. Dwight Johnson. Isaac if. Bailey, Mrs. Putnam, John V. MaMO.tfce Kev. V. W. Patton, Alary Cumett, Ii char I P. Buck.' Frances It. Carpenter, Albert F. Norion, Thomas M.Vallle, M. Holmes, the Hon. N. B. Morse. Mrs. Mary B. Bradshaw, jo wr,i IUrhards.it Iks Elizabeth Turner. Francis W Stile. M. D., C'has. Coves. . M. D.. Dr. Menton, Alis Oakely, Miss Elizabeth A. ovingron, airs. Wallace, the Kev. H. B. Halllday. Thon. U. Sher man. Ben. F. Tracr, Francis D. Jlou'ton, Frank Jia Woodruff, J, W. Harrison and the Puev.H. W. Beecher. The most of the persons uami imve attended. as reauested. befoie the torn- mitten. One notable exception is Francis B. i orwntfr. Francis D. -Moult on promised to testify freely, but has failed ,to do so. II Via submitted three short statements in writing to the committee, consisting ehlefty r,r tb reason whv he declined to tu.Hfv tnri of nroinises to testify at the call of the committee. The committee have called him three times, with the results stated. fn addition to the erldence of the pcrsoas named, we have examined a considerable nnnv iior of lAtutra and other documentary evidence. vtiielt in Knm ft whv was suppose! to relate to n.a imh-eef matter ofthe Inouiry. Wehavehad in the t'tonecutlon of our investigation 2S sess ions. Fourth. Mr. Tiiton in his letter to Bacon, nublished on the 3äth of June, 1, .fntM that knowledge , came to hlru n lvrn that Rpeeher had committed an offence against hira which he forebore to name or ch ar ac ierle, and in the came letter hitTedooed what he alleged to be extracts from a letter, signed by xt r. 1'A.chM. dated January 1. 1SV1. This alleged letter, the whole of which appears in Tiiton s iiubseqnent statement belore the committee, has come to be known as me leiieroi npnu;j. vhen ihla committee commencea its moorn there wan no -allegation before them except atuch vague allusions to an offenco of ome sort tjiii to have been committed by Beecter aicainst r,in. and for which, according to the same authority, he" had apologized. It will thus fce Keen that the question before the committee was ifhat. If anv. offense naa xur. rieecuei ,.nTnittrl ft?ninRt Mr. Tiiton. Fourth. At r. i.itI rurtofl of the inveiiift ion Ti:inn ws callrfi before the committee aud .Uni itendd written utitement. and in a sense' ifpeclHc charges, which showed that the -T,in ref-rrd to in the Bacon letter, so called. was, as Mr. T. now alleges, adultery with his w if. Br this statement, so rn de by Mr. Tilion, the field of inquiry was somewhat cnlarg-d, kv liefert liU-Ls. letters and circumstances w-t forth therein. U is proper in this conuection i tat tiiat Lh offen-e as alieced by Mr. Tiiton inrinir coma four years, and until recently, to sumei'oas paiaous iu wilting and other ways, AN IMPROPER SUGGESTION or eolicltatloa by Mr. Beecher to Mrs. Tiiton. Xutastlme passed and pnrroses matured this charge passed aod matured into ano. her form aud a jtstmoe. The oTense oommltt-d by Mr. .Beecher, as now alleged by Mr. Tiiton, is stated nubs antlally in the third and fourth sub 11 vis ions of hU statement. By the statement the Uarge in effect is that Mr. Beecher at hia resi dence, on the evenlngof October 10, ls,or there- abouts, ommitled adultery with . , tiiza lieth It. Tiiton, the wife of Theodore TIL ton: that this act was followed by a sim ilar act of criminal intercourse letween the same persons at Mr. Tilton's residence on the subsequent Saturday evening, followed alo, by other similar acs on various occasions, irom the autumn of 1S6S to the spring of lfTo, the ploces being the two resldencts aforementioned, 4 und occasionally other places to which her pastor could invite and accompany her, or at which he would meet her by previous appoint inent. The remain Jer of Mr. Tilton's statement Is made up of citations of the alleged lact and circumstances . which he seems .to con sider relevant, or .important as evidence sustaining his charges. As above stated the committee have given the evidence their most careful consideration, and find therefrom that in l.vil Mr. Beecher ttva ue tlie editor and Mr. Tiiton assistant editor of the Independent; tht during this relation they became M ann and intimate friends, that in or about lst. Mr. Til ton began to urge Mr. Beecher to visit his, Til ton's house, and he became more intimately acquainted with Mr. Tilton's family. He urged Iii into do much of his editorial wrltlug in his study, aslt was more convenient to write there thsn intheofliceotthe Independent. Mr.Beecher visited his house and friendly relations sprang up between the wile and family of Mr. lilton and Mr. Beecher, which continud (Iowa to December, 1870; that the friendly relations ex isting between Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tiiton were always well Known ana unaervoou anu met w.th "Tilton's cordial approval. Some yars be fore anv open trouble appeared ietween Air. Beecher and Mr. Tiltou, his (Mr. Tl ton's) doc trines as set forth in the ludenendtnt. of which he had become the editor, aroused a storm of indignation and opposition in the West, where this paper was widely circulated. Alter mum discussion this led to the Martine ot the Advance newspaper in . Chicago to supercede the Independent.. Mr. Tiiton, while editor of the Independent, a leading religious newspaper, bad come to deny the inspiration of the scriptures nud ine divinity or i nrisi. 111a sec! at views about this time also underwent a radical change In the direction or free love. This marked change in the religious and social views of Mr. Tiltou wasasonre of great frrief and sorrow to Mrs. Tuton. Mi&.Tlltn seemed to be a very religious woman, amounting almost to an enthusiast, and when this change recurred In her husband she naturally t ought her pastor for counsel and sympa by. s,he set forth In strong terms the suffering her husband s course was causing her. it now appears mat, uuring these years, Mrs. Tiiton became strongly at tached to Mr. Beecher, and in Jaly, h7it, con fessed to her husband an overshadowing atlec tlon for her pastor. On or about the luih of Ie cember, ls70, Mrs. lilton separated lrom her bushand. going with her children to her mother 's house. She sent for Mr. Beecher, and on his visiting her, she made to him a state ment or her sunerings and the awise wniensne had received at the hands of her husband, which greatly shocked Mr. B. He asked and re ceived permission to send to Mrs. Tiiton his wife, whose Judgment in such matters lie con sidered letterthan bisown. Bubssequentiy he greed in ad vis ng with his wife that it was de si r a Me that Mrs. T. should separate from her husband. Mr. Tiiton, however, subsetnently FORCKD HIS W1FK TO RETURN to his house by sending for and obtaining pos session ofthe youngest child, who was slcX with the crotty during Mrs. Tilton's temporary ah seuce fror her mother's house. She suflesed a miscarriage the nex;t day after her return.. On the2th, which resisted irt a serious IllDess, continuing until after the first of January, her ylwslchm bMng in daily atteadanee on ner irom me o? December inclusive, of this year, owing to a Ytth to the anh In Decrmber Early marked change in Mr. T.'s reHgton and soclr views. Mr. Bown felt constrained to give him- notice that his services a.- the editor of toe I ti- dependent would terminate at a day named in the notice. Suoiequentiy to this- notice, and on or about the tith ot December, M Bowen had entered into a contract with Mr. Tiiton by which he was to the editor or the I5rookl u Dailv Union and cäief oont.-lbntor of the Inde- )endent lor five- years. But 'When a .ev days after rnakir.g this contract Mr. Bowen received, such informal on or niton immor ality as alarmed bini and IM to on interview between himself, Tl ton, and wner jonnwn.ai the housoof Bower, on the KWh day of Decem ber, ls.'U. At this interview Ma Tiiton souyht to retain his place and Bowen 's'oon lid en ce ey of fering to loin Bowen In n attack on Mr. Beech er. This interview replied inaa insolent 'etter, which Mr. Tiiton wroMjaud sisntdon theLSXhof Iecember, demandint? titat Mr; Beecher ieave the Plymouth pulpit nnd Lrooklyrr. That even ing Mr. lvren, on his-way home, delivered this letier to Mr. Beecher. Mr. B-ech.w read it, ex prerel his astonishment at the reeeir of nch a letier, and denounced its authors Mr. Bowra then dropped the letter atd gave aim" some ac count f the reasons cry aecount of vhich he had redece! Ti'ton fro tke ed!3oihip of Cb Independent to the wTwrdinate- sosiuon of contributor, saying tlTUion'8 irHgisusaid aociai -views were ruining the pape x and thai he was now ooosuaenng wiur ne com oonswi- ently retain him as et i tor of the Broeklya Vaion e chier eontributTec me lnd peuaeav. They conversed lor some-time, Mr. IJowen w1k) lsg Mr. Beeeher's opinkriu which wa freery given. Mr. Beecher said that he did not see bw Mn. Bowen eon Id retain u reiatioaswnir. Tiiton. Mr. Beecher 6ke stronxiy of tie threatening letter and tae revelati n be- had Just had) eoiKrrrlng Tilnns domestie afftlrs. Bowen read 1 uioq a tnrent enmg teilen, ana sota t aat If trouble came he would 8ünV hy Mr. Beecher. It seems that Ed wen communicated to- Mr. Tiiton on the- following .y the eonveraauon he hau hao.- wnn ml i-eeer, and Iiis rntention to stund by him (Mr. Beecher). XI now appears that on tfce Ztü of Leeesafter, 1370, Mr.liltoo having learaed the advice Mr. iveoher gave Mr. Bowc u jaa wnicn was nseiy t bring blmCaeeto face with the loasof laee and position. extorted from his wife, then lying l J. or iisairis?e, a icumeni implicating ifceeherevldeneing h er love tor her pastor and acousing hihk f havls g raadeen lmevrooer so- Bcltation to her. On uhe following dy heseu'. Mr. Moaltou K Mr. B ecLer reouesünsiin iatc-r view with Mr. .Ueecher at Mnltcn's house. That evenltig Beecher aoeordkngly Biet Tiitetk at Moullon's house. Tillu n received . lüm with a memoranda in hand and proce edetti to charge Mr, BeechtB with beioz unfriendly, wl ih him and seeking his downfall, spreading lnramousruRiorsauout aim, undermining ni m and advising ltowen to dismiss him ; lnjurl ng hiai in bis laraiiy relatis. ioinine hi iTtltcrti'si moiher-in-iaw in prod uotaxdiM-orU in the house, advising a steptrauon ahenaling lUs wue a af fect i n from him. galRinxher love more than nny It-tng.'eorraptlng her moral vlrwte by teach lnz tu r to be insincere, lying ana hypocritical and ending by charging that he had made wtcKeu proposnals to-her. niton the p rot. need a written, paper, purporting to bo a memorandum ox a eoniession i&ade in J my prevlous.to him by ixia wife, ot her love tor Mr. Beher, and that he hftd made proposals to hen of an impure nature, niton, in the &aid sub division ot his statement before the committee. refering to the time. L'er-ember, l?7ü, stales his grievance!, and the Ofrtse-of the complaint of Beeche-r as toucbinsx Ti'tton's business relation; with Bowen, in these words r , "lhat he, Mjr. Beecher. then partleir ated in a conspiracy to dejrsKWThexxloreXULc.n before the publio ,BV THK LOSS OF HIS PLACK, ba.slnes-s and repute.'". It is clear that oa the Z)lh day of Decern!, when the so-called lae-m- orandum of oonJasuion was procured froca Mrs. T the chief IncUIng cause of that step on Tii ton 's part was 1 J to t lief that Beecher had caused htm the loss of place, business, and repute. Mr. Beecher says tiiat this chargeof impure proposals fell on him lik.fe a thunderbolt. Could it bti pos sible that Mrs. TU ton, whom be had regarded as the type of so much moral t;oodn-s, houlrt have made such false and atrocious statements! Tiiton reqiwstec Beecher to repair to his house. where she watt waiting for nim, and learn from her lips the trutb of the stories tn so far as they coacerned her. The interview was dw, and resulted in a written retraction of tht' charee of bor who aeeimd in great distress, la asortol postscrli to there ruction bhe denied explicitly Uiat Wr. B. bad ever oflT-ied any lm- irooor sol' citations to her. tnat being the only charge made v Tiiton, - r relerred to in the statement about the confession In July. Oi the nexkeyenlng Moulton eslled at Mr. Beechei 'a house, and went up into his Iwdroom. He said that he and Tiltoa had learned that Mrs. T. had given the re'raction. He expostulated, and said that the act was unfriendly aud wouldn t mend matters, and Mrs T. Lad alr-ady recanted ths retract ion, and that Mr. T.had already his wife's nrstpiperof confession. Moulton ciaimf d that Mr. Beecher had acted unlalriv; that the difficulties could be settled without such a paper, aud that Beecher oiiühlto give It up. Mouiton was invreatap- Pirent excitement; he made no verbal threats. but disolayed a pistol, and laid it on the bureau near which he stood. The paper wt given hirn, and alter a few moment's talk he leiu It i an amazing great pity that at this Juncture Moulton was not handtd over to the police. It would have saved much that followed, which Is doubly deplored. Mr. Beecher's dis tress at the situation was boundless. He saw the peril of being even falsely accused 11 blamed himself for much that had occurred. He could not tell how mncli of the impending trouble coma ne airriomea to airs, niton e undue anvc Hon. - for him, 'which - it was his duty to . have repressed. "Mr earnest desire," be says, . " to - avoid . pnb'le accusation and the evils which much neces sarily grow from it, and which have now re sulted fiom It has been one of the leading mo tives thai must explain ray rortlon during these ipur years iu mis matter. niie in 1 A MORBID CONDITION of mind produced by the distressing dliTlcultles, Mouiton again called on him. His manner was kind and conciliatory. He irj'esed however, to believe that Mr. Beecher had been seeking Tilton's downfall, had leagued with Mr. Bowen agaiut him and by his advice had come near destroying Tilton's family. Mr Beecner expressed many and strong regrets at the misfor tunes of that family. Moulton caught up some of these expressions and wrote them ilown, saying that If Tiiton could see them there would be no trouble in procuring a reconciliation. This piper, which is dated January 1. 171, was entrusted by Mr. Beecher to Moulton 'a keeping without reading it, nor was It read to him. This paper, notne times called the apology and sometimes the con fession, is In no proper sense Mr. Beecher's production, nor is it a correct report cf what he said. No man will believe that Mr. Beecher said, VI humble myself lef. re him (Tiiton) as 1 do beore my Uod." Another senienee, "Her forgiveness 1 have," Mr. Beecoer states was not said, nor the semblance pf it. Pausing here, a very important question arises In this connection. To what does this apology refer? it declares Mrs Tiiton gniltless, and yet Tiiton refers to adultery, which Mr. Beecher denies. Without now considering the w eight of credit to which the respective parties are entitled, where there is a conflict between them, we believe, and propose to show irom the evidence, that the original charge was improper advances, and that as time passed, and the conspiracy deepened", it was en larged into adultery. The Importance otthis is apparent, because if the charge has been so changed then both Tiiton and Moulton are con spirators, ad eonvieted of a vile fraud, which necessarily ends tneir innuence in this contro versy. What is the proof that the charge in I he first instance was adultery? It is said that it was, and thatthe memorandum in the bands of Tiiton, in bis wife's handwriting, was to such an effect. And this is denied by both Mr.Beech er and Mrs. Tiiton. and the written- paper is not produced, it is said, farther, that Mr.Beecher confessed the fact of adultery. But this is again denied by him, nan suen an alleged conression is inconsistent with the retraction that he received that evenng from Mrs. Tiiton. if he had con fessed what service could the retraction renuer? Why procure one at 11 if, as alleged, Beecher had that evening confessed adultery to Tiiton and Moulton, ortotither? What, then, was the chn.-ge preferred on tfce evening of December 30? we answer mat it was improper ad vmoces, which. of course. Mr. Beteber denied. What oc curred in the matter of retraction that evening, and all the subsequent conversations, ne s, and letters of the various pereons directly concerned in dealing with the scandal are consistent with this view and uo other. The retraction procured referred to IMPROPER ADVANCES and to- nothing else. It is likely if the main of len." had been charged, Mr. Beecher wouHl have been satisfied with any thing short of a retraction of that. There- is a sort of postscript to the retraction in wh jrh the charge of impri jer advances Is ex plicitly dente, thus showing,-we submit, that this wi-the charge that was tn the mind of both Mrs. Tiiton arv Mr. Beecher ana no other oll'ense. But lool farther. Ms. Tiiton in the- last four ye-.us hs many times said, verbally and in writ- ng, that the charge was- a leaser of fen-. This Is Important under the rule that while a complainant made different i 1 imonsi.-rteat statements- of the of- lenses, his anegeu creuionny is aamagtu and In most caees destroyed in the written statement of thw oöenseas uliwn toDr.storrs TtA' niton and Carpenter, which was made in Mrs. Tiiton handwriting, under the demand of h?r husband, -whov she says, dictated the precise woi'tls chnrActeriarof the oflense The charge an iniDnreeoviection . lbiaehvtentent Mis. Tiiton retra ted, and says she irotested against it a false when she signed it, and aiterward saw Dr. istorrs and told him so. Dr. Storrs. In a letter to thecyiiittee.ciiflrrmKherrtraclin in the manuscript preferred, by lllton.which he cal:ed ihe "true story. The offense was stated to be Improp advances. This "true story" he was in t he haftit of rending to newspaper men, permMl frienm)" an to others, wit horn. It could seem, much discrimination, considering how anxious he preffvsei4 to be not t3 make known bis secret, .ml'.-tteecner lestines- tnat ne met Tiiton on the ferryboat about two weeks aftesthe publication of the WoodJioll scandal. and they talk tue matter over, lie says that Tiiton wa-- at first mysteslous and non- -coranAtal, but n their way home in Brooklyn Tilt-w invited him into his house where the "tiuastory" was-axhiblte to Mr. Beecher, and a prolonged conversation was nau, wnicn lastea until midnight, and during this-not one word was said and umuu Dy mica tnat ne oe lieved: IEECHER HAD- COMMITTED ADULTERY. " On the contrary.Jte asserted his-anshaken con fidence in his wife's purity, and. complained of only an improper solicitation. Kx -Supervisor Ilarraon, who, like Mr.. Beecher, Is one- or our weii-gnowu anu repuiauie citfcens, testified, to substantially the same ex perience with Tiiton. As- to the nature of the charge,. Mr. Harmon goes further, ants testifies, not only that Mx. Tiiton read to hluuthe "true story, in wnic.t there was no al legation of adultery, but that Tiiton described to hiu his first interview with Mr. Beecher on the evening of Df ceaiber Ü0, and then informed Mr. Harmon that ha at mat time cnargea Jir. ueeen- er with the offense of improper advances. Mr. Huraon explicitly states that in an r.is conversations, 'which were aameroon, with Til toa for more than two years, ne at no time al.eged adultety as the offense of which he com- plaintd. The testimony beiore the committee shows si milaE- statements by Tiiton to various other persons to within a. recent period. The farther ran that niton treated ine uaaueraur iag four years as an offense which could be prop erly apologized .for and forgiven la wholly tn eoasistent. with the charge in U present form. Tfiton, in his written slateme&t, complains that Beeches abused his forgiven ess. it is believed tnat no case oi auun-ary on record can be produced wheie an injured husitand.on learning of bis wife lnaueuiy, kept ihi lact to him-elf for six months, ana then, after a private complaint to the offending party. received and accepted ai apology for the ollcsnse and declared it forgiven, and this followed by i restoration of the courtfrsies oi rrienasmp. ah tnese ana ether considerations to be hereafter referred to show that in no event could: the offense have been the crime of adultery. It might have been a cluge of the lesser offense, but ii is not conceivable that Tiiton, in view of his conduct. believed oven that. Still further, that the so called apology was not for the main offense. Til ton bimse u in hi cross examination clearly proves Mark his words: He suys that the day after It was procured he was in Moulton's room, and there mat Mr. Beecher when tlve fol rowiag scene occurred; lie i Beecuer) Durst out moan . . . EXPRESSION Of GREAT SORROW to me, and said that he hoped that the commu nication which he had sent to m by Mr. Moni ton was aatlfactory to me." He then and there told Mr. Moulton that he had done wrong, but not so much as some others;, had done, referring to his wife, who had made state ments to Mr. Bowen that ought to be unmade, and he there volunteered to write a letter to Mr. Bowen concerning the racts which he had mis stated. Here is clear light as to what the apol ogy does not re.'er to. It disposes of the apology forever as a paper referring to adultery it refers to nothing of the kind. If the wrong done to which Mr. Beecher refers was adultery, how could these words tie nsed in reference to it: -'tie had doue wrong, but not so much as someothers." The absurdity of such a claim If clear. Those words and the apology are susceptible of but one construction. They refer, as Mr. Beecher says, o his deep reg.et lor the latenten-8 which he and hi-twifeh ad.undercer tain iuformaiion, a few days before made to Mr. Bowen, which led bim to execute a purpese, all ready entertained, or removing niton irom ine Brooklyn Union and Independent. It appears also lhat the next day Mr. Beecher old write a letter to Mr. Bowen, which lllion says he voluoteertd to wilte, which referred to Tl ton's business troubles with Bo veil Next consider Moulton's course with a view of still further tcsllng.what was in his mind, as well as in Tilton's, as to the character of the offense. If Moulton noderstood the chat ge to be adultery, then he U entitled to the ctcdit of ttie ibTntion or discovery that this crime could be the su'bject of an apology, and a ready - for flveness tnd reconciliation on the part ofthe offender a id the injured hnsband. That Moul ton did not oelteve or understand that the of ftnsa was ad.xJtery is Mi own by ths sane class r,f evidence that hjs been clr-d In reference to Til Urn. He repea?ely declared f many persons that there was ih ad n Be ry. Fortunately we have a statement Jra writing sotting forth Moul ton h estimate of mv nature of the offense. Mr- Beeeler wrote a let ter dated June 1, l-ri, to MonlJon. In whU-lr. among otheT thimrxhf innini.ini ot Tutor s threatening aud Jix-orvistem con duct, and declares his prs-pose to wiisteno more euergy in trying to satiny Tiiton-, who-, at this time was complaining of the pnl Ileal torn of the tripartite agreement, o eatled. In this JettfT Mr. Beecher says: -My mind is clear. I am not In haste. I shtll write for the pivblica state ment that will bear the Bsht of the Judgment day. Uod wlM take care of me tid mine." These are not the words of gutltv mind. Afaul. ten replied on the same day. Publicitv wasno part of his profound policy, and h hastens to object. At first he writes tnese words: "ir the truth ram be spoken, let it be. I know yoa can staud if tlie wftole cae was ptibiished to-morrow." Apparently fear ing that this ralgr?t rather tend to determine- .Mr u. to puDiisn tne whole case than other wise, he crossed out these and Mher H commenci-d anew, in this new effort on the same pa ier these words occur: "You can taul ir tue whole case were publisher to-morrow." Moulton was light. The pity 1. that Mr. Beecher did not niblii"h forthwith, and u tw come once more free, and end ( THE MACHINATIONS OF TIITON and the mutual friend. These twey whatever elsa they wau:ed or des'gned, did sot believe their purposes would be then subserved by pub licity. Tiiton soon became gracious n-ad kindly. But what shall be said of Moulton, who now as serts, for the first time, that adultery was the of fense? Is it possible that Äils man is so low In fc is moral perceptions as to belleve that a min ister of the Gospel, and that, too, of Plymouth Ciureb, could stand up before his churcti end the world against the crime of adu.tery? No. Tiiton says his wife was poises cd f the idea that adultery with her pnstor was avd right andnoiin, tiNl li iliii not discover her mis take from reading ist. Hüui, IjiH tirlffltll GailDt. But we have noevi "enc- that M is halticiMiion had reached and tainted the diplomatic inind of Moulton. Itlsrigi t that wehould say here that we do not believe thai tlie etules diameter ol adultery was a dogma believed in or eveu known to Mrs. T except, perhaps, as a noMon of the Woodhull school, of which her liusb-n t bau becomes tiKCipIe and shiotng light, rd with which the haj no syinoat5iv. Tliere is but one- fair conclusion to be drawn from Moulton's letter, of June -I, toMr. feeder, lie knew that Mr, Beecher had been falsely ac cused of impure advances, and that he desired in his inmost soul to suppress the scandal; yrt if the simple truth were tuhllshed h couid staud. Knowing this, lue said sot Wnatever Moulton may say now, since his mal ice has been excited by certain esnressiorts. is of little consequence. He now opeuly stands with Tiiton. where be has secretly been frotT the beginning We cone ude. theiefore. in view of these facts and circumstances, that Ihaot ig- mal cnarge oi impure auvauces is mine, though it hp been diopnetl by these accusers and adultery, t this late day.lias been substPu- ted. Aan act, ion nought, we brand this per formance as a fi-aud that ought to end) all con troversy s to the innocence of Beecher. Persu ing the narrative a little further, we Had Moul ton, who nrst appeared as niton s friend, arter procuring the so called apology and quietly be coming a friend of both the parties. The mutual friend, Mr. Moulton, as he discloses his character In these proceedings, appears to be very plai.sl hie reason, with more rigor of will than conscience, one thing is untortanateiy cler, lhat from this time on. he contrived to obtain and hold the confidence of Beecher. both in his ability and prarpoe to keep the peace i good faith. Th 8 was cer tainly room for an honest ncace-ntaker. Beecher Jrnew he hn J been falselv accused of an ina pure offense, and that the reputable woman, I y some nu-ans, had been induced to maie the accusation. H is true that the charge bai been withdrawn, and its force was in a sense broken. Still the fact remained that he had lieen necrosed. y. Beecher aaturall? felt that the Situation was ttical for hnu, aclersyman of . ' . WORLIs-WIDK FAME, to be even falsely nccn?d was a calamity; to prevent publicity weuhl save a still greatar ca lamity, be felt, and, in lue light or the revolts, may one not tay he was riht, and that a public charge of such au offense would, as he expressed it to his letter to Moulton of February 5, make a con-lagratlon? For reasons of maliee and re- veage, it became apparent tnat r:non wa preparing to mak a deadly rvsault upon hin. This Beecher believed it was his supreme duij to prevent by all possible, honorable nietwM. .Mouiton proiessea io aenrecate niton s puvpose, and deelarea if Mr. Beecher would trust to him he ooald and would prevent it, and so now began a series of lette and steps, under tlie direction aod advice of the diplomatic and mutual friend, having for their object, as air. iseecner Deuevea, the suppression of the scandal and the restora tion, in some measure ii pracucaoie, oi iuioii io position and employment. In passing judge meat upon the xssansemployed to secure tse resells, it is fair to rememttcr that all through these four years, Air. Bt-eener was ter forming great labors, and had more and greater rcsponsibiiitles npon him thaia at any other period of hi life. Moulton said, leaTe these d sagreeable matters to me; l will see that 'lilton acts right. 1 will keep him in control. II was true, iu certain mooU he is threatening wkI unjust, but he soon recovered, and is kind and reasonable. As time passea atong. it was evident that Tiiton was most tivnblesome when he was nnprosperotts in business affairs. The refer ene in his statement to loss of peace and busi ness is aignlncsnt. At times Beecher became elseouraaed, lis indicated in his letteis to Moul ton. Much has been said, and not without some Jitstlce.of the- extraordinary words and tenor ot Mr. Beecher's letters, mu id interpreting tnese leiten it must be remembered, first, that Mr. Beecher. under the excitement of deep feeling, uses strong words and emotional expressions. 1 his is and fd ways has been a marked quality of his mind. Nexind, in this sore trouble he was deailuc win ill ton, wno had shown himself at times fickle, malicious, j REVXNGEFUL. ASD MKÜCRNARY. . In the llgat of these facts there is not a letter from Mr. Beecher nor an act cf hh. however, ill Judged, through these four years of anxiety and grief that can not be accounted for upon the plain theory that he was fighting to suppress an outrageous scandal which consisted of a false accusation against him made by a reputable woman: and further, that he was endeavoring to help a man whom - he felt he had unduly injured in bm-iness mattet s upon representations which he was arierward made to believe, chiefly by Moulton. were not well founded. The statement of this branch of the case, would not be com pleted without reference to the fact that. Mr. Beecher had a warm friendship for Mrs. Tiiton, which began in her early womanhood, and that Mrs. Xilton, reciprocating this friendship, began, as her domestic troubles came ou, to look more than ever to Mr. Beecher for sympathy and ad vice; that this feeling on Mrs. T.'s part l ecarae, under the circumstances, so strong as to diminish the proper influence that belongs to every good husband is not unlikely. In the course of even tg, especially in December, DO, Bpecher received the impression from Til ton and Moulton that he had. estranged Mrs. Tilton's affections from her husband. The pos sibility that such a lact might be added to the responsibilities then resting on Beecher, consti tuted, as be expressed it in his letter of Febeuary j, one of the environs men ts that surrounded him. This . was to him the occasion of deep grief and anguish. Mr. Beecher conceived of the posibill'y that he had been dereikt in dnty.be the strong man'and pas tor, iu not repressing at once any undue atiec ton for him iai the part of this distressed woman who was yearning for sympathy tha. she louud not in her household; we can't but express our regret at two errors into which it Is ap parent Mr. Beecher fell. While we recognize the appatlng disaster which seemed emminent when be was onf.outed by a professedly in jured husband with a caarge on the pitof his wife of an impure proposition from him to her, n disaster wulch threatened to brand with in famy a name which, through years of public service as a philanthropist and minister of Uod, had maintained a most honored placo in (lie world's e-teem, yet we feel that in an Lour of such demoralization as this calamity might justly woi k, the pastor should have sought coun sel from christian men of his own brotherhood rather than rely on the councilor a man of whom he knew little and whose character, as the tea uel proves, he so sadly mlsj dged. And Ills also apparent from Beecher h own state. inent, in view of the profouud sorrow in which ha was plunged, and the expression which he frSffhlVUlX'Tul W0? VlF.-..V sre!J"r,n w,fh the fawiily of - : - vr ixsuuujti- K7T lea r in his own .mind even vt an undue aflecil?n In Mrs. f. for Wm through y beculess friendship or agency of Ms. Mr. TIHo. tn his staten-ent efore the committee, speaks of ha house ace of unusual harmony AN IDEAL mM-Ev But upon hit cross-examLnaSlon it dearly ap peared that it was mythin but tr happy or harmrmloua Imna tv- ..i. I - .-5 1 1 U til las to thl3 Is material, both as afecUn?TIlton'Sj Inedibility and as showing tXe chancer. of Jtr. Tilton's domestic troubles and the-Jnflu-ences that reached her daily lite: Her pcful testimony reveals a jeslons hustand accusing her of io Plenties with dinerem mea and of cre ating a sensnal influenoe Tpon all She declares Uiat her hnsband had frnr.Mv chelations write oleioiw whk-li jh iierelf d vd not understand. Hud in her de. pM ring cor tlrtion of mind, eared Bsile abotiL AVtlm.-s i threatened he?, locked her np and declared liiiaHelf hamei of her presence whew amomr rrleadet wliose society van more attractive u. "imnini r. worn m rtz to grxnv - . actTonsr ndi, ; "Y " t f pJf. U1II1. !! htm II..r cHitini i . , r . . . . . her illness, lorcln dtsreputaMe women iito lier society till sometimes she &M for peace to the l.rdin: ;" " ".. S. - s -im in Yrmi ucrtHiiaiTa tt. niton declarthat he did not hesitate to avow his riifct to commit adultery on his lecturing tiu-, or whenever he cloose, and yet in season and-out. we find this man dribWIs out bis chnrges ""' ms wue. xnw is a uismal revelation from the ideal home, but one can- not read it jand believe it possible that she 1mm invented this re cital of her bubaa9 character and l?fe. Thisaccountof the domestic misery of the ill tonsls cormborated by the testimony of eeve wl witnesses, aud very fully by Miss-Elizabeth A. J urner, w hoi now ZV years of age, and was ca inma e of the family 8 year. This yotiLt woman is a teacher oü imvtie in a ladies' semi iinry In PenusyivauiA. the rs a persoi oi uuuhuha ineia-eiice. a: a her appear ance and manner . before- the com mittee impressed ail who feeard her testily taat she was si u cere aixj reliable, aud well unierstood lite facts of which she was speakina. The condition of this family In con iM-ction with tbe distre-sing IreumsAances re f Tred to, and tht arptr In Iii history of this ditllculty, e nspiftr to make the occasion one luH of peril, not only to Mr, Beeeher, but to others wlm he elt bound te protect to the last moment, to say nothing of the great Inter ests of his e loved Plymouth t hsirch, aad other Interests of highfenncern, all of which must be involved If publicJty should be given toa false and icandalons matter that was seeking expre sion from the heased and- malicious ml nd of Thftxlore Tiiton. Will in accent men blaekniall? Will l ot innocent mea, acd especially clergy, men light as for their lives to- suppress an inju rious scandal, even though it be born of extortion, Jalaehootl and revenge? These are questions that unhappily history has too of:en answerwl in the affirmative. It t easv, DowtUtt we see what manner of men Tiiton and Moultonotre, to wonder that Mr. Beecher should intrust any interest of his to their keer lug. Wlien we look hack npon- the reford made by ttils- sad story we fel like vlslt5g even upon the suBvrins lead ana heart of our pHMtor tbe sever-st censure, and this not thelss, because we revere and Im him, aud know that noiaaolu-all our lanes is More Gloved, it is, we might say, because be is so beloved ; because, that in lim centers in many and so great Interests of church and of human ity ; becaase he stands to-)ay foremost among men of master mmds of eliuenee and yower, that we ciide him in no uncertain words Ut irjperilins so much and so often the precious interests confided to him by tbe iod wboraade hirsrandwhe we have the un shaken faith to believe will deliver hira from all danger. The charge made bv the accuser is ope easily jneferred. and not easily disproved. It is not enough for the accuser to tay, 'at make till: charge. Now let it be disproved, or be taken as confessed." All tribunal.., both ecclesiastical and legal, in their wisdom have required. In de.erminin charges of this rind, such proof of the FAfTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES ns to point unmistakably to the guilt of the accived and as are not consistent with a ay theory of Innocence. Lord Stoekwell, as cited by Oreenleaf, one of the best -write! 9 known to - e-iu $sri.pru:-m-e, and especially on rrHes of evidence, saysr,,ln every caealmoet the fact is Inferred from.- circuiastances that lead to it hy fair inference as a neces'ary conclusion, and nies this were the case, unless this were so held, no pjotectiou whatever oouid be given to marital rights. What are the circumstances which lead te such a conclusion can not be laid down universally, though manv of them of ft more obvious nature and of more frequent occurrence are to be fonnd in the an cient books. At the same time it is impossible to indicate them universally, because they may be inflnltely diversified by tbe situation and character of the parties, by the state of the gen eral manner, and by many other incidental cir cumstances, apparently slight and delicate in themselves, hut wnicn may have most Import ant bearings ou decisions on the particular case. J he eniy general rute tnat can be laid clown upon the sutyeet is lhat the circumstances must be sueh as would lead the guarded discretion of a reasonable and jnst man to the conclusion. For it is not to lead a rash and Intern ne rale judgment, moving upon appearances that are equauy capaoie oi two inte preiauons." reen- ieai iuriner iimsi raten nie una oi independence l"eqlred tt prove adultery as follows. "Adultery of ike wife may he proved by the birth of a child and. the non-access of the hupband, he being out of the realm. Adultery of the husband may be proved r.y habits of adulterous intercourse and by the birth, maintaiuance and acknowledge ment of a cbl'd. A married man going into a known brothel raises a suspicion of aduhery to be abutted only by the verv best evidence. His going 'here and re maining aloue for some time fn a room with a common prostitute is sumeient proof of the crime. The circumstance of a woman going to 6uch a place with a man furnlsles similar proof of adultery." These citations are pointed but" usoful. Under the guidance of these precedents and frtnoipleslt is essential to observe there is noth ng disclosed by the evidence that proves the acrused parties to have been found to gether under any suspicions circum stances, such as in some unusual hour orpiace.or consulting together in some secret way to avoia observation ana exposure. There is no proof of clandestine correspondence nor attempts in that direction. Beecher's letters were, as a ruie, opened, arranged ana read uy his wife. She testified that she has read and answered as many as 1.000 in three months. Such as reached the Christian Fnion office were opened by others, and those that were t& go to the church were opsned, by the direction of Beecher, by the clerk before being placed on the desk. No sort of restriction were imposed as to his letters. 4'be usual lacts and circumstances suggestive of wrong doing are ntterlv wanting in this case. What then does the case, as put bv the accuser, jest on? An swer, upon mere words and assert o is. snpso t d tv no circumstances mat are me nsnai indica tions of adultery. Tiiton says he knows the fact from his wile's confession, July 3, 1873; from her subsequent confessions to Moulton and her mother.Mrs. Morse. This is thus answered. First, that Mrs. Tiiton says in etlect that this confes- tsion, whatever it was, was extorted from her by an imperious, malicious nusDanu.ana oy means that, in amoral sense, were fraudulent; pretenses were made that she must say something to ex tricate Theodore out of his business perplexi ties. She was made to believe there wasa con spiracy against her husband. The fact that Mrs. Tiiton withdrew the charge when Mr. Beeeher first confronted her after Le had heard of it on the evening of December 30 Is In order. In this connection, together with the further fact that she has ever since denied the truth of the charge when free from the dom inating Influence of her hnsband, she explicitly denies that the charge was adultery. We now see her coming before the committee with ex pressions ol joy lhat at last sue can come, ana SPEAK Tni TRUTH, and in the most solemn manner denies absolute ly the charge, and proceeds to set forth facts and circumstances which demonstiate that this unhappy woman has for years been the plastic victim of extorted falsehood. Tiiton allegation that she confessed to her mother is pronounced false by the mother, who said belore tbe committee that the source of the scandal Is the alleged words of Mrs. lilton, which she explains in such manner as deprive tbe allegation of all force and coercion. Then comes Mr. Beecher. who declares solemnly that whatever words, by whatever means, have ieen drawn from Mrs. T. by her hus band, he is innocent of any and 11 impropriety toward her. whether re lating to improper advances or adultery. It Is not hr the committee to defend the coarse of Mrs. T. Uer conduct ou any theory of human. hrKnsibility is defensible. Our hope is that iC may be madefclear. as the tetimonr affonl much reason to believe ft may, thaathls di massed woman was so be) br her dtwignlng husband when in states of mind dif fertsglitilo, ifat all, from mental abcration brooght on by illness and dom-stlc formw and gloora, a to induce her, at least passlyely, to make a charge of improper advances by Mr. Beecher. But when ber attention was pointedly called to the Sreat wrong she had done. she quickly tok It back in sorrow and penitence as :t)ows : Ih.rKMintii 1S70. tWariedwith importnnitv and weakened hv sfkness, I pave. letter implicating my friend Hairy 'Wiwxi Beecher, tinder anrance th.Kl ttat wortd remove all dliliculties tieta-eera neaH my bsna-.d. That letter I tow revoke. I waw jwrsuade-l to t,lnioHi foreol. when 1 wa in a wakened state i f mind. 1 reject it aud re call all Its statement. K. it. Tilton. I letrfr to say oxplitly, that Mr. Beecrwr has never 9fitnl anv impi oper solid tations, MM has alway treated rae in a manaei Ixjcotufng a Christ Luvend a geatlemaa. K. It. TtLTorr. I v. There s-reedical tetiirofiy fovfoie the eoni- 'tu-e. g-Vf; by tw eminent physics,,, D. .-nenton in ind Corry.to-the etlt thai such cases of -mental lotreT and drauinatlon by a lnu-band of strong will- ovct a wile weakened by cfisease and drcuastic ttwuhlc are '.tot inf.-qent. Drv Cnrry, who IstmiLeiitatil hahkl a large experience In rll liseaseand p-norKeua-K)H thai auch, Conducton tUe part or Mrs. Tiiton, when sub je-Msd to the itrttrnce referred o, is ever consis tent or hotest. In J. we sserver that Mr, M -mit on parades a Viter purporting to have been written by Zlrs." Tihon to hira in wheh she sa-s that she Is a perfeet soward in hi'TUUn'xi pcesenop and that it was a phvsicat imrossisiltty lor her loteiVthe truth Jn another letier fro tn il,'tmae to tlie samer she says; Vit! all mv woman sot I 1 am in-, nocea of the crime cf ip.are conduct alleK-J against me-. In h staieravent Kocurol under the direiwrf T Uieo anU Carpenter, of I )ece raster lti, lri, sm 4 -wblcji was taken fcy them to Dr. SHorr's. Triton akows tlutt she was made believe .UM j A.C05XPIRACT was formed against her hnsbnr.- Her wem Is are, "fi owitbs afterwarffts. that Isv rfter'J(irjr ,1870, ;nj-:wa baud felt impeded by circumstwices.of a-coMf 'Iracy against him, In v.tiich Beeclier hada part, to harveaa rnterview with Beecrher." T?i'jirK rs to ther interview of lilKm wth Beet hen pTWurtd hv Mault'wion the evening of ieoeijT 30, H70, when Tiiton pr wmceu a wrtiiea caairge In two-lines,- in th' band writing- of MnrTj It'wlllbe s?en 11 was ander tbe InCu-enre-of ' start hng ststenscsits off a eeasjrar-y agaim-t' h r husi-and lhat Mrs. T. was moved to appear to act e the e-rasien. We find her subsequently, la letter asking Beech er's fornrveTess for i h - snrSarlng hh e had caused him. We hear mnstv frosa Tiiton-of the con fessiOEs made by his wis to bha. We are obliged to receive his atate-oment thl point, If at all, without corro'jeirt tew: bivt on oae oc casion, whff Tiiton wa-asaaülrg hH wife, we hear, from the testirory ' Mim- KMzabeth Turner, in what manner THJon's aeenisnionw were met by bis a ile. (.-arstxw 14-Jihe 'Tiltoni at any time on this day say arse bad made any confesstoar to him ra recard t Mr. Beecher? fcaswer He said sae hatlt co nressea to i4m that she liart teenp srira intimate with Beecher. Sire-, Mrs. T.. was present when be said that and she said. 'Oh, Theodore. how can yoiriell that chlM such lw iiesr' and then she bw out cryiatr. - WTiera ws that?" Answer This all occurred on the hv that we wnt back in the fair of 7(i. This was the day when this- wt-vesw testifies that ceneof violtceo--arss!l. The witness, believ.Dg that T. was about t strike hi wife, lnterf3rret io save her, and w: knorxet) down by T. ThsM witness is the m, person who, it is said by Tiiton bad Mcit03, was. sent to . a- boarding school to get rid oi her, because she had heard 111 tun make charges fg;unH Beecher. It fnrthe Maid that Mr. Beecher wa. so anxious to have her leave town and ke?-p away, that h paid some f2.'o lor her schoel expenses. Theieis no-don'jt tbo $2.000 were pai-.t, it for quite another purpose. Miss Tnrner 3nd Mrs- Tiiton both agree la saying; it was 111 ton's pl.ia to leave bar to gv away, he-causeshehadsf-itedtohecfrler.d.sthat lilton had awice attempted- intimate relatiou wli! iK-r-while in tw-d, .Mid during the abwnra i Mra. T lu the country. lie was nst ioine laxe aad position becaese of his social view au i ices; and reared the publicity af thl.sg j-l's state ments, who, at that time, was twenty y mats old. The absurdity of supposing that ieeeher would Invest tlx 0. a biz price, to get rmjon: to- leave town, to whata Tiiton haaiheea PEtOLLNO HIS SCANDAL. against him, ts transparent. Persoas t wbom Tiiton had talked in some form of ths- tranaal,. sometimes in ae shaie and then 1a a sot her were too numsrona to Justify aD larestnaent of T2 0C0 on eaca by any bo-y vhai wealth- could not le eeuated by millleos. Et should be noted that Just as-lliss Turner was 1 eavlsg for her boarding school Tiiton preujed from her with the aid of his wife, a letter Jenylag the re ports of bis in areaer liberties. Her again we fiad Tiltoa & maasfacturer at evldeaee. It is not for cs to pass judgaieat on Mss. Tiiton tmeharitablY. Ehe La, snfferfd unparalleled trials Moultea. qaiotea hk-r as saying in a letter to him, as we nave seen, lhat it was physically Ina possible for her te tell the truth In her husbands presne. It' will be noted that tlieyae tended oonlesloa wascht aiaed in that presence and fnrlasr that it was when she ia away fron him and from home at Hchetaarie tbat she stated her sin to be like that of Catherine (iatcat, an undue affection for tea pitstor.. in this letter to ttr hus band stie says.: -1 felt unfalteringly tliaX the love I felt and received, harmed ao one not even you, until the heavenly vision dawned upon. me," and again, -on, ray dear Theodore, though your opinions are not restful or congenial to my soatl, yek my integrity and parity tie a sacred and holy thing: to me. Bless oou. wiin mi, for Catherine. Uatmt, and for all tbe sure ladings of an alt wise-und loving FTovicience. This letter was written June '!, 171, about a year after the pre tended confession. In no sense cau its. wonls be construed as referring to adultery. Tiiton, when before the committee, when reference was first made to rtds Scobarie letter, seemed to think that tbo offence in the etorv of Urifhth Oaunt was adulterv. and ac cordingly relied npon this letter as incontroverti ble evidence of his charge. In this he was mis taken. It was the principle of common law that. a marrledwoman can not be held to com mil a crime perpetrated in the presence of her husband, and this is r.pori the idea taat the husband's presence and Influence amount to. duress and tbat she is therefore not responsi ble. V hetber It is necessary to invoke this rule of law to excuse Mr. Tiiton or not, we may sen In what Tiiton was able to extort fron her without her volition or asseatinr. sonaething of. the reasons which moved the early expounder of the English common law to assert the doc trines relerred to. We have now reviewed as. briefly as we could the evloenee t-tore us. There are many facts and details that we hav not discussed . We have cited the more Import ant of these and discussed the salient points. We haxe carefully examined the evi dence relied upon by the accuser to sustain tbe charges. V are asked to believe, finally, who is this accsed, that be makes bold a face? We mar learn from testiraonv, svi. well as by common report, withont disc-ending; to unpleasant particulars or personalities, that j neouore niton has in recent years become a very different man from what he was formerly reputed to be. He will hardly deny that both belore. aaa alter tils espcuval of the NEW MARITAL PHlLOSOrilY signs of degeneracy were setting Iu. which have made him a discreditable man In this commu nity. In the new role his culmination ancLA downfall are well stated in recent words bv anei able writer, who, in fetching his caxeer, sajsthat "In the proee-a of time he coms before the world as the In dorser of Victoria C. Wocdinll and lends his name to a blocraphy of Lxr, which would have unk any man's rtpr.tstiou any where for common sense. Such a !oot is a a tomb Irom wh ich no author ri. ni;Un.' Such, is the accuser. Who is the accused ? itlslleur Ward Beecher, the pastor ot Aiymoulh church He has betn a clergyman vi.h harriss ct for.y years. Twenty seven of thevj ' jwra no iis oeeu rera in tills Cliur(i. has which, as all the world knows, has tn rif... been stlired to good deed-iaDd to a U tter life by his eloquent mmlst rations. The man hsvj beeu living in the clear light of tioon day be fore . his people r.nd btfuie all men a life of great christian astfiil'Jfs and incessant work. Kone have I; nown hira but to Ldmle and love iim. Thoe who have been most intimate wl'. n him athuma aad abroad report nothing of hi' n:e or converT Continued on four.pae.