The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-09-15

ISOLATION then adopted a constitution and
made permanent organization. Elected
officers for the ensuing year,viz
G. d. Keller, Iergenncs, president.
James TIuntoon. Cuttingsville, vice
president.
NJ. 5. Chandler, East Franklin, third
vice president.
4. II. Holbrook, recording and cores.
ponding secretary,
Il. A. Jones, Richmond, treasurer.
Executive committee, Geo. + Graves,
Rutland W. N. Peck, Montpelier
Geo. Clement, West Berkshire; NJ. s.
Coburn, Factory Point G. i. Hubbard,
Saxton,s River.
After lively discussion by members
from the several parts of the state, rela.
tive to the prices and purchasing of stock.
the meeting adjourned to meet in Mont.
pclier Oh the third Wednesday in Oct
ODER, at which time it is expected every
tanner in the state will be present.
The Globe says a little "onplcasant.
ness" recently occurred in this town, to
very respectable families, in this wise
Something like fifteen years ago Mr..
Carbeno married Miss Bridget Lafflc,
much against the wishes of her parents
and friends. After living with her few
weeks he left. as he said to find a place
to work and live, and she was to follow
when he accomplished his object. His
wife heard nothing of him fer years, and
supposed him dead. Some four or five
years after she had good offer Of mar
riage and accepted and married Sir. Ed
ward Worden, very respectable young
man of this town. Everything went
"merry as a marriage BELL Until this
summer, when the former husband ap.
pearcd and laid claim to his wife. Mrs
Worden, preferring her second husband,
filed libel for divorce, which husband
No. ] opposesou the plea that he did no,
run away from her, only went away, His
story is that he went to New Hampshire
and then to New York state and after
he heard that his wife had married again
he went to California some ten or eleven
years ago and that during the time fire..
quently wrote to her, but could get no
reply. lie does not claim that he wants
to live with her, but would probably like
to make raise of a little money on the
job. We hope, for the credit Of all con.
cerned, and for the good reputation Of the
town, the friends will amicaby adjust the
matter and not suffer the affair to be ven.
tilated in open court. The parties, so far
as we know and believe, acted honorably
and in good faith, not supposipg tina,
they were doing u wrong or criminal &c.
ton
MouLToN's STATEMENT The Trbnne
says: We can reduce what MIR. Mou.
ton really has to say about the scandal to
q very few points |. lie gives from
memory the words in which, as he AYERS
Mr.. lIeecher confessed to him his improp.
er relations with Mrs. Tilton . lie
asserts that the confession has been made
in the hearing of another person. whose
name he does not give, but it is not Til.
ton. ,. lie repro1uces the letters which
passed between Mr.. Beechcr and MIS-.
Tilton after the alleged confession--lhe
same letters which were given to the cor
respondent of The Chicaqo Tribune and
copied into this paper. T. And finally
he declares that Mr.. Beecher confessed to
him that he had committed adultery with
another woman, mentioned though not by
name in Tilton's threatening letter to Mr.
Bowen. The first and second allegations
rest upon Mr.. Moulton's unsupported
word, and we have no hesitation in say
ing that the language which he puts into
Mr.. Beecher's mouth is impossible lie
represents this Christian preacher as not
only acknowledging his "blamc for it ="
That overtaxes credulity. The third
point refers to the so.callcd clandestine
letters. They are not evidences of guilt
Far from it.
we challenge any uaprejudiced person
to read them without being impressed by
their deep religious spirit and if we are
to take them for letters Of designation we
mnst suppose that this man and woman
were in the habit of saying grace over
their singul indulgence and mugling all
their crimes with prayer-not in the hyp.
ocritical pretensc before the world but in
the secresy of their own guilty inter.
course. In the malignant earnestncss
with which Moulton tries to twist an evil
significance out Of these innocent, albeit
gushing sentences, there is something Of
the devils own temper.
The fourth point also depends pIinri.
pally upon Mr. Moulton's credibilty.
BosToN PAPERS on MouLroN's STATE.
MENr.- Boston, Sept. l3.-The Boston
Advertiser says Of Moulions statement :
"A heavy gun is discharged, and it APP.
pears that the ammunition had run short
There is nothing here but maligni'y.
Those who have always inclined to believe
in the guilt Of Mr.. Bcecher will take it
as new evidence but, in fact, it is old.
and the temper in which it is presented
will throw fresh discredit on its author. q"
On the contrary, the Post says: alt is
the most damaging document yet present.
ed. and the thought will sugges; itself to
many minds whether it would not be more
decorons Tor Beecher. pending his tlial
in public to intermit his pulpit services.
or, as he suggested in enc Of his letters.
to step down and out As for Plymouth
church, it is literally shut up
FEoN WASHINGTON, - IaShinqton. Sent
Ia dispatch dated August %, from
Gen. Miles, commanding the expedition
to the Indian territory. says; The Chry.
ennes. kiowas and Comanches have con.
centrated on the head waters of the North
Fork river and its aiilurnts. and Elm
Fork and he proposes to continue move.
ments in that direction. Tho indians
appeared to be burning the prairies south
OF General Miles and would doubtless
leave the country barren waste lie is
OF the opinion that the strength of the
Indians is grsatly underated, and they
are well armed with rifles imnroveJ nat