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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-09
oae Lesson of the Scandal.

Ii Is to be hoped that Mr.. Beeeher, and
good people in general, will derive from his
experience a distinct warning against the
exercise Of super-human virtues. To forgive
i undoubtedly Christian duty but to
FORGET. when one has been grossl Y injured;
t. wipe ont absolutely all recollection or
sense of wrong-to treat vile offenders as II
they had never offended-is not often con-
,istent with self-respect, nor often, We be-
lieve. the. duty of mortals. This, however,
was what Mr. Beecher undertook to do
in this wrelchel business. lie suffered, as
he te-tifes and as We believe, an outrageous
wrong at the hands of Theodore Tilton- 1t
was no less than a deliberate attempt 10
faint Mr.. Beecher', reputation, by gross
and false charge. affecting his character Tor
personal purity. This charge was bolstered
M hy the abominablc device Of false
confession. extortel from ! sick woman
who wa one orMr. Beecher's best friends
Nothing more despicablc than this can be
imagined. between man and man, yet alter
II and more of the sane sort-cond1ct
which led even the soit-hearted Beecher to
apply to Tilton the epithet Of 'scoundrel -
we find Mr.. Bsecher allowing friendly rela-
tion. To- bs rc-c-ablishel between himself
and Nr. Taton-established too, not 20
much iy biz iurgi,ing Tilton as by Tilton 5
f,rsi,inr him. Mr. Beeeher, by his own testl-
many. allowed the wrong to be placed on his
shoulder. AND himself u be the offender
lie asked and accepted Tilton's forgiveness
AMI then sat on his knee, and actually
ki--c! him. time and again Mr. Beecher
knew that be had given Theodore Iilton no
occasion for Do, fal-e and wicked charge
lie knew that he had not tritied
with Mr.. Tnton's affections, or in
any way withdrawn her love from
her husband. Net he allowed a single IN
triruinr man to persua lie him that he had
d,nr So. and permitted this manufactured
oicu,r Go oyersha low and obliterate III
ton aJominable offence against himself. 1t
Is thi, weilni.h Incredible selfsacrifee. and
the difficulty OF rceonciling it with decent
seIire.pect on Mr. Beecher's part, that has
made him most of this trouble, and cost
him the respect of 50 many good men lie
will come out of the uial, vindicated, in the
view of most candid people, As We trust and
believe. from the charge on which he is
tried. and will also learn from it, it i TO be
hoped. the useful lesson that he las SINS
enough cd his own to bear, wi;hoCtassum-
ing those of other people To do that sue
ces>ally man must be mere than mortal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-09


Much conversation passed backwards and
forwards turning on this, that Mr.. Tilton
was set against me that he felt that was
his enemy. and that had done wrong to
hun, both in his business relations. and that
had sought to undermine his influence in
the community. Ii was the harder because
the implication was, OF the statement, that
had made use OF my acquired reputation.
anu my position as the head OF a great
church, and my elation to the community
that AK those, aside from my mere personal
action had gone to o'ershad0w and iniure
NM protested against any such idea
mat he had occasion to think that | had
dohe nm wrong in the matters of Mr. Bow
en- was ashamed to he obliged to admit
ihat had done him intentional wrong in
ms family denied but that had wronged
MN there, 1t was very evident, it seemed To
me, from the present condition and action OF
Mrs. Triton. Well, we went over the same
ground good many times, running out
line and going into something else, and that
bringing us back again, and, on the whole.
Mr. MOulton was far less severe with me
than was with myself, and at times. as it
were, deprecated my own strong language
,77s a. neh, uuu >iiu. is the interview
drew toward close, that if would only
that Il Tilton could only hear what he had
heard, he was satisfied that it would remove
from his mind aniDsosity and the conviction
that he had that was seeking his rain.
" Well,' said II said to him. state
what You see and hear; have opened nv
heart to you" Said he, :. write-write
these statements, or some of them. to Mr..
Hilton" and at first thought would. bat
! was in whirl, and couldn't. | said
declined it. " Well," said he. q. LEI me
write 1t, or something to that effect, and
sad d" have no objection to your writ
ing 1t, and he sat down at the table. but
Tue conversation didn't stop, | amplifed
and d, went on, and finally he said to me,
Wei, Will say to him''-and he made
ssomething-looked up and said, a. will tell
AIR. Tilton so and 80 as a sort Of interpre-
tation OF what had been saying. aid.
- All right" and he made memorandum
OF IT. Then went on from point to point.
and sometimes he would say, Is What about
50 and so?' and would go on talking pro-
iuseiy and long, and he would jot down
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TIE pistol SCENE

at Mr.. Beecher's house next day, when
Monlton demanded and obtained Mrs. Ill
tons reiraction. by means OF a note from
Mrs. Tilton, was next described
A. There was considerable said
said to MIR Moulton that my objection To
giving up that retrsction was that sbould
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-09

Mr.. Beecher proceeded to directly con
tradlct MOultOn testimony IN reference Ii
remarks which MOuiton swore Mr. Beecher
made to him after hi- ret"rn from the INFER
view with Mrs Tltun:
Y. Was there anything said by You to
hun (MOulton) or by hun 10 you. about any
confession of Mrs Titon'sa \. No, Sir.
z. DID you on that night, in converse
ton with Mr.. M0uit0n, at any part of the
evening. use any slch expression as this :
- This will kill me? A. don't recall any
such ! might have do4e it.
q. Did You tell Mr. Moulton that Thee
dore, or Mr.. rilron. had given YOU permis
SION to go to Elizabeth for a confirmation of
the story \. did mol. Sir.
z. On that night was anything said BY
Mr.. Moulton to yoG, or by yourself to Mir.
Moulton. on the sabjeet of sexual inter
Course between you and Mrs Til;on? 4.
No. Sir; no, SIR
Z. Was anything said concerning any
confession OF sexual Intercourse between You
and Mrs. Tilton? \. Not word.
z. On that night, did any one speak to
you OF, Or did you speak to any one of, the
subject or the fact OF sexual intercourse be-
tween Mrs. Tilton and yourself? A. No,
Sir: no, Sir! 1t is loathsome and odious
stuff, that don't talk about
TIE pistol SCENE
at Mr.. Beecher's house next day. when
Moulton demanded and obtained Mrs. Til
tons retraction, by means OF a note from
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-09

Since the appearance Of this article, Mrs.
Woodruff writes to the Hsrah expressing
great surprise at the appearance Of the az
ticle, acknowledging that she wrote it, in
state Of evaporation at Tilton but at the
last moment concluded not to publish it. She
takes back none of the statements above
quoted, however, and as her word is quite
as good as 1ilton she will lind plenty Of
persons who will credit her account of their
relations
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-09

The importance el Mr. Beccher's testi-
mony J. 50 obvious. that our readers viii be
glad to rad the mere material portions o!
it. word for word as given. We copy from
the verbatim report Of She New York m
bnr.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-09


sations. brought against him, ut the famous
meeting of Dec. 90, $50. at Al)ulton 5
house. when Mr.. Beecher first learned that
he was charged with making improper ad
vances to Mrs. Iiltnn. and that she had
given rltun II written statement to that
effect.
A. We entered the house and he tMoul
toni locked the door, the front door, and
said, " Mr. Elton Is IN the room above the
parlur, front room. waiting Tor YOU |
said Ia him WISHING u ~itnc-N. believing
that We were going to have business DIS
cu~sion l said 10 him. e would rather
YOU would ~ up with me. Mr M"u!tpn.
He said, " You had better see Nj. Tiltun
alone - went up stars. knurked, and
opened the door Mr.. iiltun WAS standing
and met me in the most stately manner. lie
pointed u Il chair and asked ms - SIT down,
which did. near the door - have sum
monei YOU. think he said. TO this inter
view On matters o. Importance. suppose
that \ou rrcrnri irum me, by Mr.. Bowen.
letter demardlns Sudr resignation and de-
parture from i.,,,ElyB. " Yes, | told
him. - | had received 1t wish now
to recall that letter, and wish you to con
slider il as not written. 1t was Il grand
thing to write that letter 1t would have
been grander if had not. lie then be
gan to allude to Mr.. Bosen's treatment OF
him---nct going into any considerable de-
tail, but characterizing it as very base and
very treacherouS he then charged me with
having an understanding with Mr.. Bowen
in these matters and furthering them ; that
had accepted injurious stories ot him. and
that had reported them again; that had
advised against him. and much more to that
purport. which ! cannot recall in detail he
i think that at this point | was disposed
to make some explanation, when he warned
me to be silent and was silent and then
he proceeded to say that had not only in
jured him in his business relations and in
his reputation and prospects. but that had
also insinuatcd myself into his family and
that under covering of friendship had
wrought HIM worse mischief there. lie said
that bad in sense superseded him and
had taken his place, 50 that in matters of
religious doctrine, and in matters OF the
bringing up of his children and of the
household. his wife looked to me rather than
to him that had caused her to transfer
her affections from him to me in an inordl-
nate measure; that habitat in conse-
quence of the differences which had sprung
up by reason of my condact, his family had
well nigh been destroyed that | had suffer
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-04-09

"a ~ iG teA % AuN lGCal-A Us 7NtLC Etlltr
q Daring the writing, Mr.. Bcccher. did
you IN any manner dictate or suggest any
ot the language used? A. No. sir, | Sug-
gested that she ought-in the beginning |
suggested that she ought to make recall
OF those charges that should cover them.
q. Very well. Now. when she had writ
ten 81 far \. she looked it over, and then
mold out her pen for some more ink, which
had IN my hand, and added this
desire to say e4 presselY, Mr.. BeecLer has never
offered aay improper solicitation, but has always
treated NE IN manner becoming Christian and =
-eutlvman.
And this She signed With her ful! name.
izlheth L. rlton"
=. DIi You IN any manner suggest or
quest that additional writing \ | dad
not; it was of her own mind
z. Did you in any manner dictate. or in
dicate any form OF expression, or Substance
in that? \. did not
q. How long was this interview Mr.
Beecher do you think? \ Tune passes very
fast when people are under great excitement
it seemed TO me about ten huurs-it was
probably hali-huur
y. NOW, this paper that yOd alter Il
was completed. IN What form did You receive
1t from Mrs. TIlt1n, vas 1t in an envelopc or
was 1t simply the paper? \ think It WIS
Just III shlS form | don't remember enough
about that only rclollect puttiug IL IN
my pocket.
q. And did you take leave OF her \.
did. There WAS >Ime little conversation
iurther-l spoke slnie: am afraid with
severity sometime ami IN the converse pre-
eed!ng, and when | vent away | iclt very
surrOwiui; was ,rry that | had SAIL 50,
and said to her that | hoped my visit
would be for peace ,.nd that 1t would not be
the means OF throwing her back IN her SICK
ness, and some otha. kind expressions.
z. Did she repis to that? \ ! don't
knuw Sir
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-15
The Pros. n. 3. Detective,

The recent arrest in Florida ut the
defaulting teller of the Canadian Bank
| of Com merce, # Montreal, wa hr"ugh-
abOnt in peculiar way. The Bank il
will be remembered, was robbed about
month ago by ono of it's attaches,
who, with his futher. immed ,ateIy ab-
seconded, and until lately nothing had
been heard of either. As ~oou ga the
robbery was discovered, a picture Of
the sh4conder appeared in the Nv
York Graphic. together Wi h a notice
Announcing that IS 900 reward wou'i
he paid for the arrest OF Thomas ".
Nichols, who had sbscouded from
Montreal, taking with him number
of Dominion legal JeCder notes tins
property Of the Canadian Bank Of Com
N erca, OF the demon nations OF $500
ard 81, 900. A fnH description ot
Nichols acc mp 'nied the notice. Nta'ing
that he was twenty Oae years old, dark
brown ha'r, smooth face, etc. Shortly
after the advertisement appeared an
elderly gentleman and sou arrived u
st. Argn tine. Florida. and pat up At
private boarding house. They IL ia
known their desire TO purchase An or
lge grove, and inquired 4 G madam
honds would be rec, ived as =e curitv
there. On the same day tnat the
stranger. arrived at ST AuguztinA
several copie. of tue Gr0Dhic onntaIn-
irg the photograph Of the young bank
robber aud his father b "a arrived there,
and the Sheriff of St. John. c>unty
was very much struck by the resen-
bIanre they bore to them. The de
scription answ~red perfectly. and, tax
ing into consideration the fact that the
Young man gave his name a. Th"mss
Nichols, The Sheriff communicated
with the municipal, authorities, who ST
once photographed back that they were
without doubt the robbers, aud tt ar
rest them at once. Accordingly. the
Sheriff proceed d to the house where
the fugitives were stopping, aud Ell cted
the ar eat while they were at dinuor
without experiencing any d .fficulty.
When they were ,hown the uhoto-
graphs sent to St. Augustin. the older
said: We'll, they do look good deal
like US. "-CharlestOn Ne'0s.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-15

On the 3rd Of September last :Sanln-
eli SicSur-av was couiued Ill tns,
T Jmi1s Oh the charge Of murdaring
Thomas Doyle, aud twenty days later
his wife, Anna Jane, was locked mp III
tie Tombs as his accomplice. She
took to the prison her little child, p
puny two year old boy, SO small aud
de icata that it seemed hardly year
Old. he father was coniued in the
PRISON fer Il en-, and the mother and
child in what IS known as the Mag
delan." piac, set apart for mothers
and thor children aud young gtri%.
The little family living uOdar the same
roof saw no more Of each other than
though an oce n divided them Day
yh day tho little one grew weanAr, aid
a. few days ago it was plain that it
must die, Then the father was tt kan
to see his boy, and the little family
were for few minutes united. GA
Wednesday the father saw the boy
again. He was alive, but very weak.
After the father vas again locked up IN
his cell the little one died in his moth
er's arms. p els better off now" she
said, but she wept. and when Der hns-
band was brought to her cell both
sobbed over their dead Child. They
said they could not bury it, they were
too poor. bet asked the Warden to
send word to f. friend. The friend de-
c!ined to bury their dead baby, and s"
the body was sent to the MOrgue. The
mother, still weaping, made the Little
corpse rs decent as she could, and then
kisssd the cold lips, and etrangerd
buried her boy in the Potter Field.
-New York Sun.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-15
Ehe Control OF aouuGy GOV ern.
ssnenl.

In the Convention, So urday, the
( ordinance reported by Mr.. Shepherd.
! Chairman Of the Com mtttee on Num-
cipa! Corporations, passed its third
railing This Is most excellent Or
dinanos and ~ adopted reads as fol-
low:
The General Assembly shall have
full power by statute TO modify. chang
or abrogate any aud all Of the provi-
sions of this article, tthat i. article
sew ny and substitute others in their
place except sections seven, nine And
thirteen"
This ordinance will in effect enable
the General Assembly to have full con-
troll over county, city and town GOV
"rnments, and to provide, il it may
teeu proper, for the election of ,Iu--
tees If the Peace by tne Legislatures.
The Raleigh NctrS says of it
"The great want of tho 80 900 white
voters Of the negro *ectlon of the
State has boon aimed il tins pro
vision, aud tbs the ConstrTr-
eerv..tive party Of the State has only
to-en,iufse this Cop@t.tption n"d e!~ct
a Democratic L"gre latnro to give TO
tho penp'e Of North C4:o.ina r. icf
from tie griav.,ne ills uaier which
!hey have beeu groanug "iica tie
adoption Of tn Candy he"onNr Con-
>t.tntion. ''-CHarIotf> O5S,rCer-
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-15

air .jHrvi- Ii vel To lay the motion
of Atc d .rrenger upon tie table npor
VII ca h. called she ayes and noes, bu
b fore tie vote could be announced
(Which hod prevailed by some nine
maj 'rlty.) tho President announced
/ thaE the itotr Il s having arrived be
declared the CONVENTION a" 'urned
! sine die.
A MEETING OF THE MEMBFks AND RES
! OLCriIS OF THANK.
Aft.,r the Cpnv,utlrn rad been de-
C AIRED adj 'urn"d, Mr. Manning, OF
Chatham, took the Presidents stand
and called aLe meeting to order, when
M Red. # Rock ,ugnam; said thAt al
adjournment OF the CONVENTION having
taken p..,ca before the Offering al II
resolution # ti4anKs could be Inaeit
to tile presiding .flce- OF the CONVEX
tInn, be wcnid now off,c the follow
ing resoi IN. which was adopted
Resotccd That the thauks Of the
nembers of the Convention Present
are due and hereby tendered TO the
Hon. Edward Ransom. for tho able
dign fed. and impartial manner in
which Q has prerlded over she d-l1b-
erat'ons of tbs Cpnveutipn
DE-. Ransom responded a. ~ o1s ::
Gentlemen. The ,imr has arrive Il for
our dissolution. We shall soon be scat
ter Il TO every part OF tue State to our
re l!ectve homes, AID III all probable
ity many of us WI newer meet a9.lu
Allow M to congratulate you upon
tue harmony and good ferii g VIII ch
has prevailed since We Assem- hltd;
you" GbOrs, though they have been
arduous and lAhor1Ons, yet YOU have,
discharged them with that zaal aud
energy never before exhibited by aEy
other legislative bod: you have faith
fully complied with the Object. for
which your body was called together,
and have discharged the high duties
imposed upon you with honor and
credit to yourselves.
| since-ey hope the amendments
passed 10y you msy meet the approbs-
ton of th- people and DO abundaut,y
fruitful of great good in developing
aud promoting the peB.e and hsppi
ness of our citizens, IA well as build
ing ny living monuments OF huAor aud
glory for yourselves more lasting than
brass.
Permit NE to return my unfeigned
thank ; for the resolution you have ust
passed 80 complimentary Of myslf al
your presiding officer. | shall ever
cherish It III my bosom az y high aud
warm x preston Of Il satisfactory APP
prevail of the discharge Of my duties,
though wIthOuC e1pcrleuc5 and feuuly
done. Vt [ endeavored to discharge
them honestly, impartlally aud suits
factoriiy.
It Is with no little degree OF pleas
ure that / return to THIS honorable
body my sill core gratitude for the as
sistance, courtesy aud respect which
has been ezte nded me as your pres,d-
ing officer.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-15
heartbeat.
Roe and Harry Watkins play in
Raleigh this week.

Roe and Harry Watkins play in
Raleigh this week.
Fanny B. Price is playing III Rich
mnnd this week. She is to appear at
the Oh riotte Opera Honse ere long.
aud she is not one of the kind who
promises and fails to fulfill.
The Kellogg English opera season
commences at Booths Theatre, New
York. on the 18th lust. The company
embraces Mrs. Seguin, Mr.. VIM. Cas-
tie, aud Miss ADnie Montafne, OF
Baltimne.
Ddprez & Beuedict's Minstrels will
show III Sstvaunah on Thursday uDd
Friday next, and in Wilmington or
Wednesday, the Goth.
The fuud for an equestrian statnaOt
Gen. Lee, at Richmond, now amounts
TO $4,000.
IT is reported that after the auction
of the Presidents live stock i'll Mis-
souri,. last week, somebody in the
crowd offered for sale 800 bet which
he had made that Grant would be re-
'nomipated for third term. It was
run up TO fiftysIx cents, and then the
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-15

TAK.-There has also b Ell an i'm
prov,.rnent IN the mark for this artI-
Gle since last wee K. On Monday export
s,rs were in the MAJ ket and paid al ad
vince. If 10 celts for the Receipts
) .nce then and up TO the close to day
t le market has ruled ut ST 81 per bar
rel The receipts for the week were
6O7 barrels: exports 4iS barrels; stock
III ward am 4t,"2t |. 6S1 barrels.
GEAIN There is nothing new
Whatever o 7. Jort in the grain market
for the past week. Tie same quota
tons as former y ruled are the figures
to-day. The, were no cargo arrivals
and the receipts by rail and steamships
were light. Al,lut 1000 bushels were
r; ceeeived by the Wilmington and
Weldon r ilro2l and about 5000
bushels per steam hip. Corn from
store IS unchanged.
The following are the quotations
from toy. to day: Yellow and mixed
corn, So @ 81 cents, and which
meaning 90@ 81 o.; highest figures
,uclnaing sucks. OATS.-The mar
k is quiet aed uncaanged IN price.
Ouotatious from store are 70 to ~
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-15

-Thestock is small and the demand
preaent good cow and clay sells al
90@Si 90 aud 81 1901 so for white.
RfCE.-The demand 10 fair with an
ad' quate supply. Oiesn CsroIina is
held at 9 cents by the oa.k. Rough il
in small supply, aud cells ~ 81 100
40. according TO quantity.
CORN AEAL.-The demand 10 Light
and the stock is equal 10 the enquiry
prevailing. Sells from store q 81 90
0s1 05 y bushel. including sacks.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-15

SPIRITS T6RPENIl TIN E. - There
has been a gradual and steady improve
mont in this article during the past
weak. At the close Of last week, the
market was reported firm at 323 cents,
and gradually advanced towards the
close to 80 cents. AT the latter figures
the market is reported officially as
closing firm, but generally held higher.
The receipts for the week were 2, 049
SKIS exports were 529 casks and
the stock i'll yard aud ahoat is 4.963
casks.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. - The
market ruled very uniform and steady
at the closing quotations most of the
present week, up to Wednesday noon
During this day there was AL advance
IN the market Of cents on Hard, yell
low Dip and Virgin. At the close the
same figures predominant, and the
market is reported firm with an up ward
tendeucy at S. 10 for Hard and 50 40
for Yellow Dip and Virgin,
The receipts and sales for the week
were as fol lows: