The Daily Gazette

Moulton's statement is to be printed this afternoon, with fac similes of letters said to have been written to him from Mr. Beecher. Mrs. Morse, and other persons. The document will be long. The letters from Mr. Beecher are not expected to add much to the testimony against him. One of those to be printed is a note enclosing a check, and directing Moulton to use it at his discretion. Another is a friendly note making an appointment. In it Mr. Beecher sends his love to Mrs. Emma Moulton, and writes how dreadfully near the point she speaks sometimes.

One letter from Mrs. Morse is to be produced, in which she addresses Mr. Beecher as "My dear son," and asks him to help her pay her rent and provide for herself through the winter. She refers to his (Mr. Beecher's) secret, and says that only six persons know it. She writes of Elizabeth's home troubles, and thanks Mr. Beecher for the deep consolation he affords her daughter. The letter closes: "Do you know I think it very strange that you should ask me to call you my son."

A letter dated July 28, 1874, is to be produced, and by it Mr. Moulton intends to show that up to that date Mr. Beecher had not felt harsh towards him, even though he had paid $7,000 blackmail. The letter begins, "My dear Frank," and ends, "Yours, gratefully. H. W. B."

Mr. Moulton has been inaccessible since his return, and was very busy until yesterday afternoon with his statement. Mr. Tilton and Mr. Morris were with him until he finished. It is asserted that General Butler advised Mr. Moulton to hold his peace in this instance, telling him that he could better afford to keep silent than to deepen his connection with a case that could not be proved, if guilt was at the bottom of it. This was linked with some proposed overtures that were to be made to Mr. Beecher, and if they were accepted by him, Mr. Moulton was to announce that he had misinterpreted Mr. Beecher's language, and was to crawl as politely as he could out of the scandal.

But this plan fell through. Out of it arose all the discussion about a compromise, and James Redpath, who was manipulating the case, dealt out obscure facts to the newspapers. Just as it exploded Mr. Moulton returned to New York. Tilton's document is to be printed soon after Moulton's.