, 1875-05-18
nftor the intereAtn Of TIM Stats in the Fog and
Nisconhin improvements aud Superior City md
Duluth difficulties.


THE 7lLTQN. .W0OOtuLl CORRESPONDENCE.
Ert~ktyn Araust Nay Is.
The Hernfd this morning fe caught mapping.
It Publishes as nows q numbar Of brief notes
written b. sr. Tilton to Mrs. Woodruff, COM
pria!pg the correspondence which aho was Bub.
prnaod to produce tn court. ThcBo half-dozan
harmless little niaslvea wero all published in
tho Brooklyn Sunday Press two yea1a ago {Ma5,
16f3)-copies Of them having been procured for
thtt purpose from Mrs. Woodruff by James
McDeruott, tho editor. s1r. McDermott wAa
this morning interviewed by an Argus reporter
IA 10 tha circumstances attending thor pub!ica-
ton, and he gave tho following narrative:
Hepotter-liaro you read tho correspondence
published In this mornings XeTalV, purpor.ing
10 bo that wllict, Mira. Woodruff gave In court t0
1lr. Icechor's lawyers
Mr. AIcDermott-f did, and recognize 1t as
gen,line. Two yeara ago, 1t the lnBtance OF afr.
Henry G. Bowen, l. tn company with one Of that
Mrs. Woodruff who nas then supposed 10 bo on
her dcath.bcd, for tile purpose Of obtaining fttm
her certain Information. Mrs. Woodllu1l, among
other things. read for mo Oh t!at occasion
number OF ]ettcra addressed to ller by Sit. Til
ton, and aa she read the;n whllo lying in bed. l
had thom taken down IN hho, .-hsnd, without hor
knowledge. aud Immediately after published
tlonl in the Sunday Press.
Reportcr-DId Airs. Woodruff giro any e1pla-
nation Of them Es ehe rtsds
Sir. licDesmott-I recall QUO very sirid!5. And
that ia tho ono III which Mr. Tl1ton nhyB "put
Ibis undor your pillow" etc. She told us
then that eho Was vety Catholic In hor feelingA
iii fact Almost hupotHsitioualy so-and that
Iilton being familiar With tho fact, ho, upon Al
occasioh wbun abs wnA confined to her bed by
somo il]ncEa. purchased at tho Fifth Avenue
1iotol small croBs OF crucifx, and mont 1t with
that note to hnr. It waa thin croEs ho requeAted
nor to put undar her pillow, aud not The notc, as
tha readiug Of II uonld neeul to Indicate.
Hoporter-Wns there any explanation a to
contclta Of tho other letters +?
Dir. McUermoti-Thero Tas; but think they
speak ior themselves.
THE ATTEMPT TO osTRAcIze BOWEN.
iSt.p York Hra,shlr.
The attempt to oetrac!Ze sIr. J]oven by d..
Bacon In the Congregational Church ychterday
Ia certainly signihcant. DR.. bacon made It M
entirely personal matter. Mr. Bowen has served
III the Board OF Trustees for many years Nit1l
knowledge, fidelity inlsreBt~ nnd dorut,oD. lis
has contributed libezaily to It's objects, and
hsa constantly advocated its clalma in his paper,
tho Inicps7adc,4. Ho is member Of . Congra-
gatlonal church. in good and rcguinr standing,
aud partook cf the sacrament III Plymouth
Church the Sunday before last. Tho only real
hostility lies in tho fact that htr Bowen haa
seon lit to testify TO certain facts III regard to
tho gleat Brooklyn scandal. liz did !ia duty AS
Christian citizen By going upon tho w1tnoAs-
| stand snd telling the tsuth-lettiEE his tcsti-
Eony Lare it, ptoper No,EIlt In vhichoTeE scale
it might happen to fall The attempt to drive
lin out Of tho Board Of 2r,lsteea for luis actor
Is expressive Of u temper tin: viii hardly have
tho sanction Of tho public; and It il worthy Of
notice that tho majority OF the me1nbo1B stood
| by Mr. 1iouen, tnd allowed Dr.. Eacon to drop
| out OF his own accord.