The New York herald., 1874-09-07
Thousands Of People Gathered to Hear
the Plymouth Divine.
THE TRANSPORTATION ON The MOUNT.
The Christians Duty To Be Where Tears
and Breaking Hearts Are.
THE "MUTUAL'S' LITTLE GAME.

mined efforts are being MADE to pour OIL on the
turbulent waters or the Beecher- -Tilton scandal.
How far these efforts will avail, however, is an
unsettled question just az this time. The end
which is sought by Mr.. Beecher and his friends Is
to prevail upon Mr.. Moulton to forbear publishing
any further statements about the offensive affair;
but II has not yet transpired that the Mutual
Friend" will consent to remain silent. He
feels keenly the position in which he
has been placed before the community,
and 1t will probably require considerable
coaxing to bring about promise of silence. His
statement is understood to be already prepared,
and is only held back to await such overtures as
may be made by Mr.. Beecher or his friends. For
several days. until last evening, Mr.. Moulton has
been stopping at the fremont House, and he is
only absent now to spend Sunday at Lowell with
General Butler, his friend and counsel. During
his sojourn at the fremont he has been much Of
the time engaged with James Redpath and other
prominent friends Of MIR. Beecher. Mr.. Cleveland,
one OF the Plymouth church committee of lnvesti.
cation, has also arrived at the fremont. fresh
from Mr.. Beecher and the White Noun tains, and 1t
is surmlsed that he comes as the specially author.
lzed friend OF this distinguished pastor.
THE FIRST MEETING
between Mr. Moulton and Mr.. Cleveland after the
latter's arrival in the city was in the dining room
land was with nis wife and Mr.. Moulton was din.
ing with party of friends at an adjacent table.
Moulton fixed his keen, gray eyes upon Cleveland,
and the latter looked up and bowed most af1ably,
whereupon Mr.. Moulton rose and went over to
Cleveland. After talking 1ve minutes together
the gentlemen bowed politely and resumed their
separate seats, but the walters had caught
the name OF Moulton from Cleveland's
lips as he greeted him, and in an amazingly short
space OF time every eye in the room was directed
toward MOulton ana his party. who soon passed
out of the room and were seen to enter Red.
paths Lyceum Bureau. Subsequently, in con-
versation with Mr. Redpath the "Mutual Friend"
remarked, concerning the publication Of
HIS SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT,
that he did not feel himself at liberty at present
to express the conclusion at which he had arrived.
First, he said he had not definitely determined
what he should do, and second, he
did not consider himself at liberty to
state his conclusions, II he had arrived
at any. Concerning DR.. Bacon, OF New Haven,
he said he should adopt the course toward him
that he recommended to Theodore Tnton, and to
him he said, "Bacon's influence is too limited to
deserve notice and his spirit too mercenary."
Continuing, Mr. Moulton SAID, "If am as bad as
he pictures me- notice of what he says cannot
possibly help me, and If am better his comments
ObuuOt pooSiUly mdhc uc WOTScs dm COutcub
to stand now as have for four years"-here the
reporter fancied he detected q change in
Mr.. Moultons tone of voice-"with entire sympa-
thy and purity Of motive. representing the hope
OF Plymouth church." Regarding the attack
Beecher had made upon him Moulton said that
yesterday he learned from member OF the commit
tee, probably referring TO Mr.. Cleveland, that he
(BeecherJ had not made any attack upon him and
that the so-called attack was only
THE SPECIAL PLEA OF LAWYERS
and not Mr.. Beecher's production. Referring to
an assertion which has been made tnat when the
expected statement appears it will show Butler to
have been the Iago of the whole business, Mr.. Moui-
ton remarked that General Butler has labored more
zealously and judiciously Tor the interests of Ply
mouth church and it's PASTOR and, at the solicitation
OF both its pastor and his counsel than any legal
adviser connected with the painful business OF the
investigation, and that he will be found to
have been neither the Iago nor the Othello in the
Plymouth play. inasmuch as he has been neither
the betrayer nor the destroyer OF Desdemona-
Being asked to give his opinion about the conduct
of the Plymouth church congregation on the even-
ing wnen the report OF the committee was made he
replied to Mr.. Redpath as Ioows:-''Well, IL has al
most passed out OF memory, and on account OF my
regard for the pastor forgive the console ntious
vulgarlty of his ock. think 1t was an expression
ofliberaity on their part when they magnanimously
offered to give me hell' Perhaps at some fu-
ture day may be enabled to do as much for them.
remember that the only person who touched me
on that occasion was police captain, who said
familiarly, You'd better follow me, Frank and
aiterward rode on the step Of my carriage over
to my house.
THE MOB SPIRIT
was In their eyes and in their mouths; but they
can be excused for leaving me unmolested, be.
cause their numbers were so very disproportion-
ate. Their words were very abusive, but q way
was opened for me to pass out, remember"
MOulton will return to Boston from Lowell to-
morrow and iG is probable that some definite ac-
ton will be taken concerning the publication or
suppression OF the statement which has been pre-
pared. hear 1t rumored that Mr.. Beecher himself
may possibly be here during the week.