Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-04-02

have conducted morning and evening
services, Friday evening meetings and
social receptions in the parlOFs Of the
church; ] have been connected with
journalism ever since / was in the puI.
pit; was on the New York Ladepend-
e'lt first, and after 1870 took charge oi
the Christian Union; became editor oi
the Independent in the fall Of 1853, but
was also contributor TO that journal in
1856; my connection with that paper
ceased in 1870, and / became editor OF
the ChTtsttGn CRiOH, said to have q cir
culatlOn OF three thousand copies; this
journal was established on the principle
OF uniting all the Congregational
/ churches on one foundation; have also
iectured great deal; / began in lS4S OF
1919, ana from that time till the trial
began have been lecturing; my vaca-
ton extends from the first Of August to
the middle of September; on account OF
an infiiction have-the bay-fever-the
vacation is sometimes extended by q
secular vote TO the end OF October; these
vacations have existed about fourteen
years; was in the habit of making
many political speeches; / have also
been the voluminous author OF about
thirty. five books, being in my name;
signed contract for the Life Of Christ
( in December, 1857; the first number was
issued in September, 1871; my work OF
NOr50OOd appeared in the New York
Ledger in 1857.
HIS MARRIAGE-PARIsH Work.
l was married in 1887, and had been
engaged seven year,; / was twenty
/ three when ] was married; l was en-
/ gagged when l was sixteen or seventeen
/ years old; have four children by this
/ marriage with me and five waiting for
me; have got eight grand children my
| wife, Of late years, has had occasion to
! visit the south, since 1870 or 1871; when
/ in Indianapolis my wife was obliged by
sickness to visit her home; from very
| early period / remitted to my wife all
my money; 1 never drew my own sal
Rry, bat checks were made out in her
name; she was sound and efficient, 1
think, far beyond any other person; in
my earlier years / attempted great
deal of visiting, but now l do little visit
ing, only attending weddings and funer-
| ais; l was cautioned about forming inti-
mscies with my psTishiOners, but was
always Jealous of my rights being inter-
fered with.
BOWEN AND THE INDEPENDENT.
From the year 1874 to 1873, have
averaged about six addresses q week;
oftentimes two in Gay. In l847 first
became acquainted With Henry G..
Bowen. He used to be leading man
of the church, and was connected with
the Independent. In earlier years he
had some interest in the Independent,
but in latter years he became sole pro-
prietOT. For many years we worked to-
gether hand in hand. ] saw him every
day, and, it may be said, TO be intimate
ly acquainted with him and his family.
My business relations with Bowen ceased
in 1855. In that year gave notice to
Bowen, because they were down on me
because of the Cleveland letter which l
wrote; my conduct was severely criti-
csed in that paper, and they were all
down on me except the Democratic
party, so dissolved contract, Bowen all
the time was pew-holder in my church,
but he was not an active mem Der.
HIS ACQUAINTANCE WITH AND FRIEND
SHIP FOR TILTON.
Q.-Mr. Beecher, when and how did
you first form the acquaintance Of Mr..
Tilton? Al recollect him, il l recOl-
lect Alright, while he was an employee on
the New York Observer. II / recall
Alright became acquainted with him
first when he was holding the office OF
reporter. He was a shorthand reporter.
Q-And in what connection with
yourself did that employment Of his
bring him into your acquaintance? A
l don't remember whether he was re-
porting anything from the Plymouth
church pulpit for other papers, but my
first recollection is that Daniel Burtis,
then member of my church and apub-
Usher in New York, procured him to re-
port sermons for him.
Q.-Your sermons? Any SER
mons, he having the intention to pub
lish volume.
Q.-Was the young man introduced
to you in that connection? Al re-
member, but cannot say about the time
of the introduction. have known him
so long that it seems as il have known
him always since l have been in Brook
lyn.
Q.-What was his age and position in
life at the time you knew him? Al
cannot say what his age was, but he was
extremely young Of engaging manners
and very cOmely in appearance, and
one whose address, / know, won my
sympathy lu6 uISLs
Q-NOw, from that time in what
cause and in what degree did you come
to be associated with him in society or
employment? Al saw him S great
deal; saw him for year or two before
1860, because he had transferred his re-
lstions from the Observer to the Lpde.
pendent, then 1 used to see him after
that several times a week when he was
in town in connection with the hide
pendent.
Q.-How were your personal relations?
Avery cordial.
Q.-On both sides? A.-Yes, sir, on
botn sides.
Q.-How much were you and he in
the habit Of comforting together with re-
gard to your common interests or dis
cussing common purposes? Abe was
witty and amusing in conversation, and
always chatted with him on such mat
tiers before, but l didn't go into what
may be called very close personal rela-
tions with him until assumed the man
agement of the paper in 1861, and there
after, for two or three years, we were to-
gether almost every day.
Q-Was this an intimacy Of compan-
ionship as well as Of common interest
and employment? Alt was not
common employment and companion
ship, but downright loving on my part.
Q-DuriDg all this time, how soon
did YOU become aware of any desire
or purpose of his to succeed you on the
Independent? A.-To succeed or super
cede?
Q.-Succeed. Al don't know. l
have an impression that il was my de-
sire that he should, rather than it was
his that he should.
Q.-And you expressed it? A.-Yes.
Q-And when did you first begin to
plan and prepare for that position for
him? Alt was in the year 1858, sir.
Q.-At that time was he definitely
ana publicly known as assistant editor?
A.-Hes; il Was one OF the conditions
when / agreed to take the paper that he
should be my assistant.
Q.-Made by you? A.-Yes, sir.
Q-When and how was the arrange
ment made by which you were TO de-
cline the place entirely in his favor?
A.-When the proposition to send me
to Europe came up my church were de-
sirous that should go, but il was neces-
sary that l should nave the consent Of
Bowen, with whom / had contract, and
at that time an arrangement was made
between me and Bowen by which was
to give up to him certain vested rights
with reference to that paper, and L
was to have the liberty of absence on
condition of correspondence with 1t;
and then also we were breaking up the
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