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Newspaper Page Text1 STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT QLDEST DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OREGON. POBI.HHSD IVtMT millAT, T bROWN & STEWART. OFFICE IN PARRISH'S BLOCK. FIRST STREET! TERMS, in Anvaiicti One year, 3 6,x ...ft., tl I Three month., II I Ob. month, 60 . q,t Single CufflM. 1 ""' ' TondTniTwrlting over ...um.d .hrna .,,.. anonymo.ly.n,ui.tin.V ' T proper .am" to th. Editor, nr. " gives tc their communications 'business car "-"ciIABTSwOLVEttTO, iTTnnSEf AND COUNSELOR AT IAW, Albany, oregpn. agorae with-Dr p.w.H.m., ov- rs' Drue Store. HWnia. ' J; (UOIINSKY, MERCHANT TATTvOR, Has opened a flrsUlasa tnllor shop in A'". Maduy mads Into rait'' of the latest .0 les. r v6ll.!5tf. . . ' 1 v II : 1 r- : VOL..X. ALBANY. OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1874. NO. 2. , i w i i i m . u 1 tnoh. Too Tiiii m TJ 16 oa 2 In. 2 til) 6 00 T 00 1 2 00 U IS tn. a-on on oo oo 15 00 82 w 4 In. 1 t 00 f 00 12 SO 18 00 27 (IK ii Col. , it oo oo 15 no 25 oo n ti H Cut T 50 12 80 18 00 .10 00 48 ti jJ-Col. 10 00 15 00 26 110 40 OS nt r 1 t'.rt. 15 00 20 00 40 00 60 00 lOUt) AN 0LL1 LAWYER'S STORY- A great many years ago, while I was comparatively a young man, and still unmarried, I resided in a cer- nlhr nf Ponnei.lvanin nnA 011- lUlil 1 BUUni.Hu.i. wuu in joyed the reputation of being tlie H. BHITR. l.inn Co, f. 4. CBBN'iWBTH. Corvallil. CHENOWETH A. SMITH. ATTQKNEYS A? LAW, orvallis, Owgori. . ja-0rnc t the Court House. von2T JOHN J. WUITKE, iiTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT IAW sanl Notary Public. Special attentions given to collection.. Qrricc-rllp .tatr. in Parri.h'. Brick, llbanv, Oregon. VonMtf. B. X. JONEo, J, L. HII JOIYES & HILL, PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS seals, and Le had been setting it by the clock, and showing it to us its something very handsome. I knocked at the door to restore it ,to him. He had not left us but fifteen minutes before: but he must hate been asleep already, for he made no answer, bo cleereat lawyer ever Known mere. i x Kept. it ior me uigui, ami wuio u, It is not for me to say the praise was down to breaklast next morning. As merited, "but I certainly found my- I came down I met a gentleman in ii i t i. -v, . n.,. L-ii tj : :..t v.... Tvr Bell auie to discover loop-notes oi es- . iiiu uan. aab luijuiicu iu. mi. vnuuu. cape for those whom 1 defended, -inut was me new-comer s name ALBANY, OREGON. S. A. JOHNS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ALBANY, OREUON. yOfflce in the Court House. "at vauaf. BOOTS MADE TO ORDEIt AT REASONABLE BATES AT HENRY FLIT'S SHOP, ALBANY, OREGON. ay Work wnrranted to Rive wtlatactibn.'Va vSnifcitf. A. W. GAMBLE, M. .. .PHYSICIAN & SONKEOX ALB ANT, OREOCN. OBlco on Vnlr trrot, one door west ' WertVa muro. R w at ih" In' r sld"iiw Zl UmKe Putt Tson near th- Stnr Hrcw'r.v. Jan. 12th, imi. 1. 15. RICE, M. !., PHYSICIAN &' SURGEON, ( ALBANY, OKBGON, . a u.t.M.in TTolr-ir nnil n1?:," "S.MiooThinT if , two. tlocka eat. or below, Hi" Methodist Church vltntStf. J. W. BALDWIN, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, for those whom .li,ili aiiT,ribA,l Avmi mv fnllnw low yers. I possessed by nature those qualities which would have made an excellent detective, and I was a thor ough student ot tlie law. 'inere was no mystery about it, but among the more ignorant classes I had gained a reputation for more than humau knowledge. Perhaps it was not po lite for them to say that the devil helped, but they did. ' However, I began to tell you about Madame Matteau. She was an old lady, who owned a little house in the suburbs of the city. She herself was of American birth, but her husband had been a French man; and Bo the title Madame had been bestowed upon her. She was now,, a widow, and her daughter (iabrielle ana son nenri were nor only living relatives. Her income Was but slender, and she eked it out by taking a tow boarders, generally steadv old beovile who had known her for many years. These respected fthtl lilcecl uer; dui uie city generally L,1 rtain.lw.A h mi.inat. lifir. Tilfire had been two sudden dcatli3 in her house. i,ach nine tlie victim was a stranger who came at night, and was found dead in his bed in the morn ing. Each time the jury was divided believm? tliat stranerulation was the cause of death, some that the man had died in a ht. , It was a terrible thing that two such deaths should have occurred be neath her roof. Madame's friends pitied her. The rest of the little world Hinted mat tnese were stran gers, and their trunks, with no one knew what amount of money and other valuable property, remained in' Madame's possession. No one said Bhe was a murderess, but every one cm;.1 U n na "vfil'V Rh'jnvcfl " 111 fin Ofld tone, ami no one since that second death had visited Madame ainrteim. T mivhpH' nerhartR because I hud admired her a great d'ul. and her daughter much more had always in sisted that it wus merely a coinci dence, and that in a world in which apoplexy and heart disease were go common, it was no sucii mar .t'i iiuii two men 'hould have met sudden deaths in the same houi-e. But my fr.i'h in this theory was shaken when one morning it was pul li bed over t!a ,.tv thi,r. imntlu-r trnnsierit, board er had been found dead iu Madame I M...,a l,r,iwa nnil tlmr. sbe Wflfl fir- 1 sent Hannah to wake him. She could not do so, and grew alarmed. one naa a Key mat wouia upeu ma door, and used it. The next thing I knew we were all in the room and the windows were all wide open, and tlie doctor had been sent for; and the young man who had called was screaming that his brother hud been choked to death; and then there was the inquest, and they arrested me. The brother said the tir.st thing he noticed was that I wore Mr. Glenn's' watch and seals. I had forgotten it in my terror. "So Hannah had a key to the room?" I said. . . "Yes; at least it was a key that would onen it. It was the key to Mr. Bussford's door. She knocked the other out with a stick and put that in." "The people who were there on that night were your boarders when the other men were xfound deadV" I asked. . "Oh, yes." "Aunt Kannah was there also?", "All my married life Hannah has lived with me." "Your daughter oversees your househould iu your absence?" "Yes, poor, child, with Hannah's lioln " . 1 thoiignt a little wliue. "Madame," I said, "there is some -j-. - i it.;.. ...v .. T ,1,. sirailgo uiyrfrery iu una uiiair. x 'iu not despair ot proving to an me world your entire innocence. Mean while be as calm as possible, and en deavor to remember everything con nected wiih the sudden deaths that have occurred in your house. The incident that soema 'he least impor tant may really be of the moeit im mense value." So I leit and went home. Strange emm;;h, on ihe way 1 met the doctor who had been culled in. He was a flnil lw...w H.ii-1 r,l n i.erson. consid erably given to beer-drinking, and my opinion of his ability was not very great. However, 1 quesuuueu him on the subject) and he replied: 'Well, you se, I don't say the old woman murdered him.- If she did, I hhutild Bay it wan by sitting on him I ended the question of my stay by begging to bo taken to it. "You will have supper, sir?"-asked theghi. ' ' But I declared that I had eaten, and only wanted rest. Her reply was: 1 "Hannah, show the gentleman to the blue room, and make a fire." I was in the blue room, the scene of the three sudden death or murders. It was a small apartment, painted blue. It had also blue window cur tnina nml n l-tlitf silk coverlet on the bed; a neat striped carpet, a set of old mahogany furniture, and a very handsome ewer and a basin of costly China. It was at the time almost a universal custom to burn wood. In this room, however, was a small coal fire. I alluded to this as Hannah came in with tlie scuttle. "Yes. sir." she said, "missuss does burn coal. Her son is a clerk, or the like, at the new mines at Mauch I'liittilr n,wl Iia RAtuls it cheat) to her; but it it's nasty, dirty smelling thing, and 1 liate it. itow its uuui and lit; 'twill warm up in fifteen minutes. It takes longer than wood." She' went out ot the door and HENRY WARD BEECHER'S STATE MENT. Gentlemtn of (f e Committee ; In my statement addressed to the pub lie, on the 22d of July last, I gave explicit, comprehensive, solemn de nial to the charges made by Theo dore Tilton against m6; that denial I now repeat and affirm. I also stated in that communication that I would appear before your Committee with a more detailed statement and explanation of the facts in the oase. Four years ago Theodore Tilton fell from one of the most prominent edi torial positions in America, where he represented the cause of religion, hu- nvil nnrrinfUin. nnd ill A few "VJ 1 ' . 7 , mouths became an associate and rep- V;(J W,W!l,i,ll reseuiuuve ui , iluum and a friend to her strange cause. By his follies he became a bankrupt in reputation, in occupation and iu resources. . The interior history of which I am now to give a brief out line is a history of his attempts to so employ me as to reinstate him in businesB, to restore his reputation, and place nun again upon uie Kim sue' weut out oi tne ttoor auu ileuce Iroin wnicu ne nau laiieu. ah came back in a minute with a little . jg a Sad history, to the full meaning trav on which stood a pot and a cup , 0f which I have but recently awak- 1 ton l,nnrl f.n.l fl'tlV .1 TJ: ..nl f niintUc..A.l.f i 1 11 V A lm Dlt. E. O. SMITH, I., MAX ALBANY, OREGON. OFFICE Two doors fnst of Connor's Bank, vltulltf. GEO. R. HELM, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Will practice in all the Courts of this Bute. OFFICE : ALBANY, OREdOH. Nov. 11, 170. , ,,,-iil Dnn., nln n. Vinwl anil titiv pitcher, and something in a napkin. "Miss sent a bit and a sip," said' she. "Tea rests us old folks mighti ly. Good night." "Good night," I said. "I expect I shall sleep soon; I must be up very early, though, for I have bills to pay. I have some hundreds of dollars with me to pay out to-morrow, andit's in this bag.". She looked at me in a queer sort of a way, and lingered beside me. At last she spoke : "T.nnli vb sir: I think that old folks of your age do wrong to lock doors on tliemseives. iou migiit. ue ill at night, and who'd get in to you? Leave your door unlocked." Was it this woman's practice to beg travelers who stopped with her mistress not to lock the door? Was there some baneful potion in the cup she had given me?" It was an innocent-looking cup onuiinli an old-fashioned affair, covered with little gilt sprigs. The tea was lragntnt nyson; out uio sus picion that had crept into my mind had tainted it. 1 fancied a strange .i,. .w.nviniiH Rriu'U. I nut it from me, and would not have tasted it for a kingdom. I had not intended to sleep, and I I did not undress myself. I merely retained niv disguise, and sat down Miutild Bay It wan oy suung on una, i removecf mv- uia.uoo. uu n" h:m. or buiuthering him with the beside the tible, witt my pistols be- , ,' . . ,1 ... 1.:.. I ,. rl... .Homnf. nmrlit .n, in all Iho Courts In thn Sri, So 1 . , '. , , . nd lth Judical District,; In tin- sunn-inn i rested on suspicion oi uaving iuui- JrndXTC lere'1 h'm) hia, Wa,Ch ,nd CUin haV- ..... 'liX pint St.. Aiimi.y, i mr lifinn found in her noKSesaon. Oreiton. vsnlayl. I t, f t ., j reovered from the alinfl.- nf tl.is terrible niece of news. ' . . . . I T.1 a message came to me irom luuuuma Matteau. She desired to see me. Of course I went at once. She had been taken to prison, and I found her in a little room with a barred window, and an insufficient fire on the hearth. The logs had burnt in two upon the andirons, and the white ashes were scattered over the hearth. Almost in them Bat Madame Matteau, in her widow's dress of sombre black, tlha vrna fliillv With fTTlfif and BX- citement, and had drawn her chair close to the nre. She shook .violently from head to foot, and her'face was deadly pale as she turned it toward me ana held out her hand. "O, thank Heaven, you nave nm0l clio nnirl. "I ltnoW VOU Can ' , 1 A TT anvo mn Is it not nornuief now could I kill a man? Why sliould 1.' DR. T. W. HARRIS, PHYSICIAN & ' SURGEON, ALBANY, OREGON. ' ty Office on Main .tree, over A. Carother.' Store, llf.idonoo, on Fourth .troet. vOnlUI. ST. CHARLES. HOTEL, CORNER FRONT AND WASHINGTON 8TB. ALBANY, OREGON N. S. LUBOIS. holsters 1 sui.uose the cause of his dca.h was asphyxiu. Well, then, what is asphxia? Why, too little breuth to keep one living. He died because he w as short oi breath. I wash my hands of the matter. Only there's (he watch; that looks dark." I had learned uoihing from the .1nnl.ii. Tim ('.iViiiinr lived near me. His jury had been twelve of the most ignorant men in town. This is all ho told me: "He was smothered, that man; so were the other two. Men don't snioihor themselves. We made it inscrutable providence t'other time. We make it murder this time. That there watch, you know." Thus, without any new light, I wont, linmo niwl f.ir'med mv nlans. There was hut one way in which to pene rate tne mystery, a iuuai.cui.ui the bouse; 1 must see tne people there; I must penetrate to the room in which these men had died so sud denly, and I must not be known in my real character. That Madame Matteau was innocent I fully be lieve.l, but that some one beneath her roof "was guilty I made no doubt. t i. i, ti, III,, n Mr Titian. AH IIIU. wo .uu t ford, whose key fitted the dead man s j .li-inr t. was nossiu e out no. i sido m. That some attempt might bo shortly made to murder me 1 telt ti l.p una. ilile. I thought of nil the old tales that I had heard of trap doors and sliding panels, anu secret, entrances to travelers' rooms. I was not a coward, but I folt strangely nervous; and singularly euougu m a man in my perfect health my hands were growing cold, and my fe. t were lumps of ice, while my head was I,,,,,,;,,,, i,,,f Fifteen minutes had passed, and , the tire was kindled; but the room was not warm, The blue flames cfnnln,! timnnrr tllA black ' coab " o , . ' nn.l fliinrr forked tonL'UBB tinned with vellow tints.' into the room. There L. nntl.inrr fllAflvflll about the StOVO. tiwunrh it w'ns nf that onen style now called Franklin. Yet I drew a chair town v.! it from habit, and sat with iny feet upon the hearth. I do not know how long I sat there. Sudden ly I bocamo aware that I was not myself. I was losing my senses. If unseen hands had been clasped about my neck, and an unseen kuee had been pressed against my chest, -my sensations could not have been .i;V!Viioiit A thought of the evil spirit, whioh my mend. Had suggesieoj, lunnry could 1 kill a manf wnysuouiu i.r i ... - -v - Why do neopie come to my house to would not harbor a mad superstition, struggled into my mind it u uu . , ,,,, t.n, l.o nn tstii.pi-nahinil now- irril tt fliv feet a n( . . . .. . rullmil In Mm ilto'rds Free ycl th ",,uf"'' r.le whTahies. UlfloaOl Con-allU btatie Company. G. F. SETTLEMSR, Druggist nnd Ayollifcary! DEALER IN Ii( lids, Si KOICINKS. OILS, Faint., Window Ulaa. Djenluti.. Liquur., janej gop, Bni.be, Ferluineriea, o. Prcitriplioni Carefully t'ompountltd. All art clo. nd biug. in or line wartanted ef ihe be.t quality. , Fir.t .treet, Fo.t OBee building, Albany. jullivimsyl ALBANY BATH HOUSE I THF I'NDER8!'3NLD WOULD RESPECT fully inforui the citien. of Albany nd ri Hoitv that ha ha. taken cb.r.e ol thu. Eilabli.h. tent, and, by keeping elcan room, aud paying Itriet attention to bnlln..., eipect. to .u.t all thn. ho may faTor him with tholr patronage. Having heretofura carried on nothing bui Firt-01ai Hair Drstg Salooni. k. ein.U to give entire ..ti.racti..n to all. -Chlld.en and Ladie.' Hair nea tly cut aadlhampooed. JOSEPH WEUB1.R. t3n3tf. DR. C. W. CnAY, ALBANY, OREGON. OFFICR IN PMlUISHfl ItRICK BIAX'K. comer of Fim an.l Kerry wiwta. OIlK' botiri imm 0 to Uo clock A. M.. and Irom 1 to 6 Ikaidenoa': Cornel1 Fifth and Ferry street. vanUtf. ICC. IIII.L.VfcO.Y., DRUGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES, ALBANY, OBBGOIt. ttniga and medlelnea freah awl n-im r"wT iild (reah from c. mi l- BIJKir MORTGAOB". (t rri.L V utuiy IeaUi- Biven to country ont.-r. and phy!- clan.' po-M-rtpliona. SoOm the Amie r-ie.o... Bioit onj die horribly, with black faces' and staring eves, as it some one naa v,i,,,l ti.om? iVh! and he was a DRflPRIFTflR I Ptty young man the mght before. PliUHHItlUH. Ki. ., Heaven, how horrible!" I eat down beside her. I took her hand. "... "Madame Matteau," 1 said, "be calm ; collect yourself. As your law yer, I must know all. Tell mo, from first to last, what happened what was said, what was done. If you" I paused; her lilaclc eyes nan ii..,i...i i,,-,nn mn. T r.nnld not ask lunucu her whether she had any conles-aon to make. I saw tliat t.ne naa not. Unless she was the best actress who ever lived, Madame Matteau was in nocent of any crime. "If you have any suspicious," I added, ."tell thorn all to me." "There is no one to suspect," said the poor woman. "In the house were Gabrielle, iny daughter, whom you have seen; old Hannah, the cook; Mr. und Mrs. Bcauchamp, friends ol my poor, ,in lmulinnd in his bovbo' d the best, kindest people; Mr. Gray, a very old man, too leeuie to icave uie house: noor, deformed Miss Nor- man, oud tlie niirariau, .nr. Aiamum x-....Af iI.m. wonbl murder a mouse. llUU.ir. tu' " " - See how kind they are; they remain in my house; they send me woru uu (bev have no doubt of me. Oh, how can anvbody. "And this man who I oegin "Yes," said Madame Matteau, "I will tell you; he was fair, young. i....i..rn.aW AmmA: he asked Mr lUU..M.V',, ' ... , i...o..f..r.i ot tl.A rlenot if he knew of OW).u.u anyone who could accommouaie mm. -. .1 1... t.4 1.;.,. linn.O My onlv empty room was the one in which those other two strangers died I could not bear to put him there;- v.., r. itcufnr.1 luii 'tied at me u-.onmr aftorward. ne ...ii., i - innn ti,na ti Gnbnc.e. it IaU when he retired late for a quiet household. Hannau liau mie hia fire. She came and told ua that she had done bo. He aaid good . k nnn. -VTA fnttTld that AllCI ' ." ft he had left hif watch on the table. Ho wore it only witn a tmncn oi 1.1 be no suoernatural pow- -- - , v I : er uenea.n wnicu numau uumyn drooped and died. Death as it came to us wan mystery enough. What bad been said to me by a woman, .vlin vmiiM have been a hmrituaiist had she lived to-day, was a mere ab surdity. ..I iioKorA Hint there is some hor rible unseen thing iu the room," she had said, "some awful, shapeless spirit, that when it is locked iu with its victim it murders nun. jjet others believe what they will, I be lieve that." The words haunted me, nut i laughed at them, of course. What ever it was, I would try to know. At dtwK that day 1 went uito my bedroom myself. I caino out u strange man. I wore a white wig, a ,; nf" irr,f.n rrn"'.los. and fin over coat, the ttil of which reached to uy hcclJ. I bad a iiiumer aoout my throat, and a little haunch on one of mv shoulder, i carrieu a mica cane, and stooped a great deal as 1 wulked. In my hund I carried a carpet-bag, and" iu my bosutu a pair of pistols well loaded. As I paised out into the street the early moon was just rising; she lit me on iny way to the door of Mad ame Muateau's house. It was opened for me, when I ln,,..l.,l l.v ..Id Huunah. . Her eves were red and swollen. Thon I told ' As I stai;- gereT to my feet a noise like the roaring of the sea was in iny ear. The flames of the candle turned to. a great yellow bluo. I barely retained strength euougU to stagger to me window aud liing it open, ilia fresh, cold winter air rushed in at it. It cave me intense pain, but it re. lieved me. In a moment more I was able to clamber out of it upon the shed below. There I remained until the day-d-twn.' Wi h my returning senses ll, t, ,,n, m.mn to mn Tliat which had murdered ,the three men who slopt before me in the bluo chamber was nothing more or less than the coal iitovo. It was provided with what is called a damper, and this being caught in a manner which closed it sent the poi Koii'itii gas into tho room. It h id been kindled as a wootl fire would have been at the hour of retiring, by one ignorant of the danger possible from coal gas, and they had slept nn- oi- ti nuuken. Had i thrown my self upon the bed, I also should have been found dead at daylight, in all human proliability.' As for the fact that neither doctor tmr roioner discovered the truth, I to nuv that thev were not l,iv,. l.nt to nuv that thev were deenlv scienti'tic men that coal stoves were scarcely used in Uw , eujoineJ uutU Tiltou's place, and that it had not been men- ' . r k Carneiitei no,l Hin Bnlf-nonfessed.failure has made-clear to me what for a long time I did not suspect. My nurra- tinn rlnoa not rfillVfiSfiTlt a sinEflC standpoint only as regards my opin- IOU Ol AlllUU. Al ucjiun ivv ...j dial intimacy with him in his earlier career; shows my lamentation and onirnwfnl but honeful allecuou for him during the period of his initial wanderings trom train ana viritio. Tt lou,.;iioa mv vpripntnncft over evils befalling him, 'of which I was made to believe myself the cause; iny per- him and his family by any sacrifice , . i i.ii- .i.i or myselt not aosoiutoiy uisuuuuin ble, and my growing conviction that his perpetual follies and blunders rendered his recovery impossible. I now see that he is and has been from the beginning of this difficulty, a sel fish and reckless schemer, pursuing a plan of mingled good and hatred, and weaving about me a not-work of onunimnna llli U11TI ,Wsf Oll.li II OfH. lllotB. and lies, to which my own innocent words and re's, nay, even my thoughts of kindness toward him, have been made to contribute.. It is plain to me that until Tilton fell into disgrace and lost his salaay he never thought it necessary to assail me. , . i i . i -ij 110 cnarge tuat no ijrewjmiuu w li ivo l,,i,l in liia miilrl for ftiv mnntllH. of an alleged domestic offense, was quickly and easily put aside, out yeu ii was to keep my i'oelings stirred up ,1. . L T . -l.L 11. ' 1 f,..V.1n mat 1 Ullgllli, llliuull Ill.v limmn, used to extract for Mr. Bowen $7,000 the amount claimed in this dispute. TT 1.1 ..1.1 nl... ln.n ne cnciuaieu ceruuu uiu Biupin about me, but when ho thought he was on the road to success his con duct toward me was friendly, and I (.nnlil afford to laiirh at his ussump tion of siiborioritv since I retained the profound impression uiano ujuu niA ns evnlaiiietl in the followm? ntive. At almost evorv step I fell into new complications and diffi culties. Tilton ever tried to ooerce my honor and conscience for procur ;,i,r 1,1a ovti'tintioii nt mv exnenso: he"knew mo well enough to work on the sympathetic sido of my nature, il-Iiw1i Iia ndilreflRfld himself for four years, using unscrupulously my t . ...! .1.. J.,l I.Jo attacnmeiu. to irieiin auu w Ia l,.,tlil.l ' on.l In lliinHfilf. Not blind to his faults, hut resolved to look on hnn as tavoramy ana uone fully as possible, and ignorant of his deeper malice, I labored earnestly, even desperately, for his salvation tV.,i. t.hit-u T lmvfl linen trvincf to feed his insatiable egotism to make dm mini nn meat as be conceived himself to be. Moulton ciune first as school-mate and friond of Tilton, wlin w'onl.l KervB him without wrong ing any one, He said ho saw clearly how this was to be done, so as to re store peace and harmony to Tilton's 1iom nml bnnnilv end all mistinder- Htuiiilimrs. I never doubtod his frlnndshin for me. Whatover he wished mo to do I did, unless it seemed wrong. My confidence in him was my only security in this con fusion of tormenting perplexities during this troublous time. I felt that secret machinations were going on against me, and the vilest slan ders concerning mo wore in circula tion. When some of my dear rela tions were set against me aud the tatle of a crowd ol malicious women, hostile to me on other grounds, was borne to my oars, when I had lost the last remnant of hope for him, when I heard with unspeakable re morse that everything I had done had made mutters worse, that all at tempts to avert public trial only brought scandal on me, aud his un happy wife was, under his dictation, signing papers and recantations, and destruction from which I had triod to save his family was poured on other families, that the Church and community believed me buiied un der heaps' of rubbish, from which only my profcs;icd friend could cx- tricato me. ueneving inoi toum do so, I maintained the silence he attempt, 1 1. 17 1. ..-.....InM in t..I';. 1 1 wid .'- " ,.i.,i..,. . uirou8u. 1 - .... r her that I was a stranger, and had " J " '"""" '""?, ' l " :mie Matteau's address fro n a gentleman in New York, and de-irod to stay under her roof ull night. She shook her head, "I don't think you can," t.he said. "The lady is away from homo, llo-fides we are in trouble here. I don't think Miss Gabrielle would " But here Mis Gabrielle herself ap peared. "I am an old man, miss," I Baid, "and, as you see, quite infirm. I dread another step. I should take it as a kinduess if you would accom modate mo, and I pay any price you aeli." Miss Gabrielle looked at Hannah "We have only one rooni' she raid, "and that-'' thus heated, a letter to Dr. Bacon. Of course I rejoiced the household Thereupon I called for an investiga by my discovery next morning, and ; tion. i or the delay in publishing . ii,. of (Tinre. Madame Matteau. ! ,i,,.,,:iu T mn not resnonsible. All who was not fTnly freed from suspi-U,e harm I so dreaded, aud have cion, but became" the object of uni-j 8t.riven to avoid, has coino to pass, versa! sympathy. She was always Xhe time lias, however, arrived grattiftil to me, oud the proved her:Wi,en I can speak in vindication of gratitude by giving what I noon myself. I labor under a disadvan- asked for, the hand of her daughter Gabrielle in marriage. Sey 'Wit: ' Last year I saw a watch spring, a note run, a horse fly, and tven the big ir'es leave. I evn saw a plank alk, and a Third Are nas batik run; but the other day I saw a tree box, a cat fish, and a stone fence. I am prepared to see the At lantio coast, and the Pacific slope." t.,i. nf ft nonr memory of dates aud details. During these past four year , my.life has been filled with a multiplicity of labors and duties vcrberating in the chambers of my 1 -.1 1 1 K T An ,n.nlr HUU1, aUU W11CU ill. lOlltU i IAW OJ,CUl( it ia a nenfc-nn flood that nours with out measure or moderation. I in herit a tendency to sadness, tne re mains of positive hypochondria in my father and grandfather; aud in cer tain moods or reauon tne wona ue comes black, aud I see very despond- ingly. Some of my lotters to Mr. Moulton relied this moruia leenng. T4a ,i,l.,itnn.l it nn.l fit tiniBS 6&r- nesUy reproved me from indulging it. I nrst Knew auioii as a niaura of my ser'nions. He ' was then a youth, "working on the Observer. Tl.a.w.a lio .iauca.1 ti tliA flAnpnritint. jtl417..vw u u j.uonv ww.....-t and became a favorite with Bowen. In 18G1 1 became editor ol the in Jm.1,,t Him inildcement held out to me was that Tilton should as sist me to relieve me from routine T..n..V T.i lliia ivnv T VlAC.ftmA Tnilch attached to him, and we became the most confidential ol inenas. v nne mv fomilv ATiinved 4heir vacations. my duties kept me in the city. I took my meals with the families of friends, and became so familiar with their children and houses that I went in and out daily almost as if ot home. Tilton often urged me to make his house my home, mention iiurin extravagant terms his wife's esteem and affection for me. Final ly I began to visit his house, which he sought to make attractive. He urged me to bring my books and papers there and do my wmiu-m atii.lv Tn ISlia dnrinrjf mv absence in England, he became ro- nnnnai i fi editor ot tne JHUimnuciu. and later, editor in chief, fn lHtiti, on account of my Cleveland loiter, he made a violent assault on me through the JiulpMMitt, and my connection with that paper was, sev ered; though we remained friends, yet their was a coolness between us 'in matters of po iticd. While sitting for portraits with Page, at his re quest, I first mot Moulton. During this time I never received tlie slight est hint from Tilton or any member of his family that there was dissatis faction with y familiar relations with his household. Tilton never complained of my visits until he be. n irx fnni. tlmk the hxlcnciuhot would bo taken from him, nor did he break iutq violeuce until on the eve ,,ti,io riiumiuunl from liot.li naners. the Jnctmentlmt and Brooklyn Union 7t I... FI..t;,wt tllAQO owned oy du. , r.t intnmnnv in Mr. Tilton S ton a family x was iroiueu no u iui or older brother, unutiren we i,... ,.i,;i,linn .lio.l Thev learned UU, 1. , V...M.- tp love me and frolic with me us if I was one of themselves. i loveu them and had for Mrs. Tilton true,. honest regard. She seemed to me an affectionate mother and devotod wife, looking to her husband as one far above the common race of men, inr tn me with artless famil iarity, with entire confidence. Chil dish in appearanoo, sue wasnuvuruuv ,.l:i,lia!i ill rmtiirn and I would have as soon have misconceived the con fidence of the little girls as tne un Btudiod oonfideuce which she showed me. The only present of value I ever gave her was on my return from Europe, in 1803, when I destributed souvenirs of my journey to some fifty or more persons, and to her I fe'ave a .;,u limnnli of little intrinsic 1 . . value, do iar irom suppi'siuy uii nir nvnUl.lH'B tttld lUIlllCllCe WOJH niiontir, VI Tilton from her fam ily relations, i tuougut on mo n- i ll. ..t t, ,na ,.it,inrT Vtor fltrAll.rtll iraiv iuiii. ii. H.-'ua "w-. --- and encouraging her to hold fast upon a man eviueuuy tiauo..iiifiona. and liable to 1 . J 1.. nalinl ttdf nntlPAlt OO lUltlltllWil UV . I regarded Mr. Tilton as in ft very critical period of his life, and used to regard bun very fortunate in home :nAr.Mi 1T Tilton ofton de plored the laxity of her husband's : nln ili,,ir,iia InctrinA. She luuiuin win, iu..(jw,- .. " tn mn tli.it, he denied the ,111.,. IVl V" . divinity of Christ and the articles of the orthodox . luitu, aitu uuii. um viows of the scanctity of marriage ......a Annutoiitlv ..lummii". in the di rection of Free Love. My last visit before tho troublo was iu July, J.H70, Wllflll Mrs. Tilton was Bick. She was much depressed, oud X cheered i,. nu liut T iionl.l and nraved with jiu. wo V 11 hor. It is sufficient to say tjiat at no :..n;onr nl.i.-li AVr tflflk fllllCS 1)6- twecn Mrs. Tilton and myself did .invtlniKT occur which might not l a rrA.l witli rmrt'ect tironrietv L,L", . , .. l...l...i,T l,i.,.tlinr nful fusttir. fothet' and child, between a man oi nouor ..,! tlio wifa nf hia dearest friend: or did anything ever occur which she or 1 sought io conceal jioiu iiuuo, In D"M.:l.i r, lo70, o young girl whom Mr. Tilton had eduented.came to me with a request to visit Mrs. Tilton at her mother's house. She said Mrs. Tilton had gone to her mother in consequence of ill-treatment from her husband, and told, with downcast looks how Mr. Tilton had eutered her chamlier and sought her consent to his wishes. Mrs. Til ton gave me accounts of her hus band's despotism, and questioned whether she should return or separ ate from her husband. I asked my wife to see and advise her, and she declared that no consideration would induce her to return to such a tuon, but she reserved her advice till next day, when lieing detained nt home, she wrote that hor advice was to sep arate and settle the mutter of sn port. In December, 1870, Mr. li .n nn i..n nt ni v lu.ii.p a letter from Tilton, of which the following ia tho substance. .,..,, Wnnl Tlnfi-litr-.TuT roa- sons which you explicitly know, and which I forbear to stale, i uemuuu that you 'withdraw from the pulpit and quit Brooklyn as a residence. T ...,,l tl.A llt,r twir-iv unahla to comprehend its meaning, and handed RATES OF ADVERTISING. ftiifllnftM notice. In the Looal Column. 2& cent, per line, encb insertion. a . . !or legal anu tran.ient auvemsement. a an per square of 12 line., for the first icartiaa, and tl 00 por square tot eaoh sub.eiaeat i sertion. j i which full upon a clergyman more it to Bowen, und ft conversation en . i- . - rn.:.. lu ....A.I nluttit tlio vnnunna foT- rp.ltinnt llion .mv other uiibUc man. This is my position. I know my innocence, without being able to prove it Avith detailed explanations. I am one upon whom troubles work inwardly making me outwardly silent, but re in V". i '.j ,,.,. , . .. ' " u.iol nlwint tlin rnfiunnn for reducing Tilton to a subordinate position on .1 . W I I . A ..... . Til. tir T nnnlre under this creat nrov- ocation and previous revelations Airnooi'tiinn. liia .linAstir. lifn. Tvnwen ridiculed the letter, and said I might rely on him if trouble came ot it. I i,.,m nn .loiitit mv iiirluence decided his final overthrow, and thinking thus, 1 Decame very uiiuappv uv Tilton's misfortune. Tilton hearing that my influence brought about hia discredit with j5owen, exiorieu irom his wife, then ill, a document crimir nating me, and prepared an elabo rate attack on me. In December, 1870, Moulton oumetomy house in an excited manner and asked me to see w:nnn t nn.li 1ml lintinvinfr tlint xi.iuu v - o I might get information conaerning ... ,n.. n . I . -r 1.-..1 sr...,l his letter to me a compiieu. 4uuu- 4.., aoonTntiniiio,! mA tjl tllA hoUSC. but refused to enter the chamber where Tilton was. Tilton receivea me coldly,, and began to upbraid me for seeking his downfall. He said I l.n,l oTivao.l iiiiiir-iniia rumors about U.U 0, um. j..- . - .1.. .1 T 1....1 iniiivoil liiiT, in Inn U1U1, Wll.l. A 11UU lujuiuw ni... family relations; had alieimted his .:c... Arr.w.t;T. loorlinn. Iiai tn lnvA me more , than himself, and had corrupted her morul nature, and had made wicked proposals to her'. Finally he produced a certified state ment of a previous coniessiou uinu? by his wife, to that effect, six months previous, and asked me to go to his house, where Elizabeth was waiting for me, and learn from her the truth of his stories. We weut at once to Mrs. Tilton's room. She lay as one in a trance, and gave no sign of rec ognition. I said: "Elizabeth, Theo ,i,o ' lmd linen makinc serious charges, and sends me to you. for . a: " cn.o .li.l n..t T-onlv connimuuuu. bud uu fv and I repeuted some of his allega tions. She began to weep, and told feebly how Bick she had been oud i..tto ol.A lia.l linnn importuned to make the oonfession. She said Til ton had confessed his alien loves ana i, 1.1 Tint lmnr to think herself olio i,uuiu T.v- ' , better than him and .hoped to win .... ., C1l. 11. him back: by this course, one uibi denied to jne all the charges made by Tilton; expressed contrition for her act, ond made, at my suggestion, a brief counter-statement to her hus banp, The next day Moulton in f ,.,., n.l tv,o tlmt Aim. Tilton had told her husband of what she did in our interview, aud he (Moulton) expostu lated and claimed that I had taken advantage of the permission to visit Mra. Tilton. He was greatly ex- :i,i oii,l nnAiiiiin. bin overcoat. "W, ", "1 -"O , , T with some emphatic remarks, showed me a pistol. 1 (lid not biame airs. TiHnn fun whose condition I made the greatest allowance, and yet I be- hovod that, tuis siory, iuvouibu uj. !,;, nn.l oiiliulnntiiLtflil bv her state ment, would be immediately pub lished, and against wuicu a count only oppose my word of honor. That disasters would result from its publication, and the great interests with which I was identified would be ruined, ond the name which I had i.,...iwi omi.tl Uva nftnr ma be a cause for reproach, my rniud was in a most . ' i t'l: T,.,.H,,T, (,,,. ,1 dlStreSSeU COUUliaun. aiumw.. iiiM.ii. mo tliiiu nn.l in sincere and kindly manner convinced me that I had been accomplishing Tilton sdowntull in conjunction with Bowen; de picted the wrong done Tilton in such strong characters rout a uecmuo miy convinced that I was the cause of all ,1.A .,.oou- in Tiltsin'n fortunnA and happineBS. Moulton proposed tliat I should write a lotter ami he would prepare a memorandum of our talk. IT- l..l. ...on uillnt. T BlllinnHA.l WH. luu rr- , -- a condensud memorandum oi my words, and I continued talking over n. ,iUnlotinn nf Tilton's family. It was not dictation, and he put it in 1. 1. nn ai.Wn.l ll.u TTIlVILiaa ni.l SUCU Htllll.O lB DU.W.U M..D ,HH,U.U ., T I U ,,.,...,.,u,,, it tn o,, il.o iinii.tji nf nnr conversation. 1(11.1 IUW "- - Uo .ii.i nn, ronii tun naiinr 10 niH. una no mi. - , . ---- I never hoard of its contents until its publication by niton recently. T Vulva not the light which analyzes and discriminates things. By one blow there opened Doiore me a revo lution full of anguish. An agonized family, whose inmates had been my friends, greatly beloved; the hus band ruined in worldly prospects; a household crumbling to pieces; the wife by long sickness and suffering, either compelled to deceit, as her husband alleged, or so broken in mind as to be irresponsible, and in either way it was her enthusiasm for her pastor, as I was mude to believe, that was the genu ami beginning of the tremble. It was for, me to have .,,n.i o,,,l nmvHntfld that mischief. M. ....A nml Axnerionce iu the world Bhould have put me on mv guurd. I could not at that time tell whut was true und what was not true. Of all the considerations urged upon me. by Tilton anu jiouiion, mum vi gum lw.r,.Po t.,o in u-liifh lav those who uu.i.iu ., ... " --v had been warm friends, und they al leged that l nau ueipvu to piuuge them therein. That seemed enough to till ruy soul with sorrow oud an guish. No mother who has lost a child but will understand the wild sclf-uccusatiun that griel produced; ,.-ll oi.no, nn lilnmino hfirself for whut things she did do and for what she had neglected to Uo, and charg ,..inn liomAlf Vif.fi nnflect or heed- leBsness in tho death of her child, while ordinurily, every one knew she had worp herself out with her assid uousness. Soon after this I met Tilton at Moul ton ' house. Kilher Moulton was tick or he was very late in rising, for he o,,.o in La, I The iiiliiunt of tn v leel- in.' and conduct toward Tilton wan also introduced. I made a talement ni ilio motives miller which I had acted in comioelinn Bowen ol my leelingi towards Titian a lumiiy, ois olaiming with horror the thought of wrong, and expressing a desire to do whatever lay in human power to remedy any evil I had occasioned aud to reunite his family. Tilton wn ilent and sullon. He played the part of an injured man; but Moulton Thi he repeated two o'r three times, and Tilton's countenance changed nn- der MotiltonS' strong talk, We shook hands and parted in a friendly, T . , . 1 -'J rtVI. way. iNotvory longnuerwaru Aiitoa nktlrorl m'A t.A hia hnllnf. I do not remember whether I ever took a meal after that under Ins root, but 1 certainly was invited by hira to renew my visits as, formerly. I never ro sntned ray iqiimacy with the family, l.iil Anon nr turioA I went thnra annn after my reooneiliatiou with Tilton, aim at nit request, coecner aetaiia his efforts to urevent the scandal . be ing made public, which was threatened1 by Tilton ana by the unurcD , ana friends of Tilton. I was determined, to carry oiit my pledge to jjoultori for bim, and do all in hilrhan power to save him from hiuisf If, even that t would resign if that would stop tbo scandal. I wrote a letter of resigns' tion, not referring to charges against, me. but declaring that I had 'tried for. ' years to maintaiu secrecy ooncerning a seaudal in a noted t'amily in ; the Church and that I had failed. , 1 herewith resign. This letter wai never sent. A little afferthought N showed how futile it would be to stop tne trouuie, a mere uaeieaa aauriuuv, but I showed it to Mr. Moulton, and, nossiblv he copied it. I have not the original in my house. If I could 'at. tint moment remember any otner letters which I have written to Mr.. Moulton I would do so.- If he hat reserved my elljsioiii of feeling ha mutt l.ai.A n turn-., lot. I wmllAtl him to bring them to where the Commit tee met. 1 should have been glad to get tuon mills nn nicy luuy uuntuiu vu retreBh my recollection of the faolc, ' I h'avo no tear of their full and fair publication; for, though they , would doubllcBS make a tail exposure of my , weakness, grief and despondency,' -they do not contain a line continuing snoh guilt as has linen charged to me, or a word inconsistent with mv inno cence or any spirit other than that ol genuine remorse over a great ana ir reparable eyil. However intensu and numerous may be those expressions of grief, they cannot possibly over ' state tho auxiety which I constantly full for the future, the perils of which are now clear that i did not exagger ate, nor the sorrow ami remorse wllich I felt originally on aooount ot the' injury which I tuppoBed I had nn- wittingly done to n beloved family, and afterward for the greator injury whioh 1 became satisfied I had done by my unwise, blind aud useless efforts to remedy that injury, only, unit provod, at the exper.ao'of tjiy own name, the happiness of roy own family, aud the peace of my own Chcruli. Hit couoludiug remarks were; Gentleman of the Committcei In a note requesting your appointment, I asked that you should make a full in vestigalion ol tlie sources oi iniurma- tion. You aro witnesses that 1 have, in no way, influenced or interfered wiili unni irn.tH"fliii.'A or duties. 1 ...... j . ci . , have wished the investigation to be so tearcumg tliat noising ooum uiiseLLiu its results. 1 havu nothing to gain b) any policy of suppression or com promise, j or lotir years i iiuvu uuuiu and Buffered enough, and I will not . I -i T - 1 1. T go a step niriuor. J, win tie nee. a will not walk under a rod or yoke. If any mail would do me a favor let him tell ail ho knows now. It is not mine to lay down the law of honor in regard to the uas of other parson's confidential communications, but in solur as my writings are concerned there ia not a letter or document ( which I ami alrnid to have exhibited, and I authorize any,' aud oall upon any living person, to produce and: print forthwith whatever writing, they have of any source whatever. It is lime, for the sake of decency and itnlilio mnrnU. that thit matter b6 brought lei an end. It ia an open bolt ... .. ..!..!: .1 II-. oi corruption, eiiiuuiig ueauiv viipiun. For tix weeks tho nation has riseu up and tat , down upon a scandal. Neither, a great war nor a revolution could more have filled the newspapers than this question of demostic trouble, magnified a ihouxanuioia, anu uiia a bo anoi on the human bodv. drawing to iltelf every niorhid humor in tho blood. Whoever is buried with it, it ia time that this abomination be buried below a'.l touch or power ol rctncilationr. ' ' In the crost-examination Beecher wui onlla.1 linnn In ititortirnt each of l.lo lollnru tint fn.'lli in Till fill a rllftrtTAS. and the exainiuaiion'ou these is very exhaustive lie says niton in ids presence and that ol others said hr' wile had committed adultery wit several men, not including him an -that only one of their children w : , hit own. Cou-Miius's Tomp. Writing of churchOB in Havana, a correspondent tayt: "The church of most interest to the, tourist it the cathedral , ot Havana, at the corner ol Kmperado and San Ygnscio streets, an edifico oonstruoted of toflt brown stono, wllich, however, bat htcoino some what blackened by the age, baying been erected aa far back as 17' t. The large door, in front, of polished ma hogany, yon approach by flights of stoue slept, and ,t you enter on the loft, there is the litth tomb which contains ihouihea of Coh mbus.. Above it it a t!ul) of stone on which is a bust of the great discoverer. Ho died in 1006 at Valladolid, and hit remains after rest ing in various places, were finally brought and deposited, here amid much pomp tad ceremony, on tho l.r,.h nC .Tminnrv 1 ?!). And vet I find few of the residents of this city and few tonrutt even who are aware of this fact." il. a..., ,..,.,( nf Til. i tn Tilton with intense earnest ton's loose private life came pouring nets: "That it a'l that a gentleman in, and Bowen weighed the consis- cm say, and you ought to socept it as tencyof hi remaining as a contribn- in honorable batu of reconciliation. , Near Bangor, recently, quite a number of persons wore immersed, among them a large and flo.thy black woman. Just as the minister wa immersing her. the choir on tlie bank of the streum san The moruinii lliflit Is breaking. The durtoe.. dlutfipoars. and even grave faco woro a simle.