, 1875-03-20

| kHG DAlt 0l lltUu nuOuk ltIlTlbG tUQR DlHEG4
Tho Court adjourned until Monday.
FACTS AND GOSSIP.
TRACY AND WESLEY.
lltsttrr Christian 4idrocate.
| Since tho trial Of Air. Bscctcr began In Droolt-
lyn wo hayo strictly complied With Judge Ncil-
Hon's request to tho press "to refrain from cou-
| meut.' We have thought tho duty Of silence
and neutrality Was incumbent on paporB iii tho
West. as we'll III those In tho Eust, It waB partly
Tits motive and partly tho bclIof that fow, II
auv. Intelligent persons would 10 miBlod, which
induced III to pass In silonoo Gen. Tracy'a very
| uncailed.ior aud very unjust reference to 11r.
Wesley IN Ills orentug speech for Tho dofonso.
Having onco passed. 1t In silence, certainly wo
nhoull not nt this dato recall tho matter, calum
hiona aud unjust a. Gen. Tracy's statement woa,
| II We had not information from trustworthy
source tint Intelligent people arc being mfaeu
Into tho belief that there ia Homo parh!feisn, bo-
| tweon tho case Of Mr. Dcccher Rfd alr. Wesley,
eminent clcrgymcn have bofo5o now bceu tho
victims OF uufountod acc,.sations. But he Ii
I not correct aud llo IL guilty Of groat outraga
| Oh tho memory Of 4 great and good Innu and on
whom ho says tina: the charge which, as he alb.
gcH, was "spteaa broadcast over England" and
WAS "snnerod to. pnss without any public reply
for tTonty years, waa IN my respect tho parallel
VI kIAt WHICH Ahh pG1l luluo ABAlHSe ALI. NbtCl-
or, aud iB now IN course OF iuyehtigatIon. No per-
sou eVor alleged any knowledge Of any, tho aglt~
! est, improprlcty Of conduct on his part, The
whole matter ta In nut-HI,ell--n Jealous wife,
wl'o' on that subject at least, was sasa'e, in.-
aqinfd That, bccauHo 30 many women wezo wil-
ting 70 Air. Wesley for 1oligit III counsel and iu-
| Rtrltction. tberu tnltBt exist como lmpropri0ty.
s{addoned by This !ea'ousy. sho ondeavoted 10
| croato scandal. but her allegations wero 60
| pa!patly absurt wero 30 generally disbelloyc1,
o1copt by those who wore roa1y to bclieyo any
thing against Mr. Wesley, aud tile relationship
Of tns offending party was anch that s1r. Wesley
doe1nod II expediont to commit his name aud
| cauao to tho good sonao Of mankind. Dnt What
| II thoro ID thiH like tho caso Of Mr..
| Deochur7 Absolutely nothiug; and Gau,
Tracy committed . graye otroaBo In inAtit,ltinG
tllo colnpariaon. But ho vas Guilty of atill
moann OF an insluuasion that ho (alr. Wcsloy)
| had made improper ndyancos that persecution
was ksnd!ed against l.lm IN Georgia." There ia
not word Of truth IN all this. Tar from 1t !;
| tho allegation Was just tbiss That liz had
| Church OF England In rofnHlng tho Sacrament
Of the Lord's Supper to Indy related 70 some Of
the principal peEsonaBcs H. tho colony. We
hopo Con. Tracy l1us tdo tnanllncse and candor
to correct 10 gross mistake, which Ia doing
injury and Woands the feelings OF millions Of
people.
| pEEcnEn AND AouLToH.
StIo }:prE GTdphic, March II,
| striking incident TINT excited great deal OF
comment from tloso who saw 1t occurred iu tho
courtroom, yesterday. Mr.. and Mrs. Decchor
had takon their soata. hr. Doechor was turuing
| oyor tho Icayoa OF memorandum book, aud hia
uifa was removing bor bonnet preparatory TO
wrapping hor head IN the wolstol comforter she
wcaEa oil day. when Frank Monlson entered tho
room. walked around behind ths ju.y-box and
took his scat near Mr: Fullerton. facing tho
defendant. slr. Decchor's eYon l,au followed
him to hia soat, md no sat down AIr. Moulton
| happened 70 moet hlB gaze: 1Io looked directly
! ut him. Mr. Deechcr houltatod al lnatant and
then bowed Eood.naturodly, something like y
smile marking Lis face as ho did SO. Frank
Moulton assumed an expression Of Balnoaa, and
shook hts head an though ho would say "Ho."
Mr. Bcccher, who was turning hsa attention elso-
where after ho bowed, lookod at lii. 8loulton
again % though 10 supposed hts eyes had de-
colye0 him, and bowed very decidedly for a 500
end time. Again Mr.. Moultou shook hn lead
threo OF four times. Tho great pastors face
b!usued to his forehead. IIe dropped hls eyea a
loood at tho coil1ng until the color loft and hls
| face became natural.
., CASE ~ POINT.
| To tbs Editor Of the Stlo rork Grsphf6:
ERsE, pa., March 8.--fn Volume OF the
"Antobfogtnrhy Of Lyman l,eoctor," ho Elves =
littlo sketch OF trial of an erriug brother min
lister iu the following wo.tla;
certain minister who occaaons<t us much trouble. LIE
% aus oaee
/
NV Yofk md " North ltiser oa larpe.s 10 obl.a
h!s defense before proabytery. foual hs I'D pea-
Yo1P s5:9 s';s II - I'd :s @
that that 1t n1ht piled up flo chaisn aa tables
s0sinst ny M door: a!a not know nat b, might n,u1
cot us much tue and trouble. il was exceedingly
| scvo!e Alng; hemo OF prayer on tho Hsbbath Tor
nearly two yssrs; tho church where he wns setl!ea a.
committed that u hs lad broken tho Seventh
wanla aot hsvs eiren op-a sa.1tosrapaS Iy".aa sa
! letehe1,' rp!. J., chap. q, p. 1b7.
| MoULroN AND EyARTs.
Iro0EsYa ArGus.
A year ago, at this time. Mr. EyArta aud Frank
Moulton vnto together making au argumsnt be-
fore tho Joint Committee Of the Assembly and
tue senato Of tue State: AZ tho adjournment of
tho Court, yesterday, Moulton. rs usual, greeted
Nj. Evarta cordially 1n ths JUDGES room, and
said:
"Mr. Eyarts, how much preferable It would be
for ~ u We "ero no" where No were last year At
"Yes," said Erarts, nit would be bettos tor
you."
~ agree with you," replied sloulton, "aud II
would DO betsor for you, too, for you dlatin-
9uiahcd yoursolt there. Y0u had the facts In
your favor then. Tho facta nre ngainat you
| now"
VIEWS OF CORRESPONDENTS.
Htsu1Su MIR. pKEouEl.
10 !hs Editor ~ TAs Chicago IFttuns;
CAlc1oo, March 10.-Tho promiacuouB klsalng
brought to public notice bv the great scandal
trial is . Questionable social custom, for which
Plymouth congregation should not DO he,d aole-
ly responsible; and those good folks who arc
holding I'M their hhnda in niotls horror bscauhs