, 1875-05-02
TraeJ's Worrfment when under Cross
Examination by Beach.
4 Gard from Tennie Olaain Ralative to
the Roussel Procession.


lasting Impressions as the poetic.--those charas
terizea by extraordinary imagination aud sens
tiTeness. Where thera is connected with th
faculty and temperament an ardor OF affection
se1f-respect, apd segari for public opinion; q
I there usually ais, the. lmpressibiGty to what !
personal whether for good or for evil, will b
pToportionately stronger. With person Of TIL
type, tho mental pictures Of what ia past in hi
vital experience are clear, strongly colored an
lnefaceabls. They become, - it were, part Q
the furn,ture, Of the mind, and, though not al
wavs in view, instantly appear when tbelaw Of as
sociation permits the disclosure to the conscious
ness. Wherever the affections have been enliste
or ones honor assaled, there fQ getfu1ness OF th
fact is impossible. The reality that produces
the joyful or the painful emotion burns ita fac
simle into the soul IS in. letters OF FIRE. Til.
circumstances, too, chat are intimately connected
with 1t, stand there in the memory in elare o
light Aman might as we'll attempt to sepa1at,
the sense OF sight or OF touch from his being al
to erase these pictures OF memory. Tht
more he tries to do 1t, the more vividly they vii
| glow before him.
Let ans one review his past experiences; and
just what hurt him deepest, or helped and bIes:
him most, ia what he titst aud nost remembers
All The great crises Of hisIfe are reca4led with
OUT eaofI da Bees, ad IN = 2nnInnla the rec
ord OF his jovs and gr1efs, the bright things xnd
] the dark OF his life; and II 4uy face Was par
t.cularly dear to him, or especially ofYens,ve-l
be was ever strangely beset or graoiocsly de|iv-
| eted,-t portralture ls there, aud will not
die. II is folly to saY that one OF warm and
| imaginative nature can forget what appealed
strongly to his honor or his heast, Such persons
may not recall names and dates the dry stSte-
| ments OF h-aso1y and science once studied-a
| great deal that belongs to the Ordinary routine
OF life but they never cease to recollect all that
is woven into The imagination aud the al actious
Mr. Beecher is mao Of thus poetic type. HIS
temperament is. ardeut, his imagination vigor-
! Gus, and his heart able Of being deeply
touched Does anybody suppose be does not re-
member his feelings az he once stood 10 West
rose to p'ead the cause OF the Republic in Lon
don; how the glorious scenery Of Bark
shire used to move him; and what
be did in his Indiana pastorate
Could ho not accurately describe his
emotions and hopes as his iizss child was placed
in his arms and when he buried bis beloved
dead7 The man who can tell US so graphically
how he caught his frat fish, aud how the song
Of the early BIRDS Of sprlng affected him. can
surely remember what has had the most sisuih-
such . wonderful gallery Of mental pictures
as his, from which he draws so
literally in his writings and sermons
i, is not possible that the vital facts OF tho great
scandal are not "a clear iu his memory as toe
sun in q cloudless sky. Constituted a. he is,
aud the subject OF an experience which, by his
own confession, has been go distressing, be can
not erase from his mind, it he would, ths burn
Ing record Of the truth.
do not need to so into details. One Of the
most damaging evidences against AIr. Beecher ls
his own denial Of remembering what, by the
very law of his being, he could not forget. II
there was no other testimony against his moral
integrity. this would be enough to Impair our
confidence in hts sincerity.
THE pEoLtNAr1oS BE THE pEFENsE OF TIE oFTER
TO ALLOW MRS TILTON TO TESTIFY,
4Neto Yort 5an, 4 pr7t 80.
We are told that the oafonse are not going to
call Mrs. Tllton! They will not even offer her
as q witnessl What does this mean? What
other witness could be SO valuable to Mr.
Bsecher, If he is gniltess man. as taia woman
with whom be is charged With hav1uR onelded7
he says that his relations with her. 80 far from
being criminal, vera altogether de}icats,
pas-erly, spiritual, and respectful Of ber !;
interviews be committed no offense
against law, religion, or property, but prayed
with her aud fortified her soul with plous con-
versahon. Now, il this is 50. who is so we'll |
qualified as the woman with him incutpated 10
the wrong alleged OF criminal conversations to /
wipe aWay the odiona co1oring which T.lton /
gives to these pious interchanges2 Her story !
told on the stand could not fail Of hay |
iog deep effect on the jury and the public /
Even Mr. Beechers evidence secured no wider !
attention OF closer scrutiny than would te given ;
to that Of this accused wife testifying on bis and
her owh behalf.
Il Mrs. Ti1ton is not offered by the Defense :
kbe public can draw no other conclusion than
That they dare not risk her acceptance Is a Wit
hess. II Mr. Beecher is innocent Of the wrong
charged, then this viIelv s1andered wife should
Do given the opportunity OF 1t least showing her
:eadiuess to swear to the facts md clear herself
from reproach and her alleged pa1amour from
FL st4~. pn-- - II
% do this, on the theory Of his 6 gll1sesAness, is
nexplicable. On the theory OF his guilt, it is
,sslly expla led
1 lisp teh to cinetnnati Commercial.
BRooKLyS, April 30.-The direct testimony for
he defense had just been oil got in, and Evarts
lad uttered The formula usua1 On such occasions,
: We rest" NE we're about to take recess be-
Ore entering on the rebuttai when Beach re-
Iuested moments delay, rose slowly to his
cot, and in Low tone. but with dignity, COM
,osure. aud great impressiveness addlesaed the
,ou1t % the subject Of Mrs. rilton's admissi-
i!ity IS witness. He referred to tha legal as
ects Of the question: gave his opinion that ahe
Eas 8 competent witncss; said her production
he litigation, and closed BY expressing the con-
ent OF hls side to her appearance
Mr. Egarts At once made terse. lofty de-. ,
l1nation Of the offer, which was prohibited by
be law, by the policy Of the Law, aud by the
upllc sense OF the wisdom Of that poncy. No
,ore testimony was needed by tho defense, the
olnme and force Of whose evidence were al /
sady complete. The remarks Of Mr. Eyarts !
ere brief, but he took OCCASION to make sin ! |
u.ar and suggestive observation IN the course Of
ION, to the effect that il her testimony were I
limited. it ''would tear to pieces the last ,
ared OF hope for the future of this family" =;
his seemed to point to the possibility OF q
,uniou between Theodore and Elizabeth. and it !
al observed that the plaintiff took on an ex-
ted aspect ~ the words fell from the lips Of
4. EvattH- -
There was brief response by Mr.. Beach. In {
lis he nads alluNon to the above Observation
lus: Every much. might ba said upon that
inject, sir, as to how nnuch OF the garment Of
ia teft in the present condition
I'd attitude OF this family and "a to the reepon-
blty, let it rest where it may for the presenta-
On Of thIa scandal
When the short argument ended, Judge Nsil- il
N merely referred to the statute applicable to :
- case, and expressed his qualification thss tho d
dy was not to be called q
TRAcY-s o8oss-E1Asf1NAT1oy By BEACH
Nsto York Herald, Aprtz So
Gen. Itacye crpss-e1arninatiop was the lead i
8 feature Of yesterdey's proceedings in the :,
-oollyn trial IIacy mas = voluntary witue>s, /
. appears to have taken more than q profess
onal interest in the case from the very begin
ng. Ae Was as much the bosom friend as the