, 1875-02-08

Ind been committed. Lives are b1ighted, hoEao
In shattered. Ttltor, with an essentially wehk
nature, follows up his advantage; no argues him
self into the belief that he las suffered tho OK
tromo wrong t1lrougl, his vito and ha friend; ho
Eoads Tho ono into tllo admission that ahe was at
least tempted and solicited. 1lo argues himsolf
into tho belief that tho other bad not aolictc1
and tempted In rain, because they both were too
close in confidence. 11o insists TINT thoy bath
wore guilty Of n rim they nevor imagined
Beccl,or having told his story with certain frank
boyiHll shame, first, becauee ho blundored into
Afrs Tilton'B affections, and, second. becauHo he
Llundored out Of tho ENHANCEMENT in 8 manner
dcrogstory TO Ills solf-rcspect. will leave the
ntand as ono wlio, In telling tho whole TRUTH
has not only ah~tained from apar1ng himself, but
n wol haa charged nothing worao than inhAno
Jealousy to his prosecutors. Having ahowercd
lis Goals Of fire, lo will
RETIRE WITH AT ENTITY sCuTTLE,
and allow ilis counsel to supplement what Was
generous aud forbcarin9 confession Of elroz,
but not All admission OF cfIno. 1hoy will fur
ther show that, OIL Tilton'a ioalousv waited h,s
desire to supplant Deocller; that, whau ho found
hin opportunity In tho eBtrangomcnt OF his vito
aud tho boyish simplicity Of his pastor, ho d.
gcBted it for six months, and tllen drawing
1foult0n into llis confidence, enlisted
THAT sHnEwp wonLpLISo
in conspiracy not 80 mitch against Deechor'a
puraa as against his standing In CArlBtendon.
That conspiracy ceased to bo aggressive onIy
when Dcocher burst bis bonds and appealed In
desperation to bis Committee. 1loulton, tho
hoatl,en was converted to bcloye In ono god,
who should havo but ono prophet. The god WAS
to bs Theodore Titon; Ills prophet Frnnk
Moulton.
nIAcKMA1L ABANDONED.
At first. the defense contemplated only .
charge of mere backmait-of All attomps to e1-
tort mouev-by threatening TO submit for tho
mtsconstrlction Of the world folly which could
caaily be exaggerated into ori.no, but Evarts
saw at onco that to Argue Tilton's willingness to
break up Ills homo and oxpel bis wife
from bis embrace merely to gain $4,000 from
Beechor would bo to subnit q proposition too
monBtroua for sane man even 10 consider. &c.,
at his suggestion, tho basor anInus Of envy and
of craving to destroy Doecher WAS assumed as
tho inspiration Of tho attack.
pR. sToNH3 TO nE AN IMPORTANT WITNESS.
Ono Of tho Witnesses who will in1lIct bono
damage upon tie theory that Moulton
originated all the aupprcssivo and deceptive
projects for tho preservation Of tho triuno
secret will ba tho Iiev. DR.. Charles Sto1rB. uo
1t was who, nearly thirty years ago, held out thu
right hand Of fellowship to Beecher, when be
carno hers from Indianapolis. Ho 1t was, twenty.
five years lator, at tho alver wedding Of plyul-
outh Church and Deeclor, upon wLoeo neck
Deecher fell, and whom Beecler kssod with a
fervor that thrilled the rapturous congregation.
10 him Tllton had early roooursc, will,
lcsttating confession Of bis homes dcs.
olation. To lin Bcocher Ind recourse,
Just boforo that great Congregational
Council thunderod over tho grave from
which it's Moderator compelled tho scandals
resurrection. storrs will present clearly and
auccinctly tho unwritten history Of the bewildor-
ng congress- nil Of which ho saw aud Of which
ha WAS tho groator part.
TRACY