Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-28
The Heroes Of the Haran.

When Mr.. Jtton and his wne were nrst mai-
ried they lived together with tolerabe degree OF
happiness. But the conditions changed greatly
within eight or ten years. The wife, who was an
intelligent and clever woman, bore children very
rapidly she has had seven. four OF whom are
now living. Immersed in maternal and house
hold cares Mrs Titon ceased TO be attractive to |
her husband, over whom In the meantime great |
change had come. From the obscurity OF re-
porter on the Tribune he had become the celebra-
ted editor Of the greatest religious newspaper in
the country; he was moreover an admirable ora |
tor, and seemed to have great and most bril- |
lient career before him. With these changed |
conditions came changed department towards his |
wife. He manifested a remarkable degree OF
self.importance; he treated her, my informant |
says, with great want Of consideration, and it is
further limited that he was by no means faithful
to his marriage vows Led away by the f1ttery |
Of women he failed to observe that moral code |
without which the marriage bond loses its sanctl-
ty. All this, of course, extremely notifying
| TO the high.spirited wife aud mother. She re-
| ssnted such treatment. And here let me remark
that Mrs. Tilton is said to possess IN unusual
degree that craving for sympathy and tenderness
which is the marked characteristic OF her sex.
1t is even said that her exactions in this respect
| amount almost to selhshness.
According to my information the explosion &C.
CURED in this wise Miss Susan b. Anthony,
Through whom, it is alleged, the story suisse
qusntIy became public, Sue relating It to all her
female assocates) was stopping at MI. Tilton's
house. Tilton had been unusually exasperating
his uetnednOr TOWARDS MS WlIt, anu IL Is saiu
had given her renewed cause for Jealousy She
was provoked beyond endurance, and, filled with
| desire to humiliate him, in passionate utteran-
ces she told him, in the presence of the guest al
! luded to, that she had been as faithess to her
, marriage vows as he had been to his
ri A tremendous scene followed. Tilton was fu-
. rious. Finally the whole story of her intimacy
with her pastor came out. The circumstances as
) have depicted them explain how the story got
l abroad The secret, which should have been
ou ~ Theodore Tiitou Henry Ward RpeCh-
Q err, Mrs. Triton, and their mutual friend, Frank
Moulton, was first of all babbled about in among
l. the clique of women sutiragists and finally thu:
O found lis way to the public.
Q Hin justice to MIR Tilton, however. it must be
stated that up to the date of his last letter he in
It variablJ defended his wife. He has denied tC
It everybody but Frank Moulton and Oliver John
r. son that anything more occurred than an improp
A, er overture from MIR. Bsecher to Mrs. Tilton.
D The way in which the public regard Tiltou i
o. very curious. Everybody admitted that he was
q young man OF great promise, line orator, al
4 able journalist. Bat somehow he was always tn
subject OF unfavorable comment on the part o
Q the press. He never did anybody any harm; b
3, never spoke unkindly of any Of his contempor
q aries; he engaged in no cabaIs. But somehow h
n impressed the public, and, am told, the editor
10 as man who possessed great deal OF seli-con
Of seriousness and assuming position he was nc
entitled to- At any rate, he tailed TO make ths
er favorable impression upon his contemporarlt
J. which his talents certainly seemed to entite Ill
10. lie possibly Eickeu u seuso VI uulhoib uh
l. often showed a want of tact IN dealing with II
q, outside public. But the fact remains that he hi
10 a strong against Mr. Deecher.
e, Mr. Beeeher's Fortune.
Sc From the Brooklyn Argus
Oh Attention is naturally called to the mini
terial and literary life Of Mr.. Beecher, and
y, the probable profit OF his works lie came,
~ Young man and poor, to Brooklyn more tina
l n twenty five years ago. and was glad TO preac
Gu for small salary. lie made PlymouI
-, Church. 1t is as much his production as
~ any child of his brain. There was a stror
". Congregational sentiment anu ieelng
y Brooklyn, and this naturally gathered aroun
N the young and eloquent preacher. lie "shoo
~ creeds and forms. He condemned the tri
Wa ecclesiastical utterances which the ordina
orthodox pulpit mouthed, and he set up sta
~ dards of his own. His was emphatically
nd "broad church." 1t believed more in heav
mn tn an in hell. 1t advocated freedom and tel
nq perance, and spread a table at which wide
aus discordant views had eq nal hospitality. 50
the Church grew, and Mr.. Beecher became
81 until it now may be stated at the sum OF =
600. II q lectures frequently during the ye
and at the highest prices. Probably from y
49, source he earns not less than Slo'ooo. 1
Isl ordinary literary work should bring him In
~ COO. and out of his valuable newspaper,
Christian Union, he may draw another $3.50
I he These sums aggregate $4,000, TO which m
&c be added marriage fees and the numoerl'
:, !. perquisites that fall in the lap OF the popn
q, preacher. Mr.. Beecher's works are the no
will of Norwood, ;" the "Siar Papers," for ma
the years enjoying an immense popularity;
rises Lectures to Young Mem, they ale Lectui
be three volumes, "Frults, Flowers and farmi
and "The Life of Christ" of which one v
- lume has been published, and sold 10 the nj
Der OF 10000 copies. 1t would have sold m
- largely had the second volume been sure
publication within a reasonable period.
= Mr. Beecher sends his work out by the pie
meal, and cannot be hurried. The second
ct. ume Is twO-thirds printed. The rest ao
- the event. Mr.. Beecher was for years ed
-, of the independents on large salary lie
Ill writes books for }. b. FOrdSCo., edits u
HI paDer-the Christian CnIon-and supp
Them with the sermons which are printed
he"PlymouthPu Pulpit" From oil these sou
IN the Industry of a busy life-Mr. Beec
ought to have made fortune. But he IS
ported to be careless inmoney matters,
M, not sharp in looking after the profits Oh
works, which 60 to his publishers. his "
ings are in great demand.