The New York Herald Newspaper, December 10, 1874, Page 4

+ MOULTON MULCTED. orm Termination of Case No. 2 of the Great Scandal. Proceedings in the United States Court. VINDICATION OF EDNA DEAN PROCTOR, Interesting Testimony Before the Referee. MORE BEECHER CORRESPONDENCE. Moulton Pays $4,375 as Costs. ‘The United States Circuit Court, Montague, corner of Clinton street, Brookiyn, was thionged by @ curious audience yestercay morning, who Were attracted by the announcement made that the trial of Francis D. Moulton, for haivng pub- Vishea a libel against the character of Miss Edna Dean Proctor, would be commenced. ‘The suit was instituted, it will be re- membered, to recover damages in the sum of $100,000, but from the earliest institution of the complaint the fair piaintif nas disclaimed any de- gire to recover aught else save a judgment which would vindicate her character as @ pure and virtuous woman, The case, a8 &@ side issue to the | main question in the great scandal suit of Tilton | vs, Beecher, 1s, however, the most important | action that bas been broached since the reputa- tion of the pastor of Plymouth church was frst assailed by the breath of scandal. The piainuf ‘was alleged in the statement of Moulton, out of which springs this hgitation, to have been on terms of improper intimacy with Mr. Beecher. The circumstances of the relationship of the parties concerned purported to have been learned by Moulton from Rev. Henry Ward Beecher himself, Had there been any trath in the allegation the open trial of such a case would as- suredly have necessitated tie taking of testimony of a most obscene pature. Hence it was a soarce 1 astonishment to many who were present in the Circuit Court of the United States yesterday fore. noon, when a bevy of eighteen young and middle- aged ladies, chiefly irom the congregation of Plymouth churcn and resicents of the Heights of urooklyn, filed across the threshold and took up their seats on the left nand side, within the eu- closure set apart for the Bar and the press. Mx Ovington and son, at whose house Mrs, Tilton 60- journed «fter leaving her house; Judge Moore, of the County Court; District Attorney A. W. Tenny, Assistant D.strict Attorneys Moore and Hoxie, Theodore Tilton, ex-Judge Morris, Franklin Wood- ruff and other notable ciuizens were prominent among the spectators. Muss Proctor entered the Court accompanied by her brotuer, and leaning on the arm of Geueral Tracy, the senior counscl for piaintif, about fifteen minutes alter eleven o'clock. Ex-Juage Van Cott and H, Broadhead appeared as associate counsel for the complainant, and for Mr. Moulton ex-Judge Fullerton, Mr. Knox and General Pryor were in attendance. Judge Woodruff came into Courta few moments later, and the crier cailed the court toorder. Five jurors being absent, the Court or- dered that they be fined $250 each for the offence. | The Court then called the cage of “Edna Dean Proctor against Francis D. Moulton.” Mr. Fullerton arose and said they were not ready to go on with the case for two reasons. the first place there was as yet no issue found in this case which gives the Coart jurisdiction to try the case. When an oppor unity was presented he desired to contest the jurisdiction of tne Court. In the secona place, unfortunately, the defendant Was tll, and had been confined to his bed since Saturday last with a disease to which he had long been subjected. For these two reasons they were Dot ready to go on with the trial. Mr. Van Cott said there was no reason why the case is not at issue. The right was reserved, ander the order made when the case was first calied, to make an amendment which was an amendment by the change of a word; defendant was at liberty to answer instarter traversing i! he pleased, or to answer on the trial ifb2soelected. On the other point they had no information before the Court as to the nature of the indisposition of the defendant. | Defendant could be examined at bis house if It | ‘was necessary. There was no reason from the | present situation of the case for delay in the trial. ‘The suit was commenced months ago, and ample time for preparation had been given dejendant’s counsel. Judge Woodruf said the only suggestion is that the delendant is sick, No time ior preparation can obviate that embarrassment. | Mr. Van Cott objected on the ground that there Was not a forma: certificate of the indisposition of Mr. Moulton presented, so that the Court could de. | termine as to the character of the iliness of the defendant and be guided thereby im assigning another day for the trial. | Mr. Fullerton said he was not disposed to delay | the case. His friends on the other side were as | well informed as himself that the defendant is under the care of # physician and confined to his bed. If they put this cause ina condition where it can be tried at once he was ready to enter upon the trialatonce. If the gentleman would name | any respectable lawyer of Brooklyn or New York | to whom the case could be reserred he was ready to enter upon the trial before sundown. He would also consent to the amendment of the proceedings ‘1n any way his adversary might say. Mr. Van Cott, aiter some iurther disenssion, said itseemed then to be a question ol damages, and that had been their comprehension from the begin- | ning. Hence they would, in order to facilitate the disposition of the case, and the recovery of tue debt, accede to the proposal for a reference. The defendant would be better as soon as the case was out of Court. They would suggest the Hon. Ben- jamin D, Silliman for referee. ‘The referee named was accepted by counsel for defendant. Messrs. Fullerton, Van Cott, Tracy and the other counsel then withdrew to draw up the stipulation determined upon. Meanwhile the ladies gathered about Miss Proctor and most en- thusiasticaliy congratulated her upon the vindi- cation which she had received in the turn which the case nad taken. One o! the gentile sex rap- torously exclaimed, as she caught the plaintim oy poth bands in the vestibule and kissed her, “You are, indeed, mistress of the situation.” Shortiy aiter one o'clock, the count peep Ly Ean coed ing @ collision Sound, SE yuage eres addressing tne Judge, said:—“May it please Your Honor, we have en- tered into 4 stipulation with regard to the refer- ence to be taken in this Court.” Judge Woodrufl—Well, let it be made in the form of an order of the Court, as an order in open court. ‘The following order and stipulation was then maa Ctacurr Court or tue Ustren Stares ron re Easvenn Distaict or Naw Your—Edna Dean Proctor ow Francia D. spective partics netebe ity esohce of the Court, wipe: spective parties bereby, in presence o! r Nows—that the issue now tormed in vid cause to Benjamig D. siiliman, Kaq., ‘opn Green: argument touch- d ou Long Island ferred tor hearing OF in ue event of his declining to act, wo Ji Wood, ksq., or in the event of his refusin of ais Court to be named by Hom Lewis sn 3 counsel ‘Otreult Judge. e at the hearing of said issue shall re veed jorihwith and de die in diem until we same iave been submitted, to begin at the residence of Ben- .. corner of Pierrepont and Clin- logk this afternoon. any time during the b ir complaint or de: jo YW. Silliman, \ton. streets, at one wend Im respect to the citi of the jes; and ay. @verment in respect thereof wil’ be admitted e dete it. het an be entered in conformity with this stip- eit TRACY, CATLIN & BROADHEAD, imtie”; Al s FULLERTON, KNOX & CROSBY.” cmd beet’ Bored 08 rac in sectd noe % 4 cordan ~ — mapuistion—L. B. Wooprorr, Circuit Judge.” fine order of the Court the ref Of the order 0! efer- ears we leoe eld st the house of the reteree, wr. B. D, Suliman, Clinton street, at one o'clock. Bhortiy before that time the leading counsel on In | | respondence sel returned to the | tue house and met he shoul counsel, that the reference take place in & room of the United States Court. Bx-Judge Fullerton and counsel made no o»jec- | vhe arrival of General Batier Mr. Silliman made the same request toghim. The General said that he had no ction it, except that gong to to @ public building would necessarily give tne representatives of press an opportunity of belug there, which he did not desire. One of the | Motives sted this reference was that it nga Would pre’ at iy Unnecessary pub! y of tacts f and names, He was of an opidion that the news- papers hud caused mach trouble 1g chip matter, ' and that it was one of those cases that was not, | as supposed, everydoay’s business. The question | of admitting the press remained ander discus- | gion until the arrival of Miss Proctor, who came in, accompanied by Mrs. Charles Storrs, Mr. Charles Storrs, and Mr. Proctor, her brother, | tvom the West. Proctor very ur | gently impressed upon r counsel her de- Sire that the press should be admitted | to the reference, in order that she might have a | public vindication, it was ultimately decided to adjourn to @ room in the United States Court, and | the entire party le(t Mr, Silliman’s house together | for that purpose, causing no little excitement to the pedestrians along the one biock which they traversed to the Court. A large group of re- porters, who had been waiting on the sidewalk, Joied the procession, constderabiy augmenting | the formidable appearance of the rou One of the upper rooms of the United States Court buiding bud been asppropriared for the reference. Two marshals guarded the door after the counsel, Miss Proctor and her friends had entered. Tney reiused, according to or- der, admission to any representatives of the pre 8. Belore the proceedings commenced the referee suggested the desirability Of making an arrange- ment by Which proper publicity couid be given ‘oO their proceedings wi hout crowding tue room with @8mail army of reporters. Ihis suggestion Was discussed, and, alter a conference by General Tracy with the representatives oi the New York daily pavers, an arrangement was made by which the press was represented and a full report of the proceedings obtained. port given below tnat only one witness wus examined—Miss Proctor—and that at the close of her testimony a suggestion was made by General Butler, which resuited in the agreement on the part the deiendant, Mr. Moulton, to pay the expenses incurred by Miss Proctor im the prose- cution of her suit, amounting to $4,375, and an unqualified denial of the trutn of the charges thas been made against her by him. THE PROCEEDINGS. Mr. Tracy—If the reieree please, tais action is brought by the plaintiff, Miss Edua Dean Proctor, against the hang ga cover damag 8 jor libel published. by him in August last. The fact that vhe ease is to be tried by a referee will dispense with the necessity of a formal opening of the case. I reer Your Honor to the livel as set out in the compiaint, tle grossness of its character and the sicerutens publicity it had at tne time it was published. The plaintil is | an old resident of the State of Massachusetts, but | she has spent a large portion of her time in Brook- lyp, and is Known, as she is widely known throughout the country, as a literary lady, having pubushed several works of _herown. The sult 1s bot brought by this plaiatif jor the purpose of re- covering money irom the defendant. Tne object which she seeks by the action is an ample and comple Vindication of her character and name from the coarge made against her in this Lbel. That is the object and tne only object of the action. We expect to show that the piainti? ts pot in any manner guilty of the charge made against her in this tibel—not only not guity, but there was never anything in lact on which such an imputation could be based. Not only was she not gulity of the offence imputed, but she never has been guilty of the slightest indiscretion be ad manner with the gentleman named in this bel. acter Of the plaiutuif in this respect, and thatis all that is sought to do by this action. does not traverse the allegations of the charge; tt Goes not justify or allege that the lady was gulity ol the offence imputed to her in the libel—the only allegation in the answer on the subject being that the defendant had been so iniormed prior to the publication of the libel. He does not assert or pretend to assert that bis ipformation was true or that any such fact ever occurred, General sutler—!be answer is a very volumin- ous one and raises two issues, First, an averment that this was an occasional publication, and, therejore, privileged—toat is, there Was a9 occa- siun for the pubiication which justified its being made. Tne second answer 1s that the name oi the man who made the charges, and the manner, time and occasion im which they were made, were all set out In the publication, wnich, under some decisions, pave pveen held & suiliclent answer. That is the tasue. Miss Edna Dean Proctor was sworn and exam- ined by Mr. pein Q You are plaintiff in this action, Miss Proctor? Ad SIE. Q We were you born and educated? A. was born in Henacka, Merrimac county, N. H., and I was in school at various places, at the academy in wy native town and in Concord, N. H. Q Where co you reside? A. Framingham, Mass., with my motner and sisters, but I spend a great part of my time in Brooklyn, Q. Will you state the circumstances under which \ you first came to Brooklyn and made the acquaiu- | tance of Rey. Renry Ward Beecher? A. I came to Brooklyn in October, 1854; 1 had made the ac- quaintance of Mr. Henry C. Bowen's family ia Woodstock, Conn., where I spent a part of one or two years: his sister was a very dear friend of mine; she was the wife of Professor Fiske, o! the Chicago Theological Seminary ; it was proposed by Mr. and Mrs. Bowen that I should come to Brook- lyn and teach their elder children a few hours io the day, and tor it I was to receive a regular sal- ary; then {had never spent any time 1n a large city, and it seemed a pleasant thing to me to do, and, My mother having approved of it, Icame to Brooklyn in that way to Beecher here then for the first time; I attended his church with Mr. Bowen’s family and met him occasionaily on his visits to the house. Q Were you ever a member of bis church? A. I was never & member of his church. Q. You wrote and published a work ealled ‘“Li‘e Thoughts?’ A. I did. Q What were the circumstances of the writing and the publication of that book? A. Before com- ing to Brookiyn I had only heard the rigid, Calvin- istic preaching of New England, and Mr. Beeener’s broader views were a great delight to me; when he said anything especially true or beautiful it fixed itself in my memory, and I was in the habit orentimes of noting down these paragraphs for the benefit of my mother and friends; in my cor- with them I used to say last Sunday Mr. Beecher said so and 80, giv- ing the thought, and almost before I knew it Thad quite a collection of these paragraphs of lectures or sermons; early in the year 1557 I went to New Haven to visit my iriend Miss Helen Rowan, | and knowing she was interested in these sentences of Mr. Beecher | took them with me andread them to herself and other friends I met; she was very enthusiastic about tuem and insisted that I should continue the compilation with the view of making @ book 80 that all could read and enjoy even; | had never thought of the matter belore; never thought of anytning except to use them for the pri te pleasate oi my iriends and correspondents, ut she insisted upon it so much that when I came back I spoke oi it to Mr. Bowen; he too« fire tthe idea at once and spoke to Beecher about {¢ and brought him after the next Friday evening prayer meeting to hear some of them read, He was so weil pieased | thatit was decided on the spot to continue the compilation with the view of publishing tpem. [ now began to give serious thougnt and iabor to the matter, and not long after Phillips, Sampson & vo., the leading nip tg ny ged in Boston, heard of it and @ member of the firm came to Brooklyn to see about securing it for publication. Mr. Beecner approved of it, it was agreeable to me and the matter was arranged, Mr. Beecher and Mr. Bowen making & business contract with Sampson & Co. or their publication in my interest, In the jaul of 1867 Mr. Beecher himsel! revised the manu- script, giving it an occasional hour as he nad letsure. I suppose, however, that the work he gave it would not be more than two or three consecutive days; he read them sometimes in his own house and sometimes during his journeyings: when the book was ready for the proof reading t went to Boston and spent several days there lor that purpose; meanwhile great eal of interest was taken in the book and several literary gentle- | | men proposed names for it, among others, James | Rasseli Lowell; Mr. Bowen gave it its name “Life Though among \nose who were very muci intere were Rev. Tneodore Parker, who I re- member spent au hour or two with me speaking of it; he aiterwards made an extended review of the book for the Atlantic Monthly; issued in May, 1858; it was received at once with great favor, and was almost immediately re- printed abroad. Q. Did toe success of the first yvorume Jead to any arrangement about @ second? A. Alter the success first volumeit was agreed that | should con- | tinue the work of compilation with reierence to a second volume; [ had meanwhile given up my | arrangements for teaching, and this was really my principal occupation; upon this second volame [ was engaged; there was no time fixed for its pab- lication, but it was perfectiy well understood that wren I had sufficient material the Look snould be pabiishea ; | was giving my thought and mind to It when | was amazed and thunde: ceive irom tay pubiisbers & prospectus of a new book about to be ed im New York, similar to mine in title aod character, and issued with Mr. Beecher's approvavion. Q, When was this? A. The first volume was Is- sued tn May, 1868. In December, 1854, I received this letter irom Sampson & Oo., inciosing the pros ectus. My OWn iriends and the pubiishers were about this coming book, the pub- talking of legai processes to arrest it, het believing asI did that Mr. the book bis aid and proval, on his a a spo same indignant and excited state of mind favtnae vo Mr. Bocener. This jetver Ihave no copy of, but it was a eufficient expression of my aston- ishment and sense of injury, and on the idea that it was not the mere fact of the publication of the book that annoyed me, but ' | a8 inners id fo! rt an without having told me of it bimsel!, and leaving my pubiishers to tell me. this letter on Monday, December 6, q Is that (letter produced) @ copy of Mr. | Beecher’s letter? A. It ta, Mr. Tracy—We do not propose lever. ‘The only reason for not v1 NEW YORK HERALD, seach side ana a refiorter of the H=Rap arrived at | tDat tt contains certain stri his parlors, | Bame w juggested to | It will be seen by the re- | Francis D. Moulton, to re- | We expect this trial will vindicate the char- | The apswer | etober, 1854; Imet Mr. | the book was | Tuck to re- | it laid stress | Mr. Beecher replied to | which shuwed tuat there was no uniriend! to publish this ublishing ibis | e do not desire to publish, the letter you received frow A. Yes, sir. (Letter ob jence and marked “Exhibig A.”’) same time did you re received one or two letters aiter that. | fered in evid At ti nelosed to Mr. Derby? A. Yes, sir, to is a copy. it is & copy of Mr. Seecher's letter to Mr. e any other the same time did you receive a letter Mr. Beecher’s original letter or 4 copy? BS. prety nips sift Honor, the pubiieation of ed, or rather Of the libel is aduitted by the wer, wr Q Who knew, beside Beecher and yoursel!l, that you had written » © be ie Ranauhe the letter? A. Mr. Clayton family. They knew of @ letter dated Janu i that. was the letter given to iin Bevener } A. \Given ‘to Mr, Bowen- . Henry C. Bowen; shim that Mr, Beecher called and m: ques&\ to meé, and I told him exactly wha . Te- had sald. % The Kod ea ig the ye ‘ x jeneral butier—Under: ne on part o1 Derby, which you copied? A, Yes, the plaimeia this case has t Q tec ered er the proposed publisher of @ | jy, py Lhave the honor to observe. that iy a atated new boo! es, sir. that there o matters in evidence. Firs 3 So reer’ letter aaa M rege ? | tnat thia was Po sarge communication e : one suggested that I shout e ‘and chat occa. @ copy Of tf, ana | aid. sion aad tee neat netiee ie COM! stip P} Qa Dia this ietter of Mr. Beecher result in Mr. Derby’s changing the title of the book? A. 1 think it did, but 1 don’t remember; I think it peomiea greatly the way in whicn he issued the OOK. Q. Alterwards did you have a personal inter- view with Mr. Beecner on the subject. A. I did; more than one, I think, and I saw Mr. Bi who leit more aggrieved, 80 to say, than I considered that it Was a very great breach of faith on Mr. Beecher’s part, Q, What was the result of Mr. Beecher’s letter and personal explanation apon your mind? A. The result was that I understood the motives which be had for taking the course he did about the book and allowing it to be published, and tn consequence of tuts explanation | supposed that he had meant nothing unkind or dishonorable ; but Tnever could get over tne feeling that it was really @ breach of j@ith in @ business arrangement ie} was perfectly Well understood oy me and my lends. | _Q Did you complete cond volume? A. I | Never did; my tnterestin the book was over from that moment, and the eras a Mes to-day just as I dropped itin December, 185 Q What have been your personal relations with Mr. Beecher since that time? A, I have seen very little of Mr. Beecver since then; we bave been en- trely friendly, but J suppose the last ten years I have not seen Bim more than once in six montos; tor the last two years it happened that I have only geen him once, and that Was at a iuneral oi @ friend last February. | Q What were your relations with Mr. Beecher | previous to the publication or previous to this difficulty in regard toit? A. Simply that of an inter- ested hearer Oo! his sermons and of a irieud of tne Bowen family, but about that time he was never very mach at Mr. Bowen's, and they oiten re- | eorea or expressed their regret that Mr. Beecher d not visiied them as be had done in jormer years. Q. Now, Miss Proctor, | ask you whether there wag ever at apy time any improper or indelicate | relation existing between you and Mr. Beecher? A. Never, sir, never. Q Has he under any ctreumstances ever offered you insult or ofence of any description, A. Never. I never bad the slightest difficulty with Mr. Beecher about anything, or occasion to criticise him in any way, 60 lar ag my own per- sonal acquaintance with him was coucerned, ex- cept in regard to this book matter; | feit greatly aggrieved and injured about tust at that time. Q. Were you ever witn him in any way or under any circumstances calculated to provoke crit- icism? A. I should think not, sir. Q, State wnat the extent o! your intercourse with him wast A, I never went out with Mr, Beecher but once, | believe, in my le and that was for two or three hours in the miodle of the day, to see some pictures in Brooklyn. Iremember going with him to New York to see pictures, from Pernaps eleven until two or three o'clock. I went | to the stuato of a Mr. Johnson, whose sister I had known, and that is the only time I ever went any- | where with Mr. Beecner. I was two or three times at his nouse, with friends, to see pictures and en- | gravings. | Under what circumstances? Detail the cir- | cumstances? | General Butler—Pardon me; bat why ao you | vhink tnat is necessary? Genera) Tracy—Only to negative. General Butier—But she negatives everything ana what is the use oJ lt. And If we do not con- trovert anything of this special character that ought to be sufficient. Miss Proctor—I remember gotng one evening, with the late Henry J. Raymond, to visit Mr. Beecher, on his invitation; Mr. Raymond calied for me at Mr. Bowen's, and on going over we looked at engravings and pictures ior an hour or | two, with various other irends, among others Mr. and Mrs. Robert Benedict, Mr. and Mrs, Lowe and some otners, whom | have now Ge es I think, rhaps, oD another accasion eecher’s house in the Morning to see engravings, of which he had a large collection; I rememver being 1n nis stuuy fora moments; these were the only occasions on which I was in Mr. Beecher’s | house orstudy ; of course, {| met tim atchurch and | at concerts, &c., but Lnever accompauied him at - Wee time but thisone to which I have re- | ferres | General Butlerto General Tracy-—Ifyou would | Just ask this lady when she ceased attending the Bupigirations of Mr, Beecher, General Traéy—Ti-at 18 the quesvion that I was I | just going to ask. To Misa Proctor—When did you | cease attending on the ministrations of Mr. | Beecher? a. [ attended bis church until I leit here | to go to Europe, in April, 1866 ; when in Brooklyn—I was much out of Brooklyn—but when I was in | Brooklyn i attended bis church until that time; | lwag some two years away; since my return, whenever | have been in Brooklyn, I have u-ually attended Dr. Storrs’ church, because of the fatigue Ol the services of Mr, Beecher’s church, | _Q With you state the circumstances under which | the Jetter of January 10, 1871, or the line which you gave Mr. Beecher on January 10, 1871, was written. A. On New Year's day, 1871, James Freeland —— General Butier—One word, my darling. Here I mast confine you. Miss Proctor—I was ouly avout to say. General Butler—Excuse me. Miss Proctor—That Mr. Tilton- Genera! Butler—Exouse me again. General Tracy—Come to your interview with Mr. Beecher direct. Miss Proctor—1 heard that Mr. Tilton. | . General Butler—stop a moment. Please not to | tell wnat you heard. | General Tracy—Only what Mr. Beecher -; § | _ Migs Proctor—On the 10th uf January, 1871, Mr. Beecher calied upon me, and on going tmto tne’ parlor, alter a few moments of indifferent conver- savion, he sald there was @ great deal of trouble between Mr, ‘ilton and Mr. Bowen in which he ‘was implicated. He also said ne hardly knew who was friendly to him or who was not, He hoped I had no Il jeeling toward bim on account of t! aimculty; 1 said, “Certainly not, Mr. Beecher ;” ne than added that he had ovthing which showea july my own vehef regarding the matter; but that as he was wo severely censured by me and his Iriend Bowen he sometimes feared that if 1 were dead some misconstruction mizht ve put by Mr. Bowen, or through what Mr. Bowen might say in regard to this trouble. He desired, if I nad nO Objection, that I would write ine saying what my ieeling was at the time about this aifmi- culty, and what it was alter | knew the circum- stances which led him to take the course he did about the publishing of the book. I was very much surprised at this request, but] knew nothing avout the trouvies of these three men, which have since been made ot te Knowing that I did speak very severely went to Mr. | old | Jusufied, The secona is ‘that he ave ‘thi ‘the ume the party made this statement, a statement. If this acuon is brought sii the vindication of this. lady, rests upon us, We deny all toward her in publishing it, in justification of our controv nh Mr. Beecher and of what Mr. Beecher fold ua, We have no knowledge at all that this lad of apything, do not mean to parpoes we shall let our test ves stand, enurely uncoptradicted. there will be the inainuation w 1b, bust that ta nos we shall bedeft under any ulyust suspicion. Our full answer, therefore, would go without ingisti aw our technical evidence here. We had aright to deny it without malice. But as 16 bas been said by her counsel that this ac- tion 1s simply brought jor her vindication, without a op her part for gap, the fullest vindi- Can Dave, so far as any knowledge on our part is concernea, Under present circumstances, Whatever mignt have been under other circam- stances, believing on our part in ner innocence we toink it is due to her to declare this, and we are glad to be able to do li my earned iriends Want nothing more t @ simple vindication this 18 ali we can do. We dou’t desire to go into techuicalevidence or intothe very voluirinous auswer which we have in this answer (holding up @ very large roll of legal manuscript), As 2o damages are claimed, as I-.understand they are not, I don’t care togo into the question of dam- ages. lhave no doubt we shall Bay any reasona- ble expenses this lady may have been put to in this matter. If our iriends on the otner side are Content, we shall let it ve so. Mr. Van Cott—lt Your Honor pleases, it has al- ways been the purpose of our client, in the event ol the recovery of large damages in this case, and she has so expressed that purpose to us with great earnestness on various occasions, never to receive any portion of a judgment beyond such sum a8 would indemnity her for the bare expenses of ber prosecution and vincication. Her own mind secmea utterly, from the beginning, to abhor the idea (o make this an occasion tor the recovery of money. She has nad no purpose but that of Vindivation irom the Leginning of whe suit— a vin- dicatory, not a vindictive suit. That has been the decision sbe has wished us to make in the taxing of costs, Her vindication already made and the proof she bas given, which has not been contro- verted by my learned iriends, who have dis- claimed any ability to do it or any motive prompt- them. If our object were to recover large vindictive damages we Would have been per- mitted to go jurther and show the motives that prompted the action oi the publication o1 this lube. We bave no motive inducing us to make bois attempt, and therefore we are quite willing toend this part of the case and terminate our evi- deuce at this point of absolute vindication of the accused, We accede to the suggestion made on the ocber side, and in the spirit of the observations which were made, that the purpose of this suit | has been attained by a complete vindication, and that the damages should be limited toa sum t! would indemoily her ior the pursuit of I don't know taat we are prepared to name any 80m; if a sum !s named on the other side it would probably relieve your Honor from any trouble on that score, Ido not suggest any sum myself. I content myseli with saying that we snail be satis- fled with such aaum ag damages as will be an in- demnity and nota vindictive punishment of the deiendant. Genera) Butier—If it will relieve your client of any suggestion that she desires to get damages, may we not refer it to His Honor to enter what- ever amount may be deemed necessary for ex- ert a only for the award, but jor the full set- Mr. Van Cott—The more proper way would be for it to be stated that the plaintim expressly dis- claims ali vindictive dam: or anything beyond eat aud that the sum be fixed with thac view. ‘The Referee—That would bes matter of course, ud the way in which the matter would be pre- sented. But, gentlemen, cannot you eon this? I don’t want to enter an arbit sim. Cannot you name a sum that would be satisfac- tory Cy Sides—that would cover the actual ex- Penses At this juncture, and on this suggestion, all the counsel retired to another room for purpose of consulting together and agreeing, 1! possible, upon a sum that should be mutually satisfactory. Alter an absence of about ten minutes counsel re- turned, ana General Butler announced to the reteree that the sum agreed upon waa $4,875, Ex-Judge Fullerton—if your Honor please, T de- sire to say One word in addition to that which has already been said, and we Jeel at mage f to say tt | | DOW as the plaintiff has receivea tuat vindication which has been sought for, and which she is en- titled to, apd which we are very happy in know- ing that she has received. In doing tnis we by no means wish to be understood as intimating that our client has been gulity of what may be techni- cally called “a libel’? in the worst sense of that term. We believe that, under the circumstances 1n which he was placed at the time of its publica- tion and considering the investigation of that time, the charges that have veen made in regard to him, he was impressed with the necessity of svating what had been told Dim. We do not assert it ts true, we do not assert that we knew it to be true. It was merely told as a statement of what had been communicated to bim, The circumstances in which he was placed seemed to justify him in doing it, and doing it ior the purpose of protecting himself. In doing so he has called in question the name of this lady. This he painfully feels, and is cheerfuily willing to pay any proportion, as he has shown, of expenses that have been necessary to insure her | Vindication, but he thinks that no great blame | should be attached to him. Mr. Van Cott said that, as far as the plaintiff is | cencerned, she was avsolved from raising the question referred to by his friend Mr. Fullerton. as to whether the defendan: was uni any obii- nes to desend himself in this way. So far as his excuse was concerned that must remain an | undetermined question, | "The Reteree—All the issues in this question, I | presume, are now settled. General Butler—So far as this plaintiff is con- | cerned we are willing to make any and ever; reparation, and, so lar as the rest of the world concerned, We are quite willing to meet tnat. We | do not admit that it was not told vo us by any means, Miss Proctor and her friends retired, and the great case was over. THE CORRESPONDENCE—BEECHER TO DERBY. Brooxtrs, Dec. 6, 1858. You mast not take that ti mply as mpiy tor , thia liability then es Of Teli | My Dean Densy: | to Mr. Bowen about Mr. | ing Words,” &c. Mapiiest variation of “4 Beecher’s course, a8 well as to others, and | Thoughts.” as the book, suppose. sa lise structure, having long forgotten it, and feeling that | And you must not associate ry 6 By ED as to ortance of the whole rry that it “Cer- 1 exaggerated the “im; matter at the time, and being very si was now causing olm annoyance, I taimly, Mr. Beecner; if you wiil co! ‘to the livrary, Where I can get writing materials, J will do what 1 can; as we went up stairs I remember asking him what was the trouble between Mi Tilton and Mr. Bowen; Mr. Beecuer replied, ina general way, that Tilton’s views bad drifted away from Mr. Bowen's and irom those of most ot the subscribers to the /1 } and that, there- fore, Bowen thought their relations bi better terminate; when we reached the library | opened the drawer of the writing desk and took up @ pen = | aed ge of paper I found, and I remember say- in r. Beecher, | am not used to Gocuments of u ort, and I hardly know wnat to say ;” he said, “Merely ao expression of what your ‘eelings were before you knew my ‘motives and the circumstances which impelied me to allow the other book to be pub ished, and what they were afterwards;” I began to write, talking all the while; i reme! ber while | was writing saying to Mr. Beecner, “What ts the matter between you and Mr, Ti'ton? What trouble have you with Tilton?” “Tilton,” he said, “has never been very friendly to me since the puolication of the Cleveland letter ;” 1 said, “| don’t know anything about it; what was tne Cleveland letter ’ Mr. Beecher went on to give me @ little explanation in relation to the Cleve- land letter; during this talk tue letter was writ- ten; | attached no importance to it; 1 supposed it was merely @ justification, and for some reason Mr. Beecher desired it; | handed it to him and | said, “Phere, will that do?” he said, “hank you, | yes,’’ and alter a few more remarks avout the | troable be put it into his pocket and lett. Q. To what troubie did that letter of January 7, 1871, reter? A, Entirely to this book. Q Dia it relate to any other? A. No other; I never had any other difficulty in any way with Mr. Beecher. (racy—That {8 all. Cross-examined by General Butler—Q. 1 observe ou said, Miss Proctor, that Mr. Beecher told you he had nothing irom you which would show any renewal of goud feeling—no writing? A. I did not; at least tnatis not the impression I meant to convey; 1 meant to say that ne bad notnin; Which would sbow fully what tne reeling was a! bo time and aiterward; iat is what I meant to mpiy. | | | rather the tact that he was allowing it to appear | boston, whom I wished to see; | may nave written Q Had he anything from you in the shape of five the Impression that it ts p 'Y appro- ation. To say consent, with the mass of men, means | approbation. ‘Will not be implicated. i merely in no way upon my fame. You must not get round this. Your circular and your Sevarameet dO not suit me. I must be kept clear ot ali implica: in the publisning. | {do not peruse a line or letter of the book. Ihave not | consented to its contents, I have only withdrawn mani- | fold. and some ye them very touching, objections to | another person doing over what had already been so Welvdone by another. I only was willing that Miss Moore should get honest Now you must Ret a Me the very heart of it, and | you must act in the spirit of itand you mast withdraw | from your title and advertisement all phrases which | | carry the impression that the vook rests on mein any | way whatever. | much ip permitting Miss Moore to do what she pleased | | Ihave been much annoyed at the way in which the | jel Ag Lapa promis bas Pury te yf { shall trust ou to make it all ri ‘ours, very truly, cA 1.W. BeECHER BEECHER TO MISS PROCTOR. Duck: ‘My Duan Miss Proctor:—On coming home from sermon T opened your thick lope, and read the sober letter prey much like a tellow hearing the clerk reading an Indictment. The cold solemnity, the judicial sentence, jt iggy a? nm quite over m} ead. But, bi it cheered, au paving been myself so much vexe inoyed by that book, I believe on the whole that I am giad of your com. Dany and sympathy. All Miss —'s early solicitations I | remptority lenied. I wrote to Barnes, who first had be Taanuscript, in the most summary. refusal of my permission (1 suppose that I shall a ng letter trom him, setting my sins in refusing ty Jet him publish and then not refusing Derby), Several letters during the summer and autumn came from Miss——, and each more sorrowiul than the other. She hastaken two younger brothers upon her hands, and, being both father ana mother to th is plucking feathers from her breast to make their tem. va. at length told me piainiy that si to utter extremity and was s for the very necessarics of life; that with her an acript she could beget beyond want, and 35 if i stall declined, she should willingly submit. I had supposed that her pen was earning almost a mere subsistence, but when I found that she was on the brink of despair and sliding down helplessly, after vears of heroic suf- ng to save herself and her ote = me and I toiad her tha’ no longer inake objections (you will see by pi of a letter enclosed that kindness Gid Not come & Moment too soon), but that it must be un- derstood that T'was not to be held in any way account- able for the work, that I should not read @ line nor know anything about it, and that she must in her preface make it appear on the face that her book was not my shogabia, 4 ® 6, 1858. ere could be no doubt about it, i which befitea | letters or Bene snes which would show a ol 24 \ a thei omatte' y : en ‘om John i rt Heme | ue poe seenny? A. Certainly; because 1 Se baae ne REE ¥ * Manthe booksellers’ indiscretion. On seetim Migs Vs | General Butler—I don’t ask you the reason; 1) Thay tetum, | pia: Vesuvitia, with mock erupuon, | only ask if he had any such papers? A, Certainly, ond peovestod against the title; agaist the nt there Was n very strong effort to have the second | shout my part—viz.: approbaiion “or consent vaame (gp Bag 4 ae letters her anig it, i ap general ay) ge oh bavedtalt ue 7 verby whic! jor wardes r. echer from New | sen close, ae ich T suppor Hampshire; I had been very much urged to finish | Is later dian the printed matter whieh you sent met shall write to Vervy again this mot this second volume, and thought that perhaps, And how, iny dear Miss Proctor, it seems to me that | aiter all, It might ve well enouga for me to do tt; | you have been worked upon by Boston Influences which | if it was desired I had no great objection to It, | are congenial to your ‘eeta temper and spirit &nd I wrote, I think, that if it seemed best and / bel ty io have poured apon eke cols was desiraple | would do so; in acknowled water, which, if there be tratl iy. must | his reply, waich was very cordiay 1 omimk dre: | haveche most aalasary effect 40 not wrie wo Gharge | quested him to send me a line to Mr. Phillips, of nly sale my vears and ‘ato And ial be glad to | “i it incorrect, jut, from | him some other letiers which I do not recall now, | which Wyman talked to t ‘seppore I toow we war liness | he m concerned | have done between us. | friendly relations, General Tracy—We have nothing further. Rejeree—Does that close ihe tesinmony Q I only desire to ask if he had letters showing I have nothing farther vo ask. ry lection, I should not tee! call wo do need not say that | do not ard your resentation as correct. On ott and, it wi leave you signally and piaint; by yourselt. For no person ever does @ well without ovrovoking @ host | that they had been THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEMT. ictures on a iaay\ W088 ri Mr, Beecher im answer to yours that you wrote oh a preier, if there were no objection on the part of , dated Decemper 6, 1858 see, Gace rae teenies the mall ¢: aioe with fas Proctor iat ree “Ore ceee: x 5} Ha HH ri He The ve it nme to it and borrowing aa ii Book's title, sad your Boston tricods ta 1s pein’ Stornaliy disgraced.” RT| sun shines f the; re betore 4 as wel iknese ‘cannot change sub. nd fanciful pe! E i i : 2 fy fF i i he rish ag the 5 32 e & 3 ¢' Hy i es outlive dark- ling rato with aT THE GLESDENNING VERDICT. The trastees.of the Prospect avenue Presbyterian church in Jersey City, of which the Rev. Johns. Glendenning was pastor, have engaged the Rev. Mr. Moffatt, of Princeton College, to conduct the services next Sunday. The Moaerator of the Pres- bytery, Rev. T..G. Wail, will officiate op the follow- ing Sunday, ‘The appeal lodged by Mr. Glendenning cannot be kéard till the meeting of the Synod'next September, ao that the pastorate of the church will necessarily be vacant cil that time ip ony case. If the Synod should reverse the judgment of the Preabytery the relations of Glendenning to the peer would be restored; but he would i mediacely resign. He declares that as soon as he is fully vindicated he has no further desire to Continue as tor, though he nas many warm Triends whe cling to him in all his troubles. A SINGULAR INDICTMENT. Sudden Termination of a Murder Trial im Westchester County—The Supposed Fatal Affray Hetween Colored Men at New Rochelle. In the Court of Oyer and Termiuer at White Plains, Westchester county, Justice Pratt presid- ing, yesterday, John Pugsley (colored) was placed On trial for the alleged. murder of Samuel Eveson (also colorea), at New Rochelle, during the month of May last. It appears that both the accused and the deceased were iriends, and lived near each other {m the village named. The prisoner, however, succeeded in causing the wife of Eveson to leave the latter and take up her abode with him, he having previously dis, carded his own sable mate in order to iacilitate his salacious intentions, This action of the pris- omer naturally exasperated the deceased, who meeting bim on the atreet, provoked a fight with him, during which deceased was kicked in the abdomen by his antagomis', aud, having been carried home, died in about @ week afterward. During the post-mortem examination! it was found that the bowels presented two or three per- forations, kee which 4 portion of their con- tents nad ed into the abdominal cavity, pro- ducing peritonitis ana The doctors were of opinion, however, that erforations indicated Were the result of uicers which had formed | Previous to nis Aight with the accused. Distric' Atvorney Brig: ted by District Attorney elect, Robert Cochran, conducted the prosecution; ex-Districe Attorney Dynman and G. W Davenport appearing for the defence. After ajury had been with some difficulty em- panelled, counsel for the Perle called several witnesses, who testified to the encounter between the prisoner and the deceased, nearly all of them Sdmitting un cross-examination that Eveson was the aggressor. One of the witnesses for the eee: cution produced @ razor, which ed up at the scene of the fight, while the deceased, who nad ering ety, dropped it. was groping on the round in thé darkness of night for the favorite eapon of his race. When @ portion of the medical testimony had been adduced, which went to show that on the post-mortem examination no external marke of violence were found on the body, anu that, in the opinion of the doctors, death had been caused by ulceration of the bowels, produced by disease, the Court remarked that 1t seemed useless to waste any further time in the matter, as there could be no charge of either murder or manslaughter made out, and that the only question for the jury to consider at tha: was whether the accused ‘Was guilty of assauit and battery on the deceased, District Attorney Briggs coincided with the Court, statimg that he had been simply doing his duty,im presenting the testimony to the jury in behalf oNwbe people. Alter @ few remarks be- tween opposing counsel it was agreed that the Court should give the case tothe jury. Accordingly Justice Pratt instructed that body in effect that 1f they jound from the evidence that the deceased rovoked a fight with the accused he wasentitied acquittal, The jury, after a jew moments’ de- liberation, rendered @ verdict of “not guilty,’’ whereupon the prisoner was discharged. ALLEGED POISONING CASE. es Sudden Death of a Husband=—The Wife Accused of Administering Strychnine te Him—The Bedy To Be Exhumed tor Examination. POUGHKEEPSIE, Deo. 9, 1874, A strange story comes from the town of Wash- iagton, Dutchess county, A woman named Emily Place and her sister, a Mra. Cronkrite, have nad an interview today with Coroner Wison Hicks, of this city, and requested him to exhume the body of Harrison Brown, now lying in the churchyard at Bungall, this county, stating that, to.the best of their knowledge and belief, he was poisoned by his wife, Harrison Brown, they stated, resided mear Shunpike station, on the Dutcness ana Columbia Ratlroad. He died Novem- ber 26. Early in the day he was around as usual and apparently in the best of beaith. He was taken suddenly ill, according to the statement made to the Coroner, and died in three hours in great agony. Emily Place claims he was poisoned, and stated to the Coroner she believed his wife gave him strychnine in some wine, or some other poison. She charges that Brown and his wife did not live nd that, on several occasions ined to poison him, Miss Place \d that on the night Brown died bis wife acted in @ singular manner, was very nervous and looked deathly pale. There was NO PHYSICIAN PI REGENT | at bis death. It was also staced that arsenic had been /ound in the house on several occasions and | destroyed. It is alleged, also, bis death Brown, Who is said to Leet werth of Hod gigak stated to a friend that @ should not leave his wife a. cent oi money. On the night he died the only his wife, nelce and hir t long before rsons in the house were man. Another person to | whom the Coroner went tor information told tim that Emily Piace’s reputation is bad, and that she had always bad trouble withthe Brown tamily, being & step-daughter, and that she had tre- quently made bold and dangerous assertions in regard to them, This person also told the Coro- ner that whatever Mrs, Cronkrite told nim he could rely upon, and as she told him the same story as did Emily Piace the Coronerregards the case asa@serious one. Dr. Pultg, it is said, examined Brown alter death, bus did not give bis opinion as tothe cause of his demise, I¢ was understood wheo be was buried that he died of heart disease, and it was so given out, It remains to be seen what will be the result of the interview with the Coroner, If he decides to take the body up the remains will undoubtedly be exhamed on Sator- day, when 4 post-mortem examination will take place and an inquest be instituted in accordance ‘with the law. A OHEBKY SWINDLER. A flagrant instance of imposition 1s that which Thomas L. Maxwell, it ts alleged, practised upon Mr, Jonn McConnell about two weeks ago. Max- ‘well has an alias, Thomas L. Sutton, ander which Mame it is charged he visited Mr. McOonnell’s Store, No. 51 Broad street, and purchased liquors to the value of $661, jor which he gave @ check drawn on the First National Bank of Paterson, Nd, not note that {t was drawn on an out-of-town bank. He.deposited it, and as be did not hear ofits Wworthlessness that day he sent the liquors, which Maxwell bad oraered, to No. 124 Amity street, where that person he Was about to open a saloon. On the following day the check was re- turned from Paterson, where it had been sent through the Ciearing House. it was marked as worthless, Thomas L, Sutton having no account with the First National Bank, Mr. noeil sent to Amity street to recover nis liquors, bat learned kept there only during we night, and merely on had any interest at No, 1: ity tl place there is a stable, ‘The swindled liquor mer- chant soon alterward learned that his property bad been shipped by Maxwell to ® men named Little, in Troy, He Sougms now for the swindier, and interested Captain Irving in the search. ‘The lsiver appointed Detectives Heide be: nd ‘Tilly so find and arrest Maxwe! ‘wife’s residence, at No. 9 Croas sireet, Paterson, N. J., Was Visited ; oat Mrs, Maxwell knew nothin, of her errant nusband. Finally he was seen visi ing different resorts in ths oity. and the oMcers learned that he was abont to start for Troy, Yes- terday alternoon the detectives arrestea tim at the Grand Central Depot just as he was entering acar. He was tocked ap in the Central Qnice, but will be tq $0 the ‘Lombs Court to-day. 24 ht of ae jave had about | Mr. McConnell gianced at the check, but did | | BAPTISY CONVENTION. Onin not | @he Baptist Sociat Osfon tm Councti- Address by Professet Anderson, of Rochester—Im portance of the Laity in Education and Church Work. A meeting of Baptist representatives of sootal unions from different parts of the country was held last night in the Atheneum, Brooklyn. Mr. Casswell called the Convention to order, and the Mr. Francis Wayland, of New Haven, was eiected Ohairman. Mr. J. F. Wyckot, of New York, was elected Secretary. Dr. M. B. Anderson, of Roches- ter Buiversity, then addressea the Convention en “The Laity of the Baptiss Denomination.” He {nctudea women in the term “laity,” and be would mot recognize any distinction be- tween the ministry and tne laity—~ all are kiags and priests unto God, and .bave a right to take part in ruling the body of Crrrist and to bless mem by setting forth the Princtples of the Gospel! of Christ and of a religious life. And both are designed to promote tne king- dom of God among men. The way ought to be open from the laity to the clergy and back again. 5ome men think they are called of God to the min- istry, but find, after a time, that God has not called any congregation to hearthem, He would not shut out from the ministry any man ealled of God who’ had not @ olassical educatiom The Doctor gaye a sketch of the rise of what he called “the grea ‘aoy”’—the separation of the clergy into & distinct order from the laity. ey THE TWO ORDERS ARE JOINED- and no m: wld sunderthem. The dis- totive idea of thi ood who shat! an. 8 @ Papacy is to'create a pri be the media between God people, and who over again. Ita effects are apparent now the world. The Doctor contin to show also the rise and growth of monasticism in the Roman tholic Church so that the laity should be held mor. completely in control, The same root idea, ne said, is seen in the risuatism of the Protestant Episcopal Ohurch, and it was the lay element ia: that, Church that put its seal of condem: tion en ritualism. The same thing is in Engiand and in Germany also. Dootor then sketched the controversies which existed between the disseniers and the Estav- Nehed Church in England, and showed its resuits upon the clergy and the iaity. He saw: a simiiar tendency among Baptists here in tatercommunion with otoer churches, Lut be looked te the laity to oheck and reprove it. THR GREAT ROMAN QUESTION, which is now attracting the attention.of the world, is @ question between the clergy and the laity. And if the Papal Church in France, Spain, Italy, &c., had a laity in her councils this matter would be settled in a short time; for the laity are true and loyal to the civil governments, but they have no Voice in making the laws that ‘bind them, The importance of the laity 1s in influencing the ministry, in attending to Cristian charities, 10, church erection, in controlling the great work of Christian missions, which in later years have grown tosuch magnitude. The laity must also have cuntrol of Sunday school matters. And how great isthe lack ol well trained well educated teachers v ° should have control of immortal minds! It ...i/1 pot do to permit our childreo irom Sunday to Sunday tobe under the care of unin- structed and unintelligent minds. The latty are needed also in the conference and prayer meet- ings. The Doctor iliustrated this proposiuon. But above all the great work of Unristian educa- tion must be advanced and controlled by them. And there 1s just as binding obligations upon them to be educated a8 that their pastors should be. But he has yet to hear the first sermon irom ‘his own or from other pastors enforcing upon the laity the duty of educating themselves and their chijdren, in this he believed BAPTISTS ARE BEHIND OTHER DENOMINATIONS. They don’t realize the importance of educa- tion lor the laymen and women of the church, They tave five theological seminaries between Boston and Usicago which are sustained with en- dowments, but the secular schools are eking out a feeble existence. No person in the Churcn thiaks Of providing scholarships or support for poor oung men who are trying to gain an education in lege, and some of whom afterward enter the ministry. Twenty thousand doliars have ‘been spent ip one year in Harvard College to provide ucation for young men. Aud the same is true in Oambridge and tn Prin in. And the same is true in England, where this fact very largely determines bow la the classes shall be in Cambridge or Oxford. He sometimes wondered whether or not nis brethren believed in the work in which he is engaged. He has waited for twenty- three years lor the answer, but be did not expect it in his life time. He concluded by urging the young men of the denomination to help forwara the cause of education, aud to give an answer to nis question in 1876 or before that time i! possible. Mr, Dorman, President of the Brookiyn Social Union, welcomed the delegates. It was agreed to meet at ten A. M, , aiter which the meeting adjourned. . 8T, AGNES' OHUROH FarB, Considerable excitement was created last night by the drawing for the great prizes of the week at the ladies’ fair for the building of St. Agnes’ church, in Forty-third street, near Toird avenue, now being held in Croton Hall. The hall at an early hour was crowded by the most fashionable people in the city, and great interest in the proge ress of the undertaking was mantiested. Father McDowell was for part of the evening an auctioneer, and he was ably seconded by Father Pratt, who has 8 most telling manner in is posing of merchandise. The new post of ice erected in the centre of the room has done @ thriving business since its open: and the efforts of competitors to secure the gr: plano were at some Moments dangerous to limb. Several gentlemen, knowing in horsefiesh, were demanding last pigut the returns of the drawing sor the Hambietonian mare, out their entreaties Were unheeded, as it has been decided to keep the result 01 the drawing qutet antil the mare is won. Mrs. Solomon nad compietely renewed the artic: on her table, and the Jady managers decided to make next Saturday night—the gis | evening of the fair—an event im the istory Of fairs, it 18 intended that on that evening all the ladies soliciting the attention of customers shall nave been passed upon bya commuitiee from their neighborn composed entirely o1 young ladies as the beauties ofthe districts, A limit jor aga has veen set not more than 300 applications will be rece! Mrs, Thebaut, Miss Stevens, Miss Brennan and Mrs. Soiomon have taken charge of the arrange- ments. When these ladies are assemovied on Saturday evening in the ball previous to the open- ing of the fair, six of the most beautiful will be selected to whose care will be committed arrange: ments for @ series of amateur dramatic entertain- ments to be given for the benefit of the church during the winter. WOMAN'S SUF£RAGE McETING, A small gathering of Jong-haired young men an@ short-baired young women might have been found last evening on the thira doorof Plimpton Hall, in Stuyvesant street. This meeting was composed of the component but heterogeneous parts of the organization known as the Young Men’s Woman Suffrage League, and the subject of discussion was, a8 usual, consistent with the name of the league, Waldorf H. Phillips was announced to make an address in opposition to woman’ suffrage. He said, in general terms, but very diffusely, that he thought it would be the greatest curse in the world to give the female sex the bal- lot. They wero unfitted for the excitements of political {ife—their sphere lay in another direc+ tion—their influence was already immense over man; and, above all, the influence of a comming- ling of the sexes in Polisios, and especially in 0) position politics, would tend to general demorah- gation. With the power which woman held over man a female ring would carry everything betore it A 1ew womef banded together could carry of with greater success a system of corrup- tiom in politics which would surpass anything ever known béiore, anu iD the contest whic would ensue woman would lose all that claim to respect and indulgence which she new has. Ininverse ratio the weaker nature of woman would yield to a few strong men, who could wield their influence to advance their own purposes of gain with tm- mense effect. There was really no advantage which woman did not possess at present that suffrage would give her. Power she possesses already in t, if pot even greater than man’s, while spared the rougher work of lie and protected in everything by man. Why should she mingle in, the Unalluring and discordant elements of pouticat After the main address of the evening the Chair~ man, @ young man, win very long hair ana spec- tacles, announced thas, with the consent of the meeting, the President of the Association would answer the person who had spoken, A memoer present, however, wanted to speak also, and there was quite a wrangles as to which ould Gave the privilege! ofthe floor. it was, of course, decided in tavor of the Presidens, aud he Went over the hackneyed arguments used by woman suffragists that women snowed political power by the work they did im the lobbiesof Washingtou and Albany; that they should have the same rights 18 man; thac there | Wag.no reason to pat down womau, Ac, | . After this a desultory discussion took place, the | sense of the mecting being evidently thai women should by all means vote and have the same rights | ag the DruLes Wi.0 at present govern them, BURGLARY ON SIXTH AVENUE, Barglars ventured intu the store of Mrs, Wel Wer, at No. 2% Sixth avenue on Tuesday nignt, @na took from it a large parcel of feathers and fur goods, Tney entered the piace trom the rear, and must have been in it for along tine, as they Selected the best Specimens ot each kind of the ticles which tt contained. The goods which ey stole are hagas ty Ostrich feathers, sealskin an Sable muffs and boas, ani their value Is in the ! neighbortood of $2,000, The burglary was Not diss ‘ sovered until alter the departure of the thieves, | | | | |