, 1873-06-07
THE BOWEN SCANDAL.
Card From tho I2er. Hr. Iscec1le,

Cufu from tho Akers Nlrs l3ceCAers
From. tho Brooklyn Eagle.
In Q recent interview botween tho editor Of
tho Eagle and tho Roy. Mr. Doeeher, tho latter
gentleman took occasion to regret tho limo Of
comment OF certain New York Journals on q
document recently publiBhed and accepted by
part OF llenry @. Bowen, Of certnfn calumnios
affecting tho character of tho Row A1r. Deccl,er,
which Bowen has becn for years circulating Ii
so's so o and T ts which s s pa { e Length m bffSgn Ggas
was concerned in tho calunnios reforrod
to only. to the extont that Dowon
poured tlcm into his car, as ho did
persistently into the oarn Of several other Of
accurately tho impression left on our mind by
h1r. Deoohora conversation, whom wa say tlat
whom hlr: Bowen choae to tako baclx his acouaa
tions against tho pastor Of Plymouth Church. he
Complain % Of 1t IL Mr. Tltons hands; Inn t md that
Mr.. Tilton had not done anything up to
that time, or since, 80 far as Mr.. Doecher
lsn IS concerned, NJ rI which could impel Mr: III
i aA % es Ths Sau aegassi
to commits &fr. Triton to no more than to keep,
as Of tho secrets Of his own broast, tho cal,1nl-
MES Of which Mr: Bowen was tho author. This
this part Of tho agreement h1r. Tlton was filth
ful and Mr. Bowen Was not. Tho revival, by
Dowon, OF tho slandnra which he once explicitly
retracted, led to tho publication Of his rotrac-
ton. In sint'ication of Mr Ti!ton; aud in con
viowg we publish tho following noto, received
Church: =
Dan s1a have maintained i silence respecting tho
slandorB which ayo for tinlo past followed me,
ehGd n not sReaa now bnt for tae sso Of relieving
waa pubilsed Without eonsuaiion ethes with me d
Il TINT document should lead tho public to regard Mr.
Tton as tho author Of tho cnlusnntes to which 1t al
othorg HENnY Ward DEEouKu.
This noto taltos 11r. Tilton and Lis personal
concerns out of this case, It mekes the issno
direct betwenn Mr.. Beeohor and h1r. Bowen.
scandala peculiarly Infamous In their nnturo.
against clergyman, whose namo and fame are
doar to millions Of Chriatian men aud womon,-
against one who In intellectual ondowmonta
stands out IS the first man OF our oountry,-now
restB on the authority Of Horny O. Bowen. How
this man will moot tho poaltiou In which hu
has chosen to place himself, romaina to be
to hnyo boon content to crawl on
to. age, laborlng sololy to win tho
forboaranco, and, if'possible, tho good will Of
regarded, Dowen'a conduct Is infamous. II bis
charges against Mr. Deeoler wore falae, no lau-
guage can describe Dowon'a basonesa. II lo
thought ttley were truo, hia denlal Of them In
writing showed poverty Of character on his
part which 1t will DO impossible to match In all
human experience. Now TINT tho issue Is mr.
rowed down betweon Mr. Beoohor and Bowen, it
1s almost sufficient dofonso Of Dooohor, al
tho caso now stands, and IN this com-
munity at. all oyonts, simply to name
q Now York Herald Of Of twonty years ago. Two
OF it's columns aro devoted to tho record Of a
trial III which Horny Q. Bowen figures aa do
fondant in suit for slandor. in which tho jury
lars. The reoortls or tho courts OF both cities
slnce-the records OF tho courts OF Brooklyn to-
day ahow that this man las continued for u gen-
eraton In tho same business OF libel mud SLAM
dor.
IN tho caaes on tho records Of tho courts,
11onry @. Dowon was adjudgol by O Jury OF his
peera to be I. Hlanderef, ia tho case Of Mr..
Boeoher, ho o1,oHo to put himaolf on record aa
aolf-confeBsed aud aelf-eonyloted lballeg,