New-York tribune., 1874-08-07

been SO near aod dear TO me- that m Gods very
sS nv e in 'e OF dse fse OF God 60 leave
with to say for me that IL was not ln hatui
gift nor In great opportunities, nor in personal an
tion that have been ahic endure and sbor but that
the and spring of my outward Bie hss een as
ward complete and silpossessing faith OF Gods E,tn
and Gods Own self working in to win and to 40 OF
OF His own good pleasure. III. 10
now feci better Ry the wsy that look ssch on
what have written would il improper TO read over
portions OF IL TO t'e brethren In PRAYER meeunR ~ C @
that Is mot sSI g,S sS Se OF ove
afterthough that the church might be contsruu W
When this reaches you hope 10 pe On m
the Love TO your dear WIFE, tine chhoicn anu "
all VINO inquire AH' "' ''''' H. W. BEEcHER.
In 1865 when Mr. Titon a. editor OF The andependt"
had criticised Mr.. Beechers political course 'o",u
President Johnson he wrote, said e1Judse MOTIFS
M1pyIepT BRooKLrS. Nov. 80 1900
Rer. ErSRY WARD BEEcnER ,... ,a,o tonight, I
MY pEaR "a r. nd bosf Wrtns You Twice
l have now been unwingiy forced te apPS Ave wears
apss After the firs sm sure friendship in,esd t
OF heing manned, strengtheneu' e0 ar snre the
% & SGeSS Instead OF wanes Two or three days "
aro q know not hO& or why lmpeeW iatter written to
hjdnp-paee your sweet and precious Ieter essaee
me from England containing the aaect39ao er YOUR
which you wished should live shd ,os' .6,t in case
death. Tonight have been tbinking h,a s ought to
should die FIRST (which Is equally proDaoe of recip-
leave in your hand my last VIII ana ee'''N'"' -
NV friend from my boyhcod up you have peem nan ~ can
what MOI of mind
he While was a student the inhuenegsi your hrs h,ars
on mine was Greater than all books and all teachers
no, has heep lnex 10 my wife and family the great
est affection az my hfe BY you was sspuhou S,Ior
hTother friend Companion. What a debt owe you
that can never be paid! Frst OF All lny aWakeneu
open-oor Of opportunity for labor, then my quickly
gathered public reputauon-al these, iny usap ttt
owe iu so large degree to your own Kindness, tnat
my gratitude cannot be written III Hords, Dul us' oo
EXPRESSED enly In love- ..,o, Who. arm
in-arm wanderingsl What hunts after pictures anu
books What mutual revelations and communihSs'
What intermnglIngs Of mrth, of teIrs, or prayers!
The more think back upon tbts friendship, the more
am that not your genus Dut lust your near
whether you had been high or low great or common
believe tna my heart, knowing It's mate, Womb Ia nay 80
loved you exactly the same Now therefore,, Want 70
say that if either long or lately, any word OF une
whether spoken o. printed. whether puDc OF private
has given you pain regret blot II from your memory
and in its place write your forgiveness for my sake
Moreover If should die leaving you alve ask you ~
love my children for their fathers SAKE VINO mas taugn
them 10 reverence you and to regard you as an Vi
men. ,---....
been refreshing aud satisfying than during the st
year. have never had before such ialr ana Winning
thoughts OF the other life With these thoughts you
stand connected in strange ana OeauHui way hato
belief friendship outlaSts death ours is
above the earthto stand safe. without scar or nd"
without breath that can pot H. Without le"' 'nS
BIeanwbile o INV friend may the Heavenly Father
bless you guide you, strengthen YOU liiumlue Eon anu
at last crown you with the everlasting crown ANA
Good night and sweet be your dreams OF yonr n-
worthy but eternal frend lHbopohb ASi'pN'
The inscription in Mr. Beechers d" Norwood" was mex
quoted bearing date March II, 1868: Theodore hilton
who greatly encouraged the author to begin ana TO per
severe-wth the afectionste regards of Henry Ward
Beecher" Mr. Tton's references TO Mr. Beeoher In his
account OF the excursion Fort Sumter IN the article
in which he "swung The Independent clear from the
Congregational denomination and IN his reply 10
Matthew Arnold's structures upon Mr.. Beecher were
also quoted by exJudge Morris 10 show that MI Intoh
was not then vDdictive.
ExJudge Morris then showed the reporterfa receipt
dated April l. 1862 from Wm Page the portrait painter
owedgng the payment of $500 from Theodore III
ton for a portrait OF Mr. Beecher This portrait which
Mr. Tlton paid for out his lecture earnings, SAID
Judge Morris, was afterward removed te Mr.. MOui
toms residence for safety, Mrs. Ttons mother having
threatened IN 1870 after hearing of her daughters
guilty relations with Mr. Beecher. to cut the canvas
into slips" Tie portrait is now at Mr. Moutons house
in May 1870 the American WOmAn's Suffrage Associa-
ton of which Mr. Beecher President and the Ma
tional Womans Suffrage Society OF which Mr.. Tlt0n
was President, held anniversary meetings and friendly
greetings hanged by the two presiding Ocers
Within TWO or three months the estranGement took
place between MT Tlton and his wife, and the reputed
confession made.
Ex,Judge Morris said that the evidence ef which nc
was IN possession and which lie was engaged in col
latlng preparatory to trial. was most convincing
aud conclusive which he had known in of
law; and. particular. that Mrs. Ttons statements
concerning her husbands cruelty and his locking her
III her room like prisOner-his freezing and starving
her-wi be shown 10 be such hcons, that, II there Is
any insanity in the family at all the charge Will lie at
the door, not OF Mr. TiltoD but OF his wife"
A copy of sanctum SsnctOrum" was lying on Judge
Morrs's table and in it, IN Mr. TtOn's handwriting
this inscription; :" +. r. T. TO the most patient of
women, from the most provoking of men. Brooklyn,
May IS, 1870 T. T."