Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-20

THE BEECHER SCANDAL.
ffffv-frsf Day Of the Beeeher Case.
scenes and Incislemta

From The Nssc York Herald.
| hesteruay the Fulton ferry boat winona
| stuck In the Brooklyn dock. some said upon
! result was the same-a detention OF about
| one hour-and 10 took the combined energies
OF the associate boats. Fulton, Farragut and
| Mineola, TO pull the Winona or There was
| one OF Mr.. Beechers attorneys on board with
| witness, and he was very much miffed.
However, nothing was lost by anybody
who missed the morning session OF the
| Beechsr trial, except some ground and lofty
| tumbling by the lawyers. They Quarreled
script documents OF Piymooth church. land
| finally these documents were admitted as
/ appendices TO the testimony Of Rev. Mr. Hat
| hday. When admitted, Mr.. Halliday was so
| unnecessarily combative. verbose and argu-
mentative that the court rebuked him. say
| ing, "Now, Mr.. Halliday, you are an intelli-
| He frequently answered questions i'm the fol
/ lowing form: mo and yes" Very we'll"
said Judge Fullerton on one OF those occs-
sions, "that answer shall stand as an indica.
| tion OF the witnesses caudor." Let me quail
| ify," said Mr.. Halliday. very frequently He
| also turned TO the judge on dozen occasions
| for instructions. and the judge endeavored u
| be courteous, but IL was too often apparent
| that these questions were propounded be-
cause the witness did not want % answer
| without arguing at the same time On the
| whole, more slow coached. opinionated.
| intolerable witness has not been produced
| during the trial. Generally, Studious cour-
| teSy was extended Ia him, but his nature was
| hinty and almost Sophistical. He wore out
| reporters, spectators, and even. the gallery
| gods.
| Two witnesses were adduced to prove that
| Tilton had mailed his life Of Woodruff a. an
extra 10 his paper, the Golden Age. aad had
! ultimately been compelled To pay 500 post
age upon Ii. Post Office clerks swore 10 this,
but they were very much muddled as to what
document IL was that Tilton mailed
Mr.. Halliday's testimony was meant 10 be
20 the effect that Mr. Beecher wished the
| Woodruff scandal investigated. but that his
deacons and church refused % permit him TO
DO so. In croSs-eNamination this was so far
from being proved that IL seemed quite ap-
parent that the reverse had been shown. II
the facts were as the defendant wished to
show, his witness has done him an injury by
his want of precision and docility.
| Mr. West, who originally proposed TO dis
cipline Tilton by Plymouth church, was sit
| ting by TiltOn's counsel all day, aud il Is gem
orally understood that he, with MeSSrs. Dun
| can, Mckay, and others, belong to a minority
in the Plymouth society who have, from the
first, espoused Tilton's cause on judicial
grounds. All day yesterday, while Halliday
was being examined, Mr.. West sat between
Pryor and Morris. Mr.. Duncan is said to be
the gentleman at whose house, in London,
Mr.. Beecher was guest during the war in
this country.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was said to
| have been in court yesterday among the
| Plymouth cOterie. Mr.. Beechcr, of late,
| comes only at the morning session his brother
| Stephen Pearl Andrews has been lurking
around the court for several days, and is
said 10 have been subpmnaed for the defence
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the spirits that loved him.
| Mr.. Evarts and Mr.. Beecher, being absent
from court for several days past, are reported
10 be drilling for Mr.. Beecher's own eNami-
nation. Another on dit is that the plaintiffs
| side were just few minutes too early in ask
ing a reverend gentleman, who was recently
a witness, if he had received any money for
coming east, as the money was paid after
adjournment in sight of some loiterers.
MI. Wesley illuminated.
From the Western Christian advocate, March L.
Since the trial of Mr.. Beecher began in
Brooklyn, we have strictly compiled with
frain from comment" Wehave thought the
duty of silence and neutrality was incum-
bent on papers i'm the west as well as those in
partly in the beliei that few, If any, intelli-
gent persons would be misled which induced
us to pass in silence General Tracy's very
uncalled for and very unjust reference TO Mr.
Wesley in his opening speech for the defence
Having once passed IL In silence, certainly
we should not a { this date recall the matter
calumnious and unjust as General Tracy's
statement was, If he had no. inform ton
from trustworthy source that intelligent
people are being mlslet into the belief that
there is some paralielism between the case
OF Mr. Beecher and that OF Mr.. Wesley.
| No doubt General Tracy is correct in say
ing that eminent clergymen have before now
been the victims of unfounded accusations
| But he is no. correct, and he is guilty of a
great outrage on tire memory OF great and
good man, and ON the feelings o: millions d
Il
charge which, as he alleges. was Sprea
broadcast over England" and was I" suffered
to pass without any public reply for twenty
years, - was in any respect the parallel OF thai
which has been made against Mr. Beecher
and is now in course OF investigation, III
person ever alleged any knowledge OF any, ;he
slightest Improperly OF conduct on his part
| The whole E1atter Is in nut shell-a Jealous
wife, who, on that subject at least, was in
sane, imagined that, because so many women
were writing TO Mr.. Wesley for religious
Il nd ms IN .axf .f
some Improperly. Maddened by this ieal-
ousy she endeavored TO create scandal. But
her allegations were so palpably absurd, were
so generally disbelieved, except by those who
were ready 10 believe anything against Mr.
Wesley. and the relationship of the offending
| party was such that Mr. Wesley deemed il
eXpedient TO commit his name and cause "a
the good sense of mankind. But what is there
in this like the case OF Mr.. Beecher? AbSO-
lutely, nothing; and General Tracy com
mitted grave offence in inStituting the
comparison. But he was guilty OF a still
darker offence when he affirmed that lit was
r by means OF an insinuation that he had
made improper advances that n persecution
was kindled against him in GeOrgl ~ There
is not a word of truth in all this. Far from
AZ; the allegation was Just TINS: that ne had
transgTeSsed his prerogative as a minister OF
the church of England, i'm refusing the Sac
rament of the Lords Supper TO lady re
lated TO some OF the principal personages in
, the colony. We hope General Tracy has the
manliness and candor To correct so gross 4
mistake which is doing injury, and wound,
the feelings of millions of people.
| PURCHASING ABRoAD.-One sometimes
meets with American goods Unexpectedly
abroad. A friend last year purchas cd, at 3
| shop in Paris, oae of the little gold plated
and rubber telescope pencils, such as are
made and sold in great numbers on this side
the Atlantic, FOR which he paid fifteen francs
few days afterwards, when in London, Ia
noticed the same article i'm shop window
and being so well pleased with his first pur
chase, entered the premises and sought q
duplicate, price ten shillings. This Is les
than they asked me for the same thing In
Paris" said our buyer. YES" answered
the dealer, always ready to make point
against his Partisan competitors, 1--WE
always sell lower in London than in Paris
Our friend was on his way home, and, when
he got down TO Liverpool, espied the identi-
cal object of bis fancy again in a Liverpool
window. 'Let us go in and ask the price Of
those pencils, here" he said TO his lady co M
a toll Ia