The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-09
"SMITE HIM TO THE HEART"
AdroitnesS of the Witness in
Making Points.
THE COURT RESTRAINS HIM.
The Letters and Their Rev
Citations.


ap OF dead leaves. a sad reminder OF fair hopes
vanished and green affections withered. Through
Ill this melancholy correspondence the skeleton
OF disappointed love grins out rom between the
lines at the wreck and havoc made of two pledged
souls IN the very hour or their mutual iaitn and
constancv. Ihe letters Will make interesting
subject for the student In psychology. Here we
have Illton writing epistlcs that embrace the
universe OF speculative thought iar above the
plane OF bread and butter, and communing with
the stars. Here is Tiltons wife reaching up with
her poor strength to grasp these problems OF the
spheres 10 sustain her Hercules whose CLUB Is
comets tail smashing through the venerable
doxies OF 1000 years, overturning the idols Of
hoary Kingdoms and powers and levelling the
ground Tor the reception OF the seeds OF pure
reason and rationaism. And the puzzled, help
imploring wife, clinging 10 tradition and ortho-
doxy, il bewlldered at her inability to compre-
bend the new lights her lord has discovered. She
drops by exhaustion from the dizzy heights of the
new theology INTO the nomely acKno wlcd I'm snt OF
the receiptof 500, into the common tru his around
her that the times are hard and money makes the
mare 60.
TrLToN's OPINION OF HIMSELF.
In these letters OF the long ago 1lton's estimate
OF HIMSELF "a young man prematurely famous"
caught the ear OF the audience II was read. ana
every eye threw glance at the plaintiff sitting
high up 10 the witness char, calm and lmpasslve
as usual. "a young man prematurely od'' sug-
gested itself as more apt reading now. Fame Is
comparative. time positive. The lace in the wit
cess chair is not OF the cast that easily shows the
trace OF time's efracing fingers. Biancned nair
and furrowed cheeks are no. needed to tell OF
lie that has measured more than the ordinary
span IN point OF heart and soul experience. The
man has lived long In the trials that make men
m rtva ~
soon wears out the scaboard, yet the scabbard's
brightness remains still undlmmed In the quar-
ries OF Caen they find q rich cream .colored stone
tnar yields TO the cnsel like chalk. In the course
ol years 1t grows harder and harder from within,
but many centuries must elapse before time ex-
tracts its native tint and destroys It's pleasing
color TO the eye. The yew tree that stands IN the
church yard ana points its vertical shalt to
heaven and waves its green and plant branches
in the air takes no cogniZance OF the Wondering
dust al Its feet. After It's centuries Of endurance
It still looks to the as fresh and beautiful as
ever, while generations OF sentent beings have
turned into the mold and verdure OF the graves
FAIR PRESENCE.
With Tilion the fair presence remains, but IN the
voice. cold, hard, unsympatnetc. there is no har.
m0ny with the enthusiastic love and aspiration
breathed IN these letters The face is mask.
Behind 1t Is the crater or the volcano burnt out
and run over VITA the hard cracking cinders OF a
lost love and disappointed ambition. When the
reading OF the letters ceased the cross ton
resumed.
WHAT EvARrs LIKES.
Evarts entered on this task with look o. relief
he disliSes the part OF reader, though his
slocutionary ability Is unquestloned. But
then there Is nothing intellectual Ia read
ng. Evarts loves the play or rapid
mental n m on nf A..
ton Is like game OF chess, and IN 1ilton he finds
foeman worthy OF his steel. No such accom-
plshed witness as Tiron has occupied a witness
stand within the memory OF the lawyers.
TILToS AS A WITNESS.
when he Is supposed TO be laundering, masts,
rigging and compass gone by the board, he In.
simultaneously rigs jury mast and calls away
With dying colors. Yesterday be was an abound
Ing Witness Every answer had an addendum.
He supplemented his replies TO counsel with an
aside that reached the jnry and threw the de.ence
INTO aRonies. In this respect as witness he ex.
celled Moulton. Mouiton in testiying 10 con.
versaton answered, II SAID on that occasion
that he was hbertine aad q perjurer-
40 he H." Here the addendum struck 10th
the jury aud the audience ike a cannon ball.
rton's exuberance had TO be restrained by The
Court. The lrishmans advice at Donnybrook
air, wherever you SEE head hit It," was
adopted IN different way by the witness. when
over you see point make lt,n and the witness
was not slow in the performance. lie also ven.
tursd into the field OF humor. He knew now well
EvARrs LOVES JOKE,
md when the JOKE 10 good 1t Is aard &c fall out
with the Joker. He also knew that the only thing
save an interposition OF Providence that can keep
she Jury from suicide or insanity Is homeopathic
treatment with pllls o. bumor He IS dong this
tnl-n ia a.
OF spoplexy TO any OF the twelve reputable men
IN the balance. Tiltons jokes are not
excessive. They are IKE Dean swits
"pon,e conversation which was Intended, as ne
says. merely ITO ttillate the diaparaam and raise
the cookies OF the heart.n
DIVERSIFIED EvIDEScE.
The evidence all through was diversified n tone,
from grave 10 gay, IRON aveiy 20 severe.r Til.
TONS evidence VIII De found much more ornate
than That o. Mouiton's. he seems 70 make an
effort. as ne answers 70 give literary anish even
70 the DRY details OF testimony Ia that wonder.
fully sel-conscious and sei-auoatory soul there
10 an eye TO the sweet boon Of the worlds appro.
oaron. The literary spirit cove,s applause an d ia
seldom meek and lowly. Down to the private
letter asking ior the loan OF $40 oil, 1t Gao
STAND the revelation the wording OF he appuca-
ton 10 done In literary style.
THE EPISODE OF THE DAY
WAS the answer OF toe plaintiff 70 the question,
what did you mean when you sent hat letter 10
Mr. Beecnsr, demanding his withdrawal from his
pulpit"
Mi. Tilson elevated himself several inches Ia
his seat looked straight IN . line with MIR.
Beecher and dung out mis- answer. with o wave OF
his arm as DAVID might nave hurled the fatal
stone IN the face o. Goliath, 40 smte him TO the
hal Ara go ad poal
"Yss, str; did, was the reply with an emphasis
on the last TWO words impossible to De msunder'
stood.
Mr. nREcHER's FACE.
The ieonine lace OF Mr. Beecher was study at
lha memsnt. Ne caught the aieam Of the plain.