Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-01-12

Galaxy, Charles Thacher, Samuel Upton, and
Josiah Bradlee, three great merchants Of Bos-
ton: Edward Everett and Andrew Dunlap.
afterwards United States District Attorney
for Massachusetts, young man Of genteel
Irish parentage. whose love for Daniel Web
ster was MI unbcunded, though he was Of the
political party whose opinions Mr.. Webster
could never tolerate. He was scholarly
young man, this Dunlap; and but for Mrs.
Hentry, the actress, now the wife Of George
Barrett, might be still living, and holding high
rank with the highest Of the world. He loved
that woman ~ Antony loved Cleopatra, but he
would not throw away his mother for her
and when the mother said, in her bigotry, she
would rather see him in his coffin than that he.
should be that woman's husband, she soon af
tor found her wild words truth, and he only
son in his early grave. She did not long sur
vive.
When il came Mr.. Webster's turn TO speak;
he told Of his first case in Salisbury, where an
old man by the name of Searle had to defend
himself against charge Of having set his shop
on fire, for the purpose of receiving his insur-
ance money. The case turned upon the testi-
mony of witness for the prosecution by the
name of F. Fisk, whom Mr.. Webster most
solemnly believed TO have been suborned by
warm personal enemy Of old Searle, named
Emerling. This man Fisk, gave his story
from the witness stand as if il had been writ
ten and studied for repetition. He used the
words, the sand Searle, the said Emerling,'
quite out Of his OWL natural way Of speech,
but from off his story no cross-examination Of
Webster could bring him. He would go
right back to it making use Of the same phra-
ses, and no persuasion and no hluster moved
him.
The judge and the jury began to be impa-
tient : they had been led to believe, from the
strong reservations of the counsel for Searle,
and from the old mans life and integrity, that
he would come of triumphant; but the testi-
mony Of Fisk, an ignorant, unlettered man,
was nevertheless, SO succinct and SO consis-
tent-slying nothing but about the case, and
full Of all facts necessary to sustain it-that
their minds were evidently made up, and they
were only thinking about their dinner. Hwas
close on one o'clock, whom the Court usually
adjourned FOX dinner. and yet Mr.. Webster
continued his questions, with repetitions,
which provoked reprOof from the Court, but
which, from the urbane manner Of Mr. Web=
ster at last resulted in an order for an adjourn
ment to the afternoon session, with leave to
Mr.. Webster 20 60 on with his Investigations
| then, to his hearts content
Old SearIe seised the arm of Mr.. Webster
as the crowd left the Court, with all the agony
Of drowning man, and Kissed into his ear,
with trembling accents, that Fisk was only
telling the lies which Emerling had taught
him to repeat. The Court and the bar went
to dine, the crowd separated. Mr.. Webster
stood apart, and while he was in despair at
the fearful certainty of losing case which
he believed ought not to be lost, he saw the
man Fisk retire to an obscure place and take
from his waistcoat pocket paper which he
consulted with all apparent earnestness. The
lips Of the man moved, and his gestures were
animated a. he returned it to his pocket and
went to the tavern bar-room and drank glass
brandy and water. Presently the Courthouse
bell rang, and the witness was again upon the
stand;
Webster-' You say you never received any
letter from Emerling!'
Wines Yes. The said Emerling never
wrote to me-
Webster-' Do you know his hand writing!'
Witness Nc, never saw it,
Mr.. Webster rose as if to look at book ly=
ing near the witness box, and while the at
tention Of Fisk was drawn to the movement,
Mr.. Webster, suddenly thrust his hand into
the waistcoat pocket where he had seen the
paper placed which the witness was perusing
during the Adjournment and quietly returned
with it to the bar, in spite Of the quick, con-
vulsive clutch Of Fisk, which was shaken of
by Mr., Webster, who, after hasty glance at
the paper, said
Il hold here the whole written Instructions
of the man Emerling, to the witness; Fisk,
the story written out by Emerling as it has
been repeated by Fisk, word for word, on that
stand. The witness has just declared that he
never received letters from Emerlihg, and did
not know his hand writing. Mr.. Foreman
will you please to be sworn, and say if you
know this writing to be that Of Emerling's z
II was proved-it was read-it was handed
to the Court and during all this time, you
could have heard cricket chip in that Court
room. You should have seen old Searle In
these moments an he stood behind Mf. Web
ster, his hands holding hard upon the railing
Of the bar, his chin quivering like the mouth
Of rabbit, and big tears trailing down his
lank dry cheeks. 0, il was happy freedom
Of truth from the fangs Of wfong. There was
not word of hesitation in the verdict and
bench warrxnts were forthwith issued against
Fisk for perjury, and against Emerling for the
subornatiOn Of perjury.
The sty Of the crowd as they dispersed was
as to the wonder how that black-eyed fellow,
Daniel Webster, looked right into the waist
coat pocket of the rascal witness.
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