The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-05
He is Unable TO Sit TIL Recess and the
Court Adjourns TIL Monday.
AN ANALYTICAL WITNESS.
uOw Theodore TiltOn Offered to Take Her 10
the Theatre.
MRS. TILTON'S SAINTSHIP
Who Rally Round the Plaintiff and Defendant
and Who Are Absent.

At quarter-past eleven Mrs. Putnam took the
chair. sat straight up, smiled on the assembled
multitude and held her Ian down for point OF
repose and an Instrument or balance. she Is
well bred lady OF middle age or Just beyond II,
with large, fine New England FEATURES wavy nair
OF grayish AJAX, bright red complexion and
couple OF curs. Dressed in the style OF the
period and or q religious and literary bias. Mrs.
Putnam talked OF her evidence with some felicity,
not upaccompanied with Plymouth church modes
and figures or speech. She much relied upon
by the defendant and his church members, as she
one OF the lew persons having fair acquaintance
with Mrs. Titon who Is heartily in sympathy with
the great clergyman and his fold. Twice married,
with some knowledge oil the world and gram
NAUTICAL nicely she barely overdid the business a
little by attempting me anayzations, under
direction OF Brother Sherman. He moves in Q
mysterious way his wonders to perform.
These analyzations were objected to by both
Beach and Fullerton, as mere men tai impressions
ana not facts which OF themselves explain char
acter. The counsel for the defence undoubtedly
saw, In the way Mrs. vngton and Mrs. Putnam
had begun to elucidate human and religious
nature, q preparation for Mr.. Beecher to take
the stand and preach TO the jury as he had done,
with stenographers on either hand, before the
church Investigating Committee However, the
plaintiff relies upon the cross.examnation OF
the defendants witnesses, rather than upon re-
tarding the mellinuous Cow OF the direct evidence.
MI. Beecher apparently likes this kind OF
PHILosoPHIC EVIDENCE;
for be sat in high spirits. his wife by his side.
drinking In all that Mrs. Putnam said,
his eyes meantime nashing into hers
graduation and gratitude. The witness
voice was not good for the court room,
ana apparently few persons heard her perfectly
probably not all the jury. The general tenor OF
the evidence she gave to the effect that Mrs.
Iiton was q woman, all whose peculiarites
leaned TO virtues side and that, while Mr. Tilton
was originally person to be liked by the ortho-
dox, he had at some particular time, which the
witness endeavored 10 fix, wandered or from the
stern letter OF the moral law TO make code OF nl5
own. IL Will be seen that the latter testimony was
all in keeping with MIR. Beecners theory that Theo
dore Tllton had descended from what, BY re-
hnemen. of comparison, he called 'tne proudest
editorial chair in America" (al who filled 1t hav-
ing been proud OF III, to be
A THRILLER In STRANGE DOCTRINES
1t now seems apparent that when tins class OF
episodical evidence Is In, well shaGen up and put
ss TO give bias to the minds of the jury as 10
what manner OF man Mr.. Titon may
be. and how FAR different from what he
explained OF himself and when Mouton
Is interpreted in the same way. piecemea,
then Mr. Beecher, given full swing will repeat mis-
statement before the committee to the jury. with
applications and good acting. IL cannot be said,
however, that
THE THREE WITNESSES
already adGuced from Brooklyn Tor the deiendan.
nave greatly impressed the worldly observer. Mr..
and Mrs. Ovington and Mrs. Putnam appear to be
respectable moral agents, aud OF lair social and
business responsibility. But there Is something
about them unlike the straight-spoken beings OF
the realistic outer world They have a vernacular
quaint that OF the time OF Charles l.,
aud certain unworldly behavior address ana
even clothing. II would seem as II one OF the old
Puritan congregations, planted on Long Island
from Connecticut, mad been caught up IN the
Whirlpool Of great suburban city and surrounded
mere, mingng with the world part OF the day
aad in the evenings, and on Sabbaths seeking all
their spiritual and Intellectual aiment from the
Brooklyn pastor. Mr.. Beecher himself does
not look like these Plymouth people; be
talks ike them, but there Is q finish ana scholar
ship ABOUT mis- Plymouth language which the
lambs and ewes OF his nock cannot artistically
initiate. what he makes eloquent they make
crude. When he IL exulting, explanatory antitnetL
cal and climatic, they are awkwsrdly uncuous
and but hall bland. The platitudes are nearly as
hard TO acquire second hand as the beaatudes.
THE FAIR SEX ~ COURT.
Yesterday the court contained Q dozen or
twenty women. some OF them bright and piquant,
who seemed to be thoroughly worldly
visitors that had slipped in with the
hope that Mr.. Beecher would testify. The behavior
OF these worldly ladies' Ii Tree and versatile com.
pared to that OF the little knots OF ladies' WHO
surround Mrs. Tlton or sit in the rear OF Mr..
are the strsi:est OF all the sects or Plymouth
lies. they seem to constitute . deeply-spiritual
corner OF the Plymouth congregation and 70 be
somewhat heavy company Tor the pastor and his
intimate personal supporters.
Although IL mas been said that
SMALLPOX
mas been traced 10 the court room nobody seemed
afraid yesterday. Mrs hilton ala not come, but
her friends we're In their usual cnalrs TIlton also
lad friends with him, older men than himself, for
but arm band OF people around him
wno knew MIN In his stronger DAYS, and
ance some Of hese eaarS nm as psrca oroad
OF hts opinions and 100 ioolisn IN asserting them
MS mental qualities al the same. DINERS
constructed an entirely domestic position for
social topics and Iney stuck by him in this dict
u 10 no other place, because they nave formed
inJurer TO bay.
ABSENCE OF LITERARY FRIENDS.
tuS-tSe 'l;erarv on,y MEN riiton wasy m ane
time poet editor and lecturer he gave his profess
seldom extended the encouraging hand 10 those
oelow Greeley aaa Beecher used ms house, but
treatment, lie Is without the guild IN the body at
ms SIDE IN ihis court. Business friends IKE
world, withou. regard to their own Informal lives
take him by the hand, Tor the mere pluck OF
the thing, and say they like him. But " he had
dozen young men there OF his own type, journey.
men and master mechanics IN the Trade ne has
followed so many years, 1t would seem 10 prove
that he had paid some attention 70 suen when he
was ioing In their ranks. Friendship comes bes :
from below. Wnen from above 10 dignnes the
donor more than the recipient. Bus
THE OTHER HAND
there cergymen win Mr.. Beecner tneir
peer, except his brother Edward. IL Is ms own
caureh-IhaL and no other-wnicn CLUSTERS
around hlm Ia TINS court. How dlnerent twenty
IN VaarQ QUn nan
little Old church Cranberry street-wnicn
us society lad purohased-by an ecciesl'
astical council. as the candidate for the
new Plymouth pulpit. Then there were
present Representatives rom twelve Congrega-
tiona chuf cnes. There were Rev. II. :. Storrs, from
sue Church Of the Piisrims and J. n. sprague IRON