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Show GENERAL. T2IE BKKCIIER TRIAL. Now York, m In the Beecher trial to-day MeKelvi-y resumed tm U-stinionv. He said that when Boweu mw the letter in whicn his (Bowcub) charges against Beecher were recoutitel, he was willin- to come to terms with iil'on. Tilton brought ttiese charrt into his allegory, alle-gory, saying that this young man tiad an employer who exhibited animosity ani-mosity against this other man and I made statements alout him. He I told this young man not to repeat tI.ojis tnriti sinil tllH voui'C man saiil ue would use them it lie saw tit. Tins wa the cause of his (TiltonV) leaving the Brooklyn Ciwm and lml-pendent. 'The reason I called on 'lilton was because 1 wanted some information about tho story. Alter I got tlie papern from Harmon I took tnem to the EajU ottice and read (jortions of tnem to another nentlctnau, who took them dowu in short hand. Ibis gentleman's name was McLean. Ho hah then on the staff, but is now ..wniuilTicr (liinr I then lolded these papers carefully up and lelt them in the Vaijl' otlice, subject to the call ol Harmon." The cross-examination by Fuller-ton Fuller-ton elicited only the tact that Beecher in company with witness went immediately imme-diately alter tho publication of the WoodhuU scandal to see Kiusella of the Biooklyn K'lii'f, and afterward, alill accompanied by witness, had au , interview with Moulton at tho hitter's otlice, but tbo subject of the interview inter-view was not stated. Oliver Johnson was the next witness and was examined by Tracy. He testified to an acquaintance with tiltou and Beecher, and to his (witness') (wit-ness') engagement as editor of the Christian Union by Beecher in November, No-vember, 1872. During his intimacy with Tiltou he said he regarded wit- uess as one of his best friends. In IS70 Tiltou camo to witness with a lotter from Boweu giving him nolieo that at the end of six montba Tilton's contract as editor of the huh'iftmleiU would cease. Tilton said ho would have a better contract with Bowen than the one ho held. He proposed to resign then and make ire.ih contracts. con-tracts. Tilton iu formed mo afterwards after-wards that Bowen had made a contract con-tract with him on the Judrpnnlent either lor $1,000 a week or $1,000 an article. Ho had also, Tilton said, given him a contract with the Brooklyn Brook-lyn Union. 1 saw Bowen and had n conversation with him and then went to Tilton and told him that Bowen wished to see him. I told him that Bowen had shewed me a letter Irom a lady charging him with improprieties impro-prieties at the hotel there and that Bowen said these were not all the charges against Tilton. He had heard that Tilton said these charges were false, and told me the name of the lady who wrote the letter. It was the same name as Bowen told me. Tilton said in regard to this lady that he had never been iu bed . with her. Tilton said tbe Winsted story was susceptible of the charge ; that Mies Lovejoy had accompanied him to Winsted by the particular desire de-sire of his wife. Witness had a conversation con-versation with Tilton in September, I 1S71, about his acquaintance with j WoodhuU, chiding hun sharply for i his intimacy with her, and lor pub- j lishing her li!c. Tilton refused lo hear anything against her; said die was one ot the best and purest women who ever lived, and he regarded his work in writing her life as one of the best of his productions- He assigned no other reason tor his friendship for her than this. Witness was asked if when in the ChristianUniun he received re-ceived any instructions from Beecher aatohow he should treat tho Gvld'n Aye. Tlie question was objected to by plaintiffs counsel, and alter argument argu-ment the court sustained the objection. objec-tion. Cross-examined by Fullerton: Witness Wit-ness was questioned at length as to the history of bis life, his various employments em-ployments as lecturer, editor, etc., and hiB religious belief. Tho fact was elicited that he was a Universaliat; that Beecher was aware of this; that he wrote articles for the Christian Union, but none inconsistent with hia religious views; that he was not a member of Plymouth church, but frequently attended there and often parlook of communion there; that he is connected with tbe Progressive society so-ciety of friends in Chester county, Penn., and was with them for t-o years. After recess Fullerton continued the cros3 examination of Oliver Johnson, John-son, and asked him if he was a spiritualist. spirit-ualist. He said he would reolv iu the language of a friend of his to the name question. I am a spiritualist, but not a damned fool. 1 believe I can receive communications Irom a dear friend in the other world, and have had messages from that, but not very frequently. He could not say whether he rnid ever written any article.VJn spiritualism at any time. Mrs. Tilton never charged him with leading her husband into infidelity. Tilton did not propose a dralt ol witness' wit-ness' contract with tho Christ i in Union. Moulton did not fix his (witness') salary on that paper. Tilton did draw up a contract and gave witness, who Iroked over it and perhaps incorporated a few ideas out of it into the contract which he d rev-up. rev-up. Did not know that Tiltou had auy agency in his getting the place on the Christi'in Union. Ke-direct examination disclosed nothing. Isabella Oakley was the next witness wit-ness : She testified to being a teach er; had known Mr. and Mrs. Tilton since they married; was an inmate of their house when Florence was a baby, and afterwards spent more or ies time at their house. After 1S67, discontinued her visits, except once a week or fortnight. When Tilton was absent alter ISuiJ, noticed a change in the visitors at lilton's, and met penple there she did not care to 'meet. Met Mies Anthony, Mrs. E. t ady Sttntou and t-phen Pearl Andrews there. Heard Xd ton say he no longer held such opinions on the marriage relation as iormerly in the presence of his wife and children, Miss Anthony and Mrs. -iSt-iiiton. It appeartd to grieve Mrs. Tilton and brought tears to her eyes; she also noticed a change in Tilton's religious views between IS'30 and 1S70. Heard him say he no lotiger accepted the doctrine ol the atouemeut. ! Cross-examined by Fullerton at I length. Adjourned. |