Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-03
THE BEECHER-TILTON SCANDAL
LETTER FROM BEECHER TO MRS. TILToN

LETTER FROM BEECHER To MRS. IiLIoN~
New YORK, Aug. 1.-The Brook yu Eagle
nubl,shes a remarkable letter. which, It says,
was addressed to Mrs. Tilton by MIR. Beecher
Immediately after the publication OF Tie Wood
hull SANDERS The Eagle says the letter, comes
10 us from a friend of Mrs Tilton, aud The au-
theDticity of it has been demonstrated 10 the
most conclusive manner.
My DEAR Mrs. TILToN hoped that you
would be shielded from all knowledge OF the
great wrong that has been done you, and
through you to universal womanhood. can
hardly bear to speak Of it, or aludc TO a matter
than which nothing can be Imagined more
painful to pure and womanly nature pray
daily for you, that your faith fail not. You
Yourself know the way and power OF prayer.
God has been your refuge in tnany sorrows be
fore He will now hide you in His pavilion uu-
Ri The storm be ov,r. The rain that beats
down The A )wer to the earth will pass al length,
aud the stem, bent, not broken, will rise again
and blossom as before. Every Iure woman Oh
earth will feel that this wanton and unproV"kcd
assault is aimed at you, but reaches to universal
womanhood. Meanwhile your dear children will
love you with double tenderness, and Theodore.
against whom these shafts are hurled Wall hide
YOU 10 bis heart of hearts. | am glad that
this revelation from the pit has given him sight
of the danger that was before hidden by specl-
Gus appearances aud promises OF usefulness.
May God ket p him III courage 10 the arduous
struggle which be wages against adversely, anu
bring him out, though much tried, like gold
seven times hucd.
have not spoken of myself No word could
express the sharpness and depth of my sorrow
in your behalf my dear and honored friend.
God walks in the fire by the side Of those he
| loves; and in Heaven ueiher you, nor Theo
| dore nor shall regret the dsci pllue how hard
soever it may seem now. May He restrain aud
| turn those Door creatures who have been given
over to do all this sorrowful harm to those who
have deserved no such treatment at their hands.
[ commend you to my mothers God, my
dear friend May His smile bring light in
darkness, and His love be perpetual summer
to you. Very truly yours,
HENRY WARD BEECuER
New YORK, Aug. 2.-The World says it is
not likely that Gayuor, the complainant 10 the
case against Tllton, will appear with counsel
| tomorrow. His applications SO far as is
known, have not met With success. Thursday
he applied to j. r. Fellows ex-district attor-
ney, who asked night to consider the mater,
and next day told Gaynor he had decided to
have nothing to do with the case, and other
eudeavOrs to obtain counsel have failed. Gay.
nor applied yesterday to Justice Riley, IN
whose court the complaint was entered, for
subpenas, submitting list Of witnesses he pro-
posed to summon. The subpenas he wished to
| have returuabe Tomorrow morning. Justice
| Riley refused to issue them, saying that as the
complaint would very likely be dismissed or
the examination, at any rate, postponed, 1t was
unnecessary to require the presence OF Mr..
| Beecher, Mrs Tiitou, and others.
A partial report of Mrs. Tiltou' examination
before the committee on Friday night thouches
few of the leading points of the examination.
Mrs. Tion, however, before the committee,
as elsewhere, maintained a tone OF the most
afFectionate forbcaraDce toward her husband,
! refusing to speak OF bis faults, except where
the thread OF her testimony absolutely required
it, Two incidents which MIR. Tilton had Intro
duced 10 his statement as matters which he had
passed over aud forgotten when they occurred,
to recall them when his suspicion of Mr. Beech
er arose. we're necessarily alluded to. The im-
proper caress alleged by MIR. Tilton to have
been given and received 10 Mr.. Beecher's par
lor is totally denied, both specifically and in
general; denial of any improper intimacy.
The other incident Mrs Tllton remem bercd
nothing of except so far as this: She, with her
husband aud MIR. Bcecher, was sitting one day
in the bed-roum, connected by folding doors
with the common sitting room, at Mr. 1lton 5
house. MIR. Tiltou left them for few minutes
and when he came back found them where
he had left them.
Nothing further is at present known of the
examination.