The New York Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1875, Page 14

ky 14 ee ee ree ee THE BROOKLYN TRI Opening of the Twenty-second Week of the Sean’al Case. Continuation of Mr. Evarts’ Defence of His CHent. OL | TILTON’S EVIDENCE ANALYZED. | The Contradictions Rapidly Re- viewed and Brought Out. HENRY C. BOWEN ONCE MORE. The city court room of Brooklyn presented an | ‘umwonterlly brilliant appearance yesterday morn- §ng. Yor the first time since the commencement of the trial tne ladies preponderated among the spectators. They invaded the inclosures sacred tothe lawyers, Mrs, Martha Bradshaw sat benind | the long-haired piainti, | Ladies occupied the whole row of seats benind the distinguisned defendant and his wile, Ladies Monopoltued the left hand jury Dox, lavaded the Plymouth seats to the chagrin of Brother Murray, who only anticipated the advent of male mem- bers, made an attempt to occupy the places of the newspaper men, to the tntense ais- gust of the reporters, but finally succeedea in establisning themselves all over the court room. After all, it lightened up the general appearance | Of the ball, and when two of the fair sex estab- | Jisned tnemselves immediately bemind Clerk Mal | ison, {t was a positive relief to the intensely legal background the reporters had beeu accustomed to | look upon ior five long months, beginning atthe | MIDWINTER OVERCOATS and ending, so far, at Chimese tans. Outside the ladies there were several distin- guisbed visitors to tne city court room. Clerk | Mailison procured their uames, butit turned out | that their reputations were more or less bounded | dy the limit of some pent up Utica; so tne re- porters (ailed to take them. A rather remarkable circumstance was that Mrs, Martha Sradshaw, a very important witness for Mr. Tilton, sat benind the plaintiff during the morning session. ‘The Rev. Justin D. Fuiton, about whom sucha lively discussion, a few uights since, occurred in the First Baptist church of Brooklyn, in Hunson piace, came into court during the morning session and was .ccommodated with @ seat byusber-ip- chiet Murray. Astrong feature of was that Mr. | the proceedings yesterday Beecher © betrayed more interest in Mr. Evarts’ speech than h has = since the commencement of the trial. He followed Mr. Evarts closely throughout, aad when counsel became empnatic Mr. Beecher’s face reddened up, He moved in sympatny with the speaker, aud when the latter made a point | A TRIUMPHANT SMILB | lit up his face. As will be seen below the speech was thoroughly analytic of the motives whicn frst prompted the charge against Mr. Beecuer. Every emvuuon of the plainti? was dissected m the sequence of Evarts which lec ep to the final consummation of a charge of uduitery agaimst Mr. Beecae:. Jt was &@ magnificent analysis and worthy of the great Teputation of the pleader. | MK. EVAKTS’ ADDRESS. | Mr. Evarts ou resuming bis address said :—Be- fore coming Wo (ne Lrst Movement tr the openiug Grama of (he faise wccusation | bad endeavorey Ww lay beiore you (he sivuasion Of the parties, ax ais- closed 1 thet character, in their anteceveuts, in their conduct and upon the evidence, as prepar- iby you Jor a just e-timate of these movements as they shali come to be portrayed beiore you. Ido Bot know tiat | have Omitied any Gu of great or 01 parjicular import with regard to the relations Orlin, Beecher sna Mr. Tutom, and of Mrs, s1lton and of Mrs. Beecuer. 1or with Mouivon there were DO relauvvs antecedent to thene first movements, except this singie item or cement vi proof which Was acauced on the cross-examination of the Witness Bowen. It appears from nis testimony, and Which is UNdispuLed, that as an antecedent Of Whe aciaal Interviews and intercourse which Inark the first approuca of tais Grawa, 1 mean the interview and intercourse im the middie of December, waica arose irom the pusdand’s crueity, and which occurred between Beecner and Bowen, and belween Mrs. bercver aud mrs. Titon. Now, | ado uot sutictpare te goover ali nes OF transactions Of that attempted Tiiton from her nus- call your attention oi this merely iuci- at Mr. Beecuer referred Bowen to ois war. Beecuer’s) wile, as eltuer the correspondent of Mrs. Tilton fgarding ‘hese troubles OF Lhe custodian Of letters received irom Mrs. Titon. There bas’ not been any aspect attempted to be insiuuated into the case, into the antecedent relations between Mrs. Tilton aud Mrs. Beccher, 0: a Balure and cou- Sciousness on bis part te preciude or discour- age any intelligence of his on the subject. but yet when you find wr. Beecver cro-s-examined On he question of whether there Wure auy Jetiers Feceived vy him from Mrs. Tilton during ine period significance statement, Antecedant to Decemver, 187), he auawereu there were levers that bad been searched sor, inat Were for a time iu the possession o his wile, or Counsel, perbaps now in the Dow of wis counsel. (he other side had by aw access to these ieters, anu /aey had failed to asa for them or to prow teem. Had Titon imputed any fact, or any sound opinion to tiem o: sue guilt of bis wife they would have gone It, but they arew OUt De such letLers, they soUgHE er BY BUCH letLers iu aby sense Lbat we lead to their production, IT WAS ED FUR BOWEN, their witness, to .¢t you farther into tnecontem- orary iacts at the times of tueir occurrences; wt Beecher, in the end oi Decemue . re erred Bowen to lus wie for ber imieiligence and ver Views of the siiuation as between Mrs. Filton and Ber Lusvand, aud Beecuer on that po mt stared to Bowen that she haa letters rec 1 tkom 4 Tliton during the coutinued absence of Mra. tou at Marictca, Obio. When you come to the be- oi tae tansac Wieu he made tat nce, there Was no Teasoa to fear or to sus pect there fad been uny couceaiment, any Manwuvring, wny change ia tae ordimary rules Of their househoid, that All corresponuence of mr. Beecuer passea wWwrough the anus ol lis wife. There are two important matters in deal- ing with the situation and of the Jesl- ing growing out of the situation wnien preceded the time when the accusativn Is tirat Maae, and that Mr. Beecher aud fiiton first met to make # response tu the charge that occurrea On the 20th Lecember, as We a rememver, But there are two matvers Of first imovriance taat form 4 large part of tae conscience and kav ledge of both parties to that meeting, vat pre- sented in directly opposite Views vy (he (neory of the piuintuf avd the theory Of the de envaul, and ‘a reistion to which | oly the jear: and skilful We to the Droposivien that 1 wil mane. 1618 thas with regard to boi a of these preimicary inquiries. ‘The theory of the plaintiff, INportant and Beces- Bary vo eustain the subsequent Proposition of his theory, 18 not Only entirely reyecteu by the evi- denc deuge, Hous upon your iveiligence wad your e he e@Xpected 10 practise (nrvugu . the of jaw anda evidenc These two maticrs | reer Wile actual character proposition and its promuigation Outside the wails Of Tilvon’s house—tout ihere ‘Was discord Within the hovsenvia aud that snere Was 4 D any /peai for assistance against it, [mean tue situaiion whien Das Ueeu described 88 the Might of tae wile from the Lome vt he: band and chilcres aud an a\Lempt &) rece Vice and protection in tue circu .stances ua Whicn ane was placed; and the second is as to tae Aituaiion of Mr, Tutou—particulatly nis pecuniary business and foriubes a8 they stovu at tne Legia- Ding of Vecemver. 1a relution to Loe first prop- Osition about the Wile, Mr, MOrTIS lid Gown this as the rule and view he propused. Kelerring to the letier of January 1, Whicu (Be, 100K OB as the letter *ritten Tiiton’s family had not been broken nd he Was living with mis jamily, and that toe Jetier of Contritiva Bad Deen Aindeu to Him witn~ Out any cvimpeling infuence on tne delendant, and therefore (here was no Cullse, no reasou ur feeling mactiested to call jorth vais letver. Lhe advice With regard to the separauion, U at ail, WAS DOS till alter tue 27th oF January, 1971, a6 THE DOCUMENTARY BVIDENCE that We will jntrouuce bewre you suall eonciu- Gively e#tavush, aud thereiore you pave tue BITANE aVOmay OF the de.eudant mourning over Wrongs hot yet committed anv over acts not yes dong, ‘Tilton denies tuere Was unytnime io ine way of sepuration oF serious incompatib iity of temper or jews in their domestic relations and that it was a prevence on the fendaus Wat tuere bad been serious trou id that this lnterierence with be affairs of josition that was the resu,t of | Is (he Proposition advanced Op the utber side, Ia be lv0t of emmeuce whet DOL Was Collsclously aise in ia OWa KUOW- nd 18 Lhe fess Of the series of imposi- ence | | and that he sp NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1875—QUADRUPLE SHEET becomes of tms view or the piaintif, as it was @ matter within his own conscience ana mine ee 4 had produced tts emect if his own breast and was the urgent mo! as bis conduct during the unbi to the end of 1870 and beziuning*ot oat becomes of your faith in the very foundations of the case that are thus laid in conscivus false- hood? The evidence is very plain ow Mr. Beecner’s part, and he 1s supported by bessie Taruer, aud jn a more remarkabie way by Mr, bowen and Mr. Bell. It appears there came apon Mr. Beecher in the beginning or middie of December, 1870, as a fhanderbolt Out of 4 cear sky, the intimation of trouple, of injury, of contumely toward the wile and of proftigacy and cruelty on the part of the busband. Is there any doubt about it @ bave the princtpal fact ol the strange incidents with the household that led toit, You nave no doubt of the principal fact that Mra, Tilton deserted her Dbuscand’s house and resorted to the protection of ver mother, little ina condition to Alford pro- tection, either? of support or guidance to that moat uphappy of women, sent asa mespenger to Mr. Beecher, asking for & meeting at Mis, Morse’s house. Mr. Beecher re- paired to Mrs. Morse’s, and, a/ter a brief inter- view, he relerred the mother and aaugnter to his Wife ‘as the best able to give them auvice on 80 serioas and delicate a matter, After that Mr, und Mrs. Beecher went there, and subsequently Mr. Beil, @ deveon of the chares, Was called in, Toen a final conciusion was arrived at, which by + 80-1ar as a hapiy circumstance Was presery Mr, Beecher’s interiereuee of concurrence tn that Nnal step was concerned, 1v was in the shape of thal slip of paper which he handed to his wile, The giri bessie Turner was | when he bimeeil, being engaged at the time with | company, could not go With her, Now Mr. Bowen. coming &s a Witness tor other and quire diferent purposes, and taiking upon many and quite at Jerent subjects, DA’ 2h Imporiance, We think, In Support of our Views Oo! the case, and his evidence throws @ broader light pon the whole business, His part of the conversation of the 26th of De- cember, after Bowen had opened to Mr. Beecner | | the buayet of scandal and reproach and compiamts against Tilwon, aud which be had already. con- sidered, aud whica he had decided on as ine | volving the necessity of an absolute rupture be- tween him and Tilton, Mr. Beecher tntroduces in corroboration of certaim imputations he had heard, asking Bowen i! te haa heard of any difi- culties in the Tilton household? owen said he bad not, and then and there ae disclosed to Bowen | the recent occurrence. . THE FLIGHT OF MRS. TILTON from her husband, and he (Beecher) refers him to Mrs. Beecber as the person baving the most Knowledge of It aud the largest participavion im the matier. Mr, Bowen bad a@ reluctance to visit Mrs, Beecher, for he seemed to her, in common with Tuton, tobe one of the men that ave had ween through and discountenanced as @ visitor at her house lor mauy years. Theu Nr. Beecher lim- fel resorted to Mr. Bell, the deacon, & man of in- teiligence and integrity, and Mr. Bell tells yoo that Mr, Beecher aid before hiw the whole situa- tion; that be took nis advice; but what that ad- vice 'was we were prevented from getting by tne prinerple of the jaw of eviaence, but wich you will remember was plage’ beiore you alterwara. You have in the toucuing narrative of Bessie Turner aslo the Midnight digst from the house— When tus wile goes IN HER STOCKING FEET to tl door, puts on her shoes there, and at one o'clock at night seeks protection against her husvand, Then you have this step—this writtea memorandum which Beecher nunded to bis wife as the final reauls o/ nis reflection alter his con- lerence with Mr. Bell—“I am inclined to tank yoar view is rigut, and that separation and settie- | Ment Of support will be wisest; that in nis present desperate stute ber presence near tim 1s jar more likely to produce hatred thar peace aud forgive hess.” Did be resent that? Did tt rankie in nis heart? Did it heat up ms brow, aager him, that the integrity of his household, tne ree spectability of his wame and fame by Mr. Beecher was an idignicy and an outrage on him that should be resented and puuished? | niary controversies in which he had | of the testimony, 1 would call your attention to the ietter to Dr. | Storrs to show you whether (nls separation was a phantom, a figment, an altertuougut, a subter- juge, @ Casual Occurrence, Without significance and importance. The ietier of Juiy, 1570, where the wife says:—"Prompted by my daty, informed my husband that Henry Ward Beecher, my mend and pastor, had solicited me to ve a Wife to him, togeiner With ali this implies.” Six months after- ward sbe sayé:—‘My husband felt impetied vy the circumstances of tie couspiracy agaist wim, in which Mrs. Beecher bad taken terview with Mr. Beecher.” vere you have in writing and in terms that the impeiling motive of the interview was the conspiracy in whien Mrs, Beecher had taken part against tim and nis far- ly. Did Mrs, Tiiion think it Woes couspiracy on the part of Mr. Beecher agul.st the peace ef the ‘Tuton family wheo sue had left her house and re- sorted to her mutuer lor provection and sent for Mr. Beecher for auvice t COUNSEL CONTENDED that the evidence clearly snowed that the til bad, by wiltul purpose, enceayored to m the judgment of the jury. panion in employment, intimated to Mr. TMiton that Mr. Bowen had beard stories about him, aud Was considering \bem prejudicially to bis charac- ter, amd taat ne had betier see Mr. Bowen. Mr. Bowen did not want to see him, Mr. Bowen bad not asked ao interview wits Mr. Tilton. He nad not advised Mr. Jounson that be Wauied to see Tilton, But Mr. Bowen had talked with bis man- aging editor in reference vo tue lmputations up Ar. Tilton’s charaeter, and wuics Ww uld necessi- tate the termination of bis rela tons wiih the Jn dependent, aud Mr. Jounsen, a8 @ iriend of Mr, Tu. lain- ead top, brought the matter to tis noth ana advised him to see Mr, Bowen, The result of that was the m of tin, Mr. Tilton at Mr. Bewen’s house with Mr. Sonn: sou, and Mr. Bowen informed tue plaiutiff of the Stories he had heard concersing nim, Mr. Bowen had neard no rumors prejusicial to Mr. Tilion prior to the time ue dissvlved his relations as editor, bat when the sceptre and crown were gone then the stories came to Bowen. They came In ap @Valoncie—the story irum the Union office, the story irom (ve Northwest aud oi tue intrigue With # Woman in jashionable iife. Counsel did not submit tiat these rumors were true, but they elicited mquiry on Bowen's part, ana, taat being So, tuls Movement became an idportant elewens in the subsequent fi etiou against Mr. Beecuer, Tuere are in regard to this matter two propositions ob the part of the plaiutid wuich he desired the jury 10 consider—frat, that at t time -of (the interview he gvas not in any Gisasier, and that mr. Beecher pad bothing to co with it, All such notions had no joundation Whatever, for the whole labric of vhat view Dud .een shattered to’ atoms by the evidence. Jt was of the gravest importance to the plaintiff tuat be should strike out this «tate of jacts, HOW did the proois stana? Tne evidence Was all one way, OU Cross-eXamination Mr. Tii- ton was asked if afier the luterview With Mr. Bowen ou tu th of December he did pot go to bis house and indicate great distress, he want Statement, and said he was not ruined, bat bad property. Ali tuis property cumes to nothing; 1% is nO reproach to Mr. Tition to have none, vat it Was a Teproaca to to impose On the im to try Jury with the statewent that be was \hus se- cure In the world’s goods. The eviwencs showed he nad no income from anythug. From the ist of January, 1871, to the time ve appeared belore the Jury, eXcept by What ne mage by hus lectures, ALL THE MONRY H® BAD at Was im the bands of Woodraf & Kobinson, excepting bat Mr. Moulton, mr. Kooiuson, mr. Wvourad, Mr. Mason, Mr. senuitz and Mr. Sournwick had made lim up With the me object with Which Mr. Beecher had gtven him, all the money he bad was consumed. How do We stand on the question of the middie Of the week in Decemper? Mr, Tilton Was sc: out of tue food that was overwnelr catebing at straws and even at a woman BOL Caring Wi she were drowned with himself, Counsel dwelt at length on iis part of the testi Mmony.. When it Was given in evideuce that all that happened between the actors in the grave act Was that the wext day Mr. Hewen, with @ iace livid with Tage, shook his fst in Tilton’s iace ana said, “If you ever men\ioa that | Was an ally, thas] was in cO-conspiration or that | Kaew of the letter that you wrote to Mr. Beecher, I will cashier you; 1 wil drive you from the 0: Ou his Own show- ing, When he went home, Mr. Tilvou did jee t he was rulsed. bowen Was going to be tu ce Was the only t be could suggest for bis temporary salvation. Now, it Was evident he knew he waa rained, a! the jury knew it when be swore ne Was not ruined, but Was in the »ossession of a jong carees on tue Jadependent and Union, Counsel suid be was not dealing witu the piain- tif im the way of cuptious criticisms, bnt he contended that bis foolisa tences Wonld not siand the discomMture of a fair inter- pretation, Mrs. Mitchell bad stated what weut CD }9 We housemoid Curing tne turee days of Mra, Tilton’s liness, When she awood between & Boon Abd agasp When bis ruin was first announced, Tilton thea Knew be Was ruined. Counset dilated On the fact very torcimily. He -abmitted that tne evidence of Mrs, Mitchell was conclusive Om this point. She bid tested that M., Fitou Was vack aud jorward Witt Mr. Mouitou to the house of ine former during Loe tive of nis Wife's tines, the re- Bult veiog the procurement of a paper, upon Wich subject Miss Bessie Jurver had also given Imporiaut testimony, Mr. ‘ilton testified that he told ois trouy: whatever they were; be got the note from heron tue den, which waa to be used in an inte: view with Mr, Beecher on the following day. What did Mr. Moulton gay avoas it? He thought he was there once, but could not rememoer whether tie Woman wae sick. it was @ Siraoge thing that seetag aii this taraiod to che sick Caamoer, CO-Opersting With Tiitom, he could bo rememver whether the woman was sick. Tnere was nothing jike having command of the faculties, and memory Was oue of the, it was @ good (hing to bave command o: memory, Three huadred and five things th wanted to Kuow boat Mr. Moulton coud Bot rec ject. Taxiog wil the facts inte cousideration the jucy must know that Titon w ruined at the time relerred to, despite lestimony t) toe contrary. There was one thing that Iitow and Moulton agreed upon, that during this pretiat ary period the only thing in the way Of accusation—in the Way of impatation—the only, Lnlog Wey prewwuded Was toat Tilton had given birth to @charge of im,roper soiicitatiog. So it continues to tue 80(h of December, so It was alter that Interview, aud, 80 far &% Any statewent was concerned, up to July, 1874, When it Was deter- Talned to cna. ge into ae urge of adultery. Til- ton knew he Was rained, aod when he knew the Mr. Jounson, &. come art, WO Dave aD in- | saying tha oer important element was | prought to view as Deariag on the ronsci us nowledge abd feeling of Mr. Beecher and | of. Mr. ‘niton when they first came = | one snother’s presetve on the 20th grow: ing cut Of the real gravity, weight and sobstance of those imputations against Tilton's morailty, which had come to MF, Bowen's knowleage, and | were made the occasion of deliberation, de- | | cision and tts annouucement to Mr, ‘Iilton. Now, that those tojtes inctuded the Winsted atair and the deaimg witn women tn the offices of the /n- dependent and the noetare Union ‘here could be po question upon Mr. Tilton’s own tea(imony. His mode 0: Gisposing of them the jury ha: heard. He bad no diMcuty m brusning away, while it depended on the turn of pirases, those or Dy other facts, But tue dimieulty is, continued | Mr. Evarte, that when the tacts return, they re- | tarn not only with the force of proving tem. | selves, but o: discrediting Bim. If he admits the truth, tt 18 the character of the tacts which woul: have been all that was to pe rs red of impor from their evidence; bat if he ies it, if be mis- represenis them, and they are Jacts within bis own knowledge, ‘then, when our duty brings us back 12 a Shape NOL to be contradicted, incapavie 0: being Gisparaged, these ugly iacts that he Bwept away by his Own mouth, when, then, the fact. come ‘back proving him to have heen false, deliberately, consciousiy false, how many times are these Diows to be given—not to the /avric but to’ the character of te witness and tue plaincit—before they tell to his extinction, Way, gentlemen of the jury, if wit- nesses are to believe in their own case under the operation of ie bitterest and most hatelul of pas- sious, by thelr coniessiogs, that ever actuated men, they must, at least, carry a clear tablet for Well Llestumeny and not one distigured by obiltera- tion aud douvie tests, Now, this matter about the charges brought te pass evidence to the prejudice o! Tilton, Was regretted by Tilton and his counsel if trne and grave, became @ princtpal question | with them, aod has been made a princi | pal question witn them, and which Lj shall cousider as bearing on the question to whether Mr, Bowen owed Mr, ‘Tilton any money xbrogating the contracts and dismiss ing him, “The coutracts provided that at his mere will he might dismiss Nim, without cause; but upon the penaity of paving six months? silary, or compensaiion amounting in the aggre- gate on the (wo papers bo $7,000. Very well, but it bis character be unwortny, vis conduct is ua- suitabie (0 Cue position of ‘editor o! a religious print. [i bib personal credit and conduct was uch a8 to justiiy, nay, to demand dismissal, why then Bowen was discharged by him and tn con- science Irom any responsibility for the sudden and summary termination of the relation, Aud that Was tue situation. Bowen understood it so. Bowen never departed from that position unul uuder certain infuences which attended the fal arbitration ana tripartite agreemem, he surrea- dered tuat position and closed at ouce the peca- become in- | voived. We have tlus a sample of these stories im tuis Winsted affair, woich [shai spend very lew moments about. The knowledge you bave, not only of te evidence, of the gravity o1 the situa- on, but you have evidence o1 che Ligutaess with which Tilton deals with the situation, THE WINSTED WICKEDNESS, It wae charged im public rumor, public fame, that.at Winsted Mr, Tilton’s conduct with a lady there on :he Qccasion 01 the delivery of his jeeture had been un-etmly, immoral and profligate. Very well, Now, thatdoes not prove that it was, bat the rum r was of that Kind. Mr. luton knew everytuing that nad occurred, and he said there was notuing init; @ mere child, a sick cmid at that, pat upon him by his wife, who coud net go where tb.s girl would like to go, agid that it wai Sbametul Calumny against Dim ana agaist her, and had no re foundation. Well, we occurred = toward end, | sink, of December, 1369, and it had been sharp enougo in tts Impression to occasion the writiog of @ letter of inquiry to him waite it was iresi, and he bad written an answer aud that answer we had, and that anwer was written, J thiok, on toe 9tp Or 10'h of January, 1870. foere had been @ casual mistake, that 1869 by an error he makes the ist ef January. At the vewinning of a Rew year we are very apt to pub tie date of the old year. Weil, we belped him a titue wnie He Said that in 1870 tnis Winsted affair, the knowl- je of which had thus veem brought t» Mr. Boweu’s koowleage, was an oid allair, It had happened years vefore, There was nothing in ii— @ tue school girl, young. Wei, when I got hold of this letter that 1860 ueiped bim a litte, for this was written Jau- uary 1969, They bad it December, 1563, tuat & i | Whappened, but I pressed the matter, ana got @X@ Was AOU (o fall, 1a his ist despairing effors | 2 eNarged tue attack to Beecher, Here the Court wok the usual receas, AVTER ath | Mr, Bvarts resmmed his audcess after recess by trom iw foaly, by relerence to is memoranda of engagement—I have the means always of noid. ing him to :he truth—that the letter was writien ou the 8th Of January, 1870, and within turee or tour weeks after the transaction occurred, and in that letter he represenss this little bit of a girl as shockingly disproportionate in size to tae magni- tude of the scanaal, aad if trere bad bees uny- thing observed It must have been ap intrusiwn disgraceful to umybouy that was wituess to any sucn fact, Well, i Mr. Triton had tola tue story as it Was, or reasonably 60, there would not nave bee any occasiva lor us Lo gO Into iL as a matter of fact. Jts ouly importance to ua was ao clewent substantially in its character in which Mr. Bowen's judgment and is action, as showing that owen had solid ground his opinion, and in bis Opinion at least, for the course he took with Mr. Tilton; and if so that ne didu’t owe this $7,000, and to his paying over of it—an element Which is of 20 importance and of his treatment of Titon, That had nothing to do with it, bat it was vot by that outside pressure, which May not be called biackmuil, but which 18 utterly disreput- abie, utierly contemptible, and which tne judg- Went of this community, in its length and breadto— and [wean ot merely of these great cities, bus € tuis great country of ours—pronounces the vilest MODE OF EXTORTING MONEY from the fears of respectaole people against pubilo defamation, ana toe jess there is of tact and trath in the supposed charges tue More sensitive is the unsuilled repli ainst this pubie vetrection. But is was oot desirabie that Mir. Tilton and Mr. Moulton shogid have it proved agais: thew that they exacted and coererd the payment o: money from Mr. Bowen under the threa ess you pay } publish these scandals.” Tney made lt le progress in that, as Bowen claimed he didn’t owe Now, to tue Winsted affair, Tilton Was of the age of seventeen or eighteen; she Was twenty-two years, wemhed 160 pounds, and was (wice 48 large as Mr-, Tiuton, 80 the idea of a little scuoul girt coula not ort the scanda.. and it mugt break down, tuerelore. I vhink that the plaintiff aud bis caa-e would giv all the eviaeuce that they nave given before you vm five months could they show 4 jou ney between Mr. Beeener and Mra Tilton to Winsved aad an occupation of one room, reading Miwon, and tying on the same bed in nulf undress, and so repeut- edly seen aud discovered, and $9 exposed by wit- esses that No Mab Can question eituer (he intel ikgence, integrity or character 0) them. TWO MEN OF IONOR, Mr. Beecher 1s tive sole withess at that interview When Mr. Bowen brought that letter irom Lutoa till Bowen was Drousit on the stand vy tne plain- til in the rebuttal evidence. Now see the attt- tude in which Tilton places bimseif in regard to that missive aod see (the judgment he exposes hiunsell to Whey the only Conciision in regard to Mr. weecner’s manner Was to impress Bowen In the way he recetves the letter. (i) on onat Wen Bowen was runniag On in this tirade against Beecner somevow or other it Lecume necessary for tim to introduce an accusauon against Beecher th respect to his own (iiiioo's) famuy, and (hataceusaiion was not in fhe icast discrea- ftavie tw his wile’s houor, tt was that Mr. Beecher made improper advances 10 Mrs. Tiltoo, bis wile. Tnereupon bowen told him to prove this. Mr, Tilton moderateiy sug> gested that he had deen guilty of lust—of improper advances to nis Wile, Bowen thougat to uimseint ‘Here is something that ieoks as if there something mm it. ihis youne man has got ng that is not yet Made public, ne Vs your duty, Ttiron, to arrest ‘om long oureer of Impurit; and to stem Wis ide OF adui- tery—to re tuis widespreacing sedacuion. You have got the facts; use them.” * Weil, Bowen, you have been talking of facts 4 thousand thines ee great as mine. Way don’t you use some ot these (acts? As #000 a8 you use yours taem Iwill make use Of mine.” “Beecner and I have come to the sethement of al. tuings vetween us.” So owen suggested, “You open tie matter about this accusation of your wife and then I sbali ve relieved on this point of bor aud thea | shatl vack you up.” Now, was © between two men of hom tue hower? “Now,” s.ys Bowen, “you write an open letter and | wili carry it. You rge against Beecver ou ‘he grounds of your compiant,.” Tilton says “When | asked Bid What he expected \o accvipit-b, ne replied, my odject is FO strike Bim to tue .eurt, to drive him (rom Brovkiya.” Bowea felis nim not to put anyining detnie im it, Out demand his wrtu- Grawal for reasons best known to him, we are coming bearer ihe proceedings of tne KU KLUX KLAN tian we ever expected to ne. Bowen coneindea that if Beecher ies Piymouth church and Brook- lyp be Would HOt ve apt to coniinue to edit toe Christian Union, Now, the message is forged and tue messenger is charged. And now Bowen, if he Gas not got Beecner, vas got Tilton, got hime body and soul; gota void, deflant biaexmail let- ter io the banderiting of Tueodore Tuton, He reflected as he went aiong tosard Mr. beecher’s house that, perfaps, it would be weil to seal w that letter. The mois:ure irom nis tongue seme tne jewer-aiter he had read it, Mr. Beecher Opetes (hat letter, read it, amo didn’. tah down aead, He turned to Bowen and said, “this sueer lusanity—iiis man is crazy! This was enouge jor Bow He failed to note any 3 of guutio Beecuer, and he said to wimsell, “Ti ton's charge 1s His accusation, if it were | true, Would have brought con.usiun, tremor or perplexity to Mr. Beecher.” In the evidence there is no intimation proceed- ing from M%, or Mrs. Filton that it had ever a b: Ought to Ris. Beecner’s knowied.e tne tact this terribie guil: had ever been Known tot Jured nusva and yet Bowen, who vad day sing Beecher to Tito, at ee "Whatever Mra. Tiltoa way have sat Tilton there i@ sometuiug in Mr, Bec! e8 bie color © me aud go. ite nas weet CODSC Ousness Lnat Mr. Bowen fas not lived in vain, the Ways of tit wicked world, and he raw that this demand of iiuton would never relieve him of the rivalr! of net Ward Beecher on tne christian iow I standing avout wat time! Me save, Beecner iea the demand evew more con- temp aously; he pat it into his pocket.” Kowen sald. “Whe, wnat do you say about that letter? | | he had never heard, in 1872, of al ¢! | Til on, or to the Mr. Beecher showed no golieiuae, and Knew just how wueR curivaity to display on th subject, AR, Mr. Bowen, meno must be judgea by thelr efiaracter, and noboay will question your trait of precaution waich you have ed here! MR BOWEN AS A FRIEND. Mr, Beecher suid, rding to Bowen :—“Well, sir, do you come here asa iriend, or how do yoo come ¥ “On, 1 come here as a friend,” sai Bowen, Now, if her could Bave beard whe conversation which took bous an hour be- fore between Tilton and Bowen what would he have thoughtot nim? How barmless are these acids and chemicals when you keep them 4 but how they do play the miscniel when th brougut together. These two men wou! gether, drive Mr, Beecher out of Brookiy: When he sees the result of Tilton’s i him he replies that he is friendly to him, two consp rators, Bowen and Tilton, when o- gwevher Lolnk uo eye overlooks their imaginations, x if baman justice and the moral government of @ world had no other means of farhomin, thelr dealinys. Shajlow, fooitsh calculations! “Ye fools, when will ye be wise? &c, And now we are in this juxtaposition — between these two Interviews, Know you that men can be overheard and their privacy can be penetrated by the sight when tuey think that they are alone, From the ausaction of Decemper 26, a good deal bas happened to Tilton and Bowen, Bowen saw @ necessity for Mis rapid retreat from id ne leit no doubt in ation between Bowen and Beecher was that he couian’t ember, but there is not a word wanting to give au absolute pleture establish- ing the correctness of Mr. Beecner’s memury. Beecuer told you of Bowen's recital of tne hor- ribie stories which came to him of Tilton’s im- morality, whieh poured in upon bim from tne north abd from the south. Bowen testifies that imputations against Mr. Beecuer from Tilton at the time of the signing of the [ripartite agreement. Mr. Beecher ‘Yilton’s mind of then told bim of tue trouble ta Tilton’s family, of the fught of the wife, the Bessie lurner matter, and ovlier intrigues. Beecuver concurred wita Bowen theu that it woulua’t do to have Tilton longer eonnected with tue Independent. Bowen had sub- staatially, ne says, Imiormed iiton thas he had inteuaed to discharge him, and in another column ‘ou that be had ‘not absolutely informed So it will ve found that tuere is a great vioration im Bowen’s mina on that point. Beecher gave him to understand he did pot care auything for the threat ol Tilton, Bowen then saw Kygieston and said to him, Beecher is de- lighted that Tilton is discharged trom the Inde- pendent, and he boasted tat their amity was compiete. Mr, Bowen contradicts distiactly Mr, ‘Tiiton as to Unis mterview, We have fought tne proposition of this action of the wile in open deal- my with the pastor, Jand tue espousing of the yiew whicn Beecher had given to Bowen of Tilton’ character. Mr, Hyarts here reminded the jury that they We.e practical men and thas all the world ‘‘assur- | img you that the world was would not justify you in be pe it is made of green cheese.” t impossipility of peopie Bving social and religious relations 01 apd Mrs, Tilton could tion of paramour and mistress for six- teen montis, and then that i could have sudaenly been made known Without an outbreak, Mr. ave livea in the rela- Beecher ‘That would be @ new chapter in human nature, ‘Common sense discards this. Of ihe long concealed contamination of the mar- Tiage bea, had coniessed to a forgiving Wusbaud, do you thluk tuat wife would be the first to pick & desert the shelter of that roof? What alnst = discovery, publicity = and that? What eould break the tacit | compact of secrecy of restored love alien aud penitent wife so absolutely a: the disclosure of the it Was DOL to be emter- can’t try these people as hu nan beings, we ttry them atali. When the mistress gues to the parameur, would be tarn | her over to ais wife or advice—to this matron | Who makes the term of matron oigh in the roli of | honor? Do you think Henry Ward Beecher would | ture over his mistress to bis wile to examine, | with all (he powers that @ woman knows to apply to o fatien Woman? I would not like to have e the desertion o/ the wile husband’s proflizacy? N tained by the jury. If € any client of mine convicted of a crime lke tis, Dut if he were convicted would like to have Bim convicted on evioence? All Beecher wanied to know from Bowen when he brought that missive was whet.er Bowen was ia sympathy with this mad con umely of Tilton, Had there been the least consciousness of guilty rei@tions on the part of Mr. Beecher he never could have treated this message with that utter indifference. We might reguru the attempt to convict Mr. Beecner upon moral evidence 43 abandoned. You can read upoa the mirror of his countenance that innoceace which is mis. When you are judging of moral character you are to judye in the eonduct o: (be ite. Do you plaut thisties to raise figs? i under this tree men could not repose Wa.t benefice nt shelter has ever been reared for the coufluence and protect.on of men. Taere is ny better criterion o/ man’s moral conduct. If you will nject, let us recognize that depth of sympatoy, that warmch of neart, that Kesevery child ols iriend, Ty Woman admire, aod every man revere hit Aud yet, a warm beart anda sympatoetic nature, accessible to tuc appeais of Irenuslip, remains in the bardenea, wicked heart ure on the oi Henry Ward Jeecner; hese monstrous absurdives, that dey faith in ‘and in God, you -are to beueve, im order ww save the tuvered credit of ‘Yheodore Tilton, I come now, gentiemea, to the first meeting of the injured nusbaud and ‘the guuiterer after the alleged discovery of the guilt, Six moutas after, ibis Bald, a communication of sowe kind prejudi- to Henry Ward Beecher's relations to Mrs, or of bas intercourse with Mr. Tuion’s family, these two meu sre vrouht togetner; ana | think, geotiem: that you will Aumit 1D Advance, agree with me this inter- view carries more importance in it# real occur. rences (ii you can get at them) tran any ot u terviews, It there Was an accusation made at all it was made then, and what was made then ‘Was the accusa ion that exisved esther i imagina- on or bad been produced upon inveution, or Nad any basis in iact. Whatever your theory may be, on Whatever conclusion you may rest, Wuat- ever the aceusation Was to be aa an hovest accu. Balion, it was then and there made. Whatever Oi von ession, Whatever Of concession, whatever bi acqmerence on ihe part of the accused, it It took piace it look place \hen—tnen and there Was the perjod, then and there the sita.ton, then pnd th-re the aspect o1 the matter all round. you can get tae trathit Would oe woreh more to you than any other iong, drawn out, piecemeal | intercourse of the interviews afterward, What had Tiltou done on his own showing in respect to thacinerview? He had got from his wife, as he #a)s, Uf be Spee’ ihe paper wiittel Ref hana O/ some character and pa p acmittes, He had got it upon efforts 1 that sic room, persisted in day alter di against the re Mo ustrances of the Barse, and that paper he pro- cured oa ruursaay, December 29, and ne kept ua- known from anyovody till the night of the 3uto, Now, what would you give to have that paper. It nas Deen destroyed by Theodore Tilton. Wao gave it tohimtodesiroy? Francis D. Mouiton. When? Toey both swear not as to tie day or month, or year, but §x the ime in relation to suother event was immediately after the signing of the Wipartie agreement. What justification was there ior Francis D. Moulion, tmmedate'y alter the tripartite agreement, to give 16 to eodore Tidwoo—give him that paper to destroy. Tey have ho idea with relereuce to the connection of this paper and tue tripartite agreemen!. Our wit- nesses, Clatin, Freeland, Storrs, Wilke~ swear tnat the: was an = awrecment that all the papers should be ovstroyed, But sbortiy after that Moulton handed to ‘ton «the paper to be destroyed, and Mouiton testifies that he told Mr. Beecher that he bad Kept that paper a8 Weil as the others ang thas they snould not ve separated, but should be kept together for tae macaal protection o} voch parties, You pave the seif-contession of avgolute t eacoery con and Tilton and of their own | lsencod, You bave got them both, Moulton hanued to destroction oaly tar or explanation of their want 0; destract. y there was not anything truction of ine papers. Where i destruction and ths anilateral of pavers proceed from? Mr. Storrs was what Moulton & tae and se said “Sam Wilkesom bad gen them and wanted me (Moulton) 10 buro them—Mr, Beecher’: letter of | apology and a.) tne papers.” Mr. when savsequentiy asked if be had replied, *U! course | burned ail the papers, and be aoghed and said Mr Beecher thinks I have;" and then e¢ sad, “Sam Wiikeson thinks | barned the paper: Waoat woala odore do #iih nu Tangement that ali these burved, and thts min hi paper we want a. How Csusi0n (Hat thts Obligation Of tly them, and ‘hea sneeringly rep 8 be did when ques! ioned upon It Was now .our o'clock, and the att counsel peing calied to the fact ‘he Court ad- Journed (Li eleven o’clock this torencon, CORONERS’ CASES. Diedrich Meyer, the man who was reported some days ago @s having attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat, died inst Monday pignt at the Ninety-ninth street Reception Hosyi- tal. Coroner Woitman will noid an inquest on the boay, Jonn Pickel, of No. 322 Weat Forty-fourth street; committes suicide yesterday morning hy shooung himself in the mouih, Phe deceased was seventy- 8x years Oi age. For sume time past he lad reen viig @t toe above aadress with a lady relative bumed seluttick, W oat yesieraay moro- ing, leaving bim alone tn the bow When sne revorned she found fim lyimg on th lure wound fi savin askes papers, ol, ih, child four years of age, was ron over instantiy Killed yester ay by cur No. 9 of the Broadway anu Batiery ‘Tue accident ovcurr din Washington street, Cor ober Woltinan has charge of the etmains. Ab igdest Was held yesteraay in tne case of Thomas Walsh, Who Was kiied oo the 241A air. by | wling toto the cus on Fourth avenue, bet veen Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth sirecie. re.dered @ vVerdicy of ceath irom ae causes, occasioned by the carélessnes* 4/ tie ue- eened fhe jury Uf @ wile, conscious | | Picturesque range of Jabored so well tI Ms Moulton, | | Spéoding large sums upon them, aod was a | munificent benefactor to the Teachers’ Widow: Everywhere he encoaraged the 1 olexisting churches and the vuliding of THB PRINCE BSUOP OF BRESLAV, Fiftieth Anniversary of His Ordination to the Priesthood. A Domestic Jubilee---Citizen Honor to the German Pastor. Most Rey. Hi Bishop of Bresiag, one of the most prominent of BRRLIN, May 5, 1875, einrioh Foerster, ). D. , the Prince the Roman Catholic prelates of Germany, cele- brated on the 17th of April inst the Juviiee or ff tetn anniversary of his ordination to the priest hood, Most of ihe German Catholic newspapers availed themselves of tne occasion to give a short | account 0! bis carcer,.ana a tographical sketuh of Dr. Foerster was publisted at Netss one of the chief towns in Silesta. The Jubilee celebra- tion appears to have been espeoially splendid, the Pope nimself contributing to it by eonferring oa the aged bishop & most rare distinction, Some particulars of the life of aman whois the object of so much attention may not be unacceptable to our readers, the more so because at this moment the Prussian govefnment Is pressing forward pro- ceedings with a view of depriving him of his See. SKETCH OF fHE LIFE OF THE VENERABLE PRELATE. Heinrich Foerster was born on the 24th of No- vember, 1799, at Gross Glogau, @ town on the Oder, near the northern frontier of Silesia, His father was @ painter by profession, but the nar- Tow Circumstances of his paternal abode early taught the quick-witted, mands @ constant ana energetic idustry. arnest boy that life de- Some of the vicissitudes of the Napoleonic wars (1809 1813) Grove the family from their home; and it was not until afer the final overthrow of French domination in Central Europe, ta i913, that youn, Foerster was able to revurn to his pative,town an begin regularly there, education at the gymuasium ere Re remained until 1821, prosecuting his studies with sueb diligence and su aavan- tage to himself, tha , whea leaving, he received high testimental from the scholasite authoriti and he himself, later ip ilfe, manoiiested his sense aces 10r divinity hur (in whose gift tl the 13th of Vet series of seri One those found conception of love thusiastic ing zeal for University of a, ordained priest on the 17th of April, n jad which soon spreai One of the very greatest preachers of Ger- dd to this first training, scholar studies’ ti ober, in that ye: by onduig, 1825, Witbio less than @ Month he was appointed toa curacy at Lieguitz, one of the ontef places in the province; and, in-1 the magistracy of Lands- nefice les) presented him nadow of the we appointed ome of the Canons of the Vathedral Chapter of Bresiau, in 1837. he began, In the of St, Jonn the Baptist at Bresiau, thas ich he Continued for sixteen d his name far and On weil acquainted at the time labors writes 6! him:—*"Pro- sacred truth, an en- for out im everyone of his sermons, the language of which has never been surpassed in brituancy and elegance. And with tuis'enthusiasm which found utterance in his elequent words, he succee inflaminy his hearers, Many Of whom Rad come to ey Higcen out of mere curosity, and at a time of again in their flame of faith Cauren.?? pulpit, mentabie indiserence Was able hearts the aimost ¢ u and of love for their holy nh Foerster did not find himself placed in anvther post as he was in the ca! | He was Councillor to the Vicar Geuveral’s | to light ap Xtinguished otner ippily drat department, aa vdice in whicn all the business of tie vast Dioce-e of Bresiau was transacted, The question of mixed marriages was one of the bura- ing topics of the hour everywhere, espectaily in Germany, and nowhere more than to Prussia. Two archbishops (taose of Cologne and Posen) were at this very time in prison for reiusin| in the orders tt the then King of Pr 01 to acquiesce ussia, Fred- of the meanest and most Who ever sat upon a throne, and at the same-time most profoundiy im- pressed with omnipotence and infaliibiity. an ordinance chat the calidren of ali mixed M-satiafied curviction of royal ‘This royal despot marriages of Prussian oMciais should be brought Up ip the religion of tue State—i, ¢., as Protestants, altuough ue had solemnity pledged himself to se- cure periect equalit Catnolic subjecis, in all r ‘ne Prince-Bishop pects for bis Ronan ol Bresiau of that day, Von Tt was aman who would Rave tooroughly satisfied standard. he most Bismarckian He was never likely to permit consid- erations of ecclesiastica: propriety tu binder his compliance with tue wishes of any government | whate vel 0, Wi tion and trouble. Bisuopric, He @ bign oMics: successor to th ter. al appoint by getting married—a this century even in Ge ihe reiorming party, At last Sedin! retired to bi ie. vacant It was not possible that the zeuious preacher could agree with such aca el, | ie was always engaged ip contro’ 8) garding the murriage occasioned him the greates: aftic- yy resign ae a rsies Toe election of a @ rested Witu the chap- it whose head was Foerster, strove to get Diepeubrock, an energetic man, choseu, but in vain; the old ean, Knauer, He lived only a year a8 bishop, hid was elecied, death anxieties and pastoral coarge. of May, 1844. It was Cathulic Unarch in Germany. Suesia, it was tho era of harassi His dt raguer of modera The leader of this move! had been chaplain at Growte his innovating doctrines. tois time be Was acting a8 Gumesiic wior on account o! “OLD CATHOLICISM.” ot was naving been certainly hastened by the Fesponsiouities of his to owcurred on the 16th | period of crisis for tbe espectally in Rongeism, the fore- Ronee, who bus was suspended Just at 1 Lau. randtre, and on Octover 1, 1844, he puolished an insulting letter adaressed to Dr. William Arpoldt the Bishop Of Trevea, with the motto, “Away from Rome! (Los von Kom.) This was the sigual for A PRARFUL RELIGIOUS TEMPEST, which swept over Silesia. it Was truly a time of Qcitacon and trial for spirits. The courage and eloquence of the cathedral preacher soon bore him into the tnic! fourth Sunday of tne storm. On ty- Pentecost toat year (Novem. ber 10) he preached as usual Ihe Gospel of tne day was tuken from tie paranie of the cockle Look a8 nis text tne words xi.), and b “While my reacning a t was trans hugureds of thousan: aliover Germany. the Mattne we Bishops aud clergymen, aud even laymen wrote their congratulations to the courageous pr Rongetres eacher. vhe to0umnation of Was proportionavly great Taey the moobed him in the streets, tuey created distur- ances in the Cathedral and threatening letters were addressed to him. A sors 0) bodyguard of Cathone citizens of Bre: b e aft ir nis serm rm that the Catne W election to fill the Vacant see. » Ib was in a was tormed to escors the midst of dra! Chapter proceesed Agoin Foerster exerted himself, and this time success- folly, and kis chosen; but it the Pi to modes: the episcopal charge. were made from weverai quarters to ‘The Chapter 0: Mayence named him Foerster. eeded th friend Melcuior Diepeubri express com wand of reome the reluctance of this holar and poet and induce him most honorable offers was ece pt on to Succeed 'o the then Vacant see 01 St. Boniiace. In 161 he was Damed@ to an Auetrian bishopr' Bat on both occasions he was able to decline tie honorable burden— him to exter 1 and improv bected with education, BISHO} In January, 1853, Bishop ned, an the fae J xperience No labor and no sacrifice has been shunned vy stitutions con- jor Seminary and . Diependrock (who had , and Dr. Foerster It would be dificuit— d preachers, ry the Ovilleye of Residence for university divinity students, both founded by nim, attest this. He Was equaliy 80! Fouad, &e, proveme hew ones. Out Hieitous about whe pri 91 Dis ry achools, | aid church of St. Michael at a cost of over 200,000 | bis diocese, which he bas a | And in order to apprect activity we mast rei Vnalers ($150, “an o.en eye and pel liberal contributor to the coffe ). Por social needs also he nad \d.? He was a most of, tne Society of ‘St. Vincent of Paul. Association, ac, itd & bome fi iui St. Vin~ cenv’s House, which he hi orchased as a cost of 10,000 tbalers er }50, 000) , he gave 76,000 thaiers nowt $56, found @ pension innd jor lay efiiciais oF ¢ ric, Hig contrioutions to maintain aad assist tne Catholic press ous, Une can waetner soci | this diocese, DB: | waleh belong to the Austrian dioceses ol Prague dental | aud Bovemta a in Silesia and elsew scarcely find , Teligious or w xception with Oma im Moravia, here are notori- ng vod work, this benevolence and tent of nes the bisnop- ric oj Bresian inelades the whole of Silesia aod & few districts of the civil then runs aw: West, inclading # great portion o| With a wide swee; rovince of Pose to thi Brandesourg with Berlin itself, and thenee runs nortiward to the Batic Sea A glance at the map wil reveal what a vast le! ‘This the within the pres of Bresiau has rritory this embraces. SECOND occ Aston @ prince biehop itleth analversary of bis priestly ordination, The previous celebrant was Dr. Vou Schimonsky, who Was vision rater was ordained, and strangely eno! bilee Occurred in the very year (1825) Bler’s ordinati fourth re personal festival, It is said th: hagas | bas been but one similar ocean? m tue long of the ince bishops, the case of Thomas 1. who held the see trom 1232 tv 1268, The Po) Sent to Dr, Foerster, a8 @ special mark of his favor, the pallium, with & “brief expressive of great sympathy and commendation. Tis ts 4 most sin- gular The pailium is an ornamental vest- ment, which 18 the special mark of tt rohiepis- copal dignity. It bas been on a few occasions con- ferred upon simple bishops me special appr i pe the pallium, as the most special marx of commen~ dation in his power, Gregory XVI. did the same also to the Bishop of Marseilles in 1882 for heroic devovedness, What makes the granting of this oruament to Bishop Foerster singularly in~ teresting is, that, at the Vatican Counell, ne, in common with moat of the German beri was Opposed to the dedattion of Papal infallibuity > ou: iy, however, on the groand of ‘“tmopportune~ ness, BEVENTY-SIX YEARS OF AGE. Right Rev. Dr, Foerster ls now lu his seventy. sixth year, il, on October 18, have gom~ pene the twenty-third year of bia episcopacy, nu March 29 he was served with @ summons s "oo ht to rektgh the part of the Governor (01 mt) of province of Silesia, cailing on him to resi episcopal office, He replied that nis office was @ purely spiritual one, and that for the proper Tuifilment of his duties he was responsiple to God alone, and on eartn to the Pope. His office he would lay Gown only with his life or at ie command of the Pope. Ou the 28th of April the “Oourt jor Lhe trial of ecclesiastical offences,” in~ stituted by tue law of May, re: sat to take Into consideration “the proposition of the Governor of Silesia concerning tae sieps to be taken ior re~ moving Dr. Foerster, tne ’rimce-Bishop of Breslau, from nis office.” ‘fhe Court directed that thé Court of Appeal at Breslau should make a “pre- liminary investigation,” And so the governinent is hastening to depose this old Bishop’ of seventy-six, WHAT WILL He DO? ‘Wil he wait to be tak prisoner. and conducted, to some fortress, like the Archbishop of Posen the Bishop of Paderborn? A portion of his dio.) cese lies in Austrian Silesia; there oe would, course, be safe, and oe might continue thence to govern his diocese In deflance o Prinee martck and Dr. Falk.’ It is stated that,” view of the Fogel or rather certatuty, having some day to institute proceedings agains= the Bishop, ane Tmperes Gane ee oped mh year ago at Vienna to try and Induce the Cut off these Austrian portions from the ‘aiooese Breslau so as to leave the Bishop quite at Ris mercy When the fatal moment should come, It it Not likely that Pius IX. will consent to hand over to his foes an old man whom be just honored, and whose only offen onsists in up- holding the Papsl rights and cl any per sons have been amazed at this prot 0 Dre cution ‘ster, for he isa person highiy esteemed by the Emperor and Empress and tne Court of Berlia, But the explanation is believed to be that the Im~ perial Chancelior wishes, by striking down a per- sonal friend of the Emperor, to sho* that be will} ailow notbing to interfere with the complete fuq Himent of his ecclesiastical policy im Germany, ENGLISH TRIBUTE TO THE AGED PRIEST-PRINGB.' [From the London Taniet, May 1.) On Saturday, 19th of April, the clergy and fatthfui people of the diocese of Breslau cele- brated the Mftieth anniversary of tne ordination’ as priest of their Prince-Bishop. Already the the Holy Oburon, burn: | Pope had sent to him, as a special mark of honor, the salvation of souls, the pallium, being the first occapant of the seq thus honored. This rare distiaction was ren~ dered more precious by the langusge of approval | and sympathy of the brief which «ccompanied tt.” According to the Silesian Volks Zeitung, ® multt<« tude of most excellent presents were sent to the episcopal residence duriag the week. Among them were two magnificent mitres and two com-. ete suits of high mass vestments contributed y the vestments associations of oe laa and N the anniver: rey and o! the people came to present their congri ulations, The chapter presentea work by Canon Limmer, “Meletematum Roman Mantisss, consisting of eight treatises, and an album, mag- nidcently bound in violet, ntain! graphs of tne likenesses of twen' Priuce-bishops Of Bresiuu; the likenesses of the remainder are not known. The diocesan cle! presented tbe purest go on which admiraoie likeness of the Bishop hadt beeo cut. Numerous aeputations of botn the 2 } pat and the reguiar clergy attenaed, ana ad- 8 of congratulation, botn in prose and were presented. On the 19th of April tae Prince-#ishop Was esourted processionally by some hundreds of the clergy, & crowd of the Silesian nobuity, several Kuienots of Malta and the people ol the city to the Catnedral, where, naving been | solemaly invested with the anergy reeeg ae u ma | high mass, whicn w: ‘of living, told ber that \} ) Be ip followed by and benediction of the biessed sacrament. Alter those ceremonies be received at his palace the Personal congratulations of the nobility and other memvers of the laity. The >t. Vincent de Pan! Soctety celebrated the Gay by a pientiiul distribution to their ec chents, and the generous preiate inats' on sharing witb his asuai charity in this be: CG, ountribating 60@ thalers ($375). A PROCURESS ARRESTED AND HELD FOR ABDUCTION. Maggie Ovell, of No. 152 West Twenty-eight street, a girl between sixteen and seventeen years of age, was & complainant at the Wasning~ ton Place Police Court yesterday against a woman named Jane Allen, otherwise known as Madame La Farge. The charge was abduction. Yesterd morning, at hali-past nine o'clock, Maggte the woman Allen on Sixtn avenue, near Thirty. eighth street. Mra, Allen engaged ner in conver- ation and inquired imo Maggie's mode she wi pleased with her appearance and that ene could easily procure herasituation where she woud have very lignt work and bigh wages. Maggie lsteaed to Mrs, Allen’a proposals for some tim and finally agreed to meet ser at twelve o'clock On the southwest corner of Thifty-eighth street and Sixth avenue. In the meantime Maggle went home and told her father o. the interview she had witn @ strange lady on Sixtn avenue, sad the prospects of a first class situation that were held out to her. Mr. Odell at once directed his daughter to go to the Thirtieth street station house and tell her story to the Captain, which she accordingly did. Captain Steers detailed Detec- tive Rogers to Work up the case. Maggie was directed by the detective to meet the woman Allen a8 per appoimtment, At twelve o'clock pre- cisely Mrs, Aulen appeared on the corner of Thirty~ eighth street and Sixth avenue, and. taking Phan) girl Maggie wnuer her wing, proceeded do wxti avenue toward Inirty-frst -trees, Detective Rogers jollowing io \ueir wake. Un arriving @ Thirty-first street Mrs. Allen turned aroun for @ jew moments as i looking for any one who might be watching her topped in front of @ house of prosurution. Here the two—Mrs. Allen and the young girl—enterea basement door, Detective Kogers sollo a steps, entering th Maggie, was lef proceeded to see the propr! was mes by Detective hailway, and was at arrest. Judge Wanuell, on hearing the fall story, couciadea to hold her im $1,00) bail to answer, Tue prisoner is Well Known to the police, and was arrested belore On shullar complaints, Ia her possession was found a diack pag, containing @ quantity of patent medicine and other curio articies. se Were taken charge of by Detective Rogers. BOARD OF HEALTH. The reguiar monthly meeting of the Board of Health took place yesterday afternoon, but very li tie Vasiness Was transacted. ‘The Secretary read the resulution transmisted by the Police Board requesting the expression irom tue Board of Heaith of an official opinion ag to (he sanitary comdition of tne Harlem fats, an@ on motion the same was referred for action to the Sanitary Committee to report at the next meeung of the woard. Pursuant to @ resolution adoptea at the pre~ vious meeting appointing twenty temporary vac~ Cinators in view of the rapid increase of the smallpox epidemic, the following named phyal- cians were confirmed as such vaccinators for one Month, aba salary Of $125 each:—Dr. J, ©. Cono- pr, T. J, Janeway, Dr. George M. at 3 t | ver, Dr. Aoranam P. Dalrymple, Dr. Waiter @. Wy! br. Nachao G. Mosasters, Dr. James L. acai Dr. G. F. basa, Dr. bh. ”. Mituns, Dr, i De joetzke, Dr. J. R. Healy, Dr. Ackerod, Dr. Putzely . Perry, Dr. B. J. Harian, Dt, Maxwell, Dr. J. de Parceil, Dr. Alexander Scrong, Dr. J. L, Wilson, fi gt hy compara statement of cases 01 olagions diseases reported jor th week ending May 29, 1876:— d