Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 30, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1875 — Page 2

TILTON'S TORMENTORS.

THE IMPROPER PROPOSALS THEORY. AN ARMY OP FRESH WITNESSES Ttf K WINfcTED AFFAIR AfJAIN WHAT THEO DORK lOLD BELCHER THE LATTER FROZE TO IIU PASTOR WESI'J INVESTIGATION ANOl FT EH VNTÄCSTWOr.TIIY MEMORY A JOURNALIST'S TESTIMONY AN ALLEGORY. New York. March 9. The Brooklyn city court joom was comfortably filled this morning, when Judge Neilscn took his" teat to continue the scandal trial. Mr. Beecher and bis wife were absent, but Mrs. Tillon was present for the first time since the delease opened. Mr. Jeffreys, the sick juror, was early In his place. Mr. II 111, of tho defense, called Mr. Geo. W. Lincoln as witness. He testified: I live in Fulton, N. Y. In 1S39 I was the proprietor of the Baardsley House at Winsted, Coon., and remember Mr. Tilton's coining there on a lecturing tonr. Ho asked me for two rooms aöjolning one another, which were given him. I went to Tilton's room and rapped. I was turning away when the door cpened and I mw Tilton with his coat, hat and boots off. The young lady was lyinc on the bed, and appeared to be about 23 years of age. When at the dinner labia the conduct of Tilton and the lady appe ared to bo very familiar. Mr. and Mrs. Beetbtr here catno into the court-room and took sests in front of the Plymouth gathericir. The witness was cross-examined by Fulbrtou. This was in December, 1J-G9. Mr. Tilton threw the door of the room wide open, and there was no apparent eilort at concodrnent on the part of either. 1 attended Tilton's lecture and bo did my wife. In reply to a juror the witness eaid : I went to Tiltsn's room about an hour alter dinner. The next witness was Altert F. Norton, Ho testified: I live in New Britain, Conn. I W89 a contractor in Winsted, Conn., and lived at the Beardsley Houe in December, 1SÜ3. In passing Tilton'a room on the morning after the lecture I saw a lady partly dressed in it. This lady attended the lecture with Tilton. I did not see any books in the room. The witness was cross examined: I have never had any legal controversy or been charged with any violation of law. I never compromised any legal claim against rue. SAMUEL E. BELCHER, the witness who followed, testified: I have lived at 113 North Oxford street since 186C, and have resided in Brooklyn for twenty-three years lam president of the Jefferson Fira Insurance Company, and was lormerly its secretary. I have been a uiember Of Plymouth Church since 1253, and have known Tilton about twenty years. We lived in adjoining houses for two or three years. Mr. Tilton asked mo to act as an arbitrator in the Howcn difficulty, br:t I declined. I offered to serve him in that way il her could get no other person. I met Tilton on a Fallon ferry lwat af.er the publication of the Woodhull sea: dal, and I spoke to him about . it. lie replid to me that there was nothing in it. Wo then walked up to Myrtle and Fulton avenues. Wo bad a friendly conversation on the way ab out the election, liaioro I left üiüi I Elid h9ongit to know what fcia best friend said about it, and told him that il he had a ? park ot manhood in him he should not allow his wife to lie under tho charges make agaius-t her in that paper. IIa asked me to accompany him to his house, which 1 did. When I got there he produced a roll ot papers, which ho shoved me, and he Eaid that unless a settlement was made tor bis broken contracts this would be published. Ho read a portion of it to me but I do not remember to what it related. I recollect n letter lroin Tilton to ISoweu, however. In it Tilton told me that a paper, which wa in typt?, was sent to Boweu with a threat that unless he nettled with him the Tilton matter would bo put in type. He then read to me what purported to bo a retraction lroin Bowen, but I do not remember the substance. I recollect some thing; in it about Bowens retracting HIS CHARGES AGAINST BEECHER. Mr, Tilton showed me writings which ftt forth that Beecher, in Tilton'a absence, had solicited his (Tilton's) wife to bocome all tint a. wile should be to him. I asked 11 that Was his wife's writing and he said no, that it was a copy. I asked him how his wife treated Beecher's propositions, and he said that she repealled them. Ha said that he charted Bescher with this act and Beecher said it was false and the woman must be crazy, lie said that Beecher had slipped out and when he (Tilton) got him he round Beecher had obtained a retraction of the story. Those papers were not in my hands, nor was I allowed to ex amine them. Tilton- read to me what appeared to bo Mrs. Tilton'a retraoMou given to Beecher. He stared that notwithstanding tho giving of tho retraction to Beecher, his wifo retracted the retraction, and that Beecher had confessed and apoligized. 1 understood that Moniten was to retain possession of the letters ot letractioo and apology. I recollect bearing Tilton say that Moulton and himwll t nougat neecner naa acted very meaniy in omaimng mis letter or retraction I askod Tilron what sort of women Woodliuil and Cl&riiu were, and ho spoke well ot them and did not say anytuiug against them. I told Tilton many people thought he was the real author of the charges, and be replied that people could see in the paper that she vas the party who first told bim. I asked him if Baecher ever had sexual inter coarse with his wife, lie replied with up lifted hand, "no, no, my wilo is rCKE AS AN ANGEL from heaven." The witness was cross-ex amined by J cige Fullertou. This was Just about two or three wo6ks after the publication of tho conversation. I was prompted to put the question b7 what I heard read that night. I do not remember whether he endeavored to impress upon me that his wile was guiltless ol the charge. I pat thia question because tho public papers charged , aauitry. l nevrsaid that I would stand by ut?ccner, eun;y or no:, acanever told Tu ton so. I don't know that I ever told this story as fully as I tell it new. I told the story oi nit iii's denials of the charge of adultery ol hi3 wifo to various parties. I was not a church eiliger then, but was a . -deacon ot the church afterward. J have talked about and told different sec'.ions oi the story to perspus I met, but never told them the whole of it. 1 have repeated it substantially, J think, first ns I told it hero to Mr. 11.11 atout a week 3go. I told the first part of it a few days after it occurod, bat to whom I can't remember. I told Deacon Hodzes tüHt Mr. Beecber told me that there was nothing in the storj. I was in Brooklyn whea the committee ot investigation of Plymouth Church was appointed. I gave evidence be'oro it, but do not re-member what night it was. All tho committee were there and also a short-hand writer. I can not tell whether he took the testimony. It took me about five minutes to testify. Mr. Hill on that evening caire to my house for ni3. I had a conversation with him betöre I wont before t he conarnitteo and told him parts of this story. I did not relate the story to the committee as I told it here. I was requested to Hteta in brief my interview with Tilton. I don't remember whether J was asked to su.te all that I knew ol the f caudal. I was not f. worn before the committer, ard omitted all parts of my story rclatifgfo the print matter and Mrs. Tilton's letter. I do, not think they esked rue to teil all I knew because Ias there but a short time. I was not .going to volucterr information for which I

was not asked. I did not know that my pastor was on trial, although the committee was investigating theso charges. I did cot think my pastor roqnired aay vindication for me. I can not tell A SINGLE QUESTION that was put to me. I thiük questions were put to ms, but the purport of them I can't remember. I could not undertake to relate any of the questions put to me. I regretted that these stories had gone abroad about , Beecher, but I got over mv indignation when Tilton disclaimed the authorship ot the charges. Alter the recess Beecher resumed bis place on tho stand and bis cross-examination was continued by FullertOn. He testified: I do not recollect whether I stated to the committee that Tilton read me Mrs. Tilton's letter containing tho charges of improper solicitation. I can not recollect what I omitted to state t ofore the committee. Mr. Hill came for me in a carriage but did not tell me he wanted meto make a statement or explanation. I supposed when I was before the committee that I was to tell what I knew about tho matter. The time of my examination was very short, and afterward I lett them. Betöre 1 went before the committee I had a general conversation with Iiiil in which I may have told him something about the matter of this conversation. I don't know that I can now repeat anything. I did not purjxnelv omit any portion of the charges 3gaint Mr. Beecber. In my conversation with Hill I did not knowof auythinggainst Mr. Beecher except these charges ot Mr. Tilton. I heard from Tilton that hi wife

hn rf rpftnd the retraction, but it diu not strike me that when this was withdrawn the original charge stood. I saw Tracy there with the committee out uo eoi, ididk mu any conversation with him. I cauld not say positively that I had no conversation with him. Kullerton then reaa ponions of the witness's testimony betöre the committee, but he could not recollect having testified to anything that was read to bim. The Witness then continued: I was present on the night when the report ol the committee was read In churcn, but do not remember whether I heafd it all read on that occasion. TUB WEST CHARGES were, I think, only presented at one meet ing. Yhi!e I was there they were discussed and I think Mr. West read them. In my opinion criminal intimacy would mean more than a charge of iiiproper proposals. I regard the charges as implicating both nartifia Tim next charces were made in the vear 1S73. I understand criminal intimacy as surreptitious acquaintanceship between a man and another man's wife. Mr. West niada the charge of slander against Tilton, but I don't know that he told me that he considered it adultery. I told West that I (lid not considsr tho charces of criminal intimacy to mean adultery. I did not mean so to consider it alter what Tilton had read to me. I was one of the committee to investigate the West cnarges. I went to see Mr. Tilton in company with Capt. Duncan. We saw him m tne uuiuvu sa The conversation was carried on by Capt. Dur. can, who told him the errand on which be came. We went there to converse with him before making a report to the church committee, and also to hear what he had to say in explanation of these charges, lie said that be was not a member of the church and would not appear belore anycolnmittee in the mattor, lie considered himself as not being amenable to the church. I do not remember Why the West charges were dropped ether than on the ground that Tilton urged his non-meinbershin in the church. The action taken by the comniittfifl was to aeeeDt this statement, and to dron Tilton'a name from tho rolls Mr. Fullertou read the report of the committee to the church, but tho witness said that he could not remember whether that was the one which was submitted by the committee, as he was not present when the action was taken. T.he witness men le sumed: The examining committee read this report, nrenared b7 the sub-committee, beiore it was submitted to the church for its action. Tilton appeared at church that night, and no charges were made against him. una eveninjr in a long in terview with TiUon. I suceested that ha should consult with Dr. Storrs. Re-direct examination bv Mr. Hill: On the morninc before the report of the com mittee was submitted, a letter was read by them from Mr. Tilton, but the decision ol tho committee bad then been arrived at. 1 do not remember the'sub-committet's stat iner the result of their interview with Mr. Tilton to the examining committee. ST. CLAIR il' KELT ET was next called. He testified: I have re sided in Brooklyn since April, 1SG5. I am a Journalist and associate editor on the Brooklyn Eagle. I have been on the paper for abcut five years. I have known the Theo Tilton since about the time he took hold of tho Brooklyn Union. I knew of the Woodhull publication and had an interview about it with Tilton tne day alter the lire in the store of Woodruff & P.obinFon. Novem ber 18 or 19. The scandal had then been puDiiscea auout in reo weeüs. i called on Tilton in pursuance of f.n arrangement with J no. W. Harmon. I said to him that I bad called in pursuance of a conversation with Harmon on the previous day, and in my capacity as a journalist, I called to talk with bim on this matter. We talked in a general way about the subject, and I told him ot the fact of a conversation I had with Mr. Beecher. Before that I told him of a conversation I had with Harmon on the previous day. I told bim in sub stance that Be9dher denied the truth of the Woodhull story and other parts ol it. . lie refused to eay anything about it. I spoire more of the results at tuis time than the details. Tilton asked me what was my opinion with regard to the publication, and I told him it was considered as a plan to destroy his wifo and pull down Beecher. He said that this was a very unjust conclusion. He said that there was a story that woutd put another face on the matter, but in my capacity as a journalist ho could cot speak of it to me. IIo said he would tell me something in my capacity ot a friend, but not for publication, and would tell me tho story in the form of an allegory. lie said once on a time there was a man and another man, and the first man was promising and ycung and had for a friend the second man. The young man was pleasantly situated in the marriage relation, but had to leave his home on seme occasions. On his return his wile told him that the other man had made improper proposals to his wifo. This she said was on two occasions. She had called a servant and told her never to admit this man unless he came with her husband. Th s yoang man went to a friend he had, and they bad an interview with this man, and in telling him oi the accusation, he said, "You ere all crazy," or words to that efiect. The man went to this young woman's house in his absence and obtained a retraction of this charge from the young man's wife. Iremember asking Tilton il there was any truth in the pistol scene, and he said there was Lot. Tilton said he had some data which wcnld show people why he left the Brooklyn Union and he asked mo it I remembered wheu he lett tho Independent. Tilton showed me two letters from Bowon, ootn complimentary to him. lie iiaiidej me what looked . like a proof sheet of the Goldon Age, and I ked him why he did- not let cao have

the Golded Age letter and the article in the Independent, a? they would put a new face on the matter. He said that he could not hocorablvdo so, and intimated to me that he would probably leave tU6m with Harmon. The latter was warm in his views that Tilton wrs wronged. I suggested to Tilton to gs to Harmon's, and he went. Harmon was not there. Tilton left the papers with a note, and came awav. Tilton and I also talked about the Woodhull women and the efforts made to keep tbem in good behavior. I went to Mr. Harmon's that evening acd he loaned me the papers oa condition that I should not keep them longer than a lew davs and either return them to him or Tilton. The court here adjourned. HIS ABUSE OF HIS GOOD PARTNER. HB INTIMATED THAT HKR ENGLISH. WAS BAD

INVITED WOMEN SUFFRAGISTS TO HIS HOUSE AND OLIVER JOHNSON SAYS WAS EVEN MOKE WICKED M'K ELVE Y CONCLUDES MISS OAKLEY TESTIFIES A LETTER TO FLORENCE. New York, March 10. About thirty women occupied seats in the court-room this morning when the Tilton-Beecher proceedings opened. Bessio Turner sat side-by-side with Mrs. Tiltcn, Mrs. Field and Mrs. Shearman. The principals wt re also present. Mr. McXelvey resumed the stand, continued hii direct examination and testified : Mr. Tilton said that when Bowen saw the letter in which his (Bowen's) chargesagainst Beecher weie recounted he was wining to comoio terms with Tilton. Tilton brought luefe charges into his allegory, faying that this young man had an employer who exhibited animosity against thi3 other man and made statements about him. He told this young man not to repeat these 6tories, and the young man said he wculd use them If be saw ht. This was the cause of his (Mr. Tilton's) leaving the Brooklyn Union and the Independent, lhe reason 1 called on Mr. Tilton wa3 because I wanted some Information about the story. Alter I got the papers from Mr. Harmon I took tbem to the Eagle office, and read portions of them. I showed them to another gentleman who took them down in short hand. This gentleman's name is McLean. He was then on tho staff, but is now managing editor. I then lolded these papers carefully up, and lett them in the Eagle ofiice subject to the call of Mr. Harmon. Cross-examined by Mr. Fnllerton: I called on Mr. Beecher after the publication cf the Woodhull scandal. I lound Beecher at his house, and we went together to the Eagle office, where he remained about fifteen minutes. Beecher conferred w'th Kinsella, the owner of the paper, In my presence. Beecher and I then went to the office of Moulton, where he conlerred with him partly in private and partly m my presence. Moulton was bitting &l a desk with a wire fence around it. He rose at Beechcr's entrance, and they spoke together. I was at tbe Other end ol the room. Beecher, Moulton and I then went out. I crOJ-SOd on tbe J? uUoh lorryboat, and I believe tho Others went over in the Wall street ferry, but I was' waiting lor something to turn up, (laughter), but nothing did turn up out of this. I do not know or any other occasion on which Beecher visited Kinsella. The charge of Bowen against B9echer were flrst pub lished in tho Brooklyn Sunday Piess and afterwards copied into tbe Eagle, but through no act of mine. Redirect examination: Mr. McDermott was then editor of tha Sunday Press, but he was not to my knowledge one of tho staff of tho Eagle. OLIVER JOHNSTON WAS TUB UKXT WITNESS called. He testified in answer to Tracy: 1 reside in New York, and am a jonrnalist. I have been one for 40 years. I formerly knev.' Theodore Tiitin, and have for about 21 vcars. I have known Henry C. Bowen for nearly the same time. I have known Henry Ward Beecher since he was first settled in Brooklyn. When I first became acquainted with Tilton I was on the AntiSlavery Standard. In 1SG3 I went on the Independent, and lor two years 1 was editor of the Weekly Tribune. Atter that I was on the Christian Union. When I was on the Independent Tilton was editor-in chief and I was managing editor of the paper. Bowen was then the proprietor of the paper. It was at Tilton's earnest solicitation that I got the situation on the Independent. My intimate acquaintanceship with Tilton ended in 1S72. In eithej 1S71 or 1S72 I met Wilkinson in Broadway. I knew him as a stockholder in the Christian Union. There was a conversation between Ui in relation to going on that paper. In November, 1872, 1 had an Interview with Beecher, the result of which was my engagement on tbe Christian Union, as editor of that paper. During my Intimacy with Til ton he said that he regarded me as ono ot his host friends. In 1S70 TiUon came to me with a letter from Bowen giving him notico that at the end of six months Tilton's contract as editor of the Independent would cease. He said to me that ha would have a better contract out of Bowen than the ono he held. He proposed to resign there and make a fresh contract with. Bowen. Tilton in formed me afterward that Bowen had made a contract with him on tho Independent either for 1,000 a week or tllX) an article llehau also, niton said, given him a con tract with the Brookly Union. I saw Bowen, had a conversation with hnu and then went to Tilton and told him that Bowen wished to see him. I tcld him Bowen had shown me a letter from a lady charging him with AN ASSAULT UPON 1IER CHASTITY, and he had also shown me a letter from Winsted, Connecticut, charging him with improprieties at the hotel there, and that Mr. Bowen raid that these were not all the charges agaiDSt Tilton which he had heard. Tilton said that these charges were false, and told mo the name of the lady who wrote the letter. It was the same name as Mr. Bowen bad told me. Mr. Tilton said in regard to this lady that he had been in bed with her. Tilton told me that the Winsted story was susceptible of a change, that Miss Lovejoy had accompanied him to Winsted by the particular desire of his wile. When he was goirgon the lecturing tour, he eaid, to avoid beinz detained by a fog in the river when startirg in the morning lor Connecticut, they went to New York the night be!ore and took lodgings at the Dennis Hotel. I had a conversation witn Tilton in the Grlden Age office in September, 1S71, about his acquaintance with tho Wcodhull woman. I talked sharply with him and rebuked him lor being acquainted with her and publishing her life. He said he regarded this work as one of tho best of his productions, and said that he would not permit me to say anything against her as she was one of the best and purest women that ever lived. He assigned no motive except his appreciation of her and his pride in his work. Til ton asked me to purchase some shares in the Tribune for his father so they might stand in his name. They were so purchased and were he'd In this manner. The witness was asked 11 he, when In the Christian Union. received any Instructions lrom Beecher as to how ho should treat the Golden Age. This was objected to as incompetent by the plaittifTs counsel and argument ensued but it was ultimately ruled out by the court. The witness continued: lam the managing editor of tho Christian Union. CRCSS-EXAMINED by Full6rton: I have resided in New York 2." years. Before that I lived in Philadelpuia, where I was connected with the Penn sylvania Freeman. Before that I resided in Columbus, O., where I was employod on the Anti-Slavery Bugle. Bt fore that! lived in V orcester untv, Mass. In Bcston I con-1 ducted the Liter:iurt?. 1 was- lecturing again

lor the American Anti-slaverv Soc!etvnd

traveled through Pennsylvania and other ptEc lecturing. I was born in Vermont and lived there until I was '20 years old. I served at Montrelier mv ancrenticeshin tn tbe printing business. I am now connected with the Christian Union. I call myself a Christian, and in some respects may advocate tne sentiments or the Uuiversaii&ts. I believe that all human beings will be saved. I think that that is only an item in their belief, and do not think that this is tbe very essence of it. Perhaps I have believed this for about tenor twelve years. My religious views havo been undergotug a change ever since I was a boy. This charge is toward truth. I was the editor of the Christian Soldier at Boston. It was a paper whose views were against the Uni-ersalist doctrines. I have never been a subscriber to any Universalis paper, nor have I written anything for them. I tee them among our exchanges at tbe Christian Union ctSce. I never wrote articles for the Christian Union advocating Universalist doctrines. Beecher examines the articles lor that paper, and I write to tbe contributors of that paper. I write articles for tte paper, but never any that are inconsistent with ray views. I expressed my opiniocs to Beecher and he retained me alterwards in his service. I attended Congregational churches in Middlebury, Boston and Montpeiier, Vt. I was aUo connected with the Progres si ye Society of Friends in Chester county. Pa. I was connected with the Society of Friends and was with them for two years. Tbe Progressive Society Invited all persons working for the good of their fellowmen to unite in the matter. I belong to this fociety now. I am NOT A MEMBER OF PLYMOUTH CHURCH, but attended it frequently. I have oiten taken communiou there. I began to go there in 1S-S3 and attended there regularly until 1S59, when I began to take communion there. I was editor of the Anti-Slavery Standard in New York. I ceased to be editor of that paper in 1SG3. I do not recollect the first time I took communion there. I went on the Independent in the spring of 1SG5. I was there till lS7d and then went on the Christian Union. After the recess Johnson's cross-examination was proceeded with as follows : I will answer the qnes'.ion whether I am a spiritualist in the way a friend of mine did when I asked him. He said : I am a spiritualist but not a d d fool, and believe I can receive communications from dear friends in the other world, and have had messages from them, but cot very often. I can't say whether I wrote any articles on spiritualism at any time. I am now connected with Mr. Frothingham's church in New York. lam not an cllicer of tho church now, but was formerly a trustee. Mrs Tilton never charged me with leading her husband into infidelity. I drew up my contract with tho Christian Union, and Tilton did not propose the draft on it. Tiiton and Moulton did not fix my salary on the paper. Tilton drew up a contract which ho rave me. I may have looked over it and incorporated a few ideas out of it into mine. I do cot know that ho had an agency in ray obtaining a place on the paper. Kodirect: I had a conversation with hiua after hi presiding at the Bteinway Hall meeting. Wo were lunching together. I remonstrated strongly with hitn lor presiding at a meeting with such a woman. Tracy next called Isibella S. Oakley, who testilied: I reside in Brooklyn and am engaged in teaching. I have known Mr. and Mrs. Tiltcn since they were married. I think about a vear before I was au inma'e ut the same house. I think Florence was about IS months old then. I afterward spent a summer with them at Keyport, and at Cornwall, and various times lor a week or two, perhaps at their hous9 on .Livingston street. I visited them llrequentiy during the first year they lived there. AfierlSoTI discontinued my visits, except once a week or a lortnight, when Mr. Tilton was absent. I beard Mr. Tilton onco rebuke Lis children and say th&t he hoped they would not' speai such bad English as their mother did. After 1868 I noticed a change in tbe visitors of the house and met people there whom I did not care to meet. I met Miss Anthony, Mrs. Cady Stanton and Stephen Pearl Andrews there. I also heard Mr. Tilton say .that be no longer held such views on the marriage relation as be formerly did. Miss Anthony, Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Tilton and the children W6re present when he said this. It appeared to grieve Mrs. Tilton and brought tears to her eyes. 1 think Mrs. Tilton got up from tho table and left the room, but I am not sure. I also noticed a gradual change in Tilton'a religious views between 1SG0 and 1870, a change which I considered to be non-orthedox, and I heard him say that he had not the accepted view of tbe atonement. Cross-examined by Fullcrton:A fter 18C7 I visited the house about once a week or once a lortnight. In the fall or 1872 I first knew ot the scandal, after the Woodhull publication. I took an interest in it, but was not excited over it. I wrote A LETTER TO FLORENCE TILTCNT telingher that I thought she would be a w itnesa in the case. I heard this from a communication which occurred between Mrs. Morse and Miss Moore. I think it is possible that I have talked with Mr3. Ovington on tho subject. I think I spoke to Mrs. Tilton about it. I wa3 not directed to communicate with Florence Tilton on the subject. I Bent the letter by post to her alter finding the address of the school she was at. I had no fear when I wrote the letter to her that her testimony would hurt her mother in the slightest degree, at least, not to my knowledge. I had apprehensions for reasons ot my own. The witness, alter being further pressed for an answer as to her motive lor writing 'he letter, replied: I was afraid that if she was called on the other side, she might say something. The witness continued: The object I had In writing this letter was to prevent her being a witness on either side. 1 could not say whether I feared that Florenca was to be called 3 a witness for the defendant. The witness was handed the letter in question which she identified and continued; I did not show this to any one before sending it, nor had I any conversation with any person about; it. Fullerton read the letter, which beran bv sympathizing with the trials of Florence's Echcol life, and expressed her friendship lor her on account of her mother. Her soul is bound up more than ever, said tbe latter, in her children, more than if she was a widow. You should stand by your mother now with loyalty iu her extremity. Let no one compromise you to act against your mother. I can't say anything about j-ourfatber, fori abhor his conduct.Tce letter was signed Isabella S. Oakley. The witness then resumed: After writing the letter I told Mrs. Tilton about It. When Mr. Tilton reproved Mr. Tilton'a bad English to the children I do not remember what she had said. She may have used bad English, but I was not paying any attention to what she said. I do not remember when I saw Mss Anthony at the house. I think I saw her first between tbe years 1S"5 and 1SG7. I believe she was n woman suffragist, and 1 was op posed to all that party. I was cot present at Mrs. Tilton'a house when the meeting ot these people took place, I do not know that she was dragged into this movement. I attach no particular meaning to the word "dragged," 'which I used. I do not know that Mrs. Tilton finit caused Mrs. Tilton to enter into this movement. I saw Mrs Stanton iu

1K6Ö. She was partly a woman-suffragist. I can not tell when Iaw Stephen Pearl Andrews, and cn not recollect whether I saw him there. The witness here corrected herself and Eaid: I have a general impression of having seen him there once, but can not remember at what time. I do not know whether Miss Anthony, Mrs. Stanton or S. P. Andrews visited Mr. Tiltoa prior to lSGJ. Here the court adjourned.

THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION. NO GOVERNOR CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE TWO DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN THE LEGISLATURE CLAIMED BY THE REPUBLICANS. Concord, N. II., March 10. Returns from all but eight towns have been received. Two hundred and fifty-nine towns and wards give Cheney, republican, 38.771; Roberts, democrat, SS.6SS; White, temperance, and scattering, 673. The same towns last year gave McCutchins, republican,J,SC0; Weston, democrat, 25,205; Blackman, temperance, and scattering, 2,077; republican net gain, 2,827; Cheney's minority, öüö. The towns yet to be heard from last vear gave McCutchins, republican, 231; Veton, democratic, 313; scattering, 7. Adding last year's vote ia these towns make the republican gain 2.7S$,and Cheney 's minority 631. The footi oga from the first congressional distiict elect Jones, democrat, by 472 plurality, Bell, democrat, in the second district by 154 plu rality, and BMr, republican, in'tbe tnird district by 73 plurality. The republicans have a majority in the llcuse, but the exact figures can not be given. The Senate stands five republicans and live democrats with r.o choice in two districts. There 13 no election of a governor by the people and the duty, of selection will devolve upon the legislature, which will doubtless elect Cbenev. the rer.nhlicin candidate. The democrats claim a majority " lD council tnonsh the districts have not been figured sufficiently to determine it finally, 'l he vote in the state yesterday is saiu to ne have been the largest ever polled EXPLOSION AT fcUSHVILLE. vr rt.Musa 1ULLED AND THREE OTHERS INJURED. Cincinnati, O., March 10. A Gazette ttusnvnie, iod.t special 6ays: That the boiler in Nelson & Shortridge's saw mill, six miles north of that place, exploded this morning, with terrific violence. 1. x 1 1 : airj ruling Aurea Joyce, tne en giueer, Oscar Hinchman, a boy twelve years old, and irj urine severely uauita iiiutuuiaii, jerry w luiner and ueo, Kimball. The boiler was blown into a number of pieces and in all directions. One piece struck a log house two hundred yards distant, nearly demolishing it. The mill wa3 not running at-the time. Nelson was unng a saw when the engineer, a boy IS jears uiu, luia mm to curry as the steam was getting too high. The explosion fol lowed almost immediately, blowing tne en gmeer auout ot) leet leet, but only slightly injuring ieisou. AN IMPERIAL SORROW. THE SISTER OF A EUROPEAN" EMPRESS LEAVES HEK HUSBAND HER PRODAELE PRESENCE IN NEW YORK WHY THE KINO OF BAVARIA DID NOT MARRY HIS FAIR COUSIN. The New York Sunday Mercury, a paper which catches sensations ahead of its con temporaries, gives the following story of royal romancs and unhappiness : A matri monial scandal Is now agitating the roysl circles of Europe, and although desperate efforts have been made to hush up the affair it is quite csrtaia that a married princess, the sister of an empress, and at one time destined herself to wear a royal crown, has eloped, and is now believed to be in this country. This princess is no other than tLe Duchess Sonhia. of Alencon, youngest sister ot the Empress Duke ot Alencon suddenly in 1S69. She was then a great baauty, like her five elder sisters, one of whom 13 the charming ex iueen Mary of Naples; but, unlike her sisters, her reputation, notwithstanding her youihlulness, was by no means untarnished, and it was a matter of surprise that the Orleans family should have admitted into its bosom a princes whom the king ot Havana, .Louis the second, had Indig nantl? repudiated, alter his wedoing day wnu nsr naa aireaay oeen appointed. Liouis became engaged to the Princes Soplm, the youngest daughter ol his uncle, the duke cf liavaria, in iso. ne was then but sixteen. The prospect of wearing bo soon a royal crowu seemed to infatuate her. She rode about the country as il 6he were already Queen, and asked all betrothed couples whom she met on her peregrinations to postpone their wed ding till the day of her own nuptials. With lavish hands she distributed pnot. graphs of ner pretty person, 'ihese were made by Uaulstengel, of Munich. Haufstengel was an erceedingly handsome man; he had traveled all over the world, and was a most fasciuating conversationalist. The upshot of the freqaent interview between him and the young princess was that she FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM, And, it id said, met him frequently in Munich in the disguise of a servant girl. Their intimacy increased to such a degree that the princess prevailed upon her father to soil to Haufstengel a small villa called the Fisher man's Castle, at no great distance from his own palace at Possenhofen, so that, duriu the summer season cf 1SGS, she visited Haufstengel daily at his new villa, and hardly ever returned before a very late hour. It is true, she was always ac companied bv her brother, but the latter, who has since become a confirmed drunkard, was regularly given so much ,wine by the photographer that be always came home in a disgusting state of intoxication. Meanwhile the people had commenced talking about the liaison, and ( caricatures had appeared in Munich. Lurs, however, did not hear of tbe scandal. He loved his pretty cousin, and finally ordered that preparations for tho wedding should be made. The day was fixed, when a gripping lady at the court of Munich said one dav to the kinc's adjutant, Court Holnstein, "Would It not be better if the Princess Sophia were admonished to be a little mere circumspect in her love rdlair with Edward Haufstengel?" Count Holnstein, Eot daricg to speak to the king himself, told his brother Otho, who, in turn, informed his mother, the Queen Dowager. The latter became greatly excited, and, although the hour was past midnight, she drove tu the palace of Sophia's father, and informed the latter that the marriage between her son and hi3 daughter was broken off, and that the pnncess most leave Bavaria. King Louis, upon hearing how his fiancee had been cutting up, was no less indignant. Haufstengel was also asked to leave Munich, but defied the court. The rupture between the king and the princess created A PROFOUND SENSATION throughout Bavaria, and, imperfectly as the j facts were known, many thought the king had jilted Sophia without cause. On the other bend rumors were circulated about the princes. Certain it was that her relatives treated her with ill-disauised aversion. She went with a duenna to Lordon, and there the Duke of Alencon, an Orleans priuc, fell in love with her. They wer mar ried shortly afterwards, but their wedded ! lile became very unhappy, owing to the new facts which cama to th: ears cf tho husband about his wile's antecedents,

luzauetn, of Austria, and wife of tbe grandson of the late King Louis Phillippe, of France. The duchess was married to the

ou one sid, and owing t SonbU's s'.ill-con-tlaaing infatuation i a regard to her photographing lover. Haulstengel Irequently v sited England, and is said to have met her o.tenoa those occasions. The scandal lecame so cre.n thai the otbrr members of the Orleans family would not allow the Princes Sophia to accompany them In 1871 to Franr'e ana her husband almost kent her as a rris?Tr,,in the,rla3t -f?w years. About ihreo months rso Hanfste nSel came esraia to line-

line? . , , x.v im.'j.auuiiiif meuuks s , had repeated interviews with tho duchess.. Early in December the two lovers uiMsreu irotn England, to the great chagrin of their families, and they could net be traced to any part of tbe continent. Haufstengel has not since returned t Munich, and the general belief is that he and the Duchess of Alenccn have fled to tbo United States. Tho duchf ss is still a very charming woman. She speaks half a dozen Ijnguafrea fluently, and may readily be mistaken for 1- rench woman. She is tall and slender, and her manners are most engaging. The distress of the Empress of Austria, because of bephia's conduct, is sid to bo very great. POKER PLAYERS IN CONGRESS. SOME OP TIIE POPULAR REPRESENTATIVES AT THE CAPITAL AS CARD DEALERS WOOD AND ADAMS AS THE NOTED POKER CHIEFS. The Washington correspondent ot the New York Sun gives the icllowing sketch of the most celebrated card shuClers of that city: But I must hurry through, giving only the most prominent of the gay gamboliers in the House. It has been the custom to connect the name of Charley FarwelJ, of Chicago, with all gossip about poker, as though he were king of the ame. This is unjust to Charley, and detracts from the fame of othera who have a fashion of holding more aces than be. larwell is a good, iir, average player, is quiet, keeps a gcod watch on his antagonists, and lays low. Sometimes he i-coous in a big stake, and sometimes he is pretty badly scooped himself. There is not a poker player in congress that is more tMjpular with his associates. He never lets bis card-playing interfere with his duties as congressman, and I don't believe he ever played a game during a session of the House. But he is by no means th best ilayerin congress. There are a balfdoien who are his equals or superiors; but he i3 eminent authority on the game, and could have written as reliable a took on poker as tho one recently fathered by General Schenck. And Fsrwell would never have forgotten to describe the "straddle " an omission on tbe part of Schenck which is unaccountable. Probably the man in congress who has Iot more money than any i-ther is Fernando Wood. He has been playing m Washington now well nigh twenty years, and he has been steadily losing. He is the same at a poker table as" he is in the Hour the model of deportment. He never takes off his ccüt nor moultä his dignity. He Is the same calm. Impassive, opaque individual that is daily seen in the House. Ke swears a little occiocally. but he scarcely unbends for this purpose. Ho also occasionally takes a little brandy and water, but this needs no unbending. His face U a perlect mask. II he holds three aces and a pair of kins his face gives out no indication, and he can bet a thousand dollars on a pair of nines and nobody could tell that he was blufJinp. Yet somehow or other he does not seem to pet along, and tho boys get his money. Probably Inaersoll, Schenck, Allison aad Wood have played together oltener than any four men in congress. They used to meet at We!cker's, where a room was provided, and where lunch and drinks were served of the bestand in the best style. What inducement was there to go home? A nice, warm tire, pleasant company, cigars to smoke, EVERY THING TO EAT AND DRINK and the possibility cf making Several hundred dollars; and, indeed, the possibility of losing it but that is another matter. Geo. II. Adams, of Ky., plays a very strong game of cards, having been at it a number of years. All Kentnckian3 speak hizhly of Adams's talent. Being a bachelor, he is also an all-night player. He ui inks well, tells a good story and bets his hands for all they are worth. Speakicg of Ksntuckians reminds me 9t Boyd Winchester, an ex member from that 6 täte. He used to be an inveterate gambler, lie would play all day and ail night, and for two or three days running. He could always be depended upon. When the boys wanted to get up a little game they knew they had only to find Winchester to make up the hand. He would leave a committee meeting or a session of the House to take a hand at draw ; and he was a fearless player. Unless his opponents understood his manner of playing he was likely to pocket a good deal of their money. It was recently shown by the ways and means committee that at about the time of the passing of tho Pacific Mail subsidy, V'inchester deposited with tho sergeant-at-afms a thousand dollars, and bv some it wes thought that he had received the mouey from the corruption fund. So he was summoned here lrom Kentucky to give his evidence. He acknowledged to having deposited the money, but be said he voted against the bill and did not get a dollar from the company. H9 finally acknowledged that he made the money at the gaming table, and being piessed somewhat gave the committee quietly to understand that one of its members could bear testimony to the fact. He a'luded to Fernando Wood, and that gen'-leman subse quently said be was personally cognizant of tne racts. v inchester also toid some of the members of tbe committee that if they wanted still further evidence, he would summon General Schenck, from the American Legation in London. The committee very cheerfully discharged the witness be fore he could tell any more. Schenck had been chairman of that committee, and they did not want to iurther injure its good name. The Boston correspondent of the Chicago Tribun9says: Listening to the radical club philosophers is a good deal like reading Browning's later works, and, indeed, somo of his earlier ones; just when y ou think you have mastered the ilea, vor find himself adrift. These fine rbiiosupDers, ni doubt. know what they mean, but their listeners ol:eu find themselves qaestioning their own fruity, as Douglas Jeriuld did alter reading Browning's Sordt Uo. "My dear, he said to his wile, as he turned tinpsily upon his sick bed, have you read 'bordello?' " "I have," was the response. "And, my dear, did you understand it?" "Not a word of it." "Thank Uod!'' cried Mr. Jerrold, "then I am not in sane. I fancied I was losing my mind because 1 couldn't make head or tail of it." A new trade is gradually developing in London. A stock company hasboen formed there for the purpose of importing cattle fioin Galveston, Texas. Th9 ct-h capital ot the organization la JLoOO'OO scerlm r. lbe title is "The Texas Liive Caicle Importing Company." In rddition to carrying cattle to England the company propo.-e to bring back emigrants for .exa. steamers that can, with salety, carry 1..W0 catt;e will ply between the two places. Garibaldi has entrusted firm of engineers, Mes?r to an English . Wilkinson & pn paration of Smith, of Westminster, tha trie plans lo lormi:i: abmnir in connec tion ith tha '.ntended tarsi lo Kcino at Fiuinicino, near tbe pre- n; m ulh of tho liter, ir e plans are to u1 pivpirvu witn h 11 expedition, to c-nshie ti e works to ba begun us soa as possij1..

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