New-York tribune., 1879-04-23
TIE PROCEEDINGS.

After the preliminary exercises DR.. Spear
announced that he authorized to state that during
the continuance the trial the Presbytery could use
the Law College building, at Clinton and Amtysts.,
without expense and he moved that the court meet in
that place today and hereafter This ordered The
defendant was then recalled and crOSsexamined by Mr.
Crosby. He said that Mr. Remlngton's letters to him,
which he had previously described exasperatng had
been destroyed but he did not know when He found
two Of them weeks ago and carried them IN his
pocket during part Of the trial. but had nisaid and
could not fnd them.
Odd you ever tell Mr. Remington that he was your
enemy A.-No, sir.
o-Is II your habit 10 destroy all letters which bear
badly upon other men Alt is rule OF NY life TO de-
struV eycryth hing unpleasant.
Q.-iIaye you not said recently that you had put
away things in your plgeon-holes that would make
cheerful readingf Al have good deal Of chociIul
reading. dont remember having said tnat. -,
Q,-Was not MAJOR COTWln engaged as publisher OF
The ChrStian at boE through your earnest persuasion
Odd YOU not promise that II Major Corwins man
year Tor nothng4 Al did and would have done So.
Q.-Do you not know that the receipts while Major
same months Of the previous yeari Al never knew
ANYTHING OF the kind.
Nh Ialmage stated that he knew Of NEGOTIATIONS with
four cl,rmen 20 become the editor OF The ChrtSaH at
Work but he refused TO state their names Mr. Crosby
called The wltuesS attention 10 the letters ia which the
witness spoke of Oliver Johnson spirtuallst, free
lover and Frotnnghamite nhdcl" and said III regard 20
Mr King that newspaper business must 0e done with
doors" DI. Spear objected 10 questions on THIS
fIug for what don't know, and don't believe the cOun
sci himself does" Tue evidence was admitted and the
witness SAID that his opinion of MI King had changed.
Q.-HOw do you explain the iacts tnat In May, 1870,
you wrote IN severe terms OF Mr.. King I'm July you
signed a resolution highly commenting him, and IN
August you again wrote severely OF himf A-Ony
that my may have vacillaed on account OF what
/ neard about him. The witness then asked num-
Der Of questions in regard to the sale OF the paper Nh
HaOcR. he said after meeting Mr.. Remington at his
lr TamaRe's) house, said that he could never make
bargain with that man. " Mr. HallOCk mistaken.
then" sad Mr. Crosby. for he did afterward make
h4Tra ll. T..
mage with a peculiar SMILE " Mr. Hallock has made
Q-You dId not know then that there was an attempt
drop YOU IN injury and DISGRACE A-The iopg lane
which lea TO Inc event made me feel certain that the
intention was 10 drop me N injury thought 50 then,
Q-You thought that they had deceived youf Al
Q-To meet their deceit you deceived thcml Al
G-Yon Tut in your valcdctory without their knowl-
edgef Al exercised my right as editor to control the
OF, as you say. you had gwen them four months
nolce, way were they bound to give you thirty days
The question was objected to and Withdrawn.
AN OPINION on THF BOOK OF GENESIS.
In reference the circular which was issued in the
Fal ~ 1876 by The Christian al Work announcing that
MT Talmage's sermons and editorials to be
tinued the witness said that he had more to do with
It than with the first chapter of Genesis whereupou Mr.
Crosby inquired Was the first chapter Of Genesis
submitted to you before It issuedl" "If it had
been" wa the reply, " would have approved it.
consider i5at better document than this circular"
Odd you think they trying to deceive youl
Al don't think anything about II 1; know II.
ODD the provisions of Your agreement with Gen
era Howard October f. 1876, bind you 10 become
the ed IOr of The AdrGnce on November 14l A.-IhC
agreement cOu.d be changed. Duj not broken.
Q.-Nhy did yOu nOI decline Mr. HallOcks oner az
OuCel Al didn't feel bound TO make any explanation
to him OF ny plans.
Q.-COud yOu not have declined without making any
eKplanatiOnl Al could.
Q-Cau Won give reason why you did not decline
the offer at Once2 Al cannot.
Q.-YOu announced from your pulpit on october 10,
1876 did you not that had learned that the paper
bad been surreutitiOusly sOldi Al don't remember
what said. IL IS likely that / said II was suTreptl-
tiOusiy sold, because II was surTeptltiOusly sold.
Q-Whercm was the sale surrepuuOusl Al had
made up my mind that Mr.. HallOcE couldn't buy the
paper. and came to believe that there nothing in
his talk
Q-DId you not 90 TO the press-room about p M. on
October @ company with Nj. Cobb, the foreman OF
sertiOn OF the valedictory Al don't remember.
just before the adjournment. Dr. Rockwell moved that
the gal cries be closed IN the Lay College Building. Dr.
Spear who preached IN that church Tor twenty
years remarked that the galleries were very pleasant
" Bur" responded Dr. ROcKwell, g the people who 10
there are not pleasant We have had order for two
days" think" Dr. Spear said, that We had bet
ter leave that question TO settle itself" Then well
have trouble Inuttercd Dr. Rockwell, whose motion
was put and lost.