, 1876-02-12
: BEECHER..
beginning ut tho Entt Of tho Great
American Scandal.
Bowon Given Ton Days by Plymouth
Church to Prepare Himself.
ncecller Makes Il Vehement Speech at
tho Churcl. Meeting.
Exciting Scenes Attending tho Conclusion
Of Hia Remarks.

Exciting Scenes Attending tho Conclusion
Of Hia Remarks,
N1w YORK, Fob. 1t.-At tho adjourned annuaf
moestug Of Plymouth Church tonight, dismissal
was granted to Charlos G. Duncan, at his re-
1uebt. Tho Clark then rand thu report OF the
Examining Committee, detailing tho sovesnl
meetings botwoon 1t and Bowen. When tho
readng WAS concluded 8. v. White of1ored a
resolution, which. after several asnendtnonts
WAS adopted, rs foloTn.
Ie.osrct, That tho wlols matter Of ina'uultions or
accusations Of lrenry e. nowea aga'nst ths p.sor of
this chuenh 10 rstctsatl hack Ia tho E1RninaR Com
ttat with Instructions to continue tho Investigation
begun them, aud that they 10 inatruetea 70 aim
mon aald Bowen before them, h.!ins atst given him
and 10 oiy him thst hs will 10 antoh to stste nny and
every fact within hs knowlesse lending support the
lh nst and to gt.e u all witnesses known
him by whom any Of tho facts within hia pstsonal
oshnr sn1 fsrt,cs thorouRh md risd =
bio investigation.
s1r. Deoeher ba!d hc was far fton, feol!ng In d
spiritol hunor. controversy botwoon pas-
tor aud q member OF church WAS = very sad
thing. 70 havs quarrel was 10 him ID the na-
turo Of a funeral aervico. Mt. Bowen was ono
| OF tho nldesk members OF tho church. but ho
must not forget tlas sir. Bowtn's threshold ras
! tho first ho orossed on coming 10 brooklyn. ffo
| could not think Of anything E,oro sad than
10 find man With whom ho had
! walked arn-in.Arm. aud with whom lo had taken
sweos counsel, aud In whose hospitality hu bhl
! shared, turned Against him.
Slr. Deochor had thus far spoken very quietlg
ana sadly. but now no hurst forth In laundering
tones throwing into Its norris oil tho vchemonce
possible to hEm,
IIo sald that, 1t for tho last fifteen yours or
more Mr.. Bowen hhd been In possession OF theae
| facts aud noycr brought them before him or be-
foro IN officer Of tho church, hc WAS
guilty Of breaking hip covenant
with tho church and ha ought To
bo expelled. II no {sho spcakcr) was what ho
waB alleged to bu, he ahould havo been turned
out Of tho church long ago. 1Ie vas not guilty,
and tho allegations tnado by Mr. Bowen wore
false. Ho would pronounce thom 60. He re-
ferrcd sarcastically to the fact that Mr.. Bowen
bad no. had timo to prepare to nnswor questions,
but satd thht ha l,sd timo 10 charge him with be-
ius criminal, the badnoss Of which tho shroo
opitheta used by him could hardly compaas.
Tlnre shon1l be no Bccresy iu tho mattar II le
could help It, and everything should be siftodt
the very bottom.
Mr. DeccAer now allowed bin voice to dio down
to one In wlIch wero expressed mingled Sadness
| nu1 reproac!1, when suddenly bursting forth with
his loudcal and uost vehement tones, he aaid:
A. fer mysslf Ysonounes The ,,aattoSas fs.e. ana'
| arraign him IA i sIanderer and a llur.
Thon, ~ ho sat down, wa8 enacted scan o
which tns nsyor but tHjco before taken place iu
tho Plymouth Church lecture.rooms, tho clap
plug OF hands, tho stamping OF feet, and mon
hailoang pautlits at their pastor, whilo hls Wife
bowed her head upon hcz handH, anl wopt Bit
lorly for some momouts. ...
The meeting thon adjourned At tho cali Of the
Chair.
Tho Examining COMMITTEES met Immediately
after adjournment, aud de2ided to summon
Do1on to appoar heiore thcm on tho eyonlng Of
tho 23d inst, ut tho residence OF Assistantpastor
Halliday. there to give proof of tue Allegations
| contained In his communication Of tho 4th inst.
PLYMOUTH COMMITTEE TO powEN.
| Ne1 foyk hHs, Ffb. lu.
Tho following lottor frun p!smonths . Examin-
ing COMMITTEES nan sont t0 Mr. Bowen ycster-
day:
Henry C. Ho,ftn Esq-atn: Tho Examining Com.
m.too hsyo Instructed mo to say reply to yo'l1
pin,d lses't q II; IT, VIII 'l Us. yoS n.sa sought
, somelimca BY opon lnnuenao aud sometimes by lre
s n = sss 81 y st's s' .sens Ss1s s
character Of tho ra.tos Of thle church, and
ss stse esen 4se ..ss ss"s s,,S aaS Hdi e suos
lis truth, you have failed 70 aataty the.a ehcr b,
stating any facts or by denying THAR existence
Issue of your letter Ut tho 4th stt ths Committee
Clearly Of opinion that ts grievance now exists III u.
Under lis cloak Of that invitation yon wrote md pub
pEsanal en5 5su mazda aesaon
and !na.a'Mtoaa asAn't youE p.stor In TIT T. istso
isia.s ~, plspe ss "
. The commstteo. BEING itst'f tho Proper tFbana!
geS ~ M aass u 3o shs 70
this evening thus 70 testify before II, III answer
hst saulaSn YOU have Es.nssd to spsas' su isy
o CONSIDER uncanlll Ant eyasfye-
Tle comlnit.ec again cal!a,l upon Jon 70 arear be
deem you 70 be ths auhor u the catumnes whie
ss isr sea e:i ac:ioa ~ ~ moy W bs Vic anl JUL ~ '
Thy therefore assst = s ,a" e rao. 30u 1an
eytuos, Teb. 10. Il hsfpa.t ocoes, thon and th.t
p1ulca any evidence IN your poesession teAding
throw light upon tho charAstes Of he p.aos snl
ruys upon h4& subject, aud. further, to auswsr auc
qssu0ns Us may bs properly rEopeunaodn n,., - y9u
Tue inteut beneath tho public acts Of tho tn
y parties IL, on Nr. Dowau's pnrt, to delay dec:
\ Ion until the Advisory Council is conyeued an'
10 on Plymouth Chu1ch'a part to got rll Of u
- macy Of tho four laWye1a OF tho E1amtuinG Con
:" mtttae aiied by Gon. TsAcY, IL bent toward III
=, object, and It IL fully be!isycd that II Air. Bowe
. succeeds IN Ills policy OF dolaY, leaving II
~ -, of hia fresh accusations against Mr. Deocho
"a "a a1r. SheAsman will deyiso coup detat In I.
~ ~ shaps OF all Indictment aSainat Mt. bowen 4
=. n llbo, or civil suit for niandeE; 10 tha. Il
~ Council may not lnGet to adsBe depressed col
" gtegation. IhOEo were tunoEn of solno sue
:. proceedings last Night, but no definite inform
i lioa was given,-syerythnx rcst'ng upou 81
- = Uomeu'a nc,ipn OF this evening. Tho froguaI
| af[o hak ktFA HanchAf IN