The New York Herald Newspaper, July 31, 1874, Page 3

THE SCANDAL Frank Moulton and Mr. Beecher Ex- pected to Testify This Week, eh ES RO. A MERRY PREACHER. How fle Dodges the Repor- | torial Demon. aie THE SITUATION AT THE PRESENT TIME, eens What Ex-Mayor Hall Knows About the Libel Suit. A WOMAN SUFFRAGIST’S TALK. The Newspapers and the Public on the Brooklyn Query. SITUATION. ‘The situation and opinion touching the scandal ase remained unchanged yesterday, There were ‘BO new characters brought upon the stage nor ‘Was @ novel phase presented. The excitement has -evidentiy subsided, or, in other words, the commau- ity has become so completely satiated with the subject that there appears to be a general desire to keep cool and exercise pattence until the man -of mystery, Mutua! Moulton, may condescend to 0 before the Plymouth church investigating com- mittee and tell ai he knows. When this 1s done Mr. Beecher will present his statement and testify before the committee, and the world will then be enabled to judge between the innocence or guilt of the distinguished accused. It isdeemed scarcely Provable that MR, BRECHER’S STATEMENT will be made public this week, Rev, Dr. Storrs ‘Will doubtiess testily before the committee termi- Wate their deliberations. A relative of Mr. Beecher, a gentleman who did not wish his name to be published, in speaking of the apologetic let- ters of the pastor to Moulton and Tilton yesterday, €laimed that no one could read these letters, in ‘view of the real facts in the case and of Theo- Gofe’s own statement, and fail to perceive that adultery had nothing to do with the matter. “Mr, Moulton,” said the gentleman referred to, has de- clared to Rev. Mr. Halliday and others Mr. Beecher’s innocence ot any crime; and in his pres- euce Mr. Hailiday took down his affirmations in writing. Among other expressions written down Was the following:—‘I know more of this mat ter than any other man, and I know Mr. Beecher ts innocent.’ All this will appear in the evidence which the investigating committee Will in good time present to the public through the (tered If any combination hag been entered into ‘tween Frank Moulton and Mr. Tilton to rain Henry Ward Beecher, he would be the Rrasiee vil - lain of the two. Though it might possibly go hard with Mr. Beecher,” the speaker aaid, ‘‘there ts evt- dence to be produced that even Mouton and Til- ton combined could not stand against without entailing ruin upon themselves,” MR. BOWEN, though much sought after, remains at Woodstock, Oonn., evidently preferring seclusion and quiet to the charm of journalistic society upon the ques tion of the day. I& appears that about three years ago the mother-in-law of Mr. ‘Tilton, “Mre. Morse, called npon Mr, Aldea D. Spooner, lawyer, and consulted him in refer- ence to obtaining a divorce tor her daughter Elizabeth. Mrs. Tilton, however, declined to enter 1nto the proposed suit or have anything to do with it, saying she wold stand by Mr. Tilton to the Jat and hype Som Dot listen to any proposition to the contrary, “and,” said Mr. Spooner, “it is but just to all parties to state the frmnesa with which sne THE clung to her husband inst her mother. So the lea Of divorce was abandoned, and, as far as I mow, has never since been broached.’ ‘he generosity which Mr. Tilton is supposed to @ evinced in giving his wile full possession of house and effects, and “roughing it alone in Hn the world, if needs be,” appears to ve questioned | the more intimate | as somewhat insincere by friends of Mrs. Tilton, He has, it is said, REFUSED 10 SURRENDER THE HOUSE ‘until the case is over, as his domicile had become @ notorious one and he would “keep it for hie battle ground.” The libel suit was dismissed from the discussions upon the scandal yesterday, and an impression prevails that it wil be dismissed by Justice Riley on Monday next as out of place in a civil justice | curt. A LEGAL OPINION BY A. OAKEY HALL. One of our reporters, accosting A. Oakey Wall in one of the courts, inguiread whether in his long experience as District Attorney he had ever known of an interloper making a criminal com- piaint, Mr. Haii—I cannot recali an instance. The fompiainant is ether the person whose rights or property have been injured or some irienJ in nis | “necessary absence and in his direct interest. REPORTER—Bot, suppose a prosecutor refuses to prefer a complaint 1 Mr. Hati—He cannot refuse. The police au- thority or We magistrate or the District Attorney, who may ve convinced that the public weal de- | Mounds an mvesugation, can compel a compiainant to appear and be examined. Rerorver—Then you think Justice Riley should ! ‘have sent for Mr. Beecher and asked him whether be wished to prosecute? Mr. Hawt (smiling)—You are a sharp interro- )gator, For “shouid bave” say “mignt buve,” then | Yer, REPORTRR—OF he Might have dismissed 11? Mr. Hati—Nine magistrates in ven would have Gone so. Libel is notastrictly personal offence, nor @ purely public one. There 1s no statute on the | It i8 a common law misdemeanor. | snbject of libel. It 1s simply constituted an offence because the tendency of all libels is to create individual ani- Mosities and to disturb the public peace. If I re- member accurately, J think modern authorities Agree with vid Blackstone that this is the whole ‘which the law considers in allowing prosecutious for libel. Reroxren—Is there any rule of court about the jpaatiert Mr. Hat1—There is acommon usage, Onur Sn- preme Court and Uyer and Terminer and, of course, Minor magistrates imberited the common law powers oF the Court of Kings Bench in England and tributary tribunals. That Court has a rule that it will not grant an information for libel uniess the prosecutor who appl whe party libelied) makes afidavit assert: rectly and pointedly that ki charge imputed to him, Rerorrek—Which would tmply that MR, GAYNOR COULD NOT BE COMPLAINANT? Mr. Hali—I think, clearly. How could he say the libel was false and maiicious * Only the person ing di. @ 18 imnocentof the Jibelied knew that fact, This was a necessary pre- | liminary. Besides, as betore sald, it is the ten. dency 10 provoke breach ol the peace which aolely | impels criminal prosecution for hivel. authoriuies were the best judges, Revorrer—Certainly; and Mr. Gaynor contd Nardiy have expected Mr. Beecher or his friends impelled to cowhide Mr. Tilton. Do you tuink Dis- trict Attorney Winsiow could did complaint y Mr. HatL—Or the Attorney General. OC this tue RePoRTER—What do you think 0: District Attor- | mey Winsiow's impartiality io the matter? be is ® member of the so-called Beecher court. {) Mr. Hace was in office in this county when Mr. Winsiow was in ofice before in Brookiyn, have had large profesvional intercourse with He is singularly fair and calm, and asters call a “judgmatical man.” tact and discretion. nd | hima, what Down He has great Revorren—With fearlessness ? Mr. HaLi—Precigely tue Word, He will do his uty fo iriend or foe, 1 scarcely have known a #'| of Jess apparent bias. If he comes to the con- clusion Mr. Beecher is innoeent of ail beyond some | Social iDdiscretion, whereof Mr. Leecher possesses some exaggerated ethical sense, | (hesitiating.) Reronrex—You will agree with Mr. Winslow, | Mr, Hait—1 shonid be most strongly iwclined to | from my ef in bis impartial judgment. ReronkreR--Now E have pinned you in this cor ner, is there any other legal news you can give m of sats absorbing subject? | . HALL (poimiediy)—Are thoriz r tain mer 6 y)~Are you authorized to re REPORTER (grimly)-—No, only to detain you, i And here ye ey-District Avlofney and ex-Mayor ) ies for it (and by this it means | | has no pecuilar Notions on the marriage question, | and ts not in the slightest tinotored with free love NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1874—WITH SUPPLEMENT. pleasantly released Himself from HBRALD deten- wi a. A FUNNY TALK WITH MR. BEECHER, ‘The Argus yesterday published a funny interview with Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, The author of “the talk? in qnestion met the pastor of Plymouth chureh on the corner of Court and Montague streets on Wednesday Dight, and, upon accosting him, the | subjoined dialogue ensued:— “] suppose,” said Mr. Beecher, ‘yon would LIKE TO HAVR ME SAY SOMETHING!” “Well, Mr, Beecuer, 1b woud aford me profound pleasure to record anything you might be pleased to say concerbing almost any topic, but 1 would be particularly delighted to have you say something concerning yoursell in this scandal matcer,”? Mr. BRECHER—Well, if you want to interview me you cau, Come along here, if you are not other- wise engaged, and PLL TALK TO You. Mr. Beecher then took the reporter's arm and precené bd through the Beights to Mr, Beecher’s residence, “By the way,” queried Mr, Beecher, ‘1gn’t there a committee of some kind in session somewhere around here? - REPORTER—YOu Ought to know that better than do. Mr. BEECHER—Oh, not at all; for newspaper men know almost everything, or at least you make peo- ple believe so, 1 am, you know, something of a hewspaper man mysell. I @lways like to meet re- porters. There are, to be sure, some black sheep among them; but I think they will compare very favorably with any other profession in the world. This business of mine, I think, has DONE SOME OF THEM GOOD. REPORTER—Whiat do apr mean by that? Mr. BesCHER—Weil, {t has induced a good many of them to goto chu: 1—Plymouth, of course, I mean —and that does tiem good, | know, for they are Decessarily the most attentive and observing portion of the congregation, RKPORTER—Have you the detalied statement which you promised ready? Mr, BexcagR (laughing heartily) —Several others would like to know that. REPORTBR—Yes, sir; and I assure you that if you tell me maby thousands will know it belore to-mor- row night. Mr, BESCHER—Can’t you get anything out of the committee? REPORTER—Sometimes a little. Mr. Buecusn—I guess 30; there's a LITTLE LEAK THERE. RePoRTeER—Have you been belore the committee vhis alternoon? | Mr, BEECHER (facetiously)—The committee was | there before me; they generally are. | _ RerorTeER—How long do you think the members | were there before you to-day? Mr, BEECHER—Really, I did not measure it. RevORTER—Did you present them with any state- ment to-day? Mr. BEBCHER—No. T have been, am still and WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AT Ir, | Now how much do you think you can write oat of what I have been saying to you? ReroRTer—That depends uyon how much more you may say seriously. You are evidently in @ | jocose mood, but I mean business, Mr. BRECHER—I think you ought to see Mrs, Beecher. She'll tell you @ great deai more than 1 feel disposed to—Won't she Henry? (addressing hig son who waiked the other side o: him), Henry gave an affirmative nog. RgvorTER—Bat jor the lateness of the hour I yoaie like to adopt your suggestion, and see Mra. echer. Mr. BezcuER—I confide everything to her, and she can, aud | think will, anewer satisfactorily any question ihe put to her, 1 know, too, tuat she would be glad to see you. Rromrme— When will you make your statement lic? Pear. BEECHER—Well, there’s the trustees of Trinity church, who are ever so anxious to have me go over there, and after the religious: exercises and @ tune or two by Brother Morgan on the | organ, why Pil getup and make my statement, There is sure to ve @ big crowd, and the tickets are to be $1 cach, bitte ate Mite will be done with the pro- ceeds Mr. BEECHER—I'll get fitty per cent, of course, aud the balance will be given to some other | charity. At this point Mr. Beecher laughed outright. so | @id his son, and of course the reporter couidn’t | help it, and laughed heartier than either. “But? said Mr. Beecher, continuing, “the | trouble about the matter is that Grace churcn is | | vielng with Trinity, and want to nave me excla- ively, and 80 I AM IN A QUANDARY, Can ahs Suggest any means by which I could get out of it 7° Rerorrer—Certainly Lean; and, in addition to that, I would lend all my influence to the scheme Jam about to suggest. I believe in home rule, and instead of going to New York I'd give Brother Talmage a lilt, aud deliver the statement in his Tabernacle. Mr. BRECHER—A capital idea. Do you know I think Brother Talmage would like to capture me? REPORTER—I suppose you are greatly bothered by inguisitive reporters ¥ MT. BRECHER—Uh, no. | 1 | | i} I like to meet them, | but I’m careful now what lsay to them. 1 have ; been a CRRDULOUS AND CONFIDING | sort of @ boy, but I think 1’ soon show that I bave hot been a boy. { REPORTER—You have been accused of being o little naughty, and I wish you would enable me to prove that you have been & good boy? Mr. BegcHER—And I will soon, Of that you may be certain, The newspapers pave been severely harsh upon both sides of this question. | bas retailed his story right and left.” | san Anthony could not hi Tam free to say to you that | the highest regard for Elizabeth Tilton, and at the same time insisting that she was @ woman of more than ordinary brain. Is that consistent? Do you think i! Mrs, Tilton had confessed criminal- ity to her, Miss Anthony would have been as ex- travagant in her praise? 1t don’t seem so to meé.”? It certainly does not seem natural.” “No, I'll tell you. Theodore ran off after free love ideas, This was belore we knew Mrs. Wood- hull. He told the story to Mrs, Bullard and Mrs, Stanton, just as Mrs. Stanton says. Tien afver- | ward, when | Was in New York, he became ASHAMED OF HIS STORY, | and came around to us and said the whole thing | originated in Susan's imagination. Then Mrs, Stanton said, ‘No; you told us yourself, Theodore, | and Susan denied it.’ Then he owned up. That | much | heard myself.” “You don’t beheve Beecher 18 guilty?” “No, sir. It’s all @ filthy piece of business in | which I have not wanted to mix. I did not want | to have it hung on to the suffrage movement, and | have been trying to shake it oi; but my associa- | tion with Mrs. Stanton and these other women has forced @ knowledge of it upon me. I know vhat, instead of trying to hush the scandal up, Theodore Tilton bas poured it into the ears of every old woman that would circulate it. [know this, because Theodore Tilton and his wife have eaten at my table, have slept in this house. ste | “But as to Mrs, Stanton’s story?” interjected the envoy. “Ob, yes; 1 must get back to that,” ri nded “Well, to be specific. Su- the lady, out of breath. ave revealed a contession | of criminality made by Mrs. Tilton to any one—not | even Mra. Stanton. It would have been atro- cious and entirely the contrary to SUSAN'S NATURE. If such a confession was ever made, tt was locked in Susan Anthony's breast, and will remain there Uill she dies, Next, if it was made, ahe must have lost respect either for her own ideas of marriage or Mrs. Tilton’s intelligence or purity, She did | not; but, on the contrary, to-day regards all with | the highest esteem. Again, if 16 was made, Miss Anthony would never have denounced Mrs, Wood- hall as she nas done, time and ti ne aguin ia thi house. As! sald before, either good old Mrs. Stan- ton has been incorrectly reported or she grossly misunderstood Susan.’ “Do you think Theodore Tilton ts not truthful’? “Yes, I do, and have had many proofs of it. Among other things, he once said Isabelia Hooker rst gave bim this story, Well, that was proved false tn this way:—When Mrs. Stanton was out West lecturing, long after Mr. Tilton said that, and when Mrs, Woodhall was firat printing paregrapne in the New York World, she made my house her | headquarters. All of her letters came here, aud | she read a good many to me. A number were trom Isabella Hooker begging to know what Mra. Woodhull meant and wanting to know if siie had any rejerence to ‘brother Henry.’ Isabella knew nothing of the scandal except what Mrs. Stanton told her. Another thing which makes me believe this statement of Mrs. Stanton’s is not genuine is the way sbe is made to talk of SAM WILKESON, Now, Sam Wilkeson ts her brother-in-law. She thinks the world of him. Jt is not at all like her & gay anything agaist him. I don’t believe she a8. MORE TESTIMONY. - The Post and Mail man called upon another lady, one long recognized as a leader in journalistic cir- cles, who had been aD intimate of Miss Anthony. She confirmed the above statement In every par- ticular; said Miss Anthony never could have made such assertions to Mrs. Stanton, and she did not | believe Mrs, Stanton had been correctly under- stood, These facts, taken tn connection with the not very agreeable reputation of the Brooklyn fieve the report bogu WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY, aa aS Stop the Notse, To THE EDITOR 0’ THE HRRALD:— Dinna ye think that folks want to sleep? We are deaved wi’ thae thing aboot Beecher an’ Tilton, an’ Tilton an’ Beecher, an’ the puir dis- Wacket lass, an’ Moulton, the keeper o' secrets, claver. Tell the puir frightened dove to haud a hard cheek, an? let a’ the male foik do the talkin’ an’ make fuils o’ themsels. Tell the committee to stop their vonsense. Dian’t they know since he wed the man Richard- eon to anither man's wife that he wad stap at nae- thin’? And didn’t they support him a’ the time? An’ as for tne tither fellow, what could be expec? but the same frae Beecher that McFarland aid frae Richardson? Don’t twa and twa mak’ four? Now, | say, let Beecher go on never mindin’. Let the committee be abolished. Let Tilton stop his talk ap’ tak’ on sulm sin times = gone by. It the better forthem a’. What kind o’a kirk maun it be that gaes in pieces for the vagary 0’ ane man ? Dinna we know that Lather did the same? He took @ nun irae her vows. He was married to her quite as much an’a guid deal mair than the win- some lady o’ Tilton's house. An’ its a’ the same down since, The Kirk o’ Rome would hae shuiied Keecher out an’ gin bim a kick when gaen. the Plymouth Kirk maun be consistent. | accept Luther's fall, why not accept a’ ithere? Ye Ken what Hodibras says:— There was an ancient, sage philosopher That had read Alexatider Ross over, And swore the world, ax he could prove, Was made of Oghtng and of love. Just so romances are, tor what else 1s to them but love and bates? And sac I say tts 4 romance; but ita becomin’ sae noisy 1 canna have it gae on any longer without a protest, wuich 1 send till ye in tne name o’ BONNIE DOON, | @gony to ve spared a further infiction. Argus, the paper claiming to have interviewed the | reat sufragist, will induce many people to be- | an’ Bowen an’ Carpenter, an’ a’ the clashma- | Satisfy the American public as to Mr. Beecher’s ‘acter, and that course 16 ap impartial trial in Open court, with the witnesses put upon their oaths and & jury that is not prejudiced against either party trom the start. e only hope that the trial will be a promptone. The sooner it over the vetter, however it may turn out. Religion Will Not Suffer. [From the Cooperstown (N, Y.), Journal.) On one other point we desire to add a word :— The fear ts constantly and earnestly expressed that the fall of Mr. Beecher—whatever may be the depth of that fali—wili inflict a serious blow on the cause of religion and sound morality. We do not participave in that fear, mainly for the reason the | greatest leader is so very small compared witb the | mighty cause he has endeavored to champion. God raises Up leaders as he bas need of them; and if one prove false, let tim be assured ‘his sin will find him out” and throw him from the rank of captain, True, when one suffers, all must to a cer- taim extent suffer with him; but the march of a | grand army is not checked when the leader of asmall division jails; when a mighty ship goes down at sea a hundred hearts may bleed, but there is no mark leit upon the mighty waters, View it in any light this is @ sad affair; but may not good spring from tue exposure which has been made? Will it not teach a lesson Of pru- dence, Oo! proper restraint, needed in the Hest Oo! 80- ciety? Will it not aid in bringing into greater and | deserved odium ail the iree-love and kindred here- gies which hove too long flourished, and been winked at by people who should sooner have frowned | upon them? And will it not be likely to incite the Treat lights of the American pulpit to more earnest labors In behalf of sound orthodox views, and propey church discipline and government’ I’lym- outh church has had for many years in its puipit | @ brilliant and eloquent and popular preacher, in some respects a great man, more prominent than | any otner pulpit orator in the country, second to | none in the world; Sood have been justly proud of him, and tie has enjoyed their love and friendship, and bas Jed them as a shepherd would his sheep; they have almost made ar idol of him, and in an evil hour their doi fails. Let the mantie of charity be thrown over his faults, whatever they are, and he be allowed to retire irom public view. | A Flood of Filth. (From the Richmond (Va.) Enquirer.) When will tnis flood of filth, which rnshes through the columns of the daily press like the retuse of a great city through its sewers, cease? We have had it ad nauseam, and cry out in our Whole columns appear each day in the New York papers, | and yet there is no indication that it is drawing to } @ close; and even after this irregular investiga- tion by the church we ure threatened with a con- stant rehash of the whole scandal by suits innu- merable in court, both civil and crimmai—and where willitend? The demoralizing effect it has already had upon the public mind will de tearfally eased, and fain would we for the sake of decency, if not of religion, morality and charity, | see It forever buried irom the public aight, A Pittsburg Query. {From the Pittsburg Commercial.} Last week’s number of the Christian Unton— Henry Ward Beecher’s paper—has a notable ar- ticle entitled “As we forgive our debtors,” It takes the ground that in the Divine disposition “there ig no place for vindictive wrath, no place for the infliction of suffering save as a means of cure,” and not that of “condemnation; while, | later on, it urges that the essence of the Bible is | love, and that “love’s whole nature tg to restore | the lost, to heal, to save.’’? The query 1s, was the man’s piteous cry for mercy at the hands of his | fedlow men. A Singular Opinion. {Branch’s letter from New York to the Buffalo Courier.) 1t is thought by candid and charitable outsiders that i Mr. Beecher and Mra. Tilton should unite in a confession that they had slid unawares into a deplorable love scrape, but without criminality of | action, everything would be consistently ex- goed and something very like the trnth would we revealed Without destroying confidence m the Integrity of either of them. But such a conclusion, while retaining for Mr. Beecher the respect and | sympathy due to human weakness without turpl- | tude, wonld cut down his position and power as a pastor to second rate, and this, in the estimation | Of other large stockholders in Plymonsh church, | would never do. They will, thereiore, persist in | vhe useless endeavor to make tbe public believe | that Mr, Beecher’s agony unto death and the | niter ruin he coniessed to be impending over him had no other substance than @ conscious- ness of having given injudicions advice in a | \ | \ YEW MUNICIPAL | Fight Between Sheriff Conner COMPLICATIO and Comptroller Green. THE SHERIFF'S CLAIMS RESISTED. | More Suits Threatened Against | the City. Interesting Statistics and Figures from the | Official Record—Interviews with Sheriff Conner and County Auditor Earle Witnin the past few years litigation has in- creased in this city to @ considerable extent. It May safely be estimated that ten thousand civil cases are adjudicated yearly in the State courts, and ‘"> wamber of citizens interested in the proper and .. “ly administration of justice, as well aa the varica Interests at stake, may be easily judged from this standpoint The most important medium of our city govern- Ment in carrying out the process and jurisdiction of ‘these courts 38 the Sheriff’s office, presided over by William C. Conner, who was elected to that office last iall, The emoluments of this position have been variously estimated at from $100,000 to $400,000 annually. The sources of revenue are specifically regulated by statute, and it is made an indictable offence for any Sberiff to demand or re- ceive emoluments considered extortionate or ille- | gal. The Sherif cap also be impeached or removed | vy the Governor for cause in the same manner a3 in similar proceedings instituted against Mayors— our worthy antediluvian Chief Magistrate, Have- meyer, being an example of how proceeaings may For conveving prisoners trom city prison to Court of Oyer and Terminer, &c.. ad it SOc... Por making report to Secretary of State of con- vietions in Court of Oyer and Terminer, General and special Sessions, at 2b0 aliens eg For ‘summoning five panels of Grand Jurors at 10 opie (laxed by statute at $10, an aver For summoning 4,580 petit juror For drawing 64 panels of jurors. at $1 A For summoning constables to attend at Se . * * . nwo For advertising pr be Yor making proclamation, 970 GAGs osnnt onqni ene Redd htiadi og some further ons in the billie before he sends in this Pl Earle says that alte formal approval of Items to tie Comptroller. He bas not thoroughly examined the statements, The pills for the quarter ending June, 1874, he proposes 0 estimate th a similar manner. Thus stands the fight at present. Green's usnal skirmishing 13 plainly onservable so ‘ar. If sniis are brougat by Conner the city will have to suiter in defending itself, ana more debt be saddied upon the aiready over-burdened taxpayers, ANOTHER CLERICAL ROMANCE. —-»—___ A New Orleans Pastor Elopes with an AMnity—His Wife Follows and What Followed. A singular story in connection with the “falling from grace’ of another clergyman was told to 4 HERALD reporter yesterday, vat for the truth of Which the writer 18 not prepared to vouch. A Methodist Episcopal clergyman has been for some time past administering to the spiritual wel- fare of a large and respectable congregation in New Orleans. In the fuck which this “good shepherd” undertook to lead was a woman of bewitching personal attractions, who conceived & more than platonic affection for her pastor, and which in time was fully and freely reciprocated by the divine, who, it should be stated, was a married map. Some three weeks ago the pastor and his paramour became invisibie to their friends, and, as tt subsequently transpired, were clandestinely Married i the Crescent City, and immediately aiterwards Jef? on @ northward bound train, doubtless to seek some umbrageous nook, where first wives cease from troubling and all Save conscience might be at rest. Suspecting the canse of her husband’s absence, nis spouse, ac- companied by her little son, lost no time in follow- { be instituted in this connection, GEREN SHOWS HIS HAND. The bills of the Sheriff against the county are made out quarterly, and since thé smasb-up of the Ring have Leen the subject of dissection, intrigue, bad blood and indiscriminate slaughter all around the political arena, The Sheriff holds a vigorous days those bills were held back by the Comptroller as a check rein upon any aggressive movements the Sherif might be tempted to make againat the party which elected him. During O’Brien’s admin- istration this was particularly noticeable and par- tially resulted in the organization of the “young democracy,” the attack upon Tweed and bis co- tory skirmishes which the poor innocent people political pull tu the councils of Tammany Hall from | the large patronage in his hands, and in iormer | laborers by O’Brien and followers and other desul- | ing her perfidious lord, and ultimately traced the | guuty pair to Amenia, a thriving settlement on | the line of the Hariem Railroad, and dis- tant trom New York about — eighty-five mules Here the indignant wife arrived erday morning, and found the object of her | search, Logether with his morganauc mate, snugiy | domiciied at a fashionable hotel. Face’ to face | the parties met, and while both women thougit it to faint by way of a prelude to what followed, | the guilty clergyman looked on complacently, as though asking the bystanders for an expianation | of the sudden and extraordinary scene. Res- | toratives having been applied, both females quickly | recovered their senses. and in an instant there- | aller were diigently investigating each other's ; hair, The injured woman entreated the hotet keeper not to use unnecessary harshness cowards her husband, since he had just promised to j return home with her. When the landlord discov- ered yesterday. morning, however, that the rev- erend scoundrel had no iunds wherewith | to liquidate his indebtedness the clergyman | and his partner were unceremoniously ejected article written by Mr. Beecher, and ff so, under | What inward pressure? Jt sounds vastly like a Supposed was the result of honest indignation and | trom the nouse. The entire party then teok a groused virtuous sentiment. The citizen is easily | Harlem train jor the city, the first wile taking care hot to let him leave her for a moment, although fooled by tne promises and asseverations of blatant | si rerused to pay passage tare except for berscit political hacks and double-dealing knaves, whose | and her litule boy. ‘This action on her part com- payer and pocket the stealings, while a glamour | of honesty and virtue seems to pervade the whole transaction. but, right or wrong, just claim, blackmailing or disbonest claim, Green is bound to stick, quibble tlement and being prepared. Bitter feeling and recrimination are aroused, charges and counter charges made, indictments by the Grand Jury and impeachment by the Governor threatened, while the tnnocent public watches and watts for some quietus to tilis boisterous politcal whirlpool. | Green and Conner are understood to be at daggers’ points, The drama has been opened in reai ear- | nest. The people regaled with the comeay—per- bups tragedy—of the Beecher scandal are prom- {sed a new political sensation of the real “Ring”! domestic quarrel. All expectation is now concen: trated on Mr. Frank Moulton’s testimony, the character of which must be the turning point in the case. If the coniessions made to him orally | were more distinct than those committed to hima in writing we shall be sorry. | | that confession without knowmg what it waa avout, “The Funniest Bit of Newspaper Nicety.” {From the Rochester Union.) The funniest bit of newspaper nicety out is that | of the Albany £xpress, which tells its readers that, | governed by a sense of propriety, it excluded from | 1c columns the “ankle scene, the details of which were so offensive and indecent.” As if this adver- ABPORTER—May | stave that neither yourself. nor any of your friends had any part in the arrest of Mr. Tilton ? i Mr. BERCHER—AN. poor Theodore! You know as well as I do ali about that, i ReEPORTER—But I wouid like to have an autbori- | tative denial from yourself. \ Mr. BERCHER—I’ll not deny It, for there is no ne- | cessity. Did the examination before Justice Kuey | come off to-day? and is adjourned till REPORTER—Y cs, Monday. | Myr, BEECHER—] think you can make a column | out of this. REPORTFR—I'd like to have it a little more solid, and I think I might make more than a column. indeed, if af answer me two questions, I'll promise to electrify Brooklyn with @ ‘stick.’ Mr. BeEECRER—You can “stick” the people as much as you like, but tne committee, you see, will | necessarily have the preference as to what I have ! to say and will say. RErorren—Is Mr. Henry C. Bowen to appear be- fore the committee? Mr. BEECHER—Mr. Bowen 8 away in the coun try—enjoying himself, I hope, And shat reminas me: Mr, Bowen is@ great triend of mine, you | know, RePoRTER—I have heard statements to the con- | \ | | sir; | trary. | Mr. BrEcHER—Weil, tell me what you know | about this very matter. ReEPORTER—Some {olks say Mr, Bowen has veen | the Mephistopheles of this whole scandal. Mr. BRECKER (refiectively)—Weil, well. 1 have always tried to be triendly with him, and PLL NOT HIT HIM | behind his back now, At this pout of the conversation Mr. Beecher’s residence was reached and tbe interview termi- | nated, CHICAGO SUFFRAGISTS SPEAK. ae | The Chicago Post and Mail, which reached this | city yesterday, bas the following interview with ap anonymous suffragist :— As Mrs, Stanton and Miss Anthony have paid | Chicago several protracted visits at no very re- | mote date, a Post and Mail representative was | delegated to go among their friends this morning | and learn, if possibie, any additional facts these | persons might be cognizant of, The first calied | upon was the lady who entertained Mrs, nton | and Miss Anthony for several weeks Inst winter. | She is perhaps the most prominent woman suf- | Iragist in Chicago, if not in tue West, “You have seen Mrs, Stanton’s statement, I sup- poser” said the envoy after seata Were taken and | the subject introduced. “Yes,” replied airs, “and T am juet as vexed aslcan be about it. Tdon’t believe Mrs, Stanton ever said what is ascribed to her. You know how iaccurate some reporters are. 1 believe they have misunderstood ner.” “You know something of the case?’ “Yes, I have known of it for years—knew of it a year before Mrs. Woodhull did.’ | “dave you ever heard Migs Anthony say any- thing about ity’? Hy, We have talked it over @ great many | times. I bave veen with her, eaten with her, slept with her. She always gave me the impression that there was apsolately no truth in any such charge 44 Tilton now makes against Beecher,” “Did she ever say that distinctly?” | “tL don't think she did in just those words, but | she never said or hinted that there was trath in | the charge, And Mrs, Stanton, too, She always | conveyed the same idea to my mind, And anotuer | shing whicd convinces me | MAS. STANION [8 MISUNDRRSTOOD | ts the tigh optnion Susan has always had of Mrs. | Tilton. She has spoken to me of her a thousand | tines, and always in tones of the highest respect. | Sue called her a dear, innocent little thing, and ) thought Theodore did not appreciate her enough. absolutely worshipped Theo- | dore—thought le had such an intellect and all | She said Mra, Tiltol | | that sort of thing; but Miss Anthony | thought Mrs, Tiiton Was quite as smart as | her husband. Pl tell yon what 1 think this | Whole afuir amounts to. 1 think Miss Anthony | Was Stopping at Pheodore’s one nignt when the: hed a big quarrel, Mrs, Tilton was sick and nearly crazy. She rushed up to Miss Anthony's room wild, france, raving, She probably said she had dono wrong, meaning that the quarrel was one in Which filton was not the only blameable person. Under her excitement she made a confession, This Susan jocked Up ond has never revealed, [twas not @ coniession of the crime Tilton charged, f am surg, and for this reason-—Suaan Anthony Is bie most practical of all the suffragists | know. She y believes What every other sensible person docs, theories. Now she heard this confession, and yet immediately alter, aud vyer since, has entertained | reputable characters? but rather, is Mr. Beecher | sented to the investigating committee? Bad | one. | a lesson in good manners and decency. Mr. Beecher’s Remedy. To THE Eprrog oy rey HsRaLD:— What 1s the reason that Mr. Henry Ward Beecher | does not get Theodore Tilton arrested for defama, tion of character? When a jew years ago an arti cle in a certain Sunday paper connected an emi- bens merchant in this city with a notorious woman he immediately had the editors of the paper before @ police court aud made them retract the livel. | lt appears strange that Mr. Beecher, whose ns Tulpess depends a8 much upon his mora example Bs upon his eloquence, if innocent, now tuat spe- cific charges are made against him does not adept A similar course, Any verdict that a committee of | hig triends—appointed by himself—may come to Will be looked upon with suspicion and be ol very hittle consequence in washiug away any stains on his character—if there are any. man in America, I venture to assert, wouid tamely submit to being brought into disrepute and held up | with scorn to the eyes of the multitude as a sensual brute, CONGREGATICNALIST, Naw Yorg, July 23, 1874. THE PRESS ON THE The Committee Is a Fraud. {From the Louisville Courier-Journal.] The Piymouth church committee 1s a fraud. It has never intended to do anything but acquit Mr. Beecher. As a means of arriving at the truth its reports are worthless, Ead People vs. Good Pople. [From the Galesburg (Ill,) Republican.) We think Mr. Beecher has fallen into a great mistake in trying to clear himself of the grave | charges mace against him, by trying to blacken | the character of the principal witness and his as- | sociates, The question 1s not, is Mr, Tilton a bad | mak, and his associates (male and female) dis- SCANDAL. guilty as charge in the sworn statement pre- peo- ple are always more apt to know the truth tn such cases than gtr’ gh ahd are; but if the oharges are true, some good people must know sometning about them as well as bad people, and sooner or | later they will be brought to the witness stand | and their testimony heard, The Ridiculous Scene in the Play. (From the Troy Times.) The most ridiculous scene in the play (tragic or farcical as It may yet appear) was enacted in Brooklyn yesterday. One Gaynor, said to be an | editor engaged upon the Brooklyn Argus, a jour- | | nal which Is bitterly opposed to Mr. Beecher, ap- peared before a Justice of the Peace of that city | apd swore out warrants for the arrest of Mr. | Tilton on the charge of having libelled the pastor | of Plymouth church. This Gaynor has no possible interest in the case, and the prosecution com- | Ienced by him is solely with the view of prolong: | ing the scandal and increasing the sales of the sensational journals, It is possible the courts are | the Aa place to dispose of this matter, but Mr. Beecher or his friends must be the judge of | that, The meddlesomeness of Gaynor deserves to be severely rebuked, and we doubt if the courts | Wil take cognizance of the cage bronght before | them in the way it is attempted to present this | Gaynor should be kicked out of every triva- | nal before which he shall bring his complaint. He | is an impertinent chap, who requires to be taught | The Right Thing at Last. [From the Springfield (Mags ) Republican.) Theodore Tilton was arrested yesterday after- noon on the charge of livelling Henry Ward Beecher, and the scandal t# therefore now in 4 fair Way to be transierred to the courts. The proceed- ing was evidently prompted by Tilton bimsell, who has been courting an arrest for several days. We are heartily glad this step has been taken. ‘The public has had quite enongn of the so-called | investigation that has been going on the past | fortnight, of a committee that goes around abusing | One of the parties it professes to impartially hear, of “statements” and “explanations” and inter. views and rumors and a)) the rest of the wretched mess. What people want to know ts whether Mr. Beecher js guilty or innocent, and they bave pretty generally Made up their minde that the re- port of the jury selected by the accused is not going to help them much ft Make up their minds, ‘Shere is new but one course Opep Wat will ever No other pabiic | tisement would not send every reader of the paper | to “the shop over the way,” to see, by viy or cu- riosity, just how “offensive and indecont” the “ankle scene’ was, | Take Them Into Court. {From the Oswego Pailadinm.) Storm clouds gather about Beecher. As the wit- esses come in the defenders of the great preacher Dud themselves being surrounded and their van- tage ground circumscribed. It 1s useless to deny the fact that public opinion, which bas stureily | Stood by Beecher up to this time, is slowly but | surely yielding to the terrible pressure of circum. | stances which come to the corroboration of Tilton, | There 18 but one way out of al! this—a thorough | } and perfectly fair investigation of the whoie mat- ter before & properly constituted tribunal, where witnesses May be called and compelled to come— and where perjury may be punished with the pent- | tentlary, Tilton and Beecher, and Mrs. Tilton and Moulton and Mrs. Beecner and Mrs. Morse and Til- ton’s mother, and all who know anything of the | matter, must be brought into court and made to testusy under direct and cross examination, A Question tor the Sorosis Sisters, (From the Cincinnat! Commercial.) As Mrs, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Miss Susan B, Anthony, ‘Jennie June,” and all the other mis- tresses and misses who contributed to the Revolug | tion seem to have been Acquainted with the great Brooklyn “secret,” the conjecture naturally arises | Whether it furnisnea the sauce piquant to ihe Dei- | | Monico dinners which used to be served up to the | | Sorosis Sisters, and whether the desire to gossip | | About it with greater freedom did not lead the Sis- | | ters to the determination to exclude all members o1 the other sex from their periudical wea parties. No and Yes. The folowing poem appeared originally in the Atlantic Monthiy:— 1 watched her at her spinning; And this w: But when a maid opposes, And throws away your roses, You say the vase furecioses. Yet sorry wit one use: Who loves and thinks he loses, Mecause a maid refuses For by her once denying She only means complying Upon a second trying. When first ! said, tn pleading, “Behold, my love lies bleeding |" She heard me half unheeding. When afterward I told her And blamed her growing colder— She dropped upon my shoulder. Had Ta doubt! That quelied it Her very look dispelled it, Leaughi her hand and held it. Alone the lane I led her, And while her cheeks grew redder, Tsought outright & wed her. Good end from bad beginning! My wooing came to winning— And still J watch ber spinning, THLODOKE TILTON Mr. Beecher Not a Hypocrite, {From the Springfield (Mass.) Repnbiican,) Thé Western press shows a much stronger dis- trust of Mr, Beecher than the Eastern, Nothing | can excuse, however, & bitter and unjust attack in the Chicago 7ritune on his preaching and puipte morals, The writer, in aiming to show that no harm will come to Christianity by his downfall, charges that the great preacher has been a hypo orite, not @ Christian, and that he had no religion, because “ne drew no man nearer to God than ne could have been drawn by methods in use before Beecher was born,” Must every minister then originate a new gospel before ne can claim to have @ religion ? Again, Beecher is not a hypocrite. Falling Into temptation ts not hypocrisy, it is sin, Reecher has never, tn bis preaching, exalted his own vir- tues or claimed: to have any. Undoubtedly he Should have been virtuous, and the presumption Was that he was; but, if he jell short of his own { j | | | standard and of that high mark to which he sought to inspire other men, It Was evidence of his frailty, not of deceit or hypocrisy. There is no dictum so easily misunderstood and so often mis- applied as that aman should only preach as le can practise. If bis were the universal rule we shonid forever grove). On the contrary, there must be, as there always has been, 4 constant ana sincere preaching of a gospel better than the very beat of us can practise. It is only by preaching better than. we practise that We shay ever practise Iv does not seem as | | not pay | courts had materialiy | properly. | Oyer and Terminer and General |,a half cent item Is leit out. type. wae GERALD attaché, bie with the rumors that blacken the sky, sailed forth yesterday for tnior- Mation on these matters. He Was told that about | three thousand lawyers and thousanas ofiugants | then of @ Class necessary for the HERALD to look | into, SHERIFF CONNER ; was found at his oflice at the new Court House, | dressed in light summer costume, aod engaged in | the routine matters of lus department. | HERALD representative stated the object of his | visit; that rumors were in circulation of a bitter | fight'between himself and Comptrotier Green in | the matter of his county bills, and that the public and the legal profession particularly were i- | terested in the matter. ‘The Sheri? replied that he had presented tus two quarters’ bills to the county, and that they have not yet been paid. He claimed that they were all perfectiy legitimate, and that if Green did him immediately he would commence a suit, His bills were smaller than those presented | by apy other Sherif, The HERALD representative remarked that he understood Mr, Kelly's county bills were the smallest presented by any Sheri? for years past, | to which Vonner replied that the business of the increased Since that time. ) will visit Mr. Green to-day,” conciuded the Sherif, “and ascertain trom him what are bis objections. ? | This ended the interview, no questions being asked as to any other bills issued py the Sherif and claims put forward in his behalf, It is under- stood, however, that the Sheriff claims 3755 cents | for every prisoner committed by a police magis- trate; Dnt this item does not Appear upon his two quarters’ bills, although it is one of the largest | svurces of emolument if recognized as valid by the county. UP STAIRS—AN INTERVIEW WITH COUNTY AUDITOR FARLE. H From the Sherifs oMce to the Comptroiler's ae- | purtinept 18 but one Bight of stairs in the new Court House. Here, in the outside office, was jound tbe impenetrable, marbdle-visaged mau, County Auditor Earie, Wao has stepped into the shoes of the notorious Watson, of Ring celebrity. While the HERALD map stood apart waiting for an | interview, in the epace of five minutes at least one dozen claimants against the city shouted across , the railing at the doomed Earle, Questions of all sorts were burlea at him with tele- graphic rapidity, while he bore assault with amazing coolness and seeming candor, au- awering each question appropriately. asked a8 to the diMicuity regarding the Sheriff's bills, he remarked, in substance (handing the bills | for examination to the HRRALD representative) aa follows:—“I have been annoyed considerably rela- tive to those accounts, I have asked for explana- tions frequentay ‘rom the Under Sherif, Jonn 1, Cumming, and ‘he has tailed to give them to me There are severa! items in chose bills which are outrageous. | have nothing personai against Sherif Conner, put I must protect the peo- | bie’s interests while 1 am County Auditor and pre- vent them irom being robbed. There ts an item | | on those bills, $1 75 each for carrying prisoners to S the Penttentiary, House of Refuge, &c., and it does | not say where irom. The same charge is made for bringing prisoners irom the Tombs to the Court or | Oyer and Terminer aud Special Sessions. Why, the work can be easily done for thirty cents a | head, Thousands of dollars can be saved to the county in this way. Then a discrepancy appears | as to the reports of convictions in the Courts of and Spectat Sersions to the Secretary of State, for which the | Sheruf claims filty cents per head, and also twelve | and a hal! cents per bead for all reports as to con- victions in Police Courts. I asked for an explana- uon of this matter trom the Sherif, and he sends in an amended statement in which the twelve and | I propose to allow him $l apiece tor bringing pees irom the Tombs | to the institutions. 1 think this is entirely fair | and liberal. The whole item for one month for | bringing prisoners from the Tombs to the Courts Joots Up Lo about $1,400. ‘This is simply monstrous. Then for summoning Grand Jurors $10 is allowed by tute for each Lae rig cen! | The Sherif bills the county tor thirty- head for summoning petit jurors, I propose to low him the same remuneration which he re- veives for summoning Grand Jurors—twenty cents @ head. His bilis to the county at the present ratio Will amonnt to about $40,000 per anuum, which is buat am item of his enormous income, which 1s simply incaicuiable, He certainiy receives sum- cient from civil cases and other sources without overcharging the county." j The County Auditor then handed the reporter | the jollowimg extract of a report in the matter he proposed to hand in to the Comptroller when com- pleted. 1t was prepared yesterday :— A. H. Green, Comptroller :— 4 Sin—The pilis of Sheriff Conner for January, Feb: ruary and March are made up as fo!lows = i For conveying 589 conviews to Blackwell's « ny an 75 | Randall's Islands, at $1 7! +$1,089 75 | For conveying 1,64¢ prisoners from City Prison to | Court of Oyer and Terminer, at $1 79 0 For making reports to Secretary ot State of | victions in Courts of Oyer and Terminer, , eral Sessions and Special Sessions, 6,447 at de. wD) For summoning panels of Grand Jurors, 4 at $10 each. Hiei hyde dv «2 0 | For summoning petit 5 | For drawing 64 panels ” For summoning consta! ‘Over and Terminer, 62 at 50c soo | For advertising proclamation ‘of Oyer aud | miner, February and April... 00 For making proclamation, February and April ¥ 70 | POM: .3is,sserss $300 80 audit and allow, at not ex- es, subject 10 your approval :—~ to Blackwell's island Ss | eens » S589 00 This account | propose to ceeding the follow! For ony aud Randal ng i's Jelang. Sheriff's claims against the county, a8 sent in to | ing to inv the Comptroller, are matters of heated discussion | fnally escorted her truant husband out of the pow. Other claims are coming, in process of aet- | 4pot, While the other woman defiantly brongut | | | | im this city were interested in tuese questions of | If they | is he could have been the medium and trustee of | Sheriffs fees and charges. Surely the suject was , among the sab ' opinions of othe The | Op being | business it 1s to throw dust in the eyes of the tax- | pelled the impecumious husband to deposit a» diamond pin with the couductor as security for him- self aud the second in order to escape being put off the train. It ts aiso stated that both women quarrelied furiousiy during the entire length of She journey, much to the amusement of their fej- jow passengers. On arriving at the Forty-second Street depot another exhibition took place, both and disturb, The validity ana justice of these | Women claiming a right to the clergyman. The first wife, however, carried her point by threaten- ‘oke the assistance of @ policeman, and up the rear. THE REPORT OF CHARLIOR’S DEBATE. The rumors, first of the dangerous illness and then of the death of Ollver Charlick, which spread rapidly through the city yesterday afternoon, caused considerable excitement and a great deal of comment, especially among the few politicians who still remain in town, A‘ Police Heauquarters, however, everything Went on in the usual routine way, and the subject was little spoken of, The higher grade oi oMcials Showed no sign of being affected one or the other the news; but there was no disguising the fact that the intelligence ‘created a positive feeling of sadness e olticers and the rank who, whatever might he the concerning him, were abie to remember many tratts a Mr. Charlick’s character Wat were anything but offensive to them. Among the citizens who knew Mr, Charlick in private life and business relations there was an Uumistakable expression of general sorrow over what they con red the melaucholly news, Tne family of Mr, Charlick are spoxen of in terms of the highest esteem and regard by all who know them, aud they are the rectpients of the sincerest sympathy coming right trom tue hearts of their frienas and acquaintances, A despatch received iate last evening from a friend of Mr. Charlick, Who 18 with him, states that so far Irom being Gangerously ill, his health is daiiy imiproving. SALE OF THE STEVENS BATTERY, By virtue of an act of the New Jersey Legisiature” approved March 27, 1874, the commissioners hav- ing the Stevens Battery in charge are authorized and directed to sell that noted vessel. Satd com mission consists of Governor Joel Parker, Vico Chancellor Amt Dodd, W. W. Shippen and 8. B. Dod. They have recently issued, in pamphlet form, and despatched throughout this and otner and file of the to countries, @ full description of the battery, as she now lies unfinished in dry dock at | Hoboken, and as she was intended io be ; completed; showing her capacity for hgh | speed and great carrying power, if finished for merchant service, as well as her superior qualities for oflensive aud defensive war operations if com- pieted, a8 originally designed, jor an tron-clad monitor or broadside battery. This description is coupled with an offer to seil her to the highest bidder, bids to be delivered to the Governor of the Stave, to be publicly opened by the commissione!s on the 2d day of November next, at noon, In consequence of this notification the vessel has been visited within the past few days and iMspected by the repre- gentatives of four ioreign governments, who have examined her with reference to purchase and completion as @ War vessel, in which case it is claimed she would, in many respects, be the most formidabie instrument of destruction afloat The sale 18 posi- tively to tuke piace at the time specified, the pro. ceeds to be patd into Court to awalt legal decisio 1n actions on behalf! of certain claimants heirs of the late Edwin A. Stevens and R. L, Stevens, who contest the propery therein of the State under the will of Kdwin A. Stevens, which be- queathed the Battery to New Jersey. As the time of sale ts befove the next meeting of Congress our Onn goverumeut cannot directly become the pur- chaser, THE SPANISH STEAMER TOMAS, Yesterday the steamer Tomas commenced dis- charging her cargo of tobacco, provisions, &c., at Woodruff & Rovinson's wharf, in Brooklyn. When her Cargo is out she will be taken on to the dry dock at Erie Basin, and a leak which she pas sprung will be repaired. Fortunately it has not damaged her cargo; 1% ts situated in the after compartment. Her Captain thougit that no harm would be done in fates the Tomas upon the dry dock, but Mr. Mackay, the agent of Lioyds, under- writers of London, iu this city, has refused to allow her to go on the dry dock with @ Cargo in her, In addition to this Mr. John Roach, of the Morgan Iron Works, Wo has repaired the engines, reports that the screw of the Tomas 1s ioose, THE FIGHTING STEAMSHIP COMPANIES, The North Atlantic Steamship Confer. ence—Competition Growing Flereer and Fiercer. It is said that strenuous efforts are being mao to re-establish the North Atlantic Steamship cc ference, by which a fixed rate of fretght anu pas- sage money May be maintained between Liverpool and New York, It is conceded that the regular lines of steamers now engaged in the Liverpoo trade are losing money. Fine goods which pit forty shillings freight are now brought to New York from Liverpooi for ten and twelve, wi.o dead weight, such aa rails, soda, &c., which coe! to pay twenty shillings is now brought for five an L Six Shillings, Stecrage passenger rates have uu fallen io like proportion, viz, from 5 to £2 108. It is reported that should ‘no arranc.- Ments be made by October next it wub ve indefinitely postponed, as all the steamers th New York will have plenty of cotton to carry home to England. Meanwhile some steamers ara. coming here laden with ballast. If Is impossibis to imagine the bitver rivairy and {i feeling exist. ing between the different Liverpool lines af the. present Moment, Tbe dissensions, however, ara advantageous to steerage passengers, Who Ca: now travel to Liverpool for $11, and to merchants In this country, Who can import their goods at thi Jowest rates of treight ever heard of by steamers, The arr of emigrants to this port is now avous ive thousand a week,