The New York Herald Newspaper, March 30, 1875, Page 3

THE BROOKLYN CONTEST: Mrs. Moulton’s Testimony Plumply Con- tradicted by Several Witnesses. MR. BEECHER’S ALIBI. | He Is Proved to Have Been at Peekskill When He Was Said To Be Con- | fessing in Brooklyn. | i | | TILTON’S CHANGE OF BASE. What He Stated Before the Church Ex- amining Committee. The joyful spring weather of yesterday dimin- | ished the attendance at the Lrooklyn trial. There | was ample room and verge tor everybody, aud | some ingenious hand had contrived to make the | ventilation aimost periect, The condition of the | skies appears to have an influence on the atrend- | unce. In the desolate days of winter the audi- ences Were the largest. Now that spring bas come aud warm weather approaches the tral loses Its stimulus. Nature becomes a more potent attraction. A waik along Fulton street, Brook- | lyn, where the fashion and beauty of the city stream up and down as long as the cheerful sun- light lasts, ts !ar more exinlarating than even Judge Fullerton’s cross-exammation of a disingenuous witness, NOT AN EXCITING DAY, | but a piece of evidence Was established that in importance transcends auy the Celence has as yet produced, 1t willbe remembered what a sensa. tion the testimony of Mrs, Moulton created. she told in the hushed stitiness of a crowded court toom a story of thrilling interest, It was fluently harrated in good language and witn skilful infec. | hon of the voice. She pictured Henry Ward Beecher coming to her bouse on June 2, 1873, weary and worn out. How he threw nimseif like one tired of life on a conyentent lounge; how the great preacher spoke in the accents of one | dgspairing of salvation in this world or the next, | how he confessed the crime with which he now | Btunds Charged, aud how she advised him to go aud make A clean breast of it to tue people of his church, Their conversation she stated lasted | for three hours, and when it ceased and he teil off | to doze she covered him with an aftghan, An | incident that 1cliowed the giving of this testi- | mony lent an additional interest, When the father | of Mrs, Mouitou was proceeding from the court room, and while iu the act of stepping past Mr. | Beecher, the latter stopped him to denounce the evidence that had been just given by his daughter, and uuhesitatingly pronounced it a ue. Rumors tollowed that the defendant intended | TO PROVE AN AJ..BI, to prove he could not have been at Mrs. Moulton’s house in Brooklyn June 2, 1872, when | be was in Peekskill. Yesterday the alibi ; was established, Turner, a garaener on Mr. | Beecher’s farm at Peekskill, swore to hav- ing received a telegram on that day telling | him to meet Mr. Beecher at the Peekskill | depot with a horse and wagon. This evidence of | itself would not stand, as the witness had not the | original telegram to show nor an entry of its ree | ceiptontnat day, but two telegraph operators | testified, the one to the sending of the message | and the other to the entry of it on a ledger under | the head of June 2, 1873, message No.8. Mr. Kit- | tredge, a iarmer of Peekskili, swore he saw Mr. | Beecher near his house on the sume day, and a Mr. Putnam swore that he saw him on June 4, 1873, on the cars bound Jor New Haven. Mrs. Moulton gave the 2d of June as the date of One visit of Mr, Beecher and the 4tn of June as the date of the second. Here was evidence proy- | lug an alibi for both days, Beecher left tor Peeks- , kiilon the 2d of June at an hour that forbid the possioility of his being at Mrs. Moulton’s at the:! time she stated, This altbi evidence created | SOME CONSTERNATION ‘2 the camp of the plaintiff, Mrs, Moulton ad- hered intlexibly to her statement as to the date of June 2 whei Mr. Beeclier made to her the con: | fession of his guilt, Women’s memories are said | to be exceedingly treacherous in the matter of | fates. The law can’t help that. Dares prop halt | the evidence of the trial. Where they prove to be surreptitious ali the testimony built upon them | falis ignominiousiy to the ground. ‘To Mrs, Moul- | son's lestimony great value was attached, as it | Mirmed a direct confession from the lps of the leiendant, It was naturally supposed that any- whing so serious Would not be offered without a weil | ynsidered recollection as to the time of its occur. | ‘ence. The defence felt jubilant over its victory, ibough it ig only, aiter all, an outpost captured, | the citadel being sull strong and well defended, The toriorn hope destined to storm and destroy this must be led by Mr. Beecher himsel, to whom gil eyes now tura in the crisis of the struggle. OTHER TESTIMONY. The testimony of Mr. Wiuslow, ex-District At~ torney of Brooklyn, and that of Horace B, Claflin, led up well in the attack on several positions as- | sumed by the plaintii. The one showed that | walle Mr. Tilton decried an investigation by the church committes Mr. Beecher was anxious that | It should take place; the other witness made it | sppear thut Tilton flourished the history of the scandal in terrorem to compel Bowen to pay him the money due him on his contracts, Tne testimony | of Mr. S. V. White, while not materialiy valuavie, | exhivits the plainiif in the light of a queroious | complainer who 1s forever whispering the story of | bis wrongs, yet declines to speak out boldly when | light is sought ‘or and demanded. Oa tne whole the deience began the week well and made a Javoravle impression, “Wait for the rebutting | testimony,” suid one of the counsel tor the de | ence ut recess; “it will knock the case of the de | Jeuce higher than Sam Wilkeson ever dreamed | Vhe ‘Lite of Christ? would go.” | Moulton sat between Judye Morris and Tilton, | pulling the endy of nis fame-colored mustacue, | nd at times very inréuty observing the various With that aeceuded the stand, He exchanged ap occasional remark with Mr. Morris that must have been tutended ior a joke, tor both, as Scrub bays, “laughed consumenily.” TUE BYIDENCE. David Dows, sworn, stated—1 belong to the firm Of David Dows & Co.; we have been im the prod- Uce business jor the past two years; Miss bessie | ‘Turper Was in my employ for a sucrt time—trom the spring to the summer; lL ave no memoran- | dum o/ the different times she was paid; my tame | ily made a trip during the summer to Omaka; I | think they leit ou the isto! May aud returoed | about the 121n Of June; the iadies of my family | that went with the party returned with tiem, | A LAWYER WITNESS. 1 Jonn Winslow, sworn, stated—I practise as a | Jawyer in New Yors; Was Jormerly District At- vorney ior Kiigs county; L was a member ui he | Churen tnvesugating Commiitee; | was present at the Meeting When Mrs. Litton was present; it took place ou the Sino! July, at Mr. Oviugton'ss | the commitiee adjourned trom Mr. Ovingtou’s to Mr. Sivire’ aud | believe Mr. Jracy went wita Vem; Mr. Tracy was wosent from Mry, Ovington's lor some minutes aller the Committee met; most | Of tie questions put (o Mrs. Liiton were by mem: | bers of the commutcee; | Was present when Mx. | Tilton appeared veiwre the commities, 10h of July, ut 3 Storrs’; he first Said be did nos | think there was any necessily Jor Lud investiga. | Won; he said lis cuse against Mr. Ueecker was In | Writing—in Gucuments and pap Pe} cannot | Yecall At this moment woat air, Tracy said; | Bot = & word was suid Mr. ‘ton | avout any verbal contesston being made | wo tim by Mr = Heel Load an | wtervieW & Vow Gays alier tuls meeting with | Mir, Thiton ; it Was the same day (hut Lae card irom | Mr. titon in the Argus, acce; ting Mr. olor ao livesTigation lio the base betweed them by the churehs f said to Mr, | Tilton, “Laeodore, t ave just read your jeitery? | he sald he Would ike to talk with me} he sald this | Iuvestigauion Was | ALL, WRONG AND OUGHT No? 10 PROCKRDS | he said he had drawn up two or Uree reports | and he wanted the committee to accept one ot | thea Which Would exonerate ull (hree—beecuer, Mimelt and Ais Piloo—naa then teey aught ail | GO avOUE thelr Husines#; I told Lun Loid not kaow | aDsthing avout tne caso eitner one aide or Ihe Osher, Aod Mat i Cid Hot tniend to know any ting about It uatil i lieard whe evivence, When LShowd fut wpon it a4 4 Judge upou the venohy 1 | Wad prevent also When (he Avorn bintemeas vroduced; 1 was disu present when { thing to the | or | that wheo you changed your case | ing so vulgar as that; 1 think the word (a. NEW YORK HERALD, TIHSDAY, MARCH 30, 1875.--TRIPLE SHEET. Mr. Tilton attacke! Mr. Tracy; there had been no regular session thatday and we were on tne point of separating when Mr. Tilton suddenly suid, “Mr, Tracy you bave no right to be here, you made me a promis agaist me’? Mr. Tracy said “yea, [made you a promise, but when yon changed your ground of attack T notified you that t should not remain neutral any longer; some jurther words passed between them; Mr, Tilton eawe back, lvoking very sweet and pleasant, threw his arms around Tracy's shoulders and said. “You are the best friend I Nave in Brookiyn;” quite # scene of ree- oncihavion ioliowed, ahd Mr, Tilton shortly aler leit; My. Tilton betore leaving explained the pe- cullaricies of nis temper, CROSS-B LAMINATION, To Mr. Fallerton—ltere was no At the first meeting of the committee; evidence was aiterward taken by a sienograpber; f presuine wil the testimony was taken, Q, ‘low many statements did Mrs, ‘Lilton make berore the committce? A, She made two ver- bully; the drst the Stn ot July; I never saw that starement; I never saw them wt all; 1 don’t kuow | wuether they were written out or not; str. Rich- ards was betore the committee twice; he made wo statements; the first Was an miormal aflair; te committee met at tout time at Ar. Storrs’; the statement, is jar as | know, Was never publisied; 1 aim not sure If the stenographer tuok notes of It} Lave not seen a copy of it ever since: 1 do not kaow where the members of Mr. Suge Was the chairman; we tarned over every- hureh committee; | have not seen the Ininutes since they were turned o' cept What 1 read im print; I had no personal su- pervision oi the printing; I signed the report the committe Nave seen that printed: {t was incorrectly primted im several instances; 1 made the fist drait of the report o: the Investigating cominittee; I drew up the por- uuom relerring fo Mr. Beecher’s testimony; there isan error in the printed report; I remember, use 1 have Since scen the testimony us it was taken down; 1 d0 not kuow in whose handwriting ww wate but trom what I remembered 1t was cor- rect; THE FIRST DRAPY of the report wus read over and diseussed by the | committee, all the menrbers being present; this | Was ayout two days be.ore tts final presentation ; | Timer Mr. Tracy in the street and We had a talk over the report; | saw Mr. Tilton waen he came beiore the comanittee; he had been invited; he tes- uiled an unwillingness to give apy testimony beiore the committe: 8.07 Jor it; be did Ot mention auythlug avout 13 Jamily muiluenciag tim in witnholding nis evie dence; Mrs, Tilton’s name Was Not mentioned ; We told bim that we wanted to know every thing | We could, so as to get at the trutu of the story; we | | Said we would like to see those documents and papers, aud he would nov toll us at that ume Whether he Would pive them to us, « Do you remember Mr. Tilton saying that bis case did not depend alone on documents an papers? A. No. sir; be suid his case depen? alone on documents and papers of tae Versation Mr. Tilton held wity huilive; the stenograplier may laking notes, but Laid not nore: ‘Silom wrote exonerated best thought his plan to be to ©: i himsel!, Beecher and My ‘ogiore | World and end the matter} tay linpression 18 th ) on the 2Jd O1 July Mr, ‘iilton ee vo Mr. Sto! und brought with hit a bund e of te pers; he made one propositicn documents suould be turned over noids' keeping; Mr. Tracy was » tins time when Mr, Ti sald, “Mr. Tree: beiore me; Mr. it to racy said, w bound to keep my promise."” q. Did Mr. ‘Tilton say, ‘Mr. Tracy, varicaling m this matter?’ A, lo word | revaricaling was used; they 0, posite. Q. Was the lie passed between ther you aré pro u't think the ere radically used; | think Mr, Tracy said a number of ton’s statements were false; Mr. ‘Tilte him, “You have no right to appear nex me,’ A GARDENER APPEARS, Almost every Walk o/ life has been represented in the roll of witnesses, Alter the lawyer came a gardener—Mr, Beecher’s gardener on the 1amous Peekskill Jarm, where the pastor of Plymouth Church fondly hoped to pass his declining years in | biissiul serenity, watching the seasons come and go and attuning bis great mind to the harmonies of nature. Tne gardener was @ stout, dark-iaced man, of eager purpose, who appeared to think the whole trial hinged on his evidence. He helped in bis bumble way to promote the fortunes of his patron, Thomas J. Tarner sworn, examined by Mr. Shearman—I pave been in charge of Mr. Beecher’s farm since 1878; I recollect a visit of 4 to the jlarm ou June 2, 1373; 1 am certain of tbe date; he came irom New York by the two o’vlock Wain; he was accompanied by Mrs. Beecher; he remained that day und part of the next; lam certuim they were at ainner on the 3d o1 June; Mr. Beecher returned to the sarm on the 16th of June; 1 Was on the farm during tnat interval. CROSS-EXAMINAT. Judge Fullerton taen commenced :—Knew about the time the trai ieit through the telegram | re- ceived; | have bot got tne telegram; 1 think I have sven & copy Orit; | saw tue Copy here in New York a jew weeks ago; Sir. Hall bad 1t in bis pos- session; 1 did not remember the uay Mr. Beecher Caine to tae arm until 1 saw Lhe date on the copy Ol tne telegram; I have also seen the ttem of filly cents down in iy memorandum book that | paid for the telegram; I wade my entries on slips aud then copied them into the regular book; L am | certain, to the best of my recollection, that I pat down that tiity cents. Q. Have you eXamined any other memorandum?’ A. Yes, sir; Ihave examined the butcher's books; ithink Ihave Lamed all the memoranda I have eXamined; it Was on a Monday that Mr. Beecher | Visited the larm; he was there beiore on May 26; 1 have LO meémoranaum of that visit; the tram | that leaves New York at two o’clock geueraily gets to Peekskill in un hour and forty minutes, Here the Court took a recess til two o'clock, AT RECESS the Court was slow in assembling. The lawyers lingered in the bright atmosphere out of doors and the audience, for the first time, showed uo impatience in returning to tbeir places, Mrs, Beecher’s face caught the glad complexion of spring and ner winter paieness gave way to a more robust tinge of health, Sne conversed treely with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Colonel Beecher, @ sprigutly lady of quiet taste in dress, who sat beside her for a long tume. All the lawyers re. turned to Court much improved in looks, AFTER RECESS. Joseph 8S. Turner examiued—i reside in Peek: ) N Y.; Lam son o: Mr. Lurper, wuo last testis fieu; Lam not at present in any employment; [ worked jor Mr, Peecher on June 2, 1873; on that day went to the two o'clock train irom New Yor: went dowa to the depot at Peckskili uid drove Mr. aud Mrs, Beecher trem, the depot tu nis resie | dence; Mr. beecuer leit Peekskill on Tuesday, June 3, 1878; he went to New York. 1 my memory as to the date; itis a mere matter of recollection; Sunday was not a working day; and Unis was tne firs: day [drove out tue bay horse, Buly, to meet Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Beecher at | the station; Mrs, Beecher came up there with Mr. Beecher ou Monday, June 2; she had been there with Mr. Beecher ou the 29tl of Muy; Sunday.wag the ist of June: this waa the trst time I worked for wages; 1 urove them down to the depot on the | 8d of June, when they Were returning to New York, e TESTIMONY OF THOMAS ROCH FORT, ‘Thomas Kochiort sworn:—I am twenty-tive years ol age; Lum a receiving cierk of the Western Union Telegraph Company; 1 received a tele. gram on the zd ol Juue, 1878, from Henry Ward Beecher; tue telegram is entered in & bCOk; the - metsaue Was sent by K.P. Dancer; the telegram Was wot dated wieu Iyotic; it was written ona White piece of paper. Counsel read the telegram from Mr, Beecher, at Brooklyn, to Thomas J. Turner, Peekskill, to meet him at toe train ot Peekskill by the buli-past two train, Witness said the telegram was received and sent June 2, 1873, By Mr. Fuilerton—The date w telegram two or three weeks ag To Mr, Hill—The message was received it it Was Written on @ vlank piece of paper; itis now piuned to a reguimr lori oO! tele. gram and entered in tne receiving book in the regular order ol business; | ain enubled to swear positively that the message Was ceceived on the 2d ot June, 1873. TESTIMONY OF A, D. DINZELL A. B. Dingell sworn, ie suid Lim a telegraph Operator in the employ of the Western Union Tee. grapu Company, and was employed in their office ih tals city on June % isis; L seut the telegruin how haaded to me irom brooklyn Lo the New York omice; 1 saw tis teleyram taken irom We files of | the Western Union lelegraph Company about two Weeks ayo by Mr. Hugues; Lcau's tel the date of the telegram ; this message Was taken irom the messages ul Jang 2; 1t Was received in the Brook- lyn ollice &f Wo minutes to Olue ta the morning, and seut to the New York vile, Peekseill not Delbg Within call of our oll A PREXSKILL CHANACTRE, named Ben Kittredge, came on the stand alter the telegraph boys were disposed of, Me wore a Blanding Collar, the points of which appeared to endanger the integrity of his Jaws, he spoke With the precision o1 a proieegor of logic. He was | Clean siaved Gnd resembled Jo Jeferson ott tue stage, He spoke of the “ioliage of toe trees lnantling On the branches tu the month of June,” that obscured bis view of Mr. Beeoner's resi+ dence, TESTIMONY OF BEN KIVTREDGE. Ben Kittredge ailirmed, Me said:—1 am a farmer, residing af Peekssiil; Lum fity-tour years of age; | Live about 300 Jeet irom Mr, Beecher's resiaeuce io Peekskill; Irom my Louse you cau overlouk & considerabie portion of Mr. Beeeher's prewises; » Beecuer has a summer residence at Peekskill} 1 Can State as & positive tact buat Mr. Leecher Was at Peekskill ou Jue 2 197s; L was in New York ou tuat duy; lL revmrued to Peekssi on th@ jour o'e.0ck Li gia And got AUmeE About rte; past ive YA; doa Mi Beeeber berw uve that you would not appear | stimony taken | the | the committee are; | report | he said chere Was no occu- | a | Said, y ur. Fuierton—I have no memoranda to guide | Pat into the | . 8, and when I | and six o'clock, near his resideng, and distinctly heard nim talking; | saw hig again that day | looking at his sirubds vetwe@ his house and mine: alter dinner 1 went oujon the veranda and saw bim alone ta the shruvery; | was very | apxtous to see Mr. Beecher u the 24th of Mav, 1873; 1 knew that Mre. Beecher Bd been there on | the Tharsday beiore, and I assogited that with his coming there for the summer; | bad gone there on the 27th tosee tim, and wa disappointed to | hear that he had gone to New Yirk tor a week, t crOss-exammed, ESTIMONY OF THOMAS { TILNEY. Thomas J. Tilney, a lawyer, tstified:—I reside in Brooklyn and was married tyBrooklyu by Mr. | Beecher June &, 1875; he seeugd to have come | Noprepared 48 to Lis uress; he fd not appear to have come prepared ior « wduing (laughter) ; travel soild. MONY OF PREDIC) A PUTNAM. . Putnam testilig :—I practise medi- ) Fourth avenuejl recoliect June 4, Tleit New York on that /ay; | went by the ijarlem Kaliroad; on that day! met Mr. Beecher and Mrs, Beecher tn the traigbetween New York and New Haven, THOMAS J, TURNEBRECALLED. Thomas J. Turner reealiedsy the deience, Q. Please look at the telegam you received and say If It corresponds with th contents of the pa- per (original telegram) im yqr hand. A. Yes, sir. TESTIMONY OF STEVHIN V. WHITE. Stephen V. White testified ;-l am a stock ope | rator in New York; Lam a yember ot the legal projession; | was a member of the Investigaung Committee of the Plymeuth jnureh; I heard Mr. Tilton speak betore the Inv@tigatng Committee | on June 10; Tuton said this @se rested on written | evidence; there Was nobning said to sustain the | that he tad the proots; ‘Tilton ; u thiak there 1s nO Case, but him © give his charges, but he guid that the charge were so terrible that, if the thing e me tbe proved, Mry Beecher might be toid to leave Brooklyn or the country; he sald the committee yas oo large to tell the | case to; he was urged 0 give the charges, but he | Said he did not want © hurt a hair of that old | Man’s head; that he ad not want to hurt Mr. | Beecher; tuat it it ever same necessary to publish the charges, he wanted (0 give Mr. Beecher an op- portuuity in advauce to eave Brooklyn, Q. Did’ Mr, ‘Titon on tit occasion say that he bad any other evidence against Mr. Beecher but written evidence ? ¥ Uon Was ruled out as leading, —T have no recolection of any confession en liude aside from the written scat ment; Tilton said nis letter to Dr, volved bim in the Decessity of honor; that Mr, Beeche: magnaniaity; that he | thay more unless an att: | by Mr. Beecher aud Plymo | did not wans any | deprecated it as wnWise ana ! Suppost fleury Ward of noenme against M want re 7 Siate Sa ead a jeter from taink pont it and mi fore ti niLter & that . Keeuuer, id we did; k he suid he wo t probably would com! gain; Mr. Tilton'a post ne hat shila sure in he bad ch guilty to be “i 110 sorily 1n | that he had < uid pot remem- had saa to him, {utton say to the commit- E aid to tee committee, “Gen- Sie not tryiug to get at the tacts of 1#} YOU Dave Wot asked me the questions to | +i the facts; | haven't begun to teil re about | 48 Case Yet; 1 have told you buta smali portion | of ic;’? 1 said we want to examine you in regard to the case, and as one member of the committee 1 call on you to state anytuing and everytning that you may know in DHE INTERES! OF HUMANITY AND JUSTICE that may torow lighton tue moral characier of Henry Ward Beecher; after some \urther conver- sation Mr, Tilton seemed to lose his temper ver: suddenly, and turning to you, Mr. Tracy, he sat “ And you promised me years ugo, that if ever Mr. Beecher aud I came in couflict wity each other you would not appear as couusel tor Mr. Beecher ugainst me;” Mr. Tracy replied; Mr. Tracy Was not angry apparently; at least he did not 80 lmpress me by Dis Manner; he seemea to be ine clined to reason the matter; Mr. Tilton charged him with wnprofessionai conduct in the things he Was doling then, and he said to Mr. Tracy, “I will | | hold you to an accountability for your course,’ | Mr. ‘Tracy said in reply to tne charge that | | it was false, and that ‘Tilton had said that Mr. Beecuer had made improper approaches to Mrs. Tilton, and that at thac tune he (fracy) had told Tilton “if he charged Mr. Beecner with adultery” be should feel exonerated irom the promises made; 1ilton said to tits, -1t makes no difference, you have got my case and you have got no Tight to appear here against me; Mr. Tracy diflered trom nim io opinion upon this subject und said, “have asked, inquired upon this subject; I have consulted the best legal talent in New York and Brooklya, and will do as lam doing now.” Q. Where did this interview of which you speak take place’ A. It took place at No &4 Mouroe Place, at Mr. Storrs’ house, Q. Were you present at the meeting of the com- mittee onthe day he brougut the letters with him? A, Yes, sir; we started 10 read from them; he had a large toilo of letters; he started to read j Irom u letter of October, 1868, one of the jJetters in | | i which Mrs. ‘Tilton speaks of her wrong, or something of tnat Ring; I asked him, “What | does that letter refer tof? und he said to | | me, “Ask Mr. Beecher.” 1t seemed that it was im- | possible jor the committee to see the legal weight und significance of such matterin the case and We suggested that the letters be leitto the in- | spection of & sub-committee: that he would take | it to one person; it was agreed that Mr. Wins- low was to be THE RYE OF TRE COMMITTEE, and Mr. Tiltou said he would show them to him. Q Did he ever show the committee the Griffith | naa ce A. No, sir, Lnever saw that letter | there. i Jross-examined by Mr. Fullerton, Witness— | Lam sure General Tracy was present at tue | quarrel; I am positive that ne was present when ‘iton declined to make @ statemeut tothe In- vestigating Committee, dir. Falierton—Zhut 13 all. THAT TELEGRAM AGAIN, | Henry W. Hughes was then sworn and testified | BY he took a telegram on June 2, signed by Mr. eecher. HORACE B, CLAFLIN, the merchant prince, was the next witness called, | and Wstified that he knew Beecher, Tilton and | | Bowen, Q. Were you present at the Lenten at Mr. | Moultun’s house, at which Mr. Tilton, Mr. Wil- | | keson and Mr. Moulton were present, in the spring of 1873, Where a siatement or article was eee o1 between Mr. Boecher and Mr. Tilton? A. | eg, sir. Q. What day of the week was that meeting nela? A. It Was oo Sunday; I went to Mi, Moulton’s | house alone; I tound at Mr, sioulton’s houge when | I went there Mr, Wilkeson, Mr. Tilton und Mr. Moulton, Q Had Mr. Wilkeson any papers with him at thut interview? A. Yes, sir; 1 don’t know whether | the paper le had wad the one that wag brought | before the committee; a paper was shown me, | culled, “a personal statement; it was a press | prool. | “Q. Press copy or proot? A. It was a proof; it | | Was in print, and was subsequentiy embodied in | the tripartive agreemeni, | Q, Do you know whether itis the same paper ? | A. know that it was not the same one, but was | the Substance of it; it Was considerably Changed | alter toat. | Q, I mean the printed slip? <A. It was pasted | On the tripartite agreement. | . Was the dralt of the tripartite agreement | read over? A, That draft was rea over by Wil- keson and talked over taat bight for some time, Q. At this time wad you seen Mr, Bowen? A, | No, sir; I nad not. | Q. What was tie subject of conversation that | night between yourseil, Moulton, Tilton and Wil- | kKeson? A. Tne sudject of conversation was the publication of this paper, which Mr. Tilton pro- posed to Make In the next issue of the Golden Age, unless he vota settiement with Mr. Bowen; the contracts cn whicd he wanted a settlement with | Mr. Bowen were in connection with an sgreemeant | he had with him oa the /ndependent and Brooklyn | Union. Q Was thore any amount stated which Mr, | | Tilton ciaimed to be Gue bim oy Mr. Bowen? A. I | | think Tiiton sald $7,000, $8,000 or $9,000; Tam not | gure 4g to the amount, | | Q Was auytiing said of the means he had taken | to compel Mr, Bowen to pay him the amouns ciaimed? A. He said he baa tried very tard to | vet Mr. Bowen to pay, but tat he still retusea, f think he sald he had commenced suit. | Q. What uid he say he woaid do, if anything, unless Nr. Bowen wade this settlement? Objected to by Mr. Beach aud admitted by the Court Mr. Tracy—Give what Tiiton said he would doit Mr. Bowen didn’t pay tis claim, A, Mr. Tilton said he woud publish the article in the next paper | unless he got a settioment irom Mr. Bowen; he | Bald Lhe Wmouey Was due him and he ought to bave 1, und he would have it; f told nim there was QO occasion sor its publican, and that Mr, Bowen Would do Whay Was right avout 1b; the pablication would do vim no guod, and tt would | be w great suame to make It public; Il said | would see Bowen, and that i chought ie would Go What | Was rigut; that seemed to be satisfactory to Mr. | ‘Tilton and to all present. | Mr. Beach moved that the last answer be Stricken out, ‘the Court so ordered, | Q. Was anything sald by anyoody as to the facts of ihe aruvie prepared Fare A. Yes, | wiry it was talked over by Mr. Wilkeson and my- soty said if OUGHT NOP 10 BH PUBLISHED; | that no good would come of it, and tt would be a | great shame to publish such 4 scandal as that; there Was @ great Geal said; it was weneraiy About coat Lone, | Q. What did Mr, Tilton sogwer wien you gaid it | would bea great @hame! A, He said he Would | pUbash it HOLWithatauding, | bine withess said toat Bowen consented to an ar craton, | Tie Goure thon adjourned watt to-day, Trai in dus (we and rest like blight upon his fame, | from truth by Mr. Tilton, | Shall remain silent under these new imputations | | were no one to question it; | manutactires tacts, | ihe be one of the most affectionate we ever had. knew well enough that | warned him against tasy to the movement to woich be had given his | allegiance, and that I told tim that I SAW HIM IN A VISION driving the last nail iuto Mr. Greeley’s coin by What he would do to nominate him at Cincmnatt. But the dazzling phantom of a secretaryship under Mr. Greeley Was More than his devotion tw his pledges could witustand, He apostatuze He exerted lis utmost and su ing Mr. Greeley’s nomination. ne | his aid wt would probubly not have deen don ANOTHER SUPPRESSION. What the Woodhull Meant to Say, but Didn’t. 1 tn secur. nd not Went It She Prepares an Article Benowneing Theodore, | sont Je, ansiup sain ve pretends, au witch but Is Induced to Withhold ft, Ce ae pac | influence ma national convention upon one of | the most imporiantacts that a natiob can periorm, | Badly ini by me, Wasa’t her Poor boy! to | have tailen into the hands of one who could 80 utterly undo pum! VERY IMPORTANT IF TRUE. IP WAS GREELEY WHO SLEW TILTON. No! Mr, Tito real downfail dat from the time tne Greeley Movemont colay 4, and not “If I should be Authority for it, I could not Live with | when his intimacy with me begup. “y Bis bo! | course during this intimacy he bad won the ad- | miration of the radical element of the woe {u He had forfeited aut clatin upon the conserva- | fide etoment tong before he knew me, By Mls apos: iu a 1 % upon the truth § tasy to the radical movement jor the political and Kgl sgt mn bel hepa ed paket ‘and | Social equality of the sexes he lost ali he had OF oe -relenans:| betwenn: Mem | all he had gained, apd was leit standing almost Messrs. Tilton, Lowen and Beecher will be looked | alone, ready to be grown! to death between the Tor anxXtously by the public. upper and nether stones of radicalism and con- rn | servatism. fhe jollowing card was prepared at the time | WOODHULL TILTON’S GOOD GENIUS. Theodore Tilton gave bis testimony in the court | At unother time I stall consider further of bis room and was meant to be publisbed at that | condition si —shall how Ne period in Woodnull & Clailin’s newspaper. Cir. | Mi Bail ahow ho Elizabeth Again.” uring the period of lis relationsiip with was compumented upon all sides ior the piquancy and brililaney of nis edi- cumstances modified the temper of the writer | torials, and how a Rn seh Talet and compe. | tenc critic withal, then” absent in Europe, wrote such peprenteds (se: publigation. a | that bis articles sparkled in every line like rare A proof copy was, however, kept. AS Mrs. / ota wine, which was to be accounted for only upon Woodhull 1s not apt to be called by either side in | the theory that Ae was newly and madly in love, the case, her testimony will tell loudest of all, | fF ioe else could Dave inspired him to write re so grandly. Tuts article, in particular, bears marks of ner | "3" Pitoa, knowing wisest Goan masculine spirit and clever mind, It 1s entitled:— | to have tas lingne Ke put ae ee = Be ew ql soy z & ” fali—if Gownsall he has suffered, of which I knov ‘WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY. nothing—upon me, ‘To THRovoRE Tr.TON:— ze ee pits FURDOR a se ton ’ K le ought rather to have attribute: o his hom the gods would destroy they first make | . ca snory to his own proposition, and Aig deser- mad” Is a trite way of expressing @xreat funda- | pion srom a cause to uhich he had voluntarily mental woth, the destruction meuning a just prety d himsely, whieh pledge, Jor a goodly tine, retribution ior deeds periormed, and the madness TILTON ABJURES VIO APTER THR LABEBAL COW meaning the lack of wisdom which makes the | ‘. perforinance of the deeds possibie. In this sense there was never, probably, a better Mlustration of the old adage than tat now presented by one, if | ‘ot both, of the principals to the conflict in prog- yess In Brooklyn, SHE BOUNCES BEECHER. Was asymptom of madness foretelling de- | ‘fon when Mr. Beecher used the terms * meless animal,’? “a chambermaid’s slop-pail’” to describe persons who had merely Viacts of which he had been the active ‘l was at the time doing every possivio | onght not Ido not wonder that he never came to seo me after tne Cinctunatt Convention. Mad If played such a part with any one as he had played with me I should have been ashamed to have met that one again. Lut to pass fo a review of his pro‘essed theory for our relations. is a strenuous edort evident to make It appear as Al he formed my acquaintance and maintained it solely to suppress the Scandal, and that he nad to stand With Msi on my mouth, constantly doing me some pM MAkiVe it public, Such 30 It ‘ane vppress. vty certain “dear Sriends' atte 1 mention o: my Bame, and whose Niod be bod any wisdom at all, any faith in the ¥ n an extraordinary and ethereal jew oof eiernal compensation, ne should have | quaity that the mere reference ts tree love casts a shadow of reproach upon it ANDAL LED TO THEIR ACQUAINTANCE, Under ordinary circumstances i sould never TILTON a PERJURER. have reierred to this part of the subject, but Mr. On the other hand, the shameless departure | aan ae hot Peay ee a = | under his imputations and faistfications, when m giving evidence under | knows so woli as he does that 1 teed not to do 5 Oath—this departure being possible of the most | fee asingle moment it I make use oO: the material known that (uose terms would come home to him positive proof—to shield himself from the Dave at hand. J grant that my threatened yhic " publication of the scandal jirst brought Mr. odiam which he bas conjured up in bis Fyon to me; but l deny in futo that the fear own mind as existing on account of | that f wouia pubiish it was the reason of his action | his relationship with me, 1s patently a | alterward. Mr. Tilton need not assume any dre- Matic positions about this, He Knows that I have the most Conclusive proot that his relations with me were from an entirely diferent motive, and for an entirely diferent purpose; indeed, that the suppres: symptom of madness also, on his part, assuredly to lead to destruction. I am astonished beyond measure, even when considering the source irom k Z siou of the scandal, except as its coming srom him Whica it emanates, at the fooltardiness that made | ag ts authority, WAS UO part Of his motives ior it possible, and 1 wonder if he imagines that I | anything he alu for me. BOWEN TO BE MADE THE ACCUSER. | He would have consented to aid in its publication as Ihave done thus far under others he has cast | in any way that could have made Mr. Lowen re- upon me. | sponsivle for its communication to ine. “If I HER PROPHECY. | should be made to appear as the authority for it, T Henry Ward Beecher may nave done many | could Rot itve yolth Biteahetis asericard, moe his z | argument, Hence it was not the suppression of the Unwise things, but he never did one so unwise | socada: at all that concerned him. He knew well as when he invited the destruction of the gods by | enough that I intended to publish it at the proper attempting to make others bear the weignt of bis | time, unt 38 i eye be made aceon OM Air. aig bt “ . . | Beecher’s coming to occupy a position publicly on own folly, Theodore Tilton has done many an une | pat Question. smnular 10 tial Upon. whieh T wiso thing, but he never periormed one s0 toolish = giood. And Mr. Tilton will scarcely dare to tell so as when he recklessly invited the destruction of bedre wong ea ted ade aca ines his own testimony. For let this trial endasit | or that ne ever expected that 1 would not in the may, let the evidence that may be advanced be | event of Mr. Beecher’s fatlog to tius pronounce restricted as it will, the time must come when tt | aa pte Herbie ie re “saan ron ss | was that he sh invorves riscnrily. Will be kuown that tae odium which te las at | yes, WooDHULL TILTON’S CONFIDANT A€D COU: tempted to cast upon me belongs upon his own | S shoulders, and there it shall, at last, come home | to reat. | SHE IS NOT ASHAMED OF THE COMPARISON. | It hag not been my purpose to inte: fere in the | slightest way upon either side during the present | SELLOR. A moment’s consideration of Mr, Tilton’s rela+ tions with me Will show the improbability, if not ‘the imposaibility, of the truth of hia theory. \ man in the position with a woman m which he protegses that he stood with me—that of constant guardianship and of kindly offices to suppress a scandal—would ever make that woman nis con- fidant and his counsellor. He would not lay bare his soul to her witn all its controversy. Indeed, | have willingly rested under a number of imputations from both sides, | which I could have readily removed rather | noe ‘{ntrust. her with Mis own ipmost secrets than to even seem to wish to so interfere, | and those of bis intends, confided sacredly to him, 1 have an abiding faith that all this will | Meuge perplexities;, ne would sot taske ner eventuate in a perfect clearing up of all the | his sharer im the “foolish letters oi silly mystery and hypocrisy under which ithas been po ei RP he — Phere bake one Ving | selves and him deeply love; he would not in- attempted to conceal the facts, and that each | tot her with the means to ruin Mis reputation, actor in the drama will eventually stand betore | jis honor, his all, as he has done all this with me, the world in his or her true position. Ican aiford | No! tp Se La ati He iene ot Lord : | woman favors, but such things as Ina ounted to wait until this time, and I snail not be ashamed | Vora, They are bestowed only when of the comparison to which I shall be subject, | and where the most powerful of all motives move t comes, ‘ men and women to venture everything upon the Nd ek rod feels nt Ae | cast of aalngie die, transyurming the covt, cautious, So much for my general present position. But, | faicwlating man into the hot-neaded, inconsiderate after reading the testimony of Mr. Tiltoa, given TILTON'S “SCHGOLBOY SNIVELLING.” during the examination, I havo reconsidered this | That he regrets a thie t neve ae doudt, since course, and shall so far deparé irom it as to | Git norsucceed with me. Tat he wow regards his roperly characterize portions of hia evidence | action as having deen ‘yoolish and wrong" I have D | ug) that relate to myself. | no reason to pk T told him it was so at tho Passing for the time the theory upon which Mr. a al ey yee My Bese eda Tilton professes that our relationship was beguao = it iolisu and pinnae BF aly totter bas Page sein and maintained—wntch 1 will simply say nere is | Jt is a little schoolboy’s sniveiliog— “He mude pitt, y 1 just the reverse of the true one tor the mainte- | See oan Ee CE Cee al nance, at leasteIshall take up the facts above; ‘To reiirk to such an earenee and to continue to | pretend to retain any of the elements of manhood, which he has testited. His statement of them isa | dognt tomake him @ laughing stock for every tru most ingenious development of the prolessed,) woman. 1 nave said betore that I beloved that theory;* that 1s, it would be ingenious if there | oe Tilton would make quite a man if he showd but untortunacely | tite to grow up. for nis iets, aa well as tor mis theory, | piinrsines reading his evidence upom tiie era there are those who can tear the latter to tatters % TEITON PROTECEING TWO NANCE | A 2 e Now, what is it of which Mr, Tilton 1s ashame: and so chanue the former as to entirely reverse Ite | hte telanions with me? Does he kbow. Of one Whether their ald will be invoked upon this pres | uniaaylike act that I committed during the time ent trial or not, in the infinitely greater and more | bal pee bho elpiek Sua Cog = Eg or te 2 | witn anybody else? Come, Mr. theodore Tilton, ie onary None Weaken Justice | wnat is tt Vast causes your Innycent blood to . mount your cheek and you to refuse to be de- + WOODHULL NO INJURY TO TILTON. Jended jor yourrelationsnip with me? I challenge Lsay that Mr. Tilton has recklessly courted his | the production of a single thing. You stand be- own destruction when there was no need to have | Beecher before you, as if I had been a contemp done so, So evident a departure irom the points — bie —— to mom ee hel was an un- at iasue 1 the trial as ke has made—as the Court | }8Tdonabie sin! Come, come, thing anyon wonld has permitted him to make—for the purpose of | have inferred. rn n transierring all the odium from himself upon me | | You reier to the “Tit for Tat” article, and say | that it was the cause -of you eaking with m will not assist the Jary in arriving at the tratn or | Wis that article, which You have Tuy Tusa falsity of the aileged relations between Mr. pie own cae “to vindicate your honor,” 4 Beecher and Mrs, Tilton, nor in assessing the | suMicient cause for your 0 our rewtions? Hadn't If the same right to retort damages in the event of its conviction of their | Qirery upon those who were defaning me in truth, decause all the acts upon which damages — the vilest way that you had to retort upon Mr. can be claimed occurred before the relationship a eae ‘ee Bacon haa designated you as whtoh he characterizes vegun. | Or do you hold becanse 1 am a woman that So jar as I am involved, I accept the part to | 1have norignt to self-defence, and that I must which I am invited, If Mr. Tilton has thrown | tamety suomit to whatever anv set of women may * deem fit to say? But wuy should I deal in sup- Gown the gauntiet of deflance he mast not object | positions when | have the ince that you only objected to the unspeathing of the sword in reply and the | to the pudlication af two names in that article, Casting away of the scabbard, a8 he has dono | “SIHIKE THRM OUT AND I WiLL HELP YOU RILL r | HE REST, When defied by Mr. Beecher. | for they richly deserve it for the use they have Ihave not the space nor the time now to any | made of your Bane. vid you, Under the ad More than call attention to his departures from | Of this lact what becomes of your pretence o trath by briefly outlining thom, reserving tho | YOU! cifeclive indignation, of your toollane hess and wrong,” jor which you reiuge to be di details of each, to be taken up seriattm, as my | tended + Wh indeed Wigs uf they at ie a point to what isreally the trath—that the brea Soe however, sate permit, 1 win him to learn foie relations cule ivom the other side of the 1 ACCEPT HIS CHALLENGE, | house—that It was [ and not yourseli who severed and also that 1am prepared to maintain all thatl | thes. have iudicated or sail indicate regarding his evi- | |! do not intend that you shall falsely add any dence, | More Garkpess to the cloud that you have siready | Cast Upon my name and fame, I am the one, and TILTON LIES. it Tiiton’s Account of our interview brought about by the card in the Zimeg and the Wor ‘ YOU CAM# TO ME UNSOVONT news 2 i yi vers | my conduct at the first interview witn | Me, aad when you had iuued to accomplish what Mr. Moulton 1@ algo untrue; his evidence | YOU Ladin vieW you Went outto the world and Yegarding aig letter addressed to Mr. Sum. | Saul you had decn entrapped things by & designing Woman and that you now repented of all that you had said or Gone for her, ‘This is the deepest intamy that can be cast upon any woman, aad were you to live @ thousand years and have a thousand lives, avery one of which should be devoted to undoing the injury tha Natt have Wrongit lor me, sou would stil ail tow from your erratic course, I, air, am NO creation of your consideration or in thta regard. ner 18 & ialsiflcation, but u good iiustration of | his unbounded eg. tim; Dis svatement about the | Writiug o| my biography, except im so lar as the Jurnistiog the Mets upon wich it ts founded is is utterly perverted, (No Feet wees He obtains them from those WhO possess them ag Mr. Tliton dows in this case; and 18 bot responsible for them, let them be what wey may; but Mr. lilton supplied everything out. side them, and in this reyurad occupies the same Osition ad Bay Other olograpner.) His testimony | Making, or of your magnanimity, 1 exist aud Fequrdiug the. Steinway. dail lecture is aitnose | maacuin Bay BORLTIOR, ROOMY HY BUSPS OR: SOUP Ee Wiiolly & Series Of UnIMitigated lalsehoods; and go | BOUNCeMents. also is that about the | POISON. “PIT POR TAT” ARTICLE. But you, sir, stand testifying against Mr. The interview avout this articie of wnich he | Beecher-—against that for whieh you had iong since speaks was not the Huai ove between us. The last Sorgen him—vevause T have not been so low and IniervieW was Upon abuther andentirely diferent | vite, ¥o treacherous to the trust that you reposed in sutject aod vccasion, occurring on the eve of bis | me, as to lay bare before the world what 1 knew departure to attend the Ulncinnati Convention. | af your conduct since the 224 of May, 1871, when, That arucle was writted @ mouth belore, and the | defied almost to do so by your unmanly course, I editorial in wy own paper regarding it | coniess, sir, that 1 have hoped almost again Was printed three weeks prior to the nowina- | hope chat the many brilliant talents that na tow of Mr, Greeley, At this really lagt interview been given of God to you, might yet be consecrated Mr, Tiltou knows Well enough bas there Was Ho | yo the social regenerdiion vi tad race. ee, OF wtbitGdes of hig pari, Me had earned Bus the last veetize vl that hopo laa how goue ir veugility With me long before, He Nnew well | OU ip the “ees DeFOnG Where DOpe exints. enough Wiad this tniervigw was intended by him to | VICLURIA UO, WOUDKUL Ls All through his evidence there | imperiections as Well as its beauties; he would | | fore the Court and humbie yourselt as did Mr, | retended agony about | not you, sir, Who bas gooa grounds of complaint | into doing these | olly repair tue wrong that 1 have suffered | —__---——————— OBITUARY. JOHN MARTIN, M. P., MITCHEL'S BROTHER-D® Law. A cable telegram {from Duolin, Ireland, under date of yesterday, March 20, brivgs the folowing melancholy angouncement:—‘John Martin, mem- ber of Parliament for Meath, died to-day, He bad been aihng some tine fast, and became seriously ill in consequence ef the excitement prouuced by the recent aeath of John Mitchel, whe Was his brother-im-law.’” RYCH OF HIS LIFE. Joun Martin was bora im Loughorne, In the _ county of Down, Ireland, on the 8th of September, | Isl2, and was consequently sixty-three years of age he time of his demise. Me was the eldes son of Samuel Martin and Jane Harshaw, bow natives of the neighborhood and members of Prese byterian families setiied inere for many generae About the time of bis virti his 1atber pure a the fee simpie of ihe large farm whien had previously rented, and two of his uncie@ similar investments, the tamily bee tor he | having made | came proprietors of the town laud on whick they lived, When young Martin attatned nis twelfta year he Was séat to tue scnool ol Dr. denderson, at Newry, Where te first became acquainted with Jobn Miichel, then attending the same seminary asa day scholar, He nextstudied as 4m extorn ste 2 Dublin, and @ year alter death of is jather took out his Gegree uw in 1883, being then at twe age of twenty J he took up iis residence in Dublin and dé voted himsell tu the study ol medicine. He sub: sequeutiy made extended tours in Ameneca and on the Continent, having Incanwhue succeeded to the lamily property in Loughorne, On the occa Sion of Ue seizure by the British government of | John ditchel’s newspaper, in 1848, af who up to that Gum not hursell prominentiy in Irish poiltics, stepped sors ward while the boldest seemed paratyzed, und assumed (he responsibility of supplying the place OL the extinguisued United Iristinan, bY staring, at nls Own CXpense, irish Felon, Of course, lis paper Was soon'seized tn turn, aod he himsei£ arrested, led and seet to Keep company With Mitcsel In. Van Dieman’s Land, Sivee ais returg to Ireland his Nistory has been t 1 the Dational ation, Lut tor his unceasiog efforts even | the Home Kule niovement would not | today in the position 1¢ cecupies. | year’ 1868 Mr. Martin married the you lest sister of John Mitchel, and i year ne and Ars. Martin sailed ew York on a visi to their Iriends In tue United States and Canada, lt waa during Mr Martim’s absence the memorable Longiord elec: tion took piwee, Which brought oun out promis nentiy for aseat in the British Parhament. Im December, iss, Mr, Murtin was elected to Parltae ment Jrom Meath, and took his seat in the Hous o: Commons, Whee, though he never caat @ Vote, eVen Dis opponents acknowledged that, upon any question that concerned tne honor or weltare of bree Hines land, he was the “Member for all Ire- jaud.?? | BENJAMIN LUMLEY, ITALIAN OPERA MANAGER, European advices of the 19th instant chronicle the fact that Mr. Benjamin Lumley, the, well known manzger of the Italian Opera ta Lone don, and a lawyer by profession, died on Wednede day, the 17th of March, Mr. Lumley was popular in all the great cities of the world, old and new. He was bora ta the year 1812, and was conse+ quently sixty-three years of age at the time of bis decease. He was educated for the legal protession, | Was duly calied to the in England, and prac Used with much success fora brief period, He | devoted consideravic attention to the subject of | Gperatic management, and, in the year 1845, be- | came director of Her Majesty Theatre, ‘There was DUC One Italian Opera House in London at the time. | In tue year 1837 a schism, lollowed by & secession, took place among the partics more tmmediately interested in the undertaking, But the remarkable success of Jen d maintained the ascendancy of Her i: 8 Theatre despite the trouble which Had just énsued and which produced a bri interregnum, ‘The iast seasons of Mr. Lumt rule were marked by the: brilliant successes of Piccolomini, Tietjens and Giughni. His energied never failed him, aud be went on until his reputas | Hon us a manayer became estabiishea on a orm and enduring basis, Then he commenced to think | Ol retizement, ide accoiaplished the actin the | year 1863. On the occasion of nis _larewell bene- | Git Mile, Piccolomini journeyed from Florence te London eeereny 10 take part in the performance, An account of his experiences as a fr, Safi under the titie of ra.’ | | | | written by himself, was published in the “Reminiscences of the Opel After his retirement irom the opera Mr. Lumley resumed the practice o1 the law. MAJOR FRANK H. HARRIS, The special correspondent of the HERALD at Hoe noiwu, Ss. L, writing on the 10th of March, reports Major Frauk H. Harris, soo of Vices Chancellor Harris, was drowned at Hilo, on the | 20a of February. GEORGE HEMPSTEAD, Aspecial HERALD corresponaence from Hono¢ lulu, of March 10, suppiles the following intelll gence:—George effipstead, a native of New London, Coun., committed suicide, by cutting bis | throat ut tne Sailors’ Home, in this city, on the } 8thiast, There is no kuown cause for the raga act. Mr. Hempstead has sailed out of the port | lor years past, and earned a reputation second te none 4s @ steady reliable officer, JOHN E. LILLOR, EDITOR. | J. E. Lillor, editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette, was found dead in his bed at three o’cluck, yesterday Morning, 29th inst., Laer A irom heart disease, at his residence, Denver, THE RAILROAD WAR TOM SCOTT ON THE WAEPATH—THE ERIE aMD LONG BRANCH RAILROADS, The Scott-Garrett controversy on the freight tariff has given rise to an important move on the part of the Erie Railway Company. It is well known that Colonel Scott 1s firs: on the list of the | Erie directors, and this new policy 1s attributed te him a» the first attempt to divert trafic tarough the Erte to the West. On and after tne 1st of April commutation rates for passengers in local twavel—viz., between New York and suderns— Will be reduced twenty-five per cent, and trang tnat have heretofore ran only to Paterson will rug | to Suiferns. The directors have reserved to tel | Dext meeting the question of the reduction oi ti Mreight tari, | whe fight between the Pennsylvania and the | New Jersey Central is being waged hercely in tau New Jersey Legislature. Tne main point op | Which the dght hinges ts the construction of the Long Branch Railroad from New York by the Cen. tral Rantroad, ‘Ihe question was submitted 10 the courts aud was decided iu favor of the Central Railroad, and the Peansylvania Corsten are now endeavoring so to modiry the general raliroad law | as to accomplish their object indirectly a vent the completion of the Long Brancu THE BROOKLYN BANK ROBBERS, The astute Brooklyn detectives claim to have @ clew to the whereabouts of tie burglars whe were engaged in the attempt to rod the Long Island Bank, No, 47 Fulton street. Officer Charles Frost, sergeant of detectives, nas assumed charge of the cage, which circumstance, judging from the experience of he past year, would Dot appear to jeopardize tue liberty of the thieves to any | Ucular degree, Frost compiaims that the pub! tion of the iacts of the attempted roboery prevent the arrest of the culprits, and aid | In is power to keep the case irom the press, The Treasurer of the Po! Board, Carat 4 or S e Brigge, pronownces bis action in ppressing a @ Dagrant violation of the rules o: the Gepart ment, bus whetuer at Will lead to the remov; She offending officer is a question that the missioners uecline to answer. THE OLD GUARD, The Old Guard paraded yesterday, it being the Occasion of the presentation of a silk fag by the 8008 of tue late Colonel Thomas T. Ferris, The Gnard assembled at their headquarters, No. 213 Fourth avenge, at two o’ciock, und, headed Gimore’s baad, marcved to Irving Hall, wa | were in waiting over One thousand ladies and gentlemen, the inembers of the, oe oye and various oficers of the £irat Division New State National Guard, + FREIGHTS TO CALIFORNIA. | The Committee of Conference of the Pacific Mail, | the Panama Railroad Company and the represen® | atives of the overland route held a meeting at the oifice of the tormer yesterday at ju view the estabistiment of a p a ‘Unliori rate ol jreiguts between this pot am San Francisco, The committee juraed Withor taking any practicai action in ve matter, thor it is anticipated that » definite deteru wili be airived at at an early day. CAPTAIN LOVEJOY'S WIFE. cS | To THe Eprtor or tHe HERALD s— | Inthe iwRaLd of inst Tuesday you mention @ | shuoting adray in Williamsourg, 1a which Lorense | W. Lovejoy was attacked by his sons, Your paras raph coutains & mistake in saylag that Mr. | areioy ned a divorce irom his wie, ag | wife. He never asked for w divorce or made au, cnarge against me. Oa the contrary, | comm 4D achion Uyalose Lim, Which was subsequen | dropped fur jegnl reasons, oping you will eC P| the error, Lam, Fee ct iS ovasor, | Witstaatss0nu, Marvd 9, 1bTa