The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-17

son, for one, because he was saying some
thing to me one day about what some o
T;lton's friends were saying and incident
allv mentioned that to him, which he nev
or reneated, suppose. to anybody. Moul
ron sail II shall never admit that.
: shall deny it always.
O-Have YOU any objections to state
what TiItons friends were saying t. Oil
YER Johnson and others? What did Olive
,Johpson say to you? A-On une occa
sion he reported to me that among the
friends of Tilton he had heard reproache,
made against me; that was neither en-
deavoring to help Theodore IN reputation
or in any other way, and that the express
sion was this THAT was the instrument
of his being thrown off the train Of lite,
and that | would not relnstate him. l re-
pied, in substance, that SD far as the rep.
utati n was concerned, not only lonyed
and tried to d, what could for Tilton, but
that his ASSOCIATE, m with Woodruff was ia
tai to him, and l could not make any head
way against it. and with regard tn any 9th
er I said to him that had been willing t,
help him materially, and that recently |
paid 5000 to him.
Odd you see and have conversation
with Tilton s1on after the payment OF the
5000? A-On the Sunday morning fol
lowing the payment OF the 5000, was
going to church, when | met Mr.. Tilton
standing right opposite the house. He
put his arm through mine, and was in his
most beatiiic mood While walking along
down to church he was talking all the way
OF grace, mercy, and peace to me, and at
Il. l tH.lf a
is very modifying
By Mr.. Clafin-Did you at any time re-
cciva he nute which the committee have
10 ey i nee Us FIJI ois II. w. B-Grac,
mere, and peace. +. 1. Sunday morn
ing p Ale sent it on Sunday morning
BY his wife who had it laid on my pulpit
stand.
By Mr.. Cleyeland--If your mortgage
was dated about May /, 1874, the money.
Of course, was paid to Moulton after your
mortgage was made? A-ies,s sir. | did
not keep the money an hour went with
it directly from the Mechanic $ Bank, where
| drew it, and put it into Moulton's hands
on the same day, and within few hours
Q-At his house? Al do nut know
Odd you have trouble with Tiltob
during the latter part Of that month, be
fore the lst Of June, 1873 Al d, not
know the months in which | have not had
trouble with him, but he made special
nutburst at the end of the Month OF May,
1873, on account Of the publication of the
tripartite agreement which led to my letter
to Moultun of June LIST, 1878.
Q-Here is letter dated MAY
LIST, 1874, in which I'ilton re-
icrs to some story of Carpenter
about your Offering money. Did you re
celve that letter? Al did, sir. 1t was
a magnificent humbug. knew that he
aad been tinklng my gold in his packets
,or months and years, and he wrote THAI
eltur to be published ior IL sham ana
mask.
Q-Who introduced the subject o.
going to Europe when Carpenter came to
see you? Ale did.
Y LIN the statement which you have
made aud letters you have published, you
express great agitaiun, sorrow and suffer
ing, even to anguish. II w d, ylu recon
Gle that with the tone ut ytur pnblic uin
istratinns, and with the declaration If ppac,
and trust which have fallen from ylu tr,t,
time t. tune il the lecture rujin Al
interpret it precisely in the sauc way Us
do the rds of Paul who said that he
died deaths daily; that he was the offsccur-
ing of the earth, having the care ct all tn,
churches, and yet. with all this burden on
his mind, he described himself as living in
the most transcenicnt religious peace ana
"; that stands on record III huaan lltera
ture. ''Gndty SORROW worketh ". The first
effect of these troubles to me was most an.
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