The New York Herald Newspaper, March 10, 1875, Page 4

4 ~ CHANGING THE. KSEE otter) va Remarkable Proceedings in the Great Scandal Case. ————— | familar; they went to breakfast before seven A. M.; at was y called tor cider at dinner; we had noue; temperance hotel. OROSS-BX AMINATION Mr. Fuierton—Witness — stated :—Shortly aller diuuer it was wheo I went to the room eccu- pied Uy Mr. Tilton; tt was about an hour aiter dinner; tt was in December, in the year 1569; 1 kK be returged at night with the lady; he re- maiued all might; T avrended the lecture that was delivered there that evening along wit several | members of my family, RE-DIREOT EXAMINATION. Mr, HiN-—-Do you recoilecs the subject of that ure? lec Obdjected to, TILTON PUT ON TRIAL. | rest you see any books lying about his How the Defendant’s Counsel Investi- gate the Plaintiff EW TESTIMONY OBTAIN! Poca be “ SOME What Tilton Did Do and Did Z a Do. HINTS AS TO THE’ FUTURE, Mrs, Tilton was again in the c cay, coming in carly with ber and Mrs, Shearman, Sue looxed than wien she last appear of her little boy Ralpa from a quite severe present Wefore her ar the persons promin cial ing! on, = W Weather it seemed tha lea eset their suavity; and though Judge Fullerton did not forget his acid incisiveness in Toss-exami- nation of a Plymouth chu deacon whose mem: ory Was intermittent and ptted, yet the day proceeded without the recurr intereha tue coun In following out the line of aggressive defence, which pracuicaily p called tor its drst w perance tavern per, cemper, 1869, when he visited the town in iis lecturing tour, ess and that after dinner Tilton’s bed served asa resting place for bis lady companion, who ap- ern in waich cider vtwenty-flve years ¢ conduct of Tilton ana om assigned for herself, but in which there was no fire. Nevertne- in went to hear the lecture, peared to the keeper of the Was not tolerated, to ve anor old, Boniface criticised his parther, Woo bad a separate r less, Boniface Linc and has wholly forgotten what was {ts subject. This witness was followed by another, a Yankee mechanic, who told a short story of seeing a young lady in Tilton's recom at a hotel early tn the morning, dressed in white. He made no allusion eggea lecturer there at the to seeing the long: same time. Alter these tellers of short tales—though too telling if the poet were on trial instead of the pastor—came a Plymouth church deacon. Deacon nee of Counsellor k Beicher, with the kind assii Hui, narrated at length a jong talk aud ¥ with Tilton eubsequentiy to the publication of th Woodhull scandal. He was an integer, with Cap- tain Duncan, of some sort of church committee, which waited on Tilton at the office of the Golden Age, seeking hisexpianation, indorsement or cox tradiction of the Woodhull pubiication. Thougn Tii- ton, by this glib witness’ story, turned the frigid shoulder on the committee, reg on the sly invited bim to @ tedfous taik in ierryooat and In Brooklyn streets, winding up after several hours in Tilton’s own parlor, where, at the parting in the g:oaming, Tilton, in answer to a plump question, positively negatived the idea that Mr. Beecher had been guilty of the crime he is now charged with, and uttered an ecstatic encomium on Elizabeth, the pure-souled. This very positive witness, so fa amination went, became very forget‘ul under t! crosé-questioning of Jndge fullerton, though, When brought up toa rigid tension, his memory served lim to make sure that atthe mass mecting in Plymouth chureh when the report of tne Inves- tigating Committee was presented there were others present beside Deacon Belener. Sir. McKellway, an Zagie associate editor, closed the day’s testimony by an interesting story, show ing how enterprising journalists sometimes ontain the matter for sensational articles The counsel for the piaintif are reported. on good authority, to nave said privately, since the st Thursday, that they expect on re- ve the following events :— Mra. Oving Beecher at last, with er gnardediy read to and con uth that Mrs. fiiten to on {oot % trol. Fourth—He ad testified Tilion ieft he met Gen iracy his wile bad spo magnifi J he complacent fi band rejoined were itv together as il appened, when Mr. Beecher, unde! it Imperative to turb their domestic + of the piain tiff from m Figth—On the 10th takes Mrs. iiiton to Con my rious peopl conferences. That night the committee oO Plymouth ¢ arch, while he is there is sent with @ Messenger to the boy brings areply. Nexs is astonished at his wiie’s a saying that soe has to ieave him forey short, the piaintiif proceeds on the assum the can prove that Mis. Tilton never Ie house antil she Was persuaded away with a gutr- antee o! support if she womd go. This mention proof la what caused the d on of Mr. OY ton, Who Was about to depart {or Europe. Sizth—The piainti also proposes, tn to show that Mr. Beecier’s letter of retirements rom the Piymouto church pulpit was hot written jor the reason that Mr er gave be e huren committee, OF t 1 his ny arguie © We said con irom a da he wrote tn er, saying t 10u8 be Was about to p person now ri " nor drag ¢ 0 er word y WITNESS OF THE DA George B nw , n as ¢ opened. Mr. Lincoln wears temperance no urnishing ne ran lecturers like Theodore Tiron matier w females in their company solicit re'r ment. fie gave bis eviaence in a grim auc very enthusiastic way, chewed bis gum or to with the enthasiasm of @ man used to sitting before 4 tavern @ answered monosyliabica and stepped down and ¢ bad been a ring irom Ne THE BVIDENOR. George A. Lincoln vestite i res D how a he register? he dudé bxcluved hess—Tne register ts lost; he called for (wo adjoining rooms, with a dre in bis room; I did uot furnish Yim wi oums op inte eaca otter; was a pad n tue hotel; I had wo Wo Us i assigued to Mr, Til- apped atte re Was no answe away 4 w au heard Goor OD saw M t js cos and vet were of; when | entered i saw @ lady lying ze; | Ouserved their conduct at the tabi Were Yor) Courteuus w One anowues; lu t room yester- Mra. Field trifie paler e the filness who is noW recovering s, Her husband was pst of all vexed judi- yers have regained eof those flerce of left-handed compliments between which distinguisoed the previous day. on on trial, the deience yesterday, @ tem- who swore tat im De- n stopped at his bostelme as his chief ex- arition at bis bed- as camiy as if tuere N. Y.; L was the proprietor of & how! w 8 yun.; 1 recolieet wher on came yo lecture tu 1869; 1 revels myseil, @ past one P, M.; he registered; le uaa a iauy so hi the [ron! side of the Led; she appeared to ve out twenty-five years of age, of (he average ; they very ted to, iror—Was tt before or alter dinner thas you the lady in bed? Witness—It was after dinner, about an hour alter. 8 ALBERT F. NORTON. Thia witness came on the staud with a smirk on his face which expanded into agrin as be kissed toe Bible. The grim old Presbyterian Judge took fire at this proceeding and sternly asked the wit, ness if he considered an oath binding on his conscience. The witness said le did, and sat down very gamesomely and willing, He was apbarently @ sort of upper mechanic or foreman, but he exctied the Suspicions of the plantrf’s counsel as ne sat theres With a bunch of black beard on lis chin and a pale eye. He testified that he saw a woman in Tilton’s room at the Winsted Hote! very early in the morn ing and stuck to it. Sie was in white undress but he saia nothing about Tiiton’s whereabouts’ Judge Fullerton examined vuls Witness as to UTS aracter and dismissed vim. Albert F. Norton tostitied:—I liye in Naw Britain 1 am a mechanic in the Standard Rule aud pauy; I was in Winsted the nighc that adore Tilton came there to aeliver ts iure on “frue Woman; 1 had occasion to@pass by the room he occupied and 1 passed by the on; it was about hall-past six in the morning; 1 saw a lady pactiy dressed; she was tn wuit she Was the same lady 1 saw at might at tne lec ture aod also (ue ane | saw at breaklast with Mr. tiltoa, a Levei Con CROSS+-EX AMINATION Mr. Fallerton—l was a regular boarder at lat time; 1 Was at work making wrenches tor L. L, Clark; 1 was mot im the empioy of a borer proprietor. Q. Wee you ever engaged in any law troubies? A. No, sir. Q. You made no compromises tor troubie of auy- thing? A. No, sit; none whatever, Counsel—Tnat will do, SAMUEL E, BELCHER. Two witnesses having beeu used up in twenty minutes—a great tribute to the agility and de- epatch cf Lawyer Hill, who examined—a third one Was called, Luis third witness, Belcher, was one of Tiiton's neighbors, @ substantial looking man, with a quiet address, He was weil clad, had bis beard trimmed in a military style, 80 that {t revealed his dnely cut chin; but his eyes were ratuer dali, and retused to ligut up is otherwise good coun- tenance. Mr. Hill's method of examining nis witnesses ts to put his hands bebind his back, put his bala sconce forward, pincn his lips and turn ap one of his cheeks, 80 as tO Muke & Kind Of sail ol the im- proving whisker there, Samuel E. Belcher testified—I have ltved at 113 North Oxford street since 1360; | am Presid of the Jefferson Insurauce Company; I have been President for seven years; [| was Secretary apout ten years; Lam @ Member of Plymouta cuuren, and have been ano or tae church; | know Mr. Tuton; L dave kuGWo aim twenty years; | was a member of the inusic committe with bin; 1 have been intimate mieads with Mr. Tilten; we lived In adjoining houses; our januilies were very inti- mate, visiting each other daily; we lived io ad- Joiuiug houses jor two or three years; Mr. Tilton invited me to become of his arbitrators in the bowen @ifficulty; 1 said { did not wish to act as un arbitrator, but in cause be coula not find one to act I would do so; I remember tne pudication of the Woodhull scandal; 1 met Mr, Puiten soon alter at the Wall street jerry; he said to me, alter { had remari that the Woodiuit story Lad impressed me terribly, ‘Phere might bea modicum of truth in it—ove grain of wheat to a busnel oi chai;” Mr. Tilton spoke generally of his opinion on the subject; we crossed tue terry together; he said thatthe newspapers Nad taken up the matter; We walked up to tne foot of the siairWay at Montagne terrace; we went to Mou. ton’s Louse, where Tilton went up the steps and wsked & quesuon, he tuen returued to afver making ao loug walk, to the corner of tue street j our conversation was iriendly; 1 remarked to hit On the Way that bis [rienus were ayiug i he had @ spark of manhood tn him ve Would uot rest easy under such @ story; he askud mew go Home WitD Mini aud i did; he suowed me a lot of papers; some he read aud some he did hus read; he said these papers cotuiued his state- ment of the case; he intended to send them to Mr. Bowen, with the intumation that they would be priuied anless Bowen settled up with bim; in the documents Was @ letter (rom Jar, Ailton to Mr. Bowe AN IMPORTANT BIT OF EVIDENCE appeared to be educed trom Selcner’s testimony at this time. He puton ius eyeglass and luoked over the Golden Age articie, and identified it as the paper Tilton bad read to him. His decisive ony that Triton threatened to pabit: 13 \iess Bowen settled up the vrokea con- tract for bis editorial services set flton to con Morris and Pryor, wa face very much ed and theirs also, When Tilton 1s puabed his Way he grows more and more pink tn cowor, not afush but asortof baby red, equal in tone everywhere, and nis inuer profile—the eye, cheex- bone and dimple back oi the mouth—weaken and hunger uately. His hand, with a gold lead peuen in tt, feels around his'neck, chin and saroat, ano h § lose COMsIBtency. ed me was i noticed that it was p. d, and w and he said it Would be lor Wen, W he intimation thas s were s n tied 1t Wouid be pub- with siterward came to WW etter irom his wt . Beecher had may asked nunit t proper advances to an imal; A nd weutio er said, ¢ é oud bim to say that night Mrs Tuiton tvid Mr. Beech ned a retri C he mentt other stated that, Dotwithetanaing the retraction of Mrs. Tilton, Mrs. had withdrawn the retraction and M er had apologized; 1 asked im where traction und he said cou aud the apology (a wr by Mr, Beecher to M the so-ca.ied pistol scene, and'ue said )1ouGdabiod 1a The sh aue horn A PUSS ENSUED upon Mr. Hill asking a big leading question, in which Fulier‘on and Hill excuanged small shot atsnort range and criticised each other's man ners. Beach rose, and Evarts was up at the same time. They tusseled “like boys who figut for vit teu app aud contradi each otuer on the record, As the recoid was read five of them stood there 1a @ row, agit abuatto play jorensic leap. pig Yell boomed twelve aud Frank Mall on got in @ pun which was sufficiently bani to make the performance ridiculous. ACTED VERY MEANLY Witners—Mr. Tivon suid to t at Mr. Moulton aad jimself nought that Mr. Bi er bad acted im gevting the retraction from M on; my interview wita Mur, Tutom lasted sev- er ‘ ‘Titon teil you if he belteved his wife ntercourse with M ecuer? A hands patting at the time, and tion, “Mr, liitou, have you reason ) peueve Mr. Beecaer ever had sexual rela- wi yur wife 7 aised his hand above a buzabeth is as pure ion.) Ark nis roll of paper you was & loose roll of pal a ieal 91 it, Hot wll; u ea the “true story; | dou't r tuber Chal It had any title reason for go- g With Mr. Liteon wa Near Dim explain some would #ati my attention was tier be had in his anuseriyt wo we be read ton to him withess Was showo lawore to tue Wis KnOW.ed at first sen a ne paper handed was K ne hea over p Freud ars. Vilwoa's tion; [don't remember taat ue read iesters irom Mrs, Davis aud Mrs, Sianton; 1 do kK le read (he lert Mr. | er, demauding of nim relinquiatiment (HR VRUE STOKY OR NOT Mr. Fullerton continued reading extracts from | @ priuteu paper, suid to be the so-c . Story,” asking the witness i be r portions that be re rhe witn pear co be jumiliar With the extra tinued--i made ho memorandam of on; read @ portlon Of tue printed matter referring to the lecter from Mr. Bowen retailing tie charge againat hir. Beeoher; he read na pulj | Oletver rom dire, Tuign We wily, Whicd oad, * abt. NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESD: | Beecher proposed to me to become a wife to him 40 al intents aod parpose: letter irom irs, Tilton, said to be a retrace } doa’t remember that he made any special reier- ence to his wife that evening until our parting; E put that question, because the papers wad muds that eveniny | there Was uothing tn it; then he told ine that the s# than adultery and indignity re- afy asked the direct question about | atisiy my mind, Y, MARCH 10, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET. tne church, and no charce waa made agatnat tam; a copy of Mr, titton’s letter was read by Mr. Tali- mave to the committee; Mr. Tilton spoke to me about the macter, aud 1 sugge-ted the name of Dr, Storrs a3 & good man, with whom he mugnt he read 4 copy of & VESTIBULI REX. ST. CLAIR M'KELLWAY TAKES THE STAND. St. Clair McKellway being duly sworn was ex- ‘Brooklyn, Mr. McKellway? A. have you resided in this city? A. 9. What is your occupation? A. 1 am @ jour- nalist, Q. Where are you now et ployed on the Brooklyn Zag Q. What capacity do you occupy on that paper? A. 1am an associate editor, Q. How long have you been connected with the Eagle: A. | have been there from my iirst connec- tion With that journal to the present time—about five years; that is, excepting eight or nine months ‘ay from the paper, Q Were youengagea on the kagle in Uctober and November, 1872, and in what capacity? io the same capacity I have always held, Q. How long bave you known Theodore Tilton? rsoually since about the tune he took hold of the Brooklyn Union—in 1870, | or not jong tnereatter, Q. Do you remember tne time of the publication of whatis known as the Woodhull ecunda@l? A, I remember it very oistinctly: I bad a conversation | Audience with His Jovial Majesty Sam I. Rhyme-Making the Royal Pastime. ——_—-_*_. SPEAKER BLAINE’S FAREWELL a SR charge was amined by Mr. Tras jected; I fin aduitery simply to nught be able Lo auswer the Woodhull charges, STANDING BY BEECHER. | 1 did not say | would stand by Mr. Beecher wheroer he was guilty or not communicated the genera’ dental of the to & number O1 person: ehureh at th | Since Aprit 1 I never told ib to pleredt A. f am em- i 1 was not an ofticer of the ime; L said pothiug to Mr, Beecher | tlie matter embraced in tae conversation L bad wita Mr, Tilton; 1 do pot remember teling | thts story to any one before to-day, at least vot I hever attempied @ narrative; ated 4 part of the story to the counsel | on the side of tie deience; I have repeated sub- , stantially ali Lheard; [am not sure when tt was; | 1 think aboot a week ago; that ts | told tae whole story; 1 told a part o1 ito dider- ent peopre that Ihave met; The Uncertainties of the New; Legislative Body. 1tnink Itoilda part | von Roberts; Ltold bim that Mr. Tiicom } a5 MOLLDE iN 1 and that his w not guilty of adultery; 1 gave evidence beivre tue | Piymouty caurch committee ; VHE WHOLE OF TAR STOKY before the comutitee as I stated it here; I stated | ad recited it in part to Deacon Roberts; [ did not state the story to the cominittee as { buve { omitted any refercuce to the matter and Meniiouing mproper soltcl A. Lhave known tim WASHINGTON, March 8, 1875, The man crowned years ago by a distinguished | Britisn novelist as King of the Lobby, Whose regal manners challenge admiration, whose princely | entertainments are the desire of diplomats and 18 no less an individual than Sam No one dare dispute the title, and for Years King Sam has found lis domain a pleasant | But now he too discovers, “Un- easy lies the head that wears the crown.’’ ‘rhe Foriy-third Congress increased the mem- | bership of the House by flity additional represent- atives, making @ total of nearly three hundred The Senate, still conservative, like’ an old Line-ol-battle ship of seventy-four smootn-bore guns, clings to the ancient manner of doing business, but the House has grown unwieldy ana very uncertain, The poltcy of dintng am expensive one ff I did bor state with Mr. Tilton on the subject of that pubiicatiou. | Q. Do you know John W. Harmon, of this city, | and bow long have you known him? A. I do, I have known him since i870, | Q. Had the publication of this, the Woodbat | a conversation between you and Mr. Tiiton ana Mr, Harman ? A. It nad; 10 Wasim consequence of an interview which I had with Mr. Harman, thatl had an inter- view Wita Mr, Tilton on the subject; the mier- | view with Mr. Tilton was at his house on Living- ston street; Icaunot give the precise day thie sony NI hood the day after the fire at ru obinson'’s storebouses; it Ww: , November 18 or 19, 1 think. pees | Q. That was subsequent to the publication of 1 the Woodhuil scandal? A. Yes, sir; tie seanaal published October 28—about three weeks betore; I called at Mr, Tilton’s house pursuant to a pointment to see him with regard to communi- cauons Whicu Mr, Harman made to me, Q. Who Was present at that interview to which you refer? A. When I was admictea to the louse | by the servant i Was shown 10to suortly after the folding doors whi ‘he rooms were pushed aside by Mr. Tilton, who , Invited ure into the room; theré were two ladies | there when i entered; he introduced me to one of ; the other lady was Mrs, Tilton, whose ac- | Quaintance I bad previousiy made: at the imvita- tion of Mr. Tilton Mrs, Titon went upstairs; I | then said to Mr. Tilton that l had called on him in pur-uance of a conversation with mr. the day previous; I told lim aiso that 1 bad spoken | to Mr. Thomas Kinsella, the editor of the Edgie, | on the subject, and what | with his ‘consent; . the capacity of a journalist to speak with Din on tbe suvject of the Woodhull scandal; polite and cordial in his manner, but he positively | refused tu converse with me on the subject if I | Spoke asa journali-t; he satd that il wisued to speak a8 @ Iriend and not as a journalist tuen he | could couverse wiin me on the matter, Q What matter did he alluge to? ubiication of we Woodbull scaud meun & gentlemanly way, and lie asked me what my knowledge ol the cise was; | told him that L had spoken to Mr. Beecucr on spoke about tod bim what told Harman and what bad been said; I think L told him that on the morning of Octover 28 papers were received at the oiice containing wwe that they were marked all about the margin with | , blige pencil to attract attentiou, Mr. Beach—This ls what A, Yea, sir; that 18 what Mr. Harman on the subject; the substance of what I siid was that Mr. Beecher denied the Woodhull tory, and yet he was silent abou: tt. Q. Did you teli him that mr. Beecner said to you, “You should never enter my wouse io conier on A. 1 think { spoke more of re- suite than Of the details, and my conversation | witn Mr. Tilton on what | saia to Mr. was much shorter than what said to Harman on Mr. Tilton asked me what was the general La pression with regard to the Woodhull story; I tola bim that the unpression was that it was 4a plan between the Woodhull women and ions on the part of the committee ; sted by them to give my views in briet, Q. Did you Bol suppose thal committee wanted ! all'the tulormation possible, $ besltating)—1 don't quite recol.ect. Q Did you Bot suppose in subject of one to rule over, dearmg on t everynhing ? 1 went there unruly subjects, d;1 did not yolunteer any testimon Postor did not heed any vingication his request; question that was pat to me; 1 we age atthe request of Mr. Hill voluntarily, | Went there because | was asked; I recollect what i were pul to me by tue committee; I bad, of course, ie interest in the affair; | ieit naturauy a great deal of indignation when Mr, Tillon told me Mrs. Titon Nad not been seduce: ald not state ail [ knew betore the committee, Q. Have jou stated to this Courtall you know A. 1 don’t Know tuat L have, ! answered every t there in @ por of thé room Was party | I dia not go and wining attains the object desired, experience, It fails in tts purpose, tt is necessary to change the régime and inaugurate a more economical Only trom the King would one expect to | learn what is to be done, and for the purpose of | obtaining his ideas of the future duty of Vestibult Rex your correspondent called upon him to-day and was graciously received at the outer gate by | his perpetual Valentine. aaa | Supposed from what has been heralded of this | most worthy potentate that lis residence is pa- In an unfrequented street, parailel to Pennsylvania avenue, yet in sight of | tne Treasury, there is a tnree story dwelling with an Englisi basement, the front room serving as THE AUDIENCE CHAMBER OF THE KING. Did we come a’ an ambassader or a commis. sioner, @ minister plenipotentiary or envoy ex- traordinary, or was the purpose of the visit to mourn over a bill whica failed ‘or want of merit, or want of time, or want of sagacity on the part of the King? He was very busy—particularly en- gaged—couid not be disturbed, and all that sort of ‘The object of the visit was ex, piained, and, while Vaientine was ready to admit n credentials, he hesitated avout in-* 1%, ‘Loving Kindness ts stronger than jaws aud Nothing could nave ap- | jfor at the close of the session it was to be expected that the King vusy making out his tax practitioner at Would your representative © take a seat—an Albert biscuit—a glass of sherry, a sandwich, or perhaps a glass of champagne? | whe latter was preferred, but, alas! tne King had the key of the wine cioset, and, to disturb him the parlor, and | h divided | Here the Court took a recess until two o'clock. AFTER RECESS, Nearly a quarter of an hour elapsed before the entire brigade of lawyers straggied into their It would naturally be | The Judge bad been patiently seated learned galaxy Butit ts not so, tory ways. in a few facetious words oi rebuke, and the iatter replied that he was looking up Mr. Evarts. latter happened to be entering the court room at the time, and came jorward with a smiling face to say, to the great amusement of the audter he wus coming aiter Mr. Falierton, whereat Judge | Neilson laughed, and Mr. Beecher laughed, and absorved (ace of Mr. Tilton was wreatned More ladies than ever be- fore Calue \ogether alter recess, and among them several young and atéractive faces that betrayed no embarrassment whatever at the strangeness of tneir situation, Ata quarter past two o'clock the cross-exam- ination of the Witness was resumed by Mr, Fuiler- Toe witness sald :— When | was be ore tuat committee I do not recol- lec) that I said Mr. Tilton jeit with me a letter, in | ‘Tiiton charged thar proper sclici!AtGNs dade to Her by Mr. Beecher; 1gad au impression that [ was to state what I knew aoout the matter; | had not time to state | atl knew about the macier; the examination was | leit the room and Went home: I was not preventea irom statiug what 1 kaew iu regard Thad a general conversauon Mr. Hill oefore the commitiee Met; what it was L remember what the cou- he Spoke to in muirtufal wrinkles, Woodiull scanda!; | thing, you know. ou told to Mr. Tilton ? told him that! said to terrupting His Majesiy. peared more reasonabl there had oven | gat subject!” close of an epidemic. the snoject; to the agar; cannot stare Versation was. Q. Did you aot purposely omit to state that you | had jearned i:om Mr, Lilton that Mrs, Tilton made u charge against Mr. Beecher of improper solicitation? A. No, I did not purposely omit ai thing; f have nor the remotest idea of what | said committee; 1 KnoW Dothing against Mr. Beecher; 1 know that there was « cuarge of tauion; | did not kaow that Mrs. 1 ton had reaftirmed the cuarge; | iearned irom Mr, (ilton that his wile had retracted the retraction, Q. Did you see any one else be.ore you went be- fore the Committee that bight? per-ous but 1 did not talk to them; Itbink Mr. ‘Tracy was there; 1 do not remember baving iad any Conversavion wita him. Q. Can you state pos! Versalion With air. (racy, und that youd kim what you Could testily tor Mr. Fullerton read irom iue witness’ evidence beiore the commitiee and asked him if he would swear (hat “the true story’ was exlabiced to uta? Wituess—i do not remember that; | cangoe say positively ; tothe best oO: my recollection | aid pot say it Was exuibiled to me; ldo not recoilect whether { said filton asserted and compinined only of improper solicitations; L | ao bot remember tat! oeard the whole of the 4; ido Dot recall Ue readiug of the | DESTROY BIS WIFE AND PULL DOWN MR. BEECHER; | | he replied that was very unjust, and svch a report Was not true in any point of tact; 1 said the puolic | have very little information upon which to form | ap opinion on the subject and tnat inferences | would be iikely to be far trom correct on the suv- ; ject, or something like that; Mr. Tilton further disclaumed any such thing being the case, and said there was @ story shat Would be told tn this mat- ver which would puta new iace on the story; asked him what that new story was, and he re- plied be Was pot at liverty to tel! me what as a friend he would with me on the sabject, however, he was ‘at nome,’’ and, ascending the stairs to the inuer chamber, your correspondent stood In the presence of royaity—the noblest of The sanctum—a chaos of papers, for ail the world ern editor—was cheerfully warm. | King, tie very Kaiser of the nation's Capitol; the prestige of greatness ana tie greatness of pres- tige soliaified in the stumpy figure which bent At his rignt nand was an open Horace,” on his left a “Theocritus,” while the character of the manuscript nis pen was slowly tracing seemed rather to belong to rhymes than Great heavens! we have disturbed the King in his meditations! A ROYAL RHYMETER. “Sit down,” said he, ‘until we finish this verse, ana we will be at your service."? Five minutes were pleasantly pi ning the walls adorned with rare engravings, when up spake the King, as he drew a@ long breath, | “Tnat task is done,” and, warm with his theme, he read the following conplets descriptive of the ovation which greeted Speaker #iaine’s iareweii like the room of a West- There sat the | A. No, sir; i saw bat not as a jour- | cagerly over the desk. 1 remembered 8 leaving the Brookiyn Union; | sata “1 did; and then ne ask down in tue Lagle office tuournt of lis leaving that | paper: Ll said they uid bot think mach about it, as they were m0t inveiligeatiy iniormed on the subject; be said he wouid teli ine the story in con- | fidence, bat not .or pudlicativn; that he would | stale the matter IN THE FORM OF AN ALLEGORY that would convey the story whicn he had in view; he would méntion uo names of persons, but | would make that impres-ton on any mind that ne | desired; he then proceeded to tell the story in tue think I can Yely that you haa no con- to accounts. form of an do the author justice oy attempting in tne’ original @ sala:—Once upon a time there was a man, and then there Was avother man; young and rising and powerml; o€ had long had jora friend, auviser and guide the other older man spoxen of; the youns man was so situ- | | ated im ousiness that he Was oiten taken away irom his home for @ considerabie time, and once | on his return he was surprised by a sti | made to him by hts wife that the ocher man made to her tmproper proposals. These had taken | ween words Q. Do you recall what took place after the re- | in substance A. Lrecollect someting, if taat Was the uigat the report was read; I was present r, Moulton voted in the negative; L was present When he voted “No” on sometuing; Us THE ADJOURNMENT. {March 4, 1875.) Then he arose, whose mace had swayed at time in 1874 was this? tue report vindicatiug ly pasior from charge did not Make any impression ou Ang oftentinies its ptile With LAW's magnetic mastery. The weak against the strong sustained partial hand, n Q. Did you vote on the report? A. [ do not re- ume was aud (ransgression, which Jatter sue mignt ay misunderstood; the other was ina form so nite she could not mistake i Wit scorn and indignation; and Weut Up Stairs tor the purpose of calling the servant, and tuat while she Was oa the stairs the gentleman came out of the parior, and, taking fs hat off the rack, he Went to the door; the servaut came to the janding Where the lady was standing, and the gentleman, made to the lady @ casual remark and then le wen: away; tue lady then told the servant not to ‘The minstrels of a mys emblem of the strange (. Did anybody else vote? A. I am sure they and she resented ( Are you gure there was any person there that leit the room night except yoursell? A. Lui sure «fists of civic strife, rv you Mota member of the ttee of Pi, mouth church im isd? e Of betugadeacon of the church an er ver; i Think the report Was approved nee; Ldo not remember In it that passage tu waich I asserted that “the had been exaibited wo m ol thé Examining Committee the West charges io me; 1 think the meeung at 3 were presen that we all muat part, ¥ pack nnstr: sior head and heart, o have three times graced A comrade with your high esteein ; The trusi 'o wield, and not to waste— than whieh tame ath no prouder dream. when I've erred, seeing the ‘servant “Lthank vou wi din my pres “For their induige were preseu ¥ power conferred, omplained the few. Juwixt stern tact and the people roried in vain, jound the genticuanu seated the purl-r, aud ne then renewed these pro- posals; sae again resented er that sae told her wusbard, Who view With (te mau at the iouse of a friend, where he cuarged hin with whe act; the accused mau said, YOU ARE ALL CRAZY,’ the younger man went | home he jouna’ that this person went and ob- | tained jrom the younger man’s wile @ retraction | her husband; when the | interview was | on returuing sic Yer seldom wave discussion ; cy with Mr. Beecher; I taougt ¢ hand creeps on high noon— tolls the parting knell ci rule—the Navion's D Comrades, 1 bid you now tarewe!l.” yn8; 2 under charge made by Mrs, erimigal intimacy Puvon; Lonaer- parties im orim- Bradshaw that toe and went away; woen ithe charge wo involve bot inatity; | aid nol un@erstand tue West charges as involving adulvery at all; 1 expressed to air, West opinions the same that | ha’ Ol What sue O tnmuit mus‘cal with praise with minors of regret; y a tiny rainbow's rays Guimmered in 6¥es by War-drops wet! whose house heid learned e) nero; T said rat 1 did not construe nis charges to Y us committed by ) diferent view wovit; at this part of the story the aiegorical jorm was dropped and we And then a rash to clesp his hand, Ashe. descentiug from his chair, Went forth alone inty te land, Voliowed by tenderness and prayer, BLAINE AND POLITICS. “There are undoubtedly sentiments which will be applauded by ali who know tim; but does Your Majoaty find it pruiitable to & praising your ricnas in verse ?” “We would rather tura a good couplet than make A thousand pounds any day; and when we cannot secure wise ehactments | find It @ consolation to gig his praises Who prevenied 80 mucn bad lexis- £ cancus imiamy the over Our subject, Biaine, is @ live man and has shown hiwsell a true one.” “frog, Your Majesty, ev be a good man and not arich one, k of polices #7 hat 18 & conundrum not to be lightly solved. junction Gamma, bas always been room for educated politicians in all the Qungresses we nave appointed Us this royal place.’ “That brings me to the intent of iny visit, for Your Majesty scems dissatisfied with this Von- gress, and what lave you to say about tt 7” UNSUCOESSVUL “4p the language of Canning’s knife grinder, Story! Goi bless you! | have none to tell, sir. We have no right to be ai done 49 well as they knew how. quatis lay cugs With a great Chickeu hawk sailing Many of these memvers ark Shadow of tue aitke the old the former were alarmed paralyzed by bugaboos of which med, and as WOst Measures have (heir antagonists, just amd honest ville wer victimized by the latter, Who artfully took adyau- | tage of this panic to scare their colleagues. {he Campaign, then, has been ansucces Our palace be: eli tO talking 0% ; lusked Mr. 1litom what truth there | ne reierred to in the pubiica- tion; he said Mr. Moulton’s reason for carrying & pistol Was Chat he had a good deal of bul sore and liad to Come In contact with strikes | among ‘longsnoremen; he Carcied it lor selie tection; he Awd tin lis ourside pocket wnen he cuiled on Mr, Beecher, and taking 1b Out was o mere gesture, and having vroayit it oul used It an uiustrauon of what he would ao me; Mr. West Was in the pistol st iit pot consider tt adu.tery. mae With the West coarges when iwe comiuittee? ness along | Brougnt veior They were ac- tif he nad spoken to The deacous wo Ut it—wuether be had exbausted dies reierred Lo in the Jestament for tie it of the church, and he suit be had HOt; then a Commitree Was uppoiuted; | was obe OF | them; i eceived a letter fr mouth alter; 4 weut pend your ume in| Cilton about & iiton with Cap. W tim at the he conversas | lation tn Byoting bt. Golden age ottive; as tion Was Carried OB by Captain Lanean, WhO sald hua in relereace ) said he had not be Independent; 1 said 1 dia, distinct, showed me er coutaining Bowen's tribute vw hin; he also siowed me iwo wen, votu fatiering to him; he ey proof of some printed mat. {Winess ienuiied say tis was (ue same articie | reer to, and wien Mr. Tilton showea me { recoynize the letter incorporated J} be (Lilten) asked Me what was my ooimon of the Golden Age; L ge way too much Like rybody believes him to What do you a tember of jour years aud did nov pimseif aumenavie t showed we &@ ter set up in the Golden Age. toe arvicie.) it 13 as deep as ‘een since our destiny 4 member of é O, abd did got thougat the head: Churchinan; out the duference; unis Golden | aadi will pubiusn ttt it would put a very diferent jace ou tuings; he said do 40 honorably, a8 \e W88 VoULd hot fo puoioh iL Of his owa moon; I puolshed, that lied that ne could not do so; 040 aud be Said be Wad | Bacine symon about it; 1 said L be mou would give it io me, aud L ) y mew see Mr. Harmon, | sf besore the he cowun't Was anything said his amena- bin it ought Would you have in the air a! bin Whar he Was oll going bo consuls thought Mr. He askeu him to uccompan Woo Was warm Was a greatly wronged man; Cumberland Dut he was bot at home; Tiiton then lett th Hurmon with a nore, which | mber, read like this:—Dear | ginshonse ali the Winer, Was @ lunatic asyiuin the iast ten duys of the session. stretcued out their bands like drowning men. was impossivie tO Make them understand thal, | whereas we sed through as one draws a cork fitte, the smallest section ©) one was now as Dard ass as tle’exiraction ol @ four-pronged tooth, a jaw breaker at tuat. that we could claim from tt preciation of our baraship im baying worked euougn ‘aead horses” to supply Mr, Veter Vooper's glue factory Jor all a year,” LOWBYING AND YELLOW FRVER. “What caused the failure of cited to come tigacion seared ommutiee aud ii Why Were not p Mr. Tilton, uid that help Ti ouurges presented? See end trever<d ¢ to say something | Fucervon inter> Golden Age, When rupted hun. Why Were not the West charges presented ? . 1 KUOW OF DO reasou OLber than suid he Was bot responsible for t “parmecidal! at Mr. ‘Tilton Mr. Harmon—tlere are the things you reqaestert; | | TL wish you would keep them salely ap them to te.” | spoke to Miss Harmon, ms, and leit; we Frantic chents Wie CoMmirtee OM (he BUbjeOL uf who opened the out the Wood- Hull scandai matver muck as Mr, Tilton has spoken ere in Court. occasionally to irom a bowie of Lae Wiluess replied that the charges had been pre- @ ut Jetter was wrivien. you recoliect. What look Do you recoiiect that w resuiuttoa was { d/opiing the name of Mr. Tiiton trom the Lthink 60; Mr. 5 Mr. Tiiton said that i | y Charges Wo make again e would answer Alin; sau be bad oo charges lO make against thought Mr. papers lor publication? A. © the papers afters evening I had Toe worst ol tb war would give you these poor lellows no , sir; Mr. Harmon gave tm tink igor them the same evsation with fiiton. " ‘AL this potnt, it being four ofclock, the Court was adjourned until eleven 0 | puLToN STREEL PRAYER MEETING. There was a large atiendance at the Fulto street prayer meeting yesterday. rh was adopted vy the Examin. | Knglish revivalist, read @ number two velore the church | submitted himself 80 (ar as the Bxamin Loo not thnk le o 80 now alia Jock this morning. Yom scott's pos “Besides the bad luck of failing upon evil times ition of the Central Pa- powerless lor good but not for mjury, aud the Union Pacite. coubt if he understood the difference between this Congress and those in which be acuieved nis it Was @ noun of multi- | tade and the indreased numbers have not yer approciaced by the ov on read from the procesdings of the } 4 the effect that Tue | he bad the st provabiy that es# faid ’e (uOUgHt be Was presemt at a | Vi the puurch when the beside Mh of communica. report Was | triampns in pass years, uesung tue prayers of the mee An eloquent discou! alec Which Pennsylvania req ing for varios subjects, was delivered by Mr, side (ravernity, Many | the Park Copvulssion, Corapwroior Green an ; anured and ninety sou'ta, nd fer wugir oun | WISMApe Lum HUCGeRS 1 WIS flow asone OL aur. 4 @ member Of tue charch, ing Vonmi\tee Was concerued; , Suumtved ty bue yuurok; Adi, Jallyn did aypoar ab | meeting dysperagde Ve imote axes ta gril ———$ $$$ stituents than & hnndred less, which makes 16 bard for the lobby co crowd ib Dew business, Moreover, the spirit of the uge 1s a4 constintiy changing as the channels of the Columbia River, where old sam Knox's magnibcens charis of the year 1845 would run a whaleboat* aground to-day. Now if Colonel Scott's agents happened to have been for the pust few years absentee iob- bylats, they must have found old ruica fail, We once asked Dr, Rushton, who was hastening to New Orleans. where the epidewio had broken out, what remedies ne proposed to / employ, ‘Sir.’ said ne ‘I must first consult the ' facuity, What cured last year may kill tus 80, ioboying, like yellow iever, Varies in its appil- ances with each new session. ‘Ar uno disce omnes.’ The failure of so great a railroad king and 80 ina measure fraught with inealcula’ to the South and the West suficiently illustrates the impracticable temper | of our Jate legislatora, Which Was not improved oy | the various political deviltries concocted to tte | the white man of the South to a tree, after having | Tobbed him Oj ail be possessed. If you had a bill | all ready tor the spit, like ® capon trussed for } roasting, you jound that Alabama, Louisiana, | arkansas or some other privileged Congressional menu, had possession of the Dutch oven, where alone such game can be done to a turn.” THE LOBBY IN THE OLD TIME, “How was the lobby, your kingdom, In the olden time?” t of great measures @ session-long spree | watchhouse of an invesiigating committee, as tue Ways and Means bas been during the entire Con- gress just ended,” “Was much money spent?!” “Cords. ‘Phe session before we mounted the throne and passed Secretary MeCulioch’s Cor | traction vill, Witch we did Dy @ small majority in & full House, the Camden and Amboy ativoad, under Markley, and the Air Line, under Caries | Gould, not Kodin, occupied rival camps lat either extremity of the sevoud floor at Willard’s. Each kept open house, and a merry aud joyous spirit breatved upon the Washington waters, ‘To judge vy the career of ‘tae sports’ at the races and the | springs during the ensuing summer money must have been a drug. We were credibly iniormed | that not less than $300,000 were disbursed by each | of the combatauts,”” | “And wno succeeded ?” | “Gould was ahead, but the Amboy boys took | care of the Unairman of the Senate Commitice the night before the adjournment of Congress; such | admirable care, that tne grave Senator did not pub i ab appearance; and next moruing, under tue courtesy of that ‘honorable body no one could move the bill but he, and so the fight was lost to ‘he champtons of the proposed new route,’” THE FUTURE OF THY VESTIBULE. “Those days are over, does Your Majesty say 1" | «We are afraid that they are, and we are somo | what puzzied as to the future, We propose ler | alter to stump Congress on measures, jus! a8 the | average Congressman stumps his district, A | small hospitai can be ran with a single doctor, but | @ large one requires a medica! staf. ‘uen, | again, the lobby hus become aunuiar. There are all kinds of rings—Indiau, bank note, whiskey, | railroad, army gna District rings. {n_ short they | pack like grouse In autumn, So one scarcely kno Who 1s who, Where fo begin, or wheo vo leave of’? | “Do you think the man who helped to deleat the { moan, seheme velonged to the retinue o! the | King? So! he was the reigning King. It was pefore our own royal days, yet we Kuow that he mast have been a chap of resources. Not parsimomous, fond of the carnival of iife—not hatiuy ins ieiow- mau, but Counting success betver than rcues, Your modern lobbyists, like Mr. Irwin's al) oners, | keep all they get. Aud that is what made ai the trouble. li wine Lad fowed and good cueer prevailed no one would have found iault: but itis the covetous volunteers that have invaded our kingdom wno make the duties of @ lovoyise | more dificuit than ever. We say to ourseli—The ood Will Of mankind ts better (han houses thas urn or silos tnat perish; or, as the Talmud has ttie charities of life more than all ceremonies.” | And, uuless those who aim at success follow some such rule, It is not to be wondered that Congress will restrict attorneys und require from thet ail kinds of promises and guarantees belore permit- ting them to appear in the presence of the com- miivees."? YHE HERALD TOASTED BY HIS MAJESTY. As your correspondent took his leave of His Majesty the King remarked that be was sorry to be unuble to formulate more clearly the true | probiem of this Congress, “fo tell you the truth,’? said he, “we have ali been somewhat dazed by ite inconsistencies, and 1t may take us as long to work them up tuto an inte ligibie equation us 1b will take our astronomers to yive we world the condensed results of the transit of Venus.’’ ‘Alter this the King’s wine closet was opened. Without, rain, snow and hail were rivals in makios the day dreary, but inside all was cheerful am merry. “There ts not muco teft,” said the haa ‘for Congress was a8 thirsty a8 it was demoral- | ized; but oi the last pint yours suall be the lion's | share. The King drinks to the HERALD.” THE EXCISE BOARD AND THE TEM- PERANCE WOMEN. Yesterday morning the Excise Commissioners, comprising Messrs. William H. Stiner, James L. Stewart and D. D. T. Marshall, were somewhat astoninhed in their dignity by seeing a number of jadies enter their office, They were all very serious. it appears this was @ visit of the Wo- man’s Temperance Union, at the lead of which was Mrs. Revecca Collins, the President, wio made along address to the Commissioners, io which she quoted many well Knowu portions of the Oid and New Testaments, and thea she iptro- duced the ladies, -whose es Were Mrs. H. EK. Brown, Vice President; Mrs. 5. A. McCleas, Mra. E. Dickemag, Mrs. Dr. C. E. Latimer aud Mrs. W. K. Moore. Mrs. Brown satd they had understood that the Board was wbout to be visited vy & | delegation of the Liquor Dealers’ Protective | Union who would endeavor to induce the Board to reiax its rigor in enforcing the law, and they called to protest against it. Tney then ail went dowWu on thew Kuces aud prayed to this purpo: ‘The whole scene was @ very astonishing one, and especially surprised such a wretched place as Mul berry street. Tuey were informed that vie Bourd wouid be guided entirely by the jaw ip che matter, gud carry it out impartially. | | \ | | | et: | THE COMPTROLLER IN DANGER. ! i Yesterday, about noon, Mr. Edward J. Guirk, | one of the wealtniest contractors on the upper end of this island, was brougat to ine Tombs Police | Court under pecnitar circumstances. lt was | Charged that he had committed @ breach of the Peace in tue Comptrolier’s office and was otier- wise unraly. This is the charge that Paymaster Clark preferred and on whicu Guirk was ined §i0 and held to $500 bail to keep the peace. Wied ar- ralgnea Guirk told nis story to ihe Jadge, and as it differs in some respects from the cuarge 16 may be well to repeas it. Guirk, to whom the Comptroller owes $53,000. went into the Finance Department, in the New Court House, and asked 10 see the Comptrolier. His name was asked, And he sent In fis card, The Message came out tuat the Comptroller would not see him. AsGuirk wag well nigh worn out going | after his money he was determined to see (He | Comptroller, The Sergeant-at-Arms refused to | let him in, and Guirk pushed against the door to force it open. Thereupon he was arrested, brought | to comrt and pnt in the box with drunken, raving ; Men and made to stand there for nearly two hours before his case was called—ali this indignity | because he wanted to fee the Comprtrolier. Wien Judaye Kubreth heard the case he fined Mr Guirk | $10 ior oreach Oi the peace, and fixed bail at govo. MUNICIPAL NOTES. Charges were preferred against the Police Com missioners to the Mayor yesterday oy @ lawyer Who Claims that certain clients of bis were locked up at Police Headquarters and there held jor some tweive days, and that when they were finally brought before tbe police justices the police had no charse to make against them and tuey were bonorably discharged. She men weo were arrested were Levi Walling and Josepli K. Pray. The charyes preferred by sue lawyer were for violation of the law which requires prisoners to be taken Lo the nearest magiswate aiter tueir arrest ii the Court 13 oped. ine Law Comiutiee of the Board of Aldermen, who were to hold a session to-day to continue tue | investigation into the conduct of Mr. Green as Comptroier, Will dot meet unvil Saturday next at | three o’ciock in the atternoon, The postponement Is due to the fact that the chairman 18 DUsily en- gaged drawing up adidavits which are to orm the Vasis Of Amotuon velore the Supreme Court to compe! the aicendance of cerfatin Witnesses, Who have thus tar eituer absolutely refused or negiecved to atiend previews meehngs ihe Fimitiee when subpurna I) is rumored that Co. OLer Green's yea! estate transactions wil get ap over. hauitng beiore the comnrities On a There 1s still some anxiety mart Politicians who are bot in ofice a pe, aad who make bie cortidors uf the City H their daily rendezvous, a5 to Whe cases of the Corporatioag Le 1 aud the Five Commissions ers. They are sti BOpiNg agaiust nope t sometning wil turn up. The Mayor, ap to tue tine of leaving the vity Eb yesterday afternoon, Nad not received any Communication from tiv Governor in relation to tneir cases oT any oluer oe piwitnstanding the many stories afloat vester. day avout the Changes Liat are to be made lo che Department of Pubic Works no definite change has as yes been decided upon in any of the bureaus. The applications of we potiticians tor places ior their friends have already begun to pour in upon Generai Porter ava ieariulrate. Tue Fumio, Lov, that a dedaction, owing to wart of work in the departments, as alresdy been made in the mechanical and laboring force, and twat @ | further decrease Will occur ULiess some provision ig made (0 carry on the Dew Works up town, & giving the Ward isacers ou ULue trouble Mi. Jacob Wrev Monica, aa acchitect for mang years connected with the Work of besattlying our public parks, having recoutly reoeived the aps vointiaent of Architect in (Alef to wie Board ot ublic Works oi Lima, Pert, Was received igoly compilmen tary letters (ram Peosideut svebbias, of | George M. Van Nort, Qoinmendiog bis skill and