The New York Herald Newspaper, June 10, 1875, Page 5

THE BROOKLYN TRIAL. a Ono Hundred and Third Day of the Great Scandat Suit. VINDICATING THE PLAINTIFF. Mr. Beach Addresses the Jury in Behalf of His Client. THE IMMORALITY OF TILTON. “But That Does Not Justify Beecher in Debanching His Wife.” A STRONG, EARNEST ARGUMENT. To say the court room in Brooklyn, where for over ® hundred days several reputations have been on trial, was crowded yesteraay morning would give an incomplete iaea of the immense throng which by some inexplicable means con- trived to get within the limits of the chamber. Ata fair calcnlation at least 1,300 people were Btowea away inside tne walls of a room whose seating capacity 1s just 700, They stood in a close mass down one side and up the other. The re- porters’ places were invaded, and Caldwell, the Plymouth usher, brought ral of the fraternity over and planted them in the seats assigned to one of tho morning journals of New York. The nomber of Jadies was smail and wholly different from the class who have been in the habit of at- tending. Hardly a tamiliar female face was pres- ent, Evidently the fair sympathizers with Mr. Beecher had no desire to near the eloquence of Mr, Beach; consequently there were no fashion- able bats, buried in bright flowers, to be seen, MRS, BEECHER, allalone during the latter part of the day, sat out the full four hours, pale as her whitened hair, sad and silont, showing no emotion, but steadily gazing at the face of the full-blooded, flerce, unrelenting, eutspoken man who was ad- dressing the jury with all the strength of his lunss, the faculties of brain and the intensest convictions of bis soul to convict her husband of adultery. There was pity for her in wany eyes, and when a burst of applause, promptly checked, however, rewarded one sublime effort of the speaker, where ne drew a picture of Henry Ward Beecher entering the pure and loving circle of Tilton’s household and agbauching its mis- tress, the ieelings of Mrs, Beecher may be better imagined than described. APPLAUSE FOR PLAINTIFF'S LAWYERS. When, Beach and Fullerton entered the court room the audience, clearly of a different com- plexion from tbat which has been presenton other days, burst out into applause, Frank Moulton was uncommonly cheerful. Tilton wore a qaiet air of sel'-satisfaciton, Judge Morris was positively gleeful and Fullerton showed an undisguised con- fidence In the result being a victory for the plain- | um THE AUDIENCE CAUTIONED, Before the proceedings opened Judge Nelson cautioned the audience against any demonstra- tion whatever. He told the gods in tne gallery that if they did not observe a proper degree of re- spect for the Court the gallery would be cleared, BEACH MADE AN IMPRESSION from the start. He stood up promptly at the hour for opening the proceedings. His iron gray hair fell, unkempt, down on his coat collar. His face wore its usaal sanguine complexion. Bestde him, fooking up admiringly in bis face, sat bis friend Fullerton, wearing a white tie, white vest andan appearance of restored health and strength. Tilton quietly reclined in his chair, his eyes astened upon a bald spot at the summit of Mr. Beach’s head. POINTS FOR PLAINTIFF. Mr. Beach began by referring to the fact that at last Theodore Tilton had a chance of vindicating bis character in a court of justice against a strong combination that sought to ruin it. He next spoke to the jury as to the reponsibilities they were under, and called attention to the remark of the counsel ior the defendant that he knew wnat the verdict of the jury would be, insinuating that corrupt influences might be set to work to secure verdict for the derendant; but be knew the jary were aware of tuetr obligations to God and man and would hon- estly discharge them. He was no orator like his friend Evarts; he had no epithets to apply, but he would give them logical facts, He passed on to the storm ef invective buried at the head of nis clientJor fifteen days and then took up Judge Por- ter jor an excoriation ihat may have been war- ranted, but was certainly unexpected. A ealogy of I.ton’s character followed, and a mock ealogy of Peecher succeeded. Mr. Beach expressed re- gretior the duty he had to perform, and the andi- ence jelt that, despite all the nice things the coun- sel utiered about the defendant, a time would soon come when the STORM OF INVECTIVE would be visited on Beecher’s devoted head to which Porter’s denunciation of Tilson would be as child’s play. Turning from the jury and addressing the Ceurt, the counsel laid down the proposition that the desendant was entitied to the presump- tion of innocence. He argued that the law in this case did not justify the application of the presumption, Bat even so, satisfactory evi- dence had been given of the claim made by the piainti®. it was the duty of’ the jury to give a verdict accora‘ng to the preponderance of evi- dence. Mr, Beach read from several important autrorities to support his position, and then | turped to the jury, his voice entirely coanged, having dropped to the conversational tone of a chamber lawyer, T.lton's relations with bis wife were referred to, and a few extracts of letters that passed between them were read to show the manner in which Titon had been misrepresented. Counsel promised to show instances within the past thirteen days ot the UNFOUNDED CALUMNIES given tothe jury by learned and eminent counsel against the plaintiff, and how the shield of impar- ity which the law guarantees in a court of just.ce to a party im a case bad been rudely dis- | regarded. In resuming his address after recess Beach took up Porter’s argument that Tilton influenced the preas of the country, while all the churcoes, with one or two exceptions, were on the side of Beecher. With mach force of expression counsel combated Porter's position, showing the fallacy of Tilton’s having influence on the press of the nation and the error of the statement tnat the churches were ail well disposed to Beecher. For some time Beach addr d himself entirely to knocking down the nine-pins set up by Porter, GREAT § OF prevatied when Beach, rolling forth his sentences with a power of sonorousness seldom heard befo in ® court of justice, cried ont, “If you deciare Beecher innocent you can never restore him that which be has lost. 1n his pulpit the same grand historic character he Wasbeiore. If you declare him gallty and vindi- cate Tilton you can never repair the damage he has done; you can never build ap the home he nas ruined; you can never bring desolated the love and sanctity that have fed from there forever.” BRACH’S VOICR was singularly clear ond effective. His words were well and aptly chosen, He dealt in strong, Vigorous Saxon, and bia ideas were on a level of simplicity ena Jucidness wits tne vocabuatary he made use of. Perhaps the fuest and most eftec- tive part of the divcourse was just prior to reces! when Bercn, in half @ dozen enumerasions of Tt! ton’s alieged oGences, cried out aiter each, “Bat does that justify Henry Wara Beecher in entering the home of Tilton and dedanching his wite ?” ch reached the letter of contrition before He can never again stand ap | to the hearth he | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1875—TRIPLE SHEET. adjournment, rend it and then called attention te the Bacon letter, where Tilton is calied a cowardly dog, barring at tne heels of mr. Beecher. To tnose Who give credence to the construction the | ‘lilton side places apon this remarkable letter | Beach's interpretation of the document should be conclusive, Among those on the bench were Juage rernald, | of Santa Barpara, Cal.; M. C. Smith, of New York; E. C. Maine; Rev. D. E. C. Wines, United States Commissioner to the International Congress at Rome, lialy; H. B. Stapley, District Attorney, Worcester, Mass., and E. H. Halleck, Among the | audience were Commissioner Stephen A. Ammer- mann, of Brooklyn; Montgomery Schuyler, man- ager of the World, and other well known people. MR. BEACH’S ADDRESS. Atten minutes past eleven Mr. Beach rose to address the jury. MaY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOR, GENTLEMEN OF THE JuRY—At last, geatiemen, Tueogore Tilton has an opportunity for vindication in a coart ol la’ It is the first Opportunity, Enavironed with aim- cuities and beaten upon by @ tempest of calumuy f@nd reproach unparalleled in severi'y and ettect; pursued by the power of 4 man whom the genius of Samuel Wilkeson has discovered to be “the greatest man on vur earth;” aided vy the organized Persecution of @ great church, ‘Ineodore iilion Was hounded to ms ruin, The only judgments ever passed upon Nis case, the only hearing given | 10 Lt, Was befuie @ tribuoal selected from Piym- | outn church by this defendant, with great care, | With great perception, with great regard to whe qualities and the relations of those juages, and beiore them the cause of Theogore Tilton was | tried and he was condemned, and it was imagined that that condemnation would be the permanent acguittal of Henry Ward Beecher. It was sup- | posed that a private triounal thas constituted of The friends of the accused, instructed and guided throughout all its deloerations by the counsel of the accused—it was supposed that that judgmeat would ve decisive and permanent; but every one | saw that Theodore ‘Lliton was Geprived of a hear- | ing belore that investigating committee, his evi- dence shut out, the testimony of important wit- nesses evadeu, (hose known to have a most mate- rial aud intimate acquaimtance with the merits of | that controversy ussummoned, a nasty anda snap judgment pronounced in 2 case of this character ana between men like epry Ward Beecher and | Theodore Tilton, {tis pot wonderiul that puvlic | judgment was unsatisiled. 1t was not surprising | that the public Clamor demanded a tuorough and complese investigation of this most unfortunate | transaction, and the result has been, gentlemen, | this trial. And the question, in my juagment—the great and important question upon this trial—is Whether the system ol ipfluence and denunciation and clamor waich jor a year has invesied this case | 18 to intrude Itself with success upon the delibera- | ous Of a court and jury. | ME. AND MRS, BEECHER ENTER. lowed by Mrs, Beecher and Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. He makes his way through the throng to his seat with some little diMculty, and several seats were vacated to accommodate the party. His hair is quite disnevelled and his features have | @ weary, careworn expression, | THE QUESTION 1s, whether here, in this, watch is called the temple of justice, in the preseoce of that pure epirit of | rigat and equity which is supposea to prevall in this presence—the question is, Whether here the the ingenuity and eloquence of counsel, is toover- | the spirit of our administration of the law. If | this cause Is to oe won, gentlemen, by bold asser- | | tron and clamorous power ana by confident and insulting predictions, 1 yieia the paim to my | learned adversaries, If the judgment of this jury is to be controiled by a stream of invective and vituperation, by @ repetition of scandalous and dishonoring epithets, repeated until they have pained the ear and surfeited qhe taste, I have neither hope nor care to influence your deilberations. | suppose that I speak tu men properly estimating tne preroga- tives and responsivilities cl their position. be- heve me, grneaas. this power of judgment is great and respousivie one, To-day you hold in | Your control, as my friends upon the other siae say, the destinies of the greatest preacher in ail the’ world. To-day you hoid in your hands the destiny and the reputation of this plaintiff, and more than that—you fola in your hands tne power of vindicating tie witnesses produced upon this witness siand, or consigning them 'o unperish- | able dishonor and ipfamy. It is a great powe | Whence do you derive 16? Not by the natural | right of judgment. What enables you to say to Theodore ‘Tilton, to Francis Moulton, to | Mrs. Moulton, “You are perjarers?” To | the two first, “You Te adulterers and | infamous, you dave no place to a cours of jus- tce?t Although BO man in this broad community has impeached your character for integrity and veracity. although you stand among the foremost, respectable and honored of this community, yet, | by our verdict, you shall be scouted irom this court room branded witn our judsment of in- | | famy.” A fearful responsibility attaches to such | @power, The law hus selected you as twelve in- | teiligent, honest and lawiul men to decide great | questions imvolved in this controversy. To you has been committed this case /reighted with these | immense and permanent interests. EVARTS ADDRESSED. Beacon turned toward Evarts, who looked tn- | tensely solemn, and seemed as if he were adout | to pop up and “object,” as he did so many times during the taking of the testimony. j | _ You have been sppealea to personally, Mr. Fore- | man oy my feiend, Mr. Porter. He has assumed to know the sentiments of this jury box; he bas as- sumed to say that he knows what the verdict of tuis jury will be, and | Know he has large facilities for obtatoing tnat informatiou—facilities that are denied to this plaintiff. 1 know the iofuences which have surrouuded this trial. [have seen these ominous and Nolsome shapes hovering about the outskirts of this investigation; I know the power and the ifluence of tae organizations whicn have surrounded this defendaut daring | this tria', My iriend, Mr. Evarts, wisned for the hundred eyes of Argus, He has them, and more too, and the hundred arms of Briareus—ne nas them and has had them and more too; and there Was hoe need OF nis Wishing for the guid oi Midas —ne has had toatl, too, disoursea witn great liver- ality, with anoounded generosity, and always placed where it will have tne vesteffect. But it seems {0 me & mMoSt astonishing assump- tion of prophetic power on tne part of my learned friends that in @ court of aeemed to be impartial and true, guished counsel, before the platatii is heard, snail assume to say, “Gentlemen, | know what your | Verdict will be.” Str (addressing the foreman) | you ocenplea that stand and you aanounced that | you had lormed opinions favorabic to the defend- | ant im his case, Dut You said, and in the presence of that God Whom you worsaip and revere, that you could, neverthe.ess, decide this case in ually and upon the evidence. Are you to prejudge it? Is there any counse! in this case who can ap- peal to you personally and say he Kuows what tue verdict oi this jury wii be’ “Aye, that it ‘will be an acquittta:i of Mr. Beecher withoat leaving your seats.” By what auinority does that gentieman speak? If | am adaressing gentiemen of taat char- acter, gentiemen whose judgmeut will be carried by epithet, calumny and abvose, unsupporiea by evidence; if the eloquence and oratory of counsel cal Muve*the conciusion of this jury, I nave no | hope of success Deiore you, gentieme | ‘Phe attention of the jury is securea, From Chester Carpenter to the last man all are hanging on the ringing words of Beach, who has now the earof the whole audience, The Beecher people | listen wito an effort to seem indifferent. Mrs, Stowe leans forward and her bright eyes are jastened on the speaker. “ft AM NO ORATOR AS BRUTUS 18.”” | I am not an orator as Evarts 1 | calumotes to utter; | nave no epitne na’ 1 have no | to apply; I | & plain. simple, logical argament to present toy upou the truth in this case, If there ve not | evidence enough; if there be not truth and jacts | | enough under the ordinary administration of the | rules of evidene ing OY those lessons Oo! Wis- | dom and of truth come to us from tue past; if tuere be not enough to satisty the minds | | aad consciences of twelve impartial men, | 1 waat no vergict in this 1 want no untrathfol judgment sgainst Heory Ward | Beecher. sk for no perversion of the law. | 1 ask jor no surrender of tne consciences of the pares id intelligent jndgment of this jury; | put if | bring to them these truths approved ou: the lan, Justifieu by the history of tne law--trose evi- | denves wnica the law pronounces as suficient to convict even of guilt, im the presence or the charitable presumptions of the law, then in the name of that law end its justice I demand a ver- dict, And, gentiemen, I have a right to demand. 1 have a rignt to ask, belore Tilton shall b | pevvev: veiore Moulton shall ce discreaited, berore Mrs. M witon sail be wefamed by your ver- | dict, before tne letters of Henry Wara Keecner | shall be misconstrued, before the coniessiun of | Mra, iiiton sail be disregarded ‘epied and approved us it was by the defendant in tais case), | before all the prominent and convincing elements Oo! this truth shail be disregarceu, I have tne right | to ask from you a covsideration lar more elevated and truthful than hes yet been given to these wit- | nesses. I nope to demonsirace to you that tilion | ana Moulton, upon any of tne materiat acts in this | case, have been contradicted by no singie witness except Henry Ward Beecher! Most o: the time | has been occupied ia this case by the examination | of immaterial and unimportant collateral ques tions. Ith that we bave occapted the time, | Whea you musé recollect that ali this long mvesti- gation of anundred ‘Jays nas been directed, not to the question of tne guil. or innocence of Mr. Beecher, bas to an unsustained abusive attack upon the character of iilton and Moulton and | the other witnesses on the part of the piaintift, Gentlemen, | cannot pass to the consideration of this case Witvout & singie further remark upon the adoress ot my iriend, Mr. Porter. It was a most remarkable efiort. For tnirty years that gentieman and myself have practised togetuer in the courts, There is no genUeman, in or out of | the proiession, for wnom | jeel a more aniergnea esteem ana respect, and poue tu the proiession whose qualities a3 a lawyer | more admire and re- | spect. organized power of Plymouth church, ataed by | iF | iriena, Mr, Porter,'who has given the most distin- | Mr. Beecher, flusned and nervous, enters, fol- | come the sense Of fair play and equity which 13 _ | to thei Bis glasses once ortwice, Wnen Beach exclaimed, “Thave ceen my friend Porter make an exhibition of the bighest histriontc ability, shaking bis fist in the face of my client and crying, ‘Down! down! down to neil and say Isent thee thither!’ the hit was received with aloud lnugh by the audience, Beach did not stop there, but went on to reler to the ignoble part Porter played in the drama, COMPLIMENTS TO PORTER, (have been accustomed to sceing him in tne front rank of proiessional controversy, claiming and maintaining the Joftiest honors ut the pro- fession, anu L am pained and grieved that upon this Occasion he DOs lost that place, ana appears here 4s @ subordinate, a Secondary adversary. In thal there 18 no humiliation, gentlemen, No law- yer of our profession, emiment even as Mr. Porter is, would be disgraced oy following the leadersnip of a gentleman as eminent as Mr. Evarts, It 1s | notthat, But the humtuation consists in the ig- | noble abd unworthy service; he Mas undertaken to | abuse and denounce aud culminate, and, by flerce and furious epitnets, to drive this plaintuf trom the respect of this jury and from the consideration ofthis Court, Mr, ‘Tiiton 1s said to ve tneatric, “hollow aud theatric,” | think Was the term, St gularly enongh, that accusation comes trom guisned evidences of the possession of toe highest histrionic ability. Why, you remember, gentiemen, with what display ol theatrical power, with what | v.olence Oi gesture, Witn What intemperance of speecu Mr. Tilton was assailed, lt began to be somewhat alarming, for wnen my friend Mr. Por- ter was flourishing his fst so furiously im the face of Mr. Tilton and in his sonorous and impressive tones crylug out, “Down! down! down to hell aud say L sent tnee thither!’ | felt some anxiety for the salety of my clent—(laughter)—and [ looked around with some amazement to see what had become of him, (Laugnhter.) 1¢ was gratily- | ing to me to find nim there, sitting composed and uuularmed, rather amused at the grotesqueness of the performance and wondering really what wy friend Porter thought ot bimseli, Well, sir, are you to determine the case upon suca argue ments? 18 a party in @ court of justice, appeal- ing to the impartiality aud equity of the iaw, asking from his leilow men a legal construction of his claims, of his rights, to be hunted trom court by epituets and denunciations? What sort or a cuse is it which demunds this aavocacy? And how happens it that a gentleman capable of the loitiest legal eflorts, a gentieman claiming more than adue share—and deservedly 1oo—of proies- sional renown, instead of a temperate, logical urgu- ment upoa the evidence, spending five days ina Violent axsauit upon tae opposite party und his witnesses? THE SLANDERED PLAINTIFF. IfLam not mistakeu t will show you that In all the emergencies and vicissitudes of this strange case Theodore Iilton has never departed from nis manhooa, irom the sincerity of bis forgiveness as toward nis wile aud Mr. Beecher; taat he nad ad- heredto his honor and Me plizhted word under | every circumstances, until goaded and driven py | Wrongs which could not be eudured, to the presen- tation of bis case to this Court ang this jury, And wiiy 1s that mun to besiandered as he nas been Siaudered ? Whyare ull the terms of tne vilest Jigarity and abuse in this cuurt of justice heaped upon fheodore Tilton? What nas he done? Fub- ricated a cuarge, organized & consptracy, himselr sunk in the lowest deptus of depravity, hoping to raise himselt to position and character by tbe de- struction of Mr, Beecher, snbaidizing the honesty Of bis Inlends, corrupting the mtegrity of woman- hood, suoorning perjury, Marsvalling a host of perjurers tuto tais court of justice with devilisa skui and unprincipied purpose— _ this 18 ‘Theodore = Jiltun according —_to my learned friends. Wul you recall the letters thut have veenread to you of Mr, Beecher? Willyou remember his exclaination :—1 wonder | if Kiizabeth knows now genervus Theodore has been?” “Is it possipie that we three could be again reunited? Tuecdore will have the worst to | bear—the hardest part tu bea: and througa ail | these letters, unt with the latuity of guilt Mr. Beecher reached the position whereby bis church Was driven toto active gostility—through all tne | jetcers and declarations of Menry Wara Beecher, he bore truthiul and honorabie testimuny to toe mauhood and sincerity of fueodore Tilton, And Moulton—Wwhere In Lue whole range of iriendsbip, celebrated as 1k has been by the noplest phiioso- phers anu poets, can you find auytning equal to the iributes wnich Henry Ward Beecher has paid to Meutton? [shall ask your atrention nd by particularly to this; but in passin. | suall ask you | to cousider these testimenials originating irom Henry Ward Beecher im favor of the men and of the Women whom his counsel have so bitterly and loudly denounced. Ab, gontiemen, there is the aimienity in this case. it 18 just the diMicaity which originated in the fret place—the charge of Dluckmail. 1 agree that Henry Ward Beecher is a great man—great in rateilect and rr iu mafly noble aud distinguished qualities. I snail not attempt atall to reduce tae estimate jormed of him by lis counsel, by this jury aud by the world, except that where my learned trends elevate bim to toat degree of periection that he is purely good and st . | beg exception to the statement, and Ls: attempt to show you in the course of the argument | have the honor to present to you there are some exceptions to be taken to tne character oi Mr. Beecner, | Beecher looked pleased fora moment. Beacn was apparently taking directiy the opposite course from Porter and Evarts, and using honey where they used gall. It was “Mr. Beecher,” and | the Piymouth church people gave a kindly glance ‘at the lawyer for this most unexpected courtes; Mr. Beecher grew more confident, and his face | was calmer than when he entered the court room, with forebdodings of betng flayed alive, WAY TILTON PUDLISHED BIS WIFE'S LETTERS. A very severe philippic was uttered by Mr. Por- e Violence of language, by Mr. Evarts, upon Tliton for the puolication of his wii Weil, 1 don’t Know, gentlemen, toat you ana i would be willing to appiy such severe terms of Treprepensiou to @ husband Who has found occa. sion to pubiush pis own and his wite’s letters uoder any porsibie circumstances. Lam quite willing to concede tust without real and meritorious cause an act of that character Would be indelicate. It Would be repulsive to the feelings of the husband, the sense o1 every Mau Ol honor, to puoissh a let- ler written to fim, eitmer in the confidence of maritai intercourse or in that confidence whicn sometimes attucues to communications as be- \ween business gentiemen; but f tnink we can concede the emergeacies whiten woud make tne propriety of .the pubiication Very obvious—circumstances waich neither of the parties to the correspondence would feei ary Tepugnance, but, yreldiug to the necessities of the occasi iid approve the act. What were tu nees wader whicn these pub- licattons were mage? Upon the crossexamina- tion of Mr. Tiltou oe was allowed to speak o1 the circumstances ana of the manner whica ied to tors publication, and says, “Daring tne cou- suitations | tiaa With my friend, Judge Morris, L put into ats hands He read them and suid, ‘These letters ougut to be publisheo, or at least liberal extracts trom them,’ | said ‘No; they are private jetvers, ana Lihink there 1s an impro- priety in publisuing taem.’ He said, on the con- trary. the Case Was Of such serivusness and gravity and vad been so greatly misrepresented tnat he thoagat they should o¢ publisued. He then sug- gested that gooa taste, perhaps, would be for weir publication, not here in Brovkiyn, in either of the locat papers, but at some distant point; apd at that tme a visic was made to my mouse by an agent of tn Chicago Tribune. Juage Morris made 18 acquain' d gave to this geutioman litte extracts ie letters, and 1m that way they were pubd- Now, they Were published at a time when s = € bg = lisnea.? Mr. itlton was pursued by misrepresentation and jaise public accusation, He Was represented as A brute in his comestc telations, He was coarged With (he grossest outrages upon fis wile and family, Ihe most Vulgar and debasing crimes were imputed to him; they were circulated in all the papers of the land. The only weapon of de- Jeuce he had was the testimony oi bis wile in her letters writtea under cifcemstances which gave content, entire veracity aud verity. Beach thus threw a new light upon Tilton’s mo, tive in puolishing bis wife's letters. Porter called him a dastard anda villain and many other such | handsome names for doing 80; but, as Beach said very forcibly, when he was hounded down by Mr. Beecher’s adherents im the press and elsewhere and represented as being avhorred of nis wite, he | gave these letters to the public to show the real Telations between bis wife and himsel!, TAR PLACES OF SEDUCTION. Mr. Porter atiuded tu the compiaint in this case, and to the fuct that the pisce or places of 1s aduliery were Very artiully and carefully selecte Weil, of cuurse, geutiemen, tue piaimtit in this case knew nothing; ne had no evidence of actual ovser Vail on of the offence, and a pleader drawing ® compisint in a case of this Kind games any variety of places Where be May suppose probabiy, | nuder the evuience, the offence could have been committed. 1 don’t Know, gentlemen, Waetner in (he house of Mr. Beecher or 10 the nouse of Mr. Tilton or Where this seduction, 1 there pe seduc- tion, Was accomplisned, Tuere ts no art or con- trivance Gpum we Part of the plainuft tn tms pleading or tis evidence, with a view Lo the loca- lion of the offence, that would be provable as to piace or as to time or character which would in- teriere with excuipatory proof on the part of the celendant. Lvese piices wre named irom an alleged communication irom Mr. Beecner aud Mrs. Tilton to Mr. iiiton, waen ae was led to make inquiries in regard to the time and place oF the occurrence, and upon that the simple question i Whether Mr. Tilton or Mr. Bevene:, strengthened as einer may be by the other evideuces aha the circumsrances Of this case, is to bs credited. another mistake, ie stites that Mr. Tilton dia not deny tne first interview, the arst Visit to the room of Bessie Turner, as 8 ated in ner evidence, Gen- the allegations of my learned Mouiton ana Mrs. did not deny state erally, im regara friend, that when Thtom aug Moulton were recaiied they ments which Were Made Upvn tue part oO, the de- I may make this remark, if 1 please Your { the question Was presented, when our Witnesses were recalied (0 the stand, to your dis- Jon, Whether it Wos proper tor us, where direct Nee, {or mer evidence given by ONS Witnesses, Was in COnMiet With allegations made by witn subseqnentiy produced by tne defeuce, Wueu | Was necessary to reassert & Coatranction when | our Witmesses were revatied. Beach's feiercice to Porter created a marked | pio or to say to mo and also to Mr. Porter that it | Sensation, Porter became Mdgetty amd took of | Was uonecessary, and Mr, Evarta very promptly I uuderstood Your ours, | 18 of fac concurred in that conclusion, Now there 1s not an instance in tuls case, genticmen, Where avy adverse testimony with reference to a single witness of elther.as to declaration or anything which Not a single instance where there 1s & want of contraaiction, and | make the deciaration that in a careful examination of the proof in this case, relring upoo the instructions that were given to us by the Juage. we don’t pass through with ali tee evidence oi Henry Ward Beecher, for instance, or Bessie Turner, or Mrs, Ovington. or any one else, Whereupon the direct examination of our witnesses had sworn to facts, to deciara. tions and circumstances Which stood In direct contradiction to the witnesses on the part of the defence. WHAT DORS NOT JUSTIFY BEECHER, It 18 not very imporiant, gentlemen, im regard to the rudeness, the coldness, the suikiness, tne moodiness; the conduct of Theodore Tilton in his household is nota matter of imperative concern before the jury. He may have been all that Bessie ‘Yurner represents him to be in the restlessness of his nature; he may have wandered, as she ridi- culously said, trom bed to bed to find a soit place upon whicn to rest; he may be iudicrous in bis habits; but neverticless, gentlemen, berore a court and jury he may assert the sanctity of that nome thus disturbed py bis iolbles, if it be so. He nad been harsh and cold at times in the domestic circle; he may have been stern and moody toward that delicate and sickly wile if Bessie Turner 13 to be believed, but it gave to Henry Ward Beecher no license to trespass upon that honsenold. Jt imay have alienated the affections of the wife, 1t may have cvoled the fervor of her afections, 1t may have shaken her reverence for her home and ner marriage tie, but it gave to Henry Ward Beecher no Warrant to take advantage Of those circum- stances. Jt is no excuse jor Henry Ward Beecoer that theodore Tilton was @ harsh and unioving husdand, if that be trne, It Goes pot deny the truth of this accusation that that was a disturbed and discordant household. It may be srue; that We will see about, It may have been an eucour- agement to Henry Ward Beecher to assail its sacred purity, out itis no justilcation for the act. And so through all this revelation of collateral issues should ¢ been forced upon this jury. = | Grant that Theodore Viton was the admirer of Victoria Woodhull, a8 he was her enlogist in her biography, grant that he Was odious and debased in lis habits, grant that he trespassed upon the proprieties o: lite, grant that he was less than a man and vier than a urate when at Winsted, as they say he seduced the girl tatrusted to pis care. Grant ail (nls, does 1b answer this case? Does it overturn the confession o1 tne Cefendant? Does it wipe Chose stormy and passionate letcers from which my learned [riend Nas read s0 Itberaily to you? Does it reveal the history of those three years’ penitence aud remorse ? Are we to be told When # conviction Ls asked for 1m a charge of ts nature that the piaintifl 18 merely a libertine, and, therelore, all that the defendant nas todo ts to show that, and then he will merely by that escape the judgment of tne law? It being now one o'clock, the Court took the | usual recess, AFTER THE RECESS, Half the audience remained in the court room during recess and subsisted, as best they could, on apples, cruilers aud peanuts. The other hait | came rushing back to find, in many instances, their seats seized upon. The anxtety to near Beach had increased since the opening, and hun- dreds made unavailing application for admission, for already the court was “packed,” to use a familar illustration, like a box of sardines. Several ladies, overcome by the heat, left the chamber. Mr. Beach and the Tilton lawyers, with friends in their wake, came in a little after the regular time, and without a moment's delay Beach set to work at bis task of Gemulishing Por- | ter. The ex-Judge sat over near the jury, gazing with a curious expression of face at beach, his old friend of thirty years’ standing. Mr. Beecher tatled to return to the cqurt in the afternoon, and the only representative of the Beecher family, except the deiendant’s wife, was D., Edward K. Beecher. cess 1: has always been the custom of the Plymouth brethren to crowd around the pastor, who was always jocose and communicative, and shake him by the hand or otherwise salute him, Yesterday nothing of this kind happened. Mr. Beecher sat silent and moody, spoke to no one, looked the picture of wretchedness and left the court abruptly. THE TILTON DOCUMENTS, Mr. Beach continuea :—In repect to various let- ters and documents which Air. Tilton tn tue course | o1 thislony and vexed controversy heretofore has been compelled to use, he bas been charged witn garbling. Keterring to the letter of oruary, which Mr, Tiltoa bad occasion to use in swora statement submitted to the committee of in- Vestigation, and from which ne quoted, Mr. Porter, referring to the quotation and the use made of it by Mr. ‘lilton, says, “And yet the dastard to whom tuat letter jy addressed published it in a form which was garbled, faise and lorged—in & form in which 8.e 18 represented as Conicssing the infamy which be now charges, and he suys, since 1 commenced tnis suit 1 have surnished troe copy.” The form in which the quotation from tue letter of Mrs. Tilton is reproduced vy Mr. Tilton is this, that previous to the period of rf nal imtimacy, one of the reasons which Mrs. says she had for accepting such attentions Irom Mr. Beecher was the fact tuat she had been much | G.stressed by what she had aeard irom pim, und | that she could best in that way reach the recesses of his moral nature, and in Febraary, 1868, she wrove, “Lo love is praiseworthy, Dut to'abuse the giftissim. Here lam strong, No demonstraions or fascination would cause me to give my womanhood.” And Mr. Porter says (bis 1s garbled, sorged and fase in its septuments, in- tent aud effect, But Mr. Ttiton says, “I quoted it Asa Oeanciful Ulustration of her own sense of the dignity of her s¢X and of herself as respecting it.” Mr. Tilton from the commencement was modiy- ing the offence o1 bis wife, Was maintaining her lovegrity a8 a wtie, was oelleving, us 1 think, in the purity of her ‘nature and the spotiessness of her sin aud the circumstances under which it was committed. In this statement was represented, with what fidelity to her womanhood and to her marriage vows, with what adherence to the policy sae accepted the intimacy of Mr, Beecher, teheving in his previous moral transgressions, as 1 will show you by and by; and yet, oy faith in per ows Womaunood, beet in ber own drm integrity, aoa by the nature of tne influence which she knows she exertea on Mr. Beecher, This woman, at the time to whicd reierence is wade, was maintaining all the characteristics of this policy faction, Sue deserves no reproaca; there is mis-, conception or misrepresentation of the letter of Mrs. Tilton, and this quotation on the part of my lvarned friend was ungencrous, Nay, it was cruel and unjust to assume that it WAS GARBLED AND FORGED, and all for the mere p e of induiging ina violent attack against Mr. Tilton. But tae most astonishing thing Was the remarkable position Mr. Porier cook im that florid display ne gave of the friends and toe influences whica bave gathered around Mr, Beecher tm the cours: of this trial, and the aosence Ot ail encouragement and sup- port im aid of Mr. diltoa. fms exéraor- cinary display was meant for some- thing. It was very weil to deseripe Mr. Beecuer as possessing ali the Christian virtues worcn have been attached to his character. It was a matter Of policy to poast that those assumed qualities bad cohected about him ait tne piety ana the inteih- gence and respectablitty of tue communicy tu the hope that such # character might imduence the jury in regard to Mr. Beecher and tne respective merits of this case. Lam notiavorabie to that mode of argument. Considerations of that character are not segitimate or pro.essional when addressed to the intelligence of the jury. But as they nave been reserted to it will be well to lewrn whether they are well foundod. — Counsei on the other side found a iittie dificulty on tns subject, because the leading pap-rs that were daily presenied to his observation satisfied him that in this outer inteiligence among this larger jury to whic he appeaied, there were some wao were boid enough to advocate the claim of Mr, Tilton, and to question the spotiess and pure ioteg- rity of Mr. Beecuer. All the host of the leading papers im every section of the country, who are, with a keen intenigence and logic, examining this case and this evidence, as it has been presented to this jury, and expressing conciusions wo! did hot meet the approbation of my learned friend—why, they are Tiltonisms, intimating that tuey are written by Mr. Titon, Mr, Tiiton con- trois the press of tnis counrry, and that tha almost uolorm aad univ al Juugmenutof taat press is a judgment forme for effect upon this ju Weil, it ts HIN Provostiion'! But does my iriend cousider the moral of this statement’ Does my iriend ce nat the highest meeliect of the coun most fear- less vf invesugation, is around tee leading datly press of thre land; thatin ne depart- ment of science, of ari, of learning, of business, Is there such am association of cultivated aud pra tised intellect comnectea ing and marvellous enterprise as are agsocrated in the day press of tis land? Is he ignorant of the fact thut the press is at once the educator and the representative of public sentimeat? Aud When he taiks about these Iiitonis.ns in the lea. ing DeWspapers in this connery ne Is uttering the puolic condemnation upon the cause on trial. [t is HOt Au arzoment to control the inteiligem the consciences of this jury. 1 would hi ashamed to have a:uded to tt but fur the incor - tect exampie v my REEC But, then, all society The reverend and the learned of every denomina- Hon, the Caristian of every sect, according to Mr. Porter, are gathered im one waiforin and Zealuus defence of Mr. beeener. is chattrue? Where are they? Where is vr. Storrs? Where is Dr. Guyler? Where is Dr. taimager Where ts Dr. Hudinaton? Where is vr. Duryea? Where is Dr. Van Dy«e, and ali the other lis: os eminent Christian pas have not seen them witn ready wna ty hands supporting Henry Ward Heeener, f have seen Miymonih ehurci in all its glory; f have seen tae of Heury Ward Beecher gat upon this trial, sheauing alt ther infuen and ou of the court in his favor; but where, beyond the wails of flymonih church, are these great and gvod mea Woo testify their ener in the Ine tegrity of Henry Ward Beecher and taeir devotion to nis detence. Bat when uertake to boast Of the pre-omineuce oF ney an- nett oll- Immediately after re- | y Way of apology for, | With Ene most astonish. | 1 to tne pit They are not here; and ther ab- | | Bence is No evidence of guilt, voted and | ent, and to exult that there is 4 w bout this mous rally of Christian sentim fallen preacher, 1 am disposed to dispaie the po- | sition, Quite willing would | be to submit to the | judgment either of the press, the public opinion or | the Christian sentiment of tois nation. But tnese | are loreign and improper topics jor discussion in this court reom. Each of you may well say in | the iasguage ana in the spirit of the Jew, ‘‘An oath, an oath; 1 have an | oath in beaven, and shall I lay perjury to my | soul?” And the moment the judgment ot th jury departs from the evidence and the law, the moment it hstens to those seductions of oratory | and to these impure spproaches, they will pe treacherous to their duty and false to their oaths, | lask no influence of this cbaracter. 1 don’t ask | of this jury, intelligent and responsible men, per- | igeming the most solemn and sworn duty of their lives—I don’t ask them to surrender toeir jude- | Ment to the’bidding of any man or any Claas, Whetner they be secular or Corlstian, whether they be newspapers or public orators—and when | 1 am Je into the discussion of these foreiga topics it is not with any view or purpose of approucbing their convictions by y such appeal, but to represi wnat 1 think the danger- ous uppeals made on the part of my learned friends, I Rave the mea ut thougut it hecessary or appropriate, to satisly my learned friend, Mr. Porter, that ne greatly erred inthe professionwl judgment founded upom this case, But what is the opinion that has to do + with this case or with this jury except the opinion which proceeds from this Bar, and so far | as ic is entitied to tne approbation of this jury. NO CONSUMMATION IN THIS CASE | could be more gratifying 10 my client, as to those | who aid him io the aksertion oj nis rights upon this | triul, than that bis wile loved bim witn her early | devotion and with her early purity. But Mr. Por- | ter gives Us the assurance that she does love nim, | and produces the singular antithesis which is ex- | pressed in this language :— vs Itis one of the things which seems tome marvellous | in the sight of men, and only explainable when we | shall be able to look’ at it with the hight which comes from Omnisclence, that that woman (referring to Mrs. | Tilton), louthing this man as she does (reterring to Mr. | Tilton), to this hour loves him as I have never seen a | woman love ainan yet, It is the strangest anomaly have ever witnessed in the whole ge of my Hite, the | most idolatrous (I suppose he means “iove") and’ the most abje A Well, that 1s seemingly an irreconcilable incon- sistency, that Mrs, Tilton should at once love and joathe ser husoand; that that love and loathing shouid be expres: by the conduct she bas pur- sued and vy (ne pesition which she has assanied in this controversy, and toat avy human being should asserts to intelligent, feeling men that that woman still loves tne hus- vand of her youth and the father of her children, at the very time she confesses that she loathes him with a bitter and an utter loathing, is one of the most remarkable exhtoitions I nave | ever Witnessed, It seems to me i tms lady had beem left to the impuises and instincts of ‘her better nature, if the forgiveness waicn covered her sin in 1570, and the 1ove and charity | which took her again to the bosom or her bns- | | baud; i the policy of protection to the wile bad | produced t'8 just, legitimate and affectionate in- | fluence upon ber nature; if sne nad been true to | the policy of lorgiveness and silence which her | Dusband followed, none of these sad cousequenc: would have been exaibited to this jury to-duy. T! Stain, the shame which has settied oo tne house- hold can never be lifted, Those chiidren, pure st suffer stil, | or his reck- forced tis issue and these conse- | quences to the community and to the individuals | has assumed a& mighty responsibil! a yet, | with un equal responsibility forced upoa you, you stand in an atsitude of equal prominence, of | equa power and responsibilty, and you cannot, gentlemen, Whatever my iriend Porter may say On the subject, or anybody else, you cannot shilt the :esponsioility. TILTON’S GRAY HAIRS. Much stress bas been laid upon tho fact that | Theodore ‘Tilton with nis ind oa the Bible had sworn to the godless lie that he had no gray hairs, | io contradiction of the testimony of Bessie Turner. | He was surprised tbat so much importance should | be given oy Mr, Evarts anu Mr. Porter to sacha trivial iact, The trath Ww at Tliton had no gray hairs, but in writing to his wile he does as- sert tnat he had, ‘rue inwaidness.” Where does Mrs. Tilton learn this phrase? She had been under the teac! ings Of @ maa who used such expressions as that, and vetter proof could not be desired as to ite authorship, it 18 @ little remarkable that she did not ure it, but that Mr, Beecher used it. He read from one of the pastor’s letters to Mrs. Tilton in waich Mr. Beecher writes ner to “send me a letter of true inwardness.”” Well, then, what becomes of all the argument tnat Tilton was the author of purase, when it turns out that it was the | “master of the bey oes language,” ‘the elecution- | .”’ Henry Ward Beecher ¢ Mr. Beach repelled the idea that Tilton for many years has entertained maitgnant feelings toward Mr. Beecher, He did not mean to say Theo- | dore Tilton loved Henry Ward Beecher; but the man_ who can overcome passions and resentment | ust have some principle of rignteous- ness and justice within him to supdue bis pas- | sions. Taik about hatred of Beecher! Way, if it be true that Beecher, tne chosen and confided | trend of the house, devauchea the mistress of the | houseboid and the mother of his cniidren, is there @ husband or a fasher on the earth that will won- der that Tilton should feel indignation? This suit is | | notior revenge. No, Not all that you can do, nor ail that the Court can do, will satisiy the longing _ of that revenge, so long as the tempter and the sedacer of tne breathe the same air ‘as the | | living husband, With all this tem dore Tilton has withneld and stayed itis marvel how he could bear cal | wrong while having on his side justice | The andien piauded and the Court rebuked | the interruption, saying, ‘Tue best way to snow | respect for the speaker was not to interrupt aim, | TILTON’S CITARACTER. Mr. Beach then reierred to the question of the isposition of the “mission fund” and said ne would show how Mr, Tilton was driven to make & comparison :etween uimself and Mr. Beecher on that occasion. Tals point had pveen made | bis learned Irsends to impress on the minds of the jury that Theodore Tilton was an egotist. that be | was fali of wretched conceit, that meanness was his make-up, tnat he was aespicavie trom head — to foot. This character was to be given to him, | and it shall not be in the testimony of false facts, he would not say of salse logic. Mr. eh t read from the cross-examination of Tilton on & mission fund question, wherein he is asked as to whether he said he had overreacted Mr. Beecher | on that question. Very much has been said about this so-called | “Troe Story,” as to its essential characteristics | and the uses made of it here on (his trial, That paper would be made the subject of discussien hereatter. Mr. Porter asserts that Mr, Titoa when first examined on that “Troe Story’ pro- nounced 2¢ true, but when it was resurrected through Mr. Redpath it was false, He could not | understand suca a statement, and it could not be | permitted to go uncontradicted, because 1 that | Statement were true ne could not argue against | such a demonstration, except It were ,or want of memory. tnen read irom the testimony of | Tilton, Wherein he telis Of speaking to Dr. Storrs on the subject of tne “Frue Story.” Thiton says:— “I reed the paper to Dr. Scorrs, Who said, ‘on, before I can consult with you on this subject you sure ine Woether this narrative is the plain truth, w is called in @ court, ‘Tue truth, the whole trath, and notatng but tue tratn,’”? and Tilton replied, “fs Dot the whole trata, it 18 only ® part of the trath; but it is all that Lam wiliing te give the public.’ In oti evidence Tilton explains the circumstances which arose and wuien lea to its being written, He explains it in reference to diMlicnity arising from the lewter of “A Complaining Friend” aad of the “Tripartite Covenant.” ie Says in ais testimony that “in De- cember he prepared another document which was true story, it was @ faise stery, as Mr. written not a they attempt to s:ek to impeach oder on such acharge? Had not Milton ana Porter dota said “thas truth needed no si m."’ Then why do they resort to uch stratagem as this ? Mr. Porter in bis relation, referring to thé letter written to a triend in the West, “nad said that it Was intended tor tne puolic eye.” Mr. Porter cnarge | that Tilton prepared this ietter and |sia it away for future use against the imvegrisy and the pocket o: Henry ard Beecher. it would seem a weil-direcved device im pursuit of the hne of pulicy adopted, Mere Mr. Jeach read irom the evidence of Lilton, in relation to the “Complain- ing Friend” letter, in which Tilton gives his rea- sons for that publication as being rorced by public pressure in regard to the Woo ihull pudlication— a@ pressure which demanded that ue, Mr. Beeeher, Mr. Bowen, all should explain. “Tis pressure was in Brooklyn. in the church, the very air | seemed to rest upon us.” Mr. Beecher desired | chat they should cut the tripartite cov “Complaining Friead’’ letter succeeded t an aaswer to the charge of its laid away for furure ose, the fact was thas it Was paoiivned. Mr. Triton ts charged witn | garbiing the letter of apviogy, and of tailing to give that part whica is most favorable to Mr. | Beecher, This was a serious accusation, and one Which Would not have been made uniess they, on the other side, considered 12 to be of great impor- tance.. In the Bacon letter so much of the lewer of apology is puolished, “1 ask Theodore Tiitor forgiveness, and | would befor " puted base unmautiness to 1 at | ne had represented vim as being “a koave and a | who Was subsisting the magnanimity of | opject of this letter, | en; it Was intended as aw made against ‘tilton. | 5 Beach asserted that there 18 not a word | from noginning to end of that document imput- ing the slightest offence einer to Mr. Beecner | orto Blizabetn KR. Tilton, Ltstields both, it ae- jends dota, But when this man was cailed by Dr. Bacoo, un eminent divine, & Christiag man, ‘a knave aud a Gog, the dependant of Beecher,” and as iving only by the iufluence of Beecner, was | Theodore Tilton to oe #tui and to suomit quietly to this imputation? I doubt, with all mis intei- lectual power and genius, which once carried him acie of renown, he could | fiited his nevd above the pavement resting ot | that imputation. Witiour passion or epithet he | ee the simple relation of admitted and Known | and the West charges. The part omitted “Bur oMpers must live and suffer, * * sions of another,” Nish that’ As fair and honorable gentiemen, Mr. Beuck appealed to bis lcarned tien | Whether there Was any unfairness the quota- ' thon of that letter by Tilton; whe u qaota- | these cities would | nd leitand the Board had an intorm: ie cls With regara to Mts dealing with the church | regret the anforvenete termination A @ gallant was, | man’s tiie. She ts | Cuities#—sinned against, bearlug the trangres- | ry Still, tne two mea who were buraed to Did they want Triton to pud- | the fire at No. 877 Seventh tion was not confined in @ most feelin; toward Mr. beecher and withous any’ eas of impurity on his part toward Mrs, 1 Mr. tilton bad ad that Mr. Bo ad apologized to him and had poinred to a direct connection with Mra. What would tn mai hness and affecUon of (bis husband toward tn wil Hoth counsel had sald that Tilton in the sammer of 1874 had sept vy Kedpath word to Mr. Beecnert that he was going to change that relation and alter his case. ‘There is not in this narrative a single word justifying that use. filton did np send word to Beecher by Kedpath tnat ne was ong to charge adu!tery, to that hour e had beeu working to shield Mrs, Til ton, It was with him not only the palicy of silence, but of misrepresentation, and in pur suit of this course he had represented tne offence ol Beecher as being that of “improper solicita- tions,’ There is not au instance where Tilton has asi tly Said that the crime was Bos adultery; bus itis true that all througn Mr, Tilton had de- clared his wile was pure and the offence of Mr. Beecher was ‘improper advances.” The Bacon letter, they say, Wasa hostile act, Mr. Beecher adinits a wrong. The Bacon letter impates noth- ing more. ine ty the ire of Mr. Beecher, There 0 the defendant in precipitating snis controversy upon the plainuf’ and the padlic, with all ite dreadful consequences. In conclua Mr. Beach referrs mony o! Mrs. Mouiton, which his learned friends had Claimed showed t! she bad understood 10 August last (Rat she was to be a witness inacrim, con, suit to be brought by Theodore Tilton against Mr. Beecher. Hesaid there was nothing in tae testimony to justify the imputation that she ar- Tanged to be a witness on this trial, and that the first idea she had of there being a trial was when, in August last, Tiiton sald, being dissatjsfed wito Frank Moulton’s short statement, that he woald “take Nis suit into a court of justice where he would be fairly dealt witn.’? Court was is fore it was now four o’clock, and the thereujon adjourned till the usual nour noon, DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS. RESIGNATION OF GENERAL CHARLES K. GRAHAM, ENGINRER-IN-CHIEF—VANDERBILT'S TERMINAL FACILITIES. A meeting of the Dock Commisston was held yesterday, Chauncey M. Depew, counsel for the New York Central and Hudson River Katlroad Company, made @ verbal request for the assign- ment to the railroad company of the bulknead line along the pler at the foot of Fifty-ninth street and half of the pier at the toot of Stxtieth street for the reception of the company’sireightage. Mr. Depew wanted the franchise given tree, and, ad- dressing President Wales, said:—*The lack of ter- | minal facilities sends to Boston sixty per cent of the grain shipped over this road, and you, gentle- | men, make a mistake in not encouraging just such work a8 we are engaged tn, Boston, Pail deipbia and Baltimore encourage transvortation companies, and thus get the irade. Eivher of ive us the franchise free,”? Mr. Wales stated that tue Board would give Commodore Vanderbiit tne bulkheads desired at a Tentul of $500 per year, and he had no doubt this offer would be satisfactory to te Central Ratl- Tvad Company. Mr. Depew seemed to be satisfied iscus- fiual action, sion on the subject, but Gid not tal President Waies luformed the representatives of the press that General Charlies K. Graham, En- gineer-in-Chief of the Dock Department, had seat 10 his resigaation, but that no immediate action would be taken upon it. A communication was received from 8 sub-com- mittee o: Tammany Hall, asking why the reauc- tion nad been made in the wages of unskilied labore: President Wales submitted the draft of @ reply, Which was opted. Preside! deciined to give the letter lor publication untit baa been transmittei to the committee, The Board then went into executive session, ct a INDIGNANT STREET CLEANERS. A mecting of the ash and dirt cartmen em- ployed by the Police Department was held yester- day afternoon at Hibernia Hall, No. 28 Prince street, Mr. James B, Hackett in the chair. The object of the meeting was to appoint acommittee quest a return to the old rate of payment. Pre- vious to August, 1874, the met employed in cart- ing the soil from the streets were paid $4 a day. Jn the latter part of August the rate was reduced fifty cents, and now a lurther reduction of twenty- five cents has bee ordered. Allowing six work- ing days for each week, the men at the new rate will be enabied to earn ® gross sum of $78 a month. From this sum $24 must be deducted for the board of the horse and $3 Jor shoeing, wrich leaves the man $51, or $1275 a week. Many men wWDo are thus employed by the Street Cleaning Bu- ies tO support, and they diag of their wages ibe A BOON TO THE SCHOOLBOYS. At yesterday's meeting of the Park Commission Sresolution was passed permitting boys of the pudlic schools to play ball im Central Park op Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week, under certain restrictions. Applicants must be sixtees years of age or under, regular at nts atone Of tne public scnools, and, before permit is ‘anted to them, they mast present a certificate from the principal of the school to which they ere attached, certifying to tue tacts that they are pupils of good character, not over sixteen years of age and are not members of any o1 the disrep- utaole clubs with whica the city 1s iniested. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. In the session of the Fire Commisstoners yester- day Commissioner King offered a reso tution providing for reductions tm the clerical force, the money to be thus saved amounting to about $16,000. The reso- lution was referred to the heads of tho bureaus af- fected by such reduction, and it is likely will be considered on Wednesday next, im connection with reports from those officials. MUNICIPAL NOTES. It is now well understood that the agony of our local politicians as to the appointment of a sae cessor <0 Police Justice Sherwood will be settled to-day. Mr. P. G. Daffy, princip: f Grammat School, No. 29, in Greenwich street, is salt to be the lucky candidate. The Board of Aldermen hold their regular weekly meeting this aternoon, when Mayor Wickham will probably send in Mr, Day's name for confirmation, if no change is made in the programme. The gentieman is about thirty-five years of age, was born in Ireland and is a graduate of Columbia Coliege Law School, He 1s a member of the Tammany Hall General Com- mittee of the First district. His bye will gratily a large number of warm nds sot only im the LJ ward, where he 1s best Keown, bution all parts of the city. ‘The sub-committee of tne Tammany Hall Com- mittee on Organization appoiated to inquire into the reduction of jaborers’ wages have msmit- ted a letter to each of tae city departments information as to the reasons for their matter. A reporc from these gentio+ Committee on t requestin: acvion In y be sent to th ‘The Legis! into New York city erimin: H the City Hall this afternoon. The investigation is ligely to ve an portant one and may some peculiar tri rr in the management ef ine Police Department and the judiciary. Commissioner of Public Works Porter will sen@ a communication to the Board of Aldermen to-dag on ti labor question. He will probably e his reasons for acqaiescing in the resolution authorig- ing a reductiva of laborers’ wages. CORONERS’ CASES. Jane Reynolds, fifty years of age, living at No 215 East Forty-first street, w: ing clothes op a pully line attached to a fifth story window yes terday morning, when she lost ner balance and fell to the pavement below, killing herself in stantly. coroner Bickhod nas charge of the case, James Foselstick, of No. 314 West Thirty-seventa street, lell dead yesterday in the cabinet shop of Derlitn Brothers, No, 176 Elizabetn street. He is supposed to have nad heart disease. ‘The body of an unknown man was found off pier No. 1, in the Nortn River, yesterday morning. He was about thirty-five years of sandy beard and was oressed tn a white linen coat, dark blue coat and boots. Coroner Kessler conciuaed tne inquiry yester- day in the case of Captain Wiliam H. Brow who, it Wil be remembered, commuttea suicide wv vents on the 4th instant at No, 21 West Twenty: street by cutting is throat wita a razor. Jacts were elictted, as the Coroner very pro: refused to make any inquiry rd to the ri white ‘aliowea by the deceased just be- fore nis di , and which bore the “Be Satiafed,”’ since it waa none of hi and woul doubtless have compromised of very estima’ e0) am be Meren' ly nat avenue some time ago, was concluded yesierday at the Ouroners’ office, The jury rendered a verdict of deato trom as te hae exonerated the police and fremes om a es ‘The inquest in the case of Joh) \