Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 28, 1875, Page 1

Che Thicane Dailnp Tribwne, T VOLUME 28, , : BEECHER. There Is Now Something Worth Listening to in the Brooklyn Court, FINE OLOTHING, MENS AND BOXYS’ FINE CLOTHING! t assortment of Mon’s and Boys’ SPRING and SUMMER ér%;iluoi‘z:noh and Ensusl; D‘sl:gmml Wor%{oc}s,icassgnr?{ns, I%ohtmra, e Middls Flannels, &c. pace, Mohalir, an non Dustors, nsu:a ?l‘:lclli Snoks??:d n'ir’nlrga and choioo assortmont of ‘Whito Duck and | An flgreenble Change from Porter’s m-guilios Vosts at rotail, Pricos warrantod lower than askod for inferior " Meat-Ax to Eraris’ oods elsowhere, . Razor. The Senior Counsel for the De- fense Well Started in His Arguments, Polished Satire and Keen Analy- sis for the First Time Brought to Bear. CARRIAGES, &o: STRANGERS And CTTTZENS. | grp pymmi g stoce COMPOSED OF Decorated and Plain China, Dinner and Tea Setg, Tilton and Moulton Uncom- fortable under Evarts’ #E TAVE NOW OK TIAND, at OUTt NEW WARE- Telhng Points, §OOMS, 183, 185 and 187 WABASH-AV., the uy of superbly-finlshed aad substantially-made RRIAGES evar offerod to tho Clicaga publie. The ek dnoludes many of the mont graceful desigasand An Anccdote from *Punch* Intro- s Garsisas Hopoeliors . Ut Uohied Chamber Sete, duced with Capital Effect: P Vases, Glagsware, I A Silver-Flated Ware, Some Olover Hits on the Subject Table Outlery, and of White-Souled Adultery., CARRIAGER! L ' Bowen’s Vindication of Richards in POBITIVELY AT COST UNTII, CLOSED OUT, ln- olnding Bhow-Cases and Tables. BOWEN & KENT, 262 & 264 Wahash-av,, Just around the comner from Mousekespers’ Raw, Wit MEEAN BUSLNESS1 WILL CONTINUE OUR WHOLESALE BUSI- NESS AS USUAL. “FIRE INSURANOCE. PENNSYLVAN FIRE INSURANCE GO0. OF PHILADELPHIA. ORGANIZED .A. D. ¢ The independent.” GLASS LANDAUS, Baaotifally trimmed xud splaadidly Anlshod. LANDAULETS, ‘With movable top, and evory impravoment. PARK PHAETONS, Light and elogsnt. BRETTS, COUPES," Of gentast and exquisite dosgns, . COUPELETS, Unsurpassod n olegance. . T CARTS, The moat navel and unlque patterns. TOP BUGGIES, Bquare Box and all desirsble styles. ROAD WAGONS, ++Patent Bido-Tar Conplin W and bost riding Hosd CONCORD BUGGIES, Bost Businoss Wagon made, BEACH AN'D HUNTING WAGONS, Combiniug strangth, ease and dussbllity. COAN & TEN BROEKE MR. EVARTS' ADDRESS, A COMPARISON. Bpecfal Dispateh te The Chicagqo Trdume. New Yonk, May 27.—Mr. Evarts bogan his ad- droan to-day to tho largeat audienco of tho trial, and hs talked four hours in liis usual deliberato and britliant stylo. His address is the opposita in character to that of Porter. [Io nsos a scime- tar rather than Portar'a mieat-nx in dealing with Tilton and Monlton, Iio deals in satiro rather than invective, ridicules rathor than denounces his opponents, and from a distance poluts at Tilton with scorn rather than, like Porter, shake bis fist under the pluntils nodo menscingly. 1is manner ia very stately sud dignified, and his torribly long sentences, perfoctly constructed, take on now meanings from his peculiar om- phasia, Ilis nddress wos very goneral in char- acter, and more argumentative than that of Por. tor. Ho closely annlyzed someof the evidence. Hin koen thrusts, at once witty nod arguments- tive, secmed to give Tilton and Moulton greator snuoyauce than all of Portec’s fierce wvective. Boveral times both turned red in the face, and once Moulton displayed great anger at a rofer- snco to Lis wife. Not a word ozcaped tha ears of the jurymen during the wholeday. The most perfect sllouco roigned. [To the Aesociated Press) TUE ATTENDANCE. 1828, Assets, $1,672,000. New Yonk, May 27.—The Brooklyn City Court- CARRIAGE MANUF'G 00. g .$__’. d room was mors deugely packed than usual this €. 0. TEX BROEKE, Agont. moming, and the numbor of Iadice in attend- i, ‘Suoeessar. ance was very largs. MMr. Doecher and bis wife wero early in theic sonts, whilo tho plalntilf came in & fow minutos bofors the opening of tho QOourt. Judgo Nellaon instructed the audlence to keep porfectly quict, in ordor thnt not only they shiould hesr tho counsel, bus that the jury alio aliould hoar him. ‘TIL ADVOCATE'S NEEDA, Mr. Evarta thou roso and bayan his address, 1o said that whatever diversities the trisl might present, tho solicituds of an advocato knew no end. ‘Therowasovorything in thiscaso that should make ovory ona think what he would desire aud what he misses bimself, Ono would wish for some of the fabulous powera—n Lundrod oyes to pry lato every fold aud crovice of this teati- mony, sud draw forth every fact; ono would wisli for ono hundrod hauds to hold up tho wholo maes of it, and thon that he might divide it mo that somo fingers-ond there might ba each passage which would tkrow light upon it; one would wish_that he bad that power of rea- son that could grasp the mass of evidence, separate its oro aud purge [t of all dross, and Tos nos ono pennyweluht of all the gold of truth in it. Then he would wish for the grontes: power, the elojuence that would loap from moyth to ear, = It lhaw boen true in this case, from tho time whon tho scundal burst, #o far as the individual ‘!:ELI were coucorned, the dofendant and tho ly Warerooms—Nos. 183, 185, 187 Wabash-av, Manufactery—Cer, Ann & Randalph-sts.s CEIICAGO. TO RENT. OFFICHEHS TO RENT IN THE TRIBUNE_BUTLDING. INQUIRE OF WILLIAM C. DOW, WO0D'S HOTKL, Nou. 34 aud 36 East Washington-at,y BE0. C. -CLARKE, gt 8 and 4 Bryan Block, The above-named old and well-known y in prepared to issuo policies on atl of desirable risks in OChicago or vi- REAL ESTATE. Rich Farming Lands' FOR BALE VERY CHEAP BY TEE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD GO, NOW I8 THE TIME To saours A TIOMP: in the Great Contral Helt ef Popula~ ‘tion and Wesltn and on the line of the World's Lighwey. 8,000,000 ACRES IN EASTERN NEBRASKA, In the Great Platte Valley! NAD NOT RECEIVED THAT CHAMTY Goods, THE GARDEN OP THE WEST ‘which tho Seriptures taught, 12uropo had been Ogpita el Letor & 0o Mt M toy bt tryiog Ammerics, and Now York hiad beew trying 980, 8, PALMKT, o.#pnos, i et B e B ey e et o Syt e ek, Proprietor, 13 I 3 the Congrogationalsts, an attor oou Late of Gity Lotah) O1 ot ‘ohtaified from ALl the Agorta of e B e mech $2 PER DAY. “TIE PIONBER,” - too, wen you como o conador Ao do- endant as piaced in the common attitude o L A&?&‘flfi‘:"fi.’fm“:‘.‘;‘&“ E&?"i:‘fl-fil *Fr .‘-‘x“.s’sm civil Justice of the country, s once thare was FINANCIAL- cants, Address 0.F. DAVIS, a0 1mmense expuusion of public expectation ay 1and Commbmionor U, P. R. R., Omabs, Neb. Lake View Property. I will subdivide my clegantly-improved to womt could be doue, or should be dous,. by such a men, how he could not safely retloct upon the proposiion that the guilé muss bo proved, sud the nccused, against whom tho charge was not proved, was dischiargod as inuo- cent, from human testimony, The proposition was taken that uulceas be could aflirwuatively Tha First National Gold Bank OF BAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. $2,000,000 GOLD, Blook at Lakoe View into six paroels, giving 1 i i . TIOOPER. % | prove his inuocence as cloar ¢ it would appear CAMUEL, MORT: | soed Witk shrbbery, and il sonoize NG | at the Judgment Day, the twial bad failed of bis 0OLWORTIL | OABH of those who'will bufld on_onah purgatlon, ‘Take the polnt (said Mr, Evarts) whep the scan- dal, as » matter of luspaction and wiae dafibera- tion, came fu. His cliont, Bosclior, was subiuitted to judgmeuts which lind nothimg to do with tha are 1 6 dwell th at least E’!EO%B‘ Qo1 8 dwolling worth at loas FIV. * 8. H. XBRFOOT, 61 Doarbora.st. CORRESPONDENTS. BARING BROTHERS & CO. OHARTERED MERCANTILE BANK U¥ INDIA, LONDON, ASD CHINA. Fs case, ‘Llie idle profligates of Naw York belisved OITINGUER & 00, FOR SALL. thio scandal. Many gaod poople woudered why rnownulwuwl‘(ggmmn. CIIEAP AT (hn:{:’llur y“““.‘.‘f.‘x".‘:‘.“g”" with a woman. Tho TESSE, NE N wicked clusncs a DUNCAN, BHERMAN 4 CO, LUDWIG'S, WY HAD KNOWN 1T ALWAYS," BOSTON .BLACKSTONE NATIONAL BANK. 100 Marketest., and wers glad to sce their opimons were being OHICAGO.....FIRST NAT;ONLL:“I"K- dosiils Near Madison. .ncapudl { L:l:e xfiomblenou»hcl:u’u‘ Mnna Oollootk tanded to and prompt returns made at' ersona looked on Beecher's robust frame an fowest market rates of Excha DUNDBE Couciuded that his phpaical sirongth bug ovor- como hix sonse of duty sud religion. Al over the country thers was a certain rosponsibillly thrown over the caso and ovar Lcechor. Coun- sel thon referred to a lotior which appoared in & ‘Weatern paperinrolation to tis case, and which held that the man who hiad done ro much for re- ligion, and had such & drain on his mors! sys- tewn, was entitled to indulge toa hitle extent auyof hisdesires. Mr, Evaris said that this was & weak argument, Now, many men_ would bLave boen ahocked when Tiltou ‘aud Moulton callod thom adulterers, but Boeclior contluned his Bluster’s work. Otherssaid, * What a shiook- ing thing it was that Mrs. Boscher should atteud this scandal trial whore sho woutd hear so much reviling of one she loved,” and a group of Phari- secs andertook to saver tho marriage relation ay well a4 tho Apostolic vow. Cougssl beliovad when this groat proacher camo to give his tostie n‘xlouy at tho lase day and render up his taleuts, they Creamery Butter. Igia) Fair. Shioned f e Paely e Oovats (Y u’aul.t mfi{fm S Wanted, [ Fronoultions from owners of lota t0 erect & b utlding, 30410, auitable for ocoupanor Ly s Firo Ty i of buildings aliondy atacted d bulldiog to for five d Union MONEY T0 LOAN gn O‘Elum QOlty I'rap-.r:yn-n—lilx::pro"d Ppre- rred. DATEAD % OB, 165 LiaBalla-at. CHICAGO MORTGAGE LOANS, JOSIAIL ¥X. REBD, % Nusssuat,, Now York, ropresentsd by . AVERY & CO. D asaiion I:I(?hiclln Firat-class fucilitics nns in London. MISOELLANEOUS. REMOVAL. After this date our offioe will be looated at o 3. 84 Washington-ot-y ool S & corT, ‘Attornoya-at-Law. _ JOHN G. ASHLEMAN, JEWEBLER, 138 SYATE.ST., BECOND FLOOR. SHOULDER BRACES: THE “CENTENNIAL” 3 SHOULDER BRACE. e e smnmmnminnnn, suce Patrol, or from 1 altor the It i wrting e i eatert poned ‘with akd Priaklig, ovnee & oominunication will be T e }‘! CRITCHELL, © . N, JA: Committes Fire Ins, Patrol Chicago Bosrd of Under- wslters, WANTED. A number of Drick and Blone Masous o go 8 shory die- anca Ly souniry. Apply at Burke's Kuropuan Hotel, be- twaon ¥ and 12 0'clock w.day. COLLEOTION AGENC WOULD NOT D% TOUND WANTIXG, nor was thora evonu six months ot tho Boacher trial foat to him, ‘T'ho flrst importaut prowulga- tiou in thiy case grew out of the Woodhuil pub- lication, ‘T'he next promulgation that gave rise to a popular accoptatility of its source was tho publication of the Bacon letter by Tiltou hiwm-. self. lr. Evarts thon referred to tho appoiut- ment of tho Clurch Comwmtnittes, and said those who know of tho charges were examinod ; tho evidonce way weighed, aud the results wero iuads knowa, . Tilton sccommodated horself to the position she beld as a wife and mother, as PUSEL T O oy il e eotir o siruus | agaluat her church and pastor, gave an sccount Seproovment eu gl otber Siguider Braces o the | Srbensse, figuidaiing thoss aulyof long siudids whick | exonersting Beecher frow Laving improper sox- ,fl:n Maulsstured by Bastlest; Butmau & | are provecutyd, nos Mo its nto " AGRNGY, ™ | ual rolations with ber, aud clearivg sud viudie EEYH ARG Pl " Cacias Busd and Momruasla. | cating bet own hionor,” Bascher, 90, Was ezemie S R R e e D R 8 e @ b e g R i e CHICAGO, FRIDAY, ined snd cross-exsmined. The verdict of the six men (sald congonel) forming the Committes was one that should bave BATISFIZD ALL NIONEST AND CAXDID MINDS. At Inat wo had como to s direct submtssion of tha cauno to the tribunals of justice. The piain- ST takes liin cholce a8 to what court he should come, and tho defondant has to submit to the courso tho caso bas takon, Theno eminent Iaw- 7ota o Lud catriad thie cane along for plaiatit had brought proat advantages to bear on tho cane. Leechor was left to take whataver ha could got among what wae loft of legal Inmiu fer, They had “boon engazed for fivo month whan tho weather was aa cold ua the night which introduced tho Moulton aud Beachor frisndslup, and now they had got into warm weathior liko that of the 24 of June on which Mra. Bloulton amotherad Mr. Beechor's griof wilh an afghan, No offenso could bettor bs charged agsinst Boecher by Tilton thau thls, and he found & woman who was o bo the meapeguat 1 hix (Tilton's) own wife, the woman who, he aaid, was ‘“as jure as pold,” and he (Tilton) awore tbat sho was 8 pure woman, such an divine grace alone conld make; but he swors that ho would nirike Boccher to the heart and pureue him to the grave, aud there was Lo ro- #ource liko this, Leocher, the otlar parts, who faced the accusation, lios stood as & city on & hill 1n tlis community for twenty-five years, Whataever e wasto theChristian world ; ‘what- aver he wan {0 Europo and tho United Htates ; whatevor hio was to Christian faith: whatever he was to tho moral scheme of our Furoposu and American socicty ; whaterer he was 1o the social and poiitical lutercats; all kuew and undorstood ~ that was to tha poople of DBrovklsn » man about whom they bad sometling as good, aa sure, as prolonged tentn of what s was us it is possible in human sffuirs, and uuless we have iLo ponetration of tho Divine Eye to discurn buman qualities, All these Mr, Beechor had becn expused to for a long period of hia residenco here, DBut tho jury would find, s they went on with the cauke, that ln evory page of this busi- nous the attack wud KOT AGAINST DEECIER, i Lut on publio morality, Boecher was known in thio cumuunity moro than aoy other man in 1t. He never could make s socret walk, or take a secret drive, or go in privacy to any picture- gallery or place of nssembly, where, whether Lo knaw tho paopla ‘or not, tliete wero not cyes and oars that wero roady to catch whstever might be shiowa in his demeanor or his _addrees, lin pursuera in this cane wore Tilton, Moulton, and Mru, Moulton, Tholsw gave xction only to the busbaud, and bhe was tbo plaintiff ia the suit, Meny wera the conferonces botwesn him aud these atlior partios in relation to the case, We wora now brought to consider tle form and oature of the crimo imputed. It was so- duction—the seduction of s married womun during a period when ahe bore children to hor Lusband. Was thero any Worae crime thau that ? Was thero n crime that was visited with worse Judgment from all kinds of mon thao this? The plaintiff left no obscunity., He bad made his chargo, and loft no improbability as to its uature in the words which ko used frow Lis bank, whiclh was inexhsnetible—words that, it ba could make thewmn dovetail togethor in phirwsos and seusences, be thinke vonld CARRY CONVICTION WITH THEM. Counsel know, whon he board all tho plaintift's teetimouy ou the ntand, thiat tho devil of i hies Liad played lum (Titon) the same trick that hu m;{ud ou all lus devoteos. Intollectunl trmits Tiad framed this charge were to bo despised. **Mark the features of the chargo—blagphemy and perjury, whole decaloguo is reut asunder by & woman who (s most lovely and pure throngh all, and a man who is now the groatest preacher of tho gospol of lovo,—~a man whoso life wag ransacked in vamn by cross-ox- swination.” Now you begin to nee how, whon s man bogins by solf-worsbip, a4 Alr. Thiton did, aud which, as Tshull show you, is the sourco of all Lis woea; when Lo finds no greater than himsolf; nothing that be can point to with roverence.and do- votlon; when he fiuds iiat ho cowmos to the couclusion slmost necessary, and permentos his wholo oconduct and speech, that bo can thrast his laws of Luman rospousibility and Ins tests of intelleciuality upon the rest of moukiud; ho thon illustrates that short aud pithy charactorization of pride, wud its_extromo denunciation, 'bo fool has waid in his heort thore f¢ no God.” e eays: *'There I8 no moral government in tuis world that looks out for man; thoro is nothiug that keeps society togethor but constablos, aud jails, and baud- cuils, Thore is mothing that keeps virtuo iu women except imprisonment in harems— eunucs for matrous, aud duvnops for the mnnide,” That is tho government of tho world, and the doctrines and propositions of this man's caso must prevail upon o, or else you must find that faith in Kumln paturo “and bumblo depoudence upon Duviuo protection remsin ss they now are, the basis zud glory of our refined, aud virtuous, and atrict socioty, and of the relation of man to man and man 10 God Rocees. Affer the rocoss Mr. Evarts reaumed argu- mont. He suid the incredibility of so tlagrant and holnous an imputation upon two excellent porsons, as Lo was justified in prosouncing thoso partie irtespoctive of this Emputatiou, was sought to be moditied by plsintiff BY CEDTAIN QUALIVICATIONS, which would commend tho clarge to hnman crodulity, By malinug it out that good peraons could eommit evil, aud sea in it no barm, the first step was taken to this end. But tiua call- ing avil good and good ovil was the last stage of the dissoluto and tho wicked. Good men might do wicked things, snd bad men might do good thiogs; hut woe to him whodrew from this the inferenco so ineulting to tha Daity, that botweon good and evil thero wan no distisction. They sald tnat this lady never did anything which™ she bolioved to Lo wrong ; that sho was always puro-minded ; that sho Lud 1o carusl 1nchnation to Ler fiame, and that whe nover discovered sho Lad violated her 10aT113ge YOW UNTIL SIE BEAD A NOVEL; {n which thero was no mullerl, Lut_the entan- glement of a womau's atfections for a priost, which mtorferad with bor whole devotion o ker busbaod, Mr, Becolior, according (o tue prose- cution, mald that he sinied not through luat, but through love—elovating, punfving, uusellistlove. if he had auy adu.terous inter- course with Ara, Tilton it was meraly circum- wtantial, strongthouing bis mind foe the conyer- sivn of ainners, snd Lifting hun uearer to God. Aocording to Tilton's tostimony Lie oncs thought Boocher s man of great iutolleot, groator even thau his own, but Lo outgrew this, aud placod Beocher's strongth in his great moral qualitics. ‘Ihiess wero winat uiade biw grestor than Bumuor, Greuloy, and Titon, Tlose woro what induced liim to ebgage in what ho tarmed BACBAMENTAL ADULTERY, introduced and terminated by prayer. Mr. Lvarts asked the jary 40 luok at tho folly of thia uttempt tomake toe charge seam credible Dy making scuitery seem immaculaie. Aduitery wis & thlug which touched the fustitution of marslage, and clnldron and cluldron's children wera utoreatod that the proof iu_reguid to it should be plein aud conviucing. It was divine luw, that wheo the fathors had esten wsour giapoa the culldron's teoth should be sot on odge. Now, what sort of adultery waa this which took placa betwoon who purest sud best who rommned pure and good after it Lad taken placo? Who could prevent this sort of miraculous sdultery from gewing wito families, and who could ward off the charge of its commlssion? In rogard to this sort of miracle, ho was retainded of the cartoon pub- lishad 1 Funch reprurn(lnfial Bundsy-dclool boy and his tezcher., I'ho boy did mot kuow what a miracle was, and the iwnsster sskod bin 1d say {f Lo saw the sun shiotog in o buy roplied Lie should say it was “iut," “said the waster, ‘4f a mau you v was the suuir" wir, "1 should wsay bo [Laughter.) “But if I " should you it was the sun—I, who nover lia 2" +* Pleawy, bir, § sbould think you wete drunk." [Laughe tor.] Ho, iu this case, the jury were saedto bollove that the cliaste moom, shiniug iu the pure hoaven of the roligious world, was A HLAZING BUN OF ADULTERY, Thoy would at once declsre that it wss the woon; but bere Theodore Tilton came alung aud emd: “ I, Sir Marmaduke, doclare it is tlia sun of adulte What would the jury +a) to him? He belioved thoy would say he liod, [Laughter.] [us Frank 3onlton came nest, Ls Awho sover told & lie, aud waid; *Oua the honor ot Sir l’nill‘ Sidnof, L doclare b is tho sun or adultery.” What could the jury ssy to bim but that bo was drunk 7 [L.sughter.] Lunch's catecistn cudod liero, bug thero was & third wituees i (bis . caso~Mrs. Moulten, tho wifo of Bir Philip Hidney, the swteriy fricud of bor frioud, and of Mud. Tilton, ihs, (oo, de- clared that this was the bllmng suu of ldfill- . 1o this ith all the politencss which {16 boy Gould soamumaud, be thought b would be ebliged 10 sy, * Msdam, you bave been sune MAY 28, 18756. struck and doo't know the sun from the moon.” [Laughter.] Whenever you eatablish the prapo- :)A’n:n that thewe broachos of external morality A THREATEN THE YENY FABRIC OF ROCIZTY, the purity of the family, can occur without pre- limiuary moral degradation and prostitution, without being accompanied by the intlammation of low deairens aud triumph of flesh over spirit ; can ba practiced with ths maintousuce of alf active benevolencen and the exhibition of all the boautiful virtuos of lifo, you hiavo struck & blow, not at Ir. Beechier, not at Mrs. Tilton, but your own wives aud jyour own daugnters, Why do you rear thomn In the distinction be- twoen the wire aud the foolish wirgina? And If the wse virgius, with thelr lamps trimmed and burning, are be left in outer darkness, and the wedding-foast closed agsinst thew, why do you look at the growing beauty of the face and form aod feol safe? Wero wo to discard tho divine mentiment on which our socioty hal rested for no long & time ? Were we to abandon thelr precopts and go back to the oid pnyeicsl law of personal security? 1f rl A:’;udonod thete precopts wo would have o gol A WIYE-DEPOSIT COMPANY, and iave s paramour-alarm, by which we might Le l‘:mmunm to tholr presetico in caso of ne- cesmity. Counsel then turned to the requirements of the law. To meet such a cane aa this by tho Englich Inwr tuat confemsions aloue were not suflicieut grounda for tue dostruction of the marrisge rola- tion, but ouly proof of the fact, proof of sciual bodily contact was roquired ; proof of conducs, dispowition, adulleruus purposes, eutanugle- meut of affections, and of tho opportu- nity of compuclonship and personal con- tact with socurity, wora absolute taetbods of proving the bodyof tho orima, It wasn mis- take to nay that proof of the body of the crima wan hot foquired, 'Those wero roquired by our law, nnd it was neces:ary un thoso facts, thus proved, accompauying confersious of partios, that au adequata gionnd for s vordect could be fouud. Thero was not mucl grouud, said coun- wel, for a sult of divorce iu tius ceso. Counsel apoke of THE YONCK OF BROOKLYX LPITRET applied to this trial, and said the beet method of testiug the bridio botween New York aud Irook- Iyn was to send a train loadod with theso epi- thots ovor it, and if 1t stood theas it would stund soything. Thin was an {asue whetber 3Ir. Bescher, who stood for this couutry iu tho height of hor ex- tremity agawst all Lngland, aud faced the jeors aud cat-calls of great crowds of Englisk gentlemon of the beticr clase, nud faced them down—what no snglo voice or man ovor did for a nation since the world began ; whether Lio was thet beast 1ooso, coarse and loathed, that would enable the Enghish people to return the taunt that a jury discovered thiat his courage was uot of the soul ; whethier they wero to say by ther verdict that this man, whom every mranger who had been 1n thu Court-room do- sirod 10 grasp by tho hand, that be wos » man who lhunfil ba excluded from &l companionalip, xad that he could premeditato a persistont, cool geduction of » 1arried womau. A vordict, said counsel, of € cents would be as disastroua to Mr., Beechor in this case aa a vor- dict of $100,000, aud their verdict could not bo o divided one, but must ither be for plsiudff or defendaut, Mr., Evarts said they would now LOUR AT TUE LAW OF CINCUMSTANTIAL EVIDEXNCE, which ba sxplauied to the jury, quotiug from & legal volume & portion of au opimiun in the caso of the people against Beunett. The plaintff, aaid counsol had not failed to prosent proofs looking to conviction from any delicicy. 1o did not hesitate to briug Joseph Hichards hero uuder charge of tho Cowrt. Ie did not bomtato to bring & pauper womsn frum tho wards of a houpital to repeat her lies befors themn, whou sho awore hero that on ono occasion sbe heard Alr. Beochor ssk 31rs. Talton how sbo feolt, to wiich sha repliod: *Father, dear, I fool s0-80." Counsel did not knoswr but that “so0-s0” EIVIY vo:g wditferent expression of how sho felt. Another witness was also brought here who awore to seecing Becclier on the duorateps of Mra, Tilton's house at 8 in the morniog, wait- tug for sume person to opieu tho door, aad there was Do evidenco tuat3irs. Tilton was ia the house, or what Mr. Boecher went for. When iichards comes on tho stavd, bio AYOLOTIZES TO THIK COURT AND JURY, #rid couneol, for what he hud to say, and wanted to relato something elso than that he was aslted for, 1 order to show the impreasion that the occurronco he saw at his sister's had made on All that ho saw happen on that occasion whea lie wont thero was thi . Beocher aud Mrs. Tilton wore conversiog, and, wheu ho came in:r) tho room, they withdrew away from one an- other. ‘T'he Court here adjourned, Tho Tribune has tho following comments on Mr, Evarta’ address: +{3r, Evarts pictured sedaction and adultery in the blackest colors, and dwelt npou tho hoi- nousnesn of the offenso with which Boecher was charged, inmsting that by law and justice 1t shouid be proved with the utmost clearuess in order to be establishod. Tilton's conduct, in continuing 1o live with his wife for several yoars after tho time of the allegod sdultery, was cirongly condemned. “ Near tho closo of tho sfternoon seesion Mr. Evarts began to take up the tostunony of somo of tho witoceses in detail. The evidenco of Brasher, ono of the plaintiff'a witnesses, who swore that he had secn DBeechor on Tilion's stepa st an early bour in the forenmoon, wak first subjocted to soalysie. Tho 1doa that, becsuse teccher was seon rtanding at Tilton’s door at 8 o'clock a. m., waiting for the door to be opensd, thers was prosumptivo proof of adultery, was ridiculed with a groat deal of bumor, ‘flie evidence of Richards, the brotuor of Mrs, Tilton, that ho had sesn Beecher and Mrs. Tilton in Tilton’s parlor eitting cloee together, and that Mra, Tilton h startod confusedly away from Deecher when ber biother eotered the room, waa also considerod. Evarts pontod out the nlfu‘s;od inconsiatency be- tween Mr, Tuchards’ cordial groeting to Beecher und Mru, Tilton, with the 1dca that what he had d Jed him to suspect his sister of adul- g FACTS AND GOSSIP, BOWEN OX RICHARDS. Independent, May a7, Aany of onr readers wiil doubtless romambar Mr, Joeoph H. Richards as a former publisher of tho Independent. Whileoceupying that position, we have abundant roason for knowing tbat Lo performed hiy duties with rare fidolity snd zea), s well as with the etrictest intearity, 1le re- tred noarly ten yoars mgo, to bocomo the puv- lisher of the Aation, and bhas wmnco occupled other positions of trust and reaponsi- bility. We bad known of him some years before, appointiog him as our publisher, and have known him more or lesa iu the way of business until now, and wo have no hesitation in maying that he is & man abuolutely above re- proach, against whom thero Las nover been the shglitest whisper of suspicion, and one whoso honor aud integrity are absolutely unquostioned, r. Richards for tweuty-five yesrs has bocn & devoted and constant Clristian, and, in the various churches with which Le Lns boen con- neoted, has boon houored with important sod trusted positions, ia all of which ho has shown a zeslons snd exemplary Chris- tiay life, As o scholar in tho Sands-Btreet M. E. Church Sunday-school of Brooklyn, he was an ntimato friond, s woll a8 oue of the {avorites, of tho late lon. Mosos I, Odoll, and aftormardbocame Saporintendant of the Sun- day-school coonecred with the Ilust Siract A, E.” Church,—a poeition which ho occupied for sovoral yoars, Ile is now the Superiutandout of the M." E. Church Buuday-schuol at his roscut residonce in MMoutclsir, N, J., aving annually been ro-locied to that po- aition for ucarly ton years. Ho is as fondi; cherishod and as highly esteamod by his school to-dav ns b any tinie in the Eut. and, in fact, thoro {s not onw scholar iu the Bundsy-school, nor a Christian man or woman with whowm ha assaciates lu church-followship, that would outortain the slightest suspicion of Lis voracicy or of the complete excollence of lus character. Judgo V'ortor, 1n suwming up before the jury in tho trial of Tiiton vs, Heecher, hay mada every cffort to place Mr, Richards in a false light bofore the public, and, in view of this fact, wo writo, witiout hlnt or *suggestion from any quartor, these words in his dojonus, 8o far a8 the oditor of this journal is concorned, it is proper tostate that ho has uevor Lad sny cone Yorsation or commuunicstion whatover with Ar. Richards iu relation to the scandal, havi much respect for Lis feolings even to that un}nleuml subject to lim., The mslignant tliugs of Judge Portez are a disgrace to the legsl wnn. snd bave doae more damage (0 Ar. tuaa oan well be estimated, RELIGIOUS. The Fourth Day's Session of the Methodists at Evanston, Meeting of the Board of Trus- tees of the Garrett Theo- logical Seminary. Towa Episcopalinns Hang Fire on the Bishop Question. The Illinois Congregationalists Want a Religlous Daily Paper. No Ecumenical Council for the Synod of the Reformed Church. The Northern Presbyterians Dep- recate Costly Church Editic Intornational Y, M. C, A. Convention at Richmond, THE METHODISTS, THE GATHERING AT EVANSTON, FOURTI DAY'M EXENCISES. Yeuterday wau the fourth day of the exercises in connection with the Commencement of tho Garrott Blblical Institute, and tho Pastors’ Theological Union, which have sttracted some 200 Methodist clergymen to Evauston, who, ofter a night devoted 10 the refroshment of their phynical enorgics, rosamed the diecussion of sucl abuorbing intorest with renewed ardor and unabated zeal. 'Iho atmoephere of sobriety and the porvadiug bibheal inftuence which exist to such =n eminent degreo in Evanston appear surprisingly conducive to theologieal discussiou, and most eficacious 1o protracting au iolerest in the all-umportaut mnbjects of peychology, mataphysics, and all other intel- lectual condsiderations of a rimilur character, Thuy assembled at 9 o'clock 1o the Methodist Chueeh, and histeved attentively to an able ad- dress by Dr. Ilemecnway, of Garratt Diblical Institute, on * Chndtian Hrmoe” This addross was succeodnd by another from Dr. Nindo, of the Garrett Biblical tustitate. on “THE COSDIZIUSE OF ACCKPTAMIATY IN THE TULPIT," bearing upon tho carrout demand for minjsters who, to uso the common expression, will **draw," It was at the preseat day wn essential requimto in a preacnor that he draw and hold the pouple, ‘Thoro were #ome wen of marked genius aud ye- culisr magnetium who accomplished this end 5 but tho important quoxtion—tho vitel ono forthe Church—was, tlow sbould men of ordinary pow- erd and ntellect sccomplish this ond? In sug- gestiug theae roquisites, ho claimed for them 1o ori:lnsht{‘- thoy conmsted of threo pointg: tho reacher bitonol?, what he eaid, and how he said t, Inrepard totho first point, the ‘prejudice of the people should bo avoided; wonls from ano man wmight domand more sdmiration than from anothor. Earness picty lay at the root of sttractivo preachisg; tho puipit pos- eorscy no stronger power than this—ita sajntli- neee. ‘Tho fact that a mau's words flovod from the fount of God adorned them with sttraction, diguity, oud power. Auotbor point was warm- heartednens ; soma preschers attiact men to thom a8 by & magnet by tho manifestation of truo beartfolt 1otoroat for all. Buch a one looked into the hearts of hin congrogation with true and earnest love. Lot the pastor learn the warm ardor of love for his peaple. A repu- tation for studiousness oceasioned sespoot, and lovo was unstable nninepirsd by respact. = Lot men know that sermons wero tho fruit of earncat thought. ‘The attractive powor of the prsacher, hosw- ever, was greatly woditied by what be uaid. Ono of the difiicultien to meet was tho collection of matter. Tho questiop was, **What shou'd the preachier proach about 2" and the ansser was, tliat his topics should bs Bzriptural, interosting to bimself, or caloulated to intcrest tha throng, But let him remembor that ho was God's eervant, and must do the honest wark of God who sent him. Inorder that the subjoct might meat theso requiremonts, the minister inust bring his mind into closo communion with the spirit of God'a word, thus becoming intercsted in bis work, and hie would render it so to Lis auditors. With his own {uterest aroused, he would move his audi- eoce ; a thorouglly enthused man never failed to effoct this end. ~ It was not for God's emlesary to consult tho popular tasto, Preaching should havoe a three-fold oharacter: it should fret Instruce, tolline bow and why sin was hurtfal and grace’ helpful; it should revesl the myatery of humau life, postray the dopravie ty of sin, and throw light -on the common eir- cunistauces of life. Itshould arouse thio con- selenco by manly denunciation, Weneod a faith- tul, persiateut preaching to tho cousciauco. Public safety wad due to cho publie consvience, #uch sppeals shonld bo attouded by appeals to tho hoart, Even the sharjiest denunciation shiould contain a plrit of conciliation, But what & wan’ said owed wmuch ot its infin- enco 10 the mannor in whbich 1t was dulivercd, Cultured people were fastidions, Lo meet tuis, » roasonable attention elionld be pald to the man- uor of diction and wmodulatiou of the voice. An essential roquisito was logical diction and ar- rangemont. But ono power exieted bardly de- fiuable ; the outward presentation of tho hiddvn soul—the divine anoluting of God, which shony out in the faca and flows forth from the soul, ‘This address was succoeded by ono from n DI, BANNISTLL, Christ's Preaching ¢ tho Sphiite fn Pria- ‘Tho Doctor bogan by stating tho Bible wae not an ohsoure Look, though there may bo some poiuts costatned thorein of that character, Tho humber of such obscurition was continually ba- ing diminishod. Fow paesages bad woro diver- eity of Interprotution thau that portaining to Curist's prenching fa the apirits 1o priyon iu tho lower world. As regarded tho™ difiiculty of this passage, it lay oot so much {u the ground tonor of the passage, but the doctrinea relating to Chrlut's esistenco aur- ing tho ontombment. Tho pasmage, as found in TPeter, way an exhortaten to Chastinns not to b disconrased by muflaring iu woll-doing, and citing the fact of Cliriat's having sulffered on the crom, and afterwarda preached to thows dae stroyed at the time of the Yood, after which ilo ssconded into Heaven and experionced the ro- ward, at the right hand of Uod, for His suffer- ings, At this time, the hour being so late, the Doctor ceasod the discussion. aud the hearers rotited to matisfy tha demands of nature, At 2 o'clock, afters bnof juterval for respira. tlou aud dinner, thoy again roturned to tlo charge, and directod their aitoution to s con- sideration of tho **METHODS OF REVIVAL WORK," at presented by tho Rev. F. M. Caldwel), af Joli- ety 11, 1o hegan by etating that tho great work of the Church bad been accomplished by grand uphoavals, 'Tho Apustles, the saiuts, aud mar- tyrs prayod fur sud offected great revivals. ‘luo warks of Wesloy and Lusher showed that a great deal of their work was dirocted to this eud. At the Rovolution a groat wave of inticelity swapt ovor thia country, but at the earuest prayers of His emssarios God saved Americs, aud who was now a Christian land, avd Paino snd Lis adher- onts wero a nonentity, Hy revival work it was sccomplished, AMothodism was tho child of ro- vivalisu, though in a less degreo thuu fermorly § but praise bo to God, revivals wero not eutirely obliterated ; if not perennial, they wera vcca- sional, 1t awakened powerfully {u eiuners con. viotions of sin, and rovivitled "dormant Chris- tiaus. After this the following resolution was adopt- in respouse to tho NATIONAL TEMPERANCE CONVENTION Beaotved, That we cordially socept ths invitation w. Goavanilon, sud will gersozally, {ar ad press v = g & B . 5 s = NUMBER 277, = y Hotbl vt sane . cabl ~nd tassestone and lend owr st wnd )fl;n'\ na X‘l’nTDltllnnflol'l :llll nflah‘anddihfllflm i ol to pecq s e 2 5 aifhg evil shall e Laninbod feom onr 1end =7 rance and righteousnesa ovor all pravail. TH 4w/ BTEPS OF GANRETT BIDLICAL INSTITUTE, and © vititora interested, then convoned in ll’lfle‘...., 4l chapel, for tho trausaction of bLuul- A papor was presentad by tho 1soard of Visttors advisory of thoiuternal conduct of the nstitutfon, expressing approval of the couras of the Facul- ty aod the standard of the institution; itsmoth- ods of Instruction hoing consfdered’ thorongh and carefal ; gratification was also exprossed at the devout pioty pervading the Iuatitution. Ths Board of Instraction la slso considarad eminent- Iy quatified for the woik. Homo lack of thor- oughnera in ozogesis among tho students was otkertad, which waa cousidered attributablo ta deficioncy \n_training provious to entering the Instituticn. Tho Iatter clauso occasioned soma discusnion, g . Dr. Bannister, Prosident of tha institution, thon prosontud THE ANNUAL REPORT, tho summary of which is a8 follows: The number of students in the sonior claus 18 sevea: teen, three of wham aro in a apecial course, the romaindor in tho full course, Tho ¥aculty have adopted tho experiment of uniting with the annivarsary otercises the pro- armigued casays, ‘Ilie attondance during the year exccodcd cxpectation, Tloy are ploased with the concurrence of the 'Theological Union aud the annivarsary of tho Inetituts, and greot ths visiting brothron. Tuo Faculty bave pro- cured the services of different lecturers during the year, the course nubering fourteen, Thoy alao recommend to the Truatees certain mom- bors of the clasa for certain dogrees, according to their courne of study, Dr, Hemeuway also prosented s report por- taiving to tho Library, advisory as to the char- acter of the books to be proeured. More vol- umes are desirable, and should Lo immedistely oltained, TIIZ. TREASURER'S REPORT an presented by Orrington Lunt, Esq., was ag follows: Total 5ru:tll?fn of income from 1856 to May, i Conferanco speciaity reifef. $a1! Amount paid for aslaries aud expenses for rutiniui inalitution, interost axessments, repairn, and loss,... veerersearensenc S210,208.37 Sbowing that the fnstitution has since its be. ginning only expended €3,321 over ita Income, but 1n roality hos kept within it, thore befug fuore than this dus for rents, otc, Amount expended for Luilding Heck Hall..$ 53,784.00 014 Garrest Bullding, burted, . .' e Now Garrett Luilding L 1054581 7, 217,31 Insursnce roce Chicago Methodlst rellef, AMortgage lustlau e erenns $219,813,5¢ ‘This lnst acconnt is ontirclv ontside of thepro- ceding one, Thero is no floating debt, but a wortgage loan on the Chicagoproperty of $92.052 The property of the institution amounts to 5,778 over indebtedness, 'fhe report for the year, from May, 1974, te May, 1876, iy Teceipta.,.. Expenditures, & 'I'his discrepancy is attributable to o docrease in rents receivod at the panie, with mno cor- reeponding decreaso in necea-ary oxpeneos, ‘Lhe "Trustees, thorefore, look to sotio means of re- ducing said expenses. At 7 o'clock in the ovening “tho body of the Methodis: Chiureh was crowdod to it ample ca- pacity, by one of Lvanston's most intellectual audieuccs, sugmontod by tho nimerous body ot vi-itiog ministers, ali of whot listened with in- terest aud attention to the EXERCISLH OF TIE ORADUATING CLASS, ‘The performance was very properly opened with prayer and intorspereed with a liboral allowance of music, Mr, Edwin C. Arnold first mounted tho rostrum, and dolivored in a becoming aud creditapla manner his viows on * Ieart-Power." Mr. W. IL Chynowoth noxt procecded to develap some rational viewa on * Sunsationalism.'” He was succeeded by J, W. Duncan, who gavo somo practical viows on **The Model Preacher.” Mr, A, M. Gould next discoursed on the * Christinn Stoic," after which Mr, W, I Hotmes spoke on tho **Need of the Church.” Mr, Chatles Leach noxt portrayed the **‘The Meroic in Garibaldl." W. J. Minmm auu:’yzod “The Ploneor,” After bim A. 1L’ Needham ably discussed *The Moral Icfluence of the Becular Pross,” B3r. J. Northup advised, with propriety, that you *' Bo Yourself," which npi‘uud moro particalarly to tho minwmter, Mr. W. B. Robinson then biog. raphized * The Prophut of Horeb,” after whick Goorge Schorb, who Iabors under tho disadyan. tago and aflliction of blinduess, rovealed, fn 1 creditable manner, *Tho Mystorious,” 3ir. John Varty closed tho performance with an ad. dress on the ** Force of 1deas,” after swhich the assembled multizude resolved 1tselt into its con- -u;:;em. purts, and repaired to ita various abodes. THE PROGRAMNE FOR TO-DAT, as noarly w4 can ba ascertained, is as follows ¢ 98, m—Quration Drawer, 10 a, ny,—* Reiation of_the Pastor to the Miratonary gpgl:un( the Church,"” Dr, It L, Dashiel, Missionary e U .Z'_n Bystemstio Theology,” Blahiop Fostor, sl TIE EPISCOPALIANS, IOWA DIOCESE, BALLOTING FOR MISHOD. Special Duvateh to The Chiicugo Tribune, CEDAR Rarips, Ia., May 27.—To-lay's seeslon of tho Episcopat Convantion has boen occupled in voting for Bishop and membors of tho Stand. ing Committeo, Ten ballots have heen cast for Bishop but without result. The clergy Lave clung to Dr, Eccloston, ho baviug rece Jority of that voto during the entire d bas beon nearly as unanimous in favor of Biehop Garrott of Toxas. Nefther sido seom yot dis- posed to yield, but it is hopod that a compro- mise eaudidato will soou be agreod upon, The election of s Btaudivg Committee was hatly contested, four out of the six having been olected. Thoso chosen ara the Itova, Parish and Truable avd Judges Gresn aud Mitchell. Much timo waa uccupled by speechmnking aud motious to adjourn, which wora imvarisbly voted upon by orders, 1t is dif- flcult to predict, at present, whom tho choice for Iisbop will fall upon. I'be clorgy scem to be detorminod to olect an Lastorn way, aud the 1aity a Woktern, — WESTERN MICHIGAM. SECOND DAY OF THE DITCESAN CONVENTION, Secral Dispatch to The Chivizo Trdune, Karamazoo, Mich,, May 37.—The Convealion worked all last eveuing and this motaing on canops. Tho Rev. B. H, Whitmore, from the Committoe on Education, reported in favor o2 catablishing two churchi-schoals in the Dioceso— oue for boys and ono for girls, Accepted. In discussing & section of tho cavons, it was do- cided to keep woman from participating iu the affairs of the Church, except in the work of mia- elons. Bovoral new canons wero adopted for more effoctual misslon work. Theodore P, Shole don was elected Troasurer; tho Rev, 8. B. Chapin Rogistrar, Tho report of the Treasurer of the Episcoval funds showed that tha total amount of the fuuds was §u9,51,75, composod as follows: Individualal uotes, 23,000; loans on roal ostate, €1,000; teal eatato, §1,400; ' unredeomed pledges, #1105 cosh on hand, §114.75, The incomie haa boen as follows: Interest on notes, 4208,60; comumisnions on loans, $i0; total, £308.60, from which had beon paid for recording amortgage 2L.25; balance, $307.85. In addie tiun the following amounts havo beon vervally pledged, but no secutity has yot been givon for ihom's_to bo paid in cash or notee, $3,910; in lsud, €2100; specist subscripuion of laud for au Fpiscopal reaidonce at Graud Rapids, 83,500; total, £30,034.75, Another report also gives in dotall tho amount received for paristies, cto, ‘I'ho alternoon scssion found tho canony stilt unfinished. Tho following wero elocted sa the Standiug Committeo: Tho Revs. Willlam 8, Stowa, J. F, Conover, Samuel Earp, and A, W, Saydor, and Messrs, Alonzo Platt, L U, Chapin, N Mr. Earp doolined, For ms—Tto Revs.Johu Coleman, Samuel Earp, J. ¥, Covover, H, B. Whitteuore, 8. 8. Chapi, J. W, Clark, A. O. Lowis, an Measru. P, R. L. Peirco. A, G, Bumith, W, B Wiliiams, D, M. Ball, were elected. Tho Reve. Couover and Earp wore excused. The nezt mooting L to bo yeld a5 Trlulty Oburch, in Maz-