The New York Herald Newspaper, April 1, 1875, Page 4

4 THE. BROOKLY\ a ny RIDDLE. Fifty-ninth Day of the Great | Beecher Trial. TYING UP THE THREADS. | + The Veracity of Kate Carey | Impugned. ADVENT OF THE DEFENDANT | He Will Positively Appear To-Day. | | ‘The Court had assembled, the jurymen and all | the lawyers except Mr. Fulierton were in their places, when the tail, bearded Cerberus of the | temple of justice threw open the entrance door | and in streamed a score 01 Mr, Beecher’s friends | #ud relatives, led by Mre. Beecher. The latter | was followed closely by a low-sized, stout lady, with black hair, pink complexion and a pleasant, laughing face. This was Mr. Beecber’s married daugbter, Mrs. Scoville, Next came Miss Catha. rive Beecher, and the end of the fle was brougny up by Dr. Edward K, Beecher. At noon Mr. Beecher’s eldest sister, Mrs, Perkins, of Boston, entered the court room. Under the circumstances it was avery remarkable family gathering. The daughter appeured on tne scene for the first time. Sitting beside her mother, i THE CONTRAST OF FACES Was very striking. Youth, health, hope and vi- Vacity in the one; age, debility, care and depres- sion in the other, Mrs, Perkins, a tai, iull propor- tioned woman, with the unmistakable Beecher type ot features, sat behind her brother, Dr. Beecher. There was neither anxiety nor sadness in her looks, but, like all the rest of the Beecher jamily who came together yesterday, she took the situation with genial fortitude, | A buoyant, cheeriul tone pervaded the group. | ‘The fresh, fair jace of Mrs, Scovilie looked up to ber mother’s With a pleasant, confident smile, and tue mother tor the first time during the trial be- came animated and talkative, now turning to Dr. Beecher with a lively remark, and quickly revers- | iug her position to drop 3 suggesqon into the ear | of one of the counsel. The Plymouth church people in tne neighborhood were unusually in- | terested. It was a settled belief with all that MR. BEECHER WOULD APPEAR ip the afternoon as a witness. He was absent all the forenoon, He was supposed to be in the com- pany of Mr. Evarts, who left the court very soon alter the proceedings began. And that both were engaged in giving the Gnal touches to the story or the delence was the general conjecture. Atalew minutes after two o'clock, slow and | solemn as a pallbearer, ana buried in a nuge blue overcoat, Mr. Evarts entered the court and pro- ceeded to his place. He was followed at an inter- vaiofa minute or so by Mr. Beecher, his face bright and radiant, his step quick and elastic and bis whole bearing that of aman who had snaken om care and labor and felt in the full enjoyment of morai, mental aud physical healtn, All eyes were | turned on Mr. Beecher as he proceeded toward his seat. He was sensible of the general observation Dut mot in the slightest degree discomposed. The audience were on the very rack of expecta- | tion from the time of Beecher’s entrance to the close of the aay’s proceedings. In tne interval, irom two o’clock to the adjournment, every wit- bess Who took the stand and left it was supposed to be the last, and then—Beecner. But up to five | minutes to four o’clock the n:me of Beecher was | gever called, ama disappointment brooded over | the spectators. At that time, jast prior to ad- | journmeut, Mr. Evarts rose and said that the ueXxt witness for the defendant woula be tne de- | sendant himself, It was too late inthe day to | produce bim, but he would he ready to take the standin the morning. This intelligence revived | the drooping spirits of the audience. An adjourn- ment till this morning was then declared by the | Court. The multitude poured out toto Fulton street, and Beecher as a witness became the | great absorbing topic of discassion. Tne wits had foe macerial in the fact that Beecher appears as a | witness on Ali Fools’ vay. Ail the humor possible | ‘Was expended on this circumstance. STORRS’ EVIDENCE, | Yesterday finished the cross-examination of Mr. | Courles Storrs, Tne witnesses who foliowed | were of no especial consequence. Storrs’ evidence | bore more heavily on Moulton than on Tilton. | ‘The “mutual iriend” 1s not seen in any very bigh | ectuivalrous light through the medium of this test | mony. THE OTHER WITNESSES } of the day—Mr. Redpath, Mr. and Mrs. Morse and | Mir. Freeland and Mrs. Perkins—were of vagae | importance to the defence. Mr. Redpath had | veea origmally subpoenaed for the piaintia, Mr. | sud Mrs. Moore were called to impeach the in- | carity of the wet narse, Kate Carey, and Mr. | freeiand Was so excessively jumny that it w: | ward to tell What side be helped, | ns THR EVIDENCE. | . Storrs recalied:—Iu tae conversation had tu Moniton in December Moulton said Beecher a liar, “and if you say so Ill shoot him.” Jojected to by Mr, Beach jeading question to bring Out not up expression used by Moulton, but a conciasion. The course of examination was to discredit | Moulton lu his ¢xamipation while on the stand. fhe Court ruled that the very precise questions originally pat to Moulton on which it Was soagut Ww Giscredis must be put to the Wicness. Witbess—Moulton, in tne conversation referred | 10, expressed u Willingness to commit Violeuce on Mr. Beecher; De also called Dim a liar, a perjurer and aduiterer. The witness’ examin: cirected toward making more clear bis artes &s near as possible; I cannot tel you aayining about tne arbitration article, ¢ Was some taik @bout it when the arvitrators met; there Was sometning said aoout what should ap- pear in the papers in reerence to the arrange- Ment vetween the parties; i did mot then a#ear Of any charges against Mr. Beecher, except those Maude in the personal statement; the rela- tious between Mrs. itiion and Mr. Beecher were Qot brought up at ail be ore the arbitrators; understood that ali papers were to ve destroyed; Claflin Made especial mention of ull papers that were likely to make trouble; I understood Bim so mean those Papers specially Dearing on tue @aiter under arbitration. Was toe award you made in favor of Mr. Ti. phn FesUIt Of your Conscientious judgment? A, as. 4 Did you award to Mr. Tilton anything more than you believed fairly and legitimately dug to him? “A, No, sit; the oniy point of difficulty left (or the arbitrators to decide was the amount due ww Mr. Tilton under nis contrac r. Bowen made ee against Mr. Tilton for improper conduc’. Q. Wil you state any conversation at the arbi- tration When Mr. Tilton was present? A. Woen I first got there Mr. Bowen ana the rest oi the | party were there; etiquette that Mr. Be the matter; Mr. C) J said | thought tt was hardy cher should be brought in to Clad id that this was to settle between tne three men; we then con. | » atter contained im the personal statemen;, and no relerence at ali was made to the relations of Mr. Beecher to Mrs. Titon; I stared tu Mr. Tilton and satc I did not thing thata lalv paper ad pot to sign it; the contracts were submitted to Us and the statement made; to the | best of my recollection the covenant was made by Mr. Cladin; that the tnree parties were to sigo Uns paper; ail papers were to be burnea and Mr. Bowen to pay Mr. Tilton $7,000; Mr. Tilton objected at first to sign the paper and be Grew Up an amendment to it ona slip that was attached to the original paper; Mr. Claflin alter Ward took itand gave It to Mr. Wilkeson to ha riean copy mad: there was then some discus #ion aa to Who snould keep the tripartite acrec- ment when signed; 1 believe Mr. Bowen took tue contracts alter the agreement was signed; I du HOt recollect seeing any receipt pass vetween Mr. Jiltom and Mr. Bowen, Q. iow long aitor tne award was made did Mr. Clafin suggest the burning of the papers? A. 1) toink it was right alter it. } q When aid Mr. Bowen sign nis check? A. 1| think it Was abouc tweuty minutes aiter that. | Mr. Beach then put a series of questions to the trying co elleit the lamgnage made use o Clamia ween Spvke Oo; Durning th papers. His eiforts were iruitiess, as ibe witness | bad either too short @ memory or was (oo Willing ww. to give the counsel any satisiaction. | ‘To th@ vest of my recollection Mr. | ‘Titoe always socke iu the biguest terms OF | tion, address, career in liie, &c, | anything but @ iriend to Mr. | used? | tons to the witness, who was svon | sure of the result that was arrived a | Some inqgauirl are. | | Tiltou; 1 never beard bim make use of a single ex- | | pression of a disparaging nature When relerring | to herin regard to Mr, Beecher and his wile lor | nmproper relations, and He said he woul! sue Mr. | | Beccher: the uunamed party went to Mr. Curtis | gud charged bis wife wit being a lewd woman | and baving contracted a loathsome disease, A PANTOMIMIC SCENE. “You will have to give the name, sir,” said | Beach, sternly. The witness looked embarrassed j and beckoned to Judge Porter, to Whose ear be contided the secret. Porter transferred it in a whisper to Beach, Beach to Tilton, and the upshot was (hat the Witness was relieved from the neces. | | sity of making the vame pubiic, An ugly pool ap- | peared to lie under cover and neither side was | disposed to stir it 100 deeply. Beach is not as minute a cross-examiner as Ful- lerton. The latter, as a rule, begins at the begin- ning. The witness is asked for his or her occupa- Beach plunges in medias ves, taking the most salient pointin the direct examination on which to hang bis inquisl- | tion. It was thus he tuok hold of Storrs, whom he tound a knotty kind of customer, one who would Persist in telling his story in his own fashion, dis- — regarding the instructions of the counsel. Beach’s | temper mounted with the obstructions, BLACKMAIL, | Q. Was Mr. Beecher’s name mentioned? A, Yes, 1t was; bat | cannot tell you in what connec. tion; | think it was when Mr, Moulton spoke of Mr, Beecher having charged him with blackmall- ing; he was indignant, and said he had never been Beecher; be was very exctted at a jormer conversation, and said thatto Beecher he tad always been a true and steady iriend; I remember his making the threat that he would shoot Mr, Beecher; I did not think be would do it; I did not feel that there was necessity to make any reply to the statement; I remember a conversation with Mr. Moulton ten or fitteen days aiter signing the tripartite agreement, when he said he hua not burned tne apology; I was telling him that Mr. Bowen sald he had paid a pretty large sum; he then beyan to tell Me about Sam Wilkesou; that he liad written to him and told him tu be sure and burn Mr, | Beecher'’s aclogy and all other papers; Moulton said, laughingly, of course he had burnt all the papers, and then saded be was not quite such a Tool as that. RE-DIRECT. Mr. Tracy then asked a few questions, to which witness replies lremember getting a notice of the arbitration; I must have been invited tu meet at Moulcon’s house tnat night; 1 weat prepared to examine into any difficulties that might be be- tween the taree mien, or any two of them; Ir member that Mr. Bowen requested that the Wood- stock letter might be returned to him instead of bemg burned; | had two conversations with Mr. Tilton about the statement that had been made in reiution to his wife; a charge was made of udul- tery between Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, Mr. Beach then put the following question :— Q. Did you teil me that you could not tell me in What connection the name of Mr. Beecher was A. 1 believe I dia, sir, Q. Did you not teli me that this woman whose Dawe we have exciuded had toid Mrs, Curtis tiat Mrs, Tilton Was a lewd woman and had contractea @ loathsome disease? A. Yes, sir; I said some- tong like that; | understood that all diMculties were to be arranged between the three men; ev: eryihing tmcluded in the personal statemen when I said between any two persons I did not reler to aby special charges. Mr. Tracy then put a tew unimportant ques i@posed v1. MRS. MARY F. PERKINS was then sworn and examined by Mr. Shearman. She stated :—I reside at present in Boston; I have lived in Hurtiord over forty-six years: my hus- band’s name ts Thomas C, Perkins; lam an older sister of Henry Wara Beecber; I spent the whole of the winter of 1872 with my brother; 1 went the last of December and remained until the last of April; Mrs. Beecner was absentin Fiorida for her healtn; I remamed in the house m st of the time, as my Was not absent more than ten minutes; other times when | went out! was accompanied vy my brother: 1 was m the nubit of receiving Mrs. Beecher’s guests; during that winéer | never saw Mrs. Tiiton; I Was also there during the winter of | 1872 and 1873; the first Winter she nad returned belore | leit, and on the second occasion | taink she was on her way home; on neitner of these visits did | see Mrs. Tilton at the house or hear ot her having visited there; in the frst week of Jane, 1873, I w: t Roxbury, at my son’s: I think my brother came for me to ask me to Make a Visit with bim to Mrs, Ciafin, wife or ex-Gove ernor Clafin, at Newtonville, Mass; I went with him and remained about a week; he preached in the church there that Sunday; I think we went there ou the first rhursday in | June;I heard my or.ther preach on Sunaay, and I think we remained Monday, Tuesday’ and Wedoesday of the jollowipg week; during that period my brother was bever absent long enough to huve gone to New York, or even hali way. This conc. uded the examination of Mrs. Perkins, and the Court then adjourned untii two P. M. APTER RECESS the court room was filled with eager faces. All were on the tiptoe of expectation ‘or Mr. Beecher’s appearance. The lawyers were as greatly ex- | ercised as the audience. The Judge himself be- trayed some concern. There was no extraordi- nary crowd, and almost everybody was accom. | modated with aseat. The entry of Mr. Beecher made @ decided sensation. His every movement was watched and the expression of bis face closely | scanned, James Freeland examined—I live in Columbia street, Brooklyn; | have been a member of Ply- mouto church twent)-five years; | koow Tilton, Bowen and Moulton; I have been a collector o! in- teruul revenue six or seven yeurs; | was one of tue arbitrators in the Tutun-Bowen matter: I was resent at a meeting of the arbitrators at which ir. Tilton attended; Mr. Tilton said the whole matter a8 regarded Mr. Beecher was to come into the discussion; alter this the aroitration pro- ceeced; 1 cannot state what Mr. Bowen said; we agreed upon an award; the award was announced | by Mr. Claflin; he said that ail the papers should be burned; then the award Was agreed on, $7,000; there was something satd about signing a per; it Was to be signed by Tilton, Beecher and dowen 3 ‘Tilton said there was someting in the agreement which he wanted to have changed ; ne Gid alter it, and the alteration was accepted, Q What was Said about the letter of apology? A. That was to be barne: + was Mr, Beecher's letter of apology; | understood that Tiltom and Moulton assenied to this. Q. Alter this was done, What was said’ A. Mr. Bowen wanted fo settie tae matter up, and spoke to Mr. Clafiin; there was acheck filled out by M Bowen; I tuimk it Was passed to Tilton, and w separated soon alter the check was filled; we were at this conference three or four pours; it Was late in the evening; I was alterwaras co: sulted by Mr. Storrs as to ‘depositing Tipartite agreement witn Mr. Moulton; it w: Suggested that there shouid be 4 fair copy Of the agreement mace. To Mr. Fullerton—This was in April, 1872; that 1s my impression; I did not see the eneck, but I judge :rom it the date of this ‘conlerence: i am sure that toe arbitration took place and equali: 3 the tri- artite agreement was delore us; l saw Mr. Til- on draw woat | sapposed was an amendment to the tripartite agreement and it was annexed to t ; the agreement between Bowen and Tilton and the tripartite agreement were tne only papers that i saw at this arbitration; | did not read @ word Of the papers; the agreement Was Tead over; I can’t state the ‘contents o the papers, but I recoliect the substance of the cone Versation im regard to them; I remember that there was au agreement that ail the papers in re- lation to the scandal were to be burned; I did not see the Woodstock letter deivered’ up that gon’t think teere was any paper that night relating to the scaudai excepting that embodied in the personal state- am sure they spoke of the apology that Mr. Beecher Was not there that nigat; | do not kuow how I came to go to the arbitration; I have been @ member of Plymouth cnurco twenty- nember of the Board of Trastees and a deaco! don’t recollect one night being at Mr. Tiiton’s how when Mr. Stephen Peari Andrews was there; { may nave been ther Mr. Stephen Pearl Andrews never lecturea in my house; Mr. Andrews may be @ noted lecturer; I May bave heard him iecture, but I can’t say posi- tuvely; | have heard him talk at my house, but there was not a meeting or lecture; [ can’t recoi- lect ever being at Mr. Tilrou’s house when M Stephen Pearl Andrews aud otners were talkin; Of spheres and atmospheres— (iaughter)—I hav beard the evidence of Miss Augusta Moore, stating that | Was @t that lecturc, and the hardest work A have T had was to try to rewember it— Ganghter)—I am a Bible Spiritualiat; it is too Wide a subject vo go into, 4 Do you velleve that you can communicate With spirits in the other World’ A. Yes; I believe there are ministering angels about, and it would be well Jor you if tuey Were around now—(laugh- ter)—I believe in the Divinity of the saviour; I believe in the Deity of the Saviour; 1 cannot ex- plain it to myself. Q. Do you believe in the Deity of the Saviour as it is heid by othodox churcues? Ruled out, OLD FREELAND jurnished @ good deai of amusement to the au- Gience, and no one laughed more neartily than Mr. Beecher, On Spiritualism Mr. Fullerton made with the result of hearing from the witness that it would be well for him (Mr. Fale | lerton) to believe im the ministerlug angels of Spiritualism. The counsel confused the old man greatly. “Wo you believe iu the Deity of the | Saviour “IT can’t answer; I can’t expiain it to TMysel/, @od what I can’t expiain to myseu I can’t explain to you.” “TBat is ail, Mr. Freeland.’ “Thank you, Mr, Fullerton,” and the old mai retired amid laughter, To impeach the testimony of Kate Carey, tne nurse iu the Tilwon /amily, Mrs, Jenny Moore, a slender young married iady, was called, to prove ‘Vhat When she asked Kate if she ever saw any. thing Wrong between Me, Beecher and Mra Tilton, | | ton, Beecher and Moulton; i 187 | him NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, she answered, “No, and that whoever said so was atar.” The lawyers had a short, sharp fignt over the effort to impeach the Carey witness, Judge Porter explored the legal authorities and hit upon & paragraph that uppled to the case closely. Beach yielded the ground to Porter, and the ques- | tion as to Kate's veracity was put, and the answer ol the Witness, that she wouid not believe her un- der oath, was taken. Then Fullerton inquired very closely as to how the witness found out the general character of this servant, Rebdert 1, Moore, husband of the previous wit- ness, wss next called, but his evidence was un- important. James Redpath then testified that he knew Til had @ conve! Tilton wbout a narrative that being prepared about Mr. Beecher’s affairs; stayed hight at Tilton’s; heard the “true story” read (hat night; don’t remember any conversa- ion particularly; as lar as 1 recollect Theodore Said he Woult tell me al! the facts iu the case, and he, utter that, handed me the paper to read in my room; read the paper; made twenty or thirty visits to the house during October and November, 1873; When he gave me the story to read he said he didn’c want Elizabeth to know he bad given it to me, as Sue didn’t Want people to know it; one day vetng there net kuzabeth; she had an extra. ordinary expression of determination; I went into Theodore’s roo; mhe nad a look of extreme sorrow; 1 went forward to bim and he had the rollof the “true story; he said he hau just had a controversy with Hiizabeth, ond he miude a re- mark of tne extraordinary nerve of Elizabeth; she had told him that if that story was published sne would come out and deny it; | remained with a lew minutes and saw that he suffered greatly, and he staggered as he walked; we crossed over to New York togetoer; I thought he was in a_ fever or going iosane; he was going next day to lodiava vo lecture, aud I said to some one if be went it would be the ruin of him and his family; be didn’t go; the next dayl met Frank Moulton: Tilton wanted to have the paper pabiished, and [ said, “Let me have t he said, No; Ithen went With him to the Golden Age oMice; he said, There it is;”? Lkeptit as long a8 I could til 1 saw Frank, and then | copied the paper; 1 did not copy tae whole Of tt Q. Look at that book, Mr. Redpath, and see Whether itis the same from which you made the copy? A, Yes, sir. The book was offered tn evidence, Witness proceeded to say that the first conver- sation with Tilton occurred at nis house ; read the “true story” ater the Woodbull pubiication, ana | understood that it was intended to make the charge of “improper proposais;” could not re- member that Tilton said he had not slept all nigut, nor did he give any reason for the “true story.” Witness had sent his copy to Boston anu lorgot all about it unul he saw Beecher at the White Mountains, in 1874. Aletier was show witness, Who said he wrote it to Mr, Beecher in July, 1874. Q. Where had you seen Mr. Beecher next after writing that letter? A, | saw Mr. Beecher next in Brooklyn; | saw bim in July. Q. Was that before Mr, Beecher made his state. ment betore the committee? A. Yes, sir. Judge Netlson—Toat is all, Mr. Redpath. Call Mr. Evarts—We propose put to Mr. Beecher on vhe stand, and that bad better be done to-morrow morning. ‘The Judge concurred with Mr, Evarts, and the court was adjourned till eleven o’clock this morn- ing. PROGRESSIVE SPIRITUALISTS. | the next witness. THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF PRO- GRESSIVE SPIRITUALISM—SPEECHES AND SINGING AT REPUBLICAN HALL. A decidedly interesting and highly respectable assembiy gathered yesterday aiternoon at Re- publican Hall, No. 65 West Thirty-third street, to celebrate the twenty-sevenih anniversary of the advent of modern Spiritualism. It w: mainly composed oO! ladies and gentlemen well advanced 1D years and whose iaces might have afforded a profitable and pleasing siuay to physiognomists. Many of the gentlemen were white-haired. On the platiorm stood four oea@utiful baskets of flowers. Alter the hymn “Nearer my God to Thee, Chairman, Dr. R. T. Hallock, delivered tne intro- ductory address, dwelling upon the “electrical shock” whicb the discovery of Spiritualism pro- duced upon the world. The civilhzed world was being rapidly weaned irom all faith when Spirit- ualism barst upon it, There were many men and women who looked at this struggle between Christianity and science with regret, and saw that the only salvation was in Spiritualism. Tue natiomalities based upon spiritual manifestations, a3 Was shown by bistory, were great as long as they remained Jaithful to the powers from which their strength was derived, and as soon as they began to be doubtful about their gods their decay commenced. In the year 1 & medium arose who understood the power of spiritual Jaws over the world, but because the world bad repudiated the frst medium, Moses, he also suffered repudiation, What had modem Spiritualism done? It bad done one great thing, and that was to take the miracies out of the realm o! the mere caprice of a raling power, and reduced all these spiritual maniiestations to law. Prior to 1843 the ordinary idea of Heaven bad Leen laughed at by sensible men and women, who said:—*i don’t care aguap for your Heave i don’t want to oo ge is to eternity. i'd ber suffer damnation witn sensible men'” And what makes our idea of a ber ? Why, human love, affection, memory, intell:geace, room tor improve- ‘ed—just the very vio On the Bute with admirabie finish aud expression, waich was peart- ny encoread, Mr. Lyman vc. Howe, who kept his eyes closed, said:—You approve of toe charms of @song,and we bave come where to celevrate a song of infifitude reacning from mun to Uod. ‘Ths Gay marks an epoch which gues far back of the periou when the morning stars saug togetuer. ‘to-day there are many iearved historians Wao are ready to deny even the existence of Jesus of Naza- reth, Tois scepticism hus been growing gradu. uy. Yue advent of modern Spirituausm, her- aiced 0; Davis, deciured tuat bot only Was the commani- cation be ween the two Worlds estabiisnea, bat buat it was also susceptible of proof. Thus Spirit- ualism Challenged the investigation of tue word. | This epoca marks the oeginning of the scien- tie pause of immortality. 1t was to carry biessings to the World, not by the menace oi the devil aug damnation, but by the estabisoment of tacts. Wien it thus came to answer toe clamor of infidel ages uow was it received? By the scten- utile World with coutumely and contempt; Science 1t Was wet squarely aud accepted; but by scientide pretenders it Was irowoed down, tra- duced, trodden upon. But it was urged t revelation Was hut presented in au acceptable form, that it was taken ould of by the lowly, the ignorant, Who is to biame? If the hign and the scientific Would rather nave let it in the lowly pot save it to the world’ It did come to the lowly; 50 did Jesus. It was Heaven's Her- cules which was jaQuching the thunaecboits of Job untul he scientific pretenders no jJonger dared to meet this iofinie ocean, generated in the lapse of twenty-seven years ago. (Applause.) | admit that it ts not perfect religion; but look low many centuries passed velore astronomy, phrenology and e other system of science reached its preseat of high advancemeut. Now, if it took these sci- ences $o Wany centuries, woat could they expect Ol tals twenty-seven year old child? Spirituausm combined the characteristics of a science and 1e- ligion which was destined to disintegrate the fos- slis Of the past. On the part of the matertalists 1t Was urged tuat religion Was DOt Dataral to Man, but engrafied upon him. However, this is but pure assumption, without any foundation what- ever. One might as Well say that tue vrain was not made to pray, to feei aud to think. The @n elaborate analysis of the e “top brain,” ti brain’? brains, which was ned to with profound attention, Spiritualism hag liberated tne seris of Russia ine siaves of America. it bas not oniy freed four milion of slaves, but our times jour miljion who bad been in fat worse than Foe eal bonuage. If ritualism repudiated the boadage of a false theology, @ saise revelation of the golaen stream that runs toroagh toe vorder isies of the past— (applause)—% taught that the same love held a | Togetuer the star-spangied glories of the aniverse. (Applause. ) ‘ihe speaker, Whose address was a curious mix- ture of pvetry afd prose, and contained all the higo sounding Words in tue dictionary, fnaliy con- c.uded wita several Violent jerks of bis entire body and toe vpening o} his M ng a pretty song, with hich core Ny Pau.ive A. Wieland finte and ptano accompauime: dially applauded, Otner addre: Newbrougn aod E, V. Wiison followed, alter which the exercises closed. lu the evening there Was @ social reunion and aancing until midnignt, | A MAGISTRATE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. A desperate attempt was made on Tuesday night py Justice Voihardt, of Palisade avenue, Jersey City, to take bis own ule vy thrusuing a koife steel into his breast. The act was irus- trated by Dr. Hayne, who was present and who wrested the weapoo from him. Mr, of the peace for many years, was Femarcabie for his courteous and manly riog In tue aischarge Of his da s@ars past lis business Das bi ana his mind bi oppre: many of which were porely imaginary. r days ago he intimated that ne would bot endure his troubles muco jouger, but those woo kuew him Dever anticipated his real purpose. He iecis disappointed at His faliure to @ccompiso his pure ore, Bod irom Bis iemarks Sal be be ae as torty-Gve eed to Ve closey Watened, youre Of age, was | % the | toe immortal words of Andrew Jackson | this | te | f oy Dr. J. Be | A MORMON A Brother Saint Acquitted of Murder Contrary to Evidence. ae THE TRIAL OF EX-SHERIFF JURY. RICKS, ‘Witnesses Swear to His Assassi- nation of Skeen. A COWARDLY CRIME UNPUNISHED, Sac? Lake Ciry, March 24, 18%. The most important and interesting criminal trial ever held in Utah came to an inglorious close city. Thomas E, Ricks, a Mormon elder, a tormer probate judge and Sheriff of Cache county, and | Colonel in the Nauvoo Legion, was indicted last | fall by the Grand Jury for the murder of Elisha Davis Skeen, in Logan, Cache county, Utah, on the nignt of July 3, 1860, 1t was one of the numer- | ous murders ordered by the priesthood which red- den the aunais of tne Mormon Church, and great political significance has attached to this trial as | affording a test whether conviction of crime can | be obtained under the provisions of the act of | Congress, approved June 23, 1874, and known to | this community as the “Poland bill,” PAILURE OF THE POLAND LAW. There ig a dramatic interest in the incidents of this attempt to bring punishment home to one of | the assassin members of this crime-stained priest- | hood. The act of Congress above named, having | prescribed the mode of tmpanelling a jury in order that the laws might be executed in Utah, a jury list was made up and a venue issued for _ Jurors to form a grand anda petit jury. Among those drawn for the grand jury was Thomas E. Ricks, who, on his voir dire, declared he was not | APRIL 1, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. last evening in the Third District Court in this | even when itis finished, The policemen Appointed to take the census have to struggle With the want of any adequate arrangements by tae Board of Education, which will certainly not increase the provavilities of their duty being well periormed, ine blanks, for iustance, with which Vhe are supplied are unwieldy by reason oj tueir | enormous size, aud if it is raining they are likely to be wetted and soiled, If the officers had smuil, eusily portab.e notevooks, it would be far better and greatly facilitate the taking of notes, Another didiculty 1# thet the policemen cannot go beyond their own precincts, while the census should be taken by streets anda by men who are able to complete the census turough the lengin of every thoroughiare. The task intrusted to the pones necessitates domiciliary visits to every | home in the city, 80 that its gigantic iment can easily be imagined, tod the resistance ob the part oi the ignorant classes will make some of these visits of considerable length, ‘There Wiil also be great aiMcuity after the cen- sus is Completed Iu carrying out the law, more especially if if isattempted to bring its rigor to bear upun the street chiluren tustead of their parents. The littie street Arabs will be required to carry about them ceruficates showing that they had attended senvol iourteen weeks during the year, Now, how are children, whose ciothes—Iif | they wear any worth calling by that name—_— scarcely ever can boast of a pocket, be expected to curry such @ ce: tiicate about their persons ail the tim>! Itis believed that the spectacie of po- lheemen dragging crying children turoagh the | streets every day (ior all epildren who cannot show such certificates are to be arrested) will cre~ ate a popular seatimens against the law bighiy prejudicial to the cause of compulsory education, and that the operations of the truant agents should be principally direcred jor the first 1ew years against parents and guardians who are re- Bpousibie jor the absence of their children or wards from the scuools. THE SINKING FUND. FERRY LEASES AND THE DOCK COMMISSIONERS’ SALARIES, The Commissioners of the Sinking Fand met yesterday afternoon. A commuaication was re- ceived from the Dock Commisstouers surrender- ing to the commission the block bounded by Littie West Twellth street and Thirteenth street. ‘Yhe Third Avenue Ratlroad Company, tn 8 com- munication, made an offer to take @ lease of three corporation lots on Sixty-sixth street and Third avenue Jor she storage of snow ploughs. On mo+ ton, the commission decided to lease the lots at public auction, A communication from the Board of Education was received, asking that five city lots on Sixty- | @ polygamist and was a loyal citizen of the United | States, When the jury was impanelled informa- | | tion was given to the foreman that Mr. Ricks was | living with five wives, and was, besides, a mur- | derer. Indictments were founa against mm for | | the murder of Elisna D. Skeen ana for lewd and | lascivious cohabitation, and he was snatched from the jury box and locked upin jail. evidence to convict, those present at te time of the homicide having scattered, the prosecuting last, the 18th inst. COMPOSITION OF THE JURY. the trial jury. The Poland bill provides that the jury list shall be made up with one-half ofGertiles | | and one-half of Mormons, 100 names to be tur- | nished by the Probate Judge, a Mormon bishop | almost \uvariably, and the other half by the clerk | of the District Court—a Gentile. It 1s asserted by | | ie non-Mormons of Utah that tne Free- | masonry eXisting between all the tollowers of Brigham, and that the devout saints | are so completely controlled by “counsel”? (the commands of their ecclesiastical superiors) that a | Verdict to convict @ brother satut of crime can- | not be obtained. Tne Mormons, on the other hand, say mer ae citizens cf the United States, entitied to all the riguis and privileges of their fellow citizens, and they protest against the in- | justice of their eXclusion irom the jury box. | oiand Dili meets this difcuity in the most equit- | able Way possibie, by making up ® jury list com. | posed of saints and sinners in equal numbers, | By @ Vigorous use of chalienges, peremptory and ior cause, the counsel ior the delence suc- | | ceeded in getting a jury composed of nine Mor- | | Mons, two apostate Mormons and one weak- kneed, lily-livered Gentile. THE CRIME AND ITS VICTIM. | The trial was then proceeded with, able counsel being engaged on both sides. But vefore | pro- ceed to give the evidence produced, tt would be | welt to anticipate it witi a brief history of the _ crime, The victim, Skeen, was @ stout, resolute young fellow. stauding nearly six leet, and 4 mem- ~eroi the Vanite baod. He bad sought in the Nauvoo Legion to resist the approach of Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston’s army sent out by Pr | dent Buchanan, and bad beeu engaged in several | | lawiess jorays under the—domination of the | Charch. But, like many others, be bad begin to , | Coo} 1D bis faith, and his lack of zeal marked fim | a8 @ dangerous man to those Whom nis admissions | Might umpiicate In crime. A charge O1 cattle | stealing was trumped up against him, be was ar- Test nd committed to the custody of nis alleged murderer, Sherif Kicks, for safekeeping. THE T2STIMONY. | I will bere take up tue testimony. Mr, William | | Chambers, vow a well-to-do iarmer in Iowa, testi fled that 1e was a guard on the night of Skeen _ homicide. Toe prisoner was confined in a log schoolhouse, and iay asleep in his blankets on tne floor. The witness was recumbent on a bench, After midnight, between one and two v’clock, | Ricks Came io and put a piece of board on the fre- place to cause a ligut, and said to witness, “Ir you see anytning it Will be wise to hola your tongue.” | Sboruy aiterward Kicks and another man entered tne building and fired their revoivers at the sieep- | ing m: The latter started up and ran conlusediy | | out o1 rs. Three or four more shots were fired, | | and the victim fell down fitteen feet irom tne o | schoolhouse, pierced with five balis, and instantly | | expired. (Unis witness 1s au apostate Mormon.) | t As ‘The defence set up a theory of an attempt pe. One Shumway, & witness for tue di , testified that at ten o'clock that night he w spatcned by Bishop Maughan to the sneriff (Kicks), a distance of ten miles, with a note to apprise | Dim of an attempt at @ rescue. During cross-ex- amination this Wituess made a number of damag- ing admissions, Wo.ch justified the belel that the lester he carried was a message O! deata, and that | be wos the man who discharged his revolver witn | Macks at the sleeping prisoner. A numoer of wit- nesses Were Introduced on voth sides, but the ma- terial facts elicited were that the Sheriif (Ricks) dismissed two oO! bis four guards on the arrival of the messenger, au unlikely tuing jor him to do if prised of an intended rescue; and that ah exainination of the body showed that some of the shots ranged upward, thus proving they must | Bave struck him as ne lay on the ground, below bis assailants, The wousds were la tne back, | which edectuaily disproved Shumway’s testimony | that Skeen made an assagit upon fis jauor ° yy | (Ricks), and that two wounds were lufiicted as he | @pproaclied the latver With an intent to overvear | bim and fly. AN ASTOUNDING VERDICT. | With these facts be.ore them the jury retired to | their room, and io an Dour and a palf recurned | with a verdict of not guilty, ‘This 1s the second case Of acquittal on a charge | of murder oy @ mixed jury empanelied under the | Poland bill, Gentiles’ say it 18 no use trying criminal cases where Moruons are the defeodants, because Mormons wWili not convict each other, aud farther legislation by Congress must ve had. Tne only Way to get a Jair trial, it is commoniy said, is to have the Marsual issue an open venire and summon men who are not under the coutroi of the Mormon priesthood. It wili be well, bow. | ever, to try two or tnree more cases, because two exampies can hardly be accepted as establisying & rule. | JUDGE M’KEAN’S REMOVAL UNWISE. eral CoWan, Assistant Secretary of State, is here, sent by the President, a8 | understand, to inquiie into the political condition of Utan. This geutieman will not have to inquire far to satisty uimself that the removal of Chiei Justice icKean 18 one of the most damuging biows ever inflicted Upon this priest-ridden Yerritory, and may justly be added to the President's long list ol political | blunders, | THE CHILDREN’S CENSUS. | | SLOW PROGRESS IN THE WORK—THE POLICE | UNFITTED FOR THE TASK—RESISTANCR OF THE IGNORANT CLASSES. If present indications can be trusted the police who are now engaged in taking the census of all children of school age in this city (with a view to enable the agents of truancy to prosecute parents and guardians who evade the provisions of tue | Compulsory Education jaw) will succeed put very indifferently im their task. A prominent police of- | clal wai ably take to compiete the census, and he said at | least three months, The Superintendent has given | orders to the captains to detail iour policemen in | each precinct to take the census, The | have to go from house to nouse with huge bianks, | toree feet by two, under their arms, in which | they are to write the age, residence, &c., of every clilld. This seems to ve rather 0 easy task; but it requires, nevertheless, ais | eretion and intelligence far above the standard of | the majority of the police joree. Agreat many ignorant peopie among the lower classes resent the appearance of the policeman at once as an e and endeavor to ol their children. the occasion, There are a certaia number O1 intel. lent men in every precinct, the officials say, Who are fitted for the task, but they are wanted jor Working Up important cases coming within the direct province Of the department, | OTHER OBSTACLES, There are otner drawvacks whion render it Drobavie tha: There | being considerable trouble experienced in getting | officer was not ready to go to trial until Thursday | The chief Interest centred in tne composition of | | conduct. | sked yesterday how long it Would prob. | b SHC Gensus Will OG Wosuuy incoupies?e | seventh street be sec apart for school purposes, Cowptrulier Green submitted @ list of the leases of property owned by the city which expire on the Ist of May. The commission authorized him to offer “he leases at puolic auction, He also submit. | ted copies of resolutions passed by the Sinking Fund last year granting lerry jeases on Various terms. | ‘These leases Ke suid bad not been executed, and the Clerk of tne Common Council had relused to put the seal of the city to one o! the leases sent to lum, he taking the ground that he had not been authorized to doso by the Common Council. Re- corder Hackett said that the Clerk’s objection was not @ good one, as the Commissioners had a per- ject right to order him to afMlx the seal to any Jease. A resolution was flnaily passed calling upon the Corporation Counsel to give his oprmion to the commission concerning the subject. Alderman Gross, in alluding to the fact that there was a bill before the Leyisiature relating to | the salaries of the Dock Commissioners, said be | thougnt the Commissioners ougut to have con- suited with the Sinking Fund first. Tne Mayor said he believed tne Dock Com- missioners claimed that the Dock Department was hot a part o1 te city government, Algerman Gross said he would call up the mat- ter at a future time. Mr. H. P. McGowan appeared before the com- mittee and appiled for a quit claim irom the city lor Jand under water in front of his property. He ‘was told to get the Corporation Counsel's opinion, “THE POLICE BOARD. ‘vhe Board of Police he!d a meeting yesterday afternoon, Geueral Duryee stated that he was happy to announce to the Board, as its treasurer, that nearly $250,000 had been saved trom the ap- propriation of 1874, and the same was now in bank, subject to the araft of the Board of Esti- mate and Apportionment, Tpe following is ols report:— The amount appropriated by the Board of estimate and Apportionments for the year 1874 ior street cleaning pur- boses was Amount expended. Unexpended Received tor interest ashes, &c Total Approp sal Amount expended. Unexpended balance -, 90,061 | Unexpended Valance, account of alteraiions and | | it penseeder age 9h2s Total unexpended balance $239,035 | Against which are some small outstanding ciaims, amount unknown, this amount is now on deposit in bank drawing interest, and suvject to the call of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. From the appropriation for i874 was also paid for ex- penses tueurred for street cleaning purposes during the months of November and December, 18/4, $61,557; mak- ing the actual to.ai unexpended balance of tie 1874 ap- propriation, $251,6/3. TRANSPRRS. Sergeant Lefferts, oi the sanitary company, was transierred to the Fourteenth preciuct, and Ser- geat Russell, from the Fourteenth precinct to the Sanitary company. Tne joliowing trausfers of roundsmen were made :—James J. Brophy, Seventh to Second pre cluct; Terrence Riley, Sev: Jonn Wiegand, Ninth to Twentieth precinct; G E. Helme, Ninth to Twenty-second precinct; EB. Buckley, ‘tenth to Seventa precinct; Charles Waudluog, Tenth to Thirteenta precinct; Hugh McConnell, Fourteenth to Thirty-thira precine Edw. Woods, Seventeenth to seventh prectact; G. H, Covert, Seventeenth to Twenty-third pre- cinct; Joon MecvUuilough, Nineteenth to Tbirty- fourth precinct; Jos. Suilivan, Lwentieth to Yair. ty-first precinct; G. W. Smith, Twenty-fiith to Seventh precinct; John G. McGuire, Twenty-flth | to Thirty-first precinct; James E.G. Kenny, Twene | ty-eigita to Fourteenta precinct. APPOINTMENTS. The following were appointed patroimen:— Jonn Scuily, Bernart Mcaruie, Thomas Farrell, James Byrnes, George Becker, M. F. Barker, W. iH. Taylor. The resignation of James Lee, Inspector of nenian Was accepted, Mr. Lee being in delicate ealtn. A resoiution was adopted requesting the Boara of Apportionment tv ap) ropriate $60,000 out of the unexpended balance of 1 ty Streets. Honvrabie mention wai man Walsh, of the Seventh precinct, or MUNICIPAL NOTES. The Mayor yesterday paid an unannounced visit Of inspection to the insticutions on the islands, He leit the wnar! at Twenty-sixtn street about eight o’clock, and was at the City Hall aiter the visit at eleven o'clock, wen he received a large pumber of visitors, among others Commissioners Wales, Voorbis, Martin, Brennan, Toomas O’Callagnan, Bernard Reilly and several of the Aldermen. The corridors of the City Hail were as crowded as ever yesterday with workingmen, who were anxiously lookinu for the Aldermen of their dis- | triets, Whu are supposed to have their pockets | tall of labor tickets. The factis that every man who loiters about the City Hail with the idea th he cau procure Work irom some one there better | than im his own district labors under @ great mistake, and it may ve of interest | for him to kKuow that the tickets that have | already been given out by Genera: Porter have | been given to Lhose members o: the District Gen- erai Committee who iepresent their respective districts on the Committee on Organization. They and vot the Aldermen, it will be seen, theresore, are the parties Who were charged with tne duty of handing tae tickets over to their district general committees for distribution. It is said that not few of these members of the Committee ou Organ: zation nave Neglected to give the tickets Intrusted to them to their commitiees—in fuct, that t took the responsibility of distribating them them- selves. Thomas O'Callaghan, baving been appointed by General Porter Superintendent of Lamps and G wader the Departmen: of Public Works, qualifies yesterday, ‘Ine appointee is a well kuoWa poll | ticlam and a member ot the Tammany Hall General Committee irom the Nineteenth district. He was a Member of the Legisiuture of 1874, when he ioade an excellent record. deieat of the Costigan bil was somewhat talked avout yesterday by the politicians, bu’ had been anticipated no one seemed to be in ‘Way disappointed. | . Comptroiler Green and the Mayor were closeted | together yesterday jor upward of two bours, much | to the distress of the patient waiters lu the aute ‘The conference was concerning matcers of | , Such as the signing of warrants, &c. | Patrick J. Hanbury, of the Fourteenta district, | Was yesterusy appointed @ city marshal in place oi Jonn A. West, resigned, | The Board of Aldermen meet to-day, at two | o'clock P. M. Board of Apportionment at four o'clock | t. 28 pseoailas | A COUNTER CONTRADICTION. | | | To THe EpiTor oF THe HEKALD:— In the card of Mary Lovejoy of this morning's lesue ste says that I Lever asked ior a divorce | mor made any charge against her. I cross-suited her, and made tne only charge that would and dia sudstautia’e u divorce in this State, and proved | It ud got judgment, but it was never served, and ig DOW in foe Hands of my lawyers, and in point of | a ob ver. ance Wt Un Wikulals LOVESON, | | its ba Ty | to de CPTOWY INPROVEMENTS, Commissioner Martin on the Fort Washington District and the New Wards. THE FUTURE OF THE SECTION Commissioner William R. Martin, of the Depart ment of Pablic Parks, under date of March 19, 1875, submivted to the Board a communication gela- tive to the planus for apd the present improver ments of the Fort Washington district and the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth wards. The sub- Ject is therein very exhaustively discussed in all its various phases. In accordance with a resolu- tion of the Board the document has been printed, with the understanding that the Board does not, in any way, commit itself to the policy therein laid down or to the conclusions at which the author has arrived; but only with a view of submitting the whole subject for such public consigeration and discussion as the character of the suggestions may naturally call forth, The localities reterred to in the communication are under the control ol the Department of Parks, Efforts have beeu making for some time for the adoption ‘of acon: gruous plan of improvement, and now there is a general desire that these localities shall be pre- pared immediately in all respects tor their ulti- mate occupation, In this work, as Commissioner Martin considers, there are three cardinal points; First—Laying out the region with streets, aves nues and public places and treating the water iront and steep deciivities, including provision for sewerage und drainage. ‘Second—The acquisition of title for public use to such portions of the land as may be appropriated for that purpose, and ghird—The actual constraction work by which the whole surface 18 to be prepared Jor its dnal occupation. Alter describing the general topography of the region the Commissioner says:—‘‘The practical question here is whether the region suould be laid out now for future occupation as a compact city, such as the lower part of Manhattan Island, or as au open suburban villa region, The latter will evidently be the resuit.’’ He then shows by sta- tistics that if the city were to grow to such an extent as to fill up the circle of the existing filteen miles radius, one bali compactly and she other halfin village style, there would be room fora population within tnis circle, touening the northerly bounaary of this region, 0) 81,500,000, which it is absolutely cer tain it will never reach, He thinxs along the valley lines which divide the region ana upon its borders there will be a compact popula: tion, Tats includes about one-tuird of its whole area, mainly on its southern and eastern sections, The elevated lanas between these two sections will never come into any other occupation than that of villas and villages. Such being the case, the elevated sections must be laid out as the site for the most costly residences. i THE IMPROVEMENTS will be of @ more expensive character, and they will make toe land the most valuable, in the natural valleys and sections of low elevation tne population will be more dense and the buildings and improvements, except those for pusiness pur. poses, of less expensive kind. The straight and parallel streets, with interspaces ior cut lou of the ordinary size, must -be iatd out For the portions of this section which will be fille with residences streets of ordmary width wi suffice, but parks here and there must be inserted in order to give itan attractive character lor 8U0+ uroan population, ‘The voraers of the Harlem River will altimately become tne seat of a great local business for th suppiles of the population and for fact es Manulacturing business, Tne facilities Of Davie gation ana Of railroad approach give the shores ©. this river natural advantages whien, i they | are properly improved, wili make it macchiess throughvot the whole country for such purposes, ‘They should be treaved in such @ way as to admit Oi the most speedy and least expensive moae of preparation for actual occupation. A puikn line should be fixed whicn will ieave sufficient width of water way, and wituin which the land can be filled up withoat great expense or loss of lime. The points of border, approaci and depar- ture should be connected With maim tnorougle Jares through the region striking and leading to the different residences and business sections. LINES AND MODES OF RAPID TRANSIT, in addivien to tne exisiing railroads to and tnrougn the region, must be provided for, Ov viously the first consideration im preparing the region jor a luture settlement springing from tne city must be to make it accessible Irom the city and traversable turougs its whole extent by lines of steam transit. A suburban population will sUStain an elevated road built at a cost waica the density of populavion aud high value of propert; in the city Would justify. Provision mast taeree lore be made tor a depressed or yiaduet road, some mode of construction practicable to a rur: district, by whica crossings Can be made at a difs ferent jevei for ordinary travel, and such travel protected irom auy imconvenience |rom the pass Ing of locomotives. The 11nes of these ro! be ran In a general northerly direction, the nacural valleys, witn proper cross roads intersections, aid witn regard to present future econumy of construction. This leature of tue plan should receive the first cousideration, THE HARLEM RIVER must be Kept open for navigation, and to this end | It must be as iree as possiole from obstructio! and the bulkhead line muss be set oack, oe enough in shore to jeave as wide @ water way a8 practicable, even though it be of varying width, aud the bridges and tunnels whica are lnevitagie jor crossing it must be planne as uluuma to leave open a free navigation. | chaanel laid dowa between tue parallel sboWn On the mays Of tuis river is a contradiction of Its Certaim prospects of becoming an open channel of important navigation, If great @x- pense Is to be incurred Im the construction of tuge nels to Keep this navigation open it is neediess im the Fame plan to incur a great expense in dun} ishing the width of its water way. The trag policy in treating this river 1s to /aciiitate its oc cupation; to ask the Unired States goverpmeas to remove the ruges and obstructions to its chan nel; to connect the higniands by oue Le ery | briage; to construct light temporary bridges Wherever they are needed and tv rely on Pad worked draws for the transit of vessels, e 1 these measures fill the vulley with population ant ess and population «emand it the per works can be undertaken. Provist | should be made now lor Ownership by the city the land sufficient jor tue approaches to these tunnels und bridges. SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE. “ Within the region under review che subject oF Sewerage und arainage ought to receive very thorouga consideration—suificient at least provide, in the pian on waich it is laid out, for such a system of thorough drainage and sewerage as it may be joreseen will ultimately become he The best modern scientific methods ot disposing Of sewage snould also receive careful study. im (he meantime the region needs imme- e drainage. This should be as tnorougn as possible upon a temporary sysiem. It 1s obvioud that the valleys runnivg southwardly mto tae Harlem River cannot uitimately become ines Of Main sewerage Without great deiment to tm usefulness of tuat river and tae heaithiulness the country. No expensive works oi dTainage sould be constructed on such jines, whea it cad be joreseen now that in the end they wili have t¢ be abandoned. . THE CosT of preparing @ rural district fer occupation as & floisued cliy 18 enormous. But its direct and work will Jali upon the city. Far beyond t measure of the advantage to the property own Wili be the advantage and gain to tne city. It Will receive, in its annual taxation on this tie Creased Value, more than its total share of the expenditures d such an income perpetually. in every usoect it is better tor the property owner id the puolic to loo® calmly at evel one Of the Necessary conditions of the problem making this region the most atirac ive, the Moat valuable and the most healthy or ail tue suburbs of the city; to look at every tiem of expen @nd to concur now in the stady aad adoption of a plan waich meets, not sniluks trom meeting, these necessary conditions: faces, ROt postpoues, these necessary expenditures. INORRASE OF POPULATION, It may be assumed that duriog the next tem the population of this metropolis Will in- ‘to 40,000 in year. During the ten yei i 1860 to 1870 e the growth in population of King: ter counts at y Was {rom 666,495 to 1,000,616, and o1 New Yors city from 813,669 to 042,202, In the competition ior this future growth, If this region is so treated ag op its natural advantages, it will have a chance for the largest and the best share. It co tains an area of twenty-two square mii nd resent popwiation is about 40,000, At the rate ob 0,000 10 each square rile It would contain 220,000, Within the next ten years the nacaral growth of population will supply such nombers, aud at such @ density the region would be jairly occapted aud titled av @ Villa suburd. Tiere may be such an lofluw of po;ulation, and if it comes it will re quire the adoption of @ plan tor this region and substantial progress in carrying {t out. It may uriy be that i: progress be made ering this region fur occupation at suc! Tale as as Deen Indicared, It wili not O¢ much ip advance of the siream of population, Buc ime bas uot to be decided now, When WI eo is opted iti Ne Se execution can be made to Gapend upon tl Wal demand Jor the propert™