Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-21
BEEOHER.
Fullerton stln Has the Old Man on
the Raek-A Question that Struck
Terror 20 she HeartsO Of the BeeeheE.

FuIierton Stln Has the Old Man on
the Kaek-A Question that struck
Terror 20 she HeartsOf the Beeeher.
ties.
NEW YORK, April 20.-At a quarter be-
fore II Judge Nelson entered the Brook
lyn City Courtroom, escorting Cyrus W.
Field to a seat on the bench Beside Mr..
Field, were Lord Wm. II. Shay, of Scot
land, and Capt. Frederick Warden, Aide-de-
Camp to the GovernOr-General of Canada.
The attendance was as large as yesterday,
and included many ladies. The plaintiff
and defendant were early in their places, but
the late arrival Of some Of the counsel de-
layed the proceedings. Mr.. Beecher took
his place in the witness stand, and Mr..
Fulleton continued the cross-examination.
VIII Florence TIItOn be Called 90 the
Standf
New York Correspondence Of the Chicago
Times.
Mrs. TiltOn made a virtue Of necessity,
as has many q woman before her neither
better nor worse than She. Her mother,
Mrs. Morse, who could not live peacefully
nor quietly with her husband Judge Morse,
attempted to rule the TiltOn household
where she had taken up her abode. In one
of her violent moods she visited her wrath
on her daughter, who had refused TO sub
NIT to her dietatiOn, by informing her
granddaughter in a tragic manner
that her mother had committed adultery
with her pastor. From that day that
girl, now young woman, has never been
seen to smile. The scene between mother
and daughter following this terrible reyela-
ton can better be imagined than described.
This event occurred IN the summer of 1870.
The mother-in-law was finally Ousted and
took board in the adjoining house. The
mother deserted her home and accepted the
protection of Beecher's friends. Then it
was that Theodore Tilton's daughter
became woman. Scarcely eighteen years
of age, and of exceedingly small stature,
she has taken upon herself the duties of
her fathers household, and class in pub
lie school. When Fullerton asked Miss
Oakley if she knew that Florence TiltOn
was going TO be a witness for the prOSecu-
ton, he struck terror TO the hearts Of the
Beecherites. TiltOn's mainstay is this
young woman, and well might be say
''Fsil me not thouI This feeling past
NV heart would never rouse again.
Thou art the brightest--but the last
And if his trust, tkis love be vain,
II thou, all peerless as thou art,
Be not less fair than true Of heart
Ny loves are O'erl The sun will shine
Upon no grave so hush'd as this dark breast Of
mine"
Every effort is being made by the Ply
mouth worshippers to influence Florence
Tilton against her father. She is not blind
to his faults; on the contrary, she has been
a silent witness for the past six years Of
what has been going on at home, and by
no one has TiltOn been more bitterly re-
preached than by her. But when her moth
er made the terrible mistake Of prompting
Beecher's counsel in open court, and left her
no alternative, and to-day she awaits the
summons to pronounce the death knel of
the Plymouth praying band.
When Tilton began housekeeping he
took with him an old Scotch servant named
Katie Mcdonald. who, more than thirty
years ago, went to live in his fathers fami-
ly. During all these years she has always
lived in the family of TiltUn or his father.
At present she is beyond the reach Of NiObe
Shearman. Her character is umimpeacha-
bic, and her sternness and infexibility will
well become her when she makes her ap-
pearanee on the witness-stand. Is she some
of the giant powder that is held in reserve
to finish the job? We shall see.
There are those who believe that this
fight will not terminate until the Wood
hull and Bowen come TO the front. That
they are preparing statements know posi-
lively. WOOdhull's is for publication in
pamphlet, entitled the "True Story"
Bowen's is posthumOus, but it is believed
that he will be summoned in rebuttal after
the way Beecher has referred TO him.