The New York Herald Newspaper, March 31, 1875, Page 4

4 - NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1875.-TRIPLE SHERT. f THE TRIAL OF BEECHER, MR. CLAFLIN ON LAWYERS. How Mr. Shearman Was Inter- preter and Counsel. UNEXPECTED WITNESSES Their Testimony Ruled Out by the Court. THE DEFENDANT STILL ABSENT. Another Religious Letter from Mrs. Woodhull. Rumor had it that the great defendant in the Beandal trial would mount the witness stand yes- terday morning and g.ve bis own version of the Sase, This had the effect o! filling the corridors of the Court House, though not the court room itsel Jor some Vigilance still remains iu exercise to pre- vent overcrowding. The defendanc did not even show himsel!, and Mrs, Beecher, who came alone, entered long aiter the proceedings had begun. An unusual degree of bustle and talk in the law- pers’ quarter jent color to the expectation of Beecher appeariug, but the reflection that Horace B, Claflin was a pending witness, who as yet bad not undergone cross-examination, correctea the erroneous impreswion. Still a hupe prevailed that Biter recess toe Piymouth pastur would be called, as it Was Said Le lad a particular aversion to be- winning the day’s proceedings with his own testi. mony. Later in the day DEFINITE INFORMATION Was furnished by one of the counsel for the ae- fence that Mr. Beecher would take the stand this moining and end ail suspense. Not long after the court assembled Mr. Evarts took Bis coat and nat and left, He proceeded to Mr. Beecher's resi- fence and remained there to probably arrange the order of examination and to make Mr. Beecher acquainted with the interrogatories he would have to meet. H. B. CLAFLIN’S APPEARAN Yesterday's proceedings were remarkable only In the strong, clear evidence of Horace B. Clafia. The poin. he emphasized was that Tilton used his story to compel the payment of money from Bowen. Iu the lurid light of Claflin’s evidence Tilton shows to disadvantage. Mr. viaflin was neatly dressed and wore a pair of slate tinted kid gloves. He was suf- ering irom a@ cold 8) severe that nis voice was maudible beyond the official stenographer. To obviate this it became necessary jor Mr, Shear- man to sit at the feet of the witness and repeat bis answers aloud fur (he benefit o the Court and aeporters. To those who bad Lo view of woe wit hess the impression was given that Shearman, and Not Cladin, Was the Wii ness, a8 ail the repites tame through the clerk o. Piywouth church. LEGAL VISITORS. Scattered apont Juyge Neilson on the bench were Judge R. Grown, of Warren, Pa.; ex- Judge Johoson, of tae Supreme Court, Pennsyl- vania, and Judge Cuariles L. Benedict, Eastern dis- trict 0. New York Betore tne proceedings began application was made by Mr. Evarts to the Court ior an order to take toe te-timuuy of Mr, Henry M. Cleveland, Whose bealth would not permit him to a:tena the tial. Mr. Cleveianu Was one of the investigat- sng Committee, most of whom nave been already odered us Witnesses. THE EVIDENCE. Afier the jury had answered to the call and Mr. Evar's hud couciuded his remarks in reierence to tae inv lid witness, Mr. C.eveiand, Mr, suear- mao called Mr. H. B. Ciadiu, woo immediately tooa the stand. Bir. Suearman sat bynim aud re- peated is auswers, jhe witness stated: Churles Storrs, M. The arbitrators were Mr. James Thayer and myself; they Were aii pre Mr. ‘Tiltou, Mr. Moulton and Mr, Bowen were aiso present; Mr. Jiton Made a long argument, stutiag Ni8 gilevauces, and went over the whole ground With Mr. Bowen fiter be vad finisued Bowen stated nis cuse, and only occupied u few minute they tuen leit tue watter for our cousideratiun; in about half un our we made up cur minds what the award shoule be: We then Sent ior the parties and tuld them what We had agreed upon; tae announcement Was made by myreu, in the presence of Mr. Moul- ton. Mr. lilton and Mr, Howeu; L told tuem we bud made up our minds (mat they should burn up All papers Connected with the scanda!, Mr. bowen thouid pay Mr, Tilton $7,000 and tney should sign the TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT} shere Was a talk about a letter of apology which Was them im priut; that lever and ali the otners o be destroyed; Mr. Lilton and Mr, Moulion appeared savistied with the award, and said they Would acquiesce in toe decision a8 to vurning the papers; Mr. Beecher suid be bad uo papers, Lut Would ike to recurn tie Woodstock setter, woich Was agreed upou; i then brought out tue paper jor them \0 Sign; Mr. Tilton wantea to alter it; [ toic him be thoroughly uuderstooe it, and al- thous he agreed ita me ue wanted to alter it; 1 assed bim what alterations he desired to make; he took his pencil and said, “I will soon in- dicate what they are; be interlined the paper, and, I twink, diso put sometuing on @ paper that was attached to it; the paper Was then satisiactory, as tney ail said they were ¢ nt; I then took the paper and ried it to Sum Wilkeson to draft it and make a clean copy; Mr. Bowen gave bis check that night to Mr. iiiton ior the amou 1 the award; Mr. Bowen was very prompt avout giving th eck; Ked me if | Would lend oim ihe money jn case K ACCOURL Was MOL suiliclent; I said “cor. d nut see ‘ue Coeck handed to eituer Moulton or Yilton; I think the signing of the check Was the last act of the conierence; 1 took the agreement away with me aud gaye it to Wiikeron B-Xt day; i alterward received un engrossed copy or it; think I then carried the paper to Mr. Charies Storrs to take to Mr. bowen; ater Bowen had signed it i think Storrs took 11; it was a/ter- ward returned with Mr. Tilton’s signacure and I then took it tu Mr. Keecher aua have retained 1 ever since; 1 remember a conversation with Mr. Soutuwick about my suvscriving jo the Golden Age. Mr. Tracy—Did Mr. Southwick advise you to consult Mr. Beecuer abvut doing it? dar. Fullerton—Ovjected to. Alter a little argumen: the Judge decided tnat be could not take tue couversation, Out omy the result. Witness continued—I had a conversation with Mr. Beecher about the Golden age; ge was iu- diferent about it, saying thas I knew more abou business matiers taun he did aid could Judge for Maysel!; | remember the publication Known as the Woodnuli scandal; | nad a conversation concern- lug 4 LeWSvaper enterprise; 1 think Mr. Carpenter yoke to me about It; 1 had @ meeting Mr. Bowen’s in December, 1872, on the subject; It was aiver tue deain ol Mr. Greviey; Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Ubaries Storrs, Mr, Bowen and myseli were Dresent; 1 aid not know Mr. — Storrs very 1 rsonaliy, but | knew of him; 1 thougnt was a iriend of ‘filton’s; I bad always been a frienu of Beecher’s ; toat interview lasted until late im tue evening; the idea was (0 start a new paper. Q Who were toe parties to be Interesied ? Mr. Fuilert. n—Onje to. - The Judge—I Gout think you can give that ques- jon. Witness resumed:—1 saw Mr. Tilton afterward, Sd (he conversation turned upon His relations with Mr. Be . Had you at any time vefore that interview @ajlea Mr.‘ iitou a Diack mutier ? Mr. Fuiertoa—Onjected ¢ Alter # ite ciscussion question out, and saortiy allerward Mr. Tracy Glowed the direct exam nation, THE CHK MINAT the Judge rolead the Mr. Fullertou then comine business and Withess staved:—The first meeting 4 bad was at Mowiton’s; was in the jase arch, 18° Mr. Wilkeson was present: It Beekver néked me to go there; Ltuiwk Mr Lhad not seen Mr. Bowen ve was a nigh was ‘Tuesda vn se vre | went or two first tior we; xt i meeting Was on Sunday; Iain nvt positive woether | saw Mr. Bowen betwe hese meetings; at the first meeung Mr. Titou showed me che 88 copy of Uhe letter oi LsTl, cailea the persoual statement, Which ne said He Would pudlign in the Golden Age wuless he gut satisiaction irom Mr. Bowen; when Teaw the articie {Said it would be a very wre wrong (o all Concerned in it, as it might do much harm and vo gv0g; Mr. Wiikeson tien proposed Wat he should sign an agreement of peace, wend i wd | thought that Mr. Bowen would pay anything t was , and the wiatte? wus tuiked over jor some lime; Mr. Tilton insisied that nuthing coula StOy he puvieaUON i LMS arlicie Under @ settie- @ent on the jart of Mr. Bow ne said Mr. bowen hd treaved im very badiy and ne was going tw wave satisiaciion; they bad considerable further taik that | Gane me mead te mid: ME Wiikeson a | | some uiftcuity in I had another tlk about the trial, and we finally agreed to meet again ou the next might; Ltniuk 1 ive HOW stated thé sostance of evervihing that occulred at That meeting; & proposition was mad» that Mr. Tilton should sich tLe paper read by Mr. Wiikeson at the tis! meeting; Mr. iliton made some onjections ty the terms o1 tue agreement and ssid Waal ve Would sign avd What he woud not; Ido « rememt @uy al itlog being pac io writha some allerations vere agreed upon That Were Wulually ayreeabie; | tuk var next meetiog Wastin Mi. Mouton 8 uay On luesday; Mr, Wilkeson tueu producea a pap ’r in perlect Jorm; ft Was read in the yy of ali the par- ties except Mr. Bowen; Mr iiiton, afier reading My said, “lL um sausiiew with the paper and will sign it tem times over Wf agreeabii 1 think Tilton expressed @ willingness ty sign it, aud alierhe had taken up tae pen | told him ie had vetter Wait until Bowen bad sigued it; | had restraining bum rom patting down his sighature at ouce; I took the paper to Mr, Bowea, and left the paper with lum; 1 returned to Mr. Moulton’s house that evening; Mr. Wilke+ sou and Mr. Tilton were .present; lt was aiter- wards proposed to have an arbitration. Q. Wo Gamed the first arburator? A, I could Not state. 4. Did you pame one? A. I think I did, sir. Witness continued—I do not remember veing mamed at all; 1 dv pot know whether I was humed that nual; there were Do Writings 10 re- Jution '0 the aroltration: I don’t remember after the aWard Was mace Woether a copy Was given to Mr. Bowen or not; Mr Bowen drew his eneck immediately after the award; 1 oid not lend him any money to pay tae award, ashe did not want It; 1 do not khow that 1 saw tue cueck or the date on it; nothing was said to Mr. iitou about Wauere to deposit tne check, at least Luo nov remember anything that was said; Lhave now related ali that 1 now remember: 1 thiuk Lsaw Mr. Bowen and Mr. Beecher sigu the Wiparti'e agreement; I dia not see Mr. ilitou sig it; 1 think dr, Bowen signed if first; Une lituie slp Wus uttuched to tue agreement, aud lormed a pors ton oO; [ne document; I tuink that the matter on the sup Wes read by all those present; I do not thing Mr. Tuton made any remarks about it; Ldo nol KNOW Wout oecame of tue Ovizinal arait of the agreement; | touk thé paper and 1ts awend- ments ou the following day to Mr Wil Keson; I never saw (hose papers again alter givi.g them cto Mr, Wilkeson to engross; Tthink Mr. flton proposed to leave to Mr. Moul- tou the custody v1 the tripartite agreement: there Was ho obilgation Imposed upon me aiter it came into my custoay to keep it secret; I never purted With tie paper anti Mr. Beecuer sent jor 1t anu got it ada alterwaid returned i; 1 recollect tuat 1b Was pubiished in the newspavers; 1 am not sure of the year it was pubiusued; 1 know Victoria Wooanull a litte, THE WOODHULL. Toe mild little man of millions blushed as he said he called on the Woodnull tu Broad street, Tn¢ Woodhull had flung out her bait in ali direc- tions and booked the dry goods merchant as weil as the literary editor. Cladin went cut of mere curiosity to see the puenomenon, Woodbuil called to see the great merciaut at bis home. The mo- tives of cue call oa the one side and on the other were evidently of diamerric ditference, Q. Well, how jittle or how much? A, She has caiied at my oiltce once or iwice; I revurned the call aud Went to ber oflice on Jroad street; 1ao not recollecr the date; 1 could not say the year; It Was soon @ter she est.bushed herseit as a iady banker; woen she culled she toid me sue was about to open an oMce and said she would like me to call aud see 1; sue called at my aouse eitner in the winter or spring; i caled oo her some weeks alter; soe seut ber paver; I did uot subscribe ior it; 1 don’t know whetuer 1 paid for 1U; Mf she senta bili L probably paid for it; | saw one ol my cards 10 it: Laon’t kuoW bow many tlwes It wus iuserted; 1 weut into Mrs. Woodnbull’s at the suggestion of a Iriend to see the new bank; 1 had no 1uea the card Was pudiisned until I saw it; Jvisitea Mrs, Woodhull ouce at ber house; it was the same Week thut Lewis Tappan died; Mr, Bowe accompanied me there; 1 went there to see some ducuments. iaving ciosed with Mr. Clafin the Court took the usual recess until two o'clock P. M. APLER RECESS. No sign of Beecher—no sign of Evarts. Looks are turned to tne door, but the much expected Witness never appears, Tuen in walks a fair young girl, With @ show white mumier around her peck, @ Wide-ieaf hat and jet black velvet jacket, A azz passes around the room, and the report is that it is Tilton’s daugnter, Fiorence; but she silts in the Plymouth seats, and she shortly ascends he stand and turns a mila blue eye on the law- yers. Mill, in bis terribie fee, foo, fam way, roars to the witness, “Miss Roger, what ts your occupa- tion?’ und the cherry lips separate and 4 gente Voice responds, “a telegraph operator,” and there the romance ends, Miss Louisa Johanna Roger said:—I was a tele- graph Operator in the Western Union ‘ele- wrapo office, New York, on June 2, 1873; I got No, 8 Weesage trom Brookiyn on that day; ibe Witness described the Mode Oo! dolug business in the office on tne receipt of telegrams; tue tele- Gram was received by me at two minutes to nine A. dd. ;1 wrove ‘Juve 2, 1574," on the teiegram, and I am sure it Was received On that day; this tele- gTam Was seut cy the general olice in Peekskill. Mr. Hill reau the te egram. it Was tue same as that read in rou'ine on the previous day irom Mr. Beecher to Turner at Peekskill. TESTIMONY OF MAKY C. JOSEPHS, Mary C. Josepns, a telegraph operator at Peeks- Kul, identified @ ierterpress copy of the telegram which sae said se bad received trum Mr. Beecuer, audressed to Thumas J. Lurner, at Peekskill, om June 2, 1873. MORE JOURNALISTIC WITNESSES, George F. Wiiliams was then called to the stand. Mr. Williams was expected to prove that the Woodhull publication of the Beecher scandal was haw&ed about the newspaper oiflces some three or jour months velore its actual puolication. Q. Did you ever see a proof of the Woodhull scandal béetore it was published? tuis question Was odjected to by plaintiff's counsel. mr. Hill said he proposed to show that proot slips O/ (nis scandal Were circulated among news- paper meu, Including the Wituess, as euriy as April aud May, 1872, tue Court—How do you connect the plaintif with thacy Mr. Suearman—We connect him with it by the evidence of Woodley. We propose to show the existence Of tose proof sitps before tuey ‘were abiished, and vefore the time they were seeu by Voouley in the presence of the plaintim, Tilton. Mr. Palier‘on deuied that there was apy such evideuce givea »y Woodley, and event he gave Buct evideuce it Would not be competent. iney bot proveé What tue contents oi the slips Beiore taey could make tie sips evideace pad ious: SLOW Wha! Connection the plaintiff had with them, dar. Hii replied that the Court conid not fail to recoliect the evidence of Wooaley upon this sup- ject, when he said taat Tiltou and nad beeu reading from proor sips in regaru to the scaudul against Mr. Beecuer., Tue couvset read (rou Woodie ow that he saw the Wo dtulls the parties numed 1 lips and tulkiog about t. me ime. Tne $004 from Woouley part 0/ bis business to carry proot slips from the oflice to Mrs. Wooduuli’s house, vut he did not unde;stand bim to say that these proofs uadreerence to the Beecuer scan- dal; that they Were only proois relating to the ordinary bustiess of the paper, He did uot think tbat counsel connected the matter. Mr. Hii said I'he could snow that they were talking of the Beecuer scandal and tuat these proois were then n existence, that wasa Matter tat at least Would call on the otner side to explain. doe Court ruled che question out, then leit tae stana. CHARLES H. STORRS Was one of the mep wao acted as arbitrator in the settiement oi the Bowen contracts. He knew Tilton, and was one of the many plain, hard, mat- ter-o/-iact, business men who iound reiaxation in the company of the singular being who edited the Independent and taiked in misty rhapsodies about Mr. Wiliams love and the millennium. Storrs 18 a dark-com- plexioned man, with iron-gray beard, a head sloping inward to the top,@ mid voice anda reaay, fluent address. His evidence started notn- ing original, it went over the old beaten cover With little variation, Mr, Storrs testidied:—I have resided in Brookiyn for twenty-five years; | have deeu & commission mercoant in NeW York fur several years; | ai i the dry goods commissivn vusiness ior American staple goods; 1 buve known Mr. Iiiton several years, A dozen years or 80; sOInetimes when be has been wecvuring be has re.uitted wis mouey to We jor suie keeping; this Was in 1867 and 1d6s; € seen Mim 10 my house, apd more frequently New York, where [ have irequencly mec wim at june in Deimnico’s, corner of Coamoers street au Broadway. Sometunes we would take a ik up Broadway aud go Into the buok 4; In cual Way We become intimate; guring the Uime Of our acquaintance he had veed editor Of the Independent 204 +48 Counected with the Brookiyn Union; 19 Japuary, 1871, \ilton told me that He Was dismissed irum'the Sndependent; | BAW UD At Lis OWN NOUwE; LAsked im IL ae Was discharged irom tue udependent ; he sald ne Wass he seemed depressed asd dejected; ne covered ols hhce With fis UANdS; We asked me (0 gu 10 Frauk Moulon With iim; we went; be told me Mr. Beecuer, Mrs. Bevouer @ud aif, Morse had beeo making charges against Wit aud induevcing Nis Wile Aguioot Hild; Le aiso said a lady bad been spe@king against lim; sitou suid tout Mr. Beecuer had iudueuced Buwen against niu; we went tu Mouitou’s House; Ititon # id tuat Beecher had Huwbied Himsel veiore Lim us he bad verore ils God; ue aldo said that bis Wie oad tod bim aout sume improper proposuis mave io net by Mf Beecher; Isa s Mr. iilton iter this talk with Mr. Bowen; 1 told fiiton 1 caved on Bowen aniog Seite vent Of nis (Luton's) Givi agaiuat him; | repeated to filtun the conversation | bad with wowen; 1 said to Titon teat 1 told Mr. bowen, “Suppose you don’t owe him, morally, &@ uollar, Wouid it BOs oe betier to eeLue With Mim, In order tu preveat the publication Of tne scaudair’ [ Wadersiood + matter left to arbitration, andl was apnoinved one 0: the arbitrators; £ went to Mouitou’s house ; Mr, Clafo, Mr. Cleveland, Mr. Moulton aud) Mr Tiuton were there; I beard that Mr. Beecher’s matters would be brought iu, and 1 said that i Mr. Beecher’s matters were prougnt w oI feu that 1 should retire; it w. Stated, however, t there was an agre meat that Mr. Beecher’s Matrers shoud ne brought in, toae being so, Lagreed to cont nue toae’ as arouraor; the arbitrators came (0 aa ment; an award was made, caiiea the “Trip: tite Aureemeut;? Mr. Clatin annouuced fie aw io ve Signed by Mr. Beecher, Mr, Bowen aud Mr. ‘Tilton, but Mr. Tiuton reused to sigo tae paper unt some ameudment was made in toe agi went; there Was au understanding thay certain papers were to be destroyed; Tilton aud Moulton agreed to the burning of certain papers; vie papers spectaily agvecd to be burned were Mr. Beecwer’s letter of apology and ‘Tilton’s letter to Bowen of January 1, 172: there was a check drawn by Bowen that night for Tilton for $7,000; Mr. Tilton said he toougut Mr. Moulton ought to be the custodian of the tripartite agreement, Q. Did you have any communication with Mr. Tilton and Mr, Moulton on the arbitration? A. Yes, sir, | did. Q. How soon after? A, About ten or fifteen days alter; alter Mr. Claflin had announced the award of $7,000 Mr, Tiiton objected to signing 1t; | the papers were to be sent to Mr. Wilkegon for | | | enyro-sing, and then they were signed, Q. What was said subsequently at Moulton’s house avout buroing the papers? A. 1 asked Moulton whether he had barned the papers and he said, “On! yes, 1 have burned those papers,’ | aud pe lausced, ! Q. Was anytuing jurther satd during that con- versation that you call to mind? A, No, sir, not that L call to mind now. q, Do you remember the publication of the Woudhuil scaudal in the mwouta of November, usi2z¥ A. Yes, sir, Lremember that pubucation. Q. Did you have auy conversation with Mr. Tilton aiter the publication uf the Woodhull scan- dul in which 1t Was the subject of conversation ? A. Laid. | Q. When was that conversation? A. It was on December i2, 1872; lam cnabled to 1x the time irom the fact that my wife's brother died very sudaenly, and wy Wile Was attending the tuneral At che time this Conversation took place; it was in My hvuse, in the smoking room; during the conversation Mr. Tiitou spoke avout Mr. Greeley, his Will aod the New York Zribune; 1 was an ex. | ecutor o: the willot Mr, Greeley; i think it was after the 1uneral of Mr. Greeley that 1 nad this taik with ititon; be reierred to the Woodaull scandal and denounced it as AN INFAMOUS ARTICLE, and a le; he said there was so much folly in the stories about bis wile and Mr, Beecher that he had written the “true story; he wad the | manuscript with him; he said Mr. Beecher had | made improper proposals to bis wile, but there was H0 purer woman living than Elizabeth; he spoke in rezurd to his having written the life | of Mrs. Wooduusl with great rezret; ne said he would rather than ten thousand qoilars that be had not Goue it; 1 saw bim again after December 12; | never read the “true story,” mor did 4 ever see It. Q. Dia you know anything of ONE SHARE OF TRIBUNE STOCK which had stood in the name oi Tilton? A, Yes, sir} in conversation with im once I understood Jrom What he said that 1t was owned by als tather; once when he was away his sister came to me with au order irom fim to pay her the interest of that Share ol Che Zrivune stock tor his 1ather, Q. Did you have any conversaticn with Mr. Til- | ton in July, 1874, at Mr. Ovington’s house, alter nis wie had lett him? A, I bad a conversation with him there, Q. What was said on the subject of his wife’s having leit bin, and wnat aid he gay ne should | now do to his wile aod Mr. Beecher? A. He said | she vad left him and he thought toat he would | now smash Elizubett aud Mr. Beecher. | Q. Did you have a conversauon on January 1, 1873, with Moulton on tne sudject of these news- aper schemes, and 1! so what was said? A, 1 ad @ conversation wih him, | Oojecved to and the question withdrawn, MOULTON ANGERED AT THE TERM BLACKMAILER. | Q. In August, 1874, Mr. Storrs, did you have a cou Versation With Moulton im bis house ¥ A. 1 did; 1 received s message from Frankiin Woodrufl to go und see Moulion; the next morning [ went round to bis house in Remisen street; Mr. Jonn OC, Proctor Was with me; 1 had an interview with him 1m the parlor. Q. What was said by bim to you on the subject? (Objected to and admitted.) Witness—He said ne didn’t knuw that 1 would come to see him now, that he had been called a blackmuller; he said be wanced me to tell my brotner no¢ to sigu the report of the investizatiug committee; be said ue Would drive Mr. Beecner Out ol Piymouth church and out o! Brooklyn for | cailiog lim @ biackmatler; that he had always : #toud by Mr. Beecher aud had been his Iriend, but now he would uproot wim; he said u my brother | sigued the report ne would make another state- | Ment and oring in the name o1 a lady that would | break my heart; he said he wouldn’s give auy | Dame then; 1 said that 1 nad nothing to do with | | the report o! the committee, though they wanted | Bowen was williag tu Lave the | siowna to amvunt to nothing. Me to be & meuber of the committee, but as to making my brother sign or not sigu that report, I would bave nothiug to do with 10; 1 told nim 1 presumed tue meeting of the committee was to be held that nigot, and thought it very likely that be had sigued the report; he saia if ne bud ne must take his name off 11; he didn’t state why he dij not want tim to sigu it; he said a great deal on the subject of Beecuer’s having called lim a blackmalier; be had more feeliag on that point than apyihing else; he was now GOING 10 LOOK OUT FOR HIMSELF and drive Beecher out of Piymouth ciuren and out of Brovklyn; he said ne bad always been Beecher’s Iriend. and that he woulun’t be in the present trouvie ii he iad taken his advice. Q. Do you Kuow wWaoat time in August this inter- view took place? A. Yes; it was had on August 23; Mr. Wovouruil’s letter to me was written August 27, Q How long was that alter Mr. Beecher haa publisued bis siatement? A. I can’t remembe; Mr. Mouiton told me tuat ne had been duwa East when | called that day. Q. Whew aid you first hear Tiiton charge, if ever, that Mr. Beecher uad been gulity of aduliery with nis wile? A, I don’t know that I ever dia unless it Could be inferred irom what he said about his sinashing his wue aud Beecher, Q Did Mr. Tuton ever tureaten to bring suit jor slunder against uy person in Making tuis identi- eal charge? A. I think be dia, (When Was it A. Either in the latter part of 1siLor the first of 1872; he said he thougnt or suing a party Jor alieging bis wife's adultery with Mr. Beecher; 1 can’t tel tue place Where ne told me this. Q. Alter the termination of a recent law suit agains: Mr. Mouiton did ue send for you to come and see him? a. Yes, sir; that was December 10, 1874; 11 Was soon aiter the suit of Miss Proctor against Moulton; my orother went with me to nis house; 1 bad @ Conversation with Dim in bis room; there Was bo one present besides Moulton, my brother and myseif. Q. Io that conversation did Mr, Moulton say to you “Mr. Beecner @ liar apd jivertine,” and “damn bim, tf personal violence would do any good, | Would cut him down?” A. He did; he salu subsiabtially that; be said he wasa liar aud in su0s‘auce he said toe other words, Mr, Beuch moved to stiike out the answer, as they were parting @quesuion that was not putin by the plaimtifl’s counsel, ud it Was pot compe- len’ tosay tue words cited were “said in sub- siance’ by Mr. Mouivoa, Aiter an exiended devate between counsel and reading {rom tie printed testimony on that point, it Was shown thay Moulton wad not, in evidence used the words embodied in the question, sub- | Stantially in bis interview with Mr. Storrs, Judge Neilson said “Tis 18 too Vague, you can’t | Impeacn a witness on a similar sentiment.” The court was then adjourned tli eleven o'clock | this 1orenoon, | 4 THIRD LETTER PROM MRS, WOODHULL | To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— | iwas astonished veyond measure, conioandea and abashed when I saw an article preparea weeks ago, but which I deciined, upon mature _ consideration, to publish, in your columns this morning. 1 could scarcely believe my senses, untii Thad read it through, thatl sawit. TnenI was outrages, throughout, thatl should have been put unwulingly before the public in such a way, ana made 10 say in your columns what I had refused to say in my own. For the moment I did not koow how propery to ctaracterize the breach of honor by whicn only this could have occurred, and I could not understand bow it could Ootain puvlication in the MERALD. 1 wisn to say thay this thing tas been done wholly without my consent. 1 did not imtend to review the case until it had passed beyoud the purview oj; tne courts, BatI see the hand of God in it ail, andl am, (hereiore, reconciled to the part to which it makes me party, conscious that in the end I Shull De vindivated trom any double intentions, For “dene, mene, texel upharsin” ii been written npon the walls of the Brooklyn City Court, and no human agency will be avie to com- pass or thwart the designs that must be accom. plished through this most extraordinary trial. Iwasin the West lecturiny, where I had fled purposely to be away irom the teirivie scenes of which Lknew ‘hese two cities’? were to be the centre; away where neither party to the contest could reach me, and aloof, as 1 aesired to be, fiom being made in auy way @ party to the proceed- ings, | realized jully that they were to result to destruction to all the falsity and bypocrisy with Which ali parties to it have .@en surrounded, and in whicn tuey had bopea to make themsely encased, I trusted toat there might be no pre- text advanced upon which my name would be brougot promimentiy imto the cise, 1 bad no interest im i¢ in this positon, My in- terest wa and 18, in the much broader @nd more important pusition before tne pubiic, compared to which the sceue tuat is being enacted in Brooxiyn has already bee It 19 no effort to | | truth tbat was boiling im my breast, wrung, as it | from me when I had guardediy concealed it under | self ifit were right to do this thing—if 1 should | these same people, 1 bad often taken my petitions | Vouchsaied belore. | her letter of Saturday.” | wheu | responded to the pressing, message. establish the trath about the only poimt 19 ques- tion. It isa persisient attempt to drag as many more as possibie into the flith and mune, IF be- heved it to be at the Oulset an attempt 10 for Stall the judgments of God, but T now perceive that He willoverruie it to His own purpose, I Was away rom ‘he scene, but 1 could not get beyond where the ign Ling ¢ utd place the words of Theodore Tilton vecre my eves. ‘ney | seared into my foul. 1 saw myself held up by him to the putlic gaze as a despicable thing, | @3 an intriguing, treacherous, vulgar and un- | truthiul woman; 1 d:opped my engagements and hastily returned to New York, my heart bleeding at every pore with indignity and outrage, deters | mined not to rest under the insinuations, Unaer this fceling ] wrote the letter that you nave now published, Cader it 1 poured out the indignant were, irom my soul by direst cruelty; wrung all previous emergencies. The letter was put in type and was to have deen printed in the Weekly. | But on the verge of its publication I asked my- speak under the impulse of personal wrongs, Without regard to collateral issues, 1 remem- bereu the Great Counsellor; how, on account of velore Him; prison and against me that not a man could be found who Would come torward to turn back tie iron boits and set me free; how, tn tne grated cell, beiore @ur iron bed, up )n that stone floor, my ‘dari, sister and my angel mother kneeied with me, and | Whe our tears and prayers were mingled we | asked God to send us a deliverer; and how, as we prayed our cell was lighted up with spirit light and the power of heaven overshadowed us, WhLe a still small voice Whispered comfort to our troubled souis, assuring us that help would how, When they tad cast me into | turned the whole world so much | | come in tune to deliver us saiely from all the bered ali thig and aiso how wondrously it had been verified; and then, with the proois of the article in my hands, 1 went beiore the throne of grace aid asked that Jesus, who prayed “uh, Father. jorgive them, lor they know not what they do,”? come and show me the rignt. And He did come, and He said:. tay thy hand, my child, All these things are committed to my cuarge. | Jo the finess of time all hidden things snail be | revealed, aud you sball be justified where now you | stand condemned. Wait)? And laiu wait. What otherwise should then | have done, suflering under the stings o: my own wrongs, his been brought about by the imscrata- ble havd of Gol witsout my aid, and when I | thought of this the impulsive condemuation that | rose to my lips when | saw this publication made | | | | trials that were prepared to crush us. I remem. | | | | Was unspokeu, and in its place I said, “Not my | will, but thine, O Loro, be done.” For every day 1 live 1 am more tully coivinced that the Lord God reigueta, and that in this, to the world, terrilic ordeal of scanua’, He is moving to | do ot “His own good Will and pleasure’ in ways That are as yet bidden irom the understanding of man, but Woich Will, nevertueless, prove tu be biessings to the world such as it las bever been | It Was by these * processes of mind’? that I passed | from the “ferce ange” and personal outraze tiat | e juspiration of the letter you publishea to the sympathetic and courteous. tone of | But vue sudject matter of the letter of Saturday | was a very dilferent matter rom that of the for- | mer. Ax I satu in that letter, 1 nad torgiven Mr. | Tilton for ail the wrongs he bad thought 10 do me, | and for all tye nnkind words he nad used upon the | stand and eisewnere avout me, for 1 had used his | name in Ways under which, ] have no douot, nov understanding fully, if at all, what were my 10- tives, ne has smaried, And if Mr. Beecher, upon | the stand, as he has done elsewhere, sball seek to | cast Odium upon me tor having iorced nim to this | encounter, although justifiea in so doing by nis | own words, as he Well knew, to me personally, | why, 1 can lorgive nim also and wait for God and lime to piace me right. | Tne teatimony Oo: my former servants—the fal- | sity of which I desire tu establisn—was a wholly diferent utfair from that oi my personal feelings against Mi. lilton, It was a lawyer's irick, done provaoly without the knowledge even of Mr. | Beecher, or else the malice OJ those deluded peo- | ple introduced into the case, to be avenged for | some supposed wrongs taey had endured. At | Jeast, it was jalse in every material particular, | and was intended t), and did, injure Mr. fiton | seriously. Had the # me kind o/ evidence been introduced by Air, Tilton to crush Mr. Beecner, 1, knowimg it a8 | know this, to be talse, l sould have done the same thing that I did in the present case. 1 am tor neither side as @gainst the trutn; | am for ihe truth, the whole tru.h and nothing but the truth as against both sides, and alll can do pubiicly to get il, being de- barred trom the Wituess stand, because the truth wil be @ dvuvle-edged sword. 1 snali do; and in 80 doing jee! tnacl am aiding the powers that are using these people onward to do a work ior umauity in this Way that they neglected and re- Jused fo do in other Ways that woud baye been more pleasant to ail concerned. Is tere anything incompatible im my cour: tunis? While I did nov puviiso che letter of Lo. thouga I refused to puolicd it—scili it coutuins notuing put tae truth, made sharp and bitter to be sure by an outraged woman's soul, and while 1 did padlish the jetier of Saturday, tuere was notn- ing 1M it Contradictory of What to-day’s contains, Indeed, wuerein the two reier to the same thing the same facts are made to appear. One was prepared upder @ sense of personal injustice, the other unger the spirit of impersonal justice, with mysell expunge Let the public mark tuis distinction and it will be seen by what “processes i mind” 1 passed irom one to the other condition—irom “flerce anger” to courteousness and iorziveuess, I bave never believed thut Mr. Beecher would go on the witness stand to deiiperately deny the truth. Ibelieved that tue relations between him and Mrs. Tilton*were of that kiud to be accounted Jor a8 above’ the jaw, a8 beyond the tuifll- Ment of \he Jaw, and therefore justifiable; aad 1 um sure tnat Mr. Beecner so regarded them. Itis not vecessary \o come within tue | Bibie doctrine of the sui) mens Oo the law that 16 sbuil !aii for ail people a) oue aud the same time; | but tat it must tail tur them wuo have uldiled it, | lurged Mr. Beecher \o stand upon the tuifliment of the law ana become the ovid evangel of tuat | position, Miss Ca‘harine Beecher nad iniormed Me, When rising with ber 4a Central Park, of tue | unlappy coudition of Mr. Beecher’s home, and I knew the great-souled man had need of just what his home had failed to give him. God knows it was not mine to condemn him; but, on the contrary, L hoped, through what he nad aone, tat all concerued would pecome the aposties of tue new dispensa- tion, as they have been compelied to becoma through refusing to do so, And 1 now say to them, in the junguage of Jesus, “It the world bate Ve jor what you lave dove, ye know that it tied me belore it hated you” “ior declaring the truth that God had given uuto me todeciare, “It ye Were of the world tue world would iove nis own, but because y¢ are hot of the worid, there- fore tne world hateth you” as it hath hated me belore you. But jet tis ail watch and pray that it come to us as 1c came to Joun, that “they hated us without a ciuse.” i Mr. Beecher does gu upon that stand jet him remember that the truth ouly can make him Iree, Anything concealed beveatu a lie will aiterward be made Known upon the dousetops. Well do I | rememoer the morning in the winter of 1871 and 1872 upon which a curiiage Was sent over to fetch me to Mr. Moulton’s to Mr. Beecher, who declared (so the messenger said) that ve would not go until | came. Being absent at a lecture, the carriage waited until | revurned, Bat the ice in tue river de‘wimed us salon, that I aid ot reach Remsen street until it Was so late that Mr. Beecner, having given up my coming, nad gone. In the iace of t's will he say When he goes Upon the stand, as has been sald elsewhere, that he always toia Mr. Tiltun that he must abandon, “that woman’? beioe it would be possible ior Dim to be helped. Toe world seems to have forgotten that my sis- | ter, my nusband and I were dragged throvgh the Streets of this city, from prison to prison, until the irou door had closed upon us for the seventh time—dragged becuse of the nurduess o: the breasts os (hese people Whom God is now pusbing through the crucivie ol tis fiery iurnace, to puriy and fic hem to uo the work He hata appointed unwo tuem to do—forgotren how tney looked coldly on our sufferings, hoping in ther ove of self that tne doors that were closed Upon us might never open | to set us free. But, like Paul and Silas, we never | ceased Ainving and prayimg, nor, alter the vow. | forter came to us, to rejoice that we were ac- counted worthy io sufler to 80 inaugurate the @reat vuttle of Armayeduon that 1t mignt ve suc- Cessiuily fought by every human veing; 80 Lhut with the evding Of tue batue the Kingdom of Heaven mignt be estaviished upon tne earth, wita ne “water of tile’ flowing iresn and pure from iountains made iree from ail cous raints, and wiih the “tree of lie’ beuring the good and perect iruit of the Lord, which sbail take away Lue hunger and 81 sty Lue thirst oO: every living soul, For ali tas must come, because “ine seveath angel nas poured out bis Viai Of wiath into tue air,” and because there ae "Voices aud Cuunaers and light- nings;” aod there 18 “a great eartnquake, such | a6 was Not since men were Upon the earch,” be- | Cause there ie @ great voice cryiug “It 18 done |? | | and bec Babylon is iaiitug, falling to rise bo mol VIULORLA 0. WOUDHULL, MARCH 90, 1875. A RICH CORPORATION CENSURED. AN inquest was held yesterday by Coroner Croker in the case oj te boy Richard P, Finley, who was Killed by wn elevator iu the Western Union Teiegrapn Building, on the 26th inst, as be eloiore Gvlished. It was shown that the ap- | prouches lo the @evators Were ali in ab Unfuisued state, doors Dot yet naving \ eeu erected on tne oUs foors a tue apertures oO! the elevator ine jury rendered we following verdict: We find that Kichard Y, Kinley came vo bis death by the Neghgeuce vl the Weaiera Union Teieyraph Company iv hot having tue duor uo tueir elevator propery secured.” At the couciasion of the examination the father ol the boy ex ed his delermimativn to at once gue tue Westera Union Vowpany lor damages, ie w | THE VINELAND TRAGEDY. | Po rue Eprror or rae Herau | based on wnat he considered to be general “hum- | comments on what Mr. Landis aad suid in Eog- | On voth sides—Mr. Carruth in bis paper and Mr, | stances, that he attempted to take his own ule? | land; aod in neariy every cage of attack on the | | probably, | could have atany time bought out Mr. © | Bays, to bis head bad not missed fire! | story. | at down Being acquainted with Mr, Carruth, and having had correspondence with nim in regard to the dvings of Mr. Landis in Vineland, periaps I may be allowed to make a few remarks on the acts of born ol the parties in the iate tragedy enacted in that town. Mr. Carruth’s antagonism to Mr. Landis was buggery” on the part of Mr. Landis in Vineland affairs, Mr. Landis, by a system of advertising all over the United States, stating tnings that were hot accoraing to facts, a8 was claimed, induced many men of small means to come to Vineland and buy irom ten to flity acres of land, the idea being held out to them that it would be # very easy thing to make a good living on twenty or twenty-five acres in growing fruits, which has not proved to be a jact; hence has arisen an enmity to Mr, Landis, woo holds mortgages on all, or heariy all, the arms gold, which 10 the end proo- ably Will come into 118 possession. For the last two years the condition of these hundreds of small farmers has somewhat improved; but pr viously nearly every lurm anu village residence Was “ior saie,”? ina etter received from Mr. Carruin a short time previous to lis being snot he said, “Mr, Lan- dis is the greatest har uving; and at the same time be sent me a copy Oo: his paper im Which were land 1n regara to What he (Mr. Landis) bad done im building up Vinelaud, which Mr, Carrath ridi- | culed as jalse. AS { understand the case, Mr. Laudis bas, ever since Mr. Ca rutn became pro- prietor of the Independent, said and done mauy tings to offenu a majority of the peopie there, and nas ian bimseil lable to criticism; and an untagonism spruug up vetween him and Mr, Ca: ruth Which gas produced very offensive remarks Landis verbally—till the end came vy an attempt to biow out Mr, Carruth’s brains. Mr, Lands, evidently, 18 going to forestall public opinion by gettug bis case “written up” in ad- | vance, and he was suid some things that will not bear close scrutiny, For instance, he says thaton reading the arucls im the Independent that pro- auced (he pistol shot, he at first attempted sui- cide! Can any seusible person believe that a man of Mr. Laudis’ standiag in Ne with thousands of inends withio almost the cali of his voice, Mian Of immense wealth, never having, a8 he ciaims, done anything to Cause a portion of the people to become his enemies—I ask seriousiy can any sensible person believe, under such circum. it 18 too preposterous lor a moment's Considera- tion, because the provocation warranted uno | Such foolish act, Air, Landis was quite as | aggressive as Mr. Carruti, Oa one occasivn he, at j @ pubiic meeting, got up and recommended to bis Iriends Unat Mr. Carruth be driven out of Vine- part of Mr. Carruth he was driven to it by some aggressive act by Mr. Landis, Lf Mr. Luadis was driven to desperation, a8 he would have tie public beheve, why did he not use the other paper in Vine- jand to detend himself? He had control or could bave had control of it, ti he had been disposed to | use a litte Of nig money for that purpose; or he | could have estabiisned @ tuird paper, » hicu would, have slienced the independent; or he farruch for asumof money that wouid not have cutinto | his great wealth ‘so as to be felt at all; yet he | now would have us believe that he would have | been dead and buried, 1 nis pistol placea, as he | jesides this gross absurdity be claims that the attucks uf Mr. Carrutn, which mentioned no names, caused his wile to become insane! This assertion 18 quite as ridicu.ous as the suicide Mrs. Landis inherited a tendency to 1 sanity, her father haviug been piaceu in an asylum lor that disease; oesides, taere is nota case on record where insanity was ever caused | by the squibs of a newspaper. I! Mr. Carruth | has been guilty of publisiiag things that could | have caused such @ result to a lady Vineland would have been too hoc for him ever to publish a | second issue, We must Jook on this matter trom | @ reusonabie standpoint, aud not irom the stand- pone given us by a man who is in danger o! being janged jor murder. Mr. Carrutu undoubtedly said many cutting things in regard to Mr. Landis; he was indiscree and uot very pollsned iu his expressions; but ne was never bitter in invectives, while Mr. Landis excelled even Mrs. Morse against Tilton in / denouncing Mr. Carruth; aud the most ana worst that he could have done justifiably, ia the minds | of nis own friends, was’ to visit upon him some Ghastisement that would have dune no bodity | harm—what often occurs vetween newspaper combatants, Mr. Landis has no sound excuse ior hisact. It was murder in the firss degree, if Mr. Carruta should ate. There was no.oing in Mr, Carrutn’s last article that cahed for an outouret Oi uncontrollable passion, No names Were given, aod it mignt have referred to a hundred otner | ersons, so jaras the iace of the article went. ut Mr. Landis allowed himseif to become excited, zed & pistol, rushed into Mr. Carrutn’s office, | d waited ten minutes, and when Mr. Carruth came in, seeing the vistol in Mr. Landis’ hand, he fea turough the compositors’ room and Was shot inthe back of hig head by Mr. Landis, deliverately and wilh @ design to. take hi ile. jothing can legally justity @ mai In thos shootiug a fellow veing but being in dun. e; of being killud bimseli irom the party shot. in tuis case Mr. Carruth was uuarmed, nad no | idea of assaulting Mr, Landis, said nothing to | him, and was suot while endeavoring to escape. What would a poor man’s lie be worth under tne | | mai conaiuon of our financial affair game circumstances? ‘Jersey justice’ way show tuat the law in this State is do respecter of per- | 2008; and if that shail be the case, if Mr. Carruth | dies, Mr. Landis had vetter discharge nis five law- | yers wud empioy one or two clergymen in their | places, ‘Ine pubiic will justly sympatnige wito him 1p his unlorcunate condition, and that of bis jamily, while tuey may iorget the poor wile and five cuildren of Mr. Carruth, who are in danger of | being Cast upon the worid witnouc tue means of | support, While Mr. Landis’ amily, im any case, | will continue to luxuriate in wealth. Linpen, N. J., Marco 26, 1875. I. B, MINER. | IS THIS ANOTHER STOCKVIS CASE? 4 FRENCH EMIGRANTS MYSTERIOUS FaTE— FOUND DEAD IN AN INSANE ASYLUM AND HIS WIFE REFUSED PERMISSION TO SEK THE BODY. Gustave D. ae Vernon, s Frenchman, about forty-two years of age, arrived at thia port ten days ago on the steamship Canada, accompanied by his wi During the voyage he showed slight symptoms of insanity. A week ago yesterday, in | the evening, he left the house where he and his | wile were stopping, and up to yesterday his wile | knew nothing o/ hia whereabouts. Being an utter | stranger sue did nut know to whom to apply | In order, if possivle, to flud out what had become of him; but yesterduy a gentieman, to wiom she spoke about the matier, kindly Vo.unteered to aid her im her search. He went tothe Tombs and found that several days ago de Vernon had been arrested and sent upto the Island. On going to Castie Garden the gentleman could find no record tiere Oo; tne missing man’s having been sent to the Isiand; but ou getting a permit to go there he says he met the Warden on the boat, who tuld him that de Vernon nvd died on Monday in the Insane Asyium, Tbe unfortunate man’s wife, who accompanied the gentlemao, requested to be shown the body so that she might be certain that it was really that of ner missing busoand; but this reasonuble request, strange to say, Was refused, he says, ana he adds that when the physi- cians were questioned as to the cause Of bis death they simply c ntented themselves by saying that he had ied of insanity, AS the Coroner hag been notified to hold an in- quest on tie body the wife very naturally jears that ber husband bad been go mal treated, either when arrested or afterward: that Ms death was ha: Natural causes, why the necessity of an inquest ? Her suspicions Were excited, to, by the reiusal Oo: the island authorities to let ner see the body, There may be notaing vty in the case; there was notit 18 Very diMcuit to see why her request was refused or what cau: the man’s deato, that an inquest is deemed necessary. A LONG CHASE. ARREST OF A LONDON THIEF IN BROOKLYN. Anotier illustration of the futile efforts of the sergeant of the Brooklyn devectives to keep from the press and pubite all matters of interest con- | | nected with the workings of the Police Depart meut is given in the case of William H, Neeves, a young aan WhO Was arrested on Monday night for stealing £400 ster.ing., Tne prisoner had been em) loyed as bookkeeper in the store of Messr: Higuins, Eagan & Co., of Cannon street, London, England. some months ago he disappeared and with fim the sum named avove, His employers notified the chief of the London police and Detective spitties was detailed to arch for the culprit. With some alficuity the officer traced his Man to this country and, ajter searching New York, went to Brookly where aon of the Superiutendent of Police wai ermitted to uccompany him in his pursuit of Neeves. They met im in Myitie avenue, on Monday evening, and took him into custody. He remained in the Wasbing'on street police station Monday Might, and yesterday, in company with his capturer, sailed in the steamelip Wisconsin for Englund, The particulars of tae arrest were ported 'o Lue sergeant, but he declined to furnish ay iniormation to the representatives of the New York newapapers. SUICIDE BY SHOOTING. William Mecked, @ pianoiorce maker, committed suicide yesteruay moruing by shooting bimsell through the teart, at bis room at No, 63 Third | street, The deceased liad been sick ior several montns, and coo uentiy out of employment ano this jact occasified its of protracte i melad- cuoly, duiing Ove ol Which ve Kilied himsell. He worked, privt to DiS Ludisposition, at Steinway's fectory, wud was very resp ly connected. Duriug the war he served O6 & lieutenant in the ‘Taisweth New York stave Voiuutoers, ned; for i he died irom | o xchange was advaliced to 4.82 and 4.86, and sales bavit | | | | $300,000 in Spanish gold. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCE The Stcck Market Fever'sh and Unset: tled---Sharp Reactions. MONEY ON CALL 5 AND 6 PER CENT. ————— ‘ Gold Recedes from 116 7-8 to 115---The Borrowing Rates Lower. BONDS GENERALLY STEADY. WALL STREET, } TursDAy, March 30-6 P, M, The stock market opened calmly, as if there was a feeling of weariness after the storm of yea- terday. It was but @ little while, however, before there wie an exhibition of iresh purposes, A bearish feeling was developed, securities hitherto strongly hela began to show the effect of large realization, and in the case of Union Pacific there was a suaden and unexpected break between twelve and one o’ciock of #ix per cent from the opening price. The excitement ior the moment was intense, and there was hurried rushing to and fro in endeavors to stop the losses that seemed toimpend, almost as quickly as the loweat price was made, however, the figures again began to cend, and men drew breath while they watched @ steady recovery to 64%. From this point, obe- dient to other causes, there was a decline to 62, withaclose at 62%. In some stocks, especially those which belong to THE CHEAP VARIETY, more or less of strength was shown, Wabash ade vanced from 143¢ to 18, closing at 1634. The move- ment in this security has been awaited with con- siderable impatience, and, slight as 1c was to-day, iv afforaed encouragement to its holders. St, Paul common ranged from 36% to 883%, the close being at87. Ohio and Mississippi went from 28 to 29, and ended at 28. Hannioal and St. Joseph sold at 2844, down to 27, and ciosed at 27% on more than usually active dealings. ©. C. and I. C. was Steady at 6, New Jersey Southern sold at8a9a 8%. Northwest common opened at 45, rose to 46, declined to 445s, and ended at 44%. Erie receded from 81% to 205 after an opening at 304; the close was made at 20%. Pacific Mall weakened from, 433 to 4144, the last price being 41%, with many inquiries concerning @ ‘uture that is sup posed to depend on the new arrangement alleged to have been made at a late hour between this corporation and Panama. Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph advanced from 24% to 25%. Western Union opened at 75%, sold up tu 7834 and declined to 76% at the close. Lake Shore was comparatively steady at 73a 73%, ending at 73%. Rock Island ranged trom 106% to 105%. with @ close at 106, Delaware and Lackawanna sold at | 11236, New Jersey Central at 113 112%, Panama @t 1153, @116%. From the foregoing figures, it | they are properly analyzed tn connection with the | fuller reports which follow, it will be observed that THE TONE OF THE MARKET was considerably depressed at the close. It is proper to add that this result was not unexpected by the shrewder operators, who have professed to regard the reaction a8 & symptom of healtby speculation, They did not, however, anticipare that tt would be based upon rumors connected wit the tlinesa of Mr. Daniel Drew, who is Known to be one of the largest operators in the street. Its 4 poor commentary. however, upon the character o! speculation in our great American Bourse, that the breaking o! a trace or a boue while Commodore Vanderbilt is driving bis Jast horses or a dietres® imi ache in any other miilionnaire should be made the occasion of a change of prices, It only serves to illustrate the excitable, temporary and abnor reveals rot tenness, and is well calcalated to disgust honest investors anfl deter them, especially when repre senting foreign interests, from entering our mar- ket and adding to its legitimate strength. Late information indicates that the sick speculator may be able to take care of bis stocks to-morrow, and thus remove existing and depressing doubts, ADVANCE AND DECLINE. ‘The prices at the close this afternoon compared with those of yesterday show the following en Delaware and Apvance.—C., ©., and C., 14; Dela ; » 6; Panama, 13g; Ste aay amnion Pemreris ves) Weater Union, SABER US aaa eee Havaibal and St. Joseph, %; Northwestern, 34; Oblo and Mississippi, 36; Pa viflc Mat), 134; Union Pacific 2%: Nortuwestera preierred, 1. Gold, 1%. ‘The stocks that remained steady were Atlantio and Pacific, preierred; New Yors Central, Harlem, Qaicksuver, Rock Islana and Canton. THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE DAY were again large, amounting to about 890,000 | shares, which were distributed as follows:—New York Central and Hudson, 3800: Erie, 47,100; Lake Shore, 21,000; Northwestern, 20,200; do. preierred, 200; Rock Isiand, 1,800; Pacific Mail 58,300; St. Paul, 10,700; Ohio, 18,000; Western Union, 89,000; Wabasi, 35,000; Union Pacifla 66,200; ©., C. und I, C., 600; Panama, 400. OPENING, HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES, ‘The iollowing taole shows the opening, highest and lowest prices of the day:— Opening. Highest. Lowest. New York Central. 101 tol 2101 Erie...... 8096 315% 2956 Lake Suo: 3 Th 13 Waoash.. 14% 18 lid; Northwestern...... 45 46 44 Northwestern pret. 5836 585 68 Kock Isiaud.. Ye 105% 105% Milwaukee and St. Paul, 36% 38% 36% Ohio and Mississippl 25% 20 23 New Jersey Central 113 113 112, Del., Lack and Western, 1i2kg 112% 112: Union Pacific er 61m 61 c., CG, and 1 6 6 6 Western Union. 15% 1836 6 Atlantic and Pacific Tel. 2544 25% 24% Pacific Mati ‘ 424 4336 38 Panama ...... 116% 1166 116, THE MONEY MARKET, On call loans money temporarily loaned up to 7 per cent, but the prevailing rates were § and ¢ per cent, and at the close they were easy on this basis, Commercial paper is unchanged. Foreign were made close on to the asking quotations, PRODUCE EXPORTS. Tne exports of produce tor the week were $4,170,069, against $4,104,679 last weex and $6,127.~ 006 the previous week. The total exports since January 1 are $53,005,090. GOLD 116% a 115. ‘Tne highest price of gold to-aay was established at the beginning, when the figure was 116%, from which there was @ steady deciine to 116 witha | rally of 44 per cent, @ further deciine to 114% and acloseatlls, It is not @ market, however, that invites short interest, and it still shows the indu- ence of compiete control. It was rumored, perhaps or ® purpose, that a certain member ot the clique had been forced to the wall, put we are unable to trace it toa trustworthy source. ‘The rates pata for borrowing were 6-16, 34, 8-16, 3-32, 1-16 and 1-64 perdiem, Loans were aiso made at 1 per cent per annom, flat, ana finally at 1-82, The steamspip Glty of Merida, which sailed to-day, took ous ‘The following were the OPERATIONS OF THE GOLD BXCHANGE BANK. Gold balances. $2,239,702 Currency baance 2,893, 646 Gross clearance vee 02,310,000 CLEARING HOUSE STATEMENT, + $107, 600,416 20104 843,408 THE UNITED STATES TREASURY. Assistant Treasurer paid out to-day $48,008 on account of interest and $190,000 in redemption of five-twenty bonds, ‘I'he statements contained in the monthly reports of the Bureau of Statistics show that for the year ended December 31, 1874 the excess of exports over Imports was $46,960,407, while for the corresponding peiiod of 1873, ve exports exceeded the imports by only $102,260, A Washington despatch sta toat the Secretary of the ireasury to-day directed the Treasurer t@ Withdraw from the avaliable Gurrency baiance of