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The Trial Goes On.

NEW YORK, May 24.-The Brook
lyn court room was crowded again to-.
day. Judge Porter resumed his argu-
ment for the defendant, Rev. Henry
Ward Beccher. He referred to the
letter Of contrition, which was the
only known instance in which a man
had written a letter to himself. How
did il happen that this man, who was
master in every intellectual depart.
ment, when he came into Frank Moul.
TOMS presence was like an uatutered
school boyr Another feature Of this
letter was the fact that Beechery re,
fused to sign it. Frank Aloulton was
sham from beginning, and strutted
in proud plumagc. Theo. Tilton, as
literary writer bore the foremost
name of any man in America, and had
given out the idea that he was man
OF boundless wealth. These two
!. statements were put forth to tile world,
by Moulton, copied from Theo. Til
toms drafts, or were the result of
fortnight's work on the part of Ben.
Butler. 1t was Tilton who gave di-
rections for carrying out the scheme;
It was in his fertile brain that they
had their birth; and Moultonspoke Of
crushing Theodore Tilton II hs injured
Beecher. 1t was but the language OF
braggard. The declarations Of Moul-
ton, Tilton and Mrs. Moulton, all bear
the stamp of Theo. Tilton's mind
That paroxismal," " referring to the
kiss,,fa never heard from Reecher,s
lips except by two pcrsons-Theo.
Tilton and Frank Moulton. The words
" standing on the brink Of a moral
Niagra" were no words Of II. w.
Beeoher's. Take the words Of "moral
haystack," for the words would seem
incongruous. They were Theo. Til
tons expressions. Counsel then COM
mented on the form in which the let.
ter was written, begiuning-"I ask,
through you, Thee. Titon's forgive
ness, aud humble myself before him
as ! do before my God; he would have
been better man in my place than 1
have been" Did Mr.. Beecl,er write
this? If he did, which did he mean,
God or Theodore would have been q
better man in his place? The language
used in this letter precluded ali idea
-of-tite= charge against BeeeheF- being
an adulterer, and the man who said
Beec!,er wrote it lied, and was an un-
trustworthy witness. Counsel refer.
red to the lettersof May 3sd, 1871.
written by NnI'ilton To- Beecher, Is
her pastor. Was that : letter Of an
adulteress to her paramour? lthad
more the strain Of = broken hearted
and contrite woman to man
whom he had falsely accused. Never
did Henry Ward Beecler use the
term "nesting hiding" He hadswrit-
ten books, and the counsel on the 9th.
er side had searched them al in vain
for thai term. Judge Fullerton, in
Norwood, found reference to rob,
in hiding her nest, and which he judge
cd Fullerton would parade before
them. You could not 90 to hear
Beecher Sunday next without being
impressed with his yivianess and i'm.
pressiveness, and which reminded one
Of Shakespeare and old Homer. AZ.
ter referring to other letters the coun-
sci said, what led Moufton and Tilton
to lie SO, they said for Beecher. Moul-
ton said he lied for tenderness and
delicacyi to Beecher and plymouth
church, and Tiltop for motives Of the
same character toward his wife. Gould
Tllton have these feelings and those
which led him TO bastardise his own
dead boy, and to seek to ruin. his
adopted daughter? Both Of these wit.
nesses in their testimony had express
ed themselves malignantly, which ren.
ders their testimony comparatively
worthless. II the jury believed the
testimony Of Wilkinson, and jackson
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