The Portland daily press., 1875-04-02
Eirs, Acauuintnuce with TiIssn.

member of the church, procuriHS. mn 49,.
port nv sermons with a view OF puplisuinS
them in a volume. l can't say what MS age
was Int he was extremely youthfui anu wen
my sympathy from that fact. say Saeo nh ,"bon
great deal for a year or two before looo, Mne
Re was on the Independent, and after thaC I
| saw him several times week. Our persouai
| relations were very cordial on both SIDES. ne
was witty and amusing III conversation anu !
chatted with him, though not coming INTO close
personal relations, but thereafter we Wele w
pioyment, companonship and downright low
| inc on my part. tI4aughter.) In 1868 began
to prepare the position of editor for HIM 10
succeed me, 1t was a condition made by me
when took the editorship that he should oe
associate editor. L made the agreement Win
Bower that was to go to Europe and allow
my name to stand for year, Tiiton succeeding
me on the Independent and at the end OF t Iie
year carrying it on in his own name. Inls
was in 1868. In 1860 there was question III
tue church whether we should contribute to
the American Board of Foreign Missions when
was accused of being for slavery. spoke anu
was replied to by Tilton. There was an antag-
onism between US, but nothing that transcends
what have said here. Illton was 1of tnro tTso
ing overheard the old and contributing to the
new anti-slavery board He tried to show tnat
the American board was in compllcity WIN
slavery The result of the vote was that poth
societies We're to be continued benetclarles as
TiIton Grows Jealous.
About this time often heard of growing
rivalry on the part of Tilton, but never on
served it, :. Tilton never was very much at my
house and there came to be time wheu no
ceased to visit, but can't fix the time; Larly
| in the war he performed an act or kihuueso
that stood out above all others. 1t was IN REFER
| euce to nv son. did and do feel 1t ana nave
| SO expressed myself to him.
Recesss
DIR. Beecher and his sisters, Mrs. Perkins
and Miss Catherine Beecher, remained In court
and lunched on cakes and fruit Inc resO "
| the Beecher family went home. Illton anu
his counsel went off to lunch with Moulton;
| : G. f. Williams, whose testimony was eXciud
| ed the other day, has. been subpened again ny
| the defence.
do not expect that Beecher's direct exa,n,n l;iI
! then be made to adjourn for two or three days.
i as Mr. EyartS has business in washington.
i The Judge was asked about this and he express
i ed himself in favor of giving that long adJourn-
Il ment so that the jury and counsel mlsh1 na'o
i rest before the cross examination peglhs. -, :.
4 II ssE*Fz So After Recess.
Il At21Op. m. Mr.. Evarts said it was import
Il ant Il, settle the matter of taking Cleveland s
/ testimony The judge said he only could
i make the order on an affidavit.
/ Evarts said he only wanted to nave IL under-
1 stood whether it was necessary.
MIR. Beecher Resumes.
i The examination of Beecher was resumed
i In 1865. when the Cleveland letter was pub
| lished and comments were made by the IND, Inde-
/ pendent, that did not socially separate Ilitoii
| and myself. In 1865 | went to the Independent
4 office and told Titon that Judson stated tnat
1 he (Thton) had while in a restaurant maze
| some statements of immortality against me ana
i that l had come right to him for an expiaha-
i ton. He said it was not trae and he would go
see Judson to see what the matter meant. ne
| went. came back land reported that ne had
never said So This was about the time when
4 he wrote me the letter produced. 1t was IN
this way said, Suppose you write your le "a
4 ings to me and will write to you, and ne ala
l so and that was the end OF it.
| TiItou,s Opinion of Beecher i'm 1865.
/ Eyarts read the letter. Tilton says in it,
4 'The old love does not wane'' and calls HIM
"By you l. was baptized and married. The
/ debt owe you [ can never pay. MY gratitude
cannot be told in words and must be expressed
| in love-" The letter asks Beecher to blot from
! his mind any words Tilton might have uttered
that gave him pain and recommends his chill
dren to his care in case he should die before
| him and concludes with a prayer for blessing
on Beecher
| Witness resumed From 1866 to December,
| 1870 we were in frequent association. 1 met
him in New York at his own house and ON va
4 rious public occasions. We co-operated on the
| subject of womens rights until 1859, he havpg
| woman suffrage meetings at his house. Inc
| national society was formed In Boston and
| was made president; and there was announcer
national society formed. Tilton was the head
| Of one and of another, and we had our May
anniversaries in contiguous rooms OF the nall
| and exchanged courtesies.
remember sitting for portrait to Page in
| 1863 Tilton was DESTROYS that should do so.
| | gave very great number of sittiDgs and Ill
| ton was there not unfrequently. My impress
sion is the portrait went to TiltouS. Fl
TiIton's Religions Views.
I can't say when Tilton joined the church,
nv impression is it was previous to his mar
riage in 1881. He was for limited period su
perlntendent of the Sunday School and used
| to take part in the speaking, and prayer on
| Friday night meetings, and looked on him as
| a man who would be. useful to the church.
| When he became public speaker his time
| was so much taken up that he gradually fell
| off, from the nature OF his employment. no
| ticdd changa in his religious views when he
| and were on the Independent together. We
| often conyeTsed about religious life. L had
| known=nf SoG5ts in his mind as to bis former
| faith | considered it the diff winch a yeung
y;lan takes in passing from TRADITIONAL peiieI W
/ his own personal belief. Some articles appear
4 ed in the independent which excited my alarm
| and in the northwest was held responsible for
| them. 1 spoke to Tilton. My general idea
was not to circumscribe his right OF inVestlga-
\ ton but to put him on his guard against ac-
ceptino haSty conclusions, and it was In that
| spirit the letter now shown me was written to
| him. #E
| : At this point the defence stipulated to take
Cleveland $ testimony to morrow afternoon
Witness continued: While ! was sitting for
nav portrait to the artist Page [ found he had
| already painted an excellent likeness OF Moal-
| ton and we became acquainted 1 found HIM
an educated man, a-c0unols>eur1n paintings
| and lover of Shakespeare and an aSreeaoe
| companion and during this time recognized
| Mrs Moulton as member of my church, and
! that was the extent Of my acquaintance with
| her. 49,.
His First AcquaintnncS With Mrs. 4 itfen.
knew Miss Richards afterwards Mrs. Til
| toni as one of set of young girls going TO
| school together and meeting my daughter. l.
| can't tell my daughters age, sir, can't within
| ten years of it. (LaughteI} | was interested
| in Tilton of course, and also in the young lady,
as she was member Of my congregation:
remember them coming to my house as tar
Ecouple as ever you saw. Twas only once or
| twice at Oxford street, but saw them fire.
lrouently when they removed to Mrs. Morse's.
| believe it was early in 1860when we began to be
a good deal together in sour editorial relations
i.that Tilton began to desire my visits 10 his
house. Naughter.) sS,>
TiIton's opinion of his wife.
i He spoke very admirngly of his wife. re-
collect having pleasant feeling of him. Every
man thinks he has found one woman OF all the
world. 1 have heard him say, You don't
| know what a WIG L nave you. IHelo 10 ouo
little woman down at my house loves you more
than you have any idea of; you havn't better
friend than Libby" had brought various az
| tices of brio abrac as souvenirs from Europe
and recollect giving brooch to Mrs. Tilton.
Visited them good detl at Mrs. Morse's while
| they were at their house and presented pic
ture to her The story is this: in the early
chapters of Norwood was in despair and
wanted some one not critical to praise it,. L
once or twice read it to Mrs Tllton, and she
was good enough to be enthusiastic about it.
| One chapter in particular she was delighted
with, and on seeing the picture which remind
| ed me of the scene she praised in it,. thought
| it for her, The purchases L made in Europe
were distributed among my children and
| friends while Tilton's family were on Living
| ston street. The post office was near them aud
nv habit was to 20 down for my letters and
| drop in to see them for half an hour or moro
and whatever calls made were nearly all.aJ
| that honr. did not call at Livington street or
anywhere in the evening unless when they had
| company. The calls L made in my neghbor-
| hood were usually o'clock, when L called at
| Ttou's He was sometimes there and some
| times he was out. l remember taking Mrs.
| Tilton ont to drive in 1870. L don't kHow it
| arose, but had bought a pair of horses at that
| time. Next day Mrs. Morse net me in buggy
| and4begged me to take Elizabeth out a second
| time as had no idea how much good a drive
| did her, called for second drive and told
| TIlion. Mrs. T. declined to go but her mother
/ I L nj ct,n Unn