Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-03-26
LATE TELEsRAMs.
Passenger Bates to C~aiifsrsia ~
0feamor decreased.

ateamsf Inereased.
NEW YoRx, March 25.-Pnsenger
rates on tho Pacific Mail steamships
have been raised to $16S for first-class
and SEQ for emigrants. This increase.
the managers think, will bAve the effect
Of driving travel to the railroads; and.
On an offset for this Withdrawal Of trade,
the railroads are 10 allow the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company a certain sum
on each passenger carried by them. bc-
side ohartsrins part Of freightags Of each
steamer. The amount has not yet been
6xed upon. b- ae9wgt ,,ffistiI
.riiten.Bssoher
New YoRx, March 25.-Att the trial to.
day. 4. A. Gray (oolored). resident OF
Washington City, testified to having
como to New York in 1870. BY request
Of Miss Clafiin, and was employed by
Woodruff & Claflin TO wrap up and d.
rect papers. Know Tilton; he'd been In
his Office with q copy OF the paper. Saw
Tilton al woodhull's half o dozen times;
was present ut the Steinway Hall meet.
ing in 1871; before the meeting heard
Mrs. Woodruff and Tilton talking about
getting Beechor TO preside; Woodruff
| said he had TO. or she would make 1t
hotter on earth for him than II was in
hell below. Tilton said: "Oh hell do
il; no has 10 do it," Witness worked in
tho front room Of the Broad street Of
hco; they had n back Office, and he one
| day saw Tilton and Woodruff sitting In
there, their arms and heads moving
about in q very lover-liko manner; they
used to BE- in that room frequently; no
could hear them talking; he used to sec
Tlton In the second floor back room,
which was q bedroom; witness ONE
times went 10 bed whom Tilton was
there. and when no aross in the morn
ing Tilton was still there.
Lucy Ann Giles (colored), former
cook for Mrs. Woodruff. was next sworn.
She testified that tho first time she saw
Tilton at woodhull's was July 3, 1871;
he was writing and stayed there all
night; slept in the front parlor on a sofa
lounge which witness prepared for him;
was there at breakfast next morning md
stayed all that day and night but didn I
sleep on the lounge that night; Colonel
Blood slept on the third floor; witness
had seen Tilton in Mrs. woodhull's bed.
room; had carried refreshments there
when he was there at all hours Of the
day and night: when witness went in on
the night OF the eth Of July, Mrs. Wood
hull was in her n~ightgown. aud Tilton
had his coat and vest OF anil was In his
stocking-feet.
The prosecution also waived cross.
examination OF this witness, and Judge
Nelson announced TINT m tomorrow
was Good Friday there would DO no sss-
sion Of Court, which then adjourned I'M
til Monday next.
The New York Tribune's opiaioa
81 Bessis Turner's Testimony
NEw YoRx, March 24.--Tho Tribune
editorially says: ''Bessie Turner's prov.
ing a remarkable witness. The efforts
Of tho acutest cross-examiner in the
whole array Of plaintiffs counsel have
been utterly ineffective In an attempt to
break her down. Tho extraordinary
testimony which sho gave concerning
Tilton aud his household remains sub
stantially unaffected. Its effect, ~ well
M that OF the larger part Of tho import
ant evidence thus far adduced for the
defense, tends toward tho destruction o!
Tilton's credibility m a witness, and
especially TO dissipato his claim that tho
home which he alleges TO have been de-
stroyed by Beecher's wiles wns an ''ideal
home" II is also obviously intended
by tho defense TO make moro probable
tho explanations concerning Beecher's
interference in the domestic troubles 81
| tho Tiltons ami his subsequent rcmorse
ut tho consequence Of this Interference"
When asked how Tiltcn looked on tho
| occasions when no had beon scolding
| Mrs. Tilton, witness said: 'His face was
red = fire." AS red as firoi" asked
her questionsr. with emphasis on the
last wori. "well, Il was pretty red"
returned the witness. '.But was II a.
red as frop" persisted Fullerton. swell.
Il IL q common expression to say as nd
a. fire. or fury" 'Yes. but which was
it-irc or fury?" continued tho lawyer.
swell. in this case" answered the wit
ness with an air OF great candor, 81
think his face was M red a. fury"
Witness was asked TO repeat what oc-
cured at the time when Tilton knocked
her down. She gave the scene with
moro than her former energy Of descrip- |
ton. Her manner OF mimicking plain
tiff by placing her hand under tho arm-
holes OF m imaginary vest, and bowling
her whole form as she initiated his voice
when he said to her gently. after knock
ing her down: "why. Bessie, my
child. how could you trip and fall soi"
seemed to delight tho plaintiff M much