, 1863-05-08
THE CLERICAL IMDROCLI0.
TIE COURT ABANDON FURTHER
SEARCH FOR THE LEAK,
Francis CaGsEfn, aTIss Olive Lawrence
and c. n. Lawrence EXAMINED.

the fact tho leak las by no means bcen stop
ped, and brought to their minds, that pro-
verb, "The beginning Of strife is as when one
lctteth out water.'' This leak, like others, was
vcry small at frst, but By constant attrltion
II has increased until it now amounts almost
10 stnan holc' Tho Bishop,at last, ,despairs
Of keeping the proceedings Of this trial from
the public, defeating The efforts Of the re-
,ortcrs, and he has eigniied to one Of his
confidential advisers, that probably the re-,
portcrs had better be admitted-thcEe being
no apparent advantage gained by their ex-
clueion. Some dnys since when one of the
counsel wished him to lock- his notes
iu that tin boz, because Of the in
clemency Of TIE weather., the Bishop
with a wo begonc expression Of coun-
tcpancc replied: "Oh, suppose its hardly
nccessary-they'yc probably got it all.' And
70 we had. ns lie saw by the next mornings
parcr. The Bishop, when he elected the re-
portcrs from The Court room, and told Us
That not a word Of the proceedings could b.
and challenged us TO do our best. We az.
ccpt.d the. challenge, and though
smaller audiences or juries are f.r
more unanimous than those composed Of
Thousands, we submit to our audience, the
public, who ara the yictore in this rcmarka-
bic contest. It should not be necessary to
inform Bishop WAitehouee, that whencyce
1lc Press decides upon asserting its dignity,
tic efforts Of no one man, however high Lis
position. can defeat its plans.
As it Las already been decided by him
that on No account could tle Reporters
be admitted 10 the Secret Chamber. We're he
as has been suggested, as the only alternative,
and 1lertupon admit them, tile incon-
sistency Of the records would show a weak
Ecss somewhere, but would not be whit
more contradictory tlan portions OF the tcs.
tj1nony of ccraiu faIr witnesses who have
there recorded their words. We hope he
will make no sacrifice or concession On our
account, as VIC are doitg very we'll, and if the
members Of the Court are not satisfied. We
have only to Fay VIC arc elaboring to satisfy
the pubic, alone, and not the Court. The
REPORTERS have }a5nrcd under no insur1nount-
able difficulties from the embargo placed
upon them; but at times slight mistakes
have occurred in their reports, one Of which
appeared In this morning paper. The nlme
IT John Young was announced MS one ct the
witnesses ~ next appear. Miss Olive Law
renee was called instead, but from tho posi-.
tion occupied By the reporters, hcf voice
laGing such a masculine sound, NC ac-
ccpecG her testimony as that of ,Ir. Young;
and this mistake is the more excusable
| from tho fact that her testimony embraced
nothing i'll detail of circumstances, but what
| Mr. Young could have testified to-both being
present ,,ron lhc occasions alluded to-
| The most important testimony 11as a1ready
| been brought forward by both sides, and zen
orally published in detail. That of AIR. Nc
! Kennon published this morning) was con
| cludrd about l o'clcck on Tuesda;: afternoon.
| Mr.. Francis Cogwin WIS Immediately
called mp hy the defence, ns rebut,inc to ttit
cf Mrs. White. She testified that she had
spoken to none, Of the alleged insults, except
! l,er relatives, the Commission, and Juds.
t Greene; aud also stated positively that she
tlis' not detail any of tic circumstances to Mr..
/ Coghin whom elie met in Edwards j.welry
kt"rc, during her visit to Chicayo) BECAUSE
! s'che could not converse upon 81 indciicatc
! subject with young gentlemen Mr..
| CCgwin {aSed about iG) lcslilies that on that
occasion, Mis-. White called hiu, to one side,
snd that they talked together some twenty
minutes orhalf an hour, du uting..which time she
narrated the particulars Of the insults she IN,
! agircd size had received from lir. lIagcr; tha
du1frg the conversation she eS plaincd minute
II Tie ntodu*.T~,Ha3,'i Of his drawing her foot
| towards lin and pressing his upon il, in that
/ notable carriage ride; that, suiting the action
to t]:c y ORD, ele gracefully SWING her loot
around Gu the floor, and s,EaJcd her body ID
ard fro, to illustrate the movement. When
! asked how Mrs. White appeared ut that time
the witness replied, unusually pretty a1ltl
fazeiuating.'' Tits reply Of course brought
down The house. Even the Bishops face
tluslea, ard wore quite an unusual expires
| sion.
! VIXEN i is considered that Mrs White he'd
never met Mr.. Cogwin but tvice-oncc when
htssTas ore of large party, and the second
time at Edwards Jcwclry Store, in Chicago
where this ihttrTieW was had The mention
| Of "so iEdelicaie I subject" scrus to haYe dis.
| pelled the mock IaoGesly displayed upon otl
el;:ncc:e!oEs.
The examination Of hr. Cogwin was coa-
| clEdea Tuesday evening.
On Iutsday morning, the Court In one
grand procession marched to the residence o1
Mrs. Low, q lew blocks from the Sccrut
1t will be remembered tha. Mrs. White s:,t I'd
that it was at the house Of her amt, Mrs
Low, where she slTe 1T. sta'cmrnt IL til.
;tccna cusnn'iseion. This lany tslss. Low;
testify il the tasc, and has as oftea refused t.,
s:oso: Maloinri decided ;llit If the lnourtaitl
| would hot crtnc TO lin, III would 70 to the
mountain. The Court calut to the same sage
conclusion, ;r the case Of a1rs. Low, lH,
Wien they reached her house, the door
Lot admitted, rs thai lady already knew
The OH, ct Of their visit and opened thc door,
| lev inches {not sufficient to ad.uit any oj
the 1mhTc5l!o,) merely wide enough to intro
euce Eer tase III the opening, and speak he,
p.ird HTon The subject Of this uisgracefal If
fair, :;nd to reEew her determination to hayt
nothing to do with 1t. As
''TEe k1tg Of France with hia ten thousand ne1
3a1cEtdnp the hill anu then marched down again.
Sn the Court marched back to the lnquisi
ton Chamber, and AFTER bruolng over thu
disappointment. md the lrrs'stcucy of tht
fynsi'sin. gender, quoting tie cuuplct the las
1il.c Of Which Is,
""heq e!'c wont she won't aud there's the Ell,
unanimously agreed to adjourn for dinner.
In the afternoon Miss Olive LAWRENCE VA.
recalled by the prosecution, for the pur
kez.. Unexpectedly to 3r. Chickc1ing, Acl
testimony was yefy similar to that she va.
expected to upset; the only important differ
elsec between ,hc two statements, bciug thai
Miss Oll5e testified that little girl about fl '.
years If ngo sat between 3fr. IIagar and Mrs
White, upon the scfa, during that Monday
cycs'lrg 80 often alluded to, for few min
utes, how long she could not state.
This morning MI. c. n Lawrence, {aset
about c;glltccu,) brother Of Mrs. White, IA:
called 0y the prosecution to testify in segart
I" dates mentioned in tho testimony Of Mr.
Mckcnnon, to which it Was intended to he II
tuttiye, but really proved important III,
dnly important item Of this vonng mans tas
tiuiony as that lie got aboard the train witl
Mrs White at New Leno1, and rode rs far a
Mokcna, the next station, when he badc he
"good-byc.'
At the close Of her testimony the counsc
for defense requested permission to submit
the certificate from Dr.. Mcfarland, relltiy,
10 Mrs. Stonc's present mental sanity, which
after considerable discussion, WAS ruled out
The defence have now closed their testimony
rese1vfng the right. to INTRODUCE t6,
evidence Of two Q. three Intimate friends O
Mr.. llager, Us to his usual nan1,er in shaking
r hands, &C.; also claiming the right to submit
IN evidence a statement from Nj. Hager, as ts
the pa, ticulars connected with his visit. This
has already been proposed, but refused TO-
the present, but may be admitted at late
tlous Of courts-nlartial having been acceptc.
" this Court, Us determining points respect
Ing evidence, the provisions Of that cod
should also secure Il hearing to the accused II
This case, as was allowed Fitz John Porter, 0,
his recent trial, and numerous similar in
stances.
Mrs. Edward Lawrence, {Mrs, White;
mother) was present this afternoon, to testif,
In the case, hut as she had accompanied scy
eral Of the other witnesses, she was not al
lowcd to testify. She len the Court room
considerably chassrined that she was not al
lowed to add her testimony to that of tn
rest Of the Lawrence tribe,
: It laa been decided that the Court, CT
Commission, will visit Cleveland on 3lontla,
tcAt, to receive the remainder Of Mrs Ever
ttt's testimony. Hence, 1t is probable th
r & Court " VII Ill adjourn to,morrow (Frlday} eve
| "Wednesday of next week. An extra session
Is being, hcld this evening, to hear the ey]
. tcnce Of Mr. 1taight, the conductor Of til
! train which bore Mis-. White to Chicago..
INVISIBLE.
MASONIC OBSERVANCE OF TIE SABBATH
We have seen a late cdict Of Grand Master F
N. Blair, OF this State, in rcla' ion 10 the prot
er observance Of the Sabbath, which VIC thin
! Gotta }1,n srhirrt n tic f+uo 1;,rht ,..a III,