The New York Herald Newspaper, June 8, 1875, Page 5

THE LONG TRIAL. Opening of the Twenty-third Week of the Scandal Suit. TWELFTH DAY OF ARGUMENT Evarts Drawing to the Close | of His Address. A TIRED AND WORN-OUT JURY *I Wonder How Much They Remember ?” THE QUESTION UNANSWERED. ~ It must have been a power‘ul impulse of curios. wy that brought toe idle audieoce togetner that sat patiently ior four hours yesterday listening to the tedious arguments of Mr, Evarts in benall o¢ Mr. Beecher. The room was crowded, the win. dows were either closed er blocked by alot of tall, gaping natives of Long Isiand, and the atmis+ phere, aS a consequence, Was very oppressive. ‘The jury showed evidens signs of fatigue and the ‘women who Were present lanned themselves as if for very life. 1b 18a pity the order of Judge Net!- yon prohibiting the admission of any one to the yourt room who cannot be accommodated with a jeat has not been steadily carried out. Ip ts just low, when the weather has turned warm, that joe enforcement of the Judge’s order ts neglected, Mf this state of affairs is permitted during the ad- Bress of Mr. Beacu, who will draw the largest autiences of the whoie trial, the women had bet- ter stay at bome and cordiais and smeliing salts be provided for the jury. While the pub. Mic generally feel tired of this everlasting }umming up of Evarts, the Beecher una tne Brooklyn people, who take up the best share pf the seats every day, find it as delightful as a novel or aleeture by the reverend do!endant or a | nacred concert in the Academy of Mnsic. But the Jury are not interested, and are apparently tired gnd worn out by the tedious proceedings. Among the spectators yesterday was a quaint looking pid gentleman, who had evidently never been in | the court room before, for ne gazed curiously av jhe Judge, the lawyers, the jury and the audience. He was very sympathetic over the twelve arbt- wrators in the jury box, and once asked his neigh- por in an audible whisper, “1 wonder how much they remember of it?” Of course his question pouid not be answered, yet it would be interesting to know exactly how much of the proceedings in this six months’ trial the jury do remember. = BEECHER wore a white vest, a black sie, a rolling shirt col- jer and a face as bright and radiant as Elijan watt- ing nis bodily transfer from this vale of tears to | the joyfal mansions of the blessed, He talked much with his friend, ex-Judge Porter, but he lost none bf the able argument Mr. Evart’s made for him. Mrs. *Beecher, always pale and imperturbabie, a grave, silent, unsocial, dyspeptic-looking woman, had a bow of sky blue ribbon ander the rim of ner bonnet. THE LAWYERS’ QUARTER ofthe court room was almost entirely deserted. Hill and Tracy were absent from the forces of the flefence, while Tilton’s phalanx was entirely un- represented. Morris, Pryor and Fullerton were Away, while Beach, a few minutes after the pro- | peedings bezan, went upon the bench, said a few words to the Judge, then took nis hat and de- parted, presumably to enter upon the Immediate preparation o/ his speeca. MR. EVARTS’ POINTS. Jf never heeaed the dial, but kept om until the voice of the Bench cried “Halt,” and then there was a great snuM@ing of chairs and a gathering of men and women around the spot where Mrs, Stowe and her brother stood upon the bench beside Judge Neilson, Cool and atientive listeners were Rev, H. C. Ackworth, M. A., England; Mr. John Crooks, England: Major F. H. Norton, United States Army; R. M. Delaplain, Virginia, and Counselior Spellissy, of New York. MR, EVARTS’ ADDRESS. Mr, Evarts, does not Occur with my purpose, nor does It at all ft with the lmitationol time which my own sense of my duty to You 1mposes on me, to treat all rhe andom god scattercd iuterviews that are thrown iit here and there, during the years that | follow this imp rtant and decisive period be- tween these parties of December, 1870, and Jun- ary, 87. 1 bave proposed Lo ‘you that upon the ovgurrenees of tual Week, a8 Y spect. charges or con exsiona, that week in Decemper tne sine was set bei ween these people, and tuak therra ter in any View there Would come to be no new expre stous or renewals ciiner of accusation or of demand, And in that view | pass bat tently over an interview on the 3d o1 Jannary, in Whicn there are coutsined .seyerat passages which perhaps Day be brought to your attention or may already exstin your memory, and I will oniy ask your aiteation briefly to them, that you may’ sec whether or no Iam correct in my view; tha Wharever is added after the period of the last week in December is 01 no imporrance, Whatever view you should take of what ocoarrea dur that week, Now, Mr Moultou having in- sisted pon Mr. Titon’s treating with’ Mr. Beecher, with respect and consideration and courtesy in Ins Souse, & very dificult proposition Lo accept if vou bebeve that the injured husband and (his parimour stood in ope anotner’s pres- ence, with tuts iiputed injury still existing as # Mutter of feeling or resentment between them. Now. afier Mr. Beecher had said, as | have stated to you. wat the expressions Ne bad made to mr. Monon were sincere. and that he had tis com Mveration, this regard for and this vesire to aid ‘Vulton, we have, according to Mr. Moulton, this her statement. He says (this is Mr. £ilton), “Ethen said 1 ata nor pnt in any plea for myself, buconly lor ber; indeed, if you wise to carry out the demand whieh was commupicated to ms in your letter of Coristmus Duy, that I should retire irom my pulpit, vou have only to say the word and t will re tre: the renting of the pews snail not goon.’ Now the utter impos-toiaty of either of Those statements is obvious NDON Undisputed evi- dence. in tne first place, how could ir Say to Mr. Tilton, “li yout wish fo carry out the de- Mand in your letter o! Christinas Da Whole agony of Mr. ‘Tyiton in (he interview ot the 20tn of December had been to obliterate that ler ter and that charge, und to solicit Mr. Beecher to the potnt of not resenting it, and trea it never had occurred? And how could Heecher en the sd or 4th of Junuary, 1871, talk of the renting o! the pews not going on, when they had already been rented “I have this request to make, that MU it be necessary jor you to make a pubiic recital of this —Whatan extraordinary Statement to come trom Mr, Tilton’s mouth, whe! the solicitudes of his wife, a8 he says, had prompted him to resort to Mr. Beecher to see to 1b that by any chance, even im tue exacerbations be- tween Henry Ward Beecher, notuing could pos- sivly come out—“you will give me nolice in ad- vance of your inteniion to do so, in order that T | may go out of tie world by suicide, or else escap- ing from the face of my iriends oy A VOYAGE TO SOME FOREIGN LAND; and furthermore, Lask you to ao me this favor, that, whoever cise in the wide worid ts to be in- formed of the facts of this case, at least my wile shall never know anything on the suvject, lor sue | is uot only your enemy, but may readily become mine, Hf you can spare ber the pang o! having these facts communicated to her I will consider toat as an additional oceasion of gravtnde,”? Now, genuiemen, look at the absurdity or tis. The object of this 18 to make it a venicle of narra- tive that may {introduce coniessions, ana wner- ever any go-cart can be found that can take any of that commodity Mr. Tilton always drives it ap in season and Out of season; but the absurdity of that situation between the 1 Mr, Beecner’s sug- gesting the publicity of that account whien Tilton 5 a had been struggling against with all bis migat ail | that week aud urging Mr. Beecher not to permit a chance of publicity, ‘ Couusei submitred that the interview as nar- raied vy Mr, Tilton and the expressions imputed to Mr. Beecher were # rehash aud reproduction of the narrative and scheme of the seanction and the auultery which Mr. Tiiton In its periect orm eelivered to the jury as the narrative of the wile to himsei! and mis repetition of 1: to Mr. Beecuer on the 80th of December. Whatever befalls taat interview of the 30th of Decemver tv the judgiuent Oi the jury carries with it necessarily ihe sudse- queat reproa vu of the same idea@and of the same exvressions, Counsel then referred interview whic occurred in tue middle of Feorn- ary after what Was supposed io be a very tuil ac- cord and settiement between the parties of the grouuds aud measure of complaint, of tne grounds and measus, reproaca and apology on Mr. im resuming his adaress, said:—It | Beeener | to the | of the scandal itself had transpired throngh the whispering galeries of 018 malicious accusa'ions and lnsinuations against Mr. Beecier and tis We during the preceding year, but that it carried kuowledge of the interviews between hi, Tilton and Moulton and Beecher about the charge, we confession, te ietraction; the wife's action, about the pistol, about the recantation of tne retraction and all the private councils waich hac for their svle ovject absulute sectecy. Where did all that come into this Woman's head in thé mooth of May, 1s71, at the time you say you hed your fires interview witn he “Bub,” he says, “L suppose it must have come througn Mrs. Morse.”? Whenever any trouble 10 the Tilton family cannot be imputed to anybody else then tt | is put on to poor Mrs, Morse, the mother-inlaw, THE WOODUULL, Counsel, 1n compienting on the relations between | Mrs, Woodhull and the piaintitt, went on to say that Mr. Andrews comes aud saya, a) Mr, Tilton’s desire, | brought bum into comnunication with Mrs, Woodhull 1 the eary days of May, 1871, and Ahere was time enouga ‘during the ‘ruauing of those Weeks or May belere the 22d Jor Mr, ‘riton to have toid this story as oe drdand yet to sustain that card, aud Mr. tilton had nut yet got any praciteul prvo: of free institutions and had nyc collec'ca woy Money irom Bowen tor losing his position on the Independent and ne was still among these respe'tavle gentlemen, Bnd he thougnt it quite as mest, while he was healing the woud o-reaspiy. to fhd some open wourh oi | conver: when the | | | ing. irresponsible imputation tnat sould keep alive excitement {nd sustain solicitudes. There you bave the first open proposition throdgh tne convenient agency of Woodnull & lal ln. ‘fbey agreeu to make this charge, and for fear that would not be evidence to show that | they knew anycning particularly avout it, 1 brovght you T:lton’s testimony that the woman Knew ail she punusned, in the fall oc 1872, ana ne was “horror struck.” Now, 1 saut M Morse’s car py his testimony, 11 have not shut her mourk. Now, beside th: evidence entirely irast- Worthy that, altnougn Mr, Anurews pas given us three Weeks’ start avo aCquiNtunce oF MY. Mr. Woualeiga and Mr. G we iiud thisinumacy between tie Wooudbuti lady and Mr, Tilton ia ue inre winter or early Spring of 1871. Now, Mrs. | aimer says that Mrs, Woo.sull brought to her (Mrs. Puiner) that card oa tue 22d aly of May, 1871, belore iL Was published. aimer’s evidence on UIs point, tion Which took plac WooJjaull and Viton in referer the chars aguinst the delendaat, und continued 10l- low when sie does fivaily publish 1 in to pers ns as sources of some, information aocut this matter m coune Mrs. Woodhull, but she gives her narrative and bases it upon What Mr. Tilton tolo her. ter story ofit, thereture, 18 thac Mr. Til'on told her; and we will see what Mr. ‘til'on does in regard ty the pre- tensions of Mrs, Woodhail’s article that Mrs, auuina Wright Davis, the great itellect in ‘itton’s tammily, had poured Into Mrs. Wooanul ears ConsiGerable IMormation, and dirs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton haa had a long loterview and tola her the same thing. Mr, tiltou jurnisoes tue | refutation of both of these sources of Mrs. Wood- | bull mformation im the publication waich he m.kes ag a part of his “True Story.” Fortunate this part was preserved, and Was prodaced irom the onginalin Mr. Tilton’s own hou then adverted to the letter of Mrs, Paulina W. | Davis and quoted from it, He also qavted Mrs. S:anton’s letter abouts the Woodhuli woman's story. Now, gentleman wio was hi had her jaterview with Mrs. Woodaull. 48 gives us ome large Mr. Andrews tells you that he was the resent when Mrs, Stanton Nobody | covering any greater length or breadtn of exam- imation than is given in this letter of Mrs, Stan ton. Now | produce this statemen: o: Pauline | Wright Davis ana tnis lecter Of Mis, Stanton, nob because they are iu tnewseives evidence, bus be- cause they are made evidence by Mr. ‘Tuton’s producing them as acorrect and tratnial state- anent of the connection of these ladies with any | conmmunicarton with Mrs. Woodnuil, talsifying che proposition thateither of tvem made any sucn | commanivanion, and putting 1t asa part of nis parrauve, under his own fand, that preciuded the idea thateiner of them had, it is evidence egainst himand it 1s true, Well, now you see, having suut Mrs, Morse’z ear, 1 now shut Mrs, Stanton’s and Mrs. Pauline Davis’ mouths, and communication on this scandal but Mr, Tilton and | Mrs. Woodhull; she so pavished it in her paper that be tolé her and she put it on his telling, al- though she had these previous communicaions irom these ladies, Here the Court took the usual recess, AFTER THE RECESS, A rain and thunder storm at this time cooled the air. diminished the audience a trife and made Poals of thunder emphasized the words of Mr, Evarts, who spoke With energy, but with op- scurity. lis words were long and many. His Beecher’s part, maae upin anumber ofletters Deur- | ing date the 71h of bevruary and thereafter, Mr. ful- | ton vaid he invited Mr. Beecber to call at his house, and that wes the first invituuon of Mr, Beecher to his hoase that has occurre.., He told the jury the O ject of tajs. visit tu lus House Was to relieve his mind cuficerning che genuineness or spurious. | ness of the. M@pring Raiph, Counsel contenied Mr. Evarts began bis specch by referrmg to the Various Interviews between Tilton and Beecher tnd between Beecher ana Mouiton, and wald he would oply briefly allude to tnose he nad not al- ready touched on. He spoke of the conversation between Moulton and Beecher, wherein the former’s advice was asked as to the wisdom of | selling the ews of Plymouth church. Mr. Evarts insisted that this was an impossibie interview, from | the fact that Mr. Beecher had no control over the | Gisposal of the pews. The talk regardiog the publication of the scanda! and Beecner’s appre- sion lest pis wiie should hear tt, he termed | vbsurd, as no public recitat could oe made tuat Mis. Beecher would not hear, The conversation eetween Tilton and Beecher the night of Decem- ber 40, 1870, Was then taken ap, and ar. Beecher’s version of that amous taterview was pronounced the true one, as it tad corroboration trom various witnesses of the defence, Anotwer interview, that of-February, 1871, in which Tilton catied on Beecher to settle the fact as to the parentage of | tne boy Ralph, was goue into, counsel tosisting vat the aileged intimacy between Mrs. Tilton vod Mr. eecher bezan October 10, 1863, and ther jhe boy Ralph was born Juve 20, 1871. In bis tes- ‘mony Tilton swore that the boy was born “a | ‘ew months after’ Octooer, 1870, These “few months after” prove to be eight montns and a half, Counsel made a brief Bit OF DECLAMATION Yere denouncing the act of Tilton im inviting Beecher to his house, and in the presence of bis wife retelling the terrivie story. Counsel bad no loubt the interview occurred, but Tilton’s ver- | non of it was false. It Was ab interview arranged jor the purpose of placing ‘he rejations between | the two men on a better and pleasanter footing than it had been beiore. Mr. Evarts cited a case in Engiaod where the husband reintroduced and became reconciled to the adulterer alter the dis- tovery of his criminal conduct and the Court ats. missed the suit. I: was convended vy counsel shat the cases were alike, and he mentioned the mterview of February, where the kiss was given tnd retarned, and @ condition of complete recon- Pillation estabiished. The cbuuse! quoted from Halliday’s evidence, in which Hailiday said if ne thought Mr. Beecher was a bad man ne should | Bot think of inviting Zim to his table, and \s was to Mr. Hailiday Mrs. Moulton made the Jeclaration that she believed Mr. Beecher to be a | food man. The Woodnull letter was taken up, Mir. Evarts pointing out the tact that while Tilton | knew of thia letter and oi tts intended pabitcation \e had made this reconciliation with Beecher, “This,” observed the counsel, ‘‘was the result of the Memory tuat comes at night and goes in the morning.” THE POLICY OF SILENCE. Mr. Evarts, in resuming Ms argument after re- fess *asked that the point be borne im miud that | Wwe action of Mr. Beecher or any friend of his in wmdeavoring to suppress the publicity of the scan- Jal carried no imputation of recogaition of a fault dfany kind on Mr. Beecher’s part. He dwelt at freat length on this point—this policy of silence— trguing that the ponderous scheme for the sup- pression of the scanaal by Tilton and Moulton was vontrived for the purpose of keepiug Mr. Beecher | Yonstantly on the rack of suspense, and, conse- quently, a more easy Victim to the wiles of the Oconspirators who drew him into thetr toils, Mr. Evarts compiimented the Woodhull on her Aelicate sense of honor in surrendering the pri- Vate correspondence, which she was under only ‘¥n implied ebitgation to produce, and then, in a varcastic tone, continued, “if the jeast approach to delicacy and honor had characterized the Sir Philip Sydney of the case there would have veen no occasion for this trial’? The counsel proceeded unti! adjournment, glancing at various | atements of the Plainiid, the seudivg away of io Turner, and finally endea jor the day by iain reading the letter of contrition and refer- ning to Tilton’s taik with Tracy about the publica- tion of the “true story.” The interest of the wudience was rather greater in she afternoon ‘aan wm the morning, thanks to the change in the weather. When four oices atriwed the day again grew fark and the jurymen ew tired, Mr. Brarts | Introduces a ce | zeal and interest t | & period that i this iutervieW Was DOS 10 108 Conception Sugyestions and de y surd, it as not in tne power of lmagination to make tt so. I¢ proceeds upon noting, he said, comes fo nothing, und has Ho possibie existence in the nature of things. The ovject of it was to lurpisa What WeS regaraed asa wecessary, if not @ vory important jink o/evidence to give time and Pluce to tiese amours, WOich HubUGy had Getected or suspected, and which no evidetice could ever Approach even with the eye oF jealous sus, scion ana furoish @ single witness or # ‘single nint about. And that he whole object—not or the Interview, but Of this evidence produced by Yuito Counsel Commented av lengta on tas port, an subsequently alluded tothe iwo Tilvous, Carag terizin4 the entire narrative of the piaintitl as un- itive of it by the planturap- | thets higher than the pyramia of Cheops. Day- hight was considerably eclipsed, and the circie of gas jets high up in arecess of the ceiling were mude use of for the second time in the course of the trial The artificial light “became neces. sary ‘or only some twenty minutes, then a cold white light eptered the window and Jalling on the weird face of Evarts gave him a very ghastly look. When the Court reassembled | Juage Neilson addressed himseit to Mr. Evarts and trustworthy. He compared tee statement made by | the piainuill and the veendant and asked tue two judge accordingiy, A PARTICULAR OCCURRENCE, Now, gentiewen, cou muca Mr. Lvarts, a par- ticular occurrence took piace Which l will now briefly auvert io in the Ove: very montu of May, in which this last iuterview took place betweeo Mr. Tilion and Mr. Beecher at his Nud-e, and where there Was an absolute wip- INg OUT O: Li-ieeling, OF EVI Optoion, vt evil pure pose, apparentiy, and Within @ week afver that there was publisned by Mrs, Wooahull a card in two of tie leading morning paper of the eity of ary | ng Of STI, in tins | New York, ia which Wual ust be considered asa) very open ‘eference to the condition of aduiter- ous —iutimacy between. ore. dtiton — ¢ Mr. Beecher, conuowog — fui years, Was cleariy made. The evidence, a3 L submit to you, Keutemen, shows that his publication Was pro- moied by wir, Titon himeels; tuat on (his evidence It 18 Impossibie to doubt tuat tue source of Mra, Woodnuli’s information Was lis—was Mr. \ilton’s. ‘The scandal proper was not puviisned until Nos | vember, 1972, but this card was puoiishea oa the 22d oi May, 1871, and Was at the very period that apparentiy, Wf there Were apy sincerity in Mire ‘Tilton, il there were any pos=10lg tderity on his part to toe duties to fis Wue ana family that he nas sugzested, any possivie nonesty im Mis reia- tions with Mr. Beecher, aby posstole confidence to be pu. m the atti ade ana condiict of ait, Moulton Warn every Wing Was at au end, when every wing had been explaiged, when it was periectly uoder- stood iat tie extent to which Mrs. Tiltou ever had gone, to wich she unhappily had been brougnt im the Way Of accusation, was on that Written Slip Which she had rerracted the next day alter she wave it, there comes out this direct m- putation in Mrs. Woodhui’s card. And tais in episode, so to speak, in the course Oi this direct nurration, brought im by th plaintit and made | serve we turn im his house of Suowing IT, the Mcuipation of Mr. Beecher w requiring, 0 least desiring, or at least acanl- vecing to and approving Dart of Mir. ‘Itton ant Mr, Moulton aud are. tou, of associa:ion wi Mis. Woodhuli, disreputa- bie to them, taat is, to silton, Moulton and nis Wife; distasteiul to them, tojuring their credit with the commuat.y, auu submit to as Lhe Wille aids and helps to eecher m the course of nacealment. Trwe, Mr. ‘Ticon professes that a keep bis wite’s name from ex- disorders Of iis household, What @ posure and + ever they migot be, rom paolieity | 1UPNish & mottve OM his part to tits odious associa: tion thal he mamtaifeu jor more th: year. Well, gentlemen, We Introduced it then, upon his oath, ia this Way at be was sent jor by Mrs, Woodhull, with whom he had nu previous ac- quatntance, thouga admits (¢ bad seen her once In some Preis Mpany, and that she put tuto bis hunas rd, aud we read 1b with astouishment kept the best face ho could and tried tu conceal any consciousness that it related to anybody inat be was concerned wish that or that he knew anytaing abont it, buy that thereapou M Woouhull sptorny m that it reimted to bis wile #nd to Mr, B + Now, lemen, tis Was the 224 of May, 1871, ana as of Intimacy on bis own ne of compl sumMacy on the evidence vave adduced witt Wiis lady for ceriainiy . tweive or filfeen months, aud we think muca longer, and soma time OF Other, to Wit, 1 ge Mi showiny that we Tilton piayed the rot e Novemver of 1872, there came vo be afulr pubs ation, however Wilt aud cxXaggerated and ex- travagant ior the purposes of course that there was, that tt ine ob only the facts of org: nal scandal, as Beeoher, but of ull wy ton tou’ Tilton, of intervie red aences to Wheh MT. seecue . fijun and Mrs, Mouton alone were lwtroduced, curing the seek in December, the e wil those things cam Mr. Tilwwn ane avres boty m cen Mou out. Me. Titton, by one of those judicious jalsifications that ts 10 protect himseltagaiass Recessary implication vy telling you that im that week im May, 187i, Mra, Woodbuil jadin her knowledge detaved to wim the sub. etance 01 ali that she prvitsied in December, 1872. CUNNING MR. TILTON, to get rid Of mnvecessary imputation that there had been & growty oF the Woman's Knowledge durmg her Association with. him, telis you that she had iv at the beemning As« Mr. fliton where dtd Weill, you may remember tia Lasked Au Ne thougiac Mr. Beecher bad told her, and he iva’ chink fe had, Mad Mr, Moulton wold heft? He dian’t think he had. You hadn't told ber? “Oh, no; tb aston- isved me when she pointed her finger at that paragraph io the gard.” Well, who did you think aid tei her’ And chen] cailed bis aitention that 1b Was DOt @ Quesiion Whether some Of tue notions course O: action on the | Moul- | conn. | uly parc ot January, as Mnauy | | an bones | and | said that Mr. Beach wes engaged in another court | and desired he might proceed in bis absence. | Mr. Tilten busied himself taking notes. Mrs. Stowe was very atrentive, leaning lorward tocatch | the speaker’s every word. Judge Morris was aione, like the last rose of summer, all his brother counsel on the same side being gone. Tracy amd Hul returned, so that the defendant had all his legal troopers around bim, besides av ususuai | muster of Plymouth churca brethren, not to speak | of the sisters, Who were in strong force. Judge Nelison—Mr. Evarts, Mr. Beach will be absent tuis alternoon im mother court, and be Wishes you to go on Without him. Mr. Bvarts acquiesced and proceeded with bis ress, saying that DO lmyputation or disposition, ver on the part of Mr. Beecner, Mr. ‘tiltov or Moulton, tuat tne friend Of eltver shouia pre- vlietty of the scandal car. jes no impu- e Mr. vent the p j tation of recognition of fault of any kind of greas consideration to-bs borne in mind. Who does not wish to avoid Scandal? The plalutl® had thougat it necessary, even With great risk of credulity re- gurdiug tne cousession aud the knowledge that an honest Luterpretation of the writings of Beecher uid prove his mnocence of the charges made ist bim, tu proceed with it. Even irom the fact However successful they might be in geiting the evidence to be looked at im plaintif’s favor, @D adventurous scheme worthy o: the ingenuity of the plaintit led to tie theory on hie part that all his ass ciation wita Woodnuil and the desire of all suppression was proot of the guilt of Mr. Beecher. The concession of intimacy between Beecher and Mrs, Tiltou was looked upon ax Wrong in abiracting the pubiic gaze to the faults, errors and guilt of Mr. Beecher, Mr. Evarts then reviewed the history of Mrs. Wood- hui. He cutld only say with regard to ber that, +i the delleute sease of honor which she nad ex- Mioitea, and for which sue should recetve lar credit, in disclosing (ee private cofrespondence which bad valy an implied obiigation to produce, bevause they had occurred between a gentleman and a lady; U! toe least approaca 10 deticacy aod to honor, 48 in the case of Mrs. Woouhul, tad characterized ine Sir Philip Sidoey of tuis case, there would nave been no vecasion for ths triai— ho opporctuity ior this Wrong perversion of truth and tals tangte of nusrepresentation and falsehood, Heid pot see irom ANYTHING DISCLOSED on this trial tat airs, Wovaoull ever deserved sucn treatment at the hands ot Tilton or Mr. and Mrs, Mouitun. She had never sougnt their society, bat there wus ubw t proo” that they nad sought wer. ‘fhe so-called poticy of silence nas ho +aitle OF pois m this cuss except to varry oat the argument that because Mr. Beecher knew of it, concurred in, aided in of suomitted to the poucy vf silence tat that was to be taken as an accnowledgwent of ms yeuilt, But tre whole and true policy of silence were disclosed to you in the Misortanes and imtsery of Tilton, ii the dis- turbance of the affections between the and ud che conceded sell reprouci ot Mr. ¢ u revard to lig pareipation m the re- Sas Luey Were Imputed tu nim, as they were im his intnd, aad were made the subject of im- pression from the evidence. But you will see and you must bave seen {nat all this policy of silence Was not of Mr. Heecher’s choosing. THERE 1S NO ATTEMPT on the purt of tne plainufor on the part of bis Inead Moulton to prove tua: it was his policy, but, on the contrary,in tts preseniation oi tie circum anc wed Coat it was ail ther own and auxt thas Beecher should not, the spirit and — boidness oF bis Nature, Ineiverientty, in his devance 0: controversy of (ne sapject, lead to a premature publicity to it all, There is no evidence to show sult es tO tin, the: euorts in that Mr. Heecher on his account desired this silence. ft was all-important to Tilton the matter fran toe puolic. He ut well Say to himeeif, “t will be ruined im padlic repute (c scunuals thet bave gone abroad; my charac Will be vlasted;’ and he feared tke irrevocabie plonge into despair and the destruction that must M4 follow im his persou ana tamily fortune, It under these circamstances, When tey Ww shown to Mr. Beecher, that the puitcy of silence was accepted and submitted to, But was this tpurcy ’ No, teere Was nothing in it on rt OF the plaintuf or on the part ot Mo’ except fo nold it un tuerr own hands, using st of aisclosure at taeir preasure. Upon that cou. tion only Was 1b io tbe absomte, compicte successiul, This Was the policy that carried out with regard to Besse futon wanted to muke it appear Turner was sent away in the interest of silence and in the imterest of Mr. beecner. Mouiton says (o Mr. Beecher that fitonis ina hard way and tt would be weil to heip aim, If she Hed beea sent away to save Beecher, way sould TLton troubie hamself avout ner, paying lor her the as ‘Turner, Liat Besst ation The wae of the evidence weut to prove coaciusively Tuton’s connection with the Wootbuil scandal, Im the spring o1 1872 it was witoin the meditation of Montton and ‘liton taat a very effective blow of some kind mignt be struck at sue proper @nd natural solicitude of all con- Gounsel vead Mrs. | ow, Mrs, Wooubuii’s stuteme@ué gives ws | Jon with | Ws | Counsel | | has undertaken to produce that Interview as | What mouth or ear was inere that could have | the court room more endurable than jn the morn- | sentences were endless, and he piled up tne ept- | and | cerned to prevent any publicity of the relations theu existing between Tilton and gls temly, and if the visit to Wilkeson had not had the eifecton Bowen of procuring the payment of tne $7,00u, if that 8p had oot produced tae result, then these other slips thut were in existence of Woodauli'a would lave beeu resorted 10 a8 &@ more powerful engiwe tor the accompisument of tuelr object. But the threatened j;uiication of the. Bowen Gulden Age iswere't all purposes, and the others Were reserved lor some future Use. It was this “tit for vat? letter that proanced this woman's pubiication, pusequeuces not only Wish. drawing Irom ter support 19 jugction with the great democratic part: h wuich he haa not been hitherto tu woson. he relused to longer = support Mrs Woodaull jor ; the residency! Who can teil what the Union migit hive gaivedin this Gna struggle for the supremacy ol toe air sex? Wao can estimate What efleet tt will have on the deatinies of the country? But, wen, this Wooohull publication came 12 A Moakt OPpertune manner, vt a time When it serves personal purposes. ‘this lady oad a will of her own, and What ln the spring of 1872 had been prepared tor his use while frendiy with the plaintnt pow came in avother position, and bis Woodaull puditcation created great conu- sternatiou in the camp of the Moultons, ‘ne Statement came to be made pubdlig that Tiion pad | furnished the imtormution on which the story was uiade, The consequence Was that Mowicou’s part- Ners and Otiiers on the Produce Exchange seemed to thluk thar Moniton ongnt,in hisown aetence, either deny the re-pousibiity fer toe story or own that there was some truth in it; iat he should say it was ail ialse, that he had furnished no sup. | port for it at ail, or admitit, Well, we called ad zen people to say what he did say, und they | put it in # very digerent form, ie telis you that | he was ‘ LYING FOR MR. BEECHER, Oh, gentlemen, a mau who lies for Mr, Beecher | Wille for himself, It may be a hard shift for tis plaiatid@ thas he has nO wirness to prove 118 case other tha nimsell and Moulton, who ome | of their own moath nave told yeu that tbey fuve ied and hed to put a wrong face on this watter. The tronvic' is when he pixces ex- planations to show you fis motives tor laisifica- | tion hue trivial compared with toe motive tor ion now, andi you judge ba- | tween the falsification o; tne two stories you will flud the doubtial testimony in he produces, The diticuity lies the story and waich is the tnth. | Jor the pininut, destrans The counsel | pirerty of Mr. Beeoner in tne po: justification of lying, Bhow that Mr, Beecher M ol siienee and ks some ‘turtle purases to bound by what Tuton, Woodruit und ol What passed at . boeehor, Who was not ‘de evidence of these yed to give the im- conversauons were said b. a party to thac con conversations nas been disp pression ihat he was. Trac with lilton and Moulton, and he might, theretore, | | have bees broi s3 lor the defence, Seo how the ai ho met for evil turns vo good. A tiylug tomake out that | Mr, Beecher aeq anit at Mr. Tracy aequi- esced. ‘Ihe suosequent charge o! adultery leads to the release vl Mr. ‘tracy from any re- | straint of feeling when they iurroduced the | _ Now Teall your attention to the gavject of Mr. |@racy’s loterview, ‘Then “Mouiton. got per- mission from Mr, Beecher to teil the truth’? | At that imterview, tren, he did tell Tracy the | int, They told Tracy ‘he siory they told strange | people. All tueir evidence is that they were to | tel the trath about the facts in Mr. Beezner’s case, When you fing! what they told nim corre- | sponds with every written paper in respect to the | charge—the retraction, the letter of contrition, the “frue Story,” tue aenial of the imputation b: Tilton that pis wile had been guilty of any in urity to Storrs, Belcher, Harmon, schultz, Wil- | keson, McKelway and to others, there 1s nothing IM fue Yoon now for doubt, truth to Tracy, as permitted to do vy Beecher, | and now see What they did teil bim. Now you must cither stamp General Tracy a8 a perjured witness and condemn fim as incompetent m un- there, or you must throw out this testiwony as alselicods on the other side, Of whom judge ye ? General lracy bas a cool Judgment and an nonest heart, ana he siamps this Whole cuse as a con. spirac: mee 418 point Mr, Evarts read copicus extracts | from the evidence of General ‘tracy touching the | the Court was adjourned tl eleven o'clock this forenoon. THE BROOKLYN SILABBING CASE, Patrick Cash, of No, 79 North Severth street, | Brooklyn, E. D., the young man who was stabbed | on Sunday morning during a picnte of the Mag- nolia Association at Myrtie avenue Park, was at the City Hospital last night in a dying condition, | The surgeon in attendance thougat he coulda not survive until morning. There are three wound’ on his body, either one of which, the phystctans think, is suficient to cause death. Coroner Simms visited toe hospital to take his ante-mor- tem Statement, but he refused to divulge the | name ot his assailant or to ¢ive any adaitional informetion concerning the affray. ine seraps of papers | verween whieh 18 | of having certain ad- | tages irom what lie expected to prove of com. | was They were to ell the | dersianding the stacements and the documents | interview in question, Whicn occupied his time | jor the remainder of tne aiternoon, atter which | The police say | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1875,-TRIPLE SHEET, 1 | | NEW YORK PRESBYTERY, THREZ CITY CHURCHES DECLARED PASTORLESS— | REPORTS FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Yesterday being the frst Monday in the month the New York Presbytery met in the University place chapel. ness trausacted were the transier of Mr. Juhos H. Wood, a theological student here, to the care of the Presbytery of Newark; tue dissolution of the pastoral reiation between Rev, and tne Canal street Presbyterian churc! Edwara P, Paysoa and the Union ehure ville, and of Key. Morse Rowell and the Manha: tanville Presbyterian churcn, Jn the first case named commercial advancement is crowding cburches and people out of Canal strect and coa- | tigaous stree’s, aud, wile tae corporation known as the Canal street Presvyterian charch 13 a | wealthy corporation, the congregation that wor- ships in the building in Greens street which bears that Dame is poor and jeobie, and the minister | depending on their offerings would never grow | Tica, Besides, Mr. Mitchel! has had a call from Canada. In the case o! the Yorkville churen its | troubie is that the church building came before o! Rey. | the people; and as the pas‘or cannot live on stones Dor on promises of support, and would be | likely to starve before Yorkvilie fills up with Pres- | byterians, he asks to be saved from such a death | by being allowed to resign. His society can raise about $350, and the Church Extension Soctety ul- | low an additional sum, which, however, does not furnish adequate support. Mr, Payzon is one of | three brothers who are members of the New York Prespytery, and their brethren in the Presbytery | yestorday expressed very deep regret at the ne- cessity of letting Mr. Payson go from their midst. It was velieved that mashoert ime the new Vanderbilt ratiroad (sunken) will be Onisue and that a resular station or stations being es- tablished af Yorkville that section of the city will tuerealier very rapidly fill up, and that, prooably, | wiybin two years the vow ivebdle churcn and so- | ciety would be able to car@ 107 itsell. YHE MANHATTANVI HUROM is suffering irom causes dwere to these, Ibis “under tae eaves of t9¢ Catuole Church’ and ine Stitutions there; the place 1s rapidiy Hiliog up With Catholics, und in its preseac lecation 1t Is im- possivie, 80 1ts pastor aud people thtok, for the church to succeed, Tue society nas, therefore, legally trausierred its property, valued at $30,000, | to Lhe Church Extension board, ta the hope that that Board wall eli Or dispose ot 1b and locate tne society Ina More eligibic postion. Li not, the 80 ciety Wil be compelled to disband. They vave | Unavimously voted against acceplivg the resigva- tion of their pastor, Whom they greatly love, but if | \hey are not able to pay bim anything ke a living | saiary. Heretolore tiey have $350 & year, vader a nominal ¢: tum $1,600—3800 of waich Is puld by the Courch Exteusion Beara, Bub even with amount Mr. Rowell could not support his large and rising family, and with this sum greatly re- paid num avout agement to pay duced he hus mad to tall back on his own | private purse for years past. he aves not jcel that he can continue doing t very long and go resigns. pledged tuewseives to rarse (his year $60) toward his support anu 11 the Charch uxvension Board or the Presbytery couid help them out a hittie more they would be very giaa to keep thei present pastor, In ech OL these cases, however, the pus- | oral relation Was dissoived ava Commissi hers | of Presbytery were «ppointed to preach in those | churches and so declare tae action oi tie Presby tery. ‘The call ot THE FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CAUKCH of this city ou the Rey. Dr. Joun J, Black, of In+ vernes=, Scotland, was received dud endorsed. Mr, W. J. Cumaings, a graduate of tae Union ‘Theological Sah was Jiceused to preaca, The Rey, Mr. Alexie, | interesting account of his work, Less than a year ago he began bis mission among [lus people, of whom there are 16,000 in tis city, Wuo, previous to his advent, had no religious imstrucuon at ail. ‘They hate the rope and Cafuviicism aud are more inilde: than anytaing else. He bas now gathered @ society of thirty-three communicants. ney Worsiip in the Collegiate caurch, on Filth street | and avenue &, and Mr. Alexte supports himseif by, teaching languages, except that tue Churca EX: | tension Board «as given the society $150. Dr. Bootn spoke 10 very Complimentary terms of Mr. | Alexie anu lus work, aud the Presbytery, by vote, recommended lum and bis charge to the cousider- ation o1 tae Home Mission Buard for $600 & year. ine delegates to the General Assombly presented brief reports of inat gacneriag at Clevelaud, Ono, last month, Mr. Mingins regretted the speecn that was made there by vr. Nicaols on fraternal Telagions Witu the Soutuern Chureu. He Peievod it Wil \ake twenty-flve years to undo tue evil there and then wrougnt. Mr. Page gave a humor. ous account o| tie gathering und tue jovruey that. han w one of the nest Notorious charac. | calling tue Souchera Cuarch reoeliious sil. Bus ters mm the Eastern Dtstr The association Dr. Halfleid, wno Was present, taouga not asa to whicu he belongs composed almost | aelegate, differed irom vis bretaren, and beveved entirely of the Batt Row gang, of | that that syecea would make Ne (bern ane Soutie which Rogers, who was exccured jor the murder of Oticer Donohue, was a member. A thorough searen by the police for those implicated in the adray resulted yesterday in the arrest of Patrick Head, aved teuty-two years, of Aimstie and NorenT hn #reets; Lawrence Head, seventeen years of age, residing ot No. 127 North sixth strect, and Patrick Dowling, aged twenty-one years, uf No. 86 North Tenth street. ‘They are heid to await the result of Casn’s injuries. A MIDNIGHT TRAGEDY. A POLICE OFFICER FATALLY WOUNDED’ IN THE DISCHARGE OF His DUTIES, Abott one o'clock on Sunday morning last a drunken broil occurres in one of the leading streets 0: Trenton, N.J., which resuited in the probable fatal wounding of a police officer named Jaco» Reupp, walle he was interfering to preserve | peace. James Keenan, the alleged perpetrator, ts aman of unenviadlo reputation, having been | always closely 1deutified with the rowdy element of the city. He is a muscular lookiag fellow, with prominent features, about thirty-five years of ages: end judging by ms appearance be is that type of jo Who would not hesitate to commit a ‘ne following Geposition Was made by the victim of tais iragea. Mcers of the city of I, Jacob Keapp, one Tréaton, now lyit J and sufteri an, and it wound is ne ana tha pout to are, ot th 1 re- youd t= About quart F eck on Sunday morn- ing. ith aay ¢ as ov duty asa police otficer ant was ‘in with Lewis Hart man, ala a potice gules Broad street, near" “Curley? mpsor we saw James Keenan ant anowe name - not know, They we ating & distay ace. cursing and swe ari a loud noise. Haremann went ap tot stopped them. Kei said he haa a right to Go as he plea: Hartmann told Hin if he ald Gut stop he would Hp. Keenan said there Was nota God damned —- thatcould ar resi him. 1 oOffleer iarturinn then went ap to him and iook hold _o and he (kecnan) remsted and dat me. him by ihe neck. and he threw me down, and he bad the best.ot 1 dat me. I got wp. ay and + Hartmann tried to on wae. there was a threw down | fie got upon t a ane « & be: Vil let vou have sonieth his hand in his ooked. | cal fired «siot. Ltelt wis Wo He then T will knock | ain't abte,” id all he cou helped we and know that Jam z wit 7 ta np ectty Jail, 1 man who Twas strag oughe to the Cby J s and lave Known hia tora long time the bailis lodged m the abdomen and hasa dowufard tencevey. Die. Rice, Philips and Boe dine probed wound twice, but failed to find the leaGen mess-nger of death. After a consulta. | t recover. Keenan was taken before a police jnstice and Hed OU LWO Charves—one fog Assault with nt to kil Jacob Reupp, and the other an as- ton Lewis Hartmann, He stoutly denied tue int cha! ges, and said that be aid notimaict the wound, and adued that the knocked him own and ile Was committed 10 tue County Jal to await his trial. His heaa, face and boay bore marks Wiicn ipaicate tat a severe | siruggie took place between him and the ofeers, Yesterday Auyustay Praiey, ratrick Hines, Westiey Applegate and Jusepli ‘Weiss, It ik r atin edy, bound % lach excitement Was caused und it continues tobe the principal topic for comment mn Trento Reupp was always known to b2 an eMetent oMecer, extiess and in tepid im the discharge of his duvies, and he 1s held in higy esteem. He nas & wile and children, Much sympathy is elt for the wounded man and Ms family, ile sull continues in a pain- ful condition aud it Is propabie he will not re- cover. A SACRILEGIOUS BURGLARY. in the Cliy Court at Yonkers, Westchester couuty, yesterday, Henry baies, aged nineteen, Was sentenced to the Alvany Peottentiary for one year on his confession of having brosen into St. Jon's church and ried the poor box of Its vo tents last Eriday night, The prigouer, whe has aircaly mave Ins mark 1a the Mouse of Refage, where Ne served a term to the erime of meendi- arisiv, spent the proceeds of Mis sacrilegivus exe pioit at Jerome Park KD, to Whom he subsequently acknosleaged Ms uit, He elfected an eatrance to the churet by reaking one of the windows, and, after snatrer- ing the receptacle tor chariivole donations, suc- coeded fm escuring omy about $5 \ Jack varrel | LU know James Keenan weil | y expressed their opinion that the victim | ar | on saturaay, andwoile ree | turning (rom there was collared by Captain Man. | ern Presbyterians better iricuds than they had ever been. fae Southern peope like pluck and Incependence, and the North having already twice hela out the olive branch and veeu reused by the South, it Was time that the lormer snouid declare its Iudepengence aod Wait ior overtures irom the Soutnin the future, Had they gene oa-ticir Kuees and confessed themselves wroug ine Assem- | bly woud have justly forfeited the respect of ootn the Northern and Southere Cnurch, THE JERUSALEM, NEW THIRD DAY'S SESSION OF THE ANNUAL CON- | VENTION, The General Convention of the New Jerusalem | was again in session yesterday, Rev, Chauncey Giles presiding. Reports were read from Canada and Missourl. The Rev. J. B, Stewart maae a communication on ordinations, giving the list of new ministers for the past year, An address trom the General Conference of the Caureh in Great Britain was presented anda reply read,which was referred to Rev. James Reed, that alius‘on might be made in tt as to what nad deen doue in this country relative to the distrioution of Sweden- borg’s writings, On the question ef a change in the order of worship, the Kev. \. 1, Beuade ad- dressed che Convention at some iensih. A discus sion ensued, Which occupied the forenoon session, aud in the alterooou was continues, the result beiug that the subject of a new liturgy was re- lerred tu the Executive wmittee. Rev. Mr. Giles recommended that the Washington society should be assisted. A lengthy report on ecciesius- Ucal affairs Was presented but not read, and it Was oruered tant 250 extra copies of 1) be pro- viaed, The names of t Executive Commities Were announced. A resciution was making the resident of the Convention senger to the Conierence to be held in’ Englafid. The Lull faud was placed at the disposition of tie trustees of the butiding fund. Encouraging re- ports were read irom seve the State, giving tue minutes of the diferent pranches of reiizivns labor. Tne Convention ad- journed to thig moruing at ten o'clock. SHURCH SYNOD. AN UNRELENTING WAR 19 BE WAGED AGAINST ROMANISM—THE CARDINAL'S APPOINTMENT A MENACE. Yesterday was the fifth day of the sesston of the Reforined Chereh Synod at Jersey City. The open- ing exercises were conducted by the Rev. E. Ne- Trius, Who Was at one time a missionary in China. The Committee on Coniederation presented a long report recommending the confederation of with @ general Pres- | the Re‘ormed church | byterian alliance, for the purpose of pro- moting the cause of the Church and opyos- ing the inroads and errors of Romanism. ‘The Confederation ts to hold a grand conference in London, England, on Wedaoesday, July 3i, to make preparations for holding a universal council next year, to be known as the Alliance of the Reformed churenes adnering to the Presbyterian system. Among the code of laws recommended In the re- port was one entitled “The Overthrow of Roman- ism.” Tue reading of a portion of this report was the signal for a most exciting debate. As soon a8 & motion was offered fon toe adoption of the report Elder Corneil arose and made a& most dotermined speech, in which he embodied lis surprise ot the report. He said that the Reformed Churca should attend to its own business and study how'to conduct It be- fore it attewpted to heip other churches to do their work. He mentioned severa! churches im New York which went down, an cited them as eXamples Of the cousequences of attending too much to the affairs of otuer pe ple to the negivet of one’s own household. He id whe time lad come Whey the Reiormed Caurch ought to Gevote more attention fo its own ulfatre. 1t Was assuming to do for otner churches Wha 1% could Motdo jorisel, He uilerea tue bold pre- diction tast it the Reformed Churen persisted ia such a course it wotld be dead aera few yours. All these entangidments’ wore bus inks to terter the Chures and prevent it irom he.ping itseif. Holding that view Ne jelt bound to vou against ail such WHd projects, AS lon. a® he cemamed in ine synod ft noe itil Lo record bis protest against sauce su dial enterprises, Kiger Ferdon denied that tne confederation in- volved “organic action,” but simply huplied Work in concert With the churches Watch believed m the same doctrines agaist those Which did no. | klder Anderson, of New York, newailed the | downiall of the Reformed Churen tm that and the corresponding growth of the Presosierian Courch, He was opposed to any surtner uniom)| anmiversary of the baitie of Buaser The most important items of busi- | Davia Mitcnelt | m York: | the eaure | His church, however, have | & missionary among the | Bohemians on tue east side of che city, gave an | thither, avd thought thas a wistuke was made in | State | with the Presbyterian Church, whieh nad become 80 lurge that 'l swallowed up the Retormed and all other courches witicn silted themselves LO Mt. fe Jaambers and Rev, Dr. Laylor having od the coniederation, Elder Cornell re- turned to the charge, He said that he saved the churen of a member of tne commitiee from the auctiobesr’s hummer toirty years azo, and now It is there again, He urgea every argument in his powrr against coulederation and said it was only s pisa wicreby the Reformed Church will go dowa the guilet of the Pres>vterian Cauren, never again | to be iientified, Elder Ferdon’s ‘amenament, | teat Dr. Hutron authorized to recommend names of delegates to the Coalederation, und that the clerk give lis selections their proper creden- tial, together with report, were finally adopted, Rey. Dr. Imbrie, the Corresponding Delegate from the General Assembiy of the Presbyrerian Church, was iluteodueed aud greeted with the ugual mark of res ect, le delivered ag address upon the workings of tis Church and its desire to co-eperare with the Ree formed Church in tie cause and the tm. possibility oi Keoptag = the two caurche: apart—being 80 much ake. He belteved in cou.ttion Of ail the Evangelical churches, and the | Whole to po cailed tne Keformed Uburea o1 Amer- tea, The Doctor was dismissed by the President With @ neat speech, advocating co-operating anion and advising all ieuns to expel the power of the Pope ot Rowe from the Cnited States. This was the organic achou so inucn ges.red, He was m savor of such & unton Ol the Protestan’ w hes ay wold check tue encroachments of | Popery and Romanism, and earnestly exhorted the bretnrew vo pray ierventiy that the power of “Popery” may fever beanie to acquire any polte tical i uence im this country, and that the Bible and the pubdile schools may ve defended agatust “Romist’? attacks, . In the course o; lis remarks he said tha: the appoin ment of a Cardinal tu tate couutry Was contrary to the constitation, AN INTERESTING RELIC. During the demolition of the “Old North Dutem church,’ located at the corner of William and Ful ton streets, an interesting souvenir has been dtu Covered, @ Ini description of which wl be found in the sequel. The curiosity referred to 18 & Mee tallic plate, about the size of a sheet of letter paper, and had engraved upon its face a briet sketci of the cburch itself, beside grving tne names of its original projectors, The matertal of the plate is similar to type metaland the tnserip. tion upon it is very crudely stamped into its sur- tace, One of the workmen, John F, Scullion, engaged in tearing down the ancient edifiqs, states thas one week ago from S:turdiy last he found the plate under the base of the first piliar, Le, the supporting column nearést the pulpit, ‘These pluars were of Wood 1nd supported the gallery. APPEARANCE OF THE RELIC. The face o. tue curiosity reie red to ts very muck worn, apparently irom the influence of moisture, much ef tue inscription upon it being eaten away so as (o make it partiaily llogible, | Mauy o1 the letters sre enturely gone, and it waa oly alter the Mose careful examination that tae writer was enavled to correctly interpretit, The in-crip'ion is in piain Roman capital letters, It reads, line for ling, 23 foliows:— THE INSCRIPTION. QUSEREIPLOUOLE DOLE LELE IEEE LE RELEADIEDODOODDEOE, | $ THIS CHURCK WAS BUILT BY THE CONGREGATION 3 OF THe REFORMED YROTESTANT DUTCH CHUKCH LX S THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR ENGLISH SERUICE UNDER TRE INSPECTION OF 4 COMMITTE OF DEACONS ISAAC ROSECKLT ADRIAN DANCKER Cony 8 noGERT ANDREW MARSCHALE THEODORUS YAN WYCK GARRET ABKEL ANDREW BRUGESTED IUR CARFENTER AND PROTECTOR, 1OUN 8TAGG NASTER MASON AND ALEX UATES, THE FIRST STONE Was Lap IULY 2 1767. BY MR TACOBUS ROSEUELT BEN, KLDER, THE WALLS BUILT TO RXCEIUE TITE Roo, 10NE 17 1768 THES PILLARSREARED, 10NE 2L 1768 THE FIRST ENGLISH MINISTER LOR THE DUTCH CONGRHGATION THE RUUD ARCHIBALD LAIDLLE 1756 PEACE DEWITHEN THIS SACRED PLACK, AND HOLY GIFTS AND IKEAUENLY GRACE. TOBIAS VAN ZANDT. CLERK GABEL PRctT: Beware ta acer curenintin eet tee The above is au exact !eproduction of the origi- nal imscription, in which it will be noticed that the letier ‘4’? 1s used instead of “4 and the letter “u"? in piaee of the letter ‘v."’ It wili also be Ode served that many of the best kuown poole ot mogera New York are descendams from those whose names are engraved upou tals quaint old relic of # nuadred years a: THE QUARANTINE COMMISSION. THE APPROACHING INVESTIGATION BY SPEAKEB u'GUIE's COMMITTEE—AN ASSEMBLYMAN WHO WENT OFF ‘HALF COCKED.” During the session of the Legislature it will Be Tecollected that Mr, Schuyler, oi Tompkins county, made certain charges against the Quoranting Commissioners, among which were statements | that they had been guilty of too lavish expend | ture, and had failed to make thetr reports to the Legisia ure as the law provides. Upon his infore Mation a committee was raised, of which Speaker McGuire is chairman, whose duty it 1s under th resolution to investigate the Quarantine and | Emigration Commission and report to the next Legisiature. General MeQuade, the recently appotated mem- der of the Commission, was yesterday visited.oy @ representative of the HERALD, and when asked what tue committee 1s likely todo he replied:— “They were appointed to investigate us; but there is notuing to investigate, ‘Iber will m eariy in Juiy and we have tendered them the uso | of our rooms and eur transportation to enable th*¢m to make the investigation 4 thorough one, We have the steamers mopkins «ud Fenton, which are at their disposal. We are anxious for a fall jovestigatwn, and it will be shown that Mr, Schuyler 1s mistniormed as to our violation of the | law regarding our reports to the Legisiature, Se soon as he made the compiamt we at Once tele gravhed O1m, und here Is & copy O1 it. It bas never been puvlished, and it will show ont position re ga:ding the proposed investiqavion,”” The Joliowing 18 the despatea referred toz— Youx.’ May 19, 187%, vier, Assembly Chainber, anyie 5 8 18/4, aud Ji a 13 ELDERS Qrorer wanscnace Qrergr L torr 3 : 3 ; 3 ; well to h are glad Althourh but recently appointed a ¢ Information induc; wily ates. my assoow MoQUADS. | Deputy Sherif! McGontgic yesterdey AFfestgg Solomon Bellmann on board of the steamship Spain, charged with beiuz a defaulter to the amount of some $2,500. Bellmaua was an emp.uyé of Leopo.d and Michael L. Lipschitz in Berita and, it is said, forzed bills of exchange for 2,400 thaters and fed with thie money irom weriin. On hie per son, when arrested, was found $480, which was handed over to the attorney for the de rauded firm, who then permitted the prisoner to goat large. The City Chamberlain makes the followtog finan. clal statement for the past week:—Balance May 72 402 OL; recwipts, $201,908 31; psymenta 567 Diianee Jane 5, $1,511,269 78. ihe Police Justiceship still rematos 1n abeyance | Acommit eo tourge the name of P. 8. Duity called | upon the Mayor yesterday, but His Honor was, a$ usual, entirely nou-comunttial on the subject. It was wuderstood that a represensatiog from the =, Commmtitee oa. Organization of Tammany Nai would call apon the Mayor yesterday, but these distinguisned states. mea, Who hive been so suddenly Impressed wito the needs o; the workinguan, dta not appear. & dvlogation from tne First A oly district, cone siscing of Mr, Muller, ¢x-Ald an Moore, @X-Al- man | Mr. Jam nd rke, called In the aiteravon, and urge the Mayor fhe becesstty of receding from the post- tiog Biich he oceupred npon this important ques. tion. Mv. Muller acted as spokewman. Mayor Wickham promised to give the mutter Wie earness considera ton. The syapataetiec resolution farce In Ward committees and at other places continues tobe played, wale the poor mea deive om the Boulevard Jor twenty conts an hear, The ccath of Mr. James M. Sweeny, brother oF Peter 8. Sweeny, was a eudject of considerable comment around tre Crty Hall yesterday, where on was familtariy Kaown bf ra bow lerk to the Board of Cowncitm Cierk of the Superior Court, When tne Ring we to the wall Mr. Sweeny lost the jatter postion, which he was siuececied by Mr. Thomas Boese, His gents! qualities were a luded to, while toe sag circumstances surrounding firs oficial career were pointed‘out a4 causes Nastening nis death in a foreizn country, Tae ibiigation will go on without change on account of tis death, orber Ruan te | make his heirs or logatees parties. THE BROOKLYN ALDERMEN, At the mecting of tno Br yn Board of Alters men yesterday alternoou' Alderman Ropes pree | Sented @ petition from the property owners on Fulton street, stating tuat they found 16 diMeuls te pay the fourth iustalment of the assessment for paving the street, aud asking an extension ot time to enable thom todo so, The p/ tion was placed 0% oration Counsel DeWitt presented a com- munication stating that the case of the city ayvainst Joou A, Lott and otaers, invelving toe quest) Rof tae levality of tae assessments UpoD lands outside. of Prospecs Park ior rhe vemedt o the Park, lad been carried to tie voart of Ap pedis, W) ere a decision An Verse to the city bad ber rendered, A bil Of costs, antountiNg ty. cg | had oven entered in tie County Clerk's offte, Counsel recommended ¢ the bit ve patd, It was resoiwed that the © | and tHilamimated on tae sal