The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-03

NAV inhhs bct w. 1910 u hFNfNuTON
In presence Off ". Hswlcy.
The date to the contract Is a mistake. The
document wns not signed until Saturday after
noon. 0f,7., DIR. Talmage knew of the negotia-
On Friday. Oct. 10. the day before closed the
purchase OF the pnD"r met DR.. Talmnge cross
Ink the City Hail Park.I said to him, Why, you
are the very man wanted TO see" told him I
was about to purchase the paper. He seemed
pleased. said to him. DR.. TalmaRe. I won't
hold youho your promise To- edit the paper nycar
the first year. out of my own pocket. and more
II the profits can afford it," He was In hurry
hut left him. promising to see him on Monday.
On Monday i called Mt the Office and we went to
the Aslor House where In private parlor we
renewed the conversation. and / laid before
him the following paper:
In consideration Of the fact thstJ Hscck l. intend
Ing to clear the GitsSiS HorE cnrcly from debt and
bpt !, upon ncslshy essn @ paylns gs,s Do hereby
more OF the sum oi two thousand dollars a2 dw to be
hoas 60 lugn,.9 my sergon; s9d also my seryGs.s s'
for one year from this date.
DR.. Tamage looked it over and said. " II you
had put this papor before mo n week ago
aver o.morrow." didn't know what II meant
went back to IN" oill"e and sat down, and
couldn't make out what II meant.
Mr. Milnrd-Me arr not Interested in that
Mr. Halock-Well. was very much interest:
ed ~ the matter at that time lLnughterl |
Is eyeryt6ine ali rishti l. anything wrong wrong u
Mr.. Hawley looked over the proofs, and said
that there WIS nothing wrong. but thore was vet
no proof OF the last page OF the advertisements.
] was still puzzled. bui | went homo. Mr.. Haw-
Icy said that hu had seen Mr. Cobb. the foreman
who WAS = deacon in Dr. Tnmage's church.
and that all was right. On Tuesday morning
Mr.. Hawley came To- my nillce with copy Of the
aud told M tnat Dr. Taimnge had had the
presses running all night to get out the paper.
| had the edition all rut up. DIR. IHlmage likes
enthusiasm. II he had senn me give out orders
that morning hc might have been pleased. At
o'clock that afternoon received the following
letter:
DsR Mn HAlLock have considered the offer you
havg made me OF the editorial char OF The ,11s,n a.
is my duiy decline il aud 50 aceep, another position
6sT 66sT'; .. fs 1870 I D1 WIN 'A'A'''
He says there in case you purchase It,"
| told him that had purchased II. and he knew
| it very well. went To see him that evening to
| give him piece OF my mind. but did not say
| much. DIR. Talmage did not attempt to justify
| his course told him that wouldn't have had
the thing happen for 50 900. have carried on
| the paper since as publisher and owner. in
August. 1877. DR.. 1almage sent me the fol-
| lowing:
Dssa Sra Could sec YOU in Asior House parlors on
| matter Of business At ~ or oel9ek iodyi II 80,
wnehi Yours Ae, DK Win rAISAcE
saw him at the Astor House. and he asked
| me II wanted to sell the Christian al Work,
and told him that did not. He then called
| on me and said that he wanted to come back to
the Christian at Work. and that he would serve
me year for nothing. Nothing definite came
9i the call tn, The m next day which nc was sept
| ter. was surprised at its reference TO a con-
versation OF last Friday. and ! said TO my
Friday"
Dkan Na HAltook IfeonvenientI M would lse to have
you ca at my hone about o'clock this evening 8 that
have AlSo something additional to ssy Please answer
would cali to sec you but am keeping bachelor. hal
In The ats nee Of my family and must be around the
| / called there on Sept !. and he said that he
wanted to say additionally TO me that II l con-
| sented TO take him back A. the editor. he would
not only serve me year for nothing. but he
| would sign paper 70 serve the next year for
nominal salary. and would sign paper that
| would hold him. He asked me what DR.. Tny
| lor's arrangement with the pap.r was about tho
| length Of service. told him that there was a
notice before leaving. DR. Talmgge said that Il
would Toe the same thing 10 give Dr. Taylor the
Taimages proposal. Isp6ke to Dr. Talmage oi
| the fact that our statements about his leaving
| the paper wore IN collision; That the statement
| he had made that my assertions were false in
| part and false in all had gone al over the coun-
| try and had not been contradcted' and that they
| existed to my Injury. Or. Iamnge sail tlat
| that would all be forgotten and would blow
The witness said that the following was the
| defence of Mr.. COrwin and Dr. Talmagc. as
published by the latter in the Adrdnce:
ao,k 'ho goe;ner sna proprietor OF the he
saws trsnsr,d A. house on the eNenin o the hth i
FsS 1ht AZ bdm wofk and That List lie d ca
| without nv invnn9n or eNHc'au9n. II Wa our umS
renars made daring that time that could be- construed
privacy. NJ Remington, The former proprietor oi the
th,san a' va 1d n1unrd NE 'a,,91 nnH,IyI a9d 90
carry on the paper. This was know" generally IN the
Il wa. the cause Of ausep t, all especially to Dr. Tai
hrsd Ior gsxpred snb.erisnoms Mr Rcminsto1 va.
SsSsd "bH ss Mr. ~, sqced i 10 ey The
through the month a. February only IN the mean lime
az H5rI Il could not be done and the hrst of March
found II. In the uncertain state expecting every
m. wa, I6ss condition Of things hMs9 E when when, NJ
the event ot ',tpsse publish Psper Sny gu 9sc lhe
tons ior his remuneration He replied that be could
There was no nr9pos'uon made u him-no nrsins @
be done in an reeey and that Is what Mr. laoch
To get out pprs'r called she Christian No. moth
ing new, but was proposed repeatedly months before
wss before Nr Remington proposal 10 drop everything
.eIss9 s1 ""f fnai aG E what VET ocS Sa s aS Sa
didn't work \, mat time. Na,ch T9. gge,hgi 1,,
pany Three copies q the mail list wer. prnedonc oi
publishers house Tor .aley in case Of hrc - te nice
IL va, scnt & eS.yy "tsx @ py We W NJ 1 o an,
other person. lns Treasurer and ruol,hsr and hay
.ss gaS;1sT S Wig N ma,l@c5. S ."'S
mTn, ,eys SseI ca o, A IN 'p'sn @ . IA Us unsefbr
Win remain Win Remington a. M[ lleock es'srt'
IS absolutely ia.e. iii. statement = informed Then
grammc." absolutely false. All my connections Will
| the ~ riinn dt E'oik ceased March - u X toRwiS
/ have read the above statement by Nj torwin, Rnt
find It true in every point might paruculRrizc a
| length In regard 90 Mr. HAllock statement which n
ial Sc in part and false In all T. DE VIII TALnAGE
BROOKLYE, Oct %
" was at DR.: Talmnge's Tabernaels, on th'
| first Sunday In February continued Mr.. Hal
| lock. when he said that all the papers statet
that he was tn be tried for his theology, and tina
what all the papers said must be true; and ais,
that on tho next Sunday he would preach, OF
| orthodoxy and heterOdoxy, and would state hit
views so clearly that nobody could fail to under
| stand them. Then he read u telegram and saii
| that nybOdy VINO could twist anything crooked
| out Of that WAS either n knHye or a fool: forty
second hymn. or something like that" Laugh
Mr.. Crosby offered in evidence a statemen
which was published in the AdrdRce the iirs
week after DR.. Talmage took charge, and whicl
contained the following as the report OF what h.
had said on the Sunday after leaving the CIuts
tan at Work:
have changed my Newspaper relations and instea
being Of the ChtistdH Ha. VIII hereafter b
editor the Ads,tiee THIS Is sudden change. VI
nnAi resignation made Oct o, when wrote woul
relations with the Crts1n az Work one month iroi
that day, but laft Monday found that the Hr''nm
Wofk had been surrepuuuusly and without my know
edge sold to the publisher oi Unitarian pRper with n
impression on the part u the purchaser mat would <
with H. Ancr mat surrcpuuous act considered my ol
legations to the paper had ceased at once ana forever
, Mr.. Haock said that this was false, an