Kansas Tribune du lieu suivant : Lawrence, Kansas • 1

VOL. NINETEEN. NO. 19. NEW YORK.

visit by Beecher to her on the subsequent written paper for his protection, whereupon she said he dictated to her and she copied TILTON'S TESTIMONY. Saturday evening, followed also by other On last Friday, about twenty-five miles north of this place, Indians in heavy force met the Wise County Rangers, and after a few hours hard filing night closed, leaving similar acts on various occasions trom the in ner own uandwnting a suitable paper by his own hand. Iam very earnest in this wish for all our sakes, as such a letter ought not to be subject to even chances of miscarriage. Your unhappy friend, H. W.

Beecher, autumn of 1808. to the spring of 1870. The Sir. Tllton's Statement Butler Slakes lor mm 10 use 10 ciear nimscit before a council of ministers. Mrs.

Tilton having kept places being the two residences aforesaid. the Indians holding the Held, having the a Fublio Denial of Certain Charges, Hangers entirety surrounded. Mai. Jones. and occasionally other places, to which her no copy 01 una paper, ner nusband asked A Terrible Tale of Treachery New York, July 21.

Butler has made a tnnn i 1 .1 1, I 1. 1. 1 1 I ofBthe Rangers, sent in a courier to the Post Commander for Immediate assistance, yuoiu. nuum iuiud uu oraiivMiji uci, um uiano a uuwuct BUHlimeni writing I lq.n That for nnnnt a. vmr gftorMn at which he would meet her by appoint- of her design and meaning in giving it, tiw.

mnt TOn nin An honnnn 8 1 Tllton's confession her mind remained ia public reply to the statement attrl buted to Gen. Hooker, that "when Bntler was In and Turpitude. uiuaa va uvitu HVD VI TV ivug UVl sa UVI I II AAV VUVU SUV II VJ HO JUlllllB the fixed opinion that her criminal relations command of the army of the James he re that he had three men killed and five wounded, twelve head of horses killed and fifteen men mislng. Mr. Laning also pan irom nrst to last, not wanton or con- Midnight, Dec.

30th, 1870, quired colored troops to deposit their mon cientiously wicked, but arising through a My Dear Husband: I desire to leave ey and valuables at his headquarters for blending ot her moral perceptions under with you, before going to bed, a statement. writes for long range guns, saying that the Indians were able to keep them off with their Winchester rifles. Within one hour Beecher a Moral Monster, or the powerful influence of the Rev. H. W.

that H. W. Beecher called upon me this sate Keeping, and when one ot these poor devils got knocked over and put under ground, do you all suppose the money be Beecher. evening and asked me if I would defend 5th, That Dastorial visits mado by II. with Beecher bad not been morally wrong, so strongly had he impressed her to the contrary, but at length a change took place in her convictions, as will be seen by the following letter: Schoharie, June 29, 1871.

MyDear Theodore: To-day, through the ministry of Catherine Gaunt, a character of fiction, my eyes have been opened for the first time in my after the courier arrived, one hundred mounted cavalry were in the saddles going Tilton a Most Stupendous Liar! him against any accusation in the council left at Butler headquarters was ever heard w. Beecher to Mrs. Tilton became so ire at the top 01 their speed lor the field of ac quent as to excite comment, being in mark of ministers, and I replied that I would in case the accuser were any other person than from again Butler made at least one million dollars in this way." General Butler, tion. They left there fifteen minutes after ed contrast with ins known nabit ot mak- my husband. He.

H. W. dictated a let to the exact contrary of this slander, says a ten last night, which would put them in v.puwuuia, savings Dans was established at JNonoiK the valley by ten o'clock this a. m. Bth.

That previous to the aforesaid crimi- 00 .1 forthe benefit ot colored troops, so that nal intimacv one of the reasons which Mrs. DV nim againsi any omer accuaer except, Butler Makes a Public Denial of No later news has been received. The estimate of the number of Indians is from tio iv.i my husband, This letter was designed to they might have a place to deposit their experience, so that I see clearly my sin. It was when I knew that I was loved to suffer it to grow to passion. A virtuous woman should check instant.

money, under the charge ot the quartermas tentions.was the fact that she has been alcale mr. ueecneragains. an omer per- 1,000 to 1,500. All Charges Against Him. 1 nriwsrt iinln nmiiinn 1 I nfA a wnHn ter of the army, which was transferred to milPh ti atroucarl wltli rnmnt-o arm in at hla I wud mtq uuijf juuiocn.

nao icauy fcu Serious Encounter with Kiowas, Coman the Freedman's Bureau at the close of the moral nuritv. and wished to convince him g'Ye mis leiier Decause ne saia.witu ly an absorbing love; but it appeared to mo In oil nil a falcA 1 1 1 r1 cbes and Apaches. war, and accounts duly selected and vouch aha hi. Hnnooo pain, my leiier in your nanus, aaaressea i.gui uja. HIU iuig A JUlb U1U received could harm no one.

not even von. ers given for them long after General Butler Galveston, July 17. A special from Confession of Fred Olds, the was relieved ot the command ot the army Jacksboro, Texas, of the 15th, via Dallas, the I have believed unfaltering until 4 o'clock this evening, when the heavenly vision sist his solicitations, and that she could in- h'm d.8te.d had Btk hiuj spire him with her purity and fidelity an dead and ended his usefulness. You and increased respect for chaste dignity of I are pledged to do our best to avoid pub- womanhood. That the first suspicion Hcity.

G(a grant aspeedy end to all lurther of the James. "I here aver, after ten 17tb, the 12th Mai. Jones with tbir dawned upon me. I see now as never be- years of careful espinonage into my affairs Assassin of Daniel Ferris. ty-four men, fought a large war party of Ki owas.

Comanches and Apaches in Lost Val whih tho mina nf TW. in anxieties. Anecuonaieiy, Elizabeth, by every enemy of mine with equal fearless tore, the wrong! have done you, and hasten immediately to ask your pardon with a ness, that every accusation touching my On next day Moulton, being informed by that H. W. Beecher was abusing or might ley, Jackson county, killing three and wounding three.

It is supposed others penitence so sincere that henceforth, if rea acts during tne war and in civil adminis Tilton ot the above transaction Beecher, aDusetne anection and reverence which tration is equally untrue, and I defy proof were killed and wounded among the rocks Mrs. T. Jiad toward her pastor, was an im called on him. reconciliation seemed suddenly made impossible by Beecher's nefa son remains, you may trust me implicitly. I feel quite prepared to renew my marriage vow with you, and to keep it as the Savior in the mountains.

He lost two men killed or probable evidence to tne contrary, proper caress given by Beecher to Mrs. T. Etc. jmew York, duly xi. in commencing and two wounded, and fifteen horses killed while seated by her side on the floor of his and wounded.

The light lasted three hours. rious act in procuring the letter which Mrs. Tilton had thus been improperly persuaded to make falsely. Beecher promptly return library overlooking engravings. Mr.

T. requires, when you yearn toward me with true feeling. Be assured of the tried, purified and restored love of Elizabeth. The number of Indians is estimated at one nis ueiaueu suuemeni 10 me committee, Mr. Tilton alludes to the.

facts that have led him to make the statement He says asked of his wife an explanation of her hundred and twenty-five, all armed with ed the letter to Tilton with an expression of permission or such liberty. Whereat Improved breech-leaders, and well mounted, Mrs. T. followed the above letter with she at first denied the fact, but subsequent PENNSYLVANIA. that in his letter to Dr.

Bacon, he alluded to an offense and an apology by Beecher, shame and sorrow lor Having procured it in the manner he did. At the time Beecher They used no arrows The Indians retreat these ly confessed it and said she had spoken ed in a northwesterly direction. Major July 4th. returned the letter through Moulton he re- cuiaingiy 10 tseecner concerning it. and says that to whomsoever else this allusion was indefinite, to Mr.

Baecher it was My Dear Husband: On another occasion Tilton. after leaving quested Moulton to call at his residence in Jones did not nave sufficient force to pur Base Ballists Off for Europe. plain, and among the most momentous oc sue them. Philadelphia, July 18. A large crowd May you never need the discipline of be his bouseearly in the morning returned inthe Columbia street on the next day, which he forenoon, and coimr to hia chamber found I did.

A long interview then ensued, in currences ef his life. Nevertheless he has seen fit to assume ignorance concerning them, and has conspicuously appointed a ing misled by good women as I have been by a good man. the door locked, and when on knocking the I which Beecher expressed to Moulton great witnessed the departure of the steamship Ohio for Liverpool this morning with the members of the Boston and Athletic base KANSAS. door wss opened by Mrs. Tilton, and I contrition and remorse tor nis previous committee to inquire into what he leads no date.

I would mourn greatly if my deeds were Beecher was seen within anoarentlv much I criminality with Mrs. lilton, taking to him- you to regard as the unaccountable myste confused and exhibiting a flushed face. Mrs. I self the shame for having misused his sa- ball clubs, on their professional tour in En gland. Extension of Time Asked.

ry ot the ottense and apology, as if he had to be made known to father. His head would be bowed indeed to the grave. Do cred office as a clergyman to corrupt her T. afterwards made a plausible explanation. Topbka, July 20.

In the district court neither committed the one nor'offered the mind, expressing a determination to kill of Shawnee county, the case of the State, which irom the eontitlence reposed In her by her husband, was by him deemed satis other, thus prompting the public to draw himself in case 01 expossure, and begging Moulton to take a pen and receive from his Pitt8bubo, July 18. The firm of Lyon, Sharp one of the oldest and largest red. Olds, tor the murder ot U. was called this morning, when the pris the conclusion that am laboring under not think my health is on accocnt of my sins and their discovery. My sins and life-record.

I have carried to my Saviour. My prostration is owing to the suffering I have tactory. some delusion or hallucination. (needier s) lips an apology to be conveyed eth. That in the spring or 1S7U.

on Til- oner, through his counsel, presented the Further, to cast a glamour over the mat to Tilton, in the hope that such an appeal following confession in writing: Fred. ton's return from a winter's absence, he noticed in his wife such evidences of ab- Omsed you. iron manufacturing establishment 01 this city, have asked an extension of time. Their temporary embarrassments are caused by the Alleghany Valley railroad ter, Mrs. Tilton, lately my wife, has been would secure niton's forgiveness.

The Olds, voluntarily and of my own free will, prompted away from her home to reside apology which Beecher dictated to Moulton sorbtion of her mind in Beecher, that in a was as follows "in trust with JJ. Moul among nis irienas, uuring inis inquiry complications. The firm bring heavy en short time an estrangement took place be do make the following statement relative to the charges made against me for murder of Daniel A. Ferris, on Friday, the 6th day of Fourteenth That about one year after Mrs. Tilton's confession, and about half a year after Mr.

Beecher's confirmation of the same, Mrs, V. C. Woodhull, then a total stranger to Tilton, save that he had been dorsers on their paper. Their total liabili tween ner nusDand and uerseit, in conse into lacts, concerning which she, too, as well as be, had perfect knowledge for years ton. My dear friend Moulton; I ask, through you, Theodore Tilton's forgiveness, and I humble myself before him as I do be March, 1874: 1 was in erns' grocery ties amount to assetts, $1,155, 000.

quence of which she went into the country, After, an absence of several weeks, she vol past. This investigation has been thrust store when quite a severe storm occurred presented to her in the company of friends upon me by both Mr. Beecher and Mrs. fore my God. He would have been a better during the morning from ten to a little at Tilton, both assuming the non-existence of man in my circumstances tnan i nave been.

ter twelve o'clock. During una time, and- a few days previous, wrote in the woiid, Monday, May 22, 1871, the following state- mont no rrKilxr tnnu7 a-vf nna man A untarily returned to her home in Brooklyn, on the evening of July 3d, 1870, when, and then and there, within a few hours after her arrival, and after exacting from her the grave and solemn tacts, with the pur I can ask nothing except that he will re ENGLAND. a little while after the storm ceased, Ferris pose not ot eliciting, out denying the truth. member all the other breasts that wonld andl played checkers: we got along well public teacher, of eminence, who lives in You have thus been led into an examina ache. I will not plead for myself.

I even nusDand a solemn promise that he would enough and had no hard words until Fer concubinage with the wife of another public tion In which you look for nothing but in do Mr. beecher no harm for commumcat ris insisted I had made a false move. A Plot Against Bismarck's Life Certain nocence on their part. It is my painful wish that I were dead but others must live to suffer. I will die before any one but myself shall be inculpated.

All my thoughts teacher ot almost equal eminence, ah three concur in denouncing offenses against bad not, and high words ensued. Ferris ing to him what she was about to say, she made a confession to her husband of the Brnssells Congress onlnternational Laws duty to give you facts. I may make heartrending disclosures, but the responsibility called me a petty thief, and said I had frequently stolen f-om him that I was a little criminal fonts hereinhefore stated, anenm. are running out towards my friends and I m' Beecher, who has rmnled with nitatinna from Bfiepher's nrim- towards the poor child Ivine there and prav ana'7e some oi inese lives. tnereror rests witnMr, lying son of a bitch, and reaching over his counter to one of the shelves he took up a ments and" reasoning with her.

to over- ine with her folded hands. She is guiltless. (0ia) itrl0IUA urged the inquiry, and Mrs. Tilton, who Mrs. Tilton, who London, July 16.

Various accounts agree that Bismarck's escape was miracu lous. When wounded, his coachman, fearing another shot, struck the would-be as sassin across the head. A number of police have been sent to Kissengen to protect Has aDetted mm. come her long maintained scruples against sinned against, bearing the transgressions of Tnton receive(i on tha from revolver and ordered me to leave the store Mr. lllton States that the Original Papers I violriinir in hia mriii and rWUirinn- aim another.

Her forgiveness I have. I hum in the subjoined swnorn statements are I had committed no wrong to her husband or bly pray to God to put into the heart of her and never come back to it again. Upon that I left the store and went straight to my father's bouse, about one hundred feet Mrs. Woodhull a request to call on imperative business at her office, and on going thither a copy of the above card was put lOrthe mOSt panin biS POSSeSSlOn. and the I her mnrrinorp vnw minima- In annnni-t nf husband to torgive me.

nave trusted wis Bismarck trom a repetition 01 the attack to Moulton in confidence. rciuumucr uio uauus ui ruuuis u. auuui- I this oninion that her nastnr had renenteri Evidence has been discovered betaking a into bis hand by Mrs. Woodhull, who said ton. (Signed) Henry Ward Beecher.

assured her that she was spotless and pure, distant irom Ferris' store there was no one there but my mother; she was lying on the bed very sick, and did not notice me atthat In the above document the last sentence tilton's sworn statement. that the parties referred to were Kev. iien-ry Ward Beecher and the wife of Theodora which sne oenevea nerseit to be. sue and signature are in the handwriting of the furtbor stated her usual commerce with Whereas, The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher niton.

She detailed to Tilton the wicked him had never proceeded from low or vul iienry Ward Beecher. conspiracy. It is said that Brussells Congress on Internationa laws, after a formal opening and organization will appoint committees and suspend. At the general sitting in the governments of Austria and Russia have agreed to open negotiations with the has instigated an appointment of a commit- In. Mifl.iatinn nf div mfimVinwa h.n aIiiiwiI.

Eleventh That Mrs. niton wrote the gar thoughts, either on her part or bis, but following to a friend time. I went to my bed, which was in the same room, and took my carbine from where it usually stood by the bed, and went right out of the house to Ferris' store and walked in. Feiris was sitting on a chair between the counter and stove. I walked up so that the stove was between him and me.

always irom pure anection and high relig and injurious story which she published in the year following. Meanwhile, Tilton, de-. siring to guard against any temptation to Mrs. Woodhull to publish a grossly distorted version which she gave to Tilton, and which she afterwards attributed to him. ious love.

She stated furthermore that Mr. A cruel conspiracy lias been iormed ana society, to enquire and report on the alleged asperations upon his character by Henry Ward Beecher habitually charac against my husband, in which my mother Sublime Parte looking to the recognition of xneo.TUton; and Whereas, Mrs. and Mrs. Beecher nave been cmei actors. terized their intimacy by the the indedendence of Koumania by Turkey.

U. Tilton, formerly wife of Theo. Tilton, term "nest hiding," and he would Mv intention at that time was to make "lours truly, ''Elizabeth R. Tilton." nas opemy deserted ner nome in order to suffer pain and sorrow iif his hidden sins him retract all he had said about me. He co-operate with Beecher in a conspiracy to sought by many personal services to influence her to such good will towards himself and family, as would remove all disposition Twelfth That in the following month OHIO.

were even made known. She said her overthrow the credibility and good repute suddenly looked round and seeing my carbine in my hands, without saying a word, Moulton. wishing to bind Tilton and mind was often burdened by deceit neces to amici him. niton's enorts and associa of her late husband as a man and citizen. Beecher to mutual expressions of good spir sary for her to practice in order to prevent therefore, Theo.

Tilton being thus author it, elicited from them the loiiowing corres discovery, and that ner conscience had seized his just as he was trying to raise it up I fired at him, the ball striking him in the face. I supposed I had killed tions with Mrs. Woodhull ceased in April, 1872. Six montns afterwards she published the scandal which he had labored to sup pondence: many times impelled, her to throw on this ized and required, and by published demand made upon him by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, and being now and hereafter re extract.

burden ot falsehood by making full con press. him lor a tew minutes, but had not. 1 was greatly alarmed and excited, and my fession to her husband, so that she would My Dear Friend I say veiy itteenth But on the day therealter the quited by the act ot Mrs. Tilton from fur no longer be living before him a perpetual only idea was to secrete him so I put him that, notwithstanding the great suffering Rev. Thos.

K. Beecher, or Elmira, New ther responsibility for the concealment of lie. in particular, she said that she had in the cellar. He still showing strong evi which he had caused to Elizabeth and my York, wrote as follows: "Mrs. Woodhull the truth touching her relations with Beecher, therefore, Theo.

Tilton hereby sets forth been on the point of making this coufessien self, I bear him no malice, shall do him no only carries out Henry's philosophy, against which I recorded my protest twenty years a tew months previously, during a severe dences of life, I ended his existence with a lurge cheese knife, and immediately set about to burying him in the cellar. While injury, shall discountenance every project. under solemn oath the following facts and illness 1 when she leared that she by whomsoever proposed, for any exposure ago." testimony. 1st, That on the 2d day of October. 1855.

at this work 1 heard mv lather whistle, and ot nis secret to the public, and, it 1 Know Sixteenth That in May. 1873, the publl might die. She affirmed, also that Beecher has assured her that he loved her better than he had ever loved any knowing that the sign was ibr me, I went myself at all shall endeavor to act toward at the Plymouth church, Brooklyn, a mar cation, by one of Beecher's partners, of a tripartite covenant between II. C. Bowen Mr.

Beecher as I would have him in similar up stairs out ot the back: door and ran over other woman, and she felt justified before circumstances act toward me. Beecher and Tilton, led the press of the riage between Theo. Tilton and M. Richards was performed by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, which marriage, thirteen Uod id her intimacy with him.

to our stable, put the horse in the stable, went in the house and stayed a little while snd then quietly went out. I went back to country to the charge that Tilton had com (Signed) T. Tilton. To F. Moulton.

via, That alter the above named confes years afterwards, was dishonored and viola sion by Mrs.Tilton she returned to the coun the store and finished burying Ferris. I On the same day Beecher wrote to Moul mitted against Beecher some Heinous crime which Beecher had pardoned, whereastho truth was the reverse. try to await such action by her husband as then went back to the house and lay down ton the lpuowing: ted by this clergyman through criminal seduction of this wife and mother, as hereinafter set forth. he might see fit to take. Whereupon, after Here follows what has been published Temperance Advocates Meet In Convention EtII Effect of Intemperance.

Baltimokb, July 17. The International Workingmen's Protective Association is holding a secret general convention here. The object of the meeting is, the promotion of the reform of the workinemen and a mutual co-operation. About 145 delegates are present, mostly from New York and the western States and several hundred more are expected to day. Phillip J.

Mon-teith, of Chicago, is President of the Convention and J. W. Cunningham, of New York, Secretary and Geo. Hill, of Portland, Oregon, Treasurer. Columbus, July 16.

The Republican State Central Committee and a number of prominent Republicans from various portions of the State met here to day for consultation. Senator Sherman and Congressmen Garfield, Foster, Sherwood, Bundy, Lawrenee and Ex-Gov. Noyes were among those present, and made short speeches. The point of the speeches was that the issues to be presented were purely national, and that the question of temperance could not legitimately come into the canvass. The 20th day of Sept.

was fixed as the time for holding the State convention. Cincinnati, July 16. Jno. Kaiser, a shoemaker of Franklin, ended a four week's drunken spree last night by shooting his wife, instantly killing her and then putting the pistol to his own head fired five shots, dying instantly. many considerations, the chiet of which 2d, That for the period of about fifteen February 7, 1871.

My Dear Friend Moulton I am glad to send you a book, etc. was, that she had not volnntariully gone before. Then follow long letters from Beecher to Tilton, imploring him in the most abject language to save him from years, extending both before and after this on my bed till about three o'clock, when I got up and told my mother I was going to town. I had about me about forty dollars which I had taken from the store, and which belonged to Ferris. Being under great mental excitement, I scarcely knew what I did with the money or what I said about it.

I suppose I spent pretty freely. I went away, pui -nau been artiuny misled by Beecher, also, from a desire to protect his marriage, and intimate friendship existed between Theo. Tilton and Henry W. Beech Many, many friends baa God raised up to me, out 10 no one ot them has he ever given er which friendship was cemented by so I jnote to jiiditors. inese are too long iamuy irora an open shame.

Tilton condoned the wrong and wrote his wife such a the opportunity and the wisdom to serve high a degree that in consequence thereof, to telegraph to-night. letter of affection as he felt would restore me as you have. You have also proved liENTLEMEN OF TnE COMMITTEE Hav the subsequent dishonoring by Beecher of her wounded spirit. Theodore's friend and Elizabeth's. Does God look down from heaven on three un- his irienci a wile was a crime ot uncommon wrongfulness and perfidy.

About nine 10th. That in December. 1870. ing laid before you the above sworn statement, which I have purposely restricted to the relations of Mr. Beecher with Mrs.

Tilton only, and with no other person, I wish happier creatures who need a friend than differences had arose between Tilton years ago Henry Ward Beecher began and to supper and come back to town and stayed all night. Next morning I went back and opened up the store without any well-defined idea of how long I would keep open or what other steps would take to secrete Ferris' death. these? Is it not an intimation of God's in and Bowen, which were further augmented therealter continued a friendship with Mrs. by Beecher and Mrs. Beecher, in conse to add an explanation due to yourselves.

In the Golden Age. lately edited by me, a tent of mercy to that each one of these has in you a true friend? Would to God, who orders all hearts that by His quence whereof, and at the wish of Mrs. Tilton expressed in writing, with a view, to I told both my parents on Friday evening kind meditations, Theodore, Elizabeth and procure a harmonious interview between Tilton, for whose native delicacy and extreme religious sensibility he often expressed to her husbands high admoration, visiting her from time to time for years, until the year 1870, when, for reasons hereinafter stated, he ceased such visits, during which period bymany tokens and attentions he won 1 could be made friends again. Theodore Tilton and Beecheri Such an interview that Ferris had suddenly been called east, that he was going to get married, and that he was going to leave me in charge of the store, and that he would not probably be was arranged and carried out bv Moulton will have the hardest task in such a case, but has he not proved himself capable of at his residence. Beecher and Tilton meet suggestion was made, not with my knowledge or consent that your committee, in order to be justly constituted, should comprise in (addition to the six members appointed by Mr.

Beecher six others appointed by myself. To no such a purpose would I have consented, for I have never wanted any tribunal whatever, for the investigation of this subject. By the joint action the noblest things? back lor six oreight weeks, There was no one with me at the time of Ferris death, nor ing and speaking then and there for the first time since Mrs. Tilton's laignedl tl. W.B.

affectionate love of Mrs. Tilton, whereby after a long moral resistance by her and after repeated assaults by him upon her, Mr. Moulton the same day asked Tilton TEXAS. The paper in Mrs. Moulton's hands was a statement by Mrs.

Tilton of the substance of the confession which she hud before with overmastering arguments, accom if he would permit Beecher to address a letter to Mrs. Tilton, and he replied in the of Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, I can with atnrmative, whereupon Beecher wrote as hold the truth only at the price of perpetual follows made, and.of her wish and prayer for reconciliation to take place between her. pastor and her husband.

This paper furnished to plished the possession of her person, maintaining with her henceforth and during the period hereinafter stated a relation called criminal intercourse, this relation being regarded by her during that period as not Febeuaby 7. infamy to my name, in addition to the penalty, which I already sutler in the destruction of a home once as pleasant as any in which yourselves dwell. Beecher the first knowledge he had as yet My Dear Mrs. Tilton criminal or morally wrong; such bad been When I saw you last I did not expect itespcctiuuy, Theo. Tilton.

ever to see you again or to be alive many days. God was kinder to me than my own received that Mrs. Tilton had made such a confession as this. At an interview between Beecher and Tilton, permission wns sought by Beecher to consult with Mrs. Tilton on that same evening.

This being the power or his arguments as a clergyman as to satisfy her religious scruples against such a violation of virtue and honor. thoughts. You have no friend, Theo. ex A hostler upon going to confession was 4th, That on the evening of October aid any one assist me in anything that subsequently occurred. I solemnly swear that neither my father nor mother knew anything about the death of Ferris till after our arrest I mean to be understood in the fullest sense when I declare them to be innocent of any participation in the death of Ferris, or knowledge of it after it occurred or of having in any way, shape, or manner counceled, aided or abetted me, either in procuring the death of Ferris, or in assisting me in concealing his body.

I did not take the life of Daniel Ferris for his money, but took In a moment of great passion and anger, occasioned by unjust accusations and false charges laid by him against me without any cause or provocation on my part. Signed, Fbed Olds. The court deferred sentencing Olds.but it is probable he will be sentenced to penitentiary for life. His father, Frank Olds, who is charged with being accessory after the fact, will not be tried.as a nolle prosequi will be ia the case. 10th, 1808, or thereabouts, Mrs.

Tilton held granted, Beecher departed Irom Mr- Moulton's house, and in about half an hour re asked by the priest if ho ever greased the horses' teeth that they might not eat so many oats. He replied, "No." Nert time interview with Rev. Henry Ward Further from the Frontier Excnrslon Tendered the Galveston Board of Trade. Galveston, July 20. An Austin special says no official details have been received of Maj.

Jones' fight with Indians near Jack-boro. Adjutant General Steele has received advice that oh the 0th instant seventy-five Indmns attacked a small party of scouts belonging to Capt. Stevens' and Eckerts' commands. The scouts, were so seriously out numbered that they avoided an encounter. Dallas, July 20.

The Dallas Board of Trade left this evening on an ex cursion trip tendered them by the manag ers of the Texas Pacific railroad. Representatives from the Boards of Trade of Jefferson and Shreveport will Jmn them ati Marshalir The party will visit Little Rock, 1 St, Louis, Chicago and Indianapolis, and return via Louisville and Memphis. Galveston, July 18. The News, special fromLaning, via Jackboro 12:10 p. sava: cepted, who has it in his power to serve you bo vitally, and who will do it with such delicacy and honor as Moulton, Friend Moulton.

It does my sore heart good to see in Moulton an unfeigned respect and honor for you. It would kill me were it otherwise. He will be as true a friend to turned, expressing bis remorse and shame, and declaring that his life aud work seemed brought to a sudden end. Later in the evening Tilton, on returning to his housed found his wife weeping and in great die' he came he confessed he had. On the priest expressing astonishment, be said: "I did not know it could be done, holy fath er, until you told your honor nd hapiness as a brother could be to a sister.

You and I may meet in him. Beecher at his residence, she being then in a tender state of mind, owing to the recent death and burial of a young child. During this interview an act of criminal intercourse took place between this pastor and this woman, the motive on her part being as herein before stated, not regarded by her at the time criminal or wrong, which act was followed by a similar act of criminality between the tame parties at Tilton's residence during a Pastoral tress, saying that what she had meant for peace had only given pain and anguish The past is ended, but is there ne Schoolmistress "Johnny, I'm ashamed I have put myself wholly and gladly in of vou. When I was vour ac I con Id read that Beecher had just called on ber, declar Moulton's hand, and there I must meet you. I and write as well aa I can now." "Aw.

but ing that she had stained him, and that he would probsMy be tried before a council of nu it sent with i neoaore consent, out I you'd a different tether to what we've ministers, unless she would give him a has not rwd it. Vi ul you return it to me got.".