The New York Herald Newspaper, May 21, 1875, Page 4

THK BROOKLYN AGU Ninetieth “a . Wonderful Scandal Trial. el Ia EX-JUDGE PORTER'S ADDRESS. A Torrent of Invective Against the Plaintiff. TILTON'S BLASPHEMOUS LETTER. Seathing Arraignment of the Writer by | the Connsel, ‘The speech of Juage Porter was resumed yester- @ay morning beiore an audience a trife smatier | than that of the previous day. The prinetpals | were early m thelr places. Beecher looked cheer. | Jul, briaht-eyed and colored with the tint of ro- | bust heaith, His wile was greatly improved, as if | the grind vindication of ner husband, made the previous day by Judge Porter, bad sunk deeply | and gratefully into ber soul, giving her a renewal oflove and confidence in him and preparing her to meet the remaiuder of tre trial with hopeful strength. Mrs, Beecler'’s sister sat besideher, | and her niece was not laraway, Mrs, Field, in a new sult of black silk ana velvet, occupied her old place, much improved in jooks. Bessie Turner was aiso present in the morning. Her hair, wofeh go den bronze, was ranged in artistic waves sown either side of ber face, Soe wore a hat that Would have passed unchallenged the critical eye of fasnion on Fifth avenue. She was ladylike in her general make-up. JUDGE PORTER td better yesterdiy. He wus heard by nearly everybody, while on the vay Lrevious scarcely one | out of ten carried away @ correct impression of hig address. JUDGE NEILSON wasin trouble alter whe court opened. Judge Reynolas bad takemaway his gavel, and he was 80 apprehensive that Mr. Porter would open wide the Moovgates of his eloqueuce and set in a wild aust Uuconquelabie blaze the combuetibie feelings | of the audience that witnout his gavel he felt like A soldier Without Dis sword or the captain of a ship with bis helm and compass gone. THE REPORTERS, ‘who so keenly felt cue inconvenience of gathering ap the irregularity falling words of the speaker on | the first day of nis address, drew their chairs and tables closer, 80 ag 10 Le Within available reach of | ail that was said. The speaker agreeaviy disap- | pointed his hearers by keeping tls voice at as per- fect a level ag Was wituia the compass of hearing. it was AN ANXIOUS AUDIENCE. Those who could properly hear Judge Porter bung upon his words witn wnxious looks, He went over Til(on’s letter where Tilton consigns Obrist, in effect, to a lower level than his own; for Tiiton is the preacher of a new gbd iresh doc- tring, and that oO! Christ is oid, stale and imper- | lect. Porter was strong and effective bere. Then | ‘ere was another point on which Porter dwelt | witn considerable ‘orce and won much atten- | aon, There were two days assigned in Tilton’s | MBdavit jor tue commission 0! adultery be- tween Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, These days, the counsel averred and insisted om, were meked Dut for the object of demonstrating that Mr. Beecher could not prove his absence rom Brook- ym om those days. The counsel weit at some fengtu on this point and spoke treely of tne con- spiracy Tilton and Moulton entered into to ruin | the character of Beecher. A long time was de- voted to proving that Hessie Turner was A GUILELESS GIRL, who entered the hou-enold of Tilton asa ward, and who, like an angel of light, moved ap ut in she happy domestic circle of tois iamily, lending to it @ lustre of her own which was of neaven- born emanation, There was much sentiment ofa weak and washy cDaracter evolved here; and, thouga Judve Porter was in far better voice, and, ‘@ fact, made mucu better points than on she previous day, it is douptfui if he ever excellea @ beauty of Mterary exocression the picture he irew on Wedcesvay of Beecuer's happy nome. for the first time since the trial began A LITTLE GIRL, #8 innocent looking as tue pale green buds on the trees Outside (he court room, sat among tne andi- ence, Her face showed no appreciation of the sbow before ner eyes. THOSE PRESENT. Of tnose who occupied seats upon the Bench were Proiessor Patton, of Chicas; 5. B. French, County Treasurer of Suffolk county, New York; E, A. Bowser, Professor of Mathematics in Rut- gers’ College. At recess there was 4a striking show of good humor among ail connected witn the Beecher side of the case. Mrs. Beecver and uer sister were never so jubfiant. JUDGE PORTER'S ADDRESS. Shortly aiter @leven o’ciock ex-Judge Por- jumed bis address oo behail of the de In opening ne ‘The jury will par- one moment. been treated so Kimdly through the irial by the gentlemen of the press, Your Honor, that i ieel bound to them that the dilbuity whicn they pave im ing Me ts due to my physica; condition. Unior- taautely, before wie commencement ot the trial, was attacked wits ao iiiness from whicn | have uot yet sully recovered, Ic is my endeavor to ve audible, and li any ol the genticmen wili be kind enough tu remind me ifidroo my voice so a8 10 beimaudibie | will take it as a favor instead ofa criticism. The learned counsel then proceeded to repew bis address to ths jury as foliows:—You e the ieelings o| earnest ta lawyer bas Woen he is engaged i! jt_is close to bis heart, in derendin believes to be Jong, tedious, —protrac o1 this discussion | kindness with which jou listen mi Hot in the bavit oF wave only to say toat | of my neart, of the same making professions. 1 nk you irom the bottom nd sneli ask you lor a continuance juigence. In reading one of these , en io a food of light upon ntevedents of these parties apd upon interior of “Nur- * Ob! what 1s heart that is «0 near a e 0 of Marriage and not of just! “Nursery, Sanaay eveving”—ana if there ever bea time when a mother speaks from her inmost heart, it is not merely irom such & place, but om the eve of that Sabbath day woich too many of us ignore, but "nich the wives and the chidren whom we love cherisa as the p that borings them nearest to dod, It is not im letters written by the side of the or on the evening of the saboath day tha ers lie to rheir hasbands, and especially When they write, not jor ne Wapapers, but write to those to whom they piedged their unaiterable Jove for time to erernity. “Written by the side of the cradle,” cried the | 7; counsel, as he prepared to read a letter from Mra, Tiiton to her busvand, “written,” he continued, “ix Months before the accusation ts made that th. Christian m (ooking toward Beecher) nd tuat true Hearted woman (referring to Mrs. ‘Tuton) were guilty pf adultery.” The counsel, in 0 Meredulous tone Of voice, ridiculed the moral possivluty ofa beart col ving and (fue being so Gute to cast loose its purity imd cast off ite loy- uty. “MY BELOVE! Six months before tuat mot! anguish over the boy whom Ti a nis gr jounc bi Hy DF a and & bali Delore the time w ry fod true hearted woman js ut wat mouse n Co} & which maoy ave Sought Who Were poor and distressed ; which Meny pave sought who were seeking their Vatner’s house; Which Many save sought on *rPands Of Jove of Appeals ior Charity; but when ne is 1epresented to pave sought it lor the pur- wee Of Offering her person to tue vile embraces of | would lead | letter, 4 | mo one vol { This, | think, 1 pave decided—no more scoldings, | chiding#, An inexpressible tenderness has grown | ¢! up in iy soul toward you, as clear as pow—that whatever lnever saw my path you may do— whatever you may do, fay or be—it becometh me | to be @ Chistian wife and mother.’ Do you be- lieve When Theodore Tilton on that bitter day whico, alrnough declining, Nad not yet cone down in Garkness, When he received that mes=axe ‘rom his loving and trusting wile, would have been persnaces that the our should ever come wen is hatred and epvy toward Henry Ward Beecher im to send jorth to the world ‘his vo counter the scoffs and derision of those who di entimentalism’? Aud is there any betler illustration of the judicial bluadness with which God darkens the unaerstanding of those who turo from the ligut of bts countenan | than this man, m bis own justification and de- fence, under the advice of my friend Morris, should publish wo the world what rises against bim in | Judgment tois day? Porter's voice 1s mach clearer, quieter, His style reminds one of the pulpit, eniis: The counsel now makes 4 strong point, and brings down bis hand with repeated blows upon the table, while he turns to Tilton and exciaims that God must certainly have darkenea an nuder- standing which could write a letter of love and confidence to his wife while at the same moment he accuses Mr. Beecher of adultery with his File and prociaims the bastardy o! nis ciuid Ralph. Counsel them read Tiltoo’s letter of February 14, 1867, im Which be wrote to bis wife about tne Saviour and speculated as to his conduct if he had been a married man. Dnring the reading of the letter Tilton leaned over toward Porter, wo ‘stood close benind him, and whispered a correc- tion of the letter he was reading for the jury. Porter thanked him courteously, and smilingly substituted the omitted porase, Then turning to the jury he proceeded with more than common energy to analyze the blasphemous correspond. ence in which Tilton unfolded his views of Jesus Christ and His disciples. A HAPPY HOME. Counse) then dwelt at considerable length on the happy home that the piaintm once enjoyed, and, commenting upon the chauge, looked toward Jodze Nelison oa the bench aud said, We see upon the bencl one Whom we ail honor and love, the marks of maturing years and advancing age. have nov the pleasure of Kuowing the lady whu has been chosen as the light of mis dwelling, but L know she does not see him as 1 see im. She sees bim im the bealth and flush ot young mantiood, witn the giory of youth upon him; and to this His manner is He | hour his age 18 that on wack he pressed upon her finger the marriage ring; and he, while he mav be looking upon one whom time has tonched with some of those changes wuich It leaves upon the face of us all, he sees her coming before the clergyman who solemnized the mar- riage rites fresh and beaming, glowing with youth and bright as the morning star, Here we have a husband and wie who had joiued hands and hearis and went forth sor twenty years in cot jugal happiness, Woen potn were pure, voth radi. ant in hope, both giowing with joy, both adoring tuat Savionr whom ne has since dethroned, so tar ag itis iu the power of oue of the poor creatures whom God has made to do so, and she appealing to that earlier love, to tha! purer man to whor she had so abased herself, to restore bis confi- dence and love. The speaker has now the fuli attention of the jury. They are Christian men all of them, and they give @& double interest to the presentation the counsel makes of the religious sentiments of Theodore Tilton. Itis a profitable fleld to work. “This man,” he cries, pointing a trembling finger at Tilton, “who talks of his crown ana of taking it of and jaying it at Bowen's feet, refuses to recognize your Saviour and mine.” ‘Tilton’s face grows red and he devotes himseifto readin Porter makes another point in tne reading of Mrs, ‘Titon’s letter to her husband at the very time the plainti® charges Beecner witn the seduction of his wife, The letter is full of reproach, appealing to the love. duty and religion he bas abandoned. The coansel grows extremely eloquenc, Tilton himself is moved and Beecher’s large are fastened, with admiring gaze, on the speaker, A CONTRADICTION. In adverting toa letter written by the plaintif the counsel continued :— He writes to ber at a time when, as he now pretends, she was the prostitute o! the honored pastor of Piymouth churcn; in t.¢ closing days of the summer of 1869, oue year after the death of that Paul, whose grave, according to him, was dedicated to clerical lust and debauchery. He says ‘rom my early years | have iovea and you; but ail the past experiences of my affection have been a8 nothing compared heart’ | with the unusually solemn sense which I have bad auring all the holidays of this Newport week, tat the only human being who toucies my highest nature is yourself.” What were those other wo- manly affections of bis experience ? toucied nis highest—otners toucued his lowest Dature, “This beiag the case, | am filled with distress to think tpat-I must keep you uuin- formed tor the sake of your own tranqaillity.” “Bot would to God I were more worthy of your goodness, your self. denial and your singleness of heart. In some supreme hour I am your fit mate, tut at all othe:s you are high, uigh above me. If you did but kuow the inward reverence”—“irue inward- ness,” where aid she learn that purase? My friend, Judge Fusierton, brouget in “Norwood” and Hannan More and | know bot what other in order to teack ste talked of “tr: 5 been unuer the teaching Of &@ man Who ie!t up no her all such expresstu: rooted in ner mind, ‘nat they could not bat spring up when she uses them in a higo, in a generous and 1p « noble sense, and then he imputes their adoption to the vile | purposes oi adultery. Chester Carpenter, the foreman of tue jury, has become more than usually attentive, ana Wuelan, ‘who was overcome with sieeo t day velore, is wideawake and Dardiy winks. As Porter pro- ceeds his Voice and manner improve. Hews much slower, but at the same time more distiact. He makes a ruuniog commentary on tae letters ashe reads them sentence by sen*ence, The iliumiaat- | mg light in which he bolds .nem is sometimes very bright and striking, yet sometimes dim and dis- vorting. THE FIRST POINS, continued the counsel, (o which it seems to m essential 10 d which existed Oo the 10th ufid 17ta of Octo- iT, 1868. Right there this ning The compiaint puts forth these two as the only Known and ascer- tamed days of jong-continued aud iufamous criminal intercours ere days well Selected by the contrivers o accusation, and forger* and the iavricators of these p etended confessions. We find by the evidence that tuey had the means of knowig by Consulting ‘he pub- lie journals that on tae night of tne 9in of October Heury Wara Beecher delivered one of those mag- nifirent addresses at the Academy of Music wuich we associated his name with the first orators of all ages. The bell tolis twelve, but, despite its loud and boom, te counsel, woo is now In the of his address, continues on, though only very ‘ew hear what he is saying. Ali round table where ne stands @ crowd bas gathered, The reporters, scattered toronghout the room, have drawn their seats closer, The Plymouth church people are im @ dense mass surrounding Mr. Beecher, and a number of peuple are standing up behind tne jury, Bowen comes in jor a scorca ing Genunciation as “the nesthog viper who nestied in the bosoms of two men, Theodore Tu- ton and Henry Ward Beecher.” At this point the speaker rises to the bighest and most vigorous reach of eloquence. His picture of Beecuer, Lis white hair bicssoming jor the grave, their bon- ored ieilow citizen, who has prayed over the graves and stood at the bedside of their dying relatives, Was very eflectiv SEVEN YEARS AGO this crime is said to have been committed, Tiere fe immunity for perjury. They tel: you tuat these men o: Piymouth caurch, Who were not nere ve- cuuse these walls would not contain them, these men who love and honor him, are capabie of per- jury to save bim. How happens it tnat of tne 3,000 eers to prove that on Saat Gag he nd? day rode with he w acursion? That om that jm ai vreakiast and waikea arm irom pictare gallery to picture ry city of New York according to his ‘Well Know habit? Nothiog of the kind, notning ofthe kind, And yet tney tell you tuat this man ie @ hypocrite, @ loertine; in jangu: ot Moulton: “A libertine and @ tiar.” And yet not one word from bim, Bot one Word irom his nouse- hold; DOt one Word from his cuuren. They woula frankly own it om ine stand if it were so. He says:—''l know of nothing that occurred on either of those days that jes me to distinguish it jrom any other day. ntiewen, do you veneve Ulat a Man goes at the age of first time im bis life to co ac nd heodore ‘thi wile; in order to reaoh the heart of bis enemy, he will urge, through nis that fifteen witnesses on this stend ‘ted perjury. For either those Biteen Witnesses have s+ orn to the \Fath or Toeovuore Tiiton is &@ perjgred iar. fy AY Lome ter she had listened And yet the man who could command fitgen ery day When tis etter Was Written:—"My men—fiiteen Whose bare word ia good in alone, save Bizaiv the kitchen and every commer art ON the globe—fifteen men, whie i by been many of whom nected isn the interests of state waen 1 soil commerce Of fluence, ‘with the cape peboid 7 precious ii, | tals Of tae Men Wie. bi oer were 1 more of the attention of the audience, | arly days oftheir marriage, and imploring | | Dim, her beloved, to come back to the ways of Others | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, | be stricken down in one day in our midst would stand a8 pure, Sustaining the magnificent fabric of your commeretal pre-eminence among the cot. Merelai cities of the glove—is there one upon that | Jury who can entertain a doubt thatif be were the perjurea villain that he is described, and sur- rounded by bOsts oF Otpers equally ready to sell their souls for au, there would not have been an alih proven on either of those days, eitner of which would have oruken the back Of this prosecu- tion ? | There is 4 general feeling that Porter far excels Dimsel!, He 18 especially forcible where he speaks of fifteen mea whose names are known im art, liverature and in the marts of commerce, where- | ever the English language is speken, testirying tor Beecher and impeached in their evidence by 4 man like Tilton, Mr, Beecver never for an iustant | takes his eyes oif tue speaker, When he spoke of | his standing in Brooklyn the preacher's eyes moistened, Mrs, Beecher looked all sympathy and earnestness and every friend of Mr, Beecher gave bis heart to the eloquent pleader, BESSIE TURNER, Counsel made lengthened comments on the evidence of Bessie Turner and dwel: upon the tn- cidents parrated by the latter on the witness stand. Here 18, tie said. a simple, truthful, child- | ke narrative of an occurrence, the occurrence of which no man wo ‘has heard or j seen has from the moment entertained an honest dount. ‘True, he did not debaucn her. But is a man who ts capable of thns betray- | iny’the confidence of an auopred child @ man woo 18 To be believed When he becomes the accuser of a wife so pare that He is compelled to admit ber en in the same breath im which ne r with foul aduitery? | Tilton smiles but little, He misses no word, for be sits close beside the counsel, looking con- | stantly up into his face, save when he takes up @ | volume of letters to follow the lawyer's quota- tions, “There was a time,” cries Porter, | force and pathos, “when Theodore Tilton never jilted his hand im anger against a woman,” and | | then he paints a pathetic picture of Bessie Turner coming to nis (Tilton’s) house, helpless and friendless, how she lives with him as a minister. | ing angel, attending him in sickness and hea\th, moving about bis house and performing a nun. dred offices \ike a being of light. And the man whom she had been taught to love and honor by Mrs. Tilton, to look upon as @ father, wes a seducer, whose purpose it was to blast the popes of her young and spotiess life, TWO FACTS, Weil, gentiemen, there are two facts in this case of deep and vital significance, Alter that story once again Theodore Tilron Was on the stand, He ielt Its pressure, sinking. sinking, sinking | in hopelessness upon him. He is not a good man, He is abad man, He brought nimself to the point of denying the last utterance, but he had not sucn confidence that there was no God above I! beneath that he could bring hie-eif the other, us al.’ Vital 8 Lt was to his case to destroy the credibility 0: Bessie Turner, he gives a quailfied denial, As to tae last off ese utterances, ‘hia he leaves undeniet. He may bring a thousand house- keepers wom he can confuse im the recollection of dates, and contradict by proxy what he dare pot contradict by bis own oath, You may be sure that when a fact is within the personal knowledge of Theodore Tilton, a fact that presses like a spear | into nis heart, it will not go undented. Begsie Turner, fashionably arrayed and fre. quently smilmg, sits back im the audience Ustening with interest to the repetition of the story sue told of how Tilton approached her on one occasion, proposed marriage, aud had a long conversation garnished by many Iree-love argu- ments to sustain the proposition, at which the | audience were strongly moved to laugh, but were imstantaneously checked by the ominous rap of | the Judge’s gavel, A STRANGE ACCIDENT. Again, by what strange accident was it that if these ine.dents never occurred, when Mrs, Tiltoa | im the fall of 1870, to recruit her neaith, goes to her ola iriend, Mrs. Putnam, at Marietta, Mrs. Tilton, to whom Bessie had never breathed a syi- lable of thy iact—a fier which she bad kept not only ‘row ler but from every human being down to that hour—Mrs, Tilton had already told Mr: Putaam ail tnese incideots aad emadl-d Mrs. Pu pai to question Bessie in regard to them? How happened it that, if these were lies, Theodore ‘Tilton nad told them to his wife, and his wile to Mrs. Putnam, and It wes from that wife iriend taat Bessie Turner first jearned as to wien he Gist entered her room on those tWo occasions it was witu the inteatiou or leaving ber defuw- ered and devauched? Again, as my learned ass clate suggests, It Is in proof that Mr. Tilton was told that Bessie Turner had so stated the lac: to Mrs. Tilton, ond be never denied it. 18 this a ile, or the trath? If itisaiie, who smks, Theodore Tilton or bis pure and loving and loyal wile? Here the court took the usual recess, APTER THE RECESS, The assemblage is even larger in the afternoon than in the morning, The atmosphere is more oppressive and tne ventilation impertect. It has guoe abroad that Porter 1s making a grand effort, andagood many apply for admission wno bud ceased to feel curiosity in the trial, Beecher returned to tue scene of their long and weary Vigil wita brighter faces than ever. Mra, Beecaer smiles in admiration ot the zealous and Jaitaful advocate, who resumes his address witha torrent of viiuperation of Richards, tue brotner of Mrs, Til‘on; of Martin, the spy, wno visited the Ovington vonseboid and sougnot to impeach the evi- dence of Tracy and Bessie Turmer. Tiitou exnivits more than common concern. Since Porter began the Piymouth people \ave been snowing greater and greaier interest in his addre«s, Ex-Judge Morris, On being asked if the Porter address bad Dotdemolisned his side of the case, laugued and replied, “Why, he bas not touched the outer rim of the scandal! yet.” Mr. Porter, in resuming bis address, commented on the evidence which had beeu given for the por- pose ol shaking the faith of the jury in the testl- mony of Bessie turner. In severe terma he ai luded to the testimony of Joseph H, brother of Mra. ‘iitun, who, ne forward a8 @ dastard under influence of Henry C. Bowen and tutoring Of his brother-in-law, Theodore Tilton to make a theairical exuibition 0° hime ie attacked the houor of lis sister to reseue Theo- dore in bis Warlare With bis servant and wife. Bessie turper went to the Frening Post building, and there she said sue told Kicharus what she testified (0 um the stand. Did Mr. Kicbarus con- tradict that? No, be did not, bat he simply said that Bessie aid pot come to him at ali at tne Evening Fost building. Kichards gave his sister & stab wuder the itn mb. He had been abie to gravity hs friend, Theodore Tilton, d commend nimsei! to the consideration of Henry €. Bowen. The enemies of Beecher and Mrs. Tilton would grasp im cordially by the hand, tor even though be gid not Koow much be swore to the best of the little kuowieage he nad. Counsel denouncea A. B. Martin as ‘Tilton’ # He had respects jor Fravk Moulton’s minion, bat none what- ever fur 4 miserable spy, sent from 17 tons house to Mra, Ovington’s eavesdroppin; aud oringiog Sack to Tilton reports of what was going on. Martin was ready to do all in his power for Tiltoa m bis fight with a woman. Martin vendered his services ior Tilton to swear down @ Woman lor the purpose of raising ant sue with Bessie Turner and General Tracy. Theodore ‘tilton A. D. Martin and Josepn Richards an- aertaking fo overturn Bessie Turuer, Who Was & mateh for the most briljiant cross-examiner in America—Wiliiam Follerton- ho was put to bay so much by timet girl that he was ooliyed to call to wis assistance the most splendid advocat now in thisiand. A girl Who could stand the cross-examination of William Fuilerion a not be afraid of Joe Richards, even with the asestance of F. D, Moulton aod Theodore ‘Tiivou, his rignt hand sup- porters, Her testimony commended itself to tne consideration of the jury, They belleved is when it Was given, and they would believe it now. It was in barmouy witn the letters whieh he read yeaterday—It was in entire harmony with ihe trncte. Basie Toruer showed by her auswers that ane ¢o and When ne jound she he made up 8 mind and dererwin her. “I opened the duor, sue 1 said, Theowo beard you swe the room, te roo! Here the counsel deciared that no human being oftweuty-two years od could have invented the appearance and manner of Theodore Tilton in nis bearing toward bis wife and toward her as Bessie Turner did. Uniess the thing was a fact it was utterly impossible the sketch coula have been invention. It was so impressed upon ner mind 2 that she could readily reproduce a picture of the occurrence. Bessie furner would not make a fifth subject Jo the Woodun!i scandal, had ever ty Woen she Was asked if she ployment for ever cuarged her iiton, id, “4 @ certain courage, which, if on ber OWb behali, Would Hever have juspired he! sue would have surUnk in terror irom, this, mM bur sanding there with the courage of a liom woman {roi ' felt her heart. it Was only a pure v hifted and ver arm nerved, W. man Who could dotnat. They remembered in toe early je reading oO: the jem who, With @ {nite iamwdy tenvelied 56 ‘ae to tne Otoer, Shas Was the Brooklyn in mourning—f teen men wio | with | Frequentiy | throagh this part of his speech the counsel turned | and facing Tilton shook nis forefinger in his face | ouseience makes © Wards of | Mr. and Mrs. | w My MAY 21, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. | heart which was be by brutality or occasion, and ior the sake of her | she Was ready to confront tois man tilton jear- “IL will not leave the room,"? sh mE \d by Mrs, Ti'ton if Edie in the edort.” He ed not to depressed On that a posite side of tre ro violeatiy agatust the door.” perfectly glad, “Way,” he said, “Bessie, my di you tripped and teil”? Did the geotiemen ot Ui | jury telleve that that was invepteay Was the: urtenough im man or woman that could invent that? Did it pot bear the image of truth op iis jronty What took place then? “Oh. Bessie, my dear,” he said, “it is uo Wender that my gra, huirs are going down ta sorrow to the grave,” They remembered the last appearances Tilton made on the stand—the Just, per- haps, he would make on to show bar Bessie Turper slid he had no gray hairs then, He did not con- tradict that statemeut then, He had an oppor- - tunity then, if be pleased, of making a contradic- uon, They condued him to @ single thing, the cireumstances of which he recited, His denial of the fact Was that he bad no gray hairs then, though they were gray in 1867, but bad reverted to their Datural color im 1872, *laking out hia hander- chef he bevan wiping his eyes and saying, ‘Bea- sic, you are mixtuken in the Woman you have placea coufidence tn,’ " | The counsel is now dramatic. He leans the whole of his body toward the jury, shakes his forefinger, wheels around and faces Tilton and cries out, “He tried to practice upon Bessie Turner the same imposition he Low tres to prac- tice upon every one of you jurymen.”’ Mrs. Tilton said, “She has bad no protector in you—yon offered to ruin her.” How did sue find that out? Sne looked this man straight and tli in the jace and said. “You offered to ruin her.” and put nis fingers under his coat im this way. “Did Lever attempt to ruin you ¥? ne | the mock solemmity with “which ‘Tilton stood there! Tae same thing that he attempted on this girl hg attempted on the geurlemen of the jury, aud he (Mr. Porter) would like Tiltou now to look at the jury and see upon whic of the twelve such un attempt would be successful— | “Begsie, my dear, did 1 ever attempt in word, shape or form to rum yo or take Improper liberties with you “Yes, you did,’ she replied, “Do you remember the thne you Were talsing of affinities and when you took me from my own bed and put me tn yours? “On, my dear,” he repites, “you are ex- cited, you are lavoring under a false Impression.’? Then he turned over to the otber side of the room ana said, “lime and time again havel seeo Elizabeth Tilton and Henry Ward Beecher having sexual firercourse on that red Jounge,”’ and not only on the red lounge, but ne also spoke of see- ing them on tne cnair. ‘He asked me if I knew What sexual iutercourse meant, and | said Laid not.’? And his last werds were, “that red lounge had been consecrated to rhe sexual intercourse of Elizabeth aud Mr. Beecher.” Now, that was a ting that ‘Tilton did not dare todeny. Hao they any doubt that that occurred? Coald Bessie ‘Turner have invented it! It was the trath, and was if for such a man as Theodore Tilton that the jury were to render a false verdict against un iunocent minister of the G spel? The otner side had had an opportunity of making @ searcn tn re- gard to Bessie Turner. Tuey had bad access to each of tne proprietors of estublisnments at which she was employed in an effort to earo her bread; they had had access to Albert Martin and doe Richards and to others who were willing to yield themselves to base ends, but no human being dare come up here to impeach the charac- ter, truth, purity or integrity o1 that girl. “HOLLOW, FALSE, COWARDLY)? Judge Porter continued with venemence, point- ing to Mr. Tiron, “is he the man on whomyou will stake your reputation among men? Hollow, treacherous, false, coward, base!” - Porter cries, “D> you believe this to be an honest mant Hollow, false, cowardly, treacner- | ous!’ and he strikes the table in rapid succession over a dozen times that sounds like a rataplan. There is astir awong the jurymen and visible in- terest in the counsel’s argument 18 shown, Gentlemen, you see the piaintif. He is swearing to wuatr i! I read bis Complaint it 1s for money. liilsien to wis counsel it is iorrevenge, lil read bis complaint he is endeavoring to make by bis oath, through your Imstramentaiity, us title good to $100,000—more money than ue ‘aod Moul- Tou and Beecher by pu(tiog all their joint posses- sions om tne earth or ali tuey coud raise togeiner, Mrs, Tilton Was taking refuse in that room, Where the bedside. was worn by knees bended in prayer—a room too iamillar with sorrow and augulsn, “Mr. silton Came to me and said be wauted tO see me; be took me into the second story bedroom and related his story ouce and over agail about toe lounge and tue Chair; he mentioned the names oi three gentiewen 1M connection witn Mr, Beecuer’s; he sald little Pagl tuat was dead was Mr. Beecher’s enud ; ta | put Florence ; that Mr. Be. cuer preacned to twenty or forty of bis mistresses every Sabbath; he said, further, that his mother naa laid her haads on bead aud blessed him #heu he told t! nd had sad, ‘iheodore, what & magnaniung’ nave been!’ Isaia, ‘: do Dot oelleve there 18 one Word of truth in that; it Was @ wicked lie,’ FATHERLY INSTRUCTION | “When he asked me if] knew said ‘What sexual | mtercourse meaut I had never heard o: it beiore in my life.” Suppose we should pause here. Wuat d» you taink or the corner sione on which your verdict must | be based + Whois tu be veileved, Mr. Liltum or auopted cuila’ Whica wail you trust, if you idence and are leit in doubt? quittal, But you do not douvt. heard this evidence wii beleve ‘Tneodore Tiicon’s account. No maa in this room knows better than Tilton bow Jaise @ veraict | Would be in bis favor, | “Doubs ts acquittal!” | speaker. Yet he wanted no doupts, but a verdict | that would establish bis client beyond the re- | motest suspicion of bis enemies, | Is Bessie Turner corroborated or confirmed? Do not their writings confirm her, and Goes not | the @dmissivn of Tilton aud Mvuitom, both oral and Written 'nrougoout tae past four years of this | travall, confirm ner? Does not the correspond- | ence which I have read to you show the treacnery | of the man’ Bot the oatn of Henry Ward | Beecher, the character of the pare wife an | character of this clergyman confirm ner? Doe: a the other hand, enavie you to wi eeches, ots characte! | derstand his writiugs, b: 4 Does not his wickedness aii condema him aud con- | |) firm the trutn o! her testamony? OUT IN THE WINTER NIGHT, There is not much ufore to impress you regard to (bis Jact, out toere are certain toting: her testimony Which : will call your attention to. Mr. Porier tnen read from testimony of the interview betw: Miss rurner and Theodore tiltun. Alter Mrs, Tilton had gone up to her own room, worn by weep! and had gone to her couch and whe: ner was reiteved .rom her painiui inter loterview in whien a young ‘was compelied to mean) ihe goes to Mrs. Tiiton’, her what had oceurred. Waat do | broken hear’ | Besste’s recitai? Miss fTuruer says ‘sane rose from ner bed. Mrs. Tilton never said a word. She arose and dreseed herself, and patung on her waterpruof cloak, she Went down stal's to the basement: she dian’t pat on her shoes.” Bessie says, “I wanted to go with ner to ber mother’s, Mrs, Morse, but Would not allow mie; #he Went round to her movher’s house: I wanted to go with butshe woulda’t iet me o; I went up to bed and siept witn tae children | that night, anv the next morning I went round ‘witu tue coldren to Mrs. Mors * Why, gentie- men, each of you in your homes that winter night, whic sueltered a cherished and loving family, how litte did you know what was goicg on witain and under the roof a od a few biocks below 70y, man upon wh had conterred sucu iellow men! blessings and honors among bis Theodore Tron was the man that poured sven gross iudignities upou the wife who joved We find toat this poor woman, sick and en-hearted, 1s compelled to steal down stairs eet und go oUt alone in the win- efuge irom the crueities of ner are things which, tha: ter nigat to protector. are | NOT OPTEN REPEATRD IN CIVILIZATION, | The closing half hour of the day’s speech was fine in expression, However fuil of sophistry and gushing sentimen: the language was beaatifally Th chosen. Nvbody who hstened was weary or sleepy. The advocate had credit Jor honest earnestness, and that is just what gives any man addressing a public assemblage his power to sway convictions. | HAS HE A HEART? The love of Bessie turner was that child for | @mosner She would not turn her hand to save Mr. Beecher trom desiraction. She would oot turn her nand to destroy Theodore Tilton, but that poor, gravefal girl would go to the svake and would shrink from no sacrifice or deflance fur the woman whom knows to be innocent. It ig not, gentiemen, of ire made. ‘This neat in her bebat: to the m 10 toucuec, she says, “Lasked if I cowd see Dim a | lithe while, He cunte into his room on tue second k room, and | saut the door. ‘ story, the ba him that Mrs. Thton Was sick.’ was giter Mrs. Tiiton had been speaking of ber hopeiuiness—with the it she it Be hope re(urned to this little Pau), whom he pre’ vo love, but bastardized after be had buried nim. “I told him that Mrs, Tilton Was Very sick, that ee only oO be ge the! b's wita ease (0 m zabe that her w 4, said it was Beeober. 1 me letter I nad received ad shown her connected wito him while jo Marietta, 1 told Bim | took tu! tier of his to Mra, fiton end she read it ad then ene sei) iaintiog om the OF grasped ia ber Baud, J called fariner you #0 om in this men’s life the Faoain Then he straightened bimself up very straight, — pege 420 of she printed | | mother, aud yet sne sought the counsel of ber | guilt of Henry Waid Beecher, but who noc only | Just one of tne kind named by nim. | onc ie ano grief, | ‘hessie Tur: | Ww: woman do as she listems to | | To tae Epiror oF THE HERALp:— exclaimed the eager | | that follows all bis footsteps. 1 ents to the aise im the first week of Deeember—the time when Mrs, Tilton had been so outr: that she had made up ner mind to permaneutly avail herseif of the snelter of her slimier is the bs friends, She Went vo Mrs. Bi adshaw, on excellent woman, whom we were rold was to prove the proved that there was no acknowledgment of guile by him, but she also proved that «rs. Titton never comessed, even to her—he: most mumate friend—the slightest deviation trom the most abstract morals, Bessie Turner rememuers that she talked with Mrs. Bradshaw in respect to the indignities Theodore Tilton offered to her, but she does nov remember wat She told per of the bratal nature thereof . But toe question i8 not of much moment, The tact that Miss Turner went there to enlist Mra, Bradshaw on the side of Mrs. Siitou lew no doubt as to the truth of her evidence ou that point, Even the diary of Mrs. Bradsoaw herself confirms Bes- sie’s story. Bessie Turner aiso went to Mr, Beecher and pleaded the case of Mrs, ‘Tilton and wanteo bim to come and advise Mr, Tilton, and Mr, Beecher tes- tiles that she told of tnese indecencies. Alter- ward she told them to Mr. Bowen, who begins by denying, and Mr. ‘Tilton calls Mr. Kell to the stand, and be proves that this conversation happened, Who, then, will doubt that BESSIK TURNER'S STATEMPNT 1S TRUE? Shearman read, to save Mr, Porter the exhaus- tion of the task, in regard to the conierence be- ween Mr. Beecher and Mr. Bell, as to whether Mrs, Tilton would be justified in leaving her hus- band on the score of whe abuse and neglect she nad suffered at bis hands, and now Bell advised | that the matter should be leit to Mr, and Mrs, Beecher to do as they deemed proper, Mr. Shearman—This incerview Was on the 6th of December ? | Mr, Beach (angrily)—Oh, I object to your argu- ment, Mr. Shearman explaiming he simply wanted to give the date, sat down, and Judge Porter re- sumed. He then spoke of tie TESTIMONY OY ME, HENRY C, BOWEN, Of bis testimouy Judge Porter wend speak with kindness and lornearance, I> would be in- human to do otherwise, He coulan’t but remem- ber the buffets Bowen had received from the par- ties in woose interest that wituess had been caued, ‘This is the Bowen who, Lilton says, with ab unjust blow smote asunder ms two gon- tracts, and led the pal to saspeer that the cause was the “horrible caarges” ne bad made against Mr. Beecher. In another exmibit Tilton says Bowen charged Henry Wara Beecner with one of the most hideous crimes kaown to buman nature. And ‘Tilcon says not 'o make Q publication would put Bowen to the risk of belug smitten down, und Plymouth church | would hunt him as @ rat, Im ms letcer of 1871 Tilton speaks of Bowen as a janaerer,’? im with duplicity apd Weaenery. He tribes Bowen's face in the jasc interview “violent wita ra.e and bis words are sull It was strange then that as ringibg in my ears.” ‘Yuton’s counsel should see tic to put Mr. Bowen on | the stano, to say What? That Mr, Beecher didn’c | siander Theo ore Tilton; that Keevher didn’t ao | anything tending to the removal of Ineodore Til- | ton from his connection with the independent. it ig DL just to say that he showed a commendable | zeal to swear ali ne could in fayor of the pariy who Called on nim, THAT IT WAS NOT FOR LOVE for Yheodore ‘tiitun may be presumed. That it was not hatred of Henry Ward Beecher we all know, ior he Werships at Plymouth cuurch, 16 most. then, have been trom pure absolute love of truth, (Laughter,) tis memory is victuusly acca- Tate in 118 denial, but itis suggestively lax to tak- ing it back on ibe cross-eXamimation. Mr. Beech- er never advised him to tarn Tiitun of the Jnde- nt. Mr. Beecuer thougathe did. He did not. ‘Mr. Beecher didn’t teli_ nim anything against Mr. Tun. No; whodid? Weil, It was general talk. He didn’t remember. He knew himself there were repo! Mr. Beecher had taiked to him turee- quarters of an hour he satd, but it didn’t affect him ana he did not know what it was. ‘He dida’t tell me there were :eports against Theouore Til- ton.” “ciun’t they reiate tu women? “Yes, py, relaied to Women; be mentioned uames, bat 1 don’t remember.” But it so happens tnat though Bowen Was 80 foryetial then, he wasn't so forget ul that day When he caine buc« to his house aud told Mr. Eggieston toxt he bad just coure trom | Mr. Beecte:, anu thit Beecner had told him a hor- ripie stury avout ‘Ti,ton’s debauchery and pow be | attempted the rufu of an aaoptea daughter under | nis own roof, and tust Mr. Beecher wouia and is friend and that of tue def aua he was glad to know this, a as Was reaoy to remove Tilton from the Independent. Alter all, Tneouore Tilivn, don’’ you think Henry ©. made a Very poor Wituess’ "All the evidence tends to show Shac Mr. Beecher’s account of that | jorerview was true. Tals is not snowing that Mr, Bowen 18 treacherous, but that bis memory 1s treacherous. Mr. Bowen, Who was brought kere to stab Mr, Beecher, carries with aim anoth dirk ander his belt, and to the consternaon of my frieuds on the other side be casts 11 under the belt of biut who calls bia. He told Tiiton that was suspended over ‘hk Was to descend with the | the year, which Tilton had denied. Tuat toyou how it was when Tilton went home and found his poor sick wife, weakened from hemorrhage, be said took up my crown and laid It at Bowen's feet and said Gea save the King. I wno have been tue recipient of the baro- Bial meome of $15,000 per annum am ruined, ruipeG, ruined.” : The att-ntion of the counsel was called to tne | clock, and it being three minntes past tour the | court adjourned tu. the usual hour this morning. A CARD FROM HENRY C. BOWEN. His REPLY TO REV. LEONARD BACON, D. D., OF NEW HAVEN. Rev. Leonard Bacon, D. D., of New Haven, does right in not receiving as truth all that is said by | ‘nterviewers.” Ihave not claimed any intimate personal friendship with that distinguished divine for the fact is | have not met fim, “according to my bert recollection,” more than three times | during the past ten years. I like Dr, Bacon's platform of friendship and am giad to stand on it. He claims to bea “friend of mankind.” and that statement, This 1s a free country. Dr. Bacon don’t like my | views and policy in regard to the great scandal in €nd he has perfect right to ois upin- | fons. ay be permitied to state, with me freedom, that I don’s anu ne did like the earlier utterances of Dr. Ba-on on slavery and African colon Zatiol ces n | perm puolic to my sence a great many awful toi 1y ans is that ne and every otner Christ gentieman {is ound in honor not to hang orim- | riso! en in hi art condemam his fetlo do itin the face and eyes of all the | jacta. In a long and usefal life Dr. Bacon has found | “mankind” & great many people woo iffered with him, and, if am correctly to , there have been two or tnree occasions even in New Haven wnere there were two Ver decided opinions on certain soctal aud domest matt to which Mis special attenrion was at the time invited. In tnis Brookiyo affair [ claim that I ping my mouth closed: hat is better, that! nave don La) i wise: id better Othe! 8 to the “ousiness” part of nis relations wi 1 don’t think Dr. Bacon or any other writer of | the will complain, “Business is | business,” Dr. Bacon trutafully declares, and T po declaration Was more universally recog- — ized. Dr. Bacon has the credit of bringing toa bead — is Brooklyn difficulty, and people are not united | 10 their opinion as to the wisdom of his co! I have thas far kept silent im this case, and shall for the present nut deviate from that cuurse, even ‘to oblige so wise a man as Dr. Bacon. HENRY 0. BOWEN. New Yorx, May 20, 1875. STEAMSHIP A NEW TRANSATLANTIC LINE. The steamer P. Caliand, the pioneer of the new line from the Netherlands to this country, arrived yesterday and moored at tne wharf formerly oc- | cupled by the White Star line, near the Long Dock, | th A from Rotterdam on tye oth inst. vessel of 2,300 tons burden, b seses all the recen: fi buildimg. The st he line will jew days. The Erie Railway Vompany extended ta track across Payonia that the cars can be discharged airectiy on tne whart. ‘ AN AMERICAN SENTENCED LN BRAZIL. AN ENGINEER'S ACCOUNT OF HOW HB LosT TRUST JEWELS. Rr JaNBino, April 24, 1876, An American enginoer, Mr. George Grenviile, | formeriy employed upon araliroad in Bahia, was | tried nere this Week on a charge of making away with jewels entrasted to bim at Bahia jor sale on | commission, and spending the money, and | “mpecesiiog”, to the south, He alleged & purchase aod the giv: of a vil tor—-the barsti and the loss there or rin; recov | i, 1 | ve | 18 | be yy jour years, paren a ae ag | ra oe the we saci | | o: the Romans and the conqueror ot Is Di | 198 Beate, ~ SHERMAN AND GRAN Who Planned the March te the Sea Pp + Varying Opinions Upon the Gene eral and His Book, THE MEMORY OF STANTON, (From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.) It is said, for instance, that Secretary Stanton’s gon has already expressed his intention to defend his father’s memory from the assaults of General Sherman, and chat in the preparation of @ memoir he will use much important material that pas never before been made public. NEEDLESSLY WOUNDING. [From the Troy Times.) Still, it must be conceded that Sherman has, it respective of the controversy in relation to the conception of the march to the sea, needlessly Wounded the jeelings of some of his brother off cers and denied to some others che praise thet services douotiess deserved, ‘The great soldier jeems to huve overlooked the fact that impartial history wil! judge him as weil the men of woom he speaks, SHERMAN, HALLECK AND STANTON, (srom the St. Louis Republican.) A few years ago Stanton was, in certain circles @ popular idol, The American people have long since pulled him jrom his pedestal and consignee nim to the contempt which he did so much w merit, The sharp criticisms which General Sher- man administers will only serve to intensify the verdict already rendered. [f it should piease Heaven ‘o afflict us with another rebellion it is Mest ueyourly co be hoped that toe aMiction wii Ot be Aggravated by the appearance Of another Halleck at the head oltne army and another Stap. ton iu charge of tie War Office. WAR IMPOSTORS. {From the Indiauapoli# Sentinel.) It is not the design of this editorial to recapitue late General Sherman’s opinions of his comtem poraries and tneir deeds, althougt it is @ pleasare to notice with what keen discrimination he paints the popular impostors of the rebellion, such as Hooker, Butterielad and MeOlernand, and how | justly he measures out the praise to those whe are now recognized as tie true heroes of tne war, ‘Yois readjuscment ofthe laurels is only ap inch deutal matter, The most important suvject cun- nected wich the publication of the Memoirs 1s tie necessity O! securing, in the imterests of the 10+ vure, mater.als ior a accurate history of the re- cent civil war, SHERMAN AS ATTILA, {From the Augasta (Ga.) Coronicle.) We tnink, too, that General Sherman has made @ great mistake in boasting of the brutalities which accompanied and disgraced his famous marcn to the Had he attempted to excus or palitate the unnecessary atrocities of tnat movement we should not have blamed him for any effort to etface tae toni biot upon his soldier's scutcheon, Instead of doing this General Sner- man boasts of his brutal exploits. He bas a pride in What Is bis shame, und takes care to blazon bie own disgrace. Tuere are tnose now who, blinded by passion and swayed by partisan- ship, wil praise any crime commit ast rebels; but it no aificult task 0 10) cast tne verdict of posterliy—ctat Wiounal vel Waico all ieroes must appear, and by which men and toeir: never deuied the or of Suwaroff in mvdern tinies—of the & bat history and poetry have both united to make cher barbarism and the crueities miamous among men, General Sherman may now boast ol the red rain woich marked bis passage th ougn Georgia ana the Oarolinas, but tue worid will declare that the fame Ol & great soldier Was stained by acts of crueity and brutality waich would bave ciagraced the chieftain of a tribe of indians or tne | it of a band of briganas, SHERMAN AND LOGAN. (Prom the Boston News.) Perhaps when the whole history 1s written tt may be found that Sherman has not jorgiven Logan for being opposed to his armistice yroceed- ings with General Joe Jounston in North Varo- lina. Political capacity was worth something when suct a blunder was attempted, and Logan showed it, Genersi Sherman learned very well that men jike Logan, Howard and slocum did not propose, Without Vigoruus protest, to allow a pro- ceeding to be compieted which Would bave pus the South D.ck Where it Was when the yt - —imte hands hustiue to the Union. “senator” may some day teil us what t “General,” ‘hers, did at the time we refer to. ONLY A RACD AFTER ALL, (From the Auzusta Cou stituonalist,) His attacks upon Tuomas, Hooker, Biair, Logan and Stanton mast ve gli and wormwood to the men who are alive and to the friends of the dead. | The “mareh to the sea’ is made to appear some thing stupenaous aod uneqialied in tne art of ‘War, whereas it was simply the monster raid of riy 100,000 solaiers through @ Vircuaily defene™ NO CHANCE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. the bricgeport Farmer.) t upon tne book is that General | Sherman has thereby lost all chance he might otverwise bad for a Presidential nomination, bat not likely that bis ambition ever extended ig tdirectioa. itis probable that @ long discus ston will eusue over Genéral Sherm: book, and the “march to tue sea” will be analyzed to tae exireme, it ‘MBS. SHERMAN WARNED. (From the St. Louis Glove.) The attention of Mrs. Geucral Sherman te respectfully cailed to the following paragraph, clipped from the St. Joseph (Mo) Herald: —“Gen- eral Sherman has lately written a book, and now he is going to get married. We always did believe that Senerat eéman was a brave man, aod now ‘we know it.” UNJUSTIFIABLE, (From the St. Louis Giobe.) Sherman's memoirs will make a lively row it military circles. In the second volume tae Gem | efal modestiy gives himself ali the credit for the jamous arch to the sea, and for various othe movements, the origin of waich has tofor: been attributed to otners. He also attack Stanton in what will be shown to be & Yom ‘unjustifiable manuer. A QUEER HORSE CASE. On complaint of Jopn Waip, a resident of Port Richmond, 8. 1., J. Rogers and John Smita, who are alleged to have swindiea nim in 4 horse sale, were yesterday arrested by a deputy sherim. Walp complains that he paid Rogers $100 for e horse which was warranted sound. Waip found the animal unmanageable and wanted his money back, Rogers said be nad spent toe money, but would give nim his note ior the amount. Smitn then said he Would sell nim @ good horse for $190, and take Rogers’ note for the $100. This Which be accepted, turned it to be a bad one, aud on to get back bis money ae be had spent tt, bat ne had @ borse in bis s' which he could This horse turned Sake on trial out to be foundered. It was because Waig thought he haa veen swindled that he had ch wo were sent tu Lud. and Smith arrested. Toe two whee made against di Landen ‘Wuo swore t he bed Seagate itorae e irom thm Yor Wraien ne pai ited ata St a Ctl be said he had spen KINGS COUNTY SUPERVISORS. District Attorney Brittou sent a communication to the Kings county Board of Supervisors yester- Gay, caliing their attention to the overcrowded condition of the Raymond Street Jail, ana refer | ring to the escape of the two lemais ho plifters. was referred to the Jail Commitee, The Mil i ‘Committee reported in favor of hiring (ne avenoe Rink fur the purpose of atu! and Militia equipments, whica were ‘me Portland a @ arweoul, thar patiaing BONES been ocoupied by the Fourteents regimeat. sev: eral supervisors attacked the regim sala there were too maoy of them, au f tae armories were teed %. The repo! ‘was reverred back i tee com: