The New York Herald Newspaper, June 29, 1875, Page 5

eel "MR SCANDALS” VICTDNS Tilton-Beecher Jury Still Out. iietillacess PROSPECTS AND PROBADILITIES, lashateentapltig renin Soenes in the Court Room and Corridors. TALK ON THE STREETS. r ‘The The People Wearying of the Scandal. 4 JURYMAN’S = SUSPICIOUS =—-SLGNAIS, Undoubtedly the Beecher jury, or, the jury in ‘the Beecher case, is the moat remarkable that ever assembled to decide upon a verdict, No twelve men ever before retired to settle the merits of a case aud remained for four long days without even once expressing @ desire to hear from the Court on points of law or evidence, or Without showing some symptom of their preatleo- Mons, their conclusions and provable verdict. ‘This matter was @ subject of universal discussion yesterday, The weight of opinion was iu favor of the theory that the jury stood just evenly bal- enced, and one side trom the start resolved upon making uo concession to, or compromise with, the other, This belief was strengthened by the peculiar manner of the jurors, who, judging from the observations that were taken of ther movements from time to time, haa given up all Geliberation ,and settled down to the painfal enterprise of wearing each other out. Six for Beecher, six for Tilton, was announced by people who pretended to know, as the standing of the ‘jury when, at three o'clock, they were invited by Judge Neilson to change taeir quarters {rem the third to the second focr, At tuls timo thera was groat speculation among the people in the Court House corridor as to the meaning of the jury’s being brought down frow their original conference chamver on tho third Moor, It was thought, “Now, surely they have @greed;” but the suggestion came, ‘“ihey cannot be prepared to hand tu @ verdict to-night or they Would have remained in theirown room. They fe come dowa etaira to the big room for the Parpose of passing the night.” ALL SORTS OF RUMORS were started into circulation, and the weary, ‘waiting multitude were given some small means of killing time in discussing the numerous guesses, plausible and improbable, that emanated irom whe fertile brains among the gossipping groups. Ali the defendant’s lawyers attended, and were 4m the court room at times during the day. Taree of the plaintif’s counsel made an appearance, mamely—Messrs, Beach, Pryor and Morris, the latter two spending. much of ther Ume intne Jodge’s room. As for Judge Neilson be looked uncommonly bright and cheerful, He was communicative as one 10 bis position could posi Diy aford to be under the circumstances, OF course His Honor expressed no opinion, one way or the other, as to the meriis of the case now closed, but he spoke ireely about other cases, and ofiormer days, Judge Netilsun and Judge Mons passed TURP SLOW, REVOLVING MINUTES cracking jo the enie-room with an anxious 1ook and an eager G@evouring desire to see the end of this very protracted litication, Ag for the court room It was about hail fired, end a third at least of the audience was composea ot ladies busily occupied In lanning themseives. The news of the jury having sent down word for Anstructions in the alteruooa spread like wildfire and drew the scattered groups of people, lan- guidly lolling in the corridors, together into @ large crowd, It did not then transpire what the Jory desired to be informed about, snd conse- quently there was ILLIMITABLE SPECULATION gato what was tp. Toe lawyers held s consulta- Mon, and the Jury was enlightened on the particu- lar points they Cesiread information upon, It was Datural enough to expect many rumorsof brivery QD corruption, aud al, charged to the Beecher sice, whercon the weaith end influence te, Witn- out proof to substantiate these many fying re- Joolisa to reproduce the mere go: Of the street gud court room regarding the alleged approaches to the jury. The common talk was thatthe jury stood ten to two for Beecher, 28 on previous days, nd that the two were inclined to \he views of tae majority. THE BXPECTED VERDICT. The people who waited in the court room and ante-room, and along the corridor and out on tue sidewalk had a strong presentiment that the jury ‘Would bring in tts verdict some time daring the Gay. It was argued that the warm weacher of Meelf would compe! a conclusion. Kuowing ones gpnovnced from time to time that the jary was on She point o} returcing, and tn tals way the inter- ess and excitement were kept up among the @waiting groups. The idle wits of the reporting Sraternity found employment in devising Various @olls on the uninitiated visitors. Beecher people ‘were stowed away in all corners of the Court House, very eagerly canvassing the res of the jury’s jong confoement. Prominent among them was Usner Murray, who was here, there and Overywhero Whispering confidential predictions frievds, Mundreds of respect- Bbie persons called in through the day, stopped a moment to inguire irom Spaulding or some other court officer bow things iooked, and departed, Mr. Tilton, Who bas pever faltered in his atten'- ance on the trial, never lost nope and faith in the Justice and triumph of his cause, sat in a window of the ante-room, reading & greeu covered book, whic! dropped at intervals and turned round to gaze, With & sad expression of countenance, out he patch of green grass iv the Vourt House grounds, VHR PUBLIC ATTENDANCE, ‘The area in front of tue Court House extending ectoss 10 the sidewalk of Fulton street was a pot piace to stand on about noon yesterday. The air had the scorcbing breath of a sirocco and the paving stones were heated suMcientiy to start a clam bake. The intermittent paffs of wind were feeble and far between, yet still taere rood aiong the pavement, canvassing the probable nature of the verdict, @ triple line of men, fanning them- They Were evidentiy residents of Proekiyn, for they seemed to ve acquainted, and diversified tae time by passing jokes on iocal topics of @ political eharacter. Under the come of the Court Bouse, where the light is dim and the atmosphere cool at all times, a great many people loiterea through tne day, smoking cigars or vigorously chewwg pend spitting over the polished pavement. { Judge Neilson utilized the time consumea in waiting for the jury by holding court jor the dis- i of certain civii actions im arrears on the @alendar, The case on hana when the court took @ recess a ‘clock afforded @ good deal of amoromont Wo persons who have been con- tant arienda the Beocher trigl. Several rone her Brooklyn lawyers occnpied the places 01 the great men Who have done the #harp- est and longest forensic wrangling the Brooklya «-Sourts have ever heard. THE sUDGE's sCTION. Judge Nelison resvived to show the Was: near time for 1% to do 80 one ¢ on Jory that it thing, and ad- ever, as) intention of returning at eight P. M., to bear if gvything bad trauspirea jn the mean- time, The’ ewaiting crowd thinned ont rapidly Alter this, Maty bed pbeem there all day without , Seine to their secular peels, eepecialiy [he host related with mach gusto reminiscences of tue Bar | and Ceneral Pryor walked about | ports passing from mouth to month, it would be | selves with hate, handkerchiefs and newspapers. | Jonras 4 the court at five ovciock, expressing, hows | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1875>-TRIPLE SHEET. or newapaper men, wheee pationee has been put to a test seldom before experienced, FORENOON IN COURT. The eighteenth week of the great legal Inquiry opened yesterday morning with the jury still out, The venerable end learned Judge Neilson, whose wonderful degree of physical endurance 18 coequal with the clearness aud precizicn of bis intellect, alighted from his carriage at the Livingston street entrance to the Court House shortly before ten o'clock, the hour at which he announced the day previously that he would open the court, He made . story, and tie officers made @ way for him through the straggling crowd in the corridor, down which he passed, looking serious and somewhat care- worn, The day was one of note in the City Court, inasmuci as for the first time since before the Curistmas holidays the bands of the presiding Justice of Part 1 were loosed, acd he was there to open the special erm of that Court. Clvil causes are humerous on the calendar, and Judges McCue and Reynolds rejoice that Chief Justice Neilson is with them once more. The officers at the aoor leading to the conrt cried out, “Genlemen, stand batk, if you please. You don’t want to como. in here to-day. The trials before this Court are civi! cases. Still the crowd pressed forward and exhausted much elo- quence m endeavoring to persuade the grim guardians of the peace to permit them to enter. Tho champion ushers off the parisn of Plym- outh—the urbane Caldwell, who so nimbly manipulated the chairs for the 113 dayg of the trial, and the handsome Murray, who has won laurels (hat canuot soon wither in the mat- ter of supplying camp stools for the faithmul of the charch of the defendant—were early on hand, The former genueman, It was sorrowfally Ob» served, wore a No. 14 Alaska rubber on his lett pedal extremity, and leaned bh ily upon an oak stick, Gout was sald to be the cause of these things. Mr. Murray looked pale bust intrepid ag he sided into court and took his seat by the win- dow in the west corner of the court room, which commanded a limited view of the windows of the jury room, Here be gat fora lung time with upcurned eyes, which were occasionally gladdened by the glimpse of Samuel Fiate’s elbow or Jestrey’s large tan. Uxce, | indeed, @ glimpse of Foreman Oarpenter’s emaciaved face was caught, As he satand watched he was communicated with by # jew favored ones of Plymouth, to whom he spoke in whispers, At haif-past tea o'clock, tuere belag about one bun- dred persons in the court room, including Deacon | Pitzgeraid, Austin Abbut and half a dozen strange ladies, Judge Neilson entered and TOOK MIS SEAT ON THE BENCH, ‘The Court was culled so order and & pale young counsellor, with auburn jocks, addressed His | Houor on bonalfcf the suit brought by B, & A. Howara, of the Howard Clock Company, against Ames G Williams, Sherif of Kings county, to re- tover a clock, &® regulator, valued at $125, which had been Illegaily levied upon by the Sherif, He moved the trial, The motion was granted, Olerk George Kuaeble calied the names of the persons, The jurors as cailed came forward, and among thelr nuniber Was an Ameri- | can citizen of African descent, “a man and & brother.” He took his seat mojestly in the chair occupied since January 11 by samuel te, the Beecher juror, General Catlin, brother-in-law of General Tracy, and recent member of the firm of Tracy, Catlin & Broadhead, appeared for the Sheri, It happened thai the first witness called was compelled to stand, the great screw chair tn which the 123 witnesses of the scandal suit sat having been removed several days ago. Tne quiet eye of the Judge noticed the irregularity of the | witness’ position and ordered the oficers to “BRLNG IN THAT MACHINE,” A chair was accordingly wheeled into place and the witnesses thenceforth sat. Reporters moved uneastly to and fro and joked merriy over the dissimilarity between the preseut penduiun case and the case just past, It was really of a burlesque character in tie eyes of the scribes, who, lor seventeen weeks, Wielded their pencils under the laspiration of an Evarts,a Beach ora fell thick a# snowflakes in tho winter. Atten minutes afier twelve Mr. Evarts entered the chambers, and @ repsrter catching kim by the hand, exclaimed :— “Well, Mr. Evarts, what ia there new?” “Lverything is new; there is a new trial,” was the rejoinder of the great advocate. Mr. Evarts then made his way up to the bench, where lie cor- dtaliy shook hands with the Jadge and for a few moments engaged In conversation with niin, Meaowhile the lawyers went on clocking, as though to kill time. “Howard vs, Sherif Wuliams” terminated shortly before one o’clock, but wno cared? About tnis time Tim Spaulding, we oillcer ja charge of the Beecher jury, came ia carrying a letver, and Argus-eyed scribes rusi precipitately to their seats, Judge Neilson e. claimed, with a slight twinkle in his eye:— “Woy this precipitancy, g@entiemen ? There is no necessity for rusting im i such a manner. What is the matter?” The policemen looked demarety at each other much as to say, “What's the matter” A Beectier man whispered, “They are coming in, They have agreed op @ verdict {Fr Beecner, Two jurors desired instruction upon one point.” A moment later Counsellors Morris and Shearman went upon the bench and signed their names to the letter which Spaulding carried, and then consigned it to that oMcer again. Spaulding thereupon went of in hot paste for the jary room, Assistant Clerk Frank Mallison rejieved Cierk Kunaevel and Frank said the Jury Were not coming in. Messrs, Murray and Caldwell differed in opiaion, and spec- ulation was rie. A COMMOTION, ~ Mesirs, Morris and Shearman, though not exactly twius, are often and bave many good qualltres in common, among them evergy and corbativeness. Evil @ispoved persona, however, are apt to thiok thas they Go not keep together solely (rom motives ofafection. Indeod, it bas been stated that they are watching each other, and two vetter men could not have been selected Jor tue task. Now, when both were seen 1a company at noon yester- day, and along with them one of the court officers | in charge of the jury, the curiosity and interest of whe spectators were naturaily aroused, The belligerent legal luminaries as they made their Way tirough the court room attracted consider- | | | | | | abie attention. both wore a very concerned look, and it was evidens they were going to pat @ poser to the Chief Justice, who was now sitting on the bench trying @ com- paratively trifiog case, The gentiemen went on the bench and suomitted @ paper io Judge Neil_ son, which he promptly Signed, There was deep mystery in all of this, and i) made until after a g inquiry. It appeared that shorty aiter wweive o'elLok the jury seat ANOTHER REQUEST to the Jadge for iostractions, intimating that they could not agree on the basis of the informa. tion then in their possession. The Chief Justice and Morris, between Waom and Messrs, Evarts, Porter, Tracy, Shearman and Mili @ consuitatioa was held. 1: was generaily believed that the jury requested a copy of the Judge’s charge, vut Whether the request was complied with was loug & matter of considereble doubt, THE ATTEN DANS was not large, & Matter of some congratulation to those whom duty compelied to be present. But the same old familiar faces could be seen on every | band, and their appearance indicated anytuing but conventmeat or ee Of Mind, The gailery was empty. Everybody seemed to be wora our aad, from a state of hgh excitement, the ieeling H aa to the verdice gradusliy worked itself to one of indifference, at least it might be so Inferred from ene dreamy, Growsy, callous look to be seen on @imost every fe The actmospere, though some- what more agreeable than on days preceding, was, nevertheless, far from being reireshiog, and there can be litte doubt that tre trial and all its sur- roundings Were well calculated to excite profane language among those acoustomed to expresa With irre gious CmMpuasis weir convictions on dis | gusting toyice. THE PRINCIPALS it 18 needles % say, Were in-direct communication | wich rhe Court. Hor it Was stated, however. | | his way siowly Up (de iron staircase to the Becond | | prompt many to catch a gilmpse of the famous | Fuilerton, when objections of smajl fry barristers | in close proximity | despatched OMicer Spaulaing for Messrs. Pryor | that Mr, Beecher had gone ti) peekskil, but Mr. ‘Tiiton was in or about theypourt room the entire day. He looked abovgtne same ax usnal, was chatting with bis triers, put refrained from ex pressing any opinlo ing to the probable result of the jary’s deliberztions, He was confident, hows ever, that in yg of a disagreement, there would bea large Anajority tn nis favor, There was nothing {Onis appearance to indicate much ner- vousizds, but the weurying traces of the trtal forth in bold nes on his face, It ts under- ood that Kir, Tilton will re-enter the lecture fekt | | next season, when curiosity will, doubtless, | Piaintid, and will also coniribute to make the venture & profitable one, A DEARTH OF NEWS. There was Do news worthy of record the entire day. Allihe prophets who knew Just what tue Jury would do before leaving their seats, and ail the “inside-track” men who were thoroaghly posted as to the movemens of the jury in 1he solemn confines of thelr apartment, were sorely St a loss for answers yesterday to the innumera- blo Inquisitors whom they bad so successfully guiled for the past foar days, From one of tho windows of the court room alarge crowa stood watening the apartment in whlch the jurors were locked up, Occasionally one of the latter was seen, Their proceedings did not seem to be marked by much angry debate or oratorical wrangling, On the contrary, the gentlemen to whom the all tmportant duty has been assigned were evidently taking things as easy as could be under the circumstances, MES. BEECHER did not come into the court room, Instead, she remained !n ner carriage im the vicinity of the Polytechnic Institute, adjacent to tue Court House, The Wear and tear of the terrible ordeal have had thelr eifect, The devoted lady appeared to be ule most exhausted, She maintatned her position tor @ considerable portion of the day ia hopes of hear- ing some news 86 to the result. Nene came, how- ever, and sue left in the aiternoon, THE RECESS. Shortly before one o’clock the Judge gave on bour’s notice concerning the all-important matter of dinner, ‘They desirea to dine at two oclock, Although the opinions of the jury as to the meri(s of the case cannot be ascertained, it seems to be conceded on all hands that itis united on the question of meais, No dissenuient Voice repels the invitation to partake of the good things of this world. In the way of lamb, chicken, @reen peas, boiled, stewed and fried potatoes, to eay nothing of strawberrics and cream, but one noble sentiment animates the arbiters of this great case. Thelr appetites are said to be unex- ceptionable. THE ADJOUKNMENT, The same Monotonous features marked the sar- rounuings of the court room during the evening. Notning was heard from te jary, At five o’cluck an adjournment was had for three hours, AFTER ADJOURNMENT, When the announcemens was made of the ad- jJournwwent of the Court and of the fact taat the Judge bad lett for the nightat six o’clock, and that ne would not resura unless seit for befere ten o’ciock, people commenced to leave, and by seven o'clock there was scarcely soul to be found in the Court House, Outside, however, on Boerum street, they sull hung around, afraid possibly that they might miss some point that would be inter. esting to «6cKnow «and reate to their tfriends, After the shades of night Jell the number of these watchers became fewer and more graud- ually less, until by ten o'clock there were sourcely twenty people tu be seen. SCENES AND INCIDENTS ON THE CORRIDORS. Long before the hour set for the openiug of the court many anxious people toox their places in the corridors on the second floor, about the en- trance to the court room, wuile knows of partisans aiscussed in the lower rotunda aad on bie stairs the probability of the jury disagreeing. Tue mo- ment the court room doors were opened a largo portion Of the eager crowd In tne corridors forced their way into the room wituout muck opposition | them that they woud bear notaing, as the regular business of the Court wi with, Duriug tae envire day impatient people re- misined in the halis eager to catch every whisper utecred by gossipers aod to watch | the faces of counsel as they fitted in and | out. Several times the ramur ran down the cor- ridor, **Zne jury are coming in to be discharged.” But beyond a rush, @ litte excitement, and ro- | jJurymen, the crowd were very decorous, One bongry looking fellow who, every ten mip- utes, interviewed the officer at dvor 19 became impatient at last, and broke out:— to this iarce, Jurors wolie they are deliberating. They ought to way or apother.’” “Thai's so.” chimed in s man witn a white choker, “That's the way they doin Hingland, where | comes from; and with us @ jury rarely disagrees, Hanygry men mever spona much thue in considering matters foreign to the poate as issue.” “Well, now, stranger,” said a Jersey Yankee who, With bis pants inside Of bla boots, Was standing | with mouth wide open, taktog tn all the other was | saying, “Over in eour town we'd settic tne | Beechor business without a jury. 44 just give | the entire crowd twenty-iour hours to leave town, “Gentlemen,” said a weil dressed man of consid- erabie iniedigence, Whose soiled nands snowed whole cause of tye delay is that tnese fellows are | fed too weil. have seen hampers of provisions carried in and they lare most sumptucusly, Way, there are meo on (hat jary that never enjoyed a square meal in years unril they were accepted as prolong the case as iiras possible. They are de. termined to take their full of the Mesh po are well fed, Youand I who are taxed, anfortu- nately, to pay the bills for these fellows, every one of Wom iventure to say made up his miud on the case before he left his seat.” see it denied in this morning's pape: another, “that the jurymen have to the friends of Beecher through the window. Why, damn it, 1 know they bave commanicared with them, Last night me and Billy Fowler, the Commissioner, stood outside at ten minutes acter eleven; saw fiull crawl out oi the window and down the water pipe to the ground, where he met @ Iady under the window, and they had halfan bour’s paroxysmal Kissing. it may have been ols wife, or it may have been Kiizabeth, When they | got through Carpenter let down a rope with an | | him up? ‘This attempt at humor was received with iaugh- | ter, and the little coterie was broken up, its mem- bers departing elsewnero 30 WAIT FOR TUE VERDICT. All the morning the Court was taken up In hear- | ing the ¢ of ‘Olark vs. The Sherif of Kings county.” Upon the jury was a colored man. As | the jury revurned through the hall to deliberate, said Jrom the police officers on guard, Who assured | him to be # mechanie of some kind, ‘I believe the | jurors, They are going to make the best of it and | of | Brooklyn and they will hold out as long as they | signalled | empty hamper attached to the end and he aoa Jaage Neiison, who was in the jury room, drew | | | | ond be kept on Water and starved into @ Verdict, one | jest Hill and stay there. “And, aaded the other ! celvin’, Wu crowd pack, but as the tramp, tramp, tremp of the men was heard on the stairs a rush was made, | ay@ for » moment men elbowed their way past oMcers ana counsel to get @ #ignt of them. Messrs, Morris and Shearman came to tue oflicer with the requeat— “Wil yoa let counsel take a loo gee what Is left of them.” The officer made way for the counsel, and the we want to | Jury came down the corridor im single fie and passed in. Nearly all of tuem were in their shins sleeves and some were collarless, walle all looked like men who bad been on a thirty days’ clam chowder excursion, Usher Murray, of Plymouth church, Gressed in black, with & white necktie, was on the watch, and danced about here and there, but falled to attract any atteuvion beyoud derisive comments upon bis antics, “There gves Murray,” exclaimed one; ‘he’s trying to sneak bis way under Carpenters hat, or crawl up bis trousers leg in search of wat verdict.” “What a forlorn looking set,” ventured an- other; “they have been climbing the greased flagstaff from the roof in search of Piywoutk cbureh’s heaven,’? “Oh, no! yon are mistaken; they've been down at Couey island taxing @ batb,” ventured a taird, “Or playing leap 110g, more likely.” “Carpenter looks a8 though he had been leaped by the entire jury,” said a City Hall lounger who Wlile waiting for appomtment to office has put in an appearance daby. About four o’clock walters from the restan- rant carried out two enormous hampers oi foud that had been leit by the jurors alter partaking of their dinner, POPULAR OPINIONS, The crowd around the outside of the Court House seemed to have lost none of its interest in the veraict which it was momentarily expected the jurors would render. ‘The fierce neat of the sun did not im the least abate their ardor to pass and receive opinions wille standing in its glare. The saloons in the neighborhood, as on previous days, were crowded by people who seemed to have no other ousiness on earth than to watch the jury room and qu they met abous what they jury would do, One man, speech betrayed his elbow during the day, sald he “did not care damn what the jary did, now that they had made fools of themselves so long as to disgust every- body; but if they did not bring in a verdict of gatity tney would not be true to their solemn ob- hgations.”? Tdis rather strong remark came near getting ite maker into a diMicuity, as it was readily taken up by one of Beecher’s friends, Who told the vigorous talker that he was & drunken loafer and wot Ot tospeak about suck a mun as bir, Beecher. A policeman passing at the time dispersed the crowd and saved a row. In front of &@ hewspaper office tue excitement ran high, and any man who did notwiave sume kind ef an epiuion to express was LOOKED UPON AS AN IDIOT. An old fellow, whose tottering step betrayed that at least seventy winters nad passed over nis head, remarked tnat he always thougnt Mr, Beecher Was a good maa, but he did not think so now, for “no good man would {ool round anotwer man’s wife.” When told by a bystander that tt bad not yet been proved tlat Mr. Beecher was guilly of trespassing on another’s preserves he indignantly scouted the remark, saying the jury might not bring in @ verdict to that end, but he thougut every sensible Man would velleye he vad. He conciuded that “Mr. Beecher’s letters were EVIDENCES OF GUILT strong a8 proofs of Holy Writ.’? A geutieman of the Tiiton side, who, like his leader, wore Dis Bair after the lasiion of Buffalo Bill, remarked that “Tilton is a badly used man and thesit was only his kindness of heart that prevented his exposing Beeou r’s baseness long before he did expose 1\” “Tuat’s too thio,” sald a bystander, “Tilton ls abdeat and thougnt ue could fleece Seecner and nis frienas ont of money enough to Hx bis carcass for the rest of his life and allow bim to carry out his free love principles at pleas- ure.” “ile is no more of # free lover than Beecher,” was the retort, “and, what is more, not half as thought whose that he had often crooked thick to be proceeded | wuch, for no man bas yet brought the plaintut INV Upen Coult to answer the charge of adultery? » Tais bomb silenced tae Beecher champion, aad he walked awa: The conversation of two gentlemen over their er Was Lo tue effect tht “t was PULL DICK | PULL DaYILI between Beecher and Tilton, Beecuer had com- | marks mot at ali complimentary to some of the | mitied the great crime of being found out, walle Tilton had managed to carry on his isiasons undis- turbed and without being found cot.” One of the speakers remarked that he believed both were rotien to the core, and that the best thing that “D—n them, when aco they going to pnt an end | couid possibly happen for tne public of Brooklyn ‘This shows tae absurdity of feeaiag | Would be to shut up the doors of Plymouth church ik Kev, Henry Ward Beecher to repair to one, “give Tiltum the choice of gomg West or hay, ing bis hair cutin sucha manner that men who have known him will know bim no more’? Never did men seem to be more voiubie, and never were reporters #0 bewilcerea. Let ® man appear on the strees with @ penoli behind bis ear aud aalip of paper in his nd, and he Was at ouce startled by such ques tions as, ‘Has the verdict been given?” “Is tae jary going to be discharged to-day?” “Have the jury been removed?” and @ thousand remarks bearing upon tee ali-lmportant savject of tae great trial, Oue oF two coucluded that if the jurors could be INDUCED TO GET DRUNK they would agree pretty guickly, wnen some IIb- eral man offered to pay for the liquor to do the jouw could be brougut about. A cadvaverous looking man mildly remarked that he thongnt is best not to barry up matters, but to let the tweive men good and true take time a#nd fully deuberate on the great question de- fore them. “Take time!” id an irate lisvener; “damn ’em, they have taken tung enough now to have settied tne affairs of the na- tion,” “or the question of Graui'’s third term,” put in & beardiess young Jelluw, who, for his pert- hess, Was told to go home to Lis mover and learn some sense, Dr. Austen, an old colored brother of ist cenomination, who during the little frescoing with a whitewash brush, heid firmly to tne beliel that 'Misser”’ Beecher bad peen DOI’ WHAT HE OUGRTN’T; “but, Lor’ bless me,” added the Doctor, “ye can’t veil what white folks does ef dey thinks pobudy’s gwine to jound ’em out.” “The negro’s opinion may be correct, certainly id @ Hatener; “ib confirms the old negro adage, ‘Uullud man de- pus man wuss id "7 PROMINENT BROOKLYN LAWYER, who is conduciing @ cane that bas no in torest for the public, bas which he naturally imagines should be of paramount importence to | | the cry went around, “Make way for the jury.” | Standing in the ball Was a German, Woo had just come in, and approaching one of the officers, he asked 9 dat dur shuaryf” “You; taat’s the jury,” replied the officer. “Und woere be’s Uarbender, aer foremanst”’ ‘The officer, Who Was & Wag, pointed to the col- ored man, with the remark, “Tuere no is, my Iriend; what do you think of him?’ “Der heli be ist I # it ail now, shust so clear as mud, why der babers said Carbender was midt | Peceker. He's a Got damt nigger, and Peecner haying pin a damt aberlishernist, this feller Car- bender fights nudt Peecher.” The Dutchman’s mind was not disabneed, and he departed to scatter among his countrymen in Bast New York the news that “Carbender is a Got tam nigger’ The day passed without further in- Cident until tén minutes after toree, when the jury were removed rom the apper Moor to room No. 24, directly across the hail irom the court room, The ofjcers formed a line and drove the those concerned tn ff, met his client at the Court church has one of the richest congregations in America, They can afford any amount of money, and will sacrifice anytuing to get Beecner out of this perape all right’) lt was buly ThE last sentence that showed the lawyer that be aud bis client had been each talk- lng Of diferent ‘tings; but this is only one out of & Dumber of ludicrous and awusing mistakes of & Similar nature made by people whose minds are #0 foll of the great trial that they can think and speak of nothing elise, and whose private afairs are Jefs in abeyance tili tae question of Beecber’s Gilt or innocence shail be decided. A crowd of ten or twelve men were standing around a small group of individuals, whoge accent and demesnor bespoke their New England origin, and who were quietly and calmly, but none she lesa earnestiy, discussing the philosophy of the Beecher-Tilton question, The question of Beecher’s guilt or mnocence scemed to them to be of secondary importance, pat tue Moral and philosophical bearing of the case was the mavier that occupied thelr attention most largely. HUMAN VIRTUES AND FRAILTIES were, for them, but things that existed in evory and they set themselves to philosophically analyzing their effects on society. The triamph of one or other of the now famous litigants would produce ® certain effect on the progress of re- ligion and the standing and influence of its minis- vers, but could throw no additional light on human nature, which would continue the same to the end of time. Beecher, according to them, might possibly have erred, as @ man of his physical and mental power is liable to do; but Tilton ts a means sptteful, vindictive creature, who deserves no sympathy, An old Irishman, a zealous Catiolle, could see nothing in the whole thing but au additional evi- dence of the inevitable tendency of Protestant- ism ‘toward infidelity. Re bad been, he satd, a close observer and reader of Beecher and his class—for he claimed that Beecher represents @ class er school—and they wore persistently trying to undermine the whole fabric of Christlanity in thie country, and to substitute for the old faith a hollow philosophy that ts only the doctrine of Voltaire or Comte disguised with @ thin veil of sham Obristianity that any man who has his eyes open can see through, He knew, twenty years PO, that gomesming like this would be the result, but consoled himaelf by the reflection that a vigorons reaction was setting in, and that this scandal suit wonld eventually Ureak up the “philosophical” school, and bring the country back to real faith in Coristianity, VERY SUSPICIOUS MOVEMENTS. A Hgratp reporter, having been intormed that mysterious signals were belng given at tines from the Jury room to the crowd collected about the court yard fence on Joralemon street, de- tween twelve and one o'clock, went to the fence to watch developments, He had barely taken his place at the fence aud begun to fan himself vigor- ously, When @ large map, auswering the descrip- ton of Foreman Carpenter, and who subsequently proved to be that gentleman, appearea at the window and took @ seat, “Looking out across the lawn that divided the Coart House from the posi tion taken up by the reporter, Mr. Carpenter picked up a fan and began to move It slowly. The reporter suspected that Mr. Carpenter had taken the fan to make signals, He therefore coanted Carpeuter’s movements and discovered that the juryman made pine metious with the fan toward his face and three backward, or reveri movements, thus:—1, t, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, l=, Total, 12, “Can it be possibie,” thought the reporter, ‘shat am mistaken for a friend siguailing?” To test this he responded to Mr. Carpenter's a tion with a reverse process, thus:—1, 1, 1—l, 1, 1, 1,1, 1,1, 1, 1. Total, 12, The answer camo back as before, and for fftesn minutes the two {aus gave and replied as fol- 1oWs:— remark, “Abas is Oarpen) Are you signalling to bit t” Is 1t?” the reporter asked, #3 he repeated tho same movements. “1 was Hot Aware oF {t.”? ‘The answer came back from the windo Lihh144%%41 11,1, 1,1, Satisfied, as cine times out of ten the faa had indicated “#—3," that the reporter had been m and that he was trying to say that the jury stood pine to three, the reporter dever- mined to x the identity of the man in the window. Leaving bis position he crossed the lawn uncer the jury’s window, clone by the officer stationed there to prevent signalling, ana fanning bimseif, looked up and fully recognized Mr. Oarpenier aa tae man in the window, ‘This story, which is strieuly TRUE IN every particular, can be taken for what it ts worth, It 1s very improbavie that Mr. Cerpenter would accidentally make 9-3 with his fau nine times out of ten, The moment the reporter passed under tue window where Mr. Varpenter could see that he was a stranger that gentleman beat a re- treat, The reporter hurriedly passed around the block, took up bis position at the fence to renew the aignais, but Mr. Carpenter had fanned himself avay from that window and S000 afier went to duper in the jary room. TARDY ANCIENT AND MODERN JURIRS, The interest now attaching to the jaryin the In- teresting special cages are soatvered over all the Jaw books, showing what to our miuds to-day would seem to be a ladicrons treatment of juries in cases in wich they could not agree upon a verdict. In ancient times, in England, the jury ‘who could not agree were subject to attains by the Jodge om account of sheir non-agreement, and before business was cohciuded at a Certain assize town, the jury were 4) bundled together into a cart and driven some distance outside the tome, when they were tumbled into 4 ditca and jest there—tbe Joage going on bis way in a placid House door in the midst of the anxious crowd | Who Were discussing the possibilities and proba- biltties of the Beecher case. The lawyer, who iw an old man and takes small stock in either Beecher or Tilton, but had his mind flied with the case iM Which fe Was personally coacerned, said to his clieati— “Lam sorry vo tell you, Mr has disagreed.” “| thought as much all client. ——, that the jury throngh,” said his "i Knew thit damned jury would never | agree, because tuere Was too much money spent on them.” “That cannot be,” ssid the lawyer, “for bas bo money to spend om them, He has got as much a be can do to live, to say nothing of pay- ing ounsel,’? “But, don’t you know very well,” said the client, “that the whole crowd of them subsuribe and put the money up for him? They'd do any- thing sooner than have a verdict against bim, | ‘They ali sailin the one boat, They’re the same canting, hypocritical crowd, and a veraict agaist nim would be a verdict agaiust the whole lot of vem.” “Why, my dear sir, the man nas no friends at ail ontside of hisown family connections, and none of them have any money to spare. They are all as poor as chureh mice.” ‘Nousense, I’m astoniahbetat a man like yoo wha hea lived ao long in Brookiva., Piymousm | so barvarous | Verdict of state of mind, having done nis duiy, A remark. able case wast hat of the trial of Sir Ni morton Who Was tried at Galidnall, in 1554. Tarock- morton, was indicted for high treason, aud the jury were directed ro find him guilty, Afver a long ab- sence irom cours the jury returned with @ “Nos guilty.” Tho Lord Chief dostice then sai Remember yourselves better. Have you considered the whole evidence ag it was declared ana recited? The matter doth tonch the Queen's Highness aud sourseives aso. Take good heed what you do,” Then the foreman saia;—"“My Lord, we have found him not gallty, agreeably to our consciences, and 80 say we all.” | But the jary wore all committed to prison, Four goun bambly adimitted that they bad done wrong | 0 were discbarged, but of the remaining egne whe Star Chamber adjudged that three of them should be fined £2,000 each and the five others £200 each. This was the first care in Engisnd, or one of the very first, In which @ jury ventarea to have an opifiion of their own. For generations afterward battles were constantly occurring be- tween the juries and the judges, From 1868, when toe trial of the eigut bisbops occurred, the arbi- trary authority of the jadges began to wane, Tho penalty of avtaint Was toast the juror became so infamous as never to be received as a witness or to be again allowed upon 4 jnry ; bis meadows were forielted, his wife aad children were turned out of doors, his house broken up, his woods his lauds and tenements forfeited and he was thrown tuto prison, This punishment was twat it liv might be cach separately tried for not ve ing able to make up ther minds, | Another extraordinary and fanny practice was in whieh, was holding elreuit, olas Throck- | fell imo dis+ } pro 3} son; and any officer or otuer person who. shail oe payin 5 ase, and when the jury found against | tae Court uew trials were greated. APROPOS OF THE SUMPTUOUS FARS of the Tilton-Beecker jurymen, tue following ia instructive:—“In tne time of Bilzabeth of Eng~ land a box of preserved barberries, sagar candy ana !iquorice being found upon Jona Muckow, ove of the jurors, after be and the otuer jurora were goue irom the bar to consider of their verdict, be was comumlt- tea tothe Fleet Prison until he paida fine. In another case the jury, velug withdrawn alter ¢vie Geuce, ana remaining 4 iung time witnoat cons cluding of their verdict, toe oficers who attended them, seeimg their deiay, searched them and fouad they had = ptrptns, which, beiug mentioned to tne Court, they wera’ examined on outh and two of them confessed tha tuey bad eaten figs before they were agreed om their verdict, and three confessed that they hadt plpping, bat had not eaten any of them; and that This was Unkuown to tue parties. Those who tad eaten were find £5 and those who Rad the pipping! 408; yet the verdict upon great consideration and, @iter coulerence and with the other judges wast held to be good,” Eyen at the present time im England neither food nor fre nor drink, excep@ water, is allowed to the Jury. In a recent case, during a severe winter, the Court allowed a goed! supply of gas, but refused a fio, In connection with the delay of Juries in arrive’ ing at a verdict gerious questions are at the pros4 ent time under discussion among legal autheri« tles, It bas been found that ihe majority syste a, as practised tn Scotland, has worked well, and this State it has many adherents, Another lou: vexed question was that whcther the jury should decide upon the facts alone or upon the facts Lm the law aiso. In the celebrated Pox case in Eng> jand this question brought out an able ballad, the? autnorsity of which has been long disputed; but! Mr, Townshend, of this city, author of a work om “Slander and Libel,” actribuies the aathorsbip of “osier’s Ghost,” the aame of tae baliad, to Ailder< man Glover, Two lines cou'imed tm it were vad rieusiy quoted: For twelve honest men have decised the cause Who are judges alike of tie .s0ts aud the cause. Lord Maasileid, wao claimed that Mr, Poulrne x Was the author, quoted the cuuplet as folows:— For welve honest men nave decided the causo Wuo are judges of tacts, taough aot judges oF laws. It may be interesting to state, as it WI tend tq increase the sweltering rusa to the Court House when vhe verdict of the jury 18 announced, and} thereby punish somewhat the morbid curiosity seckers, that ithas not unfrequently happened) when the jury stand fuce to face before tha Jude, and they are being “polled,” that some ove of them backs out and openly declares be hag Rotagreed to the verdict. It seeme that whew tnings come to a fine point in the jary room the unfortunate man who holds out against hus fel« lows is “gone for” atafurious rate, and mm 4m agony of despair he says, “Well, Dave J¢80,” or something like that; whereupon tie foreman hur< ries up and marshals the twelyo true men beloret the Court, but spasms of conscience meantimet seize the unfortunate recusaut and upon reflec~ tion for & moment be stoutly holds on to his convictions. ‘Then the jury are orderedi to go back. Should this occur on the Beeche trial, 1t would be in order, as the sensation woul: thereby be increased. in case the jury should ut« aerly disagree, and @ new trial be asked for by elther or by both sides, proceedings should beginy entirely (ie novo, In the procurivg of a new jary there would doubtless be endless trouble, aad Im this connection the following section from tae ack im relation to jurors is of interest: Any person who shall give, pay. promise of offer any money or any other thing to’ au¥ oicer, clerk, messen= ker or other person for the purpose of enaoling or aa sisting any person named or drawn as 4 juror to evade, or be exempted or excused from service as @ juror, of who shall make any false statement of representation Yor auy such purpose, or who suall retain, conceal, sup ress of destroy any summons, notice or other paper re~ tive to habluly or service a3 # juror lo.t as the resi~ deuce or piace of business of any or) 1 shall be deemed gutity of » misie~ m conviction be punished by fine on fuuprisolment, or boh; and it shall be the duty of the District Attorney to cute every suc per- fer taken for a friend by the jarymaa tn the window, | Beecher trial recalls some peculiarities about | | jartes, which were in vogue tu ‘ermer times. | than we now heve of the density of & The following letter on the subject of ti ens actment of the dog ordinance has been forwarde: to the Board of Aldermen by Reary Batgn:+ Sue Tue BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF Tax O:Te mmer an ordinance was passed by ring Lae indascrimiaate cap= ogs ruuuing wt Inrge to th: 'y on the seaumption that thoy might become attac: tn’ uydropnodia. ihe paiaful scones of ditorier,, y and demoratization which resaltel from wat actinent are trestt 10 he minds of Ail, amg vearaiog tha? itis your intention to restore {t this season T bey Jury fan.... V1,1—-41, ‘ gre ess sate) ditt saree ot enibiiag or assisting uy ye LLI-LL person named or drawn asa juror to evade or bee Sry fabsevese 2 vars nee | Senge oP sxconed rege 177 Sys covtasemrat vias Be Ury fald.s-eee Ly .— | of hinder the execution ° Hewaup fan.. 1, 228 228 | shail also ve Gecued wulity of wunieeuanor, and shail ext 3 | be prosecuted aud punts bi ners i bole » % ass 1 , 4 | person gamed or drawn a9 a juror to Whot any offer oF, dd er ade o luggestion to procure bis release ot exemption irom rly lad, jury duty for or in consideration Ol any corrupt induces TENE LAL 7 1 | REN tnrota tye Commianoner of Jatornt much doe = ‘sug. hall be also deemed gusty ol a misde- aa are hae eg eaten | Gleauer and punished aecordwe'y. dary fan. PLLbWLLL =i | e HERALD fan.. 1, V1, 1,414, HYDE Jury fates yd bd, 1, 4 1 4, — 4, 1, | HYDROPHUBIA. Here a man approached the reporter with the the ( ummen Couuci ture aud slaughter of ali on to offer my OWO satuest prowst id thar ol this society ai for the following reasons, ationg auiner ; Firat —Or all which mankind are heirs to that of hydroo! the most rare; so m Bo, Lae deed, a8 lo incline some of the ablost physiologists to be~ lieve that such & discase does not exist. ‘Secoma—Modiness ia the canine race is No more hydrow. ES d jiobia than It 1s tm the haman faimily, 0 y learned scieatisis to be a nervous disorder we remeniber the all-controiling induence of ination over dwsovres, it ie not surprising that hydrophobia shoud | become mite by an -anitmal onsequence of this season of the year. eive Liabie to have hydrophobia, Ir the disoase ext dog: but whoever kuew any oe to be similarly alar by ite vite? Thave ot tw aetat the tmdnence of (ue imagia body. One was ¢ man whe umbrella, aud waa contdaually join, after the f of what userul staie of repose. other was tant of @ Woman, who believed herself to ve « teapot, and with one ari) akiabo, and the other, with the elbow testing wat ber sie and the aaud exveaded, perpewally Waited to “be poured out” x Third—Dows are more al 1 disoners in the c ours of the sitoagess hydrophobia concede this :act } Finally, even though it be tra, that at this or any other season of the year, the dog becomes ailieved wii any dangerous disorder, the pian adopied last symuor for the protecuon of thé citizens Was the worst winea it may be calied (be substiiusion of a ucla to n could be devised. Mort peruicogs inoral disease for a rare phyridal dis order, By it the youth of our city were edacated vo Py virtue of she premiuny theit and cruelty, pered in the ordinance the market was reeriied vagrant dogs, brought from outside the city imate, id, While ti 4 seleasly “away, like ty was held mmanity was hei: Besides, aloayn0- from so-called lydrophobia may oco.® » Oakey Ball dyad wore peyecalit toms arisi trom other cansos Luring the Mayorajity of Mr. A. thereaiter the dogs were unn‘olesie arded ag comparing 10st tavorably with the official peers sr Nnat moral epoch In aii their relations <a sociey.” I would most reepectiuily recouunend 4 gecure to those “good old times,” as certain ‘call them, In 60 far at Iraet as (hose fous-footed citizens ‘are concerned and to ir aw, ipactivity”’ to pre. ard to them. I have vail io honor to be your nt servant, HENKY Beat, Prsitent american Soclety for the Preveution of Crueky to Auivia AN ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENON. ’ To THs EDITOR OF THE HERALD: — ‘The bright star woich appears in the sonth in the evening just above the taps of the houses js she planet Mars, At about one o'clock to-morrow (Weanesday) morning this planet wil pass di- rectly becween as and she star Turee Saggitarii— a ing avout half planet o sa to 0 Obsca! by toe superior igus ‘The observation of this occultation with & large telescope may afford us more definite information phere surtounding Mars, The phenomenon may be eeen With @ small telescope, or even # apygiass, but not wite the sawe count ae PARKMUBST. HENRY EARTHQUAKE IN CENTRA AMERICA. THE RELIEF TOR THE SURVIVING SUFFERERS, The recent visitation by earthquake th the United States of Colombia and Venezuela hee produced widespead suering throngh want of food and by disease among the population Which survived the calamity, A committee has been organized in New York for the purpose of receiving subscriptions lor their relief, The gentlemen of committee say :—‘The suffering caused 4 tod it wu ier, aree md wi ghd je Ainerican 20} will reger rapt this effort to reile Pine ai in er repubdiica whick have always. for Warmest regard.” Phe gentieimer m med having consented to re¢el¥e contri bUtions, subscriptions may be made either iM person or bj letter a. the offices of Me bk, Panenstedt & Ov. No, 62 a place; Messrs, Maitiand, Phelps & ©o., No. 46 Excnange piace; Messra, M a Heprigiia, No. 62 Pine street, and Messrs. Seuau- Unsky, Lowe & VO, No, 126 Perl Bu ee Ln bikie Oy,