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NEW York, May 20.-Thcre was a
full attendance this morning at the
scandal trial, and the jury were early
in their places. Bessie Turner sat
with the women facing the Plymouth
gathering, which included thc,defend-
ant, his wife, sons and daughtel-irl-
law.
Judge Porter apoligizcd for tie low
tone in which he spoke yesterday aud
said he would cndcavor to speak to:
day and afterwards SO that they all
could hear. Weakness of voice he
ascribed to an attack of the lungs he
had shortly after opening 81 the trial.
Then rcsuming his address lie contin-
%ued his remarks in regard to the let
tiers which passed between Tilton and
his wife. He referred to letters Of
March Slh, 1868, as shedding flood
oflight on the relations between them
six months before that christian man
and loving woman were presented as
having these relations to one another,
that they were charged with. Coun.
sci quoted from letter: Arinexpres-
sible tenderness has grown up in my
soul, and never saw my path so clear
assnoW.' He spoke Of T'ilton as havt
ing genius at that time, which, il 1t
had not been misuscd, would have
raised him to 3, lofty position. Conn
sci quoted letters Of Tilton to his wife
dated February l4th, 1867, in which
ne said he had tbccr, speetu.l4tttiit,e speetu.ll.4ttti gen
the life of Jesus, and asked her how
he would have appeared in the char
acter Of a married man. Jesus un-
doubtedly loved some woman devot.
cdly, perhaps passionately. That is
the language, said counsel, in which
Theodore Tilton wrote to his devoted
wife Of his God; and counsel COM
mentcd severely upon it. Counsel
then reviewed the letter written on
the 18th Of the same month by Mrs.
Tilton, in which she took to herself
the blame of all the unhappiness
which had occurred in the family,
which his learned friend on the other
side said had been caused by the en-
trance Of the cold, calculating and
diabolicalscduce She appealed to
her husbands better nature, which
was planted in his breast by an ever.
living God, and which she could not
believe was altogether dried up
Counsel quoted further.feom the letter
in.whicll she urged sthst they should
neither of them allow. . shadow 81
doubt about the other. In November,
1869, continued counsel, The year after
!. the death. Of his son Paul, when. he
alleges his wife was the mistress ol
the honored pastor Of Plymouth
church, Tilton wrote . letter. to hi.
wife in which he says that her. affec.
tion touched his deepest nature, and
he wished he was more worthy Of it.
We will now turn, said the counsel
to the 18th October, 1868, for thefst
the issue of this case hinges. On TN
9th of that month Henry Ward
,Beccher delivered one of his brilliant
addresses at the academy Of music
and the accusers thought they coult
safely fix on the next day, the 10th
as the date Of the first commission o
the act. Counsel could imagine wha
:, hunting through almanacs there wa
for this day BY both Moulton and Til
ton, SO there would arise no DANCE
from anrslibi. The next. date f1e
upon was between Friday evenin
prayer meeting and the following Sur
day, Seven years ago, this Grim
was said to be committed. Gentle
men, would you believe that this ma
goes for the first time in his life at til
age Of sixty to commit an act Of dt
bauchery? In order for Theodore Ii
ton to wreak his vengeance ON Hen.
Ward Reecher, no walks over ii