Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-07-24

pect ever to see you again or to be alive
many days. God was kinder to me than
were my own thoughts. The friend whom
God sent to me, Mr.. Moulton, has proved
above all friends that / ever had, able and
willing to help me in this terrible emer-
gcncy of my life. His hand it was that
tied up the storm that was ready to burst
upon our heads. You have no friend
Theodore excepted-whe has it in his pow
er to serve you so vitality, and who will do
it with such delicacy and honor. 1t does
my sore heart good to see in MI. Moulton
an unfeigned respect and honor for you.--
1t would kill me if l thought otherwise
He will be as true friend to your honor
and happiness as a brother could be to q
sister, In him we have q common ground.
Y on and | may meet in him. The past is
ended, but is there no future No wiser,
higher, holer future ? May not this friend
stand as Il priest in The new sanctuary of
reconciliation, and mediate and bless Theo-
dore, and my most unhappy self
EDO not let my eariiestirss fail OF it
end. You believe II my Judgment. I
have put myself wholly and gladly i'll Moul
TOMS hands, and there | must meet you.--
This is sent with T..eodo!, S cons emit, but
he has not read it. Will you return it to
me by his own hand am very earnest
i'm this wish for all VI sakes as such a let
ter ought not to be subject to even chance
of miscarriage.
''Your unhappy friend,
I'll. w. BEECIIER.-
That about year after Mrs Tilton s
confession, her mind remained in the fixed
opinion that her criminal relations with
MI Beecher had not been morally wrong,
so strongly had he impressed her to the
contrary, but at length a change took
place in her convictions on this subject, as
noted in the following letter addressed by
her to her husband:
MRS. TILTON TO MIR. TILTON.
ssSchoharie, June 30, 1871.-My Dear
Theodore: To-day, through the ministry
of Catharine Gaunt, character of fiction,
my eyes have been opened for the first time
in my experience so that | see clearly my
sin. 1t was when I knew that [ was
loved-to suffer it to grow to passion. A
virtuous woman should check instantly an
absorbing love. But it appeared to me in
such false light-that the love | felt and
received could harm no one, not even you.
have believed unfalteringly until O'Clock
this afternoon, when the heavenly vision
| daWned upon me. [ see now, as never be-
fore. the wrong have done you, and has
! ten immediately to ask your pardon with d
penitence so sincere that henceforth, il
reason remains, you may trust me impliic-
lily ~ ,oo, n,,o>aon, +ho,,u, ,,o,,,
opinions are not restful Or congenial to my
soul, yet my own integrity and purity are
sacred and holy thing to me. Bless Goo
with me for Catharine Gaunt, and for al
the sure headings of an all-wise and loving
Providence Yes. now [ feel quite prepar
ed to renew my marriage vow with you, tt
keep it as the Saviour requires, who look
eth at the eye and the heart Never be
fore could say this. When you yearn to
| ward me with true feeling be assured of tn,
tried, purified and restored love OF
s'ELIlABETH. "
Mrs Tilton followed the above lette
with these:
MRS TILTON TO MIR. TILTON.
ssJulv 4, 1S7I.-Oh my dear husband
may you never need the discipline of bein.
misled by a good woman, as was by a goo'
man.
.'[No date]EI would mourn greatly
MY life was to be made known to my faith
er His head would be bowed indeed t.
the grave"
''[No date -Do not think my ill-heatl
is on account of my sin and it's discovery
My sin and life record [ have carried to m
Saviour. No, my prostration is owing t
the suffering L have caused YOU"
HER LETTERS BEFORE SHE KNEW
BEECHER,
IMsday Morning, Jul1auly %, 196S.-M
Beloved: Don't you know the peculia
phase of Christ'S character as a lover is S,
precious to me because of my consecratiol
md devotion to you? | learn to love vol
from my love to film. / have learned tC
love Him from loving you. / couple yol
with Him, nor do feel it one whit irrev
emf, and as every day l adorn myself, con
sciously as a bride to meet her bride
groom.
So, IN like manner, | lift lmplorins
hands that my souls love may be prepar
ed. l, with the little girls, after you lief
lis, with overfiowing eyes and hearts, con
secrated ourselves to our work and tt
you. My waking thoughts last nigh
we've of you. My rising thoughts thi
morning were Of you I bless you, hon
or you, love you. God sustain us ant
help us both to keep our VOWS"
"&ttaudcy Ersuing, february /, 1865
o, we'll, | know, as far as [ am capable,
love you. How to keep this fire high ant
generous is the ideal before me. | am on
ly perfectly contented and restless (rest
full y when you are with me. These latte
months l have thought, looked and yearn
ed for the hour when you would be a
| IOlllt Will ouhttIUCloDlC.
Monday, February 3, 1868, 8 O'Clock A
N.-What may bring to my beloved thi
bright morning A large, throbbing hear
bless and cheer him ? Is it acceptable, sWee
one
PEN PORTRAITS OF MR.. AND MRS.
TILTON.
A New York letter to the Chicago
"Times" gives the following pen portrait
of Mr. and Mrs. Tilton:
Millions of our countrymen have seel
Theodore Tilton, yet to crafty those VIII,
have not, may observe that he is a tall
well-built- and large-boned man, with jus
the least perception OF stoop, and physi
cally success. His face is a study;
| luXury-the essence of intellect and intel
ligence 1t is not large below the fore
head. Together they present handsome
wonder that feminine hearts swell an(
break beneath his beaming countenance
His emile is as Wltching as a woman IS
and his laugh hearty and sympathetic
What distinguishes HIM in general appear
ance is a wealth of blonde hair hanging il
clustering profusion over his shoulders
Now he is not far from forty years of age
and in the prime of intellectual and phys
ical vigor. AS Theodore Tilton la,
stretched On his sofa, sat fronting hi
face. Lifting my eyes above his grand
poetic head, [ could not avoid percevina
AN EXQUISITE PORTRAIT
on canvass, gracing the wall. Again ane
again my eyes fell upon it.. Something pc
culiarly charming, and fascinating an(
| tendar huno ahout it. MuSinpIV I thonohi
the artist was himself most Imaginative
genius and consummate creator, OF if al
actual instead of fancy subject. his brush
must have been inspired. A most sym
metrieal head, intellect and poetry pre-
dominating; wealth of silken brown
hair, soft and soulful eyes of the richest
hazel; a face Of exquisite sweetness and