, 1875-01-23
Of tho *'situntions" Will, which unquestionsbly
this eccIeaiastical me.odtaua is riff

not present, though tho loyal phalanx marched
into court with customary noise, and ostenta-
tiously garrisoned tho stronghold of cane-bot-
toned chairs over which the ori1amme Of
Plymouth may be imagined 10 float Tho
phalanz, numbering soma fifteen dcyout persons
Of assorted professions and very miscellaneous
appearance, is Invariably captained and directed
by Mr.. Wallace CALDWELL. sort Of
EXAGGERATED BE. Toors,-
who has attained to tho age, il not to the ap-
propriato wisdom, Of maturity. go out Of my
way to label this excellent gentleman with a
name, because I believe That the abaence OF an
identiicatory placard from his broadcloth back
il due only to the Irrational social prejudice
which limits the assertion OF one's individuality
to such Intellectual methods as carriage, man,
ners, and department. Thanks to an unre-
mitting industry, Mr. Caldwell Is rather moro
conspicuous than Mr. Bcechcr during the pro-
ceedinss. He IL tall, dresses well wears iron-
gray mustache and whishers in the English
style, and, invariably sports nosegay in
his but!onhole. He evidently considers himself
the Atlas On whose shoulders Plymouth Church
las beon imposed by Divine Providence. II
party feeling in this contest had already reached
its possible extreme and e.ch faction wore q dis
tinguishing COLOR Mr.. Caldwell is just the sort
Of exemplary person to carry tile Beecher ensign
eyen IN
THE HEMoTEST FABRIC OF HIS UNDERcLoTuEs.
I give him . little unnerited room, perhaps,
but give it 10 him Is to the type OF large
class,-the good-natured, self-conceitcd shall
low-pstcd, bumptious people who havo taken a
frst-class passage to Heaven on that 4 clipper
ship plymouth Church, Horny Ward
Boccher, Master,-and who very naturally resent
IS personal matter any doubt of the scawortni-
ness OF tie vessel or the sobrety Of hor Captain.
This very worthy gentleman and his under
ings of the DoccAcr cldcquc always make it g
point to be in position early. Just as soon as
tho Beechor lawyers enter, the Eeccher phalanx
deploy themselves as sLirmlshers md smart
fire Of borosome and obtrusyo congratuiatlon
is kept up for ut least dyo minutes. Then there
is sndden cessation OF amenities, and Mr.
Eyarts and Ills colleagues take breath. But it 10
when
THE BEEcHEA FAMILY ARRIVES:
that the Beechcr phnlaux acquits itself most
curious}y aud vigorously Tie venerable de-
fendant is for moment cclirsed by his
worshipers. Ills red faca disappears in the
8dulatory throDg just . November sun is
swallowed up by q bank Of clouds. Through
clinks and c1eviccs in the phalan1 does the
crimson face occasionally peer, as the sun peers
through riffs in the cloud. But it peers only to
disappear, until somo chiyalrous soul springs to
the Beechers rcscue, and that hapess little party
part Of tho cour:-room. Upon which the
phalan1 concentrates itself in close order, aud
forthwith resumes it's occupation OF the cane
bottomed fortress aforesaid.
NOW, TO POINT A CONTRAST,
it is only fnir to say that Tilton ls one Of the
1,ntn
He takes his seat unostentatiously, sa7s very
little even to his counsel and leans back in his
chair all day with AL expression OF grave inter-
est. Ho seems, for Obvious reasons to hare
very few friends. In the first place his OF late
prcuccupied manner has attrac.ed no new init.
mates; md, in the second place. to be consplcu-
cusly friendly to Tlton is to be entoIed, With
double condemnation, upon the tabula pro-
scriptorum Of Plymouth Church. That black
list has strange terrors for brcoklyu, and some
day NAV bo able to gho# you how tremendous
ia the enGluery Of which tho levers aud starting
bars aro iu the hands of such M uuEcrupulous
pettiiosger as Thomas g. Shearnan, who adroit-
Is transfers to tue service OF Beecher all tho
devices which lie found Of avail during his scr
vituGe to Fish. Iiton has etsrnally lost, fear,
He seems to NC nothing mere Than the incarna-
ton OF cce enormous and perfect pnrpose-
VENGEANCE.
The fires which have burnt in him have vitr1-
fed him. he is as clear crystal All COM
mon enotious all human senses, seem to hays
beon purgeI out of him rs if by 1lamo- After
the prineyai ago OF his ruin has come glacial
period. He ls thnwlesa mash Of ice and,
frozen in tho heart of it, is bis terrible aud un
epeaxabie hate. The mans faco looks like
Brage dressed for O tragedy-baro and almost
empty, but With hundred frightful intentions
waiting for tho bell to c!apg and the swortpiay
to begin. You catch yourself wondering wheth-
er he cats, whether he drinks, whether he sleeps
rs other men do. Something, written in no lam
g,,acc marks him in the forehead as one whcgo
l,fo Inns for some time been arrested and who, when
the necrcmantic spell that keeps his blood moy-
ing shall have been Withdrawn, will dissolve into
a handful of cold and harmless ashes. He seems
but spectre phantom, doomed when tho end
indeed he never had been; shadovy monster
born OF aud to be buried in the womb OF mys-
terY; the colorless, rassiontess, ifeless high
priest OF Revenge.
a.ouLTos Is PHENOMENAL WITNESS.
Indeed the lawyers, Who attend these proceed
ings in largo numbers, layo merged al their
general interest in the case in their professional
and enthusiastic observation OF 1loulton. To
most men implement upon that IicIetty chair
with the pitiess steel OF Eyarts and Porter dis
secting the tbres OF cne's heart and barring
the exquisite sensibilities Of ones soul. would
be prospect scarcely less dreadful than tie
surgeons table and the Surgeons lnife.
Not so with Moulton. His sang froid ought
to be historical To watch, Us I watch. that
s?endcr, kind-taccd. pleasautspoken gentleman,
Piled and tortured with questions from II O'Clock
to every day, without detecting the quiyer of q
nerve, j: to arrive ut an extraordinary estimate
Of human endurance. Some powerful discipline
has welded his sterling qualities Us hammer
strokes weld hot iron. Touch him aud he rings
With the iustant and tuneful response of perfect
70 try and bewllder him, 80 far Us
tho attempts already ma % provide nn INDIGESTION,
is to strike vibrant bar Of steel and to expect
a mul1led Bound in reply.
JUDGE FoRTEn7
. gentleman of no mean professional reputation,
commenced Ioulton's cross-e1a1ninatiou on Fri
day, and resumed it this morning. The long
anticipated ordeal began so feebly that wo all
expected, for the sake of dramatic p1opricty, a
mighty struggle to-day. But so fur the cross-
examination has beon melancholy and inartistic
failure. Perhaps some OF its want OF success is
duo to the unhappy method OF Judge Porter.
That noted counselor is b very short, pious-
looking gentleman, with globular-top head,
small mustache, and pair OF epectacles. Ho
is not above dressing for the part he plays. His
appropriate costume consists Of . black brond-
cloth suit, buttoned up to his very chin. beneath
which sparse interval Of sbirt-collar is permit
ted to youch for the purity Of the rest of his
linen. His voice is almost ludicrously solemn
being q dismal and muf1ed nasal bari
IN ita in,