The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-05
Political.

States. s24l,0OO. Total authorized increase,
Sc, 131, 600.
Political.
Hon. Theodore Il. Randolph (Democrat) has
been elected United States Senator by the Leg
islature of New Jersey, AZ the successor of
John p. Stockton.
A Washington dispatch TO the Chicago Trib-
une says: The Arkansas case, it now seems
probable, will not be changed by Legislation at
this session. 1t lis now well known that the
President, at his recent conference with the
members of the investigating committee, dis
covered that he Ia not in accord with the ma
iorty of that committee. The majority it ia
said favor a disavowal of the Garland govern
ment, and restoration of Brooks. The Presi-
dent is weary of slate-making and does not
wish to have his Louisiana experience renewed
in Arkansas. This difference is likely to defeat
any proposed legislation.
A Washington dispatch of the LIST inst says
The Republican Senators were in caucus Sat
urday for about five hours on the Louisiana
question. After much debate il was concluded
10 support the President in what he had already
stand by him in the future in the support of the
Kellogg government in all it's lawful authority.
1t is said there are eight Senator's who dissent
from this position of their Republican associates
Joint resolutions have been passed by the
Minnesota Legislature calling upon Hon. Vim.
5. King for an explanation Of his connection
with Pacific Mail or resignation.
A punnhar of t,rornnaut on1ora1 man inc1u1-
ing Fred Douglass, Prof. Langston, Pinchback
and Rapier, have issued an address to Congress
and the public, in which they say that if Con-
gress fails to pass the Civil Rights bill the blacks
of the South will he forced to act with the
Democratic party.
General.
Bishop Nottingham, of Maryland refused to
countenance the conservation of DIR. Dudley,
Bishop elect of Southern Ohio and refused to
sign his credentials. He bases his action, it is
understood on the language of st. Paul in the
third chapter of the First Epistle to Timothy,
wherein the apostle says: "a Bishop shall be
the husband of one wife" DR.. Dudley hav-
ing been twice married, the Bishop holds that
he is ineligible to the Episcopate.
A disastrous fire took place at Stratford, Ont,
in Regent Hall few days ago, destroying prop
erty TO the amount of SAB ZOO.
The book relating to member of the royal
family of England, for which reward of 55-
600 has been offered in that country-against
the publication of which the Lord Chancellor
issued an injunction, and of which only one
copy is known to be in the United States-has
just been discovered to be in the possession of
"a young lawyer of Louisville, Ky.
The Tiitnn-Beecher Trial.
The examination of Moulton in the Beecher
case was concluded on Wednesday, Jan. 81
Moulton occupied the witness stand for ten
consecutive days. At the conclusion of his
examination, Mrs. Bradshaw and Mr.. West
were put upon the stand The former testified
as to the pleasant relations existing between
Iilton and his wife previous to Beecher's
adultery with Mrs. Tlton. The latter gave a
history of the proceedings sf Plymouth church
at the time Tltons name was erased from the
roll of members. He stated that Beecher was
very wroth at him because he insisted upon the
trial of Tilton for defaming the character of the
defendant and related how the matter was
hushed up.
The proceedings on the 2sth consisted of.
A decision by Judge Nelson to admit Woodruff's
testimony of the interview between him. Tracy,
and Moulton, touching the Beecher scandal 2.
The protest of counsel against the New York
Tribunes comments and 3. very able
and interesting speech by Mr.. Evarts on the
inadmissibilty of Tilton's testimony. Mr..
Woodrufrs testimony was strongly confirm
atory of that offered by his business
partner, Moulton. lie testified that Gen. Tracy,
several months ago, thought the case was one to
justify Moulton in lying. When Theodore Til
toms name was called as a witness, Beecher's
counsel interposed strenuous objections to the
admission Of his evidence, and the entire day
was consumed in argument as TO whether, under
the law which prohibits a husband from testify
ing in a case the basis of which is a charge of
his wfe's infidelity, his evidence could be re-
ceived.
Friday, Jan. 20, was the twentieth day of the
trial. Nothing was done but the completion of
the arguments of the counsel on the admissi-
bility of Tilton as witness. These arguments
consumed the entire day, and Judge Nelson
his decision to Monday, Feb. 1, to
which day the court adjourned.
TwENTy-FIRsr DAY.-Judge Nelson having
given his decision that Iilton was competent to
testify, he assembled the witness stand and pro-
ceeded to tell his story, which was substantially
the same as embraced In his statements of last
summer. The Judge ruled that he would not
be permitted to tell what his wife communicated
to him relative to Beecher's adultery with her,
but all the facts we're wrung from him indi-
rectly by the counsel while repeating the con-
versations he had had with Beecher. There was
good deal of sharp sparring between counsel
during the examination.
TwESTY-sEcoND DAY.-The testimony of
Theodore Tlton was continued 1t was devoted
mainly to AZ explanation of the witness re-
lations to the Woodruff showing that his OBJ
ject in maintaining them to protect Beech
or. The most revolving part of the whole case
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