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JUDGE PIERREP0NTs VIEWS.

Let an interviewer enter the closet OF we'll
educated professional man, whether Q lawyer,
politician or divine, and 1t Is astonishing with
what avtdity ne valves all other subjects and with
what celerity he enters into the consideration
OF the social question OF the hour, to it:-"Did
Bacon write Shakespeare ~ Every thorough
college student has pondered the works Of
the great master OF English literature, and
had his plastic mind indellibly Impressed
with the sublime thoughts OF him who has been
not inaptly described as the original interviewer
OF any age-one who could interview with equal
adrOltness and taeSSe either the stable boy
Queen Bess-wh0 could squeeze out OF boon COM
paniOns the Wit and hum0r that sparklcd in their
desspairing. The stricken and the iororn. Just
such student was Judge Edwards Plerrepont,
tne now able LAWYER and 1rist, apt scholar and
representative called with the following RESULT
iNTERyIEwER-what do you think, Judge. Of the
cles, "Did Bacon write shakespeare ?''
JUDGE lpromptylwrnere ss.Ss. y no more sense @ IN
write the works attributed to him than there Is
to attempt to show that Napoleon Bonaparte
never lived and never was Emperor %& %& Of France:
was made to prove tnat Napoleon never lived
that he was myth. But 1t amounted to nothing.
to be controverted. In the lapse OF time
the M some fsese minds
GSle aoSbts sbou Hs'' men who have existed and
events that have occurred. But, coming more
directly to the point, Bacon could no more have
written the plays OF Shakespeare than Shake
speare have written the 'Novum OrganuD." The
subject Of Snakespeares originality was discussed
and settled at the time OF his existence,
and the discussion al tins late date is
only an ingenious contrivance to see
III behalf OF the non.Shakespeartan theory. Miss
Bacon. who spent a good deal Of time on the
insane, ana died in madhous,, and, in my judg.
ment, all people who honestly believe that Bacon
wrote shakespeare" are
EQUALLY INSANE
1t will appear from the above tnat Judge Pierre
Shakespeare himself wrote ''Snakespeare.n
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ever, to tell Us that Hamlet was insane, which IL
another important point settled.
Bacon would not speak. Tne seal he placed
upon his lips when In the flesh he refused TO re-
move ut TINS late day. He was present, that was
certain; but, except falling over chairs and In
vestigating things In the room. whereby he made
considers bic noise, he was dumb as an oyster.
What would have been the result had Shake
speare attempted 10 prevaricate and take unto
himself the
CREDIT BELONGING TO BACON
we can but surmise. 1t Is just probable that he
might nave initiated Mr. Moult on In his celebrated
reply TO young Raymond. But as William made
toerabiy clean breast OF II there as no occasion
for such remark While thinking of this we
asked. through the medium. whether Shakespeare
and Bacon were friends IN the other world, and
were told that they were.
Such was the substance OF the most remarkable
interview tnat has iallen to the lot OF the
reportcr. Summed UP, u Is that Shakespeare
was sort oil literary fraud, who calmly
allowed the laurel thai was not hts to be
placed upon his blow. He wrote Hamlet" but
with assistance. Bacon wrote the others that
were mentioned, and the unavoidable Inference
to be drawn is that he wrote nearly all OF what
we call "Shakespenre.n With this weighty in.
formation the reporter bade Mr.. Foster-who had
been calmly smoking his cigar oil the time-a
good afternoon and took his departure. He would
nave wished Bacon and shakespeare, also, a very
good day, but q natural timidity, ana an un-
certainty as TO wnat portion OF the room they
were IN, prevented him.
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MIR. DoUGHERTY's OPINION.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. o. 1874
I called on Daniel Doughcrty this morning He is
a prominent and eloquent lawyer in the city, and
has been Shakespearian student all his life. He
was very busily engaged at the time called, but
he said to me, ~ am one Of the few who do not
imagine Tor one moment that either Shakespeare
or any one else, single handed, wrote the dramas
ascrlbed to him. The knowledge shown in the
plays OF theology, science, natural his
tory, &C., is too consummate to nave been
the property OF single individual. l have
not time to talk this morning. but II
you will come to me at some OLher time
think can convince you that the plays Of Snake
spearc were the products or many minds and not
OF one. do not say that Bacon WI ote them but
do say that the works whcn were brought out
under the name OF shakespeare could not have
been produced by one man alone. Take one of
Shakespeares kings, ior instance, and from head
TO foot, IN word, In act, he Is king. whence
came this consummate knowledge OF court lie ?
Not from the genius within himself even II we
admit that Shakespeare was an extraordinary
man, but from the experience OF some other party
who had associated with kings and was familiar
with the dialect OF the court. Neither Shakespeare
nor Bacon could nave written what we now read
under the signature OF the former, but the plays
we regard as Shakespeare's must OF necessity be
the JOINT product oi many minds, whose individual
identifies were lost the time and nave ever since
been involved In mystery"
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BEECHER IN THE MOUNTAINS.

An Enterta inment to tho Guests Of the
Hotel-Sketch Of His Lnbors In Ens-
land During tho Wharf.-The violent
Opposition He Encountered and the
Victory He Accom- plished.
TWIN MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Sept. 10, 1874.
BY request Henry Ward Beecner this evening
entertained the inmates of this hotel, Of whom
there are some ,wo hundred, with q recital OF hts
experience on his trip to Europe In 1863 and par.
ticulary during his stay In Great Britain, after
his return from the Continent For about
an hour he commanded the closest attention OF
his little audience who were alternately excited
to laughter by his amusing anecdotes and moved
well nigh TO tears by his touching "reminiscences
He dwelt at length upon the events attending hlD
public
LABoRs IN BEHALF OF HIS COUNTRY
which was then engaged in her mortal struggle.
He alluded foeltngly to tho icers and nouts which
greeted him on his arrival in England ia
his determination at nrst not to speak
there, to the earnestness with which he was
urged by the lriends OF the North to address the
which were made to lntimidate him when
1t was announced that he would SPEAK
in Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liver.
pool and London, TO the intense and
violent opposition which he encountered at the
meetings that ne addressed IN these various
places and the victory, more or less complete,
which was achieved for the cause Of freedom in
each instance.
This narrative was very much enjoyed by tho
auditors who, when Mr.. Beecher ceased speak
their seats and piled him with questions to keep
him talking.
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THE JUVENILE H0MIoIDE.
Autopsy ON tho Body OF Robert Bell
Startling RumOr.

Autopsy ON the Body OF Robert Bell
Startling Rumor.
Deputy Coroner Maowhinnie yesterday, al No.
GOT Second avenue, made post-mortem exami.
nation on the body OF Robert Bell, the boy four.
teen years OF age. whose brain was punctured BY
an umbrella wire with which he was struck by
William Harrison. also lad about the same age OF
deceased, Is previously published in toe HERALD.
DR.. MacWhinnic made the following report:--
Upon external examination found HAIR cut close
over posterior inferior portion OF right parietal
bOne, in the centre OF which was small punctured
wound. Upon removing the scalp found mncdi.
ately beneath external wound . punctured wound
OF skull about the size Of an ordinary straw.
Upon removing the calverium found puncturcd
wound OF brain substance extending to
the base OF brain. There was considerable
extravasation OF blood, while In the rIgnt lateral
vcntrcle and extending INFO the fifth ventrlcle
was large clot OF bood, weight about one and
half ounces In my opinion death was due to
compression OF brain following said punctured
wound OF braiE substance.
Coroner Croker Yesterday afternoon empaneled
jury to view the remains, SO that the relatives
could proceed with the funeral at once.
An inquest will be held next week.
Harrison, the juvenile homicide, haS not been
found, and rumor prevails In the neighborhOod OF
the occurrence thar, IN his anguish OF mind. he
jumped into the East River aud drowned himself,
but the report lacks confirmation. Captain Al.
laire, VI the Twenty precinct Is st searching
Tor Harrison.
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ERIE METHODIST CONFERENCE.
scandalous Charges Against Three
Ministers-Nfinor Beecher Sensations.

Interesting Gathering and Exercises
scandalous Charges Against Three
Ministers-Nfinor Beecher Sensations.
ERIE, Pa, Sept. 8, 1874
The Erie Conference OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church met for its thifty-ninth annual session in
this city on Wednesday last, Bishop Jesse T. Peck,
D. D., presiding. About ESQ members were pres
ent. On Wednesday, the first Cay, the standing
committees tor the ensuing year were appointed.
On Thursday the reports OF the various districts
were read. A despatch was received announcing
the death of the venerable Bishop Morris. the
senior bsnop OF the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Bishop Peck made lew appropriate remarks con-
cerning the deceased, when the usual exercises
continued. On Friday, the third day, letter was
received from the Rev. James G. Townsend, ask
S ron the .sU Of
snre s Ss Mas sowsa
Rey " Cushing q tns New England
In the afternoon the members Of the Conference
had very pleasant time In an excursion around
the bay ana up to P1ia where the
Satur 10y the time was taken up with miscellane.
GUS business. The Rev. William N. Bear and the
transferred to the Minnesota Conference. The
Conference decided to hold Its next meeting IN
On Sunday the various ministers were scattered
throughout the churches OF this city. Bishop
Peck preached very powerful sermon at the
Methodist Episcopal church IN the morning,
aud Dr. DE Shlel, secretary OF the Board OF MIS-
sions, New York city, preached In the afternoon.
Thirteen elders and eighteen deacons were Or
GAINED on sunday.
Three ministers are on trial. The Rev. R. f.
Roberts was yesterday expelled from the minis
try OF the Methodist Episcopal Church for conduct
unpecOming Cnrlstian minister. The Rev. Il. Mar
stellcr mad left his home for The purpose OF attend
ing the Conferences last year ana he had been seen
on the cars with woman OF doubtful
character, and had never beon seen or
heard OF since. Although a great deal OF
scandal was connected with the above cases, the
Conference kept them very quiet, not even divulg-
ing what the charges were but thes must have
been OF the 'Beecher sort" Ia the OF Roberts,
VINO was expelled. Nothing mas been done as yet
in the case Of the Rev. b. Marsteier. Some peo
pic think that the woman ne was last seen with
had .'seduced him" from the paths Oi virtue. and
that the minister was under her influence so lar
that he dared not again return TO the wife OF his
bosom. Still others claim that he seduccd the
woman, d la Beecher, and lett his home with her
Lin to return, as he will, no doubt, be expelled.
ministers are not '.Infalbe' by any means.
Another case was presented yesterday; that OF
the Rev. 4. II. PrOsser. The charges are not ulv
known as the Conference desires to keen the
matter secret as much as possible; but have
heard that they undoubtedly consist OF imputa-
tions OF ungentlemanly conduct toward the
"daughters OF Eve"
Tne Conference Will undoubtedly adjourn to.
morrow.
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PERPEOrION IN JOURNALISM
From the Galveston News.l

Our evening contemporary, the Cirf'tdn, 10
moved by the FIRST OF September edition OF the
Netcs-"a monument to tine industry and com.
mercia sense" OF the paper-to say Of 1t that, "as
ne wspaper, 1t Is the HERALD Of the South, ana as
such Its place can only be disputed by journal
winch, with greater fidelity IN political matters,
Will compete win II In commercial enterprise"
The Netcs accepts the compliment with It's char
actetistlc modesty anu SUBMITS 10 the qualifying
rider with It's characteristic serenity.
TO be classed with the New YORK journal which,
as newspaper, Is conceded 70 bc the foremost IN
the world, may be taken as slight tribute to the
Ne,rs though accompanied by denial oi political
iniaibility, to which 1t has never pretended.
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THE PUBLIC DISCUSSING IT.
Shakespeare = Spirit Medium.


To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
1t has been asserted by some one that Shake
speare was q spirituast. II 80 he was the great
est medium tnat ever lived since the time OF the
old theocratic and priestly hierarchy OF Israel,
when men were divinely inspired. All human
knowledge arising from profound thought, all ex-
pansion and expression OF truth, goodness and no
bleness latent in our nature Is but the renex OF
divine, a.pervading power, emanating from
Jehovah, "in whom," says st. Paul, 1--WE live,
move and have our being" Therefore, Shake
speare, imbucd by an unseen power felt IN the
depths OF his own soul q knship with the inspired
ones of all the ages. Does he not say
May be bold to think these spirits
spirits which by mine art
have from their confines called to enact
My present aEcicsr
Does he not tell us that
There more things in heaven and earth
Than are dreamt OF in our philosophy
These our actors.
As forctod you, were all spirits, and
Arc melted Into air INTO thin air;
And, like the Oase less inbric ut vision.
Ihe cloud. apped towers the GORGEOUS palaces
The solemn temples che great gobe ITSELF
Yea all which II inherit, shall dissolve
And like thi. insaps,anal @ pageant faded,
AS dreams are made Of and little lite
Is rounded with sleep
Shakespeare and Bacon were like Socrates and
Plato-con temporary intellectual wonders, two
magnificent planets in the ornament of mind, two
liked stars OF The first magnitude IN the realm OF
thought
not for day, but Tor all limei
None Will ever dare to question Francis Bacon's
pre-emlnent qualities OF mind as u philosopher
aud scholar, aud 1t NAV be readily conceded that
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ga Student" Believes in tho Bard OF
Avon.
NEW YORK, Sept 10. 1874

Av0ns
NEW YORK. Sept 10, 1874
To THE EDITOR OF THE uERALD;-
Although 1t may seem "as proftless as pouring
water In sicve' to be CROPPING in the dark
backward and abysm OF time" seeking for light
ss to whether Shakespeare's works were the pro-
duct OF his own hama aud brain, still 1t will do no
harm to add my little mite OF opinion to the gen.
eral contribution. I do not believe Bacon wrote
shakespeare's works, but do believe Shakespeare
may have borrowed some OF Bacon's special knowl.
edge-nOt much in law and natural philosophy.
Shakespeare was a dramatist whose ruling idea
was ITO hold, US 'twere, the mirror up to NATURE"
and, In conformity with that resolve, how natural
1t was to seek for information IRON
source best instructed on the subjects ne
wished to Illustrate II he did so borrow any ideas
from q scientist he disguised them by dressing
them IN celestial and immortal robes. Besides,
knowledge cannot be copyrighted, for 1t IS only
the science OF Natures law long ago known. Why
should we view Shakespeare as the originator OF
knowledge, or even Bacon as the begetter OF
mathematical truisms The proof Is wanting that
the latter was poet. We Know he was great
thinker.
Was Shakespeare q plagiarists 'lf 1t were so
it were q grievous fauit, and grievously hath
Shakespeare answered IT," by being robbed in
definitely. Nowadays the phraseology OF our
abest writers glitters with Snakespearian dla.
monds, which one well verscd IN the master poet
can pick out readily and indeed some OF our triLest
vernacular phrases are Shakespcarianisms.
S1TTDENT
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THE JULIA HAWKES. MURDER
Indictment Found Against Costiey.
Boston, Mass, Sept. 10, 1874

BOSTON, Mass, Sept. 10, 1874.
Among the indictments found by the Grand Jury
or Norfolk county is one against Costley for the
murder OF Julia Hawkes.. The Indictment charges
that the murder was committed IN Braintree with
a pistol the ball from which entered the head OF
Mrs. Hawkes.. Costlcy's counsel Is Bayls Sanford,
formerly District Attorney OF Bristol county,
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THROUGH new FORK TINES.

Of a coach for lady volunteers or visiting sick
children.
at once, and may be sent to the HERALD
otiice; Mayor Havemeyer City Hail; Arnold Con-
No. 65l Broadway; August Belmont 4 Co., No. IL
Nassau street; :. L. N. Barlow, No. 35 William
street; Ball, Black Co., No. 565 Broadway; Judge
John K. Brady, NO. 10 West Thirty.t,ird street;
II. b. Canln a Co., No. lao Church street, or Rev.
Avan wswall, Master OF st. johns Guild No. SO
Varlck street
The sixteenth excursion. the expenses OF which
nave been betrayed oy the employees OF II. B.
Claim Co... takes place to-day, leaving piers at
ket street and Twenty.thrd street. East River, at
eight, nine and hali-past nine A. NJ.
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THE FLOATING HOSPITAL.

Destitute Sick Chi1dren's Rclicf Fund.
The following additional contributions have been
received by the Rev. Avah Wiswall, Master OF St..
Johns Guild and handed to Henry G. De WITT
Almoner:-
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NAROH OF THE MARINERS
A Protest Against the Land shsrks-New
Rates OF Pay Dema andcd By tho Sea-

Rates OF Pay Dema nded By tho See.
mon.
The members OF the Seamen's Protective Asso.
citation, with many other seamen, rtGgers and
longshoremen who sympathze with Its purposes.
paraded through the lower part Of the city yester.
day morning. They began to assemble In front OF
the City Hall at early hour and at eleven
O'Clock, when they formed into procession on
Chatham street, about $50 men were In line. Dr..
Faulds Tboms, President OF the association, wa
seated IN carriage at the head OF the procession
Behind his vehicle were Two wagons, IN each d
which was banner, one inscribed -
American Seamen's Protective Associations
sof America Organized 1874, Tor the purpose
Sol uphoding fixed rate OF wages for seamen. I
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A Poser from Scotia.
NEW YORK, Sept. 0, 1874.

NEW YORK, Sept. Q, 1874
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
hae been reading wiz mucklc interest the lively
controversy ganglng on at the present time in
your valuable paper anenc the authorship OF the
grand plays said to hac been written over three
hunder years syne by ane WILLIAM Shax espearp.
Muckle circumstantal evidence, as the lawyers ca
II, is putten oot on the side o. Lord Bacon. I'm
nae Creetic ike, and ken bit little o. the hull
n after, but I wad like TO ak, dis Ony o. ye're
learned freends believe that the great pheelospher
ever wrote line o. Macbeth? Your obeoient ser.
want, TIL. AINSLlE,
late of kirk YothOlm, Scotland.
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he other bore the lerend:-

IHt uHRS oI eVerv mnrItImo country were p0rA
IN the toughened hands OF the mariners, ana every
variety or odd costume clad their iorms, yet they
OF the procession was through Centre street to
Chatham street, to Pearl street, to Cherry street
TO Pike street, to Monroe street, to Catharlne
street, to South street, to Oliver street, TO Nam.
son street, 10 New Chambers street. TO Soutn
street. to Wall street, to Pearl street. 10 Frankne
square. At the latter place they were dlsmisseo
alter short speech by President Thomh
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0LsxDowx1-r can call spirits from the vasty deep.
Ho1sPul-why 90 can l. or 80 can any man,
But Will they come. when you do can tor
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the gaming table. He is OF medium height, with
now introduced to the public lor the first time, Is
some ewhat smaller than his brother, has a bent
over, souchy appearance. and rolls from side to
side in his walk. He also wears red mustache
and red chin whiskers. HIS appearance would IN
dicate that he could easily be controlled by his
brother.
CIRCUMsTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
On the Fourth they were in town ana "Pete"
with whom, 1t is said, he nad been gamoIing. For
this he WAS arrested, but was allowed to 60 on
ball IL Is significant tnat almost the last thing
O'Nc was heard To say before ieavng 10 meet ms
death that night was that pete" had been look.
ing alter him to get him 10 become his surety and
that he had better not have anything to do with
the LeOnards. 1his seemed to throw some sus-
picion on them at first. but evidence was lacking
TO warrant their detention.
DIRECT EVIDENCE.
The Witness Granger, has lived here for mlny
years. and his statement obtains credence gene.
rally, and an examination OF three days mas Jailed
10 shake the belef Several have visited the place
where, he says, he heard the conversation and
broadcast daylight without being seen by persons
within few ieet o, him. The Examination com
cIuson OF that days proceedings the case was ad-
journcd to the following Monday and the accused
a0wed TO return nome the case aTn
that day aud Tuesday, when 1t was
again adjourned to Thursday, the 10th INST, at the
request Of the counsel for the prisoners and they
were suffered to return home as before. his
loose manner OF conducting the matter has cX-
cited severe comment. While many were prone
TO blame Granger lor not testilylng sooncr-in
order that cew might be obtained, II these men
were guilty, before all traces could be covered
up-tney now feel that IL would nave Deen Oi no
use, as the Lconai DIS are as rec VITA this charge
resting upon them as they ever were without
Icing subject even TO the trouble Of getting ball.
1t surely cannot be doubted that Justice Percy
Is Iully aware OF the grave responsibility OF his
present position, and there does not seem to be
any excuse Tor him, except that, perhaps, because
he is not lawyer, he is ignorant oil the spirit of
tue law, whilc or the District Attorney, VINO is
the prosecuting officer, there s not even this lame
apology.
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A JERSEY MYSTERY.

week ago yesterday the body OF colored man
was found on the Central Railroad track near
Clarenont station, Jersey City. The man was de.
Gently dressed, and near by was Q basket and .
tin pail. The body was taken to Speers' morgue
and County Physician Stout notified. 1t
was at first presumed the man was walk
ing on the track and was struck by q train.
A post mortem examination was held by DR.. Bird
winch revealed hole IN the back OF the head near
the left ear and on the other portions or the body
not q scratch could be found. The doctor said the
man was not stuck by q train, and lurther, that
the wound had the appearance or having been
inflicted with hammer When the body was found
one hand tightly held the pantaloons pocket on
the leit side, and 1t IS now feared tnat he was rst
murdered and robbed and then thrown on the
track to conceal the crime. The only money found
in he pockets was hve-cent piece. Nothing was
found which could lead to MS Identification. the
County Physician has ordered Coroner Retnhardt
to hold an inquest.
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A TEMPERANCE REVIVAL

At the conclusion OF the mission given BY the
Pauist Fathers in st. Johns Church. Trenton, N. j.,
last week, the men OF the congregation were sum.
moned by the pastor, Very Rev. Dean Byrne, TO
take the pledge OF total abstinence IRON lntoxi.
eating drink. Twelve hundred men were Assem-.
bled. Father Elliott, OF the Paullst Fathers, and
the pastor made stirring addresses, and excited
the men against the vice OF intenperance TO such
an extent that fully seven hundred persons rose
and repeated the pledge aloud after the pastor.
IN iervor exhibited affected many to tears. Tne
results vi the nssLn have gwen rema kable
impetus to temperance and religion ihruughoue
Trenton. Two thousand seven hundred people
received holy communion. Five converts were
puocly baptized and several others placed under
pastoIal instruction.