, 1874-08-22

- "~to AAA1VHc kVI ~ HuGEu4 FItHLllIAtlDU
OF tho report. Those who advocated fnrtIlor do.
i!ay aro Aiossrs White anil HtorrY. Ylcso dou[aro
t1at thay have net had tisno TO EXAMINE tho tos-
tmohY ma form an accurate conolyslon, Df
UGocter,
:. Tho 1,rook1yn evening rapors OF to-day pub
lish tho summons and complaint Ia
T1LroN's SUIT AHA1HBr BEEuuEn,
which woro served OIL alr. Shcar,nap Uocclorg
at.o.nsy. this -, morning., Damages aro set
at 310D,000. Tho complaint cllargoy U.ocllcr
With donanchsng Mrs. Iilton on OCT. ~. 1868,
aud on divorH othor days md times aftcr that
day. Mr.. shear'nan saya lss shall pnt iii NIL nn-
swcr rcxi wcek. nna explicitly deny ovory ppnt
raised. Ex-JndEc Norris, Ti!ton's COUNSEL
says that he Ia preparing complaints in
PROPOSED ulrs Fo1t LtnEI.
agstgst tho Now York Tribune. Now Yorh World,
aud nseok!yn Eagle, In 81! Of whio!, Tiiton ii
p1aintr. Il ~ ,ludorutood tint in eari caso lho
damages will bo placod at nenrly, If not q,lte,
as high figure as In the suit agaiiiHt Dooclior.
Mr.. BEEcHER's STATEMENT.
70 The Editor of fThe tHfenao Tribune:
Etreatn OF Mr. Ioechef'z latoat explanations, we
inu ourselves "snaggod 3" once mora In tho
noss m d!s.rsassng n'a.'s'er upon another immova-
channel. The rcadrr will remember TINT, be-
foro this unhappy, question had arisen, Mr.
Duecher had eyor claimed to be tho warm por-
soma! friend ol both alr. md Mrs. Tlllon. In-
desd until ttlib diifcnlty had presented, Ti1tou
nnd Neeohet hati heen, no sotno ono we'll puts it,
tho Jonathan and David Of modern timca. Not
the Damon aud rythias Of antiquity wero moro
nsoparably un'ted than wore those twin-aor,ls iu
t,o bonds Of iratorna! loso. Indeed so dear unto
Henry Ward waA tho love Of Thoodosa 10 s' won-
tlcrful," 80 'tpnsslng tho love OF wolnen,"-ao
tendo1iy did A1r. Deechel'H bowoas of compassion
yearn over bis noble al1d glftod friend, that. oyon
when proaldIng at public meetings, tho hand Of
David would uneonsclouB}y seok that OF Jona-
than,. Md there, like brothers hand iu hunl,
would they sit by tho hour together david fer
wildly pressing. oaBping aud carossing the man.
" digts Of Ills Jonathan. This, INDEED, was
100 lovely aud sasx p'oVSi se iaat @sGE'sdSf L dd
not "pan OUT us we'll III tho public had boon
lod to expect. It was tho DECIDEDLY :lefty," as
Artenus Ward would lnnocently remark. ThiH
kindltlosH OF feeling Ind, however, for years
existed bctwoon them although. uad to rolato, it
WAS doomed To OIL unsins'y eMtl.
Aowl answer: Upon the OCCASION when,
n Decon'her. 1870, A1ra. Triton sout for Alr.
ncocher 10 her n1other'shouso, and tlloro poured
pastor the story Of hot husbands unkiusuoss,
abuse, and brutality. Sho w,nl,otl separation
from aor lusbAnd, md asked Mr.. Deeci,er'n I'D
y,ce na to her co,'rsc. Thin IL the account Mr.
us TINT, up to this time, ho never dreamed Of
any trouble domestic otherwise, having arise,,
IN this famlly. Lot it not bo forgotten
tthat, dear as We hsve described Mir.
Mrs. 1ilton was If possible, Still tloaror,. l.
For Mr.. Doec]ior himself informs uH rllat le had
watched hor from childhood, and had over chor-
tslled Tor her 4 pure and fathery aNeclinn M1,l
atln,iraton which, slo had returned a'ulost with
tho ton1cr feeling of 4 daughter. Bearing all
this III mind, wo here witncsa him, upon this oc-
casiou, thnndorHtruck by this tne or uudreuu,od-
Of wrotclsatEleas, nav poured iuto h!a I.orr!llcd
cars by tic vito OF ilis dearest friend. BY her
hand il tlls curtain drawn aso, a,ai Ills sight IL
blasted by the spectacle Of this griunng skele-
ton, no 1ong ind ~ carefully concenlol, evon
from his eyes, Ill their domestic closet. lilo IL
told by the unhappy wife that Hla desires to
separate from her hnsDntG.
Now, what docB Dir. Decclor DO? Does lie,
filled with high anu holy senso Of duty towards
his fsieaa seek lin without delay to reason with
aud o1postnlate with lliu.7 Does ho bog and lln-
plore of bin, for the sake OF tAeiE old love md
friendship, to pause elo no drive out hia once
daar, and still loving, vito into tho cold md
cruel world, to DO ever theroaftar tho targat for
the 1lippaut scorn Of brutal men mud tile con-
tempt 0! fsiyooup!y y.soltlsh women? Dons ho
affection for tslia now unhappy woiuan. to
mako ono moro effort to recall Tho bnn-
islled Hp,rit Ut reaue to their wrecked home
and AeattA. to seek, by CArist-like pationce by
dul~!lao charity. by leariu} and forboar'ng. ono
with another, to win back that tcnder love. that
fond a!Iecsiosl, which eNee made TINT then happy
home indeed "dell 7" Or failing by such argi-
mcnts to move tho STONY heart OF thss re,,sorse-
less huHtns.d. DO We porcesso him rining in hin
righteous ,wra'!l, ami, BY, virtue Of hlH sacrel
priesthood, commanding this eruol tyyant III tho
nnmo Of tllo living God to hold hin utlrsslteuus
hand. nor dose to touch protale!Y tho
sacred ask OF h!s own domestic happinesa
Does hc do atl this? Docs ho do any
past Of this Does Aa ever sock Theodore
Tlltou At all in the matter? My, docs ho eyer
once look upon the face of this AuskRn4, or aslk
hun il ho has JUDGED heard asigllt.-if thcto
may; perchance, DO anulhor side 10 this fearful
fall 1Ft o5.J7 In r. f1,,+
contrary, he aoduluuBly avoids alr. Tilto,,, and
never, III auy manner whatever, refass to hsua iu
tho Matter. Deteshneu upon advising n nepa-
ration, ho pretondsnot trust his Own Judgment,
but drugs Mrs. Beccllor lut0 the affair, and now
apparently would make her the scapoguat by
wlieh the Of this must strange one-aiteI as.d
hurried advice il to be borue away INTO tho
wil4er,,oss,- thus lo nlay seek to 60 froo OF
bis dcnorvod penalty Of mans contoalpt De.
spiBng the palpabla mud tlim6y deception Of
suuh a most improbable story, We ten thousand
tines more hoartly doBlrso this effort to siInre
the burdau Of hiH BlInmo with one Who is iu no
way responsible fur La lnlsteeds.
Ii Afr. Beecller WaA Innocent, why this hurried
haste? Why this foyorish irnpat,ouco? Why
hnsbaudi @ Wiy Ills % poinisblant s advice S't to
separate forthw!th. without any s!nglo, solitary
effort boiug made by him to elloct d roconc!a-
by his own showing. wore 80 dcar
to him tlut. for their saltos, ho should
have boon willing to imperil oysn his own hfe.t
self, could he thereby have served thpm2 Was
tlss the nctlou OF o wise man7 Was this the
duty of Il trle frend2 Wns this The righteous
action Of minister Of God whose hounden
duty 1t WAS to have warned TINT husband to for
givo l,iB brother, muci, moro hla wife, it either
lad Ainnod agglnBt him, even "Aevonty tines
seyan"? Did he ever renlonstrato ut all with
Theodore Tifton7 lIe did uot Did hc plcad
witt, tho vito to try once more to rodcoln the
orllng husband? Ho failed to do either. By his
own showing ho traisoyos.sly abandoned both to
their fate But, haplnsy. this saa Rs.d waekod ad-
vice Of this delinquent FREUD mud pnstor waB
tSce rwcl!tI. fu2c.,