Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-03
The Hroaklyu Scandal.

BRCoKIYE, Sept. 3. 1874.
My DEAR MRS -: Yours Of June lStL did
not reach me tn tie middle CT July. In some
way IL Was mixed mp with the numberless let
tCrs ard documents y u Oh load nv husbands
table; and although / have the care Of Lis let
teJs, and ty to keep all carefully attend Il %.
yet yours wRs hid up somewheTe-i know not
hCw-sO that il was long before / received It.
ADDED 70 any carelessuess Tor which l alone am
FtsT CDsitle, IS the fact, or rather ! should have
said IN excuse ICF such carsessBv Ss is the fact,
which tie daily papers Lave made no secret,
hat this has been ? summer OF unusual cSre
ana laUor, IN which heaTt eud brain have been
t@NtC - the utteI most. Remembering this. I
Gm sUTe yCu will pardon nv seeming negli-
geTCe, about which L need not have troubls4
yCu with so many words. | would most cheer
fully COIfri1pre an article 70 your INTENDED
paper, W.. .ch | sincerely hope VII be success
iul, were I not debsrrti by tie same Reason
winch causs Il tue Ge ay IN ausgeling yO2T let
ter. Until by good, and ngtie, and most pare
husband hGs rest from these cruel prosecutions,
| have TO felrt for anything hut that iltt!s
which am privileged 70 10 tor him, in protect
ing him irCm neeClCSs intrusion, guarding him
fICm those coImoFsBts, the reFO lteTs, aud du Hy
All the writiDg can save him from doing.
Were il not for this, my dear madam, / would
very CheerfUlly contribute the article Won re-
quest, II only TO MANIFEST my pleasure in learn
ing that have ever been so happy as 10 have
core you small service. By and by the sun
will d'spel all these clouds, and perhaps then
/ may be able TO TespOLd more favorable, IL
MRS. HENRI WARD BRscHEs.
Mr.. MoULTON's E BoNDsMEN.
The New York Tribune of yesterday saw:
Frank lin Woodruff, one of Francis d. NJ ,ul-
tens business partners, called yesterday at Dis
trict Attorney Winslow's office and said he
was ready to JUSTIFY as one OF the b0rdsmen.
MI Faroj, the district attorneys chief clc-k,
drew the bond, which was signed by Mr.. Wood
run, who then went before Judge Nelson and
made affidavit that he was worth $4,000 above
all hanihties. Soon after he left the court
room Mr. Moulton stepped into the district at
tOrrey's Office and asked for Mr. Woodruff He
seemed slightly veNed upOn learning that Ir.
NCodTuf had gone, and said that he was sorry,
because Jeremiah z. Robinson, his second
bondsman, was sick and unable to appear. Mr
Moulton desiredto know If Mr.. Robinson's iu--
tihca'ion could not be tax n at his resderce.
The clerk replied that be didn't believe that
Judge Nelson would consent 10 visit Mr., Z 1b-
for the purpose suggested. Mr. M9ultgn
sad that Mr.. RO5in-On might 0e abe % ap-
pear to- day, and asked if lie could sign The
bond. He was allowed to sign. ard sfterward
Acknowledged his sigr lture before Judge Neil
son. The Judge declined an invitation . ride
TO MT. RObinsone residence, and sail that he
would postpone The Justification until this morn
ing. Mr. MOulton stated 70 4 reporter thar Nr
EubtuSCns failure 10 appear niEht p-oiusc the
impression that lie iabOTeG uECer ditllcuiti S in
finding bondmen.
FRESH LIEEL SUIT.
In IS understood that Henry g. Bowen will
enceavor 70 prove that he IS not in BROOKLYN
al the time the Brooklyn "a lie alleges that one
OF Its reporters cOnversSd wEh him. EI-Judge
Morris, OF counsel for TheyCere TltOn, 81 ties
that it is no secret that he H2s been directed bv
bis client TO bring libel sulr agai3s: the Brook
iyn Eagle. He declines to state what amount
or damages Will be claimed.
MB. BEECHER AT TEE PLYMOCTH CHUPCa
PRAYER MEETING LAST NIGHT,
telegram from New York says that Ply
mouth church was Censey packed with p-auIe
last evening TO obtain sight OF and hear Hr.
BeecEer. At / O'Clock there was no standing
room either in the church Ur passages alu
ladies' were frequently borne out during the ser
vices in faintlUg condition. AmoSg thrzo
present were CcGTies Bcecher, D-. I1s4-d
EeCche-, Col. BeeCber, Mrs Harriet y -erher
stowe Assistant Pastor Halliday, all the mem
hers OI tie late investigating commit zee. Prof.
Raymond, and trustees Of the church. A. 80
hT. BeCcaer came on tie platform, and wa
received with storm o. applause. lie I've
cat tie hymn, 4" Praise God, from whom al
blessings flow, - which was sung bg tFs
GO 1grsy CATION with yig1r and z4l
Ar. ByeCheF then offered bTIef PRAYER. IL
Whith ne tEanked Coo iCr ttis ~ -etIng, on The
tWeEty-SC venth any vers8ry ot his pastJrate
Ec hofeC that much good would accrue from
lls IaEOsS CuTIng the coming Eea.5a, ana re-
turE,a hanks 10 God for al Has fresh blessings
AB0t"er hymn WAS sung, aud prayer was offered
ty fIuf Eay mond. He bcsguEht the Lori 10
bless ne mai on his right hard. ard retained
thanks ioT the uials and discipline b-oa ut
upOn heiT pastor, which. he SAID, were for the
g'giy Dt zion. After the C1ugreg atom had
sung anO'ber hymn, Mr.. BseCheF, rising 10 ms
feet, SAD that lie would much rather nave met
DIS iFieLds As usual at the eEd Of Eis vacation.
but be was anxious that the good old custorasry
F.-day hight prayer meetings should not be de-
l"tteo IRON. They were met tOssther as on 70
what might he cons dere1 neG year, u COnss-
crate themselves to the spread OF the Christian
Elrgdom on earth. When the troubles carried
us away under the burdens that We had not
strength TO bear, ard under the waves OF soT-
row, when our strength failed, Ged's strength
began. When sorrows we're no longer TO be
tolerated, and EeH came to the end Of their en-
duranCe, tho IN IT. plenitude ard abundance
came the everlasting prCseuCe and power Of the
Almighty. Then men looked back with amaze
ment 10 think that their courage ever failes
should not hold down his head as a prisoner ia
chains. ltwas for US TO lift up ourselves from the
VlsOIe lhtO the INVISIBLE and though there "a git
ne troubles low down, q Cd was a5cyet tie clouds.
He made an appeal t. the yOGHg men o. the
congregation to grow in righteousness ami the
spirit or truth, aud say to themselves Ishqli nor
cTumbe In the dust, but shalt rise, Irresistible
IN power Of the heart OF Christ. / ask not vou-
confidence or sympathy, but the surety of a
blessed hope that you feel a sympathy tor tas
weak 20 lit them up and save them for Christ
He alluded very remotely to the discipline the
church hsd gone through, which be thought
was only gTindstOne 10 sharpen their wea.,5us
OF spiritual warfare tor the remainder OF tie
year, and he thought they should be anilnlt /
by the sIlIIt OF love, Joy, and peace in God
Jhis had been their anim2tiuG purpose Tlr
twenty seven years, and they w0Gl1 come out
OF this tribulati0n iOT HO ether pl-2cse than She
glory OF Goa.
Another hymn was sung, AMI tae bensti--fo.
pronounced by MT. Beecher, which ended TIE
proceedings. At tue close the friends OF thc .,as
Tor closed up around tie platform and shook
MINUS Win BiihJ Jcobgf&EuiAttng him on tSc ine
appearance be presented after his vacation a,j
il was fully half hopT before the church yas
cleared OF the thrOIg. The Plymouth gssDcis-
ton, at the close of the proceedings halI = nrI
Eate ard Informal, though social, gathering for
the purpose OF rendering a reception 10 Mr.
BeeCher. They gathered in their rneatinp
room, above the lectUre-rOoIn, in large num-
bers. The room was haBdsomelv decorated
with flowers and banners. When Beecher an
pesTed at the room, after receiving the greeti1g
OF all his friends in the church below, he was
received with loud and long continued applause.
at the close OF which young lady sang'.H Home
Sweet Home TO an accompaniment, which
was followed, after brief intervals bv other
songs. Mr.. BeecheT then promenaded throuob
the room, and held brief Conversation. with an
those present, which terminated the proceed
iDgs.
TIKI CURRENT SETTING AGAINST BERCBRR
The New York correspondent Of the Hartford
Conn Times, OF September 80, SAYS 6The nm
dercurreDt in the Beecher-Tilton scandal is now
seething more than ever since Tilton' last state
ment. Orthodox people, who previously were
On Beecber's SIDE almost unenimopsly ara
greatly ci, -ded, many having arrayed them
selves against him and become open in exnres-
sions OF be- .ef in his guilt. The latter saw pri-
vately that he must retire from the puIpit and
that his return to 1t will do irrepsI able injury
TO the cause of Christianity in America and
Professionalism throughout the world Thesa are