New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-20

If maukindl feel whit lrreVcrent as
n man bowed down with grief Tor my SINS
That perhaps referred to her adultery with Ovingon
and her adultery with Dr. Durham. ITO Mr. shearmanj
Who was the other, Brother Sherman
Mr.. Shearman--James III. Bates
Mr. Porter-Those her SINS and this man is so like
the Savior mankind he is bowed down with GRIEF ior
her sin. Wen, now. gentlemen. have not much SYM
pathy with that exaggerated form Of expression
but then know that there arc a great many
people in the world with great many different mooas
of thought but the crelest and vilcs use you can aho
of the very weakness You apply to your wife Is 10 take
that weakness as evidence of guilt You VIII see every
letter Of hers Is Tonian When come 10 read his le'-
tors you will they come from one mind she was cray
IN the hands Of the potter and he nodded her III every
Tho Court here took recess until o'clock
MRS. TILTONS DEVOTION TO HER HUSBAND.
After recess Mr.. Porter resumed as follows:
Allow me, gentlemen, to read the concluding passage
Of this letter: iRcadingl al bless you; know you;
love you" Strong language! Aud now comes the ap
peal: lReadngl God sustain Us and help us both 10
keep our vows" Was that prayer Tor hersen' iou
know what was in her heart it the Tenderness OF
womans love, appealing by that love to her HUSBAND 10
abandon preferences for Others and cleavo only 10 he
who loved him she loved the Savior at whose rect she
kpeIt and taught her children to kneel To snow the
peculiar depth of this womans nature and the fervOr OF
her admiration for her husband, read from the
letter OF Feb. H. 1868, "a single passage theau
inrl 81 SEQ you now walking in the
sunshine hcartfull, joyful praisng God You did not
need then. But followed on and would fam eaten
tie hem of vOur garment you pass along; ana the
woman who loved him is the womanupOn whose heart
lie asks you Mr. Foreman, TO set your heel the woman
whom asks your Honor TO advise this jury 10 stone as
an adutc"ess; "A woman who knclt to him as she khct
10 God, and who loved him she loved her Redeemer
IReadin. February II, 1865 mark we nave come
now 70 the beginning of year which TO be dark
ened when The harvest came, by the sickle OF
the reaper that cut down little Paul as ripe Tor the
grave. and this woman, this woman standing wthlh
eight months OF the death her boy they would yOn
believe stood also within nine months aud half OF the
grave OF her honor Let us see what manner
of woman it was that Henry Ward Beecher, with
his brilliant gifts and commanding qualities ana popular
name what Of woman 1t is that he selects OUT OF
all Brooklyn for the purpose of making her the miserable
minon Of his lust Let us see how she speaks tReadngJ
BLESSINGS You, blessings on you beloved To hear
that You are happy cheerful and loving me "-lturnng
10 Mr. I'll what other loves was that she was depre-
eating 10 hear your assurances that you cheerful
happy AM nov loving poor girl that am without
the attractions which win ordinary men, without The III
teectual gifts which worship in You, without those
personal attractions, that win the admiration OF the
young and the licenous but with heart that is rich in
love for you when find that you return that affection
and love me- she says ouchingly it is even more
than my faith could hope. l wcpt over 1t, l
laughed over it. I prayed over it," This woman
who laughs over the returning love OF her
husiand. VINO wecps when he comes to her arms, and
leaves the which sho deemed more attractive to
him. and who rays for him. 10 God in gratitude and
thankSgvin his is the upon whom he turns and
SAYS stone her; she is aduteress" Here we have
an inside view that household Ny friend. Judge Nor
rs opening this alluded again and again to the
extraordinary freedom Of intercourse that marked
MI Beochcr and Mrs. TiltOn. his visits, their
siona correspondence Certainly no one doubts
that Mrs. Matte Bra lshaw, whom he has brought
as a witness before you, is good woman and
pure woman. a religious and true woman.
Here Mrs. Ton writing to her husblnd Matte has
hungcrcd 70 hear from you" shall meet her name,
and call yor a IGNITION TO il frequently in the course OF
this correspondence Now. how base thing it would be
to infer improper relations between Theodore Ton and
her because there were these kindly nterchangcs of
friendship AID regard, which, when they occur be
tween M Bcecher ana Mrs. Triton, turned into evil
dcncos OF u,tcry. 81 think she fc little sore that
Mr. Becchrr visits here" Here is woman proud Of
Mr. Beechers visits. telling her husband Of them, saying
that his friend Mrs Bradshaw is Jealous Of The frequency
those visits and the degree of his attentions to her
Is tia: tlr way women hle from their husbands the
nance OF t..o,c for whom they lust! Again, we come
NOW e.''o.on 70 a very significant letter-very not
because OF wha it contains but because of the time
when il was written Little did this man. little did even
my fri NJ ad Morris think that when they were pub
fishing tie letters 70 the world there was an unseen
hand viii n ulcd them in the act and dictated the Sc
lection.
Here letter written, gentlemen. the 26th of Jan
uary Is bright Out of tho hotbeI of adultery, If there
ever wa ultey here, right in the season when those
two boaips were polluted with these nhoy dcbaucheS-
r1oodn~, Triton at Che West, MIS- De cher it is true, at
home here language OF the adultercss to her hus
hand TEL me II within al your observation Of human
aalirs OF according to all the probabilities by when
Won IL Ike OF conduct 1t possible thai this letter
il written 10y an adulteress Thursday Noon, Jan
uary 26 ls6l. Dearly Beloved: Ii is with 0e-
Light. and ior refreshnent that hasten as
terrupton to write and think of you. On, my own
dear husband, could hut enjoy your coinpancnshp
now little while! l cannot understand -" Now,
here is tina; same feeling read II to you in preceding
letter before anything OF this Kind this taking blame to
herself because he Is not contentei with his home 81
cannot understand why the demons wcariness fault
finding ungeuerous seshnes and many hateful little
spiri; po-pcualy hang about when are with me
to modify and L. possible cnoync nt" Gentle
men, do IT Won little OF the inside OF That nome
there AuI who is to blame Not a word
reproach to him; not one; she. and she alone You
are bowed with cricf for my sins an weary when
should be strong am FAINT finding when should adore
Won: I an un-enerOus while you magnanimOus; am
selfish YOU unsellsh" Strangely enough, the woman
believed Besides, my sweet here Is a tOuch OF
nature which appeals 10 every man who has ever beeh
father my sweet. you must realize the little unborn is
growing finely" DID adulGcTcss write thus 10
her husband OF an unborn bastardl Never never Did
ever write thus 70 her husband, III the conn
dcnoc Of c9nugal love- who expected SUCH letter as
that IL be Published IN the newspapers and coDmented
upon through he land evidence OF bold. lcentiOus
adultcrous woinanl "Wil you write to MATTER ii
illustrates what all ladies Of her. she wanted
her friends love him. lie hated 10 have any OF his
friends love her. "Wiil you write TO Matte am
starving Tor letter. None since Thursday. Good
by and gOod night. Your dear vile, who is fond
and proud OF her husband" Why the Irish bard could
find such expressions Of conjugal love that of the
atrOn wi husband. q