The New York Herald Newspaper, May 28, 1875, Page 4

4 7 A | with that flood in which he 13 to present the last NT] ] | plea tor the defendant avu when he surrenders if | is representative capacity. These soicitades y| UAL I 1}, | are mot personal. No considerations o: vanity {or o: fame have anywing to do with his anxieties tor his cient, All mere exoibitory or ostentatious speeciies bave always been foreign 10 torensic efforts, We deal with realities, We have todo wits living wen and living Ninety-fifth Day of the Ab- *gsorbing Scandal Case. Wowen and with real personul fates, and itis this feel that disquiets (he advocate when le comes t that Ui8 representation ceases, aud aii his s comiaus are to Come as penalties upon his when he can no longer siaud to interpos abield Is Bie defence but his own inguence. 1s was r rk BPO . this that mage Cicero, rood af the head o WILLIAM M. EVARTS’ ADDRESS, | sueent'crators, ana "waose lame tranaceaus all modern reputations in our professioa, Cie alier ne Wad been credited with beim the greatest lawyer among orajors and the greatest orator amoug lawyers, Whose works are upon the shelves of every scuoiar, tuough be be not a law- yer, and upou ihe sueives ol every lawyer, thous A Scholarly, Dignified and Ss he be nor @ scholur—it was this that led Cicero Courtly Speech. to say, when he couid not confess good grounds for coufidence in miusell, » DotWiTbstauding all this,declure, so heip we God, and be mereiful to me. tuat | never tuiuk of the tune when | shall bave to FREQUENT FLASHES OF HUMOR, | rise to speak in dovence o1 a chent that | am not Oniy wissurved in my mind, but troubied in every limb o1 my body.’ ‘Thus it is chat the late of the client is allected by tie laults, the defects and toe Omissions, rests upon the mind and exciies the solicitude uf tue aavocate, There is certainly, peutiemen, everything in (his Case, as tnrougs the long period of the trisl it hus been drawn out before you, that should wake every one feei—not in @ persOual seuse, Dut iu the solicitude jor tue cilent—what he would desire, acd what t Misses i himsell. One would wisi lor iat iabu- lous power vy wilen the poetic vention Is sou.ne to eke out the infrmities of our leevie nature, One would Wisk jor a hundred eyes (o pry iuto every nook and crevice o: the testimony, aud raw fort aptly and in season every faci where it Was heeded, 89 that it would be elticacious. He would wish for @ bundrea hands, #0 tuat le could hold up the Wuole mass of A for its correc- tive power over your miuds, aud tven that ie The High Reputation of the Defendant a Perfect Shield. THEORY OF THE DEFENCE. AS Might be expected, the number of persons that apphed for admission to the Brooklyn trial Yesterday morning was as large as on any day Hince the case began, The announcement that kur. Evarts was to & the Goor aud make the wight divide, cistripute aud discrimiuate if, 80 ‘and ‘forensic effort of bts Ife on behalf of thet in some Vigorous band there siouid aiways 4 s pean be every topic, every passage that could sued light Peecher was the cause of she xroat gathering, and carry conVictiob. Iwould wisi jor more tun Mr. Beecher listeved with pleased and rapt | this—ior che aid 0! an Instrument, that perceplive jorce Woich can discern the jmerits ana the elicacies Ol the Yast aud diffused elemenis oi the provi, aud by unerring magnetism araw iortu proo: ‘iro ail, wit-siug No single Needle from aby bay stuck strewa overt he Wide field of tuis trial where it Was needeu to scraten (ue face Of every Uzly jalse- hood or prick ble pompous bubdie of hypocris: I would wish 1 had (wat power of reason that attention to his udvocate’s eloquent discourse, He sac between bis wise and niece, his face as fosy and unsophisticated as @ schoolboy’s, bis eyes at times sbiming through a soft emotional Wist as the speaker's argument touched the enar- acter or position of the deiendant. 3 . could crush the opdurate mass of evidence, Liposl ceragmanlutenstemtrss: separate ibe false irom the trne, and tuen, Was quite noticeable, Many o! them were young by un intellectual aicuemy, purge it of ull Bnd pretty and !ashionably dressed. They had no dross aud luse pot a penny weight of the pure gold of truth, and biushes vo spare woen counsel spoke of the charge use thas and that aloue ag sterang com lor your of seduction, by @ reverend clergyman, of a circulation, Aud most Oo: ali 1 woulo wish for that foung, virtuous, discreet, chiid-beariag woman, | moral Lower of ots Watiou that could dea! with i Peet the juices of this long fermentation, strip them and in fact they rather seemed to relish all tue | or") i" Gigcordant e: melts, reject ull poisonous better this portion of the aiscourse. oils, 4 PLEASANT DAY. h It was fortunate the duy was breezy, else the fourt room would have proved @ second black of Calcutta, It is diMcuit of ventilation, ex- t when the wind blows irom tue west, There Was Lo reason to complain yesterday, especially in the alternoon, when the crowd was even greater than in the morniug. EVARTS BEFORE THE JURY. Mr. Evarts occupied the same position as Porter fid, facing the jary; but Evarts made quite a aif leremt mmpressio He is taller than Porter; Siands stiif and straignt aaa billiard cue; swings bigarai with @ lorce of freedom that gives im- pressive empuasis to his words. The careless fall- Ing bair; the at.enuated face, furrowed from chin to furehead; the hawk-like nose; the gray, giltter- ing eye, the receding mouth and the odd gesture bf the body ani nead, make a quaint, weird picture lor the spectators. From this gaunt, s'range form that . ight, have walked out of one of those dusty and worn irames that bang on the walla of the old monasteries of Europe, containing Dyures of those devoted and aseetic followers of the cross who gave their lives to the mortification Of the flesh and the acquisition of learning, the lis- teners loék for a bigh display of thought and ex- pression. The ‘rams scems but a sell animated by Agreat mind and soul, and full of lotty conceptions, ALL CORROSIVE ACIDS, all heaay heat of passion anu of prejudice, and present to you tue pure, inVi,orating wine of houest sympathy for human nature, warmth ‘for huwan #yMpath), justice ior (hat great gilt of eloquence, which, “o’erleaping the short circuit Letweeu the voice and the ear, speuks out irom heart to heart ws face auswereta 0 iuce.” The great Lord Bacou has said, “in eioquence there suould be MO lodiscretion Of speecu; that no ex- cilement, HO perversions, no auimosities, no e muties, shouid carry tue advocate beyond tue ci duty to ois client, to truti, to justice, to nis Opponent and to you.” Uy in private cases, how- ever momeutuus Lue interests, hose sentiments @ud feeiugs may justly agitate the mind of the vocate, QoW much mora persuasive are they when the Watter in haod 13 iraugut wilh great pubue interests aud surring, popular passions; Wuere the cient bas become invoived in tue €duies and currents of u controversy petween men’s Opinions and prejudices and ivelings in all the (ors that make up tue edince of sociery ana oe! Why, irom the time the scandal *a3 trst turust OD pUDile attention it has been Crue in (his Case war uf the individual oears un the inul- Vidual (act; su Jar ag tue individual accused upon bis real character; go lar from (he culprit being Judged or measared vy that measure Which we wisa to mele ald Luat We pray to Lave meted some Gay to Ourselves, they Lave been mace the personal meaus upon 'wuico ail soris of pubic coutroversy abd puvlic contumely and public ais- cords Lave turmed. Tbe question OF taste, oi social eliqueite, Of mauners, 01 Morality, of religious forms, Of Teligious iaith as afeciing communities, jorms of Communion, particular clurcues partic- ular circies 01 society,—all have veen tesied by tuis endless controversy, in which tuese parties, When be stood up to begin his aadress silence fell and in eee enon, tacts 10 (be Case, bave the cou hs really iormed but littie part. EVerybody nas deen spon the coart Those who surrounded tne | traby lot TbOUY aatane \han beee * arving ‘peager settied themselves Gown to agreatintel- America: New York has been trying Brook- ‘ectual treat. While there was mach im the ly ober cities and the rest rah eo t vane country pave been trywg New ork ppeech that was dry aud involved, the main balk and Brooklyn, coupling, tiem hike GHer- of it was admirably arranged and expressed. cujanaum «nd Pompeii,’ Sodom and Go Yhere was no lack of either logicor eloquence. morran; all the Lge and the inideis “2 ebai uave beech trying the cburcues; the ancient Toe plea in benaif of Mr Beecher Cioren, te motuer of ail dissenting denomina- was by no means like that of Mr. tions, the Romuwn cChurca, has beep trying Pro! Porter's, Taken a¢ a whole, Evarts’ speech wasa @stautism; tae Cburct «1 diguity and lounges: es- tavlusned among dissenting churches, the Protes- tant Church, bas veea try.og all tue forms o! ais- senters wno Bave uot tue riual; then tue Pres- byterian bag been trying aii the more modern Doished and powerful rvetorical production, but weak in logic and fact. lt was scholarly to the extent of being obscure to (he average American jorms of cissenting secis, and then ie Juror, bat in parts the argument was clearas einoaiss and tue Baptis aa. 6 crystal and plain to the meanest understanding. turo, tas been trying Convregationalism, The Latio quotations gave’ the reporters some und then at last Cocyiegatioualism fas been trying #iymouta churca. (Laughter). We uave bud BO Cuance by Le Beard IM this storm of Coniroversy, Li we on the part of Europe were to admit our uncivilized and Vulgar institutions, ana toea if these dierent cities Were .o try it om (ne ques- tion 0: & 108s of absolute and Oxed twadidou: jaito—Well, tne Momeut people undertake to ve Independent aud care more jor practical Morauty, and prac icai charity than jor tue orthouexy of dvctrine—vain human aspira- tUons—this is the end Of it ail, It these Were 10 be toe wettuds of accusation, o1 Im utavion, of discassivd aud 0! couciusivn, wuy. ir. weecher und Mrs. iilou—they actuary iorm toe pressure oi the Cuarge brouziit irom tbe aus; OL these WuiriWinds—tuese jorces determine the Couciusious of men, und Bt tue actual weigu: and Coaracter of auy peFsOua@i conduct or evideuce. Wheu We come to the Cousiderstiva Of the de- Jeudant as placed in common attitude—a cuurt of justuce—there t ouce a0 immense sion Ol ‘be puviic eXpectation a8 (0 what could’De uone Or suouid be dune by sucn a man. THH PROPOSITION OP GUILT MUST BE PROVED, and be agalust WoOm It Was not proved was dis- cuarged, scquit aod incocent irow human ustice, The proposition was taken that unices could afirmat prove his innocence as clear as it would appear, if he was innocent, at the judgment day, the trial had saued oF nis Purgation, and nad ieit the people tae right to doudt avout nim oF 10 make this exacture of iu quisition, if it were the iast judgment, Anu to furnish us With nove of the compeling brophecies, none of tae penetrating omniscienc and vol all toe \oving charity that beings to God, Ws, indeed, a burcen that cannot be borne. Now, ta the polut wuere the seandal. as a scanda, a8 @ matier Of imputation, as a matter of CUrOUS IMS, ection, as &@ matter Of Wise delibera- lon, a8 & Matter Of Unimpassioned and yet oue amusement, li not troabie, bas Mr. Evarts took pains to render ois Latiy into English for the beneds of the venighted press. LaYING DOWN THE Law. Bis laying Gown of the law was done with brevity aud perspicuity and witnoat any thumo- Ing of the nomerous legal autnorities on the table De‘ore nim. The jury were careful listeners. and seemed to ve profoundly impressed with tne learning and vast command of language excibited by the speater. He inculged tn none of the reck- jess and impassioned ectives that character- ited the style of Judge Porter. AN OBSCUMB BEGINNING, Evarts begao bis speech on @ very elevated ne, and or hail ao bour, at least, the jury nad as itte idea of What Le Was saying as if be Bad con- Sued nimself to (he Latin which he quoted at fre- queft intervals. His sentences were occasionally ofextraordinary length, aod #0 imvoluted as to make it palnial to follow thelr many and various @epending clauses. RVARTS’ HUMOR. There were frequent bursts of laughter in the course of the address, and the feeung was de- tidediy in favor of Beecher. The Judge Gnsily admonisied the audicoce, and said be had hiseye Upoa two or three persons of respectability who Were not benaviug properly. The Judge’s warn- ing mace 4 marked impression, but people could BOt beip themecives in smuing at woat Evartw Sometimes said. EVaRTs’ aided conclusion, aud see tow by @ reierence to some general and well recognized polite chent, Beecuer, SOPHISTRY. has eXp eed to judgments that had Evarts argued toat an ofen such a8 that nothing to do wito bia or the rie) charmed against Weecher was vred out of idleness, Of the case Well, wien the scandal 1s promulgated, toen all once toere is a vast indoience and opportunity, that aman so busy @8 Gags cf tue community that gives it a ready ac- Beecher could not fnd the time, nor leave himself ceptance, ali the idle profiigates oi New York ve- & chance to be ted. This position was trav. /leve it, =e fa every quarter where the wicked i rT ings, and lo ersed ingeniously acd eloquea'ly, aod them | Sips with sneer and sue the scandal ware: tne Counsel took ap argument uséd by aid err with this woman, that reacher of ” esi Should yieid to tue Porter, that ® preacher of we docirines Of temptations of the fiesa these classes say they Christiga love and charity, ® cheererand Con- new, and toey were giaa that their opinions and Urmer of ali the #weet joys of the domestic house- doctrines were being accepted among the more 7 ft o ‘“ serious classes. Ovpers put it on what told could never be capabie of an offence so con- | HMOs cinMne .e eounscness of Heecher’s irame. tradictory of all the preaching of his life. The wy ground to put it on very treatment of the subject in the hands of Bvarts difficult to deal with we will not deuy. Tat ne 18 4 MD, 8 be represented limseli to you, as wa very diferent trom that shown by Porte! you bave studied his iace and seen ‘his Evarts’ language and delivery were better, and and § the whole anaiysis of tne be certainly exnivited more ingenious sophistry. | ,rgumens IE the man’s Strength and temperamen eli, to nS Aes ¢ argument overthrows tuman Evarts, reierring to Tilton as Samson Agonistes, ueation, Religious jove jor man, love ior love w God—thia overturows them all, Aod why not? Mao is ap ao/mai, and woeo you come to deal with tne questiva of natural provea- made a Very eloquent fight. Tilton pulling down the pillars o/ the temple of nis religion, repata tion, fame, jortune and happiness on the beads of Mmself, his wile and children, was well and for- #it sou Pn wane — co yee Ry as aD . tbly expressed. Ali the Piymouta peuple looked Fluicuious and monstious, with pity and contempt over in the direction of Tilton, Wao was slightly confused. BRECHRR IN ENGLAND. Proposition is made to go a an sccusation of in- coutimence; there is DO deience io our state of CLVILZSHOD Bemus it, How uorriole, how wicked, anu, when p) The counsel made macao of the services Mr, | Bume by such reckless aispatants, how sic Bescher performed in England for the Cat to their own sense Of the growsu Of eivilizativu, © rit a ai How he fa eq down tue bowling and bratei mop | ‘2° eee ee laa by Ain yp BY and showed a co.rage taut few men ever showed | ander sucn circumstacces. Mr. Beecner was Geeply affected by this reference and showed it in his moistened ey HVARTS ADMIRED, Abbott, Tracy, Hill, Shearman and Pat Keaay jooked up at the eloquent lawyer with looks of un bounced admiration. Evarts is the last great Bope Of the deience, and it is litle to be won- Nered at If the friends and counsel of Mr. Beecner ‘honld atiaco great interest to bis appeal, sudge , Rot Of a part . DUE Of all the pretensivns of virtue wad makes us pride ourselves in gvving in an age Whica Las indented ali tne great Bivinzations Ofal Ume; that Das received the great giit of an incarnate God, end the permauent pox session of the instirution of the Gospel ‘Yhen all sorta of voilauteer disputanis appear, king aod deending (he case as it bas been resented ail over tne cuuntry. Ihere was @ sort thrown over tne forris cannot repress his astunisnment th A most ox Feakness of Evaris’ opening, Lat then | ta ow ten sao A ‘ne Judge is counsel for the pisinud. | S°8"eg in one of tne Western papers, said to be 80. At noou several iadies eft the coart room, doabe ess Owing to whe closeness of the atmospuere ere they sat. ine best part of the court roum, the Coolest and briyhiest, was between tne Windows. On the o With the Judge were preachers in tee country, tuat # iiue adorativn Tonn day, late Minister vo Austria, and B, Dele } o> an io Sean oe oO & solace eS suvport Pt lof (be immense Grait UPON bis Wo Babure it was Geld smith, District Attorney, New York, vnaered im provable, @Nd |Nsieud OL it MA BVAMTS’ abDRDSS. jvula be jee if I May present tnemaecive salp 80 strong as (hat except iu ® CUMCUs auevdule ul bMyilsu puilical bistory, Jack Wines, tae im the reiga Of George LiL, Wite lis great wis, mie from a lady, a0 douvtiess it was 90, THIS FAIR APOLOGIST seems te thiGk what fT «man who bad done 0 IMGen QvOd, WhO Was Still dovng s Mach good, aud Capabie of doiug More govd than ai) ti ¢ otner great uverty agitacor | | great acdacity, gave great trouble to tne Court ani Ministry, bat gatned equal tavor with the radic.is and Oppouents of tue government. He was @ man Of profigate Ife, and uniuckily a man of very ugly countenance, and among other things, of @ very — indis- utavie obliquity of vision. Parties ran nigh or OF AvALNST LIM, aNd ali imputation on Lis coa- duct, on lis patriotism and bis morais and what not, were resorted to by ls inends. ‘Two ladies in high life~one of the Court party, the otner of the liberty party—siler discussing with the heat ana candor Which belong to Wowen the respec tive werits ani demerits of Wilkes, and when tue champion ol Wiikes liad pressed ner adversary 0 the Wail on every question of patriotism, of taste, of morality aud Of polities and Of pavite danger, the opponent to Wilkes taro# upon ter and says, “Well, you must adinit thar ne squinta.’? “Yes,” says tie other disputant, “but no more thau a Wan should.” (Laughter, not suppressed by the gavel.) Now, uli tbese levities and trivolities, Through some yeurs of twilight, of darkness. of suspicion aud of doubt, have been eiustered arouod this controversy, and it is only now, When we come io ‘your presence with the authority of law, and with your candor and attention and sense Of duty, that we are vegin- ming to get at the real merits Of the case—what the real mutter was—and to judge of its prooa- bilities and improbabilities, 1t# proot ur is refuca- ton, according to live people with real charac. lerization; how men reasoned avout tne couduct of this deendant wien this impu- tation first came inio tne civil courts; how many men were sbockea that Beecher yuld have continued to preach and worsmip God while liton accused bim with adultery, when Moulton vad spoken of him as & perjurer, ‘iney actually uodercook to suorien the Divine com- mission under Which be acted, and which was to preath the Gospel to every creatare, “tbhougn men shal revile you and persecute you aud evil entreat you.” Is iiat jounded Ou thé apostoile commis Sion ¢ at the character of even an bumbie clergyman? Like bonest Gay, irom nuiana, wao, r thau sit silent under the low tea hing of this moral lecturer (p inting at lil(on), resisted him to his and thereby , josing lis salary of $1,600, be he believed u in the reliiou te bad practigea aud in the duty of Bmad of bis profession, at least, that he miget erapple with spiritual wiecedness ia bign places. Aud, teu, again, Wat a shocking thing toat Mis, Beecher shvuid atteud Chis scandalous trial, Wheie she will be exposed to hearing so mucti evi of ove she loves, even tuough he dit not ueserve it! ‘These men undertake to shurten the marriage vows as well as the apos- tole Commission, Lhe Bacon letter came next, ‘Then (here was a responsivle accuser, the char.e betug stillinuefinite, but in @ manner to Justify Mr, Beecher 1u demanuing an investivauon. ‘That inquiiy wa: held, Mr. Tiltoo maintained ois ac- cusation wichout stint 10 respect 0: nis imputa- tion. Mrs, Tilton, 1m duty to lerself aa a wile, and owing duties to herself, her children and to oilers, her church and ner pastor, gave an ac- count’ absoiutely exouerating Mr, Beecher irom all charges of sexual intercourse with ver, Vindicating the fame of ber children aud of her husbaud aga.ust tis reproach, After that exam- inatios Was ended tuis sult began, and from that lime on we might lave expected that the pubiic demand aoa the pubiic appeal suould take the Jorm of judicial investigation, Lastead of teat the plaiotuy puolisved a great argument, woich he hopea wouid be unan-werable, wnen there was no adversary, no issue and DO tribnoal belore which his cha a ve answered, Taorse brave Ovponeuis of & world 1p arms, itke Peter Van (wiler im his old buten tort fowning det- ANCE On 4D Absent joe, they, too, blastered against @u avsent foe, Who are the accused now beiore the Court? Mr. Beecher and the alleged partner Ol wis guilt, Mrs. Titon. Uniackily tor Tilton it takes two to commit aduitery. te Frenca :dy said when she was asked the meaning a Jauz pas, sne dida’t know exactiy, sne wad quite sure it was not @ to be taken alone. Toat ‘There Was nothing but pas seul—a xtep was the misoriuse o! Tiiton. else that Leecher couli very weil be accused of, and some Wouun lust be found to be his partner iu the guilt, and Why should not the busband give the prelerence to 1.8 0wa wie? To be sure, there Were drawbacks to bis Wife, He knew toat soe Was as pute as gold, tuut she was chaste as suow, that #he Was pious 43 Saint and worshipped the ground te trod on, even when the ground Was the filthy mire on which were Spread tue vile vusks Of which the swine did eat. 1t might be toat ne found uis justification in Hamiet’s bitter speech to poor Ophelia: ii tuoa marry 1 will give tuee this for thy dowry—Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure’ as snow, tion shalt mot escape calumoy.” but Hamiet did pot outrage human pature by saying she dia not escape calumny even from her bUsband, What is the jorum aud dimension of the guilt imputed? It ia seuuction, toe seauction Of a married woman, is there a greater crime’ 18 there a crime visitea With greater severity ia the judgmeni o/ all mural, all (houghtius meu of all xinus, whether they make pretensions to piety and religion or not. The Court took a recess. APTER THE RECESS. The attendance in the aiternoon was larger than that in the morning and flied every incn of space in the courtroom. Mr. Evarts stood up to resume bis speech without a moment’s delay, and very soon showed thatbhe had been only nalf in earnest before. His voice, mild enough before, Was injusea with a vigor that was hardly expected of one jooking so physically incapable of any pow- © eriul exertion, His arm rigid im the gir, term nating in a forefinger equally rigid, and his singular voice, 80 loud and ciear, at times interests ine spectator. From grave to gay, from lively to severe, is tae merest step with this reatiie lawyer, and as he iovariably traverses this course be is always interesting. Evarts, quoting from Junius, said of @ certain character that it couia only escape cen- sure when it esciped observation. Moulton remarked heeupon to a neighboring reporter that Evarte quoted incorrectly from Junius, Moulton was quite an atientive and admiring listener, ana irom time to time made comments ireely om the addieas. Tue speaker paid a giow- ing tribute to the legal skill of Beach and Fuller- ton, tae two men, he said, who easily stood at the bead of the criminal practice of tue State of New York. He aiso scaitered # liberal allowance of compliments around among Shearman, Bill, Tracy | and Apboy Mr. Everts, resuming, said:—The incredibility of so flagrant and heinous an imputation apon two excellent people, i am justitied im pro- nouncing botu these parties, irrespective of the ImpUtation, under consideration was sought to be parried oy this plaintiff oy certain qualifying eis ments in their crime, which prove the act to the conscience of each. Well, as auotoer blow, aot at these individuals, but at tue scheme of of religion, of the theory of conscience and of duty, make it OWL Once that wood people can com- mit crime and be good in doing it and in thelr co! scieuce approving It and in the retrospect seeing fault io 6 and you prove the Mret daring prop- jon 0; ihe Wicked that the aistinction be- tween evil and good is a mere matter 01 preten- sion aud authority. Taatis the flaal stage of dis- sovute imuorailty ing man, to @ ety, in @ com munity. Woeo you have reached this stage you have exposed yourseif to that tinal woe de- Bounced im (ue Scriptures, “Woe to nim that calis Why woeto nim? Be- ne Lor of the World. Good men m things, bad men may do good thing! bim that draws out 0: (bose instances and ex- rience Of human nature the final insult to the Beity that there is BO distinction between good and evil, How can you remedy so 8 that proposition? How can yo jeem ai aivia soul that accepts that ,roposition? Now iney say that (ous lady uw dia apy(hing wrong, that sue never tuought Wroug at uny time. Never did any(Ding—klzaceth never did—tnat ner con- sience did Dot approve. She wasaiways pure miaded aud Bad not a crimtual inclination in frame. Sbe did not (uink that bad violi her marriage Vows and bever discovered th: had angered ver ousband until sne read a im WOico there Was nutuing about adultery or an: carnsl thing, only an Uudue adeccion of a wife for A priest, aod ao anaue interi the management oO! the hou-eloid. inatis what is saic o| ner by tne basband after and before this occurrence, SHE IS A WOMAN OP STRONG INTELLECT, an admirable and truthful critic, accustomed to tue Dest SOClety; Hot the Wo: thiess and weak, Bot | a, for their thiy quai their moral a intel a ) sceuding to tnose of ww Gevau ery end vies, bringing heaves fall 10 tue judgment sear of wowen sue bassaved. Her busoecd uid bi the bouor to took she w. aul engaged io (nat Corman Wor. the moi vaiuing meo for Moulton pats it in . at least, torough lust; but jove—beaatiful, Coaste, elevated, , urtiying, saiving jove. i sere had been any sexual intercourse between (hem it Was merely circumstanvia it were a mere empbasizea toucn o1 the baud, & Kiss of tue Ips making (heir Oenevoleace and good more peue- al te Goa, c mind, as Tiron pues ch a strength wheo in labors for tne on oO! sipneis. Well, he was au inteiectual whom jiloa at oue time thought Was & Man O| even greater intellect than bis OWD. BG) Oe Lad CULL Ved that His strengte was in bis great wore weal'h, ihere he was unsurpassed. 2 Was bis Old Gpoo fF shippers, Toast led them irom a truer rf of tue ect o, Tuton, Tue may kind, , tole Tus was Wout tude Mr Bevcner g Sumaer und lilton, You to u ake this adultery, that on either side, between ‘LY WOMAN AND AN APOSTOLIC MAN, rtby in senuument, to oe in sentUument Her voject Was vo give (he sanctiun Of d prayer to it. @ It, 80 to speak, & ai adurery in the presence vi a tue poly aby mmtroduced by prayer vermi- baling vy prayer. jolly of the wearing of the braim expect this charge of sauisery tus Lovs at + coud ce on bis part in | | our vumane u It was | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1875.—-TRIPLE SHEET. ‘ be believed; expected the charge of adultery to | cease to be incredibie only by tue adulrery being Made immacula*e; Cease ‘to be @ violation ol the conseience only by its being a glorious exnivition ol the power 0! human love. Aduitery is @ thing that Loucies the mstitution 0: marriage, aud no conseuting testimooy or coniession can break the bond. Children aod children’s cuudren are in- terested that their fortunes aud future shali not be contaminated and despoiled by devices iu respect of \ruthfulmess of any of their ancestors. There | must be @ prooi as against them, binding of them, | by people who saw the conduct, the action, the | commanion, the opportunity, the security and the | subsequent ‘evidence of the Occurrence, aod then 4 court and thea a jury Gud that a fact has oc- | eurrea to which ‘he law imputes the consequences Of the dissolution oO: the ‘Harriage bond; isa Part of that moral government of the worid in- tended to secure Obedience, to compel regard jor chiidren, for those we love—the law that i the Jathers eat sour grapes twe children’s teeth saall be set atedge. And didu’t this woman kuow thatt And didn’t this preacher know that? do this 1s muracdlous adultery, the ike of wheh 18 ue. scribed in Doue Oo! the histories, or the symptoms ot it given by apy of the philosophers, Some writers thought that no amount of testumon: could prove a miracle, because it accorded wit humo nature taat men would lie, and it did not accord With experience that they did not. Still, Uthat 18 dangerous ground. But you should have good tesumouy trom pure lips, honest hearts and | intelligent observation, Not very long ago Punch had # pleasant colloquy and cartoon showing a | conversation between @ clergyman and a sunday school boy on tue subject of miracies, “My buy,” | says the cleigyman, ‘what is a miracle?’ ‘The boy answered correctly the first time that “he | didu’t koow.” “Well, my lad,” said he, “Ir you should wake up io Che middie of the uigut and s the sup shining, Wnat woul! you say it was??? “Well,” #aid tue boy, “t snould say it was the mova.” “But supposing & man was to tell you Uhat Ls Was Lhe sun that yoo saw, what would you say then??? Suid the boy, “1 should say tuat the man lea.” “Well, let us proceed wil digait, sup. osing that 1, who never told @ lie, should say lo you that it was the sun, What would yoo say then?’ “I should say that you were drunk,” said | the boy. (Laugnter,) Now tiat shows how hard | itis to prove nuracies, Here Wo lave a | RLAZING SUN OF ADULTERY | in the serene reiigious itie of the most saintly character, If you seek unier these moral condi- nous of religion what criticisms wouid be made Upon the statement that this blazing sun of adult- ery Was sprung oat of the very ueaven of reilgious jaith, What would you say suould such a suo sud- denly display itseif out of this pure peaven of re- ligion and society ? But it Theodore Tilton comes along aud says to you, “But 1, Sir Marma- duke Tilton, gusband of tois false wile, and Iriend of tuis prosecuted gentleman, if 1 say to you Wat this Was the wiazine sun ol adultery, What would you say then?” 1 thiak you would say as the boy did, ‘de lied.” And Mr. Moulton arose—Sir Ph. lip Sidney, who never told a lic—and he should say, “it 1s (he blazing Bun of uduitery,” | ltmiaok, gentiemen, you would say, He is drunk!” But we have apocuer wituess, Mrs. Moulton, Whataoes she say? “i, tne wite of Sir Phiip Sidney; I, the communicaot of Henry Ward | Beecuer; 1, tne sisterly iriead of Mrs. Tilton, | 1 say that it 18 the biazing sun of adul- tery out o/ these blue skies,” what would you say | to that? Well, politeness, even in a boy, would | make tim answer; but [| tuink he would have to Bay, “Well, madam, | think you must Dave been guustruck, and do not know the moon from the Sun.” Now, there 1: no greater contruriety im the propositions 01 the Datura! muracie to the seuse of | the boy, as thus il.ustrated by tuis story, than the couirariety between the firmaweut Of moral authority. It is the same Divine Hand that Bet tne forces of th are and divided the day aud the uight veiween the sun and tne moon, discriminated by as firm lines as these Batural arrangement of the skies, just as impos- sible of derangement, justas mach oO! foal ana jacal disorder us this tragsportauion of the san and the moon in their natural range, as fixed by the Author of the material irame in whica we | live. And He who made tuese mora! aivisious | meant that they suould ve more permanent than tne physical forms;for He said, ‘Heaven and earth shall pass away, but not one jot or tittle of my laws shail fai.” Now this is «6s respectavie = authority, and the date of the contents of toat law is £0 remote that we will not discuss it, When you establish tue proposition that these breacues of external morality (hat threaten the very fabric of humanity, of society, the central point, th purity of the family, cau occur without pre. liminary moral degradation, without being accompanied by the infammation of the low desires and the triamph ci the flesh over the spirit, can be practised with the maintenance of ali tae active venevoience and the exhivition af all the oeautiful Viitues of lile—you nuve struck @ blow, not at M @t Mr, Tilton, bat at | Gisunction between the Wise and the foolsn | virgins? If tne wise virgins, with their lamps | trimmed and burnin, @ to be leit in cue outer | darkness, why ure alive to the growing beauty o/ the face and form und Jee! safe? 8» we believe that ti is | between character don’t come from witunt wil | lieve those vile and frivolous suggestions — made by the oaths of Mr. Tilton and Mr. Moulton, | or will you go to the Diguer authority? There | Was ouce @ great Lepore on the earih woose | brie! sojouro bas redeemed man and society from | THR VICIOUS INFLUENORS OF HEATHKNISM | and raiged it to ite present position, It was said | of Him (hat He ueedea uot that man suouid tes | wy tor Him, fur He knew what was in nim, ays that Within—out of the heerts ei mea—pro- eed eVil thouznts, adultery, fornication, covet- ousn Wickeanéess, lasciviousnesa, muruer and all manner of i. ‘this is the basis on which you rest toe Christian education woich is fo preserve the chaswcy Of this woman, ana you must wateo and see ner steps lave ever strayed out of ine way in whicn she should #0 aad, If they did not, then you bave no ground belief that she strayed in this imstance. are ‘We to avandon the: feguards thrown arouud us Dy religion sud gO back to the old system of poysical security? As we bi no" sys tem here by which the fair ana the oeautiful are crowded 1u hares of princes, whenever we lose our faith in the viriue of Women we shall have “a wile deposit company,” wuere we can leave them when we go to business, We snoula t contrivance oi @ “para. ‘m’? Woich Will Cali US TO the rescue proacnes, Now, gentlemen, tuis being toe Cnara.ter of the crime @nd toe disposition, conauct 1m general and re- ute O| the accused parties, let us see wnat the W requires in reiérence (0 such @ sait @s this, | First, what ls tne nature of this sult? It 1s, for short, ‘alled con, action, by | which an injured hosoaod i aliowed to seek damages for tne loss of the purity of bis wile and the destraction of his Lousenoid. This nature of action grew up under & peculiar condition of the Englisu jaw in respect to divorces. The Engiisa Cburen, ihe og. uu u0n, maintained the indissolubility of marriage relation tor any e save adultery, act of lit ‘ being required jor the dissolution. Parliament | coaid grant this only tor ault nd it would | require the proof, not io afMdavits, depositions, | Coniessioos Or concurrent aureements, but vy public trial, through (he auth worthy mode oi trial the rules of law, Policy of society, that there soouid be proof in _ trial, malotains the proposition that confes- ons alone were not sufficient; that the security and parity of THE MARRIAGE RELATION should not permit any destruction of it except by prooi of the jact. ine nature of the act being se- | Cret, proofof the ac’ual, inal guilty compact as if toe body of the crime was not required, sut ef the body of the crime was re- a. Proof of adulverous | surrender to lustiul desire and Inauigence, proof of companonsmip draw- | ing ‘oem away from virue and from | paths of immucence—ioliowing that, i opportunities of personal coutact with udstitutes Or metoods of cri.e, itis a mistake to not required to way, these are toe require. ments of our law. ‘hen it is necessary at On these facts thus proved accompany- | um of the party | adequate ground fur maatiest vo tue con- | ment of Gi tue jury that the taings | P not reasonably compstivie with | any other conclusion thaa that of guilt. | | soctety, the law, abbors this conclusion | from it except when be other result asonavie donot More thao sO 4 t need Not be proved, if tne Approaches to the ac: are proved; but beyond that | te wit not go. 11 will not STRIKE THE BLOW IN DARKNESS. | More than in auy otner case is ihe feeling of pre cases of puuc oi innocence shoud | the be conuemned, | in this case it strikes the svsent and | | the miantes and the whole of society | | im its tenaerest points. in this country this Kind Ol acuom Bas never had any respecia- | dDity about i, because the it had im | England was wanu In our state | Bas siways been ovtaimabie, not use upop an ween man and sult Was necessary. | It was only in the lower oruers of society, and tuen osdutery, but the triat was bet wie and no crim. con. re there was always s suspicion o! specwiation t a were much in vorue, 1 thin) &8 4 CoOMseguence Oo: tls Suit, so rare Iu OUT eX,e- | that our Le.isiacare Wilt purify our laws, N the #Osoand, although be has gauty wile, cansut % & divorce eit Lt or in Bogiand uv te be guilsy bimse, and @ | guilty husvaad don’t find any encouragement io Complaining that bis wife tus done lujary \o lim. The Of Givorce bas always been pure, aud us insisted aiw: bias it Wii allow BO speculation on this suoject it jom'ti you becow | Po-wemsed of ti knowledge of your wile now your respect lor bn ity Of mai | riage by resorting opeuly to the jaw ior reiiel; but If irom pity, love OF iiss you keep possession t 18 9 you keep the secret’? | of your wil p $0 you see there Wasn't much basis for ao action for divorce agains: Mrs. Tilton, He heard, it is | tog 1s aot In need of any characterization. | locality was with | much excliement prevaiied in consequence of th e, then TURNRD OVER IN BED, eae became pregoaa, and he lived with ber four years. Nobody ever before brought @ narrative of that kind in court. Some- thing has been said avout epitre's (hat Dave been appied ty parties and their coadjatora tn tois Prosevutivo. Well, epithets spring rom a genera’ ation of acts, and never can oe made until there has been a@ repetition of facts. Aside from that shovid not think of banging epiihets to Brooklyn irom New York, lor | think a good deal of trouble bus come irom these extravagant epl- thets that Broukivn people use; and | tuink the best thing to be done when the bridge 1s com- pleted 1s to load it with Brooklyn epithets, and if it will bear that i will bear any burden, (Laughter.) Baur, seriously, gentiemen, conduct like that of the platotif on bis own oor. uc a character ag tnls plaintiff's can escape censure only when it escapes voservation. Men don’t sometimes, try to Mud soiter beds; the plaintiff co get out of HIS UNEASY BED, but alas! im tne effort of | he has not the aympatnizing foliowers that he had on other occasions. if tuere nad been no question in this case affecting a great character; if we Jact of Mr. Beecner’s purity had not been the jundamental one in ‘this case, there would pot have veen such vast importance and interest altached to the case. The odiousuess of tacking # money verdict ou this action Was so ap- parent that the other side early disclaimed that Some more noble passion was necessary, and my learned friends bave it in thal very mild and Christian virtue of revenge. 1 never knew a jury that liked to b made an instrument of revenge. lt they were to heal an honest man’s injury they would do it, but to beip & man in revengelul assault on another 18 not creditable to them. We don’t pardoo much men who iend th mselves as in- | like always to lie in the bea they have made, and | to the inconvenience of others, they | strumenis to the vengeance of injured parcies. If | @ man shoots a pe-sou for injury he may escape, bucit he mires an assassin, the nired assassin i not consiiered an institution Of society Wnose neck is tobe saved fiom the gallows. You will understand this is an issue whether Mr, Beecher, who siood jor tls country in the hour of its peril against ail England and roused, encouraged, developed aud amassed a power in our lavor—whettier be is of thac bai low, coarse, lewd flore of sou! and groosness of body (hat is impated to him—whether you are to say by your verdict that this man, who bas sut in this court room during this trial and bas beeo sought by visitors day alter day, is a@ man that not only they, tut you and ail of you should exc.ude from all companionship; jor, | repeat, however lightly, however -arelessly aud grossly poons Muay talk about «diferent iorms of irreguiari'y, nobody cun tolerate a premedi- tated seduction of a married woman and @ con- —— deiiiement of the marriage bed. Ab! we asi LOOK THIS CRIME IN THE FACE. There is not a sailor with a strumpet on either knee out who, if a comrade should suggest to aim he nad seduced the daughter of au old shipmate, would bury his sheato kmife im the leart of his accuser. here never has been a debauches who flaunted ‘his wWealtu and drove lis four-in-hand in Brooklyn or New York, who if One of bis companions should accuse hin: of seducing the wie of Mis iriend would Dot send 4 builet tarougn ‘he heart of nis accuser. No; there are no Coarse und Vulgar voluptuaries, however much they may /eel at liverty to ruin thos who are not cuntided to their care, who will ever tolerate any Such caourg: a8 (is (hat you ure asked to justify ere by your verdict, and jour veraict for six cents is as bad as for $100,000, There are no qualifying circumstances about it. We may consider ourselves prepared now to 100k Qt the question of circumstanual evidence, wnich may be oriepy disposed of. Mr. Lvarts then pro- ceeded to define c:rcum-tautial evidence. He liuded to the case of ‘ioe People against Bennet, setiing forth the mature ol circamstautial ev.- gence. Accordinviy iu reference to @ case of | Unis- Kind, where under circumstances of | lewd intercourse, parues at a tavern have beeu found to be locked up in a room, way there ia circumstantial evidence which justities tua@t im toils seciusion the act of aduitery ma have occurred. Bul ali agree that when there is bo circumstantial evidence, by exceraal witneases of ear or eve—wnhere there are no such sarround- ings, that is anend ofit. The platouff in this case did not hesitate to put tne power of she jaw upon JOSEPH RICHARDS, and make bim come here aud regret that be could not teli more, He did not hesitate to bring trom @ pag, uospital # lying, crunken woman, woo Swore she heard Mr. Beecher say to” Mrs. 11 “How do you jeel?” and that she replied, fatner, I feeiso-so.” (Laugnter.) Tey did notréject | srivial Brasner testimony, because they brought Mr to show that he saw Mr. Beeckyr standing On the front stoop o: Tilton’s house at seven o’vlock in the morning. tended proof of adultery! (Laughter. must be quiet, He bad his eye on several respect- abie people, and it would be bower Jer them to presei ve order. Mi arts went on to state that Mr. Brasher bad been in tne babit of going fishing at two o'clock ana three o'clock lo in the morning whenever the tide was favorable, and the prosecution expected that he would testify that he saw Mr. Beecaer at [liton’s very eariy in the moruing. [iis evidence waa that Mr. | Beecher Was on the stoop, as if waiting for some ond to the bell, There Was mo evi- ‘4s not in the one to ri deneo that Mrs. Tilton Was or house. The trouple that the tide did not serve for the parposes of the prosecution that day. If the tide had served, why ‘nen the time of Mr. Beecher’s go'ng and the tide ior the Oshes would Bot pave concarred, and ‘time aud tide walt for no man." (Laugnier.) Now, the ~ VALUE OF MR. RICHARDS?’ EVIDENCE is, ifanytMing, to prouuce upon you the impre: sion ta.t would have been prodaced if you bad seen tue thing be speaks Ol. Now, there are two ways to flad out what impression that would have Maue upon you. One is, tue statement of what the thing was that he saw, and secoadly the im- 100 It made Upon lim when he saw it ana as it. a eS Wei, He he wal a begins by rt and jury before ne told what he saw, wat née regrets to say tha. unless he is suffered to tell what te had beard from other people about other matters, what be Baw would Le of uo consequence. The law dou’s allow anybody to state what tney bad beard, and “Well, now Lam here, andi mething, and realiy, | suai make & foul Of myself fur coming here and saymg nothing, unless | ain alloweu to state tue c.ream- stauces that Made me think there was someiuing init.” Now, that is the first test of the weight and power (there Was ig bis evidence, and that is there wasn’t ything. Mi: varie u briefly referred to Kichards’ testimony to efiect that on one occasivn he suddenly en- tered the parlor in Tiltun’s house apd saw Mra, Tilton, with # fusned tace, moving away from Mr. Beecher. How did that strike Kichurds? asked Mr. Evarie Why, be went in, kissed is sister, nook hands Wwitn Mr. Beecner, taiked with him and then ot of about his business. Evidently it bad not made much impression on Richaras, He never thougut 16 Worth while \o mention the circumstance to tis ister—nis only sister—ne her only brocher, aad heir mother & widow. Kichards’ conduct was suca that 1 am not enabled to apply ab adjective toit. it never happened belore. on't think alter his eXampie it will ever happen again, Toe Court then, at Ave minutes past four P. M., adjourned until to-day at eleven A. M. most un. apologizing e lucky pre to the FIRE IN WESTCHESTER Shortly after one o'clock yesterday morning & fire broke out in @ haylof over the stables of Briggs & McTurk, at Wiiamsbridge, Westchester county, which resulted in a loss of property Yartously estimated at from $15,000 to $20,000, The flames were first discove: by Officer Brady, the Tremont police, who lost no time in causing an alarm to be sent out, Before ‘the arrival of two engines and a truck from Morrisania, however, the fre from the burning stable iad commonicated with an adjoming gro- cery store, also owned oy Briggs & McTurk, snd in which was located the Post OMco, The destruc tion of the last mentioned baliaing followed fast on that of the stable, in which sour horses wore Toasted alive. The flames also spread to a three story frame house, ow by a Mra. Heisie- , and containing a drinking saloon and s butener’s shop on the ground foor, per portion being occupied by families, This siruc ure was also completely destroyed, as Was also the residence of Mr. J. T. Briggs. Many of tnose living in the two first-mentioned dwellings narrowly escaped witn their lives, Officer Braay having rescued # married woman named Green, woo with her husband and (amily Occupied rooms over tne grocery store, and aso ® colored man named Aloert Morrison, who siept in another part of the building. It shoaid be state that the Morrisania firemen were doing good service in vetting the fire under control wei fire company irom the viliage of ton! ter arrived on tne ground and insisted on exiingaivning the fi themselves, as the of when, in order to avoid @ figot, the O companies witadiew. Toe W: sequently paid their respec’ Woiskey Which na, been rescued from tne fami and eventually an Coving irom Mount Veraon wa fent or luver im the day to extinguisb tie smoul- dering embers, There partial losarance on the property destroyed. origin of iy nown. Officer Brady succeeved io saving the mau matter. 2 the Morri-ania engin FIRE IN A OOAL VESSEL, Fire broke out yesterday in the coal boat Cape May, lying atthe Hoboken docks, and sor s time hundreds of vessels close by and the compustibié materials on (ue docks, The dames were suvdued Alter cousiderable exertion, the boat being scut tlea, no locality where more precaution ded cvan io tf ¥ @ Hovoken coal @ pnoge were in- | ep Pissue and ask that tae road be sold for cael Judge Neilson reminded tne audieuce that they | | of his appointment as a receiver. * ——_$ $$$ $$$, THE ERIE RAILWAY. THE RECEIVER AT WORK AND THE INVENTORY OF THE ROAD THAT 18 BEING PREPARED. There were no néw developments in the affairs of the Erie Railway yesterday, and eveo Wall Street seemed to have come to the conclusion taat the best thing todo under the present situatiol Of affairs was to keep quiet and, Micawber like, Wait ior something startling to turn up. It is highly improbable, sowever, that anything start- lng will occur for some time to come, and, judg ing from the good feeling that has been evoked by the appointment of Mr. Jewett as the receive) of the road, if auytning does take place of a staro ling character, it will not come from any action on tue part of the stocebolders of Erie or persons interesied in tne wellare Of the road, Mr. Jewett was at his office yesterday bright and early, and ail day long was half pestered to death by visitors from all parts who wanted te “confer” with him about THE BEST WAY TO MANAGE THE ROAD. Bat few of thecallers were admitted, owing to the extraordinary pressure of business which has so suddenly come upon him since nis appotutment as receiver. A HERALD reporter who called during the afteraoon had a conversation with Mr. Jewett relative to his plans for the juture, Mr, Jewett said ne did not intend, a8 some people supposed, to make a “big thing” for himself out am,” aid he, “ander tue order whieh placed the Erie Rau- way under my control, an officer of the Court, apd as such lintend to do all that liesin my power for the good of the road. No one who bi ny in- terest of a substantial kind in the road will have Teason tu fear that his property is at all in jeop- ardy by the change that has taken place. I intend, so far as 1 can, with the assistance of men of ability and who nave the interests of the road at heart, to conduct tne affairs of the company in such @ way that will be commendable,” THE REFEREE’S FEES, In answer to the question as to whether he would draw his salary @3 president of tne road and take fees as receiver also, he said:—“I will not take voto, 1 am in the nanas of the Court, @od the Court no douot will Go Waatever 1s Dest for the road. Under the powers given aA re- | ceiver [ have the rignt, I tnink, to pay the presi dent bis salary, just as I have the rigut to pay all the employés ol the road. But il the presiaent is paid his salary the receiver will not take any ex- tra allowance. Thats a conciusion I have come vo and to which | will adhere,” Speaking of bis duties as receiver, in reply to certain luterrogatories put to him, Mr. Jewett said:—Oue vf the duties of the receiver is to | make au inventory of ali the property o/ the com- pany over which ué has coatrol. this inventory wili cover everytuing, and ip the case ef a com~ pany like the Eiie Raliway it will \ake sume time before it 18 Muished. The inventory will show What rolling stock the company nas—in 1act, everything aVaiiabie in the way of property; but it wil yoc spechiy tae vaiue of any article, Lt will cousist simply of list of everything, greas small, wuich, in case of a sale of the road, would | come in as articles saiaole. “When tue receiversnip will end,” said Mr, Jewett, “1 do not Kuow. it ail depends upon cir cumstances, Asan oflicer of tae Court the, re ceiver bas to make a faithful revurn of all moneys received, of ali payments made. Of course, this 18 @ business that the Court cannot, or, rather, Will not care to carry on indedoitely, THE KND MUST COME in some shape by tae aciion of the stocknolders of the road. Ii they will come forward and pat enouga money into the treasury to company irom its ewioarrassments the receiver wil be set aside and the ruad go back into ther possession. Ii nov, Why the receiver will continue | mas control until the Court sees it to make some | | change, In this respect it 18 all powerful. U creditors of te com, any should come to the com clusion tnat under a receiver or that waiting tl the stockholders cume forward to the relief o1 (he treasury Was 4 non-paying business, at best & forlorn hope, and savuld desire to get back what they coulda of tneir money, their remedy will be te &pply to the Court, be made parties to tne wres- benefit. But tuis 14 @ contingeacy,” said Mr, Jewett, “tbat is uot th. ening now—oné, in fact, waicn I do not apprevend.”? Mr. Jewett adued tuat the affairs of the roa@ under the receiver woul! be conducted YOR THK BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY just the same as if notuing had takeu place in ite —, management. algo stated that the refusal of the Delaware and Lackawanna Com- Davy to loan the $500,000 asked tor by the Brie Wasa surprise to him, and that 1) statem that the brie directors and the direc.ura of that company had iuliy discussed together the pro- priety oi the loan before the refusal was made was @faisenood. He suid that the reiasal was doubt prompted by tne street rumors about in- Junctions impending against Ere and all that, a that, 80 laras he knew, the Attori Gen- eral had never intended to move jor tne abroga tiom of the charter of the Erie Railway because of flagrant violations efit by the management, 4 PORMKR RECEIVERSHIP, It may be of interest to =tate just Here that tne Erie was placed in the baud Seven years wgo during which Fisk and Gouid were interested, receiver was Peter B. Sweeny. It is his control of the road iasted jor only @ few days, and that for his services Le got $50,000—-some allege $500,000, Straage to say, the records at ul rie office do not suow that he ever qual asareceiver, “I know by a0 examination of tae books,” said one of the Erie officials yesteruay te @ HERALD reporter, “that there is no ore Mr. Sweeny’s naving qualifea as receiver of the road, lrememoer that he was appuiuted re- ceiver by one of the Hing, Jeeges, bat 1 do not Loink he ever yawited, ther he got a big or little sum for the matter of bein) ican- ot te ‘Toere was no flurry in Wall street yesterday over Erie, ana toe bulls and bears seemed to Jook upon tue afairs asa thing long anticipated. Mr. Jewett yesterday issued the following t¢ ymployés of the Erle kailway :— RECRIVER’S ORDER, NO. 1. The undersigned, having been duly appointed Receiver of the @ Railway, iis branches and leased lines, has tis day assumed tne control thereof, and of the equipment, rial amu all otwer property @nd assets belonging thereto. All officers, agents and empioyés will continue in ‘the discharge of their respective caties as hereto fore untli otherwise ordered. H, J. JEWRTT, Receiver, Naw Yor, May 26, 1875. THE JERSEY WIFE MURDER. : THE BOY'S TESTIMONY REGARDING MIs MOTHER'S DEATH. The inquest on the boay of Catharine Kenoe waa continued before Coroner Lynch, at Brady Morgue, Jersey City, last evening. Mr. a. T. Gillen testified that ne called at Kehoe’s residence on Friday evening, about ning o'clock, a8 he Wanted to sell the furniture; om going stairs heard a noise; knocked at the Goor and found it was locked; Kehoe askea whe ‘Was there, but he did not open the door; Kehoe told Bim to call in the moraing. The boy Peter Kehee, nine years of age, wat then placed om the stand, and gave the fob lowing statement, the Coroner declining to put him under oath:—When my paps came home om Friday night asked me to take off bis shoes; he hit mamma with one of the shoes on the head; he then told me to go out and play; [ went out and stayed about nali an hour; waen I came back mamma was dead on toe lounge pi OUt lor Waier to Wasa her; wheao he washed face and head be put ner to bea; when { gut oack lay.ng I asked mamma how ane felt and Papa struck her with oa the lounge and he of iver al torm of litigation, im nd saat the d that ‘With tne heel of ols boot on & Maina asked ie to take off oes at the time papa first siruck mamma sitting On the rocking coair wita the w Davy and sue gave tne baby me and nd sat on the lounge; paps sad L washed her; bl om the floor and o1 to bioed came from the back I ner head. his statements that he was excused Cavoarine Laine testified that one Gay ises rike nis wile with @ stick day he burned her on tne hot oe. Toe inquest was then adjourned, The case was takea up vy toe Grand Jary yesterday. THE SHERIDAN MURDER ‘The trial of Joseph Doyle for the murder o Philip Sheridan was called in the Vourt of Oyer boy Was sv confuses ia 2 excused from teatily- ana Terminer, Jersey Clty, yesterd: Mr Abbett, counsel t= poneme 1 tno DiatRIG ti the 76m Pg 4 L~¥ was deavas ot pA owin a udge Kna) tthe im Of Teaton, Supreme Court in THE HORSESHOE MURDER, Coroner Kessler held an inquest yesterday ta 26th of April by Thomas Boylan, of No, 205 West For tierm street, Who strack him on th ne rednot horsesuce, ‘1 ot Ka, io Ore ig tne Henatp caused by the upsetting Of @ tar pow | Boylan has not yes been arresied.