Tho settlement was made as follows :
Tbat Miss Proctor should testify that
Moulton's allegations as to her illicit
connection with Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher were in every respect false. It
was further stipulated that Moulton
himself should make affidavits that he
knows of bis own knowledge nothing
whatever against Miss Proctor's char
acter, and that tbe libel to which he
gave utterance was based wholly upon
hearsay. It was further stipulated that
Moulton should make apology to Misa
Proctor, and that he should pay all
costs incurred on both aides thus far in
the suit; amounting in toto to over five
thousand dollars; that in consideration
of the foregoing Miss Proctor woolj
claim no pecuniary damages against
Moulton, but would rest satisfied with
tbe vindication of ber character,
Miss Proeor testified as follows :
She said she came to Brooklyn in Oc
tober, 1854, and made ber home in tbe
family of Henry C. Bowen, acting as
instructress to some of Boweu's chil
dren ; she was in tbe habit of attend
ing Plymouth Church, and was an ar
dent admirer of Mr. Beecher's preach
ing ; sbe also attended bis Friday even
ing "talk," aud tbe sermons and labors
of tbe pastor so impressed ber tbat sbe
compiled some of bis choicest utter
ances, and they were printed in book
form ; she testified to tbe highest
esteem for Mr. Beecher, and declared
there was not the slightest shadow of
truth in the stories wbicb bad been cir
culated, in which ber name bad been
nsed.
