New-York tribune., 1870-04-29

i wDo ON nr1I nt on iesa grounds was far as they
were concerned, apcrfecty Innocent ana su''eo''
submit first that when witness places nt h,'s' T., has ne
the stand the inquiry , s6Ty 5s ss tells and il story in
the main is true has he any motive or mr uopor We'll
g Se how sS bias n"G nav % corfp human testimony even
when il is truthfuy given far as ~, o What ia
going on outside Of the Court Room yet IN case IKE ss
il Would be almost impety, 70 ',,ch sfu' tho wcrId
In In, rIiS5ooSG TaeoSccG in reference to this transaction
from er to ,o last, nI which, % he is called They will tell
this jury they to argue n ans Mr Gasf rcay slay
hGsS aSd are IS 'es Called here Without interest
sustain tie case of the people: hvent @ I nrn g "f
this prose, cn to it in order to avert that last
ing oboquy Which is sure to adtaGn sccecS 10 a"
Hight in some to show that witness has received
5000 lis testimony have right TO show una. np
cocred court Sf justice Why am not entitled isss, to
show that the fountain from wGn S mnrev want
TO show in connection with this witness that ne Wors1
rar Of his INC note has got c g et has ia sued from his lips
it is the Imperative duty of this jury to receive with very
'n ResordeI@f think the objection is well taken Mr.
Graham The first question pr9p1sed by & gSI answer is
Ito Introduce her 10 Mr. Beechcr tho next question Is
with what view" How under the clrcu,stiiee os w
view Mr. Greeley might have had in that letter Is poS
Mr. Graham-Bccause, Sir he knew that Mrs Mcf3r d no
aided it. He aided it! and he Is precisely WITHIN itg
liability for the deed That y the Ithcipao ,d " m % that
knew wrong He never could nave oeles1 S b had
that man could divorce his wife M breath, ana no @
right TO introduce the agent 9t tht WOMAN ~ u cops
man Of his acquaintance Tor lie purpose VI eoh'u
RecSrder-Thc question must be excluded.
Mir GrahaIl-Yeur Honor will give me the benefit OF
an axcepton ofor to show lie introduced Mrs. Cal
ncnn 10 Mr. Mr. Bcechr to soemnac this ceremony he
Ing well understood that without the ler,Iislphs Vi n
take nS rart in that natter known social moral
and political standing of Mr Greeley was suIPOSgpG 10 p ~
Henry Ward Beecher, and induce him TO do wnat he
would do for any other person than Horace urcey
| O. Did You ever examine the manuscript from which
that article was writteni Did you ever read IN manu-
Mr. Crahan-The law makes o distinction between
logic in mans mind and the recoeeon t @ OF & iaSo 60
| don't want logic; | want recollection. A. am very
ths lat and dd ed Fedn mt to as allow III hs statement
then went away and made it, aud then he came pacS'
O. How long he gone when he went away to get
up t% NH r"n that the manuscript that he returned
TO you was in his handwritingf a. don't tmnK Aho"
O. Nil YOU swear that you ever compared the manu-.
script which he handed you with what is in that paper
No SIR can't mt swear st to aagb Gbot a Won do with
It, A. sent it up stairs to the printer hat Is the last
O. Had your paper at that time been threatened with
suit by Mr.. Mcfarland for defamatoni lneN CT hcafd
! O. Don't you know that any publication that appeared
in THE TRIBUNE was under the menace ot leSai pro
q You wouldn't undertake to say hut what this was
inserted in the paper after legal proceeding was made
against the paperl A. Not to my knowledge 1t may
have been made without my kn9TleGge % o ,.s. Avn
lines of the artcle A. think those five lines wero
Redirect oxamination-Q This conversation with Mr..
Reed-wil you state the time OF that conversaion A.
| 1 should think it about the time OF Richardson's
| death; or a few days after, possibly.
In The TEntSs oicei A. M Yes, Sir, ~ my my room room
|
some newspaper think perhaps was Frank Leslie7
ask questions and answered them as well as
@ State the substance Of what was saidi A. think
he first asked about a letter gave Mrs Calhoun 10
Mr. Beecher told him what the contents were as far
knew; tiat it was simply recommendation; that
Mrs Calhoun wanted to consult him a matter of inn
then he wanted to know what I knew abou. Mac;
tSd him hnro Tr aGh haS coma as 70 me and eayS saS
about it there three other points he asked
about that's all remember; he asked me if did MT
nnn s ana mSra eCSe tod him
thought my character and my views were pretty well
Q. Did Mrs Sinclair and Mrs Mcfarland come and So
Lett your influence in favor of Macs getting his appoint
Mr.. Grahan-That object to-
Recorder-I think that is admissible, as you brought
out on your crossexamnation, that Mr.. Greeley gave
letters to Mac to McErath These letters merely
onestion repeated. A. think Mrs. Mcfarland never
said anything in Macs behalf Mrs Sinclair had spoken
to me when he was appointed in the Enrolment Depart
MI Grsham7I want to ask you this is the only
plating going to any distant place in DesfmseT
has been writing books, have him very rarely.
or nineteen months. tObjected to
TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL SINCLAIR.
Examined by Judge CARVING. How long have you
been publisher Of THE TRIBUNE A. Eight nine years
G. Do you know Mr.. Mcfarland . A. Yes, Sir.
O. Do you also know his wife : A. Yes, Sir.
hefs A. fret saw her in the Autumn Of 1851 did not
much of either of them until perhaps, in 1864;
might have them occasionally during 1851 that is
q DO you rocolect Mr. Sinclair, an interview which
took place at your house between the prisoner and Mrs
Mcfarland when your wife was presents A. recol-
lect the interview, but my wife not present.
g When was that A. think Oh the oath OF February
Mr. Of MI Mr. Mfs aa hn
Oliver Johnson and myself that was all think
G state what occurred on that oceasioni
argument , the evidence was declared admissible
satiqni A. forget who first opened the conyersatOn
sought for an interview with her but she had refused one
unt her father he had arrived and there and
times q SaSe
statements with regard to their past history Mr. Nc
great many years and amounting to nothing II
d s neFs ns a SAD & on s % M OF SOa
toward her had driven away all the affection she
had for him, and she had TO the conclusion under
all the circumstances to live with him again. that
think, is very nearly the language taken; he said he
tOugut III was very serious matter; that he thought
she was making mistake and that IL would affect him
and herself and her children and he hoped she would
live TO regret it, but If that her decision he had only
to bow and submit.
q Can YOU ten the date which this thing occurred
A. think 1t was the oath of February, 1867.
@ is that the substance of the conversation as yon
rccollcct it a. Yes, Sir
O. Did you have any conversation with him after that
In regard to lie spoke to me think that evening
as he left the house, hoping that would Mr. McE
rathand that no difference with the position
he had in the Apprasers Office After that perhaps the
next day, he came to THE TRIBUNE Office 10 1t
about IT, told him 1t evident that she would never
Hyp with ain anII cd