Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-08-04

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is asked for the truth he pleads
/ that he is Tie friend Of both, and
declines to testify, bat consents to
say that Bccchcr did commit an Of
fonse againt Tilton, for which he
should apologize. pr. Carpenter
is also appealed 20, as Being one to
whom Beecher confessed his adul-
/ ferrous Intel course with Mrs. Til
ton. Carpenter Is II reputable au~
thor and artiat, and is how paint
ing a full-sizcd portrait of ExPrcs-
ident Lincoln, for the State of New
York. lie has been interviewed,
and states that MIR. Beccher told
him certain very important things,
which he will not reveal unless
compelled 10 do so. lie did how-
ever, tell the secret to his inter-
viewer, hut under cover Of strict
confidence, and his interviewer
says his testimony is Of the very
highest Importance.
Mr.. Tilton has since been arrest
ed, on the charge Of libel, and this
viii bring the case before the
Courts, and if Moult3n and Car
penter be not spirited away, to
some foreign land, we Will eventu-
ally know whether they sustain the
charge made by Tilton. In the
mean time, Carpenter does say,
that Becclcr told him to say to
Tilton, that if he would sign GER
tain disavowals, he Beecher, would
divide his fame and fortune with
him.
Again Susan b. Anthony, Mrs.
Woodruff, and other free love and
Woman's Rights leaders, say MIS-.
Tilton confessed to them the whole
matter, but these witnesses are re
jected, although the Chicago TRB-
UNE, says no one in that city will
doubt the word Ct Mrs. Anthony
Yet again Mrs. Tilton has affirmed
that it has long been the one aim of
her husband TO dcfamc and ruin
Bcccher. This, Mr.. Carpenter
fatty disproves, asserting that he
has tried for years to prevent any
exposure Of Beecher's conduct
The following letter Of Mrs. Til
ton to her husband, will go very
far toward her conyi3tion, and al
though she now gives to it
"spiriHap' and fgurative con
struction, there arc few readers,
who, in the absence Of clear cor
roborations will believe it.
MRS. Triton TO SIR. Triton.
SCHoLARIE, June %, 1871,
Ny DEAR THEODORE: To-day
through the ministry of Catherine
Gaunt. character of fiction. my eyes
have been OPENED FOR the first time in
nay experience. so that | see clearly |
my sin. Il was when | knew that | /
was loved, to suffer ii 20 grow to q /
passion 4 viTtuogs woman should /
check instantly an absorbing love. |
But it appeared to me in such false |
light. That the love ! felt aud receiy- /
ed could harm no one, not even you,
| have believed UnfuitcTincly until /
four O'clork this Afternoon, when The /
heavenly vision dawnCd upon me. | 1
see u0W, as never before, the wrong |
have done you, ana hasten Immediate
ly to ask your pardon, with a peni
reason remainS) you may trust nae
implicitly. On! Ely dear Theodore,
though your opinions are not rcstful
or congcuial 10 my soul. yet my own
integrity ana purity are sacred and
holy thing to me. Bless God, with
me, fer Catherine Gauut, and for ali
The sure headings Of an al-wise and
loving Providence, Yes; now | feel
10, ipf
VOW with you, keep il as The Saviour
who looke.h ut the eye ss2;'d !
the heait. Never before could IL say
this. When you yearn toward me
with true feeling, be ASSURED Of the
tiled, purified, and restored love OF
ELIZABETH.
Mrs. Triton followed the above let
ter with these:
MRS. TILTCN TO MR.. TILTON.
July 4. 1871.
O, my dear Husband, may yen new
ar heed tEc dis, ipliHe OF being misled
BY good woman, rs I was by a good
man.
no Datc.l
7 would mourn greatly if my lie
was to be made known to father. His
head wouId he bowed indeed 10 the
grave.
No Date
Do net think my i'll health is on &C
count OF nay sin and lis discover. Ny
,iHs and life-reco:d | have carried Ia
my Saviour. No; nay prostratioh Is
owing to the sulleiiug have cAus-d
you.
THE ELECTROMAGNETIC
JUDGE.
In his speech last week at
Blountville, the Reverend Judge