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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-30
pRE1BuyAREs OF THE ARBITRATION.

O Were YOU present at a meeting at MIR. Moulton s
house where Mr. TtOn Mr. Monton and Mr. Samuel Wkeson
were present Spring Of 1872 where settlement OF aroi-
atou wa talked Bowen Beecher and Tlton! A
Zee Sir
O What day Of the week il that you first met on that
business , A. Thai Sunday Sir.
O. Who Moulton' house wlIhyou any one IA l
think went alone Sir.
O. Whom did you lind here' A. found Mr.. Wlkeson Mr..
Tton and Mr.. MOulton.
@ Had Mr. Wlkeson any papers there at that interview
A Yes, Sir
know whether Mr. Wksson the papera shown
me press CODY which seemed have been talked over by
the three parties got there; they called Personal
Statement"
O. DO Won mean that press copy press proof
A. press proof, Sir; press proof It was
O. 1t was in printg A. 1t in print yes, Sir.
Was It the paper been referred to on this trial As
the press copy from The Ga4iea Age' A Yes. Sir
u Called "A Personal Statement - A. Yes Sir
q That the one-subse4uenty embodied n the ripsrtte
agreement A. Yes, Sir
o Do you know whether II the Identical paper
that they had that night afterwards embodied In the
trparte agreement? A. II not the same Sir IL was the
substance Of that paper-it considerably changed after
that.
O All, he has misunderstood the question; mean the
printed matter the printed matter tina; they had there
that nghto you know whether the identical slp
of paper that they had there that night that Afterwards
pasted on and constituted part Of the pae agreement
A That was the same one, exactly like It.
O Exactly ike -had Mr. WIkeson any other paper there
that night A. He had rough draft II remember Eight, Sir
OF what was afterwards called the "Trparte Agreement
@ Was that draft read the presence o The parties
BY Mr. Wkcson that night' A. Yes Sir; read
and talked over for some time. -4
o At this time had you Mr. Bowen! A. No Sir; hal
not
Judge Nelson-Had you seen him that subject ITO Mr.
TracyI You mean had ne seen him on that subject!
The Witness-No Sir.
Mr. Tracy-On that subject mean.
Mr. shearman-He says no, Sir.
@ What was subject Of conversation that night oewee
Yourself and Mouton Ton and Wlkeson : A. Well. SIR
subject was publication Of this statement that Mr. lto
threatened TO make the Gcn Age unless Mr. Bowen
unless he got q settlement with Mr.. Bowen
o settlement Of what A. OF contracts ne had with Mr.
Bowen involving agreement with him for The bdpsad
and Gotten Age.
Judge Neilson-YOu The Jt0n, do you mott A. N
! Ch,istian Union, yes, Sir The brooklyn linton.
| Judge NeIson-2l@ brooklyn Jh.on'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-30
REDIRECT EXAMINATION OF Mr.. ROCKFORD.


Nj Hill-That message as received from hr.
Beeoher BIZ you understand the white piece of paper
which is attached 20 the telegraph blank A. Yes, sir
@ And that had no date 1t at all? A. No, Sir
q Now Sir are you enabled that that white piece
q, bearing the message itself received BY the
second day OF June' A. Yes. Sir it was
It's entered along ordinary course OF business with
other messages received that day. Yes Sir number in
the morning We commence with number IN the morning,
and follow II up 20 100
And this message stands eighth this entry on the I'd Of
Junes A. Yes Sir.
Seven other received that morning DeIoe
this onef Yes You viii that D. or Whereabouts Is
the whole days business
How many in number there during the day. A On
that day Sir received 05 and the amount pau
on that day was
Idont care about Please state whether there Is on
each message number OF the entered upon the mes
s.,e itself and upon the book A. Yes. Sir.
And that is the fact in this case' A Yes, Sir Newfork
o1d not receive duplicate numbers from and we had to
correct them the same time.
The entry the telegraph book produceo ny "Ine7s was
put in evidence and marked
Mr. Pulerton-In whose handwriting the figures here
time BE was pretty smart and he used to help me once In
treat while perhaps two three hours in day
O They are not in yours' A No, Sir not In mine
O What i the significance in this memorandum on INC
hack, That is the initials Of the operators who sent IL,
and received it, ,,,
O IwAnt 10 know whose initials they are whose Initials
are "D r." I'D R." Sir those are his initials de did
that with MS left hand while working the key with bis rgh'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-30
THOMAS J. TURNER RECALLED.

Mr.. Him Turner, please look at that paper
Handing paper wtnes and state whether the contents Of
Yes. Sir.
q That you received the I'd day Of June 1877 A Yes,
Sir.
Mr.. Hll-That il all.
Mr.. Morris-That IL all
Mr. HlTo Judge Neilsonl have sent for the manager
Of the telegraph Office, but he may be delayed for few mo-
ments
Judge NeiIson-Meanti take up short wit
Mr. % your Honor will permit to interrupt the exam
nation this other gentleman arrives
that he 90 back to mis- duties will be Obliged to YOU
Judge Neson-Certanly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-30
TESTIMONY OF Mr. HENRY L. HUGHES.

TESTIMONY OF Mr.. HENRY L. HUGHES.
Henry L. Hughes, called and sworn on behalf OF
the defendant
Mr. Hll-Mr Hughes what Is your business' A am
manager Of the telegraph Office.
O Western Union' A. Western Union yes Sir
O. How long have you been such manager A. About SIX
years. -
q And engaged all the while in Brooklyn here A All
the while yes Sir; that is during those six years
q Do you know Mr. Densler and Mr.. Rochford' a do'
Sir.
@ And you superintendent Of the ONCE where they
engaged, A suppose you would call it superinten
dent-manager.
q. Manager Of the officer A. Yes. Sir.
q telegram has been produced here, dated the "a day
Of June apparently, and signed By Nj Beecher A. Yes
Sir.
@ Rave you that with you now A. have yes Sir
O question been suggested, questions have been
the other witnesses with respect to the DATE Of e
telegram just the handwriting OF the date A. les
Sir.
Q. And state il 1t is your work. A. Yes. Sir
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-30
MR. rLroY's DIsrRUsr OF THE COMMITTEE.

o Were YOU present on the day that he brought
letters to the Comrnuee' A. Yes. Sir.
What was lone with the letters that he brought them
A. He took them away with him.
Q What was done in the Committee room BY him! A lie
started them and there seemed 10 be very large
folio and reading there time for the Committee TO
digest them they had bearing upon the case and after
had been read including for one one o-ey
In lsS-I won't swear W dates heard yoa s here W.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-30
CROss.EyAMTyArION OF MR.. WHITE.

Mr. Fullerton-Was Mr. Winsow at all OF these
conversations you have reated A. That impossible for
to remember Sir am sure sent Sir at the quarrel
the rs-at the quarrel and feel sure that he was
present at the interview when Mr. TOn came forward before
US for the first tme and declined TO make statement at that
time
Mr. Fullerton-That Is all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-30

the attitude which had been assumed by Mr.. Beccher
and by Plymouth Church. that he had published 80
| much Of the-of paper which he held against MI.
Beecher- signed by Mr. Beecher, would show that
he OF Mr. Becehe magnanmity but that
Mr. Beecher the Of his magnanmiy there was
magnanny between tnem and that having exercised sum
cient hostility in this place himself right in that regard
hos his words but that the substance OF us ido
place himself right that regard he did not feel called upon 70
anything further until either Mr. Beecher or Plymouth
Church should further aggression upon him. IN which
he would feel bound-he might feel bound to make st
further disclosures say that he had taken pains
In the Bacon letter characterize what the charge was
and when called for hmwhen we stated 70 him that we
had been appointed behalf Of Plymouth Church to
investigate question OF what charges referred
to in the Bacon letter. he says, well. gentlemen
you that Mr. Beecher does not want It and a.
towards Mr. Beecher-and then think per
haps he brought init in several times In regard to MS
having desire Mr. Beecher hurt hair OF hs
grey headhe said that he dddt want investigation further
in regard II and be deprecated 1t being unwtse and IN
called for
q Did he say anything about disbeeving that Mr. Beech
had invited inyestigation' A. be did, Sir.
q Was Mr. Beeche letter converting the Committee shown
him there , A. II was, Sir
q. Did he read than once A. could not say about
that Sir think he long enough have read through
carefully and again perhaps but don't think he
read aloud He looked the paper holding it for some
time.
O. What did he that night whether he would appear
before Committee and furnish documents and proofs he
had any A. Up the time Of reading that letter he abso
ntey declined saying Gentlemen you don't want me to tell
and putting the question. Do You want me-
Suppose 1 know that Henry Ward Beecher has
been guilty Of adultery wonld not state that at-that
being used Suppose know Of his being guilty Off
grave offence against my family" perhaps it was Do you
state ir'n And the Committee replied, or some
Of the members Of the COMMITTEES. Yes want TO know
the and exactly what it is; and he continued to de-
cline give it, up the time that he had read the letter
After reading letter. says, will think about this, and
the last thing that he said he going will think
this perhaps may before you, but
will not decide that tonight
@ Did you aferward his card published in The Ar'
saying that he would' A. Well it in paper, Sir
don't know whether il was TN Argus. or what 1t was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-30

Mr.. Shearman-That Ia all
Mr.. Fuerton-Nothing to ask
Judge Neilson-That Is all
Mr. HILL want to ask Mr. Turner one more question.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-30
THE TILTON-BEECHER TRIAL.


O. Is that message entered in f referring book A
Yea Sir [Resdng Message number going to Peekskll
MSS In the morning. Paid. 45c
q What Is the number Of the message' A. Numbcs 8.
@ Who sent the mcssage' A & B. Dengcr
@ Il he in court now A. He is
@ observe that the message itself. written by Mr.
Decher is dated A No Sir; he often sent messages up
they would dated would date them and put
them on the blanks
Does book which the entered enable
b AZ the daiet A. Yes, Sir; certainly.
@ is entered in the ordinary OF business with other
messages A Yes Sir and they fled away in
spAckage by themselves
Mr. HILL now read the message itself In evidence
Your Honor Is pinned blank Of the Com
pauy fThe message marked Exhibit izs d.
Mr. Hill resd as follows:
Isl sSl S5sl
THos J. TURNER
Peekskin ". 7.
Send for lrain leaving New-York at twopm
(Sig) II. w. BKEcHKnN
10 paid. Is.
q See these words d" 10 paid IS" in your handwrt
ing A Yes, Sir, in my handwriting
Do ron know whose memorandum that Is upon the bookf
A. I do. Sir; the operators.
@ The one that you have referred TO, A. Yes, Sir.
Do you know whether that message is in Mr. Beecher
handwriting A. could say Sir did not it. 1t was
sent ap by messenger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-30

CROSS ANIMATION OF Mr. ROCKFORD.
Mr. Fullerton-Where is the record for June Isl.
A. We have got books
Q Alternate days A. Yes. Sir, every other day.
M Beach-what did he say!
M Fuleon-He says they have two books for alternate
dsys.
The witness-we have the other clerk who makes daily
report the other book while checking up
Mr. Beach there is no record here for May sist
Tue witness-No Sir, will get you the other book
Mr. Besch-We want that other book.
The Witne-e-Yes Sir.
Mr. Fuleon-Is your Office open Sundayss A Yes Sir;
spen all the time.
q In whose handwriting the memorandum, June sdT
That the handwriting Of the manager of the Office he took
it out Of that pacxag dated he 1t out did
date IS put in he package; neglected to do So
Mr. Besch-What IS that!
The Witness-He took out and dated It,
Mr. Fuleron-when did he take it A About two or three
weeks ago.
q II was not dated then A. No. Sir
q That date there then it, A Yes, Sir,
81 the time ne took It out
Mr. Besch-Two or three weeks ago A Yes, Sir.
@ was first dated June not A. Yes, Sir,
think
Q Look SIT and see' A. Yes. Sir
Q And then was altered 2d' A. Yes Sir he found
ont MS mistake, suppose.
q Yes Suppose You did not hnd out A. No Sir.
@ Are these entries your handwriting A. No, Sir
very few Of them.
Q Which yours A referring to book "Phladel-
phia New York those mine.
@ Which Of these 2d in the handwriting! a
''Clevelsnd is in my handwriting
@ Is Peekskil" opposite the number s, in your hand
writing, A. No, Sir
Q You were not there when that message received
received the message and handed to another clerk to
attend TO- as nave somebody help all the time being
busy all the time.
@ That is not your entry A No, Sir
Q Where Is the book Of June A We shall get you
that in the Office.
THE witness 10 leave the stand
M Hill-W ait moment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-30
TESTIMONY OF EMIL B. DENsLER.


Emil B Densler, called and sworn on behalf OF
defendant.
NJ nm Where do YOU reside A 2fs Columba-st.
O What is your business A Telegraph operator
Were Won telegraph operator in the employ OF the West
rn Union Telegraph Co the End Of June 1897 A. Was
O Engaged in the Brooklyn Office A Yes, Sir
O Where wAs that Office Ocated' A 30 Washington
O Here near the post Officer A. Yes Sir
dust look al that eegaphic message and say II you sent
that message from New Yotk' Handing teegraPh'e message
witness A. did not -, o.
witness A Yes, Sir .S.s.-,
Do YOU know whether sent from the once thas Gay
A It was sent from Brooklyn, and not from New YORK
O To the Office in New York; A. Yes Sir
O Did Won send il to the New York Office from bfookyh'
A | did.
~ Won made no memorandum yourself Of the date' A No
Sir.
@ This is your memorandum on the oaekF a
o No,s vbat does that mean: Z" d. r. S.58 W. A D Il
are my initials 's5e" is the time was sent anu ~
opeators signature that received it al the Ne" DIX oie
" M. = ,h , nam. OF the operator who received II IN
the New.York onicef A Rosgers
O The fun name A. Louisa j. hoagers'
@ A lady! A. Yes, Sir. -, 49,.
Now will you If you saw this messsse M --o
a.. -, ,esssges of the W esten Union Telegraph Co. re-
gently A. did
O. By whomi A. BY MI Hngnes' -, 49,, pl,v-
- u~-has 4. whom A A manager OF the brookiyn
Office. H. e.s, Ishoud
calculate about TWO weeks ago -o,u e;,a =, nv
A., each DAVIS messages put up in separate he' VI "
the month A Separate days
a IN ss,s,ate davsf A. In separate days
o Prom what days messages was ms Se'ec'" a. 'D'N
ID =, .roo,.rdpn on the
Twill return again 70 the pencil memorandum on ~.
~. ne "a W" Does s:5s refer to S:os In the morning
or in the EVENING" A In the morning .. .no Nev York
ia tbe time you sent this message 70 inc Ne" iO'A
Officer A. Yes, Sir =, A-o, A No Sir
a Gan van ca Peekskfi directly from here' a NO on
O. on nave YOUR message over from mere 70 'e g'A
.fm..i IN View YORK and from thence 10 reeAsAi' a. A
Sir.
Mr. HiI-That is all.
CRoss.ExAMNuoN OF MR. DENsLER
Mr. .Beach-How do you know 800 niean'
ASSN the morning, A. Judging by the NUMBER Oh Vic A'
cage.
q BY its being No. 81 A. Yes, Sir
Mr. Beach-Thst is all
Mr. shearman-Tnat Is all
,...4 TESTIMONY or BEN. KlTTRIDGE.
Ben Kittbridge called and sworn on penaii u
defendant.
NJ. nsulson-fTo . ltness.l BENJAMIN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-30

,-. A TESTIMONY or BEN. KlTTRIDGE-
Ben. Kittbridge called and sworn on benali u
defendant
NJ. As.lsOn-rTo - itness.l Benjamin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-30
cposs.vxAxrNrIoN OF MR.. DENsLER.

Mr. .Beach-How do you kno" goo
tssu the moningi A. Judging by the number Oh Vic N'
sage.
q BY its being No. 81 A. Yes, Sir.
Mr. BeachLThst il all
MIR shearman-That IS all.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-08-12
NOrriSsey AT Il0rne.

There Is good deal Of curiosity III regard
to the man, who, with John Kelly, rules the
Tammany roost, and who, through Tam
many, rules the city and State Of New York.
and the following from the Philadelphia
Times Will be found Of interest:
''MOrrissey has no other weakness than
getting drunk about twice year, and then he
is amiable as Pontiac or Goliath. All the
rest of the year he is cool, measuring, gain
seeking business man, with the soul Of
merchant. He owns nearly two acrcs OF
ground here, on which are large hotel, a
pooi-house for betting On horses, four cot
tages, mineral spring. q rock spring, and
trout pond. He has nearly one thou and
trout, and he took US ont to see them fed.
Many of them weig two pounds. His hotel
is a substantial brick edifce, built on piles
and planks twenty-foar feet under the sur
face. He took swamp, piled it. filled it,
and made paradise of it. / asked him how
much he had spent here. He said: i have
laid out $4,000. The first piece of ground
[ bought, fifty feet front, paid 5000 square
foot for. never bought anything in Sara
toga at second price. If you reflect on any
proposition over night they'll raise on you
next morning. keep Il hotel in connection
with my clubhouse to be allowed to gamble
aim with that hotel to pay my servants and
to support the table. There are seventy peO-
pie in my employment here. The cook is
paid s4O0 for the season, and / generally
present him with $500 when he goes away.
The good servants l rc-engage for the next
year.
1.-The hotel part Of MorrIssey's establish
ment bears no relation whatever to his gam
ing, and the games are neither visible nor the
players audible from the dining room. His
sale de jouer is a sort of transcept to his
hotel, one immense room, lighted from the
sky, carpeted richly, with a narrow rim of
gaming tables around the sides. NO citizen
Of Saratoga is allowed to play, no intoxicated
person, no verdent young men. Gambling
has its own class. There are some men who
game as naturally and as coolly as they do
business. Morrissey himself never plays, ex-
cept with great experts, and men of equal
purse and nerve, like Ben. Wood or Price
McGrath.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-08-12
No. SO
Science OuttOne.

Mark Twain in the August Atlantic.
Therefore: the Mississippi between Cairo
and New Orleans was .Weiye hundred and
fifteen miles lon. ona 1ndred and seventy
six years ago. ]: Ws< >:'cyen hundred and
eighty after the cUt-c1. ~ 1922. 1t WAS one
thousand and forty ai,.i ;;,e American Bend
Cutoff (some sixteen CT seventeen years ago.
1t has lost sixty-seyen miles since. Conse-
quently its length is only nine hundred and
seyenty-thrce miles at present.
Now, If wanted to be one Ct those pom
derous scientific people, and ''lct On 20 prove
what had occurred il the remote past by
what had occurred il a given time il the
recent past, or what will occur in the far
future by what has occurred il late years,
what an opportunity is here. Geology never
had such {; chance, nor such cXac: data to
argue from! Nor development Of species,
either. Glacial epochs are great things, but
they are vague-vague. Please observe:
In the space of 176 years the Lower Mssis-
sippi has shortened itself 242 miles. That is
an average Of trine over one mile and g
third per year. Therefore, any calm person,
the old Oolitic Silurian period, just million
years ago next November. the lower Missis-
sippi river was upward Of i,30OO 600 miles
long, and stuck out over the Gulf of Mexico
like tishing-rod. And by the same token
any person can see that re years from now
the Lower Mississippi will be only a mile and
three-quarters long, and Cairo and New Or
leans will have joined their streets together,
and be ploddingly comfortably along under
single Mayor and a mutual Board OF Alder
men. There is something fascinating about
science. One gets such wholesale returns of
conjecture out of such . triding Investment
of fact
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-08-12
Rough Times at Long Branch.

A great number of bathers were in the surf
at 1880 o'clock this afternoon, when, with
scarcely any premonition, violent storm OF
wind and lain broke over the place. The
wind amounted to hurricane, and blew sea-
ward, SO that the bathers were only saved
from peril by retreating hurriedly from the
water. Many of the bathing shanties were
blown over. some with occupants, and women
On their way from the beach to the hotels
were blown down in the street. A carriage
was overturned, fences torn down, and
structure used as shooting gallery was lev
eled. The hotels that have projecting roofs
over their balconies were shaken to their
foundations, badly soaring their nervous oc-
cupants. Shutters were lost, and other min
or accidents were innumerable. The tele-
graph wires were disconnected, and the oper-
ators, in tent near the West End, worked
determinedly with canvas swaying against
their machinery. Several excursion steamers
were in precarious positions for a while, but
the worst was over in half an hour, and fair
weather followed.-N. 7. Times, July 20.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-08-12

From the New York Sun %.

From the New York Sun %.
We learn that the dowager Duchess Of
Montr0se has sent an agent to the United
States to procure authentic information re-
specting the estate of the late Mr.. Paran
Stevens, the former landlord of the Revere
House, in Boston, and the Fifth Avenue Ho-
tel, in this city. The Duchess wishes to as
certain what is really the solid value Of the
fortune lett by Mr.. Stevens, and in what kind
OF property it consists. This knowledge is
sought, Of course, with a view of coming to
an intellectual conclusion respecting the pol
icy OF a matrimonial alliance between the
family of Montrose and the family of Stevens.
1t is well known in society that the present
Duke OF MontrOse has for some time past
been deeply sensible Of the beauty, talents,
and accomplishments of the heiress Of Mr..
Stevens; and much has been said of the pro-
liability of an engagement between them.
Douglass Bresford Malise Ronald Graham,
fifth Duke of Montrose, was born in 1862,
and is now twenty-three years ole. He is a
nice, well-looking young fellow, but in rather
reduced circumstances for duke and the ex-
pected marriage would make him much richer.
The Montrose family is one of the oldest in
the Scottish nobility, but it may gain new
vitality rs well as riches by an alliance with
one of the brilliant and successful younger
families of the new world.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-08-12
THE BLACK HILLS.
Mines that are Much Richer than those
on French Creek.

CHICAGO, July 29.-An Inter- Oc>on cor
respondent in the Black Hills, under date Of
July Goth, telegraphs from Harneys Peak
via Fort Laramie, that Prof. Jenney has dis
covered encouraging prospects along Spring
and Rapid creeks, where he has been labor
ing with his corps for the past two weeks.
He reports an abundance Of water, probably
from one hundred to twelve hundred inches,
with fine fall of Is to 50 feet per mile; also,
4 number of flats that promise from 80 to 81
cents per pan from the grass roots to the bed
rock. There are, it is estimated, in Spring
and Rapid creeks no fewer than 800 miners,
and scattered throughout the Hills about 800,
although some place the number at 1000 to
1900. The gold in the new diggings is coarser
in quality and greater in quantity than that
discovered along French creek. Miners are
going into the Hills at the rate of twenty
daily, and the gulches, ravines and gullies are
thickly settled. Colonel Dodge left this morn
ing with two companies of cavalry for Prof
Jenny's camp; the remainder of the command
will occupy Camp Harvey for several weeks,
or until the Indian Commissioners arrive.
We will then move north to Bear Butte,
where the next permanent camp will be made.