Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-05-14
ruE BEGrNNrNa or THE END.


At last the grateful news that the DO
ginning Of the end Of the Beecher triai
Is approaching. is autographed 10 patient
public. Let no n imagine. however.
that The trial 10 over. or that he jury
in tAis pro,i. trial are shortly 70 b ssns
oui 10 dscds upon . verdict. That Co
eurrsncs will not take place for al less
three weeks 10 come. Yet. - We re-
marked. Tie beginning Of The end sp-
pssr,. The evidence 10 all in, and the
dsisnss have rested thsr case. Nov
comes another tug Of var. An tAsse
lawyers must illuminate. detouats. and
explode their gathered ma Of law.
evidence and spleen. upon the hssds Of
those imprisoned and fssed twelve.
Talk about tho horrou Of lifo impison-
nsnt, Of jsundiss. Of measles. Of tight
boots what arc they 10 the agony these
patient ~psrsseussd victims Of a
remarkable and model jury system are
fatsd 70 endure. Let N sum up: The
Court has bean adjourned until ns1t
Wednesday morning. Then Porter. Of
counsel for the defense. will commence
his summing up Of evidence for the de-
PENDANT. He only asks two days for
this. A very short time for tho Her
chilean labor involved. Next viii fol-
Low Evarts. Who will occupy two days
more in submitting to Judge Esilson
the legal aspect Of Affairs from .
Bsschsrian point Of Wow. Evarts will
b followed BY Counsellor Beach. who
IL NOT limited 10 time or limo Of srgu-
msnt having charge Of the case for the
plaintiff. The evidence must 30 10
hashsd for the benefit Of Theodore
Tilton's aide. and the arguments and
Legal sophistriss Of Evarts eontzovertsd.
This viii occupy . week or more. After
an 'this has been done. and the case
been rested. the Court must have its say.
n muss at lest declare the Law. Il may
sum M the evidence. This also pro-
longs delay. MS only the beginning
Of the end which yet appears. II at tho
end Of thrss weeks the tired jury are
permitted 70 finally retire for eonsulta-
ton ON their verdict, both they, and al
eounscssd With tho scandal trial, will DO
fortunate. From this day betting 10 In
ordsr. spsculstions upon the verdict
Of the jury viii b rife, and Thousands
Of opinions will - emphasized BY coin
and currency deposits, We have no
prophssy 10 mako. lis snough-and
sadly so--for US Ito realize that by this obi.
GUS trial public morality has receiveda
g~rievous blow; that trust In amost fam
Gus Christian minister has bsen under
mined. II not entirely broken down; that
an sspos< Of social intercourse under the
auspices Of the most prominsut Chris
tian congregation in America has been
mado. dsmoralizins in its effects and
sadly ludicrous in its accessories and
surroundings. wo are glad 10 SEQ the
end Of this famous-ve might say infa-
mous-triL approaching. For the good
Of the reading public - we'll as the
cause Of social progress, let II soon b
terminated. II will wreck some homes
however Il nay end. II has already
done 20. The pictures drawn BY testi-
! mony in This cass are hung to-day in
the mind galleries Of the world. Bone
Of the characters arc gibbetsd upon the
scaifold Of manly condemnation. All
are tainted with the foulness OF tho
charge and the peculiar testimony ovolv-
cd. Let ID Be buried-put away from,
sight. Well would IL Be IL all remem-
branes Of its pollution. perjury and
sickly ssnimsntalism could be oblitor-
stsd. But no matter how The trial
ends: in spite Of vindicaton on the n
hand and exclamation on tbs other.
the case will 30 for years to come . pic
turs Of so-eallsd progressive Christian
ity. blottsd In coloring and hideous in
detailed dsviltry.
T-v m.yvslous csnabil;tis. for kiekinc