The New York herald., 1874-07-19

Will and love ior the future, DO declare and cove
nant each to the Others IA lOOws:-
IL, Henry &. Bowen, having given credit per-
maps without due consideration, to tales and in-
nuendoes Affecting Henry Ward Beechsr and oeing
lnHuenced by them, as was natural 10 a man who
receives Impressions suddenly, to the extent Of
repeating them (guardedly, however and within
him. but strictly In the confidence o. consulua-
Llon), now feel that therein | did him wrong.
putations that have been attributed to me
as having been by me made against Henry
without reserve, that know nothing derogatosv
10 ms reputation as q clergyman or dman. Ana
expressly dtsapoD the charges, fn1putattoas and
tn1iuetdOS imputed tO haze been made 5y me and
SET foth IN letter tCr1te' TO me bv Theodore TOn
on ne lst day or January 1871 "a copy % aohtch
letter Is hereto aaae1edJ, ana / declare that
those charges. inlpmtatioas and taaueados are
soafhOW any Joun6ation IN lacs. To the best or my
Iuture time, will never, by word or deed. recnr
TO, repeat or alude to any oF either OF said
charges, imputaii0ns and innnendoes
ell, Theodore THton, returning or Dty Tree tofU
to a man UhO1n hare rere,ed and t0Ued as a
fdthe1 thus resteen and confirm Dtg NTH tn Henry
man. I, too, disauoU each and all Or the hnputa-
stons ana charges in the SAID an,.ered letter re-
putations upon his character ana conduct rhich
haze been sasd 20 come from me, dtsapOU and
covenant never 60 repeat or renew.
ever out OF sight and out OF memory. deeply re-
gret the causes Of suspi zion. Jealousy anu esranRe
ment which have come between Us. Ii is JOY to
me TO have nv old regard for Henry Z. Bowen ana
Theodore nton restored and happiness to me to
resume the old relations OF love- RESPECT and reli-
ance to each and both OF them. II nave said any
thing injurious to the reputation OF either OF them
or have detracted from their standing and lame as
Christian gentlemen and memoers oil my church
revoke all ana heartily covenant to repair ana
reinstate them to the extent Ol my power
"BEOOKLYN, Apri q, 1872"
NE. TILTON's EAGERnEss TO "sIGN.n
This paper was read ut meeting OF four gentle
men, OF whom Mr.. Tilton was one, at a house in
Brooklyn He was more than satisfied with the
paragraph concerning himself He was charmed
with 1t, He said he could conscien t.ousIy aud
heartily subscribe his name to every word of it.
He said he would sign 1t twelve times over II that
would induce Mr.. Bowen to sign 1t once; and in
his eagerness he took up pen to sign. But he
was restrained by the suggestion OF wise and In.
nuential party to the conference that Mr.. Bowen
might be less willing to sign the paper il Mr. nton
should sign frst 1t was carried away without Mr..
Tltons signature.
THE REAL GRIEVANCE STATED
In q full and Kind conversation between me and
Mr. TttOn, after the meeting on the night OF April
broke up. he replied TO a clear cut question put
to him, that the only wrong Mr.. Beecher had ever
done him had been TO address improper language
to his wife, and that for that he held in his hands
an ample and satisfactory written apology. l re-
peated to him mention Of q graver injury than
that made to me by person whose Information
was alleged to be derived, in part directly from
himself. in part at second hand, from confession
OF his wife. With great spirit he denied the truth
OF both these statements. He called the informant
at second hand sexually morbid mOnomaniac,
who had imagined every word she uttered. He
scOrufully said that there was not shadow OF
truth in her story. He expressed amazement that
the other person should state that he had ever
said that there was anything criminal In Mr..
! Beechers conduct, and denied in the fullest and
most energetic manner that he mad ever said SO,
or said anything that could be SO construed by q
truthful and healthy mind. And he returned to
his previous declaration that Mr.. Beechers sole
offence was improper language to his wife, and
repeated 1t anew, and again repeated tnat the
written confession and apology he had IN keeping
was ample atonement for that wrong
CHANGE.
The next morning, on the Sd Of April. Mr.. Tilton
came to my office, in the Equitable Insurance Com
pany's building. He was flushed and suen. There
! was hitch in the money payment. He said ab-
ruptly that he would not sign the agreement; that
1t would have to be altered before he would sign
It, Kindling In anger as he talked, he said that In
| the negotiation Mr.. Bowen had been well taken
care OF by MIR. Canin ana MIR. Beecner wen taken
care OF by me, but he had been left out in the cold
with the money due from Bowen unpaid. COM
bated this fancy kindly and tried to soothe him and
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few out wild and declared with the utmost passion
that he would never while he lived sign o paper
| that should disable him from pursuing Henry
Ward Beecher, and he demanded O copy of
his paragraph in the tripartlte agreement, that he
might alter 1t. l made copy Tor him. and he sat
down at table and began to scratch and interline
It, but he rose up and carried his work away un.
completed. Before he left gathered from what he
said that Mr.. Bowen mad refused to pay the full
amount OF his claim, and that his lawsuit would
have to 60 on.
THE ALTERED AGREEMENT EXECUTED.
But the lull amount was paid within day or
two thereafter, and the tripartite agreement was
executed-not the one drafted, and which was
accepted by all the partes but modification Of
that. I used my last copy of this instrument in
my testimony before the committee. and cannot
show the changes of the original by a comparison
OF the two 1 can now only say that all the por-
uons Of the agreement above set forth in full
which are italicized were omitted from the agree.
ment finally executed.
Tue efficacy OF the covenants I aimed at was
lost and the compact was defeated. Tlton, in
modifying his paragraph, backed out Of his dis
avowal OF his lmputatons ON Mr.. Beecher and his
admissions that tney were untrue, and carefully
secured to himself the largest liberty to pursue
the great preacher forever with innuendoes. My
testimony before the committee shows the changes
in the trlpartite agreement as originally drawn,
and which all the parties to IL had heartily ap-
proved and mad promised to sign. 1t also shows
my earnest remonstrances against permitting
these changes to be made and my warnings of the
mischievous consequences that would inevitably
follow
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.
Nine. Essipon, the Russian pfantste, who has set
all London in a blaze has gone to Sazburg.