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Evening Star, Issue 3701, 2 January 1875, Page 3

The Beecher-Tilton scandai still drags its slow length along, leaving its siimr track behind it. Tilton now, with an pffroniing characteristic of his share in the transaction, sues Beecher for damages, and the case came before Judge Reynolds, of the Broklyu Court, on November 9. The Court was crowded. Tilton appeared with his counsel. Beecher, who was not present, was represented by General Tracy and Mr Sherman, , as counsel. Argument took place between j counsel as to the order of procedure, and , the case, without being gone into, was I adjourned till the following w-ek, Same [ day the charge of libel, brouglt by Miss [ Proctor against Moulton, arising *ut of this I same affair, came up in the same Court, and ) was deferred after argument till the next 5 terra of Court. Moultou has filed the reply ) to the complaint of Miss Proctor, It con- ) sista of sixty-seven pages of foolscap, admits publication, but denies that the alleged libel 7 is either false, scandalous, or libeihus. It 1 alleges the truth ot the assertions mace in the statement, and asserts that it was nade in se f-defence. The scandal has evidently been spiced to Yankee taste, and it will lie long before we have the last of it.