The New York Herald Newspaper, March 25, 1875, Page 4

4 —_ Bessie Turner Leaves the Witness Stand with a Round of Applause. WHY SHE WROTE AN UNTRUTH. “Do Write It, Darling, to Help Theodore Out of His Trouble with Mr. Bovwen.” MRS. MOULTON CONTRADICTED. Beecher in Massachusetts when She ls He Was Confessing in Brooklyn. THE GOLDEN AGE ENTERPRISE. Why the Capital Contributors Gave Up Their Interests in It TILTON WITH THE COMMUNISTS. He Carries a Banner Supported on Either Hand by Woodhull and Claflin. fain anda snow and slop drive people into the Brooklyn court room, ana whenevec the weather is bad we are sure of a full house. Just as some people go to churck and others to jail to avoid in- clement times and seasons, others again take shelter in a court of justice and doze out the day. lt was generally known shat yesterday would Mord the last opportunity to see the famous wit Besste Turaer, and there was much press- among the ladies particularly, to see this are, uysterious wall, whose unknown parentage and Whose queer protectorate under Mr. and Mrs, Tilton had given her something of that fascina- hon which attends the heroine of a novel. Tne young girl had become entirely domesti- ted in the witness box, and, dressed with as much carefulness as on former days, she went | up with her usnal alacrity on the arm of one of the Plymouth people, who then took his chair at her feet to add to her testimony the valuable cou- triburion of his respect. There was Mrs, Tilton among her coterie, making notes at odd times, and taking down suggestiens on her ivery tabdiets, Mra. Tilton pasa harder and more commercial ta than whem we saw her first enter tne courts room, Tne length of the trial and the necesstty of systematic attention to it have given everbody connected with ita kind of business character. Beginning wito bouquets of owers and much mock ceremony, the issue juined has degenerated into a piece- meai conflict where every inch of the ground is fought over, lawyers aud witnesses exercising some of their patience and all their cunning and persistence. Mrs. Tilton was probably never more engaged when in tne heignt of her house- hold obligations than during this simgular con- Qict where the fierce and the ludicrous succeed | each other with such rapidity that the human countenance Is perpetually in motion. The possi- bility that these people canever live together as man and wife grows more absurd, if there can be such a thing as absurdity im such an unciassifiable soctety, when we note the sullen vekemence with which each struggles to break the other down. If Tlitom had ever hoped to use his wife as animplement of wartare to despatch Beecher he made THE GREAT BLUNDER OP THE CONTEST, Not a word, scarcely a look, has been ex- thanged between tails couple. If at times reter- ence is made to her, particularly by himself, and be happens to glance in a timid way toward her chair, she ig ready with asabtie and sullen smile | to ireeze Bim back into his position. For the Orst day or two he did evince or affect toevince a certaim solicitude for her sitting there within a ‘ew feet of him; bat the ceptest has become so osaic amd stubborn that no one has time for acting now. It is work, and the consequences of failure are so great tmat all side shows have been closed up. THE FRUITS OF TILTON’S HETERODOXY. Tilton bimseif bas bitterly learned the folly of that mental arrogance for which he has sacrificed so many noble associations and solid comforts in eXchange for an uncompensating notoriety and some very vulgar company. His aversion to what | he called orthodoxy should by this time be cured in the lignt of the rutmous and often contemptibie career into which his vaunted heterodoxy led him. Yesterday he was exposed as the carrier of a banuer im a Communistic procession through the streets of the city, with Woodhull and Clafin holding tne tassel cords. When this was exposed in yesterday’s tes- timony, the poor vain youtn, cracifled in snch ompany, received the sympathy even of his ene- mies. The lawyer Who cross-examined him and Who sits in Courtevery day, Mr. Evarts, is a liv- ing reminder of the time when Mr. Tilton’s po sition in the orthodox world was a3 good us any- body’s, and even then his insufferable radicaiism led him, in bis editorial page, to denoance Mr. Evarts for having espoused, im the line of bis profession, the cause of an unpopular President of the United States, Tilton consigned Evarts to ignominy, im nis cold, poetical sentences, und yes to-day, i report be true, Mr. Tiltom is the re- ciplent of the favors of lawyers in «cause where many of that profession would he: tate to be retained. The President he dismissed to &SQpposititious infamy bas gone into the Senate “2 object Of superstition to the country, and the bialmtifl in this cause is inviting the sympathy of als species when ne was slow to extend it in his oWR moment of absolute power. BESSIR TURNER APPLAUDED. Bessie Turner was finally dismissed after recess yesterday, and she left tue stamu apparently with | some reluctance. This is not to be a wondered some wit and faculty, suppressed in poverty, keenly made to feel her an- Happy condition, sprung with rejoicing to publicity Where nothing but her talenta are on trial, To her the witness chair was an opporta- nity to test herself and recelve the consideration of large masses of men. One of her answers yes- terday was loudiy applauded, and itis not improb- Able that her performance in this trial will win | her some sudatautial consideration and patronage from quiet persons who have been watching her daring the continuance of her examination, fore the ckurch commftttee, it was still tola with tenacity and oarnestness which were felt by the | Majority of auditors, Correspondingly tne piain- tf fell out of sympathy. TILTON PAINTED BY TURNER, A literary man of reputation ana loity associa tions was depicted prowling througt nis house, driven by the spirit of inst to tempt the virtue of © motherless orphan committed te his custody; the playmate of hts children, helpless in her years and innocence. According to Misa Turner, the piainti® made this attempt with @ mixture of that phraseology which bas pecome contemptible dur. | ing this trial, such aa “affinity and love,” AN ORPHANS LIFE. Bessie Turner related a portion of her errantries 8 49 orphan girl duriug (ne day. Ske bad once deen & #alesiady in @ dollar store, ana at an- | other time, since the exposure of her name to the public, bad been turned out of @ seminary, where she was a teacher, on account Of unpleasant remarks oer notoriety might excite smong the parents of ber pupils, Boginoingaer the girl, conscious of the possession of | It | may be said that while her story has been altered | in Mauy respects irom that which she related be- | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET. | vestuuony witnout | much consideration from the audience, but rather regarded as a doubtful wit- ness, this girl by force of talent, if in no other way, | grew on the credulity of the pub Tesisted the attempts of the lawyers to breax her down, and she has retired with as much applause as may serve to sell the story of her life, if she chooses to " publish it in book form. Q. Was the letter a correct statement? | Mr. Porter objecrea, 4 LINE BROKEN. | Mr, Pollerton to witness—Did not Mr, Tilton say A Mr. Perkins was brought in yesterday to 0 you, alter What you told nim, that be wanted 1t swear that be saw Mr. Beecher ima Boston express | PUt 04 Paper ne ened by Ferd traiu, With bis wile, om the day on which Mrs. | aNED. Witness—Mr. Tilion did not state in that letter Moutton xed an important confession by Mr. the exact words | used, Beecher to herself. , Mr. Porter insisted that the words written THE EVIDENCE. Beecher and tell ail about tt; the ation We had was about Mrs, Morse; clined to go round and tell Mr. Beecher; L told kim also that Mrs. Morse said it f would go nd tell Mr. Beecher she Would give me something nice; he then asked me i! I Would not put that down on paper, aud 1 said [ would; he then got the paper aud iak acd I sat dowa and wrote it; he dictaed and | wrote it. ould o# belore the witness, ‘the Judge sustained the point, saying that the ide-) Court opened ateieven o'clock and Judge Fu letter should show that the conversation with | lerton continued the cross-examination of Miss | M by the witness was corroborated by thi The letter must be more or jess @ ong do you think you were in the room we were talkin transcrip: he conversation. Lt must be shown that the words dictated were the same as those sue told Tilton. 8 continued :—I1 think that— ‘. lerton—Vbar is not the point. Witness—I cannot recollect whether he repeated | the same as 1 told nim, Mr, Fullerfon—Wtll you kindly answer to the about at the close of yester- gay’s session? a, 1 cannot say bow long; we x © im the ‘parlor some time before we went there, | Q. How long were you there? A, 1 cannot tell you exactly; 11 may bawe been two er taree hours; i think It Was more thar one hour. Q. Can you give any further conversation that | best of your recollection whether he repeated the took pla A. | think I have told it all, | same as you toid nim? A, 1 cannot recoilect. Q Did you then learn about sexual intercourse? | Witness continued :—In listening to his dictation A. [learned at that time what sexual intercourse was, and irom him; i took more than an hour | lor the conversation that 1 tola you yesterday. . Did he pretend that Mrs. Tilion bad con- fessed to him? A. No, sir: be did pot. Q, Do you, after reflection, remember that Mr. Niton said that Mrs, Tiiton had contessed her adultery to him? A, No, 1do not recollect; if I made such statement it was because I had read it In the papers, | Q. Have you talked about the case since the ad- journment irom yesterday? A. Yes, sir. Q. Vid auybody suggest to you the mistake you made in admitting that confession when you were beiore the committee No, air. TALKING OVER STIMONY. Ido not remember his making any mistake or error in repeating What I haa told bim; 1 ao not recollect bis making any such error. THE SEPULCHRAL PORTER, let,” and pronounced Fullerton’s interrogatories to the witness hypothetical, metaphysica! and psy- | chological. bre of these words, shot over his shoulder from the sepulchral voice of is opponen’. Porter was active in the protection of his witness, and came to her rescue every few minutes. Fullerton, who gives no quarter to Shearman, Tracy or Evarts, . Who bave you \alked with about yesterday’s | Pe oy A. [have talked with Mrs, fiton, Mrs. | treats Porter with uncommon deference. | Ovington and Mrs. Shearman, | THE CURIOUS STATEMENT. Q. Were you alone with either of these ladies? | Jndge Fulierton then saia:—I will now read A. When 1 talked with Mrs. Ovington there were | portions of the statement:—**Your motnér, Mrs. present Mrs. Tiron and Mrs, Shearman, Witness conuinued—if 1 did tesuly that Mr. Piiton said Mrs, Tilton made such a confession I must have ined it Irom the newspapers; 1 ao not exactly recollect whics paper I may uave read it In; 1b may have been the HeRaLD; when I pre- Morse, has repeatedly attempted to bribe me, by ollering me dresses and presents, to go to certain parties and tell thei stories 1njurious to the char- acter of your kusvand.” Is that true? A, it 1s not true, because Mrs, Morse only on one occasion made mé sucht an offer, Mr. Porter rose up, solemn as the ghost in“Ham- | Fullerton staggered under the call. | pared myself for this ¢@Xamination [ did not Mr. Falierton continued:—‘l Rave been per- refer to my testimony made wefore the suaded that tne kind attentions shown me by committee; Mi and Mrs, Tiiton were Nr. Tilton jor years were dishonorable atten- | in Mr. Bates’ trout parlor when I de. tions.) A. L suppose they were dishonorable aiter scribed Mr. Tiiton rising .trum his Knees; he | Mrs. Tilton had tola—— Was xctudlly on his knees; Pshouid ike to beable | Mr. Fullerton—{ don’t wan't that. A. I was not toshow you the exact position; L did not hear ersuaded, because novody persuaded me. what was said 3 Mr. ‘Tilton rising irom ms Mr. Fullerton (reading, “I never at the time knees and uoticed that incident only; I could thought that Mr. Tilton’s attentions were dishon- ee an Miton; Bad the talking been loud = orable’’y)—Was that true? A. I did not think nave eard these attentions—iis patting his hand about my BUY neck—dishonoraple intentions; | thought it was immodest. Mr. Fullerton (reading, “I do not want to be made use of by Mrs, Morse or any one else to uring trouble on my two best iriends, you and your husband”)—Is that true? A. Yes, sir; I did hot Want to be made use of by anybody; the con- Versation about going to schovi was aiter that in your evideuce before the Tiiten came around to Mrs, ees and begged that she would ; Uhat he loved her, and all tiat honse cannot say if that is ex. a itolut minitiee; I think 1 must have got things greatly mixed up; IL spoke tast pe- jore the committee; L meant to be perlectiy trutn- ard ior me to recall then or now all the te, days after the conversation. Q. At the time of sigming the letter did you regara ihe statements in the lewser correct? ed witness to say ifshe said | ‘ds belore (be committee, | Mr. Shearman ovjected. |" Suage Porter—1 object. The Jadge regulated the form of the question. | ‘The Judge—The witness may answer the ques- | Mr ertoo—Now, Miss ‘Turner, if you did not | tion. hear lton to return tobim, | A, Ido not think thatI have thought anything your evid iumittee is wrong? A. about tt. Isuppose t Mr, Tilton bad said Mr. Fullerton (handing witness the.letter)—Can | Id nov have told the committee; tiv recollect; Mrs, Morse Was in ; Mr. Tilton said, “wood nigut, grandmammi Mrs. Morse replied, “I'll graud- mamma ou iniernal, perfidionus scoundrel; Til jeiiow you irom Dan to Beersheba.” fhe witness yave tis part of her evidence in an | assumed vote Her imitation ol Tilton was per- sect and mace th 3 the words I wa at the document) —No, sir. Q. Who asked you to write the oOtner letter, the short letter of retraction? A. Mrs. Tilton; she was in the same roqu where Mr. Tilton dictated the otner ietter; Mr. Titon was pacing up and down the hall; Mr. Tulton prepared the copy. Q. Dia you see him pre are ts? A. No, sir; I suppose it had been prepared by him before what AUDIENCE AND Co! SEL LAUGH. | time. A general opimion Was expressed that Miss Tur- | Counsel moved to strixe out the answer and | ner’s proper sphere O1 action was the stage. | the Judge ruied accordingly. Witness continned—ldo hot recoliect tearing Witness—I copied tuat irom Mrs, Tilton’s hand- Mrs. Morse say anyt ig about Mrs. Tilton getting 9 | writing; Mr. Tilton prepared it, div ; alver they arrived at home Mr. Tilton told Q. Did you see him prepare it? A. No; I heard Mrs. [ilton ske Was ured and had better go to bed; | go irom Mrs, Tilton. he had another conversation then with me; we first talked in the parlor for about an hour; the door Was closed by Mr. Tilton! 1 think 1 was sit- ting, and he was WALKING UP AND DOWN; he said Panl waa not his child, and Florence was the only child he acknowledged; he said Mr. I COPIED IT: weecher had sexual intercourse with Mrs. Tilton | it was im Mrs, Tilton’s hanawritin; was on tae lounge and in the red armchair; he said standing by the chair when | wrote it, be bad seen it himseli; ne aiso said she had sex- Q, Did that statement contain a truth or a false- ual intercourse with the three gentlemen already | hood? | Damed on severai occasions, | Juage Porter—I object to that. NEVER CONFESSED. |, ‘Ihe Juage—I think the letter shoula be handed Q. Did not Mr. Tilton tell you that Mrs, Tilton | to the witness, had been in Cornwall aud when she came back | Mr. Fullerton panded tt over to the witpess say- confessed something? A. No, sir; Mr. Tilton | ing, ‘ls thatin your handwriting?’ Witness said, never toid me im Dis life that Mrs. Tilton had con- | “Yes, itis.” ° WITNESS ON THE RAGGED EDGE. Mr. rullerton here read aa lollows jessed to hia committing adultery: alter Lief: Mr. | Tilton’s room | went into py Tilton’s; tue room | where the two were locked up was an upper | > mise room, jointly oocupied by Aa. and Mra, ‘Iulton 1% | sired me trom ty Wed and carte, wee ee ean i was Own, and attempted to violate iny person, is a Wicked lic. Mr. Fuilerton—Was that the first you ever heard ont rovin, q. Now, do you know if that room was ever oc- Of taut story? Witness, hesitating, with her fam to her month, Mr. Fullerton—I move to strike that out. ‘The Judge—Strike it out, Mr. Fullerton—Go on, Miss Turner, and tell us what occurred, i Witness continued—She handed me the paper, and after I had read it | cupied walle you were inthe house? A. I know | it was. | . Q Do you not know that that room ceuld not be locked—that the doors Wopid not come to. gether, and had to be tled with a string? A, [do not; i save locked if myself irequenwy; I think . Tuten went to New Brunswick in December, 0 my suggestion tuat he (Tilton) 18 wule Kindiy, he said, ronning his hanus through his hair, “Oo, thatis her habit, O43; she 18 always crying for her sin with me don't think fever heard anything about it until en,” | ing? A. No, str. Q. Did he ever attempt to violate your person? a Yes, because he contessed that purpose to hrs, iron, The Judge had the answer struck out, and ordered the witness to give a direct answer. ner. | ‘, “a j Mz. rT ne SNARLING OP THE LAWYERS, lee meseteteeae sin wast A.No;be | rhe question was Tepeated, and Mr. Porter aa es 2) | Made an argument agatust its’ being put, and in- Q. Did he say anytoingeise? A. He only said that ry r re: ‘ah Eliznveih Was as Well as ever she was; it was the | Ss1ed the answer had been uiready given. Mr. Porter was rouning away with the lunch time only remark fi when the Judge said the question was very | Or otherwise ¢ nothing as to the nature » sin committed was referred | i “4 noe Be hye eimpie, He thought the Witness had been trestea bons as poecker forthe wit tated mer on Chee very fairly, and this question Was neither eom- mas ir, Beectier that evening; he was plex nor unreasonable. Then Mr. Tracy swod ap, sitting by the side of Mrs, ‘Tiiton’s sick bed; {| Ud itlookedas if there was no lunch for any- think he was taiking to her; Ido not remember | DedY. Tracy pulled ous his emuagateminent key | Seeing any writing materials ‘here; {do not re- member neuring anything that was said; { do not remember speaking when 1 Was in the room or doing anything; | think I walked in and came out again; tne school question came up in the latcer part of January; Mrs. Tilton spoke to me aboat it shoruy after the retraction was | Signed; i think it was on the 10th or the lith of | January Mr. Tilton spoke to me first ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL; he said he and Elizabetn were going to do some- thing mice jor me; he thought of sending me to Steavenville, as he Knew tue principal and he had been very hospitable to him. t Q Did he i Elizabeth Boo do anything oryout A. When he spoke of doing something | @. ‘In your own view, did you think itso? A, In rs me he meant himself and Mrs. Tiiton would do my own view 1 don't think can say, because—— The witness was here shown a copy of her testi- | From the view yo id mor i. 1 % . you took of it at tne time you mony beiore the Gao tase Church Committee, signed the letter what did you think? A, Atte Stating that it was Mrs. Tilton who first sald she | tiie i signed the levter 1 thougit he aad attempted Wouid do sou thing nice tor her, and not Mr. Til- | ty yiviate my person. ee ee agsuess aid she might have said so, | “Q. Way it true tndt he had litte you from your | “ ie bed and carriea you screaming irom the room? Witness—I knew a Miss Vance at school at Sten- | 4° ‘st tg true that he carried me irom my bed to benville; ane was a schoolmate of mine; [donot higown, but it 19 not true that he carried me Know whether soe visited Brooklyn; it seems to me Miss Vance said something about coming Steneney My DOR We Eis od, OT Wan Olle Bast, out! do not recollect. ner speaking especially about brookiyo; | may Mave asked ber to cail on Mr. aua Mrs. Tiltoo. Q. Did you not say they were very nice people? | subject as Clear as (WO and $wo make jour Deiore the entire audience. The Judge was inveigied iuto an argument with Tracy and the minute hand on the Clock Was Chasing around to two o'clock and the lawyers were growing more and more ie- Tocious the hungrier they got. Tue question under discussion was uf @ very delicate nature, “Did Tutom attempt to violate Miss Turner?” The ladies in the cours room were on the qué vive for = THE PINAL ANSWER, Judge Fullerton—Now, Miss Turner, 1 put this question to you. Did Thevdore Tiiton attempt to violate your person? A. I do not thimk J cam am swer that unless you allow—— Mr. Fallerton—Stop, stop taere. I WAS UNCONSCIOUS atthe time 1 was being carried irom my bed to h 13, Q Why did you sign the statement if these | 4. [have often spoken of them in that way. | " ; pot r . things were untrue? & Did sonnet wither sie wa geaby Tad. | "Another grow! of objections trom the defence. with Mr, Tiitom, he Was euch. @ very nice gente. Porter became stout and aggressive, He said he man? A. Imay have said 80. would address himself to tue jury and the ; ublic. He insisted Fullerton was trying to mislead the Witness. Again the calm and unimpaxsioned Judge, forgetiul of the devouring pangs of hunger that tore the Vitals of jury and audience and re- porters, came to the elucidation of the knotty points of the lawyere. Again Follerton read tne Jetter, ana the witness said, “I signed it because I loved Mrs. Tilton, and she told me that if I signed Q Have you not said to Miss Vance that yon bad been brougnt up by the Liltons and that you thought @ great deal of them? A. I may have said 80. A MRS. JON | I know a M . Jones between four and five years; she Was tne lady I boarded witn when [ came from the asylum. 4 nd aoe uaanener the statement it would MutGtwnitone ee GET Mit. TILTON OUT OF ALL TROUBLE | with Mr. Henry 0. Bowen.” (Applause.) Mr. Follerton—We will adjourn now on her last Dswer that she was willipg to lie tor Mrs, Tilton. Here the Court took the usual recess, WHO NEXT? Now that Bessie Tarner was about to be deliv- ered from her confinement in the witness chair people generally were expectant that some great witness would follow her, as it nad been said that the deieudant meant to press furward his strong- est evidence and not jet the interest on his side diminish @ mite, Some apprehended that Stephen Pearl Andrews, tie Fourierive zealot, would be Q. Did you ever reside with Mr. Lyoby? A, I did Some time ago; it was alter 1 went to Mrs. Jones’; ia Mrs, Hawgarty by the aavice of a » was very cruel tome; I then | .ybby's; Lwent to live witn Mrs, St. Clair; sh & sister in Brooklyn married to jawyer, Where I Went; walle at k day on the street u lady ew me in Staten Is.and as a littie girl, a Miss Anstey; ah hutla@ sister; they came to visit e; one of them advised me to leave and go una th her; she would provide me With auome; | | irom there I went to Mrs. Tilton’s, Q. Were youever in astore? A, Yes, I was IN A DOLLAR STORE kept y Mr, Elias, in New York. Q. How did you leave there? of anything? anything. Were you accused A. No, ein; Luever was accused of @. How did you come’ to leave? A. We were | and wild-looking eyes. From Andrews at | paid every Saturday nigntin envelopes, sealed up; least amusement was expected. others | | ae “4 grr evening on ge fs envelope | thought that Mrs, Morse might ve called, | ound @ lite nore, saying, “Miss Turner, we re- ire your services ho longer; aod those fond of physiological studies some of the young | | laates afterward told me— | | Mr, Pullerton—stop that, | | BRSSIb'S WANDERINGS, The varied wanderings of a girl apparently so | | young ratuer astonished the auaience. She had | been up and down tke land ana ingide as many families as even Kate Carey. A waif from her birth, she continued a wail even after reaching whe maturity of womanhood. Witness—I had been to were anxious to see What kind @! a woman might be the progenitor of Joseph Kicuards and Eliza- beth Tilton, Mrs, Morse has not been seen in tue from Tilton’s testimony that she is a large. power- jal creature, capable of cuarging a regiment of men and putting them to Might. Her husband, Jadge Morse, las been in court, but it ia not known that he will be a witness, Like Bessie Turner's parents and the Tiltons, the Morses do ton's before; I lett Mr. Jilton's in L871 for = ville; ow thi ¢ id on about t TT eae ak i core hot live together narmontously, and the Judge | anentiy About seven years; ido not recollect tue has for @ long time kept his own apartments, | year tuat | worked in ‘he dollar store; | can form | some people say that Mrs. Morse will not be | Do idea of the year was in the dollar store; it Was alter 1 was in Souciport; it must have been | Called, her testy temper and ner domestic dim- berore [lived with Mr. Vows; i was ina store in | culties would subject her to a rigorous cross-ex- Brooklya—Mr. Jones’; | nardiy re amination, | date; L Was boarding @t Mr. Tiltun’s . at tne dollar store went away; 1 w. wrote thoi wro'e some ters velore L v“An|’ said one, “tuis miserable scandal ouly le Fe eee ‘We hese on ; | @ows more acute as it proceed: Tilton will now r vid Mr. Lilton that | Mrs Tilton bad told Mrs. Morse in my presence au | “TD bis daughter Florence, and novody will be ‘THOSE (RRRIBLE THINGS | Spared who can throw the smailest quantity of | @bout Mr. Becvner, aad that Mrs Morse requested | te: told letter was written; ileft for school two or three | you tell me the word there erased? A. (looking | Q. Did he ever carry you from your bed scream. and placed, as be seemed to tniok, the whole | called, a6 he bas been seem im the court room, | With his jitcle spare-ribbed body, tall steeple head | Court room, and tae ramor is protably deducible | Upon the defenaant, im revenge for the conor: | mous amount of slop with which Tilton has beea baptized.” FEES IN PROSPECTIVE, Meantime lawsuits thicken on every band. Poor old Pastor Halliday has veem sued for sian der, and the tone of the letver sent to bimin novifleation of the suitis that of cool premedita- tion on the part of his prosecutor. Miss Lovejoy’s brother-in-law has also taken comfort from the haste with which Misa Proctor’s sult was settled by Mouitom, and he has been in Brooklyn with the intention of suing Mr. Beecher’s counsel. It may be said that Tilton himself mentioned Miss Lovejoy’s name several times last summer woen the Winsted story Was used against him; but it never appeared in print until the present trial. The lawyer who slipped out the name, however, nad no business to do it. Strangely, indeed, do these proceedings seem to extend outward, as if some demon in them had resolved that not one of the old anti-slavery coterie in this country should escape some scandal. A REMINISCENCE OF ABOLITION. Miss Lovejoy comes from a family pecultarly j | ——$——$ $$ of the first aunaber of the Golden Age; I think rst Humber Of the Golden Age Was issued Muren 4.1571; [remember the publication of the ive of Victoria Wooahuil; soon atter that I met ‘Tilton on the Wall street Jerryboat; I reierred to the “Lite of Woodnuil,” and said to him, “What have you got in your mind?” he said, “Joho Southwick, when f Was badty treated by Henry C. Kowen and oppressed by aim I swore an oath on my bended knees that the first poor person | met I Would endeavor to serve, and | have met that issue the ti person in alrs. Woodnuil, who is 4 natural-bora | , lady and hallowed in the story of the rise and fall or the | slave power. Wendell Phillips has been connected with this case through the person who ran on nis tleket jor Attorney General of Massachusetts, Frank Carpenter has united this case with the memory of President Linceln, the story of whose domestic life he wrote from the expertence of | several months spent in the White House painting | the picture of “Emancipation.” Carpenter's book, by the way, is one of the prize publications gtven to the subscribers of Mr. Bowen’s paper. Horace Greeley’s name has been repeatedly men- tioned in this trial as the occupant, for weeks at a time, of Mr. Tilton’s house, where the old editor used to sip away in order to write his own “Busy Recollections.” WHEN WILL BEECHER TESTIFY? A doubt has been expressed whether Mr. Beecher is to appear at all as a witness, but thiz | Mr. urises perhaps from the tnordinate amount of | time taken up with minor people, who have all sorts of things to tell, except that which is essen- Ualto the vindication of the defendant. Some people think that from Judge Fullerton’s failure with Bessie Turner, Tom Cooke and some otner witnesses he wiil not be apt to make much out of | tne great extemporaneous orator of Brooklyn Heights. In short, this trial has been getting down from | day to day below the point of issue, and has | degenerated tuto a trial of wits, talents and tem. | peraments on the capacity to throw and to stand | mud. Men eat their chops and Welch rarebits at recess with the look of meek resignation, saying spontaneously, as they contemplate each | other, “On, Lord, how long !’” AFTER RECESS. At half-past two o’clock the Court met, and at that hour Bessie Turner resumed her piace in the witness chair. Mr. Fullerton saia—I have no further questions to ask the witness. Re-direct, by Judge Porter—I was teaching music at Steubenville, To Mr. Fulierton—I had to leave in consequence of the notoriety of the scandal, as it was not thought desiravie, in regard to the young ladies of the school, that [ should any longer continue | there; I was not dismissed, . said he had to exami s out of | papery o examine s witnest out of | choir right to inquire. on this subject or be | authority upon which Mr, Woodruff ucted in the order, a3 the gentleman Was 1n town and had to leave immediately, ‘The Court assented, MRS, MOULTON CONTRADICTED. A very old man took the stand after Court | asseinbled at hall-past two o'’ciock—George L. | Perkins, aged eighty-seven years, He told uis story very clearly, but his deafness compelled tne law- he knew was extracted slowly. It was generaily | yers to beilow somewhat, and therefore, what | understood in court that bis testimony was de- | signed to affect one of Mrs. Moulton’s statements as to a confession whicn she swore Mr. Beecher made to her, ence was considerably interested, because it is generally supposed that Mrs. Moulton’s story haa the severest effect upon the defendant. Her lucidity, sweetness of disposition, pozttiveness, and the absence of any direct interest which she could be supposed to have in dragging down her pastor affected the whole court and even Mr. Beecher to such a degree that the latter made an | angry remark to Mrs. Moulton’s uncle at tae ad- | Journment of the Court. Mr. Perking is @ railroad officer, His want of acquaintance with Mr. Beecher and his great age rendered it poasivle that be might>e mistaken, and it is expected that other witnesses will be cafled to prove the same general fact. TRSTIMONY OF GEORGE L. PERKINS. George L. Perkins, swora—1 reside at Norwich, Conn. Q. How long beve you known Mr. Beecher, the With this understanding the audi- | delendant iu this Case, so as to recognize him | When you see him? A. A mumber 01 years; lsaw — mr. Beecber in the month of June, 1873; I saw nim in the Boston aad Aibany Ratiread cars; be was seated; that train leit New York sy elght o'clock in the morning; | saw a lady with him; 1 suppose it was Mrs. Beecher; | cau recognize Mrs. Beecher as the person who Was with lim; it was in the summer O! 1873; it Was the 4th of Jume of that year; i saw Mr. Beecher on the cars; | have no doubt about it, (fhe witness mentioned family records to show that be Was not mistaken about the date.) Cross-e xamined by Mr. Fullerton. Q. Where were you wnen you saw Mr. Beecher? A. lsaw Mr. Beecher on the Boston and Aloany Katlroad at Worcester about twenty minutes past three o'clock 1u the afternoon; that train leit New York about eight o'clock in’ the morning; Mr. Beecher got of the train at Worcester; there was a lady wilh him; it was tne 4th of June, and on that day | wentto Boston; 1| got on the train at Worcester Junction, and Beecher leit 1t at Worcester city; the distan between the two places cam be travelled im about eight or ten muinates. TESPIMONY OF “GEORGE 8, SEDGWICK. George 8. Sedgwick sworn—I am a lawyer, at No. 11 Pine street, New York, and have been practising law siuce 1370; 1 was @ clerk in the office of tne United States District attorney; [ was in that office at the time of the prosecution of Woodha'l and Claflin; & knew them by sight before that, since the summer of 1871; I saw the procession in New York in honor of Rosse}, of tue Paris Commune, on December 17, 1871; Isaw Mr. Tilton and Mrs, Woodhall and Miss Claflin in the procession; he waiked between Wooanull and Claflin; it'is my decided impression that Mr, Tilton carried a banner; I think Woodhull and Clann heid tne seis; 1 saw the procession turn the corner of Waverley and University places. 'o Mr. Fullerton—I cannot be mistaken about the identity of these women; Isaw Mr. Tilton in the procession. q. Cam you stace positively now that you saw Theodore Tilton in that procession, walking om That occasion between Claflin aad WoodnullY A, 1 will Say positively that, to the best of my recol- Jection, | saw him Walking BetWEEN WOODHULL AND CLAFLIN; as to his carrying a flag, | say that it is my im- pression that be did so, but lam not quite posi- tive about it, r. ' i | i} AS PURE AS AN ANGEL.’? The witness gave anotner long conversation with Tilton in woich Tilton said, “1 have written the Ile os Victoria Woodtull and I giory in 1; remember the publication of tue Woodhull scan- dai: soon alter Luat, a few nights belore election, tinet Mr, Tilton: he spoke to me about this publi- cation and said there Was a wheel within a wheel; 1 asked filion about the pistol scene; he said there was not a word of truth in it: In reply to my question as Lo whecher there was any truth in the charge that Mr. Beecher had commiitea adultery he said there was NOT A WORD OF TRUTH LN IT. Q. Do you remember having any conversation with Tilton on New Year's Day, 1573, about your partner, Mr, Jackson S. Schultz, calling him Diackmatier ? A. Yes, sir; Lwas at Mr. Mouiton’s house on tuat day, aod Mr. Tilton said, “Your partuer has b @ Diackmaiier;” Lahswered, “Ii he tas, Mr. Tilton, he must hav od cause for it;’? Mr. Tilton re- plied (hat there Was not cause jor it; | then suid, “Mr. Scbuita 13 a good-natured man, and | do not think he Would lake use of such au expression Wituous good reason ;’* Mr. Lilton said again that “he had no cause ior it,” and that Henry Ward Beecher was writing lum a letter that day, and be Would retract that to-morrow. Q Who did he meau by he? senuiiz. f Q. Well ga on? A, I said to Mr. Tilton that if Mr, Beecher ad been fovlish enougin to write to cauitz he Would get as Food back as he sent; Mr, Tliton then again says, “he will retract it to- morrow;” I then said, “Whether or not Schultz lias made the rg2, don’t think this is tue place to discuss the matter in the presence of the ladies,” I then oid him good morning and leit. Q. State what were tile terms to the subscrip. tion to the Golden sage? A. ‘ine loan Mr. Tilton Was to give Was at the rate of seven per cent per annum; | drew up tie jorm of note payable to Theodore Tilton, the sole proprietor of the Golden Age, (Witness bere read the jorm of the pote and gave the particulars of the agreement.) He gatd, “4 paid In My subscription Om Seprember 15, 1871; A. Jackson S, en pleased to cali me, I understand, | Mr. j 1 think i gave hun a check for it; Laiverward re- | ceived the note; | paid $750, bali of my subserip- tiun of $1,500 wich Lagreea to pay at that time.’ Q. Now, when Was it that the change was made in the management of tie te the Golden Age’ A, A change was made in the agreement of subscriptions in 1872; 1 tink it was in the sum- mer; Mr, Woodruil came to my office; tiatchauge Was Inade on the Intervention of Mr, Woodrum, Q. What was the leason assigned for that change 1a the arrangement of tue paper ? Ovjected to by Mr, Beac i Mr. Tracy—i did not ask what the conversation Is how. Q. Did you have any talk with Mr. Tilton about this change in tne arrangement? A, 1 dou’s recollect that I did, Q. What was the nature of the change? A, The change was made to give up to Theodore Lilton the votes and to be released from urther pay- Mhent 1 the money; we Were to make nim a pres- | eut of half fer our release irom the payment of the baiance of une subscription. Q. Was that arraugement made with you by Mr. Franklin Woodrum? A, Yes, sir, Q. For wnom did Mr, Woodruff propese to act in making thet arrangement? Objected to by Mr. Beach, Mr. ‘rac, d—I propose to show by this witness that the arrabgement was made by Mr. Woodruil With Mr. Plton’s consent, Mr, Suearman then rose and read from the evi- dence of Mr. Woodruff on that point in support of premises, Judge Neilson said he would allow the counsel | to go on With that question, Q. State wiat Mr. Woodruff did and what he Said on that occusion? Mr. Beaci still objected and excepted to the rub | ing o1 Court, ov the grouud that it was not shown that Mr, Woodruit was acung as Mr. Tiiton’s ayentin the matter. Q. Now, did Mr. Woodruff tell you to surrender | your note in consideration of your being released ? | A. He did, sir. Q. What did he say? Onjected to by Mr. Beacn, Mr. Tracy sald tuat Theodore Tilton had ex- pressed tO Franklin Woodruy a belief that an arrangement could be made witu tue subsoribers, and Mr. Woodruff said that it ceuld be made, and that made Mr. Woodruif his agent. We are “questioned. thereiore entitied to know what he said to Mc, | | Southworth—to kuow what he said to induce him , | to surrender that note, Mr. Beach argued that Mr. Woodruff was not the Agent for sme piaintif. Simply because he said he Would accept that arrangement aud try and pre- Vali on the others to do so, that did not give nim autaority to aci. It Was @ voluntary matter on the part of Mr. Woodrug, Mr. Tivon only acceded to bis endeavors to do this, and nothing more, The Court could not surely consider tuat to be authority as an agent. . Judge Neiison said that Mr. Woodruff was tacitly understood to broacu and bring lorward this arrangement if he could, and be was empowered sO .af as (bat, if he made an arrangement, he would be vound to it, Mr. Beach argued that no representations were to be made, if Wasa simpie negative proposi- ton. WOODRUFF TILTON’S AGENT. The Court remarked that it enadied him todo all that was necessary vo consummate that act, Mr. Beach said it was only # question of the re- lease of Mr. ‘lilton by Nis creditors; he was willing to accept that, but did that entitie any person to make any representations to Mr. Southwick or to any other person Mr. Tracy said—I_ propose to prove what passed between Fraukiin Woodruf ana Mr. Soutnwick— what indnced him to surrender Theodore ‘iiton's note. which he held tor $750. 1 propose to show that Mr. Woodruff said, “Now is tite ume tor you to get out ol the Golien Age, as it 18 a bankrupt concern.” He said that Niton having written “The Life of Woodhull kilied it, .Now Was the best time to get out of if. Mr. Beach said Mr. Woodruff had been assured that 1t was prosperous, and His Honor could now see that they proposed to show what Was unjust and untrue, that the enterprise was bankrupt. Mr. Evaris said it would be remembered that Mr. Woodruff was the original agent in making the arraugements among these gentlemen gud ladies im the establishment of the Gdlden Age. The proposal to pay Up these subscriptions was one Which required argument and influence, and the use thereu! faving been acquiesced in by Mr. Tilton, he is bound by the representations and words of the man who he 80 authorizes, this ac- quiescence in the arguments and infuences neces- sary to be used coastituted an agency. Judge Neil-on—is it testimony what Mr. Wood. Tui said about the influence o! the “Life of Wood. The hui”? on the Golden Age ? Mr. Evaris replied tuat it was evidence. | question sought to be determined Was if the argu- Q. By Mr. Evarts—Upon your memory have you | any doubt that you saw iim walking between those two persons? A, None whatever, To Mr. Fullerton—I do not know Mr. John Swinton; I say positively, without any qualifica- | tion that I saw him walking in the procession, but I quality the bauner part; as to that, I say to the best of my recollection he carried @ flag. TESTIMONY OF CECIL H. HIGGINS. Cecil Hamill Uiggins sworn, He said—I am a lawyer, at No, il Pine street, New York: I saw | the Rossel procession in New York in December, 1s71; 1 Know tne persons of Tiiton, Woodhull and Claflin; I saw ail of those persons in tae preces- 100, riding in@ carriage; 1 aim not sure about their carrying a banner; 1 do not recollect that I saw them in the procession at Union square, Cross-examined by Mr. Fullerton—I am positive that | saw those tiree persons iu the carriage; 1 swear positively that | saw those three persons Tidiog that day in the carriage; vefore that time Mr. Tliton had been poited out to me in the I have seen Woodhull and Ciatin street; if 1 remember right ‘Iilton iting on the front seat of the carriage and the women on the back seat; | Will notnow swear e; where L saw them was about eight blocks irom where Mr, Sedgwick Saw them; 1 was going up town and had been to dinner. To Mr. Evarts—At the time I saw them in the carriage it was at the ena of the procession, and they were about disbanding, TESTIMONY OF JOHN C, SOUTHWICK. John ©, Southwick sworn—I reside in New York; Tam engaged a8 partner with Jackson 8, Senuitz; Liormeriy resided in Brooklyn for eighteen years; lisuing the Golden Age; he was accompanieca by Mr. Woodruff; Mr. Woodruff said to me that ne Wanted me to asrist Mr. Tilton to estabusha paper, aud he asked me to loan Tilton $1,500; I said that if Mr. Scnaitz would joan him $1,500 T would do #0; Mr. Woodruff said to me, “il you knew what Mr. Tilton nas suffered wt the hands of Mr. Bowen you Would jend him dounie that sum ;” on agother occasion Mr, Tiiton wanted me to get Mr. Clagin, Who 18 my uncle, to ata Tilton in (his matter; 1 saw Mr. Civfin, who saw Mr, Beec.er, and Mr. Beecher told him to treat it as he would any other enterprise, and that he would not have aby Stock in it; Tilton said he WANTED MR, CLAPLIN’S NAMB for ite influence, as he was a great iriend of Mr. Beecher; | told Mr. Tilton avout tais, wad @ Was surprised abd sorry; this was tue I know Frankiin Woodrum for sixteen years; | | know Tilton for six or seven years; in the early part of 1871, af my house, Mr. uron appiied to me to assist him in estabd- | mneuts Were Used in good Iaith Jor the benefit of Mr. ‘iiton. Mr. Beach said that his learned brother had assumed the fact of an ageacy and, with that reMmises assumed, it Was Very easy tO argue to is side of tue qgnestion, The primary fact was whether Mr. Woodruf was a constituted agent of Mr. ‘Tiiton to use arguments, to make suggestions and to enter inty conversation with Mr. south- Wick to procure the surrender of the note and this subscription, If what they propose to prove is true, tien Mr. Woouruil came not to bestow a beneiaction to Tilton, bul to get himself and his co-subscribers free Irom an onerous situation, he proposition in that view of the case, that Mr. ‘Viton authorized him to make representations which never suggested themselves to nis mind, Was One O! the most extraordinary propositions that has ever been heard in # court of justice. Mr. Evarts—Will Your Honor aliow ine to make @ suggestion ? ‘Tne Vourt—I think that closes the argument. I think I will take the tesuumony, General Tracy—Piease state what Mr. Woodruff said to you When be went to you on the occasion referred to. Mr. Beach—I object. WHAT MR. WOODRUFF SAID OF TILTON. Witness—Mr. Woodrulr came to my bouse and said, ‘Jobn, you must get out of this Golden Age vusiness.” [said 1 did not know how we coula et ont r. Woodruff said, “We ought to get out of it; ne Wrote the Woodiull iife and treo he used tho paper very strong for Mr. Greeley.”” Mr, Beach—I object to that statement. Witness— to do with Woodhull or Mr. Greeley or 1i Mr. Tilton had written the lives of fitty wome: Mr. Wooa ruf then mude a severe charge against Mr. Tilton, Mr. Tracy—What did he gay ¢ Mr. Beach-! object to 1t. Mr. ‘tracy—We are not protecting the agency of Mr. Woodruff. Mr. Beach—We are, sir. Is that within the line of une agency ? Have you assumed suco an agency that these remarks can come with it? ‘The Court—No; | think itis am unusual way of makius an agent speak of the principal. Witness—-Mr. Woodruff gaid that ever sinco Theodore Tilton had slandered a genticman in Brooklyn ({ would rather not inention the name) of such high social station | have lost faith im him; if he slandered tiis gentieman he will Slander some one élse; that Was the statement ne made. Mr. Beach—Now, sir, | move to strike oat this. Mr. tracy—Waita moment, (Towitness) What did he say about relieving your sudscription? A, That Was said aiterward, ° Mr? Beach—Now Your Honor perceives that this 18 @ conversation altogether diferent irom that which occurred 1m reiation to the rei@ase of thes notes, Ani these Subscriptions Were not suggested atall, Oril there Was any agency it Was not at that time. ihe Court—Well, we will go to the next agency and Withess—Mr. Woodruff said, “Would tt not be well i! you could be relieved from the jurther pay- ment | these notes?” Q That was in tue firat conversation? A. Yes, ie Q Had you turther conversation? PROFIT AND LOSS, A. We had further conversation, I think, put I ‘would wu that; he said to me aiter- ward, dian’) Come out so Dadi ater | ter. jin A | most anxious to welcome a Protestant Leet tk aul; If you lost $750 by going in, you gained $754 coming out,’? Q. Was it that conversation led to the surrender of the notes? A. Yes, sir, as tar ag Mr, Woodrult and myself were concerned. Q Was It that conversation led you to surrender Mr, Tilton’s noves? A, Yes, sir, and Mr, Senulta too. Mr, Beach—I move now, sir, to strike ont tha first conversation, the whole of it, aud 1 move, also, ty Strike out the second conversation. Mr, Evarts—We wish to be heard, Your Monogr. The Court—It is a matier of a secondary charae well, proceed (addressing pimself to cous wD. Do you want any more ? Mr, Tracy—One more question, bx-Judge Porter here whispered with Mr. Tracy, aiter which he said he bad nothing more to asl the witness, Mr. Beach (handing document to witness)—It that your signature? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you understand the paper when you signed it? A. Yes, sir, Mr. Beach then read the document as follows = ew Yor, June 11, 1872 Mr. Taxovone Tito :— Dear Sin—We, the undersigned, desiring to contribat to the loss incurred by you in establishing the Golda aye, do cheertully return the gave to you as a loan, Wishin to come, and congravulating ¥ fully founded the journal an from debt, we are, dear sit, yours truly. Mr. Beach—We have no question for you, sir, . It Was now ten minutes pastiour clock, and the Court was adjourned until eleven o’clock this fore noon, THE ACAPULCO MASSACRE. THE OTHER SIDE—STATEMENT OF THE AFFADR YOUCHED FOR BY GENERAL ROSECRANS, New York, March 22, 1875, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— ‘The United States Executive has acted with due propriety jn ordering the irigate Saranac to visit Acapulco, the scene of the recent fearful massacre of Worshippers in @ Protestant church. As far ag the Mexicau government 1s concerned tt appeara very evident that prompt and carnest efforts were taken to restore order and bring the Indian and seml-Indian participants in the savage am@ bloodthirsty attack to justice. It is undoubtediy true Chat the power of the central authority is at points remote from the capital rather feeble, and that such 18 the case at Acapulco can hardly be Itis very probable that the mission of the Saranac is to give moral strength to the Mexican oficials who may in the meantime endeavor to enlorce the law against the offenders The details of the attack published in the HeraLa or Sunday reveal a very shocking piece of butchery, Alreadyit had been denounced in San Francisco at a public meeting, which the escaped missionary, Rey. Mr. Hutchinson, addressed. The United States were called upon to take some steps in the matter, and the teeling of indignation among the people was general and emphatice However, it appeaTs that a Mexican gentleman, personally acquainted with the prominent partie on both sides, arrived in San Francisco from Aca« pulco at the same time with Mr. Hutchinson, He is @ merchant, named Juan Huarte, and his respecta- bility and veracity are vouched for by General William 8. Rosecrans, who knew him in Mex ico. Mr. Huarte has made a statement, wh! does not relieve the participants of savagery, rep< resents the aifair as , A SUDDEN OUTBURST OF WILD RAGE against continucd insults as well as most imprue, dent conauct, and not a5 a deliberate attempt ta murder peaeeabie and unoffending worshippers. Don Juan Huarte’s account of the affair 18 as tol- lows:—TLbe widow of Selior Rosales pulit a chapel pulco, on her owa property, for ber own devolton and for her son, Wao was educated and ordained a priest in the city of Mexico, but whe died some two years afterwards, leaving hig sister Manuela, now married toa merchant living in the vicinity of Acapulco, Procoplo Diaz, the jeacer of the Protes:ant movement and a cierk by occupation, has lived in the city tor twenty years. He wad published ten or fiiteen numbers of a bite ter and unscrupulous anu-Catholic paper, when he wrote to Mr, Hutchinson, then at the capital, to the effect that all the people in Acapulco were at on his arrival the latter found that oe had beea deceived and he stated so puolicly. The only, members of the coogregation, Seiior Huarte) states, were twenty to thirty stevedores. On settliug in Acapuico Mr. Hutchinson applied to the political chief lor the use of the chapel belonging | to the Rosales jamily, and the Chief assigned it ta f it—that we haw agreed to pay $750; | aid to Mr. Woodrul, “What have we | } diately proca the Protestant Mission. Diaz, who it is alleged was now paid a reguiar salary, immediately began 1D Nis paper @ series Of articies against tue parism priest, accusing him ol idolatry, SELLING THE SACRAMENTS and being generally a debauched cnaracter. Tha American Consul, Mr. John A. Sutter, testified ta tne irceproackable morals and integrity oi the parish priest, Pedro Justi, and Mir. Hutchinsom himself Likewise acknowledged that no evidence could be found to implicate him in the outbreak. Don Juan Huarte turiher states that Mr. Hutcaine son committed the deplorable imprudence of speaking on the streets ugainst the most chere isned beilel of Catholics, afirming tuat the Blessed Virgin was the motuer of seven other children, and that she was not at all the mother of God. Mr. Hutchinson was by no means ignorunt of th exciting mature of is career, and obtained pere mission from the government to carry arms, Ha was wained by his iriends of thé storm he was certain to raise und the angry jeeling# he was creating among the populace, who were Jor the most part of Indian blood, by tis OWN Ode noxious proceeuings, On the morning of the fray he received notice of the intended attack, but stated he was unwell, In the eveniug Diaz called jor him, and said the congregation were waiting for him to preach; but be declined to visit the church, Aa American fruit dealer, wio has beem Jor some ten years in Acapulco and well knows there a8 @ Procestant, met tke crowd of Catholie Indians going to the church and saluted them, they answered him by name, and oferea him na violence. This geutiemau remarked to Seilor Huarte, “I take pleasure in saying to you that THIS MOB WAS NOT AGAINST PROTESTANTISM, but against Hutchinson and Diaz. 1am a Proves. tant, und no injury haS ever been doue me. Selor Huarte states that tue Catholic people of Acapulco, while strongly reprobating the condact 1 the mob, are indiguant at the taise 1mputations aud insinuations against the parish priest, and at the atteuptto make the American people look upon the attack on the congregation, who wer¢ prepared for the fight aud weil armed with pistols @s 4 conspiracy ol intelligent Catholics. THE VISIT OF THE SARANACG to Acapulco and the investigation that Captals Queen is to make Will enable toe public to judge of the Whole matver on te tmpartial report thal officer will make. He will undouotedly ve assisted by the Mexican officials, who are nov over favor able to the attacking party. There is another point, however, to be meniioned that has muck bearing on the unhappy difficulty. Just at the ume while Mr, Hutcuinson was pursuing bis mis sion the Mexican governimeut issued @ decret banishing all Sisters of Charity trom the Repuvlig, und Ue sequestration of their convents, schools, &c. About sixty of these ladies were brought ta Acapulco, and, Without ceremony or even proper regard to their comfort, placed on board one ot tne vesseis of the Pacific Mail steamship Company and conveyed to San Francisco, where they arrived in a destitute condition, This artist it seema, Was most Objectionavie to the great body of tne inhabitants of Acapuico, and tended to increase bad feeling. At the time of the de- parcure of the Sisters grave iears were entertained of an outbreak, not against Protestant but against the government itself, for its condact im the matter, At ali events the statement of Sefior Huarte, whose reliability 1s guaranteed by General Rosecrans, a8 stated above, is worth some con« sideration at this time. IMPARTIALITY. A FATAL EXPERIMENT. TAMPERING WITH THE GALLOWS FOLLOWED BY SERIOUS RESULTS. A prisoner named Michael Nolan, in the Hadsom County Jali at Jeraey City, was employed to work around the institution, Carlosity led him to scru- uinize the machine of death, which was lying in the cellar, and on which Mecheila, the Russian murderer, expiated bis crime. Nolan stooped down and tried to lift the weignt which jérked up the culprit. In the effort he sustained a rupture of the vowels, aud medical attendance was imme. . His condition became 80 serioug that he was discharged, Despite all medical sxill he sank irom day to day, and expired on /uesuay night at his home in south Bergen. Since tne occarrence tne prisoners are debarred from accesai to any Of those impiements of death, AN ELEPHANTINE GAS INSPECTOR, The large elephant, Betsey, confined at the Hippodrome, took tt invo her head yesterday morne ing to inspect the gas pipes that hung near her box, By some means she succeeded in getthhg the chain off ner feet, and then, having mashed down the lower end of the box, she waiked out into tae promenade, and at once began to pull down tne hanging burners. Finding little fan in this, ane next turned her attention to the room directiy Opposite her box, and in which is kept the oats, crackers and vegetables for the animals. The lock not Leing one that sie could easily pick ot twist oll, She tried the experimens of bursting th piace open. Putuny her enormous head against the planks, she threw her weight in one great lange, aod splintered ine boards as if they had been amingies. The alarm among the other @nk mais for & While was grea, bul the keeper Wat called at the moment and succeeded in yetting her safely cuained ugali belere greater damage wasdone. Ihe huge brute dia not seem to Mailciousiy loclined, but acted more in a spirit fun, «8 she Made Hot the slightest objection te be ironed ag