The New York Herald Newspaper, August 4, 1874, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1874.--rRIPLE SHEET. BROOKLYN'S DILEMILA, | | | with the person assailed, although {t 1s not always absolutely essential that this should be so, and many cases occur when third persons may prop- erly interfere without tocurriog odiam or ceusure of any kind, As the public offence, however, con- #ists in the injury done or threatened to the indl- to assime a crime from any composition or pab- lication, however virulent, Whea the person there- in is mentioned, who is generally supposed to be the best judge of what affects 1s OWn reputation, declines or omits to prosecute therefore. ‘The per- son mentioned in the publication complained of is a citazen of Brooklyn, to whom the courts are as accessible as to the complainant, and in this case Tilton in Court and the Libel Suit Ended. he has not seen fit to make iA ee . ee does not unite i rosecution. NEARING THE END. | tity inh Sy %o ction te conpul case that it is my duty not because the complainant did not have a right to make it, but because the person alleged to have | been lvellea does not now unite in the proseca- ' ton; but, as I may be wrong im my view ol the law, Iwill incur no risk Of error tn the matter. I sual hot, therefore, dismiss 1t now, but give notice | that 1 willdo so on Wednesday morning next at ten | o'clock, to Which time the case stands adjourned, | My object in thus postponing the finai decision being to afford the complainant @p Opportunity to apply to the Supreme Court for a writ of manda- mus to compel me to proceed, if I am in error ia re‘using, In this event J shall cheerfully periorm | whatever may be regarded as my outy in the premises, otherwise I shail terminate tne case as I have already stated. f Mr. Gaynor—Do I understand Your Honor to decide I nave not a rigtt to make this complaint? i Judze—! did not cate. Investigating Committee | joti i fren soir coagon for leaving me to Finishing Their Labors. Frank Moulton Keeping General Butler Company. An Explanation of His Absence— Missing Links. The apply to the Supreme Court for a writ of man- damus to compel you to proceed 1s because t party libelied does not unite with me in the prose- cution of the deyendant? | “Jndge—That is the reason. Mr. Gaynor then stepped up to the Judge and stated to him in an underrone that if he would hear him 4 moment he would witudraw the com- aint. Judge—Having postponed the case I cannot do if, OPINION OF THE JUSTICB’S DBOISION. THE SIIUATiON IN BROOKLYN. ‘The situation remains unchanged im the great scandal case. The ouly thing new, and upon which the public may congratulate itself, is the prospect | of an early adjournment of the Committee of In- | vestigation sine die, Such an event cannot fail to | meet with general approbation upon all sides, as it will have the tendency of bringing the whole matter before the Courts, where a satisfactory ad- Serrmans com be hen. Theme te DOF: one oHiRon Mr. Gaynor, when questioned concerning his prominent in the public mund with regard to the intentions, remarked that he had not yet decided result of the deliberations of the committee, and | Whether ne wouid carry it to the supreme Court, that is that the verdict will be in favor of the pas- | ASt0 the decision of Judge Riley, he did not know tor of Plymouth. ‘he decision of such a consti- | jedged that he (Gaynor) had a rigit to make the tuted body will not be satisfactory outside that | Complaint, and further acknowledged that it was church circle, and do good can therefore come of tenable. Why be should dismiss it was vevond it in the matter of making restitution to the much Mr, Morris said, jorter, that Justice Kiley was periectly right in nis decision, If he had done otuerwise he would have been severely criticised by one of the two factions which tnis great scandal has made. The counsel did pot think the complainant Gaynor Would be 80 foohsh as to carry the matter Lo tae Supreme Court, the complainant’s comprehension. The geneial Sentiment of the community upon the decision was defamed shepherd of the Plymouth flock. Mr. Til- | favorable thereto, as no person o! intelligence | | Tecognized the propriety of dragging Mr. Beecher, | Mrs. Tilton and other people of :etinemeat besore | a justice’s court, where no earthly good was to be attained by the airing of the scanda’ tor tue mere gratification of a prurient carivsity on tue part of disinierested people. WHAT MATTHEW HALE SMITH SAYS. ton bad AN EXTENDED INTERVIEW with the District Atsorney yesterday, and 1s anxious of vindicating his character before a properly constituted court of justice. The resalt | of bis conference did not trauspire. Mr. H, W, Sage yesterday circulated the following card for | publication in the evening and morning news- | papers :— | The Plymonth Church Investigating Committee earnestly request that all persous who have been invited to testify before tuem in the matter now | under examination appear before them to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, at eight o'clock, as that will probably be the lasi meeting for the reception of Hale Smith the other day, said:—‘My ultimatum now is that Mr. Beecher shall resign his charge; that is the expiation of his fault that Task.” Mr. Smith says:—“The only two things the public now eciaaony. H.W. SAGE, Chairman. | want is to have Mr. Beecher say unequivocally A REASON FOR THE ABSENCE OF ME. MOULTON. | whether these letters or quotations from A reporter of the HERALD while in conversation jetters, reproduced in Mr. Tilton's statement, with a citizen yesterday touching the motives | gre genuine, and, if so, what they mean, which couid induce Frank Moulton to keep out of gna thé circumstances under which they were the way of the Plymouth church Investigating | written, Mr. Beecher, with all hia wealth of words Committee so persistently, was placed in posses- | ang power of reasoning, cannot aeceive tne sion of a theory which, if true, would at least fur- | average public mind. Le: him explain those Jet- nish areasonabie solution for that gentleman's ters, and [feel confident no other testimony will aiMdence in regard to expiaining the Beecher | be asked for, and that the verdict of the people letters of apology to Tilton, “and sich.” The gen- Will be almost upanimous one way or the other, tleman with whom the writer conversed remarked | ang ag correct as it will be unanimous.” Mr. Smita Leyte pearl ago eof oe Wovudruf & | further says:— nal ft dulton, is '& member was under | Mr. Tliton told him that the Arst information he mutual friend, Moulton, is a member, was under | transactions | had that his wife had any communicatiou with the a cloud because or some 7, which were not Satisfactory to the United Investigating Committee was the morning foliow- | States Internal Revenue authorities, He | 1g the eveniog that she appeared beiore the com- uiitiee, when, at six o'clock, ae pants into Mr. cbiet Treasury oficial, Mr. Jayne, the principal filton’s sleeping apartment and informe im Offender in the litule difficulty with “Uncle sain? | that she had been beiore the committee the It, therefore, became highly essentiai for Mr. Previous night, and also gave him the Bub- Moniton to straighten matters by an explanation, | Stance of her statements to the committee. She alleged that Mr. Moulton was, In the eyes of the vidual, (Cis hardly consistent with legal principles | in conversation with @ re- | Mr. Tilton, in conversation with Rev. Matthew | | General Terry. dropping a go.d'ring in the contri- | This ring Was alterward | been held on Saturday afternoons, and the great | church organ (the largest, with one exception, In | America) bas pealed iorth,on Sunday mornings | aud evenings, its tidings of great joy. Here the Prince of Wales, and Presidents Lincoln and Grant | have attended divine service, Itis here that Con- gregationai singing is heard at the best, and, per- haps, ip the history of no church has it been car- Tied to such @ high state of perfection. The visitor to Plymouth ior the first time will probably never forget the inspiration incited by the vast assem- bDiage rising and literally singing with all theu heart aod soul “The Shining Shore,” “Jesus, Lover | of My Soul,” or “Homeward Bound.” } NEW YORK KOUGHS AT CHURCH. | Probably no church in the United States has ex- perienced so many anxious, exciting andmemor- able Sunday services a bas Plymouth, It was on Sunday evening, June 8, 1856, that the services were of # peculiarly exciting nature, it having | been reported by the New York papers of that day that a gang oi New York rougus expected to visit the church in the evening and create a general disturbance. ‘Che Mayor of Brooklyn aid the Chiel of Police were notified, and a large posse of police were detailed tn citizens’ dress to watch the evening services, while a numper of the regu- lar attendants of the church armed them selves with revolvers, and prepared to xzlve the ruMans a good warm Congregational recep- tion in case they snould attempt to demolish the church building or disperse the congregation. As the hour for the evening service crowds and gangs Of rough looking men irom tu | Worst localities of ew York and broo iyn formed in front of Musicat Hall, at Fulton and Orange streets and on adjacent corners, and ; When tae church was opened a number of them walked in, but be-aved with great decorum when they observed the immense crowd in attendance, Alter remaining awhile they passed out, mutter- ing as they did so a tew ill chosen remarks about | “damned ‘aboutionists and ore worshippers.” , as the audience were listening with al- | most breathless attention to Mr, Beecher, some. thing struck one of the windows to tie east of the | pulpit, rattled against the glass, causing consid- | erable excitement amoug the ladies and other persons present woo sat near the windows, and then dropped ou the window sil, For a few min- | utes the excitement was intense, but alter a time | | quiet wus restored and the equanimity of the con- gre.ation regained. 1t was subsequently discov- ered that the object thrown against tie window Was a bullet, evidently used by some mischievous person with a view oi creating a sensation or for the purpose oi raising @ prodigious excitement in | the neighbornood. THE SALE OF A LITTLE SLAVE GIRL, | On Sunday morning, Feoruary 5, 1860, a little Mulatto siave girl, teu years old, and valued at $900, occupied aseat by Mr. Beecher op the form. Sie was brougnt to #rooklyn trom Wash- ington, DW. C., by Key. Bishop Faikner, then a member of Plymouth church, but pow pastor of | the Mediator Congregational church, Kochester | avenue and Herkimer sireet. The reverend gen- | tleman having obtained permission irom her mas- ter, aud determining to secure her freedom if pos- sible, he introduced ber to Mr. Beecher, by whom | she was presented during the services of that | Memorable Sunday morning to his congregation, accompanied by a Statement of the object 1n view, and a request for a liberal contribution of money in order that she might be rescued irom slavery. | ‘rhe collection taken up that morning in the Church, together with a collection taken up for | | the same purpose by the Sunday school in the alternoon, amounted in the aggregate to $1,000, The mterest maniiested by the congregation in the morning was very great, one of the ladies in tue audience, Miss Rose Terry, a sister of Major | bution box as it passed. | placed by the pastor on the finger of the little | slave girl with the remark tnat it was her ireedom | ring. She was then named after Mr, Beecher and Miss Terry, Rose Ward, ‘ A LIVE SLAVE WOMAN. On Sunday, June 1, 1861, a similar incident transpired at Plymouth church, when Mr. Beecher | called upon his congregation to witness a ‘live | slave woman,” and introduced a young girl about | twenty years old, named Sarah, who had beeh told | | by her master that if she could raise her freedom money among her white abolition iriends he would | be willing to reiease her from slavery. Accord- | ingly with her owner’s permission she was brought North, with the promise that if the money was not raised she would be returned. Three hundred dollars of the freedom money had already been | collected when she was brought to Brooklyn. | When tne announcement was made to the con- | gregation of Plymouth church that the sum of | $000, exclusive of jewelry, had been raised by col- | lection 1p the church the applause that followed lasted for several minates. THE FIRST LONG ISLAND VOLUNTEERS. On a Sunday in April, 1861, during the stirring | and exciting period of early rebellion days, Mr. | Beecher preached @ sermon to the First Long ) Island (inianiry) Volunteers, better Known as tae “Brooklyn Phalanx,” and of which one of his sons Was an Officer. On the same day the congregation contributed at the conclusion ci the morning ser- drew nigh | plat. | lnfuence is always a powerlul lever in makin | then added, as Mr. Smith says Mr. Tilton repre- CLEAH EXPLANATIONS, © | sents, that her mind was made up tu leave Mr, no matter how definite or explt hi Titon, aad that she was fully determined not to | * of tacts may be, when said DBTrator ey ale live with him longer as iis wife, and m a tew | _ in the autumn of 1862 the ae played aye an interested party In the matter. Now, accord- | Minutes alter she ieit the nouse, saying that she | Well in hroviding accommodations for de: ing to the story of the gentleman with whom the | Was gotng to the residence of lr. Ovington. Mr, | fenders of the Union, @ regiment of Maine vo! an. Writer conversed, Mr. Moulton went to his “mu- | Tilton sald he regurded her going off as “a sudden | teers “on its way to the iront” occupying the tual friend,” Rey. Henry Ward Beecher, and that | ™f,”’ and he soon alter joliowed her to tue reai- pe sleeping for two nignts on its Gistinguisied aiviue went to Washington. Anex. ‘ence of Mr. Ovington, remained to breaklast , Cushloned seats, d planation followed at headquarters of the govern- | there and had an interview with ms wife. He setyrysaab prt mall tas edad tt 2 lab adeod ment, which in the end proved satisfactory to tae Teasoned Somewhat against this nasty step; but | On April 12, 1865, a large number of the members bulidogs who guara tue iederal Treasury, | is wife remained firm, and reiterated her deter- | Of Plymouth church and Mr. Beecher celebratea and the rugged road was made smooth | Wunation to sever forever, so far as ber act couid the tourth anniversary of the surrender of Fort and even in the patn ot the parties concerned, | 401, the relation that had existed betweentnem, | Sumter, by Major Anderson, the steamer Quaker regiment for service in the field, | vices the sum of $3,000 to aid in equipping the — “One good turn deserves another’ is an old say- | ing, and if it snou!d happen to be verified in the | TILTON AND THE COMMITTEE. Mr. Smith turtner says that Mr. fiiton informed City conveying the Piymouthites to thetort, where | Mr. Beecher uelivered the address. On their re- him that the invisativa of the committee to appear | turu, while stopping at Fortress Monroe, the ex- beiore them reached fim ouly two hours before | CUrsionisis were grieved to hear that the four- the time fixed for his appearance. He went, how. teenth President oi the United States, Abraham ever, and was present at the ime named. Besides | Lincoln, had suffered death at the haads of present instance it would Jurnish a solution of the oft-repeated query, “Why does not Frank Moulton come forward and testily /’? Mr. Beecher has cer- tainly invited him to go beiore the committee and “tell” all he Knows.’ The invitation may have 3 3 beenextended and received solely in a Pickwick. | 80d 4 stenograpner were present. Mr. Tilton said ign sense, or it may not. It 1s for the public to de- | to Mr. Smith that he saw in the circumstances and termine. Circumstantially, it is a point which | WOVements of the occasion a preparation ior lu- would supply a missing link in the chain of evi- | ture publicity which he was not then prepared jor. the members of the commitiee Mr. B. F, Tracy deuce as to the mooted “whys and wherefores” of | His frame of mind then was to state his Frank’s bashiulness “upon tuis occasion.’ grievance without going into detail to men who would not act as Jair and honor- | able arbitrators in the matter, and who would be | disposed to exonerate fim irom the charge of being the slanderer of Mr. Beecuer provided he THE BEECHER COMMITTEE. | pees The Plymouth Church Investigating Committee | gg hd that Ldelady aueaeane of his — : le could not regard the committee as one to met last evening at the residence of Mr. Augustus | which he should unvosom himsell, He thereiore Storrs, No. 34 Monroe place. There was a full | Proposed to tell the story of his wrongs to Mr. sage attendance of the members. Among the wit- | im private and in confidence, and tien to leave it to that gentieman’s sense’ oi nouor and justice neases heard were Mrs. Tilton, Mr. and | ang nis views of public policy to say” What Mrs. Moses Bea Dr. Minton and | ought vo be done in tne premises. Mr. Tilton two unknown ones, The testimony taken | also said, according to Mr. Smith, that mr, S Tracy joimed with tie members of the’ committee wag understood to be of no particular | in‘ opposing this suggestion and insisted on & moment, but was chiefly explanatory of certain full divuiging of Mr. iiiton’s cause of grievance | against Mr, beecher, urging that course because | the latter had, in his'letter requesting the commit. tee, said that he wanted the fullest possible inves thease. The Interview ended leaving au impression upon Mr. Tilton s mind that uo ar- Tangemest coula De made between him ana Mr, Beecher so ast) save dn a qiliet way the reputa- points heretofore teetified to by Mrs. Tilton. Dr. Minton’s evidence went to show the weak con- dition Of mind Which Mrs. Tilton was in alter ihe miscarriage when she signed tue coniession at the dictation of her husband, ‘The committee in the early part of the evening decided upon giving Mrs. ‘tilton’s cross-examtina- | E ad 5 bi tions and Jeelings o| Day, Had that whatever he tae SOWEg, tor ectae waeeein Tek etna migut tell the committe? about the affair would brought to bear upon them, iater in the night | “mately be made public. | obanged the programing and refused | to | tT ae furnish it. Mrs. Tiitun took her departure from E Mr. Storrs abou: nive ovelock, mcompauy with | FRANK MOULTON THE QUEST OF Mr. Ovington, and vis ‘ed the residence of Rev. | Henry Ward Beecher. Mr. Moulton did not come before the comm ir was believed that one of | the strange men bejore the committee was Mr, Frank Carpenter. TILTON IN COURT. On Wednesday last, it will be remembered, Mr.| HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH CHURCH. Theodore Tilton appeared besjore Judge Riley at the Third District Court to answer @ complaint | made against nim by one Wm. J. Gaynor, who took | GENERAL BUTLER. el GLovcestTER, Mass., August 3, 1874, Mr. Frank Mouiion, the mutual friend of Beevner | and Tilton, ts the guest of General B. F. Butler, at | Bay View. Plymouth church stands now so prominently be- | fore the public that a résumé of its historical fea- it upon himseli to br a oti iibetting the Rev. Henry Wad qe adainst him lor | tares will not be unluteresting to the reader whose J ecener, EX-Dis- | opportunities or altendance on tie services pre- trict Attorney S. D. Morris, who a } pepe re orl, Who appeared &$ coun- | yeny him from becoming familiar with the details el for Mr. Tilton, moved that the case be dis- | The following sre some of the more missed, or that it be adjourned for a wee! por etaptos.G the opinion of the District Atiorney Biigh BGS: eae, UE enemy ere SON Sepoea a tained in regard to the right of adisinterestea | “47? citizen making acompiaint, such as Mr. Gaynor had made, without the knowledge or consent of the party alleged to have been libetled. The District Attorney of the county is Mr. John Winsiow, one of the members of Plymouth church and likewise one of the Plymouth Church Investigating Com. mittee. Possibly in consideration of the position he vecapied in the case he hesitated to give an opinion upon which the Judge and counsel might act immediately and thas dispose of the case eituer one way or the other, and yesterday it did not transpire at the court that he lad expressed is WITHIN ITS WALLS, rich and sacred with the memories of famous ora- tors, legisiators, statesmou, gilted women, littera- teurs aud divines, has been heard Lhe voices of the agitators of anti-slavery, when it Was almost dan- gerous tO speak the words uwioud. The silvery vongued Weadeill Phillips, the scholarly and eld- juent Sumner, the giited and erudiie William Joya Garrison, the radical and impassioned Gerrit Smith, the briliant Gurus, tue statesman shoema- greatest and ablest expounders of anti-slavery have given utterance to their views and made the grand old edifice fairly ring with their eloquence apd the magnetism with waich they pronounced their convictions, It is here that Ulapin, with Riowing imagery and majesiic and elegaut Bug- views at all upon the matter, | lish, has spoken 1 “*Womau’s Work” and the “Roil tay comtovs | Ql Houor.”” Here Mrs, Livermore, Elizabeth Cady | Stanton, Susan B. Autuony, Lucy Stone, Juia were at the court in large numbers an hour before | Ward Howe, Mrs. Tracy Cutler (the Western fe- the time fixed upon for calling the case. There | Hue lanyetl, Lney Harper, Henry B, Blackwell ] jonel I, W. Hixgiagon have explained aud ‘were anumber 01 ladies among the spectators, anx- | expounded the nature of tuetr peculiar views, gen- louato get a glimpse of one of the great actors | in the social scandal, at least, and listen to the fe AIT a costume, who, taking bis stand in proceedings. Mr, Tilton appeared in the court | {Bt Of the pidtiorm, would proceed to unroli sun- dry mathematical proviems, proving beyond a room, in company with bis counsel, at ten o'clock, | doubt nis claims on certat famuleseto whom he His brow was somewhat corrugated and he had a | 4d loaned money some tuirty years ago, until he ° | Was ejected from the building in spite of with noow! Pon tis face, indicating nis displeasure at | giancos which le cast ut the disturber Of What We being the central objec: of so mucn attraction. He | called passed to the Juvge’s private room, where be re- “FREER SPEECH." Here it was that the world-famed casta diva, mained until the cases of anumber of 3 persons charged with various offences were disposed Of Adelina Patti, sang her sweetest notes in ‘Moses iteta. bet THE JUDGE'S DECISION, in Egypt,” and thrilled the hearts of thousands vy Ing at last done, Mr. Tilton returned, | her exquisite rendition of tae “Last Kose of Sune when Justice Riley said:—in tne against Mr. | mer.” Here Parepa has filled tne baiding with Tilton | would say I euteriained tue co, “ od thi uplaint im | her melody, and moved her audience to tears. vos ane sa pe Warrant against tue defend- | Here Theodore Thomas and his orchestra have per- a eving It to be my duty todo so, Ihad no | formed the inspired oratorios, symphonies and kuowiledge of the complainant or is pos. the matter. The defenuant was arrested on that warrant and appeared before me personally and by Consent, and the complainant aiso appeared at the same time, wovn it was admitted by the com- plainant, and thus made known to me for the first Ume, that the compiaint was not made with the knowledge or cousent of the person alleged to have been libelled. Now, while iL ia true that libel 18 @ pwblic offence, it is aiso true that it 19 Buch sonatas of Handel, Beethoven, Mozart and Gluck. liere poor Harry Sanderson, “the great’ have made the plano speak, and Oie Bull has evoked, by the aid of 118 magical bow, the poetry of sound. Charles Dickens, 1n the winter Of 1867, told of “Siny fim,” “Bod Brachit,” “BOOTS AT THE HOLLY TREK INN?” rieges lined botn sides of tne srreet for blocks, While many encamped outside of the churca op offence because ee Wwe private wrong and the previous nignt ol the reading, by the ight of tojury At inficts = upon =the person | vonfires, in oruer that they might secure seats, lioetied. Compiainte of this kind naually originate | Ware tne famana Plyimouil oraan Concerts have (Tilton) could show that his grievance was based , ker Henry Wilson, John &. Gough and scores of the | erally preceded by the late David Coumbes, dressed | 8 and Rubinstein | and “Poor Jo,’ and arew such crowas that car- | THE ASSASSIN JOUN WILKBS LOOTH, and when the party reached Brovklyn it was pub- licly announced that Mr. Beecher would preach a sermon on the martyred President on the iollow- ing Sunday morning, April 24, 1865. The services on that memorable moruing in spring will never be furgotten by those who participated in them. ‘They are vividly portrayed in Harper's Magazine by an eye witness as follows: Presently the seats were all full. The multitude seemed to be solid above ana below, but still the newcomers tried to press in. The platform was | fringed by the legs of those who had beeu so lucky | 88 to find seais there. ‘There was loud talking and scuMing, and even occasionaliy a litte cry at the doors. One boy struggied desperately ior his lie or breath. ‘Ihe ushers, courteous to the last, smiled pitifully upon their own efforts to put ten | gallons into a pint pot, As the hour of service ap- proached a small door under the choir and imme- diately behind the mahogany desk upon the plat- form opened quietly and Mr. Beecher entered. He Stood looking at the crowd for a little time witnout taking off his outer coat, then advanced to the edge of the piatorm and gave some directions about seats. He indicated with his hands that the people should pack more closely. ‘The ushers evi- dently pleaded for the pewnolders who nad not arrived; but the preacher replied that they could not get in, the seats should be filed that the service might proceed 10 silence. He tarned and opened tae door, Then he re- moved his cout, sat down, and opened the hymn | book, while the organ payed. The :mpatient peo- | ple meantime had climhed up to cie window sills irom the outside, and the great white church was like a hive, with the swarming bees hanging in clusters upon the outside. | dhe service began with an invocation. followed by a hyn | the Bibie anc a prayer. The cougregation joined } in singing, and the organ, skilfuily and ‘firmiy phyed, preventing the lagying which usually ' spoils Congregational singing. ‘The efiect was im- posing, Ine Vast volume filed the building with | solid souna, It poured out at the open windowa, [and filled thé Still morning air oi the city with ' solemn melody. ar upon every side those who Batat home in sdiitacy chambers heard the great voice of praise, Then amd the hush of | THE VAST MULAITUDE, | the preacher, overpowere+ o emotion, prayed | fervently for the stricken lamily ate the bereaved nation, There was more singing, Berre which | Mr. Beecher appealed to those woo wéxe shoring to sit closer, and for once to be incommoces, tat Some more of the crowd might get iu; and a¥ she wind blew freshly trom the open windows, he '$ Ininded the audience that a handkerchiet laid upon the head would prevent the sensitive from taking cold. ‘Then, opening the Bible, he read tne story | Of Moses going up to Pisgah, and took tne verses | for his text, The sermon was written, and he read | calmly trom the manuscript. Yet at times, rising upon the food of ieeling, he shot out a solema adjuration, or asserted an opinion with a tiery emphasis that electrified the au- dience into appiause. His action was intense, but not dramatic, and the demeanor of the preacher was subdued and sorrowtful. | He did not attempt to speak in detail of the Presi- dent's character or career. He drew the bold out line in a few words, and, leaving that task to & calmer and fitter moment, spoke of tue lessons of the hour, The way of nis death was not to be de- plored; the crime itself revealed to the dutiest the ghastly navure of slavery; it was a biow, not at the man, but at the people and the government; it had utterly failed, and finally, though dead, the good man yet speaketh. The discourse was brief, Ltting, forcible and tenaer with emotion. It was 4 manly sorrow and sympathy that cast its spell tenons great audience, and it was good to be ‘There was another hymn, a peal of pious tri- ump, which poured out of the heart of the con- gregation and seemed to lift us all up, up into the sparkling, serene, inscrutable heaven. mee THE HISTORY OF THR CHURCH. | The ground on which the present buildings of Piyimouth church stand comprises seven jots, 83 Jeet by 200 feet, and extends (rom Urange street to Cranberry street, forming @ part of what is KaowD | to old Brooklynites ag the “Hicks estate," the prop- | erty at one time having belonged to John and Jacob | M. Hicks, representatives of one of the oldest and | Wealtuiest families of Brooklyn, Hicks street hav- | ng been named alter the family, In 1893 the First | Presbyterian church purchased the property of the Hickses and erected thereon a church edifice, ity-six by seventy feet, tronting on Cranberry Street. At that period the Uttle Village of Brook- lyn possessed a population of jess tuan one thou- Sand peovle, and the erection oj @ church on what was regarded and known as jarm property and in the midst of green fieids, where cattle were wont to browse, Was looked upon with teelings of doubt and distrust. But novwithstanding tue prophecies of atew tinid members or the congregation the $0- clety Waxed strong and grew in grace and wisdom Until the dimensions OF the church cuifice became 80 contracted that an addition of etghteen feet to the buiding could ho longer be delayed. Accord. | ingly, in 1631, @ lecture room, including Sunday | School raarag And & pastor's Bluay, LoIrly-wLe eek it was | — a, by the reading of a chapter in | ’ | vy seventy-two feet, were added to the already | Prosperous lite church, Rey, Joseph Sanford was called to assume pas- | toral charge of the new congregation, and con- | tinued in that capacity trom 1523 to 1829, a period of five years, when he was superseded by the Rev. | Daniel L. Carroll, D. D.. who was succeeded in turn in 1837 by the Rev. Samuel H. Cox, D. D. a name familiar to old charca goers of this city. | The Rev. Dr. Cox continued in charge of the con- | gregation even after the society had removed, in | 1847, to their new church edifice on Henry street, near Clark, 4 NEW CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH CALLED POR, Among all these churches and in a city with @ Population of 60,000 souls there was but one Con- gregational church (the Rey. R. M. Storrs, Jr., Church of the Pilgrims), The necessity for an ad- ditional Congregational church was therelore felt and demanded. Accordingly Messrs. John 1. How- rd, Henry 0, Bowen and seth B, Hunt, of the Church of ‘the Pilgrims, and Mr. David Hale, of the Broadway ‘Tabernacle, held a consultation with & view to establishing a new Congregational church, And inasmuch as the congregation of Rev. Dr. Cox. Known as the First Presbyterian church, were about removing to their new edifice on Henry street, near Clark, the property which they had heretofore occupied on Cranberry street | Was offered for sale at $25,000. The locality and purchase money asked for the Cranberry street | church property seemed to impress the loregoing | gentlemen as a favorable spot tor the estabiish- Ment of a new church organization, and after due deliberation Mr. Howard was author- ized, on behal! of the committee, to purchase the property on the following terms:—$20,000; $9,500 payable in cash and the residue, $10,500, to remain on mortgage. In June, 1846, the sale | Was consummated, and, according to the manual | of Plymouth church, Messrs, Charlea Rowland, David Hail, Jira Payne, David Grifin, Henry U. Bowen and John T. Howard held a meeting on Saturday evening, May 9, 1847, at the residence of Henry CU. Bowen, having for its object the forma- tion and establishment of a new Congregational | church in Brooklyn:—‘The meeting was opened by prayer, after which David Hale made some state- ments in relation to the property now held by the Piymouth church, and then, in behalf of bimeelf and the other owners, offered the use of said property ior purposes of religious worship a8 soon 43 the premises should be vacated by the First Presbyterian church.” Whereupon it was Resolved, That religious services shali bo commenced, yy. Divine perinission, on Sunday, the 16th day of May, that being tbe rst sabbath after the house was to vacated. HENRY WARD BEECHER'S CALL TO PLYMOUTH. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, at that time pastor oO! the Second Presbyterian church o! Indianapolis, | ind., and a young man, thirty-four year old, hap- | peued to be in the city, having, through the in. Mueuce of Mr. William P. Cutler, of New York, an intimate friend of the rising young Congregational preacher, been invited to deiiver an address before the American Home Missionary Society ta May, | 1847. Mr. Beecher accepted the invitation, but for | some reason delievered the aadress before tho | Foreign Missionary Society, instead of the society | to which be was originally Invited to speak. Some | | of the members of the new Congregational church | | heard Mr. Beecher’s effort, and were so weil | pleased, that he was invited to preach the opening | sermon Of the Cranberry street Congregational | church; the tollawing notice of the coming event appearing in the Zagie of Saturday, May 15, 1847:— “NEW CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.” “The Congregational caurch au Cranberry street (late Dr, Cox’s) will be open for religious worship | to-morrow morning, afternoon and evening. Rev. | Henry Ward Beecher, from Indianapolis, Ind., 13 expected to preach morning and evening, and Rev. N. H. Eggleston, from Ellington, Conn, in the afternoon. The friends of this new enterprise, aiso all who are willing to aid in the establishment of a new church in that section of the city are respect- luily invited to attend.” ow odd the words that ‘section of the city’? sound to the thousands of the readers of the | Eagle to-day. It should be siated in connection with the foregoing announcement of Mr. Beecher’s first sermon in Brooklyn, that he had been engaged in the ministry about ten years, having first entered upon his pastoral labors at Lawrenceburg, Ind.. in 1837, where he rematnea for a period of two years, and then removing to | Indianapolis, and from thence to Brooklyn, so that _ mucn Of the freshness of thought and originality of expression which characterizes “the greatest of living preachers,” may possibly be traced to his earlier years having been spent on the borders of the wild and undeveloped lands of the great West. HOW MR, BEECHER HAPPENED TO COME TO BROOK- LYN, The credit of Mr. Beecher’s introduction into Brookiyn 18 due to Mr. Wiliam P, Cutter, who was cognizant, even at that early time (1847), of | preacher, but also as an original thinker and tear- les3 ‘speaker, Mr. Cutter gave a very interesting | sketch of bis efforts in carrying on negotiations with Mr. Beecher for his final settlement In Brook- | ya, at the silver wedding, held in | lymouth 1872 He church, of that he (Cutter) Beecher While travelling in the and when | Plymouth church was established it occurred to | sald | | him that Beecher was the man to fill the pulpit. | | With this object he went to Indiana, heard the | young man aud was more than satistied. He then fixed matters with the New York Missionary So- | ciety, 80 that they brought him on here to preach | their anniversary sermon, and thereby gave the | Plymouthites achance to satisty themselves con- | cerning his quatifications. Tiey were satisfied, | and determined to call him, did call him, and he, | Cutter, hang around Indiana, using all the infu- ence he could command, until Beecher determined | to accept the call, Mrs. Beecher was then in ill | health, and had been told that Eastern alr was | necessary for her restoration, and tiis, among other things, Was one of Mr. Beecher’s stropgest | reasons tor coming to Brooklya. ’ THE PROGRESS OF THE CHURCH. |The following statement will show the annual progress of the church and the great increase in sremberenp since the opening of Piymoutn, in une, 1847: Beecher’s great abilities, not only as an eloquent | ¢ | testify, Dut you gee he cleared out aud will not. Aamissions. | 5 | 21 3 } e [se 23 8 id, Date. s4 g 88 2 72 > : 1 56 55 272 50 827 | 4“ 409 | 33 470 Lt 3 13] 4) 19] 8 369) 20) 27] 80 a7 43) 42) 87 | 2.000) In 1854, 1858 and 1866 the register was carefully revised and many members’ names stricken olf Who had in fact lett or died long before. Tais accounts | for the apparent excess 10 the number of dismis- sals iu those over ovher years. PLYMOUTH CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL, | _ The Sunday school was opened on September 5, | 1847, witn an attendance of 10 teachers and 26 scholars. In May, 1843, 1t numbered 25 teachera @nd 140 scholars, with an average attendance of | 140 in all, in December, 1850, the attendance was | 174; in December, 1855, 150; In December, 1860, 880} in 1861, 430; lo 1852, $50, and has ever eince ranged {rom 70) to 799; whe she whole number | Of teachers and pupils at’ ending with gore or less | regularity 1s now nearly 1,000. The a irk Atrend- @uce on the first Sunday in January, 1574, was 7: ene superintendents of the school have been as OWS :— Renry C. Bowen, from September, 1847, to Janu. ary. 1843. Lutagr Eames, from January 1, 1848, to January | 1, 1849. cee Oorn{fg, from January 1, 1849, to Janu- ary 7, 1851, Tey Morrili,from January 1, 1851, to Janu- ary 1, 1861. George A. Bell, from January 1, 1861, to January 1 1866, 4 Rositter W. Raymond, from January 1, 1866, to | January 1, 1870. Charies C. Duncan, from January 1, 1870, to | Sanuary 1, 1874 Rovert k. Raymona, from January 1, 1874.t0 the present time, The expenses of the school were defrayed in part by the teachers aud in part by subscriptiel | afd collections in the church until January, 1860, | When they were assumed by the society, which has vice since provided for them out of ita current receipts. The school has always met in a room above the lecture room. When the church was rebuilt, in 1849, room sixty-lour feet long by 24 feet wide was assigned to the school, but the Bible classes were held in separate rooms. In 1859 the Social | Circie Parlors were annexed to the schoolroom, thus doubling its capacity. But even this space was Jound entirely insufficient to accommodate the children of tte congregation, large numbers of whom were obliged to attend other Sunday schools. THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE CHURCH. The pew rents jor such years as records have i been kept were as foliows:— 11, 157 Sty 12,055 +2 alone the sum of $78,950 has been applied to strictly mis- sion purposes, exclusive of all expenditure upon | the churen or'its own Sunday school, ‘The collections o| the church for benevolent ob- jects of all kinds (exclusive of pew rents, but in- cluding contributions in the schools), 80 far as any | | records remain, bave been as follows 1 Bee! | did he feel sv anxio These figares do not include any contributions not taken under the immediate supervision of oM- cers Of the church or society, and represent only @ very sinail part of the donations of tue tongre- wy! Recently, an effort was made to ascertain he contributions of members outside of the church collections; and it was found that over $300,000 had been gives in one year, for charitable pur- Foses, by the public subscriptions of a small por- ion of the members. Concerning the private charities of these members, and the general dona- tions of ali the rest of the church, uo trustworthy estimate can be made. THE OPPICRRS OF PLYMOUTH CHURCH FOR 1874 are as follows :— Pastor—Henry Ward Beecher; installed Novem- ber 11, 1847; residence, No. 124 Columbia Heights, arnstoral Helper—Samuei B. Halliday, No. 69 Hicks treet, Clerk of the Church—Tnos, G. Shearman, No. 20 Nassau street, Ne Brooklyn. York, and No, 81 Hicks street, Treasurer—Stephen V. White, No. 210 Columbia Heights, Deacons—John T. Howard, No. 174 Hicks street; Charles M. Morton, No, 198Sands street; Reuven W. Ropes, No. 28 Remsen street; Elmer H. Garbutt, No. 101 St. James piace; Benoni G. Carpenter, No. 96 Clinton street; Samuel E. Belcher, No. 113 North Oxtord street; Robert R. Raymond, No. 123 Henry street; Jotn B Hutchinson, St. Mark’s place, near New York avenue; Henry W. Sage, St. Mark's plice, near New York avenue. Deaconesses—Mrs, Mary W. Halliday, Mrs. Frances L. Pratt, Mrs. Julia P. Hawkins, Mrs, Mary L, Tbathelmer, Mrs, Isabella P. Beecher, Mrs. Mary A. Panning. Examining Committee—Pastor, Pastoral Helper and Clerk (ex 0), Daniel W. Laonpie a (clerk), Lysander W. nehester, Thomas ‘Tilney, George H. Day, David H. Hawkins, Henry M. Cleveland. Music Committee—Pastor (ex officio), Rossiter W. Raymona, Join A. Fowle, Wallace E. cadre, | Samuel &. Belcher, Horatio ©. King, Heury Whitney. Committee on Church Work —Pastor (ex officio), George A. Bell, Eimer H. Garbutt, Reuven W. Ropes, John ‘I. Howard, Augustus Storrs, John B. Hutchinson, Assistant Clerk, Daniei W. Talmadge. Auditors, Lorin Palmer, Moses K, Moodey. ‘Treas: urer Deacons’ Fund, E. H. Garbutt, ‘THM OFFICERS OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS ARE:— Plymouth Sunday Scboo!—Superintendent, Rob- ert R. Raymond, No. 123 Henry street; Assistant Superintendents, Rossiter W. Raymond, George W. Brush; Secretary, Augustus D. Everit; Librarian, Henry C. Collins. Bethel Mission School—Superintendent, William Ray; Assistant Superintendent, John W. Stanton; Secretary, Frankiin H. Cowperthwalt; Assistant Secretary, 0. H. White; Librarian, George Allred Bell; Assistant Librarians, Ernest Buestow, Paul Grosser, Henry Kick, William A. Brown; Mission- ary, Charles M, Morton, No. 296 Sands street. Mayflower Mission School—Superintendent, Dr. Hiram B. White, No. 97 Henry street; Assistant Su- perintendents, David W. Tallmadge, Arthur Hell; Secretary, F. B. Mayham; Treasurer, D, H. Liaw- kins; Librarian, Wilam Kelly; Missionary, Miss Crane. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. Trustees—James Freeland, President, No, 140 Columbia Heights; Horace B. Claflin, No. 59 Pierre- ont street; Lorin Palmer, 142 Columbia eights; John B, Hutchinson, St. Mark’s place, near New York avenuc; Henry W. Sage, St. Mark’s lace, near New York avenue; Rwis R Graves, jorristown, N.J.; Auguscus storrs, Treasurer, No. 34 Monroe place; Moses 8. Beach, No. 96 Columbia Heights; Daniel S. Arnold, No. 25 Mon- tague street. . Clerk of the Society—Henry Chapin, Jr., No. 173 Schermerhorn street. Sexton and Clerk of the Trustecs—Harvey 8. Weld, No. 49 Willow street, THE COMMITTEE. The following members of the committee have been interviewed in regard to the present situa- tion. They are not very communicative :— MR. AUGUSTUS STORRS was found at his office, No. 73 Worth street, New York. He was evidently burdened with the cares of Bnainoasy and was not in a communicative mood, “Have you seen the Tribune's account of Mrs, Tilton’s examination ”’ queried the reporter. “No, sir; I haven’t; indeed, I don’t read the Papers nowadays.” “Do you know where Mr. Mou!ton Is?!” “I do not, nor do | care, particularly, Ihave no , entieman.’’ special interest in the testify before the commit- “Do you think he wi ee 1 e “1 really cannot say.’” MR. 8, V. WHITE had “gone down East to see tus family,’ but would probavly be back to-moirow morning. The ques- tion was asked another member of the committee, i, as was rumored, Mr, White had determined to see Mr. Moulton during his absence. The gentie- man replied that the committee, as a whole, were very anxious to see Mr, Mouiton, but he did not believe Mr, White was particularly interested in his whereabouts, enough, at least, to look him up. ANOTHER MEMBER, | who did not wish his name mentioned, said that the Zrivune's account was evidently ‘a garbled | Tehash” of what had been published on Sunday, With a little added, it was evident that some one Who had access to the meetings of the committee was betraying its confidence by imparting the re- Sults of its sessions to the press. Teporter that not one word of the testimony had been published with the committee's consent ex- cept Mr. Tilton’s cross-examination, “Do you know where air, Moulton is?’ said the Argus man. “No, 1 do not.’ ae the committee made any effort to find im ?? “Yes; wo have written to where he was sup- posed to be, but have received no reply.” “Will the work of the committee continue much longer?” “J hope not and think not. You will get all the testimony when we are through." STILL ANOTHER MEMBER, who did not want his name mentioned, said that he and the Other members were greatly surprised at Uhe publication of what purportea to be Mrs, ‘Tiiton’s examination. “Have you heard anything of or from Mr, Moulton?” “No, sir; I have not.’ “Do you think he will testify before the commit- He has been invited 1 think it would be much better tor himself to come forward and tell all he knows, and | know it would be more satisiactory to the parties most inter- ested. “When will the committee's work be done?’ + will provably close to-morrow night.!? “Then Mr. Moulton will not get @ chance to speak??? “Probably not; we have urged him to come for- ward, but ne will not.” “Will all the testimony be published when the | tees? “J don’t think he will. | committee closes its labors “Yes; every word, except, indeed, some of the | minor testimony which the committee do not con- Sider important enough to give verdatim even in their own report. Mr. Beecher’s statement will be oe soon as he makes it—probably in @ day or Wo. MR. Tl. B. CLAFLIN said he had not been at the committee meetings for some days, and couid tell nothing about what they bad done or intended to do, THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, Hypocrisy and Virtue. To THe Epitor or tue HenaLy:— Incomprehensible, in a Christian community, 1s | Mus Tilton-Beecner scandal. I have read atten- tively and, as far as possible, with an unprejuaiced jund, Tilton’s charges, his cross-examination, Mr. ers and Mrs, Tilton’s dental of Tilton’s charges, Host of {he Aubsequent interviews with Tilton and the thousand ayd ge comments by newspapers ou the subject. I have sudéavered # put myself in the place of a juror, to decide for | myself alone as to the guilt or innocence of the parties concerned. My mind has not yet been made up to render a verdict to myself; for the whole evidence has not yet been given to the pub- lic, and, of course, not to me, But I have read and heard saMicient to make me wonder at several phases of the case when I view it in tne light of common sense. This scandal, {t seems, has been festering among ali these people—Beecher, Bowen, Tilton and their numerous satellites—tor the past eight of ten years, and it is but just now coming toa head, Tilton is charged with ail sorts of immoral acts—advocating free love tn its most revolting ian ee practising according to his teachings. All tl time he has been retailing out to his friends‘that Beecher has seduced his wile and de- siroyed the happiness of his bome. Beecher, Thiton, Mouiton, Bowen, Mrs, Tilton and @ host of others have been sully cognizant of all these charges against the two principal parties, Now, I want to ask a few questions, in the first Place as to Mr. Moulton. He professes to be a iriend to both parties, knowing all these charges to exist. He probably knows of the facts in the case Of Mr. Tilton, and yet he claims, in a Christian community, to be his triend, even 80 far as to love him, I simply ask, 19 he also “one of the wicked ae that he cannot break iriendship with a man ho bas violated his marriage vows and made his house 4 den of corruption? Again, Oi Mr, Beecher, He, too, must have known of Titou’s teachings and practices, Woy us tO retain the friendship and love of one who had 80 vegraded himsell im ine Night of common morality’ Why did he still desire so strongly to continue his love, triendstip and respect jor such # man? Is it not monstrous and passing ali veliel? Is he also “one of the wicked ones? It appears to me to be very strong evidence against bin, this tear of breaking (riend- ship with sub a man, Are any of the parties who profess equal triend- 364 | ehip to Mr. Beecher and Mr, Tilton honest in thelr | | If su, they, tuo, must be numbered | among “the wicked ones." friendship ? ‘There must have been many members of Plymouth church who have had Juul Knowiedge of these repeated charges made by Tilton agaiust Beecher. Lf tuey, tuo, are not to He assurea the | de numbered among “the wicked ones,” I canna conceive how they could sleep @ single night without horrid dreams haunting them aud urging them to do something to stop the sian- der, ifslander it should prove to be. And what are we poor outsiders todo, who have been iree from hearing the gossip which must have been so revalent in the City of Churches, and who have fore looked up to these men as saints in the household of God ? Must we decry all religion ag humbug and simpiy a cloak to cover sint trust not. Emerson says, “Hypocrisy Is the homage that vice pays to virtue.” Whichever Way the great battle ends, it cannot be but that @ great lesson willbe given for all to study or Lg by who desire to act justly in the eign The Church Jary. To THe Eprror oF TH8 HERALD :— Imust say that I am at times puzzled to know whether Beecher is not the accuser and Tilton the accused, Were a trial of the kind instituted and conducted in the far regions of Africa men would Not be astonished at the partiality of the so-called judges, but to witness such trumpery in the civilized City of Churches 1s @ disgrace to the land, If justice 1s sought and ts to be obtained let Mr, Tilton seek \t in our courts, where white ties and robes are on a par with the common gar- ments, for really, after such a farce, nothing in bis favor can be'expected. The gentiemen of the jury, in endeavoring to protect their church, are damaging Mr. Beecher’s case; and if his case is as clear as his church people pretend It is why no& let it stand on its own merits? ~= VOX POPULL ‘“Seraphic Soarings.” To THe Epiror oF THe HeRaLp:— I have been wounded in tho house of my frienda— | Psalm. Wh.'e [ bitterly deplore the injury done to the cause of religion and morality by the present most grievous scandal, I don’t know whether to nad most fanit with Mr, Beecher’s Christianity or Mr. | Tilton’s non-Christianity. Mr, Beecher’s spiritual | yearnings and seraphic soarings alter the infinite | | | | did not prevent his presumed guilt. Mr, Tilton’s uxorious gloating over his wife's spiritual attri- butes and her paradoxical whiteness of soul is Still worse. If is a disgrace to common sense— an insult to every virtuous matron in the land, pa with his household gods shattered around him the injured husband may think that there is something sublime and chivalric in his palliation of a crime wuich, in all ages, has been vhought worthy of the severest puaishment by divine and human laws, But we cannot agree with him, ‘The outcast Magdalene batned the feet of the Savionr with her penitent tears. ‘Phe adal- terous woman denieth her guilt, she-wipeth her | ps and says 1 am clean, I have done no wicked- ness. There should be no maudiin sentiment, no pot- sonous sophistry on a subject of such grave import. If Mr, Tilton chooses to palliate or condone his Wile’s offence (supposing her guilty) he 1s at per- fect liberty to do sv; but at present he ought to | have the good taste not to comment or enlarge | upon her mental or spiritual idiosyucrasy, CONSTANT READER, PRESS COMMENTS. The Run of Mr. Tilton’s Private Papers. {Berleigh’s letter to Boston Journal.) This affair, like Aaror’s rod, swallows up all other subjects. Itisthe topic at the breakfast table, om the cars and on the Exchange, Motners complain that the girls and boys get up betore breakfast, watch the newspaper man, seize the paper and devour the scandal before the family is stirring. The newspaper offices in Brooklyn are having a second edition of war times. The bulle- | tin boards are mammoth and crowds surge round the oMice for the latest editions. The Zagle is Mr, Beecher’s own. The Argus, a newly started paper, battling for position and fame, has the inside track; for being Mr. Tilton’s organ, tt gets the earlier information and has the run of Mr. Tilton’s private papers. Tue committee has never been salisiactory to the public. Personally above re- proach, their personal relations to Mr. Beecher make them a tribunal that ought not to deal with parties outside of Plymouth church. fhe pubica- tion of what 18 called the cross-examivation of Mr. Tilton, With the omissions charged, has not increased the puvlic confidence, The demand ts nearly universal in the secular rejigious press, that the investigation must now be thorough, let it strike where it may, The dewand is that Mr. Moulton, Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Beecher, Mrs. Bullard and others named must come into court The Woodhull’s have returned and are a3 happy as Mother Cary’s chickens in @ storm, “Now that Beecher Has Shouted the Tally-Ho of the Hant.” (From the Troy Budget.] Last week closed without the great problem ag to Beecher’s guilt or innocence having been solved, We do not give the myriad statements and rumors of the week in relation to this great the times—because | bottom or daylight has yet been reached, Our Saturday night despatches bring us @ gushing letter from Mr. Beecher to Mr. Tilton, Also the statement that some over-zealous friends of Mr. Beecuer are trying to prove Tilton insane by genealogy. Vain subteriuges there! The publig are not to be turned aside from the awful question now under investigation by any such thin diver- sions as this from the main issue iavolved. Neither will the secret gatnerings of the commit- tee, or their oracular intimations be taken as @ | satisfactory verdict. This trial, thorough and searching, is yet to be had—if not through the committee, then over and in despite of the com- Mittee. {vis Beecher, and not Tilton, who 1s being tried, and the question 1s, did Beecher commit aduitery ? and not, is Tilton insane—by genealogy? The bottom truth of this affair is what the pubiie will have pow that Beecher himseli has shouted the EADY tO of the hunt, Subteriuges are not now im order, Mr. Plimpton Speaks for Mrs. Hooker. (from the Cincinnati Commercial] The New York Tribune hints at the part Mra, Isavella Hooker, a sister of Mr. Beecher, played tn the preliminaries of the Brookiyn scandal. Toeo dore Tilton could, if he chose, tell a very amusing story of her visit to New York a few years ago, de- termined to compel “Henry” to mount the pulpit and make humble coniession in the face of the great congregation, He might also enlighten the public as to the means employed to moderate her zeal, close her lips and send her back to Hartiord without having moved upon the Plymouih pastor. est scandal of neither Indicter—Judge=—Jury. {From the Norwich (Conn.) Bulletin.) Henry Ward Beecher 1s being tried by a commit tee of Plymouth clurch. The action was of their own choice, and they probably will conduct the ex aminaion as it seems best to them to do tt, And yet to heay tbe complaints which are made every day one wot think that the people were in- dicier, judge and jury. If people choose to make up their minds one Way OF another before the com. mittee report they have aperiect right to, but mi allow the committee the right £0 Sit just as long ag they deem tt necessary, 1n a cOnrt O! justice the evidence for tue defence is not allowed until that for the prosecution is all in, and jt seéms yo OS eminentiy tair for Mr. Beecher to wifauold his teg- fimony until all the others shall have tested, sa that he may have an opportunity at one tima + replying to ail charges and statements that may be le. Mr. Beecher on the Value of Truthful ness. A man who stands in the midst of affairs, tested, tried, proved to be a man of unswerving integrity, &@ man Of absolute truth, a man that is true, faith ful, honest, honorabie, 18 more vaiuable than gold, even Ina commercial point of view. A man is politics, who, though he may be ambitious and pap Usan, 18 shown to be ‘aithful, honorable and trusp ful—even in politics such a man, in the long run, wins, One reason why there are so many mush rooms and puffballs in society is that men fon swear morality. In the great bustle of commerce, in the conflict of affairs, in the heated ways oj puniic i@, men think that ib 18 not only safe but justifiable and profitable for them to set asice the fundamental qualities of true manhood. That is the reason wny when they are cut down they never rise again. We honor great men; but it does pot take much to make @ great man in a community where there are newspapers. Great men have a campaig! great men have one term great men have a five years’ or a ten years’ caree in the State Legislature, and great men think themselves to be immovably great; but many great men fall, anu, once ialiing, never rise again, [¢ does not hurt some things to jail, The elastic bail Wien it jails springs up again; the solid met, when it falls, may not spring up, but It {s solid yous but find me an apple that, though fair of skin, le rotten at the core, aud let that once fall, and whag becomes of it? However tempting 1t looks, when the suaking band once toucues {t, and tt falls, shall it rise again??? 4 POST OFFIO£ IMPROVEMENT, The city Postmaster has made arrangemente with a local telegraph company for the estabiet ment Of telegraphic communication between the General Post ofMce and stations D (at Cooper Im stitute) and F .(at Twenty-fifth street and Third avenue). ‘the change, 16 ts ticipated, will Greatly facilitate posta: business, and if the ex+ periment proves successful in pracsice the system will be extended 80 as to periect ready communk cation betweeu ail other stations and the General Post Onice,