Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 18, 1875, Page 3

TIHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE TIIURSDAY, BROOKLYN. Yesterday tho Most Laborious- ly-Unfruitful of All the Scandal Sessions. The Turbid Air Filled with the Clamory of Legal Logomachy. The Leading Counsel of the Defense Peevish, Fret- ful, and Perverse. Mr, Shearman Reads More Letlors, and Again Brings Disgrace on the Yox Humana, The Sixth Juror, Near the Closing Hour, Becomes Rigid in Epilepsy. TILTON'S CLOSING TESTIMONY. MASY LUNGH AND LITTLE AIN. Swecial Disvateh to The Chicaae I'ribune. Brookryw, Fob. 17,—Just ns yesterday wad ono of the most oxciting days of the trial, so to-day was ono of tho very dullest and most nonoton- ous. Perhaps 1t served its purposcas a practical foke in disappoiuting tho lungry erowd, which was moro than usuaily large. Tho atmosplicre of thia Court wan somothing too frightful to de- seribe, and moro than ono sick and dizzy spoc- tator llad from ita fetor bofore adjomnment. FROM THE DENCH, Directly aftor the jury hal loen callod with the voice of a Htentor by Clerk Mallison, Judge Neileon favored tha sudicuce with tho following exhortation ¢ 1 liave a word to ray to the audisnco concerning yea- lerdsy’s action, witich mnkes it ticccssary thut I alinuld sck thiem to he more quiet hereafler. T think the wifuesa ought to bo eslled and exawiucd without any gentloman present testifying ju regard to i ovidence, ind without any gentlemen turntiig to thoe who gt near and making remarks to them, OF mkling fucen elther in approbation or Wisupyrobition of the testi mouy. I think the sudionce shontd remermbor the md- vico of Iamict wbout slleut prolest aud afient expres- sion of opinten, T thereforo apveal to tho mudioice, ns amattor of decency and réspect o tha Court, fo ab- stafn from muking 5 any Way any comment upon the testingny of witic«son. T oak that this be alrcontiuned, utid I shall_Leceafier make o personal apponl 1o any gentlenian T seo in the audienco makiug ahy demonairation agatnst or I favor o witness, Tt wau s shot at one of the phalanx, who had boon couspicuous in pantowiniic expressionn of tnoredulity whilo Kata Cary was Lestifying that Mrs, Tilton had #at upon her *dear father's’ knce whén ehe folt only ‘‘so-so.” Tho shaft went liomu to its targot amouy tho Pruwtoriaus, and thioy tuok it 18 o Liut. TIE DIN OF ARGUMENTATI Tho morning sesslon waa o ronewul of yoster— day's battle. A loutrance, Fullerton fougbt to inttoduco ‘Pilton's explanations, wnd Lvarts, Tought to oxcludo thent, ‘'ho diseusslon waxed very hot when Fulloreon asked Silton what bo hiad satd to Bossic ‘Lurner about Joscler’s guilt. The point was to show that, though to flve or six persons, Tilton had mado no worka charge agafnse Bir, Boocher thaa *‘unhaudeomno ad- yances,” ho bad told fivo or rix other persons lbae the offenso wasof a far graver char. acter. Evaria approciated the importauce of such & domonstration, aud opposed it 1its Howor it ont, observiug that the fact which Fallerton desired to prove was alrendy woll ostablished, aud that tho jury wus famllinr with it. Livaris wan really captious, impedingtho progroxs of the rodiroct examination with nuover-consing stvonn of objections, Nor would Le Lo content with the Judge's rulidg, but insistad on fortifyiug each with a teo-mivnte srgument. 1lis object was to have everything unexpiained ; Mullerton’s to Live Tilton shed tho light of hin motives on oiborwise obsenro aud sometines buriful adinis- sious. One of the discropanctes which Fullerton desired that Tilton should explain was the apparent fact that Lo lhad pro- posoed to Beachor after their famouw juter- vioyws at Moulton's houne that Boecticr should go and seo Elizabeth. 'Tho actual fact being that Bocchor bimsolr suggested it, Livarts wanted tho spparont fsct to remain vaguely on record, Fullerton intouded that the actual fuct sboutd saveraede it in thy constdoration of the_fary. Hence u desporato confliot, uud Lence Evarte’ extromo chogrin whon 1ls * Honor permitied the question. tl'hu rodirect examinntion, among other great benefits to ‘Illton, allowed him to ehow that, uetead of violating his plodge of secresy by confidiug t M. LIorae, e bad nover apolen to THAT GATMULOUS MIENOMENON sfter the compact to keep silont, aud that lio had only trusted her in tho firat place Lecauso lie did not suppose that she could prattlo abroad the downfall of her own deughtor, Evarts bad d the jury to infor that Comumunism was synonymaus with Hoclaliem ; that Rouseol had murdored the Chiof Justice of Franco and the Archbishop of Paiis, aud thot, in bonoriue the Commune sud the youug revolutionist, Tilton had wautonly defied "evary American projudics. 'l‘lfiv: audience and jury wero both enlightened whon ruled TILTOX DEFINED HI4 POSITION a8 follows : After tho fall of the Lmpir, Franca was ngitated by o question, ¢ What should Ls 1k bew Goveru~ went 7" Thoso of ber citizens who loved Ainerica sud Amerean lierty sald, * Lot us bave 1 Government oy tuey have in tho United Stutes—a Goverument of representation,"—and _Commuufsts, sscaliod, nro people in Frauco who believe in governing Parle by preciasly tho waine eyetem undur wiich wo o in rooklyn. For fustanco, what would be thought if e Mayor of Uhin clty whould nmlit upou apwofuting I the Aldermon uf the city of nil wards, deny. Bz to “tiia "Peoplo of “tho wards' (ko Hight to elect thelr Aldermen? It would b4 8 revo- luttonary procecding. Wo liuld to” th opyosite, now thal overy ward L this clty clects 118 Aldcrmen; and the Mayor bss no rigit to tuterfure, The Com- mune i Puris {usisted that, i the foriation of tha new Goverument, overy ward in tha city—in otlr Words, svery Uoliiunc—should clect {ta represeuta- 1ive, ulud thiat the Mayor should 1oL appoint tlio royre- sentativos, Communtsm in Paris s loval welfsyovoru- ment, a4 we practios 8 f avery American city, On tho other Liaud, that which s colled Ltepublicuiiam fu France, is that despotiam wo would not permnit for an hour, 'Every dowmocrubie citizen s Lirouklyn, 3t bo Uved fn Pariy, would, by virtue of his Awerican ante- cedentu and the principles of Thumas Jelferson, be u Comuuuist, aud nothlug else, Thou came, in the examination, that Roussel Wags opposed to tho exccution of Lostages ; that 0 way born and bred a Calvinist ; that 1o died almost in the odor of sanctity ; sud, most im- portant of all, that tho procession in which Til- ton particlpatod wau not so much in Lonor of Rlonssel or of the Commune as 1 protest against tho threat of the New York polico suthoriuies to pravent it, A divorsion to TIE WINSTED TORY showod that Tilion's compsauion wad o school- Rirl whow he took st his wife's requost, and an effort, to futroduce somo of Mry, ‘Lilton's fotters to lier busband closed the morming sersion with one of thie usual wrangles. At half-pazt 2 tho squabble was rosumed, and at a quartor past 8, Miu. Tilton’s lettor, in which 8ho hopos that her husband will pevor ba mia- led by & good woman as sho bud beon by & good man, wos sdmitéed. Livarts collapsod for s mo- ment, aud then 7086 to bie To-oross-examiuation, which was luax’u'anlhly dull and spparoutly pointless, us it rolate: 8ome very minor topics’ ndeed. It was quite slort, {ucluding 8 couple of very commonplace letters from Mrs. Tilton to Lier husband, whiclh Bhearman read with OUEAT AND NARCOTIO SOLEMNITY, In one of thom whe rather oddly declined to fend bor busband ouo of Boecher's nutey $o bior- self for fear ko might lose it. ‘Tho other cor- roborated Tilton's explauntion of the Winslod Story by asking bow “*8ally™ cujoyed Ler trp 1 \‘Vluuted. must confess the introduction of ,mo' wo Inttors seowed to prove nothing agaiust dm?“nv Pullertou had just yiven to ask & fow s mgcqulmcnn.,wmch are fulsely entitled the b 4 exulaination, when, of & wudden, there A omEaT BENSATION IN THE JURY BOX. Dflvvl:ly;bl::d) turnad £0 look, wud, lol‘ William 0. Vs, (L wixth jurar, bad fatlen insnt, AL ouco aroso u loud murmur of amazomect and eympathy. Yullsrton dropped futo his chair, whilo Doacl, Evarly, Shearman. aud® Abbot) ypasug to o poor follows ralier, Ila was uit- f uo eud of the fronj Evurts that ho almost tmlch‘udnll):'n' mk)fil?::y‘o‘; wa bio leaued over. Porter, who iy agood deal of an old wotnn, produced s bottle of smelling- salts. and u police oflicer dushed wator upon tiyo Lapleed juror’s fuco, Ho romaiued utiftaud rigd iu & sort of catalopwy, and, by the Judge's mlg" an fmediato adjouriuent was proclaimoed. chalr was procured, and four ofticers carrled bim ioto the Juds chamuer, whare he slowly ro- eovesed. When Le weut bowe fu thg afee kenping of u policeman he wan atill so sfTeciad by Min B:aordar that o could neatcoly walk. T ehanees ure that lio will bo to-morrow treated to susther anld UREXPECTED DIES NON, it, ndeed, tho renalt forosigdowed gomo time ago sy not wlrendy overtakon tha triad, whicn can only procooad heforo cleven juror with tho comwent of both parties, 1 wearcely think Tirother Shearmnn would conaent to such an ar- rangemont. Heacher was hu court to-day, look- ingg very haggard and weary, linte Cary's tosti. many yeslorday was ns much s surprisn to hinaolf a to his counsol, although he and his lawyoers arguo that his clono, personal attontion to Mre, "filton way potornal and harmless. 1o knows, and 110 ono bottor, that “Triton's chatge throws anothor and & mere daugerous light upon the matier. Tilton will Le relensud from bLis chair early to-morrow, if, indecd, the sick Jurors phygiciang will allow him to attend, which I very much doubt. Yet, should the proceedings be resnmed, and it Tilton gets through, elther Mira, Monlton, Jeromtah 1. Robinson, or Frank 1. Carpenter will make an appearanco. In Brooklyn, at loaat, tho sorvant girl's now testi- mony ou the bools of tho cumpnratively sterilo crowd-cxamination, has mado & tremondous honaation, and one uot sltogether favorable to Buecher prospects. Doctoi SYNTAX. R TESTIMONY IN DETAIL, i RE-DINLCT NESUMED, Nrw Yong, Feb. 17.—Theodore Lilton resumed Lis place on tha witness-stand this morning, when tlio Conrt was openod,and his ro-dirnct ox- Amination was continued Ly ex-Judge Fullerton. ho Court admonished the nudienco to prororve perfect order Lereafter, and oxprass neititor ap- probation nor dieapproval. Alltho partics to tho suit wero [n court. ‘ The witness continned : I cannot fix the pro- cisa dato of tho chiance intorview botweon Mrs, Tilton and myself whon Bossio Turncr was pres- ont and hoard the whole story, but I think it was after hor return from Marotia. Mr. Evaits objected to this anawer on the ground that nothing about this matter had boen called for by any question to tho witness in the crogs-examination, 2Ir. Fullerton contended thal this matrer had boen brought ont by the other side, and Mr. Livarts replied that 1t wae not elicited by a direct question, but was volunteered by tho witness, for which the connensl enterod a declaimer, Nr, Boach atgued that Mr. Evarta had put a quosiion in relation to peréons to whom wituess Lind told tho whale story. The Court decided "that tha question was in proper order. \‘yltlmnu then repumed: I thiok it was on the aftarnoon of tho dnf‘ that Mrs. Tilton rewrned from Marictts that this conversation took place. The witnews waa nsked what tho whole story way, Mr. Evaris objected, and Julgoe Neilson said bewould rulo it out. Judgoe Fullerton argued at length againet its being ruled out, but tho Judgn ndbered to his docision. Witness theu tostitied : The auggostion of Mr, Boccher's visit to Mra, Tilton, afier ke writing of tho lotter of confession, camo from Leecher, An argimont then cusued betieen the counsel 08 to tho right of witness to expluin n sceming inconmistency botween this latter nuswer and tho answer given ott hia eross-oxnmination, whon Lo #ald ¢ ** You can po to the house oud sos Lliza- Dbetly, as it is only & fow stops.” Wilnees was al- lowed Lo explain thut Lo ruade tho lattor remark after Becehor's proposition ta visit Mrs, Tiltou. ‘Flio whnoss continued v My wifo told Mra. Morse, snd sho wits alinost wild about it. Mr, Evarts objocted to this auswor, but the Court ruled that 1t might stend cn the record. I'ho witness enid: 1 considorod tho £7,000 that I received from Mr: Bowon for my coutract to bomy just duo. Mrw. Woodbulf was a broker in Wall atrest, and kope an office like other brak- ers, I kuew thal the contents of thia ** Catherinn Ununt” lottor wera curmmuuicated by no othor porson but myself, WIAT 18 COMSTONIAM ? 1 understand by tho ** Commune,” in Francs, that, after France was disturbed and the fall of the Government, partiea woie endoavoring o es- tubtish a Jocal solf-govornmont, which wag “'com- munism.” but, to transplaut the LTonoh systom of republicanism Licro, 16 would bo cailed dospot~ 18tm, 1 kuow that Roussol was not concerned in the deatl of the Archibishop of Luris, and that Lo used overy moans to prevout it. ‘The object of this proccssion i Now York wus to appro- printely _tortily to tho regard in wurch young~ Rouswel was bold by all lovors of o liborty. It was my wile suggested thatu little school-gil should be taken to Winsted, Ct. She was amewber of my famn- ily, nud a protego of my wife. she bsd come to oir house in ill-healtls, but had recoverod, whon my wifa propoeod that I should taks lier with mo. I shonld say hor cgo was about 10 or 17, 1 nover indulged ju riotous Uving, but lived in o stylo whicha man of my wowms could agwnmo, Beforo tho founding of tho Golden Age 1 went with Mr, Woodru(f to sce Mr. Jackson N. Schultz, and Mr. Woodruff told him about tho proposed establishiment of tho Golden Age. A Jong cun- versation took place Letweon them, v, Schultz aukod if Bir. Beechor wus gomng to take part iu thoproject, and I said I thought ho way, but I fiavu Bebultz to understund that I would be un- or no compliment to Mr, Beccher. When I made all 1ay visits to Mra. Woodhuil, ber lhus- Dband was olways presont. Mr object in going throagh lor houso wes at Lier requert, as she stated that partios bad set s story atlont with re gard to tho ill-repute of lior house, mud sho wanted mo to soe that it was notso. Mra, ‘Woodhull's demoanor, on tlio oceasion of my visit to Lor, wus that of a lady, sud her husband acte like o porfect goutlomun. I refused to pign the originni_tripartite agreoment when 1 had read it end bocame acquainted with 1ts conteuts, My wifo went to Monticetlo iv 1869, after tho birth of hor child. I remember Cathiorine Cary, who was on the stand yoatorday, and recogunizod her as a former orvant of Mru, Tilton's, o not know whothor she went with Mrs, Tilton to Monticello or not. MORE LETTERS, Mr, Fullerton offered two lettera fn ovidenoo, written by Mra. Titon from Monticello to ber t‘l.‘\“hud. in 1809, to fix thoe date of her wsojourn ore. Dir. Ivarts objocted to the introduction of theso letlors, and an argument ousued, which was iutorruptod by the usuul recoss, Aftor tho recess tho proceedings did not open until twonty miuutes after the hour of roassom- hllufi. and the argument which was ioterrupted by tho reconst was continued by Mr. Boach, 1o contended that, tho other sido having given evi- donoo firet of tho samo uature, Lo and his asso- cintes could adduco other proofs of this evi- deoco. In support of hin argumout Mr. Deach quoted numorous authoritios. Ho said tho other sido openwsd thiy guostion, aud that they should abido the cousequonces, i submittod” that as matter of tight this ovidenco wad admisaible, and it was tha duty of the Court to perwut the cnflnu ot ‘;nm ovidence, r, fvarts replied, saylog that tha only letter thoy had put in uvidsuce, suco tho suspiclon or dlsclosnuro, was the * Cathorine (iaunt " lctter, After some further argumont, Judge Neilson asked it tho prosecution found auy other lettor which lad baen put [n Iater than tho * Cathor- ino Gaunt "' letter, Mr, Lullerton roplied tbat he found one, but that since the evoat thoro Lad boen sevorul, Ilo replied that the lottor reforred to by tham, and offerad 1 8vidence, wos written from the wame place s the ** Catherive Gauut” lettor, and u.u-3 dnynba(:or. The mhv;i l:uur, ho said, had no date, but theysupposod it was writto Docombor, 1872, It o Judge Neilson docided on sdmitting the lottor on the collatoral branch a4 showiug the utate of the houschold. Mr. Fullerton read ono of the lottors dated July 4, 1871, writtun from Mra. Tilton to her busband. The witness waw shown anotber lot- tor, which ho idontitied as bowng sent Lim by Mrs. Tilton, 1t was dated Deo, 23, 1872. Tho Court ruled out this lettor on the ground that g: u:ld ot aisclose the condition of the house- hold, g RECRORH, This concluded the dircet examination of witnosu, 18 recross-oxsmination was then Lo- guu by Mr. Evarts, Tho witness tostifiod s I novor wroto and delivered & locture on a lec- twiug tour in tho West oun “Divorce oud Morrisge.” I mado out & note on the subject, and delivered a locture it where T was awked to do #o.. I de- livered this lectura to the stndeuts in Cornell University by vequest, aud also Lefure s seminary at Bloowiugloy, Iud, I wover told my bosrers to thet lecture to follow tho Isws ot Nuturo, or deuouuced ihe iuterforonce of the Churol. I uever said in that lecturo that if I hal wy way I would crash the Church aod tho State, or tlisg It would bo the duty of tho State to vegulate prostitution. As au oarly past of my education 1 wos tsught strict principles of morality, ‘The eigna and tokons of my old vicos Love Loen always with me, sud Lave never Lesu able Lo throw thew off, Lvery oce of those lettars written Ly mo show how far I foll bolow tho ktandard of conduct fixed fora man by dod. The paymeunt of the $7,000 bad uothiug to do with the sigmng of the tripartite agreement. It was pald two days befure the siguing of that document (sbowiug s oheck), Ll 1s the ono I received, Itis duu& April 4, Mr. Evarts read the oheck, aud offered it in ‘v}ld;nca.“ Bo 'ho witnesa resumed, Mr, Bowen owed the 97,000, 80d paid it t0 ma bacauss Lo owed it, and for DO oufer reason. Ar. Bowen Lod no Juslifiable eawso for dismissuy ne from his omployment, It wwas on my 0wy prompt- fng that 1aaw Mr. Bowen with relatjon to the staries ngainetme on Dee. 20, Tho communo camo to an end after o very sliort timo. It was fintished & long time bofore Lhn}mmfi«ulvm In which Itnok part. The young Indy who went to Winated with mo was & meic kehool-girl about 16 or 17 years of ne. Showns a friond aml companion of my donghier Flnence, Sho was o fafr-nized wirl, nother largs nor small. Whon I neid I visited Mr, Woodtul and - her hus- bl was presont, by her lus. band I mean Col. Blood, " In the closnt where Mr, Hoschor's photographs wote foutn thoro woro ho portraits of any other person. I naver kent any portraits to an wifo after sho fort that belonged to her. never #aw any photographs of the Itov. Dr. Tavlor, tha Dev, Dr. Storrs, or Mr. Graelay, In her posression, [ naver gave thase photowsrphs of Mr, Decclier to Mrs, Titon, I nevorhad any eonslderable num- fior ot photograpl of Mr, Bescher which 1 diu- tributed to other pereons, I donot kuow how long the tinngs were fn the closet which I found ther 1 did__not low of Mr. Beecher giving Mra. Tilton any book eyenpt ' Life-Thoughts ' and * Norwoo” Tha pile of bouks I found thero ware insciibed Ly Mr. Beccnor, s wero copies of his publicas tions, I amnot nwaro that ilr. Doecher was in the habit of distributing his bool smong his parishioners, I am not awaro that ho khowed mich courtoxiea to thoni, as ho soldom vlsited thom or attended their funerals. 1am not aware that theso books lay on the table nutil they wero put into the closet whan my wifo was mmldnfi arrangomonts to take boardors. I nover receives tho key of the closat fiom my wifo, nor bad it sent to mo, the timo of my illneas T was usualty round tho honuse, Wo had always flowora in_the houge, sometimes orderod by me or Mrs. Tiltou. I kuow of Mr, Beecler uinging somo flowers there. 1 do nnt recolloet any goittlemen ealling on my wifo whils pho wag Hf: snd being in ber room. Inover board of Mr, Beechor being in my wifo's bed- raom when she was ill until I henrd i testified to vesterday. I havo no recolleetion of . Batos hois; in my wife's room on tho 27tk of June, when #ho wus rocovering from her confinement, or of his boiug there on tho followiug Tucsday, and of golug with him to Coney Island iu tho avonlusg. Mr. Shearman hero roud two lotlers from Mrs. Tilton to hier kusband,—ono dated Aug. 15, 1869, and Hept. 4, 1670, respectively. Tho witness continued: I do not remomber how xoom after writing this latter lotter Mra, Lil- ton returned to Tiraoklyn, My Kvarte stated that his recross-oxemination would ciosa here. A BICK JUROR. Oue of the jurors was olserved to Lo faint and sick at this point. The windows of the court-room were throwi open, aud he was given ngliss of water, ‘'ho bour of adjonrnment having arrlved, he was sent home o charge of two court oflicors, and the proceedings for the day woro Lrought to u cluse. EVARTA ' FI s Tho lawvers that mainly fitlud_thn publle eye to-day wore Mr, Fullorton and Mr, Byurin. The former trier to put questions to Mr. Tilton; tho Iattor lawyor fouuhit overy yuestion stop by ktep. Tho lawyers call Mr, Lvarts’ present duty sloidivg.” Au o *flolder,” Mr. Tvarts 14 one of thio most agilo and accumplislied on record, ilo doca not ask tho Chief-Justice to exclude all of Mr, Tilton’s testimony in bulk, but he is expect- od to do so t the close of witnoys’ tentimony, beeauso ho iw certainly objoctiug to ever question a8 it is put in, At twenty-five minutes of 12, Tilton had ligrdly ananercd & question, Fuilerton and Evartd had been up to that time contenting tho sdmissbility of qicn- tions. Fullerton wanted to leain fiom Tilton what Bessio Furnor overheard betweon Mr. and Mrs, Tilton. Jyarts objected, becausa tho tor which Bessic Turner” overhieard was not uttered for hor ear, but was meant to be private betweon husbnird und wifo, and was oxcluded un- dor tho “conlidentil™ restriction of the (ourt. Tho way in which the mattor originally camo out wan this: AMr, Evarts, on the cross-examiuation. asked Tilton to what porsons ho told tha story ou tho bawis of impropor propusals, and to what porsons Lo told the story on the basis of adul- tory boiug tho offonse. ” Mr, Tilten recited o whiat persons ha had told the imnroper propus- aly, aud to what porsons bo lad told the adultery story, After he liad said that ho lal told tlie adultory story to albout threo porsons, Mr. Tilton sal Lorhapd Lought to ndd tlut Bessio Turner overheard tho whole story in n convorsation botween my wife and myself.” Tullerton to-day asked what wos tho story which Bessio Turuor overhomd. Thie quostion wus Tought fuch oy inch, ELIZAULTIL TO THEODORE, 4 ‘T following was ono of the lotiors read to- ay s Diean Tupovons: T bad expocted you all diy yesterday, bt now your letter is put 1wy aud instead, 1 tho Ditferest disappointment; but we oro both iu God’s hunds, aud, whils Dow bere, may say of tho heart’s intenso yeavidng, * Return to tho lovo of thy youth,” Oh, wy desr husbaud, niay you not meed tho further disciplive of botiig tuisled by 8 good woman us T have leen by o good man, 1 rejoice §u your happy face and peacotnl wind, though Tuim uot i anywise tho cxuse, It will o Gadu gitt alono f your face fllumines” or heart tlrobs with thonglits of my, A for me, 1 will wait ou the Lord, 1thank you for the wullerings of tho past yer. You hava been my doliveror, Deatroy my let- ferw, nor sbow them to our mutual frieud, I fear thix will'provont mo writlug from my {nmost_seif. vory truiy, tx 4, 1571, 1am, LLIZADETH, S — BEECHERIANA, A BIGNIPICANT STATEMENT FROM ONE OF DOWEN'S HONH, From the Drovklyn Sunday N 1t is vory generally uuderstood that tho Rev. Tomy Ward Deecher will offer as an oxcuso for writiug sevoral of kis remarkable lottors to Moul- tou, tho statement that Lo advised H. C. Bowen to dischargo Tiltou. Upou discovering that Til- ton's dischargo Involved his ruin, in o pecuniary point of view, the pastor of Plymouth Church beeamo overwhalmed with grief, Not many days ago, Frank 1. Carpentor, the artist, who has figured #o prominently in the croat soandal, called upon ifonry C. Dowoen. 'ho two, alter taking up varfous subjects, took up .tho' ome mow - afllictiug the com- ndity, Mr. Dowen expresiod tho wish that ~ o should not bo colled oa to tostify, as he was disgnstod with the whole businows, Ho neithor condemucd nor_ uphcld oithior of tho contestants in tho suit. Finally, Mr. Carpoator suid that it had becn atated re- peatodly that Mr, Beocher had adyisod Mr, Bow- ¢o to dispense with Theodore Tiltow's sorvices on the Zndependent, Henry C. tSowen mado no vesponse, but his son Ldward broke out with the romark ‘” Mr. Beocher never gave father auy such ad- vico." Mr, Bowen neithor corroborated or denled his #on's statement, and Mr, Curpentor left without obtafuing snything vatisfuctory from the old man on the subjeet. UOW TILTON' FIRST ATTACK ON BEECUER GOT INTO FIRINT. From the Brocklyn Sunday Sun, 1t will bo remombered that the thet document in the Becchor-Tilton scandol which wag pub- dished wan written by Theodore Tilton. It was eutitled ** A Persounl Bistomont,” and was to Lave been publisbed iu the Golden Age. The priucipa) part of this statement was what Mr, Tilton ulloges Henry C. Bowou charged against Alr, Boochier, As a matter of course, the publi- cation of wuch & paper evontually precipitated the details of the #candal upou tho publio. ‘I'le Jawyers want to kuow now how that **eiatoment ™ got into print. Ou T'hursday, Mr, Tilton testifiod that he took threo proof-slips of the articlo wa refor to, Ono of theso he subsoguontly sent to ex-Suparvisor John Hannan, with tho undsrstanding that he wight dowith 1t what his best Judgmentdictated., Mr. Evarts then put to Mr. Lilton thu quertes glven und anewored, a6 auncxod ¢ alr, that paper was published ju Brookiyn 2 alt, Q.—How soon_atter you Lad put thid sealed In Mr, Hurman's haude? A—I showd think five or six woutha afterwurds, Q.—Five ur siz niontba? A.—Yes, nir, Q-—Now, did you Lave auy siatics thia it was gofng tobw privted or published ofore it way publisucd 3 A.—No, sir, 1t appears tbat Mr, Harmon's bess or worst Judgmont Jed hum to show the proof to more than one persou. Ic wua finally placed in tho hauds of a journalist, who took & short-hand copy of it, Kome days after a Brooklyu reporter #at down with the gontloman who copied the proot-slip phonographically, snd whilo tho latter read from Lis notos, the renorter took a longs Land copy of the ‘¢ persoual statement.” 1t 1s utterly nutrue that Mr. ‘Thomes Kiuwells, a8 has beon stated: kuew that the reporter referred to Lad a copy of Mr. Tilton's suppressed stutement, e was surprisod to weo it i puint, and endea- vored to ascertaln where it came from, It Mr. Tilton hud not contided his papor to M, Har- man, with the uudorstanding that he might do with it as ke ploasod, the writer could nob buvo obtaiued & copy of 1t, sud the great soandal it wight huve been deferred for at least & fow yoars honve. A LUDICIOUS SITUATION, Frou the New Yurs World, Mr. Evarle scolded somolimos when Mr. Til- tou wanted Lo say woro than Lis questions called for lu snswer to thew, Towards the last of the woek Mr. snd Mr. Fullerton began to woold & little too, Ou ehe occusiou, 'Lhursday, tho rather ludicrous ustion” wad presente of the wituess talkiug rapidiy and pervistently st & question, Mr, Evarta the while jellin Elm “top! I dldn't ssk you thst,” and u:.flunh effing him ** Wi wal wait !" i1l the Liwo comnsed, imaginlug, cach Ir: thie warttko tone of the other, that they were quarieling, turned on_osch othor and atood faco o faco, while iho witness watched them with mixed feelings, “ [ want to stop the witness from susworing," #ald Mr. Fvarts, s little snuppinbily, after a atare at Lis learned opponent, 8o do 1," responded Mr. Tieach, vigorously § and the woblo rage of the two dissolved in lauglter. FEMINISE ANXIETY. Prom the St Ciafeacidie (1) Chroiirle, Bho threw & shaw! over har hoad, run furions- Iy up Main stroe two #ijuares,—aml entered & bouso, remarking : * Good ovening, Mrs, Rmith ; how' all the folka? Hushavd's eick; baby's crors—cutting teeth ; Jonn's foot is no batter : conl-bin in emptly 3 but I roally fool anif it was ny duty to rulout o ininute to juquiro what thoy've done with Boecher. Have they convict- ed liim yo3, ¥IC., GOFES TORTIEODONE AGAIN. Men. Vietol Woodhull publishen the fol Towing fotter in her puper.—- Woothull & Clalin'a Weelely, —raspecting the ‘Tilton-Noccher casos +In’ roply to the many who are #emewhal ac- quaintad with the basls of the facts regardusic tho 1celations that existed between Mr. Tilton and mysolf, and who are insisting that T shallnot rest anotber momoeut under the imkintntions cast upon me by bim in kin evideuce of Taruduy of last week, I sak them to be patient; I am tho ono more deeply interestod than anybody else, and, it I can oiford to wait for my justitication, others can surcly afford to dv o with me. 1 am owara how indignant wmany of my frienda feel on account of the wlurs cast upon me, sud through me npon tha cause of sacial freedom, Ly Mr. Tilton. Dut 1 have Jomnod that the laws of immutablo justice always eveutuslly bring the truth and tho right uppermost; aud 1 cun hetter aiford to o them run their contrs than to possilly abort their purposes by attemnting to interfere to forestall their judgment, +1 deeided bolero the trinl bogan to not inter- foro in noy manner with ita progrers, If Mr. Yulton thinks that, with the rendeting of the verdict, thin case will ba concluded, be will learn Ly error powsibly too late to avert the doom that he is inviting npou his heud. The infintely greater and moro lmrcrtnnt. part of tlnu case will bo undecided when this trial shall Lave ciosed, 1t 18 in tha verdict that shall follow the one twhich this Court will ren- der that am chiefly concerncd, 'The more present (s nothing wheu compsred with tho indlnite future, e may struggle now to make the ehadows he bas cast upoh my nameand fame heavior and darier ; but wheu he shall utand un- voilod, a8 &tnud Do #hiatl, e will binsh as doeply for his prosent eiforts a8 he now pretends to for what hus passed. “ After thiu trial ia cloged, 1 mball haso & plain, Kimplo statement of facts o make, fu which thoru iv ect forth the truth in detail akont all that has oceurred since tbe 224 dav of Mav, 1561, in winch uny of tho tattios o this keandal were involved, statoment will ho wll that is required to contitta the truth or espose the falsity of Mr. Tiiton's testimony regarding hig relutionkiip witl e, Wait pationtly forit as I shull wait to give it. “ Vicroma C. Woobnve," ToWEY. From tha New Yurk Ilcrald, Meantime there is Bowen, Acvcording to sev- ernl wituenecs Lis position 18 that of armed neu- tiality, Ona of his wons, accordmg to report, unys ihat Mr. Beochor's counsel Lave approached Mr. Bowen and #aid to lam s - * Why don't you come into conrt and stamp out these nccusasions againut Mr. Beecher ? You know you can do it 7" Yery well," auswers the senior Lowen, **if you want tho wholetruth. s far as L know 1t, voa have ouly to summon me.” **‘Then,” adiw Bowen, JIr,, “**when fathor te frightenod off, voluntesrs to K0 to cotirk thoy’ like peoplo in & pan e REVENUE SUITS. A Law Discovered Forbldding the Use o the Books amd Acconnts of Ace Parttes as B Specul Dispateh to T Ulicago Tribune, New Youx, Feb, 17.—In the suit of the Gov- ernment ngainst the firm of Hughos & Co., eharged with revenua frauds, m loportlug linen throad. It was discovered to-day, by H, B, Eaton, attoruey for detoudants, that there oxisted a law which forbade the Government usmg the books of merehauts In evidance ngainst liom. ho law wan passed Fob, 25, 1808, and tho passage roads oy follows: No discovery or evidenco obtained Ly means of nuy ndicla] procecding from any party or wituewn in thin ar any forelitu country sbiall be given in evidence, or inaner naed agAnAL suck party or wituess fu t 10 uny erime, or for the enforceinent of any penalty, o forfeiturs by rosson of any sob or owiskon of wuchi party or witncus, Judge Blatehford, presiding, declared tho act in foree, aud disallnwed the ples of the Govern- mout-Attorzay to put tho books of Tlughes & Co. in evidence. He emphanized the decision by adding: “Tlcro Lias always boon o principle of Inw, of Anglo- Saxon luw, that 10 man stoukd Le compelied to fur- 14al ovidenco agaiust himaelf, sad that priuciple 18 st forth fu tho sct of 1503, ‘I'his decision Is looked upon as virtually nuili- fying the seizura law undor whicl Jusyno an othors have habitually woized the booke of morchauts, and held thom pouding trial or com- | promiso. It certainly stops prosecution in o great numbeg of cagod pending i thiscity, Tho Governinont counsel asked permission to talio tostimony abrond, but tho act seoms to_ provide against the use of information thus oltained in n foreign country. ‘The citation of this obscare Jaw surpriscd tho Court, aud utterly confounded tho counsel for the Government. THE LABOR QUESTION. The Pittsburg Puddlers in Soro Stralte. speciagiapateh to The Chicato Pribune, Pirrsnono, Pa., Fob. 17,—The back of the puddlors’ strike is broken. Tho funds have givon out in the Union, aud the men have com- menced quarreling amoug themselves. Tho Poor Board and relief socictics refuse to give ta the puddlers' families on account of tho men boing idle voluntarily. All of the mills in tuis vicinlty but ome ara running, =snd that is Lewis, Olivor & Philips.’ They aro ruuning to the fullost capacity, making iron to il orders for other city manufscturers. This finm procuro uuch bar from the Last, whero (hey obtain it, ppod Lo this city at 239 ner ton, boiny :‘l‘:::t‘é{%‘;{l‘ lh)x' 1)uddllug.y The stagnation ifi trade will not allow the milla to re- sume, At thoir weeiing yosterday tho puddlors fought and quarroled” amaong thom- selves, many wanting to go to work at &4.50. aud nearly all oxpressed a willingness to resume at &5, It is moro than probable that in loss than two woeks the mills will all b runniug agaiu, as muck bar is boing shipped so low and in such qun‘xlm;y as tosupply all that our mills would noed. QUINCY. A Cuuri=Slouse Fight—Revenue He= cel; Special Dispatoh to The Chicaao Tribune, Quixey, 111, Feb. 17.—The pooplo of Quinoy aro just now in & groat ferment ovor tho location of tho Couri-Houso. A groat majority of tho cisizons, both of the city aud of the county, want the Uourt-House locatod in Jefferson Square, but tho Mayor wanty it located near some proporty he owns in one of the suburbs; sud, by means of his official position, Lo has succooded, in con- juuction with other interested parties, in gotling the city and county by the eard. As & result, the building of the Court-Houso will probablybe de- Inyed for soveral moaths. Tho intornal ravouue receipta for thls diatriot for the first half of the mouth amount fo sbout £95,000, over $75,000 being the tax on tobacco alone, Tor the cutire wonth of 'ebruary, 1874, the roceipts were ¥77,800. ‘Yhe large recoipts this month wera due wainly to tho anticipated advance of tho tax on tobacco. e MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY. Bpecial Diapaleh ¢+ The Chicano Tribune, AXX Anpox, Mich., Feb, 17.—Tho ltegenta of tho University had their regular meativg totsy. Awoug other transactions thoy petition the Leg- iulature for $5,000 for water-works for the Uni- versity ; ©10,000 for tue Hoapital, and 13,000 for outstauding debts, They slio sgroe to du thio beut posibio thiby for tho proposed Homoop- athio sehiool, provided the Legislature sppro- priates any mouey for ik, e it OTTAWA GETS THE STATE FAIR, Special Dispatch to The Chicado Tribuns, BeriNuvizLp, 11l, Feb. 17.—The State Board of Agricuiture to-day finslly decided to locate the State Fair at Ottawa for tho next two years, the vote standiug 10 for Ottaws and 8 scattering. Docatur and Galesburg baiog the most formida- ble contestanis. FEBRUARY 18, 1875. STATE AFFAIRS, The New Inferest Bill Fasses a Third Reading in the Illinols House, A Union-Depot Act for the Benefit of Lake-Front Roads, Evidence that the State-House Stone Contract Was Not Legally Let. Election of a United States SBen- ator In West Virginia, The Democratic Candidate in Minnesota Making Somoe Gains. ILLINOIS, HOUSE. THE FISCAL DENA Speciat iapateh to T'he Chicano T'ribune. Bemixevienn, Fob, 17.—The debate on the bill 10 authonze non-residents aud corporatious of other States to recover in this State the rate of Interest allowed by our law without regard to the rato fixed by tho law of tho State whon the loan was made, was resamed this morning, (Hibert, of Macoupin, opened the dircussion to-day. Tis argued that the claugo making the bill applicablo to loans horctofore made waw not an ex post facto .provieion within tho meaning of tho Conetitu- tion, for ex post facto iaws were thoso only which mada eriminal an act which when com- mitted was not forbidden by Jaw. Neither 4id {be bill propose any ithpairment of the ob- ligation of a contract, On the contiary, it pro- vided for enforcing the obligation of a contract. In short, it sitnply provided & remedy for tlie eu- forcemont of the contract. Cullom rend from Cooley's Constitutional Limitations in support of tha latter poiut, the doctrino of the writer belng that retroactive statutes, providing remedics for tho enforce- ment of existing contracts, were not within the constitutional prohibition, Caliahan—We concoda that to be the law ; we will not stand on the ameudment ; we can de- feat the Lill itself, After further discuni Merritt offered an amendment to make It unmwiul for the rate of interest to oxceed 10 per cent, and that when thio coutract Ik for @ higher rate the wholo inter- eut kliall be forfeited. Merritt's amendment was adoptod by 106 yeas to 14 nay Callahanjoffered an smendment striking out the clause making the Lill applicable to lonns wecured by mortgago and trast-decd, providing that tho rate of intorest sball uot oxcead 10 per cont, aud_extending {o foreigu_corporations the samo rights to receive their losns by lions on personsl or renl property in this Ntato aa are now enjoyed by THinois corporations or citizon A motion to table Callabau's amendment was carrled—veas, 70 ; nays, 5. The bill was ordered to s third reading. It is au followa : A miis for an act to smeni See, B of an act entitied AN net {0 revide the Iaw iu felution to the rate of iutcrest,” approved March T3, A. D, 18 Bicr1on 1. fie it cnacted by the Juople of the State of Ilisnvin, reprencnted in the Gereral Aswmidy, Thit Sec, 8 of an act entitled “ An et to reviee the law In relation to the rate of mterost,” approved March 95, A. D, 1874, bo aruended 1o read a4 folluwe s “§ro, 8, When any written coniract, wherever pag- ablo, sball Lave been or ahall be made {u this Stute, or Vetweeu citizen or corporations of this Sate, or a cit- izen or corporation of this State and a citizn or cor- jwration of auy other State, Territory, or country (or ehali be secured by morlaage or trust-deed on Junila in 1hin Btate), sl contract niay boar any rate of futerest allowed by law, to Lo taken or contracied for by per- sons or corpurations ju thix State, or which is or may Le wliowed by law on any coutract fur moncy due or owlng fu this State,” 80, 9, Wheresa, by reason of an exiating ambiguity in Soce, 4 and 8 of the act approved March 25, A. D, 1474, nbove referred to, 8 necexalty exiate for this act to tako eife.t immediniely : therefore this act shall take wffect and be iu force from and after its passage, MUNICIPAL, Hopkins introduced the billa prepared by tha Special Commwittes of the Chicsgo Council 1 re- Iatlun to judiments for special sseessments aud in relation to tax eales whora tho proporty has Loon bought by or etruck off to any city. The 3\[1‘3%0( the Commnittea’s bills wore also intro- uced. TLATEN'S TPHENIX, Plater once moro introduced his bill for the ropeal of the sections of the School Juw which entitlod cotored children to the beuvetit of tho puulie schools, Plater is dotorminod 10 kaep the ™ little niggers™ in ignorauce dense as his own if porsible (though it ign't possible), and will introduce that Lill about twice n weck ou au av- erage for the remainder of the session. ABOLISHING A LEGAL DIWTINCTION. Armstrong introduced s LHI abolisling the diaumction botween agtion of trewpans and tros- pess 1 tho case, in suits before Justices of the Pence. COUN I1ES WHERE RATLROADS BIDE ON TUE PEOPLE. A )l was introduced by Cominiugs to requtiro thio local authoritios of couuties, cities, towua, aud towuships whick have outstanding bonds issued in aid of railroads to levy tax for the full amount of intereat dus uron satd bonds nat exceeding 20 conts on the #1001n valuation annu- ally, If the city or town suthorities fail to make wuch lovy it is mude the duty of the County Board to levy the sssessnent. Tho bill might properly be “entitled a bLill to require certaln citics, and towns, and countios to pay thoir lepal obligations instead of Laving Washbarn's bill, befure Congress, passed for that pnrpose. CATEOORICAL WKPOKTS DESIRED, A bill was introduced providing tust in aunual raports of their fees required of couuty ofticers, the servico for which esci: feo was charged shall Lo specitied in snch manoer that it may be identified aud shall sbow fully the amouut carned. A GRINDSTONE FOR THE PUBLIC NORE, Herrington's Deput bill- wus -then taken up for conwidoration by soctiony, ‘This bill, which Dbas beon to somo oxtont given out to be for the benetit of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago snd Northwostern joint-depot projest on tho Wast Bido, is well understoud in bottor iuformed clrcles to ba the 1llinols Contral-and-connectlous bill to get the lake-front, 1t follows generally tho langusge of the Union Depot Act of 1872, ropenled, but authurizes two or more roads, or fivo or more porsons, to organizo as B Union Depot Company, Among the powers con- ferrod ou companios Ko organizad 1 thoe right to take, occupy, and condemn any land and #uch renl estato, or any intorest theroin, as may Lo uoceded for the establishment of such union station or depot, avd tho uecesury suproaches thereto, and tha same procevdiugn shail Lo had therefor as are now or may hereaftor ba provid- o Ly law concorning the condemnation of lands for or by railread companies in tho Btate, so far as such Inws are applicable to tho purposes of this act; also, with the consent of the cor- porate authorities of the city, town, or placo iu_ which the dopot is to bo constructed, to have the right to lay nocessary tracks over, upon, or under stroets or roads of tho eatd city, town, or place, us may be nocessary to make tho neceseary connections with the raii- roads proposing to uso said union depot, and may, with such consent, &lso construct such sta- tion or depot_under, aver, or upon any such strests or roads, provided such Dropnrl.{ shall bo condemned ss provided by Iaw, aund tho city so consenting shall compensate the ownors of prop- erty fronting or such stroots for suoch iu. jury, if any, s moy bo occasioned to Buch property by the laying of such railroad track. " This provieo, offered by Went- wortt, of Cook, as sy amondmout, was adopted to-da; 1t will be seon that it requires tho oity, {ustead of the rallronds, to pay dawages awardod PIOPOFty-0Wlers. A YOFULAR CHAMPION BQUELCHED. Claflin offerod an amoudient roquiring that the companies shall not exerciso tho nght to condomn, etc., excopt upon the approval of tho Rallroad Commissioners, and their certiticalo that the projoot fs for tho public good. In support of hLis amendmont, Claflin mado an oluborate argumant against the graut of uxtraor- dinary powors confersed by the bill upou such company, Clalli’s smendmont was tubled by ] zpu to 37 mays. A motion to table the bill was Jost—yeas, 36 ; nays, H3. An smond- wont was theu offered wubjocting companies organized uuder the bill to all tus laws of the Htate lehu';lu to railway compauies, pending the conslderation of which the House adjourn e hobmisiots SENATE. THE CONSTRUOTION OF TUE HTATE-LODSE. Suectal Dispatoh to The Chicugo Tribuns, fSesmoyiken, 1L, Feb. 17.--Hobiuson, of Oook, futroduoed @ revolution reciting that, by the seport of the new Btate-House Commisslon. n let to the lowest bidder. had, to a groat ox- . beon dune by dayu’ labor, and instructing the Committeo on the Htate-Houss to report to the Honate why it was o dono. ALIOURYMENT WITHOUT DAY, Tho Henate, having rushied its humnesy, ls get- ting ren 1y to adjourn, and to-day paesed a 1080 Iution lizivg it date of adjournment sine die for March 2. PENIGRTED FOYPT, ‘Tho bill appropriating £10,000 for the'arrest and convietion of the Willismson County out- Iavm, after considerable debate, was recommit- ted to the Appropriation Committee, NO SEW RAILROAD uCiTe. A rerolition in contempintion of the abolition of tho Railroad and Warchonss Comuniesion was introduced instructing the Attorucy Gercral and (,nmmimhuwm to comtnence further maits inst railroads under the: Iailrond aeb untis tho caves ponding before th Suprewe Court siall bave Leen disponed uf. Tlie afternoon seevion was occupiod by a di cuneion of tho Lillappropriating the oariingn of tho Ithtols & Michigan Canal smd 270,000 out of the Ktate Treamuy for_the complation of the Copperas Creek dam. Tho Lill came up on ma- Jority and minority reports similar to thows in iho flouke, After a motion to ktrikn ont the #0000 spproptiation had Leen lost, the Lili passed by 20 ayes to 16 nayk. OATIE FOR %5 AX-PAVERS, A bill providing that returns of personal prop- erty for tuxation shall he madn under oath that tho xame 1 listed at ity full value was mtroduced by Sanford. s { THE STATE-HOUSE INVESTIGATION, 2 RICHARDRON'S EXAMINATION. T Rpecut Duapateh to The Chicaan Tribune, EpnixarieLn, Feb. 17.—The following are the material portions of the testimony of Prison- lahor Contractor Richardean relative to tho #lone-work on the new Btate-Honse, given nofore the Btate-Houss Investigation Comriites in se- cret kassion. It conkints of extracts from tho official report,—tho only abridgment being that, whero several questions rolated to tho same matter, the questions, except tho first of thoxe, have been omitted and the answers convolidated : Etate-Hatne Commiasioner Beveridge stated that h Was present at tho request of the frman of the Commiltteo (McCoy), and cluimed the Tizht to bo pres vt ot the examinition on anyiting touching their (the Hiato-Houne Oomminsfone: T, S REVEWIDOE MADE TO 0 0T, The Clivirman wtated that the Comamitt etencted bam to raquest Beveridgs to be pre now desire 10 exituine {ho witnesse repara‘ely, Mer ritt Inclute | ngon Beseridye's withdrawal,on thegronn1 that he (1)) was yot tobe exammed, and Veveridge withdrew uuder protest, BICHANDSON'S TESTINONY. _Richardson wa then swor, and examined by 3fe- Coy. 1o festified: “T have & contract with the Iinnln Ponitentiary for cutting the stono for the now Blates House," 11 rewpotmn to furthor tnquiries an to whom bis contract wak with, Richardaon read the following 120 Dl contract for the prison labor ¢ And it in fusthier agroed thas the patd party of the second part (Ricksrdson] shall beroafter froni fme to time, and upon the request of tho party of the firat Part Tthe Penitentfary Commisaloners), furnish, cut, an deliver upon the grouds of the now Htate—Home, at Byriugneld, TN, the loe thel sy ke required by the Comimissi ® fur the arection of the State-Flousr, Taeharden eontivand s Tint's the, conteact with e commizsioners of the Iliuols Penitonti; Towell, and Butz), A e Q.—Waa the niteement on your rt to cut the atoue ot the same prices that the Peuiteutiary Commisstoners bad been eutting? A.—No, sir, Yo nouderstand the contract, This ia in accordiuce with thn law which provides thut the Iifuots Lenitentiary ould cut this stune upon agreed priccs, which prices have been agreed uyon, Q.—Detween whom? A.—Detween the Commise elotiers of the Htate-llonwe and of the Penitentiar. Q.—In that all the contract or understanding you Dave with refereuce to cutting stone for the new Stite. 1lous~? A.—T cun't spesk defnftely a8 to that, That's the fonndathou, Q18 dhst the only contract? A—That's the con- ract. Q.—~That's all thereis of {t 7 A.—~That's nll there 15 of it. 'The law mukes the vontract, Q,—What prices do you recelve for cuttiug the stone for the ncw Statcelioase 7 A.—Ditfereut jrices for different purts, 't would be imposkible ta state what they are without efercuce tothe schedule. , o , . .—Ty Merritt : Are the figures you receive for cut- tin the Mlone the mame as were previously ugreed npon botween {he State-1louse Conunissioriera anid thie Penitentiats Commissionera? A—They wore so far a8 thiey liad ageced unon tho cutting. Q.~Did you kuiow what tus Penitentiary Commiasion- ers recelved for cutting the stone bofore yoit comnnctics ed cutting? A.—I can’t anawer that question direcily, After T had leared the men uf the Dimoiy Penitentiary and they agrecd, 1 agreed to assume that work at thelr Hgures., Q. (Iy Tliac)—That's the queation. What were {helr figuren? Didyou know? A.—No, wir, 'Q.~Did you' kuow what ihie ieuitentisry Commis~ suiers were geltlog before vou sssumed tho work? A.—Trevious to my UdJing for the convicta? No. sir, ‘In rodponss to firther tunuirics, Richurdson toutificd thut b bad ncen the printed estimites of Carter, Bauer, & Doakmun [prepared for actilamont betwoen the Tenitentlury and State-louss Cumuissioners for work ione by the former]. ‘Theu you agree in thesmtriot (¢ hat from which wituess read_extract,—made with Penitentiary Cominiasioners] to receive the saho Aguree for cutting this stone that tuey did, and didn't know whit the figures were ¥ alr, Before this contract was unde out thoke figures were snvmitted to me, T was given thnn to reviso thoro Giures, and agroed to do it, Lefore 1 signed the contract, Q,—The Penftentiury Conimissioners_gave you fime 10 Faviae the figures agrend upon for_cutung the stoun prlor to algming the cantract? A.—Yes, sir; Iacted usthesgiut, o o o o Q.—Were the fignres you received for cutting the rtane, after you assumed chargo of the eutting, Ligher or lower thun tho Denitentiary Comnufssionses had Leen rocedving 7 ~Tley were the Fame, Ittehnrdson was arked o nimber of questions as tn whether the contract was profitable, but declined to 2uswer on the groand that whether It was profitabla or not wan & matier of Lin yrivate busineas, Q—Why wau the wontract for cutting the'stone by 1ho Penitentlary Commisdonera mrned over to you 7 A.—That's 8 question thas the Pententiary Commis- sfoniers will huve to unswer, Q.—Do you know us & matter of fact why it wan turiod over tayou? At had ta bo turned over to womie tuan, ofter they bad leascd all thelr convicts, Tichardson further testified, With regard to fixing the price for the stane work, that the Penitentlury Commissioucrs and the Ktuie-Houne Commiusiouors Lad » meoting hert, ut which he was_presont, wlon they agrocd upon the’ prices, which le accejted us stafed. Toat micoting was for tho purpose of rovising the figures for tha work, Qe—Whst you were to recolve? A.—Certainly. & Venjtentiary wus to receivo the prices,but I wan (0 T da the work for tiom, _They wanted to soe whefhier 1 would agree. . . . When tho Penltentiary Come mirsioners agrecd upon fliures from the State-Houre Cotminnioners they would ot sgreo upon such and tiguces, unless I would agrea 1o do the work for . The State-Houro Commiseloners ot them. . . the time—Augist, 1874—werv Measrs, Dunn, Beveridio, aud Stewart, . T tuluk whero there have besn any figures changed from the original eatimate, thay Lateduvarisbly been lowerod, 1 could not swear posi- Aively whetber we changed any Sgures or uot. Q.—At that meoting were not certain prices sgreed upoh for work to be done by you which have never been agreed upon etween the State-Lunso und Peni- tentlary Commisslouers 7 A.—~Terhape, Q.—1 undersiaud tho original swtimuica have been Jowered under tlis diroction of the architect, Tn auch cage husn't some other maturial or suma oiher form [kind?7) of stone been substitutod for what wus origi- nally called for in the eatimatea? A.~—I presumo so, in somo iustances, Q.~That occusions the loworing of {le prices? A. air, ‘Woa any sdvertisement mado for thie_cutting of the stons for the new Ktuto-louse? A.~—No, ¥ir; the Tllinols Legislature passed & law requirizg it [iho work] to be done, Q.—Prior to its being turned over to you wan thero nny advertisement 7 A,.—You lalior under s mistake 1t hus never buun turned over to tne, 1am scting ai o Agent of the Hliinols Venftentinry. Q.—Do {hey [the Penfteutiary Gommissloners) re- colva anything from you on thas contract? A—Whot do you mean—uny benofits ~Yea, A.—No, bir, Q.~How miich dd you receive from the Peuitentiary Commissioners for acting sa thelr agent? —A— roceiv the amount that they receivo for outting the slone, Tho vouchers sre mado out, aud go to the Tilinols Penitentiary for the approval of the Warden; ho approves aud indoress them over tome, I drawmy mouey, OTHER LEGISLATURES, WISCONSIN, BENATE, Svectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, MapisoN, Win,, Fob, 17.—Potitions were pre- uauted for the repesl of the law exewmpting from taxation tho lands of the West Wiscousin ltail road Compauny ; sgajust the taxation of Church property ; sgainst iuterforing with tho law for lotting couuty priuting to the lowost bidder, A resolution wos offorod authorizing the Beretary of Btate to audit the account of tho sslary of tho State Librarlan, Assombly bills were con- curred in to amend the oharters of the Citles of Neenah and Keuoshs, and several memorialy to Congress for mail sorvices. Henate bills were passed suthorizivg & loan of ¥50,000 of the wust funde to Miversl " Polut; smend- ing the charters of Columbus sod the Village of Durliogton; for the relief of fomt-stock companies; to authorize & dam on ths Milwaukee iliver; to authorize the Govern- or, Becrotary of State, snd Attarnev-Gieneral to sattle certain accounts for attorney's fees in the Potter lsw suits; appropristing 858,000 to the Bliud Instituto for -robuilding ; $14,000 ta the Indastrial 8chool for Boys; 34,050 to the North- eso Hospital for tbe Jueane fur furnishivg & buildivg., A long dicsussion was hadons to prohibit the ra-olection nf County Treasurars, aud tho Lill was ordered to a third reading. ASSENDLY. Thern wore sovoral remonatrances ngainet the tavation of church and sehool property, Tho Bpeulal Committee reported agaiust tho feasibilt- ty of transforming the Soldiers' Orphana’ flomo into a blind asylan. Renate Lills for tho aspors- ment and collection of taxes in cortain casan ; to amend the inwa of 1864 3 to snthorizo garninheo fctions inflirenit Courts 3 to amnad tho Ravised Btatutes of nsressment and collection of taxes ; to appropricts £100 to the Greon County Agri- cultural Soviety ; and to approprinto to Georgs W. I'eck and 4, H. Waggoner £50 each, wero concurced i Tho followmg Avscmbly billa wero pasted: To provont gambling in mailrond e relating to tho mervico of enmnions or pracess on foreinn inmurance compnnios ; £0 encouragn tho inveutios and suce cessful nwe of alean nu hivhways. THE: LEGRLATIVE DANTY last ovening was one of tha finest over held in the Capltal City. Tho atinilat-o was very large, and tho party verv oujoyahie thronghout. R e ‘x VEREL NS, o annunl meeting of tho “Bovereignu " takes nlace in tho Asacmbly Chamber Luqn‘:«,;m. with minp Carponter as Sovereign Goveriior, and Gen, Geo. C. Ginty ag Sovereipn Speaker. Tho boya bave put up'a job on Genrgge, and ho will Jind himesll io the cond naler Wiltz, of Louisiann, New ofticors will Lo in- stalled, aud lots of undignified s e e MINNESOTA. THE VOTE 1O} YENATOR, Spectal Disvatei to The Chicans Tri §T. PAuL, Feb. 17.—Connting absentces a3 last voting, Lochron's strongth, being Incrensod two to-duy, falls but wino siort of an eloction. Washburn's vote was 39, Coles' 12, ono Waah- burn man abaent. Lochren's increase was from Indepondent Republicans, to ono of whow he had addressed jn reply to hiquiries a letter which was read in conveution, detintog his polidesl faith an follows: That, by the ndoption of thie United Stalar Congtitus tion, a’Natlanal Goverzinent wis fornd, uot s mero Inagiie of ndspendent Hiates ; that £3 fyr i Connle tutlonal powers extend, 'tos National Gova crmuent ls mupreme; that all powers o or by plin implieation, conferred Nationa! G the veveral States: that ne Qosernmants should be allowed to stauep or encronh won the lezitimate functions of thy oter that ujon Auestionn of doubt as to the powers of «ither, tho Court of the United Hlatis ja the + ol 10 Yight of hecessiv The amendmenta_to tha 3 dopted Muce the and prescrved intact 14 o floal wstiies ciplrs and polies they enunsate. was oprated tarapudiation snd eversthlug haviug tho smell or teint of if, The public faith mmt be keps and the tiona) dobt paid to the utiermost farthing, ‘The Hiatea and peopls Wi merarit- ol the Union fo destroy i, a« weil the eavitslists who farpikhed moneys to tue samo the lovses they " broughit npon then- Gusernment can wiford to cntuurate fil ture rebollious by ¢ of indomnic £31ng rovels, o e L Yoliey for At natlons ; but, till the natlonal debt is fully” pand, st will by pecersary 1o maintain a faritl for reventte Lue- poser, He favore the resamption of speelo paye axr0on as possible, lo Lo brougit otbont shiock to buxiness fnterests, Corporatious, n weil ax ndividuals, should e subjact to just laws aud witly regulations, and all monapoiles ropremsed, Tho grestest care sbomid bo e clsed that mo injusice be 1hiat {he usefulness of corporativne bo not cripp dastroyed by yielding tuo fur to prejudice. Loy should be dealt” by farly, and requirad to deal fairly with the peapis, Heforms I tho admimstration of the General Government should be 10 the extent of rv- moving abuses and n recrenchment of cxpenses in every department to the utimost uxtent cousistent with good government, This lotter wan addressed to Senator Wells, Tudependoot Republican, and by him submitted to the Convention, ho voiiug for Locliren to-day fur the first time, “The Democrats appear hoperul that othor In- dopendents will join thom aud Lochron be eloct- ed, but_tho Republicana are contldent there will bie no election except by consent of & majority of tue Nepublicans. REAULAR BURINENS, In the Sonata a bill wze intraducod for the ap- poiutment of a practical priuter to ba Snuperiu- tondent of Pubiic Printing, at A salary of £2,000. The Honwe bill passed appropristing mouey for State suits usgaimst Acllrath, Munch, and otherd, Tha afternoon was spent in dincussing Don- nolly’s amendment to tha bill roversing tho Wi- noua & 8t, Peter land grant, requiring the Com- pauy to stipulate ity Bubjection to State laws rogulating transportation and rates and farea. No vote was reachied, but the amendmont will be rejected or materially moditied. peslboa] MICHICAN. . MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS. Spectal Dispatch to T'ha Chicaas Tribune, LAssisg, dich., Fob, 17.—This morning the Speaker of tho House appointed Messrs, Kuight, Daly, Watkors, E. Il Groen, and Huut as the Committeo on the Detroit Savings Bauk, which i to bo juvestigated. Mesars, Daly and Hunt are from Dotroit, and tho cxamination seems certain to bo a thorough and impartial one. The question has come up whether =ll bills must bo read in full in the House before thoy are finally passed. Tho rulos roquire that all bills shiall be read in Committes of the Whole, and all bills which Lave mnot Leen #o read and which coms up for action ara now being vead in full. Heretofore tha favor- ablo reports of comunittess ou privito Lilla have been neeepted, and thoy have boen passed with- out reading. The House this mormng voemed deterwincd, however, to have all bills resd in full at rome stage, “Pho Houso passed to-dny the bill granting to roligious bodies certain powers in the matter of hiolding property seqnired by or devised o th It gaves thexo religions Lodies much more pawer than is now possessed by them fn this respect, Both the SBonate and “Ilouse in Committen of thio Wholo ngreed to a number of bills, utl wh.ch were road iu dotail. ‘This aftornoon the Spocial Committes on thn Liquor Trafllo in the 1ouse reportel in favor of paseing the Hollon bill for the regulution atid taxation of the liquor traic, the bill conkido ed most favorable to tho liquor dealen The roport was sigued by _ Memsra; Itemer, the Chalrman, Kuight,)™ Hollon, Livingstone, and Clutchill. A minority vo- port favoringtha rotention of tho Prohibitory Inw was presented by Mr, Wet, of tho Committeo, Mr. Green haa beon absent for some time, and it ia not clear bow ke stauds on {ho question, The roport was accopted, and tho bill was placed on the general order. billa Lave Leen fuvorably reported ou. The Senato are now ou tho generat ordor thera. k: The reading of long private billa in the House Iy much delaying the transaction of business, aud tho scksion must be somewhst prolenged in cm'anqllluconl tho system which is belpg pure suod. —_—— INDIANA, OFFICERS OF TIE STATE INTITCTIONS. Specral Dispatch to Tha Chicavo Tribune. InpiaxaroLis, Ind., Feb. 17.—In jolut conven~ tlon to-day the Legislaturo electea tho following offloera s Directors of the Northern Prikon—William T, Pratt, of Allon; IL. B, Wudsworth, of Laporte, and Theodore Davenport, of Kosciusko. For the Prison Soutb—James Keigwin, Clark, aud William . Hammond, of Martio. Trusteo of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum—>Mil- ton AL, yames, of Delaware. Trustes of the Ilusano Asylum—John P, Richards, of Catroll County. of Trusteo of the Boldiers' Orphsns' Home— Goorgo W. Banturd, of Luko, fitato Librarisn—Lycurgus Dalton, of Law- rouce. In tho afternoon, the Ilonse referred the Lill for foncing rwlroads to the Judiciary Com- mittes, with instructions to ameud, w0 that whon enoy land-owner doxircs a lina foncod, ho shall glyo notice to the Com- pany aud pay Lalf tho efponso. ‘I'ho discussion on the LCounty Buperintendout bil occunied the remainder of tho sosston. ‘I'be Bonate spent the session tu_discussion of the Baxter-Jeffories ocontest, which closed ata xwmnr past 6 o'clock by a vote declariug Dazter, tho sitting member, eutitled to his scat, by 20 to 23, Lumsn and Boone, Democrats, vohing for axter, ———— WEST VIRGINIA, CAPITAL KEMOVAL. Honznaton, W, Va., Feb. 17.—The Governor has agroed uot to veto the Capital bill, and ir tive days it will becumo a law. On tho adjourn- ment of the Legisluture, the Goveruor proccods 10 Wheeling to make arraugemeuts to remove the Capital. HENATOBIAL ELEOTION. Tho jokut bulit 1o-day xiowd: Allea T. Capers ton, 35; Judye M 25 Price, 19. Tho wem- Dors then begus giug yotes, aud the resulf then mtood: Cspertun, 68; Uerkubire, 14; the Hepublicans voting for Berksiure. 'Tuere i, grext oxcitemeut. Uaperton is au able, Louor- ble man, and his election will ba a great belp in %‘;Tl"s‘l“ the Cbarlestonians for the loss of the spidal