Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-12-04
LATE TELEeRAMs.
Hrs. Mesitsa's Reply to the Ply,
meath church Letter.

reply 10 the ono addressed 70 ner
anu uop'eu oy 'neIl on rI,uay evening"
last. ohe says iuo not oens'e 'ncIo
was any one more inthiui 70 fiymoutn
church than l was up TO the nme 1 De-
came acquainted with the great Wicket
ness which Mr.. Beecher committed III
his relations with Mn. Hilton. AFTER
that II did not seem possible Tor me Y
60 TO the church and hear him preach
or take the sacrament from his hands,
and l stopped doing 80. could not.
with any saiisfastion. hear him preach
Of purity and Christian JOY whiie l
knew Of his secret agony and ms
acknowledged but hidden ar. iha1
did mol 60 elsewhere Tor worship anu
The sacrament was almost wholly owing
to him. He begged me again ana nsa,n
TO come back. and when 4 snu 1 eouia
not III he had acknowledged nus STU anu
Atoned Tor u rs lar as ne could, no was
sad u depressed. sven TO tears. ie,,
u l went away irom ilymoa'n onuieh
o any o.nel, while = WAS 1 ~ o,rrss
coming 70 our mouse " Nou. vi ~
s.el.e a'tehuon, nus. h |" wa,, y. NV
oai,A nun veg ~ ,,.;na h,rj
nusoAn1, : was -. -
u.n 4, svas, $50, srn,, lie nnblic
shorIJ No, L,ow what to .ay II I WAS
.sLs.I ,ha rs.son Tor n and h might b,
the means of doing n great injury to
those whom / wanted to shield and help.
Bseeb.r. too. had more than any other
repres-nted 10 me the Christian religion,
ami TO bring reproach upon him seemed
an injury TO Il. SO I abstained from
going elsewhere, lest il should harm him
and indirectly bring things to light
which he wus all the while afraid would
becom, known and which did not be-
ono 10 me 10 disclose. Bcecher surely
or,b, \, h. Tho last man In the world 10
Sism. ma tor What T did In bis behalf.
Ia Lnovs Thai i could not speak tho
trntb more perfectly than Ihaye spoken
IL here IL I were standing this moment
before Gods throne oil Judgment:
When MT. hilton name was aloPPeu
BY you two ysars ago to'd NJ beecner
that was afraid you would some umo
want to drop mine IN b same way no
then most earnestly assured me nat
should never be; that he would SEQ 10
u himself that / should never DO In any
way whatever injured by his church.
knowing Just as we'll M no does the
perfect truth Of what l say--knowing
how he used to weep at our house and
heap shame upon himself forgrsat his sin
how often he spoke to my husband
and myself Of the utter despair In which
he would DO except for our comfort aud
help, cannot SEQ how 1t was possible
for him to stand up and read this letter
to me in your presence wiihout his very
soul giving way. .
Mrs. Moulton refers TO parts OF
the letter. saying there are many things
In 1t which are incorrect and injurious,
some OF which she msntions, rs follows'
"fou say that as TAR a. the church or
the committee knew l had never made
any statement impugning the purity OF
Bsecher except in y court OF justice; but
in that very court 1 had stated, under
oath, that made precisely the same
statement which i havo made since In
my protest to ~you-long ago to one OF
the leading members and officers OF your
church, telling him that Beecher's sin
VA adultery-that he and Mrs. Tilton
both confessed to me. II the statement
was a Islander. I had declared the fact OF
my uttsring the Islander before all tho
world. and might months ago have been
called to account for It.. 1 never knew
before that false-swearing in n court OF
justice is an oifenss which a church Of
Christ is unable To punish. and that you
thought ! lied In q public n in
that solemn hour. aud that ! lied in or.
der to injure q minister whom I had
loved NJ much As any Of you and whom
l had done my best to uphold and COM
fort for three dismal years. through the
time OF an anguish which he was care
fully hiding from you. Yours,
(Signsd) EMMA q. MouLros."
The whisky rrauds ia Iudinna-
J.. W. Bingham Pleads Guilty.
CHIcAoo. Dec. 3.-A Washington
special says news has been received
there that j. W. bingham las pleaded
guilty to five indictments found against
him in Indiana for whisky frauds and
had also gone before the Grand Jury.
This ia repnrded M news Of great i'm.