The New York Herald Newspaper, June 28, 1875, Page 3

" UNDELIVERED. ‘Continued Division of the Tilton-Beecher Jury, A Quiet Sabbath at the Brook- lyn Court House. | 7 eee { THE JUDGE IN CHAMBERS | Anxious Watchers of the} Jurors’ Movements. TWTERESTING REMINISCENCES OF REMARKABLE JURIES, Captain Dunean and Superin- tendent Bell Speak. dite Mr. Beecher on a Multitude of Witnesses. THE’ WORK OF THE SAINTS IN HEAVEN, Yet another day has past and gone and aril the issue raised in the great scandal suit of Til- ton vs. Beecher remains undetermined, Whether there ever will be any positive and decided re- sult reached, now more than at any other time, is one of those problematical propositions which every hour becomes more diMcult to answer. It ‘would seem, however, that considering the long period during which the jury bave been out of court—since Thursday, one P, M.—precludes any hope that @ verdict for either side will be re~ turned, Then, again, should thore be a verdict rendered it wiil, doubtless, be a question of no hittle moment, and, at the same time, one some- what difficult to answer, whether the decision arrived at was not brought about more by phy- sical suffering and exhaustion rather than by calm deliberation, honesty of conviction and mental reasonings. The jury have for many weary months been listening to the testimony produced 4m the case upon which they are bound, ac- cording to their oaths, to find a veraiet, if any, and must have doubtless long ere this formed an opinion each and individually as to the merits of the issue presented between the plain- tiffand defendant. It etore is somewhat dil- Reult to understand the necessity for such a protracted conference on their part unless itis, as some people argue, that the majority will mot agree to go into court and announce the improbabiuty or impossibility of an agreement, and that the minority are unwilling to give way and inform the Judge ofthe condition of afairs among them, In fact, from all that can be learned, the fact in the matter appears to bo that both sides aro obstinate and determined to Jorce an agreoment, although at the same time both factions have made up their minds not to budge from tbe position they have assumed. This promises A DEADLOCK which may be continued for an Indefinite time. ‘The Judge still continues of the same mind to send no communication to the jury, but to await some Initiative action on their part. Sheuld they, however, at any time noti/y him that they cannot @agree, there is every reason to believe tuat ne would at once discharge them, being thoroughly eonvinced that keeping them longer together would be useless, ‘The partisans of beth the plamtif? and the de- lendant are already satisfied that the final end in this case must inevitably be @ disagreement, and ‘they are now simply discussing the question as to the way the jarors will be found divided in their opmion, The general public are unques- tionably satisfied that the result of the Present proceedings will be of no practi- | cal beneft in a legal sense, although | morally they have served to show up both the Principals in thetr true colors, and should the Jury fail to give a unanimous decision, or even should ther do so, there wiil undoubtedly be a ver- aiet rendered by the great court ana jury composed | of the masses of the people by which the GRAVE QUESTIONS OF MORALA Involved in the case have already been tried, ar- sued and deliberated upon. What the pudlic deci- sion will be a short time will suffice to show; but, po matter which way it may tend, it will be definite and irrevocable. There can be no appeal from such a tribunal, ana | the sentence passed will forever stand r corded in the history of the times @ warning and example to succeeding genera- Hl tions, while the lesson taught cannot but operate to the improvement and elevation of the morals ‘of the people of to-day. There must andoubteaiy for some time exist a feeling of insecurity and | ‘want of faith in all social intercourses, which has | been brought oa by the encertainty and doubt | first engendered by this at scandal; bat the result will bein the end, and at no distant day, the prodaction of a healthicr tone and a | bigher standard of morality among all classes of | the commanity. THR PUBLIC STILL ANXIOUS. Although it might be inferred from the fact that yesterday tnere were but comparatively few per- | fons visiting the Brooklyn County Court House, and that the public interest in the result of the «tx | months’ inquisition is abating, yet It must be borne in mind that it was the Sabbath, when all men rest from their labors, Besides this fact, the | order issued by Jadge Netison on Saturday night, | tbat no one should be allowed to enter the Court { Mouse during the day unless the jory should | formally enter the court to announce the result | of their long deliberation, naturally operated | to deter people from am” attempt on any extended scaie to gratify thetr curiosity, for | they know by late expericnces that to pe com- pelied to walk ontside on the streets under the seorebing rays of the sun, without an opportunity | to secure shade, is aot the pleasamtest occupation | orld. That they did wisely in staying ll those Who were compelled to be on tho | watch can testify to. Elsewhere is given an account of the perfect manner in which the Plymouth folks have erdered and systematized their operations, Ln fact, it will | be seen that they bave even cailed in the aid of science to assist them by subjecting the electric telegraph to their command. It will also be noticed that whey are prepared at any moment to send han- dreds of their partisans to the Court House, so as to fil the court room at any given moment, in | order vo sustain by their presence taeir cbier prophet and leader. A system ot establishing sen- | tinels at certain points bas also been adopted, | soreibly calling to miod the caution shown by an | army while invading an enemy's country. The | Guty of these sentinels is to report ail the gossip | ‘they hear and to announce to their chiels and | Superiors every Movement that they hear or see made by the jary. " SYMPATHY FOR MRS. BEFCHER, | it wax a mateer of gemaine satisfaction that the court was kept closed yesterday, as it prevented poor Mrs. Beecher from indulging her sympathetic aud traly heroic ana womanly interest in ber husband’s fate at the expense of her health. ‘Until the end, has sat patiently in, her place im the pestiiential court room waiting, hoping—praying, no doubt—for her Ausvand’s final acquittal. To many minds this is the great contrasting featare of the trial. No evidences of trifing with the im- portance of the issue are observable in | the conduct of Mra, When her | husband laughs and jok the loudest, ave looks grave and sad and concerned, Not that We element of onidence a wanting, but rather ; any communication the jury might send brim, | Judge Morris also appeared on the scene shortly | | case. | to how the jary stood, There were, however, so | and object seemed to be to ascertain what tie | 4s. fa her conduct attripuranle to her womanly dis- like to lawsuits and court room scenes, and her fall realization of the ostracism which mast come to her and hers if that tcklisn orecte of modern times, THR PBTIT JURY, should convict her husband of the crime of adultery. Innocent as she, no doubt, believes him to be, there can be no doubt in the mind of a jady so familiar with society as to tne dark and trying hours which will loom up tn the future, The curious features of that great social undercurrent which hag swept of on its lide greater names than that of Henry Ward Beecher, which has consigned to seclusion, in the midst of the greatest commercial centres, promi- nent men, are quite familiar to Mrs, Beeclier, A disagreement, not unlike the Scotch verdict of “NOT PROVEN,” will never satisfy her or atone for the days of suffering and of mental worry indescribable which she has gone through since this interminable trial begun, No longer ago than Saturday, when Mr. Beecher found time to go to Peekskill to visit is farm, she had heart for nothing save to como to the court, where she might the better sit and hope for tnumph. With such @ nature as hers this trial is no laughing matter, and, if the long trial shall prove nothing in the case at issue, it will at least demonstrate to the world, what his friends must have known long ere this, that Henry Ward Beecher has a true and loving wife, who was worthy all his attentions, all his affection. Certain it is tmat no more faitnful companion at a time of great tribulation and sorrow was ever raised up for any living man, Aside from the crue, inexorable dictates of justice, feclings of humenity would inspire the hope that her long suffering should be rewaraed in the way she moss cesires, AROUND THE COURT HOUSE. The vicinity of the court house yesterday morn- ing was propably the most lonesome locality In the city of Brooklyn. Every individual in the great crowd which for tbe past week has be- sieged the court room doors or lounged in the City Hall vark had disappeared, Aside from the newspaper men and the representative counsel for both sides no familiar faces were to be seen, Jt appeared as if several hundred persons who, for the past five months, have literally subsisted upon the air in the court house, had suddenly dis- covered @ mission in Itfe which had for its motive something else than idle curiosity. Their absence arguea (bat these representatives of New York’s and. Brooklyn’s floating population worked when others rested, and were devoting the sacred day to some mysterious industry vy which they could keep alive their poor scandal-craving bodies for another week. Such a surmise applies, of course, only to the more humble portion of the crowd. It would be ridiculous to intimate that the “solid men?’ who have danced such constant attendance on the trial had done anything more than to at- tend Plymouth charch to hear how the great preacher wouid treiit some new phase of “‘parox- yamal’ religion, aad to spend the afternoon at the nouse of some faithful brother in the stree! adjacent to the seat of justice, BRADY FOR EMERGENCTES. Tt has transpired within the iast few days that the houses of nearly all the devoted friends of the defendant have been for the past three montha connected with the court room by the District Telegraph Company's wires. The sudden addi- tions which every new Witness or startling item of testimony has made to the Plymouth church crowd has becn for weeks a source of comment among the reporters, but the dis- closure dropped by “one of the fatth- fui? led to investigations which developed the interesting fact herein chronicled for the first time, By means of this telegraphic connection at least 100 members or the ‘influential’ element in Plymouth church ean be precipitated into the sweltering court room before the jurors have taken their seats, A represeutative of this ‘in- terest’? has been posted in such a position that ho commands a view of the interior of tne jury room, and when the jurors go out to dinner, or change irom one room to the other, ® signal is made to a man at one of the windows of the Court House, who Investigates the movement at once and re- ports whether or not the jury have announced their readiness to render a verdict. In case of the coming of the jury, the telegraph is put in operation and the “faithful” congregated at the houses of the brethren or connected by speciai messengers with these localities are to jump into their carriages and dasten to the court room. THE DAY'S DOINGS. Judge Neilson was on hand punctualiy at the appointed time, ten o’cloc’, and immediately on entering the building went to bis chambers, where he sat throughout the day patiently waiting for after and anxiously inquired if there was any news from the jury, sut, being informea that they had made no sign, he left the building, but dropped in again several times during the day. None of the other cougsel in the case were no- teed, They evidently relied upon the prom- | ise of the Judge to send them an hour’s notice previous to the coming | in of the men for whom so many anxious people have been waiting night and day since Thursday | last. In the aiternoon there was a considerabie addition made to the number of loungers, bus etill there was nothing like the crowd present, at avy time, that hus been usual on every other day since the first commencement of this celebrated There was naturally @ good deal of discus. | sion indulged in asto probable resnits, and ail Kinds of opinion were given, some of them being | of the wildest nature, THE GENERAL IMPRESSION was the same asit bas been, viz., that a dis- agreement is the only possible conclusion. Others there were who gather round them litte knots of open mouthed and attentive listeners, to whom they rejated “the latest information” as many different versions in tis regard thet no one appeared to piace any reliance upou the news | they beard, mot even several countryooking in- | dividuals, who had evidently come long distances on the chance of catcbing @ glimpse of the Court, the principals tu the suit, the cougsel and, tn fact, u scene. All that was left for them, notwithstanding the trouble and fatigue they had undergone, Was to meander listiessly up and down the corridors or ground the outside of the building, for, accordmg to Judge Neil- son positive order, the police allowed no one to mount the staircases or to reach the upper floors, which re reserved for the use oftne jury, toensure them quiet and s good at- mosphere. This kind of occupation soon wearied these loiverers, and they abandoned the dark and | sired to institute or commence any proceedings dreary looking place, seeking other and more con- genial Geids, WATCHING THE JURY. There were yesterday, a8 on previous days, | quite a number of people around, whose only atm | jurymen were doing. These people braved the | dangers of sunstroke for hours together while they remained Like 80 many statues gazing in- tently upom the windows of the room where me jury were shut up. They appeared to be periectiy happy and contented, Did they every now sad | again eaten sight of THB UNLUCKY TWELVE, what inferences they drew from their observa- | vions ne one could disvover, but they expressed themselves in terms more forcible than compli- Ty a8 to the Wisdom of the jury in remainiog out so long. In fact, the opinion among this littie crowd of wonder gazers, which by the way was aiways changing in its individual character, Was that there must be some mysterious influ- ences at work to keep the jury together so long, otherwise they woulda have been heard from jong ere this, Asthe afiernoon wore on there were more and more people who jomed the gathering, until by ten oO’ \ock the Crowd was quite numerous, The indiviaw mprising the mass appeared to come irom every rank and condition of iife, from tho Tagged little bootbiack to the weathy merchaut. PREPARING FOR THE KIGHT, At five e’clock the Jury partook of their supper, and, gatne: from this fact that there was put little chance of thelr coming into court, Judge Neilson started for home, announcing hie inten. | y | Moute Bethel, situated in Hick tion of re\urning atany time if went for before NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1875.—TRIPLE eight o’clook, but that he would not open tne Coart after that hour until this morning at tea O'clock, This announcement was hatled with de- light by the majority of the persons congregated about the buliding, for one and all were heartily tired of the dreary suspense, and nearly every one but the reporters abandoned the scene. ‘The immediate neighborhood of the Court House 18 also pecullarly inhospitanle ; for, whether it has been from the excessive plety and religious seru- ples of the saloon keepers, or whether it be thas the Excise laws are enforced more rigidly in toe City of Charches than in other adjacent cities, cer- tain it was that nothing was to be obtained in the form of refreshment. This fact may have had | something todo with the crowd being 80 small Around the Court House all day, for discussion, es- pecially if at all loud and continued, is undoubt- edly provocative of thirst. ‘Taking tt all in al), yesterday was the dullest aud Most cuinteresting day since the jury retired. JUDGE NBILSON’S EXPERIENCE OF JURIES. At five o’clock yesterday a HERALD reporter sent Up his card by a policeman to Chief Justice Net!- son and requested the tavor of a few minates’ con- versation. An affirmative answer was promptiy received from the Judge and the reporter made his way to the chambers of tne County Court, when the following conversation took place :— ReErorTeER—In your experience of juries what are the longest times you remember that they have stayed out deliberating upon a verdict? JupGkr—Well, as rare cases I may instance the Charity Commiesioners’ Jury were out a long time—two days and three nights, In the case of the explosion on the Staten Island ferryboat the jury was out two days and two pights and then agreed. To-morrow at one o’clock suis jury will have been four days and nights in their room, that is to say, if they do pot agreeere then. (It may be remembered that the jury were ous io the last trial of Stokes, the assassin of Fisk, from Tuesday, at eleven A. M., Uli nearly midnigut on Saturday.) « RerorreR—It is said that you will not send for the jury till they sena you a communication, | JvpGe—That is my purpose. RerorTer—It has been suggested that the Jury have come to a deadlock on account of not having some of the evidence and your charge for their perusal, Jupar--I talked the matter over with General Pryor and Mr, Beecher’s counsel aud they were of opmion that te prevert the opening of other ts- sues that it was not advantageous to either side | to furpish it, Rerorren—But, Jadge, suppose they cannotget on without this? JupGE—Then the jary ought toilet me know it. Mr. Carpenter has served on other cases as jury- mran here, and this ig a suggestion which wouid naturally come tv his mind and others of nia brother jurymen, SOME INTERESTING FACTS, REPosTER—You cau give me no jury room infor- mation, Isuppose, Jadge t JupGr--Yes, I can. A Juryman sent word that he wanted to know how his mother was, and I sent an oMcer to make the inquiry. Another of the jurymen bas haa tne misfortune to lose a cousin since he was locked up, A daughter of one of the jurymen called here to-day and innocently brought a package of clothing jor him, wrapped up in a paper, which I took off to prevent its be- ing used as a messenger. There it ts, added the Chief Justice, pointing to a torn German newspaper on the table, REePORTER—I see you bave allowed the jurymen | to have mattresses at night, | Jupexr—Yes, I don’t see any use Mm crucifying a man while he 1s doiug public duty. The old law was to give the jury no refresnments save water; but that 1s partially nullified by the addenda, “ex- cept ia the discretion of the Court,” which is the modern practice. RerowteR—What do you think about the story pubiished t ajuryman had thrown out of the window a piece of paper stating how the jury stood? | Jupex—I don’t believe tt. 1 think better of the Jurymen than to imagine they would be gatlty of such @ piece Of work. The story also of the balluts being found appears somewhat problematical. REPORTER—What dy you propose doing this | evening, may I acc ? Juper—Weil, I shall leave here directly, and If the jary come to an agreement belore eight o'clock I shall Sammon the counsel on voth sid as I have promised, giving them an hour’s notic Alter eight o’clock I shall not do this, as I think the chances of my even finding the counsel wouid be small, 1 do not think that the gentlemen of the press need apprehend any fresh develop- ments, but I am very hopeful that we shall eome to @ solution one way or the other by Monday, RxPortER—This trial has undoubtedly veen the longest on record in the United States ? Jupae—Certainly ; and the jury are almost ont a | corresponding|y long time. In reply to a last question of tho reporter, ask- | Ing U the Judge would give the jury instructions to-night, he replied, “No,” ‘This ended the interview. THE ATTEMPT TO ENTIMIDATR LOADER AND PEICE. | Ic having been stated that the Grand Jury nad | een or were to be appited to by Rev. Henry Ward | | Beecher tor the purpose of securing indictments against the newly discovered witnesses, Joseph Loader and JonnJ. Price, in a criminal prosecution for libel, a visit was paid yesterday oy a HERALD | reporter to Judge Morris, of counsel for Theodore Tilton, to ascertain bis opinion on the sudject. in reply to vhe qnestions put to | at in bis opimion the ramor in ques. voz had only been published after it was definitely known that the Grand Jury had adjourned and when no such acrion conid be taken, He did not believe eitner that Mr. Beecher or any of hts friends or adversaries de- | against the parties named, “ior they kuow too | well,” said Mr. Morris, “that the traty has been told. Why,” continued the counsel, “1 should like | nothing better thaa for them to commence an Action of the kind, for then we could get these men on the stand and the padiic would soon know which side was telling the truth. Then, again, the Grand Jury do not meet again until the fall, The statements you refer to 19 my judgment, act the damaging effect on the public mind pro- | duced by the publication in the BeRatp of the | newly discovered testimeny.” | AN SNTEAVIEW WITH SUPERINTENDRST BELT. For some days it has been rumored in Brooklyn | that complications had ensued between the trus- | tees of Plymouth church and Mr. George A. Bell | oh account of the evidence given by the latter | gentieman during the trial, Mr. Bell, tt may be remembered, was summoned to gi’ testimony | by the plaintifms counsel, exdodge Morris. Mr. | Bell known Mr. Beecher for twenty-seven rs, and is the principal founder of the Piy- reet, near Fui- tom. Yesterday aiternoon, at haif-past two, a HERALD reporter called at the Bethel im hopes of | seeing Mr. Bell and obtaining bis confirmation or | contradiction of the stories afloat conceraing him. Mr. Beli was found up stairs, giving out a hymn ‘vo bh indreds of intelligent looking men, wo- men ana chudren present, who varied in age from | five to fity. The Bethel was founded in 1868, and | bas 1,260 members, teachers and scholars, and hi been developed and baiit up by the fostering cara of the above named gentieman. AS soon as the singing Wea over Mr. Bell took the reporter aside and asked him bis errand, The following conver- | sation then took place :— ReronteR—News has reached the Henanp, Mr. | Bell, that you are willing to teli of your present relations with Plymoata church, which are re- ported not to be as friendly as they need to be, Mr. Bert—Iu reply to all these rumors ail | bave to say is that I warmly disavow any open or concerted hostility to Mr. Beecher, bat for many | reasons I have decided to remain misunderstood | and keep silence, believing that to be the most | advisable course of action at the present time. in repiy to a further question, why Mr. Bell dia not attend Mr. Beecher’s church as he used to, he | said that bis dutics in the Bethel occnpied his Sab- bath and that on account of his delicate health he ‘Was forced to take a8 much rest a8 possible, effect that there movement on foot to super. sede Mr. Beli in the management and direction of the Bethel. on account of the want of evwoatny ae | idiers and weary ones are females, some mosners, haa displayed to Mr. Beecher, and for certain other reasons arteing therefrom, Mr. Bell was questioned upon this point, In réply, however, ne stated that he must be allowed on this poini, as on others, to remain silent, WHY CAPTAIN ©. ©. DUNCAN WAS NOT A WITNESS. Last night a Heap reporter cailed upon Cap- tain 0, C. Duncan at his residence in South Ox- Jord street, Bear Fort Greene, Brooklyn, in rela | tion to the fact that Captain Duncan had been three times subpoenaed by the counsel of Mr. Til- ton and was never put on the witness’ stand, although he was known to have been familiar with the working of the scandal. The Captain, it may be remembered, insisted, at a meet ing of Plymouth church, that the stories about the scandal should be investigated and ex- posed if ound tobe untrue. For this policy he became unpopular in Piymouth ehurch, and was, in a manner, forced to resign nis position as su- periptendeut of the Plymouth church Sunday school, The reporter found the Captain enjoying the cool air on his balcony, and said to him:— “Ihave come from the H#ratp, Captain, to ask you for some particulars of your connection with the great acandal.”” Captain Duncan (sightngly)—Ob, dear! RePORTER—Can you tell me how it happened that you were not put on the witness stand in the trial, although you were subpa@nacd three times? CapTamy—Well, I was ont of town when tne summonses were served,'and In addition to this, I could only have been uved for rebuttal, and it was found eventually that I was not wanted, RerorTER—Have Mr, Bell and yoursell been stricken off the rolls of Plymouth churca lately ? Captain Duncan (langhingly)—Oh, I think they can afford to keep us on tho rolls @ little longer. ‘They kept Tilton on for four year! In answer to numerous other inquiries put to him the Captain returned but one anawer, which | was, ‘I have nothing to say.” THE JUDGE'S LAST WORD. At forty minutes past eight last evening a re- porter of the Heap called at Judge Netison’s residence, No, 198 Amity street, to inquire iurther regarding the programme for the night, in order that there should be no mistake, Ascending to the study of the Judge the reporter said, on en- tering :— “Lhave not come for another interview, Your Honor, but | am bere in behalf of a namber of warm and worn-out newspaper men at the Court House wo are anxious to know whether the court will be opened to-night to receive a verdict or not. Can you enlighten me 7” “You may say to your colleagues,’ said His Honor, with the best of good-natured sympathy, “that under no circumstances shall I reopen rhe court to-night It would require more than an hour to notify the counsel for voth defendant and plaintif, and at this time of night 1 shall not call the counsel together for any report which the Jury may have to make.” “And at what hoor will you reopen the court to-morrow ?” usked the reporter. ‘*At ten o'clock,” repifed Judge Neilson. “Not before that uour under any circumstances?” anxiously asked the report “It will be impossible to get counsel together earlier,” was the reply. ‘This ended the interview, STREBT CAR NOTES ON THE JURY. A ConpucTor—I know two men on that jury who can’t earo $1 60@ day in any otner way, | and as long ag they can make $210 this way they are likely to stay where they are, A Soir Man—Poor old Carpenter has my sympathy; we turn the scales at the same point, and tis weather turas any room into a Turkish bath for me. A CaDaveRovs INDIVIDUAL ow FRONT Spat— Before this ume I'd tave voted to hang my grang- | mother, A Boy—I guess Beecher’s friends have fixed that Jury, anvhow, anu if | was one of the number i'd stay out forever. AN OLD Lapy—TI think its ashame the way Mr. Beecher bas been treated, for he is a good man, AN Aponis—Well, I don’s see so mach wrong in this case except that they were found ont, ANOTHER OLD Lavy—TI have read all the evi- dence and I can’t make out anything at ail. A Youre Mormer—Don’t you think Tilton ts a wicked man to bring the charge he Uns against Mr. Boecher ? ‘A CLERICAL looking jury | ever saw; L wi the window for an hour, Very Bap Youne Man—Have they settled what t hiding" means 1” Ay OLD Matp—Thane Heaven I'm not a man! TAR MYSTERY OF 4 OHAIR, Police Officer McNiernay, attached to the Scan- dai Court, apd two otter oMfcers, are said to ve the only people Who know what nag become of the witness chair while seated in which the 111 wit- nesses gave their more or less truthful testumony. ‘The officer above mentioned says he will reveal the secret after the verdict is given. 2 TILTON AT THE COURT HOVER. A‘ half-past nine P. M. Mr. Tilton, accompanied by his daughter Florence, passed by the Court House, but seeing that there was no excitement, passed along without making any inquirles. Ti- top jooked well and hopeful. DIM, DARK AND DISMAL. At bal-past one o'clock this morning, when | the HewaLp reporter lefs the Kings County Court House, not the silghtest thing of inter- est bad transpired. The “determined men | of the jury,” as one of the court officers called them, were still under jock and key, ang no sign was given tha they had either agreed or agreed to disagree. Tho “Campus” under the shadow of the jury room was vacated, save that solitary policeman paced up | 4 Gown the ward, seemingly adsorbed | GENTLEMAN—The “raggedest”” tched them througn in the wondrous quetade of the scene. in the corridors and alis of the } bie temple of justice Were stationed deputy sheriffs. who were only sem!-occasionaliy ened from thetr cat-naps by necturi visitors, The streets and avenues surrounding the park-and Court House were ail but deserted, aad the pattering of the rain drops, mingled with the echoes of shuMing footfalls, were the only sounds of life in the vicinity of the scene of the great scandal trial. } NEW YORK SENTIMENT. | On summer evenings, the little scattered squares and balf circles of green grass io tne City Halli | Park are fringed with tired and weary loungers: ‘who leave their warm and fetid rooms in tene- ment houses to get that little air there may be found under th eletom trees of the city park. ‘The bencnes bere are not the most comfortable tn | the world, and yet many of them are well flied, | and those who fii them have their own sentiments | ond express them as freely as thore who live in | brown stone houses on wide avenues, ‘The upper end of the park is the piace where | confidences are generally given. Sometimes pub- | le questions are discussed, and those who disenss | them do it with an earnestness and a zest which are not to be found in any other section of the Metropolis. itis rarely shat the discussion w tertained by more than two or three persons, but | occasionally five or six people will open an argn- ment aliat once. In the old time not Gisenssed but Tweed and his fortune: Beecher and nis memorable jury. What fate may befall the Piymonuth pastor is a snbject which the | loungers cannot strike from their minds, It must be rememoered that a large percentage of tue | sisters, and even little girls, who nestle aroand the knees of the family head centre sud listen to the talk of their seniors with trae bliss and impticlt confidence tnat is only begotten by the | mind of @ child. One group was noticeable out of twenty others. ‘There were five persons sitting on a bench whicn | had #2 iron division, Two were women, one of Whom Was stout and thick-set and had a dig, jolly face. This woman was the wife of a ‘iongshore- man, And lived in Rose street, as she said, companion Was @ very lean woman, having aehin like @ choumber at tis point. The three men were Tough, honest-looking laboring meu, and one of them, the husband of the woman, had @ long scar on his ck, Waich bad almost divided his lett jaw. Th Ort, Sloat, thick lady vegan the conversation, “Well, Leoppoee tie trouhle wil! soon we over | | he would put on an alr of activity, amd he moved | an all-pervading feverish anxiety to learn wid Beecher, Iheard that there’s goin’ tobe a | Verdick for both Dim and Tilton. 1 wondber whay that mean,” WoMAN WITH CUCUMBER CurN—How can there be a verdict for both of them 7 Bown of them can’t be guilty of the same thing, can they? Scar-FackD Man—What’s the use of talking nonsense? Triton is the man thas fynting Beecher, and nobody wants to make him guilty. its she Other man, Beecher, and they say he’s got lota of money, and his friends the same way. Iv bates the devil anyhow where all the money comes from to keep the trial goin’ on so jong. | Suort anpD Taick Lapy—Tiere’s always money for that kind of people, and if they havn't any | themselves they have plenty of rich men to give it to them; but if you or I wanted @ dollar for any of our troubles I think we’d bave to wait for it, wouldn’t we, Mary? (fo the lean woman, who seemed somewhut reflective and conscientious.) WOMAN WITH THE CUCUMBER OnIN—Indeed, we'd have to wait until the Day of Jugemint, Scar Facep Man—Yis, and beyond tt. Whin- iver there’s any poor manin trouble wid nis wite there isn’t any Iewyers to come in and offer their services to help them out of itis there? SHon? aNp Tack Lapy—What would the Iaw- yers be doin wid us? Shure they say thas some of thim gets $1,000 a day end all their atin and | dbrinkin, ! A PoLiceMAN (who joins the group, with a | pretty moustache and a big club)—Well, are you | all at the Beecher business still? {thought that the night wasa little too hosfor tt) But I sap- pose the city has gone crazy, I just heard Jimmy Fuller—you know Jimmy, he’s in the race for As. | sembly next year, wf the split keeps up in Tam- many Hall I just heard bim bet over im Bob’s $20 against $10 that Beecher is goin’ to go ander in vis racket, SCAR FACED MAN (in a@ very incredulous man- ber)—Woaere li he go under—Beecner? PReTrY PoLIcKMAN—Go under? Go under, in | the water, of course, Scap FaceD MAN (not at all mollified by the policeman’s assertion) —The divil a dhrown ever Beecher 'ilidhrown, Look at the way he talked the other night! He must have a back bone like tron, Bismarck 1s nothin at all to him, only that they say that Bismarck laves the wimen alone. Prerry PouicemaN—We hear enough about that, Bismarck is the same as other men. But Bismarck, they say that he wou't allow the news- papers to put in anything about him, ‘That's whav’s killing Beecher deader than a door nail. WOMAN WITH THE CUCUMBER CHIN—If Tiiton was ball a man, and [ hear he’s a big man enough, | he'd beat Beecher unt there wasn’t @ drop of | blood in him, But I suppose tuas he’s a weak | creature, with his bead full of nonsense. j PRaetry Po.ickmax—What do you waut the man | todo? He was a-layin back, he was, He kind ’ lost his grip, he did, and saw he coutdn’sfeten | anything; so he kind o’ jumped the business un- | Ul he ges ashow, When he saw a show he went | for it, and I den’t blame mm. Now, if they dis- | agree on this thing, of course Tilton doesn’t get any money, but then be gets satisfaction, and that’s all he wants if he can’t get the damages. The roundsman made bis appearance just at this moment, and the policeman, taxing a look at | the City Ball clock, made & vow to himself that off in excellent style, but he was not able to es- cape the Beecher discussion, for tn a few moments he fell in with two Germans who were seated on another bench, ana who were, like their Celtic irienas in the distance, taking a little of the treo air of Heaven. These two unfortunate men were also possessed with the Beecher nigntmare. The | HERALD reporter, Moving around mid the thickly populated beaches, found every man and woman exercising their wits to develop some-new theory in regard to the jury and to what they were ex- pected to do. Some few persons tn the Park were not excited at ali about Beecher or his fate, but that was simply because they were asieep on | the benches, stretchea as full length or doubied up, wiih their heads reciining penceiully on thet stomachs. Bat the German mind 1s essentially and siways @ juridical mind in regard to those things whieh are not apparent at first sight to @ con- fused or excited multitu The reporter Who spoke with these two Germans discov- ered that they had been visiting a roths keller, and bis talk with them not of | ‘the most hopeful or cueering nature. As soon as | | the mame of Beecher was mentioned there were two immediate and simultaneous grants of dis- gust from the pair. One German wore green gog- gles, ana is was presumabie that he was near | sugnted and inteliectaal. The other was a very fragite looking being, who oad rather a vacuous | expression in nis face, amd seemed to be very | mach bered about nothing. The man with the | green goggles, when he was asked what was to be the fate of Beecher, answered, “| don’t know nodings about this mans Beecher. | Somedimes | dinks that aii dis business isa grand | bumbug and at other times I dimks that the | peobles are some hambugs themselves. If dey aint humbugs what aey make so much fuss about nodings jor? I know im Germany that the bolice would stop it and arrest dem all. I[ don't care wheiner Beecher get out or sthay in. | That’s bis pisness, nod mine. He don’d god a} dollar for me, The ghury isa very foolish maus | for to sthay six monds midbout plenty of money | tor themselves.” The littie and delcate-looking gentleman of German extraction suddenly became aware of the | {act that there was something to live jor yet and | be broke into the conversation and ended |i very come and get some beer, and to-mor- | row we bear all about this Beeeher and tuis great verdict. Idon’t care for Becener Titton; & Want & grosses giass uf beer.’ AT LONG BRANCH—-EARLY ARRIVAL oF THR HERALD—ANXIETY TO LEABN THR NEWS— GOSSIP ABOUT THR TRIAL. Lona Brancn, Jane 2, 1875. To-day’s quadruple Sunday Reravp found bero early and eager buyers—early because the papers were brought at an unprecedentedly early hour on the HERALD steam yacat, and eager because of tho «result of the Beecher-Tilton trial. ‘Yo say that there was genersi disappointment on jearning that, the end was not yet, but that the | Jory waa still out, is only mildly suggestive of the almost oniversal disgust as the delay. However, the trial bas been the theme of more general con- versation than it would have been otherwise. ‘This is thoroughly in accord with naman nature the world over. Im the ome case, the result hay- ing become « fixed, determined fact, people would have given their views as to the justice of its final determination with a strong admixtare, as usnal, of the “I told you so” declarations, and that would bave ended the matter. Now, wita the cage still in donnt a the jury stilt ponderimg, ‘there remains 4 wide Geid for discussion upow ali the phases of this led trial. And the subject nas been assidnously talked over from the first glance of the Sunday fMenanp In the morning till the latess eventing adicus as | the coteries on the hotel porches retired to their couches. Really a matter endowed with such fer- tile subject for gossip w & godsend at a wateriog place, and particularly on Sunday, when the cata- logue of week-day enjoyments is necessarily re- stricted. Strolling about ameng the hotels, whten on Satarday began to assume an animated ap- pearance and give assurance that the seagon has both fairly and suspiciously commenced, it was amusing to hear the varying comments as to the great scandal trial. “Mr, Beecher is stopping here,’ remarked Mr. Rowland to the HeraLD correspondent, and, with. | out Waiting for an answer to bis question, thea ked, “Would you like to interview him '* ‘The Mr. Beecher did not turn out to be the de- fendant in the great scandai trial, although doubtiess a very good m in bis way, On tho crowded porches and in the crowded parlors and sitting rooms and under the summer houses | cae A dons apparently discussing tue id one in one of | they cai days, there ts no ii “should there eleven Beecher,” obrerved anowwer be news goes forth to the ‘son, long as rid Of @ disazree- | somewhat eXtracrdinary one, 3 a et ment it cannot help B On the contrary 16 Will show thuf, 10 sp-te Of the immense preslige of Beecher, tne tacts proved are suco as to pro- duce a pelief in the minds of sume that he is gulity ol the grave offence charwed against Lim. This would be moraily a blow which Beecher could not live down. He may continne to preach and eon- Unue to draw a big salary, but his infueace tor the good of mankind has ‘received a blignt whieh nothing hereaiter in Nis career can efface.” “The whole triai bas been w nuge jarcc,” ex claimed anotner. “Lf Beecher 18 NOt convicted, then 11'ton ough’ to be sent to State Prisun,” was tue scuciment of an elderly gentieman, ‘We may wave our Moral conyietion eecher’s guilt, but that ts not evidence,” way Another gave wis Opmion of the’ case “What would tee pubiie gain oy having the Proof of Beecher’s guilt #? asked an inquisitive person, evidently More anxiwUs to lura who views of others than to express his own, “Phey would gain this much,” was the quick reply by ome who had before been silent; “to keep the doors closed against every man wearing & white choker and @ clerical coat.’”” ’ “A man who wouldn’s perjure himself (0 save @ Woman ia no man,” was the bold utfer- ance ofa tail, thin man amoug the crowd. It is unnecessary (0 give in extended detali for- ther conversations, Avthe Howland iiouse, ot the West Fnd, at all the minor hotels, the sub- Ject was talked over in @ similar strain. Whue many Were strong iu their expressions of sym- pathy for Beecher, but few evinced any very kind regard ior TLton, AT PLYMOUTH CHURCH—TWENTY-NINE NEW MEMBERS ANNOUNCED—REV. MR. BEECHER PREACHES ON A CLOUD OF WITNESSES AXD THE OCCUPATION OF THE SAINTS IN HEAVEN. The scene in the neighborhood of Plymouth church, at ten o'clock yesterday morning, was a Carriages came trooping up to the door im rapid snecession, among the first to arrive being Mr. Murray, the well known usher, who brought ois family wita bim, Thea caine young ladies, old ladies and middle-aged ladies, accompanied by their male iriends, many on the half-trot, causing some of the elderly ladies to pant considerably, Swill the concourse irom north, south, east and west poured toward the cuurch, asif under the beliet that the sides of Plymouth church were elastic. General Tracy and Counsellor Shearman, of Mr. Beecher’s counsel, were among the first to ar- rive, and at @ quarter past ten upward of 2,800 people were seated, the majority fanning themselves most vigorously. After the regulars were seated & scramble was made by the outerde world, containing in thelr ranks colored men ana a beathen Caince. People fought with despera- tion +o get im, but hundreds had to leave the chureb with their curtosity unsatisfied. One tall old lady, who had fought vallantiy to get inside, had hardly been there a moment before she swooned with the beat and fell on her face, out- ng it badly, Sue was taken outside and resusci- tated by sympachizing people. Though the mercury in the thermometer stood among the “nineties” men, women and chil- aren crowded the nces to the build~ ing, and supplicated from the usters an Opportunity to obtain standing place long elter that opportunaity had gone by. Mr. Beecher, who, of course, was the central figure of observation by tue thousands who directed their gaze toward him, took hia piaee upon the plat- form @ little ewriier tuan usuah His manner waa calm, gentie and sel{-possessed, and his counte- nunce seemed to have the silghtest possible tinge of sadness upou it. This impression was favored by the motabie sdxe il laugbter-provokiag Ulostrations or allasions tn bis discourse. The an- nouncement of the names of twenty-nine canat- dates for admission to the memvership of tie church—fourteen by letter irom other churches (two of whom were from Doctor Cuyler’s) and fifteen by a proiession of faith—iatied to arouse any Choral toue or the manifestation of any jovial manner, 1s was evident that the Piymouth pastor was in & serious mood, and the selection of the subject of iis sermon, which was upon the “Lise Work of the Angels and Saints in Heaven,’? confirmed that indication. Neither by imphcauon ner by expression Was there any allusion to great public topic in which Mr. Beeener is 80 sonaliy interested. A larger number of strangers than Usual crowded around the piatiorm at the conclaston of the services to shake Mr, Beecter by \he band and to offer him words of cheer ana cyri- solahon THB SERMON, \ JThe text selected was Hebrews, xtl.. 1—\Where- jore seeing We also are compassed abouc with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, And the sin which doth so easily neset us, and let ns run with patience the ra: THA IS wet beiere us.” ‘The b! form of this passage, said Mr. Beecher, derives its iorce from the man- ners and customs of the old Hevrews, who had a delief in the communion of thea dead. Now as to the whether in the apostie’s mind this was design to be purely ® poetic picture or a correet scoue cr &n uustrative scene, does not appear. But we can very weil, without the slightest straining, eup- pose that the apostle did intend here to give aud to attaen an intimate relation betwecn these words thas had gone before and all that haa strug- gied and who were striving on earth to reuch eternal life, Unaoubdtedly by the presentation of these examples to man’s widerstanding men can especially take courage by the prospect oj victor; brought under circumstances of great self deni. The apostie may bave held forth this example av one by which force may be derived to the ipner mind of man im accordance with tne law. But, io my thinking, taere ts muct more in the passage. There ts @ vitality in it. We are not looking back, period by period, to those names of houor and victory; we surrounded by them—they are described as hovering in the h and they are crowd witnesses, Ww! and press jorward in is 80, We May, Without Violence to the spirit of the sacred text, accept it as @ teaching of a commun- ton of the saints, at an, and aympatny, the, sympathize wii We are to remember Tuas * is to be perfected iu our Manuvod; it is tv be per- fected in the same qirecti¢n aud way in which Periecved. tlere, on earth, we are fighting for the most part for our owm existence, and man Is 8o obliged to derend himself against a social bias shat ne foriifes bimselfia a kind of resist these influences. This is lower condition and It is @ necesst imitation, When the sat nad the spiri t just men who, being just, baviwg borne tniquity and Bate evil, bat Who could not stop with that 0 men, being perfect, they nave ti ignanics against evil, but look down wi o pow some of the things which we may pose pass through the minds and the hearts shose that are ingiory? And in the first piace their own previous earthiy experience will give them sympathy for those that are below. They will peroeive in looking back upol heir Iie has be@n passed; life im different Colors, and &: suffered an ruggie ue own wil th not interesting to 4) merely bec: ¢ children of God, but ve- camse we are tue patterns of themstives. “Do you tok that ia the passage uf the soul througa the air that it discharges all those tender teelings affections that it has takea four score years educate? When death separates them, and oue “we away—gone, gone, gone. No, not gi witht the reach of your volee, within the reac: of your thought, Within the reach of your meai- ory, Within the reach of your love, Thére Is not a tulng that is dear to me tout has been lost by the bodily dissolution, Aud they that look out upon she Maddled scene of human life from heaven your father, your mother, your brother and sister, your wile and your children, your Christian com panion, Who sat by you OM the same seat and sang Out of the same book—to me they are not dead; aead they are not, taanks be ante Goa. Mr. Beecher, alter referring at the spiriteal calture of ntwn, said stand very well how it is pottery, because many arti are the Workers in iigures, a ers in flowers, and tough they are ali working to prodace the same result, they do not work at the seme time. This would to us by Way of filas- tration what didiouities there are in the way of making men. For men are wrougut upon by 1 nde ith the makers of fine | one ipfuenee and by another, all for the purpose | of leading on unto perfection. And they who look down upon human itie irom above see how all things work together for good ior him toat loves God. HOW TO MAKE iN Harry. It don’t take much to Make @ man happy in thir wortd, I ean give you one or two texts, that ¢ you believe them and di it past a of those things that if man Delleves in Itcovers bim witha triple armor that no barb can pierce. it rejoices @ wit an exceeding Joy when he can ‘L love God,” bur when man can say “Ali talugs Work together af vhatis @ rejoicing. They also are looking down id now much m in the wiery that be reveaied to us, of which We can fave no conception, aud of whicu they hj Mi wilitng: Fived inspiration trom those woo were dear to him, and Who nad gone before, and In aamontton to bis congregation to live so to oan thee po poe nt ARd glorious entrance to the Kindo of bes aes isa ee Rate ny.