The New York herald., 1874-08-14

ture of Mr.. Tilton wronged 10 reputation. in
POSITION; s%,,v wronged IN purse, snatSerea @ IN 9is
refuge, and AZ the same time looking upon me ouu
OF & MS deep distress, while J. aboundng In friends
aaNooundlng and rttons utter degradstion.
mSd sdp'sy Va. excited a aansss rvss iss
way; walked up and down the room pouring
o,,n my heart N the most unrestraned grief and
bitterness Vi sell-accusation, telling what my
,aeas were OF the Obligations or friendship and OF
ever, an Intentional wrong, seeing that N / had
/ M oeeD .ne cause however remotely. OF tnat which
ing all the blame on my own head, the case. Az Il
against a'pnered me d4 %4 ss yss s,sx strongly
had been dspossessed of his s1Hw eminent oac
ano sao,ln ,nn9ehce Sa and ! had counseed 1t. His
! had ADVISED 1t his wife had been long sick and
broken IN health and body, and as fully believed
H. nad been n,, the cause Of all tins wreck BY conn
had begniled her heart. and had aroused her hus-
pa 'D ury o ac although not
upon the iady9 should mold her up to Contempt
as having thrust her affections upon me unsOught9
Should tread upon the man and his household in
their great adversityS gave vent TO my feelings
earnestness an intent TO harm Theodore In his
honor or his business, and with inexplfcaple sor-
breath.
TIN LETTER OF CoNTRITToN.
oau ansf
He said that II Mr.: Tilton could really be per-
q me s, 1ss1e ad feelings
theodore my issnss pTOpossa @ a's snst
ne could report our interview. he then prepared
70 make memorandum OF the talk and sat down
ing out my wounded feelings over TINS great desc
tiOn Of sentence after sentence he Q
mere smanusnsls and I composing for HIM.
snspe psrss "ss nssns Ss wSsS %sS his ".s
saying In my own manner, with profuse explana-
memorandum Of points to be used by him in set
ting forth my feelings That II contains matter
they were put into sentences by him. and ex-
pressed as he understood them, not as my words,
n hn. IN my gusSih Th aa Ss
read the paper to me, nor did read It. nor have
ever seen y Or heard It read tina. remember until
and now reading 1t, see IN 1t thoughts that point
to the matter Of my discourse; but IL Is not my
SSe report OF What saiG meTe
string Of hints hastily made, by an unpractised
to Mr.: Tilton how | felt toward his family. Il
more than this be claimed. II II be set forth as in
denounce it. Some OF its sentences, and parnou-
larry tost IN which am made to say that had
nave said even In su6stsnce esd not Obtained
nor asked any forgiveness from nsr, and nobody
.a saa' nad done so Neither could
70 God and to the man I thought mad deeply -.
the remainder oi my plain statement concerning
written upon three separate half sheets OF
large letter paper. After It was finished Mr..
i was not my letter. He % replied S G That It W would d
have more weight II l would IN some way indicate
took x my pen and at some distance below tn:
writing and upon the lower margin Indicated
that mad committed the document In trust to Mr.
A few words more as to It's lurther late. Mr..
Moulton, q his own accord, said that after using
II be would In two or three days, bring the memo-
disclosing, in any way, that there was dlfiicuy
GUS to Tlton to have it known that had quarreled
dI. w.sn hun, as well as to me % 70 have r1;
xard wnen ssbn Ssssn 20 write up lis case e1 io
l wondered what was In this cd memorandum.
and desired to see it for greater certainty; So one
day suddenly asked Moulton for tAat memoran-
DUN, and said, 'YOu promised to return it to
me, me-" ., He seemed see confused for moment, and
pled that the paper mad been destroyed On my
putting the question again, he said, That paper
two years. n 'oV varoSs soS no o. nen as
own own accord .. he spoke OF II as DESTROYED. J
aas,rnnt" Sad never asked for nor authorized the
not allowed to know that the document
was IN existence until distinguished eaitor In
New York, within q few weeks past, assured me
that Mr.. Moulton had shown him the original and
that ne nad examined my signature to DE sure Of
Its genuineness. | know there was u Cody Uf 1t
since this statement was in preparation.
REVELATION FULL OF ANGUISH.
or an accurate condensation Oi my saJeln ent, II
does undoubtedly correctly represent that was
great severity the disasters OF the Triton family
had not then the light that now nave. Tnere
heart and conscience which now We,hs uoHT onIy oS
my heart. had not the light which analyzes ana
NM ngs G S Sow there opened
family, whose inmates mad been my friends greatly
beloved the husband ruined IN worldly pros
poets, the household crumDling to pieces the
woman by long sickness and suffering either cor
rupted to deceit, as her husband alleged, or so
way 1t was her enthusiasm for her pastor. as was
made to believe. That was the germ and begin
ming OF the trouble. 1t was lor me TO have lore
stalled aud prevented that mischief. My age and
experience IN the world should nave put me more
was true ana what not true Of ali The consldera.
tons SGg',dr urged upon %n.ra me ~ Mr.. Ton and
me- IN wncn thoss Who ad osss
warm friends and they alleged that had helped
to plunge them therein. That seemed enough to
I'LL my soul with sorrow ana anguish. No mother
VINO mas lost child, out VIII understand the wild
seli.accusation that grief procuced against all
upon herself, her neglect or nee,dlessness,
nary ever every one knows that she ma had worm worm
herself out with her assdulties. Soon after this
ton was sick or was very late IN rising for ne was
In bed. 1he subject OF my feelings ana conduct
toward Tilton was introduced. l made state
ment OF the motives under which had acted IN
counselling Bowen, OF my teelngs in regard to Mr..
Tilton's family, dscaimlng with horror tn thought
OF wrong, and expressing desire to do whatever
lay In human power 70 remedy any evil had
occasioned and TO reunite his family. Tton was
silent and sullch
TILrON AS AN INJURED MAN.
he played the part OF an injured man, bur M0ul.
ton said 10 Mr.. Ttlton, With intense emphasis.
THAT Is all that q gentleman can say and you
ought to accept 1t as an honorable basis Ol recon-
citation" This he repeated two or three times,
and Titons countenance cheered up undcr M0u-
tons strong talk. We shook hands and parted In
a friendly way. Not very long aIterward Tilton
asked me to his mousse, and said that he should be
glad 10 have good old times renewed. l do not
remember whether l ever took o meal alter
this under his roof but l certainly was
In v1tcQ him TO renew IN vista aa formprlv I