The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-29
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY JUNE 80 f876-TRIPLE SHEET

church has one OF the richest congregations in
America. They can afford any amount Of money,
and win sacrifice anything TO get Beecner out or
tbis scrape all rigntn
II was only the last sentence that showed the
lawyer that he and bis client lad been each talk
Ing OF different lungs; Dut this s only one out OF
number Of ludcrous and amusing mistakes OF
similar nature made BY people whose minds are
80 fun or the greaE TRIAL that they can tnlnk and
SPEAK OF nothing else. and whose private aiaifs
are left IA allegiance I'll the question 81 BsecEers
guilt or innocence SHAH be decided.
crowd OF ten or twelve men we're standing
around a small group ofindlviduals whose accent
and demesnor bespoke their New England origin,
and who we're quietly and calmly, but none me
less earnestly, discussing the philosophy or
the Beecher-rilton question. The question Or
Beeeher's sult or innocence seemed to them
10 be OF secondary importance, mt tne
moral and Philosophical bearing OF the case was
tue matter that occupied their attention most
largely.
HUMAN VIRTUES AND FRAILTIEs
were for them, but things that existed in eycry
age, and they set themselves 70 philosopnically
analyzlng their effects on society. The triumph OF
one or other or the now famous litigants would
produce q certain edect on the progress OF re-
ligion and the standing and Influence OF It's minis
lelb, UuL COulu LuTUW no Uh uuA al
nature which would continue the same to the
end OF time. Beecher, according 20 them, might
possibly have erred, az a man OF mis- physical and
mental power Is liable TO do; but Triton Is mean'
sptLeful vlndictlve creature who deserves no
sympathy.
An old ITishman, jealous Catf ole, could see
nothing in the whole thing but an additional evil
dsnce Of the Inevitable tendency OF Protestant
ism toward ln1delity. Re had been, ne said, q
close observer and reader OF Beecher and his
class for he claimed that Beecher represents a
class or scnool-anG they were perslstently trying
10 undermine the whole fabric Of Christianity ia
this country, and 70 substitute for the old faith
hollow philosophy that IS only tire doctrine Of
voltare or Comte disguised with thin vel OF
sham Christianity that any man who has his eyes
open can see through. he knew, twenty years
sgo, that semetni ike this wonld be the result,
but consoled himself by the rejection that .
vigorous reaction was setting in, and that this
scandal suit would eventually break up the
"phllosopnicaln school, ard bring the country
back to real fifth in Christianity.
VERY SUSPICIOUS MOVEMENTS.
HERALD reporter, having been informed that
mysterious signals were being given 1t times
| from the Jury room 70 the crowd collected about
the court yard fence on Joralemon street. be-
| tween twelve and one O'Clock. went TO the fence
10 watch developments He had barely taken MS
place at the fence and begun 70 fan himself vigor
ously, wnen a large man. ansv ering the descrp-
| tion or Foreman Carpenter, and WAC subsequently
proved to be that gentleman, appeared At TINS
window and took seat Looking out across thu
lawn that divided the Court House from the posi-
ton taken up by the reporter, Mr.. Carpenter
| picked up fan and began TO move II slowly.
The reporter suspected that Mr. Carpenter rad
| taken the fan to make signals. He therefore
counted Carpenters movements and discovered
that the juryman made nine motions with the fau
toward his face and three backward, or reverse
movements, thus:-l, !, 1, !, !, !, !, |, IL, ! J.
i Total. u.
"Can It be- possible,H thought tho reporter
'ihat / am mistaken Tor friend sigualling2'
To test this he responded TO Mr.. Carpenters &C
ton with a reverse process. thus -, l. IL !, l.
/, J. l, /, /, ]. Total, IL.
the answer came back as before and for fftesT
minutes the TWO ians gave and replied as fol
lows