The New York Herald Newspaper, March 11, 1875, Page 4

€ — THE WONDERELL TRIAL rewemee —S Forty-Filth Day of the Great Sean- dal Case. THE JOURNALISTIC WITNESSES. What Oliver Johnson Knows of Tilton and Beecher. AN IMPORTANT DATE FIXED. The Bise, Progress and Cuimination of the Charces. ISABELLA G. OAKLEY’S TESTIMONY. More Inquiries Into the Domestic Life of the Plaintiff The order of the Judge to take up the season lckets issued without limit in the early stages of the trial has very sensiviy diminished the attend+ ance in the court room. The consequence isa pure and pleasant atmosphere, elbow room Jor wy body, health and jong lle to the jury and in- sppreciavle happiness to the reporters, Mr. St. Clair McKelway, the witness whose ex- Amination was proceeding when the Court ad- journed on Tuesday, stepped down and out in the forenoon yesierday. dis evidence offered no salient points to provoke @ cross-exXamination from the piuintif’s counsel. It was vague, color- jess and wordy, und only a feather’s Weight on one side or the other. As @ perfectly neutral string of testimony it excelled, The atiendance of ladies was large and more — than usually conspicuous in the absence of the customary throng of men. A healthy eye or form or complexion is rare among the female visitors. They give the irapression generally of being women oi morbid lancies, to Whom the extracted juices of this scandal are as nectar aud ambrosia, Un- wholesome mental excitement is indicated in their looks, They jeed on deleterious pabulum. Their digestion is impaired, They have swallowea # bundred theories on religion and sociology. Comté’s philosophy and Stephen Pearl Andrews’ scoeme of the Pantarcby among the rest. Their eyes are not the eyes of women of song, poetry and chivalry—of the women who worship domes- tic daties and believe in the aged tradition that God meant one sphere of lie for man and another lor woman, NATURE IS A BUNGLER to these overwrought souls. Tuese prematurely old women, with uneven facial surfaces, holiow cheeks, unnaturally jastrous eyes, witnered necks sud thin, bloodiess lips suggest painiul thouglts of the injurious influence on the temaie mind ex- ercisea by the rival pyrotechnic ‘eats in theology essayed irom Sapbatu to Sabbath by the reverend tradesmen of the Brooklyn churches. They are QOL the women who make those soft ideais immor- talized in lyric and dramauic story, that captivate she heart and sou! of mau and make his paradise of earch. But they are not the product of Brooklyn | Mone, Since the floouga‘es of tnis scandal have deem raised the Jemale mind all over america has veen affected, and inthe court room every day a atray Visitor, infataated with tie scandal and bent Om seeing tue manner of its presentation ina court of justice, comes hituer from the remoie West to seek admission. The advent of Mr. Uliver Jonnson as a witness Made @ little stir in the audience. The bosom friend of Horace Greeley, the iree lancein many Progressive movements, the quondam trtend of Tilton and the vagrant editor of innumerable papers, Was a Character who couid hardly fail to attract some degree of notice. Mr. Johnson's head acd (ace were covered with @ gray, log-colored hair, feebly inclining to curl, like @ Skye terrier’. He nas an inquiring nose, that scents a concroversy, if not w battle, | irom afar. His forebead runs up almost perpendic- ularly from his eyebrows and then suddenly slopes of at au eusy angie ike a MausarJ rool He bas vitality, vigor ana @ sufficient degree of sell-assarance to make bim imteresting. Accord- ing to his own story bis religious sentiments have been growing from bis virtn, He was editor of a variety ol newspapers—the Anti-Slavery Bugle, tne Christian Soldier, the Blackstone Chronicle, the Middlebury Free Press, the Pennsylvania Free- man, Garrison's Liberator, the Independent and the Christian Union. He was as mutabie in his religious as in ois editorial attacnments, He was & Quaker, a Cougregationaiist,.a Progressive Friend within a few rods of the millenninm, a Universal- lat—“everything by turns and nothinglong.” Inthe growth of His powers he conciaded taat Ubrist bad nothing of the Divinity, bat was merely an agent of the Deity. He was a superior, perhaps the best, witness that tne deleuce bas yet produced. He Was cool and prompt in his answers, giving the impression of @ mau of rare sel/-poise and abundant intelligence. He told enough to convey the idea that Tilton was 4 mere bavy in his bands, who wild bis artiess tales without ever dreaming they | sbould come back to plague him, POR VHS PLAINTIFF. Wita the exception of Jounson all the witnesses produced ‘or the deience so far buve been manipu- jated into agents jor the plaintiff. Johnson held nis ground to the last,and when he descended {rom the witness chair Mr. Beecher and a host of Plymouth charch people congratulated bim on the good work be had periormed. Mr, Fullerton seicom wastes his s«ill in cros: examination, but yesterday in the cross-examin tion of Johnson he encoatered a foe worthy of his steel, It was generally anticipated that Johoson ia the assault would be struck in @ vulnerable "pot and forced to hide his head; yet he passed through the ordeal in actual triamph. A WITNESS ON THE RACK. The most painful sicaation of the day was that Of the witness for tue defence, Miss Isabella J. Oakley, Who wil appear again this morning. Un- der the direct examination it was smooth and easy satling; but when the cross-examination Was taken op by Fullerton and the quem tious poured in upon her with the cease- ‘eae roll of & mMitréileuse the lady wi wreatiy to ve pitied. grew embarrassed, fusheu, uneasy and hardly knew Low co answer. It was clear, uot aione trom ber answers but (rom the letter she addressed to Miss Floren Tilton, imploring her not to testify as a witn2ss for her facber, that the the Beecher side and @ idea woat a cross. eXamination War, She retired at tae close of the Gay's proceedings Gusued and weak, lke one who a passed through a cerribic Ady Was interested on nad mental tria. On the whole, there was noching developed the day's evidence that materially alters the status of Sither side, though it is clear the defence has been Jor the moet part injudicious in the selection of its witnesses. THE EVI The jury were prouipt in tukiug their seats, and alter the roll was caued tue Judge toid the coun: ee. to proceed. MF. iracy cuntinued the direct examination of Mr, Mobiway. ated—Last night, in speaking of the Made by Mr. Tilton to me in an al gorical \orm, | joryot to meativn the part 108 to Mr. Henry C. Bowen; he tod me alie- gorieal siory Of @ young Wan and @ young Woman; the rT had been tue vietim of improper prouposais from an oid man; (ne employer of the ouDg Wan asked th g mao ois reasons lor wot cultivating the irieudship the oid man Who wade improper advances to bis wile; the empioyer alter bearing the story was very much Luce ised against tue Od Man, aod together luey wrote a letter ordering Him |o give up ois besiness and banish Himeeil; (ue eniployer, now. OVer, alterward chaoyes fis Opinion and turned bus WEOtD aeminss Whe youne Man 1G Wis emvioy! | [| Was enclosed in a wt | Son Who accomp: | cept bis great admiration jor her; | na NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, my further conversation with Mr, ‘Tilton related eniefly to the prooisheet letter; I thought ofa way lo which whe matter might be brought out, and proposed to ipterview Mr. Harman; Mr. Tilton, however, did not approve o1 ny sugg tions; after 1 gotthe papers I took them to the sage office, and read tuem aloud, aud they were jakeu of by & Shorthand reporter, Mr. McCle: now the managing editor of the paper: aiter I nad secured a copy Lioided up the originals and leit them tor Mr, Harman; I Know that the letter I had in my possession Was published in a Sunday pa- per; Ido not remember whether the Golden Age article Was published with it, CROSS-EXAMIN ATION, Mr. Puilerton commenced the tion, and the withess statea:—I went to see Mr. Beecher on the 2sth of Octover; I dia not take the article With me; we went trom his resideuce to the office of the Aagle; we remained there about fiteen minute: Mr, Beecher conterred with Mr. Kinsella aud myseif; 1do not think be had apy private conversation with Mr, Kinsella; be went chen to the oMice oi Mr, Moulton; we were there over an hour; he talked to Mr, Mouiton privately and in my pres- ence; J could not overhear everything that wae Said; Mr. Mouiton was seated at & desk that feuce; 1 Was Sitting some litue distance away; Mr. Beecher, Mr, Moulton and myself leit the ofice together; I leit them to cross Fulton jerry, and they went in another Girection ; 1 Was ooL wailing lor sometning to pub- lish in the Zagle; I was waiing lor SOMETHING TO TURN UP; J bave never seen Mr. Beecher in the Eagle office eb any other occasion; the paper in which (he letler Was pubdlisbed is dead; it was Known as the Sunday Presa; it was publisned without my knowledge; 1 had no connection witn the Press; the publication of the article in the Press must have been six months after my interview with Mr. Tuton; I do not know how it came to be published in that Sunday paper; | heard that the paper was published on Sunday, Apri 20, REDIRECT. Mr. Tracy them took up the redirect examina- tion, and Witness stated :— Mr. McDermott was editor of the Sunday Pre: he had no connection with the Zagle at that time. A discussion then commenced between the counsel about proceeding jurther with Mr. cross examina- | McDermoti’s connection with the Press, but the Judge deciaea that it was immaterial. Wituess continued:—He was not areguiar at taché o! the Eagle at that time. but might bave sold some news to the Fagle during that time; he certainly Was not a regular contributor to the Brooklyn Zagle at that time, OLIVER JOHNSON, The next witness called was Oliver Johnson, He was examined by Mr. Tracy, and stated :—I1 re- side tn New York; 1 am a journalist; 1 know Theoaore Tilton—at least, I iormerly dia; 1 have Known him twenty-Oce years in April; [ kuow Heary C. Bowen; | have known sight nearly the same length of time; | know Benry Ward Beecbver; I have Kuown him since be first seitied in Brookly: I was employed first on the National Anti-Slavery Standard ; | was vbere about eleven years; | was next employed on the Independent; 1 went on it in June, 1865; I remained’ on it untii December, i870; 1 then went to the fribune and edited iis) weekly edition; alter two years’ ser- | vice there I went on the Christian Union and am there aul; | believe Lam managing editor; when | was on the /ndependent Mr. ‘filton was edi- wor in cotef and | Was managing editor; aii the time | was on the /ndependent Mr. Tiiton was edi- tor in chief; the iast time I neld any conversation With Mr. Tilton was about a year ago: | may pos- sibly have met him oy chance since then; I came | to have am imterview with Mr. Beecuer by bis. yequest, to him and tave an in- terview, 1 chink, im November, 187 the result was that 1 became engaged on we Christian Union as editor; my imumacy with Mr. Tiiton was close; in December, 1870, Mr, Tilton Stated to me that he bad received a Jetter from Mr. Bowen in regard to tne editorsiip of tne Jnde- pendent; be showed me a letter irom Mr. Bowen in Wich it stated that their contract wouid termi- nate at the end of 1X months; we had sume talk on the subject; Mr. iilton said tuat he thougut taat Mr. Buwen wished to Dake bis new departure ‘With anew editor; that it would be a very disa- greeable position for him to edit toe paper with That SIX WONtUs hanging over Lim, and he would rather resign at once if Mr. Bowen would make reasonable terms with him; 1 learned from Mr. duton that he had made CONTRACTS WITH BOWES he mentioned tue contract he bad made with the Union; 1 bad subsequenuy a conversation with Bowen in regarn to i1lton; 1 saw Mr, Titon alerward, and told Lim that Mr. bowen desired to have @ talk Wit bin in my presence im regard to certain stories that Were afloat concerning lim, aud which be Was aDXiqus to have disposed oi, and 1 injormed him tauat Mr. Bowen vad fixed upon the bext aay (Monday) as the Ume Jor ‘be meet- ing; Mr. Tiicon asked me what the stories were, but i told bim that as Mr, Bowen hau spoken to me in contidence I could pot tell him what they were; 1 gave bim a bint, saying that Mr. Bowen had shOwo me a trer trom a jady that | kuew, charging him wita as- Sault upon ber Chactity; be said ne knew who Wrote the letter and mentioned ber name; he told me he was on intimate relations with the lady That be Met in Winsted, Coun., but denied naviog any sexual intercourse with her, though admit ting he was 10 bed with Ler; speaking of the per- ed him to Winsted, he said that the story susceptible to misinterpreta- tion; he said that Miss Lovejoy —— The Judge—Stop, sir, mo tuird parties need be introduced. Juage Morris—Tbey have brought tne name up lore. General Tracy—You can state what is nos truth. Mr. Beach—You, sir, can deny wuat is truta. The Judge then appeased the legal warriors, and said as it Was OUt DOW it did not matter much where 1t Came from, Thad a@iurther conversation with Mr. Tilton, in Which be spoke on the subject Of bis discnarge from the Jndependent; be said Mr, Bowen had remptorliy aud indignantly broken bis cou- ihad@ conversation wita Mr. filton con- | cerning THE WOODHULL WOMAN and the writing of her biograpoy; 1 talked very sharply to him in the tone Oi reouke, saying tuuc 1t Was @ disgrace that ne should ally nimself with 4 Womdu of such anieceden's; he said to me, “Ouver, taat is vue Of tue vest pieces of laterary Work that 1 ever dia and | am proud o1 it; i will bot permit you in my presence io say apy- thing against that woman Woodhull; she is apure and great Woman and Will be tue ieader Of a great party. ‘the counsel then had @ discussion as to what Should ve admitted, aud the Judge finally cecided to allow everytning that Was relevaut to the case. Witness resumed—He assigned ho motive to me whatever jor writing tue Woodhull biography ex- also @ taik With lin aout the Trivune SiOck that stood iu bis name; ‘Tilton found out liom me buat I was @ stockholder, and he said Le would ike to be 4 stockuoger too; he Said His iather bad @ little money to spare, and he asked me to engineer matters ior him and in- vest tue money 10 @ share Of Lhe Trigune; bis jatner purchased the stock through Mr. Lilton (ais Son), (he stock standing in the latter's bame; ine dividends Air, Tiiton told me weut to his iether; be alterward assigned me @ difereat reason, ior writing the blograpuy of Woodall; it was some- Where aiter the Presidential campaign; it sas + wad alter the publication O/ the Woognul scan- al, LEGAL ARGUMENT, Mr, Tracy then (ried to show what Mr. Beecher’s order to Mr. Jonnson bad been in ation to the way in whica the Union should treat’ the Golden Age. Air. Beach objected to the question, and Mr. Evaits, iu support, read @ portion Oo! the previous testlmony, Which, Le Claimed, authorized them to @sk such @ question, Air. Beach then replied to tue argument of Mr, Evarts, talking to some leugta, aud gave Various (ueories OL The point at issue. Mr. Lvarts rose (o Mis leet Once more and pore their side Of the question, claiming toat if, Keach had not argued on the direct point at issue. He s@ia:—We propose to show vy tuls Withess what [18 instructions were {rom Mr, Beecuer rewarding the Golden Age. ‘The Judge ordered the question read, acd then he oriefy decided the point, saying, “ued cut, Go On with toe witness.” Mr. Evarts took exceptions to His Honor's ruliug, and odered to prove tuat Mr. Jobnoson was instructed to deal With the Golden age a8 he would with auy otuer paper, Mr. Morris objected to (ne counsel arguing the question alter His Honor hud ruied upon it, Mr. AbDOuT( 800d Up, Opened his mouth, but said notaing, aod immediately sat down agaia, Mr. EVarts insisted on his point. ‘The Judge decided that there was no rule of law to receive ex parte evidence concerning what in- s(ructi ns Mr, Beecher gave ,bis empioyés in the abseacg of the pisintull to iné action. air. Everts again argued ii veuail of having his question @dmitted, iusisting that as the other Siue fad striven to wake i) appear tuat Mr. Beecher, oo being admonished oy Mr. Tillou of the danger of tae Onion veg ailuwed to attack ue Golden Age, it Was proper to show that Mr. Beecher did got give any instructions to change its tone. Mr. iracy then made another attempt, in a rounaabout Way, aud Was ruica out, He inen asked as to the Way the Union treated the Golaen Age, Kuledout, He finaily ked if there wus @uy difference in the way tne Union treated tii Golden Agé anG over papers. The Juage :uied that outa@so. Mr. Tracy then saia they ued coa- Cluded the direct examination, CKOSS EXAMINATION, ge Fallertou conuucted the er ae tion, Witness stated:—I resided in New York for Many years; i came there (rom rhuadeipuia; | Was & journailst there on tue Pennsylvania Free man; \t Waa an aoti-siavery paver: i cume irom Ono to Puiladeipiia; I Was thereon the Anti Slavery Bugle; | resided beiore ten in Worcester, Mass.; tual Was in 1848; | was there conuected with the Blackstone Chronicle; 1 Was assistant edivor ul the 7rioune for tour years, irom 1544 to 1846; I Waa @ journalist in Boston ior a woe; | coudacved Mr. Garrison's Liberator inh 4eUCe j 1 was, vfior tu that, in Rhode jay 1 lec vored in Pennsylvania, Khoue isiand and Massa: chusetts a6 af @utesiavery lecturer; prior vu tual | Was conuecied Wita & pape: in Middlebury, Vir iserved my apprenticeship as a prin ft Montpeuer, Vi; 1 am now coune Xamina ) Chrisuan Union, Are your religious sentiments in harmony with those Of tue Christian Union + Mr. Evarte jumped Go with an obdjection, and aiter some discussion the Judge onered aa aa Luastratioa for Mr. Lvarte! Develt, that, suppose the paper Was Woodhull & Clajlin's Weeky, be Wouls Bot object +0 tue Witness auswering the tam by | | charge of the psper; this was in 1834; | Jor some time. question whether his religious sentiments were in uccordance with those of toat journal, Mr. Evarts nardiy appreciated Mis Honor’s htile joke, especially as the iatter alowed the question to putin & meatted {01 ‘The question Was ina modified form—W hat are your relugious views? Witvess—I cali mysell & Christian; I believe that ail human beings will be eventually savea; I do bot believe that ts the essence of tbe Univer- sabst ef; | fepeat that every chud of God will be eventually mmade bappy. The Judge—Do you mean by that every child of Adam? Witness—It will apply the same to every child of Adam; wy opinions have been undergoing & change ever since my birth, always in the direc- tion o/ the truta; | edited tae Christian Soldier in Boston; tue paper Was started to fight Universal- ism; { jought Laiversalism and | did not convince ‘hati was wrobg until some time after- 1 may bave written some article uavocat- iversalisma; | bever edited any Universaust paper; ldo nov ching I ha) any ol them; I have seen them ust; the Christian Union exchanges with Univ Salist papers; | write RELIGIOUS AKTICLES POR THE CHRISTIAN UNION, always advocaung my own religious opinions; I ever Wrote au articie advocating the Universalist 1 s@ivation; I do regard the salvation of men io a future world as a vital ques- tion to ve discussed ; I nave expressed my religious | convictions to Mr. Beecher; 1 Was connected with @ Congrepa'lonal church a6 @ member; I was also connected with Dr. Lyman Beecher’s church in Boston; I was also connected with the Society of Progressive Friend: orthodox and beterodox people were found together in it; its object Was reforimatory; 1L Was to promote temperance and extinguish slavery; to make people vetter, happier aud purer; | was also a mber of & society Oi Friends in Ohio; I am still a member of the Progressive Friends, Mr. Fullerton —That i3 ap omntbus church. thess—You way characterize tt as such, bat I don’t; 1 never was copnecved with Plymouth churca; I pave aitended service there; | have taken the communion there about ten or twelve lames; I begun to go to Plymouth churcn about 1853; 1 cannot tell when I commenced taking the communion in Plymouth caurco; I was then editing the Anti-Slavery Standara; | do not recol- ject when I took the first communion at Plymouth church; | became connected witn tne Independent 1 1865; | took the communion long beture | went on the Caristian Union. ‘The Court then adjourned until two P. M. AFTER RECESS, At @ quarter past two o’ciock the cross-exami- nation 0: Oliver Johuson was resumed by Mr. Ful lerton, The witness satd: I am not, technically, a communicant tn Mr. Beecher’s church, but I have communed there. Q Do you believe in tae divinity of Christ? A, I Go not believe in the deity of Christ, but I believe | Ido not believe in the Trinity; I | in His divinit, velieve Christ perlormed a divine mission; I be- heve in the inspiration of the New Testament, ac- cording to my sense of the definition oi the term “inspiration; { believe parts of 1 are highty in- | | spired, and others lam in doubt of; 1 was never the editor of an auti-Masonic paper; | prepared a biography Ol myse: (Mr, Fullerton read a paper, written by the witness, stating that he was editor Ol an anti Masonic paper.) That 18 not (continued the witness) strictly correct; the question Of Masonry was settled before 1’ took , it had ref- erence to the introduction of Masonry into poli- 1 resided with the Hopedale Community; it Was established by a Restorutionist Commanly; ubey bad a service; Ioiten spoke there on Sun- | gays; I belonged to the Practical Cnristilan Com- munity; | edited the Practical Christan; this was in June, 1849; I was not excommunicated from the Congregational Church; the Congrega- tonal church of Middlebury, Conn., went through the !aice of eXcommuuicating me after I retired irom it; Lasked a iriend ence if he Ualist. and ne said be was a Spiritualis damned rool. (Laughter. Q Are you a Spiritualist? A, That depenas upon what you call a Spiritualist; 1 believe | nave received communications. from dear friends tn the other worid; it ts about @ year since | saw a spiritual medium; I have occasionally gone to Spiritaalist meetings in New York; I think it 1s likely I wave written articles on Spiritaalism, though I cannot say positively; 1am connected with Mr. Frothingham’s cnurch in New York; I am not an officer in that churcn; two years ago I Was @ trustee of that church; Irom 1853 to 1859 I “communed” tn Mr. Beecher’s cuurch, believing his invitation to @il Christians broad enough to enable me to do 80; I was spogen to on the subject of indoctrinatiog Mr. Tilton with Spirttualism ; MRS, TILTON NEVER EXPOSTULATED with me in any way on that subject never charged me with any thing on that subject, and never intimated to me anytaing in regard to the our contract 4 | matter, Q. Do you recoliect who drew up in the Christian Union? Myse! Gid not draw up the contract; Mr. Moulton did not fix upon my salary; Mr. Tilton suggested the contract and | adopted tt. Q. Did you not know that Mr. Tilton had an eeeney. in securing you that place? A. I donot now it. Re-direct by General Tracy—I had a conversa- tion with Mr, Tilton in regard to nis taxing the chair at the sieimway Hall (Woodhull) meeting; I Temonstrated wita him very much for having pre- sided there; he said he belonged © that party and that Mrs. Woodhull represented a cause io | which he believed; Unever heard irom Mr. Tilton that he nad any agency in procuring me employ- ment on the Cluristian Union did not request Mr. f1lton to draw @ contract for me; | think Mr. Tiiton suggested that 1 should have @ written con- tract with Mr, Beecher; he sald Mr. Beechvr would cheat me if 1 had’ not a contract; it waa not in 18% that | was connected with the Middle- bury paper; it was Im 1826, at the time of the Presidential election in that year. To Mr. Fullerton—I am not aware that Theodore Tilton, after the Steinway Hall meeting, leit town on the joliowing evening by train, and was away TESTIMONY OF ISADM@LLA G. OAKLEY. Isabeila G. Oakley was the next witnesss. Hav- ing been sworn, she was examined by Mr, Tracy. ene said:—I reside in brooklyn; I know air. and Mrs. Liiton; 1 knew them before tueir marriage; I Was at One (ime alter toeir marriage ao inmate of when Florence was eighteen months 3 sixteen or seventeen years ago; they Were then residing at No, 45 Livingston street, with Mrs, Tilton’s mother, Mrs, Richards; L then lived with them four or five montha; I spent the summer with them at Newport auring Carroi’s infancy; | also spent the summer with them at Corawall; | never saw them 1 their house in Oxtord street; I have seen them in their house No. 174 Lavingsion street; I sometimes visited them there; during the first year and a halt 1 visited them tuere quite fre- quently; the frst year of their married life they lived together happily, afterward 1 noticed @ change in Mr. Tilton conduct; he despoadent and movdy; I have heard him he hoped toe childrea rer would things as their mother did; he said we hoped they Would not speak Eoglish as soe did; 1 was, in my eariy acquaintance with Mr. Tilton, acquamted With their friends; Inoticeu a chauge in Mr. Til- ton’s conduct in 1860; i noliced persons visiting the house that 1 Was Dot acquainted with in tne | eauiy part Of wy acquaintance with the Tiltons; Miss Anthony” and Mrs. Stanton used to Visit the house; aiso Stephen Pearl Andrews; I 40 not recall any other buimes; | have neard Mr. Tilton openly express Views ou the marr tion; [ heard bim at the tabie, | thigk in the presence of bis chtidren, Mrs. Tilton, M Authony, and Mrs Stanton, tnat he nm held the views he jormerly did on the subject of the marriage relations; tis brought tears into Mrs, Titon’s eyes, and I bave @ partial impression tbat she rose ana lett the table; 1 also noticed @ change in bis religious views from 1863 to 1867. Q. Whatdid be say? A, 1 heard nim say thi he no jonger heid the accepted view of the aton ment; 1 @.s#o heard hit say that be held no longer | the old-iashioned views oD the inspiration of the Scriptures. q What did ne say, in substance, in regard to his belie: ou the inspiration of the Scriptures? A. ‘That he did not believe in the inspiration of the Seriptures, What effect did this have on Mrs, Tilton, A. @ constant source of trouble to her; 1 often p to Mr. Tiiton on tnis Subject at the request Oi Mrs. Tiiton; L cannot recollect that Mrs. Tilton ever Wept when this suoject was brought up; as @ motuer sie was tender and wise; ae a wile, affectiouatesy devoted to her nusband; my ac- quaimtance with Mrs. iilton has continued up to whe present time; I visited Mrs, Tilton from 1867 to 1574, sometimes once @ Week, during the ab- sence of ler busband. q. Did (his affection of Mrs, Tuton for her bus- kuew her ? Objected Question ruled out. What did she say in relationto her adection for ber husband? A. Sue spoke Of Lim with ad- Miration aod affection. Q. Duiiag your acquaintance with the bin ra to by plaintifs connsel. Mra. Tilcoo and the chiidren, y Q What did you ovserve in nis intercourse with Mrs. Tilton’ A, They were ep aey A Did you notice anything that Jodicated om the Q. | part of Mr, Beecher any uudue affection on his part ior Mra. tilton? Judge—Ruled out. 4 Witness—) cbserved (riendiin on his part and Iriendiiness on hers; Mr. Beecher spent some of hia time with the ¢: ren, playing with tuem; think J remeber the childreu being on bi Cd these Calis were Made usually in the early part v1 the day. CROSS-EXAMINATION WY MR. FULLERTON, Miss Oakiey, who 1s a spinster Of fair complex- ion, with jet black hair, trreguiar featares, lit up by @ pleasant smile, was here put upon the rack by Mr. Fuuertou, This lady is @ member of Ply- mouth church and was for years an intimate friend of the Tilton family, She was dressed in becoming black, and on the head she wore a pale biash ros fashionable black velvet bat, jrom which depended a lace ¥ Soe smiled on Fullerton in the rudest moments of bis attack, and smiled on to the end thro the tearful experience she was pat to by the implacable counsel jor the pialotia. Please state how often Pg sg Riad it ol i} uigut, | “EM Gince toe autumn of 1970 how often bave you | OQ after 18671 A, Perhaps as he Christian Union is not | = | your sincere love,” as * continue torougo ail this time that you | left side of her fastened in @ | basband on hi MARCH 11, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. visited the house? A. Perhaps less than once @| Counsel—Never mind your impression. You week, | have used the words “dragged tn.’ State how Q When was it that yon first heard of this scan- | Mrs, Yliton got into the womau’s suffrage move- dait A. 1 aon’t ki scandal; | read it in the papers, i thin. i was at New Haven, in 1972. q. You took not? A. Yes, sir, q. Did you ever make an effort to have any per- son take the Same side as you in the case, to enter. wh tata your views on tue subject? A. Ihave airways | uestion, but I have | expressed my opigion on che no recoliection 0; Raving trie one by tual. Q. Do you recollect having written a letter to ‘Miss Tilcon once A. 1 do. INFLUENCING MISS TILTON AS A WITNESS. Q. And in that letter did you attempt to influ. ence her on one side or the other in regard to this case? Obdjected to by the defence. Mr. Beach 4 whether, by words that the question is as or by writing, the witness bad said apytbing @bout this scandal. Judge Neilson—I think you can ask that on cToss-@Xamination. Mr, Shearman —That question was settled in the House of Lords, in Queen Caroline's case, Mity- three years ago. Mr, Fullerton—Ab, but that ts too long ago. Mr. Beacn said that toe Court of Areas haa decided that it it was in writing tnat toey could produce the letter, and Mr. Fullerton said that ‘Was a tar better authority than the House,o! Lords. &. How did you send that letter to Miss Florence Tuton? A. 1 sent the ietter to her at the school Where sue is teaching; I velleve at Public School No. 4 Q. Where were qe residing at the th ou wrote that letter? i Was liviog in Grand street, Brookiyn, when | wrote that letter. % Dia any one suggest to you that you should write that letter? A. idon’t tpink any one sag- gested to me to write that letter to her. Q. Can’t you tax your mewory upon the subject lor awhile and say, if you can, Wuether any one suggested to you to write her thacletter? A. I can say “No,” no one suggested 1t to me; about my having communicated with Miss Tilton | can say, “Yes.” Q Did you not write that letter in reference to the fact that there was a ramor current at the time that Florence was to be a witness for her fatner on tnis trial? A. Yes, Q. From whom did you hear that she was to be Witness? A, That was a matter { heard trom several persons. Name tnose persons please? <A. Well, one of them was, | think, Miss Augusta Morse, Q. From whoelsef A. From Mrs. Morse. ve Flaaaada ‘Tilton’s mother, ig it not? a. ‘ex, sir. ° Q. Whoelse? A, Mrs. Ovington made some ref- erence tO me as to the possibility of such an event; the others were persons interested in the trial, as Iriends of the parties. Q Do you think Mrs. Ovington was among these persons wuo spoke to you oD the supject of Fio. ence becoming a witness lor her father on tne trial, A. I tuink sne may have been among cee ers nave No possible recollection on the subject. Q. State who said Florence would be called as @ witness tor ner father? A. I cau’t say wno said tome Florence might be called as @ witness jor her father; the conviction taat sue would ve a Witness was, | velleve, the result of conversations With severat persons. Who were tnese several persons? A. I can’t tell; idon’t recollect who they were, q. What is your best recoulection on the subject as to when Mrs, Ovington spose tv youon the subject? A. Icon’t recollect positively that she was among those whv spoke to mie on che subject Q. Did you not siate that Mrs, Ovirgton was among those who tulked to yout about tue posi bility of Floreace becoming @ Witness on tais trial for ner father? A. 1 tuink it 18 possible that she was, . Q. Did you speak to Mrs, Tilton on the subject? A. Laid; I recoiiect more thar one occasion when we talked of 11, but i can’t state woat time that was, Q What was the purport of the talk you had? How were you instructed to communicate with Miss Florence Tilton’ A. 1 did oot understand that I was instructed to communicate to ne: Q. @nen you were not to wrlie, bat you were to communicate to her in some other way? A. 1 to ipfuence any | can’t say that the suggestion Was made to me that 1 Was to communicate to ne’. Q. ‘Itis not with reference to what you wrote that 1 inquire, out as to Woat Was suggested be- Jore you wrote. A. lcan’t deny that it was not suggested, and thereiore I can’t say ; 1don’t recol- lect; 1 suppose it was. Q. By woom was it you sent that letter to Florence? A. Isent it by some one—i can’t ga, who; I know I did notseud it by we post; yes, did; I gave 11 to my piece, who iound the address and posted the letter, Q. What was the subject of the speculation as to Florence being @ witness? A, 1 cannot say what the specuiation was, Objected co by the deience,) Q. Didn’t any one tell you what Florence kely to testily to If culled as @ witness? A. 10, sir, rin Then you had no jaea that her testimony miyht muitaie against her mother in the sughtest degree’ A.1had not, Q. You nad no apprenensions, however faint, of Florence being avie to give testimony that would militate agaimst her motoer? A. Of my own knowledge | had no appreiensions on the subject, Objected to, by the aeience, Witness—I bad 20 apprehensions from any rea- sons o1 my own, Q. Lask you il you had any Spprehensions, from any degreé, that Fiorence’s evidence might miil- tate against her mother? A, 1 may nave nad thoughts on the resuit. q. whatever may have been the origin of it? A. don’t think 1 bad any reasonable grounds Jor sup- posing that Florence would testuy against her Inotner wen | wrote the letter, Q. nat is not the question, madame. Had you apy apprehension taa: sue would go on the Dd and testify against her mother? A, | knew sue might be vailed on the stand, and it was a matter OL Geprscation among us all. Q. Had no rumor reached you at that time that je Might testliy against her motner? A. | can’t answer taat. Q Was there not a rumor afloat that she might | be called and might say something on tue side of the plaipug? A, It was presumaole that she Would be called on the part o/ the plaintiff and wong say something 1n favor of that side, Florence ¢ A. 1 believe that was my object in writing to ber. Q You heard that Florence might be called and give testimony io aid of ber ather t Mr. Kvarts interrupted, saying the present ques- tion is whetner Wituess wrote the letter and what gabe said on that suvject, Witness—I remember writing her, and I ad- vised her uot to appear if possible—to keep quiet and DO: to aliow Lerseil to be cailed on either siae. Q. Were those apprehensious or fears tor Flor- ence lest she should be called as a witness jor her motnerr A. No, loan’t say I had fear that she would, : Q. When you wrote thia letter did you appre- hend that Florence aight be called aa witness jor the defendant? A. i can’t say | did. y Did you nvr spereusne she might ve calied for the plaimtul ? 1 wrote it to prevent her irom becoming # Witness for the plainulf, Mr, Fullerton bere handed witness the letter alluded to tur identification. Witness—That is tue levter 1 wrote Miss Flor- tg is did not show it to any one belore sending it to her. Q. Did you write more thao one letter to her? A. No, sir. Q Did you have a conversation with Florence on the subject’ A. No, sir. Q When uid you last her? A, Lhave not seen her since Octuber, 187 Mr. Fullerioo then read tue LETTER OF Mis$ OAKLEY TO FLORENCE TILTON. It is dated No, 426 Grand street, Brookiyao, Janu- ary 4, 1875. 1t usseris tuat tne wricer uad 4 tended to go und see her, and continues, know the struggles of @ yvuug life in a scnool- Too,” but “there are sweet uses in adversity.’ “You Dave had sorrows to bear tuat | never knew." “You have veen calied to judge vetweeao your parents.” Tue writer had been sorry ‘since you leit Mrs. Bradshaw.” “Your mother was tue Most devoted wiie and sacrificing motuer [ pave | ever seen; | have seen a have known lew like yours, He: in Her children now more than ever. Fiorence, then, ber claims oo your fidelity and love—iit up her hands,” Remember that “St ig she and not your father who deserves ing at ail itfe’s arteries. true to every one but herself in trying to save him.’’ “Do not persuade yourself that you can save bim. If you care to keep tie be.t bi ing Oi the juture cuerisn your mother. Let no Que persuade you to act in upy Way tuat will com- promise your mother beiore that shortaighted public whom ne is seeking to deceive. speak ° 1 cannot i your father wituout sj Kiag in horr conduct, and oniy pie ing motner.” Q Alter writing that letter did you tell an, you wrote iu? A. 1 tnink I tuld Mra, Tiiton f aid. Q Did you tell Mrs. Uvington? A, 1 think I did; Imay nave aou I think J told Mra, Moras 1O Dis wife in your presence that Mra. sed bad English, and he hoped bis chiluren would Wot use BUCH ianguage! A. I did. Q What did dirs, iiiton say wien she spoke thi bad Englisu? A. I don’t remember what tue words Of bad English used were; 1 only remember the rebuke, MISS ANTHONY'S VISITS. Q How early did you know of tue visite of Miss Anthony to the house of Mr. Tiltont A. I dont Tecoliect keeing iis: once afver 1 came to reside in Brooklyn, in 1866. Q Orn you say it saw ber tnere? A. | should say probably not. Q How sovn alter 1868 was it Laat you saw her there’ A, 1 eaw Miss Anthony toere probably be- tween 1860 aud 1872 @ She was an equal rights woman, was sne not? A. 1 can’t say; she Was a woman sultragist; I 1 (at Mrs, Tilton was one of that party, and that during the absence of her is lecturing tour ane was chairman of the Executive Committee of that party! A | 1 think I knew that she was dragged into the | of which tus motion had com | movement 7 aragi mr, Q Then what information have you edie you to say Whether ane Bott & My impression, sir, ow when | first heard gi this des im the controversy, dia you refer to apprenenstons on your own et t You had an object in writing tue letter to | I believe I did; it is possibie | Jor your loving, | one | Anthony there more than | not beiore 1606 that you you ever inquire whether she was | motion. im or Weat of her own volition? A. No, 0 ene | woich bad bee was dragged in or movement, A, i don’t know. MRS. STANTON, Q, When did you fest see Mrs, Stanton at Mr. Tilton’s house? A. Probably alter 1866; she was & woman’s rights woman, Q. Was that tue reason you did not like to meet | her? A. That was the reason. Q. When did sousee Step.en Pearl Andrews at Mr. Tilton’s? A. | have 8-en many persons toere & great mavy times; | him there, but 1 can not recall anything that was sald Waoile he was there, nor what was the subdject Of conversation. Q. Are these the only persons you can name in connection with the change in Mr. Jilton’s as- sociates? A. Ihave heard of Mrs, Woodhull be- ing there. ‘The latter answer was stricken out, When did this change take place? A, It was gradual; Ido not kuow that these three persons did not call there previous to 1860; { know that there was 4 change in his associ them trom— 1 heard Mr, Fullerton—I don’t want what you heard. Can you, of your own knowledge irom observa- tion, say there was a cliange in bis associates? A. I can say of my Kuowledue of what I saw; 1 know &@ young lady who, In 1864, made a long visit there; A dal that ane had not Leen tnere before ‘ear, Q. Can yeu say that Miss Anthony did not call there beiore 1866? A. I did not see ner belore. Pe you say that she was not there before Counsel for the defence said the witness had answered that question, ana Messrs. Beacl id Fullerton argued that she bad not, Judge Netison said tie counsel haa put the question with grest explicttness and great care, aod the witness should answer the question. It was now twelve minutes beyond toe usual time of adjournment, and the Judge said, “If the jury nave the patience we can finish this wit- ness io-nigot.” Juryman Chester Carpenter said, “Juryman Jeffreys ieels weak, sir.’” The Court was, therefore, adjourned until this morning at eleven o'clock. THE IDLE SPECTATORS. The Board of Supervisors of Kings county, at their reguiar meeting yesterday, received a com- munication {rom the keeper of the County Court House, complaining that a number of idle persons bad thronged the corridors since the commence- ment of the trial of the Tilton-Beecner case, and asking that the police be requested to remove them. The communication was reterred to the Committee on Police and excise. JOHN MITCHEL. | THE IRISH POTATO FAMINE AN EXCITING CAUSE OF HIS REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT. In the House of Commons, on the 26th of Feb- Tuary, Mr. J, Martin rose to call the attention of the House to the papers presented to the House on the case of Mr. John Mitchel; and moved fona copy of the list of jurors and of the panel selected therefrom and of the jury which tried John Mitchel The subject, be said, was one which might be fairly considered in the House, and he hoped the discussion might result beneficially to Her Majesty’s subjects both of England and of Treland. The first part of the case was to the effect that John Mitchel was, on the 26th of May, 1848, Indicted, tried ana convicted of the crime Ol treason felony—a crime that bad been created by act of Parliament three weeks belore— he was sentenced to be transported beyond the seas jor the term of fourteen years, Had he in his hand the additional papers for which he was about to move he might be able to % forth in something more of oMloial style than ke could hope to do under present circumstances the character of the so-called trial, which in the beginning he pronounced to be a disgrace to Eng- lish rule in Ireiana and a disgrace to the adminis- tration of English law in Ireland. From perfectiy reliable sources he found that out of a panel of 150 Jurors summoned for this trial the names of many Catholics were taken out and those of Protestants known to be hostile to Jonn Mitchel admitted in ‘heir stead, Witnesses who could have proven this were not forthcoming at the trial, nor could @ postponement be obtained until they could be produced, A man named Burch, the editor of the World, waa then reviilng Mitchel and bis party as dacobins, as was afterwards proved in the trial of Buren against Clarendon, The poor prisoner bad | the right (0 challenge twenty of nia jurors, | and then was leit to men known to be hostile tu | him, Thus was John iittcuel tried belure his | country; thus was he made aitelon. He had put jorth Views wiigh Were shared by flve-sixtos of his countrymen. "At that time the repeal agita- Vion Was going on, the potato famine was raging, and tbough no country nad greater facilities jor receiving aud distributing iood there were 1,029,654 deaths from starvation. [ie Was 1m ire- lind under English rule, at a time When the potatu | blight was Jeic in France, Italy and Begium, where no deaths occurred from famine, Was Do accouut of any such fainine in ancient or modern history, and te did hot tuimk there could be such @ famine except in Ireiand under English | rule, He knew not wuetber Join Mitchel was | Stull @ Separatist, but he was not. The Irisa | mation by its legiiumate representatives asked for the restoration of their Da- tional Parliament, and tuat connection between toe iwo Countries which would maake Her Majesty's were Lier Mujesty’s subjects in England. Ail they Tequired Was (hat justice so) be done, the Eng. | Ligh nadion ceasing Lo late tiem and ceasing to do them wrong. Circumstances bad greatly changed wince 1845; a larger portion oO! tue people of bnz- | land Dad been taken im vo jorm tue governing class, and, aithouga but smali changes had yet re- Suited irom their admission, he voped that their Jeeling of responsivility irom paving become sharers in the couduct of England’s affairs would between this couutry and ireland, abd tbat they would come to a conclusion Which Would be more just and humane, vetter for the name oi Bogiand ‘and happier ior the peopie of Lreiand, Further, | since 1548 Hoyland iad adopted a new principle | in ner colonial ana ivreign poucy, She bad given howe ruse to the Vauadians, Wiu0 Were Dow mas- ters of their own laud, admiuisiercd their own | taxes and made tucir own iaws, Bud she did not | find nerseil any the worse on that account, Home | rule nad aiso beea grauted to toe Australian culo- Engiand had givea up toe lonian Islands, oland, Gibraltar, Malia wud Aden. An bonorabie MEMBER On the conservative Bide here rose, and said he wisued to kuow whether | tue honorable member for Meath was speakiag vo the question. The SPEAKER said the question was “that the house now go into committee,” and he thougnt | the honorable member was in order. (Cbeers), | common sense of tne Bogliish people would, be- | tore long, convince them that nome rule would | mot do mere harm in Lreiaud than it had done ta Uanada, ‘Tne Irish people would not become -ep- | aratists, but they would never conseutto tue stitutional civil ireedom. Mr. U, LEWIS said, as the representative of a prosperous Irish consticuency, in the name of fve- sixths of that constituency he repudiated tue spirit of the speech whicu tMey had just heard, (Cheers.) Composed as that cunstitaeucy was — One-nall of Piotestauts and the other hall of Roman Cathoiies—ve toid tie houoravie gentie- Man thas it was nol necessary to appeal to taat side of the House, or to any portion of it, to cease bating the sister country. (tear, Dear!) He also told nim that to say that Englanu was responsible jor the potato bilgnt was to ask the House of Vom- mons to believe what. wai (Cover He repudiated, too, tion that Ireland should be turned colony or degraded to Canadian privileges. Hear, near!) AS to the statement thar BixX-seventns of the iris people agreed in | 1848 with Mr. Mitcuel, if that were the case it would have been gross dereliction oi duly on the part of the government i they had not taken | care that no portion oi the six-sevenths were on | the jury. (ironical cheers trom Irish members.) It had been said that tiere Was no such thing as | unconditional allegiance. if tuay were the cuse ia 1643 #uCcd @ Sentiment was unworthy of any mem- | ver of that House, Ihe allegiance which bonor: nevaditional, peaied to the r men bad at House ior the principle of uaconditional | asserting outside it | allegiance. (“Hear! | Tbe SPEAKER #ald he thought the language of the honorable member for Londéenderry was scarcely Warranted and he mustaek him to with. | draw it | Mr. O. Lewis begged to withdraw the ebserva- tions Objected to. ie believed that noituer in the case of Mr. John Mitcuel nor im @ny other case of the same kind jad there Leen any sucd dereiciion | of duty or any such oppression as had sug: eds | Sir, NEWDEGATR sald the reason why he had voted on tha: question with that he feared that ila fair nd | deciared that it was gross injustice to way that it | aid not depart rom iis usual Customs and sirain aka herve to ineet the lamentable aMiction | which beiell lreiand ut that period. Tue object of | y oservations Was to explain to the Mouse that rom no participation in the onorable geniiemano that he was ladhesd s¢ the yotein the minority oo the motion for papel nd wi the government would resist toe pri fhe SOLICITOR GENERAL jor Ireland said it wi Not bis intention to enter at length into the topi Gator inlay tue ‘aiscussiou would be produat 4 HOt thiok the discussion Wo! Of BBY BUdstantial Denedt if indedaitely prolonged. | that ; my impression ts that | saw | (“hear, hear !’)—and that on the following day | Phere | | was simply dragged in to cover him with execra- Irish subjects a8 firmly attached to the Crown as | | cause them to inquire into the political relations | ni ud prooabiy belore long sie Would give up Helig- | | mame for her babe, and for herself the honored | Mr. MARTIN continued—He veileved that the | deprivation of their national rights aod their con- | | prison) had been led to believe that they we! @ minority on a | | explorers have discovered what is now conceded numeats of - —_—_—$—$_$ $$ He trusted, therefore, that the nonorable member who had brought jorward this motion would bob thith him guilty of any disrespect 4 he did pet follow him through all the tones to wien he Ba! alluded, ‘rhe honorabie member sor Meath had | thanked the House for the courteous consideration with whica he had been heard, aud be thought ne Would admit Laat whatever he would suppose the feelings of the Englisa people toward him to be he had himself iound no indication of the Jeeling 1a the House that evening, tle had heard with great satis‘action from such good authority that the verdict of “ipperary was not the verdict of any consideravle portion of the trish people. As for these papers, it was impossible jor the Government to produce them, some of them they had no means of obtaming, but he was bound to add that i they bad them they would not jee) jusiitied in establishing a precedent oi this kiad. it there Was any suostantial objeci in asking Jor these papers at ali 14 Obviously Was to jound upoD tnem s0me inqu.ry into the proceedings ac the trial of Jobo Mitchel, and to show that there was on that occasion bad fatta on the purt o1 the prosecution. Every member was probabiy weil aware that this matter was lelore the House ip 1848; that {1 was then fully discussed, and they could not, thereiore, try over again a question which was decided in a proper constitutional way in t Jourt @t Dublin. He did not suppose the honorable member would press his motion to @ division, and therefore he would not go at length into tuese matters; and, although he held in ois hand s report of the trial, to which he had In- tended to allude 1f bis honorable friend had made more precise and specific charges. Tne House would rememver that the Attorney General of that day—himsel! % Roman Catholic—!nuignantly re- pudiated the assertion that he had in any way in! red with the jury, while the judge who tried the prisoner, Baron Lefroy, declared, in senten ing him, that there was not a suauow of ground lor the imputations cast upon the Attorney Gen eral, He added toat the able counsel jor the defence had not put forward any substantial defence to the charge, and could not even suggest 4D apology, or at least an apology which could 0¢ listened to in a court al justice, for tue prisoner’ conauct. The government had not the means of producing some of the papeis asked for, because they did not exist, and even if they had the powet they did not think the precedent shouid be estab- | lisned or any encouragement given to tne revival of such barren and useless discussions as the pre& ent. (Hear, hear’) Mr, SULLIVAN sald bis only desire tn rising was to make more clear the reason for bis interraption of his (riend the member for Londonderry. Wheo he lound that gentieman was asserting in that chamber the doctrine of unconditio ial allegiance he jaterrupted, rememberiag what every student 01 constitutional history must know, that the House had not only in former times refased to allow auch aoctrine (0 be advocated there, but nad sent men to the Lower for assercing its truth, But the honorable member for Meath could not hear the friend of his childhood and the compan. lon of big prigon exile charged at the bar of that House witu being @ mere ielon without showing that there were circumstances affecting him which at least otstinguished him irom the burglars, house breakers and wile murderers of Eng- land, and it was solely with that object that he nad askea for tnose papers. He need not refer to Mr. Mitchel’s poitics. Untorwu- uptely for himself, be stood apart from them aMid from tne attitude which all bis country- men had taken. The honorable member ior Derry, speaking in the name o! Ulster, nad told the ouse to be of good cheer, tor Derry was sound tothe core. But the honorable gentleman forgot John Mitchei was a Derry man, and that whenever there was a crop of political felons and traitors 1p ireland, it was Protestant Ulster which supplied the leaders (Laugnter.) Jonn Mi'chel was the sou ol a Unitarian clergymen of Ulster, and Jobn Mar- tin was @ staunch Presbyterian from the black North. He warned the House to beware of Derry men, (oe Mr. P. SMYTH declared thut Mr. Mitchel acted in no dishonorable wuy in escaping from Van Die- men’s Land in 1853, He related tue circumstances of that escape (in which tue honorable memoer himself played @ principal part) leng' warmly declared tuat the letter of the police magis- trate charging Mr. Mitchel with breaking bis parole was not true. Mr. MARTIN said he did not desire to pat the House to the trouble o/ @ division, and that Le would, therefore, withdraw his motion. ME, MITOHEL’S DESCRIPTION OF IRISH DISA FECTION TO ENGLAND. {From the London Telegraph, Feb. 27.) Our Cork correspondent telegrapus :—Mr. Mitchel was announced to deliver @ lecture this evening in Cork on “Tipperary.” At the appointed hour he was unable to appear, but the audience ine sisted upon bis presence. He then came, but was so feeble that he was unable to read the lecture, which he handed over to a iriend to deliver. He said that bis election had compelled tne govern- ment to forego tne promised modification of the coercion laws, because his. return was regarded im London a8 an agrarian crime. His election had been annulled, and the people were nded to urn some unsuitable per- He therefore presented pimself again & suitable of they had to contftive some new pr 3 had always been taxing their ingenuity to devise barriers and saieguards against him—to wit, tae Treason Felony Act. He entered at some length mto the grounds upon which his disability ts stated to exist—that he was @ felon and had broken nis parole of honor. ‘Tne latter, he held, had nothing todo with the law Ol the case ‘and tion and bring nis constituents into contempt. If he bad been guilty of that cuarge he could not have the brazen face to stand up there that night and look the E agttod or Cork in the face, (Coeers.) * * © have one thing more to say Bow with regard to the bearing oO! this election on the home rule movement. if there be any vir> tue at allin that movement—if It be really preg- Naut with any good at ali for Ireland—the Mpper- ary election Wiil greatiy assist that movement, It will strengthen tue hands of home rulers by dee monstrating that behind them there exists a great mass of desperate and irreconciiavle disaffection, wou if Britiso Mimisters yleid one iota of the home rule dewand they Will do so in the fear that tue persistent refusai would strengthen @.d increase That desperate disaffection which the Tipperary election has once more brought prominenuy be- fore the world. A CONVICT’S NUPTIALS. Shortiy aftef toe meridian bell at Sing Siay Prison had summoned over thirteen hundred con victs to the mess room, yesterday, @ sleigi wa: driven rapidly to the main entrance of tit prison, and the driver, having jumpec trom Ss hig—s eat, «= wasisted «= Ss female, who carried an infant in her arms, to aligot, Lav. ing ior her object the securing of ite father’s Her name proved to be Mary Aun n relatives, living title of “wife.” Dowilog, an orphan without in Williamaburg. On being stown into Warden Walker’s private office she was kindly received by Inspector Graves, To his thougotfui and considerate interrogatories | fegarding her feelings toward tne convicted her child in view of bis present bope- dition, which must continue Jor years to come, she replied that to be made bis lawful wile was the dearest wisn of her heart. Her iniant, sie atated to the Inspector, will be two montas old oo Fri. day, and that the motuer of her intended busband (and with Woom she expects to live walle be is in father of col man and wile. Inapector Graves then directed that the intended bridegroom be sent for, and one of the prison om. cers ushered in ai Uncoutu individual, about twenty-two years old, aud dressed in the garo of convict, This person was James Dolan, alias Franley, the oufect of Mary Ann’s solicitude. Chaplain Canfield, whose services had been en listed for the occasion, waiked into the office ana, having nodded in a friendiy manner to the youny {down to await eveuts, When inspeo tor Graves nad questioned the convict as to bu sincerity in the important step he was about te take, the Chaplain aroi ying if be legal obstacle thereto, he would proceed to per. jorm the ceremony, and then and there pro nounced them to be “man and wile.’” An impressive prayer followed, in which the chaplain earnestly 1avoked @ bivssing on the newly married couple@ Alter a 9 for a RLS bape he u separated, the bride proceeding foward tne railroad depot, while tue bridegroom ‘Was e600! by @ keeper back agala to bis task, THE MAN TO FIND THE NORTH POLE Naw YoR«, March 6, 1876, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— ‘As you appear to take the initiatory step in aw the great events of the day I hope you will con tinue to advocate the sending of another expeds tion to the North Pole, either by governmen: appropriation, private sabseription or both com bined. Your editorial of @ few days ago showed « proper appreciation of the exigencies of the case. Is it not ® matter of regret that Amerioa, whose to be the best passage (Smith Sound), t an effort permit other coum 1 at ey the benetite of suca dis as those ade by De Haven, Kane and Hall? At the present day whore sn can be found @ person more competent to com mand «D expedition than our countryman, Dr, 1, }, Hayes? in his expedition, wuere he reacned $2 deg. 46 min. under the most disadvantageous circumstances that can be concelyed, the pientiul supply of game at his winter quarters, ireedom = from scurvy, his ef ficiency, bravery, actentific Kknowled anu experience, render him the man. Dr. Hayes nas voted his whole lile to the suiving Of this prov: m, and if properiy equipped there is no douot will gain the grand desire of nia life, wnien wii ound to our /ame as @ nation, We should take ia wou, Respectiuly yous,