The New York Herald Newspaper, July 23, 1876, Page 7

CABLE NEWS From All Parts of the Old World. THE TUROCO-SERVIAN WAR Defeat of the Servian Forces at Belina. THE EXTRADITION TREATY. The French University Bills Defeat. Vote of Confidence in the Ministry. THE EGYPTIAN EXCITEMENT. THE WAR IN TURKEY. @HE SERVIANS DEFEATED AFTER A SANGUINABY BATTLE. Ragusa, July 22, 1876. Intelligence from Sclavonic sources announces that the Servians were defeated near Belina on Thursday. Mustapha Djelaleddin Pacha and Soblizcki Pacha, with seven battalions of infantry, four companies of cavalry and eight guns, attacked the Servians in their intreneb- ments at Raska, before Belina, and after a four hours’ Banguinary combat the Servians fled. The Turks cap- sured four guns and four small forts, FURKISH OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE VICTORY NEAR BELINA. CoxstanxtINopLE, July 22, 1876, The Porte has sent the following despatch to its rep- resentatives abroad :— “Yesterday seven battalions of infantry and 2,000 militia under Mostapha Djelaleddin Pacha and Zeki Pacha, generals of brigade, attacked the enemy in the vicinity of Belina,*drove them {rom their intrench- ments and captured two guns. The Servians retreated to the isiand of Attineja, where they are exposed to the fire of our artillery.” THE REPORTS OF BERVIAN DEFEATS CONFIRMED. Panis, July 22, 1876. The Journal des Débats publishes a special despatch from Semlin which affirms that the Servians were de- feated before Belina and that the Servian General Olimpic’s line ot retreat is cut off. The news of the Servian General Tchernayefl’s defeat at Nissa and his withdrawal to Alexinatz is conlirmed, EFFECTS OF THE SERVIAN FAILURE AT I8YOR— THEIR INABILITY TO ASSUME THE OFFEN- SIVE—INCESSANT ACTIVITY OF THE TURKS. Loxpox, July 22, 1876. The special correspondent of the Daily News at Prince Milan’s headquarters, at Parakin, telegraphs by way of Semlin, under date of July 19, as follows:— “The aftair of yesterday at Isvor moans defeat to and confession of weakness on tho part of the Servians. Knowing that the Turks had communication with Wid- din, and could draw troops thence, it 18 a reasonable belief that General Leschjanin attacked the Turks with all his available strength; but -why did he attack et all? ONJECT OF THR SERVIAN ATTACK. “Clearly to anticipate the Turkish attack on Saitschar Decauso he did not wait for the promised co-operation of General Tchernayeff, who gither 1s delayed en route or has to fight bis way on bis own account. We may expect a speedy renewal of “the Turkish attack on Saitschar, and much gloom prevails here. FURTUER FIGHTING EXPECTED. “While the Tarks continue thus to persistently assaty She eastern flank of the Serviazs, and while the Ser- vians cannot do more than hold their own with diffi- culty, active operations toward the southwest, where they were chiefly intended, are manifestly impossible. More fighting in the same quarter is momentarily ex- pected. *” 4 The News’ Parakin specials are noteworthy because that paper openly sympathizes with the Sclavoniang, BERVIAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF A VICTORY— RESERVES GOING TO THE FRONT. BriGRapK, July 22, 1876, Offcial advices respecting the fighting on the 20th mst. at Beijina siate that the Turks in their retreat left a quantity of arms and ammunition. The Servians buried 200 of the Turkish slain and ad- yanced their trenches closer to Beljina. ‘The Servian Ministers of War and Justice have pro. ceded to headquarters on tho Drina. The Belgrade reserves have gone to the scat of war, RUSSIA AND TURKEY. RECEPTION OF THE TURKISH MINISTER AT 57. PETERSDURG—THE CZAR SPEAKS ON THE STATE OF THINGS IN TURKEY. Vienna, July 22, 1876, The Political Correspondence publishes a telegraphic sccount of the presentation of his credentials by Cabonti Pacha at St. Petersburg. He was treated with every distinction, but at ihe same time ‘he Czar dwelt upon the state of affairs in Turkey in such a manner as to profoundly impress the Turkish Ambassador, who withdrew visibly affected. th wei ENGLAND. YOUR THAMES OARSMEN TO START FOR AMERICA. Loxpo, July 22, 1876, Four well known Thames professional oarsmen are going to the United States to participate in the Sop- vember regattas at Philadelphia— namely, Spencer, of Chelsea; Thomas, of Hammersmith; Higgins, of Shad- well, ana Green, of Hammersmith, They will start on the 12th of August THE THUNDERER EXPLOSION-—DISCOVERY OF THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. Lospow, July 22, 1876. The Times has a despatch from Plymouth saying that tfew days before the disastrous trial trip of Her Majesty's ship Thunderer tho boilers were tested by bydraulic pressure, This ‘necessitated the weiging down of the safety and all other reliet valves. It has been discovered that the wedges on the valves of the exploded boiler had never been removed, The commu- nication vaive was also closed and no steam was able bo escape even to the engine. HE MERCHANTS’ SHIPPING BILL PASSES THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Loxpos, July 22, 1876, The Merchants’ Shipping bill passed the House of Lords Iast night. BEVIEW OF THE LONDON STOCK MARKET For | THE PAST WEEK. Losvox, July 22, 1876, In the stock markets business in discounts during the past week has been almost atastand still, There wasn large eupply of floating capital for which no adequate employment could be found. The bank return wes one of the strongest ever known, The favorable condition of the money market caused ex- ireme buoyancy in consols and the advances have been = extraordinary. Purchases have been made freely by bankers and others who were unable to employ their surplus balances, There have been some fluctuations in English railways dul the amoant of actual business was only moderate, Prices have reached a generally higher level compared with last week. Canadian railways are flatter and 1, | MeDo: lower, The forcign market bas been undecided and there are no great changes. Braziliau, Hungarian, Russian, Italian and Spanish bonds have risen >; to 2 Austrian and Peruvian are fractionally higher, Uru- guayan, Paraguayan, Argentine, Buenos Ayres and Egyptian bonds are slightly lower. American govern- ments have been in demand and are \ a 4 higher, MINCING LANE MARKET—REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK. Loxpox, July 22, 1876. Business in Mincing Lane during the past week has not improved, but sugar met with a good demand dur- ing a greater part of the week, The transactions ha been partly speculative. Further shipments to Amer- ica are being made, Several floating cargoes have been sold for Great Britain, Low qualities and refining West Indies are firm and crystallized has advanced, but at yesterday's public sales the latter went slowly. Fine cofees sold readily at high prices; common remained quiet. There have been further large arrivals of new tea, and numerous public sales hav tablished some decline upon the lower grades, Fine teas are steady. Rice bas been inactive and spices continue dull THE EXTRADITION TREATY. MR. PIERREPONT DENIES THE STATEMENT THAT 4 NEW TREATY IS TO BE NEGOTIATED. | Loxpon, July 22, 1876. The agent of the New York Assocjated Press here bad an interview with Mr, Pierrepont, the United States Minister, yesterday, in regard to the extradition question. Mr, Pierrepont’s statements negative the inferences of the Standard from Ear! Derby's language in the House of Lords, that “there is a prospect of ne- gotiations for a renewal of the extradition treaty ona mere satisfactory basis.’ He said nothing had occurred in any wiso altering the situation, —_+— FRANCE, BEPUDLICAN COMMENTS ON THE DEFEAT OF THE UNIVERSITY BILL IN THE SENATE. Pants, July 22, 1876. Republican journals are bitter in their comments on the Senate's rejection of the bill restoring to the State the sole right of conferring university degrees, The conservative journals are very moderate, and say there willbe no ministerial crisis, as the Ministry did not make the passage of the bill a cabinet question. The Constitutionel says M. Waddington, Minister of Public Instruction, confirmed this view to bis friends at the close of yesterday’s sitting. THE ASSEMBLY CONFIRMS THE VOTE OVER- THROWING THE EMPIRE—ANIMATED DEBATE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF MAYORS—SPEECH OF M, DE MARCERE—A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN THE MINISTRY. Versarties, July 22, 1876. The Chamber of Deputies to-day renewed the vote of the former Assembly overthrowing tho Empire Afterward there was an animated debate in con- nection with several recent nominations for mayors M. Cassagnac (Bonapartist) accused M. de Marcere, Minister of the Interior, of abusing the confidence of President MacMahon. M. de Marcere cner- getically protested against M, Cassagnac’s as- sertion. Hoe said it was the duty of the Cabinet to appoint republican —_ functionaries. He concluded by expressing the hope that the coun- try would remain faithful to the Chamber, which by firmness and mederation, had firmly attached the na- tion to repubdhean institutions The members of the party of the Left warmly applauded this passage of the Minister's remarks, interpreting {tas a rejoider to the Senate's rejection of the Ministry bill yesterday, VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN TAK MINISTRY, Tho House finally unanimously, after an efoquent specch by M. Gambetta, passed a vote of confidence in the Ministry, Three hundred and seventy-one Depu- ties voted. The Bonapartists abstained from voting. EGYPT. A MEETING OF JUDGES INDORSES THE LATE ACTION OF M, HAAKMANN-—POPULAB EXCITE- MEXT. ALExANpRIA, July 22, 1876. At a meeting of the judges held to consider the action of Judgo Haakmann, President of the Court of Sum- mary Justice, who, 1m consequence of the government’s refusal to permit the execution of judgment against it, declared that court closed, the conduct of M. Haak- mann was unanimously spproved, but it was decided to appoint Judge Antoniadis to hold the Court of Sum- mary Justice in his place. Tnere was a demonstration to-day in front of the courts and cries of “Vive Haak- mann! ‘Justice for all!’ In consequence of M. Haal mann’s action Cherit Pacha, the Minister of Justice, came {rom Cairo to-day to look over tho matter in be, half of the government. DOM PEDRO. ‘THE IMPERIAL PARTY ARRIVE IN LIVERPOOI, Liverpoor, July 22, 1876. The Emperor and Empress of Brazil arrived here to. day by the steamship Russia from New York. ‘they landed without demonstration, drove io the railway station and proceeded to London. EX-QUEEN ISABELLA. ‘Pants, Jaly 22, 1876, Ex-Queen Isabella has !eft for Spain. SHOOTING AT WIMBLEDON. THE ENGLISH, SCOTCH AND COLONIAL TEAMS COMPLETE THEIR MATCH—VICTORY FOR THE ENGLISH. Loxpox, July 22, 1871 Tho match between the English, Scotch, Australian and Canadian teams, which begun last Wednesday, at Wimbiedon, was concluded to-day, The ranges shot to-day were 800, 900 and 1,000 yards) The English team won, Tho following are the scores at the three 800 990 1,000 Yards. Yards, Yards. 12 16 1s 85 a 10 The weather was bright and hot, HAYTI AND JAMAICA. GENERAL CANAL ELECTED PRESIDENT OF HAYTI—STORM AND SHIPWRECK IN JAMAICA, Havaxa, July 22, 1876. General Boisrond Canal has been elected President | of Haytt, All is quiet throughout the country. A storm at Jamaica Wednesday lust caused the wreck of two vessels. There is a monetary crisis there. GRASSHOPPERS IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA, ATLANTA, Suly 22, 1876. Advices received at the State Department of Agricul ture from all quarte pers are observable in all of upper and middie Georgia. At the request of the Commissioner specimens have been forwarded him from several distant localities, and 1h an official circular he pronounces them Calaptenus Spreta. the destructive grasshopper of the West, and | urges that the farmers ntake prompt and concerted war upon the insects, He suggests several methods for de- | stroying them. The fight has been commenced in va. rions counties, and is best waged with homespun nota. A very and it is felt that unless the insects are killed out com, pletely this year next year they wifl devastate the State, Advices trom Alabama report that Stato alao suffering from the plague. It is believed that the grasshoppers were brought here as eggs in the immense quant! Western bay shipped during the past two years, CLAIMANTS FOR PARDON. Sr. General John McDonald and cis, July 22, 1876. jonel Jobn A. Joyce made affidavit yesterday that the testimony of Fitzroy m the trial of Wilkam MeKeo, regarding the payment of $4830 to Mr, McKee, at the oftice of General Id, was malicious and false in every particular. This afidavit was seut to Washington to-day, how that swarms of grasshop- | ‘al and serious alarm prevails in the State, | THE INDIAN WAR. Details of Colonel Merritt's Charge on the Cheyennes. A SHORT STRUGGLE. The Indians, Utterly Surprised, Rush Back in Disorder. The Latest from General Crook’s Camp. OMINOUS ABSENCE OF THE SIOUX. ——_——+__—_. Fort LARAMIE, July 22, 1876. At noon on Saturday, the 15th inst., the Fifth cav- alry, under General Merritt, were bivouacked on Rawhide Creek, eighteen miies from Fort Laramie, to which point they were ordered in from the Cheyenne River, 100 miles to the north, en route to join Crook. A courier suddenly appeared from the agency with despatches stating that 800 Cheyennes were making preparations to leave at once for the Northwest to join Sitting Bull; that he was to throw himself across their line of marcn in time to intercept them. Merritt had to make eighty miles before they could make thirty, but off he went, and Sunday night found him with seven companies hiding under the binffs on War Bonnet or Hat Creek, square up their front. THE INDIANS APPEAR. At daybreak Monday morning Lieutenant King commanding the outposts to the southeast, sent in word that the war parties were coming over the ridge from the direction of the reservation. Joining him at the advanced post, General Merritt found the report correct. The command noiselessly mounted and was massed under the bluffs, a quarter of a mile to the rear, out of sight of the I@dians, At the same time THE WAGON TRAIN was some six miles off to the southwest, slowly approaching, and the Indians were closely watching it, but keeping concealed from the view of its guard. The two companies of infantry with it were riding in the wagons. At six o’clock the Indians were swarming all along the ridge to the south- east, some three milesaway. Suddenly a party of eight or ten warriors came dashing down a ravine which led directly under the hill where Lieutenant King, with his six men, were watching. WAITING FOR SCALPS. The object was as suddenly apparent. Two horsemen, unconscious of the proximity of the foe, had ventured out ahead of the train and were making rapidly for the creek. They were couriers with despatches tothe command. The Indians, utterly ignorant of the rapid move of the Fifth, were simply bent on jumping on the couriers and getting their scalps. “Buffalo Bill,’ chief of the scouts, lay on the hill with King, and instantly sprang to his horse down off the hill. “All of you keep out of sight,” said the General. “Mount now, and when the word is given off with you.” Then, turning to the oMicer of the picket, he said:— “Watch them, King. Give the word when you are ready.” ? Crouching behind the little butte, Bill and his party of two scouts and six soldiers were breath lessly waiting; half way up was the General with and of his staff. The Lieutenant lay at the crest watching the rapidly advancing foe. Down they came nearer and nearer, the sun flashing from their brilliantly painted bodies and their polished orna- ments. Then, just as they are dashing by the front of the hill, King shouts, “Now, lads, in with you.” ‘With a rush and yell the troopers are hurled upon the Indians’ flank, not fifty yards away, THE FIRST REDSKIN SHOT. General Merritt springs up to see the attack just as a tall Indian reeled in his saddle, shot by Corporal Wilkinson, of K company. An answering bullet whistled by the General's head, when King—still on the watch—sung out, “Here they came by the dozens.” The reserve Indians came swarming down from the ridge to the rescue. Company K was instantly ordered to the front. But before it appeared from behind the bluff the Indians, emboldened by the rush of their friends to the rescue, turned savagely on Buffalo Bill and the little party at the outpost, CODY KILLS YELLOW HAND, ‘The latter sprang from their horses and met the daring charge with a volley. Yellow Hand, a young Cheyenne brave, came foremost, singling Bill as a foeman worthy of his steel. Cody coolly knelt, and, taking deliberate aim, sent his bullet | throngh the chiefs leg and into his horse’s head. Down went the two, and, before his friends could reach him, a second shot from Bill's rifle laid the reaskin low. A GRAND SURPRISE. On came the others, bent on annihilating the little band that opposed them, when, to their amaze- ment, a long blue line popped up in their very front, | ond K Company, with Colonel Mason at its head, dashed at them. Leaving their dead, the Chey- ennes scattered back, helter skelter, to the ridge, but their fire was wild and their stand a short one. Company after company debouched from behind the bluff, and, utterly disheartened, the Indians rushed for the reservation, leaving behind all their pro- | visions. Generai Merritt pursued them till night, when the whole command went Into camp at the agency. THE INDIAN LOSSES. ‘The Indians left their dead and admit having more wounded. They also lost six ponies. Their friends at Red Clond say they never dreamed the Fifth cay- airy could get there in time to head them off. ‘The regiment sustained no loss. It arrived at | Laramie yesterday and leaves for Crook's camp to- morrow. | CROOK'S CAMP, | ARRIVAL OF PROVISIONS AND REINFORCE- MENTS—THE CHANGES IN THE REGIMENTAL BATTLE—THE SIOUX KEEPING QUIET—FOR- MATION OF THE CORPS FOR FIGHTING—LIGHT ARTILLERY NEEDED, GENERAL Croon’s CoLcMN, July 16, Via Fort FRTTERMAN, July 22, 1876, ‘The wagon train arrived on the 13th inst. from COMMAND—HOW THE SNAKES WILL SHOW IN | panies of infantry as follows:—Companies B, C, F and I, of the Fourteenth, from Camp Douglas, Utah Territory, and Company G, of the Fourth infantry, from Fort Sanders, Wyoming. The officers in command of the respective com- panies are Captains James Kerrington, Daniel W. Burk, Thomas F. Tobe, Lieutenant Frank Taylor (attached), of the Fourteenth, and Captain W. H. Parnell, of the Fourth. ‘The minor officers are Lieutenant Join Murphy, Charles G. Lloyd, G. S. Calhoun, of the Fourteenth, and Lieutenant A. B. Crittenden, of the Fourth. CHANGES IN COMMAND. Since the wounding of Captain Henry Captain Van Viiet has commanded his battalion of the First cav- alry, and Captain Meinhold has commanded the squadron, consisting of companies Band L of the same regiment. Colonel Wesley Merritt, who has taken the leadership of the Fifth cavalry from Major Carr, will be ranking chief of cavalry on his arrival here, and there will be probably a reorganization of the force under Crook. A SNAKE PARADE, The Snake Indians indulged in a picturesque pa- rade the day beforo yesterday, showing admirable order and displaying white badges, which they are to wear henceforth in battle to distinguish them from the enemy. Should the Utes Join us the column will number 2,000 men. Acourier was despatched from this command to go to Fort Fetterman on July 12. Another is to start to-day to endeavor to reach Terry’s camp. THE SIOUX “KERPING DARK.” For two days and nights no Sioux have been seen or heard of. Lieutenant F. %. Steven, of the Third cavalry, is expected to bring recruits to fill up the cavalry troops'in this command. DIVISIONS OF CROOK'S FORCE. The force of the different corps will be:— Fifth cavalry, 400 men. Third cavalry, 500 mem Second cavalry, 200 men. Fifty-ninth, Fourteenth and Fourtn infantry, 400 men. Snake scouts, 21% Civilian scouts, 20, Packers, 75, Teamsters, 100. There is room for the use of light artillery against the Sioux. General Crook 1s not inclined to employ it, but it would have aided greatly in the Rosebud fight, and the regiments lounging about the fortifi- cations in the different States might well be used as infantry in the field. The country is as suitable for mancuvring of Gatling guns and howitzers as 1¢ was in any portion of the Southern States, OTHER DETAILS. A COURIER CEASED BY TWO HUNDRED RED- SKINS—HE HIDES TWENTY-FOUR HOURS—HIS TRAY, FOLLOWED FOR NINE MILES—WHERE SITTING BULL'S BAND IS SUPPOSED TO BE— CROOK WAITING TO JOIN TERRY. Curvessr, July 22, 1876, The courier who left Goose Creek onthe evening of the 16th inst. arrived at Fort Fetterman to-night. His delay was caused by having met at Powder Rivera body of 200 Indians from whom he escaped by hid- ing bimscif in the timber for twenty-four hours, One Indian followed his trail nine miles Ho says they were evidently waiting for him, and fears that the couriers who were sent from Fort Fetterman on the 16th inst. with despatches for General Crook have been intercepted, ashe saw their trail this side of the river but not beyond, His delay run him out of ra tions, compelling him to fast two days. THE HOSTILE s10Ux are believed to be north of Goose Creek forty miles, and not far from the scene of the late massacre on the Little Big Horn River, They have not fired into camp lately nor attempted ‘to burn it out, although the parched condition of the grass renders this somewhat easy. At least the animals may be robbed of its sustenance, The’wagon train gives them a supply until October. THE COMMAND MOVED SEVEN MILES NORTH on the day of the courier’s departure to another branch of the Téngue River, r the foot of the Big Horn Mountains, where they will camp until the Fifth cavalry, which leaves Fort Laramie on Monday next, reaches it—about the Sth of August. WAITING TO JOIN TERRY. General Crook will make no aggressive movement until this event, when, it the couriers whom he has despatched to General Terry advising him to join him succeed in reaching that command, he will have made a janction with Terry, and the next action provea decisive one. THR AGENT AT RED CLOUD admits that up to this date 1,000 Sioux and 1,200 Cheyennes have left that agency for the north, though all is quiets there now, and it is believed no more will go. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS, About two o’clock yesterday morning a fire occurred in the large butlding on the corner of Irwin and Penn- sylvania avennes, Alleghany, Pa., occnpted by Lange & Burton, barrel manufacturers, and by the Pittsburg Keg and Barrel Company. The building, stock and machinery were entirely destroyed. Mrs. Pannall, of Lancaster, Pa, who was shot by her husband an Friday night, died yesterday morning. Pannall bas been arrested. An incendiary fire yesterday morning at Holyoke, Mass,, destroyed a building owned by H. M. Ellison, of Watertown. Five horses were burned, Hubbard Hathaway, a farmer, living near Boston, hung himself yesterday morning in his horse shed. No cause assigned for the act. Hiram Traver, who cut his wife's throat on Sanday night jast, at Philmont, N. Y., was arresi at South Egemont, Mas lastevening. His wife is still alive, but grave doubts are entertained of her recovery, Company G., of the Beventy-fourth regiment State National Guard, numbering sixty men, accompanied by the regimental baud of twenty-two pieces, left Bullalo Jast night for Philadelphia. Mr. J. Ie Roe, of Madison, Ind., State Senator for Jefferson county, made angther, and probably success: ful atteuspt to commit suicide, On Friday night, at his own residence, by taking poison. The Fifth Maryland regiment, with the regimental band, arrived at Cape May yesterday morning. They are now encamped at Cainp Jenkins, where they will remain ten days, A grand reception ball and display of fireworks were given in their honor last night, Tho Pubuque (lowa) Lumber Company's. sawmill was burned yerterday morning, together with a finish- ing shed and 590,000 feet of dry finishing stock, Loss, $40,000. ‘The four men, MeGehan, Roarity, Carroll and Boyle, who have been on tria! Pottsville, Pa, for the past ten days, for the mur of Policeman Yost at To. maqna in 1875, were this evening convicted of muri in the first degree, HOTEL ARRIVALS. General Alfred Pleasonton arrived from Europe in the steamship Britannic yesterday. and is at the Union Square Hotel. Comptrolier General Thomas C Dunn, of South Carolina, and Rev. Dr. R. B. Fairbairn, of St. Stepnen’s College, are at the St. James Hotel. Captain William fl. Thompson, of the steamship Brit- annie, and Captain James B. Eads, of St. Louis, are at the Fitth Avenue Hotel, Colonel 8. Cerero and Colonel l. Mella, of the Spanish army, and Robert G, Ingersoll, of Hiinols, are at the Hoffmen House, J. Brakel, Con- | Port Fetterman, with fresh supplies for sixty ddays for 1,300 men, and five additional com- Hotel. Captain Edward Boyle and Captain F. HH. | Foster, of the British army, are at the Brevoort House, sul General for the Netherlands, is at the St. Nicholas | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1876.—TRIPLE’ SHEET. THE BEECHER SCANDAL. MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL'S coM- MITTEB OF FIVE—MESSRS. MOULTON, PRYOR AND GENERAL BUTLER IN CONFERENCE— & AN OPINION BY JUDGE BARNARD—LETTER FROM THE PLYMOUTH EXAMINING COMMITTEE. Atthe Fitth Avenue Hotel yesterday the following gentlemen, who were lately named by the Advisory Council's committee of three, met as a committes to investigate the Tilton-Beecher scanda! :— Judge Nathaniel Shipman, of Hartiord, Conn, Judge Joseph C, Knapp, of Keosaqui, lowa Judge Samuel B, Gookins, of Terre Haute, Ind, Hon. J. E. Sargent, of Concord, N. H, Asabel Finch, of Milwaukee, Wis, The Examining Committee of Plymouth church ap- pointed from their number the following sub-com- mittee to confer with the Committee of Five in respect to the matters to be laid before them:— Rev. S. B. Halladay. Thomas G, Shearman, B. F. Blair. ‘Thomas J. Tilney. In room 41 the conteronce was held, and the two com- mittees commenced the discussion which had been submitted to them. After the preliminary introduc- tion, Mr, Tilney, the clerk of Plymouth church, stated Driefy the object of the conference, and said the com- mittee he cepresented was that properly accredited from Plymouth charch, A statement from the Exam- ining Committee was then read to the effect that they, sory Courcil to take full charge of the matter, and to make such investigation as they saw fit, or they could decide that the matter bad already been sufficiently in- vestigated, if they considered such was the case, They were to investigate or not, just as they saw fit If they decided to proceed with an examination of the matter, the church desired that it should be probed to the bottom. The Committee of Five would claim full charge of the examination, and carry {t on at such times and places as they saw fit. The Examining Committee would do all in their power to aid them in furnishing them with the names of witnesses, &c, A general conversation then ensued, and various ques- tions were asked by the members of the Committee of Five and answered by the representatives of Plymouth church, The Committee did not indicate at that timo what their course would be, The representation of Plymouth church then w:thdrew and left the commit- tee to deliberate over the matter. 18 was agreed that they should mect tho committee at half-past one, when its decision would bo announced, It was be- Neved, however, that no decision was aimed at, and that an adjournment was agreed to until such timo as the questions involved in the Beecher-Moulton case in the courts shall havo been settled. THE FOLLOWING LETTER, signed by Edward Beecher, S. B, Halliday, David H. Hawkins, Thomas G. Shearman, B, F. Blair, HM. Claflin, M. W. Robinson and Thomas J. Tilney tells the story of tho Examining Committee of Plymouth chureh To Messrs. Nathaniel Shipman, Knapp, J. Sargent and Asahel Finch, consti. tuting the His#ion of five appointed pursuant to the result of the late Advisory Council:— GxyTLRMeN—The council which was called by Plym- outh church to assemble in Brooklyn, in February last, for the purpose of advising the church as to its duties and policy with respect tothe difficulties in which it has been involved for three years past, recommended the church to appoint an investigating commission from among gentlemen named by that Council, whose duty it should be either to try formal charges against the pastor of Plymouth church, if such should be sented, oF to hear testimony which might throw light upon charges against the pastor made in other plac although pot formally restated before the commission. In accordance with this ad- vice, you gentlemen have been appointed in pursuance of a selection made by the committee of the couneil, It was deemed necessary for your protection and for the protection of witnesses coming before you that this commission, while created by a committee of the council, and selected by them on their own sole responsidility, should, nevertheless be empowered by the charch to act on its behalf, The church has ac- cordingly accepted and empowered you to act as such commission; for, althongh no charges have beon p sented against the pastor, as contemplated in the plan of the council, yet’ it has been so frecly and widely alleged that important testimony, not previously given, might be obtained, if soughi, that | the Examining Committee of the church and the com- mittee of the Council agreed in the opinion that tt was advisable to constitute the commission and to make an effort to procure such evidence, in accordance with the second alternative provided by the result of Council, S. B. Gookins, J, C. We cannot pretend to give the names of all the persons who may claim to bave it in their power to give new testimony bearing upon this case, After diligent inquiry we can learn Of no one whose evidence would be considered compe- tent in any court of justice; and itis diflcult to dis. criminate between various classes of evidence, no one of which would be admissible in a court of law, or even upon a private arbitration, while ’ al of them would be considered good enongh in the! ficld of newspaper controversy or private gossip, When the commission 1s ready to recelve such sugges. tions from us we shall be glad to fnrnish it with the names of all persons who are credited by ramor with ability to give even hearsay evidence having the j the least bearing on the case. But if we were to give a formal list of such names at the outset, even including in it only those who have mado mysterious suggestions of their ability to tell some. thing injurious, and whose declarations to that efect have really contributed largely to the general current of suspicion, the palpable absurdity of the list might excite suspicion of our good faith, Hints and innuendoes of the vaguest and most trivial nature are considered abundantly sufficient for the purpose of destroying reputation; yet, if the injured party or hig friends should attempt to enumerate and'to Tefuto these innuendoes he would be accused of seeking to divert public attention from important facts to trivialities which had never carried weight in any mind, We shall, therefore, confine ourselves for the present to the names of ‘persons who have either claimed, of allowod it to be clasmed for them, that thoy ‘0 it in their power to give information, which » re- spectable and substantial portion of the com. manity deen to bo material, Among such persons Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Richards and Mrs, Martha #8. Bradshaw are understood to claim that they have received material confessions from Mrs. E, R, Tilton implicating Mr. Beecher. Mr. Henry ©, Bowen undoubtedly claims to have recoived an explicit confession from a ladv, whose name he refuses to publish, implicating Mr. Beecher in an oflon with that lady. Tt has also been widely asserted that Miss Susan B, Anthony and Mrs. Elizaveth Caay Stanton have claimed that Mrs, ‘Tilton has made similar confessions to them; but we hi een unable to tind tho least proof that they ever made any such claims, while we are informed that they deny having ever done 60, Continuing at length in this style the document closes as follows :— Tilton has made similar confessions to them, but we have been unable to find the least proof that they ever made such claims, while we are informed that they deny having ever done so. We do not assume to deciae the question, but think it due to those ladies that we should pot mention ona report in connection with their names without also mentioning the other, Ono or two othor Indies have also been widely mentioned in the sume connection; but, as we cannot find any pretence of authority from them for such a report, wo preter to mention their names to you only in confi- dence, more especialiy as the only one of them with whom we have been able to communicate has given unequivocal assurances that the report was false, With the statements of witnesses already examined in public you are, of course, familiar. Our undisguised sympaihy with our pastor, founded upon our full contid im his Integrity and innocence makes it unadvisabie that we should render you that assistance in preparing the ease and procuring testimony, which, under other circumstances, you would have a right to expect from as, While regretting that this fact will | increase your labors and responsibilities, we noverthe- less respectfully suggest that, in view of it, you should adopt some plan which will keep both the Prosecution and the trial of the case onder your own | charge without any participation of ours. We will | gladly give any information tor which you ma: | calt” from _ time to time, bat have no doubt that you will agree with in the opinion that your entire plan of operations should be empbaticaliy your own, both in its organization and ronduct. | Wishing you every success in your investigation of this caso and the entire development of the trath, whatever that may be, we are, very respectfully, yours, Signed by the names given above, New York, July 22, 1876, THE ANSWER, The following letter is the answer of the Committee of Fivo:— To THe Examisine Commitrer or Prymontn Crrren:— GextLewes —The tndersigned, appointed by Plymouth chureb on June 26, 1876, in ‘pursuance of the Ad- visory Council, convened at the request of your charch, as expressed in the result of “that council, assembled this day at the Filth Avenue Hotel, in the city of New York, and all members bein present, organized in the appointment of Nathaniel Shipman as chairman. The committes received the communication of the Examining Committee, dated July 22, hereto annexed, and alter consultation voted :— That this commission will bear and ¢ any and all charges against Rev. Beecher which they may not regard as already sufficiently tried, and will bear and the evidence which shall be present: port or denial of such charges, wher atsueh tine as formal charges against him, been brought betre the charch or its s mittee, while charges may be transmitted directly to the chureh or through the chairman of the committee by « party or parties who shall 1m good faith undertake to present proof of the trath of the same be- fore this commission; Dut this commission do not | think it expedient or proper to examine into any al! gations or reports, or to hear testimony respec same, until such allegaty oF reports have em- bedied in charges which s! have been made ng afore. said by a person who shail lertake to present proof the Committee of Five, were empowere! by the Advi-* : 7 of the same before the Commissioner, to the end that a tho a teal aball be had thereof, 0 Jat this commission do now adjou to the call of the chairman, ty SHIPMAN? aiid . B. GOOKIN, JOSKPH C. KNAPP, . SA N New York, July 22,1876. A, ree MKANTING AN ANTI-HECUKR CONPERENCE, intended to be very private, took place between General Benjamin F. Butler and General Roger A. Pryor, the counsel of, and Mr. Frank Moulton, the plaintiff! in the present rather complicated’ suit aguinst the Rov. Henry Ward Beecher, The Fitth Avenue Hotel was also the pice selected, and, after a long conference in regard to the future proceedings to be lakem against the distinguished delendant, the trio dined together, General Pryor going out of town and Mr. Frank Moulton accompanying General Butier tothe Fall River boat at the foot of Murray street. Evidently the hotel clerks had been instructed to buftle the reporters, and their monosyllabic answers to polite questions were the reverse of courteous, but the Henaib’s information as to the meeting and ils result ned from a higher source and without their valuable assistan ‘The facts are that Mr. Moulton and his connsel are determined, in view oO! the overturning of the decision ot Judge Dykman by Judges Gilbert and Barnard at Poughkeepsie, to force Mc Beecher by the 31st of July to make answer to the plaintiff or let his case go by default, in which event Mr. Moulton can have hiv damages assessed by a sherif!’s jury. In either event the case would then go to the Court of Appeals, as Mr. Beecher could not take his appeal there on mere overruling of mdemurrer; be must wait until a judg, ment 1s recorded, It 1s believed that the above was the substance of the conference between counsel and client yesterday, the reversal of Judge Dykman’s order sustaining Mr. Beecher's demurrer being a subject of much congratu- lation between them. Judge Barnard, in rendering his IMPORTANT DECISION, said :—'It was essential to the maintenance of this ac- tion that the complaint should aver that the criminal prosecution alleged to have been instituted and prose- cuted by defendant against the plaintiff! had been ter- minated in favor of the plainuif. This averment no reference to the merits, Lt 1s a rule doubtless based upor the impropriety of permitting such an action while the prosecutor compiained of was proceeding to tinal adjudication in the proper court, It would be un seemly to permit an action for malicious prosecution which might be presented for trial before the action on which it was based was tried, and still more unseemly to permit the action after the proper court had dever- mined the particular prosecution complained of in favor of the party Who brought the same. “After it is established that the action for malicious Prosecution may be brought the fi of the prosecution on which ¢ farther relevancy. Tho platntif’ must then prove thut the prosecution was instituted by the defendant against the plaintiff without probable cause and maliciously, “rhe prosecution compiained of in this action as falsely and maliciously made was criminal. The plain- if avers that the defendant talscly accused him of perjury, and that he made the accusation maticiously. ‘The criminal charge resulted in an indictment, and the complaint avers that the prosecution thereof has bea terminated in plaintiff's favor by the entry ot a nol Prosequi, on motion of the District attorney of the county where the indictment was pending and triable, id with Jeave of the Court; that the motion was made ter consulting with defendant and in compliance with his request’ 1 think this was a sufficient averment of the termination of the criminal charge in favor of tho plaintitt, ‘fhe District Attorney of Kings county was charged with the duty of the prosecution. The deiend- ant made his complaint with reference to this tact. Tho District Attorney, at the request of the defendant, asked the Court for leave to abandon tho prosecution of the criminal chargo against the plaintiff, and the Court granted the motion, and the final order is en- tered, What is needed further to sustain the ment that the particular charge on which the brought is ended, and in tavor of the plaintiff. He asks for atrial, and the Court and District Attorney, with defendant’s concurrence, instead of a trial order the entry of a nolle prosequi on the indictment, In other words tho District Attorney asks leave to abandon the prosecution and the Court says he may. It the ac tion complained of as malicious had been a civil ac. tion, an averment that the plaintif’ bad asked leave of. the Court to abandon it, and that such leave had beem granted would have been sufficient. The District Au torney acts for the people in criminal cases, excepi that he must have | ‘of the Court to qnter a nolle prosequi. 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