The New York herald., 1874-08-22

have proceeded angrily against Beecner. made
standing great difficulties appeared in the wav, n
they were properly dealt with they could ne beaten
our OF tne way. he expressed his Willingness and
NoULroN IN BEEcHERs STUDY
Wuen saw Beecher l made an agreement, at
his request, to go and see him ON Sunday, January
went to his house In accordance with the
told me again OF his great surprise that Elizabeth
should have made the confession OF his criminal
him (Beecherj know anything about it. making his
destruction at any moment possible, and without
WarIng TO m He his great grief az
friend to Theodore, and at his request took pen
and paper and ne dictated to me the following
| paper, all oil which Is In my handwriting except
the words, ~ have trusted this to MOuitOn IN con-
hdence." and the signatule, which latter are In
p %F:@ aes'''fS' II Is ne's p'0o0'e0 anu HA'Ae'
LETTER OF coNrRIrIoN.
I'm trust with F. D. bStISSason ISa'ton jan l. 'sn
aqrs 'sns ioTsyensss and Tumble $Hssf before
him 1 as DO 70 before my .oa He wouId have been bet,
s:k nothing except thar he win remember all the ether
dead % but others sni must i've ' and sser
raSg y
poor chla lying there ana praying with her folded
immersion or.aaS.Ser Her iorsissaess have.
uoy pray 10 GOD that he may put into the heart OF
have trusted tns to soulton cGphSsnss
This was intrusted TO me IN confidence, to be
shown only to Iiton, which did. 1t had refer
sexual intercourse between Beecher and Mrs. TIL
ton, which he at that interview confessed, and de-
views subsequently held between US in relation to
the unfortunate affair unquafedly confessed that
he had been guilty OF adultery with mrs. TitOn
and always in a spirit OF grief ana sorrow at the
enormity OF the crime he had committed against
Mr.. TiltOn's family At such times he would speak
with much feeling of the relation ne had sustained
toward them as pastor, spiritual adviser and
he had wrought under such circumstances was fun
and complete and at times he was so bowed
down with grief in consequence Of the wrong
he had done that ne threatened to put an end to
| his ME. He also gave to me the letter. the first
draft. ol which, marked SAP is above given,
gwen it to him; that he had told Bowen that Til
ton must be crazy to write such letter that;
that he did not understand 1t. and tnat Bowen
sad to him, ~ will be your friend in this NATTER.
He then made statement which TiltOn had made
to me a. my house OF the charge that Bowen had
made to him rfltOn) ; said that Bowen had been
very treacherCus toward TiltOn as well as to-
ward himself because he (Bcecher) had had re-
conciliation with Bowen OF which ne told me the
terms. and that Bowen had never IN bis Beech
ti0n OF crime or wrong doing his part with any
| woman whatever. He gave me, In general terms,
the reconciliation, and afterwards gave me two
memoranda, which here produce, which show
the terms of the reconciliation. The first is in the
handwriting of Bowen, containing i've items.
| which Beecher assured me were the terms which
Bowen claimed should 0e the basis OF reconcilia-
son. 1t is as follows, and Is marked "G":-
FIst-Report and publish sermons and lecture
room talks
| Freelands interest.
! Thiyd-Explanatlo to church.
| FOurtt-WrIte me letter.
| Fyyl.-Retract in every quarter what mas been
| said to my injury.
the re reconcaton % % with Bowen I in BeecSers SanS
writing giving an account OF the affair. 1t is
RECONCILIATION WITH BOWEN.
About February, 1870, at o long interview at Mr..
Freeand's house, for the purpose or having full
Beecher Mr. Bowen stated his grievances, which
were all either of business nature or ofmy treat
ment OF him personally (as per memorandum in
Alter hours Of conference everything was ad-
justed We shook hands. We pledged each other
other to work hencelortn without jar or break |
said to htm:-"Mr. Bowen, II you hear anything OF
me not in accordance with this agr cement OF mar
once. and will do the same by you.
He agreed. In the lecture room stated that all
our differences were over, and that were
friends again. This public recognition he was
present and heard, and expressed himself as
| greatly pleased with. 1t was after all THIS that 1
asked Mr.. Howard to help me carry out this recon.
Citation, and to call on Mr.. Bowen and to remove
! the little dnerences between them.
Then it was that without any provocation he
ton did not include one matter, that he tBowen)
"knew that about Mr.: Beecher which II he should
! Mr.. Howard protested with horror against sucn
| statement, saying :-"Mr. Bowen this Is terrible.
has the most absolute evidence" To this Mr..
Bowen replied that he had this evidence and said,
eeener and spas M o &c - 1e
his consent that he tBowen) should tell Mr.. How
| Mr. Bowen at no time had ever made known to
Mr. Beecher what this secret was and the hints
which Mr.. Beecher had had OF it led him TO think
1t was another matter, and not the slander which
| he now finds 1t to be-
In that interview Beecher was very earnest In
his expression of regret at what had been done
| against Tilton IN relation to his business connec-
| tion with Bowen, and besought me to do every
thing could to save him from the destruction
tBeecher's) intercourse with Mrs. Thton should
Of Beecher January l. 1871 / took the paper
marked 'F" which he had dictated 10 me, to
to s IFS ags
! mind and again appealed to him to nave the
mater ate sept quiet for M no ts ether
sented. round him writing the letter to Bowen
Of that DAT. date, ", which ;n l have before produced,
marked 3d." He told me also OF the contracts ne
the Independent to be, editor Of the Brooklyn
Of equal amount for his edltorshp OF the brooklyn
contracts cannot % produce, because botn papers
were delivered to Bowen after the arbitration of
These contracts provided that they could be ter
minated by mutual consent or upon six months
BY the party Wv who wished to break or snnn
them paying TO the other the sum OF s., 500 Tilton
insisted that that sum, with his arrears Of salary,
against Bowen unless ne settled, and he gave me
! an authorization to settle his anars with Bowen,
| which paper gave to Mr.. Bowen when went
| down TO treat with him. retaining this copy,
marked 'T':-
M0ULTON's AUTHORIZATION
BROOKLYN Jan. 2 1871.
| Mr.. II. C. BOWEN
sR-I hereby authorize Mr. Francis D. Moulton to act
my dn a Sc tue with Of al my &c"
Independent and the Brooklyn Daily Union
(Signed) THEO. TILTON.
Acting in the interest OF Beecher. / told Tlton
that tins controversy with Bowen. If possible,
should be peacefully settled lest 1t might reopen
the other matters relating to Beecher's conduC in
| Tilton's family and the charges made by Bowen
! against Beecher. To this TiltOn assented, giving
me the authorization above quoted.
| AT my earliest convenience called upOn Bowen
at his once upon this business, telling him that
wanted him TO settle with me. as was authorized
by Tton by this letter (handing him the letter.
to settle for the breaking Of the contract with
| Tilton as contributor to the IudeDendent and as