The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-09
IYhdt Bsecher Sans.

BROOKLYN, April 9-Mr. BeecherS
| testimony continued after the close OF
our report yesterday as follows:
| L became more acquainted with Mrs.
Mou lton after December, 1870. She was
very lady-like, companionable and
frank person, and made my coming a
matter of no trouble to herself, so l did
not feel was intruding at all upon her
time or hospitality; and little by little /
came to esteem her, and finally, learning
from Moulton that she was aware of the
difficulties and troubles that were In ex-
istence, conversed with her on these
subjects, though but seldom.
@. Now, to what degree of cordial re-
ception and conversation did your-on
what footing of cordiality did your ac.
quaintance with Moulton come to be in
course oil thisp A. Well, L was received,
l might say, as il was a connection OF
relative of tn. household. While was
shown usually into the parlor, after a
time went right up into her chamber,
whicn was in the second-stOry tropi
room most of the time. She received me-
in the absence of her usband, with thai
strict propriety which you might expect
of a lady. After year or two, ora year,
perhaps-I can not be sure of the time
She not unfrequently kissed me, when l
met her in the presence Of her husband
never but once except in his presence;
and she used to say very Kind and cor.
dial things of me to him.
@. In your presence? A. In my pres.
ence-yes. l will not say that she made
pet Of me, because she was not exact
ly person that had pets; but l would
say tnat she treated me with that famil.
iarity with which a cousin or sister
would have treated cousin or brother
that was not Lifelong acquaintance
ship, Our whole intercourse was such
as to raise in me the greatest respect
and esteem for her. l never knew her to
do any uniadylike thing. My whole in
tercourse with Mrs. Moulton was one
which inspired in me sense of affection
and respect and gratitude, because she
was very sympathetic without being
sentimental, and L had the impression
that she was not sentimental, and did
not quite Like 1T.
@. Her sentiment? A. No, sir. I sus-
pect tnat in my mood of outpouring that
| very oltentimes offended her tastes, ,and
she Oltentimes made one of those ill.,
cislve remarks which a woman knows
how to so well-as it is said. "Lets the
wind out OF that bladder" Laughter I
| remember her saying more than once
something like this: l was groaning
(Beecher acted in accordance with the
words of his narrativeC and saying it
did not seem to me | could live, and did
not want to llve-"Oh," said she, s'you
and Frank and Theodore are all going to
die. First Tilton is going to die, and
then Frank comes home and he is going
to die, and then you come in and say you
are going to die; but l notice you all
like to live well enough"-and little
things like that, which, when persons are
jesting back and forward, don't amount
to any thing; but when a man has been
pouring out very strongly his senti-
ments, and woman coolly, or rather
moment. l do. The ''tripartite agree
menp was published ON the Both
day OF May. was approached
somewhere about the middle of the
week by Mr.. Ed Ford, who asked
me if I had any objection to the publica-
ton OF the trlpartite agreement, and /
said to him, swell, we all think the time
is coming when it should be published"
l told-I think told him--the interview
l had with Cleveland-I am pretty sure
L did.
@. Well. if you told him so you can
state it. A. He went to the Tribune
office and tried to stop it, and then went
up to Samuel Wilkinson's house, who
was tuS ulau VIII was SOlHS 10 publish
il, OF had sent it. 1t was about midnight.
He woke Sam up, and told him what they
had come for; ana he said Sam got up in
his red night-shirt right in bed, and sat
in the middle of the bed, and swore until
verything was blue in the room, and
told them to 60 about their business,
that that was his lookout; that he un-
derstood what he was about; and he
said he didn't care damn for Henry
Ward Beecher or any other man on earth.
That thing was going to be published.
Wen, Mouitop said that it had rather
knocked some plans of ours in regard to
publication, but then let that 20, and
that was the general tenor.of our CONVEX
sation. l also understood him to say it
was a surprise to Tilton, but that he
was rather glad OF it-that was
what Understood Moulton to saw.
On the next morning / was sent for by
Moulton. He told me he had az devil of o
time all night, pretty near, as under
stood him. T1lton had, on seeing the
evening newspapers, gone up to MIR.
Curtis and they had a talk with him, and
told him he nsNercould stand that in the