The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-01-26

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and party power the
days of this Republic are Numbered,
and before we who are now living
shall have passed from off the stage
we shall see our free u institutions
overthrow and forever.
The Reverend Mr.. Cook-FuIl 40.
count of. his Wanderings, His Re-
turn, and What Happened After.
New YogK, January 13.-The city
is excited over the reappearance of
the Reverend Horace Cook. He laid
trap to ruin n of the young
and innocent lambs of his flock, Miss
Matte johnson /; but after getting her
into his pows~, and enticing her from
her home; his courage failed him, and
his conscience goaded him, and he
brought her back, and perceiving
what a fool he had made of himself,
he now attempts to take refuge from
public scorn and reprobatioD in simu-
lated insanity, just as the triple as
sassin Bpckhput does, and with the
same i'll success.
The simple truth of the matter is,
that the Rev. Horace Cook isinot now
and never has been insane, butis now
and has been for a long time
a most designing and atrocious scoun-
drel. His letters to Miss johnson
conclusively show these facts.
In those letters, which have been
read by more than one person, and
which n be produced at any time,
occur such expressions as these /: 81
will not be satisfied with you saying
that you liked me ; you must say that
you love me-" In another letter he
says . My darling, dearest Matte,
own love-. / can not live without
you ; you must be mine" And
again, he says ":My own dearest, if
you can not bid me hope, my life will
be valueless to me, and l rhall de-
stroy it. You must a v me.
Imagine such letters az these, and
there are MANY of them, addressed by
her pastor to a sensitive school girl
who looks up to the writer as her re-
guide. and not only that, but
the letters supplemented by passion
ate vocal appeals and protestations,
pressed home to the child's heart
with all the skill of internal ingenuity
and sophistry, and what wonder that
he should succeed in inducing her to
elope with him? 5-,i ,.a ?
The Rev. Horace Cooks letters to
Miss Johnson are in safe hands. and
will be published in due time, for the
benefit of the conference which is to
try and, were it not tor these letters
him.
The Sun has got to the bottom OF
The pipe-laying, which has already
been set in motion in certain quarters
% secure the acquittal of the Rev.
Mr.. Cook at the coming conference,
md the pipe layers will be defeated.
All of Cooks statements as to his
light are false. He has been tracked
lear through. He went first to Phil
Idelphia, where he left Miss johnson
safe keeping, and then rushed back
o New York, to complete prepara-
ions which he had left unfinished.
IN arriving in New York, he became
Harmed for the safety Of Miss john
on. and rushed back to Philadel-
Finding Miss johnson where
lie had left her. he brought her ON
o Railway, on Monday, where he
eff her, and again came to New York
Here he heard the gossip about his
and on Tuesday morning
read the whole story. This wilt
d what little courage he had left,
nd after running around town for
eVeral hours he went back to Railway
nd brought Miss Johnson to this city
nd left her at the Everett House, On
inion Square. From thence, on
Wednesday, morning, an anonymous
ote was sem to her father, and he
allied at the Everett House and took
is daughter home.
The Rev. Mr.. Cooks behavior
ghile in Philadelphia and Railway
Tas a sort of compound between that
{ a! gay Lothario and n convicted
inner on the anxious seat at a Meth
dist re vival. At one moment he
Tould protest undyiDg love, and then
IouId break into a SWIVEL of repent
nee, and talk about the thunders of
,inai, and the wrath of an averaging
rod. He was, in short, hungering
Or a taste of forbidden fruit, but
TODD in mortal terror Of the old man
,atching the tree. On finding the
condition IN which he was
laced before the public, Mr.. cook
rent home and began to play the lu-
attic /; but he did it poorly. He
hen attempted to commit aE assault
pom the Hon. David G.. Croley, the
he husband of Jennie June, and the
managing editor of the World, was
AIKEN to the Beckman Street Station
ouse, and thence to the Tombs, yes
erday morning, where he was dis
harged, as nc complaint appeared
INST him.
Wien your representatives called
t Mr., Cooks residence, in Seventh
treet, yesterday afternoon, every
hing was in confusion. The family
we're packing up to remove to Will
amsburg. Mr.. Cook looks haggard
nd demoralized. He evidently feels
hat his character is gone, and his
sild but pueriIe attempts to explain
lis conduct, fill one with pity and
adness. Hss personally casts no
'lame upon his intended victim, but
axes it all upon himself, which is in
.ccord with the facts of the case, as
evealed in his letters. Some.of his
however, being indiscreet,
AVE provoked much public indigna-
ion by attempting to show that this
,astor of of a religious flock was led
f,tal aharrafiop by n,ara