, 1875-02-25
Tbs Case for the Rev. Henry Ward
Boeoher Opened.
Gen. Tracy Begins stoicallY 10 Read
600 Pages Of Foofscap.
Pa1egyrio Exhausted in Behalf Of the
Lawyers Client.
Tiltontan Dissection for Truth
and Buriul for Dcccncy.

wero the vag,-day Of all our dirty linon and tho
ptcam of what appeared to be general laundr7,
and peryadcd tho streets mud cho!ad tho throat
of tbe Coust-Housc. It Delayed fcrrJ'hoats, aud
hung oyor tho river like tho exhalat!on Of q
pcstileuco, drouchtng ono to tue bkl''
aud covering hoiao-wala and sidewalks
with Its c!aumy oozo. II BFooG-
1yn lad bocn ylsbly p'hguo-ridden W
scandal It could not llaro rco1od moro i'1tolera"
bly Of grave yards, or danpod the world out OF
doors With such cadnrorons sweat
TIE Blob
Of miscellaneous Illers In tho lobbea Of tho
Coust.11ousa wns unusually large. They crowd
cd IN and down In g1oura, like Grant beotos.
and kept up continuous buzz. Somehow or
othor = vague exproaaion bad gono out
chat Doecher himself would 60 upon the
Haud thia morning at the worry outBos
ct bis case. and to sueh rur1or was the at
tendance probably due. Inside the City Court
much larger crowd than,,has boon usual lately
filed every square inch Of room, md within
zIyo ninutes unade ing1ess and eg1a2s asmoas
tmposaibln+ .-.
PLYMOUTH OLD GUARD
wns preaout In full force, aud ohromo-lithog.
rapher Con. Caldwelf spoEtad new noscgay
fn Ids buston-holo and Al extra polish
upon ht9 boots. He l.na not looked IN
suci, fostio for long smo. Tho Hecchots ar
rved curly, and tho Old Guard at once "oto
"dress. paradod." Caldwell, In Ills second
capacity OF 1oor-manager, seated the august pair
and their suitc, aad then, nftor profound
aalaau, rottcated to hia own post Of observation.
Mr. Tubbs, Goutloman ovorwoighted by
xpnae os responsibility, aud acting nH
deputy for Orington, followed tho Boechcre with
Mrs. Tiiton in tow. Bmal1or and more helpless
than oyor looked tho heroine Of thi8 saintb'
tomedy. Would to leavon she woro loss dowdy'
that HI pen might either lapse Into an idy!io.
fashion-v1iteE. Close behind hor, pressing in
hor rake like n majestic East Indian under
al SAIL. hoated tho sjeatio and I'M
petturbable Field, who took Chair
Mr, Doecher no longer notices the faded little
creature wlao covors ln the loo Of her guardian,
and his wEe's 8torn mouth fs locked like tho
gatos Of jail whom sho atares ici)y At the corpu4
dolictu.
THE MORNING SCENE.
The faithful wag their four. .aud.tw0nty heads
and Caldwell arches bis eyebrows and occaslon-
ally takes dsferential measure Of his pastors
shoulders. Tho Jurors have all AnHWered to
ener names. Tho Judge foudies hts .gavel Us
II 1t wore = new and amusing toy. Tiison s!es
among btu lawyera md MI Of thcm look calm
md untroub1cd wh.le among Deochcr's contin-
Wo arc all waiting for Tracy with ~ much
speculative anxiety a. 1t ho wete new supEsno
about to mako debut.
ENTEn 1RAUr,
At last exactly ut 1l:l5, . esds door
opens, and through il enters tho mteain:,
lawyer aud Ills clork. 4 loud musmur Of
qualification g1oets bis arrival, to which he 70,
smiling Gy turns lie IL clearly nervous. Tor a1l
his branny frame and splendid vigor. Walking
with bold sud martial front TO the table i1
front Of tue jury, le aquares bis broad shoulders,
col OF manuscript in one hand, raises TIA
other, and 30 comnencca the opening OF tho
dofonse. Just ~ In Morris's caao, tho
creator part Of tie audience Lad no Idea thn
Tracy had oven begun, until ho had been speak
Ing vono I've minutes. Ho merely road bis ad-
dreea in cold, ubfeefing tones, which grew more
aud more dlsastoeable a. he proceeded. II Il
wess e. not tor cort'ln bitter and cynical , t'Ang m
L. verJ bad e!ocutlonist reading 4 very
libelous editorial from the Chicago
Times. Imagine Ms. Storey, Sentenced
elae by bis orders had writton Of . respectable
ciHzon., with perhapa : vista Of rnwhidca *
stimulate bis elocutsonary zeal. aud you havc !
very go Cd notion Of Con. Tracy plungins along
which tho dciense Of Mr. Deocler la to follo'
him. Tho jury .rete evidsnt1S diaap
pointed and, indoed. cast down wher
they discovered h's ntsntton sao Of reading e
cap. which wora piled up before h!m. In goot
fRltb, belfevo that snoat OF thom would hav'
preferred atcady purgasivo courso Of Hrotho
a.iays sot9ns e @ tho vtsS
au1ltd Itself up in disguss At tho abscnro OF =!
dsauasso effect, and Dsecher, who listcned will
smiling conntenance o.. to glowing sn9 nan'
<n OF ~n hac,mo Which nn.e tho ,dSs 5ss
before receas arrived, looking as II no had al
ready heard It over and oycr again ns Indeed b
mlsht: TO the faithful tho trouncug Th!cI
so far a. ono could infer from the Indications 0
H.ous Joy which shono In CaldwolrB eyes, an'
tue poftapsious noddtng ct hesds which pune
fuate1 tho grafton. Witon, IN the lsu
seos @ Ita grasl ss 'iitoas iiSo li.sls snsJoi
ue leaned back in bis chnIr, res.o
bis faco against l,is loft hand. aud played with
bunch Of Keys IN bis bgoachea-pocket with th
other. Beach and Fullortou Bat ltston1ug like
Hstr OF sphanx1s. Motra and Pryor (wnose dypl
tharic throat MAI swathed In aannel) talked d,
wrote III bus.neas-flks way, With tho ainceslt
81 g.na conpie vt farmers ws'ting for hsrmlea
1,pahet to subado. snd thus got chance to col
unue their huahandry. They used no gesture m
undo no difference In his roadIrR between III
original speech Ind any document incorporate
wAa first expectant, zeoondly disappointed, sn
finally lapsttl into sulkhcss, ll1o rlop who wos
being bored becauss they could not lelp it. II
y tbat TrAcy'a connection with tic case III
! tAeseln finally shown itseH 10 be blu.
DEL. both for 4tmsolf and for D4or!
q. Tie ouly thing that could ha,
saved him from tho soprosch Of perily wou
hare boon = startling aud brilliant osation
vpenlng beachers caae. Tho ted,unl mud m
notony Of his actual address hhYe addod 10 tn
tsss Impression doubt whathsr he hAs compe,
as:si hsecher IN any degree for tho Injury
al his caae by Identifying himself with 1t ~ que
tonuhsy ~ ha did. Judged by iss comtnanceluo
t9day. tse speech y \ ponderous aol III
lseasane failure; but let mo place before yo
sos you'. owu Inference, 30 much OF 1t q
extended over five hours OF to-day. And VIII
! W. nntuptty interrupted until tomorrow bY
It eaPn1e,ga tumhler OF water oyes it, thus II
X e'aa'l5 dAmping his own oratory.
II An AHhTnAcT.
RI . - tm exordium, he said tAat nothing had pr
= t"a n1m 1FoM sinking beneath tho taak
6 a,s uaa vAaeltAkeu bat oaar conviction Of tha q
I s9ass sna ss aaaoesnca Of peeeher. The msgnitu
/ 20. oe sstan.asea, a!ueo they vent to ule 70
4 1o,uMatloa i o. .oetal moraix and religious III
4 .apasata tue deiondaat ftola tha rnn,
N seutatlVs charsctcr. hut lod fGrn,a r.
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