The New York Herald Newspaper, March 19, 1875, Page 4

THE THLTON-BEECHER TRL Fifty-First Day of the Great Sea dal Suit. POST OFFICE WITNESSES. Looking After the Golden Age Wood- hull Tract. PASTOR HALLIDAY RECALLED The Position of Plymouth Church Explained. NEW YURK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1875.—I'RIPLE SHEET, | back agaipst a table and appeared to be groping | carefully through the Plymouth church manaal, Mr. Svearman Kept firing away i a poll parrot tone, aud much time Was taken over nothing at ail, The discussion lasted over half an hour and put the audience to sieep, Mr. Fullerton con- tended that any informal meeting of the board of deacons Which 18 not on the records of the church is not competent tooger, They passed uo resolu- T- | tion; the sentiment of the vody not being passed | into any tangible shape, its proceedings do not | it. B resoive themselves iuto any determinate orm, Mr. Shearman, in reply to the Judge, said that the result of this Informal meeting of deacons was | to let the matter of the Woo inull scandai drop. The witness continued—Mr. Beecher was pres- ent at the deacons’ meeting: the Woodhull scan- dal Was made the subject of discussion; action was taken in the matter, Further evidence was objected to, THE LAWYERS WRANGLE. Mr. Evarts contenced that as Mr. Beecher was heid by law presumptively responsible for every- thing ‘and everybody, they should be allowed to show that Mr. Beecher nad nothing to do with this deacons’ meeting and was Dot responsiole for Beach and Lvarts had a litte spat here. h compiainea that Evarts sisted all the ume in reopening a discussion. He (Beach) bad the right to close, but whenever he did close the gentleman on the other side would insist on Stauding up and continuing the controversy. He entreated the Judge to put, substantially, @ muzzle on Evarts and keep bim from talking in | and out of season. | Alter the discussion ceased the official stenog- | Tapher Was called on to read the question put to Mr. Halliday bali an hour before. Several sLenog- raphers came to his assistance, and tnally tne question Was reread. The answer was read that no | action was taken by the aeacons’ meeung except in words, The purpose of the question was to show | thatin place of Mr. Beecher seeking to suppress PRODUCING THE RECORDS. | The Scandal Story and the Board of Deacons. Yesterday the Fulton ferryboat Winona stuck im the Brooklyn dock some said, upon @ rock, others said because of iow water. The result was the same—a detention of about one hour—and it ‘wok the combined energies of the associate boats, Fulton, Farragut aad Mineola, to pull the Winopa of. There was one of Mr. Beecher’s attorneys on board with @ witness, and he was very much | miffed. | However, nothing was lost by anybody who Massed the morning session of the Beecher trial, | except some groand and lofty tumbling by the lawyers. They quarreiled all day over the admis- sion of certain manuscript documents of Plymouth church, and finally these documents were admitted as appenilices to the testimony of Rev. Mr. Halli- day. When admitted Mr. Halliday was so unnec- essarily combative, verbose and argument: tive thatthe Court rebuked him, saying, “Now Mr. Halliday, you are an intelligent man, and you | must meet the questions.” He frequentiy an- swered questions in the following torm:—“Noand yes.” fery weli,”’ said Jadge Fulierton on one of those occasions, “that answer shall stand as an indication of the witness’s candor,” “Let me quailty,” said Mr. Halliday, very frequently. He also turned to the Judge on a dozen occasions tor instructions, and the Judge endeavored to be always courteons, but it was too often apparent that these questions were propounded because vhe witness did not want to answer without arguing at the same time. On the whole amore | slow coached, opinionated, intolerable witness has not been produced during the trial. Generally | studious courtesy was extended to him, but his | mature was flinty and almost sophistical. He wore | out reporters, spectators and even the gallery | gods, Two witnesses were adduced to prove that Til- ton had mailed nis life of Woodhull as an extra tehis paper, the Golden ge, and had ultimately been compelied to pay $100 postage upon It, Post Office clerks swore to this, put they were very much muddied as to what document it was that | Tilton mailed. Mr. Halliday’s testimony was meant to be to the effect that Mr. Beecher wished the Woodnall scandal investigated, put that nis deacons and | church refused to permit him to do so. In cros: eXumination this was so tar irom being proved that it seemed quite apparent that the reverse bad been shown. If the facts were as the defend- ant wished to show, his witness bas done himan | injury by bis want of precision and docility. Mr. West, who originally proposed to discipline | Tilton by Plymouth church, was sitting by Tilton’s counsel all day, and it 1s generally understood | that he. with Messrs. Duncan, McKay and others, | belong to @ minority in the Plymouth society who | have, from the first, espoused Tilton’s cause on judietal grounds. All day yesterday, while Halli- | Gay was being examined, Mr. West sat between | Pryor and Morris, Mr. Duncan is said to be the | | | | | | gentieman at whose house, in London, Mr. Beecher was m guest during the war in this country. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was said to have | been in Oourt yesterday among tue Plymoutn | coterie. Mr. Beecher, of late, comes only at the | morning session, his brother Edward standing as | proxy im the afternoon. Stephen Pearl andrews | hasbeen lurking around the Court for several days wnd is said to have been subpened for the defemee—another indication tnat Tilton has | wounded the spirits that loved nim. Mr. Evarts and Mr. Beecher, being absent from | court for several days past, are reported to be | drilling for Mr. Beecher’s own examination. An- | other on dit is that the plaiatif’s side were just a ‘eW miuutes too early in asking a reverend gentie- man, WhO was recently a witness, if he nad r ceived any money for coming Hast, as the money | was paid afer adjournment in sight of some loit- erers. THE EVIDENCE. The Court assembled at eleven o'clock, all the | counse) a present, except Mr. Evarts, wno Was ausent til noon. Charies Forrester, sworn testified tuat he was Supermtendent of the mail partment in toe Post Office, and that ne stopped ihe Golden age on one occasion ior non- payment Oo! postage, a8 it had attached to it tue legture of Mrs, Woodhuil at Stetn way Hall. James Gayler sworn, testifled—l am a general superintendent in the Post Omice— lore the witness could proceed further Mr. | Beacn objected on the ground that the witness could furnish nothing but irrelevant matter. Tae Ju: Vverruled the objection. The question by Mr. Hill Was as to the witness’ know! e of the mailing of the Golden age witn a ipplement giving an account o! tne Steinway Hall meeting. Toe witness related how he re+ the cop! of the Golden Age in the Post Office and objectexi to their transmission on tne Score that the supplement was no part of the pa- r; he referred tne matter tothe Postmaster; ‘ilton finally nad to send $100 to pay the postage. A jew unimpoftant questions were asked in cro#s-eXamination and the witness was dismissed. Samuel D. Haladay, recalled, testified that he nad an interview witn Mr. Mouiton, but the plain- tifl’s counsel oojected and finally tt wus alowed, Witness—Mr. Moulton said to me ‘Mr. Halliday, 1 Know noting; lam going over to New York; Pisee you again; his wife came to my house and told me Mr. Moulton would € to see me; i Went to see tim at his house; [ id to nim, “{ have not come here out o! curiosity, {am here locking tor nothing;” he said that he \nsisted on absolute confidence between us; ne asked i Mr. Beli bad neard of what was said be- tween me and Mr. Tiiton; | said « Mr, Moule ton used the piirase thatthe story was utterly base- eas regarding Mr. Beecher, that it had no jounda- thon in saci; Moulton said: “People seidom come to me; why don’t the damned cowards come and see Mme, and |i) tell them che trutu; ve told t Dity people what | tell to you; tn ing toa you had better let lie; the more you stir it the More it will stink,” ON A FURTHER OCCASION the witness related that when Tilton came pack {rom @ lecturing trip he came into Moulton’s bouse when Mr. Beecher Was present, caugnut him by the hands, and exclaimed, “I am very sorry for this,”’ meaning the publication of the Wooubull Weandal; on another occasion | met Mr. Tilton and said to fim, “Mr. Tilton, if you nave any thera, Against Mi Beocner prefer them or bold " i our ues” he “Ob! my case against Mr. Geecner ts Wholly irrespective of my wile; she is a8 pure @s an ange!.”’ ou remember the last action taken by church im regard to Mr, Tilton? A. do, sir; I don’t remember Mr. Beecuer being pre: emt om that occasion; when Mr. Titon’s Case was or. og AY brethren—— Beach oojected, and Mr, Shearman aitered Ms question, the witness replying that ne thought {a the board o/ deacons some action might have veen taken on the Tilton ci Mr. Beach remarked to Court that THE DISCIPLINE OF og get! cHuROH je deacons might fi thd ueposeo the minister or excommunicated & member or bave done anyth xiraordipary or irregular, The record of a regular meeting of Oc- tover, 1872, Was suown the witness and fe was ‘eked to identity it and read the pames of the grees Present on that occasion and ais0 to ex- win the rule in regard io calling and hvuiding @ ee yt deacons. ood deal of wa Ament foilowed on the point aa 10 wuetber ct eheren sBortly aiterwards | ton, | to this matter. the scandal, as the piainti’s side intimated, the | | board of deacons met and discussed the subject, | and decided then without his knowledge or sanc- ‘At one o’clock the Court took the usual recess | of an hour, AYTER RECKSS Brother Halliday resumed the chair and sat In nis brown cloak grim as a frosted statue of Roger Williams, He nails from Providence, R. L The morning’s quarrel had not dispersed any of the vast Joquacity of the witness. It was ap- parently Halliday’s determination to slip in, not only evidence, but the editortalization of it, as | a; Was instanced by a response to a question as to | Whether Mr, Beecher had inter/ered with a certain | deacon’s investigation or no, Halliday responded, “No, nor at any other meeting.” Mr. Beach called him to order, and the Judge mildly rebuked the witne In short, allday yesterday was a disgraceful squabbie and no result, and Mr. Evarts’ absence was generally regretied, Mr. Halliday, cross-examined by Mr, Fullerton. | Q, At the meeting of October 23 cau you name | the persons who Were present when the Wood- hull scandal was mentioned? A. There was Mr. Fitzgerald, besides others whose names I cannot reali; [ do not think Mr, Bell Was present; there were’ two meetings on the a7th, and Mr. Bell may have been present at one of tiem; Mr. Fitzgerald was present at the time the Woodhull scandal was meptioned; suostantially there was a mo- tion made im reierence to the Woodhull scandal; lormaliy, would say not, looking at the matter as 1 ao; I m1 very certain I participated in the discussion; | hever said that Mr. Beecher did not desire any discassion of this Kind; I am entirety positive thas l never gave utterance to any sentiment to the | effect that Mr. Beecher did not desire tue matter to be discussed; I simply stated to the meeting what Mr. Beecher sald, “I have made up my mind as to the course | shwll pursue; I shall treat it with silent contempt.” Q. You had some object in conveying to the meeting that Mr. Beecher was Dot going to take action im relerence to the scandal? A, Yes and no. Q. Which is true? A, Both are true, Minute book handed to the witness. Witness—Tiiis contains ail the rules and regula. tions Of the churcn aud tne proceedings in regard Mr. Fulierton offered it in evidence, Mr. Shearman objected, The Court allowed it. PIDGETTY SHEARMAN’S ZEAL. Mr. Shearman observed Roger A. Pryor looking over the churen recora, of which he had pat @ part in evidence. He grew much perplexed and con- | ferred with General Tracy. The General appeared to think it of no importance and Mr. Shearman then pughed forward and claimed that the book Was only 1n a8 evidence and not subject to inspeo- ton. “It 19 in,” said Beach, rising with dignified as- perity, ‘and we propose to look at the whole of | 1%. Shearman knitted bis brows, gazed at the glasses of his spectacies and sat, figuratively, on eggs. Pryor, however, was above such matter and ab- stained from looking at the book. But it was re- talned in tne custody of the plaintiff, and in a me- ment Fullerton, by putting @ question to Halli- day, got it in as evidence. Then Tilton himself took the book and began to run through .t rapidly. Again Shearman arose, interrupted Halliday’s testimony, cailed attention to Tliton’s act and demandea the book. The Judge seemed disposed to assent to what Shearman said, and Shearman rushed forward to | seize the book with very irreverent haste fur sucn @ nallowed record. Juage Morris, of Tilton’s coun- sel, grasped the book and bore it off, and Tilton | closed the gap between mis chair and his table | with his body so that Shearman couid not get up to Morris. It looked a little like fst fighting. Sbearman’s | normai condition is to be mad; when particularly incensed he 1s of course madder. Yesterday he had the complexion of cochineal. The Judge saia that he thought the church record ought to be respected, Mr, Beach stood up and demanded to examine the book on the ground that it was the property of a corporation, which would hot produce it to @ subpeena, but that this cor- | poration (Plymouth church), acting in its silent | capacity of a party to this suit, bad presented the | book to prove the plaintiff's absence as well a3 nis presence at deacons’ meetings, and they demanded to look at it while in tne custoay of the Court. Shearman’s teeth were interleaved, He hasa great way of getting mad and stamping with bis jeet, The outsiders thought that perhaps this book contained memoranda of presents given to Mrs. Morse, Bessie Turner and others on Mr. | Beecher’s account, Beach said aloud:—"“We | | shan’t violate the confidence of the poor assisted by the church, unie: Tuton’s family |’ Mr. Shearman made another ron for the book, Failerton got it and held it tight. Beach vlocked the way, and Shearman fumed and stamped. One man in the audience appeared to ve going into convulsions anticipating @ fignt. Finaliy Fullerton proceeded to put to Balliday questions appertaining to successive meetings of the deacons, connecting the book each time with the question as evidence. So it got in. The witness referred to the minates of the dea- cous’ meeting, October 2, and Mr. Fullerton offered the minutes iu evidence. Mr, Shearman objected to the book again, but the Judge allowed it to be put in, Toe Witness then relerred to the minutes of the meeting of deacons o1 November 27, 1872. Mr. Fullerton said if there was nothing in it re- | fenee to the Woodhuil scandal he would be sat- | isfled, The witness said that in the meeting of Decem- | ber 22, 1s72, there Was no action tuwken by the dea- cons in reierence to the scaud@L ihe next mee ing Was in January, 1873. | 4. Did you state anything to the Board of Dea- cons or those assembied that conveyed the im- pression toat you baa called them togetuer at Mr. Beecher’s request? A. 1 had no such object. | that Mr, the thing | Q. Was it not said by @ person present at the | Meeting that the policy thus suggesied Was @ mis- taken one! Shearman objected, Fuliercon that tO stating What li ton) Was paving the way position to the p-licy suggested by The Judge—You had better mo tion. Mr. Fallerton—1 cannot modify it. The Judge—I aliow the question. they happen to be of Mrs, Mr. Halliday was not kn He (Mr. Paller+ r what was said in op- the witness, dily tue ques Mr. Shearman—We except. The witness can auswer ‘ s'’ or **No."" Mr, Fuiletton—The witoess will take bis diree tions from the Coart, The stevograpuer read the question. The witness said that the queation wi one; it committed him to an answer not make. “You mustn't interrapt Mr. Haliiday in his argu. Ment," said Fullerton, when Siearman broke in On Halliday, who was treating @ question in his self-enjoyed dialectics, is in the habit of insulting ladies aid slearman, making @ speech, Tepiied, with dignity, that “of his balance,” calling him, a doabie the did Pullerton “friend”? wi “Brother Shearma “Mr. Halliday,” be said, ‘was nev homor in his lite than at this minute. A good deal Of severe tussiing happened, and finally Judge Porter, standing ap, put his arm on ols in better | Boeatman's abouidet, Whispered to Polietton and | wibtuer tne whues of W made a gentlemanly speech, which for a few minutes kept Mr. Shearman down, Q. Did not some person in the meeting say that the policy o/ silence which nad been suggested | Was @ mistaken one, and was It not said that the | best thing to do was to try to ilve down the scan- dal? A. 1 do not recoliect that. There was & cowmittee appointed, I think, to wait cn Mr. Til- ton aad another party. Q. Just loo. at the record and point out the date. A. I will if itis on the mmute book. ANOTHER BOOK FUSS, Quite unaole to get even with Fullerton on eti- quette Shearman rushed upon a book, smalier | than the first which Halliday was holding, and said that he produced it only py courtesy. Mr. Fullerton said that he did not accept it by any courtesy, Snearman then sdatcbed the book and wanted to run off with it. “Now. gentlemen,” said Judge Neilson, appeal- Ingly, ‘let us be good natured inthis. Mr. Shear- man, the Court will esteem it a courtesy to have the book.” “We accept the coursesy as the Court's,” said Fullerton. Shearman next got among the plaintif’s law- yers, put bis back against a desk, and demanded bis books again. The books were duly put through, the witness kept up his clatter, and we all saw the dogdays in perspective and still the Plymouth trai going on. Mr. Fullerton read a resolution in the minute book to the effect that a committee be appointed to Investigate tae alleged misconduct of a member, and the Witness, in reply to a question, said be had no recollection of opposing such resolution. Q. Lrecail your attention to the meeting of Octover 30, 1872, Of the board of deacons. | ask you how long beiore that had you seen Mr, bell? A. I think lsaw him on the Tuesday evening be- fore, in ‘ne church pariors; 1 do not remember that Mr. Bell told me he came irom Mr. Beecher tosay thathe did not want a meeting of the Migs I think I would remember that if he said be Q. At the meeting of the 30th of October was Mr, R. D. Benedict present? A. 1do not remember: the records will show; the deacons were so Many that 1 could not remember who were present; | called at Mr. Mouiton’s house in the spring of 1872, and rain in Octover, 1872; | had a conversation with rs. Moulton; I \nink Mrs. Mouiton met me at the door and asked me into the parior; I said to ver “How 18 1t that you are mixed upin this Wood- buil scandal ¥” she said that she nad nothing to do with it whatever; tuat Mrs, Woodhull had no right to use her name; she said, “Mr. Halliday, Mr. Beecher is my pastor and has been so from childhood, and I pelieve in him, and nothing they & say against him can shake my confidence in mn, Mr. Fullerton read from the witness’ previous testimony to suow that these Were not the words he had used when giving that testimony. Q Who cailed your attention to the portrait of Mr. Beecher at that time in Mr. Mouiton’s house? A. Mrs, Moulton; 1 do not rememver wnat sie said to me in regard to the picture, nor dol remember whatI said to her aboutit; I beard Mrs. Mouiton testify in this court; lcannot now rememoer what her testimony wa' Mr, Fullerton said it is for the witness to state in what bis memory differs trom otners on tnis occasion and it is tor me to ask. Judge Neilson said it is a simple fact and wit- ness could answer. Witmess—I read her testimony and If you let me see it to refresn my memory I will answer the question. ‘The book containing the testimony of Mrs, Moulton was shown to Mr. Halliday, who put on his spectacies and perused it, Witness continued, saying that in the Urst place he did not tell her he Was sixty years oid. Mr. Fullerton remarked, “You may Have got it all wrong,” and Mr. Halli- day retorteo, “I nave got it all right.” Mr. Fullerton said bis object was to call witness’ attention to what she said in seers to what oc- curred in toe interview between Mr. Halliday and Mrs. Moulton, Witness—The difference is she says she didn’t remember the first part of that sentence; now the part she has forgotten I remember. Q. The language imputed to her 1s not the | language you gave as purporting to be from her? | Witness said he thought he had answered that question. Mr. Shearman objected to the comments betng made by the counsel, as they Were not courteous to the witness. Mr. Fullerton disclaimed any such intention. Q. Was anything else said at that interview ex- cept what you bave stated? A. No, we were brief in our c nversation; I don’t think there was; I stayed there but a little while because Mr. Mouiton was notin, Q Now, was there anything else said before the examining committee or the Board of Deacons of Plymouth church in regard 10 THE WOOPHULL SCANDAL that you have not mentioned? A. I think it possi- ble there may have been; 1 am not positive; I re- member Mr. Beecher was once appoloted a com- mittee and he reported; I Kept the records of tue meetings. Q. Did you see the West charges? A. I did; when they were presented I was clerk of the com- Mittee ior tuat meeting; that 1s my recollection, but I can’t tell, except rom the minutes; they are not in that DooR. Q When were these charges presented? A, I think it was in June, 1873, Q Where was that meeting neld? A. I believe the meeting Wus held in the parlors of the church. Q. Who Were present at that meeting? A. Tiere were present Captain Duncan and Mr. Ropes; I can’t rememoper any other person distinetly, un- less I look at tne record. Q. Who presented tue West charges? A. My | price alec is that Mr. West presented them bim- self, Q. What action was taken by the church com- | mittee When the charges were presented by Mr. West? A. The question was as to the reception or eXception to the charges: | can’t be confident as to which of the expressions were used; the reault Was equivaient, at all events, to allowing nim to read the charges; they were incomplete and were reierred back to him’ to compiete; there were some alterations heeded subsequently in tae charges, but when that was | can’t recoliect; m: memory is tpat the third specification was not added when Mr. West sen¢ tuem back; a mouth < later be said he desired to make an addition to | — and then the third specification was made. Q. At what meeting did he present any other | charges? A, 1tituk lt Was in June—in the latter part of the month. Q Who were present at that meeting? A. I could not recollect @ single one that was present. a Were you there, mr. Halliday? A. J wa ther 2. Q. Was Captain Duncan there? A. Yes, Cap. tain Duncan and the clerk Of the Board were tnere, — I think; 1 covid refresh myself on tuat point irom the minutes, bat I don’t remember exactly what action was taken; I have no positive recoliection 43 to what took piace; I wil briog the biotter of , the meeting, rom Which tae minutes were tran- | scrived, Q. Was there at that meeting any action taken as to the prosecution of those charges? My answer would be “Yes” and “No; there was & resolution adopted to prosecute them, and then it was jound that they were not complete, and there were several culmings and goings before tue final uction was taken and any special action was adopted by the committee. Q. Woat was the tina! action of the committee? A. Lt would be bevter for me not vo answer that question uoti Ican produce the minutes; | will bring them in the morning. Q. Did you have any conversation with Mr. West In regard to these Caarges, and did you try to dissuade him trom pr secuting them? A, I di sir, because | regarded them as incomplete; there were irregularities in them. Q Point out to me Woat you regarded asincom- plete? (Mr. Fullertou handed witness a book contain- Ing @ portion of the printed West charges.) Look at the charges presented at tne meeting of June 29 and point out wherein they are incomplete; wherein the irregularines occur, and how they were tiuaily laid beiore the committee? A. There is not half the matter contained in the charges presented by Mr. West here; there was @ long strip of printed matter attached to them. Q. Wil you point out any imperiections in that part? A. 1 cannot point out the imperiections there were wheu it is not ail here, Q. Well, point out to the jury in that which I have shown you where the imperiections were? A. 140 not know that iam able at this moment to point out irregularities trom this. What became of the charges as finaliy amended and presented to the committe? 4. 1 can’t tell; Idon’t exactly know what you mean; do you méan What action was taken upon them ? SHEARMAN MAD AGAIN, After half-past turee a queer oull-terrier fight Was started by Mr. Shearman, who said that Mr. Fullerton was insulting the witness, Halliday. “ah!” said Mr. Pallerton, “Brother Shearman is nervous. He can’t help it,” Shearman kept up running fight, but the wit» ness timself grimly grinned, forgetting that he was being protected. Fullerton snowed wonder- fai tenacity of good humor yesterday ail da In @ few minutes Shearman said Fullerton’s questions were “traps” and “ingenious,” ‘ot half so ingenious,” said Beach, “as your way of instructing your witness bow to answer.” “accept the tribute,’’ said Soearman, rising and smiling. “You deserve it,” sald Beach, Q Look at the paper now shown you and say A. It {8a copy of a part of the West ; I am sare tut it is not se original; I handwriting of the clerk of outa church, oem you can point out the imperfections? @ rs Is it a correct copy’ A. I cunnot say without cobsuiting the origimal; Lcannot say that itis @ Copy Of the original caurges, with the third apeci- fications, without consuiting the origina! 1 not Certain I can point out iu that copy the impt jections; | have conveyed ‘acts | mean to state there mttst Hotomy be specifications, put wWit- nesses; Mr, West never verified his charges in aoy WAy, and on (oese grounds | demurred, q Diun't you say you regarded tue char imperieot? As i iaeant the Wale proceedin: Tura tion ere re A. No, sir, Leow ase it is Dot the original pi After this correction did you not advise Mr, West pot to prosecute them? A, In reference to Mr, Tilton, Il never did anything but recommend that his hame be dropped from the roli of the church irom the beginning to the end. Mr, Fulerton—That is not an answer to my | question. After these charges were made, now in | your hand, didn’t yon advise bim to discontinue | personally to prosecute them? A, I don’t think I | did; I don’t think | gave bim any advice at all; that is to the best of my recollection; | teel con- fident that I never did give him any such advice, Q. Did you so advise the Examining Committee? A. Yes, sir; ail the way through, irom the begin- ning to the close. Q. Did you because there were imperfections in the charges? A. No, sir; Mr. iilton deciared that he was nota member of Piymouth church, and [ thougnt his nume ought to be dropped from the Toll for that reason; | hat not seen him in attend. ance at church jor over ten years; 1 Was a member of Plymouth church before 1 became assistant pastor. Q. Did you have any controversy with the otner members of the committee on the treatment of these charges? A. Yes; 1 difered trom tne whole in the treatment of them as to the course which they adopted: most of them were in tavor of prosecuting them at the first. Q. Who were iu favor of prosecuting them? A. Captain Duncaa, tor one, I think. Did you not teil Captain Duncan to prevail on Mr, West not to prosecute the charges, ag it was Mr. Beecher’s request that they Should not be prosecuted? A. No, sir; 1 never said that Mr. Beecher requested me t» say 80; | did not tell mr. Mancuester so, nor did I teil auy other member of the committee so; | can’t teil When this question was up belore Jor controversy ; I think it was in October, 1873, } Q. Did you ever ask Mr. West to withdraw the ) charges? A. No, sir, 1 tried to get him-to go and gee the men against whom they were directed, andto go and see the Witnesses, as a Curistian man ought todo. He did not do so. J judge that he did nov go to see Witnesses irom nis own con- versution or else he told me a story, Q Did be not go to see Mrs. Bradshaw, anda if he had gone to see ber Was that ali he could do in respect to that witness? 1 suppose 80; he never went to see all the witnesses, trying Tilton con- | rs Q. Was there any oificulty then so lar as that witness, Mra. Bradshaw, wi cerned? Mr. Shearman said there wi great deal more to be done in regard to charges besides seeing witness; but the counsel did not undersiand the law o1 the charcn. Alittie wrangle here ensued between counsel on the subject. Withess—So far as Mrs. Bradshaw was con- cerned I am not sure tbat there was any difiicuty in trying the charges against Mr. Tilton; I don’t remember what it was I said to Mr. Weat. Q. So far as Andrew Bradshaw or Key. Dr. Tay- lor were concerned do you know whetber he had spoken with them as witnesses? A. I do not; [ have said I never opposed tne prosecution of these charges; I always urged their prosecution against Mr. Tilton; I had one Jeeling—nis name ougat to be dropped. Mr. Shearman here got into a wordy wrangle with Mr. Fullerton and Mr. Beach as to the mode oi questioning the witness, The lormer genile- man claimed Mr. Fullerton was assuming witness had done what be swears he dia not do. Mr. Fuller- ton insisted that he should know What advice the Witness gave a3 to What course was taken in re- gard to the amended cuarges. ‘Counsei say,” remarked Mr, Shearman, “this thing is degenerating inio a farce. It is not on our side.” “It Brother Shearman does not stop interrupt- ing me here,’’ retorted Mr. Fullerton, “there will be a tragedy here.” (Laughter.) Judge Neiison said that Mr. Halliday, he had lit- such papers with him in the Morning as to accord the iniormation desired. Mr. Halliday, adiressing the Court, said ‘he didn’t want the Court to nave such an impression that he bad any unwillingness to state what he knew without reserve in tnis case,” Judge Nelison replied, ‘Certainly not, sir.’” ‘The Court thereupoo adjourned unui eleven e’clock this morning. At the end of the court Judge Fullerton, weary of Halliday and Shearman, broke through and gave @ burst of speech which raised applause, saying that he meant to make Halliday answer candidly, despite Shearman’s help to him and the witness’ own disinclination, The feeling was decidedly against Mr. Halliday all day ST. PETER’S CHURCH. THE BEPORTED PANIC DENIED—A POSSIBLE DANGER FROM INWARD OPENING DOORS. panorama of scenes in Ireland was given in the basemegt O1 St. Peter’s church, Barclay street, at denly occurred while the performance was going on, Whereby a number of persons were severely injured; toat the gas was turned off and a num- ber of benches broken. From an actual investi- gation at the scene of the reported trouble as well a8 irom inquiries made o1 Father Farrell, the pas- tor of St. Peter’s church, and at the police station house in Chambers sireet, however, there appears to be but littie doubt that there Was bo panic at | all and that not @ single person was injured. There were however several of tne beuches broken by the pressure of the crowa which had entered tue room. It appears that for some | time previous tickets nad been sold by the chil- dren attenuing the school attached w t.e churco and by the memoers of the congregation, andin such humbers that would, 11 the purcnasers shuld ail attend, overfood tue capacity of the basement where the exnibition Was to take place. So it | proved, Atthe appointed bour for giving aumit- tance to the ticketioiuers one door on the alley way, between tne church and schooliouse, was Opened and the people admitted. So tastaid they | seek an entrance ana such was te crusn thatit | was thought better to seek aid from tie police in | order to preserve order. A messenger was sent tothe Chambers street stauion house, in answer to woich Koundsman Halpin, with five patrolmen, appeared on the scene and soon secured order, | | Tne performance began, under the supervision of | Father Hayne, the assistant pastor, when from the seats in the front being occupied |) by men and women, which obstructed the | view of tue younger members of the audience, @rush was made by the latter toget to the trout, While many stood up ou the bencnes and some forced their way even on to the platiorm or stage. | It was during tois rasa that some of the backs of | the seats were broken, Dut Dotoing like a panic occurred. ‘ihe police managed alter a few mo- ments to agaia secure order, while Father Hayne from the plutiorm called upon all present seated and got push tothe sront, The exuibition then proceeded until the end without farther dis- turbance, notwithstanding the fact that the num- ber of people present was such as to fill every nook and corner of the room, which on ordinary occasions it 1s calculated can seat 1,000 to 1,200, On this occasion it 1s thought that there could have been not less than irom 1,800 to 2,000 men, | Women and children presear. | THE DANGER IN @ASE OF PANIC. | _ From aninspection of the premises itiseasy tosee | that in case @ panic bad occurred there mustiney | tably have been @ great 1038 oi !ife, ior all the doors on the Church street side, four in number, were locked, while there was only one of the doors out of the jour on the alleyway previously reierred to Open at the | Sitnough subsequently two more on this side were | opened to give egress. Ag ali these dors open | laward, and two or three of them are protected Inside again with glass box-like partitions, with d, one door each opening inward, had there been a rush to get out there would have been no possi- | bility of pening these doors, and hundred? of persons might have been trampled or crusued to deato. Fortunately this dia not occur on this | occasion, but the Department of Public Bulidings should see to it that these doors ure made to open outward before another exhioition 1s allowed to take place in the basement of this church, DON'T LOCK THE DOORS. | To Tuk EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— The authorities of Trinity chapel make a prac- lice after the service has begun to lock the | entrance door on Twenty-sixth street. If those who enter that way desire ior any cause to leave | the butiding they must pass down the aisle—about | 200 feet to the iront—in face of all the congrega- | Uon and absolutely distarbing the worship, a8 well a8 their own equanimity. A few Sundays ago | @ venerable lady, evideutiy quite iwirm, who bad | come in at the Twenty-sixin street door and | taken a seat near it, Was seized with a fit of | coughing, and endeavored to leave by tie door he had entered; vut, it being locked, she was | obliged to totter down tne long aisie, coughing by | the way, snd had scarcely stieogth to reach the | Iront doot Now, there is no good reason why ail by Which to enter the building should open jor any exigency requiring | persons to leave, and there are irequent caus | Jor such leaving, Let one of ihe deputy placed at the door to see that it is properly tended to, but don’t lock and close it ee any requirement for egress, A CHURCHMAN. AQUATIO. to the Board of Edu- A novel | cation is that ma Booth’s Theatre, for @ grand regatta, in which the boys of the public schools o: this city are to be contestants, ‘The proposition is that from all the public schoola twelve crews be selected, proposition to race ior @ handsome set of colors, like those rowed for by the American coilewe cre This set of fags becomes the property of the school to which the boys of tae Winning crew belong, aod asa@ still surther reward Jor the wine ners each Member of it will be presented with a first class steamer passage to London, have all expenses paid during @ brief stay in Wwe british metrupolls and a iree Ke hom The ex- pensea of & guardian to also be aefrayed by Mr, Jarrett, iho regatr toe committee of the Board o) Education accept tue proposit on, should 08 rowed on the Huriem or Hudson Kiver, #0 ag to Afford vue irionds of the contestants an upportunity of witnessing the skill a) yoUng siwdeute in the hesitaius Ll tle doubt, wouid reiresh his memory and bring | On Wednesday evening last an exhibition or | which it was yesterday reported a panic had sud- | to ve | time tie people were admitted, | de by Mr. Henry . Jarrett, of company the boys ‘bed 1 mer | AN INDIAN MASSACRE, eee Surrender of the Indians Who Murdered the German Family. pe Ee INTERVIEWS WITH THE SURVIVORS, CHEYENNE AGENCY, INDIAN NATION, Maren 11, 1875, This wild western country, umiehabited save by big strolling bands of Indians, with bere and there @ government post, has never known a tragedy that equals that committed in Central Kansas, September 11, 1874, Its complete history bas never yet been written, THE SURRENDER. General Thomas Neil is the commander of the Post, and in answer toa question by the HERALD correspondent as to the manner of the surrender of the Cheyennes he said :— “stone Calf, the Chief of the Cheyennes, came Into the post on February 9, saying that the tribe would surrender. | sent out an ambulance for the two German girls, Catherine and Sophta, and on the 25th they were brought in, They were mm @ terrible condition, All the garment they wore was an army olanket, and their faces and bodies were daubed witn paint, Mr. Jobn D. Miles, the United States Indian Agent, took them immediately to is house, where they | were dressea and properly cared Jor.’” Catherine, the eldest, ig but seventeen years old and ig @ young lady of neat figure and rather handsome. From her manner it 1s evident that she has been well reared and that her family was well-to-do im the world. Sophia Jared better inher trials. She is eleven | years of age, and like her sister has dark butr and blue eyes, She is tall and well developed for one of her years. Both of them were treated very horribly while with the Indians, as their present condition shows. Both were subjected to inde- scribable indignities and beastly outrage by nearly all the male Indians, THE FAMILY consisted of John German, his wile, Lydia, and seven children, a8 follows :—Rebecca, 21; Stephen, 19; Jonanna, 15; Vathertne, 17; Sophia, 11; Julta, 7, and Nancy, 6, Five years ago they leit Morgan- town, Fannin county, Ga., and removed to Howell county, Missouri. In May, 1$72, tuey removed to Merryville, Stone county, Mo., and in the tollow- ing September they emigrated to Elgin, Howard county, Kan., ‘rom which place they started to | Colorado, and on this journey they were all, with the exception of four, murdered. On arriving at Smoky Hill River, in the central part of Kansas, only about fourteen miles irom the Kansas Pacific Railroad and within thirty miles of Fort Wallace, they were attacked by the Indians. CATHARINE’S STORY. Catharine in an interview with @ reporter of the | HERALD sald :— | ‘Just asthe sun wasrising, and while engaged | in driving the cattleup the river bank toward the | wagon, | heard shots and yells, and, ranning closer, saw my father fall, shot through the back | by an indian, 1 was terribly (rigntened, but I can | never forget the spectacle that there ensued, MY BROTHER STEPHEN was a half mile away hunting up some stock, and he had a gun with nim. As poor father fell | mother rashed toward him only to.receive a shot | from another Indian who fired at ver head, kiiling | | her almost instantly, My lather was not Killed ap | | once, ior he moved ni¥ arms about as he was scalped by one of the party. Tne) also scaiped my mother. An old squiw picked up our axe ana stuck it in my father’s head, leaving it fixed IN M13 SKULL. During the time this was gomg on one party rode alter Stephen and shet aud scaiped him, My sister, Rebecca, made a brave detence with an axe; she knocked down one oi the Indians aud would have kilied tim 11 she had not been toma- | hawed irom behind. Wile half insensioie and scarcely auve, the Iodians—five or six of them— | | despoiled ner person, aud after tnat tney scalpea her. Tney then curried ber uear the wagon, tore off her ciotues, piled them over her, with some other things 110m the wagon, and while ane was atill alive set fire to toe pile and BURNED HER UP.’ Here the broken-hearted girl broke down, and | the reporter waited some time beiore she couid proceed, amidst sous and tears and in broken utterances, sue continued as lollows, occasionally assistea by Sophia :— “Aiter ail weie killed bat we five sisters, they gathered around us to see Which one should be put out Of the Way, as they said they coud only take Jour alung. One Indian, who seemed to be a chief, came up, and iooking at Johanna and me suddenly drew up wis gun and shot sister’s head oi, IL was so frightened that I could Hot sur for @ long time. AS soon as they | got everything they Wantea they set the wagon Ou fire aud killed the cattie; then made Sophia and iget on horses and tied us oa, tock our two | lite sisters up in ‘ront of tnem and started off ag ast as the horses coutd go. We travelled all day, | going due suuta | should judge. One squaw triew to save Kebecca’s Ife; vut the Indian she hit with the axX¢ sald he woud have her scalp, und so abe was snot, ter travelling two days we crossed a railroad track. Tne day alter we got over tue railroad MEDICINE MAN, with @ smail party, leit, and were gone un- | tui jate im the aiternoon, When they came up to us they had three jresh scalps and a number of articles of weartog apparel that must have belonged to a man, woman and small child; aiso had @ lot of canned irait and oysters, Alter keeping us riding nearly two weeks the main camp near the Staked Pialus was reached. Stone Calf had command, .and when | they brougat us im all the tribe turned out and had a great time. The same night they had « big scalp dance over the scalps of our samily, and made us ali look acit. | “Pwo days aiter the main body of Indians was reached, ‘They took sisters | JULIA AND NANCY away from the camp, andl have never seen them | since, Sophie saw them ouce, about December, | but only jor a ‘ew minutes, All of us were one day placed on horses, aud, after tne Indian fash. lon, made to ride as Jast as horses could go, and the Indian who caught us had to take care of us | tor good, “soon alter this the whole body started north to getout of tre way of the troops which, It was reported, were close at band. Stone Call, with So,hie, was leit behind With about one hundred more, anu the rest, under charge of Gray Beard, | ; Hagie Head, Heaps of Bird and Lean Bear, still kept on tie north, | “in about a week, while encamped on Wolf Creek, the soldiers again made the indians run. 1 did not see them, but heard tae guns, All of this ume I was on horseback and & good deal of the time very ick; had to ride all the time, and at higut was OFTEN WHIPPED and beaten because | couid not carry as much | Wood and Water as some of the squaws, All this time 1 was uuuer charge of Long Back, At umes I was nearly frozen, having nothing but a bianket to keep Warm with at night, sometimes there would be @ joot o| shuw on the ground, out they made toe work just as hard. This was about De- cember 1. My feet were frozen and the nails of my right foot ali came off. In January 1 met sis- ter Suphia tor a suort time, and she told me we Were better to be Kijled.”” ‘ne reporter asked Vatuarine if she thought they would kul her, and she answered, “No; [ al- Ways thought the soldiers would release us some time and told Sophia not to ve afraid, In the lat- ter part oi January 1 received a letter from Gen- erai Neil, brought to the camp by a Kiowa scout, telling me to Keep up good spirits and the soldiers Would soon capture us. A SECOND LETTER was received soon aiter this, but the Indians would not jet me open it. They used to let me look atit, but would not let me take it into my own hangs, As svon as tilese letters were re- ceived 1 ieit ever so mucn better. From this time until Romeo met us the indians treated me much better. We had out little to eat, Horses and dogs Were all the meat we bad, When the Kiowas were incamp with the letter they would not ler me out of the lodge for tear they Would steal me and take me to Sill | “One squaw was at times very kind to me, but all the rest used to strike me every chance they had, “They used to paint me every few days, About A MONTH AGO J was sure the Indiaus were going to surrender, | us Stone Cali and Kagie Head with their bands Joined ours and all startea north, I did not see Sopnia ail this time, but knew she Was hear me, as tue squaw that had been good to me said, “Little sister with stone Gall.” Av Jase Meaicine Water came to my lodge and told me I was to ve iver Up, Lasked fim to let me see Sopiia, aud @ answered, ‘“sisier dead.” 1 did not believe him, and one day Stona Cali wid me she was alive and Weil, About two weeks agu 1 saw a jour borse Wagou coming foward our camp. aud ag 8000 As it Waa nour enough I started to rao out And meet it, The indians would not let me, but made me gointoa tent, Soon Romeo came to me and spoke to me in bogish. Lt was the first time Ihad heard it for months, He satd I migot go with tim and he would take GOOD CARE OF ME, “I got into the ambulange, and there for the first me in (wo months saw Sopmia. We aton jeit te Indians behind and in two days came in tol the soldiers’ tents, where 1 saw General Mrs. Miles @ud all the rewt Who were 60 kind 1 could not help crying. Mra Miles Is ug a mother to w closes away (rom you at iu they TKO Bilt Ae YOU Were captured “Yes; and only gave me an old blanket to keep warm with.’ “Wan you identify the Indians who made the at tack on your iamily ¥”? “I nave seen thein ail flity times since and cam tell them ail.’? “How many of them was there ?”” “Seventeen men and two squaws.’? “Have you seen the squaw that bit your father with an axe since?” “Only once,’? “Was Medicine Water one of the war party ?” “He seemed to be the leader.’ “Did they scalp ali the family after they were killed ¥”” “All except Johanna, her hair was very short.’ “How Was Sophia treated alter she left you?” “From what she tells me she had @ much easier time than I had, She was oaly whipped once or twice, and did not have to carry so much wood baits eet hi - “Where will you go, now that you are rescue trom the Indian: ihe : a “[ don’t Know yet,’’ she replied. “I would prefet toremain here rather than go back to Georgia Ir Sophia and Lean get a good school education here I would rather stay here than go anywhere— they are so good to me,’” NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. A NEW RAILROAD FIGHT—PROTEST AGAINST THE ACTION OF CONGRESS IN INCREASING THE BATES OF POSTAGE AND REVIVING THE FRANEING PRIVILEGE—STRONG RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED—PRINCETON COLLEGE TAXATION. TRENTON, N. J., March 18, 1875, Ip the House of Assembly of the New Jer- sey Legislature to-day an animated discussion took place on an adverse report made by Mr. Dodd, of Essex county, from the Committee on Ways and Means, on a bill which originated in the Senate, defining the meaning of an act approved in April, 1873, to establish just rules jor the taxa. tion of railroad corporations, to be “the exemp tion from taxation not only the said main stem or roadbed and track not exceeds ing one hundred feet in width, but also the buildings, depots, tracks, switcnes, sid- ings, houses, tanks und ssructures therein situate and appurtenant to the said railroads and belong- ing to the said railroad corporations.’ Mr, Doaa said the adverse report was unanimously made by the committee alter a thorougn investigation had been made into the matter, He advocated the adoption of the report in a very earnest and forcible address. Mr. Youngblood coincided inthe views taken by Mr. Dodd. Messrs. Scovel and Kirk Opposed. The report was then agreed to witnout , She had been sick and | @ aivision, and su the matter ens lor the present session of tne Legisiature, The bill to exempt Princeton College from mu- nicipal taxation was, on motiono: Mr. Vander biit, recommitted. a8 Was also anocher bill in ri erence to the same subject. A lively time is Uctpated when the matter comes belore the House ior actioa. In the Senate Mr. Htil offered the lollowing:— Whereas while Vongress has imposed ou the people ot the country additional nigh rates of postage, it 18 to be regretted that they have also in part re-enacted the “irankiag privilege,” thus granting tree use of the mails and privieses toatavored tew at the expense of the ™ therefore, be it Resolved (House ot Assembiy concurring), That post: age rcforms might not go backward, as is (he case in the enacting of ‘this new taw, justice and equity alike de wand that the law of June 23, 1374, regulating the post age on transient newspapers, &c., be restured by repeal- ing the amendments w the Sundry Civil Appropriauon bul easing double rates ot postage, aud that on the assembling of Congress in December next we do recom- mend and respecttulty ask that tuls be done. Resolved, That our senators and Kepresentatives ix Congress be requested (o use their Induence for the re peal of the law, Mr. Hill warmly advocated the adoption of the resolution, whici was unamimously adopted, There 18 conmderabie wrangling over the bik fixing the salary oi the Attorney General or nt State at $3,560. It was ceieated, recousidered, passed and sent to tne Assembly on Wednesdays, | and yesterday @ resolution was passed calling it back from the House in order to undergo iur ther consideration, Alessrs. Sewell anu Stone are advocates of the bill and Messrs. Wood anu others its opponents. . ‘The vill repealing the Local Option law in Mont clair, Essex county, was killed in the Senate, The nomination of Abraham D. Campveil for Prosecutor of the Pleas of Bergeu county was cone urmed. The bill providing for an appropriation of $15,000 for the exlension of tae State House, and the one empowering the Lackawanna Coul Qom- pany to hold lands in the state were passed. Bota jouses adjourned over until Monday eveniug next. ‘Tbere was a very exciting and protracted de. bave yesterday alternoon over a bill which, it is said, was introduced in the interest oi the Penue syivania Railroad Company, to repeal all acts of Tallroad Jegislation passed duriug this and t preceding sessions of the Legisiature. 1t is ve ambiguous In its provisions, but the presumption is tha&the foregoing is ita intent. It is stated that the Baltimore and Ono Raiiroad Compuny were Its chief opponents. Mr. George W. Patter son made a forcible speech against 1t and moved its indefinite postponement. He was supp rted by Messrs. odd, Cary, Rave and Sneeran, Messrs. Marron, Kirk, E. T. McDonald, Carscailea and Scovei urged 1t3 recommital, and said that they wanted more light on the matter, The mu- ton for indefluite postponement was carrie! by & vote oi 33 to 22, A motion to reconsider was sub- sequently lost by 22 to 32. It was the bitterest fight of tue session. Last evening Captain Gill arose to a question of privilege, anu denounced certain charges mude in an evening paper, published la Jersey City by two Men named Cosgrove and Luudy, against nim as Talse, lnlamous and slanderous. The charged aiuded to were that he and Mr. Sheeran each dee Manded $500 as the price oi their votes in favor of Teporting 4 gas bill jor the town of Union, Hudson county, Jrom the Committee on Corporations. Mr. Sheeran also denounced the charges in simk lar language, Both gentlemen demanded a committee of ine vestigation, and, on @ resolution offered by Mr. E. 1. McDonald, the Speaker appointed the fole lowing committee to investigate the matter and report immediately :—Messrs. Cary, Soann, Kirk, Skeliinger and Pope. THE FIGHTING FREEHOLDERS. THE MOST SCANDALOUS EXHIBITION OF THB YEAR—THE COUNTY BARROOM TO BE MAIN= TAINED, ‘The meeting of the Board of Chosen Freeholders, at Jersey City yesterday, was, beyond all ques tion, the liveliest of the whole year. Alter the usual routine business was transacted the repors of the Penitentiary Committee on the imvestiga- tion of charges against Warden Post was pre- sented, These charges were published exclusiveis in the HERALD @ week ago. Tne report embodied the testimony o! all the keepers, five of whom swore that Post sola them three bottles of whiskey anda portion of @ bottle, for which the sum ol sixty cents was paid. It was also proved that Keeper McQuade war not intoxicated as charged by Post but that the charge was part of a conspir- acy to have McQuade removed. Dr. Eddy, the attendant physician at the Lunatic Asylum, testis fled that he admiuistered morphine to McQuade tor alung disease; tnat this would account for hig apparent stupidity. ‘the majority of tne committ recommended that the services of McQuade ve dispensed with, Mr, Young, on the other hand, moved that Post be relieved jrom the responsibility of maintaining @ barroom in the Penitentiary, On the lavter mo tion the following members Voted in favor o1 the continuance of the barroom:—Messrs. Cox, Danielson, Frost, Freeman, Hawilton, Jerolomon, Leitz, Meinken, O’Retlly, Run, Stunr, Wipges and Young, The last-named gentleman changed his vote jor the purpose of moving @ reconsideration, and the vote standing 14 to 14 the motion to expel Post was lost, After @ most exciting debate the subject Was disposed of by the appoimrment ot Messrs, Young, O'Reilly and Stuhr, with the Uhairs man of the Board added, to investigate the cnarges and report next Thursday at 8 meeting ot the Board. ‘Then ensued a scene of wild excitement, which at one time was supposed would result in @ regular méée, Mr. Winges had been trembling for the fate of his friend Post, and id ir, Wickham, the Chair man the Penitentiary Committee, re in the HERALD ol Charges setting joriht ickham Was guilty of offences, in his capacity a8 @ public oificor, that demauded iis removal irom the committee, Severa: members sprang to their feet at tne game tine in de‘ence of Wickham, while Winges quailed be.ore the storm of angry gesture ne had to encounter, Nothing more scandalous ip @ public body was ever known in Jersey Uity than the recrimingtions which lollowed, Messrs Gibson of lust week, | and Joyce spoke up boldly for Wickham, the latter | declaring that only tne State Prison could wipt out the outrage, No sooner had the Board ad journed that Mr, Wickham went before Justice avis and made an affidavit denying tie charges against him, He intends to bring the case belore the next Grand Jury, Tho term for which tis Board of Freeholders was elected will expire thia month, Owing to the bold attitude of Mr, Wicke ham to favor of reform in the public Institution is Incurred the hostility of a class that ha joying comiortavie sinecures, SOROSIS ANNIVERSARY FEAST. ‘The annual dinner of Sorosis took place at Deb monico’s on Monday, March 16. ‘ne dinner wae served a Russe and occupied two hours. Ihe tables Were dressed with fuwers, aod each lag had a bouquet by her plate, Speeches were made And (oasts given by the pew President, Mrs. J. Oroiey; the retiring President, Rev. Pheve ord} Mis® Josépning Poliard, Mra, L. D. ey, geroune ould, Mise Auguera Lara