The New York Herald Newspaper, June 18, 1875, Page 4

4 “THE SCANDAL TRIAL One Hundred and Ninth Day of the Great Suit. BEACH'S TERRIBLE DENUNCIATIONS The Double Dealing of the De- fendant in the Past. THE BASE CRIME KNOWN. “Tear from this Man the Outer Covering and See the Rottenness Within.” THE INSUFFICIENCY OP BEECHER'S REMORSE, “Clutching Plymouth Church by the Throat and Keeping It Still” ‘The crowd tn the court room was not as large yesterday as on the previous days of Mr, Beach’s Address, still there were quice enough present to make the atmosphere of the chamber close and heavy. Fewer ladies than usual were on band, Among them was au elderly, paie, delicate mem- ber of the Sbaker community, who gave an atten- Mive ear to what was said. All manner of people have visited the trial. who strained their necks to cavch every syllable of the iearned lawyer’s speech yesterday were of the mecnanic class. Tickets are no longer of any potency and the rule is first come first served. Mr. Beecher, healthy and happy to ali exterior evidence, came in on time, accompanied by bis wile aud daughter-in-law. He heard the strong, sententious invecuve of Mr. Beach with an at- tempt at pleasant todifferenco; but the great preacher’s head would at times droop torward on his breast, bis = eye: woul close and his manner show a sensitiveness to the keen and trenchant presentation of the charge Against him. Mr. beach spoke with strong effect, tnd at times with a superior degree of eloquence, He dealt chiefly with Beecher’s letters and tne taurtous expressions they contain. He was es- pectaily forcible in Lis comments on the quotation trom the letter of apology. “She 18 guiltless. | conjeased hia sin he would be forgiven. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1875.—-TRIPLE SHEET, your energies ons hopeless task.’ Counsel tn- quired What was tuis nopeless task and why this despairing tone on the part of a man so powerful as Beecner and so innocent of the crime attrib- ‘Uted to him as his counsel say? INTRINSIC CHARACTER OF BEECHER. Proceeding with his address alter recess Mr, Beaen said they should get out of their own conscious’ conceptions and get ag near as possibie to this man (Beecher) and find oft and understand all his qualities, It is cer- tain that the theory of Moulton, expressed in his letter to Beecher, that he could Stand if the whole case were. published to- morrow, was founded on tie belief that if Beecher All men are sinners, and the teaching of God 1s to cou! and tue promises are that repentance will meet | with werey and forgiveness for the sin repented ‘Tne majority o/ the people | | have Simned against, bearing the transgressions of | another.” Here was An admission, be held, as clearly defined as any that could be given of an Offence that bad been committed, and that of- fence they contended was adultery. REVERENCES OF THE ADDRESS, Mr. Beaca tegen by reference to Mr. Beecher’s letter to Moulton, waerein Dr. Storrs comes in for some words o! censure and abus and 1s ac- | cused of trying to Jorce @ conflict betweea the | writer and Tilton, in which Storrs hopes to ruin the former. Couasel called attention to the fact that Storrs and Beecher were friends of twenty- five years’ standing; but because the jormer, in wccordance with the dictates of his duty, urged an investigation that could never harm Beecher if he were innocent, Dr. Storrs is visited by the former with his most venomous aad implacable maledietions. Counsel insisted that seusivic men could not hesitute to say what the motive was ‘hat dictated the writing of tnat letter. Alluding to the occasion of Beecher’s meeting with Tilton when the former was accused of adultery by the latter, counsel dwelt at some length and with considerable force and eloquence on tue conduct of Beecher taking this man Tilton to bis heart, eulogizing him 1a pablic, writing of Bim to Moulton tuat a6 Was 4 most generous Iriend, aud all this after Tilton had accused mim of THE BASEST CRIME KNOWN so morais and religion. ‘Tear from this mao,’’ ried Beach, ‘the outer covering and witness she rottenness of the sepuichre witnin!” Ran- ning over Beecherts experience aud accomplish- ments, fulfilling Shaxespeare’s picture ia Hamlet of @ complete man, counsel said they asked to believe that “suca ® man incapan. of ucderstanding the charge was that Tilton made against vim, and that bis sin- plicity and tenderness were so great that he sould not defend his honor as a man and @ Cnris- tian. Judge Porter had said it was an indednite and Gonamed offence. Three witnesses Lad sworn it Was adultery, it was not necessary for Beecher to say in bis letter of apology that he was &@ aduiterer, {t ‘vas periectiy well understood, His whole life ior four years was Diazoned with the pamea seducer, libertine, adulterer, iaise prices, Hels A SACRILBGIOUS ADULTERER. Gis priestly roves are besmeared with biasphe- mous lust. Nor can all the snouts of his godly sycophants wipe out the indelible infamy of the man, “Are we to be deluded,” exciaimed tm Speaker, ‘with the idea that this man ts too pure and noble to err and to sia?’ Passing ow to Cousider the question of Mra. Til- ton’s separation from her busband, Mr. Beach asked how was the eaigma to be solved that siter Mra. Tilton was won back to the affections of her husbind Beecher was advising her separation from him, From that time, unti she was brought through the machiaations of Heury Ward Beecoer @nd his emissaries to testily against her husoand before the Plymouth Church Committee, Mrs. Tilton hived in constant communion with Mr. Tul ton. Counsel asked if Tilton was wil that Besse Turner represented simto be,a brate at some anda debauchee abroad, why should Beecher be plunged in such terri anguish ana remerse, as his letters stow, tor advising a cours+ that, under the circumstances, any Christian maa would have recommended. Mr. Beach referred w THE VARIOUS DEVICES resorted to by Beecher in coajunction with Tilten and Moulton to keep tne scanda! quict—Ueecher latching Piymoutn church by the throat to keep it still, and Moutron tylag up the stormin other directions, and for what all this trouvie? What was sin? simply that he vad Advised Bowen to discharge the profligate Titon from th: charge of the greate Jaristian paper im toe iaod, that he bad advised separation between Mrs. Tilton and her husband, and that Qe Was the unegnscious vuject of Mrs. Tion’s ove, These were lus sins whose tareatened *Xposure filled bem with the “norror of great darkuess.” Couugel asked why was this man (Beecher) syens tor three years woen he hag the power 0! demonstrating his innocence? If bis sia Was in advising Mrs. Tiiton to jeave her husband ob WRONG INFORMATION of Tilton’s character, why did not Beecher stand ap and proclaim to the world that he had been deceived? Counsel held that the defendant was an accumplee in a series of lies to stife the Scandel, and read os!ange from Burns’ advice to & young friend on illicit indulgences ana the fesuits of lying to conceal them aod how con- ceglinent Bardens ai! within and pecrifies the feeling ere Mr. Beach jauscned out into an cieqaent pletare of Be who, looking irom the windows Of his house, could see tue home ne had rusmed and Cenciated and from his position on the witness Stand looked into the eyes of the victim of his iust who Was jollowed in the «treets aud lato tae ed predisete ufthe Court by the woman he noua sebagehed and who Maunted her jove and devotion for Mth im the face o\ the jury. Counsel then ri f@Fred to Beecher's jetier in whicn he prociaime Wis intention of “making @ *tatement whicn shoald bear the light ofthe Judgment Day," and aeked Why snouid ne depreome the pudiiedtion of ‘card by MWiten if he coud write a statement 40 true ond jorcibe taat it could > the light of tue Jaugment Way, Portus, Beecher wrote to Movies, “Prank, i wou bot have jou Was | cations which surrounded Mr. | the Church and (hi of, Counsei beid that the letters of Beecher to | Moulton bore internal evidence tuat the writer was conscious of having committed # great sin and wrought greatruin, Dweiling on the susp+ cion of suicide suggested by bis letters, Beecher, as counsel contended, was ol that tender and sen- sitive mature that, feeling he had done an irre- trievable crime, he saw no course belore him to avoid the consequences of the ignominy but sul- | cide, MOULTON’S FRIENDSHIP. Be alluded to the testimony of Francis U. Moul- ton, and having read extracts from Beecher’s let- | ters reposing the most unbounded love and conf dence in Moulton, he calied attention to te sud- den chaoge in the Plymouth pastor’s disposition, how Moulton was denounced in terms of wither- ing inaignation, and held up by Beecher and his partisans as the vilest of tne vile. He wanted to know 1( Moulton ever in the whole tour years of his service to Beecher ‘altered in his fidelity for | one moment, and when he was laid oa a bed of | sickness Beecher hastened to see him, and de- | clared he was his saviour, In regard to the | PUBLICITY GIVEN THE SCANDAL, he held it was one that forthe sake of more in- terests than one should have never been submit- ted tothe pubiic gaze. Moulton labored to the last moment with unflinching purpose to carry out this desirable end, and yet ne is visited with the scorn and condemnation of Henry Wara Beecher. Had Moulton been false to truth and to his friend = he might been the best petied man in Brooklyn. He held the even tenor of his way, and though pursued with denunciatioa ana abuse, he stands‘to-day honored and disenthrailed in this community, Several attempts at applause | were here checked, and His Hover expressed o hope tbere would be no more Gemonstrations of | that kind. His Honor then said that in consulta. | tion with one or two of the jurymen a desire was expressed that the Court snould not sit to-day, Mr. Evarts and Mr, Beach both agreed to submit to the wish of tne Jurymen and His Honor, Mr. Carpenter, the foreman, said several of his col- leaynes needed a littie rest and would like an ad- journment till Monday. Mr. Beacn said ne did not wonder they required some rest, at which there Was some laughter, His Honor then declared the Court adjourned till Monday, at eleven o'clock, ‘VISITORS. Besides His Honor on the bench were Hon. Josnua Van Cott, Brooklyn; Isaac Burnuam and David J. Twohey, New York; Hon. J. 8. Potter, Arlington, Mass, Mr. Beach says be will be un- able to finish before Tuesday. MR. BEACH'S ADDRESS. Shortly after eleven o’ciock Mr. Beach resumed his address oy recurring to the leter of Mr. Beecher criticising toe course of Dr. Storrs in connection with ine condition of things out of | which 1 origimated and the object sougnt to be | accomplished. He commented severely on the course pursued by the defendant, It was written | obviously in apprehension that the subject about | Whielt Mr. Storrs was speaxing and acting, involv. | ing the relation of Mr. Tilwun to Piymouth church, ana bringing under consideration uli tne compli- Beecher with Mr. Tuton and his iamuy, and it ts perfectly evident | that Mr. Beecner through this letter was attempl- ing to exercise un infuence which would restrain Mr. Tutou irom any attempt at bis vindication, from any efert by an exposure oO! any (rat, by | tae exhioition Of tue letters and docuweuts waich are presented to this jury, trom vindicating bim- self in Lhat made belore that council. Mr. Beecher Saw that it would inevitably involve Dis exposure, as full, as complete, as derogatory as is made through the evidence in thia case; and be does | ot hesitate to use his own language 1u the most | venemous apd implacavie manuer to condemn | this friend aud fellow pastor, and charge him with | insincerity, aud cuarge bis speech, made in t periormance o: ois duty in burch couscil, a6 an ebulliuon which ought to dawn him. BRECHER SILENT UNDER THE CHARGE. Another circumstance counected with thig in- | quiry 16 as to the motives and proiessious which | luduced these decisrations aud outpourings of Mr. Beecver on the night of December sw, 1870, if Mr. Beecher is credibvie, and as is apparent trom all the evidence, Mr. Beecher earned that Mrs. Tiiton had made a faive charge against him, a Charge dis- hovoring to Lim as & mau and @ iriend of Theedore ‘Tita and disgraceiul tu Nis professional character, @ violation ef ali his obligations to God, to society, amily. If he was sincere te beileved that Thevaore ito bad done this wi a eo purpose, WIth @ maligpant desi ry himself, and yer from that intery: Witu tois conviction, he gees to T: for ti years bears cunts ent testimony to Die aamiration aud resp Not only does ne accept Him with proiessious oO 5 g if tals, “wouderiog uf Elizaveta kuew low nob! aod magnauimous Theodore Tilton had deen Aad this man # high priest of the Lord, pound to Teouke sin, bound to disrobe hypocrisy, bouud to denounce the false calumniator aad in his own munlicess aud @ignity bound to reseut the jalse aod atrocious charge Whict this man, througa the ayeacy of @ compelled wile. had manulactured aguiust bim, aud We ure to welleve, with our knowledge o/ motive and of nature, with our ex- — of the world, we are to beileve that Mr. eecuer, under these circumscances, not euly wi e uuder a uispononng cor rs liar aod lbeller to bis | Counsel subsequently passed a nigh ealogiamon the talents of the defendaar. MR. BEKCHER’S aDvicE. Why was it, gentiemen, if wife desired a separation, if Henry Ward Beecuer advised tr, if that advice was coafirmed by the jadicious coun- sel of the leading matron of tue Piymoutn con. gregation—why did ot @ separation lollow? Throagh 1871, 1872 aod «1673, anil July, 1874, tats wife remained irue to ser allegiance, and yes Henry Ward Seecuer bemoans 80 agonizingly nis advice toward separationg He saw such hurrivie dissentions and disasters aod suffering in the household of Theodore filton tuat bis gente pears Was broken and be Was suffering upon this ragged edye the “reworse” (he “torments oi the damned’? in “ihe midst of utter darkness.” Counsel then proceeded to comment upon the fagt that Various contrivances bad been used to suppress the scandal. He Beecner setting fort Tiitou’s interview. This man, coatinued counsel, around whom our symMpatules and our admiration Cluster, whom we long to believe immucent and pure, although he slumbered anu rested jong aid weary monthé under dishonoriug uccusation, as last ve lifted himseli fu lus mujesty and glory aud shook o@ the ‘val aceusation and the false tuint 4 those charges. Why, then, when everrthing urged bim to an examination of vile truth; woen, 1 bls story be true, he Bad the consciousness and Ianqeence wha power of demonstration, woy Was ne giieot? Would tt have burt ‘ulton? Would it vave but Mra, ‘ton? Why, sue soed in au equal degree of degradation aud i@purity, waich, under tHe clamors of the worid’s gossip, Weighed down Heury Ward Beecuer. Sue, would nave Leen redeemed, The disaonored om her home would stand to-day be- own roottree, a virtuous und an hoa ored Matron, purified and redeemed from tie tulut O/ sin wad accusation. No reproach could have fallen upon ber or wootner except \neodure Viton. Aud Would be have been barmed y Would he have suffered any more tnau he wid suifert Would bis coudition bave beeu any worse than ie was n? Nay, would not have becn modified and improves, o 2 uf Mr. Beecner came to the covelusion (bat ois advice was unw aud injudicious, in so far—he could have Lorue testimouy (0 Tiiton and le could have oeen saved— saved irom the controversy with Henry Ward Beecher and Piywouth courch, Hot saved from controversy with the worid and society; thas sal- vation musi be Worked cut oy bimmel!, AGu lim sei alone, If be bas wronged iils trae uaiue aud great wills by WaWise Abd improver associauon Wit ay ScvOOl OF Bec’ propaRgatiag peruicious doctrines, if he hes Deen iuuiscreet 1p vis wuorde tivn of Victoria Woodhall oF 4G) ody, if vis tuive aud \Watmous Wivsted story fad any icundation against ali Cox He Must jabor to free Wimsedt an receem bimselt ood hi exalted wanuood; ve mast Work out lis OWD Salvation With fear and Now, What harm could dave come out stigation i) these Cuings Said by Henry ner Gud been true? BITTER DECLAMATION, Read that letter iu 1870, so iuil of penitence and remorse, written Waen the suadow O1 lls great Ho Gnd s0.rOW Was chick @0d black Upon hin, When tue suituess of iis contrition has meited his Hature, befure the jong Course us com 2 ui bY Murad “vad Bardened ali Wi Wie, ADE CON TAT Late ae LOBE With [He IOLY Hud t Uvud Gud IFlVuivus CaAnoer OF Loe Wan | policy of silence, Which he admits he entered m0, | construction to be put upoa this docu stand, Re can joke ana jest and utter his wittl- cisms while hls jame and character and the honor of the Churc! and religion are tremutously in the alan w Irom the spot where he sat b could see the degraded victim of his lust, and im his imagination can look at u usehold once | happy and honored which he h unroofed and desoiated; where he could see its mistress, the wie of bis old Iriend and companion and pupil, following him about the streets of your city and into the sacred presence of this Court and haunting her love aud devotion fn the lace of thisjury. OD, | how uardened, petrified, brutalized the heart of this man has become, that he could exhibit sach a change. And you believe that Henry Ward Beecner, as he appeared to you upon this stand a3 & witness, speaking ol the same subdject, dealing witn the’ same claracters, surrounded by tae same grave laterests; Laat (hat mau, $0 jocund, 80 guy and witty, could ever have written upon ihe | save topic these words of anguish and agony! Ub, did not this iady well estimate the condition of his soul and propery apply the forvcasting language of the great poet! COMMENTS ON THE JUNK LETTER. | I must ask your attention to the letter of June 1, 1875, not only because of its intrinsic importance, but because @ new Cuaracter, a revelation, ts given to it, and it is claimed that thts was a | Geclaration of hostility by Mr, Beecher; tuat at last bi¥ patience Was exhausted, and he strips | himseilt fora fgnt, tareatens to resign aud be rid of tne encumbrance of the church und | the poss'bility of harm to it, and meet his accusers openly and boldly, Does this letter bear any such interpretation either iu its own language dr by connection with surrounding and succeeding events? “the earth 1s tranquil and the heavens serene, as befits One who has about | finished nis world iife. 1 did nothing on pdatur- day. My bead was conlused, but a good sleep made it like crystal. 1 mave determined to make no more resistance,” bad preparea nimself for r Alter speaking of tne letter more fully, counsel exclaimed:—Ine plade fer Henry Ward Beecher to assert his iunocence and purify vis name and sweep the dust aud stain from tne pulpit whca he liad Occupied ior twenty-five years was there, waoere he stood in bis regal pomp and glory, the movarei of the lions of lis congregation, ‘Ke sign!’ Strip of bis strongest, brigntest armor, und jor the purpose of contest. Ah, no! But if he contemplated a statement which should im- pugn bis nonor as u clergyman; if, with tue state- ment he threatened was comnected con- test, Aight, dispute, dissension, well and good; but it were the truth bearing testimony te mis innocence there was no necessity for Henry Ward Beecher to retreat from tue citadel of his strengib, No, gentlemen, when the very oext day he pub- | lishes a curd vindicating Theodore Tilton irom the unworcuy coarge made against him In the public eur, Heury Ward Beecher did not contemplate contest, Even lis maenanimous generosity, if he Was preparing for the tigat with Mr. Tilton, was not, however, to arm his saversary with a new ano a strong Weapon agwinst himsel/, Aud then, | trom tbe Very hour that letter was written, Heary Ward Beecher entered again into his system of deception ahd uniruth, commenced again his schemes jor secrecy aud silence, took up avain the ithe did not originate 1%, and goes continuously aud steadily On in these triaue efforta to suppress these scandals, Until at last, driven to despera- tion, when no’ longer the upbraidings and upris- ings of his chureh couid be quelied, wheo there must be a revelation of the truth, a breaking out irom the darkness, then, at last, re audpts tue course which he pursued tbrougu the investigating committee. Here the Court took a recess. AFTER THE RECESS. The same crowd that attended the court in the morning came back in the afternoon, Mr. Beecher abstained from returning. several ladies with highly powéered faces, and sald to be of the class calied the demi-monde, seated themselves about the centre of tme court room and dispensed their smiles and glances ou ali sides with unremitting impartiality. airs, Beecher begins to show the wearing effect of her long attendaace on the trial. She looked yesterday extremely pale and hag- gard, and presented a woful contrast, traly, to the smooth, youtniul and handsome tace beside her of her daughter-in-law. Beach showed no signs of weakening, though the strain on bis men- tal and physical system cannot be otherwise than excessive. in bis defence of Moulion “he pro- voked applause among the audience, that was | nipped, however, in the bud by the prompt rap- | ping of the court officers. When these attempts @t applause re made it ts funny to notice the two | self-appointed ushers of Plymouth church rad their hands in deprecation of any such displays. Mr. Beach reaumed—There Js one statement in | | this letter whicao bas excited much comment, and | 11 Iconiess it is dificult, although aided by ail tue surrounding circumstances and guided by what 1 think are Very stroug indications oO! tue Condition of mind m which Mr. Beecuer-wrote it, to vive an y satisiactory soiution of it:—"I shall write | tor the puodlic 4 statement t wiil bear toe light of the Jadgmeat Day.” IJ bave endeavored to in- dicate tu contesting the plea that this was u prep- aration of controvecsy and w deciaration ofa ance oa the part of Mr. Beecter, and to suggest that the mood of mind and feeling out of which this deciaration grows Was one of contrition, re pentance aud determination to make @ lull revela- top aud ConfessivD, aad thus secure Neg yn and composing pardon of God aod man, corre- sponded with the other expressions contained in this must remarkable document, The whole letter, with the exception 01 the Srst paragrapu, 18 inil iD, sorrow, gloomy lorecast, The looking up to a | | | | under the culture of Plymouth caurea, Tne waole | forced upob the stand, Sud in defiance of all tne Beecher, overco! might aay, transgressions . might “{ will die before she stall be inculpated.”” honor him, I honor tim for those words, If ther Was guilt about it—.nd in my judgment there was, deep aud profound—it atiaches all to bim, | and tt always does. WHERE A VIRTUOUS WOMAN FIRST PALLS the guilt always belongs to the tempter, aud the puvishment ought ali be his, and yet how strange are the ways of the world, The weak, deluged | woman failing through the very power and exalta- | Uon of her best affections is damned in the estima- | tion of the world, avd he wno should bear ail Wie | gwilt lives as he will hereaiter; he is accepted in the ranks Of men &§ au acceptable associate Of | pure and upright ».en. | I come now, geutiemen, to the considerat:on of | the testimony of fancia D, Moulton, In the | course of my reterence to the evidence | have read numerous paragraphs irom Mr. Beecher | bearing ine bighest testimony to the integrity | and fidelity of Mr. Moulton, Will you not permit me, a8 they are collected here In Very short ex. Ly a and Will take but a moment, to read ern Mr. Beach then read extracts from the numer. ous letters of Mr, Beecher euiogizing Moulton, Amoug them were the subjoined expressions:— Many, many friends has God raised up to me, but to no one ot them has He ever civen the opportunity and the wisdom so to serve me as you have. Sy trusiim you 1s plicit ‘he triend whom God has sent to me (Moulton) bi proved, above all triendy that ever I had, able and Willing’to relieve ie iu this terrible emergency of ny site, His hand it was that tied up tne storm that was ready to burst upon our heads. SEPTEMBER 0, 187L.—My heart warms to you, and you might have known ‘that I the us much as Ido you. and ny yours. Feunvany 5, 1872 —During all this time you are literally ail my stay and comfort. | should have talien on the way but for the courage you inspired and the hope which you breathed. Tam well nigh discourazed. If you, too, ceuse to trust, to love me, I am alone. Tlave not another person in the world to whom T could go. With sincere gratitude for your heroic triendship, and with slacere triendship, even if you love me not, 1'aim yours, though unknow: June 1, he pain of life is\but a moment: the glory ot everlasting emancipation ty worldless, ineou- celvable, jull of beckoning glory. Ob! tay beloved Frank, I snail know you there and forever hold fellow- suip with you and look back and smile at the pastd duty 7, 1873.—My dear lrank—The country is beauti- ful; the birds as good to me a» David's harp. I only need some one to talk to, and that one is you. Uxcesmer, 187%—Uhis will be handed io You by my fricnd, Frank D. Moulton, whom T believe to be high- winded and honest, and whose statements should be re- ceived by ail Who kuow him with tmplieit courdence. Duckabur 3, 1872.—1 believe him to be Nonest to the core. Uwould trust him with lite and property without seruple j Dutuwner 39, 1873.—Mr, Prank Moulton Ihave known | for years, and'I should as soon believe that I myself had | set On toot stealings aud cheatiuxs as that he had, or had | Shouid be here, if you loved i am, my doar Frank, uly had the slightest suspicion of it. | Weil that does not bring up the quotations and | the testimonial to as late a period as 1 desire, On the 10tn of July, 1874, Mr. Meecher aduresses to Mr. Moulton that letter with reference to Mr, Haluday and lis interview with him, which | read vo you this morning in apother connection, in which he addresses Mr. Moulton as bin dear | frieud, referring to Halliday, approving and ap- plaudiog nis interview With Haliday the pignt be- ore and then arranging abd cousorting wich hiue for the purpose of looming alter the future cen- duct of this aiMeuity, Well that ts July lo; that, [ supposed, Was alter the call o1 the 1uvesugating comunittee, according to the evidence. Mr. Morris—About two wWeexs alter that. Mr. Geach—About two weeks after, then I will bring it up later. On July 24 Mr Beecher writes, addregsing Mr. Moulton as ‘My dear Mr. Moul- ton,” and asked for papers througn Mr, Tracy, and tor the heaas of tne difficulty with Bowen. Tmwmediaiely alter Mr. Moulton Geclined to tur. nisi to Mr. Beecher the documents or copies of them In lit3 possession, which We may talk about by and by, Mr, Beecher became his reviler. He then makes tue charge beiore the luvesuvating Committee against tim of biackmull, and the charge springs into full ltfe and activity at once land is flooded with it; Mr. Moulton ts beaten down as by the force of a tempest, and no man, nowever sturdy and strong, in this commuaity could bave stood before tue hurricane, Wita tne charge of Heary Wara Beecher, sugported oy ali Vlymouta cuurch against him, of & jalse and | outrageous conspiracy to biackmall Henry Ward Beecher, why the withering Inaiguation’ of toe World would blast the accused. Now, are we to jadge Mr. Moulton by this after and interested | mouve of Mr, Beecher. ‘Irue, Mr. Beecher, when nusges and instractions of Sbea:iman aod iracy, coniessed ihere was no blackmail; but yet an odium, deep and merciless, was created against Mr. Moulton, under which be appeared’ upon the Stand belore you, . Mr. Beach then quoted from the opinion of Jadge Comstock, in the cause Of Stacy azainst Granam, Woere @ Witness Was sousnt to be discredited oy proof of contradictory aeclaration., The couasel spoke of ex-Judge Conisiock as just have og, im convection with his colieagues, Ovtained the most distinguished prosessional triumphs 1p znodera days, and deciared him to be @ prolound thinker, au accomplisaed logician, an able lawyer aud a useiul juag {iis was @ erence to the Tweed case, 1 wutcn Judge Com- stock 18 One Of the counsel.) Mr. Beach then re- sumed his argument as follows:—Now we have these testimoniats in lavor of Mr. Moulton. Wiy, eo, We have the testimony of Henry War himself upon this stund in favor or Mr. for hia Quelity and friendship and jaith- a new idea of iriendship and the learned counsel 4 Sarcasm, while Mr, Beecher spoke Of it as ecievating his sense ot the purity and devotwn of maniy | friendsnip, It is plain, however, — that | Up to August, 1874, witer the organization of this luvestigating Committee, Mr. seecuer trusted and coumended Mr. Moulton as wis earnest and | peace gleaming th) yh | devowd iriend, aud yet no man ever entered & u hat does it megan? Doesit mean | court of justico—as a party Or a withess—who hag | innocenct ened to | been adi and yilled with more continuous @ true Couception of thu: arly and holy aspir: bu in sing aspérity thau Fraucia D, Moulton. tions Which fires ilitea bis soul to ois God? if we | Weil, what has le aoue, gentleman? is called | are to jodg of What Lae gone before, if we are to | traitor, Wil you tell me Low he was treacker- | trust to the revelations of human lips under the | ous to Mr, Beecher? Was it at the anu out. @ most solemn break? Na, Was it wheo Titon wus the ac- | ncuions, 11 We ale to repose with bon our own {utelligeuce aud Ww trom fugitive efforts at gay rational inierenc concealment, irom practices of piety and fragd by @ great religious there com be no doudt abort con: struction of this letter, He appeals to Mra Moulton, strengtheped by those whisperings | waich, breaking duwu from heaven upon the | heart, bad toucned the sensivilities of the beart . and cousclence of tuis defendant. and, in the spirit of the prodigal, he had determine: up and go to his Fatner and coniess, “Fat ave sinned in thy sight,’ receiv.ng the benedic- { parental forgivencss, ‘1uis is eral tion ~ AN APPEAL. And ask the Christian bearts upon this jury, | who know something of experimental religion, | and who koow how hamiliating 1. is and erush- ing to kneel at the confevsional in @ spirit of | godly contrition, I, when (he aoswer of peace und forgiveness comes, there 1s ample remunera- On In the joy of its reception? It seems to me if the world heeded a lessen, and ic vas had teach- ings enough of the woakoess and infirmities of human ueture; but if it needed a grand | example of a great mind aud of a great | heart fallmg beneath the flerceness of | temptation, bat yet in the grandeur of | thew vature and to on inspiring and exalted purity of religious faith rising up velore mau and God, confessing its fali, aod og wal renewed and more perfect jife, Heary Ward | Beecner could nave given that example and | bonored lis own nature and exalted is own | name, sanctified the Church to which be belonged, sheoding More glorioas lignt even around the doctrines he weekly taught. Weil, it seems to me to confirm that imterview between Mr, Moulton and Mr. Beecher, and to that letter of Mouiton, | ih Which Mr. Moulton says to him in suostance | “coniess.” “If ali the facts are revealed you can stend.” “You don’t begin tu be in tne danger | thut has faced you muny umes before. If younow | 1ook it square 1a the eyes it wii come and sarink away again.” What wae luis dagger, gootlemen ? Was it mere danger irom the causes waic! beea ussigoea by Mr. Tilton’ Was there any danger to come from the fact that Mra. Tilton had faiieo io love wita Mr. Beecher Clearly not. Mr. Tilton never suggested any such idea; never tureatened suy Saco revelation as that, Toere never Was «#py sues danger that had thereiore tureatened Mr. Beecner. Weil, there was ov danger sprimging irom the other | circumstances impending uver Mr. Beecuer, The advice 10 Bowen, the advice to paratiou, cre ated no peril to WE. Beecber. Now, this 13 uot Mere sentimest; this refers to toreatened peril, | Mr. Beecoer says he Was oppressed with remorse, Sorrow #ud all that—ooned Witu great uilliction upod the miscuief Woich Mrs. Tilton’s love ion him had wrocgat—that is ali very well, Hat we e DOW cotuing to & chavge, an assumption uiesced in by him, that there ‘had been aguin ailing hin when ne iad looked 2, in the mode which had beew | uescrioed by wiunsell Y the Withedses, why 1 cowered a Weil, now, this impties su; 4 mes error; no such words w written to feary Ward neo wae thowe could have Beecuer if his own story of fis in) true, because b¢ Was eX pused to Ro peru ANCIENT HISTORY. j Mr. Beach here reav a iea,ztoy extract {rom Jo- sephus, In which is told the #lory of the seduction of the Roman watrop, Pauline, by the Jew, Mun- dus, who, tarouga o18 Wealts, obtained tue con. hivauce of the priests of toe Temple of Isis, Who obtained the sanction of the matron pamed to wubinit Nerseli to the embraces of Mandus, Wao Personated toe god Anobis. Mr, Beuch then continued as follows:—Do you detect no aualogy between iuac and tragedy of the day? A Hobie Woman, strictiy moral aod religious, ADOVe Coarse and earthly temptation rejecting (le approaches of + ew, Mundus, and yet submitting hersel) to the emuraces of & fan- Ged god sne delieved nusoand 'o be God, and with her toat was oo scourge to ber nevertheless, that she was a 4 4 virtuous mat- ron. How differen; i8 it trom Henry Ward Beecher in the majesty of his nature and with the love and reverence wiich Mire, Suton feit Loward lum, cOmiug to her a6 the god anubis, touching ber (lat (he indaigeuce uf love as bo jupurity, se truaing 10 wis teachings and be- heving “is Word #4 sacred and as truraru ua if it were 4 uireet feveaiiun irom Ledven, Al. ot. Beecher Was to her seul tae Auubis oF Pavliua, it i# (oe Same spayat and principe, ab 14 tue BuLAe ioduence, wud wed might Hemty Ward | pilittes of Beary Ward Beecher tu promoie th the first origin of tue friendsuip cuser, and Was it between Mr. Mouiton and Mr. Beecher! } at the time Of these Vurious pubiications or | ablications by Tilton? Did be! then or did be retain them? an agitator and — conspi | uulity and wtirring the Ww distdrbing the tr wellare Of his iriend, or did be suppress, on part o Tilton, every document uatil Tilton Sxaaporsted that no Luman power could r ja be him SOPTEN AND MODIFY the expressions Did ne suggest shifrs and eva- sions and carry them into operation and Buccess- sulecect? And dis ve ever intermit bis exertion until Mr. beecuer, belore 018 commitiee and in the corresponuence jn regard to iurawning tue p: pers. tmputed to wim disuoour and Gk honesty? Now, i & thing bas luppe’ in th experience of & Man, he 1 teil when aud how it happeved, aud | want some | mteligeut genUeman to teu me in the four yeurs? bisiory of this adair when and Where It was that Francis D. Mouitou was treacherous to tne in- terests or false im the service of Henry Ward | Beecher? (Applause.) Judge Newisou--Genuemen! Mr. Beach—it is very easy, gentlemen, to denounce apd revile. lt is very eusy to} cali sard names. it is very easy for # power | hke Henry Ward Beecner aid Plymouth | | cnureh Co scout any Mau in this community irom | Tespectaole preseuee and reception. Francis D. | Moulton bas feit this power. A young man, but | just starting upon sae jouiney—the practical jour- ney Of life, just mixing mm the great strusgie Which | disciplines and develops our baiure aud leads | us to honor aad success. Au! te tnoaghe | it was @ uoble and an honorabie associa- tion between blu and beecher, He, the heatnea, welcomed (ne great heart aud Iriendship of Heary Ward Beccher, oeariug im bis hands Loe fate of the greatest preacher of the uge, in dally couver- | ence—ay, Mr. Beecher, When sicauess aad disa- buity overtook gun, Durryius ty bis bedside as if he Was bis only saviour and trust, as be declared ne was, Weill, tel# was rather a fatiertug and de- ceptive aszociation. it might well be thateven Christian howor, Cbristian integrity, might pave been tempted to ile under such. circum. stances; (hat even witubut the neces- sity Which overshadowed — his boyhood iriend =o and = hiss family, Mouiton = migut well ve willing to saeriice at ist his former veracity to provect the Dame und lame Of 80 ureat # man. Well, gentiemen, i you pursue the his- tory of this tramssacuon later you will see bow true tom man He Made one statement veto com. mittee, He says to Mr, Keecher, a great mistake. 1 don't think this investigating committee Ought ever to be cuded; out 1 guess we Cub manage it yer.’ Then ¢.me a series ol opera tous (OF Lue purpuse oO devising sume the Ty, for- Mai stacement by Beecher, by Moullon, by TLitun, which Wili Ue acceptabie’ to the committee und enavie them 10 make « report which, While 16 line plited a veuiai offence to Mr. Beecher, would pro tect Titon wid save toe disgraceiul revelations Wich Musnt Otherwise become necewsary. Weil, Beecher makes @ statement sustamiug toils theory, Mouiton inan statement sustwining this theory, und Titou # a report for the com- milctee, to Woich | Wien to ask your attention for @ HeLIent. You see, gentlemen, what tois ts? Mi, Keach here read soulton’s short statement beiore the luves iwating Committee, aud cun- tinued, Waa there any treachery ws Mr. Beecher in that? Was there “any wuot of fidelity? is it | true (hat dir. Beecher gives us an excuse tat aiter the Bacon letter Mr, Moudton had no devices, no plans wade, uo efforts? wt Oecume OF Lhe Comersnces aQd What Was the culine Of Cuem, Lee tween Mouton god Tracy and butler jong alter the Bacon jeter, aster the Investivatiag Cou- mittee was called? What was the cause of tess Teports? Waov brougnt about tue couuition of things whied led to tuem—the long and the short report? THE PRRIVD OF SILUNCR. No man has over paid any atention to the Progress aud tae reveiutions of tis Controversy Without tae CieaYeat sense that lo never vagus the CivCuMstanes Conmecied Wi'h Ie (oO n subjected (0 Lhe puvlic gaze and exXame Wash’: Mr. Moulton enpting tw ca ination. Vieiog and a: mode oO! quieting aad -ettiiog thy aul ID Coe Tu LereRté Uf the pur and vi puole moraniy? Aud if he nad beea saecessiul would Hol every Man fatnitue With C16 crrcuMmEtinces acoord tC him Bis careat gratitnde ? a he ovaid bave fore-deu thes veedue es Wales tullowed his (awur® jevtemen oF asK you wigatd, | for one moment that Mr, Moulton was the unprin- | order that mignt be made. tg | mnsic under the lea Jollowing up this idea of settlement and Suppression, carrying out the original theory, upon which Mr, Moulton continued to act in con. junction with Mr. Beecher and Tilton, laboring to The last moment with unfiuching courage, with Unhesituting personal sacritice, What 18 there Francis D, Moulion did which subjects him to the treatment be vas received and to the scorn aud condemnation of Henry Ward Beecher? Suppose cipled and untrusty knave be is represented to be—a man of tne world and @ heathen, sab- Jeet to alt the temptauons of the World, bad, utterly bad, 1p all his qualities and 1p bis spirit. Why Was it, wuen Theodore Tilton wus lost, When Tracy bad vot big at the bortom of that abyssmal depth which only the Imaginauon of & Tracy could reach—(laugiiter)—whea ge was | damned beyond all rescue, when sir. beecher had | called Nis committee and got tt ali nicely dove- | tailed aud arranged, when he got the possession of Tuton's household and his wile bad deserted lun, with’ Aire, Morse as ao ally, with Bessie Lur- her as a tying scout— (loud laughter) — Juage Seison—Silencet } Mr. Beach—Witn all tis other retainers aad | satellites, with Mrs. Ovington, with the coutribu- ons Of Inoney, witer Mr. Mouiton had done all jor aud got all ‘rom Theodore Tilton he could pos- sibly acquire—if he Was this ingraimed and arrant kuave, way dian’t he desert ‘Tilton and adhere to Beecher? You see these soldiers of fortune follow their interest; these men wao are regulated by no moral principle, Who have po aspiration ubove a bag of gold, WHO would rather revel In iiltn snd vulgarity, why these men will fullow the scent of prout and udvantage. And why did Moulion Btlek (0 oe cuuse? Can you answer con- sistently with nis imputed character? Do you be- lieve, When he saw the tempest gathering about him, When apparently bis business prospects were ruined, When it seemed ag if there was no salvation irom ruin, why did be not turn to Henry Ward Beecher? There lay weaitn, the smiies of fasuion and fortune and religion, Way, Francis D. Mealton could have been the Lest petted and the best pampered man in the city of brooklyn if he would have been false to mis trath aod to his friend. (Applause.) Everybody knows it, and yet in the face of de- nunciation aod disaster, never lor one instant taltering in his manliness, Francis D. Moulton has pursued “the eveo venor of bis way,’ and even how, in the bonest sense and appreciation of an American community, he stauds disenthralled and redeemed. (Applause.) ‘nese epithets and denunciations of my learned triend Rave hot, they Will not crush him; because however pas- sionate, intemperate, faulty he may be, he is yet true to his honor, faithful im his friendsnips, and that map gifted with the intellectual qualities which Henry Ward Beecher attributes to bim— nay, clothed wita -those moral aciributes whico Heury Ward Beecher cooceded to him—Francis D, Moulton—will iuily redeem himself and his tor- tunes, and ali tae power of BEECHER AND HIS MINIONS cannot trampie him in the dust. (Loud ap- piause.) Jaage Neilson—Gentlemen, this won’t do, I have to request there will be no such demonstra- ton again. $ Mr. Fullerton—My associate could not finish another topic, sir, before adjournment, Judve Neilson remarked that 1t was desirable not lo hold court to-day. There was a question of convenience to heaita involved in if, in whica he himself snared, If the counsel should conclude his arzumen’ oo Friday there would be un un- suitabieness In viving Lue case to the jury at the end of the week. Mr. Evarts said thatif the situation of the jury- men wus such as to make It vesirable that the Court should not sit to-day, 1¢ was not for the de- fence to oppose it, Mr. Beach said that there was no sacrifice or indulgence that they could reasonably make lor tne convenieuce and accommodation of the jury that vugnt to be refused, Beside that he under- stvod His Honor toinumate that ne (toe Judge) was in a physical condition which required relax- ation, aud wita that additional reason he sould have no hesitation Whatever in acceding to any 4 FERBLE JURY. Foreman Carpenter o1 the jury—I would say on behalf of the jury that they are unaniuous in ae- sirtug that when you adjourn the Court you ad- joaru it until Monduy. Some of our number are quite feeble. Judge Neiison—One of the jurymen was com- plalniug yesteraay. Mr. Beaca—[ don’t wonder he 1s sick, sir, (Laughter.) Judge Neilson—He didn’t attribute to you the cause, however. the Court tuen adjourned till eleven o'clock on Monday morning. PLYMOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC. About 1,000 of the children and teachers of Ply- mouth Sunday school, with their friends, sailed up tue Hudson yesterday, oa the mer William Cook to loua Isiand for thelr annual picnic. Leaving the new dock at the joot of Fulton street at mine o’clock, while a@ fine band played inspiri- ing music, passing the American and French war vessels at anchor of the Battery, the gay | company enjoyed the charming scene presented | by tue moving fleet of sail andsteam cralt wuich dotted the bay. The various ferries, the verdant Battery, the steamship waarves and the leng line of sipping and docks passed like @ panorama on the right, with Jersey City, Hoboken and Wee- hawken On the leit, presenting @ scene uader tne sunlight which could hardly ve excelled tor beauty and variety in the round world, Them tne sail up the novle Hadson, air enougn | to save the of using | w all tae | with just we guccessjon of thriving towns and their interven- ing rural residences anc wooded bilisides whica dot tue eastern bank, fled up a bill of wonderful attractiveness ia the way of scenery, Plenty of opportuaity Was afcrded to those who delight in the poetry of motion to indulge during the trip ia | dancing to the lively strains of the baud on the main deck, while those of more quiet taste used the promenaae deck for observing the beauties of the day aud scene, joing in social chat or even indulging to mild Mirta- tion, To the regret of ail Mr. Beecher was notin the company, though 1 Kaown he had wished to join it. wever, Was WIth bis wife and , and the wife | of Colonel Beecher, with ber children, Professor | Raymond, the Saperinteadeut, and Assistant Superintendents Dr. Brush ana R. W. Raymond were in charge with & committee of teachers, who took care that nothing was neglected waich could add to the pleasures of tne day. A ugon toe party reached the pleasant shades of fone Isiand, @ little above Peekskill, when. the several family and friendly groups took their dinvers im the open air wita tue zest of keen appetites, after which they amused tuemselves for two bours strolling abdut tho woods and gathering florai trapnies to deck their hats and to carry home a8 mementoes of tue | happy day. On th return trip there was plenty of vocal | of Mr. Camp, Miss lLasar aod others, All came nome tired wita tne plea- sures Of a deligutiul day. SUICIDE BY PRUSSIC ACID. A BROOKLYN PHYSICIAN DRINKS POISON IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS WIFE. Coroner Simms, of Brooklyn, held an inquest yesterday in the case of Dr. Napoleon Palmer, a native of Geneva, N. ¥., aged forty-fve years, who died on Wednesday night irom the eifects of a quantity ol prussic acid which he had drank with Suicidal itent while suffering from temporary menial apefration. Dr. Paimer bad Jately given symptoms of insanity, wnich 1s hereditary in his jauily, Abouttwo months azo me received the intelligence that iis youngest sister had been sent to @ lunatic avyium, which had the effect of loweriug his aiready depressed spirits. He ro- vurned hue of Wednesday aiternoon alter viait- bg «bts =Opatients, and slept til even ing, When he yot up wud went ont, Shortly beiore nine o’cluck he came in, and after bieaing his family geod might repaired to bis chanwer, followed by lus Wife. Waile hia wife Was arrangiag the bed for bim he filed goblet With sume coloriess liquid aud drank alterward nenuing the goblet to ger, with tue r Guest that she tuke it down stair aod noticed thas tuere were a jew drops of the ligaid remaining in the bottom of tne glass. It looked like Water, bul whea ser son came in ne eXumined it and jound that it was prussc acid, They was’ d up svairs and found Dr. lying Ou the bea uuconscious wud breathing heavily, A piyriciaun was summoned, but wr, Yalmer expired peivre Mis arrival. Tae Coroner's jury reudered a@ Verdict that the deceased came to fis death irom the effects of prussic acid adminis. tered by his own hand. Dr, Palmer served in the army 48 & surgeon daring tue late war, He had bigh soclai couuections and eojoyed a large practice. CORONERS’ CASES. The body of a man, apparentiy about thirty years of age, was jound in the East Hiver, at the | Joot of Thirty-iourth street, yesterday. | Gerty Marcas, a Poie, fifty years of age, jamped | from (le rovi of No, ¥8 Ludlow street, to the pave- ment yesteraay and was instantly killed, The de- ceased Was insane. the corpse of 4 man, who had evidentiy been a | Se1man, Was foaad in the water at pier 40 North River, ye-terday, A pew born Iniant was found drowned yester- day, at pier 4 Nort Kiver, oy Officer Uuitey, o1 the Twenty-seventn precinct, Ai inquest was held yesterday, by Coroner Eickhot, oo the bony of George Brooknew, who Was suifucated willo attem,ting to clean out & wink ut No, 23 Bediord street, oo the ith inst ihe Jury rendered w verdiot of deata ftom accl Ge uta causes, A verdict of accidental death was rendered Yesteruay ia the case of Thomas Phuien. who was kilea by #a jee etre in Third kvenur, betweon eigalyoecoud ond Bag hty-the streets, Juve il, eed CREEDMOOR. THE STATE NATIONAL GUARD AT BALL PRAG e ‘TICE, ‘The following regiments of the National Guard sent detachments to Creedmoor yesterday for ball practice :— First battalion, A company, twenty-four men, under tue command of Lieatenant W. Marshall; Band E companies, Eighth regiment, sixty-five men, with Captata W. Ross in comman ompa- nies Land K, Ninth regiment, (ry men, under the charge of Captain G. E, Hussey; companies C and D, Filty-fith regiment, forty-one men, vaptain Marrer in charge; companies A, B and 0, Third regiment of cavalry, ninety-two men, commanded by Captain Fisher, Major Parker, acting as divl- sion inspector of rifle practice, had charge of the cavalry shooting and Major D. D, Wylie, laspector ofrifie practice for the Tuira brigade, directed that of the inlaptry detachments, ‘The firing commenced svon after ten o’clock at the 100 yards bacts, and whea the men had fin ished there they shot over the 150 ana 200 yards ranges, The Firat battalion sent five men to the third range, the Eighin regiment thirty men, the Ninth regiment twenty men and the Fifty-flith regiment seventeen men, The Taird cavalry had no anmmunition of the calibre corresponding to their Remington carbines, and were therefore obliged to borrow ten infantry rifles to practice with, Their scores not Darina ies made accord- eribed orm | Not be credi'ed ta them. Colonel Budke says that he made every effort to obiain ammunition from the Ordnauce Departmen:, usder charge of General Kuox, but aid not get it, Yesterday the 309 and 400 yards ranges were not used, because 1 Was found impossible for the men to shoot over more than foar ranges and do | justice to the practice. SCORES OF THE PIRST BATTALION. Yards, Sergeant F. J, Toellner, Sergeant Major Engle. Major E. Micks... Fiae $ The following are among the best records ac complisued by the Highth regiment:— SCORES OF THE EIGHTH REGIMENT. Yards, tals, Milton Swayz.. {ea tse John C, Wheeler. beers ee een a. George Buchapan Hert dpa ae BAward Voste.:s.r-ccccossacesgnsese | MOR ie SES Tneag Captain W. Ross... coonteon ee 8 pai eo ag Joho A. Dunn... ...+. Pa oat iti 22, Me ¥, Keller... end tty = BS Thomas MeCann eee Ey fag ae James Kerrigan acs PROS OE ee cas SCORES OF THE NINTH REGIMENT. W. A. Bicklehaupt.. yy 30 S94 ft ups. atiits J. A. Mulligan .... ty ee H, E. Hildebrand, EF tae fal 4. eae } eee {iors 2) 0s ts SCORES OF THE FIFTY-FIFTH KEGIMENT. Captain Kiatthaar.. eT ty 4 Sergeant Turhowsky: ae H ; ‘ a Corporal Heblich. fires eG eo tas Captain Marran,.... poate ay ae Corporal Sultan.. ..-+05 amet poe ee Licutenant Moehring.. PE wf Ee 9 ea Corporal Bode Patt teed Private Lorgenberg. ao Ft ay NEW JERSEY’S DISGRACE. THE WAR AGAINST FRAUD IN HUDSON COUNTY A STORMY DAY AMONG THE FBEEHOLDERS. ‘The Hercest fight ever waged in New Jersey against extravagance and fraud in public institu tons 18 Low in progress. The disgrace which bas been heaped upon the taxpayers of Hudson county by the unviushing defence of fraud im the buard of Freeholcers was partly redeemed at the meeting of that Board yesterday, when Messra, O'Reilly and Cumming arraigned the system of official corruptivn with @ boldness and eff-ct that recalled the memorable invective of Attors ney General Gilchrist and the ch: of Judge Bedie to the jury in the malfeasance trials withia the same building. Atthe opening of the proceedings Mr. O'Reilly insisted that the Tweed system of reading oills is balk be discontinued, and that the items in all bills be read. Here Mr, Gibson became alarmed wad strenuously objected, but Director Young ruled that they must be read according to Mn O'Reilly's request. Then jJollowed exposuret of 4 series of spurious claims aod most exorbitant charges, waich Were never it tended to come to light, but quietly past | through the hands of committees, Mr. O'Reilly calles uttention to each of these items, walle Mr, Gibson kept up a running Ore of protest agaiust the ubjectivns to them. But it was only wheo Mr Comming arose that tne fight fairly commenced, He moved that # system of retrenci it be inaugurated im the County Jail similar te that iu Essex county, He submitted @ brie by aien ving of at least lan, by 20,000 a year Belore the ciosiag word be pronounced Director Young, rapving a with his gavel, declared it out of ord M O'Reilly, Cumming, Vi a others protedted agaiost this and an appeal irom the devisio: Mr. Gibson moved to table tii his motion was supported vy M Young and Mullaney, or? soe sharp mishing, in weicn Mr. McPoiuups, » quiet, well-meaning Riember, was captured by the Philistines, the decision of the Chair was sustained agal st tae protests o! the idllowiag memoers whose names Will hereafter be inscribed on the Freeman, Heri | tage, Cumming, Yan Horn and O'keiliy. Inis was the firs: victory for corruption. Mr, O'Re.liy inen moved taat the Board resolve Itself to a Committee of the Whole to consider an appiication of Mr. Allen, who offered te take charge of the jail at a rate {or | each prisoner whics would gave | $10,000 u year, ‘This motion Director Young asain declared out of order, but Mr. O’Rerily | pressed it and it was carried. Mr, O'Retlly thea made a lenuthy statement, setting fortn the econ omy im the management of the Essex County Jail where the prisoners ore fed at an expense $14,000 4 year, while m Hudson county, wita lest than haif the namber of prisoners, the eXpense it Mure than douole, In toe tormer institution the cost is only thirteen and 4 half cents @ head. Ia the Hudson County Peniventtary it is ouly 1our teen cents a head, in the Almsnouse thirieeu, 19 the Luvatic ASyium twenty-oue cents; aud yet iD oi the resorutton cou vi « of a woald be effected to the com uy roli of honor:—Messrs. Oronnan view of ali this the Keeper of tue county jail receives torty cents. There was plainly @ leak of $20,000 somewhere, and this h posed to stop. Messrs. Gibsom and iw torted by abusing Mr. O'Reilly, woo was tained by Mr. Cumming. This gentle duced % long roll of nstics, wuich, spoke more forcibly than mere words. Young too< tae floor and argued that, | as former bourds did wot remedy t the face of ail the arguments anu figures, thas jail Was the most economical instiucion ta the county. ibis brougnt aown a volley of derisive jJauguter irom the 1ovoy. Mr, O'Relily branded 4# false the imputetions Cast upon him by the last speaker, Who deliber- alely declared he Would sake wis reputauod that nis (O’Retly’s) statistics in regard to tie Basex Couuty Jail were garvied and autrue, “ii,” said the speaker, giowing with animation, “ne nas Otuer repataton than shat then bis reputatoa irretrievably iost.” Th fought down ihe lobby and for a time there w reat exciiement. Mr, Crontam called on the wemoers us puviic vilicers and as gentlemen todo their daty uonestly. Ine management of the jall nad been @ sore and ® disgrace to the county long eoougn and it wes time to wipe is ont, He nad s Visitors enter that institution aud come oa: so MtoxXicated that they had to be away in coaches. He ad endeavored to remedy this dite grace in former boards, but he always received SUCH Opposition that he was left im tie Minority, ‘The result ol che discassion was the ap olucmeat of & commits consisting of Messrs. O'Reily, Gibsva aod Young, 'o visit nm hesex County wod mace a report to tue Hourd wt the nex! ineeund. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS, Hugi McNesbiit, @ laborer, w: verely its jured yesterday moruiug by an embankment ng Upon him ut the coroer of Filiy-ninta street and Eleventh avenue. John Miller, # brakeman on a /reignt train of the New York and Harlem Ratiroad, ieil (rom bis carat Mott Haven yesterday morning, receiving rT injuries aLOUt tue Lead, Le waa en te ery mintk Street Keception Muspita 1 ‘Tenaant, OF No. 176 Varick street, fel seound story window of No, 460 W wtreet yosterday imoruiug, roceiving serious I | Vernal tujuries. He was sent to Bellevue Wospi ai Wiliad Campvet!, @ fireman on tie New Bw Steamer ©. H. Norcnam, lymg at pier 26 i River, Was severely scalded on ci yoxterday wv orniog Worle si thie room G (wek wud «road nm the eayiee de W.ssen tu ihe Park Hompitu,