Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-06-24

associates. If any merit has attended ml
efforts it is due to their sagacity and wis
prompting. Posting me in front Of the
battle, they have stih stood as its leaders.
1t has been a great loss that, by unsvOid
able circumstances, my friend,
Gen. Pryor,
has been so much away from the case. Il
he has not stuck in so many blows in the
field be has been the wisdom OF our cabi
net Deeply are we all indebted to his
ready and large learning and judieious
counsel.
You viii credit me when declare that
the duty have performed has been unWei-
come and painful. l have not spoken
| a0ght in malice. leave this cause with
out the slightest asperity Of feeling toward
any one, filed with unaffected admiration
Of the transcendent quality Of distinguished
antagonists. No one admires more largely
than myself
The Magnificent Genius
Of this defendant. Rich as he is in mental
endOWments, prOdigal as bis labors have
been, they cannot shelter ofiense against
the law. Genius as lofty could not save
Lord Bacon. He sinned and fell. Upon
his memory history has written the epi-
baRllg AAC MAoNolf EANotEoAf AAIonN~N -
mankind" Towards great men in dis
grace like these who fall, as Whittier, New
England's gifted poet. writes in his poem
called Ichabod, $50 fallen, so lost, the
light Withdrawn which once he bore the
glory Of; his gray hairs gone for eyermOre.
Revile him not" 49,
Mr.. Beach then submitted the cause to
the Jury by reading an extract from an ad-
oFn narRfo1 NUoteefar Tho Nrac
an admonition to Jurors to do their whole
duty according to their oaths and regard
less of consequences. Hearty applause
followed.
Mr.. Abbott then said they had num-
Der Of
Requests 10 Charge,
and asked if his learned friend desired to
make any.
"We have none to make" said Mr..
Beach.
"We will hear your requests now," said
Judge Nelson.
Mr.. Abbott then read his requests to
charge, which were very voluminous and
ffty-fiye in number and Of which a copy
was handed to the court.
During his reading of the requests Mr..
Abbott quoted from several authorities, to
which Morris objected, on the ground that |
counsel was raising arguments, but Judge |
Nelson said that the reading of them could |
do no harm. "Any way" said he, 'they |
all relate TO divorce cases, and l am perfect ]
ly familiar with them"
When Mr.. Abbott had finished his read |
ing, Beach arose and requested the Court to |
appoint some time and place for the hearing |
Of an application to
Reopen the Case,
on the ground Of newly discovered eyi-
dence.
To this Judge Nelson stated that he
would like to hear what the defence had TO
say about it, but Eyarts replied that they
had nothing to say in the matter.
Judge Nelson said there was no neces-
sity for fixing time and place to hear the
motion, as no objection was raised by the
lther side, and that if tine afidavits which
he counsel said be had 10 sustain the ap-
llication were given him, he would exam
me them and give his decision tomorrow
before he began his charge.
The afidavits were then passed up to his
lonOr, and the court adjourned.
Dana and Beecher TO be Indicted.
Brooklyn correspondence Of the Chicago Tri-
bune.
The Sun has lately been very violent,
among other things the story
bout Miss Edna Dean Proctor and Mr..
3eecher, for which MoultOn was sued and
indicted. It is understood among Mr.. |
3eecher's friends that an Indictment Of
Dana for this article, and Of James Gordon
Bennett for the Herald sensation a few
ays agO,Will be applied TO for the next grand
lry in Kings county-this, notwithstand-
ng it is known that Bennett is out Of the
ountry, and that it is generally supposed
hat the Sun articles are written not by !
Jana, but by II. 3. Stanton, whose wife
7as at one time named as authority for tie
candal, and who is supposed to know
Omething about it; but it is more than
rObable that after the case is closed all
aTties will take a rest, in the hope that the
candal will die out.