The New York Herald Newspaper, June 23, 1875, Page 4

4 THE ENDURING TRIAL One Hundred and Eleventh Day o the Great Scandal Suit. He Has ‘a Brotherly Regard for” and “Perfect Cuntidence in” the Jurors. Brother Shearman Becomes Sarcastic. Thinks Tilton Was Referred To by Rev. T. K. Beecher when He Wrote “With Advanced Thinkers Perjury Is No Sin.” BEACH BERATES BESSIE TURNER. The Summing Up for the Plaintiff Continued. THE JURY SCANDAL. Interviews with Lawyers on Every Side in Regard to It Osief Justice Nellson wheeled his great arm chair around at right angles to the sudience, in the let atmosphere of the afternoon, and facing | she open window on the soutam side of the court room, drew the cooling draught of air toward him with a Japanese fan, to tone down the tempera-— jure of the judicial brow. The chamber held about 4s many people a3 on the previeus days. Mr. Beecher wus there, with a bigh, healthy color im his face, Two or three score of women were pres- ent, a few ef whom were young and good-looking. George Hull, TRE BOLD AND VALIANT JUBYMAN, - who had the temerity to rise up and beard the mighty Beach in open court, was an object of great attention. Hes above the average height, of (uil proportions, basa large head and face, the latter surrounded with a loose black beard; and the general appearance of the man Is that of a quiet, respectable, well-to-do mechanic. He spoke so weil and ciearly the day before that it was pre- sumed he had cemmutted the speecn to memory. He 13 @ builder by trade, has resided twenty years in Brooklyn and is supposed to hold Mr. Beecher im high admiration. THE INCIDENT OF MONDAY afternoon, when Hull stood up to pretest against ‘the reflections and insinuations of Mr. Beacn, was the subject of general conversation. Abbott and Hitl, counsel for the defendant, were early in the court reom and talkea with cheerful Animation over the occurrence. It was evident they felt pleased with one of two things, either shat the jury, after the exhibition of the previous fay, sloug with other symptoms noticed before, | were not unanimously convinced by the argument 0! Beach, or that the iatter dropped into a tra; prepared for bim god on the strength of aa anonymous communication assailed the jury with- but proof, thua alienating their sympathies and destroying bis prospects of a verdict on behali of the plaiatsm® The rumors of the jury having been | reward incase | ¢ Gpproached with corrupt offers they gave their suffrages to the Beecher side are | not quite as well /ounded as the statements, drawn Up in the snape of aMidavits and in possession of the piaintiff’s counsel, that two or three of the jarors, botn before and since the tria! began, have expressed themselves decided believers in the lu. nocence of Mr. Beecher. The afiaavits to which tir. Beach alluded were a subject of muck specu- | ation tothe people in Veurt, who had @ notion shat Mr. Beach, who ts given creait for # keadioug ‘apulsiveness, would surely a them to the Jadge and make a general onslaught on the jory. in this they were disappointed. THE PROCERDINGS opened oy an explanation on the part of Judge Nelison—the first he has made during the triai— of am error in aa eveoing paper to tae effect that be bad already written out his address to tw jury, and that requests to ckarge from the counsel Ob oe side had been In his possession for over & month. Such was net the case, His address wai (a course of preparation, and, as for the requests to charge. he had received none from either side, and would like to try if a Judge could deliver a charge agreeable to both sides. He desired tosay im regard to the incident of the previous day, that he bad a conference with the jury and they stil seemed to be under the impression taat reflec- tions Were cast upon them. He told them he did fot think counsel intended any reflections, and they appeared satisfied to think so. Mr. Fullerton, who stood up beside bis partner, Mr. Beach, and spoke in @ low voice, said the Court and jury would be surprised at the tpforma- tion that bad come to th ter ot tre Jay before. Toey had received com- Munications to the effect that persons had neard members ofthe jury expressing themseives im- properly, and they could not turn @ deafear to tnese tuings, but would present them to the Court @ proper time. AN BMBARRASSING POSITION. Mr. Evarts said his client was placed in @ very embarrassing position vy these stories and rumors, oral and writtem, some appearing im newspapers and otuers oruited abous by word of mouta, and Bone of which they could meet in the proper way of investigation and refatation. it was uniair to Bim to reopen the case Im the newspepers alter Bl the evidence was in. Jodge Neilson expressed @ hope that ali woula Bow go on pleasantly after the explanations that had been made, and requested Mr. Beach to pro- teed with his addr Beach never uttered a word duriog this littie Gebate, but held nis bead ratuer bowed down, While bis (aco Gusued, aud bis eyes bad an ex pression ef indiguariog. PLEAS FOR THE PLAINTIFF. Mr. Beach resumed bis address in a rather low Bud measured tone 01 Voice, by reading Beecher’s letter of “true inwardness’ to Mra. Tiltou, and eepeciaily the term ‘nest hiding.” he passed oo to consider otier letters, Which bave becu already reverred to jm the cour of th Sddress, and thea procesded to consi Gence of Kate Carcy, Mrs. Mitouell and J R. Redpath, The iwterview of the latter with Mr. Becoue, was read, ia which Beecher said be Should teil tae Whole truth—make @ clean breast of it—and vindicate Theodore and Mrs. ilitoa. Counsel, Cwelling on this expreasion, asked how Was Mr, Beecher going to vindicate Theo ore Tile ton, who had charged nim with adultery, ana knowing what Tilton haa been doing for turee years previous, and also knowing the confession Mrs, Tilton nad made. [here was here clearly 0 {udication cf the ieariessyness of innocence; be- Cause if theto was Mr. Beecher would have come Out, And, in place Of vindication, bis duty would bave been to make pubic his iadignant cenuncia tion of the man Who bad basely and falsely ac used him of adultery. “The moment,” cried ‘Varts and Beecuer, hands of Shear Was lost and all COURS), to the amusement o1 man and Tracy, that momén: h u better instincts of his navure were per- verted.” Beach reai Mrs. Morse’s remarkabie and characteristic letter, sail of suggestive and Biguiicant exere-sions, and asked what cri ali these cilumities megu thes Mrs, i1tou W.8 -uder- Shearman, | min regard to tne mat- | ing that were ‘crushing the life ont of oer,” as she said, Titon had already TOLD TWELVE PERSONS OP BER SIN. Was it simply that she bad tallen tn love with | Mr. Beecher, oF rather that she bad gone tarther and ylelded nim her body? What snould Mr, Beecher have done under the circumstances but | have gove to Mrs, Morse and demanded an | | explanation of her language? Mrs. Morse says, “When I hearof you cracking your jokes irom Sunday to Sunday and think of all the misery you | have brought on us, I cry out with the Psalmist, , JUDGE NEILSON EXPLAINS. | | ‘Phere ty no God!” writtea by Mrs. Morse in | A MORE EFFECTIVE LIGHT, as proving his side of the case, than any other he as yet takeu up. Counsel asked why Mrs, Morse | Was not produced to explain the singular | expressions contained in her letters? The otber Mr. Beach put the letters side insinuated that she was crazy, but ber correspondence waa very plain and sensivle. Reieriing to the audacious | demand made upon Mr, Beecher by ilton to leave | bis pulpit, he put the question, How did Mr, | Beeoher meet the insolent request, When Bowen | asked nim what be was going to do ¢bout it, what | did Beecher do? Did he ask Bowen, ‘What have | you or Tilton to charge against me tu justify such | | an fmpaudent demana?’ Instead of resisting this aggression on his character and position he saw the necessity of detaching Bowen irom his asso- | clatioa with Tilton, Knowing that it was Boweao | furnisbea ‘Tilton with the facts, it was thea | Re assumed the attitude of an humble and suppil- cating culprit and calied upon Bowen to be bia friend, Counse! declared he was puzzied to know | | DoW @ great man, supported by @ great church, | | could thus behave fn tae presence of so distonor- | uble a charge as the cne so well understood as the basis of the demand made on nim to quit bis pulpit | | and Brooklyn forever. | | CONINUING WIS SPERUE | after recess, Mr. Beach insistea that tf Mr. | | Beecher’s evidence did not dispose of tre theory | | of conspiracy and blackmail there was no use In | bis arguments; Do man ovuld convince them ever | though ne rose !romi the dead, When Mr. Beecher | | concedes tnat no threat was uttered, uo terror | used, the theory of the defence tails, There was | ro compulsion on Moulton’s or Tilton’s parc, and | | tm the matter of the payment of $7,000 to tne latter, which, it was insisted, was extorred by threats ou the part of Tilton, it was now shown | that the whole transaction conceraing that money was lairly settled ina business-like way by a board of arbitration. | given on the other side that would go to show Mrs, Tilton in the light of a woman whocommitted debauchery everywhere and with everybody. | ‘This went to the question of damages; but the platntiff sought no pecuniary indemnity, would | not take itifhe migut, spurned it from him. The | | Plymouth church people—Tracy, Mrs. Beecher and the usners—looked around at each other and smiled at this announcement, Bessie Turner's | evidence was dissected and a good deal of | eriticism given to that part of itin woich Bessie Said sbe was carried from her bed, irom one room | to another, with | 4 CRIMINAL PURPOSE | on the part of Tilton, Sbe said Horace Greeley | was in the next room, and counsel asked if it were | ukely that Tuton would select that particular | | night, when bis great and honored friend was ois | guest in an adjoining room, to commit a criminal | outrage on thatgirl, This giri had contradictea | herself eight times, as was shown by @ comparison | of her teecimony before the Plymouth church com- mittee and before the Court. Counsel then in- | quired by what system of argument H. W. Beecher | could have reconciled bimself to telling a false- | neod, to committing perjary by adenial of this | charge, and quoted several prominent authors on the philosophy of casaistry. Mr. Beach contended that it was possible Mr. Beecher, under ‘certain conaitious, justified himself in lying. “With ad- vanced thinkers PERJURY 19 NO SLN,”” said Mr. Beach, reading; ‘aud this brave asser- tion.” he continued, “is irom Dr. Thomas K. | Beecher, a brother to Heary Ward Beecuer, and is to aletter to his sister.” This quotation and re e were received with a qenerai laugh, Mr. Shearman saylng:—"That passage bas reieresce ‘Tilton, an advanced thinker.” Counsel continued to read from various authorities to | society, set up @ plea of justification fur faisebood. | He thought there was more demanded of a cher than of @ lawyer, and he could stow from Mr. Beecuer’s writings that the Plymouth pastor advocated the keeping of the Sabbata con- trary to the command, “Remember thoa to keep | $4 \% boly the Savbato day." Alter adjournment, when Mr. Beach made bis | | appearance ouisi the court room, be was re- ceived with cheers, j DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. Soutnworta, New York; Lieatenant J. D. J. Kelley, United States Navy; © W. Thomas and Colonel 8. E. Valentine, o! Brooklyn; Dwight Towusend, Staten Island; J. N. Patuson, D. J. | Twobey, New York. . THe PROCEEDINGS. | At the Bata:—l | time in @ sense in my own dena! I any tine thoughtit proper to reply to anytbing said about myself, and should not do so, except thas | Gud in ap evening pa) jo an article writ- | ten im a spirit of kindness, there is a stutement of @ act, @ »Upposed iact, woIch might lead to a misap- prehension :—“it is aid in tue papers” —meacing | some @ther papers—tue papers not so weil posted as the lawycrs—‘that « part of the day would be occupied by reque roves, into bis charge. \ t would be a bilseful state of afairsif that was ro, Decause in that case | should not have been ging and uot two might jead gentieme: 2 nD pi questa, beiure those of the other side Ranved tome. |i any had been hanged to me [| sould have at once deliverea them to tne otner side for examination. I think this statement Gue to wyself, as possibly there might be som misapprenension. My hope is that for once a jude may be abie to deliver @ charge so entirely hat counsel might not be called ny requests ior him to embody ia rion—We cheerfally acquiesce in that. Judge Neilson—i ougut to say, im refereace to vat toe genti a were Saying | ie as 1 say Luis Worging, after reconsideration, that the lewrned counsel, In course of @ rapid course of utterance, may be ied iuto making some remarks o| What De lerms geVerce jofuences; but asi inidk | Was justified In Going, I said that counsel bad no iptentiou of @ leging amy ‘m- propriety, #0 as to characterize tue jury Uulavor- abiy iu (he discharge of (weir duty. aud i hupe tue Jeuguage he used may be so regarded, i Fue: ton—Tals ig & Very Uolortunete stave Of things and they are notin our control, Your Hoaor will be surprised «pd the jury would be Surprised W they could koow What iivormation feacbes G& Conmanly, uetuuly by written com- Taunicalions but oral c a tw ste but these Rot spoken Honor, we Bare in it, vecal they kuew of jt they would wot Le surpried whea tuey warned of it hom ou, . Mr, Faliertop—Parties have gone so far as to place im Our hauds sMdavits of what men have ard, of What communjcatives Lad deen made to them ‘aud to the jurors—whe:her true or iaise I do Bot kooW, Dut such is (he fact. Mr, Evatie—An important eogegement that was very necessary jor me to mee. led me out of the abonc fiiteen minutes velore my loved fis remarks last y irnend, Mr. Fuserton, so Now Ihave tir, Beecher ribuiral of his court room jeuwrned | ening. as not to be Fegurded as impolite. bat a Word 10 say about the Matter. is a delendant Mm thts Case before country, or whew tribunal. in ali its twoetions avd all paris of (he admin st 0 Of justice, ie has entire respect. He and his counsel meet bere, wetore Your Honor sad thix jury, Whatever 14 alleged against hnw, Whatever i alleged in any re- spect ugaicst him oF against his counsel we meet wheuever it is presented If & Soupe taat the aw Wakes jt po-sibie for sto meer lt, Now, when my jearned intend, Mr. Fulierton, says peuple Would be surpised at this, that and tue otner ting, and that things have gone a. iat that there ure aifidavits, he does nothing tuat does not seem to him proper; but reaily, as Your Howor see#, We cannur meet any suggestion of that kind m any definite torm of respousioiity. We must newt these taisgs and see (oem mentioned In the hewspapers; but whether they ure an experiment upon justice or wil lead to anything iaportaut we dou’ know, and yet it seems Very awkward When they put the defendant im the very stres+ ef is life, who Precepts hasell jn court aad by Counsel to mneet Woubever the justice ui Tes copucry pas atleged Counsel reierred to testimony | show how meu, to conceal certain crimes against | | Im the audience and on the oench were Hon. H. | 0. S@gainst him, to meet also what the justice of this country bas Lot alleg th) hape of published eviden are closed, and in stions about | what las gone wrong or | to have gone | wrong here and taere. Yet that is a part of the ce- | fendant’s position that he must bear. | raise only a suggestion about wich there can be no difference ; of Opinion, (uut as yet BoLbIOg has been presented for Mr, Beecher or his counsel to et except what tas boea produced on the witness stand and bas been heard in the arguments uf vounsel, Now 1 observe that one of the papers this morning speaks of Mr, Hull, ome of the jurors, as vein German ahi not understanding our laoguage Well, and as being the gentleman | ovjected tu. 1 do pot kuow but they might as well speak of te as a German cr Your Honor as a German—— Judge Netlson—My graudiaiher was a German. (Laugnter.) Mr. Evarts—it looks as if tt was attempted to | create Lue impression that dir. Hull dia not un- | derstand waat was sald veckuse of not under- standiog Our language. Your Honor will remem- ber (bat tue Juror | Oojected to Was set aside. Judge Neilsou—l remember tuar, 1 might also meutlon the tact that during the last four montus, | in Which | Rave Ceen brougit into intercourse With tne jury, } bave ot acquainted witn eacu of them aod bave formed a brotherly regar for euch 1 thei, upd | nave periect onudence in them, as | | mot only understanding toe language but as ap- prehensive and sagacioys in every sense, Mr. Fuilertoa—What I*have said has not been | voluatary; it was caled out. | um happy to learn that my iriends On the Ovher side ace in a similar situaion in rejerence to se puducations in the | newspapers. Judge Neilson—I hope we will proceed now pleasaatly. M varte—lu regard to the matter of requests | | to charge, if Your Honor please, we are willing und will eudeavor to do whatever seems suitable to Your Honor's wishes, if we shail Mud it concurs with What we think our duty, But, Your Houor, | | we shall probably find a portlon of those requests | Sultadle to be presentea ouly belore the making o1 that charg Judge Nedson—uat ts understood, then, After what | have said 'o the jury, which I felt called upon to say, counsel will be at liberty to present aby requesis Which they S2e occasion to, Mr. Evart®—Powt we understand, but I wish to reserve the consideration whetber we may not find some portion ol our requests only sultabie to be presented belore you Cauacge; tuat we will con- fer with Your Honor upon. Mr, Fuilerton—We suall desire some imtimation if that course Is taken by the other side, MM, BRACH'S ADDRESS, Mr. Beach then resumed Ms address by calling atteation ty the letter of Mrs. Tilton to Mr. Beecl- er, of tae Sth of Marcu, 1574, and Mr, Beecuer’s re- sponse. He suvsequenuy aliuded to the term “gest hiding.’ Now, said Mr, Beach, after quouog trom “No. wood,” a delicate lacy concealing her love, !s ukened by Mr. Beecuer co a bird uiaing 118 | nest under flowers aud ledVes aud tults of grass. | ‘vais chapter ot “NorWood’’ contalning this sen- teuce bad been & shore me previous submitted by Mir. Beecuer to Mrs. Tuton, and i is not ac all unlikely that av idew ol that character, beautitully expressed us this ts, would strike ut once the im- | agination of Mrs. ‘Luton, if 18 aivogether probavie | that the term ‘nest nding” was taken irom that figdre, and that as used by Mrs. Liultou tue term | means simply (ne oidtug of ber love. Very little siguificuuce is to be ultachea tO all this, because the iorce und uppiicauion of these jetters con- sist in the circumstance that they were wriiton by such & man tu such a indy under tae clrcum- stauces. That they were soliciting an laapradence, at least; that they were ludecorous and Indeiicace unuer the cirsumstances no geutieman, 1 think, will hesivate to say; that they Were unwise wita | reference to the cuinplication wuick existed be- | tween Ihese parties, acouriing to the adwission ol Mr. Beecher himseli, and that they were wel | calculated, if not designed, to perpetuate toe emotional delusion unver which tue lady sumere that tley not only provoked, but suggested | communications of her true lowardness to Mr. | Beecher, and soiicited Irom her that consolation and sympathy Which sue had been accustomed to render to im is perecily clear, aud 16 is sag- | gested that tuis woich | have read {3 tne nrse | communica ton which was made by Mra. Tilton to Mr. Beecher aiter the meeting on Decem- ber yO, When the charge Was made agaist | the iatrer. If that was a falsv cnarge, Tuton bad untraly commanicat to | Rer husband whatever ai upon tne faith of waich he acted, would sue have | addressed three movths afterward a note of that | character to Mr. Beecuer? A private, unsig: | communication, ‘true, witn proper frankne: delivered by Mr. Boecher to Mr, Moulron, but yet | proceeding from Mrs. Tilton under tne belief of | entire secrecy. It 13 thought proper, gentlemen, | that 1 should very briefly direct your attention to | | those passages in the letter of Mr. Beecher ana in | yhe evidence, whic indicate @ purpose o1 Boll. | | destruction. . | | MM, BEECHER'S INTENDED SUICIDE. Counsel! in alluaing to this part of tne case said | in the memorable letter o! June 1, 18' Mr. | Beecher says:—‘l have 4 strong leeliug upon m: | and it brings great peace with it, cuat 1am s ing my last Suuday and preaching my last ser- — 'mon.” The lett remember, opens with this senvenc caren is | | trauqail and the heaven is serene, @s beflis yé WhO bas about finished bis worldiy life.” In | the evidence of Mr. Siltwwn rou remember the in- | terview in woich he says that Mr, Beecner desired | him to give bim notice of am tutention to padiish | | the comiession, as 11s call:d, of Mr, Beecher, in | order that be might either go out oi the worid by | suicide or else escape from the faces of ois friends | by @ Voyage to some foreiga laud. in the tumony of Mrs, Moulton you remember that he id that be was determined to take and of all circamstances which are ied by he beueve that is the subtance of the evidence upon ti } atiemen, and you must «ive it ation as you think it GeServes. We hav y Geseribed by th | piaintum. You may not, coutinued Mr. Beacd, give | us, ou the part of tne plaintif, credit jor any | deiicacy Of se.timent to rewara to Mr. ras aud Mrs. Tilton, You may suppose that we did not feel a horror of toat necessity | which compelled us to put # brother upon the stand to testily im regard to ) the chastity of a sister. And you mis, perhaps, wonder that when we asked that wentieman now near Were they \ogether—Wwhat Was (ge position, | when ne evideutiy evaded cifcumstantial de- geription of it, that we did not press wich more tenacity @ airect anda lull answer to tory. but lt was enough according to tue judg meut of the law, Remember wnat Mr. Beecner then supposea; remember what is clear irom all the evidence in regurd to Mrs, Tilton, that she had an absorbing love lor Mr. Beecuer; remember, as | | We say, What 18 Saldin every Word and action, every. werd or deed of Mr. Beecher, that he had at | Jeast a tender and close affection jor this lady; re- | member ail these circumstances reflecting light Upon the uispositions, the Emotions o: these two people, one toward the other, and then dud them | In the condition described oy Mr. Richards. Mr. Beecher sat upon @ chair, the door suadenuly Opened, Gnd this Woman springing frow a position With & burning cheek, Under circumsiances leav- ing an indeiivie agonizing impression uj the heart of tais brother. ATHTUDK OF THE PARTIES. What meant it? Is that man pure and innocent, mself to be, With no suspicion part of Mrs. Tiltoa, and with Bo | ou OF SIL OD his part? be prayed ju into her soul the Consolation Of Nis OWM eXalted spiritual nature. This was oot the attitude of prayer, This Woman was fleeing from dangerous proximity to this pastor, aod #oe was conscious of sin, Her cousclence burned @ comession upon her face, “But,” says the gentleman, “what did Mr. Rich- ards think of it?’ He went forward anu svook bande ty ~ his sister, |, Woat should a LT Mulotain nieman, aor oO. hil @nibarrassment Of that mom But, as Would Lave been the uudistarbed lady to ner brotier to meet | lus salutation aod render her OW; Lulsbe passed to the window away lous (he Vrother, in appear: | auce, lu action giving tue clearest seuse of consel- | ous impropriety. J suppose Mr, Kicnards is tu oe | beueved. Upol that sunject, bis crediviity, I | id GuMleiOns beretoiore; 1 is Cue of the | sities uf this Gelence, that W.enever we aod important, im this every 3, ail jenes ou the part of | tae plaintiff is (0 LO discredited; there is cor- Tuptivg Gua perjury; be water lite, WoW @uwiuent the character, a Bow read Mr. Redpath, assertion to Redp OF it; L wbail tel tae ‘a waole biame ou mysell; ) #Uall vieds p god Aiuzaveti." (his was iu Jui, sil, aiier EXaminwg Commitiee had been calied, aud wita @ iui) Knowledge Of the extreme coaracter of the charge, knowing all that ibeodure Tilvon ip the pavt toyee years liad done, whic he pronounces | toeday fuise, Whica Was reiterated by her in tho letter to Dr. Svorra, ready, as my learoed friends fay, then fur contest gud Jortight. | uis gentleman, to fits Inuimate Itiends, fo tas witness, declares that he wil] make @ clean breast or it, aud vindl cate Toeouore tiiton aud Mr Tilton, Was there any deulal to Redpath of the charge of adultery ? Did he disabuse the mind of Kedpata of tae trath of the accusation Mr, Titon threatened toea to present? Wus there avy inay that fearlessness of Ipaccence, that deer to throw of the Weight und the stain of this scandal, ana, by & demonstration of b 3 purity, coniront the aileged conspirators ag his vOnOr and fame, und reticve bis cou en and the world {rom tae dread of the accasation made ugatust him, foundes upon the scandal? put | re. turn again 'to wwe inquiry, gentlemen, how was Mr. Beecver to vindicate eitoer Theodore Tiutun or Mre, Tiron? If his position to-day be true, if Theodore Tilton is the depraved and avanduoed profigate the deience represents, if he had Deen cirewating the 14 dishonoring rumors against Mr. L ccher—No« wes We fo be vit iy with tae inmocence O Mr. Het Way, wenile- met V¥cun fecoucie (ewe tWoe cuntrastug Cusaltions o, the mini ur tuts | can look through it into the heart of py that solicitation of Heury 0. Buwen to entleman, Then he was determined to do what 18 consclence taught him and what nis daty to Theodore Tilton and Mrs, Tilton taught him, to tell the truth so far as the truth Was wecessary | and proper in their vindication, Whatever he | might choose to commauicate in regard to Mrs, | ‘Tilton, he said tc would be that which would pro- | fect ner fame, bus would aseume upon Dimself ail the responsipility for the dimicuities which bad | sprugg up inthe housebold of Mr. Tilton, and Which Would rationally account tor all the rumors Which hud atlicted usd corrupted the ear of toe puole, What that coulession as, Wha that | Stutement was, Waica would thus bear upon tt the Vindication of those he liad wronged, aud how | it Would impute guilt sud dishonor to himself is not for me to say Bor for you to say. It issumctent | That then, on tne ldth of July, 1874, this man bad made up dls mind to make such @ sratement as | Would produce tae desired result. Counsel commented at great length on the les- ters of Mrs, Morse bearing on the scandal, ana asking Why she had not been produced ad a’ wit- | ness. BOWSN AND BEBCHKK. ! Some significance, to my mind, ts to be attached | to the meeting Which wis held on the 26th of De- | cember at Mr. Freeland’s house between Mr. | Beecher and Mr. Bowen, It was an extraordi- ; nary interview, calculated to proauce a very pro- | Jound impression upon the minds of the parties. | A bold and audacions demand was made upon It Was insolent if it had no founda- | tion, How did Mr, Beecher meetit? Mr. Bowen | comes to him With a sealed letter; no intimation | Ubat ne Was aware of its contents; he delivers it | to Mr, Beecher: it 13 seen to be a demand trom | Theodore ‘itoa upon Mr, Beecher to leave ms | pulpit and quit Brooklyn, Whatis the trst nn. | pulse, what dees Mr, Beecher do He pats it iu ny | pocket anu says nothing—makes DO Answer to the | lmpagert demand uuul Mr, Bowen says to bim, | “Well, Mr. Beecher, Waat bave you to suy about | ite? Does Mr. Beecher say to Bowen in wuswer, | “What have you to gay about it, sir? bo youmake | yoursell & party to this insolent demand upon me? | Do you dare to come into my presence and require | ing, tor reasons Which 1 uuderstand, uot expressed, | ww leave ny pulpit and quit Brooklyn?’ Would | not that have been the natural mpulse of an out- | Taged mister, conscious of no Wrong, Undaunted | and deiaut in his tuuocence? Wouid he have per- | mitted any living man to come tato his presence | on bebalf of auother und make sucn w wemand | Witsout cailing that messenger to account and asKing hig if he took the responsioility of the auducious outrage? Ob, no! no! But he sees the necessity. He does not inquue of Mr. Bowen bis | connection with It—lis reasons for associuting | with 10; but, with humbie and tind appeals, 43ks | Mr. Bowen If he 1s his iriead, What were the in- | fuences—by what spell the tndignativo of Mr. | Bowen was quieted we know, not, bul that on | Mr, Beecher, the 26th of Deceuver he had pledged himself to odore Tilton is cern, and that oa the same day he had turoed his coat and pledged bumself to Henry Ward Beecuer is equally clear, and Mr, Beecier Was Satisfied with tue result. He bad se- cured a usefoi ally: he bad silenced a dangerous tongue. Was it not dangerous?’ In tue spring of 1870 there bad been a settlement of tae diticulties | between M aud Mr. Buwen by watca Mr. Boweu i special udVautuges, uc- cording to statement. Alter stat- lng the adjustuons between tiem the moemoran- dum of Mr. Beecher proceeds to Say that It wus that without any provocation be, Mr. Bowen, told Mr, Howard that the recoacilation aid bot include one matier; that ne (Bowen) Koew that about Mr. Beecher which if he sbouid speak it would arive Mr, Beecher out of Broodiyn. r. Howard protested Wilh forror agains’ such @ statement, saying, “Mr, Bowen, this is terripie; no man should inake sucd @ staiement Unless he has (ho most ubsolute evidence.” To this Mr, Boweu replied “tnac he had trus evidence” and sald pointedly ‘that ue (Aoward) migat goto Mr, Beecher ani that Mr. Beecher wouid never con- seut that be (owen) should tell Mr, Howard the secrei.” hat was in the spring of 1872, Am I wrong, Mr. Morris ? Mr, Morris—No, you are correct. Mr. Evarts—If 10 1s 1n evidence snow it to us Mr. | Morris, Mr. Beacb—If I am wrong I will make an apology, for lcertatuly do not intead (o misrepre- sent. I recollect disitucuy thas it was in evi- dence. dur, Evarts—I only want to be sare, Mr. Beach—I understand you, sir, Now, it was to tis manto Wom, On the besl of a friendly settlement of business difficulty, he made this declaracion, to an ipitmate triend of Mr, Beecher, that he kbew a secretinregarad to Mr. Beecner woich, if told, Would drive Gila irom his parpitand irom Brooklyn. Jt was to this wun, bringing this demand alter tuis threat, aud never regarded or coutradt Bee Mr. Beccher exmibits tis humble and suppiicating attitude of @ culprit appealing to him Jor Iriemduy protection. And yet you are to believe that tuis was a pure ana spotiess coaracter. In 1870 Mr. Beecher kuew that Bowen made this cuurge to @ prominent member of his congregation, aud be sat silent under 1t—made to one tv whom he broke the sac- rificiai bread and poured out the bivod of his Re- deemer. To fim Who sat Weekly under bis miuis- tration Mr. Bowen bud made this accusation, and Beecaer sits silent and contented, receives at the same time at the communion table and breaks the same emblematic bread ror & Man Who Dad Made the same cuarge, & Wan in the bosom Oi Dis chure!, aud to tHis hour he is an accepted commuuicant tuere, and has never been called to aa account for those words. What are to do with these things as practical men, auu- and true judges Of our fellow men? Aud are we to account for this sub jon of a greut man, stayed and supported by t doration of & great cburcn to tue face of such a dishonoring courge’ Does it hot throw upon the transaction ou ine 20th of December sack @ gleam of ligut that we wury Wara Beecher and see now full it was of error, how timid it wus in the presence of grief and how 6 = fj 4 irieud fell frum bis ips on that interesting Is wil be found here on page 104. from the whole of this paper, prove the | setticmeut was wm: tne dim. | culty Was made—and that Was at an in- terview at Freeland’s house. ie a tale == house—this house of 1 a's. ‘After February, 1870, 4 lou interview at F land’s house, for the purpose of having @ full aud final reconciliation between Bowen and Mr, Beecher, Mr. Bowe’ ted his grievances, which | Were ail of a business nature, of my treatment of | lim personaily"’—‘‘of bim personally” italicized— | “as per memorandum in his writings.” Well, when Bowen gut the privilege of reporting aud abiisning the sermons abd iecture room tulks of ir. Beecier, the new edition of Plymouth Col- Jection,”’ Freciand’s interest—I don’t know what that means—tnird, explanations to church; fourth, be was to write mea letter, aud with, re- tract in every quarter wnat has pyety. Now see the pecultar phraseol His grievances are all either of « business nature or | wight demand of him personaily; but beyona that Mr, Bowen sald that it aidu’t include one matcer; that there was one secret he held to witn her, Which, Ifrevealed, is all in tee haudwriting of Mr. Beecher, and, of course, taere is no dispute avout ic At this sage the Court took @ recess, AFTER THE RECESS. A larger throng of peopie filed into the court room in the afternoon than im the morning. Tuere was a gén-ral impression that Beach intended to Wind up and bis peroration, it was natural to think, would excel all bis prior efforts at impas- mioned deciamation, Mr, Beecher remained away. Kit Carson, Jr., a very singular specimen of tne pale faces struggled for and obtained a 7 jong the repertera, whom he le’ and looks upon a9 the reai ‘‘olg tajuas’’ of modern civiliza- tion. HeJooked like the noble red man in every- thing but the complexion, which was as fair as a | woman's. He jumped over the raillag n the re- porters’ tables with the agility of an antelope of the plains. bis keen bawk-like eye wancered over the court room picking out ihe braves of the Tilton and Beecher tribes at» giance. Going out beiore the proceedings ended he loswted on shaking baods Wwito ali the policomen. It was aoout haif-past th when, to the surprise of most people, Mr. Beecner returned and made his way to u place beside bis wife. Chester Carpenter, tue foreman, jell asleep for awhie in the afternoon. THE ADURKSS CONTINUED, Mr. Beach resum 4 Dass sume iainer topics, geuclemen, simp. Waking AA Aliusioa Lo the Or CUMstauce thal im August, 1570, at the request of Mrs, lilton, Mr. Beecuer leit bis sammer resiaeuce &t Peekskill to come to this city, had un iuterview with her upon ove day afd au appolutment jor the pext, and on caliiaz tu juli that appolut- ment Mrs, Tiltoa decitued to see wim, sending him @ message that it was detier be snouid not see er, Mconnection With the fact that irom thas luterview of December, 1i there Was nO meeting between Mr, Beecher anu Mra, Titon. Tow, you Wil observe, Was one mouth alter the communication Was made oy Ars. ilitoa to her bus Of (he relations between herself and Mr. bee: Mr, Beecher s4.8 In fh douce that Mra, Tilton wus sick, and therefore seat Jor Him, It is hardly cousisteut wW.th the explaga- tion, and the message u/ reiusal the next day. if Mrs. Tilton desired to kee Mr. Beecher only FOR SVIRISUAL CONSOLATIO: by reason oO! ber lives, Lt Was lucuncelvable that aiter the interview of tne first dav of his arrival, and that ab appointment with her upon the sue- cee ing day foe Sent Lima Message O: that coar- ucrer—that 1b was not vest jor hertusee lim. It {8 One Of Chose Circumstances in the track of tus history wale 1 compiles, coulesces With tae theory Ol the piaiatiM@and is i harmony wits the das tion that there was some corrudiog and di Ing secret between Mra. liiten and Mr. Be that Was appearing upon porh tueir lives aided in the subserving aud submissive lust ment ol any persou heid the control of that Becrct. Now, geutl this 14 the afl. mative case on the part of tis plalaum You will see that if 19 sustained vy tures Witnesses, Testifylug positively 10 & confession on the part oF Beecher so thicit intercourse with Mrs, 14 sustained vy his Written declaration wil propriety uae the term “con!ession’'—carry- ing such @ revelation of 4 sumitien Conscieuce aud @ provotud aud agon.Zing remorse, that 15 1s 1M. possiole 10 satisiy them by any O.divary means, cunsidering tne ¢ vy of the man and tue bas ture 0) the langua a rb: wader it of an accusation, as three \ “ay, of adults", Sipported vy tae tevuer Or dis Fesigaetiou, ols Gecuration that ne NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. | Witnesses presented on the part of the defence | the witnesses on the part of the defence | the couciusion that the ouiy blackmail uxed or | Nis generous inclinations and kindness toward | no sin iu tuat, there 18 no compulsion in that, | there Ig bo extortion im that; Laat there is uo | that the only charge was tuat of improper solicaie | Woodruff or Tuten, tells you toat Tilton was not His hair feli ali about bim like a hood and | to wae Willing to step down and out of the noble life he had been pursuing, of his tender of himsell aw @ voluntary scrifice to the good of Mr, Tilton, by his craven fear of a stster’s threa‘ened accusation irom bis pulpit, by the unanswered appeal of Mrs. Bradshaw under the circumstances I have de- tulled, by the upbraideng of Mrs. Morse, by the de- | clarations to Redpath aud by all this accumulated weight of circumstances, all failing iu with tae ac- cusation of seduction and «pposed only by tie singie testimony of Henry Wara Beec'e i cannot pursue my original purpose of exami ing 16 detail the testimony of the bumerou ‘They relate only to the question of conspira and Olackmail ond to the cou radiclory declara- tions, Whiel have beea suiliciently explained. Ii tue evidence of Mr, Beecher is not silicivat to dispose of the theory of conspiracy and black mail, NO argument of mine can coayince (he inte ivence of this jury, You would pot believe ‘hous one sbould rise from the dead, Mr. beecher say: after relating «li tee Variations of his mind, all | the fuctuauons from his own unbiassed 1mpres- | sions of the Iutegrity aud honesty of Mr. Mouiton and fidelity und his account of the influence Which Was used over him by his professional advisers tbe question 18 put to him, “Mr. Beecher, your | answer to the question put to you, whether you | now believe that Fraucts Moulton invended to levy biackmat upon you, has not beep answered satis- factorily 10 some of my associates, aod 1 put it to you uguin as tp your prexent belief? A. Weil, sir, if you mean by bleckmail that he levied auy coutributions for his own advantage on me, I do not think it; outif you mean, Mr. Fullerton (tout 1s, the Witness Continuing), bus if you mean to: he levied money upon ine, using Inv generous fee: ings 43 Une lustrcment jor the benefit of Mr. ‘Iul- ton, I tituk he did’? Now, you percetve, that 1s | an entire surrender of the idea that inere was auy Such thing as dlackmail througn intimid: tlou—through threat, Well, I say all, hearty aul | have been sworn to support tue theory tuut Moulton and Tilton were constant holding over Mr, Beecher the threat uf this accusation to extort mouey irom him, or service from nim, iu some way, in ald Of Liiton and bis resturation to pros- | verity. ‘Tmis is abandoned by the evidence of Mr. Beecner, His own uneducated, un- directed conviction was that there was notulug of the Kind, and when aided und instructed by his lawyers, he cones only to | | iuduesce used was an appeal by Mr. Moulton to Mi. Tiitun, Well, tuat, of course, gentlemen, 1s of no importance iu this case. When Mr, Beecher concedes that no terror was exerted, that no threat was uttered, tant all tue benefaccions which were secured tarough Mouiton were by ap- peals to nis generosity aad kindness, wiv then tue theory of the defénce tatix u tery. ‘There 1s Imagination aud manufacture of a false story and wh UnjoULded accusation In tant. There is nothing i it whica lwwpeachss in aay degree the lorce of Ute testimony which we offer or aids to any eXient the tucory vl tuis dsience. Well, now what neea 18 there, Yentemen, of the examimation of this mass Of proofs? ‘lake the testumony of Mrs, Ovingtou, Mr. Ovington, Mrs. Putnam, Augusta Muvre, of these Winne:d witnesses, BELCHER, WILKESON, COWLEY, all of them, wast do they amount to¥ To what point are they directed to show that ‘Tiiton and Mouitun ON various Occasions represented the ol- tence as impure proposuis, aod they ucmitted it | fnd guve the reason tor it, and then to support | the theory as torouga Mr, Wiikeson, that Mr. | ‘tliton Was issuing this cuarge, Whatever it wa Jor the purpose Of coercing some benelaction of some cuaracter out of Mr. Beecuer. Well, ull that | 1s necessary to be satd avout it in my judewent is | that wheo Mr. Beecner makes the acknowledg- | meut that ne dves under oath, und waen we avoid ail contradictory evidence, ail materiality and power Of tis evidence ts lost. Now, I might say in regara to Mr, Wiikeson that when he at- tributes to Mr. Tilton the deciaration on the morn- jog of the 2i—1 think it Was that morning, at any rate it Was toe morning of vhe day oO! the declara- uon—Mr. Wilkesou attributes to Mr. ‘Tilton the remark that he Would pubiisa certalp things it he to get lis money; why, in this be must be in crror, because at that time all that tatter had ocen arranged, Well, it turas out taat Horace Grecley was not at ‘Lilton’s house at the time of whico Bessie Turner | speass. There are eigut distinct facts coutra- dicted in har testimony here aud ber statement belure the Examining Comuiustee as compared, aud she acknowledges thew. The priucipal tact coutradicted was as to ihe length of time occu- led in that interview betw eneral racy and erself. I can well see how the or ition uf & young lady of vivid and creative fancy, a lad! who developed suca a “high standard of theatri- cal talent,” may, in the appearance of her imag- ination and descriptive. power, exaggerate by words a3 She does by action. As early a8 Decem- ber 14, 1870, Mr. Tilton did make a charge of aduliery against his wile, and ov tiat day Bessie ‘Turner communicated the fact to Mrs, Bradsaaw, altoougn Aliss Turner denies it, Tracy tells you | that in Bis intercourse with Moulton, Titon and Woodnuii, the idea of adultery was never hinted; ations. Yet Bes: Turger, their owo witness, tells you wat the cuarge of adultery nad been made'by Mr. Tilton, Mr, Shultz, whose recollection dors not accord with that of eitner Moulton, resent jeecher’s cont! during the imterview at which Mr. buting to tue Golden age was th tiou, though he admits that that Tilton would not accept | beneiit from Mr, cher. lie istance and Co-o} jon on the part of Beecher; Moulton and Woodram votn teil ou this, It Was a matter of doubs and interest | ‘nen it Was agreed that this iseue was to be tried, wWoat explabation would ttenry Wara Beecuer give to this charge, aud particularly how would he reconcile these letters consistently with bis tn- nocence. In legal Miuds there was irem the very first but ope resort, and that was the necessity of denial, No matter what might be the proof against bim, Bo matter how hard and heavy the circumstances migbt encompass him till he mea like Lord Byron’s scorpion, ‘Girta with \ thei termative but denia brave and bold, jounded upon his character an bis church. it be possible that Mr. Beecher offence imputed to him, butin and velore tue World sustains any pecanti Teluved ail a: A PALSE OaTut Now, gentlemon, tis is the horror that is EE jug OF some Of your miuds—tue diliiculty of | Heving that such & man, With gach a char- aoter, can Oulrage lis own conscience and tue law Of God, That be has 0 done it m iorm, in seeming, 18 just as certain as the affairs of humap evidence. Tuey can’t avoid the prov! of the plain. | Uuil's three Wituesses. Either they have beea con- Vicled of INVenUng &b Accusation against an Inno- cent man, or else Mr. Beecher bas quicted hia conscience consistently upon a denial im tue form Of @@ Oath im this court. Mr. Beach saia le found in looklog at the writ- ibys Of certain philosopuers of all ects @ consis- tency prevaliiug tuat it is thougnt that ander cer- tain Circumstances it Is Not only pardunable to lie, buc itis the Guty of aman to lie, Tne counsel Tead from humerous autoorities upon tuis suuject, | WHAT Is Mit. BENCUSK’S CODE? St. Alphonsus Liguori teacues taas a Woman | Who has committed adultery is justitied iu aeay- ing her guilt. Lits teXt books ure used in Catholic seminaries 48 a high authority. Dr. Newman, who connecied himsel: with the Catholic Caurca go, Was accused o1 lying, and he made inquiries anu contended that, according to | the Auglican and Scriptural autuvrities, lyiag Wa Lot sIMUl Uule ss designed to deceive to his injury. If ae can be separated from injustice it is aot wrong. Milton @4ys, “All dissimulation is net wrong Which may be cousid © be malicious.” Dr. Jopnson is aisv cited as sustaining the same doctrine Of cusuisiry. Tuere is anoiher aucoority, ‘erjary {or good reasons, 18 wik advanced thinkers, no iu.” That was written November 6, 1st. by Mtr, Yaomas K. Beecher, brotuer of the Gefendani, to lis sister, (fhe counsel here Feud the letter of Mr. Tivmas K, Beecher bis sister, in Which he uses the parase jaoted.) Mr. Deniuam, sudsequeatiy Ch ust of England, aad counsel fur Queen Varolin Ou tuat trial said thas “from the oegimaing O1 the Bas been recorded of a person rged with adultery Leing called poo bo dis we it It couid wot meet the ead of justice, for eiieve University, say: Seripture voew got say, ‘Taou Witness against tus neizive casui-ts couceive that falseQuod under certain Circumstances Is HOt Biu- fal. 1a & sermon on the “Nuvility of 5 © wre NOt gulied Upou to 1 do not tank We are coniession a¥ to ov those connect-d with * * * God does not require tha: sould make coniession me merely ake ul relieving yout own conscience at lujary would be eotaiied by #0 doing ee Surrouuudlng you. he aSted upon nO Tan Was ever placed in here le was pressed by « more dire Maa," 16 sia the court ol by ee, pestiiogs mn think that 4 lle is Keiueus Such & ODE Was Lut so desp.cabie as smail lies told frequently, “The exaugerations anu ues— or we fii ji@ continually in speakiag about ourseives— @rv marvellous; bat i only Wonder that caere ta hot far more iustexd of $0 little aa there 18.’ These are toe teachings of Mr. Beecher, tortified by the leadervess o! our natures, thus oortrayed, Tue possibility ia that wuen (he gircumstaices rose Whicd forced hi into RITHER YALSEHOOD OR BUIN he chose the furmer, Mr. Beach quoted from the case of Stayvesant ve, Borand, tu show the probaotlity of a maa’s awoaring eLy 1 @ Case Of this Kind. Io the au thority cited it was heid by the Court that the argument that the circumstances were 1mprovable Was of bo @Vull dvalust (he swora statement, aad that no weizh; could Le given to the dental of a Man charged with uo crime of this KU Mr. Beec iB O08 Of Ald Sermons, says Vuat Ifa mau said Ne did not velleve la tue Ti mity or in the Jnspifation of the Seripcures it Would aepend on Woether be gave evidence oO baing a Carisitan or not ie evory livt to #0 make pound whelu ourselves abu us in disaster, you jor 4 no: whetaer fe shoud be admitted into tie Chured.” Sometuing nas been said with regard to the belief in Curistiwnity held by Moultow und Tion, but nothmg tas oeen drawo from taem so gtrong on the question of oftho- a either 4 aftectiug bee: in the or tae dine of Christ or tue mspr vo. Christians generally a poruince to the dostriae of the ’ i there in anytolug leat appeals ty the seasiouities | Godin whom they press they beleve, and M | it holy.” | Proper for me to Senenennnenneneaamaenanmeammemmenmenemmmmmnmmees) of man {tts the coming and the suffering of thy Saviour, the Lord Jesus, Mr. Beecher saya he does not ieel the need ot the blood of the atonement; that modern religion does not require it. Tnis does away, then, with the old bellel that it was necessary for God to give His Diving Sou for the atonement ofsin. Does he be- lieve in the inspiration of the Scriptures, when he | Knocks out the corner stone of the whole edilice of God's love and man’s «in and redemption, upoa which the Bloje 18 founded? He rejects the sav ing blood of Crist. And yet we are told that Tl tou and Moulton are heathens, and uawortiy 0 credit when they swear upon the Gospel of that Te -cner ts advanced 48 a man whose influence for veil i allover the world is manifest, and whom i i impious for men to assailor tue jury to con. lemn, Mr. Beach then read a verse of the hymn go popular tn Plymouch chureh, ‘Rock of Agea,’ Having rejected the blood of the atonement, he denies that the Christian Courcn has a foundation, He says, Luere are no proofs laid down upou which the Church should be recognized. If believe that ali churches stand on the Sime ground as commor schools and iterary wisututions, * * * TL fing no commana of how or where ney are to be organ wed. * * * Inregard to churches, ordinances and governments, | fake Cae ground thas tuey are not day ol them us having a warrant in Scrip ture. * * ‘hey may be useful; but they have no Warrant in Scripture.’ Is tne Church, vhen, & mere institution of policy? The tead’ of the Coureh (Christy supposed that the earthiy Charen was His bride, He said, “Where two or three are gatherea together im My name there will 1 ve.” I thought tuat i$ was not merely & question Of policy or of social government) that the Caorch was an institatiou divine iM its origin and ma@uence, and savins ta its position to the word, And the ordinances, baptism and Lord’s supper, are there no obligations to protest them? Are they not to be used as instrumentab iites, particularly as saving ordinances by whet we savcrify ana fortify ourselves ? And is there, then, no Warrant tn Scripture for them ; ho ovliga: oa tor them? He says, “1 say that the Lord's supper 18 not obligatory 1m the sense that the Hizh Churen holds it 13.’? In bts sermon o! March 9, 1873, he invites ail‘as weicome to sit down atthe Plymoutn church table. He says taat he uses the ceremony of Lapusm, uot because commanded, but because it 18 of as a help to men in their religtoas life, The Head of the Onuren ga that “He wha has believed and is baptized Bhall be saved.” St. Paul urges baptism as esseatial to salvation, If i$ made obltgatory by tng command of the New YVestameut and of the Master; but Beecher saya there 18 nO necessity 1or the ceremony, Beecher thus tukes from the Church of God its divine char+ woler, and the spirit teat should render the char. acter of the miais er on the same level, He saya ‘here is vO more virtue required of tae maa Who is a Ufeiong minister of the Gospel than what oe- comes a lawyer, an engineer or umerchant.” In individual sin there is not; but when a man bad cevoted himself to the Gospel teaching. woen be had “set hunself up ou the hill as 2 tight to be seen vy all meu,” be had thought that there Was more of virtue to be ex- pected of him than of a lawyer or of un engineer. The ceuusei had supposed that there were responsipilities arising out of the duties of a minister ol @ higher Christian charac. terandeXxumple. Iu speaking of Mr, Boecner it may be excusable aad just, Lut In the common Sense Of the word something more of propriety Was gemunded of tae minister than of 2 lawyer or ap eugioeer. Well, with thts looseness of senti- meat, this attack On the Scriptures and the teach. Ings rendered by God, it 1s not surprising thas be Says tue sabbath day should be wu lite under. valued by tits minister, Mr. Beecuer has advoca. ted the practice Ofmopeniag the tueatres on Sun- quay, aud that althouga Lester Wallack und Boucicault bad protested azuinst their pbelag opened. “Remember the Sabvath Gay, and’ keep Why does this preacher’ seek ta detracs from its sacredness? 1 ortnodox view of the creation Of our frst’ parents, | always understood to be that tucy were created in a hign state; but Mr. Beecher’s theory 1s that oar frst parents were ol the jowest oraer of ation. If that be so chen Mr, Beecher mast oelleve tn Dar- Winism—that man has grown Up, sprang irom he lowest order of nature, from the brutes, from monkeys, Jrom tadpoles. it was now five minutes past four, and the Juage loquref of Mr, Beach whether hecouid sugpend bis urgument, Mr. Beach repited, *Cer- tafly,” aud the Court was adjourned uutil eleven o'clock tuis forenoon. WAS THE JURY APPROACHED? s Z OPINIONS OF THE COUNSEL ON FITHER SIDE AND OF DISINTHRESTED LEGAL GENTLEMEN, ‘The remarkable scene that cccurred on Mone day, just before the adjournment of the Brooklyn City Court, which, perhaps, has no parallel in legal investigations, if the dramatic scene be. tween Dr. Kenealy and Cbief Justice Cockbarn in the Tichborne case be excepted, justified edort toget to the bottom of the charges indi rectly made by Mr. Beach, that the jary had been approached improperly. Accordingly a reporver Was despatched to see the counsel on either side and permit them to use the columus of the HERALD in explanation uf their respective interests, During recess an opportanity presented itself, when Judge Fullerton, of counsé! for piaintif, oa returning from lanch, went to the Judge's room to mect a special messenger irom his office, While Judge Fullerton was scaonny his corre. spondence the reporter put the question te nim direct:— «Ju ige, I would like to know what there isin tals charge of tampering witn the jury. Icome from the HERALD, witn a view ot affording coun- fel on eitner side the use of ite columns to speak, Let me ask, by Way of introduction, is it trae that counsel for the prosecution have, as has be reported, ‘wo adldavits proving that one or more jJurymen have received money!” Judge FULLERTON —No, sit; Mot exactly that he has recsived 1. Kerouren—lhen there is no justification for the report that adidavits have boen made to that effect? dadge FULLERTON—It would be manifestly im y much on tae sudject, agit has fallen to my duty to bring tue matter to the attention of tue Court. RerorTex—fuea you would not feel at liverty to Speak oa the subject? Judge FULLERTON—I would rather not, inas mucu as [ am to submit it bo the Court. RePpoarer—Perhaps Judge Morris wouid feel Nberty to speak with less reserve f Judge FULLExTON—Possioly ne may, Rerorter—Thea you Bave no affidavits beyond those showing thai some mem>eor or momovers of the jury has, or have been aporoached ? Judge FULLGRTON—Yes, that is all. JUDGE MORRIS 13 “MUM."" Afew moments later the reporter put the fole lowing question to Mr. Morris:—‘i have been sent by the Hewat to interview leading counsel on eituer side regarding the approaches alieged ta have been made to the jury. Judge Fallerton sayt that is to bring the matter before the Court he is devarred irom saying mued, bat, perhaps, 1 had batter see you. When cant you for ive mioutes, if it be your wisi to speak 1” To this query Mr, Morris replied lacoaically that for the present he could not say anything about the mater, a “TAIPARTITS INTERVIEW” O§ THE “RagaRD epas.”” It was just bevore the Judge had taken his seat Giter the recess that the reporter picked his way between reporters and through ladies’ skirts and reached the chair of General Tracy, on the a Judge Fallerton's and Mr, Beac ats, Geveral Trac’ was in repose, and while waiting for the Incoming of the Court aud jury he gianced alter BaAtely at the movile features of Mra. Beecher aud the Wipatiag form of Mr. Evarts, woo, bi¢ away under her shvulder, in the seat usually o@ cupied by the great de‘endant, was overlooked by the audieucc, Reaciing the chair occupied by Mr. Tracy the reporter in alow tone announced bis nam) and sald;— . “Mr, Traey, Wuat is thers in this the jury save been approached? 1 am sent toset counsel on either stde,and would be happy to piace you on record.” General Tracy turned and said;—“Well, really, there is bat little forme to say in view of tue fact that counsel on the other side have hot im pugned us in his char@es; on the other baud he aequits vs. I have given but little attention te tue casryes made, and | domt think they have auy evilence of the kind. Certain it is that counse) on our side have had novilag to do to ward influencing tue sur, a Here Mr. Shearman commenced 4 backward Movemea' from tue tabie, and flaaliy anchored ou tne coatr between tue HERALD repor and General Tracy. The reporter spoke again tc Geverai Tracy. “I supposd Mr. Shearman will nave tue same answer? General TRagy¥—1 suppose years of age. Mr. Beecher and Mr. ree that } he ts tWenty-oue arts turned towards tne “tripariiie” circle with a look of inquiry, and M Shearman cast & glau toward the reporter, Who explained M8 Dusioess, iis reception by Mr, Shearman was 01 the most cordial character, and lor five minutes bot custted With the reporter in tue 2 assemDeg tarond, bat in #0 low hat hot even Me 3d tha © A 1 earch 3 on: Of @ sentence tit Mh stustane thet actachod Imiportanes’ to sit, Be much a 2081 ‘cs charged, Inasmuch a Mi "Beds Uitisel, Lu Wid eXPldaaiod, dad BeUMLe