Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 23, 1875, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: S / ee ————————————— |... EE eee THE INQUISITION. Established in Brooklyn to Tear Out the Heart of a Mystery, The Great Problem fs Whether , Henry Ward Beecher . Sinned. i . Frank Moulton Still Stretehed Upon the ) Rack. | Te Smiles at His Tormentors and Abides by His Old Story. The Woodhull’s Connection with the Case Estab- lished. Responsibility of Beecher for Some of the Free-Love Vagaries. Pen-Fictures of the Trial---A Phe- nomenal Witness and a Feeble Lawyer. + Poor Little Mrs, Tilton and Her Majestic Guardians, Somebody Anxious to Identify “‘ Ross” Raymond and Kick Him on the Spot. is Swisshelm Scouts the Impossibility of Beecher’s Guilt. : YESTERDAY. ‘THROUGH BAIN AND SLUSH. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Kew Yors, Jan. 22.—If there were anything which would be hkely to diminish the number of mectators attendant daily upon tho grost Brook- J scandal suit, the disagreeable condition of the weather yesterday might have bean expected tohavo had that result. Sloppy sidewalks and a ddzaling rain-storm wero made matters of minor import with those who determined to witness tho progress of tho trial. The courtroom was crowded as usual for s fll half-hour before the + opening of proceedings. The corridor running by the door of the room was jammed with the eame noisy crowd noticed upon previous days. ‘NO RESPECT FOR GRAY HATES. One old man, over three-score-and-ten, was very much depressed in spirits because unable to oltzin admission. Taking by the band a re- porter who was about to enter. the court-room, the old man said, with tears in his eyes, that he ‘had come al! the way from Elizabeth, n. J., to soe the trial, “‘and,” he added, “if I don't cet * jn thar and get ono look at H. W. Beecher, my ‘vue Sciry will fret snd ecold dreadfully.” ME SLEEPS. ‘The examination to-dsy was rather tedious, | and the only thing which relieved the dullness Peo of the proceading was an occasional wrangle between counsel. At times Mr. Beecher leaned . backin his cheir with s weary expression on his ruddy countennoce, and, from 3 o’clock until 4. j he appeared to sleep soundly. Mrs. Peecber secmed tired too, and as for Moulton, he yawned frequentiy, and moved about uneasily in his chair. Shorily after the recess, a juror left the conri-room for a few moments, and the witness drow acigh of relief. Tho air in theroom was fouland heavy, and this may ac- count for the sleepy appearance of the jurymen. Indeed, the counsel themeelves soemed under some soporific influence. In the gallery, ecveral individeals, who followed the opening of the Proceedings with interest, slumbered sweetly in bed aftemoon. The Judge I:meelf seemed Ey. EVARTS AND MOULTON CHAT. s At the recess Mr. Moulton and Mr. Evarts held a bricf conversation. That it was of a friendly character was apparent from tke smiling way in which they addressed cacn other. ‘his inci- cent fora time prevented the spectators from felling into dréamy urcousciousnees, and they ‘Were accordingly grateful, Since Monday sev- mal extravagantly-drossed ladics bave applied for seats in the court without success, and, even Yesterday, cheagrceable as the day was, two or lirea women tried to gain entrance. irs. Shear- wn, ihe. Tilton, Mrs. Beecher, and Mra. Field ‘ere the only ladies admitted. : [Zo the Associated Press.) a PRELIMINALY. New Yor, Jan. 22.—The interest in the Til- ton-Beechor ‘suit continues unabated, and the ustal large crowd this morning filled the court- rom. Mr. Tilton, with his friends, were in their accustomed seats. ‘The Rey. Heury Ward Beecher end his wife came in shortly cfter the opening hour. Counsel for the prose- cation were early on hand, but all the counsel for the defense, with the exception of Gen. Aracy, were late. Theodore Tilton and Francis ). Moulion spent the time before the commence- oa of the proceedings in a desultory conversa- “ MOULTON'S STORY. ‘When counsel for the defense arrived, Moul- ton resumed his place upon the stand, and his mination was continucd. Judge Neil- Son cantioned the audience to observe perfect ques, a8 every moment now was precious. The Nitnees deposed: I hsd not been furnished rah Mrs. Woodhull’s specch in Steinway Hall. dd not see it in Mr. Tilton's possession. Do Tot recollect ever hearing Tilton urge Beecher to leat Steinway Hall. Think I havo s letter D m Airs. Woodhull to Beecher on the subject. oct Temembar that Tilton and myself took ‘codhull into Beecher's presence and asked fopreside. Iwent to the Steinway Hall mect- 1224 T believe Tilton introauced Mra. Wood- wil, and afterward took the Chair. 1 cannot Eamber the subject-matter of Mrs. Wood- 8 but think it was something about Emandwomen. Do not know whether it was peer relation. My friendly relations Ghitbued with Mrs. Woodhull after this, but I prea remember whether she was at my house ‘this or not, Mr, Tilton authorized me to Tha SETTLE HIS AFFAIRS WITH BOWSK. =i an interview with Bowen, and presented fains which amounted to, I think, about $7,000. 2ovon replied that he did not ‘think he owed | ANY money. {Ati “here occurred between counsel as to nif Boswering the question if Bowen had mety he thoug! the did not owe ‘Tilton any ey, and the Court directed the witness to 6 Mane the question. ] he dig wiess continued: Bowen said he thought Piet not owe Tilton any money, and if ho Woght he did, it would go into artitration. £ beh Tdid not want to arbitrate. | ‘Tilton = @ bringing of the suit against Bowen, aimth thisIhad nothing to do. The suit, I begin 2 began in the latter part of 1871, orthe ty mE of 1872 T do not recollect - fg’ be over stated to me the cause Mee ettizg bis contract with Tilton. jjet tho suit was brought I donot believe fw Bowen. (‘The witness was shown & printed -] Icannot swear that I saw this paper eae pO BOs know where this printed article from which is attached to the tripartite Geament. Do not know of two different arti- being printed in the Golden Age office em- aeitg the letter of Jan. 1. I showed this ‘tuen Acc article to Beecher, at my house, bo- > Stthe arbitration, Thivk Claflin showed it to sread her Ife in the Golden Age. Bowen before the arbitration. Do not_know if Wilkeson saw it. Think it was after Beecher’s return trom the West that tho article was shown to him and given to Ulaflin. THS TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT. ,. {Counsel then offered the tripartite agreement in eridence, and it was read by Mr. Evarts. it Bowen disavows and withdraws all the charges against Tilton, as did Tilton with regard to Beecher, and Beecher in respect to the two others. Coaneel also read a personal statement atteched to the agreement which was the article published in the Golden Age. ‘Witness continued: Tbis paper was presented on the evening the arbitration was made. The result of the arbitration was that $7,000 was awarded to Tilton from Bowen. After the sign- ing of this coutract, I remember either once or twico seeing Beccher and Tilton together. They were together on one occasion at my house. fre witness was handed a document.} do not know if this is the Golden Age publi- cation of the Life of Victoria Woodhull.” I THE WOODUULL rioGRarur. _Mr. Evarts read the title to the tract in ques- tion. It was offered in evidence, objected to by couusel on tho other ‘side, and ruled out by the Conrt,. Mr. Evarts argued that the publication should be admitted, as toits putting forth Til- ton owed nis downfall and that of his paper; and ho had sought to regain his position by the influence of Beecher. The *‘ Life of Victoria Woodhull” was the direct evidence of Tilton's lost reputation, aud was the caure of the pub- hshing of Tilton's poom, “Sir M: juke’s Musings.” In this viow they offered it in evi- dence. Mr. Beach contended that this argument would be more appropriate at s later stage of tho proceedings. It consisted of presumptions and Teasonings which bad yet to be proved. There ‘was no evidence conuecting the fortunes of Til- ton with the publication of this article, and there was nothing yet to show any connection between the two things. At a proper time this whole thing would be made known by the evidence, The objection to this tract being introduced was bocauso there was nothing shown connecting Tilton with the authorship of tho article. ‘The printing of it in the Golden Age office, and his nemo on the title-page, did not connect Tilton with it, It was stated that Mra. Woodhull was an upholder of the. doctrine of free love, but where wes tho evidence of this? So far in this evidence, there was nothing to show that the Paper should be admitted as evidence. * . Evarts replied that his friends on tho other side forgot that they put in evidence the card of Sirs. Woodhull, avowing these doctrines for the bappincss of man and woman, and that she dealt with the subject in an eloquent and forcible manner, The Court said that it still regarded tne'tract asthe “Lifeof Mr. Woodhull,” written by her husband and revised by him, therefore ruled it out. The.witnegs thon resumed: Iremember what is known as the *‘ Woodhull scandal,” but I do not remember the date of its publication. After the Woodhull publication I saw Beocner and advised silence. Counsel asked ex-Judge Morris for a copy of the publication, which he said he bad not got. ‘Mr. Evaris replied that the other side had brought in evidence with regard to tho publica- tion of THE ARTICLE BY MNS. WOODHULL, and had promised to put a copy of the article in evidence the next day. Along argument then took place between Mr. Evarts and Hr. Beach, tho latter contending they were not responsible fur the production of the paper. Judge Neilson ruled that the paper would bo considered before the Court, and counsel for de- fense could read it. The usual recess was here taken, and, on the Court reassembling, Moulton resumed his place on the witness-stand, and continued: I think the interview between Beecher, Tilton, and my- self, referred toin the direct examination, tock place on election-day. a ‘Mr. Evarts read from Woodhull & Claflin’s publication of April 22, 1872, and republished in 1873, that portion relating the pustol sceze. Wit- nese was asked if this was true. ‘Yhe Court replied that witness had already. answered that question before. Mr. Evarts said that when the question was propounded before the article containing it had uot been produced. Judge Neilson requested Gen. .Tracy to put the qacstion in another form. ‘The question was then put to witness if he did what was mentioned in ths article on that occa- sion. To this the counsol for the prosecution objected, contending that the question had not been materially changed. Judge Neilson ruled that only such portions of the paper shouid be read as were material in the understanding of the Court. ‘A conference was then held among the lawyers of the defense as to waat portions of the article were maternal. Gen. ‘Tracy stated” that ho intended to read that part begin- ing with the word ‘‘roporter” and ending bh the interview. Gen. Tracy anid it would take him co longa timo to find the portions he wanted that he would proceed to anotner sub- ject and refer to tnis aguin. > TILTON'S FINANCIAL RESOURCES. ‘Witness then resumed: Betwoou Jau. 1, 1871, to May 1, 1874, Tilton bad, as sources of revenue, . money deposited with Woodraff & Kobingon, the money from the Golden Age, the 97,00 from Bowen, and €5,000 givon me by Beechor for ‘Tu- ton. In adaitien,to this, there wore some loaus he bad from me. 1 do not know of any other soma ke was loaned. I think during that time. he had an incomo from bis tectnres in tho fall of "71 and -spring of ‘72. Do not know how, much money he re- ceived from his lectcring ; do not reccliect tho largest amoant of money lozned him at any oxo time. At the time hoe received 57,000 from Bowen, bis account with Woodruff & Robinsor. was overdrawn $539. I do not know if ‘fitton bad apy sources of iacome from the lat of Janu- ary, °73, to the payment of the $5,000 from Beocker, in May. Ido not know if any other person lent him meney during that time. I bad more than one interview with Beecher beforetho advancement of the $3,000, I said to Beccher that I told Tilton about the drafts sent to me for him as a gift from n third party, and that I men- tioned the name of the third party to Tilton, aod that he thereupon said be could not ac- cept the loan, as be saw no means of repaying it. I may havo sad this was a friendly act, but I did not say “ Tuis is what I call friendly.” I showed the drafts to Beecher at this interview, and he saw the nameon them. Thoy were subsequently re- turned by me tothe sender. Icannot tell how soon after Beecher gave me the $5,000 for the Golden Age. Out of this, on the lthof Jnly, 1873, I sent Tilton $1,009. is I sent him $650. On Aug. 151 sent him $2 The next amount was on Sept. 12, and was $500. On Sept. 30 1 sent him 500, ‘The next sum wes $260, sent Dec. 9. ‘Lhe next was a check to A. M. Read for Bessie Tamer's school-bill on Dec. 16, and was for #200. Tilton had nothing to do with the order- ing of this. The next amount was 3500 on Feb. 24. The next was paid Marc 30, and was $400. ‘These moneys were went to Tilton on his application. ‘Tho next check paid was May 2, €250, On May 26, $300 was paid. These were generally paid on written or verbal application that they required money, Tilton never knew that this money was from any other person but me. Tilton thauked me, but I cannot tell what he said. Ho never thanked me for any particu- Jar advance I msde to him, but one time at his houge he said be was gratefal to me for those loans. The impression I Jed him to form was that, if he was not able to return me this money, it would bo # gift to him, and if he was able to return it he should doso. This referred to the first advance of £1,000. When the account was out I stopped the payments. Ido not remember if any appli- ations were made for additional funds.. None of this money has yet been paid back. i Counsel! for the defenge intimated that the hour of ndjournment hadarrived, but Judge Neilson asked them to go on and finish with the wit- e658. i Gon. said the examination of this wit- ness would occupy at least ancther day. ‘The Court then adjourned to Monday. —_—_—- PEN PICTURES. 4 MOULTON AS A WITNESS—JUDGE PORTER PHOTO- GBAPHED—IHE PLYMOUTH PHALANX—TILTON AND HIS UNSPEAKABLE HATE—POOR LITTLE MBS. TILTON. Special Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, Broox.xy, Jan. 19.—Sinee my last letter sped to Chicago, we have beon tolerably well-ad- yancod op our rond to that still immeasurably distant goal—the end of the trial We have sll along been prepared to regard the minor wit- neeses a8 mera milestones by the wayside, look- ing for Tilton and Beecher themeelves as the cnly points really worth stopping at on our tedious evidential pilgrimage. It is true that in Moulton’s instance wo were entitled to expect somo of the dramatic surprises which, so wo have been assured, this case contains by the thousand. But I must painfally confess, in the behalf of disappointed public, that so far THE MOULTON EPISODE has brought forth no remarkable fruit,—nor, for a while at least, dol think we may expect somo of tho “situations” with which unquestionably this socio-ecclesiastica! melodrama is rife. On Friday lest Mr. Seecher and his wife wero not present, though tho loyal phalanx marched into court with custcmary noise, and ostenta- tiously gsrrisoned tho stronghold .of cane-bot- tomed chairs over which the oriflamme of Plymouth may be imagined to float. Tho phalanx, numbering some fifteen devout persons of assorted professions and very miscolleneous appearance, is invariably captained and directed by a Mr. Wallace Caldwell, —s sort of EXAGGERATED NP. TOOTS, — who has attained to thoage, if notto the ap- propriate wisdom, of maturity. I go outof my way to Isabel this excellent gentleman witha name, because I believe that the abzenco of an identificatory placard from his broadcloth back is due only to the irrational sociat prejudice which limits the assertion of one’s individuality to such ineffectual methods as carriage, man- ners, and deportment. Thanks to an nuore- mitting industry, Mr. Caldwoll 1s rather moro conspicuous than Mr. Beecher during the pro- ceedings.. He 1 tall, dresses well, wears iron- Rray mustache and whiskers in the English style, and- invariably sports a nosegay in his buttonhole. Hoe evidently considera himself the Atlas on whose shoulders Plymouth Church has boon imposed by Divine Providence. If party yecling in this contest had already reached its posaible extreme and each faction wore a dis- tinguishing color, Mr. Caldwell is just the sort of exemplary person to carry the Beecher ensign even in : te THE REMOTEST FADRIO OF HIS UNDERCLOTHES. I give him a little unmerited room, perhaps, but X give it to bimasto the type of a largo class,—the good-natured, sclf-conceited, shal- low-peted, bumptious people who bave taken a first-class passage to Heaven on that A 1 clipper ship ‘Plymouth Churcb,"—Honry Ward Boecher, Master,—and who very naturally resent 8 a perconal matter any doubt of the seavorthi ness of the vessel or the sobriety of hor Captain. ‘This yery worthy gentleman and his under- lings of ‘the Boecher clacque, always make ita point to be in position early. Just as soon as tho Beechor lawyers enter, the Leecher phalanx deploy themselves a3 skirmiehers and a smart fire of boroesome and obtrusive congratulation is kept up for at least five minut Then there iss sudden cessation of amenities, and Mr. Evarts and his colleagues take breath. Dut it is when THE REECHER FAMILY ARRIVES that the Beecher phalanx acquits itself most curiously and vigorously. The venerable de- fendant is for a mumeént eclipsod by his worshipers. Wis red face dicappears in the adulatory throng just as a November sun is swallowed up by a bank of clouds. ‘Lhrough chinks and crevices in the phalanx does the crimson face occasionally peer, as the san peers throngh rifts in thé cloud. But it peers only to disapvear, until somo chivalrous soul springs to the Beechers’ reacue, and that hapless little party is trensported to another and less tumultuous part of tho cour:-room. Upon which tho phalanx concentrates itself in close order, aud forthmth resumes its occupation of the cane- bottomed fortress aforesaid. NOW, TO POINT A CONTRAST, it is only fair to say that ‘Tilton is one of the most unobtrusive men-in the whole assembly. He takes lus seat unostentatiously, say3 very little even to bis counsel, aud leans back in lus chair all day with an oxprossion of grave inter- est. Ho seems, for obvious reasons, to have very few friends, In the first place his of late prevecupied manner haa attracted no new inti- mates; and, in the second place, to 06 conspicu- cusly friendly to Tilton is to be entored, with a doublo condemnation, upon the tabula pro- scriptorum of Plymouth Church. ‘Chat black- list has strange terrors for Brooklyn, and some day. I may be able to show you how tremendous is the onginery of which the levers and starting bars aro in the hands of such: aa unecrupaloas pettirorger as ‘homes G. Shearman, who adroit- ly transfers to the. service of Beecher all tho devices which he found of avail during his ser- vitudeto Fisk. ‘Tilton bas eternally lost, I fear, the promise with tho bappiness of his youth. de acems to me nothing mere than the icarna- hon of cze enormous snd perféct purpose— YENGEANCR. | ‘The fires which have burnt in him have vitri- fied him. Heis aa clear as crystel, All com- mon emotions, all human senses, seem to have beon purged out of him as if by'aflamo. After the primeval ago of his ruin has come a glacial period. Ho 18 2 thawleea maca of ice, and, frozen in tho heart of it, is his terrible and un- epeaxable hate. The men’s faco looks like a stage dresged for o tragedy—bare aud almost empty, but with a hundred frightful intentions waiting for tho bell to clang and the sword-pisy to begin. You catch youraelf wondering wheth- er he eats, whether he drinks, whether he sleeps 23 other men do. Somothing, written in no lan- guage, marks him in the forehead as one whcse hfohasforsome time been arrested,and who, when tls necrcmantic spell that keeps his blood mov- ing shall have been withdrawn, will dissolve into a handful of cold and harmless ashes. He seems ‘at = spectre—a phantom, doomed, when the ond of this trial shall have been reached, to bo as if indeed ho never had been; a shadowy monster born of aud to be buricdin the womb of mys- tery; the colorless, paesionless, lifeless high- priest of Revenge. : MOULTON 18°A PHENOMENAL WITNESS. Indeed, the lawyers, who attend there proceed- ings in argo numbors, bavo merged all their general interest in the case in their professional and enthusiastic observation of Moulton. To° most men impalement upon that ricketty chair with tie pitiiess steel of Evarts and Porter dis~ sccting the fibres of cno's heart and baring the exquisite sensibilities of one's soul, would bea prospect scarcely leas dreadful than the surgeon’s tablo and the sargeon’s lmite.. Notso with’ Moulton. His sang froid ought tu be historical. To watch, as I watch. that stender, kind-faced, pleacaut-spoken gentleman, plied and tortured with questions from 11 o'clock to 4 every day, without detecting the quiver of a nerve, ic to arrive at an extraordinary eatimato of human endurance. Some powerful discipline has welded his sterling qualities as hammer- strokes weld hot iron. Touch him and he rings with the ingtaat acd tuneful response of perfect preparation. ‘fo try and bewilder him, so far a3 the attempts already ma ‘e provide au indication, is to strike a vibrant bar of stec! cnd to expect a mafiled sound in reply. : JUDGE TORTER, a gentleman of no mean professional reputation, commenced 2loulton’s cross-examinatiou on Fri- day, and resumed it this morning. The long- anticipated ordeal began 60 feebly that wo ail expected, for the eake of dramatic propriety, a mighty struggle to-day. But so far the cross- examination has beon # melancholy and inartistic fatlore. Perhaps some of its want of success is duc to the unhappy method of Judge Porter. ‘That noted cowneelor is a very short, pious- jooking gentleman, with a globalar-top head, s emall mustache, and a pair of spectacles, Ho is not above dressing for the part be plays. His appropriate costume consists of a black broad- cloth suit, buttoned up to his very chin, beneath which a sparse interval of sbirt-collar is permit- ted to vouch for the purity of the rest of his linen. His voico is almost ludicrously solemn,— being s dismal and mofiled nasal bari- tone, which scems to lose its way in the’ intricacies of his larynx, and. to only rise to the surface after echoing allthe war up. The manilé of the lamented ‘Sergeant Buzfuz has largely fallen upon this dis- tinguished practitioner. FOR INSTANCE, 2 9 whon he addresses the witness, he makes believe to throw bis forefinger at him—a proceeding: calculated to gravely disturb ayy man more nervous than Moulton. Then. the moment tho witnees has made a reply, boit of the most or- diary and disappointing character, Mr. Porter Jooke at the jury over his spectacles, and nods his head on a duninuendo scale, until, with a few. final jerks, the mechanism which produces that curious effect has spent all its force, and the head is stiffly stationary. Of course, this is very ludicrous and very trivial—but it is the ludicrous aud the trivial incident that impresses one most distinctly in the solemn progrezs of tae trial. To anybody in such 2 condition of perfect training as Moulton’s, the temptation to tum Porter's solemn non sequiturs into ridicule would be immense... But it Moulton felt now and then an almost irresistible impulse to dryly spring a Inugh upon his Iugubriqus examiner, he did not gratify is. He seemed to ba roally mored by sympathy for Porter, who waa up to his neck day in, A BOG OF DISMAL AND . Such was tho lawyers bewilderment that sev- eral times the witucss actually had to correct the terms of the very question which, was intended to upset him. More than thrice did.he thus Joad his advereary’s muszet for him, aud then ‘calmly survive the random and aimless shot. Moulton’s cross-examivation by Porter has been put down upon the official bill of fare as the piece de resistance of the, entertainment. There was a good deal of disgust expressed when the Lonne bouche turned out such a grim and irrecoverable failure. Even the phalanx seemed palsicd for awhile by the spectacle of Moulton still alive and smiling wheo peor Porter UNMEANING PLATITUDES,- got on) ris feet agnin after tho explosion and re- } coil of | 1is uncertain firearm. ‘AN APT COMPARISON, The p osition reminded me of Grace, the En- glish cri cketer, at the wicket, and Harry Wrieht bowling at him desperately. Every ball that Por- ter, wit!, much evlemn end ceremoniots fuss, rolled af. Bfoulton, Moulton stopped ont to meet, . and drot: a whizzing out of tie limita of the field. Nothing discoureged, Porter kept on bowhng and Mor !ton kept on ecoring notil the thing be- came roa Ly monotonous. Of course, at this writing, I cannot tell whether Judge’ Porter's apparent stupidity is only a feint, or whether he Will bo tu: xen off to-morrow aud a sharper cross- oxaminer, be puton. But this can eay—that how- ever mom: 2ntous may bs tne cross-questions in reserve, ti iey will lose balf thoir gravity unless Proposed it »y somo one other than Vorter. Port er hag been loudly heralded by Mr, Becchor’si aewspaper and other friends as 8 firm believer i: 1 Mr. Beecher’s innocence. It may take somet bing stronger than my mere word to assure a C: ticago reader that this impeachment- of Mr. D. ortor’s sssocin:e counsel's siacerity actually : wppeared in print, aud that to articulariz the respectablo imbecility of Judge Porter, suc amen a6 Mr, Evarip, Gen. Tracy, and Mr. Mili ha ve been sat down aa skeptics on this important} ‘int. MBS, TILTON is regular): r marched into court every day be- tween her two cus:odiang, Mrs, Field and Mrs, Shearman. ‘The disparity in sizo and physique between the se txo latter, their grim expression, and their of icisl port—all suguest to me the gensdarmes duet in ‘,Gencvicve de Brabani." Poor, sarink tng little Mrs. ‘Tilton, s woe nudges of avwonian, pale-feced, sunken-oyod, hollow- cheeked, wit h bor head down bexween her shorl- dors, and» look of sly, childish simplicity in hor ey: 28, is clearly thoir prisoner. Inexorable ss oa braco of ~ turkeys, thoy sit s tifly on each side of hes, aud almost c. cash hor into nothingness between them. ‘Bra. Fieldis » very grovadier, n large, square-jointc ‘d brunelle, with vhe swing of an. Amazon and the face of s man. Ms, SL EARMAN 1S A RUSTIC BLONDE, afair-haired country woman, who vill die con- tented becaui @sho married Tom Shearman and is one of th, .o inmost circle of tho faithful of Plymouth. J] ( sit almost noxt to Mrs, Tilton every aay, wil th plenty of time to watch her wan and faded fu ce. Sho is very weary and very miserable. ‘I! ho strain of exposure is more than shocau bear. Most of the time sho bites her fingora or gu ays listlessly at her fan, stealing now aud thon glimpse of the stern and frozen face, which is all she can see, of her Lusband, ONE OF 3 ‘HE MOST CURIOUS SPECTACLES in court is ths .t afforded by the Bench. Half-a- dozen recklca 3 reporters have clambered upon tho very altar of Thonis, and tharo chatier and scuffle behind Judge Neilson’s back, On His Honora right is Joseph Howard, Jr., of tho Slar, a zeelo: ws devotee of Beechor, and an equally firm be: licver in the eventual “ vindica- tion” of Mr. seed. Howard was the forger of the bogus pro ‘clamation which, in 186i, sent gold upto an al lmost impossible altitude. For his excellent im itation of Mr, Lixcolu’s chirog- raphy he was iu 1prisoned in Fort Lafayette by Gen. Dix. Mr. Boecher’s persoral entreaties and influence secured his liberation. On His Honor's left is: posted Mr. Frank Mallison, once 2 most .} 2xromising humoris:, but now Aseistant-Clerk of tho Court He also, wher connecied with tho Eagle, in 1831, spent some time in La, fayette as tho socely reluctant gnbsticute of anc ither Eagle himorist, wio took sundry liberties ' with the gravity of ‘tho crisis. Maliison, howeve w, does not owe his freedom to Beecher. ‘RIE BEECHERS seem’ doterminet | to bring a3 many womon as possible into the disgusting fccis of the trial. In obedience to . orders, Rossiter Raymond, the shallow liste uj staré whom Moalton extiu- guished on the ni: zht of bis jast appearance in Plymonth Church , conds bis modest and -blush- ing little wifo eve. ry day to sit with Mrs. Tilton aid her keepers.. Ibaven’t the doubtful honor of Mr. * Roseie” Raymond's acqanintance, but, when I ses (ho hapless scnoolgirl who “boars his name co woring and shrinking from the rode, unsympathi: zing stare of the crowd, 2s cactnasty inciden ¢ and inference are evolved, ‘J feel very like establishing his identity, aud Kicking him onthe spot. Col.” Baecher, tho eldost son of bis father, a young felluw of no particular characte. :, also drags lus wife, another half-grown, timid ¢ itl, into the arena, ond com- pels her to sit out t he tedious, and somotimea in- decont, proceeding: . This moral, calicsity has produced » very baci offect alread: ; oS Docrok Srxrax. MORE |°EN-P/CTURES. ‘TRAOY'S SUDSTITUTIC 'N FOR PORTHI: IN “(WE CROSS- EXAMINATION OF MOULTON—TUE E£QTABRLE OVER THD CHANGE—TRE MATIED BETWEEN ‘TRACY AND MOULISON—AN ALL-DAY DUZL—THE THEORY OF THE 1DEFENSE: ‘CowsrIRacy TO BLACKMAIL”—BEECRER IN DANGUR OF APO- PLEIY—THE DEBU:! OF FRANK CARPENTER, Svecial Corresvondes we of The Chrecao Tribune. Buoosxry, Jan, 19. —In my letcorcf last night, I predicted that Jnige Porter's amiable inca- pacity would be repl: ed bya kconer wit anda sharper method. 3 oalton’s cross-examioation had eo far beon a failure. The sppetite of the aadicnce had been ciszppointed. ,‘The day bad been a blank, and the plaintif’s position was, if anything, fortified by the, awzwardness and ir- regularity of the atteck. This moruing it was soon evident thats rew departure was in con- templniion, and that a, fresh asseult was to be led by | ANOTHER CAPTAIN, : Shortly after the jury had xen called, and the somewhat demonirative Clerk of the Court had subs:ded, the sparc: and meagre form of Lir. Evarts slowly projecitsd itself in sable relief against the window. Ele loosed moro than ever like a mero profile, 9 «ut-paper maa, with fea- tures of prodigious shei-pness, but no breadth. Contrecting bis cyes as if tho light hurt them, ho statod, in his odd sind quorulous voice, that Judge Porter: could noc: continue his work of cross-examination, and! expressed hia per- sonal regrot- at his colleaguo's absence. Mr. Beach smiled enrcastically, and Ar, Fullerton stroked his blonde mustache. Mr. Evarts, giving his sharp {tones another rasp upon. an internal grindstone, : equested permission of tho Court to substitute fcr the missing counsel bot Gen. Tracy and him: sclf. Now, betweon Fallertt om and Tracy o fond of Jong standing and great n atensity has long been raging. When the blufi’ soldier's namo was quoted, Fullerton gave iteach acue by looking in his eye, and Beach, w.ith castomary dignity, rose to his feet, and, in sj 20ech as silvery as his hair, denounced Gen. Triscy’s connection with Mr, Beecher's interests as “IMPROPER, INDELICATE, 4 ND UNPROFESSIONAL.” Tracy—who is a sort of local Ben Butler, and who possesses much ability, but more brass— was for full ten minutes th e stolid target of ev- ery pair of eyesin Court, It is notoriously hard for tho victim of such a f'usillade to simulate ignorance of his fate. But Tracy gave no other sign than a deadly pallor and the fierce corruga- tion of his brow. Mr. Beec ber grew scarlet, and leaned forward to catch evai‘y syllable of the dis- cussion which followed. In that debate, both Evarts and Beach oxchanget ! come rattling pass- es, the foils flashing with a pleasant but hurtful glitter. Evarisis a sbarp ani aggressive fencer, —Beach sn sdroit, euave, sind nimble fswords- man. During the clash of srms, Tracy recoy- ered his wonted salolwness, ' though he was too angry to pay any attention ‘to the buggestion which Mr. Beecher whisperocl over his shoulder. At last the General's own copportunity arrived. Rising to bis fall height, and-bracing his shoul- ders back with a soldierly swing, he distilled a COLD AND VENOMOUS F:XPLANATION of his conduct. The characteristic bitteracss of the man found expression in the eontence, “Though other friendships fiave changed, mine has never changed.” Moulton was deaf to the sarcesm; put Beecher's facis relaxed its pain- ful rigor, and, looking up at his lawyer, ho smiled.’ It wes his only snnile of to-day. It anybody’clse than Tracy had ispoken as well 28 he did, there would baye beea a spontaneous burst of applause, But the Goneral is so bitter a satirist that be is distrnsted even in his sin- cerest moments. The andieice took his de- liberate and paesionless disclnimer for a fair dramatic performance, and hie: protest fell fat, All this while Moulton had beea fidgeting in his chair, and watching tho combat like a col- dier on the edge of an action. Presently the battle cpened for him, and hw planged into tho fray. ‘Iracy span on bis heol, after formally exposing the integrity of his conscience, and then fell upon Monlton with’ a fary that en- tranced every spectator. Moulton hed been grow- ing more and more wrathful. as the collision drew nearer and nearer. . Whe: he felt his ens- my’s breath on his face, he sarted out a reply as furious 2s Tracy's openiay question. The two men HATE EACH OTHER WITH A EADLY HATE, and, though both of them are yifted with a solf- control vastly beyond the common power of maa, exch forgot his rostraint, and mot, before A\TURDAY, JANUARY 93, 1875.—-TWELVE PAGES, ew eS the eves of of ae | “Who cross-examination, in s ba - | sumed ‘somo dolluite form, ieee ihe | poor Jndgo Porter double-loading his discursive | shot-gun, and tumbling over every time, the j hapless ‘Victim of its recoil. But it was = fierce, yot cunning, match between” two rremarkable men,—one of them on_ his compulsory detense, the other armed and en. forced by all tho weapons ofthe daw. From that moment the waning interest in the trial re~ vived. Even the sturdy old Judge drew closer to his desk, and bent to watch the duello. Monl- ton was, for a little while, quite restless 25 the sediments of his rage slowly sank out of his strangely diaphanous mind. “His brain had been stirred by tho aspect of bis examiner, and its usually crystalline transparency had grown tur- reat ee suger. Bae after a brief space of fil- mm, 1¢ grew clear again, f ceaced ‘to be human and” “1 One® more ho BEOAME A PHENOMENON. Tracy also rapidly descouded from fever-heat to his normal Arctic temperature. Folding his arms and wrinkling his brow, he pled his adver. sary with such aswift succession of questions tbat he witness would have been carried away in the torrent had not Fulierton, Beach, and Morris, al- fornately sprang to hia rescue ana withstood the slangerous stroum. ‘Tho Gonéral ia tall, straight, and porily. gentleman, with a face strangely resembling the President's, exve that the hair aud beard era lighter, and the foatures framed on o Isrger xeale.. Another marked diiference consists in the fect that, like Jack Bunsby, the Goneral bas one revolving eye and ono stationary eye: the revolving Juminary is Batural,—the stationary organ, art jal. Ifthe Geacral desires to cvoid the necessity of recos- nizing anybody, he obscures his natural aye, and stares blankly at nothing with its artificial fel- tow. Now, tho effect of this rare ocular diver- sity upon s witness must bo appaliing. Under ths skillful -control of tte Goa- eral, it becomes most ingoniotis and powerful instrment, ‘The artificial eyo pins the wituess in dis chair. The natnral eye takes ad- vantage of the victim's paralysis, and slowly grinds him into posder. . That is, if the wit. j Ress is not made of Moultonian adamant. The duel ragea all day; and, thoaszh the law- yors may have conquered a great dea! of terri- tory, so far as I can seo NOT A SINGLE POINT OF BENEFIT TO OEE, has been ostablisued. Tho creae-otamination seems to be based upon ove prominent theory. That theory cau be condensed ia this wise: Moulton and Tilton, at the very ontsct of the trouble between Beecher and Tilton,—a trouble generated by some slight impropriety in Beech- or's behavior towards Mfrs, Tilton,—engaged ia a conspiracy agaiust Beecher. To cerry out their joint design to ruin. Boecher, Moulton becamo Tilton’s agent in securing’ Beecher’a confi- dence, in harassing Beecher with meneces of publicity, in causing tho publication of certain recondite documents, in conuecting Mrs. Weodbull with tho case, aad in generally pro- moting the exposure and fatal distortion of an incident in Beecher’s relation to tho Tiltons, not criminal in its intringic charactor, but out of which both Moulton and ‘Tilton managed to evolve profitable consequences for themselves, end death end destructicn for Beecher. In othor words, the theory of the defense, as pretigured in the cross-examination, is the famili, e ee IRACY 10 BLACEM: , amplified, elaborated, and bristling with detailed proofs, All tho pruceedings in Beecher’s bebial?, #o far, have boon tuned to this key-note, and all the future prococdings in the same intercat aro likely to bo little else than variations of the same preposterous theme. . . ‘Lhe atteadzuce in Court to-day was, if possi- ble, denser than ever. I recognized in the crush most’ of the faces which made _ their first. appearancd with the openiog of the triaL ‘The principals were in their customary places at an early hoor this morning. 3fr.-Boecher has had timo to outgrow his face- tivusneas, and, cither because of tho admoni- tions of his counsel, or the influence of his “true inwardness,” hardly ever emiles, On the contrary, he sits gloomily eract most of the time; his wife, silezt aud apathetic, at his side. ~ . * , THE PHALANX TO-DsY¥, though numerically strong, was not go demon- sirative ag usual. Judge Porter's melancholy fiasco of ihe day before seemed sorely to depress . tho ‘They talked in whispers, and not with tho irrepressible gerrulity thet genorelly makea thom conspica- ous. Even Caldwell, boutonpiero and all, was affected by the general despondency. It ix true that they grew a trifle brisker when Tracy deliv- ered himself of lus ** statement; ” but, waca the Genervar'’s heroic attacx on the witness produced uo more substantial result than did the exor- tions of Judge Porter, even the devout children of Plymouth relapsed into a salky stato of dis- 2ppointment. Beeencr’s_ unwholegome redness looks to mo like a dreadful menace of apoplexy. ‘The slight- est pereonal allusion to himseit, during the pro- ceedings, invariably deinges his faco with blood. He seems to aweil in moments of’ nervous irrita- tion, nnd the veins upen kis forohesd dilate tothe very point of rupture. Oanco. to~iay I was alarmed by his fearful apperrance. His throat and neck wero just os crimeon as his cheeks, and kis heart kept pumping tho dangerous flood iuto his brain, until I thought to see him complete the tragedy by fulling out of his chair ® DIAD. Whether thess acute congestions will not be aggravated by his helplees aud terrible condition in the witaess-chair {am not learned enough to whole court, in an animal spasm deciaro." ‘fo my laic judgment, tho posaibility of a death-blow that will tear the filaments of his brain, and smite him with the stroke of paralysis, docs not. seem too remote to be conjecturable. Ono day last week, his physician, Dr. Jewett, whose knowledge of cerebral disorders is profound, sat close to his patient, with an anxious frown upon his face ; aud I think I may pronounce him just as anticipative of such anend for Mr. Beecher as Iam myself. Those sudden and rertiginous flushes have a meaning which it does not take a physician’s experience to discover. MANE CARPENTER, the artist, made his debut iu Court this morn- ing. ‘ne Beecher skirmishers have persistently described him as an addle-pated, good-natured, semi-respectable Bohemian. ‘The very reverse of thisis true. Mr. Carpenter is’ calm. clear- headed, scholarly gentleman, whose native wit is, perkaps, scarcely less keen than Moulton's, and whose control is equally marvelous. Ho is without fear and without reproach,— a very Bayard,—courtly in his. address, considerate in bis manners, and the master of a rare polish. Hoisn middle-sized man, with a pleasant face, a short, grayish mustache, and dark, liquid eyes, which always look you straight inthe face. His voice is especially attractivo, being oft and fall of deep tones. He forms a strilang contrast to Moulton, with bis shrewd, commercial tact, and his adroit methods of aman of the world. Carpenter loos what he is.—the type of American refinement and artistic culture. Docros Srxtax. —— ey MRS. SWISSHELM’S VIEWS. “THE DUPOSSIBILITY OF MB. BEECHER’S GUILT.” To the Lditor of The Chicago Tribune: Wnxrssvna, Pa., Jan. 19.—It is quite com- mon to hear people exclaim, when speaking of the charges against Mr. Beecher, “It is impos- sible! imposible, that any one could preach and write as ho does, end be guilty of such crimes.” Says one: “If I could bo made to believe these stories, I should never again want to hear a ser- mon.” Such a hop to conclasions may be netur- al, butis cortainly very illogical, and such » framo of mind is very unfavorable to the discoy- ery ond maintainance of truth. The jury be- fore whom Mr. Beecher is ontrialis thointelligent, reading world, and, if this jury go into tho box with a fixed determination to believe the guilt of the accnsed irreconcilable with the existence of. virtue or religion, the trial. mast be a farce; for every human goul knows that virtue and religion aro entities, and instinctively feols thet without these thore is no world. . ‘The person who expresses such an ofinion is incapacitated from taking part in the verdict, and his opinion must bo suf aside. “All gocd people would greatly réjoice if it wero possible that- tho case could beconcleded by proof that all the parties to it are innocent snd honorable men and women, or even tbat they ad, each and ell, been lunatics for tho last ton years; bat only one of these conclusious is pos- sible, and it does not appear probabl. As the caso now stands itis evident that “some one has blundered.” Somebody must have sinned, and that grievously ; and the highest in- terests of humanity demand that this generation shall discover the truth, and leave s correct rec- ord of the case, as a lesson for thom which come after it. It is important we shculd tnow whetaer it confirms the old faith, that ‘Gol has made of ono blood all nations of men who éwell upon tho face of tho whole earth,” or whether it is anew departure in social science, giving a starting- t Tocords of the race known to peoplo of limited reading, we find that s large majority of those known as good and grea: men have sinned, or . been charged with sinning, in some sort, after tho fashion of the ein charged npon Mr. Beecher; nay, that the general disposition to this particu- lar sin hes b2en the cause of tho overthrow, de- ca, or destraction, in some fashion, of all the Rations that have’ heretofore srisen and per- ished. All havo traveled the samo road. “First freedom, and then glory, wealth; vice, corruption, barbarism at last.” p No nation ever perished but through the un- chestity of its women, the cemoralization of its family ties. So that this czime of adultery isnos newinthe annals of the world, nor have creas and good men been exompt from it. Had they been xo, we should not now be looking forward, with aching eyes, acroge the dim future for some. ray indicating thecoming of millenial glory. Judab, at one time the hero who interposed between his exaapersted brethren and Joceph, their helpless victim, did afterwards figure 22 the horo of a tals one blushes to read at this long interval of centuries; and, aftor that, was the again orator and hero wko plead for Benjamin's life, and offered himself as a slave in his brother's stead. Without that blemish on his a8 name, what a grand figure he would havo een in history! David, the Post, Warrior King of Israel, hes left us somo of the most sublime devotional songs on record, end was, all his life, ® religious enthusiast, yot,on more occasions than one, coveted his icighbor’s wife, and 50 broke a divine law which, to bim, wss perfectly Well iknown. In breaking that law, in the cseo of Uriah, he did not, it is trae, use his power to degrade and besgar the man whoso wife he de- baached. He chose rather to give him 3 sol- dier’s death, by the hand of the enemy, in the fore front of the battle; but, if Uriah had not died according to calcutation, there is no know- ing what David might have dona! It wes so im- Portant that he should cover his iniquity, and so Preservo his reputauon and power of doing good, that be might bavo had Briah dismissad from the army and banished the country, in disgrace, or put to death on a charga of treason. Tho ‘‘eword of the Amorite” no doubt eaved Da- vid from a lower dept of infamy than that into which ho did actually fall; yet seo how that old sinner prayed, and talked, aud wroto, and how unmistakably earnest he was ia his devotional utterances ! ‘ ‘Then Solomon, who was doomed to bear in his own soul the stamp of lust set thero by lus eaintly father, wrote so like an angel that, to this day, commentaiors have uever been able to decide whether his ‘Song of Songs” was in- spirod by lovo to the Doity or ta that last wife who wou him away from the other bundred,. vith nine times their. number of concatine assistants, and convorted the poetic enthusiast to monogamy afier age had whitened his hairs. In later days Popes, prelates, inquisitors, priests, have beon charged with gross immorali- ties ; and, in many cases, the proofs leave no room for doubt of their guilt; bat there is noth- ing in the standards of the Romigh Church to warrant such sin; and, in every case, the trans- gressor must have sinnéd egainst light aud Knowledge ; yet many of them wero noted for piety. for zeal and etoquence in the service of the Church, and all give the strongest proof of sincerity in’ their faith by risking their own eterna! salvation on it. Heury the Sighth was a religious bigot and a very eensual man. Many of the Puritans, noted for “savory” dis- courses, were far from being above gus- Picion in their private morals ; and, in thia gener~ etion, Mr, Beechor is by no meaus the culy elo- quent, successful preacher who bas been charged with the seduction of one or moro of his flock ; ou the contrary, the revival preacher who has figured in this country, at any time within the memory of the oldest inhabitant, and been un- spotted in this reepect, is perhaps moro the ex- coption than the rule. foha Noyse, the founder and head of the Oneida Free-Love Community, began life as the convert, then enthusiastic laborer, in the unprece- dented religious revival of 1892,’ end hi early converts to free love were all tirat converted in that revivel. To assume that 2ir. Beecher cannot possibly be guilty, ag charged by Mr. ‘Tilton, is to falsify history and deny the Jessous of experience. It is to say that the Bible biography of Judah is a mytk, those of David and Solomon untrue, tho revelations made by tho breal-ing up of religious houses in Spain a concoction of lies, end the history of religion a general fabrication. It is to assume that, Byron did not write “Childe Uarold,” or was the living embodiment of its noble senti- mente. It is to say that tho Creator does not, or cannot, put tho treasure of diviue truth into earthen ves@ls ; or, that Ho is, at least, restricu- ed as to the quality and siape of the clay usedas His depositories. Bat if itis impossible tha: Mr. Beecher could dave sinned as tens of thousands of others have done, thst he could be that incongruous mess of sensuality aud soutimental devotion which isa well-known varievy of tke human species, what shall we eay of the possibilities in the case of Tilton aud Moulton? How can wo admit the ibility of a man, on the top wsve of popu- & zenias, a poes, one who, for long years, had given indubitable evidence of moral heroism, of unselfish devotion to the right,—one who was ashiuing ight in the Church, an earnest laborer in the Master's yinorard, turning suddenly, and planging into an abyss of crime immeasurable by any rule of human oxperience? History, at least the history of Anglo-Saxons, fornishes no psrallel to the crime of which Theodore ‘ilton must bo euiliy if Mr. Beecher be innocent, or else Mr. Tilton is insane. If Mr. Beecher is innocent, Tilton is such a monster as bas never before atpeared on carth, in the form of a blue-eyed, fair-haired men. Wo have accounts of Spanish vengeance whica read somewhat as bis siory muat do if he concacted this chargo to crush Mr. Beecher from jealousy: but even Spain never supplied such a plot for money. But if we could grant thet Tilton is this unheard-of monster, what shall wo say of Moul- ton, that ‘red-haired mao,” who so suddenly became Mr. Beecher’s dearest friend ?—a man of MOVING ACCIDENTS, Suffocation of Two Men by a Fire in a Tenement House. Loss of Life by the Borning of the Western Hotel in Sac- Tamento. Record of Casualties. BURNED TO DEATH IN A HOTEL. - The Sccramento Union of the llth contains the following particulars of the burning of the ‘Western Hotel in that city, by which sevaral per- sous lcst their lives: . ‘The wholo upper portion of the house was thoroughly painted and finished with China gloss, which tho fire ron along as rapidlyas a msn would walk, owing to its great inflammabitity, and the smoke given of wes as heavy and thick aS might ‘Eo expected from the burning of a vast quantity of varnish, Soon it was Zound that tho engines were powerless to etop the spreading of the devouring element, end suddonly, and elmost ag if of ons accord, scores of men and womer in tho crowds thut lined the streot bethought them that probably many of the occupants of the up- Per portion of the building had failed to make their escape. The firemen redoubled their exertions, being ably directed by the Chief-Engineor and his as- metaot. The absence of ladders of sérvicesblo length was much felt, but, after somo valnablo time had been lost, two long ones from Krobs’ paint-shop were procured, and did good service. Just before they arrived a man was een to look out of roar window in the third story of the doomed building, and the men in tho alley called to him to lie flat upon the floor and wnit for tho ladder, but he disappeared ao quickly that ho probably heard none of ‘the advice given. An- other man ran out upon the rear balcony of tre second story, and was advised to jumpdows, but hastened back into the building. Neither of them was seen again. As- goon aa the ladder was placed against the rear of the building, As- sistant-Engineer Sullivan ascended to look for the men that had becn aeen. Smaching a win- dow with his iit, be jumped into the Snilding and disappeared, whilo the smoke poured out furiously from the opening he had made. A few seconds later he reappeared, nearly suffocated, audit was evident that he iad tai in the ob- ject fo als searabs ually the firemen succeeded in driving the fire from the front and lower portions of the building, and, bursting in a; door in the upper story that opened from » long hall, running tke whole lenzth of tho house, out upoa the front balcony they found the body of a man lying jast back of it, the face badly blistered, hair burned. off, the hands acd teet roasted till tke bones protruded. Ropes were procured, the Lody low- ered to the ground, and presently conveyed to the office of tho Coroner. As the remains wero being lowered from the balcony, a murmur of horror rosa from the assembled multitude. It subsequently was found that the body was that of Simeon B. Conklin, a well-known printer, for many yecrs employed in tho Union office. From the description given, it is evident that ho is tha man that ran out upon the balcony, and thea returned to the onilding, The imagination can picture him io hia Hight from that end of the ouilding, on the eecond floor, to the front of the third floor, whore, just as he ‘had reached the door, the opeaing of which would havo given him life, his etrength failed, and he tall. A Wound was found on his forehead, and a report spread that tho unfortunate man had blown bis brains ont to pnt an end to his misery; bus such was not the caso, the hurt having probably baen occasioned by his atriking against something in his rush for life. Soon afterward there came a rumor of other bodics having been taken from the rear of the building, but the report was in- correct. The positive fact that one life had been . lost served, however, to fill the minds of all with most painfal apprehensions, as it was known that the hotel had been noarly full of gueste, among them being many ladies. Two of the lat. ter were very 1, aud ramor had it that they had not been rescued, but we are happy to be able to state that they were removed from the building before tho fire reached their rooms. . It was also found by the prntera that another popular mem- ber of the craft, Job Court, who waa known to have been in the hotel, had not been seen to leave it, and fears were expressed that he had been lost. ‘Cho excitement of the assembled multitude became intense. Itsecmed an age bu- fore the fire gave ovidence of succumbing, and even then its fury ceased only because it had ex- hausted the material upon which it- fed. At half-past 4, however, the firemen felt that thoy were masters of the cituation, and proprietors of adjoining stores, who had feared thatthe con- flagration might extend to their premises, be- came less agxious. About 6 o'clock the engincs Senned working, and hydrant streams were em- plore . Getween 7 and 8 o'clock Officors Danlevy and Harry Luft, while searching in the upper story, found lying on « pile of pulu, which had avident- ly been o bed in one of the rooms, a horribiy- disfigured corpse. The surroundings indicatod that tho deceased had been suffocated in bed. ‘Che arms and leys were nearly burned aff, a8 was also the head; in fact. little was left except-the trunk of the body. The remains appeared to bo those of s smell person, and the physiciacs who have seen them judge from the bones that the point for the theory that Americas are 2 new creation, and quite dissimilar from all that has heretofore been Known as humanity, or, st least, thut tho partes to this suit aro altegetber excep- tional, —outside the range of anstting in history. or the oxperierce of men now living. Looking heck along that narroy unblemished reputation, owning and controlling huudreds of thousands of dollars; going into conspiracy hke this to wring $5,000 out of Mr. Beecher that he might give it to Mr. Tilton!! Well, it would bo bard to believe that Kat; King is the person Dele Owen, at first suppose: or that this world is standing, securely, on the back of a turtle, but either ot theso scem to be an easy task, compared to that of supplying motive, out of the stock of causes known to in- fluence human ection, which could havo induced one or either of these two mento do what they have done, uuless they believe tho ststements they have made. If they aro not acting ona conviction of the truth of their charges, no lunatic asylum in tre landcontains such a pair of madmen, or no prison such s pair of criminals, JaNE GRer SwIsssELst. THE WEATHER. Wasurxctoxs, D. C., Jan. Miseissippi and Lower Missouri Valleys and tho Northwest, increasing cloudiness and light rains or enovw, followed by rising barometer, winds shifting to west or north, clearing and colder weather. In the West Gulf States, Tenneszee, Ohio Valley, and Upper Lake region, failing barom- eter, rising temperaturo, east or south winds, clear or partly cloudy weatber. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. Cuucaco, Jan, 22, 29, —In the Upper Time, |Dar. [Farid] Wind. deceased was a boy sbout 16 years of age. Yea terday forenoon Odicer Duntevy and twoor threo other men searched the ruins of the building, and about ncon found, iv a hall in the upper “story, about 15 or 20 feet from tho rear of the building, another body, - which bad been e0 covered with debris that it bad been passed end repaesod many times. It also had been shockingly burned—almost oct of semblance of humanity; but from the size, and the fect that the deccased had. ovicently worn red flannel drawors, it is supposed to bo the body of Job Court. He it was tat appeared at the third-story window, and glanced ont with the terror-stricken look which none that saw it will ever forget. Beneath the bady wero found strips of a window-curtain, which he tad evi- dently endeavored to manufacture into a rope, bat the terrible smoke-cloud strack him down be- fore he could accomplish hit: design, and whilo oor Conklin lay dying a horrible death at tho front end of tho hall, bia o!l-time friend, with whom for the past two or three years ho had occupied the.same “alloy” iz the Union office, ‘was breathing his last in tortcre at the othsr ex- tremity!e : Among the occupsnots of the Western was James Grover. He lad: gone up to his room to cbango his shirt, and was in the act when the bell struck. At first he paid no attention to the matter, but a moment later the thought struck him that it would bo as well to look out, and he started for the front of the building. As he en- tered tho hall be fonnd it fuii of smoke, which. rapidly increased in density, and his offorts to teach the front failed. Atcerapting to retrace his steps, he found himself in-danger of suffoca- 13, 14,W., fresh. 21 Was at asl 73] 25 59)N.E., light 26} 60'R., light... ‘Maximum thermometer, 40; minimum, 3, ATIONS. GENERAL OBSEBY, ‘ Carzago, Jan. 22, ‘Station. ; Bar| Tart Wind. asny Lee atarquette..(30.; ‘Milwankee .{30.34 Omzhs .... 29.55 Pembina... {20.66 Bresken=/ge'29.93| ‘Toledo.....130 36} ipoc83l ui Bes a 18/W., light...) 2als. W., tres. THE CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENTS, Sax Fasxersco, Jan. 22.—The State Central Committee cf the People’s Independent Party met yesterday afternoon in this city, Thore waa a god sttendance from. all parts of tho State. Resolutions were adopted to nominate candidates for all offices,—State, local, and Congressional,— for election in September, 1875; also, to calls State Convention during the summer to nomi- nate candidates for Governor, Lieutenant-Gov- ; ernor, State officers, and members of Congr Aine of the | snd adjourned to the call of the President, tion, sna to get down andrrawl on his hands and Imees, with his face as close to the floor as osaible in order to breathe. In this manner he made his way tothe rear, where he got out on the balcony, which was about 20 feet from the ground. Hecalledto the men inthe alley to Futupas. Isdder, but they had none that would. reach, Avcolored man yelled to-him to: jump and he would catch bim. He saw no other al- ternative, jumped, and sure enough the colored anu kept his word, catching him so as to break his fall, and he escsped unaurt. ' A BROOKLYN TENEMENT HORROR. from the New York Sun, Jan. 2. In the four-story brick tenement at Hoyt and Pacific strects, Brooklyn, last night, = fire orig- inating in tho cellar spread througt he building, 4 destroyed all of the property, and: Yoczted two * men to death. Some plumbers bad ween at work in the afternoon under Jokn Boedecker’s grocery, in tho corner of the building, and at half-past 6, after they had gone, smoke began to fill the gro-- cery. Boedecker shouted to tho tenants. ‘Wrs. Bary Flood, who lived on the third floor, and her sons, Thomas and. John, opened the .door to the stairway, and a volume of hot smoke stifled them. - ‘The flames were far belaw; but the smoke was enough to frighten” tho woman, co she ran to the window, threw it open, and jumped. « She strack the wooden awn~' ing in hor fall, bounded off to the sidewalk. ana struck on ber head with a heavy sound. Threo Policemen carried her to the next house. and havdly had they taken her away wken John Flood bounded ont of the widow and feli to the sidewalk. and, in a moment more, his brother’ ‘Thomas eprang and fell by his side. John’s ribs: wero broken, aud he was eo bruised that he conld” not move. -He was taken to Marsh's drag-store until the Long Island College hospital-ambu- Tance arrived. “Thomas4¥lood’s right ‘shoulde: was broken, and he was taken to» neighbor's, ‘The flames climbed up through the partitions