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So PrOyocaiiOn for Bowen TO tell
Howard what he Did.

Then il was that without any provo
cation. ne Mr.. Bowen told Mr.. Howard
that thi, reconciliation did not includ"
one matter that he. Bowen, knew, about
Mr.. Bccchcr. which, if he would speak.
II would drive Mr.. Bccchcr out Of Brook
Ivn. Mr.. Howard protested with horror
arain,t such statement saying, Mr.
Bowen. this is terrible. No man should
make ,uch sy,tatcment unless he has the
mos, absolute evidence and said polntedIy
that he Howard might 60 to Mr..
Beccher and that Mr.. Beecher would
never give his consent that he Bowen
should tell Mr.. Howard9 the secret. Mr..
Bowen at no time had ever made known
to Mr.. Howard what this secret Wa.
The hints which Mr.. Bcechcr had heard
of led him to think that it was another
matter and not thcslundcr which he now
found Il tu be. In the first part Of the
original Of this memorandum the words.
Between Bowen and Beechcr, which
follow the words Full and final recon-
Citation. are erased. In Beecher's pro.
posed card to TiIton he says: In my en-
thusiasm hoped well and much Of one
who has proved utterly unprincipled. |
,hall never again notice her stories and
now utterly rePudiate her statements
made concerning me and mine.
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Question Of Money Between Himself
and TiItOn.

growing out of the contest. | told him
| would not arbtratc that plain pro-
vision of the contract provided he should
pay what ] demanded, and he must full
fiji it. Mr.. Bowen rose to leave, and
said before leaving whenever ! wanted
to see him he would be happy to come to
nv house and confer on this subject, and
he did on several subsequent occasions
visit me ut my house whenever | sent for
him to consult on this matter. The
means | have of giving 80 accurately the
conversation between myself and Bowen.
a, the conversation had with Tiltou and
Oliver johnson are that prior L" nay
meeting with Bowrm a. told him had
An interview with Oliver Johnson in th"
presence of Tilt"u. where the whole mat
ter wa- discussed and memorandum of
Johnson ,tntcmrut in which hrgay"ll-
recollection of the interview Of Dcr"m-
Der 2Gth when Tilton and johnson wrr"
present. and WI, taken down 10y TIIt"n
in shorthand in my pr"-"mre, and copied
out at the time ~ johnson presence.
which memorandum ha- been in my
possession ever since, and from which !
read each statement, one after the other,
to Mr.. Bowen
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Mr.. and Mrs. Beeeher take an Active
Interest in Mrs. TiltoD.

Mr., Beecher told me that Mrs. Bcccher
and himself, without knowing Of the con-
fession of Mrs. Tilton to her husband,
had been expressing great sympathy to
wards Mrs. Tilton, aud taking an active
interest in her against her husband. |
said. Mr.. Beecher, want that recanta-
ton; | have come for it. We'll; said
he "what shall do without it." re-
piled, II don't know; l can tell you what
will happen with it, He asked, what
will YOU do if ! give it to YOU Ian
swered. Il will keep it as keep the con-
fession; If you act honorably | will pro
tect it with my life, as l will protect the
other with my life. Mr.. Tilton asked
for that confession this morning, and l
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That Man Ought Not Stay Another
Week in His Pulpit.

IL j. not safe Tor OuF luilIil'- "HiIc 10" J.
in thi- citv. AIlusiou wa- made to the
10 the widow by Tilton. and Bowen aid
he had no doubt but tha; her husband.
death Wa caused by hi. knowledge If
her improper intimacy with Bccchcr. |
have no d0ub; Of it whatever. T. make
an end &" the statement a, Ia the cpHtrD-
very between T,iton and Bowen, fur
thrr tate that various rel ati"E, between
Bowen ard myself. which resulted in an
arbitration. in which Bccchcr, CiahIn,
Siorrs and jas Freeman were referees.
There we're considerable delay, airing
from my Absence in the -outh in the
carly .pring on account Of -ickne-s. Bow
ems absence during the summer and I'll
ton, absence during the fall and winter
on hi. lecturing tour. :" the arbitration
did not terminate until April ?, 1872.
Thi. arbitration was determined on BY
me and NV determination given Mr..
CIaflin in the following ustc:
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FOREIGN.
ENGLAND.
Mistake Corrected.

LONDON, August 2l.-lt is the French
government and not the British govern
nent, implied in the dispatch of yester-
day, that reminds newspapers that the
publication of the articles signed by per-
>"ns deprived of civil and political rights,
Is prohibited by law.
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Beecher Very RcgretfuI.

In that interview Beecher was very
earnest in his expressions Of regret at
what had been done against Tilton IN re-
lation 10 his business condition with
Bowen, and besought me- to do everything
| could 10 save him from the destruction
which would come upon him if the story
Of his (Beecher'sl intercourse with Mr..
Tilton should be divulged. In COM
pliance with the directions OF Beecher, on
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Bcecher's Memorandum Of Inter
views nj FrecIand's.

About February, 1870. a long inter-
view WA, held ut Mr.. Frrcland's house
for the purpose Of having full and final
reconciliation. Mr.. Bowen stated hi,
Grievances. which were all either Of an
abusive nature or of my treatment Of
him personally. a. per memorandum IN
hi. writing. After hours Of confer
cncc everything was adjusted. w"
shook hands. and We pledged each other
to work hrnccforth without II jar or
break. ! said t. him, Mr.. Bowen, if
yuu hear ANYTHING Of me not in accord
ancr with thi, agreement of harmony,
do not let il rest. but come straight to me
at once. and will do the same by you,
and he agreed In the lecture room ]
stated that all our differences were over,
and that We were friends again. At
mi. pubhc recognition he was present
and heard all, and expressed himself a
Greatly pleased with it. 1t was after all
this that asked Mr.. Howard to help
me carry out their reconciliation, and to
call IN Mr.. Bowen and to remove the
little difference, between them. Mr..
Howard called and expressed his graft
ficati0n.
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BROoKLrS, April ].

BEooKLYS, April !. ls72.
MY DEAR MR. CLAFLIN:-After full
consideration Of all interest, other than
Theodore. ! have advised him 10 arbi-
trate. on grounds which he will explain
to YOU. and which l hope will accord
with your judgment and kind wishes
towards all concerned.
Cordially yours,
FRANCIS ID. MOULTON.
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Fire.

DARRINGPoRT, August 2l.-The fire
1T Milton To- day, destroyed some fifteen
hmldings, chiefly saloons and boarding
houses, and an elevator with 6,OOO bushels
of grain. Total loss, 100000. to $4,000
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VOL. IL.
POLITICAL.
For State senate-second District.

For State Senste-Secono Dis'fi'''
In compliance with the wishes of many
,.i.rds | hereby announce myself as
oand,da,e to represent the Second senateri-
Of Dts,rict in the Legislature, subject 10 the
I.c,.,on Of the Democratic nominating
VIM b. ICE.
''l, --,,,,,,, n In. jy4
n, fhe Wheeling Register:
Al the solicitation of many lrlehuS an
nonpce myself a candidate to represent
,,,.onurtias of Ritchle and Calhoun in the
next Legislature of West Virginia
d. McGREGOR.
CAIRO, w. VA, July 2, lSi
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The story Absurd.
IOWA.
tnti-NOnOpOIy Convention.

Sioux CRY, August 2l.-The anti
Monopoly and Democratic Territorial
and Congressional Convention, met at
Fix Point to-day, and failed to effect a
nni"u. The anti-monopolists nominated
DR.. W. \. Burleigh; and the Democrats
hot failed to make any nomination at last
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Terms Orthe Reconciliation.

The first is in the handwriting of
Bowen, containing five items which
Bccchcr assured me were the terms
which Bowen claimed should be the basis
of the conciiation. 1t is as follows;
First. Report and publish the sermons
and lccturc-room talks; Second, \ new
edition Of the Plymouth collection and
Frcrland' interest; Third; The. .cXplana-
tion tothc Church: Fourth. Write me Il
letter: Fifth, Rrtraction in every quarter
of what has been said to my injury.
The second paper is p"mcilm"moran-
dunn of the reconciliation with Bowen, in
BocchrrS handwriting, having AN ac-
count of tile affair. 1t l. H. follows:
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Beerher To- Noulion.

My DEAE FRIESD-I called lat even
ing A. agreed. but you had stepped out.
On nv wav to church last evening / met
Clafin. He .ays Bowen denies any such
,rcachcrous whisPering', and in right
-tate. mentioned ny prOp0-ed litter
he liked the idea; read him the draft 81
il ip the lecture room. He drew hack
and aid had better not send II. ak
ID him If Bowen had ever made him a
statement of the very botfooe fact; If
there were any charges did not know
Of. He eyaded, and intiInatsd that il
would hardly be right in telling me
] have not sent any note, and have
destroyed that referred 10. The real
point t. avoid is al appeal to the church
aad then a council. II would be
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Bowen was stiII spreading the Scan
dial

about him. at which he wrs angor"d, and
proposed to white Bowen letter, stating
that the points had been
settled in their reconciliation
and agreement, and the reason why Mr.
Bcccher's mouth should be- closed in re-
card to each SANDER. find among my
papers pencil and ink memorandum Of
the statements intended to be embodied
in that letter, which was submitted to my
judgment by Bccchcr. 1t was in his
handwriting and read n follows.
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Beechcr TO Bowen.
BRooKLYN. June >, IS


Nix DEAR BowEN-Since | last saw
YOU last Wednesday, ! have reason to
think that the only cases Of which spoke.
to YOU in regard To- Mr.. Tilton. were rr-
aggcrated in being reported tome, and !
should be unwilling to have anything
said, though it was but little
weight on your mind, in q
matter so important to hi> welfare. | am
informed by one on whose Judgment and
integrity l greatly. rely, and who mas
the means of forming an opinion better
than any Of US, THAT he knows the whole
matter about Mrs. Bullard, and that the
same is the case with other stories. do
not wish any reply to this. ! thought 1t
only due to justice that should say -
much. Truly yours,
II " RrTCuEp
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New YORK, August 2l.- Rev. War
rick Martin, who became CONSPICUOUS here
in the revenue service Immediately after
the flight to South America Of Joshua +.
+,nilcy, II defaulting collector of internal
revenue, is stated to have filed claims for
TOUR million dollars, which he says is due
him from the government for information
and moictics in many costly and fruitlesS
prosecutions begun in this city against
di-,illrrs.
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1 Conhde Everything 10 Your Wis.


a. always have, and with such success,
that | have full trust for the future.
Don't fail TO see ClaAin and have full
and confidential talk.
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January /, 1871, took the paper, which
he had directed to me- To Tilton, detailed
to him Beechef's expressions Of regret
and sorrow, spoke To him of his agony Of
mind, and again appealed to him 10 have
the whole matter kept quiet, if for no
other reason, for the sake of the children.
To this Tilton assented.
Authority 10 Settle Affairs With
Bowen.
l found him writing the letter TO Bowen
of that date which have before pro-
duced. He told me also of the contracts
he had with Bowen, and gave me au-
thOrity to settle his affairs with Bowen.
TiIfOn TO Bowen.
BROOKLYN, JAM, 1871.
SIR hereby authorize Mr.. Francis
d. MoultOn To act in my behalf in II
full settlement with you of all my ac-
counts, growing out of my contracts for
services to the independent and the
Brooklyn Dmiy Union.
rSigned7 THEODORE TILToN.
Acting in the interest of Beecher |
told Triton that this controversy with
Bowen. if possible, should De peacefully
settled. lest it might reopen the other
matters relating TO Bcecher's conduct in
Tiltons family, and the charges made by
Bowen against Bcccher. To this Tilton
assentcd. The correspondence between
Moulton and Bowen in relation to con-
tracts of the latter with Tilton, and their
conferences are here given. MouItOn
states the following n his language: 81
then said to Bowen that ] thought he
was
Avery TreacherOus Man,
and for this reason that ! know he had "A
reconciliation with Bcecher, or rather |
was informed of it, which was perfected
in the house of God, and that within lS
hours from that he had sent word to Mr..
Howard that he could, if he choose, drive
Bcccher out Of town. | told him further
that | was also informed that prior To
that reconciliation he had no charge
against Bccchrr's character to BceChcr,
but only behind hi, back. and | said,
Mr.. Bowen | have the points nf settle
met between you and Brcchcr in your
own handwriting, and there i, Ii" refer
cnce to any charge of crime of any kind
against Bccchcr Mr.. Bowen made no
denial of this assertion of mine but
seemed. on the contrary. aba.hcd and de-
icctcd, and in reply to my question,
What do YOU say 10 these charge, which
You have made against Bccchrr? hc
declined to say anything .ahout them,
but repeated the question, What can l
do? | answered,
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Confessed that He had
been Guilty Of Adultery

with Mrs. Tilton, and always in the
spirit of grief and sorrow Mt the cnorm-
tv Of the crime he had committed against
Mr.. Tlton'S family. At such
times he. would speak with much
feeling, ;of the relation he had
sustained towards them aS
Il pastor, spiritual advisor and trusted
friend. His self-condcmnation at the
ruin he had wrought, under such circum-
stances was full and complete and at
times he was 50 bowed down with grief
in consequence Of the wrong he had done,
that he threatened to put an end to his
life. He also gave to me the letter the
first draft of which he said Bowen had
given to him, and that he had told Bowen
that Tilton must be crazy to write such Il
letter as that, and that he did not under
stand it, and that Bowen Iaid to him. Il
will be your friend in his matter. He
then made II statement, which
Tilton had made to me Mt my house, Of
the charge that Bowen had made TO him.
Tilton said that
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Shot Dead.

During suarrcl last night in a saloon
ON Cherry street, JOHN Crow, printer
WAS shot dead by the barkeeper, Peter
Kan TWr>trr
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4 GonHagPation,

and give every possible chance to the
partics for cva.iOns, and increase one
hundred fold thi. ,candal without hinder
ing anything. l shall zee you ss soon a.
| return. in the meantime
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Bowen had Been Very Treachcrous

towards Tilton, as we'll rs towards him
self, because he CBcechcr) had Il recon-
ciiation with Bowen, Of which he told
me the terms, and that Bowen had never
in his (Bcechcr's) presence spoken or re-
fcrrcd to any allegation of crime or
wrong-doing on his part with any woman
whatever He gave me, in general terms,
memoranda which show the
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what's the TRUTH


] am further from understanding this
morning than ever. The tale a. pub
llshed !. cs.cntiaIly the same a. told to
mc. ~ fact il l. impossible but that Mr..
Tilt0n j, the authority for II, since ]
recognize a rsri simil,t,1dc. ~ under
.tand il Mr.. TiItOn va. the s0le reyela-
tor. % The only reply made % Mrs..
stanton Mas that II true, you mad
Philosophy Of the Relation Of the
40 far ahead Of the time that you dared
NOT announce il though you cOnsented ~
live by il. That this Wa in my judg-
ment wrong and God would bring GIL
.ecret thing to light in bis own time and
fashion and ] could only wait, added
that had come 10 see what human laws
were in Importance, but could ge; no
further though could ace glimpses of a
possible new .rience Of life tina, at pres
ent was revolving 10 my feelings ana my
Judgment; that / should keep myself
open 10 conviction, however, and should
convene with men and especially women
On the whole subject, and as fast A. |
] knew the truth ! should stand
by il with no attempt at cOncealment.
| think that DIR. charring probably
Continued on Fourth Page.l
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them excepting so far as their own late
disingenous nntruthfulness in their
solemn statements, may lower them in
the estimation of the world. l reserve
to myself the right to hereafter review
the statement of Mr.. Beecher in contrast
with the. facts as shown by documents
herewith subjoined, and Others which I
have at my hand, the production of
which did not seem 10 be necessary until
some portion of the published evil
dence of Mr.. Beecher demanded the
contradiction. as-. .s,...- ...-.g g.
[Signed.] FRANcIs d. MoULTos.'
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1t leaves him and Mrs Tilton in al L
most the same position which | found I
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On Friday evening, December 80, being
the night of the Plymouth Church pray
er meeting, Tilton come to me and said
in substance, that by his wife's request he
had determined to see Beecher in order
to show to him the confession of his wife
in regard to the intercourse between
them, which he (Tilton) had never
up to that time mentioned to him,
Beecher,) of the fact of the confession.
His wife told him that she had never
told Beecher of the confession, although
il had been made in writing, which writ
ing he-Tilton-had afterwards destroy
ed If Bowen's accusations against
Beecher were made public, the whole mat
ter would be made known, and her own
conduct with Beecher become exposed.
He had renewed her confession in her
own hand writing which he handed to
Inc and l read it, which was the first
knowledge l had of its existence.
Tilton did not tell me
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Beecher Surprised that Elizabeth
did moi tell Him.

10 be shown only to Tilton, which | did.
1t had reference to no other fact or act
than the confession ofscxual intercourse
between Beecher and Mrs. TiltOn, which
he. at that interview, confessed and de-
MED not. He also. ut other interviews
subsequently, held between Us IN relation
t. this unfortunate affair,
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7. 81 wish YOU would call and see
mc if YOU pass the store, am always In
at about II An.
Bcrchcr, when We met in pursuance of
his note, produced to m" the mcmopn.
dunn of IA card which he proposed to pub
l,h in the Eagi,, and which he submitted
to my Judgment, and gave me leave tp
nltnr the snmr ns | thnmpht fl
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willnever give it TO him; you should not
have it from my hands until / have ex-
hausted every effort for peace"
Mr.. Beeeher gave Ne Back the Paper.
When / went nome with the recanta-
tion | found Tilton there, and showed it
to him. He expressed his surprise and
qualification that should have been able
to get it, and l then showed to him how
very foolish it would have been in the
morning to have proceeded angrily
against Beecher I made another APP
peal for peace, saying that notwithstand-
ing that great difficulties appeared in the
way, if they were properly dealt with
they would be beaten out of the way.
He expressed his willingness and
desire for peace. When / saw
Beecher, made All agreement at his
request to 90 and see him on Sunday
January lst.
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THE CITBAN INSURRFCTION.

PARTIAL SUCCESS OF THE INsURGENTs-THE AMERi-
CAN DoCKRAY TO BE SENT TO SPAIN.
HAVANA, Aug. 31.-0ficial dispatches from
the Central Department report that on the l4th OF
August as company of % Spanish guerrillas were re-
turning to Puerto Principe they were attacked by 400
mounted insurgents. heroic defense was made by the
guerrillas until assistance came, when the insurgents
retreated The spanlards lost their commanding officer
and eleven men killed. The Insurgents carried of Their
killed and wounded except man left dead upon the
field.
column Of guerrlas recently fell into an amouscade
at Las Charcas, in the jurisdiction of santo spirtu
Finding themselves in presence Of several rebel bands
which had concentrated on the spot the spaniards
we're at first thrown into confusion but soon reform
ing their ranks they succeeded in driving the insurgents
off with considerable loss.
Rebel bands have been harassng Fort Martin Lopez,
but the garrison consisting Of 10 volunteers has repealed
all these attacks.
Mr. Dockray has been brought to this city from
Puerto Principe and taken TO Caba1as, where he
will remain until sent to Spain.