, 1875-01-23


TRACxs SUBSTITUTE n FOB ponTEE IN TIE Cross
EXAMINATION OF MoCLToS-THE sqUABnI4l
ogER THE OHANt3E-THE HATnEn BETWEEr
TRACY AND MouL1 :oS-AS AIL-DAY DUEL-TH1
THEORY OF THE l3EFENsE: "Co!ssprEACY re
BLACKMAu. "-BEEs :REn IN DANGnn OF APO.
pLEIY-THE DEbU!. OF FRANZ CARPENTER.
spa:7oi Corresoondc1 .ee ef 11t> CA:edoo tribune.
BEooELYx Jan. u. In my letso1 CT last night,
I predicted that Jn,ige porter's am:aole inca-
pacty would be repl ICED by q lzeoner wit and q
sharper method. j: oultoa's c1oss- examination
had 60 far been failure. Tho appetite Of the
audience had been etiBa ppoin:od. Tho day had
been blank, and the plaintiffs position was, il
anything, fortified by the. ewxwa7dness and ir-
regularity of tho attack This morning it was
sonn evident that D rtsy departure WAS in con-
temptation, and that q. fresh assault WAS to be
led by
ASoI119 CAPTAIN.
Shortly after the jury had been called ard
the somewhat Genaoui1 ..ratiye Clerk OF rhe Court
had subs:ded, the spact, and meagro form Of Lii.
Eyarts slowly piojecit I'd itself in sGole relief
against the window. EIe looked moro than ever
Like nero profile, t:1t-paper msa, With fea-
turcs OF prodigious sha1 pness, but no breadth.
Contracting his eyes as if the light hurt them,
ho stktod, in his odd r;nd querulous voice, that
Judge Porter could not: continue his work of
cross~e1amination, and! expressed his per-
sonal regret ut his colleagues absence.
Mr.. Beach smiled enrcastically, and Mr.
Evarts, giving his sharp ;ones another rasp upon
an internal grindstone, pquested permission OF
tho Court to substitute Il II the missing counsel
both Geu. Tracy and HIM solf.
Now, between Fullertt N and Tracy feud Of
long standing and great Il atenaity has long been
raging. When the blun soldiers name was
quoted. Fullerton gave leach cue by looking
in his eye, and Beach, With customary dignity,
to his feet. and, in 81 3oech silyery as his
hair, denounced Gen. TIT tcy's connection with
Mr. Beecher's interests na
" IMPROPER, NDEL1cATE, 4 ND USrHorEss1oNAI.." :"
Tracy-who is = sort OF local Ben Butler, and
who possesses much abil kJ, but more BRASS
was for iuu ten minutes til sto1id target Of ev-
cry pair Of eyes in Court. It is notoriousIy hard
for the victim OF such ts;llade to simulate
ignorance Of his fate. Bu Tracy gave no other
sign than deadly pallor MI d the ferco corruga-
tion of his brow. Mr. Beec her grew scarlet, and
leaned forward to catch every syllable Of the dis
cussion which followed. n that debate, both
Erarts and Beach exchanged come rattling pass
es, the foils flashing with pleasant but hurtrul
glitter. Erarts is sharp N ID aggressive fencer,
Beach en- cdzoit, suaye, lind nimble tswo1ds-
man. During the clash of .sruas, Tracy recov-
cred his wontod salolwness, though he WAS TOO
angry to pay any attention to tho suggestion
which Mr.. Beecher whispered over his shoulder.
1t last the Generals own opportunity arrived.
Rising to bis full height, and pracing his ahou1-
ders back with soldierly swing, he distilled q
COLD AND vEsonous EXPLANATION
Of his conduct. The charact eristic bitterness OF
the man found expression in the sentence,
IS Though other friendships ilaye changed, mine
has never changed" Moults,n waa deaf to the
sarcasm; but Beecher's facis relaxed it's pain
full risor, and, looking up ut his lawyer,
he smiled It IVES his only smile Of to-day. II
anybody else than Tracy had spoken as veil as
he did, there would have been q spontaneous
burst Of applause But the General ia so bitter
saririBt that be is distrnsted even in his sin
ccrcst moments. The audience took lis de-
Eberate and passionless discl aimer for falr
dramatic performance, and 1lie, protest fell fat.
All this while Moulton had been fdSeting in
his chair and watching tho t.ombat like sol
der on the edge Of an action. Presently the
battle opened for him, and ht' plunged into the
fray. Tracy spun on his he!2l, after formally
exposing tho integrity OF hY conscience, and
then fell upon Moulzon With fury that en-
tranced every spectator. Mou1ton had been grow
ing moro and more wrathful. IS tho collision
drew nearer and nearer. Whaa he felt his enc
my's breath on his face, he SPIRITED out reply
as furious as Tracys opening question: The
two men
HATE EACH OTHER WITH kADLf HATE
and, though both Of them arc tifted with sel1-
control vastly beyond the common power OF
man, each forgot his restraint aud net, oeto1s