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"-"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.
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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.