The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-04-02

New York, April l.-Gen. William
! q. Monk, who has held many i'm
! portunt positions in the government
service, including Consul General to
! Mexico, was arrested 10y the secret
! service officers, last evening, on the
| charge of selling counterfeit money,
and was committed to Jail. Monk, at
| the time of his capture, had, it is
| charged, two hundred dollars in good
| for Identification. given to him in
exchange for counterfeit currency.
| Gen. Monk fought in the rebellion,
commanding regiment in the
brigade of Gen. Morton, now U. S.
Senator. He draws a pension of
Lieut.. Colonel, having been wounded
several times.
Reports from Wilkesbarre and other
points in Pennsylvania where disas-
ters from ice gorges were apprehended,
are to the effect that the ice is passing
away without doing any damage. At
Easton, it is feared, however, that the
wharves and property will suffer from
an overflow.
The Irish associations of this city
have resolved on public parade in
Jersey City on Sunday the llth inst,
rs tribute to the memory of John
Mitchell.
The German Banks state that the
| impending panic in Berlin is caused
| by the large advances in prices, and
that the reported failures were caused
! by parties being short at Frankfort.
81 per cent. for money is the price
to-day.
Every approach to the Brooklyn
! City Court room were filled this morn
ing 10y great crowds, who pushed and
crushed toward the doors with the
hope of securing an entrance. The
morning was fine and there were more
than the usual number of women in
the crowd. Beechcr and his wife
were attended by larger delegation
than usual from Plymouth Church.
The following is from the Trbune's
report of the appearance of Beecher on
the stand: He was a.tired as usual
with not a change in his habit. His
long gray hair was dishcveled as it
! usually is. He looked rs he always does,
except that his face was not pulcr but
| less flushed, otherwise it was the same
| fixed. placid look which he has worn
| throughout the trial, except OH the
exciting occasion when Mrs. MouI-
ton told the strange story of his
! confession. He rose when Evarts
| spoke, and, with only n look and
smile at the faithful wife who turned
her white, thin face up to him Gs he
arose, he stepped behind the Plymouth
! group, and passing behind the jury
box approached the witness chair and
mounted the stand upon which it
rests. An officer presented u bible for
him to be sworn on, but he mOtionCd
it aside, and turning full upon the
! clerk, lifted up his right hand. The
| clerk supposed he desired to affirm,
! had began to administer that form of
! oath, when Fullerton and Beach OBJ
| jected, unless Beecher declared he had
! conscientious scruplCs against swear
ing upon the Scriptures. Bccchcr
stated he had, aud the clerk again
began to repeat the affirmation, when
Beecher dropped his arm, then Evarts
explained that lie took the oath in
New England form. The clerk then
administered the oath You solemn
ly swear by the everything God that
the evidence you shall give in the
issue between Theodore Tilton, plain
/ tiff, and Henry Ward Bcechcr. de-
| femdant, shall be the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the TRUTH"
Beecher, unlike any other witness
who has preceded him, and with n
most reverential bow, his eyes cast
down, answered " do" If any Of
| the auditors anticipated anything
| tremu!Ous in his tones, they were dis
| appointed. Once a rcpurtcr thought
/ he saw his upliftCd hand trcmble rs he
/ took the oath, but it was probably an
/ imagination. His voice was rs un-
| changed as his habit and look, and
when he had dropped his hat and
| taken from his shoulders his cloak and
/ thrown it across his left arm, it was the
same familiar face that is seen on every
Friday evening in the Plymouth
, Church lecture room, and throughout