The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-23

iSBescheF, but by Mouitou. The last sentent.
Tor the apologY speaks of Menlton III lhfl
third person while Ehs note 20; Moulton:i
addressed la the frst person, The Inst sen
ttence In the orig nal il Ridely separ iir
space from the other portion OF the letter
Tiit0D desired TO get back on the L4depen
dent and lnion. TO effect this purpose ;bt
kept quiet for a u ear. Then he told ii;
kinson aud got 81, 300 from Bowen By work
ing on his fears sis ;s.;5. 81 si
| MIS-. Triton DECLARES
that she told her husband previous to going
to testify before the committee that she bad
been requested to appear 10 do So to shield
her pastor from nnfounded charges so far as
she was concerned. "a 3, q;
SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE. -;
The Tribune furnishes the following: The
Beecher Investigating committee were in
session this afternoon. and were again met
by DR.. Tilton, who is said 10 have expressed
himself exceedingly sad that this unfortl.
nate affair had been bruited to the world.
Otherwise the session was uneYenffni. = lis
expected many other witnesses will be ex.
amined, and that the report viii not be made
for some days. tz5.. iszS .s q 5s.t:8s
VISIT 70 BEEcHEB.
Later in the afternoon General Tracy Wis
tied Mrs. Tilton, and he suhsequeRtly had IA
conversation with Henry III. Cleveland, who,
with Thomas G. Shearmon and General
Tracy, afterwards called at Mr.. Beecher' sre.
sidence, Dir. Beecher soon after arrived from
Peeksyille, and The conversation lasted till
$3.50 P. NJ, when the gentlemen named sep
parated, General Tracy going to Mr.. Dying
toms house. at n later hour l1asrs BeecSer
called on Mrs. Triton, W hiie Mr. Beeeher re-
MANNED at home, receiving calls from many
friends. The COMMITTEES scattered, having
decided to hold no eVeafEg ses sion. ~
Newspaper Comments.
New YORK, July 21.-The Times says Mr.
Beecher is entitled to suspension of public
judgment until his reply is known. Many
of Tilton's charges are too loose and general
to stand the scrutiny of court OF law, but
several are explicit enough to require the
mostexplcit kind Of disproof There is no
middle course for The investigating comnit.
tee. 1t must either indorse or dispose in
detail theaccusations and documents sustain
ing them.
From the World
He (Tilton) claims, indeed, like Mr.. Sickles,
to have wrung from his wife confession OF
her guilt-a claim which his wife, be it re-
membered, most strenuously rebuts and re.
pels. But it is not recorded that MIR. Sickles,
after extracting confession from his wife,
fell upon the neck Of her seducer, and with
Christian tears and tenderness forgave and
embraced him as preliminary to pistolliDg
him suddenly to death in the public streets
on the Sabbath afternoon. a.
The charge now made against Mr.. Beecher,
so far as Mr.. Tilton's statement enables Us to
| assign to it any loundationIat all, rests upon
the alleged knowledge had of this charge and
the alleged action taken in eonsequence'Ofit
by certain third parties, and notably by MIR.
lMoultou, Mr.. Carpenter, and Mr.. Oliver
tJohnson. It is but commonly, just, by the
way, to shy that letter given ia this state.
tment as written by Mr.. OliFerrJ0hnson to
Mr.. Tilton on this subject is absolutely the
one oasis Of manliness and right feeling
whichrefreshes this else desert waste Of SEN
| timentalism, lpruriency, c0wardice. and tilth.
When Mra.Beecher shall have been con.
| fronted with these third parties, and tMr.
Beecher's testimony can be weighed with
or against theirs, it. will be in order, TO
form ra.,fnai judgment as to ithe truth
or falsehood Of the charge, which, SO
range Of vision of the P1blic, rests alone
upon them and upon their testimony. 81 But
as to MIR. Tilton, we need no furthes ieYi.
debce than his own. He stands 6stase
us now byshis own act, naked, shame
less, and unabashed. Or rather he does
not stand, for that is the Characteristic atti.
tude Of manhood, but squats before us, Q
leering, obscene shape. koprophagous and
e. a sloIG mill tn0p nT dron q
selfadulation the letters OF the woman he
had sworn to love, honor, and cherish, and
spelling out with glaefntHgloating emphasis
to the ribaId crowd the sylables ola woman's
whispered tenderness, to enhance the pic
ture he would paint of his own magnani'
nous moral beauty and of that WomaRs
wretched lapse from loyalty to him and bis
great heart. 1t is simply horrible.
lPress dlspatches.l
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE ON TILToN's STATE
AENT-THE FRIGHTPUL EXPOSITION MUST be
ANSWERED..
New YORK, July 22.-Alluding to the vo.
luminous sworn statements OF Tilton,s accu'
sing Beecher, the Tribune OF this morning
says: t'
"The case now transcends the power 6oi
church conferences or Well-meaning mar.
plots to settle or conceal. Unless the fright
ful exposition is answered promptly and
fully, the most famous pulpit orator since
Paul preached in Athens IS silenced. There
is no longer safety or dignity in refusal to
answer. Beecher's own hand seems TO bear
witness against him. Satisfactory proof o.
the falsity of the sensation will be hailed Us
tidings Of great joy, and the position Of the
great preacher will be stronger than ever In
the hearts of thousands. II be fails to clear
himseIfall christendom win deplore the loss,
and the pistoishot Of Booth will have
caused no deeper, and not so hopeless, IA.
tional sorrow"
CoUNTER.sTATEMEST PREPARING.
a Tribune reporter has interviewed 1tr.
Cleveland, who said that Mrs. Tilton and
Mr. Beecher are preparing statement Which
will be submitted to the committee on Tsurs.
day, and which will satisfactorily explain all
correspondence between them and aR other
matters contained in Mr. Tilton's stat einent
The following, signed 10y Theodore Tilton
IN 1872. April I'd, four years after his alleged
discovery OF Beecher's guilt, is worth read
ing: 49,.
Ill, ], Theodore Tilton, returning Of my
own free will to G man whom l have regeree
and loved as father, thus renew and con
firm nv filth in Henry Ward Beecher as
erandIy good and generous mau. ], too
disayow each and all of the fmpatstions ana
charges in said annexed letter-yepeated Snt
| contained: and any and all otkss imputatSon
| ~, oh,r,otor and pnnd,nc>s which hay,