The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-06-30
NEW YORK.
Monmouth Park Races.


mer meeting OF the Monmouth Park
Association at Long Branch, begins
Saturday July 4th, and will be resum-
ed on Tuesday, Thursday. and Saturday
following. An excellent programme
OF sport has been arranged, and q brIl.
liant race meeting is expected.
Church Scandal.
The officers OF the Brooklyn Taber-
nscle have been investigating serl-
GUS scandal which had its origin IN
that place of worship. and Mr.. lar
madge on recommendation OF the exam
lining committee, read from the pu pit
Yesterday, writ OF communication
against Benjamin C. Mitchell, who
charged Major Carmin, President OF the
Board OF Trustees and Superintendent
OF the Sunday School with having
misappropriated the funds OF the
church and with having applied them
to his own use.
News Items.
Yesterday morning at Washington
Heishts,-a the Presbyterian Church,
Rev. c. A. Stoddsrd, preached a me-
mortal discourse upon Nine. Audubon,
the deceased widow OF the eminent ma
turalist.
Mr.. J. Kelly, chairman of Tammany,
hag forwarded a communication ~
Mayor Havemyer in reply to the letter
of the convicted Police Commissioners,
Gardner and Charlick, rendering their
designations. He Charscterizes their
letter as an ingenious tissue OF special
pleading, suggestive OF mlsstatrmeuts
and bold fa. se hoods. and accuses Crar-
lick OF having associated himself with
Henry Smith and Gardner 10 crafty
his political aspirations. and hnding
that the Democratic party Was not dl'"
posed TO crafty them and that the
three men formed ring and excluded
their fellow members who were up
right. cousc entlous men. lie states
that the election law OF 1872 wac most
carefully framed by the Republicans to
protect the purity Of the ballot box, and
that suggestion from a great Republl-
can lawyer put the prosecutors on the
road to final victory.
A Washington dispatch states that
Col. II. c. Whitelev, chief OF the secret
service, has not resigned, but has
demanded a through investigation,
which has been granted.
Base ball: Chcago's, 5; Atlantics, 3.
The Beecher Scandal.
VIM. F. West, who is mentioned by
Theodore Tilton in his letter TO Rev.
Leonard Bacon, has addressed q letter
to the same clergyman, in which, while
he regrets exceedingly that the state
ments contained in Tilton's letter COM
pei him to again take part it, this un-
happy controversy, be says; First,
the charges against Mr.. TIlton were
made nearly two months previous TO
my interview with him, and not few
weeks after as stated in his letter.
Second, at the time when they were
made they intended to secure the con-
victior OF Tllton if he wac guilty, and
TO remove the sta which res:ed oD the
church, and TO vIndicate its pastor; they
were not an indirect and iDslncere
method Of investigating Que man under
the false pretense OF investigating an
other.
Mr.. Bercncr ConsuIts With HI"
Fr,snGs-Ii is Deemed best TO IN ak e
no Explanation for n Week.
At q consultation on the TiIton letter
last evening, by Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher aud several friends, Mr..
Beecher is reported to have said, per-
sonally, he was opposed to say any
thing public in reply to 1ilton's charges.
He believed the only effect OF utterauce
would be TO proloug the discussion oi
the case, while, If silence was preserv-
ell, the end would he speedily reached.
lie assured tle gentlemen that bis
bearing towards silent policy was in
no WAY caused by anv fear OF conse
euences TO himself by dscus5ion
his desire Yves simply TO get cut OF the
d iiiculty with as little injury TO
others as possible. He knew that
by speaking he could eud the matter 30
far as he WAS personally Y concerned, but
he also thought that continued silence
on his part would shortly have the same
effect, and, entertaining that opinion,
he could see nothing TO be gained by
any demonstration.
Professor Raymond admired the ior-
bearsuce which Mr.. Bsecher had all
slong exhibited in this matter, and was
sure the congregation Gli the same !;
but he thought II questionable whether
forbesrance had not now ceased 10 be q
virtue. 1t WAS, he knew a Christian
du,y to be magusnimous, bat the ques-
ton ia his mind was whether pusil-
auimily and magnsuimity were con-
yertible terms III this connection.
Mr.. Shearman, lawyer and the
CT rl of the church, SAID that il il were
necessary to say anything in reply TO
Tilton it could be sad very briefly
The whole matter was involved in AT
apologize letter, and he thought that
all that WAS necessary was TO show,
as could he easily done, that the letter
cited bg Tllton WAS never written by
Mr.. Beecher, and that ro.hiug resem-
Ding 1t exists.
Mr.. Beecher then remarked thatthey
would all be in better condition 10
determine what ought to be Gone a
week hence and, since he saw no I'M
mediate necessity for action, he thought
il would be just IS well TO give the
question q weeks cslm consideration
before determining anything. In that
spirit the counsel dissolved
TaE oFEERED TRIP TO EUROPE.
+. B. Carpenter, the artist whom
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