The New York Herald Newspaper, April 3, 1875, Page 5

NEW YORK HERAD Sr ae. rivvwo on Me part of the witness W88 | tn the long run, and that this came upon me like | frequentiy mentioned in various forms, Somo two dozen women were among the audience, Judging irom tue laughing looks of these people the trial was iu its most attractive stage at this point. i Q. Was there any accusation, insinuation or im- putation by Mr, Mouiton that you bud carnal in- tercourse with Mrs, Tilton? Odjected to. Mr. Beach-—{ suppose it competent for the gen- tleman toask whether anything was said upon a @iven subject, or whether anything more was said upon au introduced suvject tian bas been given oy the withess, 1 beg Your Houor to listen To that question Irom the records o/ the steno- grapler aud see how much it required of judg- Ment ana conciusion and contradiction ou the part of the-witness, Il the gentieman merely in- tenus or wishes to negative any ceciaration upon any sunject in that interview it is very easy to do At Without oflensive questions ol this churaccer. Mr. Kyarts—RKead the question, Mr. Steno- | grapner. Stenographer—"On that night, Mr. Beecher, wi there by Mr. Moulton any accusation, imputatiol or insinnation that you had had carnal inter- course with Mrs, Tilton? Mr. Beacu—I submit my objection. Mr, kvarts—I think | can ask the question. Judge Neilson—I think you can add aiterwards— “ano 11 so, What did he state 1” Mr. Beach--I object tu the question and except | to 118 admission, Wiiness (answering) —There was no such tosinu- tion or imputation or iaplieation, and there | was notuing said by bim or by Me upon that sup. | position nor upon that subject. (Applause, which | was promptly sugpressed.) i Q. At this time, Mr. Beecher, before you sepa- | rated, Was anytuine satd abyus any future visit or-—-? A. ihere was an understanding J should Bee liim the nextday. Q. There was? A. Yes, sir. Q. He was to call upon you the next day? A. Yes, sir. Q. How did that arise—at your request or his ggestion ? A, 1 don’t remember; 1 oniy know L expected him. Q. Now, the next day was Sunday? A, It was. Q. ‘The ist day of January. Now, did an tnter- vieW, and where, how and when, occur between yoursell and Mr, Moulton? a. Alter dinner, about three o’cluck in the afternoon, on the 1st of Janu- ary; Mr. Moulton came to my bouse; we repaired together to the study, which 1s the back room on che third siory, looking out over the bay. Q Wel, sir? A. After the salutations Mr. Moul- ton introduced the subject of tue eitect of tne mission of the last night upon Mr, Tilton aud Ais leelings. Q. Whatadid he say? A. Hesatd thatit had been | an eminently Wise thing tn me to comply with his request and that Mr. Titon was—that he had re- ceived it very kindly; words to that effect. Q. Now, during this interview, Mr, Beecner, how Were you and Mf. Moulton disposed 1n this apart ment? Were you sitting or standing or walking or allof them? A. All ways by turns, Q. That is, yourseify A, 1 sat a part of the time, parc ul the time | walked aud part of the time be Bat und part ol the time he stood; I don’t remem. | ber bis Walking much, q Now, will you give the interview as far as—will you proceed with the interview as lar asyoucallitto mind? A. Yes, sir; aitnough I ii?t wive it exactly im the order, I will give It in Buch order as | can remember it—thatis, la an order Which assists my memory; 1 tmimk toat Mr. Moulton made sume allusion, alter finishing te Immediate Subject of the conversation of my re- turning the retraction; [ think he proceeded co speak about Mr. Lilton, and about his exacerpated Jeeling, DOL apologelically, but, 1D, nevertaeiess, courteous explanation oi bis insistence on me of the last pighv’s action, and spoke of the great trouble that had come upon him oy THE TREACHERY OF Mite BOWEN, or by his miscouduct, and said that he thought—— | Q. Bowen's misconduct’ A. Yes, sir; Bowea’s | misconduct, and that it wasn’t in buman nature lor @ Wan to lose at once his position, and his reputation, and his iivesihood, an uot labor unger great excitemen', and it was perfectly natural taut he shoud extend that to me if he hud reason to think as he did, that | had in some seuse assisted in it; that gave rise to a conversation in regard to my whole felation Irom the 26th, when the letter was brougat to me by Mr. Bowen; 1 told Mr. Moultun | thut.i ceriainly had been au accessory to sume part of ‘he trouble, and that as far asin me lay 1 thougaot it Was my duty to retrace my step and to | epologize or to do anything | could to repair the toat | had ume lorreflection avouy tue | he then went on to say that Mr. Bowea had dismissed Mr, Tilton upon false accusations, or sometaing to that effect, and that they were lies, | and tbat Ne could prove them to be lies—maay of | the charges that were made. Q Mr. Moulton? A. That Mr, Moulton could; be asked me, I think, whut Mr. Bowen told me in jhe interview of the 26th; 1 gave him @ uescrip- Mon of that interview, and, as it was then quite fresh, probably more literally aud more ilully than have given it here, put to the same general purport; I said that Mr. Bowen had brougot that letter, and said that he brought it casually, a8 a kinduess to Mr. Tilton, at bis request; thea Mr. Moulton said, using very strong lauguage—expletives—tuat Mr. Bowen bad proved treacherous; that Mr. Bowen Was occupied with Mr. Tilwn in the mak- ing of that letter, and that he had promised, ut Mr. Tilton would send it to me, that he would back him up in the charges, ana he spoke with empuusis upou that matter ;1 think he then assed me what Mr. Bowen had charged to me were Mr, Tilton’s offences; | said that Mr. Bowen had represented to me tuat Mr. iliton’s opinions were becoming — 80 loose tual Le found it Was injuring, or likely to tojure, the /ndependent, and he lound It necessary to dispossess nitn of bis editorial position and pub him in @ subordinate position; that up tll taat | time he had never heard a waisper—toat is, Mr. Bowen never had—against (he moral character of Mr. Tilton, but that LO Sooner Was it knowa that be baa reducea Mr. filton than there came pour- | ing in upon nim stories irom one aud from | gnother; he said be could hardly cross the | ferry but somebody came to him tu congratulate | him upon having put Mr Tiltou out of that office, and telling him some reason, | in the form of a charge against Mr. Tilton, way be | should wave done it; I told him, ne also said, that | as the result of that first step charges nad been made against Mr. Lilton 0: the most shocking character; he instanced one or two cases at Wins | sted, aud one in the Northwest, and one som where else, | have forgotten where; but stated, phe (bat was iresn in M18 mind, and with some pare | ticularity Oi detail, an event tuat oceurred in his | own ofice of the Union—the Brookiyn Union; I then told bim ‘hat it was the—that it was a singular coincidence; I! twid him-[ toid Mr. Bowen that was a singular come dence; that there hud come to my knowleuge, Within @ very brief period, charges of a similar character; Lrelated to him the imierview between me and Bessie suruer; | rela‘ed to jum the inter- view between me and Mrs, 11i/tou and ber mother; I Went into detail abouc them; | narrated to him that these were current reports, rumors, which now seem to me to gather force in respect to an- Other person; ihere was something or consider. apie Of conversation arouua about taat point; Mr. Moulton told me, of his own personal kuowi- edge, many of these stories Were jalse; that he believed Mr. Tilton to be a man absolutely cuaste and faitaful to bis marital reiavions, ana assever- ated that in various lorms; pressed it upon me; tne conversation vccupied 1m tas direction, per- haps, pearly an bour, going over the reiutions ot Mr. Tilton’s couduct and bis standing; | toid him, however, toat that wasn’t the matter nat burt me most; | Jelt very acutely thay | nad done wrong even in these respects towards Mr. Tilton, and OU his assurances, that Mr. Liiton was biame- Jess in these respecis, had brougat upon mea sense of wrong (hat Was very hard to bear; if there Was anytuing, | told hun, in this earth that I aboorred, it was scandai anu talking, rumors about people; that 1 HAD KEPT MYSELF CLEAN FROst THEM, and that there were persons ip the world who dare tell me such things, apd to | find that I had been caught iu a sium of that Kind mysel) was very hard jor my ride; that I had listened to these stories and aat I had believea tuem, and was asoamed and Mortified about it, and that it Was all tue worse be it Was toward a (riend whom I had joved a ¢ househod was to me like my own home, and that it wasn’t the way that Mr. Tilton bad treaved me wieo I was in adversity; ne Groppea eve: ytuing and Went for a service lor me because it Was Iny Son; it Was more than me; ne Gropped everything and went to Washington and did # greac oilice O1 Kimuners for me;-but when he Was 1 trouble | found the firse tuiug | vad doue was Co take sides against him and ada ro the Weight that Was threateuing to crusihtim (and thas f could not bear), and Lbat Would destroy is house. hold; | dida’t Know haruiy what to say; | conlun't understand it, how Elizabeth Tiron saould nave calied me toa meeting to counsel her about a separation without jetting me know eitner belore | Or at that interview that there ever had been a giserepancy in the household of such a kind as there bi been; I couldn’t understand it: | was absolutely bewilaered by it, but that it seemeu to me that ifshe had been led to transier her affec- Hons irom her husband by reason o1 my presence Lcouia not but eel that | was Diameworthy—that she was A WOMAN SO QUIET AND SO SIMPLE, and her exterior iife was so lar jrom that tnat I had never suspected it, but that her conduct seemed to ine ow to be such Mhatied me to feel | that there had been, that tue allegation was not | uutrue thatt had warped her affections, which | ber busband had made in the interview on the | 30th, and that it seemed to me that she must have | been broken down in her moral nature, that such | charges ne retractions and withdrawal of re- | Wactionce=it Was a pliable thing, anu tudivated that great miscaiel vad veen done im that house. hold, and that | had been tae occasion of It was very plain from everytmng, thougn | had not sus- pected if; aud that led to sume conversation, in Which Lexpressed my doubt of whether this was the firse time | vad given vent to ail my thought and fecing; the other interviews had been as it Were aiplomatic, but Lieit that Mr, Moulton Ws 4 iriend to both siues, and for the first time I gave alr co the pent up feelings tat | nad; I walked about tue room in great agitauon and great seli-coudemuation; I said to him that l could Lob conceive of anything tor which a man should blame nimseli more utterly than t household and Lo be t that my idea of inienasnip and love was chat it gave strengta and tia I had always suppo ed that my presence in their family was givimg strength to all of them; that tt was a blessing to the Cuildren, that it was @ help to his wile in her duties, and that it would haye a} beneficias induence upon Mr Phiten | sely, | and that brings us back agai, andon the whole | my heart to you; said be, “Write these state- | he is your iriend;’ he said, “it wili be agreat deal | Ba 2 | to be any copy Oo! it, eitber im print or ta writ | view, a thunder clap, and | was amazed and bewtidered by it; L think it was, perhaps, in that relation, where | was somewhat doubting whether it could possioly be true that Mr. Moulton said to me, sitting in bis chair, with an intelligent loo! “Why, there 18 no doubt about that, Mr. Beechel Elizabeth Tilton loves your little finger more than she does Mr. Tiltou’s whole body; I acceptea it; Thad no means of coniradicnon; I said to my “ip las been a smouldering fre, burning con- cealed, and I knew nothing of 1t;" 1 felt asnamed to say, “It is not my saule;” I teltratner the im- pulse, I suppose, which every gentlemen will un- derstand, to say, “1 should have foreseen I was tne oldest man--the eldest persou; I was the one that had experience; she was a child; it she hadn't known if, that the tendrils o; her aifection were Srreping, up upon me, { ought to have known it,’? and | expressed myseli Without measure on that subject; aud Latlugea in that conversation to the conflict waich f had, the sense of the feeling I had always bad (or her, as ior a sainthke person, and the conflict that now was in my mind in respect to her, as only that bad been broken down and had brought these false charges against ine, and had taken them back, and was ac tng ill | that was bereit of reason, and th two images—I could not understand it; much conversation passed backward and 10} ward bearing on tbis trial; that Mr. Tilton was set against me; that he felt that I was his enemy, that 1 had done wrong to him in his business rel tioas and that I had souzht to undermine nis in- fluence in (he community; it was the harder b cause the Implication has (or the statement) that I had made use of my acquired reputation and my position as THE HEAD OF A GREAT CHURCH and my relations to the community, with all those aside trom iy mere personal action, I haa grown to oversuadow and injure him; I protested | against any suci idea; that ne had occasion (0 think | that | had done him wroug in the matter of Mr. Bowen | was ashamed to be obliged to aamit; that Thad done bum intentional wrong in h.s tamily 1 deny, but that! had wronged him there was ver; evident it seemed to me irom the present condt- tion and action of Mrs. Tilton; well, we went over the same ground @ good many times, runutng out limes aud going into something else Mr. Moulton was very less severe with me than I Was WItU inyscll, and at times, as it were, depre- cated my own strong language against mysell, and sald, as the interview crew toward a close, that i 1 would only—that i Tilton could only hear what he had heard, he was satisiied that it would remove roi bis mind animosity and the convic- tion he had that I was seeking hisruin; I said to him, ‘State what you see and hear; [have opened ments or sothe of them to Mr. Tilton; and at first 1 thought [£ would, but was in a whirl and I couldn’t; 1 said—! declined it; “Weil,” said he, “let me write it,’ or i; sometuipg to that effect, and I said, ‘I have no objection to your writing it,” and he sat down to the table; but the conversarion didn’t stop; I | amplified and went on, and finally he said to me, “Well, L will Say Lo bim,” ana he made sumething and jooked up, “I will teil Mr, Tilton so-and-so,” as a sort of interpretation of what I had been saying; Isetit right, aud he made a memoran- | dum of tt, and then | went on from point to point, | and somerimes ne would say, “What about so- | | | and-so?” and I would go on talking, and he would jotdown @ memorandum about tt, and that went thorough the who.e memorandum; when he had gone through with it it was about five o’ciock; on | Sundays I take tea at five o’ctock (in order to | have time to prepare my notes jor evening), and | | | the beli rang tor five o’cluek; he rose up irom the table and gathered up the papers; they were on separate sheets, and a sort of afterthought came to him; He said, “Sign tuls; you nad better sign this; 1 said, “No, I can’t sign a letter [ haven't written”? “Well,’’ said ne, “1. won't have the influe. ce with Mr. Tilton that it will 11i1t has your name; “Weii but,” said I, “this 18 your Memolandum; you take tuat and talk of those points to Alr, Jiiton, and tell him what you heard me say; he believes you; better if you put your name to it in some way and let him see you authorize it;” and so on the eage of the paper, or near out, and remote irum the reauing as 1’ could irom the text, I signed my name to a statement, “1 COMMIT THIS TO ME. MOULTON IN CONFIDENCE,” and at that stage, I tatnk, he gathered the papers up, made some remarks of gratification and went down stairs; 1t Was avout the time of gas lighting when he went out, and tnat ende: the interview. y Mr. Beecaer, during that interview was nis Memorandum read to you or read by your A. Neituer. Beecher rose grandly at this moment. There were many moist eyes in the audience. Shear- man aud Howard wept proiusely. Q. Was any partof it read to you or by you? A. No part of it; it was the last thing that was one, Q. (Showing paper)—Say if that is the writing | which you put upon toe sheet? A. I think that { 8, SIT. id Q. Now, this memorandum of Mr. Moulton’s, | when did'you next see it? A. In court bere. Q. At this trial? A. Yes, sir. | Q. And when did you next see what purported or partial copy?’ A. I think, perdaps, in th Bowen letter, 1p the summer of 1874. Q. But the paper itself, or whole copy of it, yi have answered distinctly; when first did you or know Oi, see or read, or hear read, auy cop; this whole paper ? the paper itself you never saw until this trial? A. No, sir; never. Q. When did you ever first see or know of the | full text or wuat purported to be the full text of | tols paper? A. Not until the sammer of 1874, & ‘ot until the publications of the last summer? A. No, sir. Q. As a part of some of the proceedings of last summer?’ A. Yes, sir, Mr. Beach—Let me have that Mr. Evarts, pi Mr. Evarts handed him the paper and re: on, as follows + ouversation of this day aid Mr. Moulton lay beiore you the condition of muisior- tune and disasier in which Mr, Siiton and his affairs were placed? A, Yes, sir, Give as Bear as you can what be is a picted to you’ A. He spoke of Mr. filton as being Qman of great ability and of great reputation, | standing among the highest in the land, and that he had suddeniy by the ili will or tne misconduct of Mr. Bowen in precipitated trom, perhaps, the PROUDEST POSITION A LITERARY MAN COULD ASPIRE | To, and that he had not simply Icst that place, but | lost 1t under circumstances that damaged his rep- | ulation; and that not only vad the means of nis | reputation, or rather uot only bad the means of influence gone With his reputation, but that sud- deny, with a large family upon ms hands, or an expeasive family, or some Word to that effect, his vieans Were cut off, and that he bad no prospect In lite except to rebuild; ail the accu: nues were suddenly shut op to him; ge ti the man had no bome to which he could fall back that there was discord, there were alievations, and that he had not only thus jost bis public posi- Uon, but his domestic position was also stormed; he described tae condition of bis iamily, with the little chilaren piteously. Q. During tis interview was anything said by Mr. Moulton as to your blaming yourseii more than you ought’ A. Yes, sir; om several occa- sious he said he thought | was putting it too Stiong; that the matter wasa’t so severe as | had | laid it upon myself; he thought that the family Telationsnip might with kindly care be repaired. Q. Did be, When you were stating \o Lim what you understood to be the fault or nusiortune Irom your connection with wis family aifairs, day that it Was anything different or o:her than what you stated it? A. (emphatically) No, sit; no, sir; he did not; tt Wasn’t a coademnatory interview, it was a-ympathetic and most iriendly interview between bim and me; there was nothing in his tone, notoing in his manner, nor in his lauguace, ber that savored oi th Q. What point or aim did he have in tne inter- | you understood? r. Fuilerton—No; what did he say? what did Be say’ That is objected to. } By Mr. Evaits—Q. How did he express Dimself | In regard to any oject or result of tne mterview ? | A. He was laboring to bring 10 pass sucu a recon- cliiation between Mr. Tilton aad me, such a better understanding, each of the other, as should avail for the peace of that famuy and jor the restora- tion of Mr. Tilton to prosperity and to good name. Q. Did Mr. Moulton attempt or offer any expla- Ration of Miss Bessie Turner's story? A. Yes, though not atas much length as he did at subse- quent interviews, q. Well, that day? A. I was trying to prevent the fullee sorm in my mind, but he said it Wasa barmiess thing—misunderstood by the enlid; sue was a mere cud and she «id not auderstand; if she had been left to herself she would not have put any such interpretation upon tt. q. Well, did be name anyboay else as having inflamed? A. He did. $ Who did he say? Mrs. }. Morse, Dia you say aoything in this interview with Mr. Moulton about your /eeling or thinking toat you ought (o write to Mr. Bowen? A, I did, sir. Q. What Was that? A, [told him the result of the conversation that was pissing, that passea, between him and me on the svortes that had been toid by me to Mr, Bowen, and on his assurance of the falseness of them t Lielt | Was bound to cail tem back—at any rate that they should not stand ou any statements I had made, and I would do it mimediateiy. } ‘Mr. Evaris—Tbat letter, 1 thips, is in evidence. | Mr. Fullercon—Yes, sir. Mr. Evarts—hat was written the next day. | Mr. FPullerton—No, sir; no, sir. | Mr. Evarts—It ts in evidence, is it not? | Mr. Fullerton—Yes, sir. Mr. Evarts—W hatis the date? Mr. Fuilerton—The 3d, Mr, Shearman—January 2 The Witness—I wrote it early next morning. | Q Weil, HeXt morning you wrote the letter? A, | Yes. str. Mr. Evarts—It ts Exbibit No, 3. There are two Uhrees here, Mr. Abbott—On page 66 of the pamphlet, examination contiaued ;— Q (snowing the book of the testimony) Mr. Bevcier, Just Wok ab the testimony; it 18 con venlet to find, There (pointing), there is the first part of the letter, ana there Is (he rest of it; the debate iu the—- A. I don’t need to read the debat q. No, sit; just read and see if thatis the letrer Wiica you spoke of intenuing to write and alter. ward Gd write. There, there's tae ietter, This is the raft, | suppose, reproduced? Mr. Morris—Keproduced? Mr. Evarts—Yes, you offered in evidence, Mr. Morris—We produc te Mr, Evarts—It was takeu from Mr. Moulton’s (Alter a pause) g | everybody, | God nas a archive, Thatis the letter, I suppose that isthe draft, Mr, Bowen would have the original, The: Sineat—t was golpg to say, 1 doubted tf I sent this. Mr. Morris—That is not the one that was sent. Mr, Evarts—That is the draft or copy. (To wit- ness)—In your handwriting? A.—Yes, sir, Q. Drait or copy of the letter yousent? A. Yes, sir. Q When Mr. Moulton went off——; before he went of with this memorandum which he had made, was anything sid by him about nis buro- ing or returning it’ A. Yes, sir. Q. What was that? A. He said——; treated it as ‘i mere memorandum to be read, and said alter | fe useu 1t Le would either return i: to me or urn it. Q Was ittaken trom you after tnat statement by nm A. Yes, sir; well, excuse me— Q. i meant taken away from the house? A. It never was in my hands; he had it in his posses- sion ali the time, and made that remark concern ing it before he lett. Q. And the use of tt, with whom and to what end was 16 Stated to be? A, It was to remove from Mr. ‘filton’s mind the impressiou that | was eee to bis wellare und that J was inimical to bim. Q. And was It to be used otherwise or with any- body else ? Mr. Beach—I supmit, sir- Judge Neilson—What was sald, if anything ? Mr. Beaci—l desire to be excessively indulgent, but—~ Mr. Evarts (to the witness)—You said, -After using it he was either to use tt or burn it: what use and with whom’ A, Tae understanding be- tween us Was— Mr. Beach—One moment, Mr. Beecher, I insist that you shall state what was sald, or the sub- stance ot it. Mr, Evarts—What. use was spoken of by him ? A. He said he wished to make @ wemorandum, from which he could represent my ‘eelings a3 he then perceived them to Mr. Tuton, tor which pur- pose he wished me to write, but! declined, and then he suggested that ue would take a memo- randum of points, which he would expound to nim. Q. res; now, when he left what was the hour of day? How was the light, was the gas lit, or—? A, Not in the study, Q. Notin the room where you were? A. No, r. Q. And was the sun set? A. I don't know; 1 don’t Know about that; it was midwinter, and I only know the bour by tue fact that my five o’ciock tea be!l rang, Q. Now, was there any furtber statement in re- gard to tuis paper, its preservation, its return, or its use Made during that interview than you have stated? A, | tuink not, q. During this interview, Mr. Beecher, WAS THE WORD “CRIME” USED eitber by yourseil or Mr, Mouiton in relerence to any conduct o: yours? A, No, sir. Q. And was there anything said at that con- versation, either vy Mr, Moulton or yoursell, in regard to any reparation you were ready to make, than as you have stated, for the wrongs and mis- sortunes, as you exvressed tt? Mr, Beach—One moment; what wi thon? Mr, Evarts—It was quite a long one, Mr, Beach—Mr, Stenographer, will you please read the question? (The question was read.) ‘The Witness—Nothing that 1 remember; nave 8L the ques- you asked me wietoer there was anything—you | say anything otber than I had already stated ? Q. Anytuing said in regard to the reparation for misfortune in Mr. Tilton’s affairs or jamuy, that you were ready to make except the wroug and misfortune as you Nad stated it? A. 1don’t still understand you quite; whether you mean whether auytuing more than what I bave stated thac I would do was stated, or whether I would do something about otuer wrongs? Q. Thatis all? A. No, sir. Q. Did Mr. Moulton “op this Sunday say to you, or did you say co Mr, Moulton oa this Suaday, that Kuzaveth Tiltoa bad sent tor you to come to ter house, and told you tbat sue believed that your relatiuos were wrong, and you told her, or you toid Moulton that you told her, ‘i! you believe these relations wrong then tuey shal! be termi- nated; and dia you then tell Moulion that you prayed witu her, prayed to God with her for help to uiscontinue your sexual reiation? A. No, ; 1 made a statement in respect ty that ir sit of July; 1 said to Mr. Moulton, in ' relerence to the allegation that had been made . Tilton, that in tne Juy Peperdicg aco versation between lus Wie oF ‘ong statement, someWnat similar to tae one made in December, had occurred, aud that when | went to see ber in August, at her sickuess, there was no word or hiut, Or any such thing said to me; that it was a matter of depression and mental trouole, and that | taikea with her and prayed with ner, would with any other parishioner, and I mar. velied it there had been any such statement that [ got no word ol 1t or hint of it. Q. Was there any other allusion to AN OCCASION OF PRAYER between you and Ars, Tilton than oe ie have now given? A. I don’t know, but! may ha’ 10 that I prayed with her when I went down to see her at her mother’s, but | don’t rememoer that i did; it 18 quite possible. Was anything said by you or in your hearing by Mr. Moulton on that Sunday that was of tae ature of this starement, that you and sae prayed for help to discontinue your sexual relations? A. ‘There Was DO Such thing whatsoever, in any man- ner or shape, by Mr. Moulton or any other human being. (Appiause.) At this poimt the Court adjourned till e! o’ciock on Monday moraing. THE PAY OF THE JURORS. At the meeting of the Kings county Board of | Mikeoes® he arrives here every precaution e Supervisors last evening Supervisor Fisher pre- sented a resolution approving of the bill now be- | the pay of jurors Su- ‘y days or more. pervisor Fisher said, In support of the resolution, that the Dili Was approved by Judge Netison. motion by Supervisor Stilweil, that the word “qisapprove” be ins: resolution instead rted in of tne word “‘approve’’ was carried by a vote of zitol6. The resolution was then withdrawa by Supervisor Fisher. BROTHER BEECHER AD E PRAYER. —— GREAT JAM AT PLYMOUTH CHURCH LAST EVEN- ING. Mr. Beecher was present at the Plymouth charch prayer meeting last event as 1s bis custom, and he was never in better humor. The large lecture room was densely crowded, and many people had to go away because of the crash, At twenty minutes past seven o'clock the “distinguished defendant” appeared at one of the ' side doors, and at once proceeded to the platiorm, where he sat down ina rollicking, iree and easy sortofstyle. He beamed on the audience in a pleasant way, and called out, “668.” Several of the ungodly ones present evidently thought the great Plymouth pastor was avout to deal a little | game of keno, but it was a hymn he meant, It should be mentioned that Mr. Beecner’s son, Henry, and Mr. Scoville, his son-in-law, ioliowed the distinguisned pastor to the piatiorm ana seated themselves OD @ couple of camp chairs just be- hind bim. At the conclusion of the singing Mr. Beecher designated Brother Hill to lead im prayer, where- upon that gentleman responded in @ fervent ap- peal to the Most High in behalf of Piymouth church and her veloved pastor. MB. BEECHER’S ADDRESS. After more hymn-singing and @ prayer by Mr. Halliday Mr. Beecher spoke as f@liows :— received a letter, which i will read to you:— Deax Sir—No doubt you will be surprised to see your- self addressed by @ persou from this part of the world, but Lani impressed that Goa has someining for ine to do. Now I want you to ask ihe Lord. it there is any- thing He has tor His handmaiden to do that she may be eruitied to act. Loeheve [have been ‘fied so as by re tor this purpose. This is irom an illiterate person, and yet it represents a very great mistake. It 18 one uf the incidental dangers of the general course of re- scipime. The id 5 ns is to join a church and tuere: recipieuts, is most pernicious, He t lavorer. Lt is the custom ita revivals of religio: especiaily tavse conducted With great energy, to emphasize tts, and im uch & Way a acts and gives persoos au a they are Cortstwns they our, 20 somewhere, do something. That is not the generic, the primary duty. li you were living in weathenism, aud were enlightened by tue grace of God, it Would be your oovious auty to make knowa the trath of God. sut we are brought Up im 4 religious Househvld, Bat for every person who 18 couverted to suppose he must in any way be a preacher; (hat he inust run across the atrees and admonish that old man—this idea is seldom seful; Ib jars on the sense of propriety. But every veing ti metning todo. Work b; being instead ol speaking. I! you are & Christiad, shine, sing, smile, do good. To STAND WHERE YOU ARE and be Christ-like 16 the first generic duty of The dowmg o: your duty where you are will show by its results that you are to stand there, or its results will show that you are to go still further. Let your light soime in the sphere of your ordinary duty, But iam asked here .o pray God in pehal; of this person, that tt God has any- thing for her vo do He will suow her the way. Yes, reat deai for her todo; sne isto be meek, gentie, and cheerful, ana happy, and fruthiui, and probably in this cass, nol gmprsious. li I had talk with her i should say, “You been called to @ situation; now do you like i she Would probabiy say, “Notat ali.” Then stand there til you do, (Laughter) Pauisaid, | am coulent. Lkaow boul how tv abound and now to be abased, li you abound itis pot mevessary to be puffed up, You are gay and witty and humor. OUS; Why, that is Waal Chis old, squeaking world has been wanting. God lubricates the waeeis of affairs by the spirit Of Wit. Biessed are they who know how to sing. The devii hates singing. You have the This n got to put GIFT OF CONSOLATION, gift to be consctenttousiy used. Some ve tie glit Of speech and are to becume public speakers. If you are of a silent, gram nature, though I Know that religion 1s essentially cheer- ful, it 18 not bigoted, and if man he hasa rignt to be sober. If you al dry, enjoy A Havana at & Cbristian | D, SATURDAY, APRIL ¥, 1875—TRIPLE SHEET, | your (Laughter.) Mak | Watch God bach put into you. I who wanted to be muinisiers. they bad a call, una yet they nad no pepe — it; they were siow to Lidl | | wad yet they conscientiously drag themseives Into | + | tue ininistry, till atlast the: are elected secretary | “ 8 -L i 7 of 01 some business society, ‘hen they are in thelr The semi Annual Display of | clement. (Luuguter.) “People say taey are going | the Modistes. mretsta'nes | SPRING FASHIONS. downward by leaving the ministry; that is nov it. | | They ought never to have gone taty tt. Suppose I | | hag an ideal wus called to be a painter, and I | ould p: and paint, I should piooably ave Spent my lile in making as poor pictures as nine-teaths ofthe artists do make. so ila man 1s | Converted and is a lawyer it don’t follow that he must go topreaching. Why, my dear Joiks, there | are good ten besides ministers. (Laughter.) | Dont gon. kaew She Brea vent. part of the world is | © outside the Church ? The fleid is not the Church, | ‘The tield 18 the World, aud every sort of Labor 18 | The montn of March is generally supposed to be | needed and acceptea. So then, be a merchant, | devoted to the fair sex and to determine what to Days of Sunshine Brought Forth. but a Cbristian merchant; be @ lawyer, but | . | act im the capacity ol’ Christians. ‘Why, | wear and how to wear it for the spring and sum. be a mechanic, or an editor, or reporter— mer. buc the reprehensible conduct of winter | there are duties even Jor them. (Laugnter.) | lingering in the lap of spring compelled tue | ue aeetrate dou iia pene that Makes | modiste and her customer to defer discussion on | like im your disposition, and the spirit ol Christ | this all important subject unti the representative gee iat Ue er eonerae Jue Saar e tee ey | floral month, sunny April. Now that the winter idea that you haye ail got to rush in one direction, | Of OUF discontent 1s at last over and Broadway is that you have all got to lead in prayer and begin | BO longer a Slough of Despond, the freshest of preaching, 1s simply an absurdity, | spring raiment adorns the legion of fair prome- naders tempted forth wy delicious suosbine and balmy breezes. The loves of bonnets, which were Meuron . | recently within the shrines devoted to the artand A BEMABEABLE SCENE—REMINISCENCES BY THE | science of millinery (a more abstruse study, rest Sete POR assured, than even the search after the mytht- The exercises of the Newark Methodist Confer- | oq) elixir of life), have made their début ence at Jersey City yesterday were opened with | on Broadway, gracing the tresses of blonde prayer by Dr. Macabe. Bishop Bowman then con- | and prunett2, and resting upon fair heads like ducted the communion services. Memorial papers | many nued iropical birds upon the variegated foli- and obituary notices were read, in which the Rev, age of the sunny South, Here ts a crowd of Eve's William Kelly and the Rev. John Haplon were | qaughvers emerging from,a matinée, and a con- alluded to ia terms of high eulogy, | fused but charming chirp of tongues discussing A remarkable and most edifying scene neXt | every subject that the human mind is at present took piace. The venerabie Father Boehm, whois | capable of, rom the Canal Ring to the last sweet now within afew weeks of his ove hundredth | \itt1o noveity in bonnets, trom the Beecher trial to NEWARK METHODIST CONFERENCE. birthday, entered the church, and Was | the most recent event in hyuieneal circies, April escorted to a chair’ specially made and / is qescribea by the poets to be ‘half smile, half presented to him. Bishop Janes arose and | tear,” although so far we have been basking in the said he had seen the most prominent men of the times since Jobo Quincy Adams’ Presidency, both in tuis and other countries, but he regarded | sunshine of the former. Certainly she appears to | advantage on the ever busy thoroughiares where Was tne most Gistingalshed honor of his ufe to | Dame Fashion lays snares for the pocket- ave inade je ucquaintance of the venerable | ‘ratber in Christ! wio had just appeared intneir | LOCK of paterfamilias. The bright eye, midst, The certificates of the venerable Father | With its merry, mischievous glance, half Se. & pppernos on ee Ee che thaig repellant, half inviting, amid that bewnlder- Sea le ae Arak eONaerAed te nis Wore deg | ing labyrinth of allk, isce, velvet, flowers, preacher by the Methodist Episcopal Conlerence | plumes, &c., whrough which the hapless mas- on the 16th of June in the same year. Five years | aiterward be was sppointed elder by the Philadel. | Cube Promenader red hy Bteeh q Sosenane, Way, phia Conference. As soon as the reading of | (!ten proving an /gnis satuus to said mas- the certificat was concluded there was a | culine); the dancingcuris or deftly woven braid, brief pause. This extraordinary missionary then | the flushed cheek, not alw: the work of art | addressed the Conierence in this manner:—lI ieel | alone; the elastic, springy step, and the geueral | very dependent and i trust, you will ofr upyour | rejuvenated air ofthe Jair ones, are indications, | prayers to God that I may be assisted in prociaim- | sure and indisputable, of the advent o! spring. | in gonce more His truth, The words to which 1 | They torm & picture sketched by nature, and all | will refer you will ve jound in the Book of Nabum, — the “modiste can dois to frame it appropriately. | first chapter and seventh verse—‘‘ihe Lord is | Now, when the very | good, tronghold in the day of troubie, and ne FLOWERS OF THE FIELD, | know them that trustin him.’ There is a lit- | the garden aud woodiand are shyly peeping forth, | tle difference in the rendering of this passage in | alter their long, torced seciusion, with harsh win- | the German, whico has it, “ine Lord is benetl- | ter as their jailer, and are tremoling with anxiety | cent.” What a wonderful mercy seat we are all | about their spring foilets and colors, and permitted approach! The Lord is good | rivairy exis! vo Which will drst greet the sun— Jn His long-suffering tenderness and in His | the great ori {the Soral kingdom—who presides mercy wanilested to a fallen world. God ! at the spring opening of nature's lovellest chil- dren, it benooves the sisters ol the field belles—the fair sex—to ascertain what Is proper to wear for the next haif dozen months. in attempting ‘o solve tae problem beneath cloudy is always yoaey to supply our needs and remove our troubles. I bless God for His gooad- ness that I was early led to give mysel! to Him and devote myself to His service. My time is now | sbort, and Is0on must go the way of the whole | skies and to encounter oceans of slush and mud | earth, but! will meet you in that worid above. | and heaps of snow, when the modes determined | In 1809 | crossed trom Newark to New York in upon a jew weeks ago might be changed or modi- | company with Brother Ashbury. At that time | fied delore the purchaser had a chance to wear there were no houses Where this city now stands, | them. The per-istent reluctance of winter to re- | and but nine or ten houses in Newark. But now | linquish his sceptre to the youngest daughter of | Weata change 1s visivie, and we ought to be | the year, and the philosophical indifference to their | thankiul. | duties shown by the pesis oi the metropolis, the Father Boehm concludea by invoking a blessing Street Uleaning Commissioners, have had @ disas- | on the Couference. The Rev. Mr. Wakely, of New | trous effect upon those establishments which York, then reviewed the labors of the oid p: make the adornment of the female torm @ special who had attended conierences in India, Chin business. A bonuet that, a month ago, wou other remote regions of the globe. | have been copsidered bv any female jury, without | leaving their seats, acquitted of aught deroga- tory to Laste or elegance, is now condemned, be. | cause bew styles have spruny up in the mean- tume. Houses which avnounced in the usual | seductive language the ‘positively latest’? fashions from Paris are DOW at work remodelling What, a month ago, Was Lew, Dut, alas! old fashioned. Such 1s fashion, and so evanescent are its glories! Altuough American women are proverbially | gilted with taste and reflaement, yet they have | j SHARKEY. WILL HE BE BROUGHT TO THIS cITy?—raE PLAN OF THE AUTHORITIES. The question to whether Sharkey, the murderer, is to be brought back to this city seems | to be invoived in @ great deal of mystery. It was | been Jor years past generally supposed that he was to nave been | "OM ord claves To THE DICTA TRS OF PASH: | brougut bere on the sceamer which leit Havana | as represented by toreign modi: ‘The a+ | last Tuesday, but it turned out thot he | eae tar to the connat i. ort 4 | rn 100 of ion must | had mot been taken to Havana from | paiea with deligat, The old theory of opening | Santiago de Cuba when the mer lett. | Way, March 21, which Was Supposed to be as fixed | Two of the stant district attorneys leit of aa bea ny Pad dna pe pod and bp 88 Of thi | this city im the early part of the present week, | Seuscu. ut How, siuce Uld Probabilities hus coo. jow generally sented to be good humored, not only are spring | with @ cel | toilets to be seen in all their lovelin but there | fled copy of Sharkey’s conviction, so as to give @ | are dainty summer raiment on exhibition, hints certain formality to the proceedings which the Spanish authorities stituted for his extradition. | the Park, mooulight rhapsodies to too wiiling 18 | ears, seashore ramoies und mountaiu wanderings. | taken to prevent anytuing like | Ali fresh attempts at novelties in costumes are |@ rescue, which, it is some of | eagerly sdoptea so long as they are pretty, el bis irends have threatened to attempt. gant aud becoming the diderence in the Mistrict Attorney Phelps bas made all the neces- | present styles from those of last season is rather | arrangements for is safe reception, and it is | in quality than in kind. uite provable that i! Sharkey is taken from to be “individualized” rather than chinged. A li he will be sately lodged in the | lady now prefers ber costume arranged a sa mode Tombs belore any ove other than tue oficiais | rather than strictly ala mode. Hence, while we bere who are ioterested in his capture has reaily still have the ~cuirass” proper used for both Jearned ot the arrival of the vessel which will | house and street wear, the jous modifications bring him. it may be as weil just here to | of it, to suit individual tastes and necessities, are state that the generai government has not almost inuumeradie. One 7, perbaps the ‘Ninette,” is sleeveless, taken any action in the c«se whatever, | simplest, Known as the | and that it District Attorney Pheips | sligntly pointed back and front, and bas a narrow | Who took the frat measures looking to the retura | “French’’ back, without side forms, and is to be or Sharkey. It willbe rememberea that the Jel- fastened in tue back. ‘This style 1s youthful, | low escaped, pending an argument on @ writof and very generally oecoming. The “Regina” error belore the Supreme Cour', General Term, a has @ plain, round “cuirass” fron but | Stay 01 proceedings having already been granted. the back ha» very high side for To ths ag o*lug to Sharkey’s sudden de- 7, Nt me and in 18 cut im Marguerite style, with the plaits that are | partare, the District Attorney made no return, | let in aiew inches below tie Waist line disposea When he comes back the argument will, of in a novel manner, so as to give a pointed effect. urse, tal place, aud it is said that | This cut is particularly becoming to figures in- the Iriends oi Sourkey yesterday retained | clined to embonpoint, The “Cordelia” might be one of the frm to which Mr. Beach, ected jor the sume reason, as it has the “cul- now engaged in the Beecher case, belongs, totake rags" trout, slightly pow! charge o1 the case. It is more than likely that double side torms, the Davies, the detective, when he does get Sharkey | the shoulder seams. This is a back lo Havana, will, with tue ald oO: the police | fitted garments this season, 48 it imparts the authorities, keep nis presence In tue city a secre: — siender, long-watsted effect which Is at present until be is ready to sail with oim. Itisundere demanded. Anotter illustrates ol the same idea stood that the steamer Weich Is to bring him to is tae “Isoline” basque, which is deeply puluted this port will be met several miles out irom Sandy | in front aud has a modified Marguerite back, Hook oy &@ satiing vessel, to wh the prisoser will be trausferred. Tors pian, it 1s believed, will effectually prevent his frieuds trom learning when Any of the above can be used eitaer for costume: or bullets, the trimming being Varied to suit te he will arrive in the city. | good: and each has its own appropri ad = getagnts camera precsng dividual style of collar, or revers and sieeve. LIZZIE STERN'S DEATH. VERY STYLISH BASQUES tobe worn for eveuing wets are the ‘Luella’ “Armour,” the jormer Coroner Croker resumed the inquest in the case | 894 the of Lizzie Stern yesterday forenoon at Bellevue — fre reaching almost, as 10 ware polonatse, Respital. Very little additional information was very short aud pointed im the back aod ha obtained, however, as but iew witnesses were ex- | double siae jorms. awined. | For totlets elaborately trimmed skirts have the preference over overskirts aud the designs are al- | The first one called was Dr. Frank A. Morrell, | Lf as numerous as the ross to bt ig | ey are cut very narrow and gored, and the vhe ambulance surgeon who removed the woman [iil wings are designed to give a plain ellect Im from the station house to the boat. He testified | jront a the siaes, aud some, but not ali, a! that he Jound (he cabin coid and saw no evidence ~ ° Cg Beeeae Of fire anywhere about the vessel. te said he a hog race! suirred side piece also took all necessary steps to make the patient com. | boy ere b- Ln fortable, and lett her in charge of a doctor and Dr. Kitch nief physician of a “buigare” plait. Ihe “Veronica” is ai 5 a e! enn ty Hospital on Blackweli’s Island, testified cut, but aifereat from the “Princess, some purposes preferaoie, not being quite so nar- that the deceased came there vn the 9th of March and that on the 22a she asked for a pass to visit It bas Tow nor #0 poimed at ine Back. side trimmings of shirring, with the city, Saying that she did not expect to be con- | the Jront trimmed en fader. For costumes over- fined tor several da: he gave her a pass. skiris continae im vogue, and are worn very long. To the Vuroner—1 ¢ nO legal rigntto detain The simple “tavller,” iastened with a sash at the tu leave the Island, but | back or @ succession of bows, may be said to be a rally advised them not to go. ‘“Weading” style. Sometimes these are draped ter Standish, captain of the night watch at F with plaits or shirrings at the back; otuers Bellevue Muspital, testified drove the ambi riectly plain and Gat, and the lance that carried Lizzie Stern from the Seven- shirred so as to torm puffs, and is in. teenth prectoct station to Bellevue; I carried her in my arms from the ambulance to the boat aud Placed her im the cubin; Dr. Murray arrived soon alter and took char,e of the patient; the cabin ap- peared to se warm and comiortaovie; { then let and did not see Dr. Marray agaio wot avout six A. M., Whea he asked me who made up the medt- cine | had brougnt; | told nim I did not know, and asked him if there was any troubic, when he told me that the woman was dead. Mrs. Stern, mother of the deceased, testified: I live at No. 86 Ridge street, but.my dauguter did not live with me tor the lass five months; 1 saw her acroas the way toe day before she Went to the Island and alverward saw her pvdy on the boat. Caroline Stater swora:—I am @ prisoner and lived on the dock; I do the work ou toe | boat on which Lizaie Stern was placed; | was there at six o'clock A. M, the morning Lizzie died; 1 found the cabin warm and opened the doors to jet in the air; she piace was in great disorder, bat tne body had been removed; tue draped aproa reaca- rt, trimmed to sim- nd the back nas broad sasnes, crossed so as to sughtly boufant, OVERSKIRTS, irregular ia design, are preferred for dressy costumes, and are very distingue. ine “Ama- Tanta” is in tois style, the sront sailing plain and pointed at the leit side, and the buck cut square, but draped #0 as to lorm a point m the miadie of of the back. The “Favorita’ ts graceluily draped and quite full at the back, and Up On the right mae. ‘Albani’ 18 simpler, a1 represents a deep, double apron, with iull gtacetul loopings at the back. Notwithstanaing the decided overskirts and basques, potonaises still retain their Vogue, and for some materials nothing bas yet been designed that can supersede them. A basque effect appears on most o: them, and fre- quentiy toe design oF the switt differs at the sides. preference for nurse told me that tne woman and child ithe “iiesperia’ is very long, with a “cuirass’’ at were well jor @ tite; that the woman the sides and back, and the fastening is at the was laugh but that sne then turned over and back and the skirt differs iu design at the sides, died; 1 sam 4 liquor on the nurse that morning; The “Clisette” is a favorite design tor limen and sue did nos seem to be intoxicated, but the smelt Similar goods, being simple and yet styisa. All ad I smelied it on her, too, (or it polonaises are closed down the iroa' The most stylish of the Rew wraps are in man- tila shape, and the “Ficiu,’’ “Surplice’ and “Olympia” are the favorites. The first two have very jong tabs, those on the “Ficnu” tied on tne bust, aad on tue “Surplice’ crossed, as the name tmples, and confined by a beit. Outer gurments m the sacque shape are very much louger im front than in tne | fetsintnordat msvbnans enon” encase, ornerwise known as ; 9 is about three-fourths tigut, lon | WHO IS RESPONSIBLE ? and potnted in front, out suorcer in the Oack and es racefuily rounded over the t . John Powers, a keeper at the Lunatic Asylum on Sery atylen ‘design is the “marauine? yuee Ward's Isiand, who, under the name of “Conroy,” | Cutaway over a Vest, and the ‘ Lavoi was charged with having caused the deatn of | #! ine Way down the iront and is fastened with Gustave de Vernon, called at the Coroners’ OMce With dress, as with Sam W m yeSterday morning and gave ball in the sum of | the seasuning as does i fF Coates ae $2,600 to appear at the inquest hext Tuesday. He sories are shown tms charges that a ieilow keeper named Hurley in- | are noticeabie. Sarewiog Aint on tae "ant the 6 ae are man, oor and sittiue wit® pis | compe or silk, and is @ 8a: | kmees upon his chest, | ing to the Delt in the oack. wie volated tat lam a pretty of liquor; | was committed to the for aruukenness At this stage of the proceedings the case was adjourned until this morning at teu o'clock, when it Wilt in all probabuitty be conciuaed, Latest Styles and Materials—What a Few | a | Warrin& Favre, Stera Brothers, Ry There was no use | now is | oO; sloping lawas, croquet parties, siy firtations in | fasoious may be said | ‘Wita single side joras carried up 10 the shoulders. — hs reand {t has a flounce which simulates | open ail the way | al whica 18 fais apart | back 91 the crown upon toe right. le, “it's | tunity for ornam * Countless little acces- | have by no means gone out. ason, among Whien ficnns | ing to some ladies tat It Wil be some time belore The “Adelaide” is a particularly gracelul style, especiaily suitabie jor ecege de wita polated taos tied ] on the bust, and has nigh collar at the throat. The “Lynette” 1s better Me to lace, or inser+ tion and velvet, or miabdn. The ‘jacket" feng forms a basque, and 18 very dressy and styliaa and the “Marie Antoinette’ has lost none of itt former prestige. 4 : INDEPENDENCE IN FASHION. One of the good things about fashion at thy present time is jt great latitude —people can weat | What they please. Oversxirts are in vogue tor | those who like them, put they are not obligatory. , Powonatses are not forced upon reluctan! wearers, but those who find them convenient find then also sufficiently comfortable, The only point that is exacted 1s some sort Of harmony and fitness : e- tween the different parts ol the costume, A sborty | plain, straight skirt, :or example, 18 Dot gracelu ‘ either in the house or the street; 1t may be Ww | by an aged lady ol smali figure, whose chie! dev isto make her costume as uwupretendinz as po sible; but upon ordinary women It luoks like abe | surd ‘affectation. A short dress requires a over- | skirt or @ polonaise, and an improved taste fas 1é+ | Heved this part of the dress of all superaoundant | Tuftlings and trimmings, and confines the founces and plaitings mainly to che lower skirt. A quitt | pee skirt may mueed be even elegantly wort ut in that case it must be loug, demi-tratned a! least, and if worn out of doors with a pretty lace mantilla or ficuu oniy wonder such circum-tauces as will render it & periecti¥ suitable costume. For spring Walking wear twilled de beige suila, and checked sumaier camicl’s hair costumes over SUK Skirts, are extremely popular, and tborouguiy deserve the javor they Meet with in thet useitl- ness and Jady-like, becoming style. Later, all tug Open-meshed goods, the coflee-colored greuadiues in lace and embroidery patterns, the neste linens, the square mesned Mexicatnes, the cross | barred black grenadines, the striped damask? and other varieues will tuke their place, SUMMER GOODS. Summer silks tn the tiniest checks, upon the clearest Of grounds, have made their appearance, and are excneginey pretty and delicate; nothing could be conceived more suitabie Jor young iadies, | wita Overskirts composed oftne gray, beige, | brown, violet, or other contrasung shades. A | great many white and a great many black dresses are in preparation for the summer resorts, aud many thin beige-tinted costumes, over black or biue'silk skiris. Tne white dresses ate in unen | Jor morning, trimmed with summer plaiting and English embroidery. The dinner una evening dresses are iu White muslin or striped gauze, or renadine, ornamented with Valencieanes lace ana pale blue or pink riovons, or delicate, but very rich, sik crimpea or beaded iringe, For the rich there are never-ending possi~ bilities of luxury in the lovely pale unts of crepe de cotne, Which 18 im high javor because of itt clinging quality and susceptibility of gracefus | arrangement. Gabrielle dresses are made of it, | trimmed profusely with riobbons and waves o} Wide, misty Valenciennes lace, The princess¢ form, bowever, can be preserved just as pitrely, | only more firmly, in fine piqué or sotter camb-tc, | ata fitieth of the eXpeuse, and those who do not ; require or cannot afford the luxury of costly dresa Wil fad abundant taciities for satisfying modest requirements without trespassing dangerously ow a modest purse. Black grenadine will be as much in demand as ever, the new selected pate terns taking the lead SPRING OPENINGS. The following leading establishments devoted tothe Worship Oo! iasnion have held their spring openings during the past week: A. I. Stewart & Co. Lord & Taylor, Grigg, Haskell & Vo., Daniels, Kinzey, J. & U, Johnston, Mile. Dennin, Mme. Sneddev, Mmes. Porter & Doan, Mme. Walton, J. Yerry, Matners & Co., Biuns, K. w., & t. 8. Evaus, Mme, Hartiey, Mme. | Lovett, Miles. Laiarge and Martineau, Broadway; H. Macy & Co.. O'Neill & Co., Richard Meares, Eisig, Mme. Michei, Mme. De Bruu, Mme. Downey, Mme, Kenaail, Mrs. Gavin, Sixth avenue; Shrich, Rodgers & Orr, fighth avenue ; Mile, tulter Brotners, Hmile Robert & Cazie; Miles. Lyon, and Mountjoy, Union square; Mme. Demorest Mile. C. M. Oiney, J. Rotusciud, Mrs. Myers, Mr, Hennessy, Fourteenth street; Doyle & Adon, Waller McSorey, Grand street; Bloomingdaie Bros., Third aven' F, De Pere‘val, Mile. Leonie Jouvin, Sixteenth street; Mine. Pion, Thirty-iourty stieet. A STROLL THROUGH THE REALMS OF FASHION. A. t. Stewart & Co. bad a display o! spring and summer goods on extibition this week, wuica | evinced taste, variety and ricaness. Tae millinery department Was pro;use Of the latest siyies of , ANG 1 Those Temions oi the Vast house waers @ | toe dressmaker holds sway huudreds of beautiit | costumes were to ve seen. Lord & Taylor's nas been crowdea during the week with ladies de- sirous O! judging tor themselves the deauty Oo! the Street, carriage and evening dresses so liberully | displayed 1m tne costume departmevt and of tue delicate specimens of millinery framed to glass | cases on @ lower fluor. Evgent in the extreme are the bonnets and round hats of Mile. Denuin on Broadway. Ate tique suks adorn ibe Hue coips in delicate colors ol gray and ecru, blending iu shades so exquisite Vhae ey seem ethereal. ‘The sky vines, the clondy grays ana tne wood vrowns are ail ar Tunged on the shapes of “Le Violet,” “Le ‘Laub,’? | “Pour le & The Woodlawn fats are the most popular of the season, and among the most notices abie is one With a daring brim of peacock leather lace and a lace crown rimmed With 4 delicate | shaae of green velvet and white sik. A fise wreath Of the most exquisitely shaded flowerd Jorms the iace trimming. avd completes one ot | the most recherchd of the many elegant bonnets | dispiayed this season. Anotaer was composed of | lack chip trimmed with the new shaces o: ecru and pouceau. Loops of the silk and feathers o( the same shade were jauntily adjusicd on the crown; tuis style was termed the Darling. At Mme. Saedden’s we noticed many novel fea- tures in IMPORTED BONNETS AND ROUND HATS. The most celebrated Parisian houses were well Tepresented, chapeaux from Virot, Mantel & | Therese, Cazalong, Mogaier and otuers. Among | fem Was one irom Virot named “La Gioire”, This is of the new rouwud shape and gives the Wearer’s head tue appearance as ii surround bya balo of glory, hence the suggestive name. Tae material was white chip trimmed with cera | of the new brocaded material, carried in fold¢ around the crown aud fastened to it at the back by @ superbly shaded tmpyan wing, finisued with two jong ends of cardinal ribbon. ‘Tne | | garoiture was composed of a wreath of poppic marguerites and ivy arranged in a most uaiqud manuer, This chapeau is especiaily suited tod brunetie of the languishing, Andalusian type of beauty. Anotuer, a genuine ch Parra appropriately termed Printanidre,’’ Was & White chip, With ascari o1 cream White brocaded silk coiled around the crown, With 4 leather of the | same tut at the side, fastened with an amnotte. ‘The face trimming is Of biue silk, of a new shad | in wach ts pi wreath of cream aud vlush | roses, the waole forming @ superd fou! ensen nia | io Leon mn, BY colors aud general efect. Tha chapeau m the celebrated Turée of Paris, We iso nuticed the new, jaunty, sailor-ike bat, caded the “Matelos.” ‘This 18 @ Chapeau suited to tue seaside and watering places, and gives to tae fair Wearer @ sans souce iike air. This was a black chip, trimmed with the new shade, cailed “La Rosaé,"’ wade up into the latest style of pow at | the front and carriea around to one stae, wiih # | cluster of shaded roses at the other, Tne lace garnivure Was a simpie DoW of “Kosar.” A silvet ra ip, trimmed with silk of ‘be same lue—d tractive color—had @ front orné, wiit Siver gray leathers, in the form of a wreath, dotted at intervals with moss roseouds. At Terry's, on Broadway, Was an elegant display of ponnets, round hats aud misses’ and coildren’¢ | hats. ey oy latter Was a waite chip trim med with a light shade of pink and white, and or- Damented with an ostrich Up and flowers: also on | eXbiDiuon Was @ very elegant bat made of O11 @ suk, the shape resemviing somewhat the No ma ng long streamers and a wreatn of jown behind. A bonnet of white caip trimmed with delicate pink abu cream wotte with two elegant | crown, also faced With pink silk and now. It Was whe most and was secured by on | Also was to be seen brim faced wita biue of roses. At Mme. Walton’s were hats in every style, | among them “Le Valuer,” “La Pompadour’ and “La Greeque.” In bngliso round tats the Tudor and Windsor were particularly noticeabie. Mics Oiney, in Fourteenth street, exnivited some KARE NOVELTIE ia the miliimery line, and nere many vainabie the prevailing styles were w va Demorest, om the same street, had ibition of the latest styles this week, —" the rollowing facts in relae 138 — ide bonnets jor the spring and summer of 183g | are larger to@u we have had oj late years, and ‘hey are $0 flexibie of brim as to be capable Ot ag aimost imfuite variajion. A few dounets aré | made Of Diack lace, orf material to matcu the cos | tame; but the most of them are oO: straw or cnt | With wide orims and iow crowns somewna' heightened by the trimming. The brims are ratsed | OF depressed partially or wholly, vo suit the lancy of the wearer, but are generally raised suMfictentiy | to admit of @ spray or wreath Of Nowers beueath, | LARGE QUANTITIES OF FLOWERS are used upon dressy hats and bounets, and there is pecial fancy for large, soft white roses upow the creamy-white chips ani jor suKen scaris, | Which constitute the important part of the trim ming upon hats jor travelling anu negiig’e Ash gray is still fashionably wort in seit nats and cos tumes, but in Straw it 1s not considered necessary to stfictly repeat the color of the dress. Waite straw and chip are trimmed with brown for browa suits, and black straws are enlivened with white OF With & dash of oright coor. Very previy im- | Borted chips are of @ pale, coffee-colored tin’ which suits admirably the soit, unbleachea wnt | of scarfs and flowers used ior trimuine. Fie flowers also look well upon thes Unted hats, particularly in conjunction with vie yellowish white scaris. Glack caips are fasnionanly wWwimmed With white aod white Sowers, or with whie Marguerites with black centres. Very litte ribbon is employed, scarfs having so largely taker its place, and that which 18 used has tue appear ance of stik rather than of ribvoa. being wide « of the soft, armure kind and pattern. Wreaths flowers, so much employeu iast season, have ely given place to sprays and ciusiers, used under the brim at the lew gna at tui Most | trimming is massed at the back, the brims being | thrown up in such 4 Way as to leave little oppor % The soit-crownea bonnets They are Wreath of forget-m: egaut hat on exhinitiog ef the Brookiyno beiica lack chip hat witha widé d decorated with a wreack pale, coffee: aw So becom they are relinquished. ‘The coming week Will Dring forth many novel. ties in costumes and will determine the standar@ of the dreas en régié during the summer tuoutus, { ‘ )