New-York tribune., 1879-03-28

that letter was dated back u Al DON'T reme"pef '"
have stated any such thing.
Q-IIave you not made that statement IN a puphc
etter published under your own namea Al may
have done so ; don't remember
o-Do you mean 10 say now, that 1t Ia your peIei
that that letter dated Dackf Alt is my oeSl on
from the circumstances the posmpk oe,S S al have for
dating IL back2 Al don't know Just What notNc ma,
have existed In MS lnd GOu draofT Concerned as
have reason to believe he WAS In the change vi tne
paper the insertion Of his valedlctoFy enu we ate
sement that he might naturally wish tnat thi5 eIIr
announcing his resignation thirty days hence, shOuu
o@WHy not as well as five days beforel Al think
would choose to connect II 80 closely VIII 'ha'
O-What possible object. .thon, could he have in dating
back five GSys A the eer cf TGf hS% the
Q-Now. without being able 20 gye any reason Ena %ny
be should 40 It, you nave enareE bc @ ad Won
have made tnat public declaration haven't you IN Ine
public papers of this city and New,f [k a. @ GVn nm
know how the statemept was worded that was my un-
oNow in regard 10 that thirty DAYS notice. did you
think DIR. Talmage dld-yOu wrong In not giving you
thirty DAYS notice A.-NOt any special wrong.
the sale OF the paper by October H. After it had been
sold. could you of your own motion retain Dr Ianage
your employ, or In the employ OF the paper Al
Q-Had you given him any thirty days notice of
leaving The paper Al had not.
Q.-So that You were taking step that might have
thrown him ont IN three days, without giving MN any
noticei Alt was my understanding from the conver,
satlon had with Mr. Halock, that DR.. Tamage would
remain.
o~Was that part of the contract1 Alt was not
Q-And you did not know whether he going to re-
hm not. Didn't you then violate your c0ntiuC.
when YOU did thati Al understood from Mr. haiock
| that be expected TO retain Dr. Talmsge
| THE FAREWELL EDITORIAL.
Odd you consider that DIR. Tamage did you any
wrong in putting his farewell editorial that night
| Al think he did
Q-Had You told Dr. Talmage of the state Of the nego
tiations between you and Mr.. Halloek Al had not
Q.-Had you told him that the matter was virtually
already concluded and the paper sold from under MN
| Al mad not.
o.-Now let me suppose that Dr. Talmage learned on
October that the paper sold, you say IL was
sold virtually suppose some had told him as he
entered the Office there on thai day, " me paper Is
sold and you sold with IT,, would IL nave oGsn
wrong him. when he discovered that 10 20 TO the me
Adrdce people ana close tae matttt VIII tnH i inc Se
] paperf A.-Perlaps not. -
Q-In uncertainty whether he would be left to go
ouI paper without chance 10 say gOOd-Dyc' was
it wrong in hlm TO have he presses run an hieh heeu
| DC. TO get tina. farewell mi Al thhk II was ,,
! Q-YOu say you don't know that he would have had
any chance 10 say il ii he mad not sud II that nght;
now do you say 1t would have been wrong III MN in
tat uncertainty n.Ye taken decisive measures 10
leave deccrOus aud formal manner instead Ol Ook-
ng as II he was hcAea out ana ans puoG ode1lT 70 M
! that paper"2 Ale may have been Justified perhaps
OLN0Sg let me ask YOU II he was justified in that,
justified III cOnsenting to order that Outt A
Q.-You say be was justified in putting it in; now l
ass do you think you we're Justified IN ordering
! 10 bo suppressed IT.,
| Mr.. Crosby-l would suggest a copy OF WaylandS
| " moral Scitnce" 10 be applied here.
| Mr.. MlDard-DOnt DegIn to hutter, my brother, we
! will give you aud your fun chance here.
A-Iu tue manner you put II think, perhaps, may
| not have been. lsensauonI
! NOT COMPLIMENTARY TO Mr.. TALMAGE.
The counsel read to the witness the editorial in
The Chfistiaa at Work, announcing DR.. Taylor, OF the
Tabernac,e as Dr. Tamages successor. the last sell
tence of which Is as follows 1t will make more OF
life than jest Ii will not borrow the clothes OF Hare-
qun paint from Coum0ine, rob poor Pantaloon
Of his mask" He then asked, Was that last sentence
pointed at DR.. Talmage Al do not know that it
was
Q.-Dd'nt you think when you let it go in Al
ana not have any opinion about 1t particularly didn't
write the aruCIe.
Q.-You nave spoken Of letter that DR.. Talmage
wrote TO you from Canada, In which he stated that he
had an Offer OF $1,000 10 90 to some other paper tnat
he could not stay with you unless you could give him
Q-DO you mean to say now that Dr. Talmage told
Odd yOu mean TO intimate mat Al dld not
Q-What other bearing had that letter Oh the case
OF the tbat ne had gwen us prior 10 that in
reference to the engagement OF Mr. Corwln mat II the
papcr was not n success under Mr.. COrwlu's manage
mcnt he would serve Tor nothing without charge or
salary. . ,
Q-Was Mr. CorWm administrator snccessi A.
II WAS not
Q-who went up to finally close the matter on octO-
bef 10 with Dir. TaylOri Al think MIR. Bright.
Q-It was so lar, ten ready competed that IT took
how long close II that dayi Al don't know that
IL was closed On that day.
o-Wss not he announced as editor on that day in the
pane,l Al think he announced but don't think
nc assumed editorial management
Q-D1 you mean to say that announcement was un-
authorized that he was tnen edtOri A.-NO, SIR.
Q.-lhen be was editor on tnat dayl Ale was.
Q.-And you think 1t TOOK how many hours to go up
written ls goodbye there DId II take an hOuri A
| | don't know; presume not.
Q.-Had you told hun thai you were in negotiations
then WITH Dr. Taylor on the 9,hf Al think moth
ing was SAID DR.. Taylor, until after the act Of with
o.-Now want to ask you if you did not consider
that vas due 10 De Tamagc as editor-n-chief of
thai paper, and stoGth0der III that paper, that you
shouiu 20 him and tell him that this tlng was all
ready 10 DC sprung upon MN I Al did not. ,..
O-NOw let ask your attention 10 another point.
You say that that editorial was suppressed with your
or anything got INTO the paper without your per-
do you say IL must have got III surreplousy
o And do you know that Mr. Talmage, when he con-
seled take the editorial cn1r In chief on that paper
meant to be your subordinate Al DO not thlnk he
Odd you, when you employed DR., Talmage con-
slider he was 10 there aud edit the paper
your su1ordlnatef Al did not; did not employ
ann.
ordered out an editorial that he put In while he
elItorin-chieff Al dld--in tnat sense. lAmuse-
mentI
A LETTER FROM sKEPTICAL WITNESSES.
At O'Clock the manifest mpatence OF some OF the
people in the audience called attention to the hour of
adjournment and the examination was stopped The
Rev. Mr.. Greene read answer that had been
received from Messrs. Coggswell. Pearson, Sill
cocks Hobbs, Daniel Talmage and John f.
Tamage 70 the second citation. The letter
states their determination not to appear witnesses.
and only exhibits their persistent contumacy but
expresses their disbelief in tne present trial Tue
writer's state that they have occupied intimate
relations with DR.. Talmage and have seen
hun under trying circumstances, but they never
ANYTHING sufficient warrant his trial, although they
had been nded that he was man OF Ike passions
with ourselves" and they conclude their extraordinary
epse with the suggestion that he tnat is without
among you let him cast the first stone"
A me mDer moved that the communication be laid on
the table Ghe present. and this. after discus
sion, carried.
Mr.. McCuliagh next called attention TO a comnu-
nication from The World reporter whose inter
view with DR.. Tduage the subject OF
lln Afui.a o..lrn