The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-08-19
ALL About Til,on.

on the same block, within Sight O
Printing>bouse square, aud went t,
the sauie public school, bit )wer.
oeyor very Intimate. His boyhooc
was passed among books, aud hs va.
ever given to any of the rom p isl
rivolities Sd 'naturar to youth. Man,
Il time havet set. OH the fence 'tha,
separated dur homes aud wa,bbed hi:
wan face, from tile Sides Of which fel
a mass of golded hair. Hs wa.
never in d pensive mood. LIKE q
hot house plant, he bloom I'D at oil
carly age. While b1yl ave both
driftcd in journalism. Twenty yoa,s
ago no youbgSter on the Now York
press gavo fairer promise of bril-
liant and useful career" than TLeo.
doro Tilton, Before lie was out OF
his teens he. was ,ono Of tho most re lia
able and tnpid Of photographers, and
while reporting lectures and politlGal
meetings for the Tribune, he attract.
ed the notice Of Horace Greeley, to
whom Tlltoa was always warml y at
ached. .H'i'G n.. ,.u' nt 80. ,r
~ Why did he not stish by the
Tribune? -, 80 'rrJo
wyn, you see, he driftipd over to
Brooklyn, where every young man,
to be deemed respectable, midst rcgu.
iarly attend church. 1t is tho open
scsame to the social circlb. The
worldliness he encountered on the
secular press vas repugnant I'd him L..
No young man Vas mofc orthodox in
his chgious faith than Theodore.
lie became, ono Of the shining lights
Of plymouth ohur5h, esbhowed the
sectlar papers entirely, .dcIvcd deep
into theology, and looked pNtronizing 8.
ly down OH the acquaintances Of his
boytood. lie was no Pharisee. His
"gotism was bis predominant eharac-
teristic, bu; he was always atfablo
and courteous. His paredide was
the gilt-edgca community on the
Heights, and his nothetio tastes
caused him to avoid the rendezvous
where BJhemians most did congre-
gate. ...
lie was married in 1855 by Mr..
Beecher to Miss Elizabeth Richards,
who, for some time, had been one of
Nr. Beecher!'s flock, Theodore
closely Identified. ,hilhself with Ply.
mouth chuf6h, and, when but few
years past his majority, o becam . fthe .
protego conductor of his pastor. They
woro the closest Of bis friends. lu
the year 1860, they, with Henry G.
Bowen, we're the trinity of Plymouth.
The Pl5 mouth deacons wore, really
spooney "The."' Some of them
thought they saw III his. facc re.
sc'nblanoe to tint of. ocr Saviour,
and it was not long before he seemcd d
to be walking on slilts, with his. face
turned heavenwsrd. He and his pas.
tor we're .inseparable. AS an. evi.
dence OF tfs fsiandship that existed
between,thenI. [ will relaso ah iuci.
denttthat happened. ,.H: ( .'..
One of the first regiments formed
in tho city Of Brooklyn, for the dc,
tense ofthc Union wcs.tho Long Island
Pnalanx. Among its, ootlieers. was
ole of the sons" Of lseecher., While
the, army was being. organized, under
Mcclellan young Beechor committed
some breach Of disciple, and vas
placed under arrest. The affair
greatly alarmed and agitated his faith
CIR, who Immediately couuseled with
Tilton as to the proper course to be
pursued in. order to, sllield his sou
from disgrace. mir. T.lton, asked hib
(Bcecher.s), pocketbook, and took
from j. $50. ?! He took the first trai
for. Washington, and on reaching
there, went directly. to The house
Of tho Secretary of War Game.
ron. MIR. Cameron was dress.
ing preparatory to entertaining 1t
breakfast party Of. governors Of
STAKES. Tilton ascerta,lea this =, fact
from the servant, and, Of course an
nounced himself as a governor. ,Io
met Cameron, challenged Ills admiya-
tion, splivspcd the table, and, whan
the guests lad departed, ,importuned
for . commission for young. Beecher
in the, regular, army. Tilton would
not be satisfied with a promise, and,
after an interview President hincolo /,
secured tho tdosire4 Commission.
his subse qucnt iudiuipisa Ut the camp
of the regiment Justified rtlib, wisd Q i'll
of his course. JIG, Returned by tho
nextt1ai H.. .hebdsd Mr. Beeehos the
commission, at which HIS friend and
patron foil on lis. brepst and, .webt
gears Of gratitude. Theirs was nc
ordipafy friendship, secmingly.-
Boecher's light reflected on T,lton
and he was happy. .-AbroOhlyn Cor
Pttts6a,g Con,me7chI.,-f i"'' t'2!.
The following is Sgd to be, q pop I
lar song in duluth "Beefsteal
wien Pm hungry, whiskey, when I'm
dry, grconbacks when 1'In hard up
aud heaSsa cwhend ! ,dic."g H.
III, Is, rtis,le @ IT. Il 'sa ga5liepn ;t an
the ~ ashipgtouI KepIb lican--ono o
which il. CONTROL edu by 7 ClaytoI
IDorseyl& Co, and the other By. ..th,