, 1875-01-31

| fnally pose herself under the gallowE-tree. Her
testimony Was comparatively ,inimportant.-
proving, mostly, the original happiness OF TUG
Ilton household before Nr. Deecher ttespassed
upon its serenity.
After recess, The prosecution treated the ene-
my to surprise in The person OF
Nl. WILLIAM r. WEST,
the official accuscr OF Mr. Il1ton before the E1-
anining Committee Of Plymouth Church. The
defense we're, OF course, prepared to see 1Er.
West On the stand but they were not prepared
to find him a plain and candid witnesa against
his pastor. The drift OF his evidence was that
Mr. Deecher had constantly, and sometimes an
erly, protested against an Investigation into the
charges which existed 'sderogatory to his
Christian cLaracter-" Particularly loath was Mr.
Beccher to have Tuton stirred ,-discouraging
By threats aud expressions Of anger every at
tempt to revive the buried secret.
AIr. West is of feingularly-insigni6can appear
ance, to be concerned in this romantic spectacle.
any large dry-goods store, measuring out tape,
or doing q brisk business in spoola Of cotton.
The regulation mutton-chop whiskers, slight
mustacha, aud feeble chin, are ali faithfully
conserved in Mr. Vests tout ensemble Tho
religious element crops out in the almost min
isteria sohriety Of his necktie. His forehead la
q tIide broader than that Of your average knight
OF the yardssick, and his eyebrows are thick and
st,aggy,-these being the only points in which
bis appearance differs from that Of tho typical
d
elaborate drawl-thoueh it is only just to say
that his enunciation is perfectly clear, and his
vocabulary copious. West evidently has bruins,
but You have to drill hole through feet OF
OF Plymouth Rock to reach them. His showing
OF Mr. Beecher'a hostility to investigation Was
thoroughly pas5ionless, cold, and truthful. Be-
ing negative sort Of testimony, and delivered
with judicial indifference, it fell rather flat upoc
an audience educated by this time to relish Moui-
toms sauce plqunnte.
In TUaot {Ac+; 41n 1nfa 1%%~fsa
face became suifuaed once more by the insur-
gent blood which will, sooner or later.
DnEScH H13 BRAIN.
That the inundation wns painful, Mr. Bcechor
showed by, forcibly conpressing Lis lips with
two OF his fingers, as II he could shrek were it
not for the crowd and the circumstances. But
be, by and By, grew cool; and when West,
descending from the chair, solenanly nodded to
the preacher against whom he had been bearing
such significant witness. emile OF the most
malicious scorn curied his pastoral lips.
West had passed into history aud ou! OF Court
Some moments before Mr. Fullerton called
*'FnASKL1N WOODRUFF"
But Er. Woodruff maintained the business
reputation Of his house By sharply stepping to
the cLxir the instant his name WAS flung upon
the auditory. Thus challenging inspection, he
looked the typical American merchant, ,-large-
headed, open-iaced, wlde-chestcd, with plenty of
loom in his physical economy Tor every vital Or
gau. aud q sE,aclons hraiu-pan fully occupied.
1Ao 10 PUScE5SCA " 4E141A1Adb4 P6.1UuI-kAO
spread Of Ills shoulders and the cirth Of his
breast being exceptional. Honesty. candor, ant.
shrevdness a1e tho character;st1cs Of Ills face,
which ia broad and ruddy, with clesoy-cropped
cray sile-wljskels, firm mouth and bluisi-glay
eyes. His sensible. transformations nanuer show
cd convincincly how superior ia tho training for
such experiences as the present, Which commer-
clal habits provide To a1r Woodruff, as to AIr.
Moulton. tie trial wes matter OF busness.-
not mere sentimental gingerbread The Gospel
Of Trado is hard, practical book, and ITS read
crs get trick Of looking ut everything between
lodscr-lines. He had Just opened his mouth to
testify to certain famous interview in which
Gen. Tracy had taken part. when A1r. Evarts pro-
fected hs featares in h1eh relief against the
window, aud said, II objeet.'' At this, OF
course, there was
An Ia1a1En1ATE BATTLE,
EYarts wound q blast of defiance upon tho |
Eeec,ler trumpets aud Fullerton, himself wax t
ing red. forthwith out With his blade and began |
to cut and thrust. But Eyarss was too apt n |
master of fence for Fullerton to subdue; 80 |
Beach, fluid aud silyery, rose to his collcacue's
assistance, The rest looked on. Fullerton. ro- |
inforced bv Beach. went OF like Ca,herine- !
wheel Ielugipg tLe enemy with brilliant ronar- |
tee,-and then sat down, Not 80 Beach. With |
Eyarts, al Ionic column, behind him, be earnest- |